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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
Endurance Run for
Motorcycles Planned

A motorcycle endurance run from
Atlanta to Hampton, to McDonough,
to Conyers back to Atlanta, probab-
ly will be held in about two weeks
The distance over this route is 81
miles, and will be a severe test on
both rider and machine.
A meeting of motorcyclists has been
called for next Monday night at $50
O'clock at the Southern Motorcycle
Company's offices, No. 224 Peachtree
street, when all arrangements will be
made
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
ThomaSville Fans
Look for Good Ball
Team Next Season

TOWNSVILLE, GA, Jan. "a
With former Manager Dudley again
in charge of the Thomasvlle baseball
team the fans feel as if there would
be no doubt of strong team for the
coming season.
Several of the old players who are
already signed, among them being
Pitchers Roth and Ray, First Base
man Mitchell Davenport, Right Field
err Barnett, and Utility Man George
Wilkes II Is thought that johnnie"
Wasnon and Red" Murch will also
be with the team again as left fielder
and second baSeman.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23

@HlCAGO. Jan &3.-lt was Ol'o
Stifel, ST. Louis magnate and
his check for 100000 that
saved the Federal League on Sat
urday And YOU can wager the lam r.
lily plate on that
Magnates in organized baseball ana
those in the Federal League may zen
YOU that the future Of the third
league depended upon whether or
ganized baseball or the Federals Sc
cured the % feet of ground on the
North side lot.
Forget II. That wasn't the big
point. II wasn't a question OF wheth-
or the Chicago club had grounds or
not that threatened the future of the
league when Charles Weeghman de-
manded a showdown. IT was ques-
tion of dollars and cents. And Il
might be mentioned that the ball
players who are being signed to-day
are afiixing their signatures because
Stlfel not only displayed that 800 600
check in the Saturday meeting, but
because he placed IL in the hands
Of the Chicago magnate.
This story comes from the inside.
And by that Is meant from one OF
the men who sat in the meeting. He
was there when Weeghman made his
demand to be shown. And he was
among those present when Weesh-
man was shown.
HERE is. what happened When
i Weeghman and William Walker,
his partner in the Chicago club, went
into that meeting he was dissatisi1cd.
lie was of the opinion that he was
about the only fellow who had made
good Every man in the organiza-
Mt l.tgl
major league players for his team.
Weeghman and Tinker had theirs.
But some of the other fellows didn't
have theirs. That naturally made no
hit with the Chicago owner. SO he
arose and delivered himself of an
ultimatum. He remarked that ball
players were easy to secure and that
If any team didn't have the required
number that ii was because the own
ers thereof didn't care TO exert them
selves. OF course. there was one
other reason. The Chicago magnate
intimated that the other reason was
because the magnates didn't care to
cut the tie strings OF the money bag.
THIS speech was resented. Some
of the magnates arose and said
that they were quite willing 10 UNI
loosen, but that they didn't know how
u go about it, This occasioned a
srsat guffaw on the part Of tn" Ehi-
-D crowd. Weeghman, Walker
Il mixer and others said that signing
big league ball players was the cas-
lest thing in the world provided
that the owners We're willing TO put
mp the money Mr. Weeghman fol-
lowed by saying that he had gone into
this thing heart and soul and that
he had lot of money tied up Also
that he had his private opinion of
any fellow who didn't have "A bunch
Of stars. Also that his opinion was
that the fellow who said he was
willing to pay. but didn't have the
stars. was -four flushing"
Which aroused the ire of the st
Louis magnate. Also the ire OF one
other. Whereupon Mr. Stlfel arose
and remarked that he was quite will
ing 10 place in the hands Of the Chi
cago magnate a check for 100000
said money was TO be used in signing
bail players of the major league cal
iber and said players We're to he
turned over to the St. Louis club first
ana after a team was recruited for
that territory that the additional big
league fellows were to be distributed
among the other clubs of the league,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
8 Matches Played in
Handball Tourney

