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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-09-19
PEOPLE Of SERBIA
WIPED OFF EARTH
THIS NATION is BEING SCATTER
ED TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF
THE EARTH AND. THEIR C0UN-
TRY DEVASTATED

WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 10
Red Cross cables today showed that
the people of Serbia are being wiped
off the map or scattered to the four
corners of the earth by the Bulgar-
Teuton war monster. Set upon by the
enemy from three sides, their homes
have been sacked and burned, their
LANDS and storehouses pillaged, and
their defenseless women and children
murdered or left to starye. Despair IS
written in the faces of the Serbian
prisoners of war in Austria. Brutality
is their daily lot; and what they get of
food is not enough to keep body and
soul together.
These black stories of Teuton cruelty
and butchery were brought to Dr.. Ed
ward IT. Ryan of the Red Cross at
Salonica by Serbian prisoners return
ed. If Italian prisoners in the Aus
trian camps had not shared their scan
ty packages from home with these Ser
bian prisoners, all the Serbs would
have died, DR.. Ryan reported. "Practl-
cally no food" said DR.. Ryan's cable,
was provided by their Austrian jail
ers. What was given amounted to
eight ounces off bread a day. At noon
had vegetable soup with small piece
of horse flesh, generally tainted. Morn
Jig and evening, a drink of black fluid
known as coffee. made of chicory, was
given with their bread. This was the
whole ration.
From an army of nearly million
at the beginning Of the wor, over l5O,-
OO0 men are estimated to have been
taken prisoners by the Central Pow
ers. Nearly all of these are suffering
from mal-nutrition in prison camps.
Twenty thousand Serbs persisted in
the bloody repression of revolt at
Nish last February. The Bulgarians
have deported 10000 inhabitants of
Serbia to Asia Minor. Fifty thousand
/ fatherless families, it is estimated are
facing restitution, a problem COM
parable to that which would face the
! Red Cross and other charity organiza-
tons, if the fathers of all the families
| in Louisville, ST. Paul or Denver were
suddenly deported. Fifty thousand
families. a population about the size OF
indianapolis, or Providence, are in
termed in Austrian camps. The Serb
ian legation in Washington has just
issued the following statement: In
i1910 there were 1,56S,04S inhabitants
| in Serbia: in 1916, 1,21S,000. The re-
duction in the male population in this
region amounts to 100000; the reduc-
ton in the female population is 40
900. In Serbia, as elsewhere In the
southwestern part of Europe, the male
population is greater than the female.
The census records a proportion OF
zoo males to 144 females
Reports received at Red Cross head
quarters show that there is mood of
doctors and nurses to care for the civ
ilian population, as all the doctors have
been pressed into army service. Food,
clothing, bandages, blankets, seeds and
agricultural implements are also bad
Nv needed. In previous inyasions, the
enemy had destroyed the farming tools
of this agricultural people. A system
of soup kitchens in the villages Is an
absolute necessity, if famine is not to
take heavy toll this winter.
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ITALIAN WAR MISSION Is
DlNED AT WHITE HOUSE
ENJOYS Are Guests, With Nations
Leaders, at State Dinner Given
Them BY President.

Washington. May 26. The Prince
of Udine and other members of the
Italian war mission were the guests
Of President Wilson at a state dinner
at the White House, closing a day
passed by the visitors in receiving hon.
ors similar to those conferred on their
British and French predecessors and
in making the acquaintance of the
American officials with whom they
will negotiate in the coming month
At the White House dinner, in addi-
tion to the President and Mrs. Will
son. the members of the mission and
the Italian ambassador the guest list
included the members of the cabinet
and their wives, Chief Justice White,
Senator Salisbury, president pro tenn
of the Senate; Speaker Clark of the
House, Senators Gallinger and Martin,
Representatives Mann, Fitzgerald,
Rainey, Counsellor Polk and assistant
Secretary Philips of the State depart
ment.
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BRAZILIAN FLEET Is TO
POLICE SOUTH ATLANTIC
Parliament Expected to Order Con-
fiscation of All German Ships
in Nations Ports.

