The bulletin. (Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Ga.) 191?-19??, July 28, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME V. 11. S. TO ACOUIRE DANISH MDS Negotiations For The Purchase Os The Danish West Indies Have Reached Definite Stage PRICE TO 8E~525,000,000 Danish West Indies Excellent For Na val Base and Coaling Station Washington.—Negotiations between •the United States and Denmark for the purchase of the Danish West Indies •are understood to have reached a defi nite stage where some important de velopment may come soon. While the purchase has not been concluded, there "Were indications that some of the more formidable barriers to an agreement had been removed, giving the negotia stions promise of a successful outcome. Denmark Anxious To, Sell The negotiations, a continuation of •conversations carried on unsuccessful ly in 1910 and 1911, were resumed sev •eral months ago. It is understood that □Denmark, feeling the pinch of war, de .sired to rid herself of the islands, not •only as a financial proposition, but to •eliminate one troublesome element in maintaining her neutrality. The United States in 1910 signified a willingness to buy, but the offer made by Den :mark then was withdrawn before any •conclusion was reached. Excellent Naval Base Lying near Porto Rico, the islands are said by naval officials here to possess excellent advantages as a na val base and coaling station. In the archipelago are the islands of St. ‘Thomas, St. Croix and St. John. The price offered by the United States in 1901 was $4,000,000, but it is un •derstood a much higher figure has been considered in the present nego tiations. U. S. To Pay Twenty-five Million A treaty for the purchase of the Danish West Indies by the United States has been negotiated between Denmark and the United States, ac •cording to a special cable dispatch from Copenhagen. The treaty, the dis jpatch says, will soon be submitted to ■the senate and to the Danish parlia :ment for approval. “If the treaty is ratified as it stands, the dispatch con tinues, “the United States will pay for the islands $25,000,000 and, in ad dition, will relinquish to Denmark the Tights of the United States in Green land. Greenland is a Danish posses sion and the rights which the United ."States will abandon are merely rights •of discovery. The United States will obtain from Denmark full possession of the islands of St. Thomas, St. John --and St. Croix or Santa Cruz, as. it is better known.” IFRENCH AIRMAN FLIES OVER THE GERMAN CAPITAL (Proclamations Were Dropped On Ber lin by Lieutenant Marchal —He Was Forced To Descend Paris, France. —Lieutenant Marchal •of the French aviation corps, last month left French soil and flew over the German capital, upon which he -dropped proclamations and then con tinued his flight, intending to land in the Russian lines. He was forced to descend, however, in Poland, and was taken prisoner by the Germans. French Not Killing Non-Combatants The proclamation dropped by Lieu- Itenant Marchal on Berlin stated that though it was possible, the aviator re frained from bombarding the open town and “thus kill the women and Innocent children.” Lieutenant Mar •chal made a continuous flight of about •eight hundred and seven miles, most •of which was traveled in darkness. Official Confirmation The official communication given •out telling of Aviator Marchal’s great •achievement said: "On June 20, 1916, at 9:30 o’clock in the evening, Sub- Lieutenant Marchal ascended at Nan - cy on board a Nieuport monoplane of a •special type, taking with him a sup ply of fuel sufficient to last fourteen hours. His mission was to cross Ger man at a low altitude in order to drop proclamations on the capital, Berlin, and then to descend in Russia. The mission was a success, except that he was captured by the Germans.” •Colquitt And Culberson Will Run Over Dallas, Texas. —Complete returns from 216 of the 253 counties in Texas from Democratic primary did not in any way change the leads maintained by former Gov. O. B. Colquitt and Sen ator C. A. Culberson for the United States senatorial nomination. The to tal was: Colquitt, 87,220; Culberson, 66,168; Dr. S. P. Brooks, from this place, had received 61,848. The lead in favor of the submission of a con . stitutional amendment for state-wide prohibition dwindled with that count to 1,857. NUMBER 39. TURKS TAKEJ^OO ITALIANS CONSTANTINOPLE REPORTS A GREAT VICTORY FOR THE TURKISH ARMY Fierce Fighting Takes Place In Africa Between Italians And Turks— Many Prisoners Taken Constantinople. — Turkish troops have inflicted a severe defeat on the Italians in Tripoli, capturing 6,000 men and 200 officers, besides capturing the towns of Misratah and Djejadid, according to an official an nouncement given out by the war of fice, which says: Attack Was a Surprise On the Euphrates sector Turkish volunteers and the flying columns made a successful surprise attack on an Italian camp and their communi cation line, capturing seven vessels fully laden with provisions. Accord ing to the latest advices from Rechad Pasha, he has defeated in the neigh borhood of Bassorah (Basra) English detachments and shot down and cap tured an English aeroplane. Turks Claim Success Against Russians Our operations against the Russians on the Persian front are developing in our favor. Reports of successful military operations against the Ital ians in Tripoli and against the Brit ish in western Egypt prove that Nuri Bey Pasha, who is directing the oper ations of the Ottoman volunteers in those regions is still alive and has fulfilled his task splendidly. 