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FORTY-FIRST YEAR, NO. 141
U. S. TROOPS CROSS BORDER AT EL PASO
AND ROUT VILLA BANDITS IN BATTLE
TWENTY DEAD.
DOZEN MISSING,
IN TRAGEDY ON
WARRIOR RIVER
Tuscaloosa, Ala., Scene
of Overturning of
Launch
VICTIMS WOMEN
AND CHILDREN
All Business Suspended
By Town in Respect
To Dead
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TUSCALOOSA, June 16.—(8y
Associated Press.) —The bodies of 20*
persons, who lost their lives yester
day when a launch overturned in
the Warrior river near here have
been recovered and identified. The
number persons still missing is
placed at twelve to fifteen.
All business ceased this morning
out of respect to the dead. Most of
the victims were women and children.
The fictims were memoers of a
party of fifty-three, that were cast
into the water at 5:45 o’clock Sun
day afternoon, when the gasoline
launch turned over in midstream,
near the manufacturing suburb of
Holt.
The boat, the “Mary Francis,” was
owned by Sam Alston, a Tuscaloosa
banker, who has been giving weekly
boatrides to the children of the city.
Alston was saved after he had ex
hausted himself in the water trying
to save his guests. The physicians
said that he was in a serious mental
condition as a result of the tragedy.
An overcrowding of the launch
was given by some as the cause of the
accident although the boat was sup
posed to have a passenger carrying
capacity of sixty.
Among those rescued was Sam
Clabaugh, postmaster at Tuscaloosa,
.an I former secretary to John W.
A lercrombie, cangressman at large
He was hauled from the river by
three little girls who were expert
swimmers.
Th.? “Mary Francis” was command
ed b/ Captain Antonio a veteran and
•skillful riverman. Since Mr. Alston
purclftsed the launch which is de
clared to be the best on the Warrior
river, he had made it his practice to
share his pleasures with his fellow
townsmen, particularly the children.
This was the fourth or fifth Sunday
cruise he had given his guests during
the recent season. The boat was
equipped with life preservers and was
considered as as launch build
ers could make her.
AMERICAN LEGION POST
IS PLANNED FOR SUMTER
A movement is under way in
Americus for the organization of a
Sumter county post of the American
Legion, a national organization of
soldiers, sailors and marines who
served in any capacity in the war
with Germany. The organization was
put under way at the national cau
cus in St. Louis several weeks ago,
at which definite plans were formed
and a great conventton is to be held
this fall at Minneapolis. It is a non
political body, whose chief aim is the
propagation of Americanism.
Announcement of the organization
plans here is promised shortly by
those behind it, who ask that their
identity be not revealed at this time.
NOTICE VETERANS.
Owing to the fact the Dawson re
union opens at 9 o’clock instead of 10
we find that we cannot make the trip
by autos, so we have decided to leave
tomorrow, Tuesday, June 17, on .the
2:17 train. All be sure to be at the
station to go to this reunion togeth
er.
JOE DAY STEWART,
Commander Sumter Camp, 642, Uni
ted Confederate Veterans.
ANOTHER DELAY
TO BE ASKED BY
HUNSFORREPLY,
ALLIEDJELIEF
Only One Copy of Revis
ed Treaty Available
For Germans
ALLIES TO SUBMIT
NAMES FOR TRIAL
Military Leaders at Meet
ing For Clean-Up of
Situation
PARIS, June 16. (By Associated
Press.) —The Allies’ reply to the Ger
man counter proposals will be deliv
ered to Count Von Brockdorff-Rantz
au, head of the uerman peace delega
tion at Versailles at 4 o’clock this
afternoon. It is presumed the
Germans will depart for Weimar im
mediately up receipt of the reply.
At this morning’s session of the
Council of Four the documents to be
handed to the Germans were gone
over in detail.
The document will not be printed,
because of the lack of time. Count
Von Brockdorff-Rantzau will be han
ded a copy of the original treaty with
the changes written in red ink.
