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VOL. XVI
ALLIES RETAKE FLANDERS LINES
Weakening German Pressure Result of Losses and Exhaustion
U-BOAT SINKS U. S. VESSEL
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 20.—~The
American steamer Lokemoor was
sunk by a German submarine at mid
night April 11 with an apparent loss
of 45 lives, the Navy Department an
nounced late this afternoon.
Out of a total of ten officers and
b 2 crew, five officers and twelve of
the crew have been landed at an
English port, the announcement said.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 20.—Only 34
pof a crew of 75 are reported as sur
vivors following the blowing up of
the American steamer Florence H.
in a French port, the Navy Depart
ment announced late this afternoon.
The explosion occurred April 17 and
was from the inside, the reports said.
The disaster was reported by Vice
Admiral Sims, commander of the
American naval forces in Europeai
waters. He said most of the rescue
work was done by American destroy
ers, the conduct of whose crews he
described as “most gallant.”
The explosion was about midnight.
New World's Record
For Quick Launchi
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(By International News Service.)
A PACIFIC PORT, April 20.—8 y
launching an 8,800-ton steel steam
ship here this afternoon, fifty-five
days after the keel was laid, the
Skinner & Eddie <Corporation won
back the world's record for quick
launching. The vessel was christen
ed the West Lianga, for the United
States Shipbuilding Board. The pre
vious record was held by the Co
lumbia River Shipbuilding Company,
which sent a vessel down the ways
in sixty days.
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Kitchener's Brother
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(By International News Service.)
: WASHINGTON, April 20.—Lord
Kitchener, brother of the late “Kitch
ener of Khartoum,” today conferred
with Secrztary of War Baker and also
called at the White House. Kitchen
er’'s appointiment with the War Sec
retary was made by Lord Reading,
the British Ambassador. It is under
stood he is in this country on a spe
cial mission, but the nature of his
errand no one would reveal.
On Alcoholic Drinks
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON., April 20.—Resolu
tions requesting that he prohibit the
manufacture of all alcoholic bever
ages for the duration of the war have
been presented to President Wilson
, by a delegation representing the Bal
timore conference of the Methddist
Episcopal Church.
Liberty Day Festival
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., April 20—
Chattanooga is to celebrate Liberty Day
with a parade of children 7,000 strong.
a mammoth sham battle, participated in
by companies from Chickamauga; a
mock bayonet atack on imaginary
Huns, a demonstration of field artillery
In action and a military tournament.
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amendment to the naval appropriation
bill, providing $750,000 for a subma
rine base at New London, Conn., was
passed by the House this afternoon.
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Boy, 9, Kills Child
JERSEY CITY, N. J., April 20.—*“He
stole two marbles from me, 80 I shot
and killed him,” said %-year-old Frank
Muchelowski today in explaining to the
police the murder of 4-year-old Edward
Choroski.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1918
~ (By International News Service.)
~ SQUANTUM, MASS., April 20.—
“The greatest disappointment of the
Kaiser in Berlin has not been in the
failure of the U-boat warfare to
'starve the Allies, but in the falling
down of the well-planned propaganda
to foment a social revolution in Amer
-Ica,” sald Secretary Daniels, in an
‘address today after visiting the big
'shipyard here, where the Government,
through the organization of the Fore
'River Shipbuilding Company, is con
structing the largest plant in the
Iworld for building destroyers.
i “The greatest disappointment,”
Secretary Daniels continued, “is that
| the efforts of his paid spies and emis
}sa'ries. whispering in the eafs of any
| laboring man who would listen to
them, are worse than wasted, and
rthough some I. W. W.s in the West
“have raised their hands to paralyze
Government, the leaders and the rank
'and file of labor have not only
¢trengthened the power of America,
‘but have heartened the men fighting
for freedom across the seas,
“Labor in America understands that
it depends for its life and progress
‘and tuture victories upon overcoming
the German autocracy in this war. It
is challenging German treachery and
German money so successfully that
today in most industries labor is turn
ing out more war munitions and sup
plies than the ships can transport
across the water.” i
Secretary Daniels said the men who
are turning out destroyers and mun!-i
tions are just as brave as the men
who are at the front. He called at~l
tention to the fact that there is not a
single body with any executive poweri
that does not have upon it a represen
tative of labor, sitting side by side
with the representative of the employ
ers, and having an equal voice in all|
the decisions that are concerned witb‘
the human element in industry. \
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Gerard’s Property
Seized by Germany
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 20.—The
State Department has proof, despite
recent camouflaging by Berlin
throvgh the Spanish Embassy, that
the German Government actualiy
seized personal property of Ambas
saln- Gerard and Secretaries Grew
and Winglow, of the American Em
bassy, and that, too, after this Gov
crnment carefully packed and shipped
the belongings of Count Bernstorit
last December, it was learned today.
