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5. MUNITIONG OUTPUT
REAGHES AMAZING FIGURES
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, April 15.~Amazing
flgures on the munitions supplies al
ready delivered to the United States
army and als6 contracted for were
given out here by Colonei Samuel
Mcßoberts, chief of the procurement
division of the Ordnance Bureau,
Here are some of the figutes he
furnished to a startled audience at
tending a meeting of the National
Hecurity League:
Contracts have been let for
2,500,000 rifles of the modified
Enfleld design, and 1,060,000 have
been deéllvered on these contracts.
Springfield rifles are heing pro
duced at the rate of {1,260 per
day. Six hundred thousand al
ready are on hand.
The United States 18 conduat
ing the greatest rifle manufac
ture ever known and there is now
an excess over immediate needs,
Contracts have heen let for
$70,000,000 worth of shells of all
caliber,
Powder plants are torning out
650,000,000 pounds of explosives,
Smokeléss powder is being pro
duced by two plants at the rate
of ’%,300,000 pounds a day.
ve million shells weré turned
/
Second Retirement Is Compallad‘
in Renewal of German Attack ‘
' \
at Neuve Eglise. s
Continued From Page 1.
mans early Bunday morning in the
neighborhood of Bailleul, was repulsed
by the British, and another hostile
attack which developed late in the
neighborhood of Merris likewise was
a failure,
“During Sunday German iroops
tried to attack to the northwest of
Merville, but the assaulting waves
were broken up by the British artil
lery fire.”
German guns in the Albert sector of
the Pleardy battle front were thun.
dering all day Sunday, and it is ex
pected there will be a renewal of the
deérman drive toward Amiens soomn.
Merris lies on the Hazebrouck
Railway, three miles southwest of
Baillduil. The village is between
twelve and thirteen miles north of Re.
thune. Merville is between four and
five miles south of Merris.
The German Wan Office, in its offi
¢lal report Sunday night, made a
vague claim of further progress, say
ing there had been ‘‘successful en
gagements” between Neuve Hglise
and Vieux Berquin.
The twenty-sixth day of the battles
on the Picardy and Manders front
found the British still holding to the
crest of the famous Messincs ridge, in
Belgium, arainst which the Germans
have been making futile flanking
thrusts.
The bhattle line now rung as fol
lows:
Fromi Messines through Wulver
‘ghem and Neuve Eglise, scutheast of
Bailleul, through Merris and weat of
Merville, east of Locon, past Festu
bert and Givenchy, rejéining the old
iine at & point southwest of La isan.
see.
The battle of Flanders continues to
be the center of the werld's attention,
and for the time being almost a com
plete lull has set in along the south
ern flank of the German salient in
front of Amiens, where the French
are holding the line. There have been
intermitterit artillery duels there, but
no infantry activity to speak of.
The Germans have ooncentntedl
heavy forces of reserves far north of
the Flandeérs battle zone and there
were indications that a drive would
be launched at the Belgian army. In
the struggle between La Bassee Canal
and the Ypres-Comines Canal since
last Wednesday morning the Germans
have been concentrating their pres
sure in an effort to attain these im
mediate objectives:
Meswines ridge, Bailleu! Hagze
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
out last month, This program,
however, |s disappointing and is
due to shortage of fuel and steel.
One million three hundred and
fifty thousand automatic plstols
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
chine guns are contracted for.
Seventy-five thousand of these
guns are in the hands of the
American soldiers. B{ July 18,-
500 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
Derartmmt last year,
Colonel Meßoberts told his audis
tors that there is no justice in the
attacks that have been made on (Jen
eral Crozier, chief ¢of the Ordnance
Department, \
“I want to say,"” he declared, “that
General Crozier ls the man who has
made the largest single contribution
of any man on the material side of
the war."”
brouck, Lillers and Bethune. ‘
Not one of these has been attained,
In gpite of tremendous casuaities and
the lavish use of reserves. It is esti
mated that the Germans have thrown
between 40 and 50 divisions into the
struggle in the north so far, while
many of these have been comnpletely
shattered,
So furlous has been the combats
that many villages have changed
hands four or flve times. At some
points fighting has been taking place
over ground that had not been fou'ght
over in the course of the war. he
Germans massed an enormous amount
of artillery and heavy shells behind
their lines and have heen shelling all
the villages in range of their gune.
