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PAY NO MORE
BRITISH SHELL LILLE 20 MILES AWAY
Typhus Adds to Perils of Americans in Mexico
KAISER OFt
10 FRONT
IN EAST
Gofnn Believe War Will Be De
cided on Russian fino—l’ur
pose in Balkans Fulfilled.
(By International News Service.)
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 17.~Guns to
match the mighty long range howitz
eors of the Germans have at last
reached the Allles’ front in France.
Chief interest here to-Gay centered In
the German announcement that the
British have bombarded Lille, using
& gun with a range estimated at
twenty miles
This is the first time that Lille has
been under artillery fire since it fell
into the hands of the Germans in
September, 1914,
Qerman guns, with a range of
twenty miles, which were used at
Sombardments of Dunkirk and Ver
dun, were hitherto unmatched on the
Alligs’ side, but the latest develop
ments show that the Germans must
now face equal metal
it is regarded as significant that
the English make announcement of
the shelling of Lille while the French
War Office states that the Lille high
way was shelled. The German War
Office announces that projectiles feil
in the center of the city. i
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Kaiser Leaves for
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‘Russian War Front
(By International News Service.) |
BERLIN, Jan. 17.—Emperor Wil-
Ham, officially announced to be com
pletely recovered and sreturning to
the front, is reported in high quarters
to be on his way to the eastern thea
ter of war. It is in the east that well
informed persons expect the next
great battles to occur, and the arrival
of the Kaiser there may be the gignal
for a renewal of the great German
poffensive against the Russians, which
was halted by the Serbian campaign.
Germans in general believe that the
war will be won in Russia. The dead
lock in the west is one that can not
be broken by either Teutons or Allies
without enormoys losses that would
make victory in such operations an
empty one, according to some German
experts. They point out that the
Jength of the front in Russia makes
the eastern theater of war the only
one in which there can be any exer
cige of military strategy.
The belief is growing in Berlin that
there will be no campaign against Sa
loniki. By its victory in Serbia, Ger
many accomplished its twofold pur
pose of making Bulgaria its ally and
stopping the transportation of am
munition to Russia from Saloniki.
Nothing further would be gained by
the capture of Saloniki, the experts
say.
The enlistment of Bulgaria as an
ally of the Teutons and the severance
of communication between Saloniki
and Russia was a blow to the Rus
sians that has been little appreciated
except in Berlin.
o The Czar’s army got a large part of
its ammunition supplies from England
and France through Saloniki. Now,
it is dependent upon its own exer
tions and upon supplies that can be
carried over the trans-Siberian Rail
way or.takensin through Archangel,
which is completely icebound in the
winter. 5
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Montenegro Signs
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Armistice, Is Report
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Jan. 17.—An Athens dis
patch to Reuter’s Telegram Company
says the Montenegrin Government is
reported to have signed an arm}stiue
with Austria.
Similar reports have been received
from other sources for several days,
but have been denied by Austrian and
Montenegrin dispatches,
I VOL. XIV, NO. 142
Athens Elks Are to Give
Musical Comedy Show
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ATHENS, Jan, 16.--The Athens
lodge of Elks will give a home talent
musical comedy, “County Fair,” Jan
uary 18 and 19, in the Colonial The
ater. This promises to be the big
gest undertaking of the kind in many
vears in Athens., Prominent married
couples will act as chaperons and on
committebs, while the young society
folk will present the songs and
dances which will make up the big
features of the show. * More than
200 persons will participate. The
performance is being coached by Miss
Annie Sara Bock, a professional
coach from Philadelphia. 1
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Col. Stevens Still ;
In Critical Condition
n Critical Condition
Colonel O. B. Stevens, pmminent!
Geérgian, who has been ill for several
weeks, Monday had not improved and |
was in a critical condition followingi
a restless night.
Colonel Stevens is suffering with‘
vertigo. He is at his home at Nu."‘oM‘
East Linden avenue.
An Effective Agent in
Finding Lost Articles
The Daily Georgian and Sunday American’s “Lost and
Found” column leaves nothing undone to help in the recov
ery of lost valuables.
It prints a descriptive list daily of the articles found by
the police, found on trolley cars and in moving picture
theaters.
