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3 CENTS
EVERY WHERL
PAY NO MORE
WILSON TO KEEP ‘HANDS OFF IN PEACE OFFER
,Rgumanian Army Tal(es Ref{lge Imn R;ssia‘
French Captives at Verdun Now
Total More Than
11,000.
(By International News Service.)
' PARIS, Dec. 18.—~The Roumanian
army has rets.il.d to the Russian
frontier, where it is being reinforced
by Russian and Roumanian officers,
says a dispatch to The Petit Par-‘
isienne. Russian trooos 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 . .ssy,
some of it going to Bessarabia (a
Russian provinece).
.
French Captives at
Verdun Reach 11,387
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Dec. 18.—S8ince the morn-‘
ing of December 15 French troops on]
the Verdun front have captured 11,-'
387 German prisoners, the War Office
announced today. It is admitted that
the Germans have been able to re
' %ain a footing on Chambrette Farm.‘
northeast of Verdun, which the
French captured last Friday.
The report says:
“South of the Somme a detachment
of the enemy which was endeavoring
to occupy our lines to the southwest |
of Berny was repulsed with hnnd'
grenades,
“On the right (eastern) bank of thel
Meuse, after a bombardment pre
viously reported by us, the Germans
delivered a powerful attack last nightl‘
against our new positions. 'l‘hey‘
succeeded in securing a foothold nn]
Chambrettes Farm. We continue to
hold the territory adjoining this soc-i
tor. The night was calm on the res(‘
of the front, |
"Since the morning of December 15
we have captured 11,387 prisoners on
the Verdun front, including 284 offi-|
cers. In addition, we have taken or
destroyed 1,500 cannons, 44 bomb
throwers and 700 machine guns.” !
All the newspapers are filled with
praise for General Nivelle, the suc
cessor to General Joffre, who (‘vlf--\
“eated his promotion with a grand |
o¥ensive on the Verdun front that is
slow.; rolling the Germans back to the
positions they occupied east of the
Meuse before the Teutonic drive was
opened last February, ‘
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Fleeing Army Is \
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Shelled by Airmen
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN (via Sayville wireless),
Dec. 18.—Russo-Roumanian columns
retreating toward the Roumanian
’fortrs-sa of Braila, at the bend of the
Danube, were attacked by German air
Squadrons with successful results, the
War office announced today in its
statement on Roumanian operations.
The general situation in Roumania
I 8 unchanged.
In the Uz Valley on the eastern
frontier 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
lemporarily been lively firing along the
bend of the Teherna River
There have been no important
évents on the Somme and Verdun
fronts, the War Office announced,
‘There has been oniy a little fighting
setivity.” it said
2 More Cities Are
Reported Evacuated
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN. Dec., 18.—~Field Marshal
Yon Mackensen's armies have reach
ed the gates of Moldavia, the only
Roumanian provinee remaining in the
Continued on Page 2, Column 4,
BUSINESS MAN CITED FOR CONTEMPT
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A (Great and Glorious
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Gathering for Charity
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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 Atlanta
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 to 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 sitk. 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
S6OO NEEDED.
Will not you, reader, if you have not already dome 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,
W h 1 t
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—If no ac
tive fllibuster develops, supporters of
the District of Codumbia prohibition
bill hoped to bring the measure to a
vote in the Senate late today
The opposition is unlikely 1o at
tempt to delay a vote
“Wet” Senators were as anxious as
the “drys” to have a showdown on the
bill and get it out of the way for the
session
Both sides were confident of victory,
and, although it appeared the vote
would be close, indications seemed to
favor the drys
Before a vote is 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 the
Importation of alcohol! for beverage
purposes into the District,
A Hint to the
Wise Home Hunter
Finding a home-like room, house or apartment need not
be the work of many weary days. It can be satisfactorily
accomplished through the simple, easy expedient of seek
ing what you want through The Georgilan-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 daily 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 {s another satisfactory way to secure results. §
When the ad is written, leave it with or
Telephone It to The
Georgian - American
Main 100 or Atlanta Main 8000 i
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~ VOL. XV. NO. 118,
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a. uir W ants
‘H im g Bac k
A Georgia girl, left behind when the
brigade marched off to the Texas bor
der wants “him"” back.
Here's her letter which reached the
Governor's office Monday:
Saturday night.
Governor Nat E. Harris,
Atlanta, Ga.
Dear “Uncle Nat”"-—-Won't you
please use your influence to soon
bring home “our boys"” from the
border? We want them back
yes, every one of them
A TRUE GEORGIA GIRL.
$1,000,000 CATTLE DEAL.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec, 18.-Bwift &
0., of Chicago, through the Waestern
Meat Company, has purchased the in
terests of the Nevada Packing Company
of Reno, and man thousand head of
cattle, W. M. Slater, head of the Ne
vada Company, announced today The
price was not stated although it was re
ported to be approximately $1,000,000
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ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1916.
