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GRANT FIELD, Dec. 2.—Tech High
School is city prep champion. Boys'
High and Tech High tied up here this’
afternoon in their annual battle, thei
latter winning the game, after a hot
struggle with Adams & Co., by a score
of 6 to 0.
The game was hard fought through
out, the teams being in fine condition
and both sides fighting for all they
were worth for the trophy offered by!
the rinceton Alumni Association to
the winner,
Jfiy Harlan was th estar, as was
p , the Tech High fullback
gaining consistently throughout the
battle. He was stopped only a couple“
of times by the B, H. 8. forwa.rds.‘
Brainard Adams was the star for |
Boys’ High, he also being able to
gain much {,mund almost every time
he took the ball. R. Smith and Knox,
the former of the winners and the lat
ter of the losers, played a good game
also.
The line-up
Tech High. Position. Boys' High.
Bstb vl .. i s Tinsley
SIS ¢.o oneee LuT....... Richardson
I o Tl s Lemon
Is il T i Davis
... A Hopkins
. . o v o T it Staton
B R Collins
B s o eol J. Hopkins
g1:0n..........h11... PRSI Knnx‘
R soo oo BEE.. .o .o. Kendrick
&HmF s s Adumsi‘
. FIRST QUARTER. ‘
B. H. B's Ball-Adams kicked 25
yards to Alexander, who returned the
ball 10 yards. |
T. H. B.'s Ball—Harlan circled end for
16 yards. Smith followed with 10 more
yards. Harlan fumbled, but Wallace re
covered and ran 10 yards with the ball. |
QGaston made 5 yards around left end.
Lewis Intercepted a forward pass from
Harlan and carried the ball to the mid
dle of the fleld
B. M. B.’s Ball—Adams was thrown
g & 1-yard loss, but followed 1 ith &
tackle. Knox added 5 more around
end. Adams made | yard and the ball
went over on downs.
T. H, S.'s Ball on Her Own 40-Yard
Line—R. Smith lost 4 yards around left
end. Harlan bucked center for 10 yards
He made 2 more yards over tackle Har
lan punted 45 yards to Adams, who re- |
turned 10. \
B. M. B.'s Ball on Her Own 25-vard
Line—Knox gained 2 ‘ardl. Adams
punted 26 yards to Smith, who returned |
the ball § ylrdl, |
T. M, B.'s Ball on Mer Own 48. Yard
Line—Harlan made 5 yards through cen
ter, and annexed 5 yards and first down
Off tackie. R. Smith gained 8 yards
through center. T. H. S. penalized 6
yards for offside R. Smith made 2
“MI and first down, and Harlan made
more. A bad pass lost 10 yards A
forward pass, Harlan to Bearden, gained
25 yards. Harlan gained 4 yards R |
flm(lh bucked 7 yards for touchdown
On 4 bad punt-out, T. H. B. was nnt‘
allowed to try at goal, Score: T. M. 8.,
8 8. M 8,0 |
T. H. B.'s Ball-Alexander kicked 50
yards to Adams, who return & 45. The
first quarter ended here. Score: T, M.
5.6, 8. M. 8,0 |
SECOND QUARTER. |
B, M, B.'s Ball on T. M, B.'s #.Yard
Line—B. H. 8. penalizsed 5 yards for
offside. Knox gained & yards. A for
ward pass, Adams to Collins, netted 2
‘:MI. Adams attempted to drop-kiek,
t falled.
