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German Preachers Are Moved From Jail to Prevent Lynching
SCHOOL FIRE THOUGHT PLOT
(By International News Service.)
ELKIN, W. VA, Feb. 20.—Fearing
& lynching, Federal authorities have
mcved. Ollie Gundon and Herman
Meyers, German preachers, from the
jail at Wheelirg, it became known to
day. The men were arrested. on
chargzes of circulating German prepa
ganda.
{By International News Service.)
GENEVA, Jan. 31 .(By Mail).—
Many Greeks suspected of pro-Ger
manism are being deported from
Greece, according to information re
ceived from Athens today. The new
Cieek Government, headed by Pre-
Tmier Venizelos, is taking strong m~os
ures againts the adherents of former
King Constantine to nip in the bud
any attempt to put him back on tke
throre.
Many of the Greek royalists deport
ed from Piracus have come to this
country and others are on their way.
Ship Huns Munitions
(By International News Servioe.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20.—Fed
eral authorities have three men in
custody today who are suspected of
plotting to ship ammunition to Ger
many via Dutch ports. Henry Par
son and LoOw Gow, a Chinese, are said
to have bought 800 rounds of ammu
nition for shipment on a Dutch ves
sel, and Max Reinhard, toymaker, is
alleged to have consigned lead toys
to Germany so they could be melted
into bullats.
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$23,000 Is Raised
InY.W.C. A Work
With $23,000 in hand, workers in
the Y. W. C. A. fund campaign Wed
nesday were hopeful that the re
mainder of the $30,000 sought in At
lanta would be made up by subscrip
tions Wednesday and Thursday, and
that the campaign would be closed
Thursday evening.
The campaign is believed to set a
vecord for such canvasses as to the
universal response of persons asked
to contribute. It was said by the cam
paign committee that practically none
has refused to give, although the sums
in many ecases were small, It was
fndicated as probably necessary that a
call be made upon the larger inter
ests of the city to make up the total
amount sought.
Great German Raid
Repulsed by British
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb, 20.—Repulses of a
powerful German raid east of Arleux,
on the Lens-Arras front, was an
nounced today by the British War Of
fice. The Germans attacked after a
strong bombardment, but were driven
back with severe loss. The British
took some prisoners.
On the West Flanders front, near
Wytschaete, the Britsh raided a Ger
man trench, capturing some prison
ers.
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2,000 Persons Killed
By 'Quake in China
By FRANK H. KING,
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.
TOKIO, Feb. 20.—There were 2,000
c¢asualties resulting from the earth
quake at Swatow, China, last Wed
nesday, acording to information re
, eeived today.
. Seismographs here registered the
ghock ¥ 1
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Teuton War Policy
Costs Norway 755
Shi ;
hips and 1,575 Men
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—In
creasing evidence of Norway's
anger over the sinking of Nor
wegian ships and the Kkilling of
her sailors by German submarines
is shown in an official statement ‘
issued today by the Norwegian
Legation. Figures compiled by
the Norwegian Goverrment and
cabled today to the Legation show
that from the beginning of the
" war to December 31, 1917, Norway
Icst 702 vessels of a gross,tonnage
of 1,081,778 tons, by submarines
and mines, while, in the same
period, 53 ships disappeared. The
Norwegian Governn.ent believes
two-thirds of these latter ships
were lost by war measures.
The number of sailors who have
perished as a result of German
submarine activity is 875, while
700 more wete lost when the 53
ships disappeared. At the dlosa2
of last year Norway has thus suf
fered a total loss of 1,675 sailors
through German war measures. l
Dropped in West
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 20.—Great aerial
activity is taking place over the west
ern battle front, the British War Of
fice announcing today that seventeen
German airplanes were shot down in’
successful combats Tuesday.
Raids and cloud DbAttles were in
progress all day and it was admitted
that two British airplanes are miss
ing. ‘
British airmen bombed Treves and
Thionviille ir. the. night, throwing
down projectiles from a low alti
tude.
The railway station at Treves was
set on fire and three other conflagra
tions were observed.
Direct hits were observed at Thion
ville, where the British aviators made
t.ae railway station and the gas works
their chief targets. Fires broke out
there, also.
