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Atlanta nr wtf VOLUME XVIII. BODY, WITH BULLET IN HEAD, FOUND IN RIVER RUMANIANS CAPTURE TWO AUSTRIAN TOWNS IN FIERCE INVASION Germans and Bulgars Attack Heavily Along Entire Fron tier, but Are Repulsed, Ac cording to Rumanian Report B» Aseeciated PreM.' WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.—Between the Danube and the Black sea in eastern Rumania where the second campaign be cause of Rumania s declaration of war lias been opened, the Bulgarian and Ger man forces of invasion are engaged heavily a ith the Rumanians all along | the frontier. The Rumanian war of-. tie® announces the repulse of the Ger- I mans and Bulgarians at Basardjlk in Dobrudja. but gives no information as to the progress of the fighting else where. It is expected the Rumanians will have the assistance of Russian forces which crossed the border from Bessarabia in the Dobrudja soon after Rumania joined the allies. The Rumanian invasion of Hungary continues. Official announcement is made that the towns of Borszek and Sekeli. in eastern Transylvania have been occupied by the Rumanians. ATTACK REPULSED. • To Bulgarians on the Macedonian from made another attack in the region of Lake Ostrovo yesterday. An official ; announcement from French army head- | quarters at Saloniki says the attack was repulsed by the Serbians. Baron von Schenk. chief director of the German propaganda in Greece, has been arrested and placed on a cruiser of the allies. Sixteen more allied war ships have arrived at Piraeus. The Greek government has accepted the new demands of the allies, and French and British agents have taken control of the postal and telegraph systems. Bad weather is delaying operations of the French troops along the Somme. The war office announces that fourteen cannon have been captured thus far. in the fighting inaugurated yesterday the French in conjunction with the British advanced over a front of six an-1 a half miles and captured three -towns. Two more aeroplane raids over Bel gium have been made by the British. On Saturday they attacked the shipbuild ing yards at Hoboken. near Antwerp. Yesterday a large British squadron bombarded the German aerodrome at Ghistellea. near Bruges Bad Weather Retards New Drive in West : Bv Associated Press.' PARIS, sept. 4.—Operations on the I Somme front have been retarded by bad weather, the war office announced. to day. In the new action fourteen guns have been captured by the French. Pris oners continue to arrive at the rear. East of the Meuse on the Verdun front' the French yesterday -took 400 pris oners. British Capture Two Villages, Forced to Give Up One 'By AMOciated Press ) LONDON, Sept. 4.—As the result of' fighting yesterday north of the River' Somme in France, says the British offi cial statement issued today, British ’ troops captured German defenses on a; 3JO-yard front for an average depth of ! »oft yards, and including the village of Guillemont- The whole of the Guinchy at first ' was captured, but the British were com pelled to give ground, retaining hold of part of the village despite heavy coun ter attacks in the night. More than SOO Germans were taken prisoners. Rumania Gets Taste Os Air Raid and Bombs (By Anociated Press.) BUCHAREST. Sept. 3.—(Via London Sept. 4.)—The Rumanian war office an nounced today that Rumanian troops have occupied Borszek and Sekeli, in Transylvania. The Teutonic Bulgarian allies have been repulsed at Basardjlk. in Dubrudja, but elsewhere continue their attack along the whole frontier between Dubrudja and Bulgaria. A raid by three hostile hydroaero planes upon the city of Constanza. on . the Rumanian coadt of the Black sea, with the wounding of several civilians and children, is announced. EFFECT OF 8-HOUHIi ON BOIDS TO BE PROBES 'By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.—Senator Reed, of Missouri, today Introduced a resolution requiring the interstate com merce commission to investigate the ef fect of the eight-hour day law on the coat of operation of railroads and to re port to congress in December. The reso lution will be called up for considera tion tomorrow. American Commission Arrives at Bordeaux BORDEAUX, Sept. 4.—The American Industrial commission to France ar rived last night on board the steamer LaFayette and was received by a com mittee composed of representatives of the municipality on the Bordeaux cham ber of commerce. headed by Deputy Maurice Damour. M. Damour delivered the address of welcome and William V. Nichols. head of the commission, re sponded on behalf of the Americans. Swimming Record . NEW YORK. Sept. 4.