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lK)Hf»l,AS COUNTY SENTINEL, DOUGLASVILLE. GEORGIA
IN CITY BRIEF NEWS NOTES
it* Army of II
> Cli ill fill! war, nml " iiiniIi* iiho of ilifin In lil
.iiwf lo coiuimiml Him Itriiiirli.
Mlfmlfrnlf balloon nun umlir Mu* command of «l«*n. M. I*.
Ariu> of Northern Virginia, li made but mn* n*<cmdon
rn r.hful, Tills balloon was towed ilowu llu* .tunics river
wiir raptured, li whs turned ou r to Professor Lowi* for
>p«rttnf*nl might iiiiilit* of ii. Being of Impruetlrnl mu
on, li wns ml up mol piece* given iih souvenirs to proml*
drty.
itist Puts Potato Through Its Paces
ears past llu* 1 Tnit«*«| State* ill purliio'iif of ngrleiilhire
itf flit* pul ii lo mol Hclmtlflciilly selecting mid breeding
III hrli»>r It up lo tlio highest sinndiinl of ellleieney In Iih
duly to iiiuidMiid. In its later offoriH
imvfiul llu* lmprovt*uo*nl of I lo* it ho*
ful tuber, II 11iih cnHud in llio assis
tance of u womiin Unit she limy bring
lo*r woman's knowledge of home
economics lo lionr upon llo* Mludy of
I llu VfffOtJlIllc.
It Ih llo* province of Miss Marga
ret Connor, scientific assistant in po
mology, Ho* youngest womiin scientist
Jn flu* government employ, lo put Hit*
potatoes through lliulr puces from llo*
standpoint of tlo* homo economist.
i n large scale In (lo* United Stales has It centralized
espondlng roughly lo (he various geographical
|iuir.v. This speeliillzuUon has created a deuuuol for
coudltloiiH In particular localities, or for varieties pos-
|nhlc qualities, such ns heal mol drought resistance, re-
MiKlt curl y or late maturity. Iilgh-stnrch content, etc.
years of selection ami breeding literally thousands of
I'O been secured. These are grown in all parts of the
hie oflloo of horllciillure and pomology has experiment ill
|lnlu, North Carolina. Colorado mol Idaho—and complete
ery phase of Iheir development.
[disease or drought: reslslmil a potato vine may he, the
It' little practical Importance If llo* potatoes have a dls-
|tor, If their llesh turns black alter cooking, or if they
I 'minds of the housewife," said Miss Connor In
1 tubers from each seedling which Is thought
cd to a cooking test, and If this is unfavorable
> Homo very desirable culture characterists to save
eneral tests which wc apply to each potato—boiling,
Film. The Ill's! two methods cf cooking are the fmulation
In which potatoes are served li* the household."
Hits When the President Is Present
|>N and several of Ids predecessors have been very
Riding many of the balls, receptions, and other soitil-
ilch the chief executive is Invited, and certainly the
Adds ImmeuBur-
Jthe function.
Ill with the la- ^
parked by some -
| ceremony, and,
ht, by some ccr-
hls hosts, as to
roecdure.
ptlngs are over
rd moments for
jmlly the presl-
!tbo nature J
hr Instance, the
111 at the Pan-American building. The first 111 tlo In-
lu the president met the guests of honor, the diplomats
|very pleasant, the supper for the distinguished guests
|tr.
when the notables were seated In even rows in a
[jml the other guests crowded around Tor a glimpse of
Jif nothing but Mrs. Jnrlc.v's wax works.
hull the president and his party were half way
l|r way out, when It was suddenly decided that some
taken of their departure and the hand struck up
Atier.”
Maud at attention In the middle of the room until it
'thing will continue to happen until there la some
bf the etiquette which should attend the arrival of
lure, and the time which he spends at a social func-
[osition of States in the Capital
V*a of the establishment in Washington of u permanent
■lutes Is revived and advocated on a comprehensive
Jn of Citizens’ Associations* In conjunction with its
plans for holding a government edu
cational exhibit In Washington during
the week of February 20 to March 1.
This announcement was made by
Charles S. Shrevo, president of the
federation who declared that exhibit
week, winch is to he arranged pri
marily for the entertainment and In
struct l-at »*f prc-lnaugaral visitors, will
ho utilized as the first step toward the
carrying nut of tho larger proposition.
