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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
COMMITTEE To
REPORT FAVOR
AMER|CUs BILL
BASIS OF AGREEMENT is FINALLY
REACHED.

The local bill before the house COM
mittee of the general assembly rela-
tive 10 the charter amendment of the
Americus Board of Education will, oy
consent of all parties interested, be
reported favorably, with the amend
ment that the question at issue, tue
manner of electing members of the
school board, be voted upon by the
qualified voters of Americus at some
general election of the future.
Such was the disposition made Of
the matter before the house committee
after it was thoroughly threshed out,
and both sides had been accorded a
hearing.
Committees from the Americus CITY
council and the board of education
went before the legislative committee,
and after a thorough hearing, pro
and con, it was suggested that the
committee report favorably the bill 20
the house, with the amendment as pro-
posed-a reference of the question to
the qualified voters of Americus.
The pending bill, as already stated
in the Times Recorder, seeks 10
amend the charter of the local board
of education, and in effect take from
council the right to fill vacancies up
on the board and delegates that right
to the hoard of education, instead. This
proposition is strenuously opposed by
the city council, and it is said, by
several members of the board of edu
cation, who deem the change unwise.
However, the committee from coun-
Gil expressed willingness to have the
voters of Americas pass upon the is
sue, confident that it would be decided
at the polls. and the legislative COM
mittee will recommend the bill, with
the amendment tackled on. In that form
the pending measure WILL quite like
ly, be put upon its passage in the
assembly in event it is reached on
the calendar.
In the pressure of important legis-
lation, however, it is quite possible
that such local bills may not be reach
ed in the few days of the session re-
naming.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
COTTON MARKET
CONTINUES FIRM
FUTURES TODAY SCORED AN.
OTHER ADVANCE.

In the Americus cotton market con-
tinued better feeling prevails as the
contract market advances by degrees.
Today, at l o'clock, December con-
tracts were quoted at 9.77 cents; Jan .
uary at 9.S9 cents and March at 101t
cents.
Several more new bales arrived to-
day and, where the cotton is dry and
carefully handled, sales are readily af-
fected
Considerable old cotton of which
there are 1000 bales in Americus ware
houses is also upon the boards and
finds fair sale.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
: Z Z = Z : + Z + 4 = = Z + :
: GERMANS FIND COUNTRY IN =
= FLAMES AS THEY ADVANCE =
(By Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.) =
= PETROGRAD, Aug. 6.-The re- =
= treating Russian army in Poland =
= is devasting the country to the =
= west as it retires, and the in =
= vading Germans find little COM :
= fort in towns captured. The cities =
\ of Jirardaff, Groitzi and Blonie 4
\ were all sacrificed to thef1ames :
= and when the Teutons reached
4 them the fires ragged so fiercely =
y it was impossible to transport :
= munitions and supplies through !
= the streets. The necessity for :
= extinguishing the flames partly, at =
= least, materially retarded the =
= German advance in that region. :
\ \ = 4 4 4 4 \ \ \ 4 \ 4 \ =
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
WHOLESALE HANGING
DAY IN SISTER STATE
(By Associated Press.)


MONTGOMERY, Ala, Aug. 6-Four
men, three negroes and one whito
were legally executed in Alabama to
day, the hanging occurring at widely
divergent points, and all of the men
being put to death after conviction Of
murder.
At Evergreen, sixty miles south OF
here two companies of militia stood
guard while Robert Watkins and John
Salter, negroes, were put to death for
the killing of Mrs. Mary Lassiter, a
white woman, several months ago.
AT Cullman, in the northern portion
of the state, George James, white
man, was executed for the murder of
George Clayburn, the crime occurring
at Decatur, near the Tennessee line.
The fourth execution was that Of
Millard Carpenter, who was hanged
in the tower of the Jefferson county
Jail at Birmingham for the murder of
John T. Camp, white man.
All of the men executed met death
stoically, and not one of the hangingc
was bungled by the executioner.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
MEXICAN OUTLAWS
RAID SAN SEBASTIAN
(By Associated Press.)

