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VOL XVI
CONFERENCE OPENS TO FIX RUSSIA’S FATE
ON’ SREH FASEN WA 8y Mingre
ENCIRCLING OF RIGA BEGUN
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(By International News Service.)
i LONDON, Aug 25.—Shattering
| blows have been administered to the
Germans and Austro-Hungarians in
},(ho western war theaters during the
“last 24 hours, but on the eastern
front the Germans are continuing
with new successes the drive on the
Riga sector.
According to Berlin’s claims, the
Teuton army of Prince Leopold has
struck in a northeasterly direction
from the Bladknik-Kalning sector,
reaching the Aa River at a point
about seven miles from Riga.
From the laest official reports, the
Germans are evidently carrying out
an enveloping moement aainst Ria,
such as rouht the Anlo-French ar
mie stheir main successes on the
dSomme front on the west.
German armies already lie south
wnd west of Ria and now the Teutons
re fighting to extend their new line
north of Riga, near the confluence of
the Dina River and the Gulf of Riga.
Allies Hold Vantage Ground.
More serious reverses menace the
Germans on the Verdun front as a
result of the important captures made
by the French in Friday's fighting.
By the capture of hill No. 304 the
French now hold dominating ground
from which the German lines on both
sides of the Meuse River can be
shelled.
West of the Meuse the German
hold on Malancourt, Bethincourt ‘and
Forges is being shaken by the steady
French pressure.
The British, in West Flanders, have
met with a slight check southeast of
Ypres, but this has been more than
* offset by the brilliant advances of the
. Canadians in the Lens sector. Vio
| jent fighting continues all around
‘Len-, but principally on the south
~ ern outskirts, where every bullding
. has been fortified by the Germans.
While hundreds of Italian aero
planeg drop tons of explosives be
hind the Austro-Hungarian lines,
General Cadorna’'s intrepld army
continues its advance in the Jullan
Alps, along the Isonzo River and upon
the Carso plateau. On the Trentino
front, especially in the sectors of the
Lagarina Valley and Monte Croce,
t the Austro-Hungarians are making
strong counter attacks, but these
have been broken up by the Italian
resistance without gaining a foot of
L ground.
’ 21,000 Prisoners Taken.
Upward of 21,000 prisoners are now
fn the hands of the Italians, all hav
ing been captured since the eleventh
ttle of the Isonzo opened on Aug
fust 18.
Military experts in all of the allied
capitals unite In ~raising the Italians
for their exploits in this latest of
fensive. The crossing of the Isonzo
River between Plava and Tolmino
'ls held to be one of the most bril
llant enterprises carried out by Gen
k\ eral Cadorna’'s men since Italy en
|tered the war,
The storming troops were faced by
t natural fortresses which
pened innumerable machine guns.
¥ before these could be attackéd
bridges had to be bulilt under the fire
1 hundreds of concentrated guns,
lix_lfd by the most expert artiller
n Burope.
Copyright, 1908,
By the Georglan Co.
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The title of the book is “Na
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Appling Appeals w
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Dry Law Sentence
Patrolman Lon Appling Saturday
had taken an appeal from the deci
sion of Recorder Johnson, who Thurs
day fined the officer SIOO, bound him
over under a SSOO bond for violating
the State bone-dry law, and in addi
tion sentenced him to 30 days on the
city rockpile for selling monnshlne;
liquor. Appling was arrested Thurs
day in an Edgewood avenue rooming
house by city detectives, who at the
same time took into custody D. A.
Lowe, whose bond was forfeited byl
the Recorder for nonappearance. ‘
A considerable quantity of whisky
was confiscated. Appling was sus
pepded by Chief Mayo and will face%
trial upon a charge of conduct unbe
coming an officer at the next meeting‘
of the Police Commission.
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Plans for Handling
Troops Are Made
Railway officials and members of
the Georgia Military Department are
working together in an effort to move
the great number of men who will
be taken to cantonments from Sep
tember 5 to 9 with as little interfer
ence with the regular train schedules
as possible,
Adjutant General Nash, Major Mil
ton Daniel and representatives of the
railroads met in the office of Generali
Nash Friday and made preliminary
plans for handling the troops. Statei
authorities will have charge of the
men while they are on the trains, and'
Provost Marshal General Crowder wllll
exercise control of the men until they
are placed on the trains. I
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Appalachian Operators Promise
to Respond to Every ‘‘Rea
sonable Sacrifice.”
(By International News Service.)