It is understood Berlin now is will
g to release the prcperty, but the
whole incident, trivial as it is in :ome
aspects, is looked upon by diplomatas
here as a striking example of the
crude Teuton method of doing things,
.
State Medical Body
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To Meet Here in 1919
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SAVANNAH, April 20.—The Medi
cal Asscciation of Georgia will hold
its 1919 convention in Atlanta.
Officers elected were W. J. Palmer,
of Ailey, president; George R. White,
of Savannah, first vice president; L.
B. Clarke, of Atlanta, second vice
persident; W. (. Lyle, of Augusta,
secretary-treasurer. H. H. Martin,
of Savannah, and S. R. Roberts, of
Atlanta, were elected Georgia dele
gates to the convention of the Amer
\:’can Medical Association,
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Disloyalists Feel
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{ (By International News Service.)
: HICAGO, April 20.—Another
: C drive on disloyalists in the
; Middle West resulted in the
- following gains for the loyalists to
day:
At Collinsville, Okla., Henry
" Rheimer was tried by the county
~ council of defense today on charges
of disloyalty. Last night a mob
' hanged Rheimer, but he was cut
' down on pleas of the police. Rhei
~ mer was unconscious.
- Because he said he wanted the
war to end in a draw and there
fore refused to buy Liberty bonds,
Theo Pape, of Quincy, 111., an attor-
E ney, was accused of disloyalty and
- surrendered to the police. He was
' hanged in effigy.
At Lincoln, Nebr., the dismissal
of two abeged disloyal professors is
' demanded of the board of regents
- of the University of Nebraska by
' the State Council of Defense. It
. is understood the professors were
§ net named, ¢
Wilson to Lose Use
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 20—
President Wilson’s left hand was
burned to the bone ‘when he
grasped a hot mussier pipe while
riding in the British tank Brit
tania yesterday, it was stated to
day by his personal physician,
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson.
Dr. Grayson said no complica
tions have developed and the in
jured member is doing as well as
can be expected, but that it will
be a month before the President
regains the use of it.
Nitrate of Soda for
WASHINGTON, April 20.—1 t is an
nounced at the Department of Agri
culture that a large consignment of
nitrate of soda has been received at
the docks at Norfolk, Va., which will
be shipped to Southern farms at once
at cost.
The nitrate is bought in Latin-
American countries under the act of
Congress appropriating $20,000,000 for
this purpose. Th edirector general
has ordered that it be given right of
way so that there will be no delay in
delivery owing to railway congestion.
Officer Killed Was
Native of Germany
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MACON, April 20.—First TJdeutenant
William Lasch, who met his death at
Camp Wheeler yvesterday when a motor
truck he was driving plunged down an
embankment and turned over, was a
Macon boy, and was formerly employed
at a Macon bank. He was a natlve of
Germany, but the Dixie Division had
no more loyal officer, it is sa:d. Lieu
tenant Lasch was married last August
to Miss Caroline Dickert, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Dickert, of No. fig Court
land avenue. The lieutenant was with
the old Second Georgia Regiment dur
ing the Mexican bhorder campaign,
Threatening Dodges
DETRDIT, April 20.—John Olejnik,
35 vyears old, has been arrested,
charged with sending threatening let
ters to John K. Dodge and his broth
er, Horace D. Dodge.
The letters said the writer would
kill the families of the automobile
manufacturers if they did not insti
tute a wage scale of $5 a day for nine
hours’ work.
' (By International News Service.)
