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EVERYWHERE
PAY NO MORE
Protection in Mexico Before Any Recognition
GERMAN CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA NEARS END
LONDITIONS
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BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, Sept. 19.
“Shoot on sight any person who fires
into United States territory from the
Mexican side,” is the significant order
issued to American troops guarding
the border.
Not an American soldier was
wounded In the fight between U. S.
cavalrymen and Carranzista troopers
at Donna when 15 Mexicans were killed
and three seriousiy wounded, accord
ing to official information from the
American military authorities. Donna
s on the Rio Grande, 50 miles north
of Brownsville. The vigilance of the
United States patrols there has been
increased as a result of the fears that
the Mexicans may try to make a sur.
prise attack.
High military officials have taken
the stand that American goldlers are
warranted in firing across the Rio
Grande at Mexicany who are shooting
at United States uroperty, ‘and this
conclusion resuited in the order to
“shoot to kill” issued to-day.
Power to Enforce
.
Authority Demanded
By LAURENCE TODD.
(Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.—The an
nouncement that a de facto govern
ment in Mexico, seeking recognition,
“must possess the material and moral
capacity necessary to protect the lives
and property of nationals as well as
forelgners,” issued vesterday after
noon following a conference between
Secretary of State Lansing and the
Latin-American envoys to-day is
considered as having placed the Mex
fcan situation in a sufficiently defi
nite shape to permit the United
States or ahy of the interested Latin.
American Governments to degl di
rectly with the Mexican faction that
can convincingly make a showing of
power to maintain order in the South
ern republic.
Coupled with this statement was
one that each government shal] itself
Judge the capacity, and that recogni
tion will be extended by each govern
men separately at such time as if
sees fit,
The conference between Secretary of
of State Lansing and the Ambassa
dors of Argentina, Brazil and Chile
and the Ministers of Bolivia, Uruguay
and Guatemala was in session yes
terday afternoon at the Hotel Bilt
more.
Before the conference had opened
it was reported that Secretary of
State Lansing would lay before the
Pan-American diplomats private in
formation to the effect that General
Carranza will refuse to give up his
military power and permit a general
elaction until the end of the war in
Europe.
The first step leading toward recog.
nition of Carranza was the busless
before the conference of Secre
tary Lansing, Ambassadors Naon of
Argentina, DaGama of Brazil and
Suarez-Mujica of Chile and Ministers
DePena of Uruguay, Calderon of 3o
livia and Mendez of Guatemala,
It Ils known the State Department
is at last ready to agree that Car
ranza’s proposals should be explained
to the conferees by Carranza himself
or one of his spokesmen. According
ly, It was understood that to-day's
program would include:
First—A vote by the conferees as
to whether Carranza shall be allowed
to plead his cause for recognition, If
this vote is favorable, the Carranza
government will be 50 notified at once,
Second--To suggest that the con
ferees can not come to the Mexican
border, hence Carranza must send a
delegate or ‘clontu to meet the del.
egates In Washington or New York.
Third-—To state to Carranza ‘hat
the agreement to hear his plea dous
not imply recognition; it merely gives
him a chance to show he is ready, If
finally recognized, to arrange for pay
ment of foreign clalms and tu protect
foreign lives and property henceforth.
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“Fritz” is the name the soldiers of the Allies have given to the latest
alr creation of Germany. He is a big brute, anywhere between 80-foot
and 100-foot span, and driven by two Mercedes engines of 100 horse
power to 150 horsepower each. T hese engines are placed in two nar
row fuselages, while in the center is a nacelle which contains seats
for three, men (two gunners and the pilot). The biz machine remains
aloft on patrol duty for six hours, his engines throttled down to their
utmost limit, and thus economizing fuael. Should an enemy appear, the
great watcher, some 8,000 feet to 9,000 feet above the Allies’ trenches,
suddenly accelerates to full speed. From the ground the giant en
English King
Offers Toast
to Wilson
(By International News Service.)
