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3 CENTS
EVERYWHERE
PAY NO MORE
TIDE FOR HARRIS IS RUNNING HIGH
Russian Troops March to Envelop Bulgarians
(By International News Service.) '
BUCHAREST, Sept. 11.—The Rou
manian War Office today admitted |
that Silistria, an important Danube
fortress, had been abandoned to the
Bulgarians. The Roumanians retreat
ed in good order after the fort had
been destroyed by heavy guns.
“Silistria,” says the official state
ment, “was attacked with 12-inch and
16 1-2-inch guns, which destroyed the
forts in a few hours. The Rouma
nians retired in good order.
“Russian troops are marching to
the southward of Dobrie, in order to
surround the enemy advancing on the
Danube.”
Great Battle on
Along Black Sea
By SYDNIgY B. CAVE,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service. .
LONDON, Sept. 11.—Zuriech dis
vatches today confirmed earlier re
ports that a tremendous battle is de
veloping In that section of Roumania
lylng along the Black Sea. It is ap
parent from this news that the Rus
slan and Roumanian conmmanders had
carefully selected the fleld on which
they wished to meet the advancing
Bulgarian and Turkish forces.
The same dispatches brought the
significant news that the Russlans
had resumed their offensive in Buko- |
wina and were attacking the Aus
trians along their entire front. This
Wwas taken as indicative that the Rou
manian advance into Transylvania
had been so successful at every point
that the Russian army was secure
from attack on its extreme left flank,
and could proceed with vigor against
the forces defending the passes lead
ing to the plains of Hungary.
While interest in the spectacular
centered upon the campaign In Rou
manla, the military experts today ox-l
pressed the opinion that success for‘
the Turco-Bulgarian forces in the
Black Sea region would gain them?
but little benefit. Following the an-}
nouncement of the capture of Turtafi
kal, 1t is claimed that the Rouma
nian fortress of Silistria, 60 miles
from Bucharest, has fallen to the
Bulgarians,
These enemy successes, the experts
point out, are immaterial, in view of
the fact that at no point have the
Bulgarians succeeded in passing the
Danube River, which serves as a nat.
ural defense for the heart of Rouma
nia
French Check All
Attacks on Somme
PARIS, Sept. 11.—German attacks
made on the Somme front were re
pulsed by the French, according to
the official communique issued to
day. The Teutons launched their chief
Assaults In the region of Berny and
Chaulnes, but they were unsuccessful
Elsewhere on the front calm pre-
Valled, the statement says.
Laß Trenches
Eiiii"ed z;nßritish
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Sept. 11.—British troops
N Sunday repulsed several attacks
Tade by the Germans on the Somme
front, the War Office announced to-
Gay. while on the front farther north
they penetrated several Teuton
trenches near the Laßasses Canal
The War Office statement follows
Two more counter attacks at Gin-
ChY yesterday were repulsed. Several
Fmall infantry .nrm?x- to attack our
A% near Mouquet Farm and In the
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; Harris Forces
Now Sure of
83 Counties
’ N forecasting the result of the
I Governor's race in the Sunday
papers, it was estimated by
Governor Harris’ campaign mana
gers that he would carry at least
79 counties, and possibly more.
Today (Monday) that forecast is
confidently increased to 83 coun
ties sure, and perhaps 90.
There is doubt in the Harris
managers’ minds of only one of the
six-vote counties; he will carry a
heavy majority of the four-vote
counties, and far more than a suf
ficiency of the two-vote counties
to nominate on the first ballot.
The Harris’ management says
there will be no convention fight.
{ Harris’ friends will organize the
% convention, nominate the Governor
for a second term on the first bal
-2 lot, and adjourn,
g Even some of the so-called
¢ “Watson counties,” regarded until
§ lately as Dorsey strongholds, be
cause of Mr. Watson’s support of
§ the Atlanta man, will swing into
g the Harris column Tuesday.
Fund Started to Buy
.
Poor Pupils Books
A movement for a public lubscflp-i
tion for free schoolbooks for the chil
dren of poor parents was started in
Mayor Woodward's office Monday.
Andy R. King, chairman of the Police
Commission, Mayor Woodward and
Charles King gave $5 each and Gor
don Hurtel, Mayor Woodward's sec
retary, gave $1 and some secand-hand
books.
Persons who have second-hand
books they would like to give also are
called on to respond.
The appropriation of SSOO for free
schoolbooks was killed by the Alder
mani¢ body because of lack of tunda.;
S et asssiinnis ot |
s |
Harris 24, Dorsey 12, i
.
