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nbmarine Menace Overshad
owed All Other Questions of'
Sending Americans to the
Front at the War Conference.
Shipping Takes Precedence
Over Every Other War Prob
lem »t the Moment, Says Eng
lish Lord—Shipbuilding Now
Needed.
(fly George Martin, United Press
Staff correspondent.)
Washington,, D. C., May 1.—The
submarine menace overshadowed
every question of sending Americans
to the front at the war conference
of the allies here tods#. The British
expert, Lord Eustace Percy, in
formed the American government
that the shipping problem takes pie-
ccdence over every other war prob
lemat the moment. -
"Die situation is very eerious," he
said.
Standardisation of ship building in
England, America, Canada and Japan
i* the biggest immediate detail of the
conference to dispose of..
England’* standardisation plans, it
was made known, were placed at tho
disposal of all tho allies at the war
parley.
"Germany is sinking shi[fe faster
than the alhe* am buidling them,’’
said Lord Percy. "I cannot give you
the figures, but they am appalling.”
The British havo /impressed upon
the American government that it
will requim combined maximum ship
building facilities of the allies,
speeded op to top notch, to supply
bottoms, absolutely essential to the
prosecution sX the war.
ALLIES GIVEN - USE
OF GERMAN LINERS
standing on ' the' bridge with him,
gave the order to fire from tho stem
gun, christened “Teddy Roosevelt” by
its draw, and the booming alx-fnch
rifle went home, and another Ger
man submarine wept to the bottom.
Lieutenant .Were’* home is in New
ton, Mass. He is a graduate of the
Naval Academy.
Atlantic transport company ship
Mongolia, fired the shot which put
the United States in the greet war.
When the German submarine was
sighted off the -port bow. Captain
Rice ran his veiscl directly toward
the enemy craft. He passed over
the spot. The submarine came up
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., May 1.—Tho
government has turned over the Ger
man liners Portonn and Clara Men-
nig, at New York, for the us* of the
awe*. .
seem to think .that they would have
very much trouble in setting their at-
loted number before time for the
Chautauqua to come to Athens,
Each of the ladies was given a
number of tickets to dispose of and it
is not thought that share .will be any
trouble' on sailing them. There, are
hundreds of pledges in the office of
the chamber and these' will be sold
first All of those who tledged them
selves to a certain number of tickets
pm selling the ticket!.
ATHENS, GA, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1917.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. $5.00 PER YEAR.
EYES OF WORLD TURN
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Only Report of Fighting Made
by Field Marshal Haig Was of
Night Raid by British Forces
North of Ypres—Both Sides
Hurrying Up Fresh Troops
For Later Renewal of Terrific
Battle—yVom Out and Cut to
Pieces, German Infantry
Quiets Down.
May Day
French and German armies still
locked in tlje most tremendous
struggle of the world war, but
the eyes of the world turned for
the moment on the central pow
ers, where the bursting of the
long-brewing storm of discontent
was awaited with mingled hope
and fear.
No German newspapers are al-
lowed to paaa through to neutral
countries and for ten days irav-
elers were forbidden to leave
Germany, making , the central
powers'almost as isolated as old
Japan.
Reports p.achlng The Hague, how
ever, said that socialist leaders an
nounced that they were unable to
take the responsibility for the main
tenance of the peace order by Ger
many after May Day. Another re
port said strikes have been going on
for ten days in the Westphalia and
Rhine provinces.
Swiss reports, of vogue, indefinite
authority, said a widespread out
break of typhus is attributed
food conditions in Germany,
Sweden, where a nationwide May
Day strike Was also planned, also
voked censorship.
As a result of recent strikes by
German war industries workers the
meet and potato ration has been in
creased, according to a Rotterdam
dispatch.
There it no big- newe from the
French front The French are con
solidating yesterday’s gains in Cham
pagne.
: The British
raids.
Selectfve Conscription
Again Passed by Senate
Senate Changes Age Limit of
Those Subject to Draft to 27
Years—Senator LaFollette In
troduces an Amendment
Which Would Put to Referun-
dum the Question as to
Wheth the American People
'• Want to Be Conscripted.
