Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, December 11, 1917, Image 1
She Mlmtfct jlmMWefcla Soumal VOLUME XX. HUNS MASS GREA T ARMY ON WEST FRONT JERUSALEM IS SURRENDERED TO THE BRITISH GERMANY PREPARING FOB BIG DRIVE ON FRONTS IN FRANCE United States Must Speed Up Military Efforts, Secretary of War Baker Says in Week ly Review WASHINGTON. Dec. 10 —Germany has massed on the western front her greatest army of the war. Secretary Baker deoiares in his weekly war re view made public today. T« meet this menace the United States must speed up its military preparations, the sec retary adds, with a warning that the enemy is preparing to put into execu tion in France plans he has been ma turing since the defeat of the Rus sian armies at Tannenburg early in the war. The peace negotiations with Russia have permitted the massing of men on the western front for that purpose. ••The United States must stand squarely behind our soldiers.” the sec retary says. “It is not sufficient to prepare 'A fight; we must prepare -to win ” The re vie a- asserts the German ■ ounter offensive on the Cambrai front has been successful in winning back ’ess than one-third of the territory captured by General Bying. The statement also notes that Amer ican engineer troops ••exchanging shov els for rifles, fought off the ‘enemy -ide by side with the British.” The lesson of the German exhibition of strength is then taken up: German Strength Reviving "This German parrying thrust, the most powerful and succesful blow aim ed at the British during the past two and one-half years, coming as it did. immediately after the victory in same area, serves to emphasize the reviving strength of the Germans in the west. • Wr must recognize plainly that the situation in the eastern theater has brought about a decided change in the strategic posibilities of the military situation in ‘the west. 'Uermkny. by leaving only skeleton •Itvisions in the Rusian area, by con- • *ntrating all available guns, munitiions and men in the theater of operations in 'the want, has been able to mass a rela tively greater force than she has ever been able to mobilize in France in the past Unfortunate Position. "This explains the success which the enemy was able to achieve in driv ing the British back from Cambrai. It would not do for us to minimize its im portance ’The enemy realizes that he finds l imself temporarily in a singularly for tunate position, and he can be counted •upon to take the utmost advantage of ”For a long time past he has been preparing his plans for just such an eventuality as would arise when Russia should enter upon negotiations for a separate peace, which has been a prin- • ip*l •Jerman objective ever since the battle of Tannenberg. Mo must expect that he will put these plans into exe cution. Thus he may have at his dis posal for a time a preponderant numer ical superiority in the west; he may be able Io achieve some relative advan ’age in the field, such as those record ed during the past week Must Speed Up Efforts "Tne magnitude of the task before us an l»e more fully realized when meas ured by the success which the enemy ;s -till able to gain • It means tha’ we must speed up our •:-.:i»-«ry effort. The united nation must • »d squarely behind our soldiers. I; is not sufficient to prepare io : z ».; we must prepare to win." The review also hints at an expected German thrust against the French front, and says "The number of hostile raids executed a.ong the French front northwest of Rheims. in Argonne, in the region of St. Quentin. in the Vosges and particularly ,n upper Alsace, as well as the increas ing enemy artillery activity north of the Chemin des Dames, on the right bank of the Meuse, in Chaume wood, Maisons de Champagne, and upper Al sace. would appear to indicate that the enemy is feeling out the French front tv h a view to identifying the strength of the units opposing him.” Respect ing the Italian front the statement says, . ignfficantly: Covers Whole Line Our declaration of war against Aus tria now associates us immediately with •he struggle going on in Italy." !>.«• usstng armistice negotiations on ’io Russian front, the statement says th- agreement covers the entire line, from the Baltic to the Black sea as well • s the region of the Caucasus. -The Rumanian armies." it continues, "while repudiating all attempts made by the enemy to fraternize with them, have been, by force of circumstances, •■impelled to accept the proposals for a truce.” Secretary Baker made this statement .is tn conditions in Palestine; "The sucres* of British operations tn !