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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, JANUARY 2, 1914.
NUMBER 52.
GREAT CROP YEAR
IN UNITED STATES
TEN BILLION DOLLARS’ WORTH
OF PRODUCTS IS THE 1913
RECORD OF U. S. FARMS.
DR. BETHMANN HOLLWEG
BEST IN HISTORY OF NATION
Despite Bumper Crops, Department of
Agriculture Doesn’t Expect Drop
In Cost of Living.
Washington.—Ten billion dollars’
■worth of products, $5,000,000,000 of
cash income—a bumper year In spite
of drouths and other setbacks—is the
19X3 record of 6,000,000 American
farms.
Tim United States' most successful
year of husbandry produced $6,100,-
000,000 worth of crops, of which $2,-
£96,000,000 were represented by ce
reals alone, and $3,650,000,000 worth
•of animals sold and slaughtered_and
animal products. The value of the
1913 crops Is twice that of 1899; more
than $1,000,000,000 over 1909 and sub
stantially greater than 1912.
Of all the crops, it is estimated that
452 pe rcent. will remain on farms und
that 20 per cent, of the animal pro
duction also will remain. On that
basis the cash Income Is estimated at
$6,847,000,000. *
Despite a record year of crop value
—although the record of production
has fallen—and the fact that the num
ber of farms ha3 increased 11 per cent,
since 1910, until there now are esti
mated to be 6,600,000 farms in the
country, the department of agricul
ture, in a discussion of the subject,
made public, does not take the view
that a lower cost of living will re-
suit.
“However desirable Increased pro-
•duction on farms may appear to be
from the consumers' standpoint, It.
-does not follow that such increased
production would result in any in
crease in the cash Income per farm or
per capita of farm population, or that
prices pari by consumers would be
any lower,” says the report.
“Had the total production In 1913
•equaled or exceeded the 1912 produc
tion. it seems probable that the cash
Income per farm would not have been
greater and might have been loss than,
In 1912, but It is extremely doubtful
whether the cost to the consumer
would have been less, because retail
prices are raised promptly on a pros
pect of underproduction, but are slow
to decline if there is overproduction.
BIG STORM SWEEPS GULF
Three Ships Are Lost and the Fate
of Others in Douot.
Mobile, Ala.—Reports of oue of
the most destructive gulf storms In
years continue to reach Mobile, but
little Information on the fate of three
vessels which encountered the heavy
sesa can be obtained. The barks Sir
dar and Millwa, and the British
schooner Lord of Avon perished, and
lato reports were that the schooner
Cheslie is lost. The brig Motley and
the schooners Olenafton and M. A.
Achorn are thought to be adrift In the
gulf,
A gale which reached 50 miles an
hour threw the gulf into a rage. Cap
tain Thorndyke of the schooner Geo.
F. Scannell, which reached port with
the rescued crew of the Lord of Avon,
reported that it was only through the
greatest efforts that he kept the
■Scannell from going down. .
Captain Lawrence and the seven
rescued men of the Lord of Avon re
ported that the storm was the worst
they ever encountered In the gulf wa
ters. “We were about two hundred
miles oft Mobile bar. For three days
we tried to head for Mobile, but coaid
■not I am certain that few craft brav
ed the heavy weather.
Radium to Be Secured for Public.
Washington.—Secretary Lane pro
poses to withdraw all lands of the
public domain suspected of containing
radium, that their precious deposits
may be secured for the public good
and not become the subject of private
■speculation. Mr. Lane outlined his
plan to Chairman Foster of the house
mines committee, urging immediate
passage of a joint congressional reso
lution to empower President Wilson to
make withdrawals.
•Corpse of Man Discovered in Trunk.
New York.—A murder mystery,
■which promises to rival the famous
Barrel murder of a dozen years ago,
was brought to the attention of the
police when a boy notified them that
for half an hour he had watched a
trunk which two men had unloaded
from a pushcart and left In the gutter
In Pitt street on the east side. When
the trunk was opened at the police
station the still warm body of a man
about, forty years old, was found in it.
Tbe body was Identified as that of
John Kramens©, a Russian Pole.
Dr. Bethmann Hnllweg, the Imperial
chancellor, defied the German parlia
ment to pass amendments to the con
stitution proposed by the Socialists,
which would make the Imperial chan
cellor responsible to the house for the
acts of the emperor and providing for
his dismissal upon the demand of the
house.
CHILDREN KILLED IN PANIC
ALL BITTERNESS IN STRIKE DIS-
TRICT WIPED OUT BY THE
GREAT TRAGEDY.
