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IMIKTY MATH YEAR.
com shortage!
IN SOUTH GROWS
stillmoreacute
ATLANTA, Aug. 28. —The coal sit
uation in the South is becoming mors’
than ever acute. It has reached that;
stage now where the question of sup
ply is more important than that of
I rice. Complaints are now coming in
of arbitrary confiscation by the rail
roads of coal shipments moving over
their isles. One of the largest rail
road systems in the South reports
a supply on hand only sufficient to
operate ten days. Another reports a
supply sufficient for only three days!
operation. These are being arbitrarily]
augumented by confiscation, for which]
there appears to be no relief other;
than through the courts.
The question of transportation and
fuel is reaching that acute stage where
it is involving the right of the pur
chaser to receive the coal he has
bought against the alleged right of a
railroad company transporting such;
coal to confiscate it arbitrarily to such ’
a road's own use.
The State Railroad Commission is;
confronted with three complaints of
confiscation in Georgia, in which the!
commission is powerless under the
law to afford relief to the.purchaser of;
the coal, and yet. in the opinion here-,
tofore held by the commission, the'
railroad has no right to confiscate coal I
moving over its line any more than It
would have a right to open a freight 1
car and take out any other goods of-1
sered it fcr transportation.
Only Relief is in Courts.
Coal movements generally, and allot
those in which complaint has come to
the state commission, are in interstate;
commerce, which takes the matter out'
of the jurisdiction of the Georgia
commission. In previous similar com-'
plaints the commission has advised:
that in its opinion the only recourse]
the purchaser of such coal, or the
shipper, has for such confiscation, is
through the courts. In that premises’
the commission has expressed the'
opinion that the railroad confiscating!
coal of a private party, concern or;
manufacturing enterprise, is liable nor
only for the price of the coal so con
fiscated. but is hlso liable for the
damages, specific or cumulative. This’
is based on the ground that if the con-,
liscation of a shipment of coal should
necessitate the closing down of a cot-!
ton mill or other manufacturing plant!
or enterprise, thereby entailing loss of
business, the payment by the railroad
for the coal it had confiscated would
not reimburse the enterprise for its;
fuel supply which it had fully arrang ]
od for and which had been started in ]
transit to the purchaser. This kind
of damage would be cumulative in the ’
immediate and prospective injury done]
the enter] rise, and the opinion is
held, and has been expressed by the <
state c mimiss on, that such a claim is
actionable it. courts and will'lie.
when brought.
YOUNG OFFICES
IEAIIE EM 01111
I
I
The young officers from this city
who have been spending short fur
loughs at home after receiving their
commissions at the officers’ training
camp at Fort McPherson, have again
departed for their posts of duty as
assigned by the war department.
Lieut. John I). Mathis left recently
for North Georgia to visit friendsl
before leaving for the northern point I
designated in his confidential orders. ]
His brother. Lieut. Evan T. Mathis.’
has gone to Utica. N. Y., to report at
the plant of the Savage Arms Com-1
pany, where he will be .stationed for
the present in his capacity of ordnance
officer.
Lieut. Frank D. Stapleton, Lieut.
Hollis Lanier. Lieut. Leon Brooks,
Lieut. J. E. Kemp and Lieut Bryan’
Bullock are reporting tomorrow at
Camp Gordon, close to Atlanta, to
take up their duties as instructors for
the new national army, a portion of
which is to be mobilized there on Sep- (
THE NEWS WHILEIIT IS NEWS—COMPREHENSIVE LOCAL AND TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE—THE HOME PAFER PAR EXCELLENCE
OECLIHITIOIIS OF|
MB ANTICIPATED
WASHINGTON, D. C„ August 30.
Ti e possibility that Austria and per
haps the other allies of Germany may
■ scon declare war against the United:
I States, because of financial aid given j
; by this country to Italy, is recognized;
by officials here. It is carefully ex-;
I plained, however, that the existing sit
uation is such as warrants the United
States in taking the initiative.
ANARCHY WILL BE
REPRESSED SAYS
GEN. KORNILOFF
MOSCOW, August 27.—(Delayed.)—|
General Korniloff, commander-in-chief;
!of the Russian aTnies, and who th<i
I opponents of Premier Kerensky look
]to as their champion, was given a
great ovation when he arrived here,
and later when he entered the second
; sitting of the national conference to
day, He was accompanied to the con
ference by Premier Kerensky, who in
! trcduced him to the assemblage, say
‘jpg he believed it necessary that ths!
! commander-in-chief tell the delegates’
of conditions in the army exactly as
they exist.