T.‘:C. B.'s Ball on Her Lwn 20-Yard
Line—Harlan ga'ned 18 through center
And Gaston annexed 3 more Harlan
made 5 yardse. T. H. S penalized 15
yards for holding. Harlan ponted 45
yards to Knox, who returned §
B. M, B.'s Ball on Mer Own 48. Yard
Line~Knox made 2 yards Adams
gained § yards and first down Knox
Added 1 more, and Adams rlnfl 2
yarda. J. Hopkins lost | yar Adams
Punted 43 yardes out of bhounds
T. M. B.'s Ball on Mer Own 3.Yard
Line—Harlan punted 4 yards to Knox,
who was downed In his tracks
B. M. B.'s Ball on T. M. B.'s 35. Yard
Line—J, Hopkine gained 2 vards. Lewis
made a bad pass to Adame and he was
mfg"" for a 2M-yard loss. Adama punt
od 15 yards to B Bmith
T. M. B's Ball on Mer Own 25.varg
Line--Near gained 1 yard. Harlan made
£ yards l’:rhn punted 35 yards to
Knox, who returned *
B. M, 8 Ball on T. M. B.'s 48-Yard
Lingwrdarms made | yard, and then got
AwWay for a 25-yvard .t-ln around righi
;: followad with 4 more yards
A rd pass, Adams to Tinsley, was
4. Adams annexed 15-yards
ond, and added § more He then
“:m B H B was penalizsed 15
Davis replaced lemon Cole
-?( in for Wynne
A 8. Ball on Mer Own 25.vard
ined 7 yards Harian
Continugd on Page 2, Column &
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Francis J.
Henery, of Californla, will be ap
pointed Attornev General of the
United States to succeed Thomas W.
Gregory, who Is planning to resign,
according to reports this afternoon.
The informatioa of Mr. Gregory's in
tention to resign from the Wilson
Cabinet is unconfirmed. but generally
credited In officlal circles today. It
is understood that he has for some
time wished to retire from public life
and resume the practice of law in
Texas. £
Mr. Heney, according to report, has
'been asked by the President to come
to Washington to confer about suc
ceeding Mr. Gregory. He Was an
ardent Progressive four years ago, but
supported President Wilson in the
past campaign and is credited here
with having greatly influenced the
result in California in Wilson's favor.
.
Mart Kanaugh, Tiger
.
Player, Is Married
(By International News Service.)
DETROIT, MICH., Dec. 2.—Marty
Kanaugh, former inflefder and pinch
hitter for the Tigers and rival of Nick
Altrock, of the Sénators, for beauty
honors in the American League, was
married today in Holy Trinity Church
to Miss Bessie Fitz Simmons, of De
troit, Kanaugh is now a member
of the Cleveland club, having been
sold late in the season just closed
The Kanaughs will live in Detroit
Racing Entries
JUAREZ ENTRIES FOR SUNDAY.
FIRST --Selling; 3-year-olds and u[}n, s
furlongs Sallle O'Day 108, Oldsmobile
108, Gray's Favorite 108, Little Birdie
107, Helen Thompson 102, Star Rose 102,
Onota 1&. Viclet 102, Elba E 102
EECOND-—-Purse, 2-year-olds; 5 fur
longs Lycia 109, Kagura 109, Pluto
100, Alan 106, Rutland Armg 106
'l‘Hll(h Selling; 8-year-olds and up
5 furiongs Regards 112, Clint Tucker
112, Goggety 112, Doctor Kendall 112,
Ed Luce 110, Safe Home 107, June Bride
107, Mary Estelle 102, Zudora 102
FOURTH - Selling; 3-year-olds and
up; 5% furlongs: Joe Blair 117, Borgo
!& Hastena 107, Freeman 107, General
Pickett 106, Tom Caro 106
FIFTH - Belling; 2 year-olds: 4% fur
longs Bessanta 100, 'Eden Park 109,
Little Spider 108, Bmiling Annie 109,
Wand NL, Dyson 106, Dr. Swords 101,
Dore 101 ‘
BIXTH-Belling; 3-year-oldg and up T
furlongs Husky Lad 108, Peter Stal
wart 107, Charley McFerran 107, C. W,
Kennan 108, Allanasia 106, Jack Lucas
101, Meal Ticket 101 Panella 98
Weather clear. Track fast ‘
The Church Has a Definite
No person ecan admit the value of the church to others
and deny its value to himself. The church is a working
force which touches the life of every living being, whether
or not he admits It
Because the church is the force which redeems aud Klo
grifies all life, every man and woman In Atlanta khould
make public acknowledgment of its benefits, and the most
comsistent way to do glu to attend its services—to hecome
personally identified with its work.
