The Athens daily herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1912-1923, June 06, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER . 1®*»I thundershower* tonight «nd Thursday; not quite so warm Thursday. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES —THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES COTTONS 22 Vi Cents VOL. 5. NO. 247. ATHENS, GA* WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 6, 1917. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, $5.00 PER YEAR American Merchantman Sinks Submarine REARS OUT OF SEA AND DISAPPEARS Submarine Fires Thirty-Five Shots and Unnamed Mer chantman Fires Twenty-Five. ; LastShot • From American Vessel Pierced the U-Boat. U-Boat Stood Upright Fir a Few Seconds Before Disap pearing From View. (By United Press.) Washington, D. C., June 6.—In an hoar and * hall’s running fight between an American armed merchantman and a Teu ton submarine, the merchantman apak the submarine, according to official advices to the state de partment today. The submarine, flying no flag, fired thirty-five shots and the steamer twenty-five. According to state de partment reports, the last shot pierced the U-boat which reared out of the water, stern up, standing up right for a few seconds, then disap pearing from sight The steamer captain and the com mander of the American armde guard believe the submarine was sunk and the navy department is convinced that in this ease thera fa no question the U-boat was bagged. THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT The 7 state department official an nouncement of the engagement said: “The state department is advised by telegraph of an engagement between an armed' American steamer and a , submarine. The guns of the steamea were mantled by an American naval cftW. “The submarine was first seen at about seven thousand yards. She had a six-inch guit forward and another aft. She flew no flag. Upon sight of the submarine, the steamer hoisted the American flag and waited about ten minutes. As the submarine ap proached the steamer fired The sub marine resopnded. The steamer kept a speed that would permit the sub marine td come within range. Then followed a fight lasting for an hour and a hilf. "The submarine came to a distance of about 2900 yards. By that time the submarine had fired thirty-five shots and the steamer twenty-five. LAST SHOT EFFECTIVE. “The last shot of the steamer ap parently struck the submarine which raised dear out of the water and stood stem end up for a few sec onds. Then aha disappeared. The cap tain of the steamer and the com mander of the guard believe that the submarine was sunk. The steamer suffered no damage." The name' of the steamer is with, held by the state department, but it is known-that the vessel above re ferred to was not the Mongolia re ported in fifes* dispatches to have had a brush# with submeraibles while eastward bound The Mongolia, it ia believed, was singled out for German retribution because of her attack of a previous voyage against a submarine, so the name of this second ship is sup pressed lest German spies report it back to Gerlin and Germany then try its frightfulness on this ship. _ The department report came from a consul abroad who has ascertained his facts carefully before reporting in. mVPTIST TABERNACLE CHURCH CONDUCTING 6REAT REVIVAL MEETING A . Despite the fact that registration day consumed the interest of many Baptist Tabernacle afternoon and evening, ■ Evangelist Montgomery peached two great sermons. At the afternoon service Mr. Paul Montgomery, son of the evangelist, led the service of song and rendered an effective solo. One of the greatest sermons of the entire meeting was preached by Of evangelist on last evening on Walk- in ?T»roiretiaga will continue through the week, dosing on Sunday night Services each afternoon at 4, and **Tomorrow* ^Thursday) SSSSTY-bSS -Winder,, will Tfadthe-service at the Tabernacle and will bring a special message for the children and young people. This young mwn hnw had wide experience In iending the young people to Christ ', and fathers and mothers should see that their chil dren are present FAILED TO REGISTER, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY STUDENT IS ARRESTED (By United Press.) New York, June 6.