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THE WEATHER
Forecast—Fair Thursday night and Friday.
Temperatures—6 a. m., 67; 8 a. m., 76; 10
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VOL. XIV. NO. 20.
ATLANTA, GA.. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1915.
NIGHT
EDITION
By The utorgtan Co.
No 1
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U. S. DEMANDS REPARATION FOR ARABIC
HOT PITCHERS’ BATTLE AT PONCEY
HETREIT
BERLIN, Aug. 25.—Brest-LltovSK.
the mighty Russian fortress behind
which the grand Russian army Re
tired after the fall of Warsaw, has
been captured by the Austro-German
troops after one of the shortest sieges
In history.
The capture of the fortress was an
nounced to-day by the German Waf
Dfflce. The Victory is considered one
Df the most brilliant since the war be-
fan.
Brest-Litovsk was the pivot of the
second Russian line of defense. It
was one of the strongest fortresses in
Europe. The fortress of Brest-Li-
:ovsk lies immediately east of the Bug
River, 110 miles east of Warsaw. Five
mportant railway lines pass through
Brest-Litovsk.
Forts Taken by SWrnt.
The official report df the German
War Office announcing the capture
was as follows:
"Fortress of Brest-Litovsk has been
taken by Austro-German troops.
“The Teutonic forces stormed the
forts defending Brest-Litovsk oh the
western and northwestern fronts last
night. As we entered the central
work, the enemy gave Up the fortress
to our possession.”
With Brest-Litovsk in possession of
the Germans and Grodho and Bieles-
tok threatened with Immediate cap
ture. the Russians are now expected
to retire for 150 miles before they at
tempt to make a serious stand to
Item the AuStro-Gefman invasion of
Interior Russia.
Grodno is the only fortress remain
ing in the hand! of the Russians Upon
their second line, and it. is reported
that the evacuation- of that strong
hold is under way.
The glory for the capture of Brest-
Litovsk goes to Prince Leopold of
Bavaria, whose Bavarian troops took
Warsaw, and to Field Marshal von
Maekensen, whose group of armies
worked north on both side of the Bug
River, smashing the Russian lines
Wherever the Slav forces made a
stand.
The great swamp region east of
the Bug and northeast of Vltidava,
which the Russians thought would
check the advance of the Teutonic
forces, were crossed at the rate of
five miles a day.
Roads Planked for Big Guns.
Engineers worked day and night
building bridges and plank roads over
Which the big guns were carried.
Austro-Hungarian troops played
an important part In the capture of
Bfest-Litovsk. Cavalry arms under
General von Koeyess and General
Pullhallo dtove northward from the
Lublin-Cholm-Kovel line and In the
rear of Brest-Litovsk.
Finally, when only one railway line
remained in possession of the Rus
sians and their defenses on the west
ern side of the city were smashed by
the Germanic forces, the order was
given to retreat.
The pursuit of the Russians east of
Brest-Litovsk is going on vigorously.
Brest-Litovsk was defended by two
girdles of forts. The main chain of
fortifications consisted uf twelve
strong works, built by the best mili
tary engineering genius in the Rus
sian Emnire. The forts mounted 5.
8, 10 and 12-inch guns. There were
also long line of redt.uBts and strong
bridge head positions.
The fortress, unlike Novo Geor-
glesk, guarded a city of 50,000 inhabi
tants. Brest-LttoVsk is 131 miles
south of Grodno, with which it Is
connected by rail It la the seat of
an Armenian bishop, who is head of
the catholic Armenians in Russia.
Ex-Atlantan in
War Writes
of Beavers
You know these letters that come
in ffrom that part of the Big War
they call the front? Nothing to It,
min?h. You think they will be about
shrapnel and cold steel and night at
tacks and life In the trenches, and all
that sort of thing.
Mais non! But no—not on your
shako!
