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150 AMERICANS MISSING ON MEXICAN TRAIN
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.PAY NO MORE
RECORD COLD HITS ATLANTA
King Leads Rescue Work in Flame-Swept Bergen
18 DEGHEES
IRDNTES
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The coldest day of this rather mild
mannered and gentle winter arrived
Monday, when the mercury dropped
to 18 above 2éro between 5 and 6
o'clock, and a 36-mile wind swept
banks of sleet into the corners.
Professor Snider, of Griffin, The
Georgian's exclusive prognosticator,
awcke to find himself vindicated, if
vindication were needed by an ex
pert like (he Professor For he had
prophesied a “rough rider, a regular
rip snorter, with snow attached,” for
January 18. And here it was, a day
ahead of time.
For that matter, the official bureau
says the 18th (Tuesday) will be a
trifle colder than Monday—a fair,
clear day, which will warm up a bit
along toward noon. The forecaster
thinks that will bring the end of this
cold snap.
The snow of Monday wasn't a true
snow. but a dry sleet, says the weath
er bureau. But it made sidewalk nav
igation rather uncertain and precarl
ous, and most of the just-after-break
fast pedestrians took to the asphalt,
ireferring jay-walking to an ambu
lance ride.
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Prisoners Flogged
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In Freezing Weather
(By International News Service.)
WILMINGTON, DEL., Jan. 17—
With the temperature 17 degrees above
zero, twelve prisoners, three whites and
nine negroes, were publicly flegged in
the stockade of the county workhouse
at Greenbank. Despitq the fact that
Warden Richard F. Cross declared that
the punishment should be as merciful
as possible and he gave Guard
O'Rourke, who wielded the cat-o'-nine
tails instructions to be gentle, the pris
oners suffered from the stinging blows
because of the bitter cold.
All were sentenced,for robbery.
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Oglethorpe Is Given
A Large Telescope
As a gift from Thomas Stacy Ca
pers, a Princeton student, Oglethorpe
University has received a large tele
scope.
1t formerly was the property of Dr.
James Stacy, of Newnan, and was
considered one of the best astronomi
cal instruments in Georgia. Dr. Stacy
left the telescope to Mr, Capers when
he died.
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LaFollette, in Grip
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Of Grip, Takes Rest
(By International News Service.)
MADISON, WIS., Jan. I%—United
States Senator LaFollette will rest
for a week on account of an attack
of grip and a severe cold on the chest.
His condition was improved to-day,
but he announced that hedvould not
do any politcal speaking on his tour
of Wisconsin before next week. |
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Cancer Increases
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Steadily 15 Years
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—Cancer in New
York City has been steadily increasing
tor fifteeni vears. The Health Depart
ment announce there were 186 more
deatbs from \this cause in 1915 than in
1914
U. S. Flag Is Only One
Ignored by Mexicans,
Declares Mr. Hearst
Letter, Applauding Patriotic Stand of Washing
ton Post, Cites Abandonment of Americans by
Our Warships, Rescue by German and British.
Washington, Jan. 17,
The Waahington Post published the following article Saturday:
January 14, 1916,
To the Editor of The Washington
Post:
I read your splendid editorial
on the Mexican situation with a
thrill of patriotic pride.
Surely the spirit of ‘our fathers
i# not dead, when a great Ameri
can newspaper can speak with so
much power and courage and
with so much loyalty to our coun
try.
May | say a word to American
citizens through your columns?
It is positively true, as Senator
Borah declares, that the State
Department has purposely, studi
ously withheld from the American
people the fearful faots of Mexi
can murder and outrage upon the
American citizens.
Even the newspapers have not
been able to learn one-half the
truth nor to perform their dqty
to the public by apprising it of
the truth.
There are many incidents of the
humiliation of our people and the
degradation of our nation that
have never yet been recorded.
The relation,k of three or four
such incidents will give the people
of the United States an idea of
what sorrow and suffering and
shame their brothers In Mexico
have been forced to endure.
A year ago from last April
Americans in Tampico, and in the
surrounding country, were being
hunted like wild animals by the
Mexican revolutionists, and were
being tortured and klilled when
captured.
A number of these hunted
Americans took refuge in the ho
tel at Tampico.
There they were surrounded by
a mob of some 2,000 Mexicans,
shouting insults at the Americans,
shooting bullets into the windows
of the hotel and seeking an op
portunity to slaughter these
Americans as others had been
slaughtered before.
The American battleships, which
had been in the harbor of Tam
pico, had been ordered to put out
to sea, lest in protecting, Ameri
can lives they should create some
complications with the Mexican
Government — the murder of
Americans, apparently, not being
considered a complication worth
considering.
