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Atlanta m i-Wr cldja Z?o nr naT VOLUME XVIII DENIECOURT ENCIRCLED BY THE FRENCH 8.0. P. PLOT TO LIBEL WILSON IS EXPOSED BY NEW TOOK WORLD World Charges Republican National Committee Is Back ing a Film Which Misrepre sents Conditions in Mexico SY HALPH SMITH. XEW YORK. N- Y.. Sept. I«.—The biggest development of the presidential •■ampeifn Monday was the exposure by the New York World of a treasonable scheme by the Republican national com mittee to raise the religious question as a means ot defeating President Wilson. Tn a three column story bristling with disgusting and despicable details, the World exposes the plan of the Repub lican national committee to use the mo tion picture to arouse the resentment of the Catholics against the Wilson ad ministration by depicting on the screen alleged atrocities against Catholics, nuns and priests in Mexico. The World shows that the film nas made at Sheepshead Bay by agreement with the Republican national commit ’tee and from a scenario written by Hal Reid. Tt is the belief in New York, * *mong all classes and without regard to * religion, that the prompt exposure of 2’ this indescribable motion picture will act as a political boomerang - Certain it is that many Catholics, aft- * er informing themselves as to the ac curacy ot the World's story, were em phatic in their condemnation of the methods of the Republican national com- wmittee. The unpatriotic zeal of the Republicans 1 in paying >35.909 for a film that misrep resents and libels the president of the United States and seeks to kindle the :lame of religious prejudice inay have tne same reaction against the G. O. P. as did Dr. Burchard’s unfortunate and * untimely ’'Rum. Romanism and Rebel lion" characterization applied to the Democratic party in 1881. * That the Republican national commit tee ia responsible for the film cannot be 2 denied in the face of the announcements from Republican headquarters that Ed Colby, member of the campaign commit tee. had signed the >35,000 contract Reid. The only defcrffe offered by the Republicans for the film is that each in cident shown on the screen is alleged to be a true portrayal of incidents that actually occurred in Mexico. But the tacts will show that the photoplay is a gross misrepresentation and those are easily obtainable in Washington, and /will no doubt be made public. The most revolting scene shown on rhe screen was staged at Rockaway Point, Long Island. Residents there re ported to the World before it began its investigation that they were shocked by scandalous conduct of the actors in * Reid’s melodrama. Several actresses, rirt-ssed as nuns, were chased from a building supposed to be a convent, and were dragged, screaming and resisting, and attacked in the bushes by actors dressed as Villa bandits. Following this scene President Wil son is shown on the screen asleep at his desk. An amazing feature of this despicable attack upon the dignity of the -presidential office is that the part of President Wilson is taken by a national g iard officer. Captain Johnson, of .the Thirteenth artillery. New York national guard, and that soldiers of the same or ganization. wearing the uniform of the . > nited States, appear in the scenes as part of the American army on the bor *«ler. The Journal correspondent learns, in connection with this expose, that the * facts were first brought to the attention of the New York World by a man identi fied with reputable moving pictures, who said that the motion picture industry would be eternally disgraced by the countenancing of such a vile production. The Universal Film Manufacturing cor poration. according to the World story •oday, refused to have anything to do with Reid's production and dismissed him from its employ because he under *took to take the commission from the Republican national committee. It is already assured that these pic tures cannot be presented in any reputa ble motion picture house in the United ■fttates. The officers of the Motion Picture Ex hibitors’ National league learned of the discreditable character of the Reid pro duction before the World expose and were preparing to announce through their members that no such film could oe shown under the league’s auspices. This means that the Republican com mittee must depend upon hiring halls and theaters where it can give its un patriotic show under its own auspices. 