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ATHENS, GA, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 30,1917.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. $5.00 PER YEAR.
U. S. MILITARY UNITS MAY BE
ON WAY TO EUROPE IN FEW DAYS
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Conscription Biil Is Thrown Into Doubtful State by Tangle
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Allies Want American Troops in
Batches of Several Hundred
to Go Immediately to Europe
Aboard Every Ship That Sails.
Allies Want Mobilized Nation
al Guard Units That Were at
the Mexican Border Because
They Feel These Men Were
Equipped For Service Within
Sound of Big Guns.
(By George Martin, United Presa|
Stair Correspondent)
Washington, D. C., April 3(te-
It willjbe only a matter of a few
days before United States mili
tia units now mobilized in this
country are on their way to the
European front, and less than
six works before they, are em
battled with the Germans—if the
allies' urgent appeal to the gov
ernment today meets the ap
proval of the administration.
It became known today that
the alUep wanL Anwrkan troope
Jn batches of several handled to
go at once to, Europe on board
every ship that sails.
This will obviate necessity for the
concentration of enormous masses of
men in one place and the crippling
of food and munitions ships to carry
them.
The allies want mobilizcd*national
guard units which were at the bor
der because they feel these men were
equipped by theif border work to go
at once to the western front and
train within sound of the big guns, so
they will be tempered for battle in
not less than live weeks.
AMERICANS WILL FIGHT
UNDER THEIR OWN COLORS
These American troops, the allies
have assured this government, will
not be fused with French, English,
Russian, Indian or othft troops, but
will light as Americah units—under
their own colors.
The allies recommendations today
were intended to wean this country
atgay from the idea that before
American troops go abroad they
must be trained here for months.
• They pointed to the failure of the
one and one-half years’ training-sys
tem of Canada.
Canadian troops troops after this
long course, went to Europe in large
units and while considered ready to
light, had to go through the live
weeks intensive training within sound
of the guns just the same.
The allies’ idea is to take small
American units and specialize them,
Sis must be done in this year. The
specialized couse under the guns is
vitally necessary, the allies point
out, because they can develop bomb
squads, sappers; snipers, trench ex
perts and highly specialized groups
from each unit in a few weeks. The
failure of the Canad ans after their
year and a half training came in the
4 . . • ii nnt n hnmhpr.
fact that there was not a bomber
sapper or sniper or other expert
among them. They had been drilled
. to open, or partially covered mass
battle tactics. These American units
would be sandwiched in on the Dght-
■ing front between seasoned lighting
groups and would be gradually ab
sorbed into the front toe of attack,.
WOULD HAVE MPHESSING ’
MORAL EFFECT ON GERMANS
“Not only would this help our
lighting strength," said a Wgh al >
commissioner today,. “but it would
have a most depressing moral effect
among the Germans on the enure
The importance of this allied dec
laration gathered credence from to
day’s activities among American ad % -
ministration officials.
Secretary of War Baker, the man
who would-have charge of dispateh-
since
,000 sur-
1.000 AMERICAN SURGEONS
* BE FIRST SENT TO FRANCE
Washington, D. C., April 30.—The
Ing" American ‘SUtes^n^thTTmicb front
*5 t'he white'how jStte^E America “cam. in" will b. 1,00
ni arrived. . . f* 01 " -
The present attitude of the ad min
istration, secretary Baker *»m. was
to postpone the actual dispatch of
troops to the front until the conscrip
tion bill actually becomes Uw.
The visit of Vivian! and JoiTreto
■ the United States senate was post-
Believed That in Sudden Death
of Indianapolis Architect Plot
to Kill Chief Executive, Theo
dore Roosevelt, William H.
Taft and Senator Taggart Was
Disclosed—Memoranda Said
Wilson, Roosevelt and Others
Were “Picked” For Death.
(By United,Press.)
Trenton, N. J., Apr! 30—Assassi
nation plots against President Wil-
»on, Theodore Roosevelt, William H.
Toft and Senator “Tom” Taggart, of
Indiana, are believed to have been re
vealed today through* the death of
Charles G. Mueller^ an Indianapolis
architect, who dropped dead of heart
disease last night in a hotel lobby
here. ,
Coroner Bray and United States
Marshal Snowden found in Mueller's
pocket a note book in which was
memoranda stating that Wilson,
Roosevelt and others were “picked”
for death.
A loaded revolver was discovered in
Mueller’s hip pocket. Two double-
barreled guns in cases were found
in his trunk. The assassination mem-
eranda was written in pencil. It had
no -details of how the nmrdtnr#tW
to be committed or who was to make
the attacks.
