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Croek King Sees Battle in Streets of Athens
VILLA IN TRAP, SAY FEDERALS
By W. B. GRIFFIN,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
EL PASO, TEXAS, Dee. 2.—Pancho
Villa's army has been surrounded in
Chihuahua City by Carranza forces
under General Murgula, who made a
forced march on the State capital
from the south, General Gonzales,
Carranza coinmander at Juarez, Te
ported today. Murguia has been or
dered to attack immediately, Gonzales
v declared.
General Calles, Carranza command
er at Nogales, Sonora, gave out a
similar -u:?ent. He sald Murgula
had reach Chihuahua City with
7,000 men, and would gttack Villa to
. day. It was pointed out here, how
ever, that at™ach siage of the battle
for Chihuahua City Carranza ofl‘iclals‘
gave out optimistic statements, de
claring Murguia was about to attack
Villa's gear, while private advices
showed Murguia to be several days’
march from the scene of the battle.
Federal agents here do not believe
Villa will evacuate Chihuahua City,
and discredit reports that Murgula
will attempt to drive him from the
city.
Prominent residents of Juarez be
gan moving across the Rio Grande to
El Paso today, fearing an immediate
attack on the border city by Villistas.
A number of business interests In
Juarez remained in the city them
selves, but sent their wives and
daughters to El Paso. Tales of the
horrible mistreatment of girls and
women by Villistas after the capture
of Chihuahua City have alarmed
Juarez. |
Federal agents learned today that
Villa is delaying his advance on Jua
rez until he finds out how Pres
ident Wilson will regard his occupa~
tion of the town. Villa's secret ser
vice men have been working in El
Paso for ten days, attempting to learn
from Government agents here wheth
er General Pershing will move.
against him if he occupied Juarez.
Seven days have passed without
any word of the fate of Americans
in Chihuahua City. Relatives here
% have almost given up hope for their
safety, though it is thought possibie
they may have escaped and are mak
ing their way northward on foot.
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- U. 8. War Officials
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Clamor for Action
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.~—Drastic
moves to destroy the head of the
Villistas and preclude possible attacks
upon the American forces in Mexico
were today being rapidly worked out
py Président Wilson and Secretaries
Lansing and Baker, of the State and
War Departments. Developments of
the next ten days in Queretaro, Car
ranza's capital, and In Villa’'s march
, through Chihuahua, Wil . decide
whether General Pershing shall re
ceive a brief message to carry out
{ his original orders, to “get Villa.” Ad
mission of the fall of Chihuahua City
made by Mexican Ambassador Des -
ignate Arredondo late yesterday, and
villa’s continued successes, swept
away all doubt that strong action by
General Pershing’'s forces would
sho~tly be imperative.
Way' Department officials today
were cla Wring for action. In brief
conferences ™ith his military chiefs,
Secretary ot T¥ar Baker was urged
to insist that Bx=wident Wilson agree
to give General Pershing free rein in
, the situation.
y The policy to be followed is yet
unknown to any one except the Pres
ident and the two Secretaries. Offi
cers of the army General Staff who
Continued on Pzge 2, Column o
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Kaiser to Send |
20,000 French
(By International News Service.)
ONDON, Dec. 2—A dispatch |
L to The Daily News from
Rome says:
“According to the Pope's re
peated representations, Germany
has notified the Vatican that ali
deported French civilians will be
! returned to their homes before
! Christmas. In all about 20,000 per
i sons are to be repatriated.”
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Daves Estate Case
.
Is Set for Trial
The case of S, H. Venable, as ex
ecutor, against Dr. Joel T. Daves and
others, involving the spirited court
fight over the estate of the late Mrs.
Daves, formerly Mrs. James Collins,
Saturday was taken from its regular
‘m‘der on the trial calendar in Supe
rior Court and was speclally set for
trial on January 8. The estate of Mrs.
Daves is variously estimated in value
at from SIOO,OOO to $200,000, and the
court battle promises to prove one of
the liveliest property contests wit
nessed in the Fulton courts in a long
while.
Mrs Daves was said to have made
two wills. In the first she bountifully
remembered her husband, while in the
second he fared in a very small de
gree. The first will named the hus
band as executor, but the second del
egated this office to Mr. Venable.
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Captured Canadians
Get Long Sentences
(By International News Service.)
TORONTO, ONT., Dec. 2—Many
Canadian soldiers taken prisoners by
the Germans on the western fron®
have been sentenced to long terms of
penal servitude, according to informa
tion claimed to have been received
here today. The information, officials
sald, came through the United States
Embassy in Berlin. The causes of
the prison sentences have not been
learned.
