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VOLUME V. NUMBER 30.
HARD FIGHTING IN
ALL WAR ZONES
Vienna And Berlin Claim The Italians Are
Being Driven Back And That The
Austrians Cross Frontier »
FRENCH GAINSAY VERDUN
'Germans Have Been Forced From
Greater Part Os Fort Douaumont
And West Of.Le Mort Homme
London.—Hard fighting is in prog
ress between the Austrians and Ital
ians in the Tyrol, the French and the.
Germans in the region of Verdun and
the Germans and British around La
Bassee. The great offensive of the
Austrians against the Italians in south
ern Tyrol continues unabated and at
several points the Austrians seem to
be gradually throwing back the Ital
ians toward their own territory. To
the Southeast of Trent, on the. Lavar
ene plateau, Vienna says the Italians
have been dislodged from all their po
sitions, and now adds that the Aus
trians have captured Fimp, 'Mandri
elo and the height immediately west
of the frontier from the summit as
far as the Astach (Astico valley. The
Austrians for their offensive, accord
ing to Rome advices, have been heav
ily reinforced in men and guns. Since
the beginning of the offensive, Vienna
.asserts, more than twenty-four thou
sand men have been taken prisoners
and 172- cannon have been captured
by the Austrians.
French Penetrate Fort Douaumont
In the region of Verdun both the
French and Germans claim successes
for their arms at various poipts. An
Interesting point in the latest French
i official communication is the state
ment that the French have penertated
Fort Douaumont, northeast of Ver
dun, which the Germans stormed and
captured February 25, four days after
» the commencement of the assault on
4 Verdun, and from which all attempts
i to drive them out proved futile. -The
Germans, however, still hol<s the
northern part of Fort DouaumOiit.
Germans Smash At British Line
Heavy losses in men were suffered
by the British when the Germans jfhok
trenches from them over a front of
about a mile and a quarter near Gi
venchy-en-Gohelle and in counter at
tacks to ' regain them, according to
Berlin. A
British And Russian Situation
The situation generally on the Rus
sian front remains unchanged. The
British operating against the Turks m
Mesopotamia gradually are drawing
nearer Kut-el-Amara, where a large
number of their officers and men who
recently surrendered are still being
beld captive. The British, who have
been reinforced by Russian cavalry,
now have reached the region immedi
•ately south of Kut-el-Amara. with the
intervening territory between them
and their objective clear of Turks, ex
cept for some small rear guards near
the junction of the Shatt. ’
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DOMINGO IN CONTROL
OF AMERICAN MARINES
Admiral Caperton Distributes Force
To Various Points In The
Republic
Washington.—Rear Admiral Caper
ton at San Domingo is taking steps
to distribute his landing force of the
American marines to various points in
the little republic, and before they
are withdrawn some arrangement will
probably be effected through which the
American, officers will be placed in
charge of the native constabulary. The
broadening out of the marine patrol,
•officials indicated, is a step prelimi
.nary to establishment of a policing
system similar to that recently inaug
urated in Haiti.
Native Troops To Be Reorganized
A complete reorganization of the
native troops is contemplated, and
congress probably will be asked to
pass a bill authorizing the navy and
marine officers to serve under the
Dominican government as officers of
the constabulary. American Minister
Russell reported that the marines will
soon be distributed to strategic points
in the republic, and said he had . re
ceived many requests for such action
in protection of American interbs.ts.
United States warships already are
•stationed at all the important ports.
Lynch Death Sentence Commuted
London. —Official confirmation was
obtained of the reports that a sen
tence of ten years in prison has been
given In the case of Jeremiah C.
Lynch, an American citizen charged
with having participated in the Irish
rebellion. The American embassy re
ceived this information from the mili
tary authorities. Lynch was original
ly sentenced to death. The British
military authority commuted the death
sentence to ten years’ imprisonment,
after consideration of a request from
the United States.
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AUSTRIANS ATTACK ITALIANS
VIENNA CLAIMS CAPTURE OF
MANY OFFICERS, MEN
AND GUNS
Rome Admits Retirement At Some
Points, But Claj-ms That Aus-
trian Attacks Were Checked
London.—From the Tonale pass re
gion, in western Trentino, to Mpnfal
cone, a short distance from the. head
of the Gulf of Trieste, the Austrians
are vigorously on the offensive against
the Italians. In Tyrol to the south of
Trent heavy infantry attacks to the
east of the Adige river have forced
the Italians against to abandon some
of their advanced positions and result
ed in the capture by the Austrians of
an aggregate of 141 officers and 6,200
men. In addition, thirteen guns and
seventeen machine guns were cap
tured.
