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VOLUME XVIII
Desperate Battle on Thirteeri-Mile Front Near Dead Man s Hill
NO "DEAD LINE" FOR
0 S. ARMY. DECLARES
CIOIW OFFICIAL
Consul Garcia Denies Saying
De Facto Government Has
Fixed Limit Where Persh
ing’s Forces Must Stop .
By AsaocUt»4 Pr«M.) I
SAN ANTONIO. Tex.. April 1® Major
General Funston received from General
Pershing today a report “from a point
below Namiqutpa relative to supplies,
but containing no reference to the cav
alry columns believed to be in the vicin
ity of Parral. The details of the report
were not revealed
Constitutionalists Are
Reported Co-Operating
,Bv Associated Press.)
WITH GENERAL PERSHING AT
THE FRONT BELOW NAMIQUIPA,
April 9.—(By Radiol to Columbus.
X. M.. April 1®- —Two aeroplanes,
which flew from here to Chihuahua
City, returned today, bringing to Gen
eral- Pershing reports that the consti
tutionalist authorities there are co-op
erating cordtally with the American
forces in the pursuit of Villa.
The planes carried dispatches to the
. onstitutionalist authorities which Geh-
Pershing described as important.
Villa Headed Toward
Durango City, Report
By Associated Press.)
EL PASO. Tex., April 10.—In his
riigiU from the American cavalry. Fran
:sco* Villa is believed today to have
passed Parral and with his band, said
t o number over 200 men. is reported to
be heading to Durango City. *
Detachments of the Thirteenth cav
alry are hard on the bandit’s trail, but
no official word has come from the
front to indicate their position. Mexi
can reports stated today that Villa was
a full daj- ahead of his pursuers.
If Villa succeeds in reaching Du
rango City, he will probably be joined by
the forces of the Arrieta brothers,
who command tpore than I.OOv men. A
statement attributed to Mexican Con
<-11 GXTcta that' Villa has now escaped
any possibility of capture by the Amer
icans, having crossed a dead line es
tablished by President Wilson j and
General Catrairza beyond which it was
agreed that the American troops would
not continue their pursuit, was flatly
* denied by Mr. Garcia. The Mexican
,-onsul said, as far as he knew, no limit
of the American pursuit had been
agreed upon.
Mexican officials here will not dis
vuss a report that the defacto gov
ernment will soon inform the Amer
ican government that it is in a position
to relieve the American troops of the
Task of chasing Villa.
With Villa moving into Durango, the;
supply nroblem of the army contln
les to the fore. Heavy shipments to
private contractors in Chihuahua City
.probably will be made from El Paso
In a few days. Granting the use of the
•eftcraph and telephone lines by the
•le facto government to Gen. Pershing
will be of aid in ordering and shipping
supplies •
Washington Is Silent
' On “Dead Line" Report
(By Assoc iatod Press. >
WASHINGTON. April 10.—Secretary
lensing and Secretary Baker both de
clined to comment today on border re
ports that an agreement between Wash
ington and the Carranza government
had fixed a “dead line" beyond which
the American troops would not go in
their pursuit of the Villa bandits.
Secretary Baker declared in answer
to questions that such an agreement
would come under the pending protocol
and a subject not under the war de
partment's jurisdiction.
The proposed protocol, of which little
has become known, is still under discus
sion at General Carranza's provisional
capital. Queratero. Special Agent Rod
gers left there for Mexico City last
week but expects to return soon when
the negotiations will be resumed.
At both the state and war depart
ments it was said nothing was known of
■ eports of massing of Carranxa troops
on General Pershing's rear. State de
partment dispatches located Villa head
ing toward Parral.
Overnight dispatches from General
Funston to the war department, made
public by Secretary Baker today, were
summarized in the following statement:
PERSHING S DISPATCHES.
"The latest dispatch from General
Pershing, dated April 8. explains infre
quency of communication by saying that
the wireless has not been able to work
and aeroplane communication has been
difficult because of lack of suitable
landing places.
