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THIRTY-SEYENTH YEAE
Wilson Asks Germany To Answer
Recent Violations Os l). S. Rights
KAISER MUST
ALTER POLIGY
HETJEMIND
NOTE PREPARED BY PRESIDENT
AND CABINET SENT TO GER
MANY DEMANDING EXPLANA
TION OF SUBMARINE POLICY.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 12-
President Wilson today virtually com
pleted the note that will be sent to
the German government as the result
of the sinking of the Lusitania. It is
said to be both forceful and direct in
character, corresponding in this re
spect with former communications be
tween the United States and Euro
pean belligerents.
The note, which was penned per
sonally by the president, asks Ger
many for an accounting for a long se
ries of violations of American rights
and privileges in the so-called “war
zone” established about the British
Isles by German proclamation. Not
only financial reparation is demanded
in the communication, but moral ex
plantations are asked besides a guar
antee that there are to be no repeti
tion of past practices of German sub
marines.
The following official statement re
garding the Lusitania incident was
made public at the white house short
ly before noon by Secretary Tumulty,
after a conference with President Wil
son:
“The course of the president has
been fully determined, and will be an
nounced just so soon as proper pub
lic notice has been given. An official
note now in course of preparation
will be sent to Ambassador Gerard at
Berlin either this afternoon or early
tomorrow for transmission to the Ger
man government. It is said the presi
dent realizes fully the gravity of the
meaning of his note, and is prepared
for any eventualities.”
While the note will not say exhctly
what course the United States will
follow in case of Germany’s refusal
to define its future policy, the event
ual severance of diplomatic relations
between the two nations is declared
as not impossible in official circles to
day.
SHOT BACK BN CHAiNCANE
AFTER Aid! FLIGHT
Newt Martin ,a negro convict who
several months ago jumped the Sum- ]
ter county gang where he was doing
a misdemeanor term, has been nabbed
at Oglethorpe, and today is again
turning up the dirt on Sumter’s high
ways, with more months added to his
term.
A reward of $25 was paid the officer
who captured Martin.
]t is said that Judge Littlejotin has
orlered a rigid investigation of the
"escape” of the white convict IVey
Kaylor, who got away from the Sum
ter gang in January and only recently
was caught in the North Carolina
mountains and sent back hero-
It is quite evident that Kaylor had
assistance in his get-away, and his
confederate is going to be punished
if his guilt can be established.
AMEFWSTWMROER
BEST PEOPLE ON EARTH COMING
AMERICUS NINETEEN SIXTEEN
Waycross, Ga„ May 12.—(Special Wire to Times-Recorder.)—The
State Association of Elks, in session here, stampeded for Americus
this morning when the Sumter county delegation marched into the hall
and invited the next convention to meet with them. All opposition to
Americus was snowed under and the convention unanimously agreed on
Americus as the next meeting place.
Bill Dodson, Ike Kalmon, Sport Ray, Clarence White, in fact, all
the Americus delegation worked like Turlfs to land the meeting. Every
Elk from Americus was in the fight and easily convinced their broth
ers in attendance that Americus is the only place that can surpass Way
cross when it comes to entertaining.
Americus is decidedly on the map down this way and the 2,000 dele
gates in attendance here are already enthused with the Americus
spirit. The 1916 convention bids fair to break all attendance records.
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4 FINAL EFFORTS BEING 4
4 MADE TO RECOVER 4
4 LUSITANIA VICTIMS. 4
4 (By Asosciated Press.) 4
4 QUEENSTOWN, May 12.—Final 4
4 efforts are being made today by 4
4 tugs patrolling the coast to re- 4
4 cover bodies lost with the Lusi- 4
4 tania when she went down near 4
4 here. It is likely that the hull of 4
4 the ship will be blown up by 4
4 mines, placed by divers, so that 4
4 bodies imprisoned among the 4
4 wreckage may be recovered. 4
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prestoFnames
OFFICERS FOR
SMOIIIISION
Major General Joseph W. Preston,
commander of the Georgia division,'
United Confederate Veterans, has an- j
nounced the appointment of his staff .
officers and official sponsors for the re
t
union to be held at Richmond, the firs;
week in June.
Among the appointments announced
are the following:
Adjutant general and chief of staff.
Bridges Smith, Macon; colonel.
