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Kaiser Decides on Drive in Balkans
ficial Returns From Seventeen
Counties Still Lacking,
However.
The race for Commissioner of Ag
culture between the incumbent,
mes D. Price, and J. J. Brown has
veloped into the closest State fight
nce the celebrated contest between
dg Nash Broyles and Judge “Bob”
ottle, which went to the convention
tie vote.
The race is not yet decided, as of
cial returns are still lacking from
venteen counties. The Georgian's
ble on this race shows it as fol-
WS
Counties. Votes.
BEWR <% ibansisds 7% 178
D shanad msi e 60 162
Only eighteen convention votes
eparate the two, although Mr. Brownl
as carried fifteen more counties,
It is probable, but not certain, thnL]
ir. Brown will hold his lead when
he returns are received from the
lissing counties, and that Mr. Price
il join Governor Harris as the only
tatehouse officer to be defeated.
Price led by a small margin up to
te Wednesday afternoon, when re
urns from additional counties ga\'e‘
rown enough votes to overcome this]
nd put him slightly ahead. 1
The race for the three new places
n the Court of Appeals still was un
ecided Thursday morning. With re
turns from 30-odd counties missing,
0. H. B. Bloodworth and W. Frank
enking were pushing each other for
he lead. The former had 128 votes
his credit, and the latter was but
wo behind. It was apparent that
th of these candidates will be nom
inated, unless there is a decided
thange in the reports from the re
maining counties.
The third place is being warmly
ontested. A compilation shows that
'. . George, Alex. Stephens, of At
nta, and Henry Fullbright are so
lose together that a few counties
uld change the result. George is
the lead, with 118 unit votes, with
Btephens second and Fullbright
third. It was belleved it would nar-
Tow down between George and Steph
j&ns, with odds in favor of the former.
arrell Is Elected
Judge Over Johnson
BAINBRIDGE, Sept. 14.—Complete
urns from the Albany Judicial
Ircuit show that Judge Willlam M.
arrell, of Bainbridge, has been clect
over Judge A. 8. Johnson, of Ca
llla, by a majority of 1,316. Harrell
rried Decatur by 1,222, Grady by
1, and Calhoun by 115, while John
carried Mitchell by 508, Douuhc-r-l
by 416 and Baker by 3. Judge Har-
Il is one of the best-known luwyers!
this section and has served on the
Ity Court bench in Decatur County..
¢ succeeds Judge Eugene Cox, of
Amilla, who was defeated for Con
fess. Bolleitor R, C. Bell, of Cairo,
re-elected without opposition.
.
erstreet Is Given
.
reat Demonstration
STATESBORO, Sept. 14.—A dem
tration such as has not taken
“ in the history of Bulloch Coun-
W ** far back as the oldest resident
T Toall was made last night when
15 300 people Journeyed to Sylva-
A 0 pay homage to thelr cholce for
J. W. Overstreet, who
given a majority vote of 1,004
his opponent, General P, W. Mel
. Fifty autos went from States-
2 to 1 Odds
On Hughes
(o Begging
(By International News Service.)
EW YORK, Sept. 14—Wall
N street odds on Hughes are
now two to one, with no
money in sight. Edward McQuade,
betting commissioner on the curb
market, announced today he had
$3,000 to place on Hughes at two
to one.
All the Wilson money he has
held for weeks to be placed at one
to two has been withdrawn.
$6,666 Each
At the close of the next operatic
season Signor Enrico Caruso is not
going home to Sunny It’, as usual
He is going south—to Buenos Ajres.
What is Mr. Caruso going south
for?
$200,000.
Almost anybody would go south for
that. |
. Mr. Caruso has just attached his
signature to a contract under which
he will sing 30 times at perform
ances in the Colon Opera House, at
Buenos Aires, at $6,666.67 per time.
The total is about twice his stipend
for the Metropolitan season in New
York.
The chunky tenor now is in Italy.
He left Florence on account of a three
months’ drouth and went to Monte
Catanil, where there are many wa
ters of a curative nature. Thence he
goes to Naples and New York, in
‘ume for the opera season.