‘ WASHINGTON, April 20,—Forty
’ two members of the American medical
department, in addition to two entire
‘lectlons, have been cited for bravery
and many of them decorated, the
War Department was advised thie
‘aftorrhnn. In practically every in
stance the citation was for extreme
tourage in evacuating the wounded
‘whllo under heavy fire and for stick
ing to their posts for many consecu
ive hours withcut sleep. !
’ Two privates, Carson S. Ricks and
Way SBpalding, of sections 622 and
!641, respectively, who v;u-re wounded
in actiofi, received the croix de guerre
lnnd the medaille militaire.
Members' of section 510 cited for
unusunl valor were:
Firgt-class Privates Albert 8.
Strehlke, George W. B. Hartwell.
Willard S Wartly, Summerfield Baid
win and Edward Kirkland,
The entire section 632, commanded
by Lieutenant Allen H. Muhr, was
cited for valor, as were First-class
Private James F. Moore, section 517,‘
and Charles B. Cumming, section 591;
Private Stormong Mathews, Frederick '
C. Payne, Sergeant Newman Eber-\
sole and Sergeant Milo & King, all
section 646. (
The entire section 646, commanded
by Lieutenant E. T. Drake, was com
mended for the second time since be
ing taken over by the United States‘
army, having a citation to itg record
previous to that time, The members
are now allowed to wear the Four
ragere, being the first American com
mand to receive this honor.
Other Americans cited for unusual
valor and courage are:
Private Charles Kendall, section
664, Private Joseph Brown, section
634; Lieutenant Robert 1. Nourse,
section 624, Lieutenant Henry L. Bib
by, also awarded Order of the Army;
Corporal Lercy G. Clark; Mechanic
Harold K. Stewart, Privates Allen E.
Leeds, Emerson R. Miller and John B.
Vanderbila, il section 525, and theo
last three awarded Order of the Di
vision; Licutenant Allen D. Kingsley
and First-class Privates Lewis 10.
Timson, Arthur U, Crosby, John ¥,
Fitzpatrick and Robert ¥, Graf, Jr.,
all division 631, and awarded Order of
the Division; Lieutenant Otka P.
Dobes and Privates James T. Jones,
John H. Wood, Richard H. Baker and
Charles N. Tompkins, all division 517,
and aworded Order of the Division;
Privates Arthur P. Coe and Walter
H. Wistrand, section 591, Order of the
Division; Privates Richard Buel and
Ripley Cutler, division 642, Order of
Service de Santa,; Lisutenant Josepn
R. Greenwood, dwision 633, Order 0(,
Service de Santa, and Private Peter |
V. Muir, division 517. l
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Irishmen to Protest |
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Against Conscription
LONDON, April 20.—At a r‘onfvrunm»’
of certain Irish leaders in Dublin it was |
decided to make a general pmtvsv‘
against Irisn conscription, said a dls-l
patch from that city today. Lord Mayor
O'Neill, of Dublin, was chosen to go to
Washington and present a copy of lhrl
Irish leaders’ case against home ruie to
President Wilson. There will be an
other meeting Tuesday, the dispatch
added.
WHEELER PRIVATE DIES.
MACON, April 20.—The death nfl
Private W. E. Farrish, of the Machine
Gun Company of the 124th Infantry,
was reportel at the Camp Wheeler
base hospital today, The body will
be shipped to Valdosta.
A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia,
and the South
3 CENTS
BATTLE TIDE
TURNED, VIEW
OF SENATORS
ON ‘INSIDE’
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 20.—The
German drive has been effectually
checked and the tide of the
world's greatest battle has tuined,
members of the Senate military
affairs committee declared this
afternoon upon their return to the
Capitol after their weekly confer
ence with the War Council.
The committee manifested a
feeling of vast encouragement
over the whole war situation.
Their attitude was in sharp con
trast to their depression after last
week’s conference with the War
Council.
Developments of the last few
days along the front in France
were freely discussed at today's
conierence. After listening to re
ports of the War Council, commit
tee members declared their be
lief that the German advance had
been stopped both before Amiens
and in Flanders.
“The Allies will give no more
ground—the tide of the battle has
turned,” sald one Senator. "“The
Germans may launch a third big
offensive at some new place along
the line, but this is by no means
oRrERIND®. .
