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VOL. 3. NO. 280,
ATHENS, GA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 21,1915.
DULY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. $5.00 PER YEAR.
Rumored Warsaw Has Fallen
United States lj> Warn Germany
RUSSIANS CONTINUE
TO LOSE CROUND
CAMPAIGN HAS NOT YET
REACHED A DECISIVE
ISSUE.
COUNTER ATTACKS
ON RUSSIANS FAIL
Latest Communication From
Both Sides, However, Indicate
That the Austro-German Rush
Toward Warsaw Have Slowed
Down—Windaus Is Definitely
in the Hands of the Teutons.
In Addition to Capturing Pol
ish Capital the Germans Are
Attempting to Cut Off Russian
Retreat — Fierce Battle Re,
ported by Italians.
(By Associated Press). ,
London, July 21.—Rumors that
Warsaw has fallen are circulat
ing here. The latest communica
tions on both aides, however, in
dicate that the Auatro-German
rush toward the Polish capital
has slowed down. The Russians
continue to lose ground. Appar
ently, though, the campaign has
not yet reached a decisive issue.
The latest important German suc
cess ii reported south' of Ivangofod.
The Germans claim the counter at
tacks of the Russians, have failed.
Windau .il definitely in the hands of
the Germans, who; are now thirty-,
live miles from Riga. Tie .posses
sion of Riga would forge the' Rus
sians to retreat from h'etir Shavli and
Mitau. The, qctioM of the Germans
indicate that they are ipying to cut
oil the Russian retreat as well as
captura Warsaw. ■
The tnine warfare «n the British
front and isolated actions on the re
mainder of the western battle line
are not important enough to distract
public attention from the Russian
front. • c - • ••• •
The Italians are reported to have
waged a fierce battle yesterday along
the Isonzo front, with success on the
Corso plateau. ,
NEXT SPEAKER 10
BUSINESS MEN
Mayor Woodward, of Atlanta, will
be the next speaker at the chamber
of commerce and he has been asked
to address that body on the next
meeting night, which will be August
17. His subject for the occasion will
be “Municipal Affairs."
The local chamber is to be con
gratulated on the excellent addresses
which are being given under their
auspices to the business men of the
city. Last night Judge Eve delivered
E
WILL ENTERTAIN
STUDENTS WITH
A
The Athens chamber of commerce
will entertain the students of the
summer school with a ' reception on
the University campus on next Sat
urday night. The members wanted,
to show the visiting students here
eve ue..,ereu «>ey appreciate their “""ing te
one which should have been heard by Athens so they decided to entertain
every business man in the city and it
isArged that all business men be in
readiness to attend the next meeting
to hear Mayor Woodward.
CASES ARE PASSED
TO FEATURE DATE
Await Action of Legislature on
Licensing of Near Beer
Saloons.
The famous near beer cases came
up before Judge Brand this morning
and it’was decided by the counsel for
both sides to pass over the cases un
til after some action on the prohibi
tion ..question is taken by the legisla-
Tjte date for the next hearing
before'.the judge of the superior court
will probably b« set for . some time
within ihe- next two-weeki. in this
Mine it is more than likely that some
action in regard ter licensing of near
beer saloons will have been taken by
the general assembly.
' This is' the famous Injunction case
caused by a petition signed by twen
ty-five prominent Athens citizens.
The saloons were closed and opened
on the same day and since then both
sides have been trying to arrange a
compromise.
CROWING, ASSERT
LABOR LEADERS
(By Associated Press), t
Bridgeport, Conn., July 2»—Labor
leader', claimed that the. pickets' at
the Remington Arms plant stopped
eighty-eight mechanics from going to
wors. This, they claim, makes the
total of -trikers 250, and they pre
set a complete tieup by Saturday,
i he manufacturers • asserted that
r.ly twenty-eight struck yesterday
instead of 175, as the labor loaders
Delightfully Cooling
and .
Wonderfully Thirst
Quenching
Makes You Glad You
Are Thirsty > <
At Founts and in
Hobble Skirt
Bottles,
5c
WHO COOKED 'CUE?
W1YSTERY SOLVED
AT LAST
Old “Uncle’’ Dave Stevens, his son
and all of the other cooks who helped
to prepare the legislature barbecue
here in Athens about a couple of
weeks ago are a little mad.
The were up all of the whole
night before cooking meats and fix
ing things' for the legislators. They
sweated and cussed and cooked. Not
a wink did they sleep and when the
morning sun did shine it found each
one of them St his post like a soldier
on the battle field. Right on up. to
the noon hour of that day did they
perspire over the pits. Then they
put the victuals on the long tables and
were happy when the great crowds of
legislators began coming out-to the
grounds and lining up all around the
delicacies which they had prepared.