In Ballot in Cobb
—_— |
ACWORTH, Sent. 11.—A vote was
taken of all customers in a barber |
shop here Saturday. It resuited as.
follows: ‘
‘ Harris, 24.
Dorsey, 12. |
Those voting were divided about
‘even between town people and farm
ers.
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President Racing to
. . , S.d
Dying Sister’s Side
(By lntornfl;;rgmo Service.)
LONG BRANCH, N. J., Sept. 11,—
President Wilson is racing with death
today. With his wife, the nation's
executive left here by automobile this
morning for New York, whence they
will go by train to New London,
Conn.; in response to a telegram stat
ing that Mrs. Anna Howe, the Pres
ident’s sister, is dying.
Steel Common at
104 3-4, New Record
(By lntomul‘o.r;a.l”;om Service.)
I NEW YORK, ' Sept. 11.—United
| States Steel common made a new rec
ord this afternoon when it gained 2
lpolma and sold at 104 3-4.
Yesterday’s Market Place
Is Today’s Want Ad Section
Some years ago, before the days of big cities and newspa
pers, most all of the selling, bartering and hiring was done
at the market places,
There the townspeople got together and made known thelr
wants to one another by spoken words,
Today the people are too numerous. No market place is
big enough to hold the citizens of the large cities, so they
make known their wants now through the newspapers,
If you want to buy, sell, trade, hire, or find oceupation, make
known your want through the Want Ad pages of The Geor
glan-American. There the wants are classified soo as to
bring them most quickly to the attention of those who can
fill them promptly and profitably.
Whatever your want, write it out, then mail it te :
The Georgian-American
Atlanta’s Want Ad Direstory
20 East Alabama Street
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VOL. XIV. NO. 345.
USES BLANKET TO ESCAPE FROM JAIL
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One Prisoner Gets Away, but An
other Falls Four Stories
at Tower,
Will Armstrong, a young-man ac
cused as a burglar, Monday was at
large, with county police and deputy
sheriffs scouring Fulton County for
him, and F. H. Hart, who was rear
rested a few days ago just as he com
pleted a three-year term in the Fed
eral Prison, was in the Tower hos
pital, seriously hurt as the result of a
daring escape from the jail early
Sunday morning, which brought free
dom to Armstrong and disaster to
Hart.
Hart fell four stories to the ground
in the jail yard when he lost his hold
as he squeezed out or a fourth-floor
window, from which a bar had been
sawed, and startea to slide down an
improvised blanket rope. When he
recovered consciousnéss, he found
himself so badly hurt that he would
make no further attempt to get away.
Moaning and dragging himself
around to the Tower entrance, he
begged the jallers to let him inside
again. He was accommodated and
was found in such condition that he‘
immediately was placed in the jail
hospital. ‘
Both Were Trusties.
Armstrong and Hart both were
trusties and had the privilege of the
“run around,” the balconies in front
of the prison cages. They wers not
locked in the cages as the other pris
oners, and for this reason had only to
work their way through one barred
window. One bar was removed, this
making an aperture sufficient to ad
mit heir bodies through the window.,
The blankets, which were spliced to
make the rope to carry the prisoners
to the ground, were »btained from
cells on the fourth floor.
The bar was sawed from a window
in the laundry, which is situated in
the south wing on that floor. The
laundry jailers were of the opinion
that the prisoners selected the laun
dry as offering the least chance of de
tection in their work task. The blan
ket rope was fastened to one of the
remaining bars in this window.
Armstrong Lands Safely,
Armstrong descended the rope first
and landed safely in the jail vard.
When Hart started down, however,
his hold broke and he plunged to the
ground. He was so stunned by the
fall that he was supposed to have lain
motionless for some time. Before he
could reach the jail ofMice and report
the escape, Armstrong had been en-
Abled to place a considerable distance
between himself and the prison,
An immediate search was made, but
no trace of him could be found,
Sheriff Mangum Monday had under
way a vigorous Investigation to deter
mine the manner In which the saw
with which the bar was severed found
its way Into the Tower and Into the
hand= of the two men. It was beliaved
that Hart would tell the whole story.
In the event the identity of the oute
side aldes should be disclosed, imme
diate arrests were anticipated,
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1916,
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THOUSANDS SEE BIGGEST
BHGE FALL MANY OEA
(By International News Service.)
QUEBEC, Sept. 11.—~More than a
score of workmen—possibly 20--were
crushed to death or drowned today
when the central span of the new $17,-
000,000 bridge Dbeing constructed
Across the St. Lawrente River col
lapsed today.
