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The Johnson-Gewinner Coempany,
which cut the retail price of auto gas
oline Wednesday. was without a drop
of that commodity Friday and had
been since noon the day before, al
though it offered spot cash to the
three oil companies controlling the
Atlanta and Georgia territory.
Senator John D. Walker, of Sparta,
Friday prepared a resolution calling
upon the Federal Trade l‘nmmissfnn=
to institute a searching investigation.
The resolution, in brief, recited the
Yact that an Atlanta dealer had been
it off from purchasing gasoline be
cause he had cut the price below
that of others; that it was well known
that other cities enjoyed lower prices
than Atlanta, and urged that tho;
Trade Commission take action in the |
matter.
Senator Walker sald he expected
the Senate and House to adopt the
resolution, which would be placed in |
the hands of Willilam J. Harris, one|
of the flve membhers of the Trade
Commission. !
William J. Harris, of the PM»ra';
Trade Board, inh Atlanta on vacation,
had unler consideration a request
from Mr. Gewinner that the board re- ’
new its gasoline investigation unh.
Yefercnce to the new situation. Ha‘
said the board would not meet for|
| 30 days, when it would be laid hefnre!
“‘;om.
| The Georgian called up the three oil
companies, asked for the managers
and asked for a statement of their
position in the matter. These are the
replies: 1
Samuel E. Taylor, the Standard J
Oil Company: *I have nothing to |
say. The Johnson-Gewinner Com
pany was not our customer. We 1
Are not interested.” 1
The Guif Refining Company's |
district ofMices “We have noth
ing to say to the newspapers.”
The Texas Company “This is
& matter in which nobody is In- ‘
terested but the parties involved i
Nothing to say.” 1
Companies Courteous. ‘
The three ol companies were pleas. |
Ant and courteous, however, when Mr. |
‘Gewinner in the presence of a re
porter, telephoned them ordering gas- |
o.ine ‘
The Guif Refining Company sald It
4ldn't care to take on any new cus
tomers just now. It was appreciative
f the offer of business and perhaps
Rier on, something could be done
«The Standard Ol Company, Samue!
E. Taylor manager, was next called
End an order given. The employee at
the phone sald Mr. Taylor was the
ORIy person who could accept the or
€er and Mr. Taylor would call
Toward noon a representative of
e Standard Ol Company appeared
He offered a small quantity of gaso
® AL 25 cents & gallon, the prevail
g retall price and two cents more
Than that charged other retallers. The
Offer was declined
The Texas Company, with which
the Johnson-Cewinner Company has
een doing business steadily was
*d. The voiwe sald the city sales.
Tan was on his way downtown and
- 1 drop in. Me 4id4 not drop dur.
& the morning
Cut Price 1 Cent.
We have been paying 211 cents for
Fasoline to the Texas ¢ mpans sald
Mt Gewinner, “carrying an aecount
THR them and usually a balance In
'heir favor of around SI.OOO, Local
feiniliers have been selling gas on A
i-com margin, charging 26 conta,. On
Vednesday we eut to 24 cents work
BE on & l-cont margin and hoping
F Action would bring the wholesale
e down
mmediately thhe Texas oMmpany
Continued on Page 4, Column 1.
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Southern Engineer B. T. Jones, who
lives at East Point, was recovering
at the Atlanta Hospital Friday from
scalds received Thursday night when
his enkine turned over at Beilwood
Station, in a derailment that endan
gered scores of passengers on the
Washington train.
Gordon Jones, his fireman, who
lives on Hendrix avenue, also was
hurt when the engine was ditched, but
was able to leave the hospital Friday
morning. The engineer and fireman
of another engine that foryned a dou
bleheader for the train, escaped un
hurt when their engine followed the
other into the ditch.
The train, No. 36, left at midnight,
carrying eleven coaches, At Beliwood
Station it is belleved that the engi
neer failed to see a red post and ran
into a derailed switch. Both of the
big engines toppled over.
DROVE INTO OPEN DRAW.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 11.-—Search
was made today for the body of W. H.
