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Newspaper Page Text®lj c Siwttwl VOLUME XX. Freedom Against Power Is Wars Issue, Wilson Tells Labor _ - <- KERENSKY FORCES FIGHT IN PETROGRAD KERENSKY REACHES IB HEADQUARTERS; BATTLE ON. IS REPORT Troop§ Loyal to Premier Now Approaching Capital, Where They Have Already Regained Control of Telephone Stations PETROGRAD. Sunday. Nov. 11-—Street fighting is proceeding constantly. Junk-, ers loyal to the Kerensky government, regained possession of the telephono station this morning The exact where abouts of the Kerensky army which la reported to be approaching the city is unknown at this hour. Fighting is in progress in the Grand Morskaia between Bolshevik! infantry men and junker forces in armored cars. Kerensky Is Believed To Be Holding Up News PETROGRAD. Nor. IX—(By wireless to London.) —No communique was is sued from headquarters today. This is the first word received direct from Petrograd dated since Sunday aft ernoon. Non-issuance of an official state ment may mean the Kerensky govern . ment desires to withhold information as to troop movements from the Bolshevik! in Petrograd, with whom they Are prob ably at this moment fighting. Bolsheviki Government Is Crumbling Fast LONDON. Nov. 12.—The Bolsheviki "government” of Russia is crumbling fast. It may already have crumbled away. Moscow is once again restored to con trol of the provisional government. There is every probability that the ex pected battle between Kerensky’s loyal troops and the Trotsky-Lenine factions is now In'progress Not since Sunday forenoon have any detailed dispatches been received here from Russia. And none since then have come direct from Petrograd. This si lence. as London interpreted it today, betokened a battle. The last word re e' ed from Petrograd direct told of the near approach of Kerensky and his loyal government troops. It also declared that even in the city Itself, elements were banding together to oust the Trotsky- Lenine usurpers of power. * London does not expect the Bolsheviki to put up much of a fight. They are constitutionally not fighting men. They would not stomach a contest where the forces arrayed against them were nearly their equal in number. LONDON PRESS CHEERFUL. Despite the kaleidoscopic changes and uncertainty of information from various sources, the London press re flected a more cheerful attitude today The conviction was expressed every where that Kerensky had once again drawn strength from initial defeat. German agents, with which the army is known to be plentifully sprinkled, are probably doing ther utmost to prevent '.he lining up of Kerensky's forces against the revolutionists. One dis patch. receved via Moscow, told of cer tain troops ordered to entrain for service against the Bolsheviki who mutinied and attempted to halt passage of special trains bearing other soldiers toward Petrogra j. Most encouraging of the late news, was word Vom Petrograd that the rail way. post and telegraph employes—all government servants—had switched their allegiance from the Bolsheviki hack to the provisional government and refused to ebey Bolsheviki censors. This opened the first channel of news-from Kerenskv't side as to conditions in the apital. Special correspondents for Lon gton newspapers in Petrograd sent dis patches agreeing that support of the pacifists was dissolving. FIGHTING IN PETROGRAD. According to these dispatches there has already been some fighting on the streets of Petrograd A great deal has been due to lawless elements taking ad vantage of the disorganization in the capital to loot and rob. Numerous government buildings, in cluding the winter palace, have been stripped by soldiers of decorations and valuables, the process going on openly. .Many of these soldiers. <>aded with their booty, have encountered provisional gov ernment troops closing in on the cßy and have been shot. Wire ess dispatches from Moscow de clared that the counter revolt against the Boehedkl was in progress in Petro- Xrad and that overthrow of the pacifists WM only a matter of hours. The same source asserted that the village of Tsar koe-Selo. about twelve miles from Petro grad. had been taken by Kerensky troops. Formation of an all-Russian or ganization to rescue the nation was also reported Kerensky, with General Alex ieff. chief of staff of the army, was re ported to have escaped the Bolsheviki by lying concealed in the bottom of an ambulance one dispatch from Petrograd detailed that the Russian fleet which appeared at Petrograd In time to over-awe the pro visional government’s defenders and r:;aKe tne