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VOL. XVi
ALLIES WIN LOCAL SUCCESSES
FOCH IS PREPARING TO STRIKE ELSEWHERE
GERMANY IS PLANNING
MONARCHY IN RUSSIA
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(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 18.—*“I think the
ultimate idea of the Germans in Rus
sia is the establishment of some sort
of Russian monarchy,” declared Lord
Robert Cecil in answer to the ques
tion whether he believed that the
Germans had any definitely prepared
plan in the even of the fall of the
Bolsheviki Government.
“T think Germany's present idea,”
said Lord Cecil, “is to keep Russia
as much disturbed as possible, her
first object being to get food from
there and her second object being
to prevent Russia from arising and
uniting to reattack Germany. If Ger
many sees no definite change in Rus
sia, she will continue to dominate
and further disorganize and then try
to restore a mor~nrchy,
“Kven before the war it was Ger
many's whole plan to render Russia
subservient to her, to get Russia's
raw materials and flood that empire
with German amnufacture. Germany
has carried off all machinery from
Russia as she did in Belgium. This
sconomical wrong Germany has com
mitted because she prefers poor
neighbors instead of rich.
“We have had no direet news from
Russia for a fortnight except rumors
which I can not substantiate, These
are that the Bolsheviki are in some
kind of agreement with the Germans
whereby the latter are to help re
store the DBolsheviki power in South
ern Russia in return for which the
Rolsheviki are to obtain wheat there
for Germany It is even suggested
that German troops be dispatched to
Siberia on the pretext of looking after
the Austrian and German prisoners
and incidentally outsing the (zecho-
Slovaks
“The Bolshevik and German inter
ests being the same, I see no reason
why they should not pool their in
terests.”
Columbus May Get
.
Big School of Arms
COLUMBUS, Aug. 1i A special to
The Enquirer-Sun from Wasghing*ton
gays that the War Department nas
finally selected Columbus as the site
for rew infantry school of arms to
bring approximately 25,000 men here,
Columbus was selected because of ad
vantageous rail facilities, the large
tracts of land available and a climate
permitting all-year-round training.
The contract for the construction Is
expected to be announced soon It
will be a permanent institution, at
which infantry officers wiil be
trudr ed.
The camp will be located on several
thousand acres lying between the
Céntral and Southern Rallway sys
tems east of the city and the ranges
between Columbus and Buena Vista,
. . .
2 British Destroyers
Are Sunk by Mines
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 17.—Two Blitish
destroyers have been sunk by mines
the Admiralty announced tonight
Twen.y-six persons are missing. One
man died of wounds. %
The destfgyers were sunk on
Thursday. '
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' Allies on Way to
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| Definite Victory, |
. Says Clemenceau
g (By Agence Radio to the Interna- ?
g tional News Service.) 3
PARIE, Aug. 17.—The Allies are §
2 well on the way to definite victory, |
g said Premier Clemenceau, of :
{ France, in an interview given to ¢
! a correspondent of El Sol, of%
é Madrid, according to a dispatch ¢
% from the Spanish capital today. :
The French Premier was quoted !
further as saying: s
“The significance of the battle is
' that the Allies’ military policy has
é produced some marvelous results.
It will continue unfailing and res- ¢
olutely toward definite victory, ¢
which is now well on the way. ¢
The battle has resulted in a mag- (\
¢ nificent victory."
¢ (“The battle” referred to by Pre- ¢
§ mier Clemencesu is evidently the !
victorious fighting which began .
g with the Allied counter offensive ¢
¢ on the Aisne-Marne front on July ¢
¢ 18, and was continued on the Pic
ardy tront on August 8.) ¢
The French Premier, in his in- ¢
¢ terview, paid high tribute to thef
% French and American soldiers. 2
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America Will Have
No € ise P
0 Lompromise reace,
Lewis Assures French
By JOHN McHUGH STUART,
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.
PARIS, Aug. 17.—"“America wil
continue to fight for justice and
the liberty of nations, with never
a thought of a compromise peace
that would leave Prussia equipped
to return to the assault on nations
that entered the struggle to pi%v
vent Germany from demolishing
France and Great Britain.”
This declaration was made by
Senator James Hamilton Lewis,
of lllinois, in a 4 dinner speech here
today.
“l have been questioned, con
tinued Senator Lewis,” whether
America will fight on should the
prospect of peace arise that would
be a compromise with ~ontentions
on which America is insisting.
