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Atlanta 3cim4W<W Smmral VOLUME XX. FRENCH IND BRITISH OFFICERS TO TEACH TRENCH SYSTEM HERE Represenatives of Leading En tente Powers Are Expected to Reach Camp Gordon Within. Week BY WARD MOREHOUSE ATLANTA JOURNAL BUREAU. Camp Gordon. Oct. S —|Ten French and British officers will be at Camp Gordon within a week from today vo teach trench warfare to the officers and men of the Eighty-second division. This was announced Monday morning at division headquarters, where notifi cation has been received from Washing ton that the officers have been assigned to Camp Gordon, for how long, the com munication does not state, but it is as sumed for the complete period of train ing of the men now in vamp The French and British officers will be given spacious quarters in a two story building near division headquar ters. where they will be in close touch with the division commander and his staff. The ten veterans will be the first for eign officers to be assigned to the camp. ' Fort Oglethorpe. Ga. where the second officers’ training camp is located, now has several French officers as instruc tors. but neither the reserve officers at Camp Gordon nor the selectmen under them have had. heretofore, the benefit of the practical knowledge of modern warfare, as the game is played in Eu rope today, which the Frenchmen and the Britishers will give them. It is expected that with the arrival of the French had British officers, prep arations will be begun for staging mimic warfare in DeKalb county in a series of trenches that will be dug and occupied by the men for long intervals at a time, with all movements based on the as sumption that actual warfare is in progress. >25 SELECTMEN DISCHARGED. Eight hundred and twenty-five select— mtn have been discharged from military service after reporting to this cantonment. according to an announcement made at the division headquar'ers this morning. «»f this number were found physi cally disqualified for service, while twenty-fire were discharged on account of being exempted from service by vari ous district boards after reporting at the camp. The physical examination of the se lectmen arriving in the second contin gent was completed Saturday. Examina tion of the men coming in the third con tingent will begin Tuesday. It was also announced today that there are now 2b.999 selectmen In the •amp They include 2.788 negroes who have arrived since October 3 The first hike in which the negro ee lecimen have taken part occurred this morning. -Fully 18.000 men went on a three-hour march with Malor General Eben' Swift, camp commander. On the > eturn the selectmen were reviewed by General Swift, who took up a position at Jackson avenue and Candler road Fach man, including the negroes, saluted 'lhey passed the commander and to each of the negro organisations General Swift and Brigadier General James B. Erwin spoke a word of encouragement at they marched by. Practically all of the and about 10 per cent of the negroes were in Uniform Members of the division headquarters troop carried the Enileld rifles recently handed out to them. This was the first time rifles have been car ried by any organisation on a hike. Following in the wake of the hikers eame two ambulances which gathered up the men who collapsed during the long mara*> There were only a few, however tnat found the pace too much for them. • Members of the Liberty bond commit tee. will visit the camp this afternoon .ano speak before the various organiza tions. These speakers will explain how the soldiers can give further aid tn winning the war with Germany by sub scribing to the second Liberty Loan. Cotton Rises 85 Points To 27 Cents, Breaking Previous High Record The season’s record and the high est level since the Civil war were & xrpassed Monday when cotton on • the Atlanta market took another lump upward. An increase of 85 'points placed the staple at 27 cents The previous high price was 26.75 cents, attained on June 27 last. The advance on the Atlanta mar ket was caused by a jump of 85 a hale in New York. Predicted frosts In the south is said to have caused Tt is feared that the frosts might be followed by a sharp scal ing down of the crop estimate c tober contracts on the New York market reached a new high level. New York spots were 59 points up at 27.50 cents. New Orleans spots were 87 points up at 20-50 cents NOTICE! To Our Alabama , Subscribers Wc wish to warn our Ala bama patrons not to .give vour subscriptions to W. L. » Lee. This man was once our agent, but we have dis charged him and will not be responsible for any more subscriptions given to him He has collected for a goo-i many subscriptions thi* summer, but has never sent them to us. The Semi-Weekly Journal Atlanta, Ga. • Full Associated Press Service SMASHING OF U-BOAT BASES BY THE BRITISH IS FORECAST BY BAKER War Secretary Predicts Suc cess for Drive