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CfIPT. J. F. CAI
GETS PROMOTION
Head of Savannah National
Guard Company Appointed
Judge Advocate General to
Succeed Major C. C. Smith.
Atlanta, Ga.— <’apt. J. F. Cann, of
Savannah, retired nrmy officer and
veteran of the Spanish-American War
haa been appointed judge advocate
general of the Georgia national guard,
by Adjutant General J. Van Holt
Nash, to succeed Major Claude S.
Smith, retired with the rank of Lieu
tenant Colonel.
The appointment of Captain Cann
by General Nash followed a letter from
the adjutant genera I to Major Smith,
asking Ills resignation, which action,
however, was politely but firmly de
clined by Major Smith, even though
he be given the honorary title offered
him. that of lieutenant colonel.
General Nash, notwithstanding the
refusal of Major Smith to be ousted,
carried out his original plans and of-
LANDS WITH APPEAL TO PEOPLE
OE AMERICA TO AID BELGIANS
M me. Vanderveldc Bidden Ood Speed on Her Mission By-
King Albert-- Brings Letter From Queen Elizabeth
N*w York.—Madam Vamtorvclde.
who rnmc from Belgium on the steam
er Cretlc to seek aid for the people of
her Mtxlrkrn uountry, leeued thla
statement «s soon n* the Cretlc dock
ed here today.
' Madam Vnndarvelde, wife of the
Belgian minister c»f ntnte. hs* rome to
tln> I’nlted States from Antwerp to
appeal to the generoetty of the great
American democracy on hehalf of her
countrymen men and women whoaa
land hne been ravlehed by the horrors
of war througli no fault of their own
Jilid thoiiHHiide of whom are now den
tltutn.
All They Hed.
"Thouannda have loet all they had.
land, houaea, fnrnia. money and the
very toole with which they got their
dally bread. Thousand* are even
without clothing and have become
wanderer* and outcaata at the gatea
of the earth.
. ' Madam Yandervehle wlahea to tell
the American people what ahe hna
eeen heraelf—the at ream of refugee*
leaving Klallnea during the bombard
ment. the murdrrnua raid* of the Zep
pellna and the burning of Louvain.
She wlahea to tell them alao of the
•Uhlime courage of the Belgian peo
ple.
King Approved.
"A few hour* before ahe left Ant
werp, King Albert of Belgium aonl
hie secretary to Madam Vanderveld*
Even Some ol Organized Heads Think Well o!
Gilmore’s Plan Relative lo Punishment
ot Players Breaking Rules
VOrk. h.vfn Mtir of th* power*
In Organ] sc dH* «e I,»] i think favorably of
*he plan of Mrexy Gilmore. of the Fed*
relative to thi punishment of player*
for Infraction of playing rule*
“Chapetiding a player Isn't punish
meat." Gilmore. "Th»l merely give*
In* player a vacation, Th* way to pre
a*Mfg discipline I* by * *y*tem of fine*
and then to «e* to It that the playar, not
the Club, pay* tho*« fine*."
Ultmor* now I* working on * stale of
fine* that are to eoVer practically *\<-rj
offence that a ball player can commit
on the diamond The alsa of the fin*
»hl ba flaad by th* degree of th* of
fens*
* player merely sense* an umpire
It may coat him |5. If h* use* ahuatve
'ile Inn*tinge the fin* may he 110
or fto. Spilling upon an umpire, dub
bing him with • bat. slapping him on
ijte beaaar with a glov* or a fiat, or
gouging out hi* py»* of courae, will cost
, mar a.
Heavy Flee*.
Players who fight among themaelvea
on the field win lie fined hMvtlr
“A eerie* of heavy fine* will do more
to wipe out rowdy lam than any other
system" declared UUmore "h'\er since
baaeball became an Institution the eia
tetn of auapendlng a player las been In
force It has accompliahed hut tittle
toward eliminating squahhle* between
play eta and umpirea Tbs reason Is that
It hasn't hit th* offenders In llielr wreak*
eat spot. When you lilt a ball plaver
In hi* porketluaik end he realtsee that
you are going to continue lo hit lum
th«We until he reform*. I believe he'll
suddenly turn over a new leaf
"1 don't believe lu the practice of
auapendlng players. That take* them
out of the game, err k* the regular
lineup* and put* th* entire taant Into a
l*d hole eltnply because of the action of
one or 4wo men. Suppose that liver*
. AUrsi.'ille and t»<i m.dt bad he. n
suspended for five days or a week hr
cauae of that affair In Chi ego recent
ly. It would have wrecked tlm Hrav.«
infield, and before the regular* could get
bark Into the game again the llraves.
