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VOLUME XX.
MORE AMERICANS KILLED IN TRENCHES
EVERY MAN WHS IS
REGISTERED MUST
ANSWER QUESTIONS
Those Who Have Been Grant
ed Exemption Under Selec
tive Service Act Must An
swer Quiz Also
MEN WHO FAIL TO
QUALIFY IN CLASS
• ONE MAY NEVER GET
CHANCE TO FIGHT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—Men
plau-e* in other than class one under
the new •selective service rules w.ll
probably never be drawn for serv
ice. war department officials said to
day.
“We almost certainly won't ?et
beyond the middle class of class two
anyway,” said an official. adding:
that if the 600,000 boys who have
become twenty-one since the selec
tive service law became effective are
taken in by legislation of the com
ing congress, class one undoubtedly
will be the only one used. He esti
mated that 3.000,000 men will be pitt
in class otje
Officials want congress to select
I the 6<M».000 newly twenty-one men
: "because they are not indispensable
I* industrially, have no dependents,
and make the best fighters because
of their enthusiasm, enterprise and
stamina.”
\
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14—The 148
questions for the remaining 9,000,000
selective service registrants to answer
beginning December 15 were made pub
lic today. They constitute a searching
inquiry into each man's life and fitness
and determine, through the action of
local boards, the order of his call to
military service.
This questionnaire automatically re
vokes all exemptions and discharges
under the first call. Failure to return
his answers in seven days after he re
ceives the questions makes the regis
trant liable to a year in prison. Such
men may be certified into the first class
called. Mailing of the list by the local
board constitutes legal notice to the
registrant. His failure to receive it
does not excuse him.
Even after answering the question
naire. if a man's status changes and he
does not report it within five day* to
hi* board, he is subject to a year in
prison.
The minimifm number of questions
each man must answer is about twenty
six. maximum about a hundred. Once
filled out. the questionnaire constitutes
each man's complete record with the
government. All previous records are
by it automatically wiped out. On the
basis of the selectman's answers, veri
fied by the local boards when necessary,
the men are divided into five classes,
the fifth being exempted or discharged,
from service. Liability to service ir.
the other classes follows the numbers
drawn in the famous lottery here July
Supporting affidavits of other persons
must be secured by every registrant
who claims exemption or deferred lia
bility on the grounds of studying for
the ministry, dependency and industrial
or agricultural grounds.
A man is permitted to mark the class
he thinks he ought to be placed in. A
blank ie provided for each man's appeal
to the president from the local board's
classification, if unsatisfactory to the
registrant.
Best available estimates indicate that
the first of the five classes 'into which
all registrants are to be divided will
contain more than 2?000.000 men. sub
ject for duty with the colors before
any man in any other class will be
called upon.
It is regarded as practically certain
that congress will take up the question
yf extending the selective service law
to cover men .who have attained the
age of twenty-one since it was enacted
Should that be done and provision ma le
for the registration thereafter of every
man as he reached that age. It is prob
able that perhaps 600,090 would be ad
ded to class one automatically by next
March. In that event, no present plans
for the army would reach the men in
class two.
The sixteen-page war quix starts with
a series of general question, which e/ery
man must answer and ends with serijs
12 on agricultural occupations, with
only one or two questions for each man
to answer in the intervening series. If
a reries applies particularly to a certa.n
man he must answer all questions
there.
A man claiming a wife or others as
t mainly dependent on his mental ar phy
sical labor for support must go into
:• Hute detail. He must give the date,
pla.-e and person by whom he w-n mar
ried. the amount of his jncomc, how
n-'ch he figures his dependents ne*l io
live comfortably, whether his wife ever
vorked and what at. how much work
she has done in the last twelve months
and bow much .'■he got for it whether
they live with h*4 or her j ircnts. and
12 they rent a louse who the Dndlurd
;s ard how mimh they pay him
Ore of the gea ral •questions lndt*4t*S
th.it the sor-rnment will sent thou
rinds of se!eetr,,n to free night s-chool
and «<;.ch them rar trades.
