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NEAR NORMAL CONDITION
AMERIGANSJN GERMANY
Co-operation of Volunteers With U. S. Embassy of Great As
sistance-Ambassador Gerard Reports to State Depart
ment of Great Relief
Washington. Volunteer* wbo havft
co-op*rateri with Ambassador Gerard
made It poanibla for the embassy
in Berlin U» rent ore almost normal
conditions among Americans in <»er
many, according to a report received
today at the state depart merit Co-
Operation of the Dreadlner Bank,
which bas agreed to cast) a limited
number of cheeks of Americans bear
in* the American consular stamp of
Identification. ha* greatly relieved the
financial tension.
From funds subscribed by the Amer
ican colony in Berlin and a large per
sonal contribution from a Mr. Hud
dock of Chicago, specie has been sent
to many American consuls through
out Oerrpany for cashing checks. A
disbursing department, which dally
pay* out rash allowances to the needy
has been established In Merlin with
Attempt to Burn London Corps Store Building;
incendiaries Escape
lorxfon, Ont. An attempt was made early today to burn the store building
of the Canadian ordnan*corps near ihi VVolenley Barracks. Private Allen,
of the corps, who discovered the b'az'*, was shot through the left band by the
incendiary.
Allen, who with Staff Hergean. Bp leer, has been sleeping In a t *nt on the
property for the past two weeks, w> a awakened by the blase in the shipping
department of the building md he stalled to Investigate A man ordered him
to hMtilt and when Allen refused fired on him, then escaped over h fence. The
fire was easily extinguished.
Admiralty Says Quick Resumption
ol Trans-Atlantic Service
i ’
London, f3:10 p. m.) The British admiralty todaj gave the assurance that
the mein routes -re well patrolled and a guarantee of the quick resumption
of the Atlantic passenger service.
Several, steamships which previously bad been provisionally requisitioned for
govermentHl-purposes have now had their silling dates fixed The Olympic. |*
to depart August 19th, the Mauretania August 29th and the Lusitania, Heptem
ber 3rd.
HOT DEBATES
OVER EMERGENCY
SHIPPING BILL
Senator O'Gorman Defended
Amendment Against Attacks
By Senator Gallinger.
Washington, D. C. The conference
fuuandineut to tbs emergency shipping
Mil to admit foreign built ships register
ed within two years to American coast
wise trade stirred up a hot debate in
the senate today.
Senator O'tlormnn, presenting for ap
jg»n<\Hl the conference report, defended
i he amendment against attacks by ana -
Sdr Unlllnger. who Insisted tti.it the
gwistwlae traffic should be retained for
American ships.
"Investigation by the house merchant
marine committee, shows that the rah
,roads control !*2 per cent of the ships
wot engaged In coeetwise trade," ».»id
Senator <>‘Gormati
Corrected.
**lt has been shown that Is Inocgrreet.’*
replied Senator Ualllnger. "It may be
feme that the railroads control 5*J per
went of thf regulai lines but of the en
tire number of ships engaged In the
♦traffic they control only about 8 per
.rent."
Benat<r O'Oortnan retorted that there
•dpould l*e no mistake about hid own
ynwtement. H«* called attention to the
net that the I'nnainii (’anal Act pro-
Kbtted railroad owned ships from passing
Brough the canal and declared that ns
» result foreign built ablps would come
■ll actual competition with only the ie
"tnnming 8 per cent.
Another Sharp Tilt.
Washington. Senators Mnrtlne and
{Hughes, both of New Jersey, also had
m. aharp tilt over the coastwise trade
{provision Mr Martino attacked It
land Mr. Hughes aaked If ho wan not
presenting figures furnished him by
She New York Shipbuilding Company.
■Benstor Mnrtlne denied It but anid he
waa open king on behalf of the ship
frarda and the labor of his state.
Senator Ualltnger declared foreign
fehlpplng Interests "had spent large
puma of money directly and by way of
■advertlalng' to break down the Amer
ican coastwise laws
«. s. Embassy
MAKES RULING
ON GERMANS
‘ London, 1117 p. m.~ Th« Amertcnn
horr ootohllohed t tn’
ruling that all Gorman-Amorlcana r«*-
•Idtna In lh« Hritlah lain who ap(il>
lor American |>aa*|u.r(* muot prove
thatr naturaliaatton aa American clt
laon, or register with tlto poltco a*
(Berman subject, Thl, ruling to In
•oonrrintu-o with a regulation Issued
li\ the police.