Along Belgian Coast If Good Weather Keeps .Up for Little While WASHINGTON. Oct. B—Germany’s U-boat bases along the Belgian coast will be throttled if good weather holds out on the Flanders front. That epitomizes today Secretary of War Baker's official war prediction bas ed on confidential reports to the war college. Germany massing her troops most heavily to resist the British drive, be gins to see the handwriting on the wall, declares the report. But. the allies even stronger in men and having the prepon derance in air craft and shells are push ing steadily, surely and irresistibly through to the railroad feeders of the V-boat bases. All now needed to smotner these sub marine nests, in the opinion of the sec retary and his military expert aide, is continuance of open weather. In fact, winter sets in early on the grim west line. Rains are due soon and when they come, the brilliant, dogged smashing must cease But before that time, the British expect to continue their suc cess and perhaps develop something truly decisive. The rail feders are now within range of the pounding British artillery. The slacking of U-boat operations may be in part accounted for by the British successes and their menace to the bases, though experts warn that Germany may be temporarily' low on torpedoes and that she is merely replenishing for a new sea drive along the American sup ply lanes. A few lines from Baker’s weekly war summary, painting a hopeful color in the war situation, are: "The defeats inflicted upon the Ger mans during the past fortnight are con clusive indications of allied superiority. The full success of these operations means that the Belgian coast with its numerous submarine bases will become untenable to the enemy. Zeebrugge, Os tend and the system of canals leading out of Bruges are threatened. If time permits and the combat remains open with the weather continuing favorable for reconnaissance and careful aircraft observation the allied victories of the past two weeks will in all probability be repeated and extended.’’ . -■ _ PROBERS IN LI FOLLETTE BSE MEET THURSDW Senate Committee Awaits Fur ther Information From Senator and Bryan WASHINGTON, Oct. B.—Beginning ’ investigation today of the speech of j Senator LaFollette before the Non-Par- : tisan league at St. Paul, the senate committee in charge of the inquiry map i ped out preliminary procedure and then adjourned until Thursday to await fur- ■ their information from LaFollette and also from former secretary Bryan. No public hearings will be held for the present. Chairman Pomerene announced, and the committee believes it possible (hat the investigation will be concluded within a few days, possibly without any testimony. Senator LtFollette today changed his plan to issue a public statement regard ing his declaration in the St. Paul speech that Mr. Bryan told President I Wilson of ammunition aboard the Lus- i itanla when the vessel sailed from New York on her last voyage. His statement probably will be made to the committee. : No other statements in Senator LaFol- ; lette's speech are being investigated at | I this time. Chairman Pomerene said. Bryan has denied the statement. The subcomittee’s makeup caused con- I siderable comment today. Senators Pomerene. Walsh and James are Demo- I crats. while the two Republican mem bers —Fall and Dillingham—are ultra conservatives. The makeup is consider -led very unfavorable to La Follette. While the committee is threshing out the La Follette charges and the Newlands committee resumes Its railroad investi gation nexl month, scores of congress men will stump their districts for the | second Liberty loan and to arouse war > spirit. Reports on both investigations I are expected at the session opening in] December. Many senators will join in the loan campaign and also discuss war, aims. Two cabinet members. Secretaries McAdoo and Lane, are now on speaking tours in the west. Sailors From Raider Seeadler Are Captured Near the Fiji Islands MELBOURNE. Oct. B.—A boat load of German sailors, members of the crew of the Seeadler, were captured in the vi cinity of the Fija islands, according to a report receivea here today. A steamer which was approaching Wa-I kaya island was said to have sighted a suspicious looking armed launch. The steamer bore down upon the tiny vessel and signalled It to surrender. The Ger- I mans did so. They were surprised and overcome with anger when they discov- | ered their captor was entirely unarmed Watermelon King Dead RICHMOND. Va.. Oct. B.