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VOLUME xvni.
WILSON STANDS PAT AS NATION FACES CRISIS
GERMANS ONLY SIX MILES FROM VERDUN
GERMAN SITUATION
OVERSHADOWS ILL
ISSUESIN CONGRESS
Leaders Work to Subdue Re
volt Against President’s
Decision Not to Warn Amer
icans to Keep Off Ships
lit A»»oci*t»d Pr*«» >
WASHINGTON. Feb. 54.—Congress
assembled today with the agitation for
artion warning Americans oft belligerent
ships overshadowing all other questions.
President Wilson’s supporters, apprehen
sive that the smouldering sentiment
might saddenly blase up to embarrass
the diplomatic negotiations with Ger
man*'. were working to hold the admin
istration forces in line and keep the
question from the floor of both house
and senate.
The legislative situation in both
houaM favored the administration
• forces. The senate was in the legisla
tire day of yesterday, which prevented
rhe from' coming up without
mantotous consent.
The situation in the house was sim
ilar but not so secure If an outburst
came the leaders expected it would be
there
Word went to the capitol again early
today that President Wilson’s opposition
to any action by congress was unshaken
and that Chairmen Stone and Flood, of
the committees dealing with foreign af
fairs. could explain hi* position fully.
Administration officials outside of con
gress professed to be undisturbed by the
agitation at the capitol and expressed
.confidence that the president’s position
• would be supported.
"STAND BY CHIEF.”
. It was apparent that much of the
* chafing in congress was due to a lack of
information of the president’s attitude.
The foreign affairs committee, in ac
< ordance with its action last night, be
gan a canvass of sentiment in the house
to develop the extent to which resolu
tions of warning would be supported
acd at the same time disclose the oppo
sition to such proposals. The Republi
cans generally were opposed to such ac
tion and aside from the srore of Demo
crats who yesterday showed signs of
breaking over the administration re
straint. the majority forces today ap
parently wdte being held by the appeal,
"stand by the president."
Statements that the agitation had at
tained the proportions of a revolt
against the president’s .policy was flat
ly denied on all hands and there was no
outward evidence to support them. Like
wise. statements that the Democrats
had given the president a certain time—
rorty-eight hours—it was stated to
change his policy also were denied by
•very one to whom they were attributed.
One possibility which stood out among
all the others was that the whole situa
tion might be reduced to a prosposal
that congress express the sentiment that
Americans should not bring their coun
try into danger of war by traveling on
ships, which Germany has announced
«he will sink without warning.
NOT WORTH RISK.
It was pointed out that such action
would be quite different than legisla
tion prohibiting Americans from taking
passage on such ships, as some of the
pending bills and resolutions propose,
and could not be viewed a a surrender
of rights. The Democrats of the house
foreign affairs committee have agreed
it is their consensus of opinion that a
technical question of the right of Amer
* ans to travel on armed ships is not
worth risking war.
The extent to which rhe'political ele
ment enters into the present situation
has not been disclosed.
Administration supporters, however,
iecall that former Secretary Bryan broke
with the president and left the cabinet
ver ti e question of warning Americans
cff belligerent ships. Among those who
»«iw are supporting the agitation to put
Mr. Br'an's proposal into legislative ac
*on are some senators and representa
tives who have been numbered among
5 Bryan’s admirers. ■ but It is true
that some of them also are classed as
supporters of the president.
These who are- contending for the
-upport of the administration say that
wnile congress has not so far been taken
wholly into the president's confidence
•n the submarine negotiations, they have
no doubt it will be if the .situation
eaches a point where the question of
continuing friendly relations with Ger
. hianv has to be considered
TWO LIVES ARE THE TOLL
TAKEN BY GRASS FIRES
I’ALTON. Ga"~Feb. 24.—The loss of
two lives is the toll taken by grass fires
w ithin the week, both of the vic
times being children. The first death
was that of Gorgia Dwight, a small ne
gro girl. w4»oee clothing caught fire
while her brothers were burning off the
grass from a field. The second was that
of Wiil’am. the little two-v ear-old son
* of Mr. A. C. Painter, whose clothing
caught while broomsedge was being
•burned from a field near his home in
North Dalton. Both accidents hapaen
rd in the same manner.
Officers of the Law
’ Look out for E. F. Jacobs. who
claims to represent The Seroi-
Wcekly -Journal, heart! from
in the Northwestern part of
South Carolina. This party is
collecting money from people
for The Journal hut is unt send
ing same to us. Wire collect. R.
R. Bradley, care of The Journal.
Atlanta. Go. for instructions.
MILES TO «
KILLED IN DEFENSE
i OF SELF AND HOME
Victim Armed and Threaten-.
