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    The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal
VOLUME X IV.
TEUTON ARMY IS RETREATING IN DOBRUDJA
OH. OUNCAN EVE. 50..
ELECTEOPRESIDENTOF
MEDIMLJSOGUTION
Dr. Stewart Roberts, of Atlan-
ta, Made First Vice Presi
dent at Closing Session of
Annual Convention
Dr. Duncan Eve. Sr., a prominent
physician of Nashville. Thursday morn
ing was elected president of the South
ern Medical association at the closing
session of its annual session in At
lanta.
Dr. Stewart Roberts, of Atlanta,
chairman of the local arrangements
committee, who had general charge of
the preparations for and entertainment
of the convention. was elected first
vice president.
Dr. Bransford Lewis, of St. Louis,
was elected second vice president.
Dr. Seale Harris, of Birmingham, was
re-elected secretary-treasurer and editor
of the Southern Medical Journal, which
position he has held several years and
in which he has performed splendid
service for the association.
Dr. Robert Wilson. Jr., of Charles
ton. the retiring president, was elected
a member of the board of trustees to
succeed Dr. B L. Wyman, of Birming
ham. It is customary for the oldest
trustee in point of service to retire
each year and for the retiring president
to succeed him.
Announcement was made at the clos
ing session that 910.000 has been sub
scribed to pay an indebtedness on the
Southern Medical Journal. This amount
will pay the debt with 53.500 left over,
and will place the publication on a per
fectly sound financial basis.
GOLD MEDAL PRESENTED.
A gold medal for original research in
surgery was presented Thursday morn
ing to Dr. J. Shelton Horseley, of Rich
mond, Va., one of the eminent surgeons
of the association, who has done some
very notable work in operations on blood
vessels and intestines. He accepted the
medal with a vegr modest speech which
was warmly applauded.
On the front of the medal was engrav
ed the following:
FOR ACHIEVEMENT ,
IN
MEDICJfL RESEARCH '
Un the back of the mrtJal was engrav
ed the follow,ng:
Presented to
J. Shelton Horsley
by the
Southern Medical Association
1918
Another Interesting feature of the
closing session was the presentation of a
blue ribbon with a humerous adornment
to Dr. J. J. Simmons, a prominent den
tist of Dallas. Tex., who is president of
♦he state dental college of that city. He
is famous for h>s humerous stories,
especially those 'in negro dialect, apd
contributed delightfully to the entertain
ment of the doctors at the barbecue at
Druid Hills club Wednesday afternoon <
RESOLUTION OF THANKS.
A resolution thanking Atlanta and the
medical profession of Atlanta for the
splendid hospitality which they have
enjoyed while tn the city was presented
to the session by the board of coun
cilors and was unanimously and en
thusiastically adopted. Included in the
resolution was pleasant mention of the
hotels of the city, the newspapers and
others who have contributed to the
entertainment of the visitors
Another Interesting public session for
visiting ladles, members of the Women's
club of Atlanta and the general public
was held Thursday morning at Wesley
Memorial church.
Dr. L. Rosa H. Gantt, a prominent
woman physician and secretary of the
Association of Southern Medical Wom
en. made an address on adenoids and
tonsils, In which she showed the harm
ful effects of neglect of these growths
In children's throats, and strongly urged
removal upon the advice of a physician.
Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman, statistician
of the Prudential Life Insurance com
pany. of Newark. N. J., spoke on the
prevention of cancer.
Dr. W. 8. Leathers, director of public
health In the state of Mississippi, read
* very interesting paper on the work
being done by the women of that state
in behalf of public health.
Clinics continued Thursday morning
at Grady hospital and the Atlanta Med
ical college, and sessions were held In
the morning by the section on medicine,
section on surgery and section on eye.
ear. nose and throat.
The morning session of the section
on medicine consisted of a symposium
on tuberculosis, and the’ afternoon ses
sion *lll be a symposium on pellagra.
At the close of the afternoon sessions
of the three sections, each will elect
sectional officers for the ensuing term
of twelve months.
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DR. J. SHELTON HORSLEY,
of Richmond. Va., an eminent sur
geon, who was awarded the gold
medal of the Southern Medical As
sociation Thursday morning for
original research work.
