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MRS A Clean Wholesome lsaper for Southern Homes et et ettt VOL, XVI ¥ pSopisight 1o %M(grefiA@el;icafin ;fl'gopg Sfilaigl In Action in France JAPS TO KEEP ORDER IN ASIA Czernin To Reply To Wilson Peace Talk i el (By International News Service.) GENEVA, Teb. I¢.—"President W’}hon's (peech ccnstitutes a serious step toward a eeneral peace, &nd 1 phall answer it at the earliest possi flhe moment,” said Count Czernin, the "Rustrian Foreign Minister, after feading a copy of the address, ae fording to The Journal today. ‘ The principles enunciated by the American statesman are said to have made a very favorable impression in Flenna. Conflicting reports continue to ar five as to the date of the war aims pjpeeches expected from Count von Hertling, the German Chancellor, and Pount Czernin. It is now said the B{a‘man Chancellor will reply to » President Wilson on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week and that .f'ha Austrian Foreign Minister will {o_t speak until next week. " Russian Troops Leave . . ps . Galicia to Austriane (By International News Service.) ZJRICH, Feb. 16.—The Russians pjave withdrawn from northeastern ‘Pelicia, allowing the Austro-Hunga flan forces to occupy Brody without any opposition, according to infor mation from the Austrian frontier bday. . The foregoing dispatch indicates ’» it all of the Aus®’lan province of Balicia {8 now clear of Russian troops for the first time since the war be fan. Brody is fifty miles northeast pf Lemberg and about five miles with h the Galiclan frontier. The Rus flans occupied the town in their last irive against Lemberg. Okrainians Defeat . Bolshevik Troops (By International News Service.) COPENHAGEN, Feb. 16.—Bolshev . % irceps wcre reported today to have i Qen defeated by the Ukrainians in a ;s’ ‘bbody beitle at Kiev. B is belloved the Austro-German } hy haa placed traincd officers and ®we ot the command of the Ukrain lan Government. . | Wilson Talk Garbled "~ For German People (By International News Service.) AMSTERDAM, Feb. 16.—The Ger mmn peopic wWere given a garbled ac sunt of President Wilson's latest | ®aow spgech 10 the American Con % ew, 2co7ording to information re- Jived toeay from the German fron | Tww rersions of the speech were Pipted . one supphed by the semioffi fwl Vols bureau and the other by j Privato news &gency. Part of the @dress. rcferring to Count Czernin } reported to "have been omitted. NACN TO BEE IRROGOYEN. 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Ogden* Armour and Nelson Morris, heads respectively of the Armour and Morris packing compa nles, were ordered by Judge Samuel Alschuler, arbitrator of the wage dispute between Middle Western packers and their employees, to appear as witnesses at the hearing in th Fedral Building this afternoon. Mexican Mail Carriers Held for Smuggling ! (By International News Service.) EL PASO, TEXAS, Feb. 16.—Mexican malil carriers taking mall from El Paso to Juarez, were arrested by cugtoms in gpectors today when their wagon was found to contain merchandise secreted in the mall bags. The carriers are being held pending a Federal investigation. POLICE BOARD DISMISSED. EAST ST. LOUIS, [ Feb. 16.—Mayor Mollman today dismissed the new police board of appointed as a result of the recent race riots, despite the opposition of leading citizens. fi THE P N R 1'4,/ *!flxfin.§s'=.—-‘ .ST U 3Jf 1B New Troops Ordered { To Camp McArthur 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The War Department today Issued an order thut} to fill places made vacant at Camp! McArthur, Texas, by reason of the de- | parture of troops that are parts of the Fifth and Seventh Division of the reg ular army, the Fifth Field Artillery Brigade, consisting of three rcglments," be ordered to Camp McArthur from | Leon Springs and that the Flft}'-fifth‘ and Fifty-sixth Infantry Regiments, nf“ the Seventh Division, be ordered to Camp McArthur from Chickamaugn‘ Park for concentration, organization and equipment. : /A denial wus made of the report that | all infantry organizations, all flela ar tillery—organizations and all tra*ns in any one divsion were to be concen trated, it being stated that Camp Wheel er was the only camp where such an arrangement existed, but that such mat.- ters were, in fact, for the division com manders to work out. ' JAP NAVAL OFFICERS COME. 1 A PACIFIC PORT, Feb. 16.—Four high officers of the Japanese navy ar rived here today en route to Europe on an importent mission, the nature of which they-iroruu to divulge. " ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1918 | ' ) (By International News Service.) LONDON, February 16.