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The Times-Recorder is the ONLY paper in the Third Congressional District with Associated Press Service. THIRTY-NINTH YEAR DEFENSE CARRIES A PEAN OF AIIBIS IN THEIR CASE TODAY Walter Johnson, H.A. Harp Are The Alibis DEFENSE EXPECTED 10 REST TODAY Rebuttal Will Be Next Step In The Trial It is expected that the taking of evidence in the second trial of Dr. Charles K. Chapman, charged with the murder of Walter Wade, on the night of August 17, 1916, will be concluded kite this afternoon, so that the argu ments by counsel to the jury may be commenced Saturday morning. Indica tions are that the case will go to the jury tomorrow night. The development of alibis for Wal ter Johnson, Charles Chapman. Jr., and Dr. C- K. Chapman was the feature of today’s session of the court. The defense this morning resumed the presentation of testimony to estab lish an alibi for Walter Johnson, sev eral witnesses testifying along this line. J. Oscar Summerford of Leslie, swore that on the night of August 17, 1916, he saw Walter Johnson, Henry Stewart and H. A. Harp leave Leslie for Americus by automobile, at about 9:20 o’clock. Stewart paid Johnson $3 to take him to Americus, the witness de clared. He did not see Johnson again until Monday morning, August 21st, when he joined a searching party look ing for Walter Wade’s body of evi dences if his death. Dr, Chapman was also a member of this searching par ty, said the witness. Miss Gracie McMath of this city tes tified she saw Charles Chapman. Jr., about 8:30 p. m. on August 17, 1916, riding on the running board of an automobile near the Chapman home on Felder street. He stepped off the machine a few hundred yards from home and walked back to the house. H. A. Harp, one of the defendants in the case, who is now at liberty under |»00 bond, corroborated J. O. Summer ford's testimony as to leaving Leslie with Walter Johnson and Henry Stew art on the night of August 17, 1916. He stated that they came to Americus and that he and Stewart went, to a house on Plum sreet, remaining there until 11 p. m., when he went to the Windsor Hotel, secured a room and retired so. the night. Stewart was at the Plum street house when he left, said Harp. Pages from the Windsor Hotel register were introduced as evidence to support Harp’s statements. Harp declared that he saw none :>f the other defendants except Walter Johnson on the night of August 17th. when the murder is supposed to have been committed. Frankie Stanner, a woman from the restricted district, corroborated Harp’s testimony as to his stay at her house on Plum street, saying that the party arrived beween 10 and 10:30 on the • llg ht in question. She declared that iohn Etheridge was not at her house ( hat night, being in Damascus. Ga.. ■ here she talked with him by long distance telephone. On cross examina tion she stated that she did not know whether or not she was married to Etheridge. Jessie Bowman, an inmate of a house nn North Jackson street in the restrict ed district, testified that Walter John son came to her house on the night of August 17. 1916, about 10 o’clock and lept in one of the rooms until la. m. when he drove off in his car. He did iot leave the house during that inter nal, she declared. THE ONLY PAPER PUBLISHED INnAMERICUS AND THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT WITH TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE Clara Oliver, alias “Little Bit,” also from the restricted district, corrobo rated this testimony and stated that she did not see Walter Wade that night. Both “Little Bit” and Jessie Bowman asserted that they saw none of the other defendants that night. They contradicted Eva Hayes, another woman from the restricted district, who as a witness for the state had previously declared on the stand she talked with Walter Wade on the night of August 17th, in front of her house next door to the house where the other two women reside. Ruby Williams and Lois Reeves, also of the restricted district, testified in i corroboration of the other women. The attention of the jury yesterday] afternoon was directed by the defense j to the testimony of several witnesses I introduced to prove an alibi for Walter Johnson, after the witnesses from Ba-' ker county had been heard with refer-’ ence to the alibi presented for John Etheridge, another of the co-defend- j ants with Dr. Chapman. W. T. Anderson. Roy Jones, R. D. Winchester and Ernest Harp were i sworn and declared that Johnson was in Leslie until between 9 and 10 o’clock on tire night of August 17, 1916, when I the murder of