7Ae Semi-Weefyly Journal I he NeiO WoM You gel five issues a wee kJ f 1 Jfl 260 issues a'Xfeur—ALL Tor y/• • V a year Ute Thia Coupon--Wtitt Plainly---and Mai! at Once i The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.: qiGN the coupon—en- | Enclosed find SI. 10. Send The Semi-Weekly O close Si. 10, either | Journal and The Thrice-a-Week New York World to by check, postoffice mon- > the address below for one vear. _ ey order, stamps or cash | ■ by registered mail and * NAME a| mifil to The Semi-Weekly | Journal. Circulation De- i P P B 9 B partment, Atlanta, Ga. t r | R. F. D STATE 5 YEARS MORE OF WAR—ALLIES TO ■ . WIN, SAYS EXPERT I WASHINGTON. Sept- 18.—Basing j hfs prediction on information given I tint by military experts who have seen in the war zone. Colonel Robert M. Thompson, president of the Navy League of the United States, says the I European war will last five years. “The defeat of the Germans , seems inevitable." said Thompson, . 'but it will take two years of fight ng to. drive them out of France and Belgium. Within her own borders | Germany w'ill .put up a bitter fight ind it will take at last three years to conquer her after she is driven jack to those borders. . "Germany has the means to carry >n war indefinitely." i , CONFESSIONS BARE GREAT BLACKMAIL PLOT AT CHICAGO > __ Band pf Alleged Swindlers, Numbering 60 Persons, ' Third of Them Women, Cleaned Up $1,000,000 By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Sept. 18. —Confession has been made by two members of the al , leged syndicate of blacamailets, eight of whom are under arrest here, that opera tions of the swindlers netted them >1,009.000 during the last year, federal officials announced today. The confessions, it was said, disclosed that the alleged band numbers sixty per sons, a third of them women. A dis pute over the division of spoils, it was said, led to the confessions. Arrest of a score or more members of the syndi cate are expected within a week. The men who confessed are "Dick’’ Earrett and Edward J. Thompson, ac cording to Hinton G. Clabaugh, head of the Chicago bureau of the federal de partment of justice. Both are at liberty, tut are expected to De witnesses for the government when the eight members of the alleged syndicate, arrested in the said in a fashionable apartment hotel Saturday night, are brought to trial. Those under arrest are: Edward Don ahue, alias “Doo!' Donahue: Mrs. Helen* Evers, alias Mrs. George W. Brown; Henry Russell, alias H. J. Russell; Mrs. Edward Donahue; James Christian, alias James Roberts; George Bland, alias Joseph Pearl: Frank Crocker; Mrs. Frances Allen, alias Mrs. Francis Chap man. The prisoners are charged with conspiracy and the total bail asked of them is >IOO.OOO. Elaborate opium smoking layouts, ex pensive silk and satin gowns, costly furs ’.nd jewelry were found in one of the elegantly furnished apartments in which the*arrests were made. Fitly suits of clothes hung in the closet of Henry RusselL WORKED WHOLE COUNTRY. Operations of the band are declared to have extended from coast to coast. Five wealthy and socially prominent members of Chicago’s society are de clared to have been blackmailed out of >20.000. Only three victims of the syn dicate have declared themselves ready to face the publicity and testify in the case. Mr. Clabaugh said. One of these Is Mrs. Regina Clipper, of Philadelphia. A woman member of the "syn dicate” was believed to be in St, Louis and the **os Angeles authorities were to locate the sender of a telegram, addressed to Helen Evers, one of the women arrested here, which read: "Si mon says thumbs up. Two men are holding me. Watch the fire escape." Operations or the syndicate, which now appear to have been of international proportions, were not confined to the blackmail of wealthy men and women, according to information developed to day. Among the effects in the office of "Doc” Edward Donahue, one of the men caught in the Saturday night raid, was stationer)- of the “United Turf Ex change,” with “headquarters in New York and offices all over the world.'’ There were also cipher codes for de ciphering messages received by wire, telling what horses to bet on, how much to bet. what races and positions to play. Fake newspaper clippings disclosing the wonderful cleanup made by a young eastern plunger tin pool rooms apparent ly had been used to lure victims. One leter found >in Donahue’s room, at the fashionable south side apartment house was from the "horseman’s association" of Louisville, Ky„ signed by J. C. Sauls berry. secretary, and addressed to A. T. Karger. The secretarv said he was sorry to hear of "Mr. Karger's notoriety lately, and hoped he wouldn’t have an other occurrence like that again.'