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VOLUME V. NUMBER 27.
WAR REAWAKENS
NATIONAL SPIRIT
President Wilson Says Compulsion Moving
European Belligerents Is Being Felt
In The United States
CAUSING AMERICA TO RALLY
Says The Great Mass Os Foreign-
Born Citizens Would
Be Loyal
Washington.—“ America Reawaken
ed in National Spirit Through the
Lessons of the War in Europe,” was
the theme of an address by President
Wilson at the opening of the national
service school military encampment
for young women. In concluding the
president voiced a warning that the
honor and integrity of the United
States cannot be tampered with. He
prayed that the country should not be
drawn into war, but declared that if it
should be, “in the great voice of na
tional enthusiasm which would be
raised all the world would stand once
more thrilled to hear the voice of the
new world asserting the standards of
justice and liberty.”
Foreign-Born Citizens Loyal
The president expressed confidence
that in time of trouble the great mass
of foreign-born citizens of the United
States would be loyal. "I never had
the slightest doubt of what would
happen when American called upon
those of her citizens born in other
countries, to come to the support of
the flag,” he said. “Why they will
come with cheers; they will come
with a momentum which will make us
realize that America has once more
been cried awake out of every sort
of distemper and dream and distrac
tion, and that any man who dares
tamper with the spirit of America will
be cast out of the confidence of a
great nation upon the instant.”
The president spoke before several
hundred young women dressed in
khaki and drawn up in military order.
They will be taught first aid to the
wounded, bandage making, telegraphy
and other war, time arts. The encamp
ment is being held under the auspices
of the women’s section of the Navy
League. Secretaries Baker and Dan
iels and a large group of government
officials and army and navy officers
were included in the audience. The
president’s speech followed the for
mal raising of an American flag over
the encampment.
NO INDEPENDENCE
FOR THE PHILIPPINES
Thirty-One House Democrats Join
With Republicans In Killing
Measure
Washington.—The administration’s
fight for the senate Philippine bill
with its Clarke amendment authoriz
ing independence for the islands with
in four years, was lost in the house.
After voting 213 to 165 to strike out
the Clarke amendment, the house, by
a vote of 251 to 17, passed a substi
tute for the entire measure, the Jones
bill, providing for a greater measure
of self-government in the Philippines
and carrying a preamble declaring
the intention of the United States
to grant independence ultimately, but
without fixing a date.
Over the heated protest of admin
istration leaders the house, by a vote
of 203 to 154, instructed its conferees
not to agree to any declaration setting
a definite time for granting the islands
their independence. Speaker Clark
named Representatives Jones of Vir
ginia, and Garret of Tennessee (Dem
ocrats, and Towner of lowa (Rep.) as
Conferees.
AUTOMOBILE WRECK
CAUSED BY A BEE
Dublin, Ga. —Mr. and Mrs. H. G.
Stevens and Sam Bashingski, of this
place, left Macon for Dublin in Mr.
Stevens’ car. About fifteen miles out
of Macon a bee began to persistently
buzz around the negro chauffeur's
head, which caused him to turn loose
the steering wheel for a second in
order to fight off the bee. He lost
control of the car, which crashed into
a bank by the roadside, smashing the
front wheel, and spilling the occupants
on the ground, without injury to any
of them, however; the bee escaped.
AMERICAN MUNITIONS
POUR INTO EUROPE
Washington.—Europe’s purchases of
war materials in the United States to
taled three hundred and forty mil
lion dollars at the end of the first
twenty months of war. Figures as
sembled in the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce show the heaviest
month was March last, when more
than fifty million dollars’ worth of
munitions left American ports. Big
shipments of high explosives are
crossing the ocean.
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SIR ROGER CASEMENT /
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Sir Roger Casement, Irish agitator
and leader of the separatist party,
who was captured by the British while
trying to land In Ireland with a Ger
man expedition, is now a prisoner in
the Tower of London.
IWURITONTim
AFTER HOLDING OUT FOR 143
DAYS, GENERAL TOWNSEND
SURRENDERS HIS ARMY
For Weeks a Relieving British Force
Had Been Trying To Reach
Kut-EI-Amara
London.—Another phase of the ill
fated British campaign in Mesopota
mia has closed with the surrender of
General Townsend and the garrison
at Kut-EI-Amara, on the Tigris river,
about 130 miles below Bagdad. Some
10,000 men in all laid down their
arms to the Turks after having de
stroyed all their guns and munitions.
