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By FREDERICK WERNER,
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News Service.)
BERLIN’ (via Amsterdam), May 22.
i President Wilson’s note is being care
fully studied by the German Govern-
Iment. It is regarded as a friendly
^message and will be answered In a
friendly spirit.
I The general impression, however, is
^that Germany will refuse to abandon
her submarine warfare unless Great
B’itain abandons the policy which
aims at starving Germany's civilian
population. This may open the way
to further negotiations with the
United States as intermediary be
tween Germany and England,
v It i-s expected that the reply to the
American note will be sent Wednes
day or Thursday of this week. A
preliminary draft probably will be
submitted to a council on Thursday.
Wilson Expected to
Oppose Arbitration
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 17.—Official
Washington to-day believes the Ger
man Government will offer to submit
the questions at issue between the
two countries to arbitration, but the
question is growing stronger that such
a proposition would not meet with the
approval of President Wilson and his
advisers.
The belief is general among officials
and diplomats that Germany will not
agree to cease her submarine warfare
against noncombtants and will urge
hat a country "too proud to fight”
should find a way to prevent the fur
nishing of arms and ammunition to
her enemies by means of passenger
ships. The practice, Germany is ex
pected to declare, is unmoral, and
should be stopped at once.
The belief that a suggestion of ar
bitration will be opposed by this Gov
ernment is based on the attitude taken
by President Wilson in the discussion
of the sinking by the German raider
Prinz Eitel Friedrich of the American
sailing ship William P. Frye.
Then it was stated that this ques
tion was not one for prize courts, as
suggested by Germany, but for diplo
matic consideration. It is pointed out
that if the American Government
could not consider arbitration in prize
court in the Frye case, it could not
adopt this method of settlement in the
Lusitania case, in which the subma
rine. whose methods of attack the
President has so vigorously de
nounced. caused the destruction.
According to the view of many of
ficials, the suggestion of arbitration
has been put forward with a view to
diverting the attention of the United
States while Germany is developing
the chief features of her reply.
Accordingly, officials here looked
with much interest for word from
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin as to
the probable attitude of the German
Govrnment.
Official notification reached the
State Department to-day that the
President’s note had been formally de
livered to the German Foreign Office
Saturday morning at 10:30 o’clock.
Ambassador Gerard cabled that he
had presented the note in person.
The cablegram to the State Depart
ment from the Ambassador was mere
ly formal announcement of the re
ceipt and piesentation of the Ameri
can communication. It t&ve no inti -
motion of how the note was received,
Ga. Frat. Man
Mistaken tor
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ATHENS, May 17.—It was true
irony of fate that sent Farmer Pat
ton. a leading Clarke County planter,
to Cojonel Joseph M. Hodgson with a
protest that properly should have
been lodged with the Law and Order
League.
Farmer Patton had come to Athens
to buy a lot of hay seed, and what he
saw was po positively shocking that
he ran to Colonel Hodgson.
"Did you see that lady going up
College avenue with her—with her
dress at her knees?”
“Oh, you must have seen some of
those college boys diked out.”
"No, I'm positive. Saw it with my
own eye?. There was another lady-
walking with her.”
Colonel Hodgson assured Farmer
Patton that the pair were students
enjoying the pleasures of initiation
into the university’s honorary socie
ty, the Sphinx Club, and that one of
the initiates was none other than his
own son. Hugh Leslie Hodgson,
dressed as an Indian maid.
Hugh finished hip three days’ pil
grimage Sunday night at midnight,
and Monday wa's wearing the badge
of the order. He is one of the few
university men joining practically ev
ery worth while organization in col
lege. including Sphinx, Senior Round
Table (literary). Junior Cabinet and
Phi Beta Kappa (scholarship). In
addition, he ip a leader in the Chi Psi
fraternity, manager of the champion
ship baseball team, and still up in the
singles and doubles tennis matches
now being fought. He has found
time to give numerous piano recitals
during the year.
Karlsruhe Reported
Near Newport News
(By International News Service.)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA., Ma'y 17-
Residents of Newport News. Norfolk
and Old Point Comfort were excited
to-day by reports that the German
cruiser Karlsruhe wap coming into
port. The reports were spread by a
pilot, who stated when he came
ashore that the Karlsruhe wap wait
ing just beyond the capes for a pilot
to bring her in. At the Quarantine
office of Old Point, however, it was
stated that no information had been
received showing that the IvaraisruLe
was in the vicinity.
Coastwise tugs that came in after
the report spread, brought no confir
mation of the rumors.