Rio de Janeiro, May 26.-According
to the formal do Commerce., it was
decided at a meeting of the parlia-
mentary and diplomatic commissions,
called by the foreign minister, to
adopt the principle of revocation of
Brazil's neutrality in the war between
the United States and Germany and
to police the South Atlantic with the
Brazilian feet. 1t is stated in official
circles that parliament will order the
comfiscation of all German ships in
Brazilian ports as soon as the official
report of the inquiry into the torpe-
doing of the Brazilian steamer Tijuca,
made at Bordeaux, is received.
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RED CROSS IN BIG CAMPAIGN
PLAN TO RAISE S1oo,ooo,ooo TO
CARE FOR SOLDIERS.
Amount Needed to Comply With Most
Pressing Needs-Noted Leaders
to Handle Campaign.

Washington, May 26.-The greatest
campaign the Red Cross ever has
waged, designed to raise S100,000,00O
to care for soldiers who fight den1oc-
racy's battle on European fields and
to lend a helping hand to thousands in
the districts already devastated by the
war has been launched here at a meet
ing of the representatives of the larg-
er cities of the country. The meeting
was enthusiastic.
Henry P. Dawson. chairman of the
Red Cross war council, announcing
the amount to be raised. said it was
certain s100,000,000 would be required
even to approach compliance with the
most pressing needs
IF each individual American con-
tributes his bit there can be no fail
ure," he continued. America will,
we feel sure, again demonstrated her
ability to handle big task in big
way"
An intensive campaign will be I'M
dertaken under leadership of some of
the most prominent and active men
and women in each community.
Many of the speeches describing the
suffering in France and Belgium under
German rules brought tears to the eyes
of the audience.
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FAMINE AND PESTILENCE
SWEEP TURKEY REPORT
People Panic Stricken and Army's
Morale Gone-1OO,o0O Are Said
to Have Deserted.

Paris, May 26.-Turkey is swept with
famine and pestilence. her people are
panic stricken and her armys morale
is utterly gone, according to informa-
ton received here via Berne. One
hundred thousand deserters from the
army were reported.
Realizing the loss of all of Turkeys
fighting power, 5000 Austrian troops
have recently been sent to Palestine
to attempt bolstering up the army in
front of the British expeditionary
forces.
Four thousand German troops are
said to be guarding the government
buildings. factories and bridges in
Constantinople, while hundreds in the
city are dying each day.
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u. S. MAY SKATER PLAN
OF TEUT0NS FOR PEACE.
Exposure of German Intrigue Expected
in Forthcoming Statement by
Government.

Washington, May &c. = Americas
forthcoming statement anent the Rus
sian situation will probably blast for
all time Germany's insidious peace-at-
her-own-price propaganda.
This statement, taken with the gov
eminent refusal to give any American
passports to the German engineered
Socialist conference in Stockholm next
month, will probably serve the double
purpose of heartening Russia and of
exposing to the world a new chapter
of German intrigue.
The statement will doubtless expose
the German plans in all their cunning.
1t will show that democracy cannot
succeed in the new Russia while Ho-
henzollernism continues unbridled in
Germany.
Britain and France will probably
join, too, in the American plan of re-
fusing passports to nyzof their sub
jects for attending the Stockholm con-
ference. This conference, the United
States government has learned, was
engineered secretly by Germany
though ostensibly on the initiative of
Socialists themselves.
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ROAR OF ITALIAN GUNS
Is AUDIBLE IN TRIESTE
Rome eports-Cadorna Winning
Brilliant Success.

Rome, May 26.-Austrian official
statements supplementing announce
ments from Rome indicate that the
Italian offensive in the Julian Alps and
on the Carso plateau is growing steadi-
ly in importance and extent. General
Cadorna apparently is making SUI
preme effort for decision and the
brilliant successes he already has won
have aroused high hopes.
The Italian commander seems to be
following the Anglo-French tactics of
striking mighty alternative blows at
his enemys TANKS. The roar of his
guns can already be heard in Trieste.
but the wilderness of volcanic rocks
and caves which lies between him and
his goal makes rapid advance under
the most favorable circumstances an
impossibility.
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BRITISH PREMIER SAYS sue.
CESSES AGAINST SUBMARINES
HAVE RESULTED IN IMPROVE
MENT IN FOOD SITUATION.
% SUBMARINES TAKEN
OR DESTROYED IN WEEK
Americans Known to Have Taken Ac.
tive Part in Work-Lloyd-Georg
Says Germans are Doomed to
Disappointment Merchant
Shipping Losses Decrease.