The British Mesopotamian campaign
waged along the Tigris from the Per
sian gulf northward almost to the
gates of Bagdad, and had as its chief
aim the capture of that ancient city.
To divert Turkish forces from Galli
poli was another object.
When almost at the point of achiev
ing its main object last year, the ef
fort broke down at Ctesiphon, 18 miles
from Bagdad, when the Turks, alarm
ed for the safety of the town of fa
bled memory, rushed up reinforce
ments, inflicted a defeat upon the Brit
ish and compelled their retreat 110
miles down the Tigris to Kut-EI-Ama
ra, where the Turks soon had them
securely bottled up.
General Townshend held out for 143
days, his supplies steadily growing
lower as he waited the relief army,
which first under General Gorringe,
battled its way up the Tigris toward
him. This army encountered strong
positions of the Turks below Kut on
both sides of the river, and. although
several of these were carried, it has
not been able to work much closer to
the beleaguered garrison than a score
of miles because of the stubborn Turk
ish resistance and flood conditions on
the Tigris.
The following official announcement
was made: “After a resistance pro
tracted for 143 days and conducted
with a gallantry and fortitude that will
be forever memorable. General Town
send has been compelled by the final
exhaustion of his supplies to surren
der.
Great Irish Leader Talks
London. —John Redmond, leader of
the Irish Nationalists in the house
of commons, gave out the following
statement concerning the uprising in
Dublin: “My first feeling, of course,
on hearing of this insane movement,
was one of horror, discouragement and
almost despair. I asked myself wheth
er Ireland, as so often before in her
tragic history, was to dash the cup
of liberty from her lipa—was the in
sanity of a small section of her people
once again to turn all her marvelous
victories of the last few years into
irreparable defeat and to send her
back, on the very eve of her final rec
ognition as a free nation, into another
long night of slavery.”
More U. S. Troops To Cross Border
Columbus, N. M. —A column of cav
alry, about four miles long, moved
from the base camp. It was planned
to encamp at Gibson's line ranch, 15
miles west along the border and then
cross the frontier. The detachment
was the largest to leave Columbus
since the original expeditionary force
cross the border March 15. Military
authorities said there is no connec
tion between the dispatch of the rein
forcements and the reported arrival
of four trainloads of Carranza sol
diers in the Guerrero district.
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1936.
IRISH REBELLION
HAS BEEN BROKEN
Mere Than Seven Hundred Rebels Cap*
tured, Among Them Countess
, Markievicz
LEADERS LAYJOWN ARMS
Despite Surrender of Leaders, It Is
Believed Small Rebel Bands
Will Continue Warfare
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Kingstown, Ireland. —The main body
otthe Sinn Fein rebels in Dublin have
surrendered.
There was, however, considerable
fighting in Dublin and the suburbs.
It was especially severe at Balls
Bridge, outside Dublin.
The rebels in the College of Sur
geons surrendered. One of the pris
oners taken here was the Countess
Markievicz.
The proclamation issued by “Provi
sional President Pearce advising the
surrender of all the rebels follows:
“In order to prevent the further
slaughter of unarmed people and in
the hope of saving the lives of our
followers, who are surrounded and
hopelessly outnumbered the members
of the provisional government at head
quarters have agreed to unconditional
surrender and the commanders of all
the units of the Republican forces will
order their followers to lay down
their arms. PEARCE.”
Although the principal leaders of
the rebel movement have laid down
their arms and advised their followers
to acquiesce in an unconditional sur
render, there is no doubt that there
will be still great difficulty in restor
ing peace in Dublin and the surround
ing districts, for numerous small
bands of rebels evidently either have
not received the leaders’ orders, or
doubt the authenticity of the orders,
and have determined to continue
guerrilla warfare. Dublin is filled with
small bands located in staunch hous
es and other buildings, who have al
ways been able to escape by subter
ranean passages as soon as the at
tack of the soldiers has proved too
strong.