Blanchard, Wisconsin manager of the
Wells-Fargo Jxpress Company, who
drove into an open draw during last
night's rain.
What “Abe Martin” Says:
—A Hint to Housewives—
“ ‘Bout the only thing around
that hain't got & second-hand
value s a cold buckwheat
cake. ™
That's virt true In every
Louuhol‘. ".‘3 countless dol
rs are tied up In wvarious
storerooms simply because the
Jdea of selling used household
articles so seldom occurs to
people.
Those things that have out.
m'u their nof.:lam o you—
rniture you ve replaced!
ln‘ofln I‘ol do not harmonize
with the present decorations in
your home, clothes you wil
never wear again—all have an
actunl doliars and cents value
to some one eise
Ard the way to reach that
some one else is the simplest
matter in the world It meany
jisting eversthing you have that
is dispensable, yet still service.
able, and Nnmaum list In
flomc“mhmn ns Want
Al ne under the classifi.
cation “For Sale.”
In this way Atlanta’'s cleversst
housewives attract ready buy
ers to their dosrs ?‘o‘ canvert
inte cash what would otherwise
hecome incumbrances When
you have mc:'od your list,
46 as they de, ve it with or
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W treless Call‘
(By International News Service.) ‘
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.—Wireless
operators along the North Atlantic
coast who shortly after midnight
picked up wireless calie for “Tele
funken Station, New York," carefully
tuned up their Instruments today in
the belief that the radio flashes came
from the German submarine Bremen,
and that further calls from the vessel
might be heard,
The weather along the coast was
very favorable for the submarine if it
had succleded in crossing the At!an~'
tic A dense fog prevalled |
One rumor which reached maritime |
quarters was that the Bremen was 35
miles from Sandy Hook and traveling
at good speed toward New York hu-"
bor ‘
Floyd Co. Grand ,
Jury Indicts 117
ury Indic |
2 's
ROME. Aug. 11— The present Grand |
Jury, which close its two weeks' ses- |
sion last night, has broken all records |
in returning 117 Indiciments. The
foreman, Cornelius Terhune, har 4i
rected the special efforts of the Grand |
Jury to cleaning up the portion of the
county just outside the eastern city!
limits, where for several years crime
has been heavy, Including within the |
past year two murders and a number |
of attempts at murder. The district
is Just outside the ecity limits, al
though only a very short distance |
from the aristocratic portion of Rome,
Memphis Official i
emphis Officia |
MEMPHIS, Aug. 11 -City Fire and |
Police Commissioner W. T. Mclean
was today suspended from ofice h;l
Judge Harsh, of the Becond Criminal
Court. on charges that he had failed |
to enfores Ntate liquor laws. The bl
was fAled against him tws weeks ago
By Attarney Oeneral Munter \\'!Yu-fl‘
‘uf Ehelby Tountly
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 12,. 1916.
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A crowd which fihlp\d the Grand
Opera House orchestra and balcony
and ran over into the gallery, prob
ably as many as 3,000 persons, heard
the first Atlanta address of Joseph E.
Pottle, candidate for Governor,
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!Thnrldny night. Or. to be precise, lt‘
heard the greater part of it, the re
mainder being drowned In the upnu"
from a dozen or so leather-lunged
supporters of Hugh M. Dorsey, who
were scattered about the balcony.
Mr. Pottle had quite a deal to say
about Mr. Dorsey and it was evident
the latter’s balcony friends desired
earnestly to spoll the effect of these
remarks. So, while Mr. Pottle was
permitted to proceed uninterruptedly
when he spoke of his own record or
that of Harris and Hardman, he had
}dlfl’lvulty in speaking against several
rivals when he touched upon Dorsey.
llt appeared that neither Governor
Harris nor Dr. Hardman had been
80 discourteous as to send their
workers to the meeting. The mention
of these two candidates was once
‘or twice greeted with light ripples
of applause but there was no appar
i"" desire on the part of their friends
to annoy the speaker.
The disorder grew so great at one
time, with the Dorsey men yelling
and most of the audience hissing
imom and crying aloud for order, that
Marion Smith, who Introduced Mr,
Pottle and acted as chairman, rose
innd male an appeal for order. Mr.