Vienna says that qputh of Rovereto
the Austrians stormed Zegnatorta, but
Rome asserts that the five attacks
launched were put down with heavy
casualties, the bodies of numerous
dead- Austrians floating away in the
swift current of the Adige river. The
repulse of another Austrian attack in
the Sugana valley is also reported by
Rome. Along the remainder of the
front there were heavy artillery bom
bardments were here and there infan
try attacks. Bombing operations by
aviators on'both sides have taken
place against opposing positions.
ON TO WASHINGTON!
CRY OF VETERANS
Next Confederate Reunion To Be Held
In National Capital—Harrison
Elected Commander
Birmingham, Ala.—The desire of the
old Confederate soldiers to parade
down Pennsylvania avenue and be
reviewed by the president of the
United States led them to choose
Washington, D. C., for the 1917 re
union city at the closing business ses
sion of their reunion here.
At the election of officers Gen. G. P.
Harrison, commander of the Alabama
division of the United Confederate
Veterans, was elected commander-in
chief of the veterans, succeeding Gen
eral Bennett Young of Louisville, Ky„
who refused to permit his name to be
presented as a candidate for re-elec
tion.
Prince Von Buelow To Succed Jagow
Gendka, Switzerland. —French news
papers say that travelers who have
just arrived in Switzerland from Ber
lin have the impression that the res
ignation of^Clemens Delbmeck as
vice chance.SiH't and minister of the
interior wilt' be followed by the re
tirement of Gottlieb von Jagow, the
foreign minister. It is reported that
Prince von Buelow, former chancel
lor, will become foreign minister.
New U. S. Note To Great Britain
Washington.—President Wilson has
completed a note vigorously renewing
the protest of the United States to
Great Britain against interference
with American mails. Secretary Lan
sing and legal experts at the state de
partment made the original draft of
the note, and the president revised its
phraseology. It is made up largely of
legal arguments to meet the conten
tions of Great Britain in a memoran
dum, concurred in by France, present
ed to the state department several
weeks ago, .
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 193 6.
REPORT OF U. S. TREASURY
ADDITIONAL REVENUE NEEDED
FOR FISCAL YEAR LESS
THAN ESTIMATED
Only About One Hundred And Fifty
Million Dollars Will Have
To Be Provided
Washington.— Secretary McAdoo
submitted to Chairman Kitchin of the
house ways and means committee and
Chairman Simmons of the senate
finance committee revised estimates
of the governments receipts and ex
penditures for the remainder of the
current fiscal year and the fiscal yegr
ending June 30, 1917, tending to show
that much less new revenue will hate
to be raised to meet the bill for pre
paredness and other large contemplat
ed expenditures than had been -sup
posed.
Only about one hundred and fifty
million dollars in additional revenue
will have to he ‘provided during the
coming year, Mr. McAdoo, said. This
is less by seventy-five million dollars
than the most conservative members
of congress calculated at the outset
of the session would be needed. All
of the additional revenue will come
from taxes on incomes, inheritances
and munitions in accordance with a
plan approved by President Wilson.
Wilson.
News of the condition of the treas
ury came as a pleasant surprise to
members of the ways and means com
mittee, who have been pondering for
weeks on the framing of revenue meas
ures. A meeting of the Democratic
1 members of the committee quickly
followed the return of Mr. Kitchin
to the capital and later he announc
ed that the revenue raising plan would
be whipped into shape within a short
while,
$277,600 IS ALLOWED
FOR ATLANTA PRISON
$50,000 Os This Sum Goes For Build
ing And $227,600 For Regu-
lar Expenses
Washington. — Appropriations of
$16,800,000 for continuing construc
tion and operation of the Panama ca
nal and a fund of $4,535,000 for its for
tification are among the large items in
the sundry civil bill reported to the
house.
It authorizes construction of a dock
at Cristobal at a cost not exceeding
$1,500,000; appropriates $500,000 for a
government powder plant on a site to
be acquired by purchase, condemna
tion or gift, and authorizes facilities
at Rook Island arsenal for manufac
turing field artillery ammunition at a
1 total cost not to exceed $1,250,000.