Nobody is allowed to enter Dublin
without written permission from the
highest authority and then only at his
own risk. Moreover, the people are
warned that this risk is considerable,
as gtray bullets are likely to meet the
visitor from some unexpected quar
ter.
PROSPERITY IS GROWING
IN THE UNITED STATES
Federal Reserve Agents Report On
April Business—The Out-
look Is Good
Washington.—The monthly survey
of business conditions throughout the
country, reported to the federal re
serve board by agents in each reserve
district and made public, shows that
prosperity continued to increase dur
ing April in virtually every section
of the United States, especially in
eastern manufacturing centers. A
synopsis of the survey by district fol
lows:
Boston: Business continues to im
prove; comparison with a year ago
shows that in many cases the im
provement is extreme.
New York: The volume of goods
produced and sold last month was
probably greater than in any March
record.
Atlanta: General conditions are un
changed ; outlook for future conditions
favorable. There is a gradual selling
of the cotton crop. Manufacturers are
working full time and many are be
hind on orders.
Richmond: Business continues to
show improvement. Farmers are in
better financial condition than for
some time past.
Organized Labor Is Gaining Ground
Washington.—Organized labor re
ceived more in the year ending May
1 in Increased wages, shortening of
hours and legislation than ever be
fore in its history, according to offi
cials of the American Federation of
Labor. Wage advances were general
the country over in virtually every line
of industry, and laws benefiting la
bor were put on the statute books of
every state in the Union except five.
Wage Increases were greatest in the
metal trades,
Germans Strike The Russian Front
London. —On the Russian front the
Germans have captured Russian po
sitions south of Narocz Lake and
taken 5,600 prisoners, including four
staff officers, together with one can
non, 28 machine guns and 10 mine
throwers. Russian efforts to reclaim
the lost ground were defeated. The
situation about Verdun has not un
dergone any change of note. Paris
reports the failure of a German at
tack, pressed with the help of flaming
liquids, near the Thiaumont farm,
east of Verdun.
COL W. C. BROWN
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Col. W. C. Brown of the Tenth cav
alry was in command of the 200 Amer
ican cavalrymen who killed 30 of an
equal force of Villlstaa In the running
fight at Aguas Calientes village. None
of the Americans were even wounded
in the battle.
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U. S. RECOGNIZES RIGHT OF MER
CHANTMEN TO ARM FOR
DEFENSE.
Attacks On Ships Without Warning
Are Barred By United States
Government
Washington.—An official declara
tion of the attitude of the United
States toward armed merchant ships,
made public by Secretary Lansing, re
iterates and explains the purpose of
the American government to recognize
the right of peaceful vessels to carry
arms for defense and at the same
time, while referring only to war
ships generally, clearly sets forth the
conditions under which the United
States holds submarines may attack
merchant craft.
The declaration was issued in the
form of a memorandum prepared by
Mr. Lansing at President Wilson's di
rection during the secretary’s brief va
cation last month. Copies of it were
given to each of the embassies and
legations here, and while no official
explanation was forthcoming as to the
purpose of publishing the memoran
dum at this time, it is assumed that
at least the substance of it would
reach the Berlin foreign office before
a reply was dispatched to the Ameri
can demand for abandonment of Ger
many’s present methods of submarine
warfare. This would serve to answer
in advance certain questions which
cable dispatches have indicated the
German government was inclined to
ask.
The section relating to armed mer
chant vessels on the high seas dis
closes in positive terms the American
view that there must be no attacks
without warnings upon merchant ships
even if they are armed unless the
commander of the warship has abso
lute knowledge that the merchant
man is under mandatory orders from
her government to act offensively.
The mere presence of armament on a
merchant ship is declared not to be
such evidence as would justify an at
tack without warning or without re
gard to the rights of persons on
board.
The right of an armed merchant
man, without losing its peaceful char
acter to protect itself either by flight
or by resistance is insisted upon. On
the- other hand, the attacking vessel
must display its colors before exer
cising belligerent rights;
REV. JOSIAH STRONG PASSES
INTO THE UNSEEN WORLD
New York. —Rev. Josiah Strong,
president since 1902 of the American
Institute for Social Service, president
of the Social Center Association of
America, former president of the
American Foreign and Christian Un
ion, editor and author, died here. He
was born in Napierville, 111., in 1547,
HALT BY AMERICANS
EMBOLDENS BANDITS
El Paso. —The news of the battle
of Tomachic, in which Col. George A.