Roads Congested.
For six days and almost as many
nights the thunder of the great guns
hag rolled incessantly across the flat
country over which the engagement
has been in progress. Behind the
British lines the roads are congested
with refugees fleeing to safety Zones
and by long lines of troops hurrying
to the front or by artillery and wagon
trains. N
Night time has given an opportuni
ty to mee the full savagery of modern
warfare. Then the sky is filled with
the noise of the shelling and is lighted
up as far as the eye can see by burn
ng villager and the flares from ex.
ploding hombs and the detonations of
the guns.
General Foch, the allied generalis
simo, is sending reinforcements to the
British front. but just what strategy
he will employ to win the day has not
been revealed.
It Is generally recognized that Field
Marshal Halg's spirited order to his
troops to hold their positions to the
last man has had its effect and that
the strength of the German thrusts
must get weaker and weaker from
now on, while those of the Allies gain.
Newton Farmers to
ise Less C
- Raise Less Cotton
OXFORD, April 15.—Less cotton is
being planted in Newton County thie
vear than last, in spite of 'the pre
vailing high prices, and more food
stuffs will be raised. More fure
bred cattle and hogs are being raised
and practically no sheep and goats,
Al' crops are being cultivated in
‘tensively.
No damage of consaquence is ex
‘pected from the boll we-vil, but a kind
of worm, destructive to cotton has
been found. Farmers are at a disad
vantage in renlanting their cold hurt
crops, on account of the seareity of
seed. A great number of war gar
dens are to bhe seen throughout the
county.
MACCABEES TO MEET.
Business of importance is an
nounced for the next review of Great- 1
er Atlanta Tent, No. 10, the Macca- |
bees, Tuesday evening at 7:45 o'clock.
All sir knights of the tent have been
summoned by J. H. Kinman, com
mander, and S. W. Smith, record
keeaper. for the occasion.
Letter to a Soldier
‘SomewhereinFrance’
By ALICE TWITCHELL CASWELL
My Beloved:
Your picture today looks like the ple
ture of a young %od transfigured by a
celestial vision, hope, love, victory—
everything that is triumphant shineg in
your face. Have you caught a glimpse,
beloved, of the ultimate glory of tha
end, when death and duty shall have
brought a wonderful resurrection of life
to this suffering world? How strange
it is to realize during this solemn pe
riod of history making that the battle
flelds where you and your comrades are
facing death and %alnlng glory will some
day, farther on, be the scene of pious
pligrimages, unéertaken by loyal hearts
from every corner of the globe, The
nameless graves of those who met the
great adventure with smiling hearts
upon those fields will receive the hom
age of o million grateful hearts in years
to come—will be watered by tears of
tender gratitude. We are just begin
ning to realize over here what war
means and something of what it brings.
The honor roll in the daily paper ia
growing each day, and the lists of
wounded are getting longer. So many
tragedies meet us on ever{ gide! Anad
it is the unexpected which so often
assalls us!
A family here 13 our village has two
sons! One enlisted last summer and is
waiting now In a Southern camp for the
summons to go “‘over.” TNge other son
is older, married, and with two little
children, The yarentl' hearts have been
torn with grief at the thought of the
{oungor son and the danger he ls fac
ng. While yesterdn‘ came word that
the older son—thought to be so safe—
had died suddenly after two days' ili
ness. 8o does the firlm reaper gather
in his ;hnvu! 80 does the command
ing officer call his recruits to the far
thest frontier of all! 8o does death
wait upon us, not only on the battle
field, but in our peaceful homes.
In much that T am rendlnf of the
war these days the rradomlna ing note
g«-emn to be the solace which re‘llgm
rings to the soldiers 1&0!11? death, Onhe
writer says that ehemies of God do not
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Mass Meeting Planned for Tues
day Night to Hear Promi
nent Speakers.
