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Field Marshal's Full Report Cas-;
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the Armistice.
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American Officers Displeased.
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Briton's Memory Poor, Says
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One, Recalling the Famous
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Backs-to-the-Wall' Appeal.
y JUSTIN McGRATH.
» ASHINGTON, May 24.—Nothing
has oceurred since the signing
e armistice has so tended to
excite American officers to a state
of belligerency, as the complete re
lport of Field Marshal Douglas Haig.
Copies have just been received here,
Som of them are “fighting mad”
about it. The only mention which
Marshal Haig makes of the Ameri
can throughout the report lis his
&tatement that they occupied Coblenz
after the signing of the armtistice.
He' ignores the Ameriean divisions
which fought under him and which
took the lead in the final British
drive on Cambrai. Moreover, in ac
counting for the collapse of Ger
many's military power, he completely
ignores the effect of American partic
ipation in the war and the conclusive
work of Persihng’s army when the
Allied arms, beaten and exhausted,
were unable to make a further stand
against the Germfan assault.
< Action by Congress Urged.
This report of Field Marshal Haig,
with its failure to say any single word
of credit for the Americans or make
any acknowledgment of the value of
America's aid toward ending the war,
probably will result in demands in
Congress upon the War Department
for the complete record of the
achievements of American arms in
France and the complete record of
the representations made by the Al
lies to President Wilson and other of
ficials of the Government as to the
absolute helplessness of the Allies’
cause, unless America came in with
its full strength.
Senators and Representatlves have
‘ been expressing themselves for some
time, most weary of the policy by
which America was making vast con
tributions to European nations, and
a&etting nothing in return—not even
gratitude. Members of the military
affairs committee of both the House
and Senate will, of course, get the
comment of officers of the general
staff on the Haig report, and resent
ment in Congress over the unappre
ciative attitude of the Allied powers
will be further inflamed.
America lgnored.
Under the caption, “The End of the
War,” Field Marshal Haig says in his
report:
“If the views set out by me in the
preceding paragraphs are accepted, it
will be recognized that the war did
not follow any unprecedented course,
znd that its end was neither sudden
nor should it have been unexpected.
“The rapid collapse of Germany's
fnilitary powers in the latter half of
1918 was the logical outcome of the
fighting of the previous two years.
It would not have taken place but
for that period of ceaseless attrition
which used up the reserves of the
German armiesg, while the constant
and growing pressure of the blockade
sapped with more deadly insistence
irom vear to year at the strength and
resolution of the German people. It
is the great battles of 1916 and 1917
that we have to seek for the secret
of our victory in 1918, i
“Doubtless, the end would have
come sooner had we been able to de- |
velop the military resources m"(mr‘
empire more rapidly and with a high
er degree of concentration, or huq
not the defection of Russia in 1917
L given our enemies a new lease of
life. |
“Superior Morale.”
“So far as the military situation is
cocnerned, in spite of the great acces
sion of strength which Germany re
- ceived’ as the result of the defection
of Russia, the battles of ¥916 and 1917
had so far weakened her armies that
the effort they made in 1918 was in
sufficient to secure victory. More
over, the effect of the battle of 1916
and 1917 was not confined to loss of
Germran man power. The morale ef
fects of those battles was enormous, |
both in the German army and in
Germany. By their means our sol
diers established over the German
soldier a moral superiority which
they had held in an ever-increasing
degree until the end of the war, even
in the difficult days of March and
April, 1918.”
This was the comment made by one
of the general staff officers today on
the “reasons” set forth by Marshal
Haie for the German collapse:
“Field Marshal Haig must have a
very bad memory or else he thinks
. the people of his own country .emrl
of America must have bad memories.
“He sayvs ‘hat, by the battles of
1916 and 1917, the British soldiers
had established over the German sol
diers a moral superiority, and it was
because of this superiority that the
Germans were not able to make an
effort in 1918 sufficient to secure vic
tory.
It's Back Was to the Wall.
“Now. the fact is that the period
1. which General Haig says he was
preaking down completely the morale
of the German army, and establishing
the superiority ‘of the British, was
the- exact period in which he issued
his never-to-be-forgotten appeal to
the British army in which he said,
“We are fighting with our backs to
the wall."” :
1 hi]‘h(. desperate nature of the Allied
situation, as revealed principally
through this declaration of Field
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O ENXNTDERNARIONAI,
Captain Edward G. Chamberlain, reported cleared of the
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charge of fraud in winning the Vietoria Cross.