Pottle made a caustic remark to the
’dlnurbon. the words being lost In
the uproar. Quiet was soon restored
and the offenders gave little trouble
after that,
| One Rooter Removed.
- About the middie of the addvess
‘mo leader of the Dorsey rooters in
the balcony, apparently much the
worse for “blind tiger” booze, was re
moved, and that served to dampen
the ardor of the remaining handful
‘of rowdies considerably.
| Mr. Pottle began his address by
’d«hmu he had Noped to share the
sluge with one of his opponents.
t “It is not my fault I'm here by my
self” he sald. “I ilnvited this oppo
nent tp mest me here because | ex
pected to make & number of refer
ences to his record and prove them,
I'd rather do it to his face. But |
don't know where he 8"
Cheers greeted this reference to his
challenge to Dorsey and the latter's
refusal.
“I have my faulis, and so, | *pre
sume, has Mr. Dorsey.” declared the
speaker It was here the disturbance
in the balcony began. Mr. Pottle
paused, and ‘hisses from all over the
house directed at the hoodlums soon
Continued on Page 8, Column 1,
Communion
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Cup Banned as
(Germ Spreader
(By International News Service.)
EMPHIS, TENN, Aug. 11.
M Dr. J. L. Andrews, presi
dent of the Memphis Board
of Health, today issued an order
abolishing the old-fashioned
church communion cups. He said
s 0 many persons sipping from the
same cun was a spreader of dis
ease, especially typhoid fever.
Speeding Aut
Is Marri
ROME, Aug. 11.—A novel wedding
occurred here last night when Miss
Mildred Casteel and Roberts Middle
ton were married while riding in an
automobile. They had stopped at the
residence of Rev. G. 8. Frazier and
asked him to ride with them, without
elling him what they wanted
When a short distance from the
city he was told, and he performed
the ceremony while the autp was
speeding down the Alabama pike
The chauffeur acted as witness to the
marriage. After riding a short dis
tance, they raturned the Rev., Mr.
Frazier to his home, and life in the
automoblle for a short honeymoon
trip.
Mrs. Middieton is an attractive
young lady of Rome, and Middleton
is the son of a Rome business man,
who is a candidate for the State Sen
ate from the Ferty-second district,
President ‘Caned’
.
By Mrs, Springer
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Mrs 1
Springer, settiement worker. of At
lanta, today called at the White
House and presented President Wil.
son with a cane made by a convict
in the Atianta Federal Penitentiary
from a cow horn
Mrs. Springer said that the conviet
wished the cane wsent 1o Francis
Sayre, Jr., the President's grandson
Tom Felder Passes
Bad Night at Hospital
At St Joseph's Infirmary Friday
afternoon it was reported that the
condition of Thomas B Felder was
“practically unchanged
Mr. Pelder spent a very uncomfort «
able night, it was sald. and this fact,
taken with the lack of any improve.
ment, made up a condition that was
taken as rather unfavorable by Mr
Felders frends T
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U. S. Board Granted Until 10
oo’Clock A, M. Tomorrow to
Submit Last Proposal.,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Pres
ident Wilson and his Cabinet to- !
day informally discussed the
threatened strike of 400,000 rail- |
way employees. It was admit- ‘
ted that if the Federal Board of |
Mediation failed in its effort) to
have the railroads and employees
agree to arbitration that the
President would intervene.
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 11.--The crisis
in the threatened national strike of
400,000 railway employees will be
reached within 24 hours. The rail
way brotherhoods today gave the
Federal Board of Mediation and Con
ciliation until 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning to present its final proposi
tion for averting the strike.
~ The men's leaders set this limit aft
er a request’ from the board that it
be granted more time. The mediators
stated that they had not yet reached
a decision as to the proposals that
they should submit. The request for
delay was considered in executive
session for more than An hour by the
brotherhood chiefs and was finally
granted .
The brotherhood leaders are “hear
ing from home" today. They are re
ceiving numerous requests from the
rank and file not to “waste time” but
to press for immediate settlement.
