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VOL. XVI gloprgns 10,
JAPS TO KEEP ORDER IN ASIA
Czernin To Reply To Wilson Peace Talk
(By International News Service.)
« GENEVA, Feb. 16.—“ President
Wilson’s speech constitutes a serious
step toward a general peace, and I
shall answer it at the earliest possi- t
ble moment,” said Count Czernin, the l
Austrian Foreign Minister, after
reading a copy of the address, ac-l
cording to The Journal today.
The principles enunciated by the'
American statesman are said to have
made a very favorable impression in
Vienna.
Conflicting reports continue to ar
rive as to the date of the war aims
speeches expected from Count von
Hertling, the German Chancellor, and
'Count Czernin. It is now said the
German Chancellor will reply to
President Wilson on Tuesday or|
Wednesday of next week and thatl
fthe Austrian Foreign Minister will
not speak until next week. I
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Russian Troops Leave;|
Galicia to Austrians)
(By International News Service.)
ZURICH, Feb. 16.—The I-‘.usslans;
have withdrawn from northeastern i
Galicia, allowing the Austro-}{unga-t
rian forces to occupy Brody without
any opposition, according to infor
mation from the Austrian frontier
today.
The foregoing dispatch ilndicates’
that all of the Aus‘.ian province of
Galicia is now clear of Russian troops
for the first time since the war be
gan. Brody is fifty miles northeast
of Lemberg and about five miles with
in the Galician frontier. The Rus
slans occupied the town in their last
drive against Lemberg. ,
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Ukrainians Defeat
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Bolshevik Troops
(By International News ServiceP
\ COPENHAGEN, Feb. 16.—Bolshev
ik troops were reported today to have
been defeated by the Ukrainians in a
bloody battle at Kiev. ;
. It is believed the Austro-German
army has placed trained officers and
guns at the command of the Ukrgin
ian Government.
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Wilson Talk Garbled
. For German People
(By International News Service.)
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 16.—The Ger
mar. people were given a garbled ac
count of President Wilson's latest
peace speech to the American Con
gress, according to information re
ceivad togay from the German fron
tier.
Two versions of the speech were
printed, one supplied by the semioffi
clal Wolff bureau and the other by
& privoio news egency. Part of the
address. referring to Count Czernin,
ts reported to have been omitted.
NAON TO SEE IRROGOYEN.
BUENOS AIRBS, Feb. 16.—Dr.
Romulu Naon, Argentine Ambassa
r to the United Statesiwhu arrived
%re yvesterday, will have an audi
ence with President rrigoyen on
Monday to discuss the dbject of his
visit,
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Called in Wage Case
(By International News Service.) l
CHICAGO, Feb. 16.—J. Ogden Armour
and Nelson Morris, heads respectively of
the Armour and Morris packing compa
nies, were ordered by Judge Samuel
Alschuler, arbitrator of the wage dispute
between Middle Western packers and
their empioyees, to appear as witnesses
at the hearing in th Fedral Building this
afternoon.
Mexican Mail Carriers
Held for Smuggling.
(By International News Service.) l
EL PASO, TEXAS, Feb. 16.—Mexican
malil carriers taking mall from El Paso
to Juarez, were arrested by customs in
spectors today when their wagon was
found to contain merchandise secreted
in the mai! bags. The carriers are being
held pending a Federal investigation.
POLI(SE 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.
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New Troops Ordered
To Camp McArthur
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.—The War
Depamtment today issued an order that
to fill places made vdcant 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 Fileld Artillery
Brigade, consisting of three regiments,
be ordered to Camp McArthur from
Leon Springs and that the Fifty-fifth
and Fifty-sixth Infantry Regiments, of
the Seventh Division, be ordered to
Camp McArthur from Chickamauga
Park for concentration, organization and
equipment.
A denial was made of the report that
all infantry organizations, all field ar
tillery organizations and all trains 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,
A PACIFIC PORT, Feb. 16.—Four
high officers of the Japanese navy ar
rived here today en route to Europe on
an important mission, the nature of
which &y refuse to divulge.
ATLANTA, GA.,, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1918
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(By International News Service.)
LONDON, February 16.—The resig
nation of General Sir Willlam Rob
ertson, chief of the British imperial
staff, was officially announced here
this evenirg. He is succeeded by
General Wilson, sub-chief of staff.
General Robertson declined the
Government’s offer to appoint him
permanent military representative at
the Versailles Supreme War Council,
whose power curtails the duties of
the chief of staff. Sir William also
declined to continue his present po
sition under the new conditions.