If unofficial reports from Leondon
are later confirmed, Donald Harper;
formerly of Rome, Ga., but in recent
years one of the leading authorities
on international law in Paris, will
have won the greatest victory of his
legal career in clearing Captain Ed
mund G. Chamberiain, of the Amer
ican army, of the charge of fraud,
deception and forgery.
The court-martial convened for the
purpose of determining the facts in
regard to Chamberlain’s alleged deeds
of heroism for which he was awarded
the Victoria Cross and the United
States Congressional Medal. Cham
berlain is from San Antonio and be
longs to one of the wealthiest and
leading families of Texas. |
His aunt, Mrs. Henrietta M. King,
is owner of a 1.280,000-acre ranch in
the lower Gulf coast region; his fa
ther, Edwin Chamberlain, is a promi
nent banker of San Antonio. Young
Chamberlain comes of adventurous
stock, his progenitors on botL sides
having played an important part in
the- stirring early history of Texas.
Before entering the army the young
man spent several years in college and
traveling. He is held in high esteem
by all who know him.
‘ Story of His Exploit.
It was when a lieutenant, July 27
of last year, that Chamberlain, while
on a leave viist to the British front,
was permitted to make an airplane
flisht against he Germans. When he
returned to the British camp he told
the story -of his wonderful exploit—
how he had battled with twelve Ger
man planes, destroyed five of them
and damaged two others; how he was
forced to land, took a German prison
er, by means of a ruse, picked up a
wounded Frenchman on his way back
and carried him into British lines.
His wonderful story was given world
wide publicity. He was recommended
for and awarded the Victoria Cross
and Congressional Medal of Honor,
and was promoted to captain:
When word came to Captain Cham
berlain’s father that doubt had been
cast upon tne truthfulness of his son’s
story, he sent Judge J. D. Crenshaw,
an attornéy of San Antonio, to Eng
land and France to look after Captain
(hamberlain’s side’ of the growing
controversy. Judge Crenshaw re
cently returned to this country, aftet
a stay of six months in London and
Paris. He is familiar with every de
tail of the remarkable case.
According to Judge Crenshaw, the
question at issue was one of veracity
as between Captain Chamberlain and
B-tish Major General Salmon, who,
as investigator for the British Alr
Marshal Haig, accelerated the move-‘
ment of American troops in France.
They went over so fast that by July
1, 1918, we had more than 1,000,000
there. It was only when we got our
troops to France the tide turned.
It was American divisions that
stopped the Germans at Chateau
Thierry and saved Paris.
It was American divisions that
helped largely to prevent the Germans
from enveloping Rheims.
1. was American divisions that led
the British assault on Cambrai, and it
awas the great American army of more
thar. 600,000 that made the Argonne
offensive, which threw the Germans
out of the strongest position they had
in France and compelled their retreat‘
along the whole line in order to es
cape being shut off from Germany. i
Repiy of Pershing. ‘
Here is General Pershing’s answer
to the exaggerated claims that Haig
makes for the British army:
“Our dogged offensive was wearing
down the enemy, who continued des
perately -to throw his best troops
against us, thus weakening his line in
front of our allies and making their
advance less difficult.”
The disposition in army circles, up
to this time, has been to be modest
in relating the works and achieve
ments of the American army, but
opinion is rapidly shaping both in
the War Department and in Con
gress that the time has now come to
let the whole truth be known regzard
less of the sensibilities of unapprecia
tive Europeans.
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERIC4N — A Newspaper for People Whe Think — SUNDAY, MAY 25, 191°
Ministry, reported the exploit of the
American flyer as false. At least two
strong points supporting the truth of
the reports made by Captain Cham
berlain were established in a speciali
investigation in which Judge Cren
shaw had a hand while in Europe.
Points in His Favor.