—A new Ameri an swimming record for women was made at Rye beach today by Miss Claire Galligan, of New Rochelle. N. Y., who non the one mile national championship in 31 minutes 19 3-5 seconds. The former record of 35 minutes 38 seconds was held by Miss Lucy Free man, of Brooklyn. • THE ANVIL CHORUS! A // i / j, * < cul OUT . / y 9 B]™’ w I 1,1 - BROTHERHOOD MEN CALL OFF RAIL STRIKE Brotherhood Leaders Send Out Message to Men Satur day Night Revoking Order to Strike Monday (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—An order re voking the call for a country-wide rail road strike Monday was sent out by union officials tonight after congress had passed the Adamson eight-hour bill and sent it to the president for his signature. The threat of a general railroad strike which has been hanging like a pall over the country for nearly a month was lifted tonight. Three hours after the senate had passed without amendment the Adam son eight-hour day bill, passed by the house yesterday, the heads of the four great railroad employes' brotherhoods telegraphed 500 odd code messages to their general chairmen In all parts of the country cancelling the strike or der issued a week ago to take effect next Monday morning at 7 o’clock. President Wilson will sign the meas ure at 7:30 o’clock Sunday morning. Senators Hardwick of Georgia and Clark of Arkansas, were the only Dem ocrats to vote against the bill and Sena tor LaFollette the only Republican to vote for It. PASSED IN SENATE. The legislative expedient to avert the strike was passed in the senate by a vote of 48 to 28—almost a strict party vote—amid stirring scenes, after many senators. Democrats and Republicans, had fought desperately to amend the measure by provisions designed to pre vent industrial disasters in the future Some senators, thoroughly aroused, de clared congress was being coerced into enactment of legislation that It did not desire, and that It knew would return to plague it in the future. . In both houses the measure was signed within a few minutes after the final vote In the senate and It was sent at once to the White House where President Wilson will sign it at 7:30 o’clock tomorrow morning after his return from Shadow Lawn. Offi cials of the brotherhoods who wit-' nessed the final passage of the bill; had announced early in the night that cancellation of the strike would! not be ordered until the bill had been signed by the president and actually had become law. But later they con ferred. changed their minds and flashed the code message signalling to the waiting trainmen of the country through their chairmen the message that a satisfactory settlement had been secured. The bill that stopped the strike pro vides that after January 1, 1917, eight hours shall be regarded as a basis of reckoning for a day's pay for men engaged in the operation of railroad; trains in interstate commerce (except ing roads less than 100 miles long and electric lines), that they shall re ceive pro rata pay for work in excess of eight hours and that their rate of compensation shall not be changed pending an Investigation for from six to nine months of the effect of the ■ eight-hour day upon the railroads by a commission to be appointed by the president AMENDMENTS DEFEATED. Efforts to amend the bill In the een ate were futile, ftte supreme effort to alter It having been led by Senator Un derwood. who sought to provide that the interstate commerce commission should have power to fix railroad wages and hours of service in the future. This amendment w r as defeated by a vote of 57 to 14. Only two Democrats, Senators Hard wick of Georgia, and Clarke of Arkan sas, voted against the bill and one Re publican, LaFollette of Wisconsin, voted for it. The roll call follows: For the bill: Democrats, Ashurst, Bankhead, Beckham, Bryan, Chamber lain, Chilton, Culberson, Fletcher, Hitch cock, Hughes, Husting, Johnson (8. D.), Kern, Lane, Lea (Tenn.), Lee, (Md.), Lewis, Martin, Myers, Newlands, Over man, Phelps, Pittman, Pomerene, Rans dell, Reed, Robinson, Saulsbury, Shep pard, Shields, Simmons. Smith (Ariz.), Smith (Md.), Smith (S. C.), Swanson, Taggart, Thomas, Thompson, Under wood, Vardaman, Walsh and Williams —42. Republicans—LaFollette—l. Total 43. Against the bill: Republicans—Borah, Brady, Brandegee, Clapp, Colt, Cum mins, Curtis. Dillingham, DuPont, Gal linger, Gilvara, Jones, Kenyon, McCum ber, McLean, Nelson, Norris, Oliver, Penrose, Sherman, Smith (Mich.), Smoot, Sterling, Wadsworth, Warren and Weeks —26. Democrats—Clarke (Ark.) and Hard wick—2. Total 28. INCREASED WAGES. Railroad officials have declared that the action of congress will cost them $60,000,000 a year in increased wages to the trainmen. Brotherhood officials say the enactment will mean not more than an annual increase of $20,000,000. In congress and among the railroad officials there has existed doubt as to the constitutionality of the law, but what steps if any may be taken to test this has not been indicated. Quick action by the