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A lexa Stirling Wins Hard 19-Hole Golf Match
THE WEATHER
Forecast—Fair Tuesday night and Wednea-
day.
Temperatures—6 a. m.. 71; 8 a. m., 78; 10
a. m., 81; 12 noon, 83; 1 p. m., 84; 2 p. m., 8B.
Sun rises 6:16; sun sets B:B6,
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GIAN
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1015.
CouvrlfUt. 1*00.
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2 CENTS
ITALIAN ARMY ORDERED TO SECRET PORT
PELS TAKE TWO FROM CRACKERS
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—Rumors
that Dr. Dumba, Austro-Hungarian
Ambassador to the United States,
may be recalled by his Government
as a result of his'activity in connec
tion with strikes in munition facto
ries, gained wide circulation in Wash
ington this afternoon after Dr. Dumba
had been in conference with Secretary
of State Ranging.
Dr. Dumba was in Secretary Lan
sing's office Just twenty-five minutes.
He was plainly angered when he
emerged. He curtly refused to dis
cuss what he and Secretary Lansing
talked about. He left the building,
starting back to the Austro-Hunga
rian Embassy. Before arriving there,
however, he ordered his chauffeur to
return to the State Department. Ar
riving there he went at once to see
Third Assitant Secretary of State
Phillips. He would not discuss his
mjsison with him.
The sinking of the liner Hesperian
and the Dr. Dumba case were before
President Wilson this afternoon. Sec*
retary of State Lansing and Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo conferred
with the President over the two mat
ters. Secretary Lansing wanted to
cUscuss the Dr. Dumba case with the
President, it was believed, before the
Austran Ambasasdor called to see him
late thifl afternon. o
Consul Frost cabled the State De
partment a joint affidavit that the of
ficers of the Hesperian swore to be
fore him. The affidavit explained the
sky was clear and the sea was calm
on the night the ship was torpedoed.
There was no warning of any kind,
they swore. Owing to the darkness,
the wake of a torpedo boat could not
have bene sene. After the explosion
the distinct odor of an explosive was
noticeable. The ship was struck S
fet below the surface on the star
board bow.
The officer declared that the 8-inch
gun mounted on the ship’s stern was
painted gray and not noticeable at a
distance. The officers have it as their
belief that the gun could not have
bene seen through a periscope. They
also swore that the ship was not
under convoy.
NoNewComplications
OverHesperianLikely
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN.
(Staff Correspondent of the Interna
tional News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—Official
Washington to-day took the position
that the sinking of the Hesperian
probably will not involve any new
complications with Germany. The
fact that the Hesperian was armed
and was plying between belligerent
ports will have a very important
bearing on this Government’s action
in the case.
Incidentally it is now certain that
the United States will be forced to
change its original ruling as to just
what constitutes an armed vessel.
At the outset of the war it was an
nounced that merchant liners might
carry a gun of less than ?ix-inch cal
iber mounted astern for defensive
purposes. That ruling has been ob
served up to the present time, but
Secretary Lansing made it very plain
to-day that he is now considering
whether it must be changed He ex
plained that when the original ruling
was made the submarine warfare had
not been developed. Now it is ex
pected that Germany will set up as a
defense in the Hesperian case that
the gun which she carried prevented
any attempt at visitation and search,
as was promised by Ambassador von
Bernstorff when he visited Secretary
Lansing last week.
Account for All but
17 on the Hesperian
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Sept. 2.—Nine more pas
sengers and sailors of the liner Hes
perian were accounted for to-day aft-
Continusd on Page 2, Column 4*
GEORGIA
The dread boll weevil is in Geor
gia. Four counties in the southwest
ern part of the State are heavily In
fested. Inspection by E. Lee Wor
sham, State Entomologist, and W. D.
Pierce, of the United States Bureau
of Entomology, has revealed this fact
beyond a doubt. And eight or ten
more counties are inevitably invaded
also—a plain matter of geography;
they are in the line of march.
Decatur, Thomas, Grady and
Brooks are the four counties in
spected. The weevils are thick. The
“top crop” will be no crop at all this
year. The farmers are appalled at
the situation. A quarantine against
the shipment of cotton seed is pro
jected. All cotton stalks must be
burned in the infested counties.
