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CRACKERS SCORE THREE RUNS IN FOURTH INNING
3 CENTS
EVERYWHERE
PAY NO MORE
EMPLOYES REJECT ROADS PLAN
Standard to Serve ‘Gas’ to Gewinner
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
& 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 themseives
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
meost 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
East 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 iost.
' “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 wu;
taken, but it refused to pass up the|
opportunity for a little fun.
Senator J urner was among those
who told#u. women and their ways
fays in which Portia was
‘;}aw have pleaded, until the
-0z e late Hetty Green.
Bhe Bachelor Senator. '
/ _“‘; you think that if you and
20 like you would get marfled!
& 7ou should it would eliminate
, .of the necessity of women‘
: , Ang at all?” he was asked by
. ator Moon. |
I can truthfully state that I am|
st responsible for my present state
// single bliss,” replied the bachelor
[fenator, “Many are the times that
.. £ 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
40ld of other accomplished women and
their reasons to believe that they were
almost, if not *entirely, the equal of
man, 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.
. ,
elder's Condition
Reported Improvedl
k:mph'l Infirmary Tuesday
reported that Thomas B. Fel
ftion was somewhat Im-
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 {s Mayer’s first Southern
League season. He is 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
Lz2ague.
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 exceptional fielder, a wqnder
ful thrower and a fine hitter.
Perry came to Atlanta from the
Louisville (American Assoclation)
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 lis
Enid, Okla.
Manager Frank also announced the
purchase of Catcher Snyder, of the
Macon Sally League club, He is re
garded as a most promising young
ster.
.
Waycross Girl Is
Struck By Auto Truck
WAYCROSS, GA., Aug. 15.—Miss
Juanita Knight, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. 5. Knight, was knocked down
and seriously, perhaps fatally, injured by
an automobile truck driven by Mark
Sweat today. Her 'left arm was badly
shattered between the elbow and shoul
dtr, several ribs broken and Internal in
juries of an unknown nature inflicted.
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TODAY'S RACING
AT SARATOGA.
FIRST—Six furlon,s: 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, Idolita, 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 5, 1 to 4 and out, third.
Time, 4:30. Three starters.
THIRD—Six furlongs: Pan Maid, 116
(Butwagjl), 15-1, 6-1 3-1, won; Conning
Tower, 127 (Murphy), 17-10, 7-10, 1-4,
second; Hauberk, 112 (J. McTaggart),
9-2, 8-5, 7-10, third. Time, 1:14. Flitter
Gold, Sir William Johnson, Filigree,
Checks, Feminist, J. J. Murdock also
ran.
FOURTH—MiIe: Dodge, 125 (Mur
phy), 5,2, even, won; Spur, 127 (Loftus)
13-10, 11-20, 1-4, second; Tea Caddy, 107
(Buxton), 10, 3, 7-5, third. Time, 1:38.
Jacoba, Daddy’s Choice, Indian Chant,
Kathleen, Gillies, DeLancy also ran.
FIFTH—Five furlongs: Acabado, 112
(Buxton), 6, 5-2, 6-5, won; Lottery, 112
(Butwell), 18-5, 8-5 4-5, second: Mary
Powell, 109 (McAtee), 7-2, 8-5, 4-5, third.
Time, 1:012-5. Golden Fox, Fantam
bala, Golden Rod, First Ballot, Black
Eagle. Farimond, Crepuscule, Kittenish,
Wingold, Cachet, Scylla, Rosefinn, Ar
row also ran.
RACING ENTRIES ON PAGE 3.
Following an announcement Tues
day, at the close of an executive ses
sion of the trustees of the Georgia
Anti-Saloon League, that the resig
nation of Dr. G. W. Eichelberger as
superintéendent had been accepted, Dr.
Eichelberger declared the trustees
had no authority to take any such ac
tion, and that he had been informed
by friends that the acceptance of his
resignation merely had been recom
mended to the headquarters commit
tee of the league.
Dr. Eichelberger said his resigna
tion was in the hands of the secre
tary of the headquarters committee,
and that this body alone could pass
on it.
Dr. Eichelberger also took issue
with a report by Dr. A. A. Little, who
was said to have been delegated to
make public the action of the trus
tees, that a resolution of sympathy
for Attorney Thomas B. Felder was
adopted. He said friends informed
him that the resolution met with so
much opposition that it was with
drawn. According to the spokesman
for the trustees, the resolution called
for a thorough investigation of the
stabbing of Mr. Felder by D. K. Va
son, the House of Representatives’
doorkeeper,
‘Gas’ dat 18
‘Gas’ Quoted at 18 2-5
Cents in Milwaukee
e ——
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 182-5
cents, and carrying a line reading,
“If you are paying more ‘han 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 Milwaukee,” 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 wonld seem.”
To Fight Use of Flag
On Campaign Posters
CHICAGO, Auf. 15.—Captain F. R.
