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“THE PROMOTER’S WIFE,” a wholesome story of old-fashioned love, starts Monday in The Times-Recorder. A brief installment, easily read, daily. You’ll like it. A SOUTHERN NEWSLrtPER FOR SC THERN PEOPLE FORTY-FIRST YEAR.—NG. 22 OFFICER FLIES FROM AMERICUS TO ARCADIA, FLA. IN RAINSTORM; LUNCHES, STARTS ON RETURN TRIP MINE LAYING FLEET CAPTAIN TELLS OF TRAP FOR U-BOATS Barrage 230 Miles Long and 15 to 25 Miles Wide Planted in North Sea. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.5—(8y Asso ciated Press.) —The American mining squadron, which, in conjunction with the British navy, blazed a 230-mile trail of mines across the North Sea from the Orkneys to the coast of Nor way has returned home with the story of how this great achievement in the campaign to throttle the German sub marines was contributed. Captain Reginald B. Belknap, com mander of this fleet of ten ships—two light cruisers and eight converted mer chant craft —graphically described in a statement today the work of laying the 70,100 mines which made up the so. called North. Sea barrage, and an-, nourtced that at least seventeen ene my submersibles were known to have come to grief in attempting to pass through this field The American ships laid 56,570 ot the total number of these American invented and manufactured engines of destruction. The* field averaged 25 miles in width and nowhere was it less than 15 miles across, an hour's run for a submarine. If a safe course were sought underneath, several lines of mines would be found there equally deep, and if the submarines went down even deeper, mines were ready for them there, too. and one touch was enough. “’Before the barriers was half way across,” Captain Belknap said, "the barrage began to yield results. Early in July, 1918, after the second excur sion of the mine layers and from time to time reports would come of subma rines damaged or disappearing in that area. From the nature of the case it may never be known definitely how many actually did come to grief there, but the best information gives a prob able ten before the middle of October, with a final total of seventeen or more. In addition to this toll the squadron should be credited with two subma rines lost in the fields of British mines laid by the Baltimore off the Irish coast. The American squadron arrived at Inverness last May 26 ready to begin operations and twelve days later start ed on its first mine-planting “excur sion.” On these trips which lasted from 40 to 48 hours, the squadron was part of the British grand fleet, and for protection against submarines and raiding cruisers, it was accompanied by British destroyers and battleships or battle cruisers. “On the second mining excursion.” said Captain Belknap, “the sixth bat tle squadron was the support, con sisting of four American battleships, commanded by Rear Admiral Hugh Rudman of the United States navy, in the flagship New York. One may imag ine with what feelings we saw our own ships file out of Scapa Flow, form line and slowly disappear in the haze as they swept off to the southeast ward. It will be readily understood that the way had to be made smooth for the mine planters. A single well placed torpedo or mine, or a few ene my shells, would certainly finish one vessel, and probably destroy all ten of them. Bach mine planter carried from 24 to 120 tons of high explosive, a total of nearly 800 tons in the (Continued on Page Four.) AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ? What to Do When 5 17 - Year Locusts Appear This Year 'The YEAR 1919 is likely to be \ S one of the worst "locust > < years” on record. But entomolo- < > gists of the United States Depart- £ < ment of Agriculture see nothing > < alarming in the prospect. ( > The “17-Year Locust” will ap- ? s pear this year in the following > < states: Alabama, District of Col- . ) umbia, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, ? s Indiana. lowa, Kentucky, Maryland, . < Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jer- < > sey, New York, North Carolina, ■’ J Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Caro- > < lina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, < > West Virginia and Wisconsin. ? S The injury done by the periodical ) < cicada consists almost wholly in ■: > chiseling grooves in the branches 2 J of trees for depositing eggs. This S (. injury always appears to be greater $ \ than it actually is. Popular alarm < < is usually out of proportion to ? > general damage. > > Young fruit trees are sometimes < < killed by the cicada. The precau- > ? tionary measures are: Defer put- s S ting our young fruit trees till next < ? year; postpone budding operations: ? ) do no pruning this'winter or spring, jj < When the insects begin coming < ? out, hand-pick them frnm young $ > fruit trees or spray them wit hpyre- ( < thrum ipowder, kerosene emulsions. ? 2 or a solution of carbolic acid or > 5 acetic acid. , < Later, when the insects are ready 2 2 to begin laying, spray young fruit > 2 trees with whitewash. < LOCUST COMING THIS YEAR; TWO BROODS FOR GA. Seventeen-Year and 13-Year Pests to Appear in May, Says Government. