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3 CENTS
EVERYWHERE
PAY NO MORE
Erifish Recapture Ground at Pozieres
PROGRESS IN STRIKE PARLEY
‘Gas’ Again Refused Gewinner
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bewinner Makes New Appeal to
Federal Trade Commission
Agent for Relief.
The tanks of the Johnson-Gewin
ner Company, which dared to offend
the oil refining companies, were
empty again Tuesday and motorists
who called there for 24-cent gaso
line had to drive on to some retailer
who stuck to the 25-cent rate. The
gasoline companies had broken their
promise to the Federal Trade Com
mission.
The Texas Oil Company, which re
futed to sell gas to the price-busting
petailer, had its excuse.
“We're running out of. gasoline,”
the management said. “Won't have
any tomorrow, either.”
But inquiries at other retail gas
stations revealed no shortage of gas
oline. Everybody else seemed to be
getting on very well
The Johnson-Gewinner Company
tan out of gas Monday afternoon.
John K. Gewinner made another ap-|
peal to William J. Harris, of the Fed-‘
eral Trade Commission, who had heldl
a 4 conference with the wholesalers‘
last Saturday and obtained a prom
ise that the blacklist would be can
¢eled and the Johnson-Gewinner
Company sold gasoline at the regu
lar market rate.
Mr. Harris had considered this
particular phase of the Atlanta gas
oline situation settled after that. But
the fresh refusal of the Texas Com
pany stirred it up again.
“If the Johnson-Gewinner Com-
Pany makes complaint in writing,
charging that the refineries have re
fused to sell it gasoline at the regu
lar rate, I will see that an imme
diate investigation is held. We will
also enforce our decisions in Atlanta
and compel the refineries to sell this
firm.”
Woodall Wonders
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Where He Is ‘At
An interesting legal question has
been raised by the fact that Council
man Fred C. Woodall, of the Third
Ward, is chiet deputy on Drew Lm-‘
dell's ticket for City Clerk against
Walter Taylor. There are all sorts of
laws in the city code to prevent a
member of the Council from using his
Position to secure a more remunera
tive city job. How Mr. Woodall can
be a candidate for a ministerial office
and retain his seat in Council, was
made clear Tuesday when City At
torney James L. Mayson explained
the law.
“l 1 have advised that a member of
Council could not ebe elected by
Couneil to any other city position,”
he said. “If he is elected by the peo-
Plé to another place, he can’'t hold
both, A member of Council can run
In the primary without resigning. bud
it he is elected in the general election,
he must resign his seat in Council.”
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600 Children in
Playground Dances
Flve thousand lttle boys and girls,
brightly costumed, will be seen Wednes
fay afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in Pied
mont Park, in drills and folk dances that
¥il! bring to an énd tne playground sea
of this year.
ch of t‘. ten playgrounds will be
i:‘:f&d and zhe one giving the best
) t be awarded a silver cup,
Woodward making the presenta
Way to Fight
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MOBILE, Aug. 15.—Rather than
pay 23 1-2 cents a gallon retail for
gasoline, auto owners and other con
sumers in Mobile are importing their
gasoline by water routes from New
Orleans and they are saving 4 1-2
cents a gallon after paying the freight.
Mobile refining companies are hold
ing up their wholesale price to 21 1-2
cents and the retailers, on a 2-cent
margin, get 23 1-2 cents from owners
of cars and launches. But in New
Orleans the fluid may be bought in
100-gallon lots for 17 cents a gallon.
Thousands of gallons of gasoline in
metal drums are being brought from
New Orleans daily by schooners oper
ating between the two cities. The
freighters deliver the gas oa the Mo
bile wharf at 2 cents a gallon. Sev
eral ship masters announce their in
tention of entering the sales fiold, tak
ing .as their profit the freight charges.
The refining companies czperating in
Mobile assert that the high license
and high insurance rates are respon
sible for the high price of “gas at
wholesale.