It takes the news of all losses printed in their columns
" into 52,000 homes daily, more than 82,000 Sunday. They
practically cover At]unta,‘und can hardly fail to reach the
finder, who, in turn, is doubtless looking for the loser.
help to make restoration doubly sure by putting your
“Lost” ad where others will be most likely to see it. This
is only another way of saying
Telephone It to The
Georgian-American
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| Griflin weather | rophet, wiil be invit
|ed to preside at the opening session
of the Georgia Old-Time Fiddlers'
Convention, to be held at the Audito
‘."mm January 26 to 29, inclusive. He
was the unanimous choice ”f l)l(‘ .'l.\‘-:
gociation’s executive committee, and
‘!h"l"' is little doubt that he will at
tend, |
’ More than a dozen entries for the |
State fiddling championship were re
ceived Monday, though the date of
the convention was announced only |
' the day before and entrants from the
farther counties had not had time to
| send in their names. i
‘ It i€ indicated that more fiddlers
‘;nul hetter ones than ever have ap- |
‘ peared in Atlanta will compete for the |
championship at the fifth annual con- |
vention next week. ‘
ATLANTA. GA. MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1916
RECORD COLD: FURTHER DROP IS PREDICTED
Dry Sleet Falls and Pedestrians |
Have Hard Time Getting
to Work.
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M en the mercury dropped
. ) s zero between L r $
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s. and most of e just-after-break- |
fast pedesty 1 t the |\;"‘.!€
refer: & wV-walk g to an ambu- |
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Prisoners Flogged
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In Freezing Weather
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(By International News Service.)
WILMINGTON, DEL., Jan. 17.—
With the temperature 17 degrees above
#zero, twelve prisoners, three whites and
lnlm- negroes, were publicly fAogged in
the stockade of the county workhouse
at Greenbank Despite the fact that
Warden Richard F. Cross declared that
the punishment should e as merciful
as possible and he gave Guard
O'Rourke, who wielded the cat-o'-nine
talls instructions to be gentle, the pris
oners suffered from the stinging blows
because of the bitter cold.
) All were sentenced for robbery.
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Cause of Explosion
On E-2 Not Cleared
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' (By International News Service.)
. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—Investigation
’nf the explosion that killed four men
‘on board the submarine E-2 at the
)Hr-mk:_\'n Navy Yard Saturday after
'noon continued to-day without clear
;ing away any of the mystery sur
\l‘unndim:.thc- disaster,
| The ten men who are still in the
‘husplml are expected to recover, all
| having shown improvement overnigat.
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Statue of Whitlock
l is Pro
In Paris Proposed
’ (By International News Service.)
t PARIS, Jan. 17.—The Petit Journal
’to-day sugge;rs that a statue of
Rrand Whitlock, American Minister
’to Belgium, be erected after the war
‘ln recognition of his courage in re
’turnfng to heip the Belglans in their
‘trials and sufferings.
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Miss Wilson Well;
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To Leave Hospital
(By International News Service.)
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 17.—Miss
Margaret Wilson, who was operated
upon at the Jefferson Hospital Thurs
day for the removal of adenoids, is re
covering rapidly and will leave the in
stituticn to-day, according to her phy
siclan.
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Challenges Rival
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Physician to Duel
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WithDeadlyGerms
C HICAGO, Jan. IT.—A chal
lenge to a duel to the death,
with germs as the weapon, has
been sent to Dr. John Dill Robert
son, City Health Commissioner, by
Dr. Charles T. M. Fischer. The
time, place and the seconds are yot
to be agreed upon.
Dr. Fischer is the physician whe
recently disputed Dr. Robertsen's
statement that “fresh-air cam”
on the surface and elevated trans.
portation lines were healthy insti.
tutions. He says medical henor
and the health of the public are at
stake.
The challenge calls for a test of
bacteriological knowledge, with
vindication for the winner, and
probably death for the loser. Un
der the terms proposed by Dr.
Fischer, sach of thé physicians s
to prepare five cultures of germs,
three of them harmliess and the
others dangerous. Through a ref
eree they are to exchange cultures
and sach is to personally examine
and diagnese the cultures, choos
ing the harmiess ones from the
others. The challenge says: “To
show our faith in our ability te
pick out the harmless germs from
the dangerous ones, we will inoc
ulate curselves with the three cui
tures we select as the safe ones.”
Dr. Robertson was expected to
answer the challenge to-day.
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Georgia Congressman Presents
Data to House Committee in
Support of Quest for Probe.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.—A con
gresisonal fight to prevent national
banks from charging usurious inter
est rates was begun before the House
Rules Committeg to-day. Represen
tative Howard, of Georgia, asked the
commiftee for favorable action on his
resolution authorizing a CONngres
sional investigation of charges that
national banks, particularly in the
South and West, have been over
charging borrowers. The charges have
involved largely small loans to poorer
Q-t-nple. and in some cases, according
to Representative Howard, upward of
100 per cent per annum has been col
lected on short-time loans.