(By Robert J. Bender, United Press
Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, D. C. f May 1.—
The senate this afternoon for
the second time passed the ad-
ministrrlion's selective conscrip
tion bill. It will go at once to
conference^ for straightening oat
of house imd senate differences.
The senate also voted down, 54 to
17, McCumber’s motion to strike out
of the bill the clause exempting
‘certain, recognized religious sects”
from taking up arms.
announce ^ auwe^rf^
DEADLOCK IS APPARENT
ALONG BRITISH FRONT
(By United Preaa.*
London, May 1.—A deadlock was
apparent along the British front to
day. Field Marshal Haig’s only re
port of fighting was of a night raid
successfully carried out by his forces
north of Ypre«, where a few Ger
mans were taken prisoner. Else
where he reported “nothing spec
ial.”
The raid was the same-sector
where yesterday the British com-
mander-in*chief reported a similar
minor actfon.
This is the aecond day of appar
ent immovability In the British,! force
from Arleux south to Monchy. Both
sides are locked, along this sector.
Tremendous fighting of Saturday and
Sunday has seemingly brought on a
period of temporary abatement dur
ing which both aide* are hurrying up
fresh troops and fresh amtenals for
a renewal at a later time.
On the French there was like
wise a lull in heavy fighting, acco** -
ing to the official statement. Th e *’ e
were numerous German raids, in the
Baris sector and between Troyon and
Hurtebise. Artillery fire was in
tense along the Chemin-des* Dames
front but in the Champagne the
night was quiet. The statement re
ported more than 400 prisoners taken
yesterday.
BREATHING SPELL TAKEN
BY OPPOSING ARMIES
(By William Philip Simms, United
Press Staff Correspondent.)
With tho British Armies Afield,
May J—Britiah and German forces
alike took a “breathing space
S Wom oat and cut to pieces by
their repeated and reck!qp*
attacks of tho past few days, the
German Infantry has quieted down.
The British for their part, settled
down to artilleryinq. Their guns
roared in never-ending chohie and
German eannon replied in thunderous
Cb Guemappe waa shelled all day yes
terday and quite heavily. Arleux »**
likewise the target for German pro-
^Thl’cermani vpre palpably nerv-
ous. fearing a ifitish attack south
of Oppy, and rer this reason they
are spraying shells along the entire
Oppy-Gavrelle line. The German*
were particularly Jumpy during the
night and kept star-shells eonstanriy
shooting toward the sky,
.carefully for any movement across
No Men’s Land, while their shells
pounded awav * ** **** feS-
In only one spotdid thePnosians
counter-attack. Thia.wss id British
post to the west of Havrineourt. The
attack carried ham over the British
(Ctatinoedoa page 5.)
chamberlain amendment.
Washington, D. C., May 1.—'That
war with other nations than Ger
many may threaten the United States
was indicated in the senate today
when Senator Chamberlain intro
duced for repo^sage the conscfipt
army bill.
'Upon advice of the judge advo
cate general, I desire to amend the
bill,” Mr. Chamberlain said, “so as
to substitute the word ‘emergency
fQr the word ‘war’ wherever it ap
plies in the .bill.
“The reason given me is that the
bill may now be construed to apply
only to the war with Germany, and
if we were drawn into a war with
other nations, it would not apply to
those.”
There was discussion over this, and
Senator Hoke Smith said ’’war”
should remain because the bill ap
plies to the existing war—another
**might not meet with the approval of
congress.”
AMENDMENT DEFEATED.
The amendment was voted down
and if the judge advocate’s opinion
on the interpretation of the bill is
correct America’s conscript army
technically may be for battle with
Germany alone. Other minor amend*
ments covering phraseology were ac
cepted.
The age limit of those subject to
draft was changed to 27 years, as
approved by the senate Saturday ,
night.
An amendment which would ex
empt from service “certain well-rec
ognized religious bodies” drew from
Senator McCumber the question as to
whether those unwilling to bear arms
in their country’s defense should be
allowed rights of citizenship and the
liberties afforded by the United
Btates.
“I intend to move to strike opt the
whole exemption clause,” McCumber
declared.
