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VOL. XXIX. No. 54.
THOMASV1LLE, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 9, 1016.
$3.00 PER AN NT
Rairoad Matter to Be
Submitted to Arbitration
RAILROAD MEN AGREE TO SUCH
TEST AND THE MATTER WILL
BE TAKEN UP AT ONCE BY
BOAItD OF CONTROL OF FED
ERAL GOVERNMENT.
(By Associated Press)
• New York, Aug. 0.—The railroad
representatives today rejected the
demands of the four great Brother
hoods for an eight-hour day and
time and a half for overtime, and
proposed that the matter be med
iated by the Federal Board of Media-
tion and Conciliation.
The Brotherhoods refused to Join
in the appeal to the Federal Board.
The Jtallroads then appealed and
the Board formally offered Its ser-
vice to the Brotherhoods who Indi
cated that their reply would be fav
orable.
A. B. Garrctson, on behalf of the
Brotherhoods, explained that the
Unions luid not declined mediation
unequivocally, hut they had* refused
to Join with the railroads in asking
It, because the employees did not be
lieve in it at this time, and he again
reiterated the employees’ position
that they have not yet exhausted all
possibilities by dealing directly with
the railroads.
Chairman las, on behalf of the
railroads, explained that the railroads
had rejected the employes’ demands
and proposed mediation because ‘‘It
Is our judgment that the proposals
Involve such extraordinary changes
In operating.methods and such radi
cal revision In the established Ideas
of compensation," ns to make It ap
pear there Is little probability of
harmonizing the existing differences
Unless It should be possible through
the Federal Board’s mediation.
The threatened strike wins averted
later, when the representatives of
the Brotherhoods accepted the med
latlon offer of tile Board, with the
proviso that It startwork promptly.
The Federal Board planned to be
gin the conferences before night.
ENGLISH COAST
I By Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 9.—It is officially
announced here that a number of
German airships this morning raid
ed the east coast of England and
that another is reported to have
raided the Southeast' coast of Scot
land.
The Talders dropped u number of
bombs near the coast, killing three
women and one child, and Injuring
fourteen other persons.
The Invaders did no military dam
age whatever. The British anti-air
craft guns drove the Talders off.
CANADA WANTS MOLASSES
(By Associated Press.) •
Washington, Aug. 9.—American
Consul Johnson, at Kingston, On
tario. reported today that Canada Is
having gTeat difficulty In getting mo
lasses from the British West ladies,
and predicted that there would be
a greqt demand for American mo
lasses and syrups In two or three
pound cans soon.
(By Associated Press.)
Huntington, W. Va„ Aug. 0.—
A cloudburst is reported In Cabin
Creek Valley this morning and
said to have caused more than one
million dollars property damage.
It la rumored that more than
score of persona were drowned
Acme.
Officials of the Acme Coal Com
pany denied the rumors of drowning.
Six bridges on the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway are reported to have
boon washed away as a result of the
cloudburst, and other railroads are
known to have suffered heavily.
FRENCH BLACKLIST ALSO LARGE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 9.—American
Ambassador Sharp, at Paris, has
cabled the State department, a sum
mary of the French Black List or
der, which virtually duplicates the
British Black -1st of American
firms.
Ambassador Sharp, Is mailing a
full list of'the American firms who
are affected, but the press dispatch
es say that .the French list doesn't
greatly enlarge that of the British.
FORMER 0. S. SENATOR DEAD
(By Associated Press.)
Omaha, fJeb., Aug. 9.—John M.
Taunton, who was a United States
Senator from Nebraska, from 189b
to 1901, died at his home here this
morning, age sixty-nine.
COTTON WEATHER
WAS NOT FAVORABLE
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 9.—The Nat
ional Weather and Crop Bulletin,
issued today, states that weather for
cotton was not exactly favorable
during the week ending yesterday.
The Bulletin says some improve
ment is noted in the northern part
of the cotton area, the dry weath
er has retarded it In Western Texas,
the crop is good to excellent in most
paTts of the Mississippi valley.
The oonditlon has Improved in the
Piedmont region of South Carolina,
deteriorated In the Coastal region of
South Carolina, and the plants are
large but poorly fruited In Georgia.
PARALYSIS KILLS U CHILDREN
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 9.—The epidemic
of infantile paralysis today broke
all previous records, with the death
of fifty-seven children during the
last twenty-four hours and, one
hundred and eighty-three new cases.
FIVE MILLION
PRISONERS ARE
ACCORDING Tp MEN WHO HAVE
COME RACK FROM THE CAMPS
AFTER TOUR OF INSPECTION
—NO DEFINITE NUMBER BY
SIDES GIVEN.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 9.—More than
five million prisoners, double the
number of men actually engaged in
any previous war, are confined In
the belligerent countries, according
to a statement made by John R.
