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VOLUME XX.
COUNTER ASSAULTS
FAIL UNDER FIRE OF
9RITISH AND FRENCH
German Position on Verdun
Front Imperiled by Danger
of Lines in Belgium Breaking
Before Allied Drive
NT7W YORK. Oct. 11.—( R> Foreign
Cables trom European *'sritals. i—Ex
nrmely bad weather on the Flanders
front i« limitiry the activities of the
elligeremts Noih withstanding the dif
tt,ulU«£ created *y turning of the bat
tleground into a mud field, however, the
.’il es have maintained themselves in
the territory tney gained in Tuesday’s
great drive.
At on)*, one point has their hold slip
red at all. an t that was ip a particular
ly low MK-tor along the British front
ielow Poelcappelle. where as announced
yesterday tin ir advance posts were
d’awi’ in a little.
While the work of consolidation and
I reparation fcr ’hg renewal of the of
f. naive. (hrman counter attacks are be
ne held off by rhe entent- guns. Last
l ight the French had one of these at
tacks to deal with in the region of
• reeibank. The attack wa« broken up
I y the French fire. t
Some attention is being attracted by
•he persistence of of the German efforts
io regain ground on the French front in
th» Verdun region. In this connection
• is noted that recently one of the Ger
man military critics in alluding to the
• tnation in Flanders sr-oke of the peril
t. which the Gentians m'ght be sub
jected on the Verdun front if the Ger
tcan lines in the Belgian area should
The French are very near German
territory northeast of Verdun and a
forced weakening of the German lines
ere might well have a serious effect
unon the whole military situation well
:>i»ced aS the French now are for the
initiation of a drive fro mthe outlying
Vvrdun t>ositions. The German effort
to push back the French here, or pos
> bly to regain the lost initiative in the
region, may possibly be traced in anxie
ty tn this respect on the part of the
Virmsn high command
Small success, however, is attending
•he crown prince’s efforts in this dtrec
t on. He tried again last night near
H II 344. but General Petain's forces
held their ground, driving the Germans
cut of such advanced trenches as they
managed temporarily to penetrate.
French Defeat German
Attempt to Advance
FARIS. Oct. IL—The French iaa:
night defeated a German attempt to re-
• ftui* 1 re ground taken in the French of
ensive in Belgium this week, th* war
■•fhce announces. On the Verdun front
ihe Germans broke into advanced French
jx»ritions. but were repulsed after a
spirited engagement. Following is the
official announcement:
"In Belgium during «he night we
brake up a German attack delivered *aat
cf Draetbank against our positions be
tween Viciorire farm and Papegoat
fr. rm.
"On the Aisne front an enemy patrol
which was se’kmg to approach our
lines i nthe region of Cerny was dl_-
iw rsed by our fire.
• “On the right bank of the Meuse (Ver
dun front!, in the region of Hill 344. the i
Ormans made an attack which enabled
them to gain a footing momentarily in
port tons of one of our advanced
t’enches After a spirited engagement
v.r- repulsed the adversary and remained
masters of our positions.
"Sub-Lieutenant Boyau yesterday
brought down his tenth enemy airplane.”
New German System
Os Defense Is Disastrous
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY IN
FLANDERS. Oct. iO. * By the Associated
Press, t —The new system of front line
defenses inaugurated by the Germans,
who instead of utilizing the trenches,
organized nests of shell holes, proved
a regular trap in the battle just ended.
The German troops who occupied the
craters without other shelter when they
found during the fighting that their of
ficers were not with them, and not
having immediate oversight, deserted
as soon as. the French approached. The
German officers meanwhile were shel
tered in concrete pill boxes further to
the rear
The correspondent spoke today with
several prisoners, officers and men. all
of whom seemed to be in a terrible con
dition of fatigue. The officers declared
that their companies were reduced to
a strength of only forty men. some of
whom were' mere boys of 18. The men
said they were well provided wltn food
while on the front lines, but that in the
interior of the country ’he privations
were great
Th* French troops today, despite the
condition of the ground, made a fur
ther advance, straightening out their
line, toward the borders of Houtholst
forest and taking additional hatches of
prisoners.
