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PARADE FOR DEFENSE
GREAT ACHIEVEMENT
FOR ATLANTA SPIRIT
It Was a Triumph of the "At
lanta Spirit,” a Triumph for ;
the American, Flag, a Tri
umph of Patriotic Enthusi
asm
On every hand today is heard the
unanimous verdict that the Pre
paredness Parade on Tuesday not
only was the greatest parade in the
history of the city and the state, but
was the greatest achievement in At
lanta's history.
It was an achievement that proved
beyond the slightest shadow of a
doubt that the famous "Atlanta
Spirit" is more dominant and power
ful today than ever before.
It was an achievement that dem
onstrated. what we of Atlanta have
always known, that Atlanta men and
Atlanta women, as well as the men
and women of our state, yield second
place to no other city and no other
state in the nation when it comes to
patriotism and respect for the Amer
ican flag.
It was an achievement that set at
rest all question concerning the
views of Atlantians and Georgians
toward the great, overwhelming is
sue of national preparedness which
faces the country today; and set at
rest all question, also, as to the loy
alty of Atlanta's foreign-born citi
zenship for the land of their adop
tion.
It was Atlanta's and Georgia’s
greatest parade, their greatest cele
bration of the birthday of American
independence, their greatest glorifi
cation of the Stars and Stripes, and
their greatest demonstration in be
half of any movement in the na
tion's history.
DISPLAY OF CIVIC PRIDE
And above and beyond all this. It
was a display of citizenship, of civic
spirit, of love for Atlanta and for Geor
gia and for America, that stands with
out a parallel.
Every citizen who marched in the
great parade is immensely glad and
proud today of his experience, while
the few who did not march are nursing
an ache of disappointment.
It can be said in behalf of the latter
few that many of them were taken by
surprise when the parade started
promptly. They figured that this pa
rade. like most every other parade,
would be an hour late in getting under
wav, and accordingly they took their
time in getting to the Capitol. Instead
of being there promptly at 8 30 o’clock.
As a conseuuence, they met the pa
rade before they arrived at their va- ■
nous formation points. But a good
many were able to get into line in their
proper places, while others fell in with
the “Citizens of Georgia” division.
Today the men who marched are bet
ter citizens than they were before. They
feel a new respect, a new reverence, a
new affection, for the flag of their coun
try. and they cherish the recollection I
of an experience that was good for their
souls.
WOMEN RAPTUROUS.
And today the women who reviewed
the parade are rapturously declaring
that never before have they witnessed a
spectacle which so aroused and thrilled
their patriotic enthusiasm, while the lit
tle folk who clustered around their
mothers and watched tne marcning men
are endowed with a new comprehension
of the meaning of the American flag.
In all of the preparedness parades
that have been held throughout the
country. Atlanta's parade was unique
and different. It was a parade without
soldiers, without women and without
children. In other words, it was A
PARADE OF MEN.
The very flower of Atlanta's magnifi
cent cltixenship was In that line. There
wasn't a slack looking man in the
whole procession. They were men who
marched with their heads held high and
their shoulders erect. That is the kind
of an American citizen that has made
this nation what It is today—the man
who walks with his head up, and looks
every mar* in the eye. And that Is the
kind of men Atlanta turned out yester
day.
By marching the women and the chil
dren. Atlanta could have trebled the
number of people in line, and could have
prolonged the parade for hours. But
Atlanta women, when Invited to appear
before the general committee and ex
press their preference, took the posi
tion that marching for preparedness is
a man's business, just as fighting
would be men's business If we should
get into a war. and that they would
rather stand on the sidewalks with their
children around them and review the
marching men. just as they would stand
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drive. The heavy black line indicates
the British-French front before the drive
UUilRIifK < ''ORoulm started. The heavy dotted line shows
how the allies advanced after smashing
gains. Below is a general map of the
| "> allied drive.
_ LILLE !• British ships reported in action
Chntf/r *. along the Belgian coast.