"The dispatch again confirms the
early report of Villa being severely
wounded in the right knee.
"General Pershing reports that he has
lad a very satisfactory conference with
General Herrera and expects today to
meet General Gutierrez, to whom he sent
messages by aeroplane to Chihuahua, and
received back replies offering full co
operation. General Pershing's comment
is that every indication shows the desire
| of the troop.* of the de facto government
to aid to the extent of their ability.
"General Pershing further reports that
one aeroplane was badly disabled in
landing April S. leaving only five out of
the original eight now in serviceable
condition, but it is evident that the aero
planes in use are performing valuable
if not indispensable service and that
great reliance is placed upon them.'*
R. R. SITUATION BETTER.
Secretary Baker received word today
that the railroad situation in Mexico was
much improved and supplies in increas
ng quantities were going forward to the
\merican troops in Mexico. He informed
the president that all reports from the
oorder indicated, the Carranza forces
were co-operating in the pursuit of Villa.
Secretary Baker said he had no in
formation regarding El Paso rumors that
• 'arranza troops were being mobilized
along the American line of communica
tion. He also declared General Funston
tad not indicated need for additional
troops, beyond the new recruits recentlv
(Conunnpd on Page •, CeL 1.)
Coffee Is ‘Gold’
Among Troopers
Pursuing Vilia
Teaspoonful Will Buy More
Than Shining Coin; Grounds
Often Cooked Over Several
Times When Scarce
PERSHING'S CAMP AT THE FRONT
•IN MEXICO. April B.—lßy Aeroplane
and Motor Truck to Columbus, N. M..
April 10.) —Gold is the word which has
been adopted along this front to de
scribe coffee. A teaspoonful of coffee
will buy more than a gold coin, and
the rich color of the coffee, enhanced
by its scarcity, has fixed the nickname
limly for this campaign.
An officer at this camp today, dealing
out the day's coffee ration to a soldier,
advised him to save his coffee grounds
for second boiling in case of temporary
delay in the arrival of new supply
trains.
“I save mine,’’ said the officer.
“How many times do ’you use the
same grounds?” he was asked.
"One set of grounds I used eleven
times." he replied. “The last few times
I was just drinking suggestion, but
that kept me happy.”
Another officer offered one dollar gold
for a cup of well-used coffee grounds
and his bid was refused.
Tobacco is the only article which
has approached coffee in the exagger
ated value which this campaign has
placed on a few ordinarily’ commonplace
commodities. One soldier who was
"flush” with coffee, sold a teaspoonful
for three cigarette papers.
Reports coining from the southern
area of this front, where the swiftly
moving "point” of the American expe
dition is penetrating new territory
faster than supplies can be forwarded
for the men, .today,brought new high
cost of living scales.
At a town which two days ago was
the advanced front, but which is now
well to the rear, a man is said to have
paid 81 gold apiece for ordinary Ameri
can cigarettes. Sugar was obtained for
the relatively low figure of 50 cents
a pound gold, while soap brought $1.75
per cake.
One negro trooper has discovered that
it Is not necessarily fatal to be left
alone territory. The trooper,
for some reason, possibly as discipline,
was dismounted when on April 1 bls
command ran Into a party of Villa sol
diers concealed behind rocks at Aguas
Calientes, north of Guerrero. When the
Villa men opened fire the American
troops went at them so fast that the
dismounted man was left completely
behind. When the chase of the bandits
had ended his comrades were literally
over the mountain and miles away.
The trooper hunted a Mexican farm
house, where he obtained a mule. For
two days he lived alone among the
Mexicans in a community said to be
filled with Villa's friends. On the third
day he was picked up by another com
mand of the negro regiment to which
he belonged.
