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Atlanta mi •Uk tkli) 2o u trial VOLUME XX. Wilson Urges All States to Vote for Womens Suffrage LIBERTY LOIN PAST THREE BILLIONS. 0 S. DFFICIfttS DECLARE : Enthused by the Success of Liberty Day. Officials Will Try to Pass Five Billion Mark; by Saturday Next WASHINGTON, Oct. 35.—Treasury of-: ficials announced today th«!r conviction 'bat Liberty loan subscriptions had passed the |3.o<M> <*oo.ooo mark and were well on the way to $5,000,000.000. Indications at ” o’clock were that Liberty day sale- ’..ad carried the total to aproxlmately 13.500.000 if not be yond that sum Subscriptions officially reported to the 'eoeral reserve banks up to the close of business last night, with reports from three banks missing, approximated $2.- I 2 00.00*. JOO.* Banks reported officially to the fed-, <ral reserve banks subscriptions total-' ting more titan 1400.000,000. t but this euo officials say, represents only a fraction of what was really secured dur ing the day The full extent of the Liberty day drive probably will not be tnotrti before the campaign closes Sat- •rday. “A flood of telegrams from every part of the country.” the treasury depart ment announced, "told the same story of subscription agencies swamped so oadly that there was no possibility of i -uaktr-g accurate estimates of yeoter- ■ day’s sale before tonight at the ear nest. * “Out of all the confusion that has 4 suited from the overwhelming flood of ou sines* that fairly swept sales com mittees off tlieTr feet there is evident a fixed determination to attain the 15,- ••00.000.000 maximum total. "The sale already is a success, it is felt, for the country lias achieved the minimum, but that is not enough. The purpose to sell $5,000,000,009 worth of « aoflde. born of a desire to show the . world- and particularly the enemy of liberty, what America can do. is as serting itself today in every nook 'and : romer of the United State*. 'No section of the country can be ■aid longer to be asleep to the mean ing of the sale Until yesterday the □alias and Atlanta districts, and certain parts of the middle west, were caus great concern, more, in fact, than say one other than those in direct com murdcation with the di st nt commit tees could realise. But they came hrough with flying colors. Today they are moving swiftly along. Intent on achieving their maximum. "Next to the glowing reports from Dal las and Atlanta the most encouraging news of the day came from the St. Louie Ijetrici. It passed its minimum mark of $120,000,000 and set sail for its max imum of $200,000,000. This is particu larly gratifying because of workers tnere having had to contend with pro ••ermanism and apathy. The latter as sorted itself strongly in certain sec tions of lower Illinois, Arkansas and Mississippi. But yesterday all of these sections came to scratch.’’ ( With only three days in which to com plete the $5,000,000 maximum of the second Liberty loan, workers through out the country, cheered by the tre mendous stimulus given by the cele •ration of Liberty day all ove rthe land, -esumed their drive today with renewed determination. Many outdoor celebrations and parades were postponed until today on account of -he inclement weather throughout the • ast. The enthusiasm aroused from these was expected to swell the aggre gate by many millions of dollars. About $2,090,000,000 must be raii»ed between now anjt Saturday night when •he campaign closes, if the $5,000,009,000 zoal is reached. Officials here are •greed that a lot of hard work still is • head ,o raise this amount. Nashville’s Liberty bond subscription when the drive was resumed this mom ng totalled $0,150,009. over a million more than the city’s maximum quota. Liberty day subscriptions of $52,770.- ••00 as tabulated today from overnight .reports, brought the first federal reserve district total in the second Liberty loan campaign up to $290,590,000. or within $13,000,000 of the minimum New York’s subscriptions were $25.- eOO.OOO today. Previously reported $933,000,900; quota $1,500,000,000. The Richmond district reported today $14,500,000; previously reported. SB2,- • •00,000; quota. $200,000,000. Other re ports follow; Columbus. Ohio—Today. $1.5««.9OO; •previously reported. $4,540,150: quota, -t« 009.000. , Indianapolis—Today. $1,139,159; pre viously reported. $8,475,350; quota. 81*.- ••oo.oob. Chicago—Today. $3,450,000; previously reported. $152,000,000: maximum quota. $180,950,009 New York to Celebrate Second “Liberty Day” NEW YORK. Oct. 25. —New York to la y celebrated Its second Liberty ix>ai. lay. While the torrential rain of yes ■erday caused a postponement of the parade it failed to dampen the ardor of •he Liberty bond salesmen and served o give the cite another day in which o Increase its subscription to the loan. The flood of subscriptions yeste-day— sl $0,000.000 —caused the minimum allot ment of $900,009,000 to be passed and encouraged the workers in their belief that the maximum quota of $1,500,000.