Comes a letter to R. E. Lawshe, at
the Eagles* Club, from H. A. Strachan,
better known as "Hoot Mon” on ac
count of fils Caledonian ancestry and
accent; and what does he write about^
from The Front 1 Oh, about the Ea
gles, and the K. P. drill team, and
Chief BeaVers and what happened to
him, and especially what a lot of lost
time he ("Hoot Mon”) will have to
make up when he gets back to deaf
old Atlanta.
That’s what he writes "aboot frae
th’ Froont,” and you may lay to that.
"I can’t tell you anything about the
War,” he says, "because all letters
are examined by a censor, and we are
not allowed to say anything.”
But he did suggest that baseball
bats would be great stuff When at
close quarters, and that T. R. Cobb
should do terrific execution, with the
enemy making the home runs.
Mr. Strachan went to Canada not
long after the war started, and joined
the Canadian Expeditionary Forces.
He is now helping to defend France,
and his address is not much more
particular than that, looking some
thing like this, tha Way he writes it:
H. A. Strachan,
Amtfi. Col. R. C. ft. Q.,
Can. Ex. Force,
France.
Trying to Mail Letter
Woman CallsFiremen
As a Woman in the Whitehall street
shopping district Thursday afternoon
sought to mail a letter at Whitehall
and Hunter streets, she was startled
to discover that she had pulled a fire
alarm. Almost before she realized
her mistake No. 1 company of the
fire department had arrived at the
scene.
A great crowd collected in the
wake of the fire horses, but the ex
citement was soon oVer.
Landsturm Called
For Balkan Service
(By Jntsrnatidnal News Service.)
AMSTERDAM, Aug. 26.—As a re
sult of the serious situation facing
the Teutonic allies in the Balkans,
Germany is preparing to mobilize
Tlofe troops.
Advices from Berlin to-day state
that the Landsturm reserves have
been notified to be ready to respond
to a call to the colors.
CITY BLOCKS
TRAFFIC
Work in laying a crushed rock base
for the Grant street car tracks be
tween Georgia avenue and Milledge
street was abruptly stopped Thurs
day, \^hen the city construction de
partment built two stout fences
across the street and effectual
ly blocked all cars on that line from
passing.
The Woodward avenue line of the
city car system was the only one af
fected by the blockade. The cars on
this line were allowed to fun to Mil-
ledge street, passengers at this point
being forced to walk two blocks up
Grant street to Georgia avenue,
where they were transferred to oth
er lines in continuation of their ride
toward Grant Park.
Mr. Brittain ordered the two blocks
involved on Grant street closed en
tirely every night, the same to be
opened up in the morning to allow
prtvkte traffic to pass.
The dispute over the right of the
city to enforce an ordinance requir
ing the trolley company to lay a con
crete base under tracks where new
wood block paving is being laid led to
the building of the two barricades by
Karl W. Brittain, Assistant Chief of
Construction. He sent a force of city
workmen to the scene at 4:30 o’clock
Thursday morning, and when the mo-
tofman of the first outgoing car ar
rived he found the city defenses in
place.
Action to Force Issue.
Mr. Brittain acted under the ad
vice of James L. Mayson, City Attor
ney, with a view to forcing the trol
ley company Into the courts for a set
tlement of the disputed point. The
company is expected to ask an in
junction against the city’s interfer
ing with their work
Workmen of the trolley company
already were laying crushed rock
when the city took Its drastic step.
C. A. Smith, of the trolley construc
tion force, stated that he would not
put in the concrete, it was reported.
Then Policemen Paul West and Bill
Payne arrested George Gulley, a
foreman for the trolley company, and
gave him a copy of charges.
The dispute over the required con
crete base for trolley tracks also in
volved Gordon street, In West End
and Ponce De Leon avenue and South
Pryor street. The contention of tha
city is that without a concrete base
for the trackes the pavement will not
stand.