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Aug. g.
A band of Mexican outlaws raided the
village of San Sebastian today and kill
ed the president of the San Sebastian
Law and Order League and his young
son. Troops have been dispatched to
the scene of the disorder from Harlem,
and Texas rangers assisted by armed
citizens, are securing the country,
hunting for the outlaws
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
WOMEN SEEKING WORK
IN AUsTRO-H HUNGARY

VIENNA, August 6.-From the latest
reports fthe Austrian trade-unions
it appears that the European war.
while decreasing the number of men
unemployed has greatly increased the
number of women seeking work. In
nomal times the number of unemployed
males has been from two to four per
cent higher than the out-of-work
females. Figures now show from
nine to twelve per cent more women
out of work than men.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
JUNGLE SAM AND s. AMERICA
To JOIN HANDS IN EFFORT To
SETTLEALL MEX|C DIFFERENCES
(By Associated press.l

WASHINGTON, D C., Aug. 6.-The
conference between Secretary of State
Lansing and diplomatic representatives
Of six South and Central American ma
tions regarding the restoration Of
peace in Mexico, continues this after
noon.
No announcement regarding action
taken by the conference had been
made at 2:20 o'clock this afternoon,
and it was said series of conferences
are to be held before definite plans
are decided upon and made public.
The proceedings Of the conference,
including today's session have been
of an informal character only, and
without official sanction of the ma
tions represents. The diplomats at
tending consider their deliberations of
confidential nature, however, and no
hint is given the public concerning
policies tacitly decided upon
1t is believed one of the first re-
suits of the conference will be the is
suance of final appeal to the various
factions to get together in an effort
to compose their differences. This
note according to reliable information,
will be aimed at the Carranza element,
which has positively declined to enter
into peace conference with the other
factions. and will be dispatched within
a fortnight. The communication, un-
aSaoubtedly will set time limit, within
which Carranza will be required to
reply, the intimation being conveyed
therein that failure to comply with the
suggestion of a peace conference will
result in the total elimination of Car
rama as factor in the final settle
ment that will be forced, if necessary
by the United States and co-operatine
American powers.
Final action to be taken by the ma
tions represented at the conference
and under direction of the United
States, will depend largely upon the
character of Carranzas reply, Villa
and the other factional leaders having
previously expressed Willingness to
participate in such conference. Other
matters to be decided by the Washing
ton conference are expected to re-
quire several days.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
(By Associatel. Press.)

LONDON, Aug. 6.AThe Austro-Ger-
man onslaught in the east is at high
tide today, authentic reports indica+-
ing the Teutons having captured not
only Warsaw, but Ivangorod, the great
Russian fortress to the south of the
Polish capital, with the fall of Riga,
capital of the Baltic PROVINCES, de-
scribed in Petrograd dispatches as
imminent" The next step of the vie
torious Teutons is expected to be the
formal triumphant entry of Emperor
Wilhelm, accompanied by his consort
and personages of high estate into
Warsaw. This step, it is believed, will
be simultaneous with the pronounce
ment of a semi-autonomous govern
ment for Poland under German suz-
erignty. The new government, it IS
expected, will embrace not only all
of Russian Poland, but will include
the Austrian Crownland Galicia. as
well as other territory lying west Of
the Polish border
S0licitude for Grand's Dukes Army
The position of Grand Duke Nicholas
army is a matter of intense solicitude
among British military critics today.
as it is generally believed the Teuton
occupation of Warsaw is merely a pre-
lude to the complete development of
the retreating Russian forces. Petro-
grad reports seem optimistic concern
ing the Russian position, however, and
indicate the Slav commander has look
ed well after avenues of escape before
permitting the German and Austrian
wings to proceed too far in the encir-
cling movement,
An official statement issued at the
Russian capital shows Grand Duke
Nicholas continues to contest the Ger
man advanc while slowly retreating,
the Slavs having utterly devastatel
the whole country on the left bank Of
the Vistula before crossing that
stream. Bridges spanning the river
were all put to the torch and dyna-
mited with the passing over of the
Russian rear-guard and the country
to the westward is described in Petro-
grad dispatches as a mass of smould-
ering ruins ard flaming torches, alb
solutely no shelter being left for the
advancing Germans, and every particle
Of forage or sustenanee either for men
or horses being destroyed.
Marsh Country Faces Russians
One element that adds greatly to the
precarious position occupied by the
Russian army is found in the vast
Polish marsh country which lies be-
tween their present position and the
encircling wings Of the German in
vaders, who have managed to retain
positions on high ground while ad-
vancing in the rear of the Grand Duke
Nicholas army. This presents an al
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
Uncle Sam Has Press AGENT
, To Superintend Recruiting

ATT ANITA, Ga, Aug. 6.-Uncle Sam 6
post. Irtists are up to date in this
section in their billboard requests for
volun( IS. A couple of years ago
when the world was at peace these
posters depicted husky and handsome
voung men in khaki of the Gibson-Har-
rison- Fisher Chambers type, seated
quietly on a grassy slope, looking
through a spy glass, or seated beneath
an awning, slipping tea. But those
mollycoddle posters have disappeared
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
n 4 = 4 = + 4 = 4 4 4 \ y + \
\ PEOPLE FLEEING FROM RIGA :
\ AS GERMAN ARMY ADVANCES \
(By Associated Press.)

