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VOLUME VII.
TEUTONS BREAK
TAGLIAMENTO LINE
RAIDING OPERATIONS REPORTED
ON THE ANGLO-FRENCH
FRONT
ITALIANS MAKE FINAL STAND
Teutons Operating Against The Ital
ians Are Rushing Pell Mell
Over The Romans
New Yonk. —The • Austro-German
forces operating against the Italians
along the Tagliamento river from the
region of the Carnic Alps southward
to the Adriatic sea are proving a se
rious menace.
The invaders of Venetia have driven
their way across the river at Pinzano
and are proceeding westward, while
to the north on the Italian left wing
intensive operations are being carried
out by the Teutonic allies, the two
maneuvers probably having as their
objective the cutting off of the entire
wing of General Cadorna’s army.
The Berlin war office in its an
nouncement of the fording of the river
says 6,000 Italians were made prisoner
and that an additional number of guns
also were taken. The Italian official
communication makes only brief men
tion of the operation, merely assert
ing that the enemy succeeded in bring
ing some of his forces to the right
flank of the stream.
There is no indication as yet wheth
er it is the intention of General Ca
dorna to endeavor to maintain the
Tagliamento line, but it is not improb
able that his stand here is a tempo
rary one while positions of greater
strength are being prepared in the
rear.
Never since the retreat from the Ison
zo front began has there been any
official statement concerning the spot
chosen by Cadorna for turning about
against the enemy, but some military
observers have considered that, with
his large losses in men and guns dur
ing the retrograde movement, he would
merely elect to stand along the Tag
liamento and retard the enemy until
better arrangements, including rein
forcements in men and guns, could be
provided further back westward.
The British and French troops in
Flanders continue to carry out raiding
operations successfully tagainst the
Germans and to bombard heavily the
enemy positions at various points.
U. S. AND JAPAN HAVE
SIGNED CHINA AGREEMENT
Japan’s Special Interest In China Rec
ognized, But Policy Os Open
Door Reaffirmed
Pekin.—Baron Gonzuke Hayashi,
Japanese minister to China, informed
the Chinese foreign office that Vis
- count Kikupiro Ishii, head of the Jap
anese mission in the United States,
and Secretary of State Lansing sign
ed an agreement November 1 by which
the United States recognizes Japan’s
special interests in China and under
which Japan and the United States re
affirm the open door policy in China.
No Statement By Secretary Lansing
Washington.—Secretary Lansing de
clines to authorize any statement for
publication concerning the news from
Pekin that the Japanese minister had
informed the Chinese foreign office of
the signing of an agreement by the
secretary and Viscount Ishii respecting
China. It is known that the Chinese
question was discussed at the confer
ences between the Japanese mission
and the state department, but there
has been no announcement on the
subject.
Suspect Found Hiding On Troop Ship
New York.—With the arrest of a man
caught hiding in the crow’s nest of a
United States troop ship, formerly a
German liner, a thorough search of
the vessel was begun to determine
•whether any of its machinery had been
damaged. The identity of the man
has not been indulged, but officials
fear that he may have tampered with
the machinery or wireless. The man
was examined by federal officials in
an effort to discover his intentions.
Fighting Renewed in 8. W. Russia
Petrograd.—A renewal of fighting ac
tivity is reported on the southwestern
front.
SUPREME COURT DECLARES
SEGREGATION LAW ILLEGAL
Washington—Compulsory separa
tion of the negro and white races in
residential districts is a violation of
the Consfitution, the Supreme court
held, in an unanimous opinion declar
ing invalid the Louisville, Ky., segre
gation ordinance. The measure, which
prohibited persons of either race mov
ing into blocks in which a majority
of residents were of the opposite color,
is similar to ordinances now in effect
in many Southern cities.
NUMBER 2.
MANY U-BOATS ARE SUNK
During Last Three Months Germany
Lost As Many U-Boats As
In Year 1916
London. —Sir Eric Geddes, who re
cently succeeded Sir Edward Carson
as first lord of the admiralty, made his
first address in parliament, and gave
some interesting and anxiously await
ed figures on the work of the navy and
shipping in general.