The American consul at Turin.
• al>, reports that Amertoana In Mud-
Hungary, are well provided
tor
battleship® sail.
Vers Crus, Me* Tile United Hint, s
Bsttleshlp New Tortt unjlr.l today for
Sjohc* Island In tbe tlulf ol Mexico and
She battleships Virginia and New Jersey
tor Guantanamo.
SEND WATKINS
TO THE LEC.I3I ATURE.
I«.h0 Palm Heacli Knits IT (0 to
BUS vaJues. So# F. C. Martina
Mrs. Gerard and Mrs. Ruddock In
charge. A card Index ha* been made
of all Americans in Berlin dividing
them Into three classes, families with
rniall children, women alone, and all
others.
Through the Wolff News Agency
word has been serif to all American
citizens In Germany that travel to or
from southern Germany where most
of tbe baths and many of the pleas
ure resorts are located, is practically
Impossible.
In addition to the work of assisting
Americans. Ambassador Gerard re
ports that be has opened an English
bureau In tbe embassy for the is
suance of passports and general aid
to British subjects.
Ambassador Gerard's report reach
ed the state department via Copen
hagen and bore a forwarding date of
Aug. 13,
TEDDY'S VOICE
CONTROLS PLANS
Roosevelt's Plans For Fall
Campaign Depend on Condi
tion of Voice After Four Days'
Speaking Trip.
New York. The plans of 001. Theo
dore Roosevelt during the fall cam
paign will depend upon the condition
of his voice after the strain of a four
days' speaking trip in New England,
< n which he wll start tomorrow morn
ing.
The Joufney through New England
will be for the most paprt by automo
bile. the start being made at Stam
ford, Conn. From there he will go to
Farmington and tomorrow night will
speak at a progressive rally at Hart*
ford. Monday he will speak at Brat*
tleboro, Vt., then will go to Boston
to attend a progressive rally. On Tues*
nay he will make speeches at Lewis
ton and Portland, Maine
MAPPER GETS
25 TO SO YEARS
Pascuale Milone, Leader of
Band Who Kidnapped 8 Year-
Old Frank Longo. Two Others
Sentenced; Six Await Trial.
N*w York. The maximum sentence
of from 26 to 500 years In Sing Sing
was imposed today upon Pascuale Mi
lone. leader of the band that kidnap
ped eight year old Frank l.ongo from
his home on the East Side and held
him captive for 49 days. Francesco
Aoena was given from 20 to 30 years.
Six more alleged members of the band
ar awaiting trial.
According to tbe evidence tbe kid
nappers threatened to dismember the
boy’s body and shoot Ms parents un
less ransom was forthcoming. Seven
hundred dollars in market money was
given to the lenders by the boy’s fath
er.
Passed 7 Sunken
German Ships
London \ despatch to The Übrontele
front West hart lepool says the captxun q
the iHintth steamer HuMiurmersk, de
clare* he passed seven sunken CL.man
ships 16 miles off Hpurn Head a* the
northeast entrance of the Humber Only
the masts of the vessels were visible
above the water
DIDN’T PAY*OFF BATTERY
B; SAID MUTINY RESULT
Montgomery. Ala. Officers and a
detachment of fifty men from local
militia were stationed at the union
depot when memt*ers of Battery B.
state militia, arrived from Mobile early
today. None of the battery was ar
rested and so far as official action has
keen taken as a result of the alleged
mutiny of Pattern B men at Mobile
last night. The battery men were said
to have mutinied because of failure to
receive the lr pay before leaving Mo
i $6 ;i uits tFlannel) at Merttna.
(HE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUST*. GA.
VERY GRAVE RESULTS
MIT FOLLOW TURKEY’S
• BUYING jEIIN SHIPS
Italy Looks on Preparations For “Noble Death” of Officers
of Cruisers Goeben and Breslau As a Farce—Souqht Re
fuge in the Dardanelles After Chase
Rome, fvla Paris.) News that Turkey
had purchased the German cruisers Goe
ben and Breslau reached here only to
night It was discussed with Intense
Interest In poetical circles, where It was
held that It was fraught with the possi
bility of grave results.
It WriH stated Iri semi-official quarters
that the vesHf-is would become a strong
weapon In the hands of Turkey it C;n
stantlnop/e abandoned Its attitude of
neutralltv. The belief was expressed that
the purchase preludes a new position on
the part of Turkey In favor of Germany
nd Austria-Hungary, which Is especially
important as hearing on the interests of
the Balkan sates.
