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VOL. XVI o, iilusiss
TALIANS TAKE THE OFFENSIVE
U. S. to Curtail Production in 400 Industries
Ty International News Service.) |
\SHINGTON, Nov. 28.—Orders
¢ curtailment of more than 400
sential ‘ndustries to conserve the
. supply will be issued by the Fuel
Iministration before the end of the
'cekk, it was learned this afternoon.
The industrics affect ~d will be askeg
to reduce their activities one-third
immediatel yand one-sixth Within the
next month, makirg a total curtail
ment of 50 psr cent.
The decision to cut down non
ess~ntial industry is bel'eved to have |
been one the outcomes of Fuel
Administrator Garfield’s mmferoncei
with the Presid nt yesterdav when |
fhie laid befor» him the plans for pool
ng the nation's coal supply.
I'he Fuel Admin'stration is to take
over the ccal at the mouth of the
mines and to distribute it to indus-l
tries in the manner bnst n:‘_lculatedz
to produce war necessities. I
The Fuel Administration is hoping
to avoid the complete susp-nsion of
nonesscntial industry and will en
deavor to keep it work'ng as long as
possible on a 50 per cent hasis |
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3 Young White Men |
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Held as Auto Thieves
Three young white men were be
ing held in the Police Station Wed
nesday on suspicion of being mem
bers of a gang of automobile thieves
that operates throughout Georgia and
Alabama, with headquarters in At-|
lanta. |
They gave their names as Roy Bar- |
rett, of No. 710 Peachtree street, and '
F. C. Harris and J. W. Francis, both
of Birmingham. They were taken by
Detectives Cowan, Hamby and Gil- |
lespie on McDaniel street, and a late!
model Ford car was recovered.
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Denies Pope Plans ‘
New Peace Appeal |
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(By Internationa! News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 —Osser
vatore Romano, of the Vatican, flatly
'denies that the Pope has directed or
Is preparing a new peace appeal, ac-'
cording to an official cab’egram from '
Rome today.
POLICE KILL EANDIT. l
PEORIA, ILL., Nov. 28.—Otto Kur
rie, an alleged holdup man, was shot
and instantly killed in a pistol duel
with two policemen early today. After
Policeman Moffatt had been slightly
wounded, Officer Garrett shot the
bandit. The bullet that struck Moffatt
was deflected by a brass button of
his uniform.
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Miss Josephine Montgomery, who will become the bride of
Robert A. Sewell, Wednesday evening in the unique and quaint
ceremony of the Moravian church. (Photo by Tidwell Studios.)
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A quaint ceremony, full of the sym
bolism of an old-world religion, will
be that by which Miss Josephine
Montgomery and Robert A. Sewell
will be married Wednesday evening
at the home of the bride’s sister, Mrs.
J. C. Oliver, at No. 17 Druid place.
The ceremony will be that of the
Moravian Church, an institution lit
tle known in this part of the South,
although the first Moravians, driven
from Austria-Hungary to this land
by religious persecution in the sev
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nteenth century,-settled in the new
and tolerant colony of Georgia.
Most of the Moravians in the Unit
ed States are in the Middle Eastern
Statcs, principally in Pennsylvania,
although there is a church of their
faith in Winston-Salem, N. C. the
bride’s former home, of which the
pastor, Rev. E. C. Stemple, will offi
ciate.
In the beautiful marriage cere
mony of the Moravians, the minister
wears a white robe and carries a
white Bible and prayer book. Other
details of rite are likewise white, in
cluding an improvised altar in the
Oliver home, with its festoon of white
tapers, bride roses and lilies.
The Moravian Church is an evan
gelical church founded in the Austro-
Hungarian crownlands of Moravia
and Bohemia in the reformation pe
riod of the seventeenth century. Its
members moved gradually westward,
settiing in Saxony and coming later
in numbers to the United States,
where according to figures about ten
vears old, there are 112 churcheg with
109 pastors, 23.896 members and 15,-
873 communicants,
The bride’s sister as matron of
honor, Dr. T. H. Longino as best
man, and Miss Imaal Patterson as
ring bearer will be the attendants.
Miss McGregor will play Mendels
sohn’s wedding march and Miss L.
P. Pattillo will sing “Because,” and
“My Dear.” The bride will be given
away by her brother Karl Mont
gomery, of Charleston, S. C.
The bride will wear a dress of dark
blue velour with a French toque to
match, and carry orchids showered
with lilies of the valley. After the
ceremony the couple will leave for
Savannah and New York for two
weeks and upon their return will
live in Florida.
