Weekly times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1910-1917, March 22, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWEEKLY TIMES-RECORDE .\|>TII YEAH. AMERICUS. GEORGIA. TH' IRSDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 22, 1917 ONGRESS CALLED TO MEET ON APRIL RAVE situation is EASON FOR SECOND ILL FOR CONGRESS rst Date Was Set For April 16th IE OF MR M be final result irliest Date Is Earned For The Session ASHINGTON. I). C.. March 21.— rcsfi has born called by Presi- Wilson to assemble In Oxtraor- v ses. ; lou on April 2nd. The law ns body, when it assembles will ably be asked to declare a state ar between the United States and iany. earlier called issued by the pres- named April 16th as the date oncress to assemble, the neces- for an extra session being thi re of important appropriations ures to pass the senate before the it congress expired by constitu- 1 limitation.. Since the call was 1. however, stirring events in motion with the submarine men- ? occurred, and president Wil- rtnined today to call congress session two weeks earlier than nally intended. esident Wilson called the extra on of congress April 2nd to take n on the state of war which ad- >dly exists between the United ■ s and Germany, and congress will »My be asked to declare a state of has existed since a recent date i German submarines began a se- of warlike operations against ■ka:> commerce. The official amatlon states the president calls many. Members of the cabinet in urging the move upon President Wilson, are described as being more thoroughly united than they have heretofore been on any other question. At first there was a suggestion that the result might be to allow Germany to use subma rines against the American coast, but the navy feels able to take care of that even now. Meanwhile the navy department continuing rushing prepa rations for any eventuality. The war department and army offi cers have prepared complete plans for an industrial mobilization of the na tion. and hundreds of great corpora tions have already voluntary offered their services, together with all their equipment to the nation in the event of need, and the president in his proc lamation a .ks congress to give this matter immediate consideration. OVERION IS KILLED BY SHERIFF'S POSSE I IS SHOT IN NEGRO’S HBIIIIE JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. March 21. Police authorities here announced this morning they are convinced robbery was not the motive actuating the kill ing of Edmund J. Murch, aged 55. i Bangor. Me., capitalist, who was shot to death yesterday in the home George Thompson, a negro restaurant keeper here. When the crime first became known efforts were made to cover it up entirely, but police inves tigations soon convinced the authori ties the wealthy tourist had met with foul play. The first known of the affair was when Murch returned to his apart ments in a fashionable hotel here, and told his wife he had been injured in an automobile accident. He was suf fering intensely at the time, and physi cians were hurriedly summoned. Be fore adequate aid could be rendered, however, Murch died. Tracing his whereabouts during the day, the po lice founds Murch had been shot by the negro Thompson, after following his wife there, and laying in wait out side until the Bangor man entered the woman’s room. EDI FO FURLQW LAii BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. March 21.—Da vid D. Overton, former official of Huntsville, under a sentence of death for the murder of Judge W. T. Lawler. I Workmen this morning commencjd tils political rival, last summer, was operations at the Furlow Lawn Bap- shot and killed by a posse of deputy tlst church, where $6,000 Is to be ex- bherilfs. near here last night. OvertonJ pended in veneering the building with met death in a fight in which he and ( brick and in constructing an addition six companions engaged after they containing 14 new class rooms for had escaped from the Jefferson county Sunday school purposes, jnll early In the day. A few weeks ago a bond Issue was Tony Malino, another fugitive, also'floated to provide funds for the Im- was killed and J. L. 1-atham. a member' provements, anw now that the matc- of the escaped hand, was seriously rials have arrived, the work will GERMAN SPIES ENTER PLEAS (IE GUILTY AT NEW YORK TODAV NEW YORK. March 21.