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ATLANTA. GA
Mexican Question To Be Chief
Subject of Debate for
Some Time.
Comtinued From Page !
ed B » elegral he e O 3
Buahaos ager
Wire f oD A o At Tus
and trains ¥ ng nhor weriory
Te whioh the hibua A aent re
et r Bame - Treops A ‘
oL us Nife exief . ave ng
Narthaesiern tratn « ended indefl
nitely, » nt ) sue
Om the same day the ¢ hushua
agent also Teieg aphad Watson at E
Pas Cusi oMioe agair reports
sveryihing quie and ‘Lopez tele .
phones we have just located LWo bags
missing and we Are how recsiving |
same in our office 4
The missing bhags referred 1o were
silver that had been stolen during a
previous looting of the camp and
perhaps Indicated to Watson the 6p- |
eration of order with the establish. |
ment of the military garrison The |
foregoing messages Are supposed to |
have been with Watson on the trip te |
Cusl. a 8 he took all the records from
21 Pase with him preparatory (o op- |
erating the offices of the property i
Members of the party that rescued |
the bodiea state these records and |
papers could be seen soattersd m;
wind arcund the soene of the massa
ere. They 4id not try to gather them !
because of the approaching darkness |
and presence of Villista bandits xvn[
nearby hills i
Had Ample Assurances.
Messages from which the forego
ing were taken were furnished from |
the Western Union office at El Paso {
Having passports Issued by an-|
thorities and A garrison having been |
established which they understood to
number 10600 men they had ample
assurances that It would be safe 10}
resume operations at Lusi i
“Upon the question of safety en!
route
“The de facto authorities had run
their three military trains at Cusl
on the fourth, and as afterwards came
to the hotice of the party, were run- |
ning a special out to pick up and|
bring back the equipment used for |
these through trains. 1t was this spe- |
cial that blocked the track and
trapped the Watson party. The train
that blocked the traln at Kilometer
#8 on January 10 consisted of engine
No. 807, and water car and rabnon_‘
all National Rallway's equipment,
and was operated by a crew of the|
National Rallways, which National|
Rallways are operated by the de fnt‘!u'
government authorities Therefore, |
the crew in charge of the train Were
smployees of the de facio govern
ment."
Americans Rapidl
Fleeing From Il)fl x}T
WABHINGTON, Jan. 17— Advices
to the State Department to-day from
Collector of Customs Cobb, at Kl
Paso, sald that Bart Kramer, Ameri
ean rancher thought to have bheen
killed by Villistas, is allve. Cobb did
not state the source of his informa
tion of Kramer's present whereabouts.
Kramer had been reported slain eon
his ranch §0 r.iies west of Santa
Ysabel
m.- were pouring into the
a 4 t to-day from many
sources telling of Americans fleeing
from Mexico as fast as they ean. Vice
Consul Coen, at Durango, wired that
he and F. O. Emerson, another Amer
joan, are safe. Fear has been felt for
their safety.
Great Britalm !s expected again to
suggest to the wu States that un
# leas foreigners are protected in Mex
‘feo the Buropean nations, even with a
world war on thelr hands, will have to
conaider steps to protect thelr own in
' terests. That is sald to be the real
;.C‘ that the embassy hers has fol
owed the example of the United
W‘"M Britiah subjects
from Mex!oo.
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Brittam] on His Trip
M. L. Brittain, State Superintend
ent of Schools, had a trying trip on
his return from Evans County, where
ha apoke Saturday. He spent most
of the night trying to eatch a train
that would get him Into Atlanta, hav
ing been delayed at Helena and at
Cordels.
{ In one way-station, Mr. Brittaln
supplied the match and a friendly
drummer the newspaper with which
tmm-ud their own fire to keep
th lves warm.
