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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-09
PROBE CIRCUMSTANCES
OF ITALIANS LATE DEFEAT

Rome, Feb. e.-The Italian defeat Of
last October on the lsonzo front and
the circumstances attending it are to
be inquired into by committee named
by the cabinet.
This announcement, in the shape of
a note issued by the Stefani news
agency, says that following the ap-
polntment of a committee to inquire
into the military events of the end of
october, 1917, the cabinet decided that
Gen. Cadorna, former chief of staff:
Gen. Porro, under chief of the general
staff, and Gen. Capello, shall remain at
the disposal of the minister. of war
without any reduction in rank or au-
thority, simply for the object of en-
abling them to furnish the committee
all the facts likely to be useful to it.
Gen. Giardino, assistant chief-of-
staff to Gen. Diaz. has been detailed to
attend the meetings of the supreme
war council at Versailles.
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Ala.
John s. Williams, Gardner, Fla.
John w. Redd, Bull, Ala.
Leo F. Terzia, Monroe, La
Gallan. T. Albritton, Myakka
City, Fla.
Frank HI. Carroll, Norfolk, Va.
Harvey p. Holland, Wakefield,
Va.
James w. Logan, Uree, N. C.
Willie j. Stuckey, Lamar, S. c.
Iva Burns McAlister, Nashville,
Tenn.
Jesse E. Veitch, Ballston, Va.
Freddie Johns, Tampa, Fla.
Herman III. Alexander, Ethridge,
Tenn.
Charles H. Greer, Union Point,
Ga.
Loomis NJ. Hales, Clayton, N. c.
Wesley Shell, Sugar Grove, NC.
Battle c. Allen, Shouns, Tenn.
Charles B. Barnette, Moss Point,
Miss.
James Coburn Bigger, New
'berne, N. c.
James r. Bost. Atlanta, Ga.
Wayne S. Bell, Marion, s. c.
Album H. Collins, Greensburg,
La.
Boyd E. Hancock, Thomasville,
Ga.
John A. Johnson. Pollock, La.
James G. Mitchell, Grayson, La.
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POSED AS GOVERNMENT
AGENTS TO ENEMY ALIENS

Charleston, S. c.. Feb. w. S.
Rodgers and S. j. Williams, two
strangers, were given a preliminary
hearing before United States Com
missioner Huger here today and held
on bonds of $500 each for trial in the
federal court, charged with posing as
government agents and selling books
by pressure" to enemy aliens. to
whom they are alleged to have given
the impression that such purchases
were for a favored few on a special
list" who should buy the books. offered
at s126 set. and thus get right" with
the authorities. Secret service men
worked Up the case.
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DANISH B0LSHEVIKI
PLAN STREET RIOT

Copenhagen, Feb. 9.-Syndicalists
and Danish bolsheviki have sent out
a call for a mass meeting and street
demonstration to be held here next
Monday for the organization of a Dan
ish soviet Council of workmen's and
soldiers delegates). According to a
syndicalist newspaper. the soviet pro-
poses to act drastically in behalf of the
unemployed il the Danish parliament
does not Immediately pass a bill pro-
viding relief. The newspaper says 300
soldiers with loaded rifles are at the
disposal of the soviet, which threatens
to use forcible measure. The police
declare they have taken all necessary
measure to control the demonstrators.
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TROTZKY'S ORDERS
NOT BEING OBEYED
Swedish Rescue Expedition Re-
turns to Stockholm With Ref
ugees From Finland.

| Stockholm friday, Feb. 8.-con.
fstantine Diamandi. the Rumania,
/ minister to Pstrograd, who is now a
Haparanda, says the Diplomatic mis-
sions Of the powers will soon have &c
leave Petrosrad, according to the
| DagbIad, of Stockholm.
Foreign Minister rrotzky had tele-
graphed to Tornea, ordering that Di-
amandi be sent back to Petrograd
but Trotzky's orders are not being
obeyed in Tornea now. A boshevik
commissioners, who came on the same
train from Petrograd with Diamandi
and the Russian bolshevill representa-
tive at Tornea, were tried by court
martial by the white guards there and
shot. t--.
Communication between Stockholm
and southern Finland and Petrograd
has been broken since Thursday night.
white guards, forced by the red
guards to evacuate Nostad, where the
cable ends, destroyed the wires and
the station.
A Swedish rescue expedition has
reached Stockholm with $50 refugees
from HelsiL gfors, incl ling the wife
ard daughter of Finlands new min
lster to Sweden and a number of re-
leased Austrian and German prison.
ers. The expedition also was COM
PEELED to bring three bolshevik dele
gates sent by Trotzky to spread "the
truth" among Other nations. These
include M. Xameneff, who had been
one of the delegates at Brest- Litovsk.
American Minister Morris was in
formed today that a train has ar
rived at Tornea With American cour-
1ers from Petrograd. Train service
between Tornea and Petrograd is ex-
pected to be resumed tomorrow.
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PUSH HUNT FOR
SPY ZEALOUSLY
Federal Agents Detain Passen.
gers of Dutch Liner-Begin
Search of Steerage. I.

