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By HENRY G. WALES,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service,
LONDON, May 11.—The German
air service has been battered to
pieces. Since March 21, it is stated,
their losses total 700 pilots, observers
ard machine gunrers, while 1,000 ma
chines have been destroyed. This ex
plains the cessation of the raids on
London and Paris —the enemy being
foreed to withdraw night pilets for
use in day flylng and observing on
the fighting front. The Germans also
requirg their buge long-distance
bombing machines for bombing near
the front hecause they have lost so
many of the regulation small type.
~lt is no secret that the British avia
tion service saved the situation in the
early crucial days of the drive when
Von Hindenburg flung 40 divisions
against the British fifth army, which
had only fourteen divisions.
The, German aviation service suf
fered tremendous losses trying to
gain supremacy of the air as low
flying British machines attacked and
broke up German communication and
supply trains with machine gun fire
and bomhed newly constructed rail
way centers, thus delaying the Ger
man advance.
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Creel Says Whighan
Has Sabotage Record
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 11.—Declar
ing that “mere protestations that you
are for the war and have been for
it since 1914 will not conceal a rec
ord of persistent sabotage,” George
Creel, chairman of the committee on
public information, this afternoon
made public a letter to H. J. Whig
han, editor of the Metropolitan Mag
azine, 'n which he denies attacks on
the Metropolitan, Collier's and the
New York Tribune, “except by expos
ing specific misstatements of fact
Which they printed.” Then follow
11,600 words devoted to the alleged
misstatements.
“Your search,” says Creel's letter,
i'is never for facts, but always for
some confirmation of prejudice. Tre
mendous achievement goes unnoticed.
ile you give full space to the petty
failure. I do not quarrel with your
ittacks upon men, for that is your
privilege; but in these attacks you
have not scrupled to sap the people’s
“aith in our institutions.”
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Man Drowned While
Learning Sea Diving
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 11, — The
Navy Department announces the ac
cidental death of Frederick Edwin
Reif, plumber and fitter, U. S. N, who
was drowned while being instructed
in deep-sea diving at the torpedo
station at Newport. R. I. His home
address was not given.
Assistant Surgeon Edward P. Bug
bee, U. S. N, and three enlisted men
who attempted to resuscitate Reif
were slightly injured by the burst
ing of an oxygen apparatus. The en
listed men are Walter J. Breakell,
Otisville, N. Y.: Thomas Franklin
Flash, San Francisco, and Albert Carl
R. Trispel, Milwaukee, Wis.
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4 Sammy Brigadiers
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To Get Lower Rank
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 11.—Four
brigadier generals in General Persh
ing’s army will be reduced in rank
to colgnels in the regular army upon
their &gval in the United States. the
War Department announces.
They are Brigadier Generals Ben
jamin Alvord, who will become a
eolgnel in the adjutant general’s de
purtment; Alfred Bradley, medical
C s: Pete: Murray. infantry. and
bert D.{ Walsh. cavalry.
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Senate Mineral Bill l
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 11.—Big in
terests have worked an influence over
the bill now pendiug in the Senate to
stimulate the production of minerals,
Pope Yeatman, of the war industries
board, told the Senate committee onl
mines and mining this afternoon. l
Yeatman pointed out that the bill
does not deal with copper, zinc, lead
or nickel, and declared that this was
due to pressure brought to bear by
the large corporations which control
the mining of these minerals. He ad
vocated that Government control of
these metals be established, as well
as over other mineral products.
Bomb Is Found on
Rhode Island Train'
(By International News Service.)
PROVIDENCE, R. 1., May 11.—A
time bomb, 12 inches long and 3 inches
in diameter, was found in the smnk-!
ing car of a train which left Bristol
for Providence at 12 o’clock today. ‘
The bomb, carefully wrapped in
newspapers, was found by (‘h:\rlt'sl
Kimball and was turned over to
United States Marshal John B. Rich
ards in this city.
Recoil of Rifle Is
Fatal to Soldier|
MONTGOMERY, ALA., May 11—
The recoil of a service gun at the
rifie range vesterday resuited in the |
fatal injury of Corporal William
Fitzwater, of Orgonia, Ohio, Company
I, 148th Infantry. He was brought
to the hospital suffering frem 2 hem
orrhage cos the lungs and died this
morning.
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Be Given U. S. Army
For War Hospital Use
SAVANNAH, May 11.—About
5,000 gallons of contraband liquor
in the hands of Department of
Justice officials in Savannah are
to be turned over to the United
States army officials for use in
the military hospitals of this |
country and abroad. This will ‘
not be done until after the cases |
in which the liquor wag seized are
disposed of.
Two thousand seven hundred
gallons were added to the stock
in a raid this week. Both military
and civil leaders believe that this
use of the alcohol will be better
in war times than pouring it into
the gutter.