- ••90 would be reached by Saturday. Thousands of men and women, thirty lands and forty floats. symbolizing America’s entry into the war. were to •e In line In the postponed parade up Fifth avenue to Central park this aft ernoon. Secretary Daniels was expected to review the procession. The British caterpillar tank, the S-l. with its crew of soldiers from : some where in France." one of the features of the parade. was to swing into the sheep meadows at Central park and take its place alongside the captured German mine-laying submarine UC-5. After the parade the underwater boat was to be rechristened ”U Buy a Bond.” and used I ac a Liberty bead sales station Full Associated Press Service McAdoo Scores as Traitors Senators and Congressmen Who Delayed War Measures Secretary of the Treasury, Speaking in Liberty Loan Rally, Sees Passive as Little Better Than Active Enemies Denouncing in scathing terms those "so-called American citizens’’ who con tinue to voace their objections to the entrance of the United States into the i world war against Teuton militarism, and tiiose eena.tore and congressmen who ‘paltered and delayed" (Turing the last session of congress. William G. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury, in a burning address delivered Wednesday night at- the auditorium, categorically i declared that there Is little differenceJ between the passive and the active ■ trartw. And a huge audience which filled the entire parquet of the Immense struc-, tune howled ks approval of the bitter| arraignment, while cheers equally vo-1 ciferous greeted every’ reference to the| chief executive of the nation and the • band of patriotic representatives of the people who, by their unwavering sup port. made possible the remarkable progress thus far recorded in the na tion’s preparations for war. ATLANTA PLEDGES LOYALTY. The big meeting brought the celebra tion of "Liberty day” in Atlanta to a fitting close, marking an epoch in the history of Georgia’s capital city. After i a day filled with memorable events, dur ■ ing the course of which Allantians ex pressed their determination to lend their fullest support to the government in its hour of stress, the representa tive of President Wilson. speaking for the cabinet to which the president looks for counsel on national problems, gave a final exposition of the situation in which the country finds itself, and clewed his visit in Atlanta with a ring ing appeal for unity of effort, absolute co-operation The spirit ot the occasion was unmis takably characteristic of Georgia, as the commonwealth today stands ready to back the nation’s leaders in every move tending to bring more fully to bear against Teuton barbarism the mightiest power of America. The Liberty Loan campaign received a tremendous Impetus as the result of Secretary McAdoo’s final message to At lantians and Georgians in general The spirits of the thousands of workers, al ready keyed to a high pitch of enthusi asm. were given an added incentive and the campaigners were moved to re doubled efforts to assure the unqualified success of the second Liberty loan. BANNERS AROUSE SPIRIT. Liberty bonds, the paramount issue of the nour, were brought forcibly to the attention of the big audience by a series of banners hung about the hall. “if You Don’t Lend Now You’ll Have to Give Later.” declared one inscrip tion. while on another banner one read that "Atlanta Women Alone Sold Over a Million of Liberty Bonds Today.” in the balcony a military band from time to tune burst into the strairs of stirring airs and City Organist Charles A Sheldon rendered “America” and "The Star Spangled Banner.’’ When Secretary McAdoo appeared on the stage, accompanied by a hundred or more prominent Atlantians, the crowd rone en ’ iiwwe cheered tor several minute». Mr. McAdoo smilingly ac knowledged the ovation and after hav ing l»een introduced by Hollins Randolph counsel for the Atlanta federal reserve bank, he expresred his sincere apprecia tion of the welcome extended him Secretary McAdoo left here late Wednesday nigh ; fry Washington, bring ing to a close his twonty-four-day speaking campaign in behalf of the sec ond Liberty’ loan. He expected to make ’ a brief stop Thursday morning at Char lotte. the condition of his throat making it necessary for him to cut short his visit to the North Carolina city. Since beginning the campaign Secre tary McAdoo has delivered eighty-flve speeches In thirty-one states and has crossed the continent twice. In addi tion to his civilian audiences the secre tary to about 90.000 sotdlers gathered in camps and cantonments throughout the country. Our Readers to Get Billy Sunday’s Sermons, Beginning November 6th The sermon you will read in The Semi-Weekly Journal on Tuesdays and Fridays, beginning Tues day, November 6th. and lasting the entire time of his stay in Atlanta, will be printed just as Billy Sunday delivers It in his Tabernacle. Semi-Weekly Journal readers will get Billy Bunday’s message straight from Billy Sunday. Not as some one else interprets his message, but a-* Billy Sunday himself delivers it. To share the exaltation of the fervent friend who believes and exults with Billy Sunday, to travel with him who comes to criticise and leave via th" “sawdust trail” to feel with the crushed one who sidles in among the shadows and departs on the The Semi-Weekly Journal. Atlanta, Ga. Enclosed find S for which please send me The Semi-Weekly Journal for months. 