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LORD NORTHCLIFFE
ENGLISH mu
Pen Picture of Famous Figure
of England’s Human Dynamo.
Washington, D. C.—Popular and pow
erful Artnur Hftlfour haw b**n In weld
ing the war spirit of Bnglanfi win Amfr*
»<£ a* head nf the British mission. Gr*at
Britain in replacing him with even a
■»r< nge: and more popular Influence to
ward nn-.ied American participation In
England aenda Lord NorthellfT* to Am
erica |.nrauf=<- he •* the moat aultabl*
man for the Job He ia the moat Amer
ican of all Engl lah men, a Napoleon In
hi* aoLon*. a ganltl* In foresight, the
n<*n of deettny. who, according to the
late fount Tolstoy, la to end the war.
America welcomed Herd Northollffe In
1*0?< a* England'* great eat newapaper
man. He waa Known then a* the mil
lionaire owner of dome 46 newspaper*
In Great Britain, who revolution I sad Eng
lish Journalism by hla American meth
odn. who waa deeplaed for hi* radical tac
• tea and envied for hla remarkable genlua
and forealght.
Now Lord Northcllffe cornea as the
greateat man In England, who opened
England'* eyea by hla reflation* of her
mMltarv Inefficiency at the beginning of
the war. hammered at the truth until he
citiMd a complete change In the govern
ment for the better and la getting ac
tion for hla democratic demand* of the
British government
. Thta human dynamo la 62 year* young
He waa plain Alfred Harmaworth when,
gt 20, he left Oxford and started aa a
|l6-a-week reporter Ten yeara later
he owned more magaelfia* and newspa
|x*ra than any other man in the world
Nobility ,of course, would not read
S’orihcllffa'* nroductlons They were too
radical, too lively, too democratic. But
their owner pushed them along on the
American plan at the risk of being the
moat despised man in England.
He came out the moat envied Engliah*
man and moat mjrre > ful. The public
bought hla paper* to burn, hut read them
before destroying them. He bought the
Mull and "Amerleaniaed" It Tie nmaaed
the world by buying the London Time*
that atald. conservative “Bible" of Brlt
lah Journalism!
With hla two-acore newspaper*, Lord
Northcllffe hammered at Brltlah Ineffi
ciency, at the Inactivity of the Anqutth
mb latry. until at laat he turned public
opinion hla wav and canned a change In
.the administration of the war which dip
lomat* believe la for the hotter.
Lloyd George I* Lord Northcllffe'a man
Th* amall Brltlah war council la Lord
Northcllffe’a idea. Both are doing their
\ltmoat to make up for the alowneae of
the former administration In proaacutlng
the war.
* Lord Northcllffe la behind both and
the Engliah people back him with au
nreme confidence. Having won the Eng
liah people to a greater aplrlt for fight
ing the war of democracy, ha comew to
America to put the work of hla p red crea
tor on a firmer hnala.
FIFTH CASUAUTY FROM
TRAIN IN SIXTY DAYS
Thornton, Oa. Mr Jnm.ea IT Hmlth,
tn aged white man. waa killed hero
Tuesday at 8:80. p. in by Georgia pas
senger train No. 7, In what la the fifth
raaufUty of the kind In Thomson in AO
days Ho waa on a public crossing
when struck by the engine He lived
about thirty minutes after being hit.
Mr Hmlth, » watchmaker by trade,
hae boon a resident »*f Thomson for tha
out flight years, coming here from
New Orleans, La He leaves no fam
ily although It Is learned be has a
niece In Augusta Funeral arrange
ment* have not been made
SEVEN ARRESTED
In Gambling Raid Wednesday
Morning.
In a round-up Wednesday morning
FMalnsolothesmsn Matthews sent In
seven negroes and charged them with
nhmhitng One of the number, Joe
Watson, was charged with keeping or
running a gaming house The bunch
was arrested at Watson’s place, near
ths corner of Ken wick and Jackson
Streets
There had to be something unusual
about the affair, because of the fact
that It waa the 18th of the month,
recognising thl*. a reporter conducted
an investigation which disclosed that
fact that tha negro facing the moat
Serious charge la named Joe. the
bondsman's first,name la Joe, which la
also the ftrat name of the magistrate
who drew tip the papers
MISS •■Mil HAftPKfi Wilt QIVI
SCIENTIFIC TALK ON CANNING
AND PRESFRVING FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AT EQUAL
SUFFRAGE HEAD
QUARTERS.
