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3 CENTS
EVERYWHERE
PAY NO MORE
GAG PUT ON CONVENTION
DORSEY MEN FAIL TO SUPPRESS HARWELL
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By DUDLEY GLASS.
CONVENTION HALIL, MACON,
GA., Sept. 26.—Chairman E. J. Rea
gan called the convention to order at
10 o’clock. Every seat was filled and
the gallery was overflowing. No cre
dentials had been demanded and it
appeared that any one who could find
a seat had the privilege of the house.
Only a dozen ladies were in the gal
lery.
The battle that has developed over
the position on the Supreme Court
has taken on the aspect of the warm
est politics the convention is likely
to face. The Harris delegates at a
caucus voted to support Judge Price
Qilbert, the ad interim appointee. At
t caucus of the Pmuy ledders last
night an effort wds made to have his
campaign manager, Frank Harwell,
withdraw lest it embarrass Mr. Dor
sey. This move failed.
There isß considerable opposition to
any action on the matter on the
ground that the voters of the State
expressed no opinion on the Supreme
Court judgeship.
Hub Dean, of Gainesville, was on
his feet as soon as the opening prayer
was over and nominated J. R. Smith,
of Atlanta, as temporary chalrman.
It went through without a murmur
Judge Reagan appointed a committee
to escort Mr, Smith to the chair. He
began his keynote address, pralsing
Wilson and the national administra
tiun
“Georgia has registered her decision
in such a way that he world)ut
side, so far as it may be interested,
can make no mistake as to Georgia's
position, he said, in beginning. “Othe_t
States can not understand Georgia's
problem.”
Gag Rule Adopted.
The mention of Woodrow Wilson
was marked by cheers. Dorsey’s name
was followed by continued cheering.
Rules governing the cqnvenuon
were adopted. These proviged that
all resolutions be sent to the resolu
tons committee without being read
or debated. This choked off any at
/tempt by a minority delegate of a
Watson disturber to inject an unex
pected dispute into the proceedings.
The rule provided that delegates
must respect the votes of the coun-i
rties and cast the county unit vote for
the successful candidate in that couno‘
Lty as long as his name should be be
fore the convention. After that they
should vote their counties as they
desire.
The nomination for judges of the
Court of Appeals had tenth and last
place on the order of business. |
Hiram C. Gardner, of Eatonton, was
elected secretary. At this moment the
old order gave place to new, Chair
man Reagan and Secretary Massen
gale reuring from the scene and the
fleld. Tehy took the back bench on
the stage.
W. E. Simmons, of Gwinnett, ob
jected to binding the delegates so
long as names were before the con
vention.
Row Starts on Judgoohi&.
Mr. Jones, of Meriwether offered a
resolution that he convention do not
nominate a judge of the Supreme
Court to succeed Jydge Lumpkin, and
that any Democrat who desired might
run in the regular election.
“None of us are instructed in this
race,” he said. He was cheered as he
declared the office of SBupreme Justice
was above convention politics. “The
very steam roller we cussed and
abused we threaten to use now,” he
sald. 3
Hub Dean, apparently the Dorsey
boor leader, insisted on nominating a
Supreme Court Justice. He insisted
on binding delegates on the appellate
race. :
The debate so far had be%y Dor
pey delegates only, and | gan to
appear the machine was getting un
. ruly. Hub Dean was hooted, the
crodw yelling, “Put him out!”™ Chair
man Smith pleaded for order, and
ruled the previous question had been
called.
Simmons and Dean were in heated
argument in the aisle.
Then uprose Mr. Albert Howell, Jr,,
Continued on Page 2, Column 3,
Keynote Address of
J. R.Smith Pays High
Tribute to President
MACON, Sept. 26.—1 n his “keynote
address” at the State Democratic|
Convention today, J. R. Smith, of At
lanta, temporary chairman, pald a
tribute to President Woodrow Wilson
which made it perfectly clear that the
convention leaders had determined to
ignore the demands of Thomas E.
Watson that the convention refrain
from indorsing the national adminis
tration. The address, in part, fol
lows: .