Lrh man m ~t g‘te a list ot his oc
ci, alien*. how n.uch he earn»J at tlieru
and b« w many hours a day 'is wo“k«.d
dutmg the last eight years llvtv
imaginable occupation is included. His
schooling, army service preference, pres
ent work and employer's name, lan
guages spoken, criminal record, if any,
and detailed information about each al
leged dependent must be given.
If a man claims he isn't an American
citizen he’s got to prove it bejond ques
* tlon. He must prove likewise his re
ligious convictions against war. if any.
and show that he belonged to a recog
nixed antiwar sect before America en
tered the present conflict. If he claims
to be an alien he must say whether he
would return to the fighting ranks of
his native land.
Industrial and agricultural occupa
tions. next to dependents, receive most
attention In the questionaire. It a man
la not engaged in an agricultural enter-
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NO PEACE Till IIGW
SflIS StSITOfI SMITH
[Georgian Here on Business
Asserts-Every Person Must
Help to Win
The war situation has become so se
rious that German aggression is
actually threatening the United States,
with the result that every man. woman
and child in the country should bend
his energies to help w-hip Germany.
Otherwise, there will be no peace.
That was the message brought to At
lanta Thursday by United States Sen
ator Hoke Smith, who is in the city for
a few days on business. He is stopping
at the Piedmont hotel, where he will
be glad to see his friends.
Discussing the forthcoming session of
I’ congress, which he says will be devoted
almsot exclusively to war legislation I
and measures leading to the conserva- j
tion of the country’s resources. Senator
. Smith said:
“Practically /everything known in
, Washington about the war is given to
the press. Some stories get into the
i press that afe not even known in Wash
ington. I might illustrate by the re
‘ cent absurd story about the president’s ;
private secretary, Mr. Tumulty.
Conditions Now Serious.
“Conditions in Russia and Italy could'
hardly be more serious. We must all'
realize now that every individual citi-l
xen has a direct personal interest in
the defeat of Germany. .
“I was intensely opposed to our be
coming involved in the war. The bur
den it would place upon our country,
and upon my. immediate constituents;
the sorrows and the sacrifices were so
clear to me. I hoped to see them saved
the suffering. But when Germany last
February announced a purpose to sink
our vessels and drown out citizens, and
began doing so, and when Germany
practically invited Mexico to » invade i
the United States from the south, and!
Japan from the west, the war had al-1
ready begun—there was nothing for us
to do but to fight, and the only way to
fight intelligently is to fight fast and
fight bard.
"I hid even hoped last spring that
the war might be brought to a close by
winter, Germany abandoning all claim
for increased territory or indemnity,
but it is perfectly apparent now that
the Berlin-to-Bagdad theory is back of
the German war, and the United States
is threatened by German aggression. I
hope we may be able to stop Germany
before Germany cripples our allies. If
we do not. we may have Germany to
fight by ourselves.
Touches Our Überties
I “I urge every individual in every part
I of the country to realize that although
| the war is going on across the Atlantic
ocean, it concerns now directly the lib
erties and independence of our own peo-
I pie. If there was any doubt at any
time about this beWig our war. that doubt
, has ceased. We must fight or pay
tribute. 1 sec now no prospect of peace
except by whipping Germany. I hope
I am wrong, but I believe lam not.
“Now. we must whip this tight as
much by marshaling our resources as
by furnishing men. Those who do not
go to the front can help whip the fight
• —not in the same way. but in away
as necessary. We must have ample food
i stuffs—we must have the necessary
money. It is a patriotic duty to con
-1 serve the food supply, and each indi
vidual must help. We must produce
I more foodstuffs and each person with
a piece' of land can help. We must
stop the waste. We must save and take
care of what we have made.
“This year to our people has been
most prosperous. I longed for the high
price of cotton this year to take our
people out of the hole that the low price
of 1914 placed them In. but they are
getting It now. and it is blind folly to
waste it.
