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SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1
THE CHATTANOOGA NEWS
II
SERBIA'S THANKS
TENDERED U. S.
Dr. Vesnitch, of War Mission
Trodden Nation, Ad
dresses Senate.
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LEFT HO&K AND SABRE CUT!
SAMMY FINDS THEY'RE SIMILAR
Washington, Jan. 5.- The Serbian
war mission to the United States was
received In the senate today. Dr.
Milenko B. Vesnitch, bead of the mis-
- sion, spoke. Dr. Sima Losanitch and
Gen. Rasnitch, the other members, and
M. Michailovltch, minister from Ser-
v bia in Washington, occupied seats of
honor. . ,
Dr. Vesnitch praised the attitude of
the United States, voiced unalterable
faith that this country would "lead
the nations of the world unto the
mountain of perfect peace, and become
the arbiter of them all," and offered
to the American, people "the heart
felt gratitude of a small but of tin
honest nation."
Accepts Monroe Doctrine.
Dr. Vesnitch said Serbia accepted
with enthusiasm the doctrine of Mon
roe as the doctrine of the World and
was happy t be -permitted to share
the belief that right shall command
might, and that It ought not to be
dishonored in its very Inception. More
" than . anybody, he said, Serbians be
lieved that peace cannot subsist with
out justice, without liberty and right-,
eousness. 1
"The Serbian nation, with their
'kinsmen, the Croats and Slovenes."
said Dr. Vesnitch, "have suffered in I
this war more than any other nation.
We have fought for our liberties as (Instructions
bravely as any onts of our gallant al
lies. In thus fulfilling our sacred
duty to our country, we venture to
think that we have rendered a real
service, however small it may be, to
.the better future of humanity, for In
ments have sown the greater portion f t helmpr d worker, got out
of our territory with the lives of the
best of their men. These seeds of
virtue cannot, they will not, perish.
They have even begun to give their
blessed fruits. To them we owe the
interest which the civilized world has
takeo in our national cause, to them
and because of their martyrdom we
owe tho heartiness with which your
great nation has opened her mag
nantmotfs arms to them my friends
here present and I myself owe the
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Similarity between left hook and sabre cut. Left, Private Marty Del-
, more; right, .Lieut. John JUlbane
by Johnny
as Given
Kilbane.)
When the left is hooked to the neck,
practically the same motions are util
ized as those brought into play in the
bayonet saber cut.
In the saber cut the rifle is held over
the left shoulder and is brought down
with a long swing, the left hand de
scribing practically the some motion
as it does in the hook.
The right arm is used as a fulcrum.
About twenty were slightly
hurt and there remain behind the fall,
several . miners of whom the company
officials can get no trace.
SPARTANBURG CAMP HAS
, FIVE HUNDRED STUDENTS
Spartanburg, S. C, Jan. 5. The offi
cers' training school for the Twenty
Bfevenbh division opened here today
niih F.nft ctnrlonta The commandant
great' honor of being received in your cf th0 BChooi will be Lfeut.-Col. Wil-
senate, which we regard as the strong- uam x. Taylor, One Hundred "and
est asylum of right, of liberty and of Eighth Infantry.
justice, and as the noblest temple for,
the prayer of a better future for the
human race.
New Year Wilt See Light
"We, too, believe with you, Mr.
President of the Senate, that the morn
ing light will break In this good year
emn hour a vision, and we voice our by President Wilson to be solicitor of
unalterable faith that this magnificent internal revenue bureau.
republic is to lead the nations of the
world unto the mountain of perfect i n-rinrn MAV DC TDICn
peace and to become the arbiter of Urrlb-H IVIAT Dt IHICU.
