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CZERNIN HAILS WILSON SPEECH;
- CAMP GORDON PLEASES BAKER
“Very Favorable” His Only Com
ment on Conditions at Atlanta
Cantonment—Ploughs Through
Mud to Hospitals and Theaters.
Surgeon General Gorgas in Sec
retary’s Party—They Stop at
Gordon for Day on Way to Visit
Wheeler—Won’t Discuss War.
By G. K. RUTLEDGE.
CAMP GORPON, Feb. 16.—“ Very
favorable” is Secretarv of War Ba
ker's impression of Camp Gordon.
The Secretary was pleased with
conditions as he found them here, and
said that the camp would undoubtedly
be most comfortable in the summer.
Rain fell throughout the Secretary’s
visit and gave the cantonment”d Ye
draggled appearance. Practically all
of the men and officers of the Eighty
second Division were enjoying their
Saturday half holiday and did not
know of the arrival of the distine
guished visitor.
The Secretary declined to discuss
war questions, but declared that the
public would be told as much as pos
sible without betraying military in
formation of importance to the en
emy. The censorship regulations of
the committee on public information
have been promulgated and are the
only regulations in effect for the guid
ance of officers and the press, he-de
clared.
In Mr. ‘Baket's party were Major
General William C. Gorgas, surgeam
general of the army; Lieutenant Colo
nel Charles 1. Furbush, aide to Gen
eral Gorgas; Major W. F. Welch, dis
tinguished medical expert and% mem
ber of the staff of Johns Hopkins
University, and Edwin Newdick. a
member of the committee on publie
information.
The Secretary and his party had
not planned to visit Camp Gordon,
but found that they could stop over
here without interfering with their
Vigit to Camp Wheeler, where the
Secretary said “conditions in the hos
pitals had been unfortunate.” |
Gefiéral W. P. Burnham, command
ing the BEighty-second Division, was
notified of the prosfective visit only a
short time before the Secretary’s f”'“l
rival, With members of his staff he
met the party at Chablee and con
ducted them through the camp.
Baker Guest at Dance.
At the conclusion of the informal
inspection General Gorgas motored
to Fort McPherson to inspect the hos
pital there and Secretary Baker ac
comvanied General Burnham to his
home at the Georgian Terrace, where |
he was made the honor guest al a
dance largely attended by Camp G"!'-_’l
don and Fort McPherson officers.
The Secretary and members of his
party were the guests of General
Burnham at dinner later. |
The Secretary greeted a surprised
but pleased bunch of Sammies W hen
he paid a visit to the barracks of a
company in the 328th Infantry. P?“.
saw the men at home, looked closely
at the beds upon which they sleep, felt:
the thickness of the blankets, and
cast an inquiring eye at the caches of
personal effects. He f‘nmmpn\lfl:’l tla\'
men upon tWeir ability as }3uu!<wnl'°‘l'-
ers, :
After seeing where they live, tlnfi
distinguished visitor called at th(
Liberty Theater, watched an act of
the vaudeville matinee being present
ed at tho time of his call, applauded
with others in the audiénce-*and got
an idea of the kind of fun Sammies
enjoy. a 2
A number of Y. M. C. A pulldings
were visited and the Secreiary ex
presaed his pleasure upon learning
of the great part the institution I 3
i nlaglng ¥ the lives of the soidiers
5 this division.
Yook %%k
Frank James Giv
ives
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Detective Long Race
But Loses at‘g Finish
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The young man started out in
life with a mame that might have
been tamer, it being Frank
James. The Atlanta police in
general, and Detective Sergeant
George Bullard in particular, in
cline strongly to the belief or
hunch that Mr. James has been
9nde:woring to live up to certain. |
perdatory suggestions associated
with his name. In fact, Mr. Bul
lard has been looking for Mr.
