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__ ■ w w * OWI ¥¥ W ¥ VOLUME XVIII. VIENNB ASKED TO SAY WHAT IT KNOWS OF THE PERSIES SINKING Ambassador Penfield Presents Formal Derfiand on Austrian Government for All Facts in Its Possession (By AwccUted Press WASHINGTON., Jan. 6.—Ambassador Penfield cabled today that he had pre sented informally to the Vienna foreign office the American government’s re quest for any information on the de struction of the British liner Persia and at the time of filing his dispatch had received no reply- American Consul Garrels at Alexan dria reported that the affidavits he has gathered from Persia survivors give no more proofs that a submarine torpe doed the liner, or regarding its national ity. than were contained in his first dls j patched Senators Simmons and Overman asked President Wilson today if any further information about the death of Consul , McNeely had been received. The presi dent told them that no new facts had come to the government within the last two days, but that every effort was being made to obtain additional informa tion. The Rev. Homer R. Salisbury, of this > city, the Seventh Day Adventist mis sionary superintendent for India who ‘ sailed on the liner Persia from Mar seilles. is given up for lost in a re port which the Peninsular and Oriental line has transmitted to the American embassy in London. The report was | transmitted today to the state depart ment. Dr. Salisbury was born at Battle Creek. Mich., in 1870. Ambassador Penfield was instructed to ask the Austrian government informally for any Information it might have on the Persia which would develop the facts in the case and help the Ameri can government decide how the liner was destroyed. Consul Garrels was in structed to get affidavits for the same purpose. So far the only actual statement tend ing to prove that the ship was torpe doed game from one of the officers of the ship. • He said he saw what he thought was the wake of a torpedo. No submarine was seen at any time. Further dispatches from Ambassador Penfidld are expected at the state de partment. probably late today and at any event tomorrow. Meanwhile other consular agents along the Mediterra nean coast are, * like Consul Garrels. seeking further information. The absence of further definite ad vices is holding the situation, so far as • any ac’ten by the United States is con cerned, at a standstill A memorandum defining the general status of armed merchant vessels visit ing American ports was issued by the state department in September. 1314, in part as follows: "That no guns are mounted on the forward part of the vessel. "That the vessel is manned by its usual crew and the officers are the same as those on board before war was de clared. “That the caliber of the guns car ried does not exceed six inches " Since this memorandum was Issued the state department caused guns to be removed. Chairman Stcne. of the foreign rela tions committee, discussed the situation with the’ president today and talked of other questions expected to come up at a meeting of the committee tomorrow, particularly Senator Fall's resolution for information on the recognition of the Carranza government and informa tion on the Mexican question. . The president told Senator Stone no additional information of importance had been received on the Persia inci dent and expressed the hope that until the government had formulated its poli cy there be as little discussion as pos sible in the senate. 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Home Life M 12 Months. fcj ♦Name • Gentlewoman • 1 12 Months. I Household Journal I *P. C and Floral Magazine I * 12 Months. I * Address THE SE>n-WEEKLY .JOURNAL, Circulation JR. F- DState Department, Atlanta, Ga. ♦ NAME OF ALEX C. KING IS TO BE PRESENTED FOR • U. S. SUPREME COURT Distinguished Atlanta Lawyer Will Be Supported by Geor gia Bar as Successor to Mr, Justice Lamar A movement has been inaugurated by a number of the leading members of the Georgia bar to present to President Wilson the name of Alex C. King, of At lanta.. for appointment to the United States supreme court to fill the vacancy caused 'by the death of Mr. Justice Jo seph R. Lamar. Mr. King's name was prominently mentioned for the supreme court five years ago when President Taft was con sidering Judge Lamar, of Georgia, but he declined to let the president con sider his name and went to Washington and urged the president to appoint Judge Lamar, who was one of his closest friends. Mr. King is a South Carolinian by birth and a grandson of Mitchell King, who was a contemporary of Henry Clay and one of the greatest lawyers that state ever produced. In 1877 