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COST OF POLICE TOO HIGH, SAYS THOMSON
THE WEATHER
Forecast: Fair and warmer Thursday
night and Friday.
Temperatures: 6 a. m., 35; 8 a. m., 42;
10a. m., 45; 12 noon, 49; 1 p. m, 52; 2 p. m,,
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Sun rises, 5:44; sun sets, 5:48.
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A striking crommentary on the efli
ciency of Atlanta's police department
was given Thursday in a statement
by Alderman Albert Thomson on the
excessive cost of Atlanta’s police
force, as compared with other cities
in this country in Atlanta‘s class. He
sald:
“The average proportion of the in
come of American cities with popula
tions ranging from 100,000 to 300,000
persons devoted to police purposes is
10.77 per cent. The proportion of At
lanta’s income spent on police is 14.20
per cent
The average tax per capita of the
40 cities is $1.45. Atlanta’'s is $1.64
More Men Not Needed.
“We don't need any more police
men.
Moreover, next year Council fould
be practically certain to put thesé men
on the minimum pay of regular po
licemen, which is S7O per month. That
would mean an addition of $20,000 a
yvear to our payrolls,
“The proposal emphasizes the point
recently made by Mayor . Woodward,
that at our present rate of increases
our payrolls would exceed our income
within two years.’
Alderman Thomson's attack on the
efficiency of the police department is
unusually significant, in that he has
been in sympathy with the supporters
of Chief Beavers.
Figures From U. S. Census.
A few days ago he declared that a
lack of discipline was the cause of the
inability of the police to cope with the
criminal element in Atlanta and that
C'hief Beavers and his backers were
wrong in ~lacing the trouble on a lack
of men.
Alderman Thomson has not secured
full data on the subject, but it is the
general impression that Atlanta se
cures the scrvices of more policemen
for the amount of money spe-' than
most cities. In most Eastern cities
the salaries per man range higher
than in Atlanta,
His figures on the average cost are
indisputable. They are * - re
ports recently received by him from
the United States Census Bureau.
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U. 8. Ultimatum to
Prinz Eitel Planned
WASHINGTON, March 18.—Unless
the captain of the German cruiser
Prinz Eitel Friedrich makes a definite
statement to this Government within
a few hours regarding the repairs
necessary for hig ship, the State De
partment will send him an ultimatum
demanding that he specify the exact
time desired for repairs or depart
with his ship within 24 hours. This
statement was made to-day by a high
Government official who has been in
‘lose touch with the case since the
Eitel’'s arrival in Newport News.
“The Government,” this official
stated, “has tired of the dilatory tac
tics practiced in connection with the
request for repairs.”
Candler to Have Say
About Style of Bonds
Asa Candler, purchaser of the State’'s
$3,525.000 bond issue, will have oppor=-
tunity to express his particlular tastes
and preferences in the matter of lith
ographing and engraving. Governor Sla
ton will consult him on this feature
when the bonds are ordered engraved.
“It is only a matter of courtesy that
the man who buys the entire issue
should be given opportunity to say
something of the physical appearance
and durability of his purchase,’”’ ex
plained the Governor.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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he AT HAVANA,
RST--Five furlongs: Mortgy o
(Collins). 6,2, even. won; Dir. el%
(Ural), 3, -.-g. 710, second: Frnl\[‘nr,
;,“n‘;‘;"-s"‘:- 7“5. ;-!0. third, Time,
N evesta, Free Wi '
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SECOND—Five furlon *
oR T T, M Pt
ry Seed, 113 (Waldron). 5-2, even, 1-2
second: Idiola, 102 (Connolly), 10 4, 2.
