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The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-25
COTTON SHIPMENTS
 ARE BEING HELD UP
CARGOES ARE ALL CONSIGNED TO NEUTRAL PORTS AND SHIP
 PED BEFORE MARCH 3t.

Washington, April 2I-The fact that American cotton shipments to- lalIiug thousands of bales and all de2 tined to neutral iorts are being held up by the allies is giving cotton eH- portcrs great concern and it was learned here tonieht that the state department has been requested to make special efforts in the case of five steamers now detained n Euro pcau porte.
 Some of these were bound for Sweden and others carried cargoes consigned to Switzerland. The latter already have been the subject of pro test by the Swiss government which sought the good offices of the United States at London and Rome to obtain the release Of the shipments. Ameri- can amDa sadors nave been instruct- ed to present the Swiss views.
 While the names of the five steam. CTS as to which specific complaint 3 made are known. Senator smith of Georgia, who has discussed the mat ter at the state department, said to-. night that at least half d dozen other cotton ships were being held.
 The following steamers he said, had sailed from the United States be-. fore March 31 and were therefore within the terms fixed by the British order of council for unham ereI pas sage;
 The Nero. New Orleans to Genoa, held at Gibraltar the Bia. Savannah to Gothenbure, held at Manchester; the Spires ViIianos, Savannah to Gothenburg. held at Sheoruess; the Southern, Charleston to Rotterdam, held at Falmouth.
 Trouble with these cargoes, Sena- tor Smith said arose in part from the fact that shippers had failed to po- vide steamer captains in some in- stances with certificates signed by English consuls showing that the sales were made before March 1.
 The state department is having great difficulty in handling demands for release of these vessels" he said, "because cargo owners have failed to furnish entire statements of contents of vessels, and have failed to show whether certificates from English consuls are in the hands of captains of vessels showing time of sale of cotton and freight engagemeuts.
 While it is desirable to get re- leased the cotton shipped before March 31, of course we do not con- cede the right of Great Britain to in. terfere with any cotton shipped to neutral ports"
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declared he would be glad to return to the witness stand and answer any questions concerning his interests in Colorado is the most important and most gratifying the commission has received,' said Frank P Walsh, chair man of the federal commission on in, du,trial relations, in a statement here tonight
 Concerning the fuH statement of circumstances brought up in the cor respondence between Mr Rockefeller and his Colorado agents at the time of the recent coal strike which Mir. Rockefeller said would be issued for publication Monday, Mir. Walsh says:
 In the statement wAich Mr Rocke- | feller says he will make, | challenge him 10 say whether l.. NJ. Powers told the truth in his letter of April i, 1914, in which he said the Colorado Fuel and Iron Comapny leads in fixing prices and conditions of labor
 Under date of June II, 19t4," Mir. Rockefeller wrote to his publicity agent, Ivy Lee a copy of which letter has been filed with the commission $ records. The letter says:
 Several points in my memoran. dum however, could we'll even more appropriately be used in the letter from Governor Ammons to President Wilson which you are preparing to write as soon as the majors memo randum reaches yOu"
 "The public will not be satisfied un- less Mr. Rockefeller sets out in full the memorandum which he desired M. Lee to use in the letter from Gov. Ammons to the president. The state mcnt also should give tne name of the major referred to and detail the mem orandum made up by the major Thls wIl be of importance in view of the fact Gov. Ammons has declared it 10 be lie that Mir Lee furnished him any draft to he used in a letter to the president or to the governors of oth- CT states. Also Mr Rockefeller should let the public know how the drafts of the letters for the governors to sign. as referred to in the cores uondence with Mr Lee, reached the goyerenor.
 "Mr Rockefeller should give the public the names and locations of the friendly newspapers 'eferred to so that the public may be able to prop erly weigh the comment which will follow Mir. Rockefeler's forthcoming statement"
 'In his letter to Mir. Rockefeller August 16, Mir Bowers said the pol itical gang at Washington was at its wits end to find some way out of the pit they mad helped the striking min CTS of Colorado to dig Mir. Rocka- teIler should give the public names of the indivudals in Washington. who he claims constitute the gang Mr. Rockefellers denunciation of my conduct in giving the facts respect ing the Colorado strike to the public as wholly indefensible is, 10 my mind, the strongest possible recommends ton of the value and integrity of the work which the commission is doing. !"
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-25
MUTINEERS AT SINGAPORE ARE BEING HUNTED IN LUNCHES
 SURROUNDING CITY.
MANY WHITES ARE KILLED
Head Hunters Are Adverse to Bring. ing in Their Prisoners Alive and it ls Not Known How Many of the Mutneers Have Been Captured.