But with it all the march of the
boll weevil is more than likely to con
tinue.
The weevil reached Georgia two
years ahead of time. The average
travel of the pest is 25 miles a ye3r.
It came 90 miles in the past year,
jumping over from Alabama in the
longest leap on record, save only in
the year 1900—the year of the Gal
veston flood, when strong winds from
the southwest prevailed, and favored
the advance of the insect. For years
the march, which began in Mexico,
has been averaging 25 miles a year
toward the Southeastern States. And
the vanguard reached Georgia since
August 13—two years ahead of time—
and found the State practically un
prepared to combat it.
TO-DAY’S RACING
RESULTS
AT MONTREAL.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Connaught, 111
(Warrington), 16.30, 6.00, 3 90, won; In-
quieta, 111 (Rice), 7.30, 5.40, second;
Captain Ben, 106 (Schammerhofn), 5.60,
third. Time, 1:14 2-5. Dixie, Saturnus.
Ischgahibble, 8pring Mass, Decoy,
Nigadoo, Operth, Lamb’s Tail, Dr.
Barkley, Spohn also ran.
SECONF*— Five and haif furlongs:
Welga, 102 (Forehand). 11.80, 6.20, 3.60,
won; Investment, 102 (McDermott),
7.80, 4 2Q, second; Copper King, 98 (Col
lins). 12.80, third. Time. 1:07 4-5. At-
aka, Tush Tush, Ruth Strickland,
Greenwood, Miss Philbin, Lynn, Do
rados, Jess, Margery also ran.
THIRD—Five furlongs: Billy Frew,
118 (Goldstein). 2.80. 2.20, out, won:
Blrdland, 116 (Burns). 2.50, out, second;
Dix Rogers. 118 (Claver), out, third.
Time, 1:02. Hopeful Age, All Steel also
ran.
FOURTH—One and one-half: miles
Faker, 130 (Williams), 3.00, out, won;
Ruffo. 130 (Wolke), out. second. Time,
1:54 4-5. Only two starters.
FIFTH—One and one-quarter miles:
Harry Lauder, 104 (McDermott), 6.60,
2.y0, 3.C0. won; Abbotsford 109 (Han-
mer), 2.50, 2.50, second; Falcada, 104
(Lomas), 5.70, third. Time, 2:08 3-5.
Sherlock Holmes, Laird o’ Kirkcaldy,
Wlldhorse, Weyanoke also ran.
AT BELMONT.
FIRST—Seven furlongs: Blue Thistle.
116 (Butwell), 9-2, 8-5, 4-5, won; True
As Steel. 102 (Garner), 7-2, 3-2, 3-6, sec
ond; Pullux, 100 (J. McTaggart). 4, 8-5,
7-10. third. Time, 1:25 4-5. Lahore,
Wanda Pitzer, Reybourn, Runes, Alder-
baran. Jesse Jr. also ran.
SECOND—Five furlongs: Puss In
Boots. 124 (Garner), 1-2, out, won; Mala
chite, 112 (J. McTaggart), 6, even, 2-5,
won; Grasp. 109 (Butwell), 12, 3, even,
third. Time, :58 3-8. Sprint, Ildoko,
Early Heaven, Bonnie Carrie also ran.
THIRD—Mile: His Nibs. 107 (Bux
ton), 30. 10. 5, won; Forecast, 100 (Hen
ry), 9-2, 8-5. 7-10, second; Daingerfleld,
112 (Turner), 15, 6, S. third. Time. 1:41.
Jawbone, Peethoven, Thought Reader,
Sir Denrah, Coin. Watertown. Santo also
ran.
FOURTH—One and one-sixteenth
miles: Trial By Judy, 119 (J. McTag
gart). 2. 7-10. 2-3, won; Sharpshooter,
115 (Davies). 13-5, even, 2-5. second: The
Finn, 126 (McCahey), 7-2. 6-5. 1-2, third.
Time, 1:45 4-5. Saratoga. Lady Rotha,
All Smiles. Hauberk. Charter Maid also
ran.