—Charles Fran cis Phillips, one of the trio of Colum bia students under federal indictments for anti-conscription activities, was the first New Yorker arrested for fail’hg to register. Phillips was yanked away from a conference with his co-antl-conecrip- tioniat, Eleanor Wilson Parker, and taken to the marshal’s office. Do you realize you may be jailed for a year and then forced to regis ter?” he was asked. Yes,” said Phillips. “They can’t make me fight.” The youth said he would rather ,be shot against a wall than fight. His parents’ plea to him to register was ignored. Marshal Smith character ized him az a “moral and phyiical coward.” TO BE ORGANIZED .Meeting For This Purpose Will Be Held in Superior Court Room Thursday. The approaching removal of tho members of the national guard now doing guard duty in and about Athana will make necessary some local pro tective measure! and as a result Judge Andrew J. Cobb, of the supe rior court, has isiued the following call: "The time will soon arrive when the national guard on duty here aafe- guarefing bridges, waterworks and other property will be called away. This work of guarding property mpit be carried on during the existence of the war. Those who are not subject to military duty at home must dis charge this duty. I, therefore, take the liberty of calling a meeting’in the superior court room at IX o’clock, a. m., Thursday, to take into consid eration the formation of a home guard to perform the dztles above referred to and-any otta* duties that may arise during the existence of the war. “The home guard should be modi up ot men between the. ages of - SI and 66. It will be necessary that they •hould have military training to a limited extent. They must have a re- tponebla military head. The sugges tion has been made that two compa nies of 100 men each be at once or ganized for thiz purpose. “These companies will be made up from the white citizens. It may be that later the colored citizens will also he called on. ‘‘Major W. O. Bcaweil and Captain H. A. Nix, both of whom are versed in military mattera, have been re quested to attend this preliminary meeting end give the meeting the benefit of their advice and couniel. Ail who are ready and willing to per form the duties-of the home guerd during the existence of the war are earnestly requested to be present at the hime and place above referred tq. “ANDREW J. COBB.” RHjOWCUL EXCEEDED FSTIHATE FRENCH INFLICT HEAVY LOSES ON ATTACKING TEUTONS Nationwide Hunt For Slackers Begun—Men Unable to Regis ter Tuesday Will Be Given Several Days in Which to ■ Avoid F.ffects of Slacking. Bitter Dose Awaits Every Quitter-Believed to Still Be i Several Thousand Evaders. (By Carl D. Groat, United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, D. C., June 8.— With early estimated registration reports from ell over the country showing a response to the war call far beyond most optimistic expectations, government heads today began at once a nation wide hunt for the “comparative- ly minute few” who slacked. Wisconsin was the first state to re port complete unofficial returns to tho provost marshal general’s office. Gov ernor Phillips telegraphed that all counties and cities were complete at 4 o’clock with totals of 218,700. The estimated registration was 229,897. Mayor Qua, of Lowell, Mail., n ported a registration of 10,977. Un der the cenius bureau estimate the registration should have been 14,400. Of the total, 0,608 white penona, 3,194 claimed exemption. Aliena numbering 4JMff registered, of which live registered as alien enemies. Incomplete, returns from Governor Edge, or New Jersey, showing totals of twenty out of twenty-ono counties and thirteen out of fourteen cities showed totals of 261,243. The cenius bureau estimate for New Jersey was 309,963. Mayor Armatrong, of Pittsbuiy Wind nturns complete. Registration was 67,676. Mayor Burns, of Troy, N. Y„ re ported 3,339, of which 2,875 claimed S tion. Twenty-six alien enemies ired. . HUNT FOR QUITTERS. Every federal, state, county and municipal agency an bending their efforts on ferreting out the quitters. Unofficial estimated figures reach- SAVANNAH FLAG CONTEMNER HELD WITHOUT BAIL " (By United Press.) Savannah, Ga.«June 6.—Faced with serious charges of hissing the flag and profusely' cursing Pnsident Wil son at a load theater hen last, night, Thomas W. Aimar, ag1 son of the mayor of Thunderbolt, a small town near hen, today wan held without bail to await a hearing be fore United' States Commission* Rorecoek. Two navy gunnen mates, outraged by Aimaris conduct, took him forcibly from the theater. MR. HARRY HODGSON AND PROF. SHELTON TALK TO CRUSHERS (Special , to The Herald.) Atlantic Beach, Fla., June 6.