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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-14
TO SERVE VANS At
NEW YORK GEORGIA
PRODUCTS DAY DINNER

ATLANTA, Nov. 14-Guests at the
Georgia Products Dinner TO be given
in New York city on the evening Of
November 10, which is tomorrow, will
delight their sweet teeth in the der
licious flavor of real yam potatoes
grown in the sandy coastal plane Of
southern Georgia and sent from Way
cross by the chamber of commerce of
that enterprising city.
Everybody knows, if he knows any
thing, that sweet potatoes grown ii
south Georgia cannot be equaled by
ally other, because the soilandclima'e
form an ideal combination. South
Georgia vans are always red and
sweet as sugar and full of syrup thGt
runs out when you bake them ana
forms a sticky coting on the pei.
New York guest at the Georgia Pro
duets will get IN, real thing Thursd y
hight
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-14

But it doesn't need bad enough to &C
cept a gift with such a condition as
this
In response to the letters sent to
more than $4,000 friends requesting
them to give the Tabernacle a dollar
a piece to pay off the mortgage, re-
sponses are coming thick and fast,
keeping three stenographers busy
opening and answering them.
A colored church in Atlanta, a con-
Wet camp in Henry county, Jewish
friend who sent SIS, and a man in
Denver, Chicago and Boston, are
among those who have responded.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-14
TABERNACLE TURNED DOWN
THIS MANS CONTRIBUTION

ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. IA man il
Monticello, Ca, has sent a dollar to
tie Baptist Tabernacle of Atlanta with
the proviso that it shall not be used
until the United States flag is removed
from the pole on top of the building
and no further mention is made Of
patriotism in the pulpit
The Tabernacle needs money badly
needs more than $4,000 to pay a
mortgage held by the administrators
OF the estate of the late Jim" Smith,
millionaire Georgia cotton planter
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-14

cows and hogs and sheep as well as
in the terms of the bale of cotton,
are among the subjects that will be
discussed by experts from Washing
ton as well as by prominent and prac-
teal business men from the states
mentioned Governor Hugh NJ. Dorsey
is among the notable men invited tc
speak.
Another most important subject on
the program and one of nationwide
interest, is that of utilizing at the
close of the war the millions of idle
agricultural lands in the coastal plain
area as homesteads for the thousands
of soldiers who, following the his
tory of all previous wars, will seek
homes on abe land
delegation of at least 100 promi-
nent visitors from other Southern
states is expected at this conference
and at least 300 members of the Geor-
gia Land Owners Association and 9TH
er Georgians are expected to welcome
them and make them feel at home.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-14
HEARD IN AhERICUS
How Bad Backs Have Been Made
Strong Kidney Ills Corrected.

All over Americas you hear it,
Doan's Kidney Pills are keeping up
the good work Americas people are
telling about it-telling of bad backs
made sound again. You can believe
the testimony of voJr own towns peo-
Pile They tell it for the benefit of
ycu who are suffering. If you back
aches, if you feel lame, sore and mis-,
cradle, if the kidneys act too fire.
Quently, or passages, are painful,
scanty or passages are painful.
scanty and off color, use Doans Kid
ney Pills, the remedy that has helped
so many of your friends and neigh
bors. Follow this Americas citizens
advice and give Doan's a chance to do
the same for you.
DIN Johnson, chief Of police, 232
Jackson street, says; My back be-
comes very lame at times; no doubt
the trouble is brought on by being on
my feet so much have found l can
depend on Doan's Kidney Pills, which
4 get at the Howell Pharmacy to
bring me quick relief They are a
fine medicine, and deserve much
praise"
Price COO at all dealers, Don't sim
ply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doans Kidney Pills--the same that
Chief Johnson had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfghs Buffalo, ~ Y. adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-14
She VIII Learn.

Butcher-"Excuse me, mum, but I
forgot to give you the bin for that
there duck" Mrs. Newlywed-"Oh,
no, you didn't. 1t was on the duck, I
saw 1t when you wrapped up the par
cel."-Judge.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-14

Sir John Simon, the noted British
barrister, has given up practice of
$4,000 year to accept a secret com
mission, and 1t is understood he will
devote his brilliant abilities to formu-
lating and co-ordinating the terms
which the allies will impose on the
central powers when the time comes
Sir John, it is said. will have the rank
of colonel in the intelligence bureau
of the general staff
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-14
Tokyo Stock Exchange.

