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DOUGLAS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE. GEORGIA BRIEF NEWS NOTES What Has Occurred During the Week Throughout This Country and Abroad. ' Imes Simplified for Names of Places EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE l»N.—The bureau of ethnology of the Smithsonian Institution lly completed work on the tabulation of Indian names to meet (mand for post offices, j uries, villa sites and outing organiza tions. Tills compilation gives simpli fied forms In Dakota, Onnmn, Osage, Rlackfoet, Cheyenne, Cherokee, Chip pewa and other Indian languages. Many of the names are especially in teresting.find musical. In connection with the work of this bureau, officials there say that they are bombarded with requests for “the Indian word” for this or that. It apparently is not generally known that there is no one American In dian language. On the contrary, the ’ this bureau say that there are about 1,000 languages* in the lid practically 600 distinct Indian languages north of Mexico, lb impossible to give “the” Indian word for any English ponsetfiiently It is usually chosen from the language of the bits, or once Inhabited, the particular section of the country request comes. lus and difficult are the Indian languages that a committee has lajipointed to devise a standard method for transcribing them. It to the many variations from nation to nation, there are the Jin speech of the Individual, of the family proper and of the 111 of which tends to intrude transient forms. Gathered From All Part* of Globe and Told In Short Paragraph!. Mexican One more appeal for modification of the protocol providing for the with drawal of American troops from Mex ico is made by General Carranza in a message delivered to Secretary Lane by Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mex ican members of the joint commis sion. Carranza’s chief insistence in his latest utterance is that the American troops shall be withdrawn uncondi tionally. Leaders for Washington Due Next March ■election bus overturned all of the old social circles and there ■tost eutirely now social lenders for the next two years at least, [life always plays an important part In the doings of official nd the Sixty-fifth con- yiny prominent society ; to Washington, after ■replace n number of 111 he retired March 4, wits of the recent elce- k more prominent of the ll be Senator-elect and Jrielet Gerry of Rhode fere extensive entertain- sessions of the Sixty- i; Representative and IlcCormick of Chicago; Senator-elect and Mrs. Philander C. Knox fiia* who are well known to Washingtonians; Sen at-, select Calder Lahcl'ii** family; Representative-elect and Mrs. Alvan T. Fuller Jsetts, and Senator-elect Johnson and his family of California, (rity of these have already been included in the social register Mrs. Gerry was formerly Mathilda Townsend of the capital, Rirt of each season here, oven when nor husband is root engaged ■ol. Mrs. Med 111 McCormick, who is a daughter of Mark Hanna, fly had a prominent niche In local social activities through her pFeBtrirr suffrage. The Knoxs are more or less familiar through cabinet service, and they have always maintained a winter e. Sennlor-elcct Calder of New York had n long career in the Ih makes him thoroughly familiar in capital society, ant^-Iovernc-* Id Representative-elect Fuller will lie among the venViy new faces ossing will he noted with* regret are Senator and node Island. Senator Oliver of Pennsylvania. Senn- ■tor ‘Sutherland of Utah and Senator du Pont of tullies have long been identified with tlie social life i/s Cling to Their Favorite Tree is celebrated for its fondness for human habitation £rdin»: to Webster. Also, for its occupation of a {District building, according to Washingtonians. For passer domestieus is just a polite cognomen for what human beings call the English sparrow. Why should the passer domestieus Wnshingtonli choose that particular tree in front of the District building. Everyone knows that Fourteenth and Pennsylvania avenue and Its vi cinity are about the busiest part of Washington. Street cars rumble by every half minute or so, automobiles and wagons are continually passing up and down, and policemen, commission- ■ the District building go to and fro along the side- J sparrow chooses thnt particular tree out of the |treets of Washington are bordered. given at the “tree department” in the District [•urlosity there ns anywhere else. It’s not the partlc- are planted every few feet down the avenue, been made to get rid of the English sparrows, jeeman, "there wasn’t a thing doing.” was chief he tried the experiment of shooting |nt night. A few angry, discontented and sleepy i a flutter of wings, the sparrows left—and came agriculture, the expert on birds, and especially ■of a sparrow are many, and if he (the sparrow) |n that particular tree, there was no known reason, L was one, too, to