My Friends and Fellow Demo
crats of Georgia:
At this hour and in this gener
ation more history is being wrlt-'
ten lin blood than during any pre
vious period in the world’s his
tory; almost one-half of the civ
ilized world is engaged in the
most gigantic struggle recorded
in any age. The distress that it
brings to civilization S{ that the
end of that great horror is not yet
in sight. No prophet can yet de
termine, with any degree of cer
tainty, how or when the world
shall get back upon a normal ba
sis. There are so many things for
which the American people can be
profoundly grateful in this day of
stress, it would be difficult for us
to find words with which to give
adequate expression of our grati
~ tude.
| Today we are at peace with all
i the nations of the earth, and yet
'~ we dare not boast, for we can not
~ tell what tomorrow shall bring
- forth.
Tribute of History.
History will say that the guid
ing genius who heads our national
organization, of which we are a
part, has done more for the pres
ervation of civilization than any
man who has yet lived.
We have met here chiefly for
the purpose of ratifying the nom
ination of the Hon. Hugh M. Dor
sey, whom the Democrats of
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Capt. Beck Elected
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Lieut. Col. of Fifth
CAMP HARRIS, MACON, Sept. 26.
Captain Robert Beck, United States
cavalry officer at Camp Harris, was
chosen Monday afternoon as lieuten
ant colonel of the Fifth Infantry,
Georgia National Guard, succeeding
Walter Hendrix, of Atlanta, who re
cently resigned to resume his law
practice. |
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$5,000 Loss in Fire
On Alexander St.
A 35,000 blaze on Alexander stpset
early Tuesday morning destroyed the
grocery store and stock of F. Fried
man at No. 24 and the pressing club
and haberdashery of W. W, Smith
next door at No. 26.
The fire stared about 5.30 o'clock
from an unknown origin. Both build
ings were completely burned.
Now—-
About That
Real Estate
—What is it you wish? "
y —to buy! Lots of good property advertised to-day.
—to sell? Lots of people advertising for purchases.
—to exchange! Just look at the opportunities under
‘“Real Estate For Exchange,’”’ a few pages over.
All this—and more—on tHe subject of Real Estate
in today’s—in every day’s—issue of The
Georgian-American
~the big Real Estate and Want Ad Directory of
Atlanta.
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Georgla have chosen as . their
standard bearer and leader, and
by this act we are adding to the
strength of the Democratic organ
ization of the nation. The Demo
cratic party, under the powerful
leadership of the Hon. Woodrow
Wilson, the most fearless states
man yet appearing upon the po
litical horizon since the days of
Washington and Jefferson, has
given to the country, in addition
to peace and prosperity, the most
wholesome laws ever written
upon our statute books—laws that
the enemies of the party dare not
challenge in their canvass of the
country for support; laws which
they for 40 years steadfastly re
fused to glve to the country; laws
that have released the country
financially and made it possible
for every man In every line of
endeavor to pursue his business
without the slightest chance ors
being “squelched” by the flnan
cial sharks who controlled the
money market of this country be
fore the Democratic party
wrenched it from them.
The enemies of our party, in the
face of all the facts, will find it
difficult to convince American
people that they have not been
given a “square deal,” and given
the highest degree of represen
tation at home and abroad by the
Democratic party.
Georgia to Stand Firm.
Reinforced in this State by the
election of one of her most fear
less and loyal Democrats, Hugh
Dorsey, as our leader, Georgia
will stand, as she always has
stood, resting squarely upon the
principles of the Democracy that
has preserved her and brought
her through the fights and given
her the position she now occu
pies in the hearts of the Ameri
can people.
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Bremen a Captive,
Educator Reports
(By International News Service.)
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 26.—The
German merchant submarine Bre
men has been captured by the Eng
lish and is now tied up in Falmouth
harbor, according to Dr. R. Tait Mec-
Kenzie, director of the department of
physical education in the University
of Pennsylvania, who returned _today
after sixteen months in London.
