The bulletin. (Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Ga.) 191?-19??, November 19, 1915, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME V. NUMBER 3. FIERCE FIGHTING ON ALL FRONTS Germans Claim Capture Os French Trench While French Report Repulse Os Teutons In Champagne KITCHENER TO FORCE ISSUE Constantine To Be Told His Retention Os Throne Depends On Good Will Os Triple Entente London.—There has heen a revival of hard fighting on the western front. The Germans claim to have captured 300 meters of a trench near Ecurie, while the French report the repulse •of German attacks against the Laby rinth in Artois and also against Ta hure, in Champagne. Eastern German Line Jeopardized The Russians continue their offen sive west of Riga, and are making an effort to get control of the railway that connects Mitau with Windau. The Russians are advancing to the west of Kemmern, which fell into their hands during the recent push. Perto grad military experts declare that the capture of Kemmern places the Ger man line from Libau to Mitau in jeopardy, and also brings a section of the Tukum-Mitau railroad within artil lery range. The German lines are said to be only 10 miles in advance of Mi tau, which city the Russians believe willl soon be within the range of their artillery. Allies Threaten Greek King London. —The intimation of the Greek government that any allied j' troops seeking refuge in Greek terri- I tory will be disarmed has been the cause of considerable anxiety to the entente powers, and consequently Field Marshal Kitchener’s Near East visit gains added importance. Belated dis patches from Athens say that Greece bases her decision on international law, while the entente ministers con tend that the right accorded troops to enter the country through Salon iki permits them to retire by the same route, should it become necessary for them to do so. The ministers are de manding that Greece unequivocally de fine the attitude she will observe if such an eventuality should present it self. Some Reminders For Constantine Besides the claims to hospitality which the entente allies declare they have on Greece, in view of the then Premier Venizelos’ invitation to them to send a force to Saloniki to enable Greece to fulfill her treaty obligations to Serbia, which, however, Greece re pudiated, Earl Kitchener or the en tente ministers are likely to draw the ^attention of King Constantine and his ^government to the fact that the con stitutionalism of Greece was guaran teed by France, Russia and Great Brit iain and that it was only obtained af ■ter Great Britain had ceded the lonian ■lands to that country and the three ■powers had agreed to contribute $20,- 1000 yearly for the personal use of the Iking. This, it is contended, binds the ■Greek people to the entente allies. S Desperate Resistance By Serbia I London. —The fight for Serbia pro ■ceeds without abatement. The Aus ■tro-Germans and Bulgarians claim re ■peated successes, but it is apparent Kheir progress is slow, the Serbians ■now having reached their mountain ■fortresses in central Serbia and the ■roads, or want of roads, making it ■lifficult for the invaders to bring up Artillery. Capture of 8,500 Serbians ■s reported by German headquarters ■n the official statement. The Bulga rian forces operating in Serbia took ■,OOO prisoners, together with six can ■on. Italy Denounces Sinking Os Anconia ■ Washington.—Secretary Lansing per- Honally received from Macchi di Cel- Hare, the Italian ambassador, a com- Hiiunication addressed by Italy to all Heutral nations denouncing as “an un- Haralleled atrocity” the sinking of the Kalian liner Ancona with scores of Heutrals and other non-combatants Hboard. The statement recites the ■ rcumstances of the attack, charging ■lat “without even a blank shot of ■ arning” from the attacking subma- Kne, the Vessel was shelled and that ■ie killing and wounding of passen- Mars continued after the ship had Hopped. Hieutenant Fay Makes Confesssion H'New York.