Three matches were played in the
first round of the handicap handbau
tournament at the Business Mems
gywnasium yesterday
Cheves defeated Breslin. Jones won
from Stewart and Borstein triumphed
over Cooper The matches were de-
cided best two out of three games
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
Frank Manush Signs
For Coming Season

Billy Smith manager OF the Crackers
announced this morning that he has re-
ceived the signed contract of Frank
Manush, the crack utility player.
Lawrence. the former Knoxville
pitcher. also sent in his contract yes
terday. Eighteen players have already
signed for the coming season.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
VARDoN AND RAY MAY RETURN

NEW YORK, Jan, 2S.-Harry Var
don and Edward Ray, the British golf
players, who made a tour of the
United states and Canada last year,
are to come back again this year. ac-
cording To reports being circulated
here to-day.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
Willett Tells Why
He Jumped Tigers

DETROIT, MICH, Jan. 23.-Pitcher
Ed Willett, who on Tuesday jumped
the Tigers to sign with the Federal
League, to-day in a letter to Presi-
dent Navin, of the Detroit club, de
clared that he Joined the outlaws
because Of the abstinence bonus
clause in the contract sent him Viii
lett was to have received $500 bonus
if he remained on the wagon ab
summer
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
DETROIT PLAYERS IN LINE,

DETROIT, MICH, Jan. 2S.-Oscai
Stanage and Frank Gibson, catchers
were added last night to the list o.
players who have signed 1914 con
tracts with the Detroit baseball clup
Gibson was obtained from the Texas
League in 1912 and was sent to NaSh,
vile last year under the optlona
agreement.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
Three Games in Prep
Basket Ball League

Three games are scheduled to-day in
the fourth round of the Pper School
Basket Ball League. Following is the
schedule of games:
Stone Mountain at Georgia Military
academy.
Tech High School at Donald Fraser.
Boys High School at Peacock
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
GRANT ENTERS EoIn.

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 The New York
York National League club last night
received the signed contract OF Eddie
Grant. veteran inielder who was pur-
chased from Cincinnati last season.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
oulMET LEAVES FOR PINEHuRsr

BOSTON, Jan. 23-F'rancis Ouimet,
the American open golf champion,
started South yesterday for two weeks
practice at Pinehurst, n. c. He ex-
poets to play on several courses in the
middel States before sailing in April tc
compete in the British amateur and
open title events
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
SOCCER TEAMS TO CLASH.

The Foote x Davies soccer team
and stone Mountain will meet to-
morrow afternoon at Stone Noun
tain The printers are last in the
league table, but hope to gain a bet
ter position after Saturdays strug =
gle
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
"eiG POLE" NOW A rIoER

DETROIT. MICH. Jan 2S.-Harr,
Coveleskie, left hand pitcher drafted
from Chattanooga last year. has signel
a contract to play with the Detroit
Baseball club this season.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
VAUGHN STICKS WITH EvERs.

FORT WORTH. TEXAS. Jan. g..
Manager Evers, of the Chicago Nation
al League club, who was IN Fort Worth
to-day. announced that he had secured
the signature of Pitcher James Vaughn
to a three-year contract.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-23
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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-10
OFFICIAL BRITISH REPORT SAYS
GERMANS FIRE ON OWN FORCES

