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®he SeraMHeeW 3 ounuil VOLUME XX. 2,500,000 AMERICANS OVERSEAS BY JANUARY PERSHING INCREASES NUMBER OF PRISONERS 1.018.115 U.S. TROOPS ARE ALREADY "OVER THERE" OR ON W Only 8,165 Casualties Out of Number —Other Great Mili tary Accomplishments Listed orr Eve of Fourth PARIS. July 8. —(Havas Agency'— In etx months there will be 2,500.000 American troops on the French front. Andre Tardieu. head of the general com mission for Franco-American wax mat ters, has declared to the editor of the Petit Journal - - ■ • WASHINGTON. July 3.—War depart ment officials hope to maintain for at least one or two months more the great troop ehiproent records whereby 1,019.- 115 men had started overseas up to July 1- Secretary of War Baker declined to day to comment definitely on the pros pects. Other officials revealed that fu ture shipments are mainly the matter of how long the British can spare their speedy transports for American use. That we have passed our first million was revealed in an official letter sent President Wilson by Secretary Baker. Given out to add zest to the nation's Fourth observance, it showed that from a handful —1,713 in May. 1917 —the transportation authorities had jammed up the record to 276.372 in June this year. 32.000 above the May. 1918. figures. And it was the American answer to the appearance of Teuton U-boats off the United States coast. The total casualties including those lost at sea and those returned from abroad were 8.163. Os men who were originally casualties a number went back to service. On every hand, America's “’first mil lion" caused a thrill. Members of con gress who had been bitter at earlier do lays and mistakes in war work, hailed dispatch of so great a force as a signal achievement. It is only one of several pieces of good news to add to America’s Fourth cele bration. Other items are: America has 2.500.000 men under arms and will call 1,500,000 more this year. Fourteen destroyers will be launched tomorrow. About 100 merchant ships will be launched. American fighting men will soon be in Italy. American sailors joined with French and British forces on the Murman coast may see their number augmented. American soldiers have just achieved a stirring victory near Chateau Thierry. American authorities declare the above list, together with past accom plishments and future prospects, of fers a budget of data which should make the Teuton war lords think seri ously of the days ahead. War department officials are hopeful that close to 2.000.000 men will be across by the time winter sets in. This will be easy* of accomplishment if the British troop ships can be retained a while longer. But Secretary Baker pri vately warns, as he has done in the past, that the nation ought not to base fu ture hopes on past achievements. The record will be attained if possible, but the exigencies of the supply, problem or a possible U-boat outburst might upset hopes materially. The secretary's letter to the president shows that equipment abroad now is adequate and that all war industries are booming. Secretary Esker wrote the president that the supplies and equipment in France for the million men who have gone is shown by latest reports to be adequate and added ’’the output of our war Industries in this country is show ing marked improvement"in practically all lines of necessary equipment and supply. Statement of Wilson The president’s statement with the letter from Secretary Baker and his re ply follow: ’’l have today received the following letter from the secretary of war, which seems to me to contain information which will be so satisfactory to the country that its publication will be wel comed and will give additional zest to our national celebration of the Fourth of July: “■War Department. Washington. July 1. 1918. —My Dear Mr. President: More than 1.000.000 American soldiers have sailed from the ports in this country to participate in the war in France. In reporting this fact to you, I feel that you will be interested in a few data showing the progress of our overseas military effort. - "The ship carrying military personnel sailed May 8, 1917, having on board base hospital No. 4 and mem bers of toe reserve nurses’ corps. ""General Pershing and his staff sail ed on May i»i7. The embarkations in the n.unths from May. 1917. 4o and including June, 1918. are a” follows: "• ■l9l7 —May.-1.718: June, 12.261; Jul#. 12.988; August. 18.323; September. 32,- %23; October. 28.259: November. 23.616; December. 49,84). -•l9lß—Ja:>ia.-y. 15.7T6: February. 48.027; March. 83,811: April. 