Swedish Food Ship
Seized by Germans
(By International News Service.)
ROTTERDAM, May 17—The Swed
ish steamer BJoern, bound for Lon
don with a cargo of foodstuffs, has
been seized by a German submarine
and taken into Hamburg, according
to a dispatch received here to-day.
and. of course, contained no forecast
of Germany’s attitude toward it.
U.S. Press Subsidized
Says GermanTeacher
(By International New* Service.)
BERLIN, May 17.—Professor Heil-
bron, writing in The Der Tag. pays
of the American attitude on the sink
ing of the Lusitania:
"The English and American press
have been bought up with English
gold, and have already begun to ex
ploit the Lusitania incident to stir up
America against us. The sober-
minded American Government, how
ever, hardly will be able to draw se
rious conclusions from the loss of the
Lusitania and the loss of American
passengers.
"Americans intrusted themselves
and their goods to an auxiliary
cruiser of a belligerent power. The
passengers on the Lusitania know
ingly entered a war zone, and there
is no reason to treat a war zone at
sea different Isom a war zone on
land.”
REVIEWS
II. S.
ELEET
By A. M. JAMIESON.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
NEW YORK. May 17.—Frequent
showers. lowering skies and chill
breezes furnished an unpleasant set
ting to-day for President Wilson's
visit to New York and his inspection
of $300,000,000 worth of warships as
sembled in Hudson River. Neverthe
less, the city gave itsett up whole
heartedly to welcoming the distin
guished guest and cheering him upon
his arrival to review the great fleet.
The review took on added signifi
cance because of the uncertainty
shrouding the international situation
at the present time.
Elaborate precautions were taken
to guard the President to-day. All the
available detectives of the city—about
660—were summoned to quarters to
day and assigned to duty in connec
tion with the exercises.
Forces of detectives and secret
service men were detailed about the
reviewing stand in front of the public
library in Fifth avenue. Admission to
that part of the grandstand adjoining
the President’s place of honor was
limited to persons known to Police
Commissioner Woods and Detective
Chief Flynn. Only persons with spe
cial permits were entitled to entrance
to the smaller stand opposite the
President.
The Mayflower, with the President
on board, dropped anchor off Thirty-
second street, in North River, at 6
o’clock. President Wilson remained
on board until about 9:30 o’clock,
when he came ashore.
As soon as the Mayflower arrived in
port, a wireless message was sent to
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, on
board the Dolphin, and greetings to
the chief executive were then flashed
from every warship in the line.
It was not until the Mayflower
reached this port that it became
known that she had been convoyed
up the coast from Hampton Roads by
the United States cruiser Baltimore.
National Prohibition
Seen by Dr. Meyers
Nation-wide prohibition will come
about within the next three or four
years, according to Dr. Cortland B.
Meyers. Boston preacher and widely
known prohibtionist leader. In an ad
dress at the anniversary exercises of
the Atlanta branch of the National
Temperance Society held Sunday aft
ernoon at the Baptist Tabernacle.
Dr. Meyers was Introduced at the
meeting by Asa G. Candler, who made
a short address in advocacy of na
tional prohibition.
Auto Loops-the-Loop
Safely at Roadside
(By International News Service.)
EVANSVILLE, IND., May 17.—Dee
Lowery, a chauffeur, to-day was un
able to explain how it happened. He
was driving along the country road
near here yesterday when his auto
mobile left the roadway, leaped a
ditch and made a perfect "loop-the-
loop." Lowery was unhurt, except for
a few slight bruises.
King of Greece Ill;
Suffers a Relapse
(By International News Service.)
ATHENS. May 17.—King Constan
tine, who is suffering from pleurisy,
suffered a relapse to-day His fe
ver increased during the night and
his pulse was 112
Tech Lost and
He’ll Have to
Mind Cows
STATESBORO, May 17.—Details
have reached Statesboro of a freak
bet made on Friday's baseball game
at Athens between Georgia and Tech,
involving the obligation of one of
this section’s most promising young
men to mind a small herd of Jersey
cows during the summer time. In
man Donaldson, a "pled piper” in the
Tech band, bet his older brother,
George, who is a junior at the State
University, that Tech would wirk
The brothers have been alternating
during vacation in feeding the afore
mentioned bovines, with Inman, Be
ing the smaller, doing most of the
heavy w r ork. Thinking to shake off
this drab infliction and confident Tech
would deliver him from his bondage.
Inman proposed that they lay their all
on their respective teams.
Georgia won the game, 7 to 4. and
now George has brilliant vacation
prospects, while Inman's are dim.