Press of Argentine
Fired by Disclosure
Os German Intrigue
Bl ENOS AIRES. Oct. 11.—There is
much concern among the people of Ar
gentine over disclosures of German in
trigues to bring about a conflict be
tween Brazil. Argentina and Uruguay.
The Argentina papers comment exten
sively on the disclosure that the (tor
man legation at Buenos Aires paid for
the publication of a booklet by the edi
tor of a newspaper in this city, predict
ing war between Brazil and Argentina.
Seiror Catlos Rodriguez Lauretta, the
former Argentina minister of finance, de
clares in a published article today that
a von Luxbi’rg dispatch, which has not
yet been made public, refers to German
Intrigues in Argentina and southern Bra
zil. He says that the neutrality dem
onstration planned for next Friday is
ill-timed, as it must stamp Argentina
as pro-German at a time when sister re
publics are breaking with the common
foe.
The government is expected to take
measures to prevent the proposed neu
trality demonstation next Friday, it be
ing reported that the government has
proof that the propaganda was support
ed financially by Germans.
Full Associated Press Service
GOVERNOR TO AID
BONDS CAMPAIGN
BY PROCLAMATION
■Dorsey Will Urge People of
Georgia to Do Their Bit in
Second Liberty Loan to
Prosecute Wai
Governor Dorsey announced at a meet
: Ing of the Georgia Council of Defense
!at the capital Thursday morning that
;he will in a few da> s issue a proclam
ation to the people of Georgia urging
I them to come to the aid of the goverm
Iment through subscription for Liberty
Loan bonds.
The announcement followed the ap
pearance at the meeting of St. Elmo
Masesngale. Henry W. Davis and Rob
ert F. Maddox and a speech made by
Mr. Maddox urging the defnes council to
get behind the loan and make its suc
cess in the sixSR federal reserve dis
trict a part of their campaign.
Further progress of the drive to sell
between $80,000,000 and $135,000,000
worth of bonds in this district was in
dicated at noon Thursday in the an
nouncement that all Atlanta banks will
he represented at a meeting of the clear
ing house association at 4 o’clock to
discuss the loan. Clralrman Masesngale
said that the committee expects to l]e
able to announce tomorrow that the
Atlanta banks have subscribed heavily.
That people in Atlanta and the dis
trict are taking a deep Interest in the
loan is shown in the various messages
received at local headquarters in the
Hurt building Thursday.
The First Baptist chur.-w of Atlanta,
at a meeting of Its executive committee,
has voted to pay off an SB,OOO mortgage
on the church with Liberty bonds. The
idea waws presented by Charles J. Ha
den. former president of the Georgia
chamber of commerce, and • proved ac
ceptable to the holders of the mortgage.
Mr. Haden has now been made the head
of a commitee to solicit and
s other business people to accept bonds in
faeu of currency in payment of bills.
Cordele. Ga.. should be ranked witn
■ those at the top when the list of patriot
jic towns is made up. That city, it was
■ announced Thursday, has devoted the
whole of its sinking fund, intended to
! retire city bonds, to the purchase of Lib
i erty bonds. Sixteen thousand dollars
, was the amount in the sinking fund,
and citizens of town, it Is stated,
will tomorrow subscribe for an equal
i amount.
Athens. Ga.. has announced subscrip
tions amounting to $130,000. one sale
amounting to $30,000. The little town
of Brewton. Ala hrs subscribed for
$50,000 worth of bonds.
Camp Gordon’.- subscriptions no» to
! tals over sl6o,t’’’.
DR. AXSON TO SPEAK.