3. Albert, where British and French
ffatre ' Joined and scene of bloodiest
Urrts. T 3 struggles. The allies, driving toward
pr \ uiMui peronne, drove the Gormans from La-
Boissello, Frlcourt, Cental Maison an J
f Montauban, and took Dompierre, where
many German dead were found.
f ( y) 3. Verdun, where the French and
'. J > Germans are deadlocked.
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And Comment
In General Assembly
Representative Ed Wohlwender, of
Muscogee, who is a candidate for the
senate from the Twenty-fourth district
without opposition, is expected to make
the race for the presidency of that body
after his election. Mr. Wohlwender has
served as a member of the house for
a number of years, and is recognized
as one of the most capable members
of that body. His friends are urging
him to make the race for presidency of
the senate, and he will undoubtedly put
up a strong fight for the place if he
decides to run.
Senator John D. Walker, of Sparta,
is considering making the race for rep
resentative from Hancock county. This
has been suggested to him by his friends
who want him to have the place in or
der to run for speaker. Mr. William
if the men were going away to the
trenches.
So that was the way the committee
arranged it, and that was the way tne
women and children participated, ar.d
there wasn’t a man* in the line of march
who didn’t feel a thrill of profound emo
tion as he looked along the streets and
saw the women and the children with
their flags and their smiles and their
shining eyes.
Colonel E. E. Pomeroy, grand marshal
of the parade, said he was going to start
it promptly at 9 o'clock, and he did. Tne
fellows who thought he was just saying
that to prod them along are the ones
who are sorry today that they didn t
take him at his word. And not only did
Colonel Pomeroy start the parade on time
but he and his aides performed a mas
terful piece of work in shooting the di
visions into their proper places and keep
ing them going in snap-bang order. Ev
erything moved with clock-like precision.
There wasn’t a break in the line, and
there wasn’t a halt in the procession.
And another remarkable and impres
sive thing was the rapidity with which
the divisions kept moving after they
started. Ten minutes after the head
of the first division left the corner of
Washington and Mitchell streets, it was
crossing Five Points. That platoon of
Atlanta policemen who set the pace were
certainly there with speed, and the thou
sands who followed them kept It up.
They were like an army on the double
quick.
There were so many striking features
that It would require columns to men
tion them all. Especially notable were
W. D. Ellis. ITT. John Rocetta and Bob
Anderson, marching at the head of the
lawyers in cbstumes, and with drums ard
fife, exactly duplicating those in the fa
mous picture. “The Spirit of ’76.” An
other was the huge American flag which
was carried by the building owners and
managers. This flag Is more than fifty
years old and is owned by B. W. Brad
ford. who bought it during the Civil
war and who is a descendant of Govern
or William Bradford, of Plymouth col
ony.
Still another special feature was the
section composed of the Greeks of At
lanta. The president of their society
D. Algers, attended every meeting of the
committee, and his fellow countrymen
abundantly vindicated his statement that
they stand "for America, first, last and
all the time." They closed their restau
rants and fruit stands, put on Palm
Beach suits, white hats, red carnations
in their coat lapels, and turned out
a splendid section tnat marched witn
perfect order eight abreast, each one
carrying the flag.
All the committees that worked in
preparation for the great parade are de
serving of the community’s thanks. The
chairmen who organized the men engag
ed in their respective lines of business
are deserving of especial thanks. And
particular credit is due to E. Y. Clark.
■ who served as executive secretary
working dav and night, and to General
Chairman Walter P. Andrews, Grand
Marshal Pomeroy, and Finance Chairman
E. P. Mcßurney.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1916.
H. Burwell, the present speaker of the
house, will not be a candidate for re
election. •
Representative Samuel Olive, of Rich
mond county, has introduced a bill in
the house to repeal the section of the
criminal code which automatically gives
a convicted man the maximum sentence
for that particular offense on the sec
ond conviction. .
The amount of the sentence, Mr.
Olive thinks, should be left as discre
tionary with the trial judge as In first
convictions.