Mr. King was admitted to the bar in Atlanta and has practiced here ever since. For thirty-one years he has been Jhe law partner of Jack J. Spalding, under the firm name of King & Spalding. Mr. King Is regarded throughout the southern states as one of the great lawyers of America, and enjoys an equally high standing in the north ana east. He has practiced in nearly all the great cases that have come up in the south during the last thirty or more years. His practice has extended to tne supreme courts of Georgia, South Caro lina, Alabama, Tennessee and other southern states; to the various United States district courts in this territory; to the United States circuit court of ap peals In the fifth and other circuits, and to the supreme court of the United States. EARLY SHOWED ABILITY. Early in his career Mr. King showed extraordinary - ability. In 1885, only eight years after being admitted to tne bar. he made a brief and argument be fore the supreme court of Georgia that was singled out for special compliment tn the court's decision, a thing that has been done very few times In the court’s history. In that case he was opposed by the late United States Senator A. O. Bacon, the late Judge John L. Hopklne, of Atlanta, the late Judge Henry B. Tompkins and other famous lawyers. Mr. King also enjoys the distinction of having been very highly compliment ed by ex-President Taft when the lat ter was a Judge of the United States circuit court of appeals. Mr. Taft sala of him that he had the most lucid mind of any lawyer that he had ever heard make an argument. When the vacancy arose in the United States supreme court to which President Taft appointed Judge Lamar. Mr. King was one of the first lawvers that came into President Taft's mind, together with Judge Lamar, whom President Taft also knew and admired very highly. It Is believed that no lawyer In the United States Is more familiar with fed eral practice and with the great consti tutional questions that come before the federal • courts than is Mr. King. His knowledge of these branches of the law was recognized a few years ago by the United States supreme court, which ap pointed him as one of three lawyers In the fifth circuit to revise the rules of practice in all federal courts, including the supreme court. Mr. King is frequently called upon to deliver addresses before state bar asso ciations on legal subjects, and since the appointment of Judge Lamar to the t nited States supreme court he has been one of the three bar examiners of Georgia who pass on the written exami nation papers of applicants for admis sion to the bar. having succeeded Judge Lamar to this position. RECALL IS DEFEATED BL J BIG MAJORITY ' IN EVERY CITY WARD ( - Only One Out of 18 Precincts Carried by Recall, and Vote There Was Only 56 to 50 For It The recall movement, begun last fall after the removal of J. L. Beavers from the office of chief of police, ended Wed nesday at the polls. The defeat of the recall was overwhelming, decisive and conclusive, the majority in every one of the ten wards in tne city and in sev enteen out of eighteen voting precincts being against the recall of Mayor James G. Woodward and all of the six police commissioners. Mayor Woodward was one of the cen tral figures In the fight, as many of the politicians allied with the recall had been urging the voters to oust him even if they voted against the recall of the other commissioners. The result was that more votes against the recall of Woodward than against the recall of any other commissioner were polled, and also more votes were polled for the recall of Woodward than of any other commissioner. The vote was 6,299 against the recall of Woodward and 3,399 for his recall. The smallest number of votes for the recall of any commissioner was cast in the instance of Robert C. Clark. The vote for the recall of Clark was 3,272; against his recall, 6,225. The fact that the vote on all of the commissioners ran so evenly, most vot ers casting a straight ballot for or against the recall of them all, was a decided surprise to many o fthe work ers for the recall. While not varying materially at any of the precincts the majority of Mayor Woodward would have been smaller than that of the others had it not been for his heavy vote at precinct A of the Second ward. The result of the election became ap parent early Wednesday evening, when the returns from the Fourth and Seventh waj-ds, the supposed recall "strongholds" came In, both wards showing a majority against the recall. While the vote was not quite two to one the conclusive character of the vic tory of the commissioners Is shown by the fact that the only precinct carried by the recallers was Second ward "B” where only 106 ballots were polled, and even there the majority for the recall was only six votes. In one of the other small precincts the vote against the re call was at ratio of more than 5 to 1. A most significant feature of the elec tion is the fact that the recall polled less than 500 votes in excess of the number of signers to the recall petitions. WAYCROSS, GA., HAS NEW COLD_STORAGE PLANT (Special Dispatch to The Journal ! WAYCROSS, Ga., Jan. 6.