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Newspaper
Athens Weekly Banner
Location
Athens, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1917
Page
5
President Wilson issues a proclamation urging school children to join the Junior Red Cross and assist the senior organization in the war effort. The call emphasizes youth involvement and civic duty as part of national mobilization.
Court martial of the negro soldiers implicated in the Houston riot will be public, according to the Southern Department Headquarters. The trial is expected to begin in El Paso in about two weeks.
Washington announces delivery of Liberty Bonds will begin September 26. The twelve reserve banks will distribute the issue and holders are advised to keep interim certificates until Congress acts on a four percent rate for the next offering.
Crawford Ga Sept 18 Mrs Sarah F Jewell aged 79 a prominent Christian woman died at her home shortly after midnight Funeral at her residence Wednesday at 4 pm interment in Crawford She survived by husband J H Jewell and two daughters Mrs Katie Belle Barnes Crawford and Mrs Lillie Houser Meridian Miss A number of Athens friends will attend flowers may be sent in care of Bernstein Bros
Fifteen years ago such a feat would seem insane yet Ella Webb and the Gells-Floto circus now showcase sisters suspended by their teeth in high speed flight. The act is set for Athens on Thursday September 27, reflecting changing tastes for daring novelties in entertainment.
Young women grip teeth bars and are spun beneath the dome of the canvas coliseum as mechanical devices lift them through present day dances. Flowing skirts reveal an aerial butterfly routine followed by whirling evolutions, with ground assistants triggering dramatic spins.
Paris announces Paul Paipleve forms new French ministry with him as premier and minister of war. The list names Ribot Besnard Claveille Vin cent Long Clementel David and others as ministers with a group of war council members and numerous undersecretaries.
Camp Mills, Mineola, Sept. 18 Private Arnold Milton of the 167th Alabama Infantry died here yesterday. This marks the third death in the Alabama regiment since it joined the Rainbow division. Milton was from Ozark, Alabama.
Washington Sept 18 the shipping board and labor department conciliator Hurley will travel to San Francisco to examine a strike involving about 25 000 iron workers. The walkout is hindering shipbuilding and is expected to end if workers receive higher wages.
A wartime style piece by Clinton Scollard of the Vigilantes urges steadfast sacrifice and unity. It blends exhortation with calls to defend ideals, warn of possible government requisition, and rally behind a symbolic banner in battle and labor.
Tokyo reports great significance to the Japanese house of representatives delegation visit. The parliamentary delegates expect to sail late September. It is the first official Japanese Diet visit to America.
Atlantic City reports indicate American industries will back the president in wartime. The opening war convention of the American business men, convened by the U S Chamber of Commerce, affirmed plans to prevent any future rise of murderous groups in government.
Disorder from the street car strike persisted across districts as non union crews faced constant missile fire from sympathizers. An attempt to run cars to the Country Club and Chickamauga Park led to injuries to a motorman and a conductor. The Country Club line service was abandoned and Chickamauga Park line endured a fusillade of missiles.
New Orleans report shows war conditions cutting U S exports of wood and products. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1917, lumber and timber exports declined with district totals listed: Pensacola 84,506,000 feet, Georgia district 25,300,000 feet, Florida district 84,850,000 feet.
An estimated 18 000 troops, largely national guardsmen from Oregon Tennessee Virginia Massachusetts West Virginia New Jersey and other states, passed through Athens in the last ten days. Sixteen trains on the Seaboard Air Line carried about 750 men each in the past six days.
New York September 18 the state supreme court today sustained Columbia Universitys action in excluding Leon Samson who spoke at a meeting where Emma Goldman was the chief speaker.
Judge A J Cobb adjourned the regular term of the Banks superior court at Homer until a later date because the sheriff and clerk are busy with the exemption and selection of Banks county's fine group of young men for the national army.
Monday morning seven drunks appeared before Recorder Dobbs the largest number in six months. Hamp Wardlaw faced a specially aggravated case for firing pistols in the open court behind the Commercial Hotel Saturday night. He forfeited a fifty dollar cash bond.
A cable from Major Grayson M. P. Murphy to the Red Cross War Council reports American Red Cross visitation of Paris tuberculosis hospitals. Visitors brought games, stationery, jelly, and supplies. Paris has six general hospital pavilions with 646 beds, presently underused due to war burdens and authorities' workload. The Red Cross aims to improve patient comfort, nutrition, recreation, and stay duration, potentially avoiding new 300-bed hospitals.
An appeal from Hawaii based soldiers asks Athens readers to publish a notice inviting American girls to write. The letter from T. H. Schofield Barracks in Honolulu asks for pity and response, promising replies in return.
An excerpt from October American Magazine outlines Frank Woolworths seven guiding rules for business success. It presents his lessons from forty three years as a merchant and builder of a tall retail empire. The seven rules emphasize perseverance, feasible ideas, prudent profits, cash transactions, focused supervision, hiring type, and sacrifice.
Bowman resident Mr Sam Seegar who had been tally blind in one eye for fifteen years suddenly saw clearly while stooping over a show case Saturday afternoon. He rushed to Dr Walker for examination and returned home to tell his wife. The town praised his happiness.
A large Comer crowd saw Madison county selects depart for service with God Speed. Ralph Porterfield Howard Carrington Harold Matthews and Carl Meadows from Comer join Cleo Griffith and Danielsville. Matthews discharged for physical defects. Mrs. Davison improving after appendectomy in Selma Ark. Rev Dr J A Davison pastor. Minnie Smith arrives from Greenville to teach Comer school. Jno M Birchmore. Prof Ayers editor Heroes News. Sydney Stephens leaves for G M C Milledgeville. Mrs. Sibley moves to Griffin for agriculture extension work. she leaves a valued teaching post. Coal shortage worries businessmen as gins run full and cotton buyers return. Church series begins Oct 18 with Mr Andrews. evangelist Rev Smith to preach Oct 21. Knox Gholston cotton patches yield 113 and 135 bolls. Hoyt Wheichel leaves Tech High for Fort Oglethorpe Officers Training Camp.
Gossip column alleges public figure Kerensky attracts scrutiny as a rising name invites chatter. A commentator notes the tendency of scandal to surface with any budding prominence, blaming sensationalism for fuelling rumors.
In Topeka Kansas the jury could not convict Lena Kinderknecht for the murder of Frederick Richardson after three days of deliberation. Judge Rupenthal order a second trial with the option of first degree murder or acquittal, amid the defense claim of unwritten law invoked to protect a sister’s honor. The case centers on Lena and her sister Mary, Richardson’s relationship, and the shooting during a February confrontation.
In Cleveland society circles mourners arrived at the Dorothy Kreps Arthur McArthur wedding. Groomsmen boosters planned black dress and banners to greet guests while other details remain unclear. In London a deserter was captured after doused police with water, escaping atop a roof then down a chimney.
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