In the harbor of Tampico, how
ever, was a German gunboat, the
Dresden, which was there to pro
tect German citizens. This Ger
man gunboat had NOT been or
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An Effective Agent in |
Finding Lost Articl i
inding Lost Articles /
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The Daily Georgian and Sunday American’s “Lost and |
g Found” column leaves nothing undone to help in the recov- §
ery of lost valuables. 9
Sl prints' a descriptive list daily of the articles found by
the police, found on trolley cars and in moving picturé
theaters.
It takes the news of all losses printed in their columns
into 52,000 homes daily, more than 82.(?00 Sunday. They
practically cover Atlanta, and can hardly fail to reach the g
finder, who, in turn, is doubtless looking for the loser.
Help to make restoration doubly sure by putting your
“Lost” ad where others will be most likely to see it. This
is only another way of saying
Telephone It to The
Georgian-American
Main 100 or Atlanta 8000
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YOL. XIV. NO. 142
dered by its Government to de
sert its post and Its people.
On the contrary, it had been or
dered to remaln at all hazards,
and to perform its full duty to Its
citizens and to civilization, re
gardfess of complications.
When the captain of the Ger
man gunboat heard that this body
of Americans In the hotel at Tam
pico was in dire distress and im
minent danger, he sent a launch
ashore with an officer and about
twenty men.
The officer marched his men up
to the hotel and addressed the
Mexicans. He sald that the Ger
man man-of-war Dresden was in
the Tampico harbor, with its guns
trained upon the city, and at a
given signal would open fire
He sald that If the Americans
within the hotel were not allowed
to proceed under his care, with
out injury and without insult, he
would give the signal and the
mob could take the consequences.
The mob calmed itself and fell
back.
The Americans were escorted in
safety and silence to the German
launch and taken on board the
Dresden.
The Mexicans had no respect
for Americans, for the American
flag or the American Government.
But they knew better than to
defy the Germans, and so these
Americans, whom their own coun
try had deserted, were rescued by
the Dresden.
There was another even more
humiliating instance of the con
tempt into whihe our country has
fallen, in the same harbor at Tam
pico, at another time.
" A wealthy and very eminent
and able American was conduct
ing a vast enterprise in the neigh
borhood of Tampico, and employ
ing many Americans there.
As these Amerioans were In
constant danger, this American
employer secured a large yacht
and held it in Tampico harbor in
readiness to rescue his employees
when the danger became emmi
nent,
The revolutionists one day de
scended upon the headquarters of
this American's enterprise, plun
dered the headquarters, and then
began to rob and murder the
American employees.
Those who escaped fled to Tam
pico harbor and boarded the
Continued on Page 2, Column 4..
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1916
%I.oss in Great Norwegian Holo
. caust s9,ooo,ooo—Seven
1 Trains Hurry Aid.
(By International News Service.)
CHRISTIANIA, Jan. 17.-oOn a spe
clal train -that shattered all records
for speed on Norwegian rallways,
King Haakon arrived at Bergen to
day and took personal charge of the
relief measures in the city that was
swept yesterday by a fire that caused
$9.000,000 loss and made nearly 3,000
persons homeless.
| The King was accompanied on his
”ournoy by members of his personal
|nufl and General Holtfodt, the Nor
weglan Minister of Defpnse
’ Martial law was declared in the
‘nlrlvkrn' city to-day, not because of
any outbreak of disorder, but to fa
cilitate the rellef measures which
were xu;nmur,twl by Norwegian
troops as soon as the fire was under
control. v
Though no lives were lost in the
fire. 33 ¢hildren and 17 men and wom
en were frozen to death or died from
exposure before they could be given
shelter. Supplies for the homeless are
lacking, owing to the fact that all the
stocehouses in Bergen were destroy ed
by the fire, which swept over the
business section and the poorer resi
dential district surrounding lit.
Following the train carrying King
Haakon there were dispatched from
here seven trains carrying clothing
and food for the homeless. It is hoped
that within 24 hours all the sufferers
will be given relief.
A regiment of Norwegian pioneers
began the erection of temporary shel
ters last night. Thisswork was well
under way to-day, while other troops
were clearing away the debris in the
section where the flames destroyed
banks, hotels and business houses.
The city was in darkness last night,
owing to the destruction of the elec
tri¢ lighting system. |
Business is at a standstill, as Ber
gen is the port through which passed
much of the foreign trade of Norway.
Its prosperity has been increased by
the war, but cargoes consigned there
now will be temporarily diverted to
other ports. |
Queen Visits Flood
District in Holland‘
By International News Service.) !
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 17.—Queen Wil
helmina has gone to tl:e flooded dlatr|oll
in Northern Holland.
