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TheJLareland Evening Telegram
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PACKETS BEF0RF H -DK1 B
No. 75
THOSE ABOARD
CRY FOR HELP
FLOODS
EXPECTED
LATTER PART
OF THE WEEK
STREAMS IN W. VA. AND KY.
OUT OF THEIR BANKS; DAM
AGE TO RIVER BOATS WILL BE
ABOUT $200,000-
(By Associated Press.)
Paducab, Ky.- Jan. 29 Descending
ice gorges in the Tennessee and
Ohio rivers converging here today
ewept the winter fleet of packets and
other craft from their moorings and
carried them down the stream. Ap
peals for help from persons ma
rooned on the craft were plainly
heard as they passed the city. A re
port from Metropolis, Ills., said that
several packets were seen standing
on end in the ice. It is said that
probably a dozen boats were caught
by ice. The damage if all are lost
is estimated at $200,000,
Reports Serious Ice Movement
LBy Associated Press.)
Pittsli&rgh, Jan. 29 The weather
hureau reports today were that the
Moohgahela river, is rising rapidly
from Fairmont, W. Va. North and
south the ice is moving out. It is ex.
pected to reach tho neighborhood ot
Pittsburgh tonight, precautions
against damage to river craft beins
taken.
PATRIOTIC BURGLAR
DESTROYS KULTUR
San Francisco, Jan. 29. Here's in
troducing the patriotic burglar. He
entered the home of Mrs. P. Rettig
here and pocketed what loose change
he could find in her room. Then he
strolled into the room occupied by
Otto Grafts, where he found a num
ber of pictures of Germans warships,
U-boats, sea raiders and other pho
tographic evidences of the Kaiser
brand of kultur. These he tore into
small bits and scattered about the
floor. When he departed he left a
small American flag pinned to Graft's
pillow.
(By Associated Press.)
Marquette, Mich., Jan. 29. An
explosion followed by fire early to
day destroyed the Alcohot refining
plant, the primary building, and a
series of condensors of the Pioneer
Iron Furnace Company. The loss is
estimated at a half million dollars.
First reports said a number of lives
were lost but at daylight it was be
lieved none wero dead, and only two
injured. The police believe the ex.
Plosion was due to incendiarism.
N.Y.
EXPERIENCES
IRS
T ICE
BLOCKADE III
30 YEARS
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 2D. New York to
day found the coal shortage as men-:
acing as ever, the snow, sleet and
storm yesterday tying up the move,
rr.ent of fuel and virtually nullify
ing savings of fuelless days. The ico
blockade in the harbor is now said
to be the worst in thirty years.
To Fight Floods
(By Associated Press.')
Washington, Jan. 29. Instruo,
tions were sent out today by the
railroad administration to local au
thorilies to prepare to fight the
Woods expected later this week if
thawing weather develops. The
streams are out of their banks in
I West Virginia and Kentucky.
CASTOR BEAN CONTRACTORS
ONLY SALES AGENTS FOR
U. S. AND WILL NOT PROFIT
Jacksonville. Jan. 29 "There is
sreat interest in Florida in produc
ing -castor beans for the government,
evidenced by the fact that How-
lard Currv. assistant development
-at Jacksonville, and I have
ved over one thousand inquiries
,fith respect to growlg castor beans."
B- L- Hammer, general development
a?ent of the Seaboard Air One; said
today.
"From some of tie articles I have
I noticed in fit.atn nnners t believe it
vfe,HH v. v, -
should be clearly understood that
these castor beans are being grown
'r the government's use for lubri
catine? tho TKn.. i
?'wida i3 expected to produce about
I" miilin bushels of these beans,
nich will mean J3. 000. 000 to the
ifermera.
"f course, the securing of 32,500
acres of these beans is too much for
one person or rganization to
Big
Strike
In Berlin Did
Not Materialize
(By Associated PTess.)
Amsterdam. Jan. 29 The big gen
eral strike in Berlin, announced for
Monday didn't materialize, accord
ing to advices from the German cap.
ital. The agitation had only limited
'success, the trades unions refused to
co-operate, and only in a few sec
tions did the factory workmen
st'-ike.
