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GIRARD °‘CLEANS HOUSE’ AT THE CITY HALL
COLUMBUS, Aug. 12.—Acting upon
he suggestion of Attorney General
fartin, of Alabama, and his assist
its, that it mighy be wise for all the
ity officials of Girard, Ala., except
he city clerk and the city treasurer,
0 resign, & mass meeting of the citi- !
ens of the city was held last night
nd new officers to fill their places
rere selected as follows:
Mayor, Wilson Whitaker; Alder
ind Ward, John Seigler; Third Ward,
len: First Ward, L. A. Wells; Sec-
Ibert Forbes: Fourth Ward, West
‘ourson; Fifth Ward, F. M. Harri
n.
The Attorney General and his as
istants recommended other names
or Aldermen in the Second, Third and
ourth Wards, but the mass meeting
belleved that the selections as made
rould be satisfactory.
It is understood that the entire City
ouncil will meet early next week
nd resign and that the new ticket
il be installed In office If indorsed
¥ the Attorney General
Tuesday night is the time for the
next regular meeting, and it is un
derstood that the State officials will
not grant them longer than Wednes
€ay night to make this step
Chief of Police Oates, of Girard, has
been arrested and placed In jall at
Beale on a charge of graft, while
Mayor Morgan is not in the city, It
®ing understood that he is In Sa-
Lnauh.
uto Crash Hurls
Coffin From Hearse
(By International News Service.) ‘
NEW ALBANY, IND, Aug. 10—
The glass sides of a hearse bearing
the body of Mrs. Nellle Burton were
smashed and the coMn was spilied In
the street when an automobile driven
by A. J. Rathff colllded with the
i' \rse At the head of the procession
‘e body remained in the cofMr
Ratliff was arrested and charged
With viclating the motor speed law.
Ca Not Jailed
rranza Not Jailed,
Ambassador Asserts
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—Ambas
"‘""' Designate Arretondo, of Mex
"‘ today received an oficial denial
-_7"- Mexivo City of the report from
“ Paso (hat First Chief Carranza
Ya ' been imprisoned in his capital
b " report s entirely untrue, as
" beliaved from the first,” the Mex
¥an Embassy official sald
Japanese Steamer
Sent to Bottom
‘a- International News Service.)
'1: DON, Aug. 12.<Lloyds reports
o of the Japanese steamer
F amel Mara, 2.380 tons. The steam
WAS bullt in 1889, One of its recent
S from New York to Visa,
Forced Night Marches
By Italians Proved the
Undoing of Austrians
By LORD NORTHCLIFFE.
Special War Dispatch to The Geor
gian and Lordon Times.
, GORIZIA, Aug. 11.—This after
noon I had an excellent Austrian
" meal in a case in Gorizia.
As recently as Tuesday this
dispatch would have been dated
*Gorizia, Austria.” Today, though
Austrian shrapnel is still burst
ing over the town, Gorizia is
firmly Italian. The Italian flag
flutters from the windows of
beautiful villas, and the inhabi
tants wave friendly signals to the
gray-clad infantry who are
sweeping througl the city on
- their way to the conquest of the
Carso. Cavalry are already tak
ing part in the pursuit, expectant
of great things in the near future.
With -the cavalry are the ar
mored motor cars ;mh the Aus
trians, after their | bitter expe
rience in the last fdw days, know
how to dread.
The good folk of Gorizla were
plucking up courage and coming
out of their cellars as we made
our way to present our respects
to the general commanding the
victorious troops.
The remarkable strategy by
which Cadorna deluded the Aus
trians into believing he was about
to attack in the Trentino, hun
dreds of miles to the west, is
probably now well known, and
how he moved, night after night,
. 1
Autopsy Report in
\
Drs. John Funke and W. L. Cous
sins did not complete their report on
the results of the autopsy on the body
of John Wurm,. slain timekeeper at
the Atlantic Steel plant, in time for
submission to Solicitor Eb T. Wil
llams Friday, but the Solicitor ex
pected it Saturday.
