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MAYER AND PERRY ARE SOLD TO CUBS
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WILSON MEETS RAIL MEN AGAN
CRACKERS BATTLING VOLS AGAIN
Glorious womanhood and the
beauties thereof furnished flowery
and flattering orations in the Sen
ate Tuesday and when it finally had
come to an end that body voted by
2 ballot of 26 to 12 to allow women
to practice law in Georgia.
At the same time the Senate re
fused to adopt an amendment by
Senator Pickett, of the Forty-first,
which would have submitted the
much discussed question to the
people.
Although principal advocates of
the measure guarded themselves
against anything that might be con
strued to mean that they favored
woman suffrage, the bill had splen
did support in the Senate as well as
most ardent opposition.
Senators Pickett, of the Eleventh;
Pickett, of the Forty-first; Boykin, of
the Seventeenth, were leaders in the
fight against women attorneys. The
bill was supported actively by Sen
ators Bonner, of the Thirty-first:
Moon, of the Thirty-seventh, and
Turner of the Twenty-first.
Scorns “New Woman.”
“It is just a question of some wo
men trying to follow those of the
Tast and West,” said Senator D. C.
Pitckett, in his opposition. “If you
listen to every new-fangled idea
some old maid tries to ram down
your throat you will cause all re
spect for womanhood to be lost.
“The women of Chicago and the
women of Georgia are different. The
old fashioned families of this State
do not want this bill.”
The Senate was in a most serious
state of mind when the vote was
taken, but it refused to pass up the
opportunity for a little fun.
Senator Turner was among those
who told of women and their ways
from the days in which Portla was
supposed to have pleaded, until the
time of the late Hetty Green.
The Bachelor Senator,
“Don't you think that if you and
others like you would get married
Hke you should it would eliminate
“much of the necessity of women
working at all?’ he was asked by
Senator Moon,
“I can truthfully state that I am
not responsible for my present state
of single bliss,” replied the bachelor
QGnl.tor. “Many are the times that
1 have popped that serious question
and the regative answer alwoys is
forth coming.”
“Isn’'t that because you have al
ways fallen in love with sensible
women?” asked Senator Goolsby.
Shakespeare's crafty and highly
successful woman lawyer converted
Senator B. F. McLaughlin, of the
Thirty-sixth, who declared Portia had
demonstrated woman's ability. Others
told of other accomplished women and
their reasons to believe that they were
almost, if not entirely, the equal of
maa, but they never shook the oppo
sition,
The Senate also passed the House
usury bill, which provides that inter
est on loans will be defaulted in case
of usurious interest. The vote was 29
to 10 after considerable debate.
The House compulsory education
bill, with a substitute by Senator
Stovall that practically eliminates the
original bill, probably will be among
the things to be taken up at the after
noon session.
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Austrian Minister
.
Resigns, Is Report
y (By International News Service.) ‘
LONDON, Aug. 156.—A Central
News dispatch from Vienna reports
that Baron Burian has resigned as
Austrian Foreign Minister, and tnatl
he will be succeeded by Count An
wrassy.
Sammy Mayer, of Kirkwood, bril
liant center fielder of the Atlanta
baseball club, and Scott Perry, star
pitcher for the Crackers for two sea
sons, were sold Tuesday to the Chi
cago National League club, the sale
to take effect at the close of the pres
ent Southern League season.
The announcement of the sale was
made in a telegram received from
Manager Charlie Frank, but it has
been known that negotiations for the
transaction have been under way for
several days.
At least three major league clubs
were bidding for Mayer's services,
while Perry's splendid pitching
throughout this season has made
him a mark for big league scouts.
Manager Frank made no an
nouncement of the terms of the sale,
but it is certain that he received
a handsome amount for the athletes.
This 'is Mayer's first Southern
League season. He {s an Atlanta
boy and began his baseball career
at the North Georgia Agricultural
College at Dahlonega. He had brief
baseball experience at Georgia Tech
and was then farmed by the Atlanta
club to the Northwest Arkansas
League.
He later played with Savannah in
the South Atlantic, Kansas City in
the American Association, and Wash
ington in the American League. He
is an exceptiornal fielder, a wonder
ful thrower and a fine hitter.
