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elic lattta SBemMWeeWto urnal VOLUME XX. AMERICANS EXECUTE DISTRUCTIVE ATTACK RUSSIAN GUARDS IN FINLAND CONTINUE TO BITTLE ■’REDS" Sanguinary Fighting Is Re ported Day and Night: Rus sians, Despite Losses. Put ting Fresh Forces in Fray STOCKHOLM. March 18.—Heavy, nghting is continuing in Finland be tween the Finnish white guard and . Russian red guard troops, according to an official statement issued on Satur day from the headquarters of the white guard at Vasa Violent encounters are reported on the Satakunta and Savate ko fronts. Sanguinary lighting is proceeding b> day and by night, without interruption, at Ahvola in Karelia. The statement announces that the Russians, despite enormous losses in the Ahvola fighting, keep continually throwing fresh forces into the fray. Russian Red Guard Is Invading Persia WASHINGTON. March 11. -invasion of Peseta by small detachments of the Russian Red guard was indicated to the state department today in a tele gram from Teheran. According to the report there the force, which is not moge than 400. is said to be planning an advance on Teheran. The concern with which the Swed sh - people regard the occupation of the | Aland Island by the Germans was re flected in a Stockholm press report re ceived today at the department. Ae- ' cording to that report, the German com- ’ mander explained that the landing had been made in conformity wish the wishes of the Finnish people. A motive for intervention in Finland, the report said, was the desire to supervise the evacuation by Bolsheviki troops, the <laim being made that the Bolshevik! had agreed to withdraw. Disbelief of the report that Ambassa dor Francis and the Japanese ambatsa- • dor are being detained at Vologda was expressed by state department officials. J The last report from Mr Francis, how ever. was on March Sth. Government Moving To Moscow tor Defense , PETROGRAD. March 10.—The gov ernment is moving to Moscow as a first step in reeiatanct, on all .fronts, accord ing to an official press announcement today. It is beL'evqd it may be nec essary for the Bolshevik government’to f.ght both Germany and Japan The Bolshevik congress has discarded the name ’•Social Democratic” and adopt ed the title of ’the Communistic party.” as it does not wish to have any simt larity to the party of which Philip Sheidemann is the leader in the reichs tag. , A treaty alliance with the Finnish red guards has been signed by the Bol shevik government, offsetting the- Ger man treaty with the white guards in Finland. Details of German treatment of the 1 inhabitants of lands which they have overrun continue to come in. In Fin land the German police and military system is invoked against the people. The newspapers have been suppressed Workingmen s organisations have been | dispersed and hundreds arrested. Many ’ are reported executed in Esthonia. where j even the bourgeoisie have been strong ly curbed by the Germans. The bour- j geoisie were suspected by the Bolshev-; ski of favoring the German invasion. Most violent persecutions were re ported from Riga Smolensk reported heavy German forces moving from Homel toward N'ovo ziblkoff. which city the Russians are preparing to defend. The Germans con centrated on the Orsha front have re treated Trotzky Is Dismissed For His Peace Attitude LONDON. March 11.—Leon Trotsky was dismissed as Bolshevik foreign min ister by Premier Lenine, owing to a quarrel over the German peace terms, according to a dispatch to the Morning Post, dated Saturday, in Petrograd. Trotzky held that the peace had bean exerted by force and that no law rec ognized promises made under duress as obligatory. Therefore, he Is reported to have said, it was Russia’s duty to tight if only guerrilla warfare, and the ■ German treaty should not be ratified, i Premier Lenine. on the other hand, held that the treaty must be ratified , and carried out on the theory that dis actrous treaties do not rtecessarily an nihilate nations as Prussia had proved several times China to Co-operate With Japan in East PEKIN. March 11.—< By the Asso-i ciated Press.) —China, in response to an i inquiry from Tokio. has signified her . intention to co-operate with Japan in | the protection of allied interests in the | Far East. The Chinese war bureau has been requested to arrange for the sending of two divisions to northern Manchuria. Japan will bear the ex pense pending the completion of a pro posed American loan to rffiina. 