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Newspaper Page TextMilwiw rinx-lV ct'klj)Sowrwsd VOLUME XVIII. PREFERENCE PRIMARY TO BE BEU mil 5 If ONE IS NECESSARY Primary Will Not Be Held, However, Unless There Is More Than One Candidate for Democratic Nomination The elate Democratic executive com mittee yesterday afternoon provided for a presidential primary to be h*M on the first Wednesday in April, which will be the fifth of the month, tn the event more than one candidate should qualify as a candidate for the nomination In this state, in accordance with certain quali fications laid down by the committee, and provided that in the event only one candidate should qualify then there shall be no presidential primary. The committee further provided for a state convention to be held at Macon on May 3. Should there ve more than one candidate, the convention shall be made up of delegates who are the ‘ ’pen and avowed friends" of the candidate who carried the respective counties, while if there should be only one candi date. then the convention shall be made up of delegates chosen in such manner as the various county executive com mittees shall provide Arrangements for the stale primary a 111 be made at a later meeting of the ommittee to be held at Macon subject to the call of Chairman Reagan, it hav ;ng been decided at the morning session that the committee at this meeting would deal only with the presidential nomination and defer the state primary. The action df the committee was in the form of a resolution prepared by a subcommittee on resolutions ap pointed at the morning session’. This •sub-committee met during the noon re cess and reported the resolution to the -ommittee of the whole when it re-con vened at 3 o’clock. The resolution met with the unanimous approval of the .-ommittee of the whole and was adopted practically without discussion. The committee also passed a resolu tion stronglv indorsing President Wil son and his policies, both domestic and diplomatic, and passed a resolution pro riding that the committee shall meet at Macon subject to the call of Chairman Reagan to make arrangements for the state primary. W. Trox Bankston, editor or the West News, of West Point, undertook to iddresss the committee, but was denied the floor because he is not a member o f the committee. Chairman Reagan said Mr. Bankston could speak only by unan imous consent, and there was objection. It was the expressed opinion of sev •ral members of the committee, con ■urred in by all present, that Woodrow Wilson will be th* only candidate for the Democratic “nomination and that ,-onaoquently no primary will be he|d in this state. THE RESOLUTION. The resolution providing for the pri mary. in the event of more than one -andidate and providing for the state invention. selection of a national com mitteeman. etc., reads as Whereas, the National Execu tive Committee of the Democratic party has called a convention of the party to be held in St. Louis. Mo., on June 14. 131*. for the nomination of a Democratic candidate for pres ident of the United States and for other purposes and Whereas the Democratic party of Georgia is entitled to be represent ed by twenty-eight delegates in said convention. therefore Be it resolved and it is hereby ordered by the Democratic State Executive committee of Georgia (1 • That the secretary of this com mittee be and he is hereby authoriz ed and directed to leceive all formal entries that may be made by Demo cratic candidates who may desire or , onsent to have their names submit ted to the Democrats of Georgia as a candidate for the support of the delegation from this state in said national convention, who shall in -ood faith file with the said secre tary formal notice that they have c onsented to the use of their names as candidates for the office of pres ident and desire the support of the delegation from Georgia in said national convention and shall file such notice ’ with the secretary of this committee within thirty days from this date and shall have like wise qualified as a candidate in not less than three other states. fJI If within thirty days from this date the secretary shall have receiv ed the formal entry of more than one candidate for this office then he shall immediately notify the chair nan of this committee of that fact • ind at the expiration of said thirty lays the said chairman shall at once Announce a state-wide presidential preference primary to be held on the Wednesday in April. 