—Robert Fay, self-styled Mjmtenant in the German army and by ■ own confession head of a gang Ml bomb-makers that sought to disable jK destroy munition-laden ships sail iHg from New York to the entente IHlies, told the story of his life to ^■sistant United States District At |Kmey Knox. Fay talked freely, fully ^■d of his own volition for five hours ^■thout interruption. What he said not made public, but Mr. Knox ^■nounces that all Fay wanted to do M;s to plead guilty. She Bulletin DR. GLEN LEVIN SWIGGETT t Jill SHI Dr. Glen Levin Swiggett is the as sistant secretary-general of the sec ond Pan-American Scientific congress which meets in Washington next De cember, and he is now at the capital preparing for the meeting. Doctor Swiggett, who is on leave from the University of Tennessee, is well known for his wide activities in the estab lishment of international relations based on adequate knowledge, mutual esteem and economic co-operation. He is prominent among those men who' are engaged in promoting a better un derstanding between Pan-American na tions, and is an active member of a number of national and international associations which have this object in view. RUSSIANS ATTACK GERMANS FOR FIVE WEEKS RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN ATTACKING GERMANS ON EASTERN FRONT Von Hindenburg Has Abandoned Hope Os Capturing Riga And Dvinsk And Is Falling Back London. —Outside the Balkans the most important theater of operations is now along the eastern front. In the north the Germans apparently have abandoned any hope of reaching Riga and Dvinsk, at least until the ground freezes, and are falling back, or are being driven back, from the Dvina, which was their objective. The Russians in the Riga region are at tempting .an outflanking movement, and their recent successes have brought them within striking distance of the Tukum-Mitau railway, which connects the German fighting front with the fortress of Windau. Russians Continue Onrush Further advances for the Russians against the Germans in northwest Rus sia are recorded by Petrograd. Kem mern and Anting, to the west of Riga, have been captured by the Muscovites, and in the same district an advance has been made by them to the west of , the town of Raggatz. Heavy losses were suffered by the Germans in the fighting around Kemmern, as likewise was the case in the district of Ixskull, where ten German attacks were re pulsed. Allies Massing Troops In Balkans Paris. —The continued landing of British and French troops at Saloniki is causing some uneasiness to Bul garia and Turkey, and the ministers of those two powers again protested to the Greek government, which took formal notice of their protest. The de termination of the entente allies in their Balkan campaign is shown by the large force they are sending to Rome that Italy has decided to inter vene in the Balkans, and will support the Britis hand French to the utmost extent. Greek Parliament L ^solved By King Athens. —All doubts as to what road Greece will choose out of the mud dle caused by the divergent views of her political leaders and as to how the policies of Skouloudis’ cabinet can be rendered compatible with the opinions of the adverse majority in the chamber of deputies, have been dis pelled by a public dissolution of the chamber. Publication of the decree apparently was received in Athens with calm, despite the fact that all elements hoped to avoid elections at the present difficult moment. Memphis, Tenn., Harassed By Sandbar Memphis, Tenn. —The formation of a sandbar in the Mississippi river in front of the Memphis wharves which has almost completely blocked the lo cal harbor, resulted in telegrams be ing sent to President Wilson, Secre tary of War Garrison and Col. C. McD. Townsend, chairman of the Missis sippi river commission, urging imme diate relief. The telegrams were signed by the American Association of Masters, Mates and Pilots and repre sentatives of local organizations, com mercial and professional. IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AERIAL BOMBS KILL 30PERS0NS Austro-German Aeroplanes Raid The For* tified City of Verona, One Os The Largest Towns 19 KILLEO BY ONE BOMB Forty Persons Are Injured When Austrian Airships Bombard Verona Rome, Italy.—Thirty persons qye dead in Verona as a result of three Austrian aeroplanes dropping bombs in the city. Thirty other persons were seriously injured and nineteen slight ly injured. The bombs found most of their victims in the principal square of the city, where citizens and peas ants from outlying districts were at tending the market. Nineteen person? were killed by one bomb. Second Time Verona Has Been Raided The aeroplanes visited various parts of the city, but none of the missiles fell near military buildings. This is the second time Austro-Hungarian aeroplanes raided the fortified city of Verona. Last July an Austrian ma chine dropped a dozen bombs on the city and escaped. Verona, next to Ven ice, is the most important town of the Italian compartimento of Veneta, and is distinguished by its striking me dieval palaces. ALL EXPORT RECORDS BROKEN AT NEW YORK Products Valued At $175,000,000 Were Shipped Abroad During The Month Os October New York.