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Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-12
WEEK END FINDS
ALLIES HOLDING
IMPORTANT POST
NEWS FROM PETR0GRAD IS TO Eff
Feet THAT RUSSIANS ARE
MAKING GREAT HEADWAY
Quiet in France But Italians Are
Winning Steadily in the South
Again.
(By Associated Press.p

LONDON. June 12.-oficial an
nouncement is made at Petrograd this
morning that the Russian armies op-
Grating along the Dubysa river, in Ga
licia and in the Baltic provinces, fur
ther to the north, have resumed the
offensive, after checking the Austro-
German rush from Cracow, and driV~
ing back the Teuton horde invading
Russian territory from the Baltic
Sea- The announcement is the most
optimistic issued by the Russian war
ministry since the recent struggle for
mastery in the Carpathians and asserts
the forces of the czar have lost
ground nowhere during the past 2i
hours, except in Bukowina, where, it
is admitted small force resisting the
Teutons along the river Pruth, has
been forced to retire further eastward.
British Press Not Optimistic.
The British press this afternoon fails
to reflect the same optimistic spirit
pervading the Petrograd statement,
and warns the English people that it is
too early yet to assert positively that
the Austro-German advance has been
definitely checked by the Russians in
Galicia.
Many military commentators, how
ever, hold the belief that there has
been a sharp turn in the situation in
the southeastern area of hostilities
that will prevent Germany ano Aus
tria transferring any considerable
number of troops either to the wset-
ern front or to the Italian frontier,
where it is known the army of Austria
is hard pressed by advancing hosts
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-12
WAS SOCIAL LEVELER
IN ENGLISH CAPITAL
(By Associated Press.)

LONDON, June 12.-The war is eX-
ercising a decidedly democrat influ.
ence on the manners, customs, and
habit of English folk who are COM
monty regarded as belonging to the
big IS" section of society. Before the
war it was considered most undignifi-
ed for anybody with any pretentions
to gentility to be seen carrying par
Gel in public. But now even dukes
and duchesses, to say nothing of hon
orables" and untitled responsibilities,
may be seen openly and unashamedly
carrying parcels in Picadilly or Re-
gent street with an air which implies
the proud consciousness that they are
setting a good example.
They are, in fact, responding to an
appeal to shoppers which has been
issued by the Home Office through its
Distributing Trade Committee The
shoppers were requested:
"To shop early;
Not to expect immediate service;
ITO carry home parcels;
ITO give more time for the execu-
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-12
Prominent Cotton Man
Despondent Over Health
Kills Self With Revolver
= = + + = = = = =
\ DERNBURG LEAVES U. S.;
= GOES TO SWEDISH PORT
(By Associated Press.)

I NEW YORK, June 12-Dr. =
! Bernard Dernburg, former Ger =
! man colonial secretary who has =
\ been in the United States during =
\ several months past, boarded =
\ steamship bound for Bergen, y
\ Norway. He will cross the ocean ,
4 under assurances of safe conduct =
= given by the Entente Allies to the .
= United States state department. y
y After Count Bernstorff, the 4
4 German ambassador at Washing \
= ton, announced he would grant =
= no more interviews, DR.. Dernburg y
= was looked upon as the leading \
= exponent of German views in the =
= United States. His speeches, in =
4 turn, finally led to intimations =
\ that he might be asked to leave \
= the United States. The German =
= embassy recently announced he :
\ had decided to leave the United =
\ States on his own initiative =
\ = \ \ \ y \ y \ \ \ \ \ \ \
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-12
+ = = = = =
MEXIC FACTIONS TRYING \
TO SETTLE DIFFERENCES \
(By Associated Press }

y WASHINGTON, D. c., jane 12 =
= Authentic information reached \
= the state department today to the =
= effect that both Gen. Venustiano +
= Carranza and Gen. Francisco =
= Villa, rival factional leaders in y
= Mexico, have addressed state y
= ments to their followers urging y
= the Mexican people to get to- =
= gether and compose their differ =
+ ences. 4
4 This action is expected to ia =
y cilitate greatly the effort now =
= being made to settle the internal =
\ dissensions now going on in that y
= country. =
4 4 \ 4 \ = \ \ \ \ 4 \ \ 4 \
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-12
Continued on Page 81

lenge to the American nation to inter-
fere if it dares with either the charac
ter of warfare waged or the methods
used in dealing with neutral COM
merce within the socalled submarine
war zone about the British Isles One
prominent joursal asserts the deliv
cry of the German reply to the Wash
ington government is to be the signal
for further attacks on American ships
but this view is not generally shared
by the British press.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-12
\ 4 4 y 4 4 \ \ \ \ \ 4 \ 4 :
= WEATHER FORECAST FOR
y AMERICUS AND VICINITY :