THOUSANDS GOING
TO PHILADELPHIA
VLLAGE IN ENGLAND EN
TIRELY GUIDED BY WOMEN
(By Associated Press.)
Findon, England. Jan. 29. Fin
don is the first village in England t'.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Jan. 29. About fifteen
German airplanes of which four or
five reached London, participated in
tho first of two raids last night, it
was officially announced. Only one of
the raiders was engaged. The second
attack penetrated as far as the city.
One of the aircraft was brought
down, falling ten thousand feet in
flames. Three of the crew were
burned to doath. All the British
pilots returned safely.
RUSSIAN
HATE
OF
!E BY TAKING
FROM
women's vilage council has been set
up and the subjects under discussion
are housing, infant welfare and education.
Neighborliness is encouraged and
be entirely guided by women. A a fair temper shown In discussion
Bolshevik Have Split
On Peace Questions;
Favor a Holv War
(By Associated Press.)
London, Jan. 29. Bolshevik! rep.
rescntatives have spin on the ques
tion of peace, the majority being
against peace on German terms and
favor a holy war, the Exchange
Telegraph from Petrograd says. As
the present government is unable to
carry on war. a formation of a coali
tion of all socialist factions is pro
posed .
To Resume Negotiations
(By Associated Press.)
Petrograd, Monday. Jan. 28. (De
layed) Foreign Minister Trotsky
and M. Kameneff left here today for
Brest.Litovsk to resume peace ngo
tiatlons with the Central powers.
GERMANS FAIL TO BREAK
UP BELGIUM UNITY
I my
undertake, so the eovernment has
""trusted this matter to four per-
"I have been given a contract for
'OOO arras, and the tprrltorv al-
bt'-ed to me is the north part of
r'orida and West Tflorida. beginning
Alachua coun.tr. which is in
I" territory.
t vace w. Helm and Herman B.
talker, of Miami, have been given
east coast territory and that
jfritory skirting the wes side of
t vwceechobee. Their conract is
0r lO.ffoo acres
west coast and South Florida
riTe been given to the Buckeye
Fifseries, D. C. Gillett, of Tampa,
ProsTpRslvn TjiVa r.ntintv has
made a territory by itself and
3 111 charge of G. G- Ware, of Lees-
Philadelphia, Jan. 29. Virtually ev
ery state in the union and many dis
tant parts of the world are represent
ed among the thousands of shipwork
ers and their families who are hasten
ing to this city to settle in the new
community established in the Forti
eth ward for employees of a large
shipbuilding corporation which has
established a plant at Hog Island.
The influx, which began with the es
tablishment of the plant a short time
ago, will add, according to local or
ficials, from 25,000 to 30,000 persons
to Philadelphia's population.
Before the establishment ot the
Hig Island plant, thousands of work
men attracted to the Deleware River
shipbuilding yards had utilized all the
housing facilities in the district. This
made it necessary for the city to co
operate with the government in plan
ning for the reception of the new
army which Philadelphia is called up
on to accommodate.
More than 10,00 workers will be re
quired to erect the houses in the
community which will in the future
be the homes of the new arrivals. It
is estimated, saccording to survey
made at the instance of the city, that
from 5.000 to 7,500 dwellings will be
necessary. The cist will exceed $10..
000,000 including wages.
INNOCENT LOOKING FLOAT
ING MINES ACCIDENTALLY
DISCOVERED BY FISHERMAN
AT JACKSONVILLE
burg Those interested in growing
castor beans should know these facts
so that they can get the information
quickly.
Amsterdam. Jan. 29. After more
than threo years of effort, the Ger
man authorities in Belgium have to
admit the failure of their attempt
to drive a wedge between the two
races and languages in Belgium.
The unity of Belgium still exists,
and there are signs that the Ger
mans havUe given up at least fcr the
time being, their attempt to break
it up.
The authority for this statement
is the German propogandist weekly
in Holland, the Toekomst. whicn
states that the present policy of the
governor-general in Brussels is
' more moderate." and that "Berlin
approves this policy as a means of
gaining peace." The article con
cludes by advising the advocates of
the former German policy to "steer
a middle course and give up their
flourishes of rhetoric."
