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DAILY
FORTIETH YEAR.
U. S. TROOPS REPULSE GERMAN ATTACK
HANS LOST
MANY IN RAID
ON AMERICANS
TWELVE AMERICANS WERE CAP
TURED AT ANOTHER POINT—U.
S. ARTILLERY WORK WAS QUITE
EFFECTIVE.
American soldiers on the firing line
in France have met the famous Ger
man “shock troops" for the first time
and have outfought them. In two sec
tors —northwest of Toul and along the
Chemin Des Dames, the Germans fail
ed in attempts to penetrate the posi
tions held by the Americans.
The fight northwest of Toul result
ed in a desperate hand to hand strug
gle. The Germans reached the Amer
ican line only to be driven back with
heavy losses. The dead were found in
the American trenches and many en
emy bodies were scattered over No
flan’s Land.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY in
France, March 2.—American troops
republsed a strong German attack
this morning in the salient north of
Toul. There were many American
casualties, one of the killed being a
captain who was graduated from W r est
Point in 1917.
The raid was a complete failure,
three German prisoners remaining in
American hands. The ground in from,
ol the American trenches was strewn
v’th German dead.
A driving wet snow was falling this
morning when the Germans opened
fire on the American salient with ev
ery weapon at their command. Sev
enty-sevens, heavy shells and gas
shells fell in a perfect whirlwind on
the American trenches for half an
hour. At the same time other ene
my shells in great numbers were
dropping on the American battery po
s;tions.
The Germans, evidently thinking
that the Americans in this section,
having had one taste of gas a few 7 days
ago, would fear it now, let loose great
quantities of poisonous gas, but the
men put on their masks and only a
few were affected by it. So intense
was the fire that the woods back of
the salient were shot to pieces.
LOW CASE IS
SET FOR MUCH 5
IN FEDERAL COURT
THOMAS DIXON’S SUIT AGAINST
VMERK I S AUTHORITIES ALSO
ASSIGNED FOR HEARING IN
UNITED STATES COURT.
District Attorney Donalson, of Ma
con, partially completed his calen
dar for the October adjourned term of
the federal court yesterday, and Judge
Speer will hold court beginning March
oth, at which time the Lowery case
will he tried, it being placed on the
calendar for March 12.
Matthew M. Lowery has been tried
once and sentenced by Judge Lambdin,
but after holding the motion for new
trial in his behalf for over a year,
Judge Lambdin died, and the motion
was again argued before Judge Speer,
who granted him a new trial. Judge
Speer will preside at the ease at the
next trial.
The case of the Americus National
bank against C. C. Hawkins was dis
missed yesterday by Judge Speer.
N. M. Dudley, received, withdrew 7 his
objections to the application of G. M.
Bragg, bankrupt, for a discharge in
bankruptcy, and Judge Speer passed
an order dismissing the objections.
The cases of Thomas Dixon and the
Southern Amusement Co. vs. the Rev
Lansing Burrows. W. E. Brown, et al.,
jc set down for Monday, the first day of
the court. This case has been pending
in court for five years, and is brought
bv the author to recover damages al
leged to have been sustained by rea
son of Americus authorities to allow
him to stage his performance of “The
Clansman.'' The case is not likeK to
be tried.
I Americus times-Recordek
"LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA .”
ill. J. HARRIS
MAKES CHARGE
OF DISLOYALTY
says his opponent, even more
LA FOLLETTE, SHOULD HE EX
PELLED FROM UNITED STATES
SENATE.
ATLANTA, Ga., March 2.—Before
leaving for Washington, having been
detained in Atlanta on account of ill
ness from a sore throat, Hon. William
J. Harris gave out the following in
terview this afternoon:
“If elected to the United States sen
ate, and I feel absolutely sure that 1
will be, I shall vote to expel Senator
LaFollette, of Wisconsin, whose con
duct has been flagrantly encouraging
to the enemies of our country. He
voted against war and ever since war
was declared he has aided our ene
mies by opposing measures which
helped the United States to carry on
the war. LaFollette, therefore, should
be expelled.
