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For Five Months The United States Navy
Department Has Been Working
To Refioat The Craft
The F-4, With Crew Of 21 Men, Went
To Bottom During Maneuevers
Off Henolulu Harbor
Honolulu.—~The United States sub
marine F-4, submerged outside the
harbor here since March 25 last, was
refloated and towed to the quarantine
station in Honolulu bay. Nothing has
been divulged by the naval officials
regarding conditions, if known, inside
the vessels,
The submarine F-4, commanded by
Lieut. Alfred L. Ede, and with a crew
of 21 men, went to the bottom of the
harbor of Honolulu March 25, 1915,
during maneuvers of the “F” gquad
ron. She was located two days later
and Diver John Agraz of the navy
descended 210 feet, establishing a new
world’s record in an effort to facili
tate the work of bringing her to the
surface. Her crew, it was said, might
have been alive at this time, but at-|
tempts at rescue failed, and on March |
30 Rear Admiral C. T. Moore, com ‘
manding the Honolulu naval station, |
reported that the -4 lay in 270 feet
of water and would have to be raised
by pontoons.
Secretary Daniels announced Hmvl
the boat would be raised at any cost
to determine the cause of the ;.('4'l~’
dent, and diving apparatus and divers
were sent out, leaving San l~‘rnn('i:-‘(‘u,|
April 6, on the cruiser Maryland. ()nr'
of the divers, Frank Crilly, went down
228 feet, and found one of the ('um-‘
partments of the -4 filled with \\'n-‘
ter. Another, William Loughman, de- |
scended 220 feet the next day and
was seriously injured by water press
ure, These men put lines on the ¥4
by which the boat was dragged slowly
up the shelving bottom, but in the
process the stern was wrecked and
broken and work was halted to await
the arrival of pontoons.
TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS
SENT BY GREAT BRITAIN
To Bolster Up Credit In United States.
$45,000,000 in Securities And
Geld Sent
New York,—Nearly $20,000,000 in
gold and securities worth $25,000,000,
the second big nhmmg;;‘ fit from
- London to strengthen British credit
~eight men. - The shipment came by
rail from Halifax, to which port it
was conveyed by a British warship.
On the way to New York the train
" was proceded by a pilot engine and
car.
The gold and securities were con
gigned to a large banking firm for ac
wLount of the British government. Af
ter the fortune was passed from the
train to automobile freight trucks un
der the eyes of the guards, an oper
ation consuming an hour, the pro
cession of trucks, numbering twenty
two, with three armed guards on
each, started from lower West Thirty:
fourth street down through the lower
west side to the United States sub
treasury, in Wall street, where the
gold was deposited.
BULGARIA IS CHECKED |
BY WARNING OF ALLIES
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Entente Powers Will Regard Bulgar
Agreement With Turkey As An
Unfriendly Act
Berlin, Germany.—The Overseas
News Agency says that Bulgaria, pre
viously reported to have signed a
treaty with Turkey, has postponed
ratifieation of the agreement because
of a sharp warning from the entente
allies. |
“According to Sofia reports,” the
news agency says, “Bulgaria has post
poned for some days the signing of
the treaty with Turkey, the quadruple
entente having notified her that such
action would be regarded as a wil
fully unfriendly act. Nevertheless the
two pawers are in complete agree
ment."”
Two Negroes Are Burned In Texas
Sulphur Springs, Texas—ln a fight
with an armed posse near here, Joe
Richmond was shot and killed and
his brother, King Richmond (both ne
groes), was seriously wounded; later
the body of the dead negro was burn.
ed at the stake with his wounded
brother in Buford Park in Sulphur
Springs. The negroes had shot and
killed Deputy Sheriff Nathan A. Flip
pen and probably fatally wounded
Sheriff J. B. Butler. When the posse
arrived with the negroes, a large crowd
demanded the burning be publie,
War Orders Are Stopped By Explosion
Acton, Mass—~With a shock that
was felt for forty miles, the glazing
mill of the Awmerican Powder com
pany blew up here. So far as known
nobody was killed. The actual money
Joss was not heavy, but it was stat.
ed that work on big European orders
probably would be held up for sev.
eral weeks, Property owners in the
surrounding towns were heavy losers
because of shattered windows. The
mill had been closed and the police
of this town and Maynard expressed
belief that explosion was incendiary
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A. Bruce Bielaski is chief of the di
vision of investigation of the depart
ment of justice at Washington, and
his bureau is investigating the alleged
German propaganda which is being ex
posed in the newspapers.