About 4,000 drafted men from
North Carolina passed through
Savannah today en route from '
assembly points of that State to
Fort Screven, where they are to
enter training for the National
Army. Several trains were re
quired to handle the movement.
Contingents from Florida are ex
pécted within a few days.
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2 Marines Slightly
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Wounded in Aotlonl
WASHINGTON, May 11.—Two
privates in the marine corps were |
slightly wounded in action, the Navy
Department announces. They are Pri- |
vate Frederick Oliver De Sollar, of)|
Chicago, and Private Orie Garver, 0!{
Cincinnati. §
ATLANTA, GA.,, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1918
Student Aviator Is i
MOBILE, - ALA., May ll.—Chief‘
Quartermaster Richard C. McCalla, a
student aviator, was burned to death, }
and George I. Henderson, chief quar- |
termaster and student aviator, was
badly but not fatally burned when an ‘
aercplane fell on Santa Rosa Island
txday. McCalla is from Toledo and |
Henderson from Pawtuckett, R, E 1
Whether the airship caught fire be
fore it struck the ground has not yet |
been determined. Henderson was suf
fering so that he was unable to make
a statement. ‘
KNOXVILLE, TENN., May 11—
Chief Quartermaster Richard C. Mc-
Calla, an aviator who was burned
to death at Pensacola when his air
ship caught fire, is a Knoxville man.(
The body will be brought here for‘
burial. He was a graduate of the
University of Tennessee. '
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Sammies’ Dependents
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' In Need; Checks Late
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 11.—Delay in
forwarding allowances and allotments
of pay to the dependents of soldiers
and sailors is causing great hardship,
and in many instances compelling
’them to look to charity for aid, Repre
sentative Scott, of Pennsylvania, this
afternoon told the bureau of war risk |
insurance. l
“l realize the bureau has had a
tremendous amount of work to do,”
' said Repregentative Scott, “but in !
some instances these people are in,
absolute want and it is the duty of
the Government to take every possi
ble means to have the checks sent out
promptly.”
(By International News Service)
LONDON, May 11.—British avl
ators have photographed Ostend,
confirming that Friday morning's en
terprise against the submarine bhase
was entirely successful, and that the
fairway is now locked.
The old cruiser Vindictive, which
was sunk at the entrance to the har
bor, was manned by fifty-two volun
teers, including a iieutenant com
mander and four engine roem attend
ants who had taken part in the Zee
brugge attack.
The Germans scented trouble and
opened fire with their shore batteries.
‘Eleven six and four-inch shells were
threwn seaward when the British na
val forces were still two and one-half
miles off shore.
Meanwhile airplanes began to bom
bard Ostend and long range guns in
Flanders were turned against the Os
ten district. When the sea fog roll
ed away the British sent out a smoke
screen which completely hid the ves
sels. It was so thick it could not be
penetrated even by searchlights. The
Germans kept up their gun fire, seek
ign out the Vindictive, but the shelis
missed the monitors and motor boats.
The Vindictive groped along the
coast for half an hour seeking the
bottle-necked harbor. Finally the
Germans began to send up high power
star shells revealing the pier heads
nearby.
The bow of the cruiser was jammed
against one pier while the stern
.s\rytung across the channel, grounding
aft.
Explosives were fired, sending the
Vindictive to the bottom. A motor
boat dashed alongside taking off the
officers and 38 men. They were car
ried to Commodore Lyne's flagship,
the Warwick.
Another motor boat returned and
took off a lieutenant and two men
who had been wounded.
P . , .
ainters’ Union Puts
Cash in War Stamps
ANNISTON, ALA. May 11.—The
Painters’ and Decorators’ Union of
this city has adopted a resolution
providing for the investment of all
of its surplus money each week in
thrift stamps, and the secretary has
been ordered to make weekly pur
chases in future. At a meeting of the
union held Thursday night four or
five new members were received.
Charles Woodruff has been elected
to represent the painters and deco
rators at the State convention to be
held in Tuscaloosa May 20. The
Bricklayers' Union has elected W. P.
Knighton, the Carpenters’ Union has
chosen J. I. Reaves, and the Bar
ters’ Union has named George
Schultz as representatives to the
State convention. L. C. Cooper will
represent the central labor body.
Hitchcock Proposes
New Waterpower Bill
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 11.—A bill
giving the War Department authority
over all waterpower sites along the
boundaries of the United States was
introduced in the Senate this after
noon by Senator Hitchcock, of Ne
braska.
$33,000,000 Asked
By Gen. Gorgas
WABHINGTON, May 11.—An im
mediate appropriation of $33,000,0000
to meet a deficiency that has existed
since January 1 was asked by Sur
gean General Gorgas, of the army, in
a communication to Congress this aft
ernoon,
By FLOYD MACGRIFF,
Staff Correspondent of the Interna
tional News Service.