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BORDER TROOPS
PLAYING AT WAR
ON LARGE-SCALE
25,000 National Guardsmen
and Regular Soldiers Will
Take Part in Extensive Ma
neuvers Along Rio Grande
(By Associated Press. >
BROWNSVILLE. Tex., Nov. 18.—
Twenty-five thousand soldiers, compris
ing national guardsmen from nine states
and several regular army organizations,
today began extensive maneuvers. The
soldiers are divided into two armies.
The invading force, “the Brown army,”
is to try to wrest the “lower Rio Grande
valley” from the “White army,” the de
fending force, stationed in the neighbor
hood of Llano Grande, forty-six miles
west of Brownsville. The territory is
bounded on the the GTilf of Mex
ico, on the south by the Rio Grande, on
the north by Harlingen and on the west
by Liano Grande camp, seventeen miles
west of Harlingen.
“The Brown army’ probably will be
in command of Brigadier General H. A.
Allen, of the lowa brigade, and will in
clude the First and Second regiments,
Virginia infantry; troops A, B and C,
First Virginia cavalry; the "Richmond
Blues,” and the Louisiana field hospital.
The "White army” probably will be in
command of Brigadier General F. M.
Lewis, and will include the first battal
ion. Louisiana field artillery.
Hits Rabbit With Butt
Os Gun; Weapon Fires
And Hunter Is Killed
'(Special Dispatch to The -Journal.)
HOMER, Ga., Nov 16.—Clarence Hill,
twenty-two years of age. died here from
the effects of gunshot wounds inflicted
when two loads of bird shot pased
through his abdomen. He hit and killed
a rabbit with the butt end of the gun
when the weapon discharged, both loads
passing through his body. - He lived
four hours after the accident.
NEW SEASON'S MARK
SET BY SPOT COTTON
ON ATLAimEXCHAMGE
Reaches 20.25 on First Call
Thursday, Smashing All Pre
vious High Marks Since the
Civil War
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Spot cotton in Atlanta was quoted at
20.95 on the first call on the floor of
die Atlanta commercial exchange Thurs
day morning, establishing a new high
record for the season and smashing all
previous high marks recorded since the
Civil war when abnormal prices of over
$1 per pound were reached.
This figure is an advance of 25 cents,
or 91.25 per bale, over the quotations of
Wednesday and a gain of 255 points
over the quotations of a month ago
when spots were 17.70. In dollars and
cents, the advance for the month rep
. esents 912.75 per bale.
The sensational advance here follow
l ed record-breaking high marks on the
i New York cotton exchange that were
I reached in early trading and sustained
1 by the long interests as the day prog-
I .essed. The noon call found the market
j still strong and able to resist ilquida
’ lion. The bulls were in the saddle and
! 21 cents for active options were freely
predicted.
March options lead the list with an
advance of 29 points over rfhe previous
closing at 20.57. July was up 25 points
at 20.70. December touched 20.32, an
advance of 24 points; January was up 28
; points at 20.44 and May was 20.70, a
gain of 26 points.
Gulf States Steel Stock
Makes Spectacular Gain
'By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK,-Nov. 16.—Recent up
ward movements in the securities of
the Gulf States Steel company culmi
nated today in spectacular advances.
The common stock which a few months
ago sold at 71, today touched 193, an
overnight gain of 34 points and 64 since
Saturday. The second preferred gained
33 points to 190, an advance since Sat
urday of 61 points.
Gulf States Steel Is a reorganization
of* the old Southern Iron and Steel
company, with headquarters at Birming-
The company’s capitalization is com
paratively small and Its earnings for
the past year are reported very large.
There have been rumors of a probable
consolidation or merger with one or
more of the other steel and Iron com
panies operating in southern territory.
Author of “Quo Vadis”
Dead in Switzerland
(By AMoeiated Ptms.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Henry R. Sien
kiewicz, the Polish novelist, the author
of “Quo Vadis,” is dead at Vevey,,
Switzerland, according to a cable dis
patch received here today by the Polish
victims relief committee.
Sienkiewicz had devoted much of his
time recently to Polish relief work.
Tae message said the novelist died
suddenly in a Vevey hotel yesterday.
Born of a Lithuanian family at
Okreya, Podlasia. about seventy-four
years ago, Sienkiewicz removed to Po
land because of the Russian war and
was educated at the University of VX ar
sa w.