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—The most interesting insect in the world, the periodical cicada, is going to be seen, perhaps in very large numbers, during the coming sirring and early summer over large regions of the United States where this brood has not appeared be fore for seventeen years and over other regions where another brood ap peared thirteen years ago. This is the insect commonly referred to as the "17-year locust," a name that is in correct in at least two particulars. It is not a locust at all. that name be ing properly applied only to members of the grasshopper family, and while it has a 17-year period, it also has a 13-year period. It has been so long miscalled by the name of locust, how ever, that there is no hope of divesting it of that incorrect appellation, and in the regions where there is the longer period of recurrence, it will continue to be known as the “17-year locust." and in the areas of the shorter recurrence period, as the 6 13-year lo cust.” The scientifically accepted name of periodical cicada, therefore, is the only one that exactly fits. The statement that this is the most interesting insect in the world will hardly be questioned anywhere, and it is the most interesting because it is the most anomalous, or possibly, be cause it has always appeared to be so mysterious. The fact that it appears in countless numbers one year, then is not. seen again for half the average life time of human beings and then suddenly appears again in countless numbers has kept the popular mind mystiged and has woven many super stitions about the cicada. When it is known that the insect spends the thir teen or seventeen years in slow devel opment beneath the ground, and (Continued on Page Five) PUBLISHED IN THE HEART OF DIXIE. AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY 26, 1919 SPOT HOLDERS DEAF TO MILLS’ OFFERS OF FAR ABOVEMARKET Cotton Makes Good Recovery Satur day, Advancing 77 Points at High Point. With an advance in March delivery cotton of 77 points on the New York exchange Saturday, local cotton hold ers were feeling a great deal better yesterday. March option, which clos ed Friday at 21.71 cents, opened at 21.79, an advance of 8 points overnight, and soared to 22.48 just before the close at noon, when it eased off to ' 22.25 cents. The close was strong, i Although local spot cotton, good middling, was quoted at 25 cents, it was stated by cotton men that there was no way to determine what spot is actually worth. “Mill buyers Friday in Savannah were offering 500 points the March quotation for spit cotton,” said Chas. H. Burke, of the Commercial warehouse, “and they could not. buy a pound. Whether they were able to buy it in other markets or not I do not know. But there just isn’t any cotton for sale now. “When the mills get ready to buy they are going to have cotton, no mat that day must not be taken as an in dication that the epidemic has been crushed already. He thought it likely that in days to come, because the dis ease is so widespread, higher figures will be shown at times, but he was greatly encouraged by the apparent benefits already being derived from the closing and was hopeful that the con tagion would rapidly diminish. The epidemic, which suddenly re appeared in what is recognized as a third wave all over Georgia, has been losing its virulence within the last i week everywhere, and some towns are again removing the bans which were restored widely on gatherings of all kinds. Officials and citizens generally are hoping that conditions here will improve so rapidly that the restric tions may be lifted and life and busi ness return to normal. Loans to Allies by U.S. Drop Sharply WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—(8y Asso ciated Press.) —America's job as bank er for the Allies was lighter this month than any since the United States entered the war. Only $17,000,000 has been paid out as Allied loans since January 1, the treasury reported to day, although payments on Allied ac count for a long time ran around $400,000 monthly. The United States has actually paid out to Allied credits $7,850,816,000. Doctors to Strike to Curb Citizens’ Strikes AMSTERDAM', Jan. 24.—(Friday.)— (By Associated Prses) —All of the doc tors and chemists of Bremen have de cided to strike, according to the Ber lin Lokal Anzeiger, as soon as the political strikes endanger the traffice of supplying the people with food, gas and electricity, or if citizens of Bremen are arrested for political reasons. FLU SUDDENLY WANES; ONLY 9 NEW CASES IN COUNTY IN DAY Improvement in Situation Taken As Direct Result of Drastic Closing Order. The influenza situation, both in the city and in the county, showed a sud den and radical improvement Saturday, less than one-fourth the number of cases recorded the previous day be ing reported to Dr. Bond, commis ’•sioner of public health. The complete report for the day, which covered Fri day. shows a total of only nine new cases, five of them in the city and four in the county. Practically all of the physicians were heard from. One had no new cases at all. No new cases were reported among the negro population. The decided drop in the number of .new-cases is regarded as a direct re sult of the closing order which went into effect late Wednesday afternoon. Inasmuch as a great many cases de velop within 24 hours after exposure, and practically all within three days, results were to have been expected by Friday, and the physicians’ reports speak for themselves. Previous days have shown from 40 to 60 new cases, or even more. Dr. Bond warned Saturday that the highly encouraging report received ter what price they have to pay for it and from all accounts they are get ting about to the point where they are going to have to buy.” Although the bears have hammered the market down to a mark lower than reached before in the last two years, farmers and holders of cotton gener ally are as optimistic as ever and as determined to hold. The recent sell ing has created a great short interest. There are no longs in the futures market, and buying is bound to come. Many are looking for a rapid, even sensational, recovery, now that the bears have apparently gone their limit. FolJownig are Saturday's quo tations: LOCAL SPOT. Good middling 25 cents. NEW YORK COTTON FUTURES. Close Open High Close Prev. (Low) March 21.71 21.79 22.48 22.25 May 20,77 21.05 21.40 21.22 July 20.13 20.45 20.86 20.65 Oct 18.77 19.00 19.95 19.33 Must Stick by 14 Principles—Lewis NEW YORK. Jan. 25.