For national military parks the bill
appropriates at Chickamauga and
Chattanooga $55,260; Shiloh, $25,800;
Vicksburg, $33,000; Gettysburg, $42,-
500; Fort Monroe, Va., $9,360 for
wharves, roads and, sewers.
Austrians Capture Italian Positions
London. —Under the heavy pound
ing of the Austrian artillery, Italian
1 forces have been compelled to with
draw frqjn portions of their lines in
the region of Trent, which had been
■ bombarded for three days. An offi
cial communication from Rome admits
the evacuation of the Zegnatorta posi
tion, in the Lagarinja valley, and the
upper Astico from Monte Maggio to
Sagliodaspio. The Italians, however,
have occupied further Austrian posi
tions in the Adamello zone, capturing
many prisoners.
MEXICANS ATTACK
AMERICANTROOPS
Detachment Os The Seventh Cavalry Is
Fired On Near The Town
Os Temosachio
TELEGRAPH LINES ARE CUT
Natives Are Being Told Americans
Are Being Chased From
Mexico
Field Headquarters, Mexico, Via
Wireless to Columbus, N. M.-—Troop
er of the Seventh cavalry were fired
upon near the town of Temosachio,
and one was wounded. The attack
is ascribed to bandits hiding under a
bridge near the town, which is a
few miles southeast of Madeira on
the Mexican Northwestern railroad/
A very small group of Mexicans i^
falling in behind the American col
umns as they move northward, al
ways keeping out of sight, but tell
ing the natives that they are chasing
the “gringoes” from Mexican soil.
They stop whenever the Americans
halt and hide or disarm if General
Pershing's then approach them. Two
suppositions are prevalent regarding
the identity of these men. One is
that they are Carranzistas trying to
give the American movement the ap
pearance of a retreat. The other is
that they are bandits seeking to an
noy the Americans by sniping. The
latter conjecture is regarded as the
more probable."
Indians Threaten Langhorne
Marathon, Texas. —Army officials at
this place- are investigating a report
brought from Boquillas by a truck
driver that Yaqui Indians were in
the rear of Major Langhorne’s cav
alry detachment and in a position to
threaten it. According to the truck
driver, who said he got his informa
tion from couriers sent „Lq the bor
der by the exbeSitionary forces, Colo
nel Sibley,' who was leading the ad
vance. out of- Mexico, has retraced his
steps in order to reinforce Langhorne.
Marauders cut the army telegraph
line between Marathon and the Mexi
can frontier in three.-places. Capt.
H. L. Evans of the army signal corps
brought a report here that he had
been told that upon receipt of some
information concerning a Yaqui move
ment toward the American border.
Colonel Sibley had turned back to the
interior and was preparing, if neces
sary, to reinforce Major Langhorne,
who was holding up the rear.
RUSSIANS JOIN BRITISH ON
THE TIGRIS RIVER BANKS
Effects Junction With General Gor
ringe’s Army Near Kut-el-
Amara
London. —The Russians have achiev
-ed in part one of their main object
ives in Asiatic Turkey—the joining
of hands with their British allies
fighting against the Turks on the Ti
gris river. Without preliminary an
nouncement and apparently quite un
expectedly, a force of Russian caval
ry, after a bold and adventurous ride,
has formed a junction with the Brit
ish general, Gorringe, on the right
bank of the Tigris, in the region of
Kut-el-Amara, where only recently a
British force under General Town
shend, after a long siege, was forced
to capitulate to the Turks.
How the Russians made their ad
vance —whether along the Tigris val
ley past Bagdad or down through
Persia, has not been made known.
Coincident with their arrival, how
ever, comes a report that the Turks
have evacuated Bethaiessa, their ad
vanced position on the right bank of
the Tigris, and also have lost to the
British their Dujaillam redoubt.
Petrograd also says the Russians
are keeping up their advance on Mo
sul. An official communicated issued
concerning the situation along the Ti
gris follows ’’General Lake reports
that on the 19th the enemy vacated
the Bethaiessa advanced position on
the right bank of the Tigris. General
Gorringe, following up the enemy, at
tacked and carried the Dujailam re
doubt. The enemy is still holding
the Sannayyat position on the left
bank of the river. A force of Rus
sian cavalry has joined General Gor
ringe after a bold and adventurous
ride.”