13 Killed, 50 Injured, In Air Raid on Paris PARIS. March 11.—It now is reported i officially that thirteen person were kill ed and fifty wounded in Friday night's air raid Ten or twelve squadrons of bombing airplanes participated in the German raid on Paris. One of the raiding machines was de stroyed. An official statement says the airplane of the Gotha type was found in the forest of Comp.egnee. where it had fallen while return’ng from the raid on the capital. The machine had been demolished and its crew of four burned to deals. Full Associated Press Service 4 JMtfIICJNS IRE KILLED H WOUNDED, IN ICTIRN Ten Also Die of Wounds and Diseases, General Persh ing Reports WASHINGTON. March 11.—General Peisiunj's casualty report today shows four privates killed in action; four se verely wounded; 21 slightly wounded; four died of wounds, and six of dis ease. The following were killed in action; Private Frank J. Osgood. Cook Linnie G. Fillingem. Private Francisco Disabatmo. Private Otis D. Green. Died of wounds: Private Lawrence Wenell. Private Henry J. Sweeney, Ser geant Theodore Peterson. Private Jim F. Edgar. Natural deaths: Private William Rhodes. Wagoner John C. Collins, Pri vate Sell Halt. Sergeant C. Howard Peck. Jr.. Arthur J. Perrault. Private James Magee. Private Herman Pape. Private Thomas J. Gate. Private George Glenn. Private William R. Taylor. Severely wounded: Private Joe E- Bush. Private John E. Frayne. Private Hancel Van Hoose. Private Charles Gobdisky. Wounded Private Antony Kuiig Private Chariek B. Sandridge. Wounded slightly; Corporal Edward J. Smith. Privates Charles A. Roberts, Floyd R. Leseman. Nazzareno Faghetta, Emery Wolfe. Henry E. Stedman, Elinor ■ Murry. Corporal Henry W. Dawson, Pri vate Walter E. Moote. Corporal Herbert L. Livingstone. Private Joseph Marcyan. Chief Mechanician Sidney G. Land. Pri vate Ben A. Kosse. Sergeant George H. Bradley. Corporal H. G. Whiting, Pri , vate Harold J. Perkins. Private Carl R. Hanson. Private Paul O. Nelson. Private : Verd F. Smith. I Died of wbunds: Private Lawrence Wenell Private Henry J. Sweeney. Ser •' geant Theodore Peterson. Private Jim F. ! Edgar. 1 D:ed pneumonia: Private William (Rhodes. Died fgactured skull: Wagoner John C. Collins. Died meningitis. Private Fell Hall. Died pneumonia: Sergeant C. Howard Peck. Jr. Died accident: First Lieutenant J. Perrault. Died pneumonia: Private James Ma ‘ gee. Private Herman Pape. Private Thomas J. Cate. Private George Glenn. Died appendicitis: Private William R. Taylor. Two Die of Airplane Accidents in France W ASHINGTON. March 11. —The navy department today announced the death of Andrew Donnie Skaggs and Lee Shott Harvie. as the result of an airplane accident in the naval aviation service I In France. Ska«ge lived at Newburn, Tenn., and Harvie at Cincinnati. O. De tails of the accident and the date on which it occurred were not given. American Killed, One Disappeared in Flight WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE. March 11.—W. J. Winter, of Chicago, serving in the French aviation corps, was killed in an air fight Friday night. He fell wiihin the German lines. Thomae Hitchcock, of Westbury. L. a member of the Lafayette Escadrille, disappeared wnile pursuing an enemy plane toward the Gefman rear lines. He is believed to have been captured. COFFEE’S EX-SHERIFF KILLEDIN AUTOMOBILE David Ricketson, of Liquor Case Fame, Victim of Accident Ga , March 11. —David three times sheriff of Coffee county, was killed in a nautomobile ac cident near Broxton. Saturday. Ricket son and a young man' by the name of 1 Strickland were together in a Ford out from Broxton, going toward Fitzger ald. driving about 40 miles per hour, and while undertaking to drive around a buggy, the car turned turtle, throw ing Mr. Ricketson through the wind shield. crushing him internally to such an extent that he died last night about 9:15. Strickland had his foot caught under the car and was slightly Injur ed, but was able to extricate himself from under the car. Ricketson leaves a wife and several children. and a L brother. Mr. George Ricketson, of Brox , ton. The interment took place Sunday in i the Broxton cemetery. Sheriff Ricketson was the officer who seized two carloads of whisky under the 1915 prohibition act in Coffee coun ty. and was enjoined in the United States court before Judge Emory Speer. In that litigation the constitutionality of the Georgia prohibition act in the federal court of appeals was upheld. Negro Under Sentence Os Death Digs Out; Posse Pursues Him CRAWFORDVILLE. Ga , March 11.