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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-23
Religions PROGRESS Shown.

In all of these state gatherings OF
the religious BODIES there has been
evidence of more lively determine
ton to press the work of the churches
more vigorously than ever. In all
the reports there was wonderful pro-
gress shown-in money matters par
ticularly the reports indicated that the
people have been supporting liberal
ly-at least more literally than in
many previous years-the institutions
OF the churches-m MISSIONS, the charj-
ties, education and the ministry. The
war tines are reflected a better
spirit of breadth and recognition Of
duty to country-as we'll as duty to
God and brother; and the church in
Georgia-by whatever name-does not
seem to have suffered from the ex-
traordinary stress and confusion of
the period of war. Indeed, the
If it will look the facts in
the face squarely-has now ahead Of
it the greatest task, the supreme WORK
of Is history in America-aye in the
world-Athens Banner.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-23
DRS. r. L. ST. L. CATO.
Physicians and Surgeons.

Office Houre 16 to IL and to 4.
Hereafter when absent from our Of
fee or homes, calls left at Hooks
Pharmacy, Telephone 70, will re-
ceive prompt attention
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-23
Government Control.

At the time when nation at war
should have every industry keyed to
the highest degree of efficiency, the
report comes that 500 strikes have
meen called in the United States
since this country entered the war.
comapred with 144 for the same
period in 1915. This state of affairs
is gringing us rapidly to government
control of the involved branches OF
manufacturing. Triton Gazette.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-23

When a man rushes into the editor
ial sanctum and leaves quart of sy-
rup and quart of cane juice, but does
not leave his name and address, how
IS it possible to say anything nice
about him? However the syrup is
good, and the cane juice was good, AMI
we think he must be a mighty good
nan, whoever he is.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-23
MASTER OF WORDS.

Woodrow Wilson will leave for pos
terity and history more well-written
state papers than any other president.
Rightly termed "the master of the
graceful phrase the president has
most felicitious faculty of happy ex-
preston, and this talent was never
better demonstrated than in the Off
cial papers written by him in recent
months, being especially evident in
his reply to the Pope.
Surely no president of the United
States has ever possessed such an apt
itude for near, forceful, expressive
writing. He has the happy faculty Of
saying what he means in such a way
that every person able to read can
Thoroughly understand it. He does
not obscure his meaning by plethora
of words, and he does not ransack the
dictionary for words several syllables
long as some who do who are intent
On exhibiting their vocabulary AID
erudition. President Wilson's style is
based on the use of the simple word
"a style which every ambitious news
paper man aspires to attain, and
which, nowadays, is the hope of all
authors.
Abraham Lincoln ranks next to Will
son as an adept in the employment OF
simple words and clear-cut, incisive
sentences. His Gettysburg speech is
a classic in that particular. Garfield,
too, was somewhat of a stylist along
this line. On the other hand, Grover
Cleveland was verbose and ponder
Gus. He 1t was who coined the
phrase, ''innocuous desuetude." which
gives fair idea of his style. Roose-
yelts is too prolix to be very interest
ing, and Taft, as the result of his
legal training, wrote his presidential
messages and correspondence in a
heavy style which reflected the Jude
ial mind.
Not all great statesmen have been
men of simple words or neat catchy
phrases. Gladstone was bothered BY
an excessive flow of language. II
fact, after one of his most eloquent
speeches Disraeli said of him that he
was intoxicated with the exuberance
of his own verbosity.' 1t was also
said of Senator Bacon once that when
he made speech "he waded out into
a morass of verbiage and slowly fad
ed from sight"
Napoleon, of all rulers, possessed
superb talent for using popular die
ton. He wrote in the ford manner
characteristic of the French people,
and especially typical of his period,
but he also coined phrases that stuck
in the memory. His addresses to his
soldiers aroused more enthusiasm AMI
infused the martial spirit more quick
ly than the clarion call of the bugle
or the beating of the drums.
History will probably record, how
ever, that Woodrow Wilson was the
master par excellence of the simple
style.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-23

We think a great deal of Judge Kent
here in Laurens county, and enjoy
having him with us, but If our peo-
pie continue to improve in their con-
duct and liquidate their debts as they
have this fal 1.-The judge will not have
much to do in our Superior court
Laurens Citizen.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-23
A COLUMN or CLIPPINGS
1t Is Possible.

