The Henry County weekly. (McDonough, GA.) 18??-1934, September 13, 1918, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text35 LIVES LOST ON TORPEDOED SHIP VICTIMS WERE MEMBERS OF A CREW OF THE TRANSPORT MOUNT VERNON VESSEL RETURNED TO PORT Senator Lewis And Other Passengers Are Safely Landed At A French Port Washington. Thirty-five members of the crew of the American army transport Mount Vernon, formerly the North German-Lloyd liner Kronprinz essin Cecelie, were killed by the ex plosion of a torpedo which struck the vessel when she was two hundred miles from the French coast, home ward bound. The passengers included Senator Lewis, of Illinois, who was among those safely landed after the transport returned to a French port under her own steam. Vice Admiral Sims reported to the navy department that the torpedo struck the transport on the starboard side, flooding No. 4 fire room, but did not state the extent of the damage. Navy officials, assumed however, that since the vessel was able to reach port under her own power she was not badly damaged. The men killed were firemen, on ginemen and water tenders and prob ably were on duty in the flooded fire room. Senator Lewis was returning home on the transport after a visit to Great Britain and France and the western front. U. S. Transport Sent To Bottom Washington.—The United States army transport Mount Vernon, for merly the North German Lloyd liner K>onprinzessein Cecilie, was torpedoed by an enemy submarine 200 miles from the coast of France while home ward bound, but was able to return to porL ALLIED GUNS POUNDING THE GERMAN ARMIES Process Of Closing In Toward The Hindenburg Line Continues Rapidly By Allies New York. —Marshal Foeh’s succes sion of hammer blows along the Ger man lines from Rheims to Arras since July 18 have well-nigh completely flattened out theb ulges breated by the German offensives of the spring and early summer. Further still, the well co-ordinated progress of his attack has brought him to a point where he may well be able to strike a still more disastrous blow to the German defensive system in the west. From Laon to Oambrai the Hinden burg line stood all last year in the way of the allied armies seeking to drive back the enemy from northern France and Flanders. Little impres sion was made in that line except temporarily in General Uyng’s drive below Cambrai last fall. In this sum mer’s campaign, however, the line has been pierced ot\ a wide front along its northernly stretches by the British and within the last few days it has been penetrated in its southernly reaches by the French. List Of Industries Essential To War Washington.—A new priorities list of industries and plants essential to the war or the civic population is an nounced by Chairman Baruch of the war industries board. It is described as the “master key” governing the issuance of priority certificates by the priorities commissioner of the board for fuel supply or electrical energy, transportation, material facilities, cap ital and labor, and as the basis for industrial exemption from the draft. 19,000 Prisoners Taken By British London. —Advanced British troops have entered their old defense system on the southern battle line held prior to the German offensive of last March, according to the war office announce ment. The British have gained ground along the Vermand-Epehy line. More than nineteen thousand prisoners were taken by the British in France in the first week of September. 18,308,325 Subscribers To Liberty Loan Washington. —One out of every six persons in the United States bought Liberty bonds of the third loan last April and May. The exact number of subscribers was 15,305,325, or seven teen and seven-tenths per cent of the 103,000,000 estimated population of the country. New York state leads in the volume of subscriptions and num ber of subscribers, but Delaware sub scribed the highest percentage of the assigned quota and the city of Wash ington furnished the largest proportion of its population as bond buyers. RUIN IN WAKEJF GERMANS Germans Are Burning And Blowing Up Material In Front Of The Allies With the British Army in France. — The effects of the recent British suc cesses are hourly becoming more ap parent. The enemy is steadily but surely going back. Succeessive minor victories in Flanders, the application of sustained pressure in the battle zone south of the Scarpe, the exploita tion of the advances north of Peronne and the steady bombardment from the British cannon are all helping the gen eral movement. The foe’s retirement is being mark ed by the usual destruction, for fires and explosions are reported from vari ous sections, especially the area in front of the Hindenburg line from the Bapaume - Cambrai line sotuhward, where the torches seem to have been freely used. It, looks as if the Germans are going behind the line, with its great system of concrete dugouts and defenses. They are not in the habit of destroying where they mean to stay, and besides, the crushing defeat they suffered when