brotherhood heads followed the action in the senate. No doubt existed in their minds that Presi dent Wilson would sign the bill as soon ' as it was handed to him. The measure embraces virtually all of the president’s original proposals to the employes and the railroad heads, although it is only a part of the legislative program he took to congress last Tuesday when his i negotiations had failed. Issuance of the orders of cancellation followed a meeting of the four brother- j hood heads and thirteen remaining members of their committee of 640. Some opposition to acting before the president actually had affixed his signa ture was evidenced in the meeting, but in the end the seventeen voted unani mously to call off the strike immediate- i iy. All of the code messages had been prepared in advance and as quickly as I the decision was announced clerks rushed to telegraph offices with arm j loads of the messages. No two of the more than 600 dis- ( patches were alike. One of them read: "It is reported that a big Are is raging i in Toronto." Another said "There is ■ danger of your house burning down to morrow." Even the brotherhood heads did not know all the messages contained, the, composition of them having been left to clerks The original plan to wait until the president had signed the bill before call-, Ing off the strike was abandoned in or-' der to facilitate transmission of the mes-' sages. It was thought that if the order was not sent out until tomorrow many, small telegraph offices probably would be closed and the 10,000 or more local j chairmen, all of whom in turn are to (Continued on Pa<o 3, Col. 3.) ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1916. ALBERT HOWELL BEHIND DORSEY, POTTLE DECLARES “Little Albert the Directing Genius of Dorsey's Dem agogic Campaign” (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) SANDERSVILLE, Ga., Sept. 4. —Jo- seph E. Pottle, of Milledgeville, candi date for governor, in his speech here this morning said that “the hand that is really pulling the strings back of Hugh Dorsey’s candidacy is that of Albert Howell, Dorsey’s law partner and the present representative of the Louisville and Nashville railroad in its efforts to parallel and destroy the Western and Atlantic, the state's greatest material asset.” ' “There can be no doubt,” said Mr. Pottle, “that the directing genius of Dorsey's demagogic and unworthy cam paign is Albert Howell, known far and wide as ‘Little Albert.’ Every signifi cant move in the Dorsey campaign bears the unmistakable Albert Howell ear marks. Practically all statements given out for publication and purporting to be speeches delivered by Dorsey show on their face that Albert Howell was the’r author. "It is perhaps hardly necessary for me to remind the people of Georgia who Albert Howell is. Most all of those fa miliar with the politics and public af fairs of the state know that ‘Little Al bert’ is now and has long been the po litical representative in Georgia of many of the special interests, whose desires and activities are inimical to the wel fare of the state. “It has only been a few years since Hoke Smith and others exposed ‘Little Albert’s’ work and manipulations for certain corporations and other interests which were seeking to exploit the state and its citizens. HOWELL’S POLITICAL RECORD. . “Albert Howell’s political record Is anything but a savory one. For years he was known as the chief of the state house lobbyists and I have no doubt he is still entitled to that distinction. A recent instance of his activities along this line was his attempt to lobby through the ‘lnterurban bill,’ perfectly innocent, on its face, but adroitly de signed to repeal the Western and At lantic anti-paralleling act, and thus ac complish the destruction of this great property which the preceding legisla ture had almost unanimously passed an act to preserve. “Does anybody suppose for a moment that Albert Howell, who planned the Dorsey campaign and the clever hand that has, so far. conducted it, is schem ing and maneuvering just because of his love for his law partner? "To do him justice one must concede that he aspires to big things. Under the circumstances, what bigger prize could he be striving for than to be in position to control the governor of the state? "Tom Watson, of course, has the same ambition, and If it should so hap pen that Dorsey was to be elected, it would be quite a spectacle to see Tom and Albert playing for the advantage. "The people of Georgia have, in times past, rebuked ‘Little Albert’ and Tom Watson for their attempts to elect one of their proteges governor, and I am quite certain they will do so again in the approaching primary. CALLED UPON HOWELL “It Is to be noted that when the Louis ville and Nashville railroad decided to attempt to put through this nefarious scheme, to destroy the state’s property, (Continued on X<sst Yaga, Col. <) LINCOLN HOMESTEAD ACCEPTED BY WILSON FOR THE GOVERNMENT “How Eloquent This Little House Within This Shrine Is of the Vigor of Democracy!” President Exclaims (By Associated Press.) HODGENVILLE, Ky„ Sept. 4.