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WEEKLY americus times-recorder cm EDITION THE LIVBST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA" - >TH vkab. AMERICUS. GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON,* NOVEMBER 15, 1917 ERENSKY AGAIN IN CONTROL AT PETROGRAD LINE HI mi ls ,MSTS ABE LOSING OUT I01T THE NATION—ALL |A BACK UNDER OLD 14—Finnish tele- London news bureau late ,n say the whole of Rue- small part of Petrograd, , hands of the provisional suthorities. these dispatches state, is grad, and his forces have sion virtually of the en- sh news agency forwards rom its correspondent at on the Russian border, Kurvnsky has entdrjeJ, ml that the majority of st troops have joined the raised the standard of al government, abouts of Nikola Lenine, , Bolseviki, and head of nary cabinet, is not stat- these dispatches. IIEAVV a.. '"NEOUS ARTIL LERY FIRE » PORTED FROM ROME—TEUTONS CAPTURE ITAL IAN TOWN. ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Nov. Id (Delayed in Transmission.)—The line along the Plava is boldig, in the main against a haevy and continuous artii lery Are, and all efforts of the Teu tons to cross the stream hpve failed Italian artillery fire either destroyed or pushed back all German raiding parties attempting to get across the river, and as yet enemy engineers have been unable to lay bridges over the stream. Berlin lleporns Captures. BERLIN. Nov. 14—The capture by Austro-German forces of the towns of Prlmolanc In the Insugena valley, anl ecltro. west of the upper I’iwuc river was announced today at army head quarters. REV. AGREE GETS AT ROME II IN FIRE M IS E HUN HANTS PUBLIC CONCERNED CON. ITERATION OF NEW ion. apparently, exisl3 method or turning in a ough the recently ln- ell system, and Chief nxious that all be la the proper procedure sired to call tho de- to be followed is Blm- First the small glass key on the outside of roken. Then tho box by simply turning this - box is opened, all to pull down the Ijook and wait for the de- 1 trucks always go di- from which an alarm ihd In rase the Ore is some distance away, ins in tlic alarm should a direct the trucks to 1 delay. I to avoid all useless let Monahan points out metimes very precious, r to turn In an alarm is reason to suBpcct th e department arc need- until a small fire has 'a'n headway. Only ■sons should turn urgent Instances, PASTOR OF LEE STREET METRO- BIST CHURCH IS RANSFERRED A HIS OWN REQUEST TO NORTH GEORGIA. At tho reading of the appointments of the North Georgia conference In LaGrange Tuesday, at which place that conference was held, Rev. Geo. Al. Acree was assigned to the Second Avenue Methodist church In Romo. This Is a station church situated in one of tho most beautiful residence sec tions of that city, and Is considered a splendid appointment. This appointment will be of interest to Americus people In general as Mr. Acree was pastor of tho Leo Street Methodist church here this year, and has made many wnrm friends during his pastorate here. He was trans danger of property « EE TO ASK I FOR PARDON LEAD ARMIES ON THE ITALIAN FRONT HI ALLIED WAR 5 HAS BEEN ' GENERAL CADOBNA IS REMOVED AS COMMANDER OF ITALIAN AR MY IN THE FIELD AND MADE A MEMBER. .QUESTIONAIKE SENT OUT TODAY Nov 'V^warWrd'tho WILL DEFINIELY FIX STATUS 'iehmenLofanlnter-allywarboardtho OF EVERY REGISTERED MAN A ' lle8 ttr0 ,^ " g 1 f h “ d ' „ AND ORDER OF SERVICE. atl “ n ‘ he “■““.“J**' ° ena .™‘ Cadorna ha? been removed from the WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. 14 —It command or the Haifa.. Is officially announced that all reg- the “* w boart '* h °“ 8 ° th " latered men are to be divided Into live member, are General Foch cWef o separate class.. In their order of their of the French mta . «?; General liability to military service, as soon j 1 ®”'* H ' Y "°“' ■"?“ *** * . ‘ as the provost marshal general's quea- * ,h general * 8 . . Bonaire mailed out today, has law *.!■ *«P» Jj—^o****"- — palgn against the Central Powers on ( the Italian front Tho Austro-German n .Trentino army la being held In reserve Inactive, it la thought, to be brought " upon the Italians In the rear, should they make too successful a stand a the Plava river. filled out and returned to hla office. 