Arrangements for speakers to ad
dress meetings throughout the district
are now promising excellent results, and
Mr. Massengale, who also has charge
’of this phase of the publicity work, an
nounced that Dr. Stockton Axson. a
brother-in-law of President Wilson, will
speak at Savannah on October 22.
Nine men volunteered 'on Tuesday
i morning for speaking service when
needed. Among them was William
Schley Howard, congressman from the
! Fifth district. He will make his first
speech at the DeKalb County fair
grounds next Monday.
C. P. Phillips, southern manager for
' the Ohio Match company, made a speech
at Canton. Ga.. Thursday and will speak
at Alpharetta on Saturday.
Others who are ready to make
speeches anywhere in the district when
ever they are needed are: Charles B.
Shelton. Cain Dorsey. Carroll Latimer.
Walter Andrews. C- Murphey Candler. C.
B. Hohenstein and Elliot Cheatham,
t BIRMINGHAM STATUS.
Birmingham has not put its whole
force behind the big Liberty loan drive
until this week, which is .State Fair
week there, and which has also been
made Liberty Loan Week.
W. C. Adams, chairman'of the Liberty
loan committee at Birmingham, wired
Mr. Massengale:
“Our stat* fair is being held here this
week and the energies of a large por
tion of our civic workers are being
directed toward making a complete suc
cess of thaj, so we have decided it wise
to take this week for publicity of our
bond-selling campaign. Our aim is to
arouse, through publicity, public inter
est to the fullest degree aryl then start
our solicitors out the first of next week
to actually solicit subscriptions.
“In other words, we are cultivating
th* soil and sowing the seeds this week,
and expect to begin next week the reap
ing of the harvest. The outlook is very
encouraging. There is every Indication
that our campaign will be a complete
success."
Base Hospital at Fort
Buys Liberty Bonds
With their subscriptions for $11,450
worth of Liberty bonds, soldiers and
. nurses stationed at Fort McPherson
V. ednesday afternoon made their names
doubly eligible for inscriptions on the
honor roll of patriotism. Like many
of tlie selectmen and soldiers at Camp
Gordon, the patriots at Fort McPher
son were not content to let their serv
ices be all that the government would
receive from them; they wished also
tc lend their money to the government. '
and the fourteen medical officers, twen- I
ty-six nurses and 231 enlisted men pro- ‘
ceeded at once to do so through Lib-I
erty Loan bond.- of the second issue.
Colonel H. T. Bratton, in command of •
the base hospital at the fort, has placed
the securing of subscriptions at Me- .
Fherson with Dr. H. .1. Rosenberg, a I
a ell-known Atlanta surgeon, who is ex
i pec ted to greatly increase them before I
' the campaign is completed*.
Alleged Conspirators
In Liebenfels Sinking
On Trial at Aiken, S. C.
AUGUSTA. Ga.. Oct. 11.—Paul Wierse, !
of the editorial staff of the Charleston I
American, and John Klattenhoff. skipper
of the German merchant ship Lieben
fels. went to trial in the United Slates
court at Aiken yesterday. They are
charged, with Dr. W. Muller, former
German consul at Atlanta. Ga.. with
conspiracy to sink the Liebenfels in
Charleston harbor last February.
An exchange of telegrams between
Emile Janz. Charleston, and Dr. Muller,
Atlanta, and also Paul Wierse and Dr.
Muller two days before the sinking of
the Liebenfels was put in evidence.
There was also testimony to the effect
that on the day before the sinking of
the ship. Wierse went to Johns Island,
where Klattenhoff was visiting, and that
the latter returned with Wierse to
Charleston, going directly to his ship
and giving instructions that it be sunk.
A J
COAL DEALERS TO OBEY
0. S. PRICE REGULATION
.I ‘ .
They Discuss Situation—H. Y,
McCord Is Made Fulton
Committee Chairman
That the coal dealers of Atlanta will
comply strictly with the regulations
fixed by the government fuel adminis
tration to control the retail price of
coal is indicated by the statement made
by several prominent coal dealers
Thursday morning, following the con
ferences held Wednesday afternoon at
Die Piedmont hotel with Dr. L. G. Hard
man of Commerce, Ga., fuel adminis
trator for Georgia.
