About The Waycross weekly journal. (Waycross, Ga.) 1914-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1914)
By Wire to Who Journal. Washington, Aug. 7.—That Ameri can cotton mills are expected to work night and dag to meet the foreign de mand for clothing became known here today during piano the government is considering for preventing looses to American cotton producers. It la estimated that no loss than tddMMJUlgorUi of- American cotton mag ■» thrown back oo tbs United states as a result of the European war. Government officials are work ing on a plan today to prevent heavy losses to producers and dealers caus ed by the closing of Europesn msrketn. So greet will be the demnnd on the United States If tho war continues several months thst alt cotton kept In this country will And ready msrketn owing to the enormous extra domestic consumption. Every phase of the situ ation Is receiving the utmost consid eration and the government doss not propose to tears anything undone thnt will prove of any assistance to the cot ton Industry. By Wire to Tho Journal. , London, Aug. 7.—Chief Interest la news from the front today oootorsd about the confflet between Germans and Belgians at Uega. Gorman re- > ports say ths Germans have captured tbs city and that most of tbs-disco Is affra. An official dispatch from Brus sels says the report of the Ikll of Uege la untrue and says further that the Belgians are holding their own. while Germans an wbraUttfriAMjl Crown Prince Alexander, his brother. Prince George, MTARLAND WILL GET TRIAL IN SOUTHERN; ST. LOUIS WANTS M’COY I Arrangement* bare been .completed 'by the Waycroas Baseball Associa tion for Pitcher Floyd McFarland to I report at once to the Chattanooga, Southern League, team for a try-out. If McFarland can hold his own Chat- I tanooga has the call on his sendees. | And If this happens, as It looks like lb saelll tho Innal aaarullallnn will m. By Wire to Tho Journal. Brussels, Aug. 7.—This sfternoon German forces entered the suburbs of Liege and a furious hsnd ‘to hand battle Is In progress In ths streets. It' Is reported that although the Ger mans are In the city tho forts arc holding their own. 'It will, the local association will re- 1 coin a neat sum for ths pitcher. The figures Involved In the deal could not bo learned today. MePkrland Is from Jacksonville. Ala., and since souring tho Georgia guts has boon one of ths bast pitch ers In the elreulL His record shows that bs la lust as good as any In tho says a battlo near Messina between two aerrnan cruisers forced out of» Messina harbor by tbs Italian gov-jH ernment and British ships Is Imml- nent. Manila reports a naval fight, between German and British ships off China this afternoon. Austrian advances were held In check today by the defeat Inflicted by Servians French forces have taken i two towns near Nancy and the French reports say 400,000 troops are . prepared now to cross the border. '■ 15,1100 LOST BY THE GERMANS.’ | l/jnilnn, Aug. 7.—Conservative e,. , tlmatea of the German losses In ths j three day stuck on Liege are today 9 placed at 16.000. Official reports ver- t' Ify the estimates. SHIPPEKS MAY I'HE NORTH SEA. London, Aug. 7.—Further conflrm atlon of the Urlllsh victory over, tl Germsn fleet In the North Bea w rccolved hero today when Brit shippers were officially nollfled IF were free to send vessels anyw I Another Wsyorou player who U certain to get a try-out la higher couipauy la McCoy, tbs right ffsldsr and catcher. McCoy has been look ed over by several scouts and It Is rumored on good authority that Mc Coy will more than apt go to lbs 8t Louis American team shortly. Tho drafting season for ths big leagues opens Ibis month and It Is regarded as a aura tblng that McCoy will bo uksn by St. Lou la. Fans bars will regret to loss these players but everybody will bo glad of thtlr success and In lbs aranl they fallen. Osrmaas, heavily tj ed, are preparing for anoth- An Austrian regiment w 1 annihilated In a battle w; 'ante near Bemsndra today, triana are now In full retre the Danube. CROWN PB1NCE GETS THE BLAME. Faria, Aug. 7.