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3 CENTS
EVERYWHERE
PAY NO MORE
o, IRUOFS ORDERED 10 BORDER
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—~The
War Department today ordered 10,-
000 additional coast artillerymen, in
fantrymen, cavalrymen and engineers
of “he National Guard from all parts
of the United States to the Mexican
border immediately. A similar num
ber of militia infantrymen now on the
border will be released from service
upon the arrival of the new troops.
The militia ordered to the border
follow:
Eastern Department—Field artil
lery: Battery A, New Hampshire;
Third Pennsylvania; Battery C, New
Jersey; Battery A, District of Colum
bia; First Battalion and Battery C,
Virginia; Third New York; Battery A
and Battery C, Alabama; First Bat
talion, Georgia; Batteries E and F,
Connecticut.
Infantry—Second Florida, Third
District of Columbia,
Cavalry—Troop A, District of Cq
lumbia.
Central Department—Field artil
lery: Batteries A and B, Michigan;
First Regimnet, less the Second Bat
talion, Minnesota; Batteries B and C,
Colorado.
Western Department—Engineers:
Company A, California
The First Battalion of Field Artil
lery is composed of the Chatham Ar
tillery, Batteries A. and C, of Savan
nah, and the Atlanta Artillery, Bat
tery B, of Atlanta.
. ' .
Wilson's Candidate
In Home State Loses
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 27-—Returns ear
ly today in the New Jersey primaries
show United States Senator Martine
has defeated by 4 to 1 Attorney Gen
eral J. W. Scott, President Wilson's
candidate, for the Democratic sena
torial nomination.
This defeat of the man who nomi
nated Mr. Wilson for the presidency
and who had the full support of the
administration againet Martine is the
outstanding feature of the Jersey
primaries. The vote was the hraviest
ast in many vears except in presi
iential elections In some counties
it was 256 per cent larger than usual,
On the Republican side QGeneral
Walter E Edge has a safe majority
over Colonel Austen Colgate, for the
gubernatorial nomination
A neck to neck race-—the closest in
the whole primaries—is that between
Joseph E. Frelinghuysen and Franklin
Murphy for the United States Re
publican senatorial nomination
Militia Called to
. .
Fight Marsh Fire
(By International News Service.)
KENTON, OHIO, Sept. 27.--Onion
marsh fires which have been burning
a wek and lald waste more than 1,200
acres, became alarming early today
and Hardin County officials wired
Governor Willis for troops Fifty
members of Company B, Ninth Bat
talion (colored), were ordered to Me-
Gussy to ald the several hundred men
already engaged in fighting the fires
The marshes burn without flame,
but give off a dense suffocating
smoke. Trenches are the onl effect.
fve means of curbing a spread
Extra Session|
Over W. & A.
Sheer Waste i
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OTWITHSTANDING the fact |
N that Governor Harris has ¢
been appealed to, editorially %
and otherwise, to call an extra ses
sion of the Legislature to submit?
to the people a bond issue by way |
of a constitutional amendment, for g
the purpose of extending the West- 0
ern and Atlantic to the sea, no such |
constiutional amendment could be |
submitted by the present Legisla- 2
ture, even if it were called to-i
gether. ¢
It has been represented to thog
Governor that the bond issue might {
be submitted “in the general elec- ;
tion for justices of the peace,”
which will be held in Decemher—
and under the old order of things,
this might have been done. Thnt<
election is not NOW a “general !
election,” however, because of the g
fact that in some counties—nota
bly in Fulton and Chatham—jus
tice of the peace elections are no
longer held on that day, Municipal
Courts having been substituted for ¢
the old justice courts. Thus, to?
call the Legislature in session now 3
for the purpose of submitting a
bond proposal would be a lh“?§
waste of the State’s money. $
The Legislature last summer |
specifically refused to pass such a {
bond issue—and it is now too late. °
Bl Cli
May Bolti
COLUMBIA, 8. C., Sept. 27.—The
possibility of a bolters’ ticket at the
fall elections loows large today. The
Blease faction, defeated decisively at
the second primary, is making an ef
fort*to carry the fight into the genetral
election, and to that end W, A. James,
of Bishopville, one of the leaders of
the disgruntled class, has issued a call
for a convention of the “reform fac
tion,” so called, to be held in Colum
bia Tuesday, October 18. While the
Manning faction professes to be con
fident, there is manifest uneasiness as
to possible results if Cole L. Blease
should indorse the revolt, which he
has not as yet done.