One of them actually laughed out
loud in pure joy to see how much
meat the men ate.
Uncle Dave and his negro helpers
harried around waiting upon the ta
bles and when jt was all over they
felt justly proud. Hudn’t they been
cookipg for the legislature barbecues
in Athens for the past three years?
But as was said in the begfnning,
they are all sore. One of the At
lanta papers caused the negroes to
feel as they do. It said in telling
in some way for them. Professor
Stewart put it up to tha assembled
student body the other morning in
chapel and they decided to choose a
reception on the campus.
With the chamber of commerce es
hosts it is bound to be a joyoua oc
casion. This same body entertained
royally for the legislators aoont two
weeks ago and they have already
shown what hospitable hosts they
are. All of the girls know that they
will have a good time.
Besides the summer school students
the chamber of commerce will have
as their guests the members of the
city council and their families. Re
freshments will be served and a pro
gram of some kind will be provided.
A royal good time is in store for all.
CHARLES BECKER HAS
E FINAL PLEA
FOR MERCY
(ByAssoiiated Press).
Albany, N.. X, July 21.—Charles
Becker's final plea to tne governor to
save him from the electric chair' was
handed to Mr. Whitman’s secretary
today by John B. Johnston, the part
ner of Martin T. Manton, Becker’s
counsel, } Tha governor will make no
statement until he has examined the
document
SHOOTS WOMAN, THEN SELF
Milledgeville, Ga., July 21.—One ne
gro is dead and a negress is fatally
wounded aa the result of a shooting
which occurred in a negro settlement
here, when Henry Curtis shot and fa
tally wounded Sylvia Pearson and
then turned the gun on himself, in
flicting wounds from which he died
instantly.
FATAL RIOTING
OWSS'
One Man KUled aad M»«y In
jured —Alleged That 5,000
Men attacked the New Jer
sey Plant—'Fifty Wounded
Police And Rioters Arc Car
ried to a Hospital—Rioters
Find on the Police, Who Re
plied With Overhead Shots
and Later Low.
(By Associated Press.)
New York, July 21.—There was
serious today at the plant of the
Standard Oil company of New Jer
sey, at Bayonne, where a strike is on.
The mob' encountered the guards and
three rioters were shot.
Tho rioting was again resumed. The
chief of police of Bayonne said that
5,000 persons attacked the plant. One
rioter was killed and fifty wounded
police end rioters were taken to a
ipspital.
The strikers expected the workmen
of the: Tidewater Oil company’s plant,
which'adjoins the Standard ptant, to
strike. Instead all the workmen went
to work. This seemed to enrage the
crowd which bad fathered. Then, it is
stated, the attack lint'began. '
Several policemen outside the pleat
bore the brunt of the first attack; They
were struck by stones.. Shoes were
“ --fcthe.police,;
b to fire a TOtieyvrw the. heads
of the-rioters. They did not atop;
The pdlice were then ordered to fire
low and two men were wounded in the
legs and one in, the right arm, and
were taken to the hospital as the re
sult of. the first attack, he police be
lieve others were hurt
Fifty alleged rioters and. three po
licemen ware taken to the hospital in
jured. The last fight took place at
the Tidewater company’s plant The
rioter* smashed the windows of a fire
engine house also.
SLATON GOES TO ALASKA
Seattle, Wash., July 21—Former
Governor John M. Slaton, of Georgia,
sailed for southeastern Alaska last
night on a pleasure tour. He will re
turn to Seattle July 31.
YOUNG WHITE FARMER MUST ANSWER FOR
PUTS A BULLET
THROUGH HIS
HEART
By shooting himself through
the heart late yesterday after
noon, Mr. John Morris, a young
white farmer 21 years old, com
mitted suicide. Members of his
family heard the shot and rushed
to his room but he was already
dead before they could reach him.
A note was found on a table in the
room which probably explains his
death. In this note he stated that
his hearing had gone back on him
and that he did not want to live if he
could not hear. The bullet which
caused his death passed through his
body and through the mattress on
which ho was lying when he pulled
the trigger, and buried itself in the
floor underneath the bed.
The young man’s father, Mr. John
Morris, Sr., Is a well-to-do farmer
who lives on the Danielsville road
about six miles from Athens. A
brother, Mr. Fred Morris, is the only
other close relative that the boy had.