Efforts to Find Man Who Gave False
Alarm Prove Absolutely
Futile.
Calumet, Midi.—On the day Chris
tendom sets aside as one of rejoic
ing over the birth of the Savior, Cal
umet, stricken to the heart by an al
most unbelievable catastrophe, stands
mourning by the side' of its dead, the
seventy-two victims, most of them
children, of the frightful panic on
Christmas Eve in the Italian hall.
This panic followed a false alarm cry
of fire during the progress of a Christ
mas tree entertainment arranged for
families of the copper strikers.
All bitterness and Ill-feeling that
ha3 existed in this strike-ridden com
munity during the past months is
wiped away by the one great, com
mon affliction.
The authorities have so far been un
able to trace a man who la said to
have gone up the stairs of the Italian
hall and raised the cry of fire, to
which is ascribed the panic that led
to the fearful crush in the stairway
and caused the death of the nearly
four-score men, women and children.
The other theory that the cry of fire
originated within the hall was sub
stantiated by Matt Saari, a striker,
who lost his son In the disaster. He
declared the cry came from a group
of men and women toward the front
of the hall.
RIOTERS ATTACK THE POLICE
Rioters Unarmed, But They Attacked
the Police With Stones.
Los Angeles.—Hundreds of unem
ployed and hungry began a riot at
the plaaa. A large force of police
men were called out. They cleared the
streets of all traffic and started in
with their clubs to end the disturb
ance.
Rafael Adams, a Mexican, was kill
ed, and five policemen were Injured
in the riot. Twenty rioters were ar
rested.
Although the rioters put up a vig
orous fight, none was armfed and the
police suffered injuries Orom clubs
and stones only.
Bomb Sent by Mail,
New Orleans.—A bomb sent by mail
to Mrs. John Tarante at her home
here exploded and did considerable
damage to her house, but no one was
hurt. As Mrs. Tarante started to
open the package her suspicion was
aroused, and she threw It to the floor
and rau. She had hardly reached the
next room when the explosion occur
red. A window was blown out, plas
ter torn loose from the coiling and
a mantel shattered. \ *-
Two Brother* Shot and Killed.
Petros, Tenn.—William and Robert
Russell, brothers, were shot and In
stantly killed here and Beecher
Holmes and his younger brother,
charged with murder, are being held
in the Petros branch of the state
prison. The Russell brothers were in
a soft drink stand when. It is alleg
ed, the Holmes brothers came In and
began shooting. Officers say the dou
ble tragedy followed action by Wil
liam and Robert Russell In giving
evidence against the Holmes broth
er's with whiskey selling charges.
PLANS TO LOCATE
L
McADOO AND HOUSTON ARE TO
HEAR THE CLAIMS OF ALL
THE CITIES.
CITIES TO PRESENT CLAIMS
Only Fourteen Large Cities to Be Vis
ited by the Organization
Committee,
Washington.—The Federal reserve
bank organization committee supple
mented its plan for locating federal
reserve cities with an unofficial an
nouncement pointing the way for all
cities to present t'nelr claims for
banks. Before the committee, con
sisting of Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo and Secretary of Agriculture
Houston starts upon its tour of the
country, it will advise clearing house
associations and boards of trade in
cities that are in the field for a re
serve bank, when and where they
can be heard. The committee will
suggest that representatives of such
organizations be supplied with all the
facts each city wishes to produce in
its favor.
Only fourteen large cities ‘In addi
tion to Washington will be visited, but
it was the understanding that any city
and any community can be heard at
some point on the trip around the
country which has been mapped out.
Although details for the hearings
have not been worked out. it is prob
able that the claims of Baltimore, Phil
adelphia and Washington will be heard
here. Pittsburg will have an opportun
ity either in Cleveland or Cincinnati.
Fort Worth, Texas, which is In the
field, will be allowed to argue lu Hous
ton, and St. Paul and Mlnnepalos in
Chicago. Information the committee
procures from the citlos will be use
ful In determining the boundaries of
the reserve districts.
It was said that neither cabinet ofv
fleer on the organization committee
had determined upon the number of
reserve districts and cities. The trip
to be taken Is almost as much for
this purpose a3 for actually locating
the cities and defining the districts.
Treasury officials praised the de
cision of the committee to work out
the district limits and cities by public
hearings. They said that already
scores of telegrams had been received
asking for a hearing In Washington,
on the supposition that the work was
to be done here. By holding hearings
in. many cities the committee hopes
to avoid trouble and save time.