THAR ain’t but two perfect comforts
that I know of—a good wife an’ good
tobacco. An’ even the best wives get a
little tryin” at times. ‘fifi
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U. S. Flag Is Only One
Ignored by Mexicans,
Declares Mr. Hearst
Letter, .»\m;lnmhngfil"a;ri-:tiv .;t:nul of Washing
ton Post. Cites Abandonment of Americans by
Our Warships, Reseue by German and British,
s o s e Aty U D
January 14, 1014
Te the Editor of The Washington
Paost
1 read your splendid editorial
on the Mexican siiuation with a
thrill of patriotic pride
Surely the spirit of our fathers
12 not dead, when & great Ameri
can newspaper can speak with so
much power and Courage rnd
with 0 much ‘oyaity 1O Our coun
iry
May 1L say a lu!‘ 10 American
citizend through your columns*
1t is positively true, A 8 Senator
Rorah declares, that the Sinte
Department has purposely, studi
ously withheld 'n-m"h’ A!"";“fi‘l’l
le the fearful faclis o axi
up‘:vmurdov and outrage upon the
American cllinens,
Even the newspapers have not
Been able to learn one-half the
truth nor to perform their duty
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 heen recorded.
The relation of three or four
such incldents will give the people
of the United States an idea of
what sorrow and -uflerlnfi and
shame thelr brothers in exico
have ueen forced to endure.
A vear afo from last April
Americans in Tampico, and in the
surrounding csuntry, were helng
hunted like wild animals by the
Mexican revolutionists, and were
being tortured and kiltled when
eaptured
A number of these hunted
Americans took refuge In the ho
te! at Tampico.
There they were surrounded by
a mob of some 2000 Mexicans,
shouting insults at the Americans,
shooting bullets into the windown
of the hote! and seeking an 0D«
portunity to slaughter these
Americans as others had been
slanghtered hafore,
The American battieships. which
had been in the harbor of Tam
plco, had been ordered to put out
to sea. lest in protecting Amer!-
can lives they should create some
complications with the Mexican
Government — the murder of
Americans, apparently, not being
considersd a complication worth
considering,
In the harbor of Tamplco, how
aver, was a (Jarman gunboat, the
Dresden, which was there to pro
tect German citizens, This Ger
man gunboat had NOT been or
derad by its CGovernment to de
sert ita post and its KQGMO.
On the contrary, it had been or
dered to remalin at rn hazards,
and to perform its full duty to its
citizens and to civilization, re
gardless of complications.
When the captain of the Ger
man gunboat heard that this body
of Americans in the hote! 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 ut &
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 wera escorted in
safety and silence to the German
launch and taken on board the
Dresden. ’
The Mexicans had no r:met
for Americans, for the Am n
flag or the American Government.
But they knew better than to
defy the Germans, and so these
Amoflc&. whom thelr ownconn
try had deserted, were rescued by
the Drasden.
There was another even more
humiliating instance of the con
tempt into which our ecountry 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 Americans were In
constant danger, this American
omdployor secured a large yacht
and held it in Tampico harbor in
readiness to rescue his employees
VELVET has been
called the “tobacco
without a disappoint
ment.” Its mildness
appeals to some smok
ers, its flavor and frag
rance to others. Its
smoothness
appeals to all.
when the danger became immi
nent
The revo utionists one day de
scanded upon the headquarters of
this American's enterprise, plun
dered the headguarters, and then
began to rob and murger the
‘ American semplo) ees
Those who escaped flad to Tam
’ pice harbor and boarded Lhe
| yaeht, which lay in wait for them
The Mexitan rohbers and rev
olut onists folloved and stood on
the shore firing at the yacht
The yacht pulled up s anchor
and started to leave the harbor
A Mexican gunboat Lthewm came
up slongside and the captain of
the gunboat announced that if the
yacht moved another foot he
would bfow it out of the water
8o the yacht lay with s
Americans on board being shot at
by the Mexitans on shore, and re
viled and jeered by the Mexicans
on the gunboat alongside
Fortunately, the yacht had a
wireless squipment, and it sent
| out a call for help
" An English man-of-war lay
without the harbor, and picked
up the #all for help. The caplain
' of the English man-of-war sent a
| boat inside the harbor to find out
whit the trouble was
The boat came alongside the
. vacht. and the officer in command
made Inquiries The Americans
on board told him their predica
ment
The English officer sald: “We
will soon correct this difMculty.”
