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DAILY •<xtkTT-NINTH TEAR. AMERICUS MAY GET AN AVIATION CAMP CONGRESS ASKED FOR HUGE APPROPRIATIONS EXPERTS HUE FILED REPORT ON TWO SITES REPORT SUBMITTED TO WASH. INGTON OFFICIALS TODAY OUT LINING ADVANTAGES OF ESTAB LISHING ( AMP HERE. Americus may be awarded one of the big aviation camps. Two sites near this city have been investigated by government land ex perts and military officers, and a pre liminary report, was submitted to the department at Washington today. Major Cassels and Lieutenant-Col onel Lippincott were the two officers who came after the land ex perts had recommended a further con sideration of Americus. The Spee r place, owned by Mr. Ben Methvin, several miles from the city, and a part of the Arles plantation are the two sites under consideration. At a meeting of citizens held at ’ ilie Hotel Windsor Friday night un- i der auspices of the Chamber of Com merce, the following committee was appointed to secure options on one or both of the places: Frank Lanier, Frank Sheffield, Frank Harrold. R. L. McMath, Arthur Rylander. If the aviation camp i s established here, it will mean an expenditure of nearly a million dollars. The site will be a mile square, and twelve immense hangars will be erected, desides build ings for the accommodatoin of the students, the instructors, and the mechanics. There will be more than 1,400 men here, with an annual pay roll of more than three-quarters of a million dollars. Not until the full inspection had beer, made and the report sent in to the Washington officials did the local parties feel that the facts should be published. However, there is much enthusiasm now among those interested in the project ove r the likelihood of Americn being awarded the camp. NO GRAND OPERA IN ATLANTA NEXT YEAR ATIANTA, Ga., Dec. 3.—War condi tions, the duty of conserving surplus money, as well as man power, against a readiness when the country calls, devotion of' countrys’ every resource in the sole task of defeating Germany, tlic fact that grand opera is a luxury and not a necessity, are reasons given by the Atlanta Music Festival associa tion why there will be no grand opera in Atlanta next spring. This decision may be changed but that is not now held out as at all I’kely. RUSSIANS ARRIVE IN GERMANY; WILL PLAN ARMISTICE BERLIN, Dec. 3.—Tin Russian dele gation has arrived at the headquarters of Prince Leopolld of Bavaria, wwith the object of arranging a general arm istice. News of the deputation’s ar rival was officially announced here to day. British Re-Occupy J <>st Ground. BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, in France, Dec. 3.—British troops last night re-occupied trench high ground southeast of Bourlon village, which they lost Friday. German forces at tacked the Brtiish positions at Lavac c.uerie, southeast of Cambrai, this mornin, and an hour iater their at tacks had been successfully repulsed and the Germans driven off. AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER BYNG S NEW GRIP ON CAMBRAI Sa' -X 1 v V K/ H / I The broken line show s the British positions around Bourlon after their surprise attack carried them through the Hindenburg Hne. The solid line shows the furthest extension of Gen. Byng’s Hne, a part of which he has been forced to relinquish, u nder pressure of strong German coun ter attacks. EMPTY STOCKING FUND IS STARTLD SUBSCRIPTIONS WILL BE RECEIV ED AT THE TLMES-RECORDER OFFICE FROM NOYV UNTIL ( HRISMAS DAY. On behhalf of tlie Associated Chhari ties, The Times-Recorder today starts its annual "Empty Stocking Fund ’’ Last year more than SIOO was raised. AU subscriptions should be left at The Times-Rtcarde r offica, and the names of the donors will be published from day to day Just before Christ mas the entire list of subscribers will be published. Mrs. Sherlock, of the Associated Charities, states that there are quite a number of cases in Americus where there will be empty stockings on Chrsitmas morn unless arrangements are made in advance for Santa Claus to pay a visit. It is planned to not only look after the children but after whole families who are unable to provide for themselves. Who will be the first to till an empty stocking? ABSENT MEMBERS CAUSE WAR COUNCIL TO ADJOURN SITTING WASHINGTON, D. C., Dee. 3.