FULL SATISFACTION WILL BE
GIVEN U. S. IF INSTRUCTIONS
WERE EXCEEDED
Feeling Exists At Washington That
The Matter Will Be Amica
bly Adjusted
Berlin.—ls the commander of a Ger
man submarine exceeded his instruc
tions in sinking the steamer Arabic,
the German government will give full
satisfaction to the United States,
Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg
stated in an interview given to the
press
The imperial chancellor made the
following statement of Germdny's po
sition:
“As long asgthe circumstances sur
rounding the ginking of the Arabic
have not heen fully cleared up it is
impossible for me to make a definite
statement, Thus far we have received
no report. Now we do not even know
whether the sinking of the ship was
caused by a mine or by a torpedo, fired
from a German submarine, nor do we
know whether in this latter case the
Arabic herself may not by her actions,
perhaps, have justified proceedings of
the commander of the submarine.
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sible to say whether the commander of
one of our submarines went beyond
his instructions, in which case the im
perial government would not hesitate
to give such complete satisfaction to
the United States as would conform to
the friendly relations existing between
both governments.”
MORE TROOPS LANDED IN
EFFORT’ TO FORCE STRAITS
Much Ground Has Been Gained By
Recent Operations Around The
Dardanelles By Allies
Paris.—~A French official report on
the fighting in the Dardanelles, be
tween August 20 and the morning of
August 26, relates that the British
left wing has made progress against
the Turks, occupying 800 yards of
Turkish trenches in the northern zone
of the fighting and that a French avi
ator on August 20 was successful {n
sinking a large Turkish transport,
The statement, as given out by the
French war office, reads:
“The period of five days since the
jssuing of the last communication on
the Dardanelles has been marked in
the northern zone by further progress
on the part of the British left wing.
These British troops have occupied
800 yards of enemy trenches. In the
southern zone the operations have
been limited to artillery actions and
to fighting between patrols,
“During the night of August 23-24, a
French company was successful in a
surprise attack on a Turkish position
used by the enemy for listening pur
poses, In the morning of August 20 a
detachment of Turkish soldiers en
deavored to reoccupy this position,
but they were repulsed.
Troops Meld To Stop The Mexicans
El Paso, Texas.~—Rumors that a
large body of Mexicans was prepar
ing to cross the border caused troops
of the sixth and sixteenth infantry to
be recalled hurriedly from temporary
leaves of absence and to be ordered
to report immediately at Fort Bliss,
Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, Gen,
John Pershing, brigade commanders
here, and George C. Carothers, special
agent of the state department in Mex
feo, went into conference a few min
utes after the order was issued. They
refused to make statements,
Governors See Mimic Naval Battle
Poston, Mags.~~A navy steadily in
creased in size and efficiency so that
it will be ready to defend the country
against attack from any quarter, ia
the aim of Secretary of the Navy Dan
jels. This he declared before the gov
ernors’ conference at an adjourned
session on board the flagship Wyo
‘ming of the North Atlantic fleet in
\ Massachusetts bay. For two hours the
secretary stood on the bridge of the
flagship while Admiral Fietcher put the
fleet through maneuvers illustrating at
tack and defense,
CHARLTON COUNTY HERALD. FOLKSTON. GEORGIA.