George is better known as "Pete.”
black-face comedian and end man of
Georgia’s G4ee and Minstrel Show. So
happy is "Pete" that he declares he
will spend a good part of his summer
on a vaudeville circuit in South
Georgia, while Inman will be forced
to remain at home and play his pic
colo.
Woman Whose Home
Is Looted Complains
Of Lack of Police
Complaint of the inefficiency of the
police was made Monday by Mrs. Sid
ney Little, of No. 720 East North ave
nue, following the loss of several hun
dred dollars’ worth of jewelry, cloth
ing and house decorations Saturday,
when the Little home was ransacked
in daylight by burglars.
Mr. and Mrs. Little had gone to the
country to spend a few days, leaving
the home in charge of a young man
who rooms there. He left for his of
fice Saturday morning early. Re
turning home in the evening, he found
the house had been broken into and
thoroughly looted. Jewelry valued at
$400, two art squares worth $100 and
considerable clothing were missing.
"I’ve seen a policeman in this part
of town just once,” said Mrs. Little
Monday. "He was a mounted officer,
and merely rode through this section.
We are afraid to leave our homes out
here in broad daylight, even to go
downtown.”
Pastor Raps Wilson,
And NowHe'sMissing
(By International News Service.)
CHAMPAIGN, ILL., May 17.—The
Rev. W. D. Weidhaas, pastor of a
church in Broadlands, a village near
here, was missing from his home
there to-day, and a new pastor was
being sought by the congregation as
the result of an attack made by the
minister on President Wilson and
Secretary of State Bryan. In a let
ter to the "Voice of the People” col
umn of a Chicago newspaper, the
minister said that under the present
administration the United States had
ceased to be the ideal land of lib
erty." Rev. Mr. Weidhaas received a
number of threatening letters and tel
ephone calls Just previous to his de
parture.
Russians MakeStand;
200,000Reported Lost
By STEVEN BURNETT.
(Special Correspondent I nternational
News Service.)
VIENNA (via Berlin and Amster
dam). May 17.—Austrian artillery is
bombarding the Russian positions at
Przemysl and on the right bank of the
River San, where the Czar’s troops
have decided to make their last stand.
Dispatches from Austrian headquar
ters received to-day estimated at 200,-
000 the losses suffered by the Rus
sians in their retreat from the Duna-
Jec to the San—a retreat in which
their third and eighth armies were al
most destroyed.
The Forty-eighth Russian Division
was completely shattered. Its com
mander and his staff were captured.
CREDIT IS
SECRETLY
Up to Us to Assure
Future With Mailed
Fist, Says Kaiser
By BRIXTON D. ALLAIRE.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
ROME. May 17.—Two conferences
between Prince von Buelow and Bar
on von Macchio were followed to-day
by reports that the Teutonic Ambas
sadors had asked for their passports,
but these were denied by the Italian
Foreign Office. The international sit
uation is admittedly serious, however,
owing to rumors of a clash between
Austrian and Italian troops on the
frontier.
The Italian Cabinet held a secret
session Sunday night, at which a fur
ther credit of $20,000,000 is said to
have been voted for immediate mili
tary and naval "necessities."
Though King Victor Emmanuel has
refused to accept the resignation of
the Salandra Cabinet, the parlia
mentary situation remains as obscure
as that relating to international af
fairs. The Giolittian and Clerical
parties are maintaining silence, w r hich
is inexplicable at this time. Few be
lieve they have been converted to
war, but none attempts to guess what
their next move will be.
Parliament Postponed.
Accoroing to The Tribuna, the re
opening of Parliament will again be
postponed for several days because of
"expected complications of a most
serious nature.”
A wave of patriotic enthusiasm
swept over Rome when the official
announcement was made that Pre
mier Salapdra and his Cabinet would
retain their posts.
Fifty thousand men and women
joined in a mass meeting in Populo
Square, where every reference to the
King, to Salandra and to war was re
ceived with cheers. When the meet
ing adjourned an attempt was made
to march to the Quirinal, but troops
frustrated this plan because of the
fact that the Austrian Embassy was
on the route the crowd wished to fol
low'.
Bitter controversy continues be
tween the interventionist and neu
tralist organs over reports and de
tails that the Triple Alliance pact
was declared null and void on May 4.
Senator Frassati, editor of The Turin
Stampa, a Giolittan organ, declares
it Is "impossible of belief" that For
eign Minister Sonnino was capable
of such a breach of diplomatic eti
quette as to pledge Italy’s support to
the Allies before abrogating the
treaty with Austria and Germany.
