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FORTY-FIRST YEAR—NO. 140
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ON TILL QUOTA
HERE IS RAISED
County SI,OOO Short;
Chairman Determined
To Get It.
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“There are no two ways about it;
we are going to get our minimum
quota of $4,000 and our drive will
not end until we get it.”
That was the uttered sentiment of
Chairman Silas Johnson, of the Sal
vation Army drive for Sumter county
last evening in discussing plans for
carrying on the campaign until the
amount is raised.
“We are still SI,OOO short of the
$4,000,” he said, “although the drive
has not yet been put on in all parts
of the county. “The Rotary club can
vass in Americus netted about $1,500.
Andersonville workers are busy in
that section today. I will go to Sum
ter Sunday afternoon to speak at a
mass meeting. DeSoto, Cobb anl
Plains will stage their drives Mon
day.
“We simply have to raise this quo
ta. Our reputation as a people is at
stake. Upon our word that the money
would be forthcoming the order has
already gone in to Salvation Army
headquarters in New York for the
establishment of a corps here. They
believe in us, and we must make good
It is too late to back out now, even
if we wanted to. But we don’t want
to and we are going to raise this mon
ey.”
Chairman Johnson has personally
handled a great part of the detail
work of the campaign, which has
been very heavy, but he expressed
himself as unwilling to stop until the
campaign had been successful. He has
been given generous assitance » y nu
merous men and women of the county
however.
I weather FORECAST - <
For Georgia: Fair Sunday; slight
ly warmer.
SECRETARIES INVITED TO
SEE AERIAL CIRCUS HERE
A telegram was sent last night by
Secretary Perkins of the chamber of
commerce to Roger Miller, of Macon
president of the Georgia Commercial
secretaries’ association, inviting that
body to hold a contemplated early
meeting in Americus on July 11. He
pointed out that on the following day
a great aerial circus will be put on at
Souther Field for which the secreta
ries might remain over.
At their recent meeting at Atlanta
the secretaries decided to hold an eat
ly meeting at the call of the presi
dent, the place to be selected. Mr
Perkins is secretary-treasurer of the
organization.
RAILWAY KEYMEN AID
STRIKING OPERATORS
CHICAGO, June 14. (By Associ
ated Press.) —The commercial tele
raphers’ strike was given valuable
assistance according to union offi
cials, through the order, effective to
day, to railroad telegraphers through
out the country not to handle mes
sages from the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies. Officials
of the wire companies declared th
order did not materially interfere
with traffic.
slßl IN BOY SCOUTS’
DRIVE SO FAR REPORTED
With several reports missing a to
tal of slßl had been raised Satur
day night in the campaign for the
Boy Scouts in Americus, it was an
nounced by Joseph Perkins, who
handled the drive, assisted by Mrs.
W. D. Ivey of the women’s com
mittee.
winners of the school childrens
contest were not announced because
of the absence of several reports.
COTTON CONSUMPTION
FOR MAY 487,998 BALES
WASHINGTO. , June 14.—-(By
Associated Press.) —Cotton consumed
during May totaled 487,998 bales
the crop census bureau announced to
day.
HUGE WAR DEPT. SALES.
WASHINGTON, June 14.—(8y
Associated Press.) —During the week
of June 7, the war departmen’s sales
<' p surplus materials totalled $26,000,-
000, most of w’hich was fur textiles
and wool.
THE TIMESErECORDER
ffr&fl PUBLISHED IN THE /FOX HEART OF
FRENCH WRITER
SENTENCED TO
DEATHAS SPY
Routier Charged With
Giving Military Infor
mation to Enemy.
PARIS, June 13. — (Friday.) (By
Asociated Press.) —Gaston Routier,
a prominent French journalist, was
today sentenced to death by court
; martial for imparting military intel
ligence to the enemy. Routier, who
is a Socialist with extreme tenden
cies, was tried by default. He was
charged with having agreed with Ger
man agents in Spain to start a French
language paper there during the
war for the purpose, of carrying on
Germanophil propaganda.