Wade is alleged to have occurred. Harp, who is night telephone opera-j tor at the telephone exchange in Leslie i of which Johnson was manager, testi- i tied that he saw the latter leave for I Americus about that time in company with Henry Stewart and H. A. Harp. Stewart was killed not long after the discovery of Wade’s body by Early j Brown, of Leslie. Brown was tried for murder in Lee county and was acquitted. H. A. Harp is under indictment, j charged with complicity in the murder, but is at liberty under SSOO bond. The telephone operator, when cross* examined by Judge J. A. Hixon denied, that Johnson on the day after the Wade j killing, returned to Harp’s father a j pistol with two chambers empty. The defense also called Charles Ma-; lone, who testified that in a conversa tion with Marion Sims, father-in-law of the murdered man, Sims told him that Mrs. Yeartie Howell was a detec tive in the employ of the state. Miss Willie Bridges, with her par ents. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Bridges, were sworn as witnesses for the de fense, Mrs. Howell having boarded at tile Bridges home at the time of thei Wade murder. Miss Bridges denied' that she went for an automobile ride early that night with Mrs. Howell,] Charles Chapman. Jr., and John Eth-| eridge, this circumstance having been' related by Mrs. Howell in her stor" I of the affair. Miss Bridges declared that she and I Mrs. Howell went to ride with Hollis, Hurley and Claude Mauk, returning | home within a short time and retiring j for the night. Mrs. Howell did not! leave the house again that night, said Miss Bridges. Mr. and Mrs. Bridges corroborated: their daughter in her testimony as to J the time Mrs. Howell retired, and stat- j ed that she could not have left the. home again that night without awak i ning them. IM IME EXTRA SESSION WAASHINGTON. D. sarch 9. ; president Wilson this afternoon issued a call for Congress to assemble In extra session on April 16th. at wricii time the appropriation bills which' failed of passage at the regular ses sion will he taken up and the matter o< “armed neutrality” disposed of. In Issuing liiseall for the extra ses sion the President gave out a state ment saying he had decided to proceed at once with the arming of merchant ships for defensive purposes. AMERiEUSTIMES-REEORDER MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS COUNT ZEPPELIN DIES IN GERMANY LONDON, March 9.—Count Zeppelin is dead, according to a dispatch from Berlin received by Reuter’s Telegram Company. According to a Berlin tele gram, transmitted by Aeuter’s Amster dam correspondent, Count Zeppelin died at Charlottenburg, near Berlin, from inflommation of the lungs. Count Zeppelin, had been suffering from dysentery for some time prior to his death and recently underwent an operation. The patient appeared to be recovering when mumps developed and later inflammation of the lungs sent up, resulting in death. IWSI CHANGE INAUGURAL DM TO LAST OF APRIL WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9 Congress at its next session will be asked to pass a constitutional amend ment, changing the inaugural day from March 4th to the last Friday in April. Announcement to this effect was made here today after a meeting of Wash ington members of the National Com mittee in charge during the recent in augural ceremonies here. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9. President Wilson is still confined to bis bed with a severe cold today, this fact necessitating cancellation of the cabinet meeting today. WELLAND CANAL IS CAUSE FUR ARREST LOS ANGELES. March 9.—Captain Alfred Fritzen, said to be a German na val officer, was arrested here last night ,by department of justice agents. He is being held on suspicion of felony al leged to have been committed in con nection with the unsuccessful plot to destroy the Welland canal. Fritz von Igle, an attache of the German em bassy at Washington, with headquar ters in New York, was indicted some time ago as one of the principles in the alleged plot. Ca.pt.- Fritzen’s arrest was made on orders from Washington. The prisoner declined this afternoon to discuss the charges upon which he is held, but stated he had been in the United States during three years and had recently made a trip to Cuba. He returned to Los Angeles yesterday. The arresting officers said that no incriminating papers were found upon the person of Capt. Fritzen. SPEAKER CLARK IS VISITOR ON DATE WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9.