"The Knights of the Cross” and
“Children of the Soil” are two of his
more widely read books.
Hundred Tickets Sold
To Big Products Dinner
Already a hundred tickets have been
sold to the Georgia products dinner,
which will be held Saturday, Novem
ber 18, at 8 p. m.. in the main dining
room of the Piedmont hotel. Forty of
the tickets went to out-of-town mem
bers of the Georgia chamber of com
merce, the remainder going to members
and other interested persons here.
Officials of the chamber are anx
ious to have it understood that one
need not belong to the chamber to se
cure tickets, but it will be necessary
1o reserve them at once, either by phon
ing or calling at the offices of the
Georgia chamber, as the seating capacity
of the dining room is two hundred and
only this number of guests can be
served.
The dinner is an annual affair, de
signed to boost the use of Georgia food
products. A number of noted men will
speak.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1916.
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WILSON'S HE-ELECTION
Thousands Will Take Part in-
Red Fire Parade Thurs
day Night
(By Associated Press.')
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16.—The capital
will celebrate President Wilson’s re
turn to the White House with a parade
along Pennsylvania avenue tonight.
Thousands bearing red fire torches will
form a column at Peace monument and
march past a stand in front of the
White House for review by the presi
dent, government officials and Demo
cratic party leaders. Every marcher
will carry an American flag.
The president came back to Washing
ton from his summer home .at Long
Branch, N. J., Sunday night and the
welcoming celebration was planned for
Monday night, but campaign parades
before the election had used up the
country's supply of colored fire and
more had to be manufactured.
’ The celebration is planned as a non
political tribute to the president by
residents of the District of Columbia.
Many organizations will march as com
plete bodies.
There will be no lapse in the serv
ice of President Wilson because of the
fact that March 4 next, inauguration
day, falls on Sunday, according to an
opinion reached at the state department,
ft became known today that on account
of reports that a lapse would occur
and that Secretary Lansing would be
acting president on March 4, a form let
ter explaining the law has been pre
pared at the state department to be I
sent out in answer to inquiries on the
question. While it is not expected the
formal inauguration of Mr. Wilson will
be held until Monday, March 5, he will
b e advised by Secretary Lansing to take
the oath of office on Sunday.
If Charles E. Hughes concedes the
re-election of President Wilson by next j
Friday, Vance C. McCormick, chairman
of the Democratic national committee, j
probably will discuss plans for the
president’s inauguration with local
Democratic leaders when he comes to
Washington that day. Usually the chair
man of the inaugural committee which
has charge of the parade and other civic
ceremonies is selected soon after the
election.
Visiting Physicians Are
Guests of Insurance Co.
Physicians attending the Southern
Medical convention, who are examiners
or the Mutual Life Insurance company,
were entertained Thursday at 1 p. m.
at a luncheon at the Piedmont hotel
given by the Mutual Life Insurance
company. Dr. Leroy W. Childs, medical
referee for the state of Georgia, pre
sided.
The guest of honor was Dr. F. D.
Merchant, of New York. Among the
speakers were: R. F. Shedden, of At
lanta, manager; Dr. Foster, of Meridian,
diss., and Dr. P. M. King, of Charlotte,
North Carolina.
THE JOY ZEPPELIN!
DENIES SUBMARINE FIRED
ON HOWANMORE’S BOATS
Commander Says He Took
Precautions to See No
One Was Injured
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Wednesday. Nov. 15.—(Wire
less to the Associated Press, Via Say
ville. Nov. 16.)—Assertions that the Ger
man submarine which sank the British
ship Rowanmore, on which there were
several Americans, fired upon her life
boats are dismissed, as utterly false by
the submarine commander in his re
port.
In fact, it is said, the men on the
Rowanmore owe their lives to the pre
cautions taken by the Germans and the
skill with which their operations were
carried out. During the twenty min
utes pursuit of the steamship the sub
marine’s shots were aimed accurately
astern to limit the danger to the crew,
which was congregated at the bow.
The Rowanmore was hit ten times,
the last shell disabling the propeller.
The submarine ceased tiring, the report
continues, immeuiatety it was observed
,ne Rowanmore nad decreased her
speed. No shots were fired at the men
,n the boats. Just before she stoppea
.he Rowanmore hoisted a signal, but
it was impossible to read it as tne sub
marine was about 2.U00 yards away.
i.ater it was shown that the signal was
•’i surrender.”
