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The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-08

BERNE May 8. = Kaiser Wilhelm has returned to Pots dam from the battle front where he has been for time past His return due to the political crisis which has developed from the rejection by the Prussan diet of the sui frage reform The imperial chancellor Von Hert ng has been summoned to Potsdam report the situation
 Those at the bedside of the deposed monarch say that fatal termination of his illness is not probable.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-08
FIRST GOLD CLEANUP OF SEASON
 IN FAMOUS KLONDIKE COUNTRY

DAWSON ay MS. - The first gold cleanup in the KIon- ke region this spring made yesterday by of the big dredging companies Individual operators will begin washing gold during the present week
 There is every indication that the yield of the famous gold camp this year will equal that of last when the output was valued at $3670,000
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-08
IS ON THE INCREASE

WASHINGTON, May 8. - Conditions in Persia are de- scrbed desperate received by the depart ment from the American legation at Teheran.
 The message says that famine is increasing that typhus prevalent and that in of the cities the food shortage has forced the population to eat dogs and practice
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-08
AMERICANS CONGRATULATED

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES IN PICARDY, May Premier Cemenceau visited the American troops here Sunday last He congratulated them the fine showing they already had made and expressed particular pleasure at the harmonious manner in which the Americans working together
 Premier Clemenceau inspected the bllets and kitchens and talked with the officers and
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-08
RED CROSS WEEK MAY 2O-27

WASHINGTON, May 8. -P President Wilson has issued proclamation designating the week beginning May 20 Red Cross week. and calls the people to contribute generously the second fund of the American Red Cross.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-08
RAINY WEATHER
 CAUSES A LULU

DATEIFSS - Along the battle lines nm northern France the Allies still await the renewal of heavy fighting by the Ger Apparently the rainy weather is hnderng the Teutons from bringing up supplies preparatory the renewal of the drive which has been delayed much longer than n previous luls
 The ahes also have been bringing up fresh troops and supplies since the cessation of the German offensive and have strengthened their positions considerably.
 Minor Operations on the Somme
 LONDON, May 8. = The British official statement today say that successful minor operations have resulted the ad of the British lines short distance in the Aniens tor between tn Sonme and Aaclp rivers.
 Last nglt hostile artillery active between Metere and Kemmel hil on the Flanders front.
 An official statement issued yesterday said that six hos tile machines downed Monday. A hundred bombs dropped by British amen in the neghborhood of Ba paume at night One of the British machines failed to retun General Hag reports that both the British and German has been activity other parts of the front Otherwise there Is nothing report
 French Encounter Artillery Attacks
 PARIS, May S. - The official French statement today says that heavy artillery fighting has been encountered by the French on both sides of the Avre west of Amens
 Official bulletins yesterday said that there had been mark ed activity by opposing artillery forces in the Amens secor where surprise attack south of Hartmans and Weerkopf in Alsace, failed.
 Four enemy aplanes downed May 6, and on the day the French dropped four thousand klos of proece the railway stations at Fuvile Marte, Merress Ham, Guischard, Noyon and Vermond.
 Germans Pushed Back
 WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE, May 8. - The Australians made another advance last night pushing for ward five hundred yards along front of six hundred yards Sally east of Amens and also pushed the Germans back three hundred yards along fivehmdred yard front west of Morancout Notwithstanding heavy barragc the Germans were unable to prevent the advance
 Quiet With the Americans
 WITH THE AMERICAN TROOPS IN PICARDY, May 8On Monday the artillery fighting continued along the
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-08

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, May s. + Flight Captain James Norman Ha author and of the bestknown aviaors in the American allied armies, Is missing after thrilling battle ten miles inside the border of Germany, opposite the Toul sector.
 The fight participated in by three Americans and four German machines Two of the German planes sent down in a crippled condition
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-08
FORMER KING OF GREECE ILL

PARIS May g. = Former King Constantine of Greece is patch received here.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-08
WASHINGTON, May 8. :

WASHINGTON, May S. = Senator Kenyon of Iowa, has introduced resolution calling for the cancellation of all of Frances financial obligations to the United States including all moneys borrowed from this country since the beginning of the war.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-05-08
Quiet With the Americans