It is anticipated generally that the
Germans w'l ask an extension of
time in which to reply to the treaty
conditions, the reques*: will be bas-d
on the fact that the Germans are to
be given only one revised copy, it is
believed.
GERMANS TO GET LIST
AUTHORS OF WAR.
PARIS, June 16. (By Associated
Press.) —The Allies have i romi*< d
to deliver to the Germans withir
one month a list of the persons they
intend to try for responsibility for
the war and violaton of the laws of
war.
Marshal Foch, General Bliss and
other military leaders attended to
day’s meeting of the council of four.
The meeting developed the nature of
a general winJ-rp of rhe Gem nr. sit
uation.
SOUTH SIDE FRIGHTENED
BY MAD DOG AT LARGE
Following a mad dog scare in the
southern part of the city this morn
ing, in which a cat was killed and
several dogs were bitten, Chief of
Police Johnson issued a warning to
all dog owners to watch them care
fully for some time for the possible
development of rabies, and at the
same time again called attention of
the public to the ordinance which
makes it unlawful for any dog to
run at large in the city.
The dog which caused the scare
this morning, and which has not been
caught, was a bull terrier, which ran
wildly about the streets, snapping at
whatever it encountered. Dogs be
longing to Alton Dupree and J. C.
Beck, of Hancock avenue, were
among those bitten, and a cat was
killed by the animal at the home of
Ned Sawyer at Hill and Lee streets.
Chief Johnson announced that a
new campaign of rounding up dogs
at large would be undertaken by the
police department.
j THE COTTON MARKET §
LOCAL SPOT.
Good middling 31 1-4 cents.
NEW YORK FUTURES.
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DR. LEWIS RETURNS.
Dr. Taylor Lewis returned Sunday
night from Atlantic City, where he
attended the convention of the Amer
icap Medical Association.
ERIC U
THE TIMESBRECORDER
PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE
His Place in the Sun —
CHURCH TO SEND
PASTOR TO BIG
M. E JUBILEE
A gift of a trip to the great Meth
odist Centenary Celebration June
20 to July 13, at Columbus, 0., was
voted Rev. Guyton Fisher, pastor, by
the stewards of the first Methodist
church at a called meeting yesterday.
The action of the board was a com
plete, but very agreeable, surprise to
Rev. Mr. Fished, who voiced his ap
preciation in appropriate words at
last night’s service.
A choir of 100 trombones, said to
be the largest ever organized, will
be a feature of the celebration, which
will mark the close of 100 years of
missionary work by the Methodist
Episcopal church. Besides the trom
bone choir, there will be a $50,000
pipe organ, a mixei chorus of 1,500
voices, a chorus of 500 negro sing
ers, a group of trained oratorio
singers and a band from the famous
Rainbow division.
Sublic buildings and private homes
be used to accommodate the
200,000 to 300,000 visitors expect
ed at the celebration which directors
say will be the biggest church meet
ing ever held. The State School For
the Blind, the State School For the
Deaf, and the former army barracks
on the Ohio .State university campus
will be used to house the delegates.
Forty ftiousand rooms in private
homes also have treen listed.
Hundreds of delegates will eat their
meals in former saloons which went
out of business when Ohio became
dry May 27 and which have been
converted into restaurants to accom
modate the visitors.
Automobile caravans will bring
the delegations from Council Bluffs,
la., Springfield, 111., Pittsburg, Texas,
South Dakota, Virginia and othev far
away points. The celebration will
take the form of a big missionary ex
hibit.
i weatherTorecastj
For Georgia :Generally fair tonight
and Tuesday.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 16, 1919.
. . 4 PEACE !
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SUMTER BALE TO !
GO TO MASS, i
MILL BY PLANE
A ISumter county bale of cotton is
to be sent by airplane across the
eastern half of the continent to the
great textile center of Lowell, Mass.,
there to be made into cloth and to
be distributed as a souvenir of aer
ial progress.
