Georgia Historic Newspapers

    GHADY 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
Reports from Paris and London
state the French forces have won sev
eral decisive victories against the
Germans north of Arras and have re
pulsed the Teutons in their charge on
Ypres.
The British forces together with the
Belgian troops are said to be holding
the Germans at the Yser canal , until
the French can arrive to assiBl In
beating them back.
King Emmanuel has refused to ac
cept the resignations of the resigned
cabinet, especially those of Premier
Balandra and Baron Sonnino, the for
eign minister. The Roman.public has
loudly praised the king for meeting
the crisis in this manner and his act
has met with widespread favor
throughout Italy.
The United States has s^nt its note
covering the Lusitania incident to Ger
many, in which the American republic
declares that no more such occur
rences must happen again and that
the United States government is ready
and prepared at any moment to de
fend its statement and note of warn
ing if necessary. President Wilson
personally drafted the note.
Terrible fighting Is reported in Flan
ders near Ypres, where the allies now
claim the German losses are heavy.
The Russians have taken the offen
sive in Bukowlna, say the Petrograd
advices. Vienna dispatches claim the
Muscovites have been badly .beaten.
Anti-German demonstrations contin
ue to sweep England in their efforts
to avenge the Lusitania Incident. All
German residents of English cities
have been molested and driven from
their homes and Btores. Windows of
shops owned by German-Engllsh mer
chants in London and Liverpool have
been smashed in raids made by the
populace.
Italy’s Intervention In war is ex
pected hourly. The Swiss government,
according to reliable authority from
Geneva, has been asked for a big war
loan and the information furnished
that Italy is ready to declare war on
both Germany and Austria.
An old proposition to divide the
state of Florida into two states West
Florida and South Florida, has again
found its way Into the legislature of
that state, now in session-.
Many governors of the nation and
political leaders of both purties have
publicly endorsed. President Wilson’s
note to Germany. j -
The sanity of Hary Thaw, murder
er of Stanford White, will bo tested
by a New York Jury according to. a
ruling of the supreme court of that
state.
The Southern Baptist convention, In
session at Houston, Texas, went on
record as opposing uniting with other
churches of other faiths in various
phases of Christian work.
Se'nator A. L. Brown of the New
York legislature, on the stand at the
Barncs-Roosevelt trial in Syracuse,
said that the real boss of the,New
York Republican organization for
nearly ten years was not Mr. Barnes,
but Colonel Roosevelt himself.
Investigation by sanitary inspectors
of the quarters of Emily Smith, an
old Indy living In a hovel in Indian
apolis, revealed that she had $8,000
hoarded away in small coins, curren
cy, certified checks, mortgages and
bank books showing good sized de
posits. The woman has been living
on charity for twenty-five years. A
guardian was appointed and she was
placed In a sanitarium.
Senator John Sharp Williams of Mis
sissippi has criticised Baron von Bern-
stroff, German ambassador to the Unit
ed States, for a statement that the
bqron said Germany was justified in
sinking the Lusitania. The senator
strongly commended the president's
attitude toward the incident.
Another indictment has been re
turned against Miss Rae Tanzer, wjio
recently brought a breach of promise
suit against James W. Osborne, well
known New York criminal lawyer, on
the charge of perjury. A previous in
dictment was returned against Miss
Tanzer for using the mails to defraud.
A statement from the Vatican says
Pope Benedict has decided to ask the
Austrian ambassador and the German
delegate to the papal palace to with
draw on account of the - attitude of
those two countries against Italy. Aus
trla is officially a Roman Catholic na
tion, and it is believed that such a
step would tend to make that country
cautious about severing connections
with the pope in time of war. Ger
many is officially a Lutheran empire,
with only a few strong Catholic duch
ies, and it is said that the pope’s ac
tion would have little effect in Ber
lin.
; The greatest battles of the war are
now raging according to dispatches
from London and Paris. Scenes of the
conflicts are between Arras and the
Belgian coast, western Galicia and the
Dardanelles.
The French forces on the Gallipoli
peninsula claim to have met the Turks
and driven them far- inland so that
the seacoast now is dear for the land
ing of English troops.
Germany has advised American Am
bassador Gerard that all the subma
rine commanders of the imperial navy
In the English war zone have been
ordered not to harm neutral vessels
not engaged in hostile acts in the
future.
Winston Spencer Churchill, first
lord of the British admiralty, in
Speech in parliament, stated that
Captain Turner had received orders
as to the route to sail the Lusitania.
