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10 UWI TERMIULS OF H. I !. INSPECTED Governor and Lease Commis sion Spend Busy Morning in Drizzling Rain CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. April B—Gov ernor. Harris and the Western and At lantic railway leaee commission ln rpected the physical properties of the state road here thia morning in a disa greeable drixrle which at times as sumed the form of sleet. The entire ;«arty was entertained at luncheon afterward by the chamber of com merce Governor Harris' party did not ar rive her* until 9 o’clock last night, al though originally expected at 10 o’clock jn the morning. In spite of the lateness of the hour, however, a short conference eras held with the local Broad street extension committee. The date upon which Chattanooca could present her claims before the commission in Atlan ta was fixed as May 19- The commis sion convenes there a day earlier. Governor Harris and his party will leave this afternoon on the Dixie Flyer on the return trip to Atlanta. 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Berlin reports the capture of two strong points of support to the south of Haucourt. which passed recently into German hands, an entire French posi tion along a front of more than a mile and a quarter coming into Teutonic pos session. Paris has admitted German advances it re, but declares that on the opposite -•■de of the salient the advantage in the recent hand* grenade ngm..:g has teen with the French. The present German .• tivity in the Verdun legion is con iiiied almost entirely to this operation, ithough the artillery in other sectors .luimd the fortress is being intermit- { tcntly employed. On the eastern front there, hav% been j no ojierations of major importance, so tar as the official report shows. The Russians apparently are limiting their ■ activity at present for the most part to the Lake Narcoz region, south of Pvinsk, and Berlin ceclares that such attacks as have been made there were along a narrow front and were eas ily repulsed. Violent fighting is taking place on ike Austro-ltalian front, the Austrians •eing on the aggressive in several sec tors and reperting considerable success 's with the capture of numerous prls- Three Austrian aeroplanes, which were part of a squadron which raided railway stations back of the hostile tines, failed to return to their base and ipparently have fallen victim to the Italians. Several additional vessels have been «unk in the course of the German sub marine campaign and Paris officially an nounces the sinking of an Austrian transport in the Adriatic by a French submarine. A Berlin dispatch states that the Ger man government Is able to announce that that no German submarine was re sponsible for the explosion which dam rged the cross-channel steamer Sussex. Official Vienna Report Claims Austrian Gains BERLIN, April B.—lßy Wireless.)— 1 Further successes for the Austrians t along the Austro-Italian front are an- ] nounced in today’s official statement t from Vienna. The statement says: ”ln the Doberdo sector the Italians | were driven from some of their ad- j vanced saps. “South of Mrxlirrh. the Austro-Hun- • captured an Italian position and j took 43 prisoners and one machine gun. | “Italian artillery has been active on i the Tyrolean front, especially to tne west of Riva. “By counter attacks an enptny detach- , ment was ejected from a sap on the I southern slope of Rochetta. “The number of prisoners taken at | the Rauchkofel has increased to three officers and 150 men. All the other Italians who were engaged at this place fell in the hand-to-hand struggle. “Austro-Hungarian squadrons of land and naval aeroplanes attacked the railway stations at Casarza and San Giorgio di Nogaro with visible, success. Three of the raiders, who descended con siderably in order to drop bombs, have not returned.” Sixty Russians Captured by Turks (Bv Associated Press ) CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, April 8. <Via London.) —At army headquarters today the following statement was | “Mesopotamian front: There were no events of Importance. “Caucasian front: Unimportant en- . counters occurred among reconnoitering : parties in various sectors. In these fights we captured sixty Russians. • Dardanelles front: On April 4 eight i enemy aeroplanes flew over Gallipoli. ' Captain Buddarke attacked them and shot down one, which fell into the §ea and sank.” ANOTHER 7 DETaTH IN FATAL WORSHAM AUTO COLLISION FORSYTH, Ga., 4l >r il 8. —J. T. Guest ■ flied here tonight. He was one of the passengers in the automobile struck here j this morning by a northbound Central I of Georgia railroad train, instantly kill- ' ing Mr. J. R. Worsham, a prominent i farmer and father of J. Lee Worsham, I state entomologist. The injuries he rc- , ceived proved fatal to Mr. Guest a few ' hours later. Funeral services over the body of Mr. Worsham will be held Sunday- morning at 11 o'clock from his late residence. No funeral arrangements have yet been made for Mr. Guest. Mr. John Robert Worsham was born in Crawford county. July 29, 1854. When a young man he went in fpr farming, and soon became known as one of the most successful farmers in middle Georgia. He married Miss Mary Theodosia Moore, a sister of John T. Moore, of Macon. He was a brother of former Senator W. A. Worsham. He is survived by his widow, and ten children—Robert Worsham, of Forsyth; E. Lee Worsham, of Atlanta; Edgar Worsham, of Fort Gaines; Hugh