Lewis, past president of the American
Flag Day. Association, thinks it a viola
tion of the law to wreathe a picture of
the American flag Am(m’_l pictures of
presidential candidates, e has tele.
aphed Cahrles E. Hu*\hes to that ef
f:ct. and urged him to have aup&romd
campal, pamphlets showing ughes
and %‘nwbanlu and the flag on campaign
rolmq and threatening action unless
t is stopped.
ATLANTA GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1918.
Tha 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. g
“We have received permission from
our Louisville home office to supply
you,” the local manager told Mr. Ge-‘
winner Tuesday. |
The Texas Company, which had
been supplying the offending retailer
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 sup
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
Willlam 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
him 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 prevail {is insistent. It s
shown in the hundreds of letters and
telephone messages congratulating
The Georgian 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
uvation, find whether collusion among
the companies exists, and give Atlan
ta the relief to which she is entitled.
The Johnson-Gewinner Company
Tuesday, believing 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
go 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 01l companies kept thelr
promise to supply all retailers alike.
But he said the report on the national
gasoline situation would be made
fuhllc in a few days from Washing
on.
“And it will be very interesting,” he
said.
THE WEATHER
Forecast: Fair Tuesday night
and Wednesday.
Temperatures: 6 a .m., 69; 8 a.
m., 74; 10 a. m, 82; 12 noon, 84;
I{. m.‘us 2;. m,, 88,
unrise, 4:59; sunset, 6:26,
KTEANTA .....00.00.... 80
NASHVILLE ...l 0.0
TODAY'S LINE-UP.
Atlanta, Nashville.
TR AR O R e W A
BRI 88, .. .. s o 0 oo BDOSREN: T 9,
SN B .. Sl i er e e Baker, rs.
TUTEENNE. Ts. ... os 4o 4. o Wiliame, I,
bt eVhl RRN RN RS -e Y
McDonald, 3b. .. .. .. .. Kauffman, Ib.
SRUBEEE 1B o d i .. .y oou BB O
ERUREIE 8. (. b i s s BEPONE. G
Day, p. el Teh Cantids OIS BN
Umpires, KeMin and Breitenstein.
SULPHUR DELL, NASHVILLE, Aug.
15.—After dropplni a twin bill to the
Vols yesterday, the Crackers clashed
again with Nashville here this after
noon in the fourth game og the series.
Today's game started at 3:45 o'clock,
before a good-sized crowd,
“Perfessor Red'' Day warmed up for
the visitors and drew the hurling as
slgnmem against the league Ileaders,
while Cy Peérkins was his battery mate.
Roy Ellam. the youthful manager of
the home team, selected Ellis to twirl
for hlspm?grefatlon. “Gabby’’ Street
handled Hhis slants.
FIRST INNING.
Mayer grounded out, Ellis to Kauff
man. Reilly went out, Kores to Kauff
man, Moran singled past third.
’}!‘{?_rrasher flied to Lee. NO RUNS. ONE
Lee grounded out, Yerkes to Munch.
Sheehan was easy, Reilly to Munch.
Baker fanned. NO RUNS. NO HITS.
SECOND INNING.
McDonalg grounded out to Kauffman,
unassisted. Yerkes singled to left.
Munch forced Yerkes at second, Shee
han to Ellam. Munch was out tryimi\tn
steal second, Street to Ellam, NO RUNS.
ONE HIT.
Williams flied to Moran. Kauffman
roppnd to Yerkes. Kores walked. El
am forced Kores at second, to Reilly,
unassisted. NO RUNS. NO HITS.
THIRD INNING.
Perkins F}roundad out, Sheehan to
Kauffman. ay fanned. Mayfl' ground.
ed out, Ellam to Kauffman. NO RUNS.
NO HITS.
ottt
Heavily at Doiran
(By International News Service.)
SALONIKI, Aug. 15—"“The opera
tions begun by the Allies at Lake
‘Doiran are following their normal
course,” says an officlal 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
’F‘rench.
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
icadm 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. 15—~R. T.
Frazier, who claims to represent 80
per cent of the railroad employees {n
the country, who, he says, are not af
filiated with labor unions, presented
more petitions at the White House
urging the President not to permit a
strike. In all, 26,500 names are signea
to the petitions Frazier has produced.
Employees of the icago and Alton
and Rock Island roads signed the ones
he left at the White House today,
yright, 1906, i { PAY NO MORE.
Byc?ha Georglan Co. 3 CENT‘\ ON TRAINS. 5 CENTS. ‘
A e s ookt se S A MGINS, 8 UHNTS, - §
AT LITTLE ROCK— R. H. E.
UEN ODRLEANE ........ 9 8 41, . . .
ETLE DR ........-. M
Townsend and Higgins; Holmquist and Gibson. Umplres, Rudderham and Hart.
SECOND GAME.
AT LITTLE ROCK— R H B
PR DRLEAEE . ....... 00 v Geohwn g gl
DR ORI .« civoosiuid i i e gL
FIRST GAME.
AT MEMPHIS— R H. E.