John L. McLaurin, State Warehouse
Commissioner, has turned a somer
sault. Last week he announced his
early resignation, after bitterly fight
ing Governor Manning in his race for
re-election. Last night, however, Mc-
Laurin gave out the news that he had
decided to retain his ofice. The an
nouncement was given out following a
meeting of the executive committee of
the State Warehouse Assoclation,
which requested the incumbent to
hold on.
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VOL. XV. NO. 47.
FRENCH IN NEW DRIVE
.
By DUDLEY GLASS.
MACON, BSept. 27.—Now the State
Democratic convention is over and the
delegates are buying throat lozenges
and headache medicine, the politicians
and politicasters, as one speaker
called them, are beginning to review
yesterday's more or less puzzling ses
sion in an effort to solve the riddle of
the ages, viz:
“Where are we at”?
For this convention was a mixed
up kind of affair., The Dorsey ma
chine, if any, put over some things
very easily. On others the machine
balked. On the Appellate judgeship
it looked very much as though the
convention were running itself. Cer.
tainly everything pointed to the fact
that Hutcheson was the one choice of
the Dorsey management. Albert
Howell, Jr., went the length of sec
onding the nomination In person, thus
leaving no possible doubt in the minds
of the delegates. Yet Hutcheson was
beaten Some think Howell was
“four-flushing” on Hutcheson—and
maybe he was. One never can tell
for sure.
North Georgia elected Dorsey and
North Georgia had a good candidate
in the person of J. J. Kimsey Yet
Kimsey was nowhere at the finish.
South Georgia captured two places,
those of Luke and George, and Mid
dle Georgia claims Jenkins, who lives
at Eatonton
Incidentally, Judge George was ap
pointed to the Superior Court bench
by Governor Slator
Just why O. H. B. Bloodworth, who
led the ticket in county and popular
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ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1916.
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Car Falls Oft
Bri *
ridge; Load
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A big touring car that had crashed
through the guard rail at McCall's
bridge on Lee street and dived into
the ravine 30 feet below was found
Wednesday morning.
The car was resting upside down,
having turned one or more somer
saults. No trace of the occupants
could be found. The machine was a
seven-passenger Maxwell, and Officers
Wood and Long took the motor num
ber in hope of tracing its owners by
the sale record.
People living in the vicinity of the
bridge said they had heard a loud
crash about 10 o’clock Tuesday night,
and it is thought that the wreck oec
curred at that time,
\Detective Agencies
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. Feel Courts’' Wrath
‘ Three private detective agencies Wed
nesday were given twenty-four hours by
Recorder Johnson to comply with the
city ordinance requiring bonds of such
agencies. They are, the Adams De
tective Agency, the Pinkerton Detec
tive Agency, and the Thiel Detective
Agency.
l Representatives of the agencies had
been summoned to court by direction of
| Chief Mayo on the ground that they had
falled to make bond as required by law.
J. M. Hewitt, of the Hewitt Detective
Agency, also was summoned, but no
action was taken in his case, as he was
ysaid to be operating under a Confeder
|ate veteran's license. The City Attor
inev was instructed to investigate his
case,
. .
Columbia Retains
’ Commission Form
COLUMBIA, 8. C., Sept. 27.—City
voters showed their overwhelming
confidence in the commission form of
government by voting yesterday,
13,099 to 258, for its retention. The
election came after a persistent cum
paign of more than six months, and
the opponents undoubtedly polled
their full strength. Under the com
migsion form the city has prospered
greatly and made many improvements
impossible under the old aldermanic
form, having been in force since April,
1910.
.
Stephens Planning
Supreme Court Race
MACON, Bept. 27.—~1n no way dis
heartened by his defeat In the conven
tion for a place on the appellate bench,
Alex W. Stephens, of Atlanta, an
'nuum:od last night that his friends were
urging him to make the race for Bu
preme Court against Judge Price Gilbert
and he was giving the matter consider
ation. This race will be run In the reg
plar Btate election in Oectober.
Mr. Stephens ran second In the pri
mary, but was thrown overboard when
the convention began balloting on the
Judges.
Traffic Policeman's
Foot New Speedway
Patrolman . F. Preston was doing
faithful traffic duty at Pryor and
Mitchell streets when some nervy
motorist drove by and ran over his
right foot.
