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50UTHIB IS SWEPT
BY HARSHEST STORM
OF IBMIOT
Fatality List in Alabama To
tals 14 With Many Injured.
Northern Half of State Fair
ly Shivers
With the entire south in the grip of
its worst snow and sleet storm of the
winter today. early reports showed that
tornadoes which swept through eastern
Alabama and central Georgia had taken
a toll of sixteen lives and injured more
than 100 persons. Wire communiea
tion over a great area was paralyzed,
scores of small towns in the interior
being isolated while Savannah. Charles
ton. Jasksonville and other cities along
the South Atlantic coast were cut off
from outside communication.
The deaths and injuries reported early
today were as follows:
Cowarts. Ala., seven killed and 25 in
jured.
Dothan. Ala., eix children killed and
♦0 injured tn collapse of school house
tn country near Dothan.
Webb. Ala., one killed and estimated
seventy injured tn destruction of store
and other buildings
Troy. Ala., one killed and several in
jured.
Macon. Ga.. two killed at Camp Wheel
er and several Injured.
The cold wave that extended as far
south as Florida was preceeded by an
unusually lo barometric pressure. 28.98
being recorded at Knoxville late yes-
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TAMPA, Flua.. Jan. 12.—A Peninsu
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tween here and Cuba went aground on
the Cuban coast last night and is still
fast A steamer and a tug are standing
by. A heavy sea is running, and of
ficials of the company here assume the
passengers were taken off. but have had
no direct information.
Mercury at St. Louis
Drops to 17 Below Zero
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Jan. 12. —-With the
mercury at 17 below zero at 7 a. m.. St.
Louis today saw its coldest weather
since January 2?. 1873.
Southeast Alabama Was
Hit Hard by Tornado
MONTGOMERY. Ala.. Jan. 12.—South
east Alabama was hard hit by yester
day’s storm, but at 9 o’clock this morn
ing the casualty list stood at seven, six
children having met death when a
school collapsed two miles south of
Dothan, while one man was killed in
the collapse of a store at Webb. Ala.
Wires are down below Dothan and
the extent of the storm’s damage is
unknown. Andalusia was hard hit, the
heavy wind being accompanied by a
downpour of rain. An orphanage .was
demolished and four little children
pinned beneath the wreckage and pain
fully hurt. One man is reported seri
ously injured. Both the Christian and
Catholic churches were blown down and
the Methodist and Baptist churches un
roofed and numerous residences dam
aged.
-Lack of fuel is causing much suf
fering throughout this section. All coal
dealers in Montgomery have cut out
their telephones to keep from being an
noyed. Not a ton of coal is in any yard
this morning. The temperature dropped
from *>o degrees yesterday afternoon
to 12 this morning and a stiff wind
made it the most uncomfortable day ex
perienced here this winter.
Camp Sheridan apparently passdd
through the storm in good shape. Some
tents were blown down, but no one
was injured, according to early morn
ing reports.
Series of Tornadoes
Break Over So, Georgia
MACON, Ga., Jan. 12. —A series of
tornadoes that broke over central Geor
gia Friday afternoon, the first occurring
at 4:40 p. m., is known to have killed
one man at Camp Wheeler Private Har
ris. of Newnan, and slightly injuring
three others. A cloudburst fol
lowed the first tornado, and the great
est damage to Camp Wheeier, seven
miles south of the city, where more than
20.000 men are encamped, is from water.
The storm did great damage in the
city of Macon and at Central City park
(state fair grounds). At the fair
grounds two huge grandstands, one at
the baseball park, where the New York
Americans train, and the other at the
race track, were demolished. A brick
building in which the animals of Sun
Brothers’ circus were being quartered
was wrecked and the animals impris
oned in the debris. Several animals
were killed. A kangaroo broke away
and is still at large.
The tornado broke after an all-day
rain. A heat wave came in and many
women became alarmed at the sudden
change in temperature and notified the
police. The air was stifling at times,
they reported from different sections of
the city.
As the storm broke a railroad train
on the 1 Macon, Dublin and Savannah
railroad was passing Camp Wheeler.