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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
SOME crowd, and fully that many at
tended the Shrine band concert.
Most of them dropped a bill or a
coin into one of the collection bas
kets, 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 joon, 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, ln-“
deed. It's tough enough to be poor
when one’'s neighbors are no better
off. But to a child it must be heart
breaking to have nothing on Christ
mas 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 6500 geems an accurate esti
mate of the crowd which heard the
Yaarab band and chanters
The announcements of the concert,
glven for the Empty Stocking Fund,
were carried exclusively in The Geor
glan and Sunday American, except
for brief notices In the two other pa
pers on Sunday morning. For It wnn!
for The Georglan’'s charity work unvi’
it was the paper directly interested, |
The concert was scheduled to Iwu:n;
at 3 o'clock, but the crowd began ar- |
riving shortly after 2 o'clock. Before |
the hour for the first number the
main floor and boxes and circles were |
all fAAlled and the greencoated ushe s, |
volunteers from the Shrine, were |
gulding later comers to the balconie u.z
It was not long unt!l these were fllllvd:
to the very last seat, except 'hn.fl-e’
from which the band could not be |
Neen |
The crowd was typically Atlantan. |
Every section of the town from Druid
Hills to the back alleys was repre.-
sented There were enough limou
sines in the street to make one think
opera week had arrived again, and the
procession of pedestrians reached '
from Five Points to the doors. There
were old men and young men, their
wives, mothers, children. There were
debutantes of this season and there)
were giris from the factories And |
everybody, high and low, appeared to |
enjoy every minute of the two hours
program
Everyone Willing te Aid. |
Potentate Walter Andrews made a |
brief talk in the Intermission, urging
Hberality In giving, and then the
corps of Shriners, directed by Forrest
Adair, started through the aisles
There wasx no “strong arm” work,
Nobody was ordered to dig too deep
But the baskets came out loaded |
with sllve and every one had its
thare of dolinr notes l
The fund was turned over Monday
Continued on Page 3, Column 3.
to 30 Tonight
to 30 fomight,
It ain’t going to be very cold, and
it ain't going to snow much, if any,
and it ain’t going to be cloudy later
than late this Monday afternoon, if
that long, and there isn't anything to
get really excited about in the weath
er situation, in spite of a sudden
darkness or (to put it simply) an
amazing obfuscation of almost un
paralleled density that obscured ev
erything for a few minutes about 9
o'clock Monday morning and sent
some of the chickens to roost that do
not stroll along Peachtree, they being
mostly in the hay at that time.
Unraveling the foregoing, here is
the layout:
The thermometer opened at about
40 degrees Monday morning, and by
Tuesday morning it may be a little
below 80, with fair skies overhead,
where they usually are. There may
be a flutter of snow Monday after
noon, but it is not likgly, in spite of
six Inches of snow at Nashville and
other Tennessee points, Tuesday will
be bright and clear and fairly cold. ..
The heavy darkness Monday morn-
Ing was caused by dense clouds, a
good deal of fog and a shift in the
wind, which changed its mind after
pushing a lot of smoke away from the
city and brought it back again,
Bureau Warns of
.
Storms in South
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—The
Weather Bureau issued the !ullowlng:
storm warning this morning: \
“Hoist northeast storm warning 11
a. m. Baltimore to Boston. Disturb
ance over northern Alabama, mo\'lng‘
northeast anfl increasing, will cuuue:
north and northeast winds, rnat‘hingi
gale force tonight, with snow. South- |
cast warnings, also Chincoteague to
Wilmington, and southweast wu.rn-;
ings Southport to Jacksonville.” ‘
3 Inches of Snow
o \
At Greenville . C.
GREENVILLE, 8. C., Dec. 18.—A
blizzard with snow hit here today,
commencing at 4 a. m. Three inches.
of snow has fallen. i
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Liquor-Laden Auto
Ditched in éltorm
’ DAHLONEGA, Dec, 18, Dahlonega
1“' experiencing the only known elec.
| tric storm mixed with snow and sleet,
| During the most severe part of it the
| ¢ity marshal was chasing a Ford
| laden with 40 gallons of blockade
| whisky
| While dodging the marshal it landed
:In a ditch
| o |
Heavy Snow Falls
y
At Chattanooga
' CHATTANOOGA, De« 18.~The
ihwnvhm' snow of the season was in
' progress here today. It began shortly
after midnight and stiil was falling
steadlly at noon. Traffie was but |
shightly affected beeause of the rapid
il!\' with which the flakes melted :
I
City Salary Pruning
|
- Report To Be Tabled
} Councliman Oscar H. Willlamson
| sald Monday that at the meeting of
'the Clty Council Monday afternoon
he would offer a motion to table the
: report of the Councll Salary Commit.
tee recommending the abolishment of
certain city jobs and the cutting of
[salaries of a 4 number of employees
| The indieations are that his motion
| will be adopted
“I think the handling of such mat
‘tvrn is up to the Incoming adminls
tration and not to the present Coun
cil,” sald Councliman Willlamson.