Dr. McKenzie said he heard the
story of the Bremen’s capture just be
fore he salled from Liverpool for New
York. He added: “The Bremen is
sald to have a cargo valued at 3§25,
000,000, consisting of dyestuffs and
diamonds.” |
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16,000 Bales Leave
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Savannah in Day
SAVANNAH, Sept. 26 —Sixteen thou~
sand bales of cotton were shipped by
boat from Savanah yesterday for do
mestic and foreign ports. ¢
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1916. . -Rr‘tit m 8 CENTS IATNO3OmE ——
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ALLIES IN COMBLES
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Governor Refuses to Call Legisla
~ ture to Deal With Threat
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ened General Tie-up.
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—~Governor
Whitman let it be known shortly
before noon today that he would notl
call a special session of the Newi
}York Legislature to deal with the
threatened general strike here, called
for tomorrow morning. He stated
that he would receive a committee
of Legislators this afternoon, but
made it clear by his attitude that he
did not believe the present situation
called for such drastic action. |
General reluctance has been shown‘
among the labor organizations re-‘
garding the call for a general strike
to aid the carmen’s “cause.” In some
quarters the belles prevails that
merely the calllng of the Legislature
would have important effects on the
labor men.
Renewed outbreaks of vlolence
marked the traction strike early to
day. Revolver shots were fired at a
Third avenue e¢levated train and
numerous other trains were bombard
ed from roofs with showers of mis
slles. No one was injured, however.
Two arrests were made.
Catchings Slayer
EUFAULA, ALA. Sept. 26.—Fear-
Ing mob violence, attorneys for the
State have obtained a change of venue
for the negro who was recently con
victed of the murder of Mrs. Julia
Catchings, a wealthy white woman,
at her home at Hatcher Station, in
neighboring Quitman County, Geor
gla. The negro obtained a new trial
on a number of grounds, and this will
be held in Randolph County, of
which Cuthbert is the county seat. ‘
He has been held in the Randolph
jail since the crime was commm.ed‘
several months ago, as it was felt
that he would not be safe In the coun- ‘
ty Jjail at Georgetown. Last week,
when Sheriff Taylor was murdered by
& negro, and feeling ran so high, the
murderer was sent to the Bibb Coun
ty jajil, at Macon, for safe keeping.
5 Killed by Blast 1
Illed by ‘
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' CHESTER, 8. C, Sept. 28.—PFMive
negroes were killed in a dynamite ex
plosion Monday afternoon at N}trolee.
about twenty miles from Chester,
where the Hardaway Contracting
Company is erecting a great dam
across the Catawba River for a hydro
‘electric power plant for the Southren
Power Company. Antonio Anz, an
Italian foreman, was severely hurt by
falling rock. Anz was superintend
ing the drilling of holes in the quarry.
The fatal hole had hardly been filled
with dynamite when it exploded,
along with twenty other holes. Ap
proximately 400 pounds of dynamite
was fired
Held in Tennessee
HUNTSVILLE, ALA., Sept. 26.—A
report, which has not yet been ocon
firmed, has reached here that David
B. Overton, wanted in econnection
with the murder of Probate Judge W,
T. Lawler, has been captured at
Smithville, Tenn.
Overton, who was one of the best
known politicians in Alabama, has
been missing since the body of the
slain judge was found
Greek ex-Premier to Head Revolt.
Elimination of King
Predicted.
Epvege: |
BY FRANK TEWSON, |
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
LONDON, Sept. 26.—A complete
political upheaval in Greece and the.
elimination of King Constantine's au--
thority is one of the predicted results
of the forthcoming visit of M. Veni
zelos to London.
M. Venizelos, who is a former Pre
mier of Greece and leader of the pro
ally party, has gone from Athens to
Crete, where he probably will heal
the provisional government, as was
reported in dispatches to the Inter
national News Service on Monday. |
It King Constantine fails to accept
the services of the revoluuonaryi
army when they are tendered to him |
in a proclamation wbich Venizelos ls‘
preparing, decisive events are expect.
ed to follow at once.
There are strong Indications that
the ex-Premier has the support uf‘
the Entente powers in any action he
may contemplate to fulfill the Greek |
national aims through the entry of|
that country in the war. |
If Venizelcs, with the consent of the
Allies, be elevated to national power
in Greece, King Constantine and his |
family llkely will retire to Germany.