Publication of the Versailles report
is expected to be made next week.
Was Tuscani Vli)ct'm
Miss Lela Caldwell, who lives on
the East Point road, was anxious Sat
urday over the safety of her nephew,
John 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
ments represented on the vessel. Miss
Caldwell has no positive knowledge
that Siddons sailed, 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
CHATTANOOGA, Feb. 16.—Victims of
the bites of a rabid cat and dog, fouw
persons have been rushed to a hospital
her to be given the PPasteur treatment
Three of the sufferers are Mack Evans,
his daughter, Ella, ana Rose Ellison, a
child of a neighbor. All are residents
of East Chattanooga.
The cat became 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 tecth into his hand.
The dgg, which developed madness in
Highland Park, another suburb, sprang
from a lumber pile and snapped the leg
of Chester Mv,\hislor a youth, who was
passing on his way to school.
No explanation is given other than
that the recent unusually warm days are
responsible for the outbreaks.
(By International News Service.)
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 KEdge. The measure
drawn by Assemblman Woiverton, of
Camden, provides for drafting of all
males between 18 and 50 years old,
not usefully employed into contin
uous 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
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Feb. lfl.—-‘
Word has been received here that the
first increment of the 30,000 additional
troops to be sent to Fort Oglethorpe
today received instructions 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, 5,741 white men |
from Declaware, 281 from New Jersey, 540 |
from Michigan, 1,500 from Ohlo, 1,500
from West Virginia, instead of 1,520 to
Camp Meade.
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Carpenter’s X-Ray
Detects U-Boats
Under the Water
(By International News Service.)
T. JOSEPH, MO,, Feb. 16.—H.
S 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. |
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U. S. Football Star
‘Boots’ Bombs Out of
(By International News Service.)
| MONTGOMERY, ALA., Feb. 16,
| “You gotta quit kickin' our bombs
around,” sang Missouri regulars
and volunteers with the Ameri
can engineer division, when a
young sergeant of St. Louls, 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
side 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 is 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
inthe ground. Bergeant ......vis .
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 sailed
through the air like a football, al
though not as swift. |
“The missile 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 Missourl
quarterback's toe carried it away ‘
from the danger line for the
Americans. 1
“One of the Missouri 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.”” ‘
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German ‘New' Planet
Called Plain Comet
N i
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 lUni
versity of California. Luschner ls‘
sure of his diagnosis. |
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s Proposed in House
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—A $656,-
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. 16.—
Neal 1. Thompson, son of Attorney Gen.
eral Frank M. Thompson, and a mem
ber of the legal firm of Thompson, WH-‘
liams & Thompson, has bern anpoln!flll
one of the Assistant United States At-!
torney Geenrals by {Attorney General
W. L. Gregory. #
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(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, infantry,
February 8, Washington, D. C,
Private John V. White, infantry,
February 8, Euworth, lowa.
Private James Novasconi. infantry,
February 9, Ouray, Colo.
Private Lewis W. Spacek. infantry,
February 14, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Missing—Private Edward Roberts,
infantry, February 8, New York, N
Y.; Private John W. Hill, infantry,
Januvary 30, Berry, Ala.
Slightly wounded: Private Mar
shall R. Farnum, infantry, February
8, Inkster, N. Dak.
2 Georgians Among
" Late Sammy Death
ate Sammy Deaths
(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, Knoxville, Tenn.; Civil
Employee Arthur S. Ford, transport
workers' battalion, pneumonia, Bruns
wick, Ga.; Clvil Employee Arthur
Fields, transport workers’' battalion,
pneumonia, Brunswick, Ga.; Private
Howard G. Swann, quartermaster
corps, pneumonia, Piney Point, Md.
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
gector were penetrated by the French
troops, who captured some prisoners.
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 report,
the German War Office stated this
afternoon.
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Pacific Now Cleared
~ 0f Hun Sea Raid
(By International News Service.)
A PACIFIC PORT, Feb. 16.—"The
South Pacific Ocean is clear of Ger
}man ralders and submarines. The
‘See Adler, 1 am certain, is the lusl‘
'Hun that will have a chance to de
stroyed Allied shipping on this side.”
) This declaration was made today
by Captain Charles T. Hardy, com
'mander of the auxillary cruiser Av
ioca. just arrived.
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; Is Seized in Raldi
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‘ (By International News Service,)
UNIONTOWN, PA, Feb. 16.-—Near
ly §,OOO pounds of hoarded flour have
b*tn conflscated by agents of the food
administration in a raid on twelve
residences in Kiester, a mining town.