The raid on Treves was the third in
36 hcurs, and in all seventeen high
powered hombs were dropped.
Raid by Germans
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Feb. 20.—Another violent
artillery duel occurred in the Butte
de Meshil sector of the Arras front
during the night, the War Office an
nounced this afternoon. Thore also
was severe artillery firing in the Ves
g2s Mountains. |
In the Vauquois sector an attempt
by the Germans to raid a French
treach was repulsed.
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With the $500,000 Candler blackmail
trial ore week off, court officials and
even Judge Ben Hill, who is to try
the case, already have been besieged
by many persons, both women and
men, seeking reserved seats in the
Criminal Court room that they may
be assured of hearing all details of
the =ensational charges against Mrs.
Mcurgaret Jackson Hirsch and “Hand
some Bill” quk, accused of the black
mail plot, it was made known Wed
nescay.
In the opinion of officiais, greater
interect centers in this trial than in
any court case in Fulton County in
a long while, and the greatest crowd
ever attracted to the new courthouse
is exrected to squeeze itself into the
Criminal Court room.
But there will be no reserved seats
—Judge Hill made this plain Wed
nesday. All persons making special
applications have been informed that
they will “have to take their chances
along with every one else who wants
to hear the trial” It will be a, case of
“first come, first served.”
And, incidentally, women will not
be barred. Judge Hill said that the.
trial of Mrs. Hirsch and Cook would
be conducted just as any other trial,
and trat it was a question for women
themselves to determine as to whether
they wished to be present.
Judge Hill Wednesday stated that
no crowding of the courtroom will be
permitted and that no one will be al
lowed to stand. This is the invaria
ble rule inforced by Judge Hill in all
trials. When the seats are all taken,
ther Judge Hill will order the doors
closed. No one else will be admit
ted after that time unless some one
should go out and leave a seat vacant.
“This trial wil]l be conducted just as
any ordinary misdemeanor trial-——no
special arrangements or plans of any
kind will be made,” explained Judge
Hill. 5
Forty-eight veniremen, from which
the jury that is to try Mrs. Hirsch
and Cook is to be chosen, were drawn
late Tuesday, and were being served
by deputy sheriffs Wednesday. As
the case is a misdemecanor only 24
veniremen are necessary, but 48 were
drawn by Judge Hill for the reason
that he has some felony cases sched
uled for next week also.
In a misdemeanor case the State
has but five strikes and the defense
seven. This means that but a short
time will be required in the choosing
of the jury.
Telemon Cuyler Pays
Respects to Governor
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Telemon Cuyler, of Middle Georgia,
called at the Capitol Wednesday to
pay his respects to Governor Dorsey.
Mr. Cuyler wore a tasteful and well
tailored frock coat of neutral tint,
with riding trousers to match, lined
with buckskin and protected by buff
leggings.
Mr, Cuyler came by‘ train,
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Truck Driver Held
* For Aleohol Theft
When Henry Hayes, truck driver
for the John B. Daniel Company, a
wholesale drug firm of No. 34 Wall
street, took five gallons of grain al
cohol from his_employers’ stock he
violated two statutes, and was taken
by Detectives Vickery and Hamby
for larceny and for infraction of the
bone-dry law which objects to any
one's ?aving liquor in his possession.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1918
(By International News Service.)
AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUAR
TERS IN FRANCE, Feb. 20.—Artil
lery and aerial activity continued in
the sector held by American forces
today. The weather was clear and
cold and the sky was cloudless. A
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 20.—Although
dispatches from Petrograd announce
that the Bolshevik government is
willing to agree to Germany’s peace
terms, the advance of the German ar
mies continues, according to a dis
patch, dated Tuesday night, which
was received here today.
It stated the Germans were moving
toward the Dubno-Rovno line, in Vol
hynia, and toward Lieutzin, in the
Dvinsk region. »
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Confirmation Asked
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Of Russian Surrender
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 20.—Nicholai
Lerire and IL.eon Trotzky, heads of
the Bolshevik Government at Petro
grad, have received a communication
from General Hoffmann, representa
tive of the German army at the Brest-
Litovsk peace conference, asking for
an authentic copy of the Bolsheviki's
announcement tkat they are ready to
treat with the Central Empires on the
latter’'s terms, according to informa
tion received here this afternoon. The
document requested is said to have
bean forwarded.