Ti e dliiii, Mr. Shrove nuhh Is to
Invito the governors of the states and
eprcHcnluth’cfl to intend a mass meeting to be
“|eh 8, for the purpose of
iposltlda. bore. .
Has Occuned During the Week
Throughout This Country
end Abroad.
EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE
Qatharatf From All Part* of tho
Glob* and Told In Short
Paragraph*.
| Washington
mums W Lawson, haled before tho
c rules commlticc to tell whit! ho
v or had hoard about a stork mar-
| ket leak on President Wilson's |<tacc
note or he punished, named the chair
man of tlie committee, ItepresentatIve
| Henry. Then before the hearers had
Mine to recover from the shock Lawson
j r prang one sensation after the other
i by declaring the cabinet officer refer
red to was Hccretary McAdoo, that
the hanker wan It. Pliny Fisk of Now
York ami Mint he knew the senator
' only hy Mm Initial "O." To complete
i the explosion, I jin* noi i wont on to
! charge that Paul M. Warburg of the
I federal reservo board had knowledge
I of (he leak machinery, and repealed a
rumor Mist Count Von Bernstorff, the
j Mi rinan ambassador, Imd made two
' millions in the stock market, and to
j mention it list of well-known men he
thought should la* questioned.
Congress will ho asked to authorize
$18,500,000 for tho construction cf the
four proposed hilt tlo cruisers in pri
vate shipyards.
A Merlin dispatch announces that
Dr. Alfred Zimmerman, tho Gorman
foreign minister, informed The Press,
In his opinion, that tho entente reply
to President Wilson's peace note bars
the possibility for the present of fur
ther German steps to bring about
peace.
The federal white slave law was con
st rued by tho Supreme court to pro
hibit. interstate transportation of worn-
I on for any immoral purpose, including
"private escapades," as well ns com
mercialized vice.
I Test cases regarded decisive of
j about eight hundred railroads, claims
j agninst the government for approxi-
| mutely thir ty live million dollars for
additional compensation for carrying
the mails from 1907 to 1911 were de
cided by tho Supreme court against
tho railroads.
The .lapanese battle cruiser Tsuku-
bn, which visited the Jamestown ex
position in 1907, Is reported, in a To-
Uio dispatch, to have been destroyed
hy an explosion In the harbor of Yoso-
ka, an important naval station thir
teen miles southwest of Yokohama.
One hundred and fifty three members
of the crew—a total of 817 men—-
were killed outright and 157 injured,
many of them seriously.
The attitude of President Wilson to
ward the replies of the warring na
tions to his suggestion that, an oppor
tunity be given for comparing peace
terms remained undetermined up to
January 13.
It Is suggested In Washington that
one or more European neutrals may
urge Germany and her allies to make
public their peace terms, and others
think it possible that a voluntary
statement may be forthcoming from
Merlin after the text of the entente
reply has been banded to the foreign
office for its information by Ambassa
dor Gerard.
It is reported by the bureau of la
bor and commerce that at least one
million men have received increases
in wages. Half of the raises were vol
untary and the other half were won
through strikes.
In a separate peace note the Bel
gian government expresses a desire for
peace, but declares It could only ac
cept a settlement which would assure
it reparation and security in the fu
ture.
Withdrawal of the Pershing expedi
tion across the American border and
the sending of Ambassador Fletcher to
Mexico City are the next moves that
oftlcial Washington is said to be con
templating.
The next move to ho made by the
United States in dealing with the de
facto government will be announced
by President Wilson shortly.
Domestic
A La Mesa, N. M., dispatch announc
es that Gen. Bejamln J. Viljoen, who
took a prominent part in the Boer
war, was at one time a member of
tho Boor parliament, took part in
the Madero revolution in Mexico and
whose son is now with Pershing’s col
umn in Mexico, is dead, having suc
cumbed to pneumonia.
Texns reports a record-breaking
snowstorm in the northern and cen
tral portions of the state. Seven inch
es is reported at Dallas and as far
smith as Waco a fall of an inch and
a half IS reported.
Four thousand pounds of powder
were destroyed by lire and explosions
at tho Haskell, N. J., plant of the Du
Pont Powder company, December 12.
