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VOL. 5. NO. 217,
ATHENS, GA, THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 3, 1917,
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. $5.00 PER YEAH.
AMERICA. GETTING TRUTH IBOUT THE EUROPEAN WAR
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^ t^t wprr Tigr- ^
urea, aa aoon a* they can arrangi
the matter with our French and Ital
ian altlei. .
“I do not heeitate to aay in my
newipaMra that the submarine men
ace ia the area teat difficulty we have
had eo far but to pretend that the
war can hi won by ^he submarine ia
P ”certtin!y there can be ii> com
plaint of lack pf ftankneaa or of over-
cenaorahip in the repprta that the
United Preaa and the Aaaociated
Press gather at the front.
“In the early part of the wap, I was
one of the censorship's aeverest
ertiica. But I am convinced that the
preeent dally reporta of the proftreaa
of the British advance aa published
here an«L In the United SUt*a are
the frafleeai aUtementa by any of
the beliiNniUv *
GERMANS CONCEAL LOSSES.
“The very fact that the Germane
are concealing their huge lease* in
men and our methodical capture #
their underground forte in the bat
tles around Arrau ehould convince
Americana that our successes have
been, eo great aa to cauae them to
Mde" thlireollossal loaaea In d** H
wounded, priaonera, guna and ol
Figures on Submarine
Losses Only Withheld
Lord NoHHcliffo, In InLvlew With the United Press. Declares
the United States Is Receiving Full and Complete Facts of
Every News Feature of the British End of the European War
Development—Admitted That Submarine Menace Is Strong
est Card Germany Has Played—Again Voices Belief That
Struggle Will Be a Long One—Entrance of United States
Most Important Event In Conflict Since the Dark Days of
August, 1914.
>. . 1 • 4
Sensing a nation-wide doubt as to whether Britain haa been tell
ing the full trntUPregarding the German submarine successes and f
the campaign on the w& front, the United Press today put the ques-
, tloa Squarely up to the best postal man In the British empire. Lord
Xbrthcllffe, and inquired whether America is getting all the fads.-
In addition to th* difficulty of Americans accepting unae- \
reservedly Britain’s claims of great interest in small nations and de
mocracies, while the Irish question ia unsettled, was pointed out, end
a request made for an authorative statement of England’s attitude.
Aa an indication of the importance attached to the inuiiriea by
'the British foreign office, the resulting interview was cabled to the
United Press today over the Brilah government’s own line, evidently
■t the suggestion of the foreign office.
UNWED STATES GETTING
Full and complete facts
(By Ed la'Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent Copyright, 1817,
by The United Press.)
London, May 3.—America is get
ting the full and complete facts of
every news feature of the British end
of the war-developments except the
actual figures of the submarine
losses—and may expect to receive
them very aoon. The submarine
menace it the strongest card Ger
many haa played, but it will 'never
win the war. *
The foregoing i» on authority of
' the man whoae prophesies and state
ment* on tho war have come to ca*-y
more weight than those of any other
figure in the allies countries—Lord
Northcliffe.
Northcliffe ir probably tbfi aquar-
est facer of facu in England. He
never dodges. Todays the United
Press nut equarely up to him the
MS.’'i.’“aSSS 1 S..«
from belief that British officialdom
. haa not been frank with America in
its statement of submarine losses—
and possibly haa not told the full
truth regaining the alOea successes
on the west front
TONNAGE LOSS SERIOUS.
“In Tegurato the loss of tonnage
by submarfnee,” said lord NortW
cflffe, “thare ia no doubt that tHv
figures arqeserious. The government
doee not prevent our newspapers
from sayinr so, nor prevent Ameri
can correspondents from saying so.
The government wRl, I believe, very
soon publish the full facts and flg-
as thev can arrange
• -tnl-
Three More Countries Hover on* War's Brink
ONESTEP NEARER
INSANITY P.LEA MAY
SAVE LIFE {TF C. E,
•lira
(ConUhued on page 2.)
stir caused by
ive been a nr
at the univei
get settled down in the
examination for the officers tr,
camp that thty can not get
minds en their studies r- J
pected that oH of those
go will either be accepted 1^-.
Will «■
down to their etuditt At once.
Physicians Testify That Prison
er Is Not Well Balanced and
That He Frequently Displayed
Evidences of Insanity—Should
♦lot Guilty Verdict Be Re
turned Vawter Must Be Com
mitted to Asylum Immedi
ately. .. t j - y
(By United Press.)