FIFTH—About 2 miles: Swish 152
(Tlghe), 3-5. 1-5, out, wop; Little Hugh,
134 (M. Henderson), 10, 3. 6-5, second;
Dixon Park. 138 (Haynes), 8, 5-2, 4-6,
third. Time, 4:13. Repentant, Rad-
bold, Adventuress also ran.
|SOUTHERN
LEAGUE|
AT MEMPHIS—
ft M. 8.
NASHVILLE
021
1..
• • •
"* • • 4
MEMPHIS
000
1..
• • •
Frost and Stre#t; Roth and Clark.
AT LITTLE ROCK—
a h. e.
CHATTANOOGA
001
• • •
• • •
. .
LITTLE ROCK
010
...
...
- .
Marshall and Kitchen# 1 /# Hardgrove and
Gibson. Umpire#, O’Toole and Bern-
hard.
AT BIRMINGHAM—
R. H. E.
MOBILE
000
000
i..
- .
BIRMINGHAM
100
001
0. .
- . . .
Covington and Schmidt; Robort#on and
Halt.
Umpires
Kerin
and Chestnutt.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
AT NEW YORK—
R. H. S.
BOSTON
100
101
013
- 7 12 1
NEW YORK
ooo
010
100
- 2 11 4
Ragan, Collins and dowdy and Carrlgan;
Perrltt and Dooln. Umpires, Byron and
Eason.
AT ST. LOUIS—
a h. e.
CHICAGO
000
00.
...
- .
ST. LOUIS
000
10.
...
. . ,
Vaughn and Br##nahan; Meadows and
Snyder. Umpire#, O'Day and Quigley.
AT BROOKLYN—
R. H. E
PHILADELPHIA
000
000
001.
- 1 3 3
BROOKLYN
000
122
29X
-780
McQuillan. Tincup and Killifor; Douglas
and Miller and
Burns.
Umpires, Klem
and Emslie.
AT PITTSBURG—
n. m 8.
CINCINNATI
140
000
100
-691
PITTSBURG
100
000
200
- 3 12 J
Toney and Wlngo; Kantlehn«r, Cooper,
MIII, Adams and Gibson and Wagner.
Umpires, Quigley and Orth.
AMERICAN
LEAGUE
AT BOSTON—
PL 1*. 8.
NEW YORK
105
002
oco
- 8 12 2
BOSTON
000
020
100
- 3 8 4
Mogrldge and Kreuger; Shore, Collins a nd Cady and Carrlgan.
Umpires, Hilde-
brand and O’Leughlin.
AT CLEVELAND—
H E.
ST. LOUIS
000
010 000 03
- 4 9 3
CLEVELAND
100
000 000 00
-17 1
Park# and Agnew; Mitchell and Egan.
Umpires, Evans and Chill.
SECOND
GAME.
AT PHILADELPHIA—
r h. b
WASHINGTON
000
015
001
- 7 10 1
PHILADELPHIA
110
002
ooo
- 4 5 2
Rice and Williams; Filllngem, Haas and
Lapp.
Umpires, Dineen and Nallin.
AT CHICAGO—
A. H. E
DETROIT
001
000
340
- 8 13 3
CHICAGO
001
306
oox
- 10 13 2
Dauss and Stanage; Russell and Schalk.
Umpires, Wallace and
Connolly.
FEDERAL
LEAGUE
SECOND
GAME.
AT ST. LOUIS—
•L M. F.
CHICAGO
000
000
. . •
- .
ST. LOUIS
100
100
. . •
- . . .
Hendrix and Wilson; Watson and Chapman.
Umpires,
McCormick and O’Brien.
AT NEWARK—
A. -I r -
BROOKLYN
021
ooo
030
- 6 10 3
NEWARK •....
000
ooo
000
- 0 3 3
Flnneran and Land; Rsulbaoh, Brandon
and Rariden.
Jmpires
Westervelt and
Flnneran.
SECOND
GAME.
PL H. E.
AT KANSAS CITY—
PITTSBURG
0..
• • •
...
" • • •
KANSAS CITY
1..
. . •
. . .
- .
Allen and Brsry; Henning and Brown.
