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FATIGUE OF WAR IS NOW
BEING FELT IN GERMANY
Wage-Earning Class Becomes
Sullen and Almost Rebel
lious, Says Consul.
WANT PEACE AT ANY PRICE
Russian Revolution Finds Echoes in
Riots in German Industrial Cen
ters—Standard of Living
Lowered Fearfully.
New York. —Humors from various
sources thut the Russian revolution
has found echoes in riots In German
Industrial centers had an interesting
sidelight here when A. Curtis Itoth,
Amerleun vice consul at I'luuen, Sax
ony, described the awful conditions
existing among the working classes of
the central powers. Mr. Itoth has just
spent seven years in the Saxon indus
trial district. He said :
“Wage-earning Germany’s nerves
have been worn raw by the increasing
weight of suffering thut the war has
brought it. This class of Germans has
become sullen, dissatisfied with the
government, almost rebellious. While
the middle class remains intensely
patriotic, parading before Ihe casual
observer a unified and determined
Germany, fatigue of war is making
nlurmlng strides among the working
people. A great many of tliTlse humble
people want pence at any price—at the
price of their colonies, of Alsace-Lor
raine, even of their country’s prestige
and position.
“The working people, at least, in
Saxony, are becoming restive. They
have hungered and grieved and over
worked for many months, with condi
tions steadily growing worse and with
each promise of peace fading into an
Indefinite prospect of endurance. All
foods but the very coarsest are beyond
their means. The ration of these
coarse foods is insufficient. The poor
have been subsisting throughout the
last year upon bread, potatoes, turnips
and salt.
Second Peasants’ War Possible.
"Pushed much further by the gall
ing stress of starvation, overwork and
loss of dear ones, a second peasants’
war may well be added to the miseries
of central Europe.
"The standard of living itmong the
working people has been lowered
fearfully. It Is now on a par with the
coolie standard of overcrowded Asia,
l’helr work has Increased; their share
In comforts has diminished, and their
amusements have entirely fallen away.
The urban poor have become desper
ately poor, and they are beginning to
realize that each added month of the
war means that their plight must be
come more and more hopeless.
“In the beginning nil was wild en
thusiasm for the war. The people
crowded around the railway stations
lo see the troop trains hurling past
every 25 minutes. Then came the
floods of wounded, the difficult read
justments made necessary by the ab
sence of the wage earners, and then
the numbing pinch of hunger. Worst
nf all was the atmosphere that settled
iown upon the land, an atmosphere of
want, of fear, of suffering, of black
depression, which seemed to seep
through and through one and chill the
consciousness.
"An eternal New England Sunday
gripped the formerly bustling manu
facturing towns in my district. The
streets were bare of traffic. People
passed about their errands silently.
There was no laughing, whistling,
loud talking or Jovial greeting. The
business streets were dotted every
where by stores closed up by war.
Grass grew between the collides in
the roadway. Now and again oxen
SAYS U-BOATS ARE QUITTING
Hint Comes From London That New
Method of Warfare Brings
in Many
London. —Under the title “A London
er’s Diary" the Evening Standard
prints the following, which there Is
reason to believe Is not lacking in sub
stantial truth:
“Some time ago I referred to the
rumors concerning ‘docks full’ of enp
tured submarines, and warned my read
ers against taking them too literally.
I am now lu position to say that there
is more substance than usual behind
the present gossip of successes against
submarines.
“Whether anything has gone wrong
with tlie supply ships, or whether the
Hun crews diSHke the task, the fact re
mains that there have been surrenders.
I understand too that the men of our
destroyers are elated at the results of
a certain new method of fighting sub
marines. It would he Indiscreet to
give particulars, hut no harm Is done
by s'atlng that the great difficulty of
dragging primitive carts of farm pro
duce lumbered through the streets.
Restaurants and cnfes were deserted.
It cost money to frequent them, and,
moreover, they hud nothing to sell.
"It Is hard to describe life under
these conditions. The best I can do
Is to say that it was suffocating.
When not going to and fro nbout their
work, the less well-to-do hid their un
happiness in their rooms. As It was,
one was forever meeting on the street
hollow-cheeked, emaciated, dry-eyed
sufferers. I felt as though I had es
caped from a dark prison when I got
buck to this country and saw happy,
healthy, well-fed people ugaln.
"The strnin is beginning to tell. I
have heard the emperor soundly be
rated by his famished subjects In the
shops that the poos frequent. I have
often during the last months of my
stay listened to strangely seditious*
talk among the workers, men and
women, which grew in violence nfter
the check at Verdun. The working
women have threatened a number of
times to get out of hand and rqugh
things. In Saxony, at least, war is
successfully throttling, one by one, all
the people’s impulses for living.