9 Name P. ’ R. F. D. No ....I State CARDONA PREPARED ID HOLD ITALIAN LINE IT ALL COSTS Austrians, Reinforced by Large German Contingents. Driving Hard Against Italians on Biansizza Plateau 25 German Planes Shot Down in Night PARIS, Oct. 25. —Twenty-live Ger man airplanes were brought down by French pilots last night or compelled to land in a damaged condition. BERLIN. Oct. 25—(Via London.)—; Ten thousand prisoners, including a bri-; gade and divisional staff of the Italian , army, have already been captured in the I Austro-German drive on the Isonzo, the I war office announced today. "Much rich I booty has also been taken.” the state ment asserted. Cadorna Prepared to Hold Italian Line at All Costs': WASHINGTON. Oct. 25.—One of the decisive battles of the war is apparent- i ly being fought today on the Badnsizza plateau, where the Austrians, with; twenty fresh divisions. containing many Germany contingents, are on the offensive. General Cardona, Italian high commander, with reinforcements of French and British troops, is pre pared to hold the Italian lines at all: costs, official Route cables stated. Italian officials declared the Austro- Gernwns are willing to sacrifice thou sands of their troops for gains on the Isonzo that would be heralded in the i Teuton press to strengthen the people's morale. German aeirial squadrons are strongly I represented on the mountain battle ground. One German flyer was brought down, said the Rome cables. King Albert of Belgium, expected to visit the Italian front soon, may arrive in time to witness the great battle. Germans Carry Battle to West Bank of Isonzo ROME. Oct. 35.—Taking advantage* of I their bridgehead of Santa Maria and ■ Kanta Lucia, the Austro-German forces which yesterday began an offensive on : the Isonzo front brought the battle on I to the slopes of the right (.west) bank of the Isonzo, says today’s official state j ment. The enemy broke through the Italian |advanced lines on the east bank of the ■ Isonzo. ’ Powerful Austro-German at tacks also were made on the Bainsizza ' plateau and on the west slopes of Monte ; San Gabriele, but these were checked by t the Italians, who took a few hundred I prisoners. The enemy attacked on tile southern I slopes of Mont Rombon and on the I northern edge of the Bainsizza plateau. •In the former region he was resisted in the narrows at Saga, but further south he broke through the Italian ad- • vanced lines, being favored by a thick mist which rendered useless the Italian I barrage The Austro-German offensive struck at two points on the Isonzo line near Flltsch and in the region of Tolmino. The attack apparently is being developed west of the river in the Tolmino area. Santa Lucia is on the west bank three miles below Tolmino which is east of the river. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917 TO lilif BUY 7 «,• - A /Jr LIBERTY'BOND NEW SUGAR SHIPMENT TO SUPPL) THE EAST Purchase in New Orleans Wil! Be Sent to Ports of the Atlantic t ' WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—Prompt re lief for the prevailing sugar shortage in the east was seen here today in the food administration’s announcement that 200.- 000.000 pounds of ixmlsiana cane sugar had been purchased by the American Su gar Refining company and will be trans ported to refineries in New York, Boston and Philadelphia. Sufficient to assure rapid movement of the crop al ready has ben procured, and the first cargo will clear from New Orleans next week. The refiners purchased the Louisiana holdings at a price approximating 6 1-2 cents a pound. Adding transportation and refining costs, it is estimated that the product will be placed on the market at 8.85 cents a pound on the eastern sea board. This figure will gradually de cline. it is believed, to 7 1-4 cents by the first of the year. May Banish Ex-Czar PETROGRAD. Oct. 25.—The Russ.an preliminary parliament, according to the newspapers, shortly will discuss the fate of the Romanoff family, now im prisoned near Tobolsk, Siberia. Particu lar attention will be paid to the question of the eventual banishment abroad of the former emperor-and his immediate relatives. way illumined by the brilliant star of hope, read Billy Sunday’s sermons in The Semi-Weekly Jour nal beginning Tuesday, November 6th. and continu ing each issue until his farewell address is spoken. If you are not a subscriber now. or if you are. and your subscription is not paid in advance, sign your name to the coupon below and forward to us today with 75 cents for 12 months, SI.OO for 18 months, or $1.25 for 24 months. Or. better still, get up a club of five or more subscribers. The price for a club of five or more at one time is 50 cents each. Don’t' miss this opportunity to read the sermon•» of "The World’s Greatest Evangelist!” AUTOS SEARCHED AT ENTRANCE TO SOLDIERS’ CAMP Nothing Stronger Than Grape Juice Allowed to Pass Through, Thanks- to Uncle Sam’s “Booze” Censor ATLANTA JOURNAL BUREAU, Camp Gordon. Ga.. Oct. 25.