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The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
ALLIES GAIN !, ON
ALL OF THE FRONTS
EAST OF slxscHooTE, ADD:
ING TO THEIR GAINS.
(By Associated Press.}

Both the British and French armies
are facing the Germans in Flanders
and have struck hard blows at the
antagonists with a reward Of further
gains. The British have taken all
German. first line positions east of
Hodge between Freezenberg and
Ypres. All of these were held in
the face of fierce counter attacks.
Near Bischoote and Langwarck the
French captured several farms and
many machine guns. The Germans
aer shelling the Canadians near Lens.
The German attack on the allied
fronts at st. Quentin have failed.
Along the Aisne front the German
onslaught against the French was de-
feted. In Galicia, Bukowina and Mol
davia the Teutons are declared by the
Berlin war office to continue gains.
While the entente guns are today
hammering at the Teutonic line in
Flanders with fury fully equal to
that which marked the original bonn
bardment. the infantry is not by any
means inactive.
The British last night completed
the task of driving the Germans from
Westhoek and from the ridge near
the town. This gives the British a
far better grip on the line immediate
ly east of Ypres.
There is evidence of pronounced
entente activity on the Arras front
where the British report extensive
raids day by day.
Reports of notable work of the
Canadians around Lens with a con-
tinuing tightening of the lines about
this important center are coming in.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
MEET TO DISCUSS
BETTER HIGHWAY
TRADE BOARDS OF BRUNSWICK
AND WAYcRosS WILL HOLD
JOINT MEETING.

For the purpose of deciding upon
something definite with reference to
the improvement of the Waycross-
Brunswick automobile highway, a
meeting of the Boards of Trade of
the two cities, good road enthusiasts
and probably representatives of the
commissioners of Glynn and Ware,
will be held within a short time,
Correspondence between Secretary
Smith and Secretary Elkins, of the
Waycross board. is now going on ana
date for the meeting will be decided
upon shortly.
The Waycross nal-Herald of
yesterday contained the following
with reference to the meeting:
Secretary ]. S. Elkins. of the
chamber of commerce, has received a
letter from the Brunswick Board of
Trade, saying Brunswick was ready
and anxious to cooperate with Way
cross for the improvement of the
highway between the two cities
Nothing has been heard as yet from
the authorities OF Wayne and Pierce
counties, but it is presumed they will
join hands with Ware and Glynn for
the highways development.
AS soon as Secretary Elkins con-
fers with the Brunswick organization
a date for a meeting at some point
on the highway will be fixed. This
highway is regarded as one of the
most important in southeast Georgia
and once the counties get to work on
it all cause for complaint will be re
moved
1t is confidently believed that dur
ing the next three months gangs
from all counties through which the
road goes will be at work On the
highway, and that in the course OF
the next six months it will be one of
the best stretches of highway to be
found in the state The people along
the route are deeply interested and
are going to assist Waycross and
Brunswick in every way possible"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
ABSENTEES MUST
REPORT TODAY
THOSE NOT APPEARING FOR Ex
ANIMATION WILL BE DRAFT
ED AS PHYSICALLY FIT.

II those forty Glynn CONTAINS who
have failed to respond to the call of
the local exemption board for ap-
pearance for physical examination
will profit by some sound advice, they
will present themselves to the board
for examination before O'Clock this
afternoon. Chairman Edwin w. Dart,
of the local board, explained to the
News last night that under the law
it would become the duty of the board
to certify these absentees to the war
department as physically fit this aft
ernoon if by that time they had not
presented themselves for examina.
ton. If this is DONE it means that
the men will be drafted for service
and that whatever real reason they
may have for exemption, will lose its
standing with the department In all
there is total of forty who have not
responded, and they will lose the op-
portunity il they do not report this
afternoon.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
WOULD MAKE SEPT
4 GREAT HOLIDAY
DRAFT LEVIES ARE TO BE EN-.
TRAINED FOR CAMPS ON
THAT DATE.