- j The first meeting of the nation’s new J v- ar council was held here today, but owing to the absence of five members no decision was reached concerning the questions discussed. Chief interest in the session center i ed in the council’s attitude toward ! < uestions of priority for shpments of food and fuel, and the food and fuel administrations it was anticipated at the opening would be called upon to explain hteir views concerning <what articles were needed so imperatively ’bat they should be given thh right of way over other freight. NEGRO SHOT DEAD BY WALKER CARTER Walker Carter, overseer for Mr. El ton Parker, yesterday afternoon shot and kilbJ Ed Denmark, a negro, at the Parker 1 lantation, about eighteen n.iles from Americus. The coroner’s jury this morning re turned a verdict of justifiable homi side. The negro while drunk attacked Mr. Cai*fcr and tried to take the latter .: pistol. AMERICUS. GEORGIA. MONDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 3, 1917 CRIMINAL OHM ■wwim COURT FOB WEEK i SEVERAL INTERESTING CASES SET FOR HEARING MONDAY AND FULL DOCKET FOR WEEK IS AHEAD. 1 I In Superior court today, the crim inal docket was resumed, and several interesting cases are to be heard to day and tomorrow. Shump Dugan, a negro charged with murder, was the first defendant, and the case of R. H. Anderson, a white man charged with larceny afte r trust is case of local interest to be heard. He is accused of having stolen an automobile left in his garage by a customer, and has * been in jail during several months. ■ H« was arrested in Montgomery, Ala..; and being unable to give an appear- i an-ce bond, was brought here and : lodged in jail. | Other cases set for hearing during , today are: Will Gilmore, assault with intent to! murder. James Walker, burglary. Jimmie Bryant, burglary in two! cases. Sam Dani., 1. simple larceny and fel- - ouy. Ernest Guerry. bgp’lary. Sam Daniel. concealed ! weapon Nathan McClary, assault and bat ' tcry and misdemeanor. Wil] Woods and Dolph Woods, m.ir- ' wer. i Clarence Stevens, misdemeanor. Criminal cases assigned for trial ' tomorrow are as follows: J. P. Goins, larceny after trust. H. G. Goud, assault with intent to murder. Frankie Stanton, keeping lewd ' house. Lois Reeves, keeping lewd house. Eva Heys, keteping lewd house. Leon a Lee, keeping lewd house. Barnie L. Carter and Fred B. Ar thur, embezzlement. A. B. Barkow, embezzlement. Burton Burnett, assault with intent to murder. Walter Mathis, fornication and adul-: tery. Oscar Summerford, misdemeanor. Monroe Baldwin, burglary. Johnnie Williams, fornication and adultery. Lucy Speer, illegally pointing wea- ’ pon at another. Tommy Coleman, felony, Irene Monts, also called Lrene Cole man, bigamy. > Will Kitchens, assault with intent to THE. LIVES T LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA" THIS SESSION ' ID LIKELY TO DUN FOB TEAR PROHIBITION AND EQI AL SI F FRANGE ISSUES WILL BE HAN DLED AFTER EMERGENCY WAR LEGISLATION IS REACHED. WASHINGTON. I). Dec. 3. Congress re-assembled today, but did little more than go through the form alities of opening, tn the senate, Sir George Reid, fortr.e r premier of Aus tralla, wasj a guest of the body. A committee was named to notify tin 1 president that congress was in session and adjournment was taken out of re spect to th L . memory of the late Sena tor Hustings. he house session was taken up main. 1> in swearing in new members Ind routine business. Organization Business Transacted. WASHINGTON, I). Dec. 3. Congress met at noon today for ts second session of the war. Imme 1 lately after convening and appointin committees formally tonotify Presi dent AVilson and each other that the second session of the Sixty-fifth con gress was in readiness, adjournment was taken out of respect to members who died during the recess—Senator Husting. of Wisconsin, who was acci dentally shot, and Representative Martin, of Illinois. Another feature of the opening dav was the receipt of appropriation esti mates aggregating many billions of dollars, for war and general govern ment purposes for the next fiscal yea. - . Th e keynote of the legislative pro gram both in its effect on war and domestic concerns will be sounded to morrow by President Wilson in his annual opening address, to be deliv ered in the house chamber at '12:39 p. m., at a joint session. It will he th e president’s first appearance before congress since the* historic night meeting of April 2, at the opening of the special session called to permit him to ask for the declaration of war against Germany. Public printers were at work today on the message, the delivery of which is awaited with unusual interest, be cause of the opportunity it presents on the war accomplishments and aims of the