OfMeclals anxiously awaited the re
port, as it will settlie the question that
has been raised as to whether young
Wurm was drugged before he was
thrown into the Chattahouchee River,
Should traces of polson be found, of
ficers felt that they would have a
new line on which to work, all pre
vious theories and clews having been
exhausted without results,
Thomas B. Felder
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- Is “"Much Better
Thomas B, Felder was reported
“much better” at St. Jos ph's Infirma
ry Saturday. |
He had spent a restful night, It was
sald.
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several army corps to the ap
pointed spot, getting the last
battery into position half an hour
before the moment fixed for the
moment of the bombardment. No
better general for the final blow
on Gorizia could have been se
lected. I offered him my congrat
ulations in the name of the Al
lies, and, though worn out by con
tinuous fighting since Sunday
last, unshaven and without
sleep, he was prompt and alert.
He said:
“I hope to do better. Our front
line is now several miles beyond
Gorizia, and the cavalry is getting
to work.”
I asked him whether the ene
my has another strong line this
side of Trieste, and, though his
military prudence precluded a
positive reply, his gesture re
vealed great hopefulness.
As we prepared to leave the
city, for the capture of which all
Italy is beflagged, we were de
taiged for some time by acute
shelling of the Isonzo bridge—the
last desperate attempt of the re
treating Austrians.
Among the first visitors in Go
rizia was George Macauley Tre
velyan, in charge of the British
Red Cross Service. His chief anx
fety was to ascertain whether he
was able to get the British am
bulance across the damaged
Isonzo bridge.
Tiger in Prison
Sells Li
DALTON, Aug. 12.—For downright
novelty, the North Georgia bootleg
ger is fast establishing a reputatiore
First a Dalton tiger was caught ped
dling his wares in the Courthoun;
hece while court was in session; but
he was on the ground floor of the‘
bullding. Then a Rome bootlegger
was caught selling whisky in the
courtroom. Now comes one who has
gone a step further at Ringgold, In
Catoosa County.
Several years ago, elght barrels of
whisky, consigned to some "rluh."!
reached Ringgold. Judge Fite learned
of the shipment and had it seized. It
was placed at the jall for safekeeping.
At Superior Court In Ringgold this
week, Porter Pankey was arralgned
for bootlegging, It being alleged that
while serving a jall ‘sentence im
posed by the Government after he was
convicted of operating an illicit dis
tillery, he had sold whisky. Pankey,
Ax is the custom with Covernment
prisoners, had the run of the jall
yard, As he had sold the saem brand
of whisky as that confiscated from
the “club,” an investigation was made
and It was found that of the ollhl‘
barrels, only one and a half remained.
It was brought into the evidence that
he had sold the whisky that the courts
had confiscated, and he was con
victed
.
Boy and Girl Drown
In Death Embrace
(By International News Service.)
DANVILLE, ILL. Aug. 12.~Clasped
in each other's arma, the bodies of
Clarence C. Marteng, 19, of Gary, Ind.,
and Miss Stella Herry, 21, were taken
today from 14 feet of water in front of
the | M. C. A camp, Neither could
switn, and, with Wilbur Hyatt and
Esther Berry, were thrown from »
canoe in & sudden squall last night.
Near-by canoeists rescued Myatt and
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1916.
\
Alleged Combination Against the
Johnson-Gewinner Company
To Be Probed at Once.
Atlanta motorists Saturday saw
cheaper gasoline in the near future,
they believed, as the result of the
fight of the Johnson-Gewinner Com
pany to break up the alleged combina
tion of oil corporations which control
the local market and have kept gas
oline 2 cents or more above the price,
obtaining in near-by cities,
Word came from Washington that
the Federal Trade Commission, which
has been conducting an investigation
of gasoline marketing for several
months, had decided to take up the
Atlanta situation at once, without
waiting until the close of the board's
summer vacation, and would send an
expert and an attorney to Atlanta at
once.
William J. Harrls, member of the
Trade Commission, said several days
ago the gasoline probe had been com
pleted and the report of the commis
sion was ready to be sent to the Pub
e Printer, but he would not divulge
its contents in advance of publication.