the Drocourt-Queant line was smashed makes the ground exceedingly diffi cult, if not dangerous, to hold. On the banks of the Somtae south of Peronne the enemy is manning his machine guns and trench mortars strongly and firing heavily on the crossings and their approaches, ap parently fearing a British attempt to cross. Long periods of fighting without the slightest respite, the annihilation of whole formation and the thorough hammering they have received have served to fix the idea of saving them selves foremost in the minds of the German troops. Every prisoner in his comments on the great battle seems to bear this out. Almost every diary and every letter taken from Germans killed show that the enemy troops on the western front have suffered from the long continued fighting as never before. A typical excerpt from an unposted letter says: "We are in mortal danger every day. We cannot last much longer. We cannot hope for further successes. Our enemy is superior to us in num bers and everything else. Victory now is out of the question.” ELEVEN VESSELS BOUGHT WITH GERMAN GOLD HID UNDER U. S. FLAG But The Government Has Uncovered The Deception And Richard H. Wagner’s Ships Were Seized New York. —On the ground of Ger 'iruan ownership, the American trans- Atlantic company, which until its ships were commandeered by the United States shipping board in Oc t6ber, 1917, operated in ocean trade a fleet of 11 steamships flying the Stars and Stripes, has been taken over by A. Mitehel Palmer, alien property cus todian. Richard H. Wagner, formerly of Milwaukee, an American-born citizen, head of the concern for three years, deceived the American government “with truly Prussian arrogance” as well as British and French prize courts as to the real ownership of the property, according to Francis P. Garvan, investigator for the custodi an, who made public a summary of Wagner’s activities. The ships were in fact bought with German gold and the company was organized eight months after the out break of hostilities with funds which Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, caused to be transmitted here for Wagner’s benefit. Wagner, under the examination of Mr. Gar van, protested the ships were Ameri can-owned until the last, but finally confessed before the weight of evi dence. Mighty U. S. Host At Foch’s Disposal Washington. Announcement by General March, chief of staff, that more than 1,600,000 American troops had been embarked for all fronts up to August 31, furnished a new meas ure of the forces Marshal Foch has at his disposal with which to follow up the victories already won on the western front. Included in the Ameri can shipment are men sent to Italy and Siberia. One Common Drive For War Societies Washington.—President Wilson has decided that the seven recognized so cieties doing welfare work among the American soldiers at home and over seas shall conduct a joint campaign for the funds necessary to carry on their work during the coming year. The president’s decision was commun icated to Chairman Raymond D. Fos dick of the commission of training camp activity, who, in making public the president’s letter, announced that the campaign would be conducted dur ing the week beginning November 11. HENRY COUNTY WEEKLY, McDONOUGH, GEORGIA ALLIES CONTINUE TO WIN TERRITORY HEAVY DEFEATS INFLICTED ON GERMANS BY THE FRENCH FORCES IN NOYON AMERICANS GAINING GROUND The British, In The North, Push Their Way Eastward At Numerous Points New York.—The Germans continue to give ground before the allied armies over the one hundred and fifty battle front from Ypres to Rheims. j Particularly heavy defeats nave been inflicted on them by the French in the old Noyon salient and by the French and Americans in the region between the Vesle and Aisne rivers! east of Soissons. To the north Field Marshal men have pushed their lines eastward at numerous points in the enemy held territory for important gains and daily are increasing the menace against the entire German line facing them. In the old Noyon salient the French have captured the important junction town of Ham and Chauny, with their railroads and high roads leading re spectively into St. Quentin and La Fere. Across the Canal Du Nord they have penetrated at various points to a depth exceeding six miles. The little forest of Coucy, the western portion of the great wooded sector east of Laon that has barred a direct advance eastward, has been entirely taken, and across the Ailette river General Man gin’s forces have reoccupied addition al points, which have brought them abreast the old German defense line in this region and that north of the Aisne, which is now being bressed backward toward the Chemin des Dames. BOTH BEER AND WHISKEY WILL BE PROHIBITED Senate Passes “Rider” Inhibiting Ev erything Alcoholic After July First, Next Year Washington.