The foregoing dispatch is confirm
atory of the report current yesterday
that the Bolshevik Government had
accepted Germany's peace terms. It
is evident the Boishevik Government
was influenced by Germany’'s threat
of an offensive. That the Bolshevik
Government had cause for fear was
made ecvident by the rapidity with
whith the German armies advanced
along the line between the Baltic and
the Galician frontier. No fighting has
occurred on that section of the battle
front bordering Ukraine.
Forced Upon Russia
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The
terms of the German peace forced on
Lenine and Trotzky will do more to
further the unified war program of
the Allies and inspire them to an ab
solute and decisive victory than could
have any other development.
This is the opinion unofficially ex
pressed in official Washington circles
today, following the announcement
that the Bolshevik leaders had been
forced to subscribe to a peace carry
ing with it annexations and indemni
ties. |
The terms of peace to which the
Bolshevik leaders were forced to sub
scribe included: |
Virtual annexation to Germany of
Poland, Courland, Lithuania and parts ‘
of Kthonia and parts of Livonia. |
Retention of the Moon Islands, car
rying with it economic and strategic
control of the Gulf of Riga and domi
nation of the entire Baltic Sea.
An indemnity of $4,000,000,000 to be
paid, presumably, in foodstuffs - and
raw materials,
“Germany has shown her hand,”
said one official. “The terms of peace
forced upon Russia are indicative of
the terms she would like ta force
upon the Allies, and which ske would
were she in a position to do so.”
The State Department today was
without any further official knowl
edge of the Russian situation than
could be gleaned from the maze of
conflicting reports that have filtered
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AT HAVANA.
FIRST—Five and one-half furlongs:
Eddie Henry, 115 (Howard), 3-5, 1-&
out, won; Jojam, 105 (Bullman), 4, 8-
7-10, second; James G., 105 (Smith), ‘2,
3-5, 1-5, third. Time, 1:07 3-5. Marga
ret E., Melia, Blue Racer, Lady Capri
cious, Eligabeth Lee, None Such, Skeets
also ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs; Muzanti 112,
(Groth) 5,2, even, won; Biddy 112,
(Dodd) 15, 6,3, second; Big Lumax 112,
(Taplin) 2, 4-5, 1-2, third. Time, 1:14
4-5. Zuzu, Fielder 11, Hands OZ, Sallie
O'Day, Piquette, Investment and Shod
dy also ran.
THIRD—Six furlongs; Highland Las
sie 109, (Crump) 8-5, 7-10 and 1-3, won;
Katahdin 111, (Collins) 5,2, even, sec
ond; Colonel Matt 108, (Ball) 8,3, 8-5,
third. Time, 1:12 2-5. Otisco, Waver
ing, Regular, Al Hudson, Honey Cut,
Carlaverock and Aunt Elsie also ran..
RACING ENTRIES.
AT HAVANA,
| FlßST—Claiming, purse S4OO, 3-year
olds, 6% furlongs; Blanny 94, Sweet
Marguerite 98, Blandymo 101, Sir Sam
101, Little Menard 105, Fickle Fancy
106, Phoneta 110, Katherine Frances 119,
SECOND—Claiming, S4OO, 3-year-olds
and up, 5% furlongs; Napoli 47, Dryer
99, Kale 102, Job Thayer 102, Elizabeth
MeNaughton 108, K lizabeth Thompson
I¢B, Peachie 108, nghwa* 108, Mesmer
110, Cash Up 110, Anna Rose 111, Miss
Barnharbor 111, Manfred 13, Jim Ray
13, Almandite 118.
THlßD—Claiming, purse S4OO, 3-year
olds and up, 5% furlongs; Pinafore II
102, Nettie Walcott 108, Galala 108,
Wat 110, County Court 110, Clumsy
Kate 111, Lyndora 111, Edmond Adams
113, Far Away 113, Borax 113, Master
‘Franklln 113, Two Royals 113, Servia
113, Betterton 113, J. B, Harrell 113.
