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GERMANS GIVE UP BASE ON WESTERN FRONT
3 CENTS
EVERYWHERE
PAY NO MORE
200 CARRANZA TROOPS SLAN
HUTCHESON MAY WIN COURT PLACE
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CONVENTION HALL, MACON, |
Sept. 26.—~0n the first ballot,
Blodworth dgot 184 votes, gaining
10 by the dropping out of minor
candidates. He lacked 7 of elec
tion. George got 170, gaining 115
votes. Hutcheson got 116.
By DUDLEY GLASS.
CONVENTION HALL, MACON,
Sept. 26.—At 2 o'clock, when a re
cess was taken, it stood like this in
the State Democratic convention:
The convention was sure later in
the day to indorse the Wilson admin
istration, despite the personal appeal
and veiled threat of Tom Watson.
The movement to kave the conven
tion indorse Dorsey’s campaign man
ager, Frank Harwell, for the Supreme
Court apparently was doomed to de
feat, although Hub Dean, of Gaines
ville, the eminent railroad lawyer, in
misted that the convention nominate.
Fclitical maneuvering of the most
®bvious sort was thrown into the
Pnatter of nominating three members
of the Court of Appeals, and it ap
peared likely that at least one of the
three candidates who polled the high
est unit votes in the primary is
doomed to defeat.
The machine in control seemed to
have centered on John B. Hutcheson
for one of the places, Albert Howell,
of Atlanta, seconding the presenta
tion of his ©ame, amid loud cheers.
Hutcheson ran fifth in the primary.
Stephens Being Frozen Out.
Alex Stephens, of Atlanta, who ran
second in the primary couldn’t -even
get a Fulton County delegate to nom
inate or second him.
Early in the proceedings a gag
“was put on the possible trouble
makers by the adoption of the rule
that all resolutions should be sent to
committee before being read or de
bated.
Some of the Dorsey leaders had
endeavored to suppress {the movement
to nominate Harwell for the Supreme
Court on the ground that it would em
barrass Mr. Dorsey, but their protests
were of no avail.
Chairman E. J. Reagan called
the convention to order at 10
o'clock. Every seat was filled and
the gall:ry was overflowing. No cre
dentials had been demanded and it
appeared that any nne who could find
& seat had the privilege of the house
Only a dozen ladies were in the gal
lery.
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 chairman,
It went through without a murmur.
Judge Reagan appointed a committee
to escort Mr. Smith to the chair. He
began his keynote address, praising
Wilson and the national adn¥inistra
tion.
“Georgia has registered her decision
fn such a way that the world out
side, 5o far as it may be Interested,
can make no mistake as to Georgia's
position,” he said ,in beginning. “Oth
er States can not understand Geor
gia’s problem s
Gag Rule Adopted.
The mention of Woodrow Wilson
was marked by cheers, Dorsey’s name
was followed by continued cheering.
Rules governing the convention
were adopted. These provided that
all resolutions be sent to the resolu
tions committee without being read
or debated. This choked off any at
tempt by a minority delegates or a
Watson disturber to inject an unex
pected dispute into the proceedings,
The rule provided that delegates
must respect the votes of the coun
ties and cast the county unit vote for
the successful candidate in that coun
as long as his name should be be
gre the convention. After that they
should vote their countlies as they
desire,
The nomination for judges of the
Court of Appeals had tenth and last
place on the order as husiness
Hiram C. Gardner, of Eatonton, was
elected secretary. At this moment the
old order gave place to new, Chair
an Reagan and Secretary Massen
e retiring from the scene and the
eld. They took the back bench on
the stage.
W. E. SBimmons, of Gwinnett, ob
~ Continued on Page 3, Column 1,
w..&A.F”N[I
Upon the decision by Governor Har—:
ris Tuesday not to call a special ses-~
sion of the General Assembly at this
time to authorize a bond issue to
finance the extension of the Western
and Atlantic Railroad from Atlanta to
the sea, a movement was started to
get the proposed extension financed by
Savannah and Southwest Georgia in
terests without monetary aid from the
State. |
The decision of the Governor elimi
nates the present propositions of the
Hillyer syndicate and of J. A. J. Hen
derson, president of the Ocilla South
ern Railroad. Their proposals de
pended on State bonds for funds.
ft was this condition that caused
Thomas Purse, secretary of the Sa
vannah Board of Trade, to declare
that upon his return to Savannah he
would urge the financial interests
there to extend the State road on
their own resources. H#a said there
was a chance that Savannah business
men might undertake the proposition.
Call on Governor.
