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OTAIKE CALLED ON AL RAIL AOADS MAONDAY,
ORECIDENT UREES CONGRESS T 0 MCT AT ONCE
President Points to Hardships
Which Would Result from
National Strike
Washington, August 29—Pres
ident “Vilson laid the railway
strike situation before Congress
at 2:30 o’clock this afternoon in
an address to both houses assem
bled in joint session. The presi
dent told congress of his efforts
to bring the railroad 'managers
and the men into some sort of
agreement, and saying he was
powerless to do more, he asked
congress to enact certain specific
fegislation to deal with the situ
ation now and in the future.
Pointing out the distress and
hardships which’ a nation-wide
strike would bring upon the coun
try the president asked congress
to empower him to draft in the
' service of the United States the
- very managers and men who have
been unable to adjust their differ
é;;ences so ¢hat the government
. may operate the railroads in case
-of military necessity. He propos
_ed that’'congress, first, enlarge
the fjiembership of the interstate
- commierce commission to equip
it to deal with larger situations.
* Second, that an eight-hour day
be established for all trainmen in
int/estate commerce. :
. Third, that a commission in
,#estigate the effect of the eight
‘-'f'.w)ir day, but without recommen
datidon, that the public may learn
fromm a disinterested source of the
mefrits of the question.
. Fourth, that the interstate com
“Mesce commission consider the
gincreased cost of the eight-hour
‘May in making rates, and
* = Fifth, amend the mediation
‘lw to prevent strikes or lock
outs while industrial disputes are
; g inyestigated.
e he sixth proposal was that
e g}‘esidcnt be empowered to
kffi,, ate the railways in case of
(atlitary necessity.
{ ow these recommendations
"are to be carried out President
ltlson left entirely in the hands
~of Congre
~Of Longress.
- Strike for Labor Day
LA s
Just before the president went
td’; address congress it became
lfiflewn that the strike leaders had
g;;pbsitively called the strike for la
. bor day unless a favorable settle
ent was reached before, and
% the negotiations between the
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WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, - AUGUST 30th and 3iat
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AN OPEN LETTER
TO MR. HUDSON
Hon. Thos. G. Hudson,
Americus, Ga.,
Degr Sif
I shall continue to address the
voters of the District in support
of my ‘candidacy for Congress,
and shall discuss your public offi
cial record. I have never referred
to your private character. Every
criticism I have ever made, or
will make, regarding your official
conduct, I am prepared to prove.
From your published card, you
seem to take offense at my re
marks. I respectfully invite you
to meet me in a series of joint de
bates throughout the District.
You can hear, directly from my
own lips, what I have to say
about your official conduct, and
you can reply from the same plat
form to the same audience.
If you accept this invitation, we
can have friends to agree as to the
places and terms of the debate.
Yours very truly,
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managers and men had been bro
ken off. The committee of rail
way presidents made a public
statement of their position, de
clining to acéept President Wil
son’s plan-and giving their rea
sons.
The president presented all the
details of the two weeks of ne
gotiation to congress, recounting
how he had laid before both sides
a picture of the distress into
which a strike would plunge the
nation, and how he had assured
the railroad managers that the
public would see that justice was
done them.
“They have thought it best,” he
said, referring to the railway
managers “that they should be
forced to yield if they must yiclg,
not by counsel, but by the suffer
ing of the country.”
“While my conferences with
them were in progress, and when
to all outward appearance those
conferences had come to stand
still, the representatives of the
brotherhoods suddenly acted and
set the strike for the fourth of
September.”
THRICE-A-WEEK
FITZGERALD, BEN HILL COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUG. 30, 1916
BLEASE LEADS
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 29.—Re
turns from the South Carolina
Democra&ic primary, tabulated at
midnight, show that Cole L.
Blease, twice governor, will run
a second race for the nomination
against Richard I. Manning, the
incumbent. Mr. Blease has a con
siderable lead over Gov. Manning,
but falls several thousand short of
the majority required to nominate
on the first ballot. The second
race will be run two weeks from
today. The vote up to midnight:
Blease, 38918.
Manning, 25,927.
~&Lpoper, 20, 695.
Other interior Banks,
Administrators, :
Exccutors,
Trustees, .
Trcasuvrers,
Agents,
Collectors,
Secret Orders,
Railway Companies,
Insurance Companies,
City of Fitzgerald, ' .
County of Ben Hill, ; Yo
Tax Coliector,
Treasurer of the United States,
Retail Houses,
Wholesale Houses,
Capitalists,
Poorest People,
Richest People, @
Farmers,
Manufacturers,
Others. g
When a bank is able to display a )P"*”“{% . “above and tell
the public that such are depositors of the bank, it is time
for all people to BELIEVE THAT BANK TO BE ONE
OF GREAT STRENGTH AND POPULARITY. =
The foregoing individuals, firms and corporations already
believe so and that is why they choose us for their deposit
ory.