The Equal Suffrage League will
have the third of their aerie* of talks
on the "Conservation of Food," Friday
afternoon. June lf»th, at 5 o’clock at
Suffrage Headquarter*, 3117 Seventh
Street
Mias Resale Harper, expert in charge
of the woman’s work of Aiken County
wJH be the speaker for the afternoon,
and will talk on Canning. Preserving
and Conservation of Feed In general.
These meetings in the Interest of
Conservation of jFood leave proven
moat Instructive and Interesting, and
have been largely attended
All members of the Equal Suffrage
league are urged to attend, and other
women of Augusta are Invited.
SUMMER SCHOOL OPENS.
Commercial department of Rich
mond Academy opens for summer
term Monday. June !*th Day and
night session* All commercial courses
offered $7 60 for entire term.
Young men would do well to seise
thta opportunity to Increase their off!-
ciency and income
Write the Director, W R Kennedy.
HIT Telfair Kt., for further informa
tion.
Important Notice
Have you seen the J. B. White & Co.
Ad 1 oday on Page Three)
They advertise daily in The Herald.
AUGUSTA HERALD READERS ARE SUBSTANTIAL CUSTOMERS FOR AUGUSTA HERALD ADVERTISERS
Er"-"**". ’ ‘\ : KJI
CLEARING WHY FOR
FOOD-MONEY FIERI
With the $3,400,000,000 War
Budget Bill Ready For Sign
ing, Food Control Measure
Next in Order For Congress.
(BY TMI UNITED PRESS.)
Washington, D. C.«—Congress (a clear
ing th* way for the big food and money
battle to begin this week.
While the house was disposing of tbs
rivers and harbors bill In order to give i
the food control measure the right of
way within tha next few days, member*
of the senate agricultural committee were
making u careful poll of the senate to
get sentiment on the food control bill.
The $3,400,000,000 war budget bill-the
greatest appropriation measure ever
i.ae**d by congress will he r*adv for the
president's signature within 24 hours.
House and senate conferea met today
to finally agree on heretofore contested
sections and their report will be adopted
by both houses of congress late today or
tomorrow.
With tha final passage of the meas
ure. $2,000,000,000 will be available for
use by the army, including funds for
paying men now In training
Billion for Navy.
Neaarly a billion Is appropriated for
the navy, and $400,000,000 will be avail
able f<»r administration of the emergency
ehlpplng program.
Meantime the senate waa trying to dis
pose of the admlnlatration preferential
routing bill, opposition to which la un
covering the forces opposed to Increasing
the powers of the president. These same
fore** mostly democrat*—are the ones
who are expected to fight the vastly Im
portant food bill.
President Wilson, buttressed by his
cabinet, organized labor and a wide de
mand for rhod control from all parts of
flu- country will Inject himself Into th*
food situation before long. His appear
ame will probably be In the form of a let
ter to members of congress, outlnlng th*-
urgent need of food control before the
Aral harvest late In July.
Early Next Week.
Ths house la expected to pass the bill
early next week, and Immediately there
after the senate agriculture committee
will begin work on It. In this commit
tee. the president finds himself embar
rassed on one of the moat Important war
measures by having his own party rep
resentatives wholly out of sympathy. It
appeared likely that republicans will have
to steer the bill through the upper
branch.
Herbert Hoover Is going right ahead
organizing for the food control adminis
tration so that he can put It Immediately
Into effect when congraaa acts. He Is
developing a vast volunteer system of
producers and distributors who consti
tute the groundwork of hla plan. To
day he held n long conference with, *
delegation of labor leaders and congress
men relative to this work.
RECRUITS HAVE RETURNED
FROM SAVANNAH
Several of the Auguste recruits for ths
National Guard have returned from B*-
\annah. They were sent to .Savannah
shortly after enlisting for schooling They
have been trained at the headquarters of
the Flrat Regiment. National Guard of
Georgia,, along with othera of thte regl
menra recruits, and are now full fledged
militia man. They anllatad in the two
iocsl companies stationed here. Com
panies A and D and since returning have
Joined their respective commands. A
large number of the local guard recruits,
however, are still In Savannah In train
ing.