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Bolt Kills Dog and
Chicken Under House
Lightning during the storm Mon
day afternoon struck and damaged
considerably the residence at No. 34
Lindsay street, owned by J. W. Flour
noy and occupied by a Mrs. Weaver,
who was absent from home at the
time,
The bolt ran down the chimney and
set fire to a bed, which was extin
guished by neighbors. A dog and a
chicken, seeking shelter under the
house, were killed.
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wB & A, Soliciting
Agents Hold Meeting
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A two-days’ session of the sollcitlng‘
agents and representatives of the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Rail
way Company is to end Tuesday night at
the Piedmont Hotel. More than a hun
dred delegates are in attendance.
A dinner Monday night at the Pied
mont Driving Club was the principal so
cial event of the session. ‘
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Brigade Officers
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Dined by Rotarians
MACON, Aug. 15.—Officers of the
Georgia Brigade were guests of the
Rotary Club here last night at an
elaborate luncheon. A special com
mittee from the club escorted the
men from Camp Harris. An unique
program was worked out, in which
speeches held no part., The dinner
was largely attended.
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Young White Man Questioned as
to Movements on Night of Dis
appearance of Timekeeper.
Interest in the long and rather
fruitless inquiry into the mystery of
the death of John Wurm, the slaif
timekeeper at the Atlanta Steel Com
pany’'s plant, was revived Tuesday
when Leonard Ross, a young white
man, was taken to the police station
and questioned concerning his actions
the night of the disappearance of |
Wurm and his possible knowledge of
the theft from the plant of some wire, l
such-as was found binding the hands
of the slain timekeeper when the body
was recovered from the Chatta
hoochee River.
It was said that Ross was not under
arrests but was Qeing “questioned
closely” by Detectives Starnes, Camp
bell, Gillespie and Cowan. Chief Lan
ford would not discuss the new de
velopments in the case other than to!
say that Ross was being asked about
the report that he hai been seen at
one of the gates'ot the plant the night
Wurm disappeared and another re
port that the might know something
of the wire thefts at the plant.
Although the report of Drs. John
Funke and W. L. Cousins as to thel
result of the second autopsy last
week on the body of Wurm,
had not been received, inves
tigators, following the admission
of Vaster Dogan, negro suspect,
that he had been offered S3OO by “31‘
certain employee of the steel plant|
to leave the city,” Wednesday cen-l
tered their activities on the theory
that the youth was drugged before‘
he was thrown into the Chattahoo-'
chee.
Interest in this theory was in-l
creased by reports that detectives
have obtained evidence tending to
show that young Wurm, on the Sun
day night of his disappearance, went
to the home of Ruby Watkins, a ne
gress who lives close to the steel
plant and who sells soft drinks, and
lunches to the employees, and that
he drank a soft drink there in com
pany with several other young men.
The names of these men were said
to have been obtained by the detec
tives, who are carigully investigating
the movements of the party on the
night of the murder.
This reported evidence is in di
rect conflict with the heretofore per
sistent declarations of both Ruby
Watkins and her daughter, Ruby
Parks, that Wurm, nor any other
white man, called at their home on
that particular night for soft drinks.
Detectives did not divulge the source
of their information, and it was not
known whether these women had
changed their statements
Should the tests being made by
Drs. Funke and Cousins reveal traces
of poison in the body of Wurm,
further developments would come, in
the opinion of officers.
- The report of the doctors was ex
pected by Solicitor Eb T. Williams
‘\‘\'ednesda.\' or Thursday.
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acon Is Enforcing
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~ Plague Quarantine
. MACON, Aug 15.—~Under resolutions
adopted by the local health authorities,
' all persons under 15 years of age who
Imme here from New York and Phila
delphia, or who have been exposed to
infantile paralysis in other places, must
undergo a quarantine of two weeks.
Certificates of inspection must be fur.
imshed the health board during the pe
riod of isolation. The persons quaran
tined will' have to bear the expenses.