Cycle Squad Called
.
On False Raid Alarm
(By International News Service.)
LAREDO, TEXAS, Dec. 2.—Antici
pating a raid, a motorcycle machine
gun squad of the Fiftenth Infantry
was ordered out in a hurry early to
day when a band of Mexicans was
seen acting suspiciously at a point
down the river from Laredo. The
machine gun squad was on duty until
dawn, but ro trouble developed.
Selecting Salesmenand Agents
As almost every manufaciurer knows, certain men are fitted
to sell certain things. Many who are sucoessful in one line
. will prove unsuccessful in another. And the process of slim
ination by test is, to say the least, a trying ome.
Successful manufacturers, however, save mueh of the time
and expense entalled in “trying out” men by the following
method:
They stats their complete requirements clearly in the form
of & Want Ad, which they send to The Dally Georgian and
Bunday Amerioan. Those who are eligibie are thus at
tracted. .
Experience has proved that in this way countless concerns
choose among many of the ablest salesmen and agents in
their various lines at the time of their need. If you need a
salesfnan or an agent you can follow their example with
profit by writing a Want Ad now. Then mall it to
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The Georgian-American
Atlanta’s Want Ad Directory
20 East Alabama Street
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| WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Francis J.‘
'Hrnvry, of California, will be ap-‘
pointed Attornev General of the
United States to succeed Thomas W.
Gregory, who is planning to resign,
according to reports this afternoon.
The information of Mr. Gregory's in
tention to resign from the Wilson
Cabinet is unconfirmed, but generally
credited in official circles today. It
is understood that he has for some
time wished to retire from public life
and resume the practice of law in
Texas.
Mr. Heney, according to report, has
been asked by the President to come
to Washington to confer about suc
ceeding Mr, Gregory. He was an
ardent Progressive four years ago, but
supported Presidént Wilson In the
past campaign and is credited here
with having greatly influenced the
'result in California in Wilson's favor.
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Mart Kanaugh, Tiger
.
Player, Is Married
(By International News Service.)
DETROIT, MICH., Dec. 3.—Marty
Kanaugh, former inflelder and pinch
hitter for the Tigers and rival of Nick
Altrock, of the Senators, for beauty
honors in the American League, was
married today in Holy Trinity Church
to Miss Bessle Fitz Simmons, of De
troit. Kanaugh Is now a member
of the Cleveland club, having been
sold late in the season just closed.
The Kanaughs will live in Detroit.
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Clearings Here for
Week $23,729,081.58
Clearings through the Atlanta banks
for five days—Thursday being a holiday,
Thanksgiving—amounted to $23,729.-
081.568, against $19,771,268.839 the same
week last year—six days. Thisg is an
increase of $3,957,812.79.
Clearings Saturday amounted to $4,-
904,840.13, against $3,309,862.02 the same
day last year, an increase of $1,594,-
077.91.
Japan Loans Ally,
Britain, $50,000,000
ritain, ,000,
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Dec. 2.—The Morning
Post in its Issue today states that
Japan is lending $50,000,000 to Eng
land to bolster British credit in the
United States.
Saturday afternoon five county po-
Mcemen were speeding along the At
lanta-Macon highway on motorcycles
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and in a motor car, believed to be hot
on the trail of robbers who had llug-‘
ged A. H. Boykin, paymaster of the
Martel Manufacturing Company, at 9
o'clock that morning in Hapeville, and
robbed him of $1,260, the pay roll for
the company’s mill at Egan, Ga.
At 4 o'clock the county police re
ported that their men had chased the
robbers from Egan to a point near
Griffin, where the trail had been lost
for a time. The fugitives were be
lieved to be making their way Lo~
!ward Macon.
County Officers Jordan and Stovall
were chasing the men on motorcycles,
Officers Haynie, Wells, Hornsby and
Carterd were in an automobile,
Boykin's story of the robbery was
that he was attacked just after leav
ing a street car at Lang avenue, in
Hapeville.
Felled by Blow.
“One other man got off the car
there,” he stated. “He was a tall man,
wearing a khaki coat. He walked be
hind me, and all of a sudden I was
knocked to the ground by a stunning
blow on the back of my head.”
“As my vision began to clear, 1
saw two men getting out of a Ford
car. The tall man was stooping over
me, and one of the others joined him.
They got the satchel in which was
the money, climbed quickly into the
car and went away at top speed.“’
All the available county officers
started in pursuit, along the road to
Griffin, which was ‘aken by the rob
bers' car. Early In the afternoon
three deputy sheriffs—Lee Haygood,
Dan Goodlin and Willlam Hunter—
returned with the information that
they never had been able to get with
in sight of the robbers, but that the
other five were keeping after them
with all possible speed.
