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DAILY
CITY
EDITION
10RTIETH YEAR
AMERICANS CAPTURE MANY GERMANS
UNITED STATES DESTROYER ATTACKS U-BOAT IN NORTH ATLANTIC
TWO BIG AUSTRIAN DREADNAUGHTS SUNK IN THE ADRIATIC SEA
SIMMIES OLEIN
OUT BELLEAU
WOODFORHUNS
IMPORTANT POSITION FIVE MILES
WEST OF CHATEAU THIERRY
OCCUPIED BY MARINES AFTER
H ARD FIGHTING.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES, in
France, June 12. —American marines
have completely cleared the important
Belleau Wood, five miles west of
Chateau Thierry, of enemy forces, it
was established today.
Hard fighting preceded the clearing
out of the wood, and the German de
fenders were slaughtered in great
numbers before they surrendered the
position. The surviving Germans fled
in greatest disorder.
About two hundred and fifty pris
oners were taken by the marines, these
prisoners being the gladdest lot ever
yet seen. Many of them are extremely
youthful, having been drafted from all
parts of Germany. Many of the Ger
man regiments, these prisoners state
have been recruited from among the
Jews, who are unwilling to fight, but
are compelled to go into battle by
machine guns placed in the rear of
their tines After these regiments
have been driven into the fighting line,
the prisoners say, Jews are chained
to gun s and wagons by their officers,
to prevent their escape.
American Artillery Active.
WITH THE AMERICANS west of
Montdidier, June 12.—American ar
tillery is pounding the German lines
of communication far in the rear as
the French and Boches grapple in the
struggle on the new front to the east
ward. Flying French planes carrying
American observers direct the fire of
the big guns, which are doing tremen
dous destruction.
Monday night the Huns attempted
two determined raids on the American
positions. The Germans managed to
get a handful of men into the front line
ditches, but these were thrown out as
ter hand to hand fighting
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♦ WEATHER FORECAST.. ♦
♦ PROBABLY RAIN TODAY *
♦OR TOMORROW; UNSETTLED ♦
♦ ON COAST. WITH LIGHT VA ♦
♦ RIABLE WINDS IN INTERIOR. ♦
DON’T OVERLOOK
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VALUES
Extra good quality Silk Petti
coats in Persian’s and solid
colors at-
$4 to $8
Beautiful line of children’s
White Dresses, well made in
sizes 1 to 14 at
$1.25 to $2.25
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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEk
“LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA."
JEHEMIHH O’LEftRY |
A reward of $250 has been offered
for Jerimiah A. O'Leary, Irish leader,
who disappeared the other day just
before he was to go before the United
States court in New York on an in
dictment charging him with conspir
acy. A few days later, his brother
was jointly indicted with him, and
was held in bonds of SIOO,OOO by the
Federal court.
BLOM IT ILL
POINTS GERMANS
FIGHTING HARD
STRIKE AT TWO POINTS ON LINE
IN FRANCE, BI T RESISTANCE IS
TOO STRONG TO BREAK DOWN
AND LINE IS UNCHANGED.
PARIS, June 12.—The Germans,
striking along the entire Oise river
ront yesterday evening and last night
were blocked at every point by the
desperate French resistance.
The battle is still raging, however,
the war department reported today,
and heavy casualties have, been sus
tained on both sides.
A simultaneous atack on the western
portion of the Marne front was made
in connection with the Oise front
thrust, but this, too, was thrown vio
lently back.
American Artillery To Defend Paris
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12
American coast artillerymen, said a
high military authority nere today,
may be assigned to the defense of
Paris, if the Boche invaders get within
range of the big guns before the
French capital. A considerable as
signmf nt of these trained fighters are
already in France and others are being
trained here for overseas service. They
rank highly among heavy artillerymen
of the Allied armies.
W. M. JONES PRESIDENT FO
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HERE
In an article reviewing the work of
• the Chamber of Commerce during the
past year, apearing jn yesterday’s issue
of The Times Recorder, it was inad
I vefrtently stated that Frank Lanier
was president of the organization. This
; was an error, and should have read
W. M. Jones. The error was caused
by a confusion of records in this office
and is deeply regretted. The Chamber
of Commerce, under guidance of Pres
ident Jones has accomplished much
for the progress of Americus, and to
him a dee measure of credit is to be
i properly accorded
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 12, 1918
COAST MOL
BATTLES ENEMY
WBMDEB
NAVY HAS GREAT MASS OF RE
PORTS SHOWING U BOATS AT
TACKED OR BOMBED, BUT ALL
ARE WITHHELD.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ June 12
Carl D. Groat, United Press corres
pondent here, declared today that an
American coast patrol vessel has had a
battle with a Germn u boat raider. The
outcome of the battle, however, is not
known.
