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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22
TBREATANS TO KILL 4
WEALTHY SOCIETY GIRL

Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan Civ l.
Cummings, % years old, pleaded guilty
in the federal court here today and
was sentenced to three years impris-
onment for attempting to blackmail
Miss Dorothy Bamberger, wealthy
society gorl.
Cummings threatened to kill Miss
Bamberger with an internal machine
of his own invention which could be
exploded at distance by the use of a
wireless attachment Tests of his ma
chine proved that it could do all that
Cummings had threatened The court
showed leniency because the evidence
indicated he had been the tool of 9th
ers who have not been caught
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22
CANADIAN NEWSPAPER
MAKES GRAFT CHARGE

Montreal, Can, Jan. 21,-The Nom
treal Daily Mail yesterday published
charges of alleged incredible corrup-
ton among the members of the ieglsia
ture at Quebec" The Mail demands
an investigation and asserts that IL
will produce evidence to support It's
charges. I'VE know that money has
been paid members of the legislature
for legislation which, on the face OF It,
is so sugversive of the public interest
as to need more condemnation than It's
clauses bear" the Mail says.
"The legislation was literally SNUG
sled through at every stage IN such "
way as to evade the scrutiny OF tn9
more recent elements in the two houses
and the members of the press gallery
says the article
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22
MAN WITHOUT A
COUNTRY AND WITH
OUT EVEN A NAME
WASHINGTON POLICE WILL HELP
YOUNG MAN LOCATE PARENTS
AND HOME

Washington, D. c., Jan. 21.--"I an
man without a country; without a
home, without a father or mother
without a name; without friends" said
young white man who called at de-
tective headquarters last night ana
asked the officers to aid him in his
search for his family
Il think my name is William Church
ner, said the young man. Il am about
% years old / was turned over to
the board of chlldren's guardians when
was years old They promised to
tell me where my mother was when I
became of age, but they never did.
Since that time | have been working
at Ballston, Va But it is a lonesome
job there all by myself, and l have Of
sSn GlOuShl now WOulu llAAe W STE III y
mother and sisters. The only thing
can remember about is that weu sad
to live at the end of car lime, and my
brother was a conductor.
Says Mother Abandoned Him.
Then my mother started to work
for family by the name OF Hoyle, in
Bethesda, Md, and she turned me over
to family by the name of Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson became i'll and she gave
me to the board. was sent into Mary
land and worked there until / became
of age. Then | started in to find my
folks. | haven't found any trace of
them l talked to Mrs. Johnson, and
she says she doesn't remember my
bother's name | went to the board,
and they said my name is Churchner.
can't locate anyone by that name"
Detective Evans made a search
through the city directories for the
past eighteen years and could find no
one named Churchner. The young
mans description of the place where
he lived when child is so vague that
the officers could not find any clew as
to where it was located He told the
where it was located. He told the Off
officers could not find any elew as to
GERS that the thing he remembered
most wildly was that his brother
worked as a conductor on an electric
car He remembered this because Of
the sputtering of the trolley wheel.
Turned Adrift When of Age.
Il worked for about fifteen years for
a man named Harris said the young
man. When / became Of age / was
given $128 and turned adrift. / didn
know any one, and have been try
ing ever since to find some trace Of
my relatives. l don't even know my
real name"
The detectives will continue working
on the case
------
Senator Thomas says the completion
L. - ---.1l 1..s...- Al. u $500 -
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22
JUDGE MARTIN OPENS
LEEsBURG CITY COURT
SUCCEEDS JUDGE II. L. LONG, WHO
HAS PRESIDED OFEK VVORI
SINCE IT'S ESTABLISHMENT

Iaesbnrg Jan. 20.-With Judge
Ware G. Martin presiding for the frs
time in his term, the city court of
Ieesburg convened yesterday morn
ing for the first time in the new year,
Judge Martin took up the Business of
the court with energy and enthusiasm,
and the session bids fair to be busy
one.
Judge Martin succeeds Judge H. 1.
Long, who retired from office at the
close of the last year. after having pre-
sided over the city court since its es-
Enlistment, about ten years ago.
Judge Long did not offer for re-eIec-
ton, having retired from the practice
of law at the ripe age of II, to devote
the remainder of his life to the care OF
his large estate near Leesburg.
1t seems that Judge Martin will be
under fire from the opening of his term
as Judge, which will run for four years
as those who favor the adjustment of
the city court are already discussing
plan with that end in view, with the
idea of substituting two extra sessions
of the superior court. Those who IA
vor the city court, however, are urging
that Judge Martin be given a chance
to make good in his new position
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22