Bolsheviki coup certain, came • r>in Helsingfors on forged instructions. The fact that a German fleet attacked Helsingfors last Friday or Saturday is too closelv related to the removal of Kussian naval forces from that station rot to suggest a direct eor-ordination of German atcivlty, in the np’nlon of ob servers here. The radical element in Finland has setzed the opportunity to attempt to set wp a separate government. Gover nor General Nekrasoff has been dismiss ed and his place taken by a sailor and a state of war has been proclaimed. The Finnish diet has voted to give su preme power In the province to a state • directorate England's optimism of an ironing, out of the Russian situation was center ed on Important events which dispatches* this afternoon hinted were occurring at Moscow, recently wrested from Bllshe vikl control by the provisional govern ment forces Russian diplomata hers hoped that, j Full Associated Press Service ITALIMiS RESISTING ENEMY EVERYWHERE HOME REPORT SAYS Present of British Batteries, 'in Addition to Military Value, Has Fine Moral Effect on the Troops BERLIN, Nov. 12.—(Via London.) — Ten thousand Italian soldiers surrender ed to the German-Austrian advance in the Upper Piave vallev. the war office declared today. The troops found their retreat barred near Longarone. The German statement says the Teu ton forces have advanced from Belluno down the river Piave and are standing before Feltre. Italians Are Resisting Everywhere, Says Rome ROME, Nov. 12.—The Italians have resisted the enemy everywhere on the northern front, along which the Aus trians are attempting to outflank the Italian river line, the war office reports. On the plain there is brisk firing across the Piave river. An enemy action on the Asiago plateau on the Trentino front was a complete failure. Turkish Troops Prepare For Defense at Hebron LONDON, Nov. 12.—Turkish troops which have been retreating before the British advancing in southern Palestine are organizing for defense in the vicinity of Hebron, about twenty miles south west of Jerusalem, says an official statement today. British mounted troops are continuing to push forward in some sectors. Italians Claim German Attempt Didn’t Succeed ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS I N NORTHERN ITALY. Nov. 11. —(By the Associated Press.) —The enemy’s opera tions on the north and east in an at tempt at encirclement of the Italians have not succeeded. The menace on the Italian left wing also is virtually past. The reconcentration of the Italian army along the newly-chosen line of defense, is now virtually an accomplish •ed fact and the whole vaA organization is preparing for the battle that is not so far off. The men Bre in good spirits. • Retirement of that part of the Italian force in the Carol a district of northern Venetia has shortened the Italian main fgunt. which now presents a compact line extending about twenty miles along the new river defenses to the sea. The allies are represented on the new front by some British batteries from the Carso. The presence of allied forces is regarded as of the highest Importance for its moral effect on the Italian troops, as well as for its purely mili tary value. BERG IND LCESCHNEfI RETURNED TO PRISON • Escaped German Officers Are Brought Under Heavy Guard From Texas Lieutenant Hans Berg and Lieutenant Alfred Loeschner. the two German offi cers who escaped from the prison camp at Fort McPherson on October 23, and who were captured at Laredo, Texas, last Thursday, were brought back to McPher son Sunday night. An armed guard came with them, and kept them under close watch during the whole of the journey from west Texas In spite of the fact that they were handcuffed together. With the capture of Berg and Loesch ner. who were caught on the United States side of the Rio Grande as they were signalling to a Mexican ort the other side to row them across, only one of :he ten Germans who escaped from the camp is still at large. He is Paul Sabel. and Chief of the Department of Justice I*. J. Bailey says his men ex pect to capture Sabel shortly. Other evidences that Berg and Loesch ner were well supplied with money after their escape were shown In their attire when returned to Atlanta. Both were well dressed. Berg wearing a light col ored suit with black stripes and Loesch ner a hlue serge. ’ • President Rodzianko, of- the duma, Gen eral Korniloff and General Kaledine,. head of the all-Cossack troops, now re ported meeting at Moscow, would be able to form a stable government. An authoritative dispatch dated at Moscow yesterday at 4 p. m. and re