Announcement that arrangements
for the carrying out of this publicity
project for Americus and the Air
Service came late Saturday night to ■
the Times-Recorder from Capt. Chas
J. Glidden, head of the publicity de- |
partment of the Air Service at Wash
ington, who was recently stationed j
at Souther Field, and today plans >
were being laid by officials of the .
chamber of commerce to obtain the
bale to transport. According to Capt. ;
Glidden the necesary orders have
been issued to Souther Field, but it
was stated this afternoon that they
had not yet arrived there.
“We’ll send the bale,” was th< i
way President John Sheffield, of the j
chamber of commerce, greeted the
I news from Washington that the offer ■
I made by President J. E. Hightower
while Captain Glidden was still sta
tioned here, had been accepted.
Following is Capt. Glidden’s tele
gram which is self-explanatory:
Washington, June 14. —The Air
Service of the army has accepted the
offer of the Chamber of Commerce
of Americus to furnish a bale of cot- ,
ton to be transported by airplane
from Americus to the Merrimac Man
ufacturing Co., at Lowell, Mass., to
be manufactured into print cloth of :
specially prepared design submitted
by the Air Service and to be distrib
uted by airplane as a souvenir rep
resenting aerial progress in the trans
portation of raw material from the
cotton fields of the south to the fac
tories of the north.
“Mayor Perry D. Thompson, of
Lowell, has completed arrangements
for the reception of the cotton and its
manufacture into cloth, and President
By Morris
WANTTOKNOW;
ALL ABOUT THE
WORLD LEAGUES
? IX'HAT do you know about the s
) VV League of Nations?
! Certainly, as an American riti- ?
zen, who desires to keep abreast )
< of world affairs and progressive S
J thought, you want to know all <
• you can about it, especially since J
<it will be the subject of bitter ?
controversy in thv Senate for some S
I time. )
To enlighten its readers, The >
I Time,-Recorder today begins the S
presentation of a series of articles <
on the League, railed “The Cov- ?
enanter Letters,” which will ap- >
s pear in book form later this month. S
I These letters are by William H. <
Taft, Ex-President of the United ?
States; George W. Wickersham, )
formerly United States Attorney i
Gem ral; A. Lawrence Lowell, <
(President of Harvard University, ?
and Henry W. Taft, of the New >
York Bar. <
The first of this series will be <
found on another page of this ?
edition.
i John Sheffield of the Americus
; chamber of commerce, will have it
compressed for shipment.
“Orders have been issued to the
commanding officer at-Souther Field
Ga., to provide the airplane and as
sign an officer to make the flight,
and to the Air Service officer of the
northeastern department at Boston to
designate a suitable landing place at
Lowell.
“It is quite probable a DeHaviland
4 will be used to transport the cot
ton.”
WILSON WILL STAMP
NATION FOR LEAGUE
WASHINGTON, June 16.—( By
Associated Press.) —President Wil
son, on his return home, will tour
the country speaking in support of
the League of Nations. Secretary
Tumulty announced today he had ar
-irged a tentative itinerary for the
trip.
CAVALRY NOW IN
HOT PURSUIT OF
FLEEING HORDE
Infantry Sent Into Juarez To Stop Firing Across
Line Engages Rebels, But Withdraws After
Repulse of Attackers —Cavalry Headed
Southward.
i
EL PASO, June 16. (By Associated Press.) —At I 1 o’clock
this morning the Second Cavalry Brigade was seen plainly 8 miles
southwest of Juarez in hot pursuit of the Villa forces which were
engaged at 10 o’clock near San Loreno, military headquarters of
the United States forces.
JUAREZ, June 1 6.—The United States infantry started with
drawing from Juarez to El Paso at 10:30 o’clock this morning, on
orders from Major General Cabell, commander of the Southern De
partment, who crossed the international bridge for a conference •
with General Gonzales, supreme commander of the Juarez federal
troops.
EL PASO, Tex., June 16. (By Associated Press.) —Ameri-
can troops were sent into Mexico last night to stop indiscriminate
firing across the border and fought their first general engagement
with the Mexican rebels under Villa at the Juarez race track early
this morning, successfully driving the rebels away.
