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FRENCH AND BRITISH PUSH ON;
17,000 MEN, 200 GUNS TAKEN
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—lt is a
fair assumption that the great num
ber of American troop® that have
been brigaded with the British has)
made the present drive possible, Sec
retary of War Baker declared this
afternoon. i
The Secretary made it plain that
he had no official knowledge that the|
Americans were taking part in the
actual fighting, but pointed out that
if they are not they probably have
been sent to strengthen other parts
of the line and thus made it possible
for the British to throw their entire
man power into the thrust.
Discussing the new offensive, the
Secretary sald it was progressing
with great rapidity and that the pen
etration of the enemy’s lines has been
greater than in any recent drive, al
though over not so wide a front. The
‘War Department was without any of
ficial reports regarding details of the
thrust, said the Secretary, but it was
apparent that the progress so far
made has been striking. |
Bill Aimed at Rent ‘
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—A bill
aimed at profiteer and providing for
the ‘“requisitioning of all rights and
interests and regulation of rentals, in
industrial centers, navy yards and
other places where Government agen
cies exist,”” has been approved by La
bor Administrator Felix Frankfurter
and will be presented to the President
for approval, the war labor board
policies board announced today. The
bill places this authority in the hands
of the President.
Under the terms of the bill, rentals
could be fixed for war workers, and
if these rentals are exceeded the‘
houses and property in question could
be ‘requisioned” by the President.
“It having been found,” said the an
nouncement, “that extortionate rent
als exacted from wage workers and@
others engaged in essential industries
necessary to the war have been re- |
sponsible for a great deal of industrial
unrest.”
Recrfifi:ing to Wait
On New Draft Bill
The local recruiting offices, in the
Federal Building, received notice Fri
day entirely to discontinue recruit
ing for all branches of the service
pending disposition of the bill now
before Congress to extend the draft
so as to include all ages between 18
and 45 years.
The object of the order suspending
recruiting is to prevent a rush of men
over 31 years to the service from nec
essary industries. The War Depart
ment was afraid that sych men would
try to enlist rather than wait to be
drafted later and would cripple ine
dustries by leaving.
Garrett-Heads U. S.
War Prison E
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—George
W, Garrett, American Minister to The
Hague, will head the American com
mission which will confer at Berne
next month with a German commis
sion on the maintenance, treatment
and exchange of prisoners of war of
the two countries, it was announced
thig afternoon.
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Yankee Flyer Falls
Feet When Bird
2,000 Feet When Bir
Smashes Propeller
. (By International News Service.)
PARIS, Aug, 9.—Grenviile
Keogh, of New Rochelle, N. Y., an
aviator attached to a French
squadron, narrowly escaped death
and a French captain observer
was killed, wihen a bird broke the
propeller and caused his machine
to fall 2,000 feet on the French
front, it was learned today.
The peculiar accident occurred
while Keogh was banking his
plane. As the propeller broke
the machine fell sideways. Una
ple to right it or choose a land
ing place, Keogh crashed into a
rocky field. The French observer
captain was huried from the ma
chine and was killed when his
head struck a boulder.
Keogh escaped injury except
for a scratch on his arm where
he was struck by a fragment
from the engine. He was ?ken
to Paris to be treated, Thé ac
cident happened on Keogh's sec
ond flight since he returned to the
front from America, where he be
came engaged to Miss Pallen, of
New Rochelle,
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100,000 White Men
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug, 9.—A call for
100,000 white selective service men to
3join the colors for general military
service was issued today by Provost
Marshal General Crowder. They will
entrain during the period from Au
gust 26 to 30.
Forty-three States were asked to
furnish quotas under this call, which
is the largest issued during August.
Secretary Baker told the committee
members that when the House con
vened on August 9 he hoped for the
speedy passage of .the bill, so. that it
will be in shape by September 5, the
date set by the War Department for
the joint registration and drawing
day. The Secretary explained that
after careful study he had agreed
with General March to the extension
of the draft ages as necessary to in
sure against invasion of the deferred
classes of the present draft.