Perry came to Atlanta from the
Louisville (American Association)
team in 1915. He pitched in and out
ball last season, but under Manager
Frank he has developed into a star
of the first magnitude. His home is
Enid, Okla.
Manager Frank also announced the
purchase of Catcher Snyder, of the
Macon Sally L.eague club, He is re
garded as a most promising young
ster.
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To Fight Use of Flag
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On Campaign Postersl
CHICAGO, Aug. 15.—Captain F. R.}
Lewis, past president of the American
Flag Day Assoclation, thinks it a viola
tion of the law to wreathe a picture of
the American flag among pictures of
presidential candidates. He has tele
graphed Cahrles E. Hughes to that ef
fect, and urged him to have suppressed
campaign pamphlets showing Hughes
and Falrbanks and the flag on campaign
posters, and threatening action unless
it is stopped.
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NEWORLEANS: . ... ;... 08 . ... . . . ..
ST DR .o oM W, L e
‘Townsend and Higgins; Holmquist and Glbson, Umplres, Rudderham and Mart.
SECOND GAME.
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DUTE R -v P o L LT e e
FIRST GAME.
AT MEMPHIS§— R H. E
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SECOND GAME.
AT MEMPHIS§— R H. E
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FIRST GAME.
AT CHATTANOOGA— R H. E.
AR '.. .%ol D DN e L s
B ERANONEEE . ...... 88 2. i WL
Grimes and Hauser; Marshall and Kitchens. Umpires, Wllllams and O'Toole.
SECOND GARME.
AT CHATTANOOGA— R. M. E
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AT PHILADELPHIA~ R H. E
NEW YORK .....covoo 00 W 0 . R "0,
PHILADELPHIA ...... 100 000 ... & . . .
Tesreau and Kocher; Demaree and Burns. Umplres, O'Day and Eason.
FIRST GAME.
AT ST. LOUIS— R. H. &
FITTOBURG .......0.:. 100900 98 - 1 § 1
9. 2008 ............. 00 0 W% -9% 4§ }
Harmon and Schmidt; Meadows and Snyder. Umplres, Orth and Quigley.
SECOND GAME.
AT ST. LOUVIS— R M. E
I. i o i e s
ODR bbb s e G Y e
AT BROOKLYN-— R M. &
DT -e T W el T
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Rudoiph and Blackburn; Marquard and Meyers. Umpires, Klem and Byron.
CHICAGO-CINCINNATI GAME OFF; RAIN.
AT NEW YORK-— R H. R
FRIRADEERRIA .. c... 0 0. ... L,
BRI T . vicosvia BB B i TR
Wll:::rno and Haley; Shawkey and Nunamaker. Umpires, Evans and O’Lough.
AT BOSTON-~ R H. R
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Johnson and Alnsmith; Ruth and Thom as. Umplres, Nallin and Dineen.
NO OTHER GAMES SCHEDULED.
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SAVANNAH, Aug. 15.—~One thou
sand negroes, walting at the four
mile post on the Ogeechee road, yes
terday afternoon to be taken out of
Savannah into Northern cities, began
rioting and fighting among them
selves,
Chief Harley and a squad of county
policemen went out on their motor
cycles and put an end to the dis
turbance. The negroes went to this
spot outside of the city limits because
Savannah, alarmed by the number of
desirable negro laborers who have
been taken out of here, recently passed
and ordinance against “emigration
agents,” who work with negroes.
Fully half of those at the four-mile
post were women. Many of them left
in trains last night, while otheps re
turned to the ¢ity, to leave today.
Felder’s Condition
At Sy Joseph's Infirmary Tuesday
it was feported that Thomas B, Fel
der's conpdition was somewhat im
proved. \
ATLANTA GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1918.
Mobile Find
Way to Fight
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 fromm 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 fluld 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 dally by schooners oper
ating between the two cities. The
freighters deliver the gas on the Mo
bile whart at 2 cents a gallon. Sev
eral ship masters announce their in
tention of entering the sales ficld, tak
ing as their profit the freight charges.