WITH THE AMERICAN TROOPS IN PICARDY, May 8On Monday the artillery fighting continued along the tor which the Americans holding in the Pcardy battle front. The situation remains unchanged.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-04

is entitled to vote for members of
the General Assembly. All persons
voting at said election in favor of
adopting the said proposed amend
met of the Constitution shall have
written or printed upon their ballots
the words, For ratification of amend
ment to Paragraph 1, Section Z, Ar
ticle 7, Of the Constitution, so as to
authorize any county, municipal corp
GRAFTON or political division of this
state to incur any new debt with the
assent of two thirds of the qualified
voters thereof voting at an election
for that purpose, to be held as may be
prescribed by law" and all persons
opposed to the adoption of said
amendment shall have written or
printed on their ballots the words,
Against ratification of amendment
to Paragraph 1, Section Z, Article7,
of the Constitution, so as to authorize
any county, municipal corporation or
political division of this state to in
cur any new debt with the assent of
two thirds of the qualified voters
thereof voting at an election for that
purpose, to be held as may be pre-
scribed by law; and if a majority
of the electors qualified to vote for
MEMBERS of the General Assembly
voting thereon shall vote for ratiica-
ton as now required by law in elect
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-04

tons for members of the General AS
sembly, and return thereof made to.
the Governor, then he shall declare
said amendment adopted, and make
proclamation of the result by publica-
ton of the result of said election by
one insertion in one of the daily
papers of this state, declaring the
amendment ratified
Section a. Be it it further enacted
by the authority aforesaid, That all
laws and parts of laws in conflict
with this Act may be and the same
are hereby repealed. "A
Approved August 20, 1918
Now, Therefore, I Hugh M. Dorsey,
Governor of said state, do issue this
my proclamation hereby declaring
that the foregoing proposed amend
ment to the Constitution is submitted
for ratification or rejection to the
voters of the state qualified to vote
for members of the General Assembly
at the general election to be held OBJ
Tuesday, November 5th, 1913
HUGH M. DORSEY,
Governor.
By the Governor:
H. B. Strange,
Secretary of State.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-04
BY the Governor:
H B. STRANGE,
Secretary Of State.
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
Atlanta, Aug. "a, 1918.
A PRnCLAMATION

Submitting a proposed amendment
10 the Constitution Of Georgia, to be
voted on at the general election to
be held in Tuesday, November 5th,
1918 said amendment to amend Part
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-04
y -. State of Georgia,
Z Executive Department,
p Atlanta, Aug, "a, 1918.
A PROCLAMATION.
n. 3. Strange,
Secretary of State.

Submitting a proposed amendment
20 the Constitution of Georgia, to be
voted On at the General Election to
be held on Tuesday, November 5th,
1918, said Amendment 70 amend Par.
2, Sec. /, Art. II, of the Constitution
OF Georgia, so as to create a new
county from a portion of Berrien
county, to be known as Cook county
With Abel as the county seat.
By His Excellency,
HUGH NJ. DORSEY, Governor.
Whereas the General Assembly, at
its session in 1918, proposed an
amendment TO the Constitution of this
State as set forth in an Act approx
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-10-04
State of Georgia
State Of Georgia
Executive Department,
Atlanta, Ga, August "a, 1918.
APROCLAMATI0N.

Submitting a proposed amendment
TO the Constitution of Georgia, to be
voted on at the general election to
be held on Tuesday, November 5th,
1918, said amendment to amend Art
6. Sec. /, OF the Constitution Of Geor-
gia, to as to increase fund allowed
Governor with which to employ cler-
ical help.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-23
AN HONORED HOUSE.

" 1t is always a pleasure to record
The success of firm which merits the
material rewards it has won through
long years of honored service to the
public. The C. C. Smoot & Sons Com
bany of this city may be justly includ-
ed in that class. For nearly ninety
eight years-almost e century-the
Alexandria Tannery has been con-
Quoted by the well known family whicE
has honored the city by its residence
here, and it affords the Gazette sim
cere qualification to point to the splen-
did success it has achieved through
honesty, persevering industry and an
iuntarnished reputation.
What feeling of pride and salts
faction must we'll up in the breasts
of the sons who can look back upon
the honored careers of their fathers
before them and receive from them
the heritage of a well-spent life!
The Gazette congratulates the firm
upon its approaching anniversary,
which it will reach on the third Of next
month, and also upon the centennial
which it hopes to see it celebrate two
years hence.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-23
THE FOE WITH WHOM WE HAVE
TO DEAL.