—j Spencer Evans, colored, who was con-' victed of a capital offense in Taliaferro j superior court in February and sen-! ' fenced to hang March 22. dug a hole ' in' the cement floor of his cell early' Sunday morning and made good his es- j .cape by digging through the jail wall. The sheriff and posse are after him. Robbers of Postoffice In Florida Get $15,000 FORT MYERS, Fla., March 11.—Rob bers entered the postoffice here early Sunday and looted a safe of between 27.000 and SB,OOO in stamps. .7.000 war savings stamps and twenty-eight regis tered packages, according to a report made to the police last night. A small amount of money also was reported to h*v« been stolen. 4WO SOLDIERS TO I BE SENT TO SIBERIA BY THE CHINESE , Floating of Foreign Loan fs ‘ Authorized to Pay Expenses of Expedition, Estimated at 16,000,000 Yen TOKIO. March 11. —The cabinet at , Pekin has decided to dispatch 40,000 Chinese troops to Siberia, dispatches to day state. Expenses of the expedition to the amount of ten million yen were authorized through the floating of a foreign loan. OSAKA, Japan, Friday, March B. According to a dispatch to the Mainichi of this city, from Washington, the ; United States is demanding a guaran tee for the withdrawal of Japanese , troops from Siberia immediately the Ru/sian crisis is over. Factory Mobilization Is Ordered by Japan TOKIO, March 11. —The government j today introduced a bill in the diet au thorizing the mobilization and requisi tion for war purposes of all factories producing war supplies. The bill would place under govern ' ment control all arms and ammunition factories, construction of warships and airplanes, all fuel stores, clothing fac tories, fodder necessary for the army and hospital supply. Conscription of labor to man these • factories is also approved in the meas -1 ure. Report in Newspaper Denied in Washington WASHINGTON. March 1 \. —It was authoritatively stated here today by officials in close touch with the situa tion that no such demand as referred to in the foregoing dispatch has been < made by the United States on Japan, and that such a demand would be con sidered as impugning Japan’s good faith which the United States already has recognized. It also was stated that if Japanese troops go to Siberia, the ques tion of their withdrawal is expected to go before the peace conference. PARDON RECOMMENDER FOIL MRS. EDNI GODBEE !Submitted to Governor and Prison Commission by Leg islative Committee That Mrs. Edna Perkins Godbee, now ! serving a life sentence in the state pris on farm for' killing her divorced hus band, Judge Walter Godbee, and his second wife, be paroled, is the recom mendation submitted to the state pris on commission and Governor Dorsey by j the joint committee on statje prison from the house and senate. <who filed : their report Monday. Mrs. Godbee shot and killed Walter ; Godbee and his second wife in front of the postoffice at Millen, Ga.. several years ago, and was sent up for life. She has appealed for a pardon several I times. Governor Harris passed her ap ’ plication over to Governor Dorsey. The prison commission has recommended a pardon. A large number of legislators have signed a petition urging a pardon. The recommendation of the joint com mittee now goes to Governor Dorsey while he is considering her case, which I was argued to him last week by her attorneys. » In addition to this recommendation, the joint committee recommends that “Mr. Creen,” meaning Will Creen, the white man who cut Leo M. Frank’s, throat in the sleeping quarters of the state prison farm, be “removed to a more sanitary location.” Creen is now confined in a cage. The committee recommends that “old man” Taylor, Oscar Blue, Will Cato and Joe Monroe be tried for lunacy and sent to the state insane asylum, and recom mends that paroles be granted to the following: Lewis Bryant, Screven county; Ix>tt. Coffee county; Drew Smith, Upson county: Pleas Williams, Taylor county: Bob Lawson, Richmond county; Sam Belcher, Lowndes county: .J. B. Watts. Pulasfci county! F. E. Allen. Coweta county; Mack Porter, Mitchel] county; Will Ford. Chatham county; Asa Black man, Macon county; Will McMillen, Wil cox county; Tpm Magwood. Ware coun ty; George King, Muscogee county. Senate Is Willing For U. S. to Take Over Docks WASHINGTON. March 11.