*alestine has had a very decided mili ary •ffe t throughout the Ottoman em pire. and much of ’he pressure which he German higher command had hoped to bring to bear in Mesopotamia with he view to recapturing Bagdad has been relieved •In Mesopotamia the British arc car . ing forward their operations on the •sght bank of the Diale river with great -uccess. It Is interesting to record •hat a small Russian detachment co operated in this engagement with the British.” Tobacco Habit Banished in W to 72 hours. So erasing for totwrre e ans form after ■-oeipletrng treatment. Con tain* 'an haMt-foHatag drugs Aitisfartaey re mit* guaranteed In e»ery cane. Write Newell fhannaeal Co.. Dept 5. St. boois, Mo., for FRKfI Rootlet. "TOBACCO REDEEMER ” aad fosttim proof.—<Advt. i TESTAMENT FUND HAS PASSED MO MARK; TUESDAY IS LAST DAY Campaign to Put Testament in Hand of Every Soldier at Camp and Abroad Is Near ing Close • From Rhode Island out to Arkansas, and back again through Alabama, Flor ida and North Carolina, came subscrip tions Monday to The Journal's fund to buy Testaments for the soldiers. From churches, from individuals, from missionary societies, the donations came —a total of $141.41 since Saturday night, which brought the total sub scribed to $1,814.41. • Only a few of the subscriptions from the various churches of Atlanta and over the <state who observed Bible day Sunday have been received, which means that much is yet to be received from that source. For those who have not yet contribut ed. Tuesday offers the last opportunity to be one of those buying Testaments for the soldiers. The Testament fund may not pass this way again. NOW is the accepted time and perhaps the ONLY time that every quarter donated will mean a khaki Testament for some soldier. As soon as the fund closes the contributions will be forwarded to the American Bible society and .the books promptly distributed. Trinity Sends *40.25 The largest contribution received since Saturday was that collected by Dr. C. O. Jones, pastor of Trinity Metho dist church, the Sunday school and con gregation of which donated $40.25. Through W. W. Orr, treasurer, the First Baptist church sent $16.27. Some of the ladies of the Woman’s Society of the North Avenue Presbyte rian church chipped in for a fund of $17.25. which was sent in by the treas urer. Mrs. DeLos Hill. Out-of-town religious organizations also joined in, $6 being sent by R. L. Huff, for the Woman's Missionary So ciety of the Baptist church of Conyers; $4. through Miss Fannie Parks, for the Patriotic Prayer Meeting Circle of Ce dartown. and 110 from Mrs. F. A. Can trell. for the Woman’s Baptist Mission ary Society of Calhoun. Boy Earns Quarter for Bible Some of the donations were accom panied by letters that were heart sto ries in themselves. Bittle M. C. Bal lard. twelve years old. of 19 Robinson street, Newnan, wrote: "I have just come in from my work, with which I have made this quarter, which I am sending *ou. "1 thought the soldiers would need tis money worse than I did and I want it to go to the Testament fund for our soldiers." • Marie Simpkins, of Atlanta, who signs herself “With much love. I am your lov in’* little friend,” sends her quarter, saving, “I am a little girl ten years old and I want to subscribe 25 cents to the Bible fund, hoping it a great success and to help some soldier.” Mrs. E. W. Kennedy, of Paxton. Fla., sent 25 cents each for her two children, aged four and six years, and 50 cents for herself. From a father. J. F. Wiliams, of Boaz. Ala. who has three sons in the training ramp at Moron, carnc sl. He wants each of his sons to have, a Bible and sends a quarter additional for some other soldier.i .1. A. Johnston, of Aragon, who also has a boj in the army, sent 50 cents to buy a Testament for his boy and one other. From Mrs. N. A. Bradley, of Carters ville. caste $1 with the hope that every soldier will read Ephesians 8:10-17. .