ceived today declared there was consid erable street fighting in progress there and that the "provisional troops were doing well." Rasputin, Devil or Saint, written by Prin cess Radziwell, begins on page 8 of this issue. Don’t fail to read it. Send in your subscrip tion today so as not to miss a single issue. GEORGIA SCHOOLS TO BE GIVEN EVERY CENT askeooernment Recommendation of Board Un der the Smith-Hughes Fund for Vocational Training Is Approved in Entirety Every approprAtlon recommended for Georgia schools under the Smith-Hughes fund for vocational training has been approved by the federal government, formal notice to this effect having been received by State School Superintendent M. L. Brittain Monday in a telegram from C. A. Prosser, of the federal board. The recommendations of the state board call for $44,350 from the federal government. Since the Smith-Hughes law gives Georgia only $41,500, the dif ference will be taken from the $15,000 fund set aside by the state of Georgia to meet such a contingency and to pay the expenses of the state board. The federal approval of the recom mendations means that vouchers will be dratfrn promptly and that funds will be available within a very short time. , The federal government will give $15,000 to state agricultural institutions; $2,900 to schools teaching trades and in dustries; $2,400 to part-time and evening schools; $1,200 to home economics train ing; $15,200 to the training of teachers in home economics, and S6OO to the sum mer school of the State College of Agri culture at the University of Georgia. Below are the detailed apportion ment* of the federal fund, each of which wil be doubled by the agreement of the state to give dollar for dollar the amount of the government, bringing the 1917 vocational training fund in Geor gia to $81,000: The state agricultural institutions are given $15,050, apportioned as follows: Tin eleven district agricultural schools $1,200 each $13,200 Twelfth district agricultural school (app) 000 Savannah Industrial school ” 750 Albany Normal school (app' 500 Appropriations for local agricultural Institu tions were: Italian county $ <IOO i iiawson county 700 Banks county 700 Appling county 600 Bartow county. 700 t’utnaiu county 700 Mitchell county 700 Wayne county 700 J'ibb county 700 Harris county 700 Heard county f ....... 600 Monroe county ~ 400 * Total $ 7,000 Under the head of trade and industries, the appropriations total $2,900, and are as follows: Columbus ILndustrial High school (White) $ Mt Columbus, negro school 300 Thomaston High school 500 Sandersville Negro Industrial 5ch001.... 400 Savannah State. Industrial School for Negroes 450 Atlanta Industrial School for Negroes.. Part-time and evening schools are given $2,100 as follows: Augusta. John Milledge school $ SOO Atlanta High school 13,00 Athens High school, negroes 300 For home economics, $1,200 was set aside, as follows: Swainsboro school $ 300 Augusta school 450 Columbus, negro school 450 For the training of teachers in home econom ics. $15,200 is appropriated, as follows: , Georgia Normal and Industrial, Milledge ville $1,400 State Normal school. Athens 1,200 South Georgia Normal, Valdosta • 1,000 State School of Technology 3,000 University of Georgia (State College of Agriculture, School of Education) 6,500 savannah State Industrial College for Colored Youth 700 Negro Normal and Industrial and Agricul- tural school. Albany 400 The summer school of the State College of Agriculture of the University of Georgia Is given S6OO. Soldier, Sitting in Hotel, Is Shot by a Stranger; Taken to Camp Gordon While sitting In the lobby" of the Southern hotel Sunday afternoon. Pri vate Hamilton Jampaul, of the Three Hundred and Twenty-eighth ambulance company at Camp Gordon, was shot in the right arm by an unknown man. According to the story the soldier re cited to Dr. C. W. Bivtngs. who dressed j his wound, he was sitting in the lobby when a stranger to him entered and pulled his pistol from his pocket and fired one shot at him. The man then wheeled around and walked out of the door. The bullet made a flesh wound, and Jampau] was able to go to Camp Gordon for further treatment. The police are investigating the case Beats Gas or Electricity New Lamp Has So Wick. No Chimney. So. Odor. Most Brilliant Light Known. i A new lamp which experts agree gives i the most powerful home light in the world, is the latest achievement of W. H. Hoffstot. 