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lAlr Fleet Attacks Retreating Roumanians
Former Secretary First Witness
Before Senate Military
Committee.
By International News Service.)
VASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The first
serious effort in Congress to establish
compulsory national military service
he United States since the Civil
ar was begun today when the sub
nmittes of the Senate Military As.
s Committee began hearings on
¢ (C"hamberlain bill, designed to cre
e an army along the lines of the
Swiss system.
ti-gnilitarists and preparedness
ivocates in large number were pres
¢ to lay before the subcommittee
sisting of Senators Chamberlain,
mas and Brady-—their objections,
isms or approval of the pro
sed legislation The subcommittee
i huv\ov‘ur, to conclude the hear
gs about February 1, and to present
the Senate the revised draft of the
designed completely to revolu
th= system of national defense.
Preparedness leaders were ready to
‘ vith piles of data to prove that
the recent Mexican crisis had dem
wwirated the incompetence of the
sational Guard and to urge the sub
nmittee to recommend passage of
€ Senatore bill repealing the en
re section of the Hay act federaliz
g the State troops.
rmer Secretary of the Interfor
valter L. Fisher, of Chicago, the first
Witness, attacked the Chamberlain
on the ground that it would im-
Pose an unnecessary burden on the
intry and would fall to furnish the
\ training its sponsors claimed
rit.
Fhe Swiss system is not adapted to
¢ needs of the United States, Mr.
her declared
'he whole agitation for conscrip
u has bad a bad effect,” he contin-
Ued “It has dissuaded our experts
from trying to formulate a schems
for actual military preparedness
ch might have received popular
pport.”
, The German system of military
faining was held up as a detriment
the industrial and social progress
i nation
Progress In the so« ial and indus
lal life of Germany has been made
Spite of that nation’s system of en.
forced military training and service,
nd is in no sense a result of such
‘mpulsory service,” Mr. Fisher said
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New Warning of
Raider Is Flashed
alder 1s rlashe
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK., Dec 18.—~Another
Varning to allied vessels to beware
of & German ralder was flashed out
*arly today from a British cruiser
mewhere off Mandy Hook
The new warning contained no ref.
frence to the supposed ralder's loca
on or ‘dentity
Liqu '
quor and Cigarett
Raid {nag o
hattanooga
CHATTANOOGA. De 18. A dray!
ad of whisky and beer and » barrel
¥ clgaretion were confiscateyl by the
olice Bunday, when they ralde i & roon
B the Stag Hote in the heart of the
ity
Capt. Thomas
Dies asHeSits
t Firesid
Captain J. Jefferson Thomas, 86,
‘(‘ontederate veteran and one of the
‘oldest of the alumni of Princeton Uni
‘verslty and the University of Georgia,
‘died Sunday night at 7 o'clock at his
home, No. 81 Waddell street, Inman
Park. Captain Thomas was seated
before the fire, with members of hli
family gathered around. His chin
fell down on his chest, and his
daughter, Mrs, Patrick J. Farrell,
with whom he lived, and the others
thought he had fallen asleep. Later
an attempt was made to arouse him,
and it was seen that he had passed
away.
The body was placed in ‘charge of
Harry G. Poole, and will be sent
Tuesday morning at 6:45 o’clock over
the Georgia Rallroad to Augusta, his
old home. for funeral and interment.
~ Surviving Captain Thomas are two
'other daughters living in Atlanta,
Mrs. George MacMillan and Mrs,
Fred L. Ingraham; three sons, J. D,
‘and T. C, Thomas, of Augusta, and
Dr. Julian P. Thomas, of New York,
formerly of Atlanta; two grandsons,
D. N. and H. L. Ingraham, and a
granddaughter, Mrs. E. C. Threlkeld.
‘Bible Agent’ Fraud
Reported to Police
’ In using the Bible in carrying out a
‘srh«-me whereby he nicked numerous
farmers and residents of Hampton,
Ga., each for exactly $6.75, a man who
said he was J. M. Cooper has lost
‘thelr erendshlp.
In exchange for perfectly good
notes for the sum mentioned, which
he promptly discounted at a bank, the
‘note signe: received neatly pre
pared reccipts and promises of mo
rocco-bou 11 Bibles. |
i Then (' oper disappeared. And they
‘want h back.
“We'lli zladly furnish the money to .
bring him back, if only you'll catch
him,” they said in a letter reaching
Atlanta police headquarters Monday,
.
Stole Their Xmas
.
Automobiles Early
Two more Atlanta nuhnnomlon‘
were missing Monday, according 103
reports at police headquarters, |
They were a five-pagsenger Svu.ln-!
baker, belonging to W. C. Shepard, of |
No. 8 Bingham stMeet, and a new
model Ford, belonging to J. F. Gee, of
No. 264 Capitol avenue. The factory
‘num?mr of Mr. Gee's car was 1368742,
He offers a suitablé®reward |
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A Hint to the
Wise Home Hunter
Finding a home-like room, house or apartment need pot
be the work of many weary days. It can be satisfactorily
accomplished through the simple, easy expedient of seek
ing whme-you want through The Georglan-American Want
Ad columns.
