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New Britain herald., 1917-05-29

ditions in Petrograd leads to the alarming but inevitable conclusion that unless the government soon finds means of adjusting the present diffi- culties most. of the industrial enter prises working for national defense will be compelled to close within a few months. The outstanding fea- lures of the labor situation are as follows:
 An investigation shows that vir- tually the same difficulties prevail in all the. big factories in Petrograd. and apparently authenticated reports from the Moscow. Dunaetz and Ural dis tricts indicate general disorganization. In many of the factories the demands by the workmen for increased wages are actually greater than the entire profits of the factories under the best conditions of production.
 The workmen. through their com
 mittees, are in virtual command of the factories, and all business has to
 be submitted to them for approval.
 Wages in a majority of the factories have already been increased from 100
 to 150 per cent. but there has yet
 been no offset by an advance in prices
 of the output.
 In one of the works in Petrograd the workmen recently demanded the
 immediate payment of about $6.500.- 900 to cover an increase of 15 kopecs per hour for each workman since the beginning of the war. The directors of the organization immediately com- municated with tho government and asked to be placed under voluntary
 arrest as protection against the threats of the workmen, which as usual accompanied the demand. The directors were for two days 1 housed in tho ministry of justice. The government finally informed the dt- rectors that the matter would be com
 sidered, and. with the demand of the
 workmen held temporarily in abey- ance, the directors returned to tho factory. 1 An eight hour day has become ]; effective in all factories. According to l the estimate of a leading manu1ac- turer the output of these factories has
 suffered an average decrease of 40 per cent since tho revelation. He explained that all these concerns wore confronted with an imminent shortage of raw materials and with bankruptcy.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-29
State of Ohio. City of Toledo.

St4t6 or OhI0s City or T0Ieo0. Lucas County, ss.
 Frank J. Cheney makes oath that ho is senior paftner of the iirm of F. !, Cheney = Co.,. doing business in the City of Too1do. County and State afore- said, and that said firm will pay the cannot bo cured by the use of HALL's. CATARRH CURE. FRANK '. CHENEY
 Sworn to before mo and subscribed in my presence, this 9th day of Decem. Der. A. D. 1S36. A. W. GLEASON.
 (SeaD Notary Public.
 Halrs Catarrh Cure is taken intern ally and acts through the Blood on the. NScous Surfaces of the SyBtem. 9And for testimonials. free.
 F. '. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. o.
 eold by all Druggists, 75c :. HAll's Family p3if1 for cca xtpa tfon. -'-.s
New Britain herald., 1917-05-29

owners and revenue agents. The men had signed solemn oath, patterned closely after that of Quantrelfs gue- rillas, of which Jesse James and Frank James were members in the early eighties. A copy of the oath is in the hands of the officers, alleged to be in McCoy's handwriting.
New Britain herald., 1917-05-29

Mountaineers Oppose Registration.
 Roanoke, Va. May 2s.-special in- vestigators of the department of jus- tice declare that they have run down a most astonishing plot against the sovereignty of the United States. or ganized with apparent thoroughness among the mountaineers of the border countries of Virginia and Kentucky. As result, William V. Mccoy, re- lated to the family whose feud with the Hatfields in the nearby mountains of West Virginia, forms an interesting chapter in the history of this country, and his lieutenant, J. w. Phipps, both of St. Paul. Wise county, Va, arc today in the Roanoke jail, carefully guarded.
 Special officers are busy in the mountain section around St. Paul close on the trail of others declared to be implicated in the alleged plot. which, according to officers who have been engaged in tracing it down. Is one of the most startling the Department of Justice has faced for many years, in- volving disloyalty to the United States, murder and destruction and confsca- ton of property of prominent citizens.
 Monntaineers of the border coun- tries and, 1t is said, of many other mountain sections of this and nearby states, look upon the recently passed selective draft act with great deal of resentment. Omcers Of the Depart mont of Justice here declare that under the leadership of Mccoy and Phipps more than two hundred men are banded together determined to resist the draft registration, and that the first effort to draft any of them into army service would be the signal for a violent outbreak against organ ixed authority.
 The organization. 1t is declared, was directed not only against the draft measure, but against the wealthy land
New Britain herald., 1917-05-29
LUTHERAN CONFIRMATION.