—Manufacture of beer in the United States, will be prohibited after next DecembfeV first as a war measure. This announcement was made by the food administration, which said the decision had been reached at con ference between President Wilson and representatives of the fuel, food and railroad administrations and the war industries board. Factors which influenced the de cision to prohibit the manufacture of beer after December, the food admin istration announcement says, were “the further necessity of w r ar indus tries for the whole fuel productive ca pacity of the country, the considerable drouth which has materially affected the supply of feeding stuff for next year, the strain upon transportation to handle the necessary industries and the shortage of labor caused by en largement of the army program.” Warning also was issued to manu facturers of all beverages and mineral waters that for the same reasons there will be “further great curtailment” in fuel for the manufacture of glass con tainers, of tin plate for caps, of trans portation and oLfood products in such beverages.” Action along this line, it was said, had been expected by the brewing in terests in view of the fuel administra tion’s order of last July 3 reducing coal consumption of breweries 50 per cent and a warning that they might not be able to continue in business. Ultimatum Is Sent Bolsheviki Regime London. —The British, demanding reparation and prompt punishment of those culpable in the attack on the British embassy at Petrograd when the embassy was sacked and Captain Cromie, the British attache, was killed sent a “hot” telegram to the Bolshe viki government at Moscow. The British government threatens in fhe event of the failure of the Bolsheviki government to give satisfaction, or if there should be a repetition of acts of violence, to make the members of the soviet government individually re sponsible and treated as outlaws by civilized nations. To Protest Cotton Price Fixing Washington. Senators from the coton-growing states at a conference decided to protest to President Wil son against any action by the war industries board looking to the fixing of cotton prices. This action resulted from the announcement by Chairman Baruch of the war industries board that plans are being made to Jippoint a commission to investigate cotton con ditions with a view to making recom mendations for the stabilization of prices. ROLL OF HONOR Heroes Of Nearby States Who Gave Their Lives In Defense Of Liberty The most recent lists of casualties furnished by the war department con tain the names of the following, all of whom are entitled to high place in pub lic esteem, as they have shown their willingness to make the supreme sac rifice. Dead John B. Thomas, Adel, Ga. Thomas C. Day, Jr., Maxeys, Fla. Preston Fields, Tampa, Fla. Clinton W. Parker, Birmingham, Ala. Roby Ferguson, Moravian Falls, N. C. Wounded Thomas W. Crockett, Carrollton, Ga. Sgt. Grover Wilkins, Monroe, Ga. Arlie Coppenheim, Lake Park Ga. Charlie R. Hubbard, Fitzgerald, Ga. George Holcomb, Rockmart, Ga. Robt. N. Waltmore, Punta Gorda, Fla. Ira W. Fowler, Clarksville, Fla. Alonzo W. Jenkins, Starke, Fla. Bugler D. W. Collins, Wauchula, Fla. Thomas J. Wells, Jasper, Fla. Schley H. Perkins, Sharon, Ga. ' Arch C. Crews, Alma, Ga. Jesse J. Malone, Macon, Ga. Lieut. Paul A. Gregory, Atlanta, Ga. Lieut. John C. Kapp, Columbus, Ga. John R. Griffin, Blue Ridge, Ga. Curran M. Potts, Cartersville, Ga. Dewey L. Holmes, Scott, Ga. Mechanic Harvey H. Brown, Carroll ton, Ga. Capt. P. M. Wilson, Savannah, Ga. Sgt. Joel C. Brown, Crestmont, N. C. J. M. Montague, Elm City, N. C. Ira E. Kiser, Gastonia, N. C. John K. Benton, Evergreen, N. C. .Clarence Burleson, Bakersville, N. C. Robt. A. Harrison, Wilmington, N. C. [Thomas Leete, Wise, N. C. [Carlos Garland, Ew r art, N. C. ICorp. S. B. Williams, Benaja, N. C. Lieut. Harold C. Perry, Wilmington, N. C. 'Corp. W. W. Shankle, Rockingham, ' N. C. Dewey G. Reeves, Greenwood, S. C. Corp. Arthur Floyd, Laurens, S. C. Lieut. G. B. Hodesty, Jr., Mt. Carmel, ' S. C. Lieut. Richard G. White, Charleston, S. C. Clarence F. Freeman, Greenville, S. C. W. F. Ertzberger, Anderson, S. C. Lieut. J. M. Johnstone, Newberry, S. C. Corp. C. R. Brantley, Georgetown, S. C. Missing Sgt. William Z. Bailey, Douglas, Ga. Harvey Dußose, Hoboken, N. J. Lieut. Joseph Lynch, Columbus, Ga. Grady L. Jenkins, Stucky, Ga. Corp. Riley J. Cowart, McDonald, Ga. Carl Willis, Fort Myers, Fla. J. M. Drigger (D. A. Carr), Glenville, Ga. Forrest A. W T oods, Columbus, Ga. Oscar K. Jolley, Dexterm, Ga. Ernest G. Manderson, Millenville, Ga. Arthur C. Calloway, Crestihont, N. C. Frank Etheridge, Leesville, S. C. GERMAN EMPEROR PREPARES HIS PEOPLE FOR FRONTIER FLIGHT Message, While Boastful, Contains Intimation That Battle Front May Yet Be On Rhine Amsterdam. —Emperor William has telegraphed the municipality of Mu nich a message in which he alludes to the fighting now' in progress as the “present decisive battles,” and de clares th.e German people will unitedly stand w T ith all their strength in de fense of the fatherland. The emperor’s message reads: "The German people understand the difficulty of the present decisive bat tles against an enemy filled with ha-- tred, jealousy and the will to destruc tion, but has unanimously decided to devote all its strength to defend against its enemies assaults its sacred soil and its kultur, which it had won in peaceful work.” Interment Of Soldiers In United States Washington.