PAGE SIX THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEFL MONDAY, JTLT IS, 1917 ( j To Our Patrons and the PLEASED GERM liING General Public WITH SELECTION SHORT OF WEAPONS

of our firm OE SPECIAL ENVOY; FOR SUBMARINES We wish to announce that the name

has been changed from the A. W. Smith Furniture Co. TOKIO, July 16. —General satisfac-l I , July 16.—There is . I to the GYLESANDREWS FURNITURE CO. tion expressed in Japan at the ap-' reason to believe that the German pointment of Viscount Kikujiro Ishii. torpedo supply is weakening, says a We wish to express our appreciation to our formerly minister for foreign affairs, statement issued at the Navy League as special envoy to the in headquarters. patrons for their business in the past and will thank connection with the present war. The j The increasing frequency with them for a continuation of same in the future. appointment was made personally by ] which press despatches report mer-1 I Emperor Yoshohito, by virtue of a spec-' chant ships as successfully dodging ial ordinance by which Viscount Ishii German torpedoes, says the state- That Dont Get Tired v is designated as temporary ambassador ment, suggests to the technically FURNITURE CO. trained mind that the German torpedo | GtLES-AIH extraordinary. The service of installa- ' is E. Y. ANDREWS tion was attended by Premier Count detoriorating- in speed and hence J. E. GYLES in accuracy of fire at long range. Terauchi, Prince Takatsukasa, grand many cotton mixed fabrics are chamberlain, and others. At the outset, the statement con- being Hk I WrWWWWtWWfWWWW^WWWWWWWWWWWWWW IWWWW% It was expected that the commission tinues, the eGrmans were extremely puHnto men’s clothes. Such careful to clothes lose would leave for the United States on conserve their torpedoes. ships gunfire July 3 on the steamer Shingo Mara and . Merchant were sunk by spend some three months in that coun- ! wherever possible. But the armin? | try, visiting Washington and other cit-, of merchant ships and the constant E can supply your every want in Loose ies. The delegates who accompany i improvement in the Allies’ system of Viscount Ishii were selected with spec- defense against submarine attack has Leaf Goods from the smallest the I ial reference to their fitness. They in- driven subrnarines under water Memorandum to the largest clude Vice-Admiral Isamu Takeshita, and they are now forced to use tor- who was formerly naval attache at pedoes in almost every attack. The Ledgers Let us show Washington and who was detailed as increase in the number of sub- captain of the Japanese cruiser Izuma marines has further added to the you. when that warship participated in the strain upon the German stock of tor- festival at some years pedoes...... , i.. ago; Major General Shoichi Sugano,' • An analysis of reports on subma- Hightower Book Store who has been attached to the general rine attacks now indicates that this staff since 1915 and who has been mil- precedented expenditure of torpedoes j _ ¦ —¦¦¦wiwuiwi wnm ni'P tary attache at London; Matsuzo Nagai is beginning to tell upon the effec- of the foreign office, who has been em- tiveness of the U-boat warfare. The bassy secretary at Washington, and Germans are pressing their subma- consul general at New York and San rine campaign with all possible Francisco; Commander Shiokyc Ando; vigor and the number of attacks on Major Seiji Tanikawa and Tadanao merchant ships appears to be increas- Imai of the consular service. ing. Also the zone of submarine The selection of Viscount Ishii as operations is constantly widening. Preserving chief envoy is welcomed by the press Yet this increased fury with which even of the opposition, because he was the U-boat warfare is being waged foreign minister of the cabinet of Mar- has failed to increase the merchant quis Okuma, which was supported by ships sunk. The Germans apparent- Easy the ccnstitutional or opposition party. ly are being forced to constantly Made to The Terauchi ministry is praised, greater efforts maintain their therefore, for its broad-mindedness in average of sinkings and even so are choosing a diplomat of rather anti-gov-, slipping back slightly. Copyright Hart Schaffner & Man ernment leaning. The selection wasj The explanation of this offered by r.ade, however, regardless of party con- certain naval experts is that the siderations and was based solely upon Germans are being presed for time in If you want better preserves try Viscount Ishii’s fitness and capacity in the construction of torpedoes that advancing a unified Japanese policy in they can no longer maintain theix the gas stove. Only on a gas the oresent world crisis. ! speed and their accuracy of fire. It Use Marquis Okuma personally his torpedo T.-R. Want Ads for Best Results stove can you get the slow, uni- voiced is estimated that the German satisfaction and expressed the opinion has lost nearly ten knots in speed form heat so necessary. that the commission would contribute from the standard torpedo used at nuch towards cementing the cordial re- the outset of the war. lations between Japan and the United It takes normally six months to States and assist in clearing away any ' construct a torpedo and costs many misunderstanding entertained by the thousand dollars. There is also a jJnited States about Japan’s policy to- ' chance of Germany running short in The Average wards China. ! some material essential in their Woman Gas is The Cheapest The primary object of the commis- manufacture. Whether this has oc- sion is one of courtesy in conveying the curred is not known but the con- Knows a good thing when she sees it, but all of the average women do not govern appreciation of the Japanese clusion has been reached that the in- see an opportunity like this. The woman who does not see this advertise- Fuel Best... ment at the action of the United States dividual German torpedoUs losing in and the ment can figure her loss in real and cents in joining the ranks of the Entente efficiency. dollars allies, of which Japan is a member, but The U-boat warfare as now being in a broad way the commission will waged, it is said, was undoubtedly discuss questions of co-operation be- not thpught out and prepared for by IN OUR the and Japan in READY-TO-WEAR tween United States j Germany before the war. Therefore the future conduct of the war. Great the stock of torpedoes was not suf- Britain, France, Russia and Italy all ficient for the purpose. The deficien- DEPARTMENT having dispatches commissions to the -1 cy has been made up by increasing United States, Japan weels that it is the output of torpedoes. But with ANNOUNCEMENT r fitting for her to follow in their foot- I the tremendous land operations she We Ha\ e Some Real Economy Offerings for j steps. has essayed, Germany could not have There is likely to be an exchange of devoted a maximum of labor or ma- The ATHENS BUSINESS COLLEGE is j views on the Far Eastern questions terials to the making of torpedoes. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I generally and even on th esituation in Had she done this it is not doubt- to a school hussia, locate in Americus and will which is a source of consider- ed she could have kept up the sup-