“France and the world must
know and understand that Amer
ica did not enter the war with
out measuring the extent she
must go to establish the princi
ples for which our lives are be
ing given.
“France and the world need
never doubt that America's posi
tion will be every sacrifice for lib
erty and no compromise with des
potism."”
Senator Lewis praised Henri
Tardieu, General Pershing and
Marshal Foch for the glorious
work they are doing. He in
spected the front and talked with
a number of natives of Illinois.
The Senator's speech was ac
cepted in political circles as a
very important utterance, in view
of the close relaticns existing be
tween him and the Wilson admin
ietration. To some extent it was
regarded as “America’s answer to
the peace whine from across the
Rhine.”
Darmstadt Bombed
By Allied Airmen
(By International News Service.)
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 17.--Darm
stadt, a town of considerable size in
Western Germany, has been violently
attacked by Allled airmen, according
to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch,
Considerable damage is reported.
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! WASHINGTON, Aug, 18.—The follow
|ing casualties are reported by the
| Commanding General of the American
iEx]’»edmonmy Forces:
l.Kilk-(’l D GCLIOIR " (bR oo vo o a 0
Missing ‘I aetin v e R AT 128
l“’ounded BOVREEEY . .ivinritniniics IO
{Died of WOURAS ......fioovencsviosss 18
SRR Ot MRS .. .. okt W
ll)ied of accidents and other causes 3
i Died of airplane accident .......... 1
Wounded, degree undetermined ..... 37
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| Ten Georgians are mentioned in the
list, as follows:
Private Grover W. Calhoun, killed in
action; Corporal William I. Holton, Mil
ledgeville; Privates Ulysses 8. Grant,
Dalton, and Homer A. McLeod, Moultrie,
missing in action; Private Moses T.
Baker, Funston, wounded severely; Pri
vates Emory 8. Clark, Haddock, and
Quillian V. Hayes, Lindale, died of
wounds; Privates Charles E. Howe, Cot
!ton: lLouis Marshall, Byron, and Frank
H. Burnett, Macon, wounded, degree
undetermined
KILLED IN ACTION.
‘ Lieutenant Colonel:
| LIEBMAN, Morris N......... New York
{ Sergeants:
| EVANS, Frederick ... Lawrence, Mass.
iFRYDELUND, John O. Albert Lea, Minn
|LAW, James Wi11iam...... Philadelphia
:LIGHTFOOT, Cullle ....Fierro, N. Mex
iV!CKERY, William Henry, Hogan, Mont.
|CIRAVEGNA, Louis A,
‘ Souisbyville, Cal.
| FOSTER, Otto veiss s Arlington, VL
%FRIEDMAN. Maurice H.,
! Roxbury, Mass.
[HALL, walter R............P0m0na, Md.
‘iKENDALL. Clarence M,. .Barnet, Vt,
| KNASK, Frank J. & Cleveland, O.
| Corporals:
| GLACKMAN, George Flatrock, Ind.
| KEARSE, Alonza . Ehrhardt, 8. C.
| WALLINSFORD, Jim T, .
Blytheville, Ark:
Privates:
|CALHOUN, Grover W. ....Morgan, Ga,
'CAYA. Alvy A.. . Prairie Du Chien, Wis.
lEDWARDS. Philip ....Naugatuck, Conn.
ERICKSON, Albert A,
Cumberland, Wis.
FAUST, Charles M.. Cuyahoga Falls, O.
HENDERSON, John T,
I Cambridge, Mass.
HOLSTIN, Erven R.. Brownland, W, Va.
iuoucnsws. carl J.....L0rt0n, Neb,
HYMAN, Hubert A..... Bakersfield, Vt
‘JANSKI. Jenen Syracuse, N. Y,
‘JACKSON, Otis C......Creensburg, Ind,
| LANDE, Armin ..... Jackson, Minn,
| LORD, Ralph J. ......Marlboro, Masa.
McVEY, Joseph E..... .St. Marys, Kans
MARTIN, Harold Wiillam,
Montague, Mass,
MEYERS, Wilfred ... Florence, Wis,
MUNROE, George .. Easthampton, Mass.
PETERSON, Peter T. ... Milnor, N, D.
{ PURSLEY, Clarence O...Luclen, Okla.
