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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
RICH YOUTH FAILED TO
ENTER RESERVE CORPS

ATLANTA, Ca, June 1S-That the
rich mans son Will wear the uniform
as well as the poor mans son, in this
greatest of all wars which the United
States has entered, and that a rich
mans son is not necessarily different
from the poor mans son who feels the
thrill of patriotism in response to his
country's call, is evidenced in the case
of one of Atlanta's wealthiest young
men who has tried and failed to get
into the officers reserve corps training
school at Fort Mcpherson.
William D. Grant, the SON of John
W. Grant and Mrs. Annie Inman Grant
and whose father owns probably more
Atlanta real estate than any other
person outside of Asa G. Gambler, is
only twenty years old, and that was the
reason why he could not enter, as
the minimum age limit was twenty
Patriotism is not limited to any class
and the men wac thinks the rich mans
son who wants to evade military duty.
when he's subject to it, will succeed
because of his daddys wealth, simply
las another think coming to him.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
NEW WORKERS INVEST
IN GEORGIA CORPORATION

ATLANTA, Ga, June 13.-Announce-
ment was made here today that a
strong banking syndicate, including
well known New York stock exchange
house. has purchased for cash a big
block of the common stock of the Mat
thews Iron & Steel Company, of Rome,
Ga.
This company is an enlargement OF
the Matthews Iron & Mining Company,
II. S. Matthews, president, which was
recently financed by William Hurd
Hillyer, of Atlanta, and Holt & McWil-
liams, of New York, both of which
firms are also identified with the pres
ent syndicate.
The Matthews Iron & Steel Company
is capitalized at one million dollars
common stock, no preferred stock, ana
$4,000 of bonds. Net earnings are
said to be at the rate of 80 per cent.
on the new stock, which will be &C
lively traded in on the NewfYork curb.
The company owns and operates a
modern blast furnace at Rome, with 4
capacity of 10000 tons of pig iron a
year, and controls extensive red and
brown ore deposits at Taylor's Ridge
and Gainesville, Ga. The pig iron out
put is sold for several months ahead
at high prices. H. S. Matthews will
continue in the active management of
the enterprise.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
ATLANTA GERMAN ARRESTED
ON MANY SERIOUS CHARGES

ATLANTA, Ca, June 1S.-R. j.
Dreyer, a 26-year-old German who halls
or claims to hail, from Atlantic Beach,
Fla, enjoys the distinction OF being
the first enemy alien to be seized in
Atlanta on the double charge of fail
ing to register on June and of violat-
ing the presidents order forbidding
enemy aliens from going within half
a mile of armories, army posts, etc.
And the funny part about the case
Of Dreyer is that it was cargo o.
blockade liquor, neatly packed away in
two small kegs inside of excelsior in
side a trunk. inside an automobile, that
got him in the tolls of the law.
The police went into garage to look
for stolen tires. and while there they
accidentally ran across the cargo o.
blockade liquor in the automobile.
They arrested the owner, who denied
al. knowledge of the liquor in the car.
The police then put it up to him te
produce the guilty party, and the auto
mobile owner went out and got Dreyer
and accused him of hauling the two
kegs of liquor into Georgia.
At the police station it was discov-
e,ed that Dreyer is 26 years of age
that he did not register, that he is a.
enemy alien. and that he has been
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
ITALIAN MISSION
VISITS ATLANT IA

ATLANTA, Ca, June 13.-The mem
bers of the Italian mission to the Unit
ed States, who are on tour of the
Central Mississippi valley, arrived here
today. In the absence of Prince udine,
who is i'll, the commission is headed by
Enrico Arlott member of the Ital-
ian cabinet The commission formally
inspected the troops and members Of
the officers training camp at Fort Nc
Pherson, and after being formally en-
tertained at the fort, left this after
neon for Birmingham
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
PEN|TENT|ARY INMATES
BUYING LIBERTY BONDS

ATLANTA, Ca, June 13.-Even PEN
itentiary inmates are buying Liberty
Bonds. A number of prisoners in the
United States prison in this city, among
whom are some very rich men. have
entered their subscriptions and in
structed their agents on the outside to
buy the bonds. Word from other
parts of the country is that inmates of
other penal institutions are rallying to
their country's call in similar way.
Recently the men in the Maryland state
prison subscribed to $4,000 worth OF
the bonds
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
Bug a Liberty Bond Today

