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AMERICUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 12, 1917
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 11—A
resolution urging the federal trade
commission to take over and operate
American newsprint millc and to re
duce prices, was adopted here today by
the National Editorial association.
i3g of the tlat-rate sys-
eration of the city water
lie i!t and the placing of
o„ a meter basis, was ac-
, bB l a t the regular meeting of
Council last ni?ht. An ordl-
passed under a suspension
)(i which provided that after
1 ltd", no tlat-rates shall be
, average cost of install-
S ji:,. which Is borne by
HNS Dei
STRONG ATTACK
CHARGED WITH GIVING
IT Tl
LINCOLN, Neb., July 11.—The Ne
braska council of defense today issued
a statement charging “certain profes
sors in the University of Nebraska and
i , au * • conspicuous representatives of the
fr ordinance passed at fa^t ch „ , 8tate wlth
under suspension ot
disloyal activity ant! passivity that has
tended to give aid and comfort to Ger
many as an enemy.
ceting —
prohibited the turning In of
ro , (rom any fire alarm box
. A reward of $3 Is offered
arrest anil conviction of any
against this ordinance,
olutton ot approval pd sup-
lhf samter l.ight Guards, the
iiary organization here, was
. it bout a dissenting vote, the
seconding the action of the
. of I'ommerrP, which has
jmilar resolutions,
atinal report oi .1. B. Ansley.
ndtnt of the city waterworks
cf J. K Monahan, chief of the
artnient, were received last
Hr. Ansley s statement sliow-
, lf t prclit to the city from)
.-works dm in . the past fiscal
om- thins over $3,000. The re-
Chicf Monahan shows that the
a of the department at present
eiter than at any time in the
of the municipality and the
af protection given the citizens
ricus is on a par with cities
FOOD III DM
SCHOOLS TESTED
oi Misisniiii has
BEEN SECURED
NEW YORK, July 11.—(Compiled by
the Associated Press from European
cables during the day.)—Just as the
Russians tore a big gap in the Austro-
German line in the east by capturing
Halicz, the Germans started a menac
ing offensiv against the Ilritish in Rel-
guim. They drove the British back
there a hundred yards on a fourteen
hundred yard front after levelling the
defenses by a twenty-four hour bom
bardment which destroyed the bridges
across the Yser, preventing the Brit
ish bringing up reinforcements. This
may be merely a local movement, but
indicates the possibility of a determin
ed offensive to break the British flank
and reach Dunkirk, 17 miles away.
Reports indicate the battle is still in
progress.
If the Russians maintain th© pres
sure sustained during the last ten day
the fall of Lemberg may be expected
distant date. The capture of before has seen.
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 11.—The
world crisis, as it affects the United
States, and the part this country is
playing in it, is a test of the public
school, according to Mrs. Mary C. C.
Bradford, superintendent of public in
struction of Colorado, as expressed in
address before the elementary sec
tion of the National Education asso
ciation, here yesterday.
Taking as her subject "The Pub
lic School and the Nation jn 1917,"
Mrs. Bradford declared that if the
United States carries into effect its
avowed policy of “righteousness to all
humanity” and “sacrifice for all na
tions,” it will be “because the Ameri
can public school has, in some degree
at least, fulfilled the august task con
fined to it by the commands of demo
eratic government.”
“If, after this great war to end
wars shall be over.” she continued
“America functions as the supreme
idealistic force in the re-organization
of the world, It will be because the
public schools have given to the na
tion a higher vision tha nthe world
at
Halicz is only an Incident in the drive,
but opens the way to the Galicia
ital.
per than this.
tuition of the aldermen was
the fad that many shade
cughout the city are either
vine as the result of insect in-
This matter was placed in
s of the street committee for
ion and report as to reined-
15. McWhorter, county health
oner, in a communication to
icil. stated that there are
ools of stagnant water lo-
sections of the city where
<enee is most undesirable, the
of mosquitoes being facilitat-
extreme degree.
IVhorter also pointed out that
«e been 27 eases of typhoid
Americas during the past
: of which
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 11
senate agreement to vote on President
Wilson’s food control bill on July 21,
five weeks after its submission to con
gress as an urgent war measure, has
been followed by issuance from the
white house of a detailed report by
Herbert Hoover declaring that both the
farmers apd the .public are threatened
with serious losses unless food control
authority is given quickly to the fed
eral government.
