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THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE.
THERE IS NO PAPER LIKE THE HOME PAPER TO HOME PEOPLE.
VOLUME XVI. CLAYTON, RABUN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1916. NUMBER 51.
DRGREE OF DEATH
FOR ALL LOOTERS
•REBEL LEADER ISSUES DRASTIC
ORDER FOR PROTECTION
OF FOREIGNERS.
SAND OF REBELS EXECUTED
All Stores Confiscated In Chihuahua
Locked and Sealed—Many
Soldiers Deserting.
Chihuahua, Mexico.—“Any one who
hereafter loots or molests property of
foreigners or Mexicans will be execut
ed. The right to confiscate property
will rest only with the Constitutional
ist government.”
Gen. Francisco Villa Issued this or
der as showing his intention to main
tain strict military discipline. As an
example he executed on the plaza a
hand of rebels who had been found
gulty by courtmartlal of sacking the
homo of a wealthy Mexican. While
the six rebels were marched before
the firing squad the stolen goodB
•were returned to the owner.
All stores confiscated from the ex
pelled Spaniards were closed and seal
ed. Orders were given that no more
goods are to be taken from them.
This action was believed to have re
sulted from the protest of the United
States against the seizure of Spanish
property. Already great quantities of
the goods, valued at several million
dollars, had been utilized by the reb
els. The remainder of the property
is to be held pending un investiga
tion *s to whether the owners aided
the Huerta government.
General Villa proclaimed amnesty
>to Federal soldiers who would sur
render and give up their arms. Many
Federal troops are reported to have
joined tlie rebels. Three hundred
thousand pounds or rifle ammunition,
and 500,000 pounds of artillery am
munition were recovered from a lake
■east of Chihuahua, where they were
bidden by General Mercado’s evacuat
ing FnderalR.
500 NATIVES DIE IN LAVA
Terrible Details of Volcanic Eruptions
on Ambrim Island.
Sydney, N. S. W.—Incoming steam
ers bring terrible details of the re
cent volcanic eruptions on the Island
of Ambrim in the New Hebrides group
in which 500 natives lost their lives.
Witnesses of the disturbance describe
it. as having been so sudden and vio
lent that they expected to see the
whole western side of the Island dis
appear.
With a terrific roar, which was fol
lowed with a rapid succession of artil-
lery-like detonation, all the craters of
the volcano entered into full activi
ty. spouting flames and lava and
throwing out huge boulders.
Great streams of lava soon were
rushing down the slopes, cutting off
'the villagers from escape. In one In
stance two torrents of the molten mass
joined and made an island of one en
tire section of a village. Here fifty or
-sixty persons perished.
The scenes at nigh* were awe-inspir
ing. Flames shot into the air to a
height of a thousand feet, illuminating
the whole scene of destruction. The
'ocean seemed to boil as huge super*
heated masses of stone fell into the sea
and streams of lava poured into the
bay. Dust from the craters gradually
formed a black cloud which blotted
. out the light of the stars.
The British hospital buildings were
wiped out, but previous to their de
struction the doctors pluokily remov
ed all the patients to a launch and
•escaped with them.
Secretary Bryan In Florida.
Jacksonville, Fla.—Secretary of
State William Jennings Bryan, Mrs.
Bryan and their little grandson ar
rived here from Asheville, N. C., and
spent the day with Mr. Bryan’s cous
in, former Governor W. S. Jennings.
They left for Miami, where Mr. Bry
an will see for the first time his
new country home. In commenting
•upon the new currency law, Mr. Bry
an said it was a sweeping victory for
President Wilson and that it would
prove of vast benefit to the country
generally, the banks a3 well as the
people.
COL ARTHUR HOFFMANN
Col. Arthur Hoffmann of the Canton
of St. Gall Is the president-elect of the
Swlse republic and will enter upon
his new dutlea on January 1. He le at
.present vice-president and chief of the
military, and has been chief of the de
partment of finance and head of the
department of Justice and of polloe.
URGES U. S JO OWN LINES
POSTMASTER GENERAL BURLE
SON FJAVORSh ACQUISITION
BY GOVERNMENT.
SERVICE SELF SUPPORTING
Declares Postal Service Will Be Con
ducted for Efficiency Rather
Than Profit.
Washington.—A sweeping declara
tion in favor of the principle of gov
ernment ownership of telephone and
telegraph lines and an assertion that
the postal service now is self-support
ing for the first time since 1883, are
features of the annual report of Post
master General Burleson, transmitted
to congress.