“Without question, he is the enemy
of his country, but after all, the Wis
consin senator is more consistent
than Georgia’s junior senator, who
twice voted for war, and he has since
fought every measure that upheld the
government in its successful prose
cution. Not only should LaFollette be
r< moved from the senate, but I shall
also urge the removal of every em
ployee of the federal government who
fails to support his country in this
great crisis. In tins connection, lam
glad to say that I do not know of a
single disloyal government employe in
my state. I favor the employment of
soldiers and sailors who served in
foreign territory to take the place of
any who may be discharged.
“Th e German newspapers in Berlin
have recently declared that the oppo
sition of Senators Hardwick and La-
Follette to the war measures advo
cated by our commander-in-chief of
the army and navy, President Wood
row 7 AVilson substantiate their claim
that the people of the United States
are opposed to this war, and are not
backing up the head of our nation.
Such statements are made to encour
age the Germans to continue the war
against our people. Even LaFollette,
< isloyal as he is, is not as bitter
in liis denunciation of President Wil
son as the junior senator from Geor
gia, whose words of bitterness em
ployed such terms as are absolutely
unprovable.
“The republicans in congress have
laid aside partisanship and are rally
ing to our president. It remains for
Georgia, as loyal as any state in the
union, have her good citizens humil
iated by the conduct of the junior
senator. If the people of Georgia
could hear some of the language used
by Hardwick in regard to the presi
dent he would he forever driven from
public life. I have already urged
members of the Georgia legislature to
pass a law providing for our soldiers
wherever located to cast their ballots
in our next state primary election
This should also apply to traveling
men and all such absent from their
homes. This privilege has been ac
corded such absentees in other states.
“When the junior senator w r as elect
ed to congress the main plank in his
platform was the disfranchisement of
the negro, and when the measure to
vote whisky out of the District of
Columbia w 7 as introduced he fought it
The junior senator's opposition to the
federal reserve bank law 7 , the parcel
post for our rural districts, the ni
trate plant, the manufacture of ex
plosives and munitions for our sold
iers and cheap fertilizers for our far
mers and many other measures of
paramount interest to the people of
cur own state and the nation, to say
nothing of his hostility to the govern
ment in time of war. have proved him
unworthy of the confidence of our
people.”
Death of IS-Months-OUI Infant.
Janies Walter Tilley, 18-months-old
iefant son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Til
led, died at their residence in Parrott,
Ga . after a brief illness of only a few 7
hours, and the remains were buried at
Parrott Saturday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. Rev. Herring, of Parrott, offi
ciating at the obsequies.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING MARCH 3, 1918
FREWCH SHEER TO MURRY ROSSI PRINCE
. Once more France and Russia art to be joined, although not to defeat
the Hun. It is in the approaching marriage of Genevieve Vix, the French
soprano, to Prince Naris Chkino, a Russian count. The ardent W'ooer fol
low'cd the singer from France to Chicago and then to to New 7 York. Now he
gets his reward.
EVERV BAT TO BF
"HEITIESnif
•VICTORY BREAD” CONTAINING
EIGHTY PER CENT. WHEAT RE
(H IRED IN HOTELS, RESTAU
RANTS AND HOARDING HOUSES.
That every day from now 7 on is
wheatless to the extent of the sub
stitution of “Liberty” bread, was an
nounced in advices from the federal
food administration in Washington
sent to Franc Mangum, food adminis
trator for this county, Saturday. The
common conception of the adminis
tration of hotels and restaurants in
Americus lias been that no wiieat of
any kind could be used on wheatless
days (Mondays and Wednesdays)
whether it was mixed with substitutes
or not.
T 0 settle this matter, Ma. Mangum
wired headquarters to give him the re
quired information. The telegram
states that no pure w'heat bread of
any kind can be used on any day, and
the substitution bread may be used on
?ny and all days.
The instructions w 7 hich have been
received state that the ruling on
wheat substitution is not a request
made by the government, but a law
following and in accordance with Pres
ident Wilson’s proclamation of Jan
uary 20th. It w 7 as made a federal law
February 15.
The substitutions as are laid down
by the ruling of the law division of
the federal food administration are:
Bread and rolls must contain sub
stitute of 20 p.-r cent.
Sw r eet yeast dough goods must con
tain substitute of 33 1-3 per cent.
Crackers, bheuits and cookies must
contain substitute of 33 1-3 per cent.