Democratic senators secured the
agreement for a vote only after they
hud consented to strip the bill of some
cf its most drastic features, includ
ing the stringent prohibition provis
ions and the cotton control plan. Se
far-reaching was the revision demand
ed, in fact, that all the conferences of
the democratic steering committee and
the agriculture committee, resulted in
the presentation of a substitute for the
entire measure. The provisions of the
substitute bill, it Is expected, will be
agreeable to the president in the
main. It follows generally the lines
of the administration bill originally In
troduced with power to control other
industries besides food and fuel ellm-
mated. It would prohibit manufacture
caused of distilled liquors without any provis-
1,700 British Prisoners Bairued.
BERLIN, July 11.—More than fifteen
hundred British prisoners were taken
by the German marine cori a in the
Belgian thrust, it is officially an
nounced.
Turk Fleet Attacked l>y Ilrltl>h.
LONDON, July 11.—British airmen
attacked an enemy fleet off Constanti
nople today, dropping bombs on the
Turkish cruiser formerly the German
warship Goben. Explosions and Arcs
resulted.
Russians Bair UI.IHKI Prisoners.
1’ETROGRAD, July 11.—Durln: the
righting from Sunday to Tuesday in
the direction of Dollna, the Russians
took 10,000 prisoners, 80 guns and
reached Pcsiecz, on the Lesiuvka-Kos-
mac line.
e closets being in close j rox-
‘■ells. This condition was de*
‘1 a strict enforcement oi’ the
Inset ordinance was re.com-
Thc council took official cog-
f the < ommunicatoin and or-
* sanitary inspector to take
r steps to relieve the condi-
i Kalmon reported that, the
for government purchase of exist
ing stocks, and would place In the
president’s hands the power and re-
sponslbtltty 10 decide whether prohibl.
ttrn shall he extended to beer and
vine.
There was no comment on Mr. Hoo
ver s report available at the white
house, hut the fact ot Its publication
cd that tne at this lime was regarded as another
n ruder writers’association j evidence of President WRsonsdsp-
.1 him by letter that as pointment over the Mian.of™n *
auxiliary pump Is Installed | to act. Ho repeatedly has sought to
• This is the great task of the pub
lic school in 1917; this the mighty ef
fort that must be made by the school
people of today.
"Pointing out that non-Americans
had declared the public school system
of this country, the 'supremely dis
tinctive feature' of the American de
depment, Mrs. Bradford declared:
"A new vision must come to th(
school world of America; a vision that
reveals it to Itself as the moulder of
the soul-stuff of the nation In the like
ness of the ideal humanity.”
Comparing the public school to the
Casket of the Holy Grail, she added:
“Let us offer ourselves to the na
tlon as one unit in tj-e great army of
those who stand ready to give all at
the nation’s summons; let us lit our
selves for the high emprise of keep
ing safe the Immortal draught without
which the national ideals must per
ish."
Nuisance Charged by .Merchants
ATLANTA, Ga.. July 11.—Merchants
on Decatur street, Atlanta's famous
darktown rlalto. can endure the smell
of cabbage and fish and garlic and on
ions and other edibles and merchandise
ensed along the famous thurough-
but their nostrils are not quite
strong enough to withstand the attack
,,r three carloads of guano parked on a
railroad sidetrack nearby and giving
„fT its noxious odors by day and
night. Accordingly they have brought
res in the recorder's court against
e yard-master and the terminal su
perintendent of the ofTendlng railroad,
charging them with causing a public
nuisance. The guano Is made from
dried blood and the merchants assert
that it has an odor that would make
r. Malay pirn to turn over In his grave
COPENHAGEN, July 11—German
afternoon newspapers assume an
agreement has been reached by all par
ties In the relchstag, excepting the ex
treme socialists and conservatives, on
a joint declaration of peace terms in
accordance with the chancellor's dec
larations In 1914, hut not on Internal
reforms. The chancellor then said this
as not a war of conquest. National
liberals, however, later repudiated the
peace future and success of the move
ment Is threatened. The Chancellor
being sharply criticised.
RIDS SHOW INCREASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 11.—
Kuruings of Southern railroads In
creased more than $500,000 during May
1917, as compared with the same month
last year, according to reports to the
Interstate commerce commission.
BE SETTLED BY
LATEST EFFORT
AMERICAN MISSION ID
GOME DIRECTLY HOME
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jul yll.—
, The Jtuiislan Amerlacn mission is
coming directly home, rather than stop
ir, japan as had been sugzested. The
presence ot Eluliu Root, chairman of
the commission is needed In Washing
ton to give Information gained In Rus
sia.
