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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23
MADY ADvAN TACEs A
PROHIBITION PACT
SHOWS IN CARBON

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 23.-Vodkaless
Russia is unbelievably prosperous, ev-
en- in the midst of war, writes the ed
itor of the Dagens Nyheter after long
trip through the Russian provinces,
but there is still great danger, for
the peasant has as yet found nothing
! to take the place of the saloon as a
center of recreation and amusement.
Stories are told of cases of suicide
owing to the dullness of life now that
the dear little water" has been put
out of reach
I'm the towns there has never been
so much prosperity as at present." re-
marks the editor. "Begars have dis
appeared from the streets and the
masses are better fed and better clad
than ever before.
ut is, however, in the villages that
the blessings of teetotalism are most
apparent The hundreds of millions
formerly spent in the spirit shops now
remain in the pockets of the peasants.
Millions of working days, formerly
wasted in drinking and their after-af-
/ fects, help to line the pockets.
"The net result is that the Russian
villages, so to say, roll in money Meat
formerly eaten once OR twice year. is
becoming part of the daily fare, and
dwellings and farming utensils and
decent clothes are being purchased out
of savings by the agricultural popula-
ton.
1.-THE one danger with the increase
of economic strength is the possibility
of a decrease of moral strength. Vodka
filled a void in the empty and lustre-
less life of the peasant He wonders
now how he shall spend the free time
and his superfuous money.
1.-THE teetotalers are alive to this
danger land already, in certain dis
tricts of Russia, peoples houses are
being provided, equipped with lbraries,
tea, lecture and reading rooms and
cinematographs.
"All this is to the good but a big
| effort is essential in order to raise the
intellectual and moral level Of the ma
ton if Russia's teetotal year is to be
more than little episode in her his
tory"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23

Off into vistas of the Loire. There was
rot sign of discomfort about them, on
the contrary they were picture OF
we'll conditioned set of men, living a
life of ease and even elegance. Their
uniforms were spic and span; they
were well turned out and we'll tailored,
their coats fitting faultlessly and their
trousers tightly over their big legs;
they were we'll shaved, we'll fed, well
conditioned as though they had ercent-
ly stepped out of some military club On
the Wilhelmstrasse.
There were slight air of suspicion
about the Germans as the French ofic-
ers entered with the party. They rails
ed their heads proudly and strutted
away in pairs and groups, until soon
ALL of them were lost in the maze of
shrubbery But while they were in
sight no one of them failed to come to
attention and give deferential military
salute to the French officers escorting
the party The latter, too, were most
careful not to permit the visitors to
intrude upon the privacy of the German
prisoners by asking them personal
questions, taking pictures of them or
treating them as though they were an
exhibit. 1t was this the German offic-
ers seemed to fear, but the scrupulous
care of the French officers overcame
and such fears.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23
No DRINK SHOWS
INCREASE IN WORK

LONDON, Nov. 23.-Oficial police
approval is given to the No-Treating
ordinance in report from the head
quarters of the Metropolitan police on
it's working from October IL (when it
went into effect to November 1. The
police report generally that less drink
is being sold, fewer people visit the
saloons, and those who do stay for a
shorter time than before, and there is
less drunkenness, especially among
tuallg observed, the police say, in all
the 10000 licensed places in the Lon
don area.
The report says, in part:
There is a consensus of opinion
among the superintendent Of all d.
visions that drunkenness generally,
and among women in particular, has
decreased.
"a marked diminution in the num-
Der OF women and children standing
outside publichouses drinking has been
noticed, and in many districts the
practice has ceased altogether.
police have invariably found fewer
people on licensed premises and a
tendency to make shorter stays has
been observed.
Practically no breaches of order
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23
COMMANDER SPANISH WAR
VETERANS PLEDGES HIMSELF
FOR WILSON PREPAREDNESS

ble in finding the men worth while to
enlist for service in the army and the
navy in order to increase it, unless
be tier treatment is accorded to the
men and better opportunities given
them for obtaining promotion and
commissions as officers. Congress will
also have to enact graded retirement
laws for the men in the service that
are fair and reasonable. Laws also
should be enacted by Congress by
which honorably discharged soldiers
and sailors are given preference in
employment in the government service
after their honorable discharge from
the army and navy The American in
dustries and American business men
also should help in tbs regard, by Civ
irg preference for employment to men
who haev served honorablg in the
army and navy. Congress also must
show its appreciation by enacting laws
that will do justice in giving pensions
to the widows and orphans of men
whose lives have been sacrificed in the
service of the government. These
things must be given consideration by
Congress and the administration, 9TH
erwise it will be most difficult to find
acceptable men to bring the army and
navy up to the high standard of
strength and efficiency that all good
American citizens favor"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23