Gaston Routier founded the
Madrid La Paix in 1917. It was
believed that 8010 Pasha, the Levan
tine banker, who was executed at
Paris in 1918 for treason, furnished
the funds for the establishment of
, the newspaper.
PRIZE FIGHT EXCURSION
IS CANCELLED BY HINES
I WASHINGTON, June 14.-—By As
sociated Press.) —So as not to inter
! sere with the prompt transportation
of soldiers returning from France,
Director General Hines today direc
ed that railroad equipment for ex
cursion and recreation purposes be
limited to an absolute minimum.
Among the permits cancelled was
one for seventy coaches and Pull
mans for the New York Central for
persons wishing to see the Willard-
Dempsey fight at Toledo.
BOLLING FIELD CLOSED
BY WAR DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, June 14—By As
sociated Press.) —Bolling Field, the
largest Air Service flying field in
the vicinity of the capital has been
closed by the War Department, it
was learned today. Officials declin
ed to say if it will be abandoned en
tirely.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1919.
—By Morris
SOUTHER FIELD
PURCHASE BY
U. S. IN PERIL
BY G.O.J. FIGHT
Blow Aimed at Fort
Benning May Block
Plan Here.
CRISP AND OTHERS
FIGHT FOR CAMPS
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Congressman Trying To
Have Transaction
Completed.
As a result of the fight inaugurat
ed in congress Thursday and continu
ed successfully Friday, the future of
Souther Field, Camp Gordon and Fort
Benning are endangered. While the
fight was aimed specifically at Fort
Bennng, it reaches the other named
camps, and w’as a political blow at the
administration and the South, where
many camps are located.
Specifically, the republicans have
incorporated into the army appro
priation bill a proviso prohibiting the
secretary of war from acquiring real
estate by purchase or condemnation.
Although designed to stop the com
pletion of Fort Benning, at Colum
bus, Souther Field is involved for the
reason that the transaction with the
war department purchasing the field
has not yet been consummated, al
though being under way, and unless
completed before July 1, which i
doubtful, the purchase would be
blocked indefinitely, should the pro
vision become a law.
Put Up Hard Fight.
i Congressmen Crisp and Wright
put up a bitter fight against the par
tisan move in the house, and Senators
Harris and Smith may be defended
upon to do their utmost in the sen
ate to stop the scheme.
Replying to a telegram
asking whether Souther Field was
involved in the fight on Fort Ben
ning, Judge Crisp wired the Times-
Recorder as follows:
Washington, June 14, 1919.
The Times-Recorder, Americus.
Ga.
“Judge Advocate General has
not yet approved title to Souther
Field. Am urging them to act
and think they will render opin
ion in few days. If provision rel
ative to Fort Benning becomes
law before consummation of
Souther purchase it will be af
fected. Bill must pass senate and
be signed by president before it
becomes law.
“CHARES R. CRISP.”
Price is $32,000
Slowness in closing the purchase
by the government has resulted from
unavoidable delay at Souther Field
in furnishing necessary blue prints
and to correspondence required to
elucidate certain matters which were
nor clear to those handling the trans
action here. The abstract was com
pleted and forwarded to Washington
some time ago by G. R. Ellis. The
purchase price to the government was
$32,000.
Here is the text of the rider to the
appropriation bill as adppted by the
house by a vote of 150 to 71:
“No part of any of the appro
priations made herein nor any
of the unexpended balances of
appropriations hertofore made
for the support and maintenance
of the army or the military es
tablishment shall be expended
for the purchase of real estate.
Even Contracts Void.
Unless the senate should kill this
“rider” it becomes effective at the
' beginning of the fiscal year, July 1
Under the most liberal interprets
tion it means that no purchase of real
estate for camps which has not been
completed by that time is valid, even
though the war department has ac
tually contracted for the land.
Republicans of the military affairs
i committee said it was designed to
stop such expenditures as those now
being made at Camp Benning, near
Columbus, and contended that a strkff
interpretaiton of the amendment
means that no purchase made since
the signing of the armistice and
without specific authority are legal.