Captain Turner testified that he had
carried out the admiralty's instruc
tions to the best of his ability, i
Domestic
William J. Barnes, Jr., now suing
Col. Theodore Roosevelt for libel at
Syracuse, N. Y., testified on the stand
he was not the New York Republican
boss,' but that'the late Senator .Platt
was.-admitted; to be the dominant fig
ure ' Until 1906 when Mr. Roosevelt
himself became the controlling factor
''im'd remained so until 191-1. 'He'made
a sweeping denial of all accusations
preferred by Roosevelt. He stated
that whenever he called on Roosevelt
all he could do was to listen,-.
Roosevelt did all the talking.
The Greek steamer^ Andreas, sail
ed from Galveston, Texas, for Havre
with a cargo of 366,000 bushels of
wheat.
Charles E. Sebastian of Ixis Ange
les, suspended chief of police of that
• city, who recently won the mayoralty
nomination in the face of a court pro
cedure, was acquitted of the charge
of contributing as chief to the de
linquency of a seventeen-year-old girl.
In a public address in Philadelphia
the night after President Wilson's
speech there to the newly naturaliz
ed citizens! former President Taft
praised Mr. Wilson’s attitude and call
ed -upon the country to Bu-pport the na
tion's executive whom he compared
to Washington, Lincoln and McICin-
Washington
Official Washington is still deeply
concerned over the American note to
Germany. President Wilson has been
advised by Ambassador Page in" Lon
don on the receipt of his message
there, and that it has been forwarded
to Berlin to Ambassador Gerard.
Baron von Bernstorff, German am
bassador to the United States, has
given orders that all American news
papers discontinue their publication
of advertisements of warning against
traveling on trans-Atlantic liners of
the allies.
Brig. Gen. William H. Forwood, U.
S. A., died at his Washington home.
After a lengthy session 6f the cabi
net, President.Wilson has outlined his
policy toward the German'empire re
garding tho Lusitania tragedy. The
president personally drafted a note
to Germany demanding that subma
rine warfare be stopped. The note is
emphatic and was approved by the en
tire cabinet. A guarantee is demand
ed that the Lusitania horror will not
be repeated. The president further
warns Germany that the United States
will hold her to “strict accountabil
ity.”
President Wilson is quoted as say-
in* be realizes the gravity of the
step he has taken, but is fully pre-.
pared to back up his statement to Ger
many to uphold the honor of the
United States if necessary.
Ambassador Bernstorff of Germany
has publicly and officially expressed
his keen regret over the loss of Amer
ican lives aboard the Lusitania. Am
bassadors Jusserand of France and
Spring-Rice of England have offered
the sympathies of those nations.
Foreign
Zapata troops have evacuated the
Mexican capital before the Carranza
forces.
From Vera Cruz comes the report
that General Carranza plans a naval
attack on Tampico.
The presB. of the various South
American republics have approved the
course taken by President Wilson in
the Btand of the United States toward
Germany in regard to the Lusitania
incident.
Spain faces a coal famine. Meas
ures have been taken by the Spanish
cabinet to float loans in New York.
American Ambassador Willard has in
terceded with King Alfpnso to
moye the present high duty on Amer
ican coal as a means to relieve the
condition.
An Indian uprising among the Ya-
quls in Sonora, Mexico, is reported
The Indians have attacked the Amer
ican residents of that locality, 'it is
said, to avenge themselves for--prop
erty taken by the various contesting
Revolutionists in that country. Admi-
rnl Howard of the Pacific squadron
has dispatched a squadrqn to. Mexi
can wators to insure the safety of
American citizens.
The bodies of Alfred G. Vanderbilt
of New York, MrB. Stewart Mason of
Boston and Mrs. Terence Condon of
New York, all Lusitania victims, were
recovered floating about twenty miles
ffbm the spot, where the ill-fated ship
went down.
Viscount James Bryce, former Brit
ish ambassador to the United States,
and author, of "The American Com
monwealth,” in a lengthy statement
given to the English press, accuses
Germany of every crime on the cal
endar and says the Berlin govern
ment is' guilty of every atrocity
known in the world’s history, since
the present war began.
Miss Jane Addams of. Chicago, who
presided recently at The Hague peace
congress, was given a public reception
in London by the women of that city.
MIsb Addams will visit Berlin before
returning home.
LITTLE NEWS ITEMS
OF STATE INTEREST
Macon.—The Mahon drum and bugle
corps of fifty pieces will attend the
Confederate reunion at Richmond in
June.
Savannah.—Considerable business
Was transacted by the Georgia" Hranch
of the King’s Daughters and Boob in
annual session.
Forsyth.—The Culloden high school
ha? closed for 'the term. The entire
corps-of teachers has been re-elected
for the coming year.