—Albert C. Sander and Charles If. Wunnebur.?, both Germans, pleaded guilty today to an Indictment charging them with en gaging in a military enterprise In violation of United Elates neutrality. The men were accused of sending spies from America to England to se cure military information for German authorities, information leading to their arrest being furnished by Brit ish secret agents. Both prisoners will lie sentenced tomorrow. T CRIMINAL CASESARE CRISP EXPECTS “ j»declaim! of to be pushed to City court again took up the consid eration of the criminal calendar this morning, after having been in recess since Monday on account of the ab sence of several lawyers from the city, necessitating the holding over of the cases in which they arc interested. Va/idy Marshall, a negro charged with larceny from the person, waa con victed and sentenced to pay a fine of $75 or serve 10 months on tile chain gang. Marshall snatched a purse from a negro woman a few weeks ago. Simon Tinsley, a negro charged with carrying concealed weapons, was ac quitted by the Jury. The case of the state vs. Mark H. Bell, a white man living near Friend ship, was called for trial this after noon. The defendant is charged with assault and battery, the complaining wounded. Four of Overton's companions fled v hen the fight with the deputies began and were pursued some distance by the posse. None of the deputies were injured. Malino was under a death sentence NE3W YORK, March 21.—(Compiled by the Associated Press from European cables during the day.)—Russian troops driving southward from Sakkiz, Persia, have crossed the Mesopotamian frontier into Turkish territory, cording to a Russian official an nouncement. The French announced rapid pro gress in the pursuit of retreating Ger mans in the west, with important gains registered on both sides of the Laon road and the capture of ten villages, including Jussy, about nine miles south of St. Quentin, which is situated on the famous fortified Hindenburg line. The Paris war office also an nounced the repulse of a German sur prise attack in the Champaign region. Another Chief Against Turks. LONDON, March 21Foreign Secre tary Balfour in the house of commons today announced that another import ant chieftain in Arabia had risen against Turkish authority in that country. JOEL HUNTER TO DELIVER LECTURE TO TECH STUDENTS ATLANTA., Ga., March 21.—In re sponse to requests from students of “I believe that the falling if this extraordinary session oftcongrus by President Wilson on April 2nd means that the chief executive aajc for declaration of war against | Ger many,” said Congressman Chi Crisp this morning, when Informed by representative of the Times-Rc- cerder that the president bad called congress to meet on April 2nd, Instead or April 16th. Judge Crisp, who is confined to his bed temporarily by an attack of bron chial trouble, stated that he would leave for Washington, D. C., some time SUIT INVOLVES LEESBURG LIES next week, to be present at a caucus witness being a lady residing on Pros-1 0 f the democratic members of the pect Heights. house. Under the arrangements an at first constituted for the session be ginning April 16th, Judge Crisp in tended to go to Washington about April 7th, in response to a call from Congressman Claude Kitchen, demo cratic leader of the house. "There is no question In my mind but that congress will accede to any request made by President Wilson; certainly the house will support him in any action he may see fit to take fu the present crisis, while the senate, ip view of the wave of adverse senti ment which has swept over the coun try at its failure’ to uphold WUson, will undoubtedly come into line,” said Judge Crisp. "The sinking of American ships by Gorman submarines is to my mind a tuctit declaration of war on the part o» Germany and it is my opinion that President Wilson will ask nothing short of a forma! declaration of wnr by congress,” he continued. "Congress may be again asked t* pass the "armed neutrality” resolu tion and it will go through without dif ficulty, but I do not expect that even the passage of such a resolution will prevent a formal declaration of war,” said he. Judge Crisp indicated his belief that introduced by the plaintiffs to uphold their claims, the testator having been the owner of the lands now In litiga tion. W. T. Cock, of Leslie, is claimed by the plaintiffs to be the only remaining heir to the Snead estate, receiving a half interest In the property as heir, after it has passed through several questions of national policy." proclamation does not state tlje d<nt considers a state of war ex- but lea vi 1 question open *sion in his address and for con- icnai action. f President's decision was made r “sult of yesterday’s cabinet raeet- 11 which practically a unanimous pushed to completion without delay. The addition to the edifice will be two stories in height and besides the regular