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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-11-06
For POLICE CommlssfOner.

The friends Of s. L. SiIls announce
him as a candidate for Police Com
missioner Of Americas, subject to the
actIon of the approaching democratic
primary.
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For Mayor.

The friends of George r. Ellis an
nounce him a candidate for mayor of
Americas, subject to the action Of the
approaching democratic primary.
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For Police Commissioner.

The friends of Allen ChappelI an
nounee him as a candidate for police
commissioner of Americas, subject
TO the atom of the approaching pri-
mary.
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WORST in IS YRS.
Blizzard, Snow, Sleet SwOOp
Thru Oklahoma.
Trains Caught in Drifts-Fear
for Cattle on Range.

Oklahoma City. Okla. Jan. 11.-Ok-
lahoma awoke this morning showed
under. The worst blizzard recorded in
Is years. swooped thru the state LASH
ing snow and sleet and holding train
service and other traffic at stand
still. Seven below zero was recorded
at an early hour today and the snow
fall ranged from SIX TO twelve lncnes
thruout the state
All trains to this city are reported
from two to sixteen hours late and
several are held snowbound. One train
due here at o'clock yesterday even
ing is held in a snowdrift at Tuttle.
Another due at 10 o'clock is impris-
oned at Mustang. train leaving
here at $50 last night was turned
back by the binding snow. This train
left later but is held fifteen miles from
here.
Relief crews are being sent from
of way.
badly crippled.
North Texas Gets 1t.
Dallas, Tex, Jan. 1.-THE worst
blizzard of the winter was sweeping
over Oklahoma and northern Texas
today. A blanket of snow. several
inches deep, covered practically all of
Oklahoma and northern Texas, ex-
tending from the eastern boundary to
Ell Paso on the west.
In west Texas grave fears were en-
| tertained for the safety of cattle,
ranchmen believing that in their
weakened condition thru the meeger
| food supply the stock will not be able
to withstand the blizzard. While much
suffering is expected among stock
thousands of dollars is believed to
have been added to the worth of the
| 1913 wheat crop.
Hits ST. Louis, Full Blast.
| st. Louis Jan. IA snow storm
| that began last night continued with
| increasing violence today and this
morning a blizzard was raging. At 8
a. m. the temperature was 2 degrees
above zero, and the prediction of the
| weather bureau was that the ther-
| mometer would register IL below zero
| tonight. Street car traffic was delayed
| today and trains from the southwest
were late, in some instances eight
hours.
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FINISH HOTEL PLANS
forth American Co. Ready to Begin
Work on Ottawa Structure.

ottawa, Kan, Jan. 11.-H. H. Low
ell. financial representative, and j. w
Morrison, of the architectural depart
lent of the North American Hotel
company of Omaha, have arrived in
Ottawa to check the former Dobson
building against plans to secure a
workir basis for final plans for con-
struction. They also are listing the
MAJ erial o. hand, such as marble, etc.
The North American company re-
Gently bough- the five-story Dobson
building and the Nora Shomo lot on
tie north, an will complete the for
me structure and erect an addition
or the ad AGENT lot. The building will
be Iseu for a modern hotel.
Possessi II will be given this month
by s. 5. Shomo, tenant of the frame
building. Lowell has advertised for
bids fo-' the purchase and removal
from the lot of the old building.
Members of the local Chamber of
Commerce who were active in the
company will finally decide to make
form in height with the Dobson build
stories high. This would provide
much greater facilities for guests at
| the hotel as a double tier of rooms
on each floor would be provided.
Lowell said that the plans for the
new addition have not been fully de-
cided upon but that he is confident
the company will consider seriously all
phases of the situation before going
ahead because it is recognized that
I demands for greater hotel facilities
| have increased here year after year
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CAPITALIZE CUPID
Family in Close Corporation,
Bilks Men for $4,000.
Sends 'Em Actress Pictures and
Frames Up Weddings.

