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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
3
Stockholm reports the Swedish government recognizes the seriousness of disclosures in Washington about German dispatches. It says all transmission of German messages has stopped and Sweden has asked Germany for an explanation, with steps to set matters right underway.
Mr. George L. Williams, recently elected Adjunct Professor of Finance at the University of Georgia School of Commerce, has arrived in Athens to teach banking economics and finance. A Lawrenceville native and alumnus of UGA and Columbia, he has studied finance at Columbia and the New York School of Commerce and worked in New York Life Insurance and Carnegie Corporation offices.
Professor E E Peacock of the School of Commerce at the University returns to Athens welcomed by friends after a summer in New York City. He worked with Rees Lybrand Montgomery and attended Columbia University Summer Session to train in accounting and auditing for new advanced courses. Peacock is a Harvard Business School graduate and will teach accounting and industrial management as Adjunct Professor.
An Atlantic port report from Sept 15 states a British steamer bound for the port received a wireless warning from the Cape Race station on Sept 13 about a submarine sighting. No location was provided, and the warning came after previous reports from another steamer.
Funeral services for Mrs Family Quillian were held yesterday at 11 30 in the church she long attended. Dr Belk conducted the service as hundreds paid tribute to a life devoted to service. Tributes came from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and Missionary Society and from local schools. The quartette sang the songs she loved and pallbearers listed. Interment followed at Oconee cemetery.
A prominent Athens physician, unnamed for privacy, received a full life time illness payout from Fidelity & Casualty Co New York via local agent Martin J Abney. The policy has paid over 55000 in lost time benefits for Athens citizens through Abneys agency.
Washington Sept 15 The United States submarine sank at a Atlantic port dock yesterday morning. No loss of life occurred and officials expect raising the submersible within days to report the full accident details to the navy department.
Raleigh N C Sept 16 Three deaths and property damages of many thousand dollars are the known toll of heavy rains and high winds which today swept the eastern section of the state Many washouts on the rail roads resulted from the downpour.
Petrograd reports Korniloff's arrest ending the revolt and a new cabinet formation. Kerensky orders the army and fleet to cease political actions to restore fighting strength. Germany and Austria announce a regency to govern Poland during occupation as fronts show limited activity. Russians push at Riga, occupying several towns.
Washington DC reports another chapter in the tortures of German prison camps by a Russian soldier who escaped by tunneling under an electrified fence. He says a labor battalion of about two thousand men was reduced to fewer than five hundred by starvation exposure and beating with daily rations of bread and turnip soup.
Paris reports published telegrams show Emperor William and the Russian Czar discussed a 1904 1905 secret alignment of Germany Russia and France against England. The former Russian ambassador to France counters that the agreement was canceled in 1905 and not renewed. William reportedly called Alsace Lorraine a dead issue after France did not respond to the Moroccan crisis.
British dispatch from France reports German authorities on the western front plan to reward the first American captured or killed with an Iron Cross first class, 400 marks, and fourteen days leave. The disclosure came from a Prussian sergeant's diary found by Allied forces.
Spectacular display by the Ellavor Sisters with the Sells-Floto circus shows them hanging for minutes by their teeth and performing daring evolutions high in the tent They practiced weeks to achieve the feat and warn that a grip failure would mean instant death for both faces in the act. The performance is billed as the fall’s only big show.
Special to the Banner from Winder Georgia reports Southeastern Christian College at Auburn opens its third session with the largest enrollment in its history despite bad weather. President John H Wood presided as H M Patterson J O Hawthorne T O Hathcock W O Perry Claude Mayne and xi Wood spoke of a bright outlook for the year.
Atlanta in Sept hears acting adjutant general state every district board must decide white male claims by Sept 19, with counties sending 15th cohort prioritized. Movements follow fixed train schedules. autos require special permission and no extra cost to government. Georgia may supply about 7,333 men, with only forty percent white availability.
Washington reports the House approved the appropriations committee amendment to the 7.000 billion urgent deficiency bill without opposition. The measure authorizes about 1.2 billion for the administration's merchant marine program with roughly 630 million of that sum available immediately.
Washington Sept 15 Plans to speed senate action on the soldiers and sailors insurance bill were set after Democratic leader Senator Martin received a message from President Wilson urging enactment before Congress adjourns. A Senate subcommittee including Senator Smith of Georgia was named to handle the measure and will begin work Monday.
Washington report notes a conference clash over senate eliminations of the manufacturers gross sales tax and related levies totaling about 70 million dollars. A compromise would raise half from resources, with bright prospects following. The article also mentions large student enrollments and university plans in electric lighting, water, and sewerage upgrades. A strong faculty is joined by President John H. Wood and H. R. Garrett for an upcoming year.
Atlanta urges Georgia farmers to destroy all cotton stalks by October 16 to kill overwintering boll weevils. Entomologists say fall destruction reduces adult and immature weevils, weakens survivors, and protects next season. Seed selection after stalk destruction is the next key step, with pedigreed seed advised and bulletins offered by the Georgia State Board of Entomology.
Atlanta dispatch urges every Georgia farmer to plant as much wheat as possible this fall due to high prices and persistent demand. It warns against delaying until after killing frost for non-grazing crops and details formaldehyde treatment to prevent smut, including practical steps for drying and sowing the grain.
Judge Charlie Young, former councilman and magistrate of the town district, now proprietor of the Washington Hotel, was reported last night to be much improved after a sudden stroke. He rose briefly yesterday evening and, though fatigued, his friends express hope for a speedy recovery to his usual health.
An obscure historical note explains the New York shilling or York shilling as the old Spanish real, valued at sixpence in early currency usage, with fragmented commentary on its equivalence and usage in trade.
A 9 oclock mishap on Prince avenue near Grady involved a Ford car a wagon and a street car in a crash. Will Philips of White Hall drove into a horse team wagon carrying J. A. Lester and his son. The wagon was damaged and one person was hurt not seriously.
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