class rooms for the Sunday ( school classes, special rooms will be j the school of commerce of Georgia arranged for the Baraca and Philathaa j TechTech. as well as from other Inter classes. The south wall of the church | ested parties over the state, Joel Hun- tor the murder of a peddler here sev-.'i s to be moved out 10 feet and an-j ter. of Atlanta, chairman of the Geor- eral months ago iAtham had been'other entrance cut at the southwest. gin State Board of Accounting, will irdieted on a charge of forgery. corner, while the present wall between deliver a lecture before the school next The tiTlaoners fled from the Blrmlng- the main auditorium and the lecture Friday night, March 23. on how to pre.. hand, since the death of Dud ey Snead, hum jlil about S o'clock yesterday rm will be entirely removed. The pare for the forthcoming certified pub- The suit is brought by W. T. Cock • mm J I .1. «„ .nmntrnH Q nh fi * tin arrmmtnnt examinations and what pgainst Mrs. J. N. Calloway, et al., the other parties named as defendants be ing individuals who hav© purchased and are holding land affected by the terms of the Snead will. The various transactions that have occurred since the death of Dudley Snead, as regards the transfer of the land in question, are claimed by the plaintiffs to be il legal and void. The litigation promises to be bit- the prosecution of Overton. land "the Sunday school facilities wilt j ties open to them In this Inviting field, terly fought through the courts Fifty shots were fired In the battle! b( . greatly Increased to provide for thoj _ fought In a wooded fle'd, rapid growth of this branch of thej i lM :r of th e college In the semi-dusk. I church. ! HA RD TO STOP SMUGGLING a ' k of the g . j The p|ans provlde for t he insulla-j FROM HOLLAND TO GERMANY Litigation Involving the land upon which the town of Leesburg Is located has Involved several well known citi zens of this city and surrounding sec tion, and W. P. AVallls. of Amcrlcus, bus been named as auditor to pass up on certain phases of the matter. ff the plaintiffs are successful In se curing their claims to the property under dispute, about 2,000 acres of land, Including the townsite upon which Leesburg Is built, will pass from the hands of the present owners. The provisions of a will made some f.O years ago are made the basis of the litigation which may prove of great moment to citizens of Leesburg. The testament of the late Dudley Snead Isj^ coa iitlon of both the great political 'I" 0 ,or “ t0 rece,vo ' morning after overpowering two 1 church steeple Is to be removed and a He accountant examinations and what pnuintiatmn from him concerning' . lurnkey Thcv were all'more attractive belfry constructed in they consist of. The federal Income heavily armed its place. i "** law an <l ° thcr legislation requiring Thoroughfares In every direction out The plans call for the construction. detailed financial Income tax law and 11 Birmingham were searched and late of a commodious choir and organ loft other legislation requiring detailed C- evening the police were Inform j directly in the rear of the pulpit ros- nanclal reports to the government have ' , bv a neKro „ la , ,he prisoners were trum, while the baptlsiry will be plac- greatly increased the demand for cer- In hiding back of Owenton college. Ld at the left of the pulpit. j tlfled public aecoun.ants, and he This college is within 100 yards of: The seating capacity of the main | Georgia State Board of Accounting 1 .1 e home of Solicitor Joseph It. TaU. 1 auditorium, when the alterations are, Examiners are anxious to Interest am- ivho last fair represented the state In completed, will be about five hundred, bilious young men In the opportunl- V 111) mm I**" I I _ . ...111 et.... exesne, them In *hJ D Invlllns fisxlrl parties in congress will be brought about for the purpose of organizing the bouse, so that the little group of five independents will not be able to hold the balance of power and dictate the actions of the lower branch of con gress. n ex ' stf>( J that while preparations Ut * Noing forward to put the na- n a state of armed neutrality,. alone has the war- wh,ch 6 Power, should be summoned bac,t r» a . son „ , m an>< ii .. 'The deputies under Sheriff Batson. . situation..™ > guided by a negro In- Uon of a hot-air heating system for the i In congress I, understood to, 8Urrnund( , d the escaping men j church, and other Improvements de-j THE i that eiiningly in favor of a dec-! suit of Germany's 4t# * w «r already exists. a -'h ess before congress in I'i-.ti. President Wilson will fniauj s overt acts against ates commerce and citizens probably discuss univer- ainiriJ? as a military measure to in this country. The fore* af t which actuated the pres!