LArgest Class in History of Church
 Receive Sacrament Sunday.
 At tho Swedish Lutheran church services next Sunday morning at 1O:45 o'clock a class of 60 children will be confirmed and in the evening there
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
OUTLINE O." RED
CROSS CAMPAIGN

Billy Sunday says, This is a sea-
son of big things, big men, big women
and big movements" Now the local
Red Cross chapter and the campaign
committee have agreed that we are
going to have Red Cross Christmas
in keeping with the nationwide move
ment planned by the nations biggest
men to Help win the war" and an
appeal is made to every citizen in
Fitzgerald and Ben Hill county to
join in this great movement.
The plan is simple, "A membership
in every home in Ben Hill county by
Christmas eve, membership to cost
one dollar" Prominent official of the
city are asked to cooperate in the
following manner:
The mayor, by issuing a preclama-
ton, and raising the Red Cross flag
on the city hall. to be displayed
throughout the campaign.
School teachers, by speaking on the
significance of the Red Cross, and
upon the significance of the Christ
mas ceremony. Rural teachers are
asked to do this, also.)
1-erch 'nts, by giving9spce in their
windows for the display OF garments
made 8. the local Red Cross chapter.
Newspaper men, by giving space
in their paper for the publication of
all movements in this campaign.
Womey by wearing Red Cross
head dress and joining in the singing
of Christmas Carols after the candles
are lit Christina seve.
Pastors, to have church bells toll
on Christmas eve at 7:30 o'clock and
continue their tolling at ha1f-hour in
tervals until 900, which is the sug-
gested duration of this Christmas
ceremony
Sunday School Superintendents, to
have children trained to sing Christ
mas Carols, either on streets at 7,3o
or during appropriate ceremony at
church at this hour.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
DR.. M'ELROY NOW
IN MEDICAL CORPS

DR.. J, w. McEIroy is home for a
two days stay to wind up his affairs
in the city preparatory to reporting
for duty at Fl. Oglcthorpe, where he
has been given commission as First
Lieutenant at the Base Hospital. Dr..
McElroy came to this city a year ago
from Atlanta and during this brief
professional career in the city has
built up good practice and made a
host of personal and professional
friends in the city and county. DR.
McElroy received his professional
education in the medical department
OF the Emory University Of Atlanta
and served a number Of years as in.
terne at Grady hospital in Atlanta.
The best wishes accompany DR.. Nc.
Elroy on his military career and hi.
friends hope that when the battles are
fought and success has crowned on,
arms, Lieut.. McEkoy will return &c
his profession in civil life with man,
honors and promotions Earned in tn,
line of duty.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
j. s DESTROYER
SUNK; MANY
Of CREW
LOST

Washington, D. c., Dec. 9.-Addi-
tional reports from Vice Admiral
Sims today began to unfold the story
of the torpedoing OF the destroyer
Jacob Jones, but did not lessen the
toll of lives lost with the ship.
Only forty-four of ITO or more off,
GERS and men aboard are known to
have survived, including one uniden-
tilted man picked up and carried off
by the submarine that struck the
blow.
Today's reports added to the list OF
dead Ensign Stanton F. Kalk, a
young officer whose name did not ap-
pear on the first roster of the ships
company. He died of exposure.
The dispatches gave no further de-
tails of the escape of Lieutenant Com
mander Bagley and the other survi-
vors, but they contained the names
of seventeen of the rescued in addi-
ton to those announced last night
Secretary Daniels issued this state
ment:
Additional information received
from Admiral Sims today reveals the
fact that the Jacob Jones was torpe-
died at 4;l2 p. m and finally sank at
4:2o
The submarine was not seen until
some time after the ship sank. The
submarine then picked up one survi-
vor whose identity is not known. The
destroyer was not so far from the
European coast as was indicated b.
the first dispatch.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
HALIFAX DEATH
LIST ESTIMATED
To Be 1000 BY
The OFFICIALS