London. April 2i-Dgah h ad hunt CTS are trailing the survivors of the Indian regiment which mutnied in Singapore last February. Forty of these Scpoy mutiucels were still at large in the dense junelcs surround. ing Singapore Uhe nIe DyaEa were brought in 10 hunt them down, and since the head hunters are ayerse to bringing in their prisoners ajiye it is not known how much the number has been reduced
 Dr. Warren McNal Of san Frau- cisco, surgeon on a British transport has arrived in London with the de- tailed story of the mntay his ship having reached Singapore while tho trouble was at it's height.
 Dr. McNaii in his story Of the mutiny. said.
 "Eyidcnce secured from m mbers of the mutinous regimc1t shows that the outbreak was timed for midnight of the day when it actuailN began, but an impatient mutineer attempted to steal a box of cartridges from d truck on the docks at i o'clock in the after. noon He was detected by one of the white officers. who WAS shot down when he attem ted to prevent the theft
 Then the trouble broke like thunderclap. The Sepoys. who were in formation, ready to proceed to tho docks, tell out and began to fire indIs. criminately at every white person in sight The Sikh members of the regiment remained loyal, but without their own officers to command them. did nothing to stop the mptiueers.
 "The mutinecr- began a systematic hunt for the whites The two hun drod Sepoys involved scattered over the city and out of the comparatively small white population 54 victims fel before the fire of the fauatcal muti- neers on the first day. The second day 1,500 refugees. chiefly women and children, arrived on board our ship.
 Many of the women were weeping for murdered relatives and others were nearly crazy with anxiety for their male relatives, who had p.uckily volunteered to remain behind to help in hunting down the murderers.
 Driven from the limit. of Singa- pore, the mutneers took refuge in the thick. swampy jungies which sur. round the city, and the soldiers are finding it a difHcult task to d,slodee them from the fastncsses.
 "The captured Sepoys were tried by courtmartial and l understand quite a number of them were shot. but only two were executed in public I witnessed this execution, which was undoubtedly held in public to impress the native population.
 "In their testimony all of the mutt,
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-25
SALOONS KNOCKED
 OUT OF FORT SMITH
JUDGE LITTLE HOLDS THEY DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH NAMES ON
 THE PETITION.

Fort Smith, April 2i.-A decis- ion of Circuit Judge Paul Little in cir cult court here today will result in the permanent closing August of all sa- looms in Fort Smith, now the only oasis between Monelt Mo-. and Dal las, Texas. The prohibitionists had ao. pealed from the action of the county court in granting saloon licenses and Judge Little ruled that the saloonists' petition did not bear signatures of a majority of the white adults as reQuir- ed by tae state law As tha state wide prohibition law which goes into effect January |, forbids the granting of any further saloon licenses after the date of it's passage. there is mo chance that the saloons will be re-opened,
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-25
PUBLIC ENTITLED ID FACTS
Rockefeller Declares He and His As
 sociates Wui be Glad to Appear Be fore Commission and Waive All Their Legal Rights and Information.

