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HOLD CAMBRAIL HINDENBURG ORDERS
Allied Offensive Winning by Wasting German Power, Baker Says
4 SOLDIERS ESCAPE FROM POLICE BARRACKS
Four United States soldiers, posst
bly practicing the time-honored
methods of escaping prisoners in the
event that Huns get them, “dug out”
of the police barracks ea.fl;' uesday
morning—tunneled their way through
.n thick but very fragile brick wall,
Aand escaped.
And poor old Tom Bayne, turnkey,
is again the goat.
- Tom is out of luck, it appears. Six
%days ago R. C. Jester, an auto thief,
escaped by the same method, It did
‘mot appear to have been Tom’s fault.
'Tf you can’t trust a brick wall, what
lca.n you trust? is the way om looks
at it.
Bnt Jester escaped and Tom was
suspended for flve days. Tom got
'back on the job at midnight between
Monday and Tuesday. It was just
in time for him to be another goat;
for at 2 o'clock it was discovered that
the four soldiers had tunneled
through the brick walll, in another
place and made their way out of what
is called the “city corridor,” where
the prisoners not held on State
charges are locked up.
Suspended Again.
And now Tom is suspended again,
~ because of course somebody has to be
' punished whe nthings go wrong, and
they can’t find the brick masons who
put sour mortar in that wall some
generations ago, so the bricks would
all loosen up like a Marcel wave in
the surf and come apart with a little
prodding.
The soldiers are as follows:
Walter Domitrovitch, Battery A,
Fort Oglethorpe, charged with 'a mo
tor car theft. . i
¥. B. Fair, Company I, 1224 Infan
try, Camp Wheeler, charged with a
motor car theft; captured at Tem
ple, Ga. S
J. H. Corder and Walter Fowler,
Jr,, Company G. 118th Infantry, Camp
Sevier; charged with absence without
leave. s
Ttear Up Steel Bunk.
' “The four men were locked in one
big cell in the city corridor, guarded
on one side by steel bars and on the
other (presumably) by the brick wall
at the end of the corridor. About
midnight they tore up a steel bunk
and used portions of it to loosen and
pry bricks from the wall.
With very little trouble and prac
tically no noise they made an open
ing larze enough for a whole Key
stone company to fall through, and
(as the oid-time novelists put it)
breathed once more the air of free
dom.
That is to say, they beat it.
And poor old Tom is the goat again.
“He is suspended after about three
hours’ reinstatement, and will remain
sugpended until the board meets De
cember 11, when his case will be con
sidered.
.
Charlie Harp Gets
. .
First Lieutenancy
News reached Atlanta Tuesday of the
appointment of Charles E. Harp, a for
mer Atlanta ngwspaper man, to a first
Heutenancy in the army following his
training at Camp Stanley, Leon Springs,
Texas. He was commissioned and sworn
in Mondav and probably will be sent to
Little Rock, Ark., for duty.
Lieutenant Harp worked on several
Atlanta papers and for a while was con
nected with the local bureau of the As
sociated l-’resfi Before going into the
training camp he was telegraph editor
of The New Orleans Daily States. He
always has been interested in military
affairs and while here was a lieutenant
in the Fifth Regiment. ™ '
Four More Deaths at
.
Wheeler Bring Total
To 13 i ng)
n Two Days
MACON, Nov. 27.—-The follow
ing four deaths were reported last
night at the base hospital at Camp
Wheeler:
H. S. Wilson, Company L, 124th
. Infantry, Lake City, Fla.; W. W.
Reynolds, Company K, 12let In
fantry, Ashburn, Ga.; George Ed- -
wards, Company D, 121st Ittta.n'-
try, Egypt, Ga.; Charles J. vm
nell, Naylor, Ga.
The deaths in the past two days
total thirteen.
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Democratic Leaders
.
To Frown on Fusion
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Nov. 27.—Fusion tickets in
the eight Middle Western States where
Senators are to be elected in 1918 will
be frowned on by Democratic leaders
except in States where the, question of
the war attitude of candidates is a
sharply defined issue.