One of these points, according to
Judge Crenshaw, is the established
fact, as alleged, that Captain Cham
berlain was at the British flying camp
on leave on the date of the reported
exploit; the other point was that a
compass from the British plane, in
which Captain Chamberlain made the
parported flight, and which, according
to the captain, he used as a bomb, by
a ruse, which resulted in the capture
of a GGerman, actually was found in a!
ditch near the scene of the fight. |
The court-martial of Captain
Chamberlain aroused intense interest
zmong both Britith and American
highk authorities on the other side;
in fact, the ccurt-martial was the
direct result of whisperings and
charges and counter charges which
began to involve international poli
cies. With the British authorities, on
the one hand, branding Captain
Chamberlain’s exploits as false, and
with Captain Chamberlain and his
naval friends and colleagues uphold
ing the truth of the exploits as nar
rated, and for which the captain was
decorated with the Victoria Cross and
the congressional medal of honor, the
controversy aroused great interest
abroad, Judge Crenshaw said.
| Conferred With Sims.
l Judge Crenshaw had several con
ferences with Admiral Sims, com
'\m:mding the American naval squad
ron in European waters, in regacd to
lthe charges. In fact, it was Admiral
Sims who called the court-martial for
the good of the service, following in
vestigation of a special court of in
quiry appointed by the American Gov
ernment.
“"he whols affair,” said Judge
Crenshaw, “began with criticism of
t4e British failure to award credit
publicly to their flyers. According
io o Pritish tradition, the names of
British flyers who performed feats
were not published, and so when the
exploit of Captain Chamberlain came
out in the American newspapers, the
British newspapers writhed under
what they termed unfair discrimi
nation.
“Accordingly, Major General Sal
mon. of the British air service, made
an investigation of 'the matter for the
British Air Ministry with the result
that he reported the story of Captan
(‘hamberlain’s exploit as a concoction
of lies and falsehoods.”
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Motor Cars Collide; ;
Nobody Badly Hurt
A head-on collision between an
automobile driven by Mrs, C. E. Both
well, No. 12 College avenue, Decatur,
and another driven by L. O. Fortson,
an automobile dealer of Washington,
Ga., at the corner of Ponce DeLeon
and Moreland avenues, Saturday aft
ernoon resulted in painful but not se
year-old son of Mrs, Bothwell.
The child received several cuts on
his face. Two other occupants of the
Bothwell car escaped unhurt. They
were Mrs. A. L. Parks of No. 12 ('ol_-
lege avenue, and Muttie Wright, a
negro nurse., Mr. Fortson and Carl
ton Johnson, of Athens, who was rid
ing with him, were not hurt. .
A charge of rechless driving was
docketed against )irs. Bothwell
Four Transports From
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France ( hange Course
(By Internationa! News Service.)
WASHINGTON, ‘lay 24,—Four trans
ports from France hanged their course,
the War Departient announced this
afternoon, The Finland will dock at
Newport News M. 21, instead of Bos
ton; the Canandizua, at Philadelphia,
May 31, instead o' Newport News; the
Dakotan at Phila Iphia, May 27, in
stead of New York, and the battleship
New Jersey at New York, June 1, in
stead of Newport News, :
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Railway Director Says Revolving
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Fund Must Be Given $1,200,-
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000,000 Additional.
(By International News Service,)
WASHINGTON, May 24.—The
raWway administration's “revolving
fund” must be increased by $1,200,-
000,000 to meet the 1918 and 1919 re
quirements of the roads under Fed
era! control, Railways Director Hines
announced today, in requesting that
Congress make this sum “immediate
ly available and to remain available
until expended.”
The requirements for 1918, accord
ing to Hines' estimate, are $941,802,-
428, for which $500,000,000 already has
been appropriated, leaving a balance
of $441,802 438, The 1919 requirements
total $758,197,5662.
Inland Waterways,
Improvements on inland waterways,
$2,641,886,
The 1918 requirements, according to
the estimate, are:
Amount necessary to defray operat«
ing deficit, $236,184,940,
For net excess of current assets
over current liabilities, partly avail
able for the immediate working capi
tal requirements, $201,938.198.
Amounts advanced for account of
railroad companies to enable them to
pay in part their current liabilities’
$100,000,000,
Amount of additions and better
ments expenditures, including equip
ment, made to the railroad companies’
properties during 1918, which must be
carried by the railroad administration
for the time being $352,553,455.
Loans during 1918 to railroad com
panies not immediately repayable,
$48,483,959.
Teh estimated requirements for 1918
are:
For amount of additions and better
ments expenditures, including equip
ment, made and to be made to the
railroad companies’ properties during
1919, which will have to be carried by
the railroad administration for the
time being, $253,435,760. |
For improvements to develop inland
waterways, $11,700,000, |
For financing DBoston and Maine
Railroad Company reorganization,
$20,000,000. |
Tor operating deficit for first four
Months of 1919, $250,000,000.