—Presi dent Wilson arrived here at 10:40 o’clock. The president was welcomed by a cheer ing throng of more than 25,000. Aa he stepped from his private car several bands began playing and the applause was deafening. The president stood In his automobile and bowed again and again. At the Hodgenville station an auto mobile parade was formed and proceed ed to a statue of Lincoln in the town square, where the president laid a wreath of flowers. The streets were lined solidly with cheering throngs. From the statue the parade proceeded to the Lincoln cabin, two miles from Hodgenville. There temporary stands had been located at the foot of broad granite stairs, leading up to the Lin coln memorial, topping a hill. Standing before the log cabin in which Abraham Lincoln was born, now housed in a magnificent memorial structure. President Wilson today, in behalf of the United States, accepted the Lincoln homestead, acquired by popular sub scription through the Lincoln Farm as sociation. The president made his trip to Hodgensvllle wholly one of tribute to the memory of Lincoln, declining all in vitations to make speeches in the polit ical campaign. “How eloquent this little house within this shrine is of the vigor of democra cy," exclaimed the president as he spoke of Lincoln as exemplifying the Ameri can spirit as showing the heights which men of lowly birth may attain. “We are not worthy to stand here,” said he. "unless we ourselves be In deed and in truth real democrats and servants of mankind, ready to give our very lives for the freedom and justice and spiritual exaltation of the great nation which shelters and nurtures us.” Milwaukee Salesman, Troubled by Conscience, Surrenders to Police Because he felt that he could no long er withstand the pangs of conscience, which had already caused him to lose 13 pounds, Walter Little, 24 years old, a salesman for the Swift Packing house in Milwaukee, Wis., turned himself over to the Atlanta police Sunday, explaining that he was a fugitive from justice. He was promptly placed behind the bars on a charge of suspicion and the Milwaukee police were notified. Little said that he did not know whether a warrant had been Issued for him or not. His story was that he hid saved up about S9OO with which he bought an automobile. Soon afterwards he lost about S4OO of the company’s money. After advertising In various ways and failing to recover It, he says, he took a hundred dollars more and bought a ticket to Jacksonville, Fla. Lit tle declares that he had been with the company for several years and had a good record and was of the opinion that the company would help him out of the difficulty. Man Held at Corinth Was Not Robert Fay The belief of Warden Fred Zerbst that the man being held in Corinth. Miss., was not Robert Fay, the German bomb plotter who escaped from the fed eral prison last Tuesday, was confirmed Monday morning when a photograph of the suspect was received at the peni tentiary. The photograph disclosed the fact that the man who was arrested at Cor inth is an entirely different person from Fay, and that his measurements differ from those of the escaped bomb plotter. Efforts to recapture the missing Fay will be vigorously continued, declared Warden Zerbst. 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WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Labor day brought no cessation of activity to con gress which, having spent nearly all of last week on measures warding off the railroad strike called for today, hoped for a belattd adjournment Wednesday or Thursday. Many members already had fled to political fields of their homes, leaving fag-ends of legislation to be fin ished by depleted houses. The Webb bill to allow American ex ports to organize selling agencies abroad, whoee Immediate passage Pres ident Wilson favors, the revenue bill, and the Porto Rican citizenship bill were to be acted upon in the senate. Congressional leaders planned to post pone consideration of the Immigration and corrupt practices bills and further strike measures bill suggested by the president until next session. The eight-hour day act, passed Satur day evening, was considered a law to day, having received President Wilson’s signature yesterday but to avoid any chance of its being held void on the ground that it received executive tp proval on a legal holiday, the president will sign it again tomorrow on his re turn from Hodgenville, Ky„ where to day he attended Lincoln Memorial exer cises. Senators Simmons and Martin and Ma jority