-INTO THE
HOME
When Atlanta starts home in the late
afternoon, there is a copy of The Geor
gian stuck in his side pocket. The
Georgian is not left at the office;
not tossed aside in the street
lilt* cars; not surreptitious!/
thrown to the curb; not
contributed to the bar
ber; not left behind
ANYWHERE,
goes into
the
CIRCULATION
SORT THAT COUNTS
THE GEORGIAN HAS
IN ATLANTA ALONE
15,356 More Cireul “ l<,n th ‘ f
9,884 More
Th« Constitutor
Circulation Than
Tha Journal
AT BIRMINGHAM—
MEMPHIS 0..
BIRMINGHAM 0 .
AT NEW ORLEANS—
CHATTANOOGA
NEW ORLEANS
AT MOBILE-
LITTLE ROCK
MOBILE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AT BOSTON— m. H
CHICAGO 000 - .
BOSTON 100 - .
Adam* and Archer; Nehf and Whaling Umpire*, O'Day and Quigley.
AT BROOKLYN— It. H
ST. LOUIS 100 000 0.. - .
BROOKLYN 100 001 0. - .
Amea and Snyder; Dougla* and Miller. Umpires, Byron and Eaaon.
AT PHILADELPHIA— ft. H
CINCINNATI - 010 000 ... - .
PHILADELPHIA 200 000 ... - .
Dale and Wlngo; Mayef and Klllifer. Umpires, Klem and Emslle.
AT NEW YORK— R. »
PITTSBURG 011 100 ... - .
NEW YORK 000 COO . . -
Kantlehner and Gibson; Stroud and Meyers. Umpires, Rlgler and Cockill.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AT DETROIT— FL M. 6.
BOSTON 000 001 ... - . . .
DETROIT 000 400 ... - . . .
Foster and Thomas; Dausa and Stanage. Umpires, Hildebrand and O’Loughlln.
AT CHICAGO— •»- H. 6.
WASHINGTON 000 00. ... - . . .
CHICAGO 000 00. .. - . . .
Boehllng and Williams; Russell and Dal ey. Umpires, Nallln and Dlneen.
AT ST. LOUIS— A. H. C.
PHILADELPHIA - . . .
ST. LOUIS - . . .
AT CLEVELAND— R. H. E.
NEW YORK 300 000 2.. - . . .
CLEVELAND lOi 000 0.. - . * . .
Brown and Kruger; Hagerman and O'Neill. Umpires, Wallace and Connolly.
FEDERAL LEAGUE
Edison Nearly Loses
Sight in Laboratory
(By International News Service.)
ORANGE, N. J., Aug. 26.—Thomas
A. Edison, the inventor, was at work
In his laboratory at Silver Lake to
day, suffering no serious effects from
the splashing of potash that came
near destroying his sight yesterday.
His fight eye was baefiy inflameJ
but it was said there was no danger
of the sight of either eye being af
fected.
An assistant upset a quantity of
liquid potash and it sprinkled the
face of the inventor.
ROGERS
ON SLAB
NASHVILLE
ATLANTA
.00
.00
BATTING ORDER.
AT BALTIMORE— A. H. «.
BROOKLYN 230 - . . .
BALTIMORE 002 - . . .
Walker and Smith; Bender, Quinn and Gwens. Umpires, Flnneran and O’Brien.
AT CHICAGO— r H. E.
ST. LOUIS 104 - . . .
-i IGA GO 001 - .
Willett and Hartley; Brown and Fisher. Umpires, Johnstone and Andrews.
AT PITTSBURG— * A. H *1.
KANSAS CITY 013 020 0.. - . . .
PITTSBURG 200 010 0 . - . . .
Main and Easterly; Comstock and O’Con nor. Umpires, Brennan and Wilhelm.
AT NEWARK— R. H. E.
BUFFALO 00J 1 - . . .
NEWARK 000 0 - . . .
Bedlent and Allen; Moseley and Rariden. Umpires, McCormick and Westervelt.
ATLANTA. NASHVILLE.
McDonald, 3b Callahan, rf.
Williams, 2b. Stark, sa.
Lee, If Baker, rf.
Moran, cf Paulet, 1b.
Kauffman, 1b Farmer, cf.
Matthews, rf Sheehan, 2b.
Rumler, c Dodge, 3b.