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. live
must protect our sex" Judge A. B. An
derson of the United States district
court here said late yesterday when
he passed sentence on Bates Potter
his wife and stepdaughter. Bessie
Whiteford of Vincennes, charged with
using the mails to defraud men seek
ing wives. The Potters lived in ram
shackle house in the edge of Vim
cennes They were said to have
cleared about $4,000 by means of their
correspondence with men, Were they
preying on unsuspecting males ?"
Anderson asked Assistant District At
torney Mangus.
Yes" Mr.. Mangus said. who then
told the court the scheme the Potters
worked was to indicate they were will
ing to become the wife" of any man
who would send money for railroad
fare and a wedding dress. In telling
of the way they worked, Mrs Potter
said:
The pictures we sent the men were
just out of a movie magazine and
pasted on a card and if the men had
been smart they would not have fallen
for US"
Potter was sentenced to Jail for five
months, his wife for four months and
Bessie Whiteford for one day. All
three had pleaded guilty.
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SATURDAYS
STATE JOURNAL
A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT
MAY BE FOUND IN THE
EVENING PAPER
OF KANSAS

Two full colored pages of comics,
Buster Brown and Tom Sawyer and
Huckleberry Finn.
A full page of news and cartoons
from Camp Funston.
A full page of the latest photo-
graphs from the war zone.
Imri Zumwalt's Weekly War Re-
view.
A story of Two Famous Topekans.
Another Story of What You May
See Over Topeka Soon.
An Interesting Letter from To-
peka Nurse in France.
Dorothy Dix, the highest paid wo-
man writer in America.
Bringing Up Father and Mutt and
Jeff.
Among the other Regular Fea-
lures are: Dean Hayes "FIower
and Fairy Fancies," Mrs. Mennin-
gers Bible Lesson, Roy X. Moul-
toms "On the Spur of the Moment" :"
Louie Schnitz, Bolmar's Weekly
Comics, the Evening Story, Frederic
J. Haskin. Household Hints. full page
of Society Events and Fashions, a
page of the Latest in Sports all over
the United States. and the best that
talent and money can produce i'll To-
cal and telegraph news.
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Difficult Situation Faces Han
dlers of Crops in Kansas.
Closing Sessions of. State SOci-
ETY., Review of Condition.
WILCOX TELLS OF FEDERAL AID
Government Will Direct Distri.
button of Labor in Country.
Need of Unification and Co
ordination, Says Dean johnson.

Troubles of the Kansas farmer are
being aired today at the closing ses-
SONS of the State Agricultural So
ciety. Farm labor is one of the big
problems which keep the Kansas
farmer awake nights, according to dis
cussions today of the labor situation
as it affects the sowing and harvesting
of crops in this state. Plans fo- fed
era aid in directing the distribution
of fam labor were outlined by E. ".
Will OK, associated with the office of
farm management in the government
d -i5artment of agriculture, Washing
ton.
Labor shortages, uncertainty of Sc
curing sufficient help when crops are
to be gathered and high prices de-
manded by the men who till the soil,
feed the cows and thresh the wheat,
ware troubles dragged before today's
sessions. 1t was the labor situation.
many farmers declared today, which
held back maximum crop planting in
1917, and will retard the handling of
the crops this year. Relief from these
problems is suggested by the federal
government thru system of dis
tributing labor to communities in need
of help to gather or plant crops. In
this manner the troubles of the farmer
in the wheat growing counties would
be overcome, while the normal de-
mand on eastern Kansas farms would
be cared for thru the local supply of
farm help.
Wilcox told the Kansas farmers to-
! day that the labor situation was one
| of the big and serious problems con-
fronting them during the war period.
| 1t is the desire of the federal govern
ment, he declared. to aid in meeting
| the problem by directing the distribu-
| ton of labor tot communities and dis
trictS where conditions were more seri-
GUS and where immediate demands ex-
| listed for help.
-- Men Have Gone to Canada.-==z
| Wilcox outlined to the state con-
vention a plan of the federal depart
| ment to gather information concern
! ing available men and localities in
which they are needed. The farm
! labor trouble, he said, is due largely to
/ the fact that no intelligent informa-
ton has been available as to the dis
! tribution of labor. Nearly 10000 men
| from the United States have been at
| tracted to Canada because of the need
| of farm labor in the provinces he said
| ''It is generally realized" said Will
| cox, that a larger number of laborers
| than is usually the case had been abb
sorbed by the enormous Industrial ex-
| panSion during the previous years OF
| the war and by the great demand for
| military supplies to be exported to the
allies. Moreover a considerable num-
| Der of men, possibly 10000, had been
attracted to Canada as farm laborers
! by reason of the liberal offers and
urgent need of the Canadian govern
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CARMEN MAY STRIKE
That in Kansas City Company Employs
Women Conductors.