The senate adopted an amend
ment by Senator Jones, of Washing
ton, prohibiting the maintenance of
disreputable resorts within ten miles
of soldiers’ training camps.
LAFOLLETTE IS UP AGAIN.
Senator LaFollette then offered his
amendment to the bill which is a sub
stitute for the conscript measure.
LaFollette would put to referen
dum the question as to whether the
American people wish to be con
scripted, and on the question of send
ing troops to Europe.
After the reading of the LaFol
lette amendment had been concluded
the senate was “at ease” until after
the French commissioners arrived,
had been received and had left La-
follette was ready to speak on his
amendment immediately after
visitors had gone. . _ „
After an hour’s talk LaFollette
amendment was defeated 68 to 4.
Those in favor were Fore, LafFolIette,
Gronna and Vardaman.
PLANNED 10 EXPLODE
BOWS IN WALL SI,
(By United Press.)
New 3 York, May 1.—Details of o
wild plot to,blow up an important
Wall street office, presumably J. P.
Morgan’s, to be followed'by tapping
telegraph wires and spreading false
reports of President Wilson’s assas
sination and U-boat raids were re
vealed by the police today, following
close questioning of Wolf Hirsh, for
merly a petty officer in the German
submarine service.
Hirsh, with George Neiringer, an
other German, is held on the charge
of having a bomb in their possession-
The police declare he hoped ta
cause a “stock panic” and profit
thereby.
Hirsh, according to the police, de
clared he was engaged in the Germar
secret service and that he had “pullet
good stunts” in London and Peto
grad. This is being investigated.
Investigation of the infernal- ma
chine which the men made at Roose
velt hospital, where they worked
showed it was made of ascetic an<
picric acid, and fitted with a 30-miii
ute fuse. Hirsh is an expert chem*
ist. He has been under surevlianct
for some time. Officers charge the)
watched him experimenting with ex
plosives in the Roosevelt hospital
laboratory.
It is alleged Hirsh and Neiringer
plotted to cut the Chicago-New York
and the Washington-New York tele
graph wires after the blast and send
out fake stories of assassinationv
and U-boat raids. As the plot is so
widespread, the officers believe the
men must have accomplices.
If not taken by department of jus*,
tice officials, Hirsh and Neiringer
will be prosecuted on a charge o'
making bombs, the penalty being
seven years.
STARS AND STRIPES
FLOAT OVER HALL OF
CONFEDERATE VETS
(By United Press.)
Richmond, Vdfclay L—The Stars
and Stripes float over R. E.
Lee Camp No. 1, Confederate Veter
an Hall here—for the .fint time. •
With scarcely ' a dissenting vote
the camp decided the flag of the
union should hold the commanding
positions, reversing its policy'that
the hall should be dedicated only to
commemorating southern sacrifice.
lJUTCH VILLAGE RAZED
BY BOMBS DROPPED BY
UNKNOWN AEROPLANE
Amsterdam, May l.-The Dutch
Tillage of Zierikiee, near the Belgian
frontier, was laid in utter waate Sun
day night by bomba dropped from
an aeroplane. The aviatort national
ity and his reason for dropping death
dealing missilea on a neutral, unpro
tected city, hav enot bean established.
There were several casualties—
five, according to one report today.
“The whole village ia in ruins," de-
dared The T*iegr»*f < today.
ELECTION CALLED ON
MATTER OF SCHOOLS
FOR RURAL DISTRICT
This morning at the regular month
ly meeting of the Clarke county board
ofeducation, there were a large num
ber of men from ail districts in the
county to appear upon the floor in
regard to the rural schools for the
county. There were not Ufa than
twenty citizens of Winterville here
and they were all in favor of having
an election for the purpose of improv
ing the county school conditions.
Aftsr the meeting had progressed
for a short while it wss spparent that
and election would be called for come
time ih the near future. When the
petition which was sent out to ail of
the districts to see iust how many
of the people in the rural districts
wanted better school accommodations
and to see whether there were a suf
ficient number to warrant the calling
of an election,
The petition was signed by a great
majority of the people throughout the
rural sections and districts of Clarke
county and showed that the people
were not satisfied with the present
school system and that they wanted
-Her schools as soon as they could
possibly get them.