nation in its relations with the > allies, the upheaval in Russia, the re verses in Italy and the immediate pol icy as to Germany’s allies. The me 1 - sage is said to be unusually long and ' dealing with many matters of inter- 1 national and domestic moment. A recommendation for a declaration of war against Austria-Hungary is not i generally; expected. Other messages on special subjects during the session are expected to follow .the president's j statemen*. Unless th e president recommends ’ further declarations of war little busi- i Hess is planned this week by con gressional leaders. A week end re j cess probably will be taken to have appropriation committees begin liminary surveys of the mammoth sup -' ply measures and the session is not! expected to ge*. into its stride until after the Christmas holidays, when a/ stream of appropriation bills will o-e in flood. Few members expect the session to end before the fall congressional - elctions. Senator Martin, democratic! leader, today predicted that the ses sion would last until next August a* : least, whil e many members believe it; may be merged with the final session of the Sixty-fifth Congress next De ' cember. Before the holiday recess, which i Speaker Clark and others favor aban doning, disposition of the national prohibition question is to be pressed. * weather forecast. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ GENERALLY FAIR TODAY * ♦ AND TOMORRROW ♦ LOOSE Os SORROW IS HELD BY ELKS EXERCISES AT THE OPERA HOUSE I YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WERE VERY IMPRESSIVE AN APPRO-' PRIAE PROGRAM. I ■ The l odge of Sorrow,” the an j nual memorial exercises of Americus ! Lodge of Elks at the Opera House , yesterday afetrnoon. was attended by a • largo audience of Elks and their j friends. The ceremonies were impressive as I usual. An appropriate musical pro : gram was rendered, and a reading of i "Thanatopsis” by Miss Ellen Estes • was decidedly one of the features of the program. .Many who have at tended Elks’ Lodge's of Sorrow for ' years declared that Miss Estes gave this beautiful poem by Bryant an en- ■ tirely new interpretation. The ad - dress by Hon. L. Voiney Williams, of j Waycross, was a splendid effort elic iting compliments from all who heard t Mr. Williams gave a new touch to •.ho memorial address by discussing ! present day conditions, with especial j regard to the war, in connection with ! the fraternity of Elks. A vocal solo j by Miss Ella Polk was an artistic ef j fort muchly appreciated. 6.000 IHKE moims BRITISH HEAVILY Ul i ‘ hi ll Vi' ( AMBRAI AND LOSE ONE HUN DRED GUNS ALSo REPULSED GERMANS TODAY. IJERLIN, Dec. 3.—SinJe FGriday, German forces have captured six thou sand British prisoners in the Cambrai i region, the general staff announced to-! i day. One hundred guns of all calibres : have also been taken in that sector, f _ miss slice singer IS GEAR IT MINI LUMPKIN, Ga.. Dec. 3. Miss Alice. ! Singer, aged 63. died Saturday night 1 I She had been in ill health for several •. 1 < i months, spending quite a long time in : sanitariums in Atlanta and Columbus, j but to no avail as her trouble was' I organic heart trouble. She was active in anv good work! : ■ j for the uplift of humn>ty and was for, j a number of years president of the j I local w. C. T. I’. Since her girlhood i I days she had been a member of the I M E. church and has cherished its I 'interests. Her special mission seem-, : ed to eb to put flowers in the church ■ I for its various services. | She leave s to mourn her loss tw > biothers, Messrs. J. G. and F. S. Sing j er, of Lumjkin; three sisters, Miss ’ Carrie Singer, Mrs. A. L. Raleigh, of Lumpkin, and Mrs. Jennie McNabb, ek | 1 Eufaula. Ala. She had a large number ! ; of rela' ives in Georgia, especially in , Atlanta. Her remains w.re interred in Lum... ’ kin. — NEGRO FOUND NOT GUILTY OF MURDER I In Superior court this morning, I i Shutnp Duggan, a negro, was found I not guilty of murder. He was charg led with having caused the death of Albert Williams who was shot twice i with a shotgun about two months ago. i the affair taking place nea r the court ! Louse. Attorneys It. E. White and AV. ' T l ane represented the defendant. No cate has been agreed upon yet forth: trial of Warren Johnson, one o.' ( <■ i-niii.i:t. in the W.ide-Chap- LIEUT. GEN. MARSHALL | ./ HI.. I.ieut-Gen. sir W. Marshall, who has been appointed commander of the 1 British forces in Mesopotamia in suc i cession to the late Gen. Sir Stanley | Maude. CLEIHP BE DISTRICT HERE IS PROBIBLE SEVERAL INDKTMENTS RETURN ED AGAINST KEEPERS OF DIS ORDERLY HOUSES IN AMERK US TO BE TRIED AT THIS ( Ol RT. Several interesting criminal cas s ! ar e on the dockrt of Sumter superior | court for hearing this week, and itj 1.