Representative Blackburn, of Fulton,
constituted himrelf Monday as the Spe
cial High Guardian of the calendar. No
less than four of his colleagues were
bowled over in succession when they
rose to ask unanimous consent to make
bills of theirs special orders of busi
ness on certain days.
“I’ll have to object,” Mr. Blackburn
would sing out on each attempt, thus
automatically defeating the proposition.
He explained casually to one at his
side that he was doing this to keep the
calendai clean.
Representative Knight, of Berrien,
then offered a resolution to have the
Cook .*>jnty bill made a special o’-der,
but the resolution, on being referred to
the rules committee, was not reported
on before adjournment.
Representative Arnold, of Clarke, in
troduce! a bill to amend the charter of
the city of Athens, in order to provide
for the construction and maintenance of
an enlarged waterworks system in that
city. The amendment would also in
clude provisions regulating the terms
of office of members of the police and
five departments.
To create a lien on baled cotton for
the ginning wrapping of same, is the
caption of a bill introduced by Repre
sentative Dorris, of Douglas. The bill
provides that any public ginner shall
have a lien paramount to all other liens
on all cotton ginned and baled by him
under any contract with the owner.
Trading stamps and coupons redeem
able outside of this state will be made
a violation of the law*, if a bill intro
duced in the house of representatives
by Representative Hutcheson, of Tur
ner. anu others is passed. The bill
provides, however, that the anti-trad
ing stamp law would not apply to such
stamps or coupons issued by the ven
dor directly to the purchaser of mer
chandise, in which no one other than
the vendor and the purchaser has an in
terest and which are redeemable by the
vendor in this state, either in cash or
as a rebate on the merchandise pur
chased.
In order to further hamper the takers
of usury in this state. Representative
H. A. * Peacock, of Dougherty county,
has Introduced a bill in the house giving
the victim of usury the right to recover
not only the excess of Interest charged
but an additional amount equal thereto
The action for recovery, however, must
be started within a year following the
payment of the usurious interest. State
banks of Georgia, it is said, are the
principal objects aimed at in this bill.
The present anti-usury law provides
that the victim may recover merely the
excessive amount paid, while the Pea
cock bill would double this penalty.
Dance houses, movies, circuses, merry
go-rounds, race tracks, dance platforms,
concert halls —all amusement places, in
sact —are forbidden to operate upon the
Sabbath under any circumstances in a
bill introduced in the house by Repre
sentative Neill, of Muscogee. As the
present law against Sunday operation
stands, the moving picture houses, by
giving their proceeds to charity, are al
lowed to run on Sunday. The new law,
however, would cut them off from all
operation for any purpose whatever.
LOSSES OF TEUTONS
DURING BIG MCE
IS PLACED AT SD.DOD
Report From Press Camp in
France Says’Allies’ Total
Number of Prisoners Is Esti
mated at 15,000
(By Associated Press.)
ROME, July s.—(Via London. —New
successes have ueen won by the Ital
ians in their offensive in the Trentino,
the war office announced today They
have occupied the summit of Monte
Como, northwest of the Pasublo, and
captured the crest of Monte Sellugio.
(By Associated Press.)
PRESS CAMP IN FRANCE, July 5.
Noon, via London—The total number
of prisoners taken thus far in the An
glo-French offensive probably has reach
ed 15,000. Judging from these figures
the German losses as a whole, it is
estimated here, have been at least 60,000
The British have taken eleven guns.
The relatively small number captured is
due to the fact that the Germans, in an
ticipation of the attack, withdrew their
guns to longer ranges.
It is reporter by prisoners that the
Germans are sending in reserves hastily
from many points on the western front
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, July 5. —The French have
captured a line of German trenches east
of Curlu, the war office announced to
day.
They have also captured Sormont
farm, facing Clery.