935 Factory Bldg.. Kansas City, Mo. This remarkable new lamp heats gas or electricity—gives more light than three hundred candles, eight een ordinary lamps or ten brilliant elefr tric lights, and costs only one cent a night, a blessing to every home on farm or In small town. It is absolutely safe and gives universal satisfaction. A child lean carry it. It is the ambition of Mr. Hoffstot to have every home, store, hall or church enjoy the increased comfoit of this powerful, pleasing, briliant, white light and he will send one of his new lamps on free trial to any reader of The Journal who writes him. He wants one person in each locality to whom he can refer new customers. Take advantage of his free offer. Agents wanted. Write him today.—(Advt.) ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1'917. TABERNACLE PENSHOTS —BY BREWERTON The ta&ekajacle was literally*burst/aks> with'people lohs- BEFORE THE -'“OVER.'TUR-E” 4 THE\" S. R. O. “ WAS OUT EARLy AND ITHOU SAMPS Tu R-MEO ? A WAY tATikTHE 1 N IGHT.i 5E R.VIC E F. , V -..x CHOICE f Z7 .SEAT J * hai the XV r™*Br v//MA POST a\.L/ f y WAS /A| -CRowIDfSEAYED T,E TV If' IAISFRONT OF J*- \ Zw I> theifir-st 'everybody! WAMTsj to shakefhis ha/mX BISHOP CANDLER URGES GREATER SELF-DENIAL Cause of World-Disaster Di rectly Ascribed to Greed and Selfishness LAGRANGE. Ga„ Nov. 11.—The ses sion of the North Georgia conference Sunday was given over entirely to devo tional worship, sermons being delivered in all the city pulpits by visiting Meth odist ministers. Every church was crowded to capacity at each hour of worship. . The church of central interest, how ever, was the First Methodist, where the official work of the conference was carried on and where Bishop Warren A. Candler preached in the forenoon, or daining classes of deacons and elders. Dr. F. M. Parker, of Emory university, delivered the evening sermon at that church. Bishop Candler’s sermon at the morning hour has been the topic of con versation in many groups of people dur ing the day. His text was "Let This Mind Be in You Which Was Also in Christ Jesus.” Men who have heard him preaco many times say they never saw him in better form and spirit than during the delivery of this strong discourse. Near ly fifteen hundred people heard the discourse, many of them standing throughout its length. The vast audi ence gave the bishop closest attention, following him in every mood. The main theme in his discourse referred to the sacrificial spirit of Christ, which was manifested in His leaving the throne, coming to earth, taking upon Himself human form and enduring shame and the cross. The bishop argued this spirit to be the essential of real Christianity without which there can be no real life, no use ful activity and no final exultation. In the delivery of his sermon the bishop appeared most impassioned in his ap peal, yet at times as tender and gentle as the Master he spoke of. He denounc ed the self- indulgence of* the day, de claring It to be incompatible with the Christ mind. He unnecessary for the man of God to denounce the chaarcteristic sins of the day. as card playing. dancing and theater-going, but said tlie emphatic thing was to preach the Christ mind, which mind is the an tithesis of these sins and which mind inevitably excluded the presence of them. "Self-Indulgence and the lack of self denial.” said he, “will inevitably carry the world towards paganism and con stitute the innermost secret of the cause of the world war." Referring to the war. the bishop as serted that the spirit of self- indulgence is the reason fdr Mr. Hoover’s work and office, and the cause of the strikes of workingmen at this time and the dissen sions between capital and labor. In strongest terms he denounced the men who would quibble about dollars and be controlled by greed in this day of na tional crisis, when fathers and mothers of every state were giving their sons for the life of the nation. As he closed his sermon, singing. “All Hall the Power of Jesus’ Name.” it was with difficulty that large numbers of the congregation restrained themselves from giving way completely to their emotions. DOUGHTY NIMROD, BILLY SUNDAY, IS OFF FOR BIG HUNT Threatened Rain Storm Fails to Damper Evangelist’s Ar dor as He Leaves for Thom aston 'Possum Expedition With a drizzle falling and a regular rainstorm threatening, Billy Sunday and members of his party left Atlanta at 12:30 o’clock Monday afternoon to hunt the pesky ’possum on the estate of Lin coln McConnell In Upson county. A long distance telephone message to Thomaston Monday brought the news that the weather was fair and fine for 'possum hunting, so the evangelist de cided to take a chance on the rain and go after the wily marsupial like he goes after the devil —with