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3 CENTS
EVERYWHERE
PAY NO MORE
ALLIES TIGHTEN CIRCLE AROUND FOE
WILSON ENTERS RAIL WAR
CAPITAL REMOVAL AND RECALL DIF
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 Mediation
and Conciliation on the situation in
e threatened 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 definfte action had
been taken. He also said he wanted
the members of the mediation board
to come to the White House for ll
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 railroads Mon
day afternoon,
v . . .
Arbitration Splits
Ranks of Delegates
(By International News B§-vico.)
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—At a meet
ing today of delegates representing
the four organizations of rallroad em
ployees it was decided to hold an
other conference tomorrow morning
With the Federal Board of Mediation
and Conciliation In a final effort to
establish a basis of settlement Andi
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 failed.
Would Not Answer.
“We were asked If we would arbi
trate and we did not answer
“We sghall meet with the Federal
board tomorrow morning, when we
shall give our answer probably
“It is now for the board, acting un
€er the Newlands act, to bring about
& settlement by arbitration”
Two meetings were held during the
morning. The first 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-
Ste 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
Fresident Wilson voluntarily to lay
their d«'er the dispute before him'
VWhen the meeting broke up, Mr
Garretson was told one of the dele
files had announced the men were
Roing to reject arbitration, and he
renlied
That Is wrong. We are going to
Heet the mediators again.”
There were Indications that a sac
Uon of the delegates made a strong
BNt in favor of the rejection of art
tration, but that the faction favor
InE “peace” prevalled In favor of
further efforts in this eity before car.
Fing the matter to Washington
'Amcm or Fight”
s arte on or & fight to a fin
oy e
This assertion was made today by
& representative of the rallroad man
SEers while the Federal mediators
Were in conference with the brother
Bood leaders in a final effoft to pre.
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Continued on Pag 02, Column &
|F Ider Still Is
in a Critical
Conditi
The condition of Thomas B. Fel
der, stabbed in an affray at the Kim
ball 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
-Iprovement over Thursday when hls‘
‘condltion was declared quite critical.
~ Wednesday night and Thursday Mr.
erlder 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 vacation 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 it 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.)
NF.YW YORK, Aug. 12.—New cases
of infantile paralysis during the 24
hours ending at 10 a. m. today num
bered 187. There were 42 deaths in
the same period. The hopes of physi
clans that the cool weather would
check the e idemic 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 (Il
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 coMin was spilled in
the street when an automoblle driven
by A. J. Ratliff 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.
nza Not Jailed
Carranza Not Jailed,
Ambassador Asserts
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 —~Ambas
sador Designate Arrelondo, of Mex
ico, today received an official denial
from Mexico City of the report from
El Paso that First Chief Carranza
had been imprisoned in his capital,
“The report is entirely untrue, as
we believed from the firet.” the Mex
ican Embassy official sald
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others and you are helping yourself, for the inspira.
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you courage which will help you successfully
through the coming week.
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VOL. XIV, NO. 320.
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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 piece
of proposed legislation was on the
day’'s calendar. l
It was decided to continue the
morning session in the House up to 2
o'clock, and hold no afternoon ses
sion. With the measures that were
set for action by the Rules Commit
tee, it was considered certain that the
House's time would be occupled 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 4id not
even poll a majority vote of the
House,
Little hope had been held for the
Savannah recail 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 passed the House
Saturday. They were:
To fix the salary of Worth County
Treasurer
To authorize the Mayor and Coun
cil of Hogansville to create a debdbt for
the purpose of establishing a system
of waterworks, electric lights and
sewerage
C Proced
i Omgill Ii?::t ilinr%ouse
: The court procedure bill, framed by
A joint commission of the House and
“\Nm'r falled h-\__:m- ~‘MN to pass in
| Continued on Page 3, Column 1,
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1916.
.
Shall Atlanta Continue To Be
.
Gouged for Gasoline?
oot i e bt
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!
'F h Battler
(By International News Service.)
PENSACOLA, FLA., Aug. 12.—
With her food supply and coal ex
hausted, the French battle cruiser
Amiralaube, commanded by Captain
L. Liqule, put into Pensacola harbor
today.
The Amiralaube has been in gulf
waters for the last two weeks on
watch for the German submarine
Bremen, which, it has been reported,
was coming to Pensacola and not to
an Atlantic port.
The Amiralaube was berthed along
side the ilnterned Austrian liner
Lucla.
.
