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for Southern Homes
Ci ight, 1906
VOL. XVI By O'F}{: ‘Georglan Co.
HAIG’S MEN STILL HOLDING LIKE STONE WALL
Enemy Again in Neuve Eglise; Halted or Driven Back Elsewhere
ATLANTA BEGINS LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE
Twenty-one teame of from 10 to 30
men each were organized Monday at
the Chamber of Commerce and as
signed territory for work this week in
Atlanta’s own Liberty Loan campaign.
These teams, working in parties of
three, will canvass every business
house and factory in Atlanta, at
tempting to reach-every employer and
employee, The canvass will begin
Tuesday and continue through Wed
nesday. After Wednesday the terri
torial restrictions will be removed ana
any man is privileged to go after a
subscription anywhere he thinks he |
can land it.
Chairman J. M. B. Hoxsey, who
presided at the organization meeting.
explained that under the territorial
plan it would be impessible to reach a
fair competitive basis for amount of
subscriptions obtained, and that the|
competition would rather be for the
number of individuals persuaded to‘:
subscribe. ;
""I‘he United States not only wants
the money, but it wants as many sub
scribers as possiole,” he said. “We
must go after the 3§50 and SIOO sub
scriptions, getting every one possible,
instead of depending upon the large
ones. But we shan't overlook those,
either.”
Committee Members Named. |
The team captains occupied seats
on the platform, and from there an
nounced the names of their members.
At the close of the general meeting
ecach team held its own caucus, when
plans for work were arranged.
It was explained that the workers
were not expected to visit residences,
but would leave this to the woman’'s
committee.
Cards were given each team show
ing the territory to be covered and
the business houses in that territory.
In many cases the amount of sub
scription expected from the head of a
business was set down.
The amount of Atlanta's share of
the third loan is set at $10,000,000,
but the team workers were urged to
make the city’s subscription far above
that amount.
Canvassers will be supplied with
cards for receiving subscriptions.
They will not ask for cash, but each
subscriber will pledge himself to go
to a certain bank and there make first
payment on a bond or bonds. This
first payment may be as low as 5 per
cent, the remainder to be paid in in
stallments completed within six
months. |
Where Teams Will Work. |
The team captains and the territory
they will cover are as follows:
No. 1, Captain Meyer Regenstein.—
Peachtree street, west side to Ellis,
stores and shops; Fourth National
Bank Building, Peters Building,
Flatiron Building, Atlanta Trust
Building.
No. 2, Captain E. N. O’Beirne.—
North Broad street to Peachtree
street, stores and shops; Grant Build
ing, Empire Building, seventh to top
floor.
No. 3, Captain F. E. Callaway.—
North Forsyth street. both sides,
stores and shops; Austell Building,
Forsyth Building, Healey Building,
first five floors. |
No. 4, Captain C. L. Barnwell.—Ma
rietta street to Bartow, both sides;
City Hall, Gas Building, Empire
Building, Third National Bank Build
ing.
No. 5, Captain F. J. Merriam.—Ma
rietta street, both sides, from Bar
tow to Ne. 1200, Atlanta Plow Works;
Poplar street, Cone street, Fairlie
street.
No. 6, Captain Charles King.—Wal
ton street, both sides, shops and
stores; Postoffice, Walton Building,
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American Ship Wins
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One Is Believed Sunki
(By Internationai News Service.) i
AN ATLANTIC PORT, April 15.
After exciting fights with two
U-boats on her trip across to an
Erglish port, an American liner
carrying 148 passengers, arrived
here today. It is believed one of
the submarines was sunk.
The ship had nearly reached
the English Channel when the
first submarine made its attack,
according to the oflicers. Before
it was sighted it fired a torpedo
which passed within a fathom of
the American’s stern.
The after-gun crew began fir
ing. After launching a second
torpedo, which passed nearly 100
feet astern, the submarine sub
merged.
