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THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE
THERE IS NO PAPER LIKE THE HOME PAPER TO HOME PEOPLE.
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VOLUME XVI.
CLAYTON, RABUN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1918.
NUMBER 47.
FOREIGNERS GALL
FOR PROTECTION
ADMIRAL FLETCHER GOES TO
TAMPICO TO INVESTIGATE
CONDITIONS.
LIVES AND PROPERTYUNSAFE
Plans Are Being Made to Send Ma
rines to the Pensacola
Navy Yard.
Washington.—In spite of recent re
assuring reports from the oil fields on
the east coast of Mexico. Foreigners
in that section are still very apprehen
sive, appeals to Washington indicat
ing that they believe not only their
property but their lives are in dan
ger.
Renewed private requests for protec
tion following closely upon a cable
gram from Charge O’Shaughnessy at
Mexico City saying it was rumored
there that the United States was about
to land marines, caused Secretary Dan
iels to instruct Rear Admiral Fletch
er, commanding the American fleet,
to proceed personally to Tampico and
Tuxpam and Investigate there.
The admiral sailed from Vera Cruz
on his temporary flagship, the battle
ship Rhode Island, for Tampico. Much
has been left to his discretion and he
himself will decide whether it is nec
essary for him to go ashoro for con
ference with the Constitutionalist lead
ers who have occupied the oil terri
tory and are threatening the ports of
Tampico and Tuxpam. The admiral
was assured a few days ago by Gen
eral Aguilar, chief of the Revolution
ists, that there would be no interfer
ence with American or other foreign
properties.
' Charge O’Shaughnessy’s query con
cerning the landing of marines brought
a prompt and emphatic denial that the
United States had ordered such a step.
Much interest attaches to the plans
for sending 7G0 marines to Pensacola
to set up there a sort of an advanced
base. The navy department planned
some time ago to utilize existing gov
ernment buildings at Pensacola and
relieve the government of the neces
sity of spending money in the con
struction of new barracks at the north
ern navy yards, but it is pointed out
tha the presence of the marines at
the southern port at this time will
make them much more available to
guard the Mexican oil fields than if
they were several days’ journey fur-
thel* north.
The army hat made no additional
movements and it was stated that
no choice had yet been made between
the Sixteenth infantry at the Presidio,
San Francisco and the twentieth, in
fantry at Fort Douglas, near Salt Lake
City, as the force to garrison the town
of El Paso. Citizens of El Paso are
still loudly clamoring to their con
gressional representatives for this re
inforcement.
WILSON NAMES COMMISSION
Two Americans Are Named for the
Philippine Islands.
Washington.—President Wilson nom
inated the three following named for
American members of the Philippine
commission:
Secretary of public Instructions and
vice governor of the Philippine Islands,
Henderson S. Martin of Kansas.
Secretary of commerce and police,
Clinton L. Riggs of Baltimore, Md.
Secretary of the interior, Winfred T.
Denison of New York.
Mr. Henderson Is a lawyer and chair
man of the state board of public utili
ties of Kansas and lives at Topeka. He
was, for a long time, chairman of the
Democratic state committee of Kan
sas. He was horn in Marion, Kan.
Mr. Riggs was graduated as a civil
'“bngineei' form Princeton university in
1887. Subsequently he became a manu
facturer and retired from business
some years ago. s, .
Mr. Denison was born in Maine, but
is npw a legal resident of New York.
He graduaed from Harvard university
in 189G, and from Harvard law school
in 1900, and is an assistant attorney
. general in the department of justice.
Mr. Denison will constitute “The
Minority” of the American section of
the commission. The three others are
Democrats, while Mr. Denison is a Pro-
, gressive Republican.
SIR WEETMAN D. PEARSON
8!r Weetman D. Pearson, Lord
Cowdry, Is the head of the great
Pearson oil concern, whose Interests
In Mexico are believed to havo com
plicated tha International situation
there.
