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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
5000 CAPTIVES
BACCED DBY SERBS
Since Launching Big Offensive
Blow on Balkan Front
Aided by French.
JUG0.SLAVS GIVE SUPPORT
Whole of Sokolridge. Taken
From Bulgarians-Koziak
Reached.

Salonika, Sept. 17.--Launching q
great offensive blow on the Balkan
front, French and Serbian troops I'd
vanced five miles on n line twelve rnd
one half miles wide, 1t was Officially
announced today.
More than 5000 prisoners and twen-
ty-four guns were captured.
Allied casualties were quite small.
The French and Serbians ri, lied
each other in tcnacity, bravery and
sacrifice.
Aviators gave proof Of extraordinary
bravery and activity.
The whole of Sokolridge was cap
tured from the Bulgarians,
Jugo- Slav troops. fighting with the
allies. reached the important portion
Of Koziak.
London, Sept. 17.-Serbian and
French troops continued the offensive
in Macedonia and have progressed
more than five miles. according to @
Serbian official statement received
here. The advancing allies have oc-
cupied an important series of ridges.
The allied troops have captured more
than 5000 prisoners and er'y-fo,ll
guns. Their casualties havn beer
slight.
| The tallies are moving forwa.-d on ;
front of more than twelve niles ant
have taken the village of Grad .shnitsn
twenty miles east of Monr stir.
Juso-S -Slav division is fighting with tn
Serbs and French and has reached
ko.iak, the most important position
in the region of the offensive.
Sofia Reports Struggle.
Sofia. Bulgaria. Sept. Is via Lon.
don.-F'ranco- Serbian troopr in an at.
tack. on the Bulgarian lines in Mace
donia early Sunday morninr, succeeded
after n desperate struggle in occupy
ing the Sokol, Dopropolje end Vetren,l,
positions, says today's war Office an
nouncement
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
MURDERS WIFE and
SURRENDERS TO POLICE
N EW YORK NEWSPAPER
MANS DREADFUL DEED.
Shoots Wife, but Fails to Garry
Out Threat to Kill
Himself.

New York.fN. Y. Sept. 17.-Charlcs
T.. Chaplin. city editor of the New York
Evening World, who had been sought
since his wife was found dead from q
bullet wound in the head In a local ho-
tel surrendered to the police early to-
day. Mrs. Chaplin was Nellie Beebie
of Chicago.
Mr.. Chaplin had been In highly
nervous conuirion Tor several months
The tragedy was discovered through q
letter to one of his associates on the
Evening World. In the letter Mr.. Cha
pin indicated that he was about ia
take his own life and the life of his
wife. He spoke of severe pains in his
head and expressed the belief that he
was losing his mind as result of a
nervous breakdown which was grad
ually becoming worse.
when you get this letter." he wrote,
II will be dead"
MY wife has been such a good pal
/ cannot leave her alone in the world
The hotel authorities were commu-
nicated with. The Chaplin apartment
was entered and Mrs. Chapin's body
was found. A general alarm was sent
out for Mr.. Chaplin charging him with
homicide.
Mr.. Chaplin is grandnephew OF the
late Russell Sage. He inherited $25.0cC
under the Sage will, but started legal
movement to break the will. Mrs. Sage
compromised. Mr. Chaplin received
$50. 900. His salary had amounted to
$4,000 a year for several years.
Mr.. Chaplin Is 81 years old and his
wife was few years younger
Mr.. Chaplin was half tottering from,
weakness when he entered the West
Sixty eighth street police station this
morning, although the customary neat
ness of his apparel indicated that he
had not wandered about during the
night. He asked for the precinct cap
tain. When told that the captain was
asleep. he said with apparent dirl-
Guilty:
IT am Mr.. Chaplin. who killed his
wife at the Hotel Cumberland"
'I don't remember anything about
the case" Mr.. Chaplin said to the po-
licemnn in whose charge he was placed.
'I had no recollection of having killed
my wife until l saw the morning pa
pers. recall being In Prospect park
(I3rooklyn) yesterday afternoon and
putting the pistol to my head and mr.
ing one shot. Afterward I saw po..
liceman and left the park. haven't
slept for four days"
A fully loaded .SS-caliber automatic
revolver was then handed TO the po-
liccman by Mr.. Chaplin.
Charles f. Chaplin, famous for the
skill with which he directed his re-
porters in the solution of murder mys-
teries told in a police station today
the story of how he killed his own
wife,
Chaplin shot her yesterday in their
apartment in the Hotel Cumberland.
and surrendered himself to the police
today after falling to carry out plans
to end his own life. Smoking cigar
and continually pressing his hands to
his head, he said that he had been
driven to the deed through desperation
caused by the demands Of his creditors.
Approach of policeman. the editor
declared, prevented his suicide in Pros.
pect park Brooklyn. where he went
after shooting his wife.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
URGED VATICAN TO
SUPPORT PEACE MOVE
AUsTRo. HUNGARIAN POWER
APPEALED TO POPE.
Special Note Forwarded by
Baron Burian Anent Re-
cent Proposal.

