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MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 1916..
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—Wash
ington officials today were veryi
N-avely concerned over the labor out
ook in New York. The fact that the‘
American Federation of Labor has
espoused the cause of the striking
carmen, and that President Gompers
personally Las assumed direction nf‘"
the struggie, means, officials here
say, that unless the strike can 'uel
checked soon it may spread throuzn-(
out the country. By direction of
President Wilson, the Department of
Labor has taken a hand. Several ofi
its experts are already on the ground
snd 1t is expected that Secretary‘
Wilson will go there within the very
rear future. |
Inasmuck as the ‘isues involved
between the Interborough Rapid
Transit Company and its men—the
transportation company responsible
for the initial strike—center around
the so-called master and servant con
tracts, organized labor is intensely
interested in the outcome. At the
offices of the American Federation of
Labor here it was said that the un
derlying points of differences affect
every iabor union in the country. The
gpropesition of making individual
contracts with men, it is said, re
cently was indorsed at various meet
fngs of manufacturers as the “ideal
way to check the spread of unionism”
and It is through realization of this
that the various unions in New York
city are now planning to go to every
possible length to force the Traction
Corporation to back down.
General Strike This
eneral Strike Th
Week Now Planned
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—While
threats of a great sympathetic waik
out in all trade unions involving 750,-
000 workers hung over the city to
day, the strike of Traction employees
madc itself felt in all quarters. For
the first time the service on the sub
way and clevated lines of the Inter
borough Rapid Transit Company
dropped beiow normal, while service
on the surface lines was practically
at a standstill during the early hours.
The traction officials explained the
poorar service on the subway and
elevated as due te the unprecedented
demand caused by cessation of sur
face transportiation, but the union
leaders clalmed that many of the In
etrborough employees, heretofore
loyal to the company, had joined the
union ranks E
While the traction struggle entered
its fifth day reports were that all the
leading trade urions were preparing
for a strike vote Hugh Payne, State
vepresentative of the American Fed
eration of Lator, declared that a gen
era strike would be on before the end
of the week,
President Samuel Gompers, of the
Federation, conferred with prominent
labor leaders. They asserted that the
plan of a general sympathetic strike
had Sompers’ approval, but he de
clined to make any statement until
ne had gone carefully into the ques
on,
Indications were that unless some
means of reachiing a settlement in the
Traction strike were reached it would
develop into one of the greatest labor
conflicts that has ever {aken place.
The threats ¢f the Traction chiefs to
destroy the carmen’s union has all la
ber in this city aroused.
To prevent this great conflict it is
understood that Mayor Mitchell and
Chairman Oscar Straus, of the Public
Bervice Commission, are working on
& rlan to force both the traction em
ployers and employees to submit thcir
differences ‘~ arbitration. These of
ficials are saia to be of the opinion
that both the men and the companies
have violated the obligation imposed
on them by the agreement reached in
the former strike.
Organizer Willlam B. Fitzgerald,
leader of the traction strikers, de
clared today that fully 11,600 men
Wwere on strike. Traction officials de
tlared this claim to be greatly exag
gerated,
. Considerable rioting took place dur
ing the darkness o(‘ early morning,
but this practically ceased at sun
rise. Most of the traction barns were
surrounded by crowds that jeered the
men taking out cars, but the police
had the situation well in hand.
Vprflsidem Gompers left the city for
fewark during the forenoon without
making his position known.
nir: don't want any publicity,” he
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Throngs of city school children
being enrolled in Atlanta Monday
were expected to tax facilities beyond
capacity, and as a result it will be
necessary to utilize libraries and as
sembly halls for classrooms.
Superintendent L. M. Landrum
says the extent of the congestion will
not be known before total enroll
ments are reported Monday evening.
However, there is no doubt that the
buildings will prove inadequate, and
emergency measures will have to be
adopted.
Already the high schools have ex
ceeded their enrollment of last year
by about 300. The Tabernacle audi
torium again was offered for school
purposes, and Mr. Landrum sald Mon
day it would be used for Tech High
School assemblies, as was the case
last year.