This was determined upon at a con
ference here of Democratic national
committeemen and State chairmen from
twelve States of the upper Mississippi
Valley region. The leaders met here to
discuss plans for the forthcoming sena
torial elections. o
In Wisconsin, where the antiwar at
titude of Senator LakFollette is certain
to be a factor in the election, the Dem
‘ocratic leaders felt a fusion campaign
imw be necessary. The senatorial sit
‘uation in Wisconsin arising out of the
‘death of Senator Husting also was dis
tcussed. The State party men were
ig‘lven to understand that a nonpartisan
’and prowar campaign aimed partim'
‘larly at Senator LaFollette or any can
‘didate he may sponsor is favored at
Washington. E
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Whitfield Doctors
"~ Form Association
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DALTON, Nov. 27.—The Whitfield
County Medical Society has pertegted
organization here, and an effort is
being made to get every physician
and surgeon-in the county \for mem
bership. Officers have been elected
las foliows: J. C. Rollins, president;
,H. J. Ault, vice president; J. H. Steeq,
secretary treasurer. The organization
‘will look after health conditions in the
absence of a board of health, and will
meet twice monthly for the purpose
of discussing problems of mutual in
terest. "
6 U-Boats Are Sunk
In Last Four Days
(By Intermational News Service.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—Six German
submarines have been sunk in the past
four days, Ambassador Jusserand, of
France, told a party of French and
American naval officers attending a ba
zaar here.
“You'll be glad to hear the good news
from the sea,”” was the way he made
the announcement.
The Real Builders Are the
Men Who Own Their Homes
Substantial growth is based on stability. A city grows sub
stantially only as the men who.compose it own their homes
and build for the future. \
The healthy growth of Atlanta as the oity of homes, is due
to this ownership of land by Atlanta citizens. “By the same
token, it makes Atlanta a good place in which to own prop
erty. .
If you have an eye on future prosperity, buy your home
¥ now. Locations and prices are featured every day over in
The Georgian and American’s “Real Estate” columns.
Some special location which you may have in mind can be
\ quickly found by running an ad of your own. You have
only to write the ad, and when it is ready, leave it with
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War Seceetary Shows Relentless
Pressure Is Wearing Down
“the Enemy. -
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nov, 27.—Declar
ing that “the wezk just closed has
been one very favorable to the Allied
arms,” Secretary of War Néwton D.
Baker, in his weekly review on war
conditions, today paid high tribute to
both the British and Ttalian arms.
Germany, he ’declares, took the of-l
fensive in Italy 4o extricate herself
from the increasingly difficult position
in which the German arms find them
selves on the west front. This has
failed, the Secretary says. Summing
up the result and the outlook, Mr. Ba
ker says:
“It is the wastage of the enemy
forces-—-the slow, yet relentless sap
ping of the man power by continued
and sudden offensive thrusts——whichi
must eventually result in the soften-l
ing of his line in the west. This iß|
the ultimate objective of the series of
intensive offensives so successfully
pursued by the Allies in the past six
months, and is even morée important
than the gain in territory.”
The complete review as made plb
lic by the Secretary is as follows:
“The week just closed has been one
very favorable to the Allied armies.
“The success of the British offen
sive in the region of Cambrai and
the steady resistance of .the Italians
in the face of repeated attacks of the
Austro-German forces are two factors
which may be considered as co-rela
tive elements of one and the same
movement.
Reason for Offensive.
“It is evident the enemy togk the
offensive in Italy hoping thereby to’
extricate himself from the increasing
ly difficult position in which his forces
found themselves in the west.
“The German higher command was
apparently confident that, in order to
save Italy from invasion, such im
portant contingents of French and
British troops would be detaghed from.
the western front as to render any
further Allied offensives in this the
aetr impossible.
“Though the French and British
have‘ both dispatched large contin-l
gents to Italy, this has in no way
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One result of the war is that the children in Europe whose fathers have gone 1o the front are now compelled, as soon as they
are able totoddle, to do their ‘‘bit.”” The work, of course, is nearly always pleasant and never arduous and the ybungsters quickly
enter into the spirit of it* In the above pieture is shown a little s hepherd boy. He is a Montenegrin. He is bringing back some
sheep which wandered away from the flock and would have had n o trouble at all but for, the small black sheep which you will notice
in the photograph. (Photo by International. Passed by Censor.)
"
Sergeant Marries;
!
Captain Best Man
Sergeant Major Frank Craicie, of
the Sixty-first Infantry Brigade,
Camp Wheeler, and Miss Cecilia
Keating, daughter of Mrs. Sarah
Keating, No. 288 Cen.ral avenue,
were married Monday evening at 8
o'clock at the parish’ house of the
Immaculate . Conception Church,
Father P. A. Foley officiated. Miss
Margaret Keating, sister of the
bride, was the maid of honor, while
Captain H. L. Durham, of Camp
Wheeler, acted as™ best man. The
ceremony was witnesed by a num
ber of friends of the contracting cou
ple,
Sergeant Craigie returned to Camp
Wheeler shortly after the ceremony.