The master of the Rowanmore at
tempted to Justify his attempt to escape
bv the assertion that he desired to gain
;me to launch boats, but this pretext
was not accepted. Later the Rowan
more’s captain was made a prisoner of
war for attempting to escape and for
summoning assistance by Wireless,
which speedily brought up a British
destroyer. Thereupon the Rowanmore
was sunk. 4
There were two white Americans and
five Filipinos in th# crew of the Rowan
more, all of whom were saved. Affi
davits obtained by the American consul
at Liverpool said the steamship attempt
ed to escape, but that • the submarine
shelled her after she stopped.
British Score Germans
\ For Sinking Steamer
(By Awoclated Frets.)
LONDON. Nov. 16. —The official press
bureau gave out today the following
German official statement:
“On November 6 a German subma
rine sank by a torpedo a hostile trans
port of about 12,000 tons, eight- nautical
miles west of Malta.”
The British admiralty appends this
comment: .
“The announcement is an obvious at
tempt to explain away an outrageous
and inhuman act In torpedoing a mail
(steamer without warning. The only
ship sunk in the Mediterranean on No
vember 6 was the peninsular and
Oriental mall steamer Arabia, 7,933
tons, sunk without warning about 300
miles east of Malta.”
OEMOCniTS LOST ONLY
i COUNTIES IN GEOHGII
Only Six Counties in State
Have Not Yet Made
Returns
Election returns from Richmond
county were received at the governor’s
office Thursday, leaving six counties
still unreported. Thdy are Miller,
Pierce, Cobb and Walker.
The fiugres on the 146 counties which
have sent in their returns show that
of these the Democrats only lost three
counties as compared to five which
strayed away In 1912. It is not be
lieved that any of the counties whose
returns are still missing went against
the Democrats. On the contrary it is
expected that every single one of them
gave the Democratic electors handsome
majorities.
The three counties which the Demo
crats lost this year are Fannin and
Glascock, which went for the so-called
Progressive ticket, and Towns, which
went for the straightout Republican
ticket. In 1912 the five counties which
the Democrats failed to carry were
Cherokee, which went Republican, and
Douglas, Haralson, Paulding and Pick
ens, which went Progressive.
The returns from Richmond county
show that the Democratic electors there
polled 2,708 votes, Republicans 238,
Progressives 524 and Socialists 10. This
runs the totals for the 146 counties re
ported up to the following figures:
Democrats, 120,113; Republicans, 10,-
486; Progressives, 19,770; Socialists, 937.
With five small counties missing, the
consolidation which is being made in
the secretary of state’s oflce shows that
the Democratic nominees for statehouse
offices who were opposed*by Socialist
candidates received unusually large
votes. In fact, Secretary of State Philip
Cook, who was oposed by Howell G.
Harris, -eceived 141,35? votes, the
largest number ever polled by a state
house candidate in a general election.
Mr. Cook’s opponent received 911 votes.
Comptroller General William A.
Wright ran a close second with 141,237
votes, his opponent, J. A. Kelly, receiving
911. State Treasurer W. J. Speer, who
was opposed by a woman. Miss Bessie
Thompson Flannigan, received 140,632
votes, against 775 polled by his oppon
ent, who anounced too late to get her
name on the Socialist ticket. Attorney
General Clifford Walker received 140,-
561 votes, against 915 polled by his
opponent, Maurice Segotsky.
Peanut Lodges in
Throat, Boy Dies
A peanut swallowed several days ago
by Harztn Shirley, the two-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. L. L.' Shirley, of Canton,
Ga., lodged in his throat, and he was
brought to a sanitarium in Atlanta
Every effort which physicians and sur
geons could make for the life of the child
was unavailing and he died Thursday
morning.
The body was taken to the chapel of
Greenberg A Bond.
NUMBER 13.
FURTHER UNCE Hr
CLAIMED FOR ALLIES
IN BUCHAREST REPORT
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Berlin and Sofia Admit With
/ cfrawals of Their Troops in ,
Cerna River Region—Allies
Nearing Monastir
(By Asaociated Pre»i.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Field Mar
shal ven Mackenzen’s army in Dobrud
ja is in retreat, the Petrograd war office
announces today, burning villages as it
falls back.