- -*ciM°n was the unwarned tor- * nf ,!lP American steamer Vig- l ' wi,1 ‘ t,l<1 loss of fifteen live*, “f whom were Americans. He to have chose April 2nd as tlt * f,,r ‘ ongress to assemble, be- 11 * as thought impossible for congressmen to reach Washing- 1 an r Hcr date, passage of and soon Owenton HAGUE. March 21.—The.e •ere mined by students from! signed to render the edifice more mod-j were 8.200 convictions out of 11,000 ar- olJcge. These students 1ed. c rn and up-to-date have been arrang-, rests during the last three months of after Overton’s four com-jed hen the tiring began. I | pipe organ of suitable size and a com- the me —-— m it tee lias been appointed to look .if- during 1016 for smuggling from Holland is also intended to purchase a j Germany. The Minister of Justice told tlie members of Parliament about them a discussion of a bill to check GZNO UNO iff lit DEPRIVED WHY guard of the frontier. LONDON, March 21.-The Russian provisional government today ordered Nicholas Romanoff, as the deposed em peror Is designated, and his consort, who before her marriage waa a Ger man prlncesn. to be deprived of their a resolution by con- liberty and brought to Tzarlkoe e r. dial .1 state of war exists will according to Reuters' Petrograd cor 1 declaration of war In a tech- respondent. The provisional govern although practically It will I ment. following the czar's abdication. I' 1 ' same thing, if auch a 1 ordered Romanoff and his family to Is passed, however, the tyke up their residence on Iris 's win then take additionil estates on the Crimean peninsula, >ct ct American Interests ‘ later reconsidered this order »n l e man aggressions, and If couple will probably he kept un e , ‘* r 'ttncs In Its full sense, It guard until after the elections already I 1 ,r ' jm future acta by Cer-)ordered have been field. Iter this important feature. In fact. | smuggling by exercising a stricter ! negotiations have been entered Into i with a well known organ house look- in,. toward tire Installation of a first- class Instrument. The construction work will be com pleted during the month of June, It <s anticipated, the plan being to have the church ready for use during thCj state convention of the Baraeas and Phllatheas which occurs In this city at that time. the state and a vast quantity of docu mentary evidence has been Introduced by both sides In support of their con tentions. The decision of W. P. Wallis as auri ilor will have a distinct effect on th» claims of the plaintiff and his judg ment upon certain phases of the can is anticipated with much Interest. W.T. Iatne and Shipp & Sheppard, of Amerleus, with Ware G. Martin, of Leesburg, appear for the plaintiff, while Wllkerson & Yeomans, of Daw son. represent the defendants. "SMALL BLAZE GAVE FIREMEN EXERCISE An alarm turned In from cast Jel- ferson street shortly after 12 o'clock today brought the fire department to the Rollins store In that section, where a pile of clothing waa found ablaxe. The flames were extinguished hv means of chemical* and little damage resulted. Qall For The Red Cross At 10 o'clock Thursday morning, a meeting will be held at the Car negie Library to formally perfect the organization of the Amerleus branch of the Red Cross. At the meeting tomorrow officers will be elected and the other features necessary to giving the Amerleus branch an official aspect will be entered into. A large and Interesting meeting was held several weeks ago. and It was then decided to organize. The petition has been secured, and all of the Citizens who sttended the laat meeting are urged to be present Thursday morning, together with the general public who are cordially urged to assist In forming the Raj Cross, which Is an lndiapenslble ascet for the nation In time or peace and war—where famine and dla aster is watched In the peace hours, and the flower of the natiou Is cared for in war times. The young people are Invited to participate in the organization. Athens, Griffin. Savannah and Macon are prominent example* in Geor. gia or recent Red Cross organizations. Drmnrratir Caucus March HOtll. WASHINGTON. D. C., March 21.- A democratic caucus for organization' j a not the actual defeat of the bill, but y BE AT ONCE ATLANttH^ja^ March 21.