MRS. GERTRUDE BRITTON
Mrs. Gertrude Howe Britton, a
prominent social worker, Is the chief
member of Chicago’s new force of
policewomen.
DAMAGE DONE BY STORMS
MANY LIVES ARE LOST IN THE
STORM ON THE COAST OF
NORTH NEW JERSEY.
GENERAL T0RNEY IS DEAD
Surgeon General of Army Dies In
Washington.
Washington.—-George Henry Tor-
ney, surgeon general of the United
States army, died at his home here
of bronchial pneumonia. He had been
in poor health several weeks, but his
condition had not been serious
General Torney was born in Balti
more, June 1, 1850, and had he lived
he would have been eligible to retire
ment from the service June 1, 1914.
His first, service was in the navy, he
having been appointed assistant sur
geon of the navy November, 1871, and
passed assistant surgeon in 1874. Re
signing from the navy June 30, 1875,
General Torney was immediately ap
pointed first lieutenant assistant sur
geon of the army, being promoted
rapidly until he reached the rank of
major surgeon, June 6 ,1895; lieuten
ant colonel, deputy surgeon general,
Augusts, 1903; colonel In command
of the medical oorps, April 23, 1908,
and surgeon general of the army, Jan
uary 14, 1909.
General Torney saw rigorous serv
ice In the Philippines and in Cuba. He
was a member of the American Med
ical Association, Association of Mili
tary Surgeons of the United States,
Shackleton Plans Polar Trip.
London.—Sir Ernest H. Shackleton,
the explorer. In a letter, announces
his intention to lead another expedi
tion to the south pole in 1914. He will
start from a Sou tit American port with
the object of crossing the south polar
continent from sea to sea, returning
by way of New Zealand.
59 Bodies Laid In Graves.
Calumet, Mich.—The Western Fed
eration of Miners buried Its dead here.
Fifty-nine bodies, including those of 44
children, were carried through the
streets, down a winding country high
way and laid In graves In a snow-en
shrouded cemetery. Thousands of sad
dened miners formed the escort of the
funeral parties and passed between
other thousands who as spectators tes
tified to the grief that has oppressed
the community since seventy-two men,
■women and children were killed in
the Christmas Eve panlo.
Atlantic Coast Is Lashed by Elements,
Huge Breakers Do Damage
on Pacific.
New York.—New York and vicinity
and miles of the north Jersey coast
suffered from a combination of wind,
rain and tide, incident to a storm
which began at night and increased
in fury near dawn. Two barges, brok
en from their tow, sank near the For-
ker river, N. J., life-saving station with
a possible loss of ten lives; Seabrlght,
N. J„ was partly Inundated, many fish
ermen’s shacks destroyed, hotels un
dermined and the Central railroad of
New Jersey put out of commission.
Small craft here and there broke away
from their moorings and were either
d imaged or lost. A car float ran
—-nuta- in the East. river, sinking mo
tor boats, and the Erie station at Jer
sey City was flooded.
Seagirt, N. J.—The storm which rag
ed along the northern New Jersey
coast left a trail of wreckage on the
beach for miles. The heavy surf wash
ed away houses, undermined streets
and furrowed bulkheads.
Los Angeles, Cal.—The highest tide
of the year, topped by huge breakers
that rolled far inside the high water
mark, canned away and wrecked doz
ens of launches and yachts anchored
off the beach at Venice, a seaside re
sort, swept three ocean front resi
dences from their foundations and
destroyed an automobile road.
■ Cleveland, Ohio.—Several' persons
were injured and a score were buried
In wreckage when a shelter house on
Ontario street, on the southeast cor
ner of the public square, was blown
down by the high winds which ac
companied the snow here. The shel
ter house was crowded with persons
waiting for street cars, when the
crash came. The walls fell inward,
and men, women and children were
struck by timbers and broken glass.
None of the victims was fatally hurt.
FEAR FOR SAFETY OF JAPS
Rebels May Retaliate for Shipments
of Arms to Federals From Japan.
Washington.—The situation of for
eigners In Mexico who have Incurred
the ill-will of the rebels is again giv
ing some concern to state department
officials. The Japanese ambassador
called upon Acting Secretary Moore
to request that the United States gov
ernment do what it can to protect the
Japanese in El Paso and In other bor
der points.
There is some apprehension that
these Japanese may be made to feel
the weight of resentment by the Con
stitutionalists because the Federals
are receiving supplies of arms and
ammunition from Japan, although it
has already been pointed out that
these good3 are being delivered under
contracts made by former Japanese
merchants last April.