WE INVITE NEW ACCOUNTS, the very smallest to the
very largest.
The Exchange National Bank
Appearing on the National Bank Honor Roll for its
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Sudden Ground Swell Carrics U.
S. Skip Ashore in Quter Har
bor at San Dominge. Many
Lives Were Lost in Sea
San Domingo, Aug. 29.—The
United States armored cruiser
Memphis was driven ashore on
the rocks of the outer harbor to
day by a great and sudden ground
swell. It is said that many lives
were lost as a result of the dis
aster. All fires under the boil
ers of the Memphis were extin
guished by the inrush of water.
The United States gunboat
Castine managed to escape by
putting to sea.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 29.
The navy department received
word tonight through unofhicial
sources that the crew of the crui-
AOUMANIA. NOW WARRING 04
EMBARGO 'ON TOBACCO
PROTESTED BY GROWERS
United States is Asked to Urge
Great Britain to Lift :
' Blockade
Washington, Aug. 28 —Repres
entatives of southern tobacco
growers conferred today with
senators and representatives to
urge a protest against a British
embargo against shipments of
American tobacco to Germany
and Austria beginning August
31. They want the government
to intercede and have arranged
for conferences with state depart
ment officials later today and
Secretary Lansing tomorrow.
The delegation, which included
tobacco growers of Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee, North
Carolina and Maryland, appear
ed before the congressional dele
gations of those states. The to
bagco growers proposed that this
government take drastic meas
ures against England and voted
to present their protest to state
department officiais immediately.
INFANTILE PARALYSIS
FROM MOSQUITO BITE
Williamsport, Pa., Aug. 26.
The sixth case of infantile paraly
sis in Lycoming county was dis
covered in the 14-months-old son
of William H. Ostander, of New
berry. Physicians feel that num
crous mosquito bites may lead to
the cause of infection. Of the six
cases in the county, two have
proved fatal and three are recov
ering.
ser was being rescued. Rear Ad
miral William S. Benson, chief of
operators and acting seccretary,
said hg was not inclined to be
lieve the report that a number of
lives had been lost.
The United States cruiser
Memphis formerly was the arm
ored cruiser Tennessee. Her
name was changed May 25 last.
Recently she has seen duty in
San Domingo waters in connec
tion with the revolution.
Has Crew of 990 Men
The Memphis is of 14,500 tons
and has a horsepower of 23,000.
Her complement is 990 men. She
is the flagship of the cruiser force
of the United States Atlantic
lficet.
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Miss Ethe! Lowry
Supported by Chas. Garwood, Sam
Kassewitz, Claude Saunders, Biss
es Nannie Bowles. Kathleen
Ethridge
Monday
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VOL. XXI, NO. 185
Estimat:cd That Rumania Wil be
Able to Throw One Million
Men Into Struggle. Viemna
Says it is “Treachery™
Rumania has thrown her Tt
with the entente allics by deciur-
Ing war on Austria-Uungary and
almost simultancously BGerman:
has announced that she is ot war
with Rumania.
Already the troops of King Fer
dinand are secking entry inte the
plains of Transylvania theough
the castern Carpathians toward
Kronstadt, the chief city in Tramn
sylvania, and in the direction of
Hermannstadt, evidently im an
endeavor to press newihward
through Transylvania toward the
Bukowina and Galicia bwewfers
and to take in the rear the Austro-
Germans trying to hold hack the
Russians.
Nothing has come thromgh 1o
indicate what preparation %has
been made by the Runtumisns
along the Danube front or a pos
sible attempt by the Russians at
invasion by means of the Srnslse
and through Dorbuja or &y 2w
Black sea. It is estimated that
Rumania will be able to put near
ly a million men into the: Seld.
Besides conferring with g
crown council, with whom the -
nal decision rested, King Feud:-
nand had prolonged conferences
with the leaders of all Rumman
political parties, including those
who had been the strongest swgp
porters of Rumania continmaug
her neutrality.
The Rumanian military officers
had discusded for some days whae
wrobably would be tie first steps
token when war was declima avd
had disivissed alt alier capibyes,
many of whom were: l(aermmamns.
An especially large mmmber of
Germans were emploved m e
technical service.
General Averescu, Tormeer mim
ister of war, it 1s said, will hawve
chief command of the Rumawizn
army. The Bucharest newspa
per Adeverul, commenting an the
crown council meeting, satd:
“At last the decisive hour has
struck. Events have dictated to
the govetnment interventiom amdl
the realization of Rumassss mat
ional claims. The king, in wiew
of recent events, like the Zate
King Charles, convoked #he
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