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YOL. XVI
BERLIN TELLS OF U.S. CAPTURES
Daylight Saving Plan Will Soon Be in Force
11 MILLIONS MORE FOR ORDNANCE
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. B.—That the
TUnited States will go on daylight
rgtions between March 30 and October
30 seemed certain today when the
interstate and foreign commerce com
mittee favorably reported the Bor
land daylight saving bill to the House,
The bill would set standard and
railway t'me ahead one hour. A bill
to begin saving daylight April 30 and
to end the period September 30 re
cently was enacted by the Senate, but
Senator Calder sald today that an
amendment to increase the time by
two months would be accepted by the
Senate without conference.
Chairinan Sims, of the commerce
committee, will ask immediate con
sideration of tke bill early next week.
Tittle delay in passing it is expected.
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Germany Stirs War
. . .
Against Bolsheviki
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 9.—Germany
is.secretly fomenting war by the Rou
manians, Ukrainians and Fins against
the Bolsheviki in order to complete
the disintegration of Russia, accord
ing to accusations made by the Boi
shevik government at Petrograd and
contained in a dispatch received here
today.
The German allies are said to have
entered into a secret pact and thaj
Germany and Austria-Hungary are
giving ald to the anti-Bolshevik forces
in Southwestern Russia.
The statement of Count Czernin,
{he Austrian Foreign Minister, that
Austria will probably effect a formal
peace treaty with Ukrainia next week
was followed by a report from Ger
many that the Central Powers have
virtually completed the terms of a
peace pact acceptable to the Rouman
ian envoys.
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Special Wage Scale
.
For Alabama Miners
(By International News Service.)
" WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-—Because
eonditions in the Alabama coal flelds
differ from those in other States, a
special wage scale is to prevail in that
territory. The fuel administration an
nounces that the allowance of 45 cents
per ton to operators, as provided in
the Washington wage agreement of
October 6, shall not apply to that
State.
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Brig. Gen. Perkingson
. . .
Il With Diphtheriaa,
(By International News Service,)
CAMP SHERMAN, OHIO, Feb, 9.—
Brigadier General Perkinson, com
mander pro tempore of the national
army cantonment here, today wus
guarantined with diphtheria.
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4 Georgians Named
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erks in War Dept.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9. —
Georglans appointed clerks in the
‘War Department are Lucille Cobb ana
Flora V. McLean, of Atlanta; Claude
. 0). Perris, of Marietta, and Ralph C,
Lunsford, of Cobb County.
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HEARST-PATHE NEWS REEL.PHOTO BY INTERNATIONAL.
The capture of Jerusalem was probably the most interesting event historically of the war, and the
motion pictures made by the Hearst-Pathe News camera man will have an outstanding value in the ar
chives of the world conflict. This picture, a scene from the Hearst-Pathe News No. 12, shows General
Allenby, commander of the allied forces, entering the famous Jaffa Gate, when he marched into the
city on foot.
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Georgia Family of 5
Observes Whole Week
Of Wheatless Meals
Here's a Geergia family that
observed a whole week of wheat
less meals and liked them fine,
Rush Burton, of Lavonia, Fed
eral food administrator for
Franklin County, has written
headquarters of the State admin
istration here that his family ob
served a wheatless week from
January 27 to February 3 and ex
perienced no inconvenience what
ever,
The family consists of Mr, Bur
ton, his wife and three children.
The food for the week consisted
of cornbread, a la Burton; sweet
potato pudding, vegetable soup,
tomato soup, canned corn, buck
wheat muffins, grits, rice, stewed
pears, stewed apples, corn fruit
pudding, a la Hoover; Soule co
coanut pudding and McClatchey
buckwheat cakes.
“After you get accustomed to
wheatless day it really is no hard
ship,” writes Mr. Burtofi. “The
first day is a little inconvenient;
the second day is better, and the
third day is all right. We expect
to continue the observance of
two wheatless days a week, and
more if it is thought necessary to
enhance our chances for a quick
er conclusive victory over there.”
