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®he Utlawt» Srnir mtf VOLUME XVIII. TEUTON TROOPS ARE DRIVEN BACKWARD IN FAST GJLICIIN DRIVE Both Flanks of Austro-German Army Pressed Heavily on Lemberg Front and Center Is Not S?cure By Aascc-.ated PraM-t WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.—The Rus sian drive in Galicia is rapidip pus hing the Austro-German armies backward to-i ward Lemberg. Both flanks of General Count von Bothmers army on the Lemberg front" are under pressure and its center, . forced from the line of the Stripa, is accounted by military observers in en tente capitals to have none too secure a: position in its rear along the Upper; Zlota Lipa, to which it is presumed to be retreating. Petrograd today announces new gains on the northern wing of this front, on the Upper Sere th. while to the south General Letchitzky is continuing his thrust up the Dniester in the vicinity of Mariampol. seven miles from Halicz. The Russian armies in the center also are pursuing the Austrians in the middle Stripa and Koropice regions. Continuing their advance from Gorizia on the Isonzo front, the Italians have made further progress on the Carso plateau to the southeast. Rome reports the piercing of a strongly defended Aus trian line east of Hill 212 and the cap ture of about SOO additional men. The Austrians attacked sharply along other sectors but were repulsed in all at tempts. the Italian war office announces. Following the usual course the Ger mans have sharply counter attacked along the line west of Pozieres which London last night reported the British to have carried to a depth of 30u or, 400 yards ona front of neraly one mile. I The attack was partly successful, the Garmans gaining a foothold in a portion of the lost trenches. Following up their gains on the north hank of the Somme the French are pusn mg their advance to a point where Ger man exacuation of Clery, commanding the direct approach to Peronne from the northwest may be compelled. Fight-1 ing is being continued in the Mavrepvs sector northwest of Clery. where brisk cannonading is reported today. To the left of the Fay-Deniecourt road a French attack resulted in carrying some trenches. Russians Sweeping on Along Galician Front (By Associated Press.) PETROGRAD. Aug. 14. —(Via Lon don.) —Along the Galician front the Rus sian sweep continued unchecked, the of ficial announcement of today states. Fur ther gains have been made on the upper j Sareth. In the region of the Middle; Stripa and the Koropice the Austrians are being pursued by the Russians, who reached the northern bank of the Dnies ter before Mariampol. The statement says: “Western front: In the Priamur hos pital near the little town of Siniavka. two sisters and one hospital orderlv were killed and two sisters wounded by a bomb from an enemy aeroplane. “In the region south of the little town so Stebychva. on the evening of August 13 the enemy attacked our troops on the western bank of the Stokhod but as the result of a counter attack which follow ed he WM driven back to his positions. ••On the upper Sereth our advance con tinued. The enemy retired to the west to a fortified position where some points he is checking our advance by fierce ar tillery fire. “In the region of the middle Stripa and the River Koropice our troops reached the northern bank of the Dniester before Mariampol., “In the region of Taremsze. Yalovic zary and Kirlibaba, in the wooded Car pathians. local attacks of the 'enemy were everywhere repelled by our troop's “Caucasus front: Our flotilla an Lake Van bombarded the enemy's positions on the southwestern bank of the lake, forc ing him to retire. "In Persia to the north of Sakkiz our troops captured some positions. To the north of Hamadan the Turkish offenshe continues. Our armored motor cars in flicted great losses upon the enemy in the operation in the region of this tow.» on August 10." THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL THE IS NEW YORK WORLD YV T E BELIEVE this to be abso- * ’lutely the best combination offer we have ever made to our friends. These two great news- f ♦ JL papers will cover every angle of ail the great happenings of the ■ SE day. In this Presidential election year you need just such news- 08l papers as these in your home. Sign the coupon—enclose sl.lO, either A Year by -'heck, postoffice muney order, stamps or cash by registered mail—and mail io y .f- i ssue s a W-ek' The Semi-Weekly Journal. Circulation IOU get FIVC ISSUC3 a CfC. Department. Atlanta. Ga 260 ISSUCS O year! Ute Thit Coupon ---Write Plainly---and Mail at Once The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.: Enclosed find Sl.to. Send The Semi-Weekly Journal l| I; and The Thrice-a-Week New York World to the address below for one year. NAME ;l :: P. o I; R. F. D STATE 1; T AKE TOXAWAY AND TOXAWAY INN AS THEY LOOKED BEFORE THE BIG DAM BROKE SUNDAY NIGHT. The boat house, which was swept to the L bottom of the lake can be seen near the center of the picture. Lake Toxaway was 3,100 feet above sea level, one mile wide and a shore line of fifteen miles. This cut is made from a picture on a Southern railway folder. The map below shows the position of Lake 1 oxaway in Western North Carolina, near the South Carolina boundary and also the position of the rivers and tributaries into which the water from the lake flowed when the dam gave way. - a.