. Gen. Korniloff. in a brief address,
i told those present that restoration of
: the death penalty in the army, conr
, Lined with other measures of discipline
i already instituted, formed only a small
I, art of what is necessary to rehabili-
■ rate and re-organize an army stricken
.with such evils of disorganization' and ■
’insubordination as now affect practi-
’ rally all of the Russian fighting forces.
; "We are implacably fighting anarchy
it the army, but it will finally be re
pt eased,” said Gen. Korniloff, and in
I conclusion he added: '‘The situatif.i
a’ the front is bad; if Russia wishes
to be saved, the army must be regen-
I erated, and without delay, at {any
I cost.”
General Korniloff told the assem
’ blage that the condition of the Russian
I railro’ads is already such that the ar
i my at the front will not receive any
. more supplies after November, and in
! substantiation of this assertion he;
! quoted a telegram from the comman
der of the southeastern department
! saying the shortage of bread and bis
. < nit there had already produced con-j
editions akin to famine.
] When Gen. Korniloff concluded I
j speaking and left the stage, there
! were prolonged cheers from al! sides ’
except the extreme left, where several.
, members of soldiers' and workmen’s ’
organizations remained silent.
BANDITS Kill TO
AND TAKE PAYROLL
CHICAGO, August 28.—Two men
carrying eighty-one hundred dollars,
I being the payroll of’ the Winslow
Brothers Iron Works, were shot to
death in front of the plant by five;
bandits, who escaped with the stolen;
money in an automobile.
PREDICT POE OF
’ HUSE WAR BOND BILL
WASHINGTON, D. August 28.
I’assage by Saturday night of the
(>11.500,000,000 war bond and certifi
| cate bill by the house wag predicted
this afternoon by Majority Leader
i i
Kitchin.
tember ->th.
Lieut. John W. Wheatley is ordered
to report at Fort Sill, Okla., but it is
possible that this assignment will be
changed to Camp Gordon.
AMERIEtBWSRffiORDER
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
iGUfIIDUS EFFECT
OF WAR IS SHOWN
IN FRENCH CITY
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j WASHINGTON, D. C„ August 28. —
I ‘One of the many curious trade re-'
I flexes of the world war is revealed
I in a report recently received from the
United States consul at Grenoble, in
which it is stated that the great glove
making industry of this famous old
capital of the Dauphine district is
seriously jeopardized by the inability ;
t, secure flour at normal prices. The;
flour is used extensively in the prep
aration of the skins from which no
were made annually before the war in
less than 800,00 dozen pairs of gloves
this district, giving, employment to
24,000 persons, four-fifths of whom
were women, "says a war geography
buletin of the National Geographic
Society issued today at Grenoble,
France, the chief city of the Depart
ment of Isere in southeastern France.
. 75 miles by rail from Lyons.
I
"With a population of more than
75,000 in 1914, Grenoble is one of the'
most beautifully situated cities in in;
France. It is built on a 700-foot em
bankment on both sides of the river,
isere just above its confluence with tne I
Drac, and its is almost completly ’
girdled with mountains, some of which!
rise to an elevation of 10,000 feet. To
the north- ower the heights of the]
(Grande Chartreuse, which lends its’
I name to the monastery familiarly;
I known as the birthplace of a famous I
L'queur. Before the war, thousands of;
tourists from England and America,
flocked here every season.
i
.“Most of the newer portion of the I
city, with its’ broad, straight thorough- I
fares, lies on the left bank of the Isere
while the small, original town, with
narrow, tortuous streets, nestles at
I the foot of the southern slope of Mt.
1 Rachais, on the right bank. Baek ot ]
the old town is a succession of fortifl-’
cations extending up the heights, and ;
these are only a part of the defenses’
disposed over the surrounding hills,'
making Grenoble one of the most
strongly fortified towns in all France.
"Grenoble has been a stronghold
since the ancient days of Roman
occupation. Both Diocletian an I
Maximian contributed to its defenses |
in the third century, but the town.!
which occupies the site of a village
of the Alloborses, derives its name
trom a Roman emperor of the succeed
’ ing century—Gratian, he who pro-'
hibited heathen worship in Rome, and!
during whose reign Christianity be-;
came dominant throughout the empire. ’
i Gratianopolis it was then called, but
I later corrupted and shortened to,
I
; Grenoble.
| After the disintegration of the Ro
| man empire Grenoble was in turn ~»
I possession of the Franks and Burgun-!
i dians and then a part of the kingdom
’of Province. In the middle ages the
’city and its province of Dauphine
were under the domination of its
bishops for many years. They were
succeeded by the Counts of Albon,
who assumed the title of Dauphin du
Viennois. In the middle of the four
teenth century the counts ceded the
I whole district to the French crown
’with the proviso that it should always 1
be the dependency of the king’s older
son. Hence the heir apparent to the
throne became known as the Dauphin
For 150 years after it passed to the
crown the city was the seat of the
inquisition and persecution of the Wai-'
[densians, the religious sect founded;
in 1170 by Peter Waldo in the neigh-'
! boring city of Lyons.
