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About The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1914-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1914)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6 33 Vessels Flying United States Flag Sent To Aid American Tourists—Are Exempt From Capture on Atlantic Ocean Washington.— A list compiled in w ashington today shows that there are in the Atlantic Ocean avalable tor government or private charter for bringing American* back from Europe 33 steamships upon which absolute dependence can be placed- All of these vessels are flying the United elates flag and would therefore as turo™ sllips ’ be exelu l )t ' from cap- There are in the Pacific a number of additional steamships flying the American flag which could likewise be made available for service to Eu rope from the United States bv bring ing them through the Panama Cana). The canal is to he officially open-yl on August TT.th, and it is .possible lor vessels to pass through it almost any day. In addition to these vessels whose absolute neutrality can be depended upon regardless of further develop ments in Europe there are In the At lantic a number of ships flying the flags of nations which probably will Price 2Bc. at all drug stores in A ugusta. Drug trade supplied by the Augusta Drug Company, Augusta, Ga. Manufactured and guaranteed by Exelento Medicine Co., Atlanta, Ga. SEASHORE LIMITED TRAIN TO TYBEE “Where Ocean Breezes Blow” // ?y *f. m jbhwW | h\ i « 1 They All Have a Good Time at Tybee Every Sunday Lv. Augusta (City Time) 6:60 am. Ar. Savannah (Central Time) .. .. .. ..10:20 am. Ar. Tybee Beach (Central Time) .. .. ..11:45 am. Ly. Tybee Beach (Central Time) 6:00 pm. Lv. Savannah (Central Time .. 7:30 pm. Ar. Augusta (City Time).. .. ~12'45 Night Round fit* 17 Every Trip »4P JL •■ tJ Sunday Tickets Good only on “Tybee Limited.” Week End Tickets $4.50 Round Trip There’s no place like Tybee for a day’s rest and recrea tion, and a plunge in the briny surf. Street Oars from and to all parts of the City will connect with the TYBEE LIMITED leaving Augusta 6:50 a. m. and arriving Augusta at 12:45 midnight Sun days. Central of Georgia Ry. “The Right Way.” G. P. HAMMOCK, City Ticket Agent. 719 Broad Street, Augusta, Georgia. b© neutrals in the present conflict. Fleet Considered Adequate. This additional fleet of available merchant marine is not being counted upon at present, However, because o: the belief that the vessels under the American flag, whose neutrality can -b© depended upon, will comprise a fleet adequate for the present emer gency. All that remains is for the American government to appear in the shipping market. This data will be presented to Sec retary Bryan and discussed by bim tomorrow with a representative of the International Mercantile Company who is coming to Washington from New’ York. Following is a list of the shipping available: Ships under the American flag in the Atlantic Ocean and suitable for service to Europe: Internatoinal Mercantile Marine Company-Red Star Line, 2; Ameri can Line. 4. New York and Porto Rico Steam ship Company, II; Panama Railway Company (owned by the United KINKY HAIR Don’t b« fooled by ueing some fake prep aration which claims to straighten your hair. Kinky hair cannot be made straight; you are just fooling yourself by using it. Youhave to have hair before you can straighten it. Nowthic Exelento Quinine Pomade isa Hair Grower which feeds the scalp and roots of the hair and makes the hair grow very fast, and you soon can see the results by using several times. It is a wonderful Hair Grower. It cleans dan druff and stops Falling Ilair at once. It leaves harsh,. stubborn, nappy looking hair soft and silky, and you can fix up your hair the way you wont it. We give money hack if it don’t do the way we claim. Price 25e by mail, stamps or coin. Atlanta, Ga. Exelento Medicine Co.. Your Exelento Qui nine Pomade isonehair grower which will do what you claim it will do. It sure made my hairgrow very fast and cleaned the dan druff and stopped my hair from falling in a week using it. I am sending you my photo graph. You will B«e how long my hair is now. SILIA GREENE. W. W. HACKETT, Traveling Passenger Agt. iHE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA States government), 6: New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company, I 10. Total 33. The Pacific Lines. . Steamship lines in the Pacific hav ing vessels flivng the American flag and available for service to Europe via Panama Canal: Pacific Mall Steamship Company. Great Northern Steamship Company, Matson Naviga tion Company, and Oceanic Steamship Company. i Steamship lines having in the A' j lantic Ocean steamships fliyng the ■flags of countries likely but not cer tain to be neutral in the European va r: Holland-America. Line Dutch Pag; fe'eandi vania n-American Line, Danish flag; Norwegian-American Line, Norwegian flag; Navigazione Gererale Italian, Italian flag. Steamship lines in the Pacific Ocean having vessels flying the flag of countries likely but not. certain to be neutral; Toyek Kisen Kaiaha, Japanese flag; Nippon Yusen Kaisiia Japanese flag. Ship Capitalists Are Relied on By Wilson; Gold Supply Protected Washington.