—1 f you arer going to Camp Gordon in the future and plan to take a friend something to drink, be sure it’s grape juice. For if, "by mistake.” you should car ry anything a little stronger in your car. it will go hard with you. All automobiles entering .he canton ment Thursday morning were stopped at the entrance by sentries and thoroughly searched from top to bottom and from end to end. The only exceptions were the regular army cars. No damaging evidence had been found up until neon, but it was stated that if tn any automobile liquor is discovered, the same will be confiscated and the car, The driver and the occupants will be turned ever to the federal authorities. This enforcement of the regulations was put into effect by Colonel Frank D. Ely, commander of headquarters train and the military iiolice. Colonel Ely has moved his headquarters to Jackson ave nue and Peachtree road, where he can keep an eagle eye on both entrances to the camp, the Peachtree road entrance and the Candler road entrance. His men have orders to let no civilian cars enter without Being searched, and to search these in every part, in the engine, under the seats, under the hood—every where. The searching squad was put to work on information received by the military authorities that cars from Atlanta had been bringing liquor to the men in Camp Gordon. Christmas Stockings All Over Land To Hold Many Liberty Bonds WASHINGTON. Oct. 25.—The idea of bonds as Christmas gifts is catching on rapidly, and indications are that there will be many of them in Christmas stockings. Eliot Wadsworth, of the Red Cross, declared today that bonds thus used “combine the elements of patriotism and Christmas sentiment.” and he expressed the hope that the “suggestion will be universally adopted.” Good Demand Forces up Price of Spot Cotton A good demand for actual cotton boosted the price on the Atlanta marked Thursday to 28.70 cents, a new high level and 5 points above Wednesday's close. However, at New York the mar ket took a tumble of 85 points, bringing the price down to 29.05 cents. The ful fillment of October contracts was re sponsible for this, and also for a fall in futures. The New Orleans spot mar ket closed unchanged. I-CENT POSTAGE INCREASE IS EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER! Addition Applies to All First j Class Mail Matter Except “Drop” Letters ■ ________ Atlanta postofflee officials are now pre paring for the increase of 1-cent poata<e • on all first-class matter as levied by the I new* war tax. The additional 1 cent of postage will become effective at 12:01 la. m. November 2. The postal authorities are cautioning the public to remember the increase in I rates in order io avoid delay in the first -class mail and to prevent the office be jing swamped with improperly stamped . letters. The officials also state that the new rates will not affect wnat is known as the “drop” letter. That is first-class matter mailed in Atlanta to be delivered by carriers, both city or rural, working out of the local postofllee. This is particularly important to the Atlanta merchants. They can continue mailing out their monthly statements at the postal rate of 2 cents. However, tKe additional 1 cent will have to be placed on all letters going into the coun ty and NOT delivered by rural carriers. Decatur and other towns in the vicinity of Atlanta will require 3-cent postage. The new war tax will also affect both the telegraph and telephone offices. Commencing November 1, there will be an increase of 5 cents on every tele graph message sent out of Atlanta, and ! the same increased rate on all long dis tance calls. This is the second time these companies have had to collect war tax from their patrons. Shortly after the European war was declared in 1914, -a l-cent tax was imposed by the gov ; ernment on the companies for every ! message and long distance call dispatch i ed out of Atlanta. The moving picture houses and thea ters in Atlanta will also be required by \ the government to collect 1 cent, after November 1. on every ticket purchase amounting to more than 10 cents. For illustration, if you procure a lO cent ticket at one of the movies you ’ will be required by the government to i pay the cashier an additional cent. ' Should you purchase a $2 ticket at one of the theaters, a war tax of 20 cents will have to be paid. 1 Student Aviators Go South PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25. —Pupils at the army aviation school at Essington. near this city, and ‘packing up” today, preparatory to moving southward for the winter. The school will be trans ferred to a location near New Orleans Within the next two weeks. McAdoo’s Speech On Page Eight The full text of Secretary McAdoo’s speech made in At lanta Wednesday, in which he sounds the keynote of Ameri ca’s work in the world war, will be found on page eight. NUMBER 9 PRESIDENT SPEAKS DOTH AS MAN AND AS PARTY LEADER Tells Delegation of Members of New York State Party That He Hoped Their Cam paign Would Succeed WASHINGTON. Oct. 25.