Says Leaders Oppose War.
The Tribuna takes the same atti
tude, declaring that if there is any
accord with the Allies at present,
Sonnino is alone responsible.
The Stampa asserts that four-
flfths of the Senate, three-fourths o;
the Chamber of Deputies, every ex-
Minister of the state and every
Knight of the Annunciation who by
right of the order are cousins of the
King, are averse to war
“Under these conditions." con
cludes Senator Frassati, "it is Impos
sible for Premier Salandra to pledge
the support of the nation to the Al
lies.”
Another Cabinet meeting was
called to-day for this afternoon.
Late Sunday night there was a
great demonstration before the resi
dence of Premier Salandra. at the
Foreign Office and at the War Min
istry. Government officials were
wildly cheered as they arrived or leit.
The War Office was open ajl night.
Pro-war demonstrations occurred
Sunday at Milan. Venice. Naples.
Genoa and scores of smaller towns.
(By International News Service.)
B ERLIN, May 17.—It is not now
our business to look back
ward and think gratefully of the
past, but to meet the blows of the
enemy with a resolute will and
assure the future of the father-
land with the mailed fist,” sa»d
Emperor William, in reply to a
message of loyalty from the city
os Aschen (Aix la Chappelle). The
reply further says:
“With envy and jealousy, our \
enemies strive to destroy Ger
many, the German people and the
triumphal progress of German civ- \
• lization. The heroism and self-
sacrifice of our people, which have
already gained such wonderful
success in a war forced on us, are
our guarantees, next to God’s
grace, for the overcoming of the
heaviest affliction that ever beset
Germany/’
‘Don ts’Given
ToSeminary
Graduates
A whole class of prospective sweet
girl graduates of Washington Semi
nary came away from All Saints’
Church Sunday morning with some
thing on their minds besides fluffy
brown hair and spring hats.
The something was a powerful ser
mon preached by the Rev. W. W T .
Memminger. It was directed at the
graduates. It was about individual in
fluence.
Everybody had individual Influence,
Dr. Memminger said. You couldn’t
dodge It. You had It, and it had its
effect. You might not want it to af
fect anyone. But that didn’t matter.
Women In particular had much in
fluence. Look at Eve. Look at Deli
lah. Look at Deborah. Look at Re
becca. And then there was the wom
an—for It was a woman—who bore
first witness to the risen Christ.
That was another thing—witness
bearing. And the youthful faces were
very grave as the. graduates heard Dr.
Memminger enter into the negative
part of his discourse—the things not
to do.
Here are Dr. Memminger’s “Don’ts”
for girl graduates:
Don’t give up church attendance to
play golf.
Don’t let social attractions lure you
uway from teaching in Sunday school.
Don’t sip highballs and drink cock
tails to please men.
Don’t try to keep the love of any
man by playing cards for money.
By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
(Special Correspondent International News Service.)
PETROGRAD, May 17.—Complete victory for the Russians
in Southeastern Galicia and Bukowina is announced by the War
Office in an official statement issued here to-day.
The Austrians have been routed along the entire Dniester
front of 100 miles, it states. The Russians have taken 20,000 pris
oners.
For ten days there has been severe fighting along the Dneister
front, where the Russians have been assailing the Austrians’ right
wing after checking their attempts to advance upon the Russians
and strike at the line of communication on which they depend for
sending supplies and reinforcements to the troops which have been
withdrawing before the Austro-German assaults in the Carpathians
and in Western Galicia.
The Austrians have been driven from their positions along the
south bank of the Dneister River and have been compelled to
cross the Pruth. Nadworna, 22 miles south of Stanislau, has been
recaptured by the Russians. This is the fifth time Nadworna has
changed hands.
Edison Works 20 Hrs.
Daily on New Secret
NEW YORK, May 17.—“Want to
interview Mr. Edison? Sorry, but
there’s no chance to-day." This from
the great inventor’s secretary, seen
at West Orange.
“To-morrow?” the visitor inquired.
“Afraid not."
"Next week then?”
“Doubtful.”
"Well, why not?” demanded the
visitor.
Then the secretary explained. "I’ve
been trying for a fortnight to speak
with him myself," he said. “I’m still
hopeful, but still doubtful. You see,
he’s working twenty hours a day on
something. He throws himself down
with his clothes on for a few hours’
sleep, and then he’s up and at it
again. There is three feet of im
portant mail on my desk now."