London, May 26.-"The successes
against submarines have resulted in {
distinct improvement in our food sit
uation," said Premier Lloyd George
in the house of commons.
The premier said more effective
blows had been dealt the submarines
during the last three. weeks than in
any corresponding period of the war
Grateful to America.
The shipping losses for May, the
premier said, probably would show a
reduction from the April figures. In
speaking of the success of anti-subma.
rine methods, he said:
eve owe very considerable debt
of gratitude to the great American
people for the effective assistance they
have rendered and the craft they have
placed at our disposal. Now that the
American nation is in the war; it is
easier to make arrangements for the
protection of our mercantile marine
than it was before
Premier Confident
1.-THE submarine menace need cause
no fear that the war is going to be
lost for that reason" he declared.
IF it is true that the Germans are
depending mainly upon submarine
warfare for success, am able to say
they are doomed to disappointment"
Mr.. Lloyd George continued.
The German submarine warfare is
destined to be the greatest miscalcula-
ton in the whole series of miscalcula-
lions of that hated empire
% U-Boats Sunk in Week.
Washington, May 26.-Information
has reached the Navy department that
more submarines are being run down,
captured and destroyed than ever be-
fore. Although the exact details can
not be divulged, it is known the Amer
lean destroyer fiotilla has played an
active part in the work.
One report today said that during
the last week % German submarines
were captured or destroyed.
Sims Report Received.
Reports from Admiral Sims indicate
there has been marked improvement
in the anti-submarine system. Sub
marines are being both captured and
destroyed.
With the Navy department appar-
emily in possession of a valuable anti
submarine idea, it is anticipated here
hat before long Germany's dream of
an England crushed by U-boats will
De blasted.
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SEEKING ALLEGED SPY
IN OFFICERS RESERVE
Was Formerly Head of German Lam
guage Department in an Ameri-
can College.

Washington, May 26.-Investigators
of the Department of Justice are on
the trail of an alleged German spy
who is said to have joined the United
States officers reserve corps in an at
tempt, it is believed. to get himself
into the United States army.
Written information in the hands
of the department purports to show
the man was the head of the German
language department of an American
college. He attracted attention recent
ly by refusing to read to his classes
President Wilson's war proclamation,
and by prominently displaying the kali
ser's photograph in the class room, &C.
cording to the information at the de-
partment,
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RAPID APPROACH TO ADHESION
OF THIS CoUNTRY'S ATTITUDE
IN CONFLICT WHEN SuG-
GESTION is ADOPTED.
VOTE TO TAKE ALIGNMENT
WITH NORTHERN REPUBLIC
This Adhesion, However, Is Pointed
Out to Apply to U. S. Only and Not
to European AIIies-Opening of
Brazilian Ports to Warships of
Allies Advocated.

Rio De Janeiro, May 26. - Brazil is
rapidly approaching adhesion to the
attitude of the United States in the
war. Only a few remaining steps need
be taken for completion. Following
the stand of President Braz and Min.
lister Pecanha, the congressional com
mittee has agreed that Brazil should
align herself with the great northern
republic. This adhesion it was specifi-
cally pointed out, applies to the United
States only and must not be considered
as approval Of the program of the Eu-
ropean Allies.
Brazils attitude is to be pitched or
the same lofty plane as outlined by
President Wilson for the United States.
The foreign office, following the &C
tion Of the congressional committee,
sent kilograms to the chancellors with
other South American republics ex-
planning to them just what this stand
with the United States means.
Would Open Ports to Allies.
Opening of all Brazilian ports to the
warships of the Allies was advocated
in the Chamber of Deputies by Milo
Pecanha, the foreign minister; Antonio
Bueno de Andrada, and several other
members of Parliament during a spirit
ed discussion of the proposed new Bra
lillian policy in the international stu
alton. Senior de Andrada, in urging
the opening of the ports, declared that
such a measure would be in the inter-
est of Brazil, whose existence depend
ed upon freedom of the seas.
The Presidents Message.
The Presidents message, recon-
the resembling of Brazils
declaration of neutrality was read in
the Senate.
The foreign minister, Senior Pecan
ha, at that time, gave a detailed ex-
PLANTATION of the situation to the par
commission in charge of
affairs, and communicated
the correspondence exchanged be-
tween Brazil and the United States.
This made good impression, and it
was decided to present plan for the
revocation of the neutrality decree of
April % without taking into account
the case of the torpedoing of the I'll
iuca. This will be made the subject
Of a presidential message at an early
late.
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TRIO OF BANK BANDITS SLAIN
Killed BY Citizens While Attempting
to Rob Oklahoma Bank

