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WILSON’S REPLY READY;
ADVISED BY COL. HOUSE
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By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff. Correspondent of the I. N. S.
WASHI/NGTON, Oct, B.—President
Wilson's yeply to the appeal of the
Teutoni¢iipowers for an immediate
armistico.and a pexce conference was
completed Just before noon today. At
that timgithe President, who had been
secluded:’n his study during the en
tire morning with Colonel E. M,
House, sdint for Secretary of State
Lansing.:!
I'he latter was with the President
for nearly”’an hour. It is understood
that he pagsed upon the phrasing of
the replyf¥om the standpoint of in
ternational’laow. The note, it is un
derstood, wis fully ay proved by Sec
retary Lansing and arrangements
were at onée'Made to get it started to
Berlin and Viaana
Just befora 1 o'clock Seeretary to
the PresidentyTumulty announced that
Secretary Lansing would have a state
ment for the.press about 4 o'clock this
afternoon
The «u.mxt:il'y refused to make any
other statement concerning the note,
It was acceptéd, however, that Secre
tary Lansing.would make the neces
sary arrangemer.ts during the atter
noon for transmitting the note to the
Swiss Chargefor transmission to
Berlin: to the Swedish Minister for
transmission to*Vienna, and to the
Spanish An !ux.-::),‘dm’ for transmission
to Constantinopldy should the latter
in the meantimeé:Jeliver the Turkish
note reported to'be en route to him
Early Publication Expected,
Micials explaing! that it wonld be
necessary that.the note actually be
started on its w :q}".-_ft\ the enemy capi
tals before it could be made public
here. They refused point blank to say
w hether the promised statement by
Secretary Lansing would contain a
copy of the Prasident's reply or
whether he would wait until the note
reached Ber'in':and Vienna before
making it publig,
It was generilly believed that the
note would be rmu le available for pub
lic consumption here and in the sev
eral Fntente capitals as soon as pos
sible
Secretary anging sent for Philip
Patchiy hies ' of: the State Depart
ment's foreign'intelligence bureau, as
i he left tho President. It was
issumed that Mr. Patchin would take
harge f transgmitting the text of the
note to the various Allied countries at
nee
That the P’resident’s reply is
r reject of the Central Powers'
appeal w considered certain No
on iy Heial circles admitted even
a po ility f any other course of
n. But oMcials generally inclined
el of that the President in r¢
acti the request might tell the ene
t how it could go about the
aming of a peace appeal that could
f nsidered The Allies want the
¢ irring peace drives ended once ar qd
for a should the President make
ear that until certain conditions are
et no further attention will be paid
to peace proposals, the effect will he
er eneficlal everywhere, these of
icia ay
Incidentally, while it was entirely
pos » that the words “uncondl
tional surrender” might not appear in
the 'resident’ reply officials Ilso
aid that there were diplomatic
phrases that meant the same thing
wnd they were hopeful that they would
w utilized by the President
Officials in commenting on the great
task which the President had in pre
wring a reply to the Austrian and
erman communications said
No Doubt About Reply,
There I 8 no doubt of what the
President will say, but he must be
nusua careful in just how he
a t in the present instance, This
time, for the first time in the war,
} President will be addressing the
entire peoples of the world His re
3 will be published in Germany
and ' Austria complete It also
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Here’s the official anti-flu mask, such as is worn by the thou
sands of soldiers at Camp Gordon and which may become a common
sight in Atlanta if the influenza epidemie spreads alarmingly. The
mask shown is worn by Miss Gertrude Dodd. It is a strip of gauze
that keeps the flu germs from the nostrils and mouth and is said
to be a sure preventive if put on before the disease takes hold A
mere man remarked Tuesday that it never would become popular
with the pretty women of Atlanta Maybe not. Miss Dodd is a
beautiful young woman, but you couldn’t tell it from this picture
New Point Is Raised
The springing of a new point of law
in behaif of Harry G, Poole, police com
mission chairman, Tuesday caused a
postponement to Friday morning of the
ouster ymm-m!lm{n instituted agalnst
him by B. Bernard, the auctioneer, and
which were scheduled for hearing Tues
day before Judge George L. Bell, in the
motion division of Superior Court.
Attorney James l. Key, Mayor-elect
and counsel for the police chairman,
submitted a demurrer, in which he
asked that the proceedings be dismissed
on the Trmmd that a corporation can
not go into court to oust § official
from office, Bernard having brought the
suit in the name of his concern, the
Southern Auction and Salvage Com
pany. Bernard lives outside of the city,
and for this reason brought the action
in the name of the corporation,
As this question was expected to gov
ern the case, Attorney J. Mallory Hunt,
counsel for Bernard, asked further time
in which to prepare to meet it, He sald
he was satisfled that under the law a
corporation had the right to bring ouster
proceedings.