The fact that such a battle was
fought, Mr. Groat declares, came from
an “unquestionable source,” and it is
generally believed the u boat was sent
to the bottom.
This fact taken in connection with
the statement that the navy depart
ment has had a mass of reports from
patrol commanders this week claiming
that submarines have either been shot
at or bombed, leads to the assertion
that small danger attaches to further
u boat in Atlantic waters.
None of the reports on u boat opera
tion s received at the navy department
have been made public.
OPEN DIPLOMACY
IS NOT WANTED
BORAH AMENDMENT FOR PUBLIC
CONSIDERATION OF TREATIES
REJECTED BY VOTE OF FIFTY
THREE TO FIFTY.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12
The senate today went on record as
opposed to open diplomacy.
By a vote of fifty three to fifty the
body rejected Senator Borah’s amend
ment providing for public considera
tion of all treaties.
The senate, by its action today, ac
cepted President Wilson’s own con
struction of his peace terms speech,
delivered January 8 th, when he told
congress he favored open covenants
of peace openly arrived at, and that
henceforth dipomacy must aways pro
ceed in the open.
BIG CUNARD LINER
IS VICTIM OF SUBS;
ALL ABOARD SAVED
WASHINGTON. D. C„ June 12.
Official reports of the sinking of the
former Cunard liner Ansonia, which
had recently been in use as a British
transport, were received at the navy
department today. No American lives
were endangered, so far as the de
partment knows, and it is said all on
board were saved. The steamer was.
torpedoed and sunk while westward
bound from a European port.
MINNIE VANN CIRCLE
WILL MEET TONIGHT
There will be a meeting of Minnie
Vann Grove. Woodmen Circle, No. 36,
tonight at 8 o’clock, which al) members
are urged to attend. The meeting will
be held in the Woodmen s Hall, third
floor of Wheatley building, on Windsor
av nue, and a pleasant gathering is
C'Sitred these who attend.
0.5. MARKETING
BOARD 10 MEET
IN NEW ORLEANS
JULY FIRST AND SECOND FIXED
BY PRESIDENT BROWN AS DATES
GATHERING OF INTEREST TO
EVERY COTTON FARMER.
ATLANTA, Ga., June 12. —Commis
sioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown, as
president of the Cotton States Official
Advisory Marketing Board, has called
a meeting of that organization to be
held in New Orleans, La., on July Ist
and 2nd. This meeting will be one
of particular interest to every cotton
producer in the South.
A special subject of discussion and
action will be recent developments
presented in the statement of E. A.
Calvin, official rperesentative of the
board in Washington, tending to indi
cate the existence of a conspiracy to
hold down the price of cotton. In this
connection the board will deal with the
question of holding cotton to meet any
such emergency as this, bear movement
may present.
One of the most important purposes
of this meeting will be to plan for a
statistical bureau whose statements
will be based on absolute reports direc
from the cotton fields, and which will
be independent of any other estimates
or figures. It is the purpose of the
bureau to issue reports which shall
be absolutely reliable in every detail.
The Cotton States Marketing Board
is composed of the commissioners of
agriculture, directors of market bu
reaus and Farmers’ Union presidents
of all the cotton states. Director L.
B. Jackson, of the Georgia bureau of
markets, is its secretary.
BIG BUDGET FOR
BETTERMENTS
GETS APPROVAL
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12.
Improvements, additions and better
ments on the American national rail
ways during 1918 will cost $946,300,000.
The railroad administration today ap
proved such a budget, covering all e
penditures, except those for labor and
fuel, during the current year.
GERMAN INFLUENCE
AMONG FEW NEGROES
ATLANTA, Ga., June 12—A promi
nent Atlanta woman went out in
search of a negro washer woman
She went into a street occupied by
negroes and stopped at a rather nice
looking cottage where a negro woman
was sitting on the front porch.
“Do you know where I can get a
washer-woman7’ she asked.
"No rn, 1 don’t elieve I do,” replied
the negro woman.
“Condition certainly are getting bad
in regard to colored help, aren’t they,
remarked the lady.
“Huh." replied the negres?. “1
reckon dey is, and it’s going to get
worse When the Germans win the
war the white folks is goin’ to be
washin’ for us.”