Local Showers Saturday; Sun =
day probably fair. =
I 4 4 4 4 4 I I 4 4 Z 4 4 Z
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-12
PROBABLY NO MORE POPULAR
MAN IN CITY. WAS STRAIGHT
FORWARD BUSINESS MAN TO
SMALLEST DETAIL.
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS IN
EXCELLENT CONDITION
Leaves Large Estate Worth Probably
$15O,OOO. Friends Shocked Bq News
of Tragedy.

Despondent over ill-health, Mr.,
Geo. Oliver, aged 81, prominent cotton
man, killed himself last night in his
private Office at the oliver warehouse.
He had been under treatment for sew
eral weeks for pellagra and the fact
that he failed to improve physically
probably led him to end his life.
News of his untimely death was re-
ceived this morning by his large cir
Gle OF friends as a shock. The news
came in the nature of a surprise and
was the cause of grief to hundreds of
people who know him.
AS was his custom. Mr.. oliver went
to his Office Friday night after supper
to look over the books for the day.
At supper he stated that he did
not feel very we'll. When he failed
to return home by ten o'clock, Mrs.
Oliver 'pLoned Mr.. w. M. Humber, a
business associate, and told him she
feared Mr.. Oliver might be sick at the
Office
Mr.. Humber hurried to the office
and found Mr.. Oliver dead in his pr1-
vate office. Investigation led to the
belief that he had been dead several
hours when the body was discovered.
A pistol was found near the body, ana
ID large hole in his skull where tnt
death-dealing bullet entered.
Mr.. Oliver was a prosperous busI-
ness man and leaves a large estate ~
his widow and young children. He was
head of the oliver Warehouse and
prominently connected with the En-
pire Guano Company. His estate wiz
be worth fully $15O,OOO At the time
of the tragedy his affairs financially
were in excellent condition.
Mr.. oliver was a popular business
man and had large circle of friends
In Sumter and adjoining counties. He
had a well-earned reputation as re-
table business man and his loss to
the city and county can hardly be
calculated. He was at one time d
police commissioner. He was con
sistent member of First Methodist
church and always evinced keen in
terest in religious affairs.
He is survived by his widow and
four small children, a girl and three
boys. Several brothers and sisters
also survive hi.l.
The funeral services will be con-
Quoted this afternoon from the resi-
dence of the family at 4:30 O'Clock
Rev. ]. A. Thomas, pastor of the First
Methodist church, will officiate. In
terment will be in Oak Grove GENE.
terry
The following friends of the de.
ceased will act as pallbearers: Johr
Sheffield, R. E. McNulty, c. H. Burke
] w. Hightower, Lee Allen, w. NJ
Humber, G. A. Mcneil, R. E. Allison.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-12
MUST DECIDE
FRANK s FATE
FATE OF LEO FRANK MUST BE DE-
CIDED BY GOVERNOR BEFORE
TWENTY-SECOND.
(By Associated Press.)