to Rob Oklahoma Bank.
Ardmore, Okla, May 26. Three
men were killed when they attempted
to rob the bank at Tuskahoma. Okla
No citizens were hurt.
A. H. Palmer, cashier of the bank.
received telephone advices from HUI
go, Okla, that the trio was headed
toward Tuskahoma. He Immediately
began distributing arms and ammuni-
ton among the local merchants.
Tying their horses on a little knoll
behind the bank, the bandits entered
the building, and covering the EN-
ployes with guns, took all the cash in
sight. When they reached the door
Palmer started firing.
The leader of the gang dropped to
the floor dead, another stumbled
through the door and fell to the side
walk in font of the building. The
third robber started up the hill, but
was dropped before he reached his
horse.
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Told French Shoot Prisoners.

With the French Armies, May &c.
(By Mail )--One of the imperative
military necessities" for the incredible
devastation and destruction being
wrought ny the Germans along the
pathway ON their retreat in France is
to convince the German soldiers
themselves that if they desert or sur
render to the Wrench they will be in
stantly shot id reprisal. German sol
diers now being taken prisoners by
the French along the entire front de-
clare to their captors they realize
they are going to be shot
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Says Advance Would Aid Shippers.

washington, May &c. Fl. Mark
ham, president of the Illinois Central
railroad, under cross examination be-
fore the Interstate Commerce commits
sion on the proposed Is per cent
freight raise increase, said that with
out the advance his road and possibly
others could live, but he insisted that
they would be unable properly to meet
the needs of the shippers He added
he believed it cheaper for shippers to
pay an increased freight rate than be
handicapped by lack of shipping fac.
ilities.
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Polished Nose. MAY Be Fad.

New York, May 26.-"Noses will be
worn highly polished this season. .
Can't you just see this modish note in
the fall fashion journals? They have
taken all the rice in Paris for the food
supply There's no rice powder there
and we who make practise of letting
the Parisians lead us by the noses in
matters a la mode will see to it that
our noses shine with the best of them.
Noses aren't the only feature in the
case to suffer from the powder peril
either. There is the whole face to
face the deprivation
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Paris women's Strike. Spreads.

Paris, May 26.-The strike of wom-
en- workers has spread rapidly and
has met with considerable success.
Milliners, furriers, lace makers. en-
broiderers, water proofers and feath-
err workers are out. Employees of
several department stores reached an
agreement with the arrangements re-
garding Saturday half holidays and
extra pay on account of the high cost
Of living. Butchers, walters and
grocers' unions are considering join
ing the strike. Fur trade workers
reached an agreement.
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Bank officials Out on Bond.

Chicago, May 26.-State bank ex
aminers continue the work of finding
out the condition of the Auburn State
bank and the Morgan Park State
Bank, which closed their doors
Wednesday. Thomas F. Mcfarland
president of both banks, and William
J. Cline of the Auburn bank we're tax
en- into custody by the state attor-
neys Office and later released on bond
Mark P. Bransfield, vice president OF
both institutions, is wanted, and it is
said, has promised to surrender dur
ing the day
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MUST ANSWER TO ACCUSE
TlONS MADE BY BOSTON
FEDERAL GRAND JURY.
ENORMOUS PROFITS ARE
EXHIBITED BY FIGURES
Charge Is Made That While Producers
Got Only Two Cents Per Pound
Consumers Were Compelled to
Pay Fifteen Cents by lille
gal Control of Market.