•’ ing to Kill When Fatal Shot
Was Fired to Be Plea of
Man on Trial for Murder
■
J “Self-defense and the defense of his
. home." will be the plea of J. H. Miles, on
trial for murder in the Fulton superior
court. He will claim Anderson M. Eady,
the man he killed, was armed, threaten
ing to kill, and endeavoring to break
into Miles’ home. 22 East Ellis street.
1 Miles, who has made no statement
since saying “there was nothing else to
do but shoot” when taken to the police
, station after the killing on the night
of January 15. is expected to take the
stand and tell his story to the jury
Thursday afternoon.
It is expected that Allies’ statement
will be vefy similar to the testimony
of F. G. Johnson, a dental student who
beards at Miles’ home. Johnson’s testi
mony was the feature of Thursday s
morning session. He was an eye-witness
of the shooting. And his testimony dif
fers widely from that of Eady’s sister,
Mrs Elizabeth Berkey.
Johnson said, in brief, that Miles
house twhere men and women boarders
live) was completely terrorized by the
conduct of Eady out in the street: that .
Eadv fired a shot at a man (Shugart) |
. and then waj, heard to curse terribly,
after which he was seen struggling with
a woman (his sister».
Johnson said when Miles went out to
Eady and asked the latter to stop using
such language, that Eady reached for
his hip pocket and pulled out a revolver.
Johnson said Miles tripped Eady with
his foot and then turned to go back into
the house. That he shouted to Miles to S
look out. as Eady had a gun.’ And then j
I hid behind the piano,” said Johnson. ]
“I found a lady already in hiding there.
Other ladies in the house were hysterical *
with terror.” 1
Johnson said someone scream#! that
"the man is killing the woman outside,” ,
and that he ran out to the sidewalk and I
saw Eady lying in the gutter and said,
"Lot’s hold him for the police,” but that
he backed away • when Eady'a .oistej
begged him to leave.
He said that Miles telephoned for the
police, and was then trying to find a key,-<
to lock the front door when Eady broke j
through the door, with his hand on hia {
hip. i
”1 screamed out. ’For God’s sake. Mr. .
Miles, don’t let him come in and kill us ‘
all!* ” said* Johnson. |
Then. Johnson testified. Miles fired. (
the bullet stopping Eady and dropping (
him half-wav across the threshold. .
SHOT AT HIM.
1 John Shugart. 1« Angier avenue, ]
was the first witness for the ,
defense Thursday when court reconvened j .
at i o’clock. His testimony cont rad ic let:
that of Mrs. Elizabeth Berkey, sister j '
of Eady. She said Wednesday that Eady i ]
fired his pistol into the ground at the
■ corner of Ivy and Ellis streets a few’"
minutes before Miles shot him in front j 1
of 22 East Ellis street. She was with j ‘
him at the time. Shugart. however, tes- i 1
lifted that Eady fired the revolver at ! *
i him, cursing him soundly, and saving. •’
• between oaths, that no man could in- *
’ suit his sister.
: “I was across the street,” said Shu-i J
, gart. “when I heard Eady cursing and
saw him and his sister. She was evident-;
i ly trying to keep him quiet, .but he kept [5
I on talking about somebody insulting his ; 8
i sister. 1
“He saw me, and saying. ’There’s that;*
I man across the street now," leveled his ; ■
revolver and fired at me. •
“I got behind a post; he didn’t shoot ’ 8
II again. When he fired his sister had her s
hand almost on the pistol, as if trying to 8
, keep him from shooting." . I •
. WITNESS QUIZZED.
; Solicitor Dorsey cross-questioned Shu- i 8
i gart, but failed to shake his testimony. I
, C. F. McDaniel . photographer, was I 8
; the next witness called by the defense j <
He testified that he turned into Ellis I .
. street from Peachtree street just before
. the shooting occurred. He saw a man >
> lying on the ground, he said, with a
s woman bending over* him: the man was
cursing and apparently spitting blood
, Between curses he said over and over i
i again. ”I’ll kil) him if I live! I’ll kill him
J;f I live: -
. I Cross-questioned McDaniel said he did
J not see anybody kick Eady, that he
t reached the scene just in time to see'
r Eady lying on the sidewalk.
MISS PAYNE’S TESTIMONY.
Miss G. A. Paynt, one of the occu-;
pants of the boarding house at No. 22.
i was the next witness
"I was on the front porch when I
! saw this couple coming up Eiiis street."
)• said Miss Payne. “1 heard the man shoot
land I was afraid and went Inside the
' house.. Mr. Miles had his pistol and
i v*ent to-the telephone to call up the
■ j police. One of the gentlemen in the
i ' house tried to take the pistol away, hut .