The Atlanta situation, it is sald, may
cause a reopening of the investigation,
as it is reported to be the only cnsal
where positive charges of collusion are |
made,
In the meantime the Johnson-Ge
winner Company has been unable to
obtain any gasoline in the Atl.mu‘
market, though offering cash. And
consumers were still paying 25 cemu‘
a gallon, with Chattanooga paying 20
cents. ‘
“My attorney tells me I have ;rmmd}
for suits against the three 01l cnmpn-‘
nies here,” sald Mr., Gewinner. “But
he thinks {t better to let the Tr-do‘
Commission handle the case, as It
would have more far-reachinf effect.
I am ready to furnish the evidence'
to the Investigators. |
“We have been unable to get any
gasoline for two days. The Standard
offered me gasoline at 25 cents, the re
tal] price, which is 2 cents above what
other retallers are charged. We de.
clined, of course. The Gulf Refining
Company says it does not eare to open
any new accounts. The Texas Com
pany, my regular dealer, does not d4i
rectly decline to sell me, but has one
pretext or another for fallure to make
deliveries. Anyway, we haven't any
gasoline.”
State Senator John D. Walker was
prepared SAturday to offer a resolu
tion, which he expected both houses
to adopt, urging the Federal Trade
Commission to go to the bottom of the
Atianta gasoline situation,
Rev. Hugh Bernard,
.
Or Athens, Dies Here
The Rev. Hugh Robertson Bernard,
75, of Athens, auditor of the Baptist
Htate Mission Doard and for 40 years
a minister, died Baturday at the
Georgia Baptist Hospital after an 11
ness of & month. The body was re.
moved to Greenberg & Dond's and
will be sent Sunday morning at 7
o'clock 1o Athens, where the funeral
will be held from the First Baptist
Church, with Interment In Ocones
Cemetery
- Dr. Bernard's wife died three weeks
Ao In Athens and for a time the
news of her death was kept from
him. He is survived by two sons, O
T. Bernard, of Augusta, and Hugh R
Bernard, of Athens. a daughter, Miss
iAnmo Bernard, of Athens, and two
Sisters, Mra. lone Burbank, of Okla
hama, and Mrs. Harvey Stesls, of
Galveston, Texas
GAI Hl & Pl GUI
More Than 100 Walk Out, Charg
ing Workers Were Dismissed
Because of “Disloyalty.”
One hundred and twenty-filve em
ployees of the line department of the
Georgia Railway and Power Company
in Atlanta went on strike Satur
day morning on the proposition
that the company was trying to
prevent them from organizing a
union, and that a number of em-‘
ployees had been discharged for dls
loyalty. ‘
John J. Purcell, general organizer
and representative of the Internation
al Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers, was in Atlanta investigating the
matter, He conferred with Preston
Arkwright, president of the company.
Saturday.
“Mr. Arkwright states the men were(
laid off for lack of work.,” sald Mr.!
Purcell, “The company refused to re
instate them.”
At the offices of the company Sat
urday morning a deep air of mystery
was maintained, with an appearance
of utter concern. The line depart
ment sald simply, “We can’'t say
anything about it.” W. H. Glenn
sald he knew no more of the matter
than he had seen in the morning pa
per. Mr. Arkwright was in a con
ference with other officlals and could
not be seen.
British Firms to
.
Buy in Canada
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 12.—The Canadian
Trade Commission which has been
conducting a campaifn in the interest |
of Canadian business, has carried nutl
fts mission most successfully. ‘
It was announced today that 1,700
forms have been filled in by British
manufacturers and merchants who
pledged themselves to purchase from
and sell to Canadian houses the goods
which were formerly purchased from
and sold to enemy countries. |
Segregation Ruling
.
Again Is Repeated
For the gecond time within a month,
Police Cqurt Saturday was restrained
by & temporary injunction from Su
perior Court from trying a segregation
case under the new city ordinance
The action was brought In bhehalf of
three negroes, Beuna, Addle and Lella
Wilkes, against whom the police had
made a case for failure to move from
No. 533 West Hunter street
Judge John T. Pendieton signed an
order temporarily halting the trial of
the negroes. The question of a per
manent Injunction was expected to be
decided noxt week
U. 8. Ambassador to
\ .
France Coming Home
(By International News Service.)