and he took the British flag from
his launch, went aboard the
American yacht, hauled down the
American flag, ran up the British
flag. and the yacht salled out of
the harbor unmolested
Not unot:or shot was fired by
the Mexicans on shore, not an
other threat or insulf was ut.
tered by the Mexicans on the gun
boat
Now, fellow Americans, the fact
fs not that the German flag, or
the English flag. is unduly feared
or revered In Mexico,
h‘l‘ho humiliating fuct is merely
this:
The only flag which I 8 not re
spected in Mexico is the American
n-%‘
@ only man. the only govern
ment that is held in utter con
tempt in Mexico is the Amercian
man and the American Govern
ment.
The only nation which is unl
formly and unfailingly defled and
derided is the American nation,
Another Incident has already
been told, but it can be retold in
this connection, hecause it is =0
characteristic and because It .=0
faithfully represents the true
conditions.
An American who was being
insulted and menaced In Mexico
finally took heart and hope to say
that some day the American peo
\ple would avenge the insult and
injury to their brothers in Mexico.
A Mexican officer snapped his
fingers in the face of the Ameri
can and sald:
“WHEN will they do it, and
what will we have to do to MAKE
them do It?
“We have killed your men, ex
terminated your brate outraged
your women and defiled your flag.
“If you Americans will not fight
for that, TELL ME WHAT WE
- GAN DO 7O MAKE YOU
FIGHT ™
This actual experience was re
lated in a public address in Call
fornia.
Another incident can be related
here.
An American steamer plying
along the coast of Mexico was
apprized of Americans in peril at
a certain place.
It sent boats ashore and res
cued a large numbar of them,
1t then proceeded to its Ameri
can port and discharged its pas
sengers, and was FINED BY
THE AUTHORITIES for carry
ing more passengers, owing to the
presence of the American refu
gees, than its license permitted.
Is it any wonder that our Gov
ernment is held in contempt and
our people murdered and plun
dered with impunity?
I have had no personal expe
rience in any of the above inci
dents nor any Interest in them
except that of any loyal American
citizsen. \
1 have purposely refrained from
cmn{ any occurrences with which
I’oou d have any personal connec
tion.
But the facts as above stated
have been related to me In full
and convineing detail by men who
were concerned In these Incl
dents, whose standing ls unques
tioned and whose word is unim
peachables.
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST.
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Train of Refugees
‘Lost’ in D
Is ‘Lost’ in Desert
| By JOHN W. ROBERTS,
‘Staff Correspondent of International
| News Service. |
. EL PASO, TEXAS, Jan, 17.—Though
tension on the border has been re
lieved by news that all Americans in
Western Chihuahua are safe, consid
‘erable anxiety Is still felt over 50
citizens of the United States on a
‘tra{® reported “lost” on the Mexican
‘desert between Parral and Chihua-
Thua Clty. .
~ As dispatch received from Chihua
‘hua Saturday night said the train had
left Parral In time to reach the bor
der by Sundar but nothing has yet
‘been heard directly from an‘m
American authorities in El Paso, act
ing on instructions from Washington,
made inquiries to-day in an effort to
locate the train. but were unable to
pet any information from Mexican of
ficials,
The Americans who escaped death
at the hands of Mexican bandits in
Northern Mexico are menaced by a
new peril in an epidemic of tvphus
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 dlsease wlill rage
unchecked south of the border.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN -
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Judge Grubb Hears Many Pleas
of Guilty and Pleas for
Clemency.