•‘When our soldiers go forth with *tho sword of the Spirit," which is the word of God." she wrote, "may wc not ex pect an early and a righteous victory? Some one sent in a dollar contribu tion “In His Name." Thanks to the fact that Mrs. Annie Cobet, of Route 1, Box 67, Bald Knob. Ark., missed the R F. D. man, the fund is increased. Mrs. Cobet had written The Journal sending $1 for herself and fifty cents for her little girl. She missed the mail carrier with her letter so decided to invite neighbors to con trbute. Hight donations, totalling. $2.50 resulted. •13 From DocaVni Miss Nell Fowler, 51 Hopkins street, Decatur, sent The Journal sl3 on De cember 8 as contributions from various citizens of Decatur. Because of ither contributions sent from citizens of De catur Miss Fowler’s name is used in connection with the donation she sent in. 511.83 SOKTS SENT FOB SOLDIERS’ TOBACCO EUNO Jackson, Ga., Drug Concern Sends Weekly Contribution. Others Who Gave zltlanta and out-of-town contributors Monday morning sent Tim Journal $11.63 to be devoted to the fund to purchase tobacco and cigarettes for the American soldiers in France. The Carmichael Drug company, of Jackson. Ga, again sent its weekly counter collection, the amount this time being $8.96 and showing the inter est maintained by the people of that city in the welfare of the bays In the training camps and trenches abroad. The members of the Third Ward Civic club and Red Cross auxiliary, in addi tion to knitting for the soldiers, also contributed $1 for their comfort through tobacco. Miss M Schickman contribut ed a dollar and Mrs. B. P. Holmes, of LaGrange, Ga, sent 77 cent*. Full Associated Press Service WILSON S SIGNATURE FOLLOWS PASSAGE OF BILL IN BOTH HOUSES Senate’s Vote Is Unanimous While Only One Vote, That of London, Socialist, Is Cast Against It in House WASHINGTON, De.'. 7—The United States tonight is formally at war with Austria-Hungary. The declaration President Wilson ask ed congress for on December 4 was voted by the senate at 1:40 p. m„ and by the house shortly*after 4 o’clock. At three minutes after 5 the president signed the resolution. This speed showed the almost unani- i mous swing •of the pacifists to the sup- ' port of the war. Meyer London, New York Socialist, ; voted no. The house vote was 361 to j 1. the senate vote was 74 to 0. Os : those who opposed the declaration of' war on Germany none today voted no. : . One of them —La Follette —was ab- ; sent. He explained later that the vote i took him unawares, while he was pre paring an amendment, adoption of which he said would have won his sup port, however, he would have voted against the measure without the amend ment. There was no long debate in either house. There was brief discussion, but practically all in the same strain—that the war declaration should be made. London was bitterly assailed by his fel low members but stuck to his party s demands on him. Miss Jeanette Rankin, only congress woman, left a sick bed to cast her vote for the resolution but not until she had delivered on the floor of the house an attack n all wars. Intimations were given during the discussion that as a result of today’s action American troop* may soon be fighting in Italy against Austria. The senate adjourned until Monday, I the house until Tuesday. Only Secretary Joseph Tumulty and Assistant Secretary Rudolph Foster , were in the president’s private office I when he signed the resolution. Tumulty described the historic scene as one of simplicity. The president | made no statement. The resolution arrived at the white house at 4:55 and was law with the j president’s final approval, just five min- | utes later. The president used his ordinary pen. The one with which he signed the declaration of war against Germany was given to Mrs. Wilson at that time. The action of London, in marring an otherwise unanimous action in both branches of congress, brought a storm of criticism down on his head. A score of members denounced Lon don violently on the floor of the house. Miss Rankin, who made a dramatic ■ appearance after she had been reported ill, declared in explanation of her vote: “I still believe that war is a stupid and futile way to settle international difficulties. Inasmuch as the Austrian declaration, however, is a mere techni cality to a more vigorous prosecution of the war against Germany, 1 vote for the resolution. "There will be no war when the peo ple of America as well as Germany have the controlling voice in their af fairs. “Special interests and commercial privileges are controlling the war to day," she said in conclusion. Senator Lodge Speak*. Senator Tzodge. Massachusetts, rank ing Republican member of the foreign relations committee, spoke against in clusion of Bulgaria and Turkey at this time, but added: “The only reason for leaving Turkey out is the danger to American lives and property in Turkey. “We do not touch Bulgaria in a mil itary ser.se. “But we have a Bulgarian legation in Washington and if the officials are friendly to us. they are traitors to their, own country and its ally, Germany. “I take no stock in the dream that we can detach Bulgaria and Turkey from the central