KNOXVILLE, TENN., Aug. 25.—
Officials of the United Mine Workers
of America local here today went on
record as In favor of and supporting
President Wilson’s cut in coal prices.
“The new prices should not hinder
|coal operators from giving miners in
creased wages,” they sald. “Only a
few of the small vein mines will be
rendered unworkable by prices and
conditions.”
The Southern Appalachian Coal op
erators’ Association Issued a state
ment promising “to respond to every
reasonable sacrifice.”
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Big Cincinnati Fire
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~ Narrowly Averted
(By International News Service.)
COLUMBUS, Aug. 25.—That Cin
fcinnati narrowly escaped a fire which
would have taken a heavy toll of life
'and done immense property damage
!was revealed here at a conference
{between State Fire Marshal Fleming
'and United States District Attorney"
Bolin. {
' Fleming told Bolin he had found a
' plle of waste and shavings had been |
placed in a carefully prepared hole}
'beneath a Fountain Square biulding
in which 3,000 persons ate each day..
A German who publicly upprovvd{
of Germany's war attitude worked in
;the basement of the building.
Bars Up to Gamblers
At Big A C
At Big Army amps.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 25.—Crap shooters,
card sharks and other nimblv-finzered{
gentry are having a hard time breaking
into the camps of working men estab- |
lished at United States army canton-‘
ments. In examining applicants for |
jobs pains were taken to look into the
character of the men. The examiners'
in several instances found that the 3P‘j
pitcant was not a worker, but a gam
bler. Six professionals from Memphis
reached the Government cantonment at
Little Rock. Within an hour after their
arrival they had a game “going."” ’l‘hcy]
were deported. Other cantonments had |
the same experience ‘
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JACKSON, MISS.,, Aug. 26.—A newl
way of evading the ““bone dry"” law |is
becoming popular in Mississippi. ’l‘hom:‘
who crave strong drink buy unrermem—‘
ed grape juice—the Bill Bryan Kkind |
~——and drop in some yeast or a little |
sorghum molasses Fermeniation !01-‘
lows and at the end of two or three
weeks the grape juice Is concerted inte
wine with a genuine “kick.”” Grape
Juice safles are increasing. l
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Kills His Wife, His 1
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Son, Cousin and Self
(By International News Service,) 1
IDABEL, OKLA., Aug. 26.- -l)flk‘flm‘
today believe investigation will shn\\‘
that Ward Briton, a farmer living
near Ringgold, was temporarily in
sane, and after killing his wife, in-|
fant son and cousin, George Hughvs.‘
committed suicide, ‘
- The four bodies were found in the
Briton farmhouse,
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1917
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Division No 5 Is Completing
; Work Today—District Board
’ Dashing Appeal Hopes.
| When the last examinations for the
draft are completed by Board No. b
Saturday night Atlanta’s quota of
882 will be ready for mobilization or
ders.
At the beginning of the great army
lottery it was thought doubtful by
local boards that even a third of the
required number would be ready on
' scheduled time. With the arousing
'of the country’s martial spirt, how
iever, the work speeded up.
Few of the men certified by the local
' boards will be exempted by the North
lGenrgia District Board. What hopes
farmers and industrial workers may
have had were dashed utterly Satur
day as the result of Friday's report.
Of the sixty-three claims and ap
peals judged only seven permanent
exemptions were allowed.
Five Dependencies Granted. i
Of fourteen dependency appeals,
five were granted. Of forty agricul
tural claims one was allowed. Three
farmers were granted temporary ex
emptions until their crops are har
vested. One appeal for physical dis
ability was allowed. |
Not one of the seven industrial
claims was allowed. |
Following are the cases decided
Friday, exclusive of the ones pub
lished in Friday's Georgian:
CLAYTON COUNTY.
E. R. J. Hart, College Park, agricul
tural claim, allowed.
R. Cash, Forrest Park, appeal on
ground of dependents; granted.
Willlam A. Thornton, Lovejoy, appeal
on physical ground; denied
J. R. Turner, Lovejoy, agricultural
claim; denied.
COWETA COUNTY.
Hugh Glass, Newnan, agricultural
claim; denied.
H. G. Johnson, Newnan, industrial
claim, railroad service; denied. '
A. 8. Story, Sargents, agricultural
claim; denfed.
J. W. Lambert, Newnan, agricultural
claim; denied.
J. C. Lane, Jr., Newnan, induslrial!
claim, railroad service; denied. ‘
R. C. Couch, Senoia, agricultura!
claim; denied. ‘
S. A. Candler, Townsend, agricultural |
claim; denied.