HOUNDED TO DEATH AT
HOSPITAL, THE NOTE SAID
Ashavilla, N. C. The body of Chris
tian W. Muller, a Charleston. 8 C.,
grocer, said to have been born in tier
many, whs found yesterday in a lake
near Bingham Military School. A note
found In hla clothing on .the bank and
a 28-pound rook tied to one wrist told
the story of suicide. The dead man
was for the past year a patient In
Highland hospital, this city.
The note said:
"I have been hounded to death at
Highland hospital Notify N Y Stur
vcr. undertaker. Charleston, ft. C., and
may the Good Lord have Mercy on my
Soul."
He was 69 yehrs old
MRS. SAVANNAH LAWRENCE
TO BE BURIED HERE
, Mrs Savannah I>awrence died Wed
nesday In Macon. Oa. The remains
will be brought to Augusta, arriving
Thursday morning at H:3O. The fun
eral services will be held at 10:30 s.
in. Thursday at the grave side in the
Summerville Cemetery.
The deceased ia survived hy two
aona, Mr J. O. of Richmond
County, and Mr. W. R. Lawrence, of
Hampton Springs, Fls.; three daugh
ters Mrs J. C Frulttlcher, of Valdos
ta. Oa.; Mrs J. C Mitchell and Mrs.
Jennie T. l«awrenee. of Macon; also
thirteen grandchildren
RECRUITING HERE GOOD-
Recruiting for the army, navy and
national guard continues good All
recruiting officers report good prog
ress. nothing unuaual. Sergeant How
ard of the army, Chief Phelan of the
navy, and Lieut: Rherman of the gunrd
are being kept on the go answering
Inquiries and examining applicants
Sergeant Howard accepted two men
Wednesday morning
WHY HE RESIGNED.
Mr A A Womacck. former Sunday
school superintendent of Aabury
Methodist, wishes it known the reason
of hla recent resignation of Sunday
school superinetmient. waa because of
a position that caused him to do Sun
day work, thereby requiring hla time
on Sunday.
KING OF GREECE
FORCED TO QUIT
Cfy>ntfuu«wl from Page One.)
•it a government and pledged aid to the
allies.
Closed to Germany.
It is nf vital import to the allies that
Greece the “Bank donr to the Bal
kans," be kept open to them and closed
to Germany and Germany's machina
tions. A cosmopolitan force of soldiers
Is fighting in Macedonia and Ralonikl,
a Greek port, has long been held by
the allies as a base of operations for
this army. Included under General
Herrall fighting Serbia’s battles on the
Macedonian front are Serbs. Italians.
French. British and Russians.
Venlielos' proviortal government,
called at Balonikl, has been tacitly re
cognized by all the allies. The new
ruler, Prince Alexander, Is said to be
an ardent admirer of the former prime
| minister.
Binca April.
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRIM)
Since April there have been recur
rent rumors that Constantine either
would he dethroned by the entente
powers or that he would abdicate 1»>
favor of the crown prince The feeling
against the king had been aroused to
such an extent that a great demonstra
tion waa held In Salonlki May 8 at
which the crowds cheered the speakers
with stiouts of “Gong live Venlielos,
long live the national government,”
and "down with the king." The mayor
of Ha Inn Iki presided and proposed a
resolution proclaiming the desposltlon
of Constantine, hut the crowd insisted
that the entire dynaety should be re
moved.
in the latter part of April the Greek
charge d'affaires at Washington is
sued a long statement which contained
a message from King Constantine cat
egorically denying published reports
tending to show that Constantine had
been hostile to the allies or had ex
pressed the hope of the success of the
alms of "one of the belligerents."
The king also denied that he or his
government ever harbored hostile In
tentions of any kind toward the en
tente.
Climax Outlined.
The approaching climax to the sit
uation which lias long prevailed in
Greece was outlined succinctly in a
dispatch to a London newspaper from
Athens, May 2. The dlspateh said:
"Tin king is steadily losing follow
ers. Fifty-seven offleer* recently left
In one day for Salonikl and the siream
is continuing. Hince the provisional
government declared that the popula
tion of any territory seceding hereafter
to the national government will not he
mobilized, the last plank was knocked
from under the king's feet.”