117.212; May. 214.345; .June. 276.372. Marines, 14.644. Aggregate, 1.619,115. •’ The total number of troops re turned from abroad, loss at sea and casualties. Is 8.165. and of these by rea son of the superbly efficient protection which the navy has given our trans port system, only 291 have been iost at sea "• The supplies and equipment In France for all troops sent Is. by our latest report, adequate, and the output of our war industries in this country is showing marked improvement in (Continued on Page 6, Column 4.) Full Associated Press Service SENATOR TILLMAN, pic turesque South Carolinian, who died following two strokes of paralysis. SENATOR TILLMAN OF SOUTH CAROLINA DIES OF PARALYSIS _______ He Died Early Wednesday Morning Following Two Strokes Within • Past Ten Days—ln Senate 24 Years WASHINGTON, July 2 —Senator Ben R. Tillman, of South Carolina ("Pitch fork Ben”), died at 4:20 o’clock this morning. The senator had been ill for some days as a result of paralysis attacks and all hope for his recovery was aban doned Sunday, Members of his family were with him at the end. The death of the senior South Caro lina senator marks the passing of one of the most unique and interesting members who ever sat in the upper branch of congress. He represented his state there for twenty-four years, and. as he hoped, "died in action.” Senate Adjourns The senate soon after it convened adjourned until next Friday, over the' Fourth of July, when Senator Tillman is to be buried, out of respect to their deceased colleague. After a brief | I eulogy by Senator Smith, of South I Carolina, the senate also adopted reso-1 lutions for appointment of a commit-' tee to attend the funeral. Advising the senate of Senator Tillman’s death. Sen- ‘ ator Smith, of South Carolina, said: ■ "We all know the sturdy character of the men, the splendid ruggedness of h’s nature. We dist not always agree with him but we all admired the mo tives with which he backed the posi tion he did take. He steadily grew, in I rounding out 24 years’ service, in the I estimation of his state and his country, j They mistook in the beginning the man- | ner of the man for his character and, purpose.” Later. Senator Smith stated memorial i services will be held in the senate for I eulogies at length. In his nrayer opening the senate ses sion today. Rev. F. Li. Pretty man, its' chaplain, referred to Senator Tillman's I death, stating that hearts of his asso- i dates were saddened by “the passing of one cf the brave and true men in our I national affairs.” Tn observing a request of Senator , Tillman the funeral services will be simple. None will be held in Washing ton. from where the funeral party will leave at 7 o'clock tonight and arrive at Trenton tomorow at 1:10 o'clock. Serv ices will be held at the Presbyterian • church at Trenton at 4 o’clock tomor row. No stop will be made, at Co j lumbia. As governor of South Carolina, as a leader in the southern wing of the Dem ' ocratic party and as an active partici- Ipant in the last generation s growth of the Aftnerican navy. Senator Tillman had been prominently before the public for I many years. Senator Swanson, of Vir i ginia. probably will be his successor as I head of the naval committee, to which | Senator Tillman had devoted almost his exclusive merest in congressional leg ; islation for many years. He had been I its chairman since 1913 and was one of the most ardent "big navy” advocates, being among the first to urge extension iof submarine construction and govern ment manufacture of armor plate. Health Foor for Years Senator Tillman had been in failing health for several years. Although he partially recovered from his first stroke of paralysis, his remarkable vitality was unable to withstand the last and more i severe attack. His wife and all mem bers of his family except a son suf ’ sering from a minor operation in a I southern army camp were at the bed side. Senator Tillman's death promises an I upheaval Tn Soiith Carolina politics, in which he lias been a leader for more 1 than a generation. He died in the heat ;of the senatorial primary campaign in which his long-time political opponent, j former Governor Cole L. Biease, was contesting for nomination to the senate. Stating that he desired to continue ' serving his country and state during ; the war by giving them the benefit of his long experience with naval affairs. Senator Tillman recently revolted a de cision not to be a candidate for re-elec tion. and Representative Lever, of South Carolina, another candidate, withdrew. Senator Tillman was the eighth mem ber of the senate to die since the United States entered