7T „ . The questioner, cover. In complete ““ detail the status ot all registered men and each ot these Is required to an aWe r the questions propounded thero In, upon which his status Is so definitely filed. In announcing that registered men ; are.to be divided into five classes and each man informed concerning order ' his liability the provost marshal jlnts out that married men as a class ire not to be exempted from military service. Married men. a s ij. fully set forth in the questionaire. are di vided among the five classes of regis trants to be created, and will be call, ed up along with other men having Similar responsibilities In cMl and domestic life. Above Sir Henry Hughes Wilson, of the British staff, who has' gono to Italy to aid in stemming the great Teutonic drive. Below General von Bu lew In command of the German armies on the Italian front. f ms pasioraio wniiHTII ferred to tho North Georgia confer- ence at his own request. His congre gation here regrets to lose him, but Join In extending most cordial wishes for his future. IBs successor here has not yet been named. JIM SMITH'S WILL IS FOUND 10 OLD PAPERS ATHENS, Ga., Nov. 14.—The will l the late James M. Smith, million aire farmer of Oglethorpe county, has been found—In a bunch of discarded I aperg in the old bouse—and yester day this was probated In the court of ordinary at Lexington. Unless another will mado later shall turn up—or, Indeed, If it does not turn In up—this discovery, afte r nearly two ...soul instances, ears, will cause radical changes m the beady burning, and disposition of the vast estate, much of which has been administered upon anl sold last monahs. The will was made on ecember 4, 1885-thlrly-two years a>o. Col. Jim Smith died In Decem ber, two years ago. D. W. Meadow, for many years Judge of the circuit, ts the sole surviving ex ecutor named, and he was one of the administrators first named after Col. Smith's death. The late Judge Alex ander Erwin, another Judge, father of ono of the present administrators, was anothet executor. Two sons of a lmlf- hrother. Jim Smith, Robert and John Smith, were the other executors Nov. 14.—Another to be presented to ■ommlsslon, asking dna Perkins Godbee, life sentence for the mer husband, Judge, at .Milieu, Ga„ -stv- mnouncement of the aade was authorized Godbee here today. 1 hat Governor Har ing on the Godbee as wa a generally lie case win beforo emitted the petition en out for publica- Harrls’ office st the pending before him 'hat he had declined ion. it Is now stat- ndum waa signod In tom of the original »■ follows: “With- : N, I |M| The two nephews, Robert A. Smith eam / al ’ gn "with vigor, mainly nd John A. Smith, aro given tho great- that he wants to go to er part of the land and estates; aftc half a hundred relatives, half-brothers sister, nephews, many tenants, ser- ' >on {ollo ».| n4 ., while Mr. Holder vants and personal friends arc remem- Carroll, Is running on assur- bered In amounts- of *100 *° sev8 ” 1 cc ' of support of Adamson follow- thousad, the will direct, that the death ance^ of hi. two nephews, the property shnl ^ atate( j, all claim the neutral go to their children. „ counties and all are hard at work iW The will was witnessed by Hen 5 “ w make a ah0 wlng in the pri- Heanl. J. H. Matthews, 8r.. and Jamo» ^ A( the aame tlme , all agree D. Power. . , that a convention nomination must de- Slnce the two principal beneficial- es h^a que<Uon chairman Frank of the will are both dead, dying ’f th '" errird. of the district execuUve a few weeks of each other lMl ' committee, reports everythig In rcad- John T. Smith left no children «> , primary .election mana- bulk of «b. big «ute go 5 Ler. bein* named and ticket mailed surviving daughter of Robc “ ^ h ' j£, t to the various counties In the dla- ieraiii She is Mrs. Sheltan. vf out^tog Crawford. CONGRESSIONAL DIS- Tltlt'T VOTING FOR SUCCESSOR TO JUDGE ADAMSON IN HOT RACE TODAY. COLUMBUS, Ga., Nov. 14.—Voters or the Fourth Congressional distriut are today, balloting for a representa tive to succeed Judge Adamsgn, whose resignation will take effect on De cember 1st. All six of the candidates clai.rt Vi tory, but It Is not thought that an> one of them can win In the race be fore the people. Judfe Dunham, of Buena Vista ,!s picked as one of tho first two In the race. Chattahoochee. Harris, Troup and Heard are the counties over which the aspirants are now lighting anl claiming. Tho convention is schedul ed for November 21st. Mr. Chappell, from Muscogee, is pushing his claims on the grounds that Columbus i» tho largest city in the district, and that this sectioi hasn’t had the honor of naming a con gressman In years, etc. Mr. Persom, Qf Talbot, sakes the position that t.c was the first in the race, and that he has claims ove r the others in view of his solid home backing, and assur ances of hearty support. In other counties. Judge Dunham, of Marion, working hand In hand with Mr. Per. eons, and Is lighting tho Muscogee man on the STound that Chappell failed to support the Marion candidate In a former contest, and ne Is making strong claims. Mr. Davis, of Meri wether, is claiming Harris, and push ALL OF LEADING SOCIETIES ARE PREPARING TO MEET ADDED lll'RDENS BY REASON OF WAR LOSSES. ers number 33,247 members in United States of draft age III FORCES ARE . DRIVEN BACK FROM OJIRAGA Bran TWO HOURS OF FIGHTING l’B’i. (CEDED WITHDRAWAL OF BAX- DIT8 FROM ATTACK ON BOR. DER TOWN TODAY. OJINAGA, Mex.. Nov. 14.