Start tomorrow with the last month in the old year; it will
make good resolutions to go during the new year less
saslly broken
S Road the church programs printed today over in the “Go
to-Church Sunday” columns of
The Atlanta Georgian
The Newspaper of the Home
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VOL. XV. NO. 105.
Kaiser to Send
/
20,000 French
(By International News Service.)
ONDON, Dec. 2.—A dispatch
I to The Daily News from
Rome says:
“According to the Pope's re
peated representations, Germany
has notified the Vatican that all
deported French giviliang will be
returned to their homes before
Christmas. In all about 20,000 per
sons are to be repatriated.”
(By International News Service.)
LEXINGTON, KY., Dec. 2.—One of
the old-time duels which made the
bluegrass country the chosen setting
of 50 many novelists was staged at’
sunrise today in Clinton County.
Mounted on blooded horses, Jeff
| Blevins and Steven Hubblestone can
tered with their seconds over the
dewy grass to a secluded spot select
ed for the pettling of their dlflkul-‘
tes. |
The men shook hands and then gal
loped on their horses 25 feet in oppo
site directions with revolvers drawn.
Wheeling at a given signal, they
opened fire, Hubblestone was killed |
land his horse shot from under him
’Blevlns was dangerously wounded.
\ AR T oSO B sL R
Daves Estate Case
.
} Is Set for Trial
' The case of 8. H. Venable, as ex
ecutor, against Dr. Joel T. Daves and
others, involving the spirited l‘ourt'
fight over the estate of the late Mrs
Daves, formerly Mrs. James ('ollina.i
Saturday was taken from its regular
lorder on the trial calendar in Supe
rior Court and was specially set for
trial on January 8. The estate of Mrs.
Daves is variously estimated in value
at from SIOO,OOO to $200,000, and the
court battle promises to prove one of
the livellest property contests wit
nessed in the Fulton courts in a long
while,
| Mrs. Daves was said to have made |
two wills. In the first she bountifully
remembered her husband, while in tnvl
second he fared in a very small de
&ree. The first will named the hus
band as executor, but the second del.
egated this office to Mr. Venable,
ATLANTA,GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1916.
l (By International News Service.) ‘
PETROGRAD, Dec. 2.—The first
serious check for the German allies
driving upon Bucharest from the
south was reported by the German
War Office today.
The Teuton forces that advanced
northward from the Danube have
been driven out of the villages of
Gostinar and Tzomana and compelled
to fall back, the officlal statement
says,
The Russianse, after hard fighting,
have gained the western end of the
Cernavoda bridge.
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Greece Yields to
.
| Demands of Allies
‘ LONDON, Dec. 2 —Comparative
}quiel reigned in Athens today follow
ing !he\wuhmmr‘un of the Greek Gov
ernment to the disarmament ultima
ztum of the Allles.
' The surrender’ by the Greek Kinn“
came after a serious outbreak nti
‘nxhtmg on Friday. The Allied troops
iaro reported to be withdrawing from
Piraeus. The firing ceased last night
‘nfl?r the Bpanish and Dutch Ministers
’tu Greece had intervened. At 8 o'clock
| these diplomats, together with the en
voys of the Entente powers, met with
the Greek Cabinet at the French Le
gation and an armistice was drawn
lup
Four hundred French marines were
i landed by Admiral du Fournet, on
'Frldn} These marched upon Athens,
A hill overlooking the Greek capital
was geized by them.
Fresh detalls have just been re
ceived of the battle which raged in
the sthteets of Athens under the eyes |
|of King Constantine. From the win
!Ah\b\'l of the royal palace the King
saw his troops engage the French,
Itallan and British marines in battle.
The sons of the King were with their |
regiments
} Allted warships anchored in Phalo
con harbor bombarded the outskirts
of Athens on Friday afternoon., Shells
lwrr(- thrown over the royal palace
against positions of the Greek reserv.