- anthl!? i ihat a.s a result of th indictment of several women m ch:-- e o keeping lewd houses [here wi', 1 ' .i gene:. ]< h an-up of the re st . ed di-t”: t of Americus. These - . ■ for I,earing are those again : Fran : Stanton, Lots Reeves and Le ona Lee. and all cf them are to be' called Tuesday. The Reeves woman. ! it D understood, left Americus some ' time ago. The others are st ill inmates of the restricted district, the Stanton woman having been in court several times recently as a witness in the Chapman case. Tlie grand jury has not yet adjourn-; < <l. and it is not known what action ■ that body will take toward these worn-1 en, but it is said strong pressure is I Icing brought to bear to have the dis- I trict closed. The grand jury recess-i cd Saturday until Wednesday when | it will resume its deliberations «SRB BIBBER HEBE OW OF mcnm ,om We theimer, a well known ne-] I arber. is in a critical condition j :-i his Lome here. a s th e result of a prolonged ; Uiu-k of hiccoughs, and liis death is hourly expected to occur. ’ ha s been having this attack stead ily [or .-everal days. CODURN'S MINSTRELS PLEASE LME CROWD Coburn’s Minstrels at the Opera Bouse this afternoon pleased, a large audience, anfl the Indications are tint there will b another crowded lions, tonight. (TU EDITION 13 BILLIONS WAR COST FOH ENSUING TEAR ONLY A PART TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION—FIVE TIMES LARGER HAS AN Y APPROPRIATION EVER BEFORE ASKED ON CONGRESS WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 3. - Estimates totalling more than thirteen anfi a half million dollars for the prosecution of the war during 1919, and involving the most stupendous ap propriations in the history of the na tion. were submitted to congress to day by the treasury department. tn round figures the estimates in clude the appropriation of more than eleven billion dollars for war pur poses alone, whereas no previous es timate for similar purposes lias ever exceeded two billions. Only a part of this money i s proposed to be rais ed by taxation, the remainder to be derived from the sale of additional lib erty bonds. Among apj.ic nations for the eon , IL atioti ,>: work already authorized, the following are included in the es timates submitted by the treasury de partment: Dawson, Ga., $35,000; Dou glas, Ga., $3*1,000; Washington. Ga., $8,000; West Point, Ga., $9,500. Military Appropriations Asked. A war budyet of more than eleven billion dollars, to pay army and navy ' expenses during the year 1919 was laid before congress when th e administra tion estimates covering only strictly military expenses wag presented. The estimates are two and a half billion dollars more than a ny similar appro nations ever made before. The cost of improving and maintain ing harbors and waterways utilized ia handling the country’s water borne commerce, was stated to con gress today at $29,515,697 for the next Ih’Cal year. These estimates include several expenditures on imnrovenicnt of Georgia rivers and harbors. St Mary's river, an independent project v. lil require $4,000 for continuance of the work, while th t > department asks 820,000 lor the maintenance and Im provement of Brunswick harbor. Ail other Georgia river s are bunched un der one heading, $40,000 being asked for their maintenance. ITALIAN SITUATION flfl LOMER GiME ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS, Dee. 2.—(Delayed.)- The general con dition along the entire Italian front has improved distinctly during the past week. The defensive positions along the northern lin ( are now considered as secur 1 tiios- along the Piave river, and thi. with 'lie gathering strength of th e Italian and Allied forces has greatly reduced the gravity of the situation. DANCE AT ARMORY ’TONIGHT; MUSIC BY THE MINSTREL BAND The dancing contingent will have a dance at the Armory tonight, imme diately following the dos© of the minstrel show at the Opera House. Through the courtesy of Mr. Co burn, l|is full tenrpiece orchestra, will furnish the music for the dance, which will last from 11 to 2 o'clock. The dance was not arranged until lat e this afternoon, and those who were not reached over the telephone or in person are advSscd to ac-ce t this Pu'-lh ui'cHi as notice of invitasion • ■ be present. NUMBER 287.