. There is no doubt that Prince
George, the crown prince, was stip
-1 . r| led by his younger brother, Prince
xarider, owing to his well known
pro-German sentiments. Laat year it
was said that Prince George had gone
to Berlin and Vienna on Important
missions to the German and Austrian
emperors.
Prior to the outbreak of the war the
announcement was made that Crown
Prince George would marry Princess
Elizabeth, of Rumania, the match hav
ing been arranged by Emperor Wil
liam. The crown prince is 27 years
old.
FOR U. S. CONTROL
OF PRINT PAPER
(Continued from page one).
last year and of prices that are entirely
out of measure with the cost of produc
tion The consequences to thousands es
smaller newspapers and to manv of the
larger ones, and through them to the
reeding public, will he serious
"By reason of this condition and be
f-aune of the vital interest to the public
of an efficient dissemination of news In
this crisis, the commission recommends
as s war emergency measure that con
gress by apprnpriste legislation provide
As War Emergency.
"ft) That all mills producing and all
agencies distributing print paper and me
chanical and chemical pulp in the United
States he operated on government ac
count: that these products be pooled In
the hsnds of H government agency and
equitably distributed at a price based
upon cost of production and distribution
pi is e. fair prnflt per ton.
"f i) That pursuant thereto some fede
ral agency he empowered and directed to
a-Hume the supervision and control
thereof during the pendenry of the war
"(3) That, hy reason of the fart that
approximately -76 perrent of the produc
tion of news print .paper in Canada
conics Into the United States, proper
action he taken tn secure the coopera
tion of the Canadian government. In the
creation of a similar government agenry
for the same function, which shall he
shall clothed with newer and authority
to act Jointly with the governmental
ngenry of the United Stales for the
protection of the consumers and manu
facturers of print paper and the public
of the United States and Canada
"<<) That In case the Candlan govern
ment shall not loin In such a coopera
tive enterprise, then Importation of paper
end mechanical and chemical pulp Into
the United States shall he made only
on government account to or through
the federal agenev charged with such
supervision and distribution.
Such a plan contemplates the opera
tion of mills under their oresent manage
ment and the use of the present dis
tributing agencies hut directed hy fed
eral agents Such a plan has already
been successfully operated in Great
Rrltlan.
At War’s Conclusion.
"In this connection the cnmrplaaion
desires to point out that such a plan
contemplates the operation of mills
under their present management and
•he use of the present distribution
agencies, but that such use and ope
ration shall he for the public good,
directed hy a disinterested public
1 genev to secure equitable distribu
tion and a price that is based upon a
fair coat of production and a fair
profit pet ton to he determined with
out regard to the panic market creat
ed hy unuaual abnormal prices. Th!»
plan has the virtu* of being analo
gous to those plans which have been
tried and successfully operated In
Great Britain It will alao Insure the
minimum production and greatest fa
cility In transportation and diatribu
tlon and will adapt itaeif to a return
to normal competitive conditions upon
the conclusion of the war."
DREAMS
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GOOD FUND IS IDLE
COULD FEED WORLD
And Beat the German U-Boats
If Cultivated.
Washington.—Confronted by starvation
the world has awakened to the fact that
nearly half its best lands are standing
Idle. Probably the greatest economic,
movement started in this war is getting
these lands back into use.
The deer nark In England is the only
reason the U-boat i* threatening the
island empire with starvation. If the
deer park be plowed up as ia now being
done under orders by the British war
council the British isles can feed them
selves. “Next year," says Lloyd George,
"they will be feeding themselves.’’
In Bicily are 326,000 acres suitable for
grain while at present only 65,000 acres
are sown. This appears In a current re
port from Vice Consul W. D. Brown.
Palermo, dated April 30, quoting the Ital
ian minister of agriculture.
In Italy the government, he says; is of
fering bonuses and premiums of large
amounts to encourage purchase of trac
tors to plow up idle land. This land is
idle, says Consul Brown, because "most
of ths land suitable for grain in Sicily
is held by the large landed proprietors in
the estates of 6,000 acres or more.