Kansas City, Jan. 11-If the Kansas
City Street Railways company carries
out plan it is said to have under con-
sideration-of employing a number of
women conductors strike will be
called, E. F. Michael, president of the
local carmen's union, declared on the
witness stand today at the hearing of
the Missouri public service commits
sion, which is investigating car service
here. The company, it is understood,
is now training about 100 women to be
used as conductors
A strike called by the conductors
and motormen last summer resulted in
complete suspension of car service
thrubut the city for more than a week.
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WOrkmen'S Interests of Both
Nations United Against Kaiser.
This Year Testing Time for
Fighters for Freedom.
MAKE PLEA FOR COOPERATION
q. s. Terms Are Backed by
World Army of Working Men.
Barnes of War Cabinet, Labor
Socialist Leader 30 Years.
RY ED r.. KEEN.

London, Jan. 1.-THE interests of
the workmen of America as well as of
England are bound up in beating the
German army; it cannot be done ex-
cept by willing corporations of men
in the workshops with the men in the
field"
Expressing his most emphatic ap-
provaI of President Wilson's outline
of war aims, the Right Hon. G. N.
Barnes, M. P. member of the British
war cabinet, sent this word to the
American workingman today thru the
United Press:
''Thi- year will be the testing time
for the fighters for freedom" Barnes
declared. Germany. U-boats will
make their last great effort before
America gets in. Germany's armies
ay attack the French, the British or
the Italians in great force within the
next three or four months.
Get "Over There on Time.
Effective American help must then
| : in the field. L hope every one in
the working ranks il the United
States will see that so far as lies in
their power, they will contribute to
that help being there in time.
Il speak as one who has been in
the labor Socialist movement on this
side of the water for thirty years. My
sympathies are all with the working
folk. L am one of them in sympathy
with their claims for the fuller life,
but I know that everything just now
must be subordinated to winning the
war
"I hope President Wilson's speech
will stimulate the men in the work
shops to do their part by working
during the next few months with all
their mind and all their strength, so
that militarism may be dethroned. 1t
cannot be done except by willing CO.
operation by the men in the work
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OFFICIAL WAR
STATEMENTS

FRENCH.
Paris. Jan. 1.-Lively artillerying on
the right bank of the Meuse and prison
ers taken by French raids in the Ar
gonne was all today's official statement
reported.
Rome, Jan. 11-Ffiective concentra-
tion of trench mortars by Italian troors
west of Cavazoccherina forced the en-
emy to evacuate his trenches there. ac-
cording to today's official statement
The remaining Teuton forces were
caught under Italian machine gun fire
and suffered considerable losses.
GERMAN.
Berlin (via London). Jan. Ii
Enemy attempts to penetrate our
lines yesterday morning after artillery
ing southeast of Ypres broke down.
said today's official statement.
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Ex-President on Campaign to See if
Infants Are Suffering for Milk.

New York, Jan. 11.-Colorel Roose-
welt today announced his intention of
going on q new hunting tour-a search
for babies suffering from want of
milk.
The Iower East side. the Bowling
Green district and the Gramercy dis
trict of New York. will com under the
eyes of the former president Saturday.
A dozen families will be visited
Two physicians i'll accompany
Colonel Roosevelt. Children will be
weighed to ascertain whether suf-
fering from malnutrition
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COSSACK REVOLT FAILS
Again Report Don Leaders Are Fleeing
Before BoIsheviki.

Petrograd, Jan. H. II Dwindling
away of the Cossack revolt was re-
ported by the Bolsheviki today The
government armies and the red guards
are pursuing Generals Dutoff and
Kaledine and their forces.
The workmen and soldiers council
announced that Rostoff had been
liberated from the rebels and that the
Cossacks were unanimously against
Kaledine.
The Ukrainian rada announced the
eleventh army had been arrested
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FINANCE SUGAR CROP
N. Y. Bankers Plan to Put S15O,OOO, 900
Behind Cuban Output.