His declaration that between forty
and fifty per cent of the German sub
marines operating in the North sea, the
Atlantic and the Arctic oceans, had
been sunk was not the least interest
ing of his announcements, and there
was an indication of the unceasing war
the British and American patrols were
making on the submarine in his state
ment that during the last quarter the
enemy had lost as many submarines
as during the whole of 1916.
The first lord, speaking directly of
his department, said that, in addition
to an increase in the personnel, the
services of younger officers had been
requisitioned, to add strength to the
experience of she older officers on the
naval staff.
Referring to the question of pub
lishing the tonnage of British mer
chantmen lost through submarines, he
said he had made a most careful in
vestigation and had approached the
subject with the idea that it was de
sirable and it ought to be possible to
give the public figures, because, he
added, “it is hardly conceivable that
the enemy does not know what he is
sinking.
He regretted to say, however, that
he had not found it possible to arrive
at any form of publication which would
not convey most valuable information
to the enemy, which he did not now
possess, if information were given in
regular sequence for specific periods.
RICH GERMAN PRODUCTS
ARE COMING TO AMERICA
Goods Held At Rotterdam Permitted
To Be Brought To The
- United States
Washington.—Approximately four
million dollars' worth of German prod
ucts, piled up on the wharves at Rot
terdam, will be permitted to move to
America. The state department has
secured from the British foreign office
permission to ship merchandise con
signed to American importers and paid
for prior to the entrance of the United
States into the war.
The shipments that have been pre
vented from leaving Rotterdam by an
order-in-council of the British govern
ment, include consignments to 128
American merchants. It was that order
that prohibited the movement of ene
my-made goods. Appeals were made
to the state department and, until re
cently, the question of the detention of
these shipments have been one of
much correspondence.
The lot now released is of a miscel
laneous character, embracing articles
from fabrics to Christmas toys. A
large part of the articles merchants
are anxious to get across in time for
the holiday trade.
National Capital In Dry Column Now
Washington.—Washington went dry
with a wildly hilarious celebration in
which Hallowe’en merrymakers con
tributed most of the noise. Some sa
loons had closed their doors during the
day and many others, including the
bars of several leading hotels, closed
long before twelve o’clock, the hour
fixed by the law passed by congress
last winter. The law forbids the man
ufacture, sale or giving away of intox
icating liquor in the District of Co
lumbia. It also prohibits drinking in
public places, but does not interfere
with the bringing in of liquor for per
sonal use.
15,000 Wounded Men For U. S. Colony
Rome. —The American colony is par
ticipating in the arrangements now
being made in Rome to receive 15,000
wounded, and plans are under way to
establish hospitals in the buildings
of the American academy. Gorham
Phillips Stevens, director of the fine
arts department of the academy, has
cabled the trustees for permission.
Marie Van Vorst is making the ar
rangements for the nursing depart
ment. King Victor Emmanuel has
signified Italian appreciation of the
work of the American relief commit
tee.
U. 8. Senator* Watch London Air Raid
London. — United States Senators
William S. Kenyon of lowa and John
B. Kendridk of Wyoming have passed
through their second air raid experi
ence in London. On the first occasion
they were attending a dinner given at
the Athenaeum club by the lord high
chancellor in honor of the visiting con
gressmen. and the next time they were
alseep in their suite on the top floor of
a substantial seven-story hotel when
they were awakened by the coming of
the Germans and the consequent bom
bardment.
She IwlMin
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IRWINTON, WILKINSON COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1917.
