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3 CENTS
EVERYWHERE
PAY NO MORE
ALLIES TIGHTEN CIRCLE AROUND FOE
WILSON ENTERS RAIL WAR
CAPITAL REMOVAL AND RECALL DIE
Chief Executive Invites Leaders
of Both Sides to White House
Conference.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—Presi
dent Wilson this afternoon over long
distance telephone, received a report
from the Federal Board of Medlationl
and Conciliation on the situation in
tiie threntened railroad strike.
The President then through the
mediation board sent a message to
representatives of both the employees
and the railroads that he wanted to
talk the situation over with them per
sonally before any definite action had
been taken. He also said he wanted
the members of the mediation board
to come to the White House for nl
conference, .
White House officials this afternoon
expected that the President would
arrange to see representatives of the
employees Monday morning and rep
resentatives of the rallroads Mon
day afternoon,
Arbitration Splits
Ranks of Delegates
{By International News B§-viec.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—At a meet
ing today of delegates reprnenting‘
the four organizations of rallroad em- \
ployees it was decided to hold an
other conference tomorrow morning
with the Federal Board of Mediation
and Concillation in a final effort to
establish a basis of gettlement and
avert a strike.
After the meeting A. B. Garretson,
head of the Order of Railway Con
ductors, gave out this statement:
“The Board of Mediation told us
their efforts to bring about a settle
ment by mediation had falled.
Would Not Answer.
“We were asked if we would arbi
trate and we did not answer.
“We ghall meet with the Federal
board tomorrow morning, when we
shall give our answer probably.
“It is now for the board, acting un
der the Newlands act, to bring about
& settlement by arbitration.”
Two meetings were held during the
morning. The fAirst was a joint ses
sion between the mediation board
And representative of the “Big Four™
At that meeting the mediators an
nounced they were unable to medi
ate the troubles and presented a pro
posal for arbitration.
The rallroad men then met by
themselves to consider this propo
sition., While the meeting was In
progress, one of the delegates left
the hall and upon being asked what
had been done, he replied:
Wanted Wilson to Act.
“The men have decided to reject ar.
bitration. They are going before
President Wilson voluntarily to lay
their gide of the dispute before him."
When the meeting broke up, Mr
Garretson was told one of the dele-
Fates had announced the men were
koing to reject arbitration, and he
replied ;
‘That Is wrong. We are going to
meet the mediators again.”
There were indications that a sac-
Hon of the delegates made a strong
fzht in favor of the rejection of arbi
tration, but that the faction favor-
N “peace” prevalled In favor of
further efforts in this eity before car-
Ying the matter to Washington,
“Arbitration er Fight"
“It's arbitration or a fight to a fin
fah!™
This assertion was made today by
& Trepresentative of the raliroad man-
Agers while the Federal mediators
Were in conference with the brother-
Bood leaders in a final effort to pre
m——
~ Continued on Pag 2, Column 8,
|F Ider Still I
in a Critical
Conditi
The condition of Thomas B. Fel
der, stabbed in an affray at the Kim
ba)Jl House a week ago Thursday
night, Saturday still was considered
critical, although it was said at St.
Joseph's Infirmary that he had had
a good night and was “much better.”
This was meant that he showed im
provement over Thursday when his
condition was declared quite critical.
Wednesday night and Thursday Mr.
Felder had considerable temperature.
Saturday morning it had dropped some
being around 100, or just a few de
grees above normal. However, it is
understood, he will not be out of dan
ger for a week or ten days yet.
~ Mrs. Felder and little son, who
have been spending a vaca:ion on the
Pacific coast, have been sent for and
were to arrive in the city Saturday
evening.
No one is allowed to see Mr. Felder
vet, and 't likely will-be some time,
even if he shows rapid improvement,
before any one outside his family
will be permitted to see him.
.
Cool Weather Fails
.
To Halt Paralysis
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—New cases
of infantile paralysis during the 24
hours ending at 10 a. m. today num
bered 167. There were 42 deaths in
the same period. The hopes of physi
clans that the cool weather would
check the e_ldemic have not been ful
filled yet.
The Health Department announced
that ten more persons who have re
covered from the disease had come
forward and offered to give blood
serum for the treatment of those who
are {ll.
Auto 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 cofin was spilled in
the street when an automobile driven
by A. J. Ratlif collided with the
hearse at the head of the procession
The body remained in the cofMn.