On the Tokyo stock exchange all
margin money Is held by the exchange
itself and not by the broker, and the
exchange may demand more margin
whenever fall in prices makes this
necessary.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-10
TIDE TABLE FOR JULY

Tuesday, July 10.- First high tide 4:O2 a. m., 7.9. Second high tide 4;50 D. m., 9.1. First low tide 1O:11 a. m., 0.5. Second low tide 11:13 D. m., 1.4.
 Wednesday, July H. First high tide 5.09 a. m., 6.9. Second high tide 5:42 p. m., 9.1. First low tide 10:5S a. m., IA.
 Thursday, July 12.- First high tide 6:29 a. m., 6.1. Second high tide $40 p. m., 9.1. First low tide 0:30 a. m.. 1.3. Second low tide 11:52 a. m., 2.3.
 Friday, July 13.- First high tide. S:00 a. m., 5.7. Second high tide TAI p. m., 9.1. First low tide S:41 a. m., 0.6. Second low tide 12:53 D. m., 80.
 Saturday, July H. First high tide 9:23 a. m., 5.S. Second high tide S:41 p. m., 9.1. SFirst low tide 3:04 a. m., 0.6. Second low tide 2:05 p. m., 9.1.
 Sunday July 15.-
 First high tide 10:27 a. m., 6.2. Second high tide 9:36 D. m., 93 First low tide 4:03 a. m., 0.1. First low tide 4:O3 a. m., 0.1. Second low tide 3:15 D. m., 3.5.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-10

Dr. C. w. Davis, a practicing sur geon of note in Seattle and Prof. F. A. Jones, President of the New Mex ico School of Mines. who have been at Culross Island the past week ex- porting copper properties in that dis trict, will leave tomorrow in the Ad- miral Evans, for the States. Both gentlemen are mining men of exper- fence, and express themselves as much pleased with the mining prop critics they have visited in this dis trict.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-10
STEAMER SAILINGs
# + s4s.s4 + + # + + f

steamer Mariposa-Sailed from Se- attle for Valdez and way ports July 7th. Steamship Admiral Watson-Sailed South from Valdez July l. Steamship Northwestern-Sai for Seattle from Valdez July 1. Admiral Farragut-Sailed for Valdez from Seattle July s. Admiral Evans-Sailed west from Valdez July ). Steamship Alameda-Sailed south from Valdez July ,.
 Valdez July 10.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-10

MT. and Mrs. Virgil o. Strickler, of New York City, arrived on the steam CT Alaska last evening, and are the guests of Mir and Mrs. J. c. Martin. MT and Mrs. Martin and MT. and Mrs. Strickler made a trip to the Canyon today.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-10

Rev. Fr. Bueckert, of Douglas, was passenger on the steamer Alaska for Seward, where he will relieve Rev. Fr. Van der Pol for two weeks. The Rev. Father stopped off in Val dez for couple of days,and will re- sume his journey to Seward on the Text boat.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-10
Steamship Alaska In Port

The steamer Alaska arrived in port last evening about 6 o'clock, and sailed for the westward about an hour later Her passengers for Valdez were Mrs. Chas. Fischer. Miss Mae E. Bill ings, and M. Sullivan.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-10
SEATTLE QUOTATIONS
 FRESH AND SALT FISH

SEATTLE, July 10.-Seattle prices ct noon July 9th: Halibut, 11hc; sable fish 4c; red rock cod 2kc: pickled sable fish SIS per barrel; her ring SIP; sockeye salmon s20 per harrel
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-10
DONALDSON SCHEDULE

The following schedule for the har. bor boat "Lt. c. V. Donaldson" will take effect today. All orders to the contrary are revoked.
 Monday, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays:
 I've. Fort Liscum Leave Valdez 1:15 p. m. 4:30 D. m.
 TUESDAY
 1:15 p. m. 200 p. m. 4:30 p. m. $500 p. m.
 SATURDAY
 1:15 p. m. 4:30 p. n. 7:15 p. n. 1O:30 p. m. There will be no trips of the boat on the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month, these days being used to clean boilers.
 Special trips or cancelling of the above will be made without notice only to meet exigencies of the ser vice.
 All official business between Val dez and the Post should be arranged for transaction, where possible, so that advantage will be taken of the scheduled trips and extra trips will be made at minimum and made only when urgently needed.
 G. R. KOEHLER, Ist. It. 14th Infantry, A. o. M.
Valdez daily prospector., 1917-07-10