We have deep sympathy for the fell
low who went in moving picture
show and when the band played "TEe
Little Brown Jug" mistook it for the
national anthem and stood up!-,
Americas Times ecorder. Maybe, af-
ter all the fellow was standing UP
for THE Little Brown Jug instead
of the national anthem.--Columuh
Enquirer-Sun.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-23
PARAGP APHlCALLY SPEAKING
OUR NATIONAL PASTTIME.

Nearly every man or woman re-
members that in childhood they were
told that the basic ingredient of chew
ing gum came from calves hOofs, but
now they know better. They know
that chicle, product almost exclusive
" Mexican, is the slick, elastic sub
stance which is made into chewing
gum.
The gum manufacturers in this
country have sought for years to find
a substitute for chicle. Their chem
lists have worked on the proposition
for decade, and now it is announc-
ed that the discovery has actually
been made. 1t is declared that the
substitute is much cheaper than the
genuine imported article and will be
equally satisfactory in the making of
the finished product.
If this is true, manufacturers will
be relieved of a great deal of worry.
Ever since the Mexican trouble began
they have been apprehensiye, lest their
supply of chicle should be cut off IN,
fact, the franticidal conflict in Mex
co has had the effect of reducing the
quantity of exported chicle, and there
has been a corresponding decrease in
the amount of manufactured gum.
Chicle is the sap of the zapote tree,
collected in about the same manner
as maple syrup. When Cortez invad-
ed Montezuma in 1919 he found the
Aztecs chewing gum, which, they told
him, quenched the thirst and relieved
exhaustion. He carried some of it,
back to Spain, but merely as a curios-
ty to exhibit Mexico furnishes ski
seyenths of the supply, the zapote tree
being indigenous to that country and
to Central America and the countries
OF the northern part of South America
Last year 13,400 pounds of chicle
were exported to the United States, at
valuation of $5,100000 This was
used for the making of over three mil
hon packages of chewing gum, when,
selling for FIVE cents each, brought a
revenue of fifteen million to the man
ufacturers. The gum manufacturers
make few changes in the ch5cle, mere
ly boiling it to a proper consistency
sweetening and favoring it
Incidentally, it is of interest t.
know that the zapote trees bear
fruit. somewhat like pear, which is
said to be delectable article. The
wood of the tree is also OF a superior
texture and grain, and makes a high
grade furniture. Pieces of it found in
Aztec ruins, hundreds of years old, are
in excellent state of preservation,
showing that it possesses the quality
O. DURABILITY.
The Mexican trouble has served to
direct attention to chicle, chewing gum,
and the like, and the facts as to these
articles are now of common knowledge
and interest. For that matter, Amer
leans chew more gum than the natives
of all of the other countries of the
world Chewing gum, indeed is our ma
tional 2asttime.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-23
WASHINGTON CAMP, NO. IA,
~

Z. o. :. OF A.
Meets every first and third Monday
nights In r. o. S. of A. Hall, No. 21S
Laruar ST. All members In good stand
ing invited to attend. Beneficiary certi-
fcates from $4,000 to 100000 issued
to members OF this camp.
T. E. CASTLEBERRY, President.
0. D. REBSE, Recd'g. Sec'y.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-23
Cane Juice Becoming Popular.

Cane juice is becoming a popu-
lar drink in this section of the state
and the mills are supplying the sup
plying the demand at 20 cents a gal
Ian, and sometimes more-Sanders-
Vile Progress.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-11-23
Snider Says Hard Winter Ahead

SHIutr says HaTu HIHJtT AHVaU.
Professor Snider, the Georgia wea-
ther prophet, who says he put Grit
fin on the map in this country, says
We are on the threshold of a long
hard winter December, he assures
US. will be a month of stabbing cold
and the Christmas season is forecast
as one of snowstorms in many parts
of the country. So get your fuel in
folks, and do your Christmas shop
ping early.--Albany Herald.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-17
GERMANY PR0FFERS
PEACE TO RUSSIANS
Restitution of Provinces Part
of Plan Proposed to
SlavS.

