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DAILY
CITY
EDITION
10RTIETH YEAR
EXERCISES FOR
SCHOOL CLOSING
THURSDAY NIGHT
INTERESTING PROGRAM IS PRE
PARED FOR THE COMMENCE
MENT AT HIGH SCHOOL—LARGE
GRADT ATING CLASS
The commencement exercises for the
High school will be held tomorrow
night, and an interesting program has
been arranged for the occasion.
The program is as follows:
Invocation —Rev. Geo. F. Brown.
Chorus —“Anchored” Watson,-Vea
z <.)
Salutatory—Miss Elizabeth Harris.
Our Flag—Lorin Smith, Jr
Chorus, "Shubert’s Serenade” —Arr
by '’eazle.
Valedictory—Henry Al: .11
Award of Diplomas and Medals —
Rev. Lansing Burrows.
Introduction of Speaker- Supt. J. E.
Mathis.
Address —Major R. J. Guinn, Presi
dent of Atlanta Board of Education.
The Star Spangled Barner—Audi
ence
Benediction —Rev. Leroy G. Hender
son.
Ushers: Lauren Chambliss, Charles
Culpepper, 'Finis Dunaway, Hudson
Fetner Robert Monahan. Walter Hayes,
Charles Smith, William Pearlman.
Class of 1918: Henry Allen, Bar
ney Ball. Frank Cameron, Oscar Car
ter. Egbert Clark, Orlean Ansley, Myr
tle Baldwin, Elizabeth Belcher. Evelyn
• Bragg, Pauline Broadhurst. Mary Rose
Biown. Mary Sue Chambliss, Edith
Cobb, Stella Doster, Mildred Grand
berry, Ely Horne. George Lumpkin,
Ijewis Merritt, Lorin Smith. George
Walker, Elizabeth Harris, Hazel
H o rne, Mary Alice Lingo, Frances Mq-
Math, Estelle Parker, Jeannette Pearl
man, Eunice Royal, Bertha Shy, Mar
garet Wheatley, Nellie Worthy, Naomi
Wright.
President —Naomi Wright.
Vice-President —George Lumpkin.
Secretary-Treasurer—George
s kcr.
Historian —Frances McMath.
P'opl.et—Eunice Royal.
Poet- ■ Margaret Wheatley.
. Motto: Ducimv's; Alli Sequentur.
War Work Activities of The Ameri- |
cus Schools. J
High School:
Thrift Stamps Sold —$3,530.70.
Army Y. M. C. A. Fund—sl,ooo.
Liberty Bonds —$4,000.
Books For Soldiers —1,000.
Magazines—2oo.
Articles for Red Cross —634.
Cash for Red Cross —$100.
Grammar School:
Liuerty Bonds Sold —$13,300
Thrift. Stamps—s7,ll6.lo.
Books for Soldiers —1,330.
Magazines—4oo.
Articles for Red Cross —1,377.
The exercises at the High school
auditorium will begin at 8:30
o’clock.
STUDENT AVIATORS
ARRIVE THIS WEEK
Beginning tomorrow, the student
aviators for Souther Field will begin
to arrive, and will report at the rate
of about 25 a week, until 150 are
here. There are now eight flyers at
the aviation camp, all officers
RAILROAD HEADS
FIRED BY M’ADOO
WASHINGTON, D C.. May 22.
Every railroad president in the United
States was relieved from active duty
as executive manager of his road yes
terday by Director eGneral McAdoo,
and he will appoint a federal director
for each road responsible only to the
railroad administration. In many in
stances the president of the road may
be named federl director.
To safeguard the interests of th#
stockholders and maintain the indi
viduality of each railway, federal di
rectors whenever possible will be ap
pointed from among the operating of
ficers of the property This will avoid
disrupting any road’s working ozoni
zation unnecessarily.
AMERICUS I'IMES-RECORDEk
"LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA."
HW I A Great Net of Mercy drawn through IS
an O cean of Unspeakable Pain”
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77ie Call From No Man’s Land
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SALE OF ODER
TO SOLDIERS IS
LAW VIOLATION
| Places in Americus selling hard
[cider or fermented grape juice, con
taining more than one-half of one per
cent of alcohol, are ‘‘in bad” with Un
cle Sam, and cases against all of them
will probably be made at an early
dte by the authorities at the aviation
camp.
It is a federal violation to sell or
give an alcoholic drink to a soldier,
and evidence has been secured against
practically every place in the city
which handles these beverages
Major Wash is determined that there
shall be no traffic in strong drink, so
far as the soldiers are concerned, and
he is taking steps to prevent it. The
military police are active and all such
places are being closely watched.