”‘_"d- Time, 1:10 4-5 Unity, Please
:\.;llfx. Dovie, Black Chief, L'Alglon also
THIRD - Mile: Racv, 1M (Drever) £.%
1-2, 1-4. won; Fiask. 100 (Fits), 8.2
7-5. 1-%, second: Mike Cohen. 102 (Mi)-
ler), 15, 6,3, third. Time, 1:56. Barn
Dance, Apiaster. Volthorpe also ran
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ENTRIES, |
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST . Salling, { vears nn 5 farlongs:
Fila IM, Nmeen Maeve W& Admiral's
Daughter 102, Angtr! 108 Vayn 19§, Ceaos
108, Sly Sal 116, xComnton 114 Sphir.
wacond 110, xOttas Pride 110 Zuln 112,
Ruby Sun 'l2 Van Horn 112, E 4 G. 112,
Geo. Oxrard 115 ‘
SRECOND-Thron venrs & furlonge:
xVests 42 Emiling Mar %% xLittle Ahe
84 xHel'en Ravbhonld 18 Teunlane 19°
*R A Jonex M 2 Cana 0% xMake Cond
107, Tower 07, Spvder'e Rest 107, Yes
tersun 107, Ida Pinack 112
THIRD - Selling. 4 vears nn, 54 for.
longs: yßpmmerhill 1801 Waregnd 145
xZannteck 105 xWathryvne Raherts 105
Virgiria & 108, Ha Pennv 108 Gresns
Rrae 108, Amazemant ‘A% Nagemasy 114
Zia 110. Corrapeht 1% Regarde 1%
Dr. 8. P. Taft 112, Noble Grande 112,
Commendation 112,
FOURTH -Kallir” 3 vears un wmila;
v Aswan % xAss Herndeon %4 Twilight |
07 xWaverine 10 Cal MaNaneall 10° |
wArt Rick 104 yCansna 10° Valady I
108, »Cordie F. 105, Tony Koch "05 |
FIFPTH ~Salline, % years un. 54 fur
langs: xCarria Orme R xßens Rrothaer
o xßoewe Ring 1M Panhachapl 107
xGemmell 107, xlndge Cheans 10T, Tark.
raes 108, Rob Lynch 110 Quid Nuype 1160,
Dae'ris 110 Ben Lavy 110 Kenreth 110 |
Peida of Lismore 110, xOrimar Lad 110,
Nifty 112, |
SIXTH Selline, 4 ve yn, mi! .
xClopd Chénr—van- v%t, w.!f."
leen S. 102 Rev 105 ¥Hage' C 105,
xFlotanee Kripn 105, xßriton 147 xan
:,—M‘;:h Polls 108, Ancestors 108, Spin
‘!Appnnfloe allowance,
Weather, clear: track, fast
Soldier, A '
nldier, Arresting
D Shoots in
- Deserter, Shonts 1n
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Crowd; Both Held
NEW YORK. March 18 —Crowded
Broadway at Thirty-eighth street was
thrown into wild turmolil this afternoon
when Sergeant Henry Wettingfeld. of
the coast artillery, Governor's Island,
opened fire on Joseph Fleischmann, an
alleged army deserter Wettingfeld was
trying to take to the guardhouse.
Fleischmann was arrested by the po
lice and Wettingfeld was sent to get
him. On the way through Thirty-eighth
street Fleischmann jerked away and
ran. With no thought of the great
crowds all about, Wettingfeld drew his
pistol and fired four shots. The first
brought down George Boderas, a blind
peddler . Another shot grazed the head
of Fleischmann. Fleischmann was re
captured and both soldiers were locked
up by the police.
6,178 British Dead
16,178 British Dead,
Report in Germany
~ BERLIN, March 18 —lnformation
given out to-day by the Overseas
News Awgency, and attributed to The
London Daily Citizen, enumerates 848
officers and 15,330 privates in a par
‘tial list of British dead. The table
follows:
Artillery losses, 234 officers, 2,772
‘men; Ninth Lancers, 31 officers, 289
'men; Coldstream Guards, 122 officers,
2,688 men; Scots Guards, 69 officers,
11.868 men: Grenadier Guards, 74 of
ficers, 1,080 men; one battalion of
Irish Guards, 51 officers, 809 men;
‘Kinn's Royal Rifles (four battalions of
regulars and two battalions of re
‘serves). 112 officers, 2,198 men; Gor
}don Highlanders, 80 officers, 1,803
‘men; Black Watch (two battalions of
iregulars and one of reserves), 75 offi
cers, 1,228 men. These are only fa
‘'mous regiments, and represent only a
'small part of the British army on the
continent,
World Watches Fight
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In France,SaysKaiser
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‘Specul Cable to The Atlanta Georglan.