—The greatest volume of exports ever recorded at a single port in the United States left New York during October, according to estimates made by customs officials. The total, based on tabulations that are nearly complete, will not fall far short of $175,000,000. In September exports from New York totalled $162,000,000. Three hundred and ninety-three ships, nearly every one laden with a capac ity cargo, left New York during Octo ber, as compared with 365 in Septem ber. Records Also Broken At Philadelphia Philadelphia.—Exports from Phila delphia during October were greater than those of any other month in the records of the local customs house, according to figures available. Ex ports for the month amounted to more than twelve million dollars. The im ports totalled a little more than $5,- 000,000. Grain and war munitions of all kinds made up of the bulk of the exports. Tampa, Fla., Doubles In One Year Tampa, Fla. —Exports from the cus toms district of Florida for the month of October total $2,262,884, a gain of 100 per cent over those for October of last year, and a balance in favor of this state of $1,472,111. BOOKER WASHINGTON CLAIMED BY DEATH The Noted Negro Educator, Lecturer, Author And Leader Os His Race Passes To The Unseen Shore Tuskegee, Ala. —Booker T. Washing ton, negro educator, lecturer, author and recognized leader of his race in America, died at his home here, four hours after his arrival from New York. He had been in bad health for several months and suffered a nervous break down in New York recently. He had gone there to attend the annual meet ing of the American Missionary Asso ciation and the National Conference of Congregational Churches. Chicago Squatter And Police In Battie Chicago.—After an exchange of fif ty shots the police invaded and cap tured Capt. George Wellington Stree ter’s “District of Lake Michigan,” a plot of filled-in land on the shore of Lake Michigan, where Streeter had defied successfully officers who had sought to arrest him on a charge of violating the Sunday closing order. Mrs. John Holst, wife of one of his tenants, was slightly wounded; Stree ter, his wife and 15 others were ar rested and a quantity of guns and am munition confiscated. Only Two Americans Were Saved Rome, Italy.—So far as Thomas Nel son Page, the American ambassador, has been able to ascertain from of ficial reports received through the Italian government and from the Brit ish consuls at Bizerta and Tunis, the following American citizens were on the Ancona: Dr. Cecile L. Greil, Al exander Patativo and his wife and four children, Mrs. Francesco Masco lo Lamura, Pasquale Laurino and Giu seppe Torrisi and his wife. Os these only Mrs. Greil and Torrisi are among the survivors. ROBERT P. SKINNER V...1 ■ B - B fe > WMk \W M ■k life w ■ wl' Robert P. Skinner, American con sul general at London, has been in Washington conferring with gevern "ment officials on the matter of com mercial differences between the Brit ish government and ours. It has been rumored that Mr. Skinner will not re turn to his post in London. TORNADO HITS 3 STATES PORTIONS OF KANSAS, NEBRAS KA AND SOUTH DAKOTA RAV- AGED BY BIG STORM Half The Houses In Great Bend, Kan. sas Reported To Be Demolished— Fires Break Out In Debris Kansas City, Mo. —A tornado which swept over parts of Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota wrecked many buildings and killed a number of per sons. The extent of the damage and loss of life could not be ascertained definitely because the storm tore down wires and shut off communica tion. Fifty Or Sixty Dead Estimates of the dead run as high as fifty or sixty. Great Bend, Kan., reported the worst damage, with 12 persons killed and more than one hundred injured. No reports were received from the rural regions and only a few’ from small towns in the path of the storm. A message to the Misssouri Pacific railroad said the tornado swept a path sixteen miles wide at some places. Several Towns Wrecked Among the towns in which buildings were reported destroyed were Claflin, Kan.; Hoisington, Kan.; Larned, Kan., and Hartford. S. D. One report from Great Bend said that half of the houses in the city were demolish ed and that the Santa Fe station was razed. Fire And Rain Accompany Storm It was reported that fires broke out in the debris of crushed houses, but a heavy rain quickly quenched the flames. At Pratt, Kan., south of Great Bend, more than four inches of rain fell. British Generals Removed From Front London. —-Official announcement is made that several British generals have been recalled from the front since the war began. The announce ment was made in the house of com mons by