Holding Entire Brest-Litovsk Line, The
Kaiser's Forces Are Trying To Seize
1 Railway To Petrograd
What The Russians Are Unable To
Take With Them, They
Are Burning
I.gndnn.-~~’]'hr- Germansg, in full pos
session of the entire Brest-Litovsk
line, have resumed the offensive in
the Baltic provinces and are préss
ing the Russians southeast of Mitau
and east of Kovno, in an effort to
reach the main line of railway which
passes through Vilna and Dvinsk to
Petrograd.
This may, in time, prove the most
important of the German operations,
although at present they are using
more troops in the pursuit of Russians
retiring from Brest-Litovsk and the
line on either side of the fortress.
It is expected that with the fall of
of Brest-Litovsk, which has been fol
lowed by that of Olita, south of Kov
no, von Hindenburg, reinforced, will
make another attempt to cut off the
Russian retreat.
The Austrians assert that Archduke
Joseph Ferdinand found the town of
Kamieniez-Litovsk in flames when he
arrived. There are indications, there
fore, that the Russians still are car
rying to the rear everything movable
that might be useful to the invaders
and burning what they are unable to
take,
Intimation that the Russians have
fortified another front has received
some confirmation. It is stated that
the new line is being strengthened by
all the latest methods. The Russian
armies still are intact, with virtually
all their guns and prospects of a more
plentiful supply of ammunition. For
this reason, military writers here be
lieve Grand Duke Nicholas can make
a stand, as the Austro-German logses
must have been very heavy, especially
during the three weeks between the
fall of Warsaw and the occupation of
Brest-Litovsk.
MILLIONS ARE YIELDED
BY INTERNAL REVENUE
Receipts For Fiscal Year Just Closed
Greater In History—lncome Tax
Is Disappointing
Washington.—The greatest total of
internal revenue receipts in the his
tory of the government, with.ineome
$42,000,000 under the amount estimat
ed by the framers of the income tax
law when it was enacted, were re
corded in the annual report of the
commissioner of internal revenue. The
aggregate receipts during the fiscal
vear ended June 30, including the cor
poration and individual income taxes,
reached $415,000,000, against $380,000,-
000 for the previous pear. :
Corporations paid in $39,144;529, and
individuals $41,046,166, a total of sßos
190,695. This is an increase of $8,809,-
420 over the previous year, which,
however, embraced only ten months.
The returns approximate the estimate
made last year by the internal reve
nue bureau, which figured the 1915
revenue at $40,000,000 each from cor
poration and individual tax. In con
gress, when the law was enacted, the
framers of the bill announced that for
the fiscal vear 1915 the corporation
tax revenue would be $30,000,000 and
income tax $83,000,000, the latter be
ing double the actual collection from
that course,
Russia Calls For 2,000,000 Men
London.—Gen. Polivanoff, Russian
minister of war, announces that Rus
sia is raising another two million
men, and that the fate of the cam
paign will not be decided before some
time next vear. A joint telegram ex
pressing entire confidence in the fu
ture has been sent to Grand Duke
Nicholas, commander-in-chief of the
Russian armies, by President Poin
care of France, Minister of War Mil
lerand and General Joffre, the French
commander, which lent much encour
agement to the army.
National Educators Endorse Wilson
Oakland, Cal.—The National Educa
tional association adopted a “declara
tion of principles” here commending
President Wilson's policy “concerning
both the European and the Mexican
situations,” and “rejoicing in his emi
nent services to the causé of peace,
which is the cause of law. The decla
ration recommends that educational
attaches be appointed to legations as
are military and naval attaches, and
urges upon congress the need of
larger appropriations for educational
purposes,
Governors Urge National Defense
Boston.——After discussion of the na
val and military resources of the coun
try, in which it was generally agreed
that the United States was not ade
quately prepared against foreign inva
sion, the conference of governors end
ed its annual session here. No reso
lutions were proposed, but several ex
ecutives said they felt certain all the
governors would return with the in
tention of demanding from their con
gressmen support in any program for
strengthening national defense, Salt
Lake City will get the next meeting.
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General von Beseler commanded the
German forces that took by storm the
great Russian fortress of Novogeor
gievsk. He was thanked in person by
the kaiser.