This move was first brought to the
attention of the people in Clarke
countv bv Mr. J. T. Pittard, of Win
terville, when he read some notes he
had made on the matter at the quar.
terly meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce ijjiich was held in the
month of March. It ia expected that
thoae in favor of the achoois will
have them. It was decided that an
election on the matter of the ecboole
would be called for May SI and that
at that time it wonld be decided
whether the rural districts were to
have hsttar achoois or not.
Those who have been working for
the betterment of the achoois are aura
that they will carry the election end
it ia expected that it is only a matter
of a very abort time before the work
will be started. Thoae who oppoeed
the election stated that they thought
*-at there were no negroea in va
rious sections of. the county who were
paying taxes end that they thought
that the negroea ahould have to pay
up if thair scho<'
tered.
New York's White
Way Flickers Into
Gloom Early Today
(By United Press.)
New York, May 1.—Broadway’s
nipht life dieff early toduy. Mayor
Mitchel’s war ukase went forth—
cafe lights at 1 a. m. and as the
clocks tolled a requiem the famous
great White Way flickered into
gloom. From midnight frolics and
roof revues where popping corks and
tinkling gold used to make the wee,
sma’ hours gay, the merrymakers
flocked. The music slopped and the
shuffle, shuffle, shuffle of cafe refu
gees feet blended in a mournful sym
phony with the sad cry of the taxi
driver. .
At the hour when the chorus was
won’t to kick highest Broadway was
inhabited only by grim policemen.
COMMISSIONERS MEET
IS HELD ON TUESDAY
Put Us in War With First Shot
Fired From “Teddy Roosevelt*
hools - were to be bet-
NEBRASKA DRY TODAY
(By United' Preee.) ~
Lincoln, Neb., Stay I.—Nebraska
went dry today. Prohibition, de
creed by the voters Inst November
by 30,000 majority, became effective
today ' when the amendment to the
state constitution and the dry law,
drafted to put teeth in the amend
ment went into force. The Ana)
hone-dry ban waa staved off until the
last minute by itate senate wets.
v
The regular monthly meeting of
the board of county commissioners
was held in the county court house
this morning. There were a number
of most important matters to be
brought before the commissioners
and it is expected that there will be
much activity on county work during
the rest of the sunrfier months.
The matter of the Beaver Dam
drainage system was taken up and
gone into nt length. It is thought
that this work will be rushed as soon
as possible. County Agent Wood
ruff stated that the matter of drain
age in this section was at the pres
ent time one of the most important
pieces of work to -be done by the
ounty.
County Warden Long reported that
he had planted nearly ail of the
county farm and that he hed :iot
touched any cotton. He stated that
he planted several acres( in what he
thought was oats, but which turned
out to be wheat. He said that there
were about twenty-five acres of
wheat on the county farm doing fine.
In his report Warden Long stated
that with a little rain the county
farm would be bettor this year than
ever before and that he had every
reason to believe that much nqore
revenue would be recived this season
than was brought i.i last year.
All of the reports of the various
departments were exceptionally good
this month and they showed that all
of the men in the employ of the
county had been hard at work In
their various parts of the county
work.
Warden Long also reported that he
was getting the roads In the county
in good shqpe and that he thought
that all of them would be in the
best of condition within the next two
weeks. He stated that'tho roads at
the present time were in .the best
shape possible for the length of time
he has had to work on them, but that
they would be even better after he
had had an opportunity of going
over them again.
The regular routine business was
disposed of and the contract let for
the provisions for the county farm
for the month of April. The reports
'showed that there had been a num
ber of the county poor looked after
during the past month and much
sickness attended to by the- county
physicians.
MM, HJIIMD SISTER
KILLED DV GEORGIA
TRAIN TODAY
. (By United Press.)
Augusta, Ga., May 1.—.Mrs. W. H.
Young, wife of the pastor of the
First Baptist church at Thomson, Ga.,
and Miss Anna Young, the minister’s
sister, were instantly killed Tuesday
morning when an automobile in which
they were riding collided with a
Georgia train at Neal’s' crossing in
Thomson.