Nine Persons Killed. And 18 Hurt
Denison, Texas. —Nine persons
were killed and thirty-eight injured
at Kemp City, Okla., eight miles east
of Denison, and the town was badly
damaged by a tornedo which swept
a path three-quarters of a mile wide
and five miles long in the vicinity of
Kemp. Only three small dwelling re
main intact at Kemp. Twelve busi
ness houses and sixty residences at
Kemp. Only three small dwellings re
nine dead, eight were killed In the
town. Two children were among the
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ISTATE "ITEMS
CONDENSED
Eatonton. —The motorists and good
roads enthusiasts of Eatonton and
Putnam county have just perfected
the organization of an automobile
club.
Waycross.—The twentieth annual
convention of the Georgia branch of
King’s Daughters and Sons met in
Waycross. There was a large at
tendance.
Elberton.—Sheriff S. N. Hailey was
shot and killed by Arnold 'Worley in
the lobby of the courthouse. Worley
is a son of Judge J. N. Worley. Hai
ley was recently nominated to suc
ceed him as sheriff.
Atlanta. —The prison commission
has acted on the application for a par
don for Thomas Stripling, the well
known convict now at the state farm,
but the records have not been sent
to the office of the governor.
| Rome.—The Georgia grand chapter
i of the Order of the Eastern Star will
T convene in Rome May 30 and 31, and J
I several hundred officers and members I
I are expected. from every section of
the state.
Waycross.—Waycross was turned
over to pig club members, over five
hundred visitors being present to wit
ness the delivery of sixty thorough- |
bred pigs. The meeting was an open- j
air affair, presided over by V. L.
Stanton, president of the chamber of ■
commerce.
Savannah.—Members of the Savan- \
nah Volunteer Guards battalion left .
on the government boat General Jack- ■
son for Fort Screven, where they will
be encamped. For the nine days the
men will be in complete charge of the
heavy fortifications and will work ex
actly as regulars.
Atlanta.—For the first time in the
hstory of the Atlanta police depart
ment an entire “watch” patrolled the
cjty streets and failed to make a '
single case. At 4 o’clock in the after- i
noon the evening watch went on duty
and remained on duty .until midnight, i
Not one arrest was made during the
whole period. *
Rome. —Professor W. O. Connor,
for many years superintendent of the
School for the Deaf at Cave Springs,
and connected with the institution
for fifty-nine years, has been retired
from tie position of supe^lnten3rtis
and made superintendent emeritus for
life. The retirement was because of
Professor Connor’s advanced age, 74
years.
Atlanta. — Atlanta was thronged
May 23, 24 and 25 with hundreds of
delegates and visitors to the meeting
of the grand lodge of Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, the state grand
encampment and the state assembly
of the Daughters of Rebekah. Deco
rated in all its principal streets the
city presented much the picture it did
at the time of the famous Shriners’
convention here.
Atlanta. —It is announced that Lieut.
Robert Fay, recently convicted of plot
ting to blow up munition ships, will
come to Atlanta to start serving his
eight-year sentence in the federal pen
itentiary. Fay has abandoned his
plan to appeal. Walter Scholz, his
brother-in-law, also convicted, has al- I
ready been sent to Atlanta. Paul j
Daeche, the third man found guilty, I
has appealed, and is at liberty under
bail.
Athens.—Dr. Joseph S. Stewart, the
president of the Georgia State High
School Association, has announced
the entries for the state high school
meet in the following statement:
“The ninth annual state high school
meet in athletics and literary events,
by the winners in the twelve congres
sional district meets, will be held at
the University of Georgia, June 14, 15,
16, 1916. During the time the college
find high school teachers will hold
their annual conferences.”
Savannah. —The decision of Attor
neys Lawton and Cunningham, counsel
for the Central of Georgia railway,
in construing the Georgia prohibition
law contrary to the opinion of Attor
ney General Clifford Walker, hinges
the entire question on the little word
“or.” Lawion & Cunningham have ad
vised the traffic department of the
road to accept the shipment not only
one lot of the legal amount of any
one brand of liquor, but the legal I
amount of all three—vinous, malt or i
spiritous,
Thomasville.—To withdraw the cat- |
tie tick inspectors and. let the work
of cattle dipping go on as best it may
was what was decided upon by the
county commissioners at a special
meeting held by them. That the ma
jority of the people in the country
had demonstrated at the polls that
they did not approve of the plan that
had been put forth by the commission
ers to aid them in the dipping busi
ness, was what -was indicated by the
mass meeting held here and the vote
at the primary this week, was the con
clusion arrived at by the commission
ers and therefore the majority of them
voted that the financial aid in the
matter that had been extended by the
county be withdrawn.
