Newspaper Page Text
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.
WE BELIEVE this to be absolutely the 3 ■ ■ §3
best combination offer we have ever ■ ■■
made to our friends. These two great jg
newspapers will cover every angle of all
the great happenings of the day. In this "
Presidential election year you need just
such newspapers as these in your home —
The Semi-Weekly Journal
The Ifc New York World
You get five issues a wee# [ n I /f f
260 issues a year—ALL TOT v a y ear i
CZie Thia Coupon-~-Write Plainly—and Mail at Once
The Semi*Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.:
qIGN the coupon—en- Enclosed find sl.lO. Send The Semi-Weekly •
° close sl.lO, either ;; Journal and The Thrice-a-Week New/York World to
by check, postoffice mon- J the address below for one year.
Bey order, stamps or cash '
by registered mail and NAME
mail to The Semi-Weekly
Journal, Circulation De- n P. O
SI @3 partment, Atlanta, Ga. „
I! R. F. DSTATE
CONGRESS IS PLANNING TO
ADJOURN BY THURSDAY
Eight-Hour Day Act Will Be
Signed for Second Time
Tuesday
(By Associated Press.)
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.