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U. S. WiLL CONTRGL RAITI i
WASHINGTON WANTS TREATY
GIVING UNITED STATES CONr-
TROL TEN YEARS
United States Proposes To Take
Charge Of Customs And Admin.
ister Finances
Port-au-Prince, Haiti.—The Ameri
can government has addressed the gov
ernment of Haiti, expressing its de
sire that there be accepted without
delay the draft of a convention for
ten years under which there shall be
established an effective control of Hai
tien customs as well as administration
of finances of the country, under a
receiver general and American em
ployees.
Under the terms of the convention
both municipal and rural police are to
be natives; under the command how
ever, of American officers. 1
‘The plan includes the arrangement
of the debts of Haiti to foreigners and |
an engagement to cede no Haitien ter
ritory to any foreign power except the
United States.
' Haiti, scene of frequent revolutions,
has been torn by violent internal dis
fokowing the execution of 160 politr
cal prisoners, President Vilbrun Guil-’
laume was dragged from the French
legation in Port-au-Prince and shot to
death, American forces were landed.
Disorders then caused the United
States navy to take over the adminis
tration of affairs in the principal ports.
In the course of the operations inci
dent to this, two American bluejackets
were killed by Haitiens.
By August 12 normal conditions had
been so far restored that the national
assembly met and elected Sudrg
d’Artiguenave president,
Quite recently the northern parts of
the island, dissatisfied with the new
position to disorderliness and addi-‘
tional marines were landed at Cape
Haitien August 18. Still more recent
reports that the rebels were organiz
ing an army to attack the American
forces on the island led to plans being
formed to reinforce the Amerlcan‘
forces. i
Germany's Losses Reach 1,500.0001
London.—A statement from a Brit
ish authoritative source on Germany‘si
strength in men and her losses, made
public here, asserts that about July}
21 the Germans had 1,800,000 men on
the western and 1,400,000 on the east-‘
ern front—a total of 3,200,000 men on
the actual fighting line—while there{
also were 1,120,000 Austrians fighting
the Russians. There were, besides
many Germany troops in garrisons,
fortifications and on lines of commun
jeation, in addition to convaslescents,
invalids and others. The Germans, it
is calculated, at the beginning of the
war had 8,000,000 men available for
military service and that number
might be increased by a million men.”
No Confiscation Of Cotton Cargoes
Washington,-——Cotton cargoes for
neutral countries will not be confiscat
ed umdder the recent decree of the al
lies declaring cotton contraband if
within the normal consumption of
those countries. This assurance was
given cotton shippers in a statement
fssued from the British embassy. “It
{8 a misapprehension to suppose,” the
statement declares, “that the declara
tion of cotton to be contraband will
further restrict those consignments
which are proved to be exclusively
destined for neutral countries.”
$20,000,000 Loan Made To France
New York.—Announcement was
made by Brown Bros., & Co. that ar
rangements for a $20,000,000 French
commercial export credit have been
completed and the credit issued. “The
purpose of the credit,” says the an
nouncement, “is to enable American
exporters to be paid in dollars in the
United States, eliminating any risk of
exchange, and thus facilitating our ex
ports. It will also enable French buy
ers of American merchandise to obtain
exchange with which to settle their
accounts with American merchants.”
Twenty-Six Mexicans, Said To Be In
voived In The Conspiracy, Have
Been Arrested
The Prisoners’ Adherents Of Plan Of
San Diego, Which Proclaims Tex
as Republic For Mexicans
San Antonio, Texas.—With the ar
rest here of twenty-six Mexicans, the
police and federal authorities believe
a plan to incite the Mexican popula
tion of San Antonio to deeds of vio
lence has been nipped.
According to the police, the prison
ers are all adherents to the “Plan of
San Diego,” a manifesto which pro
claims Texas a republic for Mexicans.
Since = the disturbances in the
Brownsville territory special agents
of the United States department of
justice and police here have kept a
watch to prevent a possible uprising
in San Antonio. It was learned that
members of two organizations of in
flammatory nature are here in num
bers.