COLD SNAP~DESTROYS
, MOST OF_FRUIT CROP
Shipments Expected to Be Only
One-Third of Last Year’s
Record •
Because of recent cold weather dam-.
age the fruit crop of north Georgia
will be only about one-third of last sea
son's crop, according to information
gathered by the Georgia “Fruit Ex
change. Fruit shipped last year from
territory in Georgia, north of Atlanta,
reached a total 0f'1.300 cars, while this
year the aggregate is estimated at be
tween 300 and 400 cars.
The damage was principally in the
northeast, where the young fruit was
nipped by the frosts of February and
March and damaged materially. Dam
ages in other sections of north»Georgla
were less, and no damage is reported
from the cold weather of this month.
The south Georgia crop is reported as
larger than last year, and in good con
dition.
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, President of The Agricultural College at Athens, Ca.,
says: **l think you are doing the Southern farmers a great favor when you give
them a chance to try Sudan Crass and Feterita.”
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GERMINY'S NOTE ON .
THE SUSSEX MAY OF
GIVEN HO TODAY
State Department Still With
out Official Information Re
garding Disclaimer of Re
sponsibiliy. .
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, April 10.—Secretary
Lansing announced today that Ambas
sador Gerard had cabled that the Ger
man foreign office informed him it would
hand him a note on the Sussex case
rrobably today.
Count von Bernstorff, the German am
bassador, will confer with Secretary
Lansing this afternoon. The ambassa
dor made the appointment.
A preliminary statement handed to Mr.
Gerard by the Berlin foreign office is
understood to be on its way to the state
department by cable.
Other information in the nature of
evidence, .gathered by the American em
bassy in Paris is on the liner St. Paul
which is expected to dock in New York
Thursday. Efforts will be made to
have it here for the Friday meeting of
the cabinet. Secretary Lansing said to
day that no action would be taken until
after the evidence had been considered.
The state department today still was
without official information of Ger
many’s disclaimer of responsibility.
Germany has asked Ambassador Ger
ard what information regarding the ex
pedition which damaged the Sussex is
in the possession of the American gov-,
ernment. When the inquiry was made,
Mr. Gerard was informed that German
investigation into the case of the Sus
sex had not up to that time disclosed
that any German submarine x was re
sponsible. w •
It was made clear today at the Ger
man embassy that Count von Bernstorff
had not officially been informed th*t
Germany definitely and finally had de
nied responsibility for the Sussex ex
plosion. The ambassador had no note nor
memorandum for presentation to Secre
tary Lansing and it was said that the
sole purpose of his call was to discuss
the situation generally.
With word from Germany and with
aifidavits from survivors also expected
today, the administration will be able to
determine what course this country shall
pursue The situation will be consid
ered* by the cabinet tomorrow
Many officials are of the opinion that
it is doubtful whether action could be
taken in the Sussex case in view of a ■
German denial. Attention is now di
rected at the accumulation of evidence
regarding numerous disasters to mer
chant ships. If Germany sends a dis
claimer the state department will then
decide whether to ask Vienna if an Aus
trian submarine attacked the Sussex.
PERFORATED CURRENCY
LEADS TO HIS ARREST
Negro Porter Suspected of
Theft Has Marked Bills
With Him
Dave Pattie, negro porter at the
Georgia railroad depot at Decatur, Ga..
has been arrested and placed in jail,
charged v ith the theft of 8142 from the
office of the Southern Express company
there last week.
Although the negro has made no con
fession of the crime charged to him,
819 was found hidden on his person
when arrested and later officers went to
his home where they found 8130 hid
den under the hearth of a. fire place.
The money found on Battle was per
forated twice. It is the custom of agents
to sew the envelope enclosing remit
tances of currency, this bit of evidence
convincing the officers that they had the
right man.
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ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1916.
PLE« OF NOT GUILT! 15
ENTERED BY 08. WHITE
•—X-
Accused Man’s Counsel Re
serves Right to Change It
Within Ten Days
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, April 10. —Dr. Arthur
Warren Wajte, who has confessed to
poisoning his father-in-law, John E.
Peck, millionaire drug manufacturer of
Grand Rapids, Mich., entered, through
his counsel today’, a plea of not guilty
when arraigned in the indictment charg
ing him with murder in the first degree.