LONDON, May 11.—King George,
Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales and
Princess Mary today reviewed the
first parade of United States infantry
ever held in London.
The American soldiers thus honor
ed today hail from all parts of the
United States. They were trained at
Camp Gordon.
The royal party stood just outside
of Buckingham palace and saluted
as the Americans briskly swung bhy.
}Tha marchers passed the palace just
lat nooii.
’ King Salutes Flag.
When the regimental colors and the
Stars and Stripes were carried by,
the king removed his hat. As the men
marched past the palace the regiment
al band from the Grenadier Guards,
played “The Stars and Stripes For
ever.”
Although the windows of the palace
were curtalned, the faces of the ser
vants could be discerned peeping out.
There was a tremendous cheering
throng in St. James park opposite
the palace.
This was “American Day” in Lon
don and a rousing reception was giv
en to the American soldiers that
marche dthrough the streets., “Old
Glory” flew alone from the War Office,
where rPemier Lloyd George, Chan
cellor A. Bonar Law and an American
staff officer stood at a window as the
Americans swung by,
The British Ministers waved their
hands and joined in the cheering as
the doughboys passed the building.
Lord Milner, the War Minister; Lord
Curzon and other members of the
War Cabinet watched frcm an ad
joining window,
Traffic Is Halted.
As the Americans entered White
hall, after emerging from Horse
Guards Arch, the sun broke through
the ciouds, which was taken by the
populace as a good omen. The band
played a tively air as the doughboys
passed between the banks of thou
sands that lined the streets. Traffo
was halted and every open space was
a sea of human faces.
British Tommies evinced interest in
the men. The Americans were smil
ing and intenscly interested in every
thing, They carricd their equipment
;sturdily and made an excellent show
ng.
All of the London papers gave
large space to Amerizon day and the
march of the American soldiers. The
program was reproduced in detail. In
commenting upon the statement that
there are now half a million men in
France, The Daily Mail sald:
“That represents a really great
achievement. The Americans have
immense, unlooked-for difficulties to
contend with. All ean not be over
come, but America is fast getting the
better of them.”
The Times said: “The enemy's self
deception about the impessibility of
America’s army ever reaching France
must by this time be an unpleasant
thought.”
The Post published an article a
column lonz on the American etfort
to counter balance Russia's defection.
“If it takes ten times 500,000 men
to get even with the Hun, America
will send them,” said the Express.
Word was received in Atlanta early
this week of the safe arrival in Eng
land of the 325th and 326th Regiments
of the Eighty-second Division, from
Camp Gordon, and it is presumed
here that these units participated in
the historic parade through the streets
of London.
Although the men composing these
organizations come from all sections
of the United States, resulting ih the
division being given the designation
of the All-American division through
a name contest conducted by The
Georgian shortly before their depar
ture, their officers are made up very
largely of Southern men, and many
of the best homes of Atlanta are rep- |
resented with members among the
men in commani
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Guynemer’s Teammate
Nears Record of Dead
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‘Ace’ With 39 Victims
(By International News Service)
PARIS, May 11.—By destroying
six German aeroplanes Thursday
Sub-Lieutenant Rene Fonck today
leads the French air service, his
score of victories totaling thirty
nine, against Lieutenant Charles
Nungesser's thirty-four, and
nearly reaching Guynemer’'s rec
ord. Fonck avenged his team
mate’ Guynemer, a few days after
the Gerinan alimain Wissner shot
down the French super-ace near |
Poelcapelle in September, by ‘
shooting down Wissner within the
Allied lines near Dixmude.
Fonck’s progress has been the
fastest attaized by any aviator,
he commencing as a fighting pilot
less than a year ago, He is re
garded as showing the finsst tech
nique in air fighting of all pilots,
with the possible exception of
Jean Navarre. Fonck's maneu
vers are so clever that he seldom
gets a German machine gun bullet
or a shrapnel splinter in the wings
of his machine.
(By International MNews Service.)
AMSTERDAM, May 11.—Germany
is shifting troops from the west to
Russia, according to information re
ceived today from a frontier corre
spondent, He reported the arrival of
laree contingents of Bavarian cavalry
at Liege from the Flanders front.
The Bavarians were on their way
to Ukrainia, and the coyrespondent
was told that the war I 8 to be renewed
there.
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rainia in lurmotil,
German Leaders Told
WASHINGTON, May 11.—Ukrainia,
thrown into a turmoil because of in
terference by Germany with the inter
nal affairs of the country, is on the
verge of anarchy.
This was the outstanding feature of
an official Ukrainian report read to
the Reihcstag committee by Herr
Schiedemann, according to the Ger
man newspaper Vorwaerts, a trans
lation of which was made public by
the State Department this afternoon.