GERMANS STORM
AMERICAN TRENCH
GERMANS RUSHED AMERICAN
TROOPS BEFORE DAYLIGHT,
CAPTURING TWELVE
THREE KILLeFs WOUNDED
General Pershing Says Americans
Were Cut Off From Main Body
By German Artillery
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+ On America's Roll Os Honor. 4
* +
+ Washington—The first casu- +
+ alty list as a result of land fight- 4
+ ing between Americans and Ger- 4
+ mans in France came back to 4
+ the homes and hearts of this 4
4 country. 4
+ The war department gave out +
4 the honor roll of those who 4
4 died, were wounded and are 4
♦ missing as a result of a sud- 4
+ den thrust into an American 4
4 training salient by the Ger- 4
4 mans, November 3. The list 4
+ follows: 4
+ The Dead: Private Thomas 4
+ F. Enright, Pittsburg, Pa.; Pri- 4
+ vate James B. Gresham, Ev»- 4
4 ansville, Ind.; Private Merle D. 4
+ Hay, Glidden, lowa. 4
+ Wounded: Private John J. 4
+ Smith, Ludington, Mich.; Pri- 4
+ vate Charles J. Hopkins, Stan- 4
4 ton, Texas; Private George L. 4
4 Box, Altus, Okla.; Private Ho- 4
4 mer Givens, Cloverdale, Ala.; 4
4 Private Charles L. Odd, Lyons, 4
4 Kans. 4
4 Captured or Missing: Ser- 4
4 geant Edgar M. Halyburton, 4
4 Stony Point, N. C.; Corporal 4
4 Nicholas L. Mulhall, Jersey 4
4 City, N. J.; Corporal Edwin S. 4
4 Haines, Woodward, Okla.; Pri- 4
4 vate Herchel Godfrey, Chicago, 4
4 Ill.; Private Vernon M. Ken- 4
4 dall. Roll, Okla.; Private Wil- 4
4 liam Grigsby, Louisville, Ky.; 4
4 Private Daniel B. Gallagher, 4
4 Blocton, Ala.; Private John P. 4
4 Lester, Tutwiler, Miss.: Private 4
4 Harry Langhman, Chicago, III.; 4
4 Private Dewey D. Kern, Col- 4
4 lins, Iowa; Private Kec- 4
4 kon, cannot be identified. 4
4 4
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Washington.—Advancing under pro
tection of a heavy barrage fire, a Ger
man raiding party before daylight on
November 3 stormed a trench held by
American infantry, killing three,
wounding five and capturing twelve,
according to dispatches from General
Pershing received by the war depart
ment.
American infantry were in occupa
tion of a small salient for instruction
when cut off from the main body by
heavy bombardment of German artil
lery. General Pershing reports the
capture of one prisoner.
The official statement issued by the
war department follows:
“The war department has re
ceived a dispatch from the com
manding general of the American
expeditionary forces which stated
that before daylight, November 3,
a salient occupied for instruction
by a company of American infan
try was raided by Germans. The
enemy put down a heavy barrage
fire, cutting off the salient from
the rest of the men. Our losses
were three killed, five wounded
and twelve captured or missing.
The enemy's losses are not known.
One wounded German was taken
prisoner.”
11 GERMAN ARMED SHIPS
DESTROYED BY BRITISH
IN NORTH SEA BATTLE
London.—The admiralty announces
that certain British forces have been
engaged in the Cattegat, an arm of
the North sea between Sweden and
Denmark, and the prisoners are being
brought in.
An official statement issued by the
admiralty says that ten armed patrol
crafts, in addition to a German auxil
iary cruiser which was equipped with
six-inch guns, were destroyed.
Thirty men on the German auxiliary
cruiser Marie of Flensburg were killed
MANY LIVES LOST IN
SALVATION ARMY MISSION
Paterson. N. J. —Eighteen bodies
were taken from the ruins of the Sal
. vat ion Army rescue mission in this
city, which was destroyed by fire. Ten
men were taken to hospitals with
probably mortal injuries and many
others were less seriously hull in
leaping from windows. Identification
of all the dead will be impossible, as
the records of the institution were de
stroyed. There were 85 men asleep
in the mission when the fire started.
GERMANS RETREAT ON AISNE
Points Along The Chemin-Des Dames
Sector Have Been Abandoned
By Central Powers
New York. —The Germans have re
treated from points along the historic
Chemin-des-Dames sector on the Aisne
front in France, where for several
months the French troops of General
Petain had been keeping them sharp
ly to task.