His counsel, however, reserved the right
to change the plea within ten days.
District Attorney Swann consented to
this arrangement and Dr. Waite was
committed to the tombs without bail to
await trial. No date was set.
The arraignment required only two
minutes and Dr. Waite spoke no word
but stood, pale and quiet, gazing at the
floor. It was apparent he had not fully
recovered from his illness.
seasons where most of other crops
would be burned out. ,
We »ant to send vois a package of Sudan Grass seed sufficient
to plant a 2 rod square patch of ground. From this trial patch
you can raise .enough «ced to plant a large acreage another year.
Our Flower Garden. We always did admire a
nice flower garden and In tnis rpeclal be«i we have over 150 dif
ferent varieties of our choicest annuals tliat will commence to bloom
early in season anti continue until stopped by frosts in fall. This
flower bed will be a constant source of pleasure and delight to yoj
e as the different varieties come into bloom.
We want to semi yon a large package of seed, enbugh u, plant
a bed a rod long.
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storms as does millet and other
grains. Horses, ciritle and other
stock like it and thrive on it in all
stages, green or cured. A small
patch will grow enougu extra fine
hay to provide for a horse and cow.
The plant is an annual and dies
root and branch in fall or after
maturing a crop of seed. Vsually
makes, from two to three cuttings
of hay per season. Succeeds in dry
TfliDE BOH WOTS ON
INCREISED GISOUNE COST
“Element of Artificial Manipu
lation” Indicated by Price
Discriminations
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(By Associated Press ;
WASHINGTON, April 10. —The federal
trade commission today’ presented to
congress a preliminary report on its in
vestigation of the rise in the price of
gasoline. The report carries a mass of
statistics on production and prices, but
draws no conclusions as to the cause of
the increase of the latter.
Os alleged price discriminations, which
the' commission is charged with inves
tigating under a senate resolution, the
report says:
"If prices are found to have been
raised to higher levels tn some sections
than in others, making due allowance
for quality of product, freight and mar
keting conditions, tt may be inferred
that an element of artificial manipula
tion has entered into the advance.”
One table submitted with the report
shows that tank.wagon prices, higher in
the west in January, 1915, than they
were in the east, were higher a year
later in the east. Another table shows
1915 exports amounted to 15 per cent
of the entire gasoline content of all the
crude petroleum produced in the United
States within the year. Exports for the
year of gasoline, naptha and benzine
totaled 284,500,000 gallons against 238,-
500,000 in 1914, and 184,000,000 in 191<.
CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION.
The table shows crude oil production
virtually was unchanged throughout
1915, but that production in the Cush
ing field, whose oil shows the highest
gasoline content of all, dropped from
more than 8,000,00 barrels in April, 1915,
to 3,000,000 in December. Increased
production in the Healdton field, which
produces a small percentage of gasoline,
kept the total crude production up. to
normal. A foot note says the gasoline
content of oil from the Cushing field
fell from 96,000,000 gallons in April to
36.000,000 gallons in December The gas
oline content of all the oil produced in
the United States durirfg the year was
1,892,500,000 gallons, a decrease over
>914.
Crude oil stocks increased during the
year from 69,000.000 barrels in January,
1915, to 100,000,000 in January. 1916.
Standard 'MI companies, the table
shows, produced about 60 per cent of
the year's gasoline output. Their total
was 681,750,000 gallons and that of the
independents about 400,000.000.
Gasoline stocks held by’ refineries de
creased steadily from last May’ when
the total is put at 292,000,000 gallons to
December with a total, of only 152,000.-
000. Stocks increased from the first of
the year to May’.
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Cuts Throat of
Auto Driver as
Car Speeds On
CH ATTA NOOG A," Tenn., April 10.—
Robert C. Woolworton was almost in- .
stantly killed here Sunday afternoon, it ;
is alleged, by Chester Guinn, a friend !
with whom he was motoring in ChfCfc '
amauga Park. While Woolworton was
driving the automobile, Guinn, who was
in the front scat, is said to have reached
over and plunged a knife into his throat,
severing the ju<ular vein.