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Allied Embassies at
Petrograd Are Safe
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Rumors
via Swedish sources that the Allled
Embassies at Petrograd have been
expelled were set at rest today. The
State Department received a tele
gram today from Ambassador Mavid
Francis. It was dated February 5,
and although it referred purely to
routine matters and made no mention
whatever of political subjects depart
mental officials accepted it as killing
the rumor that the Allied Embassies
had been expelled last Monday.
The State Department did not make
public the report from the Ambassa
dor because it was entirely routine
in character.
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893 Sick at Gordon;
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Wheeler Has 918 111
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The re
port of the surgeon general on health
conditions at Camp Gordon for the
week ending February 1 ghows the
number of sick men in camp to be
893, or 27.8 per 1,000.
Of pneumonia there are 18 cases;
measles, 65; venereal diseases, 131;
meningitjs, 1; other {llness, 678. For
the first time the War Department
fafled to issue a comparative state
ment with the previous week.
At Camp Wheeler the number of
sick was 918, or 55.1 per 1,000, There
are 36 cases of pneumonia there; ve
nerealAdiseases, 45, other iliness, 979,
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1918
‘Capt.” Helen Basted
apt.” Helen bastedo
Trainfor Motor Corps
MACON, Feb. 9.—Attired in a
uniform similar to that worn by
British soldlers, only that she
wore a skirt instead of trousers,
Captain Helen R. Bdstedo, of New
York, addressed an assemblage of
Macon women and started plans
for the organization of a class for
women of the American Motor
Corps.
“The first thing you must real
ize in joining this organization,”
Captain Bastedo told her some
what timid recruits, “is the se
riousness of the service. Then
you must get down to hard work
and play the,game. Don't shirk
and say you can’t do a thing.
“Discipline is nccessary. When
a superior officer gives an order
it must be obeyed, regxdless of
personal dislikes or anything elsa.
Organization spells discipline, not
only to men, but to women as
well, and when the organization
is perfected there are officers in
charge and enough privates to
give backborie to the movement,
and after the drills the uniforms.”
It is said that the fair meotor
drivers will be sent to France as
soon as efficient and used in
driving ambulances. The Macon
class will be formed at a meeting
to be heid next Monday, Mrs,
Ed Harroid, well-known soclety
woman, {s the leader,
(By International News Service.)
. LONDON, Feb. 9.—A revised esti
‘mate of the Tuscania losses today
increased the death toll over earlier
‘flgures. but there still is doubt as to
‘the exact number that lost their lives
when the transport was sunk off the
north coast of Ireland by a German
‘submarine on Tuesday evening.
A new casualty list compiled here
today placed the total number of dead
between 160 and 170, including about
149 Aemricans.
The bodies of 126 American soldiers
had been recovered when the fore
going list was compiled.
Preparations are being made by
‘some of the American soldiers land
ed on the Firth of Clyde to hold a
‘military funeral for the dead on the
"Brottian tesast.” T T ber
Some Are Seriously Murt.
Advices from Irish and Scotch towns
where injured Americans are being
cared for sald all were doing well,
although some had been seriously
hurt.
Major Ben F. Wade, in command
of the American troops on the Tus
‘cania, who has come to England from
the Irish port at which he was land
ed, gives high praise to the coolness
‘ot the American soldiers.
It was the men’s first taste of ac
‘tual war and they passed through
it like veterans, Major Wade said. A
temporary military camp had been es
fablished in the north of Ireland for
the American soldiers
T. 8. Petes, an assitant engineer
on the Tuscania, who was one of the
survivors, said the torpedo which
struck the Tuscahia seemed to have
been aimed at another ship. This
indicated that the submarine was a
censiderable distance away from her
vietim when the shot was fired.
Peters, who has made his home in
the United States for many years,
although a native of Yorkshire, has
had an adventurous career on the high
seas. The Tuscania is the fifth ves
sel on which he has been working
when torpedoed by the German Ü
boats.
Sick Georgian Got Away.
“There was a little confusion at
first,” sald Peters. “One American
soldier from Georgia, who was suf
fering from pneumonia, ran on the
deck with nothing on but his pajamas
Another fellow gave him an overcoat
and he got into a lifeboat. It is a
wonder the experience dldn't kill
him."”