Amsterdam, Sept. 11.-Baron Burian,
tho Anstro- Hungarian foreign minister
on Sept. IA, accci ding to a Vienna dis
patch, sent a note to the apostolic nun
clio at Vienna. Afonsignor Di Bonzo,
stating that his government had de-
cided to propose a peace conference
and urging the vatican to support 1t.
In the communication issued by -he
Austrian foreign office in connection
with the note to tho belligerents and
neutrals regarding the proposed peace
conference it was announced that the
step takn by Austria had been brought
to the knowledge of the holy see in
a special note. 1t was added that an
appeal had beeen made to the pope's
interest in peace. The Austrian note
to the vatican read as follows:
after four years of unheard of
struggle and gigantic sacrifices the
battle which has been devastating
Europe has not been able to bring
about decision. Animated by n spirit
been expressed in its note of Dec. IL,
1916. the Austro- Hungarian govern
ment has decided to approach all bel
ligcrent states and invite them to pave
the way to n peace which viii be hon.
orable for all parties by q confidential
and unbinding exchange Of thought.
Full of gratitude the Austro- Hun
garian government hereby remembers
that touching appeal which his holi-
ress. the pope. sent to all belligerents
last year with the exhortation that
they seek an understanding and live
again in brotherly concord. Firmly
convinced that the holy father today
also longs that suffering mankind will
soon again enjoy the blessings of
peace we confidently hope he will
sympathize with our note and support
1t with his moral influence which is
recognized all over the world.
Animated by this thought, re-
quest your eXcellency to submit the
enclosed text of the note TO his ht IL
ness"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
EXPLOSION OCCURS
AT POWDER PLANT
No Estimate of Damage Nor
Casualties Could Bee OBJ,
tanned. ..t.-

Birmingham, Ala. Sept. 17-With n
tremendous explosion which shook the
entire city from end to end. the North
birmingham powder plant. branch OF
the. Aetna Explosives company. blew up
about 1910 o'clock today.
Windows were ratified throughout the
entire city. and Immediately following tho
explosion hundreds Of people In the busi- :
ness section came pouring from stores
and offices and began peering upwards
and In every direction. First renorts were
to the effect that hundreds OF windows
were broken throughout the city.
or and no estimate of the damage or
probable casualties can be learned at this
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
VAGUE RUMORS OF
KAISER'S ABDICATION
One Report Is That Entire Ho'
henzollern Dynasty Had or
Would Abdicate.