“Our prices have been fixed in accord
ance with the national fuel administra
tion rulings,” said A. J. Mack, manager
of the Prootor Coal company.
“Domestic coal now sells at $7.40 per
ton. while steam coal goes at $6.35 per
ton; this is in accordance with the reg-
I ulations laid down, by the fuel admin
istration governing the manner in which
retail coal prices shall be fixed." he con
cluded.
Randall Brothers indicated there
has been no change In their prices since
July, for the reason that it has been
and still is difficult to obtain supplies
of coal from the mines. From a minl
i mum of $7.25 to a maximum of $8.25
per ton. the retail prices vary according
, to the grade of the coal desired.
EXPECTS REDUCTION.
“We are going to observe the fuel
administration's rulings." declared F. G.
I Stover, salesmanager of the Atlantic
Coal and Ice corporation, “but we are
! confronted with a situation which pre
eludes the posiblity of reducing the re
tail price of coal until we are able to
get from the mines a supply produced
under government control and disposed
of at the new prices.
“The coal in our yards at present was
purchased at the high prices prevailing
at the mihes several months ago and
' which prevail now in most mine fields,
for that matter.” added Mr. Stover. .
"The government allows us to dis
pose of our high-priced coal at a rea
sonable margin of profit and when we
get the new coal at government prices,
there will be a corresponding reduc
tion in the retail price to our patrons.
“The present retail price of Jellico
coal is $7.75 per ton, while Montevallo
is selling at $8.25,” concluded Mr. Stov
er. “but our order department is now
at work making up the new prices and
I believe that within a short time the
retail price wil be reduced, although I
am unable to say how much.”
In accordance with the plan to or
ganize commitees in every county in
Georgia to co-operate in the system of
national fuel control, Dr. Hardman has
named H. Y. McCord, the well-known
Atlanta merchant, as chairman of the
Fulton county committe. This commit
tee. along with that of every other coun
ty in Georgia, will investigate condi
tions in their respective communities,
reporting to the state headquarters fig
ures on the demand, available supply
and retail prices of coal. On these re
ports will be based the action of the
national fuel administration in remedy
ing any difficulty which may arise in
the coal situation.
BUTTER AND CHEESE
FEATURE EXHIBITS
OF SOUTHEAST FAIR
Twenty-Five Hundred Pounds
Will Be Shown—Government
Experts toz Explain Dairy
Possibilities of the South
Twenty-five hundred pounds of but
ter —real. genuine . creamery butter,
which sell for 50 cents a pound in most
places—and 1,500 pounds of cheese will
be the features of the dairy exhibit of
the Southeastern fair, according to H.
H. Whiting, of the dairy division of the
United States department of agricul
ture, who will be superintendent of the
fair's dairy department.
The creamery products are beginning
toi come in now from nine southern
states; most of them will be set in place
on the main floor of the agricultural
building by Saturday, while all will be
installed by Monday.
It is for the purpose|pf demonstrating
to southern people that right here in
their own section they may obtain but
ter and creamery products equal to any
in the northern states, that the dairy de
partment officials of the fair are striv
ing to make an unqualified success of
the dairy exhibits this year.
One hundred and twenty-five cream
eries of the south will be represented in
the exhibits and forty cheese factories.
A most valuable substitute for meat
is cottage cheese, according to Mr. Whit
ing, and this product will be displayed
to Its bes‘t advantage. "A pound of cot
tage cheese contains more nutriment
than a pound of meat,” said Mr. Whit
ing.
Other products to be shown will be
I rich milk and buttermilk.
M. P. Sond.iargard, dairy manufactur
ing specialist of the United States de
j partment of agriculture. who is in
' charge of creamery work in the southern
! states, will arrive tn the city Monday
[ from Milwaukee, where he has been at
tending the National Ruttermakers’ as-
I sociation. He will judge the exhibits.