New York, April 2l.- John D. l Rockefeller. Jr., gave out statement late today in reference to the core spondeucc between himself and l.. M 1 Bowers, chairman of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company. which was made public yesterday by Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the United States commission on industrial relations. Mr. Rockefeller charaoterizes as false the conclusions which MT Walsh drew from the correspondence. He asserts Mr. Walsh had drawn '- ferenccs without ascertaining wht
 CT they were correct, a 'proceedn.o which is wholly indcfensible."
 He said further that he would be glad to appear to give additional tes- timouy before the commission al any time, flor We are desIrous that the public shall have all the facts.'
 The statement follows:
 "On February IS, soon after the hearings in New York of the United States commission on industrial rela- tious, l felt called upon in justice to. myself to point out to the public a gross mis-statement concerning my evidence which had been given out by Mr. Frank r Walsh, chairman of the commission. Mir. Walsh today makes another long statement containing many misre presentations and unwar- ranted inferences. Inc public is en- titled tO the facts concerning the ale. gations which Mr. Walsh makes, but it is impossible to as emble all the data in time for the Sunday morning papers. l am preparing a statement which will be available for pu0lca- tion on Monday morning.
 "ln reference to Mr. Walsh's an- nouncoment of his intention to call my associates and myself to give fur ther information in regard to the Colorado strike, l need hardly say that we shall be glad to appear at any time, for we are desirous that the public snail have all the facts To that end, we have already testified with great fullness, have waived all our legal rights, and have supplied the commission without any sub loena duces tecum all the information which has been asked for, including a mass of private correspondence.
 "Mr Walsh has taken that core spondence, has drawn from it cer- tain inferences without ascertaining whether his inferenees are correct, has made statements and announced conclusions which are false Such a proceeding, l submit is wholly inde- fensible on the part of the chairman of body holding a commission from the government Of the United States. :" Walsh Expressed Qualification That
 Rockefeller Win Testify.
 Kansas City, Mo-. April 24-~Mr Rockefeller's statfment in which he
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GEN. SCOTT TO BE ADVANCED

Washington, April 24, -Brigadier General Hugh l.. Scott, chief of staff of the army, will be advanced to the grade of major general next Thurs day upon the retirement, for age, oi Major General Arthur Murray, com mauding the western department al san Francisco.
 Colonel Frederick s. Strong of the coast artillery at Charleston, s. c. will eb advanced to the vacant briga dier generalshi1 and will be assigned later Although General Murray re tires next Thursday, he will perform his present duties until the close ot the Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-25
Heavy Wind Storm at Waco.

Waco, Texas. April 24.-Telephone wires, many electric light wires and the fire alarm system were all put out of commission, metal awnings were blown down, small buildings carried away, plate glass windows smashed and large section of the fence around the baseball park leveiled by an electrical and wind storm here to- night. w. F. Schramm was stunned when live wire dropped on horse he was riding. Very little rain ac- com1anied the storm although heavy rains were reported from various parts of the county.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-25
THREE DROWNED
 NEAR HOUSTON
Fear Expressed That Flood May
 Prove Very Serious

' car GNpFCh5GQ Tat ' 1000 May
 Prove Very Serious.
 Houston, Texas, April 24.-News was receive> here tonight of the dorwning of John Baney of Rosebud and two of his nephews who, while camping on Elm creek near Cameron. were cut off by flood waters. A third nephew was rescued today.
 It is feared the flood situation may prove very serious in this section of the state. The whole Brazos bottom in the vicinity of Bryan is over flowed the waters of the Big and Lit tie Brazos having united No loss of life is reported in that section save that of a negro who was trying to save stock. The Big and Little Brazos are both reported falling at Hearne. The Colorado reached a height Of 35 feet at Columbus but no damage is expected Rosenberg re- ports the Brazos at a 254foot stage late this afternoon and still rising there. The San Marcos is beginning to overflow the lowlands in the vicin- ity of Imling and at Gonzales, and the Guadalupe is nearing a 30-foot stage at Gonzales.
 No serious damage other than to crops is reported as yet in those sec tiOns.
 It is learned from the Humble oil field today that 100 derricks were blown down by Friday afternoons gale there
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-25
w E ATH E R
 EOR R E C A ST

Washington, April 24.-F oreosst for Arkansas: Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday.
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AIl the War News

The sentinel-Record prints all the war news up to 2:30 eacn morning, two hours later than any other newS- paper reaching Hot Springs. When YOU read 1t in tnis paper you ara reading the latest.
The Sentinel=record., 1915-04-25

Walsh Expressed Qualification That
 Rockefeller Will Testify.
 Kansas City Mo-, April 24.-~Mr. Rockefeller's statfment in which he
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cate that negotations between Italy and the Germanic allies are still pro- ceeding, or that Italy is waiting for a final answer to her demands for ter rtorial concessions.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-01
so HE TOOK THE CAT HOME
Man is Awakened by Meowing Cat
Just In Time to Escape
Train.