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 ecity-bound car on the
Southern Cambria Rallway ran past a
siding at Brookdale shortly before
noon and crashed full speed into an
outbound car loaded with picnickers
bound for the Ribblett reunion at
Woodland Park.
Motormen Taylor Thomas and An
gus Varner were instantly killed. It
is thought that Varner, who was in
charge of the city-bound car, dropped
dead In his booth, a vietim of heart
failure, his car passing the turn-out
Al & 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 Willlam G. Sharp
will arrive In New York August 21
for a two months' stay in the Unjted
States, most of which will be spent
at his home in this city, recuperating
from a recent severe iliness which has
covered a period of three months,
This hecame known today when
Mrs. Sharp received a cablegram from
her husband saying he would sall
from Bordeaux on the steamer La.
fayette,
J apanese Steamer
i Sent to Bottom
S—
By International News Service.)
l LONDON, Aug. 12 <Lloyds reports
{the sinking of the Japaness steamer
| Temmel Mary, 3,360 tons. The steam.
'Q' was bullt in 1885 One of its recent
trips was from New York to Viadi.
voslox,
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, T 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 inf¥rests
of the people of Atlanta to the
very best advantage
Rise in Spot Cotton
Aids Clelt)a.rings Here
i |
The summer dullness has about
spent its course in Atlanta is shown
in this week's statement of the Clear.
ing House Assoclation, which shows
that clearings through local banks
amounted to $14.812,084.03, against
$10,335,672.74 the corresponding week
4 year ago, an increase of $4,476,-
510.29
The increase is partly attributed to
the rise in spot cotton to 14 cents,
Clearings Saturday amounted to
$2,768,042.27, against $1.657,355.77 the
same day a year ago, an increass of
$800.838 50 ‘
e, —— |
Negro, 10, Stages
Bold nglg_Robbery
DALTON, Aug. 12.—A diminutive
negro, a son of Scott MeDade, pulled
off & 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 bills. As he dashed out of
the door, chase was given. He came
near making a clean getaway, but was
Anally caught, and the money was re
coversd
The boy s probably the youngest
bank robber in the game, being about
10 years of age 1
THE WEATHER 1
Forecast—Fair Saturday night
and Sunday. |
Temperaturas—B a. m, 73; 8
o om, 80; 10 8 m., 85 12 noen, B 8;
Ipm, M 2pm 0 |
Bun rises, 4157 sun sets, 8:29,
T eet A
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C?yfllm. 1908,
By The Georgian Co.
R ——
PAY NO MORE.
3 CENTS ON 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 thor
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,
2 member of the commlssion, who is
spending a short vacation In Atlanta
and Cedartown, his home.
Atlanta motorists were more hope
ful Baturday over the prospect of
cheaper gasoline in the near future
s 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 board’'s
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
lie Printer, but he would not divulge
its contents in advance of publication.
The Atlanta situation, it is said, may
Cause a reopening of the investigation.
As it is reported to be the only case
where positive charges of collusion are
made,
In the meantime the Johnson-GGe
winner Company has been unable to
obtain any gasoline In the Atlanta
market, though offering cash. And
consumars were still paying 25 cents
a galion, with Chattanooga paying 20
cents,
“My attorney tells me I have ground
for suits against the three 01l compa
nies here,” sald Mr. Gewinner. “But
he thinks it better to let the Trade
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.
tall price, which is 2 cents above what
other retallers are charged We de
clined, of coursa. The Gulf Refining
Company says It does not care to open
aAny new accounts. The Texas Com
pany, my regular dealer, does not 4i
rectly decline to sell me, but has one
pretext or another for fallure to make
deliveries ANyway, we haven't any
gasoline”
. . .
Mexico City Rioters
Seize Light Plant
EL PARO, TEXAS, Aug. 13 -<Riot.
ers have seizad the electric lighting
and power plant at Mexice City, with
the result that the city has bheen In
darkness and without car service for
days, according to refugees arriving
here They also declare thers s a
serious shortage of food In the cap
ital and that conditions ars bordering
on anarchy
Conditions in Zacatecas also are
deciared 10 be serious, and persons in
the territory north of the Federal
district are suflering from hunges,
EDITION |=~ '
Eight German
Princes Slain
-
So Far in War
(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.”
