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VOLUME V. NUMBER 24.
WILL NOT ACCEPT
GERMAN DENIAL
President Wilson Has Convincing Proof
That Submarines Have Been Sink
ing Ships Without Warning
STRONG ARRAYOF EVIDENCE
Washington Waiting For Full Partic
ulars Before Taking
Action
Washington.—lnvestigation of re
cent attacks upon unarmed merchant
vessels carrying Americans has de
veloped such a convincing array of
evidence pointing to illegal subma
rine operations that the United States
government has determined the re
sulting grave situation cannot be
cleared up by the German note de
nying that a German submarine tor
pedoed the English channel steamer
.Sussex and disclaiming blame for at
tacks on- other ships inquired about
by Ambassador Gerard.
President Wilson and Secretary
Lansing are waiting for further infor
mation from other sources. Much im
portance is attached to affidavits and
evidence gathered by the Austrian
embassy at Paris. It was learned, too,
that Mr. Lansing, is awaiting the out
come of an inquiry at Paris about
the case of the liner Patria, at which
a torpedo is alleged to have been
fired some time ago.
Count von Bernstorff, the German
ambassador, called at the state de
partment to discuss the situation with
Secretary Lansing and gain informa
tion for his government as to the
views of the United States. His visit
was fruitless. He was with the sec
retary for less than five minutes and
learned that Mr. Lansing was not in
a position to enter into a discussion,
because, he had no official information
concerning the contents of the forth
coming German note,
MORE U. S. TROOPS
ON WAY TO MEXICO
infantry Stationed On Texas Border
To Be Used To Guard Lines
Os Communication
Columbus, N. M. —More soldiers
are on guard duty in Columbus .than
since the town was raided by Villa
bandits a month ago. Heavily arm
ed soldiers patrol the streets and the
military reservation, while one com
pany of infantry has been ordered to
sleep in their clothing and with their
arms at their sides, and instructions
have been issued to keep the o gun
racks unlocked.
Washington.—Such a marked im
provement in conditions along the
Mexican border has been reported by
General Funston that the war depart
ment now is considering drawing upon
some of the troops stationed in Texas
-to strengthen the ever-lengthening
line of communication of the expedi
tion seeking Villa. Many alarming ru
mors have been disposed of and the
border situation generally is said to
be quieter than heretofore, but the
plan is not to disturb the garrisons or
patrol in New 'Mexico or Arizona for
the present.
Tariff Analyzed By Secretary Redfield
Washington^—An exhaustive report
on the operation of the present tariff
law, prepared- by Secretary Redfield,
in response to a senate resolution/
has been made public by the depart
ment of commerce. It compares im
ports and exports and duties under the
present and previous laws, explains
particularly the results obtained dur
ing the nine months the Underw&ed-
Simmons act was in force before the
outbreak of the European war, and re
views the relation of wages to costs of
production. The average rate of duty
on imports under the existing law, the
report says, shows a less marked de
crease from the previous rates than
is generally inferred. The net effects
of the law, it adds, are a considerable
Increase in the free list —from 59.2 to
63.3 per cent of the total imports—and
a general ten per cent reduction in
duty rates on articles that remained
subject to duty. The decrease in the
average rate of duty was more marked
in the case of unmanufactured than
manufactured imports.
Says Carranza Forces Able To Control
El Paso, Texas. —Gen. Gavira, Car
ranza commander at Juraz, announces
that the forces of the de facto gov
ernment were In a position to take
immediate control of the Villa situa
tion if the American troops withdrew.
General Gavira’s statement was made
in connection with the announcement
of Major General Scott that the pur
pose of the expeditionary force would
be considered accomplished when the
Villa bands were dispersed or as spon
as the de facta government is able to
relieve tjie United States forces.
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Lieut. Col. Robert H. Noble of the
Twenty-second infantry, U. S. A., is
one of the officers now on duty on the
Mexican border.
SWRSSUFFeH
NEARLY HALF OF HORSES OF U.