(I. $. REPORT ON GINNING
10,434,387 BALES GINNED PRIOR TO
NOVEMBER 14,
1913.
10,299,646 Bales Were Ginned Up to
Corresponding Time Last
Year.
Washington.—The fifth cotton gin
ning report of the census bureau for
the season, just Issued, announced that
10,434,387 bales of cotton, counting
round as half bales, of the growth
of 1913 had been ginned prior to Fri
day, November 14, to which date dur
ing the past seven years glnnings have
averaged 2.9 per cent, of the entire
crop. Last yoar to November 14 there
had been ginned 10,299,646 bales, or
76.4 per cent, of the entire crop; in
1911 to that date, 11,313,236 bales, or
72.7 per cent., and in 1908 to that
date 9,595,809 bales, or 73.3 per cent.
Including in the glnnings 74,127
round bales, compared with 62,768
bales last year, 75,963 bales in 1911,
93,364 bales in 1910, and 123,757 bales
in 1909.
The nuniber of sea island cotton
bales included were 52,679 compared
with 40,389 bales last year, 71,204 bales
In 1911, 68,495 bales n 1909, and 66,-
701 bales in 1908.
Ginnings prior to November 14 by
states, with comparisons for last year
and other big crop years, ginned
prior to that date in those
years, fol-
lows:
States. Year.
Ginnings
Alabama . . .
.1913
1,182,747
1912
961,313
1911
1,239,211
Arkansas . . .
.1913
603,724
1912
547,644
1911
663,115
Florida ....
.1913
63,219
1912
42,263
1908
61,497
Georgia . . .
.1913
1,824,290
1912
1,331,709
1911
2,106,305
Louisiana . . .
• l5l3
274,997
1912
300,482
1911
269,548
Mississippi . .
.1913
735,797
1912
664,554
1911
719,638
North Carolina
.1913
493,027
1912
627,267
1911
716,200
Oklahoma . .
.1913
666,679
1912
726,006
1911
657,497
South Carolina
.1913
995,897
1912
883,535
1911
1,163,984
Tennessee . .
.1913
233,528
1912
158,161
1911
264,777
Texas ....
.1913
3,304,565
1912
4,020,939
1911
3,473,702
Other States. .
.1913
65,919
1912
66,789
1911
74,028
The glnnings
of sea island cotton.
prior to November 14, by states, fol-
lows:
Year Florida.
Georgia.
S. Car.
1913 19,544
30,082
3,053
1912 16,052
22,873
2,464
CAN’T TELL WHEN
CANAL WILL OPEN
NO DEFINITE DATE IS YET SET
FOR OPENING OF THE
PANAMA CANAL.
G0ETHELS ISSUES REPORT
Colonel Goethals, in Report, Makes No
Prediction of When Ships May
Pass Through.
MISS ELEONORA SEARS
Washington.—No definite date for
the official opening of the Panama ca
nal is set in the annual report of
Col. George Goethals, chairman and
chief engineer of the canal commis
sion, which has Just been submitted
to Secretary Garrison. Neither is
there any prediction of when the ships
may first pass from ocean to ocean.
The first day of the canal’s actual op
eration still depends upon the treach
erous slides of Culebra cut and liow
fast the dredges can koep the chan
nels open.
“It has been the general belief that
the effect of the water in the cut would
tend to retard slides, and experience
below the Gatun locks fully Justifies
this belief,” said Colonel Goethals. "On
the other hand, the gelogist is of the
opinion that the water may, to some
extent, develop new slides. Again,
muoli ado was made in 1909 over the
seamy character of rock on the isth
mus, through which water flows quite
rapidly, in consequence of which the
question was raised that the lake
might leak out through seams and
crevices.