—Americans who lose their lives in the w-ar abroad will be buried there only temporarily. Where identification is possible, the bodies will be placed in marked graves, to be taken up w-hen the war is over and brought home. This plan of the war department was disclosed by the pub lication of articles of agreement be tween the army and navy regarding the transportation of the sick and wounded from overseas. GERMANY’S STAFF LEAVES BELGIUM FOR GERMAN SOIL With the American Army in France. It has been reported, and what seems partial confirmation has been given the report, that German main head quarters has been moved from Spa, Belgium, to Bonn, Germany. A dis patch from Amsterdam said the gen eral staff headquarters had been trans ferred from Spa to Verviers, 14 miles east of Liege. GERMANS BATTLE TO HALT DRIVE TURNING MOVEMENT AGAINST ST. GOBAIN FOREST BE ING ENLARGED BRITISH DOMINATE CAMBRIA Germans Massing Artillery Of All Calibers, Seeming Resolved To Make Desperate Stand New Y'ork. —The Germans have markedly stiffened their resistance against the allied armies from the re gion of Arras to Rheims, but their efforts to ward off further encroach ments into the territory they are hold ing _have failed. . All along the front the German big guns are violently in action while ma chine guns in vast numbers are being used in front of strategic points which the allies are endeavoring to gain. Nevertheless, the British have dug more deeply into the sector southwest of Cambrai, capturing important posi tions on the four-mile front between the Havrincourt wood and Pieziere, re gaining their old trench positions dom inating Gouzeacourt and capturing Gouzeacourt wood. To the south the French are only a short distance west of St. Quentin and are at the gate of LaFere. On this last-named sector the French daily are enlarging their turning movement against St. Gobain forest, the con quest of which w r ould remove the greater barrier to an allied advance in force eastward toward Laon in an out flanking movement against both the Aisne and Chemin-des-Dames position of the enemy. DELUGED BY FIRE OF MACHINE GUNS AMERICANS GAIN Sharp Advance On The Aisne Front In The Face Of Stiff German Opposition With the American Army on the Aisne Front. —In the face of the stiff est machine gunfire since the Amer icans crossed the Vesle in force, American infantrymen have advanced at certain points on a curved line ex tending from Glennes to Vieil-Arcy. The advance was preceded by a heavy artillery bombardment, which continued all night. From the plateau the Americans took up positions in the ravines which drain northward, but the advance was necessarily cautious, owing to the com manding position of La Petite Mon tague, w'hich is the highest point in that region. The French and Ameri can artillery bombarding this moun tain, where the Germans had built strong emplacements for heavy ma chine guns, and also kept up a con tinuous fire upon all points where the German artillery had been endeav oring to hold back the advancing in fantry. During the day the Germans threw shells into Fismes, Bazoches, Blanzv and other places in an effort to check the allied troop movement. U-Boats Not Worry Naval Officials Washington.—Navy officials here are not perturbed by published re ports from London that German sub marines are concentrating their ef forts against American troop ships. It was said that it has been taken for. granted here that the German ad miralty would adopt such a course to meet the growing clamor of those at home who demand to know why more than'a million American soldiers have crossed the seas in safety, and that steps have been taken by the Ameri can and allied navies to meet the in creased menace. Price Of Gasoline Will Be Lowered Washington. Fuel Administrator Garfield announces that he expects soon to fix a price for gasoline for do mestic consumers as well as the gov ernment and the allies at a figure lower than the present market price. He is awaiting further reports on the situation before taking definite action. Doctor Garfield’s announcement dis closed that for some time considera tion had been given the problem of bringing the price of gasoline to a lower level. $ Maine Remains In G v O. P. Column Portland, Maine. —The Democrats made deep inroads in the Republican vote in the election in Maine, but re turns indicate that they failed to wrest control from the Republicans. On the face of figures from more than half the state it appeared that United States Senator Bert M. Fernald. Re publican, and probably all four Re publican • congressmen had been re turned to office. The re-election of Gov. Carl E. Milliken by a plurality of about 3,800 is indicated by the ear ly returns.