Cakes, pies, fried cakes, pastries
must contain substitute of 33 1-3 per
cent.
Batter cakes and waffles must con
tain substitute of 75 per cent.
The food administration says that
this ruling must apply immediately to
all Americus restaurants, clubs, board
ing houses and soda fountains
GERMANS CLAIM Til AT
AMERICANS LOST HEAVILY
BERLIN, March 2—ln a German
attack yesterday northeast of Seiche
prev, Americans lost heavily. Twelve
prisoners were taken, it is officially
announced.
JUDGE THOMAS TO
SIT AT TRIAL OF
IRREINOHIU
VALDOSTA JURIST HILL PRESIDE
INSTEAD OF JUDGE LITTLEJOHN
THREE HUNDRED JURORS
HAVE BEEN SUMMONED.
Judge W. E. Thomas, of Valdosta,
one of the most prominent jurists of
the state, will preside this coming
week at the trial of Warren I. Johnson,
who will be arraigned on a: indict
ment charging murder in connection
with the death of Walter Wade.
The defendant will be represented by
Attorney W. D. McNeil, of Macon, and
the state’s interests will be looked af
ter by Solicitor General John Alien
Fort. Hixon & Pace and Jule Felton
A jury list of 00 has been draw'll.
The selection of the jury will begin
Monday, and it is expected that two
day will be required.
Judge Thomas is presiding at the
request of Judge Littlejohn, who has
previous judicial engagements for
next week.
H. G. STANFIELD IS
TRUE PAPER HANGER
Americus has a patriotic paper
hanger in the person of H. G. Stan
field
Although he cannot use meal or
other cereal substitutes in the mixture
of paste. Mr. Stanfield has made no
effort to evade the law requiring their
e mal purchase in the buying of flour.
He uses flour for his paste, but he
also buys the other things, and he
buys them in large quantities, too.
“If there is anything I can do to
help my country, I need only to be
called upon,” says Mr. Stanfield, “and
if it is a question of co-operating by
purchasing meal and rice in order to
get flour I will do so gladly, al
though I will never have any use for
them in my business.”
Card of Thanks.
Mrs, W. T. Weekly desires to ex
press her healtfelt thanks to the
many friends who were so kind and
considerate in the illr.es s and death
of her late husband.
COUNTRY CLUB
REVIVAL PLAN
GETS A BOOST
COMMITTEE FROM THE BUSINESS
( OUNCE OF THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE DIRECTED TO LOOK
INTO PROJECT.
It is regarded as almost certain that
the Country club will be revived and
that in connection with it there will
be organized a fair association and
amusement park.
Impetus was given the project. at
the dinenr of the business council of
the Chamber of Commerce Friday
night when Crawford Wheatley was
appointed chairman of a committee
of six to handle the idea.
To re-establish the club will take
58,000. About $7,000 more will be
needed to perfect plans for the fair
association. Already six citizens have
agreed to subscribe SI,OOO each to
underwriting the proposition, taking
bonds as security.
The idea is to revive th€ club, lay
out a golf course and tennis courts
and erect fair buildings. The latter
would be used in the winter for train
ing quarters for a circus, and a big
league baseball team would be se
cured to come here in the spring for
its practice work.
The coming of the camp has stress
ed the importance of providing a club
as a place of entertainment of recrea
tion for the soldiers and aviators.
The idea has been enthusiastically
received, and it is believed that the
subscriptions will be easily secured
especially with the start that has
been made.
BOOKEfi HID SOI)
BURNED EIHPTIS
CUR OF GASOLINE
( ENTRAL RAILROAD MAN BURNED
ABOUT HANDS AND HEAD BUT
WILL RECOVER—CAUSE OF AC
CIDENT NOT CERTAIN.
While engaged in emptying the re
maining “gas" from a tank car that
had been already emptied by a local |
oil concern, and to do which proper
permission had been secured, W. It.'