Just where the retrograde movement
took place and how far it extends can
not yet be told, as the German official
communication announcing it merely
says that the Teutons “unnoticed and
undisturbed by the enemy” systemati
cally withdrew their lines from the
' hilly front, in this region. The entire
line to the north of the Aisne, where
' the Germans were last reported as
1 facing the French, is undulating in •
1 character from the Soissons sector
' eastward to the vicinity of Craonne, '
1 and therefore it is impossible, from ;
1 the rather trse acknowledgement of’
1 withdrawal, to determine the terrain
1 which has been given up.
' Nevertheless it seems apparent that
’ the Germans, tired of the terrible or
-1 deal they had been forced to undergo
■ for some time from the French artil
’ lery and violent infantry attacks, have
1 decided to fall back upon the Laon,
■ capital of the department of the Aisne.
' which, with its network of railways,
• has been the quest of the French. It
■ is possible, and seemingly probable,
1 tnat the withdrawal of the Germans
• will compel also the falling back of
• the German forces in the turn of the
• battle line in this region running to
■ the north toward St. Quentin, if in
■ deed, it does not affect the German
■ positions as far north as Arras.
■ SMALL SACKS OF FLOUR
ARE TO BE ELIMINATED
I ■
' Nothing Smaller Than One-Eighth Os
Barrel After First Os
, December
' New York. —The milling division of
’ the United States food administration
announces here that effective immedi
' ately, all direct trading by American
millers, exporters and blenders of
’ flour with European countries is pro
hibited. This business will be han
dled hereafter only by the food ad
’ ministration.
The new regulations were made, it
was stated, “to effect proper control
and to centralize the handling of ex
' I ports of flour to European neutrals”
' and in order to “protect the interest of
I consumers who have necessarily had
to pay a relatively high price for flour
purchased in very small packages."
It also was announced that effective
December 1 all flour millers operating
under agreement with the federal food
administration “will not be permitted
to sell flour in packages of other than
one-eighth, one-qaurter and one-half
barrel or larger, and from January 1,
1918, no miller will be permitted to
ship flour in packages other than these
1 described.”
"It is anticipated," a statement said,
“that the elimination of the small
sacks may temporarily disturb estab
lished grade customs, but it is believed
that in districts of congested popula
tion the retailer will meet the situa
tion to some extent by the sale of flour
from bulk packages in the grocers’
sacks.”
Another reason given for the order
was “to insure such quantities of
flour moving to those countries as
may be necessary to meet the maxi
mum gs determined requirement."
"Sales will be made by the milling
division," the statement adds, “for ac
count of the food administration grain
corporation, through which all busi
ness will be handled. The flour will
be delivered in plain sacks, with iden
tifying marks, but without any mill
brand appearing on packages. Orders
for flour from European neutral coun
tries will be apportioned among Amer
ican millers."
—
Premier Venizelos In Italian Capital ■
Washington. —Premier Venizelos of 1
Greece, who arrived in Rome recently, I
accompanied by a number of Greek of- :
ficials and deputies, and the British ;
naval attache at Athens, Captain Tal
bot, will extend his visit to other on
tente countries. According to cable-!
grams received here, his purpose is to I
secure material for the equipment of
the Greek army before actual mobili
zation is completed.
Aged Male And Female Pickpocket*
New York —A woman 77 years old
and a man, 84. were caught in the po
lice dragnet for pickpockets, both be
ing old offenders, it is alleged. Mrs.
Madeline Zinslee, feeble and barely
able to make her way about, was ar
rested in a large department store
while trying to open another woman's
handbag. Joseph Jones. 84, was ar
rested on an elevated train when a
fellow passenger accused the old man
of trying to pick his pocket. He serv
ed his first term in prison in 1877,
detectives say.
