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{EAT FRENCH VICTORY BEFORE VERDUN gCOS CELEBRATES LIBERTY BOND DAY WITH GREATEST ENTHDSIASM WEEKLY americus times-Recorder CITY EDITION “ THE LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA" AMERICUS, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 25, 1917 NUMBER I!,-,.',. BAYONET PRACTICE OF AMERICANS IN FRANCE Lose Several Divisions of Their Best Troops-Great- rictory of the War This Year-Prussian Guards Rush , ar d to Hold Lines at Any Cost. Oct 24-—The present Oie Aisne rel-on may serious blow the Ger- f rincc has suffered dur- At Verdun, battling up- j , heavy odds, and facing : erks and masonry tops, j [aln lias forced his line nd one-fifth miles in place TII | S PHASE OF A'x NLP, 10 H 1 IN. U liras NUKES FINE WEtl 10 PEOPLE OF UIERICDS Mass Meeting Held at the Court House, Following a Proces sion. of Automobiles and Facade of School Children. Americus Joins^in Celebrating Liberty Bond Holiday. \ WILL HE EMPLOYED MORE FREQUENTLY -UNITED STATES STATES NOW BUILDING BIGGER PLANES. lag eight thousanad Ger- I. French troops hi'-* , point within ten miles I occupy an advantage- for operations against — l place During yester- | WASHINGTON', D. C„ Oct 24 —There fighting today, the Ger- ^ ^ believlng that the A Hic a weral divisions or their flna „ y deterra ined to engage including several units of mlTd , n a|r ralds . while they ards, rushed forward to ^ bc conflncd largeIy t0 attacks at any cost. ' upon m iutory establishments, ra»J- tifahs In Germany are f)rldge3 and munition plants, d must popular dlscot,- peralatence 0 f the Germans n ' manifested. With the Lonond and other Allied . emperor from the Bal- „ declarcd t0 c .u for sharp rtie s demand that Cnan- tlis must go, and it is ^prlaais. the emperor will bC abln That fighting airplane* wlll groW such onposftion t o the larter and larger, so as £ <*com* veritable dreadnaughts of the air, is the prediction of a government ex- pert |„ c iose touch with the devolop- a Discipline Gone. m nt f a | rp i a ne cnostructlon both In FRONT, in Franco,Om. “ nad abroad. His predlc- doubt captured from the ^ baRed |n part on tho press iy. Hritlsh troops found from I>ondon tel i lDg of the con- nan officers had been ex- tl(m by Germany of metal-en- telr own soldier,. their ^ batUopIanea whlch Germany tied before they were dj t0 meet thc American avia- are manay storieg clrcu- ; British troops Indicating hayo ^ conv lnced that .faction exists within the ^ statc9 abould dovo te much cf Gcrman9 !| ta genius and constructive ability to the development of a powerful fight- ling airplane," said he to press repre sentative here. "Germany may be building a sort of aerial armor-clad, ; but the Kaiser wW have no monopoly la tills respect. "All of thc Allied nations now are building much heavier battle 1’Ianes. This tendency will Increase. At all — times there must be light and ox- iSTORM OF YEAH IV faat aco ut machines. Just ' PLANS AND ; p “ m ' 8t i, a vo scout cruisers STIIATKIN WAS POST- ■ anJ apeedy airplanes correu cruisers Secretary McAdoo Tells How U. S. Was Forced Into The War Makes Stirring Speech in Atlanta. Says If We HadKeptShips Off the Seas Our Prosperity Would Have Been Ruined. 11 FIDE • TOMORROW “^ngTo modern battle also may be a development, but tha Oct. 2-1. Tho spectac- R]ower and more at ablo machine with ‘ran parade which had # rca , puncbi , he airplane that can for this afternoon, and . Bnd take a maximum of pun- I would have included |shnlcnt and stm remain aloft, must be the foundation of the aerial fighting forces of the future. would have included on*- hundred thousand s ranks, has been aban • ‘ of one of the worst irrienced this season. <Tiange and other mar- ro<l to the original plan business at noon. All the city also suspended he children be released * n the demonstration, in charge of tho affair t o'clock this afternoon ‘ ' 8 tage the parade to- Exclusive photograph, just received from France, allowing some of the men of the American expeditionary force •ngnged in bayonet practice. GNPITNL #111 OE ATLANTA, Gu . U. t. 2t.