The bulletin. (Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Ga.) 191?-19??, September 15, 1916, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME V. NUMBER 46, REPUBLICANS WIN MAINE ELECTION fleet Governor, Two 11. S. Senators, Four Congressmen And Gain The Legislature GAIN IN COUNTY OFFICES Democratic Leaders Assert That Re sult Means President Wilson Is Upheld Portland, Maine. —Maine Republi cans, reinforced by returning Progres sives, won a victory at the election held in this state. They elected a governor, an auditor, two United States senators and four representa tives in congress and wrested control of the state house of representatives from the Democrats. They will be able, bn a joint vote of the legislature, to elect the other state officers not chosen by popular vote. Carl E. Milliken led his ticket, de feating Gov. Oakley C. Curtis, who sought re-election, by a plurality of approximately 13,000. United States Senator Charles F. Johnson, whose wide personal popular ity had given the Democrats great hope of his return, was defeated by Frederick Hale, son of the ex-senator, by approximately 9,500 votes. For the short term seat in the senate, former Gov. Bert M. Fernald defeated Ken neth C. M. Sills, dean of Bowdoin col lege, by 12,000. L. B. Goodall won from L. A. Ste wens in the First congressional dis trict by 3,000. Congressman John A. Peters retained his seat, defeating John E. Bunker in the Third district by 4,000. Ira G. Hersey defeated Leon ard A Pierce in the Fourth district by 5,000. The closest fight was for congress from the Second district, where Rep resentative Daniel J. McGillicuddy twas defeated by Wallace H. White, Jr., by 500 plurality. United States Senator-elect Freder ick Hale sent a telegram to Charles E- Hughes, who had shared in the campaign, claiming that the vote was an indorsement of Hughes’ candidacy for the presidency. Governor Curtis issued a statement asserting that anything less than a Republican plurality of fifteen thou sand would indicate that the people of Maine wished to uphold the presi dent. The Progressives, who two years ago cast 18,226 votes, returned large ly to the Republican party in the opin ion of Republican leaders. BRIDGE SPAN COLLAPSES AND MANY WORKMEN PERISH Center Span Os Great Bridge At Que bec Tumbles While Being Put Into Place Quebec. —With the loss of eleven lives, the second attempt to bridge the St. Lawrence river here resulted in a, failure when the massive center span, weighing 5,100 tons, sudednly •collapsed and fell into the river. Os nearly 90 men caught on the span when it began to sway, all were res cued except eleven, and of these only four bodies have been found. The span was being raised from pon toons and was about fifteen feet above the water when from some unknown cause it collapsed and sank into the Tiver, which is 200 feet deep at this place. After the pontoons reached the al lotted place and were drawn by tugs, leaving the massive girder resting on hydraulic jacks, these had begun to raise the big span while the crowds shouted, thinking that they had seen the most Impressive ceremony of the bridge raising. The spectators be gan to leave when suddenly there was a roar of breaking steel and the span dived into the water. The ninety or more men who were on the span were thrown into the riv ■er and about sixty-five were rescued by pleasure craft. Nine years ago a similar accident at the same spot took a toll of seventy lives. The plans for the bridge provided for a channel span longer than that of any existing anywhere. Its contem plated length from shore to shore was 3,239 feet, with a distance of 1,800 feet between anchor buttresses. "War Encroaching On U. 8. Meat New York—The European war is encroaching seriously upon the meat supply of this country, according to figures made public by the foreign trade department of the National City bank. Nowithstanding the marked decrease In the number of food ani mals in the United States, exports of meat have trebled since the beginning of the war and on beef alone exports are greater by tenfold. The compila tion shows that exports of meat of all kinds amounted to 455,000,000 pounds in the fiscal year 1914. ©he gdWh RUSSIANS GAINING GRUUND BUCHAREST CLAIMS ATTACKS ON DOBRUDJA HAVE BEEN REPULSED Berlin Concedes Victory To The Rus sians in Galicia—4,soo Pris oners Are Taken Pari?. —In the Roumanian theater German and Bulgarian troops are still engaged with the Roumanians in the Dobrudja region. Berlin reports the capture of several Tutrakan works, to gether with their armored batteries. The Roumanians claim that they have retaken all the Dobrudja frontier east of the Danube between Bulgaria and Roumania. The towns of Islacx and Kalafat, on the Danube, have been bombarded by the Teutons. On the Macedonian front only bom bardments are in progress. In Albania the Italian advance has been stopped, says Berlin, and the Teutons have recaptured all positions taken from them recently east of Av lona. In Galicia on the front of the Zlota Lipa and Dniester