; The United States Distriet Court
Monday was the scene of one of the
blggest gatherings of moonshiners
and moonshine suspects in its Ristory,
There were approsimately 180 moun
taineers who answered the summons
I.nd appeared before Judge W. L
Grubb, of Birmingham, whe /" hold
ing court while Judge Nenman s
busy with sugar trust cases at New
Orieans. All the benches and chairs
were Alled and many stood in the rear
of the courtrvom and around the
sides
After Jesse Btancil, of Lumpkin
County, had pleaded guilly 0o =a
charge of distilling, and M. ¥. Ed
wards, of Hall, to & charge of remov.
ing and concealing whisky, & jury
was drawn for the trial of casea
against J. D Crocker, A. B Glimer
and W. F. Greenaway, charged with
distilling in a Hall County swamp on
June 13, 1913 Tom Adams, & farmer,
put In & plea of gullty as proprietor
of this still, and ail the others pointed
to him
J. O. Lay. deputy collector, teatified
that when the revenue officers raided
the still four men ran out. He found
Greenaway hiding In the grass and
other officers caught the three farm
ors.
Customary to Run,
Tom Adams owned that still, and
I just stopped by from plowin’ some
corn.” declared Gllmer, who, it devel
oped, had been convicted before
‘What made you run if you were
Innocent ™ asked Assistant District
Attorney Paul Carpenter
‘Because it was customary.” re
turned Gllmer, a tall. thin man with
legs bullt for running
Ed Griffin, a 12-year-old boy, kin to
Gilmer, testified the still was owned
by Adams. Judge Grubb chmrged the
Jury, which soon returned a verdict
of “not gulity.” Attorney B. P. Gall
lard, of Gainesville, represented :'he
defendants.
George Dockery, of Lumpkin Coun
ty, pleaded guilty to a distiliing
charge, and the crowd began to won
der whether the court would be firm
or easy
Attorney Hughes offered this ex
cuse for Mose McCurley, of near Du
luth, who was charged with hiding a
keg of llquor under some corn in a
crib .
“Your honor, this man has a wife
and five daughters. One of his giris
is sick, and there is nobody at home to
look after her. I ask you to continue
the case'
“I wil! continue it If he can get the
certificate of a reputable physician
that he is needed at home,” returned
Judge Grubb. “In the meantime, we
can get through the case in an hour,
and if he makes the proper showing
1 will defer passing sentence.”
Mr. Hughes said they would then
g 0 into the case, and, after ffteen
minutes, he announced that his client
would plead gullty. The judge then
told him to go home under the original
s£2oo bond and get the word of a good
doctor.
All Docters Are Good.
“All the doctors near Duluth are
reputable,” ventured Mr. Hughes, and
there was none to gainsay him.
Deputy Marshal H. D. Miller and
his son, 1. A. Miller, were among the
raiding party that seized McCuriey's
liquor, .
Milton Hames, 51, of Cobb County,
came in for a second helping of jus
tice. It was sworn that he operated
& “pony” three-gallon still three or
four years in a cave, and had just
finished paying the State $125 for that
offense.
“Well, I will ine him only SIOO and
give him 60 days in the Cobb Counw‘
jall, under the circumstances’” sald
Judge Grubb, “Call the next."” |
Pink Fortner, of Fannin County.
charged with operating a still on Au
gust 31 of last year, was put up, and
he was represented by Attorney Pat
Haralson, of Blairsville. Deputy W.
(. Lovingood took the stand to tell all
he knew about Pink Fortner, He said
mud was on Pink’s clothes, which lad
him to bellave Pink was mud-daub
ing the still.
“Don’t you know this man did not
mud-daub that still?" asked Mr. Har
aleon of the witness. “He got that
mud off a wagon.”
~ On the jury trying the cases are
R. ¥. Thompson, of Bast Point; H.
¥. Pearson, of Jonesboro; C. W, Man
ning, of Marietta; J. 8. Jones, of Fair
burn: P. H. Gibson, of Newnan: J. O.
Hightower, of Jonesboro; W. L. Rich
ardson, of Marietta, and J. W. Bing
ham, of Douglasville, and the follow
ing from Atlanta: Herbert Milam, J.