For 'additional working capital,
$223,061,802. |
Reasons for Deficit. ‘
“The operating deficit of $236,184,940
for the year 1918,” said Director
Hines, “was due largely to two facts:
First, the winter of 1918 was un
precedented in its severity and in its
costly effect on railroad operations,
and, second, the increases in passen
ger and freight rates averaging about
25 per cent were in effect for only a
few days in excess of 'six months,
while heavily increased expenses due
to war conditions were effective on an
ascending scale throughout the twelve
months. .
“The operating deficit of approxi
mately $250,000,000 for the first four
months of 1919 is due in part of the
cumulative high levels of cost brought
about by the war for labor and mate
rials and in part to the sudden and
abnormal falling off of business as a
result of the cessation of war activi
‘ties, the sudedn drop in the demand
| for fuel and for other basic commodi
ties, and the general state of hesitan.
cy due to the transition from war
conditions to peace conditions, the
fact that the present period is tran
sitional and apparently on the eve of
important changes has made it expe
dient to defer, until the matter can
be more accurately measured, the
consideration of the question, now
frequently raised, of an increase in
rates.
“In my judgment, the deficits for
1918 and for the readjustment period
of 1919 are clearly losses due to the
war and ought to be treated as such.
By reason of the abnormal after-the
war factors tending to important
changes in the situation, the estimate
herewith submitted does not attempt
to forecast results beyond the first
four months of this calendar year.”
Citizens of Monro
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Plan Big Reception
an Big Receptio
For Georgia Editors
or Georgia Editor
If Ernest Camp, of The Walton
Tribune, is to be believed, and he
generally is, the ctiizens of Monroe
are making preparations to put the
big pot in the little one along about
the middle of this coming July,
when the country editors from all
over (eorgia assemble at Monroe
for their annual meeting. Mr. Camp
came into Atlanta Saturday to re
new his invitation to newspaper
editors to pay a visit to Monroe
this summer, and outlined some of
the things that city is preparing to
do for its guests.
“More than 150 editors have ac
cepted the invitation to attend the
convention of the Georgia Press
Association,” he said. “And r-:nvy in
July when melons are ripe and the
date draws nigh, we expect all the
rest of them to come. Why, the
way the weekly editors are paying
up back dues and renewing their
good standing in the association
makes me believe the whole mem
bership is coming to Monroe on
July 14
There are to be several business
sessions, and a welcome )y the
Monroe officials, and a basket din
ner on the beautiful old Courthouse
lawn, and an automobil¢ tour
through Walton County. And there
ia to be a trip through the new
drainage district, where thousands
of acres of swamp land were re
claimed, and then a trip to the
University of Georgia at Athens.
And from Athens the editors will
take a trip through the mountains |
of Northeast Georgia, in special
cars attached to a Southern train.
| Several noted speakers have ac
cepted invitations to address the |
convention. The officers of the as
scciation are:
Paul T. Harber, Commece, presi
dent; J. Kelly Simmons, Mcßae, and
W. G. Sutlive, Savannah. vice presi
dents; H., M. Stanley, Dublin, cor
responding secretary: C. E. Benns,
Butler, - secretary; J. J. Howell,
Cuthbert, treasurer,
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} IEUTENANT JOHN W, |
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Lieut. Snead, Wounded,
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Lieutenant John W, Snead, 116th Ma
chine Gun Company, who at present is
at Fort McPherson recovering from
severe wounds received at Verdun, has
an enviable war record He enlisted in
June, 1916, as a private, spent five
months on the Mexican border, and
sailed with the Rainbow Diwvision ,for
France He was promoted steadily un
til, while in France, he won his rank
as lieutenant. The following is taken
from a letter written his mother, Mrs.
N. M. Snead, of Carrollton, a month
after he was wounded:
“] am able to sit up in bed, and there
Is also a good right arm to use. One
year ago 1 sailed forr France and one
month ago I was wounded This is
how it happened: We were making a
drive; all day we had been going for
ward taking prisonsrs. Just when we
reached our objective, a distance of six
kilometers, and were ready to consol-|
idate, a whiz-bang expled~d too close to
me and put my left arm totally on the
blink. And, worse still, about the same
time, a machine gun bullet passed rap- |
idly through my right leg, just missing
the bone, leaving a hole on each side—
and something—l don’t know what, took
a little trip through my left leg. \
“After 1 was wounded, I was assisted
to a boche dugout, where I had to re
main three days before being able to
get back to the hospital. Tetanus set
in and for several days I knew nothing.