Venizelos Leaves
(Boclustve War Dispatches to The
Atlanta Georgian and Lon
don Daily Telegraph.) 1
ATHENS, Sept. 26.—Athens is
about to learn of a dramatic step in
the politeal situation here—one that
will shake the state. |
I was an eyewitness at a memorable
scene, when the Libera! leader, M.
Venizelos, with small band of fol
lowers, set out. The Greek liner Hes
peria left Pliraeus and stood into shore
off Phaleron. M. Venizelos and Ad
miral Goundouriotis, chief of the
Greek navy, went off in a speedy mo
tor boat.
A considerable number of officers
have left Piraeus for Canae and will
be joined by many others from Spe
zla.
After a stay In Crete, M. Venizelos
will visit Mdtylene, Chois, Samos and
other towns and will then go to Sa
loniki.
Leonida Farices, owner of the Na
tiona! Steamship Navigation Compa
ny and the richest man in Greece, has
placed his whole fortune at the dls
posal of the National Government.
Revolt Extended
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Sept. 26— The Greek rev.
olution has extended to the Island of
Corfu. An Athens dispatch to the Ex
change Telegraph today stated that
Genera! Soannon, commander of the
Greek garrison at Corfu, capital of
‘the island, has gone to Saloniki to
Join the revolutionists
All Artillery Record
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Shattered by Allis:
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By CHARLES F. BERTELLI,
Staff Correspondent of the International News Service.
BEHIND THE SOMME LINES, Sept. 26.—For the past
three days and nights, Generals Foch and Haig have beaten all
artillery records in this war. There has been scarcely an in
stant’s respite.
Hundreds of tons of explosives have battered miles of
trenches into shapeless masses, and villages which last week
were more or less intact, no longer exist. Hundreds of miles
of zigzag communicanitg trenches have been flattened.
The whole German front line has been isolated along a
front of some fifteen to twenty miles. Barleux, Strepign,
Fresnes, Morval and Rancourt have been blotted out by the
French fire.
Combles is only a name. \f’r’actiflnll_v every railroad depot
feeding the Teutons in the immediate rear has been destroyed
and more than ten munitions stores have been blown up and a
great number of batteries destroyed. All this was largely the
work of the aviators who are swarming thick in the air.
‘I was present at the whole of the Verdun and the Somme
battles,’’ an artillery officer said, ‘‘but I never witnessed such
& cannonade. There can be few living Germans within our
range.’’
Yesterday evening for twelve miles behind the battle front
the glow was so appaling the whole world seemed aflame. At
this moment there are no infantry attacks,
29 Die in N.
Leppelinßaid
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Sept. 26.—Undaunted by
the loss of two Zeppelins 48 hours
earlier, the Germans made another
rald over England last night and
early today, killing 29 persons.
Genernl French, commander-in
chief of the home forces, reported the
casualty list today.
A number of houses were wrecked,
but the aerial invaders were unable
to get near Industrial centers because
of the high-angle fire and the attacks
of British alrmen.
Seven Zeppelins took part in the
raid, according to an official an
nouncement, and two separate areas
were attacked, one in the northeast
ern counties and the other in the
southern counties. ‘
~ Many bombs were dropped, but!
Zeppelins have begun to lose t.helrl
power to terrify since three have
been shot down.
French Prepare for
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Air Raid on Berlin
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.~ LONDON, Sept. 26.—A French air
raid upon Berlin, the first armed dem
onstration against the German capi
ta! since the start of the war, is fore
cast today in dispatches from the
French front which reveal the oper
ations of a new type of French aero
plane capable of a sustained flight of
| 1,000 miles.
' The new machine was used for the
first time today in connection with
the great allied offensive on the
Somme front.
' Great numbers of these machines
are being turned out by the French,
lund the rald on Berlin is expected as
soon as a sufficient fleet is prepared.
EVENING
EDITION
F Hit b
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Train; Mule
FAIRBURN, Sept. 26.-—OO. C. How
ard, a farmer, married and with a
family, living near here, was struck
by a train this morning at the Atlan
ta and West Point Railroad crossing
of the Jonesboro road, and probably
fatally injured. His left leg was
broken, his side gashed, and he suf
fered internal injuries.
