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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-26
BIRTH RATE IN GERMANY
Is DECREASING RAPIDLY

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, July 20.
Apart from the inroads made upon
Germany's male population by the war,
the check to the natural renewal of
her people is making itself very sharp
" lelt. The provisional birth statis-
ties for 1916 show very clearly what
a shrinkage will be evident in the
German army leVieu for these years OF
war, assuming that the emperor, or
at least his military system, have not
disappeared from the German empire
before the time for their calling up
comes.
The official statistics which relate to
German towns of 10000 and more in
hahitsIts, show that the number OF
infants born alive in such towns de-
creased by 131, 06S in 1915, as compar>
&c with 1914, and that in 1916 they
again declined by 1857. making a
total decrease between the beginning
OF 1915 and the end of 1916 of 245,625,
or $50 per cent of the number of liv~
ing births recorded in the year 1911.
This percentage almost entirely &C
cords with the decrease percentage in
the absolute number of such births re-
corded in the 26 largest German cities,
which are separately tabulated.
1t is clear that such decline in the
number of births can by no means be
counterbalanced the a siultaneous de-
crease shown in the mortality rate OF
infants under one year old, although
this is relatively somewhat greater
than the shrinkage shown in the num-
Der of births, has continually declined
since the year 1914 In the 26 largest
German cities the rate Of such infant
mortality, as compared with births,
fell from 1873 in the year 1914 to 100 in
.1o16, while in all German towns of
us, 900 the more inhabitants it declined
in the same period from 15.5 to 1873.
AS the German press emphasizes
with legitimate satisfaction, the rate
Of infant mortality in the war year
'1916 was lower even than in the year
I1e12, when it stood at al, hitherto a
record low rate. Such a comparatively
mortality decrease, however, can nat
urally have but the very slightest effect
on the shrinkage in the actual number
OF births in Germany in the past two
years Of war. and the next population
statistics of the country must show evil
dences of the check which war has i'm
posed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-26
MATRlCULATION FIGURES
FOR EMORY UNIVERSITY

ATLANTA, Ga, July 2G.-Matricula-
ton figures of Emory University show
that not only will the attendance this
fall be as large as usual, but even
larger, thus contradicting the expect
alton and in some quarters the predic-
ton that student enrolment swould
fall off on account of the war
Bishop Warren A. Gambler, chancel
lor of Emory University, has received
from all parts of the South assurances
that foretell the return of the majority
OF undergraduates, and the largest
number of new men in the history of
every branch of Emory.
notwithstanding war conditions, "
states the bishop. the progress of EN-
DRY University is steady and consist
ent. We are extremely gratified over
conditions in the law, medical, aca-
demic, theological and all other de-
partments."
The medical department will begin
the new term with four new modern
buildings. Professor Ralph S Bauer,
distinguished instructor and author of
law text books, has been added to the
faculty of the law department Mel
Vile H. Stevenson, an alumnus of
V NJ l., will be in charge of the mill
tarv work of the University.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-26
RAILROAD BILL TURNED
DOWN BY COMMITTEE

ATLANTA, Ga, July 26,-The rail-
road committee of the house Of repre-
sentatives has adversely reported the
bill to prohibit employment of rail
road conductors who have not had
two years previous experience.
The measure was opposed upon the
ground that the couptrys greatest
weakness, or at least one of its most
serious weaknesses, is the lack of
adequate transportation facilities. so
that law to place limit on the
supply of any branch OF men in rail-
road service would very likely handi-
cap railroads in time of war.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-26
NEGRO LAB0RERS PASS
THROUGH TO BIG CAMP

A special coach attached to the
northbound Central of Georgia 2;1O
train this afternoon carried about 70
negro laborers to Macon, where they
are to be put to work at Holly Bluff,
the site of the divisional camp for the
drafted men soon to be called into
service in the national army. This IS
the second contingent of negro labor
ers to pass through this city en- route
tc the Holly Bluff camp site.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-26
COTTON MARKET
July 26. 1917.
AMERICUS SPOT COTTON.
COTTON FUTURES MARKET.