James since before Christmas, at
which time Mr. James was sus- ‘
pected of connection with a rob
bery of furs from a Peachtree
street shop aggregating about
$2,000. o
Saturday afternoon Mr. Bullard
“jumped” Mr. James in the Kim
ball House poolroom. Mr. James
beat it. He reached the revolving
door on Pryor street less than
two jumps ahead of Mr. Bullard,
but even with this small margin
he was expeditious enough to
prolong the chase through the old
depot to Central avenue, thence
to Mitchell street, thence back to
Pryor, and thence to a spot lying,
being and situate in Trinity ave
nue, where ~Mr. Bullard Ilaid
hands upon his person.
“1 didn’t shoot at him because
I knew 1 could outrun him,”
gasped Mr. Bullard, his captive
in one hand and a large handker
chief in the other. He mopped his
face with the latter. ‘‘Besides,”
he added, “there were lots of peo
ple on the streets, and I didn't
want to shoot any innocent by
standers.”
Mr. James is being detained on
suspicion.
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Cheaper Coal April 1
Is Garfield’s Promise
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Lower
prices for coal are promised to the
ratailer and congumer by the United
States fuel administration.
Decision wag announced today that
the prices of &oal to retailers will bg
made the same whether either an
thracite or bituminous is sold direct
by the operators or through jobbers.
At present the jobber is permitted tol
add to the Government price at the‘
mine his commission running from
15 to 30 cents a ton, mostly 30 cents ‘
Under the new plan this commissiofl‘
will be eliminated. The price of coal
at the mihe will be increased slight~
ly, but the jobber will be required;
to look to the operator for his com
pensation. ‘
The increased price at the mines
will not, however, equal the commis
sion that is being charged.now by
the jobber. Thus the retailer will be
able to sell cheaper than at presem.f
The administration will announce
the prices to be allowed at the mines |
before April 1, at which time theyl
will go into effect.
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Roosevelt Sits Up,
Reading Thrillers
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—“ Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt is well on the
road to recovery,” was the statement
given out at Roosevelt Hospital to
night. The Colonel sat up in bed to
day and spent some time reading de
tective stories.
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(Caruso’s Income Tax
~ Is $59,000 for 1917
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—Enrico Ca
ruso, the world’s most famous oper
atic tenor, has just pald the Govern
ment $59,000 income tax for 1917. This
sum is not the tax on his salary from
the Metropolitan Opera House alone,
but from his returns from phono
graph records and his appearances in
concerts.
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Dublin Woman I
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Found Dead in Well
DUBLIN, Feb. 16.—The body of
Mrs. H. C. Thompson, a prominent
woman here, was found in a well this
afternoon. Evidently she had com~
initted suicide
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Seven Weeks Regulation Have
Proven That Government Own-
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ership Is Essential aod Inevita
ble-=Crisis in Next 4 Months.
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Director McAdoo Is Handicapped
by the Failure of Congress to
Pass the Railroad Bill—Al
lies Saved by Prompt Action.
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES,
Editorial Representative of The Sun
day American in Washington.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Within
seven weeks of taking over the rail-‘
roads into Government control Gov
ernment oOwnership is about to be
vindicated with tremendous emphasis
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1'? Ma«m our countr“n, d of
thß world. L
Facts and cébndlitions make it plain
that Government - operation, which
should be speedily developed into
Government ownership, has practi
cally saved the republic and the allied
‘nations.
{ Experts and business men in and
out of railroads agree that this eco
nomic salvation could not have been
worked out in any other way than un
der Governmeént confrol.
| Crisis in Next Four Menths.
These are strong statements, but
‘the facts will bear them out.
‘ ilt has just been made plain to our
!Government, that the next four months
‘constitute the real crisis of America
}and her allies, of England, France
and to a large extent of Italy.
It is known that but for the food
'supplies of America, both England
}and France and more particularly
iEng]and will be in a state of want
critical to the success of the allied
cause. Prime Ministers and food ad
‘ministrators of all these countries
‘have again assured America of thelr
'supl‘eme dependence on the supplies
expected from this coyntry.
‘We know that in the eastern half of
{his republic the food supply is never
adequate to the demand, and that we
}have here not much more at any time
than food enough to last us for a
‘furtmzh!, >
1 [t is & Matter too generally under
‘stood to be elaborated here that up to
the present time the disorder and
chaos prevailing in our transportation
}s_\'stom has made it utterly impossible
to transport from the West and from
;r,he centers the food supplies needed
for consumption by the people. 4
Roads Steadily- Improved.