200 Officers Captured During his last engagement with the Italians in the neighborhood of Misratah (on the Mediterranean in Tripoli), which terminated in the de feat of the Italians, Nuri Bey Pasha captured 200 officers and 6,000 soldiers and twenty-four guns. Misratah and Djejadid are in the hands of the vol unteers. Between both places and the coast no Italians remain. In west ern Egypt Turkish volunteers have engaged in successful fighting, but no details are yet available.” RUSSIANS DRIVING THROUGH PASSES OF CARPATHIANS According To Report a Russian Force Is Threatening The Aus trian Rear London. —The Russian operations are again becoming interesting. Rus sian military critics dwell on what they describe as “the mechanical reg ularity” of the strategic and tactical blows dealt by Russia on her various fronts and the absence of any indi cations that the enemy forces are able tp effectively parry them. Russians Nearing Lemberg The recent Russian successes have brought them much nearer Vladimir- Volynski and Kovel and the German communications between Kovel and Lemberg are threatened by the Rus sian advance to Stoyanof and Sokai, preliminary to the investment of Lem berg. Russian Cavalry In Rear Os Austrians In Transylvania the Russians have obtained two important eastern passes in the Carpathians, Jablonitza and Kirlibaba, while they also hold com mand of the Delatyn-Budapest rail way. Their cavalry is moving in the rear of General Pflanzer’s forces be tween Kimpolung and Kuty and ap parently the invasion of Hungary has begun. Russians Busy in Asia Minor According to one report, a Russian force is already in Hungary, threat ening the Austrian rear in the moun tains. The Russian advance also con tinues successfully in Asia Minor, and it is reported from Rome that the Turks have again evacuated Kerman shah. No Sugar Dumping Wanted In Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica. —At a large at tended meeting of planters and others representing sugar and general agri cultural interests held here, resolu tions were passed urging the British home authorities to adopt measures at the end of the war for preventing the wholesale dumping of sugar pro duced in hostile countries. Paralysis Epidemic Shows Decline New Yokr. —A marked decline *""in the infantile paralysis epidemic was reported by the board of health, the figures for 24 hours, being 115 new cases and 23 deaths, as compared with 135 new cases and 39 deaths for the preceding 24-hour period. National Guards Get Good Treatment Washington.—The war department has issued a series of reports on the mobilization of the National Guard for border duty, all designed to re fute charges that the men have been improperly rationed and not given the best facilities available in their trip south. Secretary Baker is preparing a report to congress on the subject in response to a resolution adopted a few days ago. General Bliss, assist ant chief of staff, is Inspecting the en tire border force. His first report came by telegraph from Mission, Tex. Or Untied# IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1936. PROTEST AGAINST BRITISH BLACKLIST Washington To Take Retaliatory Meas ures Because Os Ban Put On American Firms ALARMS BRITISH FINANCIERS London Is Concerned Over Probable Action By The United States To Meet Blacklist Order Washington.—lndications that offi cials are considering the advisability of taking economic retaliatory meas ures against Great Britain for black listing nearly a hundred American firms and individuals under the trad ing with the enemy acts were appar ent in administration circles here. Definite conclusions and plans were said not to have developed, but it was intimated that action of that kind might be determined upon after the state department learned more of the plans of the British government. In the event of economic reprisals being decided on, the department of justice and the department of commerce, it was said, probably will develop means of effecting them. Sweden Forced Modification Sweden retaliated when Great Brit ain blacklisted Swedish business houses and individuals by refusing to permit shipments for Russia to pass through her territory, according to in formation received by the state de partment. The action is understood to have resulted in a modification by the British government of the black listing measures. England Will Probably Modify Order It was stated positively that the United States would take positive steps of some sort to prevent injury to American concerns through opera tion of the act. The official making this statement added, however, that he believed Great Britain would mod ify her stand without the necessity of resorting to retaliation. Officials said they had not heard of the protective union of commercial interests in neu tral countries described in reports from abroad. They expressed deep interest, however, suggesting that such a union might wield an enormous in fluence toward securing modification of the blacklist order. UNDER MENACE OF HEAVY ASSAULT, AUSTRIANS RETIRE Many Men And Guns Captured By Russians, Who Are Within Four Miles of Hungarian Border London.