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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-17
Die INCREASE
IN PLANS FOR
AVIATION CAMP
GOVERNMENT ORDERS FOUR MORE
HANGARS AND TWO MORE BAR
RACKS - BE COMPLETED JULY
FIRST.

The aviation camp for Americus, at
Souther Field, will be 25 per cent.
larger than the original plans.
The Hardaway Construction Com
pany and the McCrary Engineering
Company have been officially notified
of the increased appropriation.
Instead of twelve, there will be six
teen hangers, each to accommodate
four aeroplanes.
Two more barracks will also be
built.
1t is believed that before the camp
is finished it will cost the government
over $2,00O,OO0.
Indications are that Souther Field
will not be ready for occupancy be-
fcre July 1st,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-17
CONFUSION CAUSED
BY The ATTITUDE
OF H0USEH0LDER5
CHAIRMAN WILLIAMS OF CHAM
BER OF COMMERCE ISSUES AP-
PEAL TO THOSE WITH ROOMS
AVAILABLE.

Recently there has been considerable
confusion caused by the thoughtless-
ness of householders in failing to no.
tify the Chamber of Commerce COM
mittee, with whom rooms have pre-
viously been listed, of the renting of
these rooms, and of unwarranted ad-
vances in prices charged applicants
for accommodations.
There are many rooms listed with
the committee the members of which
are G. l.. Williams, chairman; T. G..
Tillman and Albert Harris, and these
gentlemen have graciously given much
of their time in the effort to secure
proper accommodations for the many
strangers coming here in connection
with the erection of the aviation camp,
and it is but just and fair to all con-
cerned that they be extended full CO.
operation by those with spare rooms
TO rent. The committee as recently
had many applications for small apart
ments-one or two rooms-suitable
for light housekeeping, and it Is es-
pecially desired that all persons hav-
i1-g rooms suitable for this purpose
list them with the committee at once.
The practice of householders who
have rented their rooms failing to
81 notify the committee is one entail
OF the committee, as we'll as placing
an unneeded hardship upon newcom-
ers here, and Chairman Williams es-
pecially requests all who have already
rented their rooms to so notify the
Chamber of Commerce, phone 8, imme-
diately.
Several times during the day. Mr..
Williams told Times Recorder rep
resentative yesterday the committee
sent parties to homes where rooms
were listed as for rent, only to find
they had been already been rented and
the committee not notified. This is
unfair alike to the committee and the
strangers in our midst, and in my opin-
ion, the good ladies who thus thought
lessly entail additional trouble, and,
perhaps expense, on these strangers
in our midst should be more careful.
The committee has sufficient applica-
tions to fill all available rooms, at
reasonable rates, but we will not be a
party to the charging of more than
normal rents, and we want this dis
tinctly understood. If there are any
rooms available for light housekeep-
ing, where small oil stove may be
used in preparing the morning and
evening meal, the committee should be
notified at once. There is continuous
urgent demand for such quarters, and
all such rooms are rented as rapidly
as they can be located"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-17
JETER
WRITES OF SAFE
ARRIVAL IN FRANCE

Americus relatives yesterday receiv-
ed a message from Corporal Jesse
Jeter of Americus, announcing his
safe arrival in France. The card did
not state at what port Corporal Jeter
arrived but said the voyage was with
cut incident. He is now attached to
the Fortieth Engineers and is one OF
the first drafted soldiers from Ameri-
Gus to reach "over there"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-17
MANY HOMES HERE
BEING REPAIRED

S. L. Sills is having the exterior of
his residence on Lee street painted. as
is also Mr.. a. D. Gatewood, while Mrs.
Fain is having a residence on Dudley
street remodeled, the whole being
painted inside and ont. Mrs D.
Pearlman is having her residence on
Jackson street worked over and re-
painted. Much of this work is being
done by Contractor John w. Shiver,
ard represents just few of the i'm
provements now going on in Ameri-
Gus.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-17
AMERICANS ARE
GIVEN GAS BATH
in TOUL SECTOR

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY, in
France, March 13.-(Delayed) Active
artillery firing continues on the Amer
lean sectors northwest Of Toul n:
east OF Luneville.
A considerable number of gas shells
have been falling on the Toul front.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-17
RUSSIANS Do
NOT AGREE On
PEACE TREATY
BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT VIII.
SON is GOING TO MAKE IMPORT.
ANT OFFICIAL UTTERANCE ON
THE SITUATION.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 1s.-
There were intimations in official cir
cles today that President Wilson might
make an early declaration on the Rus
sian situation. 1t was not indicated
what might be its form or its manner
of delivery.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-17
TWO new DEPUTY
FOOD AGENTS ARE
NAMED IN COUNTY

