Georgia Historic Newspapers

    GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS, CAIRO, GEORGIA.
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Happenings of This and Other Nations
For Seven Days Are
Given.
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In the South,
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs,
European War
The British auxiliary cruiser Baya-
no was sunk by a German stibmnrino
oil C'orsewall Point, In WiKtownshiro,
In the southern extremity of Scotland,
bordorlns the North chnnnel lending:
Into the Irish sea. The entire crew
of 216 men went, down with the Hunk-
en vessel.
The Paris war office announces the
capture of a Gorman fort at Lorn-
baertzyde by the French troops which
havo started an invasion of the terri
tory In Belgium now occupied by Ger
man forces.
The Paris war office also announces
victories for the British troops and
state the latter have taken the vil
lage of Eplnette, nine miles northwest
of Lille. The English now occupy the
village.
With the formation of the new Greek
cabinet, Greece will declare Its inten
tion of continued neutrality in ac
cordance with King Constantine’s pol
icy. The Venizelos cabinet lias been
completely overthrown and the Sla
vonic element In the Greek kingdom
subdued. With the selection of the
new cabinet, King Constantine, a Ho-
henzollern prince, is now in complete
command of the government and will
not permit his country to take sides
against .ills German relatives.
It is reported in a rumor from Lon
don that Emperor William is endeav
oring to keep Italy out of'tho war
by offering to buy her friendship with
the concession of her old possessions
which are now a part of the Austrian
empire. The kaiser, it is said, is en
deavoring to persuade pmporor Franz
Josef to cede back Trente nnd Trieste
to Italy so as to appease their former
ally who declined to participate in the
present struggle.
German forces are being mobilized
in mass formation along the eastern
border to make a big attack on the
Russian forces early this spring in
another attempt to capture Warsaw.
The London war office announces
British successes in the Champagne
district. The French claim .victories
in the valley of the Mouse. Bothtre-
Siorts are repudiated In Berlin.
Three more ships have been added
by the Germans to the' British toll of
losses on the high seas since the war
began. The sinking of all three ves
sels came quite unexpectedly immedi
ately following a public announcement
from the admiralty offices in London
that the German blockade of the Brit
ish isles had failed. The three sunken
vessels were the Tanglstan, the Black
wood and the Princess Victoria.
Russian forces claim they have split
the German forces in the east and cut
them entirely off from the Austrian
armies to the South. The *Petrograd
war office declares the kaiser's drive
at Warsnv®iaB been checked.
Foreign
General Carranza has replied to
President Wilson personally in his an
swer to the American note. The.
'Mexican first chief denies all , the
charges that have been made against
General Obregon in the'latter purport
ed mistreatment of citizens of Mexico
City and says the same have been In
spired by the Villa and reactionary in
terests in Mexico. In his reply
President Wilson General Carranza
also advises all foreigners to quit
Mexico at once until after hostilities
have ceased.
Spain has barred all parcels shipped
from that country to Germany, Austria
or Turkey. The Anglo-Frendh decla
ration that all merchandise shipped to
and from these countries was the
cause of the Madrid government’s ac
tion.
The Japanese-Chinese crisis in the
Orient is something now beginning to
attract world-wide attention on ac
count of the far-reaching results of
Japan's demands on the Chinese re
public. The Pekin government still
persists in holding out for what the
republic claims as its individual
rights. Japan lias offered an explana
tion to the powers that most of its
demands on China were of long stand
ing so that she did not feel Incumbent
to tell any of the nations about her
intentions.
Railroad traffib between Vera Cruz
and Mexico City has been suspended
by order of General Carranza. The
Zapata forces in renewing their attack
to regain possession of Mexico City-
have been repulsed by General Obre
gon, the chief Carranza lieutenant
Germany has apologized to Dr. Hen
ry Van Dyke, the American minister
to Holland and Luxembourg for the in
terruption of his mall and says that
such action was unwarranted on the
part of the German army officers who
have since been reprimanded by the
kaiser and imperial government. Em
peror William himself sent the apol
ogy through Ambassador Gerard in
Berlin.
