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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1915
Page
6
Under the Cummins act travelers must declare the value of checked trunks starting June 3. Shippers sign a declaration. misdeclaration can lead to penalties, with railroads moving to enforce value estimates despite expected delays at busy terminals and resorts.
Peking dispatch reports from Taungtau that many Japanese have joined brigand bands in Shantung after the Tsingtao occupation. Japanese troops are conducting hunts for the deserters while large numbers of Japanese crossed into newly occupied districts. Consular reports note even rickshaw coolies moved to Tsingtao to compete with Chinese.
A compact proverb from the Talmud warns that repeating a wrongdoing can numb judgment and blur moral boundaries, shaping a claim on ethics and human behavior.
In The Hague a bookseller splits shop space to display German propaganda alongside French English and Belgian polemical literature. Dutch works on the war include Troelstra’s World War and Social Democracy and Front line memoirs by Price and Palek. Counterparts from Hungary and France appear in German and French sections, with Britannica style histories and Armand Colin brochures featured in Paris.
Washington May 29 Representatives of the Bureau of Soils are surveying Wilkes County Georgia for a complete soil survey. The work will take several months and a large map showing soil types roads schools burned railroads and watercourses will accompany the report with recommendations on crops fertilizers cover crops and rotations. The report and map will be circulated months after survey completion.
The Associated Press reports that President Wilson will demand a settlement of the Mexican problem by the warring factions and, if needed, use undisclosed means to achieve peace. The move follows urgent warnings of potential American intervention and includes food aid plans for Mexicans. Three carloads of Red Cross provisions are to Monterey from Laredo, with hunger reports reaching Red Cross HQ.
Over 800 registrations anticipated for the summer school with hopes of 900 plus. About 700 teachers from out of town expected. dormitory space filling early. Ninety-two have paid deposits for reservations. many more seeking reservations or sending the small fee later. Street car company plans to cover room rents at the Normal School to aid teacher students and educational interests.
A sunrise over a quiet gorge as dew glistens on leaves and petals. A gray stone paved road winds through the mountains, soft as velvet, evoking the urge to stroke the scene and contemplate Mariin Gorky.
The narrator recalls burning his year’s writings after review. Spencer rejects a purely vegetarian plan as too bulky and argues rational life requires compromise. He promotes a middle path between extreme appetites and passive indulgence.
Atlanta May 29 Hooper Alexander United States attorney for the Northern district of Georgia filed with the state prison commission a plea for the commutation of Leo M Frank's sentence arguing Frank did not murder Mary Phagan and that James Conley, the alleged slayer, was the real culprit Solicitor Dorsey opposed clemency noting the murder case convictions were upheld by courts while Mrs J W Coleman Phagan's mother sent a letter protesting commutation saying the penalty is not too severe
The Atlanta News Bureau of The Chronicle and Macon Telegraph resumes operations June 1 with John W. Hammond as manager. Hammond, longtime Chronicle editor, will oversee state capital coverage from the Kimball House in Atlanta and return to Augusta in October to resume his Chronicle duties. The Kimball Hotel undergoes renovations under a new operator as the bureau serves Georgia politics.
A University of Missouri economics professor asked a girl student what she would do after graduation. She replied she would marry, and the professor told her to write a paper on the high cost of living. Collegiate remark attributed to Columbia Herald.
Bilious readers are advised to remove the yolk from eggs at breakfast. Cook the whites medium soft and serve without yolk to ease digestion while keeping the essential issue-building components.
Isham Hatley a 15 year old Hartwell youth saved Neal Craft aged 9 from drowning in the Broad River during a Brown’s Ferry picnic. Craft fell from a ferry boat into a swift fifteen foot deep sluice. Hatley swam thirty feet to reach him then hauled him to safety with aid from J W Temple and Hon J M Skelton.
Berlin based interview with Dr Walther Rathenau reveals Germanys raw materials strength, copper and chemical advances, and wartime domestic mobilization of women. He envisions a united Europe economy postwar and argues tariffs sparked the conflict while German households adapt with substituted metals and new industry.
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