Mott, General Secretary of the In
ternational Committee of the Young
Men’s Christian Association, who re
turned today from visits to' the
prison camps of nearly all of the
European belligerents.
T
WREAT TOOK
BIC ADVANCE
SPECULATION ON THE CHICAGO
MARKET WAS ACTIVE FOR
SEVERAL HOlltS IN VIEW OF
LXF'AVOltABI.E REPORTS.
(By Associated Fress )
Chicago, Aug. 9.—Wheat shot up
ward eight cents a bushel at the
opening of the Produce Market here
today, May delivery going to $1.50
a bushel, and December $1.45.
A sensational crop damage, con
firmed by a government report, is
given as the cause for todays ad
vance.
There was so much excitement In
the pit that in many cases, the
wheat transactions were, three cents
apart at the same instant.
The dealers gave their chief atten
tion to the fact this season’s yield
will be little more than domestic re
quirements, and that the European
needs are far greater than ever De-
fore, and they would have
Italians Take Big
City From Austria!
FRANKLIN LANE AND JUDGE
RK.ANDEIS ARE TWO OF THE
NUMBER —WILL DISCUSS ALL
MATTERS OF MOMENT IN BOR
DER SITUATION.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 9.—The State
Department i.t'ay announced a for
mal acceptance ,,f leLeral I arran*
za’s proposal for a joint internat
ional commission to seek a solution
of the border disputes, and it Is said
Carranza has agreed that the discus
sion suould have a wide scope.
Secretary of the Interior Frank
lin K. Lane will head the American
Commissioners, with Associate Su
preme Court Justice Louis D. Bran-
bejdeis, and other to be announced
mainly supplied by the. surplus from later.
last year’s crop, , | General Carranza’s commissioners
At the topmost advance, wheat were announced some time ago.
GERMANS STATE THEY WILL
CAPTURE AND KEEP STUFF
CONSIGNED TO RED . CROSS
BECAUSE OF ENGLAND’S OR
DERS FOR BLOCKADE.
DISPATCHING NEWS FROM AIR
SQUADRON OR COMMANDERS
IS PROHIBITED ALONG THE
MEXICAN BORDER.
(By Associated Press.)
Columbus, New Mexico, Aug. 9.—
The Army Headquarters here today
prohibited the filing of press dis
patches containing anything about
the aeroplane squadron, location of
Its headquarters, or any crltcism of
the Departments or Corps of the
Punitive expedition.
The order specifically prohibits
the sending out of conditions of the
aeroplanes or anything regarding
the reconnaissance flights; the re
sults of such flights and the num
ber of machines, as well as the num
bers of movements of the troops.
It Is also announced that the mo
tor vehicles of the punitive exepdl-
Uon have been painted a true kha
ki by matching paint with the
dusk. Heretofore they have been
painted a dark warship gray.
NEILL PRIMARY SILL
PASSED CEB SENATE
Yesterday After Having Passed the
House Several Weeks Ago—Will
Mean Radical Changes System
of Electing State Officers
was ■ II%< per bushel above last
night’s close, and the market closed
excited.
Atlanta, Aug. 9.—The Neill pri
mary bill which passed the senate
yesterday, after having passed the
house several weeks ago, is the most
radical and far-reaching attempt to
regulate primaries that was ever In
troduced In the Georgia legislature
with the exception of the revolution
ary white primary laws enacted
decade ago. The bill takes out of
the hands of the state executive
committees of all political parties
the performance of the following
functional
Naming the date on which pri
maries shall be held for governor,
state house officials and United
States senators; prescribing the
TUles under which such prfmaries
shall be held; declaring the nopal-
nees of the primaries for the various
offices.
The bill requires all primaries to
be held under the county unit rule,
requires the state executive commit
tee to nominate the candidate re
ceiving the majority of county unit
votes, and requires a second pri
mary If more than three candidates
contest for an office and neither re
ceives a majority of the county unit
votes.
SOUTH CAROLINA MILITIA
BOYS OFF FOR BORDER
(By Associated Press, i
Columbia, S. C., Aug. 9.—The re
mainder of the South Carolina Na
tional guard left here for the bor
der today In four sections.
Mr. J. A. Chastain and Miss Mary
Chastain leave tonight -for Indian
Springs, where they will spend the
-ext ten days sojourning.