Officials first stated they believed
Mueller must have been insane. Search
of his effects resulted in discovery of
numerous books and architects blue
prints. It was declared bj^ officials
that no drawings of public buildings
or other important structures which
might have been designed for de
struction were fetind.
A paper found in the trunk re
ferrejl to Frederick Mueler, an In«
dinnapois druggist, who is bcievod to
be the deaiHenan’s son.
JACKSON COUNTY RESPONDS
TO APPEAL OF PRESIDENT
Steamer Vacuum Sunk Satur
day by Submarine—Lieuten
ant in Command of Gun Crew
and Nine of His Men Among
The Missing—Captain of the
Vessel and Some of the Crew
Still Unaccounted For—May
Be America’s First Losses in
War.
- • (By United Press.)
London, April 30.' — America
may have lost her firat fighting
force in the wnr with Germany
in the torpedoing of the Amer
ican armed ateamer Vacuum Sat
urday.
The lieutenant in command of the
gun crew and nina of hia men were
among the missing reported today.
Three naval gunners were among
those saved. Those rescued included
the chief mate and seventeen men in
all. The captain of the Vacuum and
some of the crew are still uiuiteount-
The members of the Chamber of
Commerce and the men from the
State College of Agriculture, who
made the trip through Jackson coun
ty yesterday for the purpose of tell
ing the farmers the present food
situation und telling them just which
is the best way of meeting it, report
ed today that the meetings were the
best that have been held along these
lines since the campaign was launch
ed three weeks ago.
The party covered the coupty
pretty well und think thatrthe farm
ers will follow otlt the plans of the
Chamber 01 Commerce and raise
more foodstuffs this year than ever
before. Both the colored and white
farmers expressed themselves os fav
oring the raising of more food und
stated that they .would plant more
thin they had planted in the* pact
several years.
The matter of raising livestock
xa also spoken of and the farmers
urged to have their children raise
pigs while they were raising the
foodstuffs and their wivea raising the
chickens.. It was suggested that
each .of Die children on the farm be
given a pig and when he or she had
carted the ptg to buy it from them
»t the market price.
ed for.
The survivors were attended to by
tha shipwrecked mariners society to-'
day.
FOOD PROBLEM m Ml
Congress and Administrative
Departments Turn Attention
to Insuring Allies and People
Food at Fair Prices During
the War—Legislation Protect
ing Nations Entire Food Pro
duction industry Introduced,
in House and Senate.
(By United* I’reaa.)
Washington, D. C., April 31).
Congress and administrative de
partments today turned .to the
problem of insuring its allies and
its people food at fair prices du
ring the war.
Administration legislation pro
tecting the hation’s entire food
duction industry under direct
1 control of Secretary of Agricul-
' tore Houston was introduced in
the house und senate.
. The senate agricultural committee
Unleae.the Awwrieanhavaf Benton-
K nod at the same time for the time
ing for the same reason it is be
lieved. . . ,
-. “Now that the urgent, immedi
ate need of American fighting men at
tne front has been threshed out and
is now thoroughly understood by the
American congreas," said Die com
missioner, “I am sure it will desire
to hear a complete statement of the
jbaae by Viviani and Joffre.”
The plan wtp propoaed to the
council of national
general medical board and immeqJi
ately adopted. . f #
The plan waa themult o! confer
fine between American and French
and allied representatives here.
ant and ‘his gun crew, now missing
art latar rescued, they will be Ameri
cas first fighting force to loae their
Uvea in American War with Germany.
The naval lieutenant will be the first
officer killed. J. I. Epouliici, a*Yoat-
swaiSs mate, United Stater navy, is
•till missing from the Axtec torpedo
ing, and he may be the first of Amer
ica’s fighting men to die.
The Vacuum is an oil tanker, prop
erty of the Vacuum Oil company, of
New York.
The Vacuum ia steamer, prop-
carried two guns, forward and* oft,
in charge of n naval gun crew. The
Vacuum had a crew of 34. She has
been carrying oil to Europe since
1914.
LIEUTENANT THOMAS, U. S. N„
COMMANDER OF GUN CREW
New York, April 30.—Captain, S.
Harris, residing at LeMpston, N. Y.,
was in command of the ateamer
Vacuum when ahe was sunk and Lieu
tenant Thomas, U. S. N., cammandcr
the American navy gun crew aboard
her, according to information obtained
here today.
The Vacuum Oil company admitted
receiving cabled advices mf the loss
of the vessel, but withheld details.
