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COTTON: 31 1-4 CTS.
WEATHER: FAIR, COLDER.
New Raid Waa in Progress
At Midnight ; Many Killed
And Injured' In Mon*
day's Air Attacks.
ITALIANS, DESPITE 8N0W, I
MOUNTAINS TAKE POSITIONS,
GUNS AND 1,500 PRISONERS.
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ATHEN8, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 30, 1918.
(By Associated Press.)
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■P London, Jan. 30.-12:48 a. m. +
■p Another hostile air raid over -P
■P eastern England began at 11:30 4-
-f last night and tip to the present -P
p hour Is still In progress. 4(
P None ot the machines has yet P
4' penetrated the London detenses, +
P although bombs are reported P
p dropped In the outskirts ot the P
P city. This is. an official an- P
P nouncement. P
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MONDAY’S RAID KILLED
47 AND INJURED 169.
It Is announced that In the Mon-
-day’s night airraid over the city ot
London forty-seven persons were
tilled and there yere one hundred
and sixty-nine, other persons injured.
in snow-clad mountains
ITALIANS BRILLIANT DRIVE.
Notwithstanding the fact that deep
snows still cover the ground, the Ital
ians carried out successfully a spec
tacular drive against the Austro •Ger
man lines in the’ mountain region of
northern Italy.
They captured strong positions and
.-more than 1,500 prisoners.
iSrelve enemy - airplanes were
brought down.
Aside from this battle, no Impor
tant infantry operations are recorded,
although German artillery has been
active on the Arras front
Serious strikes are reported
throughout Germany.
TWO ALLEGED
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR HUG
WHITE REPORTED TWO COT
TON MILL8 IN THIS
COUNTY.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington. Jan. 29.—National reg
latration of women available for work
on the farms Is planned by the labor
department as one of the advance
steps in the campaign to secure suffi
cient farm labor for every section of
the country during the coming sea
son.
Heavy snows In the middle west
should mean a large wheat crop, It
was said, and it favorable weather
continues one of the biggest yields
on record may bb expected.
College girls and women of leisure
classes who are ready to respond to
the call for workers as a matter of
patriotic service, Berkman said, must
be depended upon chiefly for woman
labor that will be needed.
OF LABOR-NEXT
RE-ORGANIZATION OF DEPART
MENT OF LABOR PREPARA
TORY TO GREAT NEW
SYSTEM.
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UKRANIANS NOW IN
POSSESSION OF LUTZK.
Geneya; Jan. 29.—After three days’
fighting the Ukrainian radical troops
saved the defeated Bolshevik army
and have taken possession of Lutsk,
according to a wireless message front
Kir to the Ukrainian committee
here.
VESSEL 8UNK, THREE OF
FICERS, TEN MEN L08T.
London, Jan. 29.—The admiralty
announced that an armed vessel, the
Mechanician, was torpedoed and
stranded in the English channel on
the 20th and became a total wreck.
Three officers and ten men ot the
crew, were lost.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 29.—Virtual re
organisation of the department of la
bor htis been decided upon -by Secre
tary Wilson as the first move In a
plan to establish a war labor admin
istration which will formulate a
broad national labor policy for the
duration of the war.
Story of Czernin
COUNT RSFU8ED TO 8END COPY,
SAYING WILSON WOULD GET
IT BY WIRE ANYWAY.
(By Aaaoclatsd Prase.)
Washington, Jan. 29.—The story
that Count Cxernln told the Austrian
delegates that he sent a copy of his
war alma speech to President Wilson
before It was delivered was exploded
today by a cable received at the
state department quoting an extract
from yesterday’s Berliner .Tagblatt
and explaining that in refusing to
transmit his address directly to tbi
President,,Cieraln said that Wilson
“would get it Immediately by tele
graph,"
U. S. Steel Paid
Government Millions
OVER HALF IT8 EARNINGS IN
LAST QUARTER; 861,000,000
DURING LA8T YEAR.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Jan. 29.—The United
States Steel Corporation paid the fed
eral-government more than half of
its earnings in the final quarter ot
1917, according to a statement given
out today, and during the entire year
paid Into the government treasury
approximately 961,000,000 as war in
come and excess - profits.
County Fuel Administrator Hu,.
White yesterday morning reported ti
the authorities that the Princi
Mill and the Barnett Shoals Ml
both cotton mills, and both operatini
by hydro-electric current alone,
been operating on Monday, contra:
to the Interpretation of the fuel or
der, announced by State Ai
tor Hardman, and communicated ti
the mills by him as county adminis
trator.
These mills, it was stated, operat
but did not use any coal or othei
fuel on Monday—running by eleqtrl
power only.
The county administrator was aJ|
vised to present his report of the al
leged violations with supporting a If
davits and the matter would be refei
red to the United States district at|
•orney. .‘
SlMiERS
ICE GORGE8 HAVE DESTROYEI
MORE THAN A MILLION OOL-
1 LARS OF RIVER SHIPPING.
' (By Associated’ Press.)