"When Napoleon began his march -
through Rrance after his return from
Elba for the historic Hundred Days,
Grenoble was the first city to welcome
him with open gates. This was on;
March 7, 1816. Four months later it
was forced to surrender to an Austrian
army.
Grenoble's most treasured shrine lx ’
a monument in the Church of St,!
Ande which marks the resting place or
the beau ideal of the age of chivalry,
Chevalier Bayard, the knight ‘sans
peur et sans reproche:' He was one;,
of the ablest military leaders of the
middle ages, and all the researches
of modern historians have only served
to confirm the tributes which his con *. (
temporaries bestowed with such lavish (
hands upon him whem they
ately and admiringly addressed as
’lt bon chevalier.’” *
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 28, 1917
SOCIALISTS OPEN
'PEACE CONFERENCE
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LONDON, August 2,B.—An interna
tional socialist and labor conference
opened here today under the presi
dency of Arthur Henderson, and with
. seventy delegates present. Countries
i: presented included England, Bel
gium, Russia. France, Portugal.
Greece South Africa and Italy. The
conference was called to discuss the
policy to be followed at the interna
i tional socialist conference to be held
| at Stockholm and the war aims of the
i Allies.
NEimFmiE
TO BE ORGANIZED
CORFU. August L—)By mail to New
York, August 28.) —The Serbian pre
mier and foreign minister, tempora
rily domiciled here, said to the corres
i pondent of the Associated Press today
I that plans have been formulated for
' the creation of a new Slav state, em
bracing among its inhabitants all of
I the Balkan Slavs, and inc/.ding with
! ir. its territory all of Serbia, Monte-
I negro, Bosnia. Herzegovina, Dalmatia,
’ Crotia, Slavonia and the eastern part
lof Istria. The new state would have
| a total population of 14,000,000 should
j it 8 boundaries include all of the terri
! tory indicated.
SENATE REPOSES
TO BOOST RATES
; WASHINGTON, D. C., August 28.
: By a vote of 39 to 29 the senate today
' struck out a provision in the war tax
bill increasing the first-class postage
rate.
Senator LaFollette, orWisconsin. in
troduced eight amendments to war
profits section of the bill today, the
'amendments proxiding for a tax on
I such profits ranging from 76 to 48 per
cent.
ISOCIEH EDITOR GOES
io SUMI coram
, Mrs. Daisy O Gnosspelius. who for |
; the past several months has occupied;
! the post of society editor of the Times I
' Recorder, leaves tonight for Greenville’
! S C., to accept a position as stenog |
i a idler with the contracting firm en-;
! gaged in constructing the army can-'
. tonment at that point.
Mrs. Gnosspelius has displayed I
! marked ability in the handling of the;
, society columns of the Times-Re-1
corder. and her departure will be
'noted with regret, although a host of,
friends throughout this section will'
congratulate her on the securing of ’
such a lucrative position which may ’
lead to even better results as the train-1
. ii.g camp activities develop.
OFFICERS ELECTED
GF CITY UNION
At a meeting of the Baraca-Phila
thea City union held last night, tile an- i
nual election of officers occurred after ?
the regular program, resulting as fol
lows: President. W. J. Boyett; first
vice president, Miss Leta Merritt; sec-'
ond vice president. H. D. Hansford; j
secretary, Mrs. Lottie Livingston; as-,
sistant secretary. Russell Speer;:
treasurer, M. E. Purvis; reporter. Miss,
Louellen Bragg.
The regular monthly meetings of <
the city union are occasions of inter-;
est in Baraca and Philathea circle’s in 1
this city and several special events ar>.'|
being planned for the coming winter. ■;
S2.Doo,mu MORE
MAT BE ADDER TO!
BOND WE BILL
WASHINGTON, D. C„ August 28.-
Two billion dollars may be added to
the total of bonds to be introduced at
the present session of congress, mak
ing a total of approximately $21,000,-
000 available to the government dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 30,
; 1918.
Democratic Leader Kitchin declares
that estimates submitted to him by the
treasury department make it appear
that the additional authorization prob
ably will be necessary.
