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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 i \ 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 A. BRUCE BIELASKI | o, f y e ‘ X Pear) R RO R T G LR, T R | 77 4 RN o Y el LT e e G UO e g O b ek i Y fz 'f""/@’;%:o ‘;l‘.;.; A ':,,:‘ Y vG M 7 7 s R T i & i P //é 7 ¥ B ¢ ok A A # G, g / 7 i s f 4 & .. 7 s 7 g iz 5% i 7 g .‘ ! %'g (] L E , / S : o ) ¢ % s 4 5 i iJ i % A ; . 7 2 ififi k. S .‘,:E-‘;-;’;::: 7 . é R R e Gl iY. I AAR \4 WA 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. _ “Only after all these circumstances MMW 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. GENERAL VON BESELER ' 3 5 ’ "’-‘;, ki bR ! e e - % T s S el § ¢ B oo & %b. : 5 R : ' ] ¥ LA A L 5 % %} sh% ’*}'é_ i f B % ‘f-‘gg:-:,?fi-:é»;zg,: R RO oy, A A $%& A R § v e A ,3’?3% o . s R R T : T B T ; o % B G ) %’- T TR | 4 '. R 0 v pr ; - T anaTIONAL RS il 77 INTERNA R ; '\Quzmsmwcc i P/ S \m A PO 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. | 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 DAssado ceé exp ned -ar e Rgt S 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, i ——— 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.