Ratliff was arrested and charged
with violating the motor speed law.
go T .
lCarranza Not Jailed,
Ambassador Asserts
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.«-Ambas
sador Designate Arrelondo, of Mex
fco, today received an official denial
from Mexico City of the report from
El Paso that First Chief Carrmansa
had been Imprisoned in his capital,
“The report Ia entirely untrue, as
we believed from the first.” the Mex
ican Embassy officlal sald
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Come to Church
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Tomorrow
That's the invitation which is being extended you
today over in.The Georgian's ‘‘Go-to-Church-Sun
day’’ columns.
Why not aceept it?
The Church is the best helper of mankind-—inecluding
you. When you share in the service you are helping
others and you are helping yourself, for the inspira.
tion of a good sermon and beautiful musie will give
you courage which will help you successfully
through the coming week
Heed the Chureh's weleome: go to Churech tomor.
row. KRead today what they offer you—and accept.
The Atlanta Georgian
The Newspaper of the Home
20 East Alabama Street
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VOL. XIV. NO. 320,
House Will Spend Its Remaining
Three Days on Vital Measures
From Senate,
Hope for the State capital removal
bill and the Savannah recall meas
ure virtually was killed in the House
Saturday morning when the Rules
Committee reported and neither plece
of proposed legisiation was on the
day's calendar
It was decided to continue the
morning session in the House up to 2
o'clock, and hold no afternoon ses
slon. With the measures that were
set for action by the Rules Commit
tee, it was considered certain that the
House's time would be occupied en
tirely with other matters than either
of the above named bills.
Monday the House takes up Sen
ate measures and continues with this
work until the end of the 1916 session
Wednesday.
The capital removal bill received
what was considered a death blow
Friday when a test vote to table it
showed that the removal forces fell
far short of the two-thirds strength
necessary to put it over. It did not
even poll a majority vote of the
House.
Little hope had been held for the
Savannah recall bill since the Sen
ate tabled it several days ago on the
motion of its author when he saw
that he could not muster the strength
necessary to pass it
Two Senate Bills
Passed by House
Two Senate bills pnde the House
Saturday. They were:
To fix the salary of Worth County
Treasurer
To authorize the Mayor and Coun
eil of Hogansville to create a debt for
the purpose of establishing a system
of waterworks, electric lights and
sewWerage
Court Procedure
Bill Lost in House
The court procedure bill, framed by
a joint commission of the House and
Senate, falled by ten voles to pass In
Continued on Page 3, Column 1,
ATLANTA, GA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1916.
. .
Shall Atlanta Continue To Be
.
Gouged for Gasoline?
ettt il
The Georgian thinks those gasoline men in Atlanta who
opine that ‘‘it is none of the public’'s business’’ whether it is
gouged on the price of gasoline are sadly and woefully mistaken.
The old ‘‘the public be damned policy,”’ so long thought to be
‘‘good business,’”” no longer obtains in this country. The public
resolved quite a bit ago that it would not tamely submit to ‘‘be
ing damned’’—not so you could notice it, anyway!
ATLANTA IS BEING CHARGED MORE FOR GASOLINE
THAN ANY CITY IN THIS SECTION OF THE NATION—
FROM TWO TO FIVE CENTS MORE.
There is no apparent justification for it—and the fact that
the supply men hold to the theory that ‘‘it is none of the pub
lic’s business,’’ tends to prove that there IS something about the
abnormal price of gasoline hereabouts that needs ventilating—
that needs dragging into the sunshine of public opinion.
The Georgian will undertake to drag it right there—if pos
sible.
The Georgian will not ‘‘be damned,’’ nor will the public,
when this community is being squeezed on the price of so im
portant a commodity—as seems plainly to be the case on gasoline.
The price of gasoline is The Georgian's business—and The
Georgian proposes to attend to it, moreover!
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(By International News Service.)
PENSACOLA, FLA., Aug. 12—
With her food supply and coal ex
hausted, the French battle cruiser
Amiralaube, commanded by Captalin
L. Liquie, put into Pensacola harbor
today.
The Amiralaube has been in gulf
waters for the last two weeks on
watch for the GePfman submarine
Bremen, whieh, it has been reported,
was coming to Pensacola and not to
an Atlantic port.
The Amiralaube was berthed along
side the interned Austrian liner
Lucia.