—The sen-, ate tentatively accepted today without i a record vote an amendment to the I urgent deficiency bill authorizing the ■ president to acquire title to the docks and piers owned by the North German , Lloyd company and »he Hamburg-Amer ican company in Hoboken, N. J. White House Message Is Carried by Pigeon WASHINGTON. March 11.—A carried I pigeon bearing a message of regret from Mrs. Woodrow Wilson that she could not attend a military and naval- meet ' at New York next week was released iat the white house at 11:10 o’clock this morning. The invitation was brought by a pigeon yesterday. The reply was written by the five-ear-old daughter oL Secretary Baker. Two Miners Killed CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. March 11.— ' Jfews of the killing of two miners—Ed Purdy and George Childs —reached here from Rockwood, Tenn., last night, a premature blast having badly mutilated their bodies. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1918. GUNFIRE IN FRANCE BUT WAR ALSO IS I OVER HERE, HE SAYS 1 Sergeant Marshall, Francis Burke and Miss Hill Here in Interest of Second Liberty Loan , Sergeant Verne Marshall, of the United States army, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth machine gun company Camp Cody, Texas, has seen service in France with the French ambulance ■ corps. He has been at the French camp, i where American forces are now in train ing. and at Verdun, wuere the French , stemmed the advance of Germany and , made posible the writing of a victory recording history of this War. He has heard the roar of battle, the scream and the roar of flying and bursting shells; he has witnessed the suffering of the ‘ fighting, the agony of the wounded, the humiliation and the degradation of the defeated, and he tells you the war is ’ not 3,000 miles away. “The gun fire is in France.” says Ser- I gcant Marshall, who spoke in Atlanta ion Monday night at the chamber of I commerce in the interest of Liberty | ■ bonds and thrift stamps, “but not all the fighting is being, done ‘over there.’ The bloodshed, the killing, the slaughter is 3,000 miles away, but the war, the fight ing is also being waged here, in Georgia, ffi ■ Atlanta, as well as in France, ana the sooner we all recognize that fact, the sooner the war will be over. “The thipgs we do/the sacrifices we* make for the boys who are represent ing us at the front will bring them home to us sooner; will bring more of i them home to us. I have seen one five inch shell on Dead Man’s hill at Verdun ■ kill 16 men and wound 31 more. Think what a 16-inch shell might, have done! And think of the five-inch and the six teefi-inch shells we need to defend our boys and help them tight, and that the money you invest in Liberty bonds and thrift stamps is money loaned to your boys to save their lives, to bring them safe home again.” Sergeant Marshall in private life is the editor of the Cedar Rapids, lowa, Gazette. He enljsted in the French am bulance corps early in 1916 and return ed to the United States for service in our army a few months after our entry into the war. His ability as an ora tor enabled him to raise $740,000 last summer for the Red Cross and the treasury department ha'd him “drafted” from the army to aid in the big Lib erty loan and thrift stamp, drive. He arrived in Atlanta Monday morn ing with Francis Burke, who until his - retirement several years ago represent •ed the Pittsburg district, in congress, I and Miss Hallie fcynn Hip J Woman I speaker of national note, to address a body of patriotic organizations at the chamber of commerce last night. The three speakers Monday morning addressed a gathering of thrift statnp and Liberty bond workers at the cham ber of commerce. Mr. Burke tells business men that tn ' vestments in Liberty bonds will mean an earlier close of the war and insur ance against continued business depres