Here, under the classification “For Rent” are listed from
\ day to day the offerings of rooms, houses and apartments
in Atlanta. They include every desirable location and al
ways the best values for the rent which you want to pay.
Read dally until you find what answers your wants and
then make an appointment by phone to see the place.
" The Georgian-American will also tell the detalls of your
wants to those In Atlanta who rent rooms, houses and
apartments. through your ad in its “Wanted to Rent” col
umns. This is another satisfactory way to secure results.
r When the ad is written, leave it with or
Telephone It to The
Georgian - American
Main 100 or Atlanta Main 3000
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Throng Gives Most Liberally and
500 Poor Youngsters Will Be
| Happy as Result
If the floorbeams of the Audito
rium could talk, and who knows
whether they can or not, they would
be complaining Monday of severe
pains in their joints after that strain
of Sunday afternoon. When 6,500
persong are all in one bunch it is
‘S( 'ME crowd, and fully that many at
tended the Shrine band concert.
’ Most of them dropped a bill or a
‘roin into one of the collection bas
‘kvls. too. When the Yaarab Green
coats dumped the money on a table In
a private room and began counting
they found quite a job ahead. But
there were several expert bank tellers
on the job, to say nothing of Cashier
Joseph 8. Kennedy, and finally they
had the dollars and the dimes and
the nickels and pennies all stacked
up and ready for the count. And the
total was $729.65
That means just this: that 500 At
lanta children will have a visit from
Santa Claus who would otherwise
have had a miserable Christmas, in
deed. It's tough enough to be poor
when one's nelghbors are no better
off. fßut to a child it must be heart
hn-;z‘(mpz to have nothing on Christ
mos morning when all the kids in the
block are out on the sidewalk show
ing off.
A Capacity Audience.
It was one of the biggest crowds
that ever has tested the Audito
rium’'s capacity There have been
a few occasions, not more than four
or five, when every seat was filled
and many persons stood. There were
a hundred or two empty seats Sunday
in the “behind the sight line” sections
of the balconies, and there were about
an equal number of “standees.” The
Auditorium contains 6,500 seats, one
of the Music Festival directors says
and so 6,500 seems an accurate esti
mate of the crowd which heard the
Yaarab band and chanters
The announcements of the concert,
given for the Empty Stocking Fund,
were carried exclusively 'n The Geor
gian and Sunday American, except
for brief notices in the two other pa-
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ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1916,
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l A (Great and Glorious
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1 Gathering for Charity
‘ It is impossible in mere type for The Georgian to express to
the Shriners’ Band and Chanters, to the Nobles of Yaarab Tem.-
ple generally, and to the generous and kindly people of Atlaga
the very great measure of appreciation it feels for the help given
The Georgian’s Empty Stocking Fund at the Auditorium Sunday
afternoon. |
The Georgian is honored in being made the agency through |
+ which the handsome sum received as a free will offering is to be
distributed.
The big charity effort belongs to the Shriners, the glory of
the contribution tg the thousands of people assembled. The sat
isfaction of having been the medium of publicity through which
the gathering was exploited and through which the charity will
be placed in the homes of the poor is honor and glory enough for
The Georgian.
We have 1,500 children on our list—poor, ragged, destitute
and in many instances sick. With what we have in hand now, we
can and will take care of a thousand.
IF WE HAD ANOTHER FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, WE
COULD TAKE CARE OF THEM ALL!
The work of filling the baskets started today and will be |
pushed to rapid conclusion. The distribution will be made early |
Christmas morning.
THERE STILL IS AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO SUB
SCRIBE AND HELP COMPLETE THE FUND—IF ANY OF |
YOU CARE TO.
We should like more than we can say to raise the additional
SSOO NEEDED.
Will not you, reader, if you have not already done so, send
a contribution?
Every cent of it will go to the poor. The Georgian pays ALL
of the expense of administration and distribution—every pen
ny. Your contribution, whatever it is, will be a 100-per-cent-to- |
the-poor affair. :
Girl to O
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NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—~Within a
month Ruth Law will have a brand
new aeroplane, larger, safer and fast.
er than the dinky little thing she
salled here from Chicago in, and after
that any New Yorker who wants
really to hasten to Chicago to dodge
a subpena, attend a ball, take a flier
in wheat, or do any of the things
possible 'in Chicago, may make his
arrangements with her,
Twice as fast as a rallroad train,
Ruth will take him there for a fee
that will have as many noughts for a
tall as a slow freight engine has cars.
