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Distinctively Individual s 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. 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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.