The attempts of the Germans to
force the Flemish language on Brus
rels and Antwerp are declared to
have completely failed and the gov
ernment has had to confess itself
beaten. The supporters of the Ger
man scheme among the Belgium pop
ulation are known as "Activiti3ts,"
and are very unpopular among the
majority of their fellow citizens. An
Activists demonstration" was ar.
Tanged in Brussels recently and wa3
much exploited in the German press
at the time. But accordig to the
Echo Beige, the demonstration was
a fiasco.
"Istead of 3,000. the audience was
enly 1.000," says the newspaper.
"Moreover, one-third of these were
Dutch and another third Germans,
partly in uniform. The procession to
the market place was attacked as
soon as noticed by the crowd, not
withstanding the protection of the
local police. Next time there may
be a riot. Now the Activists are be
ginning to divide into Maximalists
and Minimalists and are becoming
very difficult for their German boss
es to handle."
Jacksonville, Jan. 29. A dastard
ly attempt to wreak destruction of
either ships or waterfront property
in the St. Johns river was foiled
Saturday afternoon with the discov
ery of no less than 12 powerful float
ing contact mines floating in the riv
er eff Floral Bluff. No arrests have
been made in connection with the
discovery but government authorities
here, with tho assistance of the
sheriff's office and the police depart
ment are bending every effort to un.
earth some clue which might lead to
the identity and arrest of the man
or men whose design upon property
and life along the Jacksonville wa
terfront has been foiled.
The mines disclosed careful prepa
ration and great cunning whe ex.
amined today by Assistant District
Atty. Fred Botts and other govern
ment officials here this morning.
They are believed to be what are
feuown as icendiary bombs of the
cintact order, but the charges in
each of them are believed to be pow
erful enough to blow a hole in a
v'ood or steel ship of sufficient size
t) sink her. The mine field discov
ered Saturday covered only a small
a;e;i and it is the belief of the au
thorities that a ship which might
have chanced to pass directly over it
would have been destroyed.
It was only by accident that the
field, evidently laid by a German or
Gcvnian sympathizer, was discov.
e-red. A negro fisherman who chanced
to be fishing in the vicinity last
Wednesday found in the queer look
ing objects towing them ashore for
Irvestigation. Not knowing what they
were or who placed them there he
cist them adrift in the river again,
but when he told of the Incident he
was mado to direct certain residents
of the vicinity to the spot they would
be most likely found. They had drift
ed about a half mile from the spot
he turned them loose it Is said. Upon
their rediscovery the sheriff's office
was immediately notified and repre.
sentatives of that department as
vell as members of the United States
marshal's office went to the scene.
U is believed that it was the pur-pes-e
of rtie maker of the m'.nes to
let them drift along the waterfront
with a view of destroying by fire any
docks or properties it might happen
to come in cntact with. Only a few
grains of the powder in one of the
mines wa3 sufficient to jar the dis
trict attorney's office this morning
when it was thrown into the fire
place. A careful search of the river
is being made for additional mines.
NORTHERN FRONT
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Jan. 29. Charges
that Germany is violating the terms
of the Russia truce by withdrawing
troops from the northern front and
transferring them to the western
battle line, was made today by the
War Department.
Baker To Be
Gross Examined
Before End
Of The Week
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 29. Baker will
soon have opportunity to amplify
his statement of America's war pre
parations. His recall for cress ex
amination 'Before the end of the
week was jdjoclded upon today by
the Senate military committee.
Italians Launch
Violent Attack
Reports Berlin
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, Monday. Jan- 28. (De
layed) Tho Italians launched a vio
lent attack yesterday on the north.
ern front between Aslago and Bren-
tarivers, Bays the official statement
last evening.
Artil'ery Active
(By Associated Press.)
London, Jan. 29. Hostile artil
lery was active -yesterday in the
neighborhood of Havrincourt and
northeast of Ypres, the war office
statement last night said.
47 Killed and 169 Injured
(By Associated Press.)
London, Jan. 29. Forty-seven
killed and one hundred and sixty
nine injured in last night's air raid,
was'officlally annouced.
Revolutionists Gain Control of
Capita' of Finland
(By Associated Press.)
