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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."
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