S. TROOPS IN MEXICO
ARE DEAD
Mexican Railroads Absolutely Neces
sary If Villa Is To Be
Captured
Columbus, N. M.—Tales of the hard
ships of the American soldiers who
are pursuing Villa over the desert
and through the mountains of Chi
huahua were brought here by arriv
als with a truck train which had car
ried supplies to Colonel Dodd’s com
mand.
Far from being the smart cavalry
men who crossed into Mexico, the
soldiers, their shoes ruined by the
sharp stones of the mountains and
their uniforms torn by brush, are
wearing sandals made of cowhide and
such clothing as can be obtained from
natives, they declared.-
It was .also asserted that Colonel
Dodd’s command had lost so many
hcrses in the relentless pursuit of the
bandit chief that fully half the men
were without, mounts.
Substantiating some of the stories,
a message came to military headquar
ters from General Pershing requesting
that the extra kits, containing cloth
ing of the soldiers of the Seventh and
Tenth cavalry regiments, the two reg
iments at the extreme front, be rush
ed forward to them at once.
A truck train, under the command
of Captain Drake, consisting of twen
ty-seven trucks, went to within seven
miles of Guerrrero, its crew being the
first Americans to meet the troopers
of the Seventh cavalry after their en
gagement at that town.
Information of the war and state de
partments regarding use of the Mexi
can railways to ship supplies to Gen
eral Pershing are conflicting. The
war department had no reports indi
cating that Carranza authorities at
Juarez had received orders to accept
shipments from General Funston. Sec
retary Lansing, at the state depart
ment, however, said he understood
such orders had been issued. Mr.
Lansing also declared he thought the
difficulty was physical, and was due
larger to the disorganized condition
of rolling stock and roadbed of the
Mexican Northwestern. "
Sonje officials are inclined to con
nect the delay in permitting use of
the railroads with a desire on the
part of Carranza to see the American
soldiers back on their own territory.
Already, it is understood, de facto
government officials on the border
have made informal inquiries as to
how much longer the expedition will
remain in Mexico, and how much far
ther southward it expects To pene
trate.
French Evacuate Bethincourt Salient
Paris.—The French evacuated the
Bethincourt salient and the Germans
attacked with great violence their
new line from Avocourt to Cumieres,
but were repulsed with, great sanguin
ary losses. Only at one point, north
east of Avocourt, did the Germans
succeed in entering the French trench
es, and from this position they were
immediately ejected through a counter
attack.
GERMANS HAMMERING
THE RUSSIANS ON EAST
Paris. —On the eastern line in Rus
sia, the Germans have taken up the
offenslva and are heavily attacking
the Russian position. Unofficial ad
vices from Petrograd say, however,
that the Germans nowhere have been
able to penetrate the Russian line in
frontal attacks. The Italians and the
Austrians are continuing their opera
tions along the Austro-Italian fron
tier. The British in Mesopotamia have
captured an important Turk position.
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY^ GEORGIA^ERIDAY,*APRIL 14, 1916.
U. S. TROOPS STILL
DRIVE SOUTHWARD
Cavalry Columns Under Colonels Brown
And Reid Are Way Below Satevo
In Mexico
ALL SPEED USED IN CHASE
Chihuahua City Mexicans Were Hos
tile to The Americans
At First
San Antonio, Texas.—General Per
shing has reported to General Fun
ston that Mexican military authori
ties in Chihuahua have offered the
Amercan punitive expedition the use
of the government telegraph and tele
phone lines. General Pershing also
reported that some supplies for the
United States troops have been pur
chased in Chihuahua, but while mer
chants in that city showed no disposi
tion to withhold their goods, the lim
ited amount of foodstuffs available
made it almost impossible to get pro
visions
This report was filed in some part
of the field of operations, the location
of which was withheld. It was trans
mitted by wireless and aeroplane
routes to Columbus.