LONDON (delayed by censor), Sept.
17.—At a dinner held at Windsor Cas
tle King George proposed the health
of President Wilson. In the course of
a shert speech the King said:
“It will, 1 think, be an everlasting
test of the wisdom and good sense of
the American people that in the most
trying and difficult circumstances thay
stood loyally united behind President
Wilson. Mr. Wilson's action through
out the period of difficulty has justi
fled the faith and confidence of the
American people.”
This is the first occasion on which
the health of the President of the
United States has been proposed at
the English royal table by its Sover
eign. Queen Mary also has been sig
nally polite to American women, and
there have been several entertain
ments at Buckingham Palace in the
last few months at which the only
women present were Americans,
. .
Another American
Slain by Yaquis
(By International News Service,)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Another
American, so far unidentified, has
been slain by the Yaqui Indians. The
State Department to-day was ad
vised by the American Consul at Ma
zatlan that a band of ralding Indians
a week ago carried off and murdered
an American,
The Mexican commander at Mazat.
lan has agreed that the Indlans re
sponsible will be punished,
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Georgian Named U.B.
Consul in Honduras
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 —Pres!-
dent Wilson has lssued & commis
sion to Walter F. Berlle, of Georgia,
as Consul at Puerto Cortes, Hondu
ras.
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VOL..XIV. NO. 40.
BIG TWIN PROPELLER BIPLANE NOW IN USE.
France Has Found Her
Soul, Says Kipling;
Nation a Unit in War
This is the final article in a nota
ble series by Rudyard Kipling, pub
lished in The Georgian and The Sun
day American.
By RUDYARD KIPLING.
(Copyright In U. 8. A, by Rudyard
Kipling, 1915.)
LONDON, Sept. 19.—“ This iz the
end of the line,” sald the staff of
ficer, and kindest and most patient of
chaperons,
It buttressed itse!f on a fortress
among the hills. Beyond that the
silence was more awful than the
mixed noise of the business to the
westward.
In mileage on the map the line must
be between 400 and 500 miles. In
actual trench work it is many times
that distance. It is too much to see
at full length.
The mind does not readily break
away from the obsession of its entire
ty nor grip its detall. One visualizes
the thing afterwvard as a white-hot
gash worming all across France be
tween intolerable sounds and lights
under ceaselss blasts of whirled dirt,
Nor is It any relief to lose one's self
among wlldmnnn of plling, stoning,
timbering, creting, wire work or
incaleulable quantities of soll thrown
up raw to the light and cloaked by the
changing seasons as the unburied ara
cloaked, Yet there are no words to
give the essential simplicity of it
It Is @ rampart put up by man
against the beast, precisely as In the
Stone Age. Ir it goes, all that keeps
us from the beast goes with it. One
sees this at the front as clearly s
one sees the French villages behind
the German lines, Sometimes ‘he
people steal away from them and
bring word of what they endure,
Charactenstics in Fighting.
Where rifle and bayonet serve, men
use those tools along the fromt; whaere
the knife gives better results, they go
in behind the hand grenades with the
*wked 12-inch L.ulfe. Each race s
A'I‘LANTI‘A, Gk, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2) 1915
gines can be heard as they suddenly roar into full power, and the enor
mous machine can be seen literaliy to swoop across the sky. It carries
two machine guns able to fire in any direction. The Germans for a
model have taken the Italian Caproni machine, and knowing that their
pilots (as man) have been beaten by the French and British aviators,
they have set themselves to improve the machine. In this they have
certainly succeeded, eénd these battle-aeroplanes, as Germany calls
them, are very dangerous enemies, and have temporarily challenged
that superiority in the air that has for months been a noticeable fea
ture of the struggle of the west,
supposed to fight in its own way, but
this war has passed beyond all known
Ways.
They say that the Belgians in the
north settle accounts with a certain
dry passion which has varied very
little since their agony began. Some
sections of the Englisk line have pro
duced a soft-voiced, rather reserved
type, which does its work with its
mouth shut.