At the offices of the Vacuum Oil
company it was stated the Vacuum
waa a regular cargo boat, not an oil
tanker as first reported. She had
delivered a cargo taken on at New
York to Liverpoor and wai returninng
home in ballast, i
The cablegram received by the oil
company and cabled advices to the
United Press, indicated that a total
of sixteen men, including Captain
Harris and the American gun crew,
were probably lost The Vacuum's
crew numbered thirty-four men and
eighteen ware reported landed in the
reports, from London. Fifteen mem-
ibers of the crew were Americans. With
the gunners and the lieutenant in
command the Americans aboard num-
ber twenty-five. g
The Vacuum was formerly Known
as tha Baymon.
ONLY THREE AMERICAN
NAVAL GUNNERS SAVED
New York, April 30.—Only three of
the American naval gunners on board
tha oil tanker Vacuum, sunk by a sub
marine, are listed as saved in a ca
blegram received) at the oil *con»-
panv’a office heer today.
The message follows: ,
“Vacuum torpedoed 28th 140 miles
west of Barra. No. 1 life boat with
captain and others, drowned. No. 2,
with chief officer and following
*avad;
“Simpson and Williams, engineers;
Linegrin, carpenter; Lotes, quarter
master; Witsan, Giaaos, oilers)
Fardt, stoker, Byl, Singros, Vimega-
pham, stamen; Dia and Andrews,
•tewarda: Hatton, wireless; William
Oreil and Nichols Hiison and Leaker,
naval.”
WASHINGTON HAS RECEIVED
NO .OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION
Washington, , D. C., April 30.—
Neither the navy or state depart
ment* had any official. word of tha
ft BRIIISH CONTINUE
STEADY GAINS ON
WEST FRONT
fore it recommend* that the senal
igive Secretary of 'Agriculture Hous
ton what he wants in the way of food
conservation legislation,
In the meantime the federal trade
commission unlimbered its batteries
here today and fired the first volley
of “hard fact shrapnel” against the
high cost of livinfe Zeppelin.
Food experts appointed by the gov
ernors of every state, met in an all
day conference with the commission
ers on tho first day of the $250,000
nationwide food probe.
Each representative told of the
methods employed by his state in in
creasing production, meeting prob
lems of distribution and tracing food
speculation to its source.
* This interchange of . information
is one of the primary ideas behind
the conference. Its importance was
shown when Joseph W. Aslop, dele
gate from Connecitcutt, told of ef
forts in that state to import cattle
to utilize thousands of acres of wast
ed pasturage.
F. J. Heney, of California, suggest
ed that these cattle be brought from
the for western prairies where, he
said, in times of drought large num
bers perished needlessly,
SENIOR CUSS AT GEORGIA
MAT !E GRADUATED ID
iVERI SD08T WHILE
While it haa not.been officially an
nounced, it is understood that the
seniors of the University of Georgia
will leave during the present week
for Atlanta to attend the reserve of
ficers training corps will bis graduat
ed earlier and given their diplomas
This will include all of those men in
the senior class who are up in their
work nt the present time. \
It ia expected that there will be n
large majority of the members of
thin class to attend the reserve offi
cers training period and. moat of them
expect to be able to successfully
stand the examination at the end of
that Dme. Those who will leave are
not confined to the aenior class of
the University of Georgia, but there
are a number of the undergraduate
men who will also try. to make tho
examination.
There is every reason to believe that
the Uniyeraitv of Georgia will be
one of the‘best represented colleges
in the states at the training camps
and it ia assured that moat of the
men who attend the training tamp
and take the examinations will be
successful.
torpedoing of the Vacuum up to early
afternoon.
While the navy refused to give out
the names of the gun craw, it ia un
derstood. that the Lieutenant Thomas
mentioned ia .Lieutenant C.- C.
Thomas.
(The Colonel Offers to Raise Four
Divisions Instead of One to
Be Rushed to the Firing Line
. in France—Said That People
i Hud Been Misled Into Oppos
ing Harding Amendment by
I False Statements.
(By United Frees.)
New York, April 30.—Colonel
Roosevelt today'offered to raise not
one but four army divisions to be
rushed to the firing line in France.
“Some well-meaning people have
been misled into opposing tho Hord
ing amendment by false statements
to the effect that 1 was being used
to antagonize the selective draft bill.
The selective draft bill has now
passed both houses and it it no longer
possible to sincerely give this ui n
reason for opposing the amendment
dr some proposal' embodying ita sub
stance. ’ a. .
This amendment has been wisrfy
and patriotically adopted, in the sen
ate and those who votod for It were
anticipating our of their own wisdom
the urgent request made by Joffre.