—Judge 1 Charles Catlett. Confederate veteran, who Was known as the "watermelon; king” of Virginia, died last night in his . home ’Tlmberneck," Gloucester county. ; after an illness of two weeks. Judge ■ Catlett is reported to have cultivated I watermelons that weighed as much as I 125 pound* each. THE MAN BEHIND “THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN” ■r T THE - ' 1 F '■ Jife, HOM E M .J J o’ |t A A x \ T \ *** <’i *• % \t GEORSIMS OPPOSED . TO FIXED SEED PRICE Charles H. Bartlett, Hoover Representative, in Confer ence Tuesday Afternoon The question of government regula- I tion of the price of cotton seed was dis j cussed Monday, when Charles H. Bart lett, personal representative of Federal Food Administrator Herbert Hoover, called on Commissioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown. | Mr. Bartlett and also Commissioner Brown and State Market Bureau Direc l tor Jackson are opposed to % any fixing of price, provided speculation can be eliminated in any other way. Commissioner Brown stated that at present he sees no reason why prices should be regulated and that be reiter ates the opinion, voiced at the food con ference in Macon, that any law of sup ply and demand should control. At present cotton seed are selling at l $77 a ton against an average normal j price of about S9O. To discuss this question a number of men interested particularly in this com- I modity will meet Mr. Bartlett Tuesday afternoon in the office of Commissioner I Brown. Mr. Bartlett is the guest while in At lanta of Judge S. Price Gilbert. The hog raising industry is one in which southern farmers have a gold mine, according to Mr. Bartlett. Profits of 300 to 400 per cent are inevitable for hog raisers, he declares, in the face of vast world shortage of meat fats. "There is a world famine of food ani mals,” said Mr. Bartlett. "Hog raising may go a long way toward winning the war Meat fats are absolutely neces j sary and the German* now are dowji ;to one-half a ration. Even if the war should end today it would be five years before there would be enough food ani mals in America." Commissioner Brown Interesting Himself in Exemption of Farmers Commissioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown will go to Washington next week in the hope of securing permanent exemption from military duty of men whose presence on farms is essential to their operation. Mr. Brown is apprehensive lest the ex piration of temporary exemptions, grant ed to men for the gathering of this year's crops, may seriously affect the planting of next year’s crops. Quite a number of cases have been called to his attention, stated of the calling of men without whom their farms could not be operated Major Joel B. Mallet, of the adjutant general's office, when asked about the standing of farmers, stated that district boards have the authority to exempt men who are vital to the farming in dustry and that several men, particu larly in the Savannah district, have been so exempted. Exemptions until December 1, Major Mallet pointed out. amount practically to permanent discharges since by that time the first army will have been filled and men will not be summoned until tne call for the second is made. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1917. RESPONSE TO BOND SUBSCRIPTIONS NOT YET HEAVY ENOUGH Committee Meets at Noon to Perfect Further Details of the Liberty Loan Campaign. Banks Display Posters While numerous subscriptions for small amounts of bonds of the second Liberty Loan issue were coming into the office of W. C. Wardlaw, chairman of the executive committee, members of the publicity committee, headed by St. Elmo Massengale, at noon Monday were meeting on the fourth floor of the Hurt building to devise means to give more impetus to the drive which is expected to result in the sale of the maximum $135,000,000 bond allotment to Atlanta and the Sixth federal reserve district. Although steady progress has been made in getting the nature and the need of the loan before the public, it has not been as rapid as the members of the various committees had expected, be cause of the delay in Washington in getting adequate advertising matter to the committees hbre. Chairman Wardlaw announced Mon day, however, that all advertising mat ter is now either here or on the way, and that his men are now ready "to jump straight into the thickest of the fight ing.” Every bank in Atlanta and the dis trict is giving the movement for the sale of the bonds its active support and Chairman Wardlaw stated that within the next few days he would be able to announce to the public concrete results of the work already done. Interest in the loan is reported in the rural sections, where it is believed that within the next week or so the sales to the farmers alone will run up into several millions of dollars. Every ef fort is being made to make farmers see that a subscription for Liberty Loan bonds is a loan of their prouucts to the government and with which pro ducts as well as with men that the United States expects to win the war. Much of the loan, the farmers will be shown, wi) be spent almost directly at the sources from which it is to be ob tained and that the farmers are certain of getting their outlay returned to them by purchases intended for the army. Selective Service Law Test Case Is Advanced By U. S. Supreme Court Washington. Oct. s.