Mr. Purse and William Hurd Hill
ver called on the Governor at the
Capitol Tuesday and urged him to call
a special session of the General As
sembly to take up the matter.
“I have every desire to protect the
interests of the Western and Atlan
tic,” said Governor Harris. “If it was
shown there was an emergency need
for an extension, I would call the spe
cial session for it at this time.
“There is no guarantee that the bill
would pass. There is no guarantee
the people would vote the bonds at an
election. And there is no guarantee
that the 1917 Legislature would ratify
the etection and order the bond issue,
“The last session of the General
Assembly refused to pass such a bill.”
Lawyer Has Defiance. |
The declaration of defilance issued
by the Cincinnati Southern Railway
to the State to enforce the act re
pealing the right of way from Boyce
to Chattanooga is in the hands of W,
A. Wimbish, counsel for the re-leas
ing commission. Recommendations
for procedure with this matter will be
made by Mr. Wimbish at the next
meeting.
The Cincinnati Southern proposi
tioh will be dealt with along the same
line as other entroachments on the
State's property, C. Murphey Can
dler, chairman of the Western and
Atlantic commission, suggested. The
right of way from Boyce to Chatta
rooga is one-fifth of the State's prop.‘
Continued on Page 2, Column 7.
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Indorsing Wilson Will
Be Insult to Me, Says
Watson in Circulars
MACON, Sept. 26.—Thomas E. Watson made a final personal appeal
to the delegates to the State convention today to repudiate the Wilson
administration.
§ Early this morning circulars printed in Thomson and signed by
§ Mr. Watson, of date of September 23, were distributed in the hotel cor
¢ ridors. It was entitleld “An appeal to honest, self-thinking white men
in the Macon convention.”
In this circular Mr. Watson did not ask a direct repudiation of
[' Wilson and the Democratic administration, but urged, rather, that the
é convention refrain from any expression at all on national matters.
? He said: “To indorse Wilson would stultify half the white men who
é voted for Dorsey.” He gave several reasons why Wilson should not be
{ Indorsed, declaring “Finally, Wilson is no:Democrat.” He sald that
J although the country counties had won the election for Dorsey, the “city”
politicians were planning to control the convention, and that it was
“their purpose to commit a nonpartisan Dorsey convention to an out
of-place proposition which is meant to be an insult to me, and the enter
g ing wedge to the cordial relations between Dorsey and myself.”
AP AAR Pt ibAKA fS At ittt i
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VIBICIREESE .. ...ccoon DIOO 8. .o /i ",
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Knetzer ahd Wingo; Demaree and Kiliifer, Umpires, Kiem and Emslle.
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McConnell and Wilison; Pfe'f.er and Me yers. Umpires, Rigler and Eason.
SECOND GAME.
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Watson and Snyder; Sallee and McCart y. Umplires, O'Day and Harrison,
No Games Scheduled.
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French Prepare for
. . .
Air Raid on Berlin
LONDON, Sept. 26.—A French air
rald upon Berlin, the first armed dem
onstration against the German capi
tal since the start of the war, Is fore
cast today in dispatches from the
French front which reveal the oper
|ationa of a new type of French aero
plane capable of a sustained flight of
1,000 miles.
President Votes in
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N. Jersey Primaries
(By International News Saervice.)
TRENTON. N. J, Sept. 26.—New
Jerscy, President Wilson's home
State, today Is voting in the prima
ries on gubernatorial, senatorial and
congressional and minor candidates.
The President himself will cast his
ballot at Princeton.
On the Democratic side there is no
‘oppoaltlon to H. Otto Wittpen for
the Governorship. In the senatoriai
race, Senator James E. Martine, seek
ing re-election, is being opposed by
ex-Judge John Waestcott, the man
who placed President Wilson in nom-
Ination at Baltimore and St. Louls,
and who has the administration's
backing.
Among Republicans, Colonel Aus
ten Colgate and Walter E. Edge are
secking the organization vote for
Governor, while ex-Governor Frank
lin Murphy and Joseph 8. Freling
huysen are after the Senatorship,
George L. Record is the Progressive
candidate for Senator,
Farmer Is Hit b
- y
Train; Mule Escapes
FAIRBURN, Sept. 26.--0. 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 Rallroad crossing
of the Jonesboro road, and probably
fatally Injured. His left leg was
broken, his side gashed, and he suf,
sered 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 traln stopped and Hownrd was
taken abonrd and carcied to Newnan,
where he was placed in & hospital,
HUNTSVILLE, ALA., Sept. 26—
David D. Overton, former Circuit
Clerk of Madison County, and once
a North Alabama political leader, is
at last under arrest after a search
which lasted since June 17, the day
that he disappeared from Huntsville
and the body of Probate Judge W. T.