. AMSTERDAM, March 18 —"The
eyes of the whole world are upon the
fighting in Champagne,” declared Em
peror William in a speech to the Thir
ty-eighth German Reserves. “The en
emy in Champagne is increasing his
forces all the time in an effort to
‘bring about a decisive engagement but
‘the Germans, by their bravery, have
'made this impossible so far, and they
will continue to do so until peace is
obtained.”’
VOL. XIIII. NO. 1988
B RLIN REPORTS TRIBESMEN AT WAR
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~\ss.-dm\nn are confident that the
:u.l'o- of the $75,000 stock in the asso
lu“lmn will be much easier than had
been anticipated as a result of a
lu‘uunnx trip made ethrough the retail
district Thursday, when SIBOOO of
stock was sold in a matter of minutes.
- he comnteNßglt made (MBS
canvass was composed of Ivan E. Al
’l»n. chairman of the canvassing com
mittee;: Mell R. Wilkinson, president
of the Chamber of Commerce and
head of the fair association; Walter
G. Cooper, secretary of the Chamber
!nf Commerce, and Preston 8. Ark
! wright, one of the original promoters
| of the ramr.
Mr. Wilkinson started the ball
rolling by purchasing $5,000 worth of
stock. His colleagues regarded .this
as an act of unusual patriotism in
that Mr. Wilkinson's business is all
out of the city. His company is the
Asheraft-Wilkinson Company, dealers
in fertilizers, and the only personal
benefits that would come to then
from the fair would be from educa
tion along agricultural lines.
Big Stores Liberal.
What the fair will mean in direct
returns to Atlanta is shown in thee
subscriptions to stock by come o: the
leading merchants
The Davison-Paxon-Stokes Compa
ny, the M. Rich Bros. Company, the
(‘hamberlin-Johnson-Dußose Compa
ny, the J. M. High Company and
the Keeley Company each subscribed
for $2,400 of stock.
J. P. Allen & Company took $1,200
worth.
The Imperial Fruit Companv
bought S3OO worth,
George Taylor, of the Southern
Railway, voluntarily sent in a sub
s ription for a SIOO share
The Retail Mefchants Association
has underwritten .$25,000 worth of
the stock, but the subscriptions of
| Thursday Indicate that this group of
Ibusint-ss men will take considerable
Imuw» than that amount.
| The payments on the stock are to
|Le made on exceedingly easy lerms
twenty-flve monthly installments be
ing allowed, This plan makes it as
easy for the small husiness man to
do his part as well as the big ones.
Pamphlets Boost Fair.
The association, through L. D.
Hicks, chairman of the commitiee on
publicity, Thursday issued a pamph
let on what the fair will mean to At
lanta. These pamphlets, which give
details of the plan of the project, are
to be distributed among prospective
purchasers of stick in the association.
The cover of the pamphlet bears
this statement by Asa G. Candler:
! “When a noble body like the At
lanta Chamber of Commerce, con
ducted, as I know, by men of high
character and noble purposes, has
launched a great enterprise like the
Southeastern Fair, it should have the
support of every good citizen, and we
should all do what we can to make it a
success. I have iooked into this mat
ter, and it will not be a Coney Island
affair, ‘hut a great enterprise which
means much for the upbuilding of the
city and the State.”
ATLANTA, GA. THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1915.
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Train Ditched
by Nut Boy
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ut on Rail
The cause of the derailment of
freight train No, 302 of the Georgia
Railroad late Wednesday afternoon
near Ingleside, two miles east of De
catur, which might have resulted in
the wreck of the Georgia Express had
the freight train been a few minutes
late, was learned Thursday at an in
vestigation at the scene of the wreck
by Trainmaster W. E. Mobley and
Special Agent Anderson They said
Thursday afternoon they had obtain
ed a confession from an S-vear-old
schoolboy of Scottdale that he placed
a large iron nut on the rall
The nut, according to Mr. Mobley,
was found under the engine which
jumped the track. It is believed the
obstruction was placed on the ral!
only a few minutes before the freight
was due to pass Ingleside
“] obtained a confession from ihf-l
boy who put the nut on the rall,” said
Mr. Mobley. “I do not know if the
youth did it out of malice, but it
wheuid certainly be brought to the at
tention of parents as a lesson not to
allow young chitdren to piay on the
railroad tracks or to go near them ex- |
cept whent it is absolutely necessary.”