- Speaker Clark called at the white house today to ask for information as to the date of the extra session of ‘.congress, and was told he would be notified as promptly as possible con cerning the expected call, it being an ticipated now that congress will he assembled in extra session in the very near future. Senator McLean, republican, intro duced a resolution in the senate today requesting President Wilson to issue Lis call for March 20th. It is understood that the president, fortified with opinions from Attorney General Gregory and Secretary Lans ing that he has authority to arm mer chantmen, is considering taking this step immediately. MLLA AGAIN ACTIVE IN MEXICAN STATE OF DURANGO EL PASO. Tex.. March 9 Villa par tisans here asserted today that the rebel leader had captured Durango City and is now marching upon Tor rten. chief city in Northern Mexico. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 9, 1917 Pretty Girl Is Back Home Again MOULTRIE, Ga- March 9.—Miss Dewey Kennedy, 18 years old and very pretty, the daughter of A. L. Kennedy, a Norman Park merchant, who is al leged to have eloped with the Rev. J. J. Adams, a Baptist minister, more than two weeks ago, returned to her home this morning. Miss Kennedy says that she and Adams went from Norman Park to Al bany and from there to Atlanta. The couple then went to Newport, where their funds ran short. The girl states they then pawned all their valuables and went back to Birmingham, at which point the minister bought her a ticket to Norman Park, and advised her to go home. He told her before she. left Birminghem he intended to hide himself from the authorities in the Mississippi valley for a while. Charges will be preferred by the girl’s parents against the Rev. Adams, it is stated. He is about fifty years old, is married and has one child and a son, both the children being about grown. PLATTERS IGJIIST PREMIER 01 fflllL LONDON. March 9.—Mrs. Alice Wheeldon, who with her two daugh ters and her son-in-law, Alfred Mason, ’ is on trial in Old Bailey on charges of conspiracy to murder Premier Da vid Lloyd-George and Arthur Hender son, labor member of the war council, admitted on the stand today that she I had often expressed an opinion that I ■ both the premier and Henderson , I w’ould soon be dead. When asked, I iT the poison she has previously testi fied had been obtained to kill these men would not have been available to get rid of Henderson and Lloyd -1 George, she testified: “I had no de sire to have it carried out. I never '■ wished to take anybody’s li*e.” FRENCH GUNG IN ■ A GERMAN SALIENT NEW YORK, March 9—(Compiled by i the Associated Press from European cables during the day.)—French at tacks intended to reduce the German I salient near Maisons de Champaigne, I I created by the German attack last I February, have been successful, Paris ' announced today. French forces there have captured German positions on a 1 front of more than fifteen hundred yards and about eight hundred yards deep. Berlin says a French attack near Hill 304 on the Verdun front was re pulsed. German headquarters also announc ed the capture of six hundred prison ers, together w ith a Russian position by assault bu«een the Trotus and Uzul valleys on th- I‘vtnanian front. Ninety-one airships have been lost i by the Entente as against twenty-four s by the Germans, Berlin asserts in a ’ statement today. Italian attacks on Austrian positions I failed, according to Berlin. Further Retirement Predicted. 'I LONDON. March 9. —(Delayed by censor.) —General Maurace, chief di- I rector of British military operations, ’ predicted today a further retirement of the Germans along the Somme front j and the arrival of a British army be ore Bagdad. JUDGE HARPER ID | SET CIVIL CASES Judge W. M. Harper, of the City court. has requested the Americus bar A ‘.o meet him in his office at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning to arrange a calen dar for the civil business of th» * March term of the City court. 0. S. ANIRftSSfIOOR AT TOKIfI IS DEAD WASHINGTON, D. C., March 9. George W. Guthrie, of Pittsburg, Amer ican ambassador at Tokio, is dead, word of his death reaching the state department last night in a dispatch from the embassy secretary at Tokio. Post Wheeler, secretary of the em gassy informed the state department that Mr. Guthrie died at 8 p. m. Thurs day (7 a. m. eastern United States time) of apoplexy, but gave no de tails. Ambassador Guthrie, who was appointed to his post May 20, 1913, was attended by Mrs. Guthrie when death ensued. IDE URHOWDALE MEN HIVE LEFT LAND OF HISER LONDON, March 9.