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VOL: XV
RUSSIANS GIVE UP TARNOPOL
Extent of U. S. Prohibition Rests With Committee
KAISER CONFERS WITH
REICHSTAG LEADERS
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By ROBERT B. SMITH,
Staff Correspondent of the Interna-|
tional News Service. |
WASHINGTON, July 23.—Prohibi
tion’s fate now rests with the con-|
gressional conference to which the
House is expected to send the food;
control bill today. |
The houses are widely apart on th9l
liquor question. Both have tabooed |
whisky-making. It remains for them?
to get together on what shall be done !
with beer and wine. With the Presi
dent himself opposed to beer and
wine prohibition, it is the prediction
of the best-informed leaders of both
houses that these two beverages will
be exempted from the ban. |
What is to be done with the whisky
now in bond is another question for
the conference to decide. The House
has authorized the President to exer
cise his discretion about comman
deering whisky in bond for munition
purposes. The Smoot amendment,
adopted by the Senate and declared by
many Senators to be unconstitutional,
flatly directs the President to take
over all spirituous liquor in bond and
pay the distillers what it cost them to
make it.
Amendment Is Expensive,
The Smoot amendment would cost
the Government, in revenue and out
right expenditure, a sum variously es
timated from $600,000,000 to $1,000,-
000,000. While it is being fought out
in conference, legislative activity will
remain practically at a standstill. The
Finance Committee will make no ef
fort to press the big war revenue bill
until it can clearly foresee the fate of
the Smoot amendment.
If the conferes throw it out as
unconstitutional, the war revenue bill
can be considered in its present form,
but if they decide to validate it and
keep it in the bill the revenue pro
~ gram will have to be largely rewrit
s-den.
Another bitterly contested feature
of the food control bill will be the
Senate provision creating a food con
trol commission of three to adminis
ter the law. The House is on record
gquarely in tavor of a one-man food
dictatorship, which means Herbert C.
Hoover.
Wheat Clause Contested.
An equally hot fight is anticipated
over the Seonate provision flatly fixing
the minimum price of wheat at the
principal interior primary markets at
$2 a bushel., The suggested compro
mise i 8 a provision authorizing the
President to filx the price, although
the Senat: once voted this down.
The disposition of the Senate
amendment creating a joint congres
onal committee on expenditures in
the conduci of the war remains to be
cided lamgely by the view of the
ministration. The amendment was
t into the bill by Republican votes
apd is experted to meet with deter
ned opposition from the Adminis
%tlon.
uardsman Loses
. . .
. Life in 40-Foot Swim
|(By Internatisnal News Service.)
LAPORTE, IND., July 23.—Carlton
rry, 17, of Union Mll‘{s, an Indiana
tionad Guardsman, was drowned in
. _Hne Lake while trying to swim to a
Copyright, 1906,
By 'l?ho Georgian Co.
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g American Gunners |
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- Said toHave Sunk |
3 15 Teuton U-Boats |
§
2 (By International News Service.)
| NTEW YORK, July 23—The
zN Kaiser’'s U-boat fleet has
0 suffered considerably at
) the hands of American gunners
{ since the United States entered
§ the war, if the stories told by offi
{ cers and enthusiastic passengers
g on arriving ships are entirely cor
rect. In the less than four months
E that have elapsed since the war
3 declaration, American gunners are
credited with having accounted for
% fifteen submarines.
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German Airmen Aim
Many Bombs at Bank
y . -
Of England in Raid
(By International News Service.) |
AN AMERICAN PORT, July 23.
German airmen made strenuous
efforts to destroy the Bank of
England in the great air raid on
London July 1, according to pas
sengers arriving from England
today. ‘
A squadron of nearly twenty
planes swooped down upon the
bank while anti-aircraft guns ‘
from high buildings in the neigh
borhood poured in a hot fire. The
Germans threw down dozens of
bombs, but none of them struck -
the Bank of England. One struck
the Swiss Bank, where a number
of persons had sought refuge, and
injured several persons,
One bomb fell into St. Paul's
Church yard, broke several of the
stone monuments and destroyed
the iron railing on the north side.