Among the guests from out of town
will be Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Johnson,
of Newnan, Mrs. E. C. Stemple, of
Winston-Salem; Leon Jones, of Ro
anoke, Va.; 8. C. Sewell, of Bowden,
Ala.; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Sewell, of
Graham, Ala., and Mr. and Mrs. L.
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ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1917
GERMAN COUNTER ATTACKS CEASE
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Officials Fear Refusal to Reply to
Armistice Note Would Be ‘
Misunderstood. !
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—There|
was a growing feeling in diplomatic'
circles today that the proposal of the|
Bolsheviki government of Russia tori
a three months’ armistice should be
answered by the United States. !
Refusal to answer the note for-!
warded by Ambassador Francis to the ‘
State Department would be intor-’
preted in Russia to mean that the
United States does not want peace.i
and that the things the Bolsheviki,
have said about this Government were |
true. Thus the agitation for quittirgl
the war would gain support and the
Bolsheviki be intrenched.
Russians who have the best interest
of this country at heart believe Presi
dent Wilson should make the position
of the United States clear in a note
addressed directly to the Russian peo
ple. Such a note could reiterate the
need for continued war against the
Kaiser if democracy is to continue in
existence and the Russians are to hold
their n>wly won freedom. In the opin
ion of many diplomats, this movel
would undermine the power of the
Bolsheviki.
Reports that the entente Allles are
planning summary action with Russia
unl~ss an end i{s put to the peace ac
tivities of the Bolsheviki were be
lieved by diplomats to have been in
spired by the Germans for the pur
pose of creating enmity in Russia to
the entente,
Russian Embassy officials believed
today that Maklakof, Russian Ambas
sador to France, would be a party to
the inter-allied conference at Paris.
That the Lenine Government in
Russia will conclude a separate peace
with G rmany is believed now to be‘
a matter of days onlv. But officials
here today are in receipt of informa
tion indicating that such a peace will
not be accepted by the Rusisan people
and that the army as a whole will
stand out against desertion of Rus
sia’s allies.
Dispatches from Ambassador Fran
cis at Petrograd detailing the situa
tion there have been received, butl
have not been made public. It is un®
derstood he has reported the result]
of the various conferences which
have been held betwen the Entente
diplomats in Petrograd.
It has been learned that a definite
program has been arranged which
calls for insistence that the existing
government recognize the treaty
pledges of Russia and for a general
withdrawal should these pledges be
violated and a separate peace con
summated.
The demand by the Bolsheviki
Foreign Minister, Leon TrotzKky, that
the Russians, Chichirin and Petroff
held prisoners in England, be at once
releasec and sent back to Russia,
which was coupied by the threat
that if this is not done British sub-
Jects in Russia will be arrested, is |
another serious complication, offi
cials said today. They declared that
this emphasizes the anti-Ente nte}
svmpathies of the Bolsheviki faction. |
It is not believed that United States
citizens or interests are in any dan
ger at this time, as the Bolsheviki
leaders still hope that they will be
furnished money and supplies de
spite the plain warning that Lieu
tenant Colonel William V. Judson, of |
the military mission, has given out
that all aid will be withdrawn if ne
gotiations with Germany are con
tinued. |
Release of Germans
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In Russia Is Sought
. (By International News Service.)
| STOCKHOLM, ' Nov. ,28.—Repre
sentatives of the German General
' Cantiniiad An Decea @ Faliimn 1 4
Fate of Armed
Guard on Vessel
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Is Still in Doubt
(By International News Service.'
ASHINGTON, Nov. 28—
\‘X/ The American steamer
Actaon, torpedoed Sundav
off the coast of Spain, carrted ar
armed guard of thirteen naval men
Disratches from London say 2*
survivors have been landed at P-
Camarinas, but that three boats
are missing.
The Navy Departmsnt had no
news today whether the armed
guard of the Actaon were among
those saved.
An official statement of the
Navy Department of the sinking
>f the Actaeon follows:
“The Navy Denartment has re
ceived a report that the Ameri
can stramer Actaeon has heen tor
pedoed in European waters One
boat with 20 survivors landed at
Cape Finisterre yesterday. Three
boats containing 63 men are still
{ missing. No further details have
{ been received.”
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SEE eTR e WP o SR L o SCL TR T
Missing W, d
Little Girl Believed
To Be Still in Cit;
Although no further clew had
been found Wednesday as to the
whereabouts of Mrs. H. W. Finch,
of Kirkwood, and her 2-year-old
girl, who disappeared Saturday
and at first were thought to have
met death in the Chattahoochee
River. county police were of the
opinion that the missing mother
and child are in or near Atlanta
alive and well.