- Students In the Tech school met in
the Tabernacle Monday, and will con
tinue to have their assemblies there.
However, its location is considered
too far from the school to be of the
general use for which the congrega
tion generously tendered it.
It was estimated Monday noon that
the total enrollment of the schools
this year would reach 27,000,
Marshall, 111 On
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Tour, Recovering
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 11.—Vice Presi
dent Marshall had so far recovered
today from the illness which kept him
confined to his bed all of Sunday that
e will leave St. Leuis this afternoon
fer Joplin, Mo The Vice President
is to be onec of the principal speakers
at a Demdcratic rally there tomorrow.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
HARRIS PIGKED
Ao WINNER BY
LOYLESS
AUUSTA, Sept. 11.—Thomas W.
Loyless, editor of The Augusta
Chronicle and one of the shrewdest
political observers in the State, to
day gave out the following as his esti
mate of the gubernatorial situation:
Pottle will get the fewest num
ber of votes of them all next
Tuesday, and will carry the few
est counties. And for the reason
that the average man does not
like to “throw away” his vote—
and none of Joe Pottle's follow
ing in Georgia wants to “play
into Tom Watson’'s hands” and
let that avoked enemy of the
Democratic party, pick the next
Governor of Georg.a.
They realize, as every thinking
man must by now, that the pres
ent gubernatorial race is between
. Harris and Dorsey, or, rather, I
should say, between Harris and
Tom Watson—for Dorfsey is, in
reality, but a pawn on Watson's
political chess board.
So, Pottle's followers through
out the State will, generaly, vote
for Governor Harris next Tues
day; except, of course, in those
counties which they know they .
can carry for Pottle.
It would seem that Dr. Hard
man's followers might do the
same; at least, those of them who
believe in prohibition ¢nd want to
see the present prohibition laws
remain on the statute books; as
well as those of them, too, who
are not willing to see Tom Wat
son run the State. But, so far,
the doctor has held them In
check; at least, all of them who
can be held—and this is quite a
number.
Many Hardman followers, how
ever, who have ‘“no strings tied
to them,” are beginning to see
the situaticn as it really is—that
it is, now, a straighout fight be
tween Harris and Watson, or be
tween Democracy and Watsonism
-—and are changing from Hard
| man to Harris.
| If, however, the doctor can
hold enough of them in check un
til Tuesday he will undoubtedly
throw i{nto the Dorsey-Watson |
column a number of counties
that would, otherwise, go to Har
ris. Simply for the reason that
| he will “split” the Dorsey oppo
sition,
| Practically everyone I talked to
~ in Atlanta seemed to be con
. vinced that there is some sort of
. “understanding” between the
; Hardman forces and the Dor
sey forcese-—evn though there
may be none between the candi
dates themselves,
At any rate, this much is cer
tain, that with Hardman out of
the race—as Joe Pottle practical
ly is—Dorsey couldn't hope to
carry 50 counties in Georgia,
Very few, in fact, except those
\ that Tom Watson can give to him
—or to any other man that might
happen to be running with Wat
son's “O. K" on him.
If you are disposed to doubt
‘ this just now, then I invite you
to watch the returns very closely
next Tuesday night and observe
‘ for yourself the number of coun
ties that Hardman throws into
‘ the Dorsey column. Not that the
doctor wats to throw them there,
. primarily—for he, of course, had
| much rather carry them himself
—but I mean the counties that
i Dorsey may carry by a “minor
ity” vote.
' In other words, let us say, a
county in which there are 1,200
voets; 500 for Dorsey and Wat
son, 400 for Harris and 300 for
Hardman. With Hardman out of
the way, Harris would carry that
county by nearly 200 maljority;
for, it must be remembered, Dor
sey had all of the votes he could
hope to get to start with. In fact,
Dorsey could gain few, if any,
votes from either the Hardman
or Pottle ranks with either, or
both, of those candidates out of
the race.
The anti-prohibitionists, for
the most part, are supporting Mr.