L. Dickey, Jr., J. F. Meador, R. A.
Johnson, Charles R. Winship, Willlam
M. Scott, Harry L. Stearns, David W,
Morgan, Manson Wilsen, Richard i.
Sims, Marion Gaines, William B.
Symmers, C. C. Witt, Samuel F. Boy
kin, Samuel T. Weyman, George W.
Allen, George C. Drummond, B. P
Moore, C. H, Essig, Charles H. Meckel,
David Golden, J. R, Little, W, L. Saye
and J. F. Ridley.
Drug Haven Puzzles
No decision has been reached by the
State Board of Health on what it will
do about the location near the Capitol
of a sanitarium for drug victims. A city
location has been declared objectionable
by A. O. Blalock, Internal Revenus Col
lector, but the State Board has made
no reply, so far, to his suggestions that
it be situated In the country.
It is pointed out, however, that the
difficulties of the case have been con
sidered by the State officials and that
they are competent to dectde upon what
is best under the circumstances. It is
agreed that it would be better if any
arrangerpents could be made for the re
cuperating patients to be Flacod on the
State Farm at Milledgeville, or some
place else in the eoun‘t‘?. where they
could obtain fresh air a exercise.
Union Depot Asked by
Americus Trade Body
AMERICUS, Jan. 17.—A movement
for a union passenger station for Ameri
cus i 8 under way, in charge of a com
mittee of citizens from the Chamber of
Commerce. |
The committee already has communi
cated with the presidents of the Central
of Georgia and the Seaboard Air Line,
the two rallroads eatering Americus.
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- Englis
(By International News Service)
. AMSTERDAM, Jan, 17 —Guns to
mateh the mighty long range howita
ers of the Germans nu at last
reached the Allies’ fromt in France
Chief interest hers to-day centered in
the German anncuncement that the
British have bombarded Lille, using
A Fun wilh A range estimated at
twenty miles
| This is the first time that Lille has
‘been under artillery fire since it fell
into the hands of the Germans In
September, 1314
German guns, with & range of
twenty miles. which were used at
pombardments of Dunkirk and Ver.
dun, were hitherto unmatched on the
Allles’ side, but the latest develop
ments show that the Germans must
now face equal metal
It is remarded as significant that
the English make announcement of
the shelling of Lille while the French
War Office states that the Lille high
way was shelled. The German War
Office announces that projectiles fell
in the center of the city
British Want to Know
~ About Mesopotami
By SYONEY B. CAVE,
Sta¥ Corw of International
ews Service.
LONDON, Jan 17.~Information
will be demanded from the Govern
ment on Wednesday as to the exact
sltuation in Mesopotamia, where op
erations have again developed on an
important scale.
The Government will be asked to
say. If it is expedient, whether re-
Inforcements have bheen sent to Sir
Percy Lake, the British commander
in-chief. and whether it is true, as the
Turks clalm, that a big British army,
under General Townshend, is bottled
up In Kut-El-Amara
The latest announcement of the
War Office that British columns un
der General Avimer and General
Campbell are advancing toward Kut-
El-Amara. with Bagdad as the uiti
mate objective, has again focused at
tention on opersdons in the Persian
Gulf sphere of activity,
Official dispatches from Mesopota
mia say that the Turks are falling
back before attacks of the British,
but the latter are making very slow
progress. The main Rritish forces are
still between 20 and 20 miles from
Kut-El-Amara.
Russians Hard Hit in
Caucasus, Say Turks
(By International News Service.)
CONSTANTINOPLE (via Berlin
wireleas), Jan. 17.—T0-4.y's offictal
report from Turkish heaflquarters an
nounces there has been intermittent
artillery fire near Kut-el-Amara,
Mesopotamia, and that the Russians
have suffered heavy losses in the Cau
casus region. The text of the official
report follows: .
“There has been intermiften ar
tillery firing in the regign of Kut-el-
Amara.