Efforts were being made Wed
nesday to trace Mrs. Finch and
the baby girl from the river, fol
lowing the information of Tues
day that a bareheaded woman,
answering the description of Mrs.
Finch, and carrying a little girl in
her arms, had approached a Cobb
County fruit tree agent near Bol
ton and inquired the “best way
back to Atlanta.” It was believed
by the police that this woman
was Mrs. Finch, and that she
boarded a river trolley car for the
city at the 5-cent fare limit at
Fisher avenue.
Officers also sought to learn
whether a woman and child of the
description of the missing pair
had purchased a railroad ticket
out of the city. It was the pre
vailing belief, however, that they
are still here.
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Photographers Are
Wanted for Army
Photographers, camera men, motion
picture operators and others with 5
knowledge of photography are de-sired [
by the War Department for service
in France. They will be used as pho-{
tographers, dark-room operators and |
pictorial news gatherers by the Gov- |
ernment. They will be enlisted as
privates, and upon demonstration of
adaptability will be promoted. |
Applicants should apply at Room
No. 502, Postoffice Building, where a
special application blank will be sup-'
| plied them. g
iZO‘OOO Are Wanted |
For Navy by Feb. 22
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Uncle Sam wants just 20,000 young
| men for his navy between now and
i February 22.
Of this number 4.000 are expected
to come from the Southern division.
These men will be required to fill
out vacancies in the ranks now ex- !
isting and in forming a nucleus for a
great merchant marine.
{ Applicants will have splendid op- |
portunities of advancement, both in
grade and pay. Many commissions
will he awarded maoan whn ars anlieted.
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(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Nov. ?28.—The night on
the ' Cambrai front, in northern
France, was given over to violent]
cannonading, J
British positions in the sector of
Bourlon wood, three miles west of
the German base of Cambrai, were
heavily bombarded by German guns,
the War Office announced at noon. |
There were no infantry actions.
East and northeast of Ypres the
German guns were active and Britlufl
trench lines around Passchendaele
were showered with shells of all cal-i
ibers. |
In the Cambral sector of the Arras
front the artillery activity reported
by the War Office followed a burst of
savage hand-to-hand fighting be
tween British and German troops rori
the possession of Bourlon and Fon
taine Notre Dame,
Kaiser Is Going to
ser Is Going ‘
West Front, Report
(By International News Service.) ‘
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 28.—1 t was
reported from the Gern¥%n frontier |
today that the Kaiser is going to the
western front. {
French Gains at |
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Verdun Increased
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Nov. 28.—Further consoli
dation of ground won from the (Ger
mans last week in the Verdun sector
is anncunced by the War Office. All
the new positions north of Hill 344
have been consolidated by French
troops, the statement concluded. In
Champagne and Lorraine, ralds were
reported,
Major Nash Resigns
SJtate Milit gP t
J. Van Holt Nash, Adjutant General
of the State of Georgia, who won a
commission as major in the United
States army at the officers’ training
camp at Fort Oglethorpe, arrived in
| Atlanta Wednesday.
| General Nash stated that he has
| sent to Governor Dorsey his resigna
-1; tion as Adjutant General and is ready
‘l to take un his new duties.
He probably will be stationed at
l Camp Gordon.
Release of Freight
~ Cars Being Sought
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.—Fairfax
Harrison, chairman of the Railroads’
' War Board, avthorizes the following*
.+ Reports to the American Railway
, Association from a’'l the railroads ot
.the country show that on November
1 this yrar the excess of unfilled car
orders amounted to 140,012 cars, an
increase of 24,104 cars over the same
day last year.
Of this number 397,000 cars are call
ed for in other parts of the country
than the congested region east of
Chicago and north of the Potomac
| River where the abnormal war busi
ness {8 heaviest.
Many of these orders for cars could
be filled if the cars now delayed in
| the congested regions could be re
leased. The Railroads’ War Board is
now applying extraordinary reme
dies in the endeavor to accomplish
thise %
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' Austro-Hungarians E
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;Facmg Starvation,
insist Upon Peace
ENEVA, Nov. 28—Peace
G manifestations in Vienna
and Budapest are becoming 2
almost of daily occurrence. A |
traveler arriving here today from §
Austria said the Au-tro-Hung--;
rian people are suffering the deep- |
est distress and that death from
starvation is common. Coal is very
scarce, and milk, butter, eggs,
sugar, coffee, tea and fresh beet
are practically unobtainable. §
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St. Louis Police Call
Off Fritz Kreisler’s
G Fearingßi
oncert, rearing Riot
(By International News Service.)