NILES, O., Nov. 23.-In paying trib-
ute to the memory of William McKin-
ley at the laying of the corner tsone of
the Mckinley Birthplace Memorial,
Congressman L. c. Dyer, of st. Louis,
Mo-, commander-in-chief of the United
Spanish War Veterans, told of the I'M
Preparedness of the United States for
the war with Spain, and declared him.
self pledged to the support of the
movement for increasing the army and
navy
He declared that the United States at
the present time was, of all the coun-
tries in the world, virtually the least
able to defend itself and possessions.
Thousands of persons who served in
the Spanish American war lost ,sleir
lives, and many who are living today
are physically disabled by disease con-
tracted in that service, because, he
said, the country was so unprepared
for war that President Mckinley had
to call for volunteers who rushed into
the field without training or prepara-
ton for the hardships that soldier
has to encounter
He also said in part:
THE coming session of Congress
will pass laws to greatly increase the
army and the navy, and to furnish the
needed guns and ammunition for the
army to protect our $1,000 miles of
coast line, but that will not meet the
situation fully. The government will
reed additional men. Our army now is
rot recruited up to the maximum
strength allowed by law, and there is
much dissatisfaction among the men
| This is all caused by the failure OF
Congress and the War and Navy De-
partments to show proper cosideration
for the men who enter the service
The government will have great trou-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23
AUTO TRUCK IS ADDED
To NUMBER IN AMERICOs
ALLISON FURNITURE co. HAS
HANDSOME VAN.

Keeping abreast of the march of
progress in every way, the Allison
Furniture Co. has discarded its quon-
dam delivery wagons of 1900 mule
power and substituted therefor hand
some motor truck Made in Americas
and thing Of beauty withal. The big
truck has speed and carrying capacity
alike, and the Allison Co. is well pleas
ed with the innovation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23
With Pomp And Glory Becoming
Their Homes In Peace I lime Do
German Prisoners Live In France

LIE PUY, Central France, Nov. 23.-
German officers living in historic
chateau on the banks of the romantic
Loire, much as they would live in some
castle on the Rhine, some of them with
their wives and babies. with German
orderlies, German cooks, German me-
nus, German war-maps, German orch
estras, German games, German drills
these were some of the things max
ing it apparent today that France was
living up to the complete letter and
spirit of its international obligation OF
looking after German prisoners OF
war.
The visit to this German officers
camp was made by The Associated
Press through the courtesy of the
ministry of foreign affairs, with two
French army officers assigned from the
Ministry of War to assist in showing
and explaining all the details of the
care given to German officers.
The ancient castle of Roche-Arneaud
is the temporary home of hundred or
more of these. German officers, gather
ed from the battle of Champagne and
from all along the fighting line, and
even from the remote German islands
of the South Pacific which have been
taken by French landing parties. The
castle dominates a sweep of thirty
miles of valleys, hills and low noun
tains, much like the picturesque ranges
of the Blue Ridge.
! Entering the court of the castle was
like passing into some vast German
establishment, with German officers in
smart uniforms standing in knots or
stepping sharply across the court, and
the circle of surrounding windows
crowded with smiling and good-natur-
ed faces of many German officers. AT
tie gate stood a broad-shouldered Sax
on officer with an artists easel and
canvass before him, on which he was
laying on the color of these dominating
tints of the Loire Valley and noun
| teins.
Photographs of all the imprisoned
officers occupied the whole side OF a
wall in the reception-room as one en-
tered the place. Each photograph bore
the name and regiment of the officer
The names were typically German
Major Schneider, Major Won Erdt, Capt.
Refs, Captain Kasl. They were hne
looking, big framed men, each IN null
Uniform, with cap jauntily pusneo
back. And at the foot of the photo
graphs were two which stood out from
among these fighters two faces Oh
young German women, and beside
them two tiny babies-war babies, born
on French soil of German parents.
The full assemblage of German offic-
ers were seen for the first time as the
party entered the gardens OF the old
chateau, for the officers seemed 10
have taste which drew then INTO
these beautiful gardens, finished In
exquisite French taste, with flowers
and foliage at every hand, and looking
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23

