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GRADY COUNTY PROGRESS, CAIRO, GEORGIA.
GERMAN REPLY TO AMER
ICAN NOTE IS EVASIVE
Imperial
Government Does Not Give Assurance
Asked For-The Note In Full
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Happenings of This and Other Nations
For Seven Days Are
Given.
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
Tlie full text of the reply Germany
made to our Inst note of protest
against her submarine method of war
fare follows:
"Berlin, July 8.
"The undersigned has tho honor to
make the following reply to his excel
lency, Ambassador Gerard, to the note
of the 10th \iltlmo, re the Impairment
of American interests by the German
submarine war.
"The imperial government learned
with satisfaction from the note how
earnestly the government of the Unit
ed States Is concerned In seeing the
principle's of humanity realized In the
present war. Also this appeal finds
ready echo in Germany, and the im
perial government 1b quite willing to
permit its statements and decisions in
the present case to he governed by
the principles of humanity, just ns It
has done always.
For Freedom Of The Seas
"Even at the beginning of the pres
ent war tho German government im
mediately declared its willingness, in
response to proposals of the American
government, to ratify the Declaration
of London and thereby subject itself
in the use of Its naval forces to all
the restrictions provided therein in
favor of neutrals. Germany likewise
has been always tenacious of the
principle tliut war should be conduct-
ed against the armed and organized
forces of an enemy country, but that
the enemy civilian population must
he spared as far as possible from the
measures of war. The imperial gov
ernment cherishes the definite hope
that some way will be found when
peace is concluded, or perhaps earlier
to regulate the law of maritime war
In a manner guaranteeing the freedom
of the seas, and will welcome It with
gratitude and satisfaction If It can
work hand In hand with the American
government on that occasion.
Britain Blamed By Germany
“On November 3, 1914, England de
clared the North sea a war area and
by planting poorly anchored mines and
by stoppage and capture of vessels,
made . passage extremely dangerous
and difficult tor neutral . shipping,
thereby actually blockading neutral
coasts and ports contrary to all In
ternational law. Long before the be
ginning of submarine war, England
practically completely intercepted le
gitimate neutral navigation to Germa
ny also. Thus Germany was driven
to a submarine war on trade. On No
vember 14, 1914, the English premier
declared in the bouse of commons that
It was one of England's principal tasks
to prevent food for the German pop
ulation from reaching Germany via
neutral ports. Since March 1, England
has been taking from neutral ships
{without further formality, all mer-
, chandise proceeding to Germany, as
well ns all merchandise coming from
Germany, even when neutral property.
Just as It was also with the Boers,
the German people are now to be giv
en the choice of perishing from star
vation with its women and children
or of relinquishing its independence.
Lusitania Case Considered
i "With all its efforts in principle to
protect neutral life and property from
damage'as much as possible, the Ger
man government recognized unreserv
edly in its memorandum of February
4 that the interests of neutrals might
euffer from the submarine warfare.
However, the American government
will also understand and appreciate
that in the fight for existence which
has been forced upon Germany by its
adversaries and announced by them it
is the sacred duty of the Imperial gov
ernment' to do all within Its power to
protect'and-. Save the lives of German
subjects. If the imperial government
were derelict in these its duties,
would be.guilty before God and histo
ry pf'the violation of those principles
of highest humanity which are the
foundation of every national exist
ence.
“The case of the Lusitania shows
with horrible clearness to what jeop
ardlzlng of human lives the manner
of conducting war employed by our
adversaries leads. In the most direct
contraditlon of international law,
distinctions between merchantmen
and'Wkr vessels have been obliterated
by the ordqr to British merchantmen
to arm themselves and to ram subma
rine's, and the promise of rewards
. therefor, and neutrals who use mer
chantmen as travelers thereby have
been exposed In an increasing degree
to all the dangers of war.
Feared To Warn Lusitania Victims
“If the commander of the German
submarine which destroyed the Lusi- I
tanla had caused the crew and passes
gers to take to tho boats before firing
torpedo tills would have meant the
sure destruction of his own veBBel.
After the experiences in sinking much
smaller and less seaworthy vessels, ii
was to bo expected that a mighty ship
like the Lusitania would remnin above
water long enough even after the tor
pedoing to permit passengers to enter
the ship's boats. Circumstances of a
very, peculiar kind, especially the pres
ence on bonrd of large quantities of
highly explosive materials (word omit
ted, possibly 'dissipated') thtB expec
tation. In addition it may be pointed
out that if the Lusitania had been
spared thousands of cases of muni
tions would have been sent to Ger
many's enemies and thereby thou
sands of German mothers and chil
dren robbed of bread winners.