Blsland, ss Srhlth, C,
Perry, p Rogerr, p.
Umpires, Breltensteln and Rudderham.
PONCE DE LEON PARK, Aug. 26.—
The Nashville Vols opened their three-
game series here • with hte Crackers
this afternoon. The first contest of the
final visit of the Vois here this season
began at 3:30 o’clock.
Manager Smith, of the home team,
selected Scott Perry to decorate the
mound for the locals to-day, with Big
Bill Rumler on the receiving end of the
battery.
Manager Bill Schwartz, of the visiting
aggregation, sent Rogers to the slab
for his crew. "Red” Smith was assign
ed to do the catching for the Tennes-
teeane.
Rreltenstein and Rudderham were the
officials.
FIRST INNING.
Callahan grounded out, Williams to
Kauffman. Stark fanned. Baker was
an easy out, Blsland to Kauffman. NO
RUNS. NO HITS.
McDonald filed to Callahan. Williams
grounded toward Stark, but the ball
bounded over the Vol shortstop’s head
for a single. J*ee grounded to Dodge,
who threw too late t second to get Wil
liams, and both men were safe. Moran
hit a long fly to Farmer, an/1 Wil
liams went to third after the catch.
Williams was out at the plate on an at
tempted double steal, Smith to Sheehan
to Smith. NO RUNS. ONE HIT.
SECOND INNING.
Paulet was retired, McDonald to
Kauffman. Farmer grounded out to
Kauffman, unafisijded. Sheehan raised
to Lee. NO RUNS. NO HITS.
French Make War’s
Greatest Air Raid
Turks Want Kaiser
To Attack Italy
(By International News 8ervice.)
PARIS. Aug. 26.—An Athens dis
patch states that It is reported In
semiofficial circles that Turkey ha*
threatened to negotiate a separa’c
peace unless Germany formally de
clares war against Italy.
(Bv International News Service.)
PARIS, Aug. 26.—The greatest air
raid since the war began was re
ported to-day by the French War
Office.
Dlllingen, in Rhenish Prussia, Ger
many, was attacked by 62 war aero
planes of the French. One hundred
and fifty bombs were dropped upon
the town. Great damage was done to
the blast furna. es and arms factories.
Dlllingen is 28 miles south of Tre
ves, and since the war broke out has
been an important manufacturing
center in western Germany for war
supplies.
The great furnaces and mills at
Dilllngen at the outbreak of the war
were ali turned into arms and mu
nition factories.
Artillery duels are reported from
Artois and the region of Roye.
Near Neuville St. Vaast and Souch-
ez (north of Arras) and in the Ar-
gonne there have beei^ violent en
counters with hand grenades.
SWEDISH SHIP TORPEDOED.
LONDON, Aug. 26.—The Swedish
steamer Disa. 238 tons, has been sunk
by a German submarine. The crew’
was landed to-day
German Submarine
Sunk in Air Attack
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 26—Bfltlsh airmen
have bombarded and sunk a German
submarine in the North Bea off Os-
tend, Belgium, 11. was officially an
nounced by the Admiralty to-day.
|
Haitian Rebels Fire
On American Patrol
(By International New* Servie*.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Haitians
fired on the American patrol in Port
An Prince last night, Admiral Ca-
perton to-day notified the Navy De
partment. No mention was made of
casualties Officials here believe that
the trouble was quickly put down or
Oaperton would have advised further.
A band of Cacoa, the north Haitian
tribesmen, w^io are giving the Amer
ican authorities trouble, Invaded Port
de Palx last night. They did not
start any trouble. The gunboat Nash •
ville, with several companies of ma
rines and four machine guns, has ar-
Eight Russ
Forts Fall in
Three Wee '^s
T HE Aurtro-German armiaa In
tha eastern theater of war
have aecempliehed the un
paralleled feat of capturing eight
mighty Russian fortresses within
three weeks. Th# stronghold#
taken by the Teutonic alliee from
the Russians follow:
Warsaw, August 5.