ATLANTA, Ca, June 12.-The final
hearing in the Leo M. Frank case
began before Governor John NJ. Slaton
at the ctapitol promptly at nine
o'clock this morning, with every indi-
cation that it would be brief
W. W. Howard appeared in behalf
of Frank, making an eloquent plea
for his client. He told the governor
the nature of the evidence submitted
at the trial of the case made Franks
guilt doubtful, and concluded present
alton of his case with the statement
that Conley, the negro witness against
Frank, not only robbed the young vic
tim of the tragedy, but afterwards
murdered the girl. His argument con-
sumed majority of the morning ses,
sion.
At the close of Mr.. Howard's plea
for Frank several speakers from a
delegation of Marietta citizens, in
Guiding former Governor Joseph M.
Brown argued against clemency, and
asked Governor Slaton to permit the
execution of the laws mandate. At
the conclusion of these statements an
adjournment was taken on request Of
Solicitor Dorsey until Monday morn
ing, when the solicitor general will
submit written brief and make ora,
argument against the petition for
clemency.
The argument advanced by former
Governor Brown was one of the
strongest and most lmpassloned sub
mitted throughout the hearing. He
asked Governor Slaton to enforce the
laws of the state regardless of race
orr class or position in life, and in
concluding his remarks said: "Geor-
gia has one law for all men-Christian
and Hebrew alike. Your excellencx
if you wish invoke lynch law, to weak
en-, if not destroy, trial by jury in
this state you can do it by reversing
all the courts decisions in this case"
With the date for the hanging, June
%, still ten days off, there is strong
probability that Governor Slaton may
come to a conclusion before that date,
and that within the next ten days Leo
Frank will either expiate on the gall
lows the crime of which he stands
convicted, or be sent for life to the
penitentiary.
Gathered at the capitol attending
the hearing were prominent citizens
and delegations from every part of the
state, including city and county Off
cials, merchants, bankers and pro-
fesisonal men, either assisting in the
plea for Communication or urging the
governor to uphold the right of trial
by jury. Never before in the history
of Georgia's criminal law has there
been so much interest in an appeal for
commutation.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-12
SUBMARINES STILL ACTIVE
DESPITE u. S. WARMING
German Reply Will Not Be Forw-
arded For Two Weeks.
(By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, D. c., June H.
Official Washington, m common with
the rest of the nation, looked today to
Ambassador Gerard, at Berlin, for
some indication as to how the German
government views the latest American
note concerning German methods of
submarine warfare. Up to noon, how
ever, Ambassador Gerard had failed
to communicate with the state de,
partment concerning the subject, and
at that hour it was generally conceded
it might be morning before the Ameri-
can diplomat will cable his views re-
garding the attitude of the German
government, based on the position as
sumed by President Wilson.
Information reaching here through
unofficial sources from Berlin up to
2 o'clock was to the effect that officials
of the German foreign office were busy
familiarizing themselves with the text
of the communication. AS soon as
these officials complete their present
task, it is anticipated some intimation
concerning the probable attitude to
be assumed by the German govern
ment will be given Ambassador Gerard |
who will convey it Immediately to the
state department here. Until this is
accomplished, it is considered hardly |
probable Ambassador Gerard will
communicate upon the subject with
officials here. The German answer TO
the American note is not expected TO
reach Washington for a fortnight yet !
Newspaper dispatches from Berlin
today are conflicting regarding the
impression created by the note at the
German capital, where it is the princi-
pal topic Of discussion in cafes and on
street corners, as well as in official
circles. Direct dispatches from Berlin
say the note is considered in some
quarters as more conciliatory in tone
than was expected by the German ma
tion in view of Secretary Bryan's res
ignation rather than attach his sigma
ture thereto and these advices assert
the way IS now open for friendly and
mutually satisfactory settlement of ex-
isting differences between the United
States and the kaiser's government.
On the other hand dispatches coming
via London say the situation at Berlin
continues critical and distinctly pes
simistic tone pervades these communi-
cations. Pro-British correspondent
pIOlcSS W b6t III L i CSIuCuJ NlloOu |
note the most direct challenge ten
dered the German nation since his ulti-
matum to Russia unleashed the war
dogs of Europe, thereby setting the
whole world aflame and are unanim-
Gus in expressing the opinion tnar
Kaiser Wilhelm has no intention of
desisting in his attacks upon the ships
of neutral nations, including those of
the United States. They point to Fri
days record, when a dozen or more
neutral ships were sent to the bottom
by German submarines and maintai1
such action constitutes a direct chal
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-12
tion of orders.

tion of orders"
The reason for this appeal is that
so many shop assistants have aban-
doned service behind the counter to
serve their country in the field, that
all the big shops are short-handed and
have had to take a lot of unframed
help.
Americus times-recorder., 1915-06-12
MORE VICTIMS FOUND
BY DEADLY SUBMARINES
(Bv Associated Press.l

y LIVERPOOL, June i2.-The
= British steamship Leuctra was
= torpedoed by a German subma-
\ rine off Yarmouth today, all the
4 crew being rescued.
4 Three trawlers were also sunk :
\ during the day by the underesa :
= wasps of the Germans. So far :
= as reported here no lives were :
\ sacrificed.
= 4 y 4 \ \ = \ 4 \ \ \ 4 \ :
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-23
DOUBLY PROVEN
Lakeland Readers Can No Longer
Doubt the Evidence

