Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, July 07, 1916, Page 3, Image 3
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 The Fine Flavor— the deliczte taste of malted barky b’cnded with the sweets of whole, wheat—is sufficient reason in itself for the wonderful popularity of Grape-Nuts FOOD But it is more than de licious—it is the finest kind of concentrated nourishment to thoroughly sustain body and brain tissue —a food that benefits users remark ably. A short trial proves *‘There’s a Reason’ Sold by Grocers everywhere. THE GREAT DRIVE —I ACHtUX V| </• VthiEPVM- CuRLU A >■_ o" /\ /y I PERONNE * /beQUINCO’- rt I / \° I 'A JL maps show gains op allies th gbeat smash in framcb. The up- Wr'f//11/i P er map is a “close-up" map of the super 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. < to the sea is 110 miles. tow L/Soissons K W RHEIMS X\ / t iFc. 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 EVER SORTER BT CJLOMEL? HfIRRiBLE! 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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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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. 3