81.00 A YEAR
CARRANZA MASSES
TROUPS ON BORDER
Orders Thirty Thousand Men South Os
Line Ostensibly To Extermi-
nate Bandits
SIBLEY EXPEDITION RETURNS
Mexicans Complain About Conduct .Os
United States Troops In The
Casas Grandes District
Washington.—The Carranza govern
ment has ordered 30,000 troops into
the region south of the border to ex
terminate bandits, according to infor
mation received at the state depart
ment. The new troop movements are
already in progress through Chihua
hua. the department’s advices state.
Officials were inclined to anticipate
। a further delay by General Carranza
in dispatching his new - note regarding
the border .situation. It has been as.-
sumed the note would in some meas
ure be a reply to representations sent
after the Glenn Springs and Boquillas
raids. The return of Colonel Sibley’s
i expedition across the border, after
penetrating 168 miles into Mexico on
the bandits’ trail, was expected to lead
; to some alterations in the Carranza
i communication.
( Secretary Baker said that the Sibley-
Langhorne expedition was not with-
, drawn upon orders from Washington.
Officials believe the American forc
es lost the “hot trail” of the bandits
who raided Glenn Springs and Boquil
las and retired because their officers
thought no good could be accomplish
ed by remaining across the border’
Mexican Complain About Soldiers
El Paso, Texas.—Complaint against
the action of American troops at As
: cension in the Casas Grandes district
was received by General Gavira in
I Juarez in a telegram from the mayor
i of the town.
The mayor charged the Americans
were committing depredations, these
consisting of throwing up fortifica
tions on the property they had occu
pied. He charged also that General
Pershing's men were coming into the
town in violation of the agreement
beyyeea .tjbe Carranza and Washing
ton governments. < - .
The attitude of the Americans, he
charged, was distinctly hostile <o the
Carranzistas, inasmuch as it was un
necessary, in view of Mexican co-op
eration, for them to fortify themselves.
General Gavira transmitted the^
complaint to Gen.. Jacinto Trevino at '
Chihuahua.
The Carranza government will gf/nt
amnesty to Gen. Inez Salazar, who
recently evaded surveillance inf El ~
Paso and crossed the Rio Grande to
start another revolution, if Salazar
will agree to surrender himself in -
Juarez, General Gavira said. Salazar
is hiding near Sabinal, near Guzman?
$1,500,000,000 VOTED BY A
COMMONS TO CARRY ON WAR"
Eleventh Credit By Great Britain Is
a Total Os $11,910,000,000 Sine*.
Opening Os War
London.—ln moving the vote ^f
credit for 309,000,000 pounds sterling
as had been forecast .fti the house oC
commons. Premier Asquith commented
that this was the eleventh vote sifiee
the beginning of the war. and the sec- .
ond for the current financial year. The ■
total granted this year, he added, was
therefore six hundred million pounds' ~
sterling, making a grand total of two
billion two hundred and eighty-two
million pounds sterling.
In proposing the vote of credit. Pre
mier Asquith gave an account of some
detail of the government’s, recent fi
nancial operations. He took up the pe
riod between April 1 and May 20, say-4
ing the actual outlay during those fifty
days was two hundred and forty-one
million pounds sterling.
Expenditures for rhe army, navy and
for munitions accounted for one hun
dred and forty-nine million pounds
sterling, loans to allies and dominions
for seventy-four and a half million
pounds sterling and outlay for food —
i supplies, railways and miscellaneous
I items seventeen and a half million
I pounds sterling.
The^-i average expenditure for' the
; army, the navy and for munitions, Mr. •
Asquith continued, was just under
three million pounds sterling daily.
War Makes New York Busiest Port
Washington.—War trade has made
New York within the year the world’s
busiest port. The American city has .
exceeded by $200,000,000 London’s an
nual .import qnd export business. New
York’s combined exports and imports,
figures prepared at the department of
commerce, showed a total of $2,125,-’
000,000. Exports are put fit $1,194,-* ,
000,^00 and imports at $931,000,000.
•London’s imports were larger, at sl,- -
252,000,000. but her exports amounted
to only- ‘ $696,000i000,. ( Hamburg,” Ant
werp, ’Liverpool‘follow, in’iofder. ’
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