Ilfllhtrg Sot to Resign.
BERNE, Switzerland, July 11.—Ac
cording to Berlin newspapers, the
German chancellor. Dr. von Ilothmann-
llollweg, said to members of the relch
stag: "I repeat that the formula of
peace without annexations is unaccept
able to us. We cannot declare our
terms of peace. We must light and
conquer."
The chancellor made a strong attack
on Mathias Erzbcrgcr. leader of the
Catholic center, who assailed the pan-
Gernmns In Ills address before the main
committee last week and advocated
peace without annexations or Indemni
ties. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollwcg said
Herr Erzberger's attitude was unpa
triotic.
According to the summary of the
chancellor's speech before the main
committee, published In the Lokal An-
zelier of Berlin, he said:
"We must continue the war with our
whole energies. 1 do not deny that we
liavo great difficulties to overcome, but
so have our enemies. We shall
hether their difficulties or ours arc
greater.
am sure we can win If we hold
out.
“Nothing was further from my inten
tion than to cling to my post, hut now
It Is a question of protecting the Fa
therland from Injury, and for this rca
son I consider It necessary to retain
my post.”
TAINT LOOGED
AGAINST PUBLISHERS
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 11.—
Formal complaint against the Curtis
Publishing Company was issued by the
federal trade commission today, the
complaint charging unfair business
practices and the stifling of competi
tion by refusing to sell the Saturday
Evening Post to dealers selling com
petitors’ publications.
iJ'iiiE station, as provided for
1 ot requirements already
illed i.»y the city, the insur-
Titics will send an inspector
us to re-rate property and
on a first-class rate basis
k lency of io per cent, as per
Impress upon leaders the Importance
of quick enactment of the leflslation.
Any plan which can be acted on
ruickly. provided It embodies the ele-
metary principles of the administra
tion program. The control hill now
has been before the senate more than
* insurance compa- two
with
which the new metor truck
e alarm system were
j Brown, owner of the prop-
! corner of Lamar and Lee
iaecnt to the city water
1 a request with the council
of of one of thear* buildings
d by the city, since the
i the tower had damaged
lei-n ue.u.v
weeks and the food survey bill,
another administration measure has
been held up In ennlerence since ear-
In June.
which showed that the present storage
capacity Is 415,000 gallons. The aver
age dally consumption Is 0..9.S3 g
lens and the total amount pumped from
me tower uau uatnageu the four wells Is <Ja,009 U a , ar
HI it is now In had eondl-jday. The necessity for ncr , ]|(
' was relerred to the age capacity and lmproiem ^
with authority to act.
‘ Bell reported that the
ccring the gas and water
lr own street would be eom-
s rooming preparatory to
10 actual concrete paving
w >thin a few days, the nec-
‘‘Hal having arrived.
f ‘ r *>f increasing the storage
Rro waterworks and the
,u of the artesian wells so
a reater water supply,
P ‘ R until the next meeting.
Tshburn. chairman of the
wells so as to secure a greater flow of
w ., cr was clearly brought out.
It Is proposed to build additions
storage reservoirs with a c.p.clty^of
300,000 gallons, and to Inst
.■gives in the wells which will « '<■ ««
desired Increase In flow. The
these Improvements is estimated
«* 798 13 all told.
A full Investigation of conditions a,
the jumping station will be made 1>,
th© water committee befor ■
meeting, when a report will <*
and a final decision on the qu
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INJURIES TO FflEO iTISI
mmgeo rot seam
\V A. Ayash has returned home from
Atlanta, where he was called by the
news of an accident to his brother,
Fred Avash, recently In an automobile
wreck in that city. Mr. Ayash states
that the Injuries which his brother sus
tained are not so serious as at tirst
reported, and that he hopes to be out
ithln a few days.
B. Haygood. of Alpharetta, who
was driving the ear which ran Into
Mr. Ayash's ear, has assumed all re
sponsibility for the accident, and has
offered to pay for the damages.
liberty bonds solo
SLIGHTLY BELOW PIO
NEW YORK. July 11-Llfcerty bonds
sold on the stock exchange at 99 9-50
today, amounting to 20 cents on $1,000.
This is the first time the securities
have been under par. Another Issue
su „n to be made is said to be the
cause.