Helping to Whip Germany.
“Instead of buying something not
needed, economy and a desire to save
should control. Instead of buying some
thing for your amusement, buy a. govern
ment bond. By doing so you help whip
Germany, and you have something worth
keeping. It will take care of you when
the hard times come later pn, and if the
war keeps on they will come. Every
man. woman and child old enough to
think should act chiefly with the pur
pose of .helping whip Germany. They
will all do so if they have information
enough to grasp the situation, for it is
essential to their own future.
“Few relaize the suffering now. tak
ing place among our allies in Europe.
Let us not wait. Let us begin now
to deny ourselves that* their suffering
may be somewhat relieved; that our sol
diers may be better cared for, and that
we may all be spared hereafter the kind
of suffering which is on Europe today.
“Our submarine destroyers have done
splendidly. We have developed a deep
water bomb that is exploded at the depth
of not less than eighty feet, which has
been very effective. I hope we are
making a success of the construction of
flying machines. We have been too slow
in the construction of transports.
“I regard the war now as one which
the people of the United States must
take hold of with as much seriousness
as if we were fighting Germany for our
selves.”
prise he need not answer any further
under this head. But, if claiming to be
a farmer, he must enter into the great
est detal. The head and owner of a
farm must also give additional facts.
The first question tinder industry is
“are you engaged in an industrial en
terprise necessary (1) to the mainte
nance of the military establishment, or
(!) to the effective operation of the
military (3) to the mainte
nance of the national interests during
the emergency?" If not, the man does
not answer any further under series
XI. but a man claiming exemption on
this ground, whether in business for
himself or an employe, must show he
is indispensable and must give a com
plete history of the business and his
connection with It.
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PETROGRAD BURNING.
TRAVELERSHEPORT
REACHING STOCKHOLM
Gradual Return to Power by
Provisional Government Is
Believed in London to Be As
sured by News of Russia
LONDON, Nov. 15.—According to
press reports from Stockholm t 'avelers
who arrived yesterday evening in Hapa
randa. Sweden, from Finland, say ru
mors are current there the Petrograd is
in flames.
Two thousand persons had been killed
in street fighting in Moscow up to
noon Tuesday, according to reports
brought by travelers arriving at the
Russo-Swedish frontier, as forwarded in
press dispatches from Stockholm.
Helsingfors Dispaches
Say Kerensky Is Retiring
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 15.—The Bol
shevik! revolutionists have reconquered
Gatchina and the Kerensky troops are
retiring to the south, according to dis
patches received here today from Hel
singfors.
The Bolshevik! forces, it was declared,
ire attempting to cut off the retreating
provisional government soldiers.
London Is Optimistic
Regarding Russian News
LONDON. Nov. 15.—The Bolsheviki
adventure in government is all but end
ed, as London read the meager Russian
news today. There was no direct word
from Petrograd, but cumulative evi-,
dence seemed to point to the provisional
government’s gradual return to power in
the capital.
As Russian observers here saw the
situation the nation's salvation now de
pends on the elements composing the
Miximalist, Radical. Bourgeoise, Peasant
and Cossack parties, and the co-operative
unions. The last named include nearly
a third of the total population of Russia.
It was believed here that when the
provisional forces do regain complete
power, the Maximalists and the Radical
parties would unite on a cabinet which
would adopt a vigorous military and
foreign policy. *
Whatever government emerges, the
chief for immediate and press
ing settlement, will be some solution of
the present economic crisis. Means must
be adopted to increase food production.
•Ab Rum lan® here- saw - it, the pro
visional government must uproot seeds
of anarchy sown by German propagan
dists and radical fanatics, then follow
up with a restatement of war alms.
According to indirect word from
Petrograd, arrangements have been made
to convene the constitutional assembly
soon.
On all sides here it was emphasized
that Russia has nothing to fear from the
prominent jiart the Cossacks are taking
in putting down the Bolsheviki revolt.