—After two hours fighting early today, Villa forces were driven back by Mexican gov ernment troops under General Cor* dova. The bandits disappeared In tho desert following their defeat, it Ib of ficially announced. OJinaga had anticipated the Villi attack, as newa was received several days ago that the bandits were gather ing for an assault on tho town. Unit ed State military acthoritles witness ed the fighting from ncross the inter national boundary. PRESIDIO, Tex., Nov. 14. Fiflbtr 0 t (, e a t r ategic direction of the Al- ing between Villa and government )|( , d caIu . |a|gn RllInora tbe Sa nday forces began before OJinaga, oppols.o „„ of th „ impending retire- Fraternal protective orders are preparing to meet the levy which the toll of war will make upoji their tffu insurance funds. The task is a gl* pnntlc one, ag the records of the 100 loading organizations operating in this country totaled 6,615,421 holders of certificates the first of this yea.*. V’lth more than 4,000 of its Canadian members in war service the Inde pendent Order of Foresters, at the te ?<'nt supreme council session at To ronto. deemed it wise to Impose an additional assessment of $50 per $1,000 upon its members. This ta ..cssment waa due November 1. The Foresters’ action Is based upoi tbe belief that the fraternal aysten would be of little value if on men _ nlll , arjr going to war their brethren who re Q-, a 1 \V nfpf slrategy of the allied urmy. Tbe blood mained at home failed to pay at least U1 OLdlUlllg VA <IICL 0( the nat | 0n win run cold at the idea, some part of their Insurance to their' dependents if they fall. Th© Forest Badly Burned By Falling Into Tub • »h Charles Hudson, Jr., the little three- . --- ° year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles think that this complicated project It was „ Hudson, who was badly scalded will achieve strategic unity. It seems x isixvu v n Ik, IlUtlflUII, “III# w»n ^ explained by one of the Rangers thst when lie fell into a tub of boiling wa- to us it will achieve strategy paraly- if It was found that the surplus ere. ter several days ago. is reported today sis. not »s In a serious condition The child waa terrible scalded from atod by the assessment needed to meet death benefits the ‘ um j hlg Moulders to his hips, and has suf or Us proportion would te returned , fore( j intense agony since the acct- The Junior Order of United Ameri- (lent happened. While ahere Is much can Mechanics, the Improved Order of | anxiety entertained for hi. recovery, Heptasophs. the Roys. Arcanum other, arc all meeting the problem !h |he clll , d . g preae nt critical condition, ways which will least operate towsrl| l.icreasing the cost of the Insurance. BOARD R CREATED |M FIREMEN TO VOTE ON PROPOSAL TO SUHBIT NE AYDEMANDS— HEALS OP BROTHEBHOOQS AR. RANGE TO SEE WILSOfr. in OCTOOEO ton consumed during October totalled 593,332 running bales, including 109.- 136 bale, of llnters, the census bureau announced today. Cotta on band at the end of Oclo- nmoutod to 1,086,770 bales, while the number of cotton gplndlee active dur- lng October averaged 33,576,922. ILOVD-CEORCE PLAN NOT WELL RECEIVi 0 IAILR0AD MEN IANT NEW RAISE NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—Whether 61,- 000 flremoa will Join the conductors and brakemen on all railway lines In the United States In a proposal to Bumblt demands for large wage In- creases, Is ot be determined at a meeting of the firemen’s organization to be held next week In Cleveland, Ohio. Announcement of the forthcoming meeting and the subject to bo con sidered was made public here today. Brotherhood Chiefs to Mee.Presldent. NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—Arrange ments have been made for the chief officers of tho four great railroad brotherhoods to see President Wilson on November 22, In connection with the proposal to demand wage (n J creases for conductors and trainmen from all railroads In the United States. ~ — — According to railroad officials, the CENSUS BUREAU MAKES PUBLIC men ’s new demands, if granted, will iVAERESTING FIGUBES ON CON- the liabilities of the trasportatlon sys- SUMPTION OF SOUTH’S GREAT terns, and the sltuaalon la regarded STAPLE, - - as even more serous than that Which | arose in connection with tho men's WASHINGON, D. C„ Nov. 14—Cot-;demand for establishment of an elght- hour djy „ yCjir ng0 . Tbe preildent baa already set the machinery of the federal govornmena In motion In an effort to avert, ty pos sible the threatened paralysis of the I eomtrys transportation system. At the coming conference ho will appeal te tho leaders to defer all struggles for betterment of the condition of railroad operatives until after tho na tion has passed that perlbd whoro tho transportation system le so vital ,'n the conduct of the war. In connec tion with the coming conferences, the president disclosed today that he does not intend to permit a tie-up of the ______ railroad-., even If It becomes neces- I.ONDON, Nov. 14.