— 1 That the tone dry prohlOTHqnjbill prepared by Governor Harris and^ktaiitted by him to U13 legislature for pasfefc^ at the extra session which convene day will be accepted by the house 1 senate and enacted without undue 1 lay was evident yesterday afternoon by the manner in which the bill wae received by the temperance commit tees of both branches of the general assembly The only feature of the bill on which there is any marked disposition to tako issue with the governor is thrt which provides for the creation of a prohibi tion commissioner, who shall keep re cords of all shipments of alcohol and wine, as permitted by «.he bill, and who shall exercise a general supervision the enforcement of the law in the state. The temperance committees of both house and senate yesterday afternoon were strongly inclined to strike out this provision of the bill, on the theory that in counties where public senti ment demands the enforcement of the law It will be enforced, while in coun ties where public sentiment condones violations of the law the importation of agents of the prohibition commissioner- to work up evidence would merely fur nish the Juries an excuse fo refusing to convict. In consequence of this view which’ was taken by members of both com mittees. the senate committee struck out provision for the prohibition com missioner. while the house committee decided to retain the commissioner, but tc curtail his authority considerably. , With one exception, the bill Is sub stantially approved by both commit tees, although neither of them finish ed with the bill yesterday afternoon. After going over about half of Its sec tions, ad sereatum, the committees ad journed until this morning, when they planned to take up the remaining sec tions and dispose of them before the hour when the house and senate con vene, if possible. Some signs of a desire to delay ac tion on the bill were manifested yes terday In the house by members of the minority, who succeeded in pre- entlng the passage of the present pro hibition laws during the session of UH 6, and thereby necessitated the calling of an extra session. What they would like to accomplish by a filibuster of the npw house was today called to assemble in Washington March 30th. AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON LEE STREET DURING SHOWER A collision occurred on Lee strejt shortly after 12 o’clock today during the heavy rainstorm which dculged the city, two Ford cars, owned reepectively by Hollis Fort and Lee M. Hansford, figuring in the smashup. Hansford was backing out to force a compromise postponing the date when it shall go into effect. How*- ever they realize that their chances are very slim and they are by no means determined to maintain their dlllatory tactics. COLUMBUS WANTS $7,000 STOCK COMPANY TO MANAGE BIG FAIR COLUMBUS. Ga.. March 21.—Com- _ mittees of the Chamber of Commerce the garage at his home, while Mr. In re today engaged In soliciting sub- Fort came driving down Lee street 1 oriptlons to a stock issue of $7,000. at a good rate of speed. Before tho ( n ith which to organize and operate % accident could be prevented, the two' ,air association for the counties con- machines came together, the Fort car iglous to Columbus in the Cbattahoo- striking the Hansford machine broad- chee valley. The plans thus far de- sjflc I vcloped for staging the first exhibition Both cars were considerably damag- contemplates a display of live stock od. but neither Mr. Fort or Mr. Hans- and agricultural products, an automo- ford was Injured beyond a bad shak-jbile show, poultry show, with the u«- ual displays by merchants and manu facturers. Mort L. Bixley, secretary of the Gulf Coaut fair. Mobile. Ala* will set ah manager of the local fair and with his partner will put $1,000 la the capitalization. ing up. 1IHERICUS FISHING CLUB ORGANIZED VESTEfiBST WANT ITREE1Y ORDINANCE AGAINST NEGRO WOMEN The Amerlcua Fishing club waa or- gmnlzed yesterday by aeveral local en-, tbualastz who are more or leas expert' ATLANTA. Ga., March 21—A new with the rod and line. The clnb mem- j kind of Puritan legislation, and- cla.« bership haa not yet been fully complet- legislation at that is being suggested cd. but arrangements for the season' i n Atlanta, namely the enacting of a are being made by President Arthur;curfew ordinance directed solely RyJander and Secretary-Treasurer W. 1 against negro women to keep them off U. Ilumbe. | the streete at night Plans for a big picnic and Oah-fry to. The strange part of it ia that the take place some time in Apll are now suggestion came from the negroes on foot and a aeries of similar at- themselves. B. R. Holmes, head of a fairs are anticipated during the sum- large negro institute her*, is the bu rner. I thor of the idea.

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Weekly times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1910-1917, March 22, 1917, Image 1