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Young Woman Dies
From Lamp Explosion
Miss Mattie Orr, 22, of Inman Yards,
died Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock at
a private hospital, as a result of burns
received at her home Sunday following
the explosion of a kerosene lamp,
She is survived by her parents, Mr.
and Mrs, R. L. Orr; a sister, Lillian,
and a brother, Emory Funeral serv
ices will be held Wednesday afternoon
at 3 o'clock at the Inman Yards Bap
tist Church, and interment will be in
Northview, with Harry G Poole in
charge,
[SURSCRINE FoR LinERTY BONDS
$330,618,900 Total
NEW YORK, Oct, 8- Liberty Loan
subscriptions for the New York dis
trict showed an overnight increase of
$24,500,000, bringing the total to $330,-
618,900, it was announced here today
by the Federal Reserve Bank. The
goal of the New York district is
$1,%00,000.000
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1918
Confidence was expressed by Mayor
Candler and members of the Atlanta
Beoard of Education Tuesdav that the
infiienza quarantine closing the city’s
schools, together with other places
of public gathering, would be lifted
within two weeks. At a special meet
ing at noon the board took steps to
allay the city's fears that the quar
antine would last two wmonths, the
period stipulated in the ordinance
passed by Council Monday afternoon.
“The ordinance was not designed to
name two months as a definite lim
it,” said Mayor Candler, “but its
spirit is to designate two months or
s 0 much thereof as may be deemed
expedient by the Board of Health
The situation is not being neglected
a minute by your Mayor or vour
Board of Health, and nothing will be
left undone to open the schools at the
earliest possible moment.”
Upon motion of Preas Huddleston,
the board expressed its desire that
the public be informed by newspapers
that the schools will be opened at the
earliest moment, and that in the
opinion of the board this would be
no more than three weeks hence,
.' Dr. J. P. Kennedy, city health of
| ficer, said 50 new cases of influenza
| were reported by physicians in At
| lanta Tuesday and 30 Monday. He
i«xpn-qswl his opinion that some cases
| are not being reported, as this action
iwus made obligatory only last Sat
urday.
I County Fixes Quarantine.
| One of the important developments
in the situation Tuesday was action
’hv the Fulton County Board of
| Health in establishing a quarantine
throughout the county similar to that
l‘ enforced in the city Schools,
{ churches, movies and other places of
| public gathering in Kast Point, Hape
! ville, College Park and Buckhead were
t thus closed indefinitely as a precau
inpn against the plague This action
i by the board was ratified immediately
| by the County Commission, thus giv
| ing the closing order the force of a
‘ law,
i It was suggested Tuesday that the
i quarantine might affect numerous
| conventions to be held In Atlanta in
i the next wo months, including meet
? ings of several important national or
}uunlz:u.(,ym Fred Houser, secretary
;4.{' the Atlanta Convention Bureau
i said he has not yet been apprised of
| any action toward canceling conven
| tions that have been scheduled
Among the important meetings that
may be affected, however, are the fol
lowing
Georgia Conference BRouthern Commer
ecinl Congress Swine Hreeders' Associa
| tion Southern Merchants' Associntion
Southerny Fertillzer Association, Sales
| manship SBchool of Bouthern Soll Improve
| ment Associntion Georgla shorthorn
1 Breeders' Associntion, Georgia Confederate
| Veterans Georgla Singing Convention
| Georgia United Daughters of the Confed
eracy Georgin Soclological Congreas
| North Georgla Methodist Conference
Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Bhort Line R. R
| Assocliation Georgin Hurgeons' Clul
| Southern Nurserymen's Associntion Pt
Delta "Thet Fratornity, Georgin Opto
metr Ansocintion Georgin Eclectic
|.\l'« il Asmociation, Georgin State Medi
| ea Association Southern Haptist Confer
ne Amie an Nurses A SBOC tion
| Knight I'e lar of CGeorgia National
,\,..,,, Society of the Dens iouthern
e mere ¢ retarien Georgia Commer
| Ex tives, Colored Knights of Pyth
s, Re 1t tate Assernbly, American
| Institute of Dental Teachers
| ] Kennedy was kept husy Tues
day interpreting the quarantine ordi
| nance for scores who were uncertain
l'-». to its effect on them, from private
school teachers to sewing circles and
women's clubs
Wide-Open Street Cars
Realization of the heroic methods
necessary to heat the Spaaish influ
enza camo early Tuesdan 18 thou
“.'lh(f.‘{ rode to work in street cars
with open windows, through which
the breeze blew chill and discon
certing after a ten-degree drop in the
temperature
But open windows constituted onls
one, and perhaps the mildest, of the
preventive means put in foree. Wit}
schools closed indefinitely, movies
theaters and poolrooms closed, with
numerous social events postponed
the city was in the midst of the most
l.'u.'nrn'm quarantine ever adopted for
Continued on Page 3, Column 1
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‘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 accumulating.