Continued From Page 1.
Wednesday, Strand; Friday, Crite
rion.
Linton Hopkins-—Tuesday, Rialto;
Thursday, Strand: Saturday, Crite
rion,
Ernest A. Bentley—Monday, Boni
ta; Wednesday, Savoy; Friday, Ala
mo No. 1.
C. E. Robertson-—-Tuesday, Bonita;
Thursday, Savoy; Saturday, Alamo
No. 1.
George B. Rush-—Monday, Alamo
No. 2:; Wednesday, Vaudette; Fri.
day, Alpha.
B. 8. Talley—Tuesday, Vaudette;
Thursday, Grand; Saturday, Lyric.
P. B. D'Orr—Tuesday, Alamo No.
2; Thursday, Vaudette; Saturday,
Alpha.
J. W. Bachman--Monday, Lyric;
Wednesday, Forsyth; Friday, Rialto.
C. J. Simmons—Tuesday, Lyric;
Thursday, Forsyth; Saturday, Rialto.
Mark Bolding-—Monday, Forsyth;
Wednesday, Rialto; Friday, Strand.
Robert H. Jones, Jn——-’l‘ueaday.i
Forsyth; Thursday, Rialto; Saturday,
Strand.
Norman I. Miller--Monday, Strand; |
Wednesday, Criterion; Friday, Bonita.
Blair Foster—Tuesday, Strand;]
| Thursday, Criterion; Saturday, 80-|
nita.
W. 8. Dillon—Monday, Alamo No.
2; Wednesday, Alpha; Friday, Savoy.
Clarence Bell—Tuesday, Alamo No.
}1; Thursday, Alamo No. 2; Saturday,
Vaudette. |
Willlam B, Arnaud—Monday, Cri
‘terion; Wednesday, Bonita; Friday,
Grand.
. Earle E. Griggs—Monday, Vau
‘dette; Tuesday, Criterion; Thursday,
Bonita.
| A A o
Macon's Bond Quota |
Nearly Third Raised
MACON, April 15, — It is an
nounced that Macon has raised $57(,-
000 on its Third Liberty bond quota.
‘The allotment for county and city
is $1,900,000
A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes
exist at the front. The nearness of
death, 1 suppose, makes men as little
children, and they remember the God
they prayed to at their mother's knee!
But T do not belleve it is the nearness
of death, or even the fear of it, thak
makes man turn to God. Soldiers at
the front and civilians at. the rear are
destined alike to die. The ;ssential
thing is to realize it. Men's hearts turn
to God when they pause and think
Boldiers are forced to think of their des.
tiny with bullets whistiing about them,
and so their minds instinetively revert
to the faith which has sustained the
nfim and will not fail in fathful min
istry now. ’
Beloved, there is a bifi problem facing
our army of today. When you all come
back, covered with glory—with strange
medals for vallant deeds upon your
breasts, how are you goin% to live up
to the nglenmd record of bravery and
horior which you made for youfsalves
on the battlefield? Will that invisei
ble courage and self sacrifice and de
nial endure in a world of peace? With
you, yves; for you always nad it; vou al
ways will, It is part of you—inviolate—
but how about the others, who, from
pampefed lives, or selfish lives, or may«
be ‘vicious lives, suddenly find them
selves heroes. Will they keep the loyal.
ty, the tolerance, the individual valor
in the democracy of peace which they
had in democracy of arms? If so, then
the world will rise to new and loftier
heights of nobility, The coming race
wilr be regreated in courage and hero
ism and the thought of glory, with her
radiant face, will not be as alluring as
the graver face of duty. Glory crowns
with jewels and sparkling lights, but the
rewards which duty gives are the things
which we can carry with us in our
hands on that day when 'the resgoning
is made,
Soldier of duty, I salute you tonight.
You are l)la!in*l the trail for future gen
erationg, and the memory of your cour
age and brcrifiz;e will light the way for
tgose coming after.