The train of fourteen freight cars was
hurled from the track. The wind next
struck the fair grounds buildings and
twisted them to pieces.
Jumped to Wholesale District
It then jumped to the wholesale dis
trict of the city, near the new Ter
minal station, where the roofs of flour
mills and wholesale houses were lifted
on ends and side buildings torn away.
Water tanks on top of many of these
buildings were blown dowtv The roofs
of the roundhouses of the Central of
Georgia and the Southern railway were
carried away. The big Central of Geor
gia railroad shops were considerably
damaged.
Several fires occurred during the day
and last night, but none of these got
any headway before being checked.
The Macon Railway and Light com
pany reported that its lines were crip
pled throughout the city. Trees and
poles were down. Telegraphic com
munication out of Macon is practically
cut off in every direction. Telegraph
companies report that their damage
seems to be between Macon and Augus
ta and between Macon and Albany.
Many points close to Maoon, including
Dublin, were cut off, even by telephonic
communication.
Railroads suffered heavily by the
storm. The Macon, Dublin and Savan
nah railroad was unable to move the
afternoon train to Savananh because of
washouts east of CMmn Wheeler. A
shuttle train to Camp Wheeler was put
in operation late last night.
According to the weather bureau, the
mr pressure passed Mac un at o clock
last night, when a temperature of 68
degrees was recorded. The tempera
ture begar to fall rapidly after the low
pressure passed. The wind velocity
was thirty miles or more most of the
evening.
Six Children Killed in
Alabama Schoolhouse
DOTHAN, Ala.. Jan. 12. —Six children
were killed and forty others were more
or less seriously injured, many probably
fatally, when a schoolhouse two miles
east of here was struck by the storm
that passed over Alabama late Friday
afternoon.
At Wabb, Ala., a railroad town tefi
miles northeast of here, one man was in
stantly killed when his store was blown
down, and over seventy others were in
jured, many of them seriously.
A number of small settlements tn this
section were completely destroyed. Tt
<s believed that the death list in this
neighborhood will reach ten or twelve,
ss the reports so far are very meager
on account of the cutting of the com
munication.
At Webb practically every house was
blown away and late last night a search
for the bodies of missing persons was
being made. Tt is feared (hat the death
list will be heavy in the country sur- (
rounding this town. A call for aid was
sent to Dothan and every available phy
sician was rushed to the scene in auto
mobiles. Many of the homeless people
have been brought to this city and fur- I
nished shelter.
In Dothan proper comparatively little '
dajnagc was done. One child was blown
I over three hundred yards, but escaped
with slight bruises.
All telephone wires in the path of tire I
storm are down and the only news of ’
; the extent of the damage is being I
I brought in by those whose homes wefe j
destroyed and who are coming into I
: Dothan in search of assistance.
At Cowart, a small town seven mile- :
south of here, seven persons were killed
and about tweoty-tive injured by the
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THE ATL ANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1918.
Defense Council’s Report
On Georgia Fuel Crisis
Is Given Here in Full
Committee Exonerates State
and National Fuel Adminis
trations, Railroads and Deal
ers, Makes Recommendation
The report of the executive commit
tee of the state council of defense on
the coal investigation it has been carry
ing on for the past three days at the
state capltol, follows in full:
“The executive committee of the Geor
gia council of defense, because of the
acute fuel situation that for some time
has existed, in this state, and because of
very grave and serious charges brought
to the attention of the governor through
a resolution passed at a meeting of citi
zens of the city of Atlanta, deemed it
proper to make inquiry into conditions,
for the purpose of ascertaining what, if
anything, could be done for relief, and
to give the public as full and accurate
Information as possible.
’’This committee now submits the fol
lowing:
“The coal shortage obtaining in the
United States for some months will in
our opinion, continue throughout the
winter. It is unnecessary to set forth
or discuss the several factors contribut
ing to this shortage.
“Georgia has probably fared no worse
than any other state, and certainly no
better.