—The concluding session of the Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association of Geor gia was brought to a close hen to day with the "election .of the follow ing offleen for the ensuing year: W. M. Hutchinson, of Macon, Ga., pnsident; Henry E. Watkins, of At lanta, vice pnsident, and the reeiec- tion of E. P. Chivers, of Atlanta, as secretary treasurer. Retiring President Henry C. Brawn, of Augusta, was presented with a handsome silver service by the mem ben of the association, the presen tation speech being amde by W. S. McKenzie, of Montezuma, Ga« for mer president of the association, to which Mr. Brown made a feeling re sponse. Colonel J. Rice Smith, of Augusta, who was to have made the principal address to the convention today, wsb unavoidably absent and Mr. Harry Hodgion, of Athena, addressed the convention in his stead. Fielding Wallace, of Augusta? now -prelident of the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' association, addressed -Hie new convention, as did Professor A. W. Shelton, of the University of Georgia. The convention adjourned in the afternoon to meet at a place and date to bo selected next year. Clarke County Has No Slackers and Registration Figures Show That Every Man Has Answered MR. FRANK BETTS WAS BADLY CUT WEDNESDAY Early this afternoon Mr. W. F. Betts had a bad wound made in his arm when he cut himself in attempt ing to get a rope off of a mule in his stables on Clayton street. The mule had been tied with a rope and had tangled itself up and was in daagar of breaking its neck when Mr. Betts saw it and tried to cut the rope. It was stated that in making a cut at the rope, the mule moved a little and Mr. Betts cut Ms arm pretty bad. Three stitches were necessary to hold the wound together. He was back at tho stable this afternoon and It is not expected that he will be laid up from the cut He is a brother to ing here today show figures In ex- officer Betti of the Athena police een of thoK. expected by the war de-, f orce . Parii, June 6.—Extremely heavy losses were inflicted on two German assailing waves which vainly sought to reach the French lines near Hurts- bise, today’s official statement da- clared. > \ “There was action during the night in the Chemin des Dames sector and also west between the Aiiette and the Laon road,” the war office stated. “The artillery struggle reached its most violent stage especially east of Vauxaillon, north of the Laffaux re gion and around Braye en Laonnols “Near Hurtebise two German as sailing wavei attempting to reach our lines northeast of Monument' were thrown back to their starting point, loaing very heavily." FIELD MARSHAL HAIG RENEWS OFFENSIVE London, June 6.—Field Marshal Haig swung his British columns for ward in renewal of the offensive on the west front today. iFVV “North of the Scarp# we further progressed on the western slopes of Greenland hill,” be reported. “West of Loos we gained ground •lightly.” Greenland Hill lies about five milea. south of Lens, and don to- Gavrelle. Douai, toward which tha British, hava been thrusting in the whole offeny sive movement, is a scant five miles to the west Loos ia just north of Lena, and tha alight gain to the west reported by the British commander-in-chief men tions the beginning of an enveloping movement around the coal city! AUSTRIANS ANNOUNCE CAPTURE OF TRENCHES Vienna (Via London), June 6-<Jap- ture of an important portion of Ital ian trenches south of vlamlano with 1M officers and 6,500 men was an nounced in today's official atatement “The ground regained was recently taken by the Italians in their offen sive.” . v. . partment in soma instances, and dole to the mark in othtrs. Of twelve states thus estimated, those who have registered number 8,893,700 against the quota of 3,963,- 000 expected. Estimated War Dept State. Returns Expected Delaware .... 21,294 29,825 Virginia •216,000 211,383 Georgia 240,000 274,893 -Peansylvania ..800,000. to 1,000,000 879,378 Maryland .. ..106,202 120,200 Illinois ..r. ...640,000 642,653 Kentucky 200,000 204,998 Nebraska ... ..126,000 219,953 Ohio 600,000 498,986 Texas 426,000 425,729 New Jersey .. .303,797 309963 Colorado lOOJ)OO(x) 112,777 Connecticut . ..170900 153,287 Idaho 33,000(x) 62,030 Indiana 260,000 260911 Kansas 160,000 180,183 Maasachuaetta.. 678,000(x) 377,286 Minnesota .. ..300,000 246,051 New York ... ,l,100900(x) 1,100,000 Oklahoma .. ..200900 216,312 Rhode Island ... 62R41<x) 60,790 Utah .. .... .. 29,700 64,488 West Virginia ..165900 142966 Wisconsin .. ..260900 _229997 (x) indicates estimated figures in complete. STILL HAVE CHANCE. . Men who were unable to register yesterday and ahow good faith by ap pearing before the registration board today or within the next few day* will not be classed as slacken. Under section forty, of the regis tration regulations, it is the. duty of registration boards to register per sons liable to registration under their Jurisdiction who for any reason could not be registered on registration dsy. The penalty in such eases will be .pended if the man appears volun- Many inquiries reached {he war de partment today concerning the status of men unable to get their names down because of the rush at the booths, or because, they were unable to reach registration places. Provost Marshal Crowder sent the following telegram today to