The aviators reported that, before
the populace of the city was convinced
that they were on a friendly mission,
a few stones were thrown and several
shots were fired, but no one was in
jured. General Guitierrez, command
er of the garrison at Chihuahua City,
treated them courteously, they re
ported.
The positions of the advanced vol
umns were not made public, but it was
known ’’ that cavalry columns under
Colonels Brown and Dodd are driving
south from Satevo .with all speed.
General Pershing himself is mov
ing south along the trail to Satevo,
personally directing, as far as possi
ble, the pursuit of Villa. Before leav
ing his headquarters on the San Ge
ronimo ranch, north of Guerrrero,
General Pershing said. Gen. Luis Her
rera, the Carranza general, whose de
fection was reported, called upon
him, and that'the two had discussed
in a friendly manner the efforts be
ing made by both governments to run
down the common enemy.
FOR TWO BATTLESHIPS
AND FOUR BATTLE CRUISERS
The House Naval Sub-Committee Will
Provide, Together With Many
Lesser Warships
Washington.—The house naval sub
committee on appropriations will be
gin framing the naval appropriation,
bill, which includes the administra
tion’s half billion dollar five-year pro
gram for new fighting ships. Chair
man Padgett hopes to lay the com
pleted measure before the house by
April 25.
The big fight is expected to come
over the 1917 program for capital
ships. Secretary Daniels has recom
mended the authorization of two
dreadnaughts and two battle cruisers.
The navy general board contended for
three battleships and four battle
cruisers.
At the navy department work on
the designs of the new ships has pro
gressed rapidly.- Plans for the battle
ships, large and small submarines, de
stroyers, gunboats, hospital ships and
ammunition ships are virtually com
pleted now, and it will take only a
few weeks after appropriation for the
vessels is made to lay specifications
before private builders. Plans for the
battle cruisers and scout cruisers are
also under way.
The Mule Beats Camel As Transport
British Headquarters in Mesopota
mia.—The mule has proved a far
more reliable and useful transport
animal than the camel in the Meso
potamian campaign. If beasts were
decorated, the mule would be covered
with ribbons. He knows not defeat.
His hardiness is proverbial,; none of
the plagues of Mesopotamia have af
fected his sangfroid. • i"■ •
An Armistice In China Is Agreed On
Pekin, China. —At the request of
Gen. Chen Yi, governor of Sze Chuen,
Tsai Ao, rebel leader, has granted a
thirty days’ armistice in the provinces
of Yunnan and Sze Chuen.
Cash And Clothing Sent To Troop?
Columbus, N. M. —American troops
in Mexico will soon be equipped with
new clothing to replace that torn into
shreds in the strain of the campaign.
A consignment of shoes, hats, uni
forms, sweaters and other wearing ap ;
parel, valued at SIO,OOO, ‘was forward
ed south along the American line of
cpmmunfcatlon. With the clothing
went a shipment of approximately a
■ quarter of a million dollars in Mexican
gold and silver coin to be used in
paying the wages of the soldiers, who
draw 20 per cent additional Pay.
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Mme. Cuadra, wife of Joaquin Cua
dra, secretary of the Nicaraguan lega
tion, and daughter of the Nicaraguan
secretary of state, is one of the most
attractive of Washington’s diplomatic
hostesses. Her beauty is of pro
nounced Spanish type/
EXPEDITION IS TO CONTINUE
SECRETARY LANSING DENIES
’ CARRANZA HAS ASKED WITH
DRAWAL OF U;-S. TROOPS
Hope Is Renewed That Bandit Chief
Will Soon; Be Overtaken
In . Mexico
Washington. — Recurring reports
that the Carranza government'' had
asked, formally dr btherwise; for- with
drawal of the- American forces -from
Mexico were-disposed of by.a. State
ment frera Secretary Lansing flatly
denying that such a request had been'
made, formally bt by intimation- or
-suggestion.