“If these things are lable to occur,
the sooner, the better, if the official
opening of the canal is to occur Janu
ary 1, 1915, for if water were nt ad
mitted tills fall, but were deferred un
til t^lay 1, 1914, the full height could
not be reached until October, 1914,
leaving little time for the determina
tion of these questions. These consid
erations led to the conclusion that the
water should be turned into the out
at the earliest date practicable for
getting tiled redges to work on the
slides.
“The present planB, therefore, are
based upon the blowing up of Gamboa
dike on October 10, its removal by
dredges immediately thereafter, the
transfer of two suction dredges and a
ladder dredge to the Cucaracha slide,
the smaller dipper dredges to work on
tho other slides until the full width of
the channel is attained, and the pass
age of vessels through te canal as
soon as channels of full depth and of
sufficient width have been secured,
“Before boats can be passed it will
be necessary to remove the Gamboa
dike by dredges and to remove the
slides as already outlined. The pas
sage of commercial vessels is depend
ent, therefore, upon the time when
proper channels can be dredged
through the slides; should additional
ones occur, they will necesasrily ad
vance the date when this will be ac
complished.
COMMISSION WILL DECIDE
Railroads
for Rate
ississlppi
Potomac
Will Argue
Increases.
Washington.—The interstate com
merce commission will begin a hearing
which will probably evtend for several
months on the proposed freight rate
increases of approximately 5 per cent,
filed October 15, Iasi, by railroads
In the territory east of
and north of the Ofclo
rivers.
Though only the
classification terirtory
the boundaries specifii
involved in the hearing,
railroad in the country
Should the commission
roads to apply increi
same authority might
other carriers to in<
The railroads two j
for an increase of about
After an inquiry the eo;
fused the request. Whe
provided for the present
creases were filed, to bee
November 15, they were
the commission pending
until March 12, 1914.
the railroads filed a
hearing of the former
and the commission
Issued an order din
be instituted as to
ent rates yield
Miss Bears, a well known woman
athlete, is to be the instructor of a
polo team of Boston society girls.
U.S. ARMY BIRDMEN KILLED
LIEUTENANT8 ELLINGTON AND
KELLY ARE INSTANTLY
KILLED IN CALIFORNIA.
Control Was Lost, and the Aeroplane
Fell, Crushing Both Men
to Death.
San Diego, Cal.—Two Intrepid navi
gators of the air, Lieuts. Hugh M.
Kelly and Eric L. Ellington, U. S. A„
attached to the camp of the First aero
corps, were instantly killed at North
Island, when they fell from an altitude
of eighty or more feet in a dual con-
trol biplane.
Within eight minutes after Lieuten
ant Ellington had waved his hand as
signal to the mechanicians to let go
the b 1 >lane, the army aviator and his
brother officers were dead.
Lieutenant Ellington, a skillful pilot,
occupied the instructor’s seat in the
biplane, with Lieutenant Kelly at his
side. The latter, a comparative novice
in the art of flying, was receiving in
structions in the handling of control
levers. Owing to the general arrange
ment of the controlling wires, Lieuten
ant Ellington couid be at all times
absolute master of the machine.
The engine, one of six cylinders and
60-horse power, was working perfectly
and the late officers ascended to a
height of 300 feet, circled and then
began a volplane, which was to have
brought them back to the hangars.
According to Captain Cowan, in com
mand of the aviation post, the biplane
glided at a normal angle for about 200
feet. Then the engine, which was
throttled at the beginnig of the..vol
plane, was thrown open.
Whether at this instant the aero-
pianists temporarily lost control of the
machine, or the initial impetus of the
revolving propeller when the biplane
was at so low an altitude^ caused the
machine to tip forward, can only be
conjectured. But the spectators of the
flight say the biplane suddenly pitch
ed forward, nose downward, and shot
to the earth. The impact probably
killed both men, but the motor made
death sure by crushing them.
Fight Over Currency Bill.