- FOURTH—IsIe of Pines handicap, 3-
vear-olds and up, S6OO, six furlongs;
Rafferty 98 (Gilden Soldier 98, Roches
’ter 105, Zululand 104, Orestes 113, Old
Miss 113, J. J. Murdock 113. (Zululand
'and Orestes, Diaz entry; Old Miss and
:g J) Murdock, Murphy-Umensetter, en
ry.
FlFTH—Claiming, purse S4OO, 3-year
olds and up, six furlongs; Kestrel 100,
Beaumont Lady 103, Rio Brazsc 103,
‘Hands Off 1§65, Encore 107, Beverly
‘James 108, Prohibition 108, Thomas
i Callaway 108, Dr. Cann 111, Lady
Spendthrift 113, Detour 115, Parlor pur
115. i o
SIXTH--Claiming, .?uue SSOO, 3-year
olds and up, one mile; Rockaway 88,
Wenonah 103, Grasmere 106, Nephthys
109, Colonel Marchmont 111, Soldier 111,
Fonctionnaire 114,
‘Weather clear; track fast.
“Doctor” E. C. Thomas, the aged
negro slayer of Policeman H. T. Ad
ams, who was placed on trial Monday
in Judge Ben Hill's division of Crim
inal Court on a charge of murder,
Tuesday at noon was found insane by
the jury and will be sent to the State
Insane Asylum at Milledgeville,
The verdict was based on a special
plea made by Attcrneys C. Don Mii
ler and R. R. Shropshire that Thomas
is insane at the present time. This
mean 3 that, should he ever recover hig
sanity, he then can be tried for mur
der, the question of whether he was
insane at the time of the killing not
being in issue before the jury.
Dr. Lewis M. Gaines and Dr. J. R.
Garner, who were appointed Tueslday |
afternoon by Judge Ben Hill to ex
amine the slayer, Wednesday report
ed that they considered him insane.
Moderate Cold Wave
~ Thursday Forecast
‘What the weather bureau terms a
‘moderate cold wave” will descend
on Atlanta Thursday, starting with a
temperature of about 28 degrees in
the morning and declining to about 20
degrees. by Thursday night.
“The day will be fine and clear,”
said Mr., von Herrmann, trying to
break the news gently.
Wednesday opened with a dispirited
drizzle of rain and a temperature of
51 degrees. By noon the skies had
cleared and with a temperature of 58
everything looked propitious for the
night climb of the Human Fly, to be
gin at 7:15 o’clock at the Hotel Wine
coff.
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Autoist Held for
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Killing Aged Man
Following the death Tuesday night
of J. L. Pate, 71, of No. 169 Walker
street, . H. Ridgers, No. 540 South
Pryor street, who was driving a mo
tor car which struck the aged man
last Monday, was arraigned Wednes
day and then released under a SSOO
bond. The trial is set for 8:30 o’clock
Saturday morning in the Police Court.
The accident occurred at the corner
of Fair and Forsyth streets,
Witnesses are quoted as saying that
Ridgers was not t‘ blame,
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Acting on the theory that the fire
which destroyed the Boulevard School
Tuesday night might have been of in
cendiary origin, the Board of Educa
tion Wednesday asked the State Fire
Marshal and Chief Cody to probe the
blaze, and appointed A. C. Burton to
represent the board in the investi
gation. The action was takeh at the
suggestion of Mayor Candler, who re
ferred to incendiary school fires in
|Birmingham. Philadelphia and other
cities.
It developed Wednesday that W. H.
Dorsey ,deputy sheriff, had called up
on the Mayor Tuesday tith a sug
gestion that all the city dchools be
guarded. Mayor Candler called Chief
Cody in conference, and the expense
of guarding the schqols was investi
gated. It was found that the cost
would be $l5O a day. Chief Cody was
instructed write to Birmingham and
ascertain if the fires there were
blamed on war propaganda or local
conditions, and while this investiga
tion was under way the Boulevard
school burned.
C. J. Bowen, building inspector, and
L. M. Landrum, business agent of the
schools, told the board that the Boule
vard fire could have had no origin
except incendiarism or spontaneous
combustion, as it did not start near
a flue and there were no electric light
wires in the building. However, Mr.