Only two men are reported missing.
No estimate of tho loss has been made
public.
According to a message received at
the western division army headquar
ters Mi Ban Francisco from Calexico,
an airplane, missing from San Diego
for several days, with Col. Harry G.
Bishop and Lieut. W. A. Robertson,
Jr., has been traced to a pqjpt fifty
miles south of Calexico,
A Tallahassee, Fla., dispatch an
nounces that Governor Catts has ap
pointed J. 11. ChilftWnn of Tallahasseo
ns adjutant general of Florida, suc
ceeding Gen. J. (\ II. Foster, who has
been at the head of Florida inilitaty
affairs for many years.
Buffalo Bill (Col. William Frederick
Cody) Is dead at the homo of his sis
ter la Denver, Col. Ho Is the last
of the great plainsmen, and his death
Is mourned hy the whole country, es
pecially by the youth.
Finn* Bopp, German consul at San
Francisco, and four of his attaches
<»r employees wore found guilty in the
United mates district court of having
violated American neutrality. Tho
charge open which they were convict
ed was that they Imd planned to blow
up munition plants in America and
Canada, steamships carrying anything
to the entente allies, railroad bridges
and ndlPiiry trains.
A New York dispatch announces
that a German raider was met in the
Atlantic and sunk hy a British cruiser.
The identity of the vessels engaged
iis well as the vessel reported sunk,
is not known.
Mexican
The Mexican-American Joint com
mission which failed to effect an ad
justment of Mu* questions at issue be
tween Mexico and the United States
after a series of conferences that be
gan four months ago, bus been for
mally dissolved.
The Mexicans have little doubt that
full diplomatic relations between the
United States and Mexico will soon
he re-established.
The latest move Is that the United
Stati*s will withdraw Pershing’s ex
pedition and send an ambassador to
the do facto government in Mexico.
It h; stated In Mexico City hy men
high in the councils of the provisional
government and in close touch with
the International situation that the
result of the conferences between tho
Mexican and United States commis
sioners Is most satisfactory to Mexico.
The news in the City of Mexico Is
to the effect that. President Wilson
has taken personal charge of the ne
gotiations between the de facto gov*
eminent and the United States.
European War
In the course of a violent engage
ment near the Kaslno rivey qn the
northern Roumanian front, the Rou
manians threw back their opponents
a little distance, it is announced in
Petrogrud.
The Germans, under Field Marshal
von Mackensen, have made a further
advance toward Galatz, and the Rus
sians have retreated towards the north
in the vicinity of Vadenl.
Under fierce attacks tho Teutonic al
lies have made further progress
against the Russians along the Seretli,
southwest of Galatz, capturing the vil
lage of Kotumikhali and also the
town of Vadenl, on the railroad be
tween Braila and Galaz, six miles from
Galatz.
Tile Austro-Geraians have been de
feated north of the Sloniki river, south
of the Oituz river and in the region
of Raduleschi to the east of Fokshani.
The Germans delivered a heavy at
tack in the vicinity of Riga, but were
repulsed.
The Trentino front (Italian reports
the usual artillery engagements, and
claims the Austrians have been dis
turbed by the accuracy of tho Italian
artillery.
The Julian front (Italian) reports
that, notwithstanding the very inclem
ent weatlidf, the useful activity of the
patrols goes on unimpeded.
The usual cannonade is going on
south of the Somme and in the region
of Verdun.
A German aeroplane was forced to
land in the French lines near Pont-a-
Moussons, and the aviatr«:s made pris
oners.
Only artillery activity is reported
at Het Sas, in the Belgian sector.
South of the Somme and on the
right bank of the Meuse artillery
fighting is reported to be very active.
A German destroyer is reported to
have captured in Swedish territorial
waters the Danish steamship Tyhra.
Lieutenant General Bandini, com
mander of the Italian Albanian expe
ditionary corps, was among those lost
aboard the Italian battleships Regina
Margherita.
The sinking of the Italian battleship
Regina Margherita, of 13,00 tons, on
December 11, with the loss of 675 men,
is offficially announced by the Italian
government.
A British cruiser of the Juno type,
measuring 5,600 tons, was sunk by
Turkish gun fire on the Island of Kas-
telorizo in the eastern Mediterranean.