Bargains Offered To United States
"In tho spirit of friendship whero-
ith the German nation has been im
bued toward the union and its inhabi
tants since the earliest day's of its ex
istence, tho imperial government will
always be ready to do all it can during
the present war also to prevent the
jeopardizing of lives of American citi
zens. The imperial government, there
fore, repeats the assurances that
American ships will not he hindered
in the prosecution of legitimate ship
ping and the lives of American citi
zens in neutral vessels shall not be
placed In jeopardy.
In order to exclude any unforeseen
dangers to American, passenger steam
ers, made possible In view of the con
duct of maritime war by Germany’s
adversaries, German submarines will
bo instructed to permit the free and
safe passage of such passenger stenm-
ers when made recognizable by special
markings and notified a reasonable
time in advance. The Imperial gov
ernment, however, confidently hopes
that the American government will as
sume to guarantee that these vessels
have no contraband on board, details
of arrangement for the unhampered
passage of these vessels to be agreed
on by the naval authorities of both
sides.
Facilities For Travel
’“In order to furnish adequate facil
ities for travel across the Atlantic for
American cltizenB, the German gov
ernment submits for consideration
proposal to increase the number of
available steamers by Installing in pas
senger service a reasonable number of
neutral steamerB under the American
flag, the exact number to be agreed
upon under the same condition aB the
above mentioned American steamers.
In particular, the imperial govern
ment Is unable to admit that American
citizens can protect an enemy ship
through the mere fact of their pres
ence on board.
"Germany merely followed .Eng
land's example when she declared
part of the high sea an area of war.
Consequently, accidents suffered by
neutrals on enemy ships In this area
of war cannot well be judged different
ly from accidents td which neutrals
are at all tim’eB exposed at the seat
of war on land when they betake
themselves into dangerous localities
m spite of previous warnings.
Enemy Vessels Under U. S. Flag
'If, however, It should not be possi
ble for the American government to
acquire an adequate number of neu
tral passenger Bteamers, the imperial
government is prepared to interpose
no objections to the placing under the
American flag by the American gov
ernment of four enemy passenger
steamers for passenger traffic between
North America and England. Assur
ances of 'free and safe' passage for
American passenger steamers would
extend to apply under the identical
pro-conditions to these formerly hos
tile passenger steamers.
The president of the United States
has declared his readiness in a way
deserving of (banks, to communicate
and suggest proposal to the govern
ment of Great Britain with particular
reference to the alteration of maritime
war. The imperial government will al
ways be glad to make use of the good
offices of the president and hopes that
his effort in the present case, as well
as in the direction of the lofty ideal of
the freedom of the Beas, will lead to an
understanding.
"The undersigned requests the am
bnssador to bring the above to the
knowledge of the American govern
ment and avails himself of the oppor
tunity to renew to his excellency the
assurance of his most distinguished
consideration.
(Signed) “VON JAGOW.
What Is Taking Place In the South-
land Will Be Found In,
Brief Paragraphs.
Foreign
The Petrograd correspondent of tho
I-ondon Times says that according to
private reports all passenger traffic
on the-German railways has been bus
ponded. He says it is believed that
large forcoB are leaving the eastern
front for the western theater with a
view of an Impending rush on Calais
From Bordeaux the American con
sul has cabled to the government to
the effect that the great French port
offers a'large market for flour, cattle
and provisions.
Spain recently has been very active
in military and naval preparation. Ar
tillery, Bmall arms and projectile fac
tories are working night and day, and
the war ministers, desirous of learn
ing their capacity, has visited (hose
at Trabia, Oviedo, Granada and Se
ville. Military nnd naval commissions
have left for the United States and
Italy to purchase arms and ammuni
tion and machinery for their manu
facture. There is talk also of acqui
sition of a number of submarines and
of large quantities of mines for coast
defense.
An order issued by General von Biss-
ing, German governor of Belgium, pro
vides a year’s imprisonment for all
school teacherB, directors or inspec
tors who "permit, further, bring about
or effect anti-German actions or state
ments in their teaching or in other
school exercises.”
Americans in Paris made their an
nual Independence Day pilgrimage to
the tomb of LaFayette, and assisted by
representatives of the French govern
ment, draped the tomb with the stars
nnd stripes, and placed around it a
wealth of flowers.
, The Swedish government, in an ef
fort to enforce neutrality, announces
punishment by imprisonment, a fine
of 81,000 or both, to nny one who by
speech, writing or illustration exposes
to hatred or contempt a foreign na
tion, its ruler or government.
The crew of the German submarine
U-30 were rescued after having been
at the bottom of the ocean for thirty-
six hours. All of the crew were m
good shape, with the exception of one
man, who died.