| London. Sept. 17.--4:2S p. m.)-L N
1 S)--It was learned here this ter
noon that rumors' are current in bor-
| der countries that the German Eaisci
! either has abdicated or is about to alb
dicate. The rumor was of the vagucst
sort, but II was regarding some trouble
in the Hohenzollern family.
There is absolutely no confirmation
of it hero
One report was that the entire
Hohenzollern dynasty had or would
abdicatc.
The head of the Hohenzollern dy-
nasty Is William III, King of Prussia
and German emperor He is the third
emperor that Germany has had. The
title Is not emperor of Germany" but
German emperor. Bavaria having in
1870 objected to the former title being
conferred on the first emperor. Will
liam /. The mother of the present
emperor was an English princess, Vic
toria. Princess of Great Britain and
Ireland. t.... -..
The Hohenzollerns trace their an
cestry back to Count Thassilo Zollern
In Swabia. The ancestral Hohenzollern
castle near the Danube in southern
Germany was built by Count Friedrich
|. in the year $50. Friedrich vi. was
the first Hohenzolern prince to rule in
the province of Brandenburg, now n
part of Prussia. In 11415 King Sig
mund made him Margrave of Bran
denburg. and two years later he be-
came elector. that Is. he was elected
to rule by all the other princes, form
Of royal democracy.
In the seventeenth century Freder-
lex Wilhelm the great elector" created
the first standing army in central
Europe. When he died he left coun-
try of n million and a half people and
standing army of $4,000 men. His
son, Frederick l.. replaced the crown
as King of Prussia upon his own head
in 1901 at Koefighsburg. His son,
Frederick Wilhelm L., added .'omeria
and left to his successor, Frederick
the Great" country of two and a
half million. Frederick the Great con-
quered Silesia. participated in The par
tition Of Poland and made Prussia a
country of five and half million peo-
nle. With the addition of Anspach and
Baireuth, it grew to nine million.
Napoleon took nearly one-half Of the
country and people away from the
Hohenzollern dynasty. Little was left
Of Prussia to them by 'apoleon. eX-
copt n small corner in eastern Prussia.
After the fall of Napoleon at the hands
OF tne BrltlSn, Russians ana lfuSelHnS,
the congress Of Vienna restored to the
Hohenzollern all that had been taken
away from them and also added con-
siderable to it.
After the defeat of France by the
Prussians in 1870, the Germa states
were united in confederation of
twenty-six states under Wilhelm l.,
King Of Prussia, as German emperor.
The kaiser has six sons, Crown
Prince Wilhelm. Eitel Friedrich, Adal-
bert, August Wilhelm. Osk, and
Joachim and one daughter. Victoria.
The latter married the Duke OF Bruns-
wick of the Guelphs. the Arch Lemy of
the Hohcnzollern. Crown Prince Will
helm commands the Fifth German
army with the rank OF leutenant-gen-
eral He is by more than fifteen years
the youngest lieutenant in the
army.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
ALABAMA AVIATOR
SHOOTS DOWN HUN PLANE
His own Machine Disabled and
Falls, but Lieutenant Is Res
cued by Americans. ~,
(By Henry G. Wales.)

with the American Army in Lor-
raine, Sept. 16.-U. N. S)-American
troops, advancing on the front east
of the Meuse river, ~escued Lieut..
Palmer Gaillard, of Mobile. Ala, an
aviator who had been forced by engine
trouble to land after he had shot down
q German plane.
Gaillard had gotten lost amidst the
wire east of st. Mihiel, which up TO
last Friday had been mo mans land.
After shooting down the German
machine, Gaillard recieved bullets In
the motor of his own airplane, which
put II out of commission. AS q result
the plane was wrecked when I. landed.
Gaillard had taken part in the same
combat as Lieut.. Delive (the latter
shooting down three German FokkerO.
Delive is a southerner, also. having
lived in both Alabama and Mississippi.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
AMERICANS AND ALLIED
AER0S AID METZ DRIVE
Bombing Raids Extensive-Ob,
server on Fated Balloon
Parachutes to Safety.

With the American Army on the
Lorraine Front, Monday. Sept. 16.--
A.P)--American and allied avators
carried out extensive bombing raids on
Bayonvillc. Frcscaty, lie Sablon and in
the direction OF Metz this afternoon.
Fires were observed at Sarlons. One
Of the American planes shot down n
German balloon near Preny, Lieut..
Duckstein. observer. and Lieut. Rich
ardson. pilot, were attacked by an
enemy machine bearing French mark
ings. hTey were forced to land inside
the American lines, but were unln-
jured. An American balloon was shot
down yesterday, but the observer es-
capped safely by parachute.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
Frenchand dSerbanS GainF i've Miles On1 2Mile Front
GUNS ROAR WEST OF METZ