Copenhagen, Jan. 29. The Red
Guard has won the complete control
of llolsingforos, tho capital of Fin
land, a Stockholm dispatch to the
National Tidende reports- It is not
known Whether the Finnish govern
ment officials ear-aped from the revolutionaries-
REMARKABLE ACTIVITY OF
TRADE IN ENGLAND
(By Associated Press.)
London, Jan- 29. The fourth year
of war has been remarkable for the
sustained activity of trade, the con
tinuous and cumulative increases In
wages and the ferment In the engin
eering and munition Industries, saya
the Daily Telegraph.
During the past twelve months
wage Increases to worklngraen ex
ceeded 100,000,000 pounds and the
(increases during tne three years,
1915-16-17. together with the rise
In prices of commodities, have com.
piereiy revolutionized the pre-war
economic basis of British trade
The unpleasant feature of the year
has been the growing discontent and
unrest pervading large sections of
th workers and this is seen In the
number of Industrial disputes, often
of the most trivial kind. Official
returns from January to November
indicate there were 494 dispute
during those months affecting 647,
721 workers and causing the loss of
over 3.500,000 tvorkin flays, the
greatest loss of time being recorceo
during September, October and No
vember. The number of persons unemployed
GOVERNMENT
TO RELINQUISH
CONTROL OF
RAILROADS
IMAFTER
THE WAR
THIS WAS DECIDED BY THE SEN
ATE COMMITTEE TODAY; BY.
BILL TOE AMENDED TO CON
TAIN IT
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 29. The Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
committee today, seven to six, de
cided to amend the administration
railway bill to provide for the gov
ernment to relinquish control of the
roads within one year after the end
of the war.
CAMP WHEELER,
MACON, GEORGIA
Camp Wheeler, Ga Jan. 29. Quite
a number of "sport" soldiers at Camp
Wheeler have been taken in chrage
by the city provost guard, since Gen.
J. L. Hayden, commander of the
Thirty-first Division, issued the uni
form order prohibiting enlisted men
to wear leather leggings short over
coats, silk hat cords and other fancy
parts of the uniform.
The order is being strictly obeyed
in camp, but some of the men took
occasion to "doll up" and parade in
the city with their fancy sport coats,
polished legglns and fancy hat cords.
Those caught In Macon wearing any
part other than tho regulation uni
form, are sent to provost headquart
ers by tho guard and held there.
The uniform order has proven cost
ly to tho men, many of whom spent
all of their last month's pay for a
fancy coat or a new pair of leather
boots. General Hayden points out In
the uniform order that enlisted men
should not attempt to wear any part
of the uniform worn by officers, and
that plain canvas loggias and the long
regulation overcoat must be worn by
enlisted men.
Within a few weeks work will be
gin on the $00,000 general repair shop
tho government has ordered built at
Camp Wheeler. Plans and specifica
tions will be issued to the construc
tion quartermaster soon.
The new plant will mean a great
saving to the government and a help
lo the men. lOxpert workmen will be
put in charge of each department to
repair government property and , to
teach the men. Many members of
tho division will be allowed to learn
good tradess In the shop. There will
be a motor department, blacksmith
shop, harness factory, cobblers de
partment and other departments.
These general repair plants are to
be erected only at permanent camps,
and since one has been ordered for
Camp Wheeler, It Is believed this will
be apermanent station. Jacksonville
Metropolis.
AMERICAN FREE PORTS
IN HIGH FAVOR HERE
New York, Jan. 29. Is America to
have free ports after the style ot,
Hamburg and Bremen?
Authorities here are of the convlc-'
tlon that the establishment of such
ports will be effected in th near fu
ture. The Chamber of Commerce of
the State of New York has adopted
resolutions favoring the establish
ment of a free area in New York,
claiming it Is the one security of
America's commrece after the war.
Free, ports, although new to the
United States, are well known factors
In the trade of foreign counties.
Briefly, a free port is a port where
raw material is admitted free of cus
toms duty, made, into finished pro
ducts and shipped away again.
is the lowest on record and through
out the war period the figure ha
"steadily declined tiff it is now below
one per cent.
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