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Copyright, 1908
By The “Seorglan Ca
o st o————
3 C PAY NO MO
3 (ENTS ON TRAI\"\! “\lrrvr-
Heads of Traynham Lumber Com‘
pany Called by Judge Pendleton
to Answer Unique Charge.
An interesting question, based on
the importance of jury summons, was
raised in Superior Court Monday,
when Judge John T. Pendleton signed
a contempt order directed to W. L.
Traynham, general manager of the
Traynham Lumber Company, and W,
R. Hanson, foreman of the company,
who were made defendants in a
unique petition by George M. Wal
lace, until recently an employee, in
which he accused the two company
officlals of discharging him because he
obeyed a court summons and served
on a jury in Judge Pendleton's court,
The order of Judge Pendleton cited
Traynham and Hanson to show cause
before him Saturday morning why
they should not be adjudged In con
tempt of court.
\ The petition of Wallace, which was
presented to Judge Pendleton by At
‘mrna\' WIII'T. Gordon, set out that he
received a jury summons for Decem- |
ber 11, and that he informed lhr-i
foreman he would have to appear Inl
court He sald he left the lumber
company plant about 8 o'clock in the
morning and served as a member of
the jury in Judge Pendleton’s court
until the hour of adjournment—32
o'clock, When he returned to the
plant to resume work, he said, he was
informed that his services were no
longer needed
Wallace then took up the matter
with Attorney Gordon, and the con
tempt proceedings resulted. Wallace
asserted that he was discharged for
no other reason than that he obeyed
the order of court and served on the
Jury.
He set out further that he had a
contract with the Traynham Compa
ny, having gone with this company
from another lumber concern be
cause of an increase In pay,
The case in which he served as 2
Juror involved a ecivil eontroversy.
The contempt proceedings excited
considerable comment about the
courthouse because of its remarkable
nature This is the first time in the
history of the local courts that an
emplayer has been cited for con
tempt for the alleged discharging of
an employee because of jury service,
The outcome will be watched with
great interest, hecause of the lurkfl‘
number of employees who are called
for jury duty in the various courts
every week, l
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One Juror Shows Up;
Sheriff Is Blamed
WAYCROSS, Dec. 18 Euntempt of
court proceedings by. wholesale will
start in City Court this afternoon be
fore Judge John MeDonald Thir
ty-five out of thirty.six jurors in the
panel for the December term of court
falled to appear when court con
vened today It is alleged that no
notice was given the jurors.
Sheriff Dave Fittman stated in
court he and his deputies had served
the jurors. The lone juror ANsSwWering
sald he was not summoned, but just
happened to he present
Tudge McDonald sajd if t was
shown no summons had been served
he would hold the Sheriff in contempt
of court and fine him
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SN Ltlie shopping deys
Heotter look alive
Ntores are getting crowded woe,
You can't do much in FIV )
HOME
’ {
; Heart!
Have a Heart!
| i
Shop Early in
& G il
the Morning
i s
OU have what's left of Mon- |
Y day and five more days to )
buy those Christmas gifts. |
And the crowds in the stores will }
| arow bigger and bigger every day. |
% You really ought not to need ay
reminder to get up early in the !
| morning and be at the doors when ¢
! the shops open. The merchants {
) say you'll get better service in the $
{ forenoons, and the sooner the bet- ¢
! ter. Stocks, torn inte confusion by
§ the crowd of the day before, have §
! been restored overnight. Salespeo- !
3 ple, refreshed by a night's rest, are |
{ more good-humored. There's every !
2 advantage in a morning shopping ¢
S tour, ‘
f P. B.—ls you'll take a bag along §
and carry home the little odds and '
! ends that weigh practically noth- !
l, ing, you'll not only save the mer- {
{ chants a whole lot of delivery trou- !
; bles, but you'll be sure to have your |
{ own purchases when you want |
! them. .
Editor Giv
‘PeaceTerms’
t Alli
ooy
- NEW YOFK, Dec. 18.—The New
York Evening Sun printed the follow
ing this afternoon:
“Peace terms of the Allies were
made known here today by Stefane
Lauzanne, editor of Le Matin (of
Paris), who is in this country on a
mission of the French Government.
“These terms, which were imme
diately compared with Germany's
terms, as published by The Evening
Sun last week, were set forth in the
interview as follows:
“Transylvania to Roumania;: Tren
tiro to Italy; Alsace-Lorraine to
France; Constantinople to Russia,
with Turkey out of Europe: limita
tion of armaments of all countries,
with Germany's armaments to be de
reased firet: an indemnity of $20,-
000,000,000, part of which shall be col
lrcted in heavy duties on all German
goods imported into Allied countries;
procf » Germany's pledge to bow to
and abide by international law.