Three Mexicans, generally recog
nized as leaders of the colony here,
were arrested while addressing a
crowd of one thousand Mexicans in a
public piaza here. The remarks of
the men were of a nature calculated to
arouse the lower classes of their coun
trymen toc deeds of violence.
After one speaker declared “it is no
harm to kill a gringo and an allamain,”
an American and a German—police
charged the meeting and after a fight
arrested the three speakers.
Following this incident a dragnet
was instituted by police and the twen
ty-three Mexicans taken into custody.
The prisoners will be turned over
to the federal authorities. Charges
of treason may lie against them if
they are connected with any plan for
an uprising, it is said here.
GREAT BRITAIN TO RELAX
THE “ORDER-IN-COUNCIL”
Corcessions Intended To Meet The
Complaint Of American
Importers
“NVashington.—Assurances that Great
Britain will relax enforcement of her
“order-in-council to permit shipments
from neutral ports of German and Aus
trian goods contracted fer by Ameri
cans prior to the effective date of the
order was given the state department
by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British
ambassador. i
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cepting proof of contracts at the em
bassy here instead of in London.
Details of the plan will be given
later in a memorandum from the Lon
don foreign office. Officials hope it
will make possible the release of mil
lions of dollars’ worth of American
owned goods of German or Austrian
origin accumulated at neutral Euro
pean ports,
AUGUST FROST KILLS
CROPS IN WISCONSIN
Unprecedented Cold Weather Causes
Much Damage In Several West
ern States :
Wausau, Wis.—Damage estimated at
between two hundred thousand and
three hundred thousand dollars was
caused to late potatoes and garden
truck throughout Marathon county by
a killing frost. The corn crop alseo
suffered heavy losses. .
Chicago.—Qnly twice before in the
history of the local weather bureau
has the mercury dropped so low in Au
gust as it did on August 20. It regis
tered 47 degrees. This record was
equaled in 1872 and again in 1887.
Waterloo, lowa.—Heavy frosts, in
some instances taking the form of ice,
were reported as occurring in thig gec
tion August 30. The government
thermometer here registered 34. All
tender vegetation, including melons,
late potatoes and some sweet corn, is
said to have been damaged. Field
corn probably escaped serious dam
age in this county, but reports from
the northern lowa counties were that
this grain suffered more serious dam
age.
Cotton Is 69.2 Per Cent Normal
Washington.—Drouth followed by
excessive rains in the cotton belt dur
ing August caused deterioration slight
ly more than the August average to
the growing cotton crop. The depart
ment of agriculture announces the
condition as €9.2 per cent of a nor
mal. That is 6.1 per cent below the
July condition. Although no official
statement explanatory of the cotton
figures was forthcoming from the de
partment of agriculture, the chief of
the bureau of crop estimates a yleld
this season of 11,800,000 bales,
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More Officers For Army And Navy
Washington. — Secretary Garrison
has directed the war college to sub
mit plans for securing additional reg
ular army officers and a corps of re
gerve officers both for the regular
army and for a volunteer army or any
other force which congress may au
thorize. This step was taken with a
view of recommendations to congress
at its coming session. A plan is under
consideration by which the number of
officers in the navy would be placed
on the basis of its tonnage, increasing
officers as ships were increased.
LITTLE ITEMS OF i
STATE INTEREST
Augusta.—A negro stole a bicycle
from a local pawnbroker. The pawn
broker had hardly reached his place
of business when the negro rode up
and wanted to pawn the wheel.
Augusta.—This city is overrun with
ants, a fact that is causing housckeep
ers a great deal of trouble. The army
worm is also doing a great deal of
damage, both in the city and coun
try.
Jackson.—An early cotton crop Is
expected here and a great many bales
have been brought in the past week.
It is estimated that the crop will be
at least twenty-five per cent below
last year.
Forsyth.—Charles M. Taylor, repre
sentative from Monroe county to the
last legislature, has given his salary
‘for the entire session for the purpose
of buying school books for children
in the county who are unable to buy
them.