Mr.. l. Hodges has succeeded mr.. A.
G Howard as deputy food administra-
tor at Cobb, and Mr. John G. Pagan
has succeeded Mr.. C. E. Lunsford as
deputy food administrator at Plains.
Both Mr.. Howard and Mr. Lansford
resigned because of the pressure Of
ether duties.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-17
NO CHANGES IN
PRICES OF FOOD
FOR THIS WEEK

There are no changes this week in
the food pirces
The list will be published in full in
The Times-Recorder tomorrow, but
it is the same as last week. without
any change whatsoever.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

In the most casual way, he took out
his cigarette case and offered US both
cigarette. My friend Wanna gat
did not smoke, and I did not accept
although did smoke at that time.
For why? Just for no reason at all,
or by a sixth sense, ntuition-what-
ever you may call it.
The train had not yet started. We
were in that pleasurable state of ex-
pectancy, when just at the last min
ute your.y man of perhaps twenty
six jumped into our compartment.
He was rather smartly attired and
wore light summer overcoat and a
silk hat. ] think he was the only
person | saw that day in a silk hat,
which was rather extraordinary.
The "doctor" at once opened con-
versation with the newcomer, who
was also a conversational sort. AL
most Immediately the doctor" af-
fected to discover professionally that
the young man was suffering from
nervous disorders, so much so that
he told him frankly he was "ner-
vous wreck" and advised him to 20
TO Konigsberg and consult his
friend" Professor Antonoff, spe-
c1alist for neurasthenia, before it
was too late. Earlier on that day 1
saw the young man at Sandkrug OBJ
serving me.
watched this word play with in
tercst and some apprehension. The
young man seemed to swallow every
thing the conversational Hebrew
doctor" told him, until that worthy
apparently wearied Of his victim and
turned his attention back to me
again. Meanwhile I conveyed to
Wannagat under my breath warm
ing to hold his tongue or else would
t'eat him to taste of an English
bullet from an English automatic
pistol. For the time this sufficed.
The doctor" however, continued
conversation and questions, wanting
to know how long I had been awav
from London. I avoided satisfying
his curiosity.
lime Jagged. Indeed, it seemed
ages before we at last reached Hyde-
krug station, about half way be-
tween Proekuln and Tilsit, and
stopped to take on passengers.
l felt quite sense of relief when
] heard some one enter the next COM
partment. There was no doubt in
my mind about the character of our
travelling companions. The "con-
vcrsational Hebrew" and the "ner-
'ot's" youth in the top hat were un-
doubtedly "crooks" of the same gang.
The doctor" was not subdued as
lshad expected he would be at the
fact that the next compartment was
now occupied. On the contrary. he
continued his antics, told funny
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

In this article Mr. Pilenus for the first time lifts
the ue that has covered the lomg-suspeced plan of the
Kaiser to attack England IN 1911. He tells of another
trip to Gu'mblane' IN soich he not only found direct
evidence of this plan-so amazing thot it avould not
hove been believed four gears ago-but of the sys-
teanotc cutlvation of hate against Britain He also
tells of loing the foundation for the system by avhich
Scotland Yard the outbreak of the avar avas able to
break up the German spy machine IN London. HIS
trip included dramatic escape from q ca1efly laid
plot oy German agents, and has all the intensity of
fiction story of adventure IN secret dplomucy qUZIe
dealing only q0ith facts.
cpyrh 1913 by Otis Otis f. Wood
ected)
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