‘ .
lDeKalb Fire Probe
Is Resumed Today
The DeKalb County Grand Jury
Thursday resumed its investigation
of the causes of the fire which de
stroyed the courthouse at Decatur
I\Vadnesday. Several witnesses were
lcalled for examination, but if any
findings were made they were not
announced.
Reports that first arrivals at the fire
smelled odor of 01l or gasoline were
investigated. It was freely charged
in the public square Wednesday that
the bullding had been set on fire.
Samuel Untermeyer
.
Undergoes Operation
YONKERS, N, Y., Sept. 14.—Sam
uel Untermeyer, the famous lawyer,
was operated upon for intestinal
trouble at his home here today.
Mr. Untermeyer has been in poor
health for some time, and an opera
tion was finally found necessary.
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| VOL. XV. NO. 36.
Strike Sympathizers Grease Rails
on New York Surface Lines.
2 ae '
Rioting Continues.
By L. V. B. RUCKER,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14.—Fight per
sons were hurt, one seriously, in a
series of collisions at Westchester
and Brook avenue, in the Bronx, to
day, when strike sympathizers
greased the rails of the surface car
line there.
The motormen were unable to stop
their cars on the grade at this point,
owing to the grease. Traffic was tied
up for some time. Crowds jeered the
car erews until dispersed by the po
lice.
Rioting along the élevated and sur
face lines affected by the traction
strike continued today. During the
early hours no serious violence oc
curred, but there were enough dis
turbances throughout the strike zone
to keep the police on the jump.
As usual, the favorite method of
attack was hurling missiles from
roofs at passing elevated trains and |
dragging motormen and conductors
from surface cars.
Try to Break Strike.
Reiterating their declaration that
the strike on the elevated and sub
way lines had been broken and the
struggle on the surface lines would
terminate within 24 hours in a com=-
plete defeat of the union, traction of
ficlals early today set about making
their threat good.
Assembling 1,400 employees at the
surface barns, they sent out the cars
at frequent intervals, all under po
lice guard. Men who had been held
in reserve as strikebreakers were dis
charged as a result of a warning that
the city authorities would not permit
the opeation of cars by inexperienced
crews.
By 8 a. m. 144 surface cars were in
operation. The entire front of each
car was protected by heavy wire net
ting to stop any missiles that might
be thrown by rioters,
Traffic Enormous.
Two additional trains of eight cars,
making a total of 104 trains being
used, were placed in operation in the
subway during the rush hour. There
was enormous traffic on both the ele
vated and subway lipes, but the trac
tion chiefs asserted that the normal
schedule was being maintained.
Early in the day the strikers began
to gather at the Labor Lyceum for
their parade to Union square, where
President Samuel Gompers, of the
American F&ederation of Labor, and
Organizer Willlam B. Fitzgerald, of
the carmen’'s union, were scheduled
to make addresses,
During the forenoon there were a
numbr of demonstrations about the
Labor Lyceum, extemporaneous
speakers assalling the traction com
panies and urging the men to stand
firm.
ATLANTA, GA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1916.
Kaiser Can’t
.
Have Pudding;
y
War Sure s --
(By International News Service.)
ARIS, Sept. 14—~The Kaiser
P loves rice pudding, and Ger
many is out of rice. The
German Minister to Switzerland
g asked for 200 pounds for the Kai
ser’s personal use, but the Swiss
Government, maintaining strict
neutrality, refused the request.
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Zaimis Fails i
His Plans t
New Cabinet
(By International News Service.)
ATHENS, Sept. 14—Plans for the
formation of a coalition ministry with
ex-Premier Zaimis at its head c6l
lapsed today and King Constantine
again summoned M. Dimitrakopoulos.
. The latter asked for 48 hours in
which to canvass the situation and
decide whether it was possible for
him to accept the post of Premier,
Murder Suspect
Reported Caught
HUNTSVILLE, ALA.; Sept. 14 —A
persistent rumor is in circulation to
the effect that David D. Overton,
wanted on a charge of killlng Probate
Judge W. T. Lawler, has been appre
hended at Shreveport, La. It is known
that his wife was in Baton Rouge a
few days ago, and while there she
was subjected to the closest surveil
s lance by detectives, who thought she
would meet her husband. The ru
mored capture of Overton is not be
lieved, bcause no official here has
been notified of the arrest, and the
telegraph and telephone companies
have not brought any messages tell
ing of the capture., Hundreds of re
ports of this kind have been heard
since the Lawler murder.