cut the top of the tree off, bogin- Jmnd^hit'-wthnt cate the sparrow would take up |xt explanaTvon of the wants of ‘the English spnr- , and in thnt tree he will stay, and if predictions It, in that tree his children will live and flourish pld age. Domestic Success in obtaining pledges for $4,- 000,000 toward the $5,000,000 church pension fund being raised for Protest ant Episcopal clergymen and their de pendent families were announced in New York City by Bishop William Lawrence of Massachusetts. The new South Carolina child labor law prohibiting the employment of children under 14 years of age in the textile establishments of the state be came effective January 1 and auto matically about twenty-four hundred children ceased to be employed in the cotton mills of the Rtate, according to figures furnished by the state de partment. of agriculture. Three young boys were killed at Newport News, Va., by the cave-in of a tunnel they were digging into a bluff on the.Janies river. The boys did not return home in time for the evening meal and a search disclosed the cave-in. Twenty men were em ployed more than an hour recovering the bodies. Thomas E. Campbell (Rer>.) was in augurated governor of Ariibna at the capital, Phoenix, January 1. There were no inaugural ceremonifs for Gov. G. W. P. yunt, incumbent, Alio claims the office, but when Governor Camp bell went to the executive Viffices he found them locked. TherflP was no disturbance. Scores of arrived depu ties were scattered throughout the as semblage. Mandamus proceeding ready have been commenced in tiie supreme court to compel Governor Hunt to relinquish the.oificeof chief executive. The only stnti!ni!?Ji| istrat 1 on^ydyul f l TOgko was that igxiVSThor Hunt.'hfln* been elected and would hold <he office. \ December, 1016,. is set J down in weather history as the stormiest month since February and March, 1913, when the big floods occurred in the Ohio valley. The weather bureau report ed that six severe storms had swept in rapid succession across the country, bringing copious rains early in the month and heavy snows nearly every where later, setting new December records for heat and cold. "“An* Amarillo, Texas, dispatch says that reports concerning 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 kill ed in the various drives. A Savannah, Ga., reports is to the effect that the December exports to tals were swelled to more than seven million dollars by the sailing of two vessels from that port with cargo val ued at approximately two million dol lars. At Minden, La., two negroes held as suspects in connection with the kill ing of John Nelson Reeves, nine miles north of that city, on Christmas eve, have confessed, implicating Henry Waller, a farmer and neighbor of Reeves, and John Long, a 20-year-old- youth. The jury in the case of eleven de fendants charged with the use of the mails to defraud in sales of wild horses in Coconino county, Arizona, re turned a verdict of guilty against eight defendants and founty two not guilty. One defendant was dismissed by* the judge. David Caplan. last of the alleged dy namiters brought to trial for the de struction of the Los Angeles Times building in 1910, was sentenced to ten years in San Quentin penitentiary on a charge of manslaughter. President Wilson pasesd liis sixtieth milestone cn December 28. President Wilsoti went to the capitol and discussed the country’s affairs with Senator Stone, chairman of the foreign relations committee. Their talk covered a wide range, but it is un derstood that much of the time was devoted to the situation growing out of the unfavorable entente reply to the peace proposals of the central powers, which the president had been studying during the day. 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 in Washington for a favorable outcome of the negotiations. A Paris dispatch, in reply to the prof fer of Germany and her allies for a peace conference with the entente al lies, in a collective not-, declares that they “refuse to consider a proposal which is empty and insincere.” It is known in Washington that the entente allied governments insist that no peace is possible so long as they have not secured reparation for violat ed rights and liberties and the free existence of small states and have not brought about a settlement for the fu ture security of the world. A dispatch from Brisbane, Australia, says one hundred persons are believ ed to have been drowned in Clermont, Queensland, by a flood wflich washed away the main street and all the houses in low-lying places. Tentative approval having been giv en 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, administration lead ers in congress are preparing to bring in their revenue bills as soon as possi ble after the holiday recess. In a circular sent out by the mili tia bureau, it is stated that every able- bodied male citizen between the ages of 18 and 45 is liable for military serv ice in case of