Gapon, Lettish Socialists, terrorists
eXpropriators, revolutionist conspira
cies, etc. He had even been charged
with an offence of aiding the revolu
tionary propaganda in Russia, SO he
said, but had been acquitted.
Putting together what Wannagat
told me and what l learned from
ether sources, it seems that Ozol, e
Lettish revolutionist, came to him ir
1906, after the great bank robbery
I in Moscow, and told him the whole
story Of the robbery.
The booty Of 100000 rubles which
the expropriators secured was to be
spent for revolvers and rifles for the
purpose Of overthrowing the Cars
government by the unanimous agree
ment of the Lettish revolutionaries
who offered the purchasing agency to
Wannagat, German Lithuanian
patriot, as the case might be. OF
course, he accepted the office. Then
he went to Lisge, Belgium, London
and Dresden, in Saxony, but nowhere
(according to Wannagat) was it Dos
sible for him to purchase the arms
required.
Ozol, after arriving in Switzerland,
was arrested by the Swiss police and
$4,000 of the rubles recovered. He
was extradited to Russia as a GRIM
inal and punished for his crime in
that country, and all trace of what
became Of the balance of the 600 900
ruhles was lost.
Wannagat did not tell me in any
OF our conversations whether or not
he had returned the money he had
to- the purchase of arms to the Let
tish expropriators, but he did tell me
that he, Wannagat, had severed his
connection with the Lettish revolu-
tionaries. The difference between
the $4,000 rubles taken from Ozol
and the 100000 loot of the bank.
which could not be expended for
arms by Wannagat, must have made
llci1 spending for some benehciaries
and may account for the easy man
ner in which Wannagat lived on the
weekly deficit of his publishing busi-'
ness.
There may have been no connec-
ton between my discovery of Wan
ragat's bank account and what fol-
lowed.
Our habit was to make almost
daily excursions, it being my vaca-
ton period. That very day we went
together for a sail on the Baltic and
visited Schwartzcrt, Forsterei, Me-
mel and other places. The night we
spent at Memel. Next morning we
started back home by train.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Next Week-Gern,an Spies in u. S

heuelotions Of the German, spy and - Amsrs
9 w@ "e"t 'oechs article by Mr. Pieas The Sr chapter hs
w po,s against Canada the storing eren m Fh Av
@ o,"u"9' '"e d's"ng OF an "army Amerd.
@ a'o"9 f"e oorder aud matters of equal nter
o"a 'pordnce Mr. Penas organised the British Secret Seruic
hauc been Oy3tten - ~
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
The Affair of
The Hebrew Doctor"

We were the first to enter the conf
partment, so sat vis-a-vis at win
dow. BY and by third passenger
entered the compartment and took
the seat next to me, remarking in
German that it was beautiful day,
in which we agreed with him.
by his appearance and speech he
was undoubtedly Russian Jew. of
medium size, with dark hair and red
dish mustachc. He was thin. NOT
very we'll dressed and very talkative.
He told us he spoke seven languages
which was very probable, that he
had visited many countries and was
doctor by profession.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

he heard all my news. Then he told
! me how Lieutenant Stewart had gone
to Germany, got caught and was SEN
fenced to Imprisonment in fortress
as q spy.
~ will get this where it will be
welcome" he said as we parted.
Lloyd George Tells
Some Home Truths
Lloyd George was at that time
Chancellor of the Exchequer. He
made a speech in the Guiluhall the
Thursday following my return.
Therein he conveyed to Germany a
stern warning to desist from aggres-
s!ve acts, practically an ultimatum.
The two addresses given me by F..
Z. proved absolutely correct, ard the
British authorities started in at once
to register the members of the or
carnations. Soon lists of suspected
German spies were to be found at
every police station arsenal.
The steps taken previous to this to
get on the track of German spies had
been on very small scale. Few were
apprehended. DR.. Graves, a hireling
CT a German secret service agent,
was taken by the Scottish authori-
ties through his own carelessness,
stupidity and because he did not
know the ropes. He should have
known that the British authorities
were already aware of the intentions
of certain German busybodies. He
was not much more fortunate in this
country, except for the enforced de-
parture Of Bernstorff.
However, year later we find the
Germans trying to pick a quarrel
with either French or English or
both over the Agadir incident in Mo-
rocco in 1912. Then a little further
along came the general strike in
England, in which the Ostmarken
Verein eXerted itself. Everywhere
Germany was hard at work to start
trouble, believing itself prepared for
it, while the others, French and Eng
llsh, were wasting breath scolding
Germany for arming itself to the
teeth for an aggressive purpose.
1t had to come-war-because Ger
many was determined to have it.
And at last, because boy of eigh-
teen, Of Serbian descent, "Jugo-
siaV," murdered the Austrian Grown
Prince and his wife at Sarajevo in
1914, Austria must try Serbia for it,
on Serbian soil. BY grace of which
the Huns gave us a world war. Some
nerve!
| omitted mentioning Wannagat in
the foregoing account of my second
visit to Tilsit in 1911, simply because
that cobralike individual was neither
directly nor indirectly helpful in pro-
curing the information which I col
lected for British consumption. But
he was there all the time, and we
made our little journeys around to-
eether quite as before. Though he
tad changed his lodgings, l hunted
him up and arranged for accommo-
dation at his abode Immediately ON
my arrival at TilsitA
Where the "Borussians'
Came From
AS have mentioned before, Wan
nagat was a Observation-Disclosures.
and as the definition Of that is not
strictly according to dictionaries nor
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