sions brought about by the war, while Miss Hill tells the women .of the country how their home service will aid in the fight j abroad. Both Miss Hill and Mr. . Burke b'egin a tour of the southeastern states with their addresses in Atlanta, j They will speak under the auspices of - the Council of Defense, the chamber cf commerce, and the /date committees of 1 the Liberty loan and thrift stamp cam ' paigns. “The disorganization of business I brought on by the war will be ended - sooner if business men support the gov- I ernment in its finances as they should,” ; said Mr. Burke. “Business cannot go on I ‘as usual* so long as the war is pro longed. Investment in Liberty bonds and thrift stamps will give the govern ment the aid it needs in carrying on the conflict and terminating it as soon as humanly possible. It will be an invest ment not only in securing the happiness of humanity for all time to come, but 1 also in securing an earlier return to j normal business conditions." ' I Read This Installment of “The Truth About Belgium” In This Issue By BRAND WHITLOCK This is the fourth week in which the horrible rapine worked on the Brand Whitlock’s story of Belgium young girls and women of Belgium appears. Perhaps you read the ones while their brothers, fathers and before—or perhaps you missed them. husbands were forced to look on. Don’t miss another. This great truth Any man woman O r child that has | Wh ° KNOWS ’ W,H * any patriotism at all should get the SAW it. READ it. benefit of these stories. They are Brand Whitlock began his story FACTS offered you—not mere fic before the Germans began their ter- tion. Get these now—by subscribing : rible ravage of Belgium, and he for The Journal. No other paper is touches on the great personages of giving them. the Belgium of the If your time has expired or you are German Legation. He describes the no t a subscriber now is the time to beauty of their homes and cathedrals. ge t your subscription to us so you ■ which have since been destroyed and no t miss a single part of this ruined—the owners having been ex- great story. Our prices are more iled." He did not know at this time than reasonable: 75 cents for one i what terrible brutality and ignoble year, 11 for 18 months, $1.25 for treatment was to be practiced in this two years or $1.50 for three years, land of now—Peace and Beauty. -Tell you see about this great story But this is just the beginning of and. induce them to subscribe. If you what is -to come. He tells how the can raise a club of five or. more Germans enter Belgium; what treat- subscribers and send to us at one ment the people received. No man. time we will make a special club woman or child was spared; what price of only 5° cents for a one devastation and destruction they year’s subscription. Raise a club for wrought as they went. He tells of us in your community. Subscribe Now — We Cannot Furnish Back Numbers — It will not be necessary for you to write a letter if you sign your name and address to this coupon and send to us with your remittance. The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.: Enclosed find $ for which send me The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal for months Name P. R. F. D. NoState I BAKER IN PARIS TO j INSPECT AMERICANS OK FIGHTING FRONT Secretary's Visit Is Purely Military and Not Diplomatic. He Sailed From America on . February 27 PARIS. March 11.—Newton D. Baker, the American secretary ot war, arrived in Paris this morning. He was received by General Pershing, General Tasker H. Bliss, the American chief of staff; French officers representing Premier Clemenceau, and Amuassador Sharp. The secretary’s voyage was without incident. Secretary Baker, with his staff, reach ed Paris at 6:30 a. m. from the French seaport w here they landed. Their trip to Paris was made in a special car at tached to the regular night train. Few people knew of the secretary's arrival, there being only a small crowd at the station. The members of the party were taken to the Hotel •' Crillon, which will be their headquarters du»- ing their stay in Paris. No submarines were sighted during the voyage across and the weather was fine except on two days when stormy conditions were encountered. - x Visit Is Military, Not Diplomatic, Statement WASHINGTON, March 11. —Secretary