the war. The others were Senators Lane, of Oregon; Hust- ( Continued on Page 2, Column 3) GOV. DORSEY URGES PROMPT PASSAGE OF IMPORTAWTWAR BILLS Message Proposes More Pow er for Governor in Cases of Mob Violence and Suggests State Court to Try Lynchers Prompt action on war measures is urged by Governor Hugh M. Dorsey in his message to the house and senate delivered Wednesday, and among the important war measures mentioned in his message are the bill to enlarge the powers and increase the appropriation of the State Council of Defense, the bill ’•equiring all able-bodied men between the ags of 18 and 50 years to work at least five days in every week, and the bill authorizing and enabling Georgians in the army and navy to vote in elec tions both state and local. Declaring that mob violence must be stopped by the state or else the fed eral government will take the matter in hand, Governor Dorsey insists that the governor should have the power and authority to take a local situation in hand at once, without waiting for a call from the sheriff or other local au thorities to send the military. He fa vors a method whereby the conduct of local peace officers can be investigated, with power vested in the governor to re move them for dereliction of duty. He favors the impaneling of a state court with jurors drawn from the state at large to return indictments against per sons guilty of participation in mob violence, and trial of such indicted per sons by a similar state court and state wide jury. With regard to the tax system of the state, Governor Dorsey declares the time has come for a complete reorgani zation. He suggests the advisability of doing away with general taxation for support of state institutions, and the substitution of a system of income, in heritance. -license and other special taxes. ITe strongly recommends the creation of a special commission to work out this problem. Tax Reorganization Directly related to taxation Is the subject of appropriations. The present slipshod system of pork barrel appro priations, as the governor points out, has been discarded in progressive states, and the budget system has been estab lished in its place. The governor rec ommends that the legislature create a budget committee to be composed of the governor, the president of the sen ate, the speaker of the nouse, the chairman of the appropriations com mittee of the house, the chair man of the finance committee of the senate, the attorney general and the state school superintendent of educa tion. which committee shall inquire into the needs of all departments and pass judgment upon them, and which shall make recommendations of maximum amounts for each department, these maximum amounts not to be exceeded except by a two-thirds vote of the house and senate acting separately. By this method, declares the governor, the various departments will be built up as a whole, instead of each one striving against the other. The governor recommends that the railroad commission be reduced from five to three members, this reduction to take place when the terms of two-mem bers expire on December 1. 1919, and recommends that the commission be made a corporation commission with jurisdiction over the charter, organiza tion and operation of all corporations public and private. He points out that the control of all railroads by the led eral government has practically stripped the railroad commission of its functions in this department. These above-stated recommendations are the ones of general import and in terest. Below is a summary of the de tailed recommendations contained in message: ... Passing Local Bills The governor points out the well known fact that entirely too much time of the legislature is consumed in the passage of purely local legislation, such as the abolition of county treasurers, the creation, abolition and recreation of countv commissioners, the granting of authority to construct stairways into, hotel basement barber shops, etc. He urges again that a general plan should be adopted placing these matters in the hands of local authorities. Special attention is called to the fact that the act of the legislature in 1917 prohibiting the acquisition of lands by condemnation proceedings without the consent of the owner has brought to a complete ttop the purchases of the fed eral government for its great forest re serve In north Georgia. He calls atten -JOJ psuonnu aqi irtp lari aqi oi uotj est reserve commission, which : s mak ing these purchases, has adopted a reso lution refusing to buy any more lands in Georgia until this ■ “hostile legisla tion" is repealed. The act