rivers the Russians have driven the Teutonic allies from fortified positions and have taken 4,- 500 prisoners, among them about 2,- 000 Germans. Berlin concedes a vic tory to the Russians in this region. Violent fighting continues around Brzezany, southeast of Lemberg, but here Berlin says the Russians have suffered heavy losses and have made no advance. Russian attacks near Zbo row, northern Galicia, and in Vol hynia, also failed, according to Ber lin. Fighting is still going on in the Carpathians, where the Russians claim the capture of additional heights. The Russians in Turkish Armenia continue their progress against the Turks near Ognott, inflicting heavy casualties on them, according to Pe trograd. CARRYING AMERICANS, TWO VESSELS ARE SUNK There Were 28 U. S. Citizens on Steamer Kelvins—Washing- ton To Investigate Washington.—Sinking of two ves sels in the European war zone with Americans aboard was reported to the state department by American consular officers. The state depart ment will investigate both incidents to determine if American rights have been violated. There is no informa tion now at hand to indicate that either vessel was attacked illegally. A dispatch from Consul McCunn at .Glasgow announced that there were twenty-eight Americans on board the British steamer Kelvina when she was sunk by a mine or torpedo September 2, while bound from Newport News, Va., to Avonmouth and Glasgow. All of the Americans, muleteers, were res cued and are now in Glasgow. Consul Hurst at Barcelona, Spain, reported that two “presumable” Amer icans, James Andrews and Lon Bruce, were among the crew of the Italian sailing vessel Stella Delmare, which was sunk by a submarine off the Bal learic Islands on August 29. The mes sage did not statew hether the crew was saved nor give the addresses of the two members believed to be Amer ican citizens. The Danish steamship, Jeanne, of 1,178 tons gross, has been sunk, according to a dispatch from Weymouth. The captain and crew have been landed. The Jeanne was 232 feet long, and was built at New castle in 1906. She was owned at Copenhagen. Bakers Consider High Price Os Flour Chicago.—Three propositions to meet the advance in flour prices with which bakers say they are confront ed were discussed at a meeting of the executive committee of the National Association of Master Bakers. The propositions are: Confining bread pro duction to the 10c loaf, of weight con sistent with present price of flour and wheat, about 21 ounces. Increase of price of the 5c loaf to a profitable point, 6 or 7 cents. Golden State Limited Was Held Up Douglas, Ariz. —Westbound Golden State Limited train was held up at Apache station, forty miles east of here, by six masked men. The rob bers uncoupled the bagagge car and after a half hour’s futile attempt to blow the safe escaped on horses. No passengers were molested. West Virginia Bars Prohibition Party Charleston, W. Va.—The Prohibition party is not a political party in West Virginia and has no legal right to have its nominees for presidential electors certified by the secretary of state in order to be placed on the official ballot to be used at the gen eral election in November, according to an opinion rendered by Attorney General Lilly. The attorney general held that the prohibition party failed to poll for its candidates at least 5 per cent of the "entire vote at the last general election. IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1916. GERMANSCAPTURE STRONG FORTRESS Bulgar-German Drive Continues in Rou mania And Silistra is Taken On The Danube AUSTRIANS AKIN RETREAT Roumanians Reported To Have Loti Heavily When Bulgars And Ger mans Captured Turtukai London. —Continuing their advance in western Dobrudja, the German and Bulgarian forces have captured the old Bulgarian fortress- of Silistra, which lies on the eastern bank of the Danube, about twenty-five miles north east of Turtukai and sixty miles east of Bucharest, the capital of Rouma nia, and about an equal distance to the south of the Constanza-Bucharest railway line. The capture of the fort ress is announced by the Berlin war office, which adds that the Rouma nians and Russians fighting in Dobrud ja apparently have suffered very con siderable losses during the last few days of fighting. * In Banat, north of Orsova, how ever, the Roumanians are keeping up their advance against the Austrians, having compelled the Austrian right wing, after it had pushed them back two and half miles, to withdraw to its former position under a strong counter attack. Attempts by the Roumanians to ad vance against heights west of Ssik Szereda were repulsed. In southern Bukowina, near the junction of the Hungarian and Roumanian borders, the Germans are in contact with the Roumanians. Patrol engagements and bombard ments continue to feature the fighting on the Macedonian front. The Bulga rians, according to Paris, have been forced to abandon several trenches in the district east of Veterenik, while the British have shelled Jenikoi and Nevolyen and made a raid on the Dolran front. In Albania the Italians in the Av lona sector have taken with opposition several Austrian points of vantage. GERMAN CASUALTIES TOTAL 3,375,000 MEN 832,000 Os This Number Killed —The Naval-Colonial Casualties Not Included, However London. —German casualties in the war during the month of August, ac cording to a compilation here from the German casualty lists, totalled 240,- 900. This brings the German total since the beginning of the war, as compiled from the same sources, to 3,375,000. These figures include all the German nationalities, but do not include the naval and colonial casual ties. Detailed figures for the period of the war to the end of August, 1916: Killed 832,000 Prisoners .... 