1314. in which primary votes shall be.cast for the candidates who have filed tie notice prescribed, said primary to be held under the primary laws of Georgia. IN EVENT OF PRIMARY. In the event of such presidential' primary the delegates to the state convention herein provided for shall be elected under the rules of the Democratic party of Georgia now of force, from the open and avowed friends and supporters of the suc cessful candidate r by the county Democratic executive committees. (3) If within thirty days from this date said secretary shall have re ceived the formal entry of only one candidate for this office then fie shall immediately notify the chair man of this committee who shall no tify the chairman of each county Democratic exeedtive committee. Thereupon the county Democratic executive committees shall on or before the twelfth day of April. 1314, either select or provide for the selection of the usual number of delegates to the state convention to be held at noou in the city of Ma con, Ga.. on Wednesday, the third day of May. 1314. for the purpose of selecting delegates to the national Democratic convention. Said state convention shall consist of twice as many delegates from each county as the respective counties may have cpresentatives in the lower house of the general assembly of Georgia. (4) Said state convention shall in like manner select the Democratic candidates for electors’ to be voted for in this state tn the election of November. 1314. • - (S.) There shall likewise be filed wrth the secretary of this commit tOoaUatied on Page 3, Col. X) BRIDE IN "SUNRISE WED DING” SEEKS DIVORCE. Mrs. Jpck Lamey, formerly Miss June McEachron. of Atlanta, files suit against singer in motion picture theaters. viol J r ' I Mrs. Jack Lamey For. Second Time Sues for Divorce Another chapter in the "sunrise wed ding romance” was written on the dock et of the superior court Monday morn ing when Attorney John Y. Smith filed for Mrs. June McEachron Lamey a suit for divorce and alimony against Jack T. Lamey,’a singer in motion picture the aters. * Mrs. Lamey charges that although her husband makes $75 a week singing in picture shows that sjhe and his son Jacques, 2 1-2 years of age, have been allowed to suffdr for the bare necessities of life. Lamey and Miss June McEachron were married at sunrise qne morning in July, J 913, and in February, 1913, she filed suit for-divorce. Later, however, the baby was bora, the couple become reconciled and the suit was withdrawn. But now they are in court agaih. Mrs. Lamey alleges that her husband travels over a southern circuit and that despite the fact that she has begged him to take her with him on ail of the trips that he compiled only on one occasion and al lowed hac to accompany him to Jackson ville. There she became ill, she asserts, and despite that fact lie left her alone all- night in a strange hotel while he “cultivated the bright lights and other alluring attractions of Jacksonville." Finally, she says, she had to wire for her father, who brought her back to At lanta. She declares that her husband craves the applause of the public “above the comforts of the home, and that his life on the picture stage has converted him from a normal man into a “carouser and rambler." And so she asks divorce, alimony and. the custody of the child. INNESES IOSF IN FIGHT TO KEEP OUT OF GEOOGIi .'By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 21.—The su preme court today affirmed the action of the Texas stSte courts in holding Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Innes can be ex tradited from Texas to Atlanta. Ga„ to answer to indictments of "larceny after trust.” Mr. and Mrs. Innes opposed extradition on the ground that they could not be extradited from Texas, to which state they had been taken under arrest to answer charges of murder, until given an opportunity to return to Oregon, from which they had been removed by the Texas authorities. Penalty of Death Is Inflicted Upon Two Murderers (By Associated Press.) BELLEFONTE. Pa., Feb. 21.—Roland S. Pennington and George H. March were today electrocuted in the death house of the new penitentiary here for the mur der in 1313 of S. Lewis Pinkerton in Delaware county. hard fight was made to save the men, their case having been carried to | the supreme court and then taken before the board of pardons five times. Pen nington is said to have been the first I person of Quaker extraction to suffer the death penalty in Pennsylvania. Germany Plans New War Loan (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Feb. 21.—The Berlin Tage biatt says that a new war loan shortly will be announced at Berlin, according to 'an Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. The amount of the | >oo’l is not known, but the Tageblatt :-sn>s the interest will probably be 4 ter cent with a bonus of half of 1 pe 1 ’ : cent. Lassen Peak Is Again Erupting (By Associated Preu.) REDDING, Cal.. Feb. 21.