The shortage of coal has compelled
drastic and revolutionary orders,
|wmch have aroused and inflamed the
people, but which have ultimately
saved the situation and rescued mil
lions from suffering by the steady day
by day improvement of transportation
under Government operation.
And so with food. Scarcity in all
the lines of food consumption has
been developed out of chaotic rail
road conditions. Men and women
llm ve suffere® in greater or less degree
by reasons of inadequate facilities and
systems of bringing feod, until system
and efficiency grew into order as the
Government co-ordinate@ the.. rail
roads and brought them inte harmo
nious and unselfish co-operation.
And now come two statements,
startling in significance and in sug
gestion:
1. The food depaftment of the
American Government has the ¢all
from the allied Governments for food
to meet the crisis which is npnnvlhese
Continued en Page 2, Coiumn 4.
ATLANTA; GA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY- 17, 1918.
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. Asia, Japs Assertg
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! N'T EW YORK, Feb. 16.—1 f the
§N chaos in European Russia
; spreads to Siberia and
threatens the peace of Asia, Japan
will not hesitate to take action,
Dr. T. lyenaga, head of the Bu
. reau of Information of the East
§ and West, tofd the Lawyers’ Club
5 today.
{ ‘“Japan holds herself responsible
E for maintenance of peace in that
| part of the world,” Dr. lyenaga
}'sald. “ThevAllies Have Been ex- |
hausting their resources to savée
Russia on their side. That is why
Japan has been extremely cau-\‘.
tious. Until the last hope is gone,
until Russia’s course is definitely §
determined, caution and best en- }
deavors should be our watchwords.
We are firmly convinced that Ja- §
pan must not recoil from any saoc- ?
rifige she may be called upon to §
% make."” ;
Government Officials Think the
Trouble With Carpenters Will
Not*Spread—Only 1,050 Qut.
By STANLEY M. REYNOLDS,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service, |
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Govern
ment officials, are confident tonight
that the S| of the ship carpohte?a\‘
will not sp e |
L t re received at the of
fices OFghe shipping board tonight de
clared #lot mor éthan 1,600 men were
out. *©Of thi§ number 1,050, it was
stated, represents all the ship car
gentehfat thé&Staten Island and New
ork yards and 559 those at the af
fected yards at Baltimore.
Announcement tonight by the wage
adjustment board of the shipping
board of new schedules of wages for
all yardé‘in the Delaware district in
cluding those at Baltimore, is expect
ed to operate as a powerful lever in
bringln‘g in the striklnvg carpenters
back into line.
Action by the President is not ex
pected before tomorrow night. The
following telegram was received by
him today from William L. Hutche
son, president of the carpenters’ un
jon, zequestln? a conference: |
“The situation now existing in the
shipyards is of a nature that requires
immediate attention. I, as president
of tne United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of America, en
deavored to reach an understanding
with the officers of the United States
shipping board, but was unable to do
so. [ feel if given opportunity to lay
the matter before you that a solution |
would be quickly arrived at. |
“l desire to inform you, my dpar}
Mr. President, that I, as a patriotic |
citizen, am desirous of rendering ev-‘
ery assistance to vou and our country
Ito &arry on the work necessary to.
bring about a successful conc]usion!
of the world war in which we are en- }
gaged.” / |
Tonight the President was in con-.
ference with Samue! Gompers, presi
dent of the American Federation of
L.abor, and representatives of the New
England Federation of Labor. It was
stated that the matter of labor in the
making of munitions for the Allies
was discussed, but neither the White
House nor the Federation of Labor
would talk. The matter of the ship
yards strike, it was indiocated, was not
taken up.