at the railroads observing entrain-
ments and ietrainments.
1t is q simple matter for spies to
mix with the refugees moving about
to their homes; difficult for our troops
who speak neither French nor Ger
man, to detect them.
The French have found it neces-
sary to search villages and also casual
wayfarers on the roads for carrier
pigeons.
Among the precautions taken by us
to guard against spying is the publica-
ton of the following notice printed in
French and posted:
1. Motor cars and bicycles not
carrying soldiers in uniform may not
circulate on the roads.
2. The Inhabitants may not leave
the localities where they reside be-
tween 6 D. m. and a. m.
80. Inhabitants may not quit their
homes after 8 D. m.
4. No person may on any pretext
pass through the British lines with
out an authorization, countersigned by
a British officer
Value Of Secrecy Shown.
Events have moved so quickly dur
ing the last two months that anything
connected with the mobilization of the
British expeditionary force is now an
cient history Nevertheless, the fol-
lowing extract of a German order Is
evidence of the justification of the
enemy and is a tribute to the value Of
secrecy, we'll and Loyalty maintained
at the time in England:
Tenth Reserve Army Headquar
tiers, Mont st. Guibert, Aug. 20, 1914,
23:40.-Corps order, Aug. 81: The
French troops in front of the Tenth
army corps have retreated south
across the Sambre. Part of the Bel
gian army has withdrawn to Antwerp.
1t is reported that an English army
has disembarked at Calais and Boul-
ogne, en- route for Brussels
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-10
FRESH TROOPS MEET GERMANS

On the Battle Front, Oct, 2-Heavy
re-enforcements for the allies. made up
of East Indian troops and territorials,
the latter including a Scotch regiment
of sharpshooters, have been hurled at
the right wing of the German army.
which is giving way foot by foot be-
fore the terrific onslaught
The fresh troops are continuing the
recent terrible hand-tohand conflicts
ocCasioned by the intrepid Germans,
who are attempting at times ineffec-
tual sorties.
Fresh Troops Push On.
Not only have these new re-enforce-
ments prevented the Germans from
breaking through. but they have gained
ground. although at a terrific loss.
No iutimation has been given by Off
cials regarding the number Of fresh
men sent against the enemy on the
west Various guesses have been
made, some as high as 10000.
Ii was learned that further re-en-
forcements are expected momentarily.
Colonial troops are on their way. not
few of whom have seen service in
South African and other campaigns.
Struggle with Russians.
London Oct. 3.-The great struggle
between the armies OF Russia and Ger.
many. the latter REINFORCED by the
remnants Of the Austrian forces. has
begun, Upon the outcome of the series
OF battles now in progress all along
the great front from the Baltic on the
north 10 the Austrian stronghold Of
Cracow in the south the fate Of Ger
many hangs. according to the opinion
Of many military authorities
Germany now faces the supreme test
OF checking the great Russian armies
which threaten invasion, Uriess the
Russian armies can be decisivey
checked all along tie line Germany
will be forced to wage retreating
campaign in defense Of Berlin.
For this decisive campaign an army
of 100000 Germans and Austrians has
been assembled just inside the Russian
Poland frontier from Cracow through
Czenstochowa 10 Kalisz
Russians Win in North.
The first stage Of the great battle
seems 70 be in favor of the Russian
forces 1t is officially announced in
Petrograd that Russian armies have
yon decisive victories over large Ger
man forces near the frontiers OF
Prussia and Silesia
The Russian embassy ir Rome fur
nishes details OF the disaster which
has oyertaken the German offensive in
SuwalH and LODI provinces. In the
battles which brought about the col
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-10
DEATH COMES SWIFTLY
TO TWO GERMAN SPIES