—A Berlin dis patch, via Amsterdam, says all the Americans and other neutrals taken into Germany aboard the British prize ship Yarrowdale, left Germany Wed nesday. The American, Spanish and I Brazilian prisoners were sent from I the prisoners camp at Barndenburg to Switzerland, the prisoners having been detained in quarantine because of the prevalence of spotted fever in the pris es camp where tliey were confined. REBELS LOSE HOLO OH SANTIAGO HOW WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 9. Official advices received at the navy department this afternoon establish that Cuban government forces have regained control of affairs at Santiago, the chief stronghold of the rebel up rising on the Island. President Menocal, cabling from Ha vana, notified the United States gov ernment that Gen. Munoz is now in command at Santiago, Munoz being the recognized representative of the Cuban constitutional government. Re-possession of Santiago, toget with the capture of the rebel leader, former President Gomez and members of his staff, is regarded here as mark ing a complete collapse of the revo lution. News despatches from that point today said the remaining rebels at Santiago had fled into the sur rounding territory, dispersing into small bands. It appears from late despatches that Gen. Mundoz’s forces took Santiago jthrough a coup executed within the city, there being no sanguinary fight ing between the rebels and govern ment troops. SECRET WIRELESS FOUND DN APPAM NORFOLK, Va„ March 9.—When United States Marshal Saunders seiz-i ed the British prize ship Appam after j the break in diplomatic relations be-1 tween the United States and Germany, j he found the German prize crew had; placed aboard the vessel an elaborate! secret wireless apparatus, by means I < f which ail messages penetrating into ■ this section might be received. An nouncement of the discovery’ was with-i held until today as a matter of policy on the part of the authorities. I BEAK CHICKEN BROUGHT TO (TTY BY L. M. HOLLOWAY A chicken with four wings and fou legs was the strange sight viewed by' the Times-Recorder office this morn ing. The animal was hatched yester day on the place of L. M. Holloway, of Andersonville. The little chicken is perfectly form ed, except for the double number of wings and legs. The curiosity was seen by a number of people in the city. 53,000 NEEDED BRING RAILROAD INTO THIS CITY Only $3,000 more in stock subscript ions remains to be secured in order to insure the construction of the Ameri cus & Atlantic railroad to this city. A committee of prominent citizens is in charge of the work of soliciting stock subscriptions and by quiet oper ations among the business interests of Americus, the required amount of stock has been disposed of with the exception of the $3,000 worth above mentioned. The committee is com posed of L. G. Council, J. E. Poole, I rank Lanier, C. S. Glover, John Sheffield, W. M. Jones and Crawford Wheatley. It was intended to complete the sol icitation work yesterday afternoon, but on account of the absence from the city of two or three of the committee, it was decided to postpone the final operations until after tre Woodmen of the World convention here next week. Under the present arrangement, the committee will make its final round during the early part of the week after the convention, and it is expected that the matter will be closed up definitely at that time, provided the business men of the city lend their support to the proposition. The Americus & Atlantic railroad I has already been built from Games, on the line of the A., B. & A. railroad ii. Dooly county, to a point near Meth vin’s store in the 28th district of Sum ter county. A bridge has been built across the Flint river at Copperas Bluff and the rails laid for a considerable distance. The right of way has been j secured as surveyed as far as the city I limits of Americus and the completion j of the stock subscription by the busi ness men is all that is holding up the actual construction work on the line to this city. J. S. Morton, president of the com pany, has made a proposition to the citizens of Americus that is deemed I eminently fair by the committee in charge of the stock subscription cam paign, and every effort will be made to comply with the terms of the proposal. The shops and headquarters of the new read are to be located in Americus. I The committee is anxious to secure | the remaining $3,000 worth of stock subscriptions and urges the business men of this city to co-operate in the movement to bring the railroad to Americus. HERE TD ANSWER rirTc uniiT NAVY iruid nuuui uni i —— J. Sargeant, chief quartermaster in the United States navy, is in