them all, because we know that the I nRflP PAF ARAINST MEN
BOSTONIAN AS SOLICITOR
INTERNAL TAX BUREAU
.Washington, Jan. 5. A. A. Ba.llen-
tlne. of Boston, was nominated today
PROPOSE LINE OF
BOATS AND BARGES
Jan. 6. The war de-
American commandments of peace are
commandments of Justice, which alone Washington
wm.enaDie manKina to improve n,,!! onnrtmartinl
fr!rt 0 . JL" , . t . ' , J,poeedinpf.apninst ten enlisted men of
"When in the service of these Ideals, Battaion A, Eighteenth "Field artillery,
the allied governments, the allied sol-1 r;,uIar army convicted on charges of
Tilers ana sailors, ana civilian men ana
women, will have put forth all
energies: when in a co-ordinated and
strongly " cemented! unity of all our
forces, of all our war alms and of all
our thoughts, we win this fight and
we must win it, unless w4 are all to
be crushed, in slavery under the Prus
sian ' heel then darkness will disap
pear. Accept for the sake of our
common humanity in these epoch
making days the heartfelt gratitude
of a small but of an honest nation."
munitious conduct.
their I The man have been
ordered re-
BEZOBRAZOFF ONCE
FAVORITE OF CZAR
Sih0l?T- 5,-tcdTfl rail ways but who may be taking ad
stored to duty on the opinion of the
renewing authority that the proceed
ings were duo entirely to the "capri
cious conduct of an Inexperienced of
ficer." There has been a suggestion that the
officer himself may now face charges.
CANADIAN RAILROADERS
WILL BE CONSCRIPTED
Montreal, Jan. 6. There will be no
'escape from conscription on the part
I of tlhe Canadian railway men who
were exempted upon' application or uie
Congress Asked to Appropriate
Ten Million for Traffic on
Mississippi River,
f
St. Louis, Jan. 6. R. S. Hawes,
chairman of the joint river committee
of St. Louis, Memphis and New Or
leans, In a statement made public to
day, declares congress will be asked
soon to appropriate more than. $18.
000,000 for the building of towboats
and barges that will operate on the
Mississippi river to run from St Louis,
this being a step in the program for a
revival of river transportation de
signed to add to war efficiency. Mr.
Hawes, who has Just returned from
Washington,' where he conferred with
government officials, declared piar.s
are so far advanced that an operating
company can be formed Immediately
for the St. Louis-Memphis-New Or
leans traffic.
Jt is understood the committee will
recommend to congress the building of
200 wooden barges and sixteen steel
towboats of a design to be approved
by the engineer corps of the United
States army 'or the shipping board.
Mr. Hawes says the committee is em
powered to say that. a company thor
oughly equipped is prepared to oper
ate the barges as soon as they are
available. A company equipped to
build the barges, if such is need ;d, can
also be provided, Mr. Hawes asserts.
grad dispatch deceived here yesterday
announced that Likolai Lenine, the
bolshevik prime minister, had ap
pointed M. Bezobrazoff as director of
the Imperial bank. . His appointment
causes surprise here because he was
one of the former Russian emperor's
favorites and regarded as one of a
group that was said to have intrigued
to bring about the Russo-Japanese war
Manchuria and Korea.
ELEVEN INCHES OF
vantage of Hie situation to stay at
home instead of turning' out to help
move trains in the winter weather.
By an order issued, all the railways
In' Canada are required to report the
number of days worked by each man
who obtained exemption on the appli
cation of the railways. The names of
slackers will be sent to the exemption
tribunal witfi notification that the re-oue-st
for their exemption has been
(withdrawn. .
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".SNOW IN VALLEY HEAD' GEN. ALLENBY ADVANCES
DISTANCE OF A MILE
Montgomery, Ala, Jan. 5. The
Montgomery weather bureau yester
day reported eleven Inches of snow at
Valley Head, Ala., In the northeastern
portion of the state, during the month
of December. This Is the heaviest
snowfall recorded in Alabama for De
cember since .the establishment of the
local bureau.
London, Jan. 5. An official com
munication . issued by the war office
says- Gen. Allenby reports a further
advance by a part of his line north of
Jerusalem over a distance of a mile.
WORK BEGUN TO EFFECT
RAILROAD LEGISLATION
Washington, Jan. 6. Administration
leaders in congress went to work to
dajf to bring about early enactment of
legislation recommended by President
Wilson to perfect government control
of railroads and provide for their re
imbursement on the basis of prewar
earnings.
