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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY* i, 1118.
CERMIN SPYING SYSTEM
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CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Feb. 5. —An
official handbook of German espionage,
one of the most remarkable documents
of the war, was produced as evidence
in the course of the great Bergen spy
case, wihch has just been ended in
the courts with the conviction of six of
the defendants.
The handbook was found in the safe
of Herr Paasche, one of the employes
of the so-called German information
agency. Its title-page bears the in
scription “Duties of the Espionage Ser
vice,’’ and it contains, in the words of
the court, “the objects and methods of
the German information agency in
Scandinavia.”
The introduction says that import
ant information can be obtained
through the neutral or enemy ships
which come to Scandinavian ports, re
garding scuh points as minefields, mine
belts, changes in lightships, etc. “By
such information,” it explains, “our
u-boats can be shown not only safe
routes, but also objects of attack.”
The following is a summary of one
chapter.
“Through shipping only can we get
to know the enemy's guardships, where,
his ships are stationed, knowledge oU
his cruisers and other information. <
1 he best source is a ship captain, but
they are difficult to obtain. The
younger second mates are easier to
get, as their wages are not high. But
if neither is these is available, the
most likely person on a ship should
be approached. Monthly payment of
5C to 500 korner is available. Cap
tains on English passenger ruotes are
usually paid 300 kroner. Mates on
neutral tramp steamers between Eng
land and France, 100 to 125 kroner.
“Much information can be gained
from passengers also," says the hand-:
book. The importance is shown of
maintaining a good connection with
representatives of the neutral press.
The hiring of commercial or other
persons who travel in the enemy’s
com.try »s suggested. “The best per
sons,' says the handbook, “are com
mercial travellers who have been ac
customed to travel for some flrm, and
who carry on an actual and continuous
business. Just now also waiters, bar
bers, metal workers for shipyards and
ammunition factories, and nurses are
much sought after in England. Wo
rien are especially recommended as
good agents for obvious reasons.'
The greatest danger is said to be in
the sending of information. “But
this,” says the writer of the hand
book, “is reduced to a minimum by our
chemical agents in Germany, who have
taken special interest in this, and
have prepared means, which owing to
the inferiority of the enemy’s chemi
cal knowledge, he is unable t# detact
The materials are glvqn to agents in
a form which attracts no attention.”
One of these methods illustrated in
the course of the trial was by means
of handkerchiefs, on which the infor
mation was conveyed by means of in
visible ink.
5250,J00 OH HE
WHEN GIMF STARTED
NEW YORK, February s.—District
Attorney Swann gave out some ad
ditional details yesterday concerning
information which, he says, has come
to him recently regarding the opera
tions of the gamblers that he plans
to put out of business by a John Doe,
inquiry. He said Judge Wadhams
.probably would begin hearings next
Wednesday.
Mr. Swann announced on yesterday
that h e had asked the co-operation
o former Police Commissioner Woods,
who, he said, weeks before he left of
fice, had provided him with informa
tion about gambling resorts But the
conference between Woods and Swann
scheduled for yesterday did not take
place.
Mr. Woods declined to comment on
Mr. Swann’s invitation to a meeting
but friends said he felt that as he
was now out of office he was no long
er in a position to be-o fassistance,
and that he might not be able to find
the time to accept the district at
torney’s invitation.
Mr. Swann said he was visited in
the afternoon by three men, all under
subpoena who had told him that re
cently fifty men had gathered for a
big game of baccarat in a prominent
hotel. Each of the fifty, it was as
serted, put up 15000. Mr. Swann’s
three visitors, so it was stated, lost
$f,700. .
The prosecutor declined to say wha
action he intended to take, but it is
said they will be called and asked to
give the names of the entire fifty.
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Senator eGroge E Chamberlain, of
Oregon, long considered one of the
strong and conservative men in the
upper house of congress, was the sub
ject of attack by President Wilson for
a speech in wihch he said there had
been inefficiency in the management
of the war. The president said his
i charge was "an astonishing and ab
solutely unjustifiable distortion of the
truth’.’
MENINGITIS SCIRE HI
MAGDN IS WIH DIES
MACON, Ga, February 5. —Accord-
ing to the report of the city health,
department, there are now only seven
cases of •spinal meningitis in the city.
During the last two months, however,
there have been twenty additional
cases. Os theee cures were effected in
nine cases, whie eleven died. Only
two of those who £ied were white.
The month of January was a rec
ord breaker as far as the number of
deaths reported during the month was
concerned, there being a total of 146
deaths, these including four accidental
and three violent deaths. Pneumonia
took the highest toll, xlainming 34,
with meningitis running second with
9.