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Turk-Bulgar
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Agents Talk
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g OME, Aug. 15.—Bulgarian and ¢
§ R Turkish diptomats have ar- §
; rived in Berne and are ins
¢ touch with diplomatic agents of !
{ the Allies with a view to the nefr - E
%tiation of separate peace, says a |
! Berne dispatch to The Idea Na- f
f zionale today. Austrian agents are g
g said to be watching the Turks and !
{ Bulgarians very closely. §
Tax Law Bill
ax Law bi
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The House calendar for Tuesday
again failed to show the tax eqaul
ization repeal bill on the rather
lengthy list offered for the work of
the Representatives on the next to
the last day of the session.
Following is the schedule an
nounced by the Rules Committee:
Bill to fix the salary of the Supreme
Court Sheriff.
Bill to provide for the purchase by
the State of Gober's Form Book.
Bill to establish a board of osteo
pathic examiners.
Bill to authorize the trustees of the
State University to appoint three of
their number on the boards of branch
colleges,
Supreme Court procedure bill. -
Bill to provide method of retire
ment for fidelity and surety compa
nies in this State.
Bill providing the appointment of a
factory inspector.
Bill to alter, revise and amend the
State fish and game law.
Bill to cause counties to erect sign
boards at the intersection of public
roads.
Law enforcement bill.
Bill conferring on banking compa
nies the rights of trust companies.
Bill conferring on banking compa
nies the rights of trust companies.
Bill providing the extension of the
State railroad to the sea
Bill altering the plan of prorating
convicts among counties.
Bill requiring all cotton seeds meals
to be branded.
Bill permitting alcohcl to be brought
into the State for manufacturing pur
poses.
Bill to confer on lessors of railways
the right of eminent domain.
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Senate Likely to
Repeal C-8. Act
The Senate Tuesday morning dis
agreed with the committee’s unfavor
able report on the bill to repeal the
Cincinnati-Southern act, and the
measure was read for the second time.
This indicated that it would be read
for the third time and likely passed
Wednesday.
The Cincinnati-Sonthern act gives
the railroad of that name certain
right-of-way privileges over the
Western and Atlantlc, the State road,
in Chattanooga, and now is consid
ered detrimental to the State road. It
was entered into in 1878, when it was
considered helpful to the State. It ia
charged now that the Cincinnati-
Southern has not kept its end of the
pget, and the effort to repeal the con
tract has caused a rather warm fight
throughout this seasion of the lLegis
lature, :
HOUSE PASSES NOTARY BILL,
. The House Monday afternoon passed
ln Senate bill providing for commercial
notaries public, in the State-at-large, to
be appointed by the State Librarian.
Heavy Fighting on English and
French Fronts Are
Reported.
By SBYDNEY B. CAVE,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
LONDON, Aug. 15—Nearly all the
trenches captured by the Germans
northwest of Pozieres during Sunday
have been recovered by the British,
the War Office announced this after
noon.
In spite of the deep mud resulting
from the heavy rainstorm on Mon
day, there was furious fighting along
the western slope of the ridge north
of Pozieres last night.
Strong attacks were delivered by
the rßitish troops after the German
positions had been subjected to a
powerful bhombardment.
The Germans resisted desperately,
but the British were able to penetrate
the Teuton position, occupying impor
tant trenches which they had lost 36
hours earlier.
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Germans Takc, Then
Lose, French Trench
By CHARLES F. BERTELLI,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
PARIS, Aug. 15.—German artillery,
both north and south of the Somme
River, was very active all night, car
rying out a vigerous bombardment of
British and French positions
French positions south of the
Somme were unded a particularly
heavy fire
Infantry attacks were made by the
Germans southwest of Peronne, the
French War Office stated in its daily
communique, and the Teutons were
successful in penetrating a small sa
lient north of Estrees. French coun
ter attacks were delivered immedi
ately afterward and the Germans
were ejected from their freshly gained
ground.