Fuel Administration Absolved
“We see no occasion to censure the
national fuel administration, so far as
Georgia is concerned, believing that
they have done as well under the ab
normal situation with which they have
dealt as could be expected.
“While there is no fact within our
knowledge indicating conclusively that
our state has been discriminated
against, we find, however, that the na
tional administration has diverted in
one or more instances, large quantities
of coal from Georgia to other sections,
without due regard to our needs, as it
appears from facts within our knowl
edge, but we have not obtained, and can
not now obtain, the information upon
which such action was based, and which
may have fully justified this course.
“Hence in all fairness to those labor
ing in the interests of the people of
the United States, this committee an
nounces the aforesaid conclusion as its
judgment.
"The offices of this council, in co
operation with the state fuel adminis
trator, will be used to insure against
such occurrences in the future, if here
after such be found on further inquiry,
to be immediately made, were in any
way discriminatory against Georgia.
"The fuel administration within the
state has been fairly handled, and is
not subject, in our opinion, to censure
by any person familiar with the ab
normal conditions.
“On the other hand, while admitting
that the administration has not been
perfect (a fact conceded by those di
recting the work), this council is pleas
ed to report that there is no founda
tion for any suggestion of censure be
cause of a lack of attention, or honesty
of purpose, on the part of those who
have been, with absolute fidelity, un
dertaking to serve the people.
Collusion Charge Untrue
“This committee investigated as fully,
and in as much detail as could reason
ably be expected, the charges brought
to the attention of the governor through
the medium of the resolution to which
reference has been made.
"It is the opinion of this committee
that the charge of collusion brought
against the railroad employes and the
coal dealers in the city of Atlanta is;
untrue. |
•Y)ne with knowledge of the methods
used by transportation companies in
handling not only coal, but all com
modities carried by them, would readily
understand that this charge is without
foundation.
“An imperfect understanding of the
business of the railroads, coupled with a
suspicion, occasioned by many unfound
ed rumors, accounts for the charge of
collusion.
“The committee deems it a duty to
say. after investigation, that the railroad
men not only were not guilty of any of
the imputations brought against them,
but are deserving of commendation for
the earnestness with which they have
sought to serve the public in this emer
gency. There is undoubtedly insuffi- ,
cient motive power, which renders it |
impossible to move coal and other
freight ad expeditiously as is desirable.
The condition brought about by the
lack of such motive power is aggra
vated and intensified by several factors, I
chief among which is the unusual de- j
mand made by the United States gov
ernment for the movement of its troops
and supplies, which is particularly heavy I
in this section of the country, where
over a third of the cantonments and
camps are located.
"The. coal men, in our opinion, were ]
not only not guilty of undertaking to j
have coal held out on sidetracks, but .
were making every reasonable effort to
have coal delivered to them. There I
would be little reason for ordering coal
from the mines, where it could remain I
without expanse to the dealer, loading j
into cars, at which time, presumably, I
they would have to pay the mining com
pany', and thereby withdrawing at a I
heavy demurrage to the dealer such cars j
at a time when they are greatly needed
by the companies for the handling of |
other commodities.
The charges embodied in the resolu- ;
tion, to the effect that the federal laws
with reference to the handling of coal
were being violated, and favoritism
shown, by dealers In this city in the
handling of coal, were not wholly with- ,
out foundation; though the committee
are of the opinion that if such over
charges were made, there were compar
atively very few instances of such, and
while it may be that some dealers have i
been conducting their businesses in vio
lation of the law and rules of the Fuel
Administration, the evidence presented
was not conclusive, and the opinion of
the committee is that the large major
ity of the dealers were making an earn
est and honest effort to serve the peo
ple in conformity with the law and
regulations as they understood them.
"The Committee is of the opinion that
favoritism was necessarily’ to some ex-
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tent practised by the dealers, and this
is Inevitable, unless the fuel adminis
trator will make a uniform rate in
the various centers throughout the state,
and assume control of and dispense di
rectly under his local administrators,
coal to all the people, on the same basis
and under permits to be issued In ac
cordance with such rules and regula
tions as will insure no priorities except
in those cases provided . for by law,
and absolutely no favoritism to any per
son or corporation.