powers. “There is not a word to be said in de fense of the Turks. They have been a scourge and a pest. Never have their massacres been so serious as since the Turks passed under German domination. Such a government as Turkey’? is a curse to modern civilization. “I hope one result of the war will be ; final extinction of the Turkish empire. in Europe and freeing of the Darda-1 nelles to all nations.” Beside the reasons that Austria is I Germany’s active ally and as such has | committed warlike acts against the United States, Senator Stone declared there was the further reason that inas- ' much as Italy, France and Belgium comprised one hattie front American ■ troops m<ght at any time he facing Aus- | trlans. Senator Stone’s Speech Senator Stone made no reference to I Turkish or Bulgarian relations. “In this great world struggle,” said Senator Stone, “all men know of the in- I timate and apparent indissoluble re- 1 lation between the governments of Ger many and Austria-Hungary. In the I progress of events it has become mani fest that the United States is Inevitably ' as much at war with Austria-Hungary i as with Germany. ‘Tn the prosecution of war. German . and Austro-Hungarian troops are co ordinated and co-operative. On the oth er hand, the United States is sending troops and supplies to aid the entente allies, including vast sums to finance the entente allies; the government of the United States is furnishing men. supplies and money to all the entente | governments; the supreme war council I has been organized at Paris in which the i government of the United States is au- (Continued on Page 7, Column 2) ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1917. “IS YOUR NAME WRITTEN THERE?” '~~~~~~ — COFFEE CITIZEN KILLED 8) I WHISKY RUNNERS Tom Wesley, of Douglas, Is Shot Down Trying to Ai rest Parties (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) DOUGINAS, Ga., Dec. 10.—About 3 o’clock Sunday morning on the Dixie highway between Nicholls and DouglKs and near Chatterton, Tom Wesley, a young white man of Douglas, about twenty years old, was killed by two unknown parties who were en route from Jacksonville to some point in Georgia. James Stalvey, who accom panied Wesley, was also* shot through the clothing on the breast, but was not injured. Stalvey returned to Douglas and no tified the sheriff, who returned to the scene and brought Wesley’s corpse into Douglas. The parties who did the killing broke the state license tag off the Ford they were driving and abandoned the car, which contained some fifty to a hundred bottles of whisky. The sheriff seized the Ford and the whisky, but the guilty parties escaped. The sheriff is now try ing to establish their identity. From the best information Stalvey suspected that the parties were earning from Jacksonville with whisky and, with Wesley, went out on the road to capture them. He found their car broken down and Stalvey, being an invalid, gave Wesley his pistol. The men resisted and after beating Wesley over the head, took the pistol and shot Wesley one time, caus ing instant death. They escaped with the pistol. , With Blow of Fist Florida Physician Kills Bank Cashier ARCADIA, Fla.. Dec. 10.—In all probability Dr. J. R. Simmons, one of the most prominent physicians in south Florida, will be tried during the present term of court for killing Leon A. Stroud, assistant cashier of the De Soto County National bank, whose death occurred last night as the result of an altercation which the two men had about a personal matter. According to evidence obtainable. Dr. Simmons is said to have struck Stroud a blow which knocked him down. As Stroud got to his feet the physician lashed out again, this time hitting him a heavy blow under and behind the left ear. It appears the blow broke a blood vessel in Stroud's ear. Feeling is running high. Dr. Sim mons is in jail under heavy guard. CERMANS IN HJLIffl IRE I URRESTEO 01KUTHDRITIES ; British Munitions Ship Catches Fire, Second Explosion Being Narrowly Averted Another Munitions Ship Catches Fire HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 10—The deck cargo of the British steamer Picton. laden with munitions, caught f|re last night and only the quiqk 1 and courageous work of a Halifax • company of riflemen prevented an ' other big explosion in the harbor The men boarded the ship, threw , the burning cargo overboard and ( | checked the flames before they i could spread to the hold. The ves sel was taken to sea today and ! sunk. HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Dec. 10. 