Assistant adjutant general, J. J.
Thomas, Atlanta; lieutenant colonel.
Second assistant adjutant general,
Marcus Luke, Fitzgerald; major.
Inspector general, R. F. Brimberry,
Albany; lieutenant colonel.
Assistant (inspector general, John B.
Godwin, N;ewnan; major.
Chief quartermaster, J. P. Britton,
Americus; major.
Chief of ordnance, H. T. Davenport,
Americus; lieutenant colonel.
The fair sponsors and maids of
honor are Miss Annie Bryant, of Ma
con, state sponsor; Miss Regina Ram
bo, of Marietta, first maid of honor;
Miss Gertrude McLaws, of Savannah,
sj-cond maid of honor; Mrs. Ida
Maughan Coleman, of Macon, a
tron of honor; Mrs. T. O. Cliestney, of
Macon, chaperone.
A great delgation of veterans and
their lady friends will go to the Rich
mand reunion, quite a party going
from Americus.
* THE WEATHER
4
♦ For Amerlcue and Vicinity
I Partly Cloudy. 4
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MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 12. 1915
FARMERS FEAR
WHEAT FIELDS
RUSTJTRICKEN
DANGER TO LARGE CROP MAY RE
SI LT AFTER RAINS.
Where a week ago the wheat
of Sumter county were threatened by
protracted drought, the reverse is now
true, and farmers have fear danger to
the wheat crop from excessive mois
ture. Heavy rains quite recently have
afforded an excess of moisture and
many of the wheat and oat fields hero
are flooded as a consequence, farmers
express fear of rust in the grain, es
pecially wheat, which requires little
' rain and lots of sunshine at this stage,
j when the heads are filling out. With
probably 3,000 acres wheat, and ten
times that acreage in oats, in Sumter
this year, the grain crop is a most im
portant one and is regarded with solic
itude at this stage of growth. Rust has
not appeared yet, but in such event the
grain crop here will he cut in half very
quickly.
labolTdied
FOR HISJOUNTRY
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, May 12.—Not all of the
heroes of war perish in the trenches.
In an isquest at Enfield over the death
of an artificer named Cook, employed
at the royal small arms factory, it de
veloped that the man’s death was due
to fatigue(, which had reacted on a
weak heart. Since August Ist, Cook I
worked 81 hours a week, about 33
•hours above normal times. He had |
been employed in the factory for 25
years. The coroner said that the mar.
died for his countr.y
COUNTERFEITER GETS
II LONG SENTENCE
ATLANTA, Ga., May 12.—Charles L.
Wright, a noted counterfeiter, has been
brought to the Atlanta federal peni
tentiary to serve a sentence of eight
years. With him came three white
sla'vers and four men convicted of
misusing the mails.
4 GERMAN MANUFACTURING 4
4 PLANTS DESTROYED BY 4
j ♦ INFURIATED LONDON MOB. *
♦ (By Associated Press.) 4
♦ LONDON, May 12.—Anti-Ger- *■
4 man outbreaks occurred today dn 4
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4 the neighborhood of the East 4
4 Indian docks and throughout the 4
4 eastern suburbs of London. Be- 4
4 tween sixty and seventy German 4
4 shops and manufacturing plaints 4
4 were destroyed by a mob. Police 4
4 reinforcements were rushed to 4
4 the scene, bu,t before their ar- 4
4 rival several naturalized Germans 4
4 were attacked and severely beat- 4
4 en up.
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AEEIESUINC
ALONG WESTERN
BATTLE FRONT
FURIOUS BATTLE RAGING IN RE
GION BETWEEN THE COAST AND
ARRAS—BELGIANS BEAR BRUNT
OF FIGHTING
Russians Admit That Czar's Soldiers
Are Retreating in Galicia But Deny
Reports From Y'Jenna That Army Is
Routed.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, May 12.—From the Bel
gian coast to Arrais, a great battle
is raging between the Allies and the
Germans. The Belgians are bearing
the brunt of the fighting and have
made several gains during the day.
Near the Belgian border the French
are furiously attacking the Germans.
Minor advances have been made there,
according to authentic reports.
The German offensive is directed
against the English and despite claims
from Berlin to the effect that the Brit
ish have been pushed back, English
military authorities still assert that
the English are holding their own.