General Porflrio Diaz, former pres
ident of Mexico, is dead in Paris. Only
a part of his family and none of the
men ho helped to make famous were
with him at the end.
Washington
Sir Cecil Bpring-RIce, British am
bassador, has formally applied to the
state department for a definition of
this government’s views aB to wheth
er English patriotic societies, or oth
er unofficial organization, violate neu
trality laws In sending British sub
jects from the United Stales to volun
teer In the British army.
Several American consular officers
In Mexico have urgently advised that
the United States take steps not later
than this month to restore peace in
Mexico. Threatened famine and the
Inability of cither of the warring fac
tions to restore peace are the grounds
which the recommendations are
made.
President Wilson has notified Am
bassador Gerard that there must be no
discussion of the German note with
German officials before the note Is
formally presented.
President Wilson personally will de
cide what reply, If any, shall be sent
to Ambassador Gerard’s message out
lining tho tentative draft of a note
submitted to him informally as a pro
posed answer to the American com
munication concerning submarine war
fare.
Detailed arrangements for the
branch reserve bank to be opened in
New Orleans have been completed.
The reserve board probably will take
the first Btep toward organization of
the branch within the next few weekB
by appointing three directors. The At
lanta bank will appoint the other four.
Indications are that the United
States would await actual receipt of
the next German note on submarine
warfare before expressing a view on
the acceptability of the new German
proposal. Officials here generally de
clined to express any opinion on tho
suggestions made by Germany in the
tentative draft informally submitted to
Ambassador Gerard. It was not un
derstood that Germany had requested
Ambassador Gerard to learn the views
of his government, but merely had
transmitted a rough memorandum of
the proposals so the United States
could, if it chose, make comment.
The Hessian fly is inflicting im
mense damage to the wheat crop
throughout an area extending from
northwestern Oklahoma and northern
Arkansas, northward through Kansus,
Missouri, Nebraska and southern Iowa
and eastward, including principally Illi
nois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The department of agriculture pre
dicts the fly will cause a loss of mil
lions of bushels.
Diplomatic action on the sinking of
the Armenian now seems improbable.
Final judgment, however, will be de
layed until more accurate information
can be obtained as to whether or not
the ship was under orders of the Brit
ish admiralty. It also now seems that
the Armenian refused to halt when
ordered to do so. If this- is true, the
German submarine was within its
rights in sinking the ship, even though
there were noncombatants aboard.
"Wet" Brokers Refuse
To Honor Endeavorers
Chicago.—Discussion among mem
bers of the Chicago board of trade
over' the prohibition principles of the
Christian Endeavor society caused
decorations draped on the exchange
building in honor of the convention
to be hastily ripped down within an
hour after they had been hung in the
breeze. Brokers not in sympathy with
the Endeavors' stand against liquor
were reported to have induced the
beard of trade officers to forbid the
decorations.
Income Tax Rolls Up
Millions For The U. S.
Washington.—The personal and cor
poration income tax is still turning
money Into the treasury coffers and of
ficials are hopefv.i that the total at the
close of business, July 10, the last day
on which payments may be made, was
well over 385,000,000. About 32,230,000
has come in from this source since
the close of the fiscal year June 30,
bringing the total over 381,000,000, but
officials believe that the final total
will Bhow much larger receipts.
Domestic
The ’first bale of cotton of the 1915
season has been ginned at Lyford,
Texas, and shipped to the Houston
cotton exchange. It came from sev
eral farms and weighs ubout five hun
dred pounds. This is said to be the
third successive year that Lyford has
shipped the first bale of the season’s
cotton in the United States.
American farmers, confronted with
feeding the world while Europe is at
war, have planted record acreage of
all principal crops. Moreover, offi
cial estimates made public by the de
partment of agriculture, disclose pros
pects of production exceeding the av
erage of the last six years in almost
every important crop.
Tornadoes and cloudbursts in the
Missouri river valley caused the loss
of seven lives and hundreds of thou
sands of dollars' worth of property.
Tom Taggart, Democratic national
committeeman from Indiana, accused
of complicity in the recent eleotion
frauds in his state, again declares hiB
innocence.and charges that his arrest
is the result of a frame-up on the
part of his political enemies.
It has been almost definitely proven
that Frank Holt, who attacked J. P.
Morgan, was in reality Erich Muenter,
who was wanted for the alleged mur
der of .his wife while he was an in
structor at Harvard several years ago,
Eight persons were hurt, one of
them fatally, when a street car struck
an automobile at Gulfport, Miss.