For further information apply to H.
P. Everett, Local Agent, Americas.
Ia; c.. w. Small, Div. Pass, Agent,
'avannah, Ga; c. B. Ryan, G. P A..
olfolk. Va.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23

Seaboard BYffe. parior-5leeping Car
IN Trains IL and IA, arriving kmericus
from Savannah 11:25 p. m, and leav-
Ing Americus for Savannah $3.50 a. m
Sleeping car leaving for Savannah at
$3.50 a. o., will be open for passen-
gers at 1l:25 p. -.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23

have occurred, and licensees and their
servants have shown at all times their
willingness to assist the police"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-23
SeabOard Air Line
be Progressive Railway Of the stdip
Trains Arrive.

III rrOyreSSlVe halfway vi Inc S0uip
Leave Americas for Cordele, Ro
chelle, Abbeville, Helena. Lyons, Col
Inns, Savannah, Columbia. Richmond
Portsmouth and points East and South
1881 p IN
2:30 IN
leave Americas for Cordele. Able,
Tile. Helena and intermediate points
5:1S p m
Leave Americas FOR Richland Al
anita, Birmingham, Hurtsboro. Mont
l0mery and points West and North west
S:l0 pm
Leave Americas for Richland, Col
cmbus, Dawson, Albany and interme-
Giate points
10 .J5 m
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-08
ITALY STRENGTH
GAINING DAILY
Nation Believes II viii Get Territorial
Concessions without Fighting For
For Them; Action Explained.

ROME. Aprl X Italys failure to
enter the war up To the present time
Is explained la official circles us due
Ia the fact that the cumtrys states
men do not wish to plunge the nation
into the enormous risks Of war without
first oxhuusting every possible means
Of obtaining what the people desire
wlthuuc recourse to urms II Is point
ed out that I'm the meantime Italy
/, gaining every day In military
strength and Ia economic resources
10y postpouiug her entry into the con
fllct.
official reports received here from
European capitals are said TO agree In
the statement that the supreme clash
between the allies ON the me side aud
the Austro.GGrmau armies on the 9th
rr. which originally seemed certain to
take place IN May, win be postponed
until June or even later The answer
mnde 10 those pro are urging lmmedi.
ate hOstllities is that under the circum
sJuurps there Is mo- reason why Italy
should hasten her action since the
longer she delays, the greater would
be- her chances of success and the
greater the aid she would he able to
give those countries ON whose side she
would align herself
No attempt Is mude to deny that u
war against Austria for which the
people have most felt auimosity, would
hp popular In this connection II is
pointed out that the Italian army has
been mOblllzed without u trotest from
Austria, the country most obviously
threatened This Is taken In some
quarters to Indicate that the leaders
OF the dual monarchy are deslrous Of
ayertlng hostllitles aud yet may con.
sent to make the territorial concessions
Italy desires
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-08
NEW OFFICIALS
GO In TUESDAY
Old Commissioners viii Retire, New
Ones viii 60 In and Chief Of PO-
lice viii BE Appointed.