—The reslg-l jnatlon of General Sir Willlam Rob-l { ertson, chief of the British fmperial !stat‘f, was officially announced here this evenirg. He s succeeded by General Wilson, sub-chief of staff. General Robertson declined the { Government’s offer t 0 appoint him ipermanent military pepresentative at the Versailles Supreme War Council, whose power curtails the duties of the chief of staff. Sir Willlam also declined to continue his present po sition under the new conditions. Publication of the Versailles report is expected to be made next week. ? ‘Woman Fears Nephew Was Tuscania Victim Miss Lela Caldwell, who IliVes on the East Point road, was anxious Sat urday over the safety of her nephew, IJohn B. Siddons, of Atlanta, who was supposed to have gone down with the torpedoed Tuscania and whose name she has been unable to find in the list of survivors. Siddons, who lived with his aunt prior to his enlistment, was a member of Company C, Fourteenth Machine Gun Battalion, in one of the regi n:ents represented on the vessel. Miss Caldwell has no positive knowledge that Siddons salled, but she has found the names of members of his com pany among the survivors and also the name of Siddons' lieutenant. She has made inquiry of the War Department and is awaiting reply. . Four Persons Bitten . ] By Rabid Cat and Dog: l it | CHATTANOOGA, Feb. 16.—Victims of] the bites of a rabld cat and dog, four | persons have been rushed to a hospltal‘ her to, be glven the Pasteur treatment. i'l'hree of the sufferers are Mack Evans.i his daughter, Ella, and Rose Ellison, a child of a neighbor. All are residents iof East Chattanooga. The cat becarhe enraged at the at tempted caresses of the children and when the father heard their cries and rushed to their assistance the animal sank its teeth into his hand. ' The dog, which developed madness In| Highland Park, another suburb, SPrang | lf'un) a lumhv'.r ful_fl ‘gm‘l s.n;.np{md the ls-g( of Chester McAllister, a youth, who was passing on his way to school. ‘ No explanation is given other than that the recent unusually warm days are respensible for the outbreaks. l (By International News Service.) l TRENTON, N. J, Feb. 16.——Loaf }ers in New Jersey will be put to work under provisions of a bill signed to ' day bp Governor Edge. The measure| drawn by Assemblman Woiverton, of | ' Camden, provides for drafting of all ' males betwgen 18 and 50 years old, ' not usefully employed into contin-, ;unus and beneficial work, for the! period of the war. ! The measure, operative at the Gov ernor's direction, outlines a method of procedure and penalties for non compliance. 5,741 Men Ordered To Fort Oglethorpe CHATTANOOGA, TENN.,, Feb. 16— Word has been received here that the first imcrement of the 20,000 additional troops to be sent to Fort Oglethorpe today received jnstructions to move March 4 and will be stationed at Camp Greenleaf. The War Department an nounced the troops were drawn from the following States: To Camp Greenleaf, 5741 white men | from Delaware, 281 from .\'ew Jergey, 940 from Michigan, 1,500 from Ohio, 1,500 | from West Virginia, instead of 1,620 to Camp Meade. AANNS NI NSNS NGNS NN NGNS NNNNNININT s X=R Carpenter’s X-Ray Detects U-Boats (By International News Service.) T. JOSEPH, MO., Feb. 16.—H. { A. Cooper, carpenter, of Sa betha, Kans., received word today from the Navy Department that hig invention for detecting submarines under water had been favorably considered, and that transportation would be forward ed him for a trip to Washington. Cooper calls his invention the “eye of the submarine.” The prin ciple follows out that of the X- ‘ ray, he says. A A A A A A AP U. S. Football Star ‘Boots’ Bombs Out of C t the Front \ (By International News Service.) MONTGOMERY, ALA., Feb, 18. “You gotta quit kickin’ our bombs around,” sang Missour{ regulars I and volunteers with the Ameri r' can -engineer division, when a ' . young sergeant of St. Louis, for - mer” football star of an Ameri . can university, placed his toe be ~ hind a bomb and lifted it into the air and out into the woods on the - slde of the American camp. ' " The story is told in a letter re .~ ceived by a Montgomery woman from her brother, who is serving with the engineers in France. Here 18 the story: “We were on fatigue after the mess on January ... About twen ty Missouri boys were gathered ~ in a group singing college songs and otherwise enjoying the brief rest. All of a sudden a big, round black article, much resembling -the old-time football,. dropped In the center of the Missouri bunch. “It stuck, making a small dent in the ground. Sergeant ........, who used to play quarter on a college eleven, calmly stepped up, placed his toe nicely under the bomb, swung his body gracefully forward and the missile salled through the alir like a football, al though not as swift. “The misslle landed In a small piece of woods, some 20 yards to the side, and exploded. No dam age was done, except for the scattering of weeds. It was a German bomb and the Missouri quarterback’s toe carried it away from the danger line for the Americans. “One of the Missourli men shouted: ‘Out of bounds,’ and the others took up Champ Clark's ‘houndog’ parody, using the words ‘You gotta quit kickin' our bombs around.’” ‘New’ Pl German ‘New’ Planet Called Plain Comet BERKELEY, CAL. Feb. 16.