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YOLUME VI. NUMBER 10,
'PEACE PLANS ARE l
Small Chance That Wilson Note Wil
. Hasten End Os War Unless Allies’
* Reply Opens The Door
- GERMAN PROPOSAL REJECTED
Allies Collectively Refuse To Con
.~ sider Overtures Designed
o To Bring Peace
5 |
-~ Washington, — President Wilson§
‘went to the capitol and discussed the
country’s affairs with Senator Stone,
‘chairman of the foreign relations com- |
mittee. Their talk covered a wide}
- ‘range, but it is understood that much
-of the time was devoted to the situa-|
.tion growing out of the unfavorable
entente reply to the peace proposals
0f the ceniral powers, which the pres-{
~ident had been studying during the
. day. : ‘
Aside from transmitting the entente
note to Germany and her allies, the
- United States will take no further for-f
~mal action in the peace mfi@ment at‘
, least until the entente governments
~ have replied to the communication of
. President Wilson addressed to them.
“Cable reports from Paris announc
ing that-the entente answer to Presi
_«dent Wilson had been prepared and
would be the same in effect as that
. to the belligerents did not increase
*hope here for a favorable outcome of
. the negotiations. It is known that the
German embassy believes that unless
the note to President Wilson opens
- the door for a further advance by its
- government, the war will go on an
_cher year at least.
S Peace Offer Turned Down
-~ Paris.—ln reply to the proffer of Ger
~many and her allies for a peace con
_ference the entente allies, in & collec
_tive note, declare that they “refuse
. 10 consider a proposal which is empty
.-and insincere.” The note was handed
- 1o the American ambassador, William
. Graves Sharp, by Premier Briand, and
. 'was made public sim:uitaneously da
_ London and ‘Paris. - .
The entente allied governments in
slst that nb’peace is possible so long
a8 they have not secured reparation
“ for violated rights and-liberties and
" the free existence of small states and
have nos brought about a settlement
-for the future security of the world.
'The note declares that the proposal
-of the central powers is not an offer
of peace, but a.“war maneuver.” It is
declared to be founded on “calculated{
misinterpretation of the character oq
. the struggle in the past, the present
and the future.”
DUAL GOVERNORSHIP
. FOR ARIZONA PEOPLE
Campbell Has Been Inaugurated, But
.. Governor Hunt Holds The .
Office ‘
i+ Phoenix,; Ariz,—Thomas E. Camp
- ‘bell’ (Rep.) was inaugurated ficyernor
-of Arizona January 1. There /were no
~inaugural ceremonies for Gov.G. W. P..
~ Hunt, incumbent, who claim§. the of:
fice, but when Governor - Campbell
~went to the executive offices fre found
. them lockeg.” :
‘¢~ Governor Campbell delivered his in
. augural address to a great crowd that
.. filled the capital grounds. There was
o gerfous disturbance.
. Immediately after his address, Gov
ernor Campbell proceeded to the ‘exec
utive -offices. He found a ¢eputy on
" guard there, who said becayse it was
a legal holiday he was under instruec
tiohs to admit no one. A formal de
mand- for admittance was made and
the govergor withdrew,
Governor Hunt left the capitol short
1y before Governor Campbell arrived,
‘declaring he would be at his desk the
-next day, Governor Campbeil announe
ed he considered the oath of office
‘he took December 30, 1916, before a
gotary public sufficient to entitle him
to the governorship. Therefore, he
had not Insisted on a formal ceremony
at the capitol. - :
Mandamus proceedings already have
-been commenced in the supreme court
" to compel Governor Hunt to relinguish:
the office of chief executive, '
The only statement administration!