About four or five weeks ago this
young man, who committed suicide
yesterday, shot and killed his uncle, a
Mr. Phillips, in self-defense. The
uncle was pursuing the boy across a
field and shooting at him as hqran.
In desperation the boy fired back and
his uncle died from the effects of the
wound. It is said by some that the
boy had been rather despondent ever
since he killed his uucle in ie-f-de-
fensd.
he you
many friends here in Athens and also
*™»* his neighbor* His .taking
away in the prime of life is tad in-
BRINGS 18 MILLION
Church Pensions Discussed
at Panama-Pacific Exposition
(By Associated Press).
San Francisco, July 21.—This was
Church-Rensipi) Congress day at the
exposition. The meeting was held un
der the auspices of the board of con
ference claimants of the Methodist
Episcopal church.
Pensions for retired ministers and
adequate car* of the widows and de
pendent orphans of deceased preachers
were discussed by representative lead
ers of the various churches. Fifty
million dollars for retired preachers
is the slogan of the churches. The
Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopal
churches will attempt to raise ten
million dollars each, and the Baptist,
Disciples, Congregational, and the
other large denominations also are
qngaged in raising pension funds.
Among the speakers on the program
were the Rev. William Hiram Foulkes,
D. D., general secretary of the Pres
byterian Ministerial end Sustanta-
tion Fund, Philadelphia, Pa.; Bishop
—.... • william Ford Nicols, D. D., Episcopal
about our barbecue something, not ex-1 Bishop of California, or his official
actly, but about like this: “The bar-1 representative: Bishop Edwin Holt
bccue was deliciously brown and ten
der. And. well it might be for it was
cooked by none other than that fam-
6us old cooker of barbecues, Captain
D. P. Hasclton.”
Now Captain Heselton did work
herd on the barbecue and to him is
due muebr of the credit for ita suc
cess but he did not cook it. ' The ne
groes did end they want credit for it
The joke is pp the Atlanta scribe.
GOES TO PRISON UNGUARDED.
. Savannah, Ga., Jnly 21—David
Esaacson, president of the' Kalos
Manufacturing company, of New
York, who was sentenced in that city
June 29 to serve one year in the fed
eral penitentiary ' at Atlanta on a
charge of an alleged scheme to swin
dle the,.public, arrived here yesterday
without e guard. He left today for
Atlanta to begin his term.
Hughes . of the Methodist Episcopal
church of San Francisco; Bishop R. J.
Cooke of Portland, Ore.; Dr. E. T.
Keeney,, First Church, Syracuse, N.
Y.J Editor F. M. Larkin, California
Christian Advocate; Dr. J. W. Van
Cleve, Decatur, Ill.; vice.president living,..)
board at conference claimants of the led'the'
Methodist Episcopal church; Dr. E. C.
Clemans, Minneapolis; Dr. J. B. Hin-
geley, Chicago, secretary board of con
ference claimanta;- Rev. John T. Brad-
ner Smith, editor of the Veteran
Preacher, Chicago, Ill., and represen
tatives of the Baptist, Congregation
al, Disciples and other churches. Ex
cerpts from the addresses of some of
the speakers follow:
Rev. John T. Bradner Smith, Chica
go, said: ,
“Statistics reveal that there is more
of the spirit of Christ and more prac
tical Christianity fa tbs business
world than in the Christian church.
The church has long neglected not
only the worn-out preachers, but the
widows and dependent orphans of de
ceased preachers.” .
Rev. William Hiram Foulkes, D. D.
genets] secretary of the board of min
isterial relief and sustentation of tho
Presbyterian church, said:
“Tha church does not need the ap-
proval .of tho world, but it cannot af
ford to lose the respect of the world,
What do men like Henry Ford and
many others think of the church of
Jeaua Christ when the latter is stag
gored by ten illion dollars for the min-
isterial pension fund, when they them
selves'spell their obligation* in terms
of millions?”
Chaplain E. C. Clemans, Third Reg
iment, M. N. G-, Minneapolis, Minn.,
saldt,
"They are worthy of a "comfortable
support’ They plowed the furrow,
sowed the seed end the church is reap
ing today the harvest Parsonages,
churches, hospitals, colleges are the
results of their tabors. Material
riches have been added to the church
been-;added to the church ..
but beet of all spiritual riches have
been added. Their greatest work was
in leading men and women and chil
dren to Christ Because they have
led people to Christ sheparded the
comforted the mourning, bni'-
e dead, helped the needy,-they
are .worthy of a ‘comfortable sup
port”*'
Bev.-. J. W. Van Cleve, D. D., Deca
tur, nil,,vice president board of con
ference claimanta of Hie Methodist
Episcopal church, said:
"The support of the minister must
he removed from the market basis to
the basis of military service, in which
the ideae of loyalty and sacrifice are
more conspicuous than those of em
ployment and wages. The minister
should have a position of separateness
and honor like that of an officer in
the regular army.”