Leader Kitchin of the house, agreed today the house should pass a joint resolution for adjournment of con gress at 6 o’clock Wednesday evening. The senate will defer action on the reso lution until It determines that all neces sary business can be completed by that time. Senator Simmons said an effort would be made to pass the revenue bill before adjournment tonight If possible so the conferees would have Tuesday and Wed nesday to complete their report on eenate amendments. LIQUOR SUSPECTS LEAP FROM TRAIN TO ESCAPE ARREST Six men traveling from Chattanooga In Atlanta with five suit cases filled with whisky in half-pint bottles made their escape from Atlanta police officers Mon day morning by jumping from the win dows of a W. & A. train after it had reached the union depot here. The spit cases were seized by Special Officer Watts, of the W. & A. railroad. Soon after the train left Chattanooga, Officer Watts got a tip that the men had loaded their suit cases with whisky In Chattanooga and had bought railroad tickets for Atlanta. Officer Watts tele graphed the Atlanta police department asking that they have several police of ficers at the station when the train arrived. The owners of the suit cases In some manner learned they had been suspected and when the train arrived they Jumped from the windows and made their es cape through the railroad, yards. Richard C. Kerens Dies At His Home in St. Louis (By Associated Press.) ST. LOUIS, Sept. 4.—Richard C. Ker ens, of St. Louis, former ambassador to Austria, died at the home of his daugh ter in Philadelphia today, according to a dispatch received here. NUMBER 96. MIN IS IDENTIFIED US G. PLUMER BROWN; SUIEIDE JS THEORY Gun Found in River Strength’ ens Theory of Officers That Dead Man Ended His Own Life With a bullet wound In his forehead, the body of G. Plumer Brown,, former assistant treasurer of the Empire Trust and Safety De posit company, was found about 10:30 o’clock Monday morning in the Chatta hoochee river, about 200 yards below the Roswell bridge. A pistol was found a few feet from the body In the water. The man’s hat had been hidden In some bushes on the bank only a few yards from th® spot where the body was found. Sev eral cartridges were found In the hat. The body had been in the water less than 24 hours. Though members of the Fulton pnd Cobb county police force who hurried to the scene believe all indications / point to suicide, they are conducting an in\ estigatlon to satisfy themselves beyond any question of doubt that there had been no foul play. AFFAIRS IN GOOD SHAPE Mr. Brown had been seen by friend® Friday night. He tol<J E. J. Jackson,, his chum, that he expected to go to Ellijay, Ga., on Saturday to visit his sister. At the office of the Empire Trust and Safe Deposit company, It was hard for Mr. Brown’s associates to believe, until they had positive Information, that it was he whose body had been found. They state that Mr. Brown resigned as assistant treasurer of the company on September 1. to take effect on Sep tember 30; that his financial affairs were In good shape and that he enjoyed good health; that It was hls plan to enter the banking business at som® growing town In south Georgia; and that they can conceive no possible explana tion of why Mr. Brown should hav® taken hls life. • The discovery of the body was made about 10:30 o’clock by Philip Beach, a carpenter, who lives at Roswell. Mr? Beach, with several of his children, were In a rowboat when one of his little boys called Mr. Beach’s attention to an object which appeared to be that of a body. The body was lying In about two feet of water, very close to the banks on the Cobb county side of the river. The young man was neatly dressed First Mr. Beach notified Thomas W. Jackson, whose home is about two hun dred yards from the spot where the body was found. Mr. Jackson notified Cororjer Booth, of Marietta. The At lanta city police and the county police of Fulton and Cobb were then informed of the discovery. An inquest Is being held Monday aft ernoon. Gerald O’Keefe Named Successor to Spratling MACON, Ga., Sept. 4.—First Lieuten ant Gerald P. O’Keefe has been elected captain of Company F, Fifth Infantry, to succeed Captain Edgar J. Spratling. who was recently shot and killed by Mrs. H. C. Adams at Camp Harris. An nouncement also Is made that Lieuten ant Kysor, of the same company, the man who held Mrs. Adams after she fired the shot that killed Captain Sprat ling, has resigned. First Sergeant Bibb has been elected as hls successor. First Bale (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) TALLAPOOSA, Ga., Sept. 4. —Talla4 poosa received her first bale of cottori today, raised by Rowland Brown, weight 405 pounds. It sold at 19 cents. Th® seed sold at 70 cents a bushel and was bought by Tallapoosa Cotton Mills.