.
11 Persons Killed
In Crash of Cars
(By International News Service.)
JOHNSTOWN, PA., Aug. 12.-At
least eleven were killed and forty
injured when a eity-bound car on the!
Southern Cambria Rallway ran past a
siding at Brookdale shortly bofnro,
noon and crashed full speed into nni
outbound car loaded with plenickers
bound for the Ribblett reunion M‘
Woodland Park. l
Motormen Taylor Thomas and An-g
gus Varner were instantly killed, l(,
is thought that Varner, who was In|
charge of the city-bound car, drnmwl‘
dead In his booth, a vigtim of heart
fallure, his car passing the turn-out
at a speed of 40 miles an hour
U. 8. Ambassador to
.
France Coming Home
(By International News Service.)
ELYRIA, OHIO, Aug. 12.-~Ambas«
sador to France William G. Sharp
will arrive In New York August 21
for a two monthe' stay in the United
States, moat of which will be spent
at his home In this city, recuperating
from » recent severs (liness which has
vovered A period of three months
This hecame known today when
Mra. Bharp received a cablegram from
her husband saying he would sall
from Bordeaux on the steamer la.
favette,
Japanese Steamer
Sent to Bottom
(By International News Service)
LONDON, Aug. 12 <Lloyds reports
the sinking of the Japanese steamer
Temmel Mary, 1360 tons. The steam
or was bullt in 1885, One of Its recent
trips was from New York to Viadi
vostok
Captain Stokes
Quits Militi
The Georgian Saturday received the
following telegram from Captain
Charles A. Stokes, of Company K,
Fifth Regiment, at Camp Harris:
As present indications point to
the fact that war with Mexico will
be a distant event, If ever, and
that my personal business affairs
and my campaign for .Alderman
to represent the Eighth Ward de
mand my immediate presence In
Atlanta, 1 have this date filed my
application for retirement as cap
tain of Company K, Fifth Infan
try, National Guard of Georgla.
Feeling that the duty my coun
try demanded of me has been
fully complied with, it is now
my intention to serve the int¥rests
of the people of Atlanta to the
very best advantage.
Rise in Spot Cotton
Aids Clegrings Here
The summer dullness has about
spent its course In Atlanta is shown
in this week's statement of the (lear
ing House Assoclation, which shows
that clearings through local banks
amounted to $14.812.084.03, against
$10.235,673.74 the corresponding week
A vear ago, an ilncrease of $4.478,.-
510.29.
The Increase is partly attributed to
the rise in spot cotton to 14 cents,
Clearings Saturday amounted to
$2,758,042.27, against $1.657.355.77 the
same day a year ago, an increase of
S9OO. 886,50
Negro, 10, Stages
Bold Bank Robbery
DALTON, Aug. 12--A diminutive
negro, a son of Beott MeDade, pulled
off a spectacular bank robbery here
Friday afternoon and was caught after
An exciting chase
The negro entered the First Nation.
Al Bank, reached through the grating
at the teller's window and snatched a
handful of bille. As he dashed out of
the door, chase was given. He came
fiear making a clean getaway, byt was
finally caught, and the money was re
coversd
The boy Is probably the youngest
bank robber in the game, being about
10 yoars of age
S il e 00,8, S 0 S S
THE WEATHER ;
Forecast—Fair Saturday night :
and Sunday.
Temperaturen~B o m, 73 §
00, B 0 10 8 m., 855 12 neon, B 8;
Tpm,. 0 2pm 0
Bun rises, M"l sun sets, 529,
§ N S
Cc?mlht. 1906,
By The Georgian Co
T EEEE—————————
QW {PAY NO MORE.
3 CENTS FA TRAINS, 5 CENTS.
United States Commission to
Take a Hand at Once in Motor
Fuel Situation,
The State Senate Saturday morn
ing, on motion of Senator Walker,
adopted a resolution urging upon the
Federal Trade Commission a mor-‘
ough investigation of the alleged col-‘
lusion of gasoline refiners against At
lanta dealers in the matter of the
price of gasoline, and the charge that
Atlanta is paying from 2 to 4 cents
more a gallon retail for gasoline than
other cities in this section of the
country,
A copy of the resolution is to be
sent to the Federal commission and
another copy handed to W. J, Harris,
& member of the commission, who is
spending a short vacation in Atlanta
and Cedartown, his home.