Baker has arrived in France for an in spection of the American a conference with military officials. • A dispatch receved at the navy de partment today from the. cojnmander of the American naval vessel wlrich car- Tied Secretary Baker and his party i across announced the safe arrival at a ) French port and reported that the trip was without incident. The news qf Mr. Baker’s safe landing I at a French port conveyed in an Asso ciated Press dispatch last night, brought ' a formal announcement from the war J department emphasizing that the secre tary’s visit was purely military and not diplomatic. The war department also announced that Mr. Baker sailed from the United States about February 27. accompanied by Major General M. Black, chief of engineers; Lieutenant Colonel M.. L. Brett and Ralph Hayes, his pri vate secretary. "Secretary Baker has not determined the length of time he will remain in France,” said the announcement, "but his stay will be long enough to enable him to make a thorough inspection of the American military officers. The statement added that his inspec tion tour would cover construction projects under way back of the Ameri can lines as well as a visit to the Amer ican Headquarters. On the eve of his departure from Washington the secre tary told members of the press that he did not expect to be away for any con siderable length of time. Secretary Baker and his party left here without any attempt to conceal their movements other than request the press to. refrain from reporting their departure aboard an American cruiser. The newspapers to-operated fully with, all efforts to make the trip safe from submarines and no hint of the journey was printed. For months the secretary has been eager to see the results of the war de partment’s work to place in the field this year an army which would be a factor in the campaign and talk over the whole American war program with General Pershing. The trip was decid ed upon after Mr. Baker had conferred with President Wilson. 11 Dead in Winchester WINCHESTER. Ky., March 11. —The number of persons killed Saturday night when the falling walls of a burned building fell through a movie house, stood today at eleven. Os the twenty-three other persons who were injured some may not recover. COOPER WILL RESIST EITMOITIOII TO CHICICO Waycross Bank President and Capitalist Charged With Fraud by Chicagoans F j An arresting officer from Chicago is in Atlanta with a requisition for L. J. Cooper, president of the First National bank, of Waycross, Ga., formerly member of the house of representatives from Ware county, and one of the most prominent men in south Georgia, charg ing him with giving worthless bonds in payment for $150,000 worth of land in Chicago. Mr. Cooper will resist extradition, and Governor Dorsey will give him a hearing in the capitol at 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, March 19. He will be represented by J. L. Sweat, John W. Bennett and other prominent lawyers from Waycross, and will be here him self. The requisition was issued by the governor of Illinois on warrants sworn out by Simon and Emma Hamburg, :of Cricago. The warrants allege 1 that Mn Coper on July 28, 1917, purchased $150,000 worth of Chi cago real estate from Emma Ham i burg and paid for the same with bonds, which he claimed were se cured by certain south Georgia lands owned in iee simple by the Atlanta In vestment company, for which he was I authorized to act as agent, and that subsequently she found the bonds to be unsecured. There are two warrants, one charging fraud and the other charging the “confidence game.” At the hearing before the governor, it is understood that Simon Hamburg will be present ■with a lawyer, and the arguments are expected to take several hours. Thomas Kane, the arresting officer who brought the requisition here, is said to havle wanted to have Mr. Cooper arrested on Saturday, when he arrivea in Atlanta. He was informed, that Cooper is a man of wealth and stand ing and that his arrest was not neces sary. Meanwhile, information as to the re quisition was conveyed to Mr. Cooper in Waycross, and he immediately noti fied Governor Dorsey that he would re sist extradition and desired to be heard The hearing would have been held Mon day, but'was postponed on account of the fact that