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_for Southern Homes
y t, 1906
VOL. XVT . 30 eh i
GERMANS FAIL AT BAILLEUL
Haig Yields Neuve Eglise, But Holds Elsewhere
AUSTRIAN PREMIER RESIGNS
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Atlanta this week will undertake
to show the rest of the Sixth Reserve
District just how to start and finish
a Liberty Loan campaign. She has
the neat little sum of $10,000,000 to
shoot at, and she expects to sell bonds
to that amount in short order.
But J. M. B. Hoxscy, chairman of
the executive committee for Atalnta,
is not fooling himself about the size
of the undertaking. He has been mak
ing plans for several weeks for this
work, and has the campaign thor
oughly systematized. He knows that
$10,000,000 from Atlanta means not a
few big subscriptions‘from the same
old list of wealthy citizens, but a $59
or SIOO bond subscription froml Tom,
Dick ‘aml Harry, and their wives as
well. It mcans that the stenographer
whose boss takes SIO,OOO, must take
SIOO for herself; that the man on the
factory payroll must pledge himself
to handle a bond; that the campaign
ers must draw subscriptions from men
who never have even dreamed that the
Liberty Loan appeal was directed at
them as well as the rich man.
Team Captains to Meet.
The team captains appointed last
week were {0 meet Monday at 11:30
o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce
for organization and a choice of ter
ritories to be worked. Chairman Hox
sey urges all men who are willing to
give four hours a day for three or four
days to join the team captains there
and volunteer for the campaign.
Tuesday night at 8 o’clock in the
Atlanta Theater the first mass meet
ing of the campaign will be held.
Governor Dorsey, Mayor (Candler,
Robert F, Maddox and Lie\ltenam
Merrick, a Canadian officer, will be
the principal speakers.
St. Elmo Massengale, publicity di-}
rector for the distriet, has returned
from a trip to New York and Wash
ington, enthusiastic over the way the
campaign is being carried on in the
East and filled with new ideas for
sending the South over the top. He
says New York is ablaze with Liberty
Loan spirit; subscriotions are being
taken all over the city in all kinds of
places. Baltimore is subscribing tre
mendously, and in Washington itself
everybody Is investing with Uncle
Sam some of the money he pays them. ‘
“The Liberty Loan special trains
are causing more comment at the
Treasury Department than anything
elze,” he said. “They are having even
greater success than was expected,
and the South is fortunate in having
obtained two of these trains.”
Four-Minute Speakers.
The four-minute speakers will be
busy at the motion picture houses and
vavdevilla theaters this week. The
program announced for them is ag
follows:
John Y. Smith—Monday, Grand;
Wednesday, Lyric; Friday, Forsyth.
Walter % Andrews—Tuesday,
Grand: Thursdgy, Lyric; Saturday,
Forsyth.
Edgar A. Neely—Monday, Rialto;
Continued on Page 2 Column 3. ‘
German Lies Told on
U. S. Soldiers Scored
By Y.M.C.A. Speaker
“Do any agitators tell you our
boys were drunk in France? The
statement ig a German lie,” de
clared J. A. Whitmore, secretary
of the New York War Defense
Council of the Y. M. C A,
speaking Sunday afternoon before
6,000 people at the entertainment
of the Atlanta war camp commu
nity service at the Auditorium.
“Have you been told that dis
ease is prevalent among the
American expeditionary forces?”
That statement is a German lie.
Drunkenness in the American
army is far less than one-half
what it is among the ecivilian
population. In our army in France
it is one-third less than what it
is in our army here.
“Stop this German propaganda.
I wish it were humanly possible
to invent a gas mask to be used
by the home people to protect
themselves against this form of
German poison.”
Lieutenant R. C. Merrick, of the
Canadian army, also spoke, and
community singing was led by
Warren Kimsey. Soldier enter
tainers put on a vaudeville pro
gram anrd moving pictures were
shown.
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S. Georgia Expects
~ Record Food Crops
. ALBANY, April 15.—Now that the
'iast cold spell of the season has come
and gone, it is conceded that South
west Georgia. whose crops passed
‘through the recent frost almost un
hurt, will produce the largest food
crops in the history of the territory.
This section fed the armies of the
'South so extensively in the Civil War
‘that it came to be known as the
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“granary of the Confederacy,” but in
move recent years food crops have
been secondary to cotton culture.
Under the spur of war necessity and
the threatened shortage of food in
many sections, farmers have gone
back to food production on a large
scale and bid fair to do a large part
toward feeding the armies of the!
country. The back-yard gardens in
the various cities and towns of thisf
section will yield food in sufficient
quantities to have a noticeable effect
on the local markets.