The French carry an edge to thelr
fighting, a precision and dreadful
knowledge coupled with an insens«i
bility to shock unlike anything one
has imagined of mankind.
To be sure, there has never been a
like provocation, for never since the
Aesir went about to bind the Fenris
wolf has all the world united to bind
the beast.
The last I saw of the front was Alan
Breck speeding bacK to his gun posi
tlons among the mountains, and 1
wondered what delight of what house
hold the iad must have been in the
old days.
Then we had to work our way, de
partment by department, against the
tides of men behind the line. Sup
ports and their supports, reserves and
reserves of reserves, as well as masses
In training--they flooded towns and
villages. When we tried short cuts
we found them In every bylane.
Have you seen mounted men read.
Ing their home lotters with reins
thrown on their horses’ necks, mov
ing in absorbed silence through a
street which almost sald, “Hush!” to
its dogs, or met in a forest a proces
sion of perfectly new big guns, ap
parently taking thelselves from the
foundry to the front?
Frenchmen Drop All Display.
In wspite of their love of drama,
there is not much window dressing in
the French chardeter,
The boche, who is the priest of the
higher counter jumpery, would havo
Continued on Page 2, Column 2.
Army Aviator
Flies Nearly
Ten Hours
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—A new
American aeroplane record for dura
tion for pllot alone is now held by
Lieutenant Walter R, Tanaferro, of
the army. He made a mark of nine
hours and 48 minites sustained flight
yvesterday at the San Diego army
aviation school, the War Department
has been advsled, flying from 5:18
a. m. to 3:06 p. m,
The previous record was elght
hours and 53 minutes, made January
156 by Lieutenant B, G. Jones, of the
Army.
.
One Killed and 3 Hurt
.
In Automobile Wreck
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 19.—Clif
ford C. Byrd, a chauffeur, of Ross
ville, Ga. was Instantly killed; Jack
Brown, a Deputy Sheriff of Hamilton
County, Tennessees, and Sam Ivins, a
Deputy United States Marshal, of
Athens, Tenn., were reriously injured
in an automoblle accident near Cal
houn, Tenn,
Erown, who owns a pack of blood
hounds, was called to Madisonville at
midnight and was on hig way to that
place, accompanied by Byrd ana
Ivins, when, In making a sharp turn
in the rond, the machine turned tur
tie. Brown, who was most seriousiy
hurt, may die.
.
Mystery in Death of
.
Leading Baxley Man
BAXLEY, Bept. 19.—Henry H.
Overstreet, & prominent citizen of
Baxley, was found dead by the road
side about six miles from Baxley near
the home of Frank Lewis. It s not
known whether he was murdered.
The Coronep ordered an inquest.
Overstreet was seen to fall by Lew.
Is' lttle boy. When Lewis came
home the boy told him what he had
seen. Lewls found the body, which
had been dead several hours.
C«_;pmxm. 1006,
By The Georglan Co.
2 CENTS
Garrison Asks $250,000,000
HUGE SN
URGED FOR
UEFENSE
~ (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.—Secre
tary Garrison will ask Congress, if
President Wilson gives his approval,
for $250,000,000 to strengthen the na
tion’s military defenses.
His estimates are now practically
complete and ready for submission
to the President. The last Congress
aprropriated only $109,000,000 for the
military establishment, including the
army, the State militia, fortifications
and West Point.
~ Whether Congress will be able te
grant the Secretary's estimate, how
ever, is problematical.
. Keeps Plans Secret.
Mr. Garrison himself will shed no
-on his plans or give any hint of
how he would expend the vast sum
which seems necessary for what he
terms “reasonable preparedness.” It
i sald, however, that If Congressmen
are staggered by a proposed expendi
ture of $141,000,000 more than was
carried in last year's army appropri
ation measures, it would be just as
well if they never knew what the
board of general officers appointed by |
Mr. Garrison to Investigate the coun
try's military defenses, proposed,
This board was designated by. Mr.