Harold J. Tennant, parlia mentary under-secretary for war. Mr. Tennant said the generals had been recalled for various reasons, but that none had been allowed to resign or retire. Officers Deserting General Villa Galveston, Texas. —One hundred Villa officers left Douglas. Ariz., for Piedras Negras, having accepted am nesty, according to a message from General Calles, Carranza commander at Agua Prieta, received by the Mex ican consulate here. German Losses In The War Appalling Rotterdam. Holland. —German loss es front October 10 to November 2 in dead, wounded and missing were 78,- 376, according to figures published in The Courant which presumed these casualties relate to the Champagne. The total Prussian losses to date, the paper says, have been 2.099,454, not including 230 Bavarian, 293 Wurtem burg, 280 Saxon and 50 navy lists ahd the lists of officers and non-com missioned officers who have been lost while fighting with the Turks in Ute Dardanelles. NOVEMBER 19, 193 5. AUSTRIA ASKED ABOUT ANCONA United States Desires Informatioo In Re gard To The Sinking Os Italian Liner By Submarine WANTS POINTS DETERMINED Ambassador Penfield Requested To Get Vienna Version Os Sinking Os Italian Liner Washington.—Ambassador Penfield at Vienna was instructed to ask the Austro-Hungarian foreign office for details of the torpedoing of the Ital ian liner Ancona in the Mediterrane an with a loss of several American lives. This action was taken on the pre sentation by the Austrian embassy here to Secretary Lansing of a com munication from the Vienna admiralty stating that an Austrian submarine sank the Ancona and asserting that ample time was afforded for passen gers and crew to escape. Until re sponsibility for the action of the sub marine, which it had been reported was of German nationality, was offi cially announced the American gov ernment had withheld formal inquiry at Vienna. Undetermined Points Undetermined points on which the American government seeks informa tion are: Did the submarine fire a warning shot? Did the submarine cease firing when the Ancona came to a stop? How much time was given passen gers and crew to get into the life boats? What were the activities of the sub marine while the ship was unloading its passengers? Was a torpedo fired while any of the passengers were aboard? Were German Officers Aboard? It is considered possible here that the submarine may have been an Aus trian craft with some German officers and men aboard, but until the facts are established an inquiry will be made of Ambassador Gerard at Ber lin. Press reports from Berlin have stated that the German government disclaimed any connection with the incident. ALLIES ARE TWISTING THE SCREWS ON GREECE Anti-Dynastic Outbreaks Are Report ed To Have Occurred In Parts Os Greece London. —With the increasing grav ity, from the allies’ viewpoint, of the military situation in Serbia, the atti tude of Greece toward the armies of the entente, powers has become a mat ter of the deepest concern and an ef fort is being made to induce the Gre cian government to define its inten tions. Greece Must Make Guarantee It is said the presence at Saloniki of French and British warships with transports has made some impression on King Constantine. But, with so much at stake, nothing short of a posi tive guarantee of the safety of the French, British and Serbian troops, should they be compelled by circum stances to retire into Greece, will sat isfy London and Paris, the ministers of which capitals are being strongly supported by the Russian and Italian representatives. “Moonshiners” War On U. S. Marshal Charleston. W. Ya.—William Os born. United States marshal tor the southern district of West Virginia, who recently raided two illicit stills in Mercer county, has secured permis sion of the department of justice to add to his force of deputies in order that he may meet the war moonshin ers of the mountains have declared against him. Men believed to have furnished information to the federal authorities have suffered the loss of property, their horses having been shot and fences burned in retaliation. 34 Miners Entombed By Explosion Seattle. Wash. —Thirty-four men were imprisoned in the Northwestern Improvement company's coal mine at Ravensdale. 35 miles southeast of Se attle. by an explosion of coal dust. Three Americans Killed In Mexico Topolobamo. Sinaloa. Mexico.