Lawler was found in a slough near
the Tennessee River.
Overton was arrested at Smithville,
Tenn., this morning and promptly ad
mitted that he had been Circuit Clerk
of Madison County and had opposed
Jrdge Lawler for the probate judge
skip.
When the news reached his former
home excitement was stirred, as it
has not been since the day that the
murdered official was discovered. An
automobile, driven by Chief of Police
Dias, accompanied by John Lawler,
brother to the dead judgé, hurried to
Smithville. There Overton was gom
pletely identified, though he is much
thinner than he was when he disap
peared.
OQutbreak To Be Avoided.
It is announced that requisition pa
pers will be asked immediately by
Governor Henderson, ot.Alabumu. and
in the meantime Overton will be taken
to Nashville to await the action of
Governor Rye on the Alabama Execu
tive's request,
On the request of the Madison
County officials, it is believed that
when requisition is granted Overton
will be taken to Montgomery for safe
keeping, it being the general belles
that his presence In Huntsville would
be the cause of bitter feeling and a
probable outbreak.
The murder of Judge Lawler and
the subsequent disappearance of Over
ton and the suicide of two prominent
Madison County men who had been
more or less talked about in the case
form one of the startling chapters
in Alabama's criminal history.
After a campaign of the bitterest
rature last spring, Lawler was nomi
nated to succeed himself as Probate
Judge over Overton.
Vanished During Inquiry,
Shortly afterward charges of ol.ec
‘tlon corruption were brought. While
ithue charges were being investigated
iby the Madison Grand Jury, Judge
Lawler disappeared. Two days after
his disappearance an anonymous tele
phone message led the authorities to
'search the Whitesburg slough. There
the bhody of the judge was found,
weighted to the bottom. He had been
struck and shot.
| Overton disappeared at this time.
hn rapid succession Sheriff Phillips,
whose name had been connected with
the case, and Shelby Pleasants, one of
the most prominent North Alabama
lawyers, who had also been mention
ed, ended their own lives.
There is a SI,OOO reward for Over
ton's capture,
Fort Worth Keeps
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Texas County ‘Wet
} FORT WORTH, TEXAS, Sept. 26.
IA:I but complete returns indicated to
[dly that Tarrant County had voted
wet by a majority of about 1,400. The
'cmmy voted dry, but Fort Worth piled
up enough wet votes to decide the re
sult |
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Klotz, Wanted in
|
~ Waycross, Arrested
I CHICAGO, Bept. 26 —~Charles Klou,‘
|35 years old, said to pe under rndlr*t-‘
ment in Waycross, Ga on two charges
...v larceny, was nrrirwl here tod-y}
and is held by thel Chicago police
pending word from tl’s Waycross au
thorities,
{BE International News Service,)
EL PASO, TEXAS, Sept. 26.—
Dispatches reaching Juarez this
afternoon from ann Grandes
stated that Villa’s bandit army is
approaching the outposts of the
Pprlhinr expedition near E| Valle.
Since last Friday the Villistas
have been marching northward
from Las Escobas and Sanya Ysa
bel, according to these advices.
By EDMUND BEHR.
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
EL PASO, TEXAS, Sept. 26.—Al
most complete annihllation of two
Caranza garrisons in Western Chi
huamua, embracing approximately 00
men, by Villista bandits, was re
ported to General Bell's headquarters
here today by secret agents of the
Government.
The information turned in by these
agents was that 200 Carranzistas un-
Aep. Lolonel Zuapua were slain at
Santa Ysabel on September 21, in
cluding Colonel Zuazua himseif. The
bodies of the slain were thrown into
wells, according to the army Informa
tion.
A smaller force of Carranza troops
was cut up and driven out of San
Andres, 66 miles east of Chihuahua
City, two days later by the same
force of Villistas. The loss to the
bandits is not known here. ;
On the day following the first Santa
Ysabel engagement on September 22,
the Villistas made a surprise attack
on General Cavazos, who commanded
300 men, not far from the town, and
in the battle that followed only four
of the entire comamnd, including
the Carranza general himself, escaped.
The rest were killed, with the excep
tlon of an unstated number which
joined the Villistas command.
Equally sensational are the re
ports to army headquarters here that
600 Villista sympathizers have been
put to death in the State of Chi
huahua in the last ten days.
Reports to General Bell, which he
frankly stated he was inclined to be
liese, declared that Northern Mexico
is undergoing one of the most harri
ble carnivals of butchery in its his
tory.