“M. Lauzanne is in very close touch
with M. Jusserand, the French Am
bassador in Wasbington. He Is a
sergeant in the French army sent
here on furlough on official business.
He is editor in chlef of Le Matin,
which is known as Premier Briand's
organ In Paris. He describes these
as the peace terms and conditions on
which the Allies will stop fighting.
He made 1t clear that his statement
Was 4 summary of the position taken
by his Government.”
.
3 Sue Georgia Road
For Total of $55,000
} The Georgia Rallroad Monday was
preparing to defend three damage
suits set for Tuesday in the DeKa'h
| Sujer.or Court in Deentur,
| Mre. John W. Walker asked $30,000
i’dunmgw for tha death of her hus-.
‘hill-!' kilied on n crossing
| Mrs. Hettle McCurdy sueq for
(SIO,OOO as “balm for wounded fee..
‘114: 3
| Mrs. Tsabelle Farmer asl:ad $15,000
fer personal injuries,
- Alonzo "eld s attorney for a 1 the
‘(»‘mnt'f'{s, while McDanlel & Buack
and Alonzo Brand represent the rall.
rond
NP PSS
THE WEATHER
—
Forecast—Fair and colder Mon
day night and Tuesday.
Tomperatures—6 o, m., 38; 8
a.m., 40; 10 a. m,, 44; 12 noon, 38;
Ip.m, 36; 2 p. m, 35
Sunrise, 6:38; sunset, 4:32,
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.— Presideny
Wilson will await the reply of Ger
many from the Entente allies before
he undertakes any action ln)uklng to
ward urging peace in Europe. He is
convineed that premature action on
the part of the United States and oth=
er neutrals would only irritate the
belligerents The President believes
that the present situation is so deli
cate that hasty action by this country
would act as-an msurmountable ob
stacle to restoration of peace
This was learned today from mem
bers of the Cabinet who have been
consulted by the President. It is un
derstood that Secretary of State Lan
sing takes the position that at the
present time peace suggestions are in
such a state that they will be vital
lonly to the belligerents,
. He has been assured that the Ger
man suggestion will be carefully con
sidered by the Entente allies. Until
that is done the representatives of the
Entente allles here have urged that
this Government take no definite
stand on the peace suggestions one
way or the other,
Whether the President will be able
to take this step he so much desires—
urging both sides to endeavor to end
the war by diplomatie negotiations——
will be determined only after the re«
ply of the Entente is made public.
' It is understood here that the re«
| ports which have reached the admin
| istration from its diplomatic represen«
tatives In Paris, Petrograd and Lon
don unanimously assert that the rul-
Ing circles there are inclined to feel
resentful to any suggestion of outside
interference. They insist that they
'nmsr be allowed to make up their
minds as to what Germany means
:\\Hmmv any effort being made by
| neutrals to throw their influence on
i!h-‘ side of the German proposition,
land the President's advisers say he
has decided to respect this frame of
mind
; Germany will consider any reply the
Entente allies make to the Central
| Powers’ peace proposals, it was
llr»urnwi at the German Embassy this
lurh-rnmm_ A strong belief is held that
within a very short time the way will
'be open for the Dutch Government to
‘nnnn- the belligerents to a conference
at The Hague, and that by that time
the other neutrals can and will enter
l(h- situation
| So important is the situation exist
‘ku.u already that Ambassador von
‘}H- rnstorff today reconsidered hig in
)U'l"lun of going to Boston for the fu
}nvm of Professor Munsterberg, In
stead he sent word to the German
| Consul there to lay a wreath in his
name at the famous educator's bier
Lnn«l to attend the funeral
The Ambassador has also abandon
’wl his projected trip to Florida for the
holidays, and will remain in Wash
llnp('-»n imtil the situation clarifies. He
tn awaiting with the utmost interest
il,lu»! George's address in Parliament
lhunmvwv\
| i :
'Lloyd-George Replies
- On Peace Tomorrow
(By International News Service.)
’ LLONDON, Dec, 18.—~England's an
swer to Germany's peace proposals
will be delivered by Premier Lloyd-
George In Parllament tomorrow,
Announcement to this effect was
’nmvlv in thé® House of Commons this
afternoon by Chancellor \ Bonat
Law
It Is probable that the Premier wili
B 0 into the tory of the war and
events leading up to it, and especially
nto the case of Belgium
The German peace note N Une
der consideration by the Foreign Of«
| fice, having been transmitted this
'n.wnm.: by Walter H Pag the
',\mt!, An Ambassador
| When the Premie ' phears | will
|be prepare It Is sald, ot ask King
2'-«'-1-.:v to dissolve 1 ament and
‘4 il & general elect f organized
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