~leaders would make was that Gover
“mor Hunt had been electeil and wonld
holdthe office, ..o . ¥
“Very mm_ y -Reécord . For . December
et down’ in weather history as the
" stormiest month sinc’q\mmxary and
‘Makeh; 1913, when the biy' floods oc
‘.ourred in/the Ohio valley. The weather
- bureau reported that six'severe storms
had Ewept in rapid succession across
5 ,’.’f'%&hfiui* raing
“early 1n the month aid -heavy wnows
Deaily.ev erywhere dater, setting' new
" December records m:nm:%‘nq:wd,
“&nocking out the propheties’ of weath:
7) I T¥y
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|NATIONAL BANK RESOURCES
They Now Aggregate $15,520,000,000, a l
$4,000,000,000 Increase In
. Two Years
Washingéon.—Resources of national
banks of the United States, Comptrol
ler Williams announces, have increas
ed more than four billion dollars dur
ing the past two years, and now ag
gregate fifteen billion five hundred and
twenty million dollars, exceeding by
about one billion dollars the total re
sources of the Bank of England, the
| Bank of France, the Bank of Russia,
the German Reichsbank, the Bank of
Italy, the Bank of Spain, the Bank
of The Netherlands, the Bank of Den
mark and the Imperial Bank of Ja
| pan combined.
| In a statement based upon returns
| from the last bank call, November 17,
{the comptroller calls attention to the
| fact that the increase has been at the
{rate of approximately eighteen per
|cent a year during the past two years
{as compared with six per cent a year
| for the ten-year period from 1904 to
11914, and that the total resources at
|present are more than double what
they were ten years ago. -
| “The compilation just completed of
| returng for the last bank call,” the
| comptroller’s statement reads, “dis
{closes a condition of strength, prog
|ress and growth Leyond all precedent.
| Resources of national banks onthe
date of the last call are greater than
|{the total resources of all reporting
4{state banks, savings banks, private
| banks and loan and trust companies
| throughout the Unijted States at the
|time of the inauguration of the fed
leral reserve system, about two years
| ago. z
| “It is also noteworthy that the re.
| sources of our national banks at this
| time exceeds by $321,000,000 the total
|rescurces of all the reporting bank-.
ing institutions in the United States,
including state banks, savings banks
and loan and trust companies and na
| tional banks as well as late as the year
11904.” _
| Twelve cities in which are to be lo
'| cated the federal farm loan banks
‘| have been announced by the farm loan
| board, and it is expectéd that within
| sixty days the new system will be in
| operatlon, ready to make the loans
'{ for--whiek applications already are
pouring in from every section of the
{ country.
| The banks will be set up in Spring
| field, Mass.; Baltimore, Md.; Columbia,
18. C.; New Orleans, La.; Houston, Tex
-las; St. Louis, Mo.; Louisville, Ky.;
| St. Paul, Minn.; Omaha, Neb.; Wichita,
| Kans.; Spokane, Wash., and Berkeley,
| California.
| Stock subscription books of the
| banks will be opened. It is expected,
{however, that the government will
| have to supply most of the $9,000,000
capital, under that section of the law
which empowers the secretary of the
treasury to make up the unsubscribed
stock.
METHODIST LEADERS
; CONSIDERING UNION
Joint Commission Meets In Baltimore.
Bishop Candler Heads South.
’ "~ ern Delegation
| Baltimore.—South Methodist mem
| bers of the joint commission on union
with. the Methodist Episcopal church
met here for organization, Bishop
Warren A. Candler of Atlanta was se
{lected as chairman, succeeding the
|late -Bishop AW. Wilson of Balti
| more: " i
The joint commission will begin its
| delibérations here in an ‘effort to agree
upon: & -definite " basis of corporate
| union ‘of the two bodies, representing
more than 6,300,000 members. 'On the
| commission are ten bishaps, twenty
| leading” laymen, from all sections of
the United States, 5 '
The meéting of the commission is
regarded as’ ranking almost with the
Baltimore Christmas conference of
1784, at which American Methodism
was born. :
10,000 Jack Rabibts Killed In Texas
Amarillo, Texas.—Reports concern
ing the Panhandle of Texas jack rabbit
drives held in a united effort to reduce
the cost of meat indicate that not less
than ten thousand jack rabbits have
been killed in the various drives. Here
|ford, - Texas, reported 1,000 rabbits
killed and sold to a Galveston broker
| age concern for shipment to New York.
Markets quoted here for dressed jack
rabbits* was eleven and a half cents
a pound. : fai
| Lot ‘Of Foodstuffs Exported Abroad
| Washhigfiin. — Fodostuffs continue
to leave ‘Amprican ports for Europe
in vast quantitles. Figures published
by the bureau of foreign and domes:
tic commerce show that in the first
eleven months of the year they reach.
ed a value of about six hundred and
seven million dollars, or at the rate ot
‘more than sixty milljon dollars a
| month, Breadstuffs led in value of
ot io« Bl
months they reached a total of $404,.