Fort Smith, Ark, Jan. 21-Nine
thousand dollars or mis- baby?
Clayton M. Saxty, twenty-five years
old, trusted clerk of an express COM
pany in this city at salary of $40 a
month, chose the former and is now
the object of search in every large
city in the United States.
The money was delivered to the ex-
press company by bank to be sent
to nearby town. Saxty was alone in
the office when it arrived He re-
ceipted for it, as he had authority to
do. Five hours later when another
clerk arrived to prepare the money for
shipment he found Saxty missing.
Of the original delivery of $500 on
ly $195 in silver was intact. The re-
mainder in currency was gone. A in
yestigation disclosed that Saxty had
purchased a motorcycle with $3.50 of
the stolen funds and had ridden at
breakneck speed to Van Buren,, where
ne arrived just in time to catch a train.
His motorcycle was found abandoned
along q river hank
When Saxty left home on the morn
ing of the robbery he kissed his nine
teen year old wife and eight months
old babe goodbye. When his wife was
told of his absence and the missing
money she searched the house for some
note she had hoped her husband had
penned shedding light upon his action.
She found none, but instead discov-
cred crumpled photograph of their
babe beneath a bed. 1t had been v.o-
lently torn from the family album.
Il am sure he wanted to take, ba-
bys picture with him." says the child
wife, but knew that as long as lie
had it. it would haunt him wherever
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22
AMERICUS ELKS
PREPARING FOR
FEAST TONIGHT
AT IMITATION or MEMBERS
Tempting Menu Served By
Local Lodge

Ame'icus Elkdom anticipates with
interest the occasion arranged for this
evening. at the handsomely appointed
quarters of the local lodge Several
youns.fawns are to have conferred up
on them the ''antler degree" of initia-
ton into the yelled mysteries of Elk
dom Following the usual ceremonies
and business session, the Elks and
their new members of the herd will be
RECALLED with banquet, where good
cheer will reign supreme, The Amer
ious Elks have handsomely appointe /
quarters in the Bank of Commerce
building, and the large membership
list grows continuously.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22
nine THOUSAND DOLLARS Or HIS
Baby CLERK CHOOSES MONEY
smith Ark. Jan. 2-Nine evenuay

he went and eventually he would be
driven home to see his child"
Saxty was very fond of motion pic
lures. thrilling films were his de-
light He never missed an opportunity
of seeing them Whether the mo
vies" furnished the suggestion of the
theft, or whether the mere temptation
was responsible, his wife does not
know, though she says it has been a
hard struggle for the little family to
make both ends meet on her husband S
meagre salary. She believes that had
he kept the babes photo his fatherty
feeling for thee hid would have sent
him home before he had travelled very
far
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22

MISS WILSON WANTS
SCHOOL SOCIAL CENTERS

Washington, D. c., Jan, 21.-Miss
Margaret Woodrow WILSON, youngest
daughter of the president rose from
her seat in the audience at civic i'm
provement meeting here tonight and
made plea for a movement to have
school houses of the country opened
to the public as social centers.
1.-THE social center movement in the
first analysis, she said, lis the funda-
mental principle of democracy"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22
VIII Be Banner
Year For Southeast

a $4,000 residence to be built in La
Grange, Ga
Among the items of construction
work to be done, as reported this week
are:
Apartment houses, Atlanta, Ga; Ii
brary building, $4,000, Savannah, Ga /;
hotel buildings, $4,000, Macon, Ga,
$45 1000, Augusta, Ga, and Indian
Springs, Ga. church buildings, Savan-
nah and Monroe, Ca Eufaula, Ala, and
Tarpon Springs and Wauchula, Fla;
courthouse improvement, Statesboro,
Ga; university building, Gainesville,
Hla.; bank buildings, Plant City and
Tampa, Fla; road construction, Volu-
STA county, Fla; two factory buildings
Macon, Ga; school buildings, Tate, Ca,
and Arcadia and st. Petersburg, Fla
sewer system, Jackson, Ga; $4,000
mausoleum, Dublin, Ga; paving, Amer
icus, Ga $4,000 car barn, Savannah,
Ga. Construction contracts have been
awarded as follows: Apartment house,
Atlanta, Ga; paving, Montgomery,
Ala; waterworks system, Marshall
vile, Ga.
Industrial plants will he established
as follows:
Cotton oil mill, Clio, Ala; ice plant,
Cairo, Ga; stone products plant, Mi
ami, Fla; bottling plant Eastman, Ga. /;
saw and planning mills, Oakhurst, Fla.
Funds have been provided for extern
sifn of railroad line in Alabama.
Municipal improvement bonds were
voted at Shellman Ga"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22