It is believed that the loss of life in
the province of North Holland, where‘
breaks occurred in a number of dykes,
will probably reach fifty. |
Refugees are flocking into The Hague,‘
Utrecht and Rotterdam, where they are
cared for by the military authorities.
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Col. Stevens Still
In Critical Condition
Colonel O. B. Stevens, prominent
Georgian, who has been ill for several
weeks, Monday had not improved and
was in a ecritical condition following
a restless night.
Colonel Stevens is suffering with
vertigo. He is at his home at No. 304
East Linden avenue.
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Statue of Whitlock
In Paris P d
n Paris Propose
(By International News Service.) |
PARIS, Jan. 17.—The Petit Journal
to-day suggests that a statue of
Brand Whitlock, American Minister
to Belgium, be erected after the war
in recognition of his courage in re
turning to help the Belgians in their
trials and sufferings.
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Germans Believe War Will Be De
cided on Russian Line—Pur
pose in Balkans Fulfilled.
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, Jan. 17.—Emperor Wii
liam. officially announced to be com
pletely recovered and returning to
the front, is reported in high quarters
to be on his way to the eastern thea
ter of war. It is in the east that well
informed persons expect the next
great battles to occur, and the arriy al
of the Kalser there may be the signal
for a repewal of the greal German
offensive against the Russians, which
’w-- halted by the Serblan campaign.
Germans in general believe timt the
| war will be won in Russia. The dead
| Jock In the west is one that can not
}bo broken by either Teutons or Allies
without enormous losses that would
make victory in such operations an
empty one, according to some German
experts. They point out that the
length of the front in Russia makes
the eastern theater of war the only
ope in which there can be any exer
cise of military strategy
The belles is growing in Berlin that
there will be no campaign against Sa
loniki. By its victory in Serbia, Ger
many accomplished its twofold pur
pose of making Bulgaria its ally and
stopping the transportation of am
munition to Russia from Saloniki.
Nothing further would be gained by
the capture of Saloniki, the experts
say.
The enlistment of Bulgaria as an
ally of the Teutons and the severance
of communication between Saloniki
and Russia was a blow to the Rus
slans that has been little appreciated
except in Berlin.
The Czar's army got a large part of
{ts ammunition supplies from Eriglnnd
and France through Saloniki. Now,
it is dépendent upon its own exer
tions and upon supplies that can be
carried over the trans-Siberian Ralil
way or taken in through Archangel,
which is completely icebound in the
winter.
Balkan Officials
Flee Still Further
(By International News Service.)
GENEVA, Jan. 17.—Owing to the
capture of Cettinje and the rapid ad
vance of Austro-Hungarian troops
toward the Albanian border, the Mon
tenegrin and Serbian officials who
took refuge in Scutari have fled to
Alessio, a town twenty miles south of
Scutari and near the Adriatic Sea,
according to information received
Lere to-day.
The fugitive Balkar: chiefs were ac
companied by all the foreign z‘,onsuls
accredited to the Montenegrin and
Serblan Governments, the reports
added.
15 Allied Aeroplanes
(By International News Service.)
s ATHENS, Jan.l 17—Fifteen allied
aeroplanes setting out from Saloniki
have bombarded the Bulgarian camp
on the Serb-Greek frontier.
The aviators report that a number
of Bulgarian soldiers were killed and
wounded.
Persian Army to
Fight With Turks
(By International News Service.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 17.—The
Governor General of Luristan, Per
sia, has taken over control es the
national forces of Persia and has de
clared war against Russia and Eng
land, says a dispatch from Van. ‘
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Bishop Candler to
Leave for Mexico
Bishop Warren A. Candler has no
fear of murderous Mexico, and is pre
paring to leave for that . country,
where he will attend three confer
ences of the Methodist Church soon.
The Bishop will leaye Friday for El
Paso, where he will attend a confer
ence of the Methodist Church, em
bracing the border district and the
Chihuahua district. He will then go
to Arizona for a conference with the
‘border and Arizona districts, and
from there will proceed to San Luils
Potosi, in Mexico.
. Bishop Candler will be away from
;the city about two months.
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Miss Wilson Well;
~ To Leave Hospital
? (By International News Service.)
| PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17.—Miss
‘Margaret Wllson, who was operated
‘upon at the Jefferson Hospital Thurs
i’day for the removal of adenolds, is re
covering rapidly and wiil leave the in
‘stitution to-day, according to her phy
!s(cian.
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No Sailags to Man
~ New U. S. Battler
(By International News Service.)
~ NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—The arrival of
the Oklahoma, with her sister hip
‘Nevada, the largest war, vessel in the
world, developed the fact that the navy
{s so short of men nobody here can
lfneu where the crew of 1,000 for her
s to come from. %
She'll stay unmanned when the build
ers turn her over to the Government in
& few days unless Congress gets busy.