However, one morning I awoke and
asked tor oatmeal and preakfast. When
the doator came he said, ‘You bhave
cheated a 3x6 this time.” I think I had
the best doctors in the hospital—Cap=
tain Choffee, assisted by Captain Hoov
er. They were a royal pair, and when
I didn't die they were both so proud
they wanted to bottle me up in alcohol
and exhibit me as a specimen.
“The day I was wounded was one of
the greatest days of all. I shall never
forget how the brave Americans went
forward with exploding shells on all
sides, and machine gun bullets winiz
zing from every direction. It was a
great sight as far as the eye could
see to right and to left. We were going
straight after the boches, and every
few minutes great droves of prisoners
were sent to the rea rin charge of one cr
two of our men.”
Lieutenant Snead is a Carrollton boy,
brother of A. K. Snead, president of
the Citizens Bank of Carrollton.
Women Voters Must
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Register Tomorrow
Continued From Page 1.
membering the attitude taken by him
when the suffrage was last defeated
in the Senate, he will not be able to
do otherwise than vote for the amend
ment this time.
If the women of Atlanta fail to
register in sufficient number, how
ever, the senior Senator will be justi
fied in his attitude, opponents of suf
frage declare. The ranks of oppo
nents of suffrage have been greatly
thinned during recent years, bhut cuf
frage leaders realize that they can
hope to hold the numerous accessions
\to their ranks only by persuading the
majority of the women of Atlanta
who are eligible to vote to register
and prepare to exercise the franchise
in the coming city primaries.
L.eagues of women voters nare
gprirging up in every ward, drawing
support not only from the old suffrage
organizations, but from the women of
the city who have not been members
of any organization. Ambitious plans
for the promotion of education and a
general clean up are being considered
in the leagues.
A great mass meeting of all women
voters of the city will be held next
Thursday afternoon in the Chamber
of Commerce assembly hall, when a
permanent city-wide league of wom
en Voters will be formed, a name
chosen and officers elected. Every
woman in Atlanta who is interested
in the welfare of the city, its schools
‘;lvw( children is urged by the organi
"/.qun committee of the league to
come out and take part in the forma.
‘Hnll of the organization
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Senate Suffrage Chiefs
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- Striving to Hurry Action
(By Intarnmational Newse Service.)
. WASHINGTON, May 24.—Suffrage
Jeaders in the United States Senate
are striving to hasten action of the
constitutional amendment granting
suffrege to women, so that the United
States may precede France in giving
the vote to women. An attempt will
be made to secure action in the Sen
ate on the suffrage amendment dur
ing the‘coming week, suffrage leaders
stated tonight. Senator Johnson, of
California, who is the suffrage leader
of the Republican party, said tonight
that he doubted whether there would
be action on the amendment in the
Senate on Monday, but he was hope
ful that the amendment would he\
passed early next week. ‘
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J. A. Harding, 70, Has
Strayed From Home
Dr. A. H. Paine, of No. 115 McLen
don avenue, z;sked the police Satur
day night sos assistance in finding |
his father-in-law, J. A. Harding, 70|
vears old, who disappeared Saturday
morning and has not been seen since.
Mr. Harding is said to be absent
minded, and in the habit of straying
from home. He was lost last year
and found by Professor M. L. Brit
tain, Superintendent of Schools. When
Mr. Harding left home Saturday he‘
was wearing a derby hat and a dark
suit. He is 140 pounds in weight and
has a white beard,
All expectations have been exceed
ed and all records smashed by the
class of candidates to be initiated in
to the mysteries of the A, A, O. N,
M. 8., by Yaarab Temple, of Atlanta,
the evening of Saturday, May 31,
Already on file with George [, Ar
gard, recorder of the temple, are
more than 800 applications, and indi
cations point to a total of 1,000 appli
cations by the afternoon of Friday,
May 30, when the list will close. The
largest single class heretofore es
corted across the burning sands was
180, thus showing that the class this
week is a genuine record-smasher
and trash-mover, as Professor Sni
der would say. ‘
Colonel George M. Napier, poten
tate of the temple, set up the closing
hour for applications in order to ac
comgmodate a large number of Ma
sons who are now in process of tak
ing, or have only recently completed,
the degrees prerequisite to member
ship in the Shrine. Masonry has
grown remarkably as a result of the
war. The principles for which Amer
ica and the Allies fought are the prin
ciples of Masonry. Many soldiers re
turning from the service are joining
the order, while many other Masons
are taking advanced degrees, as evi
denced by the very large class of
Scottish Rite candidates recently ini
tiated in Atlanta.
