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DAILY
CITY
EDITION
FORTIETH YEAR.
SITUATION IN FRANCE IS STILL CRITICAL
GERMANS ARE
STILL MAKING
LARGE GAINS
l I’LL FORCE OF THE TEUTON OF
FENSIVE IS NOT SPENT—KAISER
SHIFTS HIS MAIN POINT OF AT
TA! K.
The western front situation presents
a vast menace, despite the fact that
the Teuton attack is less forcible than
before, according to military experts
today.
The German offensive ha 3 not spent
itself, says the official war summary
given the United Press at Washington.
Owing to a determination displayed by
the enemy to gain some sort of success
at no matter what cost, the situation
will continue uncertain for some
time. ■
Shifting their main attack from the
legions of Mondidier and Albert, the
Germans advanced to a maximum
depth of four miles on a five mile front
on the extreme southern offensive
flank, according to yesterday’s state
ment of the Berlin war office.
General Haig reports that the Brit
ish advanced slightly on the southern
bank of the Somme. The capture of a
few prisoners and machine guns is
reported north of the Somme in the
neighborhood of Neuville and Vitasse.
Violent artillerying on the left bank
of the Oise river is reported by the
French war office, but no infantry ac
tions on the principal battle front are
r entioned.
Allies Grow Stronger Daily.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April B.
Each day that passes now finds the
Allies in better position regarding def
inite final success. Each day their re
serves are swelled by frosh contin
gents from their own armies and tha*
of the United States. This summary
of the situation on the west front was
given out today by Major J. D. Mc-
Lachlan, British military attache at
the embassy here.
25 More Divisions Sacrificed.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES, in
the Field, April 7. —Twenty-five divis
ions of their ever-decreasing reserves
have been sacrificed by the Germans
since Thursday before the French por
tion of the battle front alone. The
Germans brought up trench mortars,
but these have so far been ineffective',
owing to their inability to follow up
the infantry since March 24th.
Germans Staking All on Last Play.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES, in
France, April B.—President Wilson’*
decision to hasten American support of
the Allies troops came not an instant
too soon. Every American fighter is
golden now. Daily facts grow to prove
undoubtedly that Hindenburg has been
commanded to force the issue as rap
idly as possible and end the war this
year. Thus the president is materially
aiding Generals Foch and Haig to out
maneuver the Prussian war lords.
German prisoners sullenly and ob
stinately insist that the offensive can
not be stopped, while captured officers
doggedly maintain that the offensive
will be maintained and continued with
short pauses to freshen up manhandled
divisions and bring up guns until the
war is won. They all talk and behave
bke desperate gamblers staking all on
one play.
SIXTY INJURED
IN N. Y. C. WRECK
NEW YORK. April B.—Sixty persons
are reported to have been injured and
two others killed when two passenger
trains on the New York Central rail
road ploughed into the wreckage of a
derailed freight near Fort Johnston to
day. The Empire State Express was
c n e of the wrecked trains .but details
are lacking.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEk
"LI VEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA."
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The heavy line on the map is the battle front as it appeared when the enemy launched his first attacks
on a fifty-mile front between the Sensee and the Ooise rivers. The broken line approximates the present
line. It will be noted that the line has no deep btends, an indication that th 4 British retired in an orderly
manner, without giving the enemy a chance to envelope large bodies of troops.
CONGRESS IS
RIGHT BEHIND
THE PRESIDENT
WENT TO WORK TODAY TO PASS
ALL WAR MEASURES HIS
SPEECH AT BALTIMORE HAD A
GOOD EFFECT.
WASHINGTON, I). C-, April B.
Congress today gave single-voiced sup
port to President Wilson’s triple
v. arning-defy to the Kaised.
Both houses went to work on meas
ures designed to increase the impact
with which the force of the president’s
Baltimore speech will hit Berlin.
The house took up certain draft
legislation which must be passed
quckly to insure smooth working of
the second call and give the war de
partment all the men wanted for the
at my.
The senate continued its efforts
to pass to pass the bill drastically pun
i:-hing seditionists, propagandists and
disloyalists.
BARACA CLASS
SUBSCRIBES TO
LIBERTY BONDS
$2,5000 GIVEN YESTERDAY MORN-
ING BY MEMBEDS OF THE BA
RACA CLASS AT THE FIRST HAP
TIST CHURCH.
One of the first subscriptions to
Liberty Bonds third issue (third is
sue) came yesterday morning from
the Baraca class of the First Baptist
church.
In a few minutes $2,500 was sub
scribed, and will be paid over when
the bonds are put on sale.
This subscription was made shortly
after the class organized for its regu
-9 Cunday session.