About an hour later another
U-boat attacked, but its torpedo
missed by a wide margin., Both
the forward and aft gun crews
opened up on the undersea craft,
and the (GGerman hurriedly sub
merged. Just as she was disap
pearing a shell from a forward
gun struck so close it is believed
she was destroyed. There was a
big upheaval of water and no
further signs of the submersi- |
ble. !
112 LW.W.’s Placed
JYLVYLS Flace
On Trial in Chicago
(By International News Service.) ‘
CHICAGO, April 15.—After a week
of delay, the trial of 112 1. W. W.'s,
charged with violation of the espion
age act, got under way again today
before Federal Judge Kenesaw Landis,
One hundred and fifty men have been
called for jury service.-
The trial was halted April 6 when
charges of jury tampering caused
Judge lLandis to dismiss the entire
venire of 300 men. . It is understood
investigations of the charges may re-;
sult in Grand Jury action against the
suspects.
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There are no grimy problemg nor
transcendental discussions of the
higher morality in the play to be pre
serted by the Senior Dramatic Cluk of
the Girls’ High School Wednesday
afternoon. It is a true spring play, in
which fairies gambol and chiffon rai
ment flutters and hearts are light.
The play is “The Twig of Thorn,”
an Irish folk story done in a poetical
setting. The burden of the thing is
that Oonah plucks the fateful twig
which gives the “little people”’ pos
session of her soul. According to the
rule, she must make a choice, and,
picks Aengus, a poor youth. Then
there is a poet, Aileel, who loves her
so well he asks the fairies to accept
his soul instead of hers. And it goes
on, thrillingly.
The leading characters are Oonah,
played by Roberta Quick; Aileel, Ev
elyn Lovett; Aengus, Jeridine Rob
erts, and Nessa, Catherine Denning
ton.
The play will be given at 2:45
o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the
High School, at Mitchell and Wash
ington streets. The box office an
nounces a rate of 35 cents for box
seats, 25 cents for first floor and 10
cents for the gallery.
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Boarding Houses Banish
. ’ ’
the High Cost of Living
They are operated on the ‘“‘com
munity of interests’” plan. By
buying economically for a num
ber of persons, having the food
prepared at one time and avoid
ing waste, the real sclence of
economy is practiced.
No matter what you have been
accustomed to, you can find a
boarding house that wlill meet
vour requirements. No matter
what the size of your purse may
be, you can discover a desirable
place within your means.
Read the news of rooms and
board in the Want Ad pages of
The Georgian and American.
That's the logical thing to do.
Make a note of the places that
impress you and then investi
gate.
If there’s some particular loca
tion you desire, an ad of yeur
own will find it for you. Write
it now, and then leave it with
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TheGeorgian and American
Atlanta’s Want Ad Directory
20«22 East Alabama Street
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1918
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No-Accountness’ Not |
.
Ground for Divorce, |
Says Judge Pendleton
“General no-accountness” is
not a ground for civorce, so Judge
John T. Pendleten informed the
divorce jury in Superior Court
Monday, and the reason it is not,
in the opinion of Judge Pendle
ton, is this: |
“The legislators doubtless fig- |
ured that if they made general
no-accountness a ground for di
vorce there would be entirely too
many divorces granted —the
courts would be swamped.”
Judge Pendleton made this com
ment in the trial of the suit of
Mrs. Lena D. Warren against
John Warren, who, she said, was
afflicted with “no-accountness.”
In addition to the statement
that her husband was “no ac
count,” however, Mrs. Warren re
cited acts of cruelty that won her
a decree.
| Mrs. Cleo Garrison told the jury
that her husband, T. K. Garrison,
slapped and pinched her, and also
that he threatened her life when
she bought a pair of shoes with
money that had been sent her
~ from home, instead of giving the
money to him. She was granted a
| first decree.