The committee on public intorma-
ton has issued another series of ''Con-
quest and Kultur," which shows the
aims of Germans in their own words.
The publication consists of extracts
from speeches of the kaiser, so-called
ministers of the gospel, professors in
colleges afGUtfers:: -.Fhc following are
words taken from a pamphlet writ
ten by German pastor named Baum
garten, in 1914:
Whoever cannot prevail upon him
self to approve from the bottom Of
his heart the sinking Of the Lusitania,
whoever can not conquer his sense Of
the gigantic cruelty to unnumbered
perfectly innocent victims and give
himself up to honest delight at this
victorious exploit. of German defensive
poWer-him we Judge to he no true
German"
This wolf in Sleeps clothing in
aiIoet.Si puUlciIioH VI Inc same year,
says:
I'VE are compelled to carry on this
war with a cruelty, a ruthlessness, an
employment of every imaginable de-
Eyife1 1atla9own in any previous war
The Observation-Disclosures, week
ly paper for juvenile readers, con-
tanned the following in 1913, year
before the war:
1--WE Germans and Christians are
taught by honor and. duty that there
ear be. no peace for the souls Of the
dead or the living until a conflict is
settled by the victory and triumph of
our arms. Therefore war is the most
sublime and most holy expression Of
amman activity
:. Karl \. Kuhn (of Overwhelmingly
SAID in 1911:
Must kultur rear its domes over
mountains of corpses, oceans of tears,
and the death rattle of the conquered.
4nS:' il must. = The mich;
u tie conqueror is the highest law
before which the conquered must bow
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-23
MAY BUILD RAILROAD
is Considering Newport
News Line as War Measure.

Charming NJ. Ward, who has been
active in promoting proposed rail
road from Washington to Newport
News, said that press dispatch from
Washington to the effect that the gov
eminent would not aid the Indian
Head railway line was misleading. He
said:
:sWhen the government took over
the railroads of the country on De-
cember %, 1917, the bill, which had
been introduced in Congress with re-
gard to the construction Of a railroad
from Washington to Indian Head, be-
came inadequate; hence Mr.. Pidgett
withdrew the measure.
The Federal railroad adminisra-
ton now has the construction of the
railroad from Washington to Newport
News under consideration. 1t is be-
lieved a statement from that source
will be made shortly, and that the rail-
road will be constructed as wa
measure"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-23
VICTORY IN JULY.
Russians VIII Join Allies in Mighty
Offensive, Asserts Senator.

Birmingham, Ala, April 23.-Sana-
tor Lewis, Of Illinois, closing the Ala
bama liberty loan campaign here last
night, said that GermarT will be fore
ed by The United States to capituiate
and come to terms that will end the
war by July and that by June the
United States would have 1,0D0,000
men in France for service. The ships
now being built. said the senator. will
double the tonnage o. those lost.
Three hundred thousand men from
America, he declared, will allow the
allies to rest ard gather new force,
and in combined offensive in June
will drive the Germans back. In the
meantime the Russian forces, the SEN
ator predicted, will become aroused
to take Russia from Germany and will
fight urGer the command of the Uni
ted States and allied officers. Ger
many. he concluded, would yield to the
United States terms by july.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-23
NOTICE
Mutual Ice Company Bonds.

Pursuant to the terms of the bonds
and deed of trust securing the same,
issued by the Mutual lee Company,
bearing date of July /, 1912, Five
Thousand Dollars of said bonds will be
paid at the First National Bank, Alex
andria, Va, on July /, 1918.
The bonds to be paid off will be
selected by lot, as drawn by the trus-
tee. Those holding bonds not desiring
payment, will please notify the trus-
tee. AS far as possible, the selection
of bonds to be paid will be selected
from those desiring payment.
No interest will be paid on bonds
so selected for payment after July l.,
1918:
Drawing will be made JuAe 4. 1918.
J. X. NJ. NORTON, Trustee.
96-12t Alexandria. Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-23