Bud Keith, Grantville, agricultural
claim, discharge granted until December
1, 1917,
Otis Chunn, Newnan, agricultural
claim, discharge granted until December
1, 1917,
S. C. Park, Newnan, industrial claim,
rallroad service; denied.
Jimmie Render, Grantville, agricul
tural claim; denied.
R. L. Bohannon, Grantville, agricul
tural claim; denied,
C. 8. Colley, Grantville, agricultural
claim; denied.
M. T. Cruse, Newnan, agricultural
claim; denied.
Eck Rosser, Newnan, agricultural
claim; denied.
Doc Morrow, Newnan, agricultural
claim, temporary discharge, until De
cember 1.
H. E. Brown, Newnan, agricultursl
claim; denied
P. H. Northan, Newnan, industrial
claim, biolermaker; clalm denied.
GORDON COUNTY.
R. C. Pittman, Sugar Valley, nmmnl]
on ground of dependents; granted,
1.. P. Harrls, Calhoun, appeal on
ground of dependents; denied.
H. G, Lay, Calhoun, appeal on phys
ical grounds; granted.
E. D, Autry, Plainville, appeal un{
ground of dependents; denied
S 8 Stone, Calhoun, appeal on{
ground of dependents; granted ‘
B. D. Jones, Fairmount, industrial
c¢laim, telegraph operator; denied.
C. L. Scott, Plainville, agricultural
claim; denijed.
H. 8 .Watts, Fairmount, agricultural
claim; denied
i 8. T, Causby, Calhoun, ugrh-unurul|
claim; denied
J. H. Robine, Calhoun, agricultural
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RCETRICETED BY TNIE RV a3t LIS NPIO 309
Although the “official throne” of England Is pop
ularly believed to be the huge upholstered chair at
Buckingham Palace, there is an old legend to the
effect that “where ye King sits, there ye throne of
England stands.”
If this be true the humble,, battle-scarred kitchen
chair shown in the above photograph is particularly
exalted; for it not only holds His Majesty, George
lglnlrrlx; discharge granted until Decpm-'
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J. L. Crump, Calhoun, agricultural
claim; demied
W. F. Greeson, Calhoun, agricultural
claim; denied.
R. 8. Cornelison, Rydal, agricultural
claim; discharge granted until October 1.
A. B, Wood, Calhoun, agricultural
clalm; denied
C. B. Blankinship, Rome, agricultural
B. k. Johnson, Plainville, agricultural
claim; denied
T. O. Holland, Resaca, agricultural
claim; denied.
C. Black, Carters, Ga., agricultural
claim; denied.
J. D. Powe, Fairmount, agricultural
clalm; denfed.
J. C, Erwin, Adairsville, agricultural
claim; denfed.
H. . Welch, Oakman, agricultural
claim; denied.
n. Davis, Calhoun, agricultural
claim; denied.
R. L. White, Resaca, agricultural
claim: denied,
. J. Underwood, Calhoun, agricultu
ral clalm; denied.
F. L. Underwood, Calhoun, agricultu
ral claim; denied.
W. H. Conney, Calhoun, agricultural
claim; denied.
J. G. Whitmire, Calhoun, agricultural
claim; denfed,
E. D. Autry, Plainsville, agircultural
clalm; denied,
J. M. EBmith, Fairmount, industrial
cllalm;'student. telegraph operator; de
nied,
. H. Brownlee, Cartersville, industrlal
claim, freight clerk; denied.
V. Cochran, Ranger, agriculturul
claim; denied.
the Fifth, but has actually esthroned him on the
ruined battiements of the (‘hateau Thiepval, In
northwestern France.
England and France, fighting side by side, have
only recently wrested Thiepval back from the Ger
man hosts which seized it many months ago. A
British general is explaining the battle to His Ma-
Jesty, who is a close student of strategy and is quick
to reward a victorious leader,
White 1
ite House Pickets
Severely Censured
By Dr. Anna Shaw
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—Dr,
Anna Howard Shaw, honorary
president of the National Wom
an Suffrage Association, today
caustically censured the White
House pickets of the woman's
party. In an article in the wom
an suffrage issue of The Public,
just out, she figuratively tears up
“Kalser Wilson” banners, bumps
pickets’ heads together and pulls
considerable hair.
After riding roughshod over
he pickets, Dr. Shaw condemns
Senators and Representatives
who “hide behind the pickets and
their purple banners and scek to
make the conduct of a few wom
en an excuse for their own fai
ure to vote for the political free
dom of the milllons of loyal, pa
triotic and law-abing women of
the United States.”