noth hands and all two feet. In the party that left Atlanta were Mr. and Mrs. Sunday, George Sunday and his wife, Homer Rodeheaver, Bob Mat thews, secretary to Mr. Sunday; Albert Peterson, custodian of the tabernacle; Mrs. William Asher, Miss Florence Mill er and Miss Florence Kinney. Only Rodeheaver, it wtys stated, has ever been 'possum hunting before, but that was a long time ago in Tennessee, where, as every good Georgian knqws, 'possums are not nearly so frisky when hunted and delicious when caught and cooked as they are in Georgia, the orig inal ’possum state. "If 'possum hunting in Georgia is like everything else in Georgia, I’m look ing for some time!” was the farewell message Billy shouted, as he boarded the train. 10,000 Substitutes in Germany ZURICH. Nov. 12.—An official report issued by the German war food bureau says more than 10.000 substitutes are now used in Germany. Seven thousand are substitutes for food. At the be ginning of 1917 there were less than 2,000 substitutes, of which 1.200 were food substitutes. On page 2 of this is sue you will find Billy Sunday’s sermon in full, as preached Sunday night. When we say in full we mean just that, and not just part of the sermon as it is printed in some papers that claim to print it in full. SO. CEO RGIJ METHODISTS ME HEADING FOR JIBMIV Committees Meet Tuesday, With First Formal Session of Conference Wednesday bt w. m. ra-rsß. (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) ALBANY, G®, Nov. 12.—Today brought the advance guard of the hosts of south Georgia Methodism, when preachers began arriving for the fifty first annual meeting of the South Geor gia conference, Methodist Episcopal church, south. Young men coming for examination and members of the hoards and committees which will meet tomor row, were among those arriving today, and others will be coming- in on the early morning trains Tuesday. The meetings of the various boards and comittees will continue throughout Tuesday, and on Tuesday night will be held the first public meeting of confer ence week. This will be the annual meeting of the Conference Historical so ciety, and it will be held in the mu nicipal auditorium, where all sessions of the conference will take place. Upon this occasion Dr. W. N. Apnsworth, pas tor of Wesley Monumental church, Sa vannah, will deliver an adress which is looked forward to with great Interest on the part of Methodists and the pub lic. generally. The conference proper will be for mally opened in the Auditorium Wed nesday morning at 9 o’clock, by Bish op'Warren A. Candler, of Atlanta, who will preside at all sessions. From that time until adjournment the conference will be busy continually, three sessions daily being held. It has been thirty-five years since Al bany last entertained the south Geor gia conference, and Albany citizens, re gardless of creed or denomination,* have ! evinced a spirit of determination to i make this year’s meeting a memorable I one from the standpoint of warm wel come and hospitality. Albany homes have thrown open wide their doors for the entertainment of the delegates, and ample provision for all who come has! been made. Rev. Loy Warwick, pastor of the Albany Methodist church, the official host of the conference, assisted j by a committee from the chamber of commerce, began a month ago to make a canvass of the city to secure pledges for homes, and their efforts met with the warm-hearted co-operation of the i citizens, with the result that homes or rooms in hotels or lodging houses have heen provided for all delegates, and each expected visitor has been assigned | to a place of entertainment during con ference week. Tobacco Habit Banished Tn 4S to 72 hours. No craving for tobacco in any form after completing treatm-nt. Con tains no habit-forming drugs. Satisfactory re suits guaranteed in every case. Write Newell fharmacal Co.. Dept. 5. St. Louis, Mo., for FREE Booklet, "TOBACCO REDEEMER” and positive proof. (Advt.) NUMBER 14. GERMANY’S PURPOSE THREATENS ALL MEN. ASSERTSPRESIDENT “Spirit of Freedom Does Not Suit Plans of Pan-Germans,” Concentrating Power Against Free Peoples AUDITORIUM, BUFFALO, N. Y„ Nov. 12.