Washington.—Under the present
system the bank reserves of the coun
try are concentrated largely In New
York, where they are loaned In spec
ulative accounts on the New York
stock exchange. Senator Owen assert
ed, in opening the debat» on the ad
ministration currency bill In the sen
ate. He declared that the administra
tion bill as reported by the Democrats
of the banking committee would rem
edy this condition. Senator Owen re
viewed the details of the bill and urg
ed that by the creation of a market
for discounted commercial paper and
by mobilizing the reserves In public
utility banks, the measure would re
move the groat dangers of the pres
ent financial system.
WAY CHIEFS DIE
HEAD OF SOUTHERN RAILWAY IS
OVERCOME IN WASHING
TON BY APOPLEXY.
FINLEY AND EMERSON DEAD
President of Atlantic Coast Line Dies
in Wilmington, North
Carolina.
Washington.—William Wilson Fin
ley, president of the Southern rail
way and a leading figure iu move
ments for the development of the
South, died here, as a result of a
stroke of apoplexy he suffered a few
hours before. He did not regain cou-
scTousness after he was stricken.
Mr. Finley’s family, friends and as
sociates were wholly unprepared for
his sudden death. Scarcely past the
prime of life, he was vigorous and en
ergetic, and seemingly in the best of
health, until a moment before ho was
felled by the stroke.
When he arose about seven o'clock
in the morning, he casually observed
to Mrs. Finley that he had a feeling
of slight oppression in his head. She
left the room for a moment to obtain
some mild remedy. When she re
turned he was leaning over a dresser
with his hoad buried in his hands. She
attempted to assist him, but he tell
Into her arms unconscious.
Mr. Finley was born on September
2, 1853, in Pass Christian, on the gulf
coast of Mississippi., He was educated
in the private school of Pass Chris
tian and grew to early manhood in
the atmosphere of this picturesque
section of the South. At the age of 20
he entered the railroad service as a
stenographer and by 1889 he had filled
almost ever minor position in 4he
clerical department of various rail
roads. During the succeeding six years
Mr. Finley served several railroad sys
tems in important executive capaci
ties. He became on October 1, 1895,
third vice president of the Southern
railway. Later he was second vice
president of the Great Northern rail
way, but on September 16, 1896, he re
turned to the Southern railway as sec
ond vice president. Ten years later,
in December, he was chosen president
of the Southern in succession to Sam
uel Spencer, who was killed in a rear-
end collision on the morning of
Thanksgiving day, six years ago.
Wilmington, N. C.—Thomas Martin
Emerson, president of the Atlantia
Coast Line railroad company, died at
his home In this city following an at
tack of acute indigestion while on a
trip of inspection over the system
with members of the board of direc
tors.
Mr. Emerson, attended by his phy
sician and friends, reached Wilming
ton at an early hour in the morning
on a special train from the South, and,
while It was announced during the day
that his condition was improved, there
came a turn for the worse and he
died at eleven o’clock at night.
. Mr. Emerson was taken ill at Du
pont, Ga., while on an inspection tour
of the road of which he was presi
dent. He was taken to Waycross,
Ga., and put under the care of physi
cians in a hospital there. He was ap
parently much better, and was taken
aboard a special train for Wilmington.
A trained nurse and a physician ac
companied him. When he arrived
hers he was taken to his home In an
amsulaace.
Mr. Emerson was elected president
of the Atlantic Coast Line eight years
ago.
PREACHERS PRAISE BEN-HUR
John E. White and C. B. Wilmer Speak
in High Terms of the Production.
Atlanta.—Apropos of the announc
ed engagement at the Atlanta thea
ter next week of Klaw & Erlanger’e
stupendous spectacle, “Ben Hur,” sev
eral of Atlanta's prominent ministers
have taken this opportunity to praise
the famous religious drama, which ev
erybody knows is the cleanest and
biggest success in the history of the
stage. These ministers, in letters to
the management of the theater, declare
themselves to be entirely in sympathy
with the stage when it offers such up
lifting plays as “Ben Hur,” which they
say exerts great power for good in
any community.