An Atlantic Port, Feb. s.--With fed
eraI agents still maintaining silence
concerning the reported capture OF
German spy and incriminatina ev,-
dence on board the Dutch liner Nieuw
Amsterdam here yesterday, the SEN
satlonaI spy hunt" on board the
steamer continued with unabated zeal
today. Thirty-six men and three
women, first and second class passen-
gers, who were taken from the liner
yesterday, were still detained under
guard and the work OF searching the
1000 steerage passengers was begun.
Extraordinary precautions have
been taken to protect the steamer and
to prevent any unauthorized person
from landing. When the Nieuw Am
sterdam arrived Thursday only gov
ernment officers were allowed to meet
her. Friends and relatives of those
on board We're not allowed near the
vessel or her pier. A squad OF 100
marines and sailors Is on guard at the
dock. while armed launches contin-
ually patrol the waters near the pier.
Code Experts Summoned.
Not only will every person on board
be subjected to an unusually thorough
before being permitted to land,
it is said, but every case and cask in
the cargo will be opened.
The spy who was reported caught is
said to be naturalized American.
Twelve thin sheets of paper, covered
with code words and numbers, were
reported found on his person. Ac-
cording to unofficial reports the al
legged spy has confessed that he came
to America to establish communica-
tions between the German spy system
and the Teutonic government. Code
experts are said to have been sum-
noned here from Washington to ex-
anime the seized paper.
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ALL CERMANY'S EFFORTS BENT TO
SECURE FOOD FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE
ASSOCIATED Press Review.)

ASSOCIATED Press Review)
srmanys efforts for peace on the
eastern front, conferred now apparentI,
IN an effort to open up frontiers
through which she may secure supplies
of food for her hungry people, have
progressed so far as the signing of a
separate peace agreement with the
ukrainian rada, according to semi
d official advices- from Berlin. This
peace, important or otherwise as events
may show, is the first to be signed by
any Of the belIigerents.
How far the Teuton plan may prove
successful seems to depend upon the
measure of control the rada has over
the territory of the so-called Ukrainian
republic, which embraces rich grain
growing lands.
Such control is hotly disputed by the
.bolsheviki, who recently disowned the
rada's delegates as bourgeois when
they were found treating secretly with
the central powers, and named dele
gates of their own. The Germans and
Austrians, however, continued to treat
with the rada's representatives.
Both bolsheviki and rada have been
claiming military successes against
EACH other in the Ukraine. Apparently
the Germans feel none too sure that
the rada will triumph unassisted, how
ever, as the suggestion has recently
come from German sources that the
Rumanians would do well to join forces
with the Ukrainians against the boil
sheviki Rumania, is was pointed out,
could obtain compensation for the loss
of Dobrudja to the Bulgarians by TAX
ing over Bessarabian territory from
the Russians.
Although the early advices regard
ing the signing of the agreement said
nothing about the terms, 1t has been
previously reported that the Ukrain-
ians were offered a section of Russian
Poland as an inducement for them to
make peace.
With but scant hope that additional
survivors of the torpedoed liner Tus-
cania will be found, latest eompila-
tons show that 147 American soldiers
lost their lives Tuesday night off the
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HONOR MEDALS AWARDED
TWO SEAMEN OF U. S. NAVY

Washington, Feb. 9.-Secretary
Daniels today announced the award ol
medals of honor to Seamen Ora
Graves, of Maxwell, N. NJ, and Ted
ford H. Cam, of New York City, for
extraordinary heroism.
An explosion aboard the U. 8. s,
Pittsburg Dec. % threw Graves to the
deck, but h. extinguished burning
waste near powder in the casemate
and prevented serious damage.
Cam entered flooded compart-
ment of the United States patrol vesT
sci MAY on Nov. 5, stopped leak and
saved the vessel from sinking. mn
is the first naval reservist to receive
a medal of honor.
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WAIT OPPORTUNE HOUR
TO PUSH SUFFRAGE BILL