*&, ' F ' W SLIGHT DAMAGE SOUTH OF TDXAWAY; NO LIKSJE LOST Brunt of Flood Will Be Borne by Keowee and Seneca Val leys—Little Damage at Tox away Beyond Loss of Dam (By Associated Press.) COLUMBIA. S. <?.. Aug. 12.—Water let loose from artificial Lake Toxaway when the dam broke last night and swept down the valley below, had not caused great damage nor any casualties ir. the western part of South Carolina according to reports today. Every means of communication was pressed into service last night to warn injtabi tnnts in the path of the flood and they had ample time to save movable piop erty and themselves get to places of safety. The flood water did not rush south ward as rapidly as expected. Observers believed it would reach Anderson, S. C., by midnight. Later the time was post poned to 3 o’clock this morning, but it did not get there until 9:30 this morn ing and then had spent much of its force. Little damage was expected in that section The weather bureau at Augusta ex pected little more than a five-foot rise in the Savannah river there. That would do no damage. The exact rise to be expected, however, cannot be definitely established until the water moves far ther south. South Carolinians Are Prepared for Flood ASHEVILLE, N. C., Aug. 14.—Day light found the inhabitants of the Keowee and Seneca valleys, in South Carolina, still awake anxiously await ing the crest of the flood waters loosen ed last night by the breaking of the great dam at Lake Toxaway. N. C. Warnings of the flood's approach were sent broadcast through Pickens, Wal halla. Oconee and Anderson counties, enabled dwellers in the lowlands to prepare to move if necessary. The collapse of the dam released a lake which covered 550 acres to an aver age depth of thirty feet, but so far as known no lives were lost. At Lake Toxaway village, a noted summer resort, only minor damage was reported. A spring seeping the foundation of the stone and earth structure is believed to have caused the collapse. The water’s course through North Carolina ran through an almost uninhabited section of Transylvania county. Early today no reports of damage had been re ceived, but there was little doubt that crops suffered severely. Preparations were made by industrial plants in South Carolina to combat the force of the flood Gangs were busy strengthening dams and otherwise preparing for high waters. The known property damage early to day was $50.000 —the cost of the dam. This, however, is certain to be greatly increased when full reports are in. The lake, an artificial body of water, was created in 1902 by eastern capltai- MAN, LIVING ON COWPEAS, WANTS TO SELMTIS BODY Graduate of Three Colleges, Pressed by Unavoidable Pov erty, Offers to Deliver Him self to Experimenters “Where can I sell my body?” That is one of the unique queries re ceived by Frederick J. Haskin at the At lanta Journal information bureau in Washington, which supplies information of all kinds to any Journal readers who write for it. Since the bureau was opened, hundreds have availed themselves of its uses, but none of the letters received and answer ed equal the above in sheer novelty Mr. Haskin sent The Journal the letter and his reply. The letter Is from a man in Birming ham. His name The Journal withholds but he says in part: "Unavoidable poverty has brought me tc the point where 1 will have to sell my body or ‘loan’ it for experiments in order to keep from starving to death. Do not think for a moment that I am trying to perpetrate a joke or that I am looking for sympathy, for I am not. This is a straight, honest-from-the-heart let ter, and if you can supply the necessary information, you will be doing me a great favor. • • * For two months I have tried every day to get work of some kind, but have been unable to do so. * * * I have nothing except health, ambition, a clean mind and clean body from right living, and hope. • * • I have seven diplomas from three of the best colleges in the country. • • • Ah now living on a dime’s worth of cow peas a day. • » • Now if you can tell me where