Dodd routed 260 Villa adherents, was
accepted here as a confirmation of
reports that the activity of the Amer
ican troops had encouraged the ban
dits in northern Chihuahua to unite
and resume their depredations. Ac
cording to information here the ban
dits have accepted the halt in the
pursuit of Villa as meaning that the
Americans have been defeated.
GERMANS CHARGE
AGAINST BELGIANS
After Taking Advance Posts The German
Troops Were Driven Out By Belgian
Counter Attacks.
BOMBARBMENTNEARVERDUN
Russians Thwart German Attempt To
Take Offensive Near
Riga
London. —A German attack against
the Belgians to the north of Dixmude
was reported along the western front.
Artillery bombardments, especially se
vere to the northeast of Verdun, have
been the method of warfare on the oth
er sectors. North of Dixmude the Ger
mans, after a violent preparatory bom
bardment, charged and occupied por
tions of three Belgian advance posts,
but the Belgians, in a counter attack,
drove out the invaders.
Germans Continue Artillery Fire
A German attempt to assume the of
fensive against the Russians at Rag
gasem, near Riga, was put down, but
the Teutons continue their heavy ar
tillery fire against the Ikskull bridge
head and in the Lake Norocz and Lake
Vischnevskoye regions.
German Aircraft Busy
German aircraft have bombed sev
eral Russian positions in the Gulf of
Riga, and a Russian air squadron has
delivered an attack against the Ger
man naval base at Windau, Vourland.
Italian Sorties Repulsed
Vienna reports that the heavy fight
ing between the Austrians and Italians
in the Adamello sector of the Austro-
Italian line is still going on, and that
Italian attacks against various Aus
trian positions have been put down
with heavy casualties.
Turks Fleeing From Russians
The Russians are continuing their
pursuit of the Turks in the Diarbekr
region of Asia Minor. Numbers of
Turkish infantry have been killed or
captured by Cossacks. Constantinople
reports the driving aground in the
Black sea by a Turkish submarine of
three Russian steamers and the sink
ing of three food-laden sailing ships.
GREAT BRITAIN DECIDES
ON CONSCRIPTION
Premier Asquith Announces Measure
For Immediate Military Compul
pulsion Will Be Taken Up
London. —Premier Asquith announc
ed to an expectant parliament that the
government had at last agreed on the
much-disputed recruiting question ana
had decided to introduce a bill for im
mediate general military compulsion
for the duration of the war. The pre
mier claimed that the condition he
had all along stipulated as the only
justification for such a step, namely—
general consent of the nation —now
had been obtained, as proved by the
speeches delivered in the house of
commons when a bill, providing for
the extension of military service, was
introduced by Walter Hume Long,
president of the local government
board, and later was withdrawn.
Mr. Asquith added that the minis
ters agreed that the needful men could
not be obtained by the existing ma
chinery, but that they were available
and could really be spared from the
industries essential for the success
ful prosecution of the war. Having
given interesting details of the na
tion’s success in its prodigious effort
in raising 5,000,000 men for the army
and navy, the premier expressed con
fidence that the bill proposed would
end, once for all, the prolonged con
troversy and, in a general statement
of the war situation, challenged the
house to indicate if the government
had lost the country’s confidence.
Belgian Aid Ships Meet With Disaster
London. —Two steamers under char
ter by the American commission for
relief in Belgium, have met with mis
haps at sea The British steamer
Hendonhall has been sunk and the
Swedish steamer Fridland has been
damaged and is being towed into
Blackdeep, at the mouth of the river
Thames. Both vessels sailed from
Portland, Maine, for Rotterdam with
relief supplies for the Belgians. The
Fridland has on board seven thousand
tons of wheat for the sufferers in
Belgium.
U. S. Stops The Jiminez Impeachment
Washington.—Rear Admiral Caper
ton has gone to Santo Domingo with
the cruiser Prairie and a strong force
of marines to put a stop to the activ
ities of factional leaders seeking to
overthrow the Jiminez government.
He has orders to inform the men be
hind the impeachment proceedings
against President Jiminez that the
United States will not tolerate their
intrigues. Though framed to preserve
the appearance of legality, the im
peachment Is diagnosed by Washing
ton as a transparent device.