—The Austrians in the Car pathian region, threatened with a heavy Russian attack in tire district southeast of Tatarow, have withdrawn their forces toward the main ridge of the Carpathians, the Vienna war of fice announces. Petrograd reports the capture of additional men and guns in this region. Germans Disagree With Russ Report While unofficial advices from Petro grad give a report of a five-mile gain by the Russians in the Riga region, the Berlin war office says Russian at tempts to advance southeast of that city were broken, up by the Germans, as was also a maneuver in which the crossing of the Styr river in Volhynia was the objective. On the other hand, Petrograd asserts that the Germans attempted an attack on the Stokhod river in Volhynia, but were compelled to retire, and that an effort of the Germans to recapture lost positions near Smorgon, to the east of Vilna, proved futile. Italians Report Successes Fresh advances by the Italians against the Austrians in the Trentino and Dolomites sectors of the Austro- Italian theater are chronicled in the Rome official communication and further gains by the Russians against the Turks in the Black sea littoral and farther south near Erzingan are re ported by Petrograd. Body Os Riley In Indiana Capital Indianapolis.—The body of James Whitcomb Riley, the Indiana poet, who died unexpectedly at his home here, lay in state at the Indiana state cap ital from 3 p. m, until 9 p. m. The hours were fixed especially with the view of providing a time when the working people and children might view the body. No Trace Or Clue Os Bomb Thrower San Francisco.—A day spent in shadowing anarchist headquarters and Investigating rumors had brought to the police at night no tangible trace of the culprit who vented his feeling against national defense by timing a suit case bomb and leaving it on a crowded sidewalk to explode and kill six and wound more than two score spectators and participants in San Francisco’s preparedness parade. Os the score or more who were taken to the hospital, all but one have been re moved to their homes. FOOD SHORT IN FLOOD AREA AT A NUMBER OF PLACES IN NORTH CAROLINA THERE ARE FAMINE CONDITIONS Relief Committee Organized In a Num ber Os Cities To Help Sufferers Asheville, N. C. —With the south eastern floods virtually over, North Carolina citizens have turned to the work of relief and supplies of food and other necessities are flowing into devastated districts from half a doz en cities in the state. In addition, Representatives Page and Webb have called the war department's attention tq conditions in the Yadkin valley and Secretary Baker has ordered a report from district engineers, with the view of asking congress for authorization to extend help tb the sufferers, if federal action becomes necessary. Relief com mittees have been organized in sev eral cities. Food -Supplies Exhausted •Conditions are described as serious In Wilkes, Ashe and Wautauga coun ties, where many are said to be facing starvation. In North Wilkesboro a committee appointed by the mayor has sent out appeals for help. All food sup plies are said to be exhausted or great ly curtailed, and with roads and rail ways washed away the transportation problem is serious. The crops in Wilkes and adjoining counties are said to have been completely destroy ed by the high waters. Summer Vacationists Penned Up Flood victims in the Asheville dis trict are being provided with food from that city and wagon and motor trucks are leaving Charlotte at fre quent intervals with supplies. Ruth erfordton has sent wagon trains and pack horses, over the mountains, with food for 350 persons in the Chimney Rock and Bat Cave section. About one hundred tourists and summer va cationists are among those penned up in the hills. Appeals for outside help have been sent out from Rutherford ton. HANLY IS NAMED THE “DRY” CANDIDATE Dr. Ira Landrith Os Tennessee Nomi-'' nated For Vice President On First Ballot St. Paul, Minn.—J. Frank Hanly, former governor of Indiana, was nom inated for president, and Dr. Ira D. Landrith of Nashville for vice presi dent by the Prohibition national con vention. Dr. Landrith’s nomination was made unanimous after the vice presidential candidates had with drawn. Mr. Hanly’s nomination came on the first ballot and followed a num ber of hurried -conferences between advocates of the candidacy of Wil liam Sulzer, former governor of New York, and several brief demonstrations in the latter's behalf. Southern Man For Vice President The South was given representation on the ticket when it nominated Dr. Ira D. Landrith of Nashville, Tenn., for the second place. Mr. Hanly re ceived 440 votes as against 181 for Mr. Sulzer. Finley C. Hendrickson of Cumberland, Md., received 51 votes; James Gilbert Mason of New Jersey, 10; W. P. F. Ferguson of Penn sylvania, 4; Summer W. Haynes of Indiana, 2, and Henry Ford, Detroit, 1. A motion to make Mr. Hanly’s nomination unanimous was defeated when objections were offered by Eu gene W. Chafin of Arizona and a score of other delegates. 