Mr. Miles wouldn't give it to him.’’
:| Miss Payne said she was frightened,
its© she went upstairs and came out on •
the front i»orch on the third fluor over
i looking the street, where she said she
; could see Eady lying on the ground and
; battling with his sister and could hear
him cursing and threatening td. kill
Mlles.
MRS. BERKEY'S TESTIMONY.
The state’s whole case so-far rests on
' the testimony of Mrs. Elizabeth Rerkey,
sister of the dead man. Mrs. Berkey
I’ - was on the witness stand for an hour
and twenty minutes Wednesday after
noon. She told in detail the events at
the time of the shooting.
i Iler statement was dramatic; she said
j she pleaded with Miles not to kill her
brother; she said Miles deliberate!.'
i : went back into his house and.came out
‘ with a pistol and shot her brother down
|in cold blood. She arose in the witness
' : stand and pointed Miles out a? the man 1
> who killed her brother. She referred to
her brother as “my darling." and “my
pet." After leaving the stand, she col
lapsed.
DTHTR WITNESSES.
Other wftncsscs Thursday were A .
Johnson, a dental student, who told of
THE FIRST ROYAL ‘WAR BRIDE ’ of Europe will be Princess
Marie Auguste of Anhalt, whose marriage to Prince Joachim, young
est son of the kaiser, takes place March JI. The'marriage will take
place at the Palace of Potsdam. The bride is 'l7, and the first Euro
pean princess to marry since the war started. The groom is 25.
Prince Joachim is the only one of Emperor William’s six sons un
married. i
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Cicmmins Shies
Hat in the Ring
For Presidency
CBy Anvciated Freis.
DES MOINES, lowa. Feb. 24.—United
States Senator Albert B. Cummins, of
lowa, today filed affidavit with the sec
retary of state as a candidate for the
presidency of the United States on the
Republican ticket.
CYCLONE DEMOLISHES
SMALL ALABAMA TOWN
(By Asso:i«tcd Press.)
MONTGOMERY. Ala., Feb. 24.—Lat
.est* reports from Appleton, a small town
in south Alabama, show that one wom
an was fatally Injured in a cyclone,
which swept across the state yesterday
afternoon. Eight buildings were de
molished and serious damage was in
flicted on truck farms in Escambia
county. According to the report re
ceived in Brewton this’morning much
live stock was killed.
A relief party was sent out from
Brewton early this morning ami it is be
lieved that later reports will show more
serious damage throughout that section.
A physician accompanied the relief par
ty. The storm swept from south to
north.
the panic in the house: Miss Annie Bun
dick. a step-daughter of Miles, who said
Eady uttered the njost awful language
she ever heard; J. M. Saddler, boarder
at 22 East Ellis, who gave a general ac
count of the shooting; S. M. Howie, 20
East Ellis street, who heard cursing;
Mrs. F. M. Howie. *2O East Ellis, who
heard and saw many of the events be
fore the shooting: W. C. Mercer, another
dental student; Claude McKinney, an
other dental student.
J. A. Campoamor. 25 East Ellis, said
he was an eye-witness to -the shooting.
His statement contradicted that of Mrs.
Berkey, who said she had Eady in her
arms when he was shot. Campoamor
swore that she never had him in her
arms, and that he was crossing the
threshold of the door when shot.
The court took a recess from 1 to 2
o’clock for lunch.
At 2 o’clock the room was so crowd
ed that the doors had to be The
crowds came to hear Miles’ statement.
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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 191 G.
Sets Hook For
Trout and Snags
Immense Crane
• Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
I VALDOSTA, Ga.. Feb. 24.—Tuesday
’ night J. T. Webb. o£ this city, spent the
night watching some set hooks at Jones
i pond expecting to” land a few fine trout.
! The next morning he heard a mighty
stirring of the waters and ran to see
what caused it. expecting to find at
least a ten-pound trout. Arriving at
the place from whence the noise came
. be found that a huge blue crane, nieas-
I uring six feet and one inch from the
tip of one wing to'the tip of the other,
had got hold of the hook and had partly
■ swallowed it. being held fast by it. The
i hook was baited with a live minnow
. and the crane was after that when it
, was caught.
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: MANY NEW SETTLERS
LOCATING IN LOWNDES
Half a-Dozen States Furnish
New Citizens for South
Georgia County
1 (Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
VALDOSTA, Ga., Feb. 24.—New set-
Hers from a half, a dozen different
states have located in Lowndes in, the
, I past few weeks and al) of them built
nice homes. These folks come from
North Alabama. Tennessee, Missouri,
Illinois and lowa. One new'-omer
t brought lIk.OOO, which he put in one of
the banks. All of them are thrifty farm
’ -ers and 4iave gone to work in earnest
clearing their land and getting ready
for the crop.