REID, Willard shii i rnesi S
t RICCI, Luigl vooeeeCastellalto, Italy
‘SALITZKV. Joseph ....Brooklyn, N. Y.
{SCATTOLINI, Nagarino, Ansonia, Conn,
ISMITH. Glen A, ........Farragut, lowa
SOLES, Councll ..........Tabor, N. C.
STEVENS, Howard L....... Fayette, Me,
WALKER, Clyde Woodson, Texas
WHITEMAN, Frank C,....Ti1t0n, N, H,
BRAWLEY, James C,, Jr.. . Philadelphia
BRYSON, Reed C. ..... Millvale, Pa.
CODUTI, Phillp ......Valfortore, Italy
BINITTO, Vincenzo .....Rocelsan, Italy
COUTURE, Ernest . .Augusta, Me,
CRANDELL, Samuel ...Brooklyn, N. Y,
:FELINSKV. Joseph ..Tuchem, Russia
;KELLEV. Michael F. Watertown, Mass,
MOFFA, Guisipp! Forremaszszivil, Italy
NADEAU, Diamond L... Nashua, N. H
NOLAN, William G, .Shenandoah, la.
PERKINS, Byron R.. Springfield, Mass,
IPIDI'H. Stephen ......SBtruthers, Ohio
Continued on Page 2, Column 1,
MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1918.
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By GEORGE GARVIN, 1
| Staff Correspondent of the Interna
‘ tional News Service. {
for WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—The Al-i
jied Governments, including the
lUnlted States, must strengthen their
, Polish attitude. Diplomats here who
sure entirely familiar with the sub
i ject made this plain tonight. This
iaction will be forced by the con
‘ certed action agreed upon by the Ger
! man and Austrian Emperors at their
{ recent conference, announcement of
iwhich has just been made.
! The so-called Austrian solution of
the Polish problem calls for the crea
tion of a United Poland under Aus
trian rule. The new king is tg be
selected from the ranks of the Aus
trian archdukes. To offset this, it
was pointed out, the Allies must sup
piement the Versailles declaration of
June 3 with a positive line of action
to hold the Poles to their cause,
It is admitted in diplomatic ecir
| cles here that the plans of the Ger
! man High Command to combine Rus
lslan Poland with the Province of
Silesia has been the chief factor in
‘kw‘mng alive anti-German sentiment
in Poland But for that the Poles
Iwould by this time have been allied
with the Central Powers But offi
cials and diplomats here today in
sisted that as a+result of the an
nouncement by Germany that Poland
is to be independent, the Allies can
be depended on to act on their own
initiative to placate the Poles
throughout the world
Triple Division of
Austria Proposed
(By Agence Radio to the International
News Service.)
BERNE, Aug. 17— The splitting up
of the Austro-Hungarlan empire into
| a confederation of three States, ac
cording to nationalities, is to be pro
rosed by Premier Hussarek of Ause
tria, according to Vienna dispatches
printed In German newspapers
The States are to be German, Hun
garian and Czecho-Slay Polish, ac
]
cording to information recelved here
today.
Minor points in the proposed trans
formation of the Austro-Hungarian
“mpire into a thrge-gtate monarchial
confederation are in the direction of
parliamentary development and a
central government by means of par
liamentary commissions from each
state in question affecting them Jjoint.
ly. It is said that the confederation
scheme has the approval of Emperor
Charles and the support of the Aus
trian Parliament. The Germans are
said to be skeptieal, but Vienna is re
ported very hopeful that this will be a
solution, ‘
A somewhat similar proposition wi'hl
regard to Poland falled in 1916 It
was then proposed to make PPoland rhv‘
' third of a tri-state Austrian mnn-|
lnr«-hy. but falied because 21 the op
position of Hungary.
Dr. Muehlon Brands
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- Germans as Brutal
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¢ By Universal Service,
¢ LONDON, Aug. 18.
D R. MUEHLEN, the former director of Krupps, shows plainly
§ in his diary that the atrocities which German soldiers
¢ committed in Belgium were known of in Germany. He says in
{ one ]»lzu"-: .
$ ““Our soldiers have taken to looting and plundering,
§ pillaging to a very serious extent. They force they way
) into a house and démand all it contains, extorting com
{ pliance from the inhabitants at the point of the bayonet or
; by threatening to eut their throats. They take by no means
§ only food, but money and valuables and sometimes the most
¢ useless and extraordinary things.