—Germany’s efforts to keep American ships off tho high seas through her ruthless sub marine warfaro was a direct blow, aimed at the prosperity of American farmB and of American business, Sec retary McAdoo declared In his Liberty Day address here today. After reminding his hearers that America went to wnr In 1812 to vin dicate her right to the freedom of the seas and had steadfastly maintained It since then, he continued: Why is that right so America's life and security? It Is be cause we havo always produced more than we can consume at home. And the very prosperity of our peoplo, their very life In fact, depends upon their ability at all ties to sell that surplus ill the open markets of the world." Thc German Emperor "had been led by disloyal people In this country to believe that America never would light," tho secretary of the treasury continued, "and that any transgres sion of our rlvhts would bc met simply by protests." Had America submitted and kept skips off the seas, discord and dis content among American people won-d have followed. Mr. McAdoo said, and the German emperor by one stroke west In tho Interest of tho Liberty lean, Bald hla trip had convinced him that America is awake to the fact that this country Is waging war for self- preservation and know* that when tho strug. lo Is carried, to- s,, successful conclusion the liberty of tho United States will never ho Imperilled again. After describing the Liberty bond which the government Is selling as having tho country’s guarantee of safe ty of the principal—the money Invested In It, the secretary add “but America cannot assure her soldiers of their principal—their lives. "The soldier does not ask the gov ernment to guarantee him safety." said Mr. McAdoo. “He expects to dlo if neccessary, but he has a right to ask the civilian populaton to do this much for him—to arm him with the best gun that American monoy and American Ingenuity can devise, a gun that will shoot faster and farther than any gun yet mode, and give him ! the best bayonc' that can bo forged j bv America’s skill and brawn. WINTER NOT TO STOP BIG DRIVE GENERAL HAIG WILL CONTINUE 1118 ATTACKS ON GERMANS IN FLANDERS—AMERICANS BEADY FOR RATTLE. Liberty Bond Day was appropriate ly celebrated In Americus this morn ing. The school closed at it: 30 o'clock, and there was a parade of all of tho school children, both white and ne groes. A procession of automobiles formed In front of the Hotel Windsor at 11:29 o'clock, and fell In behind the school boys and girls, the parade ending at (he courthouse. Hon. Edgar Watkins, of Atlanta, for mer attorney for the Interstate Com merce commission, was tfie speaker of the occasion. He was presented to the audience by Franc Maugum, editor of presided SUIT BROUGHT BY DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DISMISSED AFTER BRIEF HEARING—NEW LAW IS FEDERAL STATUTE—^ WASHINGTON Oct. 24.