—President Wilson In a conversation with newspaper men today made a strong statement ot his confidence that the country is pre pared to meet the existing iiKeraa tional financial derangement and to straighten out all domestic difficul ties tha may grow out of the Euro pean war. Ha said that the only thing that [ can work damage to the country ajid i force it to suffer unnecessarily stir j what is going on in Europe is unrea sonable excitement -and apprehension on the part, of the Americans them j selves. The president expressed the hope | today thaa many ships would be plac ed in the trans-Atlantic trade under the American flag which are now In the coastwise marine. He was confi dent that American capitalists would be glad for practical reasons to in vest in all ships available for the trans-Atlantic trade. The n#Ws came from New York that bankers there share witn Wash ington ofiicials the expectation that England and France will be able through their naval strength to con trol the Atlantic amt keep the ocean open to commerce between these na tions and the United States. England, it was pointed out, is the greatest market for American [frod ucts and if that government is able to keep open avenues of transporta tion with the United States the prob lems for this country involved in the war will be greatly simplified. No Tie-Up As Yet in Trans- Atlantic Mail Service of United States New York.—Postmaster Edward M. Morgan said yesterday that up to the present time there had been no tie up in the trans-Atlantic mail service as far as the United States was con cerned. Malls, he said, were still being received and dispatched on the American and neutral foreign liners. The St. I.ouis of the American Line, which sailed for England on Friday last, had in her mail compartments 2,329 sacks of first-class mail for the British Isles and the Continent, of Eu rope. The Oceanic, which sailed lor Millions of mothers, Infinitely patient, have given their lives, hopes, thoughts and energy to the care of A BOY FOR WHAT ? For the unmarked grave on the field of battle, to make “food for cannon," to feed stray dogs and foxes that prowl on the battlefield W * f • fi |i “NATIONAL HERO SERIES" N 0.5 Leif Ericsson—The Discoverer of America THE FIRST WHITE MEN to tread American soil were Leif Ericsson and his sea-dashed Vikinecrew. £umß I his was nearlya thousand years ago when die Scandinavian peoples ruled the seas and held the Lrets P-f) of navigation. The history of the fair-haired, liberty-loving sons and daughters of Sweden,Norway and £■£ flj I ‘ n S ° n s story: We have millions of these splendid folk in our own land, and wherever the MM fk n n a «W 0f R lbertyand Human Egress has been raised they are found in the front rank, bravely fighting for FfH the .Rjght. Better citizens or greater lovers of Rrsonal Liberty are unknown, for centuries our full-blooded lean- lIA dmavian brothers have been moderate users of Barley-Malt brews. Who can truthfully say it has injured them in MM a k lS the anaeat ° f die T pe ° p!cs tc r<^ olt at Prohibitoi y Laws, and their vote is registered i|H K f against such legislation. For 57 years Scandinavians have been drinkers of the honestly- 188 brewed beers of Anheuser-Busch. They have helped to make their great brand BUDWEISFR exceed the 7 M ft' sales of any other beer by millions of bottles. Seven thousand, five hundred men, all in all, ate daily required to keep pace With the natural public demand for Budweiser. ANHEUSER-BUSCH • ST. LOUIS,X JSPi^ Bottled only at the home plant. *>||h mm- jWji J. H. O’Byme _ JgL Distributor Augusta, Georgia ’ l aSudweiseS Means Moderation England on Saturday, carried nearly 1,500 sacks of mail in addition to a largo parcel post consignment. The American liner of this week Is the St. Paul, which is scheduled to leave for Southampton by way of Cherbourg on Friday morning. It is expected that she will take one <ff the largest consignments of east-bound mail ever sent, across the Atlantic. The German liners which started to sea last week hut were recalled, It was said yesterday, did not have any mails. Many Foreigners Seeking Citizenship in U. S. As Result European War New York.—As a result of tbe out break of war between the great pow er* of Europe many more foreigners than usual In tire metropolitan dis trict are applying for American citi zenship. Most or these applications for citizenship are from persons who FOR WHAT? are subject to call to the colors on the part of various European govern ments- Charles Weiser, who is in charge of neutralization In the Federal Dlstriet Court here, said yesterday that It wan noteworthy that many more Ameri cans than usual nre applying for passports for use In Europe. Most of those requesting passports give business ns their reason ror visiting the war zones. SOMEBODY LOST HIB JOB. In a business men's club, In a Wes tern town there sprang up two tac tions, one of which criticised the aiewsrd business he did not provide the members with good meals and one which defended him hotiv. The dispute got. fiercer and fiercer Half the club wanted to fire the stew ard at once; the other half said he was Ifficient. Then, without warning, the steward hlmsaif decided Ihe momentous ques tlon. One day at lunch time a mem ber of the club asked a waiter: "Where’s the steward?” "He ain't here.” replied tha waiter. “He said he was going down ths street to get something good to eat. —Popular Magazine-