. Stone Mountain.—A man supposed
to be Wilson Reid of Norfolk, Va.,
from papers found on his person, was
instantly killed at Stone Mountain
on August 28, when he plunged 300
feet off the side of the mountain to
his death.
Marietta—J. H. Hardy, the young
teacher run over by an auto at Sandy
Plains school, died at a santiarium
here. His remains were taken to An
derson, S. C., for burial. Young Har
dy, who was 26 years old, was an effl
cient teacher.
Bainbridge.—Decatur county will be
among the leading wheat producing
counties of the state next year. Ex
periments made this year have shown
that wheat can be successfully grown
here, and next year will find many
farmers taking advantage of ‘the les
sons learned by the ones who planted
grain this year.
Athens.—An aeroplane dropped te
the earth near Barberville, a suburb
of Athens. Excitemeni was caused in
the neighborhood till it was learned
that it was a new model invention
just completed and being tried out
by Ben Eppes, of this place, who has
constructed with partial success sev
eral biplanes.
Atlanta.—Judge James K. Hines has
been reappointed by Governer Harris
for a term of four years-as special
attorney to the state railroad commis
sion. Judge Hines has held the office
ever since it was created. He was
appointed by Gov. Hoke Smith in 1907
and was reappointed by Governor
Smith in 1911.
Atlanta.—James G. Woodward, may
or of Atlanta, and for whose recall
petitions are being circulated, says
that in the event he is recalled, he
will again be a candidate for the same
office. In order to get a vote on
whether or not the mayor should be
recalled, it is necessary to get at least
‘twenty-five per cent of the voters of *
the city to sign the recall petition.
Atlanta.—J. E. Pennypacker of the
office ®f good roads of the United
States government, has written W.
Tom Winn, of the Fulton county com
mission, that a government efficiency
expert is en route to Atlanta with
plans and specifications for the pro
posed model convict camp to be inaug
urated by Fulton county and the fed
eral government. ¢
Atlanta.—Work of constructing the
proposed ‘“model” camp for Fulton
county convicts in co-operation with
the United States government, is ex
‘pected to begin within a few days,
~according to reports from the office
‘of county commissioners. J. E. Pen:
‘nybacker of Washington, federal good
roads expert, has arrived in Atlanta
to supervise the inauguration of the
camp.
Marietta.—During the past week a
number of men who could not give
satisfactory reasons for their presence
here and who acted in a suspicious
manner have been given hours to
leave town. Eight men were locked
in an empty freight car, and shipped
'out. These precautions are being
‘taken on account of the large num
ber of threatening letters received by
‘diflerent people in regard to the
Frank lynching.
Columbus.—A considerable section
;ot East Highlands was annexed to
‘the city of Columbus. A census of
‘ the new territory will be taken by the
city officials. Within two miles of
the court house in Columbus are about
forty-two thousand people, and yet the
~city limits are so restricted and so
much of the population resides on the
‘ Alabama side of the river that the last
census credited the city proper with
}only 20,000 people.
~ Dahlonega.—A double daily auto
‘mail has been granted between Dah
‘lonega and Brockton. This schedule
will put return mail between Atlanta
and Dahlonega from 36 to 56 hours
‘qulcker. The schedule begins Sep
tember 1. After this change people
‘ here can mail a letter to Atlanta and
get an answer on the same day,
whereas it now usually takes three
‘days. and the best that can be done
is two days.
- Savannah.—Eight Spanish sailors of
‘the crew of the Spanish steamer Lou
isa refused to work and declared they
‘would not again go aboard the ship,
which they left, until differences be
-Itwecn themselves and the second and
third engineers of the vessel have
‘been satisfactorily settled.
’ Union City.~~The annual confer.
ence and camp meeting of the Geor
gia conference of the Seventh Day Ad
ventists met here with delegates pres.
ent from all parts of Georgia. The
conference was in a city of/tentn
‘which were erected immediately op
posite the railroad station.