The judging will take place Tuesday. |
: A number of cash prizes and silver cups
will be awarded. A Wisconsin dairy
publication has agreed to furnish a
"’year's subscription to its paper to all
exhibitors in the datry department.
Charts will be shown indicating the
amount of money each southern state
receives anunally from the sale of its
dairy products.
There will be 400 square feet of re- I
frigerator space reserved. the large, ]
. moderti refrigerators being furnished
j the fair association free of any charge
! by the Mcßae Refrigerator company.
J Every preparation is being made to ;
open the fair on Saturday morning. The
new automobile building will be com
pleted by Thursday evening. Many of
the exhibits now ar* arriving.
» The fair will b£ in progress frdlpi
October 13 to 20.
Norwegians Get Rest
LONDON, Oct. 11.—Not one Norwe
gian was sunk last week by German j
submarines for the first time in more
than a year, according to a dispatch ;
to the Morning -Post from Christiania. '
The Tldens Tegn. of Christiania, prints
a diagram nurportfns- to show that Nor
v egian sinkings have decreased as the
efficiency of the allies in dealing w-ith
submarines has Increased.
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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1917
SEEIN’ STARS
IGRICULTURJL PRODUCTS
FEATURE OEKJLB’S FAIR
Balloon Ascension, High Dive
and Other Midway Feat
ures A IscK Attract
Crbyrds from Atlanta, Decatur, Kirk
wood. Scottdale. Stone Mountain and
other centers of DeKalb county are at
tending the DeKalb County Fair, which
Thursday morning opened its gates au
spiciously for its fourth day. Bright
lights of the midway which blazed with
the incandescence of the Great White
Way Wednesday night promised to bring
back again the merrymakers.
During the day, however, the midway
must divide the honors-with products
of the DeKalb county farm and stable
and with the hundreds of exhibits which
have to do with agricultural develop
ment. On Thursday, a sprting turn
was given to events by a dog show in
cnarge of Mrs. O. C. Burgess. DeKalb
county, famous for its dairy herds,
boasts at the same time of blooded dogs
to delight the heart of the fancier.
That gallant aviator in tights who
does the thrilling drop From the smoke
trailing balloon promises Thursday aft
ernoon to provide an even more sensa
tional entertainment. Having landed
Wednesday afternoon to the east of De
catur, he believes he can alight Thurs
day shortly after 4 p. in. in the middle
of Kirkwood or at the eastern limits
of Atlanta. It all depends on the wind.
The high dive performance, which is
the climax of the day’s entertainment,
takes place at 10 o’clock in the evening,
when crowds of merrymakers throng th-*
midway. There are twenty-five or thir
ty unusual shows on this avenue of
pleasure.
Among the attractive exhibtis at the
fair is the one in the negro building
showing the progress of the black race
in DeKalb county. Farming and poultry
raising have been successfully practic
ed by the colored men who cleverly show
their achievements.
Friday at .the fair will be annual
home-coming day in charge of the Deca
tur chamber of Commerce. Congress
man Howard will speak at 2 p. m. This
day is expected to bring out a larger
attendance than any of the preceding
days. t
Broken Whisky Bottle
Reveals the Contents
Os Trunk at Depot
If the man who sent three trunkfuls
of whisky from Jacksonville to Atlanta
had been more careful, that whisky ‘
might even now be his and he might
have had an opportunity to get a little
action on the money he invested. But he
didn't pack his merchandise, for such
it was, mostly in half-pint bottle for
quick sales, and it is no win the offices
of the department of justice while he is
being hunted by the police.
The whisky was seized at the Ter
minal station Thursday morning when I
a broken bottle of it odorized the bag- ■
gage room.
Yeggmen Raid Terrell
Safe; $460 Is Secured
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ALBANY, Ga.. Oct. 11.—Yeggmen last
night blew the safe in the store of D. M.