AFTERNOON
EDITION
Serge De Diaghileff, the famous
creator of the Ballet Russe, has ar
ved at New York on the French
Cner Fafayette, With him came over
50 principals and other damcers of the
ballet. They are fresh from remark
able triumphs in London and Paris.
Seen on the pier, De Diaghileff
showed himself to be a Slav of Slavs.
He is about 40 years old, and wore
a big fur coat and light gloves.
It has been said that the whole
ballet revolves around him, but he
showed a retiring disposition on the
pier. When asked to pose for pho
tographs he-said, “What, take a plc
ture of me! Ah, no! It can not be.
Take pictures of the dancers, yes.
But of me, ah, no!"
His company will have their ini
tial appearance in this country at
the Metropolitan Opera House in
New York. They will stay there for
four weeks, followed by two weeks at
the Century Opera 'House. After
That they will tour the country, in
cluding all the larger cities of the
East and Middle West.
One of the most striking members
of the company was Enrico Ceccheti,
the 72-year-old dancing master who
taught Paviowa, Mordkin and other
famous dancers.
Other prlncixals in the company
are Lubov - Tchernichowa, Lydia
Sokelova, Leonide Massin, Nicholas
Kremneff, Alexander Gavrilov, Alex
andra- Wassilevska, Sophie Phlanz,
Adolph Bolm, Nicholas Zverewand
and Mlle. Maklezowa.
SPANISH STEAMER SUNK. ‘
LONDON, Jan. 17.—The Spanish
steamship Belgica has been sunk at
sea, according to a Lloyd's dispatch
received to-day. Twenty-three mem
bers of.the crew were picked up.
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. By JOMN W. ROBERTS,
Staff Corresponddnt of International
News Service.
EL PASBO, TEXAS, Jan. 17 —~Though
tenxion on the border has been re
lieved by news that all Americans ir
Western Chihuahua are safe, consid
erable anxiety Is still feit over 150
ic.n;»n- of the United States on a
| train reporged “lost” on the Méxican
;dflwr' petween Parral and Chihua
| hua City
l As dispatch received from Chihua
l““" Saturday night said the train had
left Parral in time to reach the bor
der by Sunday, but nothing has yet
been heard directly from refugees.
American authorities in El Paso, act
ing on jnstructions from Washington,
made inquirfes to-day in an effort to
locate the train, but were unable to
get any Information from Mexican uf
fielals,
The Americans who escaped. death
at the hands of Mexican bandits in
Northern Mexico are menaced by a
new peril in an epidemic of typhus
fever which broke out at Mexico City
and spread northward. One death has
already been reported in El Paso, and
it is feared that the disease will rage
unchecked south of the border
State and Federal health officers
are co-operating with the local au
thorities in an effort .to prevent an
outbreak of typhus among . the thou
sands of Mexican refugees in El Paso.
The one death thus far recorded was
that of Hipolito Martinez, who came
here from Pledras Negras, and died at
the county hospital on Sunday after
an illness of 48 hours. The body was
buried .in quicklime last night.
Sanitary conditions in Juarez, Chi
huahua City and other points south
of the border are bad. Much sickness
has been reported, but Carranza of
ficials deny that any typhus has ap
peared.
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Carranza's Reply to
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U. 8. ‘Satisfactory’
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17—Great
Britain is expected again to suggest
to the United States that unless for
elgners are protected in México the
European natigns, even with a worla
war on'thelr hands, will have to con
sider steps to: protect: their. own ins
terests. That ‘is saidito’ be the real
reas~n that the embassy here has fol
lowed the example of the United
States ' in* ordering British subjects
from Northern Mexico. -
England has not recognized Car
ranza. But it notified the United
States weeks ago that it expected any
government that was recognized to be
compelled adequately to protect all
foreigners. And officials expect that
Great Britain will demand indemnity
for British lives and British property
lost in Mexico since Carranza was
recognized by the United States and
Latin America. B
The State Department and White
House *have :xcce_pted Cnrranz‘a's Te
ply .to the" Amei{ctan &noses. asg'satis
tact'ory,__undei'.;t‘pé,circdm‘stq‘ s.”" In
“vestigation, ho, ,eVex:Kls ‘being: made -
of the Gcl‘?im._ Q:Afi_gl‘t‘ew_ vingston
and ‘othefs whoshave Téached!El Paso
that’ lm?.rgallts"sfiothfii’g‘is:iiei_ng done
by Cartanza. 3 kP
© 77" No Word of Action.
The State Department on last Fri
day telegraphed its representatives
along theg porder to send ~dua:h of
just\wha.?torccs Carranza has in Chi-