Frederick Holt, who exploded
bomb In the national capitol and later
attempted to kill J, P. Morgan, climb
ed to the top of the door of his cell
in the Mineola, N. Y., jail and jumped
off head first. His skull was fractured
and death resulted almost instantly.
William Jennings Bryan, in an ad
dress at San Francisco, declared that
he was for peace, but not at any
price. He admitted that war was at
times inevitable, and stated that his
position had been greatly misrepre
sented.
Bert Herndon, deputy sheriff at PI-
netta, Fla., killed Henry Griffin in
row over the alleged sale of liquor
by Herndon to Grlftin’B son. The cor
oner's jury returned a verdict of mur
der.
The federal reserve board is making
preparations to take care of the cot
ton crop, so that the experience of
last year may not be repeated,
crop of 12,000,000 bales is predicted,
The Georgia legislature has passed
a resolution instructing the doorkeep
er to refuse admitttance to any mem
ber who appears to be under the in
fluence of liquor.
MEXICAN CAPITAL
AGAIN CAPTURED
Bloody Fighting Precedes Fall Of The
City-3,500 Reported Lost—Car
ranza In Charge
CITY REPORTED IN PANIC
Many American Residents Thought To
Be In Danger From The
Natives
COULD NOT
STAND ON FEET
Mrs. Baker So Weak—Could
Not Do Her Work—Found
Relief In Novel Way.
Washington. — Dispatches to the
Carranza agency from Vera Cruz
announced that General Carranza was
sending officers of the various depart
ments of his government on a spoclal
train to . Mexico City to set up a
civil administration.
Gen. Lopez de Lara, newly appoint
ed governor of tho federal (Lsi.net,
started from Vera Cruz with his staff
several days ago, has taken charge
In the capital, which, according to
state department reports, the Zapata
forces evacuated after making a last
Btand against tho victorious attacking
army under Gen. Pablo Gonzales.
To Cut Off Zapata’s Army
The Carranza representative had a
dispatch from General Gonzales, tell
ing of the evacuation and saying a
detachment had been sent southward
to cut off the retreat of Zaputa's army.
This message said:
“Mexico City Is being evacuated by
the Zapatistas and the Constitutional
ist forces are occupying the capital.
There was severe fighting in the out
skirts of the city between Guadaloupe
and Rio Consulado, which is within the
city limits. The Zapatistas lost 3,600
men, four pieces of artillery and a
great quantity of small arms and am
munition. Immediately after the de
feat they began a hasty evacuation
of Mexico City, fleeing south. The re
treating Zapatistas were pursued by
portion of the Gonzales army, while
heavy detachment was sent post
haste southward to cut afcroBS on their
flank several miles south of the city.”
Adrian, Mich. — I suffered terribly
with female weakness and backache and
got so weak that I
could hardly do my
work. When I
washed my dishes I
had to sit down and
when I would sweep
the floor I would get
so weak that I would
havo to get a drink '
every few minutes,
and before I did my
dusting I would havo
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European War
With their eyes oh Triest, the Ital
ians the past few days have been en
gaged in a series of desperate actions
along the Isonso front. Of these, lit
tle has been recorded in the official
communications, but, correspondents
say, the platoau of Doberdo, which ia
of great strategic value with respect
to an advance on Triest, has been
the scene of one of the heaviest bom
bardments of the entire campaign, and
of brilliant assaults by the Italians
and fierce counter-attacks by the Aus
trians, in which Austrians and Italians
fell in great numbers.
By the employment of strong rein
forcements, the Russians, temporarily
at least have checked the Austro-Ger-
man advance toward the Lublin rail
way, which, if successful, would im
peril Warsaw. The Russians claimed
serious defeat for the Austro-Ger-
man army in the region of Krasnik,
south of that railway, while the Aus
trians state that “the battle was in
vigorated by the participation of very
strong Russian reserves.”
On the Gallipoli peninsula the Turks
have made the third attempt within
a week to regain ground the allies
took in their last attack. This offen
sive, according to British And FTench
reports, resulted in the complete dis
comfiture of the Turks, who are said
to have suffered severely.
Special correspondents in Petrograd
send optimistic predictions concerning
coming Russian campaign for the
defense of Warsaw, which forms the
center of a vast circle of 100 miles of
strong fortifications. Even the fall, of
the fortress of Ivangorod, according
to these correspondents, would not
mean the loss of the Polish capital,
A British attack. by. aeroplane and
cruiser against the German positions
In the boy of the North sea* on the
morning of July 4, was repulsed by
German airships, according to a state
ment given out in Berlin.