Ivangorod, August 6.
Serock, August 7.
Lomza, August 10.
Cstrolenka, August 14.
Kovno, August 17.
Novo Georgievak, August 19.
Brest-Litovik, August 25.
BER
TO-DAY'S RACING
RESULTS
Jl
AT OTTAWA.
FIRST—Five and one-half furlonga:
Late Hours. 1Q1 (Mc-Deripott), even, 2-6,
out, won; Kathleen H. 105 (Cooner), 5-2,
2-5, out, second; Ban Shore. 100 (Cla-
ven, 8, 5-2. 4-5. third. Time, 1:15 3-6.
William W. Hopeful Age, Old Pop also
ran.
RECORD—Six furlongs: Reserve, 86
(Callahan), 5-2. 4-5, 2-6, won; Early
Sight, 99 (CUVer), 8-6, 3-6, out. sec
ond; Lyn, 98 (McDermott), 7. 5-2, 4-6.
third. Time, 1:10 3-6. Ataka, Colons!
Uutellua also ran.
THIRD—Two miles: Trapolaeum 182
(Buwher), 30. 8. 3, won; Tucco, 135 (Wil
liams), 4-5. 1-3, out, second; New Ha
ven, 132 (Crawford), 3, 0-5, 1-2 third.
Tima, 3:62. Joe Gaiety, Morpeth also
ran.
F<)URTH—Six furlongs: 81s Edgar.
107 (Callahan), 6, 0-6, 1-3, won; Panza-
reta, 109 (Cooper). 8*6, 2-5, out, second;
Backbav. 110 (Acton), 8-6, 8-6, out,
third. Time, 1:14 2-6. The Widow Moon,
Plate Glass also ran.
AT SARATOGA.
FIRRT—Rlx furlong*: Conning Tow
er, 128 (Garner). 7-2. 6-5. 1-2, won;
Grumpy, 113 (Butwell). 18-6, 7-5, 1-2,
second; Leo Skolny, 130 (Loftus), 2,
4-5, 1-3, third. Time, 1:14 2-5. I*a«1y
Barbary, Superintendent, Aldebafon
also ran.
SECOND—About two miles: Old Salt
156 (Tuckey), 3-2, 1-2, out. won; Rock
Fish. 140 < Haynes), 8, 2, 4-6, seoofid;
Caswlne, 136 <Turnburke, 20, 6, 8-5,
third. Time, 4.31. Swish, Indian Ar
row also ran.
THIRD—5% furlongs: Hidden Star,
1J3 (Buxton), 8-5, 1-2, out. won; Fa
vour, 112 (McCahey), 8-5, 1-2, out, sec
ond; Boh Iledfield, 112 (LJlfej), 7, 2.
7-10, third. Time, 1:09 2-5. Il Dlko.
Bonnie Carrie ahd Bet aleo ran.
Comiskey Trying to
Get Baker for Sox
CHICAOO, Aug. 26.—President Comis-
key. of the White SOX. Is making a
final desperate effort to land "Home-
run" Baker, former third sacker of the
Philadelphia Athletics, for his team, ac
cording to gossip in well Informed
(firclea.
Cohnle Mack and his team will be
here to-morrow and it Is expected that
a conference between the Philadelphia
manager and President Comiskey will
definitely determine whether th slug
ging hero of several world aeries battles
will come to Chicago.
William F. Parkhurst
Is Adjudged Insane
William F. Parkhurst, an Atlanta
publicity man, Thursday was ad
judged insane by a Jury In the Ordi
nary’s Court, and was ordered placed
in the &tute Sanitarium at Milledge-
ville Thf* trial whs presided over by
Chief Clerk Arthur Marbut, In the ab
sence of Ordinary Jeffries.
The evidence showed that Park-
hurst has been in failing health for
some time.
ADVISED BY
Williams Matched
To Box Johnny Ertle
RICHMOND, VA., Aug. 26.—Pitcher
Allan Russell was sold for $3,500 to
day by the Richmond club to the New
York Yankee* Ru*sel! will report Bep-
temhf-r 8. He Is a right-hander and is
a brother of "Lefty" Russell, who cost
Connie Mack $12.000—and then fliv-
vered.