—The “new panet'" discovered between the earth and the sun yb a Heldelberg professor and announced to the world ‘'as an astronomical marvel, is only a common, everyday comet, according to Prof. Armino Luschner, director of the students’ observatory at the Uni versity of California. Luschner is sure of his diagnosis. s6s,ooo,oooWarCanal Is Proposed in House WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—A $65,- 000,000 canal to link the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers with the Atlantic coast for the transportation of war supplies, was proposed to the House this afternoon in a bill introduced by Representative Campbell, of Pennsyl vania. Gregory’s Assistant CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Feb. 18 Neal L. Thompson, son of Attorney Gen. eral Frank M. Thompson, and a mem ber of the legal firm of Tfmmpnon, Wil- Hams & Thompson, has bern appointed one of the Assistant United States At torney Geenrals by Attorney General W. L. Gregory. % p 3 CENTS Vg Canrs (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—General Pershing late this afternoon reported the death in action of four more American soldiers, the wounding of one and the fact that two are miss ing. Those killed in action were: } Private Ferinand Sauers, infadtry, February 8, Washington, D. C. ‘ Private John V. White, Infa.ntry.f February 8, Euworth, lowa. | Private James Novasconi. infantry, February 9, Ouray, Colo. : Private Lewis W. Spacek. ipfantry, February 14, Oklahoma City, Okla. Missing—Private Edward Roberts, infantry, February 8, New York, N, Y.; Private John W. Hill, infantry, January 30, Berry, Ala. Blightly wounded: Private Mar shall R. Farnum, infantry, February 8, Inkster, N. Dak. 2 Georgians Among (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Eleven ‘deaths from natural causes among the members of the American expedi tionary forces were reported by Gen eral Pershing to the War Department late this afternoon. Among them were: Private James E. Ellis, engineers, pneumonia, Knexville, Tenn.; Civil Employee Arthur 8. Ford, transport ‘workers' battalion, pneumonia, Bruns wick, Ga.; Civil Employee Arthur ‘P‘ields, transport workers' battalion, pneumonia, Brunswieck, Ga.; Private }Howard G. Swann, quartermaster ’corps, pneumonia, Piney Point, Md. | o s German Raiders Are (By International News Service.) PARIS, Feb. 16.—The repulse of German raidg near Ville-Sur-Tourbe, on the Champagne front, and in up= per Alsace was reported by the French War Office this afternoon. | German _trenches in the Vauquo sector were penetrated by the French troops, who captured some prisoners. | i it Berlin Reports Lack Of Activity in West (By International News Service.) BERLIN, Feb. 16.-——There have been no important developments on the western front since the last repo-t, the German War Office stated this afternoon. | Pacific Now Cleared ~ 0f Hun Sea Raid : (By International News Service.) A PACIFIC PORT, Feb. 16.—"The ' South Pacific Ocean is clear of Ger- Iman raiders and submarines. The lfloe Adler, I am certain, is the last 'Hun that will have a chance to de stroved Allled shipping on this side.” i This declaration was made today lhy Captain Charlegs T. Hardy, com mander of the auxiliary crulser Av ‘m‘a, just arrived. | ks AR i e o Much Hoarded Flour ~ Is Seized in Raid | IZzea 111 nal | A l ‘ (By International News Service,) . UNIONTOWN, PA., Feb. 18,-—Near ly 8,000 pounds of hoarded flour have b2en conflscated by agents of the food administration in a rald on twelve residences in Klester, a mining town. Sacks were concealed behind false wal's and in beds. In one case flour had been sewed Inside a mattress. BALKS AT WIFE'S gE_ANCES. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 16.—Charging that his wife persisted in holding seances with the spirits of her two dead hus-l bands, Frank Rhemberg toslay filed suit for divorce. i FIRST EDITION ARMY*CAMPS . 1 France Gives Plot ’ To America for . Burials at Front ITH THE AMERICAN \x’ ARMY IN . FRANCE. Feb. 16.—Pursuant to a previously announced plan, France has turned over a plot of ground to the United States to be used as a burial ground for American deaa. It will be kept up by the French as a national cemetery. % To Leave City Wants Bertha Thomas came to At- ‘ lanta a week ago to find work, ‘ she told Judge Johmson. But it appears she did not find work, and her methods of searching for , 15 did net appeal to the court. So ' Judge Johnson in the Recorder’s . Court Saturday morning told her ' to go hack .to her home In Green ville, 8. C,, and make another start. “How about you paying my way home?” Bertha inquired, some what impertinently. “The only way that can be ar ranged {s for me to get you a job at the stockade and let you work for your ticket,” the Recorder told her. This plan did not ap < peal to Miss Themas, who finally admitted that she had sufficient money for transportation. To make this quite certain, the court detailed Detective Shaw to act as escort to Miss Thomas to the "Terminal Station and there be an official witness to the pur chase of the ticket, her embarka tfon on the proper train, and the departure of the said train in the general direction of Greenvllle. | i oo bbb 7,000 Men Cease Work . In Ala. Coal Mines | BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 18.