. . .
4 Die in Fire at
.
‘Workingmen's Home
(By International News Service.)
DETROIT, Sept. 14.—Four men
were killed, severa! were seriously in-
Jured and more than 100 had narrow
escapes from death esrly today when
the workingmen's industrial home
burned.
The home was conducted by the
l?vntlon Army and last night was
fliled with “down and outers.” Three
of the dead men were trapped on the
third floor and overcome by smoke
and the other sustained fatal injuries
by jumping from the third floor to
the pavement.
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.
Pays Fine of Man
Whom He Fought
James W, Maddox, ex-Alderman,
appeared in Police Court Wednesday
afternoon with R. A. Balley, No. 64
Hampton street, to explain why he
had engaged in a fight at a polling
place Tuesday. There were no wit
nesses, and, after hearing both de
fendants, Recorder Johnson fined
each $3.75.
“I haven't any money, Judge,” sald
Batley, who is an old man.
“I'll pay for both of us, Judge,”
sald Maddox, And he dug up $7.50.
.
Negro Runs Wild;
.
Kills One, Hurts Pourl
(By International News Service,) |
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 14.—Running
amuck after & quarrel with a street
car conductor about a transfer, Sey
mour Clay, a negro, shot and killed
Fortune Jaubert, a wealthy merchant,
and wounded four others, ons an of
ficer. Posses are hunting the negro
tote~
Teuton Allies Agree in Confer
ence to Strike at Foe
in South,
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Sept. 14.—Emperor Wil
liam and representatives of the Ger
manic allies, in conference at Ger
man military headquarters, have de
clded to initiate a great offensive in
the Balkans, according to a Rome dis
patch to the Wireless Press. This
states that Germany will send 200,-
000 men and Austria will comrihutel
100,000 to co-operate with the Bul
gars and Turks. |
.
Roumanians Battle
} . Foes on the Danube
(By International News Service.)
PETROGRAD, Sept. 14-—Rouma
nian troops are engaged in battle on
the Danube with German and Bulga
rian forces, the Russian War Office
}announced today. The fighting is in
progress in the region of Silistria,
!and thus far has favored the Rouma
'nians, who captured eight light guns
‘The War Office reports:
“On the western front of the Rus
sian armies the situation is un
changed. In the Caucasus as a result
of engagements in the reglon of
Hamadan we captured a herd of cat
;Lle and camels.”
On the Balkan front in the region
of Sihistria fighting is proceeding on
the Danube. The Roumanians re
pelled the attacks of the Germans and
Bulgarians and captured eight light
guns.”
Germans Shifting
Reserves to East
(By International News Service.)
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 14.-Large
numbers of the German troops sta
tioned in Belgium are being transfer- ‘
red to the eastern front. All passen- |
ger service on the German rallroads
has been held up for two days to fa
cllitate the eastern movement, |
The German troops stationed ln‘
Belglum are reserves, consisting of
men hitherto regarded as too old for
continued active service. That they
should be sent to the eastern theater
indicates the Russian pressure is be
}comlng most severe,
Serbs and French
.
Advance in Balkans
(By International News Service.)
| PARIS, Sept. 14.—Continuing their
‘Jolm offensive on the Allles’ left
wing, the Serbians and French troops
‘have won further successes over the
Bulgarians, according to the official
)nport on the Saloniki operations is
sued by the War Office today. The
Serblans, It states, maintaln their
progress west of the Vardar, They
have captured a height west of Hill
No. 1600, The fighting in this dis
trict is still in progress,
South of Lake Ostrova the French
are assuiling the Bulgars, the advan
tage lying with the attacking troops.
. .
Austrian Airmen
. . i
Raid Venice Again
(By International News Service.)
ROME, Sept. 14.-—Austrian sero
planes bombarded Venice early wd;y‘
for the seventh time since the wu‘
began. They bombarded the Church
of Bt. John and BBt Paul, dropping a
number of bombs in an effort to de
stroy the edifice,
Next to St. Mark's, the Church of
St John and Bt. Paul (Banto Glovani.