U. S. WARSHIP IS
SUNK BY U-BUAT
ALCEDO TORPEDOED WHILE PA
TROLLING WAR ZONE
WATERS
TWENTY-ONE MEN ARE LOST
Vessel Carried Crew Os Seven Offi
cers And Eighty-Five Men—Sank
In Four Minutes After Struck
Washington.—The American patrol
' boat Alcedo was torpedoed and sunk
i by a German submarine in the war
: zone early in the morning of Novem
। ber 5 and one officer and twenty en
; listed men are missing. The Alcedo,
I a converted yacht, carried a crew cf
| seven officers and eighty-five men.
। The navy department announces
the disaster in this statement:
“The navy department has been
advised by Vice Admiral Sims that
at 1:30 a. m. t November 5, the
American patrol boat Alcedo, a
converted yacht, was torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine
in the war zone. One officer and
twenty men are missing. The
ship sank in four minutes after
being struck. Several vessels
were searching for possible sur
vivors at the time the report was
made. The Alcedo carried a crew
of seven officers and 85 men.”
The Alcedo is the first American war
vessel to go down in the war. The
destroyer Cassin, on patrol duty, was
torpedoed recently, but she made port
safely with the loss of one man.
No details of the engagement were
given in the brief dispatch announc
ing the yacht’s loss.
JUDGE HYLAN WINS MAYOR’S
RACE IN NEW YORK CITY
Great Vote Cast For Hiiquit, Socialist
Candidate, Feature Os New
York Election
New York.—The outstanding fea
ture of the elections in the United
States was the apparently assured vic
tory for woman suffrage in New York
state by a majority of approximately
40,000. While the suffragists were
winning in the east, early returns
from Ohio indicated defeat for them
in that state.
Two states—Ohio and New Mexico
—voted on prohibition. Incomplete re
turns from Ohio showed that the con
test in that state was very close. The
prohibitionists' evidently had carried
New Mexico.
The entire Republican state ticket
headed by Gov. Samuel W. McCall won
an overwhelming victory in Massa
chusetts, while the Democratic state
ticket headed by Westmoreland Davis
for governor was successful in Vir
ginia.
Interest in the municipal elections
centered upon New York, where John
F. Hylan (Dem.) defeated Mayor John
P. Mitchel, candidate for re-election,
by a plurality of more than 140,000.
The entire Tammany city ticket also
was elected.
The Socialist votes showed a gain
of more than 400 per cent over that
cast in the municipal campaign four
years ago.
The bi-partisan judicial ticket in
Chicago defeated by a plurality esti
mated at 80,000, Socialist candidates
standing on an anti-war platform.
NOTABLE ADVANCE MADE
BY GEN. HAIG S TROOPS
The British forces in Belgium have
won another notable victory over the
Germans in the region of Ypres, hav
ing captured in one of their intrepid
dashes, after a rain of shells of all
calibers, the town of Passchenuaele.
1 about five miles of Roulers. The new
‘ advance of the British throws the
> apex of their salient in dangerous
' proximity to Roulers. the fall of which
j would cut Germany's communication
' from her submarine bases at Ostend
■ and Zeebrugge with the south.
—
British Casualties 21,391 For Week
. London. —British casualties reported
■ during the week totaled 21,891 officers
' and men as follows: Killed or died of
wounds: officers 241: men 4,976.
Wounded or missing: officers 813: men
15.861.
Has Autocracy Been Overthrown?
Berlin.—“ While the troops of the
central powers were forcing their way
across the Tagliamento. Germany at
home quietly crossed the political ru
bicon and in the space of five days
changed from an autocracy into a
democracy,” declared Mathias Erzber
ger, leader of the Centrist party, in
an interview. “This has been the most
momentous week since the foundation
of the empire," said Herr Erzberger,
in a recital of the incidents leading to
the solution of the recent political cri
sis.
81.00 A YEAR
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Savannah. —Rev. J. Taylor, astor of
the First Baptist church, announces
that he will tender his resignation, ef
fective at once. His resignation was
called for at a recent meeting of the
members of the church because of his
attitude as a pacifist.
Macon. —With a view to combatting
the high cost of living, a movement
has been launched here f#r the estab
lishment of a parcel post motor serv
ice within a radius of 50 to 100 miles
of Macon, thereby placing the farmers,
gardeners and consumers in close
touch with each other.