In the western war theater fighting
is reported on the Ancre river in
France between the Germans and the
British.
The British are reported to be mak
ing successful raids north of Arras,
France.
The French report having captured
a considerable number of prisoners
in a sortie ih the Vosges sector.
Greece’s reply accepting the terms
of the ultimatum cf the entente allies
has been delivered, according to a Lon
don dispatch.
One thousand yards of Turkish
trenches on the Kut-el-Amara (Garden
of Eden) have been captured by the
British.
The Turkish trezukvo at Sannayit
wore bombarded by the British aAd
successfully raided ir three places/
1 lute'.nvosion of Rr '
ADMIRAL DEWEY
GOES TO BEYOND
Hero Of Manila And Ranking Naval Offi
cer Of The World Dies At His
Home In Washington
WAS IN SERVICE 62 YEARS
President Order* All Flags To Be Half
Matted—Burial At Famous
Arlington Cemetery
Washington.—Admiral Dewey, the
nation’s Spanish war hero and hy pri
ority of grade the ranking naval offi
cer of the world, died at his home
here in his eightieth year.
A general breakdown, accompanied
by arterlo schlerosis incident to
age, was Mm cause cf his death. The
d I sense had been grndualy spreading
its hold upon the powerful body for a
year and a half, but the admiral, proud
of his physical vigor, had fought it
off and even kept its existence a se
cret from most of his intimate and
close friends.
Mrs. Dewey and the admiral’s oni
son, George, were at the bedside
when he died.
The admiral died at 5:50 o’clock
President Wilson and Secretary Dan
iels were notified at once, and the
news was flashed by wireless to Amer
ican naval vessels and stations all
over the world. Tho message carried
orders that nil flags be half masted.
Tim admiral will be buried at the
famous Arlington national cemetery,
on tho Virginia shore of the Potomac
river, whore many oi’ his former com
rades have been laid to rest.
Only two other men- -Farragut and
Porter—have held tho rank of the
admiral of thp American navy, and
since* Civil war days no military fig
ure lias bold such a place as Dewey
in the affection and admiration of
the American people. His death end
ed 62 years of active service. His
baptism of fire came in the Civil war,
through all of which he served
with distinction. Promotion followed
promotion during the years following,
and he was a commodore commanding
the Asiatic fleet when the order "cap
ture or "destroy the enemy's fleet" gave
him (he first news of hostilities with
Spain and sent him into Manila bay
for the feat that won undying fame
and had far-reaching effect upon the
position of the United States as n
world power.
Immediately Dewey was advanced to
rear admiral, and then congress by
special act made him admiral of the
navy, a grade that died with him.
Since 1900 he had been on duly at the
general board, constantly in touch
with all activities of the navy, ad
visor of secretaries and a mighty
champion of a greater fleet Yeai
after year the general hoard urged
the building of more ships than con
gress would agree to, until at the last
session a great building program
based upon its recommendations final
ly was adopted.
ALLIES PLANNING FOR
BLOW ON WEST FRONT
General Nivelle And Field Marshal
Haig In London Conferring With
British War Council
London.—There is a possibility that
another big offensive by the entente
allies in Belgium and France is in
contemplation. A two days’ conference
has been held in London between Pre
mier Lloyd-George .and his war coun
cil and the British and French com
manders-in-chief. While nothing has
been made public concerning the con
ference from official sources, except
that it is described as "important,”
an unofficial dispatch asserts that it
differed from the conference recently
held in Rome in that military instead
of diplomatic questions took prece*
dence.
Aside from Rouniania, quiet contin
ues to prevail on all the other fighting
fronts, where there have been on’y
bombardments and operation*? by small
detachments. No mention is made by
either Berlin of Petrograd of the bat
tle begun last week in the Riga re
gion and which for several days had
seemed to be decreasing in intensity.
Berlin reports engagements south oi
Smorgon, which lies between Vilna
and Minsk.
Danish )Vest Indies For The U. S.
Washington.—Sovereignty over the
Danish West Indies, after half a cen
tury of negotiations, will pass to the
United States, with the exchange of
ratifications of the purchase treaty by
Secretary Lansing and Danish Minis
ter Brun. The actual physical trans
fer, with the raising of the United
States flag, will take place upon pay
ment of the $25,000,000 purchase price,
which congress wilt provide in a few
weeks. During the interim the gov
ernment of the islands will be admin
istered by the Danish government.