STOCKHOLM. June 16, (Via Lon
don)-The Social Demokraten says
Germany has made an offer Of peace
to Russia thru a member of the Swiss
federal council.
The Social Demokraten today pub
fishes the translation of "a telegram
said to have been sent in cipher from
the political department of the Swiss
federal council to f.. oder, the Swiss
minister at Petrograd.
1t is dated at Berne June 5 and
says:
"Hoffman. n member OF the federal
council authorizes you to make to
Grimm, Ga Russian socialist profess
sor who returned to Russia from
Switzerland after the revolution) the
following communication:
Germany will not undertake an
offensive so long as an arraugement
with Russia seems possible. After
conversations with an important per-
sonage | am convinced that Germany
aims at a peace with Russia honorable
to both parties, with intimate econ
omic and commercial relations and
financial support to place Russia once
again on her feet No interference in
the domestic affairs of Russia. An
entente cordiale on Poland, Lithuania
and Courland in view of the relation
ship between the peoples. Restitution
OF the occupied provinces and Russia
on the other hand to give back to
Austria the provinces which she has
been able to take"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-17
FIRE IS RAGING
IN 0JAI VALLEY
Country Mansions in Ashes
Two Cities Threatened;
Flames Unchecked.

Los ANGELES. June 16.-A forest
fire, sweeping the Ojai valley. about
sixty miles from here, threatened the
destruction OF the town of Oiai to-
night Several persons were re-
ported to have been seriously burned.
Several fine residences on country
estates have been destroyed
Relief parties were being sent In
by way Of Santa Paula. At . o'clock
IT was reported by telephone that vir-
tually every resident had fled from
Ojai except employees OF the 0jai state
bank and operators In the telephone
office Hundreds of men were fight
ing the flames on the outskirts of the
town.
Among the country houses reported
destroyed were those of T. u. Libby
of Toledo. Ohio. Q. l.. Pratt, secretary
Of the Standard oil company, ana
residences Of II. r Sinclair and Lor-
ing Farnum Many smaller houses
We're burned. The Foothill hotel, two
miles north OF OJai. was reported
burning
A special train left Ventura at $3.50
o'clock carrying men TO aid in fight
ing the fire All Of the physicians IN
Ventura were sumoned TO aid in the
relief work.
A forest fire ~ miles south OF
Santa Barbara in the mountains was
sweeping down on the town of Car
pinterlO tonight. The ranch house OF
Chester Allen Arthur, son Of former
President Arthur. was reported IN
flames. other residences have been
destroyed. A hot wind is blowing
the prevailing temperature in this dis
trict being 105 degrees.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-17
GRAB ALLEGED F0RGER
AFTER $1,000 DRAG"
Detectives Loom Up as "W. C..
Darby" Disappears With
Motor Car and Coin.

Charged with passing worthless
checks to the amount of s1,SOO. Il
man giving his name as w. c. Darby,
was arrested early this morning nS
Motorcycle Policeman Walker. Oar
by's downfall came when he tele-
proned the Forester-14uken Motor
company asking that the car be sent
to a certain address.
Two or three days ago Darby APP
peared In the automobile salesrUor1,
giving his check in payment for the
car and writing another check for
$3.50 for extra tires and a certain
amount of cash. Later the manager
of the motor car establishment tele-
phoned an Avant bank, upon which
the checks had been drawn, asking if
the checks were good, and were In
formed that they were If genuine.
Communicating with w. G. Darcy
of Avant II was learned that he had
not purchased an automobile in Tulsa
and had not written checks for the
amount mentioned. The man now
being held in the municipal Jail main
tains that his name is w. c. Darby,
altho he had been registered at the
Ketchum hotel under the name of j.
A. Patterson.
Detectives Duran and Wood ques-
toned the prisoner after his arrest
and owing to n wandering story he
was placed In Jail. He appeared to be
about SO years OF age ami Uas vel
dressed.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-17
LIEUTENANT KILLS
SELF WIEN SHIP
GOES WITHOUT HIM