Present indications, according to Mr,
Kitchin are that $19,000,000,000 will
meet the expenses of the financial year
but it is thought best to have a $2,000,-
000,000 margin for emergencies.
“It now seems probable,” he said,
"that the total amount of money need
ed for the fiscal year will be about
$19,000,000,000. This estimate covers
about $27,000,000,000 for loa*is to the
Allies, three billions of which al
ready has been provided; $1,300,000,-
000 for current expenses, exclusive of
the war, leaving about $10,000,000,000
for war expenses.
"Included in the war estimate is
$176,000,000 for the new insurance bill
and $1,000,000,000 for the shipping
beard.
The twenty-one billions would be I
raised as follows:
Bonds for Allied loans, $7,00,000.-!
000; pending revenue bills, $3,000,
000,000; war tertificates $4,000,000,-,
000; bonds for domestic purposes, au-l
thcrized. $2,000,000,000; proposed new!
bonds, $2,000,000,000; war savings cer-l
revenue, $1,300,200,000.
Approximately $11,000,0000,000 of the
foregoing amounts are included in the I
bond and certificate bill which the!
ways and means committee has be
gun to consider. The bill would i
authorize $7,000,000,000 for Allied
loans. $3,000,000,000 to be used in re
funding 3 1-2 per cent bonds already
authorized; $2,000,000,000 in war cer
tificates and $2,000,000,000 in war sav
ing certificates. It also contains a re
authorization provision f0r52,000,000-
000 in war certificates and would pro !
vide for taking over other previously;
authorized bonds in the following j
amounts:
Panama Canal, $225,000,000; naval ’
construction. $150,000,000; Mexican!
border control, Danish West Indes'
and Alaskan Railway, $1800.000,000;;
1 per cent Panama Canal bonds is
sued in 1916, $63,945,460.
No attempt will be made. Mr. Kitcb-1
in believes, to add the newly sig i
gested $2,000,000,000 issue to the bill;
. now before the committee. It will;
! come in as a separate measure, if at i
I all.
RECEIVES COMMISSION
! IH U.S. MEDICAL CORPS
I Dr. Bowman Joel Wise, of Plains,;
’ has received his commission as first!
lieutenant in the medical corps of the
United States army, the commission
dating from August 18th.
Several weeks ago Dr. Wise made a ■
I trip to Augusta. Ga., where he stood;
’ a physical and mental examination
i
’given by army surgeons for admission;
Ito the medical corps, and the commis-;
sion just arriving in the direct result. !
He has not yet been assigned to
| duty, but is expectin’ orders at any’
time.
DOGS DK< I.AIAEI) I’RI SOAAI.
PROPERTY BY HIG 111 (H R I
1 ATLANTA. GA. August 28 —Georgia
I dog-owners who raised such a howl
; against the deg tax put on them by j
the legislature back in 1912 will doubt-j
less be able to find, at last, some i
■ merit in the legislation that they were
; formerly "cussin".
The state court of appeals has just
ruled that a law which levies a tax on 1
a dog also makes the dog persona.'
property, and that when a dog is killed j
the owner is entitled to brin? pro
ceedings to recover damages.
Os course, a dog owner attempting
to recover must show that his dog was!
valuable, but this will certainly be;
no insurmountable handicap.
ILLIEO VETERANS
Til TEACH U.5.18M1
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 28.
Groups of French and British officers,
specialists in various details of trench
warfare, are to be attached to each
new army camp, under the plan of the
war department, designed to fit the
men for conditions they will meet at
the front.
War department authorities say they
want to give American troops the ben
efit of European experiences during
three years of trench warfare.
BRITISH PIERUE
THIRD LINE OF
GERMANIDEFENSE
NEW YORK, August 28. — (Compiled
l y the Associated Press from Euro
peanu cables during the day.)—The
British affected a considerable local
improvement in Flanders today by ad
vancing over a two thousand-yard
front and establishing themselves in
the German third defensive lines on
| both sides of the St. Quentin and Ju!-!
i ien roads.
Berlin announces "insignificant ene-l
I my advances” in this sector.
i The French paused today in their!
| efforts on the Verdun front, but ap
| patently are preparing another often-;
jsive. a s their artillery is active.
Rome reports more progress north;
of Gorizia, Austrian counter attacks!
being beaten off.
IgOODY! GODDY!! X-RAY
GOHAS ARE (OMiyG BA( K
ATLANTA, Ga., August 28.—Look!
out for the x-ray gown!
On absolutely reliable information
obtained from the real inner circles of
feminine fashion in Atlanta, it can be
stated that the silhouette style is
! coming back in vogue, and is expected
: to create a genuine scream.
