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THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR
DEATH CLUED
MRS. ALLEN HILL
IRIS AFTERNOON
YOUNG LIFE IS ENDED AFTER A
BRIEF ILLNESS.
Mrs. Allen Hill passed away at 2:30
o’clock this afternoon, following a
brief illness of four or five days, fol
lowing an operation for a severe mal
ady. Despite the brave and courage
ous fight for life, death has triumphed
for a time and the sweet spirit of this
beloved and beautiful young woman
has passed to a brighter sphere.
The annonucement of Mrs. Hill’s
demise will prove a shock to hundreds
of friends near and dear, and who es
teemed and loved her to the fullest de
gree. Gentle and tender always, cul
tured, refined and of strong personal
ity, no young matron in Americus was
more generally beloved.
Mrs. Hill was in her 27th year and
was formerly Miss Alice Merritt, of
Macon, the daughter of a prominent
family there. Since coming to Ameri
cus to reside, she easily won her way
into the hearts of friends who fully
appreciated her and esteemed her in
the highest. She was a sister of Mrs.
John W. Shiver, who, with the stricken
husband and four young children
mourn the death of sister, wife and
mother.
The funeral services, conducted by
Rev. J. B. Lawrence, will be held at
4 o’clock Sunday afternoon from the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Shiver. Friends of the bereaved family
are respectfully invited to attend.
The pallbearers will be Messrs. Eu
gene B. Hill, Dave B. Hill, Judson Hill,
W. D. Moreland, J. E. Gyles, A. F
Hodges, J. W. Shiver and R. S. Broad
nurst.
SOUTH AMERICAN
WARSHIP HIS
RIVER JAROE
(By Associated press.)
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., March 27.
The new Argentine battleship Morno,
which left here yesterday for Hamp
ton, Roads, collided with a motor bargs
off Newcastle, in the Delaware rive r
last night, the barge being sunk.
Following the accident the Morno
was beached, but early this morning
was successfully floated. Unusjali
high tides materially assisted the sev
eral tugs engaged in the task of pull
ing the big warship into deep water.
After being floated the Mornor contin
ued her journey. The crew of the
barge were all rescued and taken on
beard the warship.
WILL CONTINUE
Clf BUSINESS
MONDAYMORNINC
With the beginning of next week the
second of the City Court session, Judge
W. M. Harper will continue on with
the trial of civil cases as during the
past several days. The misdemeanor
docket will be taken up Monday,
April sth, one week hence, and clear
ed of the large number of jrfil and
bonded cases awaiting adjudication.
AUSTRIA AND DEI
MAKE SUPREI
CHECK THE
COSSACKS HOLD GATEWAY TO
HUNGARIAN PLAINS AUSTRO
GERMAN ARMY TO BE HURLED
AGAINST ADVANCING RUSSIANS
IN EFFORT TO CHECK THEIR
PROGRESS
ITALY READY TO
JUMP INTO RING
Austrian Papers Deny That Emperor
Francis Joseph Has Asked Pope to
Convey Peace Message to Allies—
Declare That Austria Mill Stick to
Germans Till War is Over.
LONDON, March 27 —Today, for the
third time since the beginning of the
war Russia again holds the gates to
Hungary, and British observers are
virtually united in the expectation that
Germany and Austria will make a
supreme effort to prevent them again
pouring on to the Hungarian plains.
The Carpathians struggle, which has
bean raging during more than four
days with an intensity heretofore un
heralded has definitely resulted in Rus
sian control of practically every im
portant pass through the range, and
big batteries are being planted at
Usok and' Lupkow by the Russians,
now occupying the heights.
Vienna Depressed.
Meagre reports from Vienna indicate
some depression exists throughout
Austria on account of the surrender
of Pzremysl, and rumors are afloat
that Emperor Francis Joseph has sent
an emissary to Pope Benedict asking
the head 1 of the Catholic heirarchy to
intercede in behalf of his government
with Russia. A separate peace would
be negotiated between the dual mon
archy and the Czar, if these rumei s
are tc be credited, but Austrian news
papers today vehemently deny their
authenticity. That Austria and Ger
many will fight together until the suc
cessful culmination of the war is the
opinion generally expressed by Vienna
newspapers, and in official circles no
intimation has been revealed that es-
forts to effect a peace pact with the
Czar are under way.
Balkan Situation Unsettled.