Washington, Aug. 10.-A national
holiday may be declared on Septem.
ber > in celebration of the entrain
ment OF the draft levies for the train
ing cantonments No step to this end
has been taken as yet, but officials
at the provost marshal generals of
nee regard it as a probable result OF
the simultaneous movement of the Sc.
lected men from all over the country
conferences We're in progress today
with railway officials on details OF
the mobilization. The transportation
lines face the problem of collecting
the first 100000 men from 4,57O dis.
trlcts, provide them with sleeping
car accommodations where necessary
and provide for stops at point where
the soldiers can be fed well an.
quickly.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
laid additional stress today on his
statement to local boards that if
the exemptions of married men or
others with dependent relatives. The
draft law did not exclude any such
from military service, but merely au.
thorlzed the president to grant such
discharges where the circumstances
made it appear advisable.
The effort of General Crowder's
cautions to the local boards is to
make possible reopening of every
case where a registered man has al.
ready been held discharged bv rea.
son of those dependent on him.
Reports from many districts
throughout the country that as high
as so per cent of the registrants
called for examination are filing
claims for discharge because of de.
pendent relat ives caused General
Crowder to instruct exemption boards
today to reduce grants of immunity
from the draft law ito a far more
restricted class and to very necessi.
tious and clearly defined circum
stances"
Regulations detailing the procedure
IN assembling the soldiers of the Sc
lectiVe draft army were being for
warded to exemption boards today
Every stage of the draft is outlined
from the initial call for service tc
the entrance of the men to the can
tcnments where their training pc
riods will begin.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
PRICE ABUSES
Be CORRECTED
SAYS HOOVER
Drastic Measures VIII N& Be
Attempted Unless it Be-
comes Necessary.
70 STABILIZE CONDITIONS
The Food Administrator Issues
Strong Statement, Setting
Forth Objects and Aims OF
Administration.
TO STABILIZE CONDITIONS

Washington, Aug. 10-With the ap
pojnt;lsnt of Herbert G. Hoover to-
day Jfood administrator, the United
States government assumes control
of the entire food supply of the coun-
try. In a statement issued today, Mr.
Hoover sets forth the aims of the ad-
ministration in the matter He said
it would be the aim of the commits
sion to stabilize and not to disturb
conditions. Every effort will be made
to CORRECT price abuses and drastic
efforts will not be resorted to until
it is made certain that the purposes
of the food administration cannot be
accomplished through constructive CO.
operation with food producing and
food distributing industries. He ar
gued that the very existence OF cor
rective powers tend to check specula-
tion and price initiation
The appointment of Mr.. Hoover
came after bitter fight~in the house
and senate, some members of which
contended for food control board
composed cf three members How
ever, at the earnest request and per-
sonal appeal of President Wilson,
they yielded to his request.
Mr. Hoover was formerly food ad-
ministrator of Belgium, and was en-
tirely successful.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
WATSON FIRES
HIS FIRST LEGAL
|. GUN AND LOSES!
Appeared Before Judge Emory
Speer at Mt. Airy Yester=
day Morning.
ASKED FOR HABEAS CORPUS
Notorious Georgian Represent
ed Two Men in Jail in Rich
mOnd County Who Failed on
Register.

Mt. Airy, Ga, Aug. 10-The first
legal step in Georgia to resist the
application of the selective draft sys-
tenn of raising an army was taken
here today before Judge Emory
Speer.
Thomas f. Watson. who has been
the cause of practically all of the op
position to the law, appeared before
Judge Speer here today with petitions
for habeas corpus writs for two men
now confined in the jails of Richmond
county These men were placed in
Jail under the direction of the United
States district attorney for refusing
to register under the terms Of the
draft law.
The petition was promptly denied
by Judge Speer, and the two men
will be duly tried by the United States
court for the southern district of
Georgia when it meets in Augusta
early in the coming fall.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
U.S.S. REPOS0 /
ARRIVES IN PORT
UNDERSTOOD COAST PATROL
BOAT WILL MAKE THIS PORT
HEADQUARTERS

The U. S. s. Reposo H. SIP 1913,
which has been on patrol duty in
Florida waters for the past few
weeks, arrived in Brunswick yester-
day morning and tied up at one OF
the wharves along the river front.
She remained in port for a short
while and then made a trip around
the harbor, docking again late in the
afternoon, when all the crew came
ashore.
While nothing official could be as
certained as to the coming of the
coast guard ship, it is understood
that she has been assigned to patrol
duty in these waters and that, for a
time at least, she will make her head
quarters in Brunswick and will work
in connection with the local section
commander
The Reposo is in command of En-
sign w. S. Harris, and carries crew
of some ten or twelve men, most of
whom have enlisted in the coast pa
troll service. Thomas Hopkins, of
this city. who left here several days
ago for Jacksonville, after being call
ed into service, is one of the officers
of the vessel being chief petty of
ticer. The Reposo is one of several
boats which are doing patrol duty
along the South Atlantic coast and
most of her time will be spent out
side while she is expected to put into
port every day or two for supplies,
etc.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
UNCLE SAM WANTS
To INSURE TROOPS
ELL ASKING AUTHORITY FOR IN
SURANCE OF MEN IN SER
VICE AT THE FRONT.

