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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1918
Page
5
The Shipping Board plans a volunteer reserve of 250000 shipyard workers, recruited with state defense councils aid and fed into shipyards as needed. A bill may be introduced in Congress to appropriate 100 million for housing. Recruitment and organization to begin immediately.
Washington reports no lives lost after distress call from American steamer Texan following a collision. Navy advices say no vessels have reported casualties and no deaths tonight.
Atlanta Jan 14 Commissioner of Agriculture J J Brown warns Georgia faces near total loss or serious damage to small grain crops including wheat oats and rye due to extended hard freezing. He expects reports this week on recovery prospects with snow cover aiding only in spots.
Norfolk Va Jan 14 Under heavy naval guard a man who gave the name Walter Sporrman suspected of links to Captain Boy-Ed plots was taken to Baltimore tonight to be turned over to Justice agents. He was arrested near Newport News Saturday while trying to blow up an army magazine at the unfinished aviation camp.
Louisville Jan 14 two were killed and sixteen injured thirteen seriously in a collision between a Louisville and Southern Indiana Traction car and a Jeffersonville and Louisville Interurban near the city.
Mrs. W. W. Bilvey of Winterville Georgia reports long suffering from kidney trouble with swelling dizziness and tiredness. After doctor visits and other remedies she found relief using Doan's Kidney Pills, which eliminated dropsical swelling and all kidney disorder symptoms. Price 60c at dealers. FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY recommends the remedy.
Washington reports state coal and food shipments to New York may receive limited priority as blizzard disruptions hit rail traffic. No priority for the Midwest, with plans to withdraw once normal weather returns. Garfield and McAdoo announce ships carrying food and munitions will have bunker coal, even if it burdens domestic users. Four improvement plans outline zones, price policy, priority oversight, and clean coal incentives.
Washington on January 14 saw Daniel E. Willard chair of the War Industries Board and Bernard Ebarech head of its war material division advocate a centralized control of all war supplies. They urged a munitions administration directly responsible to the president but rejected a separate cabinet department headed by a single official.
In Mexico City on January 14 ten army officers, including General Parra, were executed at Totiluca for their roles in the plot to kill the military district commander and the state governor. Forty-five officers were arrested in the case. The bulletin also reports coal distribution shortfalls and record coal rail movement versus 1916.
Georgia's Red and Black, after crushing Christian College 122 to 2, prepares for a pivotal road showdown with Joe Bean's Atlanta Athletic Association. Morgan Blake notes the rivalry's intensity, praising Alfred Scott and Ced Cocke as standout contenders, while highlighting the youthful Georgia squad's teamwork and fight.
Indianapolis January 14 one of the main issues at the United Mine Workers biennial convention is whether operators and miners will ratify the Washington agreements giving substantial wage increases. The pacts run until April 1 1920 with little chance the convention will reject the national agreement backed by union officers.
Chicago faced the worst cold in half a century following a crippling blizzard. Coal shortages shut blast furnaces at South Chicago, threatening rail disruptions. Armour and Swift packing houses closed, workers clearing snow for livestock transport as cattle and hogs suffered exposure. A new storm was predicted to reach the city within a day.
Judge Andrew J. Cobb ordered a Clark County grand jury for the January term to probe jail and criminal cases. Forty years after four terms begin, the panel will meet early to review indictments and decide true bills from thirty drawn jurors led by H. V. Head and others.
Macon Ga Jan 14 Major A P Gardner a former Massachusetts congressman died at the base hospital Camp Wheeler from pneumonia The body will be sent to Washington after Senator Lodge arrives Gardner who gave up his seat in congress to serve in the army and led the Thirty first division as a colonel He requested rank reduction to Major to join active service In Washington the death brought sorrow and Arlington cemetery burial planned accompanied by Major Keenan for the Dixie Division Washington mourns the death noting his Spanish American War service as captain later breveted major for gallantry in Porto Rico
A San Francisco Ex aminer story describes Robert Allen, a lodging-house resident, claiming to be the sole heir of Atlanta magnate Colonel James Smith who died with about eight million dollars. He outlines plans to bank seventy five dollars, hire automobiles for a world tour, and “buy off the mountain dew” after courts settle the estate. the judge dismisses the vagrancy case.
The Augusta Chronicle reprinted Major J. C. C. Black’s leading editorial fierce with faith and philosophy. It reflects on a dark world moment when nations stumble despite a supposed bright day and asserts hope that the sun will shine again.
Telegraphic dispatches from Berlin report Chancellor von Hertling likely to resign soon as autocratic rule resurges amid German social and economic distress. The piece contrasts wartime hardship with calls for faith, urging perseverance and charity as war toll deepens and citizens unite in aid to soldiers and the needy.
Georgia article notes State Entomologist E L Worsham resigns to run Sapelo Island Sea Island cotton project. A C Lewis and R W Smith named as potential successors. Worsham led the department a decade and gains national recognition for conservation work.
The city assessors have begun their work despite bad weather. They focus on the first ward properties and will proceed as weather permits. The 1904 board includes George H. Palmer as chairman, with George Collins and Henry Patman.
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