00000, Meat. tnd dairy. products
{amountea to $245,000,000. ~
AN GO S gtidelt S T NIRRT o 3
IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1917.
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lln Spite Os Very Stiff Resistance The
Forces Os Central Powers
Make Progress.
1,400 PRISONERS ARE TAKEN
Teuton Thrust At Moldavia Adds To
Q!fficulties Os The Russo
; Roumanians
New York.—Pressing in upon south
ern Moldavia from three sides, appar
ently with all their vigor, the forces
of the central powers are making prog
ress agalinst stiff resistance. On the
Transylvanian-Moldavian frontier, in
the region north of Rimnik-Sarat, and
in the Dobrudja opposite Braila, Ber
lin reports, the Austro-German and
Bulgarian troops are advancing.
A new thrust has been started by
the Austro-Germans along the Molda
vian frontier, thus adding to the dif
ficulties of the Russians and Rouman
ians, already hard pressed from the
south and east. Several lines of new
positions and -1,400 prisoners were
taken by the invaders in the first day
of their offensive in Moldavia from the
west, which may have for its purpose
the cutting off of the retreat of the
Russo-Roumanian troops
Along the river Kasino, and west of
Covesha, Petrograd says, Roumanian
troops were driven back nearly a mile.
A desperate battle also is reported as
taking place neéar Sesmezo, near Oci
na, and within the Moldavian boun
dary. North of Rimnik-Sarat, all at-.
tacks were repulsed, according to Pe
trograd. s
‘Field Marshal von Mackensen has
reached Dumitresti, about 12 miles
northeast of that town troops under
his command have captured several
villages. -The number of prisoners
taken by this army totals 1,400, in ad
dition to cannon and machine guns.
West of the Meuse in the Verdun
region, the forces of the German crown
prince have repulsed attacks by French
troops against the new German Posl-‘
tions on Le Mort Homme, where sec
ond and third line trenches were en
tered by the Germans and 220 pris
oners and seven machine guns taken.
Paris admits a slight success for the
Germans in this sector, saying that
one trench south of Le Mort Homme
was entered by the attackers. Other
efforts to advance between the Meuse
and Avocourt and in front of both
Le Mort Homme and Hill 304 were
repulsed by the French.
BOND ISSUE FAVORED
BY PRESIDENT WILSON
To Meet Part Os The Deficit Faced
By The United States
° Treasury
Washington.—Tentative approval
having been given by President Wilson
to plans for a bond issue to meet a
part of the prospective deficit at the
end of the next fiscal year, administra
tion leaders in congress are preparing
to bring in their revenue bills as soon
as” possible after the holiday recess.
It has become known tbat they have
urged that the president deliver a spe
cial message or adopt some other
means to spur both houses to prompt
action so that the necessary legisla
tion may be passed before the end of
the present session.
It has been agreed that any bond is
sue shall be charged to the account of
extraordinary army and navy expendi
tures. Representative Hill of Tennes:
see, author of the income tax law, out-.
lines a plan he has drafted for con
sideration of the ways and mea’ com
mittee for separating the preparedness
account from the ordinary expenses
and receipts of the government, He
figures that ordinary expenses this
year and next will be less than the
‘estimated ordinary receipts and that
special taxation and bond issues will
be needed only to cover excess dis
‘bursements for various purposes, in
cluding army, navy and fortification
extensions, 3 )
. Mr. Hull’s plan contemplates the is
suance of $125,000,000 of Panama ca
nal bonds for army and navy expenses,
$70,000,000 under the shipping act and
‘for the proposed nitrate plant and
$25,000,000 to pay for the Danish West
Indies, or a total of $220,000,000.
White Man Charged With Butchery
' “Minden, La.—Two negrces held as
suspects in connection with the kill.
ing of John Nelson Reeves, nine miles
north of here, on Christmas eve, have
‘confessed, implicating Henry Waller,
\a farmer and neighbor of Reeves, and
John Long, 20-year-old youth. Lang
‘also has made a confession declaring
‘Waller instigated the crime and with
‘an ax killed Reeves, his wife and three
children. Robbery and an old feud be
tween Waller and Reeves were given
as the motives. The negroes claim
t‘{oj were forced to do the killing, |
CARRANZA APPEALS TOU. S.