“In the Caucasus the Russians have
repeated their attacks against thae
Turkish positions on both banks of the
Aras River, suffering heavy losses,
particularly in the district between
the Aras and the Id Valley. Here
Turkish advanced positions retired
some distance after having detained
for a week strong enemy forces."
\
U. 8. Gets Protest of
Allies Seizing Corfu
(By International News Service.)
VIENNA (by wireless via Berlin),
Jan. 17.—~The Austro-Hungarian Gov
ernment to-day protested to United
States Ambassador Penfleld against
the occupation of Corfu by an Anglo-
French force, declaring this act a fla
grant violation of the London treaties
of 1863 and 1864.
In the protest. made verbally to
Ambaseador Penfield, the Government
declared :that England -and [France
had again manifested their disregard
for the principles of international law.
Mr. Penfleld was asked to transmit
the protest to both England and
France.
Compulsion Bill t
Comp ill to
~ Stay, Says Premi
; ay, vays rremier
\ c——
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Jan, 17.—The attacks of
labor Interests against conscription
will not swerve the Government an
inch from its present position on com
‘ pulsory military service.
Premier Asquith announced in the
}Hnnse of Commons to-day that there
{8 no ground for reports that the mil
itary service bill migh® be with
drawn.
Morgenthau to Get
Facts for England
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Jan. 17.—Lord Robert
Cecil, Under Foreign Secretary, an
nounced in the House of Commons
to-day that Henry Morgenthau, the
United States Ambassador to Turkey,
has been requested to obtain news of
a number of British women and chil
dren whom the Turks deported from
Bagdad in November, and who have
been missing ever since.
.
15 Allied Aeroplanes
(B'g International News B.rv|co.?
ATHENS, Jan. 17-—Fifteen allled
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
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Fight With Turks
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 17,—The
Governor General of Luristan, Per
sia, has taken over control of the
[nauoml forces of Persia and has de
clared war against Russia and Eng
land, says a dispatch from Van.
Visit of Prelate to Vatican Admit
ted To Be of “Eminently
Political” Character.
8y CAMILLO CIANFARRA,
Stats W international
*ws e
ROME. Jan. 16 (via Havre), Jan. 17,
Cardinal Mercier to-day revealed to
Pone Henedict XV the full extént of
Beigium's woes. The Helgian prelate
was received in private audience by
the pontiff and remained at the Vati
can two hours. During that time the
Cardinal gave to the Pope full detalls
of the suffering which the German
invasion caused his country.
Cardinal Mercier carried to the
Vatican a large vellow envelope con
taining a peport of German abuses !n1
Belgium which the Belgian bishops
had prepared for submission to Teu
ton prelates. He requested the pon-
U to forward this report to Cardinal
von Hartmann, Archbishop of Co
logne, through diplomatie channels,
stating that a copy previously sent xo!
the German prelate had either failed
to reach its destination or that Cardi
nal von Hartmann had been prevent.
ed by the authorities from making its
contents known
After his visit to the Pope, Cardl
nal Mercler visited Cardinal Gasparri,
the Papal Secretary of State, and
later in the day Monsignor Roey,
Mercier's vicar, was received sep
arately by the Pope.
The Cardinal's visit to Gasparri
lasted an hour. When he left efforts
were made to secure a statement, but
the Cardinal sald
“Owing to the delicacy of my pos!-
tion, it is impossible for me to talk
for publication.”
At the Vatican it was admitted that
Mercier's visit to Rome was of an
“sminently political® character and
that there was close connection be
tween it and Cardinal von Hart
mann's recent conference with the
Pope !
The Cardinal is cheered every time
he appears on the streets in Rome.
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$5,000,000 in Booty
(By International News Service.)