Another was dropped in front of
the main entrance to the Cathe
dral, but failed to explode,
"
Police Search for
Two Missing Girls
Deectives Monday searched for two
girls, Annie Kate Carr, 17, and Nell
Goodman, 16, who were reported to
have forsaken the quietude of their
environment in the little town of Lu
ella, Ga., for the livelier scenes and
the brighter lights of the big city—
presumably Atlanta.
Brothers of the two missing girls
were in Atlanta and aiding the de
tectives in the hunt. eDtective Rosser‘
was especially detailed to search all
places where the girl runaways might
find a hiding place.
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people who rent houses or rooms come in contact with
folks who seek them. In other words, The Georglan and
American are the mediums of quality on both sides of the
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Turn to them now, and if you fail to find just exactly
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Progress of U-Boat Warfare and
Proposed Domestic Reforms
‘ Are Discussed.
(By International News Service.)
~ AMSTERDAM, July 28.—Before
leaving for the eastern front, the
Kaiser held a conference with various
Relchstag leaders, said a dispateh
from Berlin today. Among those with
whom the Kaiser talked were a num
ber of Socialists.
The conference was held at the res
idence of Vice Chancellor Helfferich
and included in the topics under dis
cussion were the progress of the
U-hoat warfare and the proposed do
mestic reforms for Germany.
The dispatch describes the Kaiser
as ‘being in an affable mood” and
as predicting that the ruthless subma
rine war would eventually bring the
doom of England.
"
Wilson to Take U
Shipping Board ]:%ow
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 23.—After an
uneventful trip up the Potomac, Pres
ident and Mrs. Wilson returned to the
‘White House shortly after 8 o'clock
this morning from their week-end
voyage to Hampton Roads. The Pres
ident was expected to take up the
Shipping Beoard muddle during the
day and endeavor to settle it, so that
the task of building a merchant fleet
might be pushed.
A, B. & A. Employees
.
Given Wage Increase
FITZGERALD, GA., July 23.—Ac
fordlng to a notice posted in the
yards, the blacksmihts, coppersmiths,
boilermakers and machinists and the
apprentices in those lines at the A,
B. & A. Railroad shops, situated here,
all received an increase in wages of
5 cents per hour over their present
salaries. All the men did not demand
the boost, the company giving it on
general principles.
ATLANTA, GA.,, MONDAY, JULY 23, 1917
First Call for Men Possibly Will
Be Made in Atlanta Early
Next Week.
~ Official lists of the numbers draft
‘ed are expected to reach Atlanta exy
‘emption boards from. Washington by
Tuesday, members of the boards said
Monday morning, and the men are to
be notified to appear for examination
by the first of next week, perhaps.
The division boards are preparing
for speedy work. Press Huddleston,
chairman of the second division, has
begun preparing his written notifi
cations from the list of names pub
lished in the newspapers, and will
make any necessary corrections when
the official lists arrive.
The division boards will pass on
physical condition, acting upon the
decision of the physician member, and
the entire board will pass upon claims
of dependent families and similar rea
sons for exemption. Claims based
upon employment necessary to the
country, will be passed upon by the
appellate boards appointed from
Washington. There will be three
classes of exemption—absolute, tem
porary and conditional, ‘
Chairmen of the division boards
agree that more than twice Atlanta’s |
quota must be called for examination,!
as they felt sure more than 50 per
cert would be exempted for good‘
cause. Their' estimates ranged from
60 to 80 per cent of exemptions. Near- ‘
ly all the negroes, it was expected,
would claim exemption, and numbers |
of them would establish a claim of'
dependent families,
.
Draft Objectors to
. .
Picket White House
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, July 23.—One hundred
draft objectors will go to Washington
to picket the White House this week.
The demonstration will be made fin
conjunction with a bill to be intro
duced by Senator LaFollette in be
half of conscientious objectors.
.
268's On Draft List
.