Opinions of Senators differed as
to imporvement in the production
of war materials in the United
States. One Senator sald that
while little improvement was to
be noted in aircraft production in
the last week, prospects for the
attalnment of quantity produotion
at an early date were more favor
able. Another Senator declared
prospects were uncertain.
Several members of the com
mittee expressed dissatisfaction
over the ordnance output.
Divided views were taken on
the shipping situation, however,
some regarding the progress of
the past week as satisfactory,
while others declared it unequal
to the emergency.
Man Tried for Life
Waits Verdict Asl
alls vVeralct ASLeep,
(By International News Service.)
ATHENS, April 20.—Sound asleep
while on trial for his life, Willlam Por
ter had to be awakened to hear the jury
return a verdict of ‘“‘not guilty.”
Porter was accused of the murder of
Farl Fitzpatrick and his defense was the
unwritten law. The circumstances un
der which the slaying had occurred were
such that this defense apparently could
not be broken down. So, whlle waiting
for the trial to start, Porter settled back
and, contrary to all murder trial tradi
tions, slumbered. Twenty minutes later
the jury had been empaneled, testimony
taken, the jury charged and the ver
dict returned. It was said today to have
been the quickest murder trial in the
history of the State.
Th ing Hour of
e Crowning Hour o
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Sunday is the
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One Spent in Church
Of the many hours tomor
row, can you not give one
to the church? It will mean
more to you than any other
hour in the day. It wiil
crown and bless the day and
it will give you a fresh view
point for the week,
No matter what your other
plans are, kmer one hour for
church. Put it aside now.
Turn over to the “Go-to-
Church’” columns and read
there the programs of ser
mon and song which you
may hear in Atlanta's good
churches.
If you have not a regular
church home, select the pro
gram which interests you
most and spend your church
hour tomorrow in the enjoy
ment of this program. You
will find a warm welcome
awaiting you In all of At
lanta's churches.
.
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l By FRANK CHARLTON,
ICable Editor of the International
News Service,
The British lines in the Givenchy-
Festubert sector of the Flanders bat
tle front, which were dented by pow
erful German attacks on Thursday,
have been completely restored.
By a series of brilliant counter as
saults the British first division threw
the Germans from all the objectives
they had gained in this district and
sent them reeling back to their old
positions. Again heavy German losses
marked the course of the combat.
The successful British attacks in
this zone and a flare-up of fighting
near Robecq broke the infantry lull,
which had been existing in the Flan
ders battlefield.
But this wag not the only success
for the British. South of the Scarpe
River successful minor enterprises
were carried out by the British, in
which prisoners were captured
Allied Pressure Grows.
As the Germah pressure weakened,
Idue to losses and exhaustion, the al
lied counter measures are growing in
strength,
This is shown by two facts: The
Germans not only have not been able
to advance, but have lost ground of
great importance. Their effort to
break through to the British railhead
position at Bethune, by forcing a path
along La Bassee Canal, has been de
cisively checked.
The Germans started driving to
ward Bethune early in the week, but
in spite of the employment of huge
}rorcos they were able to make oaly
'slight gains. The British were re
inferced and their first big counter
stroke wrested from the Germans all
they had captured.
(Bethune lles on the southern bank
of La Bassea Canal, about 6 miles
west of the town of La Bassee. The
gateway lay through the Glvenchy-
Festubert sector. Givenchy is about
4 miles east of Bethune and Festubert
is approximately a mile north-by west
of Givenchy.)
Whether or not the extension of the
fighting southward to the Scarpe
River zone (east of Arras) has any
significance is yet to be seen.
Germans Nearly Exhausted.
The Allies have all of the hest es
the Flanders situation, They hold
dominating hills surrounding the bowl
in which the German lines lay, the
Germans are almost completely ex
hausted and their morale has been
greatly weakened by their tremendous
losses
Despite bad weather, gigantic artil
léry duels continue along parts of the
Flanders front and on the Picardy
front opposite Amiens,
A renewal of infantry operations is
looked for along the German salient
opposite Amiens soon.
This was the thirty-first day of the
German drive and the eleventh day
of the battle of Flanders.
British Attacks in
Flanders Successful
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, April 20.—British infan
try broke the brief iull on the Flan
ders battle front last night by deli}-
ering a series of successful attacks
in the Givenchy-Festubert sector
which drove the Germans from som=
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