An interesting feature of the the
occasion was the presentation of 22
roan leather binding Bibles in pocket
size to members of the class who have
already gone int othe military or na
val service. Representatives of those
at the front received these in many in
stances, while others wer mailed to
to recipients.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 8, 1918
FIRST METHODIST
DLIIIIL STARTED
SUNDAY MORNING
SERVICES EVERY DAY THIS WEEK
AND NEXT AT 4:00 P. M- INSTEAD
OF 10:30. AS ANNOUNCED LAST
WEEK.
The opening service of the two
weeks’ revival to be conducted in First
Methodist church was held Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock, and notwith
standing the inclement weather a most
satisfactory congregation heard the
address. The preacher, Rev. Charles
Lane, of Hacon, spoke with an earnest
ness which indicates his thorough fa
miliarity with evangelism and the re
ception accorded him bespeaks for the
revival much success.
Rev. Paul W. Ellis, pastor of First,
Methodist congregation, is assisting in
the servees, and the singing is unde,
direction of Mr. Notestine, of Alabama,
a revival singer and chorus leader
whose reputation is well known, anO
v hose assistance in the work here has
already proved invaluable. He will or
ganize the usual large chorus, and
it is anticipated many local singers
will volunteer to help in this part of
the revival service.
In order to enable more to attend
the week-day service, as it is desirea
to reach as many as possible, the hour
for holding these services has been
changed from 10:30 a. m., the hour
first announced, to 4:00 p. m Each
afternoon, therefore, at 4 o’clock dur
ing the continuance of the meeting
services will be held in the church,
and arrangements will be made to ac
commodate large congregations. Es
pecial effort will be put forth to make
the week-day services attractive, as
these are considered by the evangelis
as a season of prayer that brings its
harvest of repentant sinners at the
Sunday meetings.
The current meeting is the first re
vival to be held in Americus this
spring, and it has, apparently, struck
a responsive chord in the hearts of
the people All those present at the
initial service are enthusiastic in their
praise of the evangelist and the song
leader, and a cordial invitation is ex
tended to all to attend during the con
tinuance of th e meetings.
British Advance Slightly.
LONDON, April B.—British troops
advanced their lines slightly last night
east of Vaier and south of Corbie along
the south bank of the Somme river,
General Hai greported early today.
U. 5. IS HANDS
OFF REGARDING
JAP INVASION
.JAPANESE LANDED AT VLADIVOB
- MERELY TO PRESERVE
ORDER—BRITISH TROOPS WERE
IN LANDING PARTY.
WASHINGTON, D. C., April B.
Official confirmation has been received
at that the state department that Brit
ish forces landed with Japanese at
Vladivostock to preserve order. This
was followed immediately by an au
thoritative statement that this coun
try would continue a “bands off” pol
icy in the matter. Fifty British troop
were in the landing party, which was
sent ashore solely to protect the Brit
ish embassy. No armed resistance
was offered.
CAMP WORKERS
ON A WAR DIET
STARTING TODAY
NO WHEAT FIREAD ON MONDAYS
AND D EDN ESDAYS—“ANYTHING
TO HELP THE SOLDIERS” IS
THEIR SLOGAN.
Wheatles.s Mondays and Wednesdays
are observed at the commissary at
the aviation camp construction din
ing room every day now.
Mr M. B. Crawford, the local head
of the Hardaway Construction Com
pany, after a conference with County
Food Administrator Franc Mangum,
has put the food regulations into full
force, beginning today.
“The fact that we are engaged in
government work does not make any
difference to me,” said Mr. Crawford.
“I believe in living squarely up to the
rules.
In consequence the 740 men eating
at the commissary of the construction
camp today had corn bread for dinner.
They had muffins for breakfast, and
will have the same for supper to
night. :
In addition, there will be one wheat
less meal each day. This will be the
supper meal.
All of the men at the camp heartily
approved of the regulations, when they
LOCAL CLERGY
TO COOPERATE
IN BONO SALE
WILL PREACH PATRIOTIC SER-
MONS NEXT SUNDAY AND ALSO
HOLD UNION SERVICES AT THE
WAR RELICS TRAIN.
The clergy of Americus is solidly be
hind the Liberty bond campaign.
At a meeting of the Americus Min
i serial association ths mornng Franc
Mangum, charman of the County Coun
cil of Defense, and in behalf of the
county Liberty Loan committee, ap
pealed for co-operation on behalf of
tl:e ministers, and it was readily and
unanimously granted.
Next Sunday morning every clergy
man i nAmericus will preach a patri
otic sermon, intended to boost the sale
of Liberty bonds. They will also act
as a unit in holding exercises here
next Sunday afternoon, in connection
with the exhibition of the War Relics
train.
Services will be held at the Central
depot, starting at three o’clock, and
every local minister will make a five
minutes talk along patriotic lines. Mr.
Notestine, who is conducting the sing
ing at the First Methodist church dur
ing the present revival, will lead the
singing. The exhibition train wll not
be open during the morning, so as not
to interfere with the Sunday school
ai d church services.
The ministers of Americus are en
thusiastically behind the Liberty Bond
campaign.