ChriatiaHhurg, Va., May 3.—Mrs.
Vawter. took the stand in the Blacks
burg court this afternoon to ban her
iptimacies with the msn her husband
shot to death. An effort had been
made to clear the courtroom even of
newspaper men, but it failed. No
women spectators were present.
Mrs. Vawter, in white shirtwaist,
blue skirt, ungloved, her wedding
band showing plainlyrYoaght to re-
tain her compoeure ns the took the
stand. I
Christiansburg, Va., Majs 3.—Fol
lowing damaging admissions of au
thorship of certain letters to Stock-
ton Heth, Jr., counsel’ for Charles E.
Vpwter, on trial for -Hcth’a murder,
today amended his plea to that of in-
sanity.
Confronted by evidence in Vaw-
tor’s letters offering Heth his wife
virtually in exchange for a financial
consideration, ‘the defense suddenly
changed its plans.
Several physicians were called.
They testified in their opinon the
prisoner was not well balanced and
often showed signs of insanity.-
-It is evident that the defense now
bfiti its hope of proving that long
addicted to the drink habit, Vawters
mind was affected and at the time of
the tragedy he was mentally unbal
anced.
Shortly before * adjournment of
court until 2 p. m. the defnae an
nounced that Mrs. Vawter was ready
to testify. Attorney Jordan asked
the court to dear the room.
Whether Judge Moffett will gnat
the request will not be decided until
court reconvenes. • . •
During the recess, opposing attor
neys confined. .As n reenlt the ru
mor spread that when the afternoon
session opened the commonwealth
would agree to Instructions to tht
Jury to>-bring In e verdlct of, “not
/» thie*verdfet is jrotuM^od, Jodie
Moffett must immediately commit
ffawter tian aaylum for thb crim
inal InaHC "
DR. COPELAND DECLINES
TO ACCEPT fclSttOPRIC
PrUa.)
„ te-^Dr. R. 8.
Copeland, roetbr of Triiiity church,
'Now Orleans, h*s declined to become
Episcopal bishop of Atlmto, to which
position the Macon dlocMian council
-iected hita while he wit ill in Now
Atiantof
elected m
Orleans.
“LIBERTY GOI
FLOWING “
3ELY
(By United Preaa.)
Washington, D. C~ May 3.—Am-
orican gold began to flow Into govern-
Loan" announced lart night by the
treasury.
Norway and ’China May Be
Shortly Added to Germany’s
List of Antagonl^s—British
Deal Another Hatf Blow to
Teutons Over a Wide Front
Both North and South of the
Scarpe River — Prussians
Counter-Attacking Fiercely at
. Gavrelle and Loos.
% Brasil has drawn one step near
er to war with Germany and ia
one of three countries hovering -
„ on the brink of the maelstrom
• which has convulsed two-thirds of
the world.
Norway, and Chin* also may
shortly be added to Germany's
ever-lengthening list of enemies.
J Dr. Lauro MuUcr, Brasilian foreign
niater, tendered his resignation on
the eve of the day set for the Brasil
ian congrors to determine whether to
declare war. At the same time Pres
ident Bras, learning that Germany
had detained the Brasilian minister,
ordered the Gerinan minister stopped
enri-oute to Uruguay.' 'Muller was
persistently attacked as n pro-Ger
man.
Tha possibility of No^vay joining
the allies is based on the havoc the
Gorman submarines wrought on Nor
wegian shipping, which aroused great
bitterness. All reports from China
agree that tha war advocates’are in
the Majority. ,
WITH .GREAT FORCE BRITISH
DOTE HA8 BEEN' RESUMED
, (By United Press.)
London, May 3.—After two days of
inaction the British drive,.waa re
newed in powerful force again today,
and in a new direction. Field Marshal
Hair reportad today.
“There w»» heavy fighting nil along
tha front, from the Hindenburg line
south of tho Sendee river to the Ache-
ville-Viiqy rood, he said. ,
“We are progressing and have al
ready captured a number -df strong
hostile positions.”
Tile JStiRMh commnnder-inAhief’s
report Indicates, an offensive extend
ing over affront of at least twervp
miles. It is that distance from the
road between Vimy nod Acheville on
the north, to the Senses river. He
has been almost continuously fighting
sfound Vimy, but the direction of the
throat by, the Britiah offensive has
heretofore been exerted in a neaster-
ly direction, toward Douai. Haigt re
port today indicate a sudden switch to
tbs northern push, out of Villerval,
Oppy ohd Arleux, These towns lie
approximately seven and a half miles
north of Monchy le Preux, whfre the
atrength of the-British Vive waa for
merly moat powerfully exerted. It
wee against further advances here
alao that Hindenburg threw great
forces^/ fk, reserves.