as yet set down IN guldebool1s, | will
explain. Lithuania in medieval
times was great nation, stretching
from the shores of the Baltic to the
foothills of the Caucasus and the ap-
proaches Of the Black Sea. Her peo-
pie were divided into three branches
Let's, Borussians and Lithuan-
ians. Of these there remain in the
Lithuania Of to-day perhaps $780,
600, of which rs per cent are Lithu
anlans and 25 per cent Let's. If you
remember that in Germany a Prus-
sian is "Borussian," you will know
what became of the Borussians.
The Borussians were benevolently
asslmilated by the Germans, giving
their name to the country which has
for years been the boasted strong
hold of Prussia and nearly every
thing else they possessed. Up to half
a century ago Lithuanian was still
the folk tongue, but, although the
people are still racially more Lithu-
anian than Prussian, the use of
Lithuanian has waned. Wannagat
posed "before the world" as a Lithu-
anlan patriot.
You will remember how intimate
Wannagat was with DR.. Steputat
Privy Counsellor and Governor of
Gumbinnen, and how the doctor used
to come to his house and tell him
about state affairs? And how Wan
nagat gave me lot of information.
volunteered it, with the manifest in
tention of "catching me with the
goods on"-to quote an eminent ex-
policeman of New York. When I
weighed Wannagat and what it
might mean to be a German-Lithu
anian patriot in Tilsit in the wear
1o11 all seemed perfectly natural
and understandable.
Neither his weekly "Birute," print
ed in Lithuanian, nor his monthly
"Allgemeine Littausche Rundschau."
printed in German, made him cent
of profit. On the contrary, he was
always complaining to me that there
was an increasing deficit. AS neither
paper had circulation much above
hundred bona fide, how could
money have been made out of them?
Wannagat Suddenly
Becomes Wealthy
Yet, notwithstanding the deficit. I
found Wannagat, not much more
than year after my first visit.
moved to better apartment, a ten
room flat, elegantly furnished. Of
course, | knew he could not we'll be
losing money in the publishing bust
ness and increasing his scale of liv-
ing both at the same time, unless, in
deed, he had happened upon an Alad-
din's lamp in the rubbish he affected
or something equally mysterious and
etfectual.
One morning, while l was sitting
in his study, after he had stepped
out Of the room observed a pass
book on his desk. 1t was in his name
and on the Ost Bank. 49," thought
|, "Wannagat's little duck of a
deficit has grown up to be a first
class bank account
When he returned to the room and
noticed my eyes on the handbook he
was thrown into quite an open state
of confusion, so that he started at
cnco hurried and rambling tales
about his acquaintance with Father
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Kaiser Planned War On Britain in 191
Amazing Story of Attack Told for First Time by Scotland
Yard Who Discovered

stories to the "neuras,h,-.s
vhistled the latest operatic a;,s ,
:verilowed with all kinds of conv;s;.' =
jccosity. ssal
Suddenly it occurred to ma =,
there was something ominou. - as
that "other" compartment. Trss ..0'
my surprise on looking toward sue =
partition which separated us ~ = - :
that the lights of the "otber ~ 10y
partment" were out, and that ~. a'
ing at US over the partition s. w..
three burly German heads, VIZ
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

Where the ''Borussians'
Came From
AS l have mentioned before, Wan
nagat was n-Luthuanian.
and as the definition Of that is not
strictly according to dictionaries nor
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-04-11
JEWISH MEDICAL
unit is FORMED
FOR PALESTINE