The New York cotton futures mar
ket was quoted at the open and
close and noon: open Noon Close
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-26
w. D. Bailey
Company
ADVICE ON THE CARE OF
YOUNG AND GROWING BABIES.

ATLANTA, Ca, July ga newspa-
per man of this city who has read
much advice on the care of babies
from persons who have none offers the
following from his experience: Never
let a growing infant smoke corn-cob
pipe, or play with an old style razor,
or play in the street where cars and
autos pass"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-26
BRITISH DESTROYER
CAPTURES GE RMAN SHIPS

AMSTERDAM. July 26.-Two Ger
man vessels were sunk and two others
taken to England by British destroy
er, according to the Texel correspond
ent of the Telegram. Other German
vessels which were torpedoed, have
arrived at Denheld
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-26
RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE
KILLED BY OWN GUNS
Continued from Page One.)

miles distant. continue holding. 1t is
pointed out that the detection OF one
regiment in a key position would in
some instances be sufficient to cause a
general retirement
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-07-26
so STAMP TAX ON ALL
MEXICAN COTTON GOODS

MEXICO CITY, July ga stamp
tax of per cent has been placed on
all cotton goods manufactured in Mex
leo.
Evening star., 1917-04-15

it grows in remote place or in guarded
gounds. The purple-pink flowers Of
this tree are so attractive that vandals
afoot and in automobiles break the
branches and carry home as much Of the
tree as they can bear. 1t has been a
springtime practice for many years, and
is growing as greater numbers of people
go into the country. The dogwood trees
have Jared badly, and few reach their
full size. Thousands of city trippers to
the country feel that they must return
home laden with the white -blossomed
boughs of these trees.
Among the shrubs the laurel, with its
great clusters of pink marked, creamy,
cup shaped blossoms, is disappearing
from the woods, and that pink -fowered
wild azalea which so many persons call
wild honeysuckle" is becoming thin.
Many varieties of Towering wild plants
once familiar i'll the woods and fields
have become so rare that it is often said
they have disappeared. and perhaps
some have. One might learn to pick a
cluster of blossoms from a tree without
mutilating the parent Of those blossoms
and one might learn to gather 4 bouquet
of wild flowers without tearing the
plants ont of their soil
Evening star., 1917-04-15
Conservation of Wild Flowers.

Conservation of so many things is
being urged that it might be proper to
urge the conservation of wild flowers.
There are wantonress and waste in this
regard. 1t required years of patient and
industrious effort by earnest men and
women to make the country harken to
the need of conservation of the birds
and the laudable work in that direction
is not yet ended Wild flowers and
Towering trees give pleasure to persons
whose appreciation for such things is in
nate or acquired, and as time goes on
greater numbers of people will become
educated to an understanding of this
matter. Some persons profess to think
so much of blossoms that they destroy
the source Of those blossoms by break
ing trees and tearing up plants by the
roots. Such persons are marked as bar
barians by those who feel true friend
illness for trees and flowers. Because
Of this passion for destruction there is
hardly to be found near Washington a
full-sized red bud or Judas tree, unless
Evening star., 1917-04-15
THE UNITED STATES AT WAR.

From the Boston Transcript.
One great and good thing which the
entrance of the United States into tho
war viii secure and achieve is the
equalization of the ultimate vast bur
den of paying for the deliyerancc ~
the world from German tyranny and
barbarism.
From the Baltimore Star.
A Boston woman wants to raise a
feminine cavalry regiment. o Patriot
ism, what freak ideas are advanced il
your namei
From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
The United States stands on its own
bottom, always has since the days of
Bunker Hill and always Will until the
days of eternal time.
From the Providence Journal
Ii would be out of harmony with all
American traditions, and contrary TO
every consideration of strategy as well
as sentiment, for us to fight 1000 miles
from the front and with money only.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Cartoons in which Uncle Sam is pic
tured as "a fat old gentleman" are mis-
leading. He is lean. wiry and rougn
customer In a scrap.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
The man who is for peace at any
price-who will fight on no provo
cation-for no cause-is apt to be either
what men call "a poor creature. or
an imposter set on by ulterier oonsid-
eratione.
Evening star., 1917-04-15
Tammany and Congress.