ought to be repealed, declares the governor, as Geor gia was one of the first states in the union to invite the federal government to locate a forest reserve within its borders, and now this a< t for the bene fit of a few scattered property owners is holding up the whole great pro gram. The state’s contraci for the purchase and exchange of Park’s annotated code is an unfair and unbusinesslike proposi tion, and should bo changed altogether, the governor recommends. The governor explains that a batch of bills granting special pensions to persons not entitled to them under the provisions of the gcnertil law were passed against the recommendation of the pension commissioner, and it would not be fair to grant these special pen sions. Inauguration of Governor The state election laws should be changed, declares Governor Dorsey, so as to permit of the earlier ascertain ment and declaration of the guberna- (Ccntiaued on Page 2, Column 6.) ATLANTA,, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1918. OVER THE ALPS LIES AUSTRIA i • l j \ —Sv HARRIS REFUSES TO TAKE DUN’S PLACE IN OEBDTE Interesting Letters Exchanged Between Howard and Harris and Howard and Dean Replying to William J. Harris’ letter, refusing to meet him in joint debate at the Auditorium in Atlanta next Friday night in the absence of Colonel H. H. Dean, who cancelled his engagement on I his physician’s orders. William Schley Howard Wednesday wrote a letter to Mr. Harris, saying: “You state that you do not desire to join me in joint debate because you are opposed to presonalities. I had hoped that you would have the manhood to say to me face to face before the people of Georgia what you are paying to say iin advertisements in the newspapers ! where I have no fair chance to reply.” Expressing the hope that Mr. Harris : will in the future discontinue the use of personalities and agree to a discus j sion of their respective records. Mr. Howard concludes by challenging Mr. i Harris to meet him in any twenty-five ’counties he may designate. Mr. Howard’s’letter, which is the final one in an exchange of correspendence between him and Harris and between ■him and Dean, since Colonel Dean asked ■ that the debate scheduled for Friday be postponed, reads as follows: To Mr. Harris Kirkwood. Ga., July 3, 1918. i “Hon. William J. Harris. Atlanta, Ga. , i “Dear Sir: Your note in reply to my ’challenge to you to meet me in joint de- I bate at the auditorium on Friday even ing, July 5, reached me yesterday aft ernoon, too late for reply. “I note that you have an engagement ! covering this date, which I very much regret, as I had hoped you would oe 1 free to accept this invitation. ■ “You state that you do not desire to ■join me in joint debate because you are opposed to personalities. “I had hoped that you would have the i manhood to say to me face to face be fore the people of Georgia what you ■ I are paying to say in advertisements in newspapers where I have no fair chance ' to reply. ! l "It occurs to me that after you have ’ resorted not only to distorting, twisting and turning the correspondence between ■ the president and myself to suit your purpose in c. manner that was obvious ly unfair, going so far as to publish one paragraph of my letter to the pres ident stating»>ny reasons for entering , the race and withdrawing my promise , to him, so arranging this paragraph tn . your paid advertisements as to leave the impression that it was the entire let ter. but in addition to this have spent i thousands of dollars in one week in > anonymous advertising which indulged > in the most unwarranted personal at- > i tacks upon me. it comes with poor grace ' for you to say that you won’t meet me I face to tace with your personalities. ■ While you seem to deplore personali ties in joint debate you seem to take •ie ight in indulging in them at long s I range. > "At no timw have I indulged In per- ■ sonalities except in answer to those - ■ directed at me by you and Colonel Dean, (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) GEORGIA BOY IS KILLED WITH MARINES George I. Chandler, of Waver ly Hall, in Casualty List of 40 —85 in Army List WASHINGTON, July 3.—The marine corps casualty list today contained 40 names, divided as follows: Killed in action. 33. I Died of wounds, 4. Wounded severely, 3. Southern men named in the marine | list are: I Killed in action: Lieutenant Vernon 1 L. Somers, Bloxom. Va.; Corporal Harry T. Lyon, Hattieville, Ark.: Privates lan Branton, Clearwater, Fla.: George I. Chandler, Waverly Hall, Ga.; John A. Hanmer, Bogalusa, La.; Arthur Mcßride, I Clarendon, Ark. Army Casualty List Carries 85 Names. 