While the great guns roar
west OF Metz. the Americans are
pressing into new positions
which are being linked up and
strongly fortified as soon as oc-
cupied.
After the swift advance. which
began on Thursday. II was
necessary for the Americans and
French TO pause somewhat so
that tile new lines could be
strengthened and guns and sup
plies could be moved up TO the
front In preparation for another
blow.
Both the British and the
French have made further ad-
vance.
East OF ypres lin Bclgium)
the British line was extended.
while the French strode forward
again In their outfianking drive
on the Chemin- des- Danes.
After a long luQ on the CEN
tral part Of the Balkan front
there has been n revival OF ac-
tivities between Lake Doiran
and the Nardar river. French
and Servian troops drove for
ward in that zone. piercing two
lines of Bulgarian trench posi-
tions. The Bulgars were evil
IDENTIFY taken by surprise. as n
large. number OF guns were cap
tured. This thrust centered
astride the railway line which
runs northward from Salonica
into Scrviaa
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
Executions Increase
In Petrograd-812 Persons
Sacrificed Past Week 400
on the Prescribed List.

Stockholm. Sept. II. - tA.P)-
Wholesale executions are increasing =
in r'etrograd. according TO private
telegrams received here by the way
OF Hclsingfors. During the past
week ST. persons were executed and
moro than 400 others are on the
prescribed list. Most OF them have
already been made hostages.
All persons of the rankk OF coun-
cillors of state have been impris-
oncd regardless OF their political
views.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
WATCHING FOR NEXT
STRIKE.

Where will the allies strike
next?
This was the big question In
the minds Of military critics to-
day.
The first offensive was
launched ON the Marne on July
is, and was followed up by n
great thrust on the picardy and
Flanders fronts. Then the
French began forging ahead OF
the battle line between the Pic
ardy plains and the Aisnc. The
Bclgians delivered Il stroke
northeast OF Yprcs and this was
followed by the brilliant and
victorious drive OF the Ameri-
cans between the Meuse and
Moselle rivers. Only the ex-
treme tips OF the battlefront.
bordering the North sea and the
Swiss frontier have been un-
touched by active battle during
the past months.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
BANDITS AMBUSHED COL.
THORPE AND TEN MARINES
Brisk Fighting Followed, End
ing in Killing Of Twenty OF
Attacking Party.

Washington, Sept. II. = Dominican
bandits ambushed Col. George Cyrus
Thorpe and ten men of the United
States marine corps at a ford north OF
Dos Rios Sept. Z. A brief report on
the incident reaching marine corps
headquarters today said in twenty
minutes Of brisk fighting twenty ban
dts were killed and the marines suf-
fcred no casualties Another report
told of the killing of three bandits by
The Dominican National guard, of
icered by marines, in slSirmish near
Higuey on Sept 3. Col. Thorpe's home
u at Northfield. MINI.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
AEROPLANES PENETRATE
BEHIND GERMAN LINES
Valuable information Gathered
BY Observation Planes Thirty
Miles Behind Lines.
tBy Newton G. Parke. !. n. O. o.

Correspondent
with the American Army on the Lor-
,o,na Ernnt. Sept. 10 p.m)-Two
american observation aeroplanes today
nenetrated, thirty miles behind the German M.
lines gathering valuable information. Ihe
flight was made through a. heavy ram
Thn situation on this sector was gener-
a,iv duet this morning. with the excep-
tion OF artillery firing. a,
further slight progress has peen Haue
al some points. ,,,t,
Rainstorms have been interfering wiz, !,
was noted that German airmen grew
much less active after our men hao
hombed and shelIed their aerodromes
French and Italian bombers did exten'
siye damage to important enemy centers'
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
BERLIN REPORTS .RETAKING
OF FRINGE OF HEIGHTS

Berlin, via London, Sept. 17.-The
repulse of partly developed attacks on
Haumont and northeast Of Thiaucourt
is reported.
(These reported operations were on
the American front above the former
ST. Mihiel salient.)
The artillery duel In the region or
Havrircourt, southwest of Cambrai,
yesterday increased to rrent intensity,
says the official statement issued to-
dav by the German war Office.
German troors rccnpturcd the east
ern fringe of the heights to the cast
of Vnuxaillon. northeast Of Soissor,s
where the French have gained a foot
ing. ~
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
BOLSHEVIK TROOPS FLED
NPANIC BEFORE ALLIES

