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VOL. XVll Full International News Service.
AMERICANS AND BRITISH DRIVING
WILSON’S REPLY READY;
ADVISED BY COL. HOUSE
!
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Cerrespondent of the 1. N, §.
VASHINGTON, Oet. 8, Pregident
ilson’s reply to the appeal of t{:a
Tertonic powerg tor an immediate
irmistice and a peace conference was
mpleted just befere noon today. At
that time the President, who had been
ecluded ‘n his studay during the en
tire morning with (‘olonel E M.
souse, sent for Secretary of State
[ansing
The latter was with the President
r nearly an hou It is nunderstood
hat he passed upon the phrasing of
e reply from the standpoint of in
ernational law The note, it is un
erstood, was fully approved by Sec
retary Lansing and irrangements
were at once made to get it started to
Berlin and Vienna
Juset™ before 1 o'clock Sevretary to
the President Tumulty announced that
Secretary Lansing would have a state
ment for the press about 4 o'clock this
ternoon
The secretary refused to make any
ther statement concerning the note
It was accepted, howeve that Secre
tary Lansing would make the ces
iry arrangements during the atter
noon for transmitting the note to the
Swiss Charge for transmission to
Berlin; to the Swedish Minister for
transmission to Vienna, and to the
Spanish Ambassador for transmission
to Constantinople, should the latter
in the meantime deliver the Turkish
ite reported to be en route to him
Early Publication Expected,
Officiais explained that it would he
ecessary that the note actually be
tarted on its way to the enemy capi
tals before it could bhe made publle
They refused point blank to say
ether tho promised statement by
Secretary Lansing would contain a
opy of the President's reply or
whether he would wait until the note
reached Be»'in and Vienna before
naking it publiz
It was grnerally believed that the
note wonld he made available for pub
e consumption here and in the sevy
eral Fniente capitals as soon as pos
¢
Secretary Lansing sent for Philip
Patchirf, chief of the State Depart
lont's foreign intelligence bureau, as
soon as he left the President. It was
ssumed that Mr. Patchin would take
harege of transmitting the text of the
wote to the various Allied countries at
nee.
That the President’s reply is
‘*'a rejection of the Central Powers'
ippeal was considered certain No
one in official cireles admitted even
A possibility of any other course of
iction, But officials renerallv inclined
to the belief that the President in r
jecting 'the request micht te!l the en«
my Jjust how it could go about the
‘raming of a pearn .|'*“A"|} that could
be considered The Alilés want the
recu ring peaee drives ended once and
for all Should the President make
elear that until certain conditions are
met no further attention will be paid
to peace proposals, the effect will he
s very beneficial everywhere, these of
lcials =ay
Incidentally, whi'e it was entirely
ossible that the words "“uncondi
tional surrender” might not appear in
the President's reply officiale also
said that there We e diplomatic
phrases that meant the same thing
nd they were hopeful that they would
we utilized by the President
Oflicials in commenting on the great
ask which the President had in pre
paring a reply to the Austrian and
erman communications aid
No Doubt About Reply.
‘There is no doubt of what the
President will say, but he must be
inusually careful In just how he
pavs it in the present instance. This
time, for the first time in the war,
he President will be addressing the
entire peoples of the world His re
ly will be published in Germany
nd n Austria ecompiete It also
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Here's the official anti-flu mask such as 1s worn bv the thou
sands of soldiers at Camp Gordon and whieh may become n common
sight in Atlanta if the influenza epidemie spreads alarmingly. The
mask shown is worn by Miss Gertrude Dodd. 1t is a strip of gauze
that keeps the flu germs from the nostrils and mouth and is said
to be a sur Yy preventative it put on before the diseas takes hold, A
mere man remarked Tuesday that it never would become popular
with the pretty women of Atlanta Mavbe not., Miss Dodd is a
beautiful young woman, but you couldn’t tell it from this pictur
Head Nurse at Bowie
Held as Alien Enemy
(By International News Service.)
FORT wORTH, TEXAS, Oct. 8-
Three courses are open to the Govarn
ment in the case of Missa Gertrude Lus
tig, chief nurse at Camp Bowie, under
arrest on a presidentia!l warrant on a
charge cos being pro-German and with
falling to regis‘er as an alien eneiny.