36 Missing WASHINGTON, Juiy 3. —The army casualty list today contained 85 names, divided as follows: Killed in action, 18. Died of wounds, 9. Died of accident and other causes, 6 Died of disease, 4. Wounded severely, 12. Missing in action. 36. The list contained the following from southern states: Killed in action: Corporal William I M. Batjer, Rogers, Ark.; Private Elsie B. Coxwell, Gadsden, Ala. Died of disease: Private Joseph I Francois, Scott, La. Died from accident and other causes: j Corpora! P.oss T. Hadley, Texarkana, j I Ark. * I Missing in action: Corporal Joseph, E. Pitts. Blanton, Ala.; Privates Alton ■I Imager, Sulphur, La.: Frank V. Reitzell. ■ Riverton. La) William W. Roberts, ■ Merryville, La. ■ I Government to Operate Pullman Cars Also; May Abolish Tips WASHINGTON, July 3. —The Pullman i company will be operated under federal j ■ control, the railroad administration an- : I nounced today. The announcement clears up uncer- j i tafnty as to whether the Pullman com ' pany would be managed as a part of i the federal railroad system. In the ruling today, it was specified that inasmuch as the character of their | I employment forbids, Pullman conduc tors. porters and maids will not bene fit by the basic eight-hour day recently extended to railroad workers. At the same time, the 19,600 em- i ployes in these services were extended , wage increases of $2,750,000 a year, in- ; eluding back pay from January 1. The'increases are based on the same scale as that laid down for other wage earners by the Lane wage board What attitude the government will now take on the tipping system, long in vogue on Pullman cars, was a sub- > ject of discussion fallowing the an nouncement. Some officials openly held , the system is pernicious, and predicted , the government will make short shrift j of it. | I DI WMS OF BLAST IN LARGE T. N. T. FLINT Forty-Five Are Known Dead Following Explosion Near Syracuse, N. Y, SYRACUSE. N. Y., J”.!y 3.—A revised list of the casualties at the explosion at the Semett-Solvay “T. N. T.” plant this morning shows forty-five dead and fifty injured. Terrific - concussions from the explo sions of the powerful war powder rocked large business buildings in the center of this city, smashed plate glass windows and caused a panic in the resi dential portion of the town as if it had been shaken by an earthquake. *The explosions followed a fire that had raged beyond control and spread to the “T. N. T.’’ vats. Two of tnese let go. burying many workers under an avalanche of debris and scattered the flames to adjoining buildings. At a late hour last night the flames were burning fiercely and there was danger of more explosions. Volunteer firemen were powerless to stay the progress of the flames. Aid was sent from Syracuse, but at mid night the water system broke down. A shift of 500 workmen was in the plant when the fire, the origin of which I has not been ascertained, broke out. The workers made efforts to subdue the flames, and later in speeding to 1 safety were caught in the first of the two explosions. Men -were hurled in all directions. Two. caught between burning buildings, were blown through a wall. Still alive when picked up, there was not a shred of clothing on their bodies. The second big explosion Yollowed fifteen minutes after the first and the combined force of the two crum pled buildings in the vicinity. The homes cf workmen across the road from the plant collapsed, and burning timbers were bldwn to the roofs of buildings across ‘the railroad tracks which divide the plant in half Germany Denies Sinking Os Llandovery Castle ! A V AMSTERDAM. July 3.—Germany de , nied sinking of the Canadian hospital ship Llandovery Castle, in a semi-of ficial statement issued in Berlin today. Like similar British admiralty asser tions, it was probably incorrect that a submarine was responsible for the sink ing of the Llandovery Castle, the state ment said. Apparently no one observed a sub marine. The cause may be attributed to a British mine. This announcement from Berlin is re markable in view of the fact that sur vivors were taken aboard th< U-i>oat temporarily and that a conversation took place between the submarine captain and the master of the hospital ship. Dutch War Minister Sails , AMSTERDAM, July 3. —Jonkheep Colvn, former Dutch war minister, has j sailed for England. NUMBER 81. , AMERICANS CAPTURE BOD GERMANS AND EU MACHINE GUNS Entire Regiment of Huns Al most Completely Annihilated by Deadly Fire of Pershing’s Men WITH THE AMERICANS ON THE MARNE, July 2. (Evening.) The Americans utterly demolished an at tempted