"Noble Dea'.h."
The Tribuna says the preparation*
made at Messina for a “noble death" by
the officers of the Tier man cruisers, who
GERMANS Pi TERRIBLE
PENALTY; LIEGE DARING
American Vice Consul, An Eye-Witness, Says Belgians Actual
ly Permitted Enemy to Pass Forts Before Firing—View
Military Tactics, Night Fighting
London.—The German army Investigating Liege under-estimated the fight
nig qualities of the Belgians and paid a terrible penalty for their daring, In
the opinion of Victor H. Duran. American vice consul at Liege as quoted by the
Brussels correspondent to the Times.
The correspondent says Mr Dura* was an eye witness of the fierce two
days of the siege which he describes The Belgians permitted the forces of
Gen. Von Emniieh to actually pass the forts in their march on the town and
then attacked them In the rear of tha forts and on thelV front with infantry.
He estimated the German casualties as from five to ten times as great as
those of the defenders.
"Speaking as a neutral," says Mr. Dura*, according to The Times corre
spondent, It seems to be a part of the new military tactics of the Germans to
fight as much as possible In tbe night time. Comparatively little fighting oc
curred at Liege during the day.
"The amount of suffering on both side* owing tt> Inability to deal prompt
ly with the wounded was very great but especially true of the Germans."
Breakdown
* Wy v*r*
Caused
by Coffee
‘T am satisfied,” says a prominent physician, that
coffee is responsible in a great degree for the prema
ture breakdown of our active men and women.
“They suffer from caffeine poisoning.
“Of the truth of this, there is not the shadow of a
doubt. Our common sense tells us that the daily swal
lowing of caffeine” (the alkaloid in tea and coffee),
“powerfully affecting heart and brain—is followed by
nervous depression, and finally by more or less disas
trous results.
“1 believe if people in general would use a harm
less, nutritious drink like Postum as a beverage in
place of tea and coffee, their physical and mental con
dition would be much improved.”
Thousands, troubled with nervousness, biliousness,
sleeplessness, headache and heart flutter, have done
precisely what this physician advises—given up tea and
coffee and adopted—
POSTUM
with happy results.
“ There’s a Reason ”
Postum is a pure food-drink, made from wheat
and a bit of molasses, containing the nutrition of the
grain. No caffeine—no drugs —no harmful ingredi
ents in Postum. A delicious, nourishing beverage.
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Po®tum —must be boiled. 15 and 25c
packages.
Instant Postum —soluble—made in the cup. in
stantly, 30c and 50c tins.
Groecrs everywhere sell both kinds and the cost
per cup is about the same.
“There’s a Reason” for Postum
before sailing from that port made their
wll:.s efr the public "unr/repared for
thl* farce.”
"Seeing the imposibility of escape from
the Angio-Grench fleet If they followed
their original Idea of molesting
the traimport* moving French-A/Vlcan
troop*," say* tbe newspaper, “the Ger
man cruiser sought refuge in the Aegean
Sea, where with the complicity of Turkey
they contemplated how they might par
■ Iw- British comerce in the Mediter
ranean and Interrupt traffic with India.
Were Bought Instead.
"But. 'lonely pursued, they had no
alternative to taking refuge in the Dar
danelles and disarming. Instead Tur
key purchased them. This is not con
sidered permissible according to the law
of nations. Never has a nation at war
sold her own ships which a'ready had
l.een used against an enemy.’
ANSWERED
Through his co-conspirator—N. A. Morris —Thomas W.
Hardwick has again violated all decencies in his charge of
perjury as to the personal tax returns of Governor and Mrs.
Slaton.
Responsibility for this dastardly eleventh-hour attack
rests directly upon Mr. Hardwick.
Before they were so desperately driven, he knew
of its insidious and surreptitious dissemination. He stood for
it when this Morris (formerly for Felder, now for Hardwick)
introduced him at Alpharetta. He countenanced its pro
nouncement from the same platform at Cumming. He failed
to repudiate it when the opportunity came at his Auditorium
meeting in Atlanta. But now at last in his one-page paid-for
advertisement he is making a blundering effort to disavow.
He sees the storm coming and wants to hide. He is trying
the cuttle-fish act of disappearing.
It is not necessary to use adjectives or epithets. The
whole vocabulary of synonyms for the short and ugly word
could be exhausted and then not be sufficiently forcible.