Columbus, Ca, Jan. 21-The Indus
trial Index says in its issue for this
week:
That important substantial indus
trial and construction development OPP
erations are definitely planned to be-
gin Immediately this year is demon
strated by the great volume of the
weeks news of buildings to be erected
and manufacturing plants to be estab-
lished.
"St. Johns county, Florida, is asking
bids for the construction of sixty-four
miles Of modern highways at cost
of approximately $1,0O0,0O0, for which
it is proposed to issue bonds.
"A ten-story Office building will be
erected in Birmingham, Ala.
plans are being prepared for the
erection OF a $25O,OOO hotel building in
Augusta, where the construction of
two big office buildings has just been
begun.
Railway shops at Waycross, Ga &,
will be enlarged at cost of about $780,,
600.
"A total of twenty eight new. corpor-
atoms were formed during the week.
with minimum capital stocks aggregat-
ing $7O9,000 The total number for the
three weeks Of the year is seventy
with capital stocks aggregating 81, $685.
300.
"A feature of the construction news
IS the number of high-class residences
to be erected. The most costly will be
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22
Gard of Thanks.

We wish to take this means OF eS-
tending to our friends our heartfelt
thanks for the many hndnesses ana
shown US during our re-
cent bereavement
JNO. T. HOWELL and FAMILY
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22
Turned Adrift When of Age.

Senator Thomas says the completion
Of the canal will bring the Orient as
near to us as it viii US to the Orient.
but he fails 70 explain how he figursl
1t out
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22

II You Should Die I'd
your family would II
that additional I'M
rance you intend
take, wouldn't the
Someone will die
night, it might be VI
See Lee Hansford d
take out that policy a
avoid the danger
delay.
Union Central Life IHS.
Lee NJ. HanSfOrd, General AQ
Room IS, Planters Bank Bl
"The Great Annual Dividend
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1914-01-22
Is YOUR
MONEY
INVESTED
WELL /?

Next to having money I
most important thing is how
taFe care of it--how best to 4
est 1t
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Financial interests in a caTefi
conservative way-giving u
abundant banking facilities
but can also give you valuah
aid and advice about investmen
and securities. open an accou
with the
Bank OF Southwestern Georgia
Saving Department
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-21
II AT
Democratic Party Played for Alleged
Extravaganza in National
Expenditures.

Mitchell, Oct. 21.-Flaying the
democratic party for alleged extrava-
gance in national expenditures and
the burden of a war tax in times of
peace, Congressman Charles H. Burke
opened his campaign in the senator
ial race before a monster crowd.
Strictly partisan issues were the
theme of his address.
Mr.. Burke contrasted the prosper
ity Of past republican regimes with
the industrial conditions under the
Wilson administration, emphasizing
the armies of the unemployed during
the past year, the slump of imports
and accompanying increased congress
sional appropriations. Discrimina-
ton by democrats in favor of south
ern agricultural products against
farm commodities from the northwest
in the Underwood tariff measure also
was touched upon.
Replying to the charge of demo
cratic opponents over his opposition
to the rules of the house, which he
upheld under the speakership OF
Uncle Joe" Cannon, Mr.. Burke de-
clared that the gag" rule had never
worked smoother than at present, and
that the democratic aucus system
was the most drastic ever in vogue in
the house of representatives.
The speaker closed with a plea for
the support of Congressman Dillon
and Gov. Byrne.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-21
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR
COUNTY TREASURER.
e Voters of Lake County:

To the Voters of Lake County:
Having been nominated as repub-
lican candidate for the office of oun
ty treasurer for Lake county at the
March primaries, being Endorsed by
both the majority and minority COM
mittees, l shall appreciate any sup
port the people of our county can
give me at the November election. l
was born in this county thirty-three
years ago, and with the exception of
the time l have spent at school and
a few months clerking in a clothing
house at Madison, l have assisted and
engaged in farming ever since, and
never had a home outside of our
county. In addition to my public
school education l took a short term
at the Lutheran college at Sioux
Falls and a business course at Austin.
Mimi. If elected to the office of
county treasurer / expect to devote
my full and complete time to the
duties of the office. Wishing TO
thank the people of Lake county for
your confidence shown me at the
March primaries and again soliciting
your support at the November cleo
ton, | shall always wish to remain,
Yours respectfully,
Edwin Hyland,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-21

At Aberdeen Fails After Men Had
Sawed Windows.