= (By Associated Press.) \
4 PETROGRAD. Aug. Civil :
= ians have been fleeing from Riga 4
= into the interior at the rate of ten =
= thousand daily, according to an \
= nouncement by the Russian min \
= istry of war late today. The Ger \
= mans. it is stated, will find the y
= city deserted, should they sue =
= ceed in reaching that point, and y
4 before retiring the military au- =
= thorities may put the city to the =
\ torch to prevent the invaders =
= finding shelter against the early \
= winter which sets in during Sep 4
\ tember in the Baltic provinces of \
\ Russia. y
\ \ \ 4 \ \ \ 4 \ \ 4 \ \ r 4
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06

to give place to pictures now set IN
superhandsome young Americans.
their faces now set in grim lines.
dashing through the grass and firing
at the enemy.
Anybody who knows anything about
the psychology of the average young
man will know that these latter post
ers are more likely to get the results
than the other ones. Maybe Uncle Sam
has got himself an advertising mana
ger.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
CONDITION Of Mr.. SAUNDERS
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE
MAY BE ABLE TO LEAVE H0SPIT.
ALIN FORTNIGHT.

W. T. Sanders and B. T. Hodges, Of
REYNOLDS, relatives of Eugene Sanu-
ders, who is in Americus hospital as
the result of serious injuries received
in an automobile wreck here Tues
day night, came to Americus today to
attend his bedside. The condition Of
the injured man evidences marked
Improvement today, and he may be
able to return in two weeks to his
home in Reynolds.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
FIRE IN POCKET
CALLS OUT ENGINES
Especial to Times Recorder.)

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. 6-Five fire
engines rushed through the center Of
Atlanta yesterday to put out fire in
the coat pocket of George Barnes. They
got there too late and the coat was a
total loss. otherwise, there was no
damage.
Barnes was in a hotel room when a
match in his pocket accidentally ig.
nited and the garment caught fire. He
threw the blazing garment out the
window and those below enormously
supposed that because one flaming
garment came out of the room the
whole interior of the hotel must be in
a blaze.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
VICTIM OF AUTO WRECK
BURIED At REYNOLDS
MISS EVA MDANIEL is LAID TO
REST THERE
Especial to Times-Recorder.) }

REYNOLDS, Ca, Aug. 6.-The fun
eral of Miss Eva Mcdaniel, victim OF
the automobile accident near Americus
Tuesday evening when a heavy ca
driven by Eugene Saunders overturned
as it descended hill at high speed,
was held yesterday afternoon. Miss
Imogene Anthony another of the party
in the wrecked car, is suffering from
internal injuries, and her condition
while not critical, is considered se-
rious.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-08-06
= WEATHER FORECAST FOR =
= AMERICUS AND VICINITY =

: Probably Rain.
~ 4 \ 4 4 \ 4 \ = 4 4 = \ =
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-11-06
AMERICAN SHOT BY
VILLAS SOLDIERS
FUsILLADE OF BULLETS sPATTER
AMONG CROWD GATHERED
ALONG THE BORDER.
Long Expected Attack Upon the Car
rama Garrison at Aqua Prieta is
Launched and American Terri
tory Showered with BulIes.

Douglas, .Ariz General Francisco
Villas attack on Aqua Prie-a began
shortly after neon Monday. The lull
in the afternoon fighting ended at
O'clock, and with carefully placed
shots from field pieces, rapid frers
and rifles villa kept the Carranza
forces in the Mexican town defended
by General p. Elias Gales ihcessant-
ly in action.
The losses on both SIDES were very
slight.
On the American sis LOUIS R. Ia
lor, restaurant emplCye, who was
among a throng of spectators and
Mexican women and children refugees
at the United States customs houss
was wounded A fusillade Of bullets
from a machine gun on the Villa
lines sDattered among the crowd, one
Hitting Taylor in the back as he turned
o flee and paralyzing him, amid the
screaming, hysterical mob of refu,
gees.
villa ceased general firing at Gas
O'Clock, the CarranZa garrison keeping
up a hot fire from all guns for al
hour afterward.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-11-06
BALLOT IS DENIED
WOMEN OF EAST
SUFFRAGE PROPOSAL DEFEATED
IN MASSACHUSETTS, NEW
YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA.
Ohio Refuses to Close Up SaIoons.
While Virginia Elects State Lea.
islature Pledged to Enact Pro-
hibition Measure.