IjHne. German .soldiers who-escaped
from Tsing-Tau on its capture by the
Japs, traveled one thousand miles to
blow up a Trans-Siberian railway.
Bulgaria 1b sending heavy guns to
the Greek frontier, according to Lou
don dispatches. ,
John B, McManus, an American citi
zen residing In Mexico,,wns murdered
by order of the Zapata troops. He was
shot down In his home, which was
flying the- Stars and Stripes nnd wan
senled with the coat of arms of the
United States. The Brazilian minis
ter In Mexico City at once demanded
the punishment of the perpetrators of
the crime on the part of the United
States. Secretary Bryan immediately
Wired the minister Ills commendation
for his act of friendliness and the
promptness of action. President Wil
son has demanded complete repara
tion from all the Mexican Revolution
ists, especially General Salazar, the
Zapata commander now In power nt.
Mexico City. The president Insists
not only on the punishment of the
guilty, but complete reparation to the
family of the victim.
In the Sofia arsenal 123 deserters of
the Bulgarian army were hung for de
serting \yhen ordered to tight the Rou
manians shortly following the Balkan
wnr when Rquinnnia stepped In to take
a portion of the Turkish spoils.
The French steamer Guadeloupe wns
sunk oft the Island of '-Fernando de
Noronlin In the South Atlantic by the
German cruiser Krnuprtnz Wilhelm.
The English steamer Churchill rescued
143 of the Guadeloupe’s passengers nnd
brought them to Buenos Aires.
Reports from Pekin state Japan 1ms
modified her demands somewhat on
the Chinese republic duo to the close
scrutiny of the other governments now
watching the developments of the ne
gotiations between the' two nations.
The Japanese ambassador to Pekin
says be has been instructed by the
Tokyo diplomatic office that the flow
ery kingdom will modify Its demands
concerning the Ilunang,. Tayeli and
Ping-Slang mining concessions, which
heretofore Japan 1ms insisted on de
veloping herself, and the rights of
trade relations in Mhnchuria nnd Mon
golia. The Pekin government was
considerably alarmed over the fact
that Japanese troops have been im
ported to strengthen the Manchuria
garrisons. These steps are being care
fully watched botli at Petrograd and
at Washington,
Washington
President Wilson has taken a hand
in tile eastern Ohio coal strike. Af
ter conferring with Secretary Wilson
he concluded to take immediate steps
to quell the jtrike and offer some form
of mediation between the. miners and
operators.
While withholding from any express
ed judgment until definite tacts are
obtained, President Wilson nnd the
cabinet have viewed as a very grave
incident the report of the sinking of
the *MtlMcan -steamer, the William
P. .Frye, off the Atlantic coast of South
America by the Prinz Eitel Friedrich,
the German auxiliary cruiser. The
report that the German boat looted the
Frye of her cargo and then dynamited
tlie vessel lias provoked considerable
wrath at the White House and Am
bassador Bemstroff has been called
upon for an immediate explanation. In
vestigation has started at once by or
der of, the president and Secretary
Bryan.
Secretary Daniels lias named Rear
Admirals Fletcher, the Vera Cruz hero,
Howard and Cowles, to assume tlieir
tllitles as admirals, as was provided by
a recent act of congress. This admi
ralty position Is not the same as ad
miral of the navy, of which there can
be but one and that in the person
of Admiral Dewey and becomes extinct
at his death. But the new grp.de ad
mirals are merely, commanders-in-chief
of the Atlantic, Pacific and Asiatic
squadrons and' upon retirement from
these commands the new admirals step
back into their old titles and salaries.
Domestic
The German auxiliary cruiser, the
Prinz Eitel Friedrich, which sank the
American freighter, the William P.
Frye, in South American waters, put
Into port at Newport News, where it
may be detained until the end of the
war, according to a statement, given
out by the Frye’s captain after lie
bad visited the White House, where
he was re'ceived by President Wilson,
who was eager to hear the incidents
of the sinking of the vessel.