Interest in the attitude of more than
cue Balkan state continues acute to
day, though the belief that Rumania |
an*d Bulgaria are on the verge of en
tering the ranks of the belligerents
has fewer adherents today than at
any time since the war began. A not
able section of the British press ex
presses the opinion today that an at
titude of neutrality will continue to
be maintained until definite results are
obtained at the Dardanelles. The
fall of the Turkish forts would un
doubtedly force both Rumania and
Bulgaria into the arena, and represen
tatives of both countries are keep
ing close watch on developments. To
enter the war at the psychological mo
ment appears to be the purpose of
the Balkan states today, all of them
being determined to share in the divis
ion of the Turkish spoils. Free pas
sage through' the Dardanelles is an
other question of paramount interest
iin the Balkans.
Italy to Declare War.
Brief despatches from Rome at noon
indicate a declaration of war by Italy
as imminent. The Italian government,
according to newspaper advices from
Rome, has completed all preparations
for entering the war, and the tense
situation existing between King Vic
tor Emmanuel's government and the
dual monarchy is likely to culminate
in actual hostilities before Monday.
Mobilization of Italian troops is said
AMEBIEtTS TTHES-JTEUDROER
AMERICUS. GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MARCH 27, 1915
IMANY WILL
IIE EFFORT TO
RUSSIAN IIASION
FRUIT KIEFER;
FRUIT UNHURT;
ERUIIIIRGED
The peach crop is killed.
The peach crop is unhurt.
The peach crop is damaged.
The peach crop has been more or
less like that of the proverbial
cat, and though oftimes “kill
ed’’ during the early season, it
manages to pull through somehow and
make glad the heart of hungry man
kind, in the good old summer time.
Really, the peach crop is about as
uncertain as a woman’s whim or the
verdict of a petit jury. You just can’t
tell what will happen.
Americus fruit men who have stud
ied the situation carefully since Mon
day’s freeze, voice the opinion that
the two main varieties, Queen Elberta
and the Georgia Belle, were killed, or
at least the greater part of this crop
suffered annihilation.
From Fort Valley, Byron and Mar
shallville, the three peach-producing
sections, come similar reports. Evi
dently, little, except the earlier varie
ties, escaped the recene freeze.
Dllullß^
GIN AMERICUS
NIRMULSTUDENT
Os much interest to the many friends
of Miss Myrtle Sanborn is the an
nouncemdLt coming from Athens, i
where she is a fair student of the
State Normal School, class of 1915.
Miss Sanborn has just been selected
to read at the commencement exercises
in June and as a further mark of
distinction she has also been selected
to read before the University of Geor
gia as the representative of her school,
’he State Normal. These selections
came as a pleasant surprise to Miss
Sanborn, and the dual honor is ap
preciated by herself, as by her many
friends.
STUDENTS FLOCK TO
JOIN STANDARD
BERLIN, March 27. —Complete sta
tistics of the German and Austro-Hun
garian universities and technical insti
tutes show that out of a total of 93,446
students 49,720 are in the war. In Ger
many 56 per cent of the university
students and nearly 62 per cent cf
those at the technical institutes are i:i
the war; and already 1,081 of them
liaxe fallen. From the German uni
versities and technical schools 1,585
professors have gone into the war, and
35 have been killed. The percentagj
of Austro-Hungarian students under
arms is not go high as that of German
students, somewhat less than 50 per
cent, having gone to the front. These
figures reach to December 15.
to be well nigh completed, but this
cannot be confirmed, owing to a strict
censorship maintained by the govern
Iment authorities.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
GERMAN CRUISER
MUST LEI PORT
OR RF INTFRNFD
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(By Associated Press.)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va„ March 27.
Armed guards on the pier and aboard
the German auxiliary cruiser, Prinz
Eitel Frederich to prevent the ap
proach of unauthorized persons were
the only evidence of activity aboard
the warship today, despite last night’s
rumor that the cruiser was about to
put to sea.
An unofficial report in general cir
culation at noon today says Comman
der Thierichsen had been ordered to
either put to sea within twenty-four
hours or formally interne his vessel
here, and considerable interest has
been manifested in the report. The
garrisons at Fortress Monroe and Fort
Wool at the entrance to the harbor,
kept a continuous vigil during last
night, but no suspicious vessels ap
proached either of the fortifications.
Another report w4s to the effect that
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three warships flying the colors of the
allied nations had approached to with
in a short distance of the Virginia
coast during last night, but investiga
tion this morning failed to confirm the
reported presence of warships apt
side the harbor.
GERMAN COMMANDER
CONTINUES SILENT POLICY
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 27.