ELYRIA, OHIO, Aug. 12 ~Ambas
sador to France Willlam . Sharp
‘lln arrive in New York August 21
for & two monthe' stay In the United
Niates, most of which will be spent
&t his home in this £ity, recuperating
from o recent severe (liness which han
ln vered a period of Three montha
This hecame known today when
Mrs Hharp received a cablegram from
fer husband saying he would saill
from Hordeaux on the steamer La.
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St l . Fll S .
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 12.—The supreme effort of the Allies to tighten the
circle of steel which has been forged around the armies ot the
central powers and those of thelr allies 1s now In full swing for the first
time since the war began two years ago.
With the opening of the drive against the Bulgarians in Macedonia
the Allies are now upon the offensive in the five theaters of war. From
every front steady progress is reported for the armies of England, France,
Russia and Italy.
Fighting is In progress over battle llnes nearly 3,000 miles in length.
Beo- R - - e
Russians Rolling Forward.
In the eastern theaters the Russians
are rolling forward in Galicia, crush
ing out Austro-German resistance
wherever it is attempted. Following
the fall of Sanislau, the Russians are
again driving northward in the direc
tion of Lemberg, and it is believed
the important fortified. Galiclan city
of Halicz has either been captured by
Russians or is on the point of falling
into their hands,
In the western theater of war the
Anglo-French armies are carrying out
4 methodical advance on the Somme
front, while at Verdun the French
have launched counter attacks which
are winning back, plece by plece, the
ground lost to the Germans In their
furious drive that was begun on Feb
ruary 20 last.
Decisive blows are being struck by
the Itallans, who, having advanced
more than ten miiles from Gorlizia, are
driving In the direction of Trieste. A
report from Rome states that the fall
of Tolmino is Imminent. With the
capture of this fortified position by
the Italians, the Austro-uuncuuul‘l
Auto,in St
uto,wn dtorm,
Kills School
Miss Katherine Roseborough, 32, »
school teacher of Chester, 8. C., dled
about midnight Fidnight at the Grady
Hospital from Injuries received at §
o'clock, when she was run down by a
Motor car on Edgewood avenue, near the
Hurt Bullding
Deweay Knight, who was driving the
CAr, was put under a SSOO bond pending
& hearing August 16. He is & son of
Representative J. P Knight, of Berrien
County. No one was with him in the
car when the accident occurred, and his
statement 1o the police was that he was
driving slowly through the sudden hard
rain that had Just set in, when Miss
Roseborough had walked quickly from
bahind another car In an effort to cross
the strest
“I didn’t see her In time to do any
thing at all,” Ke sald.
| Miss Roseborough s survived by her
mother and two brothers. The body 'ul
taken to the M. M. Patterson & Son un
dertaking rooms, 1o be taken at 3 o'cloek
\Fflurvj‘y afternoon te Chaster l
Negro, 10, Stages
Bold Bank Robbery
l DALTON, Aug. 12.—A diminutive
‘mcrn, A& son of Scott MeDade, pulled
ot A spectacuiar bank robbery here
lr‘rm.y afternoon and was caught after
ion exciting chase
The negro entered the First Nation-
Al Bank, reached throygh the grating
at the teller's window and snatched a
handful of bills. As he dashed out of
the door, chase was given. He came
Bear making a clean getaway, but was
finally caught, and the money was re
covered
The boy In probably the youngest
bank robber in the game, being about
10 yoars of age
AFTERNOON
EDITION
oy W s, .
line on the Isonzo will have been -m-l
tered entirely.
Allies Strike in Balkans.
In the Balkans the Allies have final
ly struck and advices from Athens
and Balontki indicate that the engage
ment is extending over a broad front
with the Bulgarian positions under
artillery fire and the pressure of in
fantry attacks,
Approximately three-quarters of a
‘million men under General Sarrall are
attacking the Bulgarians.
The capture of.Dofran Station and
Hill No. 227 places the Allies in a po
sition to menace Doiran proper, which
is held by the Bulgarians, and the
capture of this city would open the
way for a flank attack upon the Bul
g3r and Teuton troops on the Saloniki
Rallway at Glevgell. .