The French resumed the offensive dur
ing the night on both sides of the
Somme. South of the Somme they made
further progress toward the river, par
ticularly at Sormont farm. This posi
tion is on the left bank opposite Clery
All the region between the farm and
Hill 63 on the road leading from Flau
court to Barleux, is now dominated by
the French. After a heavy bombardment
the Germans captured part of the vil
lage of Belloy-En-Santerre, but the
French quickly expelled them, taking
the entire village. The Germans still
hold part of the town of Estrees, where
severe fighting is still in progress. Ger
man attacks on French positions there
were stopped by the French fire.
The number of prisoners taken thus
far exceeds 9,000. The number of can
non captured has not been ascertained.
On the Verdun front heavy fighting
is still in progress. West of the Meuse
the French repulsed a strong German
attack in the region of Avocourt and
Hill 304. East of the river there was
a violent bombardment of Thieumont
redoubt and the Chenois sector.
DRIVE ON PERONNE.
Despite the phenomenal rainstorm
which swept over the whole terrain, the
French continued to push ahead south
of the Somme, thus strengthening and
straightening their line and bringing
rearer the capture of Peronne, which
tow is separated from the French ad
xanced post at Flaucourt only by a
narrow bare plateau bordering the
Somme above Blanche and reaching its
highest point, ninety-seven meters, at
the hamlet of La Massonette.
This is a local move, since as a re
sult of the progress of the past three
days the depot at Peronne of the rail
road connecting Chaulnes, Roye and
Cambrai is now under the fire of French
guns as is the depot at Chaulnes, where
the Paris-Cambrai and Ternegier-
Amiens railroads cross. Such an offen
sive will be a serious menace to the
Germans and likely to have the addi
tional advantage of relieving pressure
upon the British against whom the Ger
mans continue to direct the bulk of
their forces.
Verdun, the keystone of the whole
front, continues to play successfully the
thankless role of holding and wasting
the greatest concentration of the Ger
man forces. While General Foch’s army
is making its attack on the Somme,
fighting on the east bank of the Meuse
has been revived with something of its
cld fury. Tuesday the Germans suc
ceeded in capturing the Thiaumont
work for the fourth time, but the
French believe this is not likely to
prove of any more advantage than be
fore, since they hold all approaches and
the work itself is swept by the guns
ol Froide Terre and Belleville.
The statement follows;
“North of the river Somme we have
resumed our offensive action and occu
pied last night a line of German trenches
east of Curlu.
“South of the Somme our infantry,
continuing its successes in the direction
of the river, took possession of the Sor
mont farm on the left bank opposite
Clery. All the region to the south lying
between this farm and Hill 63 on the
road which runs between Flaucourt and
Barleaux is in our possession.
“After an intense bombardment the
enemy last night attacked Belloy-en-San
terre and were able to occupy for an
instant the eastern part of this village
but a counter attack by our troops
brought the entire village back into
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Alleged Lynchers Are
Charged With Murder
RALEIGH, N. C., July 4.—Archie
Prizzelle and Samuel Stocks, farmers,
were arrested in Greene county charged
with murder in connection with the
lynching of Joe Black, a negro, early
in April. Warrants also have been
Issued for forty or more other men on
similar charges. Hearing will be had
at Kinston tomorrt w.
The arrests were ordered following
ar. investigation of the lynching under
the personal directiorr of Governor
Craig.
Joe Black, father of Will Black, a
young negro sentenced to death last
week at Snow Hill for assaulting a
young white girl, was arrested for fur
nishing a gun to his son after the as
sault. He was placed in the Kinston
jail, from which he was removed by a
mob and hanged.
Announcement of the arrests, given
out here last night, was the first news
that an investigation had been in
progress.
our possession. The Germans are still
holding their positions in a part of the
village of Estree-s, where the fighting
has been very spirited. Every counter
attack against our positions has been
broken by our fire.
“The total number of able-bodied pris
oners taken by us up to the present
time exceeds 9,000. The exact number
of cannons captured is not yet known.
In this connection it may be said that
our army corps operating south of the
river Somme estimates its captures at
sixty pieces of artillery.