In only 782 cases has it been neces
sary to amputate one or more limbs
of British soldiers admitted to hos
pitals in England and France since
the war began, according to a reply
made by Harold J. Tennant, parlia
mentary under-secretary of war, to
question in the house of commons.
An overseas Constantinople dis
patch declares Italian consuls in Tur
key are slowly leaving, and that they
probably would be followed by the Ital
ian ambassador. American represen
tatives will take care of Italian Inter
ests except in Palestine, where Spain
will assume jurisdiction.
Admiral von Tiuppe), in an article
in a leading German magazine, warns
his countrymen against the danger of
a break with the United States, and
asks them to consider very carefully
before they decide that their kuhma
rines are more valuable than Ameri
pan friendship
Seeks Market For Cotton
New Orleans.—The lifting of the
English blockade in time to provide
market for the cotton crop soon
to.- be marketed will he discussed at
called meeting of the membership
of tho National Association of Cotton
Exchanges, which will assemble at the
New Orleans exchange July 15. It Is
pointed out that the cotton world
confronts a crisis in the shutting off
of markets for 3,000,000 bales of the
crop at a time when other markets
are heavily overstocked. That the
neutral rights of shipment of noncon
traband products through neutral
countries may be protected, It has
been proposed that this meeting send
a delegation to Washington to back
up the government in every way pos
sible in relieving the situation.
so poorly that my folks thought I was
going into -consumption. One day I
found a piepe of paper blowing around
the yard and I picked it up and read it
It said ‘Saved from the Grave,' and
told what Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta
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showed it to my husband and ho said,
• Why don’t you try it 1 ' So I did, and
after I had taken two bottles I felt
better and I said to my husband, ‘I don’t
need any more,’ and he said • You had
better take it a little longer anyway.’
So I took it for three months and got
well and strong.”—Mrs. Alonzo E.
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earner who supports herself and is often
helping to support a family, on meagre
wages. Whether in house, office, fac-
, tory, shop, store or kitchen, woman
should remember that there is one tried
and tfue remedy for the Ilia to which all
women are prone, and that is Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. , It
promotes that vigor which makes work
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Consequences.
"How uppish that girl Is!”
“No wonder. Her father made hie
money building skyscrapers."
Lesser Evil.
“I see they are having fresh earth
quake shocks In California.”
“Yes: criticized as. it Is, I -prefer
our ground rent system to the one
they have out there."
Sounds Like a Stadium Piece.
He—Have you ever seen the nebula
of Andromeda?
She—No; where was It.played?
Route To Be Selected Soon
Evansville, lnd.—Officers of the
Dixie Bee Line association at a meet
ing here decided that the first survey
of the highway should be made the
week beginning July 26. Boards of
county vice presidents will inspect
proposed routes, and their reports will
be considered by the committee. Ar
rangements for financing the associa
tion were completed.
To Cleanse
Rusty Nail
Wounds
HANFORD'S ,
Balsam of Myrrh
A LINIMENT
Would Strengthen Cotton Futures Law
Montgomery, Ala.—Francis G. Caf-
fey, solicitor of the department of agri
culture, in advocating the strengthen
ing of the cotton futures laws so as
to require cotton in Interstate com
merce to be graded according to fed
eral standards, proved to be the fea
ture of the final session of the Ala
bama State Bar association.
Allies Lose Airships
Berlin.—According to German offi
cial figures supplemented by foreign
newspaper reports, the Germans, Aus
trians and Turks had brought down
not fewer than 136 hostile air craft
up to June 22. Of these 67 were
French. The English lost 47. The
Russians have fewer aeroplanes, and
their losses reach only six. While
moBt of the aeroplanes were brought
to earth by artillery or machine gun
fire from the ground, almost one-fifth
of the French losses resulted from bat
tles In the air.
Raoul Must Pay Alimony
Augusta, Ga.—William Greene
Raoul, Jr., following his admission on
the stand that ho had treated Mrs.
Meta Sinclair "very informally” dur
ing her visit to his home, and his
statement that at one time he had
thought he was going crazy, was com
manded by Judge Henry Hammond
In superior court to give his wife,
Mrs. Winifred Wadley Raoul, $60 a
month temporary alimony pending
decision in her suit for divorce, and
pay a fee of $200 to her attorney.
Error Writ Refused Becker
Rangeley, Maine.—Justice Charles
E. Hughes has refused the application
for a writ of error to the United
States Supreme court, made by coun
sel for Charles Becker, of New York
condemned to die in the week of July
26 for the murder of Herman Rosen
thal. The following Is the authorized
announcement: "Application was
Justice Hughes for a writ of error in
the case of Charles Becker, and was
denied on the ground that there was
no substantial federal question."
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