Washington, Feb. 9.-No effort will
be made to call up the woman suf-
frage constitutional amendment in the
senate until sufficient votes for its
adoption have been assured When
this will be, Senator Jones, chairman
or the woman suffrage committee, to-
day refused to predict, but declared
that at present sentiment in favor of
the resolution was being permitted to
crystalline and its ultimate success
was assured.
Senator Jones discussed the resolu-
tion with President Wilson this week
and 1t was understood the conclusion
was reached not to bring the measure
before the senate for debate at pres
ent The president approves it. as he
did also when the house passed it,
Supporters of the resolution admit
they are still short four votes in the
senate.
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SOMEWHAT COLDER
WEATHER FORECAST

Washington. Feb. o. Cloudy and
somewhat colder weather the first half
of the week and scattered local rains
and seasonal temperature the last half.
is forecast for the south Atlantic and
east Gulf states during the week be-
ginning tomorrow.
Generally fair weather during the
week with higher temperatures Mon
day and Tuesday, slightly colder
Wednesday and about seasonal tenn
peratures thereafter is forecast for
Tennessee.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-09
FIND DYNAMITE IN COAL
SHOVEL AT WATER WORKS

Paducah, KY. Feb. 9.--Two sticks of
dynamite, said to be sufficient to wreck
the plant, were discovered and re-
moved from a shovel Of coal at the
Paducah waterworks Thursday an in
slant before the fireman began to
throw it into the furnace, according to
a police announcement today. The ex-
plosive is of the same type and size
used in coal mines. The authorities,
however, announced they do not be-
lieve it was placed in the coal by ac-
cident, and are working on the theory
that responsibility for its prest nee
might be traced to an alien.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-09
SPANISH STEAM.
ship TORPEDOED

Madrid, Feb. Shy the Assoei-
ated Press.)-officiaI announce
nent was r,ade today that the
Spanish steamship Sebastian, of
$500 tons, has been torpedoed
while on a voyage to New York.
The crew was saved.
The italian steamship Duca di &C.
nova, of 1888 tons gross. has been tor
pedoed. 1t is reported the vessel was
sunk only mile off Murviedro beach.
The Spanish minister of marine has
asked the Valencia authoritias to
make a detailed report of the incl
dent. If the sinking is confirmed. a
protest will be forwarded to Berlin.
The Spanish press considers the case
an extremely serious one.
The Sebastian recently sailed from
and Alicante, Spanish ports
in the Mediterranean
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northern coast OF Ireland British ad-
| nralty figures give the total casual
ties as 1866, the losses among the crew
and passengers being 10.
Trawlers have Travelled over the wa
| ters where the Tuscania went down
and have cruised along the Irish coast
without finding any trace of any men
other than those already reported res
cued. The Tuscania's survivors bu-
reau in, an Irish port estimates the
Americans missing at 101. Official re-
ports on the circumstances surround
ing the sinking of the liner by Ger
man submarine have not yet been re-
ceived at Washington.
In Irish seaport towns the Ameri-
cans have been received whole heart
edly by the popuace and everything
possible has been done for their COM
fort. Two large detachments of the
soldiers, aggregating more than LOO
men. are on their way to concen-
tration camp in northern Ireland,
whence, after a period of rest, they
Will go to their original destination,
despite the U-boats' effopts.
approximately 100 American SOL
diers are in hospitals in Irish towns.
On the fighting fronts there has
been no marked change in the .stua-
ton. American gunners and rifiemen
have checked momentarily, at least,
the activities of German snipers along
the American sector in France. The
artillery also continues its harassing
bombardment of the German positions
and has made the work of German
patrols so dangerous that American
patrols have been enabled to work un-
challenged in No Mans Land.
The British and French soldiers
have repulsed German raiding parties
at several points, while artillery bonn
bardments are in progress on the Ar
ras- Cambria 'front.' northeast of Ver-
dun and in the Vosges. Bad weather
prevails on most of the Italian front
and there has been no activity there
except that by the artillery.
The situation in Austria which re-
suited in the resignation of the Won
Seydler cabinet is not clear. A dis |
patch received in Switzerland sAys |
Emperor Charles refused to accept the |
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Washington, Feb. 9.-The war
department today still was with
out official advices to change yes
terday's estimate that 113 Ameri-
can soldiers had been lost in the
sinking of the Tuscania. A press
dispatch from an Irish port early
today, however, indicated that the
figures of the Tuscania's surviv-
ors, bureau there were still held at
101 Americans missing, while the
British admiralty figures given to
the Associated Press in London
last night showed 166 souls miss
ing, lat of them American SOL
diers. officers and 143 men.
There were 1T American officers
and 2,060 men aboard the Tusca-
mia and the admiralty reports
among the survivors 113 officers
and 1,9l7 men. The war depart
ment's only dispatch put the total
missing at 210, of which 113 are
American soldiers.
Announcement Follows:
Following are among the Tuscania' s
urviyors:
William A. Cherry, Demopolis,
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FINNS SLAUGHTERED BY
RUSSIAN RED GUARDS