His bride will go to Macon soon to
make her home while Sergeant Crai
gie is stationed there.
Dalton Pair Weds on
DALTON, Nov. 27.—Passersby
stopped on the corner of Hamilton
and Waugh streets, in a busy section
of Dalton, where Miss Lola Boat
right and' Will Wilson, two well
known young persons living in the
southern part of the county, were
married by the Rev, Charles ¢, Ma
ples. The couple was in an automo
bile and, seeing Mr. Maples on the
street, stopped and the ceremony was
performed while scores of citizens
looked on with interest.
Journalism Teacher
X At Columbia Dies
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—Franklin
Matthews, associate professor in the
school of journalism, Columbia Uni
versity, died suddenly Monday in the
Pennsylvania station here. He was
stricken a2s he stepped from a train.
He was widely known in the newspa
per field \ i
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Goodwin Denies Wife
i . . .
No.b Will Divorce Him
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| (By)nternational News Service.) |
' CHICAGO, Nov. 27.—‘“Women are S 0
capricious,” said Nat Goodwin today,
when told of a rumor that Mrs. Good
win No. 5, formerly Miss Marjorie More.
land, the actress, intended to sue him
for divorce. ‘““Who knows what twenty
four hours will bring?”’
“If such a thi;g should happen,” he
was asked, ““would you marry again?’
~ “No,” said Mr. Godwin, “I'd ecry.”
.~ “Is the rumor true?’' the reported
pursued.
‘““No, my boy,” he affirmed, “it's old
stuff. T've heard it many times. She
isent me a grocery bill yesterday.”
Bank $300,000 Short; |
. . .
~ President a Suicide
(By International News Service.)
POLO, ILid., Nov, 27.—Depositers in
the Barber Bros. & Co. Bank probably
will receive less than 60 per cent of
their deposits, it was estimated today,
as a result of the discovery of a short
age of approximately $300,000 in the
bank’s funds. b
Discovery of the bank’s insolvency fol
lows the suicide of Bryant H. Barber,
president, who leaped into Rock River,
at Grand Be Tour, ten days ago. Bar
ber is said to have dealt heavily in |
stocks the last few months. 1
Church to Support 2
... . ‘
Foreign Missionaries
GAINESVILE, Nov. 27.—After an im
lpresive sermon by Rev. J. M. Haymore,
the First Baptist Church of this city,
lin less than three minutes, raised $1,500
for the support of two missionaries in
Ithv foreign field B. H. Merck volun
teered to suport one missionary alone
and contrib.ft€¥ sl¢ Otoward the support
of another. Other laymen immediately
joined him. The action was taken
quickly and spontaneously.
50 Italians Heldin
(By International News Service.) ‘
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 27.—Fifty Ital-‘
fans are locked in cells here today and
are held for investigation in connection
with the_borhb outrage of last Satur
day. The men were arrested in a po6-
lice round-up which is said to have fol
lowed a partial confession by a man
arrested yesterday, The poiice belleve
the raid and its consequent arrests fore.
stalled an exodus of Italians from the
Bay View district; said to be the head
quarters of anarchists. ‘
Rev. August Giuliana, pastor of the
chureh in which the bomb was first dis
covered, declared today he believed the
bomb was a part of an anti-American
plot. The minister held several con
ferences with the police and Federal
authgrities.
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Children’s Society
Plans to Build Home
Directors of the Georgia Children’'s
Home Society ill lJaunch on Thanksgiv
ing Day a campaign to obtain funds for
building a home, it was announced
Tuesday. The society, which finds
homes in private families for hundreds
of poor and orphan children, needs a
building where such children can be
kept pending permanent ararngements.
Robert B. McCor, superintendent, re
ported as" the board meeting Monday
afternoon that 172 children had been in
trusted to the socicty in the dast year,
and that 131 had been found good
homes. There are 41 remaining, await
ing adoption.
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BEATS UP HUSBAND.
CHICAGO, Nov. 27.—George Zangders
was granted a\divor«:n in Judge Fitch's
court on the grounds of cruelty., Zan
ders testified his wife was in the habit
of going home late at night and ““beat
ing him up.” She said she had no law
yver and did not care to fight the case, '
3 CENTS
Brothe t Fi
rothers Meet First
Time in 43 Years
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Nov. 27.—‘Give me a ci
gar,”” said an aged man, in Max Pola
chek’s tobacco store today.
He took the proffered smoke, lit it, and
paid Max with a smile.
“That/ cigar costs 15 cents,” Max gen
tly reminded his customer.