Dorsey on account of the refer
endum plank of his platform—
and this, of course, gave him
quite a definite strength to start
with, and with oPttle practically
out of the race, th e“liquor inter
ests” may be counted upon to
line up almost solidly behind Dor
sey. But this, in itself, should
be a sufficient “cue” for the pro
hibitionists of Georgia. Charley
Jones, an ex-saloon keeper, led
the applause at the Dorsey meet
ing in Ttlonta Saturday night.
Unless all signs fail, Governor
Harris and his friends will organ
ize the next State convention,
and will be able to renominate the
Governor, If not on the first bal
lot, at least very soon thereafter,
Man and Wife Leave
Pri Start A
Prison to Start Anew
- COLUMBUS, OHIO, Sept. 11.—Earl
‘Brooks, 25 years old, was received at
the penltemrlry nearly three years ago
for burglary sommitiod 15 Athens
County. His wife, Mattie Brooks, a
‘gret(y little girl of 19, followed
‘ Im a year later for the same crime,
committed in Muskingum County.
{!«vcnl days ago hoth left the prison
arm-in-arm, to ber" life over again
in Wheeling, W. A The bolrrof
administration paroled them at its last
meeting,
“l don't know what I'm going to do
{ct." sald Ear! with a blr semi's spread
ng over his face. “All | want to do is
make a living and make it honestly, |
think I'll find something in Wheeling
that will keep us bhoth.™
His wife was the cause of one prison
guard's downfall The guard became
enraptured over her beauty and tossed
- her notes and trinkets. A speedy dis
missal was the result when {’hc prison
romance was Adiscovarad,
Weds Woman, Blocks
~ White Slave Charge
_ ALEXANDRIA, LA., Sept. 11.—Israel
'J. Roak, who was arrested here charged
with Impersonating a United States
rural route officer, was examinsed be
[rnro United States Commissioner Gist
and J»luad under an appearance bond
MA" or'. f whit \
Charge o w . siaver
abont M.bo preafarred unlmt’ R:::
when he suddenly professed a desire
to marry the womafi with whom he
came here and whom he represented
to be his wife. The woman, who gives
her name as Nora Doyle, of Memphis
l-uun that they had traveled as man
and wife through several States. The
woman has heen falthful to Roak since
his Incarceration and expressed a de
sire to m.rrz' him The license was pro
cured, and the marriage took place,
“Little Bob,”’ U.S. A.,
Drops Clubs and Is
A Schoolboy Again
“Little Bob” Jones and Perry
Adair, golfers of America, Monday
were back in Atlanta chained to
desks in schoolrooms. They got
back to Atlanta Sunday with
George Adair, father of Perry.
But the boys had suffered no
loss of glory. When Perry got to
Marist College and Bob to the
Boys' Technological High School,
on Marietta street, they were the
centers of groups of boys telling
things about the national cham
pionship that many a big business
man in Atlanta was envious to
hear,
As Bob came into town &onday
on the East Lake car he %was the
center of a group of playmates,
who, like himself, were on their
way to the opening of school.
“So you are going back to
school today, eh, Bob?” some one
called to him.
“Tough luck, ain't it?” the
“Kid” answered with a smile.
Bob ls Quizzed.
One who knows how a boy
feels, though, knows it wasn't
tough luck. As Bob neared his
school he was the center of a
larger and larger group. The edi
tor of a “questions and answers”
column nevar had more queries
shot at him. He was as much of
a hero among those school boys
as General Gordon ever was as he
headed a parade down Peachtree
street in the days of yore. Here
lv:fa.l a Henty book hero come to
e.
Bob said it wasn’t luck that
caused him to be defeated by the
great golfer, Gardner. He said he
simply was outplayed.
“Mr. Gardner made a number
of beautiful recoveries, but they
couldn’'t be called luck,” he said.
The boy didn't get to watch
anything but the start of the
chanpionship match between
Gardner and Chick Evans, be
cause he had to leave to get back
home and prepare for the open
ing of school. He said that most
of the golfers at the meet expect
ed Evans to win.
Bob’s Rating.
“3Jardner can outdrive Evans a
few yards, but Evans almost al
ways plays a superior game v- to
the greens, and when he can
putt he can't be beat,” said Bob.