Zion City, Ill.-When Theodore
Dwyer reached his home in Zion City
after visit to an aunt in Covington.
KY, he carried black cat under his
arm.
Most wonderful cat y'ever saw" ex-
planned Dwyer 'Y'see | dreamed
was in barber shop. The barber's
chair and the head rest were as hard
as brick. And the barber was using
huge shaving brush, almost foot
square it seemed. And then the bar
bers cat commenced meowing. 1t hol-
Tered SO loud it woke me up.
Then | found the BARRIERS chair
was a railroad tie. Instead of a, head
rest my head was resting on a rail.
This darned black cat was meowing
at the moon and rubbing her side
against my cheek. She woke me up.
i grabbed her and jumped off the track
Just as an express train thundered by.
"'Cat,' says, come along with me.
You've saved my life My aunt told
me / ought to bring her home and l
did. That was the closest shave / ever
had in my life and this is the shaving
brush"
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-01

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The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-01

rooms, one bed chamber and the 9TH
er kitchen Those rendered uncon-
scious:
Mrs. Henry Gernand, Tallahassee,
Fla. professional vocalist. and sister
in-law of Preston Gernand; Preston
Gernand, owner of the property. Mrs
Preston Gernand was stunned.
Two hours after the bolt had struck
the home the entire family had fully
recovered from the shock. The light
ming did not fire the residence.
The lightning struck the chimney
of the Gernand home, passed through
the bedroom of the three Gernand
children, burning the bed clothing and
rendering the children speechless.
From the bed chamber the bolt
passed through the floor into the
kitchen. There Mrs. Gernand and her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Harry Gernand,
were seated waiting for the storm to
pass over. On the outside of the build
ing sat Gernand on chair. The light
ming extinguished the light, knocked
the two women to the kitchen floor
and bowled Gernand from his chair
into the back yard half dozen feet
away, where he lay unconscious.
Mrs. Gernand recovered and lighted
a lamp. Her sister-in-law was uncon-
scious, and she found her husband
lying on the ground in the yard. Mrs.
Gernand summoned a farm hand and
sent him for a physician several miles
away. The family had partly recov-
cred when the physician arrived.
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-01

shown in Fig. for attaching the
strings. Screw a screweye into the
end OF stick. thread the screw-eye
with the twine just as you would
thread needle, then use the stick to
hook the string over the nails.
AS the diagram must show the con-
struction of the framework, 1t is i'm
possible to give you a good idea of
what a beautiful bower the barrel
hoop rack shown in Fig. 8 becomes
when thickly covered with vines.
The diagram shows the use of six
hoops. but If you cannot get this many,
the three bottom hoops may be omit
ted and stakes driven into the ground
to tie the lower ends of the strings
to. Fig. shows how each set of
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-01

hoops should be arranged, and how
each hoop should be bound with cord
to the adjoining two. When the
hoops have been connected. it is only
necessary to get clothespole for a
support, to complete the rack. Drive
nail into the upper end of the
pole, and connect the nail and each
hoop with strong cord; then place
ground, with the center over hole
made for the end of the pole support.
and set the support in this hole. Fig
3 shows how the strings connect the
upper and lower set of hoops. and
how they are spaced. You can tie the
strings to the upper hoops before the
pole is set in position, if you like.
When the rack has been put up, plant
your vines at its base. SO there will
be one for each string.
A box with a board nailed across 1t.
as shown in Fig. 8. makes a splendid
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-01
THE SPHINX OF ITALY