“This Committee has made several
recommendations to the State Fuel Ad
ministrator looking to the relief of the
situation, and have received his assur
ance that the plans suggested would be
immediately adopted in cities and towns
throughout the State and that have not
already a satisfactory plan in opera
tion.
"Among the recommendations made
and which the State Fuel Administra
tor agrees to adopt are:
"That all dealers should be required
in every locality to sell at a uniform
price, variations in price being, in the
opinion of this Committee, largely re
sponsible for the confusion that has
arisen in the minds of the public.
Dealers Should Deliver
"This committee further recommend
ed that the dealers make all deliveries,
except to peddlers, and that the admin
istration through the medium of a
central committee, working in conjunc
tion with the local fuel administrators,
should absolutely control by a card
system, the distribution of all coal,
such centra.! committee dealing with the
dealers as one entity, and not as sep
arate individuals, thus insuring against
hoarding, and guaranteeing absolutely
impartial service to all, and, in the
opinion of this committee, the maxi
mum of efficiency in service on the
part of the dealers.
“Also, the state fuel administrator
states that he will assume direction of
coal consigned to all points in Geor
gia, diverting same according to the
needs of the several communities, and
will exert every effort to see that as
large a quantity as possible is obtained
from the mines. The administrator will
Immediately put into effect a plan
whereby the domestic consumer will be
given priority over enterprises and in
dustries except such as are engaged in
serving the public and domestic needs.
“This committee and the state fuel
administrator have agreed that this is
the most feasible plan of meeting the
emergency.
"The citizens of all villages, towns
and cities where wood is available are
urged to use it for fuel, not only be
cause of a strong probability that other
wise they would be without fuel, but
also because of the patriotic obligation
which they arc under to use as Httle
coal as possible, in order that the peo
ple of the more populous eenters, where
wood is not available, may be enabled
to get coal with which to cook and keep
warm.
“Complaints have been made that con
victs and prisoners in jails have suf
fered for the lack of fuel. This com
mittee requests and urges each county
council of defense to take up with the
sheriffs of the counties, the ordinaries
or county commissioners, whichever
have charge of the convicts of the
county, arid the fuel administrators of
their counties, the matters referred to
herein, and co-operate to the fullest ex
tent of their capacity in seeing that the
people in their homes, every prisoner in
the jails, and the convicts within their
counties are supplied with fuel. The
council has the assurance of the prison
commission of the state of Georgia that
they will, in every case where emer
gency exists, co-operate to the full ex
tent of their authority with sheriffs and
those in charge of prisoners, and citizens
generally and the county councils of de
fense are requested to bear this in mind
and urged to communicate either di-
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Abraham Fur Co. has increased its business 15% over all previous receipts. We believe that we are the only fur house
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Extra Pay for Extra Large Skins How Thousands of Fur Shippers Made Big Money |
The Abraham Fur Co. i» the only Urge fur house in St. Louis In the December 7th edition of this paper the Abraham Fur Co. of St. Louis offered I <
which grades the extra large skins separately and pays trappers trappers and fur shippers special prices for immediate shipments of furs. These same special j Y
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Illinois Food Head Says U. S.
Will Commandeer 30 Per
Cent at Mill
CHICAGO, Jan. 13.—The United
States wil be placed on flour ration
within the next month.
Harry Wheeler, Illinois state food ad
ministrator, announced today that food
administrators of the country in confer
ence with Herbert Hoover had determin
ed restruction of consumption to 70 per
cent of present requirements was neces
sary.
The administration will commandeer
30 per cent of the output of the mills.
Retailers and wholesalers will be forced
to report their needs. This amount
will b cut to 70 per cent and retailers
forced to jass the regulations down to
consumers, Wheeler says. Those who
disobey will have their supplies shut
off.
heT prices of substitutes for wheat
is shortly to be placed- under federal
regulation, Wheeler says.
Licensing of dealers also is planned.