playing with a patched up Infield, might
have skidded too far to get back Into
th# fight for the flag
"<>*# thing i aha I insist upon in this
fining system and that I* Ibui th* play*'
era must pay the fine# I won't permit
the club ow ners to pay those flee* If
they did, the fining rule woulde t be
worth a snap of the finger. I Intern)
by|tb* new rule to tut tm pulayer. I
mean to make Mm pay for hi# rowdy
ism, and 1 believe that the Uriel en
FATIMA.
V THE TURKISH BLEND
CIGARETTE
* A distinctive
enjoyment
Amsz dm
vJWJpII 4 ■ ' tjf 'vRHR
aOforls«^
fired the place to Captain Cann, and
it was accepted.
JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDE.
Atlanta.—James E. Simpson, a city
Inspector, who shot and killed H. E.
Boynton, a grocer, last Monday, was
exonerated yesterday afternoon In the
municipal court. The evidence showed
that the Main man had made threats
toward the defendant and that the lat
ter fired to protect his own life.
Simpson made a clear and convinc
ing statement to the court.
"1 am sorry 1 had to do it," he said,
"but when I think of my poor. Invalid
wife, who would otherwise have been
left a widow, I think I was justified
in what I did.”
to wlah her good luck and to tel! her
that the king approve* her Intention
of appealing for help for the Belgian
refugee* to the people of America.
She bring* with her the following let
ter from Queen Ellgabetb:
The Queen'* Letter.
" "Her Majesty, the queen, wlnhea to
tell you that ahe approvea your pro
ject of putting before public opinion
In England and the United State* the
Buffering* which the German tnva
alon ha* Inflicted upon our peaceful
population. Five of our provinces are
devastated and thousand* of families
driven out of thetr houses are at this
moment without home*. It I* de*erv-
Ing well of one - * country and of hu
manity to try to help them. Beat
wishes of th i queen accompany you
to these two countrle* which love to
give help to those In distress.'
Terrible Suffering.
"Madam Vanderveldt Implores the
American people to help Belgium to
repatriate all these poor people, to
start them again In life In new homes.
Their sufferings are unutterably ter
rible and hundreds of the bread win
ners father*, husbands and aona have
been killed In the war.
"I* It not right nnd fitting that those
who can help should do mo at this
moment? Madam Vandervelde Is
convinced that her cry for-help will
be beard, that It la not in vain that
she Is appealing to the American peo
ple."
mlkb" 1 .""/ "V*!!* ~ ‘ l * win *» f«r toward
nmkliic btiichcll »lr>an throughout.”
T oner’s
T *ncr president of the Na
tlonu I-augur seem* to have belied
along 111* entne lines a* Gilmore. Ills
action In fining th* three Hoeton play
er* and tlefnle Zlmmtniiin. of the Cuba
for engaging In the flat fight In Chi*
cogo came ns It big aurprlae The great
e-i majority of fnna figured Tener f..|-
lowing the old custom would suspend the
player* lint he dldn t-end hia action
hut h*#n roi!im»n<l<ktl
Had Tener axercleed hi* power and or
dered this quartet out of the game for
a week It would have crippled both the
. *Jm !’? ~r* v " " probably would
lutvk killed Hoeton a chances, and deed
died the Interest In the National Lea
gue race.
It has been noticed (hat Tener has
been more inclined toward the ftntng
system than have any of hi* predecea*
aora. This show* that he la a keen
baseball leader. He realise* thut the
I'lifVr, not th# fin# and hl»
should lie punished for rowdyism
Weaken Teem.
