VOLUME VI.
BRITISH ADVANCE 1
AGAINST TEUTONS
ANGLO-FRENCH FORCES ATTACK
TO THE NORTHEAST 1
OF YPRES
I
ALL OBJECTIVES CAPTURED;
Allies Meet With Only Slight Resist- J
ance, Gains Os Ground Being ,
Quickly Made <
1
New York. —The British and French
forces in Belgium have delivered an- 1
other attack against the German front j
northeast of Ypres and have captured
all of their objectives, consisting of
many strong positions.
Tlie offensive was launched south
east of Poelcapelle and northward 1
along the southern border of the Hout
uolst forest. The fighting front covered
a distance of about a mile and a half,
with the French operating on the
northern and the British on the south
ern end. Near Poelcapelle the British
drove on beyond their objectives and
gained important ground. The French
troops took the southern defenses of
the Houtholst forest and in addition a
series of fortified farms.
The attack began, as has been cus
tomary, in the early hours of the morn
ing after a heavy bombardment of the
German positions and, apparently, the
allies met with only slight resistance.
The gains of ground were quickly
made and afterward there was only a
feeble reaction by the German artil
lery.
The violent artillery duels between
the French and the Germans along the
Aisne sector and on the Verdun front
continue, but the infantry of neither
side has done anything more than car
ry on small raiding operations.
Likewise, in the Austro-Italian the
ater and in Macedonia, bombardments
prevail almost exclusively, although in ■
the latter region, the Br : ti a aud the ,
French troops daily arc carrying cut
successful raids into enemy territory.
NO TERMS IN SIGHT
FOR LASTING PEACE
SAYS LLOYD-GEORGE
Only Terms Now Possible Would
Mean Armed Truce Resulting In
More Frightful Struggle
London. —Premier Lloyd-George and
the chancellor of the exchequer, An
drew Bonar Law, were the princi
pal speakers at an imposing demon
stration in Albert hall to inaugurate
the autumn campaign for national
economy. The hall was crowded, and
on the platform were many distin
guished men, including the archbishop
of Canterbury, General Smuts, the
members of the cabinet and the al
lied diplomats.
The premier, who was given a tre
mendous reception, declared that the
magnitude of the enthusiasm gather
ing in the fourth year of the war was
the best proof of the determination of
this country to prosecute the war un
til victory was achieved. The cost of
the war was gigantic; it was heavy
now and would be heavy later on, he
declared.
“But I cannot see any terms in
sight which would lead to an enduring
peace,” he said.
"The only terms now possible would
mean an armed truce ending in an
even more frightful struggle.”
‘ Mr. Lloyd-George said Germany
would make peace now only on terms
which would enable her to benefit by
Ihe w“ar. He asserted that would be
encouragement to every buccaneering
empire in the future to repeat the
experiment.
More than twice as many German
submarines were lost in the first ten
months of this year as in all of last
year, the premier asserted. The Brit
ish tonnage lost monthly now is not
much more than one-third of the total
destroyed last April.
Ruthless Slaughter Os German Raiders
Stockholm, Sweden.—Newspaper ac
counts of the attack by German raid
ers on convoys in the North sea say
two German cruisers and three torpedo
boats fired ruthlessly on the merchant
men and subsequently on their life
boats. They made no effort to spare
the lives of the seamen.
Robert Fitzsimmons Pugilist, Is Dead
Chicago.—Robert Fitzsimmons, for
mer champion heaywelght pugilist of
the world, died at a hospital here af
ter an illness of five days of pneumo
nia. The former champion became ill
while appearing in a vaudeville thea
ter, and his ailment was at first diag
nosed as ptomaine poisoning. Later
it was discovered that he wys suffer
ing from double (lobar) pneumonia
and physicians declared that he could
not live. His remarkable vitality sus
tained him five days, when he lapsed
into unconsciousness.
NUMBER 52.