— to permit an earlx decision, the supreme court to day advanced appeals from Minnesota, Ohio and New York involving the con stitutionality of the selective service law and fixed December 10 ajs the date for hearing arguments. This action was taken on the motion of the government which asked that seven suits involving the question be joined and arguments heard at the same time. Had the suits followed their nor mal course, they would not have been called for argument for about 18 months. Among them are those J>f Emma Gold man and Alexander Berkman, sentenced to serve two years imprisonment and pay a fine of SIO,OOO for urging men of army age not to register. KEET KIDNAPING EASE DEFENDANTS OH TRIAL Carter, Piersol and Adams Are Charged With Abduc tion of Child MARSHFIELD, Mo.. Oct, B—Dick Carter. Claude Piersol and Cletus Adams were placed on trial here today charged with the kidnaping and murder of four teen-months’-old Lloyd Keet, son of P. Jlolland keet, whose body was found in i an abandoned well on June 9. ten days after the child had been stolen from Ebe : home of its parents at Springfield. Mrs. Taylor Adams, her husband, her i son. Maxie, and Sam Maginis. who the authorities charge are imnlicated in a plot to abduct Clement, wealthy jewtler of Springfield, »rt tne same time tbe Keet baby was stolen, will also be placed on trial. Special deputies have been sworn in to assist the court officials in prevent ing anticipated disturbances during the trials. The Keet baby was stolen from its home in Springfield on the night of May 30, while the parents were attending a dance. A maid, a servant and a four year-old boy were in the house when the abductors gained entrance through an open window in the nursery. The child was not missed until shortly after mid night when the parents returned from the dance. The following day Keet received an anonymous note instructing him to bring $6,000 to a secluded spot near Spring field that night on a promise of the re turn o? the child. | Concealing his plans from the police, Keet did as directed, but the abductors (failed to appear. I A second note was received on June ;1. Keet's friends had been too solicitous I in following him on the night of May 31, the note explained, adding that if he would bring several thousand dollars additional as a penalty for the action of his friends the baby would be returned the following night, but the abductors again failed to appear. A few days later all of the accused with the exception of Dick Carter were arrested. On June. 9 the body of the; child was (found in an abandoned well on a farm eight njiies southwest of Springfield. Fearing for the safety of his prisoners, Sheriff Webb spirited them out of town before announcing that the child’s body had been found. ■ On learning the prisoners were taken from the town, a posse gave chase, over 'l taking the officials and the accused hortlj before midnight near Stockton. The posse demanded the prisoners. After exacting a promise from the posse that the lives of the suspects would be I spared. Sheriff Webb surrendered them. Piersol wr’s questioned by members of I the posse, but refused to make a state ment. A rope was tied about* his neck and even though his body was repeatedly swung from the ground, he refused to talk. All of the accused were then re turned to the officials. At the prelimi nary trial in August Carter. Piersol and Cletus Adams were denied ball after Dr. Harvey Fullbright testified the baby had died either from drugs or suffocation be fore being thrown in the well. The cases ordinarily would have been tried before’ Judge Johnson, but because of his activity in .the search for the child, he was disqualified. STATEMENT OF WAR AIMS MAY BE FORCED ON GM LEK Internal Cndition’s and British Drive Will Compel Renewal •of Discussion in Reichstag This Week, Probably Monday NEW YORK, Oct. B.—External pres sure to force the German government I to set forth its war aims clearly hav- I ing failed on the surface, internal con ditions within the empire threaten to compel the issuance of a full statement l of Germany's aims. What the German leaders want, if they are successful, will : be discussed in the relchstag this week, probably today. The imperial chancellor, Dr. Michaelis, is finding his way as difficult as it was for his predecesor, von Bethmann ; Hollweg, and he must now face the crit ics of the government in the Reichstag ♦ Whether, as has been charged, the bu reaucracy and the army have been fur thering the pan-German scheme of an nexation and indemnities, is expected to be brought out in the Reichstag de bate. Dr. Michaelis SaturCay sent Minister of the Interior Heiferrich before the Reichstag to make a statement on his behalf. Hellferjch failed to mollify rhe I critical members of the Reichstag and I the sitting was