—A graph! been motived bare sutlng puny was plunged Into a • by the bellleoas crown prl tho Kaiser waa cruising In 1 waters. When the Kaiser o Berlin the militarists, hi the crown prince, had gone for the Kaiser to withdraw bumbling Germany. The 1 ter abe anna into urn »<vr u. , - ailnaenni from which she never * Her domestic life Is described * •woks. For three boors the Presl- ♦ as having been attractive. She ♦ dent and his Urea daughters gated 4 had a knowledge of the domestic * longingly Into her eyes In the hope 4 arts, and waa a good cotfft It v that she might apeak again,, but she , * Is related of her that tbs liked * ions HUOWH WWW W" a vwmww - r--s - . the Booth grounds, coloring Us ♦ sapervlston. for ths President 4 fountains, gardens and alma I ♦ sad that she always made It a 4 There waa hashed sUltoass to the * point to personally prepare for ♦ upper apartments All eyes ware.* him Us ormage Idles he Us wlU * turned toward Gw southwest Cornell* his breakfasts. of the house. ♦♦*7VVffVfVVffVV Just at the hour of 6 death came. • *th teak for daily journal. WATCROSS, GA- FRIDAY, AUG. 7, 1*11. 1»TH TEAR FOR WEEKLY JOURNAL. DETAILS Of TERRIBLE BATTLEIflUBOUT 15,000 Germans Fall in Battle Around City of Liege 2 Austrians Badly Beaten in Fight With Servians 6M SKIPS COUNIRY BOWS IN SORROW AS DEATH USES RUSSIAN INFANTRY READY FOR ACTION |Y||[jjj EXPECT WHICH MISTRESS OF WHITE HOUSE, NA TITE OF GEORGIA, PASSES AWAY AETEB LINGERING ILL NESS— PRESIDENT WILSON IS CRUSHED BT IIEB DEATH. Washington, D. C., Aug. 7.—Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of tho Presi dent of the United States, died at the White House at S o'clock yesterday afternoon. Death came after a brave struggle of months against Bright's disease with complications. The President was completely un nerved by the . shock, and his grief was heart-rending. He bora up well under the strain, however, and devot ed himself to his daughters. The end came while Mrs. Wilson was unconscious. Her Illness took s turn for the worse shortly before 1 o'clock In the sfternoon. and from than on she gradually grew weaker. Kneeling at the bedside at the end were ths President and hla three daughters. Dr. Cary T. Grayson. N. 8. N* and s nurse were In the room, and Just outside a door were Secre tary McAdoo and Francis B. Sayre, Mr. Wilson's eons-ln-law. and Mr. Tumulty, his secretary. Both Houses of Congress adjourn ed whan Mrs. Wilson’s death was an nounced. and for a brie! time the wheel! of ike government virtually stopped. The beginning of the end came at 10 o'clock yesterday morning when Dr. K, p: Davis ol Philadelphia, who had beba called in for cousnltatlou, realised ths time for hops had nam ed. During ths day Mrs. Wilson spoke to Dr. Grayson about ths President, of Whose health'she thought .more than she did of her own. -aha whispered faint- WAYCROSS FLAG IS PUT AT HALF MAST BECAUSE OF'MRS. WILSON’SDEATH *****,****♦****** SKETCH OF MBS. WILSON. ly, “that If I go yon will take care of myhuaband—" It waa the same touch ol devotion which ehe so many times had repeated—her constant anxiety having bean that tha Presi dent might not worry obout her or be disturbed In official tasks. FAMILY GATHER AROUND HER. Washington, D. C„ Aug. 7.