If e at.ir play er I* chase i from th*
game II weakens hi* team and reduce*
the chances of his team winning a high
position In th* race, ns well as lessening
the fans' Interest In ih# team
Another reform that night te h#
brought shout Is that which would bar
club owners from remitting the flues as
sessed by the manag.r for Infraction of
the dub rule* An Illustration of th*
demoralising effect nf the remittance
system shows In the case of "Slim"
Caldwell, ih* wandering Yankee I wirier,
“•Mm" liked liquid refreshment dur
ing th* playing season too often for his
own good Manager Frapk Chance
warned him against the practice and or
dered him to kee|> better hours. "Slim"
didn't heed Chan, e promptly assessed
him about fid. Till* din t rurw "S im"
and Chance fined Mm agiln. Cbanc#
Continued to fine Caldwell but It didn't
do any good
Till* pusxled Chance. Ills exparirnce
with bsll I'luyers. covering more than
ten year*, taught Mm Unit when all *l#e
failed aa a curative sgent, the fining of
a player would turn the trick. How
ever. Chance learned after swlille why
It was that Oldwel' didn't mind how
he was fined. The -Yankee Hub owners
were remitting the flu*# U> Caldwell na
fast a* Chan a* made lit* assessment.
Chance since lias Issued no ulliir.ttum
to Ihe club odfners when be fines
a player th* fin* stands
era speaks
ON INSURANCE,
POSTAL BANKS
Secretary of State Addresses
Asheville Convention---No
Reference to European War.
Officers Elected
Asheville, N. C.—An informal ad
dress today by Secretary of State Wil
liam J. Bryan, delivered upon special
Invitation of the body, featured the
morning session of the last day of the
forty-fifth annual convention of the
National Association of Insurance
Commissioners in Besaion here this
week.
Hei-retarl Bryan was Introduced by
President James R. Young. In dlls
brief talk to the Insurance commis
sioners. he made no reference to the
European war situation as was ex
pected.
Postal Banka.
Speaking of the postal savings
i banks, Secretary Bryan said:
"The people became tired of putting
their money under an old carpet, while
others dislike to see lots of the savings
being sent to Europe and for that rea
son the government established the
postal savings bank.”
"The result of the enormous trans
fer of savings being transferred to
Europe Is now being felt during the
great war times In that section."
The secretary of state urged insur
ance when the interests of the people
are safeguarded with absolute secur
ity at a minimum cost.
Elect Officers-
Officers were elected as follows:
President, John S. Darst, of West
Virginia; vice-presidents, Burton
Marsfleld, of Connecticut, and J. P.
Wlnshlp of South f'arollna: secretarT
treasurer, F. 11. McMaster, of South
Carolina, re-elected.
The executive commltee wIU select,
the next place of meeting'latr.
EFFECT OF WAR
ONBROAOWAY:
i
“Giants Win, Kaiser Loses.”
Ingenious Cry of Newsboy
Sets All Wild---He Sold Out
New York.-—"tils nla win. Kaiser
lOHM.
That Ingenlou* cry by an enterprising
nrWHlmy on a Broadway corner, when
the New r York Nationals won a gime
and the German* advancing on Paris
met a slight reverse, almost esused a
riot. Sympathizers with the Allies cheer
ed the gamin to the echo, and bought all j
his papers, while adherents of the Kaia- I
* r denounced the boy roundly and
threatened to r t him off the street.
The Incident srt-ved to show that the i
nerves of the war-weary crowds of the
greater city are on edge The novelty
of the great European conflict has worn
off long since, and the people are be
ginning to take sides. Partisans are be
coming irritable and on the street cor
ners these days, numerous fistic en
counters are averted only by the vigi
lance of the policemen who are station
ed around all the bulletin boards.
Changing Sentiment.
A changing sentiment too la notice
nb e. At the outset of the war almost
all the expressed aympthy was for the
Allies, English, French and Russian.
Whether thrre were few Germans about,
or whether German sympathisers kept
silent bemuse they were so greatly in
the majority was not apparent. But
at any rate, all the taik was In favor of
the opponents of the Kaiser.
Since the Germans succeeded In Invad
ing France nnd got an close to Paris,
that the French capital was moved to
Bordeaux, there has been an Increise In
German sentiment Germans and Ger
man-Americana are becoming bolder.
They express their feelings unrestrain
edly.
The war whether Justly or unjustly, Is
affecting almost every branch of Indus
try Jn this country. The Broadway cases
nnd restaurants were the first to re
spond to the war fever. Prices of me.ita
Wirt tncr.ased slightly In the first d»\s
of the conflict and advances have follow
ed rapidly from time to time. The price
of German beer and other imported bev
erages •as put up in almost every
Broadway case.
Expect 'Od Seaton.
Strangely enough, ne theatre*, which
are a large part of Broadway * huslne**
are figuring on a good witon because of
the war.