It is expected that within a few
hours, this battle will assume enor
mous proportions.
Russians Admit Defeat.
Official dispatches from Fetrograd
| admit that the Russians are retreating
lin Galicia, but deny that the retreaf
Aias been as general as Berlin would
j have the public believe. Reports from
I Vienna and Berlin state that the Rus
sians are retreating without the sem
blance of order and that the entire
■army of the Czar has been routed.
This report is emphatically denied by
Petrograd. The Russian government
intimates that the retreat is for strate
gic purposes alone.
Heavy Loss in East.
Reports from all sources indicate]
that both the Turks and the Allies
have lost heavily in (he fighting along
the Galaplian peninsula. Minor suc
cesses there have been made by the j
Allies.
SOUTHERN BAPTIST
CONVENTION MEETS
IN HOUSTON TEXAS
(By Associated Press.)
HOUSTON, Tex., May 12 The
Southern Baptist convention is iin ses
sion here with many prominent Bap
tists in attendance. The day was tak
en up mostly with reports of commit
tees and preliminary organization.
Dr. Lansing Burrows, of Americus,
statistical secretary of the association,
is among other prominent divines In
attendance at the big gathering.
FIREMEN CHECK
SERIOUS BLAZE
TUESBAT NUT
A fire which would have proved of
serious consequence was discovered
last night in a hallway above the
Hooks Pharmacy, and was spreading
rapidly when an alarm was sounded.
Already the uames, which had orig
inated in boxes and piles of waste pa
per in the hallway, according to the
statement of Fire Chief Parker, had
burned into the floor and to the paper
Covered ceiling of offices occupide by
several physicians. The offices of Dr.
Grubbs were damaged to an extent by
smoke, as were probably others of the
eight offices on the floor. The fire
was extinguished ere any material
damage resulted. Whether it was of
incendiary origin, or from a cigarette
or match dropped there, is not known,
but had the flames secured good head
way a bad fire would have resulted.
VERDICT OF NOT GUILTT
IN DOOLY IVfURDER CASE
GOODMAN PLEADS SELF DEFENSE
IN KILLING CARLISLE.
VIENNA, Ga., May 12.—John Good
man pleaded self defense yesterday af
ternoon wbien tried for the murder of
J. B. Carlisle, a prominent planter of
Dooly county. The jury was out only
a few minutes before returning a ver
dict of “not guilty.”
The shooting of Carlisle attracted
widespread attention at the time. It
occqrred in a hardware store here on
Christmas eve last year, and was a re
sult of a quarrel between the two men
over a division of crop*.
The quarrel is said to have started
on the plantation and was carried in
to the Vienna hardware store.
ZEPPELINS AGAIN
VISIT BRITISH ISLES
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, May 12.—The London
Daily News this afternoon publishes
dispatches from its correspondent a;
Sunderland, asserting several Zeppe
lin airships passed over that place
last night, and that another hostile
airship had been observed from Yar
mouth. Nothing has been heard from
the German raiders since they ap
peared in the vicinity named.
FOR SALE: MUCKALEE FRANCHISE
LEAGUE WILE TAKE OVER CLUB
The committee appointed yesterday
by president T. O. Marshall to ascer
tain whether the fans and business
men of the city wanted to retain the
Americus franchise in the Georgia
State league, met with little success.
The local baseball situation looks
rather squally and unless someone
comes to the immediate aid of the
association the jig is up and the three
games played here the last of this
week will be the last Georgia State
league games of the season.
President Marshall has written the
following letter to the league presi
dent, Dick Jemison. We-reproduce it
hoping that the business m«i and fans
will realize the seriousness of the mat
ter and take some steps to ward off
this last step.
ITALIAN MOB DEMANDS
WAR WITH AUSTRIA
mas nr services
he nm mum
Tomorow is “Ascenison Day” in the
calendar of the Episcopal church, and,
special services will be conducted at
Calvary church at 11 o’clock, consist
ing of prayer, communion and ser
mon.
The vested choir will render the fol
lowing selected program of music.
Alleluia, Sing to Jesus —Processional
Venite—Chant.
Gloria—Chant.
Te Deum —Walker.
Jubilate—Chant.
Bread of the World—Hymn.
Gloria Tibi —Chant.
Thou Art Gone Up On High,—Hymn.
Offertory.