The Cossacks from their earliest his
tory have been communistic in their
ideas and intensely democratic.'
Word was again received from Petro
grad by wireless today that no report
from army headquarters had been is
sued.
NEW YORK. Nov. 15.--Although Pe
trograd has not been in communication
with the Nystad cable station in Fin
land for several days, Scandinavian re
ports persist that premier Kerensky has
regained control of the capital. Reports
come also from Sweden that the Bol
sheviki maintain their hold on Petro
grad and are preparing for a stout re
sistance against the forces of Kerensky
and Generals Korniloff and Kaledfnes.
In Moscow the Bolsheviki apparently
have been overpowered, an unofficial re
port received in Copenhagen being to the
effect that GenerSl Korniloff has taken
the Kremlin where the extremists were
besieged several days ago. Another ru
mor says that Siberia has announced its
independence and proclaimed former
Emperor Nicholas as emperor.
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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1917.
PREDICTS GROWTH
OF NONPARTISAN
FARMER LEAGUE
Frank E. Packard, Tax Com
missioner of North Dakota,
Says Movement Is Destined
to Shake Both Old Parties
Prediction that the Farmers’ National
Nonpartisan league, which originated in
North Dakota, would become a feature
in congress and perhaps in the next
presidential campaign was made by-
Frank E. Packard, state tax commis
sioner of North Dakota, in an address
he delivered here Thursday morning be
fore the eleventh annual tax conference
of the National Tax association at the
Piedmont hotel.
• Hite M- Huffaker, a member of the
Kentucky special tax commission, in a
review of the tax reforms of his state,
showed that a lowering of the tax rate
resulted in an increase of revenue, and
Dr. Charles J. Bullock, of Harvard uni
versity, in a paper on a model system
of taxation that the solution of taxa
tion difficulties should be sought in a
combination of income and property
taxes and the Inclusion of a business
tax. Prof. Thomas S. Adams, of Yale,
whose paper was read by J. T. Mahoney,
of Rhode island, expressed it as his
opinion that the excess profits tax, now
imposed as a war measure, will con
tinue as a permanent part of the Amer
ican tax system.
Causes of League.
Mr. Packard reviewed the underlying
causes of the movement which resulted
in the political upheaval in North Da
kota. He characterized North Dakota
as a “one-crop” state, making it pe
culiarly subject to all the ills in mar
keting conditions. The control of the
local market through locally controlled
elevators, he said, is ineffective without
control also of terminal market, hence
.arose the demand for state owned ele
vators. A constitutional amendment
was adopted to authorize these, but the
legislature refused to act. This one
circumstance, said Mr. Packard, fur
nished A. C. Townley with the occasion
for starting in March, 1915, the move
ment which, in June, had grown from
nothjng to an organization with, 150,000
members, maintaining three newspapers
and with hundreds of organizers work
ing in eleven states scattered from
North Dakota to Texas and from Wis
consin to the Pacific coast.
Outlining the arguments set forth to
bring about this organization, Mr.
Packard said they* included the follow
ing:
That boards of trade, such as the
MinoeapoHe-cbamber of commerce, con
trolled, the great milling and elevator
companies and “played at ducks and
drakes" with the farmer’s profits
through manipulation in a sales with the
result that the farmer was compelled
to accept an inadequ’ate price for his
wheat, while the consumer was. forced
to pay an unreasonable higher price
than the farmer received.
Farmers were Gouged
That the farmers were "gouged” out
of millions of dollars annually through
false dockage for foreign seed and dirt.
That the high-grade hard wheat raised
in North Dakota was mixed in the ter
minal elevators with soft wheat and the
mixture raised to the grade of hard
wheat.
That the selling price of feed wheat
had been raised more than 125 per cent
over the price paid to the farmer by in
vention of new grades.
Mr. Packard quoted President Ladd, of
the North Dakota Agricultural college,
as asserting that the marketing condi
tions cost the farmers of North Dakota
$55,000,000 annually.