Mrs. Hopkins’
rs. Hopßins
Chai ‘
airs Cost
ssooEach
Handsome and expensive articles of
furniture were carefuily itemized
Wednesday in a declaration filed
against Mrs. John R. Hopkins, wife of
Dr. John R. Hopkins, Atianta miliion
aire, by the Tiffany Studios, New
York, who have asked the court to
auction the Hopkins home at White
hall and Garnett streets, so that a
judgment can be directed in their fa
vor for a sum amounting to $lO,-
162.17. alleged to be due from Mrs.
Hopkins on furnishing bills.
The Tiffany Studios claim to have
delivered the furniture to Mrs. Hop
kins at the Hotel St. Regis, in New
York City
Here are just a few of the things
itemized, which gives an idea of the
enormous expense to which the Houp
kinses went in furnishing their home:
Two chairs, gilt side, SI,OOO.
One armchair, S9O.
Sofa, $1,405.
Gold-rinished lamp, $92.
Vase, SIOO.
One desk, Louis XVI style, $278.
Robert J. Mas
Dr. Robert J. Massey
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Dies at Age of 86
Dr., Robert J. Massey, 86, died
Thursday at the home, No. 346 North
Boulevard. The body was removed to
Patterson’s. The funeral will be held
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
Jackson Hill Baptist Church, of which
Dr. Massey was a member, and the
interment will be in Douglasville. Dr,
L. E. Barton, the pastor, will conduct
the services.
Dr. Massey is survived by his wife,
a daughter, Miss Catherine C. Mas
sey: a granddaughter, Miss Louise
Massey; three nephéws, G. 8. Prior,
Robert T. Prior and Captain Willlam
C, Massey.
Revival P 4
eviva uts; $45,000
In Sunday’s Pocket
PHILADELPHIA, March 18.—Only
four more days remain until the great
revival which Billy Sunday is con
ducting in Philadelphia will pass into
history,
Contributions continue to pour into
“Billy's” personal fund, and it was
announced to-day it had reached
nearly $45,000.
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LONDON, March 18.—Denmark, 1
Norway and Sweden have made
identical representations to the |
allied powers against the Anglo-
French policy of reprisals on Ger
man commerce, according to a
Reuter dispatch from Copenhagen.
WASHINGTON, March 18It was
President Wilson's move to-day in the
aiplomatic games between the United
States and the Allies resulting from
Great Britain's “blockade” controlling
“all passage to and from Germany
by sea.”
The publication of all the notes
exchanged by the Governments in
volved showed the United States 1o
be practically where it started in its
efforts to prevent interference with
the foreign trade of this country
This left only two courses open for
the Administration, in the opinion of
officials and diplomats—to accept *he
form of “blockade” adopted by Eng
jand and France, or make further
protest against it. The President, n
his recent talks with visitors, indicat
ed that this Government would make
another vigorous effort for free use
' of the seas, and the Administration’s
“\.\;mx‘ts are known to be gathering
'new material for the communication
‘:hm {s expected {2 Le sent across the
} Atlantic within a few days. So many
l'uwstinns are involved, it was pointed
out, that time will* be required to
‘smd_\' them
The announcement of the restriz
tion of the blockade against Germany
to BEuropean seas and the Caribbein
came as news to Washington official
dom, ard there were intimations ‘n
high quarterg that this was comfort
ing. The general impression In dip
lomatic circles, however, was that
‘the exchange of notes between the
' Governments thus far had served
only to make clear their attitudes and
provide a basis for damage claime
‘asz'llntt American shippers in the fu
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Great Britain and France ad.
mit that because of the change in
naval warfare wrought by the
submarine they are blockading
Germany by methods heretofore
unrecognized in international law.