Remember the amendment proposes
the use of. men who would tic exempt
■ tl„- draft proposition mud
iff war department.”
MR. J. M. PURDUM HAS
RESIGNED POSITION
AT STATE COLLEGE
The many friends of Mr. J. M. Pur.
dum, who has been editor at the
State College of Agriculture for the
pat several months, will be interested
to learn that he has resigned at the
State College and that he.has accept
ed a position in the federal depart
ment of farms at Washington, D. C.
Mr. Purdum leaves for his new duties
on Tuesday. "
He will be placed on investigation
work when he leaves Washington and
expect to work in the state of Califor
nia for several months, from which
state he will travel through many
other western and middle western
states on thii work for the federal de
partment.
Mr. Purdum has been an exception
ally good man since he has been with
the State College of Agriculture and
his record haa been one of the best
that has been made nt that institu
tion. He has the best wishes of hii
many friends in the college and city
of Athens,
Mr. Purdum'a place will be filled by
Mr. H. T. Maddox, of Fort Valley,
who graduated from the State Col-
lege of Agriculture in tig class of
1916 and'who has been working on
agricultural development for the put
two years. Mr. Maddox is well known
ip Athens where he has hundreds of
friends.
Due to the fact that his present
work will not permit him to leave at
the present time he will not take up
his duties at ihe State College of
Agriculture before June 1. He will
arrive in Athens in time to start on
his new work at that time, however,
and it is not expected that the mem
bers of the State College of Agricul
ture faculty could have made a better
selection.
INFRACTIONS OF GEORGIA
LAW MAKE ROADS LIABLE
(By United Preu.)
Washington, D .C., April 30.—The
supreme court this afternoon held that
railroads failing to comply with the
Georgia gaiety appliance-aet can be
made liable for damages when em
ployes are injured by defective appli-
uq,es used in violation of the net,
MORE SEISMIC SHOCKS
(By United Press.)
Rome, Italy, April 30.—Freeh
earthquakes were reported at Mon-
terchi today, the same’district laid
waste by earth tremors last week.
The king headed a subscription list
for sufferers with a 310,000 contri
bution. ■
TO ISSUE COAL CARDS
fBy United Press.)
Paris, April, 30.—Coal cards will
shortly If! inaugurated in Paris, on
official statement said today.
Mr. A. D. Jones, of Auguste, is in
the city for a few days. -
North of Ypres Successful
Raid Is Conducted—Position
of. Haig’s Troops Between
Monchy le Preux Improved.
Fighting in Rounded Sector
in Front of Gavrelle, Roeux,
Monchy and Guemappe in Ap'
parent Clinch Today.
(By United Press.)
London, April 30.—As an Indication
that the British offensive is not tsk-
Appointment of General Petain as
chief of staff of the armA with su
preme control over the republic’s
fighting forces everywhere was re
garded today as foreshadowing an era
of offensive in ail the theaters of
war where French soldiers are fight
ing. Petain is known as an advocate
of constant attack.
Some of the reason’s for Petein’a
selection ms directing head of the
army were expected to be revealed
soon in the chamber of deputies wheff
the ministry will make formal reply
to questions regarding the recent of
fensive waged by General ivelle.
TEUTON ATTACKS REPULSED
ON MACEDONIAN FRONT
London, April 30.—Repulse of Teu
tonic attacks on tho Lake Dorian-
Varadcgar front (Macedonian front)
waa announced in an official state-
ing ail the strength of the British
army in the Arne to SL vuentln
front, Field Marshal Haig staged a
strong mid north of Yprea (oday.
“At night, north of Yprea, a suc
cessful raid was carried out,” the
British commander-in-chief reported.
“Eighteen prisoners and a machine
gun were captured."
Ypres is nearly fifty miles north
of the Arras sector, where the British
push was still powerfully exerted
against the remnants of the northern
most end of the Wotan Line.
“Between Monchy le Preux in a
small operation we toek few prisoner!
and improved our position,” Haig re
ported of the fighting in thii lection.
..The fighting in the rounded sector
in front of Gavrelle, Roeux, Monchy
and Guemappe was apparently it) a
“cinch” today. The armies on both
sides more or ees deadocked.
BRITISH HAVE BROKEN 1
BACK OF GERMAN ATTACK
London, April 80.—The British ad
vance on the Scarpe was cresting an
intense battle today. Yesterday’s re
ports of the capture of German posi
tions around Oppey, showed that the
British have now broken the Ger
man's back.
Nearly every dispatch from the
front today mentioned the extraordi
nary number of freah troops which
the Germans were interposing and the
violence of their counter-attacks.