The. refining companies operating In
Mobile assert that the high license
and high Insurance rates are respon
sible for the high price of gas at
wholesale,
The Standard Oil Company of Ken
tucky, operating in Atlanta, an
nounced Tuesday to the Johnson-Ge
winner Company that it could buy all
the gasoline needed at the regular
market rate given other retailers. An
order immediately was placed.
“We'll keep on selling it at 24 cents,
too,” said Mr. Gewinner.
The Standard was the company
which had persistently refused to sell
the price-cutters a drop of gasoline
except at the retail price of 25 cents.
Afterward it said it didn't have!
enough on hand to fill orders except
for regular customers. |
“We have received permission from
our Louisville home office to supply
'you,” the local manager told Mr. Ge
winner Fuesday. ‘
The Texas Company, which had
been supplying the offending retaller
until last week, when the price-.cut
ting caused a stoppage of supply, de
livered 200 gallons to Johnson-Gewin
ner Tuesday at 10 o'clock, after the
retailer's tank had been dry since 3
o’clock Monday. A shortage of nup~‘
ply was assigned as the reason,
though the management said if an
expected tank car arrived it would
send more, ‘
Subterfuge Suspected.
Mr. Gewinner believed the Texas
Company, which had agreed with
William J. Harris, of the Federal
Trade Commission, to remove the
“blacklist” from the firm and supply
it with gasoline, had turned to a pol
icy of delay and subterfuge. It would
no longer give the Government
ground for action by a direct refusal
to supply a retailer, but would supply
bim only in small quantities, and with
every possible delay, so he would be
unable to serve his trade, |
“This promise of the Standard ren
ders us independent of the Texas,
Company,” said Mr, Gewinner,
But, even though the price-cutting
firm continues to get its regular sup
ply of gasoline, the fight of the Atlan
ta public for lower priced gasoline
has not ended. The demand that At
lanta be sold gasoline as cheaply as
other cities where similar freight
rates prevall is Insistent. It |is
shown in the hundreds of letters and
telephone messages congratulating
The Georglan upon its effort to pro
tect the public from imposition. |
Deep Probe Expected. |
The Federal Trade Board is ex
pected to go to the bottom of the sit
uation, find whether collusion lmong}
the companies exists, and give Atlan
ta the rellef to which she Is entitled.
The Johnson-Gewinner Company
Tuesday, belleving Its troubles were
not yet over, was preparing to lay be
fore the Trade Commission, in Wash
ington, a formal complaint of the dis
crimination made against it, and ask
ing an immediate and thorough inves
tigation. Mr Gewinner said he would
g 0 in person to Washington, if nec
essary, and press his case,
Mr. Harris, of the Trade Commis
sion, considered this particular phase
of the gasoline situation closed, pro
vided the oil companies kept their
promise to supply all retallers alike.
But he said the report on the national
gasoline situation would be made
public in a few days from Washing
ton. |
“And it will be very Interesting,” he
said, \
THE WEATHER
Forecast: Fair Tuesday night
and Wednesday.
Temperatures: a.m, 69; Ba.
m, 74; 10 a. m,, il2 noon, 84;
Ip. m,86; 2p. mj 88,
Sunrise, 4:&; nset, 6:26,
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Copyright, 1906, PAY NO MORE.
By ?he 'fl‘;orxhn Co. 3 CENTS ON TRAINS, 5 CENTS.
Ay e g S St il b chumoieh, Suodl
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' SULPHUR DELL, NASHVILLE,
'TENN., Aug. 15.—The teams arrived
here early this afternoon and went
through their regular batting ana
fielding practices. They will play the
fourth game of the series here this
afternoon.
The Cracker infield pulled off sev
eral brilliant stops and throws during
practice and were cheered by the
fans.
“Red” Virgil Day will probably
pitch for Atlanta today, while Perkins
will do the catching.
Manager Ellam's choice will proba
bly be Floyd Kroh, former Chicago
Cub hurler, while Gabby Street will
be back of the bat.
Bulgars Suffe ‘
%e vily at Doiran
:' (By International News Service.)
' SALONIKI, Aug. 15.—“The opera
tions begun by the Allles at Lake
Doiran are following théir normal
course,” says an official statement is
sued by the Anglo-French headquar
ters today.