CHICAGO, July 11.—Three bomb ex
plosions In widely separated places
the sruth side resulted In one
death and one fatal Injury, besides
damage to scores of building here to- The Lee Street Methodist church,
day. The police charge two of the while but recently built, Is fast secur-
exploslons to black hand organizations; i ng all the equipment usually
Clmnrellor Pleads For Patience,
BERLIN, July 11.—Chancellor von
Bcthmann-Hollweg at a meeting of the
main relchstag committee today declin
ed to disclose the result of the crown
council meeting. He asked the house
to continue to have patience.
Cl rman Staff Heart of Militarism.
WASHINGTON, D. C„ duly 11.—
Officials here believe that even should
the German chancellor, foreign score
tary and finance secretary resign. I
would be only a surface movement. The
crust of militarism, they believe, enn-
not be affected until the general staff
H reached.
IDDITIONAL ERUIPUEUT
FOR LEE STREET
U! d the other to labor troubles.
Suit to Decide Tux Puzzle.
ATLANTA, Ga.. July 11.—Who owns
the bed of the Tugaloo and Savannah
rivers, and the Islands contained
therein? Are they the property of
the state of Georgia, or of the state of
South Carolina?
On the determlnatldn of this Import
ant question depends the collection ot
taxes on several valuable pieces of
property, Including a large power plant
In the Tugaloo river, and the United
States will be asked to render a decis-
Ion to end th© controversy.
The state of Georgia claims that tha
bed of the river and the Islands con
tained therein, all the way from the
headwaters of the Tugaloo to
mouth of the Savannah, belong
Georgia; while it Is claimed by other
parties subject to the dispute dtaxes
that the bed of the river and islands
belong to South Carolina
A resolution has been Introduced in
the legislature directing the governor
to bring suit In the United States su
preme court to settle the question.
qulrcd by churches after years of work
and waiting.
The members of the Epworth league
and the Phllathca class of that church
Hill Paschal, who for the past 7
and tne t'liuainca uau u. .... years has been a member of the Amer-
havc recently raised sufficient funds to | j cua n re Department has tendered his
equip a room for their work In the) resignation and will report for duty Bennett, of Glynn county, Georgia,
basement of the church building, which |hi> A| , K | rc Department on July
is a ureat addition and a material feci* t
the work which these two organize- 2<>. having accepted «n appointment as
Hons do.
The baptismal font, recently given to
the church by C. J. Clark, has been In
stalled, and a handsome copper basin
to lit inside the font has) been donated
by W. L. Howell, of the Howell
Sheet Metal Works.
GERMAN NEWSPAPERS
ATTACK CARDINAL MERFIER
AMSTERDAM, July 11—Cardinal
Mercler is again being violently attack
ed In the German newspapers, because.
It Is alleged, he recently wrote a pas
toral letter stating that criminally
.lolatcd right must be restored, the
guilty severely punished, and the re
newal of such crimes made Impos
sible.”
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Julr
Thu differences and difficulties result
ing the appointment ot a federal Judge
lu the southern district of Georgia took
a new and unexpected turn yesterday
when Senator Thos. ,W. Hardwick sub
mitted to the attorney general the
names of seventeen prominent sontb
Georgia lawyers, the appointment ot
any one of whom he declared would
to acceptable to hlmaelf and to Sena
tor Hoko Smith.
In submitting his list. Senator Hard
wick makes it clear that ha baa not
abandoned his personal choice ot Hod.
John T. West, of Thomson, and that!
Ills second choices aro Messrs. I’ottto
and Felder.
Included In Senator Hardwick’s list
arc two jurists of the Georgia supreme
court, two members of the state court
of appeals, three superior court JudgM^
two city court Judges, one ex-superior
court Judgo and six distinguished at
torneys engaged In tho active .practice
of law.
Upon his return here yesterday front
Georgia, Senator Hardwick indicated
that he "mlsht” have something to say
“within a day or two" about the south
Ceorgla Judgeship.
Hardwick’s Letter.
Y'esterday lie prepared the foregoing
list, which lie transmitted to Attor
ney General Gregory by special meo-
songer In tho following letter:
"The Attorney General of the United
States, Department of JastlMb
Washington, D. C.
“My Dear Mr. Attorney General:
Shortly after the death of Judge Lamb-
din, I submitted for tho consideration
cf the department of Justice the tsama
of Honorablo John T. West for ap
pointment as United States judge Cor
the southern district ot Georgia. My
colleague, Hon. Hoko Smith, Joined In
recommending his appointment.