This Lakeland citizen testified
long ago.
Told of quick relief-of undoubt-
ed benefit.
The facts are now confirmed.
Such testimony is complete-tbe
evidence conclusive.
1t forms convincing proof of merit.
Mrs. W.. f. Browning, 211 South
Tennessee avenue, Lakeland, says:
81 think that the uric acid in my
system caused my poor health.
About year ago one of my fingers
began to swell up and became very
stiff. I went to a doctor but he was
unable to help me. got box of
Doan's Kidney Pills at the Lake
Pharmacy and soon after using them
the swelling and stiffness went out
of my finger and my health I'M
proved" Statement given May IA
19O8).
OVER SIX YEARS LATER Mrs
Browning added: Anything
might add to the statement l have
already given praising Doan's Kid
ney Pills, could not be too strong.
Price soc, at all dealers. DOM
simply ask for a kidney remedy
i get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Browning has twice pub
licly recommended. Foster-Milburr
Co., Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-23
THE THORNWELL ORPHANAGE.

In view of the approaching Or
phan-Work Day, (Sept. 25th) on
which day everybody in the State
will be busy for his or her own or
phanage, 4 think it may be we'll, for
the information of all concerned, to
mention few facts. about this Pres
byterian Home for Orphans; for the
Thornwell Orphanage is owned ard
controlled by the three Synods of
South Carolina. Georgia and Florida.
The institution is not an asylum,
nor a reformatory, but it is home
and school for orphans. only. 1t is
now full to OVERLOOKING, with some
two hundred applicants waiting for
admission. Three hundred children
are now in the cottages and schools
of the home. Children with living
fathers. even though deserted, can
not be received. The children need
and deserve help, but the STATE
should see that fathers do their
duty by their children.
Our boys and girls are not only
given a good literary education, bu1
are taught some trade and are en-.
/, abled to take care of themselve:
when they leave us.
The support of all these fatherles:
and motherless children depend
upon the Christian public. OF course
the appeal for them Is made princi
pally to Presbyterians, but as chill
dren are received from all denomi
nations or without respect to tn
parents, aid from any and every
body il appreciated.
The plan of Orphan Work Day i
to interest Young and old to hel
US by their labors. Contribution
are made by these on the Sunda
following (Sept. 26) and the gift
promptly forwarded. The addres
of the Thornwell orphanage
Clinton. S. G. Individual gifts are a
waps acceptable.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-23
q fountain and lily pond, while tns
whole scheme will be terraceu.
-Iiami Metropolis.
NOTED CHECK ARTIST CON-
-" VICT MAKES HIS ESCAPE

Doctor" Cooper is gone again.
This will-o'-the-wisp prisoner
seems able to vanish in thin air al
any moment and this is his second
escape from the clutches of the la"
in the past six months. doctor
Cooper it will be remembered was
caught by Sheriff Hand after pass
ing worthless checks in a NUMBER
of places and getting by with 1t ana
after passing one here on DR.. Neal
he was caught in the tolls anu
sentenced to eighteen months in the
county gang by Judge Perkins.
The sentence was light one De-
cause the prisoner was a dope hend
and his cravingg for the drug was
the cause of his downfall. He comes
from a good family in Georgia and
it was thought a period on the roads
would cure him of the habit OF not
only using dope but forging other
peoples names to obtain money for
the same. While waiting trial he
burrowed his way to freedom in
the county Jail by digging out the
bricks in the outside wall while he
had the freedom of the corridors,
After the sentence he made his
boasts that he did not intend to
stay on the job and Supervisor Bell
had his shackled which called forth
an impassioned appeal from Cooper
to Governor Trammell against this
treatment but the petition was
turned down as Cooper was treated
as well as any prisoner could be
treated, but Mr.. Bell was determined
not only to keep Cooper on the gars
but that he should also work his
time along with the other prison
ers. On Saturday morning while
Cooper was workinfg on Celery ave-
nue., some distance from the rest
of the convicts he took brick or
some other instrument and loOsened
one of his shackles and grabbing the
| end of the chain made break foc
! liberty. He lodged along the bitches
and reached the swamp in the rear
of the Pace place. Sheriff Hand i'm
| mediately placed his hounds on the
trail and they tracked Cooper to the
water where it was difficvult to pick
up the trail He remained in the
swamp all day and Saturday evening
lodged out to a house in which a
negro family on the Pace place re-
sided and stole a shirt and pair Of
pants which will conceal his identity
of he succeeds in swimming the river
and getting into Volusia county.
At is not thought that he will get
away and If he follows his past per-
Torrance and makes his way to
Georgia he will again be caught and
sent back to do his time, although
in his present condition he is not
an asset to the county as he is un-
able to do much hard labor.-San-
ford Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-23
SPRAY FOR FALL BROOD
OF WHITEFLY