I can make the necessary arrangements to sign a contract with some doctor or other experimenter to let him have ’my body when I die; or can tell me where I can find some one that wants to experiment on my body in any way that will not make a cripple of me, you will have done a good deed.” Replying to this appeal, Mr. Haskin wrote from The Journal bureau, sending the man an application blank for the federal employment agency and suggest ing that a more practical means of se curing a livelihood can be found than by making any sort of disposition ot his body. “If, however, you desire to assist science and at the same time aid your self by making some use of your body. ’ continue the letter, “you might write to the Carnegie Institute Nutrition labora tory in Boston, Mass., where some ex periments irt fasting were paid for quite liberally a short time ago, and to the medical department of the Johns Hop kins university in Baltimore, Md., where observations and scientific studies upon the human body are now in progress, and to the Rockefeller institute in New York City.” ists. It covers 550 acres to an average depth of thirty feet. The dam, an eighth of a mile long and fifty feet high, was completely destroyed. The town of Lake Toxaway suffered only minor damage, though the lake was completely drained The lake was created in connection, with a summer resort and had a shore line of fifteen miles. The dam was con structed at a cost of about $50,000. Toxaway is the third and largest of the lakes in western North Carolina mountains to go out since July 16, when heavy rains caused serious floods in that section. Several years ago cotton mill own ers whose plants were in the path of the waters should they escape, employed ex pert engineers to investigate the safety of the dam. Following the engineers’ re port the structure, which is built of earth and stone, was strengthened. Four weeks ago, during the flood pe riod, fears for the dam’s safety were re peatedly expressed and there were sev eral reports that it had collapsed. Only Portion of Big Dam Lost Suddenly, Is Report (By Associated Press.) ASHEVILLE, N. C„ Aug. 14.—What are considered the most reliable reports from Lake Toxaway are to the effect that only a portion of the top of the big dam gave away early last night and that not all of the 540 acres of waters were loosed. No direct communication with the Lake Toxaway has been had up to noon today; it is thought possible that the entire dam may have crumbled gradually, but at last reports efforts were being made to stop the breaking up of the structure. The gorge below the dame is said to be only two miles long, and it is stated here by those who know the country that the waters had room to spread out over uninhabited country after making this first rapid descent. Water Reaches Anderson; No Great Loss Expected ANDERSON. S. C., Aug. 14.—Water released when the Toxaway dam broke last night reached Portman dam on the Seneca river ten miles west of here at 9:30 o’clock this morning. An hour earlier the flood struck the Blue Ridge Railway crossing and continued to rise for some time afterward. No great loss is expected in this section. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1916. INTERURBAN CHARTER BILL IS PASSED WITH HOUSE MOMENTS Charge Is Made That Bill Was Drawn in Office of “Atlanta Law firm Recently Engaged by L, & N, Railroad” By vote of 96 to 53, one vote more than the required number, the house Monday morning passed the bill au thorizing the secretary of state to is sue charters to interurban railway lines, but only after the bill had been 30 amended as to prevent any corporation acquiring a charter under the act from paralleling the Western and Atlantic railroad. It was charged by Representative Brown of Emanuel, while explaining his vote, that the bill was drawn in the office of the law firm recently engaged by the L. and N. railroad, which has been seeking to parallel the W. and A. The bill passed after four amendments had been adopted. It has already passed the senate, but must now go back to the senate for ratification of these amendments. As notice of reconsidera tion was given by Representative Shep pard of Sumter, the bill will not reach the senate until Tuesday. AMENDMENTS ADOPTED. The four amendments adopted were: First, to make the bill apply only to the issuance of chapters to gas and electric railways; second, to authorize interurban lines to sell gas and electricity for heat and power subject to the regulation of the state railroad commission; third, to give the right of eminent domain to in terurban lines securing charters; fourth, to prohibit any interurban line to which a charter is issued or which acquires or leases a