SAYS ARSENIC TEST
PROVED HIS THEORY
I
Dr, Bell to Submit Report to
Johns Hopkins and Other
Institutions
Having conducted a number of suc
cessful experiments in the yard of the
Fulton county jail, Dr. W. Jay Bell, of
Atlanta, is endeavoring to interest Johns
Hopkins institute at Baltimore and the
Rockefeller institute in his theory that
arsenic' is not a deadly poison. »
Dr. Bell made a statement Monday to
make clear the intentions and results of
his recent demonstrations on several
■ dogs. He said: ,
"The prison commission attended tho
' demonstrations at my request and had
i no specific motive except to observe re-
I suits. The demonstrations themselves
I had no other motive except to show that
[arsenic is not a deadly poison.
“Dr. Edgar Everhart. $t my request,
broke the seal on original packages of
Merk's arsenious acid and weighed out
doses for the dogs. These doses were
brought down to the jail yard by Judge
T. E. Patterson at my request. A num
ber witnesseed the administration of the
arsenic and noted the condition of the
dogs each day thereafter. Wednesday,
grains 1,3, 5, 8 and 16 were given, and
Thursday, the last day of the experi
ment, grains 2, 6. 10, 16 and 32. A large
number of people visited the jail y-ard
and saw the dogs in good condition Fri
day morning. The demonstration was
completed and the dogs turned out Sat
urday morning. They were given away
to small boys. All the dogs were in an
excellent shape.”
A further demonstration which was
suggested to Dr. Peter F. Bahnsen, state
veterinarian, will not be held on account
of Dr. Bahnsen’s press of business, so
Dr. Bell is now turning his attention
to Johns Hopkins and the Rockefeller
institute.
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Found Dead in
Bed With Acid
Bottle Nearby
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
SANDERSVILLE, Ga., April 10.—K.'
C. Campbell, bookkeeper for the Central
Fertilizer company, was found dead in ;
his room at a local boarding house
this morning, a handkerchief stuffed
In his mouth and an empty bottle which!
! contained carbolic acid in the fire place.
, He had left a note on the table, ad
i dressed to his wife, announcing his in-;
I tention of committing suicide.
Campbell was one of the most pop-1
I ular rpen in the community. He was,
a Shriner and attended nearly every
i Shaine convention. 11l health is be
; lieved to have been the cause of his |
act, as his accounts were perfectly
straight and his domestic relations
were of the pleasantest.
Campbell left here Saturday night
for Plains, Ga., to spend Sunday with
his wife and three small boys. When
he returned to Sandersville at 3:30;
o’clock Monday morning he told the
bus driver that he was not feeling
well. It is believed that he wrote the
note and drank the poison immediately i
after his return.
Campbell was 38 years old. Funeral j
services will be held after- i
noon at Plains. . «
NUMBER 55.
FRENCH LINES STAND
SAVAGE DRIVES, ONLY
900 YARDS YIELDED
[Germans Sacrifice Masses in
Repeated and Virtually Un
successful Efforts to Break
French Line West of Meuse
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(By A rousted Pre»s.)
WASHINGTON, April ID.—ln a des
perate struggle for possession of Dead
Man's hill the French lines were penc
| trated last night tor a distance of about
I 500 yards in the vicinity of the height.
' Paris announced this today in reporting
a battle which raged in the Verdun re
gion along a thirteen-mile front north,
of the stronghold.
Elsewhere the French lines stood the
I test of the savage attacks of the Ger
• mans who are bringing notably heavy
I forces to bear in an effort to break the
' new French line west of the Meuse.
I just straightened out by the abandon
ment of the Bethincourt salient.