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ULTIMATUM IS
SENT BOCHES TO
LET POLES PASS
Marshal Foch Demands
Immediate Continua
tion of Trains.
COBLENZ, June 13. (Friday).—
(By Associated Press.) —An ultima
tum demanding the immediate con
tinuation of the movement of Polish
troops across Germany has been
sent to the German government by
I Marshal Foch according to dispatches
received here from Spa.
Orders were issued at Berlin sev
eral days ago to hold up the Polish
troop trains. One was held at Cob
lenz, another at Treves, two at Ems,
and eight in the interior of Ger
many. The transfer of Polish troops
from France to Poland began about
six weeks ago and was due to be
completed on June 17.
A Berlin dispatch received Friday
night stated that Mathias Erzberger,
chairman of the German armistice
commission at Spa, had written Gen
eral Dupont, chief of the French mis
sion in Berlin, declaring that Poland
intended to distribute two divisions
of General Hallier’s troops along the
: frontier. It was said that Erzberger
' had protested that this was opposed
;to the terms of th, armistice and
'that unless Poland abandoned her
purpose, Germany would be com
pelled to suspend the movement of
! the Polish army across Germany.
ENGINEER LOSES LEGS
IN BAINBRIDGE WRECK
BAINBRIDGE, June 14.—One of
the worst wrecks the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad ever had in this section
ocurred within the city limits of
Bainbridge at 9 o’clock this mornig
when an extra freight train pulling
out for Montgomery ran into a
string of cars being pushed from
■ cross the river by a switch engine.
The cars between the two engines
were demolished and both locomo
tives badly wrecked. The engineer
; of the extra freight train was terri-
I bly injured, both his legs being
i crushed off, and it is feared he will
die. Both firemen were scalded, al
though not seriously
W. T. LANE & SON NEW
AMERICUS LAW FIRM
• R. C. Lane, son of Mr. and Mrs. V’.
T. Lane has returned to Americus
from Macon where he has received
his law degree at Mercer and an
nouncement was made last night
that he had accquired half interest
in his father’s law practice, the firm
name to be W. T. Lane & Son.
J THE COTTON MARKFJ J
LOCAL SPOT
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GERMANS TO BE
GIVEN ONLY TWO
DAYS TOACCEPT
Allies’ Reply To Be De
livered Monday Is
Now Belief.
PARIS, June 13. (Friday) (By
Associated Press.) —Confidence was
expressed tonight by the British,
French and American peace delega
tions that the Allied reply to the
German counter proposals would be
delivered to the Germans Monday,
with a provision that the Germans be
given two days to answer.
With three days of grace before
armistice is suspended there would
be a resumption of hostilities June
21 if the Germans refuse to sign.
COUNCIL OF 4 STILL
WORKING ON TREATY
I PARIS, June 14. (By Associated
Press.) —The Council of Four con
tinued at work editing and revising
the peace treaty this morning. Its
present plan is to renew considera
tion of the Austrian terms Monday,
me representatives of Turkey will be
received Tuesday. "
If no other developments arise
n resident Wilson will make Hie trip
the trip to Brussels between Wedn
esday and the expiration of the Ger
man time limit.
BRITISH IN DRIVE TO
POPULARIZE TREATY
LONDON, June 14. (By Associ
ated Press.)—A campaign to popu
larize the league of nations was 1
launched last night by the British
i League of Nations Union when a
crowd of more than 7,000 packed Al
bert hall. The principal address was
made by Lord Robert Cecil.
DISCHARGED OFFICER TO
JOIN AIR MAIL SERVICE
Lieut. Herbert W. Blakeslee, who
■ for the last six months has been en
gineering officer at Souther Field,
I received his honorable discharge Sat
urday and will go at once to Wash
' ington where he will report to Otto
■ Praege’r, fourth assistant postmaster
general, for duty as a civilian in the
j aerial mail service.