—Lassen leak is showing renewed activity, ac cording to reports received from resi dents of Hat Creek Valley. The crater, they say, is constantly emitting smoke and steam, although in small amounts. The volcano could be seen from here today to be in mild eruption. GERMANY PROTESTS MARSHAL S PRESENCE ■ ABOARD THE APPAM Formal Representations Are; Made to the State Depart-' t ment in Washington by the . German Embassy (By Associated Frees.) WASHING i'ON,Web. Zl. —Representa- tions against the presence of United States deputy marshals on the cap | tured British liner Appam, a German prize in Hampton Roads, were made to ! day to the state department by the Ger man embassy. ' • Prince von Hatzfeld, counsellor of the German embassy, went over the matter with Counsellor Folk, of the state de partment, today. It was said that while the embassy realized that the libel proceedings’ fea ture are out of the hands of the state department and in the courts, it was anxious to know when some decision might be expected. The presence of the marshals was ob ; jected to, it was said, because it was i feared some friction might develop. Conusellor Barclay, of the British eni i bassy, to the great dismay of officials, was shown by mistake into the room where Prince Hatzfeldt was waiting. If the British counsellor and the German prince recognized one another as they sat on opposite sides of the room, neither betrayed that he felt he was in the presence of an enemy, and the situation was relieved by the departure of Coun sellor Barclay to Mr. Poulk’s office. . . (By Associated Press.) NORFOLK. Va., Feb. 21.—United States Marshal John G. Saunders, of the Eastern district of Virginia, arrived at Newport News Sunday morning from Richmond and took personal charge Os the situation growing out of the federal court libel proceedings which have been instituted against the steamship Appam by the British and African Steam Nav igation conppany, Ltd., the Liverpool owners of the vessel, whi,ch on Feb ruary 1 was brought into Hampton Roads by a German naval prize crew. Marshal Saunders,- following his ar rival at Newport News, conferred with Collector of the Port Norman R. Ham ilton, the marshal having found Ger man Commander Berg, of the Appam. standing in opposition to practically his every move, called and asked the assist ance of Collector Hamilton, who alone Commander Berg still personally held out, was recognized by him as having authority over the Appam. In this connection Collector Hamil ton took the position that the private action instituted in the federal court by representatives of the British and African Steam Navigation company, Ltd., had invoßed fbe Appam in proceedings not coming under the collector’s juris diction. The collector then explained to Com mander Berg, who was ashore at the customs house, that while the collector of customs was the highest port author ity having to do- with the Appam, the Urited States court was the highest le gal authority in the land. Marshal Saunders advised Commander Berg that his intention was to keep watchmen on the Appam, by keeping two men aboard for twelve hours and then relieving them by sending two other men aboard. The commander protested, but subse quently yielded, under renewed protest, and the marshal’s orders of the day prevailed. ’ Collector Hamilton and Marshal Saun ders returned to Norfolk last night. The official realtionship between Col lector Hamilton and Marshal Saunders was cordial, and continues co-operative to the fullest extent possible under the very unusual circumstances pre sented in the whole matter. Digs Grave for His Victim and Kills With Axe CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—An axe murder planned so carefully that even the grave for the victim was dug before he was slain was revealed today, the police say. in a confession by Mrs. Teofil Zdrowski. According to the alleged confession, Tony Sandrovich, fifty-five years old, a farm hand employed near Benton Har bor, Mich., was slain for his money by repeated blows from an axe administer ed by Mrs. Zdrowski's husband, Sandro vich’a employer, and Alex Metelski. "A grave already has been dug,” says the alleged confession, “we threw the body into it and left for Chicago.” According to the police the two men confessed when informed of Mrs. Zdrow ski's statement. It is said only $55 was taken from Sandrovitch. Guards Who Let Biddles Escape Are Both Dead (By Associated Press.) PITTSBURG, Pa., Feb. 21.