“Having found it difficult in the past
to obtain labor to profitably cultivate
these estates, the owners have allowed
them to become pasture lands. Those
sown to grain have been so poorly farm
ed they vield scarcely seven bushels to
the acre/* *
Thomas Carlyle 1n his introductory
chapters on the French revolution says
game forests primarily were responsible
for the revolution. Vast tracts of land
capable of tillage were held out of use
by owners of estates and were permitted
to grow up to forests in order that they
might be hunting grounds for the priv
ileged few, belonging to the land-owning
class.
As these vast holdings grew greater
bread became dearer, and no amount of
effort at. government regulation of price
could keep the price of bread within the
reach of the very poor The people's cry
for bread waa the overture to the bast lie
and the guillotine, the birth-pangs of a
new liberty which did away with the
great unused land holdings.
The food shortage of the world and the
problem presented to the United .States
to supply food for the world has awak
ened this country to the fact there is
something wrong with a system of un
limited private ownership which results
in nearly half the most fertile acres of
America lying untitled. |
Why not take bver all unused land and
cultivate it for the benefit of the state?
This question has come seriously to the
minds of members of congress struggling
with the double problem of how to raise
food and how to raise revenue.
Tolstoy expressed the belief no revolu
tion could succeed which did not rev
olutionize ownership of land and elim
inate the right of an individual to hold
land out of use for speculative profit.
On July 20, 1908, Tolstoy gave an inter
view which was prrnted in the New
York Times in which he expressed this
conviction: "The burning question now,"
said he. “Is the ownership of land.
Peasants never have recognized the pri
vate ownership of land. They say the
land belongs to God. Leaders of the rev
olutionary movement as well as govern
ment officials are not doing the only
thing that would pacify the people at
once, and the only thing that would pacify
the people now is tne freeing of the
land."
Bell-a ns
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it 25c at all druggists
With Over Half a Million
Raised, Augusta Has
Only Two Days Left to
Make It a Million
(Continued from page one).
or admitted Wednesday that he was seri
ouHly considering buying $50,000 of the
"Liberty Loan" bonds and turning them
over to the sinking fund commission.
The sinking fund commission, of which
Mr. Rufus Brown is chairman, Is known
to be in favor of the plan.
The usual plan each year is for the
city to turn over the actual money it is
due the commission and the commission
buys city of Augusta bonds and destroys
them, or course, thereby taking them off
the market. The sinking fund commis
sion is a board which has charge of re
tiring the city’s flood protection bond is
sue and each year from the revenues of
the city a large sum is paid into the
sinking fund commission to retire bonds.
Of the amount which is due this year
the mayor hopes to use $50,000 In buying
"Liberty Loan" bends which will be
turned over to the commission as cash.
City of Augusta bonds are now bringing
a considerable premium and it is deemed
impracticable to buy them in Just at this
time for that reason. Of course the $50.-
000 "Liberty Loan" bonds could be real
ized on whenever the sinking fund com
mission desires to do so and while they
are held they will, of course, draw three
and one-half per cent, which is a splen
did investment.
The practical help which the city may
give the government at this time will be
appreciated greatly, will show that Au
gusta officially is anxious to "do her bit."
and will furnish an example of civic pa
triotism which is splendid.
The mayor will be warmly congratu
lated upon his plan and it Is confidently
believed that it will be enthusiastically
endorsed by the finance committee.
RICH DODGING WAR TAX
By Putting Wealth In Land Cengrea*
Find*.
By Qllsan Gardner.
Waahlngton. D. C.—Dodging war taxes
by Investing In unused land fa the latest
trick of tax dodgers. The scheme has
come to attention of rongreee through a
circular sent broadcast to rich customers
by a brokerage houee. reading i» part as
follows
"Has It occurred to you as a man of
large Income how very favorable present
conditions are for Investments tn vacant
landal For somr years to come you may
expect Increasing high income taxes, and
while the present revenue bill only pro
poses 35 1-J per cent tax on all Incomes
over $600,000. yet it may be confidently
predicted this percentage will be consid
erably increased, end some go so far as
to predict confiscation of all Incomes of
over SIOO,OOO.
"It would therefore seem good busi
ness for those having auch incomes to
switch their Investments from revenue
producing securities or to trade such se
curities for vacant lands Vacant lands
will produce no immediate income and
therefore bear no federal tax State,
county or municipal taxes that may be
paid on vacant lands are allowed as a
set-off in making up income tax return*.
