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. VOLUME VI. “NUMBER 8.
* Eloutn Mombersh BF Crew Also Kidled
- When British Horse Transport Russian
Was Sent To Bottom of Sea.
" ‘There ‘Were 69 White Americans And
22 Negro Americans On
e Stricken Vessel
. London.—Seventeen American mule
"' teers have been killed and eleven of
' ‘the crew of the British horse trans
“port ship Russian, which was sunk
by a submarine in the Mediterranean
“December 14.
The British admiralty makes the an
nouncement that the empty westbound
" British horse transport ship Russian
was sunk by a submarine in the Med
iterranean on the 14th of December.
Bleven of her crew were killed, in
cluding the chief officer, the first of
ficer and the second officer. Also sev
enteen American multeers were- kill
ed. - Their names have been communi
cated to the American consul, the re
port adds. ?
; Newport News—There were ninety
one Americans on the British stock
transport Russian, reported sunk in_
.~ the Mediterranean on December 14
i< by a submarine. Sixty-eight of them
“"were white cattlemen and twenty-two
> were negroes. In addition there was
. & veterinary surgeon, Dr. E. A, Car
penter,
: The Russian, foermerly the Victorian,
. was in command of Capt. James Dick
ingon, one of the oldest Leyland line 1
masters, and was said to have carried
no armament when she sailed from |
this port on November 16. The home ‘
addresses of the Americans on the
Russian could not be obtained here.
Washington.—The transport Russian
referred to probably is the British’
steamer of that name, which sailed
from Newport News November 16 for
Alexandria, Egypt, which would be
about due to return. ' Her net‘tonnage
was 5,753.
- WASHINGTON MAY VOTE ON |
THE PROHIBITION QUESTION ‘
" - Advocates Os Underwood’s Referen
“ . dum’ Amendment Say It Will |
(bt :Be Adopted I
; Washington.—Senator Underwood’s
amendment to the District of Colum
‘bia prohibition bill; providing for a ref
erendum to the citizens of the District,
was -debated at length by the senate
witl_mut reaching a vote. . Proponents
of the referendum believe they have
sufficient votes to carry it through by
...a close margin.
_-"While the District measure was un
der " discussion on the floor the judi
ciary committee ‘called a special meet
- ing for December 21 to vote on report
ing the joint resolution proposing a
" constitutional amendment forbidding
throughout the United States the man
ufacture or-sale of any kinds of alco
holic, malt or spirituous liguers. The
friends of the proposed: amendment
say:it can be brought -out of commit
tee if a majority will, ‘attend the
“meeting. A ‘house committee already
has favorably reported such a resolu
. tion, ; 7
‘Meanwhile interest in Washington
~ centers mostly in the referendum al:
lowing the citizenswof, the District of
- Columbla to give expression of their
. sentiment regarding prohibition for
. the District.” It is believed the Dis
trict, will vote ‘prohibition by an over
whelming vote. :
People Advised To Study Animals ‘
“Washington.—The - public health ‘
health service which has been gather
ing statistics on hervous diseases and
their tendency to shorten life issues
" this bulletin: “So far as is known, no
' . bird ever tried to build more nests
__ than its neighbor; no fox ever fretted I
“‘becanse he had only one hole in which
'to hide; no squirrel ever died of anx- ‘
- jety lest he should not lay by enough
. muts' for two winters instead of for
£ one, and no dog has ever lost any-steep
_© over the fact that he .did not_have
i enough bones - laid- aside for, his ‘de
glining years.” . -e
. With, &gipl ‘Cord Severed Béy Lives
' Rome, 6a.—The.condition of Holmes
. Smith) Jr, the eight-year-old boy acci:
. dentally shot with a _22-caliber rifle,
18 unchanged. ~The ‘boy is still alive
. despite the fact that his spinal cord
_ was severéd by, the bullét. It has been
ascertained that; .the' rifle which the
child was' playing with at the.time
* wag not in the hands of another boy,
but was in some leaves ori the ground,
and one of the boy's playmates trip
. ‘ped. over it, causingit to be dis
' charged, resulting in’ the’ injury of
¢ /'v’m‘lvs{mn’h_‘ YAy ‘\ix‘ R S,
@he Tulletin
.