—Charles Reynolds and Frank A. Chase, both ot whom were guards at the Allegheny county jail when the Biddle brothers made their sensational escape several ' years ago, died within a few hours of each other last night. Reynolds, an inside guard, was shot, thrown over a railing to a floor below and locked in a cell when he attempted to stop the flight of the brothers. Chase was on guard at the outside door and was reliev ed of duty after the prisoners got away. Meuse Floods Part of Liege AMSTERDAM (Via London), Feb. 21. The River Meuse has overflowed its banks over a stretch of country in the neighborhood of Liege and a number of villages north of the city and part of the city itself are inundated., BRITISH STEAMSHIP HAS BEEN REFLOATED LONDON, Feb. 21.—The British steanf ship Conirie Castle, which went ashore last week on a reef off Mombasa, British East Africa, has been refloo>2. ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1916. SUBMARINE ISSUE IS STILL CONSIDERED IS GRAVEIN WASH INGTDN Germanic Powers’ New Policy Regarding Armed Merchant. Ships Contains No Assur ance for Future,Officials Say 'By Agaeciated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. * 21.—State de partment, officials said today they con sider the submarine issue .witii Germany still in a grave st&je because the Lusi tania agreement, in the light of the newly announced submarine policy of the Germanic powers, contains no as surance for the future. The situation created by the announced intention of sinking of armed merchant ships without warning after February 29, officials said, was still in the ab stract. and was K being considered as such, but tlie (Lusitania agreement it self, they exptedned, as it now stands, merely treats of the past and although it gives all in that respect for which th#* United States has contended, of ficials do not feel that It clearly guar antees against another such disaster, be cause while it’ refers at the outset to the assurances tn|t German submarines would not» sink unresisting liners, it does not reiterate them. Secretary tuansing already has told Count von Bernstorff, the German am bassador, that assurances that the pre vious declarations tvill not be abandoned In the new campaign are highly desir able. . It was demonstrated that the Lusi tania was wholly unarmed, but the United States has since taken the posi tion that it considers a ship armed for defensive purposes only a ship carrying no guns at all in the same class. The German contention is that under the new conditions of naval warfare, brought about by the advent of the submarine, a merchant ship, to be immune from at tack. should carry no arms whatever. American officials now are waiting to go over the appendices attached to the German-Austrian announcement giv ing allegations of instances in which British merchant ships have attacked submarines, and the so-called secret orders of the British admiralty to mer chant captains to make war on the sub mersibles. Penfield Presents Note On Attack on Tankers WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. —Ambassador Penfield at Vienna cabled today he had presented th£ American note asking for investigation and explanation of the at tack on the American tankers Petrolite near Alexander!® several weeks ago and bad been promised a prompt reply. It was said, al the state tlepartment the reply probably would give basis for further negotiation. • England Asked to Reply Promptly to U. S, Notes WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. —Secretary Lansing today asked the London foreign office for prompt replies to the American notes protesting against seizures of malls and against application of trfe trading with the enemy act against American firms and interests? Boy Charged With Killing His Father t CLEVELAND, 0.. Feb. IS.—Arthur McKensie, aged 20, is under arrest he!*e today on a charge of killing his father, John McKensie, aged 49, in their home late last night. The Semi- Weekly Journal ♦ ♦ ♦ . Two Years • Pictorial Review .. 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Embroidered Collars in the Newest Shapes. FASHIONS FOR THE MONTH. In this department is shown several pages of n F D <4tatp the latest and most authentic fashions. n. r . J k— > GEORGE H. DANA, JR.,' TECH BOY, GIVEN HERO MEDAL BY CONGRESS GEORGE H DANA, JR. HOUSE COMMITTEE TEIfTATIVELY AGREES OB IBf MEASURE (By Associated Press.) tVASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—A new army, reorganization bill providing for feder alizatiop of the national guard, increase of the regular army to 134,000 men, doubling the field, artillery, increasing engineer corps by about fifteen com panies, creation of four squadrons of air craft and of an entirely new corps of cadets from the colleges having mili tary training, was agreed upon tenta tively today by the house military com mittee. » • The committee authorized Chairman Hay to draft the new* bill immediately with a view to having ft ready for con sideration by the