London.-A story received from a
point in France it is not permitted to
specify says:
A soldier comes out from behind
pine tree with rife and fixed bayonet:
"Ou allez vous?" he says, stepping
before me and dropping his bayOnet
point little toward me.
''Je vais me promener," / reply smil
ing, and anticipate his next demand
by pulling out my case and display
ing my special permit, also various
other papers and an officially stamped
photograph, which proves my identi-
fication with the name upon the spe-
cial permit.
Monsieur, permit me-" says the sol
der suddenly In very fair English.
Monsieur is re man that writes. l
shake you by re hand with YER great
pleasure. 1t is to me an honor!"
We shake" with enormous empress
ment and ! compliment him upon his
English.
He smiles, gratifed, and disclaims
with great modesty. He beckons me
back among the trees.
"One comes!" he says. Ssh! Re
woods here have been many times set
in flames. We have suspects these
be done with intention"
See Spy Among Trees.
He ceased his whisper abruptly and
we both bent forward together A
hundred yards down the narrow path
among the pines man in a work
mans blue blouse is standing, looking
quietly in every direction.
Suddenly he takes a couple of steps
in among the trees, stoops and lifts
a stone
Far down the hillside at the end
of the narrow vista among the trees. a
second man was suddenly seen. So
utter is the silence that I can hear
him plainly as he coughs He begins
to haul on something. and ! realize
suddenly the meaning of the whole in
cident that I am watching. The two
men have located the underground
private telephone wire going up to the
fort. They have been tapping it for
any news they might pick up.
Death Is Painless.
The soldier is methodical He takes
the distant man first. Kneeling there
behind him, I watch with a growing
thrill and tension of tragedy and sick
ness his sunburned cheek cuddle
against the stock of his rife. Then
very slowly ii seems to me in that
quiet dreadful moment his stubby
cigarette stained forefnger crooks
back gently, gently on the trigger.
Crack" comes the sharp, swapping
bang of the weapon, and the man
down the vista of trees gives a queer
little jump and then turns right around
quickly and looks behind him And
thus looking. and seemingly unaware
that he is the person who has been
shot, his heart stops and he rolls over
quite easily and gently on his side
a merciful enough death, as these
violent deaths go. for some OF them
are so dreadful
Shoots Second German.
And then. as | stare, the rife goes
crack" again. and I jump; for | am
still looking at the silent figure down
the vista Of trees.
But the soldier has been attending
to his business and has snapped OF q
second shot at the nearer man, for
the man had started TO bolt And be-
cause the shot was hastily aimed the
second death is as cruel as the first
was merciful.
An examination OF both bodies
shows that the men were German
spies, in possession Of "ciphered" in
formation that would no doubt prove
very helpful to cur eGemies.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-10
Denies Loss of zennelln.

Berlin. Oct 3, via The Hague and
London.-The Thorne Gazette contra
diets the dispatch from Petrograd
which asserted that the Zeppelin which
recently dropped bombs into Warsaw
was later captured by the Russians.
The paper says that the German air
craft returned to its home port intact.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-10

German officers and soldiers IN
plain clothes, or in French or British
uniforms, have remained in localities
evacuated by the Germans in order to
furnish them with intelligence.
"One spy of this kind was found by
our troops hidden In a church tower
His presence was discovered only
through the erratic movements OF the
hands Of the church clock, which he
was using to signal TO his friends by
means OF an improved ssmaphore
code.
Had this man not been seized 1t is
probable he would have signaled TO
the German artillery at the time OF
their aflival the exact location Of the
headquarters and stat. A high ex-
plosive shell would then have mys-
teriously dropped on the building.
Women spies also have been
caught; secret agents have been found
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-10
Germans Defeat British.

Cape Town, Oct. "A German force
has defeated the British in the Rad
fontein-Warmbad district in a battle
which began on September 90, The
British lost 16 killed and 43 wounded.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-10

lapse Of tbeir invasion of Russia the
Germans lost 10000 killed and 10000
prisoners. They were so thoroughly
beaten near Suwalh, Ostrovitz, and
other towns that they fed. leaving be
hind them wagon trains, batteries and
baggage.
Russians Aiming at Berlin.
All the news indicates that Russia
is successfully following the plans OF
her general staff to paralyze German
initiative along the Prussian-P oland
frontier while fastening an advance
in force against southeast Silesia, the
key to Breslau and Berlin The Rus
sian general staff expects to have
troops in Silesia by October 5.
While the success of the. Russian
armies has been so marked in the
north, the advance through Hungary
is amazingly rapid.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-10