—President Wilson made a personal and eloquent appeal here today for the full support of organized labor son the government in the conduct of the war. Speaking before the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor, he declared the war could not be won unless all factions unite In a common cause, sinking their differences. The president paid warm tribute to Samuel Gompers, president of the feder ation, and virtually called upon the fed eration to give him united support. He denounced pacifists and critics. He ap pealed for co-operation. Discussing Germany, the president de clared flatly that Germany had started the war and that he was willing to await the verdict of history on that statement. New instrumentalities for better co operation between labor and capital was one statement by the president which was of prime interest to the delegates to the convention. The president alluded to the present war “as the last decisive issue between the principles of power and the new people of freedom. " "I believe,’’ he said, “that the spirit of freedom can get into the hearts of Germans and And as fine a welcome there as it can find in any other hearts. But the spirit of freedom does not suit the plans of the pan-Germans. Power cannot be used without »cenoentrated force against free peoples if it Is used by free people.” WOULD ENSLAVE AUSTRIA. “You know,” he continued, “how many intimations come to us from one of the central powers that it is more anx ious for peace than the chief central power, and you know that It means that the people in that central power know that if the war ends a sit stands, they will In effect themselves be vassals of Germany, notwithstanding that their populations are compounded of all the people of that part of the world, and notwithstanding the fact that they do not wish in their pride and proper spirit of nationality to be absorbed and domi nated.” , Referring In another part of his speech to Russia, the president said: “May I not say It Is amazing' to ml that any group of people should be so ill-informed as to suppose, as some groups in Russia apparently suppose, that any reforms planned in the interest of the people can live in the presence of a Germany powerful ehough to under mine or overthrow them by intrigue or force, any body of free men that com pound with the German government compounds for its own destruction.” i FULL TEXT OF SPEECH. The text of the president’s speech fol* lows: Mr. President, Delegates of the American Federation of Labor, La dies and Gentlemen: I esteem it a great privilege and a real honor to be thus admitted to your public councils. When your executive committee paid me this compliment of inviting ine here I gladly cepted the invitation becatfee it ’ seems to me that this above all other times in our history, is the time for common counsel for the this is the last decisive issue be tween old principles of power and the new principles of freedom, drawing not only of the energies but of the minds of the nation to- • gether. 1 thought that it was a welcome opportunity for disclosing to you some of the thoughts that have been gathering in my mind during the last momentous months. I am to you as the president of the United States, and yet I would be pleased If you would put the thought of the office into • the background and regard me as one of your fellow citizens who has come here to speak, not the words pf authority, but the words of counsel, the words which men should speak to one another, who wish to be frank in a moment more critical perhaps than the history of the world has ever yet known. A moment when it is every man’s duty to forget himself, to forget his own interests, to fill himself with the mobility of a great na tional and world conception, and act upon a new platform elevated above the ordinary affairs of life, elevated to where men have views of the long destiny of mankind. ISSUE TO BE DECISIVE. I think that in order to real ize just what this moment of coun sel is it is very desirable that we should remind ourselves just how this war came about and just what it Is for. You can explain most • wars very simplj’, but the explana tion of this is not so simple. Its roots run deep into all the obscure soils of history, and of my view ! The war was started by Germany. Her authorities deny that they started it. But I am willing to let the statement I have just made await the verdict of history. And the thing that needs to be explain ed is why Germany started the war. Remember what the positon of Ger many in world was—as enviable A position as any nation has ever at tained. The whole world stood at ad miration of her wonderful intellec tual and material achievements, and . all the intellectual men of the world went to school to her. As a univer sity man. I have been surrounded by men trained in Germany, men who had resorted to Germany because no where else could they such thorough -and searching training, particularly in .the principles of science and the principles that (Continued on Page 7, Column L)