Credits to Allies Are
Up to $4,238,400,000
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Total cred
its to the allies were raised today to
84,233,400,000 when Secretary McAdoo
authorized a loan of $2,000,000 to Serbia,
making Serbia’s total $6,000,000.
Explosion In British
Mine May Be Fatal
HALMEFEND, North Staffordshire.
England, Jan. 12.—An explosion occur
red in a mine pit here today, and it Is
feared heavy loss of life resulted. Os
247 men in the mine at the time of the
explosion, 47 have reached the surface.
Argentine Press Angered
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 12.—A number
of Argentine newspapers consider that
the extension of the German barred
zone recently announced, which include
the trade routes between South America
and Europe, is an unfriendly act toward
this country. The papers renew their
demands that the government sever re
lations with Germany.
rectly with the fuel administrator or the
chairman of the council of defense.
"Respectfully.
“HUGH M. DORSEY.
“Governor, and Chairman of Georgia
Council of Defense.
"LEE ASHCRAFT.
“J. W. OGLESBY,
“Executive Committee of the Georgia
Council of Defense.
"Atlanta, Ga. January 12, 1918.”
Governor Praises Minister
Governor Dorsey, speaking for him
self only, in giving out the conclusions
of the executive committee to the press,
said:
"For myself, I think that the Rev. J.
W. Ham and his associates deserve
credit for whatever good may be ac
complished through the investigation
which the executive committee of the
state council of defense has just con
cluded.
"But for the resolution introduced
calling the seriousness of the sit
uation to my attention, it is hardly
probable that it would have occurred to
me to institute the inquiry.
"I think that his interest and activ
ity in behalf of the suffering people of
this city are highly commendable, and
the good results which I now confident
ly expect to immediately follow the vig
orous handling of the situation by the
fuel administration are attributable to
him and his associates.”
BOGUS NAVY HERO,
FORMER GEORGIAN,
UNMASKED IN N. Y.
Ernest Jackson, Feted by Fair
Women and Wreathed in
Roses at Ball, Confesses His
Deception
Posing as one of the new heroes In
Uncle Sam's honor roll, Ernest Jack
son, formerly of Georgia and the Unit
ed States navy, recently basked in the
sunshine of beautiful women’s smiles
at the bluejackets' ball in New York,
but his claim on the spotlight was of
brief duration, when quizzical federal
agents got busy. The following is the
story of Jackson’s adventures, publish
ed in the New York Herald:
Ernest Jackson, late of Georgia, spent
just enough time in the United States
navy to learn the vocabulary of a sea
man before his “undesirable discharge”
and ouster from his hammock aboard a
dreadnought. But the few weeks of
work as a seaman brought to him a pe
riod of bliss here in New’ York that
few men have enjoyed. But it’s all over.
Jackson, being an imposter, has been
arrested and is now awaiting report by
mental experts before being sentenced
by United States Judge Thomas.
The fact that Jackson is in custody
is due to a wreath of roses. He was
the “lion" at the bluejackets’ ball at the
Grand Central Palace a few nights ago.
As he led the grand march, many were
the compliments lavished upon him by
admiring young women. One threw the
garland of roses about his neck. Why
shouldn’t she? He was a hero from the
torpedoed Jacob Jones: he had stood
long hours of watch on rolling subma
rine chasers, and he was in the uniform
of the United States navy! Didn’t he
tell all this himself?
The wreath of roses was too much
for other sailors at the ball. They be
came determined to find out who he
was. They wished him all sorts of fun
at the dance and believed i,t was na
tural for young women to do what they
could for a man in th? uniform of a
seaman, but the roses!
Finally Jackson was “invited” to a
side room and questioned. He confessed
he had been discharged and that he was
taking advantage of the patriotism of
New York women to be entertained to
get clothing, lodging and spending mon
ey.
Hamoton Damaged by Wind
HAMPTON, Ga., Jan. 13.—Heavy
winds here blew down chimneys gener
ally, several houses from pillars, and
dismantled part of the Hampton mills
and Henderson knitting mills. No one
was „ injured. »
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