Dismuke at Graves Station, in Terrell
county, and made a elean get-away with
$460.
The robbery was not discovered until
th* slot* was opened early this morning, i
GEORGIA BOYS AT
MILLS REAL VETS
OF RAINBOW UNIT
Members of 151st Machine
Gun Battalion Recipients of
Many Courtesies Conduct
of Men Is Splendid
BY RAIPH SMITH.
CAMP MILLS, HEMPSTEAD, L. 1.,
Oct. 11.—As has been remarked by dif
ferent persons from time to time, it
always is interesting to observe camp
life. The wigwam of the Traian, the
canvas hut of the gypsy never fail to
attract alike the wayfarer and the
student of human nature. It is illum
inating to contrast the difference be
tween these crude, shelters and their in
habitants with . urban and country life
as it may be seen today.
The army encampment here on the
plains of Hempstead, in the midst of
the most picturesque and unusual sur
roundings, is quadruply interesting. In
the first place, the circumstances that
explain the presence or this vast tented
city are extraordinary. Twenty-seven
thousand upstanding American male
adults are sheltered by the tents—men
from every section ana -epresenting
every walk of lite mobilized In one great
melting pot. to receive instruction in the
use of firearms and the modern methods
of warfare.
It is the presence here of the Rain
bow division that makes a visit to Long
Island so profitable.
The plains of Hempstead are sur
rounded by the wealthiest and most
fashionable residential section in the
United States. Many riejj New Yorkers
have their summer homes on Long
Island. Garden City is perhaps the most
exclusive pommunity in the country.
It harbors only palaces. It has no
stores, no business establishments, only
clubs and churches and homes. The
Garden City colony Is composed of very
rich persons who sought It out as a
means of relief from the hustle,bustle
and excitement of New York.
But when America went t 6 war and
it was suggested that Hempstead plains
afforded an excellent site for the
mobilization and training of troops, the
Garden City folks, in a spirit of patriot
ism, gladly proffered the use of their
playgrounds to the government.
MANY COURTESIES SHOWN.
The people of Garden City have been
generous and kindly in their reception
and treatment of the soldiers. They
have shown courtesies that were not ex
pected. The magnificent clubhouses and
golf links have been opened to the com
missioned officers of the Rainbow divi
sion, and the private homes and
churcres have been opened to the en
listed men. Seemingly, it lias been im
possible for the Garden City citizenship
to do enough for the soldier boys. The
olive drab uniform is welcome every
where. The courtesies and hospitalities
that marked the first appearance of the
troops have, been extended and enlarged
in many ways, which fact carries its
own implication.
The nabobs of Garden City have been
impressed with the conduct and charac
ter of the soldiers. Officers and privates
alike* have not abused the hospitality
that has been shown. They have con
ducted themselves well, and they have
displayed a keen sense of aprecaition.
It is at least gratifying, whether it is
significant or not, that about 55 per cent
of the Rainbow division is composed of
national guard troops from the south.
They have reflected credit upon them
selves individually and upon their states
collectively by the inaner In which they
have conducted themselves.
The One Hundred and Fifty-first ma
chine gun battalion, which is made up of
Georgians entirely, has been the recip
ient of every conceivable consideration
not alone from the residents of Garden
(Contimied on Page 7, Column S,j
FOOD ffllW TO BE HELD
001 Os NEW CONTROL
‘ Following President’s Procla
mation Hoover Will Put Reg
ulations in Effect Nov, 1
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11—Food prices
will be held in check by the sweeping
governmental control of staples an
nounced in President Wilson’s prpcla
. mation today.
Herbert Hoover, who will put the
president’s oyder into force November
I. is not certain it will reduce prices
to the average consumer. He is determ
ined, however, to control “the sickening
individual, sectional and class avarice,
backed by demand and threat,” of which
he says he recedes daily evidence.