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Agrarian Troubles
Reported in Ukrainia
(By International News Service.) {
PARIS, May 11.—The Austro-Ger
man press states that agrarian trou
bles have broken out in Ukrainia, no
tably at Nicolaieff, Kharkow and
Kiev, sald a Zurich dispatch today.
The Germans accuse the Bolshevlkil
of stirirng up the masses. ,
French Make Gains
On Picardy Front
‘PARIS, May 11.—Ground was
gained by the French northwest of
Orvillers and Sorrel (on the Picardy
front opposite Amiens) in the course
of minor opefations in the night, the
War Office announced today.
A violent artillery struggle raged
throughout the night in the sectors of
Grivesnes and Mailley-Raineval.
More than 50 prisoners were cap
tured by the French, and a number of
successful raids were carried out in
various sectors of the Picardy battle
zone and elsewhere.
The text of the communique fol
lews:
“There was a severe artillery com
bat during the night. It was most
violent in the sectors of Grivesnes
and Balilly-Raineval.
“As a result of minor operations on
the line of Bois de Moreuil, north
west of Orvillers and Sorrel, we gained
ground. Thirty-nine prisoners and
several machine guns were captured
by us there. ;
“The Germans tried to recapture the
ground in a counter attack, but were
repulsed. ‘
“Southeast of Montdidier and in the
gectors of 'Thiacourt and Saplgneul}
and on the Woevre plain we raided
German trenches, capturing a few
prisoners and some war materials.” |
Americans are on the battle front
south of Montdidier and are also
rolding part of the line in the \\'oe\'rei
district.
ON TRAINS
FIVE CENTS.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, May 11,—The ailied line
has been advanced northeast of Lo
cre, the British War Office announced
today.
(Locre lies about five miles south
west of Ypres, on the West Flanders
front, amidst the hills that the Ger
mans have vainiy been trying to eap
ture. The village itself was recently
taken by the French in a storm at
tack. ‘ L
A few German prisoners were calii
tured.
' Successful ‘raids were carried ou
in the night west of Merville, where
other prisoners were taken.
The text of the official report fol
lows:
“French troops advanced our line
slightly on Friday evening northeast
of Locre and captured several prison
ers,
“We made successful raids west of
Merville during the night and took a
few prisoners there as well as a ma
chine gun. y
“The cnemy attempted a raid east
of Ypres, but it was broken up by our
fire.” % :
U. 8. Guns Pave Way
For Raid by French
By NEWTON C, PARKE, é
Staff Correspondent of the. Inter- |
national News Service.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY,
IN FRANCE, May 10 (Delayed.)—
American artillery this morning co
operated with the French guns in
preparing the way for a French rald
in the sector of the Apragmnont forest
(on the Woevre plain), ~ .
The bombardment lasted two hours
and was so intense that it was plainly
heard in Toul, between sixteen and
seventeen miles. : 2
Previous to the raid, the Americans
on the French right flank created a=
infantry diversion. Our patrol ens .
tered the village of Apremont, bu"’tv
found no Germans. It returned
through a barrage fire that the Ger
man batteries iaid down. :
Another American” patrol cut the
outer entanglements in front of the
German trenches. The men were
working on the heavy inner line, ten
yards from the German trep-:| when
twenty Germans attacked with bombs,
rifles and automatics. The Americans
returned the fire for fifteen minutes
when they heard Cerman reinforca
ments running along the duck boaris
of their trenches. Then-they retirad,
‘not having sustained any casualt
~ In the preliminary bombard t
the Germans countered, throwing nu=,
merous gas shells. =
A German plan for an attack near
Apremont village with flame throw‘;:,v
ers was knocked into a cocked hat by
our guns, it was learned from Ger-y
man prisoners captured by the Frene!
in Apremont forest. g
Prisoners recently captured by th
Americans northwest of T'oul divulged *
that the Germans were bringing up
flame throwers and placing them be-.*
hind Apremont preparatory to an at-:
tack, whereupon American "artillery™
threw over an assortment of pro- =
jectiles, and fine results were report
ed. The prisoners taken today com- @
firmed the reports fully. Sui
Before our patrol made its unmo- &
lested tour of Apremont village thig
morning a private made a daylight
jaunt into Apremont on his own hook,
This private learned yesterday after
noon there was to be something dving
and expecting his lieutenant would re- =
connoiter, decided to beat him to it.
He crawled across No Man's. Land in
daylight to the outskirts of Apremont
and returned, reporting there were
only a few Germans there. :
When the patrol entered this marn
ing the men crept in on both sides.
One group heard two Germans ap
proaching and tried to capture them.
The boches crept away. It is now be
lieved they formed a German outpost
in the village and that they signaled
for the German barrage, which was
put down when the Americans had
reached a point only 100 yards from
the German wire,
The visibility was bad today, but
planes were up on the Lorraine and
Meuse River fronts,
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