= - Ffs i II -,
at an unlawful speed, nor that the
accident could have been avoided Inc
court determined to continue the case;
as the woman, Mrs. Wilson, was I'M
able to be present. Jacobs was re-.
leased upon his own recognizance.
Early this morning while First
Lieut.. R. L. Deal was proceeding east
on upper Duke street he attempted to
pass a wagon in front of him. When
he was abreast of the vehicle a boy
named Shirley Boiling, jumped from
the wagon in front of the officers
automobile. The latter turned the
machine to the left as quickly as pos
sible, but not soon enough to avoid
striking the youngster. The auto
struck wagon which was on the
other side of the street, damaging it
somewhat. Boiling was placed III the
automobile and taken to the office OF
DR.. Delaney. His injuries are not
serious. Lieut.. Deal later appeared at
the station house, where the case was
investigated. The lieutenant an
nounced that he was ready to pay all
damages, and no charge was urged
against him.
About the same time Frank Robey,
a white boy, was proceeding south on
Washington street on bicycle. Rid
ing parallel with him was a colored
man named George Nicholson. Upon
reaching Cameron street Robey, with
out sounding his bell o. initiating
that he desired to enter that thorough
fare, turned and attempted to cross in
front of Nicholson. This caused col
lision in which Robey received some
cuts and bruises. Nicholson was ar
rested on the charge of violating the
traffic law. The court after investi-
eating the accident, dismissed the ac-
cused.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-23
KILLED BY SOUTHERN TRAIN
Herman L. Pace, of Esmont, Inadver.
tently Stepped in Front of Freight.

Charlottesville, Va, April 23.-Her-
man l.. Pace, aged 50, of Esmont, Va,
was struck by north-bound freight
on the Southern Railway near North
Garden at II o'clock Sunday night and
instantly killed. Mr.. Pace, who was
employed as carpenter on the bar
racks being constructed at the Uni
versity CT Virginia, had spent the
week END with his sister, Mrs. Lille
Brooks, near North Garden, and was
on his reurn to the city. In some man.
ner he became confused and stepped
on the wrong track. He was a son of
George Pace, of Woodbridge, this coun-
tiy. He married Miss Annie Childress,
daughter of Thomas Childress, of Es-
mont. She survives with three chill
dren. He also leaves his parents and
three brothers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-23
STRUCK BY AUTO TRUCK
Driver Arrested and Session of the
Police Court was Held for the
Purpose.

Mrs. Edgar NJ. Wilson sustained a
scalp wound and bruises on her
shoulder when heavy freight truck
co!lided with a wagon in which she
was seated near the north end of
Hunting Creek bridge yesterday aft
ernoon between and 6 o'clock. She
was carried to the Alexandria Hos
pital, where DR.. NJ. D. Delaney dressed
her injuries. Jacob Schafer, who was
in the wagon with Mrs. Wilson, es-
capped injury. The driver of the truck,
a man named Jacobs, was arrested and
a special session of the Police Court
was held for the purpose of investi-
eating the cause of the accident.
Jacobs alleged that he WAS following
close upon the wagon with the inten-
ton of passing it, but when a few
yards behind the vehicle his auto sud-
denly became unmanageable, and be
fore ne could apply brakes and bring
it TO standstill it turned to the left
and struck the wagon. 1t was shown
by several witnesses that the steering
gear of the auto truck had become de-
ranged, and a youth who was nearby
at the time, found a bolt upon the
road a few yards from the scene OF
tie accident. It was shown that the
bolt had dropped from the steering
gear which caused the wheel on the
left to swerve and collide with the
wagon. 1t seemed providential that
both vehicles escaped going through
the railing of the bridge into the
creek. There was ne evidence to show
that Jacobs was operating the truck
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-23
TIE SHIP PROBLEM.

i IS good news that the excess
wheat stocks o. Australia are 20 be
made available for the use Of the
Allied nations by shipments to this
country. which will release an equal
quantity OF our own grain for ship
ment to Europe. AS the Baltimore
S-n says, the thought Of this Austria
Ian grain has long been tant,liZing
one 20 humgoring Belgium. France.
England and Italy. The long haul
ana The submarine danger made it
llcpracr:ca5lc to send it to Europe,
ac& thare it lay, ike the excess stocks
at Russia in the first year or two of
tho war, urgently needed. but una
tST-s';.lahi2. Now. through the acquire
aHent OF shipping from Japan and
Sweden, j: will be possible to trans
pert chs grain to the United States
ard ~ eqUal quantity o. our stocks
wi,l 5a sent to Europe.
There is excess wheat in India snd
a ,,sse a N 5:a5sos It has been=assnmed
slaa. + aco::;ld not be made available
s'eGcc.,.11saiscc,ss t!te shaFtase Of ships. Per-
bass > efficient amount CT thought
sss; E ta:s ssqsat nigss suggest
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-23
UP TO west VIRGINIA
United States Supreme Court Opens
Door to Voluntary Payment of
S13,000,000.