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Tag Day Details To
BegPin?shed Tuesday
~ Tag Day headquarters of the Shel
‘tering’ Arms, In the Peachtree Ar
‘cade Building at Peachtree street and
‘the Viaduct, will be open Tuesday
jfrom 9 o’clock until € o’clock for ar
‘rangement of all details for Tag Day,
‘which falls on Wednesday.
~ More than 100 girls and women will
‘be posted at all corners and in cen
itral places Wednesday to ask every
'body to buy a tag or two. The money
ithus obtained goes toward mainte
rance by ‘the Sheltering Arms, in
‘which the children of working moth
ers are cared for and taught and kept
"heallhy during the day.
Large Tract of Land Between the
Present Camp and Doraville Is
Purchased by Government.
Confirmation of reports that -the
Government is s inning to double the
size of Camp Gordon, and to put up
at Fort McPherson a ‘reconstruc
tion” hospital for wounded soldiers
brought back from France, was given
Monday by F. E. Mackle, president,
and J. S. Smith, of the Mackle Con
struction Company, who have just re
turned from Washington. |
It is understood from reliable
sources that the Gevernment already
has purchased between 1,400 and 1,500
acres of land between Camp Gordon
and Doraville, and that the addition to
the camp will be made on this tract.
Mr. Mackle stated that the enlarged
camp will accommodtae fully 60,000
men. The Government is planning to
fl_cgqqtruc@ a refrigerating plant there
for_the manufacture of ice, a big
[laundry and a number of warehouseg
of reinforced concrete,
’ ‘ The cost of the work he estimated
at ' $4,000,000. The improvements at
Fort McPherson and the new hospital,
he said, will represent an expendi
ture of practically $1,500,000,
The Government, according to Mr.
Mackle, is planning to spend some
thing like $250,000,000 on construction
work in the South in the next six
months.
Contracts for the work at (‘amp}
Gordon and Fort McPherson have not
been awarded, but an official an-‘
nouncement from Washington is ex- |
pected at any date.
Mr. Mackle and Mr. Smith, while
in Washington, were in a position to
obtain accurate information, on ac
count of the high standing of the
Mackle Construction Company in the
eyes of the Government.
This company already has done
$4,000,000 worth of construction work
for the Government and is reported to
be slated for much more, when the
Government hegins its proposed con- |
struction work in the South. The
company has broken all records for
cheapness and quality of work, and
‘has letters of recommendation from
prominent Government officials.
~ One job, Government records show, |
!was done by this company at a cost\
’lc wer than any other similar work by 1
any other company in the whole
country. The company has completed
four successive contracts and is em
ploying 2,000 men at present.
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Liberty Loan Aviator
.
Is Killed by Propeller
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, April 15.—S8truck on the
head by the rapidly swirling propeller
of an airplane, Max Bessiler, a French
machinician, was instantly killed shortly
afternoon today at Sheepshead Bay.
Two thousand school children, on the
ground to witness the start of the Lib
erty loan flight over New York State of
Lieutenant Joseph C. Stehlin, the
American boy aviator, witnessed the ac
cident.
Bessiler was stavting the propellers
when they suddenly swirled around,
dashing out his brains. Because of the
accident, Stehlin, who was to have
flown over 35 towns in New York State,
bombarding them with Liberty loan lit
erature, postponed the flight.
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Prisoners Break Out
.
Of Blackshear Jail
WAYCROSS, April 16.—~Word was re
ceived here today that a number of
prisoners broke jail at Blackshear last
night. Among those escaping were
Buck Brown, convicted of burglary;
Elva Manning, of shooting Sheriff Lyons
at Offerman last year, Jack Reese, -of
assault and battery.
At the term of Superior Court held
last week these men were sentenced
seven, three and one years, respectively.
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Austrian P:emler s Resignation
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Has Been Accepted by Emperor,
Report From Vienna Declares. ‘
(By International News Service.) ‘
LONDON, April 15.—Count Czernin, |
the Austrian Foreign Minister, hasre
signed, according to a report received
from Vienna today by way of Amster
dam,
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
satisfaction 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
cn the international situation.