IN THEIR ATTACK ON THE SUEZ
c’VSI, — HUNDREDS DIE OF
THIRST AND OTHERS ARE
MOWED DOWN BY MACHINE
GUNS.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Aug. 9.—Cairo dispatch
es say the Turkish army, routed af
ter Its attack on the British eqst of
3uez canal, suffered terrible hard
ships in the hard march across the
desert, according to prisoners, who
are quoted as saying that a lack
of water caued such -frightful thirst
that in some cases the Turks killed
their camels and drank the blood.
The Turks’ los3es were exceeding
ly reavy because they were Ignorant
of the British defenses, especially
machine guns, which mowed them
down as they advanced in massed
formation.
According to a story told by one
of the troopers, a Turkish detach
ment killed its German olllcera be
fore surrendering.
Only the time and place for the
conference remain to be settled.
The Mexican commissioners are
headed by Lul3 Cabrera, Carranza's
minister of Finance. This made it
necessary for President Wilson to
apopint a member of his cabinet on
the American commission.
The Commission's first task will
be to work out a plan for the with
drawal from Mexico of the Ameri
can army, and then negotiate a pro
tocol covering future military op
erations along the border.
After this, its remaining specific
task will be an Investigation to de
termine whether or not certain in
terests. desiring -Intervention, have
inspired the border raids.
When these matters are settled,
it is expected the Commission will
discuss the general Mexlcan-Amerl-
can situation.
EXPECTS SUB
BREMEN RELIEVED TO BE KN
BOl'TE THERE AND DUE IN A
SHORT TIME — PIERS RENT
ED FOR A YEAR.
(By Associated Press.)
New London, Conn., Ang. 9.—A
New London newspaper today pub
lishes the statement that the Ger
man submarine Bremen Is expected
to arrive here.at any time.
The Eastern Forwarding Company
has taken a year lease at the local
pier for a warehonse, and It is said
New London will be the principal
American terminal of that company.
Rotarlnns' Action Is Explained.
Savannah, Aug. 9.—William V.
Davis, president ot the Rotary Club,
at its weekly luncheon yesterday,
sought to set the club right before
the eyes of the public In reference
to the recent suggestion tha: differ
ences between the railroads and
their employes be settled by arbi
tration or mediation, as a result of
which certain of the railroad em
ployes' organizations hive embarked
upon a business boycott ef Kotar-
lans.
President Davis rend a letter show
ing that the club did not advocate
either one side or the other, but
ii emu me
(By Associated Press.)
Greensboro. N. C.. Aug. 9.—E. O.
Bishop, ot Luverne, Alabama, was
drowned in a bath tub at a local
sanitarium last night here. Bishop
who is 3ald to have been a promi
nent banker, has been despondent of
late, according to the police, who
think his drowning was an act
suicide.
LEEISLATORS TESTIFIED
AT VASON HEARING
fBy Associated P^oas.)
Amsterdam, Aug. 9.—Berlin news
papers reaching here today contain
an official announcement to the ef
fect that, owing to Great Britain’s
refusal to permit the Red Cross
supplies to pass through her en
forced blockade, that hereafter Ger
many will not longer allow their
free passage but has ordered the
German naval forces to take Tor
their own use all Red Cross supplies
coming within reach.
S70. ra POUND
FOR RUDE DIES
THIS AMOUNT IS TO BE PAID FOR
SOME OF PRODUCT BROUGHT
OVER IN THE DEUTCHLAND.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, Aug. 9.—An advertis
ing circular, Issued here today by a
well known dye-lniporting Arm.
that some of the rare dye colors
brought here by the German mer
chant submarine Deutchland, is val
ued at seventy dollars a pound.
FRiNCt PLANS
GREAT ECONOMY
NOTED WOMAN DECLARES PEO
PLE OF THAT COUNTRY CAN
CAPTURE OF GORIZIA jH
NOUNCED FROM ROME X6ffl
—FRENCH ADVANCE AxjK
THE SOMME AND BUSSfX
CLAIM SEVEN THOUSAND HT
ONERS.
(By Associated Press.);’.3|
Rome, Italy, Aug. O.—The
War Offlre has announced that
Italians today entered the Im
portant Austrian city ot (M9
Izia, and thns far they have rap
tured ten thousand prisoners.
GERMAN COUNTER ATTACK
REPULSED BY FRKNC
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Aug. 9.—The 1
mans began their heavy attacks I
night and are continuing them tod
on the important positions north
the Hem Wood, on the Somme
tie front, which the French had i
tured recently. Today’s French !i
Office statement asserts that all
attacks have thus far failed In th«
purpose.
The Germans also violently attac
ed their antagonists near Verdu
and gained an additional footing
the Thiaumont Work, while
I French still hold the outsklr
! there, and they have also mai
some progress in the village,
Fleury.