Umpires. Mullin and Brennan.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
At Philadelphia (first): R. H. E.
WASHINGTON .. .900 022 100--5 8 5
PHILADELPHIA .4<il 000 01*—6 6 5
Batteries: Gallia and Williams; An
ker. Knowlson and McAvoy. Umpires,
Nallin and Dineen.
Mayor Gets Chance
To Run If Recalled
Mayor Woodward was fuller of
laughter Tuesday than he was on
Monday, when he dared Alderman
Albert Thomson to change the law so
he could run to succeed himself. If,
in the course of events, It should hap
pen that he should be recalled, the
law blocking him from another term
in the executive chair would he abro
gated.
No less an authority than W. D.
Ellis, Jr., assistant city attorney, said
he did not think there wa» any ques
tion that if Mayor Woodward was re
called, even for only a week, the law
providing that "the Mayor can not
sucked himself after two consecutive
ter/sb" would not apply to him.
LOGOL GIRL BAGS! TOO
No-Hit Game Pitched
By Dave Davenport
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 7.—Dave Davenport,
of the St. Louis Federate, this afternoon
pitched a no-hit game against the Chi
cago Whales, the score being 3 to 0.
Davp ->ort formerly was a member of
the plii fling staff of the Cincinnati
Reds.
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
At. St. Louis (first): R. H. E.
CHICAGO 000 000 000—0 0 0
ST LOUIS 000 200 01*—3 8 1
Batteries: Brennan and Wilson: I>av-
enport and Hartley. Umpires, O’Brien
and McCormick.
At Kansas City (first): R. H. E.
PITTSBURG 002 010 000- 3 8 0
KANSAS CITT .. .001 000 010—2 6 3
Batteries: Knetzer, Barger and Ber
ry; Culiop and Easterly. Umpires, Bren
nan and Mull in.
LAKE FOJtES, ILL, Sept. 7.—Miss
Alexa Stirling, of Atlanta, and Mrs.
H. D. Hammond, of Indianapolis, the
former Western champion, engaged
to-day In a nip-and-tuck battle which
went nineteen holes before the win
ner was deqjdad in the Women’s Na
tional golf tournament, and the match
went to Miss Stirling when her op
ponent sliced the rough on the nine
teenth, the Southern star holing out
in five, while Mrs. Hammond took six.
At the end of the nine holes. Miss
Stirling held lead of 3 up, but
through some careless playing on the
la$t nine sl)e lost this advantage,
making the match all even at eighteen
holes. The cards follow:
Mias Stirling (out). .646 544 556—44
Mrs. Hammond (out).546 645 658—49
Miss Stirling (ln)....«67 665 455—50—94
Mrs. Hammond (In)..676 566 354—47—96
Extra hole: Miss Stirling, 5; Mrs. Ham
mond, 6.
Other scores:
Mrs. W. A. Gdvin.'of Shirley Park,
England, defeated Mrs. M. F. Henne-
berry, of Glenview, by 5 up and 3 to
play.
Mrs. Caleb Fox, of Philadelphia,
eliminated another Chicago player by
her victory over Mrs. Mason E.
Phelps, of the Chicago Golf Club, win
ning by a similar score
Mrs. J. V, Hurd, of Pittsburg, de
feated Mri. L. W. Mida, of Jackson
Park. 4 up and 3 to go.
Miss Allen, of Boston, defeated Mrs
A. A. Hening, of the Wheaton Golf
Club, 6 up and 9 to go.
Miss Lillian Hyde, of the Southboro
Field Club, defeated Mrs. Arthur Lin-
right, Philmont, 7 up and 6 to go.
Mrs R. H. Barlow, of Merton Crick
et Club, defeated Miss Marion Hollins,
of Westbrook Couatry Club, 1 up.
Mrs. 8. W. Widney, of Beverly, de
feated Miss Painter, of Midlothian, 6
up and 4 to play.
Miss Ernestine Pearce, of Floss-
moor, defeated Mrs. 8. Kunstadt, of
Idlewild, 7 up and 6 to go.
Miss Marjorie Edwards, of Midlo
thian, defeated Miss Frances Hadfleld,
of Milwaukee, 3 and 2.