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Plot Suspected in
.
Troop Train Wreck
(By international News Service.)
CENTRAL ISLIP, N. Y., April 15—
Two soldiers were killed and ten seri
ously injured in a wreck of a Long Is
land Railroad train at Footes Cross
ing, near here, early today. Thirty
five others were less seriously hurt,
Suspicion of an alien enemy plot
presented itself, but the cause as
signed, although not definitely estab
lished, is that of spreading rails due
to recent storms. Military, police and
railroad officials are making a vigor
| ous investigation. No evidence has
been found that the wreck was other
than accidental.
‘The engine and four cars of the
train passed safely over the broken
rail, but the fifth car leaped the track,
snapping its coupling and carrying
five other cars with it down a five-foot
embankment. The fact that the cars
were of the latest steel type accounts
for the small number killed, officials
said. /
More Ground Glass
Complaints in M
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MACON, April 15.—Federal agents
have heard of more complaints of the
presence of glass in flour bread sold
to Macon people. It has not been es
tablished whether the glass was put
in the flour or bread here or whether
it was put in the flour at some other
point. While no arrests have been
made, the Government hopes to clear
up the case in a short time.
One family in a South Georgia to#n
has reported that it found glass in
grits,
.
‘Speedy’ Kimball, of
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 1224 Infan
try.
U. 8. WINS SUIT.
WASHINGTON, April 15.—The
Bethlehem Steel Company lost an old
suit against the United States today
for recovery of premiums paid in
bonds to guarantee the delivery of
armor plate for the navy from 1910 to
1912. The Supreme Court upheld the
decision of the Court of Claims. in fa
vor of the Government.
A AATAA AN IIAPIISS
! THE WEATHER. |
g Forecast—Fair Monday night
( and Tuesday.
') Temperatures—6 a. m, 50; Ba.
'g m., 56; 10 a. m., 62; 12 noon, 67; 1
{ P. m., 69; 2p. m, 7.
» Sunrise, 6:07; sunset, 7:09.
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Gierman Zeppelin
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Base Set on Fire |
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By Allied Flyers
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%(By International News Service.) |
ONDON, April 15.—Friedrich- |
; I shafen, Germany, where the é
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i Zeppelin factories are lo- )
) sated, is in flames, according to a 5
Ediupatch from Geneva printed in ¢
3 The Daily News today. §
; The foregoing dispatch indicated S
<khat Allied airmen may havs ¢
{ bombed Friedrichshafen, setting it é
;:n fire. The towns is about 125 ¢
émilec from the western battle ¢
! front. 2
Both New York and New Orleans
Witness 100-Point Slump in
Future Contracts.
Atlanta spot cotton contipued its
downward plunge Monday, falling 1
cent a pound, to 33 cents, as a result
of another slump of more than 100
points in future contracts in both the
New York and New Orleans Cotton
Exchanges.
Monday’s break represents a decline
of 31-4 cents a pound im cotton here
since last Monday and 335 points from
the recent high record of 36.35 cents,
~ Saturday spots broke a full cent to
84 cents.
Immediately following an early
spurt of about 50 points, futures in
New York crashed 83 to 118 points
from Saturday's close, or 116 to 155
points—ss.Bo to $7.75 a ba]es—~froml
the early top marks, as a result of a
renewal of last week's aggressive
selling by longs, the South, the West
and Liverpool, together with hammer
ing by ring traders.
Spot firms and trade interests were
the principal buyers.
There were no fresh incentives for
the sensational break, except further
general rains over the belt.
