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HEAVY ASSAULTS BY GERMANS FUTILE
BATTLE CONTINUES NEAR BAILLEUL
(By International News Service.)
.~ NEW YORK, April Il4—Amazing
figures on the munitions supplies al
ready delivered to the United States
army and also contracted for were
given out here by Colonel Samuel
Mcßoberts, chief of the procurement
division of the Ordnance Bureau.
Here are some of the figures he
furnished to a startled audience at
tending a meeting of the National
Security League:
Contracts have been let for
2,500,000 rifles of the modified
Enfield design, and 1,050,000 have
been delivered on these contracts.
Springfield rifles are being pro
duced at the rate of 11,250 per
day. Six hundred thousand al
ready are on hand.
The United ‘States is conduct
, ling the greatest rifle manufac
ture ever known and there is now
an excess over immediate needs.
Contracts have been let for
$70,000,000 worth of shells of all
caliber.
Powder plants are turning out
650,000,000 pounds of explosives.
. ‘Smokeless powder is being pro
duced by two plants at the rate
of 1,300,000 pounds a day.
Five million shells were turned
out last month. This program,
however, is disappointing and is
" due to shortage of fuel and steel.
One~ million three hundred and
fifty thousand automatic pistols
{v are being made.
Three billion two hundred and
fifty million rounds of small arms
ammunition have been contracted
» for and 270,000,000 rounds were
delivered last month. The United
States already eclipses Great
Britain and France in small
arms ammunition manufacture,
Three hundred thousand ma
chines guns are contracted for.
Seventy-five thousand of these
guns are in the hands of the
American soldiers. By July 18,-
000 machine guns will be pro
duced monthly. The program
then will have reached its desig
nated output.
More than $3,000,000,000 of con
tracts were let by the Ordnance
Department last year.,
¥ Ceolonel Mcßoberts told his audi
tors that there is no justice in the
attacks that have been made on Gen
eral Crozier, chief of the Ordnance
Department.
“I want to say,” he declared, “that
General Crozier is the man who has
made the largest single contribution
of any man on the material side of
the war.”
‘Wheatless Days’ Are
On In Macon Hotels
MACON, April 14.—A1l days are
“wheatless days” in the Macon hotels
and restaurants.
idNo bread in which wheat flour is
used will be served at any of the
places. As nearly as possible they
will adhere strictly to the Govern
ment wheatless seguest.
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 14—The
American people through representa
tives in Congress are beginning to
demand more official information
concerning the part that American
soldiers are playing in the mightiest
battle of all ages.
Members of the House and Senate
declared today that a daily commu
nique from General Pershing, similar
in form to that issued by Field Mar
shal Haig, commander of the British
field forces, and General Petain, the
French field commander, would meet
a growing demand for accurate news,
Typical of the constituents they
represent, these members for the most
part were willing to defer to the
‘better judgment of General Pershing
if he had reason to suppress what
the commanders of other Allied ar
mies make public. But most of them
questioned whether he had advised
against the daily statement.
Following are some of the views
expressed: ;
Senator McKellar: “I think the
issuance of a daily communique would
be very desirable, because we ought
to keep up with what our forces are
doing.”
Senator McCumber: “It would be
a splendid thing and very advisable.
If we could get an accurate state
ment of where the American forces
are and what they are doing it would
'be better than to have to leave it to
the speculation of the press.”
- Representative Ferris, of Oklaho
ma: “The news that our boys are
hurrying to the aid of the Allies
stimulates interest in their every ac
tion. Every precaution that the mil
itary authorities suggest should be
carried out, but if it iz possible I be
lieve the American people would
greatly appreciate some daily official
news of what their representatives
on the field of honor are doing.”
High Medical Corps
Men Here Thursday
WASHINGTON, April 14—Camp
Greenleaf, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.,
Birmingham and Atlanta will be vis
ited by eminent authorities of the
Medical Reserve Corps thig week. In
the party will be Colonel George E.
Bushnell, department chief; Lieuten
ant Maxwell Moody, Medical Reserve
Corps; Colonel Charles U. Dercle, of
the French Medical Service; Major
Seale Harris, of the Medical Reserve
Corps of the army, and Colonel C.
K. Morgan, of the British Army Med
ical Service.
The party left here tonight and will
spend Tuesday at Camp Greenleaf,
will attend the patriotic meeting in
Birmi?gham Wednesday, and also the
meeting of the State Medical Society
of Alabama, and will go to Atlanta
next for the meeting of the Georgia
State Medical Society there Thursday.
