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DAILY
CITY
EDITION
FORTIETH TEAR
DOUBLE OFFENSIVE IS THE PLAN NOW
LONG HOPED FOB
HR SUCCESS
15 HUN PROPHECY
WHILE FIGHTING IN FRANCE IS
UNDER WAT, THE AGGRESSIVE
WILL BE RESUMED ON THE ITAL
IAN FRONT.
AMSTERDAM, May 7.—The German
press declares today that resumption
of the west front offensive will be aid
ed by a huge offensive on the Italian
front. It was learned here today that
Teuton newspapers say the combined
effort will bring the longed-for Ger
man success.
MIUIMVILL OBEY
ALL FOOD RULES
SMS MAJOR MSB
WHEATLESS MONDATS AND WED.
NESDATS WILL BE OBSERVED
AT SOUTHER FIELD, IT WAS DE
CIDED UPON TODAT.
All food regulations will be enforce
ed among the 800 soldiers and avia
tors at Souther Field.
This was decided upon today by Ma
jor Carlyie Wash, the commandant, af
ter a conference with Food Adminis
trator Franc Mangum.
This means that wheatless Mondays
and Wednesdays and all of the other
food restrictions enforced upon and
observed by civilians will apply at; the
camp.
“Whatever the government ordhins
for the people of th© country in behalf
of the boys in France and for the ben
efit of the general welfare of the coun
try is satisfactory to the soldier boys
in this country,” says Major Wash,
“and I am sure that every man at the
aviation camp -will enter heartily into
the spirit of the rules. While it will
be hard for some of the men, who
are from the north, to accustom them
selves without wheat breads
two days a week, I know they will do
sc readily when they are told why.”
The Hardaway Construction Com
panp’s commissary at the camp, feed
ing 700 men dally, is already livings
strictly up to the food rules.
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OR FRENCH FRONT
ALLIED GUNS FOR THE PAST
TWENTT-FOUR HOURS have
HINDERED MOBILIZATION OF
TROOPS RY GERMANS.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES, in |
France, May 7.—Allied guns for the'
past twenty-four hours i have been
steadily bombarding the German back
areas. This is hindering the quick
movement of enemy troops and mate
rial. Around Noyon the infantry lull
continues, with rain pouring down con-;
tinuously.
Mutual Heavy Firing.
PARIS May 7.—There is mutual ar
tillerying in progress on both sides of
the Avre river, it is officially announc
ed A German surprise attack west of
Hangard en Santerre failed.
CUFF WHEATLEY
SECOND LIEUTENANT
ATLANTA, Ga.. May 7.—Clifon S.
Wheatley, 527 Lee street, Americus,
Ga., today graduates as a second lieu
tenant at the officers training school,
Camp Stanley, Leon Springs, Texas.
AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER
“LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA."
I GENERAL PLUMMER
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Much depends upon Gen. Sir Her
bert Charles Plummer, in command
of British forces in the Flanders sec
tion where the Germans made their
ferocious efforts to break through.
Photo by Underwood & Underwood.
STIR! CAMPAIGN
TO BID CDUNFY DF
All COE TICKS
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT TO
CO-OPERATE WITH THE COUNTY
—DECIDED AT MEETING OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
The work of eradicating the cattle
tick from Sumter county soil is to be
renewed and pushed to success at an
early date. This was decided upon
late yesterday, when the Board of
County Commissioners adopted a for
mal resolution pledging the support of
the board to the movement.
G. 0. Marshall, county farm demon
stration agent here, will be in charge
of the work, but will have the assist
ance of certain government officials
who are here in connection with sani
tation problems, and he expresses con
fidence that the task will be completed
during the summer months. At pres
ent there is a considerable area in
Sumter county stiU under quarantine
because of the presence of ticks, but
even in such area there are very few
of the insects, and with the installa •
tion of additional dipping vats and
frequent dipping of all cattle pastured
in suvh fields, combined with the dis
infection of the soil there will speedily
result in the total eradcation of the
pest
The growing importance of the cat
tle industry-fn Sumter county has dur
ing iecent years forced this problem
prominently before the public, and a
fight against ticks has been in prog
ress during some time. As a result
of this fight, there have already been
constructed ten large and modern dip
ping vat.-, and many pastures have
been disinfected for the pests. Sev
eral additional dipping vats will be in
stalled immediately, it is said, and with
the complete eradication of the tick
it is expected even larger herds of
blooded cattle will be brought in and
pastuied on Sumter county lands.
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RAIDING ACTIVITIES
ON FLAW FRONT
LONDON. May 7.—Raiding activities
are reported by General Haig today
“We captured a few prisoners and
three machine guns in a successful
raid last night southeast of Arras,’’
the report says, and adds: “Our troops
suffered slight casualties.” An enemy
raid south of Arras was repqfeed.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7, 1918
INQUIRY INTO
AIRCRAFT IIS
STARTED TODAY
CHARGED that millions of
DOLLARS IN CONTRACTS WERE
GIVEN TO MEN WHO HAD rOLIT
ICAL INFLUENCE.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.