“On. the left bank of the river Meuse
yesterday evening an attack of the en
emy upon the redoubt of Avocourt was
completely repulsed by the fire of our
machine guns.
“Between the region of Avocourt and
Hill 304 the Germans have delivered a
strong attack. In spite of the use in
great quantities of flaming liquids by
the enemy this attack resulted in fail
ure and cost our assailants heavy losses.
“On the right bank of the river Meuse
the bombardment is continuing with
great violence in the region of the Thiau
mont work and in the Chenois sector. *
Federal Inquiry or
Railroad Strike?
Faced by demands from the conductors, engineers, firemen and brakemen
that would impose on the country an additional burden in transportation costs of
$100,000,000 a year, the railroads propose that this wage problem be settled by refer
ence to an impartial Federal tribunal. , . j -i 4
With these employes, whose efficient service is acknowledged, the railroads
have no differences that could not be considered fairly and decided justly by such
a public body.
Railroads Urge Public Inquiry and Arbitration
The formal proposal of the railroads to the employes for the settlement of
the controversy is as follows:
"Our conferences have demonstrated that we cannot harmonize our differences of opinion and that event
ually the matters in controversy must be passed upon by other and disinterested agencies. T e f .
we propose that your proposals and the proposition of the railways be disposed of by one or the other
? f p\ h e%Jab*y W by S subiSlission to the Interstate Commerce Commission, the only tribunal which, by rea
son of its accumulated information bearing on railway condition and its control of the revenue f
railways, is in a position to consider and protect the rights and equities of all the interests affected, and
to provide additional revenue necessary to meet the added cost of operation in case your proposals are
found by the Commission to be just and reasonable; or, in the event the Interstate Commerce Commission
cannot, existing laws, act in the premises, that we jointly request Congress to take such action m
inay be necessary to enable the Commission to consider and promptly dispose of the question involved,
2. By arbitration in accordance with the provisions of the Federal law’’ (The Newlands Act).
Leaders Refuse Offer and Take Strike Vote
Leaders of the train service brotherhoods, at the joint conference held in
New York, june 1-15, refused the offer of the railroads to submit the issue to arbitra
tion or Federal review, and the employes are now voting on the question whether
authority shall be given these leaders to declare a nation-wide strike.
The Interstate Commerce Commission is proposed by the railroads as the
public body to which this issue ought to be referred for these reasons:
No other body with such an intimate knowledge to the employes as wages: and the money to
of railroad conditions has suefi an unquestioned pay increased wages can come from no other
jn ih. nnhiin rnnfldenre source than the rates paid by the public.
position n p The i n t ersta t e Commerce Commission, with its
The rates the railroads may charge the public control over rates, is in a position to make a
for transportation are now largely fixed by this complete investigation and render such decision
Government board. as would protect the interests of the railroad
Out of every dollar received by the railroads employes, the owners of the railroads, and the
from the public nearly one-half is paid directly public.
A Question For the Public to Decide
The railroads feel that they have no right to grant a wage preferment of
$100,000,000 a year to these employes, now highly paid and constituting only one
fifth of all the employes, without a clear mandate from a public tribunal that shall
determine the merits of the case after a review of all the facts.
The single issue before the country is whether this controversy is to be settled an im
partial (government inquiry or by industrial warfare.
National Conference Committee of the Railways
ELISHA LEE, Chairman
F. R. ALBRIGHT, Oen’l Manager, G. H. EMERSON, Gen’l Manager, X. D. MAHER, Vice-Preaident,
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. „ ta
X> W BAJLDWIN, Gen’l Manager, C. H. EWING, Genl Manager, JAMES BUSSEEXa, Genl Mgr.,
Central of Georgia Railway. Philadelphia & Reading Railway. Denver * Rio Grande Railroad.
C. L. BAHJ3O oSn’l Manager, E. W. GBICE, Gen’l Snpt. Transp., A. M. SCKOTEB, Resident Vice-Fres.
New York. New Haven & Hartford R. R. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway. Pennsylvania Li WMt.