Paulo) is the most famous nllvo\u
structure In Venice. It was bullt in
the fourtesnth century
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FrenchDriveStrains
(ierman Belt inWest
To Snapping Point
By CHARLES F. BERTELLI,
Staff Correspondent of the Interna
\ tional News Service.
PARIS, Sept. 14.—The thun
derbolt launched by General Foch
Tuesday and Wednesday north of
the Somme brings him within
measurable distance of complete
ly breaking down the German
belt,
The three miles which he occu
pied in the German system of
third line trenches, which is the
last strongly organised defense of
the Germans, are on the main
road which forms the most im
portant artery in this region,
feeding Peronne from Cambria.
In this month's fighting on the
Somme a few heavy shells imme
diately render useless any cover.
the tactical results are the oc
cupation of the Bapaume-Pe
ronne read, as. well as the cap
ture of the culminating positions
between Peronne and Bapaume,
while the French guns also com
mand the Paris-Lille railway.
War Passes Into New Phase.
In some places the French guns
now have to smash only hastily
' constructed dugouts, sparsely
timbered and not strengthened
‘; by. cement, which demonstrates
~ that the war has passed into a
new phase. With the attack
i sweeping all before it over dis
~ tances of several miles and con
~ siderable depths, the operations
; have lost their character of isola
ted trench storming, which pre
vailed for the two years past.
This is due to the deadly new
artillery, which batters out of
shape all trenches and puts out
of action all defenders, so that
when the infantry is released It
fights in the open or in woods
void of trenches. This change
was apparent yesterday, when
General Foch executed the first
open maneuver since the Marne,
Pivoting on the Somme River,
his left wing carried a bastioned
front a kilometer long and three
kilometers deep, including Hill
78, two miles north of Peronne,
Farther north the greatest feat
accomplished was the capture of
another trench running in
straight line from the river to
Merval with only one opening,
Hill 145,
Attack Lasts 26 Minutes.
The Germans bullt this strong
work to cover the Peronne-
Bapaume, 2,000 yards to the rear.
The French hammered it for four
days with the fiercest shell fire
and selzed it in exactly 26 min
utes,
The reason was that there was
scarcely a man left to defend the
great trench, and when Foch's
troops came up the line was so
upturned that it ceased to re
semble a trench. It was merely a
medley of corpses. The French
troops operating in this region
under General Fayolle belong to
the French Comte Picardio, so
when, after a brief rest, they
swept on toward the Bapaume-
Peronne road they reconquered
their own particular corner of
France. They charged with mag
nificent dash, flercely bearing
down the opposition isolated
groups of Teutons offered. Fin
ally they got an Immovable
stronghold. Among the troops de
feated here were the first active
Imperial Guards division—Ger
many's finest soldiers. An officer
who was an eyewitness to the ao
dlon says he never saw finer
fighting.
“The advance was made over
flattened Intrenchments,” sald
he. “A few groups of Germans,
hiding in dugouts, willingly sur
rendered. It only needed a dosen
grenades to persuade a few re
caleitrants that opposition was
useless. Our artillary preparation
EVENING
EDITION
these days always reduces the
‘Bosches’ to limp impotency. For
instance, an’ artillery noncom
missioned officer, preparing the
way for the first attacking wave,
saw a hun&red Germans running
hands up toward the onrushing
blue line, while their own ma
chine guns fired into them from
the rear. When being sent behind
the lines all said they were satis
fied to escape the murderous fire
of our guns.”
The first phase of the battle in
which the French seized the first
German line within 26 minutes
began at 12:30. The German sup
porting column retreated east
ward under shell fire. While the
conquered ground was hastily or
ganized the batteries opened bar
rages with heavier guns. They
continued to pound the second
““Mfine, and At 1:15 the Infantry
1 again went inta action.
j Center Meets Stiff Resistance.
| The left wing progressed rap
idly, debouching from the An
derlu wood. They carried Prize
farm and reached the outskirts of
Rancourt. Farther south the
slopes of Hills 11 and 145 were
conquered with an irresistible
dash a mile deep.