Germans Expelled. ,
In the region of Chaulen3, tl
Germans penetrated the Freni
lines but were expelled at the poi
of bayonets.
A French aviator, starting at 8;;
o'clock last night traveled 217 milt
crossing the Vosges mountains at
the Black forest of Germany f
ing the course of his trip. He
turned, safe and sound at If;
last night, having been in the
three hours and twenty-five minuti
without alighting.
The British War Office today, i
nounces an additional advance
the Somme battle front, north
Pozieres.
R ssian announces the capture
Tysmleniteal In Galicia, and the tai
ing cf seven thousand, four hundre
prisoners during the fighting of Ai
gust seventh.
Germany admits the Teutonic ft
ecs have retired in Galicia.
Turkey announces the capture
the towns of Bit!is and Mush froi
the Russians.
Paris dispatches say the Freni
are shelling the Germans In Per on r
damaging famous art relics.
Already the famous collection <
paintings of the Flemish and
tan masters hnve been destroyed 1
the huge shells, according to the
wipe, out rarvTRiw .... I. dispatches which come from the A-
DEBT Iv mV vvuS rn' «A' related p,e8s correspondent at tl
ING TWENTY BILLION FRANCS German Arn ' y Headquarters.
A YEAR.
LOOKS LIKE STRONG CASK CAN
HE MADE AGAINST HOUSE
DOOR-KEEPER.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 9.—A number
of legislators were summoned to tes
tily yesterday before the Fulton
county grand jury that Indicted G.
K. Vason on a charge of assault wit*
intent to murder for stabbing Thom
as B. Felder.
It is understood that the testimony
of these witnesses determined the
charge that while attending a cau
cus in the Kimball House on last
Thursday night, at which Thomas
B. Felder was present, they saw
Vason come to the door and watch
Felder and heard him say that he
had to leave the caucus and go to
the Harris campaign headquarters.
They further testified, .It Is learn
ed. that Vason left the door of the
room where the caucus was held, and
alked down the hall toward the
Harris headquarters, whence Felder
followed a few moments later.
Friends of Thomas B. Felder are
leaving no stone unturned in their
efforts to prove that Vason’3
tack was a deliberate and premedi
tated attempt at assassination.
Coal I’rices Will be Fixed In France.
(By Associated Press.)
Par’s, Aug. 9.-—France could econ
omize on food alone to the extent of
twenty billion francs a year, or
^dea?h n oithrc‘omm.7der'of^
ing to Mile. Dydinsku, an authority t .* ,a * of° trenched at^loi
on scientific hmisp-kpenin.r «■»,« Hungarian line of trenches at
said many other relics have bee
damaged.
HEROIC ACT OF ITALIAN
LEADER. IS HER.A
(By Associated press.)
Paris, Aug. 9.—The dratmfl
on scientific nouse-kceping,
self is carrying
te San Michele, is described in pre(
Si. IIn Ca h r o y use K ho.d U, effiTe e ncyr Xtreme f«-p.Uhe. received from the «tali.
, , front, saying that the Austro-Hui
The breach people, she declares. Ka ,ians offered a most intense ri
are spending twenty billion francs a slRlil nce and mat the allies rushd
year merely to satisfy their palates, fo , ward t0 find one trench still prJ
and all this might he saved If the tected by barbed wire, the command
people would consent to be nour- er crying. "Boys we’ve got to pass]
ished scientifically on the most eco- an ,| with his hatchet calmly cut th
comical rations measured each day, wires away . A t the completion (
as are those of horses and livestock. the commander fell dead I.
It could be done, too, she declares, the arni3 of a soldier, but the breac
without imposing any hardship on had been made and the Italian
French stomachs. swarmed through the enemy’s lint
(By Associated Press. 1
9.—it Is officially an-
merely expressed a wish that exist- 'noilneed that on tomorrow the Gor
ing differences might be settled ama-|ernment will fix the maximum price
cably. [ of coal.
STRAWS 1-2 PRICE
' Throw away the old soiled straw. Come
in and get a new one for half.
YOU KNOW OUR SYSTEM-
PLAIN FIGURES.
CASH ONLY
SMITH-HARLEY SHOE COMPANY
A CLEARAVVAY
SALE
—of—
Summer
Dress Goods
CASH PRICES FOR 3 DAYS ONLY.
SALE PRICE.
12 I-2c Lawns and Crepes 9c
15c Figured Batistes lie
20c “ “ 13c
25c Organdies and Voiles 19c
25c Printed Crepes 18c
30c Figured Voiles 22c
35c Lawns and Voiles 25c
These prices do not include
• White Goods.
Louis Steyermans
The Shop of Qyality
On the Cornet