;)' ““The cattle, too, are often driven off without any necessity
i and then left to die.
L ‘“Motor cars, ammunition wagons and other vehicles are
¢ stuffed full of property looted in this way.
{ ‘“The truth is that the soldiers have become brutalized.
! They have incessantly fired upon the population and ravaged
{ so many villages that they have lost all sense of proportion and
% all power of judging what is and what is not permissible in war.”’
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‘ (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—Distri
!:nmon of mail to the American ex
| peditionary forces in France has been
!r‘ntirely taken over by the military
|
':mthuriti(-s and rapid improvement in
i the service is to be expected.
‘ This was the report of General Per
shing to the War Department, for
‘\\':lrdml by Secretary Baker to the
! President of the Senate in response
‘m a Senate resolution asking the
| causes of delays and the steps taken
Itn remedy them.
! The principal causes of delay, Gen
|[““l Pershing cabled, were the con
{ fusing resulting from lack of co
operation between the postal and
military authorities and the failure
of persons in the United States to
properly address their communica
i tions.
A central postoffice, under military
command, has been established, Gen
eral Pershing reported. This post
office has all information on move-
I ments of troops and contemplated
imovements, Captain Frazier, a mem
ber of General Pershing's staff, is re
turning to the United States to con
fer with the postal authorities in
I.\‘vw York City in an effort to work
inm better systems of preparing the
!m:.il at ports of embarkation.
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‘Bolsheviki Execute
| 236 Russian Offi
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 17.-~Two hundred
{ and thirty-six officers have been shot
| at Kronstadt by the Bolsheviki on the
irh:n'gn of plotting against the Gov
{ ernment, said a Roeuter dispatch from
| Moscow tonight
. In all, 1,000 ofMicers were arrested
at Petrograd and Moscow.
Kronstadt is a fortress near Petro
grad,
'Two Hun U-Boats
I (By International News Service.)
BREST, FRANCE, Aug. 17.-~Two
sf‘mrm:m submarines have been sunk
{ by American and French patrols,
News of the sinking of the subma
rines announced to President Poin
care, of France, while on a visit to
’zh« docks at this port. No further
Irlvt;nln were given,
‘Two Die in Wreck
Near Nashville
NASHVILLE, Aug. 17--A freight
train on the Nashville, Chattanooga
sand St. Louils Rallway, coming from
the Government powder plant, went
through a trestle tonight near Her
mitage. ‘T'he e-nfialm,-er and fireman
were killed. THe conductor and
brakeman wevte Injured, the latter
probably fatally.
3 CENTS
VALDOSTA, GA., Aug. 18.—Expe
riments looking to control of the cot
ton boll weevil by poison, which
lwere begun here some weeks ago
under direction of the State Board
of Entomology, have gone far enough
to show their tremendous impor
tance. The work so far shows that
the methods employed here are the
most successful yet found to combat
the weevil, and that the ravages of
the pest can be controlled to a large
extent, if not practically overcome,
The experiments are being made
at the Sea Island cotton experiment
station, near Valdosta, and on the
farm of A. B. Smith, adjoining the
station. B. M. Gaddis, director of the
experiment station, is In charge of
the work. This consmsts of applying
a poisenous dust to the cotton plants
with an improvised spraying machine,
and with the equipment now employ
ed about twenty acres a Jday can be
covered. The spray is composed of
sulphur, 10 per cent; stryvchnine, 15
tper cent, and lime, 75 per cent, The
||-uinon falls from the sprayer in an
impalpable powder, which covers the
cotton plant and, unless washed off
by very heavy rains, remains for
many days. The lime in it forms a
sort of cement film when the dews
of the night fall on it, and when the
weevil RQites through this film he Is
a dead weevii Under favorable
l\h-uthf‘r conditions the good effects of
each spraying last from two to three
bveeks The cost of the poison and
the apparatus for applylng it is very
!hghl and can be ' sed to a big advan
!mmx even with low priced cotton.