war. A policy of absolute silence regard ing the pence negotiations for the war ring Europeans and Asiatics has been adopted by President Wilson and Sec retary Lansing. Resources of national banks of the United States, Comptroller Williams announced, have increased more than four billion dollars during the past two years. Farm* loan banks will be located in Springfield, Mass.; Baltimore, Md.; Columbia, S. C.; New Orleans, La.; Houston, Texas; St. Paul, Minn.; St. Louis, Mo.; Louisville, Ky.; Omaha, Neb.; Wichita, Kans.; Spokane, Wash., and Berkeley, Cal. It is expected that the government will have to supply most of the $9,000,- 000 capital for the farm loan banks, but stock subscription books will be GERMANY DEFENDS BELGIAN INVASION Teutons Claim That Woes Of The tittle Kingdom Are Due To Her Own Actions Before The War SHOULD NOT HAVE RESISTED Semi-Official Reply Is Made To The Charges In The Entente Note By Doctor Hammann opeped nevertheless. In spite ofilSe^vifr!. between is Now Are Properly Displayed been made recently in the White House col lies, a collection which since 1003 has been one Tnanslon. From its inception under Mrs. Roose- • and his- Ich kept in have corridor, er.s who l.v have heir in- Washington A joint session of the Mexican- American commission will be held early in January, at which the Ameri cans will give the Mexicans their an swer, and on its nature depends the future course of the commissioners, who have beeh trying for four months to adjust questions at issue between the two countries. Miss Julia Williams, daughter of Senator John Sharp Williams married Thomas Rives Boykin of Savannah December 28. It is learned in Washing!)^ that Carranza has raised no insuperable barriers to an adjustment oj the insistence of the ce*?t ra l powers for an immediate peace col the forecast of a unanimo’ by the entente allies to entel conference without knowing terms in advance, the government believes thnt the negc tions in progress are resulting in House leaders predict that the posed increase in postage rate on sec ond class matter never will be enact* ed into law. Berlin.—The German impression of the entente’s reply to the peace pro posals of the central powers was re flected in a statement made by Doc tor Hanunann, who until the turn of the year was director of the intelli gence depnilment of the foreign of fice. This comment was not based on the official text of the entente’s note. Doctor Hammann, who collaborated in the important work of the foreign office in December, 1916, said that consideration by. Germany and her al 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 ated by the entente reply, he said: “If 1 were to express an opinion in a few words, it is this:- Instead of taking place around a peace table,-the entente's deliberations took 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 lotted in the entente note is ‘the mar tyrdom of Belgium.’ But if cue 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 doc 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 tyas not been sufficiently con sidered—the report made by Baron Grcindl, 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 Germany from the north. As proof of tyhis Baron Greindl quoted the outcry started in Paris and Londdn a short tin\e before when the Dutch plan to fortify Flushing had become known. The reason why they wished that remain without defense icealed. In this way they eir purpose to* be able ro English garrison to Ant- hindrance, thus creating . basis Cor operations ii\ the direction of the lower Rhine and Westphalia.” LAX-FOS is an improved Cascara (a tonic-laxative) In LAX-FOS the Cascara is improved by the addition of certain harmless chem icals which increase the efficiency of the Cascara, making it better than ordinary Cascara. LAX-FOS is pleasant to take and does not gripe nor* disturb stomach. Adapted to children as well as adults. Just try one bottle for constipation. 50c. Popped Out at the Popping. Aunt—I suppose, Edith, you said "This is so sudden!” when Mr. Slow- boy proposed. Niece—No; 1 fully intended to, but I was so excited I forgot and exclaimed "At lust!”—Boston Evening Tran script. THICK, GLOSSY HAIR FREE FROM DANDRUFF Girls! Try It! Hair gets soft, fluffy and beautiful—Get a 25 cent bottle of Danderine. If you care for heavy hair that glls*- tens with beauty and Is radiant with? life; bas an incomparable softness and is fluffy and lustrous, try Danderine, Just one application doubles the beauty of your hair, besides It Imme diately dissolves every particle of dandruff. You can pot have nice heavy, healthy hair if you have dandruff. This destructive scurf robs- the hair of its lustre, its strength and its very life, and if not overcome It produces a feverishness and itching of the scalp; the hair roots famish, loosen and die; then the hair falls out fast. Surely get n 25-cent bottle of Knowltou's Danderine from any drug. 6tore and Just try it.