Last night’s battle front ran from
Hill No. 304 west of the Meuse and on
across the river to Fort Douaumont,
I northeast of the fortress. The results
on the east bank of the river were fa
vorable to the French, Paris asserts,
the Germans winning no appreciable
advantage.
The British are preparing for a new
advance in Mesopotamia where the re
lief force on the Tigris is gradually ap
proaching closer to Kut-el-Amar and
General Townshend's beleaguered garri
son, according to the British official
report. Improved weather and a cessa
tion of the rise in the Tigris are re
ported, making conditions more favor
able for the operations.
Germans Are Successful
On a Front of 500 Yards
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, April 10. —The Germans con
tinued their attacks last night in the
Verdun region east and west of the
Mtouise, over a front thirteen miles
long, from Hill No. 304 to Fort Dou-.
aumont.
The war office announcement toda>
says that in the fighting west of th»
river for possession of Dead Man s hill
the Germans were repulsed except for
a front of 500 yards near Hill No. s&>-
East of the river the German assault*
gained n o appreciable results.
The statement follows:
“West of the river Meuse bombard-;
ments continued violently last night.
I It was particularly dii'ected agates-
Hill No. 304. The attack deliicri I
I by the enemy yesterday evening againt.
Le Mort Homme (Dead Man's Hill.,
and which was generally speakinf, re
pulsed, with important losses to our
adversaries, made it possible for th®
Germans to penetrate our advanced .
trench at Hill No. 295 along a front of
about 500 yards. We took
, prisoners.
"East of the Meuze there was ver/
I spirited fighting last night in the lii—
' tie wood of Fontaine St. Martin, cast
of Bacherauville. We have made prbg
' ress in the communicating trenches pt
the enemy south of the village of Dou
aumont.
”In the Woevre district there haa
been bombardment of the villages in the
foot hills of the Mieuse heights.
"It has been confirmed that the day
of April 9 in the region of Verdun was
marked by the first general offensive
movement in which the forces of the
enemy attacked over a front of more
than 20 kilometres, (13 miles). Our
adversaries, who have not achieved any
result commensurate to their effort,
suffered losses, the extent of which are
evidenced by the bodies piled up ia
front of our lines.
“There has been no occurrence of ipw
portance on the remainder of the front.’*
Innes Trial Is
Set for May 29
By Judge Hill
By agreement of the attorneys anu by
order of Judge Ben H. Hill, of the su
perior court, the trial of Victor E. Innei
and Mrs. Innes was set Monday sos
May 29.
It has not yet been decided whethei*
Innes or Mrs. Innes will be tried first
irr whether they will be tried together
on the indictments charging them with
larceny after trust of 84YOOO from the
missing Nelms sisters. (
This agreement was reached by
Attorneys Reuben R. Arnold, and
Hugh Dorsey for the Nelms family and
the state, and Judge John S. Candler
and Judge J. K. Hines for the Inneses,
at a conference in the court house Mon
day.
Judge Hill's court tool; a recess Sat
urday until May 1; at this time thera
will be a heavy jail docket to dispere
cf, so the setting of the trial for the
latter part of May was agreeable to
Judge Hill. Also, Judge Candler is now
suffering from sciatica: Judge Candler
sajs that this ailment leaves him every
year by* May 10, so that, if it leaves on
scheduled time this year, he should be
in good shape for the trial on the 29th.
Judge Candler. Judge Hines and Vic
tor Innes’ sister and her little boy w4r«
in consultation Monday morning io
Judge Hines’ office. Although the attor
neys would give out nothing, it wae
learned that Innes will present muclx
evidence toward showing that he had
been regarded as a man of high charac
ter in many parts of the United Stated
for many years.
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Kills Brother
As He Whips 4-
Year-Old Child
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., April 10—1
Mack Nelson fired two loads of buck®
shot into the body of S. J. Nelson, hi 4
brother, Sunday afternoon at Shaw, Ga.,
it is alleged, in a quarrel* which wafi
precipitated when the latter attempt®
ed to whip his own four-year-old son,
He has been arrested.