Good-night, beloved.
l
'lSlayer of Elevator Man Yet at
. .
l Liberty—Both Whites and
Blacks Involved.
Detectives Monday had solved the
mystery of the slaying Sunday night
of a negro elevator operator in the
Calhoun Bullding, at Broad and Ala
bama streets. It developed that the
negro was Shot to death as the out
‘growth of a ecrap game and liquor
drinking in an office on the third floor
of the building, which had been par
‘ticipated in by both whitég and
‘blacks.
~ The arrest of the slayer was ex
pected within a few hours.
~J. C. Humphries, a barber in the
Etowah barber shop on Alabama
street, and Lemmie Graham, a negro
lbootblsck in the shop, who were ar
rested shortly after the discovery of
the body of the slain negro, whose
only known name is “Mack,” Monday
'still were held at the police station
pending further developments in the
[investigation, which is being conduct
ed by Detectlve Sergeant Bullard.
Neither of these men is the slayer,
however, it was stated, but were held
as material witnesses,
The body of the negro was found in
the elevator on the first floor of the
bullding. The shooting. however, had
taken place in a third-floor office,
which, it was understood, had been
opened by the elevator man for the
dice game. The negro was said to
have besn shot after having made a
considerable winning, The sum of
$44.25 was found in his pocket, It is
supposed that after receiving the fatal
wound he boarded the elevator and
ran it down to the first floor, in the
hope of obtaining aid, but died before
being able to get out. 1
At the Ati~nta, |
When the first motion pictures taken
under the direction of the committee
on public information by the Signal
Corps, U. 8. A are shown next Wed- |
nesday at the Atlanta Thoater the au- |
dience will be astounded at the vast- |
ness of the enterprise in which Unole .
Sam is engaged simply for the pur;;sosel
of educating the American people as
& the work being done. ‘‘America at |
ar,” as presented by the United
States Government, through the divi
sion of fllms, consists of seven reels.
The picture will be shown eight times
at the Atlanta Theater, starting with
next Wednesday matinee, and there
after twice daily for the rest of the
mk. The reserved geat sale begine
¥
War Department, in Weekly Re
view, Says Situation Is Serious,
but Not Hopeless.
Continued From Page 1.
The official statement follows:
“As time passes it becomes evident
that the enemy is striking with re
newed vigor at the weakest point he
can find opposite him. |
“In the offencive in Picardy tho
Germans sought for a rift in the line‘
where the French and British forces
joined. Failing to achieve any defi
nite, far-reaching results from this
cperation, they promptly returned to
the assault elsewhere, and piunged
forward hoping that by driving a
wedge into the sector along the fronl
held by Portuguese and British units
they may be able tv roll the British
toward the sea and effect a break
through.
} “This is the operation attempted
this week In the region of the famous
“battleground of the early days of the
war in front of Lille. Here, on a
frontage of 16,009 yards stretching
from Armentieres to the La Bassee
(‘anal, the segment held by the Por
tuguese troc:lps, flanked on either side
by British divisions, was pénetrated
fter an intense bombardm-nt.
“The hostile attack was favored by
a thick mist, and in gpite of the fact
that the Britlsh fought tenaciously,
they were compelled to give ground
after thePortuguese positions had been
bre®en through, and have since re
tired, abardoning Armentieres and
other points.
| Gains by Miles.
- “On the first day of the assault, the
encmy was able to penetrate to a
‘depth of from 21-4 to 4 miles on a
front of 11 miles. On the second day
the fromt of attack was exetnded to
20 miles, while the impetus of the of
fensive was considerably slowed down
and conly able to reach a maximum
additional depth of 21-4 miles. The
front of attack has since been further,
extended and the British have been
foreed to abandon positions to the
‘north and south of the Lys and West
of the Lawe. |
. “The enemy has made headway
along the La Basse Canal to within
ithe immediate vicinity of Bethune,
while other points northwest of the
}cny of considerable tactical impor
tance have fallen into the hands of |
the enemy. |
“T'he enemy now finds himself with
in 40 miles of Calais. The main line|
of communication to channel ports ra-‘
diate vertically from this battle front
and thus facilitates the German ad
vance,
~ “During the four days’ fighting the
enemy has gained a considerable local
success in this area. ‘
~ “We must bear fn mind that the
enemy is waging a battle of annihila-|
tion to achieve vieto-y. He is fighting
today with the sole aim of annimlat-‘
ing tne British armies. Thus, terrain
conquered counts for little. If the en
emy can muster the driving power, he
will, in all probability, continue his
assaults. hooing that by an ‘envelop
in~ attack on an oblique front,’ to use
the classic Prussian definition, he may
score a complete annihilating victory.