At the navy department this after
noon it was stated no word had been,
received from Commander Thierchsen
as to whether or not he will take the
Prinz Eitel Frederich to sea or in
terne his vessel at Newport News.
Naval officers here are confident the
next two or three days will see the
Eitel Frederich formally interned, and
the general understanding in unofficial
circles is that the time granted for
making repairs to the vessel will ex
pire shortly.
SUMTER'S FIRST
BALE PRODUCER
PLANTING CROPS
Mr. Alex A. Forrest, Sumter county’s
“first bale” farmer for several years,
and a good progressive one, two, was
in the city today. Mr. Forrest has
brought in a number of July “first”
bales” in recent years, and while he
is not striving for the honor this
year, he says, this fortune may con
tinue to be Lis. Already hre has plant
ed sixty-two acres of his early matur
es cotton, a decrease of thirty acres
from last year’s planting, and with
favorable seasons he may again lead
all south Georgia with another July
hale. Last year Mr. Forrest ginned
and packed the first bale in the state,
but a delay of one day in marketing it
gave the honor to another.
VILLA FORCES
BOMBARD CITY
(By Associated Press.)
BROWNSVILLE, Tex., March 27.
Villa forces tod an began ft siege of the
Mexican town of Matamoras, opposite
here. Carranza forces have occupied
the place during several months past.
Villa cavalrymen opened a heavy
! DH' j. e. purser
Mill PASTOR
COMINGjHORTEY
WILL CONDUCT SPECIAL MEETING
AT FURLOW LAWN
The third sermon of the series
preparatory to the revival meetings at
Furlow Lawn Baptist church will be
preached at the 11 A. M. service to
morrow by the pastor, Rev. R. L.
Bivins. His subject at this hour will
be “The Renunciation of Sin.” Mr.
Bivins’ subject at 7:30 P. M. will be
t' e “Work of the Holy Spirit.” Plans
and announcements for the revival
meeting, which begins Easter Sunday
will be made tomorrow. These plans
include a series of home prayer meet
ings next week. As already announc
ed, Dr. John F. Purser, one of the
most noted and successful pastors in
the South, will do the preaching in the
revival, and ’tis confidently expected
that there will be great and lasting
good accomplished.
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ANOTHER BUSY
WEEKEND TRADE
CONDITIONS IN ALL LINES IM.
PROVE; MERCHANTS OPTIMISTIC
Americus today, as on yesterday
was again the concentration point for
hundreds of busy buyers and shoppers
generally, and conditions locally are
manifestly better. The recent sharp
advance in cotton values and con
sequent sale of considerable quan
tities of the staple here has given to
business in all lines a strong stimulus,
md Americus merchants are reeling
decidedly better over the general trade
outlook. The crowds today were
of almost “aircus-like” proportions,
and considerable cash was in evidence.
There is no doubt but that business
conditions throughout this section of
Georgia are improving steadily, and
Americus is going to have her
accustomed place upon the front seat
of the band wagon when the proces
sion gets well under way.
BANK ROBBERS GET
jyoojyKuoMA
(By Associated Press.)
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 27.—Ad
vices reaching here this alternoon
from Stroud, Okla., say eleven men
robbed the First National bank this
morning of five thousand dollars, and
successfully escaped with their booty.
One of the alleged robbers was shot
in the leg and captured by Paul Curry
a fifteen-year-old boy who assisted the
possed in pursuit of the bandits.
The wounded bandit is believed to
be Henry Star, a notorious outlaw fo* -
vv;hose arrest a reward of SI,OOO is out
standing. Other members of the ban
dit gang are believed to be surround
ed in a forest near Stroud, and a
strong posse of citizens expects a
pitched battle to result before any of
the band are forced to surrender.
rifle fire upon the breastworks short
ly after noon, the attack being directed
against the western defenses. Colonel
Blockshom, commanding the United
States border patrol, Warned both bel
ligerent forces against firing across
the international boundary.
JOHN BUFF MAY
PEACE A BAN ON
JNO.BARLEYCORN
LABOR TROUBLES IN ENGLAND
MAY ELAD PARLIAMENT TO
ADOPT AS DRASTIC A STEP AS
RUSSIA WHEN SHE OUTLAWED
VODKA
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, March 27.—Early today a
lull of operations in the western thea
tre of war continues, with the Germans
continuing apparent preparations for
an advance and Anglo-French forces
waling for fjavorable weatlher be
\t'otroe inaugurating offensive opera
tions.