Mr. Lansing explained that when
the American expedition was ordered
across the border to pursue Villa, Gen
eral Carranza had inquired of the
state department regarding the pro
posed strength of the force and cam
paign plans contemplated. Since then
the de facto government* has been
kept advised constantly regarding the
progress of the chase.
Belief in some quarters that Car
ranza had asked or soon would ask
how much further into Mexico rhe
United States intended to send its
soldiers has been based 1 on the’ be
lief that Villa’s trail was . getting
“cold.” Recent state department ad-'
Vites have given no clue to the out
law’s whereabouts. The last report
several days ago had him located near
Satevo. Since then department
agents have reported inability to se
cure any further definite clue.
An encouraging feature of the cam
paign was found in reports to both
state and war departments indicat
ing actual co-operation between the
American and de facto ' government
troops. News from the border was
to the effect that the Americans had
penetrated as far south as Ciene
guilla, near Satevo.
PRESIDENT AND CABINET
HOLD IMPORTANT CONFERENCE
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Washington.—President W’ilson and
his cabinet discussed the recent at
tacks on merchant vessels carrying
Americans and agreed to defer any
decisive step while awaiting Germa
ny’s reply to the inquiry of Ambassa
dor Gerard as to whether German sub
marines sank the Sussex, Englishman,
Manchester, Engineer and Eagle
Point.
Although some officials already have
concluded that Germany is deliberate
ly attacking vessels regardless of the
rights of neutrals, it is declared au
thoritatively that the -United States
cannot question the German govern
ment’s good faith'Until full opportuni
ty has been allowed for a responge to
ambassador Gerard’s .inquiries an<j for
a demonstration of whether subma- '
rine commanders are supported m at
tacking vessels 1 contr'ary to interna
tional law.
G. O. P. Naines^tiaVdltig Chairman
Chicago.—'Finn? Mr' the' national.
Republican • convention, ‘ which -Will
open in Chicago Juhe 7,'werh’bofnplet-.
ed here at a' meeting bf’the >iihk^
mittee on arrangements wrth'th'e^se
lection of Senator Harding of OMb .
for temporary chairman.’' Seithtot
Harding was chosen for the plabe by.
a unanimous vote ort the, first'formal,
ballot after an hour’s (jiS'cussioh.'The
meeting attracted to the city numer
ous state committee chairman and
other party leaders who discussed the
issues of the campaign.
U-BOAT CAMPAIGN
ALARMS ENGLAND
German Submarines Are Playing Havoc
With British And Neutral
Shipping Interests .
MAY CURTAIL FOOD SUPPLY
Uniqpist Member Os English Parlia
ment. Fears a Shortage
x , Os Food I-.
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London. —Two more ship^'have
been reported sunk during the' past
twenty-four hours. According> to the
morning newspapers, this makes for
ty-two British, ten of Great Britain’s
allies and thirty'neutral vessels! ost
since March V^rhe!? 6 the new Ger
man submarine'campaign began.
Robert Patterson Houston, Unionist
member.pt parliament from Liver
pool, in an appeal to the nation, do-
Clares that the scarcity of shipping
is becoming so serious a problem that
the present agitation regarding .the,,
price of'fbod^is likely to yield plage.To
the agitation as to whether sufficient,
food wiK be available. He estimates
that sjpcg. tile beginning of the. war ;
ocean-going British vessels of. three
million tons have been lost from all
causes.
“Between a third and a half ?of
Great Britain’s food supply already is
cbming in neutral ships,”--says Mr.
Houston. “If Germany by -the per
sistent sinking of every vessel can
frighten neutrals from bringing us
cargoes, what then? Already we see
neutrals fighting shy ot bringing car
goes here. This is . natural, too, inas
much as they can find full employ
ment for jheir ships at profitalije
freights elsewhere.”