| At the experiment station here the
| work of spraying was commenced
after the botton crop of holls were
formed, and followed the picking up
of dead leaves and squares which
the farmers have been doing each
year since the boll weevils made their
appearance, The work here was in
tended to demonstrate the value of
the process in saving the middle and
top crop. It appears now that what
is know as the middle crop will be
almost normal, and that a large pro
portion of the top crop will he made
On the Smith farm the process has
been employed from the beginning of
cultivation or at the time the weevils
made their appearance in the flelds,
and the indications here uare that
probable three-fourths of a normal
crop will be made,
It is net believed that the polson
process will absolutely eliminate the
weevils, but that it will control their
ravages to a large extent and make
possible cotton growing in spite of
them. If two or more farmers in a
neighborhood will ¢lub in and buy an
improved spraying machine, the cost
will be inslgnificant,
EIRST EDITION
ON TRAINS
FIVE CENTS
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NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—Today's official reports told only of
local actions on the battle front, but unofficial advices from Paris
stated that Foch is preparing to strike the Germans a new blo;
which is expected to be followed by results as important as at the
Marne and in Picardy.
The French official statement, issued Sunday, said: T
“‘Artillery combats were rather sharp on the Avre front, also
between the Oise and the Aisne, '
“‘ln the Champagne sector two German raids, one west of
"_i_lle-sur-Tourbe and the other in Maison-des-Champagne, were
»mpletely broken down by French troops, who also took prisoners.
‘‘On the rest of the front the night was calm.”’
ERITISH REPORT FRONT QUIET.
The British official statement was even more non-committal. .
It said: &
‘‘British positions south of Bucquoy were slightly improved,
vhere hostile raiding parties were successfully driven back. «
‘‘The remainder of the British front was very quiet.’’ /
This reticence in the official statements is characteristic of the
policy adopted at the time Foch took subreme command. The War
Offices now understate the case as regards successes won by the
Allies.
But while the situation is being termed ‘‘quiet,”” Foch is main
taining a constant pressure against the enemy in Picardy which
is slowly but surely being driven back on the key positions of
Albert, Roye, Lassigny and Noyon. S
An official statement from Paris says that Foch has used none
of his reserves in the Picardy fighting but has been able to leave
the situation there in the hands of the divisions which participated
in the original attack. In the meantime, constant raiding and air
scouting are going on to feel out the German strength in other §
tors while the supreme commander is laying plans for a new
fensive. N
It is pointed out that Foch did not press the fighting in *
Marne battle, when the Germans reached the line of the Vesle, in
what would have been a costly effort to drive them still f\::g
back to the Aisne, but that while maintaining steady pr e
agoinst them there and tieing down their reserves, he struck sud
denly and violently in Picardy, effecting a complete surprise and
winning a great victory in three days of fighting. Thirty thousand
prisoners were taken, and over 600 guns, while the total Allied
losses were less than the number of Germans captured. .
It is believed to be Foch's intention to seek another and more
favorable field of action whenever one of his drives is slow -
down by the arrival of reserves. -
FOCH HAS THE ENEMY GUESSING. A 8
Having the initiative and having won two great victories im
the past five weeks, he has the great advantage of having the
my guessing and in great doubt as to where his reserve should
be placed. ¢ o
One of the features of the war news was the statement offl:}‘%
French Premier, Clemenceau, that the Allies are now well on the
road to definite victory. ¥
The interview was given to one of the strongest newspapers in
Spain, El Sol. It probably was intended to influence Spanish
opinion which for a long time was pro-German but which has been
trending toward the cause of the Allies in recent months.
Americans Capture Village in Vosges
(Bby International News Service,)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.—Ameri
ecans have captured the village of Fra
pelle in the Vosges, according to Gen
eral Perghing’s communique received
here tonight, One enemy plane was
ghot down in the Leorraine yester
day, the communique adds:
The communique follows:
August 17.~8ection A—ln the
Vosges, our troops in the course
of a successful local attack, cap
tured the village of Frapelle.
Yesterday in the Lorraine one of
our aviators shot down a hostile
aeroplane.
How two American aviatofs en
gaged four Fokker machines, bringing
one of them to earth, is recounted ia
A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia,
and the South
General Pershing's communiqus for
August 16, also made public by the
War Department tonight. The coms
munique follows: e
~ Yesterday In the course of a
combat In the region of Flirey,
our aviators shot down a hostile -
machine. The following details of
this aerfal combat have been res
ported: v %
“Lieutenant Stiles and m‘éfi
tenant Drew engaged four Fokkeg
biplanes, Flirey, on August 1&
One of the planes was brought
down, Lieutenant Stiles and Lieu
tenant Drew being credited qz :
ly with the destruction of the b 5
chine.'’ M > X }“
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