The fact that several of the men had
Ito spend time in the guard house for
(intoxication as the result of drinking
the cider and graps juice aroused the
military authorities.
Escaped German Faugiit.
j CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., May 22.
Robert Beeee, the second of five Ger
nwns who escaped from the Fort
(Oglethorpe Ga., internment camp yes
terday, was recaptured today at Oak
jdalc. ’ enn, near here. The rrrest aws
made by a special railway detective,
Reese being caught hiding in a box
ear
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 22, 1918
OUR EXPLANATION
NOT SATISFACTORY
HOLLAND DECLARES
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 22.
Answering the American ieply to the
Dutch ship seizure protest, the govern
ment of Holland has informed the
state department that country re
gards as insufficient the explanations
made by this government
SLACKER IS KILLED
AVOIDING ARREST
MOBILE, Ala., May 22. —When he
resisted arrest on a slacker charge to
day, Jesse G. Wilson, of Chicago, was
shot and killed at Spanish Fort. Ala,
by G. K Berg, a federal officer. Wilson
was wanted by the Chicago exemption
board for failink to answer his
questionnaire.
REWARD OFFERED
FOR INCENDIARY
VALUObTA, Ga. May 22—Lowndes
county authorities have failed to find
a clue to the incendiary who fired the
mills of the Town Manufacturing
Company here yesterday A large por
ter? of the big factory was utterly de
stroyed, with lose estimated at <50,-
000
NEW TAX BILL
IS NECESSARY
AT THIS TIME
-
WASHINGTON. D. C., May
President Wilson regards a new tax
bill as necessary at this session of
i congress. This was learned officially
early this afternoon. .
DEFINITE PLAN TO
r AID THE RUSSIANS
WASHINGTON. D C., May 22
The state department has under con
isideration a definite plan to aid Rus
sia.
It became known today that this
contemplates some form of financial
assistance, which while helping Rus
sia to struggle back into its place in
the sun, would also foil Tlermany’s
grasping machinations
X U. S. TO BUY
. POUNDS OF GA. FLOUR
ATLANTA, Ga, May 22.—Announce
ment is authorized here that the food
administration will food buy 10,000,-
*ۥ00 pounds of flour In Geoifl*. Tfcto
represents the entire supply now in
|Ue hands of small mor eharts hi this
•tats
GOVERNOR OFFTBF
TO SEND MIIHII
TROOPS ARE NOT WANTED AT THE
I SCENE-OF RECENT LYNCHINGS,
HOWEVER, AS ALL EXCITEMENT
i HAS SUBSIDED.
I
! VALDOSTA, Ga„ May 22.—Governor
Dorsey today offered two hundred and
fifty dollars reward for the capture of
Sidney Johnson, a negro wanted io
connection with the Smith murder at
Barney, Ga., a week ago today. The
' overnor also telephoned local authorl
ies offering to send troops to quell any
disturbance or race riots, but the offer
was declined. Excitement here is rap
idly dying down.
hmiisEs
10 BEIBANDOBED
CONTINUALLY HARASSED BY lIIL
BRITISH PLANES AND WITH
J ( HANNELS BLOCKED GERMANS
i TO MOVF THEIR BASES.
•.
BERNE, May 22 —German naval au-
■ horities are preparing to nh-imlon
1 eebrugge and Ostend as u-boat bases
: ecause of the recent bl ickade effect
I d by Briiish naval forces and con-
I tan? I,Classing by British bombing
! >lanes, according to information re-
■ el ven here.
SEMITE 10 PROBE
fiIRCRMT CHARGE
DESPITE THE PRESIDENT’S OB-
Sections the senate commit-
TEE DECIDES TO INVESTIGATE i
AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION.
I
WASHINGTON, D C„ May 22. (
The senate military affairs committee
will investigate aircraft production. (
The committee today won its conten
tion that such investigation should be
nade in spite of President ’Wilson’s ex
pressed contrary view that th einquiry
is unnecessary in view of the ap
pointment of Charleg. E Hughes to as- ,
sist the department of justice probe
into the scandal.
j
American Casualties.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 22. '
Forty-eight names appeared in today’s
: American casualty list, insluding
three killed in artion, two died of dis- '
ease, two died of wounds, thirty
eight severely wounded and three
slightly wounded. Corporal Thomas
G. Speck, of Livingston. Tenn . was
among those who died of wounds.