1,100 Tarheels on
The First Regiment of Infantry,
National Guard of North Carolina, lo
cated at Camp Glenn, near Morehead
City, since June 25, rolled into the
Union Station Tuesday at noon In
three trains, on their way to Fort
Bliss, El Paso, Texas, for service
along the Mexican border. They
marched in battalion formation from
the Unjon Station to the Terminal
Station, where they caught the At
lanta and West Point for the trip to
the Southwest.
The regiment is made up of approx
imately 1,100 men, and is in charge of
Brigadier General L. W. Young. The
colonel of the reglment is J. T. Gard
ner, and the battalion chiefs are Ma-
Jor R. L, Flanagan, of the First, Ma-
Jor W. R. Robertson, of the Second,
and Major James H. Howell, of the
Third.
City Gets Verdict in
.
Mrs. Gunby Suit
A verdict in favor of the city Tues
day was recorded In Judge H. M.
Reid's division of the City Court in
the $66,000 suit of Mrs. Elinor H.
Gunby for damage alleged to have
been done her property in Whitehall
street by the changing of the strest
grade some time ago. The case re
quired more than a week to be tried,
and was one of the hardest fought
ever brought against the city
The city was represented by City
Attorney Mayson and Assistant Clty
Attorney Hewlett, while Dorsey,
Brewster, Howell & Heyman appear
od for Mrs. Gunby
NIGHT
Rt
23 SR
: AT TORONTO.
FIRST—Five and one-half furlongs:
Ring Dove, 115 (Robinson), 23.20, 10.80,
6.50, won; Wishaway, 117 (Rice), 4.20,
3.70, second; Putlaw, 115 (McDermott),
7.60, third. Time, 1:08 3-5. Lone Land,
Ga yLife, Dave Campbell, Easter Mon
day, Asa Varide, Tyrone, McCorburn,
Twinstream and Signal also ran.
SECOND—MiIe and one-sixteenth:
Dryad, 104 (Robinson), 11.30, 5.90, 4.40,
won; Stirup, 107 (Obert), 7.20, 4.20, sec
ond; Buss Around, 106 (A. Collins), 3.90,
third. Time, 1:48 4-5. First Star, Fair
Orient, Prime Mover, Orpeth, Bill Sim
mons, Larkin and Luther also ran.
AT HAVRE.
FIRST—Five furlongs: Lady Bob, 112
(Keogh), 5.30, 3.40, 2.40, won: Supernal,
112 (Schuttinger), 7.00, 8.20, second;
Ponce deLeon, 115 (Troxler), 3.70, third.
Time, 1:02 5-8. Barblehead, Flare and
Cheba also ran. Ed Garrison scratched.
SECOND—Two miles: Meshach, 140
(Noe), 6.70, 3.80, 3.10, won: Pay Streak,
135 (Bush), 6.60, 4.00, second: Promoter,
145 (O'Connor), 3.60, - third. Time,
4:02 2-5. Sequence, Charles F. Grain
ger, Handrunning and Aberfeldy also
ran.
THIRD—Six furlongs: Ima Frank, 120
(Byrne), 6.80, 3.70, 3.10, won; Anita, 117
(Taplin), 3.80, 3.00, second; . Fenmouse,
126~ (Ambrose), 3.70, third. Time,
1:13 1-5. Fagr Helen, Regina, Pleione,
;Penky also ran.
AT DOUGLAS PARK,
FIRST—Six furlongs: Purdey, 114
(Gentry), 2.70, 2.90, 2.50, won; Sayonarra,
(fleld), 107 (Hanover), 11.00, 4.10, sec
ond; Pierce W., 110 (Shannon), 3.40,
third. Time, 1:13 1-6. Meditation,
‘Mikafula, Iron Master, Lockland, James
Oakley, Barton, Meljen, Prim Harry
Cledere and Tl Savina also ran: Field
‘horses: Cledere, Barton, Sayonarra and
James Oakley,
SECOND—Five and one-half furlongs:
Kitenish, 110 (Phlllllgs), 7.60, 2.50, 2.00,
won; Sedan, 113 (Kederis), 3.40, 2.10,
second; Basil, 106 (Buxton), 2.40, third
Time, 1:06 4-5. Highland, Judge Young,
Walter H. Pearce also ran,
e ——
An organized movement to bring
the cotton mill people of Georgia into
'the church was being started at the
‘Wesley Memorial Church Tuesday,
‘when 50 members of the North Geor
‘gla Methodist Conference met there
to plan definite work among the op
‘eratives,
The Rev. John 8. Jenkins, mission
‘ary secretary, presiding, said that the
mill population in the North Georgia
ConYerence is 80,000, and that only
from 8 to 20 per cent of these are
identified with any local church,
“We are not here to criticise the
mill people,” he said. “We could find
plenty for criticism on Peachtree
street. We only want to study a
plan whereby they will come into the
church.”