Miss Elaine Rosenthal, of Ravisloe,
won from Miss Ethel Chatfleld, of
Sycamore, Ill., 7 and 6.
Mrs. C. II. Vanderbeck, of Phila
delphia, winner of the low qualifying
score, defeated Miss Eleanor Chan
dler, also of Philadelphia, 7 up and
6 to play.
Mi8$ Winters Cold ha m, of Toledo,
defeated Miss Jennie Jones, of Sioux
city. 1 up.
Miss Laurie Kaiser, of Flossmoor,
won from Miss Grace Semple, of St.
Louis*, 2 and 1.
Next
Saturday
Is
Official
Fall Hat
and
High Shoe
Day
Atlanta’s leading
stores will make
announcements in
The Georgian Friday.
SECOND GAME.
(For box score and details of firat
gome, aee Pago 2.)
PONCE PE LEON PARK, Sept. 7.
The New Orleans Pelicans walloped
the Crackers in the final game of
their double-header this afternoon, 8
to 2-
Phillip Redding, the latest addition
to the locals’ hurling staff, performed
on the mound for Atlanta, and was
hit hard after the fourth inning.
Jim Bagby pitched for the Birds,
and he had the Crackers at bay in all
except the third inning. The locals
scoicd their two runs in that frame.
In the sixth inning Bagby struck out
three Crackers in a row.
The hitting of the Pels waa the big
feature of the afterpiece. Reilly
slammed out a triple with the bases
ful in the fifth inning, and Thomas
hit a home run with two men on
base In the seventh session.
i The Crackers lost the first game of
j to-days twin-bill, 2 to 0. The Barons
will be the locals’ opponent* to
rn oitow.
FIRST INNING.
Tim Hendryx fouled to Kauffman.
Reilly grounded out, Reed to Kauff
man. Thomas filed out to Williams.
NO RUNS, NO HITS.
McDonald pumped a single past
Reilly. William® bunted down the first
base line and beat it out for a hit,
while MoDonld went to second. Mo
ran sacrificed both men up a base,
Bagby to Knaupp, who covered first.
Kauffman hit to Reilly, and McDonald
was thrown out at the plate, to Hig
gins. Williams went to third on the
play. Manning died to Bluhm. unas
sisted. NO RUNS. TWO HITS.
SECOND INNING.
Edmondson beat out a slow grounder
to Reed for a hit. Sylvester fanned.
Knaupp also struck out. Bluhm popped
to Reed. NO RUNS. ONE HIT.
Rumler lofted to Hendryx. Reed
fanned. Werner popped to Higgins. NO
RUNS, NO HITS.
THIRD INNINQ.
Higgins hit one over short, and by
fast running made it a two-bagger.
Baghv bunted to Redding, who threw
Higgins out at third, to McDonald.
Hendryx lifted a high fly to left, which
Manning dropped, and Bagby went to
second, while Tim wa« safe at first
Reilly fanned. Thomas lined out to
Moran. NO RUNS, ONE HIT
Redding drove a scorching bingle to
center. McDonald walked. Williams
sacrificed both men up a base, Thomas
to Knaupp. who covered first. Moran hit
to Bagby, who threw to the plate in an
attempt to get Ryddtng. but Higgins
missed the ball, and Redding and Mc
Donald scored. Kauffman went out,
Reilly to Bluhm, and Moran raced to
third. Manning fanned. TWO RUNS.
ONE HIT.
FOURTH INNING.
Williams threw out Edmondson. Syl
vester grounded out to Kauffman, un
assisted Knaupp skied out to Moran.
NO RUNS, NO HITS
Rumler filed out to Knaupp. Reed
raised a long fly to Hendryx Werner
was retired on strikes. NO RUNS, NO
HITS.
FIFTH INNING.
Bluhm walked. Higgins singled to
center, and Bluhm went to second.
Bagby singled to right, filling the bases.