Many prisoners are reported taken by the Americans.
Many persons were killed in street fighting between the Mexi
can rebels and the federal troops Saturday and Sunday night.
The Villa troops driven from Juarez early today by United
States infantry is in flight toward Guadelupe, opposite Fabens,
Texas, said a later report, with United States cavalry in close pursuit
There can be no misunderstanding between the United States
and the Mexican government regarding the movement of troops
across the border, Secretary Baker said today. He declared there
was a distinct understanding between the two governments for such
action.
iCAPT. ALCOCK
DIDN’T KNOW OF
BROKEN PLANE
LONDON, June 15. t Sunday).— |
(By Associated Press.) —-It was learn
ed today that the breaking away of I
the propellor generating the current
I for the wireless on Capt. T->hn Al
cock’s Vickers-Vimy plan-: soon after
the start Saturday carried away with
ii one of the plane’s stay wires. Tins :
was noticed by Lieut. Arthur W.
j Brown, the navigator, but he did not
tell Capt. Alcock until after they had '
■ landed at Clifden, Ireland. Capt. Al- ,
! cock, when he of it, said '
he would have turned back had he
\ known.
Captain Alcock and Lieutenant i
I Brown in their Vickers-Vimy biplane I
landed at Clifden, Ireland Sunday I
morning, completing the first non
stop flight across the Atlantic. Their 1
trip from St. Johns, N. F., was made
in 16 hours, .‘2 minutes.
The landing was made at 9:40 !
! o’clock, British summer time. In
taking the ground the machine struck
heavily and the fuselage ploughed
1 into the sand. Neither of the occu
f pants was injured.
Much of the flight was made
through a fog with an occasional
drizzle. This hampered the airmen
| considerably during their journey.
Captain Alcock explained the silence
I of his radio instrument during the !
I trip by saying that the wireless pro- i
i'pellor blew off soon after the air
i plane left Newfoundland.
Word came from Clifden that the ■
pilot and the navigator of the biplane"!
were leaving Galway whence Lieu
tenant Brown planned to travel by i
train to London, arriving there or j
Tuesday morning. Captain Alcock, I
however, hoped to be able to fly to ;
London in the machine which made '■
the record flight as soon as it could i
be repaired. It is planned to have ;
him give an exhibition over London |
in the machine if possible.
HOME
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
ELLIS TO GO TO
i WASHINGTON ON
SALEOFSOUTHER
; Geo. R. Ellis, who is now in New
York, will stop over in Washington en
I route home Tuesday or'Wednesday
and endeavor to have tne details if,-
garding the deed to Souther Field ar
ranged so that the sale cf the post
site to the government can be closed
before July 1.
Col. Ellis has been handling the in
terest of the chamber of commerce
in the transaction, he being counsel
for the organization. He wrote Sec
retary Perkins after reaching New
York last week to keep him advised
as to any new developments here in
regard to the matter, and Mr. Perkins
wired him Saturday night with ref
erence to efforts in Congress to stop
the purchase of government camps,
I requesting that he take such steps as
he deemed necessary while in Wash
' ington to get the matter closed at
once. He has advised that he will
stop in Washington and do anything
possible.
S. GA. EPWORTH LEAGUE
IS HEADED BY BARNHILL
CORDELE, June 16.—Late Sat
urday the Epworth League conven
tion of the South Georgia conference
named G. C. Barnhill, of Glenwood,
Ga., as president and C. L. Sheppard,
of Fort Valey, as vice president The
; secretary is Arva Floyd, of Macon,
and treasurer, Howard E. Comer, of
I Cordele. Others named are:
Era Agent—Miss Florence Cross,
i of Boston.
Conference Editor—J. H. Stro-
I zier„ Moultrie.
Superintendent First Department
j Miss Cora Shearouse, of Savan
■ nah.
Second Department Miss l.uc’a
Chappell, Macon.
Third Department Miss Gladys
jSlappey, of Fort Valley.
i Fourth Department Miss Julhi
Prentiss, Fitzgerald.