All are on the program at Birming
ham and Atlanta, respectively.
STEAD KILLS HIMSELF
CHICAGO, April 14—Willlam H.
Stead, former Attorney General of Il
linois, ended his life in the Great
Northern Hotel by sending a bullet
through his head. He was State di
rector of freight and commerce,
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It is probable that a lot of soldiers fighting on the Balkan front never heard of New Orleans or San Francisco before the French
flyers went to work above them. This photograph was taken just as a French birdman was about to start on a bombing trip. In
honor of two American members of the corps, the flier painted the names of their cities on his aerial torpedoes. A few minutes after
the picture was taken, the bombs with their American momenclatu re tore down on the Austrian lines. Photo by International
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ASHINGTON, April 14— ¢
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égcn, advices to the State Depart- |
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%hinsed them, only to be entirely !
‘s, drowned out by a volume of cheer- |
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Raise Less Cotton
OXFORD, April 14.—Less cotton is
being planted in Newton County this
year than last, in spite of the pre
vailing high prices, and more food
stuffs will be raised. More pure
bred cattle and hogs are being raised
and practically no sheep and goats.
All crops are being cultivated in
tensively.
No damage cf consequence is ex
pected from the boll weevil, but a kind
of worm, destructive to cotton, has
been found. Farmers are at a disad
vantage in replanting their cold hurt
crops, on account of the scarcity of
seed. A great number of war gar
dens are to be seen throughout the
county.
ATLANTA, GA.,, MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1918
.
Chicago Man Is Held
.
Under Espionage Act
(By International News Service.)
SELMA, ALA. April 14—After a
hearing before Federal District Attor
ney Pitts, Obadiah Sands, of No. 4516
Magnolia avenue, Chicago, was bound
over to the Federal District Court
under $5,600 bond, charged with vio
lation of the espionage act, His ar
rest Friday followed an argument with
guests at the Arcadia Hotel, in which
he defended the Kalser and cursed
President Wilson.
When arrested Sands had $2,100 in
arafts payable to himself through the
Corn Exchange National Bank of Chi
cago. He claims to have a wife and
daughter at the Magnolia avenue ad
dress in Chicago.
(greeting to Mission
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 14—The
hospitality extended to the Japanese
military mission, headed by General
C'hikushi, now touring American eitics
where war industries are being carried
on, brought forth cabled thanks from
General Oshima, the Japanese Minis
ter of War, to the War Department.
Acting Seccretary of War Crowell
replied that it was a genuine pleasure
to entertain the distinguished offi
cers.
WOMAN FREED AS SLAYER.
CHICAGO, April- 14.—Mrs. Doris
Kisenbrandt, tried for the murder of
her husband, Dr. George Eisenbrandt,
a dentist, was found not guilty by a
jury in Judge McGorty’s court,
WILSON FAVORS BIG SUM
FOR CONCRETE VESSELS
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 14.—Presi
dent Wilson has given his approval of
a $50,000,000 appropriation to be used
for the construction of concrete ships,
Chairman Hurley, of the shipping
board, has just announced. The
nill, he sa‘d, would be introiuced
in the House next Monday, and it was
expected to be rushed through in
Held on Charge of
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Passing Forged Order
MACON, April 14—Accused of
passing a forged money order at
Waycross and believed to be the man
that robbed the postoffice at Rock- '
ingham eighteen months ago, M. A.
Dunn has been brought here by a
Deputy United States Marshal from
Greenville, 8. C.
Dunn was out on bond, but it was
forfeited at the last term of United
States District Court at Valdosta.
SOLDIER'S FATHER HURT. °
. MACON, April 14.—J. N. Bradford,
of Glennville, was run over by a taxi
cab last night and had both legs
broken. He is the father of Private
Arthur Bradford, of the 122 d Infan
try. The police and Sheriff are
looking for a man by the name of
Smulligina, said to have been the
driver of the taxi,
record time. Of this sum it is planned
to make $15,000,000 available imme
distely.
Chairman Hurley also announced
that a site was being sought for a
permanent $5,000,000 building in
Washington for the Emergency Fleet
Corporation. A temporary structure,
he said, would cost but $1,500,000 less,
French Put Down
Surprise Attacks
Macon’s Bond Quota
Nearly Third Raised
MACON, April 14-—lt is an
nounced that Macon has raised $570,«
000 on 4ts Third Liberty bond quota.