A mass of evidence showing usuri
ous charges was submitted to the
committee by Representative How
ard. Much of it was compiled from
reports of various banks. A lengthy
statement from Comptroller of the
Currency John Skelton Williams also
was presented, showing that the
sworn returns of national banks to
the Comptroller's office indicated
many cases of usurious interest
charges.
Representative Howard declared
that at the time these high interest
rates were enforced the banks them
selves were scuring money from the
Federal Reserve Banks at low rates.
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Bishop Candler to
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Leave for Mexico
Bishop Warren A. Candler has no
fear of murderous Mexico, and is pre
paring to leave for that country,
where he will attend three confer
ences of the Methodist Church soon.
The Bishop will leave Friday for ‘:l
Paso, where he will attend a confer
ence of the Methodist Church, em
bracing the border district and the
Chihuahua district. He will then go
to Arizona for a conference with the
border and Arizona districts, and
from there will proceed to San Luis
Potosi, in Mexico.
Bishop Candler will be away from
the city about two months. 8
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U. S. Flag Is Only One
Ignored by Mexicans,
| Declares Mr. Hearst
Letter, Applauding l;i;l:i:\.tid‘;lilll(l of Washing
' . ton Post, Cites Abandonment of Americans by
| Our Warships, Rescue by German and British.
Washington, Jan. 17
The Washington Poat published the following article Saturday:
January 14, 1918
To the Editor of The Washington
Post:
1 read your splendid editorial
on the Mexican situation with a
thril! of patriotic pride.
Surely the spirit of our fathers
is not dead, when a great Ameri
can newspaper can speak with so
much power and courage and
fl(‘n much loyaity to our coun
try, 5
May | say & word to American
citizens through your columnas?
It is positively true, as Senator
Borah declares, that the State
Department has purposely, studi
ously withheld from the American
people the fearful facts of Mexi
can murder and outrage upon the
American citizens,
Even the newspapers have not
been able to learn one-half the
truth nor to perform thelr duty
to the publi® by apprising it of
the truth,
There are many incidents of the
humiliation of our people and the
degradation of our nation that
have never d“ been, recorded. {
The relation of three or four
such incidents will give the people
of the United States an idea of
what sorrow and suffering and
shame their brothers In Mexico
have been forced to endure, .
A year ago from last April
Americans In Tampico, and in the
surrounding country, were being
hunted like wild animals by the
Mexican revolutionists, and were
being tortured and killed when
captured,
A number of these hunted
Americans took refuge in the ho
tel at Tampico.
There they were surrounded by
a mob of some 2,000 Mexicans,
shouting insults at the Americans,
shooting bullets into the windows
of the hotel And seeking an op
portunpity to slaughter these
Americans as others had been
slaughtered before,
The American battleships, which
had been In the harbor of Tam
pico, had been ordered to &ut out
to sea, lest In protecting Ameri
can lives they should create some
complications with the Mexican
Government — the murder of
Americans, apparently, not being
considered a complication worth
considering.
In the harbor of Tampico, how
ever, was a German gunboat, the
Dresden, which was there to pro
tect German citizens. This Ger
man gunboat had NOT been or
Oglethorpe Is Given
As a gift from Thomas Stacy Ca
pers, a Princeton student, Oglethorpe
University has received a large tele
scope.
It formerly was the property of Dr.
James Stacy, of Newnan, and was
considered one of the best astronomi
cal instruments in Georgia, Dr. Stacy
left the telescope to Mr. Capers when
he died.
Steadily 16 Years
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—Cancer v New
York City has been steadily increasing
for fifteen years. The Health Depart
ment announce there were 186 more
deaths from this cause in 1915 than in
EVENING
EDITION
dered by its Government to de
sert its post and its people.
oa‘h contrary, it had been or
to remain at all haszards,
and to perform its full duty to its
citizens and to clvilization, re
gardiess of complications.
When the captain of the Ger
man gunboat heard that this body
of Americans in the hote! at Tam
pleo was in dire distress and im
minent danger, he sent a launch
ashore with an officer and about
twenty men.
The oMcer marched his men up
to the hotel and addressed the
Mexicans. He sald that the Ger
man mén-of-war Dresden was in
thoul\?d harhpr, with its guns
tra upon the city, and at a
given signal would_open fire.
He sdld that if the Americans
within the hotel were not allowed
to proceed under his care, with
out injury and without insult, he
would give the signal and the
mob could take the consequences.
The mob calmed itself and fell
back
The Americans were escorted in
safety and silence to the German
launch and taken on board the
Dresden.