At the Turkish theater of war the
Russians are keeping up a steady
series of attacks, although the Turks
have lately been able to win some
ground d force a retirement of the
Ruulln.“om in Persia. In Armenia
the Russians are continuing their ad
vance, meanwhile beating off strong
counter assaults,
Kaiser Calls
Miners t
“r Lo
By LEONARD SPRAY,
Special War Dispateh to The Geor
glan and London Duiy Telegraph.
ROTTERDAM (via London), Auk.
12.~Germany s calling to arms min
ers and surface workers, as well as
others, connected with the Westpha
lan collleries. Within certaln ages
thess men until recently were ex
empted from military service, so they
might continue In thelr work, which
is of vital Importance to thelr coun
try. Now 180,000 men already are In
the military depots. Their places have
been filled by prisoners of war, dia
abled soldiers and women.
Pressure is being exerted upon
youths of 18 to volunteer Thesa
boys belong to the 1918 class, which
is not yet embodied in the army,
Probably no one outside the Ger
man general staff has absolute know!.
edge as to what are the present re
servea or the extent of the man power
‘which ean be drawn on in the future.
’Il is safe to assume that Germany
has great sources of men, despite the
many Indications to the contrary
l There in reason to belleve that the
general staff by thess means s seek
ing to disguise the avallable extent
of the remaining man power.
.
Portugal to Give
. .
England Seized Ships
I (By International News Servics.)
LONDON, Aug. 11.<A Lisbon dis
pateh to the Central News states that
£1 German ships recently selzed by
Portugal will be turned over to the
English Government for its use,
(By Internaticnal News Service.)
| PE’I‘R()GR.AP. Aug. 12.—Dis
patches from the Galician front to
the Petrograd newspapers describe
the defeat of the Austriané in ths
Stanislau region as a rout. They state
the entire right wing of the enemy
was thrown Into confusion by iha
rapld advance of the Russlans, and
that great numbers surrendered.
A thrilling race is now in progress
southeast of LLemberg. The shattered
Austrians are trying to withdraw to
positions prepared In anticipation of
the forced abandonment of Stanis
lau. The Russlans are close on their
heels in continual contact with the
retreating army's rear guards, while
farther to the north a great mass of
cavalry is driving at every weak spot
that can be found In the enemy's
lines.
The Austro-German forces are
striving to save Hallcz, but the Rus
slan reports agree that the capture
of this city is Imminent,
That the Teutons will be unable to
ke.) Lemberg out of Russian hands
for more than a month is the univer
sal belief 1n Petrograd Some ex
perts even predict that the Galician
capital will fall within two weeks.
Victorious Advance
.
Of Italians Pressed
By CAMILLO CIANFARRA,
Staff éorrupondom of International
News Service.
ROME, Aug. 12.-—-A great battle
has developed around Tolmino (Tol
mein), and the capture of the ecity
by the Italians is believed to be im
minent.
(Tolmino was one of the chief posi
sitions of the Austro-Hungarians on
the lsonzo front. The city, which
was strongly fortified by the Teutons,
lles nearly twenty miles north of
Gorizia on the Isonzo River, It Is on
a raliroad and important highways
converge there. Ranges of hills to
the north and south of the city dom
inating the river gave the Austro-
Hungarians natural defensive works.)
Whille the right wing of the Italian
armies operating onm the Isonzo front
has been occupying the Doberneo
Plateau and driving the Austro-Hun
garians from their positions on that
high ground, the left wing has beer
advanced victoriously against for
midable positions between Caporetts
and Selo, which lle north and southk
of Tolmmo, respectively,
While the third Italian army unde:
the Duke of Aosta is pushing on to
Gorizia, the Austro-Hungarians are
trying to reform their ranks. The
rear-guard actions that have been
precipitated by the Teutons have all
resulted in favor of the victorious
Hallans., 1t Is reported that the Aus
irians are preparing o evacuale
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Germans' Attacks
On Somme Fail
By CHARLES F, BERTELLI,
Sta¥ Correspondent of International
News Service.
PARIN, Aug. li-Futlle attempts
were made by the Germans last night
to recapture from the French some of
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