“He made so much smoke with his
exhaust that I couldn't get hisx num
ber.” said the ofMicer
B SR |
Hebrew Workers, Out for Holiday,
Compose 121,000 of 176,240
Who Quit. 1
1 TN 3
By FRANK CHARLTON,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—0n1y 1786,-
240 union workers answered the call
today for a general sfrike in sym
pathy with the striking traction em
ployees, according to figures compiled
this morning.
Of this number about 121,240 are
affiliated with the United Hebrew
Trades, and they would probably have
stopped work in any event on aceount
of a Jewish holiday. Only 55,240
workers, therefore, actually joined the
strike ‘
Labor leaders declared that they
were not discouraged, and Ernest
Bohm, secretary of the Central Fed
erated Union, predicted that 100,000
strikers will be added to the list each
morning for the next three days. |
The members of Local No. 56 of the
Eccentric Figemen's Union voted for a
strike, but they will not quit work
until tomorrow.
Labor leaders had hoped for a com
plete industrial tie-up affecting 800,-|
000 workmen, beginning today, but
their plans are hindered by the oppo
sition of conservatives. |
A mysterious package, with a fuse
attached, and bearing the general ra«l
semblance of a bomb, was found early ‘
today on the tracks of the One Hun- |
dred and Tenth street cross-town line |
and turned over to the Bureau of
Combustibles by the policee The
fuse had not been lighted
There was anothep outbreak of vio
lence on the part uf’ruu! lurkers, three
elevated trains being stoned. How
ever, no one was Injured ?
There was a spread of the milk
wagon drivers’ strike today, and thou
sands of householders had to call in
person for their breakfast supply,
.
American Flyer Gets
.
3 Germans in Day
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Sept. 27.-~Norman Prince,
the American aviator, today holds a
new record of “bageink” German fly
ing machines on the western front.
Last Monday, it was announced to
day, he emerged victor from spectac
ular air duels In Alsace with two Ger.
man fokkers, shooting down both, and
shortly afterward, he brought down
a German observation balloon
Sub-Lieutenant Nungesser shot
down two German areplanes and a
captive balloon making seventeen
machines brought down by him, to
day's official report announced
Delegates Delayed ‘
.
By Freight Wreck
GRIFFIN, Sept. 27.-<A freight wreck
ofy the Central, eight miles south ul!
Griffin, In which nobody was hurt, held |
up the Dixie Flyer and Chicago l.nn.“
ited, full of convention delegates, bound
for Atlanta and north Georgls ‘
JENT PAY NO MORE.
3C 8 ON TRAINS, 5 CENTS.
ittt et T REERVSE SRS S S S
Copyright. 1908,
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é Labyrinths g
By FREDERICK PALMER,
Accredited Correspondent With the
British Army of the Press of
the Unftod States.
AT THE BRITISH FRONT,
Sept. 27.—The allled commanders
made the most of Tuesday’s sum
mery weather by following up
Monday’'s successful attacks with
~ more attacks, and, after Monday
~ night's incessant fighting, the
front of the battle broadened to
L include the whole of the British
left wing.
[ At this writing the air is full
of rumors, and reports of success
| are coming in from all direc
tions. The flerce day's program
~ began with the taking of Com
bles, and It closed with the tak
ing of Guedecourt and Thiepval.
Combles was surrounded Mon
day. Sitting in a heap of hills, it
was Isolated by possession of the
high ground on either side by the
French and the English. Its ac
tual fall was one of the most pic
turesque incidents in the relations
of the British and the French ar
mies. |
In the early hours of the morn- |
ing the British took an orchard |
on the northern outskirts, and,
after shelllng heavily, charged
the trenches on the edge of the
village, but found no Germans. w
At the same time the French |
were coming in from the other ‘
side of the vfllage. The two
forces met in the gray dawn and |
shook hands In the mafn street,
calling out, “Parlez vous'!” and
“How Aa'ye do?”
Combies had a labyrinth of dug
outs and cellars well fortified, but
which made practically no de
fense.
Those of the Germans who had
not managed to escape when |
Combles was hopelessly surround- |
ed were taken prisoners. One lot
of Germans who were endeavor- ‘
ing to find thelr way out through |
the encircling ranks of the allled
infantry walked right into the {
British skirmish line. ‘
Wounded Fill Dug-outs.
