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RUSS

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
PETRoGRAD, Dec. First line
German troops are now opposing \
portion Of the Russian army in Pol
and, it Is stated here today. The ar
rival Of reinforcements for the enemy
and the strengthening Of corps Of
mere youths and second and third line
troops by the first fighting forces, is
said to be responsible for the delay
in settling the issue in Poland.
II is admitted that the German
forces are putting up desperate re-
sistance In the vicinity Of Lodz. Their
losses are declared to be enormous.
The Germans fought their way out Of
the wise in which they were caught,
south Of Lodz, at the point Of the bay
onet in the face Of terrific machine
gun and rifle fire. Prisoners which
have been taken are suffering terribly
from hunger and exposure. In their
retreat the Germans have lost vest
quantities Of supplies.
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British Version of How German Cruisers Goeben
and Breslau Were Permitted to Escape
When Cornered.
ORDERS APPEARED TO Be AUTHENTIC
Japanese and British Squadron is Chasing Ad-
miral Won Spec off South America and
Battle is Expected.

ton: BY means Of HIS log book and
the testimony of his flag lieutenant,
his secretary and his wireless opera
tor, the admiral was able to prove abb
solutely that he had received rad
iogram in the British admtralty's
secret code worded and signed In
regulation admiralty form, ordering
him to permit the Goeben and Breslau
Ito escape. Assuming that the admir-
atty knew its business and that it
probably had other plans for the dis
posal of the German vessels, he did
mot question the order. II he had
there would not have been time to
obtain confirmation from the admir-
atty.
| The wireless message was received
on the morning of August 6. Under
the laws OF neutrality the Goeben and
Breslau were to leave the Italian
port thar evenihg. There wee .c..hs..iiiis
ITO do but obey. The German ships
left on scheduled time without moIes-
tation, later entered the Dardanels
and were purchased" by the Turkish
government.
! 1T was not until he reached Eng.
land that Troubridge learned that no
such order had been sent him by the
admiralty. 1t had come from the
Goeben itself or from some wireless
station under German control The
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being held back by smaller numbers.
possibly as inferior as, during the Jap
anese war.
These facts, quite apparent to out
side observers are dangerous food for
reflection in Russia. The German war
leaders have always counted on Sla-
vonic revolutionary possibilities COM
ing to their aid in a war against Rus
sia The present war is extended over
a lond period and If Slav impotence
continues against Germany, internal
disturbances are Practically certain to
break out In Russia unless th., czar's
armies are able to make headway
against Turkey.
The lack Of any serious Russian ini-
tiative in tho Caucasus, coupled with
the inability Of the Slavs to retain the
offensive in Poland suggests that Rus
sia may be suffering from the same
failure of equipment that Is So serf-
ously hampering the allies in the
west. At the outbreak of the war the
unlimited numbers Russia could, put
in the field was favorite dinner table
topic Since then, it has become
known that soldiers do not fight with
their fists, but must have guns and
ammunition. Russia probably lacks
these supplies. Otherwise. what has
tecoms, of her exhaustless millions of
soldiers? Why aren't they in the field,
overwhelming Won Hindent.arg and
marching victor.ously across Asia
Minor to Ccnstantinople?
Berlin now confidently asserts that
danger of Russian invasion has dis
appeared. Do the Germans know that
aussias limited war supplies make
impossible the equipment of a largo
part Of the Slavs otherwise available
for the battle line?
This fact. together with the temp
ta'ion of Constantinople and above
all the leadership of Won Hindenberg,
are probably the reason for Germany's
satisfaction over the campaign in Pol
and.
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BY william G. Shepherd, United
Press Staff Correspondent