Sacks were concealed behind false
walls and in beds. In one case flour
had been sewed inside a mattress.
BALK'E—;TF- WN-:ETSV SEANCES.
SBT. LOUIS, Feb. 16.—Charging that
his wife persisted in holding seances
with the spirits of her two dead hus
bands, Frank Rhemberg today filed suit
for divorce.
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A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia,
and the South
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France Gives Plot
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To America for
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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.
Young W Ordered
oung vwwoman erea
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To Leave City Wants
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Judge to Pay Car Fare
Bertha Thomas came to At- ‘
lanta a week ago to find work,
she told Judge Johnson. But it
appears she did not find work,
and her methods of searching for
it did not 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.
1 “How about you paying my way
home?” Bertha inquired, some
what impertinently,
“The only way that can be ar
ranged is 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
tion on the proper train, and the
departure of the said train in the
general direction of Greenville.
7,000 Men Cease Work
.
In Ala. Coal Mines
BIRMINGHAM, Feb. 16.—Approxi
mately 7,000 coal miners are idle Sat
urday in the Birmingham district,
having 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 shafts are!
affected, and approximately 7,000
workmen are idle. All of the mines,
with the exception of the one lm-‘
ionging to the Republic Company, be
long to the Tennessee Coal, Iron and |
Railroad Company. i
Scattered by Wreck
(By International News Service.)
RUSSELLVILLE, ALA. Feb. 16.—
Good Springs, a small station about
three 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 t
olshevik Agent to
.
Try to Curb Soldiers
(By International News Service.)
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 16.—Dr. Vor
ovcky, representative of the Bolshe
vik Government at Stockholm, has
gone to the Aland Islands on a Swed
ish warship to try to stop the acts of
violence which Bolshevik soldiers are
said to be committing there.
An interview was printed here to
day with General Mannerheim, com
mander of the Finnish White Guard,
in which he askg for Europe's aid to
overcoine the counter revolution.
PARIS, Feb. 16.—German military
works and railway lines in the dis
trict north of Nancy were bombed by
French airmen In the night, accord
ing to an official communique lipued
this afternoon. >
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(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—1 f the chaos
in European Russia spreads to SB}-
beria and threatens the peace of Asla,
Japan will not hesitate to take action,
Dr. T. Iyenaga, head of the Bureau
of Information of the East and West,
and well known Japanese, told the
Lewyers' Club today. ‘
“Japan holds herself responsible for
rmaintenance of peace in that part of
the world,” Dr, Iyenaga sald. “The
Allies have been exhausting their re
sources to save Russia on their side.
That is why Japan has been extreme
ly cautious. Until the last hope ia
gone, until Russia's course is defi
nitely determined, caution and best
endeavors should be cur watchwords.
We are firmly confident that Japan
must not recoil from any sacrifice
she may be called upon to make.”
German Troops May
Be Returned to East
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—Ger
many’s apparent success at Brests
Litovsk is steadily turning to dust,
according to advices received . this
afternoon in diplomatic eircles here
'and it is believed Berlin not only will
' be unable to remove any more troops
ifmm the front, but will find it nec=
essary to return a large part of those
that have been withdrawn.
! With the Liberals committed to &
' general peace without annexations
land without indemnities, Germany
;hus proceeded to make peace with
[ Ukrainia and to annex a liberal slice
‘uf territory in the vicinity of Kieft,"
| The Liberals are known to be in
'sympathy with the Bolsheviki, from
whom Ukrainia never obtained rec
ognition, and the annexation of
| Ukrainian territority, it is held in
‘l.’i|'luumlh' circles, is certain to react
'on the military in the nature of @&
- bhoomerang.
' Futhermore, reports are that Bols«
‘shevikism is rapidly spreading in
Ukrainia and the probability of the
Ukrainians deciding to repudiate the
peace proclamation with Germany i®
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Southern Ry. Seizure
0f Coal Is Protested
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—A. G
Stephenson, of the Durham Coal and
Iron Company, located in North
Georgia, near Chattanooga, is in
Washington protesting to the <fuel
administration against all the lump
coal of the company being comgs
mandeered by the Southern Rallway,
leaving only nut ccal or that under
two inches in diameter for the cus
tomers in Atlanta and Chattanoogss
He says the entire output of the come
pany is sold in these two cities 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.
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General Kaledines
Is Reported Dead
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—The
State Department today received a
telegram from Tiflis saying it was rue
mored there that General Kaledt?u,
hetman of the Cossacks, is dead, i o