‘(m Tuesday she is going to Buffalo to
draw up plans for her new machine,
in consultation with the engineers of
the Curtiss Aeroplane Company,
- The new plane will be large emough
1o carry a ten hours’ fuel supply, be
‘ntdrn Miss Law and one or two pas
sengers. Its speed will be 160 miles
L}B hour, at least
30 Strikebreakers
Deported From Cuba
- (By International News Service.)
i HAVANA, Dec. 18. Thirty Ameri
can engineers and firemen, sent here
from Chicago as strikebreakers, were
deported by the Cuban Government
for breaking the contract labor law,
they having acknowledged that their
tickets were paidfor. They belong to
& party of 150 strikebreakers, most of
whom are now stranded and penni
lesn in Havana. All say they were
hired in Chicago at $2lO per month for
work on the Cuban Rallway extension,
but were told nothing sbout a strike.
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OBSINING, N. Y, Dec. 1 ’l'wo;
youths, the eldest of whom |is barely |
out of his teens, volunteered today "'i
give up three days of their lives in
order that Christmas Day may not
be such a mockery for their mothers
'anh the boys are convicted murder
ers, and they will die at dawn tomn!-{
row, instead of next Friday, as sen
tenced,
~ Charles Kumrow, 20, who killed a
tugboat captgin in Buffalo, and Stan
ley .‘nllun-ln. 19, who shot a police
man in Utica, explained it all to
Father Cashin, Sing Sing's sympa
thetie comforter, as they sat in their
cells In the death block
If they are executed Friday, they
sald, their bodies would reach their
relatives on Christmas Day, and it
would not make it a very happy
Christmas for their mothers. So
they'd rather, they said, die tomor
row, so their funerals will be out of
the way before that day.
Father Cashin carried thely re.
quest to Warden Moyer, who, after
some hesitation, acceded to ilt. The
priest carried back the message to
them, and tomorrow morning, at § 45,
he will accompany each on the long
Journey "through the little green
door.”
Queen Victoria of
Sweden Very Il
(By International News Service,)
a:‘r!n‘KllHl.LL Dee, 18— Queen
Vietoria of Sweden, who has been 11}
for some time, is worse. It was stat
¢d today that her temperature has
risen and that physicians are in don.
| stant attendance, The Queen is suf
fering from inflammation of the
Tungx
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(By International News Service.)
BERLIN (via Sayville wireless),
Dec. 18.--Russo-Roumanian columns
retreating toward the Roumanian
fortress of Braila, at the bend of the
Danube, were attacked by German alr
squadrons with successful results, the
War office announced today In its
[smt(-mfinl on Roumanian operations.
The general situation in Roumania
is unchanged.
In the Uz Valley on the eastern
‘fmntu-r of Transylvania, there have
‘been local engagements with varying
success,
The repulse of Russian attacks
northwest of Lutsk and south of
Zborov was reported by the War Of
fice
On the Macedonian front there has
temporarily been lively firing along the
bend of the Tcherna River,
There have been no important
events on the Somme and Verdun
fronts, the War Office announced.
“There has been only a Wttle fighting'
activity,” it said,
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Roumanians Retreat
. .
Across Russian Line
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Dec. 18- -The Roumanian
army has retreated to the Russian
frontier, where It is being reinforeed
by Russian and Roumanian officers,
says a dispatch to The Petit Par
islenne., Russian troops are now hold.
ing the line in Roumania
When the Russians took over the
fighting, the remnant of the origina,
Roumanian army retired behind the
Sereth River to the sector of J.ssy,
some of it going to Bessarabla (a
Russian provinee)
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2 More Cities Are
Reported Evacuated
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, Dec. 18Fleld Marshal
von Mackensen's armies have .peach.
ed the gates of Moldavia, the only
Roumanlan provinee remaining In the
hands of the Russo-Roumanian
forces
All of Dobrudja except the forest
region in the bend of the Danube Is
now In possession of the German
Bulgarian and Turkigh troops. Prac
tically all of ';rv'-‘r Wallachia has
been overrun
The Russian-Roumanians are re
ported to have evacuated Braila and
Galats,
West of the Bezeu-Romnia Road
the German allies are pushing to
ward the northeast through the
mountains: east of the road parallel
progress is being made across the
lowlands
During the past 48 hours vast
storea of fresh booty have fallen Into
the hands of the German allles. It
Includes rallway roiiing stock, live
stock, foodstuffs, grain war materials
and petroleum It Is reported that
the seat of the Roumanlan Govern
ment has been removed from Jassy
to Russia The Forelgn Office has
been established In Vetrograd . the
other branches are to be located at
Kiev, It in sald |
It 's reported that King Ferdl.
nand, who is rapid) becoming 'h-‘
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EVENING
EDITION
Victory Now
Nivell
" Sure, Nivelle
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$ ARIS, Deg. 18.—General Ni
) P velle, recently appointed
commander-in-chief of the
armies in the north and northeast,
upon leaving Verdun for his new
Z headquarters, spoke as follows in
taking leave of his staff:
“The test is conclusive; our
method has proved sound. Onoce
2 more the second army has assert
) ed in the highest degree its moral
! and material ascendancy over the
{ enemy.