the gov ernors of every state: "Attention ia invited to Paragraph 40 of the regulations, which contem- ntetes the registration of persons who for any reason ahall not have been able to register on registration day. = While scrutiny ahbold bo taken in each case to determine whether pun itive action is required, it is desired for the next few days to pursue a liberal policy in this regard in order that registration may M made com plete at the earliest possible moment. Non-residents may also continue to register under the provisions of Par agraph 64. If it later appears that the liberality of this policy ia being abused/more stringent action will be taken. Cards received from absen tees after June 6 ahall bo filed prescribed. “Please give this the wideit pub licity and inform all registration boards without delay.” STARING PRISON TERM. For every quitter run to earth, however, n bitter dose ia waiting. The penalty ia one year in prison without alternative of fine—then enforced registration. Under the execution of the war de partment the "10900900" who were registered today became civic po- Uccment to hunt down evadors. Every man la asked to give infor mation of any evasion within hi knowledge. Prompt action will fol low reports' of evasion or false i st ration. Hen is the method used by the de partment to got at evader*. During the day a list pf all regis trars will be postal at each registra- place and every person asked to Ition place and every person note any absents** and tip off the authorities. When these lists are be-* ing compared with th* list* of vot-j era in each precinct kept by t' lltical parties. These have paled in the hands of tho registration boards in most cues. Other lists of] foreigners are kept by the depart' ment of labor and department of ira migration. I Farther the government has three cheeks on the ages of men falsifying to evade service, the census, the birth records st the county seat and the public school record*. The department of justice •eons of agents scattered over the country engaged in the quitter hunt. Although more, than 10900,000 plaeedtheir names oa the lists the war deportment estimated there are still several thousand evaders, a very small number compared wi those on the “honor roll.” Celebration Was One of the Most Successful Ever Held in the State of Georgia—Regis tered Men, White and Colored Took Part in Great, Parade Tuesday Night—Rev, A. G. Richards Made Good Address. The Day Was Ideal. The registration day. . oa far Athens was concerned, won brought to n most successful close last night when Rev. A. G. Richards made a most interesting and patriotic addtpss on the lawn in the rear of the Clarke copnty court house at 9:16 o’clock. As had been arranged, the men who had registered, white and colored, formed on the University of Georgia campus and on Broad street and with the University and S. M. C. bands marched through College avenue to Clayton street, through Clayton to Lumpkin and thence dawn Hancock to the court house lawn where they were dismissed. GREAT CROWD PRESENT. The men who had registered were led by the 6. M. C. band, which was placed at the head of the column. Then followed the white men who had registered and they were closely followed by the University bond and cadets and then came the negroes who had placed their names on the honor roll, led by a colored brass band. The streets on the line of march were packed with the people of Ath ena. It seemed that every man, wo man and child, both white and col ored, had turned out for the parade and as the men in the lines swung down tha street they were cheered by the crowds. AN IDEAL DAY. The day had been a wonderful one. 8bort!y after noon it appeared that it would probably rain, In fact a few drops did fall, but the clouds were soon scattered and cleared. The day waa.n little'warm and the evening was quite warm, making the weather Ideal for registration day in Athena. It seemed that every person in the city hod the feeling of' patriotism in hit or her soul rad the way in which the young men of the city responded all that could be expected. Some of the registrars stated that most of thou men who claimed exemption were thoso who had -families and that ther were very few of the single men who claimed exemption. WE ARE READY' NOW. The registrars say that moat of the •ingle men who registered stated that they had no - exemption claim and when asked, said that thhy were ready to go to the front as soon as the government needed them. This feeling seemed to run through all of the men in Athens yesterday tnd a larg number of the older men of the city were at the court houu to talk to the young men and greet them when they came up to sign their reg istration cards. THE REGISTRATION. When the final count of