Aberdeen, Oct. 21.-A we'll plan
ned attempt to effect a Jail delivery
from the Brown county jail here was
frustrated when the sheriff discover
ed that bars on the inside and out
side of a window had been sawed
nearly in two. Five men, Robert
Reed, sentenced to twenty years for
manslaughter, David Snider and AL
bert Lewis, sentenced to five years
for robbery, Jim Martin and s. III.
Marshall, sentenced to four years for
forgery, have access for an hour each
evening to the corridor from which
the windows open, and they had saw
ed through the bars on the inside and
a confederate as yet unknown, sawed
through a bar on the outside.
The discovery was made in time to
prevent the escape of the prisoners,
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-21

in the case of Davis VS.. Rezac, re-
turned a verdict awarding the plain
tiff damages in tie sum of $500 and
costs. The evidence showed that
while Davis was driving past Rezac's
farm a dog belonging to Rezac ran
and frightened his horses. caus-
ing them to run away. The animals
ran into a fence, upsetting the buggy
and throwing Davis to the ground,
one of his legs being broken. The
dog which caused this heavy expense
to its owner for the damages award
ed Davis is worth only a few dollars.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-21
WAR SUMMARY
CONDITIONS IN BRIEF AS RE
PORTED BY THE ASSO-
GATED PRESS.

New York, Oct. 21.-Special: Brit
ish warships and the big guns that
laid waste the Antwerp forts contend
ed for mastery yesterday in the Ger
man effort to seize the French chan
mel ports for a move against England
Heavy fighting around Dunkirk and
between Ostend and Calais was ad-
mitted by both sides, with the
French claiming that the Belgian
army tina t fed from Antwerp had
hurled back the Germans.
The recapture of Ostend by the al.
lies was also reported, but not off.
cially confirmed.
The Berlin official statement OF
the days fighting along the coast de-
clared the German troops had reach.
ed the neighborhood of Dunkirk and
that the inhabitants of that city and
of Boulogne were fleeing.
The French war office also claimed
gains in the fighting between Arras
and Roye and near st. Mihiel, on the
| right bank of the Meuse, while thu
German statement was silent on op
| erations in their quarters.
! In the eastern theater, an Austrian
statement claimed, the Russians haC
lost 10000 men in fruitless attacks
upon Prezemysl.
Toxic admitted that the japanese
cruiser Takachicho had been sunk oil
October II by a German mine a
Kiao Chow bay, with the loss of 81
men.
An Austrian submarine is reporte,
to have been sunk in the Adriatic b
a French cruiser.
Shell fire from the forts at TsinI
Tau is said to have heavily damage
the British b~attleship Triumph.
Turkey has refused to assent I
Great Britain's request that the Ger
man officers and crews on the forme
German cruisers Goeben and Bresla
be discharged.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-21
SOCIAL PARTY


Mitchell, Oct. 21.-Evidence fur
Their connecting Charles Heurmann
with the shooting ARRAY in his wife's
apartments was unearthed by the po-
lice in finding a negro, Henry Love
good, who claims to have been at
tracted to the real of the building by
the sound of shots and saw the pris-
| oner running away. He also claims
that he followed Hermann and made
| sure of his identity before he was lost
| by mingling in the crowd attracted
| by the excitement. Heurmann is in
| custody.
1t is now believed that Heurmann
was under the influence of drugs
| when he SEN the fusillade of seven
| shots into the little room in which
| seven people were seated, as a pack
| age of s%trychnine tablets were found
i n his pockets. Hermann was known
to be addicted to the use of the drug.
Although he has followed the trade
| of a plumber in Mitchell for fifteen
years, Heurmann's parents are
| wealthy Germans living in the aristo-
cratic Oak Park district of Chicago.
His father is a second cousin of King
Christian of Denmark.
John Michels, former city alder
man and prominent democratic lead
err and his wife were hit by bullets
fired into the room. The injuries or
| neither are believed to be serious.
The shooting, which has stirred
| Mitchell more than any incident in
| recent years, was done after the
| would be assassin had climbed the
stairs to the top of a root from which
| he could look into the apartments OF
| Mrs. Heurmann. She lives on the
| second floor of a building in the bust
ness section.
During the shooting a policeman
| was standing in front Of the building,
| having warned Heurmann to keep
away on account of divorce proceed
ings started by his wife.
Seven people were in the room into
| which the shots were fired, being
gathered around a table playing
| cards.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-21