Garrison some six months ago and
consisted of the chief of staff of the
army, Major General Scott, and the
heads of the several bureaus. The
members were instructed to go over
the whole situation and propose rec
ommendations for the Increase of the
present regular army, the creation of
a reserve, the strengthening of the
prerent coast defenses and fleld artil
lery and the abolition of useless army
posts,
This committes brought in a report
calling for the expenditure of $600,-
000.000. It is now certain that it will
never see the light of day in ilts origi
nal form. |
To Strengthen Army. |
In view of Secretaty Garrison’s re
peated assertions of his appreciation
of the fact that this country is, and
always will be, opposed to a large
standing army, it Is taken for lnnt-‘
ed that he will geek the achievement
of reasonable preparedness through ll
reserve. It is pointed out that an in
crease from 25,000 to 40,000 regular
troops, and perhaps 1,000 officers, may
be sought to bring the total army up
to something less than 150,000 men,
As the State militia does not stand,
and never has stood, very high in the
estimation of army officers, it would
not be surprising if Mr. Garrison
sought to withdraw Federal kupport
from that organization and place his
dependence on a trained reserveo of
about 350,000 men, so the United
States could announce an armed force
with a combined army of not less
than 500,000 men at the outset,
The preference of the army men for
a national reserve over State militia
organizations Is based upon the fact
that there would be no division of au
thority, the reserve being wholly un
der Federal control. The dual con
trol of the State militia, In the opin
fon of the military observers, ren
ders that arm of defense of little value,
With a reserve of 360,000 men,
equipped and disciplined and ready
for any emergency, Mr. Garrison's ad
visers think the country would have
made a start toward military pre
paredness.
U. 8. Land Offices
.
To Be Consolidated
(By Internatignal News Service.)
WASBHINGTON, Sept. 19, —Presi
dent Wilson has ordered the consoli
dation of the land offices at Wool
ward and Guthrie, Okla, at the latter
place, owing to the reduction In the
acreage of public lands in ()kuhuma.l
The recommendation was made by
Becretary of the Interior Lane.
PAY No |
MORE
Bank Clearings
Up 2 Million
This Week
With an increase in bank clearings
of more than two million dollars over
the same week last yvear, business and
business sentiment in Atlanta were}
decidedly looking up Saturday, and
optimists were found on every corner.
The jJump in cotton was largely re
sponsible for it, but the merchants
reported a general improvement in
business.
Atlanta clearing house reports for
the week were $13,675,618. In this
week of 1914 they were $11,313,385,
this year's increase being $2,262,231.
The clearings for Saturday alone
| Were $2,336,965, an increase of $765,-
541 over the same Saturday last year.
The jump in spot cotton in Atlanta
to past ten cents, and reports of sales
at eleven cents and higher In small
town markets, gave ousiness a stimu
lus. There was a prevalent opinion
Among business men that this price
would hold up unless a rush of sell-
Ing comes on and breaks the market.
The belief among political econo
mists that the British embargo will
lbc modified lent a better tone to busl
ness, also. They pointed out that the
western meat packers and their big
Influence were now jolned with South
ern cotton interests and Eastern im
porters in a determination to lift the
blockade, and were hopeful that the
combination would get results.
Royal Daniel
Editor Wed
QUITMAN, Sept. 19—Royal Dane
lel, editor of The Quitman Free Press,
and formerly of Atlanta, and Miss
Edna Cain, of this city, were married
Thursday afternoon, September 16,
the Rev. Allen Wilson, of Valdosta,
performing the ceremony.