Washington, Aug. 10.-Authority to
make effective the governments pro
gram of insuring the armed forces
was sought of congress today in bills
which were introduced in both
houses.
The government plan would pro-
vide for insurance at minimum cost
for the American sailors, soldiers,
marines and enlisted men, paying
premiums, family allowances for de-
pendents of men in the service, in
demnity for disabilities. re-education
and rehabilitation of all injured men
at government expense.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
ACTION IS DUE
IOSYMPATHY FOR
GEN. COCKTAILS
The Whole Legal Department,
Without preliminaries,
Walk Out.
THIS MAY CAUSE CONFUSION
Action of These Lawyers Came
as a Complete Surprise to Of
ficlals in Washington-Oth=
ers to be Named.
THIS MAY CAUSE CONFUSION

Washington, Aug. 10.-One of the
surprises of the day in official circles
here was the rendering of re3igna-
tions on the part of all the legal staff
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
The lawyers en- the board comprise
some of the most noted legal talent
in the country. and they resigned in
a body without the least ceremony.
1t was stated that the designations
is due to the fact that the attorneys
in question are in sympathy with the
cause cf General Goethals, whose res
ignation as general manager OF the
board was recently acCeptde by the
president.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
Belgians Arrested.

New York, Aug. 10.-Six members
of Belgian ship crew and three 9th
er men were arrested today charged
with smuggling rubber and platinum
to Germany by way of Holland and
Belgium. All are said to be Belgian
citizens
The officers said the arrests ended
a years search for the underground
route by which Germany had been
getting from twenty-five to thirty
thousand dollars worth of these COM
modities weekly from Atlantic ports.
The shipments were worth much
more when they reached Germany.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
REDRAFT Of WAR
TAX BILL EXPLAINED
SENATOR SIMMONS GOES INTO
DETAILS AND SHOWS THE
CHANGES NECESSARY.

Washington, Aug. 10-Senator Sim
mons, of North Carolina, chairman of
the senate finance committee. TODAY
explained to the senate the purpose
of his committee in redrafting the war
tax bill. The senator explained that
the changes greatly increased the tax
burdens to be borne by great manu-
featuring corporations, which have
gained heavy profits by reason of the
war. Senator Simmons says that the
finance committee hopes to present
the redrafted measure to the senate
tomorrow and urge prompt action.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
TO CONTROL WORLD
TONNAGE IS PLAN
U. S. SHIPPING BOARD AND THOS,
ROYDEN, OF BRITISH MIS-
SION, CONFER.

Washington, Aug. 10.-Control of
the worlds tonnage, with short re-
duction of ocean freight rates, was
discussed at length here today by the
officers of the United States Shipping
Board and Thomas Royden, of the
Britiah mission.
to the United States government,
through it's mission to this country,
that the United States enter into an
allied chartering conference 1t is
proposed to force neutral tonnage
into this conference by allied fueling
arrangements.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
Mr.. TAFT REPORTED AS
BEING MUCH IMPROVED

Clay Center, Kas., Aug. 10-Physi-
clans attending former President Taft
determined today to allow him to
his attack Of stomach trouble last
Tuesday.
Mr.. Taft is some better this morn
ing" said DR.. b. F. Morgan, "al-
though he is very weak. He has no
temperature and seems much more
cheerful and like himself than he has
been at any time since he became
ILL.,"
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
SEAMEN AND EMPLOYERS
REACH AN AGREEMENT

Washington, Aug. 10.-The Ameri-
can seamen and their employers
came to a full agreement concerning
wages and working conditions today
This is to cover the period embrac-
ed by the war. A government official
problem of obtaining efficient men to
operate the great merchant fleet
which the government is building.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
WHOLE LEGAL STAFF
OF SHIPPING BOARD
RESIGNS IN A BODY
\ = + \ .
, POISON PLASTERS ARE
FOUND IN CLEVELAND

y Cleveland Aug. 10.-Two half y
y bushel baskets of poisoned court y
y plaster were found in an apart y
= ment raided by detectives this y
y morning. A German pole, whose '
y name was withheld, was arrest \
= ed and turned over to federal '
= authorities. The plaster bears y
y marks of Chicago manufac- y
= turer. y
= \ \ i
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
CHICAGO EXCHANGE WANTS
THE PRICE OF CORN FIXED