Macon.—The actual tests to deter
mine how many children in Bibb coun
ty schools are afflicted with the hook
worm have been started.
Dalton.—Memorial Day. was observ
ed here in commemoration of the 61st
anniversary of the evacuation of Dal
ton'by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
Athens.—The body of Robert L.
Brooks, Jr., was found in the woods
in Madison county hear Danielsvllle,
having been dead for two or three
weeks.
Lyerly.—Mrs. Georgia Langston, the
wife of D. V. Langston, a prominent
farmer living nearly Lyerly; died from
an overdose of strychnine taken by
mistake.
Waycross.—A, trip, into the Okefe-
noke swamp, a baseball game and an
outdoor ball brought the 1916 conven
tion of the Georgia Elks’ association
to an end.
Augusta.—Finding the sprinkling of
the streets with water inadequate and
unsatisfactory, the authorities of Au
gusta will try the experiment of oiling'
the streets.
Douglas.—Four thousand or more
people were six bours without water,
when an auto broke down q water
fire plug, which rendered an ent.lrq
cut-off necessary.
Forsyth.—Dr. J. H. Forsyth, who
was recently cbosen president of Bes
sie Tift college at Forsytd,' has re
signed as pastor of the First Baptist
church, of Wilmington, N. O., ,
Albany.—After changing its name to
"Georgia - Drainage Asbciation,” and
electing officers for the ensuing-year,
the Georgia Drainage congress ad
journed. A, R. Lawton of Savannah
was elected president.
Savananh.—After some discussion,
the Georgia Association of Graduate
Nurses, in annual convention here, au
thorized the appointment of a commit
tee to draft a bill designed to require
compulsory registration of nurses,
stricter requirements in admissions.
Macon.—Within another month it,is
expected that Bibb county will have
a juvenile court and a detention home
for delinquent children, it being un
derstood that the grand jury now in
session expects to so recommend to
the court.
Macoq.—Macon was in holiday garb
for the second annual Georgia jubilee
held here. All of the downtown
streets were decorated in flags, bunt
ing and colored lights, while most of
the business houses and public build
ings were draped in patriotic colors.
It was Macon’s annual period of fun
and frolic, and brought out a large
crowd.
Milledgevilie—The thirty-sixth an
nual commencement of the Georgia
Military college was one of the most
interesting in the history of the in
stitution. President Horton arranged
a splendid program as the closing ex
ercises of the most successful year
the college has ever experienced. A
large number of visitors ^rom all
parts of the Btate were present.
Macon.—The' annual May festival
of Wesleyan was given with more than,
two hundred girls participating. The
festival represented the coming . of
spring.
Calhoun.—With the. location of the
Dixie highway only a few days-away,
renewed interest and enthusiasm are
being shown daily in Calhoun and Gor
don, county.
- Williamson.—During a heavy down
pour the barn of J. S. Bransford was
struck by lightning, killing a mule
and destroying the barn and - all con
tents by fire.
' Savannah.—Following closely upon
the filing of Injunction proceedings
against the city by automobile own
ers to prevent the enforcement of the
law requiring the payment of a spe
cial tax of $6 a similar proceeding was
instituted in the superior .court by
motorcycle owners.
Thomasville.—Mitchell' county is
proud/of its wheat crop this year.- It
is calculated that the yield will prove
to be between fifteen and twenty bush
els to the acre.
Quitman.—Willie Lee. Groover, - eld
est sdn of W.' B.' Groover, a promi
nent farmer of Hickory Hedd, and
Sam Thomas, his cousin, from Met
calfe, were both drowned in Blue
Pond, ten miles south , of Quitman.
Both were young men just out of col
lege, and are of prominent families
of Brooks and Thomas counties.
Madison.—Recent rains have en
couraged the farmers and they have
gone to work again with renewed vig
or. While a big crop of cotton is
being'planted in Morgan the sale of
fertilizers has fallen off considerably.
Macon.—B. G. Martin, a graduate of
Sewanee university, was sentenced by
Judge. H. A. Mathews, in the Bibb -su
perior court, to serve a term of ten
years in the penitentiary for the bur
glary of. a local hardware company.
B. F. West, also arrested for the same
offense, waB given a similar term. Both
of them were arrested several weeks
Valdosta.—Crosstie ' manufacturer’s
and dealers in this section report a
great improvement in business within
the past thirty days. The same • is
true also of the telephone and tele
graph pole dealers, who are receiving
many large orders.
GERMANY OFFERS
AMERICA BARGAIN
Authorities Assert Kaiser Will Agree To
Stop Submarine Warfare In'Exchange
For American foodstuffs
NO COMPROMISE FOR U. S.
