The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, February 21, 1919, Image 7
ALLIES WILL PUT CURB UN GERMANS GERMANS ARE BITTER ABOUT TERMS, BUT WILL LIKELY ACCEPT ARMY IS TO_BE REDUCED Final Armistice Terms Call For Demo lition Of Forts On Helgoland And Kiel Canal GERMAN SUPPLIES DE LIVERED TO GREAT BRITAIN London. —On behalf of the gov ernment, it has been announced in the house of commons, in an swer to a question, that the fol lowing equipment of the German armies had been surrendered to the British up to February 9: Heavey guns 2,500 Field guns 2,500 Machine guns 25,000 Trench mortars .... 3,000 Airplanes 1,700 Locomotives ...... 4,065 Motor trucks 1,220 Up to February 14, the Germans had surrendered to the British 126,826 freight cars. London.—The final armistice condi tions which the supreme council is con sidering will be made public before the end of the month, according to various newspapers, and they will in clude, among the naval conditions, the demobilization of the forts on Helgo land and the Kiel canal, the surrender, for purposes of destruction, of the Ger man warships now interned, and the opening of the Kiel canal for civil transports. It is stated Germany will be left with a fleet large enough for defensive purposes. The naval correspondent of The Dai ly Mail, writing of the strong fortifica tions on the Island of Helgoland, says: “The summit of the island is one immense bomb - proof, and the bat teries are so placed as to be invisi ble from the sea. The heavy guns there ll-inch and 12-inch weap ons probably were reinforced dur ing the war by 15-inch guns. The guns are mounted in steel turrets of great thickness. All the batteries and observation posts are connected by subterranean passages, and the roads leading up to them run along galleries which are shell-proof. “The guns are mounted after the usual German fashion, so as to give them an immense range, probably from ten to twelve and a half sea miles. To enable the island to stand the concussion of their discharge and re sist their fire directed against it, £6,* 000,000 is said to have been spent be fore 1910, and subsequently other large sums were allotted. “The immense seaplane sheds are said to have been of the disappearing type, which could be lowered as a pro tection against long-range fire. There are store shops and repair works, with all the usual equipment of a naval base. The fortifications presumably will be blown up, but their destruction will be no easy business. They are of armored concrete and steel, and a very large quantity of explosives will be required. “The fortifications to either entrance of the Kiel canal are of immense strength and are lavishly supplied with the heaviest guns in steel turrets.” CHARGES MADE THAT PROMOTIONS WERE SOLD New York. —Arrests on charges of bribery and graft in the personnel of the third naval district have been made following an investigation or dered by Secretary Daniels. It is charged that a system of brib ery of minor officials of the district, with particular reference to the naval reserve force, has been operating. The investigation by the secretary of the navy was ordered, it was said, after he had consulted with Rear Ad miral Nathaniel R. Usher, in command of the district, United States Army To Be 175,000 Men Washington.—Legislation providing for a temporary military establishment of about five hundred and forty thou sand officers and men during the fis cal year beginning next July first was eliminated from the annual army ap propriation bill in the house after pass age of the senate bill for resumption of voluntary enlistments in the peace time army, which would be restricted to the maximum of 175,000 men author ized in the national defense act of 1916. The senate measure now goes to con ference. Bless Him! .«.. \ \ U BOTTLE \\ \\THRU Ai \\U STRAW ' Tohnny is marching victoriously home ivJui to millions of proud American parents, wives and sweethearts. ks,;n grt Cf Gee! but he’s glad to be hack again. France and fighting have their charms, but there’s no place like home, and there’s no land like the little old U. S. A. CL Now for the old job back again—now for a date with the dearest of all girls —now for his favorite refreshment —a cool bottle of Jim-, Newsy Paragraphs Of State Interest $7,000,000 For Georgia Roads Atlanta. —Under the senate amend ment to the postoffice appropriation bill, Georgia will get approximately $7,- 000,000 for good roads for the current and the next two fiscal years. Fortun ately for the state, the senate reversed itself and struck finally from the bill its amendment to prevent payment of federal road funds to any state em ploying convict labor on its highways. This amendment got into the bill while a desultory debate was under way in committee of the whole. As Georgia uses about four thousand convicts on her roads the state would have been compelled practically to give us use of its convicts or lose its share in the federal appropriation for roads. Cir culating among senators from states employing convict labor on the roads, Senator Smith mustered a number of votes against the amendment, origi nally offered by Senator Kirby of Ar kansas and, on reconsideration, the senate struck the amendment from the bill. Georgia came near losing its in terest in the federal appropriation be cause of the convict labor rider. The state may now receive its federal ap propriation and also continue to use its convicts. Peace Congress Plans Endorsed Atlanta.