In England much unrest in labo
circles has manifested itself during the
past week, and the belief is growing
that drastic measures to control the
situation may be invoked by the gov
ernment. Over-indulgence in alcoholic
drink is held in some quarters to be re
sponsible for much of the dissatisfac
tion now so apparent, and it is proba
ble a drastic prohibition law may be
passed.
The splendid results of such laws in
France and Russia have not failed to
impress English authorities, and the
matter of restricting the sale of whis
key entirely has been under considera
tion for several days.
ALEIETfLEET
TAKG FORTS
TWO FORTS ON DARDANELLES
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY EN.
GLISH AND FRENCH WARSHIPS
—TRANSPORTS LAND SOLDIERS
IN GULF OF SMYRNA
(By Associated Press.)
ATHENS, March 27.—Early dis
patches from newspaper correspond
ents on the Island of Tenedos today
assert that attack on the forts of the
Dardanelles has been resumed, and
that tremendous damage has been in
flicted upon the fortifications. British
and-French warships co-operated dur
ing the attack and succeeded in com
pletely destroying Kilid Bahr, one of
the powerful forts located at the nar
rows, fifteen miles from the entrance
to the Dardanelles.
These reports indicate the destruc
tion of more than, twenty-five Turkish
forts as already accomplished, witn
the task of the allied fleet more than
half completed. Chanak, or Dardan
elles on the Asiatic shore, opposite
Kilid Bahr, was burned and destroy
ed during the attack of the allied fleet
on March 18th, and with both of these
fortifications out of action there re
main only seven modern fortresses
barring the progress of the fleet into
the Sea of Marmora.
Details of the attack referred to in
today’s Athens dispatches are not giv
en and it cannot be stated accurately
what losses were sustained by the
French and Englih forces during the
attack. French transports have land
ed a large force of troops in Asiatic
Turkey, the troops being put ashore
in the Gulf of Smyrna. These proba
bly co-operated in the attack upon the
deJepses of the Dardanelles.
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ASK AMERICUS
COMPETE FOR
'DIJIEJCmr
ROUTE WILL BE DETERMINED AT
MEETING IN CHATTANOOGA,
APRIL 8
Americus motorists, 600 strong, as
well as the.general public, will be in
terested in the proposition coming
from Secretary V. D. Robinson, of the
executive committee of the "Dixie
Highway” organization, that Americus
and Sumter county present claims to
the end of having the proposed high
way, Chicago to Miami, come this way.
The invitation is extended in a per
sonal letter from Secretary Robinson
to Mr. Frank Lanier. The route through
Georgia will be determined April 3d.
A meeting of the governors of the
six states, through which the Dixie
Highway will be constructed, will be
held in Chattanooga on the date men
tioned, and all data regarding Sum
ter’s roads and our co-operation in the
enterprise will be duly considered at
this meeting of the executive sextette.
If possible, the opportunity afforded
in this proposition should be readily
accepted. The competition on propos
ed routes between given points, has
already become very keen. In some
sections, adjoining counties are unit
ing in an organization working for the
adoption of a certatn route.
In addition to the joint proposition
in these cases, each town and county
should state separately just what their
proper authorities can and will do if
the Dixie Highway is routed their
way
The mileage through the county to
points where it will connect with the
through roads of adjoining counties,
the condition of the road, and che
grade, together with reliable estimate
of probable cost to provide an all
year-round road, should also be in
cluded in the proposition submitted.
This data will be extremely valua-
O’e to those who are chosen tc select
the route.
makTnTleroic
EFFORT TO SAVE
U. S. SUBMARINE
LITTLE WARSHIP WILL BE RAIS
ED FROM WATERY GRAVE BT
AFTERNOON IF PLANS WORK
(By Assoc ated Press.)
HONOLULU, March* 27. —The United
States submarine “F-4”, which disap
peared Friday morning, has been defi
nitely located just outside the harbor
entrance, and early this morning in
dications point to the successful rais
ing of the warship before nightfall.
Captain Duffy, commandant at the
Honolulu naval station, is authority
for the foregoing statement, and the
hope is still entertained that Lieut.
Alfred L. Ede and the twenty-one en-
Isbed men on board the “F-4” have a
fighting chance for their lives.
The United States naval dredg-3;
California, despatched from the Pearl
Harbor Naval Station early Friday,
.reached the scene of the disaster ear
ly last night and began Immediately
the work of searching for the lost
submarine. Numerous unts of the
submarine flotilla assisted the big
dredger in these operations and the
“F-4” was finally located. A bright
moonlight aided the rescuers in their
search for the imprisoned vessel, and
this fact may result in savin?- Hie lives
of those on board.
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