Peters said he thought a good many
lives were lost while the boats were
being lowered. One lifeboat was
smashed by a falling boom. Another
was turned over while being lowered
and a third was smashed against the
side of a destroyer by a big wave.
The engineer said he feared most of
the twenty-two stokers on the Tus
cania had lost their lives.
Identity of Victims
entity of V
Not Yet Revealed
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9—The War
Department today remained without
any accurate information as to the
fdentity of the victims of the torpe
doed Tuscania. There still was no
definite information as to the number
of victims., All that the department
had available, it was stated, was the
information made public in London.
This said there were 147 soldiers and
19 members of the crew and others
still missing.
TO STOP UNIFORM SALES.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—~Sale of
United States military or naval uni
forms to persons unauthorized to wear
them would be punishable by six months
in jail under a bill presented in the
House this afterno by Representative
Graham, of Pennsyiunla. |
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Request
for an additional $11,295.000 In the de- |
ficlency appropriation bill was re
ceived from the army ordnance de
partment by the House appropria
tlons committee this afternoon. The
‘amount, is necessary, It was sald, to
meet conditions which Secretary
Baker said could not he foreseen.
This estimate included $6,000,000 for
manufacturing, repairing and issuing
arms, and $5,000,000 for terminal stor
age and shipping bulldings, including
rental, land, the ordnance supplies go
ing abroad, and the balance divided
between the Rock Island and Water
‘town arsenals bullding Improvements.
Alien Enemies To Be
* Sent to Oglethorpe
CHATTANOOGA, Feb. 9.—Fort
Oglethorpe is to be made a concen
tration camp for enemy aliens. This
announcement was made unofficially
today and is deglared to mean that
about twelve hundred prisoners will
be massed here, transferred from
New York, Chicago and New Orleans,
The construction of barrack build
ings and barbed wire baricades will
be commenced within thirty days, ac
cording to reliable information. There
are now 300 enemy allens in the
prison camp at Chickamauga. These
include many prominent German
American citizens and foreigners
who have been deemed dangerous
characters by military authorities and
are interned for the duration of the
war.
.
Hog Island Ship Yard
Hurt by Inefficiency
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—Lack of vis
fon and Inefficiency have caused the
apparent failure at Hog Island, where
the world’s greatest shipyard was pro
posed by the United States shipping
board. This was the evidence given
today to the Senate commerce commit- |
tee by John W. Towle, resident plant |
engineer at Hog Island for the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation.
Towle's duties have consisted in ln-‘
specting the work done by the Ameri
can International Corporation, to which
company the Emergency Fleet Corpora
tion intrusted the work.
.
Va. Legislature to
.
Honor Abe Lincoln
(By International News Service.)
RICHMOND, VA. Feb. 9.—That
sectionalism in the South is a thing
of the past was shown conclusively
here today, when the Virginia Legis
lature adopted a resolution to ad
journ from Monday to Wednesday so
as to permit the State legislators to
participate in the exercises at Camp
L.ee February 12 In honor of the
memory of Abraham Lincoln. The
vote on the resolution wag unani
mous.
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More Registry Time
.
For Enemy Aliens
WASHINGTON, Feb, 9—The time
for the registration of German en
emy aliens has been extended to in
cluage next Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, Attorney General Greg
ory announced today.’
The extension, the Attorney General
says, is to afford full opportunity to
all persons required to register, to
do so.
3 CENTS SVsaanme
100,000 Women Are
. .
Working Prussian
State Railroads
ENEVA, Feb., 9.—More than
G 100,000 German women are
now employed on the Prus
sian State railways, against less
than 10,000 before the war began,
said a dispatch from Leipsig today
quoting Herr von Breitenbach, un
til recently Prussian Minister of
Railways. The ex-Minister was
quoted further as saying that
women show only about 60 per
cent of the efficiency of male rail
way workers.
‘ . . .
“‘Slickest Rookie in
¥ .
Army’ Succeeds in
. .
Securing Discharge
L. M. Pilerucci, of the Hotel
Winecoff, who keeps fairly well
in touch with Camp Gordon
through the medium of a sea-go
ing jitney bus he operates to that
important reservation, says he
heard Friday of the slickest
rookie in the national army.