-Mr. Houston urges compelling neu
trals ■ who-have not yet made ,use, of
interned-German ships to do str.- This '
would be- possible f by threatening a
Withdrawal of the allies’ tonnage un-
Te£s 4hey comply. ' ; ’
, e Mr. Houston^aiso urges the -raas'ser
। 'the 'eat^fi.te ,qf the “Aiisient
fight to capture anj> J?rfemy«jtned
.cargo, no matter, und^r w hat- flag it
is being carried, and suggests an ef
fort to arrange by diplomacy for the
confiscation in neutral waters of a
German 'shipsf or every entente, allied
of neutraF ship improperly sunk'<-by
the Germans. ’ ‘ -
GERMANS.,SMASH WITHOUT
CEASING AT VERDUN FRONT
Heavy Forces Are Thrown' Against
The French Line At- VS
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.London.-—The armies/ of- the'
m^n crowi^ prince arousd'Verdfftf_dre
. >vigoj-ou§ly_. on the offeiiMve against
tlto. FYen«h. Having delivered an ’ at- £
tack along, the line from Lei Moiir
Homme .Jo Cumieres which nieiued
them a few staall portions -of .French
trenches on she east of,'' ’Lefi Mloel
Homme, the ’German ‘ cbtamaffder^
rested , their infantry, but in tfih-rer.
gion of Douaumont-Vaux, norfheeSt pl
Verdun, threw their men in’Targe
numbers against the French trenches.
Here again they met with ’success,
but only for a short period of/time.
for the French, in a' counter attack^
drove the invaders from, advanced
sections of trenches . they had ?cap
tured. 1
Along the remainder of the front in
France and Belgium there were.-only
j artillery bombardments. In one of
these —north of the Aisne —the Frefnch
guns caused serious losses to a stfbng
German column. on the march/ •'
Human Life Cheap To Villa Bandits
Pershing’s Camp At Front, Mexico.—
The cheapness of human -life to the
Villa bandits was brought out Wint--
edly here by J. H, Locke, an Aiheri
can. of Minaca, who escaped from that
city the night of March 28, when lier
man Blanenburg, a Gbrman. and Da
vid Bruce, au Anlerican, were‘killed
by bandits. Locke-described to Gen :
eral Pershing the utter -recklessness
with which these two w-efu slain. Let-,
terts found on. Bruce indicated that he
had adopted a-pen. nani^tln Mexico .
while trying'to-sell magazine .slopes,
I and that his -friends” expedit'd him to
write something ab&ut Vaih'.c. Thg, let
ters gave his right mama as-,Don Mc-
Gregor. He was from Mlnneapj^Ts,
Chicago and DenveY. .. .
Germany And Roumania Sign Pact
ißerlip.—The -German, secretary for
foreign affairs' arid the Roumanian
miiYreter in Berli© on April 7 signed a
cohvbntion between Germany and Rou
nfania,’l)*‘wlii<fi»>bothigo¥ernments de
'clare- their-'retidiness to allow free
ekpertation of home products so fa?,
as their-tiwn-needs-peAuit »and with
The’exception *of 'war-’^n»tt«xial. The
system Os special, enper^permjssdons,
and of return services.;, is .abolished.
Both governments agree further to al
low the free transit ot wares from oth
er countries.
SI.OO A YEAR
I little items of
STATE INTEREST
■ Athens. —A record was made in the
superior court of Clarke, when 126
divorce and alimony cases were call
ed, 81 cases dismissed and eleven di
vorces granted in less than two hours. '
.Macon.—Clifton L. Vigal, for many
years internal revenue agent for the
' : United States government, with head
quarters in Macon, died at his home
■h&e.' He had been ill for five years.
In'addition to being a revenue agent,
Jlr. yigal, at different times, also
sWved in other government depart-,
.ments.
Weston.—The farmers within three ,
miles of Weston recently loaded a
car of hogs for New Orleans. This, is
the first solid car ever shipped from
Weston or Webster county. How
ever, -.numbers of farmers have been
for several : years shipping small lots.