Concerning the acquisition of tele
phone and telegraph lines, Postmaster
General Burleson says that the gov
ernment has demonstrated its capacity
to conduct public utilities, and, from
his present information, he is inclined
clearly to the taking over by the post-
office department of the telegraph
lines and, possibly, also, of the tele
phone lines. Discussing that the post
master general says:
“A study of the constitutional pur
poses of the postal establishment leads
to the conviction that the postoffice
department should have control over
all means of the communication of In
telligence. The first telegraph line in
this country was maintained and op
erated as a part of the postal service,
and it is to be regretted that congress
saw fit to relinquish this facility to
private enterprise.
“The monopolistic nature of the tel
egraph business makes it of vital im
portance to the people that it be con
ducted by unselfish interests, and this
can be accomplished only through gov
ernment ownership. _/
“The act of July 24, 1866, providing
for the government acquisition of the
telegraph lines upon payment of an
appraised valuation and the act ot
1902 directing the postmaster general
’to report to congress the probable
cost of connecting a telegraph and tel
ephone system with the postal service
by some feasible plan,’ are evidences
of the policy of tills government ulti
mately to acquire and operate these
electrical means of communication as
postal facilities, as is done by ail the
principal nations, the United States
alone excepted.
“The successful operation of the
parcel post has demonstrated the ca
pacity of the government to conduct
the public utilities which fall properly
within the postal provision cf the Con
stitution.”
BILL IS PASSED
MEASURE FRAMED BY DEMO
CRATIC SENATE CAUCUS
ADOPTED.
CARRIED B. ; VOTE OF 54 TO 34
Bill Will Be Completed by Confer
ence Committee and Will Be
Ready for ^F-e sident to Sign.
Washington. -The administration
currency reform bill, proposing a re
vision of the financial system of the
United States and the creation of
regional reserve banks to act as sta
bilizing elements in the banking and
financial world, passed the senate by
a vote of 54 to 34.
Forces that had fought together for
improvement and amendment of the
measure to the last divided when the
final vote came. Senator Hitchcock,
who had led the' opposition to the bill,
returned to thrj Democratic ranks and
Senator Weeks, one of the leaders on
the Republican side, with five other
Republicans, and Senator Poindexter
(Progressive voted for the passage
of the measure.
Wide differences exist between the
form of tlie legislation passed by the
senate and thV bill that passed the
house several Months ago. Democrat
ic leaders already have partly adjust
ed these differences, however, and it
was predicted that the bill would be
completed by a conference committee
and sent to Pnfddent Wilson for bis
signature. *
Tlie adoption of the administration
bill, known as tV^“Owcn bill,” follow
ed upon tli^. ■defeat,, bv 4.-, t.n
41, of the "HltT'.icock bill” which had
been emjprsed by Senator. Hitchcock
and the five Republican members of
the evenly divided senate committee
that passed on the legislation. The
senate had previously rejected, with
out a roll call, a “central bank” bill
offered as a substitute by Senator
Burton.
SUFFRAGISTS IN WRANGLE
Break Threatened by Removal of Of
ficer Who Refused Accounting.
Washington.—A nation-wide break
in the ranks of Suffragists is threaten
ed as the result of the action of offi
cers of the National American Wom
an Suffrage Assooiation in ousting
Miss Alice Paul from the chairman
ship of tlie congressional committee
of the national association.
This action is said to be virtually a
declaraton of war between the na
tional association and the Congres
sional Union for Woman Suffrage
which is headed by Miss Paul, and
which raised $25,000 last year to car
ry on lobby work in Washington for
the national association.
Officers of the national association
demanded that the money raised by
Miss Paul as head of the Congression
al Union be accounted for to the
treasurer of the national association.
Miss Paul's refusal caused the nation
al officers to remove her as chairman
of the national association’s congres
sional Committee.
As a result oJr the internal strife.
Miss Paul collapsed from a nervous
breakdown in Washington while de
livering a suffrage speech, and is now
confined to her (home in Morristown,
N. J. Her removal from office while
too ill to jourmj^o New Ycfrk City
to defend herselfWHMireated indigna
tion in tlie riuiksNSlIphe Congressional
Union. WF
Officer Imprison*]
Straasburg, Gu
of forty-three ~aa|
pronouiWSd by]
Lieut. Baron Vi
Ninety-ninth inftj
tial was openei
ner for cuttinj
a lame shoemj
on December,
against him
causing gre;
legal use o,
Forstner wi
about the
military
Zaberm
MAJ. GEN. THOMAS H. BARRY
A new photograph of Major General
Barry, who may be appointed to suc
ceed Major General Wood as chief of
staff of the army when the latter’s
term expires on April 22 next.