PRICES OF FOOD WILL DROP
Consumer Must Bring Pressure To
Bear On Man From Whom
He Purchases
Washington.—Food Administrator
Hoover gave notice to the public that
“the corner has been turned” in high
food prices and that most of the es
sential commodities should continue
to show reductions between now and
the end of the year. At the same time
he pointed out that retail prices are
not going down in accord with whole
sale reductions, and intimated that the
consumer himself might correct this
by bringing proper pressure to bear.
To aid the public in dealing with re
tailers who continue to extort war
profits the food administration is col
lecting wholesale prices of all staples
in 700 cities and soon will begin pub
lishing them weekly for comparison
with the retail figures.
Without further authority from con
gress, Mr. Hoover said, the govern
ment is powerless to control retailers,
except those doing a business of more
than SIOO,OOO a year. He did not care
to discuss the question whether con
gress would be asked to extend his
authority, saying he wanted to give the
retailers a chance first.
As an illustration of how the price
to the consumer is keeping up, a state
ment issued by the administration said
beef now is selling in Chicago at 14^
cents a pound, compared with 16 cents
in July, while the average retail price
of round steak now is 31 cents, com
pared with 27 cents in July. The mill
ers’ price for first patent flour in jute
bags ranges from $lO to $10.70, but she
average retail price is $13.77, or, the
administration says, from $1.50 to $2
more than the wholesale figure to 8%
cents a pound in spite of the present
temporary shortage, as Ihe wholesale
figures have not advanced.
ACTIVE OPPONENTS
OF LIBERTY LOAN
TO BE PROSECUTED
Limit Os Law For Traitors Attempting
To .i.timidate Prosoeotive Sub- 1
scribers To Liberty Loan
Washington.—The government has
set in motion the machinery to appre
hend and punish pro-German workers
who have started an organized cam
paign in more than a dozen states to
defeat the Liberty Loan.
By telegraph from Salt Lake City,
Secretary McAdoo authorized the is
suance of a statement here calling upon
all banks upon which German pressure
has been brought to bear in an effort
to induce them not to aid the loan to
report the circumstances to him and
promising to prosecute to the limit of
the law the “disloyal and traitorous
persons” making such attempts at in
timidation.
Department of justice officials also
began an investigation into the work
ings of the alleged conspirators with
a view to prosecution where justified
under the espionage and other laws
dealing with sedition and attempts to
thwart the government’s war pur
poses.
German Spies Thick In Mississippi
Meridian, Miss. —Gov. Theodore Bil
bo, addressing a crowd of several thou
sand people at the Mississippi-Alabama
fair, startled his hearers when he said,
'Did you know that. Mississippi today
is covered with German spies? Did
you know that in the last thirty days
a dozen or more have been arrested
in the state, and that one man ar
rested had in his grip blueprints of
every sawmill in Mississippi?" The
governor also declared that "a man
named Haywood, arrested in Chicago,
already had made hotel reservations
in Mississippi to confer with his spies,
looking to the destruction of shipbuild
ing plants on the 2oast." The speaker
appealed to the people to support the
administration, asserting that the war
declaration should have closed the
mouth and stopped the pen of every
one against the governmeni
Sharpe To Inspect Army Cantonments
Washington.—Maj. Gen. Henry C.
Sharpe, quartermaster general of the
army, is soon to make an inspection
trip which will take him to Camps
Jackson, Wheeler, Greene and Gordon,
and elsewhere after these places are
visited. He will be accompanied by
Capt. Charle B. • Daly, military store
keeper. quartermaster corps, and sev
eral clerks.
Bandits Hold Up Train; Get SIO,OOO
Dyersburg, Tenn. —A passenger train
on the Chicago, Memphis and Gulf
railroad was held up at Miston, Tenn.,
about ten miles north of this cHy.