— Three Americans were killed in the interior of Mexico recently, according to advices received here. Settlers around los Mochis were reported in fear of attacks by Mayo Indians on the warpath. The Americans report ed killed were Maurice Free and Charles Goldsborough, slain Novem ber 4 at Bateve and W. Swindham, killed at Quinichis, Topic. Detach ments have been ordered to Los Hot nos to protect the irrigation canal and to Ontagota. SI.OO A YEAR LITTLE ITEMS OF STATE INTEREST Marietta. —Jim Brumby was elected mayor of Marietta by an overwhelm ing majority. Cornelia.—With two pistols near him, A. M. Haddon, cashier of the First National bank, was found dead in his bed here. Savannah.—Over three hundred del egates attended the annual state con vention of the Women’s Baptist Mis sionary Union here. Tifton.—After making the trip from San Diego, Cal., a distance of over 2,800 miles, J. M. Owens, wife and children have reached Tifton, where they will make their home. Thomasville.—Following a visit dur ing the past week of Field Secretary Gilbreath, of the Dixie highway, Mitch ell county has formed a Dixie high way council, composed of prominent citizens. Rome. —The North Georgia Confer ence voted to hold its next year’s meeting with the Griffin First Meth odist church. The LaGrange First Methodist church extended an invita tion also. Fitzsgerald—The ninety-fourth an nual Baptist convention of the state of Georgia met in the First Baptist church of Fitzgerald November 16 and held three daily sessions through Fri day, November 19. Thomasville.—While coming into the yard at the Atlantic Coast Line depot here the engine of the pay train turned over when backing on the Y and Engineer Taylor was killed and his fireman badly injured. Moultrie. —Charged with being ac cessory to the murder of her baby, Mrs. Inez Etheridge is in Colquitt county jail, while her husband, John Etheridge, is being sought as the al leged principal of the crime. Cartersville.—The Cartersville post office building, which has been in course of construction for more than a year, was formally turned over for public use and it was made an occa sion for a general reception and in spection. Rockmart. —The public school build ing here was totally destroyed by fire. For the past twenty-five years it was known as Piedmont institute, owned and controlled by the North Georgia conference. The origin of the fire is unknown. Douglas.—The state Farmers' Union assembled in convention at this place. One hundred and thirty counties were represented. J. J. Brown was re-elect ed president; B. J. Wooten, vice pres ident; J. H. Mills, secretary-treasurer; J. M. McMannaway. D. D.. chaplain. Waycross.—Prosperity week, which will be observed in Waycross from No vember 29, through December 4, will be one of the biggest weeks Way cross has ever known. Practically all arrangements for the celebration will be finished. All details are in the hands of special committees from the chamber of commerce. Thomasville. — All arrangements have been perfected for the meeting and entertaining delegates to the twenty-first annual meeting of the Georgia division of the United Daugh tens of the Confederacy, which open ed here. Delegates were entertained in the homes of many of the citizens and at various hotels. Waycross.—Permit for the erection of a modern government approved abattoir and cold storage plant, rep resenting an approximate outlay of SIOO,OOO. was granted by city council to a light and power company. This action resulted from several months’ investigation on the part of the city in an effort to find whether the city would erect an abattoir. Atlanta. —The opening of Georgia Harvest Festival Week here with fa vorable climatic conditions, which Un cle Sam’s weather expert had very kindly promised, proved about the big gest jubilation meeting of Georgians ever held here. There was plenty to be seen in Atlanta, something do ing every minute of the day, and there were a lot of people here to see what was going on. Tifton. —J. D. Taylor of Omega was instantly killed, Charles Elrod of Omega was severely hurt and Willis and Walter Mangum of Ocilla were injured at about about eight o’clock when an auto in which the four were riding turned turtle six miles east of Ocilla. The party had been to Doug las and was returning to Ocilla in El rod’s car, which he was driving when the auto struck a cow and turned over. Atlanta. —That the Georgia peach crop for 1915 was the only peach crop sold at a profit to the growers was one of the startling facts brought out in the annual report at the annual meeting of the Georgia Fruit Ex change, which has just been held here. Another interesting feature of this re port was that of the secretary and treasurer of the exchange, which showed that the operation of the ex change for 1915 had again been con ducted at a very handsome net profit.