5 Enlisted Men Missing From Honolulu Honolulu, T. H. —The navy tug Nav ajo and the lighthouse tender Colum bine have abandoned search for the five enlisted men of the engineer corps from Fort Shafter who put to sea for a pleasure cruise in a 15-foot whale boat. The waters off Oahu, where the missing soldiers were cruising are in fested with sharks, and if the launch capsized, as the military authorities express fear that it did, the then would have had little chance of saving thejn selves. The whaleboat was equipped with auxiliary power, as well as sails. Negro Guardsmen Shot By Regulars San Antonio, Texas. —Four negro soldiers, members of the Eighth Illi nois National Guard, were shot by a squad of the provost guard of the Nineteenth regulars that had come to the rescue of a white man the soldiers were attacking near the militia camp. None was seriously injured, all the bullets striking in the legs. Mystery Shrouds Motive For Killing Alpine, Texas. —Mystery surrounds the motive of Harry J. Spannell, the manager of a local hotel, for shooting and killing his wife and Lieut. Col. M. C. Butler, of the Sixth United States cavalry, while the three were motoring. According to an announce ment from the county, Spannell, who surrendered himself immediately af ter the shooting, refused to discuss his case, and a thorough investiga tioh disclosed no apparent reason for the killing. There is much specula tion anent the killing. RUSSIANS WINNING ON VOLHYNIA LINE Berlin Officially Admits Reverses For The Forces Under Command Os Gen eral von Linsingen TURKS FLEEJN CAUCASUS Moslem Troops Abandon Guns And Munitions As Russians Move On Against Erzingan London.—The Russians continue to make progress against the Teutonic allies in the Volhynia district, send ing their troops across the Slonevke river notwithstanding the fire of the Teutons. One thousand prisoners and four cannon and five machine guns were taken in this region by the Rus sians. Berlin admits the penetration by the Russians of part of General von Linsingen’s first line trenches in Vcl hynia. In the Carpathian district the Austrians at several points attacked the Russian cavalry, but Petrograd says they were everywhere repulsed. The drive against the Turks in Ar menia is still going on, and, with the Russians at their heels, the Turks are fleeing, abandoning guns and muni tions along the roads. The Russians have thrown their advanced guards to within ten miles of Erzingan, in Central Armenia, and the Turks there are declared unofficially to be pre paring to withdraw from this forti fied town to a new base at Sivas, 130 miles to the west. Fierce Fighting On West Front Fierce fighting is still going on be tween the British and Germans in the Somme region of France, the men in their endeavors to press forward or hold back attacks frequently engaging in hand-to-hand combats. The British are tenaciously holding to the portions of the village of Pozieres from which they drove the Germans, and with j their artillery fire have repulsed there an attempt by the German infantry to regain possession of the northeastern portion of the village. VILLA'S INJURED LEG IS CAUSING HIM TORTURE Bandit Cries In Pain As He Flees Before Carranza Troops—De Facto Government Hot After Him Chihuahua City, Mexico.—General Trevino announces that he has receiv- i ed orders from General Carranza to I make every possible effort to pacify and rehabilitate northern Mexico. The first step, he added, would be the ex termination of Villa and his bandits and reports from General Ramos, in active command of the campaign in northern Durango, indicated that this was near completion. The dispatches say a heavily armed and well-mounted detachment has been detailed to capture the bandit leader, and that his scattered followers are being relentlessly pursued. It is stat ed that because of his recent hard rid ing Villa's injured leg is giving him great pain and that he cries out fre- | quently. No surgeon being available, i he has been forced to lance his wound I himself several times recently with rude knives. General Trevino issued a formal statement denying American reports that he has been summoned to Mex ico City, and that either Gen. Luis Herrera or Gen. Luis Caballeros has been appointed to supersede him. Shipments of ore have been resumed from the Santa Eulalia mines, about twenty miles east of Chihuahua City, and large forces of government troops have been sent to guard the camp. It it is the universal opinion that the resumption of these shipments will do much to relieve the distress manifest ed with the shutting down of indus trials plants, Gen. Jose Robles report ed on his arrival from Saltillo that conditions in that district have been quiet for some time. Salvation Army's Wealth $8,353,179 New York. —The Salvation Army’s wealth in the United States aggregates $8,353,179, its officers stated in peti tioning the supreme court in Brook lyn for permission to mortgage a piece of property. Real estate holdings amount to $6,846,051 and personal property is worth $1,507,128. Liabili ties are $4,256,637, of which nearly $1,500,000 is unsecured. “Island” To Be Cleared Os Bandits El Paso, Texas.