charter under the act or to prohibit any line operating under a char ter granted under the act from aver paralleling the Western and Atlantic railroad. The last amendment was introduced by Representatives Yeomans of Terrell and Wohlwender of Muscogee. Mr. Wohlwender speaking for the bill as he proposed to amend it, said that the supreme court has held that the sec retary of state has no authority to issue | charters to interurban electric lines, thati the purpose of the bill was simply to establish this authority and the purpose] of the amendment was simply to protect! the state road. BETTER TO KILL IT. Representative Sheppard of Sumter speaking against the bill, said that if it contained one joker, it contained several, and it was better for the house to 4ih it outright. He decJared it was a dan gerous bill, imperilling not only the safety of the state road, but threatening to absorb local public utilities. Representative Stark of Jackson, speaking for the bill, also referred to the decision of the supreme court re garding charters to interurban lines and said that it had retarded develop ments in the state. The bill, he said, was designed simply to promote prog ress. Representative Knight of Berrien was violently opposed to the bill, characteriz ing it as “the most dangerous piece of legislation introduced at the present ses sion.” The first thing the people know, said Mr. Knight, the L. and N. railroad will be hauling freight to Marietta by steam and from Marietta to Atlanta by electricity, thus effectually paralleling the W. and A. and destroying its value to the state. No special urgency has been shown for the bill, said Mr. Knight, and there Is no special urgency for it. It should be killed outright, he declared. Representative Yeomans, of Terrell said he regarded the bill as -dangerous even if the amendment of which he was one of the authors, was adopted. The house should certainly adopt that amendment, he said, and if it did not adopt it, the bill should certainly be killed IN BILL’S BEHALF. Representative Neill, of Muscogee, speaking for the bill, said he held no brief for the corporations but he hated to see the bill killed out of -sheer preju dice for the corporations when it sim ply provided for the issuance of char ters to interurban lines and for nothing else. Representaive Morris, of Hart, spoke for the bill. He said that in his section of the state the construction of an in terurban line is being prevented simplj because no provision has been made for the issuance of charters since the su preme court handed down its decision. Representative Atkinson, of Eulton, spoke for the bill. At the conclusion of th debate, the house passed all four amendments and then on an aye and nay roll-call passed the bill 96 for and 53 against. One Killed, Two Injured, In Automobile Accident (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) NICHOLS, Ga., Aug. 14.—1 n an auto accident fit Nichols todaj' one man was killed and two Injured. The car was driven by L. C. Edenfield, of this place. The man killed was Ira C. Alley, a brick mason, from Nashville, Tenn., who was employed on the construction of the new Masonic building. Those injured were Sirs. Luther Davis and the driver. . r TRAN SYLVAN (A, CO. ><l. / (\j Q- /TTOXAVTAy ,2_— ._-7d "" • SC co '„ ' \ SENECA G - . ‘ \ ANDERSON m BILL 15 PASSED BY SENATE BY VOTE OF 30 TO 8 Measure Declared by Its Op ponents to Be Aimed at the Catholic Church The Veazy bill, declared by its oppo nents to be aimed at he Catholic church, passed the senate Monday morning by vote of 30 to 8. The bill already has passed the house, but before it goes to the governor, it will come up in the senate again on a motion to reconsider, notice of which was given by Senator Peacock of the Fourteenth immediately after the bill was passed Monday. The bill provides lor an inspection by the grand juries oi the state of all char itable. eleemosyiiary ana philanthropic institutions in tne state Speaking again-st it in the senate were Senators Lawrence of the First, Way of the Second, Thomas of the Third and Aiken, of the Fourth. Speaking for it were Senators Pickett of the Eleventh, Boykin of the Seventeenth and McCrory of the Thirteenth. Those voting against the Veazy bill! were Senators Aiken, of the Fourth;] Bonner, of the Thirty-first; Lawrence, of the First; Mangum, of the Thirty-eighth; Paulk, of the Fifteenth; Peacock, of the Fourteenth; Thomas, of the Third, and Way, of the Second. The senate passed the bill of Senator Eakes, of the Twenty-seventh, estab lishing the position of purchasing agent and superintendent of public printing. On motion of Senator Burnside, of the Twenty-ninth, the bill was amended to make the position pay $2,400 a year in stead of $3,600, as originally provided. TO LIMIT DEBATE. In order to conserve time the senate voted to limit the discussion of meas ures to thirty minutes for each side. This includes the twenty minutes al lowed the chairman in presenting the report of the committee on the bill in question. At this rate the senate will be able to dispose of a bill every hour and, of course, some of the bills will not take up all of the time allowed under the new ruling. The woman’s lawyer bill is on the senate calendar and will probably come up for discussion at the afternoon ses sion. The bill is a constitutional amend ment and thirty votes are necessary for its passage in the senate. The bill has already passed the house. The senate will meet during the aft ernoon :n order to complete its busi ness before adjournment Wednesday night. Senator Walker, of the Twentieth, lias prepared a joint privilege resolution which he will introduce Monday after noon, authorizing the governor to in stitute a probe into the conditions at the state sanitarium at Milledgeville. DEMANDS BICI« PfIOBE OF lITE PIPES COST Head of Typographical Union Makes Report to Con vention in Baltimore BALTIMORE, Aug. 14.—The sixty second annual convention of the Inter-* national Typographical union opened here today. After a brief business ses sion for organization and appointment of committees, adjournment was taken until Wednesday. The delegates and visitors this after noon attended a crab feast at a river resort. Tomorrow they will go to Wash ington. where they will be guests of the Washington union. “Something more substantial than a perfunctory investigation” of the in creased cost of white paper wg.s de manded in the annual report President Marsden G. Scott made to the convention today. ‘‘lf the price of paper is not kept down,” said Mr. Scott, “there will be a falling away in printed matter that will force on the unemployed list thousands of those engaged in the printing in dustry.” Wilson to Be Host to Campaign Committee WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Financing the Democratic national campaign was discussed today by President Wilson, W. W. Marsh, treasurer of the national committee, and Henry Morgentb.au. chairman of the finance committee. The president will entertain the mem ; bers of the campaign committee tomor row at lunch. It is stated that about 300 or 400 of the inmates are in good mental condition and should be released from the sani tarium. This alleged condition is the cause of the resolution. RILLS PASSED IN SENATE. The following bills were passed in the sen ate Monday: By Senator McLoughlin, of the Thirty-sixth— To amend the charter of Stonew.il! in Campbell county. To amend the charter of Atlanta sc as to construct the Pryor street underpass. To authorize the ordinary of Bryan county to name a county depository. To abolish the office of Bryan county treas urer. To amend the charter of Thomasville. To amend an act creating the city court of Gray. To prescribe the manner of holding primary elections in Raker county. To repeal the charter of Leon. To incorporate the Rockingham school dis trict in Racon county. To provide water works bends for the town of Madison. To n:nen<l the chatter of Millen. To create the recreation commission for the city of Scvannah. To authorize the clerk of the superior court and sheriff of Brynn county to keep records at the county site. NUMBER 90. WILSON IMPRESSES RAILWAY TRAINMEN: MAY AVOID A STRIKE „ * Brotherhood' Men ( After Con ference, Say President’s Grasp of Situation May Re sult in an Understanding (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. —Prospects for averting a nation-wide railway strike, or at least for the formulation of some tentative program which will be the ground work for further negotia tion, brightened up today after Presi dent Wilson had conferred with thirty five chiefs of the great brotherhoods. After the conference the brotherhood men declared the president’s grasp of the situation and the position of the men might result in an understanding being reached, and others in touch with the conference said the representatives of the men showed a disposition to co operate to avoid a strike. After hearing the leaders of the men two hours, the president sent for the managers for a conference at 3 o’clock this afternoon. How far whatever prog ress made at the conference .with the men can go toward averting a break, cannot be determined until after the president confers with the managers committee. The president, according to those w|ho attended the morning conference, show ed a familiarity with the situation that surprised the men. ‘‘The president was most .sympa thetic,” said one