* VILLA FLEES BEFORE CARRANZA S CAVALRY: HEADS FOR MOUNTAIN Two Columns of Mexican Cav- . airy Pursue Bandit Over Jagged Rocks Into Rugged Santa Clara Canyon (By Associated Press.) EL PASO, Tex., Sept. 18.—Two col umns of government cavalry under Gen eral Matias Ramos and Coljnel Jose Marrero today were pursuing Villa and his main band which Saturday made the Hidalgo day attack on Chihuahua City, into the rugged Santa Clara canyon dis trict to the northeast, according to re ports to General Francisco Gonzales, fbmmandant tn Juarez. w The bandits are well mounted anti ap parently were leading the de facto forces over the jagged rocks, ruinous to the feet of horses, into the canyon. Persons familiar with the country pointed out that should Villa reach one of his lairs in the district tne government troops may have the greatest difficulty in find ing him. * Today's reports indicated that Villa's force numbered approximately 1,500 and was opposed by the garrison of about 7,000. The Villa casualties also are said to be considerably larger than was first Indicated. From the number of dead and wounded picked up by the pursuing forces, it was estimated the losses prob ably were about 250. VILLA DIRECTED ATTACK Villa himself directed the attack, ac cording to the dispatches, but did not enter the town, remaining across the Rio Churiscar to the northwest with a few hundred of his reorganized "gold ones.” When his followers had fallen back to this point, it is asserted, he di rected the retreat. Much damage w*as done to the peni tentiary and the municipal and‘federal palaces, which the bandits succeeded in capturing before the surprised members of the garrison who had bgen partici pating in an Independence day celebra tion, rallied. Rifles were useless in the hamWo-hnffil street ftgtTTTffT" TbU lowed, the reports said. Pistols and bare fists were used, as the two com mands struggled through the early morn ing hours in the rain. When finr.lly the artillery ’ire. which General Trevino directed from Siuita Rosa, a fortified hill to the west of the city, had forced the Villistas to retire they left the streets behind them cob- ! I led with their dead. SEEK LEADERS BODIES Search today was being made among the bodies in an attempt to identify prominent outlaw leaders, an espe'dal es- i fort being made to find trace of Jose ; Inez Salazar known as “The Perpetual , Revolutionists,” who was held in the | penitentiary or. a charge of treason and | released in the attack. The rebels had made an orderly 9e- ■ treat into the outskirts of the city, ac- I cording to dispatches, when they again , came into the lino of government art!!- i lery fire, this time from the twin hills ' c f Nombre de Dios. The retreat imnic- , diately became a rout. Rumors current ; here that a part of the Carranza garri- 1 son had joined Villa were denied at the i Juarez commandanria, it being asserted . that all dispatch.s were warm in their praise ot the government troops for their loyalty in IHe action. Physicians attending General Trevino, who sustained a wound in the arm in the action, said today that his injuries were slight.' A small band of Villistas made a "Hidalgo day" attack on Guerrero, eigh ty miles west of Chihuahua City but were repulsed and fell back toward the foothills of the Continental divide pil laging isolated ranches as they went, according to private advices here today. Recent reports received here have as serted that American cavalry scouting patrols have been operating between Guerrero and Namlpuipa in response to reports that Villa himself was leading the bandit band in that vicinity. Paralysis Cases Decrease i (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, sept 18.— A new low rec jrd in the epidemic of infantile paraly sis was established during the twenty four hours ending at 10 a. m. today. There were but six deaths and fifteen tifw cases. ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1916. SEN. ALBERT L. MILLS IS HEID OF PNEOMONU I, ' ( IChief of Militia Affairs Suc cumbs at Washington Aft ei 15 Hours’ Illness . * i (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 18.