The Mexicans had no respect
for Americans, for the American
flag or the American Government.
But they knew better than to
defy the Germans, and so these
Americans, whom their own coun
try had deserted, were rescued by
the Dresden.
There was another even more
humiliating instance of the con
tempt into which our country has
fallen, in the same harbor at Tam
pico, at another time.
A wealthy and very eminent
and able Amerigan was conduct
ing a vast enterxue in the neigh
borhood of Tampico, and employ
ing many Americans there.
As these Americans were in
constant danger, this American
employer secured a large yacht
and held it in Tamplco harbor in
readiness to rescue his employees
when the danger became imml
nent.
The revolutionists one day de
scended upon the headquarters of
this American's enterprise, plun
dered the headquarters, and then
began to rob and murder the
American employees,
Those who escaped fled to Tam
pico harbor and boarded the
Continued on Page 2, Column 4.
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LaFollette, in Grip
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Of Grip, Takes Rest
(By International News Service.)
MADISON, WIS, Jan. 17.—United
States Senator LaFollette will rest
for a week on account of an attack
of grip and a severe cold on the chest.
Hils condition was improved to-day,
but he announced that he would not
do any politcal speaking on his tour
of Wisconsin before next week,
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No Sailors to Man
New U. S. Battler
(By International News Servicu.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—The arrival of
the Oklahoma, with her sister -~hip
Nevada, the largest war vessel in the
world, developed% fact that the navy
is so short of men nobody here can
guess where the crew of 1,000 for her
is to come from.
She'll stay unmanned when the build
ers turn her over to the Government in
9 few days uniess Congress gets busy.
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American Refugees, Bound for
Border, Reportped “Lost” on
Mexican Desert.
By JOMN W. ROBERTS,
Sta¥ Correspondent of Internations
News Service.
EL PASO, TEXAS, Jan. 17 ~Thous®
tension on the border has been re
lHeved by news that all Americans ir
Western Chibuahua are safe, consid
erable anxiety is still felt over J&6
citisens of the United States on &«
train reported “lost” on the Mexica:
desert between Parral and Chihua
hua City
As dispatch received from Chihua
l‘t 1a Saturday night said the train had
left Parral in time to reach the bor
der by Sunday, but nothing has yet
been heard directly from refugees
American authorities in El Paseo, act
ing on instructions from Washington,
made inquiries to-day in an effo® to
locate the train, but were unable t«
get any information from Mexican uf
ficials
The Americans who escaped dealh
at the hands.of Mexican bandits in
Northern Mexico are menaced by a
new peril in an epidemic of typhus
fever which broke out at Mexico City
and spread northward. One death has
already been reported in El Paso, and
it is feared that the disease will rage
unchecked south of the border
State and Federal health officers
are co-operating with the local au
thorities in an effort to prevent an
outbreak of typhus among the thou
gands of Mexican refugees in E! Paso.
The one death thus far recorded was
that of Hipolito Martinez, who came
here from Pledras Negras, and dled at
the county hospital on Sunday after
an illness of 48 hours. The body was
buried in quicklime last night.
Sanitary conditions in Juarez, Chi
huahua City and other points south
of the border are bad. Much sickness
has been reportefl, but Carranza of
ficials deny that any typhus has ap
peared,
Americans Rapidl
Fleeing From %lexyico
L By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
18(-" Correspondent of International
} News Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17—Advices
to the State Department to-day from
Collector of Customs Cobb, at El
Paso, sald that Bart Kramer, Ameri
can rancher thoughkt to have been
killed by Villistas, is alive. Cobb did
not state the source of his informa
tion of Kramer's present whereabouts.
Kramer had been reported slain on
his ranch 60 miles west of Santa
Ysabel.
Consul General Silliman wired the
department to-day that General Tre
vino had ‘reported to General Car
ranza that he had executed General
Jose Ridriguez and General Carlos
Amaya, Villa leaders suspected of
complicity in the massacre of seven
teen Americans near Chihuahua. Tre~
vino reported that the men were ap
prehend on January 13 and executed
the next day.
Many Americans Fleeing. .
Dispatches weré pouring into the
department to-day from many
gources telling of Americans fleeing
from Mexico as fast as they can. Vice
Consul Coen, at Durango, wired that
‘he and F* O. Emerson, another Amer
ican, are safe. Fear has been felt for
their safety.
Consul General Hanna, at M\nte
rey, wired that 60 American em§
ployees of the Penoles Mining Com=-
pany from Napini, in the S‘tato )
Durango, :fe headed for the :
can bordcibou‘d a special train, é .