Washington Diplomats Believe There
Will Be No Repetition Of
Lusitania Horror
Washington.—Without word from
Ambassador Gerard' as to Germany’s
attitude toward the recent American
note, official Washington attached
much significance to Intimations in
diplomatic quarters here friendly to
Germany that the reply might contain
an offer to suspend attacks without
warning on merchant ships if the
United States would reriew-its Infor
mal proposals for unrestricted pass
age of foodstuffs to German'civilians."
Well informed' European diplomats
asserted that Germany most certainly
would offer to settle the questions at
Issue -by arbitration or diplomacy
with an agreement to abandon the
submarine warfare while the discus
sion was in progress;-
Officials have’ bfeen reticent in dis
cussing the idea of arbitration or a
proposal with reference to foodstuffs,
but it Is Indicated that the. situation
has progressed to the point where the
United States would not be likely to
be satisfied with any conditional ac
quiescence in the American position.
It was intimated, howe'ver, that if Ger
many accepted the American point of
view, the natural tendency of the
United - States, of its own initiative,
would be strongly to press its conten
tion" on the right to ship foodstuffs to
Germany. -•■»..•
CROSSED THE RUBICON
Italy BeliSvSd To Have 'Cast Die To
'Ent,en European Conflict On
Side Of Allies
London.—The king of Italy has re
fused to accept the resignation of
Signor Salandra, and the premier' and
whole war cabinet' retain office. This;
It Is confidently believed here, fore
shadows the almost immediate en
trance of Italy Into the circle of. bel
ligerents on the side of the allies.
Action, however, may be delayed un
til the meeting of the chamber of dep.
uties when the premier will announce
his policy and will receive the sup
port of tho majority of the deputies.
Should the expected action of Italy
materialize, the allies will be'in a
better position than ever to launch
their big offensive movement-against
Austria and Germany.
Popular excitement in Italy aroused
by the resignation of Salandra- has
subsided in a large. measure, and the
people are awaiting decisive action.
-Italy is reported to have 1,700,000 sol
diers ready for, war, If war should
come, 'there are reports of clashes be
tween Austrian and Italian troops on
the frontier..
REBELS TRIUMPHANT
Portuguese Republican Revolutionists
Gain Control Of Lisbon
Government
^Lisbon.—The success of the Revo
lutionary. forces has heen confirmed.
The new government, »which will be
presided over by Jaco Chagas, was
proclaimed from tbe windows of the
city hall, and the announcement was
received’ with enthusiastic manifesta
tions.
Complete anarchy reigns in Lisbon.
Fighting in the streets continues be ;
tween the mutineers .and the loyal
troops. The bombardment stopped,
owing to a'lack of ammunition. The
number of persons killed or wounded
is.said to have been considerable.-
Premier Dato' announced that the
Spanish battleship Espana would ar
rive at -Lisbon to. protect Spaniards
and other foreigners:
Transylvania Passes War Zone
New York.—The .Anchor line steam
er Transylvania passed safely through
the war zone-about the British isles
and ^rrived ,at .Greenock, Scotland
officials of the Cunard line, to which
the Transylvania was under charter,
announced. ■>
.Wilson Reviews. Fleet
New York.—President Wilson, ■ on
boar'df-'the naval 1 yacht Mayflower,
reached’.New York, completing the
voyage, from Washington, when the
yaclit, escorted by a gunboart, passed
In Sandy Nook.'Before the president's
arrival arrangements had been com
pleted for his review of the Atlantic
.fleet, which promised to he one of
the greatest naval spectacles ever
seen In the United. States. The
president wished »tp appear on shore
for the land parade, a part . of. -the
ceremonies attending the review.
Ferocjous, F.lghting At Dardanelles!
Paris.—A Hayas dispatch from Ath
ens. says that Mytilene advices declare
furious, fighting continues in the Dar
danelles, and that •the , 'Turklsh losses
have been extremely heavy. Shells
from the allied fleets are blowing up
whole trenches of Turkish: soldiers,
Prisoners-admit the Turks lack muni-
tiqns. The Russian naval, attaches an
nounce that on'May 16 the Russian
Black sea fleet destroyed four Turk
ish steamers, coal laden, two tugs
and twenty sailing ships., Much dam-
I age was done in the bombardment.
“INTERVIEW” WITH THE HERO
Happening When Man From the Front
Explains Things to Hie
Fair Charmer.
,.:m Mr. Hero,..I’m. so glad -to,.gee
you safely back from the war. Sit
right down- and tell me all about it.