—Major Gen • eral Albert L. Mills. chief of the dtvi -1 sion of militia affairs, died at his home I here today after fifteen hours' illness I from pneumonia. ' GeneralNMills was a native of New i York and was apirointed to tire military ' ' academy from that state in 1874. He I served with distinction through the , Spanish war and the Philippine insur- ■ . rectio'i, and in 1904 was promote.! by (President Roosevelt from the rank of ; captain to brigadier general. For sever- j al years he served as commander of the ■ department of the gulf, with headquar-1 ters at Atlanta. Only last month he! was commissioned a major general. Before becoming head of the militia division he had been president of the . war college and superintendent of the i military academy. He worked out the ' mobilization plans for the state troops: ! which operated successfully during the Mexican border situation. He contend ed vigorously for increasing the efficien cy of the national guard and dealt un sparingly with the faults of the system or of individual organisations whenever he appeared before congress in connec tion witli army legislation. The task of federalizing the state ( troops under the plan laid out by con gress in the reorganization bill recently signed has rested largely upon General Mills as chief of the militia bureau. His work was greatly complicated by the fact that the troops were called for bor der duty before there had been opportu nity to work out the new scheme. General Mills leaves besides his wife. , j a son. Lieutenant Chester P. Mills, of the (Ninth cavalry, and a daughter. Mrs. Emil P. Irfturson, wife of Lieutenant Laurson, of the Eleventh cavalry. The general ws stricken witji .pneu monia lust night. He was at his desk Sturday afternoon and took a long horseback ride yesterday morning. • Was Popular While Stationed in Atlantal General Mills was well known and, popular in Atlanta, where he was sta tioned in 1909-10-11 as commander of the department of the gulf, bein*.suc ceeded consecutively by Major General W. W. Wotherspoon. later chief of staff rnd now retired, and Brigadier General tobert K. Evans, in command of the Second brigade of the First division, -•re and now on the Mexican border. As commander of the old department | of the gulf, now abolished. Generali Mills had on his staff Colonel Frank Jones, adjutant general, and Colonel 'Blair D. Taylor, retired, his surgeon now living here at 755 Piedmont avenue. i i Colonel Taylor was surprised and shocked to learn of the death of Gen-' <-ral Mills through The Journal. He had i 1 known the high army officer intimately and the two were constantly thrown to gether during the regime of General the department here OFFICER, HE’S OUT AGAIN! ' ■■ ■ I —s—MM——■ ii I I ————— ( booih ■' AL"'/;- ■’ Kjl ‘ f 1 - Xz M' 'Bl , latilu ! 'zwl W' '• 1 / /-‘<Z >£& / S eStrjHKwv B// X I A UEfe U) £2 /LI '*' 'FUNERAL OF NIRS. HOWE IS HELD IN COLUMBIA, 5. C. i —— Many Relatives and Friends Pay Last Tribute to Presi dent Sister i (By Associated Press. ‘’•OLUMBIA. S. C., Sept. 18.—Presi dent Wilson came here today to bury his only sister, Mrs. Annie E. Howe, of Philadelphia, who died Saturday at New- London. Conn. Quietly and sadly he at tended the simple funeral services at i the church and then walked with rela- I tives to the adjoining grave yard and I stootl with bowed head and tear-stained I face during the last simple rites. The people of Columbia gathered along the streets and outside the church to see the president, but they respected bis grief and made no demonstration. Dur- I ing the ride south tills morning the plat j form of every station was crowded, but ! there was no cheering. At several stops j flowers were put aboard the train by school children. The special train bearing the body and members o fthe funeral party arrived here shortly before noon. Automobiles took the president and members of his family directly to the First Presby terian church. The station was sur rounded by several thousand people. At the president’s personal request the city and state officials gave no official recog nition to his visit. In the immediate party were Joseph R. Wilson, a brother of Mrs. Howe; John A. Wilson, a cousin; Mrs. Anne Cothran, a daughter; Georgp Howe and Wilson Howe, sons; Miss Margaret Wilson, the president’s daughter, and Dr. C. T. Gray son. the White House physician. The president and the other members of the immediate family were shown to seats in the front of the church and farther back sat many friends who knew Mrs. Howe when her husband was Columbia’s leading physician. The Presbyterian funeral services were re cited by the Rev. A. W. Blackwood, pas tor of the church. assisted by Rev. Thornton Whaling, president of the Co l lumbia seminary. The last services took place inside an I enclosure in the shaded graveyard wl\ere are buried Mrs. Howe’s husband, the father and mother of the president, and several other relatives. A modest shaft marks the plot. All flags in Columbia were at half j mast during the ceremony and the ' church bell was tolled slowly. The president planned to remain