Stimulation of production to meet the
world-wide food shortage and aid
America’s fighting allies is Hoover’s
dominant thought in price control.
With these policies before him. Hoov
er today formulated rules, regulations
and licenses for every big importer,
manufacturer or distributor of wheat,
rye and their flour products, oats, com.
rice, dried beans, food oils, milk, dairy
products, canned goods, sugar, eggs,
poultry, dried fruits and other staples.
The amount of detail involved is enor
mous. Over a hundred girls are al
ready employed in the-mailing division
alone and the food administration is
spreading out, taking over one private
residence after another for office room
Dozens of different report blanks and
sheets containing instructions are be
ing sent to each food dealer to be regu
lated.
18 District Chairmen
Are Named In DeKalb
Food conservation work in DeKalb
county was given an impetus Thursday
morning when J. E. Hall, chairman of
the county conservation comittee, named
chairmen for eighteen districts who will
see that the work is carried out in every
neighborhood. The appointees are:
Decatur, Mrs. C. J. Metz; Evans. J.
L. Lee; Lithonia. J. L. Chupp; Stone
Mountain, B. F. Fawcett; Diamond, L.
T. Nash; Brownings, R. L. Caldwell;
Cross Keys, Mrs. W. W. Mendenhall;
Doraville. L. Weldon: Shallowford,
W. R. /Sfarsh; Redan. Mrs. D. W. |
Wellborn; Atlanta, Mrs. C. E. High-:
tower; Mills. Mrs. Paul White; Clark-]
ston, Mrs. Henry Barnes; Phillips, Jess
Leftwich; McWilliams, Homer Hupy; |
Panthersville. J. C. Kidds; Edgewood.
W. F. Buchanan; Kirkwood. A. I. Bran-]
ham. B
These subcommiteemen. who may
name assistants in their respective dis
tricts, will meet in the superior court
room of DeKalb county. Decatur, Satur
day morning at 10 o'clock to receive in
structions from Chairman Hall.
15,000 Selectmen Begin
Movement to Wheeler
Saturday, October 13
CAMP WHEELER. MACON. Ga.. Oct.]
11. —Movement of 15,800 selectmen from !
Camp Gordon, Pike and Jackson to
bring the Thirty-first division to full
war strength of 27,000 men will begin
Saturday, it was announced at division
headquarters today.
Two thousand will arrive Saturday ,
and be immediately asisgned to the ar- ■
tillery. Thirty-seven hundred will ar- j
rive Sunday. 2.000 Monday and the same i
number every day afterwards until the
full increment has arrißed.
All training was suspended today
and the 12.500 former guardsmen here
began putting up tents to be occupied
by the selectmen. As fast as they ar
rive they will be aligned to regiments.
At least two-thirds will be assigned to
the four infantry regiments.
Colonel A. P. Gardner, adjutant of the
division, has been advised that ten
French officers will arrive this week to
act in aif advisory capacity during the
training of the division for servee in
France. They will come direct from the
battle front.
NUMBER 5.
FiGHT ON MICHAELIS
\«HELFFERICH PLAN
OF REICHSTAG HEADS
Formidable Movement Under
Way in Reichstag to Rein
state Von Buelowj Say Dis
patches From Berlin
AMSTERDAM, Oot. 11.—A formidable
and open movement in the reichstag to
oust Chancellor Michaelis and Vice
Chancellor Helfferich and reinstate
Prince von Buelow as chancellor was
reported in Berlin dispatches today
quoting the Vossissche Zeitung. The
German newspaper asserted that “a
number of reichstag members are openly
working to this end.”
Michaelis and Helfferich are par
ticularly under fire for their institu
tion of propaganda In the army for the
von Tirpitz pan-German political party,
“the Fatherland party.”
The Centrist-Radical wing is likewise
opposing them for refusal specifically
and formally to discuss the govern
ment’s attitude on the majority peace
formula.