Secretary McAdoo has submitted to
an operation for appendicitis. His
wife. President Wilson's youngest
daughter, is constantly at the secre
tary's bedside in Providence hospital
In Washington.
The E. 1. DuPont de Nemours Pow
der Company of Wilmington, Del., an
nounces the intention of building
new plant along the Jiiues river in
Virginia, whicli will cost $5,000,000.
Contracts to furnish powder to bellig
erents have been secured by this con
cern, which will run into the mil
lions.
Several of the large rail manufac
turing concerns of the United States
have secured contracts from the Rus
sian government for big consignments
of railroad rails this year. '
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, wife of the
richest roan -in the world, died unex
pectedly at .the Rockefeller home at
Tarrytown-on-the-Hpdson. Her bus-
band and son were in Florida. One
daughter was in New York, but was
unable to reaoh her mother’s bedside
In time. The other daughter, Mrs.
Harold F.. McCormick of Chicago, is
In Switzerland recuperating from an
Illness. The Only relative with Mrs.
Rockefeller, at her death..was her sis
ter, Mrs. Lucy Spelman of New York.
The deceased was 75 years old. Burial
will take place In Cleveland.
COLON PLAZA, SAN JUAN
I ? THE patriotic American who
wearies of the rigors of his home
climate In winter wishes to seek
solace farther south, It is not nec-
essary for him to abandon the pro
tection of his own flag. Let him pick
out Porto Rico for 1i1b holiday, and be
will simply be transporting himself
from one section of the republic to an
other. Four and one-half day's sail
from New York will land him at the
quaint old capital city of San Juan,
girdled with ancient walls, and boast
ing a combination of Spanish-tropical
and modern American civilization of
surpassing Interest.
Porto Rico lias been called "square
a brick," and this is literally so.
It is a parallelogram in shape, 100
miles long and 36 miles broad, and on
its 3,600 square mtleB It supports a
population of 1,000,000 souls, 600,000
of them whites of Spanish extraction,
00,000 negroes, and the remainder col
ored people. It is one of the most
densely populated islands of the West
Indies, and under American rule It has
progressed noticeably, both commer
cially and socially.
To the traveler Its chief attractions,
of course, are its picturesque scenery,
old world customs, and luxuriant trop
ical vegetatibn. From far out nt sea
the voyaging'American sights tho fijW'
erlng mass of El Yunque, or “The An
vil," the crowning pinnacle of the
rounded range of hills forming the
island’s backbone, which soars 3,600
feet above the sea. Then presently
one perceives the bulk of old Morro—
every fortified SpaniBh town In the
Caribbees had its Morro, as one soon
discovers — with the multi-colored
house roofs of the city shelving up be
hind it, tier on tier, and stretching
away along the seaward face the crent
ellated wall built by Spanish Conquis
tadors, which connects with the for
tress of San Cristobal.
City of Enchantment.
San Juan Is a city of Infinite en
chantment. Here one finds bewilder
ing, but delectable, labyrinths of nar
row, canyonlike streets, over which jut
old world balconies, latticed and mys
terious, through which jangle up-to-
date American trolley cars, shoulder
ing aside the bullock carts of the na
tives. There Is the. great gray pile of
the cathedral, which contains the
ashes of Ponce de Leon, “first Adel-
antado of Florida, first Conquistador
and governor of this Uland ofj Juan,"
and many another famous don. There
is the famous Casa Blanca, or Castle
of Ponce de Leon, which he built for
himself, hundreds of years ago, on a
point projecting out into the ocean,
still complete and every bit as medi
eval as when he left to venture on Ills
last quest for the "Fountain of
Youth." There Is the vast masB of tho
Cuertal de. la Ballaja, the barracks
erected for the Spanish garrison, a 7
ponderous pile of masonry, three sto
ries in height, covering, with itB patio,
a space of 77,000 square meters, and
now housing the Porto Rican regiment
of our army.