Atlanta, Ga„ Jan. 29 —Meltii
snows and the heavy rainy of the
twenty-four hours haVe swelled
tucky. North Carolina and V;
rivers, cahsing hundreds of thousani
of dollars damage. Icq gorges havi
destroyed river craft valued at moi
than a million dollars. .
height Congestion
Upon Eastern Roads
NOT LIKELY TO BE CLEARED U
BEFORE THE MIDDLE OR LAST
OF MARCH, >TIS SAIO.
Speech Is Exploded Six Hundred Airmen
Here For Two Honrs
Six hundred members of the avia
tion section of the signal corps. In
tor the past several months
in a Texas camp, passed through
yesterday ffor the Atlantic
,rd-Hitopptng at the B. A. L.
station for two hours. They had din
ner "on pulIman," and the officers
and men paraded the city for halt an'
hoar or more for exercise. Many of
these men are fliers, many others
mechanicians and helpers. They are
ready for work In the regions .over
the German .lines and will probably
go acroes in a short time.
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Honor System Of
Food Saving For j
Wealthiest Womenj
(By Associated Press.)
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♦ New York, Jan. 29-Thla city's 4*
4- wealthiest women, co-operating 4-
4- with the food administrator, 4-
4- have organized an honor system 4*
4- for food-saving by voluntary ra- 4-
4- tionlng. Intended exclusively for 4-
the housewives of the wealthy, 4-
4- the food board announced to- 4-
4* night. 4-
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Please take notice— . J
We can not sell you hut 24 pounds
four and then you will have to hoy
the same amount of other cereals
consisting of meal, grits, rice, cat
meal, buckwheat flour, etc.
ARNOLD & ABNEY.
Fruits, Vegetables!
barqainsii
Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables
—and help win the war. Here are
bargains la both:
Just in: 20 crates tomatoes, 60c
basket; 80 and 40 cents a dozen; fine
lot grape fruits, 60c dosea; 400 bunch
es bananas (famous Saginola kind)
at sacrifice prices: 5c, 10c end 15c
dozen; bunches 75c, 85c, up to 21-50
for largest.
Cocoanuts, (were lOo and 16c) now
5c and 10c; plenty tangerines,- and
all other frolta—CHEAP tor quick
sale. Also Rutabagas and cabbage.
Get them at corner Broad and Col
lege, Phone 1431.
It. PETE PETROPOL.
Carrots, 10c the bunch.
Cauliflower, head lettuce.
ARNOLD * ABNEY.
(By Aeaoclatsd Press.) '
Washington, Jan. 2911—The freight
congestion on the eastern roads prob
ably cannot be cleared up before the
middle or latter part of March, rail
road administration officials announ
ced tpnlght, owing to bad- weather
conditions.
It was said that priority probably
would continue to be given to fuel
and food for many weeks, with gen
eral freight taking Its' chances. It la
probable, however, that no general
embargoes will be declared
Mr. A. H. Davison
Back From Gotham
Mr. Alex H. Davison has just re
turned from a stay of several weeks
in New York, where he went to se
lect goods for the coming spring, sum
mer and fall. He Is planning ahead
and selecting filllng-ln orders for ths
spring, as well.
Mr. Davison reported the coal
shortage fearful in the big city and
transportation badly demoralised.
Left Off His Last
Name in The Story
In a story to ths Banner by a Kan
sas City school of automobile me
chanics, the name of William Dewey
was yesterday mentioned. The last
name wee omitted In the story sent
out—the young man being Mr. Wil
liam Dewey Sorreils. . He has Just
returned to hie home here
CITIZEN OF YEAR8 AGO
VISITED ATHEN8 FOR DAY
Mr. Henry Kenney, now of Macon,
years ago a citizen of Athens, was
hens yesterday on business for a
tew hours. He bad time to meet
many of the friends of former years
and they extended to him a hearty
welcome.
Fresh shipment Frank’s. meat
treats.
COSTA’S DELICATESSEN.
Rye bread and whole wheat bread,
fresh this morning.
ARNOLD £ ABNEY.
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$ TO BUY $500 W
fresh t
mission to any entertainment held in
Liberty Theatres, Liberty Tents, Na
tional Army Cantonments and Na
tional Guard Camps In V. 8. A.
Red ripe
riee.
Yam potatoes,
cabbage, black-e;
KI
Through a local committee which
will be announced shortly, with Hr.
B. R. Hodgson, Jr, as chairman,
Athens will bo called npon to buy
It, i worth of "Smlleage Books” for
tbs boys in camp.
Smlleage Books art books contain
ing coupons entitling a soldier to ad-
AU goods bo tight today will be
charged on February account
KING-HODGSON OO.