Governor Dorsey has been called to Washington This postponement will give Mi Coper time -to prepare his shewing thoroughly, and will also give Simon Hamburg an opportunity to come here from Chicago with his lawyer and lay his grievance before the governor. As stated above, Mr. CoopA- is one of the most prominent men in south Georgia, He was a member of the house from Ware county in tire legis lature of 1915-1&. He is president of the First National bank, of Waycross, and has other extensive business in terests. He is well-known in Atlanta. His friends believe the warrants in Chicago grevf out of a controversy be tween him and the Ham burgs regard ing a real estate transaction. GOVERNOTURGES“NEGBOES /TO RETURN TO THE FARM Addresses Patriotic Meeting of Colored People at First Congregational Negroes of Georgia were urged to go "back to the farm” by Governor Hugh M. Dorsey in an address Sunday night at the First Congregational church, col ored. where the first garden rally for the I colored people of the city was held. More than 1.500 were in the audience ! and a poll showed that 500 of these had j home gardens. Rev. H. H. Proctor, pastor of the church, presided and made I a short speech, declaring that the war will be won by the hoe and not by the sword. President A. E. Ware, of At : lanta university, also made a speech on j the value of home gardening. In his address Governor Dorsey said in part: “The south is the best place 'in the world for the black man. Here ■ you have prospered in art, science and business. You own banks and insurance , companies. You have purchased farms lin Georgia worth $154,000,000. I would ■ like to see those of your people who eke out a miserable existence in the cities, ; go back to the farms where they can ac quire wealtl>-and live in comfort. ■ “You have as much interest in this war as the white people. This is your home and you have as much right to preserve and protect this country as any i other people. You are interested in the i freedom of the seas as well as we are. I Many of your people have gone to the i colors. Two thousand more negroes have gone from Georgia than from any other state in the union. What can you people at home do? "Produce food. Con serve food. Go back to the farm. Learn to garden and to cook properly. I am desirous to help you and co-operate with I you in any way I can.’’ • I Besides the governor’s address, a sea- ■ ture of the exercises was singing by a f male chorus. The church was decorated ! in patriotic colors. No Damage Done to Georgia Fruit Crop By Recent Cold Snap —— No damage was done to Georgia’s fryit ; crop by the cold weather Sunday night, ’ declared Forecaster C. F. von Herrmann Monday morning. Fair and warmer is I his forecast for Tuesday an«- for suc [ ceeding days. The lowest Sunday-night in Atlanta ■ was 37 degrees. There was a light frost l in low places, but it was not enough i to hurt the fru|t, said Mr. von Herr | mann. In the Carqlinas and other ; points further east conditions were be ; low freezing and some damage was re ' ported. The high wind of Sunday, how- I ever, helped to avert danger. j There is the possibility of another i light frost Monday night, said the fore- I caster, but he does not think there is any danger of freezing the fruit. NUMBER 48. GO OVER TOP WITH I FRENCH AND SWEEP ■ ENEMY BEFORE THEM United States Troops Stage 8 r» -; Raid Against the Huns for the First Time Alone North t' r-r | -of Toul ■- —■ j British and Huns in Terrific Cannon Duel - s LONDON, March 1\. —German and I British artillery is engaging in a \ terrific duel along the British line. • dispatches received from the front . b today stated. In a number of sec- . tors the Boche gunners are deluging the British trenches with a hail of » •shells from gnns of all calibers. The I I British artillery is effectively re- - ' taliating against the enemy fire, the 3 dispatch continues. 5 t WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN ’ i FRANCE, March 11.—Troops holding p the American sectors north of Toul I made a successful raid against the . I Boche early this morning. This was ’ 1 the first exclusively American rail ; without French participation. The American raiders went over the . top after 45 minutes’ artillery prepare - , tion. They penetrated the Germa i r trenches and returned successfully. Ac* ! cording to first reports there were ji> prisoners, as the trenches and dugotv t . had been demolished and the Boches ha 1 » withdrawn to their rear lines. The artillery bombardment started at . 