"Nothing la more certain than the tn-
GOOD UJCK
FOR COFFEE DRINKERS
*
in a
change
to J
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Instant Postum
| •rrrLi I
m liver I
m g Piii* I
The Best Habit
In The World
is the habit of health.
The way to get it is to
train your bowels,
through the liver, to act
naturally, at a fixed
time, every day.
Take one pill regularly
(more only if necessary)
until you succeed. Then
you can stop taking
them, without trouble or
annoyance.
This ha* been the good-health
rule for 50 year*.
•ittuF
liver
Qpi^s
Ctnu/ne bears Signature
Colorleet face* often *how the
absence of Iron in the blood.
Carter’s Iron Pills
will help this condition.
creasing value of vacant lands, particu
larly during a period of industrial and
agricultural activity and high wages as
must exist during the next few years. If
the lands are not sold until after the
present period of war taxes has passed,
the large profit will escape heavy war
taxes entirely.
Instead of buying Liberty Loan bonds
some capitalists are unquestionably put
ing their money into vacant lands.
So the land speculation proposition
works double evil affording a method for
escaping war tax and affording invest
ment for capital which ought to be loan
ed to the government.
How to meet this evil has become
daily a more pressing problem with con
gress. Representative Robert Grosser of
Ohio has an answer in a bill to tax spec
ulative value of lands. The federal gov
ernment never has applied a land taje.
Some authorities have held such a tax is
unconstitutional. Grosser has found a
way to meet the objection in that par
agraph of the constitution which requires
all taxes laid in proportimi to popula
tion.
“The answer is simple," said Grosser
today. "We conform tcv the requirements
of the constitution. First we decide how,
much money it is desired to raise by this
tax; then we take each state’s population
and find what proportion such state’s
population is to the total population of
the United States. Then the amount to
be levied in each state is pro rated in
proportion to the state population and
that amount is levied on the value of
unused lands.
“The result of this would be to drive
unused lands into use and to drive spec
ulative capital Into government bonds
and other uses where it ought to be pa
triotically at work.”
The Crosser proposition will be present
ed in the seriate when the revenue bill
is again taken up for general discussion
and it will be more thoroughly discussed
in the house when the next revenue blll (
comes before that body in the fall.
GERMAN ftIER,
WILSON J RUSSIA
Called Respectively: a Don
Quixote, a Fanatic, An Auto
crat and Teller of Untruths.
Amsterdam. —Germany is angered over
President Wilson’s message to Russia.
Violently denunciatory editorials appear
ed today in all German newspapers char
acterizing the American president as a
“Don Quixote,’’ “a fanatic," “a power
ful autocrat" and “teller of untruths."
“This apostle of democracy is the moat
powerful autocrat in the world, far more
so than the German kaiser whom he
wishes to depose,” declared the Lokal
Anzeiger. “Can it be possible that the
man who at Ghristmas solemnly pro
claimed from the other side of the ocean
that oermanent peace might be achieved
and that for its preservation he was
ready to create an international authority
on condition that there be no victors
and no vanquished, now in June insists
on the defeat of the central powers? He
Is certainly consciously telling untruths,
which Don Quixote never did.”
The Koelnitz Zeftung devoted a long
article to attacking American “bluff." in
sisting the only reason America entered
the war was because it feared an at
tack by Germany on South America.
“If we show we cannot be bluffed and
take all reports concerning America cool
ly. the American’s respect for us will go
up," the newspaper asserted. “An Am
erican who js convinced Germany is
fighting a defensive war is lost to the
allies. Our best allies will be now. as
formerly, tha German-Americans whose
duty has bean to explain to the grossly
ignorant in America the true German
position."
The Berlin Tageblatt dubbed Wilson
“the mouthpiece of the enemy alliance
against democracy."
IDLERS AND LOITERERS
BEGIN TO GET SCARCE
Several violators of section 690 faced
Judge Kent Wednesday morning.
Some had fallen by the wayatde, hav
ing stumbled over a flask and some
had been disorderly without having
Imbibed any firewater. Heavy fines
were Imposed, ranging from $5 or 10
dava to 1100 or 90 daya.
One violator of section 689—Idling
and loitering—drew’ a fine of SIOO or
90 daya.