She will either be irterned for the po
riod of the war, rcicased on parole to
scme responsibla party, or else froed
outright The decision will be up to
Attorney Germeral ‘iregory.
Miss Lustig's plac: of confinement |s
8inl! a secret. Department of Justice
ofticials say she had never revealed to
any one that ghe was German born un
til a short time ago, ‘hough she allowed
German born ‘nurses under her to sing
thelr favorite songs in the camp hos
pital here
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1A GEURGIAN
TRTA TRS i- b LLLLRY v» 2 .
- PEEYLEAUING NEWSI E/“??fiffif«fi A SOUTHEAST )% %Y
* “Subscribe for Liberty Bonds”
R e R e e
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11,000 Join Merchant
Marine in One Month
Marine in One Mont
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Oct, B.—~The person
"n»-l of the United States merchant ma
rine was swelled by 11,000 young volun
teery during September, the shipping
bouard announced today
The board also announced that its
training ships are now free of the Span
igh influenza epldemic and that volun
teers can be taken into seryvice,
i SUBSCRIBE FOR LIBERYY BONDS
New York Reaches
- $3380,618,900 Total
~ (By International News Service.)
- NEW YORK, Oct\B.—Liberty Loan
subscriptions for the New York dis
trict showed an ovérnight inerease of
$24.000,000, bringing the total tg $320,.
| 618,900, it was announced here today
by the Federal Reserve Bank., The
goal of the New York distriet ({»
s 1,800 000 000
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1918
|| ' I
The breeze blew chill through open
windows of Atlanta street cars Tues
day morning, and workers bound
lowntown schivered in the realization
that heroic methods are necessarv to
beat the Spanish influenza.
But open windows constituted only
one, and perhaps the mildest, of the
breventive means put in force, With
schools clesed En-!:‘firite!;, movies,
fheaters and poolrooms closed, with
numerous social events postponed,
the city was in the midst of the most
rigorous quarantine ever adopted for
precaution against disease 'here,
The ordinance adopted by Council
Monday afternoon, designed to en
force the quarantine, stipulated two
months as the maximum term for
which the methods would be effec
tive, but physicians and school offi
cfals stated their opinion Tuesday
that the necessity of such rigid meas
ires would not last’ so long, and that
langer of the disease would be over
come hortly
The orders w not apply to the
Southeastern Fair at Lakewood nor
the Liberty pageant to be given there
Saturda) Both these attractions are
open-air affairs, and the quarantine
ordinance was designed to prevent
gathering of people in poorly venti
lated places
Council did not proerastinate wher
the matter was placed before (t by
the Roard of Heaith, but passed the
ordinance as soon as it was drafted
by a special committee At a meet
ing of the Board of Health, held ear
lier, Dr, J. P. Kennedy, city health
fficer, declared A telogram !
come from Rupert Blue, surgeon gen
eral of the United States Public
Health Service, urging that all place
of pablic gathering be c¢losed
“The plague | n the nerease in
Atlanta, sald I» Kennedy and It
looks like we are in for a serio ep
demis There are fifteen to twent
CA S to each physician, and the
shortage of doectors and nurse ir
Atlanta becausge of the war Is wel
known.'
Pr. P 1 Moon and Dr. Etheridge
lidded their testimony to that of
Dr. Kennedy that the epidemic was
becoming serious
The ordinance as adopted by (our
1l sets a penalty of S2OO fine or im
prisonment for violations
Moving picture houses and theaters
wers closed mmediately upor
passage of the ordinance A number
of theater managers attended the
meeting of the Poard of Health and
nformed their houses to cloxe im
mediately they heard of the board
recommendation
.
setine Postponed
Meetine Postpone
B ead of ‘Flu’
v Soread o 1
Various meetings of parent of hoo
children, scheduled to take place th
weel to selpct uita®e nominecs so
places on the new' schonl! board Ve
been postponed on account of the order
againgt publie gatherings, du to the
spread of the “Spanish K.’