Dr. John Moore, of Nashville, home
missions secretary, and D. E. Camak,
of Spartanburg, 8. C., president of
the Textile Industrial Institute there,
are among those who will talk before
the conference Tuesday afternoon. It
will be in session through Tuesday
evening, and many of the visitors will
remain for the opening of Emory
University Wednesday morning,
2 Chinese Sailors
Seized With Opium
SAVANNAH, Sept, 26.—~Tw0
oplum smoking outfits and a small
amount of oplum was found today by
customns officlals after the boarding
officer had made a search of the Brit
ish steamer Hellopolis, which arrived
here a short time ago.
Ah Ching and Chung You, twio Chi
nese sallors out of a erew of 36 Chi
nese, admitted the ownership of the
smoking outfit, Customs officials
confiscated the outfit and are await
ing advices from the department as
to whether criminal charges shall be
preferred agiinst Ah Ching and
Chung You, or whether merely fines
shall be assessed.
Life of Watchman
KNOXVILLE, TENN., Sept. 26.—A
box car broke loose from a train at
noon today and killed James A, Vick,
a watchman, father of John B. Vick,
manager of a local theater.
FIRST GAME.
NATIONAL LEAGUE,
At Boston tnr;n- R. B,
PITTSBURG. 000 000 0000 3
BOSTON, 010 010 01°--3 1
Batteries: Evans -nt Schmidt; Mehf
and Gowdy. Umpires, Quigley and By
ron. v
BY SYDNEY B. CAVE,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
LONDON, Sept. 26.—Smashing
their way forward in a series of joint
asraults, the Allies have won a big
victory on the Somme front by pene
trating the important town of Com
bles. Desperate hand-to-hand fight-
Ing is now raging in the streets be
tween the Anglo-French troops and
the remnants of the German garri
son. .
The British already have brought in
1,600 more German prisoners, and
more gre arriving at the collecting
stations.
Attacking the German positions si.
multaneously from the north and
south, the” British and French vied
with each other to be the first to en
ter Combles, the honor falling to Gen
eral Haig's men. However, the
French_were able to occupy the
\s(-uthern outskirts and Combles cem
etery, on the eastern edge of town. To
the east of Combles the Germans were
rolled back from fortified villages
which they strove stubbornly to hold.
By the capture of Fregicourt, a mile
east of Combles, by the French, the
Allies forged a steel ring around the
town and cut ‘the only line of com
‘munications that the Germans still
held. The Germans tried unsuccess
fully to lessen the pressure on the
‘Somme front by attacking south of
‘Bethune, but these attacks were re
pulsed.
On the eastern front the Russians
are again flying in great masses of
troops against the Germans and Aus.
tro-Hungarian positions and violent
battles have developed, particularly in
the Carpathians.
Savage fighting continues at many
points along the battle line in Greek
Macedonia. On the western end of
this front the Bulgarians made strong
counter attacks which the French,
Russian and Serbians have cheked.
In addition to sky actiong over the
battle front, both the Allies and Ger
mans carried out raids. British air
men bombarded Central Belgium, and
the Germans again attacked England
with Zeppelins, killing 29 people,
The revolutionary movement in
Greece is spreading and now extends
to Corfu. The commander of the
Greek garrison at Corfu deserted his
post and has gone to Salonikt to join
the revolutionaries.
29 Die in Newest
Air Raid on Britain
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Sept. 26.—Undaunted by
the loss of two Zeppelins 48 hours
earller, the Germans made another
raid over England last night and
early today, killing 29 persons,
General 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 airmen.
Combles Abandoned,
Germans Announce
BERLIN, Sept. 26.—Combles, one
of the three principal German bases
on the Somme, has been virtually
abandoned by the army of the Bava
rian Crown Prince. In admiting offi«
clally the conquest by the Allies of
the villages on the Gueudecourt-
Bouchavesnes lines, the German War
Office prepared the public for the loss
of Combles.
The offizial admission of the latest
reverse on the Somme is coupled with
Continued on Page 2, Column 6.
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THE WEATHER
‘ Forecast—Fair tonight and
Wednesday,
| Temperatures—6 a, m., 64;
{ a m, 72; 10 a. m. 77; 12 noen,
Ip.m, 82; 1p m, 83
Sunrise, 5:29; sunset, 5:30,