NEW YORK, June 1G.-Additional
light was thrown today upon the sui
eide of Lieut.. Raymond vincent Han
non, L. S n. OF Buffalo. whose body
was found Wednesday on the estate
Of George w. Perkins, when navy Of
ficers declared his mind had been un-
balanced by grief because he was not
permitted to sail to British waters
with the destroyer to which he had
been assigned.
When Harmon committed suicide he
was facing courtmartial for having
overstayed by "a hours a five-day leave
of absence granted him to visit his
home before going into active service,
II was stated.
He had just returned from Washing
ton, whore he had gone in an unsuc-
cessful effort to induce the navy de-
paTtment To pardon his offense and
permit him to rejoin his ship. Friends
declared he was heartbroken because
he had lost his opportunity to get into
action
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-17
British Take hree-Quarters of
Mile of Trenches in Two Minutes

tack from that direction. There were
only two British casualties and on
account OF the surrender compare
lively few German. Two enemy guns
captured had not fired single round
during the attack.
one party of German officers at
breakfast in dugout refused to take
seriously the sudden appearance OF
the British "Tommies" at their en-
trance to their underground dining
room and their demand of surrender
and made for rifles and pistols. a
hand grenade tossed among them
closed the incident.
Artillerymen recently taken pris-
oners say that many long-range guns
now being used by the Germans have
been taken from warships. one prls-
oner said his guns were from the
Barbarossa, while many others were
from the same class Of ships. The
feeling between the German infantry
and artillery Is becoming more In
tense and there Is general complaint
Of insufficient guns.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-17
BODY OF MISSING HIGH
SCHOOL GIRL IS FOUND
Digged From Cellar of Italian
Shop; Ruth Cruger Muir
dered by Strangling.

NEW YORK, June 16.-Discovery
today of the body of 1S-year-old Ruth
Cruger, the missing Wadleigh high
school student who had been muir
dered and then buried six feet under
the cellar OF n shop occupied by bicy-
Gle dealer who fled to Italy after she
disappeared, cleared a mystery which
had baffled the police for months. The
girls skull had been crushed.
Miss Cruger's parents Identified the
body thru articles of apparel she wore
on February 13, the day she left home,
and by high school ring.
The police late today took into GUS
tody several persons.
The bicycle shop to which the girl
went to have her skates sharpened the
dav she disappeared was conducted by
Alfredo Cocchi, WHO fled from New
York after the girls absence from
home was reported to the police. He
is now being held at Bologne, Italy,
and an effort will be made to extradite
him. Recently when detectives tried
to dig up the cellar In arch for the
body, Mrs. Cocchi refused to permit
1t. Today after she had left the place
detectives entered and solved the mys-
terry.
When detectives entered the cellar
and resumed the search over ground
covered months ago, their attention
was attracted by Cocchi's large work
bench resting against the wall at the
extreme end of the cellar. They
moved the bench and walking over
the spot their heels struck boards thru
n thin covering OF earth. The de-
tectives cleared away the earth and
found wooden floor, which they tore
up. and the body OF the dead girl was
disclosed. A towel had been fastened
around her neck and her body had
been bound with ropes.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-17
INCOME TAX GROWS
BEYOND ESTIMATE;
OkLAHOWA'S HEAVY

WASHINGTON June 16.-lncomc
tax receipts during the fiscal year now
closing totalcd S33O.56562S.
OF this, S11O.O3i0iO was paid by
corporations and $l6O,52S,5SS by in
dNiduais. The total exceeds the esu-
mates Of officials at the time OF re
framing the income tax schedule last
September. with other returns cN-
poctod during the ten days grace al
lowed 10y the law the figures may grow
to s335.000. 600
Returns were available this year be-
cause of the change in the date of
payment from July 80 June 10 IN
der the amendment passed last Sep
tcmhor
Returns by revenue districts as an
nounced by Secretary McAdoo in.
clude.
Arkansas. si5iSO5; Kansns, 81
S9S7S9. Louisiana Sl.9SGl63; okla
homn, $6.320.137, Tennessee. $1,292.-
$50; Texas. t4.G5I301.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-17
BATTLES RAGING
ON EVERY POINT
Entente Forces on Aggressive
in Belgium, France and
Along Italian Line.
BIZ Associated Press