Senator Thomas, of Colorado, an
nounced this afternoon that he would
offer an amendment to the bill pro
viding that any worker who absents
himself from his work for a period of
five days will forfeit any deferred
classification he may enjoy as a result
of his employment and become liable
to immediate induction into the army.
This was accepted as a blow at
strikes.
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Body of Slain Man
Exhumed for Data
Acting on orders issued by the Ful
ton Superior Court, the body of Elgin
Stewart, 40, who was killed Sunday
afternoon at Pryor and Decatur
street by J. L. Gibson, deputy sheriff
of Walton County, was taken from
the grave at Conyers, Ga., and an
examination made Thursday after
noon.
The examination was for the pur
pose of gathering data for the court
as to the wounds, where the bullet en
tered the body, ete.
Stewart, who was formerly em
ployed by a local drug house, was
charged by Gibson with having
“wrecked his home."”
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‘ By HENRY G. WALES,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE MARNE-VESLE FRONT, Aug.
B—(Night).—Picked German shock
troops unsuccessfully attempted four
times today to drive back the Ameri
can troops holding the bridgehead
established on the north bank of the
Vesle River at Fismes.
General von Boehm launched his
heaviest attack soon after daybreak
with 400 picked men from the grena
dier and Prussian Guard forces. He
ordered them to regain the river bank
at all costs. :
American machine guns, however,
poured so deadly a fire from the
rnorthern outskirts of Fismes and the
northern side of the Soissons-Rheims
high road in the region of Bazoches
that the- German attack was broken
down. i
The enemy continues to hold Ba
zoches technically, as he has drench- ‘
ed the town with gas in his determi
nation to keep the Allies out, but he
is unable to live there himself, mere- ‘
ly maintaining a cordon of machine
gunners at the edge of Fismes. |
Despite enemy gasses, Krupp bat
teries and the shelling of hack areas
by long-range enemy guns, allied en- ‘
gineers have succeeded in establish
ing a bridge across the Vesle. Enemy ‘
aircraft and artillery failed to stop |
them.
Our artillery also successfully grap- ‘
pled with the barbed wire entangle-i
ments which the boches placed along
the river bed tc prevent its fording
during the Franco-British ot’fensive;
in the Montdidier salient. |
Auto Makers Must
.
Engage in War Work
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—Manufac
turers of pleasure automobiles must
engage in 100 per cent war work by
January 1, the war industries board
today informed the National Automo
bile Chamber of Commerce,
The board so notified the manufac
turers in a letter made public today.
The letter pointed out that nothing
could be promised in the way of ma
terials or labor and that it was
thought for the best interests of the
manufacturers to engage in war work
exclusively if they wanted their busi
ness kept going and their organiza
tions preserved.
106 Slackers Bagged
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In Pike County, Ky.
(By International News Service.)
LEXINGTON, KY., Aug. 9.—With
the arrest in Pike County of 106 army
deserters and slackers, captured in
the mountains, Sheriff R. H. Sowards
believes he has broken up a gang of
outlaws that has been terrorizing the
eastern section of the State for sev
eral months.
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Two Casualties in
Navy Announced
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—Two cas
ualties were announced by the Navy
Department today. J. T. Gillespie,
seaman, U. S. N, R. F.,, Kansas City,
died yesterday from injuries received
aboard the U. 8. 8. Alabama. Ed
Stanley E. Signer, yeoman, U. S. N,,
R. F., Chicago, was drowned August 4
at the Great L.gkes gtation.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1918
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Germans Strip Body
Of Dead Avi
ead U. S. Aviator
Of Clothes and Tag
By NEWTON C. PARKE,
Staff gorrespondent of International
News Service,
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE AISNE-MARNE
FRONT Aug. 9.—The body of the
American aviator who disappear
ed July 15 was found yesterday
south of Dormans. It had been
completely stripped or all cloth
ing by the Germans and even its
identification tag had been done
away with. The body was not
buried,
The Americans identified the
aviator by his cap, which was
wisgctvived under the wreckage of
his machine near by, and which
evidently had been overlooked by
the Germans.