Germans Undaunted by
Great Losses in Belgium
(Special Cable to The Atlanta Geor
gian and The London Hail if
Telegraph.)
ROTTERDAM, May 17 —The Ger
mans are still sending forward all
available troops in pursuance of a
further determined effort to break
through the British lines at Ypres.
Nothing seems to daunt their deter
mination to obtain a position on this
salient. They have suffered terrible
losses and have been pushed farther
backward by the French north of Ar
ras, In the direction of Lille, hut they
are far from abandoning their des
perate attempts to hack their way to
Ypres along the road from St. Julien.
During the last two days the fight
ing has been fierce, especially Satur
day afternoon, when the enemy made
a concerted attack on a. very small
front, only to be repulsed after severe
hand-to-hand fighting. The pressure
on the Allies probably would have
been still greater and longer persist
ed in but for the splendid counter
move by the Allies farther to the
north.
Exactly at a chosen moment an ad
vance was made In the neighborhood
of Steenstraate and Het Sas. This
came as a great surprise to the Ger
mans, w'ho had to rush up reinforce
ments which were badly needed at
the same moment for their effort to
break through the British front.
At Lille the Germans are In a great
state of anxiety. They are working
feverishly to strengthen the fortlflca- s
tions of what Is already an im
mensely strong fortress. They be
lieve that Lille is the objective of the
Allies’ offensive between Armentieres
and Arras; in fact, its outlying de
fense works are already under the
fire of the heavy British guna.
These positions are threatened by
the successful advance of the French
north of Arras, as well as by the
fierce thrusts of the British in the
neighborhood of La Basse.
Lille probably will be the center of
decisive events in the near future.
Britons Chase Zeppelin
Raider Across Channel
Miss Ethel Northern
Still Seriously Ill
Miss Ethel Northern, famous South
ern educator, for several years super
intendent of the primary schools of
Nashville, Tenn., continues seriously
ill in that city, and her many Atlanta
friends Monday were anxiously await-
rng further news of her condition.
Miss Northern’s illness is attributed
to her trying experiences in getting
out of the war zone in Europe when
the great conflict began. She had
been sent abroad by the United States
Government to study educational
methods It was erroneously stated
in a headline in The Sunday Ameri
can that Miss Northern s illness had
proved fatal.
By JOHN C. FOSTER.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
LONDON. May 17.—The Zeppelin
airship which bombarded Ramsgate
early to-day was chased all the way
j across the North Sea to the Belgian
coast by swift British aeroplanes, it
was announced by the Admiralty this
afternoon. That more damage was
not done by the German raiders was
due to the vigilance of the British
aerial patrols. Near West Hinder
lightship, where the Zeppelin got
w-ithin range of the German guns, the
chase was discontinued
It is believed by Admiralty officials
that the German Zeppelin was dam
aged off Nieuport The following
statement was given out:
"Th“ Zeppelin which attacked
Ramsgate was chased as far as West
Hinder lightship. Off Nieuport it was
attacked by eight naval machines
from Dunkirk. Bombs were thrown
at the airship and it wf s apparently
damaged, as smoke was seen."
By JOHN C. FOSTER.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
One death will probably result
from the raid the fifteen to
be made over the east coast of
England. At Ramsgate. 67 miles
east of London, where between fifteen
and twenty bombs were dropped, the
Bull and George fntel was partlv
destroyed by a missile which fell upon
the roof. AH the windows in the
building were shattered and a woman
was seriously injured. A man was
also hurt. Three other persons were
struck by flying debris.
A sentry who fired at the Zeppelin
at Ramsgate was wounded by frag
ments of a bomb thrown at him.
Several aircraft were observed at
Dover approaching the harbor, hut
high-angle guns were turned against*
the hostile flyers and they turned and
fled out to sea.
A dispatch to The Star from Deal
said that an incoming steamer report
ed having seen five Zeppelins off
North Foreland. According to this
telegram twenty incendiary bombs
were dropped at Deal. Bombs were
also dropped upon a fishing fleet off
Ramsgate and three boats were dam
aged.
Germans Repulsed,
French Claim Gain
By FRANKLIN P. MERRICK.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
PARIS, May 17.—Violent attacks
launched by the Germane In an ef
fort to w'in back ground lost to the
French on the heights of Lorette. in
Northern France, have been repulsed,
it i» announced in an official com
munique issued by the French War
Office to-day.
Four counter assaults of the Ger
mans at Notre Dame de 'Lorette.
north of Arras, were all checked by
the hot fire of the French. The cap
ture of 146 prisoners and four mi-