“The turhing peint in the west is
bLeing ‘reached. The Germans have
scored a distinct advantage, which it
would be very unwise to endeavor to
belittle. Yet they have failed in their
great purpose to achigve vietory in the
fleld, and will soon be forced to re
sume their old tactics—seeking to galn
limited objectives, striking first at one
point, then at another, in order to
render the Allied position untenable
and give themselves greater security.
Line Is Consolidated.
“There has been less activity along
the southern flank of the Picardy sa
lient. Here the line taken over by the
French is new fully consolidated.
“After the bloody battles which
have been raging in the area between
Montdidier and Noyon, the enemy,
fearing a counter attack along this
flank of their new deeply curved
salient, struek repeatied blows to give
themselves elbow room south of the
Oige
“The Germans. by stubborn and
costly Ariven thusts, were able to
fore~ the French out of the triangular
srea formed by the Oise, the A'lette
and ‘he old line stretching from La-
Fere to Anizy-Le-Chateau.
“On an approximate twelve-mile
front the enemy advanced to a deptn
ranging from three to six miles. The
French contested every foot of the
ground, were able to c¢heck the en
emy’s onslaught, and carry out the
carefully arranged plan for the oceu
pation of the line which they now
hold south of the Ailette.
‘“ln the sectors where our own
forces are fighting considerable ac
tivity prevailed. After protracted ar
tillersy preparation, the Germans
launched an attack against our posi
tions northwest of Toul. Owur artil
lery was able to disperse the assault
ing columns and checked the attack
before our lines were reached. Our
own infantry counter attacked and
drove off the remnants of the enemy
units. A number of prisoners were
taken. Our casualties were relatively
slight.
“The enemy also executed a minor
raid against one of our outposts in
the Woevre. Hostile artillery has
been active throughout the week.
both in the Woevre and along our po
sitions in the Meuse hills and in the
Vosges. Our counter battery work
was very efficient and we replied vig
crously to the hostile shelling.
Situation in East.
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place in the east, it is to be noted that
the enemy operating in concert with
the Finnish White Guards is making
headway against the Red Guards.
German and Finnish forces have oc
;:upied and passed beyond Tammer
ers.
“Hostile units are moving north
ward with the object of cutting the
Russian railway through Finland tu
Sweden. In the Ukraine the enemy is
still advancing unopposed. Kharkoff
has been occupied by the Germans,
assisted by the Ukrainian troops.
“In the Caucasus the Turks ap
parently are still making headway.
They have occupied Vanad and are
moving west of Batoum.
“In Siberia the situation remains
obscure. The Japanese landing at
Vladivostok have been followed by
the landing of a British force. In the
Balkans there has been an increasae
of hostile activity. The Bulgarians
have assumed a more aggressive at
titude and launched a number of raids
along the front. Bombardments were
frequent in the Vardar Valley and
Monastir sector.
“In Palestine there has been rela
tively no change in the situation,
though the British stil! continue to
advance north of Jerusalem and‘
throughout the week extended their
line to a depth of a mile and hal?
along a. front of five miles.”
CHAPLAIN RE-ENTERS ARMY.
CHESTER, 8. C., April 15-—~Rev.
Floyd N. Butler, a well-known chaplain
of the army, who has been temporary
pastor of the First Baptist Church herc
for six weeks, has resigned to re-enter
the service. He goes immediately to
Washington to be assigned.