New York, Jan. 11.-A plan under
which New York banking interests
would finance the next Cuban sugar
crop, involving expenditure of a sum
as high as $3.50, 100000, is under con-
sideration here, it was learned today
The Importance of assuring the
country an adequate suppl. of sugar,
together with shipments required by
the entente allies. was placed before
the bankers committee by the inter-
national sugar committee actin. for
the national food administration.
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PLEA 'UNWRITTEN LAW
Finds Friend Hidden in Attic-Kills
Him and Calls Police.

Cleveland, O.. Jan. 1.-THE 'un-
written law is expected to be the de-
fense of Elmer Hupp, wealthy oil
operator. held in county Jail here to-
day on a charge of numbering his
friend, Charles L. Joyce, a travelling
salesman.
Hupp returned home suddenly from
Chicago last night and found joyce
hiding in the attic. He fired three
shots at the intruder and then called
the police. Mrs. Joyce is prostrated
today
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FOR CZECH REPUBLIC
Austrian Provinces Promoting Plan
Government Views With Alarm.

Amsterdam, Jan. 11-Czech leaders
of Silesia and Moravia met at Prague
recently and adopted resolutions de-
manding a Czech republic, according
to Information reaching here today.
The government, it was stated, was
exhibiting alarm over growth of such
republican sentiment and had
doubled the garrison at Prague.
German and Austrian newspapers
received here point to growth of the
Czech movement and demand govern
ment action to curb it.
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FEAR WILSON ADDRESS
Aviators Caught Dropping Copies in
Germany Will Be Shot as Spies.

London, Jan. 11.-Referring to the
report that it is intended to drop a
million copies of President Wilson's s
address in Germany from airplanes.
the Daily Chronicle, while thinking
the idea excellent and if every Ger
man could read the address it might
lead to a national strike against the
war recalls Germany's recent an
nouncement that pilots caught drop
ping propaganda would be shot as
spies. Accordingly. the paper appeals
to inventors to produce a machine
that will of itself drop propaganda.
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20 BELOW IN SWEDEN
Unprecedented cold Wave Hits
Scandinavia.

Stockholm, Thursday. Jan. 10.-Un-
precedented temperatures for Sweden
are reported at various places in the
north. Some of the lowest figures are
7O.6 degree below zero Fahrenheit, at
Asele; 81 below at Scerfors and 634
below at Hogidalsjoe. The last men
toned temperature is also reported
from Finmark.
Temperatures from 40 to So below
zero Fahrenheit are reported thruout
Angemann land.
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NIvELLE TO ALGERIA
Former Commander in Chief of
French Army Given New Chance.

Paris. Jan. 11.-Reha bilitation of
General Nivelle to active participa-
ton in French army affairs was indi-
Gated today when his appointment as
commander of an army corps and
transfer to Algeria was announced
General Nivelle was denoted from
commander in chief of , the French
forces following the April offensive of
last year.
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X. C. is SHORT ON COAL
Only Scant Supply to Ward Off Biz
Yards DiscomfOrts.

Kansas City, Jan. 1.-THE extreme
ly cold weather of today found Kansas
City with a scant coal supply on hand
and the situation may easily become
serious, according to an announce
ment by r. H. Oglesby. transportation
commissioner for the Missouri fuel ad-
ministration. There is practically no
bituminous coal in the city, he said
One of the largest companies reported
that it had only two cars of slack, it
was stated.
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BLIZZARD HID SIGNALS
In Wreck That Followed Two Rail-
road Men Are Killed

Galesburg. Ill, Jan. 11.-Brake-
man A Olson and Fireman Walter
Webber, of this city. employees of the
C. B. & O., were killed in a freight
wreck at Knoxville, Ill, early today
when one train sideswiped another
which had not cleared the switch.
Engineer p. T King was hurt when
he jumped. The binding blizzard
which confused signals was the cause
of the wreck
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WICHITA CUTS GERMAN
"Beericss Princess Eliminates Lam
guagc as School Study

Wichita, Kan. Jan. 11.-Study of
German in the Wichita public schools
will be discontinued at the close of the
present term. Lack of interest in the
German language since war was de-
clared with Germany caused the school
board to make the announcement. A
larger number of French classes are
being organized.
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TO UTILIZE OIL LANDS
Bill Calls for Govt Seizure of Plats
in Calf. and Wyo.