Royal Daniel was engaged in news
paper work In Atlanta for many
years, leaving to purchase an interest
In The Quitman Free Press, of which
Miss Caln wng then editor.
e—ee e e )
Hillis to Keep Pulpit
- \
In Spite of Reverses
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Sept, 19.—Although
his business operations have falled,
the Rev. N. D. Hlllis, pastor of the
famous Plymouth Church, will con
'nnuo his ministerial duties, according
to the statement following to-day's
meeting of the trustees and deacons,
The Rev, Mr, Hillis got into finan
clal difficulties through a $2,000,000
’lumh(-r deal in British Columbla,
—_—
1,200 Russian Plants
. .
r To Make Munitions
| PARIS, Sept, 19.—A Petrograd dis
‘patch to The Temps #says the Rus
sian War OfMce soon will have 1,200
factories and 100,000 workmen de
voted exclusively to the output of war
munitions,
It is stated the the Japanese Gov
ernment contemplates the establish
ment of more arms factories to sup
ply Russia,
Beriberi Appears
On French Barque
(By International News Service.)
QUEENSTOWN, Sept, 19.—Because
three of the crew already had died of
the disease and the other members of
the crew wers suffering from beribert
the French barque Admiral de Cor
nuller put In here
The ship wus bound from New
Caledonia to Clyde with a cargo of
ore
FIRST
EDITION
KAISER T 0
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ATTAGK
Special to the International News
Service and The London :
Daily Telegraph. :
ROTTERDAM, Sept. 19.—The eflq
tral powers are preparing plans for a
new campaign that ‘nhortly will tlfl'zé
the attention of the world from the
front upon which they have concene
trated such tremendous efforts during
the last six months, Jjust where the
new blow will fall has not leaked out,
In the first place, not a single Ause
trian or German newspaper has left
those countries for several days, and
for a week no letters have been re
celved. In regard to Germany also,
there has been a marked decrease in
the facilities for communication with
the world. Frontier regulations have
been strictly enforced, and the trave
elers between Germany and Holland
have been weeded down to small nume
bers,
On the Belgo-Dutch frontier there
have been similar happenings, and it
is reported measures have been taken
to close the Swiss frontier to pnmt’
the carrying into France of lntom-’
tion regarding the military movee
ments of Austria and Germany,
The Teutons have no idea of prosecut
Ing further their advanée into Ru
after they have achleved the i '
diate object of gaining a firm grip on
the Dvinsk-Vilna-Rovno rallway
the rallway from Dvinsk to Riga.
the control of these important lat !
lines, the intention of the Germans is
to dig in on the eastern front and Ila
mediately to transfer all but a
paratively small number of troops u
another front.
High German officers in ‘
have expressed the opinion that
allled line In the west is im ‘
ble. It is more likely, therefore,
the new blow will be directed '
either Italy or Serbla, .
Despite the hard fighting on
eastern front, owing to the gallant
Covery of Russia, the transfer of
numbers of troops already has w
Scores of thousands have passed Alxe
La-Chappelle. Even more IMM
are the movements of the Au i
‘wholo forces facing Russia ::::
have been considerably weak
"I‘hh- stap was premature from a mill
tary standpoint, and the Russian
ers in Galicia took splendid ad :
tage of it. The explanation is that 4
jwlthdmwul of Austrian troops wn-’
Imposed by force of circumstances in
connection with Austria's share in tfit
general scheme for a new offensive in
4 new theater, which offensive soon
will be in operation,
.
Austrian Attempt to
Invade Serbia Fails
(By International News Service.) '
NISH, Sept. 18,—Three attempts of
the Austrians to invade Serbla by way
of the Save river have been repulsed,
according to the following ofMelal
statement given out by the war office:
“The enemy tried thres times to
Cross the Save during the night of
September 14, but was repulsed and!
driven back by our infantry. On the
15th our artillery leveled fortifications|
of the endemy on the Danube fn-t’
at the confluence of the Pek and alse
on the Save front near Benajia.” i
cnsprt i
. 4
Hindenburg Forges
Chain of Steel’
(By International News Service)
PETROGRAD, Sept. 18.—~Vilna 19}
virtually surrounded by German
troops, and it is feared the fall of the
city Is Imminent.
OMclal announcement was made tog