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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. artillerylusy 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 ________________________ * WSii a* HT 1 ' t 'll IRaJIOwS 1 ■ AL: 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. * 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. ■ ’ ■ ■ * 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 I ; -. ■ 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. | M BEMEBAL MilimCE e ’ ' " ' -; • i JF > I- ■ ’ L. i ' ■ U I ' St i ■ ■ ■■ */>■« ■ » I TMwHWWMWtti I ' V / - 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 ‘ p-—'. ■ «... TUESDAY CWX MEAJt jgfSSSjik WEATLESS USt MO SlfeßAß CKM-KQU. Bornr cm ixr ak&wt kxjps 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.