“The Saxon casualty list has been
very heavy. The Plauen regiment has
been wiped out six times. All the
young, dashing, professional officers
who led the first onslaught have been
wiped out. The troops are now offi
cered by men of all classes, who have
made good in the field, and In some
cases that I know of the derivation of
the officer testifies to the startling
democratizing effects of war. The- call
for more men is always insistent. The
high school boys go out once a week
for drill. Boy Scouts drill from twelve
to sixteen. The land hns been denud
ed of its physically fit men.
Saxony Hit Hard.
“Saxony hns borne an overlarge
share of the war suffering. It Is pri
marily a manufacturing country and,
so, lias suffered most keenly from the
effects of food shortage. At one time
last year the Saxons were eating a
bread eked out with chopped straw.
Then Saxony did an enormous export
business. The war swept this busi
ness away and closed hundreds of fac
tories. I knew many men in my dis
trict who, wealthy in 1914, their all
wiped out by war, saw themselves
paupers In 1015.
“A revolution, an economic revolu
tion, lias already been worked In Sax
ony, a revolution of destruction whose
effects will outlive tills generation.
The Saxon poor realize this better
than their more fortunate countrymen,
and they are bitterly, very bitterly,
•war-weary.”
WOULD HAVE NO TOWN CLOCK
Hotel Keeper Seeks Injunction Against
City Timepiece, Saying It Will
Wake His Guests.
Wichita, Kan. —S. J. Smalley, pro
prietor of tlie Coronado hotel, across
the street from the city hall, employed
a lawyer to obtain an Injunction to pre
vent Mayor Bentley and the commis
sioners from Installing a clock in the
city hall tower. For years citizens
have petitioned administrations t,o
beautify the unsightly bonrded-up tow
er with n clock, and the Bentley admin
istration let a contract for a $1,500
clock. Smalley alleges that the strik
ing of the clock will wake up Ills guests
every hour at night.
Has Fourteen Sons for War.
St. Mary’s, I’a.—William Albright an
nounces he lias 14 sons ready for war
service and can also supply, in a pinch,
seven Bed Cross nurses from girls of
Ids family.
; detecting the presence of a submarine
! Ims been met with considerable suc
i cess. It Is, as Admiral Jellicoe hinted,
I mily a matter of time.” *
SELL BUTTER CARDS; JAILED
Two German Waiters in Berlin Are
Sentenced to Three Years in
Prison Each.
Berlin.— Because they tried to sell
15,000 butter cards which they had
found, Fritz Ilaacel nnd Robert Tress,
two waiters, have been sentenced to
three years In prison each.
A bundle of butter cards fell front
a delivery wagon on the way from
the printer to the offices of the bread
commission of the Thirty-eighth dis
trict here and was picked up by Tress.
The waiter, with Ihe aid of his friend
: Ilaacel, started to sell the cards. For
several days the two men did a rush
ing business. When they finally were
arrested (hey had over S4OO In their
pockets and still possessed about 0,000
of the cards. The law makes the sale
of food cards a serious crime.
IHE NORTH GEORGIAN, GUMMING, GEORGIA.
PISTOL THREAT HOLDS MAID
She Decides She Will Not Leave
Evanston Mistress for Pla-*e
Offering More Money.
Evanston, 111. —The practice of old
feudal Kentucky of shooting those who
invade your home In search of some
thing you own will be staged In staid
old Evanston unless other women
cease enticing away the maids of one
society leuder, lute from “down South.”
Annie, maid extraordinary. Is the
bone of contention.
“I am leaving Saturday night,” suid
Annie, after a talk with one of her
mistress’ friends. “Mrs. Jones will
pay me higher wages.”
“Down where I come from,” drnwled
the mistress, "they shoot people for
taking things of n whole lot less valus
than servants. You can go witli Mrs.
Jones If you want to. But some day
I am going to call on Mrs. Jones.
Either she or you Is going to answer
the door. lam going to shoot the first
one of you I see. That's all.”
Annie is holding down the old Job
and Mrs. Jones is not nearly so anx
ious to hire her as she believed she
was.
KIPLING QUITS IN PROTEST
Leaves Society of Authors Because of
Charity Books Published in
Aid of War.
London. —The Times re-prints from
the British Weekly the following ex
tract :
i “Rudyard Kipling, inclosing his
check for $5OO townrd the pension
fund, has sent his resignation from the
Society of Authors, on the ground that
the action of the committee nnd its ac
ceptance by his fellow members prove
that he Is altogether out of sympathy
with the present views of the society.
"Mr. Kipling’s resignation, which ap
parently is caused by a difference
opinion as to the charity be•• ks pub
lished in aid of the war, is greatly re
gretted by the committee. lie has
■been a member of the society for 25
• years.”
SPECIALIST WINS SUCCESS
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Miss Helen Hammond improves each
fleeting moment, nnd when she Is not
entertaining or participating In vari
ous works in which she Is interested,
she Is busy devising new designs and
decorations, for she is one of New
York’s most gifted and exclusive deco
rators, her prize exhibition and glory
being the incomparably beautiful tea
garden on the roof of one of the lead
ing New York hotels.