The President, however, was in re
ceipt of advices from the §hipping
Board during the evening tending to
minimize the seriousness of the situ
ation. -
Secretary of Laber Wilson an
nounced he would appoint'a new wage
commission of ten members, the func
tion of which will be to devise a uni
form labor policy for the Government
for the pericd of the war. Five of the
members will n’yrepent emp}oyers
generally and will be nominated
by the America%%‘edemuon of Labor,
Assurances w given to the Ship
ping Board tonij by reprgsentatives
here bf other % employed at the
Atlantic Coast ipyards that they
would not walk in sympathy with
the carpenters, it would stand by
their agreement not to bring up dur
ing the period of the war dispules
concerning closed or open shop con
ditions at the yards. |
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Woman Accused of Blackmail Plot
Against Mayor Candler Il of
~ Nervous Breakdown—Solicitor |
Prepares for Trial on Feb. 27,
A I
State Promises to Develop Star
tling Evidence—Prisoner De
clines to Leave Jail, Although
Friends of Husband Offer Bond.i
Following receipt of news that her
husband, pré@minent Atlanta insurance
man, was speedihg toward Atlanta to
aid her in her court fight, Mrs. H. H.
Hirsch, the young woman jointly in
dicted with “Handsome Bill” Cook in
the alleged half-million-dollar black-
Jnail plot against Mayor Asa G. Can
dler, Saturday afternoon collapsed
and had to be put to bed in her quar
ters in the woman’s ward in the Tow- I
er on the fourth floor.
Jall offictals sald Mrs. Hirsch ap
paréntly was suffering from a ner
vous breakdown, but did not fear se
rious results,
' She appeared greatly agitated and
:
wept hysterically.
Hirsch was scheduled to arrive in
Atlanta at a late hour Saturday night
from Pittsburg, where he had been
for several days on business with the
headquarters of his insurance agency.
The husband was in Pittsburg at the
time of the sensational action by the
Grand Jury in indicting Mrs. Hirsch
and Cook, and hastily set out for At
lanta to investigate detalls of the af
fair.
'On the route to Atlanta Hirsch
wired closa personal friends here, ex
pressing the fullest confidence that
hig wife is innocent of any wrong
doing and conveying to her his deep
est affection.
In another telegram, Hirsch urged
his friends immediately to obtain the
relgase of Mrs.-Hirsch from the Tower
cn the bgnd of SSOOO, required by So
licitor John A. Boykin, “but Mrs.
Hirsch positively refised to leave the
jail. She declared it was her purpose
io remalin there a prisoner-—ta least
uptil after her hushand arrived, This
attitude on the part of the young
woman caused an immediate aban
donment of the pla nto liberate her,
Solicitor Boykin Saturday afternoon
made it known that he is Investigat
ing several different reports -he has
received relative to both Mrs. Hirsch
‘and Cook, and asscrted that the trial
jof the ¢ouple,*which has been sched
uled for Wednesday, February 27,
;wnuld “produce some surprising evi
| dence.”
. “I am not in a position now to dis
cuss the nature of the evidence we are
investigating, but it is such as will
' develop some surprises,” he said. “A
'number of persons have been doing
some very interesting talking. All T
can say now is that this probe will
Le thorough, and that we are going
to the bottom of this tnatter.”
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The four
army tuberculosis hospitals to be erecte
ed by the medical corps will be located
at Asheville, N. C.; Denver, Colo.; New
Haven, Conn., and Whipple Barracks,
Ariz., it wz« announced tonigrt
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Georgian Company.)
Georgia Girl National Beauty
Face Adorns Thrift Posters
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Sir William Robertson To Be Suc
ceeded by General Wilson,
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1 VHis First Aide.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 16.—8ir Willlam
Robertson, chief of staff of the British
armies, has resigned and will be suc
ceeded by Sir Henry Wilson. An
nouncement to this effect was made
this. afternobn. Sir Henry was sub
chief of staff.
The resignation was due directly
to limited power. General Robertson,
it was explained in the official state
ment, found himself unable to take
a position as mlilitary representative
on the supreme war councjl at Ver
sallles or to continue as head of the
genéral staff with his power curtailed.
The functions of the war council
representative have been extended.
It is understood the name of this rep
resentative will be announced shortly,
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South Pacific\Clear |
(By International _New'n Service.) !
A PACIFIC PORT, Fgb. 16.-—-"The
South Pacific ocean is clear of Ger
man ralders and submarines. The
Seeadler, I am certain, is the last Hun
that will have a.chance to destroy al
lied shipping on this gide.”