It is hopeless to try to enumerate
the out-of-the-way attractions of San
Juan; a city which Is utterly unlike
anything the stay-at-home American
lias ever seen. It Is Europe-^aiid yet
It possesses an abundance of charms
that European cities lack. It Is Span 1
isb, Moorish, tropical, and, above all,
Caribbean. Just fancy a city; for In
stance, which is inclosed by walls, and
to enter which you must pass through
massive gateways—and an American
city at that. But there is a modern
side of San Juan, a very modern stije.
It has all the facilities of business and
comfort to which Americans are used.
Here are fine banks, office buildings,
hotels, retanrants apd clubs. And aft
er one lias seen San Juan there is tho
rest of Porto Rico to discover, every
mile of it containing fascinating mem
ories, new and absorbing.
Forty Rivers in the Island.
All travelers, as a matter of course,
follow the route of the splendid Mili
tary road, most conspicuous monu
ment left by the Spaniards, a highway
84 mlleB In length over the central
mountain range from San Juan bn the
northern coast to Ponce on tho south
ern coast. A line Qf motoT vehicles
traverses this highway. The only rail
road on the island- makes two-thirds of
Its circuit, und some day will be com
pleted so as to link all of the princi
pal towns, which are situated on the
coast. The fare for the motor ride
is eight dollars, and it gives a flrst.-
rato opportunity of seeing the inland
vegetation of Porto Rico.
There are forty rivers in Porto Rico,
not counting smaller streams, and Its
well-watered soil is tremendously pro
lific. On every hand one sees sugar
plantations, tobacco fields and coffee
growing on n wholesale scale. Indeed,
there is very little unoccupied land on
the island. Even the poor people cling
to their holdings, realizing the wealth
and the benefits constantly accruing
to them in the way of increased pro
duction from the educational efforts of
the agriculture station at'Mayaguez.
The United States government, how
ever, has set aside 05,000 -acres In the
rugged mountainous region of the cast
ern section as a forest preserve. This
tropical wilderness is densely clothed
with verdure, bits of It having never
been explored, it is said, and embraces
in its extent the cloudtlpped cone of
El Yunque, previously alluded to.
Ascents of this mountain are more
difficult than might be supposed,
owing to the virgin condition of its for
ests. but they are well worth while,
especially if the day be clear. Upon
such occasions ono may view the en
tire Island, and glimpse the neighbor
ing islands of Culebra and Vieques.
Another point of interest, famed for its
magnificent view, is the Aibonito pass,
the summit of mountains crossed by
the Military road. One pauses here
for.a few moments to yiew through
the narrow gap the Caribbean on one
hand nnd the Atlantic on the other.
READY WITH AN EXPLANATION
Guide a Little Short on Ancient His
tory, but Proved a Hard Man
to Corner.
The uniformed guide at an Eng
lish provincial art gallery deeply im
pressed a party of excursionists by
the ease with which he reeled off the
names of the bronze and marble
busts.
This Is Dante, and this Is LycurgUB,
and that one In the corner iB Cali
gula," he explained. “The marble'
bust with the shaggy beard Is Vir
gil-"
“Pardon me.” an- elderly bystander
Interrupted, "but you are giving onr
friends from the coiintry misleading
Information. The gentleman with the
beard is not Virgil, but Homer. This
other one is Virgil."
The guide recognized that his repu
tation was at stake, and turned on the
daring bystander.
See here, Mr. Clever,-you think
you know it all, but you’ve backed the
wrong boss this time;" he retorted.
"I was here when the busts was made,
and the sculptor—a clever man, but
rather fond of his glass—got drunk
one day, and chiseled ’Omer’s whis
kers on poor old Virgil’s chin!”
Then the bystanders gasped, and
the guide went up with a bound In the
general estimation.
Battle of Blenheim.
The Nlbel river where-it falls into
the Danube is divided into several
branches, with marshy ground be
tween, nnd. the French at the battle
of Blenheim made It their Iqft flank.
The attack on the village had failed
and Marlborough risked the crossing
of this marshy stream, although the
withering fire of the French artillery
and the assaults mowed down his men
like corn. But he not only succeeded
In getting his own Infantry and cav
alry across, but routed the enemy
when he bad done so. It is recorded
that the river literally ran blood.