“The situation 1* this.'* a iwomlnent
manager explained to me. "This war 1*
bound to b* a good thing for tho United
State*, no matter how It goes This
country will be called upon to supply th*
world with good* and food. Ther* has
been a depression on this aid*, too. for
several month*. When thing* open up
here thl* fall with the moving of the
crop*, the revival will he aided by the
unprecedented dei tnds from abroad.
That will make for prosperity In ev *ry
branch of our Industry and when people
are pro*permi*. they ek amusement.
"But yet another element that will
help the theatrical hustne** !• that Eu
rope I* closed down. Th«w* will be no
travel to Europe to speak of for manv
many months, perhaps years Our
wealthy people who have font abroad to
seek their pleasure and spend thslr mon
*»>. both In summer and winter, will t<*
forced to atay at home and they wilt
apend thefr money here. That Will help
Broadway to an smatlng extent.
PRINCE CATACUZENE WOUNDED.
Chicago.—Trine* Michael Cutacu* 1
xene, whose wife wu Mist Julia Dent
Grant, a granddaughter of l'resldem
Grant. Is recovering from a wound re- \
celved > b the firing line of the Hus- :
alan advance In Gallvta, according to a
cablegram received here today by Mrs.
Frederick P (Irani Mrs. Grant,
mother of th# prince**, la here vtett
lug her slater. Mrs. Potter Palmer.
The prince Is well known here. He i
la colonel of the Imperial Guards and j
an aide on th* staff of Grand Duke ,
Nichols a
THE PRESIDENT® TENT.
Wssbington.—Hummer cam* to so
official close at the White House yes- I
terday, when President Wilson's "of
fice" tent on ttie lawn was struck. The i
president had not used the lent often
because the glare of the sun through
the canvas made it too hot.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA.
THE WISE DRY GOODS CO.
Wishes to Cali Your Special Attention to the
Arrivals ot New Fall Merchandise, Especially
in the Ladies and Misses Ready-to-Wear
Department, We Are Showing a Tremendous
Assortment of the Latest Creations at Ex
ceptionally Attractive Prices.
THE WISE DRV GOODS CO.
“The Shop of Qualify”
Beautiful line of ladies’ and misses’ new
fall Suits, at $15.00, $17.50, S2O, $25
Silk Petticoats, worth $3.00, at . $1.98
Beautiful line of new Plaid Sport Coats.
New Trunks, Suit Cases and Hand Bags
at a saving of about 25 per cent.
New Silks, new Dress Goods, new Hos
iery, new Kid Gloves, new Percales,
and Outings.
New early fall Underwear for men,
women and children, from 25c per
garment and up.
Broken lots of White Shirt Waists,
worth up to $2.00 each,to close at 50c
SI.OO Satine Petticoats, in colors
only .■ r .i mi.i..... ... . . . . .50c
Discontinued numbers in SI.OO Corsets
at. . f. - I*, r.’ .. .• • • . 50c
Good line of Children’s Wool Sweaters
at. . f.,. . . . .-. . . 50c
Ladies’ Silk Petticoats, worth $3.00,
at $1.98
$5.00 Silk Petticoats, at $3.98
Ladies’ $1.25 Gowns, both low and high
neck, long or short sleeves, at ... . 98c
Children’s 75c School Dresses, all
reduced to ... 50c
Ladies’ All Linen white hemstitched
Handkerchiefs, at ... . . . . ,5c
8c Solid Colored Chambrays, fine for
Children’s School Dresses, at ... . .5c
Men’s all linen Handkerchiefs,
special values at ........ . 10c
Ladies’ 50c Silk Boot Hose, at . . . 39c
Children’s guaranteed School Hose,
worth 15c per pair, at 10c
Men’s guaranteed Socks, in black and
colors, worth 15c, at 10c
New Plaid Dress Goods, double
width, at ... 35c
Children’s early fall Underwear,
at. 25c
Ladies’ long sleeve Knit Corset
Covers, at 25c
36 and 38 inch All Wool Serges,
Special at . 49c
Big range of New Roman Stripe Silks
and Ribbons, in the very newest shades.
Good 36 inch Bleaching, while the lot
lasts, at 7£c
7Ac yard wide Sea Island, at 5c
New lot of Percales for Children’s
School Dresses.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18.
sss Broad St.