The cellars and dug-outs of the ‘
village were full of wounded who |
had found security there from the |
furious fighting on the slopes and |
ridges. 1
Having cleared the town of any
stray Germans, the British and
French moved on to further at
tacks, side by side. Both Com
bles and Morval, the village
which the British took Monday, ‘
were well fortified. While Com- \
| bles was indefensible once the |
; ridges around it were taken, Mor
val was naturally a strong posi
i tion, and the Germans ylelded it |
‘ after a surprisingly slight resist
ance,
‘ Though the Germans made
. their usual counter attacks
- against the British in their new
~ positions, last night's reports |
agree that they lacked spirit. Some
of the German trenches taken |
Monday were only lightly occu
pled, or not at all. In other in
stances, according to other re
ports, despite orders from their
commanders to stand to the last
man, considerable bodies of Ger
mans threw down their rifles with
\ Urprising prompiness as soon as
the British approached thelr
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EVENING
EDITION
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LONDON, Sept. 27.—The War Office in its regular day report
stated that further progress has been made in the direction of
Fancourt-L-Abbaye, five miles northwest of- Combles, and that nine
German aeroplanes have been shot down or damaged in air-fighting
on the British front.,
By CHARLES F. BERTILLI,
Staff Correspondent of the International News Service.
PARIS, Sept. 27.—Following the terrific thrust of the Anglo-
French armies on the Thiepval-Combles line, the French have
launched a separate drive on the southern end of the Somme front,
capturing a wood east of Vermandovillers.
The French War Office, in announcing this success today,
stated that the achievement was the result of a ‘‘brilliant attack.’’
North of the Somme the French consolidated their new posi
tions last night, linking them up with the trenches previously
gained from the Germans.
An artillery duel of the utmost violence developed in the Bar
leaux sector, the communique says.
(Vermandovillers is on that section of the front held ex
clusively by the French. It is between 11 and 12 miles southwest
of Combles and 8 miles from Peronne. Barleaux is northeast of
Vermandovillers and 6 miles from Peronne.)
Reports received today emphasized the magnitude of the spec
tacular victory won by the Allies on the Somme front on Tuesday.
The capture of Combles and Thiepval by Anglo-French armies, an
nounced by the British War Office, has compelled the Germans to
retire from two to four miles between the Ancre and Somme Rivers
while the captures of men and booty are growing hourly.
Using batteries of their ponderous guns, the Germans began a
powerful bombardment of the new positions of the Allies on the
Thiepval-Guedencourt-Fregicourt-Rancourt line, but despite this
fire French troops were kept all night at the task of consodilating
their new line and building fortifications against the counter at.,
tacks which the Germans are expected to launch.
Thiepval was, the last of the
original German positions on the
Somme front to fall before the
gigantic thrust of the Allies. For
nearly three months it had been
holding out while it was pound
ed day and night by British bat
teries. When it was lost the
Germans had to abandon also
the strong defensive work known
as Hohenzollern redoubt, one of
their most powerful positions on
the northern end of the line.
By their latest vietory the Allies
‘have now pushed forward their line
lrrom elght to en miles. Not only has
)(krman resistance of the most stub
boru kind been crushed, but fortifica
‘(lou which the Germans deemed im
pregnable have been stormed with
Leomunuvely light losses for the An
glo-French soldiers.
The fall of Combles seriously men
fces the German hold on Peronne and
Bapaume, and it is belleved that the
next operations of the Allles will be
directed with a view to encircling one
or both of these key towns.
The Allles have now captured ap
proximately 70 square miles of ground
from the Germans on the Somme fleld
and have captured about 35,000 pris
oners since they began their drive,
When the guns ceased their fire at
11:20 o’clock Monday and the Franco.
British army swarmed upon the Ger
man lines on a front of twelve milea,
the longest attack since the Somme
battle opened, their objectives were
the complets encirclement of Combles
and the outflanking of Peronne from
the north. Both were attained.
Retreat Cut Off,
The operations left the Germans
with a gap to the eastward of Com
bles only a mile wide, and absolute
ly useless for the purpose of retreat.
At midday they began to shift their
guns through the gap along the ra
vines running to the eastward, but
within an hour the French and Brit
’lnh had machine guns posted on the
slopes, sweeping the narrow road with
cascades of bullets, and latar in the
day the blg guns were rushed up and
took the road under a direot oross
[flrn
Thus all avenues of escape wese
closed, but in order to reduce the
‘embarrassing bulge General Foch oe
dered the fortress cleared. In thie
task the British and French LrOODs
Were engaged yesterday,
The fighting was never flercer than
In Monday's battle. The Germans had
Accumulated a great force of men,
guns and machine guns from other
parts of the front, and contested every
Inch of ground around Combiles, which
s now walled in by heaps of corpses.
The Allles’ success wos due solely to
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