§ . 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.
E The Allies are cutting into the flanks of the German army
e and are menacing vital lines of communiecation,
¢ Swift advances of the Allies are imperiling various groups
{of the Germany army. There was an example of this on the
i Champagne front within the past few days when General von
§ Mudra’s army was nearly surrounded before it could retire to
0 S&ft‘ty‘
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- 1
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 be surprised to see the list
of really wealthy men who have sub
scribed to one SIOO 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 boothlack 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
a meeting 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, On a
resolution by John E. Murphy and Asa
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 meet to make plans
for direct calls on the men with |
money. The bankers, of course, knnw}
the financial condition of pr:u‘llcullyi
every well-to-do man in Atlanta :md‘
are in a position to wield consider
able influence over them. ‘
The Clearing House Association at!
its meeting Tuesday afternoon will
discuss a proposal ro accept 90-day
notes at 4 1-4 per cent interest in pay
ment of bonds in amounts of SI,OOO
and upward, with the privilege of
three 90. day renewals at the same
rate, which is that paid on the honds, |
Purchasers would thus be able to car
ry bonds for some time without ac
tual interest expense
“Wealthy Atlantans must trable
and quadruple their subscriptions in
the third loan,” declared Mr. Adair at
the conference. "It is up to you gen
tlemen, who have the information and
the influence, to see that they do It
It Is merely a question of passing on
the credit of the United States, of as
suring your customers that bonds are
a good investment and an A-No, 1
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 obstacle, and the draft of
older men had serious effect. But |
do not feel discouraged
Hun “Peace Offer.”
“The most insidious bit of propa
ganda we have met I 8 the German
peace offer’ which I verily believe
was launched for no other purpose
than to encourage among Americans
the fecling that the war will soon be
over and cause them to relax their 11 -
terest In bonds.”
At the district headquarters W, ¢
Wardlaw, executive chalrman, an
nounced that about half the county
chalrmen of the 427 in the district
had made reports His estimate of
the subseriptions in hand was $50,-
000,000, while the district quota is
$102,000,000, He g !d the epldemic of
Spanish Influenza in many perts of
the South had made serious inroads
Continued on Page 2, Column 4.
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“Subscribe for Liberty Bonds 000 gl g <Ay
Children in Atlanta puablic schools
have a higher mark to shoot at this
year. The Board of Education at a spe
clal meeting Tuesday fixed 70 per cent
as the grade necessary for promotion in
both grammar school and high school
grades. The mark has been 60 per cent
in grammar schools and 66 per cent in
high schools.
The change was made upon recom-
Jpendation of, the Board's committee on
rules, composed of a number of school
officials and principals and several mem
bers of the hoard. A few words of ten
tative objection were neard, principally
from Commissioner A. J. Orme, who
wanted to know if the requirements
were not already too severe, and from
Commissioner W. H. Terrell. But when
C, 8 Culver, acting superintendent, ex
plained that the recommendations were
made after expert investigation and
out of a desire to make uniform the re
quirements of grammar and high
schools, the change was made without
dissent
The new system eliminates grade T 3
from the report cards, and provides for
the following grades: A, 100 to 90, excel
dent; B, %0 to 80, good; C, 80 to 70, fair;
D, below 70, unsatisfactory
Another n’Smng:- in the rules concerned
the requirements necessary for advance
of teachers to the sixth group, which is
the honor group In addition to other
eligibles, the change makes eligible to
this group teachers who have received
a general average of suprviscr's grades
of 95 per cent or more and who have
taught in the public schools §f Atlanta
continuously for ten years
In connection with their discussion of
the influenza epidemie, school ofticials
emphasized the request that every
teacher leaving the city mn the period
of quarantine leave at the Board of K 4
ucation offices the telephone and mall
address at which he may be reached In
event of resumption of school sessions
The board voted alss to retain for
active duty the school janitors during
the period of quarantine, placing them
at the disposal of L. M. Landrum, zen
eral manager of the school svstem,
The board elected Miss May Hardin
as director of the school gardens, at a
ralary of $1206 a month, to suceeed 1 A\
Russell, who resigned recently to be
come I'nited States superviscr for five
Southeastern States
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Forecast—Fair Tuesday night '
and Wednesday. {
Temperatures—6 a. m, 55; 8 |
a.m, 59; 10 a. m,, 64; 12 noon, 66; !