3 Soldiers Killed in
(By International News Service.)
CENTRAL ISLIP, L. I, April 15.—
Three soldiers were killed, nineteen
were seriously injured, and about 60
were slightly hurt early today when
five cars of a Long Island train were
derailed two miles east of this place.
All the injured were taken to the
Central Islip State Hospital. The de
railmetn is believed to have been
caused by spreading rails. The train,
made up of thirteen cars, was run
ning at more than 50 miles an hour
when it was derailed. Five cars were
telescoped. Late reports say ' the
wreckage caught fire and is burning.
AMERICUS, April 15.—Cotton grow
ers throughout this section report that
the receént cold has considerably re
tarded the growth of the plant, and
in some instances replanting will be
necessary. There are thousands of
acres of cotton just “coming through”
that were seriously damaged by the
unseasonable weather, and farmers
are-worried over the outlook,
Three days of almost freezing tem
perature with one good frost were
experienced here during last week,
and this, it is stated, will delay the
harvest season at least two weeks, and
this, in connection with the expected
ravages of the boll weevil and the
labor scarcity, has cauged some pessi
mism among the farmers.
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Resignation Is Accepted by Em
peror Charles, Report From
Vienna Declares.
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(By International News Service.)
LONDON, April 15.—Count Czernin,
the Austrian Foreign Minister, hasre
‘slgned, according to a report received
from Vienna today by way of Amster-
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It was said that the resignation was
accepted by Emperor Charles.
‘ It is supposed that the resignation
of Count Czernin was brought about
[ by the recent disclosures .in Paris that
Emperor Charles made unsuccessful
‘efforts to clear the Emperor to the
;satisfnction of Germany, but succeed
ed only in getting farther and farther
into difficulty. The report of Count
Czernin’'s resignation had been pre
ceded by a report from Copenhagen
‘that he would make a speech April 20
lcn the international situation.
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Soldier Confident
Of Allied Vict
g y
Sergeant L. Shannon Cormack, for
lmer Brooklyn newspaper man who has
| been fighting with the Canadian ex
'pedilionary forces. spoke Sunday
‘night at the First Christian Church
iwith an expression of serene confi
| dence in the success of the United
States and its allies.
~ “The boys in France and Flanders
are absolutely sure we can win this
war,” said he, “and are permeated
with the knowledke that we are gO
- to do it.
“The Germans are truly Huns. 1
know of one case where three cap
tured sergeants were nailed to a barn
door by.their German captors, before
the horrified gaze of their company.
Americans must expect such treat
ment.” .
Sergeant Cormack has been a.q.‘
signed to lecture in connection withi
the official war pictures at the Atlanta
Theater this week.
High Medical Corps
WASHINGTON, April 15.—Camp
Greenleaf, at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.,
Birmingham and Atlanta will be vis~
ited by eminent authorities of the
Medical Reserve Cofps this week. In
the party wlill 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
Birmingham 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.
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‘Over There’
Atlanta, ‘Over There
MACON, April 15.—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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It is probable that a lot of soldiers fighting on the Balkan front never heard of New Orleans or San Francisco before the French
yers went to work above them. This photograph was taken just as a French birdman was about to start on a bombirtg trip. In
10nor of two American members of the corps, the flier painted the names of their ¢ities on his aerial torpedoes. A few minutes after
he picture was taken, the bombs with their American momenclature tore down on the Austrian lines. Photo by International
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 15. — The
mystery of the United States ship Cy
clops remained unsolved today. Miss
ing since March 4. when she reported
rom a West Indian port, the 19,000-
ton collier has been given up for lost
by the Navy Department, and the rel
atives of the 293 officers, crew and
passengers notified. There is, of
course, the faint hope that the vessel
may still be afloat, but her silence
indicates that she has gone to the bot
tom. There is also the hope that some
of her company got away in lifeboats
and naval vessels are scouring the
gulf stream for possible survivors.
Meantime inte ‘est here centered in
speculation on the cause of the col
lier's disappearance. The theory that
gigantic U-boats have been sent to
this side of the Atlantic to prey upon
transports and supply ships and have
bagged an American warship as their
first prize is not credited in naval cir
cles. There is rather an inclination to
believe an accident to her machinery
caused the disaster. It is known thak
one of the Cyclops’ two engines was
out of commission as the time she last
reported, and that the vessel was
forced to proceed at reduced speed
with the remaining engine com
pounded. ‘
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 15— ‘The turning point in the west is
being reached. The Germans have scored a distinet advantage
which it would be very unwise to endeavor to belittle.?’