—Military ex perts here do not expect winter to halt the great allied drive against the Ger- a U Q Janca ay rrouc .unusu. mens In Flanders. Secretary Dakar's Tbo ximes-rctcrder, who veekly review of war oporat oni) Issue 1 over me , t ( n g. today discloses the belief of the wtr vt'atklus made a forceful department that potency of material and men will enable the British and French commanders to triumph ovor natural obstacles and continue forcing the enemy backward without waiting for spring. __ jlie review touches for the drat WASHINGTON, D. C., Oct. 24 —Ti e federal law which makes Washington and the District of Columbia dry ter ritory after November 1st, was today upheld by the District Supreme court. Bulls brought by liquor Interests to prevent tho law becoming effective upon statuatory grounds were dis missed after » hearing by the court. IEI0 THE MiES V Allltll lia " nwss' ••jt is the only chance he has for his 'WILL RELINQUISH THE LEADER • ,in «n. him until al> ipiiv vivi.n vanr.Kk—ill life. Thut Is all we can do for him. Isn't h t > entitled to It? The 000,000,0000 raised through , he second Liberty loan will be devoted : chiefly to this, thc secretary said In j ■losln-', and “we shall end this thing ‘ SIIII* OF T1IE FIELD FORCES—IIE IS NOW TE COMMANDER-IN- CHIEF PUIUOGKAD, Oct. 24.—Newspapo.-s the German emperor by one stroke t .| oa | n j, and “we shall end this thing fcere alate loday that premier Keren of Ills pen would have accomplished forevor and America's liberties w " |^ Py w |j| pru bably relinquish the pos "more destruction upon American I n ,. vrr b0 imperilled again" ' farms, In American factories and >n American business bouses and ■.« American Interests all over the la"* thun be could accomplish with all the armies and navies of thc German em pire." * After telling what stoppage of Amer ican sea commerce would have meant in loss to the cotton growers /)f the south, and of German's efforts to In volve the United States with Japun and Mexico through the Zimmerman intrigue, thc secretary turned to ruth less submarine warfare, and recite! the stories of helpless men and wo men being drowned at sea. —*—' | -Some man ha„ laid, or Is alleged s Oct. 24.—America's tJ bavc sa id that America had tFFECT IN NEW ' 4 HIEF EXECUTIVE PAID NINETY PER CENT CASH—OTHER OFFIC IALS SUBSCRIBE FREELY TO ISSUE. j vVy will probably relinquish the post jot commander-ln-chlef of all the ar- ! mles of Russia to General lliukhonln | at the end of this week I lhe premier assumed command of the armies during the recent turbu : lent period In Russia and his determl nation to relinquish command is surprising, inasmuch as all of his ener gy Is needed in the performance of 'executive duties devolving upon him as : premier which office he will retain. time upon tha American expeditionary forces In France, declaring the men after three months' Intensive training are in efficient lighting trim and splen did physical condition. On dwelling upon the Importance or the battle of Flanders and 'lla effect upon the morale of the Germans, tho war secretary declares it is apparent that the German high command plan ned the recent expedition against the II ib neuevea inai inw uouiuunnw- Kubilann in tho Riga sector in order t j on jj ftB arouB ed greater Interest ni to tolBter up morale and meet ! t ; le gtt le of the bonds, pending internal diffleutftes. .By ex-j Jn a dj 0 umlng tho meeting* the tending her lines in the east, he adds, ' c halrman appealed to the young folke Imu mnpiilv nflflnfl tO tho I _—_a a_ t.ll> T IKawIm Vnnila In tkslp talk. lie recited the reasons why the United States Is at war, telling of tho various German atrocities and showing how Germany actually Invaded this coun try In the end, he pointed out tho necessity for supporting the bond Issuo, and made an earnout and elo quent appeal for.subscriptions to the bends During the course of Ms talk, when he was referring sneerlngly to the "paclllsts," he was Interrupted by un old gentleman In the audience, who said that If the Germans wore to lane on our own shores these pacifists would not fight even then. "You’re right," said Mr. Watkins, "they’re, cowards all!” It is believed that the demonstra- Grraany has merely added to tho length of her linos of communications and Increases