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ATLANTA, GA.-
Rear Guard Actions All Declared
to Have Resulted to Detri
ment of Teutons.
Continued from Page 1.
Itallans. It i# reported that the Aus
trians are preparing to evacuate
Trieste,
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Germans' Attacks
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On Somme Fail
By CHARLES F., BERTELLI,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
PARIS, Aug. li2-—Futlle attempts
were made by the Germans last night
to recapture from the French some of
the ground lost on the Somme front.
Not only were the counter attacks
of the Germans beat off, but the War
Office states that a ¥French reconnois
sance north of the Bomme River pen
erated the German position in Hem |
wood. ‘
North of Hem wood, the Germans,
after cannonading the French
trenches, delivered an assault, but it
was repulsed,
South of the river, the Germans at
tacked at Maisannette, but there also
they were unable to make headway
against the barroge fire of the French
artlllery and the gusts of lead from
the machine guns and rifles.
On the Verdun front, the commu
nique says, the French made some
progress and also repelled two Ger
man attacks. This fighting all took
place on the right bank of the Meuse.
The French advance was scored in
the secier of Thiaumont work,
At Fleury the Germans assaulted
the French lines, but were driven
back.
Fighting Continues
On Somme Front
By SYDNEY B. CAVE,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
LONDON, Aug. 12—Continuous
fighting is in progress in the district
north of Pozlieres, on the Somme
front, where the British are at grips
with the Germans,
The Germans assaulted the new
positions of the British In that re
gion last night, the War Office an
nounced today, but the attack was
repulsed.
Elsewhere, the official report stated,
the position on the British front is
unchanged,
For many days and nights there
has been great activity in the zone of
oparations flanking the Albert-Ba
paume highway, north of Pozleres.
The Germans, alarmed by the loss of
trenches on the 160-yard high ridge,
have been making desperate counter
Attacks, but these have all proved
fallures. Not only were they repulsed,
but the British have advanced thelr
Hines still farther, principally by the
use of bombs.
.
Washington Co. to
Beautify Dixxie 'Way
SANDERSVILLE, Aug. 12.—The
Chamber of Commercs has begun the
organization of the Dixle highway
Agricultural club of Washington
County. The mnembers of the eclub
will be those farmers owning farms
along the Dixie highway in Wash
ington County, and the work of the
club will be the Intensive cultivation
of the two-acre frontage along each
side of the road throughout the
county.
These two acres on either side of
th® road are to be scientifically cul
tivated at whatever expense is neces-
Sary to make agricultural results
along the highway the finest possible,
In reality, these intensive stretches
would be a series of little experi
mental farms, stressing diversifica
tion, *the raising as alfalfa, burr and
crimson clover, and other such crops.
Secretary Shipp, of the Sanders
ville chamber, stated today that a
move was on foot to eatablish a Dixle
highway agricultural club of Qeorgia,
and that finally there would probably
be organized the Dixie highway agri
cultural club of Dixie.
.
Action on Asylum
On motion of Senator D. C. Plek-
L, the Senate Friday afterncon de.
ferred action on the proposed $200,000
priation for the State Sanita
=mn at Imudawmo, the idea being
10 walt until after the request for an
investigation of the institution is act
o4 on.
The appropriation again will come
up Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
‘l&m will be considerable opposition
to It from persons who are demanding
& probe of the sanitarium.
Theft of Seized }
. :
Liquors Charged
o <
Tom Martin, negro, was discovered
Saturday by Policeman Payne carry
-3-;1 & covered basket containing 1 3
half pints of alieged lquor of the pop
sholl variety. He was within a half
block of the police #tation. 1
At the station an investigation
showed the bottios appeared familiar |
And It whe discoversd the storeroom
had been entered and a considerable
lot of confiscated Hguor stolen, |
The “blind tiger” charge ngalnst
Martin was changed te burglary. |
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DEATHS AND FUNERALS. {
“mhnh.anoflv“influomvf
the unexpected death Wednesday u{
the home of his parents, In Eaton
ton, of Henry lLawrence leonard
Eatonton Mayor, and brother of
Mrs. Bugens Hoseman, of Atlanta
The funera! was held Friday, and
the h!‘?-nml was h&n the Plae
Grove .&t Entonton
The funeral of Q.a, Mae Smith, 10,
mifl of 1:34“‘& lr't‘. Mh?”:
was turday
hapel, ‘!:‘thg. 0 N
was in Greenwood
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DALTON, Aug. 12.—For downright
novelty, the North Georgia bootleg
ger is fast establishing a reputations
; First a Dalton tiger was caught ped
dling his wares in the Courthouse
here while court was in session: but
he was on the ground floor of the
building. 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.
Beveral years ago, eight barrels of
whisky, consigned to some “cludb,”
| reached Ringgold. Judge Fite Jearned
of the shipment and had it seized. It
was placed at the jail for safekeeping.