Fails To Sign Protocol And Asks For
~ Modification Os Demands In
Lengthy Statement
Washington.—One more appeal for
modification of the protocol providing
for the withdrawal of American troops
from Mexico is made by General Car
ranza in a message delivered to Secre
tary Lane by Luis Cabrera, chairman
of the: Mexican members of the joint
commission. The Mexican first chief
replied to the insistent American de
mand that the protoccl signed by his
spokesmen at- Atlantic City be rati
fled with an 800-word document, in
which hs failed to accede to the de
mand, but refrained from writing any
thing that could be construed as a-flat
repudiation.
The iatest suggestion for changes in
the agreement will be considered by
the three American representatives—
Secretary Lane, J. R. Mott and Judge
George Gray. Secretary Lane advised
{ his colleagues of the character of the
reply and asked them to meet him here
as soon as practicable.
A joint session of the Mexican.
American commission will be held, at
which the Americans will give the
Mexicans their answer, and on its na
ture depends the future course of the
commissioners, who have been trying
for four months to adjust questions at
issue between the two countries.
It was learned that the Mexican
commissioners were confident that no
insuperable barrier had been raised by
Carranza. It was asserted that the ut
most care had been exercised to keep
out of the reply any expressions thatl
would in any way offend the American
troops should be withdrawn uncondi
tionally, which the American commis
sioners would not consider.
There appeared reason to believe
4 that one of the' conditions to whicl
Carranza now objects is that underl
which he would be obliged to garrison
the territory evacuated by the Ameri
cans as they marched out. It was
pointed out that since the protocol
was drafted the increased activities
of ¥illa and the steady growth of his
army of bandits has made it difficult
for Carranza to agree +c =2 any con
siderable part of his army in the dis
trict now occupied by Pershing, when
it might be necessary to use the same
| force i meeting more active moves of
Villa at other points.
ALL MALE CITIZENS
LIABLE FOR SERVICE
Must Serve As Soldiers If Needed In
Case Os War Under National
Defense Act
Washington. — Every able-bodied
male citizen of the United States be
tween the ages of 18 and 45 years is
held liable for service in the National
Guard in war time, without further act
of congress, by war department regu
lations for the government of the
Guard issued undep the national de
fense act. In a cif-fi‘,ur prepared only
¢ <
two months ago, By " made public re
cently, the militia batsau directs that
where a National Guard regiment is
called out for war service, a reserve
training battalion to fill vacancies at
the front shall be organized out of the
National Guard reserve and by volun
tary enlistment. ;
" “If for any reason,” the or{er con
tinues, “there shall not be enough re
servists or enough voluntary enlist
ments to organize or to keep the re
serve battalion at prescribed strength,
a sufficient number of the unorganized
«militia shall be drafted by the presi
‘dent to maintain such battalion or oth
er lesser reserve unit at the prescribed
strength.” ”
The language follows closely that of
the national defense act, in which the
unorganized militia is defined as in
| cluding every able-bodied male citizen
within the prescribed age limit or
those who have declared their inten
tion of becoming citizens.
The national guard regulations,
which will be amplified in great detail
$4,000,000 Raised By Episcopalians
New York.—Suceess in -obtaining
pledges for $4,000,000 toward the $5,
000,000 church pension ‘fund being
raised for Protestant Episcopal clergy
men and their dependent families were |
announced here by Bishop William
Lawrence of Massachusetts, chairman.
of the fund committee. “This great
sum of mohey is the largest the church
has ever raised in so short a time,”
said Bishop Lawrence. “The campaign
—which began March 1,.1916—wi1l end
on March 1 of this year.”