—Waycross now has a cold storage plant, which will be followed shortly by a modern abattoir and packing plant. The cold storage plant has been opened by the Ware County Light and Power company to enable producers to kill and cure their meat without having to wait on weather conditions. Arrangements have also been made by the same company to store apples, butter, eggs and other produce. It is expected that the plant will enable producers of this section to save thousands of dollars. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1916. Russians Pound Germans in East; French Claim Gains in the West YEAR AND THE ELIGIBLE BACHELOR -.-WEBSTER 1 - ——— ~ * TWeo DORE , Are'S ( K 3 I• _ ) you Sure vou love / ) > BOLLIVAP-, J) T/GCE ME -I AM 7 I alone’’ C Y X / Hack /h aWHK i 1 Kaoß - « - xxx / i V yyyyyy > ''x < (Copyright. l»i«. bj4 H T W,b,tM 1 . 1 GILLS FOR REPORTS OF NOTIONAL BANKS Comptroller Will Learn if Money Is Being Loaned at Usurious Interest (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—The comp troller of the currency today, issued a call to all national banks requiring them to report to him their condition at the close of business Friday, December 31. The comptroller in today's call goes further than at any previous time to learn if money is being loaned by na tional banks in violation of state usury laws. He asks for a list of loans by all banks during 1915, “upon which interest was charged or collected either in tne shape of interest, discount or commis sion, at rates which would amount to more than the equivalent of 6 per cent per annum.” "Banks are cautioned,” says the call, , "to prepare this statement with care and accuracy. When this report shall have been received national bank ex aminers will be instructed to verify the reports submitted by some banks, ana if errors or discrepancies should be dis covered which may seem to make It necessary in order to secure accuracy to verify the reports submitted by all banks, the examiners will be given in structions accordingly.” The call also asks banks to state whether it is their custom to require borrowers to carry deposits when loans are granted, how much they are now loaning to non-depositors and how much is loaned and not secured by collateral. The aggregate of amounts which bor rowers have refused to pay banks be cause of alleged usury is asked and also the total payments made by banks as penalties for usury. The call asks for complete information as to the Con nections of officers and directors of any bank in other banks or trust com panies, their salaries, liability as pay ers or indorsers and guaranteers of pa per and the amount of overdrafts against them. Says Americans Still Feel Like England’s Colony (By Associated Press.) BERLIN (Via London), Jan _6. —Dr. Bernhard Dernberg, the former* secre tary for colonies, who returned some months ago from the United States, dis cussed at the Lyceum club for Women I today “the difficult position of the Ger man-American- ’ “Germany,” he said, “mutf not exag gerate the chase for wealth in Amer ica. Americans still regard themselves as a colony of England, temporarily fal len away. The pro-possession against Germany has been promoted by the Puritan strain, a sentimental attitude, besides an anti-militarist spirit.” 4 Children Die in Fire NEW HARTINSVILL’S, W. Va., Jan. 66. Four children of John Morgan, ranging from four to fifteen, were burned to death in their home today. Morgan saved one daughter, and while attempt ing to reach the others was so badly | burned physicians feared he would not recover. , Mil GIVER SENATORS ON INTERNATIONAL SITUATION I Foreign Relations Committee Will Hold Meeting Friday, It Is Announced (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.