Although there were indications of
opposition to certain features of the
president's plan as outlined in a bill
introduced soon after his address yes
terday, his ideas in the main were
received- with approval by democrats
and republicans alike.
At the same time Director-General
McAdoo went rapidly forward wiwi
the details of actual operation of
roads. Th,e director-general prepared
to deal with the wage question today
and orders eliminating a number of
trains are expected as part of the plan
to speed up the movement of coal into
the northeast.
BRAVES PLAY NEW Y0RK
AT SPARTANBURG
Spartanburg, B. C Jan.' S. Walter
Fl ilapgood, business manager of tne
Boston Nationals, today perfected ar
rangements for a game to be played
in Spartanburg. April 8 between tho
Braves and the New York Americans.
A sufficient guarantee for the game!
was furnished by local business men.
CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS"
PLANNED FOR BOSTON
.
Boston, Jao. 5. Announcement was
made today that the national amateur
championship boxing bouts will be
held in this city on April 8-9. They
will be conducted by the Boston Ath
letio association.
YANKEES TRAIN AT
MACON; START MARCH 15
New York, Jan. 6. Miller Hugg1ns,
the new manager of the New York
Americans, announced today that all
negotiations for the purchase of Dor-
rell Pratt, the St. Louis American sec
ond baseman, had been temporarily
called off. Huggins said that the Yan
kees would start training at Macon,
Ga., on March 15. The pitchers will
report a week before the regulars. The
club will take only thirty players to
the training camp.
The New York National league club
announced yesterday that it had re
ceived 1918 contracts from Ferdinand
Schupp, Adam Swigler and Schepner, a
recruit inflelder.
President Tener, of the National
league, held a conference today with
Presidents Hempstead, Ebbets and
Baker, of the New York, Brooklyn and
Philadelphia clubs, at which routine
affairs of the league were discussed.
-SS-SI
NOTICE
T0NEY GOES TO CLASS
, ONE IN DRAFT CALL
Nashville, Jan. 6. Fred Toney, star
pitcher of the Cincinnati National
league club, who was recently arrested
by federal authorities here on the
charge of conspiracy to violate the se
lective service regulations, was placed
in class one yesterday by local exemp
tion board of Davidson county.
NASHVILLE WANTS TO
TRADE TqM SHEEHAN
Nashville, Jan. 5. Nashville wants
to trade Second Baseman Tom Shee-
han to New Orleans for Inflelder
Knaupp. Clyde Shropshire Is the mag
nate seeking to pprform In the role of
the southern Weeghman.
Sheehan has notified Shropshire that
he does not intend to return for the
1918 pastiming, and it is understood
that Cotton Knaupp has no affection
for Johnny Dobbs. Following the line
of thought, the Southern David Harum
would like to effect an exchange.
There have been nothing more than
slight overtures between Nashville and
New Orleans, but the Volunteers are
desirous of seeing this movement.
0'DOWD EXPECTS TO
J0INDRAFT ARMY
Chicago, Jan. 6. Mike O'Dowd, new
middleweight champion, expects to be
sent to Camp iodge very shortly.
Mike's number has been called, he's
f;it"d out his questionnaire, has not
claimed exemption and is awaiting
dors.
Meanwhile O'Dowd is afraid to ac
cept any matches for fear he will be
told to report within a few days. Mike
as .been hounding the draft officials
at St. Paul for Information as to when
he is likely to be ordered to Join the
selects, but ihe best he can get is that
maybe you li be called next week,
maybe not until next month."
MAJORITY OF 100 MEN
ENTOMBED RESCUED
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 5. One hun
dred men and boys were trapped in
the Barnum mine of the Pennsylvania
Coal company at Pittston today, when
the middle veln . caved In. The main
gangway was not entirely cut off and
MONEY IN CIRCULATION
SHOWS LARGE INCREASE
Washington, Jan. 6. Money In cir
culation in the United States Jan. 1
amounted to $5120.424.000, or $48.76
per capita, as compared , with $5,085,
870.000 one month ago. In the last
year money In circulation has In
creased $680,000,000.