There are at present 101 cases of
measles.
JUNK RED CROSS
TO BE ORGANIZED
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 5.—A junior
Red Cross auxiliary of the American
Red Cross will be organized in every
Atlanta public school in a campaign
to begin February 11 and run through
Washington’s Birthday, on February
2?. The movement here is a part of
the nation-wide movement to organize
school children throughout the country
as junior members of the Red Cross.
Atlanta public schools and other
schools in the surrounding territory
are working under the direction of the
Southern division of the Red Cross,
which has headquarters here. It is
planned to teach the children how to
knjt, make surgical dressings, render
first aid, and buy war savings stamps.
Atlanta school children will make
their allotted portion of 400,000 gar
ments for refugee children from Bel
gium.
CAMPAIGN TO RATIFY
AMENDMENT BEGINS
ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 5.—8. C. Heyed
and C. E. Dowdell, former saloon
keepers, delivered a free Illustrated
lecture in Atlanta yesterday on the
subject of the regulated saloon, show
ing motion pictures of the sights and
I scenes in a typical Ohio saloon. Dow
j dell is an ex-prize fighter who was
; known in his heyday as “Kid Kelly.’’
, Their speaking campaign is under the
i auspices of the Anti-Saloon League of
America. In Georgia just now the
activities of the league are directed to
vzard ratification by the state legisla
ture of the piohibition amendment to
I the federal constitution, which is now
before the states. The general opin
ion is that the Georgia lawmakers will
ratify it with few if any dissenting
; votes.
“Black Maria” Discarded.
PARIS, Feb. s.—The “Black Maria,”
1 of Paris, in which for years prison
’ ers have been transferred from police
! stations to their places of confinement
j has just been discarded. New motor
vehicles containing fourteen compart
ments each replaced them.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER.
NO PESSIMISM FOR
GEN. JOHN PERSHING
NEW YOR, eb. s.—“ The message
which our army sends home from
France is as distinct as a black fun
nel against the skyline. It is the
same plea that every army overseas
in all history has made —a plea for
transport. The outline of a ship is
burned on the heart and brain of ev
ery effieer and man in France.”
This appeal for ships was made by
Major Frederick Jalmer, former war
correspondent, now attached to Gen.
Pershing's intelligence committee of
the League for National Unity in the
Metropolitan building today. He warn
ed against the "pessimism pf Wash
ington lobbies,” and defended Secre
tary of War Baker a 9 one who intrust
ed his plans to experts. It was an
nounced that his statements were
made “by permission of the war de
partment."
Major Palmer declared that our
war machine in Europe can now
handle 1,000,000 men and can be ex
panded to take care of 2,000,000. Gen.
Pershing, he said, had been given com
plete authority. He continued:
"We are not preparing for a few
divisions in France, but for fifty- sev
enty-five and a hundred. Our plan w-as
for a definite number of divisions by
Tune. They were to arrive with in
creasing rapidity as the spring months
approached. For the first three
months it seemed as if we were mak
ing little headway, then the picture
began developing out of the plate un
til in December the whole plate began
to take form.
“Two pictures come to my mind —
one of John Pershing, the builder,
who has no time for pessimism , the
other the hotel lobbies in Washing
ton, where gloom has of late been the
fashion. Was the spirit of the lobbies
the spirit of the nation or the war
department No, it was a natural re
action of mood, an incident”
“Leave Your Pistols.”
LONDON, February s.—Clubs fre
quented by military men home on
leave hace been troubled by officers
carelessly depositing loaded revolvers
'n the cloak rooms, and several of the
chibs now display a notice reading
"members and visitors returning from
tbe front are .requested to unload .their
> rifles or pistols before leaving them
w’tb. the attendant.”
lutieul
Notice is hereby givea that the
Americus Lighting Compan has ap
plied to the Railroad Commission of
Georgia for authority to increase its
rates for commercial light, power and
gas services, so that'its scale of rates
for such services in Americus, Geor
gia, will be as follows:
For commercial and residence light
in:
For the first IM k. w. h. 12 e per
k. w. h.
For the next IM k. w. h. 11c per
For the next k. w. h. 10c per
k. w. h.
For the next 100 k. w. h. Sc per
k w. h.
For the next k. w. h,, 8c per
k. w. h.
Ror the next 500 k. w. h„ 7c per
k w. h.
Minimum,sl.oo per month.
Commercial power rates:
For the first 100 k. w. h. 7c per
k w. h.
For the next 200 k. w. fa. 6c per
k. w. h.
For the next 200 k. w. h. 5c per
k. w. h.