FRENGH GAIN OVER GERMANS
Erench Forces Win Positions Between
‘ii The Meuse And Woevre Rivers
e North 'Of Doumont
R s Ll
Paris.—TFrench troops again have
made an effective thrust in the Verdun
region. X ’
Striking at the German positions be
{ween the Meuse and Woevre rivers,
‘north of Douamont and north-north
east of the fortress, along a front of
'about six miles, the French forced
back the soldiers of the German crown
prince for a distance of almost two
miles. More than seventy-five hundred
prisoners and numerous guns were
taken from the Germans, Paris an
nounces.
In its latest official communication,
the German war office admitted that
“advantages” had been obtained 'in
this region by the attackers.
Buzeu, an important railway center
northeast of Bucharest and an excel
lent base from which to begin opera
tions in Moldavia, has been captured
by the Austro-Germans. The retreat
ing Russians and Roumanians are re
ported to be burning villages behind
them. Four thousand additional pris
oners have been taken by Field Mar
shal von Mackensen’s army.
Simultaneously with the taking of
Buzeu, the Austro-German Danube
army and the Bulgarians have begun
an offensive in Dobrudja.-The Russians
and Roumanians, Berlin states, have
evacuated their positions under the
pressure exerted by the advance in
Great Wallachia.
British troops have taken the offen.
sive near Kut-El-Amara, in Mesopo
tamia, and Turkish positions on the
right bank of the Hai river, south of
Kut-El-Amara _have been taken, Lon
don announces.
GERMAN PEACE PROPOSALS
FORWARDED TRIPLE ENTENTE
President Decided To Transmit Notesg
Without Making Any Comment
Whatever
Washington.—President Wilson de
cided that the notes of the central
powers. proposing a discussion of
peace to the entente allies will be
sent forward by the American govern
ment acting as intermediary: without
any ‘accompanying mediation offer of
its own. He has not determined wheth
er any action in behalf of peace will
be taken later by the United States
on its own account, but is holding him
self in readiness to serve in any way
possible toward bringing the warring
nations together. ’
The course to be pursued was made
known after the president had con
ferred with Secretary Lansing and
after a prolonged cabinet meeting. It
was stated that the delay in forward
ing the notes to the entente capitals
was due to the fact that the messages
received from Germany, Austria-Hun
gary and Turkey, identical in sub
stane, different slightly in phraseol
ogy as a result of different transla
tions.
Since the first note arrived, the one
from Germany, the president and his
closest advisers have been absorbed
in study of the situation created. The
Austrian note followed and the one
from-Turkey came later, too late to
be translated for the cabinet meet
ing. Those from Germany and Austria
have been gone over carefully by the
president and Secretary Lansing to
make certain of their meaning and so
that they may be sure to properly rep
resent the intent of the central pow
ers,
Volunteer System Declared Failure
‘Washington.—Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood and Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott,
speaking before the senate sub-com
mittee considering the universal mil
itary training bill, described the mob
ilization of the National Guard for
border service as a failure, and em
phasized the urgent necessity of aban
doning the volunteer system as the
nation’s reliance for defense.
LNy
Bills To Destroy Liquor Traffic
Washington.—Legislation aimed at
the destruction of the liquor traffic
continues to accumulate in congress,
as both houses are deluged with peti
tions from -all parts of the country,
| urging adoption of the national prohi
bition constitutional amendment and
passage of other anti-liquor measures,
inluding the Shepard bill to prohib
it the manufacture and sale of liquor
in the District of Columbia.
King Constantine Yields To Allies
London~~The Greek government
has accepted the ultimatum presented
‘hy-the entente allies, says a dispatch
from Athens. All Greek troops are
to"be withdrawn from Thessaly, ac
‘tording to the demands, and only a
'certain number of soldiers are to be
concentrated in Peloponnessus. The
demands sot reparation for the events
of December 1 and 2, when fighting
took place between entente landing
forces and QGreek troops, are to be
'formulated later. : )
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1916.