Rev. Dr. Young and his little
daughter. Miss Gay Young, were ae-
rioualy injured, the latter probably
Mrs! Young was widely known for
her work in the uplift or the people
of her community. Mise Anna
Yonng waa formerly of Washington,
D. C.
Rev. Dr. Young was provioqsly pas
tor of the First Baptist church at
Athens, Ga,
AUGUSTA GERMAN’S
DEFENSE OF KAISER
RESULTS IN FINE
(By United Press.)
Augusta, Ga., May t.—“To hall
With the kaiser" got the goat of Peter
Lute, a German of this city, and ha
resented it to the extent that he in
augurated a fistic encounter with J.
A Krammer, who mad* the remark.
^wta didn’t retaliate with any re
mark about America, which probably
was just as well. Ha draw a sub
stantial fine for disorderly conduct in
police court ns it was.; ,
?' '
Chautauqua Committee Meet
Was Held Monday Afternoon
Ladies of the Athens Woman’s
Clubs Met With the Chautau
qua Committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce and the
Campaign For the Sale of
Tickets Was Launched—Best
Program Ever Arranged For
Athens Will Be Shown This
Season,
Yesterday afternoon at a called
meeting of the Chautauqua committee
of the Chamber of Commerce ami the
Wtomen’s club, the campaign ^was
launched for the sale of tickets tor
the great Redpath Chautauqua which
will be in this city for one week be
ginning on May 21.
The coming of tho Chautauqua is
now an annual event for the city of
Athens and it is anticipated that tha
peoiple wilf show a great deal more
interest this year than ever before.
This is the third visit of the Redpath
people to Athens and on each occasion
it has been a great deal better.
The program for this year is much
Letter than any that has been yet
shown in the city of Athens by the
Chautauqua and there is every rea
son to believe thst there will be a
much larger attendance than ever be
fore.
Dtie to the fact that there were no
other, organizations that would take
tha reaponzibility of bringing the
Chautauqua to Athens last year, the
Chamber of Commerce took the mat
ter up and decided that that body
would make the guarantee and bring
the Redpath people back here again
this season.
WOME’S CLUB HELPS
The ladies of the Athens Women’s
club have offered their services to the
Chamber of Commerce to sell the
tickets for the Chautauqua and make
as great a success as possible and
there is every reason that these la
dies will make the event this year a
paying one and one from which some
money will be made bv the people of
this city ns well as the Chautauqua
people. After the amount guaran
teed by the Chamber of Commerce
has been paid for tickets, ail .over
that amount will be split. CO per cant
going to the Chsutauqpa people and
\ ® ' v;.„
'CO per cent going to the Chamber of
Commerce. *
It it expected that the ladies of the
Women’s club will more than aall the
guaranteed number of tickets and that,
they will easily make a good stun
over for the chamber.
VERY GOOD MEETING, i
All of those who attended the meet
ing yesterday afternoon seemed to he
ATHENS HERALD
The circulation of The At^fps Daily Herald
for the month of March, 1917, Was as follows:
April
1
. (Sun.)
April
16.
April
2
...4,925
April
17.
April
3
.. 3,851
April
18.
April
4
...3,360
April
19.
April
5
...3,450
April
20.
April
6
...4,144
April
21.
April
7
...3,600
April
22.
• April
8
. (Sun.)
April
23.
April
9..,.,
...3,429
April
April
10
...3,664
April
25.
April
11....*..
.. .3,438
April
26.
April
12
...3,446
April
27.
April
13
. .3,444
April
28.
April
14......
..3,470
April
29.
April
15*....
(Sun.)
April
30.
3,488
3,515
... (Sun.)
Total circulation for April, 1917. 90,874
Daily,average circulation for-April, 1917 3,635
Daily average circulation for March,
The Athens Daily Herald has* circulation in
Athens approximately twice as large as that of
any other Athens newspaper. Advertisers and
agencies are invited to test the accuracy of these
figures in comparison with the claims of any
other Athens newspaper.
..8,483
. .3,673
..3,560
.....8,558
... (Sun.)
3,743
arch, 1917 3,516
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