Hendryx walked, forcing Bluhm in with
a run. Reilly tripled to left, scoring
Second Game Score
NEW ORLEANS 000 050 3—8
ATLANTA 002 000 (k—2
Crackers. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
McDonald, 3b. , . 2 1 1 1 3 0
WilUatps, 2b.... 2 0 1 1 2 0
Moran, cf. . . . 2 0 0 2 0 0
Kauffman, lb. . . 3 0 0 10 0 0
Manning, rf. . . . 2 0 0 1 0 1
Rumler, 3 0 1 3 1 0
Reed, ss 3 0 0 2 2 0
Werner, If. . , . 3 0 1 1 0 0
Redding, p. . . . 3 1 1 0 3 0
Totals 26 3 5 21 U l
Pelican#. ab. r. h. po. a. e.
Hendryx, cf. . , . 3 2 1 2 0 0
Reilly, ss $ 1 l 0 2 0
Thomas, 3b. ... 4 1 1 1 3 o
Edmondspn, rf.. . 4 0 1 1 0 0
Sylvester, If. ... 3 0 0 1 0 0
Knaupp, 2b. ... 4 0 0 4 2 0
Bluhm, lb 2 1 0 6 0 0
Higgins, c. . . . $ 1 2 6 0 1
Bagby, p 3 2 2 0 & 0
Total# 29 8 8 21 13 1
Summary; Two-base hit—Higgins.
Three-base hit—Reilly. Home run—
Thomas. Sacrifice hits—Reilly, Moran,
Williams Double play—Reilly, unas
sisted. Bases on balls—Off Redding, 3|
off Bagby, 1. Struck out—By Redding,
3; by Bagby, 6. Umpire#—Pfenninger
and Rudderham.
Higgins. Bagby and Hendryx. Thoma#
out, Redding to Kauffman. Edmondson
f hounded out, Williams to Kauffman,
lelUy scoring. Sylvester filed to Man
ning. FIVE RUNS. THREE HITS.
Redding lined to Knaupp. McDonald
fouled to Higgtns. Williams fouled to
Thomas. NO RUNS. NO HITS.
SIXTH INNING.
Knaupp went out, McDonald to Kauff
man. Bluhm grounded out, Reed to
Kauffman. Higgins popped to Reed.
NO RUNS. NO HITS.
Moran struck out Kauffman also
fanned. Manning made it three strike
out# in a row when he was reltred th#
same way. NO RUNS. NO HITS.
seventh INNING.
Bagby singled to right. Hendryx fol
lowed with a single to left and Bagby
stopped at second. Reilly sacrificed
botn men up a peg, Redding to Kauff
man. Thoma# belted one to the score-
board for a home run, scoring Bagby
and Hendryx ahead of him. Edmondson
popped to Redding. Sylvester walked.
Knaupp filed to Manning. THREE
RUNS. THREE HITS
Rumler singled to right. Reed forced
Rumler at second, Knaupp to Reilly.
Werner singled to center, and Reed
went to second. Redding lined out to
Reilly, who touched second, doubling
up Reed. NO RUNS, TWO HITS.
U-Boat Is Lost
After Sinking
Cruiser
(By International New# Sarvice.)
BERLIN (by wireless), Sept. 7.—
The Admiralty announced to-day that
the submarine U-27 had sunk a -mall
British cruiser about August 10, but
the U-boat has not since returned to
her base and is believed to have been
lost.
The location of the sinking of the
English cruiser is officially reported to
have been west of the Hebrides Is
lands, which He off the northwest
coast of Scotland.
The U-27 belonged to the class
which was constructed in 1912-1313.
Her crew Is supposed to have num
bered about 27 men.
The Admiralty statement follows:
"Accordin'' to the report from a
submarine which met the U-27 at sea.
the latter sank an old small British
cruiser west of the Hebrides about
August 10. The U-27 has not re
turned. It has been out at sea a long
time and must be regarded as lost
with its crew."
Johnson Winner of
U. S. Tennis Title
FOREST HILLS, N. Y„ Sept. 7.—
William M. Johnston, of California,
is the new tennis champion of the
United States by virtue of his totally
unexpected victory this afternoon over
the wonderful player, Maurice E. Mc-
Loughlln.
The acores were 1-8, 6-0, 7-6, 10-8.