E. H. COAPMAN, Vice President, A. 8. GREIG, Asst, to Receivers. W. I>. SEDDON, Vice-Fres.,
Southern Railway St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad. Seaboard Air Line Railway.
S E COTTER, Gen’l Manager, C. W. KOUNS, Gen’l Manager, A. J. STONE, Vice-President,
Wahaah Railway Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Erie Railroad.
F. E. CBOWDEYrAsst. Vice- Free., H. W. McMASTEB, Gen’l Manager, G. 8. WAID, Vice-Fres. & Gen’l Mgr.,
hew York Central Railway. Wheeling 4 Lake Erie Railroad. Sunset Central Lines.
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Camp Mascot Dines
On Stick of Dynamite;
Now Rests in Pieces
BY WABD GHITENB.
(Journal Staff Correspondent.)
CAMP HARRIS, MACON, Ga„ July
5. Bring flowers for Juarez, the mas
cot that is no more; scatter them across
her lonely grave near the weeping wil
low tree; place a tin can for a tomb
stone at her head and let this be her
epitaph;
“She died of dynamite; may she rest
In pieces."
Private Tutt—l think that was his
name—told the story, sitting in front
of his tent in F Company street, try
ing to darn a sock around a pair of
holes.
“Juarez, the nanny goat that was our
mascot," he said, "well, she ain’t. Went
off quick—just like that—this morn
ing."
It was in the early dawn, said Pri
vate Tutt, that Juarez, the nanny goat,
famished for tin. picked up a little stick
of dynamite that the county forces had
left near the drainage ditches. She
swallowed it. A private saw her. He
gave the alarm.
Up Fifth avenue paraded Juarez.
Ahead of her fled the forces of the
Fifth. All Juarez had to do to depopu
late a company street was to walk in
it They didn’t crowd her a bit; they
shunned her.
“And so.” said Private Tutt, “we rop
ed her in with a blanket sack and
toted her off to the big field yonder.
And then we ran—did you hear the
noise? That was the sharp shooter. He
got off a hundred yards and drawed a
bead on Juarez and he bot a bull’s eye
first shot.”
"Where are the remains?” I asked Pri
vate Tutt.
And Private Tutt winked his eye and
sewed his socks and said not a whisker
was left.
Newspaper Suppressed
LONDON, July 5. —The governor of
■ Cologne has prohibited the puolication
of Rheinistrhe Zeltung until further no
tice, says a Reuter dispatch from Am-
Bull Moosers Want to
Call New Convention
And Name Candidate
(By Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, July 4.—John 'M.
Parker, Progressive nominee for vice
president, last night replied to a tele
gram from Atlanta Progressives sug
gesting that he call a new national con
vention to complete the party’s ticket, _
by declaring that he had no power to
call such a meeting. He stated in his
reply that he had received several sim
ilar requests from other states.
Following a conference held in Atlan
ta Mlonday Georgia Progressives have
sent a telegram to John M. Parker. Pro
gressive vice presidential nominee, ask
ing that another convention be called
that the party may select another nomi
nee 1 nthe place of Theodore Roosevelt.
It was suggested in the telegram s hat
Atlanta be selected as the convention
city.
C .W. McClure, a leading Atlanta Pro
gressive, stated after the meeting that
their action in attempting to get a nom
inee for president might be taken to in
dicate that the sentiment of Georgai Pro
gressives is against lining up with the
Republicans.
Columbus Guardsman
To Go to West Point
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COLUMBUS, Ga., July s.—David P.
McDuflie. first sergeant. Company D (Co
lumbus guards), now about to leave for
the front with the Second Georgia regi
ment. arrived home today with an hon
orable discharge with orders to report
at West Point Military academy at
once. It seems that Congressman Adam
son recently procured a place for young
McDuffie and he has just been apprised
of the fact that he passed all require
ments. It was through the efforts of
Congressman Adamson that the dis
charge was arranged. McDuffie leaves
Thursday afternoon for New York.
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