I’m awfully interested. Wasn't It sim
ply terrible over there? And did you
really live In the trenches for weeks
at a time with shot and shell scream
ing, all around you? I. don't see how
yoif could stand it Were you ever hit
bjr one of those forty-two centimeter
guns? I mean by the bullet, of course;
not by tho gun. But. then, of course,
you weren’t, or you'd have your arm
In a sling or something. Who do you
think -1b-going to win? I suppose I
shouldn't ask you that, though. You
soldiers are not allowed to tell mili
tary Becrets, are you? Did you ever
really kill a man yourBelf, or don’t
*ou know? My uncle, who was In the
Spanish war, says you never can tell
whether It’s your bullet or somebody
else’s that hits the enemy. 1 Bbould
think -that would be awfully annoying.
Not that you.want to know that you'd
killed a man 1 , but still you'd like to
know whether you’re wasting your am
munition .or not. Oh, must you go so
sooii'?' I wlBh you could stay longer.
I’ve been-so Interested ip hearing your
adventures. Call again soon, won't
you, Good-by.”
'The: Hero|nes of Novels.
If I were his satanic majesty, and n
novelist came to me for Judgment, I
should, beqtle. my brows in a horrible
manner-and .qulz.him.tlius: .
Did you ever make your heroine
eighteen years old? Did you ever en
dow a maiden with the repartee of
Pinero, the intuition of Biavatsky, the
carriage of . Garden, the . hauteur of
the-Medici, the-beauty ot Aphrodite
and the wisdom of Athene—all at the
age of eighteen years?"
If the novelist answered me "Cer
tainly not!" 1 should say: “To heaven
with .you!'.’ But if h.e answered: “Sure
I did!” I would .blast him where he
stood.
For, of all the'iniquitous, fallacious,
unfair and dangerous doctrines, thlB
takes the icing of- the cake—that the
female species reaches her apogee at
the immature age of eighteen.—From
“Balm for Lovers," by George Weston
In the. Saturday Evening Post.
■ Drawing the Line.
i /.‘imitation is the sincerest flatten’.”
. '.’Maybe," replied Mr. Cumrox. "But
I* don't like to have a stenographer
copy my mistakes in grammar."
CLINCHED IN HIS MEMORY
8mall Chance of Charles Abner For-
getting the Day .That Meant
Everything .to Him.
Some. time since CharleB Abner
courted and married the beautiful El
len Estelle. One .pining several
months later they w^tgjjeated in their
cozy little den, Ellen Estelle reading
a popular novel and Charles Abner
looking ovef the sporting-page.
"Charley, ■ dear," finally remarked
the little wlfe,'"do ypu recall the time
you proposed to me?"
’Why-,'>yes," rathojy indifferently an-
Bwerqd . Charles Abner, “I think I re-
membhr.lt." a'. j •
"Of cohrte, you' do.’-’\e\urned Ellen
Estelle. "It was iiyan -automobile.' 1
shall never forget tlie \Jovely words
you spoke, and the' noble sacrifices
you promised to mqkei ,..it must have
cost you something to j say those
things.” . I
"It did, Ellen Estelle,!’ responded
Charles Abner, with a reflective sigh,
"it cost me about two? weeks’ salary
to hire the automobile;"—Philadelphia
Telegraph. i; i
'Irish Speed..
In Judge McKinley’s court they were
examining taleBiheh for the trial of a
boy who had'-killed Ills father. The
lawyers dwelt mostly on the facts of
marriage, paternity and whether there
had been Insanity in tho families of
the men under examination.
When they got/ abound to Michael
.McCarthy the wait had been long and
he proceeded to whip up,
Asked the first question he galloped
away with this:
“My name is Michael McCarthy and
I live at 1336 Fulton street and I am
thirty-five years old and l am married
.and have one ch\ld and I have never,
had any Insanity in the 'family and if
I had I wouldn't be fool enough to tell
you.”
Odd.
What caused the doolness between
you'and Jones?”
’’A heated argument,"
Youngest Iron Cross Winner.
The youngest “knigh't” to be decor
ated with, the Iron Crosq in Germany
is Alfonso Koberle, who is only thir
teen and one-half years of age and
who, for that reason, will have to wait
two and one-half years-before the dec
oration, will be actually pinned on him,
says the Boston Post.
Koberle is the son of a laborer.
Owing to his powerful build he was
readily accepted among the volunteer
bicycle men. His agility hnd his abil
ity to adjust himself to his environ
ment specially fitted him for patrol
duty, and he developed special Bkill
in the discovery and observation of
hostile positions.
A girl-always tells a young man she
can cook—and she always tells other
girls that she can’t.
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