—The states of North and South Carolina and Florida, keenly alive to the great responsibilities rest ing upon the people of America rela tive to the formation of a league of nations, are marshaling large delega tions of their most prominent citizens to send to the southern congress of the League to Enforce Peace. This is the report brought back to Atlanta by F. I. McCanna, field representative of the League to Enforce Peace, and pre sented to Clark Howell, regional chair man of the congress, and to Samuel C. Dobbs, president of the chamber of commerce, who is chairman of the committee on arrangements. “From HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH GEORGIA. the highest state official to the mere citizen of these states with whom I discussed the congress, the greatest interest was shown,” stated Mr. Mc- Canna Sunday. “The people are fully alive to the situation and indorse the congress to the last man. All three states are pledged to support the con gress to the limit.” To Build Postoffice at Waynesboro. Waynesboro. Congressman Over street, of the first district, has intro duced a bill in congress for the con struction of a postoffice building in Waynesboro. The building to cost in the neighborhood of $50,000. The post office at present is located in a build ing wholly inadequate to the demands. Federal Control of Roads Opposed. Atlanta. —A great majority of the manufacturers of Georgia are opposed to the continuance of government con trol of railroads, according to state ments that have been made by them to E. A. Kimball, secretary of the Geor gia Manufacturers’ association. The statements were made in response to an inquiry made by the association which wishes to express to the Geor gia senators and representatives in congress the opinion of the manufac turers of the state as regards federal control. Rome Man To Aid Air Flight Rome. —Commander John H. Tow ers, formerly of Rome, has been re lieved from duty with the naval bureau of operations, and has been detailed by the secretary of the navy to assist in formulating plans for the first trans- Atlantic flight in an airplane, accord ing to advices received from Washing ton. Many Stills Are Destroyed. Atlanta. —A report just forwarded by Internal Revenue Agent D. J. Gantt to the bureau of internal revenue in Washington shows that during January raiding officers made 198 seizures and adoption of seizures of contraband whisky. In 185 cases prosecution was recommended. There were 159 stills destroyed and 84 arrests made. Labor Leaders Plan Important Meet Atlanta. —Calls have been mailed from Atlanta for what, in the opinion of local labor leaders, will be the most important meeting of organized labor ever held in the state of Geor gia—the annual convention of the State Federation of Labor, April 16, 17, 18 and 19 at Brunswick. The calls were sent out by T. E. Whitaker, sec retary-treasurer of the State Federa tion, who predicts that the convention will be one of the largest gatherings of labor men ever held in the state. Military Trial For George Crawley Atlanta. —Following a conference between the district attorney and Glenn Young, the captor of George and Decatur Crawley and Blaine Stewart, who was taken single-handed about fifteen miles from Alcoa, Tenn., and about forty-five miles from Knoxville, it was decided that George Crawley be delivered to the military authori ties to be tried on the charge of de serting from the army and for the mur der of United States Marshal Ben F. Dixon, which occurred in Union county. Woman Charged With Cruelty. Marietta. —Charged with excessive cruelty to children under her care, Mrs. Naomi V. Campbell, who con ducts a private orphans’ home eight miles from Atlanta on the Marietta road, was held for the Cobb county grand jury under bond of $750 follow ing a lengthy hearing at Marietta be fore Justice of the Peace B. V. Greer. Testimony that children at the home were beaten and their cries stifled by being choked, and that Mrs. Campbell had poured salt, pepper and hot ashes upon the wounds of one child May Convicted; Gets Eighteen Years Bainbridge.—The jury in the case of H. H. May, charged with murder, brought in a verdict of manslaughter. May, who formerly was cashier of the Citizens’ Bank of Bainbridge, was tried on a charge of murder of H. S. Rich ardson, an architect and contractor. KINKY »HAIR Exsl«nto M*xlldneOr>., 1 Gentlemen: Beforo Iri!*pd rmi uewnio uuinina Pomade 017 hair win short, coerse and nappy, but bow it has grown to 32 in -bee long, and is so soft and silky that I can do it op any way I wane to. i am sanding you my glc- Don’t let some fake Kink Remover fool I you. You really can’t straighten your hair B until it is nice end long. That's what I EXELENTO POMAof I ■ does, removes Dandruff, feeds the Roots of y M the hair, and makes it grow long, soft and L B silky. 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Thomas, for .the purpose of completing the details in the proposition that Ware county is to offer the state to locate the experi ment station in this county.