Sanctjus—Chalnt.
A
Gloria in Excelsds—Chant.
Nunc Dimittis —Chant.
Recessional Our Lord is Risen
From the Dead.
Evening prayer and sermon at 8.00
p. m., wiil be featured by the fol
lowing musical program:
Processional Golden Harps Are
Sounding.
Gloria Patrla—Chant.
Magnificat—Chant.
.Nunc Dimittis—Chant.
Jesus, Tender Shepherd, Hear Me —
Vesper Hymn.
All Hail The Power of Jesus’ Name
—Hymn.
Holy Offerings, Rich and Rare—Of
fertory.
Recessional —Hark Ten Thousand
Voices Sounding.
Gl. OSTEOPATHS
MEET IN GORDELE
The Georgia Osteopathic association
will hold its annual meeting in Cor
dele May 14 and 15. The big conven
tion will make the hotel
headquarters during its sessions.
Dr. and Mrs. E. L. Thurman, of
this city will attend the convention.
The greatest woman osteopath in the
world will be the guest of honor at
the Cordele convention. She is Dr.
Louisa Burns, author, scientist, teacher
and research worker.
The state association will be invited
to meet in Americus in 1916.
May 12th, 1915
Mr. Dick Jemison, President,
Georgia State League, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir:—
In Re: Transfer Americus Baseball
Club Franchise.
Regarding the above-named matter,
1 beg to advise that I hardly think it
will be possible for Americus to longer
retain her place in the Georgia State
League in view of the attitude assum
ed by the people of the City toward
the Club.
Upon my return to Americus yester
day morning after our conversation on
Monday, the matter of transfering the
franchise was taken up by the Board
of Directors, and it was agreed that it
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TROOPS CALLED ART
TO DISPEL AIOR
ATTEMPT MADE TO STORM RESI
BENUE OF LEADER OF PEACE
PARTY BY ROMAN CITIZENS—
CAPITAL SCENE OF RIOT
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4 HOME READY FOR WAR 4
4 (By Associated Press.) 4
4 ROME, May 12.—Italy’s course 4
4 was still undecided today, al 4
4 though It was quite evident that 4
4 there was little hope of peace. 4
4 The Italian cabinet met today and 4
4 announced that the last proposal 4
4 Italy would make had already 4
4 been forwarded to Vienna. 4
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(By Associated Press.)
ROME, May 12.—Troops were re
quired during last night to disperse
great crowds or Italian war enthus
iasts, parading the streets of Rome in
huge mobs and crying "Down with
Austria!” “Down with Giolitti!” The
situation throughout the night con
tinued serious, detachments of reg
ular troops being numerous
points throghout the city in readiness
to put down disturbances that threat
ened to occur momentarily.
Perhaps the greatest demonstration
of the mob occurred before the res
idence of former Premier Giolitti, con
sidered leader of the Italian peace par
ty, and the man believed by all classes
to be responsible for the present at
titude of neutrality maintained by
Italy. Tremendous crowds gathered
■in the streets near Giolitti’s home and
serious threats against the life of the
statesman were given utterance by
leaders of the various groups. The
police were powerless to disburse the
assembled multitude, and after num
erous ineffectual attempts, the assis
tance of the army was asked. Three
troops of calvary charged through the
streets surrounding the Giolitti home
and the multitude assembled thre was
compelled to scatter in order to pre
vent serious bloodshed.
At noon today the decision regarding
Italy’s attitude was said to rest
solely with King Victor Emmanuel.
Diplomatic exchanges between repre
sentatives of the Italian and Austrian
governments are on longer considered
as likely to solve the situation, and
advisers of the king are said to have
agreed to refrain from further en
deavors either to avert war or to
plunge the nation in the European
conflict.
The Italian parliament is in session
today, and King Victor Emmanual may
or may not request the advice of the
deputies in making a final decision.
This, however, is not anticipated un
til Austria makes it final answer in
regard to territorial concessions de
manded. The cnainber of deputies, as
well as the upper house of the Ital
ian parliament, is said to be almost
overwhelmingly in favor of war.
Steamer Sunk
By Submarine
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, May 12.—An Amsterdam
news dispatch at noon today says an
unidentified steamer has been torpe
doed in the North Sea, and is now on
fire. The fate of the crew of the ves
sel is unknown.
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