adjourned until today after the vice chancellor’s speech had I been interrupted. Gen. von Stein, the war minister, was jeered when he attempted to explain the army’s side of the accu sation that the high command was us ing very strong methods to help the pan : German agitation. i Former Chancellor von Bethmann-Hol wegg before his resignalion, had a test of strength with Admiral von Tirpltz, the reputed organizer of ruthless sub marine warfare, and the chancellor won. The admiral since has been busy and the new fatherland party, of which he is one of the sponsors, according to re cent reports, has been very ac|lve In op posing the Reichstag mapority declara tion for peace without annexations or indemnities. It has now come to a test between the followers of von T’rpitx and the pan- Germans on one side and the majority of the relchstag on the other. Recent re ports have shown that the feeling be tween the pan-Germans and the reich stag majority has been becoming more intense, some Socialist members of the reichstag having gone so far as to charge that the agitation of the pan- Germans is dividing the German people in two camps on the question of tne aims of the war. , Discussion of War Aims Renewed by Haig’s Blows LONDON, Oct. B.—London saw in Ber lin reports of a discussion of Germa ny’s war aims to be.held in the relch stag today another echo of Field Mar shal Haig’s great guns blasting their way lo victory on the western front. The Berlin reports, coming byway of Amsterdam, indicated the government had been compelled to this step of de bating war aims by growing boldness of the Socialists and radicals in the German parliamentary body. At the opening of the fall sess ; on of the reich stag. September 27, Chancellor Michaelis flatly rejected all pleas to announce Germany’s alms, insisting the time was not ripe. Immediately after this curt defiance of the liberal strength came Field Mar shal Haig's smashing victory on the western front and the development in Germany of an ultra-conservative party of pan-Germans. under von Tirpitz, apostle of .frightfulness and of unyield ing militarism.' As observers here traced the situa tion, these two developments—indicat ing waning strength of the militarists in the field while they were seeking to assume even greater governmental powers—emboldened the liberals to act. Germany has permitted only the most meager outline of reichstag proceed ings to pass her censorship during the last week. The provincial newspapers of yesterday, however, said Dr. Helff erich, vice chancellor, had announced Michaelis would probably appear for a general debate on war aims today. Says Germany Cannot Force Peace on America AMSTERDAM, Oct. B.—George Go- thien, progressive member of the reich stag, is quoted, in a Berlin dispatch as having said at a meeting of the central committee of his party that although the miltiary situation was satisfactory there was no hope of crushing Germany's en emies on land. As for the submarine campaign seven million tons of shipping had been sunk, he asserted, but no dis position toward peace on the part of I England was discernible. A rationing | system for foodstuffs had not been even introduced, and no one was able to say when the U-boat would make England more inclined for peace. "Americh cannot be forced to make ! peace,” Herr Gothien continued. “We I cannot force America to pay a war in i demnity. There remains only England. | But should we. in order to obtain an in demnity of 10.000.000.000 marks, sacri fice 50.000,000,000 and another half million men?” Germany’s allies. Herr Gothien contin ued. were not inclined to continue the war for pan-German plans of conquest but were striving for peace by under standing and conciliation while the pan- German clamor for ahnexations was finding a bad reception among them. He asserted that the long working hour and insufficient feeding at home increased the desire for peace among the work- I ers and that strikes might be expected ' if the war should be continued for aims of conquest. German newspapers which support the reichstag majority severely censure Dr. Helfferich. the vice chancellor and min ister of the interior, for his incapacity to respond to the feelings of the relch stag and expect decisive happenings on Mond&y. They* "are of the opinion that the future of the government may de pend on the debate to begin Monday in view of the motion of the independent socialists that “the reichstag is of the opinion that the reply of the goevrnment to the interpellation did not meet the intentions of the reichstag.” The Voseische Zeitung declares that this motion is a vote of censure formal ly directed against Dr. Michaelis, the imperial chancellor, but really against Dr. Helfferich. Vorwaerts says that if the motion is adopted Chancellor Michaelis and his colleagues must resign or the reichstag must force them to do so. NUMBER 4. BRITISH AND FRENCH BELIEVED PREPARING FOR COMBINED DRIVE Unabated Violence of Allies’ Artillery Fire Forecasts Com- * bined Assault on Western Front t London Says LONDON. Oct. B.