5:50 a. m. The heavy guns centered . their fire on the German guns and rea.’ organizations, while Ythe lighter pieces . swept the trenches, smashing dugouts tnd other defenses. Under cover of a barrage, the German r wire was blown up by American en , gineers. The infantry then went over the top. The artillery preparation was entirely > as successful as the Ljrabarrtmettt « i week ago. The infantry made tne n., across No Man’s Land and returned , practically from enemy shell fire. , 50 U. S. and 60 French. 1 . Take Part in Movement v WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES 1 • r THE FIELD, Marcft 11.—Franeo-Ame> . lean forces in the Lorraine region ex»- - cuted the first American destructive • attack Saturday east of Reillon. Fist »’ > Ohio troops and sixty French sapper a ■ after heavy artillery preparation. • went over the top and charged"SOJ yards through No Man's Land, captur ing all objectives. 1 While the American raiders furnished | protection, the French sappers blew u > ’ wire entanglements, observation shelters and caves. The Germans had I retired before the attackers reached the enemy trenches. The Franco-Americans returned to their own trenches after ninety min utes, with casualties of only four . wounded. Meanwhile, east of Neuvlllers and be fore Badonvillers, two deatchments— each containing one company of Amer icans and two companies of French penetrated the German lines and de stroyed three trenches. They took two Uhlans prisoners. ' The poilus say they were forced to 1 restrain th® Americans from charging ■ beyond their objectives. American artillery participated ac curately in both attacks, proving its mastery of the most difficult artillery problems. American and French soldiers - ■ erating together conducted suc cessful raids on widely sepa- , rated sectors, demolishing Germa n trenches at three points to the width of 100 meters and depth of 300 meters. ’ ' American artillery aid in the raids completely demolishing one section of enemy trenches. No live Germans wera encountered there. Elsewhere Bochei who had taken refuge in dugouts and pill boxes were bombed and grenaded. Seven German prisoners were brought back. With our artillery roaring and enemy shells bursting in our front lines, tha companies assigned to the raid had taken their positions at 4:45. All were coo] and anxious to go. The “zero hour” was 5:05. After being called to their posts tha men chatted and peeped over the para pets to see the effects of our Mre. Thirty-two German airplanes were en gaged in observation f work over the 7 American lines. The first official statement from gen eral headquarters, printed in Stars azid Stripes, an army publication, recounts the activities of American troops under fire since March Ist. It concludes: “The baptism of fire which already has been given to a few Americans will | come to all. There is no doubt that j the test through which the first troop i came with such signal success wilt ’be encountered and passed with tho I same success by their brothers in arms, in divisions still to reach the front. The following New England soldier:* have been granted the French Croix da Guerre for bravery on the Chemin-des- Dames front: Lieutenant H. K. Davi son, Chaplain C. Boucher, Sergeant G. Dover. Corporal'F. Hurley and Private* ■ E. Larkin, H. Eldredge, S. W. Miller and G. M. Sykes. The bombardment in preparation for / the raids began at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. American and French guns were massed along this portion of tha front. * \ After the tremendous burst of fire in the first salvo the guns continued ta rain shells upon the Boche front, sec ond and third line, and all rear organi zations. including enemy batteries. When the infantry went over the top tn ona sector they walked across No Man’s Land without opposition. They penetrated, the German first and second lines and found nothing but a mass of wire, lev* eled trenches, smashed dugouts and de bris. As their orders specified they retJrn within a certain time they obey< (Continued on P»C« 8, Cot 3.)