The talented lady touches with her
magic mind everything—grand halls,
reception rooms, galleries, rooms nnd
most of all most distinctive furniture.
PROFIT BY CHANCE REMARK
Two Poor Families in Ireland Will
Get $6,000 as Result of Hint
Dropped by Woman.
San Francisco. —For twenty years
Mary Dougherty worked In the stew
ard’s department of a big hotel here
nnd in nil that time she mentioned her
personal affairs only once. That was
to tell a dost friend that she had nev
er married because she couldn't find a
man as fine as either of her two broth
ers In Donegal.
Asa result of that chance remark
two poor families lu Ireland will get
$6,000.
When Mary was killed In an acci
dent two years ago her locker in the
hotel was found to contain $1,500 in
cash nnd a bank book showing $4,000
deposits.
The woman’s friend told the public
administrator about the two brothers
In Donegal and, working through the
British consulate, he learned that the
brothers were Patrick nnd David
Dougherty. David is dead, but Ids five
children will divide tit a SO,OOO with
Patrick.
HEI MAKES YOU SICK, IIGHI
ITS MERCURY AND SALIVATES
Straighten Up! Don’t Lose a Day’s Work! Clean Your Sluggish
Liver and Bowels With “Dodson’s Liver Tone.”
Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. Take
a dose of the vile, dangerous drug to
night and tomorrow you may lose a
day’s work.
Calomel Is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, break
ing it up. This la when you feel that
awful nausea and cramping. If you
feel sluggish and "all knocked out,” if
your liver Is torpid and bowels consti
pated or you have headache, dizziness,
coated tongue. If breath is bad or
stomach sour, Just try a spoonful of
harmless Dodson’s Liver Tone.
Here’s my guarantee —Go to any
drug store or dealer and get a 50-cent
bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone. Take
a spoonful tonight and if it doesn’t
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the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. T" c Mfljlfflp l
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The quality of W. L. Douglas product is guaranteed by more
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They are made in a well-eauipped factory at Brockton, Mass.,
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Proof to the Contrary.
“It is whispered by the neighbors
that the Jobbles are living entirely on
breakfast food.”
“Jobble Is a proud man. If he hears
that story he’ll have his revenge, all
right.”
*What will he do?”
“He'll probably order his cook to
fumigate the neighborhood with the
odor of friend steak and onions.”
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottl6 of
CASTOItIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see .hat it
Signatured
In Use for Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
Salt sprinkled over carpets before
sweeping preserves ihe colors and
keeps away moths.
The occasional use of Roman Eye Balsam
at night upon retiring will prevent and re
lieve tired eyes, watery eyes, and eye strain.
Adv.
American firms have 500 branch
houses in Canada.
Carter’s Little Liver Pills
For Constipation
The Great .eMEX. Puts You
Vegetable Right
Remedy J® Over Night
Genuine /7 . Smell Pill
bears Smell Doe
denature /Small Price
n_L 17 usually Indicate the absence of Iron In
Colorless or rale Jr aces he biood, o
a condition which will be greatly helped by barter SlFOllrulS
fIMIERSMITH’s
ft (hill Tonic
Sold for 47 years. For Malaria, Chills and Fever. Also
a Fine General Strengthening Tonic. 60c ud SI.OO it ill Drat Stores.
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straighten you right up and make you
feel fine and vigorous by morning I
want you to go back to the store and
get your money. Dodson’s Liver Tone
is destroying the sale of calomel be
cause it is real liver medicine; entire
ly vegetable, therefore it cannot sail
vate or make you sick.
I guarantee that one spoonful of
Dodson’s Liver Tone will put your slug
gish liver to work and clean your bow
els of that sour bile and constipated
waste which is clogging your system
and making you feel miserable. I guar
antee that, a bottle of Dodson’s Liver
Tone will keep your entire family feel
ing fine for months. Give It to your
children. It is harmless; doesn’t gripe
and they like its pleasant taste.—Adv.'
Bank of England Cramped.
The work of the Bank of England
lias increased so enormously since the
war that several fresh premises have
had to be engaged to carry on the work
and house the additional staff, which
includes a large proportion of women.
The pay office, national debt depart
ment, printing department, and loan
departments have all had to be sepa
rately housed, and in addition a spa
cious new building will shortly be
taken as a restaurant for the many ad
ditional workers engaged on govern
mental and public banking work.
IMITATION IS SINCEREST FLATTERY
hut like counterfeit money the Imita
tion has not the worth of the original.
Insist on “La Creole” Hair Dressing—
it’s the original. Darkens your hair in
the natural way, but contains no dye.
Price SI.OO. —Adv.
The two-edged weapons are found
among the earliest specimens of Japa
nese metal working.
A bill to prevent “baby angels” in
movies is before the New Jersey legis
lature.
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THEM THE
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W Oral* r he. bra. or if not (re should.
<Ask him or writ# ns qivinq his name.
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