— * * Mrs. Wilson was Miss Ellen * * Louise Axiom daughter of s * * Presbyterian clergyman, and * * was born at Savannah. She was *' * s student at the New York Art * * League when abe met Mr. WH- * * son. who then was taking a post * * graduate course at Johns Hop- * * kina The President and Mrs. * * Wilson ware married June 24, * * 1885. Mrs. Wilson was a slater * * ol Prof. Stockton Axaon, bead ot * * the department of En * erature at Princeton, and of the * * wife of Dean Edward Elliott, of 4 * Princeton. * * A landscape gardener and a 4 4 palmer of well recognised abll- 4 4 Ity, Mrs. Wilson derated much * 4 of her time to artistic subjects * * She took personal charge of the * * gardens at "Prospect" while Mr. * 4 Wilson was president of Prince- * 4 ton and also of the White House * 4 gardens She had the appear- 4 4 ance of what Is called "an out 4 4 doors woman.” Her akin eras 4 4 smooth and girlish and bar eyas. 4 4 until recently, sparkled with * 4 health.' She was known as a 4 Tha President returned to ths sick * beautiful woman. room from the last conference with 4 Mrs Wilson's Indoor life bad 4 ,s. Me three daeghtera lean-:4 hern devoted to hooka and are 4 the doctor, hla three daughters lean- j - —— — Ins oo Me arm. Francis Bowes Bayre 4 tlatic pursuits Her paintings 4 and Secretary McAdoo and Secretary * have taken prises In eompeti- * Tumulty stayed outside ths door. Mrs * lion. Her social obligations * Wilson lapsed Into unconsciousness. * forced her to omit some of her 4 but rallied By 1 o'clock she began 4 accustomed artistic and literary 4 to sink rapidly. She still coold rec- 4 recreation after she became * oaalsa those about bar sad looked 4 mistress of tbs Whits House. 4 cheerfully toward them and smiled. ,* hut, as -ths first lady of ths 4 At 8 o'clock Mrs Wilson sHII was:4 land." she was ever-ready with * ,nw*inns hat her strength almost 4 advice and material help, wher- 4 * evdr a good cause might he sere- 4 ♦ ed. ActlBf on Instructions recclvod from Washington last nlgl t, Post master H. C. Dunn today had the t/niled Htatcs flag over tha t , i/ern- meiit building here placed at half- mtit because of tho death ysstuduy afternoon of Mrs. Wilson* wife of the President of the United States. The flag here and over all govern ment buildings will be kept at half- mast until Mrs. Wilson's funeral. Newe of the death of Mrs. Wilson, which was given the public here first by the Journal, cams as a pro found shock. Mrs. Wilson visited Waycroes In 1(U when her -husband usds ft tour of this and other South ern states. During her short stay In he city ahe met quite a number of ltlsens. Bn route to Jacksonville on i special, which took the Preeident nto Florida for a big Wlleon meet ing, Mrs. Wlleon talked Intereatlngly to members of the Waycroas delega tion accompanying President Wlleon from this city and when told that her husband’s success was an assur ed fact aeemed highly pleased. BANK OF ENGLAND NOW USES GOLD SERVIAN PRINCES TAKE THE FIELD BROOKS SAFE FOR HENDERSON By Wlr. to The Journal. Qultmsn, Os., Aug. 7.—Shortly altar ths arrival of the Henderson special list night a large sad enthusiastic masting was held In ths conaty coart FLEE AFTER A MINI in SEA LONDON IIEAKN THAT It ARE NI NE-ONE IIRITINH SHIP WITH ISO Allot III! HORN DOWN—HER, YIANN TH'TOKIOI'H — FRENCH TAKE TWO TOWNH. this afternoon lasted the following Prom expressions roads hare and statement; "Apart from ths loss of a from the rousing walcoms given Urn ,B >»" ■»* luh cruiser. Urn Amphlon. Henderson boosters last nlaht It Is ud lhe German mins ship Koealgto generally believed Henderson will »bc» »“ be™ other ffght- csrry Brooks conaty over Walker by ">« “ d “ •» tor as ws are a big majority, to hla race agalost * warB * l ,hta Gmo." former Jadge T. A. Parker Ike present Reports persist, however, that a big coogressmaa got Brooks by a small n »™' bo' 11 * baa been fought to too majority and sines then he has lost Norlh u d that details are either much of his strength. not obtainable or sre being withheld Tho Henderson special today coo- ,or %omr r «“®o- tfnued its trip to points to ths Kiev- entb. ' Another pineapple cannery costing The President and bis daughters, India's Jute liber crop for 1813 is vsl- ued at 8151.481.781; cotton 1171,785.- (Continued oa Page 5.) 50»; cottonseed. 811,518,881. (Continued oa Last Pigs.) s» •U. . • jbj.„ THE WAYCROSS WEEKLY JOURNAL The Jonrns! Is the Official Organ ot Ware County, City ol Waycroas and County Board of Education.