The house military committee today
opened a formal inquiry into aircraft
production work, when hearings on the
$1,032,000,000 appropriation asked by
the war department was begun. The
committee has called Secretary Baker,
General Payton March, chief of staff
of the army and aircraft officials to
testify.
Summary of Charges.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.
Fifty million dollars in airplane con
tracts were given to men who “had not
I the remotest connection with any
emergency airplane production,” ac
cording to published charges of Gutzon
Borglum today. Borglum charges j
these men received contracts because,
of “pull,” with Colonel Deeds. The de- !
partment of justice is proceeding with !
the investiga. ion ordered by Presi- ’
dent Wilson.
NEWSPAPER MAN
IS GIVEN HONOR
PARIS May 7. —Henry Wood, United
Press staff correspondent with the
French armies in the field, has been ’
decorated as a chevalier of the Legion
or Honor, in recognition of his work
on the French front during the past .
twenty months. The cross was bestow- ■
ed at French general headquarters
with the traditional ceremony, by a ■
major general of the French staff. The 1
honor was conferred by the French ;
government at the request of General '
Petain.
Henry Wood's home is Omaha, Neb., I
and his first newspaper experience was '
on the Omaha Daily News. Later he
worked on several Ohio newspapers.
He has been with the United Press
about ten years. ,
He was in charge of the Rome bu-!
reau of the United Press at the time ;
of the death of Pope Pius X and scored
a beat on the event. He has been in ;
the field with the French armies about
two years.
The Legion of Honor is an order of j
merit created by Napoleon Bonaparte
as a reward for civil or military ser
vice It has five classes, including
the chevalier.
’PLANE FLIGHTS
BECOME FBEQUENT
TWO MACHINES IN THE AIR AT j
SAME.TIME YESTERDAY AFTER-'
NOON AND FLIGHT OVER THE
CITY THIS MORNING.
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Aeroplane flights are becoming a,
commonplace event for Americus now. ■
Yesterday afternoon two of the new;
Curtiss machines were assembled, [
and flights were made by Major Wash,
Capt .Furrows, and Lieutenant War-i
ren. There were two machines in the
air at the same time for a period of
about twenty minutes
This morning Capt. Furrows made
another flight, coming over the city at
perhaps the highest altitude attained
here yet. He went more than 1,200 feet
in the air.
The forty-five machines at the camp
are now being assembled and all will
be ready for trials within another
week. There are now four flying of
ficers at Souther Field, the three
named above, and Lieut. Hilliard
In about ten days the student avia
tors will arrive.
WHEAT CfIDP IN
SUMTER TO BE
PROFITABLE ONE
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ESTIMATED A TOTAL HARVEST OF
250.000 BUSHELS WILL BE GATH
ERED IN HIS COUNTY DURING
NEXT FEW WEEKS.
The wheat crop in Sumter county
this spring is one of the largest ever
produced here, notwithstanding recent
rains and hail storms which beat
mochi of the almost-ripened grain out
upon the ground. This is the informa
tion brought to Americus by people
who have recently travelled over the
entire county, and who carefully ob
served crop conditions.
Conservatively estimated at two
hundred and fifty thousand bushels,
Sumter county’s harvest of golden
wheat will be worth at government
prices approximately $625,000, a tidy
: sum in itself, that is added to the
agricultural wealth of the county. This
' crop is now being harvested, and with
I present ideal weather copditions con
tinuing another fortnight every dol
lar’s worth of this excellent yield will
be safely garnered and stored away
for sale or use at home.
In addition to this bountiful wheat
crop, a large quantity of rye and
other spring cereals has been pro
duced, and Sumter farmers, practical
ly all of whom profited by the advice
of government crop demonstration ■
agents last fall, and put in large acre -;
ages to food crops, have little tp fear
from the impending world scarcity of
wheat.
ALL WORK STOPS
IN AUSTRIA; MEN
ARE OHSTRIKE
COPENHAGEN, May 7.—A1l work in
Austria-Hungary ceased on May Day,
according to information received here
today This information is further to,
the effect that the workmen passed
resolutions demanding an eight-hour
day.
rendition in Austria Serious.
ZURICH, Switzerland, May 7. —Re-
ports from various sources declare
conditions in Austria are becoming se
rious, and that revolutionary tenden
cies are continually cropping out. The
Austrian government denies all these
r imers, declaring the situation in the
interior is calm.
HEALTB OFFICER
FOB COUNTY NAMED
LIEUT. R. L. DESAUSSURE, OF
SOUTHER FIELD, HAS BEEN
ELECTED—WILL START ACTIVE
CAMPAIGN AT ONCE.
Lieut. R. L. DeSaussure, one of the
commissioned physicians at Souther
Field, has been elected county health '
officer, without pay, and has entered j
upon his duties.
He will have entire charge of the j
sanitary work in this county, and will
superintend the “cleaning up” of the
county. He-will launch at once a vig-:
orous campaign for the eradication of •
mosquitoes and flies, and will en
deavor to make Ameriucs and Sumter
county even more healthful than they
have been In the past.
Take German Property.