FIGHTING IS RESUMED
ON WHOLE FRENCH FRONT
, (By United Press.)
Paris, May 3—Reaumptoin of fight
ing along widely scattered 'points
slongthe whole French front was re
ported in today’s official statement
Tha report shawed French troops in
action nt such widely distant points
aa south of St Quentin, around
Bhaims, at Verdun, and 8t Mihiel.
“In the Chemin des Dames region
here was great activity in artillery-
g and patrol encounters,’’ the state-
ent said. “Id the Champagne Gar
in attacks were repuleed - in the
oodp west of . Monte Cdrnillet and
lent, our forces capturing’218 pris- 1
oners—the entire garrison of a block- ,
louse. ,
"Around Verdun the French pene
trated German trenchei in ihfe Avan-
court Wood, oh* tha rlghroank of
tha Meuse. •
“There whs petrel fighting and can-
lonading at# several points on the
rent, especially in the St. Mihiel sec-
* . ■
HINDENBURG DESPERATELY
THROWS IN FRESH UNITS
(By William Philip Simms, United
States Staff Correspondent.)
With the British Armies in thei
Field, May Sr—la tai mSkaeasubset
preceding dawn today the British
again dealt a blow at the Germans
over a wide front botlfinorth and
south of the Scarpe river. At the mo
ment of cabling, the impremion here
s that the. battle ia going salafac-
’-rily for the British. Prisoners are
ginning to arrive and German guns
ive been taken. ,
Heavy fighting continues.
Since the fighting began on the 9th,
American "Vessel on Which First
— :American Naval Officer Was Killed
, naval lieutenant and
nine gunners went to their death
when the American oil tanker
Vacuum wan sunk 140 miles’west of
Barra. Ireland. These are the first
American naval or military men to
lore then thirteen enemy'diviafons
have been exhausted on this front
alone—end yet Hindenburg is desper
ately throwing in fresh units with pit-'
iless orders to hold or die.
To the north of Greenland hill and
towards Fresnoy, Cherisy and Bulte-
court reports to headquarters indicate
the Britiah hava gained ground.
At Gavrelle and Loos the Prnaaiana
are counter-ntaeking fiercely.
The enemy is in a particular frenzy
over their, possession of these points
because such a hold hampers the work
of destruction of Lens. That dastrnc-
by day and by
ilso fear for Douai
‘ n» of the
itourg line which
has already been partly turned nt
Arraa.
The attack began this morning un
der an indigo sky. ' The moan half
set, but during a brief period between
the hurricane barrage fire and the at
tack itself, the stars lit up the battle
field with a bluish light
BERLIN TELLS OF NEW
ATTACK BY BRITISH
Berlin (Via Loridon) May 3.—Brit
ish troops began a new attack “on a
wide , front early this morning,” to
day’s official statement asserted.
The continuous, artiilerying of the
ist fow days on both banks of tha
ivor Scarpt was followed early this
morning by heavy drum fire. After
yards new English attacks dbm-
mence#on a wide front.” •
FOOD BEING DESTROYED.
Washington, D. C., May 3.—Charg
ing that cold storage concerns in the
United States are actually destroy
ing food in their plants and on tin county aa waif aa to the farmers. The
lose their lives in the war. The act
which caused their deatt waa the
second blow wtrack' in the war, end
it was struck »by the Germans, who
have said they Mould not. declare
wer on the United Btstes.- The first
CUH MUMf FARMERS
Will MEET MONDAY
IT WIIUHVIlll
a «
At e meetng Pf the Clarke County
Farmer# dub, held in the ' court
house yesterday afternoon, a^jnona-
ter agricultural rally'was planned
for Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock to
be held in the school auditorium at
Wintervllle. The meeting was one
of (he most enthusiastic ever held
by the farmers in this section of the
state, and it is expected that most of
the farmers of tnAounty will attend
the meeting .at Wintervllle. , *
Arrangements for the Wintervllle
meeting are about completed and it
(e thought that the program will be
one of the besj that has evdr been
arranged for a like meeting in any
other section of the south. The
•peakers for the meeting on Monday
will be Dr. Andrew M. Soule, presi
dent of the $tate College o( Agricul
ture; Mr. C- D. Flanigan, Mr. J. W.