“Not when your brother buysg it,” the
latter remarked.
/ So it was that Max Polachek and his
brother, Frank, of New York, were re
uniteqd after forty-three vears of sepa
ration. They separated in Davenport,,
lowa, each starting out to win his for
tune,, They corresponded, but have nev.
er seén each other since.
ISends 6 Sons to War;
)
Auto Kills Seventh
’ (By .International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Nov. 27.-—After giving six
’or her nine sons to the war, Mrs. Rich
ard A. McGauran lost one of the three
remaining boys here today and her hus.
band also may die as the result of an
automobile aceident.
| Richard A. McGaufan_ Jr., was killed
and Richard A. McGauran, Sr., John
Sanders and a man named Diamond
were probably fatally injured when a
street car ¢rashed into the automobile
in which they were riding.
* Mr. and Mrs. McGauran recently re
ceived a letter from President Wilson
commending them for their patriotism
in sending six of their sons to fight for
the United States.
Thanksgiving Game
.
At Knoxville Is off
KNOXVILLE, Nov. 27.—N0 game be
tween the University of Tennessee and
Camp Sevier eleven will be played on
Thangskivinz Day. John R. Bender, di
vision Arector, has wired to the athletic
au(!hm'i'ivs of the U. T. that owing to
the prevalence of measles and menin
gitis the -amp is quarantined, which
will preclude any possibility of a con
test as scheduled.
AFTERNOON
_EDITION |
ON TRAIN?
FIVE CENT
NO. 97/
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Nov. 27.—Field Mar
shal von Hindenburg, the driving
force of the #reat German machine,
has ordered that Cambrai be held “to
the last man,” according to state
ments made by prisoners captured in
the fierce struggle raging arouna
Bourlon wood.
As the German line in the west
stands today the fall of this strong
hold would bhe a strategic calamity to
the Germans, and the divisions bat
tered into wrecks by the British drive
against the Cambrai defenses are be
ing re-formed and sent back into the
\tray as fast as the officers can per-
Ltonn the task. Ko
German artiliery, held in reserve at
’the base of Lille, hag been rushed to
'the front and is now posted behind
Cambrai, Queant and Bonrbon shell-
Ing the British lines. That Field Mar
shal Haig has the Germans guessing
is shown by their nervousness.
Dispatches from the front today
said that German batteries all along
the front from lLens to St. Quentin
keep a-steady shower of star shells
lighting up the field from sunset to
dawn, not knowing where the next
thrust will be made. s
The Germans apparently fear the
British tanks more than they do the
infantry, for tank attacks delivered
on the first day of the attack dki
more than anything else to smash
the Hindenburg line, and they have
put a wholesome fear into the hearts
of the Teutons. »
In fromt of Cambrai the British
have continued to launch their chief
pressure northwest of Cambrai, at
tempting to drive between the Ger
man base and Queant and thus get in
the rear of the German defenses
along the Drocourt-Queant switch, a
series of positions supporting the
northern end of the Hindenburg line.
The big obective of the British
which lies behind all of the offensive
operations in northern France since
the opening of the attacks in the
spring is to break through to the
French coal fields and industrial dis
trict which lie behind the Hindenburg
line, ¥
- Military experts express the opin
ion that the fighting will continue
through the winter in spite of in
clement weather and muddy terrain.
Reinforce Italians
(By International News Service,)
ROME, Nov. 27.—Seasoned French
‘and British veterans, who have faced
German drum fire, poisoned gas and
liquid fire on the wesy2rn front, are
now joining the Italians in counter
attacks against the Austro-German
invaders on the Asiago plateau.
| Advices from the front today told
of the arriwal of ‘“fresh reinforce
ments.”
. The formidable Austro-Garman at
tacks between the Piave and Brenta
valleys have continued with the Teu= .
tons maneuvering to deliver a crown
ing blow but so far the gallant re
sistance; of the ltalians has frus
trated all German plans.
' (General Diaz's troops are striking
back all along the line and are deliv
ering strokes just as violent as those
of the Austro-Germans.
' There is heavy fighting around
Monte Tomba, which is regarded as
a critical point. The Germans, early
in their drive, made a slight gain, but
since then they have been held on ‘.j‘"‘
siopes by the Italians.
~ If the Germans and Austro-Hun
‘garians can break through at Monte
Tomba and overrun the plain it would
‘seriously threaten the Italian line on
the Piave by cutting the Italian lines
of communication. Y
| Bulgarian troops are reported t&
have reinforced the Austro-Germam
armies on the upper Piave and in the
Monte Pertica’s sector. e