Booker, a yard engineer for the Cen-j
tral of Georgia railroad here, and his j
son, Julian Booker, fourteen years of
age, were seriously burned. Engi
neer Booker’s hands were literally
cooked by the heat of the flames, and
j lie was also burned about the head,
but no vital parts were affected. His
son was, perhaps, worse burned than
he was, and is now in a serious condi
tion at the family residence here. Dr
Frank Cato wa s called and attended i
victims of the accident
The cause of the accident is not I
certain, though it is supposed the j
gas fumes became ignited from an j
open lantern carried by Engineer j
Booker and used to illuminate the
scene. Before either of the victims
became aware that anything had gone
wrong flames enveloped them, and
the first anyone else knew of the ac- j
cident was when Engineer Booker stag
: gered into the office of the agent and
! his condition was made known.
! Friends rushed to the assistance of the
! suffering man and boy at once, and a
I physician was hurriedly summoned.
An alarm turned in from box 22 j
j at the intersection of Jackson and Wild
streets, brought the fire department to (
the scene and the blaze was extin-,
guished without material damage to i
the car.
Increases Approved.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 2
j The Interstate Commerce commission
j today approved increases averaging
fifteen per cent, in all water class
j commodity rates of the Ocean Steam
ship Company fro mßoston, Providence
I and New York to Augusta, Ga., Reau
, fort. Port Royal and other South At
lantic ports
an
EDITION
FIGHT TO THE
FINISH IS NEW
RUSSIAN PLAN
MOSCOW AND OTHER PROVINCES
ISSUING MOBILIZATION ORDERS
AND ARE AGAINST SEPARATE
PEACE PROGRAM.
VOLOGDA, Russia, March 1. —(De-
layed)—lnterior Russia, following the
example of Moscow, declares strong
ly against a separate peace with Ger
many. Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Coun
cils in many provinces are issuing mo
bilization orders and proclaiming a
fight to the finish in behalf of the
revolution.
Germans Closing in on Petrogr a d.
LONDON, March 2.—The Germans
are moving on the town of Bologoie,
the chief freight center for feeding
Petrograd on the Moscow r -Petrograd
railroad, says an Exchange Telegraph
company dispatch from Petrograd,
dated Friday.
Fortress of Kiev *‘Liber a ted.”
BERLIN, March 2. —The Russian
fortress of Kiev, on the Dneister river
in the Ukraine, has been “liberated”,
it is officially announced.
UM SERVICE AI
CENTRAL BAPTIST
AT 7:3O_TONIEHT
KEY JAMES B. LAWRENCE WILL BE
PREACHER AND EXCELLENT MU
SICAL PROGRAM ARRANGED BY
MASS POLK.
|
The union service to be held tonight
in Central Baptist church promises to
be one of the most largely attended of
the series, and Rev. James B. Law
rence, reetpr of Calvary Episcopal
church will be the preacher. Special
musical features will add to the at
tractiveness of the service, these hav
ing been arranged by Miss Ella M.
Polk, who will preside at the organ.
•Others who will have part in furnish
ing the music are Miss Melva Clark,
Miss Mitch Payne, Miss Cordelia
Thornton, Miss Gertrude Smith, Mrs.
C A. Ames, Mrs. Joe Bryan, J. C. Me
bane. W. T. Lane and C. A. Ames. The
program in full follows:
Prelude (Allegretto)—Kussner.
“Christian Soldiers”—H. R. Fuller.
Chorus.
Anthem, “The Lord is Exalted”
(John E. Webb) —Miss Melva Clark,
Miss Mitch Payne, Miss Cordelia
Thornton, Miss Gertrude Smith, Mrs.
C. A Ames, Mrs Joe Bryan, J. C. Me
bane, W. T. Lane and C. A. Ames.
Trio, “Whispering Hope” (Haw
thorn) —Miss Melva Clark, Mrs. Joe
Biyan and Mrs. C. A. Ames.
Postlude—Battman.
ORDER CLOSING
VICE DISTRICT
HERE IS ISSUED
The Americus vice district will be
1 wiped off the face of the earth on
March tenth.
Mayor Council has directed that or
| ders be issued to this effect, and all
| cf the parties have been notified.
Violators of the law 7 will be sum
j marily dealt with after that date.
I It was known that with the com
; ing of the camp, the government
I would make such a requirement, and
it was felt that there was no use de
laying the inevitable. Besides, the
ministers of the city petitioned the
mayor to adopt this course, and, act
ing on legal advice, the mayor, with
the approval of council, has set the
(date f° r the closing of the district.
NUMBER 53.