At meeting Of the city commission.
ers held yesterday I'D Oyerholser
mayor-elect, J G. Street, commission
er of public property-elect. and Mike
Donnelly, commissioner OF accounting
and finance elect met with the out.
going officials uud decided upon Tues
day, April l3 as the day upon which
the reins of the city will change hands
The newly elected officials must first
obtain certificates of election, make
bond and otherwise qualify for their
offices The affairs Of the three de-
pHrtments Of the retiring officials will
be- checked up and put IA order to
turn over by that time
The plan Of change outlined AZ the
conference yesterday was that the new
Officers assume charge and hold their
first meeting directly after the final
meeting Of the old bourd The regular
weekly meeting will be- held next
Tuesday, the resignation of former
chief OF police +. Webb Jones accept
ed and other business will be- transact
ed. Then the present commissioners
will adjourn sine die Following this
adjournment the new commissioner
will meet with Blackwelder and High.
ley. the remaining commissioners "
/ the old board, and the first meeting Of
/ the new commission will be held Ii is
probable that the selection " n sue.
ressur tu chief Jones will be ratified
at this meeting owing to the resig
nation NJ this official his is the first
place to he filled. and an appointment
| Is expected any moment Employees In
the finance department who We're ap
pointed to serve until June win prob
ably be allowed to continue until that
| time, II Is believed
Or Street will name a superiniend
/ cnt Of the water department and Il
library board The other members I'm
/ his department viii continue under
civil service regulations
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-08
THEY SWIM TOSAFETY
President Of Costa Rica and Party
Have Narrow Escape From Drown.
ing When Yacht Is Wrecked.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rlca. April s.
Alfredo Gonzales, president ot Costa
Ricn, had narrow escape from
drowning when the presidential Yacht
was wrecked IN the Caribbean three
day ago. He and the members uf
his party had to swim to shore
through n heavy surf
The president accompanied by the
mcmhcrs Of his cabinet. group OF
government officials aud several con
Cssmen. went ON the government
yacht tu the TalBmaucu region ON the
Atlantic coast On their way back tO
Port limon heavy nurthpr drove
the yacht or the rocks. The passen
gers and crew had 10 take 10 the
water All reached land but found the
point where they made shore To be- lso
lated.
II took the shlpwrecked party two
days, during which time they were
without food or shelter, To walk Ia
IN, nearest point ON the railroad from
which they could get back 10 the cap
iwl They came into San Jose to
dHN.
The recital W the dangers a. which
President Gonzales was subjected made
n deep Impression on his comtrymcu
aud he WAS given y rousing reception
AS h, drove through the streets of the
cit,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-08
LIST ENGLISH LOSSES
Big Casualty Record. Resulting From
Bloody Fighting ut Neu,e Chspelle,
Made Public.

LONDON, April s.-The blg list VI
casualties NJ the rank aud file NJ the
British army issued yesterday of the
recent fighting At Neuye Chapclle wus
increased today by the giving out uf
nnothcr list which contains the names
W Los men ~ these 3lG were Rul
ed aud the remainder wounded.
The casualty list issued In London
Yesterday carried the nnmes " l,S43
nun commissioned Officers and men of
seventy different regiments. or these
$40 were killed, l,lO7 wounded, 81 re
ported missing
Tie list of today shows I02 wound
ed.
The totals for the two days shows
8l5 men killed. l,StD wounded aud s7
missing Altogether the lists show
casualties amounting to 295l Ia killed
wounded and missing.
The lists evidently covering the
losses received IN part NJ the saneun
nry fighting which resulted In the cap.
turc Of Neuvo Chapelc last month.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-08
TENANTS FIGHT
AGAINST PRINCE
Men on Estate Of Parma Knight An
gered by EVictions and COerrlOns
Within a Wall.

PARIS, April \ A situation
amounting virtually to Il state " war
exists on the historic chambers estate
Of Prince Elias Of bourbon, Parma
knight NJ the Golden Fleece. whose sis
ter, Princess Ieia is the wife " Arch
duke Charles Francis. heir apparent
10 the Austrian throne The tenants
" the 1900 acres nre arrayed ON one
side of the conflict, according 10 the
MHtln BlulS correspondent, while the
agent for the princes property, MUntl
DE Reze. is ON the other
Reze is said TO have managed the
property according 10 old feudsI sys.
tenn and his methods have necessitsted
several times the mteryent III prefe,.
turul aud judicial authorities The
police now are Investigating a fire
which broke out simultaneously IN dif.
ferent polntS in the magnificent park
and destroyed SON acres Of timber
The domain uf the prince, situated
In the valley ~ the loirse wns laid
out by Francis rln 1919. and Il shut
OF from the outside world 10y twenty
miles NJ high walls Notwithstanding
this fact however the precautions On.
ken boy ReZe, the Matm suy- reports
NJ his evirtluns aud coercion, have be-
come widely circulated in that regiou
and feeling is bitter The situation *
aggravated by the belief that Prince
Elias Is fighting with the Austrian Ar.
my I'm which hr Is Il captain ON the
lrMnrAL NAff
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-08
YUAN Sill hAl ALONE
President Of China Carries Almost I'm.
tire Responsibility Of Nations
Negotiations With Japan.