—The speech by *®T ,or tb8 rovernment to take over Frontier Uoyd-George in. Paris has operation of the lines. stirred the local pr as. His allusions to tho Allies' '’Incredible blunders” are printed under sensational head lines. Comment la mixed up with crit icism of the new allied war counclcl a. announced here yesterday by Chan- icllor Bonar Law. Several newspapers indorse tbe speech In the main or are non-committal. Others crtliclzo ad- versely the new military i>l*» and ac- CUSO the premier of wishing to take PRESIDIO, Tex., Nov. 14. Fiflbtr . , tI ., tel ,| c direction of the Al- here, early today. No artillery or mont n( FleW Ma „ ha i H alg and Gen- mochlne guns were used In the at- ora) UotMrlllon chief of the general tack, but American patrol, guarding „ au „ L .a tome commentators U tack, but American patrol, guarding „ auil(!j a „ mB comme ntators U the Rio Grande ford, opposite OJinaga |..,| naaU lhat t | 10 reports were let reported that bullets fell on the Amer. lean side of the river. islnuata that the reports were let afloat deliberately by semi-official hints. The Morning Post connocta the new plan with tho rumors and says both nation and army are alarmed over it. If adds: "A political council advised by a military committee. Is to direct the No more fatal and no more disastrous arrangement can be conceived. “Premier Lloyd-George appears to C.T. EXPORT AGREEMENT THOUGHT TO RE NEAR NORWEGIAN AND SWEDISH COM- MISSION IN CONFERENCE AT STATE DEPARTMEXt' THIS AF. TEBNOON. WASHINGTON. D. C., Nov. 14.—Fi nal agreement between thto United States authorities and all European neutral nations on tbe question of ex ports, was forecast today when Swed ish and Norwegian commercial mis sion In this country conferred with American customs authorities at the state department. At tiie department official declined 11 discuss the conference until after It adjourned, but it'was reported the final details or an agreement to con- t!ue throughout the war were beta,? adjusted. THANKSGIVING EATS FOR SOLDIERS ABROAD WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, la France, Nov. 14.—A large shipment III ATI AMTA T(lflRY 01 wrkeye, mince meat, cranberries. Ill H I Lilli I H I UUnl Inutsh, raisins, oranges and sweet po- itntocs for the Thanksgiving dinner of The many Amerlcu, friends of Mr. | American soldiers here hag arrived In and Mrs. Charles T. Hammond, of At-|France. It will be distributed amon? lanta' will learn with regret ot the.the various Instruction centers and - .. . wIIUm. whitM th* troflna nr© billeted. increasing the cost of the Imurancc. lanta/will learn win regrei oi billeted The Royal Arcanum will refrain fro-.'v, M. C. A. Fond Reacbra 010.000JWO. death of th. former, which occurred | ^' age *^ 8r8 ^ 8 w ^ l0 « ' •• ill Ih. meeting of tho 1 NEW YORK, Nov. 14—Contribution, this morning in that city. .Other shipment. If acy action until the meeting of thef ^ y y c . A . w . r rand today. Mr. Hammond formerly resided In, , ~ supreme council, which has nationslj^^ ^ t , 0()00 0()0 ^ accord- Amerlcu. and was superintendent of; ,?“**. " Jurisdiction. Past DUtrict D*P“'Y.(ug t o an offle al announcement. the Seaboard AJr Line. Hie wife le a NEW YORK, Nor. 14. L bert) 1 are «• i Melndoe raid that the Heps.-.- 1 doubleflrst coualn or Mr. W. D. More- o# both Jrane. made low records K m™, renal™ . war rasesx- land and wa. Mis. Nellie Moreland, of the stock exchange here today on tr.phs would not require a war asseis • nr ui Mobile before her mar- larfled offering*. Four* fell to Ob. ment lf the death plaima could ba Mechanic* hare been notified that t ' while bonds of the first law# tourh «i Wltuout impairing the surplus of the ardor would pay the premium o.l ( ^ funora( o{ Mf Hammond wUl 09.10. Selling was ntarlbnted m U" • |every member engaged In war <ta‘Q^ ubo p | ace | n Amcr !cus on Friday, the necessities of holders. i aused b> u>i ■ order. Members of the Junior Order ot in the army and navy. hour and place to be announced late.-, sustained In other stocks declining.