The allotment for county and city
is $1,900,000.
‘Speedy’ Kimball, of
Atlanta, ‘Over There’
MACON, April 14.—Word has been
received here that “Speedy” Kim
ball, of Atlanta, known as the “Fight
ing Parson,” has arrived in France.
He was a private of the 122 d Infan
try.
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LONDON, April 14—Repeated heavy attacks by the enemy
all along the British line have been repulsed and the line every.
where holds intact, the British War Office announced officially
today. The text of the statement follows:
‘ “During the night the fighting was heavy. The enemy
launched strong attacks yesterday along the line from Meteren
to Wulverghem, but we repulsed all his efforts. Early in the
evening the enemy again attacked Neuve Eglise, but was re
pulsed for the fourth time.
‘‘Enemy defenses in the neighborhood of Festubert were
broken up. ¥
‘“The enemy also made great assaults on all parts of the
Lys battle front. Their losses are reported most severe.
‘“‘Heavy fighting continues today in the neighborhood of
Bailleul.””
French Halt Surprise Attacks
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, April 14.—'During lively
artillery engagements between Mont
didier and Noyon we made success
ful raids,” says the French official
statement issued today.
Germans’ Imperiled by ‘Pocket’
(By international News Service.) |
WASHINGTON, April 14,—The fol
lowing official summary of the battle
of Flanders was ‘ssued by General J.
D, McLachlan, military attache at
the British Embassy:
“No striking dev‘elopments in the
battle of Armentieres are indicated
by today’s news. It may thercfore be
of interest to attempt a summary
of the first days of the battle,
“As things stand, the Germans have
scored, but not so heavily as they
would have liked to have done. They
have won no decisive victory and
each hour that their advance 1s de
layed makes it less likely that they
will. They are in a position not very
different from that which they pccu
pied at the end of the first and what
may be called mobile stage of the pre
ceding battle for Amiens.
“By their drive at Amiens the Ger
mans hoped to separate the British
from the French army. Their attack
between the Ypres-Comines Canal
and La Bassee is as clearly meant to
divide the British army, roll it up
and penetrate to the coast of the
English Channel. In the battle for
Amiens their attack was stopped upon
the northern portion of the line be
tween Arras and Albert. In the pres
ent battle their northern flank, while
bending back the British line, has
similarly failed in its object.
“To understand what this means it
is necessary to use a map. It will
then be seen that the country be
tween Wytschaete and La Dassee
back to Hazebrouck, is in the nature
of a shallow basin surrounded by
high ground. Into this basin the Ger
‘mans have penetrated to a maximum
depth of about 10 miles and on a
front of about 15 milles between
‘Pnegsteert wood and La Bassee, but
they have failed to force the British
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| The statement continuest
| “North of St. Mihiel, ensmy wure
l prise attacks were defeated. Surprise
enemy attacks also were repulsed
'or Hill No. 304, in the St. Mihiel ree
| gion of Woevre and Colbonhomme.”
from the hills stretching west fromy
Wytschaets and at the south end of
their attack have been held on the
line of Festubert, Givenchy and Hule
luch, and have thus been kept from
Bethune which was their immediate
objective in that region. These twe
failures leave them, despite all thety
gaing in the center in an uncomforta
bley narrow salient dominated by
higher ground in ‘the hands of the
British,
“The British are, itn fact, th &
strong position to meet further at
tacks which are bound to come. Thelir
own and French reinforcements are
reaching them and behind them they
have the line of hills running from
Wytschaete on the line of Kemmel,
Scherpenberg,, Mont Kokercele, Kruy
strete, St. Sylvestre to Casel. To
achieve a success that will compen
sate them for the losses incurred by
the great number of divisions (over
twenty) used in the initial attack, the
Germans moreovar will have not only
to occupy those heights, but to press
on through the country behind, which
is undulating, broken, and the defen
sive qualities of which the British
commander-in-chief is not likely te
have overlooked. That is, however,
for the future.
“The main thing about the situas
tion as it stands today is that by
failing to break through between
Ypres-Comines and Wytschaete and
thus to push the British from the
ridge running west toward Casel, the
Germans find themselves in an awkw
wardly narrow salient. For that reas
son, if for no other, the battle 18
bound to continue with great ferocity,
as Field Marshal Haig warned the
British army in his special order of
the day, published in today's newse
papers.” e »-;‘j