Not to Wait Long.
Warren S. Stone, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
declared his belief today that Presi
dent Wilson would be unable to pre
vent a strike unless Congress pro
vided him with new legal machinery
to handie the controversy.
“We do not intend to walt very
long for tha mediators to settle the
controversy,” Stone added “The
temper of the men is such that they
would not have walited a minute if
we had not persuaded them to give
the mediators a chance The rail
roads asked for mediation to shift the
responsibility
Psrsonally, 1 do net care to carry
a strike vote around in my pocket for
two or three weeks. It is like carry
ing a stick of dynamite.”
“If the President called for arbi
ftration would the men change their
attitude at all?" Stone was asked
He shook his head quickly, and re
plied with an emphatic No!
No Indication of Break.
On both sides It wan admitted that
there were no indications of a break
ing of the deadlock The rallroads
have fNatly refused the men's demands
ind the men are opposed to arbitra
The rallroad presidents are Aeter
mined to stand out for arbitration to
the last. A high rallroad oMclal savs
F'he rallroad managers will insist
Upon arbitration in the « pen so that
the publ will know everything that
gOSR or The managers belleve, how
ever that the present arbitration
board of six members too small
It is feit that the committee ought to
consist of twelve or fourteen mem
ber with four representing the
roads, four the men and four or six
neutrals Fhis s too big a matter to
v ettind by the arbitrat n board as
t now stand in fact, ilt is the big
gest controversy that has ever arisen
n the history of rallroads The roads
will be willing to mediate a WARY
schedule it the avertime proposition
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Father Announces
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For Son's Office
WAYCROSE® Aug. 11.--W. M. W
en, former Clerk of Ware SBuperior
{‘esurt. ha snnounced a A candioate
for justice of the peace. which office
I* now Niled by hKis Bot Harry M
Wilson, who will retirs '
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New Gelatin
Howitzer Won
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City of Gorizia.
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(By International News Service.) !
OME, Aug. 11.—“The fall of§
R Gorizia was chiefly due to !
the terrific effects of a new §
weapon called the bombard,” ¢
writes the military expert of The (
Idea Naizonale. “The bombard re- |
sembles a large howitzer and ;
throws a heavy projectile charged |
with gelatin, but has a range of |
only about 400 feet. The differ- !
ence between ordinary artillery !
and the bombard lies in the pro- 2
jectile. The Italian shell immedi- -
ately imbeds itseif in the ground !
and explodes, excavating a large |
hole. The projectile thrown by the !
bombard explodes on the surface, ,
shattering entanglements and de- {
stroying fortifications over a large |
area. This new arm has proved {
invaluable against the Snbotinoi‘
and Lorinza fortifications.” ,
Atlanta Maj
in Clash With
U.S.Deputy
CAMP HARRIS, MACON, Aug. 11.—
If there is any iftimation bf pop-eyed
‘excitement In the term, Camp Harris is
‘all agog today over the run-in between
Major J. O. Seamons, of Atlanta, com
mander of the second squadron, and F.
L. Riley, a United States deputy mar
thal,
Major Seamons' statement was that
he was motoring with a party and the
deputy, by eccentric tactics in another
car, caused him (the Major) to choke
his unfortunate engine to death. Peeved
by this behavior, he was cranking his
car and commenting on Riley's driving
when a companion told him to *look
out.”
“I looked around,” sald the Major,
‘and this fellow was pointing a big gun
at me. A fellow-officer was passing
and 1 yelled to him. Riley turned to see
what was coming off, and I grabbed
him, took him away from his gun, and
escorted him to the guardhouse.”
Riley languished in the guardhouse a
couple of hours and then was released
through the efforts of Wallace Miller,
Federal District Attorney, after a round
of apologies,
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Awaits Death Chair;
Another Confesses
(By International News Service.)