The center, however, encoun
tered stubborn resistance, espe
cially in Marrieres wood, a por
tion of which was held by the
Germans, but after three hours of
desperate fighting the French
cleared the position and flung the
Germans to the east of the Ba
paume road.
In the evening Saxon troops
occupying Bouchavesnes were
turned north and south and aban
doned the village after a short
struggle, although they had
strongly fortified it. They left
many machine guns and heaps of
ammunition in French hands,
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Burian Replies to
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Critics in Austria
(By International News Service.)
VIENNA (via Berlin), Sept. 14.—
Criticism of the Government result
ing from the participation of Rouma
nia in the war on the side of the En
tente was answered deflantly today by
Baron Burian, Austro-Hungarian
Minister of Foreign Affalrs.
“I would welcome an Investigation
of the Roumanian situation,” was the
answer he made to critics,
The Baron declared that the cen
tral powers would have been humil
fated if they had offered territorial
concessions in order to hold Rou
mania’'s friendship.
“l belleve that the Entente has
shown weakness rather than strength
by Involving Roumania in the war,”
he continued. “If the enemy powers
had been strong they would not have
thought the assistance of Roumania
necessary. Roumania will be quickly
dealt with after it has been crushed.”
. . .
British Claim New
Gainslgxll ngme
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Sept, 4. ~Today's War
Office report on the Somme operations
say that the British have made prog
ress north of Ginchy, but that the
general situation is unchanged. The
statement follows:
~ “The situation is unchanged. Ar
tillery duels are in progress south of
the Ancre. Hostile artillery is par
ticularly active in the neighborhood
of the Pozicres windmill. South of
Thiepval we made further progress.,
North of Ginchy and in the neighbor
hood of Souchez we made some night
ralds, taking some prisoners”
By SYDNEY B. CAVE,
Staff Correspondent of the Interna~
tional News Service, .
LONDON, Sept. 14 —Capture of
Peronne by French troops, a blow
that will ultimately force the Ger
mans to abandon the great Noyon
salient that they have maintained
since the battle of the Marne two
years ago, was forecast by dispatches
received here from Amsterdam today.
These state that though Crown
Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria ‘was
reinforcing his troops about Peronne
and bringing up all available artillery
for the town's defense, the civilion
{tnhahltants of the district had been
Lordermi by the Germans to leave im
mediately, Refugees numbering 2,000
‘have already reached the Belgian
town of Given.
These war exiles report that signs
of panic are already apparent among
the troops owing to the continued ad
vance of the French troops on the
Somme front. From them was ob
tained the first account of the results
obtained by the French aviators in
their recent raids behind the German
lines,
The refugees stated that in every
phase of aerial warfare the French
fliers are now demonstrating their su
periority, not only in numbers, but
also in the boldness of their opera
tions.
SBeveral of the rallway lines upon
which the Germans depend for mov
ing their troops rapidly to threat
ened points on the front have been
#0 badly damaged by bombs dropped
from French aeroplanes that it will
take more than two weeks to repair
them,
Eight German ammunftion depots
have been blown up with heavy
losses of life,
-
Teuton Attacks Fail
.
To Shake French Line
By CHARLES F. BEERTELL,
ff Correspondent nterna
- tional Nows m'
PARIS, Sept. 14.—German troops
launched a counter attack on the
Somme front yesterday, but #£ re
sulted In fallure, the War Office an
nounced today. The Teuton attacks
were made on both sides of the
Somme River, that to the north be-
Ing against Hill No. 76, while to the
south the Germans assailed the po
sitions recently taken by the
French,
The officlal communique reports
the repulse of these assaults, the saine
fate meeting two German attacks on
the Vaux-Chapitre positions on the
Verdun front,
i A feature of the military operations
much commented on by the French
experts is that the Allies not only
gain their objective In the attacks
they make but hold on to their cap
tured positions despites the most des
perate efforts of the Germans to dis
lodge them.,
In the latest Somme attacks the
Germans huried large forces upon the
French only to be™driven back with
heavy losses,
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Belgian Men Being
Deported to Germany
v Paris), Sept. 14.-Oen
or:'lAv"’:El(flfil:ln‘. M)fl"nlfy ‘dovun
of Belgium, is sending to
all Belgian men between the
18 and 35. Recently 1,200 G%
from umf