Atlanta motorists were more hope
ful Saturday over the prospect of
cheaper gasoline In the near future
As the result of the fight of the
Johnson-Gewinner Company to break
up the alleged combination of 01l cor
porations which control the local mar
ket
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
At'anta situation at once, without
waiting until the close of the Mll’d'l‘
summer vacation, and would send an
expert and an attorney to Atlanta at|
once
Willlam J. Harris, 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-
He Printer, but he would not divulge
its contents in advance of publication
The Atianta situation, it is sald, may
Cause a reopening of the investigation,
as it Is reported to be the only case
'wh»ro positive charges of collusion are
made
In the meantime the Johnson-Ge
winner Company has been unsable to
obtaln any gasoline In the Atlanta
'markfl, though offering cash. And
consumers were still paying 25 cents
a gallon, with Chattanooga paying 20
cents,
“My attorney tells me | have ground
for suits against the three ofl compa -
nies here” sald Mr. Gewinner. “But
he thinks it better to let the Trade
Commission handie the case., as it
|wouM have more far-reachinf effect
(I am ready to furnish the evidence
to the investigators
“We have bean unable to get any
gasoline for two days. The Standard
offered me gasoline at 25 centa, the re.
tall price, which is 2 cents above what
other retallers are charged We de.
clined, of course. The Gulf Refining
Company says it does not care to open
Any new accounts. The Texas Com-/
i pany, my regular dealer, does not 41 |
| rectly decline to sell me. but has one
iproun or another for fallure to make
idouvcflo- Anyway, we haven't any
i;-m.‘lnn . |
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Mexico City Rioters
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. Seize Light Plant
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; EL PARO, TEXASR Aug 12 flifil.;
‘ers have selged the electric lighting
(And power plant at Mexico City, with
?150 result that the city has been In
if!.;nnua and without car service for
|days, according 10 refugess arriving
2!\.!0 They also declare thers s a
serious shortage of food In the cap
‘u.: and that conditions are bordering
Lon anarchy |
| Conditions in Zacatecas alse are
idw:nn« 16 be serious, and persons In
lmo territory north of the Federal
distriet are suffering from hunger
HOME
Eight German
K ;
Princes Slain
So Far inWar
(By International News Service.)
ARIS, Aug. 12—The latest
P edition of the Almanach de
Gotha records eight Ger
man princes killed since the be
ginning of the war, namely, two
princes of Saxe-Meiningen, three
of Lippe, one of Hesse, one of
Reuss, and one of Waldeck. A
prince of the ducal house of Lich
tenstein died at Warsaw from
wounds received at the front.
The Almanach notes the morga
natic marriage of the Kaiser's fifth
son, Oscar, with Countess Basso
witz, who was made Countess Rou
pine,
The Prince of Wied does not fig
ure in the section devoted to
reigning families. He is mentioned
as “his highness, Prince of Al
bania.”
A A s e i o
GAI Hl & Pl Bfll
Employees of the line department of
the Georgia Rallway and l-rver Com
pany Saturday morning quit work,
walking out, they sald, on the propo
sition that the company was trying to
prevent them from organizing a union,
and that a number of employees had
been discharged for disloyalty.
The estimate of the number of men
out vary. The union claims between
125 and 130 quit thelir jobs, while the
company says “about four-fifths of
the total number semployed, which is
between 85 and 90"
John J. Purcell, general organizer
and representative of the lntemtlon-‘
al Brotherhood of Electrical Wor‘h-‘
ers, was in Atlanta investigating the
matter. He conferred with Preston
Arkwright, president of the company.
Saturday
The Company's View.
At noon the company issued the fol
lowing statement as its view of the
matter:
“We have been reducing the number
of employees {n the line department of
the company, and have had occasion
recently to release several men in that
department. In doing so, naturally
we selected those who, in our opinion,
were the least satisfactory as em
ployees. Demand was made on us by
by the ilnternational officers of the
linemen’s union to reinstate these
men When we declined to do so,
about four-fAifths of the 85 or % men
ployees Demand was made on us
order of their union, severed their em
ployment with us this morning
“While we do not deny the privilexe
of these men to cease voluntary work,
from our viewpoint, as well perhnpc!
as from that of the men 4homn!vn.‘
this method of expressing a difference
of opinion is regrettable. The Inl.‘
dispute is with regard to our claim of
right to use our own judgment in em
ploying and discharging individual
smployeess, we being the responsible
heads for the proper performance and
conduct of the public service In which
this company is engaged. Our prac
tice has been to employ and discharge
men In this department without ref
erence to whether or not they are
members of a union.”