Georgia manhood has not only rebelled at this Hardwick-
Morris effort to besmirch the name of the first lady of the
State of Georgia, but is preparing to rise up and swat the "shoo
fly” with crushing force.
As to the flagrancy of this Hardwick-Morris effort, wit
ness the following correspondence:
THE QUESTION
Atlanta, Ga„ Aug. 13, 1914.
A. P. Stewart,
Tax Collector, Fulton County, Atlanta, Ga.
My Dear Sir:
In The Atlanta Journal of August 12, I notice
an advertisement headed as follows:
"Morris relterattes his chafge the Slatons paid
no personal taxes in 1913.”
Will you kindly let me know whether Mrs.
Slaton paid any personal taxes in 1913?
Thanking you for this information, I am
Very truly yours,
(Signed) ALFRED C. NEWELL.
THE ANSWER.
Atlanta, Ga„ Aug. 13, 1914.
Mr. Alfred C. Newell,
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear Sir:
The amount of tax paid the State and County
by Mrs. John M. Slaton for the year 1913 on
personal property was $154.24 on an assessment
of $11,425,000.
Very truly,
(Signed) A. P. STEWART, T. C.
In this second installment of the Hardwick-Morris fabrication, it is
to be noted that they switch from the returns of 1913 to 1914, If it were
necessary to go into details in this latest campaign concoction it might
be pointed out that the horse referred to is a one-eyed pensioner kept
alive for sentimental reasons, in that he was a pet of Major W. F. Slaton,
the Governor’s revered father, a distinguished Confederate cavalryman;
that the automobiles were “given in” at a fair valuation is proven by the
fact that they would be well sold if the Governor could get $2,000 for
them; that tiie carriage referred to is a hang-over of other days; that the
mule is almost a centenarian.
However, the flv-specks of this Hardwick-Morris combination are
blotted out by their malevolent move to attempt to open up the private af
fairs of the wife of the Governor and her mother, the beloved Mrs. W. D.
Grant.
Such lack of the instincts of Southern manhood, no matter how acute
the political conditions, should and will overwhelm Mr. Hardwick.
These facts stand: The Slatons DO pay personal taxes.
The total taxes of Mrs. Slaton this vear will amount to approximate
ly $6,000.
It is no disgrace to pay simply a poll tax, but Mr. Hardwick, in spite
of his SBO,OOO aggregate salaries from the national treasury, in spite of
his staggering campaign fund, will pay this year into the State of Georgia
only $1 as taxes.
His $lO professional fee is for license and is not a tax on property.
Therefore, because he is not a freeholder, Mr, Hardwick would not be
able to qualify in Georgia as an election manager next Wednesday—al
though he is a candidate for the United States Senate.
It cannot possibly be true that Mr. Hardw ick had no money—not a
dollar, and no personal property of any kind. Yet his tax return so as
serts, in legal effect.
The tax retur nos the Slatons is true in fact. If there has been any
tax dodging, it is in Mr. Hardwick’s return —NOT that of the Slatons.
As to the allegation in Mr. Hardwick’s latest card, connecting the
name of the writer with Tammany—this is equally untrue. The writer is
Georgia-born and bred, a University of Georgia man, and for some years
was engaged in New York City as a political writer. He had no connec
tion with Tammany. For the last ten years he has resided in Atlanta, en
gaged in business entirely outside of the press or politics.
Georgia voters from Catoosa to Camden are prepared to repudiate
such perfidious politics on the part of Mr. Hardwick.
Southern women must nPt be brought in to prop
up the tottering campaign of any candidate.
ALFRED C. NEWELL, CHAIRMAN JOHN M.
SLATON CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
THE QUESTION.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 13, 1914.
T. M. Armistead,
Tax Receiver, Fulton County, Atlanta, Ga.
Dear St):
Kindly let me know as to the list of personal
property returned by Mrs John M. Slaton for
the year 1914, together with the total assessed
value of such property, as shown by your rec
ords.
Thinking you in advance for this information,
I am,
Very truly yours,
(Signed.) ALFRED C. NEWELL.
THE ANSWER.
Mr. Alfred c. Newell.
Atlanta Q a ,
Dear Sir:
The records of my office show that Mrs. John
M. Slaton returned the following personal prop
erty for t aX es for 1914:
Stocks and bonds $17,000
Automob jieg 2,000
Household furniture 2,000
Live stock 125
Vehicles. 75
Total " $21,200
(Signed) T. M. ARMISTEAD,
Tax Receiver, Fulton, Co., Ga.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14