Henry C. Heinz, chief rabban of
Yaarab Temple; Nobles Charles A.
Bowen and Henry C. Watkins, who
head the degree team, and the vari
ous others who participate in the
ceremonies incident to the crossing
of the sands, are keen for the great
event to be staged in the Auditorium
next Saturday night. Many gallons
of camel’s milk have been stored on
ice for use on that occasion. The
rope makers of the temple have
turned out an enormous quantity of
hemp for the different uses. The
manipulators of the various and
sundry paraphernalia are getting in
trim to ‘“treat 'em rough.”
A parade of all the uniform di
visions of Yaarab, ahd of every noble
who can attend, with all the candi
dates in line, will be given Saturday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, starting at
the Auditorium and moving through
the principal streets of the city.
Shriners all over North Georgia
are expected to attend the cere
monial, and among the candidates are
many prominent men, The initia
tion fee of Yaarab will be increased
from SSO to SIOO on the first of July,
and the coming ceremonial will be
the last to be held before the rato‘
goes up. Yaarab Temple's goal is
4,500 members by 1920, and there is |
every indication that the goal will be
reached. -
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Three Southern Soldiers
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Are Killed in Explosion
(By International News Service.) |
WASHINGTON, May 24.—Four Amor-‘
ican soldiers were killed and eighteen
injured in two explosions at Camp Wil
liams, Is-sur-Tille, France, May 12 and
16, General Pershing this afternoon in
formed the War Department. May 12 a
car of powder blew up at the construc
tion engineers’' quarry, killing four and
injuring eight, Four days ‘ater ten
were injured, one seriously, when 400
tons of assorted high explosives blew up.
Among the dead are: Corporal Clifton
Gordon, Greenville, 8. C.; Private Tom
Addison, Trenton, S. C.; Private Jonn
’Smith, Bethune, N, C.
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Nearly One-fifth of a
Million Peopl
Nearly one-fifth of a million people in 35,500
homes in Georgia—have grown up with gnd lived ;
in the atmosphere of Cable-made instruments,
And in addition, eounfless other thousands
come in contact regularly with Cable-made Pianos
in churches, clubs, lodges, studios, concert halls,
theatres and hotels. :
Who could be better judges of the unchang
ing quality of Cable-made instruments than these?
Who could be better fitted to help you settle
YOUR Piano problem? . ;
Ask any owner why he has grown to love
and cherish his Cable-made Piano or Inner-Player.
Then you'll know why so many thousand
people—in this vicinity alone—have chosen Cable
made instruments. ! i e
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(Cable-made Pianos, Grands, Uprights and
Inner-Players are sold in this city direct to you
from our factory salesrooms—the salesrooms of '
the world’s greatest makers of Pianos and Inner-
Players.
Piano Company
82-84 N. Broad St. Atlanta.
Home of the celebrated Mason & Hamlin
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'Surplus Hand
~ Grenades To Be
. Made Into Banks
l%’ (By International News Service.)
§ ASHINGTON, May 24.—The
“. W Government has found a
§ unique use for the 15,000,
000 hand grenades left over when
the armistice was signed. They
{ are to be converted into dime sav
! ings banks, It was announced this
' afternoon, and several large con
! cerns are being interested in the
proposition,
‘ Surplus stocks of all kinds still
to be sold by the War Department
are valued at $1,605,370,000. Sales
since November 11 have reached a
total of $236,130,000.
May Festival Held
At the Wren's N
t the Wren's Nest,
'H
Uncle Remus’ Home
The annual May Festival given
by the Uncle Remus Memorial As
sociation at the Wren's Nest Sat
urday afternoon drew hundreds of
women and children to the old Har
ris home in West End, and a con
siderable sum was obtained for the
association through the admittance
fees and the sale of candy and ice
cream. It was one of the most
beautiful of the series of festivals
presented there.
Margaret Massengale, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. St. Elmp Massengale,
wae the queen, and Alice Stewart,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred S.