McLoughUn began the service in
the first set. He moved up to the
net in every rally and by the fastest
sort of volleying completely outplayed
Johnston, so that he moved along to
a lead of 4-0 In games. Then John
ston put across line splitting drives
and shot the bail into the corners
in the same manner In which he had
defeated R. Norris Williams II yes
terday. Johnston only held steady
for one game. Then once more Me-
Loughlin outspeded Johnston for the
first set at 8-1. __
Johnston made a runaway of the
second set. He outplaced and out
drove McLoughUn In dashing rallies,
in which he whipped back the ball
pelled to take the defensive. John
ston amazed the gallery by takjng the
six games in a row for the second
set, as McLoughUn found it impossi
ble to break down the net assault of
his opponent.
The third set found Johnston driv
ing and volleying with all the pace he
could command, and he soon again
had McLoughUn on the defensive.
Johnston moved to the lead in this
set at 5-2 on games.
Then the "comet" made a sensation
al assault with all of his old frenzied
stroking of the ball, by which he car
ried the tally to games ail. That
was the best he could do, for John
ston tricked him out of position once
more and took the set with two love
games.
McLoughUn, desperate, called to his
aid all his amazing tennis skill In the
fourth set, but Johnson met the Mc-
Loughlin atack, held It steady for a
while, then assumed the offensive and
won, 10 to 8 in the most Hireling set
of the day.
(By International News Ssrvica.)
BASLE, SWITZERLAND, Sep.
7.—A dispatch from Munich say#
717 Italian transports, convoyed
by sixteen warships, having an
board soldiera and munitions,
have left Taranta for an unkown
destination. The Duke of Aosta,
commander-ln-ehief of the Ital
ian navy, watched the departure
of the flotilla and it was believed
the transports and warships were
bound for the Dardanelles.
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Sept. 7.—Emperor Nich
olas has taken over the command of
the Russian armies. Whether this
will result in the complete elimina
tion of Grand Duke Nicholas is not
yet known. Apparently the Czar’s
action has been kept a close secret
In Petrograd because the first Inti
mation of this action came In a per
sonal dispatch from the Russian
ruler to President Poincare to-day.
The message from the Czar to the
President follows:
In placing mystelf to-day at
the head of my valiant army, I
take particular pleasure In ad
dressing to you, Monsieur Presi
dent, most sincere wishes for
the grandeur of France and the
ultimate victory of its glorious
army.
Replying, President Poincare said."
I know that In taking com
mand your Majesty intends to
pursue energetically until the
final victory, the war forced
upon the allied nations.
At the same time President Poin
care expressed to the Czar warmest
regards in the name of France.
Retreating Russians
Brought Into Battle
BERLIN (by wireless), Sept. 7/—'
Russia’s retreating; army has appar
ently been overtaken by the pursuing
German# and forced into battle. The
general staff reported to-day that a
great conflict Is raging at Wolkowysk,
45 miles southeast of Grodno.
The fighting is going on in the olty
of Wolkowysk, an Important railway
junction, and extends to a point 25
miles southeast of Slonik. It is
through this region that the center of
the Russian army had to retreat after
its abondment of the Grodno-Brest-
Litovak front.
Still farther to the southeast, where
the German troops are advancing
along the edge of the Pripet marshes,
they have driven the Russians out of
their positions at Kohomsk and Dro-
gitchin.
In fighting on the Ros River, a
tributary of the Niemen, General von
Gallwitz captured 1,000 prisoners.
Ships Join Artillery
Duel at Dardanelles
(By International News Service.)
CONSTANTINOPLE (by wireless,
via Berlin).—A great artillery duel is
raging on Gallipoli Peninsula, with
warships participating, according to
the Turkish War Office. It issued the
following statement to-day:
"The enemy unsuccessfully bom
barded with his land and ship batter
ies our positions before Sedd-Ul-Bahr
and Anafarta. Our artillery caused
fire to break out in the enemy’s
trenches and artillery position* at An-
afarta."
Crackers and Gulls
To Play Series Here
Th« Crackers will not travsl to Mo
bile for a three-same series starting
Saturday. Instead the saries have been
switched to Atlanta. Two games will
be played here Saturday and otj» Mon
day. -J