fBy william G. Shepherd, United
Press Staff Correspondent
PRZEMYSL, Oct. 29.-(By mail to
New York.)-(Passed by the war
press bureau This is my diary OF
yesterday, which spent on the Aus
trian firing line, twelve miles from
here:
7:45 a. m.-Under the escort OF
Colonel John and Captain Miakich, we
start for the front. We included
John Quincy Adams, the great Ameri-
can painter, Robert w. Dunn OF the
New York Evening Post who has just
arrived. and myself We bundled into
one Of the typical springless basket
bodied Galician wagons.
500 :. mWe are ON the main
road leading from the great fortifica-
ton OF Prxemysl to the hills where
the artillery firing is heaviest. At
$40 We pass the cholera hospital ana
flve minutes later we pass through
the gate OF the inner fortifications.
The road Is covered with wagons. Two
tightly packed lines OF them are going
in our direction. Another line on our
left is going toward PrzAmysl with
sick and wounded: Steam from thou
sands Of sweating horses rises like q
thin mist along the trail. The sight
is so wonderful that even the wound
ed men keep their eyes on It. The
sick men, some with the green faces
and loose, opened mouths of cholera
victims hang out their heads, half
dead
s:15 a. m-On both sides OF the
road, on ploughed farm land. huge
bodies Of recruits are training. They
have stamped the wet earth into a
black. smooth shining field that gilt
ters like Jet.
$50 a. m.--Among the thousands OF
sights we catch a glimpse OF pig,
riding on a seat like soldier He
has been tied there to keep him from
running away from dinner, though 1t
will be some one else's meal, not his
own
s:35 a. m.-we pass the outer line
OF fortifcations. The trenches are
lined and fioored with willow or straw
mating As far as our eyes can
reach, to our right and left stretch
small forests" OF posts. hitching post
high, with barb wire hung and tan
gled between them.
s;10 a m.--Our wagon is springIess
Now know why all the wounded men
IN the. carts have such strained faces.
s:S5 m.-The road dips into a
valley On both siies stretches an
Immense camp OF tents and covered
wagons. The smoke OF thousands OF
fres hangs over It all. Mud. men.
fags. smoke, horses, wagons, piles Of
bread, harness. rifles. form a wierd
and indescribable picture that cover
hundreds Of acres in the valley. This
Is reserve camp.
s:45 a. m.--We make q trip on foot
through the camp. "Hello there. you
American!" hear a man call from
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RUSSIAN VICTORIES ARE DENIED
ENGLAND
s[By Ed. |. Keen, United Press Staff
Correspondent.l

lSy @0s 1s b\SSty SbseSO SSo'
correspondent.l
LONDON, Dec. 1.-Russian and Ger
man official statements today give
every indication that the German lines
in Poland are intact and that the
forces are now locked in terrific
battle extending over what virtually
amounts to front Of 100 miles.
There are three points Of contact
from the German position south Of
Plock, through Lowicz and Lodz and
southeast Of cracow. The armies have
gradually merged into one great force
during the past week, however, and
the developments Of the past two days
clearly indicate that early Russian re-
ports were overly optimistic.
General Won Hindenberg's army
which was composed largely Of con-
scripts Of next years line has now
been reinforced. With the kaiser at
the eastern front it is believed su-
preme effort 10 about to be made to
hurl the Russian offensive back upon
Warsaw. Every confidence is felt
here that the Germans now hold ad-
vantage, but L Is realized that the
conflict In the eastern theatre 10 far
from = decision. When big battle
Is finally fought and the results and
details are learned, It 10 believed It
will prove to be the most sanguinary
conflict on record. The result Of the
entire situation Is also Of the greatest
Importance. Some military experts
hai;>,x ~. Harso,,e ~ra v,o>., =, ~ / M
time in the west. awaiting the out
come Of Gen. Hindcnberg's conflict
with the Russians. Defeat in the east
it is believed, would be followed by
immediate retirement Of Germans tc
thelr second line Of defenses in Bel.
GUM. The kaiser would then be com.
rleteiy on the defensive at both fronts
Departure OF the king for the froni
and his visit to the troops is believed
to foreshadow an early offensive move
ment by the allies. II is realized that
euci, movement will not be attempt
ed until Generals Joffre and French
are convinced that the strength OF the
Germans has reached low ebb In
their vain efforts to reach the coast
~ hurting vast forces against the
allies lines. The German attack has
now lost a greater part OF its force
and with fresh French and British
troops constantly arriving, the time
for the allies to strike 10 believed tc
be rapidly approaching.
King George spent but one day u
the front and Is now probably on his
way back to England. He landed In
northern France (place not named)
where he was met by members Of the
staff Of General French and the prince
of Wales who accompanied his father
on visit to the military hospitals.
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BELGIUM |
" William Philip Sims, United
Press CORRESPONDENT