Following a call issued to the strik
ors for a meeting held at 10 & m
Saturday In the main hall of the Red
Men's Wigwam in Central avenue,
Willlam Pollard, Atlanta representa
tive of the Internationa! union, gave
out the following statement
The Strikers’ Charges.
We made a request las: Monday
ond again yesterday upon Mr. Ark
wright for the reinstatement of three
of our men, who, It was alleged, had
been discharged by ths company for
disloyaity. This request was refused
sach time, and we decided to strike
this morning
Thesa thres men-—J, L. Carver,
financial secretary, and E. P. Smith,
member of our executive board, both
oficers of the union, and A. J. Cas
tiebarry-—were discharged, we believe,
not for disloyaity, but primarily be
cause the Georgla Rallway and Power
Company s seeking 0 sxterminate
our local union, No. 8. The meeting
called this morning by myself, acting
under advice from Mr ‘umh. -as
for the purpose of the appointment of
A irike commities and ploket men ™
Mr Wollard sald that the picket men
would have definite instructions not
1o damage any projerty, and he stated
that the strike would be conducted on
& lsgitimate plans™
Members as the familiss »f the
tirikers attanded the meeting.
3!””" Mll ‘
by
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 12.—The su
preme effort of the Allies to
tighten the circle of steel which
‘has been forged around the
‘armies of the central powers and
‘those of their allies is 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 13 In progress gver bat
tle lines nearly 3,00 miles in length.
In the eastern theater the Russians
are rolling forward in Galicia, erush
ing out Austro-German resistance
wherever it is attempted. Following
the fall of Stanislau, the Russians are
again driving northward in the direc
tion of Lemberg, and it is believed
the important fortified Galician city of
Hallcz 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 ca rrying out
a 4 methodical advance on the Somme
front, while at Verdun the French
have launched counter attacks which
Are winning back, plece by piece, the
ground lost to the Germans in thelr
furious drive that was begun on Feb
ruary 20 last.
Decisive blows are being struck by
the Itallans, who, having advanced
more than ten miles from Gorlzia, 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-Hungarians'
line on the Isonzo will have been shate
tered entirely
Allies Strike in Balkans.
In the Balkans the Allies have final
ly struck and advices from Athens
l-nd Baloniki Indicate that the engage
ment is extending over a broad front
| with the Bulgarian positions under
artillery fire and the pressure of ine
fantry attacks
- Approximately three-quarters of a
million men under General Sarrall are
attacking the Bulgarians
| The capture of Doiran Station and
Hill No. 227 places the Allles in a PO~
sition to menace Dolran proper, whish
is held by the Bulgarians, and the
capture of this city would open the
way for a flank attack upon the Bule
gar and Teuton troops on the Salonikl
Rallway at Glevgell
. At the Turkish theater of war the
Russians are keeping up a steady
series of attac ks, aithough the Turks
' have lately been able to win some
ground and force a retirement of the
Russian force in Persia. In Armenia
the Russians are continuing their ade
| vance, meanwhile beating off strong
counter assaults
Def f Austri
De le;at of ust;mansu ‘
~ Described as Rout
- (By International News Service.)
PETROGRAD, Aug. 12.-The Ause
tro-Hungarian city of Halics s being
enveloped by the Russians
The War Office In an ofMicial statee
ment isaued today announced progress
for the Russians soglh and east of
Halles. Om the Sereth River line the
Russians are moving rapidly upon the
important city of Jezierna, on the
Tammopo!-Lemberg Rallway
Dispatches from the Galiclan frong
to the Petrograd newspaper descride
the defeat of the Austrians in the
Stanisiau region as a rout. They state
the antire right wing of the snemy
was thrown Inte confusion by the
rapid advance of the Russians, and
that great numbers surrendered,
| A thrilling race is now in progress
southeast of Lemberg. The shattered
Austrians are trying to withdraw 19
izmmnfi. prepared in anticipation of
| the foreed abandonment of Stanies
lau. The RMussians are close on thely
hesls in continual contact with the
retreating army's rear guards, wille
farther to the north & great ot
CAvalry s driving at every -P