Senators Told That Such Contribution
By Americans To Nop-Combatants
Might Stop The War !
President Wilson Forwards Notes Os
The Central Powers To Tripie
Entente, Proposing Peace
‘Washington.—Frederick C. Walcott |
oof New York, who recently investiga.t-;
ed conditions in Poland and Belgium
for the Rockefeller foundation, told a
number of senators and representa
tives who met at the home of Miss
Mabel T. Boardman of the Red Cross,
that a fund of five hundred million
dollars collected in this country and
offered for relief of non-combatants in
Europe would be a powerful peace in
fluence at this time. He said such an
act would tend to create great pop
ular demonstrations for peace among
civilian populations of warring na
ticns because they would be anxious
for the assistance in rehabilitating
their homes and restoring normal liv
ing conditions.
‘With the forwarding of the notes
of the central powers proposing peace
negotiations the United States gov
ernment performezl its role of inter
- mediary and took the only immediaie
step contemplated by President Wil
son. Now every one in official and
diplomatic quarters here is awaiting
with profoundest interest some word
indicating what nature of replies may
be expected from the entente powers.
It is believed that the speech before
the British parliament to be made De
cember 19 by Premier Lloyd George
will set forth England’s attitude.
WILSON GIVES $2,500
TO PAY OFF DEFICIT
incurred By Democratic National Com.
mittee In Recent
Campaign
Washingion.—President Wilson is
the latest netable ‘contributor to the
fund being raised by popular subscrip
tion to pay off the deficit incurred by
the Demccratic national comimittee in
the recent campaign. Treasurer Wil
bur W. Marsh has just received from
him the following letier:
“My Dear Mr. Treasurer: I do not
want to be left out in the work of
paying the deficit in the campaign
which you and your associates are
working so unselfishly to make. good.
1 therefore beg that you wiil let me
contribute and take pleasure in en
closing my check for two thousand five
hundred dollars ($2,500).
“Cordially and sincerely,
(Signed) “WOODROW WILSON.
“Hon Wilbur W. Marsh,
“Treasurer Democratic - National
Committee,”
This is the president’s second con
tribution to the fund, he having sent
a check for a like amount six weeks
befcre the. election.
Treasurer Marsh and Chairman Mor
genthau of the finance committee of
the Democratic national committee are
greatly pleased by the number of do
nations received -— though most of
these are so small that they constitute
a sum far short of the total amount
still required—and by the fact that
thousands who. gave before election
seem to regard it a privilege to be
able to give again.
Radium Failure As Cure For Cancer
New York.—After exhaustive tests
upon rats, mice and guinea pigs, the
use of radium as a cure for cancer
and tumors has been found to be a
failure, according to the annual re
port of Dr. Francis Carter Wood, the
head of the Crocker cancer research
fund of Columbia university, made
public. For cases on which operation
is not possible radium is successful as
a palliatice only, the report states.
“It is unquestionably possible to pro
long life in a few instances,” Doctor
Wood says, “and to make the patients
more comfortable by the judicious and
intelligent employment of large quan
titles of radium. On the other hand
it is equally certain that the use of
small quantities, say 20 to 50 milli
grams of radium element, often re
sults in a rapid extension of the tu
mor so that the patient’s condilion is
worse than if he hadibeen left alone.”
Bark And Twelve Men Lost In Storm
New York.—The Brazilian bark
Nethtis, with twelve men on board,
wag lost during a snowstorm off Barne
gat, on the New Jersey coast, accord
ing to Captain Moroes, of the tug Gar
ibaldi, which arrived here. The Neth.
tis was in tow of the Garibaldi on
her way here from Maranham, Brazil,
to be converted into a steam vessel
The bark was lost, according to Cap
taln Moroes, through the breaking un
der the straln of the wind and high
seas of the chain tackle to which the
tow line was fasteneq,
Berlin- Also Claims That the Greeks
. Have Pierced The French
! Line
A g 1
‘Berlin —¥Fighting is in progress be- '
tween Greek regular troops and the 1‘
French, an overseas news agency an- |
nounces. 7 |
The news agency says the fighting ‘
is taking place north' of Katerina,
about 60 miles southwest of Saioniki,
and that the Greeks have a force of
five thousand men.