The collapse occurred without
warning. and the men on the great
#pan were unable to make any ef
fort to save thelr lives, The victims
were crushed to death by the metal
that fell on them, or were carried with
the span into the deep waters of the
ON THE FIRING LINE AGAIN
Bt. Lawrence, drowning befors help|
could reach them. |
The span collapsed three hours
After the scows supporting it had
been removed. |
Construction of the bridge, which
Was 1o have been the largest eum-‘
lever structure in the world, prob
ably will be long delayed. The nm‘
which fell was about one-eighth of a
mile lone. and weighed more than
5,000 tons.
All river trafe In the vicinity had
been suspended while the glant span
was being raised its place, and
the accident NF by thousands
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of persons on board vessels near by.
Scores of prominent persons had been
invited to see the span placed in po
sition. These Included members of
the Canadian Parllament, leading
American engineers and members of
the Australian Parliament returning
from Europe,
The eyes of all were fixed on the
span and the work being done to join
it when that section of the great
structure fell to the water, which Is
about 200 feet below at that point. A
€ry of horror went up as men were
seen clinging to the structure, and
within a few minutes a small fleet of
rescue boats was operating over the
peint where the span had disap
peared.
About 40 men still alive were res
cued from the water, but they said a
large number of thelr comrades had
been caught beneath the span, with.
out any opportunity to sscape.
It will be many hours before the
exact number of dead can be ascer.
tained, an the entire pay roll contain-
Ing the names of the employees will
have to be gone over,
The bridge was originally planned
A NTNINENINININININNTNNA NN
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| For Victory |
{ For Victory |
; For H R
: or rnarris.
’; —
i -OVERNOR HARRIS receiv-
G ed this telegram Monday:
é AUGUSTA, Sept. 11.
: Governor Nat E, Marris, Atlanta,
Ga.:
{ We are not only working for |
| your re-alection, but we are pray- ;
! ing for it, {
{ MRS, A. M. VERDERY, !
! President W. C. T. U, |
MRS, NOLAN RUSSELL 3
HAMMELL, 3
Superintendent W, C. T, U, }
? Prison RePorm Work, {
MM‘ e S N |
to save about 200 miles In the journey
from Halifax to Western Canada. Its
construction was begun on the site
of the bridge which killed 70 na
when It collapsed several nu';::,
FrRST
EDITION
With the opening of the polls less
than 24 hours away, the management
of the four candidates for Governor
wers busy Monday making the last
check of the news from the counties,
revising their estimates of counties
won and lost, and completing ar
rangements for workers at a thou
sand or two polling places. The halls
of the historic Kimball Houss,
brooder and incubator of many a po=-
litical chicken which never got home
to roost, were never quite so filled
with workers who looked busy and
idlers who looked important.
At the Harris headquarters the
friends in charge of the Governor's
campaign said they desired to revise
their Saturday forecast only by add
ing a few counties to the Governor's
claim. These had been in the doubb
ful list until Monday, when telegrams
announced they appeared gsafe for
Governor Harris.
Considerable discussion was cauwed
on the streets Sunday and Monday
by one of the last remarks made by
Mr. Dorsey in his speech at the Grand
Saturday night, a remark carefully
eliminated from the account of the
speech published Sunday In The Con
stitution. In rebuking Governor Has
ris for showing clemency toward un
fortunate State prisoners Mr, Dorsey
remarked:
Dorsey in New Role,
“Governor Harrls, In his speeches,
Indulges In a lot of sentimental drivel
about the sanctity of the home and
the virtue of wife and sister, and says
he will set free the man convicted of
slaying the Invader of his home™
Among the letters and telegrams re
celved at the Harrls headquarters
Monday were several commenting on
this and expressing the opinion that &
man who congiders this idea of the
protection of the home “sentimental
drivel” will hardly find his expected
support among Southern voters.
It was worthy of notice Monday
that at the Harris headquarters the
telegraph messengers were bring tel
egrams in, while over In the Dorsey
offices the telegrams were all going
out—hundreds of them, to judge from
the string of boys h irrying In and
out. It was a natural inference that
the Dorsey management was making
one last attempt to rally its forces
Around the Watson banner
: The morning paper, which has for
many weeks done everything possidble
| to further the Dorsey campalign, even
by omitting to handicap him by its
| editorial Indorsement, was brimming
:.\ r Monday with last-minute de
| sense, denlals and repudiations. It
featured on its front page, whers none
;L it Dorsey might intrude until now,
v lengthy appeal from Dr. Hardman
| 10 his former supporters not to de
(sert him. Dr. Hardman was frantie
ally crying for everybody to stand
by, He said he was in no combine to
| vicinity of Posleres were driven off.
| Between Neuville St. Vaast and La«
‘ltuu-n Canal we entered enemy
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