At Belloy-en-Santerre, northeast of
Estrees, a German reconnoissance
was dispersed.
In the Verdun sector the French
made a grenade attack against the
German positions at La Chappelle Ste
Fine (on the right bank of the Meuse)
and scored some progress.
Italian Dreadnought
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Blown Up; 300 Dead
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Aug. 15.—The Italian
dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci has
been blown up in 'Taranto habor,
Italy, with the loss of 300 members
of her crew, according to an unof
ficial dispatch received here today.
The explosion followed the out
break of fire on board. Flames were
discovered in the ship’s galley and
spread with great rapidity
The crew undertook to flood the
magazine argl b B ch the dreadnought,
but the explosion occurred before
shallow water could be reached.
A big hole was torn in the war
ship's hull and she rolled over on
her beam ends, throwing many of the
sailors into the water, where large
numbers were drowned before they
could be rescued.
It is believed the ship can be re
floated after repairs are made,
The Leonardo da Viamcl displaced
22,340 tons. and her armament con
sisted of thirteen 12-inch guns, eigh
teen 4.7-inch guns in batteries,
eighteen 3-inch guns and three 18-
torpedo tubes,
The warship was launched in 1911
and placed .n commission in 1013.
‘The two sister ships of the Leonar
do da Vinci's class are the Conte di
Vour and Goule da &‘ur.
Tracy Mathewson Joins é
Shackleton Relief Party
| Tracy Mathewson bidding his wife goodby before sailiné
ifrm oNew York t ojoin Shackleton relief expedition.
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PHOTO, BY INTERNATIONAL AFILM SERVIGE.D
Tracy Mathewson, native of
Augusta and formerly staff photog-!
rapher of The Atlanta Georgian and
American, has sailed from New York
for South America, where he will
join the relief party to rescue the ex
pedition of Ernest Shackleton, the
eéxplorer, stranded in the Antarctic.
The New York American carried the
following story Sunday on the de
parture of “Matty’"” from New York:
Bearing a letter from William
Randolph Hearst to Sir FErnest
Shackleton, Tracy Mathewson,
staff correspondent of the Hearst
International News Pictorial,
sailed yesterday on the steamer
Byron for the vicinity of the
South Pole to take moving pic
tures of the rescue of Shackle
ton’s crew, stranded on Elephant
Island.
The International Film Service,
Inc., had the signal honor con
ferred upon it of being allowed
to appoint the official photog
rapher to the rescue expedition
which is being sent to Elephant
Island by the British Admiralty.
Mathewson will be the only
American to accompany the ex
pedition.
Mathewson's exact destination
is being kept a secret in compli
ance with orders issued by the
British Admiralty. At some point
on the South American continent
he will meet the members of the
expedition which sailed from
Liverpool on Friday. The expe-
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$41,411 in Liquor
Revenue Collected
Despite the fact that the yvear ending
June 30 was supposed to have been
strictly prohibitive in Georgia, so far as
liquor was concerned, A. O. Blalock,
Collector of Internal Revenue, has re-.
ported to the commissioner $41,411 col
lected from persons manufacturing or
dealing in wines and fermented liquors.
This represented the licenses issued
to persons who were willing to “take a
chance” on the State prohibition, as the
Federal Government takes no cognizance
of State laws in that direction. Since
the first of May, however, the applica~
tions for revenue stamps _have been
l"ver,v few,” to quote Mr. Blalock as
ar as he is &ormittod to divulge th
aullnul of his office. . "
EVENING
EDITION
dition will use the ship Discov
very, especially constructed for
the trip, and will be accompanpied
by a British naval escort.
The start will be made from
Montevideo about October 1, the
Discovery then proceeding to the
Falkland Islands, where a stop
will be made for additional supe
plies. The trip is an exceedingly
hazardous one.