For the next 500 k. w. h. 4c per
k. w. h.
For the next 1,000 k. w. h 3 per
k -w. h.
For all over 2,000 k. w. h. 2 l-2c per
k w. h.
For fuel and illuminating gas:
$1.60 per 1,000 cubic feet.
Minimum charge, SI.OO per month.
The Railroad Commission of Georgia
has assigned this petition for hearing
before it at its meeting to be held
at its offices in the State Capitol, At
lanta, Georgia, February io. 1918, at
10:00 o'clock a. m. On the date of
the hearing the commission will afford
all interested parties opportunity of
being heard.
This notice is published in accord
ance with the requirements of the
Railroad Commission of Georgia.
AMERICUS LIGHTING COMPNAY,
By J. E. Johnson. Manager.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in
fluenced by constitutional conditions, and
in order to cure it you must take an
Internal remedy. Hall’s Catarrh Medi
cine is taken internally and acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one of the best physicians
tn this country for years. It is com
posed of some of the best tonics known,
combined with some of the best blood
purifiers. The perfect combination ot
the ingredients in Hall's Catarrh Medi
cina. is what produces such wonderful
results in catarrhal conditions. Send for
I testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
( All Druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
ACCOUNTANTS WANTED
BY U. S. GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, D. C„ eb. 5. ■
The United States government is in
need of several hundred expert cost
accountants to fill vacancies in the
accounts section of the finance depart-j
rnent of the equipment division of the
signal corps, war department, and in
other branches, ofr duty in Washing- '
t< n, D. C„ and in the field according
to an announcement just issued by the j
I nited States civil servicec ommission.!
The salaries offered range from $2400 1
to $6,000 a year. Men only are desir-1
ed. The duties of appointees to the j
signal corps will consist of the de
termination of production costs of air
planes and airplane motors, either as
supervisors in charge at one or more
of the several plants, or as assistants,'
or appointees may be assigned to duty ’
in Washington, D. C. N
Applicants will not be assembled for '
a written examination, but will be!
rated upon the subjects of education >
and experience, as shown by their ap- i
plications and corroborative evidence. I
The commission states that on ac
count of the urgent needs of the ser- |
vice, applications for these positions
will be received until further notice,
and that papers will be rated prompt
ly and certifications made as the needs
of the service require.
Complete information and applica
tion blanks may be obtained by com
municating with the secretary of the
local board of civil service examiners
at the postoffice in any of the larger ■
cities or with the United States Civil'
Service commission, Washington, D. C.
Helping Poor Officers.
PARIS, Februray 5. —The military
authorities at Paris have begun some- j
what it must be admitted, to realize
taht many an army officer on special
ducty in Paris, specially a lieutenant
with his S6O a month may be worse
off than a workingman with $3- a day.
So consequently it has been decided
to* institute a mess for officers at which
they can launch or dine economically. ’
The scheme will offer a meal at 49
cents. The contractor will be allowed |
to buy his provisions at ahy price
to buy his provisions at army prives. I
FARM WANTED
lam in the market for
a good farm. Prefer a
large one, and well im
proved. If you have
one for sale address
H. C. WILLIAMS
P. O. Box 570,
Atlanta, Ga.
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More than nine thousand satisfied Georgia policy
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This Is the Company:
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and other values from the FIRST year.
That has the unique practice of extending to old
members every improvement, advantage or con
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surer —bringing the old policies up to date, in so
far as possible.
That writes a very large proportion o its busi
ness from year to year on its old customers.
That treats every member as a partner, and on
that account has attained a nation-wide reputa
tion as “A Policyholders Company.”
That helps to “keep money at home,” which is
demonstrated by the fact that the amount loaned
on Georgia farms and other payments to Georgia
citizens has exceeded the total premiums collect
ed in the state for several years.
That has increased its dividend scale three times
and also declared four Special Dividends within
the past eight years, thus indicating economical
management.
W.H.COBB.
DISTRICT AGENT.
AMERICUS, - - • GEORGIA
FOOD will win the war; FEED’S goin£ to help.
Dont burden the railroads hauling feedstuffs when
you’ve got the “makin’s” right ‘here at home.
“Makin’s” of the best sort, too; Velvet beans
ground in the pod, corn in the shuck and peanut
or peavine hay ground into meal, with or m ithout
molasses, makes a balanced ration. Moreover,
01* Dobbins will know what he’s eating. -
Feed grown on Georgia ground should be ground
in Georgia. You grow it —we’ll grind it.
Feed Plant: Hill St. and SAL Ry.
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Phone 234 Lamar St
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