Signor Sidney Sonnino. itaiys 8
minister for foreign affairs is' known
in the Italian press as the Sphinx
He has twice been premier and has
three times declined the honor. he has
been minister of finance, has served
in the diplomatic corps at Paris. Wen
ma. Madrid. and has sat in parliament
"a years.
With this varied experience in
governmental affairs, he was sought
by the king to guide the cabinet in the
crisis brought about by the outbreak
of war. Sonnino declined. fearing. II
is said, that he would not be able to
command the necessary support in
parliament. He has always declared
he "belonged neither to the right. nor
to the left" meaning that he adopted
no policy of open support or opposi'
ton to the government. He is lib
eral
He is an exceedingly cultured
man. a good classical scholar and
distinguished commentator OF Dante.
His knowledge of state affairs is comp
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-01
GIVEN IMPORTANT POST

When Secretary Of State Lansing
selected Frank Lyon Polk for the
highly important position of counselor
of the state department. he picked an
accomplished lawyer and a man OF
wide experience.
Mr. Polk is the son OF DIR. Wiiilam
Mecklenburg Polk, dean OF the Cor
nell Medical school. the grandson OF
the Confederate bishop-general Leonl-
das Polk. and the grandnephew OF
President James X. Polk. He was
born in 1871 and was graduated from
Yale in 1894. He studied law at Co
lumbia Law school and was graduated
from there in 1897. In 1898 he went to
the Spanish war with Troop and
became assistant quartermaster under
General Ernst with the rank OF cap
tain. In 1908 he married Miss Eliza
beth Potter, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Potter OF Philadelphia. They
have three children.
Mr.. Polk was treasurer OF the bu-
reau of municipal research during
Mayor McClellan's administration an
ho,,o nau,ocratic lea aPue in the early
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-01
QUEER LETTER OF SUICIDE
Brooklyn Man Explains Why He Did
Not Leave All His Money to,
Government.

New York.-A young man who reg
istered at the Hotel Allan, 159 West
Thirty-fourth street, as H. Henry of
Brooklyn, committed suicide there by
shooting himself in the right temple.
He died at Bellevue. - e.
He left dollar bill marked For the
elevator man. and a note addressed
to THE judge" saying:
You do not see why l shot myself.
and you never will know why Who
am 1? That is of no Importance to
you. l thought l would give all my
money to the government, but it would
be foolish because it is very rich. so
l gave 1t to people that need it more.
Please do not bother the owner of
this hotel. think /. have done what
God commanded me to do. Be good
to your country and KIND to human be-
ings."
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-01
INVENTOR OF SUBMARINE

II the war continues for two years
England will have to use cargo-car-
rying submarines to import food from
the United States. in the opinion OF
Simon Lake. submarine inventor anu
president of the Lake Torpedo COM
pany. Bridgeport. Conn
Captain Lake. whose company is
constructing undersea boats for our
navy. is encouraged in this oeiiei oy
the 5.5OO-mile trip. on an initial supply
of fuel, made by the G-3 of the United
States navy
The G-3 made that trip at spec
OF IL knots an hour" he SAID a.
reduced speed she can cover greater
distance.
Between 1S and "a months from
now, should the war run that long 'he
ships of the Teutonic allies will close
the seas to surface shipments OF looa'
ammunition and other supplies fro"
this country to England. You can
readily see that some other methoo OF
shipment will have to be adopteu'
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-01
GARDEN HAhDIcRAFT.

Probably every one OF you girls
has had experience in growing vines.
but / wonder II any Of you have used
the simple method shown in Fig. l
for putting up the strings. Place The
stakes from three to four feet apart.
instead of using one for each vine.
then drive a double-pointed tack
tFig. p, or nail. into the top of each.
connect the tacks or nails with wire
or heavy cord. and tie the strings to
1t at the required distances apart.
These strings will fasten to a row
of nails overhead. possibly in the top
Of fence Gig. u. You will need no
ladder once the nails have been put
up. II you use the unique scheme
The Elbert County tribune., 1915-10-01
Knew His Father.

A school inspector asked a class OF
small children: IF had three glasses
of beer on the table, and your father
came in and drank one. how many
would be left?"
None, sir" answered very small
boy.
But you don't understand my ques-
ton" said the inspector. and he re-
peated it again.
Still the boy gave the same reply.
'Ah, my boy" exclaimed the inspec-
tor at last, 'it is clear you don't know
mental arithmetic"
But l know my father" said the
boy. promptly.