—Adv. Or Life-Saving. Modem military inventions, wondqr ful as they are, cannot be classifie as either lime-saving or labor-saving. European War Lloyds (London) reports the sink ing of the Rus/f!an steamship Taiskar, 3,043 tons gross, by a German subma rine. Three members of the crew were drowned. The others were land ed at Stavangre. Pressing in upon southern Moldavia from three sides, apparently with all their vigor, the forces of the central powers are making progress against stiff resistance. On the Transylvanian- Moldavian frontier, Berlin reports, the Austro-Germans and Bulgarian troops continue to advance. new thrust has been started by the Austro-Germans along the Molda vian frontier, which adds to the dif ficulties of the Russians and Rouman ians, already hard pressed from the south and east. Along the river Kasino, and west of Covesha, Petrograd says, Roumanian troops were driven back nearly a mile. Field Marshal von Mackensen has reached Dumitresti, About 12 miles northeast of that town troops under his command liaVe captured several villages.. The Greek government has address ed a second note to the entente pow ers, pointing out the growing popular resentment against their blockade. Having taking Filipechti, thirty miles to the southwest, Field Marshal von Mackensen’s troops have now cap tured the railroad town of Rimnik Sa- rat, relatively the same distance to the east. A Berlin dispatch to President Wil son says that Germany and her allies —Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Tur key—replied to the note of President Wilson in which he asked the bel ligerent nations state the aims for which they were fighting. The pro posal is made by the central powers that a conference of the delegates of all the belligerents be held immedi ately in a neutral city. The task of preventing future wars, can be begun only after the end of the present struggle, the statement says. Considerable fighting is again taking ilace on the eVrdun sector around Le me and on the eastern slopes NINE BILLION DOLLAR VALUE FOR U. Georgia Ranks Fourth, While Texas Is Firist, In Value Of Farm Output Washington.—Almost nine billion dollars was the aggregate value of all ciops of the country last year. Tn an estimate announced by the depart ment of agriculture the exact value was set at $8,934,587,000. That was an increase of $2,165,989,000 over the value of the 1915 crops and $2,867,206,- 000 over the average of the years 1910 to 1914. Texas held its lead as first state in value of its crops, but Illinois as sec ond state in 1915 was displaced by Iowa last year. Georgia was fourth. Except North Dakota every state showed increase in the value of its crops last year over 1915. COVETED BY ALL but possessed by few—a beautiful head of hair. If yours Is streaked with gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can re store It to its former beauty and lu«- ter by using “La Creole” Hair Dread ing. Price $1.00.—AdT. The Kind. “Some children, have to be handled' with gloves.” “I suppose with kid gloves.” MOTHER, ATTENTIONI Gold Ring for Baby Free. Get a 25c Bottle of Baby Ease front any drug store, mail coupon as di rected and gold ring (guaranteed), proper size, mailed you*, cures Bowel Complaints and Troubles of Babies.—Adv. Fgggife**?*.! He was a newcomer iff had just reveled in one of “It happened right near 1 of an alley,” he told the ot| at the bar. “I’m from a ll and nobody ever held me up] I got a right good start inr tions here. Just ns I passj some fellow threw liis arnif| arms and held. Another one hand over my mouth! the other to go through First ho got my Ingersoll, j got abput one dollar and in silver.” “ ‘Where’s yer froghides] “ ‘My what?’ says I. “ ‘Yer froghldes,’ he saysl “ ‘What’s them?’ says I. f “‘Greenbacks,’ says lie.I “And then I knowed \vh| But 1 didn’t have none.” Throe CltinCse girls wild rived at Vancouver are thl stowaways to land in Cain7i(j u J 581,925 Prisoners For Allies In 1916 Paris.—During the course of last year, according to authoritative fig ures, 7S.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 Turks 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. Tito Chilean government ],| poned conversion of its prp PP . to gold until January, 10"#. Lfarii A hundred and twenty-fl birds nest on an average! Northeast. \ 'Tis better to live rich than to ^\ rich! Rates Increased on Second Class Mail Washington.—The annual postoffice appropriation 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 mails. The hill would appropriate $329,553,120, $4,000,000 more than the current post- office act, readjust rural carriers’ sal aries anu increase the pay of a -num ber of employees. Carranza Refuses To Sign Protocol Washington.—When the American *( of the Mexican-Americ ior^fij^^^consjdj Why Wait Mr. Coffee Drinker, till heart, nerves, or stom ach "give way?" The sure, easy way to keep out of coffee troubles is to use the, pure fafed-drinU Bette!