The patrons of the Tenth Street
School held thelr meeting Momdny ght
ind appointed committees of five, con
sting of Frank E ( \wa Fdga
bunlap, Wilmer 1. Moore, Mr (ireer
field and My lopl Hunter, t mfer
| wit milar committees from the
hools in the same distriet a o i
best man for nomination
‘FI tine' at
Criu uarantine a
" p
‘ d
~ Camp Jesup Liftec
; I'he "“flu quarantine was lifted from
Camp Jesup Monda it hoo on )
few vcattering cases of the malady !
! ng been found about the camp
™ happ meehan pre pt .
« ning of elebration. only ¢ )
Continued on Page 3. Column 1
Germans Soon to Regret
Delay of Great Retreat
By JOHN McHUGH STUART,
Staff Correspondent of the International News Service.
ARIS, Oct. B.—The " fruits of Marshal Foch's masterly
P strategy are m-r'mmllutin,\z.. :
French military experts today expressed the opinion
that the Germans will regret that they did not retreat on a larger
scale when the strategical situation was opportune,
The Allies are cutting into the flanks of the (erman army
and are menacing vital lines of communication.
Swift advances of the Allies are imperiling various groups
of the Germany army. There was an example of this on the
Champagne front within the past few days when General von
Mudra’s army was nearly surrounded before it could retire to
safety.
Directors and credit men represent
ing every Atlanta bank and trust
company were in conference Tuesday
with Chairman Forrest Adair, going
over the list of well-to-do men and
setting’ down opposite their names the
amount of Liberty bonds they should
be able to buy without difficulty. The
city committee, with the influence of
the bankers behind them, was deter
mined that the wealthy men of At
lanta must do their share in this cam
paign or put up a mighty good alibi.
The publication of the names of all
subscribers was expected to have
some infiuence on this. The total At
lanta subscriptions up to Tuesday
were approximately. $6,500,000, while
the quota is $14,000,000.
“You'd he surprised to see the list
of really wealthy men who have sub
scribed to one $lO6 bond through
some woman committee worker.” said
Mr. Adair Tuesday. “Look at this
list. Here's a SI,OOO bond taken by
a Greek owner of a hootblack stand.
Here's another SI,OOO next to it
bought by a man who should have
taken SIO,OOO at least.”
Mr. Adair Monday night addressed
ameeting of bank directors represent
ing every financial institution in the
city, called to discuss the situation,
He told them the exact facts and
urged them to see that the men who
are abie to invest large amounts are
prevailed upon te do so. He pointed
out that it is to the banks that the
Treasury Department looks for re
sults; that it will reflect upon the
banks if the loan fails
Bankers Drafted.
A. P. Coles, of the Central Bank
and Trust Company, presided. Op a
resolution by John E. Murphy and Zan
G. Candelr it was voted unanimously
that each bank president should no
tify the directors that they are sub-
Ject to eall by Chairman Adair at any
time A 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
the bankers will peet to make plans
for direct calls on the men with
money The bankers, of course, know
the financial condition of practically
every well-to-do man in Atlanta and
are in a position to wield consider
able influence over them.
The Clearing House Association at
Its meeting Tuesday afternoon will
discuss a proposal 1o accept 90-day
notes ot 4 1-4 per cent {nterest in pay
ment of bonds in amounts of SI,OOO
and upward, with the privilege of
three 90. day rencwals at the same
rate, which is that, paid on the bonds,
Purchasers would thus be able to car
ry bonds'for some time without ae
tual Interest expense
“Wealthy Atlantans must trable
and guadruple their subseriptions in
the third loan,” declared Mr. Ada'r at
the conference, “It is up to you gen
tlemen, who have the information and
the influence, to see that thev do it
It is merely a question of passing on
the eredit of the United States, of as
suring your customers that bonds ure
4 good Investment and an A-No, !
risk.
“We have met many difficulties in
this campaign The cotton price
fixing, under discussion at the open
ing, delayed us, The high tax rate
proved an obstdele, and the dfaft of
older men had serious effect. But [
do not feel discouraged
Hun “Peace Offer.”
‘The most insidious bit of propa
ganda we have met is the German
peace offer,’ which I verily believe
was launched for no othep purpose
than to encourage among Americans
the feeling that the war will soon be
over and cause them to relax thelr iy -
terest in bonds.”