Photo by American Press Association.
 Ignace Jan Paderewski, noted Polish pianist, has urged the Poles of the United States to form a Kosciusko army for service under the Stars and Stripes. He says that the memory of the Polish count who fell while fight Ing under Washington for American independence should be honored by the foundation of & military unit bearing bis name.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
"CHET' MINDS'S TRAGIC DEATH
DRAPES RED AND BLUE IN BLACK
Campus Mourns for Scholar Athlete Killed in
Railroad Accident-Al-Ro Star on
Track Gridiron and Diamond

"Chet" Minds. AS he was known all over
the college community in West Philadel-
phia, was one of the abest, clcanest most
popular men that ever went to Penn. He
had a reputation to live up to, one set by his
brother, Jack" Minds, who in his day was
brilliant all-around athlete who brought
pride to Red and Blue men everywhere.
He lived uD to 1t, too. He was great
football player, great baseball player.
great track star, and none of these things
was allowed by him to interfere with the
business which brought him to college
that business being learning He took third
honors when he graduated in 1914.
Then he took his diploma and went home
to Ramey, forgot about athletics and went
to work for his father, who is a coal mag
nate. The only thing that took his time
from business after that was love, at first,
and his family later. He went up to Con-
ifer, n. Y, in the fall and away back in
one of the deepest recesses of the Adiron-
dacks on September s, 1915. he married
Miss Doris Catfish, of Confer. One baby
blessed their short married life. who, with
the parents, was killed in last nights trag-
edy at Mount Union.
"Chet' Minds made a hit from the start
when he came to Penn. He was expected
to be prominent figure in athetics-it
ran in the Minds family to be so--and
he came up to expectations. He brought
with him an athletic reputation, earned at
Dickinson Seminary, Wlliamsport, and kept
right up to standard. He guided the
freshman football team at quarterback
and caught for the freshman baseball
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
GETS S134,312 VERDICT
AGAINST LUMBERMEN
Tennessee Resident Manager Wins
Claim in U. S. Court Here for In
ternational Co. Services

A verdict of s1S4,S12.o7 in favor of E.
Kirby Smith. of Sewanee, Tenn, against
the International Lumber and Development
Company, was rendered by a jury today be-
fore Judge Thompson. in the United States
District Court,
The suit was based on seventeen notes
and drafts given Smith by John r. Mark
ley and Isaiah b. Miller, Chicago contrac-
tors. in settlement of salary and expenses
Smith averred was due him as resident man
ager of the lumber company's plantation in
Campeche. Mex. When he left the employ
Of Markey and Miller, who are two of six
men who served prison terms for embez-
element of the money of stockholders. he
was given notes and drafts in lieu of a
cash settlement .. .
Liability on these notes was denied by
the lumber company. Asserting that Mark
ley and Miller had not carried out, the speci-
fcations oil contracts for the development
of the plantation land, the company also
contended that Mcmahon had been given
no specific authority to accept notice of the
assignment. Mcmahon was formerly treas
urer of the company and he served jail
sentence for his part in the lumber swindle.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

tean They say he made both the finest
freshman aggregations Old Penn ever had.
ne easily made the varsity after his
freshman year. In football he played quar-
'erpack I'm his sophomore and Junior years
ana iullback in his senior year. He was a
ooeautiful plunger and drop-kcker of the
irs, ~ marx, to boot. He captained the team
III 1913. In baseball likewise he was a
ihaihstay of the team. He was at second
pase the first two years. and in his last
year ne went out to center field
Athletics and high scholarship didn't keen
nm so busy that he couldn't enter into the
other college relations. He was elected to
that most significant honor college man
can get from the viewpoint of popularity
ne was president of the senior class.
All over the campus today his death is
mourned as great loss and particularly
is the mourning deep at the Psi Upsilon
mousse That was his fraternity.
Chester A. Minds was married in the
midst OF an Adirondack forest. the cere-
mony being performed by the Rev. George
w. owen, of Lynn, Mass. assisted by the
Rey. w. p Clark, of Confer, n. Y
Ihe bride was attended by her sister
MISS Francis Cafisch, as maid of honor.
and the bridesmaids were Miss Ethel Minds.
sister of the bridegroom; Miss Bessie
Miles, Miss Ruth Carr and Miss Ruth Cook,
William Minds, of New York, was the best
man.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