Idlers and loiterers appenrigg be
fore the recorder are getting acarcer
and acarcer. due to the work of the
police and the -heavy fines Imposed.
aviatorTuf~berFy~4 as
A VERY NARROW ESCAPE
Pari*. —Adjt. Raoul Lufberry. on* of
ths two "acts” in the Lafayette escAdrlll
barely escaped death Thursday In an
aerial battle, according to word received
here today. He came back to head
quarters with nearly the whole of the
tall of his battle plane shot away and
the fuselage and wings themselves literal
ly riddled with holes from German bul
lets Lufberry’s German adversary vti
also badly shot up. but not put out of
action.
The Lafayette escadrtll has now moved
to new quarters at the front. No sooner
had they become eatahllshed there than
two curious boche machines, spying out,
collided and came to the ground like
plummets.
DUKE SERIOUSLY ILL
Philadelphia.—Benjamin N. Duke,
the tobacco manufacturer !* In a san
itarium In this city and is said to be
eeriouely Wl. Mr. Duke came here
from Durham. N. C.. a month ago ap
parently eufferlng from a nervous
breakdown Since then a more deep
•eated lllnets la aaid to have devel
oped.
W. P. MANNING MUSIC CO.
311 Jackson Street. PHONE 3327.
REPORT THE MEN WHO
HAVE NOT REGISTERED
Provost Marshal General Orders That They Be*Reported and
Arrested. Their Refusal to Register Increases Burden of
Those Who Have Registered.
Sheriff Plunket has received a let
ter of instruction from Adjutant Gen
eral Van Holt Nash In regard to hov-'
to proceed against persons who have
refused to register under the selective
draft.
The letter from the adjutant gen
eral quotes a telegram which ho has
received from the provost marshal
general. Non-registration increases
the burden of those who have register
ed and not only every county, state,
national and municipal officer should
report every case of non-registration
but the men who have themselves reg
istered and every other citizen should
do so.
The following is the letter which
Sheriff Plunket is especially desirous
of every registrar and every man who
has registered reading:
STATE OF GEORGIA 324.1 t
Military Department m
Registration Division.
Atlanta.
June 11, 1917.
Memorandum.
Deputies of Sheriffs, Wardens,
Deputies and Police Officers:
The following telegram has been
received from the provost .marshal
general, Washington. D. C„ giving in
detail the duties of all sheriffs, war
dens, deputies, police officers, and all
officers and agents of the federal gov
ernment for the enforcement of the
registration law, and you are hereby
enjoined to give the matter the widest
publicity and your best attention:
"Number six hundred. Quotas are
to be assigned to the several states in
proportion to their population as de
termined by the bureau of the census j
and not in proportion to the registra
tion. The result is that every person
who has failed to register is seriously
increasing the burden of those who
have regisetred. Ample notice and
every opportunity has now been given
and there is no longer any argument
upon which the conduct of non-regis
trants can be condoned. The period
of leniency referred to in my number
five hundred has now passed. Atten
tion is Invited to Paragraph 16 of the
regulations. It is requested that ev
ery effort be now made to detect and
arrest persona subject to the registra
tion who have not registered and to
bring each case promptly to the atten
tion of the nearest representative of
the department of justice. Wide pub
licity should be given to the effect of
non-registration increasing the burden
of those who have registered. Care
should be taken that the lists pre
scribed in paragraph 39 are promptly
posted and all registrants should be
asked to assist in bringing non-regis
trants to ,the attention of the-police.
Summarization reports of resigtration
from the various boards should be
compared w’ith estimates of census
bureau and effort should be concen
trated on those districts where dis
crepancy between registration and es
timates seems greatest. In case of
doubt of age to persons who have .lot
registered the tabulated record of po
litical organizations and other local,
rqcvords should be 1 consulted and data
mav be obtained from the bureau of
the census. The purpose of this tel
egram is to inaugurate from tomortw
a vigorous aggressive and effective
enforcement of the -penal clauses of the
selective service law against all who
have by their failure or refusal to reg
ister brought themselves under those
provisions. The department of jus
tice ia sending today similar advices
to United States attorneys and mar
shals with instructions to release on
their own recognizances all persons
arrested by marshals and deputy mar
shals or by state, county and munici
pal police officers and turned over to
them who promptly register under the
terms of paragraph 40, Registration
Regulations. The secretary of war
construes section five of the selective
service law as requiring compulsory
registration by the officer making the
arrest of each arrested person imme
diately upon his conviction. Please
give notice to all who have any duty
enjoined upon them in connection with
the enforcement of the penal clauses
of the law and particularly to state,
countv and municipal police named in
paragraph 16 of the regulations.”