The petitions set forth that the
schedules of the flyers and limited
trains running through this state are
such that the travelling man cannot
use them to advantage. The travel
ing men are the chief users of mile
age books, and they are the ones the
raise will affect. These men are
forced to use the local train accomo-
dations and oftentimes freight trains.
These trains have none of the modern
couveniences of the limited trains,
who cater to long haul passengers to
the practical exclusion of the short
hauls - the commercial travelling
men.
The petition further sets forth that
excursion rates for long hauls are
constantly in effect at rates which
figure up at less than 2 cents per
mile.
In conclusion the petition requests
that inasmuch as the long haul OF
special privileged passengers are not
paying more than 2 cents per mile,
that the commercial travellers, who
have none of the conveniences of the
privileged class, be not forced to pay
more for their transportation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-10-21
Church Wedding
MARRIAGE OF MISS MAGDALEN
RENSCH TO MIR. ALBERT
JOHNSON.

The marriage of Miss Magdalen
Rensch to Mr.. Albert Johnson was
solemnized at st. Thomas church at
1880 o'clock this morning, the Rev.
Mgr. #. A. Flynn conducting the Ger
emory. The bridal couple was ac-
companied to the altar by Miss Fern
Johnson, sister OF the groom, and Mr..
Harold Rensch, brother of the bride.
An unusually large number of friends
witnessed the ceremony, at the con
.clusion of which relatives and imme-
diate friends of the bridal couple and
families accompanied them to the
home of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Crist Rensch, Blanche avenue
and Sevenths street, where the we'd
ding breakfast was served amid much
Joy. The home was decorated with
yellow and white chrysanthemums
and presented a very handsome APP
pearance. During the breakfast hour
the occasion was enlivened with
music by Miss Leila Clark, piano, Mr..
Louis Malloy, violin, and solos by
Miss Leila Slack. Young ladies assist
ing in serving the breakfast were
Misses Ethel Fowler, Mabel Mat
thews, Victoria Fetz, Louise Dawson,
Margaret Tobin, Mabel Smith. About
forty guests were present to partake
of the breakfast, relatives and friends
being in attendance from Ramona
Lake Preston and Volga. At the
conclusion of the festivities at the
home. automobiles were provided
and the bridal couple we're accom-
panied by a joy making party OF
young ladies and gentlemen, deter
| mined to give them deserving atten-
ton as they departed from the depot
on their wedding tour. The bride
came in for the bestowal of the usua'
good luck rice, and the groom was
| far from neglected in this time hon
ored custom. The wedding tour viii
include Minneapolis and other points
where friends and relatives reside
and upon their return Mr.. and Mrs
johnson will establish their home OIL
a farm near Winfred, owned by Mr.
Johnson.
The bride is well and pleasant!
known in this entire community as
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Girls
Rensch, among the oldest families il
this city. She was born and reare,
in this city, educated in the city AM
State Normal schools, being a grad
uate of the latter institution, class o
'09. She has beer a successful teach
er since her graduation, occupying
positions in the city schools of Elan
dreau and Volga. A host of friend
will wish her happiness of the choic
est kind in her new relation.
Mr.. Johnson is a son of City Com
missioner and Mrs. T. A. johnson
and while he is not a native Madison
lyoung man, his residence here ha
been of sufficient duration to gain TO
him many friends among the younl
people of the city. During his schoo
days he was prominent in athletics
occupying star positions in football
games not only with local teams, bu
with outside teams as we'll. OF lat
he has been associated with his fathe
in the grain business at Winfred. an
is recognized as a young nan of bust
ness ability and possessed of tn
requisite energy to make a success il
his undertakings.