—General Bell, com manding the El Paso military district, has received assurances from Gen. Francisco Gonzales, commanding in Juarez, that “the island” will be de populated by Mexican authorities to prevent a repetition of tha »ucent fir ing across the international line and possible chanee of conflict. American military authorities had pronounced the district, formed on the north side of the Rio Grande by a change in the river’s channel, a veritable nest of bandits. SI.OO A YEAR STATE ITEMS CONDENSED Marietta.—Alexander Ezzard, the negro indicted in connection with the land-grabbing scheme so widely pub lished, was convicted here of uttering forged papers in some of his land dealings. Macon. —A Montgomery bound pas senger train left the rails at’ Fitzpat rick, Ala. Engineer J. A. Young of this city was killed; Fireman Tom Wood of Eufaula, Ala., seriously in jured; six other persons were in jured. Rome. —The second annual convoca tion of the Seventh District Royal Arch Masonic Association will be held in Rome on Thursday, July 27. There are nineteen chapters in the district and representatives are expected from each of them. West Point.—The Lang cotton mill was sold to the highest bidder for $23,- 200 to Mr. Garsed for the firm of Alex ander & aGrsed for the firm of Alexan ander & Garsed of Charlotte, N. C. Lots adjoining and belonging to the mill were also sold and brought $1,200. Atlanta. —Atlanta was selected as the convention city in 1917 of the In ternational Association of Rotary Clubs by the new and retiring offi cers, who are empowered to make fee selection. Kansas City and Salt Lake City were also in the field for the next convention. Savananh.—The first bale of Georgy cotton sold in this market from the current now crop was auctioned off for 15% cents per pound—a new low rec ord for upwards of ten years. Many cotton men were in attendance at the sale, but few of them seemed anxious to buy cotton. .Rome. —Rome's city commission has decided to operate its new municipal building for theatrical purposes. Cecil Jones, a well-known young theatrical man, has been appointed as manager, and is now seeking contracts with stronger theatrical attractions, and ■ will make the dramatic season in Rome a notable one. Rome. —A meeting of -the farmers of Floyd county was called at the court house. The object of the meeting was to discuss the situation arising from the recent high waters, ascertain the damage done, and to decide what steps to take and what crops to plant. The question of applying for federal aid will also be discussed. Pelham. —Ned Sanders, colored, of the western part of Mitchell county, i brought to Pelham. July 21, and sold : Georgia’s first bale of new crop cot । ton. It classed middling, weighed 500 pounds, and was shipped by express to E. A. Cutts of Savannah. Ned Sanders marketed the first Georgia bale last season one day earlier. Commerce.—Mrs. Alien, wife of Henry C. Alien, was instantly killed by lightning during a heavy rain here. While looking after a brood of little chickens, holding an umbrella, she was the victim of an electrical shock which resulted in instant death. Her son standing nearby was knocked down and was unconscious for several hours. Albany.—ln the greatly swollen wa . versos Notchaway creek, Mrs. Zach ■ Chester was drowned at Hoggard’s mill. The stream is up so high that it is impossible to cross on any of the bridges, and Mrs. Chester and her 10- year-old daughter were being paddled across in a bateau by J. W. Metts. In midstream the boat capsized, Mrs. Chester drowning. Atlanta. —This session of the legisla ture has been served with more “liter ature” than any session in years. Not a day passes but that the desk of every member is decorated with some new form of “reading matter,” from a circular advertising a hog sale, which has been liberally “spread upon the desks” to various pleas in various forms “for the sake of humanity.” Attapulgus.—A southbound freight train on the Georgia, Florida and Ala bama railway was wrecked south of Jamieson, Fla., seven miles from here. A trestle gave way due to excessive rains. The engine and the six front cars passed safely over, but twelve loaded cars crashed through the tres tle, five being completely demolished. No lives were lost. Atlanta.—Agricultural Commissioner J. D. Price gave out a statement in which he estimates that the continual rains for the past few weeks have damaged the cotton crop of the state at least 35 per cent and the corn crop from 15 to 20 per cent. Mr. Price’s statement is based upon reports which he has received from all section of the state. Washington, D. C. —Complaints Lit regard to unfair trade practices and particularly of price discriminations between different cities and towns of Georgia have recently been submitted to the federal trade commission. Af ter a preliminary investigation the commission has decided that these cases are beyond its jurisdiction, as they do 'not involve interstate com merce.