Another argument used by the farm
ers was “that the present profit on a bar
rel of flour milled by the big milling con
cerns of Minneapolis is $4.89, that the
middleman's and distributor’s profits are
$5.00 per barrel, making a total profit on
the wheat used in milling a barrel of
flour $9.89. while the flour itself retails
for $19.00 a barrel.
“The Farmers’ National Non-Partisan
league.” said Mr. Packard, “has now add-
(Contlnued on Page 7, Column 2.)
IVO MILIUM STRIKE
PROBABLE.- SAYS LEE;
.HOW IS URGEB
With Magnates Clamoring for
Increased Rates and Train
men Demanding Higher Pay,
President May Act
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 15.—“ There
is not going to be-a railroad strike —
don’t imagine it for a minute.”
With that statement, W. G. Lee, pres
ident of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, which is voting on a demand
for increased wages, registered today
his faith in rPesident Wilson's policy.
Lee was asked whether he thought the
president’s policy led to a government
dictatorship over the railroads.
“I wouldn’t want to gamble that it
doesn’t,” he replied.
Lee again asserted that the trainmen
are enttiled to “a full stomach.” He ’Bv
timated the trainmen will firmly demand
higher wages. He said “and you know
as well as I that the railroads won’t
grant them without increased revenues.”
This led to the inference that Lee ex
pects the deadlock which President Wil
son spoke of in his letter to the chair
man of the United States board of me
diation and conciliation when he ques
tioned the “possibility of being obliged
to take unusual measures to operate
the railroads ”
Lee nailed as a “pipe dream” the sug
gestion that the president might draft
the railway employes and force them
to work at army wages.
“We have talked to the president
about that,” he said, but would not state
what- assurances, if any, the president
gave.
“There is no Jaw for such action,”
said Lee. “The government’s policy
points the other way. The whole trend
has been to raise existing wages of nec
essary employes when the government
asks their unstinted po-operation to win
the war.”
Points to England
Lee pointed to England’s railway dic
tatorship, sanctioned by both the rail
roads and the employes, which meant
bigger profits and higher wages.
“And let no one question the patri
otism of the railway trainmen,” declared
Lee. “The full stomach is all we de
mand."
Lee then told for the first time of the
cancellation of a law governing his
brotherhood to encourage enlistments of
trainmen in the nation’s fighting forces.
The insurance department, said Lee.
has been governed by a law which auto
matically cancels the Insurance of mem
bers if they go to war.
“I set that law aside by executive ac
tion,” said Lee. “In case a trainman
enlists his insurance dues are paid by
the grand lodge, and his insurance
holds. This will cost us millions of
dollars, but it is an act of patriotism
on the part of the trainmen and there
have been no objections.”
Lee's executive order closed with the
statement:
“We have felt the great patriotic
heart of the railway employes of the
United States and Canada. If we have
erred in the interests of liberty and hu
manity, we ask your tolerance. It often
has been said by our enemies that or
ganized labor is a menace to good gov
ernment. Now that we are fighting the
enemies of democracy our loyalty will
be proved.” ,
Brazil Sets Forth Her
> Reason for Entering War
RIO JANEIRO, Nov. 15.—Brazil’s
views of the only manner in which
durable peace may be obtained are set
forth in the government’s reply to the
peace proposal made last August by
Pope Benedict, which has been forward
ed by Foreign Minister Pechanha.
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COWETA COUNTY MAN
LEADS IN 4TH DISTRICT
Garland M, Jones Goes to Con
vention With Ten Votes..
Persons Has Eight
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
COLUMBUS, Ga.. Nov. 15.—Garland
M. Jones, of Coweta, leads in the race
for congress in the Fourth district,
having carried the counties of Coweta,
11 Troup and Heard, with ten convention
votes, in yesterday’s primary, accord
ing to official consolidation of the votes
at noon today.
A. P. Persons. of Talbot, ran second
In the race, wanning out in his home
county and carrying Harris and Mer
riweather, with eight convention votes.