Doctor Saw Ditched Car.
The returning trio also said they
had talked with a Hapeville physician
who said he was on the way back to
Hapeville from Jonesboro when he
passed a Ford car in the ditch, with
two men working frantically to get it
back on the road, swearing In a most
unseemly manner, and apparently
much excited.
He sald one man was tall, with
black hair, and the other short, and
red-headed. This tallied with Boy
kin's description of two cf the men,
It appeared that the car had been
ditched in passing another Ford, one
of whose passengers was helping the
excited pair with their car. There
were two sdtchels in the car.
Bob Waggoner, acting chief of At
lanta detectives, was detailed on the
case shortly after it was reported to
the city police and left at once for the
scene with a force of men.
It was sald at the police station
that the d&etectives had a good idea
who one of the robbers was.
N.,C. & St. L. Head Is
John Howe Peyton, of Nashville,
vresident of the Nashville, Chatta
nooga and St. Louis Railway, was
registered at the Piedmont Saturday.
He was locked up in conference in
his room.
Mr. Peyton, through a voice which
answered the phone, was interviewed
on the strike situation on his road.
He gave out the following statement:
“Very busy now! Positively can’t
<ee anvbodv ”
(By International News Service.)
LEXINGTON, KY. Dec. 2.—One of
the old-time duels which made the
bluegrass country the chosen setting
of so many novelists was staged at
sunrise today in Clinton County.
Mounted on blooded horses, Jeff
Blevins and Steven Hubblestone can
tered with their seconds over the
dewy grass to a secluded spot select
ed for the settling of their difficul
ties.
The men -h9ok hands and then gal
loped on theif horses 256 feet in oppo
site directions with revolvers drawn.
Wheeling at a gliven signal, they
opened fire. Hubblestone was klllod‘
and his horse shot from under him
Blevins was dangerously wounded.
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lSought on Charge of
Attempted Robbery
l (By International News Service.)
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Dec. 2.-—Po
lice today received orders from Wash
ington police to search for William
Hayes, newspaper man, and until a
few months ago secretary to Con
gressman Robert Crosser, of Ohio.
Abram Lisner, wealthy Washington
department store owner, swore to a
warrant charging Hayes with trying
to rob him in @ room in the Raleigh
Hotel in Washington, whence Hayes
had asked him for a business confer
ence,
During the campaign Hayes did
publicity work for Myron T. Herrick,
‘Republlmn candidate for United
’States Senator in Ohio.
Teutons Intended
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To Assist Greeks
1 (By International News Service.)
' LONDON, Dec. 2.—The Central
Powers intend to offer assistance to
King Constantine of Greece, says an
'Amsterdam dispatch to The Times
today.
The German allies hope that Con
stantine will declare war against the
Allles, the dispatch adds.
Since the foregoing was sent from
Amsterdam the Greek monarch has
‘nlrea.dy yielded to the demands of the
Alles.
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Pastor, in Pulpit 57
'
Years, Asks Pension
THOMASVILLE, Dec. 2—The Rev.
FE. H. McGehee, who has been in the
ministry of the South Georgia Con
ference for 57 years, created a thrill
ing scene when, after reciting what
the step meant to him, asked the con
'fw-vm‘e to grant him a superannuated
relation. He and his brother, the Rev,
J. B. McGehee, D. D, who was super
annuated last year, have given to the
church 120 years of unbroken serv
ice
Dodgers May Train
g y
At Hot Springs, Ark.
(By International News Service.) ‘
BROOKLYN, Dec. 2.—Brooklyn's
Dodgers will train either at Daytona,
Fla., or Hot Springs, Ark., next spring.
Exhibition games with the local teams
at Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Wichita, To
peka, St. Joseph, Kansas City, Daven
port, Peoria, Indianapolis, Washington
and Baltimore are included in- the
spring training plans now under con
sideration.
! NEW SHIP LINE.
BALTIMORE, MD. Dec. 2.—An
lnouncement of a new steamship line
to run from Baltimore to South Amer
ican ports was made this afternoon
by Vice President Thompson, of the
Baltimore and Ohio Rallroad. The
new concern will expend $15,000,000
for steam~=:s. 4
(By International News Service.)
SPEEDWAY, UNIONTOWN, PA
Dec. 2.—Speeding at the rate of 100
miles an hour in the last laps of the
112-mile Universal Trophy race this
afternoon, the big Premier #ar driven
by Frank Galvin blew the right rear
tire, ‘and, mounting the rim of the
wooden track, crashed into the press
stand, killing two and Injuring ten,
one probably fatally.