Refugees from the Lake Doiran
area, where the Anglo-French and
Serbian forces are attacking the Bul
garians, reached Kilkitch today and
asserted that the Bulgars have suf
fered heavy losses,
The bombardment of the Bulgarian
position was terrific. The populace of
the nearby villages have sought ref
uge behind the allied lines, where they
are being succored by the British and
French.
Asks Commandant's
Place for Georgian
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Repre
sentative Wise, of Georgia, asked the
War Department to detail First Lieu
tenant Clifford J. Matthews, Sixteenth
Infantry, to be commandant of the
cadet corps at the Gordon Institute at
Barnesville, as desired by the faculty
of the institution. Lieutenant Mat
thews is a Georgia boy, who was
graduated from West Point in the
class.of 1914, his old home being at
Fort Valley
More Rail Workers
Protest Big Strike
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—R. T.
Frazier, who claims to represent 80
per cent of the railroaa employees in
the country, who, he says, are not af
filiated with labor unlions, presented
more petitions at the White House
urging the President not to permit a
strike. In all, 26,500 names are signed
to the petitions Frazier has produced.
Employees of the Chicago and Alton
and Rock Island roads signed the ones
he left at the White House today.
Hit By Ford Shock
.
Absorber, Man Dies
CHATTANOOGA, Aug. 15—-C. P
Woods, a clerk In the store of W. O,
Davenyort. of Valleyhead, Ala., died in
a local Infirmary today as the result
of a blow on the head recelved at Val
leyhead yesterday afternoon, delivered
by Frank Dean, a section hand on the
Alabama Great Southern Rallroad, when
Woods refused to sell him lemon ex
tract as a beverage. Dean struck the
young man with a shock absorbed from
a Ford car, fracturing his skull. Woods
was rushed to Chattanooga, but never
recovered consclousness from the blow,
Waycross Girl Is
Struck By Auto Truck
WAYCROSS, GA., Aug. 15—} iss.
Juanita Knight, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A, 5. Knight, was knocked down
and seriously, perhaps fatally, njured b{
an automobile truck driven by Mar!
Sweat today. Her left arm was badly
shattered between the elbow and lhoul-‘
dtr, several ribs broken and internal in
jurles of an unknown nature inflicted.
NIGHT
Prices Sh
ERE is the way the consum
ers in Atlanta are being
stung for gasoline by the
wholesalers:
WHOLESALE PRICE.
New Orleans ..........17 cents
Nashville ..............17/, cents
Chattancoga ...........19 cents
i MBBHE .ov s tiiasn RIS dhlE
CATRANTA: (it 28 CENTS
l How do Atlantans relish being
i panhandled after that fashion?
A A s A s
TODAY'S RACING
AT SARATOGA.
FIRST—Six furlon_fa: Gloomy Gus,
109 (Lyke), 4to 1, to 5 and Ito 2,
won; Passing Fancy, 117 (Murphy), 6 to
1, 2 to 1 and even, second; Yellow Stone,
110 (Byrne), 7 to 5, 1 to 2 and 1 to 5,
third. Time, 1:14. Tldolita, Penrod, Han
obala, King Baggott, Sanscrit, Stalwart
Van also ran,
SECOND-—Two miles: J. R. Johnson,
152152 (H. Williams), 7 to 2, 7 to 10 and
out, won; Herrmana, 150 (Smoot), 13 to
10, 1 to 3 and out, second; First Out, 132
(Allen), 6 to 65, 1 to 4 and out, third.
Time, 4:30, Three starters.
THIRD-—-Bix furlon?: Pan Maid, 116
(Butwell), 15-1, 6-1 3-1, won; Conning
Tower, 127 (Murphy), 17-10, 7-10, 1-4,
second; Hauberk, 112 (J. McTafiarl).
9-2, 8-5, 7-10, third. Time, 1:14. Flitter
Gold, Sir Willlam Johngon, Filigree,
Checks, Feminist, J. J. Murdock also
ran.
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RACING ENTRIES ON PAGE 3.
‘Gas’ Quoted at 18 2-5
as’ Quoted at 18 2-
. . ‘
Cents in Milwaukee
P |
An Atlantan just returned from
Wilwaukee says that some three
ago the Standard Oil Company, un
der its own name, was running full
page ads in the Milwaukee papers.
quoting retail gasoline at 18 2-5‘
cents, and carrying a line readinx,}
“If you are paying more than that,
you are paying too much!”