The safe in the express car was open
ed and the robbers secured between
SIO,OOO and $12,000 and escaped. When
the train stopped at Miston for water
the two bandits, white men, boarded
it. The robbers bound and gagged and
took the key away from William
Chamblin, the express messenger, af
ter he bad been roughly handled,
i ooened and robbed the safe>
the IhlHw
IRWINTON. WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1917.
RUSSIANS DISCUSS
PEACE MOVEMENT
RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT OPENS IN
PETROGRAD IN MOST MO
MENTOUS SESSION
DESIRE A PEACE BY RIGHT
Premier Kerensky Says That Slav Na
tion Will Never Bow
To Force
Petrograd.—Premier Kerensky, on
opening the Russian parliament in the
Marinsky palace, made a ringing
speech, in which he said:
“Russia wants peace by right, but
we never will bow to force.”
This declaration was warmly ap
plauded by members of all political
factions. The premier, who has just
recovered from his recent illness and
was slightly pale, confined his address
largely to an explanation of the mili
tary situation and a declaration as to
the necessity of saving the country.
He said:
“We must fight only to save the
country.”
Many members, including some of
the leading Constitutional Democrats,
were absent. Boxes for the American
and other entente allied ambassadors
were reserved at the left.
Premier Kerensky paid an enthusi
astic tribute to the valor of the Rus
sian sailors, but said he could not say
as much for Russia*** troops on land.
The Russian peace program, as
drawn up by the central executive
committee of the council of work
men’s and soldiers’ delegates in the
form of instructions to M. Skobeleff,
ex-minister of labor, its delegates to
the Paris conference, consists of fif
teen articles covering the whole
ground from Panama to Persia. Arti
cle XI demands the “neutralization” of
| the Panama canal, and Article IX call.
for restitution of all cdlbnies to Ger-,
. many. ,
AMERICAN SURVIVORS
ARE LANDED AT
A FRENCH PORT
Men Os Sunken Antilles Cared For By
American Consulate—Many Killed
While In Their Berths
A French Port. —Survivors of the
United States transport Antilles, sunk
by a German submarine, while being
convoyed on her homeward trip by
United States warships, landed here
by auxiliary vessels, and are being
cared for by the American consulate.
Some of the men have been lodged in
local, hotels and a few have left for
Paris.
The torpedo struck the ship at a
quarter of seven o'clock in the morn
ing. Many of those on board were kill
ed in their berths, while others were
dressing. The explosion killed the en
gineers, oilers and mechanics and
those of the crew who were in the
bunks below.
All the survivors praise the captain
of the Antilles' and the members of the
gun crew, who stuck to their posts
while the officers searched with field
glasses for the submarine until the
waves closed over the ship.
U. S. SENATOR HUSTING
KILLED BY HIS BROTHER
WHILE HUNTING DUCKS
Milwaukee, Wis. —United States Sen
ator Paul O. Husting of Wisconsin
died at a farm house near Rush Lake,
Wis., as the results of wounds acci
dentally inflicted upon him with a shot
gun by his brother. Gustave, while out
hunting ducks.
Senator Husting recently returned
to his home at Maryville, after the
close of the extra session of congress.
■ where he was one of the leading sup
porters of the administration's war
program.
With his brother, he had gone on a
bunting expedition to Rush Lake, and
the two were in a boat when the acci
dent occurred. He had sighted a flock
of ducks, and called for his brother to
fire, and at the discharge of the shot
gun he rose slightly, receiving the full
charge of the gun in his back. He was
rushed to the farm house, where all
efforts to save his life were unavail
ing.
Five Zeppelins Are Brought To Earth
New York. —Germany suffered little
less than a disaster in the air. Oc
tober 20. when four, and probably
five. Zeppelin airships, believed to be
returning from a raid on England, were
brought down in French territory by
airplane and anti-aircraft guntire. The
story of Germany's reverse in the air
began with the account of a raid on
England, in which the bombs the Zep
pelins dropped killed twenty-seven and
injured fifty-three people. Reports,
however, were received of Zeppelins
being brought down in France.
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