Firor, Mr., J. T. Tittard, Mr. Noell,
Dr. MoHa'ttan, Miaa Oliver aid Coun
ty Agent Woodruff, ~ m
Many matters of the utmost im
portance to the farmers end business
men of this action of the state were
discussed and it ia expected that the
meeting oh Uoniey will be of great
blow -was the sinking of a German
•ubmarine by Liautenant Bruce .R-
War*American naftl commander on
board th|yAtlantic trai^port stfcm-
ahip Mongolia. „
REGULAR SALARIES i
FOR MEN TRAINING
FOR OFFICER JOBS
The regular waekly meeting of the
board of directors of tha Chamber of
Commerce will be held in the rooms
of that organisation 1 tomorrow after
noon at 4 o’clock, and due to tha fact
thqt there are t number of moat im
portant'matters to ho brought up for
Jficussion and consideration if is ex
pected that there will'be a full at
tendance of the board.
TRAFFIC CASES ARE
NOW FEATURING IN
RECORDER’S MATINEE
« ■ ■ ■
. There were several traffic cases up
fqr trie) in recordsf’seourt this morn-'
hjg. Most of the cases tried were for
Weeding, but there were some up tor
having bright lights. The police ere
determined that they Will atop the iuwkuii w
people of the city from breaking the supposed to bo
traffieordlnances and they are keep
ing nMharp lookout for all offenders.
Chin Benssee haamotiflad his men
that thei are to make cases against
and HI qf the persons .in the city
'I
1 THEN III
The Willard Abrahams Torpe
doed Off Irish Coast—Ameri
can Sailing Vessel Margaret
Set on Fire by Submarine.
Thirty-Three Survivors Land
ed From the” Rockingham.
American Oil Tanker Sun Tor
’s pedoed and Sunk-in the Medi
terranean—Rockinghajn Fa
talities — firl tislQ .Transport
Sank.
(By United Press.)
Washington, D. C., May 3.—The
torpedoing of the American sailing
vessel Willard Abrahams, off the
Iriah coast, and the rescue of her
brew*of six were reported officially ts
the state department today.
Other .state department message!
said that the American sailing ves-
tel Margaret had been set on lire by
a submarine April 27, but made nv
mention of Uvea- lost, while a third
cablegram reported the landing ot
thirty-three survivors of the torpe
doed ihfp -Rockingham, formerly tho
Nebraakon.
X
■way '
AMERICAN OIL TANKER
SUNK INMEDiTEKKANEAN
Philadelphia, Pa., May 3—The Am
erican oil tanker Sun was torpedoed
and sunk in the Mediterranean soa,
according to ndvices received hero
today by the Sun Oil company own
ers from its London agency. The
crew is reported as saved.
The tanker Sun, though an Amer
ican vessel, * wss chartered to the
British government last summer,
along with a number of other vessels
owned by the company for the pur
pose of facilitating tending oil to the
alliey.
According to the local offices It was
ipposed to be plying-between Eng
land and the Gallipoli peninsula. It
was commanded by Captain Carey
and n crew of forty men, all believed
to be British.
“We redouble -tour (Worts 'to glv*
ifflti
o break the traffic iawa in any j the allies all the facilities for im-
V and Judge Price wUI give them I porting wtrolaUm, The loss of our
substantial sentences when thej are *hip will *p«ft us to redoubled ft-
brought before him. Some of the fqrU,” was the statement from the
men who'have,been fined.for bright
lights jtated that *hcy had lights
which would not shine more than
twanty feet with the dindhara tn and
not more than 100 feat with .the
meeting on Monday win oe or great “'“t; ‘"“.Tv,;,
benefit to the business men of tms Jiera off. They state that thsy
& in order to keep up pi
r Stone, of Missouri, today
suggest#? that ithe government com
mandeer theap plants during the war,
or piac^them under Supervision.
meeting will be attended by a large
number of tne merchants and busi
ness itten ef Athens, as well as other
towns and cities in this part of the
state.
ATHENS HERALD
The circulation of The Athens Daily Herald
for the mouth ofhfcirch, 1917, was as follows:
April 1...... (Sun.) April 16 3,483 *
April 2 4,925 April 17........4,099
April 3.. i.... .3,861 April 18 .3,480
April 4... 3,360 April 19 6,487
April 6 8,460- April 20...:..,.8,488
April 6 4,144 April 21 8,616
April 7. 8,600 April 22...... (Sun.)