Friday June 18th is the last day which
Loan Bond.
subscribed
States government
you
than that You render distinct
time when
In
yourself send dollar
as o to in
that he will back
wait back huy Liberty today
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
BRITISH REPULSE
COUNTER ATTACKS

NEW YORK, June -(Compiled by
the Associated Press from European
cables during the day.)- British troops
south of Messines withstood German
counter attacks today on the positions
they won yesterday Below Lens on
both sides of the Souches river, Brit
ish artillery and machine guns drove
back the Germans.
The British also spent the night in
making secure the advance scored yes
terday on two-mile front east of Mes
sines There was no activity on the
French front, except artillery.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
GREEK KING To
LEAVE COUNTRY
WITHOUT DELAY

ATHENS, June liking Constan-
tine has abdicated in favor of his son.
Prince Alexander.
King Constantine's abdication was
the result of a demand made by the
entente allies.
Premier Zaimis last night made an
rouncement that Constantine had des-
ignated Prince Alexander as his sue
cessor. He said also that Constantine
and Crown Prince George would leave
the country.
Alexander, the new king, is the sec
ond son of the monarch who has just
abdicated, and is a nephew of the Ger
man kaiser. The crown prince was
Prince George, who was born July 10.
1890.
Prinxe Alexander was born August
1, 1898. He was captain in the first
regiment of artillery in the Greek
army.
Constantine has expressed the in
tention of embarking on British war
slip and proceeding to Switzerland by
way Of Italy.
Allied troops have occupied Elias
soma without resistance. There has
been no disorder in Athens up to the
present.
The reign of Constantine dates from
March IS, 1913, when his father. George
I. was assassinated in saloniki.
Born on August 8, 1868, Constantine
was educated largely by private tutors
from Leipsic, which was said to have
stamped upon him a permanent Ger
man influence. His military education
was fathered by attendance at maneuv-
ers in Germany. He became a brother.
in-law of the German kaiser by marry
! II g the latter's sister. Princess So
phia, in 1882
His pro- German leanings thus indi-
Gated, were not always popular with
the Greek people.
With the entrance of Turkey into the
European war the question of the in
tervention Of Greece soon became to
be seriously considered but King Con-
stantine insisted upon strict neutrality
Tie cabinet, headed by Premier veni-
zelos, which was for war on the side
o. the allies, finally rendered its res
ignation The Greek attitude, at
least, so far as the war party was con
cerned was largely to the effect that il
terests might suffer when peace was
arranged.
The Athens correspondent of the
London Morning Post on March %.
1915. attempted to explain the situa-
tion in letter in which he said that
in the second month of the war, the
Greek premier had intimated to the
tentente powers that Greece would join
their cause actively if the necessity
should arise, and with the commence
ment of the operations against the Dar-
danelles, the government believed the
time had come for Greco to abandon
nutrality. The king, however refused
to countenance this plan. It was ar
gued that sending forces to the Oar
danelles would dangerously weaken
Greece's defense on the Bulgarian
frontier and since Greece had received
no formal invitation from the triple
entente her entrance into the war
would be undertaken without any
guarantee from the powers as to the
Greek position on the mainland
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
.ELDRIDGE BLOCK BEING
THOROUGHLY REM0DELED

The second floor of the Eldridge
block on jackson street is being re-
modelled to be used for Office purposes
BY Dr. l.. F. Grubbs and DR.. n S.
Evans. A stairway is TO be construct
ed between the Planters Seed Com
pany and Hay & Tillman's establish
ments and a corridor running the en-
tire depth of the building will be ar
ranged ON the second floor.
Additional windows are being put in
on the front of the building and the
entire second floor win be thoroughly
remodeled. The work will be complet
ed not later than September
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
SEEK To CHANGE.
CHARTER ANENT.
POLICE SYSTEM.