Soraving for whitehy is effec-
tive only against the larvae:
SPRAYS do not kill the eggs, and
because the adults can get out OF
the way sprays are not effective
AGAINST them. The best results
can be obtained when the larvae
are young. The sooner the
snrayine is done after they hatch
the better the results. The fall
brood of the adults reaches its
greatest numbers during late
August or early September &C
cording to the latitude and the
, season.
The time to spray to kill the
larvae, according to J. X. wat
son, entomologist to the Oniver-
sity of Florida Experiment Sta
ton. varies, but the grower can
notice when the adults stop fly
ing. Since it takes about two
weeks for the eggs to hatch, the
spraying should be done about
that long after the flies disappear.
The best method is to examine
with hand lens the leaves OF the
citrus trees. especially the new
growth. at frequent intervals.
When nearly all of the eggs have
Matched, spray.
Il the grower has not the
spraying materials on hand he
should procure them so that he
will be ready at the right time.
Since the price OF whaleoil soap
has increased, w. w, Iothers
of the United States Department
of Agriculture Bureau of Ento-
mologv has offered the following
formula for a contact insecticide:
2 gallons parafne oil; gallon
water; pounds whale-oil soap
or two bars of Octagon soap.
Heat the mixture to boiling, and
emulsifv with a hand pump by
pumping the material while still
hot from the kettle to a barrel
and from the first barrel to an
other. Mr.. Yothers' formula No.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-23
THE WONDERFUL GROWTH
OF FARMING LITERATURE

In these days the farmer who
reads has an immense advantage
over the farmer who does not read.
And by this we have reference not
merely to the news of the day and
the miscellaneous matter printed in
the papers, but to that splendid
growing literature of agriculture
which has now become so important
a feature of almost every paper in
the country.
And heaven help the farmer who
is SO deep in thedarkness of the past
that he still carries In stock that
foary old prejudice of a generation
that is dead against what he calls
book farming" and which he sup
noses to be the mere theories of edi-
tors without practical knowledge OF
what they write and who know no
more of farming than the farmers
do of editing. Perhaps at one time
long, long ago there may have been
some small basis in fact for TINS
prejudice. but that is no longer true,
as newspaper men whose business IL
is to collect and print news ana
comment on it, don't preach farming
to the farmers, for that is not their
trade.
But high-class farmers who have
succeeded in that vocation, who
know from their own practical ex-
perience of what they write, arc
wisely and freely using the public
ity of newspaper columns to tell
their brethren what they know of
their own knowledge of this great
science of farming; and the govern
ments, both State and national, have
taken hundreds of these successful
scientific farmers into their employ
in order that they may give the ben
eft of their knowledge to Others
through the press and various Off
cial publications. The newspapers
are glad to publish all this matter
free of charge, and as it touches ev-
cry branch and phase of agriculture
and allied industries with illumin-
ating information coming from ex-
perts who have graduated from the
soil, the farmer who dismisses all
this literature as mere "bookfarm.
ing" is depriving himself Of most
valuable aid in the conduct of his
business.
And it is we'll to note that prac
tically all of the successful farmers
grove owners and stock raisers il
Florida and elsewhere are students
of this literature offered them fol
nothing, and gladly testify to th'
benefit they derive from it. Dom
suspect a piece of advice just because
you find it in print; for it is mucf
more likely to have been we'll con
sidered before it got there than If 1
were a mere casual remark dropped
from a neighbours lips.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-23

The Miami Metropolis gives good
advice when it says that we should
not wait till the holidays to send
the Children's Home Society gifts of
money and other things. Let US
strive to scatter sunshine all through
the year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-23

This is the day set for the Men
denhall case to go to trial on the
actual facts and probably there was
never more intense or widespread in
terest felt in any criminal trial in
South Florida. The facts as known
make the development of defense
for Mendenhall such story as tC
challenge the keenest public curios'
ity and everybody is on edge to know
what that defense will be. 1t Is, IL
advance of the testimony, beyond the
conjecture of the average man.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-23

At Mt. Dora, Mrs. Rev. George
Marsh, as president for Central dis
trict, is busy making the program
for Weirsdale, Nov. SO. 1t is not
every minister's wife who will take
time to make c. e. programs, is It?
GRACE A. TOWNSEND.
Interlachen. Sept. 20, 1915.