Increasing pressure by the Russo-Ru
manian army in Dobrudja. which rallied
after its severe defeat by von Mackenzen
last month, has been in evidence for sev
eral days. Bucharest reported a further
advance yesterday toward the important
Tchemavoda-Constanza railroad, which k
the Teutonic alias had captured.
Berlin today denied the Rumanian claim,
and chronicled only encounters between
advanced detachments in the Dobrudia
campaign.
Fighting in the Somme region of
Northern France shows little diminution
in Intensity.
The British advance in the Ancre re
gion seems to have halted. London an- *
nounces only artillery activity during
the night. Berlin, however, reports
heavy attacks by the British yesterday,
notably one on the village of Grandcourt..
which is declared to have broke* down
The successes against the French scor
ed by the Germans north of the Somma
yesterday are reported by Berlin today.
They consisted, according to the state
ment, in the capture of the eastern sec
tion of the village of Saillisel, where the
French were menacing the German posi
tions in the St. Pierre-Vaast wood, and
of French trenches on the northern edge
of this wood.
FRENCH RETAKE GROUND.
The French reacted against the Ger
mans south of the Somme, near Chaul
nes. where a German counter attache
was announced yesterday to have wrest
ed a part of the villages of Pressotre
from French possession. The B'reneh
recaptured this gTOThd last'bight; Paris*
announces.
The Invasion of Rumania "is contin
uing successfully, Berlin announces, al
though Increasing resistance Is being en
countered ,by General von Falkenhayn's
forces along the Wallachian border the
tenacious defense of the Rumanians be
ing mentioned. Nevertheless progress
is claimed for the Teutonic forces along
the Rothenthurm and Szurdek pass
roads.
In Macedonia the allies are winning
further successes in their campaign for
Monastir. In their flanking movement
on the east they have advanced far Into
I the Cerna river bend region to within .
1 about ten miles of the tfiwn. forcing the
■ jermano-Bulgarian forces back and
menacing their lines on the plain to the
| south where the French and Russians
are making substantial progress, now
I being renorted by Paris as within four
miles of Monastir. The Germans and
Bulgarians admit withdrawals In the
Cerna rive region.
Entente Troops Within
Four Miles of Monastir
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Nov. 16. —French and Russian
troops on the Macedonian front are
now within four miles of Monastir, it
was announced officially. The war of
fice says the pursuit of the defeated
; Bulgarians continues.
On the eastern end of the line British
troops have again assumed the offen
sive, defeating the Bulgarians in the
region of the Struma and capturing the
village of Karakaska.
During the night the Bulgarians aban
doned their principal positions west of
the Cerna river. The French and Serb
ians took 400 prisoners and made prog
ress toward Yarashok in the Cerna bend
west of Monastir.
South of Monastir the French and
Russians are reported to be making
substantial progress. It is in this re
gion to the north of Kenall that they
have advanced to within four miles of
Monastir. x
The French last night recaptured the
portion of the village of Pressoire front
which the Germans occupied yesterday,
the war office announces.
Sofia Admits Retreat
Os Teutonic Forces
(By Associated Ptom.)
SOFIA, Nov. 16. —fVia London.)—The
retreat of the German-Bulgarian forces
in the Cerna Bend under the assaults
of the Serbians, is admitted in the of
ficial statement issued by the war of
fice today. According to the statement
the Bulgarians have fallen back on a
line four to six miles west of Iven, the ,
last town west of the Cerna reported
captured by the Serbians. The state
ment follows:
“All day our position in the Monas
tir plain was subjected to a violent en
emy artillery fire, especially east of
the railway. Vigorous enemy attack"
failed before the obstinate resistance
of our troops and the enemy who pene
trated our lines at some points was an
nihilated. We counted over 400 dead , *
in front of one of our battalions.
“In the Cerna bend heavy fighting
took place and the Bulgarian and Ger
man troops withdrew to positions north
of Tepavtsi and Ohegel. Nothing of
importance occurred elsewhere except
artillery activity near Turtukai and
Silistria.”
Wilson Shuts Himself in
Study and Gets to Work;
Refuses to See Callers
Nov. 16.—President
Wilson shut himself in his study today
and refused to see many political lead
ers. He faced a desk piled high with
pardons and other executive papers de
manding attention. - ,