SI.OO A YEAR
STATE ITEMS
CONDENSED
Atlanta.—Several hundred delegates
met in Atlanta for the twenty-third
annual convention of the Air Brake
association. They came from all sec
tions of the United States.
Rome. —Nat S. Rich, of Summer
ville, has been appointed by the state
veterinarian as cattle inspector for
Chattooga and Walker counties, and
will at once assume his new duties.
Macon.—Five hundred members of
the Southeastern Bakers’ association
met in this city. This was the second
annual convention the bakers have
held, and it was an event long to be
remembered.
Augusta.—WTiat is believed to be the
heaviest hailstorm in many years fell
here shortly afternoon Sunday. The
storm lasted less than thirty minutes.
Streets and housetops were practically
covered by the hailstones.
Thomson.—A convention of the
schools of the tenth district high
school association was held here. Over
two hundred delegates represented
their respective schools and there
were several thousand visitors.
Americus. —The only county in the
stite to secure a malaria survey by
the public bureau health of the United
States government is Sumter. This
announcement was made known by
Congressman Charles S. Crisp, of the
third district.
Savannah. —One of the most import
ant meetings to be held in Savannah
this year will be the gathering of the
Georgia Society of Wardens and Road
Superintendents here from May 23
to 25. It i expected that this year’s
convention will be the largest ever
held. j
Waycross.—After one of the most
successful weeks known here since
the first Chautauqua five years ago
the Waycross Chautauqua came to a
close. Large crowds have attended
every entertainment and the Chautau
qua movement is stronger in the city
than ever.
Fort Valley. — Peach growers are
now making preparations to handle a
crop of 10 per cent larger than that
produced in 1915. It was thought at‘
one time that there would be a crop
that would equal the one of 1910, but
the cold wave that hit this section
recently killed 60 per cent of the ex
pected yield.
Brunswick.—lt was made known -
here that Robert Freeman, a Bruns
wick boy, who is in London, England,
through lack of a birth record or cer
tificate is unable to establish himself
to be an American and as a conse
quence may be drafted into the Eng
lish army and put into the trenches
at the western war front
Fort Oglethorpe.—The camp site
and the regular army officers and
men here are ready for the southern
military training camp. While busi
ness and professional men of the
South, who will go into training, will
be put through all the hard practice
the regular soldier is accustomed to,
they will not have to pitch their own
tents.
Moultrie. —Fish by the hundreds are
to be seen to be floating on the waters
of the Ocopilco creek, according to
Dr. Fletcher, county game warden.
He expressed the opinion that the
fish had been killed by lime which
had been placed in the stream at many
points. He is conducting a rigid in
vestigation and hopes to learn the
indentity of the parties responsible.
Atlanta. —Newsw as received in At
lanta of the death of Julia Force at
Milledgeville. She was the central
figure in a tragedy that stirred the
entire state in 1593, when she killed
her mother and two sisters following
family quarrels. She was judged in
sane. She was buried in the city
cemetery there in the lot of a former
matron of the hospital.
Atlanta. —The seventh annual ses
sion of grand opera in Atlanta was
the most brilliant Atlanta has ever
had from a standpoint of artistic
worth, and was the second best sea
son Atlanta has ever had. The 1916
season was exceeded in attendance
and receipts by the 1914 season, when
the attendance reached a total for the
week of 37,289, and the total receipts
ran to $95,000.
Macon. —In one of the most sensa
tional opinions ever handed down In
Georgia, Judge Emory Speer In the
United States district court for the
southern district of Georgia assumed
jurisdiction over the estate of the late
James M. Smith, the Oglethorpe coun
ty millionaire, holding the appoint
ment of the temporary administrator
of the estate appointed by Ordinary
Bacon of Oglethorpe county to be null
and void.
Lyerly.—Although a small per cent
of the strawberry crop has been ship
ped, from now on will be the busy
time with the strawberry growers
of this section. While there is not halt
the acreage in berries there waa sev
eral years ago, there are a number of
fine farms that will produce thousands
of dollars’ worth of berries this year
and the crop is just beginning to move.
The berries are bringing a very fancy
price and there is a good demand for
the fruit