DRUM "MB BUGLE
GURPSHERESUNDfIY
II OPERA. HOUSE
LARGE CROWD ENJOYED CONCERT
RENDERED BY BOYS OF GEORGIA
INDUSTRIAL HOME ORGANIZA
TION.
Sunday afternoon at the Opera
House a large crowd of Americus peo
ple hard a concert by the Georgia In
dustrial Home Drum and Bugle Corps.
This is one of the famous child-or
ganizations of Georgia, being consti
tuted of students at the Georgia In
dustrial Home at Macon, and on its
visits to various Georgia cities always
receives an enthusiastic welcome. The
concert Sunday afternoon began a;
3 30 o'clock, and wag thoroughly en
joyable. Harry Salter, leader of the
corps, deserves unusual praise for the
capable musicians he has produced,
and the young drummers and buglers
show marked proficiency under his
able direction.
A feature of the afternoon’s enter
tainment was a brief talk made by
.1. A. Harris, superintendent of the
home, and an earnest worker in its
behalf. His talk was an appeal for as
sistance in conducting the home, set
ting forth the splendid advantages as
forded the young inmates and illus
trating the humane service being per
formed by the institution. A service
flag carried by the young buglers con
tains twenty-six stars, showing the
number of former G. I. H. boys who
have gone into their service of their
ccuntry since the declaration of war
with Germany. Since the flag was
made, however, several other former
residents at the home have gone into
either the army or the navy.
Teutons Violating Peace Treaty.
PETROGRAD, April B.—-A represent
ative of the Soviet commissaries here
today declared that not only is Ger
many not evacuating the territories
occupied before signing the Brest-
Litovsk treaty, but that country is also
holding those occupied since that time,
had been properly informed. “Any
thing io help the soldier boys,” was
(heir cry.
ON WHJEATLESS DAYS
USI NO BREAK CRACKERS,
PASTRY OR BREAKEAST
FOODS CONTAINING OIIUTIHW
■WHEAT.
MULE SHIPS
BLOWN UP BY
THE RUSSIANS
IN ORDER TO EVADE CAPTURE BY
A LARGE NAVAL FORCE, RUS
-BIANSI A NS SENT THEIR SHIPS TO
THE BOTTOM.
WASHINGTON D. C., April 8
Rathr than surrender to an attacking
’German force, including two dread-,
noughts, Dussian officers today blew up
three large naval vessels under their;
command in southern Finnish waters,
according to Swedish press reports,
officially handled at the state depart
ment.
An Analysis of Foch’s Strategy.
NEW YORK, April B—Gen. Foch’s
confidence in the ultimate outcome of
the combat in western France should
not be interpreted as necessarily
meaning an early assumption of the
offensive by the Allies. There is still
room for much defensive enticement
of von Hindenburg into further slaugh
ter of his troops.
It is becoming increasingly evident
that General Foch plans to let von
Hindenburg wear himself out in this
manner before attempting even a large
scale counter-attack. Local opera
t’ons to protect the Amiens-Paris rail
way may compel General Foch to drive
i forward for short distances, but this is
', all that can reasonably be expected for
■ the time being.
William Philip Simms’ dispatch to
,the United Press from British head-
I quarters announcing that the Germans
\ are now within one and one-half miles
of the Paris-Amiens railway, means
that traffic along this line Is under fire
from the German artillery. The Ger
mans will have to be pushed back
from their present position before the
safety of transportation on the Paris-
Amiens line can be assured.
This line, which connects Calais with
| Paris, is the most famous in France,
and its severance by von Hindenburg
would, undoubtedly cause much short
sighted rejoicing in Germany. In the
fare of this problem General Foch’s
optimistic outlook ig encouraging.
GROmUlip
CLOSELY FOLLOW
NEW FLOOR ROLE
MEETING THIS AFTERNOON IN
CONFERENCE WITH FOOD AD
MINISTRATOR FOR PURPOSE OF
ADPTING UNIFORM SYSTEM.
At a special meeting of the gro
cers of the county at the Carnegie Li
brary this afternoon the new food reg
ulations, especially relating to the
sale of flour, will be discussed with,
the county food administrator.
The grocers have shown a spirit to
live within the law, and they have ask
ed the food administrator to meet with
them so that they can devise ways and
means for complying with the new
regulations.
Death of An Infant
Sheppard Jenkins, infant son of Mr
and Mrs. W. B. Mask, eight months
cld, died at the family residence about
6 mile out on Lee street road about
5 o’clock this morning. The child had
been ill about three weeks, and death
was due to pneumonia, a disease which
has attacked two othe rmembers of the
family'.
The funeral services will be con
ducted at Anthony Chapel tomorrow
morning at 10 o’clock conducted by
Rev. G. F. Brown, of Central Baptist
church, of Americus, officiating. In
terment will be in Anthony Chapel
cemetery, beside the church edifice.
NUMBER 83.