The town of Katerina has been cap
tured by the Greeks, the news agency
says, the French line of positions hav
ing been pierced. The Greeks are said
.to have taken up a line between Bor--
‘botzko and Katerina.
The situation in the region of Kate
rina has been somewhat obscure since
lzte November, when French and
,Greek royalist troops were reported to
be apparently on the point of a clash
over possession of the city. There has
been previous trouble there between
royalist and Venezelist forces, and
General Sarrail, the eniente comman
der, sent a French force to occupy
the town, presumably in the hope of
carrying out his purpose. to establish
a2 neutral zone along the frontier of
old Greece. On November 24 a news
agency dispatch from Athens reported
that the Greek royalists troops had
refused to evacuate Katerina and that
Gereral Sarrail had notified the Ath
ens government that unless they did
ihe “would be compelled to use force.
- No . further specific reports on condi
tions in the vicinity of Katerina have
been received, but since that time has
) occurred the fighting between the en
tente and Greek forces in Athens and
vicinity with concurrent reports that
Greece was assembling an army in the
interior to attack the ertente Salon
iki forces in the rear simultaneously
with assaults by the central powers
on the fighting front to the north in
Macedonia,
CANADA TORPEDO BOAT
LOST WITH ALL HANDS
‘“The Grilse Goes Down En Route From
Halifax To Bermuda
December 13
Halifax, N. S.—The entire crew of
'the Canidian torpedo hoat Grilse, con
sisting of forty-four men and a boy,
are believed to have been lost through
the sinking of the vessel in a gale
which swept this coast,
The Grilse, which was formerly the
vacht Winchester, owned in New
York, was the fastest boat of the Can
adian patrol fleet. She left here for
Bermuda and twenty-eight hours later
radio messages brought word that she
had been disabled by the storm and
was in need of immediate assistance.
This was followed in a few minutes
by a message from the Grilse saying
“now sinking.” Since then no word
of her has been received, although ves
sels dispatched to the rescue have
thoroughly searched the sea.
The minister of naval service an
ncunced that he teared the Grilse had
been lost with all hands. The posi
tion of the torpedo boat when last
heard from was seven miles off Little
Hope Light on the southern shore of
Nova Scotia, about half way between
}Lockeport and Port Mouton. Steam
ers which were sent to the aid of
the Grilse were unable to discover any
trace of the missing vessel
Powhatan Collides With Other Ship
Norfolk, Va.—The Merchants and
Miners' passenger steamer Powhatan
was so badly damaged that she had
’to be beached and four members of
her crew were seriously injured when
\ the liner collided with an unidentified
ivessel off Thimble Shoal bar.
Belgians Show Value Os Horse Meat
Washington—Reports to the Unit
ed States on food conditions abroad
say Belgian refugees have opened a
“horse slaughter house at Halifax, in
Yorkshire, and are teaching English
!workmen to eat horse meat,
}Roumanian Parliament To Meet Soon
Berlin.—A correspondent at Stock
' holm telegraphs that during the meet
‘ing of the last Roumanian crown
council it was resolved that the Rou
manian foreign office should be trans
ported to Petrograd, the other minis
ters for the present being established
lat Kiev. The Roumanian parliament,
it is reported, will meet at Petrograd.
King Ferdinand is said to have de
clared he would stay one week in Rus
sia and then go to England.
Germany Justifies Sinking Os Lanao
Washington.—A noté of explanation
from Germany in response to the in
quiry of the United States concerning
the sinking of the steamer Lanao on
Qctober 28 reached the state depart
ment through Charge Grew at Berlin.
It says the Lanao was sailing under
the British flag and was sunk by =a
submarine after provision for the safe
ty of her crew because she was cap
tured carrying contraband and could
not be taken into port. The only ques
tion at issue is whether the vessel
was under American registration.
German Peace Offer Dsnounced As Noose
‘To Strangie Allies---France And Rus
sia Take Same View.
FULL RESTITUTION REQUIRED
Premier Says German Chancellors !