11-ln on the hills beyond
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i 6.000 Roumanians |
Taken by Teutons
BERLIN (via Sayville wireless), |
Dec. 2.--In a gigantic battle on thp'
Wallachian Plain, northwest nf'
Bucharest, the Roumanian lines were
smashed and the Austro-Germans |
Arove forward to the Arjeshu River,
(the War Office announced today
!Alun. the Carpgathian Mountains, on
the eastern frontier of Transylvania,
|the Russians keep up thelr furfluuul
drive. All the attacks have been re
| pulsed with heavy losses to the nt»‘
!m' kers, the report savs
The capture of 51 officers and more
than 6,000 men was reported
All glong the line in the Interior of |
Rourfania the German allles have |
advanced their lines, while Russian |
attacks in Dobrudja were repulsed by |
the Bulgarians
The new Russian attacks in Do
brudja Indicate that the Russians are
extending their supreme offensive
movement in their desperate assorts to
save Rouma from complets anni.
' hilation m\ ‘
| 1,000 Are Captured.
. The text of the ofMiclal report fol.
lows:
; “The Army Group of Archduke
Joseph-—~Russian and Roumanian at
tacks in the woods In the Carpathians
'.md on the Transylvanian front coms
tinue., Yesterday they ware dicected
cupecially agalnst our positions on the
Continued on Page 2, Column 4,
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Saturday afternoon flve county po-l
licemen were speeding along the At-‘
lanta- Macon highway on motorryolea:
and in a motor car, believed to be hot
on the trail of robbers who had slug
ged A. H. Boykin, paymaster of the
Martel Manufacturing Company, at 9
o'clock that morning In Hapeville, and
robbed him of $1,260, the pay roll for
the company's mill"at Fgan, Ga.
At 4 o'clock the county police re
ported that their men had chased the
robbers from Egan to a point near
Griffin, where the trail had been lost
for a time. The fugitives were be
lieved to be making their way to
ward Macon,
County Officers Jordan and Stovall
were chasing the men on motorcyeles,
Officers Haynie, Wells, Hornsby and
Carter were in an automoblle.
Boykin's story of the robbery was
that he was attacked Just after leav
ing a street car at l.ang avenue, in
Hapevlille. |
Felled by Blow. 1
“One other man got off the v;r‘
there,” he stated. “He was a tall man,
wearing a khaki coat. He walked be- i
hind me, and all of a sudden 1 was |
knocked to the ground by a n!:mnlngi
blow on the back of my head.” |
“As my vision began to clear, |
SAW two men getting out of a Ford
car. The tall man was stooping over
me, and one of the others Joined him.
They got the satchel In which was
the money, climbed quickly into the
car and went away at top speed.” |
| All the avallable county officers |
started In pursuit, along ‘the road to
Griffin, which was _aken by the rob
| bers’ car. Early in the afternoon
ixhraw deputy sheriffs—Lee Haygood,
Dan Goodlin and Willlam Hunter
returned with the information that
they never had been able to get with-
In sight of the robbers, but that the
other five were keeping after them
with all possible speed.
Doctor Saw Ditched Car. |
The returning trio also sald they
had talked with a Hapevilie phyulr-l:-n!
who said he was on the way back to
Hgpeville from Jonesboro when he |
passed a Ford car in the diteh, wnhi
two men working frantically to Ket it |
back on the road, swearing in a most !
unseemly manner, and nppurmly'
much excited |
He said one man was tall, wtm'
black hair, and the other short, and |
red-headed. This tallled with Boy-.
kin's description of two of the mvn.'
It appeared that the car had been
ditched in passing another Ford, nvm'
of whose passengers was helping (ho'
excited palr with their car Tm-rvi
were two satchels in the car |
Bob Waggoner, acting chief of At- |
lanta detectives, was detalled on lhn‘
case shortly after It was reported ln‘
the city police and left at once for lho'
scene with a force of men i
It was sald at the police -tmn.n,
that the detectives had a good fdea |
who one of the robbers was ;
N, C. & St. L. Head Is |
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Here for Conference |
John Howe Peyton, of N"h\i‘w,i
president of the Nashville, Chatta
nooga and Bt lLouls Rallway, was
registered at the Pledmont Baturday.