counter attack on their new po sitions west of Chateau Thierry, taking ninety-seven additional prisoners. Our artillery laid down a terrific bar rage that entirely cut off the attacking force, while the American machine gun and rifle fire annihilated them. A number of light machine guns were captured in this new fighting, raising the total taken since last night to more than sixty. A final checking up of the Boche prisoners taken in last night’s and today’s operations is expected to show more than 600. Last night's ad vance progressed farther at some points than was first reported. It is now estab lished that the maximum penetration is about a kilometer and a half, or nearly a mile. While the German counter attack was under way this morning eight American flyers successfully engaged nine Boches directly above the scene of last night’s battle. The fight lasted thirty-five min utes. Two Germans, from a height of 13.000 feet, dove through an American patrol, hoping to draw the latter down Into an ambuscade. The Americans saw the trap and attacked in battle formation at 9,000 feet. A free-for-all fight resulted in which four Boche planes were sent spinning. The French later reported these were destroyed. John MacArthur, of Buffalo, is credited with two of the enemy victims, while Albert Grant, of Denton. Tex, and Jack Hoover, of Nashville, Tenn., got the others. The fight ended with the remaining Germans fleeing to their own lines. Italians Advance More Than 3,000 Yards Between Piaves LONDON, July 3.—The Italians have undertaken a new offensive effort on the lower Piave, ft was learned from an authoritative source today. Between the old and new Piave they advanced from 2,0J0 to 3,500 yards on ; an eight-mile front, it was stated. The Italians captured approximate!:; j 1,900 Austrians, together with trench | guns, machine guns and war materials. Vienna Declares Attempt To Cross Piave Failed VIENNA. July 3.—ltalian fhoops. supported by naval forces, attempted to ' cross the Piave near its mouth yester- I day, says today’s war office statement. The attempt was a failure, as was an other effort by the Italians to effect a crossing of the river further north, near Zenson. it is declared. The Italians succeeded in effecting a slight gain of ground near Chiesanuova, northeast of Capo Sile. The futile at tempt of the enemy to land his infantry on the easterly side of the Piave was made near Revedoli, close to the Adri atic. French Advance Lines And Capture 220 Prisoners PARIS, July 3. —French troops last ) night attacked the German positions j along a front of three kilometers north of Moulin-Sotis-Toutvent and improved I their positions. West of Chateau Thierry on the Marne I front, a German counter attack in the region of Vaux was checked by our Are. Other German attempts to advance north lof Moncel and in upper Alsace were I without result. In the attack on the Moulin-Sous- I Toutvent front the French troops pene trated the German positions to a depth of 800 meters. So far the number of Germans taken prisoner in this operation I has reached 220. The official statement says: : “Between the Oise and the Aisne we executed a local operation north of Moulin-Sous-Touvent. Our troops cap tured German troops on a front of three kilometers and attained a depth of 800 I meters. The number of prisoners at present enumerated is 220. “West of Chateau Tftierry a German counter attack in the region of Vaux was checked by the French fire. Pris oners remained in the hands of the I French- “Other German attacks northeast of I Moncel and in upper Alsace abtained no i results. “The night was calm on the rest of : the front.” Germans Retake Ground From British Near Albert LONDON, July 3. —German troops \last night, after heavy preparatory shelling, attacked and recaptured the ereater part of the ground taken by the ' British in their local operation near Bouzincourt, north of Albert, on Sunday evening, the war office announced today. Several raids were carried out N’ the British in the neighborhood of Boyclles, Moyenneville’and Merris. an which pris ■ oners were taken. “Last night, after heavy bombard ment. the enemy attacked and recap tured the greater part of the ground i taken by us in a minor operation on ■ the evening of Jure 30,” the statement said. “Successful raids were carried out by us in the neighborhood of Boyelles. Moyenville and Merris, a few prisoners being taken in each case.” Allies Continue to Harass Germans on All Fronts NEW YORK July 3.—(Summary of European Cables to Associated Press. 4 Allied troops continued to narass the (Continued on Page 6, Column 3.)