"As the appointment has not been
made, and without withdrawing my
continued support of Mr. West, whoso
appointment I earnestly desire and
urge. I am submlttiag for yoar con
sideration the following additional
names either of whom would make an
excellent Judge and would be accept
able to tho bar and to the people of
{ho Sbuthern district of Georgia, aa
well as to the senators from Georgia.
"Hon. Jospch E. Pottle, of Baldwin
county; Hon. Thos. S. Felder, of Bibb
county, Ga.; Presiding Justice Dcverly
I). Evans, of the supreme court oi
Georgia; Associate Justice Samuel At
kinson, of the supreme court of Geor
gia; Associate Justice Roscoe K Lake,
of the court of appeals of Georgia:
Hon. Wm. W. Osborne, of Chatham
county, Georgia; Judgo Robert N-
Hardeman, of the Middle circuit of
Georgia; Judge Henry C. Hammond, of
the Augusta circuit of Georgia; Judge
Z. A. Littlejohn, or the southwestern
circuit of Georgia; Judge Davis Free
man. of the city court of Savannah;
Judge E. C. ColllnB, Judge of the city
court of Reldsville. Georgia; Hon.
I John W. Bennett, of Ware county.
Georgia; Hoa. D. G. Fogarty, of Rich
mond county. Georgia; Hon. W. A.
Covlntton, of Colquitt county. Geor
gia; Hon. F. M. Oliver, of Chatham
county, Georgia, former Judge J.
■nnett, of Glynn county, Georgia
• I have submitted this ISat to
colleague. Senator Hoke Smith, who-
will approve of the appointment d
any of the gentlemen I have herein
the Dougherty county capital. !suggested. Very respectfully
Mr. l*a?chal's thorough knowledge ofj "THOS. W. HARDWICKJ”
the mechanism of modern automobile j Scnator Hardwick gave eoploa of hiar
...e apparatus aud his Ion, experiencethe press following Ha dla-
in lire fighting make him particularly patch to the department of Justice,
valuable to the Albany Fire Depart-. There waa a merry little twtnkla to
.. .. hia pv© as he handed over the copies
meet, which has been considerably ^ sm|Iln(lr th at "maybe
hampered by the loss of men who were ithB attorney gen eral can find a sultm-
cempetent to fill the mechanician's b]e j a gg e in that Hit.’*
post. His resignation la deeply regret-j ,t
ted by the local officials, who realize!
bis value In the Amerlcus Fire Depart-' ♦
ment . ♦ WEATHER FORECAST. ♦
The election of a successor has been ♦ ♦
placed In the hands of the fire com- ♦ PROBABLY FAIR TONIGHT
mlttee of the City Council and no an- ♦ AND TOMORROW,
nouncement has yet been made. |i ♦ ♦ A F A J
LITTLEJOHN ON
ELIGIBLE LIST
Tile name of Judge Z. A. Littlejohn
of the Southwestern circuit of the Su
perlor court appears on the list of
nsnics submitted by Senutor Thomas
Hardwick to Attorney General
Gregory as brin; acceptable to both
Georgia senators for appointment to
the federal judgeship of the Houth
Georgia district made vacant by tho
death of the late Judge W. W. Lamb-
din.
Judge Littlejohn’s name is handed
In along with 13 others whom Senator
Hardwick declares would receive the
support of the Georgia delegation in
the event the administration should
nominate one of them as the successor
of Judge Lambdln.
In speaking of tho matter today.
Judge Littlejohn stated that he would
inako no further move, all necessary
data, recommendations, etc,, having
teen filed some time since with the at
torney general at Washington, D. C,
At the time of the appointment of
Judgo Lambdln, a strong effort was
made to secure the place for Judge
Llttk john,, his |fiffends placing his
name before the president and ur.ilng
his selection for the placo. After
Judgo Lambdln'B death the movement
was fcmwcd, although Judge Little
john made no active canvass of the sit
uation himself. A mass of detailed
dutn Is now in the hands of the attor
ney gem rat relative to the fitness of
Judge Llttlejpbn for the federal Judge
ship, and no more substantial or com
prehensive array of recommendations
could he gathered.
The developments In the situation
will be watched with Interest, as the
resident* cf this section of the state
remain firm In their support of Judge
Littlejohn.
AMERIGO!) FIREMAN GOES
TO ALBANY
mechanic on the Sre lighting force of
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