confidence In the final allied victory. The review says: “An interesting summary of troop movements In the United States shows that since the present mobilisation be gun 914,195 persons have been trnns- pnrtcd by tho railroads for the war de partment, of whom 256,811) were trans ported In standard or tour'st sleepers, the remainder In ordinary day coaches. This vast movement has been conduct ed by the railroads of the country without a single serious accident, end tho co-operation between the railroads and thc department has been most cordial and effective." .resent to talk Llborty bonds In their Kimes, and rally their fathers to tho •MM. I^'tl GERMAN CHANCELLOR QUITS UNDER f IRE| WILL SPEAK HERE DR HUBERT II. VISRIl WILL I1K I HEARD AT CARNEGIE LIBRARY f QUITS UNDER WfgSXS&r- ““ ,v„ sllInLdntl out the city restricted the sale of •«-, th ere “^American ; purchase money In cash, and agreed ' a * "“Kington from two to five pounds to a tbla land whether he Is an Amor halhnce November 14th. > C„ Oct. 24.-- Ten to eleven cents a pound or noti who know-lng t 11 rec ^ >■ officials In all deportment# of tha TO GET NEGROES IN LINE I'RUFESSOR AT AMERICUS INSTI TUTE NAMED TO CONDUCT FOOD CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN AMONG NEGROES HEBE Prof. M. W. Reddick, of Amarlcus Institute, haa been appointed to con duct the food conaervatlon campaign among tho nejro citizens of the coun ty. He 'is already organtxlng hla forces, and ou Monday morning will begin an active campaign He p:u- j pose a to reach every negro lioit.,e- wlfo In the county. 11,1 slate governors all • demonstration were l<r « In tho United Peal is being directed m all subscriber!, as It lv > - tide of purchasing r Hasses will sweep he safety zono before 1 when the campaign ier:-ons released from ! d tasks for the day, campaign. i'itli uermany, g . « (lows in his veins—be hasn't any red Issue of bonde. ; blood In him." —_ TT ” Mr McAdoo denounced those Forty-Two Heard ^, v i dU au who would ^e^e^wm. JAPANESE MUNITIONS SHIP ITALIAN FRONT OUT BY ATTITUDE Or SOCIAL-i, he Carne gf e Library Friday morning, ISTS IN REFUSING TO VOTE | nt pj.jo o'clock. He will make an es. ’ CURRENT BUDGET. | ptc |al appeal to the club women of' — ithe city who are urged to be present. A |' 8TRIA j 8 ASD GERMANS START LONDON, Oct. 24.—Dr. George Ml-j - rnisimw chaells, German Imperial chancellor,! ha. handed hU resignation to Emperor jpjj||pq Uf| J|)Rf)ft|J||Al sVnk"umber"LADBN* VESSEL iwillbun, neco^Ung to on Amsterdam | I new* dispatch given out here by the ^ r ' ti, e kaiser's government and the alleg- . .. ATLANTIC PORT, Oct. 24.—A' TVIreleje Press. Suffrage Lsdies ed peace societies in this country Tho j with munitions; Dr. Mlchaells' tenure of office has aUIUrtgC ^ latter .re merely "German wolves,-aponese^.n.p^ th , th|rtetQ bundrcd ' bofn ,h e shortest end one of the most CAMPAIGN today AND CAPTURE T1IE FOREMOST'ITALIAN FORTI FICATIONS BERLIN. Oct. 24.'—An Austro-Ger- man offensive has been begun on tho . Italian front and the foremost Itat- DERL1N, Oct. 25.—It Is officially an- Ian position have already been taken. RIGA BY THE GERMANS latter are merely " 0CT TIm^ren iremm^dsanthirteen hundred^hern th. ehorteet and on. of the most ' m *, , , qae ^ d ue g d«ur^ , w 0 hll. rem. of I ton lumber steamer Katahdln tast stormy lD ^* !i ^ t0 f 7 1 , 0f ^; ^^“^re‘to^y tot during Sun- the war Office announced today Forty-two heard the a 0 ®™*®' 1 ."’ • H^'^I-eU*are' deluded and simple;night. The cook of the sunken vcssM c/:iJ]*' Xally by the determlnaUon day night, German troops along a wide Recent heavy fighting In Hint re- '•sr«rr.“2 r - -nwgr* — u* - * - - - —- Maude Younger .poke, Mr. Howare ^ ^ ^ a nd south- | ‘.. urgetown, s. u •* .«« Gould not coming here.