Several wrecked German planes
have been found in the last few
days by the Americans in newly
conquered ground. The boche had
to retreat so fast he could not
bury his dead. g
A heavy mist and occasional
showers interfered with aerial
work yesterday.
MACON, Aug. 9.—Several promo
tions of officers of the 122 d Infantry,
formerly the Fifth Georgia, have been
‘made, as follows: Lieutenants pro
‘moted to be captains, John B. Sut
‘tles, Eugene Oberdorfer, Jr., Carl 8,
Wetterstein, Warren P. Lowe, Wil
liam 1.. Lyon, Almond Morgan and
Perry H. Callahan. To bc first lieu
tenanes, James G. Patten, Jr.,, Joseph
H. Williams, Jr., Morris Braher, Wil
liam R. Dabney. Stuart Orr and Har
ry D. Smith.
Eight captains of the division be
came mujors as follows:
Captain John M. Howard, 121st In
fantry; Captain William W. Dick,
122 d Infantry; Captain Martin C.
Pittman, 123 d Infantry; Capatin Cliff
C. Price, 123 d Infantry; Captain Ar
nold W. Ellis, 114th Infantry; Cap
tain Thad C. Powett, 117th Machine
Gun Battalion; Captain Henry L. Ba-
Ler, 124th Infantry.
Stockbridge Man Die
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From Pistol Wounds
J. Walter Hightower, widely known
in the Stockbridge, Ga., section, died
Thursday night at the Atlanta Hos-{
pital from pistol wounds inflicted
during an altercation with Carleton
Hendeson at Stockbridge last Mon-‘
day. A major operation failed to save
the life of Hightower. ‘
Henderson was arrested immedi
ately following the shooting and was
brought to the Fulton Tower, where
he is held. He was said to have been
a stranger in Stockbridge. It is not
known there what the fatal quarrel
was about.
‘Whi ' Fai
ite Guards’ Fail
To Start Uprising
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 9—The White
Guard troops which recently occupied
Joroslav have been driven out and
have taken refuge at Rybinsk, where
they attempted to create an uprising
against the Bolsheviki, said a Rus
sian wireless dispatch this afternoon.
. The dispatch said that the White
Guards were repulsed and that the
Bolshevik forces have occupied Syz
ran and Bugulma (two Russian local
‘ governments).
It was reported that the Czech-
Slavs and White Guards were retir
ing in the Stavropol distriet.
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Health of Troops
In Camps Is Good
} (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.—The gen
‘eral health of troops in camps in the
United States continues to be satis
factory, Surgeon General Gorgas an
nounced today. In all larger camps
'where new men are being received
‘measles is prevalent and pneumonia
shows an increase of 34 cases over
the preceding week. There was a
slight increase in the number of
deaths, the announcement showed, 109
last week as compared with 104 of the
preceding week.
Death of Young Beck
Deplored by Senate
Resolutiong deploring the death of
'Marcus W, Beck, Jr., son of Judge
Marcus W. Beck, of the Georgia Su
preme Court, who was killed in ac
tion in France on June 6, were adopt
ed Friday morning by the State Sen
ate, A copy of the resolution will be
sent to the family and another spread
on the journal of the Senate.
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By BERT FORD,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY ON
THE AMIENS FRONT, Aug. 9, 1:30
p. m.—Between 9,000 and 10,000 pris
orers, including 150 officers, amongi
them a major general and several‘
colonels, and 150 large guns have been
captured by the Franco-British forces
in their new offensive against the
Germans. j
: A vast quantity of other war ma
‘terial has also been taken in the ter
rific drive.
In some places British cavalry has
penetrated the Geyman lines to a
maximum depth of twelve mik
fighting continued all g e line
‘today, with the Britigl¥®till advanc
ing Yesterday's gajissveraged seven
miles over a front, 0,000 yvards. |
Owing to the gn fighting which
was largely due the topography of
the ground, thg@@Fitish have used the
largest force 8 cavalry and light
tanks ever ejiioved in the war. A
large number S#¥German machine gun
nests were wi out by these forces.
In their drivg@@against the forces of
General von Higller, the British also
employed a stro orce of motors, on
which were mount®snachine guns.