Washington. Jan. IA bill pre-
pared by the navy department to au-
thorize the government to take possess
sion, either by contract, lease or 9TH
erwise upon the issuance of an execu-
tive order all oil land set aside as Ea-
val reservations in California or
Wyoming, was today introdu ced by
Senator Swanson of the naval commit
tee
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CAPTURE BANK BANDIT
Posse Runs Him Down in Canebrake
and Receivers $4,000.

West Plains, Mo, Jan. IA mes
sage received here says that the bandit
who robbed the Bank of CottonpIant
at Cottonplant, Ark, was captured by
sheriff's posse in a canebrake not
far from the town. The posse re-
covered 81 900 stolen from the bank
Albert Carter, cashier of the bank,
was locked in the vault by the robber
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GUSTS PARLIAMENT
Spanish King Dissolves the Cortes and
Calls New Election.

Madrid. Jan. 10.-King Alfonso to-
day signed new decree dissolving the
cortes. Election will be held Febru-
ary "a and the NV parliament will
meet March Is.
Three days ago Alfonso signed a
similar edict but later retracted it.
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GOLDEN STATE In SNOW
Crack Rock Island Train Is Held Up
in Blizzard

Hutchinson, Kan Jan. 11.-Rock
Island Golden State Limited No. 4.
east bound, was held at Kismet, TWEEN
ty miles east of Liberal, Kan, for ten
hours or more, on account of snow
drifts, the passengers having plenty of
food and heat. The train is now COM
ing on, due in Hutchinson about 6
o. clock this evening.
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CUPID In THE KITCHEN
Fourth Son in Family to Make Hired
Grip His Bride.

St. Louis, Jan. 11.-George r.
Tichacek. member of painting firm,
today married Miss Josephine Berrat.
a servant girl, being the fourth son
of a well-to-do family to marry do
mestic Three brothers married girls
who worked in their mothers home
The mother made policy of en-
ploying as servants only girls whom
she considered suitable as wives for
her sons.
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RECOGNIZE UkRAINIA
French Govt Names Minister to New
Russian Republic.

Petrograd. JAN 1.-THE French
government has appointed General
Tabouille the representative of France
to the Ukraine republic This is con-
sidered in Petrograd as recognition by
France of tie independence of
Ukraine.
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washington, Jan 11.-SenatOr
Brady of Idaho. stricken with an
acute attack of heart trouble last
night, was slightly improved today
and hopes for his recovery were enter
tanned by his physicians.
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Allies Fail To Join-Separate
Peace or Nothing Now.
Both Sides May Be Bluffing and
Resume Effort Later.
"WIlL DECLARE WAR" --LENINE
Petrograd in Fever OF war
Preparations, Is Report.
"German Imperialists viii Not
Listen to Voice of People,.

Pct"ograd, January 11.-Gcrman
troops along the eastern front are
cC,,Sing their efforts to fratcrnlze
With T. G Russian soldiers opposite
the. il was announced here today.
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IS BELOW HERE
AT $3.50 TODAY,
new RECORD SET
This Coolest Weather Kansas
Has Had in Two Years.
Below Zero All Day in Topeka
and Kansas.
TRAINS ARE RUNNING LATE
Many Railroads in Kansas An
nuIIed Freight Service.
Average Snowfall in State
Amounts to 4 Inches.
Below Zero All Day in Topeka
and Kansas.
TRAINS ARE RUNNING LATE
Temnerature Readings.

Temperature readings for the cold
est night and the coldest day in two
years beginning Thursday evening at
6 o'clock, furnished by the local Office
of the United States weat ther bureau:
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The star Indicates below zero tsHn-
perstures.
The wind at o'clock was blowing
20 miles an hour from the north The
temperatures for the day averaged -
degrees below normal for the date
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WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Fair tonight and probably Satur-
day. Slowly rising temperatures Sat-
urday and in west and central parts
tonight.
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T. R. IN BABY UPLIFT

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'NHE snow sent the mercury down,
but the wheat prospects went up.
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Many towns are shiyering with low
coal supplies. The chaos of freight
schedules does not promise immediate
relief.
The Santa Fe general managers
office today reported IT inches of
snow in Illinois, from 4 to 5 inches in
Kansas City and about inches from
Kansas City to Emporia. Seven inches
of icy flakes hIanketed the ground
from Emporia to Newton and the
drifts were deeper up slong the Strong
City-Superior line. One foot of snow
fell between Indepen Ience and tho
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