tho regis tration for the 216th militia district, which Includes the city of Athena, •bowed that there had bun 1,451 young men to register. The regis tration showed Ujjit then bad been SOS white men to register as fol lows: 794 .natural-born American* rad fourteen alien; 611 claimed ex emption, or 66 per cent of thou reg istered; twelve men from neutral countries were registered and tsro from enemy countries; five claimed total disability; thou claiming emption were for dependent relatives, 419; occupations rad other reasons, ' y-seven; thou not claiming ex- Jon, 283. COLORED REGISTRATION. The colored registration showed the ,’ollowing figpres: Total number reg istered, 64S, with no alien born; thou BRITISH SEAPLANES TAKE HEAVY TOLL OF ' GERMAN AEROPLANES (By United Press) London, Juno 0.—British seaplanes took hoavy toil of the German aero plane squadron which yesterday raided English coast counties, accord ing to an admiralty statement today. Lord French today announced the casualties in the raid aa twelve killed and thirty-six injured. The material damage, he said, was not great. "Yesterday afternoon eighteen ene my aircraft were sighted off Ostend,” the statement said, “proceeding^.! a northwest direction. The enemy planes ware chased to England and on their return journey two enemy planes were downed by one pilot. Later tiro or three wen completely destroyed and four others driven down out of control being counted aa destroyed. . Lord French, commander-in-chlef of home defenu forces, reported yes terday that two German planes had .been downcu “before the nemy de parted seaward.” Presumably the ad miralty’s count is in addition to there.,. AUTOCRACY SEEMINGLY TRIUMPHS IN C m N A hud claiming exemption numbered fcfi, or 60 per cent of thou registered; I number not claiming ray exemption was 267; thou claiming exemption were for dependent families, S66, and for other causes, thirty. The colored men were very anxious to register and many of thou who claimed exemption stated that they would be more than glad to answer the call of thtir country if their rel atives were taken care of during their absence. ■ COUNTRY REGISTRATION. ■ I The following is n correct list of [the way the country dUteiet* of Clarke county registered: 217th dis trict, forty-one white rad twenty- three CO Ired; 218, eighteen white and seventy-two colored; 219th, aovanteen white rad forty-four colored; 2"MU fifty-three white and 105 coli 241st, thirty white and thirt; colored; 1347th. white, eight MBH colored, thirty-five; 1467th, twenty, seven white and twenty colored. C| the ku klux klan. Mildred Rutherford Klan, No. 5, of the Ku Klux Klan. took part in the parade and wore the white roi/s of the Ku’KIux Klan of the ’60’s. These men got a very from the great crowd a: the speakers stand greeted them with loud hand clapping. The men were dressed in the robes made just as those in the war between the states were made and they carried their staffs with a largo sign reading, "The Rutherford Klan, of Athens; For Our Country and Our Homes.” THE ADDRESS. After the crowd had gathered on the lawn at he court house on the Hancock avenue side, the S. M. C. band played two or three patriotic airs, including “Dixie,” before Mr. W. F. Dorsey, ehalrpmn, introduced Mr. John J. Strickland, who made a few remarks be(on introducing the i|Kaker of the < cession, Rev. A. G. Richards. Mr. Richards i snd immediately got The attention of the great ma.« 1 of humanity. The crowds were on ; w sidewalks, on the lawn and hanging on the side of the court house guilding. There were others who went iqto their homes on Hancock avtnue rad beard the ad dress from their windows. All of the windows in tho court house were crowded with, people eager to hear tho address. FIRST MAN CONSCRIPTED. Mr. Richards started his address with these words, “Young men of Athens, 1 salute yon.” He stated that he meant it who; he said that he saluted the men. He went furr ther, Tic stated that he did not think that there would be n city in the United States to show n larger mm ber of registrations than this ci proportion to population: Mr. Richards after making n few complimentary remarks about the young men, the ladies and the city of Athena, went into detail regarding the war which.the United States was against the Germans. He the •various outrages which had been committed by the Germans in the captured territory of France, Belgium and Poland and stated that the United States could expect the same if they were ever able to gs^H thi.sTountry. GERMANS WANT CANADA. ■ He stated that the Germans would down the English rad then take Canada, if the United States was not nblo to atop them. He then showed that these people could enter this country through Canada snd do our people, mostly