New York-The voters Of the En-.
pire state gave suffrage emphatic de-
NAL in the voting on Tuesday A ma
jority of well over 100000 New
Workers voted against the proposed
amendment to the state constitution to
this end. At the same time they de-
feated even more unequivocally the
proposal to adopt new state consti
tuition. Republicans retained their
majority in the assembly, naming SO
Of the $50 members. They also won
all of the congressional elections,
made necessary by deaths in three
districts, the Twenty sixth, Thirty-first
and Thirtysixth.
The voters of Massachusetts denied
women the right to vote by a major.
ity of over 100000. Samuel w. Nc
Call (Republican) defeated Governor
David l. Walsh DemocraD in the race
for the goyernorship. Republicans
also elected the whole of the state
ticket below governor The Republi-
cans, furthermore, gained twelve seats
in the legislature. The Progressive
vote in the state was almost neg
ligible.
Pennsylvania administered another
severe defeat in the aspirations Of
women to exercise the suffrage The
majority against this measure was es-
timated at 100000. The Republicans
elected mayor of Philadelphia,
Thomas B. Smith.
Republicans made gains in four
states. They added governor in
Massachusetts, made general gains in
New Jersey and Kentucky and won
an additional congressman in New
York.
Maryland returns indicated that the
Democrats had gained a governor.
Prohibition measures were voted
upon in Ohio and Virginia. The re-
turns from the first state showed the
defeat of the measure by majority of
about 10000, while Virginia elected a
state legislature pledged to enact
measures in 1916 prohibiting the sale
of intoxicants
In New Jersey the next house Of
the assembly will have 81 Republican
and % Democratic members. The Re
publicans gained two state senators in
| Tuesdays contest and the next senate
will be Republicans, 10; Democrats, g.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-11-06
HERMAN RIDER CALLED.
Rose From Poverty 10 Prominence in
Business and Politics.

New York.--Horman Ridder, treas
urer of the Democratic national com
mittee and publisher of the New York
CT Stats Zeitung, died suddenly Mon
day at his home in this city.
Among German-American citizens of
tie United States, Herman Ridder was
one Of the most conspicuous figures in
The newspaper publishing business and
in politics. His associates in the pub
fishing business had honored him a.
one time with the presidency of the
American Newspaper Publishers as
sociation, and for many years he held
high Offices in the Associated Press as
treasurer and a director In politics
he wSs such a factor that he was
talk Il of at the national Democratic
convention in Denver in 1908 as a pos
si5le nominee for vice president on the
ticket with Bryan, whom, however
Mr.. Ridder opposed at that time. HI
also was discussed later as a likely
selection for ambassador to Germany
Mr. Ridder was torn March 5, 1851
His parents were so poor that young
lddder began earning his own living
when II years old as an errand boy
in hat store. -t
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-11-06
JEWS IN RUSSIA
ARE IN DIRE NEED
MILLION AND A HALF SAID TO BE
~ a STAYING CONDITION
AND ARE ASKING HELP.
E1hbi Declares That Jews Are Face
TO Face With Tragedy Unparal-
lsIed in the History of
Jewish Agony.

Londcn.-At q meeting here on Sun
day in behalf Of the fund for the relief
# Jewish victims of the war in Rus
ia, it was announced that there were
500, 900 Jews starving in Russia.
Leopold De Rothschild presided and
Lcrd SwayIholing, Chief Rabbi Her..
israel Zangwill and other prominent
Jews were present.
Rabbi Hertz described the task be
ore those raising the fund as vast and
urgent The response to the appea.
ior funds frcm the British Jews, he
aid, was not nearly adequate, mainly
owing to their ignorance OF the rea
3tate of affairs. For nearly year
there has been a sinister silence in
he general press. broken only occa-
5ionally by a sheer at the Jews on the
part of preachers of race hatred and
EpologistS for reaction. The Jews, he
added, were face to face with a
tragedy unparalleled in the history Of
Jewish agony.
The PeTograd authorities, Rabbi
Hertz concluded, expected a million
pounds ($l000000) from the B itish
Jews and only 100000 had been
aised, He said the present cal was
Tor sacrifices and self taxation.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-11-06
|DAHOAN KILLS WIFE
AND FOUR OTHERS
MAIL CARRIER KILLS FIVE PER.
SONS AND THEN TURNS RE
vOLVER UPON HIMSELF.
srooding over Domestic Troubles Be.
ieved to Have Led to Tragedy,
the Murderer Having Recently
Attacked His Wife.