Stewart, was the retiring queen.
Her attendants were Aileen Harris
and Norma Tucker,
Attendants to the queen were Eva
Moore, maid of honor; Muriel Per
kinsg, Mary Hill Bloodworth, Ada
Nichols, Louise Arnold, Fdith Beas
ley, Annie Griffin, I\k'lry Brown |
Spalding, Edward Hatper, Harris
Robinson, Aidell Walters, Clinton
Hugeley, Tom Body, Robert Griifin,
William Heath, Homer Maills. |
Others in the juvenile pageant |
were: -
Scepter bearer, St. Elmo Massen
gale, Jr.; crown bearer, Walter
Smith, Jr.; herald, Jack Cathcart;
war and victory, Martha Hender
son; Uncle Sam, Louis Ramson;
fairy queen, Ida Beckham.
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Bryan’s Talk Won’t Be
e ogs
All on Prohibition
It is reported that subjects of interest
other than prohibition will be touched
upon by William Jennings Bryan in his
speech at Wesley Memorial Church next
Saturday at 3 o'clock and at the Bap
tist Tabernacle at 8 o'clock that night.
Mr. Bryan comes tp Atlanta under
the ausplces of the Georgia Anti-Saloon
L.eague and in the interest of interna
tional prohibition. |
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Atlanta Art Asseciation
To Hold Annual Meeting
“The annual geeting of the Atlanta
Art Assoctation will be held in the as
sembly room of the Carnegie Library
Wedlnesday morning at 10 o'clock. The
election of officers will take place, and
‘there will be other business of impor
tance. A full attendance is urged.
’
(By International News Service.)
BALTIMORE, MD, May 24.-—Beve
era! members of the crew of the Old
Bay Line steamer, Virginia, which
hurned to the water's edge off the
moutl: of the Potomae early today,
were sgtill missing tonight, but offi«
cials of the company said that none
of the 170 passengers had lost his
life. More than a dozen passengers
and several of the ship's officers ana
erew were burned, some of them se
verely
Three negro firemen, several of the
Virginia's passengers agree, perished,
but it is not believed that the dead
number more than five or six. The
burning hull of the Virginia was still
afloat tonight and the light could be
seen for many miles,
Cuaptain Lane, who refused to leave
the bridge of his doomed vessel until
his clothing was aflame, said that it
wus a miracle that there was not
heavy loss of life. All the passengers
were asleep when the blaze broke out
at 12.50 this morning and the flames
sprea i so rapidly that they barely had
time to dress,
A bhoat load of women and children
capeized just after they had been lows
‘ered into the water. John Murphy, of
Boston, and Robert McCaffery, of Bal
timore, sprang overboard and swam
with the victims to nearby boats. A
party of enlisted men from the Unit«
ed Siates battleship New York also
gave cifective aid.
The survivors were hrought to port
by the steamers Florida and City of
'Annapolis. Many of them were only
partly dressed. Police ambulances
carried the injured to hospitals,
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Marie Dressler Fined
For Contempt of Court
(By International News Service.)
~ NEW YORK, May 24—Marie Dress
sler, the actress, must pay a fine of
SBOO in SIOO monthly instalments om
go to jail for contempt of court, Jus<
tice Allen announced today.
Miss Dressler failed to pay a judg<
ment for SBOO obtained against hes
by Owen Hitchings for services per<
formed and supplies furnished. When
she failed to pay it, he obtained an
order for her examination. Instead
of appearing in court she sent word
that she was too busy selling Liberty
bonds and would appear later, Hitch<
ings’ attorney wuitid until the IL.ib<
erty Loan campaign ended and thery
moved to have her punished for cone
tempt of court .
Jury Disagrees in Suit
Against the B. of L. E.
SELMA, ALA, May 24 —After de<!
liberation of fifty hours behind closed,
doors, the jury in the case of J. W,
Green versus the Brotherhood of Lo<
comotive Engineers., finally reported
a disagreement on the case Saturday
afternoon. Three times the jury re<
ported a disagreement while sitting
on the case, and ghey were sent back
and instructed to reach some agree=
ment each time by Judge B. M, Mil 4
ler
Suit was entered against the B. off
L. E. for $50,000 by J. W. Green for
alleged damages sustained when ha
was expelled from the Brotherhood
because of a remark which he made
just prior to the mnational railroad
firike which was to be called befora
the United States entered the war.
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