Bowen did not believe that it could
have been set on fire at the point of
;urlgin under the roof.
May Sell Property.
The board also appointed a commit
tee‘composed of James L. Key, James
E. Hickey, George F. Eubanks and
Councilman Claude L. Ashley to in
vestigate the feasibility of selling the
damaged building and lot and apply
ing the proceeds to the proposed
schools on Moreland avenue and in
the Eighth Ward. Another proposi
tion is to apply the insurance, which
| was SB,OOO on a $15,000 building, to
‘the other schools and use the Boule
vard annex for a negro school,
; James L. Key, member. of the school
iboard, Alderman Steve Johnston and
Councilman W, 8. Dillon, all repre
senting the Fourth Ward, recom
mended that the Boulevard building
be converted into.a negro school and
the insuraice diverted to the other
schools in that section. W. H. Ter
rell objected on the theory thatv neith
er a white school nor a negro school
is needed at the site, and the lot
should be sold. He suggested that a
proposition for a sale be made to the
Morris Brown School. The commit
tee, after viewing the ruins, recom
mended that the school be rebuilt, no
matter to what use it is put.
Councilman Ashley told the board
that many children of poor parents
lost their books in the Boulevard fire
and are unable to replace them. Su
perintendent Wardlaw agreed to ap
peal to Parent-Teacher Associations
for aid in supplying books in worthy
cases. |
Superintendent Wardlaw was au
thorized to transfer Boulevard pupils
to Forrest avenue, Inman Park, Grant
Park, Faith and other neighboring
schools until some permafient ar
rangements may be made. The high
er grades will be transferred and the
lower grades will reconvene in the
Loulevard annex, probably next Mon
day.
The board discussed the recent
school fires in Birmingham, known by
autlcorities there to be incendiary. The
Jefferson County High School, the‘
Central Hizh School and the Pratt
City School have been burned in the
last ten days. Two schools in Phil
adelphia siso were recently destroyed
Three Injured in Fire,
The Boulevard . School, at North
Boulevard and Irwin street, was
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Decadence of U.S..
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~ Camps, Taft Says
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: HICAGO, Feb. 20.—N0 one
:C who has seen the men ih
: training in the army camps
of the United States can talk of
American decadence.
~ William Howard Taft, former
President, who is at the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station aft
er visiting fifteen army canton
ments, gave this as his foremost
impression of America's miiitary
forces.
| “It has been an inspiration to
me,” he said, “to go about the
'r‘campn and see such fine material.
| find the sentiment throughout
the country increasingly for the
war. It is the greatest in the
larger cities, but smaller communi
ties are keenly patriotic and the
farmers are showing their appre
ciation of the situation.”
' Mr. Taft today delivered several
addresses before the jackies of the
great Lakes station and was the
guest of honor at an official review.
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\ By O. B. KEELER.
} Once more, fellow citizens and fly
fans, once more it depends on the
jweuthcr. And you know just how de
‘peuduble this Atlanta weather is.
' Even Professor Snider can’t depend
lon it absolutely—combinations of as
tronomical phenomena are always
cropping up and busting the situation
all to thunder. .
~ Weather permitting, however, the
Fly will climb the Hotel Winecoft
Wednesday evening at 7:15 o'clock.
He will climb from the bottom to the
top as fast as he can, for a speed rec
ord, and then he will climb from the
top to the bottom in.,a more leisurely
fashion, doing stunts by the way.
Weather permitting, you under
stand.
‘lf the rain stops four hours before
‘the climb, the building ought to be
dry enough to be safe,” said Barney
Bergen, the Fly’'s manager, Wednes
day morning.
1 like that ‘“safe” stuff, don't you?
The weather man was dubious, but
optimistic. He said the rain’ might
stop, and then again it mightn't, but
he hoped it would, and believed there
was rather better than a fifty-{ifty
chance for it.
Manager Bergen announced Wed
nesday that arrangements were pend
ing for the Fly’s third and last climb
in Atlanta this visit, and that it prob
ably would be made on the State Cap
itol Friday afternoon.
“Mr. Gardiner wants to entertain
the school children,” he said, “and
particularly the big bunch of Geor
gian news agents, in Atlanta for the
‘Round Up.” A climb of the Capitol
will give everybody a good chance to
see him."”