1 Wholesale arrests of German residents 1 of Halifax were begun by the police to day. This action was taken under in- j struction from the military authori- ' ties. Sixteen Germans were taken in cus- ’ I ' tody within a short time. Military offi , I cers after an inquiry released a few of them. The others are in the county jail. 1 The authorities refused to disclose ; whether they had obtained evidence as sociating Germans with the explosion. A ' ' number of citizens of German birth • heretofore have been allowed full lib erty with the exception that they were required to report once a month. • hTe surviving officers and crews of the steamers Mont Blanc and Imo. which collided, resulting in the terrifb' explosion which wrecked part of the town..have also been ordered arrested. Premier Sir Robert Borden today an nounced cancellation of all of his politi cal engagements. He will devote his en tire time to the relief of Halifax. The premier announced the dominion government had appropriated $1,000,000 for immediate relief work. Borden thanked the people of the I’nited States for aid that has rendered in a statement issued today. Bodies have been brought to the gen eral morgue in blocks of fifty’and a bun- ; dred at a time. Some are being gradual- ■ ly identified. , 50 Gallons of Whisky Seized m the Terminal Deputy Sheriffs Milam and Kitchens s seized two trunks of liquor at the Ter- 11 minal station Sunday, about fifty gal- I lons being contained in the trunks. -No | j owners have been found. The trunks I : , were shipped from Jacksonville. CROSS-EMMINIITION OF MEINS IS CONCLUDED Defendant Allowed to Read Itemized Statement of , Mrs. King’s Accounts CONCORD, N. C„ Dec. 10.—The cross examination of Gaston B. which was begun by John T. Dooling Friday afternoon, was concluded today by Sol icitor Clement within an hour after the defendant resumed the stand. Proceed ings today were marked by smoothness and calmness in contrast to the stormi ness of last week end. On redirect examination the defend ant was allowed over objection of the state to read a lengthy and what pur ports to be a complete itemized state ment of receipts and disbursements mads by Means for Mrs. King during August and part of September, 1915, the first month he was associated with her as business manager. The item of ex penditures included expenses of dinner parties, "confidential parties,” board, tips, railroad tickets, theater tickets, meals, telegrams, etc. One item of re ceipt was a SI,OOO check received by Mrs. King from Mrs. J. P. Foraker. Jr., and turned over to Means. He explain- I ed that this represented a loan to Mrs. King from Mrs. Foraker. In several instances payments of "cash to Mrs. Chance” were noted, the amounts rang ing from a dollar or t*wo to a hundred or two and sometimes a thousand. The statement balanced and the witness de clared Mrs. King’s receipt had been at tached to it. The witness declared that such detail ed statement of account were made out by him throughout his business career with Mrs. King, month by month. She examined them and her o. k. was at tached each month ajid the whole record filed. Tlie complete files were in his New York apartment when he left it. he declared. Anxious to speed up the trial, Judge Cline announced this morning that the noon recess would be reduced from an hour and a half to one hour and that if satisfactory progress were not made otherwise court would convene half an hour earlier and he held half an hour later in the evening. Russia to Repudiate War Loans, Says Paper PETROGRAD, Dec. JO. —Russia will repudiate her foreign, internal land bank and railroad loans, according to the newspaper. Pravda, organ of the Bol sheviki, today. All interest payments and preliminary redemption moves on this money, the newspaper declared, would be stopped. .The article asserted that on account of the war Russia is “obliged to pay for the capitalists a milliard of rubles annually—or a tax on each family of Russia of forty rubles.” (A milliard of rubles is approximate ly $500,000,000 and 40 rubles is about $23. > It was reported in various circles to- NUMBER 22. CIH SURROUNDED BY BRITISH FORCE. GIVES HP. LAWANNOUNCES Russian Peasants Vote to Re pudiate Bolsheviki and Go on Record Against Separate Peace—Armistice ‘Announced LONDON, Dec. 10.—Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor of the exchequer, an nounced in the house of commons today that Jerusalem, after being surrounded on all sides by British troops, had sur rendered. « Two bodies of British troops, Bonar Law said, surrounded the city and cut it off from the Turkish general lines of communication. Thereupon the city surrendered. ® r ’ t ish armies began their sweep up the valley if Palestine from the Suez canal early last spring. Almost un noted and overshadowed by the terrific conflict on the west front, first General Murray and later General Allenby push ed steadily upward against the Turks. fate was seal ®d when this British expeditionary force on No vember 1 captured Gaza. Immediately after taking the ancient city of Beer sheba General AJlenby sent his forces rapidly north and a fortnight later they took Jaffa, the golden city of Joppa, and seaport to Jerusalem. Bethlehem, where the Savior was born, lies a scant six miles due south of Je rusalem, and is presumably alio now • in British hands. Jerusalem’s fall will be a tremendous blow to Turkish morale, according to the belief here today.* Loss of this shrine of Christendom, possession >of which has been the boast of Moslems for centuries, will have far-reaching ef fect throughout Turkey. Recent di patches have indicated Enver Pasha. Turkey’s ambitious war minister, and the man who conceived the Turko-Ger man alliance, was tottering from his place of power while British armies were sweeping all before them In Meso potamia and Palestine. The capture of Jerusalem by the Brit ish forces marks the end, with two brief interludes, of more than I.SDO years’ possession of the seat of the Christian religion by the Mohammedan For 673 years the holy city has been in undisputed ownership of the Turks, the last Christian ruler of Jerusalem being the German emperor, Frederick 11, whose short-lived domination lasted from 1229 to 1244. Apart from its connection with the campaign being waged against Turkey by the British in Mesopotania. the fail of Jerusalem marks the definite collapse of the long protracted efforts of the Turks to capture the*Suez canal and invade Egypt. « Huns Driven in Flight From Capo Sile Positions ROME, Dec. 10.—Teutonic • coops were driven in flight out of the whole Capo Sile position on the fofcer Piave river and that point recaptured by Italian 1 coops, today’s official statement as serted. Peasants Have Repudiated Trotzky: Against Peace PETROGRAD. Dec. 10 --The execu tive commitee of the peasants council today issued a manifesto repudiating an armistice with Germany and stroiig lv appealing to the people agai ns* Bolsheviki and against a separate peso with Germany. Bolsheviki Menaced By Kaledines’ Revolt NEV YORK. Dec. 10.—(Summarv of European Cables.V—Civil war has broken out in Russia and the Bolsheviki regime apparently will be put to the test The Petrograd government has issued a \ proclamation announcing that Generals Kaledines, Korniloff and Dutoff have begun a revolt in southeastern European Russia. The Bolsheviki announcement declares that the constitutional democrats are as sisting the hetman of the Don Cossacks and his fellow military leaders, who are said to aim at cutting off food sup plies and in seizing power from the Black sea to the Ural mountains, ;it, well as in the Caucasus. Bolsheviki troops have been ordered to take the field against the counter revolution ists. General Kaledines is said to be col lecting his forces, and it is inferred that their objectives include Moscow. General Dutoff is leading the revolt in the province of Orenburg and is en deavoring to cut the trans-Siberian rail way at Tcheliabinsk. T>o towns in the Caucasus are besieged bj forces under General Karauloff. In Orenburg the Bolsheviki leaders have been arrested and the soldiers under them disarmed. In the new Ukrainian republic the middle class Is reported to be assisting General Kale dines in opposition to the workmen’s and soldiers’ council. The proclama tion of the Bolsheviki denounces the constitutional democratic party and its leaders, including Michael Rodzianko. the former president of the duma,«and Paul Milukoff. the former foreign min ister. It has not been unexpected in the European capitals that a strong effort would be made to oust the Bolsheviki from power. For some time General Kaledines has been gathering his forces in the Don region wehere he has been joined by Y Ornner army officers and leaders of the old provisional govern ment and has been reported to hold most of Russia's gold reserve and he probably controls the Don coal region and a great portion of the grain-grow ng territory around the Black and Cas pain seas. day that the Bolsheviki government's formal proclamation repudiating Rus sia's loan would be issued on Thursday, j