165,000 Missing .... 234,000 Wounded . . . .2,144,000 Robber Drops Box Containing $8,070 Martin’s Ferry, Ohio.—A box con taining $8,070, which was stolen when two men held up and fatally wounded Lee Ranking, paymaster for the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal compa ny, near here, was found by boys in a wood a few hundred yards from the scene of the robbery. The authori ties believe the robbers dropped the box in order to escape. Harry Bal dine of Bellaire, Ohio, who was ar rested as a suspect, was identified by Paul Pickens, chauffeur of the auto mobile in which the money was be ing carried, as one of the robbers, ac cording to the police. Urged To Withdraw From The Border Washington.—Pressure from politi cal and business quarters is being brought to bear upon Secretary Baker and administration officials generally to withdraw National Guard organiza tions from the border. Members of congress, business houses and friends and relatives of Guardsmen have del uged the department the last few days with requests for the release of the militia The department has inform ed all inquirers that action will be taken as soon as practicable. Over 50 U. S. Warships In Maneuvers Old Point Comfort, Va.—Fifty-odd dreadnaughts, pre-dreadnaughts, de ■stroyers and supply ships of the At lantic fleet steamed from Hampton Roads for the southern drill grounds off the Virginia capes to engage in what naval officers say will be the most important battle maneuvers and target practice ever held by the fleet. The preliminary drills and big gun firing were held last week and the ships have been (stripped down to actttal battle trim for the more stren uous work ahead of them. CONGRESS CLUSES SESSION MANY IMPORTANT MEASURES WERE ENACTED AT THIS SESSION Railroad Legislation To Dominate The Next Session Os Congress, Say The Leaders Washington.—Adjournment of the first session of the sixty-fourth con gress without a hitch in the plans of senate and house leaders was quick ly followed by a general exodus of members hastening homeward for rest or the national political campaign. While the closing saw the adminis tration legislative program mainly completed, some things wait to be continued at the winter session, nota bly the remainder of the president's program of railroad legislation which was partially enacted to prevent the threatened strike. The first session of the sixty-fourth congress just adjourned was concern ed chiefly with national defense. When the gavel fell, congress had directed reorganization and re-equip ment of the army and navy for de fense of the country at the unprece dented cost of $655,000,000 with au thorizations that will increase the to tal in three years to nearly $800,000,- 000. With all other expenditures, ap propriations were brought to the grand total of $1,637,583,682, the great est aggregate in the country’s history and exceeding that for the last fiscal year by more than half a billion dol lars. Expenditures, necessitated by pre paredness and the calling into action of military forces to meet the Mexi can emergency demanded revenue leg islation in the closing days of the ses sion. Congress responded by doubling the normal tax on incomes, creating an inheritance tax, munitions tax and miscellaneous excise taxes to raise $205,000,000 and by directing sale of $130,000,000 Panama canal bonds. Congress established a tariff com mission; a government shipping board to rehabilitate the American merchant marine; a workmen’s compensation commission tp administer a new uni form compensation law; a farm loan banking system; a child labor law ; enlarged the system of self-govern ment in the Philippines and enacted many other important laws which had been contemplated by the administra tion. The session was disturbed through out by frequently recurring threats of foreign complications from the Euro pean war and imminence at one time of a diplomatic break with Germany; interference with American mails and commerce, invasion of American soil and killing of Americans by Mexican bandits, and danger of actual war with Mexico. WAR HAS COST FRANCE 61,000,000,000 FRANCS And 8,347,000,000 Francs Will Be Ask. ed For The Last Quarter Os 1916 Paris.