Several months age the Uru
guayan Government attempted
the rescue of Shackleton's crew,
but the relief ship was compelled
to turn back because of the ap
proaching antarctic winter. With
the coming of summer the Brit
ish Admiralty hopes to be suc
cessful.
There has been much specu
lation as to whether or not the
members of Shackleton's crew
are still alive. When they were
left on Elephant Island they had
scarcely enough supplies to last
through the winter. Shackleton
insists, however, that thay are
still living. |
Mathewson wag the only
American photographer to ac
company General Pershing on
expedition into Mexico, follow
ing the raid on Columbus by
Villa. His present trip is prob
ably the longest and most im
portant to which a motlon pic
ture photographer was ever
assigned.
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Over Fifty Slain in
Jap Chgnese Battle
(By International News Service.)
~ TOKIO, Aug. 15.—Japanese troops
sent to the rescue of a small force be
sieged by Chinese soldiers at Cheng-
Chia Tun were attacked by the Chi
nese in a defile on Sunday, according
to reports to the War Office, but suc
ceeded in beating off their assailants
and econtinued their advance,
More than 50 Chinese soldiers are
reported to have been killed in the
battle, but the Japanese loss was very
small. Prisoners taken by the Japa
nese are sald to have stated that or
| ders for the attack upon the J ese
came direct from Pekin. i
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Further
progress in the effort to reconcile the
differences between the railroads of
the country and their union employees
was made by President Wilson today.
But it will be late today at least be
fore it will be known whether the
gains already made have ended the
danger of a nation-wide strike that
would tie up all the transportation
lines.
For one hour and forty minutes the
President and a commiitee of the rail
way managers this morning discussed
the demands of the brotherhoods that
they be granted an eight-hour day.
The railway managers, through their
spokesman, Elisha Lee, cited figures
which, they claimed, would make it
Impossible to grant the eigP&:hour
work day on the terms demanded by
the men. They offered as a counter
proposition, however, to recognize the
essential nature of a shorter working
day-—some suggested eight hours and
some nine hours—but insisted that if
it was to be granted a neutral com
mission should be named to lay down
the law as to how it must be made
effective.
Leave Their Proposal.
Finally the rallway managers left
their counter proposal in the hands
of the President to discuss it with
the brotherhood representatives. It
was decided that they would g 0 to
the White House at 3 o'clock this
afternoon to consider the matter,
meanwhile the situation continuing
practically unchanged
Secretary to the President Tumulty,
following the conference, made the
following statement:
“The President spent an hour and a
‘half this morning with representa
tives of the railway managers. After
‘the conference he said that it was
impossible as yet to report on the re
sult; all that he could say was that a
very candid and honest discussion
was in progress about a practicable
‘basis for settlement.”
| The situation still 1s acute because
ir»' the wide latitude that the negotia
tions are assuming. However, offi
cials closest to the White House con
tinued to profess complete confidence
that a compromise yet will be ar
ranged which will prevent the threat
ened strike. It was argued that the
‘more the questions at issue were de
‘hatod and discussed the stronger be
‘Pamp the possibility of ultimate
agreement
Fight Wilson's Propoesition.
The raflway managers went to the
“\'hita House today prepared to fight
'to the last ditch against acgeptance
‘nf the original plan proposed by
iPrnsidPnt Wilson that they agree to
put the eight-hour working day inte
effect on thelr roads immediately and
then allow either the Federal Concil
iation and Mediation Board or a
‘neutral arbitration tribunal work out
the issues that are contingent thera
to, including the question of over
time at increased rates and how
costs were to be met.
The argument for the roads was
made by Elisha Lee, who carried with
him to the conference a mass of data
which he utilized to prove the conten
tion of the managers that they can
not meet the demands of the men un
der present rate conditions.
Today's arguments were of a most
’spirited character. After the Lee brief
had been read, the President wer:
into details with the managers a~d
asked numerous questions regarling
lthe claims that they made. He also
demanded and received answers to
questions that he already had aro