ment made in Berlin today the great
battle in France is still undecided.
The Germans are described as ham
mering the French positions at numer-
Gus points by their heavy artillery.
The attempts of the allies to break
through the German lines have been
repulsed. The heaviest losses have
been in the Argonne region.
The Germans continue to make
steady progress.
The fighting in France, the siege of
Antwerp and the offensive operations
under General Won Hindenberg in the
east. all going on the the same time.
are taken in Berlin to indicate that
the German army is not lacking in
men.
Alarm In Berlin?
Amsterdam, via London, Oct. 81
A dispatch from the German capital
says that the Berliner Tageblatt prints
a significant article by its military
correspondent. Major Moraht. who,
while asserting confidence that there
will be a fresh German advance on
Paris. is careful to add
But there is another possibility
which must command the conscien-
tious attention of calm observers of
the fuctuating struggle: What would
be gained by the allies il they force
our right wing to the Belgian frontier?
Nothing but the passing success which
would be the beginning of the end of
the Franco-British presumption Of vic
tory"
Major Moraht then explains that the
farther the allies move from Verdun
and Toul, which, he says, form their
last great strongholds, the longer is
the distance they must travel back
when the stream of German armies,
broad and unhindered, flows westward
from Lorraine.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-10
BATTLE Of A|SNE
STILL GOING On;
BOTH LINES HOLD
Allies Claim Slight Advance,
While Germans Insist They
Have RepuISed Enemy.
SILENCE FORTS AT ANTWERP

Two Dutch Outworks Put Out of Ac-
ton 10 Report from 6erlln-Kalser's
Troops Never Cease Furious On
sIauaht on Allied Lines - Russian
Attack Now Extended Along Entire
Battle Front.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-10

London. Oct. 4.-The three weeks
battle in the vincinity OF the Aisne
river is still undecided,
Neither the Germans nor the allies
claim any decisive victory. although
the French and British troops have ad-
vanced beyond the Aisne and are still
crowding back the kaiser's forces.
On the other hand, the Germans
contend that the great battle remains
a draw They are describeN in official
Berlin dispatches as hammering the
French positions at various points
with heavy artillery and that attempts
by the allies to break through the
German lines have been repulsed
These Berlin dispatches report the
heaviest losses in the Argonne re-
gions
Keep Up Terrific Battle.
On the Battle Front. Paris Oct A.
A thrill was in the air all along the
extended allied lines today. The
French and British troops. who have
been over a fortnight in the closest
contact with the Germans, felt they
had accomplished their hard task of
preventing the Germans from breaking
the human barrier erected between
them and Paris their main objective.
and that this meant eventual victory
for the allies
The fury OF the German onslaughts
was undated especially on the west
ern wing; but their every EFFORT was
met with vigor by the allies. who
seemed to vie with each other In us
ing all their strength and courage
against the attackers
The scene Of the most violent at.
tacks changes day by day The Ger
mans. finding it impossible TO pene-
trate the allied lines in the vicinity
OF Reims and scissors. quickly trans
ported many OF their divisions farther
northwest and hurled them against
Roye Again they failed. although
they never ceased thier efforts to bat
ter down the resistance
The allies great turning movement
continued today and their western
wing extended toward Arras. Reports
from the other end OF the line on the
frontier show the progress Of the al
lies 10 be slow but sure.
Alrships Great Aid.
Bordeaux. Oct. THE concentra.
ton OF Germans In great strength at
Roye. as mentioned In the war Offices
statement issued this afternoon. is ex-
plained here by the ease with which
the commanding generals discoves the
dispositions of the enemy Though
aeroplane scouts.
An important factor in the winning
of battles is surprises. The aviators
IN the present war have made this fac.
tor a negligible one.
For this reason the battle Of the
Aisne is continuing for an uuprece.
denied length of time The public. not
familiar with all the strategy. Is n.
clined to be impatient of fighting with.
out an end, but those who know de.
clare themselves perfectly satisfied
with the progress being made by the
French armies
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1914-10-10
GERMANS REPULsE ALLIES.

Berlin, Oct s. by wireless to Say.
vile, l. According to announce