'. With these solemn words of warning the War Department
weekly review today sums up the war situation. The Huns are
| within 40 miles of Calais, the statement continues, and, as the lines
"of communication to channel ports radiate vertieally from this
battle front the German advantage is greatly facilitated.
In spite of this, however, the War Department brings atten
tion to the fact that the prineipal aims of the enemy have not
been attained.
““We must bear in mind that the enemy is waging a battle of
annihilation to achieve victory,” the statement says. ‘‘He is fight
ing today with the sole aim of annihilating the British armies.
Thus, terrain conquered counts for little: If the enemy can mus
ter the driving power he will, in all probability, continne nis as
saults, hoping that*by ‘an enveloping attack on an oblique front,’
| to use the classic Prussian definition, he may score a complete an
| nihilating victory.
l ““While it must be admitted the German operations since the
! beginning of the present offensive have resulted in more than a
,mere ploughing up of part of the Allied trench system and the
capture of local objectives along a wide front, nevertheless the
aim of the German higher command to obtain a decisive strategic
success by these assaults has not been attained.”’
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(By International News Service.)
LONDON, April 15.—Friedrichsha
f("n, Germany, where the Zeppelin
factories are located, is in flumes, ac
cording to a dispatch from Geneva
printed in The Daily News today.
The foregoing dispatch indicated
hat Allied airmen may have bombed
ri drichsh fen, setting it on fire. The
town is abent 125 miles from the
estern ba:itla front,
Preacher to Show
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Germany Can't Win
Dr. Leon Tucker, of New York City,
will preach twice daily at the Baptist
Tabernacle this week on the books of
Daniel and Revelation, the hours be
ing 3 and 8 p. m. His sermon Monday
evening will be a demonstration from
Biblical evidence that (iermany can
not attain her dreams of world do
minion. A large audience heard his
sermons Sunday.
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(By International News Service.)
LONDON, April 15.—Heavy fighting
Ithat enterd around Merville and
INeu‘}g Eglise continued all day today
on the Flanders battlefield.
’ The British lines held firm and the
assaults were beaten off, although the
‘ British were compelled to retire from
Neuve Eglise for the sedond time.
Neuve Eglise lies between four and
five miles north of Armentieres and
the same distance east of Bailleul. It
ig in Belgium near the French fron
tier, ;
The Germans have been delivering
hard blows in the Neuve Eglise sector
in an effort to outflank the British
positions on the high ground of Mes
sines ridge.
The village changed hands several
times.
' The Germans continued to thrust in
the direction of Bailleul, but without
any success. They again suffered tre
mendous losses.
“There was severe fighting all day
vesterday myound Neuve Eglise,” the
official statement said.
“After repulsing many attacks, the
British troops were compelled to with.
draw from Neuve Eglise for the sec-<
ond time. There were powerful at
tacks by the Germans Sunday after
noon at numerous points on the bate
tlefield.
Germans Lose Heavily.
“Hard fighting took place north of
Merville, but the Germans were re
pulsed with heavy losses.
“German infantry advancing along
the northern bank of the Lys River
were caughty under the Britsh artil
lery fire and were unable to develop
their attack.
“Seven attacks were delivered in
the Merville sector, but all broke
down with heavy losses.
“At one point the enemy advanced
in five waves. Under the weight of'
this pressure the British line was bent
back slightly, but was completely re
stored later by a counter attack.
“Enemy forces southwest of Bail
leuil succeeded temporarily in pene
trating the British positions, but wers
ejected by a counter thrust and the
line was restored. :
“Successful minor gperations w-~vo
carried out by the British during the
night to the east of Robe, and seva
eral machine guns and 150 prisoners
were captured from the Germans.
British Improve Position.
“In fighting south of the Somme
Rover, in the sector of Hangard, the
British position was improved, and a
number of German prisoners were
captured. German artillery was ace
tive around Bucquoy.”
In the latest outbreak 9f hostili
ties along the 9-mile front that
stretches acrces the Franco-Belgian
frontier near Neuve Eglise the Ger
mans have bent their greatest ef
forts to break the British grip on
the railroad town of Bailleuil.
Bailleul is about a mile from the
fighting line. It is between 7 and 8
miles northwest of Armentieres and
from 3 to 4 miles west of Neuve
Eglise, which the Germans claim te
have captured Sunday.
The German attacks in this dis
trict were pressed hom:2 with great
determination and German losses
throughout the battle have been
heavy as a consequencey Field Mar<
snal Hzig reported. s
Fighting Continues.
The Germans Sunday resumed their
attempts to gain the village and the
fighting has continued.
“An attack, commenced by the Ger-
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