—Speaking as a party leader and as an individual. Preertdent Wilson urged woman suf frage Issue ui>on the voters of all states. He told a delegation of a hundred mem bers of the New York state Woman Suffrage party that he hoped their* campaign would be successful. and urged men of all parties, in New York particularly, to vote for suffrage. Asking the president’s support or the New York state constitutional amend ment referendum, the delegation, with, Mrs. Norman de R. Whitehouse as ' spokesman, told him that thousands of suffragists In New York are actively supporting him in his leadership of the cause of world democracy. And they pleaded that he send a message to New York supporting their cause, particular ly In view of the fact that the women themselves engaged in many forms ot, war work, have been unable ’to do all the campaigning they otherwise would. The president was prepared to do as they sought: As an advocate of settling the suffrage question in the states he was to give a message which Is destined to have a big effect on the state issue In New York. Mrs. Whitehouse pointed out that the war is confusing the suffrage issua "While the war has brought suffrage to the women of Canada and Russia, the assurance of it to the women of Great Britain and the promise of It to the women of France,” she said, "here In America it is used by our opponents as a reason for still longer holding suf frage from us. "While the change of sentiment in fa vor of woman suffrage in our state Is very marked, the Issue even now, less than tw’o weeks before election, is over shadowed by the public interest In the war. In consequence many men who are heartily In favor of woman suffrage do, not yet realize that they are to have an I opportunity to vote upon it upon election . day. "Mr. President, we ask you to send to the voters of New York state a mes sage so urgent and so clear that they canont fall as patriotic men to place the women of their state on an equal foot ing with women of the allied countries, and thus to advance the cause of democ racy at home where they are ready to fight for it abroad.’’ Profiteers in Food Will be Checked by New Licensing System WASHINGTON. Oct. 25.—Elimination of excessive commissions to brokers, commission merchants and auctioneers of food is provided by special regula tions which will go Into effect November 1 under the federal licensing system to be operated by the food administration. Licensees will not be permitted to charge directly or indirectly more than ordinarily and customarily prevailing prices during normal conditions in the particular locality and trade. Commission men, 4 brokers and auc tioneers will also be prohibited from selling foods to themselves or persons connected with their own business. The regulations, designed to protect the consumer and the producer shipping goods to markets on consignment, ar* for the guidance and support of the trade and to protect the majoiity of business men against the few who attempt* to take advantage of war conditions. Billy Sunday Rally And Big Food Rally To Be Consolidated EVERY Atlanta woman who goes next Sunday afternoon to the dedication of the Billy Sunday tabernacle will go also to a monster rally for the food conservation cam paign which begins next Tuesday. The dedication services will start at 3 o’clock and immediately upon the conclusion of this program the rally will start for food conservation. Rev. M. Ashby Jones, D. D., new pas tor of the Ponce de Leon Avenue Baptist church, and one of the sots ih’s most famous orators, will deliver an address on the subject of conserving food. Atlanta women are responding with wonderful patriotic enthusiasm to the appeal of the government for con servation of the food supply, and re sponding also to the call for work ers in the great campaign which starts next Tuesday morning. The object of this campaign is to secure the signatures of Atlanta housewives to the food pledge cards, which Is simply a promise to use the practical means at their disposal to aid in conserving the nation's food supply. While Atlanta women are calling at the homes of their neigh tors, securing pledge cards, other women, will be performing a similar service for the government through out the country. The food conserva tion campaign is a nation-wide move ment, and the food pledge canvass will be launched simultaneously in every state and county and city throughout the land. Atlanta’s campaign organization is rapidly approaching completion. By the end of the week there, will be an, organized corps of workers in every, section of every ward.