PEKING, Apru AaThe Chinese
statesman who has borne the brunt Of
the negotiations with the japanese
ENJOYS Is Yuan Shi Kal, president ot
the republic lie has carried the en-
tire responsibility of the negotiations
Tor China. and virtually alone he has
obtained the best terms he could.
During those days the president has
often sought foreign advice Only this
week he received two foreigners and
was advised by them to radicul
courses, each Numerically opposed tU
the other He followed neither, but
continued on Il course the purpose uf
which evidently Is to afford China
protection 10y continued ucItiutions
aud concessions
Consequently China today Is dis
cusslng with Japanese certain NJ the
Toxic demands which sne at one time
refused even TO consider.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-08
MAKE BOMBS IN TEXAS
CarrAnIa Secures Supplies In Browns
vile for His MonoplAne Rail Near
MaiamOrOs.

BROWNSNuLE, Tex. April s.
The Carranza monopane here was hur.
richly unloaded from its refrigerator
ear during the night ana taken across
the river 10 MutHmOros early todny.
II win be- assembled In the besleged
city.
T. A Chapa ~ Sau Antonio went
10 Matamuros with the machine. IN
said he expected 10 be the aviator lie
said he holds the raak " colonel IN
the Carranza army A large supply
NJ bombs fot his use was manufactured
here last week.
Colonel A. ?. Blockson. In command
" the United states border patrol here
Investigated the shooting across the
river uto Brownsville yesterday dur.
lug an exchange Of shots on the Mats
moros firing line. The officers who
investigated found rifle bullet which
had lodged ten feet from the placc
where Mrs w + Harvey was stsva-
lug In her home here The other hui
let's which were fired into American
territory struck In open fields and
,urla
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-08
War at a Glance

ltu,siAl troops Hrr ru.HH- forward
wpldlN iu the IHrpulMu.- mI 30 /,
rrurrcd from petrueuU r.t r.u rud
ru the plains OF Hungary DOW OUc,
open before them According Geo rur
Information the liu--mu- Mmr .uum
uI Nmoluik, east uf lu.Nm uu-- uuI
Ul,r driven II wrI-. uvlNrru iur
Western aud eastern n.r.. uf thr Au-
muu army In the Hr-h.. uOuIng the
uu,trm wing la e prHUm, position
Both the French a.I Durmuu on
.mI statements show 'n" no, new mi
lIr iu the region between the Nlru,c
and the Moselle ha- Developed into a
struggle " partlruIHr severity The
Paris announcement -uN that the
gains made heretofore nF the allies
have been maintained u 'nc face NJ
4 violent counter attncA- 100 which the
Germans suffered cuurmuu, losses
hr German account uf this fight
.nl mentions French Wu.ke at eight
/ points aud asserts that uII we're rr.
Z pulsed The Berlin statement saws
T 'Iml the losses Of the French were
very heavy
r. Ii announced Officially ut Cairo
+ that u smnll Turkkh force ann l- 100
'hr vicinity OF the Surl rumu A Skin
uI-u occurred near the uH Nrstrr
.ulN with no cAsualtlr- o.. either side
. q 4, said that there arr uu large
bodies of Turks ~ that y.rulty
Although she has concentrated N.
Um, mung the Austrian Nwar uud
her navy Within striking distance M
tur Adriatic ltDy l- still rui.HNurus
to exhaust every mwu, which mm
lead 10 peaceful settlement with Aus
trlH " the question " lruIuru' ruu
rt-,sions. Advices from Rome Indicate
TINT even should Italy b,,pmr rm
hruiled In the war she will uor strike
fur some time. II Is believed boz Rome
that the decisive struggle among lho
uutious now Ht war Ull. mot begin be-
fore the early summer which would
allow Italy considerable interval u
I which to decide upon her policy.
The Austrian Correspondent " d
Turin newspaper Telegraph that b,
has reliable informulou that there II
basis for the reports that Austria Is
seeking peace with the triple entente
powers the better Io dcaI with tht
Italian situation The LOSSES ~ mel
during the first six morth- " the wal
urr estimated by the military eNpert'
~ Rome newspaper AT 59jumO The
cost n the war In that period l.
placed at SS4OO, ,0O0OOO
General Pau Of the French army
who hus reached Naples ON his way
from Petrograd and the Balkan cnp
tails corrobOrated the reports that IN,
allies are preparing for a combined
land and sea attack at the Dardan
Giles. When this attack is made The
general says the Turkish fortifIcation'
must fall
Austrian aviatoFs dropped sever
bombs yesterday on Podgorltza Monte
negro. \ Cettlnje dispatch says tina
" women andt,hfaren We're kille,
and 4S other persons wounded.