Chicago, Aug. 10.-The Chicago
Live Stock Exchange today passed
resolutions requesting the United
States government to fix the price of
corn. The exchange asks that the
minimum price be fixed at rs cents
per bushel, and the maximum at 81.
The purpose of the act is to insure
sufficient acreage. The exemption of
live stock breeders was also request
ed.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
THREE MEMBERS OF BOARD
REMOVED IN NEW YORK

New York. Aug 10-Three men,
bers of the exemption board on the
East Side were removed today by At
torney General Conklin under orders
or Adjutant General Stotesbury The
records of the board were placed in
charge of the police.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
AUDIENCE WITH KAISER.

Zurich, Aug 10.-German Chancel-
lor Michaelis, Cabinet Field Marshal
Frederick of Austria held confer
ence with the kaiser today.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
NEGROES APPOINTED.

Baltimore, Aug. 10.-Twenty-
negroes were appointed by Governor
Harrington as members of negro
section OF state defense council
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
HOOVER IS NAMED;
GOVERNMENT ASSUMES
CONTROLFOODSUPPlY
: y 4 \ 4 4 ! \ \
; TRAGEDY ACCIDENTAL,
SAYS MILITARY BOARD

= Atlanta, Aug. 1C-The military !
= war board, appointed to exam =
\ inc into the accidental killing of =
= four civilians at Kennesaw Noun :
= tain, reported today that the '
= whole thing was purely acciden- =
y tai. The shot was fired by stu y
= dent officers of the field artil- =
: lery :
+ : \ ! 4 = : \ y \
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1917-08-11
HOGS ARE AWAITING.

Chicago Aug. 10.Hogs touched
the new record price of SIT today on
the Chicago Stock Exchange
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-23
WHAT IS HAPPINESS?

From childhood until old age people
seek happiness. Some apparently find
it: others certainly do not. Some
think happiness lies in having plenty
of money; others believe 1t is in hav-
ing a congenial home and family. 1t Is
hunted under the bright lights OF the
big cities and on the treeless plains
Of the west. 1t appears to one person
as one thing and to another as some
thing entirely different. But the quest
goes on all the time, so apparently,
happiness is yet to be definitely locat-
ed and tagged
Leslie NJ. Shaw, an IOwan of nation
nj Importance, thus sums up the sub
stance of which happiness is made:
It is recorded that when our first
parents were driven from the garden
this blessing was pronounced: I'm the
sweat Of thy face shalt thou eat
bread" There is also double COM
mandment, the first injunction Of
which, Remember the Sabbath day
to keep it holy" the church seeks to
enjoin, but the latter is just as bind
ing and as woefully transgressed, six
days shalt thou labor"
We also read that when God had
maze the WOTlQS he pTOuOuuCeQ JHcul
very good" and think we may rev.
erently assume that the Great Jehovah
got divine satisfaction and gratifica
ton out of his dictatorship and his SOW
ereignty Later when he made man
IN his own image" and desired to pro
vide for his happiness, he gave him a
spark of the divine nature from which
through all the centuries man has re-
ceived the acme of his happiness
through his relationships and his sov-
ereignties.
1t is not surprising. therefore, that
all happiness as well as all prosperity
rests on industry. Having touched or
seen life at every angle. and therefore
speaking as an expert, declare what
do know-that the happy women of
this world like the happy men are
those who rise to daily tasks The
woman who does not know whether
the day shall bring the yacht, the auto
mobile, a whist party or matinee,
may get some pleasure out of life but
she will remain a stranger to happi-
ness. We fathers are unintentionally
doing all we can to blight the future
of our daughters by creating an at.
mosphere that pleasure and happiness
are synonymous terms. They are not
Happiness comes from task per-
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-23
FEEDING THE BIRDS.