Given Theater Partey
(By International News Service,)
CHICAGO, July 23—Chicago's 86
“two hundred and fifty-eights” will
see "“Turn to the Right” at Cohan's
Grand Theater tonight as the guests
of the management. It is the 258th
Iperformn.nce of the play,
.
Youth in Durance for
.
Theft of Automobile
Detective Jameson turned Jitney
driver Sunday night when he hauled
an all unwilling fare to the city jail,
Detectives Waggoner, Jameson and
Chewning were on the lookout for the
‘perlon who had stolen the car of Le
land M. Etheridge from in front of
}Hotel Ansley, and when they received
‘a tip that a 19-year-ald youth was
struggling with a b-gallon can of gas
}ollne 'twixt the Reed Oil Company's
garage and the Georglan Terrace Ho
tel, they arove up In their car and
gave him a lft,
Cleo Edwards, tne youth in ques
tion, says he hails from Milledgeville,
The gr to which he was carrying the
zuo e was identified by Mr. Eth
ridge as the one that had been stolen
from him.
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(By International News Service.)
LONDON, July 23.—Immediate re
prisals are expected to follow the Ger
man air raid over Sussex on Sunday,
in which eleven persons were killed
outright and 26 were wounded.
The Germans evidently intended to
bombard London, but their plans were
frustrated by the new air defenses of
the city and raiders succeeded only in
dropping bombs on Harwich and Fe
lix Stowe.
This was the twenty-sixth rald by
the Germans and it brought the wtal!
loss of life from air bombs up to 861,‘
In view of the recent announcement
in Commons that the British Govern- ‘
ment had decided upon retallutor_vi
measures against the Germans for air
raids, the belief was expressed on all
sides today that an attempt will be
made to give the Germans a taste of
their own medicine, If this decision
is put into action British airmen may
make an attempt to attack some of
the important cities in Northern Ger
many. i
. .
Flirtation Results ‘
In Double Tragedy
(By International News Service.)
ST. LOUIS, July 23.—One man lis
dead and another is dying today as
the result of a shooting and lynching
affray here during the night.
Accusing him of flirting with his
wife, James Sansone shot and killed
Charles Klostemeyer in a crowded
street car. Women and children
screamed, became hysterical and pan
ic reigned.
~ “Liynch him!"” yelled a gang of men,
~ Sansone jumped from the car wtih
about 50 in pursuit. He fired several
lshota at his pursuers, but none took
effect. They overtook him and beat
him into insensibility. Six ribs were
broken and he was internally injured.
Khakette uniforms that have reached Atlanta for members of
the National League for Woman’s Service. Left to right they are
the suit for the members of the motor division, the military cape
coat and the plain automobile overcoat. The styles here are shown
by models at the store of J. P. Allen & Co., where the new uniforms
have been received.
By DANIEL DILLON, 1
Staff Correspondent of the Interna
tional News Service.)
Permanent American Training
Camp in France, July 23.—The Ameri
can Y. M. C. A. has now prepared
itself to meet In a limited way the
demand of the United States Sammies
for books by installing at the camp
a small circulating library,
The association has also opened a
canteen where supplies are sold, The
business of the canteen is confined
principally to the sale of tobacco, The
Sammies have to conteént themselves
now with the English brands of to
bacco, no real American leaf being
avallable, \
Stationery likewise is kept, and ad
ditional supplies are expected daily
from Paris.
A moving picture entertainment
will be Inaugurated shortly, Ameri
can and French films will be ex
hibited.
The army chaplains, however, are
doing the real uplift work in the
camp. They have gained a tremen
dous influence with the men, The
chaplains mingle with the enlisted
men, having voluntarily taken the
same status in the camp as the pri
vates with whom they work. They
direct the finances and counsel with
the men in all of their personal prob
lems.