The story goes that the private
in question was causing his offi
cers and comrades considerable
concern over his queer antics.
For hours during rest perfod he
wouid walk from bullding to
bullding, picking up every plece
of paper in sight and immediately
dropping it, with the exclama
tion:
“That’s not it.”
For days and days he spent his
leisure hours and any few min
utes he might snatch during drill
period picking up eavelopes, or
blctters or other sheets of paper,
always Aropping them with the
same expression: 5
“That’s not it.”
Finally his captain had him ex
amined as to his sanity, He was
mentally normal, the physician
said, but as the private was or
~ dered back to his quarters he
‘ picked up the doctor's report,
- exeminad it closely, and dropped
it, saying:
“That's not it.”
This caused further comment
and a subsequent re-examination.
He was dismissed from scrvice as
mentally unfit. His captain hand
ed him his certificate of discharge
from further service. The rookie
heaved a sigh of relief as he
crammed the paper into his knakl
pocket, and smiled:
“That's It.”
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Secret Quiz for Baker
On U. S. War Program
WABHINGTON, Feb, 9.-—Secretary
of War Baker will be examined in se.
cret on the war program for the
United States before the House mili
tary affalrs committee early mnext
week, Chairman Dent announced this
afternoon.
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 9.—The War
Department has recelved no repert
from General Pershing dealing ‘with
any new German ralds in whichpkis
oners were captured, The latest cas
valty report received here had one
man wounded in action. It is ex
pected that if the German report is
true General Pershing will make a re~
port in the near future.
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Berlin Claims U. 8.
Captives in France
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 9.~The Ger
mans claim to have captured some
additioral American prisoners on. the
western battle front, according t6.an
officlal statement issued by the ml
Office at Berlin today. The Anier
cans were taken near Xivray, the fiu
man statement added, .
Xivray lles on the Woevre plain,
about 14 miles northwest of Toul. It
is 9 miles east of St. Mihlel and lles
on a small strea mcailed the Rupt de
Madt. Xivray is 4 miles west of
Flirey, a town made important by
the strategic roads which pass
through it. Recently there have béen
reports of artillery activity n.rol.bd
Flirey,
Deaths of Thirteen :
» .
Sammies Reported
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.ETwo pri
vates wounded in action, two deaths
from aeroplane accidents, two from'
gunshot wounds and seven from na-~
tural causes is the casualty toll in
the American expeditionary force, re
ported by the War Department today,
The men slightly wounded in action
were Private Joe Pekas, of Declacs,
N. D, and Private Frank Chavers, of
San Jose, Cal.
The men killed In the aeroplane ao
‘cident which occurred January 89
‘were First Lisutenant Frank V. Tur
‘ner, of Wicomico, Md.,, and Cadet
Charles A. Hopkins, of Newark, New
{ Jersey.
The victims of the gunshot wounds,
'both of whom died on January 5, were
Corporal Lee O. Sailors, of Pittsburg,
;Kans., and Private Earl Davenport,
of Tehachapl, Cal.
. Among the deaths from natural
causes were Private John Blackman,
‘Qn!flntry, pneumonia, January § (J
D. Blackman, father), of Foshee, Ala.;
Private Charles C. Burns, of Houston,
Texas, and Privase John C., Heflin,
of Brilllant, Ala.
In addition General Pershing today
‘reported the deaths of Bugler Willlam
'H. Lindsey, Infantry, pneumonia, Jan
!uary 30 (B. J. Lindsey, father), Abbe
ville, Ala., and Private George H. Me-~
Doweli, engineers, cerebro-spinal
meningitis, February 1 (J. M, Mc-
Dowell, father), Rowell, N, C,
.
Prisoners Captured
.
By French Raiders
PARISY Feb. 9.—French raiders
penetrated a German trench system
on the Lorrain front, returning ,to
thelr own position with some prisoms
ers, the War Office stated this afters
noon, s
French patrols were successtul alse:
on the front north of the Alsne River
and In the Champagne district.
NO. 161