—Alexandre F. Ribot, the French minister of finance, announces that the appropriations committee of the chamber of deputies will intro duce a law authorizing a new national loan. M. Ribot, explaining to the appro priations committee of the chamber the requirements for the last quarter of 1916, amounting to 8,347,000,000 francs, said the totals for the differ ent periods of the war were: Five months of 1914, 7,000,000,000 francs; 1915, 22,000,000,000 francs; 1916, 32,000,000,000 francs. The finance minister said there was considerable difference beteween the sums appropriated and payments that were made because of delays in the deliverance of orders. The finance minister informed the committee confidentially in regard to the payments which France must make abroad and upon the arrange ments made with the British treasury and the Bank of England to maintain sterling exchange. Martial Law Rules At Greek Capital Athens. —Athens is virtually under martial law. Patrols of infantry and cavalry parade the streets and the entente legations are under strong guards. Fifteen hundred marines have been added to the garrison here on account of the uncertainty in re gard to the attitude of the troops. The excitement caused by army disaffec tions at Saloniki, however, is dying out. Great Battle Raging In Roumania Paris. —Roumania, which entered the European war less than two weeks ago, now is the scene of a great battle between Russo-Roumanian forces and armies of the central powers. The southern part of Dobrudja, or eastern Roumania, has become a fighting ground and the opposing armies are engaged from the Black sea to the Danube along a front of about seventy miles. Bulgarian and Turkish troops, advancing along the Black sea coast, have occupied Baltjik and two other seaports. HUGH DORSEY WINS GOVERNOR’S RACE Atlantan Carries Enough Counties To Insure His Nomination On Ths First Convention Ballot BIG POPULARVOTE POLLED Dr. Hardman And Pottle Received But Neglible Support—Hottest Fight In History Os State Atlanta. —Hugh M. Dorsey of Atlan ta, former solicitor general of Fulton county, will be the next governor of Georgia, having received both the popular vote and county-unit leader ship by a landslide vote in the Geor gia state Democratic primary. Gov. Nat E. Harris ran second. Dr. L. G. Hardman of Commerce and Joseph E. Pottle contested 'for the last place, each receiving only neglible support. The foregoing results show that Mr. Dorsey i= not only assured of the nomination on the first ballot in the convention, with plenty of votes to spare, but that he has piled up one of the largest popular votes ever ac corded a gubernatorial candidate in Georgia. It takes, however, but 191 votes in the convention to nominate, i which leaves him a margin of 69 votes in the light of the present returns. This race was won by Mr. Dorsey after one of the hottest gubernatorial campaigns which Georgia has ever seen. It had been confidently predicted by the Harris forces that Mr. Dorsey would not carry Fulton, his home county. Mr. Dorsey carried Fulton county by a majority of 1,483 votes against the entire field. North Georgia Solid For Dorsey Mr. Dorsey carried north Georgia practically solidly, and his support from the remainder of the state was disrupted only locally, where one or the other candidates, through life-long association or for other such intimate reasons, was particularly strong. In other words, the entire general sup port of the voters of the state has lined up behind Mr. Dorsey all but unanimously. Returns from the other counties indicate that few changes will be made in the present personnel of the statehouse officials, except, of course, the governorship. J.. D. Price, commissioner of agri culture, appears to be defeated for re election by J. J. Brown, although the race is so close on the face of it that a later count could easily reverse the now apparent result William A. Wright, for comptroller general; W. J. Speer, treasurer; M. L. Brittain, superintendent of schools ; R. E. Davison, prison commissioner; C. M. Candler and James A Perry, members of the state railroad com mission, are re-elected. Owing to the length of the ballots voted on in each county and the fact that there were fourteen candidates in the race for the three new judge ships of the court of appeals, nothing can be determined as to the result of that race yet. It is probable that all three nomi nations will be made by the conven tion. The three leaders out of forty seven counties from whom reports were received were W. Frank Jen kins, O. H. B. Bloodworth and Walter F. George. The convention votes ac credited to them by these counties were: Jenkins, 70; Bloodworth, 64; and George, 44. IMMENSE CROWDS CHEER RETURNS IN ATLANTA Thousands Os People Eagerly Awaited The Returns At Many Points Atlanta. —Thousands of people, eagerly awaiting the returts, crowd ed around the bulletin boards erected at several points before the election returns began to come in. Never in the history of the city had such a throng of people received election news. It was with great difficulty that way could be made for street cars and vehicle traffic through the crowd, while pedestrians passing that way found it necessary to go around through other streets to reach their destination. Hugh Dorsey Carries Home County Atlanta.