Chief Justice White, in an opinion
handed down yesterday in the Su-
preme Court relating to the old State
debt controversy between Virginia and
West Virginia, opened the door wide
for West Virginia to come forward
and amicably and voluntarily pay the
S13. 100000 judgment rendered against
her in former decision Of the court.
He also held that Congress, under the
circumstances involved in this case,
has authority to compel West Vir-
glnia to pay.
But, if West Virginia refuses to pay
voluntarily, and if Congress refuses
to take action, the Chief Justice makes
it plain that the Supreme Court will
tindSa way to enforce its judgment.
He, therefore, restored the case to
the docket of the court for the pur-
pose of hearing argument as to the
ways and means of compelling West
Virginia to pay. This hearing will
be heard next year after the February
recess, if before that time West Viz
ginia does not come forward with the
money.
The debt controversy came before
the court again on a petition from
Virginia for a mandamus to compel
the West Virginia legislature to levy
Il tax for the purpose of raising money
to pay the judgment. The Chief JUS
tice, while not passing finally on the
question whether or not the court has
the power to compel such action by
the legislature, declared that method
of collecting the money will be sub
m!tted to argument at the next hear
ing. He also stated that the court
reserved the right to appoint at an
early date, if it thought necessary, a
master to go to West Virginia to in
vestigate the amount and method CT
taxation to be put into effect if the
court is forced to take compulsory ac-
tion.'
One of the prominent features of
the Chief Justices opinion is an init
nation that the court does not wish to
take drastic steps to compel one state
to carry out its duty and obligations to
= sister state. Another important fea-
trre IS that Congress has the author
ity to enact law to compel West Vir-
ginia to pay. The court points out
that Congress approved the contract
under which West Virginia was carved
out of Virginia and made a separate
state. The resolution admitting West
Virginia into the Union contains
provision which required that state
to assume a just share and proportion
of the pre-eXisting debt of Virginia.
AS Congress approved this contract,
the Chief Justice holds Congress has
the right to compel its enforcement.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-23
ALLEGED NEGRO SPIES.

We are not alarmists, nor do we
credit the many rumors which are
being circulated in these troublous
times. Some are plausible; many are
not. Glass has undoubtedly been
found in our food at times, and Ger
man sympathizers generally get the
blame, although it has been Impossible
to prove who is responsible for sucn
acts. The German-Americans may be
Innocent of such dark deeds.
Negroes, it is said, have had whls-
nered in their ears recently these
words: Germany has no issue with
the colored race" Significant utter
ances. and the nation which did
not hesitate to attempt to stir up fric-
ton between the United States and
Mexico and Japan, and who cham
pioned the Irish movement against
Great Britain would not hesitate to
poison the minds Of the faithful col
ored people of America against their
white neighbors.
The fact that two itinerant negro
preachers who have recently appeared
in the dock of the Police Court OF
Alexandria to answer for other Of
lenses have been openly charged while
under trial of being pro-German IN
their principles-one of being "a spy
should invite investigation.
Nat Turner made futile attempt to
lr;ng about revolution in the south
eastern section of Virginia many
years ago, and later John Brown made
another fiasco in the same direction
al Harper's Ferry. The kaiser's plan
is also doomed to miscarriage.
We live in perilous hnnes, and no
stone should be left unturned in ferret
ing out suspicious characters. The
observation, "They who are not for
us are against us" is especially ap-
plicable at this time. r
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-04-23
DEMAND REFORMS.
Two Hundred Thousand Huncarians
In Demonstration at Bucharest.

Zurich, April 23.--Two hundred
thousand persons participated in a
demonstration for electoral reforms at
Budapest yesterday, it was learned
here today. $50
Five thousand marched to the Pal
ace Club, shouting "a has TIA"
Work and traffic was halted. SINH
lar ADMINISTRATIONS were conducted in
various town Sunday. ~
Premier Won seydler told the Polo
naisei leaders stcday: hat Galicia would
be restored to Poland.