DRI . .cvnisicosen-N - 000 000 . » 32 &
BERPEIN .......iouu.- 000 08 1 - 710}
Cavet and Dempsey! Willett and Ruel. Umpires, Pfenninger and Morgan.
SECCND GAME.
AT MEMPHIS— R. H. E
R.ol bt e e e e T
FIRST GAMK.
AT CHATTANOOGA— R H. E.
SIRMINGHAM ........ 00 1900 0.. - 1 8 1
CHATTANOOGA ....... 021 210 X.. - 610 0
Grimes and Hauser; Marshall and Kitchens. Umpires, Willlams and O'Toole.
SECOND GAME.
AT CHATTANOOGA~ R H E
DRI ..o B S e g
BT TN o« chov e invm Tame e or ity
AT PHILADELPHIA~— R H. B
NEW YORK ......cc0.0.. 000 000 000 - 0 3 3
PHILADELPHIA ~.... 100 000 00X - 1 2 o
Tesreau and Kocher; Demares and Burns. Umplres, O’'Day and Eason,
FIRST GAME.
1 AT ST. LOUIS— R H E
PITTSBURG ............ 100 000 000 - 1 5 1
B ADUEE ...........-. " . - 0§ )
Harmon and Schmidt; Meadows and Snyder. Umpires, Orth and Quigley.
SECOND GAME.
AT ST, LOUIS— R H E
R© .. ... .ciidh Wi By s % N N
B I il ) e
AT BROOKLYN— R H. E
BRI ... coscinv e B W 2. -, ..
DEERRER . ...cicivsec 0 D BB & . ~
‘Rudolph and Blackburn; Marzuard and Meyers. Umplires, Kiem and Byron,
| CHICAGO-CINCINNATI GAME OF F; RAIN,
\
\
| AMERICAN LEAGUE
i AT NEW YORK— RH. B
PHILADELPHIA ....... 000 001 0001 - 2 4 O
BEW SUBE ........... 93 00 2 - 6153 2
WH:;:mn and Haley; Shawkey and Nunamaker. Umpires, Evans and O'Lough.
A‘l.' BOSTON— R H K
WASHINGTON .........000 00¢ 0000 00 - , . .
BRI i vcviirrrcinTE - A .
JOh?:gnoaTnaEAßlngx'rtdhE:ngtChHaEngUlhEog as. Umplres, Nallin and Dineen.
Q.t G [
. SAVANNAH, Aug. 15.—One thou
sand negroes, waiting 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
ecycles 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 others re
turned to the city, to leave today.
Hit By Ford Shock
Absorber, Man Di
sorber, Man Dies
CHATTANOOGA, Aug. 16.—-C. F.
Woods, a clerk in the store of W, O,
Davenport, of Valleyhead, Ala., died In
a local infirmary today as the result
of a blow on the heasd received at Val
leyhead yesterday afternoon, dellvered
by Frank Dean, a section hand on the
Alabama Great Southern Ralilroad, 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,
FINAL >
M . .
obile Finds
W ‘
ay to Fight
Gas Trust
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 on the Mo
bile whart at 2 cents a gallon. Sev
eral ship masters announce thelr lin
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 at
wholesals, ?‘ |
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.—F0%«
lowing a series of conferences between
the representativés of railway broth
erhoods, the railways and Commis
sioner Chambers, of the Federal Con
ciliation Board, at the White House
today, it was announced at 4:35 this
afternoon that, while progress has
been made, a settlement still was to
be reached.
The representatives of the brother
hoods were closeted with the Pres
ident for an hour and forty minutes
this afternoon. ' .Afterward they said
that they had been unable to accept
the suggested compromise made on
behalf of the railroads, but insisted
that negotiations still were a long
way from being broken off.
The President is acting as mediator
and will hold further conferences to
morrow,
It was made very plain by all the
parties to the conference that be
cause of the delicate state of the
negotiations they did not desire to
make any statements whatever re<
garding the propositions under dis
cussion. However, W. B. Lee, of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
on reaching his hotel, said:
“We still are very hopeful that a
way out will be found. It is gertain
that our differences must be settled
here. If they can not be settled in a
way satisfactory to the workers then
the strike must come, but we have
every confidence in the President.”
Before the union leaders left the
President he told them that he wanted
them to remain within call. He will
confer with the railway managers
in the morning and will tell them
what the brotherhood men told him
and will continue his efforts to re
concile the differences.
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 eigPt-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,
L_eave 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 fl!d a
half this morning with representa
tives of the railway 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 yet 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 acceptance
of the original plan proposed by_
President Wilson that they agree to
put the eight-hour working day inte
effect on their roads immediately and
then allow either the Federal Concil~
fation and Mediation Board or a
neutral arbitration tribunal work ou
the issues that are contingent there
to, including the question of over
time at increased rates and ho
costs were to ba met,
The argument for the roads
made by Flisha Lee, who carried wi
him to the conference a mass of 4
which he utilized to prove the cont
tion of the managers that they
not meet the demands of the men
der present rate conditions.
Today's arguments were of a
spirited character. After the Lee
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