Boise. Idaho.-William Cameron,
mail carrier between Picabo and
Carey, Idaho, shot and killed his
wife's parents, Mr.. and Mrs John Ad,
amson; his brotherin-law, James Ad-
amson; his little daughter, aged Is
months, and his wife, and finished his
work. by shooting himself in the head
at Carey Friday night. Cameron died
eight hours later.
Cameron, whose wife was suing him
for divorce, went to the John Adam
son home in search of her He enter
ed the kitchen door With a revolver in
his hand John Adamson, who had
Cameron's baby girl in his arms,
started TO dsarm Cameron, and was
shot in the head and instantly killed
Cameron then pursued the others and
shot them all down, with the eXcep
tion of Adamson's unmarried daugh-
ter, Edith and Cameron's three other
children, who escaped.
The body OF Mrs. Cameron was
found shortly before midnight in an
clubhouse She, like Camercn's other
victims, had been shot through the
head and instantly killed. Beside her
lay Cameron himself with bullet
wound in his head, fatally wounded.
The three elder children of the Cam
erons and Edith Adamson, all of
whom fled with Mrs. Cameron when
the shooting began, were found unin.
iured
Cameron was recently arrested for
an attack on his Wife and given jail
sentence. Through the influence OF
friends he was released in a short
time, and had been hrooding over his
domestic troubles since.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-11-06
SIXTEEN DIEM WRECK.
Steamer Strikes Shoal and is Pounded
to Pieces.

Marshffeld, Ore.-The passenger
steamer Santa Clara, bound from Port
and to San Francisco, was wrecked
late Tuesday on the south spit at the
entrance of Coos bay, 10 miles south
of Astoria, Ore, and sixteen persons
are known to be dead. Several are
missing and it is believed the loss will
total twenty-five.
The Santa Clara is believed to have
struck shoal entering Coos bay She
carried forty-eight passengers and a
crew of twenty-four when she left
Portland Monday morning
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-11-06
SHOOTS MAN FOR INSULTS.
Nan for Whom Utah Town Was
Named Kills Ex-Convict.

Sat Lake Ctty.-Resenting attacks
law and order and insults heaped
il Gerut sher.fs and policemen, NJ
CT Ii. 2, Myton, after whom the town
II Mytoa, Utah, was named, and for
ner United States army officer, dep
uty sheriff and deputy United States
shot to death Roy J. Horton,
}ged q years, an eX-convict, on the
3treet in Salt Lake City at II o'clock
saturday night. Horton Major Myton
says, struck him before he opened fire.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-11-06
To Prevent Hail.

France is now testing new type
of hail destroyer. The device is es-
sentially very large lightning rod OF
pure copper, grounded by means OF
copper conductor Accordingly to the
theory of the inventors, these instru
ments, by their effect upon currents
of atmospheric electricity. are capa.
BILE of preventing the formation and
the fall of hailstones.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-11-06
ARIZONA ALIEN LAW INVALID.
Restrictions Upon Employment Of
Foreigners Declared Unconstitutional

Washing the complaint o.
-'e supreme court on Monday an
uued as unconstitutional the Arizon
anti.alien labor law, enacted into Law
about year ago by the vote of the
people under the initiative process OF
legislation.
The statute required employers Of
more than FIVE persons to employ not
less than so per cent qualified cleo
tors or citizens.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-11-06
TWELVE PERISH IN FLAMES.
Fatal Fire in Brooklyn Tenement
House Started by Explosion.

New York-Twelve persons were
burned to death in fire which de
troyed a three-story tenement house
n Brooklyn. Monday night.
The fire started from a gas eXplc-
sion in one of the rooms When the
iremen arrived. flames were coming
rom the doors and windows and the
men were unable to enter.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-11-06
Growth Of Euralxntus.

In period of ten years the Euca-
lyptus tree will srow II inches in
diameter and 80 feet in height, while
it will take white oak and hickory 90
to 100 years TO attain the same
growth, and other hardwoods, such as
walnut, will take 50 to so years to at
tain the same size; this in itself is
with the fact that it reproduces itself
from the same stump, makes it Of spe-
cial commercial value.