—The general international situation, Including the crisis in the relations . between the United States and the central powers over submarine warfare, will be consid ered at a meeting tomorrow of the sen ate foreign relations committee. The meeting has been called by Chairman Stone. The committee had before It today a mass of data bearing upon Great Brit ain's attitude toward neutral shipping and negotiations with Germany, over submarine warfare. The information was sent by Secretary Lansing in re sponse to a senate resolution. All avail able data on the destruction of the British steamer Persia also was said to be before the committee. President Wilson and Secretary Lan sing still were without definite informa tion upon which official action in the crisis arising from the Persia incident is to be based. Meanwhile, officials still are reserving judgment. American diplomatic and consular representatives abroad today had in structions from Secretary Lansing to hasten the collection of the facts. The question of national prepared ness again today occupied the center of the stage in congressional committee activity. Hearings on the administration’s na tional defense program were begun to day before the house military affairs committee with Secretary of War Gar rison as the star witness, and the house naval affairs committee continued its hearings on the annual naval appropria tion bill. Secretary Garrison had prepared a de tailed statement of the army’s part of the preparedness plans. Rear Admiral Stanford, chief of the navy's bureau of yards and docks, re sumed his statement as to the needs of additional naval stations when the naval committee again took up the yards and docks section of the. naval bill. It probably will take some time to reach the all-important construction provisions in the measure. Man Is Roasted By Boiling Tar But May Recover Sentenced to the stockade fifty-eight days ago, Joe Long, colored, 268 Chapel street, was serving the last day of his term Thursday at the corner of Eighth and Peachtree streets, where the as phalt was being repaired. Joe was one of the group putting down tar binder. As he stooped above the street, his arm knocked off the tar hose. Its nozzle turned frill in his face and hot, black tar squirted all over him. In an instant he was black and burning from head to foot. The Grady ambulance was called and Joe was rushed to the hospital. There it was stated that he will probably re cover despite the fact that he is well night roasted from top to toe. CHARGES AGAINST STATE PRISON FARM DENIED Charman of Prison Board Re plies to Statements of Robert Avera Emphatic denial was made by Chair man Robert E. Davison, of the prison commission, to sensational reports of mistreatment in the state prison farm at Milledgeville given out in Atlanta Thurs day by Robert Avera, who was released from the farm Wednesday. Chairman Davison branded as “abso lutely false” a statement by Avera to the effect that the men on the farm*were fed cabbages and other vegetables in which were worms and grit and dirt. "We raise all sorts of vegetables there, in large quantities, and the food for the prisoners is well prepared and sanitary,” said Mr. Davison. Chairman Davison also said Avera’s statement that "Warden Smith cruelly beat the prisoners, hitting some from thirty to forty licks with a heavy strap, was absolutely false. “Warden Smith ih the best warden yve have in the state of Georgia,” said Mr. Davison. "His treatment of the prison ers is most humane. "The trouble down in Milledgeville now is that Atlanta and Fulton county are dumping large numbers of dope fiends onto the farm—men who are unfit for anything but to give trouble. They can’t work; they need medical attention constantly; they are sent to a prison farm when they ought to be sent to a special sanitariu mor hospital where they can get decent treatment.” Avera had other things to say about the farm, all of which Mr. Davison branded as false. Avera has been in the prison for over a year, having been sent from Judge Andy Calhoun's court for kidnaping his wife from her father, he said. Moderate Cold < Wave Reported Traveling East (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—A moderate cold wave prevailed today and will con tinue tonight and Friday, from the Mis sissippi river eastward to the Atlantic coast the cold extending southward to ward the gulf states. STEAMER HITS PIER IN STORM AND GOES DOWN PARKERSBURG, W. Va., Jan. 6. Captain Brady M. Berry and sixty-two of the passengers and crew of the steam er Kanawha, which sank in the Ohio river at dam No. 19 last night, arrived here early today on a special train sent by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company to pick up the survivors scat tered along four miles of river front on the West Virginia side. Captain Berry said that although he saw no one in the water and did not know that any had been lost, he felt there had been fatalities and would re turn to the scene to make a thorough search on the West Virginia and Ohio .shores. NUMBER 28. BELGIANS ALSO HAVE LAUNCHED DEFENSIVE AGAINST FOE'S LINE I Petrograd