He defeated Charles L. Davis, of Warm
Springs, in his home county of Merrl
wether. This is one of the surprises
of the primary, that county being lo
cated above the mountains and had al
ways gone with that group.
L. H. Chappell carried Muscogee with
six votes, thus running third, while J.
J. Dunham, of Marlon, won out in his
home county and carried Chattahoochee,
giving him four votes. Mr. Holderness,
of Carroll, brought up the rear, carry
ing his home county, with four conven
tion votes.
It will be seen from this that a con
vention fight is coming. The conven
tion is to be held at Greenville next
Wednesday and just what the result
may be cannot be forecast.
Throughout the campaign Persons and
Dunham have been working hand in
hand and it Is predicted that the latter
may swing his following to the Talbot
citizen, in which event it might mean
the nomination of Persons. On the other
hand It is suggested that the Holder
ness following may throw the four Car
roll votes to Jones, which would place
him in the lead, but neither would have
enough votes to win out. This being
the case the nomination would doubtless
depend upon the Muscogee vote.
There is already talk of a hark horse
in the event of a tie up in the conven
tion and observant politicians are free
ly predicting that a deadlock is coining.
Interest naturally is high in the coming
convention and the outcome wil be
eagerly awaited.
Having lost out in his home county.
Merriweather. Mr. Davis is out of the
running, but in case of a deadlock he
may be “among those present.” Others
are said to have an eye on the dark
horse harness, but apparently the
choice of the people of the district lies
between Mr. Jones and Mr. Persons.
South Can Feed Own
Stock and Have Surplus
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. —The south
is in a position this year not only to
feed her own live stock but to furnish
enormous quantities of feedstuffs to
other less favored sections of the United
States. In addition to cottonseed meal,
peanuts and peanut meal, southern
states east of the Mississippi river have
a surplus of velvet beans estimated al
a million and a half tons.
The velvet bean, which is relatively
a new crop in the United States, can be
grow*n successfully about as far north
as the northern limit of the cotton belt.
It is a protein feed of high value and
can be used as a substitute for or to
supplement cottonseed meal. It Is par
ticularly valuable as a dairy feed, but
beef cattle fed on it have brought top
prices in the live stock markets.
Spot Cotton Here Is
Near 30-Cent Mark
i ■“
Spot cotton on the Atlanta mar
ket is steadily climbing toward the
30-cent mark.
A good demand with light offer
ings on Thrusday boosted the price
to 29.05, 15 points above Wednes
day’s closing price. There was also
a further advance in futures at New
York and New Orleans
The present ascent began several
days ago as a result of continued
buying by the trading interests and
was given further impetus a little
later by the government report on
mill consumption. Thursday’s price
’ is a new high record since the
civil war.
Vernon Is Acquitted
Os Charge of Murder
LOUISVILLE. Ga.. Nov. 15.—The jtfry
! in the Vernon case brought in a verdict
i of acquittal at 11 a. m. today, after be-
I ing out thirteen hours.
The case was given the jury at 10
1 o’clock last night, after an all-day grind
in which both sides fought every minute,
i J. R. Vernon, known to his friends
j as ’’Boss’’ Vernon, killed his father two
years ago in Cobb county for alleged
attempted assault on his sister. At the
j first trial he was convicted, but obtained
a new trial and change of venue to this
county.
Injured in Ry. Yard,
Savannah Youth Dies
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
TIFTON, Ga., Nov. 15.—Jake Walker
Reeves, age eighteen, died at the hos
pital here last night from injuries re
ceived in the Atlantic Coast Line yards
, Tuesday night. He is thought to have
• been stealing a ride on a train. His
mother and sister live in Savannah. He
Is survived by several brothers, includ
ing two in the army. The body was
taken to Rochelle today for shipment
to Savannah.
Agreement on Exports
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—Final agree
ment between the United States and Eu
ropean neutrals on the whole question
of exports was forecast today when the
Swedish and Norwegian commercial
missions had conferences with state
department officials arranging final de
tails.