THREE STORES ROBBED
AT LOUDON AND OOLTEWAH
Bloodhounds of Perry Phipps were
rent to Loudon and Ooltewah Satur
day morning in response to calls from
those places, where, it was reported,
stores had been robbed.
INTEREST ON RUSSIAN
. LOAN PAYABLE JAN. 10
Washington, Jan. B. Payment of the
interest on the Russian loan of $50,
000,000, It was announced by represen
tatives of the Russian government here
today, will be made by the National
Cty bank, of New York, on Jan. 10.
SOUTHERN RUBBER
' SOUTHE RUBBER
Main 34-34-SOUTHERN
RUBBER inc.
OP.POSITEvTHE PAT T EM
HREE MEXICANS KILLED
AND FOUR CAPTURED
Douglas, Ariz., Jan. 5. Three Mex
icans were killed and four captured
by members of a troop of U. S. cav
alry in a fight two miles south of the
Mexican border which followed a raid
yesterday by Mexicans, who surprised
two American soldiers at the Slaugh
ter ranch, twenty miles east of here,
and took them prisoners across the
line.
When word of the capture reached
army headquarters the cavalrymen
were dispatched to rescue the Amer
icans. No Americans were killed or
wounded in the engagement.'.
The American soldiers were suc
cessful in rescuing the two men of
their command captured by the Mexicans.
ICE AND HEAVY
FROST IN FLORIDA
Daytona, Fla., Jan. 5. For the fifth
time in six days ice formed here to
day and there was a heavy frost. Un
official observers say the present pro
tracted cold spell Is the most exten
sive In this section In twenty years.
WALL STREET OPENS
NEW YEAR BRISKLY
Succession Important Develop
ments Mostly Helpful to Con
structive Side of Market.
New York, Jan. 6. The first week of
the new year in Wall street was at'
tended by a succession of important de
velopments, mostly helpful to the con
structive side of the stock market.
This was reflected in a resumption of
the previous week's advance, although
profit taking and occasional activity for
the short account acted as a restraint.
The president's message to congress
In the matter of government control of
the railroads evoked much favorable
comment, especially his reference to the
protection of Investors.
Nevertheless, rails yielded 2 to i points
from their best following publication of
the address, but this was In part attrib
uted to the time-honored custom of "eH-
ine on the good news."
The trend of events abroad was ob
served with unusual Interest, especially
the Russo-German necotlations. The Ir
regular movement of exchange on Italy
was a natural corollary of military con
ditions affecting that country.
There was an appreciable relaxation
of rates In the local money market.
time funds being available for the first
time in six weeks at B'4 to per cent..
call loans also easing perceptibly.
Sale by the American Telephone com
pany of $40,000,000 C per cent, one-year
notes was noteworthy, because this Is
sue; offered at a price yielding about T
per cent., replaces an issue originally
marketed at ihi per cent.
We are Pleased to Announce that Mr.
S. L. Mitchell is with us again in the
selling department, where he will be glad
to meet his many iriends..
Mitchell Auto Co.
Seventh (EL Broad Streets
NOTICE
the
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We have taken the Agency for
famous Smith Form-a-Truck and
will keep a stock on hands as well
as the parts for repairing.
Price, $350 f. o. b. Chicago or
$375 Delivered and Attached
TCMELL AUTO.CO.
Seventh. & Broad Streets
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Not. So
TGiE
Many Months Ago
IMA 'ILL BOY
Boasted of the number of brick houses on his street; of the automo
biles and garages; of the men who could play baseball; of the babies
and of the deaths. Now another subject fills the boy's mind. It is war
and he is intensely patriotic. He has joined the Boy Scouts; he now
-knows how to drape the flag, how to salute the colors but he still
boasts. Boasts of the number of lads who have gone to war from His
Street. '
Doubt his word and see how quickly he will point down his street
and indicate the emblem of honor and of tribute v
Tfiie Service Hag!
The boastful boy of today is the determined fighter of tomor
row. Let him receive inspiration from the Service Flag waving from
your home in honor of your hero. .
Encourage the laI While h e is boasting he is boosting knock
ing the props from under the pessimist.
Possess This FlagI It Must Honor Your Doy Today
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