LITTLE VALLEY, N. Y., Aug. 11.—
Sheriff Nichols, of Cattaragus County,
who is holding Irving King, alleged to
have confessed to the killing of
Charles B. Phelps and Margaret Wol
cott In March, 1915, and for which
crime Charles F. Stielow has narrow
ly ewcaped the death chair, said today
that King's confession had not been
nccepted King is being held on an
assault charge
It the authorities accept his confes
sion, the charge will be changed to
murder. If the confession is accepted,
Sticlow, who is in Bing Sing, will be
freed He has four times escaped
death by reprieves and stays
Danes Still Hostile
To Sale of Islands
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 11.-—Consid
eration of the treaty by whiech Den
mark intends to sell the West Indles
to the United States for $25.000,000
was continued in the Rigsdag today
There were hostile demonstrations,
and hostilities wers axpressed against
the treaty, but it was sald that the
treaty would be ratified without much
delay
Tax on War Profits
To Be Recommended
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON ,Aug 11-=The
Demoeratie members of the Senate
Finance Commities voted to recom
mend an amendment of the smer.
Rency rebenus bill to provide 4 10
| per cent tax on profits of a!l war mu
nitions
FIRSE
EDITION
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SALONIKI, Aug. 11.—The
Anglo-Freneh and Serbian forces
have oceupied Doiran station
and height No. 227, south of
Lake Doiran, according to the
following official statement
‘Qi\'on out by allied headquarters
today :
‘“After a hombardment yester
day the Allies occupied Doiran
station and height No. 227, south
of Lake Doiran. lln the fortified
work erowning this height the
bodies of many Bulgarians were
\fullntl. The battle continues
[ with vielent artillery aetion.
; Doiran station is on the Greek
i’f!‘mltivr.
’ —
i The battle at Boiran apparently
f"\.«llk\ the final step In the successive
[moves of the Allies to embattie the
| Central Powers from all sides with a
isirnulv:nmnm offensive It has been
! expected for some time that the drive
| from Saloniki would be started soon.
;'l";u force of British, French and
Serbilan armies at Saloniki is est|-
mated at 500,000 men ’
.
22,768 P
22, risoners
- Taken by Russians
I PETROGRAD, Aug. 11.—It was re
| ported here today that the Austro
! Hungarian base at Stanislau has been
'wnvtv:vu‘, by the Russians
I Official advices recelved early put
General Lechiteky's Russian army
!n-r\,'u two miles from the city
! Following the withdrawal of ths
| Austro-Hungarian army of Archduke
Karl from the Ummac-Ottynia line,
| the Russians began a severe bombard
ment of the main defenses of the city
!:w I advanced steadily In spite of the
| resistance of the Teutons.
(Stanislau les on the Byrstrzca
River and on the railway that runs
il the way across Galicla from Buko
wina in the south to Lemberg in the
noerth. It is about 30 miles north of
Kolomea and about 66 miles south of
Lemberg.)
Two bundred ard = Xty-eight Aus«
tro-German officers and 13.000 un
wounded men were captured by the
Russians in battles on the Sereth
River (Gallcia) between August 4 and
August the War Office announced
tod In addition 1,000 wounded
Austro-German prisoners were taken.
I'he ipture of prisoners at othes
points | the same period, making a
f 22,768, is announced
‘ Bothmer in Peril
Further peril has been added to the
¢ tior f General von Hothmer's
Ay the passage of the Zlota Lipa
| River by Russian troops
Fhese force thremtien to get in the
ren f Bothmer's forces and cut Bis
f munication. The detach
‘ s that are west of the river are
vdvancing In the direction of Halles
A iIK ere AS DeSn gETreat ar
tillery activity along the northern end
f the ne and some severe fighting in
Valhynia and Poland, the situation in
Gall ntinues to engage the bulk
of attent Fremendous efforts have
een made at mar points on the line
' e the Ru ans, but General
' Brusi s forces have continually
| smashe ) i ! and are stead.
| \ 1 At ng sgainst their oblec.
t ¢ A it their reguiarity of .
v th ’ E ma line
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|Austrian Losses at
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Gorizia 70,000 Men
! By CAMILLO CIANFARRA,
| Sta¥t Correspondent of International
Neows Servies,
‘ ROME. Aug. 11 Fhe 24 Aaye’ bat.
tle which resulted in the capture of