. . able anxiety. It is not unlikely that $1.50 Sport Stripes, now . $1.39 DOLLARS give the same instruction as taught in I ply. But sacrifices in the torpedo GRFAT 1 tire Chinese question which continues supply were made to satisfy the folly $2.50 Sport Spots, now .... $1.98 DO troublesome, will be considered and Athens. of the Crown Prince of Verdun. VALUES $4.00 Sport Spots, now .... $2.98 DUTY | that in a general way the commission experts rightly $5.00 Sport . . . Xaval ar con- Tussahs, now $3.39 AC 1 he Government and Business World are ! will seize the opportunity to further a tinuing to stress the vital importance *N " $7.50 Sport Novelties .... $4.49 I project of co-operative understanding of attempting to destroy the power calling for stenographers and bookkeep- SK{RTS ! with reference to political affairs in the of the submarine by some new de- ALL NEW old ers and need them more now than they jFar East. velopment in naval strategy. No de- Viscount Isliii, who speaks both Eng- gree of deterioration in the effective- easily, have at any time. | lish and French has had a long ness of German torpedo attack would ! career as a diplomat He was secre- lessen these efforts at effective war- m AA ONE LOT OF WHITE SKIRTS ! tary at and at Peking * • Send a postal to T. K. MacCARY, care Paris and was fare against the submarines. Yet the of besieged I among the ranks the dur- interest of naval experts has been TK I THAT ON TO-DAY’S MARKET * * Cawood House for full information. jii.g the Boxer troubles in China. After ! attracted by this recent record of having foreign T are WORTH DOUBLE.' j been recalled to the of-I performance of the German torpedoes. fice chief of as of the section tele- Tliey are wondering wjhether Ger- graphs as the and then director of bu-! many can stiandf much longer the reau of commercial affairs, he was dis- strain of this staggering expenditure THE MIDDYSUITS CONSISTING OF A SKIRT THE SKIRT w patched to San Francisco and Van- —mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1 of torpedoes. AND SEPARATE MIDDY couver in 1907 to investigate the anti-. MIDDY IS S h e 8, ef g E. D. Sheffield, Cashier Japanese movement there. In j $2.50 Values, now $1.69 Fic a °k Sheffield,c L f™ 190 She | V-Pres. Lee Hudson, Asst. was appointed vice minister for foreign l WORTH $3.00 values, now $1.98 WORTH affairs, and in 1912 was designated as ' s3 ' sova UeS,nOW '' ' $2 ' 39 post THE This bank and 64 of its friends bought ambassador to France, which he PRICE ALL NE ™E PRICE until he COTTON MARKET I w' filled with eminent success — h { THIRTY-SEVEN was selected to be foreign imnister ini THOUSAND AND FIFTY DOLLARS July 16, 1917. the Okuma cabinet. He was still in! worth Good middling 26 l-4c A FEW THEY WERE NOW of U. S. Liberty Loan Gold Bonds. Paris in the early period of the war and T Fully middling 26c is thoroughly familiar with the Euro- Begin now to save your money. Middling 25 3-4 T If our country issues pean war situation. c = S S • more Liberty Bonds be prepared to buy some of them. COTTON FITCHES JIAKKET. IO.„L IQ [ The New York cotton futures mar-! 3OI desire to render service. American Citizens. ket was quoted at the ' open and In practice there is no such thing Yours very truly, loon. Open Noon. [ as a "citizen of the United States.”, New white New white 1 January 25.35 25.35' m Jt (We Such “citizen" is about mythical ' wash Silk as as 27.30 M A* M M g yf wash Silks the mermaid. In order to vote, for in- * luly ...r. 27.10' BANK Btance, 25.26 Petticoats /% for Skirts 1 of COMMERCE ; one must bring his citizenship ( Ictober 25.60 f M/WM MJ&JPM down to the receiv’d * Americus, i concrete and become a 1 Jecember 25.41 25.21 g 36 in>’ ? d l Ga. citlzen of ,i New York, or of some Closing. 9* one I Monday's ° 0 m iw'www* ~wwwwwwww wWw ¦¦ wmmwmm iwwimmwvwm wwlm of the other states. You cannot vote - 5 m 1 lanuary 25.18 $3- t° New York unless you are a citizen ‘ of 25.34 $1.25 New fork; and the same is true ot ‘ darch a!1 tl)e 26.90 % 1.50 i other nates. The “citizen of ¦ Inly z the 1 nited ales' is a very vague October 25.19 i DEPENDABLE MERCHANDISE gentleman. . < mm WANT ADS FOR BEST RESULTS I Ue: ember 25.10