Again depending on the undepend
able weather, understand.
At the Wednesday night climb 50
soldiers from Camp Gordon, desig
nated by yellow badges, will circulate
among the populace and take up a
collection for the actors’ fund, under
‘the auspices of the Atlanta Commis
sion on Training Camp Activities. The
fund will go to provide costumes and
other equipment for the men who are
doing so much to entertain the thou
sands of Uncle Sam's boys at the big
camp.
The Fly continues to attract huge
crowds at the Grand Theater, where
he appeared as a regular feature ot
the vaudeville bill. He will end his
theatrical engagement on Wednesday
night. |
South Carolina Boy
Wins French Medal
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—For
bravery under fire while with the
French forces, an American private,
James E. Moore, has been awarded
the Croix de Guerre. The medal was
received this afternoon by the War
Department, which handed it over to
the State Department, where it will
be held until Moore is authorized by
act of Congress to receive it, - ‘
Moore is with the Seventeenth Am
bulance Company, which recently wasl
sent to France unassigned. His moth
er, Mrs. Maggie Moore, lives Ben
nettsville, 8. C. *
_EDITION |
(By Internatioral News Service.)
. WASHINGTON, Feb, 20.—Between
2,600,000 and 3,000,000 men will be
embraced in Class 1 in the coming
draft, according to estimates at the
office of Provost Marshal General
Crowder announced this afternoen.
‘The number depends upon the per
‘cenlage of exemptions for physical
‘disahmty, which may run as high as
40 per cent. Even with such a high
percentage, the number available will
be considerably more than 2,000,000,
it was said.
Following repeated publications that
a new draft will be ordered May 1,
Secretary of War Baker this after
noon authorized the statement that
ne date has been set,
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Driver Is Killed as
Taxiand Car M
axl and Car Meet
Clifford Casey, taxicab driver, Na.
303 Simpson street, drove some 80l
diers out to Camp Gordon for early
roll-call Wednesday before dawn.
Returning alone through the fog and
darkness, his taxicab crashed head
yon against the front of a Camp Gor
idon trolley car at the Brookwood
bridge. Casey's skull was fractured,
and he died within an hour at the
Grady Hospital, ¥
~ Casey's body was taken to ¢t
‘undertaking establishment of k
& Roy Donehoo. Besides his mot X
Mrs. J. T. Casey, he is surviveds«
two brothers and two sisters, O
and Otis Casey .and Mrs. W. A. Co
and Inez Casey. t:
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Balloon Firedon =%
In Heard County
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MACON, Feb. 20.—When several
students in a balloon from the Mas
con balloon school attempted to land
in Héard County they reported that
they were fired on several times.
None of fliers were hit,
The balloonists were passing over
a small township when it is estimat
ed that at least 100 shots were fired
at them. It is believed that the per~
sons shooting thought a Zeppelin
was raiding Georgia and were sufr
prised when no bombps were drop?'d,
This makes the fifth or sixth time
that a balloon from the Macon school
has been fired on.
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Red Cross to Pay for :
Drainage at Wheeler
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(By International News Servicej*
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—A drain
age system for Camp Wheeler, at\Ma
con, Ga., is to be constructed af* the
expense of the American Red Crags, it
was announced this afternoon. s The
system will be installed at a comt of
$7,600 #
Surgeon General Gorgas had" re
ported that because of the swamps at
the camp there would be great dan
ger of malaria among the soldiers.
The Red Cross investigated and found
the system would have to be installed
on private property in the vicinity of
the camp. Permission was then ob
tair.ed from the owners and the work
will be started in the rear future.
Hubert L .Culberson
. IsTll at Hospital
’ X
. Friends of Hubert L &,lbeuon.
County Treasurer, whorllnas been ill
for several days, Wedhesday were
worried over news that his condition
is considered very seorious.
- Mr. Culberson has been removed to
a local hospital. His condition has
been growing worse for several days,
it was reported. Mr. Culberaonflm
held the office of County Trea:fig:.;
for a long number of years, and has
hosts of friends throughout the b
ty who will anxiously await '
news from his-bedside, e
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