At Superior Court in Ringgold this
week, Porter Pankey was arraigned
for: bootlegging, it being alleged that
while serving a jall sentence im
posed by the Government after he was
convicted of operating an {llicit dis
tillery, he had sold whisky. Pankey,
as is the custom with Government
prisoners, had the run of the Jjail
yard. As he had sold the same brand
of whisky as that confiscated from
the “club,” an investigation was made
and it was found that of the eight
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. “
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| omicano a: 12 Following are re
:m ' for . 3
Letters and Telegrams Reciting
Charges of Discrimination
Reach White House.
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff éorrespondont of International
News Service.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—The de
mand that the President be given au
thority to retaliate against foreign
countries which discriminate against
American goods and merchants re
celved renewed impetus today.
Letters and telegrams reciting vari
ous alleged discriminations reached
the White House and State Depart
ment simultaneously with the i.ondon
announcement by Lord Robert Cecil
that the Anglo-French blackligt and
boycott i 8 to be continued. As a re
sult, congressional leaders were care
fully watcihng developments, ‘
The suggestion already has been
made that a resolution giving the
President authority to retaliate be at
tached as a rider to one of the ap
propriation bills, and the party leaders
are carefully looking up precedents to
determine whether such a plan is
feasible, Definite action, however,
will be deferred until all available
information can be compiled by the
State Department and referred to
Congress.
The fixing of max!mum prices for
commodities in general use i{s to be
a general measure of several of the
principal European nations to en
deavor to crowd American-made prod
ucts out of many markets, according
to Information supplied the Depart
ment of Commerce by its commercial
agents abroad, it was learned today.
Whether the step is being taken by
each country because of domestic con
ditions or whether it has been
prompted by Great Britain has not
yet definitely been ascertained.
~ “We suspect that the whole thing is
rart of England’s trade-grabbing pol
cy, and that she has induced her al-
Hes to co-operate with her,” said one
official of the department today, in
announcing the existence of this new
situation. “The motive apparently is
to prevent the United States from be
coming too powerful in the European
market.” . .
The effect of maximum price fixing
is described by the department as fol
lows:
A European Government determines
what is a fair price for a commodity
made at home. It decrees that no
one shall charge more. American
goods must pay freight charges and
import duties and selling license taxes
in many of the countries. These
charges necessitate a higher sale price
it profit is to be made. Thus the
maximum price orders in many cases
will have the effect of preventing
American goods from coming in.
The European governments are
making economic surveys of thelr in
dustries with & view to extending the
maximum price-fixing system, accord
ing to the department's advices.
Autoist Camps on
s
Car Tracks; Pinched ‘
At the police court matinee Satur
day afternoon W, H. Mills, No. 135
Bpring street, will be given the privi
lege of the floor to explain why he
stopped his motor car on the Augusta
avinue street car tracks, near Cher~
okee avenue, and declined for 19 long
1lll|lu!fl.hof 60 seconds each, to move
out of the way and cease gumming
the wheels of progress.
This was done, it is charged, Fri
day night, to the serious detriment
of the street car service on that line
and the.temper and disposition of
street car employees and passengers.
It also is reported that a motorman
who argued with Mills received a poke
on the nose for his pains
In the Mills car was C. P. Wehb,
No. 291 Pulliam street, who also was
charged with disorderly conduct,
.
Sale of Four Family
Tombstones Enjoined
ROME, GA., Aug. 12 —~Mrs. Dollle
Wells, has petitioned Judge Moses
Wrt?:t for an injunction to prevent
Ballifr V. H. Gaddis from selling, un
der instructions from Justice J. A.
Woodall, four tombstones now over
the ‘lnm of her husband and three
children, under a judgment for $25.
The tombstones are in Fellowship
Cemetery, two miles from Rome, and
Mrs. Wells alleges that to remove
and sell them will be a desecration.
The balliff's sale was to have taken
place Friday, but Judge Wright has
granted a temporary injunction, es.
fective immediately, and has set the
hearing of the case for September 20.
.
Boy and Girl Drown
In Death Embrace
(8 International News Service.)
ANVILLE, ILL., Aug 12 Clasped
in each other's armsa, the bodies of
Clarence C. Martens, 19, of Gary, Ind.,
and Miss Stella Berry, 11, were taken
cm; from 14 feet of water in front of
the Y. M. C. A camp. Neither could
swim, and, with Wilbur Hyatt and
Esther Berry, were thrown from a
canoe In a sudden squall last night
Near-by canoelsts rescued Hyatt and
Esther Berry
State Asylum Probe
.
Bill Set for Monday
The resclution for the Investigation
of the State Sanitarium at Milledge
ville has been set as & special order
In the Senate Monday morning. on
motion of Senator Boykin, of the Sev.
enteenth.
This is taken to Indicate some defl
nite action at this session on the re
quest for the investigation.