Tlhe Berlin dispatch allowing opposi
tion to these two leaders whose post
requires them to act as the buffer be
tween the German parliament and the
government itself, came on the heels of
speeches by Michaelis and Foreign Sec
retary Kuehlmann declaring that peace
could never be forced from Germany
while her enemies sought to separate
her people front the kaiser or—while
they demanded that Germany surrender
any of her territory. •
Kuehlmann firmly declared that Ger
many would never consider abandon
ment of Alsace-Lorraine.
“As long as our Chernies insist on
their demand for parts of Germany.
Germany will stand with folded arms,”
declared Michaelis in discussing the
same general principle.
“Our peace is still to come,” he as
serted.
Berlin dispatches declared that
Michaelis’ speech was received with lit
tle applause. The reichstag was nearly
empty.
During the debate in the reichstag
yesterday Deputy Conrad Haussmann
that the declaration of Dr. von
Kuehlmann, the foreign secretary—that
ayart frdm Alsace Lorraine there. Is no
absolute bar to peace—was tantamount
to a definite understanding that Belgium,
should be given up-
“That should be heralded forth to all
the nations,” the deputy added.
Gustav Stresemann, a national liberal,
said he would not oppose a reduction of
armaments, but he thought disarmament'
ht.rdly was practical politics.
Count von Westarp, a conservative,
thought that Germany's answer to the
pope ought do have made clear that
Germany would not undertake to disarm
and hoped that von Kuehlmann had not
tied himself to yielding up Belgium.
George* Ledebour, social democrat
leader, dealt on the damage done to the
German cause by the revelations con
cerning von Luxburg, the German min
ister to Argentina. He considered that
the populations of occupied territory
should be permitted to decide their own.
fate.
Bitter invective against President
Wilson featured the debate, according
to delayed dispatches from Berlin re
ceived here today.
Deputy Haussman argued that Ger->
many was not guilty‘of starting the war
and that the American president was
mainly guilty for its prolongation.
“The interview with Lloyd George a
year ago in which he said the war would
continue to a knockout was the turning
point*of the war,” Haussmann declared.
“Adoption by Britain of the French
war aims for Alsace-Lorraine means war
to the death/’
Count von IVestarp vltuperatively as
sailed President Wilson and character
ized the plan for Belgian independence
as “an Utopian dream.”
“Only a British or a German Belgium
is possible after the war.” he asserted.
NEW YORK WINS
THIRD AND FOURTH
GAMES OF SERIES
New York won Wednesday’s game by
the score of 2 to 0. Benton pitched for
New York, and Cicotte pitched for Chi
cago. / ' ,
New York repeated Thursday and
shut out Chicago 5 to 0. Schupp. pitch- .
ing for New York, was in fine form.
Faber, pitching for Chicago, was hit
freely. The next game will be played
in Chicago Saturday.
The two teams are now tied, Chicago
having won the first two games and
New York the next two.
Every Americus Church
Remembered m Will of
Late Hebrew Merchant
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
AMERICUS, Ga.. Oct. 11.—Americus,
churches are interested in bequests left
them by the late David Pfcilman, a.
prominent Jewish merchant who died
here several months ago. His will, juse
hied for probate, provides substantial
sums for everv church in Americus, as
well as a donation to the Americus and
Sumter county hospital.
There are no strings tied to the be
quests. and W. T. Lane and Mrs. Pearl
man, executors of the estate, announce
the gums provided will be distribute®
immediately. Mr. Pearlman was an ortn
oddx Jew, and popular among all classes
in Americus.
Nine Bombs Placed on
Lusitania Before Sailing,
German Lawyer Says
NEW YORK, Oct. 11.—Further details
of German attempts to place bombs
aboard allied ships in New York harbor .
in 1915 and 1916 were given the police
today by Martin Ilsen. a German law
yer. Questioned in connection with the
arrest of three suspects here, he indi
cated nine bombs were placed aboard the
Lusitania before she sailed on her last
voyage the police declared.