Speech For Peace Was Really
Long Paean Os Victory
London.——fl‘he announcement in the
house of commons by David Lloyd
George, the new prime minister, that
the first act of his adminisiration was
the rejecticn of the proposal of the |
central powers for a peace conference,
constituted one of the most momen
tous scenes which the oldest parlia
mentary veterans had ever witnessed. ;
The new premier declared that be- ;
fore the allies could give favorable con- |
sideration {0 such an invitation theyi
must know that Germany was pre- |
pared to accede to the allies’ lerms.,%
giving ‘“‘complete restitution, full repa- |
rations and effectual guarantees” and ’
to enter a conference upon the invita
tion cf Germany, proclaiming herself;
victorious, without any knowledge of |
her proposals would be “putting ourl
heads into a noose with the end of the
rope in Germany's hands.” é
Mr. Lloyd George asserted that at |
the moment Germany was penning the |
note, assuring her convictions as rol
the rights of other nations, she \\'asi
dragging Belgians into slavery. He |
announced that the note presented
through Washington contained no pro
posals of terms, but was a paraphrase i
of Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg's ]
speech and that the allies had sepa
rately concluded to reject it, although
they had informally exchanged views
and would, within a few days. presenty
a joint reply. BES
Mr. Asquith, the former premier, see- |
onded Mr. Lloyd George's decisions
“with even stronger words. !
|SE A A ‘
‘ BOSTON BEOPLE VOTE
| T |
Vote In Favor Os License Was 33,
459 With 29,997 Against |
Local Option |
r—— |
Bosion.—Boston voted to con[inuei
the licensed sale of liguor after rhei
liveliest campaign o nthe liquor ques
tion that the ciiy has had in years.
The vote in favor of license was
53,459, with 29,997 against. Last year |
the vote for license was 46,115 and 31,- |
887 against. l
The total vote was the largest ever
cast here on the license question,
which overshadowed all other issues in
the campaign.
Women holding banners bearing pic
tures of small children and the words,
“Please Protect Us by Voting No Li
cense,” were stationed in the vicinity
of most of the polling booths. Motor
trucks and -brewery wagons carrving
printed appeals to vote “Yes" were
sent through the city by the license
forces.
RUSSIANS MUST MAKE
STAN DOR CROSS DANUBE
Only Artillery Actions Are Reported
From Other War Theaters—
Fighting In Carpathians
Berlin.—The Russian and Rouman
fan troops. who have been in retreat
before the Teutonic allies in Dobrudja
are now at a point where they must
either cross the Danube or make a
stand.
An official communication says that
in Dobrudja the Russians have re
treated past their newly fortified po
sitions in the north and that the Teu
tonic allies now are advancing toward
the lower Danube.
Attacks favorable to the Turks and
Bulgarians in the Struma region of
the Macedonian front are reported.
Reciprocal bombardments took place
along the British front in France and
also along the line in Belgium.
Girl Awarded $170,000 To Salve Heart
Pittsburg.-——Miss Nettie Richardson,
aged, 40, cashier of a hotel, was given
a verdict of $170,000 in her suit for
$500,000 for breach of promise against
Henry Deniston, aged 78, millionaire
recluse of Swissvale, a suburb.
Briand Attacked For Conduct Os Wa.
Paris.—Henry Berenger, senator for
Guadeloupe, in the senate, accused the
cabinet of weakness and dilatoriness,
and said the new ministry had only
brought abcut a change in personnel.
This was shown in the way in which
the war was being directed——the allies
had been unable to drive the Germans
beyond the frontier. The speaker re
proached the ministry with defeets in
the organization of the economic life
‘of the country and charged that there
had: been a lack of organization in the
production of war material,
SI.OO A YEAR
STATE ITEMS
CONDENSED
Quitman —Mrs. L. J. Harrell, 79
yvears of age, the daughter cf the late
Judge Isaac Johnson, of Marshallville,
died here.
Columbus.—A Southern railway pas
senger train. ran over Mrs., Maittie
Elizabeth Martin, 56 years of age,
while she was standing on the irack
on Sixth avenue talking to a friend.