Heavy fighting Is in progress in the
Belgium. French and along the Aus
tro-ltalian front with the entente
forces on the aggressive. Rome re-
ports the capture of a strong Austrian
position at Corno Cavento in the east
crn Trentino at an altitude of more
than ten thousand feet. Two field
guns and several smaller guns were
taken from the Austrians
The British attacked again today in
the Bullecourt region on the Arras
and along the Arras-C -Cambrai, accord
| ing TO indications in the Berlin Off
cial statement. The repulse of Brit
ism attacks in Belgium and on the
Artois front yesterday is claimed.
The French are increasing their
fire, both in the Aisne and the Cham
payne and there are indications that
resumption of the French offensive
in those sectors may be looked for.
In fight with submarine in the
Mediterranean on June IL the Japan
| ese destroyer Sakaki was torpedoed
and 81 of her crew were killed and IA
wounded. The damaged destroyer was
! towed to port.
| Stockholm has a report of n peace
offer ~ Germany to Russia thru the
medium of a Swiss federal counsellor
The German newspapers consider an
article in the semiofficial North Ger
man Gazette TO be bona fide offer to
Russia. Russia was informed in this
article that her formula of peace
without anneXations and indemnties'
was no bar to a peace between Russia
and the central powers. "who have
never demanded anneXations or in
IDENTITIES from Russia"
Holland frontier report riots of q
serious character developed yesterday
in several German towns
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-17
ONLY TWO BILLION
OF LOAN ACCEPTED
McAdoo Asserts Oversubscrip'
ton Will Not Be Taken at
This Time.
SURPLUS OVER $7O0,000,000
Largest Offerings May Be Cut
Down; Others Refunded
in Total.

WASHINGTON. June 10 Secre-
tary McAdoo announced tonight that
no part of the great oNersubscripttou
to the Liberty loan would lie accepted
and that his statement of May 10, in
which he declared that the issue
would be limited TO $4,000, 1000,
stood good now as then
Mr.. McAdoo's announcement wll
result in pairing down hundreds of
total balances the 100000, 900
limit adopted.
VIII Pass $500. 100000.
How much will have to bc taken
from the amount the country offered
to buy was still an unknown guam
tity tonight The oversubscrlpuon,
viii not fall IT seemed certain. below
500, 900, 600. and may go as high as
$500, 100000.
In disposing OF reports that the
amount of the issue might be en-
largcd to include all offers. Mr.. Me
Adoo issued the following statement,
II have asked the reserve banks 70
tabulate separately and on supple
mentary lists the subscriptions re-
ceived yesterday, June 10, afternoon
in order that | may be In a position
to consider in making allotment of
the $4,000. 100000 of bonds those APP
pllcations which. thru no fault of the
subscriber teithcr because OF delay on
. the part of the bank or trust COM
, pany transmitting them or congestion
Of the mails or at the doors of the
| federal reserve banks at the moment
OF closinS) we're recorded on time.
MAY Reduce Large Subscriptions.
II shall avail myself of the right
reserved i'm the circular offering INC
bonds to allot in full upon applica-
! tlons for smaller amounts OF bonds
| and to reduce allotments on applic1-
| tions for larger amounts as such ac-
tion will he clearly in the public in
| terest"
! MIR. McAdoo today acknowledge
with appreciation the work Of tn,
! forces of publicity. which aided II
! the flotation of the loan.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-17

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, June 16. via London.-The
wars latest development is t"o-
minute battle.
1t took the British just that long to
capture three-quarters OF a mile OF
trenches on Infantry hill, east OF
Monchy le Preux Thursday morning.
The time for going over the top was
set for 1925 end at 1921 rockets sig
nailed the fact all along the line at
tackled that the objectives had been
taken.
The British stole out of their
trenches in broad daylight without a
single shot of artillery preparation
having been fired, rushed across NO
Mans land, surprised the German
garrison at breakfast and took three
officers and l75 other prisoners with
out the slightest effort.
II was only after they had accom-
pllshed all this that the British bar
rage was placed behind the German
positions In order to cut off any pos
sibie relief or immediate counterat-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-17
ACTUAL CONSCRIPTION TO
BE lNAUGURATED AT ONCE
Total Military Registration Now EN-
pcctcd to Pass 0,5OO,00O
Mark.

WASHINGTON. June 16.-Regis-
trations totaling s,S96.790 under the
selective draft law had been reported
tonight from 45 states and the Dis
trict of Columbia. The three states
still missing were massachusetts,. Ken
lucky and Wyoming, whose aggregate
is expected to bring the grand total
close to 9,500,000.
BY the time the registration rolls
of the provost marshal general are
complete officials may be ready to
proceed with selections for the first
war army increment. Work on the
regulations to govern selections and
exemptions has continued while the
totals were being compiled, and 1t
was indicated tonight that some an
nouncement might be expected within
few days. Actual conscription is ex-
pected without delay.