At the district headquarters W, ¢
Wardlaw, executive chairman, an
nounced that about half the county
chalrmen of the 427 In the district
had made reports His estimate of
the subscriptions in hand was $50,-
000,000, while the district quota Is
£192 000,000 He said the epidemic of
Spanish influenza in many parts of
the South had made serious Inroads
Continued on Page 2, Column 3,
“ . 2 34 Issued dally and entered as second-class matter ab
s"b'c"be fOf lee"y Bond‘ the postofiice at Atlanta under st of March 8, 1879 NO‘ 56
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Oct. B.—An American
troop ship was torpedoed as the result
of information concerning the sailing
date of a sister troop ship obtained from
a petty officer in the United States
Navy by Otto Loelmer, an enemy alien,
who supplied the navy man with liguor,
according to a charge made hy Lieu
tenant §(urrfly, of the United States
Army intelligence bureau. The charge
was made at the arralgnment of Loeh
mer and Miss Margaret Sullivan, his
alleged accomplice, before United States
Commissioner Stanton. .
Loehmer was held on a techniecal
charge of having unlawfully supplied of
flcers and men of the United States
army and navy with liquor. It i{s stat
ed by intelligence officers, however,
that a much graver charge probably will
be made ‘against ILoehmer in the near
future
At the hearing evidence was intro
duced purporting to show that Loehmer
had intrigued, either with the knowing
or unwitting connivance of the Sulli
van girl, to lure American officers and
men into her home and give them liquor
until they talked unreservedly and sup
plied him with valuable military secrets,
As a specific instance, Lieutenant
Murray told of a drunken petty officer
in_the United States Navy giving out
trformation concerning the sailing of a
Uilited States troop ship, in the pres
ence of hoth Toehmer and Miss Sulli
van. This information, according to the
lleutenant, led to the torpedoing of a
sister troop ship in the convoy. The
petty officer, according to the MNeu
tenant, {8 under arrest in France and
will he returned to this country for
courtmartial
Miss Sullivan was paroled with a re
quest by the commissioner to appear he
fore him later and reveal everything she
knows concerning the activities of Loeh
mer,
SUBSCRINE FOR LIBERTY BONDE]
Worrying Over Gri
orrying uver Ir'ip,
Colonel Kills Himself
(By International News Service.)
CAMP GRANT, ILL., Oct. B.—Colo
nel C, B. Hagadorn, acting command
er at Camp Grant, shot himself to
death in his quarters here today His
body was found by offlcers of his staff,
Colonel Hagadorn's act, it is de
clared, was caused by a nervous
breakdown induced by worry and
hard work aover the Spanish influenza
epidemic that has been raging at
Camp Grant
SUBSCRINE FOR LINERTY AONDS
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'
Poles in France Are
PARIB, Oect. 8 The Poalish legions on
the Frenech battle front have heen formaed
Into a national army under command 6
General Haller, who fought with the Ruse
sians on the eastern front
A
A C-ok *fter
Your Own Heart
C'ooks of that kind are not
A 8 scarce as you might think
they would be Frequently
you will find some family |,
seeking to place a valued (
servant who, through clr- §
cumstances they are com- (
pelled to let go §
Huch thoughtful employers (
as these use the “Want Ad" §
columny of The Georglan )
and American. They elther !
insert a “'Situation Wanted" |
ad, or they cousel thelr help
to read the "Help Wanted"”
ads of this newspaper
30 If you are in search of a
prize Ptook Or an efficient
housekeoper, there are two
avenues in which to seek
Either watch carefully the
“Situation Wanted' columns |
or else wrile out your re 5
quirements in the line of )
an expert cook and bring
the ad or
Telephone It to The
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Georgian and American
Main 100 or Atlanta Malin 5000
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(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Oct. 8 (1:50 p. m.).—The¢ Turkish Cabinet
' has resigned, said a special dispatch to The Star this after
'noon. :
| Great excitement is reported in Constantinople.
. LONDON, Oct. 8 (2:25 p. m.).—The imminence of a
| coup d’etat is being openly discussed in Vienna and it is
|declared that it will lead to sensational developments in
1 both Austria and Germany, said a Central News dispatch re
| ceived here today. : '
| - —
‘New Drive Launched in West
'/ LONDON, Oct. 8 (11:12 2, m.).—A new drive was launched on
|the Cambrai-St. Quentin front by American and British forces this
| morning, the War Office announced. Good progress is being made.
| The attack was. carried out in a heavy rainstorm.
| Two hundred and thirty. German prisoners were taken in other
lopemtions.