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Woman in Court to
Retain 2 Children
Mrs. Anna Belle Chase, a saleswom
an in a downtown store, Monday ob
tained from Judge George L. Bell an
order enjoining her husband, Roland
Paul Chase, from molesting her or her
two boys, aged 5 and 3 years, respec
tively, whom, she charged, the hus-I
band was seeking to get into his pos
session ‘in order to obtain exemption
from army service,
The children now are in the Home
for the Friendless, where they were!
placed by the mother following the]
separation of herself and husband. |
Judge Bell set the case for hearing the]
first Monday in July, at which time|
the question of their custody will be |
determined. |
Mrs. Chase and Chase were married |
in Harriman, Tenn,, in 1911, and livedi
for a long while in Stearns, Ky. She|
declared her husband had been very
cruel to her. Attorney Alfred C,
Broome filed the petition.
Well-Known Hotel |
Men Come to Ansley
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W. P. Felker, an experienced hotel
man, and Charles Creighton, formerly
of the Knickerbocker Hotel in New
York, will succeed Willis Poole and
N. F. Sanford as rom clerks at the
Hotel Ansley,
Mr. Felker is rated as one of the
best hotel men in the South. For
eight years he was with the Kimball
House, and later with the Lanier Ho
tel in Macon. Mr, Creighton has had
much experience in New York and in
Florida.
Mr Poole resigned his pesition with
the Ansley to accept a place as as
sistant manager of the Hotel Lincoln,
in Indianapolis, which is managed by
William R. Secker, fcrmerly of the
Ansley.
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Revoking of Alliance
Charter Is Favored
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 15.~—~The
Senate judiciary committee today re.
ported favorably on Senator King's
bill to revoke the charter of the Na
tional German-American Alliance.
By FRANK CHARLTON.
International News Service
Cable Editor.
A stage highly favorable te
the Allies was reached today im
the great battle on the plains of
Flanders.
The German armies are fightiny
themselves to exhaustion in frultless
attacks against the British, and their
chances of breaking through are be
coming more remote daily.
‘ All day Sunday the Germans bate
‘ tered in vain against the British lines
and when darkness compelled a halt
the front stood just where it had
stood in the morning except at one
point in Belgium. As a result of the
heavy German pregsure at Neuve
Fglise the British gave up the village
for the second time. This withdraw
al, however, was without any military
importance, for numerons villages on
the Flanders front have changed
lhnnds time after time since this ti
tanic struggle began Wednesday
1 morning.
i Bailleul Stil! Safe.
.~ The Germans tried vainly to force
their way linto Bailleul—a strategic
railway center upon the Hazebrouck
! road—but were flung back, ieaving the
field covered with numberless dead
and wounded.
~_Sunday’s fighting centered along the
twelve mile front lying from a point
‘north of Merville to the sector of
Neuve Fglise In Belgium, Violent at«
tacks were driven home by the Ger
man in thls zone in their efforts to
deploy into Nieppe wood, which lies
immediately west of Bailleul. The
Teutons advanced in waves and north
of Merville seven assaults were de«
livered,
At one point the British front was
slightly dented, but before the Ger
mans could consolidate their new po«
sition the British counter attacked,
hurling the enemy®™back to his old
position,
Merville is ten miles west of Ar
mentieres and Neuve Eglise aboug
four miles northwest of Armentieres,
The Germans are still far away
from their immediate objectives in
this sector.
There has been another flare-up of
fighting east of the British base of
Amiens,
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Haig's Men Beat Off
Attacks by Germans
(By IntemationllyNew' Service.)
L.ONDON, April 15.—The repulse of
strong German attacks on the Flan
ders battle front and the improvement
of British positions in the Hangard
sector (between nine and ten miles
east of Amiens) were reported by the
British War Office today.
The British captured more than 150
prisoners and a number of machine
guns.
At a point where the British line
was bent the Germans were quickly
thrown back by a counter thrust.
The British have retired from Neuve
Eglise, in Belgium, for the second
time.
Neuve Eglise lles between four and
five miles north of Armentieres and
the same distance east of Bailleul. I§
is in Belgium near the French fron
tier, *
Hard Blows Struck.
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 withouf
any success. They again suflere\d trea
mendous losses.
“There was severe fighting all dawn
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