The slopes and ridges of the Scarpe
valley offer unusually excellene hid
ing places for German machine gun
crews and the German positions along
the dominating heights are strategi
cally situate)| for pouring fire down
on the advancing British. B«t dsspits
these disadvantages, Field Marshal
Haig’s troops were still throating for
ward particularly out of Oppy, and
Arleax.
Front dispatches today spoke of
new German long range cannon now
brought up and put into action
against the British drive.
The intensity of tha German fire
has likewise increased, although as
yet it doesn’t anywhere near approach
violence of the British deluge of
steel.
SENATE IS FORCED
TO AGAIN VOTE
ON MEASURE
r aces Possibility of Further Pro
longed Debate on Bill Before
It Passes—Democratic Lead
ers Determined to Make Vig
orous Effort to Secure'Action
Today—Express Themselves
as Confident of Success—Sen
ator LhFoUette la Stumbling
Block.
(By Boberi J. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, D. G, April 30.—
•Roles of tongwsp hare precipi
tated a tangle that again throws
the conscription biil into a doubt
ful state. Forced to vote again
on the measure through one of
the most unusual parliamentary
situations in the history of con
gress the senate faces the poa.
sibility of further prolonged de
bate on the bill before it passes.
Democratic leaders, however,
will make a determined effurt to
get action today and say they
are confident of success. Sena
tor LaPollette ia the stumbling
block. He ia ready, immediately
the bill comes up, to introduce
his amendment calling for a ref
erendum on conscription. It will
take an hour to read his amend
ment and lie may devote hours
more to clibcusbion of It.
WOULD STOP DISTRIBUTION
OF GRAIN TO DISTILLERS
Senator Gronna also has an
amendment providing the stopping of
grain distribution to breweries and
distilleries: another subject which
may take hpurs. In other words the
bill today is in the same position it
eras a week ago, subject to the intro
duction of nil amendments which
have been introduced and discussed
for hours during the last week.
Senator Chamberlain, however, wlio
is in charge of the bill in the senate,
Is confident that many amendments
previously introduced will not be re
introduced because the Vote went
against them before and that when
ever amendment! are offered will bo
disposed of with inch dispatch that
a vote will be secured late tonight.
. On the other hand, there are Kama
who think with the oratorical pet
cocks again opened the senate may
devote several days or more to dis-
lion. There is possibility a senate
till will be sent to the houae for ac-
tion because a rule could be aeoired
there limiting debate and secure the
dispatch of the bill to conference
within a few days. This would spoil
LaFollette's schema to -precipitate a
discussion of his amendment.
4THENS BOY ENTERS
ENGINEERING CORPS
INCREASED OFFENSIVE
IS PLANNED BY FRENCH
Paris, April 301-Even more ener
getic prosecution of the war than
General Nivelle’s great offensive is
planned by France,
ment from Salonika today.
“Epemy heavily bombarded posi
tions gained by us Saturday night."
the statement said, “and an attack in
strength was beaten off with heavy
losses to the attackers.”
VIOLENT ARTILLERY
ACTIONS REPORTED
.. Paris, April 30.—Forecasting pos
sibly a resumption of General Ni
velle’s concerted offensive, the war of
fice statement today detailed “violent
artillery actions” south of St. Quen-
Yin. around Trovonne. Craonne and
the regions of Hurtehise.
The statement reported failure of
What will prove of epedai interest
to the many friends of Mr. Thomas J.
Eppes, formerly of this city, now of
Auguste, is the fact that Ire haa been
successful in passing gn examination
for the engineering porps in the
United States army. Mr. Eppes waa
a graduate of the Athens High school
and has been at work for the Georgia
and Florida railroad at Augusta for
tho past eight or ten months in the
engineering department His family
reside in this city.
TURKS LOSE MANY MEN
(By United Press.)
London, April 80.—In two clays
TurkiilT forces of the- Eighteenth
Corps lost about 4.0C0 men in Meso
potamia, according to an official
statement issued today.
Genera! Maude reported tKe Eigh
teenth corps now entrenehed'on the
Tigris river, about fifteen miles to
the north of Samarra.
Mr. B. J. Snydrf, ,pf Dahlonega, i$
registered ftt the Georgian today.
Mr. B, J. Reynolds-, of Savannah,
Is in the city today on business.
German attacks in the Hurtehise sec
tor by the French curtain of fire.
The war office announced that Ger
man air raids on TYunktfV.
and Bolfort had failed to inflict any
casualties. Chalons and Kpernay were
also bombarded i>y German airmen,
with several civilian victims reported.