“ The text of the War Office revort says:
{ "In operations in the region of Mont Brehain and north of
lßeaurevoir English and Americans captured 230 prisoners.
: "'British and Americans attacked between Cambrai and St.
| Quentin this morning. Despite heavy rain the attack is continuing.
:Sartisfactory progress is being made."’ ¢
| ‘ Cut Off, R
'Americans, Cut Cff, Rescued
! By NEWTON C. PARKE,
{ Staff Correspondent of the International News Service.
‘ WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VER
rDUN, Oct. 8 (9 a. m.).—An American battalion that had been cut
{off and surrounded in the Argonne forest last Friday, was relieved
{last night when their comrades broke through the stiffest German
resistance and rescued them.
’ In the advance last Friday the Americans had to go forward
through dense undergrowth. The men of the battalion noticed
Germans slipping to the rear, but believed that they would be
| ‘mopped up’’ by the second American line. The enethy groups
|succeeded in holding up the assault of the second American col
{umn with the result that the battalion was cut off.
All Atlanta's Doing It
The men of the naval mobilization
“tation in Atlanta have subsgcribed $5,100
in Liberty Bonds This is an excep
tionally fine showing since the recruit
ing forces recently were Breatly reduced
The thriving suburb of Kirkwood has
gone $20,000 over its quota of $29,000
in the loan drive, J. B. Bachm an, chair
man for Kirkwood announced Tuesday
At a final meeting at the Baptist Churcl
Monday night there were 1,000 enthu
slastic persons present
Renda Fuller, of the Home for In
curables, wito has spent the nineteen
yohrs of his life in a rolle chair, has
bought hig bond He sent SSO, all his
savings, to Mr: Tohn Hill Monday with
the word that he wanted to be repre
sented on the roll of honor of Ameri
can patriots He earned the mone by
copying verses on his typewriter, which
he manipulates by sticks which he holds
in his teeth,
SUBSCming FOn Linknty BoNDS
Army Rules Govern
.
Marines' Packages
(By International News Service,)
WARHINGTON Oet 5 Christmas
packages ssent oversens to members of
the marine corps must conform to army
and not naval regulations the murine
headquarters announced toduy
e eAt et
THE WEATHER, ¢
Forecast——Fair Tuesday night
; and Wednesday.
Temperatures—6 a, m., 55: .8
“.m,59; 10 a. m., 64; 12 noon, 66;
Ip.m, 68; 2 p. m, 70.
| Sunrise, 6:38; sunset, 6:13,
~ When the advanced elements
were sent back to maintain eon
taet with the main body they en
ountered the enemy in their
‘car,
The CGermans took shelter in an
evacuated\trench system that the
Americans had passed over, using it
as a base of resistance. The boches
bronght up machine guns from dug
outs, while airplanes carried thém
food, ammunition and medical sup
plies. Carirer pigeons were used for
communication purposes.
The Americans fought continually
to prevent capture. A half dozgen
tmes the main American force tried
to hack its way through to relleve
the surrounded bagtalion.
The occupation of Hill No. 244 yes
terday permitted direct machine gun
fire against the Germans. The Amer
lean advance northward then released
the battalion. The Americans, who
had been surrounded for over three
days, then turned upon the boches
who had formerly been besieging
them and captured many of them,
2 More Villag
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Oct, 8 (noon).—~Two more
villages have been taken by the
French in their drive north and
northeast of Rheims, the War Office
stated today. The outskirts of Conde
sur-Sulppe, at the junction of “IQ
Alsne and Suippe Rivers, are n
French hands.
(The capture of (‘onde-sur-Sulppe
represents an advance of a mile and
a 4 quamer northward from Aguilcourt
across the Aisne River.)
Northeast of Rheims the French
have captured Bazancourt and pene
trated isles-sur-Suippe, near by,
Rescued Rheims Is
By HENRY G. WALES, ‘
Staff Correspondent of the I. N, §.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE CHAMPAGNE FRONT Oot