Press Correspondent
ON BOARD THE SALVADOR" !"
Oct. 27 (By mail to New York).-
This 10 literally ship load Of misery.
We have on board 1000 Belgian wsom-
en- and babies, with sprinklins Of
old mon and boys, bound for La Hall
co where the French government are
preparing to take care Of them.
All about me, on the rusty deck OF
this huge iron tramp steamer, are the
vars outcasts. Each 10 carrying a
smaii bundle none much bigger than
might contain = large pocket handker-
chief. The "saivador" at anchor in
the Calais harbor, sits alarmingly,
apparently not drawing more than a
foot.
II we ever get to sea and blow
comes up, we'll .urn turtle 40 sure as
fate and don't think many on board
would care. There isn't an ounce Of
freight aboard and no ballast; but up,
up, up the steep and very lofty ladder
from dock to deck, stream Of poor
refugees 10 pouring.
Far below, as look over the rail-
ing, dingy looking mob Is waiting,
each member Of II with paper In
hand, proving the holder to be Bel
gian and therefore entitled to en-
bark on this rusty, old hiah-out.ofthe
water tramp.
Back Of me 10 Belgian family:
mother, two babies, grandfather and
grandmother. They have walked
from Antwerp to Calais. The tWe
babies are in a hamper filled with old
clothes.
The old folks have taken turns at
the two ends Of the stick on which
they had hung the basket holding the
babies. They looked dazed, hungry,
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United Press Leased Wire Service.]
FRANCE-Germans active north OF
Asras. Heavy cannonading in Bel
sum. Situation elsewhere unchanged.
RUSsIA-Still engaged in fierce
uattie with Germans in Poland. First
hne German troops declared to be op-
posing Russians.
!, aENGIAND--Visit Of King George to
'front.' believed to foreshadow offensive
loVement by allies. British and Jap
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The War at a Glance
Summarized by John Edwin Nevin, United
Press Staff Correspondent

anese fleets reported closing in on
Germans off South American coast
GERMANY Claimed position of
German troops in Poland continues to
improve. Expect soon to assume the
offensive. Situation in the west un-
changed
AUSTRIA-Severe defeat Of Rus
slams at Homonia claimed: enemy's
casualties 1000, 1,500 prisoners taken.
Fighting continues in Servia.
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ATTACK BY AIRsHlPs,
MORE PRISONERS.

BERLIN, (via wireless to London)
Dec. 1.-Additional successes are
claimed In north Poland and $500
Russians captured, in the war office
official statement today.
"Quiet prevails in east Prussia and
southern Poland" the statement as
serts. sour booty in north Poland has
been increased as a result of yes'c--
days successes, by $500 men, 1a ct->-
non, SO machine guns and numerous
ammunition Carts"
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NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

LONDON, Dec. 1.-British govern
nent officials do not regard the state
ments Of the German crown prince In
aand, United Press staff correspon-
dent, as likely to influence opinion In
the United States against the allies.
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GERMANY

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
BERLIN, (via The Hague), Dec. L.
Late reports from the eastern front
today declare the position Of German
troops continues to be improved. They
have succeeded in entrenchiHe them
selves effectively and the Russian Of
fensive continues to hammer at the
German line without success. Armies
Of General Won Hindenberg and Gen.
eraI Mackensen have been reinforced
and word Of the German offensive hav-
ing been resumed is expected momen-
tariIy.
ATTACK BY AIRSHlPS.
THE HAGUE, Dec. 1.-Two British
aviators swept over Ghent yesterday,
dropping bombs upon the military
quarters. Seven German soldiers were
wounded.
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FRANCE