(Signed) CROWDER
Paragraph 16, Registration Regula
tions.
"Police Officers: Police officers of
any grade or class, of town, township,
county, or state, and all officers or
agents of the federal government are
required to render even- aeslstance in
the execution of this law. It ia es
pecially made the duty of such police
officers to see that all male persons
within the designated ages have reg
istered and to report those who have
not registered to the proper registra
tion board for such action as may be
neceesary. Police officers may re
quire any person subject to registra
tion to exhibit his registration certifi
cate.”
Paragraph 59, Ragiatration Regula
tions.
"Enforcement of Law: On the day
set for registration all federal mar
shals and deputy marshals and all po
lice officers, state, county, township,
and municipal, of whatever grade or
claaa. shall hold themselves in readi
ness to render whatever assistance
may be necessary in preserving order
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13.
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with a COLUMBIA GRAFONOLA.
You can take one with you for
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at places of registration and in assist
ing in bringing about a complete reg
istration.
All such marshals, deputy marshals,
police officers, and all registrars, will
report without delay to the proper
registration boards the names of any
persons known by them to have fail
ed to register themselves when liable
to registration; and it shall be the
duty of registration boards to report
to the proper United States attorney
all cases coming to their attention of
persons who have failed to present
themselyes for registration as requir
ed by law.
In every case in which a duly de
signated officer or agent refuses or
fails to act. the governor, mayor, or
any executive officer of any board of
registration making the designation
will proceed at once to name another
officer or agent for such duty, an 1
will bring the fact of such refusal or
failure and the circumstances con
nected therewith to the attention of
the proper United States district at
torney. with a view to the institution
of prosecution of such officer or agent
as provided in section 6 of the act
approved May 18. 1917, and mayors
and executive officers also will bring
all such cases promptly to the atten
tion of the governor."
J. VAN HOLT NASH.
The Adjutant General.
MRS. JOHN S. MARTIN
DIED WEDNESDAY A.M.
Mrs. Adele Harriett Martin, widow
of the late Mr. John S. Martin, died
Wednesday morning at her late resi
dence. 907 Avenue B. The deceased
was 68 years of age and had been ill
about eight weeks. She was a native
of Savannah, but had lived in Augusta
during the past four years.
The funeral services will be hell
Thursday morning at 11 o’clock from
the Woodlawn Methodist Church, Rev.
R. B. O. England assisted by Rev. H.
D. Pace officiating. Interment will be
made at Marvin Church cemetery.
Mrs. Martin is survived by three
sons. John H. Martin of Vldette, G».;
Alhert C. Martin of Columbia County,
and Sidney R. Martin of Athens, Oa.:
three daughters, Mrs. Mary I. Lynch
and Mlbs Carrie A. Martin of Augus
ta. and Mrs. J. T. Reese of Murray
Hill; two half brothers. Sidney Tor
lay. France; and F. B. Torlay, of Sa
vannah; also 19 grandchildren.
25 C E NfS~CbffON~
HERE WEDNESDAY
Cotton on the local exchange Wed
nesday at opening was Quoted at 25
cents, that is for middling fair. Gov
ernment middling was quoted at 24.50,
a twenty-five point rise over Tues
day’s closing figures. This is the first
25 cents quotation made on the local
exchange this season.
H. A. HALEY OF THE KELLY-S
PRINGFIELD TIRE CO COMES TO
STANDARD AUTO SUPPLY CO.
Augusta automobile owners will read
with a great deal of interest the Standard
Auto Supply Go. have secured the ser
vices of Mr. H. A. Haley, an expert vul
car.izer, who comes to them from ths
Kelly-Springfield Tire Co. Mr. Haley is
a man who has enjoyed a most complete
range of study in tire vulcanizing and
the Standard Auto Supply Co. are to be
congratulated on securing his services.
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