London, Feb. e.-According to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen, a special correspondent
of the Berlinske Tidende,. who sue
ceeded in escaping from Helsingfors,
sends to his paper a wireless report,
in which he says that the red guards
have made a frightful slaughter Of
great masses of Finnish people.
The theater and a large number OF
public buildings in Helsingfors have
been destroyed. The red guards. how
ever, have been unable to control the,
people, and anarchy is increasing.
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CAMP WHEELER INFORMS
UTAH AS TO PRISONER

Salt Lake City, Feb. s.-Harold ].
Keys. arrested at the instance of de-
partment of Justice and held today on
charges of impersonating an army off,
Ger and obtaining funds by worthless
checks, is a deserter from / company,
124th infantry, of Florida, according
to a message received from Macon, Ga.
Plans are being made to take the
young man to Camp Wheeler, at Ma
con. the message says. Keys claims
his father is in business at 103 Park
avenue. New York. and says his home
is at Bronxville, n. Y.
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DEMURRAGE COST ADDED
TO SHIPPING EXPENSES

Washington, Feb. 9.-When investi-
cation OF the shipping board and the
emergency fleet corporation was re-
sumed today by the senate commerce
committee, John w. Towle, of Omaha,
plant engineer for the Hog Island
yards of the American International
corporation, testified that at one time
1900 cars of material were on the sid
ing waiting to be unloaded at that
plant, and. there being no place to un-
load the cars, the emergency feet cor
poration paid demurrage on them. The
delay through failure to provide
place to store material cost the gov
ernment from 80 to 40 per cent. addi-
tional in the labor cost
Replying to Senator Vardaman,
Towle expressed the opinion that gen.
eral conditions at Hog Island indicated
a reckless expenditure of government
money.
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STORM WARNINGS ISSUED
ON SOUTHWEST COAST

Washington. Feb. 9.-Southwest
storm warnings were issued this aft
ernoon by the weather bureau for the
Atlantic coast from Wilmington to
the Delaware breakwater. A storm
over eastern New York was moving
eastward. developing in intensity.
Fresh to strong southwest winds were
indicated for this afternoon and to-
night becoming westerly Sunday
morning.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-09
QUARANTINE LIFTED
AT CAMP WADSWORTH

Spartanburg, S. c.. Feb. 9.-The
quarantine imposed two weeks ago by
Spartanburg city health officials and
officials of the United States pubic
health service was removed at noon
today, but no soldiers at Camp Wads-
worth are permitted to visit the city.
II is said that several days VIII elapse
before the men of the division VIII De
allowed to visit Spartanburg. The
amusement places opened at noon, and
the schools and colleges will resume
their sessions Monday.
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DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL
REPORTED FAVORABLY Y

Washington. Feb. 9.-The daylight
saving bill. already passed by the SEN
ate. was favorably reported to the
house today by the interstate COM
merce committee.
The bill was amended to have the
daylight saving prevail from the first
Sunday in March to the last Sunday
in October. For the daylight saving
period the clock would be advanced
one hour.
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INSURANCE DAY" RESULTS
IN THOUSAND POLICIES

Spartanburg. S. c.. Feb. s.-'1nsIr-
ance day" at Camp Wadsworth yester-
day resulted in 1000 soldiers taking
insurance to the amount of $7.0O0.o0O.
il was announced today. Military offi-
cials at the camp are jubilant over the
record, especially as Camp Wadsworth
already was leading all military camps
in the total amount of insurance purT
chased by soldiers. Insurance amount
ing to approximately s2l5,000.o0O has
been written at the camp to date.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-09
GERMAN DOGS WARN
MASTERS OF DANGER
American Patrols Daring Plan
Defeated by One of Enemy's
SaQacious Listeners"