(By Associated Press.)
St Louis, Mo., July 21—The War
bash Railroad today sold for eighteen
million dollars to a joint reorganiza
tion of a committee of the railroad’s
creditors to satisfy a forty-one million
dollar mortgage.
PREFERRED DIjIATH
TO STATE PRISON
Macon, Ga., July 21.—Evidently of
the opinion that death if preferable
to a sentence of fifteen months on
the state farm, I. C. Davis, a well-
known young man about town, who
yesterday entered a plea of guilty in
the superior court to a charge of for.
gory, stashed his throat with e safety
razor blade immediately after Judge
Mathews had pronounced sentence
upon him. He is not seriously in
jured.
HERE’S A CORN STORY
THAT WINS THE PRIZE
Lyerly, Ga., July 21.—A correspon
dent from North Chicamauga to Wel
ker County (Ga.) Messenger, says:
“R. B. Bagwell is the champion
Corn grower in these sticks. He has
four acres on Black mountain that
are strictly fine. His neighbors say
that it is so dense that a man has to
have a light to see his way out at 12
o’clock noon. Fireflies have been
seen in his corn at all hours of the
day. Mr. Bagwell is up in the sev
enties and has done his own work.”
PETITIONS FOR PARDON
At the August session of tha pris
on commission of Georgia, W. W.
Armistead, attorney for Jim Sims,
colored, who was convicted of volun
tary manslaughter at tho April term
of the superior court in 1907 end sen
tenced to serve twelve years, will ap
pear before that body with e plea for
:he pardon or commutation of his
client’s sentence
DANISH DENTISTS FOR
GERMAN HOSPITALS
FURTHER LOSS .Of
AMERICAN LIVES
Dcathes as Result of German
Submarine Attacks in Contra
vention of the Principles of In
ternational Law Will Be Re-'
garded as an Unfriendly Act
Further Transgressions oi
American Rights Will Be
Judged by United States.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C., July 21?—The
United States has decided to inform
Germany that further loss of Amer
ican lives in German submarine at
tacks in contravention of the princi
ple* of international law will be re
garded as an unfriendly act.
The discussion of the principle has
virtually ended. America will now
warn Germany of the interpretation
it will place on future transgressions
of American rights.-
Tho note assumed that Germany ad
mit* the principle that passengers
must be removed before an unresistlhg
vessel may be destroyed. Therefore
the United States thinks it is incum
bent on Germany to make her practice
conform to this.
The action the United States will
subsequently take was not indicated.
The phrase "unfriendly set” in diplo
matic usage always carritd the impli
cation of finality, leading often to the
severance of friendly relations.
Frank's Recovery
IS PRACTICALLY
(By Associated Press.)
Milledgeville, Ga,, July 21.—There
is a marked improvement in the con
dition of Leo M. Frank, announced the
physicians this morning. His tem
perature waa 100, the lowest since
Sunday. He is still in danger, but
his recovery is practically certain. '
WELSH COAL MINERS
AGREE TO TERMS;
STRUMS
(By Associated Press.)
London, July 21—The.Welsh coal
miners accepted the terms agreed on
yesterday and the strike has ended.
Throughout the fields an overwhelm
ing majority were for a settlement
SAFE ROBBER GETS
TWO AND HALF YEARS
(By Associated Press.)
Mobile, Ala., July 21—William T.
Merriweather, who pleaded guilty to
the theft of 18,005 from a safe of the
Southern Express company here, was
sentenced today to two and a half
years in the penitentiary.
Copenhagen.—(Correspondence of
The Associated Press.)—The Danish
Dentist* association has received the
permission of the war ministry of
the country for ita members to offer
their services to the German army.
The Danish minister in Berlin ha*
been empowered to secure the per
mission of tht German authorities
for Danish dentists to work in the
hospitals in Germany.
ELITE
Broadway’s Daintiest Star
IN A CLAIRE
In the Merry Romance' '
"THE WILD GOOSE CHASE.”
TOMORROW.
AT
THE
MARION
JOHN EMERSON
In the Famous Sentimental
Comedy
"THE BACHELOR’S'RO
MANCE.”
TOMORROW