“He putted well in the finals.”
Bob was asked the difference in
the feeling one had in playing in
a championship tournament from
a Georgla tournament.
“Not much,” he said, “except
that there is not abit of foolish
ness about it. Those fellows take
the game mighty seriously.”
He was asked for a compari
son between the East Lake and
the championship courses.
‘ “The championship course sis
harder,” he said. “It is twenty
vards shorter than FEast Lake,
but it is better trapped, the traps
are deeper, and the greens are
much faster. The grass on the
-greens is short and thick and as
smooth as a billlard table.
Fast Greens.
“The first time I played on the
course I putted clean off the
greens.”
He said there was six or sight
inches of sand In the traps, and
that they were never raked. The
:racks and holes made in them are
est.
“When we get in a trap on
East Lake we think it's tough
luck if we get in a hole; but up
- there they call it good luck If
they are not in a hole.”
Also, he said, there were sev
eral high mounds on the course
which looked awfully forbidding
as one started to shoot.
And then Bob turned to the
bays with him on the East Lake
car and made some inquiry
- about school. After all this fa
mous golfer was just a school
boy, and he was happier in talk
ing to his mates than he was In
being interviewed about the na
~ tional championship.
George Adair Talks.
George Adair had many inter
~ esting things to tell about the
tournament at the Merion Cricket
~ Club. After keeping up with
Bob and Perry until they were put
out, he was tired out and, as the
~ youngsters had to get back in time
for the opening of school, he came
with them,
' He'sald that everyone at the
tournament was always on the
James E. Belcher, secretary of the
City Primary Committee, Monday
made public a report on the ex
penses of the recent city primary.
The total cost was $2,260, the most
expensive election ever held In At
lanta. The recall election, held by
the city, cost only $9,000.
Mr. Belcher sald the subcommittee
that was In charge of the primary
met last Friday and accepted the
report. He was asked for an item
ized account of the expenses and he
repiled that the would not be able to
givo that out until Tuesday
He explained that he pald the
managers and clerks $8 each for their
work while the city only paid $5
each. He spent 3450 for voting
booths for precincts weher they were
no convenient places. Thers were
three extra voting places.
The candidates who were assessed
for the expenses of the primary were
paid back approximately $1,306, on a
basis of 36 per cent of the assesments
levied against them. The total
amount of money collected by Mr.
Beicher was $3,550,
American Glassware
PITTEBURG, Sept. 11.—Glass manu
facturers in the Pittsburg district have
been notified by their f‘md-m Agents
that an order In councll had been is
sued placing an embargo upon Amerjcan
table glassware.
Shipments leaving she United States
before August 18, the, cables sald, would
be accepted,
alert for the comments on the
players by Walter Travis, the only
American who ever won the Brit
ish open championship, and the
grand old man of American golf
ers.
“Mr. Travis told me that. ‘Little
Bob' had the best control of his
body in his swing of any player at
the tournament,” said Mr. Adair.
“‘When he takes his stance,
said Mr. Travis, ‘his head stays
fixed and his body revolves as
though on a pivot. There is abso
lutely no sway, and there are but
few golfers in this country or
anywhere else who can do that.'”
Evans Off Weight.
Mr. Adair, who is a close friend
of Chick Evans, the winner of the
tournament, and has had him as a
house guest in Atlanta several
time, said that Evans was twenty
gounds off weight and not playing
is best game.
“If Evans had been in the best
of form, he would have run away
with the tournament,” he said.
“Nelson Whitney, of New Or
leans, had the best chance to elim
inate Evans. Evans played poorly
that day, but the psychology of the
game beat Whitney.
“On the first tee Whitney told
Travis that he was beaten.
“‘l play Evans down at New
Orleans and he beats me every
time,” Whitney told Travis. ‘I
can't beat him.’
“ “Then you ought to beat,’ Tra
vis replied.”
Deep Traps Hurt.