Sanctioned by the United States and
Great Britain, the American Zionist
Medical Unit, with a personnel Of Al,
is making ready to leave New York
City shortly en- route for Palestine,
where it will cooperate with the Jew
ish Administrative Commission, which
is laying the foundations cor the fu-
ture Jewish State in the Holy Land.
This unit is being equipped by Ha-
dassah, the Womens Branch of the
Zionist Movement at a cost of $780,
600 to cover it's first years operations.
1t will include besides a general di-
rector and representative of the or
ganization, a medical director, Is
physicians, Is nurses, a sanitarian,
two mechanics, two pharmacists and
a dental staff The physicians in
clude specialists in surgery, eye, ear,
nose and throat diseases, skin dis
eases and children's diseases. A
hospital in Jerusalem has already
been placed at the disposal of the
Unit, and the staff will be amplified
from among the physicians residing
in Palestine. In addition to the
IOSplldl III OI uoel1CllA bAAO - LII PAeAAAA
to open a dispensary, engage IN
school-nursing and will operate sew
eral floating hospitals. 1t is carry
ing with it, $4,000 worth Of medica
supplies, a complete equipment OF
surgical, dental and Photograph in
struments.
Together with the medical uni
| Hadassah will dispatch to Palestine
over 10 huge cases of garments fol
the impoverished residents Of tina
country. These garments were
sewed or collected by the HadassaE
chapters all over the United States
The drive for garments is still go
ing on and additional supplies will be
shipped later.
The money for the Unit was raised
in the following manner: One hun
dred and twenty thousand from tn,
Provisional Zionist committee; $780,,
600 from the Joint Distribution com
mittee and $4,000 from individual
contributors. Two tons of soaI
were contributed by Mrs. Mary Fels
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-04-11
T airfeld County News
Losses By Fire.

Fire of undetermined origin, Mon
day, destroyed a barn and it's con-
tents, valued at about $4,000, on prop
erty owned by Mrs. J. I. Raymond in
Stamford. The building was valued
at $1,000. The contents, all of which
were lost, consisted Of several
coaches, farm machinery and tools,
and about 20 tons Of hay, valued col
lectively at 1,500. The loss was COW
cred by insurance.
The big barn of the property of
Frederick C. Lee of Ridgef1eld was
totally destroyed by fire Tuesday
night, together with it's entire con-
tents including $50 bushels of corn, Is
tons of hay and other produce The
building was only partially insured
and the net loss will he at least 50, 500.
In Springdale, Friday, a barn, set
af1re by burning grass, was destroyed,
together with a water tower adjoin-
ing, the estimated loss being $500
Seeks denomination
Harvey P Bissell, of Ridgefield,
state senator from the twenty-fourth
district for two terms, is to be a can
didate for nomination for the third
time. Henry B. Hawley, of Brook
field, will also be a candidate, it is
generally understood.
Overcome By Smoke.
Coughing and choking from smoke,
Charles M. Van Vert, of Danbury,
was awakened from sleep at $3.50 Fri
day morning to find the rooms of his
house filled with smoke and a lively
fire burning in the room underneath
that in which he was sleeping. Mr.
VanWert managed to seize his cloth
ing and crawl to a window, which he
opened out onto a small balcony
There MIR. VanWert put on some OF
his clothing and then jumped from
the balcony to the ground, only a few
feet below. The house was practi'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-04-11
Prices ! Prices i! Prices III
Where can you get
better value than by using
FRISBIE'S PIES
LOSS OF APPETITE.
LOSS OF WEIGHT.
SLEEPLESSNESS, ETC.

are all overcome by Recupertabs. they
are made after the formula of DR..
Albert Robin, the famous French
physician, and are geing used very
largely in Paris and other European
capitals.
When taken for a short while they
will give positive relief in all cases Of
nervous exhaustion, mental depres-
sion, lack Of vitality, general debility.
anemia, etc.
The Glycerph osprates Of which Re-
cupertabs aar composed. contain the
element necessary to overcome these
Conditions. They ara now being pre-
ecribed and recommended by many
physicians in this and foreign coun-
tries as the best, quiclzes: and surest
nerve and blood tonic that they know
of.
Recupertahs are for sale at all drug
stores at SOC and 800 per package or
will be sent direct upon receipt Of
price.
| Curtis Chemical Co., No. 414 West
2Srd St, New York. Distributed in
Bridgeport and vicinity by ]. D. Harti.
gan, No. 81 Fairfield Avenue..-Adv.
| RI tie
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-04-11
RHEUMATICS
MADE HAPPY
Satisfied That "Neutrone
Prescription SO" Is All
That's Claimed.

This reliable prescription has, since
being placed in the hands of the pub
lie, done more to remove Rheumatic
Troubles than all previous remedies
combined
1t is different from other remedies
in that it does not upset the stomach
or impair the heart, a condition here
tofore thought impossible.
1t is not a cure-all but a remedy
to be taken internally treating Rheu-
matism as constitutional disease, by
its general action through the blood.
The treatment is a most complete
combination of MISUNDERSTANDING
elements and is dependable to produce
results from the fact it aims at rheu-
matism as disease of the blood. soc
and $1.00 the bottle.
Hindle's Drug Stores. and leading
druggists everywhere.