These khaki-clad ministers are al
ways present to protect the American
boys from the sharpers from whom it
seems almost impossible to keep an
army camp free, and are ever mindful
of the welfare of the men, strangers
lm a new land. (§t is impossible to
overestimate the beneficial work of
these guardiang of the camp’s moral
welfare. 3 b
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| (By International News Service.)
| WASHINGTON, July 23.—Railroad
‘earnlrg’s‘ for May, reported completed
‘mday by the Interstate (Commerce
Commission, bear out the commission
in its recent refusal to grant freight
increases,
The 187 principal lines earned $92,-
079,648 in May, as against $90,931,79b
for the same month in 19186,
The roads of the Eastern division
showed a loss of about five mijllion
under 1916, but Western and South
ern lines more than overbalanced the
shortcoming.
The commission entered an order
canceling all rulings previously issued
that might be found to conflict with
the terms of the finding in the 15 per
cent case.
. .
Elihu Root Will Be
.
Given Valor Medal
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, July 23.—1 n recogni
tion of the success of his diplomatic
labors as head of the American com
mission to Russia, Elihu Root, upon
his return, is to receive the valor
medal, bestowed by the National Arts
Club of this city. IHHe will be the first
to receive this award. It was pri
marily intended for those who had
performed feats of especial bravery
in the army or navy, but the defense
committee of the club has decided
that the work of Mr. Root is for the
army and navy as well as for the
whole veople of the United Statas.
NO. 303
~ (By International News Service.)
. GENEVA, July 23.—Russian troops
‘have evacuated the Galician city of
Tarnopol and the Germans have either
entered it or are on the point of doing
soo, according to unofficial advicea
from Berlin today. The city wae
partly destroyed by flames.
(Tarnopol is 70 miles east tof Leme
lberg and only 25 miles from the easte
ern frontier of Galicia.)
The Russians still hold Halicz, but
Stanislau is seriously menaced by the
Austro-German offensive,
' The Teutonic forces have driven a
'deorp wedge into the Russian lines,
:rvaching the Sereth River, and Hin
denburg evidently plans a desperate
‘effort to cut the Russian forces in two.
The dispatches added that the Ruse
sian retreat continues.
Mighty Teuton Drive
Is Checked by French
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, July 23.—Despite new con
centration of troops and guns, terrific
assaults with the bayonet and violent
bombardments, the Germans have
failed in their mighty effort to break
through the French front on the Aisne
River fighting line.
All day Sunday and all last night
infantry actions and furious artillery
‘duels raged between the Aisne and
Ailette Rivers, especially in the sec
tors of Cerny, Hurtebise, Corbeny and
the Californie Plateau, said dispatches
from the front today.
Enormous losses were inflicted upon
the Prussian and Westphalian troops,
for they were hurled forward by the
German Crown Prince again and again
in solid waves, only to be wiped out
by the pitiless machine gun and can
non fire of the French.
On the double plateau north of the
eastern end of the Chemindes-Dames,
where the Germans were able to pen«
etrate the first-line trenches of the
French, counter assaults swiftly de
veloped and in the darkness the men
battled with bayonets and clubbed
rifles with the fury of maniacs.
L.ong and careful preparations had
been made for the big effort to smash
the French front along the rocky
ground north of the Aisne. Picked
storming parties were sent forward
after a bombardment that was de
scribed by observers at the front as
‘“‘unprecedented.” Batteries of heavy
guns were moved to this sector of the
German front and for many hours
they rained tons of steel upon French
trenches.
The German thrust in this region
evidently was aimed at the protection
of Laon as well as being an effort to
smash a hole in the French lines,
. .
Committee Preparing
Amusement for Camp
Fortified with ideas gained on their
recent trip to Fort Oglethorpe, the
committee in charge of recreation ac
tivities for the soldiers who are to be
in camp here will begin during the
latter part of the week active prep
arations for the amusement features.
~ The committee spent Friday and
Saturday investigating the operations
of similar activities at the Oglethorpe
camps, and gained much valuable in«
formation, according to Victor H.
Kriegshaber, president of the Atlanta
idlvislon of the War Department com -
mission on trgining camp activities.
The other meiors of the committea
are Louis D. ks, Z. Nespor, Albert
8. Adams, Frank Coffee and Richard
Barbv. Geasd- f AR L T