He was locked up in conference in
hi» room
Mr. Peyton, through a volce which
answered the phone, was interviewed
on the strike situation on his rosd
He gave out the following statement
“Very busy now' Positively can't
e anybody 2
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H. G. Wells |
Maurice Maeterlinck
Jerome K. Jerome
John Temple Graves
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Charles Edward Russell
have special articles of absorbing interest in tomor- ;
row's Sunday American. Wells is generally regarded |
as the world's greatest living novelist. Maeterlinck is |
the great Belgian poet, dramatist, novelist and natural- |
ist whose works are known to every tongue. Jerome g
K. Jerome is prcbably the greatest living humorist. |
Charles Edward Russell is America's foremost sociolo- §
gist. ¢
In addition to articles by these eminent writers, there :
will be another installment of Captain Koenig's thrill- |
ing story of the voyage of the Deutschland and a dis- !
cussion of the possibilities of radium by Sir William !
Ramsay, the world's greatest chemi‘t. who died only
a short time ago. This article is the last written by Sir |
William. ‘
The Monthly Fiction magazine has a striking cover, |
"Somewhere in Dixie,” by Harrison Fisher, and stories :
by George Pattullo, George Jean Nathan, Bruno Les- §
sing and E. Phillips Oppenheim. "
Are You Interested in Sports? i
Coach J. W. Heisman, of the champion Tech team, é
picks his annual All-Southern eleven and discusses at ;
length the work of the star players of the South. O. B. )
Keeler and “Chick” Evans, American amateur and
open champion, have articles on golf, and Ed Danforth |
writes on the latest doings in the realm of harness |
racing. / ;
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ARMY OF BANDIT VILLA
19 CAUGHT IN TRAP
By W. B. GRIFFIN, |
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service. ‘
EL PASO, TEXAE, Dec. 2.—Pancho
Villa's army has been surrounded in
Chihuahua City by Carranza forces
under General Murguia, who made a
forced march on the State capital
from the south, General Gonzales,
Carranza commander at Juarez, re
ported today. Murguia has been or
dered to attack immediately, Gonzales
declared,
General Calles, Carranza command -
or at No‘nlu, Sonora, gave out a
similar statement, He sald Murgula
had reached Chihuahua City with
7,000 men, and would attack Villa to
day. It was pointed out here, how
ever, that at each stage of the battle
for Chihuahua City Carranza officials
Bave out optimistic statements, do-]
claring Murgula was about te attack
Villa’s rear, while private advices
showed Murgula to be several dayw'
march from the scene of the battle.
Federal agents here do not bolkvoj
Vilia will evacuate Chihuahua City,
and discredit reports that Murgula
will attempt to drive him from the
city.
Prominent residents of Juares be
gan moving across the Rio Grande to
El Paso today, fearing an immediate
attack on the border city by Villistas,
A number of business intercets in
Juarez remalned in the eity them
selves, but sent their wives and
daughters to Kl Paso. Tales of the
‘horrlbh mistreatment of girle and
‘women by Villistas after the capture
of Chihuahua City have alarmed
Juarez.
Fedoral agenta learnad today that
FINAL>&¢
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Villa is delaying his advance on Jua
rez until he finds out how Pres-
Ident Wilson will regard his occupa
tion of the town. Villa's secret ser
vice men have been working In Kl
Paso for ten days, attempting to learn
from Government agents here wheth
er General Pershing will move
against hiim \! he occupled Juares.
Seven days' have passed without
any word of the fate of Americans
in Chlthuahua City. Relatives here
have almost given up hope for their
safety, though It Is thought possibie
they may have escaped and are mak -
Ing their way northward on foot.
Wheat King Gives
$258,000 for Xmas
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 2. Christmas gifts
of $258,000 to two Chicago Institutions
Are announced today by James A.
Patton, the wheat king. Northwest -
ern University gets $134000 and
Evanston Hospital $124,000, the lat
ter conditional that an equal amount
be raised by July for a bullding
fund,
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Clearings Here for
Week $23,729,081.58
———
rorc'fi::'?::'{-?mu:';‘J:.’:"."mb&"-‘y'.