Petrograd, SATURDAY. Sept. 14.-(Via
Amsterdam. Sept. ~ - American,
British and French detachments are
reported by the Pravda to have met
the bolshevik forces in battle on the
Archangel front.
The bolshevik troops, after an initial
success, were repulsed by British re-
Inducements and fed in panic.
A number of the bolshevik officers
the newspaper says, deserted to the
British.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
AeronautiCs Bill
FavOrab|v Reported

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE senate milf
tary committee this afternoon favorably
reported Senator News bill for the estab-
lishment of a department Of aeronautics.
The bill was amended so that the sec
retary of aeronautics need not have cab
met status, He would however, be In
charge OF production and operation of all
aircraft for both the army and the navy.
The president is given authority in the
resolution to transfer bureaus. or parts
of bureaus, of already existing depart
ments to the new department of aero
nautics.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
German Spy Brought
Back rom Snain

An Atlantic Port, Sept. 17--Robert Fay.
German spy who escaped from internment
in the south and was captured in Spain
was brought to this port today aboard a
United States gunboat. He was brought
ashore in charge of an armed guard and
taken aboard a train for New York.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
CLAIM COAL MINERS
Strike THROUGH MISTAKE

- 7 NNE
Washington. Sept. 17.-Fuel Admins
traitor Garfield this afternoon declared
that the coal miners strike in the sham
olsin. Pa, district would be speedily, set
tied. 1'he men walked out through n
the action was not authorized bN the
union. About 10000 men are reported
to be out
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
OPIUM PIPES CAPTURED
IN CHIMES A0lIcEs

Atlanta, Ca. Sept. 17.-Opium and pipes
raid In Chinese houses of Atlanta Satur-
day night. It has just been learned. Regu-
lar dives 1t Is charged were found at
p Peters street the corner OF Ivy and
Pryor street. Several arrests were
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
FAIR, SAYS BILLY 'POSSUM

When a woman
wants n favor she
just smiles; when
81 he m cts n
"friend" she hates.
she also smiles. 1t
,coHceals or shows
emotion. camou-
fages. shines de-
votion, thrills or
stills your hearts
commotion. covers
mystery like the
ocean; YOU can
never tell her no.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
CARDINAL FARLEY rs
~ THQUGHI TO BE DYING

Mamaroneck. N. Y. Sept. 17.--Cardinal
Farley. archbishop of New York. was
much weaker today. Members OF the
hodside -reported that he had two sink
Ing spc.s during the night and thnt there
was virtually no hope OF his recovery.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17
HOUSE REJECTS TO
STRIKE OUT AMENDMENT

Washington, Sept. 17.-The house this
afternoon voted down. 1872 to 81. a pro-
posal to strike from the Kitchin So 900, :
100000 revenue bill. the provision to tax
the income derived from state and
municipal bonds.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-09-17

tion when she smiles.
The weather? Fair and cooler to-
night and Wednesday.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-03-11
MAGGIE WITH REDS.
Former Federal League Star Figured
in Thrce-COrnercd Deal

st. Louis, Mo, March 11.--Lee Ma
gee, infielder, was released by the st.
Louis Americans Saturday to the
Cincinnati Nationals. a three-cor-
nered trade was involved.
In return for Magec. the st. Louis
Americans receive from Cincinnati
Tim G. HendryX, outfelder and the
New York Am orleans will get a player
later, either from the Cincinnati Ma
tonals or the st Louis Americans
Magee was obtained from the New
York Americans in July, 1917. New
York got him from the Brooklyn Fed
erals when the war with the Federal
league ended Magee's salary last
year was SIS, He was offered less
than $4,000 for this season by the ST.
Louis Americans and has not yet
signed a contract.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1918-03-11
MAY DRAFT KAUFF.
Ovcr-iatcd Outficlder OF Giants Sum-
moncd for Examination, Marc, II.

New York. March Benny
Kauff, center fielder of the New York
National league baseball club. and
former aIl-round star Of the Federal
league, received notice yesterday to
report to his local draft board for
examination. Kauff expected to
leave here with the club on Monday.
The Giants arc due at their train
ing camp at Marlin on March IA and
on attempt will be made to have
Kauff examined on Monday morning.
AS Davy Robertson, right fielder Of
the club, has already served notice
to the club that he will not play with
them this year, the loss of Kauff
would severely cripple the pennant
chances of the New York team