Clairqs Russians Have Penetrated Teuton First Line of Defense in Neighborhod of Czernowitz (By Associated Press.) • WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. —Russian pressure on the Austrian lines from Volhynia southward to Bukowlna con tinues heavy and official reports fronv' both sides indicate that the fighting is of a desperate and sanguinary charac ter. Reports of the evacuaHon of Czerno witz by the Austrians have not been confirmed, Petrograd unofficial ad vices today t>n!y claiming that the Rus sians have compelled the city’s defend-, era to fall back to their secondary line. The French are pounding heavily on the German trenches In the Champagne and between Soissons and Rheims, and claim to have Inflicted notable damage by the bombardments. The Belgians have also taken the offensive on their front. Bulgaria, whose armies have nowhere been actively engaged since Serbia was cleared of entente troops, has appro priated $100,000,000 for war purposes, a Salonlkl dispatch states. All parties • united In support of the vote of credit. At Washington, the senate committee on foreign relations will meet tomorrow to consider the International situation, including the conditions growing out of the submarine warfare in the Mediter ranean. At a conference to be held in London today British laboring men will deter mine upon the attitude of their organ izations toward compulsion. Berlin Confirms Offensive by Allies, but Claims Advantage (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, Jan. '6.-—-(By wireless to Sayville.)—A French hand grenade at tack against the German lines northeast* of Le Mesnil was easily repulsed, Ger man army headquarters announced to day. Allied artillery has been uninterrupt edly shelling the important town of Lens, northeast of Arras. It is announced that an allied air craft attack upon Douai failed. German avia tors shot down two British aeroplanes. One of the machines was brought down by Lieutenant Boelke, this being the seventh aeroplane that he has succeed ed in disabling. There have been artil lery duels at several places along the western front. On the Riga-Dvinsk front in Russia, a German reconnoitering detachment that was advancing in the forest south of Jacobstadt withdrew before the at tack of a superior Russian force, tne statement says. In Volhynia the Germans attacked an advanced Russian position and succeed ed in dislodging its defenders, the state ment declares. Vienna Denies Russians Have Made Slight Advance (By Asaociated Preaa.) BERLIN. Jan. 6.— (By Wireless to Sayville.)—A •’’denial of news agency dispatches from Petrograd reporting ithat the Austro-Hungarians had evacu ated Czernowitz and of the Russian of ficial claim to advances near that city is made by the official press bureau in Vienna, the Overseas News agency an nounced today. Its statement says: "Vienna further states that the Rus clans have not advanced beyond the po sitions which they have occupied foi months on the frontier east of Czerno witz, so that the Russian headquarters report of January 3, which tells of a continuous Russian advance is untrue." DEMOCRATS OF FLORIDA MEETING IN JACKSONVILLE State Executive Committee Holding Most Important Session in Years (Bv Associated Press.) JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Jan. 6.—Lead ing Democrats from every county in Florida gathered in Jacksonville this morning for what promised to the most important meeting oft the state Democratic executive committee held in years. The committee is In session for the purpose of arranging details for the holding of the general state t primary on June 6 next. Because of the fact the national convention meets in St. Louis but eight days after the Florida primary the ques tion of seating the delegates from this state is occupying paramount attention It is believed it will be necessary to appoint a special committee of the state committee to canvass the returns for delegates and that it will be necessary to inform the successful candidates of their election by wire so that they may lose no time in leaving for St. Louis. Their credentials will await them at the convention city. A movement was on foot to take cer tain offices out of the primary, includ ing circuit judges, states attorneys, so licitors and clerks of courts. Others favored the inclusion of all appintive of fices in the primary. Another important question scheduled is the selection of a state campaign committee to conduct the primary, draft an itinerary which would take candf* dates for all offices to each county of the state twice before the primary, and to levy an assessment against candidates to defray this . expense.