Wor sham. of Forsyth; John Worsham, of Atlanta; Misses Ethel, Mary Lynne and Ruth Worsham, all of Fo”syth; Mrs. J. D. Smith, of Vienna, Ga.. and Miss Mat tie Lou Worsham, of Atlanta. The funeral will be held Sunday from the Trinity Baptist church, of Forsyth, of which Mr. Worsham was a prominent : member. Farm Work in England to Be Done by Women LONDON. —(Correspondence of the Associated Press.) —Several ( hundred thousand women who are to take up farm work in various parts of the Brit ish Isles, replacing the men who have gone to the front, w ill be given certifi cates when they register, and armlets after completing two months' service. The armlet will be slightly narrower than that worn by the Derby recruits, and will be screen with scarlet brown. THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. APRIL 11. 1916 Woman Would Lead Band In Chase After Mexicans lift ft I ■ ; ' lir -w! j i /I Ida vdra imoktok \ Head of American Woman’s League for Defense Would Go Right After Villa if Ne cessary NEW YORK, March 25.—It’s a good thing Uncle Sam's troops are trailing Villa. Otherwise 300 women, headed by Miss Ida Vera Simonton, armed with sure-enough rifles. might be hiking through Mexico in pursuit of the bandit chief. Moreover they’d have got him, too. Miss Simonton says! The latter is secretary of the Ameri can Woman’s League for Self tiefense. She has sent the following telegram to Mrs. Maude Hawk Wright, the woman whose husband whs killed by the Villa band and who herself was forced to ride nme days with the outlaws before she vas liberated: “The American Women's League for Self Defense thrills with pride because of your dignity and courage during your terrible ordeal as a Villa captive. We Shooting Ability OtU.S. Soldiers Amazes Bandits Proof of Deadly Marksman ship Has Struck Terror Into Hearts of Villa Folliwers, Say Reports From Mexico (By Associated Press.) COLUMBUS, N. M„ April 7.—Proof of the marksmanship of American sol diers has done more than any other de velopment of the campaign in Mexico to strike fear into the hearts of Villa s followers, according to reports from across the border. The straight shoot ing done at Columbus, that of the lit tle detachment that pursued the bandits across the line after the raid, and that at Guerrero and Aguas Calientes was totally unexpected by the Mexicans. “Villa’s followers had been taught the Americans were weaklings, cowards who were afraid to match their strength with Mexican forces,” a naturalized Mexican said today. “They believed in Back aches? . Stomach sen sitive? A little cough? No strength? Tire easily? All after effects of this dread mal- • ady. Yes, they are catarrhal. Grip is a catarrhal disease. You can nevef be well as long as catarrh remains in your sys tem, weakening your whole body with stagnant blood and unhealthy secretions. 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Agents of other tailoring houses please write, wehaveanew AT I A dea!thatwdlopenyoureyes.Weaskevery f L.* man to answer this, every boy in long fRi£AL<:W pants, every man, everywhere. No matter J where you live, or what you do,write us a |‘if SB[W letter or postal and say "Send Me Your ».•( J Bit/ Offer’*the big, new different tailoring d<nt. ijijJ S i-( Costs nothing and no extra charges. Write lu today, thia minuto. Address M . H KNICKERBOCKER TAILORING CO. Oopt. 277, Chicago, l«L'w V offer sincere sympathy for the loss of your husband and regret with you that you did not have a weapon at band with which to kill Villa. What aid can we render you and your baby?” Miss Simonton Is saia to have a notch in the handle of her gun, because she killed a savage in Africa. She handles i rifle with skill and as nonchalantly as most women handle a darning needle. Silt has been in every country in the v. < rid. excepting those ot' South America, i • acquainted with most of the crowned heads, is a writer and now busy push ing the preparedness campaign for wom en throughout the United States. The league, indorsed by Major Gen eral Wood, aims to drill women in ar mories and prepare them for active work in times of war. Any woman joining the organization will learn how to use a regulation rifle and be taught in trap shooting practice to hit something. In times of war the women plan to go to the front and make up the second line of defense. They will give first aid treatment, tun soup kitchens and en courage the men to light. their ignorance implicit}’ in themselves and their ability to conquer any force they should encounter. 1 am convinc ed that before the Columbus raid their feeling was that of contempt of a larg er man for a smaller, weaker antago nist.” The fitot shock was given the Villa bandists when 7 9 of their men were kill ed by half as many troopers of the Thirteenth cavalry, who made the sor tie across the itnernational line after the raid. But even then they did not realize their own weakness, soldiers and civilians returning from the front re porting that in the towns through which the band passed in its flight, its mem bers boasted of their superiority over the "gringo” forces. CONTRAST IS STRIKING. It was at Guerrero that the contrast between the marksmanship of the two forces was demonstrated. There the troopers of the Seventh cavalry, shoot ing coolly and steadily, sent almost ev ery bullet to its mark, while General Hernandez's soldiers fired wildly as they’ run, nearly’ all shooting high above .the heads of the Americans. As a result only four