Thanksgiving—amounted to $33,729,.
ORLGR, against $19.771.268.89 the same
Week lut Year-—six days. This Is an
Increase of $3,957,912.79.
Clearings Saturday amounted to ",
Im.uou, against u’.m,mu the same
2#.;&-! Year, an increass of §1.5604,-
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(By International News Service.)
. SPEEDWAY, UNIONTOWN, PA,
Dec. 2.—Speeding at the rate of 100
‘miles an hour In the last laps of the
112-mile Universal Trophy race this
‘aflemoon. the big Premlier car driven
by Frank Galvin blew the right rear
tire, and, mounting the rim of the
wooden track, crashed into the press
stand, killing two and injuring ten,
one probably fatally,
Hughie Hughes, who had been
forced from the race a few minutes
before, when his car went over the
west turn, was caught square in front
of the big car and horribly mangled.
Gaston Weigle, Gavin's mechani
clan, was caught under the wrecked
car, dying linstantly, while Galvin,
who was hurled through the air, was
probably fatally injured. He was
tushed to the Uniontown Hospital,
Where his condition was reported se
rious,
Twenty thousand peopie saw the
accident. Only a few minutes before
Hughes had thrilled’ them when his
Hoskins car dashed up to the top of
the rim and disappeared. Because of
the fact that he had slowed down for
the turn, his machine failed to over
turn, and both he and his mechanie
clan escaped uninjured.
Speeding Up Stretch.
Galvin was spedding up for the
stretch and was going at least 100
miles an hour when the right rear tire
exploded. The report startled the
crowd. The big car snapped off a
great timber guard rall ard plunged
over
The press stand bore the blow of
the hurtling Premler car. It crum
bled into kindling wood, and the
scores of newspaper men in it were
precipitated to the ground. Nearly
all recelved bruises, but none was fa
tally hurt. Nine were removed to the
first-aid station, and several later
were sent to the Unlontown Hospital
Weigle was 25 years old, and lived
in New York City. He was badly
crushed underneath the car. It was
several minutes before his body could
be removed. The car was completely
wrecked.
Wild exeitement reigned, but the
race was finished. Louls Chevrolet,
driving a Frontenac car, finished the
112-mile course first, his time for the
100 laps being 1 hour 14 minutes
12 2-6 seconds.
Dave Lewis, driving a Premier, was
second, his time being 1 hour 14 min
utes 26 1-5 seconds,
Ralph De Palma, in his Mercedes
finished third, his time being 1 hou
15 minutes 16 2-5 seconds,
Barney Newgard, driving a Craw
ford, and Milt Mcßride, in an Olsen,
tied for fourth place; time, 1 hour 15
minutes
Rickard Intends to
Bid for Big Lease
(By International News Service.) .
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Tex Rickard,
famous promoter, intends to enter the
fleld of bigders for a lease on Madi
son Square Garden The Garden is
to be sold at auction December 8, and
Rickard will attempt to lease it for
A period of from flve to ten years. If
he is successful in getting the lease
Richard may promote a ('hu"‘lmofllhlu
boxing contest here between Jess
Willard and the man who looks best
as a contender after January 1. Rick.
ard has just returned from Chicago,
where he negotiated for the cowboy
champions services, It is imderstood
he has obtained Willard's consent to
fight for him
Is After Carl Morris
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(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Bince ha hax
lost the chance to tackle Fred Ful.
ton at BSt. Paul, Franlse Moran is ang
ling for a fuss with Carl Morris at
Kansas ity Fulton canceled his
engagement with Moran, saying he
has & chance to meet Joss Willara
In the immediate future
THE WEATHER
Forecast—Fair Saturday night
and Sunday.
Temperature—6 a. m., 40; 8 a. m,
44; 10 a. m, 51; 12 noon, ; 1.
m, 61 2p.m, &4 ‘
.uufi’. 6:26. Sunset, 4:29,