ot the brotherhood lead ers, ‘'and. his surprising knowledge of the situation and of our position may result in an understanding being reach ed." The impression prevailed among the brotherhood leaders that as a last re sort the president might ask congress for eight-hour-day legislation. EXPLAIN THEIR STAND. The leaders explained to the president their stand against arbitration by say ing that they were carrying out the wishes of the 600 delegates who sat with them at their meeting with the fed eral mediators. The delegates, the president was told, in voting on whether they should accept or reject the media tors’ proposal to arbitrate, voted unani mously for rejection. The brotherhood leaders presented to the president detailed reports of the vote cast In favor of a general strike. The discussion this morning, it was learned, centered largely about the pos sibility of reaching an agreement on some form of arbitration, and particu lar attention was paid to the subjects to be arbitrated. It was considered possible that a ten tative agreement would provide for ar bitration of the demands of the men for an eight-hour day and for time and a half overtime, with the elimination of the counter proposals of the employers. The railroads have wanted to arbitrate their counter proposals, and that the men resist. They were first inclined to arbitrate their own demands, but later indicated their disinclination to arbi trate anything. OPPOSE ARBITRATION. The brotherhood men went into the conference firm in their determination not to accept an arbitration under the Newlands act. which they contended has always furnished arbitrators before whom the men did not have an unpreju diced opoprtunity. There were some indications that tne president, recognizing that view, might propose a special arbitration before a board of twelve members on which the four great brotherhoods could be repre sented. The president’s plan was to appeal to managers and men on the highest patri otic grounds to find away to compose their differences without a strike. There were some suggestions, pure ly informal, emanating from neither one side nor the other, but from sources in touch with both, that the men were regarding the possibility of arbitration with the president himself as chief ar bitrator. DISCUSSION IS THOROUGH. The president’s conference with the men was opened by a statement by Mr. Garretson as spokesman. He outlined the demands for an eight-hour day and time and a half for overtime. He in sisted that the demands were fair. President Wilson then addressed the men, pointing out what disaster would follow a general strike, and insisting that an agreement must be reached. The president then asked the specific things on which the employes were pre pared to insist. Mr. Garretson did most of the talking for the men and he and the president discussed the situatidli thoroughly. Mr. Wilson promised to take the demands up with the managers in an effort to find a common ground on which the two sides could meet. He said he was anxious to settle the diffi culty as quickly as possible and was prepared to remain in continuous con ference all day if necessary. The conference was Ikeld in the gr?en room of the White House. Large crowds gathered on the lawn in front of the White House to hear news of the pro ceedings. EPIDEMIC OF PARALYSIS TAKES TURN FOR BETTER (Bv Associated Press.) NEW YORK. Aug. 14.—The epidemic of infantile paralysis took a turn for the better today. The number of new cases reported to the health department went under the 100 mark for the first time in several weeks. During the twen ty-four hours ending at 10 a. m. the plague killed 31 children and 95 new cases were reported. 43 of them in Man hattan and 31 in Brooklyn. This com pares favorably with yesterday’s figures when there were 141 new cases and 22 fatalities. The falling off in cases was attributed to the cooler weather. Physicians employed by the health department to investigate reported cases of infantile paralysis hereafter will be equipped with serum made from the blood of persons who have recovered from the disease, so that in every true case an injection may be made at cfrice, before the patient is removed to a hos pital. This action has been decided upon by the health department because the best results of the serum have been obtain ed in cases where the disease was in the premonitory stages, when the symp toms mainly are high fever and restless ness and before paraylsis has developed. Physicians engaged in field work have been instructed to watch closely the oth er children in the family, one member of which has been stricken, and to treat them with the serum at the first ap pearance of a symptom of the disease.