Fighting Resumed On Western Front
Paris. — Considerable fighting has
again taken place on the Verdun sec
tor around Le Mort Homme &nd on
the eastern slopes of Hill 304, whu.y
the Germans made an attack, but were
repulsed, and where later the French
began a bombardment of the German
positions. Elsewhere along the French
tront there have been reciprocal bom
bardments’ and attacks by small pa
trol parties, interspersed with fights in
the air and aerial ralds by French,
British and German aviators,
l Teutons Claim That Woes Os The Little
Kingdom Are Due To Her Own -
Actions Before The War
Semi-Official Reply Is Made To The{
Chardges In The Entente Note i
By Doctor Hammann
Berlin.—The German impression of
the entente’s reply to the peice pro
posals of the central powers was re
flected in a statement made by Doc
tor Hammann, who until the turn of
the year was directrr of the inte]li-!
gence department of the foreign of
fice. This comment was not based on
the official text of the entente’s note.
Doctor Hammann, who collaborated l
in the important work of the foreign |
office in December, 1916, said that
consideration by Germany and her al-l
lies of a peace offer dated back as
far as October. At that time the in- |
tention was entertained of making an
honest and sincere attempt to prevent
further useless bloodshed. Being ask- |
ed as to the general impression cre-i
ated by the entente reply, he said: l
“If I were to express an opinion in i
a few words, it is this: Instead of |
taking place around a peace table, the |
I entente’s deliberations tock place on a |
judge’s chair. Apparently the entente ’
forgot nothing that could possibly in- ‘
fluence neutrals against us.
“The point of the accusation, how- !
ever, to which the largest space is al
-.ited in the entente note is ‘the mar
ltyrdom of Belgium.” But if one de
sires to pass judgment on the ‘mar
tyrdom of Belgium,’ one must speak |
beforehard regarding ‘neutral and loy
al Belgium’ and this Belgium had ceas
ed to exist long before the war. I
do not want to speak about the doe
uments which we found in Brussels
and which have been published. They
can be read by everybody. I only
wish to single out one point which up
to now has not been sufficiently con
sidered—the repart made by Baroni
Greindl, Belgian minister at Berlin,
dated December 23, 1911. [
“This clear-sighted statement then
explained forcibly that already at that '
time the entente was inspired by noth
ing but the one thought of encircling l
Germany from the north. As proof of
this Baron Greind! quoted the outery
started in Paris and London a short
time before when the Dutch plan to
fortify Flushing had become known.
“The reason why they wished that
the Scheldt remain without defense
was not concealed. In this way they
admitied their purpose to be able to
transport an English garrison to Ant
werp without hindrance, thus creating
in Belgium a basis for operations in |
the direction of the lower Rhine and
Westphalia.”
NINE BILLION DOLLAR
VALUE FOR U. S. CROPS
Georgia Ranks Fourth, While Texas
is Firist, In Value Os
Farm" Jutput
Washington.—Almost nine billion
dollars was the aggregate value of all
crops of the country last year. In
an estimate annouhced by the depart
ment of agriculture the exact value
was set at $8,934587,000. That was
an increase of $2,165,989,000 over the
value of the 1915 crops a~4 $2,867,206,-
000 over the average <« the years 1910
to 1914,
Texas held its lead as first state in
yvalue of its crops, but Illinois as sec
ond state in 1915 was displaced by
Jowa last year. QGeorgia was fourth.
Except North Dakota every state
showed increase in the value of its
crops last year over 1915, ¥
581,925 Prisoners For Allies In 1916
Paris.—During .the course of last
year, according to authoritative fig
aures, 78,500 Germans were captured
.on the French front by the French
and -40,000 by the "British, while in
Serbia and Macedonia the entente al
lied armies took 11,173 Bulgarians and
'l‘urk; prisoners. During the same pe
riod the Italians made prisoners of
52,250 Austrians, while the Russians
captured more than four hundred
thousand Germans and Austrians.
Rates Increased on Second Class Mail
‘Washington.—The annual postotfice
appmprlaglon bill reported to the house
carried provisions to increase rates on
newspapers, magazines and other sec
ond class matter by a zone system,
establish penny postage on local let
ters and impose heavier penalties for
sending liquor through the malls. The |
bill would appropriate $329,6563,120,
$4,000,000 more than the current post
oifice act, readjust rural carriers’ sal
aries and increase the pay of a num
ber Ofmpli‘gw* by B oeßg e s
SI.OO A YEAR
STATE ITEMS
CONDENSED
Atlanta.—G. H. Usher, general su
perintendent of the southern division
of the Postal Telegraph-Cable compa
ny, died at his home hera,
1 Dublin.—A contract has been signed
for an exhibition game between the
Boston Braves and New York Yankees,
to be played in Dublin on March 27.