Every modern appliance eome e
was used in the initial stages of the
drive.
The ground recaptured is territory
taken by the Germans in March and
embraces a score of villages. The
cavalry patrols alone captured a
number of villages late yesterday.
German prisoners taken expressed
pleasure over their capture,
So far the British have taken pris
oners from every German regiment
among the German divisions whichi
they attacked. Two German divisions
were being relieved when the British
drive started, showing the attack was |
a surprise. Some of the prisoners,
however, said an attack by the Brit
ish on a smaller scale was expected
‘four days ago, evidently prompting
the recent retaking of ground cap
hured by Australians.
' The sight of British artillery clat
tering over the plateau and the horses
being unhitched as the guns were
swung into action agalnst the Ger
man 3 was inspiring. The guns im
mediately would pegin to send shells
screaming into the German lines.
They would continue to blaze away
for 30 minutes, when they again
would be wheeled forward, to new
positions.
The British advanced so quickly
that German soldiers were found
asleep in dugouts. Badly wounded
English soldiers claimed they were
'shot by Germans wearing the bras
‘sard of the Red Cross.
i It was a spectacular sight ag the
‘oavnlry charged through the fog,
‘across the fields and over the hills.
Finally the sun broke hrough.
The British continued to make
steady progress, gaining every ob
jective early in the afternoon.
There was a grueling infantry
clash in the first “snake bend” of the
Somme River, but the British ad
vance went through without a hitch.
The morale of the British soldiers
was wonderful. The hurts of the
wounded were quickly boind up with
orn shirts and tunics and they went
’buck to the rear with smiles of sat
is faction on their faces,
The Germans were too busy to re
turn the shelling of the Allied guns.
| It was a great day for the Eng
}lish airmen. 'l_‘hvy were astir at day
break, swarming over the roads in
tht German rear, where transports
and fleeing columns of German troops
were showered with bombs.
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British Premier’s
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Fighting Through
Speech Is Cheered
(By International News Service.)
ONDON, Aug. 9—“ We pro-
L pose to fight it through to
the end,” declared Premier
Lloyd George in a speech at Neath
today at a Welsh celebration.
Ringing cheers greeted the Pre
mier,
“The word is full steam ahead,”
he continued, “until the gods de
cree that the sun shine again in
a land of real peace and there is
no apprehension of sinister plot
tings by forces always ready to
start the slaughter again.
“We have a right to feel confi
dent, for there is great news.”
“The Franco-British attack is
one ray of light in the tunnel
which the Allies are traveling,”
continued the Premier. “It means
we have traveled so many miles
nearer the end. We may have
dark days ahead; nevertheless, let
us keep up our spirits.
“It is the spirit of the people that
counts for victory. And in that
victory there will be no tearing up
nor greed; yea, no vengeance.
“Keep steady and all will be
well.”
“The tide of the battle has
turned,” the Premier declared in a
speech on his way to Neath, “The
Wy has done his worst,” he
cMginued. “He could'not do more
than he has done. If we hold to
gether, we will win the greatest
triumph for liberty the world has
ever seen.”
In Rainbow Division I
Slain on Baitlefield
Archie H. Wooley, an Atlanta
boy, was killed in action with the
Rainbow Division between July
18 and July 24, according to an
official telegram received Friday
by his mother, Mrs, Laura Pal
mer, of No. 99 West Baker street.
Wooley was a private of the
Eighteenth Battalion of the fa
mous division which was the first
_ American detachment to go to |
, Europe as thig nation’s message |
of hope. He was 24 years old,
and until he enlisted in April,
1917; just as the war began, he
worked as a machinist with the
Southern Iron and £quipment
Company. He was reared in
Atlanta, and attended the Wil
liams Street School.
Besides his mother, young
Wooley is survived by a brother,
Clarence, and a sister, Mrs. Ada
Thomas, of Columbus, Ga.
News of another casualty not in
the official lists, reached Atlanta
Friday.