Decatur Shrine Club
Meets; 13 Present
Thirteen members of the Decatur
Ehrine Club held thelr third mesting
Friday night at the home of R
All the are of
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Mr. Opper’s cartoons appear in film in animated form, issued by International Film Service, and are shown at all leading Theatres.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 12--Announce
ment that the Federal authorities
bave an investigation under way to
determine if there has been manipu
lation In the recent skyrocket ad
vance in the price of wheat has re
vealed the fact that agents for the
Department of Justice for some time
have besn checking up the wheat In
storage in the Northwest,
Men sent out by Hinton G. Cla
baugh, chief investigator for the De
partment of Justice here, a week be
fore the bullish Goverfiment crop re
port was made public, found there
will be 654,000,000 bushels of wheat
from this year's crop. Of the 1915
| crop millers and dealers held out
| 160,000,00 C bushels. The annual home
consumption is about 620,000 000
lbuuhe!m Approximately 200,000,000
busheis can be exported without en
dangering the home supply, according
to these investigators
United States District Attorney
Clyne, who is conducting the investi
gation, also is looking into the flour
situation and a reported plan here to
Increase bread prices. Master bakers
declare the nickel loaf is a thing of
the past—that it costs just as much
to wrap and handle S-cent as 10. cent
loaves, and they expeet to make thelr
profit In the future on the larger loaf,
Noted Surgeon Dies
+ (By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Aug. 12 —Funeral ar
.n\ngnm-m» for Dr. John B. Murphy,
noted surgeon, who died yesterday at
, Mackinae Island, were being made to
iday asx the funeral party was wpyoed .
ling toward Chicago from the Michi
Kan resort. It is probable that serv.
ices will be held in Holy Name Ca
thedral. and that Archbishop Munde
lein will ofMecinte. Mrs Murphy was
the only member of the family with
the surgeon when he succumbed to a
heart attack, brought on by a long,
busy life of hard work and the recent
hot wave, Announcement of his death
Was & shock to (Chicago, g well as to
the medical world, as he was known
wherever advances In surgery are
known
Dr. Murphy was 58 years old. Mo
was sducated in Chicago and Oer.
many, was president of the Medjca!
Association iln 1913, and was recipient
of the order of the Knighthood of 8¢
Gregory from Pope Henedict this
Year.
Boy in Tree Swin
Killed by Lightnging
(By Inmternstional News Servige)
_EVANSVILLE IND, Aug. I%+
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He Should Have Given Shorty
One or Two Rehearsals.
—.Copyright, 19168, International News Service._____
Forced Night Marches ‘
By Italians Proved the
Undoing of Austrians!
By LORD NORTHCLIFFE. |
Special War Dispateh to The Geor
| gian and Lovdon 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
“Gorizla, Austria.” Today, theugh
Austrian shrapnel is still burst
ing over the town, Gorizia is
firmly Itallan. The Itallan flag
flutters from the windows of
beautiful villas, and the inhabi
tants wave friendly signals to the
gray-ciad infantry who are
sweeping through 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 which the Aus
trians, after their bitter expe
rience in the last few days, know
how to dread.
"‘l"h.o’ good folk of 0::‘!’:& w‘eu
ucking up courage coming
out of their cellars as we mg:
OUr way td present our res
to the genera! commanding the
victorious troops,
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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,
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 bombarament. 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 sald:
“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 preciuded a
positive reply, his gesture re-
Nealed great hopefulness.
As we prepared to leave the
city, for the capture of which all
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Italy is beflagged, we were de
tained 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 thehßrm-h am
bulance across the damaged
Isonzo bridge.
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Extorted Vast Sums From Fag).
ionable Seashore Visitors,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12§
bandits, in organized gangs '\,f.t'
again are plying their traq. ';”mn
the wealthy patrons of Atlantic ,:‘
Cape May, Bar _Harbor ang ,glf
fashionable coast resorts, have o
acted vast sums of money from yir
tims in blackmailing holdups, accors
ing to Information reaching the De
partment of Justice today.
Attorney General Gregory {mme
diately ordered diverted the actiyi
of his secret service men from o,
channels to “hot trails” to appreheng
at least a dozen suspects, who hy
wrung thousands of dollars from ¢y
victimized. :
Among the numerous cases whie
have been brought to the attentio
of the department in the lagt »
hours is that of & prominent society
woman whose fortune of SIO,OOO paj;
tribute to the silence of olighe
gangsters. At the Department of Jys.
tice a discreet reticence is maintainag
as to the principals In the numeroy
cases, and names Were not divulged
The official records, however, it id
admitted, disclose that the gay sum.
mer season has been a most disas.
trous one for more than a full scop
—officlally reported cases—of lightl
hearted pleasure seekers. Hundred
of other cases, the department sys.
pects, never will be reported, and |
is even doubtful that the Govern.
ment could obtain evidence in thy
cases now reported in which individ.
uals would rather suffer the losg of
“hush money” than the unpleasan
notoriety that an admission of ths
facts might create.
The department today announced
that it had obtained the earncst co
operation of the local police author
ties at the seaside resorts in thees
fort to break up the suspected i
gangs, and, with evidence in h
numerous arrests are expected
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Border Troops ‘O. K
Reports of Bliss
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 M
General Tasker H. Bliss, ass {
chief of staff of the army, has
ported to the War Department ¢
he had conrpleted his inspect
militia and regular army troogs
border and in Mexico, and had f
conditions excellent, He left S
tonio, Texas, today to return to
ington.
The only busi
nessthat“runs
itself” is the
business that’s
running down
hill.
Gray or Ivory
Boots
vie $4.85