CONSTANTINOPLE (via Berlin
wireless), Jan. 17.—Five milllon dol
lars’ worth of booty was'captured by
the Turks when the BEritish evacu
ated their camp at Sedd-El-Bahr on
the Gallipoll Peninsula, according to
official statement given. out by the
Turkish War Office. It follows:
“The work of enumerating the
booty captured at the abandoned
camp of the British at Sedd-El-Bahr
has been completed. The value of
articles found totals about $5,000,000.
We have discovered fifteen cannons
of various caliber, an Immense quan
tity of hidden ammunition, several
hundreds of calssons, 2,000 ordinary
carts, many motor cars, bikes, more
than 200 tents, 50,000 woolen blankets,
1,000,000 kilograms of oats and Dbar
ley.”
Operations in East
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, Jan. 17.—A bombardment
of Lens bb allied artillery was the
only activity on the western front
mor.tioned in to-day's official state
ment of the War Office
Snowstorms are hindering the op
erations on the east front
The text of the official statement
follows
“Western Front—There are no
events of importance to report At
Lens sixteen inhabitants have been
killed and wounded by enemy artil
lery fire.
“Fast Front—Fighting ie hindered
by snowstorms. Only patrol fighting
has occurred at some points.
“RBalkan Front—There is nothing to
report.”
.
Balkan Officials
.
Flee Still Further
GENEVA, Jan 17.—Owing to the
capture of Cettinje and the rapld 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 Balkan chiefs were ac
companied b all the foreign Consuls
accredited to the Montenegrin and
Serbian @overnments, the reports
added.
Kaiser's Son Off on
Mission to G
0 breece
(By International News Service.)
ZURICH, Jan. 17.—Prince Eitel
¥Friedrich, son of the Kalser, is report
ed by Swiss newspapers to have been
sent to Athens by the German Gov
ernment on a special mission to King
Constantine of Greece.
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Socialists o
War Nations
By CHARLES F. BERTELLL
Sta¥ W of International
ews Service.
PARIS, Jan. 17.~Leaders of the Se
clalists who are trying to bring about
& cessation of hostilities claim that
progress in being made
A strong peace propaganda is be'ng
directed by Soclalists from The
Hagne
The most important feature of the
Socialistic peace movement is that
Soclalists of England, France and
Italy are in touch with Au-tro-wuv!
garian and German Soclalists and are |
striving for a common ground on
which to work i
The next move in the Boclalistie |
eampaign is to try te influence the
respective belligerent Governments |
towsrd peace in the following direc- |
tions: ,
(1) Limitation of armaments: m}
reformation of diplomacy in order (o
eliminate secret treaties: (3) exien
sion of Parliamentary ocontrol over !
'mnmmann! acts so that thh people
will know just what their Govern
ments are doing: (4) ecompulsory ar
bitration of all international dl-pmot'
European reformers are hoping for
the establishment of & great inter
national Soclalistic whion at the con
clusion of the war which will have
powers of such widespread extent as
to prevent another such confiiot In
the future. Important aid is expect
ed from Soclalistis In the United
States.
' 2L
'Austria Asks U. S,
|of Armed Italian Ship
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17--Baron
Zweldeinek, the Austrian charge, to
day formally asked the State Depart
ment for an explanation of why the
Italian steamer Gluseppe Verdi was
allowed to sall from New York with
two guns mounted on her decks.
I Baron Zweideinek was particularly
interested in what the department
meant when it stipulated that the
steamer's guns should be used only
tor “defensive purposes.”™
The Verdi case, it is stated, wiil
be the basis for some diplomatic cor
respondence.
No Sailors to Man
New U. 8. Battler
(By International News Service.)
N‘!’%V YORK, Jan. 17.--The arrival of
the Oklahoma, with her sister -\ip
Nevada, the largest war vessel in the
world, developed the fact that the navy
is #0 short of men nobody here can
r\nm where the crew of 1,000 for her
s to come from.
She'll stay unmanned when the bufld
ers turn her over to the Government in
& few days unless Congress gets busy.
Man Is Dust, Dust
Settles—Be a Man
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—""Man is dust,
and dust settles. Be a man!"