UNITED Press Leased WI ervice.l !
PARIS, Dec. Ever, . bodied
German In Belgium tha. s be spared
from garrison duty = che fighting
line hetween Ypres E - ..he sea. Re-
ports reaching here ~ declare that
during the iuIl in, the fighting Of the
past week, Belgian towns back Of the
lines were emptied TO the last man
that could be spared in the mainten.
ance Of order. A fierce attack 10 said
to have ksen directed against the al
More than 1000 Germans are mass
ed for this assault. The rush OF re-
Inducements to the northern line IS
believed to be in anticipation Of Of
fensive movement by the French and
British. In case OF a German retreat
being necessary, heavy forces will be
necessary to hold the allies In check
to cover the Germans in their with
drawai to their line OF. concrete
trenches further toward the interior.
There another stand will be made.
OFFICIAL REPORT.
PARIS, Dec. 1.-North Of Arras,
the Germans showed great activity
during yesterday, The official COM
munique issued by the war office
stated today. There was heavy can
nonadino In Belgium, but no infan-
try attacks were attempted. Else
where conditions are declared to be
unchanged.
"There was heavy cannonading In
Belgium yesterday but no attacks by
the German Infantry" the com
munique states. "North Of Arras, the
Germane showed great activity.
"cannonading continues along the
Aisne. In the Areonne and other re-
sions there is no change in the situa-
tion."
People Are Cheerful.
by William Philip Simms, United
Press Stan Correspondence
'[Copyright, 1914, by the United Press.]
PARIS, Dec. 1.-The most cheerful
region in France is in the war zone. l
have just returned from 1000 mile
auto tour OF the front with the cor
respondents and military attaches OF
seven other neutral nations and every
where found the soldiers, as well as
the civil population of the war-ridden
districts cheerful and in the best of
health and spirits.
The tour zig-zagged along the front
from Alost to the frontier east of Yer
dun. Contrary to reports, Verdun has
not been touched by the Germans. l
visited the forts there, accompanied
by French general.
"You see. the forts are not occupied
by the enemy" he said In the towns
and villages of the war district, shors
have been reopened in temporary
shacks, erected on the ruins of the
buildings which formerly housed the
shop keeper and business is being
as usual. Temporary struc-
lures have also sprung up upon the
ruins of homes destroyed by shells
and the people are chearfully making
out one way or another.
In the country districts. women are
working in the fields with boys and
old men preparing for the new crops.
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Who will bake ice cream at The Gate
city's Home Economic School at the
Masonic Temple banquet room)
this evening. Everybody should at
tend and partake Of this delicious
dish.
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TORRENS TITLES Must Proceed RURAL
CREDITS.

obvious that the basis for Rural Credits will be land For
Georgia landowners benefit whatever the
ofsuch law it imperative that steps taken to land
ties of Georgia suitable for collateral security We have
IN the past pointed out the garng defects in the
system of title registration and their ACCOMPANYING evils that
forever make land litigation burden people and e
the State and County To date arguments for the
of modern land title registration law bv the aoea
ure of Georgia has mostly been based upon the uncertainty
ownership and he desaby Of simplifying the transfer Of
With the passage law making Government funds available
for Farm loans becomes question of such direct
to all interests IN the State financial weas agricultural that
time should be oed by the members of the present
when they meet this to place Georgia land owners in
position they may derive the benefit of cheaner ~
their agricultural prof ct Several of grand urs of Ron
Hill County have passed resolutions requesting our Senator's d
Representatives to introduce bills embodyng the feanros f ~
Torens system of land title registration that carry with tbo
absolute security in Ownership implicitly of transfer u
the additional impetus of Nation wide demand for ecr+is ~
basis of Rural Credits may hope that Senator ot
H. Ens for the coming session of the Teo+
bill that will make possible for Georgia farmers to share IN M
benefits that certain come from the passage Of Rnr
Legislatation by Congress.
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Dr.. Lyman Sentenced

Los Angeles, CAL, Jan. o.
DR.. John Grant Lyman, promoter
of the defunct Panama Develop
ment Company, convicted of hav-
ing used the mails to defraud,
today was sentenced to one year
and three months in the prison
at Florence, Ariz. Federal Judge
Wellborn overruled a motion for
a new trial, but granted a delay
Of execution of fiftee days, pend
ing the filing of a bill of excep-
lions.
Postal inspectors raided Offices
of the Panama Development
Company in 1911 and obtained
evidence Of fraudulent transac-
tons. Lyman was promoting
Panama lands to which he had
no title and, in some cases, which
did not exist, it was testified at
the trial. After Lyman was ar
rested in Oakland he escaped
from a guard at a hospital but
was recaptured in Oregon on an
automobile dash for the border.
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Hearing In Speer
Case Begins Jan. 10