Genuine French Market
Coffee Is Never Sold In Bulk
No "bulk coffee” is a satisfactory substitute for
French Market Coffee. For this famous old secret
blend cannot be successfully imitated.
The blend of Coffees that- produce that rich, 1
aromatic flavor peculiar to the genuine French Mar
ket Coffee is a secret of the French Market Mills.
Even if the right blend were known, it would be impossible to
reproduce the old time French Market slow roast and grinding pro
cess only obtainable by the splendid machinery of the French Mar
ket Mills. Nowhere else could thfe French Market process of
packing coffee, untouched Oy human hands, in perfectly scaled .
cans, be reproduced.
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Diog’s Find.
Diogenes wns searching the streets of
Athens for the honest man, when sud
denly tho spirit of Ananias sidled up
to him and whispered:
“Diogenes, 1 am a.liar!”
Whereupon Diogenes scratched his
bald pdte for a time in. perplexity, but
finally, closing his lnntern. had to in
vite tho shade home to dinner.—Co
lumbia Jester.
SAGE TEA AND SULPHU
DARKENS YOUR G
Look Years Younger! TrjTGrandma’s
Recipe of Sage and Sulphur and
Nobody Will Know.
Almost ^-everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get thlB mixture
was to make It at home, which is
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for “Wyeth's Sage and Sul
phur Hair Remedy.” You will get a
largo bottle for about 60 centaj^toery-
body uses this oldffamous'^^!?; be
cause no one can . possibly tell that
you darkened your hair, as it does it
so naturally and evenly. You dampen
a sponge or soft brush with it nnd
draw this through your- hair, taking
one small strand at a time; by morn-'
ing tho gray hair disappears, and
after another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, thick
and glossy and you look years younger.
Adv.
It Pays to Pray, and Advertise.
“Do you believe in the efficacy, of
prayer?" asked the new minister.
"You bet!" triumphantly replied Sam
Stinger, the enterprising real estate
dealer. "Why, at the prayer meeting
last Thursday night, 1 prayed loud nnd
long’ for blessings on our progressive
little city, incidentally mentioning a
few of the advantages it possesses for
profitable investments, and next morn
ing I sold four lots in my new Sky
High addition to a stranger who bad
happened to drop in at the services!"
—Kansas City Star.
-Submerged.
The strength of a hemlock stick a
foot square that had been in water tor
almost forty years was recently test
ed In the 600,000-pound testing ma
chine at Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti
tute at Troy In New York. The tim
ber, which wns 16 feet 9 Inches long,
had formed part of ono of the piers of
the Congress street bridge at Troy.
When the pier broke down after the
llfiod In the spring of 1813, the timber
turned over to one of the mate-
i&l-testlng laboratories of the insti-
ite. . It was kept in tho open air
for three months, nnd then placed in
a dry room for a little more than nine
months. When placed in the testing
machine, the column failed . under a
load of "84,000 pounds; that is, the
long-submerged wood showed an ulti
mate strength of 2,670 pounds to tho
square inch; In the opinion of Prof.
T. R. Lawson, who conducted, the test;
the remarkable strength of this piece
of hemlock seems to show that' be-'
ing infimersed in water for a long time
does not decrease the column strength
of timber that Is subsequently permit
ted tp dry out.—Youth’s Companion.
Unbecoming.
"How do. you like my new hat,
dear?”
"Off.”—Boston Evening Transcript.
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Indefinite.
"How is it you college boys stick
to the hazing game?”
“Oh, It’s such a bully game!’*
Book- learning Is all that a man
needs in this world—if he is goitjg to
spend his time in Jail.
Autos and Schools.
One farmer with a cheap automo
bile. has more invested in that one
plidice of mechanism than the average
rural community as a whole has in
its School plant; and the owner of the
auto frequently spends as much on
the upkeep of his one car as the com
munity spendB for tho total mainte
nance of the school, including the
teacher’s, salary—Exchange.
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