1p.m?68:2p.m.. 70. §
Sunrise, 6:38; sunset, 6:13, ¢
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l ~and the South '
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Oct. 8 (3:55 p. m.).—American and British troop#
that began a new drive between Cambrai and St. Quentin this
morning have advanced from 3to 4 miles. Many villages and many
prisoners have been captured. The advance was continuing at last
reports from the front.
(It was indicated by official and unofficial advices that the at
tack was launched over a wide front, possibly 20 miles in extent.)
(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
both Austria and Germany, said a Central News dispatch re
} ceived here today. "
et
New Drive Launched in West
| LONDON, Oct. 8 (11:12 a. m.)—A new drive was launched on
‘the Cambrai-St. Quentin front by American and British forces this
!moming. 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 othey
operations.
} The text of the War Office report says:
‘ “'ln operations in the region of Mont Brehain and north of
Beaurevoir English and Americans captured 230 prisoners,
'British and Americans attacked between Cambrai and St,
Quentin this morning. Despite heavy rain the attack is continuing.
Satisfactory progress is being made."’ »
Americans, Cut Off, Rescued
By NEWTON C. PARKE,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S,
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oect, 8
(9 a. m) An American battalion
that had heen cut off and surrounded
in the Argonne Forest last Friday
was relieved last night when their
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Salary Editorial
- Salary Edito ial e
! Following the appearance in The |
{ Atlanta Georgian of Monday of an §
» editorial urging that the city in- !
) crease the pay of its llrvmfln,f
¢ whose wages have remained the
{ same despite tho great increase in |
! the cost of llving, the men at No {
¢ 11 fire station have sent to this
newspaper the following commu
) nication: !
) Y \DITOR THE GEORGIAN: X
h Permit us to thank you |
§ for your editorial of yester- !
) day, “Firemen of Atlanta Are En- |
; titled to Better Pay and They !
! Should Have It.” ‘
! We hope that every citizen of !
| Atlanta will not only read careful- 0
| ly, but study this splendid edito
rial, for in it is the essence of all |
argument on this important sub- |
| ject. )
. It recites the FACTS in suchk |
| convincing language that it can |
! not fail to reach the brain and '
. touch the heart—and therein lies |
' the true “Atlanta Spirit.,” (
) Again thanking you for remem- '
bering us in time of need, we are |
¢ Sincerely your friends, (
) John Terrell, 8, P. Fincher, L. P, |
] Driskell, H, C. Poole, Momer |
Chandler, F. G. Harper, E. M, $
! Johnson, W. T. M. Garner, '
{ Fred A. Straub, W, P. Evans, |
! L. C. Holloway, R. G. Ander- '
son, F. L. Bond, C. R. Jones,
F. E. Anthony, R. N, Haslett, |
W. A. Fain, C. V. Stewart, J. 8, |
Jenkins. ]
NO. 56
comrades broke through the stiffesd
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 Ameras
lcan line. The enemy Eroups succeed
ed In holding up the assault of the
second American column, with the re«
sult that the battalion was cut off,
When the advanced elements wers,
sent back to maintain contact with
the main body they encountered the
enemy in their rear,
The Germans took ghelter in am
evacuated trench system that the
Americans had passed over, using
a 8 a base of resistance. The boches
brought up machine guns from dug -
outs, while airplanes carried them
food, ammunition and medjcal sup -
plies. Carirer plgeons were used sow
communication purposes.
The Americans fought continualty
to prevent capture. A half dozen
times the main American force tried
to hack its way through to relleve
the surrounded battalion,
The occupation of Hill No. 244 yos -
terday permitted direct machine gun .
firo against the Germans. The Amer.
lcan 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 besioging
them and captured many of them.
2 More Villages
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Oct. 8 (noon).—Two mors
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 the
Aisne and Suippe Rivers, are m
French hands.,
(The capture of Conde-sur-Suippe
represents an advance of a mfle and
a 4 quarter northward from Aguilcourt,
across the Alsne River.)
Northeast of Rheims the Frencis
have captured Bazancourt and pene
trated Isles-sur-Suippe, near by,
The War Office communique says:
“There was artillery dueling In the
course of the night in the region of
St uentin,
"(Q)Jn the front of the Suippe Rives
the outskirts of Conde have been
reached i
“Repulsing strong German couatal