the women, the ssme as they, had dons in other countries. Mr. Richards stated that conscrip tion was an honor rad that it was one of the oldest words in the world. He pointed out where the word “con script" was used way back when the Romans controlled the world. and stated that at that time it was an honor to be on tho conscript list. I. LADIES GREAT WORK. I The work of the ladies of Athens is to be highly commended. There 1 city in’ 1 get to wen representatives at the court houserfrom et Republic Appears to Be Practi cally Destroyed—Division of China Into Two Nations Now Seems Likely—Long Struggle of Mililarsm Aganat Consttu- tonaism May Follow Present Revoluton—Stuaton Summed Up by Amercan. (By Ralph Turner, United Press Staff Correspondent) Tokio, June 6.—Autocracy*a force in China apparently have triumphed and today it appears that the republic ia practically destroyed. A division of China into two nations seems probable. A Ions struggle of militarism againat constitutionalism may be expected to follow the present revolution. Dr. W# W. Willoughby, American constitutional adviser to the former Chinese republic, now en route home to the United States, thus summed up the Chinese situation for the United Press today. “The revolution is most serious,” he declared. “The republic is practi cally lost. I look for turmoil of long duration between militarism and con stitutionalism. The present trend is strongly to a monarchy. The militar ists absolutely control the situation now. And evtn if through a coi mise a new government was lished in the north of China,!. would continue throughout the whole country, since the accession of the southern provinces would be most likely. “As it looks to me, a division of China Into two nations is probable. “The democrats of the southern provinces are more active in support of a central government than the peo ple of the north. OBJECT IN REVOLTING. d “The militarists’ Object in the re volt is four-fold. First, abolition of the present provisional constitution; second, retirement of Li Yuan Hung; third, the establishment of a new gov ernment at Peking; fourth, a new parliament and n new constitution. “President Li Yuan Hung would re tire if that action would benefit the country, but he considers that the masses of the Chinese people expect him to defend the democratic princi ples of the republic against the mili tary distatorship which is sure to come with establishment of a regency. He feels that his declarations of inde pendence would only have the effect of solidifying the people for a repub- The correspondent of the newspa per Asai today cabled from China that the American minister Dr. Paul Reinsch had advised* Pnsident Li Yuan Hung not to resign on the ground that his retiement would be a division of China into a northern and south nations. RED CROSS CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAUNCHED Thie morning at 11 o’clock there was a called meeting of the Athena Red Cross officers held in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of hearing Mr, Shunway, of the American Red Cross, to make plain the plans for a monster cam- >aign which is being carried on throughout the United States for the raising of 3100,000,900 for the Red Cross. Mr. Shunway stated that there would be 350,000,000 of this money subscribed in city of New York and that it would be necessary for the rest of the cities and states to raiso the other 360,000,000. He showed where this amotfnt * would be needed in order to make this W branch of the service what it sho r ’ every woman’s elnb aadjbeead to make It properly fitted organization in the city of Athena I the care of the men at the front : and these ladies not only pinned the those at home. Present at the me honor ribbons on the men who had I ing were Messrs. M. G. Michael, Col- registered, but stopped rad talked to one! C. M. S#jlling, J. F. Tibbetts them and mnde them feel that there rad E. R. Hodgson, Jr. were some of the people in the coun- These gentlemen discussed thi try who would miss them in case they ter at length with Mr. sure taken ssray. lit is expected that the The ladie, of the Athens Woman’s be launched in Athens club prepared and served lunch for next day or two- Then the registrars from 12:30 until 2|deal of .interest being o’clock yesterday afternoon and again work and it is ass at 7 o’clock last night. The regis-|wil! do its part, trars were very much pleased with! There will be a the lunches prepared by the ladies the executive and stated that this was n great hel] to them, as they were only all twenty minutes for lunch at in the afternoon.

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The Athens daily herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1912-1923, June 06, 1917, Image 1