Halifax, N. S., Dec 9-No official
attempt was made here today to check
Up or revise the long list of dead and
injured resulting from last Thursday
mornings disaster when munition
ships cargo exploded in the harbor.
The morgue officials held TO their
estimates of 1000 dead, but other OBJ
servers said that estimate was too
great by half.
The admiralty court to Z ), ermine
responsibility will open its hearing to-
morrow. The survivors of the Nor
wegian steamer LIMO, which rammed
the Mont Blanc. laden with munitions,
were arrested today and Capt Lame
doc and Pilot Mackay, of the NUM-
tons ship also were ordered detained
A joint appeal by the mayors of
Halifax and Dartmouth was made to
the Canadian public today for money
for relief work. 1t was said that be-
tween $20000,000 and $2s,OOO,o00
"O0~0 OO tNNuAA Gu
Mayor P F. Martin, of Halifax, also
issued proclamation calling upon all
non-residents not engaged in relief
work or here on business of extreme
emergency to leave the city.
The relief committee asked that no
more workers until called upon and
the reconstruction committee request
ed that no further supplies be sent
until their character had been ap-
proved by the committee.
A heavy rainstorm interrupted the
systematic search for bodies, but by
night ninety-hve additional bodies
h had been placed in the morgue. Sew
''eras4f 6eaThs ocerF<ed among the in
jured. ---~>---o~>
Crowds visited the relief stations,
where food was served and hundreds
of heart-broken searchers dug among
the ruins of their homes.
The nerves of the popuIace are on
edge. A wild report today of burn
ing munitions ship, heading into the
harbor and flying red flag, filled the
streets with frightened persons, who
shouted to others to seek the open.
A coaler actually was on fire, but the
flames were soon under control.
Shock, fire, wind, snow and defuge
> have followed in success like plaques.
and to these have been added the
threatened invasion of former resi-
dents, friends of the injured and miss
ing and the merely curious.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
Atlanta POLICEMAN KILLED
BY DESPERATE NEGRO

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 8.-His spirit
still defiant and vicious, c. T. Thorn
as, known to the negroes as Doctor"
and the police as one of Atlanta S
shrewdest and most dangerous ne
gro characters, was taken from the
city prison yesterday evening about
6 o'clock and locked up in the tower
on a warrant issued by Solicitor Boy
kin charging him with murder Thorn
as barricaded himself in his house
on Peters street yesterday morning
about 5 o'clock and shot Policeman
H. T. Adams, killing him instantly
and wounding Policeman F. T. Rob
erts, who had gone there to arrest
him for disorderly conduct
The officers raped on Thomas
door and told him to surrender. He
replied that he would not, and when
Policeman Adams forced his way in
to the house the negro shot him
through the head. He died instantly
After killing Policeman Adams
Thomas, who had become veritablc
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
COMPARISON OF HALIFAX
DEATH LIST WITH OTHER
LATE CATASTROPHES

How the Halifax catastrophe COM
pares in loss of life with other disas-
tiers of rcenet years is shown by the
following:
l9O2-Monte Pelee volcanic erup-
ton, 10000 lives lost.
1o03-1riquois Theater fire, Chica-
go. SIS lives lost.
l904-Sinking of steamship Slocum
in East River, New York, 1,40O lives
lost.
l906-Earthquake at San Francisco,
1000 lives lost.
1oO8-Messina earthquake, 100000
lives lost.
lol2-Sinking of Titanic, 1903 lives
lost.
19l+Sinking of steamship EN-
press 70 Ireland in St. Lawrence riv-
err, l,027 lives lost.
19l5-Earthquake in interior of
Italy, $4,000 lives lost
19l5-Torpedoing of Lusitania, L.
1913 lives lost
1915-Sinking of steamer Eastland
in Chicago river, 812 lives lost.
19l7-Munition plant explosion in
Austria, 1000 lives lost (unconfrmed)
l9l7-DuPont powder plant ex-
plosion, Chester, Pa, 112 lives lost.
l9l7-Explosion at Halifax, 5000
or more lives lost ESTIMATED 1.-The
Atlanta Georgian.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
McRae Chairman of Board