Every one is familiar with the spec-]
] taele presented by a man in Palm.
I Beach clothes when he inadvertently
I steps into the bright summer sunlight,
iaud keen-eyed observers have noted a
! somewhat similar effect in women's
dress, for especially warm occasions.
But these lintle glimpses are noth
! ir.g compared to what the darjng op
' ponents of the x-ray gown will reveal
’this winter, according to those who
’claim to have seen some private exhi
j bitions of early models.
GONTRACTORS M
MME PAYMENT
WASHINGTON. D. C., Au-’ust 28.
Advance payments on government con
’ tracts are being requested by many
’ contractors, and the treasury is con
| sidering granting the requests, so that
; the contractors may go ahead with the
! work. Many contractors who are en
! gaged in government work are operat
ing on insufficient finances to enable
; them to turn out a sufficient volume of
'tl.c.r various products, and even con
let ms rated at millions are among
. tho.-i asking that advance payments be
(granted them.
LEWS TO HIE POSE I
IT NEB TRAINING CAMP'
Lieut. Ryan M Williamson left yes* i
terday for Camp Wadsworth at Spar
tanburg, S. C„ to report to the com
manding officer of the training camp,
’ where thousands of men drafted into
; the new national army will be gathered
within a few days. He received a
commission a 8 second lieutenant in the
(veterinary department several weeks
; ago and has been awaiting orders at
j his home near this city.
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REPLY TO PEACE
NOTE TO BL SENT
: WITHIN FEW DAYS
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WASHINGTON, D. C., August 28.
Signs are in evidence of the dispatch
of President Wilson's reply to the
peace proposals of Pope Benedict at
an early date. Officials freely con
’ cede the probability of thd early com
pletion of the communication, indicat
ing that the president and Secretary
Lansing, at least have agreed upon the
basic features o' the reply, so that
what remains to be done is to put
, these ideas into diplomatic language.
I It is understood that rough drafts have
already been prepared.
So far no authorized statement has
been forthcoming as to the nature of
the reply. Officials even deprecate
speculation concerning it, and there
has been formal denial of a published
, report that Secretary Lansing had in
formed some of the Entente diplomats
that Pope Benedict’s proposals would
' be rejected.
No official opinion exists that th?
proposals will be accepted, but in dip •
1 Icmatic practice there is a wide field
, for discussion between the two ex
-1; tremes of rejection and acceptance.
: The fact that Pope Benedict, as was
; pointed out by a statement from the
- Vatican, in some of the most import-
I ant features of his communication
; adopted principles enunciated by Pres
] ident Wilson is regarded in somequar
j tors as insuring the peace proposals
; against an unqualified rejection.
On the other hand, the failure of the
| pope's plan to meet some of the essen
tial demands of President Wilson as
la condition of peace is regarded as
I making it certain that there can be no
> acceptance.
Much of the uncertainty here sur
; rounding the preparation of the Amer-
I ican reply has arisen from the faU
that the major part of the negotiation
upon this subject has been conducted
in foreign capitals through resident
American ambassadors.
COMPWI MEN
GOING TO FRANCE
Tomorrow morning the Macon Ma
chine Gun Battalion is scheduled to
enter upon a course of intensive train
ing, at the conclusion of which they,
with other units comprising the 42nd
division, will be sent to the western
front in France.
The machine gun battalion include?
m its personnel not only the original
three Maccn companies, B, C and F,
but men from other companies in the
Second Geor ia who have been trans
ferred either by request or by order.
When the news was received at
Camp Harris that the Macon battalion
was to be transformed into a machine
gun unit and attached to the next ex
peditionary force sailing for France,
men from every company in the regi
ment asked for transfer to the three
designated companies. The Americus
Light Infantry hag lost 21 men through
transfer to the Macon battalion, while
some ot the other companies have lost
even more than Company I.
The men who have been transferred
trom Company 1 to the Macon battal
ion. and who will, leave tomorrow for
Mineola, are: A. W. Barabaree, J. D.
Bridges. N. B. Butt, C. D. Calloway,
lames P. Castleberry, William G.
;Crapps. Fred Edwards, Luke A. For
; rest, Otis E. Garrett, William A.
’Green, Ira G. Hallman. James H.
: Hammond, George B. Hays, Thomas B.
(Howington, William J, l.ane, Howell
I K. McMath. Roy S. Ratley, Clement B.
I Reeves. Beufort B. Sawyer. James E.
; Stevens. Ralph E. Stone, James V.
'Stewart. Barnum Webb. Durward W.
I Wheeler. James H. Baggett.
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