Augusta.—The twenty-first state
convention of the Georgia Federation
of Woman’s Chibs met in session at
St. John’s Methodist church, opening
addresses being made by Mrs. Josiah
Evans Cowles, of Los Angeles, Cal.,
national president of • the Woman's
Clubs of America, and Mrs. Nellie Pe
ters Black, of Atlanta, state presi
dent.
Atlanta. —The food suggestions of
Herbert Hoover arfe now in reality
food commands, according to William
R. Seeker, federal food administrator
for Georgia, in a statement given out
by him. He points out that the fami
lies siging pledge cards, as well as the
hotels and restaurants, will “be oblig
ed to observe a ’meatless Tuesday’
and a ‘wheatless Wednesday.' "
Thomasville. —The presence of 141
cases of whisky in the depot here ex
cited a good deal of comment. It was
consigned to Jacksonville, and could
not be interfered with. It seemed rather
odd to every one that liquor should
be going to instead of coming from
Jacksonville, until some one offered the
explanation that it was probably sent
from Washington city, as the national
capital is now in the dry list.
Thomasville. —The boll weevil scare
does not seem to have had any effect
in scaring settlers from Thomas coun
ty, as never were farm lands more in
demand than they are here this fall.
Not only are lands in demand, but
the prices paid are higher than they
were before the advent of the boll
weevil. Farms that were bought by
parties here a year ago have been sold
for double.
Albany.—One of the largest crops
of persimmons this section has known
in years is reported by chose who have
had occasion to make excursions into
the woods this fall. The 'simmon
trees are loaded down with the fruit,
and the possums are waxing fat on
this, their favorite food. As a conse
quence, possum hunters are in luck
and many an appetizing possum sup
per has resulted.
Athens. —The contract has been let
for the Shoal creek project for $14,000
for the earth work, and a price per
yard for stone excavation. An Atlanta
firm secured the contract. The Beaver
: Dam drainage project will be let in a
j few days. These two projects will
j mean an outlay of more than 830,000
1 and will reclaim several thousand
i acres of rich creek bottoms, conserve
j the health of the section and increase
the corn yield, it is estimated, the first
year by more than eighty thousand
i bushels.
Waycross -Alex K. Sessoms, presi
dent of the Georgia Land Owners’ as
sociation. who is breeding and fatten
ing cattle near Waycross on native
pastures supplemented by home pro
duced silage, declares that next to
tick eradication, which is making rap
id progress in the state, the question
of the cheapest forage for permanent
pastures is the most vital one con
fronting stock raisers in Georgia today.
During the last three months over
5,000 cows of improved breeds have
been shipped from Texas to south
Georgia farms, and now in order to ob
tain the best results and greatest prof
its a maximum of cheap pasture and a
minimum of expensive hand grown
crops must be determined.
Macon.—Jackson county is the win
ner of the first prize for the best
county agricultural display at the
Georgia State Fair this year, this be
ing the second time in three years
that Jackson has carried off the pre
mier honors of the fair. Incidentally,
in addition to the honor. Jackson gets
$1,006. Worth county, which won third •
place last year, gets second prize and
SBOO this year. The other counties
finished in the following order: Pike, j
third, $600; Houston, ofurth, S4OO ;
Carroll, fifth, $200; Washington, sixth,
$175; Walton, seventh, $175; Monroe,
eighth, $150; Butts, ninth, $l5O. Hon
orable mention and SIOO each were
given to the following counties: Ra
bun? Laurens, Stewart, Irwin and
Dougherty. For individual agricultu
ral exhibits, F. G. Varnn, of Twiggs
county, won the first prixe of $200; '
A. M. Hartley, of Washington county,
second prize, while Mrs. W. W. Monk
wo nthe third prize. F. G. Varnn, who
won the first prize for the best indi
vidual display, raised 176 products on
his farm this year, including 100 bale*
of cotton and forty cars of watermel
ons'. _ <
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