Faintest Sound Makes Loud Noise
Binghampton, N. Y.—Fifty persons
were seriously hurt, ten probably fatal
ly. when half the population of the
little town of Harfor/UPa., about thir
ty miles from BingnMiptoi} \trap
ed by Are in the of Fell? r
uctu
Time it! Pape’s Diapepsin ends
all Stomach misery in five
minutes.
Do some foods you eat hit back-
taste good, hut work badly; ferment
into stubborn lumps and cause a sick,
sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr. or
Mrs. Dyspeptic, Jot this down: Pape’s
Diapepsin digests everything, leaving
nothing to sour and upset you. There
never was anything so safely quick, so
certainly effective. No difference how
badly your stomach is disordered you
will get happy relief in five minutes,
but what pleases you most is that it
strengthens and regulates your stom
ach so you can eat your favorite foods
without fear.
You feel different as soon as "Pape’s
Diapepsin" comes In contact with the
stomach—distress just vanishes—your
stomach gets sweet, no gases, no belch
ing, no eructations of undigested food.
Go now, make the best investment
you ever made, hy getting a large flfty-
cent case of Pape’s Diapepsin from any
store. You realize in five minutes how
needless it is to suffer from indiges
tion. dyspepsia or bad stomach. Adr.
Few Now Care to Walk.
It is hardly too much to say that
tho automobile* as she is at present
driven J«as made walking for pleasure
or walking for hqjilth—walking of
every sort, in fadt, except mere pave
ment strolling or hurried, rnhbltltke
dashes for the shelter of tho nenrst
trolley car—practically impossible, a
source of annoyance and perpetual
discomfort instead of n pleasure.—Ex
change.
CUTICURA COMPLEXIONS
Are Usually Remarkably Soft and
Clear—Trial Free.
Make Cuticura Soap your every-day
toilet Soup, and assist it now and then
as needed by touches of Cuticura Oint
ment to soften, soothe and heal. Noth
ing better to make the complexion
clear, scalp free from dandruff and
hands soft and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
A Private Matter.
"What is that Miss Yowlcr singing?"
asked father.
" Tin Falling in Love With Some
one,’ ’’ answered daughter.
"Well, there are a lot of gossips in
this neighborhood. If that’s the way
she feels she ought to keep it to her
self."—Birmingham Age-Herald.
ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.
A well known actress gives the follow
ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint of
water add 1 oz. Bay Rum, a small box of
Barbo Compound, and Vi oz. of glycerine.
Any druggist can put this up or you can
mix It at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use come In
each box of Barbo Compound. It will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
hair, and make it soft and glossy. It will
not color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
Interested In the Time of Day.
“Is Bliggins obliged to catch a
train?"
“No. His wife gave him a gold
watch for Christmas."
MOTHER’S JOY SALVE
for Colds, Croup, Pneumonia and
Asthma; GOOSE GREASE LINIMENT
for Neuralgia, Rheumatism and
Sprains. For sale by all Druggists.
GOOSE GREASE COMPANY, MFR’S.,
Greensboro, N. C.—Adv.
Unkind Interpretation.
"My fingers are all thumbs."
"I guess they are, at the identifica
tion bureau.”
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTOltlA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and seejthat it
Bears the
Signature of <
In Use for Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
An instrument that measures the
glare of light reflected from paper has
been Invented.
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove’s
The Old Standard Greye’s Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally vaiuabhs.,as a Gen
eral Tonic because it contains\the well
known tonic properties of QUK.ANE and
IRON. It acts on the Liver, Driyes out
Malaria, Enriches the Blood and guilds
up the Whole System. 50 cents. \
The largest meteorite stone nctuall^j^
known to have fallen to earth weighed.
G40 pounds.
IMITATION IS SINCEREST FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money tho imita
tion han not the worth of the original.
Insist on "La Creole" Hair Dressing- 1 *
it’s the original. -5*&fcens your hair in
tho natural way,'but contains no dze.
Price $1.00.—Advj.' r *
JL
A patent for ciktlery made p!
boo has been granyed a Japare®
dent of Seattle.