13 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
1
A historic note outlines advancing capital and bonds for a railroad extension from Fort to Edison. The plan, supported by local attorneys and the Georgia railroad commission, aims to issue stock and debt to fund construction and accelerate entry into the new route once location and approval are secured.
A disrupted scene along a rural highway near Atlanta involved a carmiting encounter at a substation and a county police response. Bystanders aided the stranded motorist while a proprietor protected the scene and a man reported the event to authorities.
The report notes widespread salt shortages with wholesalers nearly exhausted and few retailers stockpiling for their own customers. Farmers fear galt supply during hog killing season while sugar scarcity threatens Americus within a week without new deliveries.
The weather bulletin warns of colder weather tonight with a low around 16 to 27 degrees observed earlier. It records the coldest night since Saturday and notes 21 degrees on Sunday night as the latest instrument reading.
Washington December 13. The War Department announced that enlisted men and officers of the new national army will not be granted Christmas furloughs unless they live within trolley distance of their cantonments. The decision was disclosed this morning.
Premier Lloyd George announced in the house of commons that General Allenby, the British commander in Palestine, entered Jerusalem on foot Tuesday. Other details of the occupation of the city were announced yesterday.
Atlanta grinds through one of the coldest spells in years with scant coal on hand as local dealers struggle to get supplies from mines. The Chamber of Commerce and Senator Hoke Smith pressed the Fuel Administration in Washington, securing orders to ship coal for domestic use and aid Georgia cities, but railroad congestion slowed deliveries and insufficient stock remained before the blizzard.
Georgia Tech will play the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, the contest set for November 16. The announcement came from Tech Athletic council officials.
In Washington on December 12 the Senate Military Committee opened an inquiry into the general conduct of the war. The probe focuses on the War Department’s work in arming and equipping American forces fighting Germany.
London reports an Austrian battleship Wein was torpedoed Sunday night per a Vienna official statement received via Central News. Most of the crew were rescued. details of the sinking scene were not given. The Wein, an older but efficient unit, displaced 5,512 tons and carried 440 sailors.
Nearly one hundred enlistments flood American services in ten days with all branches, including aviation, urging volunteers before December 15 deadline. Recruiting offices in the area report heavy calls, with local postmaster and officials pressed to handle the surge.
Washington October 12 The railroad war board, a representative committee of railroad executives, pledged the fullest cooperation in any decision the president may make to solve the railroad problem.
Dec 13 report from Smolny Institute says the Russian constituent assembly will be reopened by a representative of the national commissioners as 400 members arrive. The Dolghevski leadership backs the move and notes the assembly was set to convene Monday at Hatowlas.
London dispatch reports heavy air activity on the western front Monday, focusing on the Cambrai region. An official statement says five German planes were destroyed or brought down, with three aircraft reported missing at night.
Revised estimates reduce Thursday explosion casualties at Halifax from earlier figures. The known dead are about eight hundred, with total deaths around eighteen hundred. The number of missing steadily falls as refugees return and families are reunited. many believed trapped have returned with relatives.
Warren G Grey a US Army sergeant allegedly posed as Lieutenant William Alwyn Jennings and married a socially prominent Atlanta woman. He arrived with his bride on a Clyde Line ship to New York as federal agents report he fled a $6,500 worth of worthless checks in Atlanta. Grey was held on $5,000 bail pending removal to Atlanta after a US commissioner hearing. He supposedly claimed to be son of James R. Jennings and nephew of William Jennings Bryan to gain access to high society.
Three inches of snow fell today across Georgia. In Savannah the Credit Men's Associations of Georgia South Carolina and Florida met at Hotel Savannah and adopted resolutions urging rating agencies to include applicants draft status in reports. They also urged a fast money measure and a potential protest demonstration was planned in Savannah against the proclamations, with organizers noting public support as the date approached.
In Northern Italy on December 11 a U S Congressman fired the first American shot against Austria using a 149 millimeter gun at Austrian positions on the Lower Piave front. Meanwhile, German raiders reported northeast of Rheims are described as a probing action with no major Allied response. Russian demobilization begins per German agency in Copenhagen and a Romanian armistice suspends hostilities with Germany starting December 18 in Jassy Romania.
Sheriff Harvey advertises sale by court order for December 0 of three trunks seized for liquor. One trunk holds Black Label whisky, another Budweiser beer, and the third cans of syrup. Bidders compete to acquire the trunks, after which the intoxicants are publicly destroyed.
Fire in the Beth chem Steelompany munition plant near New Castle started among loaded shells and scattered debris, with several shells exploding. The rear scene was described as resembling a town bombarded by heavy artillery. Officials said only minor damage occurred at the New Castle plant.
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