Acting Secretary Moore promised to
Instruct the American consuls In the
rebel country to extend the same care
to Japanese as they would to Ameri
can citizens.
Courtmartial Finds Attache Guilty.
New York.—Maj. Charles B. Haga-
dorn, military attache of the Ameri
can embassy in St. Petersburg, was
found guilty by courtmartial of dis
obeying orders and sentenced to a
mild reprimand. Before a military
court at Governor’s Island, Major
Hagadom was tried for “willfully”
disobeying the command of the presi
dent of the United States to remain
at St. Petersburg until further orders.
The court amended the charge to
read “had failed to obey,” striking out
the words “willfully disobeyed,”
DECREASE IN DISEASES WILL
RESULT, SAYS GOVERN-
MENT EXPERT.
SHOULD PROTECT WOMEN
Insanitary Tenements for Negroes Are
Held Partly Responsible for the
Present Conditions.
Atlanta.—Declaring that the men
of the South give but one-third to
one-half the protection to the women
as do the meu of other sections, Dr.
Charles Waddell Stiles of the United
States public health servlc.e in his
speech before the members of the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science and the public
at Taft hall, made a graphic plea for
“a square deal" for Southern moth
ers.
He declared that insanitary condi
tions and the lack of adequate race
segregation In the South are largely
responsible for the spread of disease,
which increases greatly the sufferings
of the mothers. He placed upon the
men the duty of bettering these con
ditions.
In connection with the subject of
race segregation, Doctor Stiles point
ed out that the negro is very weak
when in the grasp of tuberculosis,
while a white man may live long
with the disease. The reverse, he
said, is the case with malaria. The
living of members of the two races
In close proximity to each he show
ed greatly spreads both these and
oilier diseases.
In part, Doctor Stiles spoke, as fol
lows:
“The first Important practical point
I wish to make is that given the pres
ent unnatural existence of two races,
the white and the black, here in the
South, in their present existing pro
portions, both races are living under
biological and medical handicaps that
are unequaled In any other part of
the country. We may talk as much
as we may wish about harmony and
co-operation between the mJcs, Inter
racial competition is more in accord
with natural law than is inter-racial
co-operation, and that type of co-op
eration which Is biologically and med
ically in the interest of both races is
for them to keep as far apart and
as distinct as possible. Given the
present sanitary conditions, the more
clsoely the two races are brought into
contact, the more will each race act
as a reservoir of its own diseases to
the other race, the greater will be
their borrowed death rates, and the
greater will be tho strain from un
necessary sickness and death to
which the Southern mothers, both
white and black will be subjected."
RAILROADS DEFAULT BONDS
No Payment on Bonds Amounting to
Eleven Million Dollars.
New York.—Disturbed conditions in
Mexico have forced the National
Railways of Mexico and affiliated
properties to default In the payment
of interest, due January 1, on bonds
amounting to $11,000,000. E. M.
Brown, president of the system, who
made this announcement, said that in
lieu of regular cash payments, the
companies would Issue three-year 6
per cent, notos.
The Hollowing statementw as Id-
sued by President Brown:
“Owing to the dislocation of the
service In the company's lines conse
quent to disturbed conditions in Mex
ico, which in turn have resulted in In
terruptions to traffic, loss of earnings
and increased expenses, the company
regrets its inability to pay in cash
the interest due January 1 on the
prior lien 4 1-2 per cent, bonds of both
the National Railroad company of the
National Railroad company of Mex
ico, and also on the priority bonds
Schmidt Jurors Couldn't Agree.
New York.—After deliberating thir
ty-six hours the jury trying the case
of Hans Schmidt, former priest of St.
Joseph’s church, accused, of the mur
der of Anna Aumuller, reported that
it could not reach an agreement, and
was discharged. The foreman said
the question which caused the differ
ence among them was one of veracity
regarding statements as to Schmidt’s
mental condition.
C-otton Planters Lose by Grading.
Washington.—Cotton - planters of
Oklahoma lost several hundred thou
sand dollars last season through Im
proper grading of that product, ac
cord in gto findings of the department
of agriculture. This loss was figured
on a basis ot $20,00, which the de
partment experts found to have been
sustained on one grade alone through
lack cf knowledge of the grading. Be
tween seventy and eighty government
cotton samplers are working li» the
cotton belt to obtain information as
to cotton grading.