Better Iowa, a publication gotten out
nv the state college at Ames. makes
the suggestion that self feeders pc
used to assist the birds over the WIN
ter months. It is pointed out that IL
will pay any farmer to make fr1ends
with the birds by arranging feedlng
place for them this winter and then
feeding them daily. For every min
ute the downy woodpecker spenos
cleaning up old soup bones or bread
crumbs laid out for him, he spends an
hour searching the apple trees LOT
alternating insects, insect eggs, grups
and beetles while the chickadee ana
iunco spend their time harvesting last
years crop Of weed seed.
It is a matter of but few minutes
each day to put old soup bones OF
bread crumbs in a sheltered spot
where the birds can get them. Or, pet
Tar turn a sheltered tree by the south
window into a bird cafeteria. On sew
aral limbs tie or wire several pieces
Of that universal bird food, suet. On
a shelf on one limb place the self
feeder" a shelf. covered with screen
ings from the wheat mill, plra seeu y.
table waste If growing tree Is hot
Mt hand, use a discarded Chrlsthlas
tree.
Some trouble may be had from Eng
lish sparrows stealing the 1000, puI
thew seldom If ever eat suet, wnlie on
the other hand this is relished by the
downy woodpecker, hairy woodpecker'
nuthatch, chickadee, flicker. blue JAY
brown creeper, tree sparrow and lunco:
Doubtless all of these birds Will not
be attracted. but one is almost sure 10
have some winged visitors when once
they find food supplied each day. And
n will be worth while to court their
visits,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-23
DIRECTORS MUST DIRECT.

The popular conception OF a corpor-
alton director is wealthy individual
who puts in his time clipping coupons
while emaloyesy.c conduct the business:
The late James j. Hill, builder of the
sroat northwest, had different con-
ception. This months issue OF the
Worlds Work contained this article:
Letters from the late J. J. Hill show
his idea of the responsibility man
assumes when he sits on board OF
directors. Mr. Kennedy, a lawyer and
close friend of Mr.. Hill, had suggested
the name of prominent New Yorker
rs one that would be valuable to add
to the list of directors of one Of Mr..
Hills railroads. Mr.. Hill takes the
matter up with a friend in this en-
phatic way: II told Mr.. Kennedy
plainly that unless Mr.. would
agree to spend two weeks at least in
every year on the property and would
undertake to know its wants, ! would
vote against him; and further, that |
would not again vote for anyone as
director who did not once year ex-
anime the property and it's affairs so
that his opinion would be Of some
value in its councils"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-23
GRANTS
BIG JUDGMENT
FOR TRUSTEE
Judge Anderson Files His
Opinion in Ottumwa
Beverage Co. Case
w. H. STEVENS, WHO is
HOLDER, GETS $66,OOO

District Judge D. NJ. Anderson's de-
cree, filed with the clerk of the court
Thursday afternoon in the case of w
H. Stevens. trustee VS.. Ottumwa Bev'
erage Co.. ct al, orders judgment
of $4,000 and interest against the
company.
First mortgage holdings give $40,
900 of this amount and second mort
cages of $4,000. Objections made by
the company's counsel to the first
form of decree. several weeks ago,
were sustained by the court and the
last page of his opinion written to
conform with the suggestions made.
1t is probable that an appeal will be
taken to the supreme court on the
judgment issued.
This case was tried here before
Judge Anderson on November to IA
and submitted to him on the fifteenth.
In his decree he holds that the first
mortgage per cent gold bonds Of the
Ottumwa Beverage Co., dated Deem
Der I. 1914 are valid and existing in
debtedness of the company The sum
Of these is $4,000
The second papers of the same kind
are dated March 90. 1915 and $4,000
Of them is held as valid Indebtedness.
The court finds that $4,000 of them
were issued without consideration.
are not held by innocent parties and
can be counted as debts.
Mr.. Stevens as trustee, is found by
the court to legally represent the
holders and owners of the first and
second mortgages. The Judge also
found that the name had been changed
to the Ottumwa Cold Storage Co., but
that it and the Ottumwa Beverage Co.,
are one and the same concern.
Judge Anderson holds that the COM
pany is legally indebted to Stevens,
as trustee. for the principal and inter
est on the two mortgage bond issues
of s66,935 and also liable for attorney
fees amounting to $759.35.
He declares the Judgment to be a
lien on the mortgaged premises and
orders special execution to issue at
the election of the plaintiff
A permanent injunction is granted
to restrain the defendant concern from
further dismantling its property and
from selling furniture,s fixtures or
machinery.