She did not notice the train, which’
came around a curve. Part of her
right foot was cut off and her less
foot broken. She w#l recover.
Tifton.—Because they leave at
night the number of negroes going
north from Tifton and immediate vi
cinity i 3 not generally realized. Labor
agents have been very active in this
section all fall, but 66 cleverly have
they done their work that officers
have been unable to get a line om
them, For several weeks the daily
exodus, it is said, has ranged from
ten to twenty-five.
Columbus.—Seventy-iwo negroes ar
rived in Columbus from Chicago. Some
weeks ago they, with hundreds of oth
er negroes from this section, went
north to seek work at high wages.
Those who returned say that, while -
they got good money in Chicago, the
weather there is almost unbearably
cold, and living expenses are high.
Many of those who returned will ga
back to the farm.
Americus.—A short session of the
Sumter grand jury resulted in indict
ments being returned against J. W.
Dennard for cock-fighting and betting
on cocks and Allen Borch for the same
two charges. The indictments aliege
the violations were made on Thanks
giving day in this county. Dennard
is said o be from Pineview, Ga., and
Boorch from Hawkinsville, both white
men,
Decatur.—DeKalb superior court is
ibeing extended over the regular term,
:which closed December 15, till the De
;’ cember 23 in order to clear the docket.
Charlie Loyd, a negro, who made a
spectacular escapes rom the superior
{ court room by jumping through a sec
- ond-story window, has been captured
!and pleaded guilty to the charge of
barglary. He was sentenced to tem
f,\'ears in the chaingang. The charge
against him was burglary.
Brunswick.—Plans fcr the erection
of a 5800-ton dry dock in Brunswick
were made at a meeting of the offi
cers and directors of the Brunswick
Marine Construction corporation here.
Ailanta.—Anxious to be married in
Dixie, Roy Butler, a former Atlantian,
brouhgt his fiancee, Miss Gertrudg
Richey, all the way from Boston te
this city to have the Gordian knot ce
mented, the tying of which was ae
complished by Judge J. Coy Pearce.
Atlanta.—A number of new faces
will be seen on the police board at
their first meeting in January, aad
there is a likelihood of more changes
in the board March 1, when terms of
several commissioners expire. Rumors
are abroad to the effect that James L.
Beavers, ex-chief of police, will be giv
en a new trial by the police bsard and
that the new members will favor re
instating him as chief. It is reported,
however, that Beavers will resign im
mediately upon reinstatement and
another man— a Beaver's man—will
be elected to fill the place of chief, and
that present Chief of Police W. H.
Mayo will be made chief of detectives.
Americus.—Monday, January 8, the
date set for the first trial of the six
defendants charged with the murder
of Walter Wade near Americus om
August 17, conflicts with the city
court of Americus, which is scheduled
to convene on the first Monday in Jan
uary. Judge W. M. Harper, of the
city court will convene at the time
stipulated by law, but that he does
not know yet what provision he wili
make for business during the week al
lowed before the Wade cases are call
ed. The public interest mainly hinges
‘on the array of counsel wßich is being
gathered in the case. Already there
are fourteen lawyers announced as
connected with the case. For the state
there are Solicitor Jule Felton, J. A,
‘Hixon and Harry Hawkins.
Fitzgerald.—F. A. Greenway was
killed and W. T. Hinson and Mr. Me-
Gahee were seriously injured when
the car driven by Hinson ran inte
Dodd’s delivery wagon at the Shewri
dan street railway cross. The car,
front seat and Greenway and McGahee
with Hinson and Elbert Smith on the
rear seat, slowed down to make
the crossing. As the car light was
dim, the occupants of the car did not
‘see the wagon approaching on the oth
er side of the tracks. The driver of
the wagon did not see the car, but his
‘mule, when the car lights flashed np,
‘was startled and whirled aroung,
throwing the wagon directly in front
of the car. Hinson turned sharply te
the right to avoid a collision and the .
lm turned turtle, sending Hinson and
Smith under the car and throwing
Greenway and McGahee some distance
away. Greenway, whose neck was '
broken, lived about an hour. g