—(8y Associat ed Press.) —Senator Lewis, speaking before the Lawyers’ club today in sup port of the proposal for a league of nations, declared the American gov ernment could not afford to abandon a single one of President Wilson’s fourteen joints without laying itself open to charges of perfidy, and justify ing the Allies in accusing us of trick ery and withdrawing from the peace table fwEATHERFORECASTj For Georgia Probably clearing' Sunday morning; not much change in temperature. One of These May s < Be Chosen to Fill ! | Gregory’s Berth Z -e- ■ ■ - " f' Il IB I » v &> HF. ? wp I Above A. Mitchel Palmer, alien property custodian, who has always been very close to President Wilson, was considered at Washington to have an excellent chance of appointment to succeed Attorney General Gregory. Below Frank L. Polk, counsellor ot the state department, who has been prominently mentioned. Photos (c) Underwood & Underwood. Pershing Orders All Men to Write Home WASHISGTON, Jan. 25.—(8y Asso ciated Press.) —The failure of rela tives and friends at home to hear from many members of the American expeditionary forces in France has caused General Pershing to order ev ery man to mail to his nearest rela tive a postcard, giving the present lo cation, state of health and military unit of the writer. Special postcards are being supplied the men. Rebels Battling in Streets of Lisbon LISBON, Jan. 23.—(Thursday.)— (By Associated Ptess.) —Fighting be tween the republicans and monarch ists is in progress today in various parts of the city. The monarchists appear to be giving way. 450,000 Tons Hun Ship Awarded U. 3. NEW YORK, Jan. 25. (By Associat ed Press ) —The German ships allot ed to the United States for transpor tation of troops aggregate a total of 450,000 tons, and includ the giant Hamburg-American tiner Imperator. HOME EDITION PRICE FIVE CENTS. 500 MILE TRIP MADE BY TEXAS POST MAJOR IN 4HOURS.IS MIN. Leaves Souther Field at 6:15 a. m-, Reaches Destination at 11:30, Eastern Time. RETURN TRIP IS INCOMPLETED ' WHEN WEATHER INTERFERES McCauley Making Coast-to-CoastTrip, Mapping Aerial Routes for Government. Major T. C. McCauley, of Taliaferro Field, Ft. Worth, Tex., piloting a De- Haviland-4 airplane, flew from Sou ths Field to Carlstrom Field, Arca dia, Fla., a distance of 500 miles, in 4 hours and 15 minutes Saturday. He \ left Americus at 6:15 a. ni. (Central time) in the rain, headed south, and landed at Carlstrom Field at 11:30 o'clock (Eastern time). He took! lunch at the post there, replenished his supply of gasoline and oil and started back for Americus at 1:25 p. m., intending to reach here late Saturday afternoon. Flying at the rate of speed he attained in making the morning trip, he should have landed at Souther Field by 4:50 p. m. However, up to a late hour last night he had not been reported. The weather was thick all day, and it is supposed that because of the rain and the early nightfall because of the heavy clouds, he was forced to land for the night somewhere on the route. In the flight from here to Arcadia Major McCauley maintained an aver age speed for the entire distance of 118 miles an hour. Major McCauley reached. Americus Friday nßht on his way southeast ward. He flew from Baton Rouge, La., via. Jackson, Miss., in five hours, landing it Souther Field at 3:30 p. m. His schedule really embraced a round trip across the continent. He left Fort Worth, Texas, last Sunday, starting westward for San Diego. By Wednesday night he had returned from the coast as far as Stanton, Tex., a point 300 miles west of Fort Worth. Leaving there Thursday morning, he flew to Baton Rouge. He expected when he left Souther Field to be back in Fort. Worth Monday, takin geight days for the round trip. According to the officer, the flight from San Diego to Arcadia could be made in two days, if aerial conditions could be found right for the whole distance, and he declared that records will be established before long. Major McCauley is on an experimen tal jaunt, of the same order that other cross-country flights have been made in the last few weeks. Their pur pose is to gather data and establish transcontinental aerial routes. Ac cording to Major McCauley, when complete data has been gathered of every bit of the country, aerial navi gation will be a simple matter. When every locality has been catalogued for emergency landing fields, all that will be necessary for a pilot to do in start ing out in any direction will be to de termine his route and refer to his book of information for data so that he will be able to travel in complete safety, whether forced to land or not. Major McCauley had high praise for (Continued on Page 4.)