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 28 —Fearing
a possible riot, police today an
nounced they would not permit
Fritz Kreisler. Austrian violinist, ‘
to give his concert here Tuesday,
The decision was the result of nu
merous protests sent to Chief
Young by patriotic organizations. l‘
Kreisler is a former officer in the
Austrian army. |
Wilson Plans to Put
Domestic Problems Up
To C for Activn
o Congressfor Aclivn
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28—
President Wilson began writing
his message to Co@§iress today.
For several weeks he has been
making notes and revolving the
various subjects to be touched
upon in his mind.
| The President's message will
| not be devoted entirely tt the
~ war, It became known authori
~ tatively today, but will give at
tention to several domestic prob
~ lems he believes to be of pressing
‘ fmportance.
‘ The Webb export bill, suspend
ing the anti-trust laws to permit
| American manufacturers to com
~ bine for foreign trade probably
wi'l be recommended for passage
by the President. Conservation
legislation will be touche dupon
and rallroad legislation desired by
the Administration probably will
be outlined.
The President was expected to
recommend action on the Susan
B. Anthony amendment giving
the vote to women. But that he
will recommend affirmative action
is doubtful.
Tonight the President will at
tend a bal' given for the benefit
of a local hospital with Mrs. Wil
son. Tomorrow night he is to at
tend another ball given to obtain
funds for naval relief,
2 Rome-Etna Trains
To Be Discontinued
| The petition of the Southern Rall
way for permission to discontinue
traing Nos. 45 and 46, from Rome to
Etna, was granted Tuesday afternoon
by the Georgia Railroad Commission.
Petition of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway to change the schedule of
train No. 212, between Athens and
Lula, so that it will leave Athens at
'8 a. m.. instead of 5 a. m.. and wait
'at Lula at 8:30 to make connections
with the Southern “Bellg,” was
)granted.
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THE WEATHER.
Forecast: Fair tonight and
warmer Thursday.
Temperatures: 6 a. m., 42; 8 a,
| m., 48; 10 a. m., 55; 12 noon, 59; 1
p. m, 61; 2 p. m, 63,
Sunrise, 6:33; sunset, 4:29. ;
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(By International News Service,)
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—1taly is now
adding her blows to the sledge-ham
mer strokes which the British and
French armies are delivering against
the Germans. !
Italian forces, supported by British
and French veterans, lanunched a pow
erful counter offensive between the
Piave and Brenta Valleys, in North
ern Italy, winning ground from the
invading Austro-German armies and
inflicting severe losses.
It was the most powerful thrust the
Italians have been able to make since
their lines on the Isonzo were broken.
Increasing violence of the cannon
ading in Belglum points to a renewal
of the groat battle before Ypres soon.
German forces at Cambrai have
been heavily reinforced, but thers
were no Infantry actions in that sec
tor last night. The Germans bom
barded the British positions at Bour
lon throughout the night.
Dead calm prevails on the eastern
front,
The supreme Inter-allied war coun
cil will hold its first preliminary ses
sion in Paris tomorrow to unify allied
war movements in the future. It is
believed that one of the first ques
tions that will be considered is the
alarming situation In Russia.
The Bolsheviki in Russia continue
their efforts toward a separate peace
with Germany.
Reports are current that the mon
archs of the Scandinavian countries
are conferring with reference to fu
ture action which may have an im
portant bearirg on the general war
situation,
Italians Gain Ground
In Counter Assaults
(By International News Service.)
ROME, Nov. 28.—Important gains
have been made by the Ital'ans be
tween the Brenta and Piave Valleys
in Northern Italy, said a dispatch
from Italian headquarters today.
East of the Brenta Valley tha Ital
fans made a number of counter at
tacks, inflicting severe losses upon
the Germans
The Italian lines in that mountain
district have been extended.
Both Sides Prepare
For Greater Battle
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Nov 28, —Germany’s
great plan to crush Italy as Serbi:
and Roumania were conquered has
ended in failure. according to belief
expressed in military and diplomatic
circles today.
However, the end of the struggle
in northern Italy is not yet in sight
and the Germans and Austro-Hunga.
rians can be counted upon to make
even mightier efforts than they have
up to date to break through the Ital
ian lines on the Piave River and on
the Asiago plateau.
Both sides are preparing for a
greater struggle. Reinforcements of
men and guns are pouring across the
Austrian frontier into Italy te
strengthen the invading hordes, whils
the Alpine roads leading down trgm
France into Italy are choked with
masses of French and British wveter
ans, trains of supply wagons and long
lines of artillery. §
) An oversight in tweo directions has
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