GAI Hl & Pl BUI
Employees of the line department of
the Georgia Railway and Power 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 their jobs, while the
company says “about four-fifths of
the total number employed, which s
between 85 and 90" '
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. ‘
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 in the line department of |
the company, and have had occn-lonj
recently to release several men in thnt‘
department. In doing so, nnturany‘
we selected those who, in our opinion,
were the least satisfactory as om-‘
ployees. Demand was made on us by
by the international officers of the
linemen’s union to reinstate these
men. When we declined to do so,
about four-fAifths of the §5 or %0 men
ployees. Demand was made on u-‘
order of their union, severed their em- ‘
ployment with us this morning. ‘
“While we do not deny the privilege
of these men to cease voluntary work,
from our viewpoint, as well perhaps
as from that of the men ¢hemselves,
this method of expressing a difference
of opinion is regrettable. The sole
dispute is with regard to our claim of
right to use our own judgment in em
ploying and discharging individual
employees, we being the responsible
heads for the proper performance and
conduct of the public service In which
this company s engaged. Our I'"t"';
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.
ers for A meeting held at 10 a. m
Saturday In the main hall of the Red
Men's Wigwam in Central avenue,
William Pollard, Atlanta representa
tive of the International union, gave
out the following statement ‘
The Strikers’ Charges. |
“We maje a request last Monday
snd again yesterday upon Mr. Ark.
wright for the reinstatement of three
of our men, who, it was alleged, had
been discharged by the company for
disloyaity. This roquest was refused
each time, and we decided to strike
this moming ‘
These three men-J. L. Carver,
fAnancial secretary, and E. P. Smith,
member of our executive board, both
officers of the union. and A J. Can
tieberry — were discharged, we believe,
not for disloyalty, but primarily be
cause the Georgia Rallway and l!uvnr
Company is sesking to sxterminate
our local union, No. 4. The meeting
called this morning by myself, acting
under advice from Mr. Purcell wan
for the purpose of the appointment of
A sirike commitiee and picket men™
Mr. Pollard said that the picket men
would have definite instructions not
to damage any property, and he stated
that the strike would be conducted on
“a legitimate ne”
| Members nffl:h‘ families of the
strikers altended Lhe mestling. '
¢
\5 o A
oiiga
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Aug. 12.—-The sii
preme effort of the Allies ta
tighten the eircle 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 Macedonll_
the Allies are now upon the Oflensth‘
in the five theaters of war, From every
front steady progress is reported for
;thf\ armies of England, France, Ruu&
and Italy, p 31
Fighting s In progress gver bat
tle lines nearly 3,00 miles in length.
In the eastern theater the Russi
are rolling forward in Galicla, C‘l’“fi
ing out Austro-German resistan
wherever it is attempted. Following
the fall of Stanislau, the Russlansfi are
again driving northward in the dm
tion of Lemberg, and it is belteved
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 methodical advance on the Sommy
front, while at Verdun the Frené
have launched counter attacks 'N&
are winning back, piece by piece, the
ground lost to the Germans in theif
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 Gorizia, 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 Itallans, the Austro-Hungarians’'
line on the Isonzo will have been shat
tered entirely
Allies Strike in Balkans.
| In the Balkans the Allles have final
ly struck and advices from Athens
and Salonik{ 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 Sarrail are
attacking the Bulgarians
The capture of Doiran Station and
Hill No. 227 places the Allles in a po-~
sition to menace Dolran proper, which
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 Saloniki
Rallway at Glevgell
| At the Turkish theater of war the
Russians are keeping up a steady
series of attacks, aithough the Turks
have lately been able to win some
ground and force a retirement of the
Russian force in Persia. In Armenis
the Russians are continuing their ad
vance, meanwhile beating off strong
counter assaults
-y .
Defeat of Austrians
.
Described as Rout
. (By International News Service.)
| PETROGRAD, Aug. 12.—~The Aus
tro- Hungarian city of Halicz s being
enveloped by the Russians
| The War Office In an official state
ment issued today announced progress
for the Russians soyth and east of
Haliez. On the Sereth River line the
Russians are moving rapidly upon the
important city of Jezierna, on the
Tarnopo!-Lemberg Rallway
Dispatches from the Galiglan front
to the Petrograd newspaper descridbe
the defeat of the Austrians In the
Hanisiau region as a rout, They stats
the entire right wing of the esnemy
fi\n- thrown into confusion by the
rapid advance of the Russians, and
|l’!a! great numbers surrendered
i A thrilling race is now in progress
| southeast of Lemberg. The shattered
| Austrians are trying to withdraw to
i;--.uznn- prepared In anticipation of
the foreed abandonme: f Ktanle
sy, The Russians are so on thelr
heels In continual tact with the
retreating army's- guards, while
farther to the no A great mass of
cavalry is driving at every lfifl