About the pickets, Dr. Shaw
wrote
“There is no doubt that 90 per
cent of loyal, active suffragettes
deplore the picketing as injurious
to the best interegts of suffrage.”
3 CENTS w\vr: ‘é‘l\cNTß
lShooting Storekeeper
The condition of . N. Motley, a
storckeeper of Hapeville road, who
was shol Friday night by Thurmond
Hammock with a shotgun, was not
serious Saturday. Hammock, 1%,
claimed he fired at Motley in defense
of his mother,
The youth was held by the county
police on a charge of assault with in
tent to kill,
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Japanese Mission
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I (HBy International News Service,)
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 25—The
[ Japanese mission, headed by Viscount
‘I.-l.n, left Washington at 9 o'clock
| this morning for Annapolis.
i They will be entertained at the
i(‘:vm-r! States Naval Academy during
the day and will return to Washing
ton this afternoon.
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| MOSCOW, Aug. 25.—The fate o
| the present Russian Government
Ihnnkfi upon the extracrdinary Na
tional Council which begins its pre
liminary sessions here today
The convention was « primarily
i(nllu! to discuss the domestic polii
ical situation, together with promisec
tzuul contemplated reforms, the mili
tary outlook, the financial and indus
-1(114\ stagnation and the prospects for
lxn-u‘-_ but it has had many new is
sues injected since the conference was
first proposed.
Coming at a time when the Ger
mans are carrying out a successfu
offensive at Riga, when political ux
rest bordering upon anarchy is gé:
erally prevalent and when the work
men are threatening a general strike
the National Council takes on an im
portance not known by any other
political gathering since the over
throw of the Romanoff dynasty
Some Faver Pope Peace Plan,
One faction of the delegates has
served notice that it will attempt to
have the convention go on record ne
favoring the principles laid down in
Ilh»- peace note from Pope Benedict
'X\'4 a copy of which is already in the
‘h:uul.\ of the Russian Foreign Offic
A section of military representa
tives, led by General Alexieff, former
chief of Staff, and General Brusiloff
former Russian commander-in-chief
has joined forces with conservatives
representing the bourgeois to lead a
fight against the Kerensky Ministr
} The association of Moscow busi
'n~-.~~' men, supported by certain polit«
fcal leaders from Petrograd, will at
tempt to have the convention support
:th-wr movement for a removal of the
i!:ll-lf.lf from Petrograd to this city
' They base their arguments on the
‘('m‘lvx: ion that there would be few::
hostile influences tg obstruct econ
structive legislation in this commun
nity and that there is an absence of
the anarchistic element which hae
caused so much disorder in the old
capital
Frurthermore, they are utilizing as
an argument the German activity
around Riga, which may be taken as
the prelude to a German drive towar,
Petrograd. Moscow was formeriy the
capital of Russia
Prominent Men to Attend.
Among the delegates alread: fre
or scheduled to arrive today are Pre
mier Kerensky, A. J. Gutchkoff, ex
President of the Duma and Ministe:
of War and Marine in the first Lvoff
Cabinet; General Alexieff, Professoi
Paul Miliukoff, Foreign Minister of
the first republican Cabinet: General
Brusiloff, President Rodzianko, of
the Duma; A. I. Shingaroff, forme:
Minister of Agriculture; Prince Trou
betskol, one of the leaders of the re
publican government that overthrew
the autocracy; General Junenich, for
mer commander of the Russlan army
that overran Turkish Armenia; V
Makloff and A. I. Konavaloff, former
Minister of Trade
All of the Zemstvos, or community
councils, are represented The big
gest representation, of course, comes
from the council of workmen's and
soldiers’' delegates.
Prince Troubetskoi, at a private
conference preceding the opening of
the preliminary session, spoke in fa
vor of a military dictatorship ‘‘untij
Russia can get on her feet.,”
Plans for Second
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Liberty Loan Begun
Preparations for handling the sec
ond sale of Linerty Loan bonds in
the Sixth Federal Reserve District al
ready are under way. M, B. Wellborn,
chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank
Liberty lLoan committee, has {ssued
invitations to a conference to be held
in Atlanta August 28, when plans for
a complete organization to handle the
sale in this district will be discussed.
Lewis B. Franklin, vice president of
the Guaranty Trust Company, of New
York, will be at the meeting. Mr
Franklin is assisting the Secretary
of the Treasury in handling the Lib
erty Losn issues
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