Mr. Adair, who has quite a col
lection of cups for low qualifying
scores in tournaments in this sec
tion, sald that the deep traps
eliminated him,
“I got an 81 and a 90, two sev
ens caused by traps on short holes
eliminating me ” he explained.
He was asked if there was a
chance of the championship ever
being held in Atlanta. *
‘“Not the slightest,” he answered.
“We haven’t got the courses—the
traps on the Mericn course make
East Lake look like it hasn't any
traps—and we haven't got the
grass. Our bermuda greens are
mere substitutes for the greens
they have up East.”
He said he expected the next
championship would be held in
Boston.
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Decatur was all primed and ready
Monday for the big merger and anti
merger rallies in the evening, when
candidates for the Legislature on both
sides of the issue will speak to the
voters.
The pro-merger gpeople will hold
forth in the courthouse and the “an
tis” on the lawn of the courthouse at
the same hour, 8 o'clock. A lively time
is expected.
Following the statement in the Sun
day papers from Robert C. W. Ram
speck setting out the antis’ reasons
why the merger proposition should be
defeated, R. F. Gilliam, candidate for
the Legislature on the merger plat
form, gave out the following card on
Monday:
Having the courage to express
the conviction that the right of
the voters should be respected, I
am not surprised at the vials of
wrath poured out by the old
guard politicians. My opponents
deny the right of the qualified
electors to exercise their consti
tutional privilege of voting on the
merger question, whether for or
against it. Finding that my es
pousal of the cause of the tax
paying citizens had gained an
alarming popularity among the
voters, the erstwhile self-confi
dence and complacency of my op
ponents has given place to a
quaking fear, and they cry out in
terror for help from the old guard
office-holders to come to the res
ocue and save them from defeat.
With the prescience of the
practiced politician, the old guard,
realizing the mistake made by
their candidates, my opponents,
in denying the people the right to
~ vote, now invent the vaporish the
ory that the county might be di
. vided instead of merged. They
must needs devise a scheme to
mystify, confuse and frighten the
voters, instead of allowing the
qualified electors to exercise the
right to vote on the simple ques
tion of merger as contemplated
and guaranteed by the Constitu
tion.
But they underestimate the in
telligence of the voters. The vot
ers see through this subtle scheme
to deprive them of the right to
ATUANTA, GA.
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In a motor car accident two and
one-half miles from Acworth at 8
o’'clock Monday morning, Dr. Eugene
Jacobs, of Birmingham, a brother of
Dr. Joseph Jacobs, of Atlanta, and
his party were whirled down an em
bankment In a car which completely
turned over twice and landed right
side up, with some pretty severe cuts
and bruises for its five occupants, but
not a single fatality.
In the car were Dr. Jacobs, whose
head was cut; Mrs. Jacobs, not in
jured; W. T. Snyder, who suffered a
wrenched shoulder, and Mrs. Snyder,
whose wrist was dislocated. The
chauffeur was badly bruised.
The journey was in the nature of a
wedding tour for the Snyders, who
were married in Atlanta Saturday
night. The bride was Miss Gerirude
Jacobs, a sister of Dr. Jacobs.
The party was en route to Bir
mingham, after a visit to Dr, Joseph
Jacobs in Atlanta. They met a farm
er in a buggy, who was slow to glve
the car a fair portion of the road. In
avoiding a collision, the motor car
was forced off an embankment and -
rolled to the bottom.
Dr. Joseph Jacobs learned of the ac
cident about 10 o’clock, and his son,
Sinclair, at once set out for Acworth
in & car to bring the Injured ones
back to this eity.
Dr. Eugene Jacobs is one of the
leading druggists of Birmingham.
pass upon the question.
My friends now expect those
candidates to be decisively de
feated who are not willin gto al
low a vote, because no candidate
is justified in arrogating to him
self the right to decide a ques
tion which under the Constitution
and in a Democratic Government
belongs to the people. Further
more, the voters resent interfer
ence in this race for the Legis
latur by office-holders not in this
race, and object to being dictated
to by professional politicians.
We propose that the simple
question of merger or no merger
of the whole of DeKalb County.
with Fulton be presented to the
people for a vote.
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