553.S900 063 passengers were carried On
the lines east not passenger out of 6l6,-
626,957 carried in the last four years was
killed In 1916, 196,29i,146 passengers
were carried on the entire system without
a fatality.
STATEMENT BY ROAD
The statement of the Pennsylvania Rail
road follows:
"The mana cement of the Pennsylvania
Railroad regrets to announce that in a
rear-end collision at Mount Union, Pa, at
1910 this morning nineteen passengers and
one Pullman porter were killed and an
engineman and a Pullman porter were
slightly injured
while the mercantile express-train No.
g. an eastbound tran-was unloading pas
sengers at Mount Union Station, an east
bound freight train. PS-20, engine GA,
ran into the rear of it, demolishing the
last car, which was a sleeping car named
Bellwood All of the persoLs who were
killed were in this car The engine of
the freight train was forced partly into
the one end of the Belwood; while the end
of the sleeping car ahead of 1t was forced
into the other end of the sleeping car. The
passengers in the other cars of the train
were not injured.
six freight cars were wrecked and two
of the main tracks were blocked. WreclIng
trains, with physicians and nurses, were
sent to the scene of the accident imme-
diately. The cause of the accident has not
yet been determined, although early this
morning the following officers of the COM
pany were appointed to make an investi-
cation:
"R B. Freeman, trainmaster Tyrone
Division.
'B f. Dickinson. supervisor of signals,
Philadelphia Division"
Cook. the freight engineer, who had only
recently been promoted to the throttle. it
was reported. declared that the block signal
at "Mu' tower, mile and a half from
Mount Union, showed white. indicating a
clear track. His fireman and brakeman.
who were in the cab when the tower was
passed, said they told him it was green
which would warn that another train was
in the block. H. II. Jacobs, Harrisburg,
hagman on the express, who had been sent
to guard the rear, says the freight came
rushing Son despite his frantic signals, and
he had to hurl himself down an embank-
ment to escape death.
one hundred and fifty yards from the
station the overhead bridge" signal loomed
up in front of the freight. 1t showed red.
But the warning was too late. Cook ap-
piled his airbrakes A moment later with
the engineer and crew standing steadfastly
at their posts, the freight crashed into the
express, How the engineer and his COM
panions in the cab escaped death is a mys-
terry. The first few cars of the freight
Nuckled up and went over the embankment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
PATROL BOAT SHELLS
FLOATING SPEAKEASY
Captain and Mate Badly Wounded in
Engagement" on the Kappa
hammock River

1RVINGTON, Va. Feb. 27.-Captan Ike
Bonman and a mate of the schooner Eliza
beth Clarke, which has been cruising in
the waters of the Rappahannock River sell.
ing whisky. it is alleged, in violation of the
State prohibition laws, were prisoners in
Lancaster County Jail today both badly
wounded, as a result of an engagement be.
tween the schooner and the State oyster
boat, Commodore Maury, near here, In
which the State vessel is reported to have
swept the decks of the schooner with 4
three-inch gun.
Captain Doggett. of the Commodore
Maury, having been direcNod to call halt
to the operations of the whisky vessel
which is said to have sailed out of Bati-
more with a heavy cargo a week or so ago,
sighted the schooner last night and drew
within hailing distance, a command to
surrender is reported to have brought only
a string of oaths and a volley of pistol shots
from the other vessel Captain Doggett
then brought his gun into play with the re-
suit that the crew of the other ship hoisted
the white flag.
Four other members of the crew. who
were ninjured, were also lodged in jail.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27