They will load a car of cattle and an
other of hogs. . '• i T
Waycross.-/Raiford Royals, deputy,
sheriff of Hamilton county, Florida,',
was shot and instantly killed at Jas
per, 68 milgs southwest of Waycross,
by an unknown negro, dne ,of two
negroes the deputy-sought to arrest' "
was shot by the dep'uty before he died,
the bullet breaking a leg. The offer’s
negro escaped.
Milledgeville.- —Milledgeville appre
ciate^ being on the Dixie highway-and
the people here evidence that appre
ciation by growing enthusiastic over
making their ■ road the best in the'
country. ^They propose to make it
the best .market road in Georgia, so
that travel^sjjWlll have no difficulty
whatsoever as'they go along. \ .
Dublin, Ga. —A'movement is now un- -
der way among the farmers here to
have t county dipping vats -established
as a part of a fight that is being start-.,
ed agh-inst the cattle tiqk in Laurens,
and which is to be pushed • until the
county is free of-ticks;—jThe cattle
industry is growing so rapidly here
that <the farmers are insistent that
the ticks will be eradicated.
Forsyth.—D. H. Green,'a prominent
jeweler, died at his home here as the
results of injuries received in an au
tomobile accident, w hich^elso cost the
Spes of J. R. Worshaifr and J. ’H.
uest and badly injured Wallace Trib
ble and . Walter Jackson. The aceP
dent, claiming as its victims citizens
well known and loved, has cast a pall
of sadness over-ghe <flty.
Clarkesville. —J. ,N. Oabrels, sheriff
of Habersham county, committed sui
cide here by shooting himself. He
had recently been defeated for re
election to the office of sheriff in the
county primary which was held on-
March 31 by a very small major
ity, And- had been talking lately of
contesting the election. It is thought
that brooding over his defeat caused
the sjjigii^
^.Washington.—Exp^ft accountants -
have been, engaged and will commence 1
work on, the hooks and accounts of—
— Washington -Loan and Banking x
company to determine the full extent.
9f;ths defalcation of W. Shelton Gres
ham, ' former assistant cashier.' who. ~
on April .4, emptied the safe of? 5- ’*
200, ^ut.^he time lock thereon to run
seventy-two hours and left in an auto- ’•z
mobile for parts unknown. Xe
Mahon.—Announcement was made
here that Sergeant Gibson of the 10-.
cal ajrmy recruiting station, has tak-.
en fsmi the possession of a Maton '
man jflue prints of the proposed brig
ade post at. Fort Oglethorpe. The
print? show, in detail the post which
the government is considering build
ing ?t Fprt Oglethorpe.. The man
from jwhom they were secured claims
he f^und. them. His name has not
been f divulged, but the prints have
been rforwarded to Washington for the
war department to handle the' case.
• Ropie — Plans for the north Geor
gia f?ir have been drawn up and ara
now in the hands of the committee for
attention. The fair is capitalized at
$20,000, and the. land and buildings
will qost about $17,500. The plans call
for main exhibit hall, a woman’s
bui’dfng, a grandstand with a seating
capacity of 2.000, a racing stable large
enough to accommodate from ' sixty
•to; sqyenty-five horses, and buildings
for Hye stock and "poultry.
. Columbus. —This will be a lively
.^uild|ng year in south Georgia, judg
ing |y the commissions received by
CslTiipbus architects to design struc-
Uires of various kinds for that.,sec
tion pf the state. At Americus sriiot
ab<e- ^building of its character, will be
.-erectpd for an automobile company.
.This iwiU be a three-story brick' and
Stpnef structure and will be used for
automobile purposes entire^. Plans
are* 41so being prepared for S $25,900
edifloe for the Methodist congregation
at s Montezuma. The new Methodist
churab,. .building at Moultrie is being
erected, according to plans prepared
in Gajumbus, and local, architects also
desiglrted the new bank building which
.is ampjig the notable Improvements
oLthftjyesent building season at Tif
ton. .Ni^ubers qf residences and store
buildjhgit.ftuj "soAtlj, Gi«ongia cities and
‘own>. bwe spring
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