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Counterbalancing this deviation
from precedent, say the Allies, is
the exemption of ships and car
’ou from absolute confiscation
for breach of blockzds, it being
intended that neutral shippers
shall suffer detention and possi
bly requisition, but not loss, of
goods bound to or from Germany.
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Blockading operations by the
Allies’ zruiser cordon will be con
fined to European waters, includ
ing the Mediterranean.
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Great Britain and France say
they have been constrained to
endeavor to starve out Germany
as an act of retaliation for Ger
man disregard of the rules of civ
ilized warfare.
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The stoppage of the .upply.oi
foodstuffs to the civil population
of Germany, they contend, is a
recognized consequence of block
ade, and is Lu-tmod as a measure
of warfare by all authorities, in
’ cluding Prince Bismarck “and
, Count Caprivi.
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empire of Germany as an army
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modify to some extent the use of
l mines and to agree to operate sub
marines in strict accordance with
the rules of visitation and search
of merchant vessels, provided the
British merchant marine ab
| stains from the use of neutral
flags to deceive.
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Germany says that neutral
! shipping would suffer less if neu
trals ceased to supply Great Brit
ain with munitions of war.
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{ reject the American proposal that
the supply of food to the non
combatant population of Germany
be allowed under American super
vision of distribution.
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‘Gov.HarrisDenies
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l FORSYTH, March 18.—Nat E, Har
|rls, of Macon, Governor-elect of Geor
gia, delivered an address in the audi-
I(nrium of Bessie Tift College here last
night as the fourth of the spring se
rles of lectures arranged by Dean
Eric W. Hardy, of the college.
Judge Harris' subject was “A Love
Ma‘ch in the East,” and he used the
Biblical story of Queen Esther as the
central theme.
| The Governor-elect denied that be
| cause he had made an address before
an anti-suffrage meeting he was op
posed to the ballot for women.
“For,” said Judge Harris, “if 1
should be convinced that the majority
of the white women of Georgia want
the ballot and a bill should be passed
by the Legislature submitting this
lquestion to the women of Georgia
{while I am Governor, I will sign it
{ willingly and gladly.”
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Figh d
Fight at Dardanelles
YSpeclal Cabie to The Atlanta Georglan.
| SOFIA, March 18.—It is reported
sfrnm Constantinople that the United
iStates Ambassador, Henry Morgen
{ thau, with the permission of the Turk
| ish general staff, has gone to the Dar-
Idanelles to vigit the scene of hostili
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Forts at Przemysl
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Speclal Cable to The Atlanta Georglan.
LONDON, March 18.-—A press as
sociation report from Petrograd says
that the outer forts at Przemysl have
fallen before the Russian attacks.
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By FREDERICK WERNER.
BERLIN. March 18.—All of Sudan has been wrested from
British control by Mohammedan tribesmen, many railroads, in
cluding the Cairo-Assuan line, have been destroyed, all the tele.
graph lines in lower and middle Egypt have been pulled down,
and many British soldiers have been killed in battles of which
the outside world knows nothing, according to an interview pub
lished in The Vossische Zeitung to-day.
The interview was obtained from a traveler who has just re
turned from Egypt. Senssi tribes, it was said, attacked an Aus
tralian camp near the Pyramids, killing 200 Australians and cap
turing guns.
Later 80,000 trivesmen overflowed Fayum Province of mid
dle Egypt, destroying the railroads, including the Cairo-Assuan
line and the Alexandria-Cairo line. :
Forty * thousand tribesmen marched upon Fashoda, where
they were met by General Hawley, with 6,000 troops, many of
whom deserted. In the fight that followed, Hawley was killed.
(This probably is Captain W. G. Hawley, of the Indian Army.)
Germans Expelled From Reviera
PARIS, March 18.—The Italian authorities have ordered the
expulsion of all German subjects from the Italian Riviera, accord
ing to a news agency dispatch from Nice.