Hughte Hughes, who had been
foreed from the race a few minutes
before, when his car went over the‘
west turn, was caught square in front
of the big car and horribly mangled.
Gaston Weigle, Gavin's mechani
cian, was caught under the wrecked
car, dying instantly, while Galvin,
who was hurled through the air, was
probably fatally injured. He was
rushed to the Uniontown Hospital,
where his condition was reported se
rious.
Twenty thousand people saw the
accident. Only a few minutes before
Hughes had thrilled them when his
Hosking car dashed up to the top of
the rim and disappeared. Because of
the fact that he had slowed down for
the turn, his machine failed to over
turn, and both he and his mechani
cian escaped uninjured.
Speeding Up Stretch.
Galvin was speeding up for the
stretch and was going at least 100
miles an hour when the right rear tige
exploded. The report startled the
crowd. The big car snapped off a
great timber guard rail and plunged
over.
The press stand bore the blow of
'the hurtling Premier car. It crum
bled into kindling wood, and the
scores of newspaper men in it were
precipitated to the ground. Nearly |
iall received bruises, but none was fa- l
itully hurt. Nine were removed to the
first-ald station, and several luterl
‘wvre sent to the Uniontown Holpnu.l.i
Weigle was 25 years old, and lived
in New York City. He was badly |
}crushvd underneath the car. It was
;several minutes before his body could |
be removed. The car was completely
1 wrecked. |
' Wild excitement reigned, but the.
race was finished. Louis Chevrolet, |
driving a Frontenac car, finished thfl}
112-mile course first, his time for the
100 lups‘ being 1 hour 14 mlnutel;
12 2-5 seconds. |
Dave Lewls, driving a Premier, was |
second, his time being 1 hour 14 mm-i
utes 26 1-5 seconds.
Ralph De Palma, in his Mercedes,
lfiniflhod third, his time being 1 hour
16 minutes 16 2-5 seconds.
~ Barney Newgard, .driving a l'raw-§
ford, and Milt Mcßride, in an Olsen,
tied for fourth place; time, 1 hour 16
minutes, ’ }
Wheat King Gi 1
1 eat King Gives
~ $258,000 for Xmas
‘ (By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—Christmas gifts
of $258,000 to two Chicago Institutions
are announced today by James A.
Patton, the wheat king. Northwest
ern University gets $134,000 and
Evanston Hospital $124,000, the lat
ter conditional that an equal amount
Lbe raised by July for a bullding
fund.
COMPROMISE VERDICT.
LAFAYETTE, IND., Dec. 3—A
compromise verdict was rendered this
afternoon by a jury which found Wil
liam Troschier guilty of voluntary
manslaughter. Nine were for convic
tion of first-degree murder and three
were for acquittal. It was charged
Troschier murdered Charles Harris,
who was found dead In his rooms
above a saloon.
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Crisis of War
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British Policy
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(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Dec. 2.—" We are in a
position of unparalleled gravity,” sald
Admiral Baron Beresford, in an ad
dress at a meeting to support a
stronger naval pelicy. “The crisis
of war is now.
“Since the enemy submarines have
transferred their activities from the
headlands and shallow waters to the
blue sea, the menace requires new
strategy and new tactics, but so far
no systematic measures have been
taken.
“The Germans are now going to
gsend submarines to the Pacific and
to wherever British trade routes are.”
Baron Beresford advocated con
tinual aerial attacks on the German
base at Zeebrugge and the arming of
merchantmen, and continued:
“It is a most unsatisfactory state
of affairs. Thousands of tons of food
which were waiting to coma to Eng
land have been diverted to Germany.”
The meeting adopted a resolution
calling for more effective measures
to deal with the submarine question.
Strong denunciations of the Ggv
‘ernment and its naval policy were
‘made at the meeting, which was at
tended by representatives of the ship
ping and mercantile community of
London, ‘
Thomas Gibson Bowles, who fol
lowed Baron Beresford, made a vig
orous indictment of the Government,
demanding new men and a new mind
at the Admiralty. He llkened the Ad
miralty to a Jericho whose walls had
fallen “to the trumpet's sound.”
Mr. Bowles said:
“Unless the submarine menace Is
dealt with we shall be blockaded as
well as Germany and privation and
famine prices will ensue. I can see
no glimmer of an overture for peaco,;
but if overtures for an honorable
peace should come with sufflcient}
guaranties it would be the duty of
the Government to examine them. I
have arrived at the conclusion, how
ever, that this Government is no
more able to make peace than it is to
make war.”
Would Limit Rail
.