B. V. P. U. Social.
The Baptist Young People’s Union
will entertain with a social tonight at
8:30 o’clock at First Baptist church. '
; All members will be present, and we J
wish to extend a cordial invitation to
the soldiers of Souther Field. Every
one present is promised a good time.
EVIDENCE OF SINN FEIN ,
PLOTTING IN UNITED STATES ,
I
— I
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 22
Disclosures yesterday that the govern
ment has gathered evidence in this
'country of conspiracies between Irish ,
(Sinn Fein leaders and German agents
to precipitate a rebellion in Ireland,
was followed by announcement that
government agents have uncovere
imilar German Intrigues wth oth
jationalist groups in the United States.
Germany money, it was stated, has
,J>een used to finance agitation among
negroes and among Finns. Lithuan
ian.- and others of'the so-called “op
pressed nationalities" which for years
have had nationalist grievance
again? Russia or other
•Hies
' Tn most cases this propaganda hns
bene carried on by Americans affiliat
ed with these groups, paid from some
n.veterioue source believed to he the
German government
Mav 22.
WEDNESDAY
ALL MEALS
V.TOATLESS
Vsll no BREAD, fftAfEEIA SKI Illi
FAxTRY CSI BHEAKTAST KX3W
COtnAININto
IRISH TO RESIST
I SERIO IRMI
HUMORED THAT THE BRITISH
GOVERNMENT WILL CONFISCATE
MONEY RAISED TO FIGHT THE
CONSCEIPTION ACT.
DLBLIN, May 22.—The Sinn Fein in
Ireland is recovering from its first
shock; of surprise and consternation
following recent wholesale arrests of
its leaders and it is determinedly
pushing plans to resist conscription
and rebuilding its shattered organiza
tion. The appointment of new leaders
in country districts and strengthen
ing of its work in other places is go
ing steadily.
I Sinn Fein headquarters here openly ,
boasts that there are Sinn Fein com
panies drilling in tire more reomte sec
tion of the country, and several raids
in an effort to steal arms and ammu
nition have been reported.
| Ther§ are rumors current that the
British government intends to confis
cate the million dollar anti-conscrip
tion fund recently raised through Sinn
f’eing efforts.
AVIATOR IS KILLED
IN FIGHT AT NIGHT
WASHINGTON, D. C„ May 22 -
The American naval aviators hare
'operated over Heligoland at nignt was
levcaled today when the Comm'Uee on
Pal lie Information annouired the
death of Ensign Stephen Potter, of De
troit. Mich.
I Ensign Potter met death 'n a spec
tacular air battle with seven <n-i:iy
'single-seaters. Potter and a compan
ion lartled together gallantly against
a ’ shaped flying wedge of reutons,
and quit only when their machine in
flames came crashing down on ’he
port wing tip.
i
S:ic<cssful British Raids.
LONDON, May 22.—S ccnr. il Pr 1-
. cn iaids in various sectors and G -
n an pr.iPery fire south of Albert and
An the .cistern and southern pr.ritcn?
of Flanders was reported by General
Haig today. One raid east of Arras
netted the British one machine gun
and fourteen prisoners
Enemy Plane Landed.
PARIS, May 22. —One enemy air
plane was brought down during an
air raid on Paris last night, it is offi
cially announced. There were some
casualties and damage from bombs.
American Raid.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, in
Fiance, May 22.—The official com
munique issued at American head
quarters last night, raid in reconnais
ance combat in Lorraine wood wi
captured prisoners. Both sides ar
il’feiy was active in Lorraine and the
jWoevre sector.
Patrol Encounters.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, in
France, May 22.—Patrolling in Lor
raine, especially on the American side
is very active. One patrol, consisting
of an officer and twenty men exploring
a hostila position today, came in con
tact with and opened fire upon a Ger
man patrol of approximately the same
elze. The German patrol took cover
and returned the fire, whereupon our
patrol rushed the position and put the
'enemy to flight, capturing two prison
ers. One of these died of wounds af
ter reaching the American lines.
TWO AVIATORS FLY
' TO DAWSON TODAY
Two of the flyers at the aviation
camp go to Dawson early this after
noon in machines for the purpose of
assisting in a Red Cross campaign.
| Arrangements are being made to se
cure permanent landing st
Dawson. • •
I .piFeurers on BoaT*
'W ASHINGTON, D. C., May 22-A*
additional Ist of thirteen
board the «l-fate< C? clops
was tested by the navy u~
diy
NUMBER 121.