{ “Victory is certain, | give you
?,nuurance. Germany will learn it
{ to her cost.”
Two Trai
Collide at
T
A head-on collision between two
passenger trains on the Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantic Rallroad oc
curred shortly before 8 o'clock Mone
day at Bellwood when train No. 3,
from Waycross and Thomasville, ran
into train No. 2, due to leave at 7:45
o'clock for those points. It was report.-
ed that two white men and a negro
were hurt, but none serfously.
According to first reports of the ac
cident, the outgoing train had backed
on the main line preparatory to get
ting into the Terminal Station, and
was standing still when the incoming
train, running at the rate of about fige
miles an hour, collided with it.
A number of people were considera
bly shaken up. The indications were
that little material damage was done
to either train,
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(By International News Service.)
\\',\SlH\'H'l'U.\', Dec. 18,--1f no aec
tive filibuster develops, supporters nf‘
the District of Columbia prohibition
bill hoped to bring the measure to
vote in the Senate late today
The opposition is unlikely to at
tempt to delay a vote
Wet” Senators were as anxlous a 8
the “drys” to have a showdown on the
bill and get 1t out of the way for the
session
Both sides were confident of victory,
and, although it appeared the vote
would be close, Indications seemed 10‘
favor the drys
Before a vote s taken on the bill
proper, the Senate will have to act
on the Underwood referendum amend
ment to submit prohibition to a vote
of the people of the District and the
Smoot substitute to prohibit even 'hrl
Importation of alcohol for beverage
purposes into the Distriet,
Beats Gallant, 53, to
.
Death With Sledge
ST. LOUIS, Dec, 18."1 killed him be
cause 1 did not want! any man twice my
Age hugeing me,” was the only state
ment the police could obtaln mcluy lrnm‘
Misn Bertha Smith, 23, who beat ( harles
Etone, 58, a bullding contractor, to deat)
with & hammer, Stone's body was found
::":'vw.m ot & block from the mrl'.‘
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Retter look alive
Ntores are getting rowded nne,
You can’t do much in FIVE,
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18— Seversk
weeks probably will elapse before the
administration will urge upon Enge
land and its allies grave and earnest
consideration of the Teutonic offer e
discuss peace,
Several reasons were assigned to
day for this fact by those in touch
with the President. The principal reae
sons for withholding immediate ac
tlon. by the American Government, ¢
was sald, are these:
| 1. To give the Entente Gov ernments
time to discuss the German offer.
2. To minimize the risk of a rebuf®
when the American note of SUgßes~
tion is received In the Entente caple
tals,
3. To llve up to the request of the
Central Powers that the United States
merely forward the peace offer to their
enemies
4. To have time to ascertaln unof
clally, through American diplomatie
agents, how the American suggestion
will be received,
Itasing their belief that the time for
action by the United States is not
ripe on the attitude indicated by the
action of t he Russian Duma recently,
administration ofMcials, backed by the
advice of neutral diplomats here, are
counseling delaying the contemplated
action of the United States. It ig
hoped that the feeling in Petrograd
may be shaped, through the influence
of London and Paris, to admit of at
least discussion of the peace offer of
its enemies
As yet the administration has no
definite assurances that the countries
of the Entente have varied from their
position, made known unofficially te
representatives of the United States.
that a peace uuz[yflnnn from the
United States would be embarrassing.
The White House will awalt the As
surances of this head before acting, it
Is sald. To this end American agents
in all of the nations of the Entents
will seek to learn just when a note
from Washington, urging at least Llt
cussion of the Teutenic offer, would
be most acceptable
Regardless of the ultimate attitude
of the Governments of the Entente
allles toward this contemplated action
by the administration, it is regarded
here us absolutely sure that it will be
done eventually The note will be
sent, ofMciuls close to the Prestdent
sald today, on the theory that a neu
tral that has suffered harm at the
hands of Lelligerents on both sides,
the United States has the right te
express its desires in the present o«
sis, and also that as the leading nou=
tral of the world America has this
right
Proposal for Peace
Disappoints Vatican
(By International News Service.)
ROME, Dec. 18It {8 asserted that
the Vatican 1 somewhat disappointed
At the German Chancellor's proposal
for peace, regarding both its sub
stance and form.
It seems that the Vatlcan expected
Germany to offer a more definite pro
posal, which, without saying so, would
have enabled the Fntente allles to un
(derstand that Germany was ready to
return to the status existing before the
War
’ Whils the ofclal note transmitted
by neutrals to the belligerents doss noy
mention any conditions, 1t s unders