here until 6:l* o’clock this evening, and then i return to Long Branch. N. J., where he I expected to arrive at 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Governor Manning, of South Carolina, sent the following message to Col. O. K. Laroque, his private secretary. "Please convey In person to the presi dent on his arrival in Columbia tomor row my sympathy and that of the people of South Carolina for him in the death! of his sister, and express my sincere re gret that I was not there to pay in per son our tribute of respect and loyalty i to him.” The message was delivered to the I president at the train today. All during the services the grave yard. inclosed in a brick fence, was sur-1 rounded by crowds. | After the graveside services Mr. Wil son remained for a few moments to look at the graves of his father and mother. After the services the president and Mrs. Wilson returned by automobile to their private car for lunch. Later they took an automobile ride. DECLARES TORPEDO SANK „ BRITISH VESSEL KELVINIA I Passenger on Ship Carrying 28 Americans Tells of Its Destruction (By Associated Press.; NEW YORK. Sept. 18.—A torpedo sank the British ship Kelvinia, carrying twen ty-eight Americans, according to G. W. f Dillard, of Richmond, Va., one of the r Americans who arrived here today on the - Cunard liner Tuscania. t Dispatches from England left in doubt • the question whether the Kelvinia. bound I from Newport News, Va., to Glasgow, 1 Was torpedoed or sunk by a mine on Sep tember 2. -1 Agents of the department of state met > i the Tuscania upon her arrival and took ; the deposition of the Americans. . | According to Dillard, the Kelvinia .' was torpedoed at 2 o’clock in the morn- J ing without any warning having been . given. The vessel listed immediately .; and there wire enough boats for both ■ the crew and the Americans, who were I ■ engaged as hostlers tor the cargo of I horses. Many of the Americans put on . life belts and jumped overboard. They ' were rescued by a trawler after floating ’ about for fourteen hours. Dillard said that at the time the Kel vinia met with the mishap he saw near by a small light which later seemed to disappear under the waves. This, he declared, confirmed his belief that there had been a submarine attack. 11 i Bride Pleads Guilty To Theft of Jewelry; Sentence Is Suspended > ' Mrs. Maty Williams, a pretty bride, who was brought back to Atlanta from’ i Corinth, Miss., recently to face charges , 1 of stealing jewels worth ?1,000 from the ■ f residence of Mrs. Margaret Mayer. 11l East Third street, pleaded guilty to the charge when brought to trial before Judge Ben Hill Monday morning. Judge Hill suspended sentence until probation officers could investigate her case. Her husband, Jack Williams* tight wire performer and expert skater, whom she married last winter with a public ceremony at the skating rink, was also charged with being implicated in the ; case ,but his case was nolle pressed Monday. When the trial was over, he was arrested by city detectives and held for transportation to Petersburg, Va., where it is claimed he is wanted by au thorities. • In making her statement, Mrs. Wil- I liams, who had lived with Mrs. Mayer for some time before said that she stole ; the jewels out of spite. At the conclu sion of her statement she fainted. Overpowers Nurse Ancf Jumps to Death 'Special Dispatch to The Journal ) CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 18.—Wab ter Springfield, aged thirty-eighn jumped from a window on the fourth floor of a local hospital today, meeting instant death. Springfield, who was suffering from a brain disease overpowered a nurse before jumping NUMBER 100. DRIVE IS CONTINUED j TOWARD IMPORTANT TOWN OF CHAULNES I i Heavy Counter Attacks of Germans Are Repulsed by the French—Enormous Loss es Inflicted, Paris Says z „ totM ttttSTtt. t tt t SSSt «- PBEMTEB. ASQUITH’S SON ♦ < ’ IS KILLED IH BATTLE a- i*- • ’ ♦ ♦- (By Associated Prsss.) >■ ♦ LONDON, Sept. 18.