NUMBER 15.
RETALIATE ON BOGUE
WITH IMBUSCIDE
FROM SHELL HOLES
* ——
Germany ’Announces Another
Advance in Italy, but Rome
Claims Successful Resis
tance-French Report Raids
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Nov. 14.—(8y th® Associated
Press.) —A number of American soldiers
have been killed or wounded In the re
cent shelling of the American tranche** i
by the Germans. One shell which
dropped into a trench caused several cas
ualties.
The American artillery fire haa beerrf
heavy recently and there Is good reaeon.
to believe that It has accounted for 3U
considerable number of the enemy.
Germans Are Ambushed
By the American Soldiers
NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—(8y Foreign*
Cables from European Capitals.)—Amer-i
lean soldiers have carried out a success-*
ful ambush of a German party In Not
Man’s Land on the western front, killing j
and wounding a number of the enemy.)
while German shells have caused a num-'
ber of casualties In th<f American lines.
An American patrol one night recently
lay in tho mud in wait for an enemy
party for which they had arranged an
ambuscade. A German detachment ofl
more than twice the size of the American,'
party fell Into the trap. The enemy'
troops were surprised and did not stop*
to fight, scurrying away with their dead
and wounded. The Americans suffered*
no casualties.
The American artillery firing on the
America! sector is becoming more active
and the Germans have been shelling our
trenches heavily. A number of Ameri
cans have been killed or wounded, one
shell which dropped Into a trench caus
ing several casualties. American artil
lerymen also have been belaboring the
Germans strongly and it Is believed their’
shells have claimed quite * few victims.
Rome Claims Defeat
Os Germans at River
ROME, Nov. 15.—The Italian« have
defeated renewed efforts of the Germans
to cross the Plave river. Those of the
enemy Who forced a crossing at two,
points on previous days are being held
In check, th® war office announced to-’
day.
The enemy forces which effected a
crossing at Zenson are being closely
In the marshy sector near the ocasb
are being checked and shelled. Other
enemy attacks were repulsed.
In the mountains in the north the
Italians have made a further withdraw
al. The advance posts at Monte Toma
tico, south of the Feltre, were drawn
back to positons previously determined.! -
Germans Advancing to
South, Statement Says;
BERLIN. Nov. 15.—German troops on*
the mountain ftont in Italy are advane
ing to the south from Fonzaso and Fel
tre, says today’s official communication.
No change is reported along the lowan
Piave river. The announcement
"Our detachments advancing south-,
■wlhrd in the mountains from Fonzaso and)
Feltre are in fighting contact with the*
enemy.
"On the lower Plave there is nothins
new.”
Battle Rages on Fifty
Mile Front in Italy,
LONDON, Nov. 15.—Over a total of
fifty mfles the great battle which mayl
decide the fate of northern Italy was;
developing today.
German and Austrian troops are teetn
ing the strength of the Piave river line,
in six different points, according tql
Rome dispatches. They are pouring a.
tremendous and concentrated 'artillery!
fire against the Italian defenders. Atj
four places the enemy apparently had!
obtained a foothold.
Austrians from the Trentlbo regitJnh'
now at Asiago are Utterly slipping for
ward over the Alps by inches, suffer-,
ing terrible casualties from the stub
born Italian defense.
It is this menace of a turning move
ment on the northern end of the great
line that was regarded here today as
of most gravity in the Italian situation.
Every inch the Austrians drive forward
here increases the danger to the real”
of the Piave river line.
On the right wing of the fifty mile*
line, the Germans were today within,
fifteen miles of Venice. Fighting was
1 nprogress in the Vecchla marshes.
At Gallio, the Austrians, with 6,009,
troops, were reported trying to slip be-» t
hind the main body of defenders.
The strength of the Italian resis
tance In this fateful battle was evi
denced In scores of details reported
today. Os forty-four armored cars sent
out to harass the enemy, only twenty
eight returned.
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