Lieut. Blakeslee is an electrical en
! gineer of high ability, and during his
, stay here perfected several import
: ant improvements on the Liberty mo
tor especially relating to ignition
Although a ground officer he had
been taking flying lessons and had
nearly competed the course required
to receive his R. M. A.
LIEUT. SUTTER OFF TO
GET COLLEGE DIPLOMA
Lieut. Walter F. Sutter, post ad
jutant at Souther Field, left Sat
urday on a 15-day leave of absence
for his home at Elizabeth, N J ,
where he will receive his diploma at
Wesleyan university. When Lieut.
Sutter entered the service he had al
most completed the university course
and will now receive his graduation
certificate without further work.
During his absence, Lieut. Alfred
W. Vance, officer in charge of flying,
will act as post adjutant.
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HOME I
EDITION
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
AMERICAN AND
BRITON HOP-OFF
ATST.JOHNSFOR
IRISH HEADLAND
Vickers-Vimy Ship Due
At Destination This
Morning
TRUST METHODS
OF NAVIGATORS
Lieut. Brown Explains
How Course Across
Will Be Steered.
ST. JOHNS, N. S„ June 14—(By
Associated Press.)—The Vickers-Vi
my biplane started on an attempt at
a non-stop trans-Atlantic flight at
4:30 o’clock this afternoon, Green
wich time. The plane carried two men
Captain Jack Alcock, a Briton, as
pilot, and Lieut. Arthur Whitted
Brown, an American, as navigator.
. By applying methods of marine
navigation Lieutenant Brown and
Captain Alcock expect to “make a
landfall” within twenty or thirty
miles of their objective in Ireland or
England.
Lieutenant Brown was an Ameri
can electrical engineer before he
joined the British flying service in
1914. He described in a statement
which he prepared for The Associa
ted Press before the start of the
flight' an interesting description of
the difficulties encountered in a trans
Atlantic flight and the methods by
which he hopes to overcome them.
“In flying an airplane over large
bodies of water such as the Atlantic
ocean, where the pilot may be for
hours out of sight of any landmarks
by which he could judge his position
it is td the methods of navigation
which have been developed by the
mariners that the pilot turns to learn
where the location and the course to
his destination is,” writes Lieuten
ant Brown.
Difficulties Arise.
“Unfortunately difficulties arise
from the start in applying these
methods with accuracy. This is true
because the airplane is at the mercy
of the wind and appears to move in
the direction in which the wind blows
with the speed at which it is blown.
In the second place the speed of the
airplane is from five to ten times as
great as that of the commercial ves
sel.
“The high speed of the airplane
renders it necessary to make frequent
observations for position, and this in
turn makes it undesirable to use the
slow, albeit accurate means of cal
culation ordinarily employed. In con
sequence special charts have been
devised for use with the sun or stars
which enable the piolt to fix his po
sition in a very short time, although
not with the accuracy demanded in
marine work. With the aid of these
charts, together with a sextant, for
observing the sun or stars, a chro
nometer, and compass, the pilot
should be able to make a landfall
within twenty to thirty miles of the
desired point.
• “This, however, he will not b-»
able to do unless he keeps a careful
watch on the direction and strength
of the wind, which may alter be
tween his observations and without
his knowledge. In order to check this
an instrument known as the ‘Drift
Indicator’ has been devised by means
of which the pilot can ascertain the
direction of the wind, and the speed
at which he is traveling over the
ocean and the flares or smoke-bombs
which he drops into it for the pur
pose of making his observations of
drift.
May Go Miles Off Course.
“Should the pilot be flying in
clouds so that he can see neither the
ocean nor the sky, he can anly de
pend upon his compass, which gives
direction only. Under these circum
stances he may drift many miles out
of his course without being aware of
it, unless he employs a late develop
ment ofwireless telegraphy by means
of which he can measure his bearing
from two or more land stations and
fix his position at the point of inter
section. For short distances this meth
od has proved its reliability, but it has;
yet to be proved that it is suitable*
for such a journey as the trans-At-
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