April 8 (Sun.) April 23.. .3,536
April 9..V 3,429 April 24 3,673
April 10? 3,664 April 25 3,560
April 11..: §498 April 26.. 8,671
April 12 8,446 April 27 3,668
April. 18....... .3,444 April 28. 2)670
April 14:.......8,470 April 29...... (Sun.)
’.April 16...... (Sun.) April 80f.......8,743 •
• *.( -dj -. i
Total circulation for April, 1917. ..90,874
Daily average circulation for April, 1917 3,635
Daily average circulation for March, 1917 3,616
• . « . *.
The Athens Dilily Herald has a circulation in
* Athens approximately twice as large as that of«
dny other Athens newspaper. Advertisers-and*
'agencies are invited to test the accuracy of these
figures in comparison with toe-claims of any
other Athens newspaper. Mf
be finaff for not having an;
that they will be fined i:
them on.
The state law call* for ajlfht to
show not leas than 100 feet and while
the people do not. wanb glaring lights,
there are a number it people being
fined tor having lights which show
only- 100 feet This statement wes
made by onp of the men' who was ar
raigned on the charge several day*
ago and la right In some instances.
PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
. FOR MASS MEETING
’ The program for the
meeting to be held at
■■■msn
■ ... the SjfSagogue
on Hancock avenue Sunday evening
at 8 o’clock. It ia expected that there
will be a record crowd on hand when
the meeting i ia called to order end
arrangements ihavq been completed
to take can of all of those Who may
ftttnde
The maps meeting it being held
for tha purpose of railing funds for
the Jewish relief in the war xons and
it le thought that the people of Ath
ena will re*pdnd to the call and con
tribute their ehare to
woithv cause.
Addresses will b^marfe by some of
the most prominent and distinguish
ed men .of Athens, it well as Dr.
Marks, of Atlanta, who wilt deliver
the final address of the evening,
meeting promises to be on* ol __
most interesting tVer held in Athcha
and it is urged,that all of the people
interested, attend.
'.A-HE PROGRAM. .
The .program^ aa arranged for the
Anthem. “The Star Spangled Ban
ner’’—Choir and Audience.
Player—Dr. J. W. Lynch.
Adame--Judge jgndrow J.nfobb.
Address—Hon. WTF. Dorsey.
Solo—Miss Rnby Jankower.
Address—Dr. S. R. Belk.
^Anthem, “America“-Choir
A Addm'eLpr. pjvid Mark, of At-
Hymn. "Almighty King’^-jChoir
and Audience. **.
Benediction—Dr. E. L> Hill..
0
.
company when informed of the *
The Sun was / built at New Castle,
Delaware, in 1909. and was 412 feet
long and GO feet beam. It had a
gross tonnage of G.GOO ahd oil carry
ing capacity of 8,600 tons.
AT LEAST TWO KILLED WHEN
THE ROCKINGHAM WAS SUNK
• New York, May 3.—At least two
men were killed' when a submarine
torpedoed and shelled the American
steamship Rockingham, according to
a qtelc, received here today by the
Garland Steamship Corporation from
Cqptain Edwards, commanding tho
•el. His cable read: • •• V •
Rockingham torpedoed; two men
killed; one boat missing with thir
teen men not yet landed.’’
Further details have been called
for. The two men ppobabiy'were
killed by ahellfirte, as cable dis
patches to the United Press yester
day states the ship was shelled be
fore she went to thebottom.
TRANSPORT ARCllDIAN
SUNK; 278 LIVES LOST
London, May 3.—The transport
Arcadian was sunk in -the Mediter- *
j-ancan April IS, with a loss of 279
lives, according to an admiralty
statement today.
The Arcadian was hit by a torpedo
from a teutonic U-boat and sank In
five minutes, according to official
statements. Most of the list was
drowned.
and
up The I*ner, a vesse lof 8,91
of the from Belfast.
The Arcadian referred ia probably
the former Royal qail steam packet
tons, registered
MR.S.H. DUNBAR
REPORTED BETTER
The many friends of Mr. Stiles H.
Dunbar will regret to learn that ‘
continues quite ijl at his home on C
lege avenue. '.Mr. Dunbar was tM
suddenly ill on Mondav while at I
work and was compelled to be
moved to his home. He was I
the hofpjtal Wednesday at
where an X-ray was taken.
He was taken back to hi%
College avenue, where he wi.
ed as doing pretty well this «
It his probable that he will be
to sit up within the next week <
days if there it no change |
worse in his condition.