Washington, D. C. Jan. o.
Federal Judge Emory F. Speer
of the Southern district of Geor-
gia to-day notified the House
Judiciary Committee t h a t
health has sufficiently recovered
for him to be present when the
subcommittee takes up the inves-
tigation of the pending charges
concerning his official conduct.
The subcommittee in charge of
the case, Representatives Webb,
North Carolina; Floyd of Arkan-
sas and Volsted of Minnesota, ex-
pect to open hearings at Macon,
January 10. The indications are
that more than a hundred wit
nesses, many of them lawyers
who practice in Judge Speer's
court, will be subpeonaed to ap-
pear at the hearings, which pro-
badly will be held at Macon,
Savannah and Augusta.
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Two Locker Clubs
= Are Storm Center

Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 1O.-A bit
ter fight was entered into FRIDAY
afternoon against two of the
seven locker clubs recently raided
by the city police. The cases were
against the managers of the Cen
trial and the Beavers clubs, and
IN the event they stick, similar
proceedings will be entered into
against the T. M. A., the Theatri-
cal, the Metropolitan, the Owls
and the Eagles.
These are the cases in which
w. Z. Jones, a stool pigeon, is
alleged to have purchased LIQUOR
from the clubs without being q
member,
None of the big social clubs OF
Atlanta, of long standing, are in
volved in this wrangle at all, and
the cases do not involve the gen.
eral locker club question.
The point at issue is not the
question of whether the locker
clubs have a right to serve LIQUOR
to their members. It is a charge
that the specific clubs under in
dictment operated actual blind
tigers by selling whiskey to men
who were not members.
There is no likelihood whatever
that the general locker club sit
uation will be changed in Atlanta
for the next year at any rate.
The clubs which confne the serv-
ing of liquors to their members,
and keep within the law as it is
understood up to this time, will be
permitted to operate unmolested.
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No Difference
The Proof Is Here The Same
AS Everywhere

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kidney backache. weak kidneys.
Doan's Kipney Pills offer hope of
relief and the proof is here in Fitz-
gerald the same as everywhere.
Fitzgerald people have used Doan's
and Fitzgerald people recommend
Doan's, the kidney remedy used
in America for fifty years. Why
suffer? Why run the risk of danger.
Gus kidney ills-fatal Brights
disease. Here's Fitzgerald proof.
Investigate it.
G. w. Phillips, 8O3 S. Lee St.,
Fitzgerald, Ga. says: II had kid
ney complaint for over a year and
was in misery. Doan's Kidney
Pills did me world of good.
Since l used them, 1 have enjoyed
good health. This remedy has no
equal"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-M Co., Buffa.
10, New York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other. Adv.
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ATLANTA LOGICAL
CITY REGIONAL BANK

Atlanta, January 10.-Arthur
E. ChiIds, of Boston, the eminent
banker and financier, was enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday in
Atlanta at the Capital City Club
by William. Hurd Hillyer.
Mr.. Childs, who is as we'll
qualified as any man in the coun-
try to discuss the general situa-
ton, declared that in his opinion
Atlanta was unquestionably the
logical point in the southeast for
the proposed regional bank.
His etatement will be read
with interest througout Georgia,
particularly in view of the fact
that the endorsement of Atlanta's
claims has become statewide, and
already seventeen cities and
towns have formally pledged
their support to the movement.
Mr.. Hillyer, who is one of At
lanta's most prominent bankers,
invited the following gentlemen
to meet Mr.. Childs at the lunch
con: Col. R. J. Lowry. A. c..
Newell, Russell, Porter, Carroll,
Latimer and Edgar Watkins.
If Atlanta is chosen as the
point for the south's regional
bank, as it certainly should be,
"Mr. Childs declared" it will be
because the organization com
mlttee is convinced that this is
the logical city
1T should be shown by a clear
cut statement that Atlanta is the
clearing house for the vast en-
pire of the south, the natural
and not an artificial center of the
ebb and flow of money. This
will be the convincing argument.
Sentiment will cut no figure.
Certainly Atlanta will be able to
make this showing"
Mr.. Hillyer and the other
gentlemen present agreed that
Atlanta certainly should, and
would.