This declaration was made today
by Captain Charles T. Hardy, com
mander of the auxiliary cruiser Avo
ca, just argived,
‘New Planet’ Said T
ew Planet’ Sald 1o
Be Just Plain Comet
(By International News Service.)
SHBERKELEY, CAL, Feb. 16.—The
“new planet” discovered be!ween the
earth and the sun by a Heidelberg
professor and announced to the world '
as #@n astronomical marvel is only a
common, every-day comet, according
to Professor Armino Luschner, di
rector of the students’ observatory ai
the University of California. l.uchne:
is =ure of his diagnosis.
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Verdict in Trial of Captain Bullis
at Augusta Will Not Be.
Known Until Monday.
ABGUSTA, Feb. 16.—The case of
Captain Fdgar 8. Bullis, resigned
Camp Hancock medical officer, was
given tn the jury here today in Fed
eral Court following a charge from
Judge Emory Speer,
Captain Bullis is charged with ac
cepting a brihe from E. W. S. Bur
gen, of Carnegie, Pa., with the pro
vigion that he would secure the re
leagse from the army of Burgen's son,
a private in his regiment, througs his
position as regimental surgeon,
The captain has been on trial since
Thursday. In charging the jury
Judge Speer requested that a sealed
verdict be returned and immediately
adjourned court until Monday.
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Austrian Foreign Minister Sayd
President’s Address Is Serioag
Step Toward Peace, and He'l}
Reply ‘at the Earliest Momenty
Situation in Russia Will Forca
Germany to Retain Her Troops
on That Front, Present Belief
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Brest-Litovsk Success Wanings
(By International News Services
GENEVA, Feb. 16—" President
Wilson's speech constitutes a seriousy
step toward a general peace, and 1
shall answer it at the earliest possi«
ble moment,” satd Count Czernin, the
Austrian Foreign Minister, afted
reading a copy of the address, .50'
cording tp The Journal today.
The principles enunciated by thd
American etatesman are said to ha
made a very faverahle impression
Vienna. 2
Conflicting reports continue to amg
rive as to the date of the war aim#
speeches expected from Count v:z
Hertling, the German Chancellor, a
Count Czernin. It {s now said th;
German Chancellor will reply 3
President Wilson on, Tuesday
Wednesday of next week and tha
the Austrian Foreign Minister wilf
not, speak until next week, ;
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Germany Must Hold
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Troops on East Frong
, (By International News Bervice.)
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Ge
many's apparent success nt Brel:
Litovek is steadily turning to dus
according to advices received t
afternoon in diplomatic circles h
and it s believed Berlin not only wi
be unable to remove any more troo
from the front, but will find it 'no:
essary to return a large part of tho:
that have been withdrawn.
With the Liberals committed to 4
general peace without annexations
ard without indemnities, Germany
has vroceeded to make peace with'
Ukrainia and to annex a liberal sliod
of territory in the vicinity of Kieffy
The Liberals are known to be im
sympathy with the Bolsheviki, fromg
whom Ukrainia‘’never obtalned reos
ogniuioh, and the annexation of
Ukrainian territory, it is held {im
diplomatic circles, is certain to reac§
on the military in the nature ofrfl
boomerang. p
Furthermore, reports are that BoM
shevikism is ‘)pidly spreading in
Ukrainia and the probability of the
Ukrainians deciding to repudiate the'
peace pro®lamation with Germany i 3
considered by soms to be expected:
(alicia Now Clear
Of Russian Troops
(By International News Service.)
ZURICH, Feb. 16—The Russiang
have withdrawn from northeasterm
Galicia, allowing the Austro-Hunga
rian forces to occupy Brody without
any opposition, according to infore
mation from the Austrian froniieg
today. \
The foregoing dispatch -indicates
that all of the Austrian province of
(Galicia is now clear of Russian troops
for the first time since the war bes
gan, Brody is fifty miles northeas§
of Lemberg and about five miles withe
in the @Galician frontier. The Rusas
sians occupied the town in their las@
drive against Lemberg.,