Emanuel county's member of the
board was the only absentee at the
meeting today. The trustees organ
lied by electing Judge Max l. Nc
Rae, Of McRae, chairman Dr. T. D.
Walker, of Cochran, vice-chairman,
and Emmett Houser, of Fort Valley,
secretary and treasurer. Chairman
McRae appointed committee to
draft bylaws naming on this com
-n1ittee M. H. Boyer, Of Pulaski, chair
man; M. D.. Calhoun, Of Montgomery,
and Emmett Houser, of Houston.
The governor left here after the
meeting for Macon, making the trip
in an automobile with party of
friends. He will 90 from Macon to
Atlanta tonight The trustees were
entertained at dinner tonight by DR..
Walker, who has been the leader in
the movement to get the new college
at Cochran and to whose efforts in a
large measure is due the success OF
the undertaking.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10

First<class work only turned out by
the LeaderEnterprise printers.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
MERCHANTS WANT STAMPS

Mrs R. E. Lee is energetically
canvassing the business portion of the
city in an effort to place 100000
stamps to be used by merchants when
bundles are carried by purchaser, the
proceeds to go to the Red Cross
Chapter Less than this amount would
not be profitable, and so far not quite
100000 have been placed. Mrs. Lee
is making an effort to place them
with chapters in nearby towns.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
BANKS PREACHER
DIGS OWN Ora

Athens, Ga, Dec. REV. J. il
Brooks, preacher who has several
churches in this section, living IL.
Banks county, not lar from the Cll
line, has just finished digging hi =
grave. He is about 70 yearN
believes the Bible knew wht
talking about when it menr1S
three score years and ten" ~
ordinary life
When he was 20. thoue
health, he made his viii,
house i'll order paid for his
aud with his own hands has
ishcd digging his own grave, N
heart Of Silver Shoals church cene-
terry near his home, cementing the
bottom and sides nicely, and covering
il after a protective manner of his
own invention 1t is workmanljke
and neat job--but not inviting.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
FITZGERALD BAKERS
LICENSED BY GOVT

The bakers of the city have received
their licenses under the food admin
istration, and are now authorized to
bake bread only under the regulations
issued by the administration. Sweet
cakes are practically prohibited and
the loaf of bread must weigh sixteen
ounces and sell for lOc.
Both Messrs. Kratzer and Knorpp
come under these provisions.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10

maniac, turned his pistol on Police
man Roberts and wounded him, the
bullet cutting a cash on the left side
of the officers neck. Both policeman
had opened fire on the negro and he
was wounded twice, one bullet strik-
ing him in the right shoulder and the
other in the right leg near the hip.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
M. E. BAZAAR

The Ladies Aid OF the First NJ. +.
church will hold their annual bazaar
at the ". R. {. Hall Thursday, Dec.
18th. Dinner 25c. Mrs. NJ. f. Whit
man, Sec. 2T
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
DARING THE POLICE

Not satisfied with stealing from the
ordinary citizen, the emboldened gang
Of thieves who. have pulled of three
successful burglaries last week, emp
tied Policeman Fusscll's chicken coop
Saturday night.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
MRS. X. KOPLIN

The sad tidings of the death of
Mrs. X. Koplin, of Atlanta, mother
of Pinkic and Alex Koplin, formerly
of this Cit, reached us today. Mrs.
Koplin died Friday after a short i'll
ness at her home, surrounded by the
members of her family, most of whom
have visited our city, and have the
sympathies of their many friends in
their bereavement.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
ATTENTION COLORED PEOPLE

Chairman J. c. Brewer, Of the
Campaign Committee for the An>eri-
can Red Cross, has called 4 meeting
for colored people at the Salem Bap-
fist church for next Wednesday night.
Be sure and come out and toin the
Red Cross.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
COCHRAN is GIVEN
g. TWELFTR'S SCHOOL

Cochran, Dec. Cochran was to-
day awarded the new Twelfth District
Agricultural College, he offer of this
place being accepted by the board of
trustees following a visit to the two
contenders for the college, Dublin
and Cochran. The vote stood 8 to 4
in favor of Cochran.
Gov. Hugh NJ. Dorsey and the
trustees came to Cochran from Dub
lin today, This city bid $4,000 and
a site and building valued at $4,000.
The land consists of 2l6 acres, ad-
mirably situated with the building
within the corporate limits of Coch-
ran. Dublin's offer was 100000 in
cash and lands.
The building rendered the trustees
by Cochran is the old Ebenezer
school. 1t is not in the best of re-
pair, but will be improved without de-
Law.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1917-12-10
ME:MBER5 F|Tz-
GERALD POULTRY
ASSOCIATION GET.
PRIZES At SHOW
From Florida Timcs-Union:

Red Jones
Sixty dollars in gold for best dis J
play any one variety.
Ten dollars i'll gold for best display
of poultry from any state other than
Florida.
Silver loving cup for t.. 1t pa
colored male bird. -,
LIST largest display D
other than Florida.
Barred PlJJ<
Cocks-(9 i'll G Il 5.
4th. 5th
Hcns-Ql in ella
Cockerels-QZ
End.
Pullcts-(l6
Pens-(5 in
White Wya~ae5 -.
Pullets-2nd.
Cocks-2nd.
-. \. w hitc
Cocks-(5 in ella
Hens-(3 in ella
Cockercls-G in
5th.
- white Leghq
Pullets--(5 in clas
Pens-(3 in clas
cooks-I5 j
Pcns-(ll in Glass; 18th
o. J. McCrary
IS. c. P. l. Reds.)
Hcns-Q1 in class)-5th.
Pullets-(25 in class A-4th
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-07-07

There are great many people who
would be very much benefited by TAX
Ing Chamberlain Tablets for a weak
or disordered stomach. Are you one
of them? Mrs. M. R. Scarf, Baldwins-
vile, N. Y, relates her experience in
the use of these tablets: II had bad
spell with my s to m h about six
months ago, and was troubled for two
or three weeks with gas and severe
pains in the pit of my stomoch. Our
druggist advised me to take Chamber
lain,s Tablets. / took a bottle home
and the first dose relieved me wonder
fully, and kept0n taking them until
! was cured" These tablets do not
relieve pain, but after the pain has
been relieved may prevent its recur-
renee.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-07-07
TO Detect Butter Substitutes.

The simplest household test for the
detection of butterine, oleomargarine
and their kindred preparations is
known as the boiling process, and is
conducted as follows: Put a piece of
the sample to be tested about the size
of a small chestnut I'm an ordinary
tablespoon and heat 1t lover the gas
Jet usually until 1t melts. fastening
the process by continually stirring 1t
with splinter Of wood or a match
Then bring it to as brisk a boil as pos
sible, and after the boiling has begun
stir the contents of the spoon thor
oughly, not neglecting the outer edges.
two or three times at intervals during
the boiling, always shortly before the
boiling ceases. Oleomargarine. butter
inc, and renovated butter boil noisily.
spluttering (more or less) like a mix
ture of grease and water when boiled,
and produce no foam. or but very little.
while genuine butter boils usually with
less noise and produces an abundance
of foam.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-07-07
ses of Black Draught."

doses of Black Draught."
Seventy years Of successful use has
made Thedfords Black-Draught q
standard. household remedy. Every
member. Of every family, at times.
need the help that Black raught can
give In cleansing the system and re-
lieving the troubles that come from
constipation. indigestion, lazy liver,
etc. You cannot keep well unless your
stomach. liver and bowels are in good
working order. Keep them that way.
Try Black-Draught. 1t acts promptly,
gently and in a natural way. If you
feel sluggish. take a dose tonight.
You will feel fresh tomorrow. Price
CSC. a package-One cent a dose
An druggists. ]. So
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1917-07-07
LIVER DIDN'T ACT
DIGESTION WAS BAD
Says IS year Old Kentucky Lady, Who Tells How She Was Relieved
After Few Doses Of Black Dfaush&

Meadorsville, Ky.-Mrs. Cynthia
Higginbotham, of this town. says: "At
my age. which Is IS. the liver does
not act so well as when young. A few
years ago, my stomach was all out Of
fix. was constipated. my liver
didn't act. My digestion was bad. and
1t took so little to upset me. My ap-
petite was gone. I was very weak.
I decided would give Black
Draught a thorough trial as I knew It
was highly recommended for this
trouble. I began taking It I felt
better after a few doses. My appetite
improved and l became stronger. My
bowels acted naturally and the least
trouble was soon rjghted with few