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Weather Forecast Scattered Showers and Thunder. Storms To-night and Probably Thursdayi Copy For Cbuge 01 U must be handed in at office 9 A. M. to insure insertion. Change ef copy received after that I will be inserted on following date. 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