Thomas F. Smith, elected to fill the
Conry vacancy in the House, has for
years been secretary of Tammany Hall
It is assumable, therefore, that he knows
the game of politics pretty well, and
knows also the big town of New York
He is described as hkable man, with
a circle of warmly attached friends
some in his own party and some in the
other party. He is on good terms al
the White House, and will support the
Presidents policies in the matter of the
war.
Tammany has sent some capable men
to Congress who attained distinction
there. In the last quarter century three
OF them reached high committee places
William Sulzer did not lose out until
he returned home. As member of the
House he was quite successful. He was
disappointed in his desire for a place
ON the ways and means committee, but
at last reached the Craftsmanship of for
eign affairs. and that must have salts
fed him. Fortune deserted him when
he went to Albany as governor, and he
is still in eclipse.
George B. Mcclellan succeeded where
MIR. Sulzer had failed. He reached the
ways and means committee, and became
one of his party's leaders there. But
when he returned home fortune deserted
him. His service in the mayoralty did
not please the men who had elected him
and he has been in political eclipse eve,
since.
Bourke Cockran's committee work was
of less consequence than his oratorica
work. The House warns TO real oratory
and Mr.. Cochran possessed the favoritt
article. He gave his friends and foe:
alike a taste of his quality every now
and then. But at last he, too, went into
eclipse, and Office has not known hin
since.
Now it is Mr. Smiths turn. He come:
at a good time to show his talents. Hi!
party Is in control by very slender
margin. and the business before Con
gress has not been so important in many
years. And much of it is on lines a.
new to veterans as to novices. Mem
bers, old and new, are going to carr
their salaries for some time to come, anG
maybe for the whole of the two year.
for which they have been elected.
Evening star., 1917-04-15

From the Chicago Tribune.
In this situation the American farm
becomes a battle-ground. the American
farmer soldier in the front rank. The
most important stroke of strategy in
the whole war may be the mobiliZa-
ton of our agricultural forces.
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal
Not next winter, nor next year. but
now, this summer. The military situa-
ton demands prompt enlistment and
prompt organization. And there is no
use in lettering behind In selecting
places in which the danger is the least.
From the Baltimore Sun.
1t is very much to be hoped that a
united Maryland delegation in the SEN
ate and the House of Representatives.
will support the Administrations army
bill in which the selective draft princi-
pie Is incorporated.
From the Baltimore American.
Call conscription selective service
and it will be better understood and
honored.
From the New Orleans Times -Picayune.
In this emergency the country needs,
SO to speak. q man Tor every hoe as
well as q man for every army rifle.
From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
There are but two sides now; he who
ls not for US Is against US.
from the Chicago News.
From now on it Is Yankee Doodle"
not flapdoodle.
Evening star., 1917-04-15

food or rament, are sky high, and still
mounting. Those who go from the good
wages OF civil employment to the poor
wages Of the army. and in doing SC
leave dependents unprovided for, bear
a double burden The thoughts of those
left behind are graver than of what may
be in store for themselves.
In the matter of pensions. however
this government has II noble record. 1t
has provided generously for those MAIN
ed in war. and for the widows and
orphans of those who have perished i'll
war. Mr.. Lincoln in his immortal ad-
dress delivered at Gettysburg spoke for
Il. policy, and it has been followed with
de, o ion. So strong has been its in
dorselreut. indeed. that among those
supporting il in Congress have been
men who fought in the ranks of the
Confederacy. Ia soldierly and manly
spirit they have joined with the victors
in voting appropriations for SO patriotic
= purpose.
This policy, OF course, will continue,
The government will charge itself With
the care OF all who make sacrifices for
it in this war. These permanently dis
aided VIII he assisted while the families
of those killed will receive allowances
for their support. And this assurance
no assurance could be strongcr-WiIl go
far toward bringing to the colors volun-
tarily many of the right Kind of men.
Nevertheless, the pay Of private SOL
diers should be raised To double it
would not be too much. They more
than earn the money. They stand, arms
in hand. the champions of all of us at q
time when everything depends on their
courage and fidelity We should strive
by all the means i'll our power money
means included-to make them com
Portable in feeling as to themselves
and to those behind the lines to whom
they are under the deepest obligations.
Evening star., 1917-04-15
Bull Moosery and Prohibition.