American cavalrymen were slightly wounded, while fifteen times that number of Villa followers were killed and as many more wounded. A similar demonstration of marksman ship at Aguas Calientes confirmed the suspicion already growing in the minds of the bandits that the ability’ of the "gringoes” had been misrepresented, ac cording to arrivals here. Army men here point out that, al though important,, the moral effect upon Villa's command of the display of Amer ilan marksmanship is a minor consider ation as compared with the effect upon the peons. For it was in Chihuahua that Villa first held sway and it is in Guerrero that many of the natives wor ship Villa as an idol. Realizing this, General Pershing has taken every pre caution to prevent outbreaks among the Villa adherents and has placed small de tachments in towns, along the American line of communication not garrisorfed by Carranza troops. TO INSPIRE RESPECT. “General Pershing believes that a V holesomc respect for the ability of American soldiers, will go a long way toward solving his problems with the natives,” an officer said today. The marksmanship of the soldiers is the result'of a studied effort in the last few years to bring their shooting to the highest point of efficiency. Regu lar target practice on military reserva tions and bonuses paid to soldiers who showed merit has done much to accom plish this end. Each year the army departmental commander designates a ppriod for tar g< i practice, each military reservation having “both a rifle range and a shooting gallery. the first step in making a marksman is what the soldiers call “the push and pull drill.” It consists of cales thenics, training the muscles of the shoulders and arms for steadiness in aiming. Next they are taught to set their pieces properly for distance and to correct for windage and errors in elevation, this being followed by about two weeks of gallery practice. In these drills each man is graded as to his shooting ability, those men quali tying highest being rated as “expert "Iflemen,” and given an increase in pay of $5 monthly. A slightly lower grade lasses a man as a “sharpshooter” with n increase of |3 monthly, while others qualify as “marksman” and are entitled :o a $2 increase. Field firing combat practice, or drill under conditions similar to those in battle also has been a regular part of the annual work. This practice is com petitive. each company being graded on its efficiency as an organization by the results. In it the company commander is given a tactical problem in the work ing out of which silhouette targets, usu ally kneeling or prone, by meAns of mechanical contrivances are suddenly dropped before the troops in the field and the men are graded on their per centage of hits and misses. The cavalry ai.d infantry drill is similar except that the cavalry practice is complicated by the weaving in and out among the horse men of targets resembling mounted men. $7,111,075 for U. S. Printing WASHINGTON, April B.—Printing re quired for all branches of the govern ment service cost $7,111,075 last year. AlU,except $883,099 worth was done at the government printing office. BLIND WIDOW HITS flffl FORTUNE DID 6f 11.5. I — — i Husband Invented Letter Can celing Machine That Saves Millions BY KEKNETH W. PAYNE. ' NEW YORK, April 8. —Blind, widow ed* and broken-hearted, she sits rocking back and forth in her humble home here—the little old lady whom Uncle oani owes and owed for half a cen tury one million dollars! She is Mrs. Eltnira D. Norton. She is past B'o, but still waiting for the gov ernment to pay its debt to her. Every day you see the black bars that are at the heart of this great tragedy. They are the post marks on the letters you receive! Marcus P. Norton, of Troy, -N. Y.. in vented in 1853 the machine by which postal clerks, with one deft blow, both cancel the postage stamp and postmark the letters that pass through their hands. That device, the government itself has admitted, has saved tax-payers S2J,- 000,000,, Yet its inventor and his heirs have never received one penny of profit. In stead they have been forced into debt trying to collect only a part of the com pensation postoffice officials have declar ed are due them! The cancellation mark symbolizes the cancellation of a great man's hopes and a sweet little mother's dreams for her children. , SUBMITTED FOR USE. When Marcus Norton, a young patent lawyer, had taken out a patent in 1853 on his device which cut in half the time and expense in canceling millions of letters, he submitted the macrine for use in various postoftices. Norton’s invention was used for years and no appropriation was made to pay for it. Finally, in 1870, Congress au thorized the postoffice department to use the invention. ) The department insisted that for the use of the invention before that time the inividual postmasters alone were liable. Suits brought against them for indem nification never resulted in Norton's get ting a penny of pay. Norton’s business went to ruin, he lost his health, borrowed money to press his claim and finally died. For half a century the case has been swathed in tangled red tape, batted back and forth from congress to the postof fice department to the court of claims. oAy congressional action now can cause payment of ths claim. A bill was brought forward during- the present session of senate to pay $50,000 to Nor ton's heirs. This sum, Mrs. Norton's lawyer sa'ys, is only a fraction of what the has cost so far. Mrs. Norton still hopes the patent will be officially purchased at a fair price. Tn the meanwhile she is waiting In the little home where her two daugh ters, Aliss Ada and Miss Estella Norton, as actress and music teacher, earn enough to keep the household going. “Poisoned Pen” Letters Blamed On Stenographer (By Associated Press.) CLEVELAND, Ohio, April B.