committee next Wed nesday or Thursday v with the under standing that amendments meeting in dividual views of some of the members may be .offered later. The committee agreed that congress has the right to take over the national guard by legislative enactment and ap propriation. ! The provision for a corps of cadet officers from the educational institu tions having military training is ex pected to increase the efficiency of the army by providing 3,000 trained of ficers for use in emergency. George H. Dana, Jr., Savan nah, Receives Award for He-! roic Rescue of Aviators From 1 Drowning Off Tybee For bravely rescuing two men from drowning while a storm raged over Ty bee island, George H. Dana, Jr., of Sa vannah. nineteen years old. a freshman at the Georgia Tech, Sunday received a medal from congress. The rescue was one of the most dar ing ever recorded, and the United States congress, in recognition of the deed, presented young Dana with a large sil ver medal, inscribed “To George H. Da na, Jr., for bravely rescuing two men. June 20, 1915,” and “In testimony of heroic deeds' in saving lives from the perils of the sea.” The two men were A. C. Beach, in aviator, and Edgar F. Davis, a photog raphei*- They were flying in Beach’s aeroplane over the ocean near Tybee island June 30, during a big festival that Savannah was holding. Five thousand people were on the island, enjoying the surf and dancing on the pavilions. Young Dana' and Furman King, an other Savannah boy, were sailing in a M-foot canoe outside of the breakers. A storm of great fury came up sud denly, while the aeroplane was far ouu over the ocean. Rain fell in torrents and the wind reached a high velocity. A gust of wind snapped one of the •plane’s wings, and the machine fell into the ocean, two miles from shore. The storm caught the bathers una wares; a man named Schultz, out be yond his depth, sank a « d d r°wrted. The life savers of the Hotel Tybee af ter him. Then the saw the aeroplane plunge from a diz zy height into the water. SET OUT TO RESCUE. Young Dana and hrs companions, sail ing bevond the breakers, made for the wh.n UM. Storm »tr»e« tut thut saw the aeroplane go into the sea “5.d the -All that would l»». capsized the canoe, and, with paddles working fifriously. set out to the rescua Others on shore launched canoes and boats; all of these were driven back by the fury of the gale except the canoe in which Henry Buckley, S. Kimmsky and Edward Water,, three other Sar = h boys. This canoe reached the Bink *»« aviators, but not until after Dana and King had reached them and had rescued th Two miles is a long way for a little canoe to go in a gale over a rough, wind swept sea, but the boys stuck to it. It took them fully half an hour to gel to the aeroplane. One of the P™ to <> n 8 the ’plane had been shattered and was useless., but the other, though leaking badly, held the wreckage on the surtace until the boys arrived. “Beach didn’t know anything about canoes,” said young Dana, 'and he.tried to stand up. This nearly turned us over. But we pulled him down and man aged to get back to shore” > THOUSANDS SEE RESCUE Thousands of people had gathered on the beach while the daring rescue was taking place, and the ywelcomed the in coming canoes with shouts and cheers. Willing arms pulled the nearly exhaust ed boys and the men whom they res cued out of the little boats anfi carried them into the hotel. Shortly afterwards, congress, voted medals for all five of the boys—Dana, King Buckley. Kiminsky and Waters. Dana’s medal was delivered in Savan nah Saturday; his father, G. H. Dana, 2212 Barnard street, gave it to Miss Eleanor Cosens, of Savannah, to bring up* to him. Miss Cosens arrived in At lanta Sunday to visit Miss Delia John ston, 87 Peachtree t>lace, and, when Dana called that afternoon, he received the medal. NUMBER 41. MOSLEMS EVACUATE BITLISIS RUSSIANS CONTINUE BIG DRIVE Entire Lake Van District Now Occupied by. Russians, Says Petrograd Dispatch Received In Rome . i i; , LONDON, Feb. ’ 21.—The Russians’ have occupied the entiqe Lake -Van dis trict, the Turks retiring southward and even evacuating Bitlisi according to a Petrograd dispatch ' received’ in Rome and given out here by the wireless press. On the other wing, according to the dispatch the Russian advance guards have arrived within a short distance of Trebizond, on tne Black sea coast. The rapid advance of the Russian forces in Turkish-Armenia, following the fall of Brzerum is complicating the tasks of the Turks in efforts to reform their scattered forces. From Tiflis, tne Russian headquarters in the Caucasus, comes the report today that two Turkish army corps which were on their way to reinforce the gar rison at Erzerum turned back when