—German infantry was once again in action against new British positions in Flanders —and one* again Unsuccessfully Field Marshal Haig reported today. ‘‘Between Hollebeke and Broodseinde after a heavy enemy barrage yesterday at dusk east of Polygon wood infantry actions developed,” he said. "The enemy was driven off and a few taken prisoner.” The British commander in chief like wise reported a successful raid by hi* troops east of Monchy during the night. For two days now press dispatchea from the western front have indicated a heavy artillery fire from both British and French guns. On the British front, the Germans replied with a bombard ment of only slightly less intensity. Uj» until last night, however, steel, rain and spits of snow on parts of the French front made infanfry attacks unfavora ble The unabated violence of the allies* fire led to considerable speculation hero today that the British and French were starting the artillery preparation for a combined assault. The -violence of British artillery fire has compelled the enemy’s evacuation of Ostankamila. in the Salonika fighting sector, an official statement asserted today. Two More Latin-American Nations Against Germany BUENOS AIRES, Oct. B.—Two mors Latin-American nation* were today de finitely aligned against autocracy and frightfulness on the seas. The Peru vian government, according to Lima« dis patches. followed up its action in hand ing passports to German official* there with cabled instructions to the Peruvian in Berlin to demand his own safe conduct. Montevideo reported the Uruguayan government ready to take the same step. The German minister has already been handed his passports, following an ov erwhelming vote in both houses of con gress favoring a diplomatic rupture. With Peru and Uruguay at diplomatic outs with Germany, eleven Central and South American nations have joined the world combine against the central powers. Cuba declared a state of war against Germany April 7, immediately following the American action. Op April 10, Pan ama took the same step and on the dav following Brazil broke relations. Boll'* via suspended diplomatic .interchange April 13; Guatemala, op April 28; Hon duras on May 18; Nicaraugua on May 19; Germany severed relations with KHayti June 9; San Domingo broke with (eprmany June 11. Attacks by Germans Thrown Back by French PARIS. Oct. B.—German attacks against French outposts in Craonne and the Champagne were thrown back, to day’s official statement declared. In ' Belgium and the Aisne sectors the war office reported artillery active on both sides. Only Artillery Activity Is Reported by Italians ROME, Oct. 8 "Activity was con- fined mainly to the artillery along the whole front," says today's official state ment. "On the Bainsizza plateau our patrols took a few prisoners. On the Carso enemy patrols were driven.” ' CHICAGO WINS THE FIRST TWO GAMES FROM NEW YORK" Chicago won the first game of the • world series Saturday by the score of 2 to 1, Cicotte pitched for Chicago and Sallee for New York; Chicago re peated on Sunday when they downed New Yo rk by the scote of 7 to 2, the Chicago batters drove four New York pitchers from the box winning handily, Faber pitching for Chicago was in fine form. The teams meet again in New York on Tuesday and also on Wed nesday. The series is for seven games, the team winning four games will be the world’s champions. Loan to Great Britain i Increased $15,000,000 ] WASHINGTON, Oct. B—The treas ury department today announced anoth er loan of 115,000.000 to Great Britain, making a total of $1,225,000,000 ad vanced to that country, and a grand to tal of $2,535,400,000 to all the allies. Smokes for the Soldiers ' ] Whenever you're throwing your butt away. Whenever you're lighting * new one. Just think of the fellows that sailed away And how you would like it, if you were them. And some one at home sent YOU one I You finish the package, the devil you care! There are shops—and you're got the money. It's a damned sight different "Over There.” It's a damned long journey to God Knows Where. Yet THKY fight, and YOU don’t. That's funny. For a war ts a mixture of various Hells From vermin aud rats to stenches; But it isn’t damnable German shells. Nor the mud or the blood or the gas that tells The* most on the men in the trenches— It’s the iee-cold nights without ever a smoke — • It's the fire-hot days that are meaner; And a hospital ward ain't so much of a joke And there's only one thing that can al ways provoke A smile—that Miss Nicotina! Did you ever refuse him a cigarette When your pal hadn’t any? I doubt it! TODAY YOU HAVE THOUSANDS OF PALS! And yet Tobacco is scarce at the Front. I’ll bet You’ll see they’re not going without it! —GELETT BURGESS. \/