The election of the chief of police Of
Americus by the city council. instead
Of by the police commission will be
the object of bill to be introduced at
the coming session of the state legis-
lature, according to a resolution pass
ed at the regular meeting of the alder
men last night. City Attorney E. A.
Nisbet was instructed to draft bill
which will amend the city charter to
provide for the election of the chief by
the city council.
The bill will also provide for the
consolidation of the Offices of city mar
shal and chief of police, with the au-
thority to elect an assistant to the
chief to handle business, if occasion
demands.
A delegation from the Chamber of
Commerce appeared to urge the appro
priation of $50 per month by the city
for the support of the trade body, this
proposition having been presented to
the aldermen at a previous meeting. IL
was decided to defer final action on the
petition until after the close of the
present fiscal year, when the exact
financial condition of the city can he
escertained.
The Americus Lighting Company,
through its superintendent, ]. e. john
son and Attorney w. A. Dodson, asked
for 20-year lease on small plot OF
land near the company's lighting plant
for the purpose of constructing set
Ting basin for water used in the boil
ers. The matter was referred to a
committee for investigation and re-
pert.
MOrdinary John A. Cobb and Sheriff
%dcius Harvey appeared before the
council to request an appropriation of
s75 to be used in entertaining the an
nuaI convention of the Georgia County
officer ssociation, which is to be
held ais city June 2O-21. The ap-
pror on was granted.
Ma. of providing a signal bell.
or other device for the police depart
ment was referred to the police cont
mtttee of the council. The installation
Of the new fire. alarm system makes 1t
impossible to use the alarm bell at the
CITY hall which has heretofore been
used as signal bell by the police.
Alderman Bell, chairman of the
street committee, announced that the
DELAY in securing sufficient gravel for
having operations had seriously ham,
nered the work of paving Brown street.
This work will not be commenced uE>
I'll there is enough gravel on hand to
carry the Job through to completion.
Cfty Marshal w. T-Maynard stated
that thus far he has collected $3,s3s
in street taxes, about $500 less than in
1916.
The finance committee of the council.
was empowered to make arrangements
for the auditing of the books of the
cjty clerk and treasurer Immediately
after the clos of the current fiscal year
on June 80.
The purchase of 1000 additional feet
nj Ere hose was authorized, to comply
Nth the requirements of the South
eastern Underwriters association
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
LONDON ATTACKED
BY GERMAN AIRGRAF7 ]

LONDON, June 1S.-Fifteen hostile
afrplanes bombarded the east end of
London today. A large number of
British air machines pursued the Ger
mans, who fed over Essex toward Bel
GUM. A great battle between the op-
POSING airplanes occurred in mid-air.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
PULASKI HOLT ALSO
ON COLLIER AEPTUH

Pulaski Holt, son of Mrs. P L. Holt
Of this city, is also a member of the
crew of the collier Neptune. which
arrived safely at French port on Sun
day after carrying a cargo of supplies
from this country to the Allies on the
western front. John d. Sullivan, Jr,
whose presence on the Neptune was
mentioned day or two ago and young
Holt, recently completed their term OF
instruction at the naval training school
at Norfolk, Va. :
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
RUSSIAN MISSION
ARRIVES IN j. s.

WASHINGTON. D. G., June 1S-The
Russian mission to the United States,
headed by Boris Abakhmetieff, as spec
ial ambassador, has landed at a Pacific
rort. The party, which consists Of
about forty members, will stop first at
Seattle, proceeding from there direct
to Washington.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
STIFF SENTENCE FOR
REGISTRATION STACKER

NEW YORK, June 1S-Federal Judge
Chatfield in the district court in Brook
lyn today imposed penitentiary SEN
tence of eleven months and twenty
rine days ON Herman p Levine, a
school teacher and college graduate,
for not registering under the selective
draft law
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
ALMOST 200 LOST
WHEN LINER SINKS

PARIS. June 13.-The liner Sc
guiana, carrying five hundred and fifty
passengers has been torpedoed and
sunk in the Atlantic, with the loss of
ore hundred and ninety men. Among
the passengers aboard was detach
ment of Senegalese riflemen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13

Sequana, formerly the City of Cor
inth, was owned by the South Allan
tic Navigation Co., of Paris, and was 4
vessel four. hundred and thirty feet
long with a gross tonnage of fifty-ive
hundred and fifty-seven tons.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
: \ 4 4 \ \ \ 4 y = 4 y \ \ 4
: LEYLAND LINER ANGLICAN 4
SUNK ENR0UTE TO ENGLAND 4