Howard was driving a mule to a
one-horse wagon, returning home aft
er selling a bale of cotton. The mule
had drawn the wagon safely across
the track, but Howard, panicky from
the excitement, jumped and landed
In front of the engine. }
The train stopped and Howard was
taken aboard and carcied to Newnan,
where he was placed in & hospital,
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Fire Escape Used to
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Escape Fiery Spouse
Mrs. J. D. Goble was treated at the
Grady Hospital Monday evening for
a 4 brulsed head, the result, she said,
of an attack by her husband, who had
struck her with a revolver., The po
lice were looking for Goble Tuesday.
Mrs. Goble sald she had left her
husband a week ago and had come to
Atlanta, engaging an apartment stJ
No. 195 lvy street. She said Goblei
had followed her and attacked her.
It was sald that Mrs. Goble had Gl-‘
caped her Infuriated spouse by ¢limb- |
ing down the fire escape from her
rooms on the third flnor.’ |
11-POUND PoyA;ro zflfiAl’\lfl:‘m’.t
m.'.’.fif, ”.?.fn‘.‘yfi:.‘.' n?«frpo than 11 pounds
and raised right In the city s on ex
hibition here. This is the record here
Sienn rea erate. Ben Dloksans 3 e
>S’.‘.¥"£.s3:.f. has a large patch of these
potatoes
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(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Sept. 26.—French troops
have penetrated Combles, one of the
three main objectives of the Allles on
the Somme front,
Fregicourt, one mile east of Com
bles, has been captured.
These successes for the French were
".nnnunr‘.ed in the official communique
of the French War Office today.
Pushing forward in powerful night
attacks after a strong bombardment
of the German positions, the French
occupled both Combles Cemetery and
‘thu outskirts of the town.
- The cemetery lies on the eastern
edge of Combles, and there was furi
ous fighting over the graves and amid
the tombstones when the Germans
tried to stem the French advance.
Neck-and-Neck Race.
Between Bethune and the Sommeg
River the Germans have launched
counter attacks in an effort to allevi
ate the pressure around Combles, but
all were repulsed, the War Office
stated,
(Combles lies in a hollow, sur
rounded by hills which rise to =a
height of about 500 feet. Leuze Wood
and Falfemont Farm, which the Brit
ish captured early this month, are on
one of these eminences. It is in the
neighborhood of Falfemont Farm that
the French and British forces met, so
that the fighting for possession of
Combles represented a neck-and-neck
race between the allied armies.)
Military critics believe that Com
bles will be completely in the hands
of the Anglo-Frénch forces within 72
hours as a result of the fresh smash
of the Allies on a fifteen-mile front
yesterday,
The BEritish are only three miles
from Bapaume, one of the three maln
objectives of the Allies, and Combles
is nearly surrounded.
Fighting with the deasperation of
despalr, the German garrison in Com
bles is offering the most stubbory re
sistance. The soldiers were belleved
to be under orders to die rather than
surrender.
Work All Night.
~ Under blasts of artillery fire froms
‘Gorml,n batteries, the British and
French troops worked all nigh# con
‘solidating thelr new positions around
‘Morval, Les Boeufs and Rancourt, te
the north and south of Combles,
which were taken in the assaults of
Monday.
British and French guns replied to
the German fire, and soon the ex
changes had grown into a great artil.
lery duel.
Allied bdatteries dropped a curtalm
of fire across the single highway lead
ing into Combles from the east, that
the Germans still hold, and the deep
thunder of the guns could be heard all
B,
™ x;li:o&réontrol Road.
By taking fresh ground at Morval
and Rancourt, the Allies are in posi
tion to lweof the road held by the
Germans and prevent them from
l»ndm; reinforcements and wsupplies
into the shell-blasted town.
Prisoners taken by the British and
French troops in Monday's fghting
say that the German losses have been
lannrmo\u in the recent bDurst of
fighting, and that the morale of the
Kaiger's tpoops all aloug the Souume