they learned that the fortress had fall en. Assuming the accuracy of this re port the Turks in eastern Armenia have lost the prospect of important help in extricating themselves from what ap pears to their perilous position. Unofficial accounts of the Russian movements record an advance both to the south and to the north, in the former direction toward Diarbekr, and the Bag dad railway fifty miles beyond, and in the latter in an effort to cut off the retreat of the Turkish forces which have been operating along the Blattk sea coast. Petrograd dispatches indicate that definite results are early expected from the movement from the north where another Russian force is working along I the Black sea coast in the direction us Trebizond, toward which the Russian force from Erzerum also are pushing. Far-reaching results Would follow the success of the Russian thrust towards the south, it would appear, as the cut ting of the Bagdad railway would sever communication with Syria and point to the possibility of close co-operation with the British down the Tigris from Bag dad in operations for the taking of that city. Great Britain has called to the colors class one of the recruits under the mili tary service act, comprising the young est of the bachelors. The calling up of the single men now has been completed. The Russian duma which was pro rogued on September 10, last, has been summoned to meet again tomorrow. Berlin reports a raldty Georman n-v val aeroplanes which dropped numbers of bombs on the British aviation egmp at Furnes near the North sea. A minor success for the British on the German’ East Africa border is announced in London, peneral Smuts, commander of the British forces, reporting the repulse of a German attack on a post on tne Uganda border. British Attack Repulsed, Says Berlin Official Claim BERLIN, Feb. 21.—(Via London.)— Repulse of a British hand grenade at tack against the new German position on the Yser canal north’ of Tyres was announced today by the German war of fice. . ’ Forced withdrawal by the British from the edge of the mine crater to which they recently advanced is also report ed, as is the repulse of an allied attacM •bn the German lines along the Lens-Ar ras road. The official statement says: “Western theater of war: North of Ypres an English hand grenade attack cn our new position on the canal was re pulsed. “South of Loos the enemy again waw forced to withdraw from our crater po sition. ' “On the Lens-Arras high road they attacked without success. “Our aeroplane squadron attacked sev eral enemy positions behind their lines, such as Fures, Pommerinhe, Amaines and Lunevtile. Many successful results were observed. “Eastern theater of war: Russian at tacks in front of Dvinsk failed. Minor enemV advances at other points also were repulsed. “Balkan theater of war: There i» nothing to report.” French Statement Declares Fighting Is Less Violent PARIS, Feb. 21.—(Via London.) —The war office statement today reads: "Operations on the part of the artil lery on both sides were light over the whole front, except to the north of Ver dun, where there was some activity. In the Artois district, to the northwest • of Hill No. 140, the enemy attempted without success two local attacks with . grenades. “A squadron of five French aeroplanes bombarded the munitions depots of th® enemy at Chateau de Martincourt and at Azoudanga (southwest and southeast of Dieuze». German aeroplanes dropped some projectiles last night on Lunevile, Dombasle and Nancy. They caused only • j a small amount of damage.” 'Rip Snorter’ Day Here; Chuckles by Von Herrmann Uncle Sam’s weather man. C. F. von Herrmann, chuckled hugely Monday morning when sunshine and breezes saluted his cheeks. “This,” said he, "is the ‘rip snorter’ predicted for February by these long range forecasters. Last night the mer cury at its lowest ebb reached the rip snorting mark' of 44 degrees. It will b«.- just about that rip snorting tonight and we'll have another rip snorter Tues day." While Atlanta basked in warmth Mon day, New York shivered with 6 above zero. The cold is confined to New Eng land and won't get south, said Mr. von Herrmann. .• < « • A dispatch from New York says that with a drop of 17 degrees in the tem perature between mjdnight and 8 o’clock New York shivered today in the second severe cold wave of the winter. The thermometer registered 23 degrees above zero at midnight and dropped to 6 by S o’clock. The weather forecaster pre dicted no relief before tomorrow. At Boston the coldest weather of the winter prevailed throughout the greater part of New England early today, with Greenville, Me., at 20 below zero, report ing the lowest official tempearture. hTe i highest was 6 above at Nantucket.