“Looks as if the company was af
ter business with a vengeance, and
advertising heavily to get it, at that
price in Mlilwaukee,” said this gen-}
tleman to The Georglan Tuesday.“
“and the advertising cost, which un
doubtedly was heavy, of course, was‘
covered in the retail price of 18 2-5,
The whole sale rate must have been
as low as 15 cents—or certainly could
have been, it would seem.”
Wilson Notification
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—As Sug- |
gested by National Chalrman Vance
McCormick at his conference with
President Wilson a week ago, Sep-}
tember 2 was agreed upon today as
the time and Shadow Lawn, near As- |
bury Park, N. J,, for the place of no
tification of President Woodrow Wil
son that he {8 once more the nominee
of the Democracy for the presidency.
At a luncheon at the White House
this afternoon Chairman McCormick
made it plain that the President has
not yet made up his mind that he will
undertike a general stumping tour of
the country. He has, to date, only
two engagements to make speeches,
MeCormick sald.
The President during a recess from
his labors as mediator to prevent the
threatened railway strike, lunched
with practically all of the members of
the Democratic National Committee
and members of the national execu
tive campalign committee.
‘Sure Thing' Costs
Indiana Man $15,000
ndiana Man J
(By International News Service.)
DETROIT, Aug. 15.—Dr. Don M. Kel.
ly, 556 years old, of Lafayette, Ind., was
easy picking for a trio of swindlers and
it cost him $15,000 to find out that it
does not pay to f;lay “‘sure thing'’ races
Kelly was In Detrolt on a visit and
met the men who told him they had a
sure thing to win $64,000 and persuaded
him to put up 815.006. Then they told
him the horse lost, and he swore out
warrants for the men. Edward F. Stan
ley, from Murfreesboro, Tenn., 40 years
old, was arresated.
WHERE THEY PLAY WEDNESDAY.
Southern League.
Atlanta at Nashvllle.
New Orleans at Little Rock.
Birmingham at Chattanooga,
Moblle at Memphis.
American League,
Detroit at Philadelphia. iy
Cleveland at New York, ‘ P
St. Louls at Philadelphia. /
Chicago at Boston. p
National League. 97
Pittsburg at St. Loull.‘ y!
Others not scheduled, i
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—~Pres
ident Wilson and the representa
tives of the railway brothorhoqdl
went into conference in the White
House at 2:52 this afternoon to
discuss propositions suggested to
the President by the committee of
railway managers at the morning
conference.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—Further
progress in the effort to reconcile the
differences between the railroads o!'
the country and their union employees
was made by President Wilson today.
For one hour and forty minutes the
President and a committee 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 eigPX-hour
work day on the terms demanded by
the men. They orrere_d as a counter
proposition, however, to recognize the
essential nature of a shorter working
l
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 Jaw as to how it must be made
effective, \
Leave Their Proposal.
Finally the railway managers left
their counter proposal in the hands
of the President to discuss it with
the brotherhood representatives, It
was decided that they would go 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 rallway managers, After
the conference he sald 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 is acute because
of the wide latitude that the negotia«-
tions are assuming. However, offi
clals closest to the White House con
tinued to profess complete confidence
that a compromise vet will be ar
ranged which will prevent the threat
ened strike. It was argued that the
more the questions at issue were de
bated and discussed the stronger be
came the possibility of ultimate
Agreement.
Fight Wilson's Proposition,
The rallway managers went to the
White House today prepared to fight
to the last ditch against acceptar e
}ot the original plan proposed by
President Wilson that they agree to
put the eight-hour working day into
effect on their roads Immeédiately and
'then allow either the Federal Concil
lation and Mediation Board or a
‘neutral arbitration tribunal work out
the issues that are contingent there
to, including the question of overs
time at increased rates :nd 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 dl‘~T
which he utilized to prove the contefs
tion of the managers that they can
not meet the demands of the men Mg 4
der present rate conditions. A
Today's arguments were of a 5
spirited character, After the Lee
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