ROME, March 18.—An extraordinary meeting of the Italian
Cabinet. believed to be a council of war, was held to-day.
In the meantime Prince von Buelow, the German Ambassador
to Italy, is making what may prove his final effort to prevent war
between this country and Austria. Following the refusal of Em
peror Francis -oseph to make territorial concession to Italy by
ceding Trent, the German Ambassador made fresh representations
to the Italian Government for a prolongation of negotiations.
It was believed that the object
of the Cabinet council to-day was
to decide whether these negotia
tions should be continued or
whether war should be declared.
In addition to peace efforts be
ing made in diplomatic eireles,
the pressure from the Vatican
continues. :
Russians Winning I
Poland and Galici l
PETROGRAD, March 18.-—Batter
ing away at the Austro-German lines
over a battle front 600 miles long,
the Russians are making progress in
both Poland and Gallcia. Dlspatr'hes‘
from Warsaw say that the Germans
are falling back at many points
toward the East Prussian frontier. In
the Carpathians, although fighting
under terrific difficulties, the Russians
have forced back the Austrians, cap
turing hundreds of prisoners and
some guns, Isolated fighting is re
ported from Bukowina, where the
Austrians are reinforcing thelr army.
Although they have been unable to
pierce the German lines, the Russians,
by repeated assaults, have forced
Field Marshal von Hindenburg's men
to give way, especially along the Or
zee River, where the fighting has heen
carried on with unparalleled ferocity.
At Ossowlec, on. the Boor River,
where the Germans are bombarding
the forts protecting the city, the sit
uation is unchanged.: Although' they
‘have expended a vast quantity of am
muniticn, the German’ artillerymeén
have done little damage.
Couldn’t Check Russians.
The Germans have relied mainly on
their heavv artillery to stem the ad
vance of the Russians in Northern Po
land, but even ‘with their enormous
numbers of big guns the Germans
could not check the smashing drive
of Grand Duke Nicholas’ army. =
Russians are again fighting upon
German soil. A dispatch from War
<aw states that the German forces
defending Laugszargen, in East Prus
sia, have been beaten back by the jßus
sians after a fierce attack, the fMus
covite troops advancing into Prussia.
The flerceness of the fighting on the
Bobr River, in the section of Ossowlec,
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is shown by reports that 15,000 Ger
mans have fallen there.
Russian strategy has again tris
umphed in the Polish campaign. Al
though 500,000 reinforcements were
sent to FKield Marshal von Hinden
burg, the Russian commander maneu
vered in such fashion that the German
leader could not deploy his men.
Przemys| Critical Point.
In Galicia, Przemysl is now the
critical point. News that the Auss:
trian city was on the point of surs
render has had the effect of increas
ing the intensity of the Russians’ at
tacks there. The gigantic guns of the
Russians thunder against the forts
night and day. The return fire has
grown very feeble,
In the Carpathians the Austrians
attempted an offensive movement
near Stryr and Munkaces, but it
broke down under the well directed
fire of the Russian attacks there. The
weather in the Carpathians is ex
tremely cold, the temperature regis
tering from 15 to 30 degrees below
zero, In some of the mountain vals
leys the snow is piled into drifts
twenty feet high. Battles fought in
snow shoulder high are common.
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Reprisals on Russia
By FREDERICK WERNER.
Speclal Cable to The Atlanta Georglan.
BERLIN, March 18.—FKrench avia
tors have bombarded Schlettstadt, in
Upper Alsace, and German aviators
have bombarded Calais, it is an
nounced in an official statement is
sued by the general staff this afteér
noon, The statement admits that
fighting is in progress between Ger-.
mans and Russians upon Prussian
soil, the Russians having been able to
cross the boundary again. The gen
eral staff makes announcement that
for every village or estate upon Ger
man soiled burned by the Russians
the Germans will destroy three Rus
sian villages. It is further announced
that if the Russians burn the German
city of Nemel public buildings in the
provincial capital of Poland will be
destroyed by the Germans. b
The statement, in full, follows:
“The French advance instfthe
German position on the south Sfope
-of Lorette Heights has been repulse
Partial utgncn by the