Under this slogan the Flushing Buaj
ness Men's Association is conducfln{ ‘A
campalgn to lead every one to settle
debts in “Pay Up Week,” which begins
February 1
Steadily 15 Years
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—Cancer in New
York City has been steadily Increasing
for fifteen vears. The Health Depart
ment announce there were 186 more
deaths from this cause in 1915 than in
1914, |
PREPARING FOR INSPECTION.
AMERICUS, Jan. 17.—The Americus
Light Infantry is drilling two nights in
each week in preparation for the annual
im«‘ncuon next Monday night by Fed
eral and State army officers.
Will make a change in business February 1.
To accomplish this
Must Have More Room-=
~ More Money
See Wednesday’s Georgian for prices on the
greatest slaughter of shoe prices Atlanta has
ever seen.
Businessisbuying what
you want and selling
what others want to mu
tual advantage. That’s
why The Georqlan and Ameri
can’s “For Sale—Miscellane
ous” columns are such a suc
cessful business place. Try
them for both buying and
selling.
The Georgian-American
Atlanta’s Want Ad Directory
Read for Profit—Use for Results
JANUARY | 1916
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4th District Schools
Prepare for Contest
| LAGRANGE, Jan. 11.—The arvontive
ecommities of the Nl#h Sehoo!l Associa
com °'.:3‘.f:‘.“"..g.m" s B(e star
’S’»‘.‘.‘;"."‘.‘;&‘ :.‘.t‘..am,"“i.':- "ot
| 'nu,ocnda of Columbus, Buena Vie
ta, Talbotton, Hununq Greenville, La.
‘onag.‘ West Point, Newnan, Carroll
ton, nkiin, C:::nb“‘Wau‘!rm Man
chester, "or.! , Harris City, Grant-
Mu;.luunc ville and %Kh.fifl)l. win
Moreland, Vila Riea, wden, Mount-
Ville, Bullochville and Lubersville will
participate.
2 Negresses Held
» .
, For Shoplifting
Allee N nudm)‘l;n”()m negroes,
wers arrested Monday aftermoon in
Whitehall street b{‘ Pollcaman West on
complaint of A. Mapes, assistant
manager of the Kreas stares, who
charged the pair with shoplifting.
| _ln the handbag of one of the negroes
was found four or five d«;un worth of
‘mrch-ndlu which the Kress mum:n
sald had been taken from one of his
stores.
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First Presbyterian
! After New Members
Another every-member ocanvass, &
movement conducted so successfully last
year, is being planned for the Firm
Presbyterian Church, Dr. J. Sprols
I.Jrol. the pastor, announced from the
pulpit Sunday.
I Pr. Lyons said that last year the oan.
vass resulted in an increase of 57 per
cent In the number of subscribers and
In\ inerease of 88 per cent in the amount
subseribed.
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Hopkins, ‘Dry’ Chief,
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Visitor to Capital
Visitors to the Capitol Monday in
cluded 8. M. Prince, assistant post
master of Dublin and Representa
{tive W. H. Hopkins, of Thomasville,
one of the prohibition leaders of tie
House during the 1915 sessions of the
Legislature.
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Southern Shopmen
.
To Hear Jennings
Al Jennings, mor outlaw, who
{s conducting & revival at the Baptist
Tabernacle, will talk to the employees
of the Southern Sho‘pl. Inman Yards,
Tuesday morning, at 11:30 o'clock
This is to be the first of a series of
noonday meetings for workingmen.
i
Worsham Attends
.
Horticultural Show
B. Lee Worsham, State Dntomd!oru
went to Athens Monday to superin obd
nrrswmcms for the State's exhibit at
the orgia Hortlcultural Show, which
opens in the Classic Clty ’rue'&y and
will continue through Wednesday.
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PRICE BACK FROM ATHENS.
J. D. Price, State Commissioner of
Agriculture, returned Monday after
noon from Athens, where he spent the
wee;-em.
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