The bull moosers are laying plans for
1920. 1t is long way off, and little of
a definite character can be deserted at
this distance. And. in the main, poll
ties just now is i'll allegiance But as
those directing the movement are not
in office, and therefore not responsible
for the conduct of public affairs, they
have the time for politics, and are play
ing the game.
At confabulation at St Louis. just
closed, it was agreed to make overtures
to the prohibition party for amalgama-
ton. The bull moosers will adopt pro-
hibition if the prohibitionists wiH adopt
bull moosery.
The prohibition party is not large. It
by no means embraces all who believe in
prohibition. Great numbers of demo-
Gratis and republicans favor prohibition,
and are active in the effort to create a
dry America. But they retain their old
party affiliations and work for old party
policies.
So that even if the bull moosers sue
ceed in capturing those who, putting
prohibition above everything else, com
pose the prohibition party, their gain in
numbers will not be great They will
still be very far from goal-the control
of the country.
Some familiar names appear in the
news of this affair. Victor Murdock
plays a prominent part, and will be
mittee. His journey to China, begun
after the bull moose fasco at Chicago
last summer, did not make him a re-
publican again.
Col. John NJ. Parker, who stumped for
the democratic ticket last year. is again
insurgent. and renews his devotions to
the bull moose cause This probably
disposes of the story If his being on
the Presidents list for reward. Were
he to accept Office from the President, he
would have to abandon bull moosery.
Matthew Hale of Boston will be chair
man of the new national committee. He
is an original buIl mooser, and has
never wavered. Every year since 1912
he has given reasons for the faith in
him, and is still full of reasons. His
stock seems inexhaustible, and it is no
trouble to show samples.
Evening star., 1917-04-15
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
The Aqueduct Bridge.

There is comfort in the announce
ment that proposals for the substructnrc
OF the Key bridge to replace the unsafe
AaUeduct bridge will be opened within
a few days. and that after the letting
Of the contract work on the piers and
inshore ahutments is to be begun with
in thirty days and completed within
eight months "unless extraordinary and
unfavorahlc conditions intervene The
Aqueduct bridge was long public scan
dial as toll bridge, and has been un
satisfactory as free bridge. Its safety
has never been above suspicion and for
a number Of years it has been known to
be unsafe As the old bridge has grown
weaker with the years and the floods, the
traffic which il has been called on to
bear has become heavier. 1t has been
the custom of Potomac and Eastern
Branch bridges at Washington long to
outlive their usefulness. The Long
bridge was a menace to the city IN Po-
tomac flood times for century, and a
danger to persons travelling over it for
half century before it was replaced by
the present Railroad and Highway
bridges. The first Navy Yard wooden
pile bridge that was built about 1920
was renewed several times, but never
renewed until long after it became un-
safe, and the stone pier and iron truss
bridge of the mid-seventies was long
considered unsafe before it was super
seded by the present handsome struc-
ture.
The passing Of the old Aqueduet
bridge Will awaken few sentiments of
regret. The bridge itself is not to be
blamed for growing old and feeble and
falling short of the demands of the
time, for bridges have their day just
as men have The fault has been with
the public authorities who would not
provide the money for the building of
a new and the retirement of the old
bridge.
Evening star., 1917-04-15
Man Power of Entente Nations.