In this connection it is interesting to
note that Dr. Isaac J- Lansing, of
Ridgewood, N. J., has been sent to the
South by the National Security League
to make speeches in eight states to
offset the German propaganda among
the negroes.
| DO. LYMAN ABBOIT
-
DtIYMAWABWOTT . ,
Dr. Lyman Abbott, who succeeded
Henry Ward Beecher in the pastorate
of Plymouth church, Brooklyn, and
now editor of the Outlook, told the
memebers of the League to Enforce
Peace that he would not pray fqr the
Kaiser He said this in answer to a
statement by the Archbishop of York.
He said he would offer a prayer for
ignorant and unwitting criminals, but
he would not offer it for “the Kaiser
and his pals.”
SUMTER CANNING
CLUB GIRL HAS FINE
RED RIPE TOMATOES
Miss Mary Delxjach, who resides a
few miles out of Americus, and is an
enthusiastic member of the Girls’ Can
ning club, which is under the instruc
tion of Miss Rowena Long, home eco
nomics agent here, is one of the most
successful gardeners in this section,
and her feat in producing red ripe
tomatoes at this season is believed to
be without a parallel in the history of
the county.
There have been Florida tomatoes in
this market during, perhaps, a week
or more, but none of the home prod
uct have as yet been brought into the
city, except those produced by Miss
DeLoach. This young lady has had
ripe tomatoes upon her vines more
than a week now. and the members of
th'* Del each family have already eatrn
a quantity of tomatoes out of her
grden, but only yesterday did she sent
some of them into the city, where they
were eagerly sought, and at fancy 7
prices.
PAN-AMERICANISM
IS WILSON’S POUCY
WASHINGTON, D C., June 12.
“Pan-Americanism —a pact of all the
Americas for self-protection pur
poses,” is advocated by President Wil
son in an address to the group of
Mexican editors visiting here. De
claring that the Monroe doctrine, not
withstanding the dissatisfaction in
Central America, will be upheld, he
said, “we are going to be a big
brother to you. whether you want us
or not. The president said this policy
; contained nothing that protects Mex
ico from aggression on the part of the
United States, but that these coun
tries need not be uneasy, as he pro
posed a common guarantee that all of
us will sign a declaration of political
independence anad territorial integ
rity.
WEDNESDAY
AIL MEATS
weatless
VSE NO BREAD, C RAaUXILS. 1111 IM/'
TASna* OH BREAKIAST FOOD*
CONTAINING WOCAT
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ITALIAN TORPEDO
GRAFT SINK 010
AUSTRIAN SHIPS
AFTER DESTROYING GREAT AUS
TRIAN DREADNAUGHTS, LITTLE
CRAFT REURNED SAFELY TO
THE ITALIAN BASE.
ROME, June 12. —Two small Italian
torpedo boats, defying an entire Aus
trian battle fleet, sank two of the
largest dreadnaughts of the Austrian
navy Monday morning. Following
their exploit, the plucky little vessels
returned in safety to their bases.
Official announcement of the daring
and successful venture was authorized
here today. The sinkiny of the two
big Austrian warships occurred off the
Dalmatian Islands, on the Austrian
side of the Adriatic, and it is further
said in the pursuit which followed de
struction of the two battleships, an
Austrian destroyer was badly dam
aged.
GEORGIA MEN ARE
AMONG CASUALTIES
REPORTED BY DEPT.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12.
General Parshing reported one hun
dred and twenty seven casualties to the
war department today, divided as
follows:
Fifteen killed in action, eighteen
died of disease, one died in airplane
accident; seventeen died from “acci
dents and other causes,’’ sixty wounded
severely, six wounded with degree of
injury undetermined, and c ne missing
in action.
Justin D. Lyell, of Nashville, Tenn.,
wa 8 one of those who died of wounds;
Emmett Sograys, Hampton, Ga., died
of disease, and Sam A. Conley, of Hi
wassee. Ga.; bidwin C. Head, of Need
more, Ga., and Henry W. Kennedy, of
Waycross, Ga., were reported among
! those severely wounded.
Marine Corps Casualties.
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 12.
| The marine corps casualty list issued
today showed eleven killed in action,
two died of wounds and four wounded
severely. Fred R Lomax, of Hopen
wald, Tenn . was among those killed
in action.
SOMETHING NEW AT
! OUR STORE EACH
| DAY
Big line of Boys Wash Suits
in plain white stripes and solid
colors at —
$1.25 and $1.50
Ladies Athletic Union Suits,
size 36 to 50 at —
$1 and $1.50
CHURCHWELL’S
Dept. Store
NUMBER 139.