boarded the train at Tyrone. being assigned
to the sleeping car Bruceville. lie had just
retired when the crash came. He was
jolted. but was able to go to his home in
Harrisburg on later train.
A gruesome feature of tho wreck was
the fact that the first freight car in the
train which crashed into the express was
loaded with collins. consigned from a
Pittsburgh firm to a business house i'm the
east These were strewn over the wreck.
age
Traffic was blocked for two hours. Then
Train No. 4. which left Pittsburgh at $50
o'clock was sent to Harrisburg. It reached
there at :55, but carried no survivors of
the wreck
relief set out from Altoona at
O'Clock, carrying Superintendent y. w.
Smith, of the Central Division of the Penn
sylvania Railroad and doctors and nurses
from Altoona. Other physicians were
picked up at Huntington, and the relief
train rushed to Mount Union.
The Mercantile Express, known as No.
G. was composed of four Pullman sleeping
cars and four day coaches. The Pull
mans, all were bound for New York.
John p. Dohoney, investigator of acci-
dents for the Public Service Commission,
left Harrisburg for the scene of the wreck
at o'clock this morning.
U. S. INVESTIGATES
Four Interstate Commerce Commission
officials were sent to investigate the wreck
soon after the receipt of the news Of it by
the Commission They are George Ellis,
chief signal engineer; w. p. Borland, assist
ant chief of Division of Safety, and In
spectors Duffy and Bromley, stationed at
Harrisburg.
third train from the scene of the
wreck reached Harrisburg at 4:55. 1t car
ried only a few survivors and no injured.
The freight train, according to reports
here, was hauled by Engine No. GA and
was in charge of Conductor +. Il. Fagan
with A. r. Cook engineer Both are
from Harrisburg. Cook suffered an injured
foot. Pagan escaped injury.
PENNSYLVANIA officials pointed out that this
is the first time in three years that a single
passenger has been injured, to say nothing
of being killed, on all the Pennsylvania
lines. and in that time several millions
have been carried. 1t is the first time
such an accident has occurred in four
years counting only the Pennsylvania line
east.
Train No. is the same passenger train
that was wrecked last August at Mexico,
Pa when 1T ran into a stock train, killing
the engineer and fireman.
The disaster affected officials of the rail-
road, who took pride in the good record it
had maintained for safety of passengers
Not a passenger had been killed on the
entire system in three years, in which
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPTIONS
REQUESTED BY WEBSTER
Director Pleads Inability to Obtain Men
for City Iceboats and Dredg-
ing Plant

Because of difficulty experienced in OBJ
tanning men to handle the city iceboat
fleet and the city dredging plant Director
Webster, of the Department of Wharves
Docks and Ferries, has asked that all these
positions be exempted from civil service
regulations.
The Civil Service Commission, in order to
investigate the request of the director, has
arranged to hold a public hearing at City
Hall on March Z. At this hearing exemp-
tions for a total of 23S positions will be
urged, on the ground that most Of them
are filled but portion of each year and
that it is with increasing difficulty that the
proper men can be obtained for the service
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-27
TWENTY CRUSHED TO DEATH
IN WRECK OF PENNSY EXPRESS

Immediate identification of the bodies was
almost impossible.
RELIEF TRAIN ARRIVES
A relief train arrived in Philadelphia at
8:45 o'clock. 1t carried fifteen passen-
gers of the wrecked Mercantile Express,
according to the railroad officials. The
gotes to the trainshed were barred, and
no one was permitted to get near the
train.
The wreck was horrible, according to the
stories told by those who came in on the
relief train.
The fast freight, which was composed
mostly of cars carrying cattle to relieve
the eastern food supply, crashed into the
rear end Of the passenger train while going
at full speed.
The passengers In the two other Pull
mans. directly ahead of the telescoped cars.
and in the four day coaches ahead we've
thrown from their berths and beds, and the
windows OF all the cars were smashed
The other six cars of the passenger train
remained on the tracks, however, while six
of the freight cars hurtled down the en-
bankment at the station where the pas
senger train had been standing when the
freight train crashed into 1t.
BRAKEMAN TRIED TO WARN
The rear brakeman of the passenger
train. s. X. Jacobs. standing on the rear
platform Of the sleeping car Bellwood saw
the freight train approach. He frantically
waved his red lantern, but the freight can,e
on with unchecked speed and the brakeman n
finally jumped and saved his life
The Right Rev. Henry q. Darlington.
1l(HQp of u,o Herrisburg diocssp Of the
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