With the American Army in Francs
friday, Feb. 8.-(By the Associated
Press.)-The Germans are using dogs
in their front lines to warn them of
the approach of patrols opposite the
American sector. A German dog
listener" early this morning, pre-
vented one Of our patrols from ex-
eouting a daring stroke. Two cor
porals, who were concerned in it,
have been mentioned in official re-
ports for their spirit of cooIness.
Accompanied by two privates. the
eorporals left large patrol in "a Ger
tain place, in an abandoned trench in
No Mans Land last midnight, and
went on to the German lines. They
first found a smooth wire barrier,
which had been shot to pieces by the
American fire. Fifteen yards further
on they came upon other German wire
entanglements. The men were in
specting an opening in the wire when
a dog, apparently chained on the other
side, began to bark. dugout door
opened quickly in a trench and a
gruff voice was heard to say "Fertig,"
meaning ready" Suddenly a bril-
liant rocket went up and the Ameri-
cans threw themselves fiat on the
ground just as a machine gun began
to spit bullets in their direction. A
few feet away a heavy object struck
the ground. This was found later to
be bomb which had been hurled
from the German trench.
The corporals stayed where they
were for some time and listened to
the German soldiers talk among
themselves. One of the corporals
knows German and speaks It so that
what the Germans said was under
stood. After the Germans retired
again to their dugout the smaller pa
troll rejoined the large one, which soon
after was the target for fifteen or
twenty German shells, but no one was
hit.
Mumps again have appeared in the
trenches. A number of soldiers are
afflicted as is one member of the
corps Of newspaper correspondents.
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MAY TRY SOLDIER IN CITY
WHERE HE IS ARRESTED

Macon, Ga. Feb. 9.-After a confer
ence at Camp Wheeler today in re-
gard to Harold Keys, held at Salt
Lake City on charges OF impersonat-
ing an army officer and obtaining
funds by worthless checks. IL was an
nounced that under the regulations of
the war department when a man is far
away from his camp he may be tried
at the city in which he was arrested
This will be done, it was stated.
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GERMANS RAID
AMERICAN LINES
Prisoners Taken by Hostile Party in Attack
on United States Units Holding Sector in
Lorraine es

Berlin Via London), Feb. g.
Some American prisoners have been
captured north of xivray, ten miles
east of ST. Mihiel,. northeast of Yer.
dun, says the official statement issued
today by the German general staff.
The Germans have again raided the
American lines in Lorraine and taken
prisoners. First announcement Of
the raid came from Berlin in today's
official statement Of the German head
quarters staff. II reported the taxi
ing Of some American prisoners"
north of xivray. This point on the
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ROOSEVELT REPORTED
SOMEWHAT IMPROVED"

New York, Feb. 9.-Friends Of
Col. Roosevelt, who have been
anxiousIy watching the progress
Of the affection Of his ears,
which required an operation at
Roosevelt hospital, expressed
the belief today that the turn
ing point had been reached and
that he was now on the way
to recovery.
Now Watch Day to Day.
Col. Roosevelt's condition had
so much improved this, after
noon that his secretary an.
nounced that where it had been
previously ease of watching
from hour to hour, now it is a
case Of watching from day to
day."
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STEAMER FAR AT SEA
CALLS ASSISTANCE

An Atlantic Port, Feb. "a call
for immediate assistance from a
steamer in distress. far out at sea,
was picked up today by the Cape
Race station and sent broadcast.
Naval authorities said they had no
information as to the nature of
the ships trouble.
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CANAL ZONE COURT FINES
TWO FOR ESPIONAGE

Panama. Friday. Feb. s.-The first
conviction for violation of the espion-
age act was made in the canal zone
court today. Two Colombians had
concealed letters and more gold than
was allowed under the law and at
tempted to leave the zone. They were
fined IS each.
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NEGROES TO UNFURI
FIRST SERVICE FLAG

An elaborate Lincoln day patriotic
celebration. with the unfurling of a
service flag emblazoned with a star
for each of the church's sons in the
allied armies, is planned for Sunday
morning, Feb. 10. IL am. at the First
congregational. corner East Ninth and
4 streets. This will be the first service
Of flag raising in Chattanooga to ne
gro boys. Rev. II. c. Mcdowell. pastor
Of the church. will deliver the princi-
pal address. The general public is cor
daily invited.