BOSTON, June IA German :
submarine has sunk the Leyland =
; liner Anglican which left here on
I May Both for Liverpool, according =
to cablegram received by the 4
.rvessel's agents today. =
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13
\ \ \ y \ = \ \ y r \ y y = y
; FERSHING AT BOULOGNE;
TO REACH PARIS TONIGHT

\ PARIS, June 13.-Gen Perish 4
4 ing, who will command the United 4
4 States expeditionary force in 4
4 France, landed at Boulogne this 4
4 morning, and is expected to reach 4
\ Paris tonight
\ \ \ y \ 4 y 4 \ = = \ y y n 4
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13

within half a mile of the Atlanta ar
mory and Fort Mcpherson. Where
fore his case will be submitted to the
federal grand jury.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-06-13

The Times-Recorder is the ONL Y paper
in the Third Congressional District with
Associated Press Service.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-01
Newspapers and
Movies.

| John 1. Stanton, National Press
| club. Washington, d. c., is an en-
thusiastic movie fan-but his nerves
are strained to the breaking point al
times. Witness his letter:
| am a movie fan. l enjoy the film
drama, but every time l see one which
has to do with Il newspaper or a news.
| paper man | get sore.
For instance, we see in the screen
newspaper headlines something like
! this:
John Brown, Millionaire Manufac-
| turer. Brutality Murdered. Suspicion
Points to His Son, Reginald, a Promi-
nent Young Clubman. Police Hot OF
Suspects Trail"
In the last reel we find that it
wasn't Reginald at all. but the butler
Most Moving Picture newspapers
are utterly without fear OF the law OF
libel They publish the most defama-
tory statements without thought that
the person injured may institute sui,
for $4,000 or 100000 damages. Even
the latter verdict would be small in
comparison to the injury I have seen
done by movie newspapers to perfect,
innocent and well-intentioned parties.
Here's one l witnessed recently, the
heroine being one of "our popular ia :
Forites.' OF course she didn't write
the scenario.
she appears as an actress. A re-
porter is assigned to interview her
While he Is waiting in her dressing
room the city editor of his paper, at
tired in evening dress and bearing a
large bouquet, calls to invite the ac-
tress to dinner. She declines.
The city editor returns to the shop
and tells reporter he will write criti-
cism of the show ana interview him.
self. This he proceeds to do--in long
hand.
lie says the show is mediocre" the
company worse, and follows with the
statement that the only possible con-
lecture for it's appearance Is that the
leading-lady has the backing and pro-
lection OF n prominent New York
stock broker" Because the lady de-
clines to go to dinner with him, he
tears her reputation to shreds. The
only thing that saves the newspaper
is that the reporter finds the story,
tears it up and punches the city
editor
l have been in the newspaper game
for quite a spell. and have never seen
a city editor in a Dress suit--much
less bearing bouquets. Furthermore.
a city editor who would permit his
personal feelings to enter the columns
Of his paper In a way to injure. would
last about as long as it takes the
managing editor to fire a copy boy
Aside from this little incident, the pic
ture is a good one.
Another thing-reporters when they
are assigned to cover a story don't
carry notebooks and paper in their
hands.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-01
JOHN 3. cATLlN.

A brave and rugged soul slipped in
to the purple of the hills when John b,
Catlin died.
a real pioneer was he, a maker of
history who fought his way to Mon
tana through bands OF hostile Indians
and became an up-builder and a citi
zen of the highest worth. Not many of
his kind are left and of these none
won better name for the possession
OF the simple virtues that make for
manhood anywhere, on the plains in
the forests or the cities, fighting the
savages in the valleys of Montana or
on the blood worn fields of France.
The life of Major Catlin should be
a lesson and an inspiration to the boys
of Montana who would live to tell the
future generations how this common
wealth vas made, how its savage
hordes were conquered, how its trails
We're blazed, how it's communities were
built and it's laws framed.
One Of the lures of Montana is its
romantic history. These gentleman Of
adventure. the pioneers like Catlin, are
our heroes and should be known to
our schoolboys while living as well as
by the records of their deeds.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-01

ways 4 fighter. indeed life without
faeht OF some sort would have seemed
drah enough to him. For many year
he carried on a ceaseless strife with
union labor. No compromises appealed
to him, though other newspaper pro-
prietors established harmonious re.
lations with unions General Otis, too
fought most vigorously for the old So
called conservative notions of party
government. He shrank from the light
of progress in these matters and yet
he was known as bnc who followed the
strictest lines of integrity in his re-
lations with his fellow citizens He will
be greatly missed in southern Cali
fornia. which he did so much to de-
velop into one of the garden spots of
the world
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-01
l Helped
My Husband