Boston, Mass, May rs. - Eighty.
eight corporations and person have
been indicted by the federal grand
jury here for conspiring to monopo.
lie interstate commerce in onions,
storing them in warehouses owned or
controlled by the various members and
putting them on the market from Sep
TENDER to April. The government
charges this association has had do
minating and illegal control of the on.
ion trade for the last three years.
Headquarters in Ohio.
THE government expects to show
that as early as September, 1916, at
least rs per cent of the years crop,
then harvested, was in control of the
members of this association. The
headquarters of the association are at
Kenton, Ohio, where the regular an
nual meeting was held in July. The
August meeting was held at Spring
field, Mass Subsequent monthly meet
ings were held in other parts of the
country.
Hold Monthly Meetings.
1T is a part of the plan of this
association to have monthly meetings
in various parts of the country so as
to get as large an attendance as pos
sible of members who might other
wise be reached only through the
mails After these monthly meetings
the secretary issues to the members
printed confidential reports contain
ing a summary or review of the
amount of onions available in various
producing sections. followed by such
suggestions as the bulk of the onion
crop is now in the hands of specula-
tors, fully 10 per cent of which are
members of this association This
report shows that the movement for
the entire United States need be only
so cars a day. The results rest with
the members, and by all means ar
ly.' We should not fool ourselves
and make this a fictitious value mar
ket. but be sure of conditions and the
key to the situation is to keep some
moving all the time.
Big Profits Are Shown.
For the 1916 crop the producers |
probably received less than cents a |
pound. In mid-winter many of these |
onions were sold to retailers and |
them to consumers at 10 to |
Is cents a pound. 1t is commended |
by the government that this tremen-
dous margin between the price accru-
ing to the producer and the price paid
by the consumer was largely due to
the illegal control of the trade exer-
cised by this association
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NURSES ON TRANSPORT SAVED
SURVIVORS OF TRANSYLVANIA
REACH ENGLAND.
British Soldiers Line Decks and Sing
While Waiting to be Rescued
Destroyers Race to Scene.

London, May 26.-Survivors of the
torpedoed transport Pennsylvania, who
are now in England, say that the YES
sci was struck by the first torpedo at
10 o'clock in the morning. The ship
was greatly damaged, but the engines
were uninjured and the captain tried
to reach shore, several miles distant,
in the hope of Bleaching the vessel. A
quarter of an hour later a second tor
pedo hit the engine room and the
ship was brought to a standstill and
began to settle.
Torpedo Kills Many.
The first torpedo is believed to have
killed large number of men, while
the second caused the death of most
of those in the engine room and
stokehold, wrecked the machinery, put
out the electric lights and tore away
a large part of the side of the vessel.
1t also struck loaded boat, blowing
it to pieces.
All the boats were rapidly lowered,
the nurses aboard embarking first.
The soldiers, who were lined up on
the deck, shouted jocular farewells and
sang "Tipperary" and other soldier
songs.
Destroyers to Rescue.
Destroyers raced to the rescue and
worked energetically until crowded to
capacity with survivors, many of
whom had been injured.
Accounts of the rescue work differ.
Some say all who survived the explo-
sion were saved and another account
asserts that owing to the lumpy sea
and the dangerous position of the
steamer about $50 soldiers could not
be rescued.
All accounts indicate that the great
bulk of the casualties was due to the
explosion of the torpedoes and that
none of the nurses were lost.
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Austrians Are Not STARVING.

Washington, May 26.-Former Am
bassador Penfield who has just re-
turned from Austria-Hungary stated
at the White House that there is no
starvation in that country but great
deal of deprivation. The morale Of the
people in Austria Hungary, he said, is
good because the only information they
get is given in the newspapers cen
sored by the government. The people
there, Mr.. Penfield said still believe
that Germany and Austria are winning
the war, SO implicitly do they believe
the censored pews given them.
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AMERICANS GO TO WAR FRONT
First Combatant Corps Cheered by
Other Continqents.

Grand Headquarters. French Army
in France, May 26.-America's first
combatant corps has gone to the front
under Captain e. I. Tinkham and Lieu
tenant Scully of Princeton. Captain
Tinkham won the war cross at Verdun.
The Americans were armed with car
bines, attired in khaki uniforms and
drove American five-ton motorcars.
AS they left. the Stars and Stripes.
floating over the cantonment in an
historic French forest, spread out in
the breeze and other contingents
cheered them on their way. Clarence
Mackay presented the camp with the
American flag which now flies beside
the tricolor.