Atlanta.—Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce and citizens of West Point have
renewed the fight for location of the
government nitrate plant on the Chat
tahoochee River.
Savannah. — A resolution asking
President, Wilson to send home as
soon as possible the Georgia troops
now encamped in Texas, was adopted
at a mass meeting of citizens here.
LAtlanta. — General business and
%ming throughout the sixth federat
reserve district are even bester than
was at first forecasted, according to
the report just issued by the federal
reserve bank of Atlanta.
Savannah.—With the election of ¢f-
Ificers and the selection of Jackson
ville, Fla.,, as the 1917 meeting place,
the second annual convention of the
Southeastern Jewish Religious School
Union closed here afier a three-day
session.
Athens.—Preparations are practical
ity complete for the opening of the
i f~rmers’ short course and conferences
’to be held at the Georgia State CTol
‘lege of Agriculture. Great interest is
being manifested throughcut the state
land many farmers are expected to at
| tend.
t Atlanta —“The Gift,” Atlanta’s first
-community Christmas celebration,
which was held at the Auditorium-Arm
ory, December 31, proved an immense
success from every standpoini. Seven
thousand people saw “The Gift,” and
thousands more were turned away be
cause there was not room for them.
i Brunswick.—To mark the import
ance of Brunswick as a shipbuilding
center, the city board of trade invited
the people of Georgia to be its guests
on Wednesday, January, 3, when the
schooner Glynn, one of the large ves
sels completed here lateiy, was launch
ed with proper ceremony.
Augusta.—The Hampton Terrace, a
; half-million-dollar winter hotel, owned
| by Augusts capitalists, situated on
Carolina Heights, in North Augusta,
just across the Savannah river from
Augusta, and a mile distant from this
city, was destroyed by fire. One hun
dred persons. of the hotel help were
in the structure when the fire broke
out. There were no casualties.
Albany.—Judge Emory Speer has
sent notice to Deputy Clerk White that
United States court will convene in-
Albany January 8 for the adjourned
December term. There is much busi
ness on the court dockets, and, in tha
opinion of the court officers, it will
require not less than three weeks to
dispose of the cases requiring atten
tion.
Rome.—President Wilson has been
urged by William J. Harris to take an
interest in Rome's fight to secure the
$11,000,000 government armor plant.
Mr. Harris called at the white house
and had a long conference with the
president. Following the interview he
did not indicate what success he had
in enlisting the president's aid with
the committee of the navy depart
ment which will recommend the loca
tion of the plant.
Atlanta—Engineer E. H. Davis of
the Georgia highway commission has
completed the survey of the proposed
state highway from Rome to Menlo,
Ga., on the Alabama state line, via
Summerville, leading over the crest of
Lookout ridge. This completes the
field work for this route, and the of
fid» work remains yet to be completed.
When the office work is completed the
details of the route will be ready to
be submitted to the United States see
retary of agriculture for approval for
federal aid.
Marietta.—Charles Davis, convicted
of land frauds and sentenced to six
years’ imprisonment, was denied a
new trial by Judge H. L. Patterson,-
in the Cobb county superior court
here. Davis advanced about a score:
of reasons for a mew trial, claiming,
among other things, that the case
should have come under the jurisdie
tion of the Fulton county court, that
one juror was illegally substituted,
that certain of the evidence was inad
missible and that the judge’'s charge
was illegal. : 3 -
Columbus.—Clothing stores, dry
goods people and other Columbus mer
chants selling standard lines of mer
chandise report that from the stand
point of useful Christmas gifts this has
been the most notable holiday season
in local history. The disposition seem
ed to be stronger than ever before to
give serviceable presents, and there
were thousands of gifts of clothing, -
skirts, ties, shoes, dresses, hosiery,
hats, hardware, cutlery, chinaware
and the like. While the purchases in
the way of standard merchandise
were the heaviest recorded in the shop- .
ping history of omwtmaw
LRI i Mgl vl o S e B S R (Ol R