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7. j
To check German intrigue in Porto
Rico, Alien Property Custodian Pal- |
mer today took over enemy-eontrulleJ .
sugar plantations in this country val- .
ued at $530,000.
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Major General Frederick Barton
Maurice, chief director of military op
erations in the war office, who has
, been in France recently, has been
sent to the field. He probably will be
assigned to work in relation to the
united command of the British and
French armies. Photo copyright, Un
derwood & Underwood.
OBGMraHEBE
IB RUN DOWN ALL
HUNSYMPATHIZEBS
LOCAL CAMP OF THE PATRIOTIC
ORDER OF SONS OF AMERICA IS
AFFILIATED WITH THE COUNCIL
OF DEFENSE.
The following resolutions were en
thusiastically adopted last night at a
largely attended and rousing meeting
of Camp 14, of the Patriotic Order
of Sons of America:
Whereas, The government and peo
ple of the United States being at war
with the government and people of
i the German empire, and
Whereas, The proven acts and prac
tices of the German government and
its military and naval powers being ,
in violation of international law and 1
the commorr usages of civilized war
fare, ami
Whereas, The proven facts relative
to German espionage upon the acts
of the government of the United
States and its people, and the destruc
tion of the property of both by the paid
©gents of the Imperial German gov
ernment now among us, also the
spreading of seditious propaganda, and
all tending to hinder the government
of the United States and its army and i
.navy in the prosecution of the war i
against Germany and its allies; all
such proven facts tending to place
, the German government and its mili
tary clique without the pale of con
sideration of civilized nations.
Now. therefore, in view x>f suich.
I facts brings us to realize that we, the
i American people, are facing in a war
t. the death the most brutal and un
scrupulous nation that history has eter
revealed; that we , the Patriotic Order
, Sons of America, Camp Nb. 14, do by
■ these resolution align ourselves, to a
man, as an auxiliary of the Americus
■ and Sumter County Council of De
fense;
Resloved, furthers, that this body,
t>e known as “The P. O. S. of A. Min-:
ute Men” of Americus, Ga.
Be it further reslved, that we call j
■ upon all members of the order to be
vigilant in apprehending and reporting
■ to the chairman of the Council of De
fense all persons guilty of seditious
acts, language, or violation of food or .
other laws tending to assist this gov- j
ernment in its prosecution of the just
war now being waged against the
i common and greatest enemy of man
kind.
| Resolved further, that these reso-|
: h tjons be published in The Times-Re- ■
j corder, and that copies be furnished |
each member of both camps P. O. S. of ‘
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STOPS OFFICERS
FROM ATTENDING
PUBLIC DANCING
An order posted at Souther Field
yesterday, by direction of Major C.
H. Wash, prohibits all officers at the
aviation camp from attending public
dances.
This means, in effect, that commis
sioned officers and privates cannot be
present at the same social affairs, since
the order applies only to the officers
and does not mention the privates. The
latter can go to public dances if they
desire.
The only dances the officers may at
tend are private dances, where the
members or guests are present by In
vitation, and to which privates and
ncn-commissioned officers are not ask
ed.
This Is Tnllitary etiquette and is en
forced wherever there is a camp.
pjeiYmits on
SUGAR SALES ABE
STBICTLY ORDERED
THOSE GROCERS FAILING TO SEND
IN THEIR REPORTS BY TOMOR
ROW WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO
SELL SUGAR.
Grocers not filing with the county
food administrator the original certi
ficates of customers who bought 25
pounds of sugar for preserving pur
poses, will be denied the privilege of
making any more such sales.
Tills was announced today by tho
food administrator, because of the fact
that only three grocers in the city had
reported i&ch sales, whereas the food
administrator has knowledge of mor*
than 100 such sales having been made
during the past week.
Under the law, the grocers are re
quired to keep a record themselves, and
to send the original certificate to the
local food administrator. Not more
than five pounds of sugar may be sold
to any person not making such a certi
ficate, which must be according to a
certain form prescribed by the state
food administration.
The grocers have until tomorrow
night to send in these reports, and all
failing to tdo so by that time will be
prohibited from making these special
sales of sugar.
It is also announced that any person
found to have bought 25 pounds of su
gar on the false pretense of desiring it
for preserving purposes will lose the
sugar and also be barred from the pur
chase of any sugar at all for a period
of six months.
U-BOAT IS SUNK BY
AMERICAN STEAMER
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 7.
It took the American steamer Tide
water, just three well-placed shots to
dispose of an enemy submarine on
March 17th. the navy department an
nounced today. The second shot made
a clean hit, after which the subma
rine submerged, either damaged or
destroyed. The action occurred short
ly before midnight on the date named
Reichstag Adjourns.
THE H'AGUE, Netherlands, May 7.
The Austrian reiehstag has adjourned
until .lune 18th. to permit Premier von
Seydler to bargain with the opposi
tion for a working majority, according
to Austrian advices received here to
day.
A., together with suitable explanation.!
of what he is expected to do.
H. D. WATTS,
O D. REESE.
NAT LeMASTER,
Committee on Resolutions.
Unanimously passed, this the 6th day
of May, 1918.
NUMBER 108.