—Hugh Dorsey carried Ful ton county in an exciting race by a majority of 1,483 over his three op ponents, Gov. Nat E. Harris, Joseph E. Pottle and Dr. L. G. Hardman. In terest in the race was intense throughout the county and early re ports from the country precincts showed that Dorsey had swept the county, coming into the city, carrying the fourteen country precincts. He carried all but tvo of the city pre cincts— SI.OO A YE AR _ STATE ITEMS CONDENSED Cornelia.—The dwelling of Virge Hunter was burned here. It caught from a defective stove flue and was burned to the ground before the fire company could get into action. Thomasville. —When two supposed hoboes were arrested and placed in the barracks, it was discovered that one of the pair belonged to the gen tler sex and was wearing male appa rel as a temporary disguise. Atlanta. —Governor Harris has signed the commission of Capt G. P. O’Keefe, who succeed the late Capt. E. J. Spratling of company F, Fifth regiment, now at Camp Harris, near Macon. • , Atlanta. —A good many letters and telegrams have come to the executive department asking considera tion of as many lawyers by the gover nor for appointment to the vacancy on the bench of the state supreme court. Atlanta.—According to order receiv ed by A O. Blalock, collector of inter nal revenue, from commisioner of internal revenue at Washington, D. C., schedules A and B of the war rev enue tax act, which became effective on December 1, 1914, ceased Sept. 1. Atlanta. —J. R. Hogan, former legis lator, political leader and progressive planter, died suddenly at his home at ' Agnes, Lincoln county. His death oc curred in the same locality in which Mr. Hogan was born, sixty-six years ago. Atlanta. —In the gathering of more than a score of representative busi ness men from all parts of the state In the interest of the state-wide land show to be held in January, those closely interested in the exhibit see the enlistment of the entire state in the movement. Macon.—The Lutheran church of Macon has purchased the Tabernacle Baptist church on Second street for $3,700, and after the first of the year will spend considerable money on im provements. The Lutherans have been organized only two years, but are growing fast Columbus. —Conservative estimates place the fire loss at the Bee Hive dry goods establishment, occurring, recently, of unknown origin, at some 40 per cent of a seventy thousand dol lar stock, or $28,000. It is believed the dropping of a cigar or cigarette might have caused the blaze. Fort Valley.—Beginning September 30, Fort Valley will take another step forward as free delivery of the city’s mail starts on that date. Postmaster Murray received a telegram from Con gressman Hughes stating that the ser vice had been secured and would be come effective on the 30th of this month. Douglas.—Mrs. Maggie Haskins was convicted of murdering her husband in a verdict returned here. The hus band, a preacher, was shot to death while asleep with his 8-year-old child at his home in May, 1915. The jury recommended mercy, and it is ex pected the sentence will be life im prisonment. Atlanta. —Will Armstrong, a trusty at the Fulton county jail, made his escape. F. H. Hart, who crawled out of a fourth story window of the jail laundry with Armstrong and who fell to the ground in attempting to follow the other man down a rope to the ground, is in too bruised a condition to make any statement about the mat ter to the jail authorities, but it is doubtful if he will say anything when he has fully recovered. Athens.—J. R. Clark of Franklin county, left the county jail after serv ing a remnant of 6 days on a sentence of thirty days for violating the inter nal revenue laws. He was found guilty some time ago, sentenced and allowed to go home and make a crop. He voluntarily came back when his time was up and began the sentence, only to hear in a few days of the birth of triplets, a boy and two girls, at his home. Augusta. —Increasing heaviness of Augusta bank clearings is evidence of the prosperity of the times. The clearing for the week, more than 100 per cent over the corresponding week in 1915. Last week’s clearings were $2,876,213.60, against $1,259,896. 22 for the same week last year. The clearings for last Wednesday reached the high water mark of the year for a single day, and were in excess of any one day in 1915. The clearings for last Wednesday amounted to $796,- 556.04 Augusta.— ls bankruptcy records of the United States court be taken as a barometer of trade conditions in the district in which it is located, it may be safely asserted that Augusta and nearby towns under the jurisdiction of thia court are experiencing a per iod of. unprecedented prosperity. The records in the office of the cleric of the United States court show that there has not been a pe tition in bankruptcy filed since the Ist of July, excepting. course, pro ceedings of a personal nature.