LITTLE ITEMS Of GEORGIA CITIES
Columbus.—Prominent members of
the S. A. E. fraternity are in Cblum-
bus from various Georgia and Ala
bama cities, coming to attend the bi
ennial convention of Provlnce*Epsl-
lon, embracing two states. The con
vention to last two days. J. D. Mc
Cartney of Rome, president of the
province, is here.
Romo.—Nolan Harver, a prominent
farmer of this county, was probably
fatally hurt while rabbit hunting,
when a gun in the hands of his fif-
teen-year-old brother, Carlton Harvey,
was accidentally discharged while the
younger boy was crossing a ditch
The load of shot buried itself in No
lan Harvey’s face and chest, Inflict
lng terrible wounds from which it la
feared he will die.
Albany.—When Conductor Alonzo
Smith, for years In the e-"nloy of the
Central of Georgia, failed to report to
go out on his regular run, It was ex
pected that he would show up In time
to take out the next regular passen
ger train. When he again failed to
report, Conductor Little went to
Smith's home and, getting no re
sponse to hi3 knocking, forced an en
trance. He found Smith dead in bod.
Savannah.—Mary Roberts, a four-
year-old girl, Is dead here, in over
turning a lamp. The little girl bad
been left at home to care for two
younger children. During her moth
er’s absence she overturned a lamp
and her clothes were Ignited. She
was a mass of flames when neighbors
rushed in. Her entire body was blis
tered. The damage to tho house was
slight.
Macon.—Development work In Ma
con during the coming year by the
city government Is to be kept within
the revenue. This year the city has
spent more money than It had with
the result that a deficiency will have
to come out of the revenue for the
new year, which will be somewhat
reduced by virtue of the fact that the
city will lose considerable revenue
through the near-beer saloons going
out of business.
Savannah.—The 300-mile motorcy
cle races under the auspices of the
Savannah Motorcycle club, which was
postponed Christmas day on account
of inclement weather, wan run later
over the Grand Prize course. It was
won by Bob Perry of Illinois. Perry s
time was 5 hours 22 minutes and 8
seconds, and he averaged 59 miles ah
hour. M. E. Jones of Ohio, finished
second, his time being 5:33:03. F. II.
Camplyjohn, J. Yerkes, H, Glenn and
R. D. Edmonds finished third, fourth,
fifth and sixth, respectively.
Griffin.—The church and temper
ance forces of Griffin are rejoicing
over the successful appeal to council
to place the sale of near-beer under a
license tax, as was done by council,
when that body voted to put tbe tax
of $15,000 per annum on the sale of'
near-beer in this city. This tax
comes as the result of an agitation
that has lasted some eighteen months
and after the organization of the law
enforcement league several days ago.
Last January an effort was made to
raise tho tax from $8,000 to $10,000,
but was defeated when the tax was
really lowered.
Tlftnn—The fnmnus helled buzzard
is again in south Georgia. This buz
zard has been an occasional visitor
to this section for tho past twenty
years. It was last seen in what Is
now Tift county, about ton years ago.
Soon afterwards Us appearance was
reported from various sections of
south Georgia. Tho buzzard was seen
by George L. Paulk, of the Waterloo
Bection, in the northeastern part of
the county. The buzzard was in com- '
pany with nearly a hundred others of
its kind, and none of the other buz
zards seemed afraid of it.
ThomasvSUe—Attempting to cut
his wife’s throat while chazed by
drink, William Watson, a well known
citizen of this county, living about
five miles from Ochlocknee, was shot
and instantly killed by his son, Her-
schel, In an endeavor to save his
mother’s life. Watson, who had been
drinking for several days, seemed to
grow frenzied, attempting first to set
fire to his house and then threatened
to kill his family. Seizing his wife,
be started to cut her throat with a
knife when his seventeen-year-old son
ran up with a gun and fired four
times, killing his father instantly.
Valdosta.—A proposition to devel
op the water power on the Withla-
coochee river, near this city, which
has been discussed for several years,
bids fair now to be pushed to a suc
cessful end. Preliminary surveys of
the stream, beginning at a point only.,
three miles northwest of Valdosta, are
now being made by a well known
11 engineer, for parties In South Ca
ollna, who are interested in the dd
velopment. The surveys Indicate
powerful fall In the river near wb.erq
the Valdosta. Moultrie and Wester
railroad bridge crosses, and It is be-j
Heved that enough power can. be de
veloped there to turn every wheel in
dlls and neighboring towns.
Langford is preparing blueprint- 1
shewing the proposed location ol ft
dam to be built, t