—Approxi 'mately 7,000 coal miners are idle Sat ‘urdny in the Birmingham district, ;havlng dropped their tools because 'they say terms of the Garfield agree !ment have not been lived up to by ' the employing company. Saturday morning miners at Wylam and Do cena suspended operations. With these mines idle fifteen ghafts are [affm'(ed, and approximately 7,000 ' workmen are idle! All of the mines, ,‘wlt_h the exception of the one be | longing to the Republic Company, be long to the Tennessee Coal, Iron and - Railroad Company. 8 dby Wreck cattered by Yvrec (By International News Service.) | RUSSELLVILLE, ALA. Feb. 16.— Good Springs, a small station about 'throe miles north of Russellville, was the scene of another wreck on the ' Northern Alabama Railroad last ' night, which resulted in a heavy loss. Two freight trains came together in a rear-end collision. Nine cars of lumber were burned and two cars of Government mules wrecked. Two of the mules were killed today, the rest )of the animals being scattered over ' the county. Bolshevik Agent to ’ Try to Curb Soldiers ] kit ‘ (By International News Service.) } | STOCKHOLM, Feb. 16.—Dr. Vor }ovvk), representative of the Bolshe. vik Government at Stockholm, has gone to the Aland Islandgs on a Swed ish warship to try to stop the acts of violence which Bolshevik soldlers are said to be committing there. | An interview was printed here to day with General Mannerhelm, com mander of the Finnish White Guard, in which he askg for Burope's ald o overcome the counter revolution, | . 0f Nancy Bombed ~ PARIS, Feb. 16.—German military works and railway lines in the dis triet north of Nancy were bombed by French airmen in the night, accord ing to an officlal communique lssued this afternoon. 8 NO. 167 . - — (By International News Service.) } NEW YORK, Feb, 16.—1 f the chacs in European Ruyssia spreads to Si beria and threatens the peace of Asla, Japan will not hesitate to take action, Dr. T. Iyenaga, head of the Buread of Information of the East and West, and well known Jabanese, told the Laewyers’ Club today. “Japan holds herself responsible for raaintenance of peace in that part of the world,” Dr. Iyenaga sald. “The Allles have been exhausting thelr re sources to save Russia on their side. That is why Japan has been extremes ly cautious. TUntll the last hope is gone, until Russia’s course is defi nitely determined, caution and best endeavors should be cur watchwords. We are ljrmly confildent that Japan must not®.recoil from any sacrifice she may be called upon to make.” (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Ger many’'s apparent success at Brest- Litovsk Is steadily turning to dust, according to advices received thie afternoon in diplomatic eircles here ' and it is believed Berlin not only will | be unabie to remove any more troops Efrom the front, but will find it nec ' ersary to return a large part of those ' that have been withdrawn. | With the Liberals committed to & ]goneral peace without annexations , and without indemnities, Germany ' has proceeded to make peace with } Ukrainia and to annex a liberal slice Eof territory in the vicinity of Kieft. | The Liberals are known to be in | sympathy with the Bolsheviki, from whom Ukrainia never obtained ree [ugnmon, and the annexation of Ukrainian territority, it is held in ic‘.iplomatw circles, is certain to react on the military in the nature of a - boomerang. ‘ Futhermore, reports are that Bol ' shevikism is rapidly spreading im Ukrainia and the probability of the ' Ukrainians deciding to repudiate the peace proclamation with Germany sis cid et Southern Ry. Seizure WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—A., C. Stephenson, of the Durham Coal and Iron Company, located in North Georgia, near Chattanooga, is In Washington protesting to the sud administration against all the lump coal of the company being com mandeered by the Southern Rallwap, Jeaving only nut coal or that under two inches in diameter for the cus tomers in Atlanta and Chattanooga. He says the entire output of the com pany is sold in these two citles and that the customers of the company there need lump coal; further, that the Southern could secure coal else where if it would make the necessary effort. General Kaledine (By International News Service,) WASHINGTON, Feb, 168, —The State Department today received & telegram from Tiflis saying It was ru mored there that General Kaledinas, hetman of the Cossacks, is dead, ‘