Alfred W, Kroeber, of the Sixth
United States Marines, in the
same regiment as Corporai Mar
cus W. Beck, Jr., whose death
was made public Thursday, was
reported severely wounded. He is
the son of Mrs. H. P. Kroeber, No.
149 Simpson street and a brother
of D, J. and A. F. Kroeber.
Young Kroeber formerly was an
employee of the H. G. Hasti
Company and had wnrw
American Hat Ma) acturing
Company. He enlisted in the ma
rines in May, 1917, and was sent
to Paris Island for training. He
sailed about nine months ago.
Alfred Kroeber wrote his moth
er an interesting letter describing
how he nad gone over the top thaus
morning and had received a bul
let through the thigh, which jus
missed the bone. He was. writly ¢
from the hospital, and his le 1
was dated July 23. a 9
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More BrilliangfDays
A .
Ahead forthe Allies
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(By Intern&tional News Service.)
LONDON/” Aug 9.—More brilliant
days are ahead for the Allies, accord
ing to Reuter's correspondent at the
front,
Another dispatch from the British
field headquarters points out that
German reaction may be expected.
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(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 9. (8:05 P. M.)—British troops are
reported to have entered Rosieres (three and one-half miles
west of Chaulnes) in a late dispatch from the Picardy front.
The report stated that Lihon still remained in the hands
of the Germans.
(Indications earlier in the day were that Lihon was
among the towns taken by Allied forces in their new offen
sive on the Picardy front.)
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 9 (7:25 P. M.).—The French have
made a further advance of four miles, fighting o na nine
mile front, in the new offensive in Picardy, the Interna
tional News Service learned tonight on the highest author
ity.
The Germans have recaptured Chipilly after fierce
fighting.
The French troops have taken Arvillers, the report
stated, and the Canadians have captured Warvillers.
By EARLE C. REEVES,
Staff Correspondent of the International News Service.
LONDON, Aug. 9, (4:30 p. m.).—Seventeen thousand
Germans have been captured in the drive on the Picardy
front, including 4,000 by the French, it was learned late this
afternoon.
More than 200 guns have been captured. French troops
have taken Hangst, Contoire and Pierre Pont. The Cana
dians have taken Beaufort.
German rear guards were most active against the allied troops
on eight miles of a twenty-mile front at the time of filing of this
dispatch.
The heaviest fighting is taking place between Morlancourt and
Chipilly.
Near Chipilly the British were unable to maintain all their
gains, but on the remainder of the front the Canadians and French
went forward more than two miles this afternoon. ;
The Allied infantry line at noon ran from Morlancourt,
Chipilly, Harbonnieres, Caix, Beaufort, Hangest, Cointaire and
Pierrepont.
The chief achievement of the new drive enables the Allies to
use the Amiens-Paris railway immediately. The objective now is
the capture of Chaulnes, which would force the Germans to retire
between Montdidier and the Oise.
There have been no reports as yet of Americans participating
in the drive. Some big German reaction is expected tomorrow,
but the main Allied push is not yet over.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 9, (5:50 p. m.).—General retreat by the Ger
mans is indicated by the wholesale destruction of munition dumps
d stores, said a Reuter dispatch from the front late this aster
n The Franco-British casualties are reported to ‘be three-fifths
of thiggmumber of prisoners counted.
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NDON, Aug. 9 (4:00 P. M.)—The British battle line i=
rdy now runs east of Morlancourt (which the British have
ptured) past Chipilly, across the Somme River east of Morcourt,
thence southward to Harbonnieres and Caix to the Amiens-Roye
road in the Mezieres sector, and to the Plessier-Bezainvillers-Lanou
ville zone, according to advices from the front this afternoon.
(Plessier-Rozainvillers was captured by the French during the
night.)
11-Mile Advance
Made by Allies
By EARLE C. REEVES,
Staff Corrspondent of International
News Service.
LONDON, Aug. 9—(l p. m)—
British and French troops have
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smashed their way through the Ger
man line east of Amiens for eleven
miles at the farthest point, it was
learned by the International News
Service today. .
Detachments of cavalry and tanks
are progerssing four miles in ad
vance of the infantry.
Advices from the front this after-
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