(By International News Sarviie.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 26.—Sec
retary of State Lanaing this af
ternoon admitted receiving a
cablegram from Ambassador
Gerard, at Berlin, but refused
positively to 9»ve out any infor
mation of its contents. It was
generally believed the cable con
tained information given Mr.
Gerard by the Berlin Foreign
Office.
Yankees Purchase
Pitcher for $3,500
MILIVAl'KKK, Aug. 3®.--Sam HarZIs.
manager of Kid Williams, bantam
weight champion, wired to-day that he
will leave Baltimore for the West. He
, to train a rew nays In -Mllw
kee for hi* match with Johnj/J E'
wants
at St Paul, September 9
llwau-
Ertle,
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN.
(Staff Correspondent International
News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26— Secre
tary of State Lansing this afternoon
communicated to President Wilson
the result of his Interview this morn
ing with Count von Bernetorft. It
Is understood that this government
has taken the position that a disa
vowal of the sinking of the Arabic by
a German submarine will not be satis
factory. In addition Germany must
punish the submarine commander
who sank the Arabic, tpake full rep
aration to the American sufferers and
must guarantee that there will not
be a repetition of th* act.
The position has been communicated
to Ambassador von Bernstorff and by
him already started on its way to the
German Foreign Office, It is reported
here. Officials here this afternoon
tvere decidedly optimistic. They held
that as Germany has gone so far as
to announce that It will disavow th*
act. It will accede to the other re
quirements of the United States. Th*
belief Is strong here that the aiser’*
government will clear up the subma
rine warfare question completely to
the satisfaction of this government—
which means that in the future the
Commanders of the undersea boat*
will be guided by the rules of interna
tional warfare.
Undersea Warfare Modified.
Count von Bernstorff, the German
Ambassador, told Secretary of State
Lansing to-day that Germany had.
modified her plan of submarine war.
He also told the Secretary that hi*
telegram sent from New York by di
rection of his Government, In which
Germany asked the United States to
suspend Judgment and action In the
case of the steamer Arabic, was du*
to his knowledge of the fact.
If the original plans of Indiscrimi
nately sinking all enemy vessels had
not been changed, he said, his Gov
ernment could not have directed him
to take the action that it did. In
stead, it undoubtedly would have
‘‘deeply regretted" the loss of Ameri
can lives, but would have pointed out
that Americans had been fully warn
ed not to travel on the enemy’s ships.
Count von Bernstorff was with Sec
retary Lanelng for 35 minutes. He
told the Secretary that he as yet had
received no supplemental instruction*
from his Government dealing with th*
Arabic case, but that h» looked for
them at any time. Mr. Lansing ex
plained that while ihe United States
had withheld any action at Germany’s
request-it could not maintain that po
sition Indefinitely. He suggested that
inasmuch as a w eek already has pass
ed since the Arabic had sunk, his
Government felt that it should re
ceive the German side of the matter
noe later than the end of this week.
And It is understood that Secretary
Lansing agreed to expedite any ex
changes between the German Govern
ment and Its ambassador here.
Sees Understanding.
On leaving the State Department
the Ambassador said that he Intended
to remain in this city until he re
ceived the full official advices from
his Government for presentation t.t>
the State Department. It was ex
plained that he had not asked for anv
Interview with President Wilson, at
he believed that he and Secretary
Lansing will be able to reach t com
mon understanding. The ambassador
is understood to have told a fellow
diplomat that If newspaper reports
from Berlin quoting the Imperial
Chancellor as Indicating a willingness
to placate th* United States were ac
curate—and he believes they are— h*
will probably convey Germany’s apol
ogies to the United States for the
Arabic sinking, If Germany finally as
sumes the blame, within the next few
day*.
From sdltrces close to th* German
embassy It was learned that the fel-
lnOlitlfl’ I*