WANT POWER OVER ROADS
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM
MISSION RECOMMENDS FUR
THER ACTION.
Makes Vigorous Recommendation for
Additional Powers Over the
Railroads.
Washington.—Emphasizing the ne
cessity for further action by the Fed
eral government to provide greater
safety for travelers and employees
upon American railroads, the inter
state commerce commission, in its an
nual report, submitted to congress,
makes vigorous recommendations for
additional powers over the physical
construction and operation of the
roads. The commission also recom
mends that it be given authority to
supervise the issue of railroad secur-
llties and some measure of control
over tlie capitalization.
Conditions disclosed by the commis
sion’s investigation of railroad acci
dents during the year present a situ
ation, which, the commission believes,
ought to be tlie subject of immediate
legislation. Seventy-six accidents in
vestigated comprised fifty-one colli
sions and twenty-five derailments, and
caused tlie death of 283 and the Injury
of 1,880 persons. Commenting upon
these facts, tlie report says:
“The commission again is compelled
to note the exceedingly large propor
tion of train accidents due to derelic
tion of duty on the part of employees.
Fifty-six of the accidents Investigated
during the year, or nearly 74 per cent,
of the whole number, were directly
caused by mistakes of employees.
These mistakes were of the same na
ture as those noted by the commission
in its last annual report, nanvely, dis
regard of fixed signals: improper flag
ging; failure to obey train orders; lm
proper checking of train register; mis
understanding of orders; occupy I
NATIONAL BANKS WILL ACCEPT
NEW MONEY MEASURE
OF CONGRESS. I
MANY APPLICATIONS MADE
Likely to Be Rush to Enter the New
Currency System—Many Applica
tions Received.
Washington.—What treasury offi
cials regarded as an indication of how
financial circles will receive the new
federal currency system came from
Boston in a message to Secretary Me-
Adoo from the National Shawmut-
bank, one of tlie largest institutions-
in New England. The message de
clared that the executive committee of
tlie bank had voted unanimously to ad
vise it.s directors to accept the new
law and enter the system.
Receipt at the treasury of scores
of informal applications from all parts
of tlie country lius led Mr. McAdoo
to believe there can be no question
now tlmt a large proportion of tlie
national banks intend to come into
tlie system. There are about 7,500
national hanks in the United States,
and not more than a few hundred
have wired their intention to apply
for membership in tlie federal sys
tem, but a rush of applications is
expected soon.
Muny of the banks, realizing that
they cannot get in tlie first application
and not caring particularly about the
relative position they may obtain, are
understood to be awniting.
Applications included those from
the following cities: Chattanooga,
.Tenn.; Lynchburg, Va.; Columbia and
Sedalia, Mo.; Topeka and Parsons,
JCaps.
REBUtfE FOR THE CARABAOS
President Tells Garrison and Dan
iels to Reprimand Officers.
Washington.—President Wilson has
made public a letter addressed to Sec
retaries Garrison and Daniels, respect
ively, requesting that “a very serious
reprimand” be administered to those
army and navy officers who partici
pated in the recent dinner ot the mil
itary order of tlie Carabao, at which
the administration’s Philippine and
other policies were satirized.
The letter follows:
“The officers who were responsible
for the program of the evening are
ceirtainly deserving of a very serious
reprimand, which I hereby request be
administered, and I cannot rid myself
of a feeling, of great disappointment
that the general body of officers as
sembled at the dinner should have
greeted the carrying out of such a pro
gram with apparent Indifference to the
fact that it violated some of the most
dignified and sacred traditions of tho
service.
“I am toid that the songs and o(her
amusements of tlie evening were in
tended and regarded as ‘fun.’ What
are we to think of officers of the army
and navy of the United States who
think it ’fun’ to bring their official
superiors into ridicule and tlie policies
of the government which they are
sworn to serve with unquestioning loy
alty into contempt? If this is their
idea of fun, what is their ideal of
duty? If they do not hold their loy
alty above all silly effervescence of
childish wit, what about their profes
sion they hold sacred?
“My purpose, therefore, In adminis
tering this reprimand is to recall tho
men who are responsible for this low-
erming of standards to their Ideals; to
remind them of