—Lieutenant -e ♦ Raymond Asquith, son of Premier ♦ ♦ Asquith, was killed in action on ♦ ♦ September 15, it was announced ♦ ‘oday*. ♦ Raymond Asquith, who was in ♦ -♦ his thirty-eighth year, was a graduate of Oxford, president *♦ ♦ of the Oxford Union and promt- -♦ ♦ nent as a member of the bar, to -♦ ♦ which he was admitted in 1904. -e ♦ He was the eldest son of the pre- a- mier. Two brothers. Lieutenant a- Arthur Asquith, of the Roysd ♦ Naval reserve, and Lieutenant -e ♦ Herbert Asquith, were wounded ♦ ♦- in action at the Dardanelles in ♦ ♦ June, 1915. Is. ♦ • (By Associated Press.) .WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—The new thrust by the French south of the rteer- Somme in northern France, vghere the, important railway town of Chaulnes is their objective, has resulted in the complete encircling of the village of Deniecourt, the Paris war office announc ed today. Deniecourt formed the center of th I wedge the French are driving into the German lines north of Chaulnes ,lto' re sistance holding up their aSvance be- ■ tween Beray and Vermandovlllers, com- ! plet occupying of which villages by'the French was anryiunced last night Further progress has been made by the French in this region, and heaty counter attacks by the Germans on tfre new French positions jxrth north anil south of the Somme have been repulsed, according to today’s report which an- ‘ nounces that the Germans sustained enormous losses. The French have token 1,200 pH?®™™ and ten machine The HFmsh are keeping -up their for ward push north of the Somme, scoring I their advances, however, at isolated points, apparently in operations to straighten their line and secure their hold on captured ground. London today reports an apppreclable . davance on the left flank where the British line has been driven further toward Le Sars, along the IJozieres- Bapaume road north of Martinpuich, and east of Courcellette. BATTLE IN MACEDONIA. I On the Macedonian front an entente attack in the.Struma valley northeast of Saloniki was repulsed by the Bulgarians, the Sofiia war office announces, a counter attack forcing the entente troops back to the west bank of the river. The forces under Field Marshal von Mackenzen are continuing to progress in their campaign in the Rumanian prov- j ince of Drobrudja. Sofia reports. Some indication of stronger resistance by the Rumanians and Russians, however, is furnished by* the official statement, which reports heavy counter attacks. The presence of a division of Serbian troops in Rumania, alluded to in recent press disaptches. has not been officially accounted for. The probabilities are that some Serbian troops were forced into Rumanian territory during the Teutonic drive through Serbia last fall, being in- I terned there and liberated for service when Rumania entered the war, or else that the division is composed of Serbian residents of Rumania. | Allies Score Advance z On Four-Mile Front LONDON, Sept. 18.—uerman positions exceeding four miles in length were captured Saturday by the British and' French armies in the continuation of their offensive north and south of the Somme river in France. In addition , quantities of war material and a large number of prisoners fell into the hands of the entente allies —700 prisoners be ing taken by the French alone. Heavy counter attacks against the British Sun day were repulsed with large losses to the Germans, according to London. "Near the British took —a fortified position over a front of .a mile known as “The Danube trenchf’ | near Courcelette an advance of about I 1,000 yards was made, and finally the j strongly-defended position at the Mou quet farm, over which there had been numerous hard-fought battles for sever- J al weeks, fell Into their hands. FRENCH ALSO ADVANCE. To the south of the river the French pushed back the Germans and occupied the remainder of the town of Vernian dovillers and Berny still in their hands and also captured all the ground be tween Varmandovlllers and Deniecourt and between Deniecourt and Berny, the i gaiif being over a front running north- 1 east two miles and thence east another ; mile. The advance of the British apparently’ . straightened out the salient that had projected into their lines between Thiep- j val and Courcelette and brings thier I front here to within a scant mile ot Grandcourt and the Albert-Bapaume railway. Grandcourt now is being bom barded by the British. The success of the French seemingly coliterates an other of the many saw-tooth salDnth . which mark the entire front of the-’ Somme, and is another move of the right i flank of the entente toward the pocketing of Peronne. • British Naval Aeroplanes Raid German Aerodromes (By Associated Press.) J LONDON. Sep<t. 18. —A raid by British naval aeroplanes on German aerodromes at St. Denis, and Westrehem is report ed in an official statement issued by the j war office. The statement says: "Yesterday afternoon a squadron of j our naval aeroplanes carried out a fur ther attack on enemy aerodromes at St. Denis and Westrehem. A large number * of bombs were dropped with successful ! result. One of our machines was obllg ed to make a forced landing in Holle-nc and the pilot has been interned,"