Il really ought to have a car" John
said to me one day when we had been
married about six months, hut can't
possibly afford it. I'm always hard
up and vet I'm busy most all day
long,"
isn't there 4 good deal Of money
owing you?" l asked.
well, l suppose there is. l always
send out my bills quarterly, but il
they are not paid am too busy to at
tend to it again and | can't afford to
dun people. A country doctor must
not make enemies" And so saying
he whipped up his horse and was off
on an emergency call six miles away.
Now understood a little something
about bookkeeping, for I had often
helped my father to straighten out the
accounts in his store. So I hunted IN
my husbands account books and found
that many people in the neighborhood
had been owing him bills for the last
six years.
When~ my husband returned home
Tor dinner ! had Il long list of ac-
counts to consult him about, and
round that. as | had suspected, not
one of them had been paid. John told
HAS Souiu w dS 1 llked with them,
but to be careful not to offend any of
his patients. l sat down and wrote
polite notes calling the attention of
the debtors to the length of time the
accounts had been running and tell
ing them just how necessary an auto
mooile was to doctor. and that he
needed the money in order to buy one.
From one of the grocers in town who
owed us money l got dry groceries
enough to last us all winter. From a
FARMER | bought butter, potatoes and
a large supply OF eggs which I nut
down in water glass for future use.
From another l purchased two barrels
OF apples and ordered a chicken every
week for our Sunday dinner. To all
THESE people l gave receipted bills
When the amount owed us had been
paid. In this way l offended nobody
ana saved a good deal of money that
would otherwise have been spent for
supplies. Enough came in from my
notes so that John could make a first
payment on the car he needed Or
course. like all doctors he did n ,rra,t
deal of charity work. but as he never
put such cases down in his books the
only accounts OF which l had charge
were those of people who were able
10 pay, and | made them pay.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-08-01
ON THE FOURTH YEAR.

The God of War begins the fourth
year of his reign with good omens for
he allies. The news dispatches today
carry cheer and hope. The French
and English yesterday beat the Ger
mans out of their first line trenches
on front of twenty miles, and even
drove them out Of those on the second
inc. The Russians have made another
stand and from the merciless discipline
exercised on deserters there is hope
that the great armies may yet turn
their faces toward the west and fight
to keep what freedom they won by
the overthrow of the Russian au-
tocracy. Altogether it is the best news
for many weeks in the three years of
the war which really end today,
since the beginning may be dated 70
the hour when Germany declared war
upon Russia.
To comprehend the changes of three
years is hopeless task. Nineteen ma :
than 100000 men have been sum-
moned to arms and 100000 of these
have been killed The cost has run in
to hundreds of billions of dollars All
the races of the world, white, black,
and yellow have become involved;
Christians and Turks, Teutons and
Beers and Cossacks, Moors, Sengalese,
East Indians and recruits from the
Arctic night of Alaska are en-
gagged in the civilized game of kill
ing one another as conducted under
modern rules. Kings have been
aethroned, new nations formed
revolutions have occurred, treaties
have been torn up. All the industries
of the earth has become directed
toward one end, that of the war All
other things have been forgotten
Creeds, religion and all human rela-
TONS have been suspended save those
Of allies or enemies. Women have TAX
en- the place of men who have gone
from the shops and fields. With the
stroke OF pen alcohol has been
largely removed from the use of men,
America. is new in the game and the
mild changes that we are already wit
Messing in our national life are a pre-
Jude 10 what we will see when the
curtain arises and we find ourselves
among the actors in this grim play.
1t is idle to attempt a forecast of
time or results. yet most Of MS agree
that when it is all over the human
race will be better Autocracies will
have disappeared forever and democ-
racy will rule. War will be at an end
for all time. Miitarism will be dead
and there will be, no doubt, a COM
munity of nations welded by the
awful torture Of the years of war and
a real brotherhood of men.