Stock to Valuation
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Deec. 2.—Declaring
that the public would not have con
fidence in the railroads until they
quit “watering their stocks,” Senator
iCummins, member of the Joint Con
gressional Railroad Committee, today
declared that the railroads’ capital
‘stnrsk should only equal their physi
‘ml valuation.
L P. Thom, representing the rail
roads, declared the theory “danger
ous,” and sald it would mean finan
cial ruin to the United States and
distress to the whole world. He de
clared that most railroads have
grown up” to their capital stock
I(hmugh gradual increase in their
property valuations.
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Savannah Wireless
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Hears of Submarines
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‘ SAVANNAH, iDec. 2.—Wireless
'messages have been recelved in Sa
vannan by local amateur radio oper
‘ators, who refuse to give their names
;fnr fear of prosecution by the Gov
ernment, from the high power British
naval radiol station located in Jamai
ca, warning all Allied vessels of the
presence of Gerraan submarines in
United States waters and more espe.
cially in the vicinity of the South
Atlantic United States coast.
The message was picked up Wed
nesday after midnight and warned
British vessels against using the
‘tmde routes or covering poirfts. It
also stated the approach to Kingston
harbor is exceedingly dangerous.
Brazil to Buy Ships
0f Germany Interned
‘ (By International News Service.)
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 2.—The
l(‘hamber of Deputies today revealed
that negotiations have been begun by
the Braziliarn Government for the ac
quisition of the German merchant
vessels now interned in Brazilian
ports.
FIRST
EDITION
(By International News Service.)
PETROGRAD, Dec. 2.—The firss
serious check for the German allies
driving upon Bucharest from the
south was reported by the German’
War Office today.
The Teuton forces that advanced
northward from the Danube have
been driven out of the villages of
Gostinar and Tzomana and compelled
to fall back, the official statement
BAYS.
The Russians, after hard fighting,
have gained the western end of the
Cernavoda bridge.
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Greece Yields to
.
Demands of Allies
LONDON, Dec. 2 —Comparative
quiet reigned in Athens today follow
ing the submission of the Greek Gov
ernment to the disarmament ultima
tum of the Allies.
The surrender by the Greek King
came after a serious outbreak of
fighting on Friday. The Allied troops
are reported to be withdmwipx from
Piraeus. The firing ceased last night
after the Spanish and Dutch Ministers
to Greece had intervened. At 8 o'clock
these diplomats, together with the en
voys of the Entente powers, met with
the Greek Cabinet at the French Le
gation and an armistice was drawn
up.
Four hundred French marines were
landed by Admiral du Fournet, on
Friday. These marched upon Athens.
A hill overlooking the Greek capital
was sgeized by them.
Fresh details have just been re
celved of the battle which raged im
the streets of Athens under the eyes
of King Constantine. From the win
dows of the royal palace the King
saw his troops engage the French,
Italian and British marines in battle.
The sons of the King were with their
regiments,
Allied warships anchored in Phalo~
con harbor bombarded the outskirts
of Athens on Friday afternoon. Shells
were thrown over the royal palace
against positions of the Greek reserv+
ists on the hills beyond.
The hottest fighting centered
around the Zappeceon, a great expo
sition building, which was seized by
the 2,000 allied marines throwngsio
the city. ' ~
In the fighting near the French Le
gation two colonels of the Greek army
were shot to death,
The casualties are estimated at 200
in a dispatch from Athens this after
noon.
Venizelists barricaded themselves
in a newspaper office and took part
in the fighting.
Vice Admiral du Fournet, com
mander of the allied forces, was noti
fied last night that the Greek Gov
ernment would turn over its artillery
and all but 50,000 of its rifles. Six
batteries of mounted artillery were
{mmediately turned over to the Allies,
Afterward the Allles began to with
draw their forces from Athens.
Parts of the city are badly dam-«
aged, as the Greek troops turned ar
tillery against the allled marines.
In Stadium street a number of
civilians were killed.
King Constantine is reported to
have dismissed the prefect becauss
of the disorder.
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6,000 Roumanians
Taken by Teutons
BERLIN (via SZ’vma wireless ),
Dec. 2.—ln a gigantic battle on the
Wallachian Plain, northwest of
Bucharest, the Roumanian lines wers
smashed and the Austro-Germans
drove forward to the Arjeshu River,
the War Office announced today.
Along the Carpathian Mountains, on
the eastern frontier of Transylvania,
the Russians keep up their furious
drive. All the attacks have been re
pulsed with heavy losses to the at
tackers, the report says.
The capture of 51 officers and more
than 6,000 men was reported.
All along the line in the interior of
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