the city, and will be here for a week. He is here to answer all questions pertaining to the United States navy, and will kladly confer with any person interested. While in the city he is at the Sumter Hotel, and comes as a forerunner of the party of naval visitors who will be here later on during the month. Sargeant has had long service in the | : navy and knows all of the facts which ; would be interesting to the prospective. | n ' an ‘ SPECIAL SERVICE AT THE FIRST METHODIST Attention of the public is again in lx ;ted to the special service at the First ■ Methodist church next Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock. Those in charge of the service want < •. < ry one who can to hear the thrilling and amusing and interesting things about the long voyage of a little band I of missionaries into the heart of heath en Africa, and of what they found when they got there, and of bow they I are getting along today. The service will be conducted by the Epworth Leaguers, and will be inter spersed with splendid music. Don’t forget it. Be sure to attend. Every moment will be one of lively interest. riTv Seditions. GIHGUS DISPLAY FO FEATURE DIG PAHADEOD.W. A herd of fifteen elephants, another herd of a dozen or more camels and dromedaries, with dens of wild animals from the menagerie of the John Roz inson Shows now wintering in Ameri cus, will provide special features of compelling interest in the mammoth parade to be staged in this city on Tuesday, the opening day of the Head Camp convention of the Woodmen of the World. The Woodmen will be in session here during Tuesday and Wednesday and the grand parade on the morning on the opening day has been arranged with particular attention to the enter tainment of the host of delegates and visitors who will flock to Americus for the state-wide gathering. Messrs. Bowers and Mugivan, owners of the Robinson Shows have shown an entire willingness to co-operate in any way possible with the local camp of Woodmen in arranging for the en tertainment features of the convention and the executive committee of tha Woodmen, together with the citizens of Americus in general, deeply appreciaa their courtesy. Secretary P. A. Fenimore, of the Chamber of Commerce, accompanied Dr. H. B. Allen, chairman of the pa rade comittee, out to the fair grounds i yesterday afternoon and found no dis- i Acuity in arranging to their complete I satisfaction the details of the feaures I to be provided by the Robinson Shows. | The parade will form at 9:45 on j Tuesday morning starting at 10 o’clock ' sharp. Not a moment of delay will he | countenanced and the various divisions I will be required to be ready to move on the dot. The Concert Band. The Robinson Shows concert band will escort the Head Camp officers from the Windsor Hotel to the point where the parade forms at the junction of Lee and College streets, then tak ing position at the head of the column to lead the procession through the main thoroughfares of the city. The line of march has not yet been definitely announced, but the composi tion of the parade will be as follows: Robinson Shows Concert Band. Marshal and Aides. Americus High School Cadet Corps. Third District A. & M. School Cadet Corps. Sovereign Camp Officers, i Head Camp Officers. Woodmen Circle State Officers. Woodmen Circle Delegates. Executive Committee of Camp No. ] 202. and Representatives of the Press. W. O. W. Delegates. Uniform Rank, W. O. W. W. O. W. Members led by Americus Camp No. 202, with Degree Team. Candidates in Cages. Herd of Elephants. Herd of Camels. Dens of Wild Animals. Two Sovereign Camp officers will be ir attendance at the convention, one of these being Sovereign Physician Ira W. Porter, while the name of the other officer has not yet been announced. Walter T. Maynard has been appoint ed marshal of the parade, his aides be- ii g. J. D. Hooks, John Mathis, Luther Allison. B. L. Todd, T. F. Gatewood, Jr , G C. Scott. Saddle horses for tha marshal and his aides will be provided by the Robinson Shows, according to the arrangements made yesterday by the parade committee. It is planned to make the grand parade on the opening day of the con vention, one of the feature events of the big gathering of Woodmen, and the plans as just completed indicate that it will prove one of the most elab oarte pageants ever staged in this city. ♦ DAILY WEATHER FORECAST ♦ | ♦ The weather forecast for Amer- ♦ ♦ icus and vicinity follows: . ♦ Fair tonight. !♦ Saturday and Sunday: Fair. ♦ ■e “Weather or No” —This is a bum ♦ time to bet on the races —either * ♦ horse or human. —Old Man Sage. ♦ NUMBER •>