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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
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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.
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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.