—Miss ’ Anna Gemmell, forty years old, steno i graph«r of Salem, Ohio, was arraigned ■ here today on a charge of sending ob jectionable letters through the mails. ' Iler arrest last night cany? as the climax to a “poisoned pen” sensation which has ! torn Salem church and society circles I for two years. I Miss Gemmell pleaded not guilty and , bail was fixed at SSOO and furnished. The government indictment charges i she sent nineteen objectionable letters, postal cards and valentines to several i diffrent persons in Salem, most of them 'going to Miss Vera Ziegler, now living ■ in Akron, of whom it is charged Miss I Gemmell was jealous because of atten tions paid to Miss Ziegler by O. R. 1 Barrett, for whom the accused had formed an attachment. up h ni! nfw 'Sirt • ♦ i a M k4t 7 iMil w Im rlM n hk j’lFh " """"“Bhlr dii When you buy an organ —buy a real U music-maker and buy it at a 33X saving I Why pay SBO, S9O or SIOO for a parlor organ? Get a Thiery Organ. Save 33 per cent. 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Bowen of the United States army aviation corps, who has reached Columbus' after falling 100 feet witli an aeroplane in an adventur ous flight over the Mexican desert: “I thought I was a sure goner when I started falling—but I relaxed all my muscles, and I guess that saved me. I kept trying to right the machine, and I must have been about -ten feet up when I was still conscious of trying to right it. “1 don't remember hitting the ground. I woke up in the field hbspital. ’’Coming down, I could see big rocks and hills and cacti being whisked to waid me at a terrible rate —but, I wasn't a hit afraid. I'm not boasting, either. “I was scared a little earlier on the same trip—shortly before I fell. “I was flying about 3,000 feet up—that is, 10,000 feet above sea level—when my motor went dead, ten miles from camp. “I managed to get the machine to earth without being hurt. There wasn’t a soul in sight when I landed, in the midst of a great hat plain. 1 started tinkering with the machine. I heard a noise I looked up. “Mexicans must have sprung from the ground—l was surrounded by a hundred of them! When I saw them, many be gan shaking their fists and raved: some fired their rifles, but it must have been in the air. “Scared? But I kept on at work—and I didn’t let them see I was scared. If I hadn’t been an army man—or if I had shown a sign of sea night! “I finally got the machine working— and when I started the motor and got ready to go. some of the Mexicans shook their fists at me and even pointed their guns. But they didn't shoot at me. “I was mighty glad to get away from there, believe me!” Bowen was pretty badly bunged up. and his face was covered with bandages. He as gone to the army hospital at Fort Sam Houston. San Antonio, to re cuperate before returning into the Mex ican interior. Carriers Named (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) WASHINGTON, April B.—Rural car riers appointed today included at Ma con, Ga., route A. Robert O. Thomas; route B, Runyan B. Smith; route C, John S. Wimbish, Jr. Bullet Aimed at Mountain Kills Neighbor’s Mule <Special Dispatch to The Journal) DALTON, Ga., April B.—The case of i». W. Lance vs. M. L. Ritchie for S2OO damages growing’ out of Ritchie’s al leged killing of Lance’s mule while en gaged in target practice with a high powered armj- rifle, Friday afternoon re sulted in the jury awarding Lance dam ages, of 8125. x The suit has been in court several years. Ritchie aucknowledged having engaged in target practice with the rifle, but denied Ming the mule’s slayer. He was about one mile distant when she sudden ly expired, her life being cut short by a bullet. At >.ne time a small boy was riding the mule, but he heard no shot. Attorneys for the defense introduced ammunition experts to show’ that the bullet found in the mule was too large to fit Ritchie's gun. Lance was asked about this, but, with a wave of his hand toward the jury, said, ‘ That is for them fellers to explain.” Ritchie had placed his target against a mountain, and the general supposi tion is that the bullet became enlarged by being battered in passing through the mountain before striking the mule. judgel/ioon declared (By Associated Press.) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April B. Judge John, A. Moon, present congress man. was today declared the Democratic nominee for congress from Third Tennessee district by the executive com mittee, no other candidates having en tered the race. This dispenses with the necessity of a nominating primary. The republicans will not name a candidate until after the August elections. “UNDERSECRETARY” BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE WASHINGTON, April B.—A provision to abolish the title of counselor of the state department and create instead the position of under-secretary of state was voted into the annual legislative, execu tive and judicial appropriation bill to day without opposition just before it passed the senate. As passed the bill carries $38,196,752, an increase of about t a half million over the total as it pass ed the house. •