1t has been seriously proposed though
IN unofficial quarters, that the United
States increase the man power of the
allies by the dispatch of an industrial
army. Realization of such a project is
not likely, because the United States can
find employment for its full man power
IN this country in supplying the needs
OF the entente armies and peoples and
in providing for its own war needs. The
proposition, however, has interesting
possibilities. In recent issue of an
important Paris newspaper Maurice
Barres, French academician, wrote ::
of the Americans can give us immedi-
ately 100000 workmen. the number in
Guiding $4,000 specialists capable Of
building new roads, telegraph and tele-
phone systems, saps. mines and all the
immense apparatus of war, what a mag
nificent contribution to victory this
would bel" There have been indications
that the colonies of France are being
drawn on to increase the man power Of
France in the cultivation Of the fields,
and at the time of China's break with
Germany there was discussion of the use
of Chinese man power in the fields and
factories of the entente nations. The
cause for China's rupture with
Germany was given out as the sinking
of ships carrying unarmed Chinese
workers to Europe.
Evening star., 1917-04-15
The Soldier and His Paw.

The pay of private soldiers has al.
wayI been small-unjustly so in the
light of their services. The same may
be said of the pay of policemen and
firemen. Men who in the discharge OF
duty take life in hand, and often
offer up their lives for others, should be
treated literally in the way of money
Remuneration.
This 10 particularly true at this time
Shen prices for everything, whether OF
Evening star., 1917-04-15
Status Quo.

Bill Buttinsky's always there
When the weather's shinin' fair;
Always crowdin' to the fore
When there's some reward in store.
When the real work is done,
Bill Buttinsky's, he's the one
In the spotlight's brightest glow,
Takin' charge of all the show.
When the battle cloud was grim,
Thought ther'd be no holdin' him
From the chance to have his name
Written by the hand Of Fame.
Bill he simply hollered loud
To the interested crowd,
sayin', "Feilows, you kin go.
I'll stay here an run the show"
Evening star., 1917-04-15
AROUND THE CITY.

She was a pailid woman, who looked
as II nature had cut her out with dull
scissors and no pattern to go by. And
umbrellas for a customer with two
chins. And another coming
When the deal was made and the
money handed over. the customer. in g
sudden gust Of anxiety, rummaged
through her bag and then dumped its
insides on the counter:
We'll, If haven't gone an lost that
chunker quartz-an l wouldnter done
1t for a dollar bill.''
Sympathy flushed the clerks face to
a lifelike red.
WAS 1t your luck stone?"
MY Wharf.-The customer wasn't
educated up to luck stones.
why. a charm, you know-to keep
off evils"
My soul and body, no.. The GUS
toner chuckled it out with the jollity
that goes with assorted chins. Il just
carried that quartz around because son
Jimmie sent 1t to me as an example
OF what they dig out'n the mine he
works In. 1 tell you, woman, when
the good Lord sees fit to send us trou-
to stave 'em OFF,
"Oh, don't say that. You wouldn't
II you was me-see this horseshoe I'm
wearin'? I wouldn't dast leave it off
for any money you could name"
The customer looked at the sumptu-
Gus design of rhinestones that wouldn I
shine set in silver that was tin. Then
she sized up the poor SOUL who look ed
Is If she had worked overtime break
ing mirrors and spilling salt, not to
n hns ,c;,,
under roof. Then she asked for in
formation:
What good does it do me? Lis'n at her,
Lemme tell you. ma am, l foun' this
horseshoe pm hve year ago. come July. an
| landed this job that very afternoon.
"a had every sort Of bad luck that comes
before that, an now I've got to where I
get my IS as reg'lar as SADLY comes
roun'. You may say I good as own this
store with the boss only droppin' in hit
an nissan that shows he trusses me
don't it?'' 'e'
Ana to another woman who waited
back In the hospital ward of broken
glorias-her own case being a gone-wron
rib-it seemed that to be trusted was a
very splendid thing
A man was wheeling another man in a
chair. A woman walked beside them
As they reached the greenery back. of the
Sherman statue the invalid was assisted
to his feet, and, with one hand in the
woman's and the other in the arm of the
man. moved with slow uncertainty across
the grass
And as they crept along in the spring
warmth the woman spoke of many things
the art gallery, the monument, the
blossomy bushes. the sun. the trees, the
sky.
She was seeing for two