One of the new residents, S. Lindsey,
of lowa, was attracted to Lowndes by
I passing along the road on his way to
Florida. He saw an old field that
caught his eye. Hunting up the owner,
he asked what amount would be re
• quired for 140 acres The owner, Mr.
W. S. Fender, told him. Mr. Lindsey
put up the money, gave orders imme
diately for a handsome residence and
! has cleat ed ninety acres of the land
since December. His thrifty manner of
doing things has been an Inspiration to
other farmers on that section —which
is one of' the best in soutit Georgia.
LET WILSON ALONE
IN GERMAN AFFAIR,
URGESJWR. HOWARD
United States Now Nearer
Break With Germans Than
Ever Before, Asserts Con
gressman, Here for Speech
That the United States now is nearer
a break with Germany than at any pre
vious time since the war started and
that the best thing congress can do is
tc let'the president and the state de
partment conduct tne country’s diplo
matic affairs without any interference,
v. as the main thing Congressman Wil
liam Schley Howard had to say when
he arrived in Atlanta from Washington
at noon Thursday.
Congressman Howard was shown a
newspaper headline; "Outburst Among
Democrats Expected in House on Action
Warning Americans Off Belligerent
Ships."
Unfurling his overcoat and tilting
back on his heels in the lobby of the
Terminal station, Congressman Howard
tapped the paper with one hand and
gestured with the other, while a score
of his friends who had come to meet
him hung on his words.
“This is the one thing I want to say
about that —the United States and Ger
many are nearer severing diplomatic re
lations at this moment than at any
time since the war began. The fools and
word-spouts in congress had better take
a back seat and let Wilson and the
state department take care of this coun
try’s diplomacy. This is no time to be
introducing assinine resolutions that will
hamper and impede the president in such
a crisis. Let him alone!”
TO SPEAK TONIGHT.
Mr. Howard is here to attend the
George Washington patriotic jubilee of
the Atlanta Junior Order Thursday night
al 7:30 o’clock at the auditorium-armory.
It is the first time he has ever left
Washington while congress was in ses
sion to deliver a speech in any part
ot the country, and he was prevailed
upon to make an_*xeqi)tion in this case
only because of the many friends he
has in the Junior Order.
He will be the chief speaker of the
evening Thursday. His message will be
"Preparedness.”
“Os course I’m behind Wilson in na
tional preparedness,” he told The Jour
nal reportei Thursday morning. 1 m
behind him in everything he has done
so far except foreign immigration. There
j we are as far apart as the poles. But
in national defense lie is working along
the right line. What else I have to
: say about preparedness I’ll say to
night.” j
MANY GREET BILL. r ,
Mr. Howard was greeted by many
friends, to whom he was plain "Bill.”
when he and Mrs. Howard climbed the
tong steps from the train tracks. Among
others were M. H. Abbott, O. H. Starnes,
Judge W. B. Puckett. L. 11. Summerall.
W. D. Hardman, J. E. McJenkins. all
members of the Junior Order, but at the
station chiefly because “Bill” was com
ing home.
"I hope to he here until Sunday," Mr.
lioware told them. "Where will I be? —
Well, in spots. I’ll be seeing the
folks. Friday I'm going over to the
Fourth National Bank’building to see
my old friends. William T. Gordon and
Westmoreland Brothers. The easiest time
to catch me will be- at night. Mrs.
Howard and I will be staying with Mr.
land Mrs. A. W. Ripley in Kirkwood.”
Governor Harris to Speak
THOMASTON. Ga.. Feb. 24.—Gover
nor Harris has been selected by the
| Upton County Memorial association to
deliver the Memorial Day address here
I April 26. It is not known yet whether
jor not he will accept the invitation
which has been forwarded to him.
[ . WILLIAM SCHLEY HOWARD,
United States congressman from
the Fifth District, who speaks on
1 "Preparedness” Thursday night at
1 the auditorium-armory.
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Police of Chicago
Think Crones May
Be in Hiding There
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(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO. Feb. 24.—Belief that Jean
Crones wanted in connection with
poisoning the soup served at a banquet
to ArchbisTtop Mundelein recently, may
now be hiding in Chicago was expressed
by police officials today. A renewed
search among haunts of anarchists and
other radicals was begun by the detec
tive department and State’s Attorney
Hoyne. . •
A maafe meeting of anarchists, to b«
held tomorrow night, will be attended
by a picked squad of police and ’detec
tives in the hope that some trace of the
missing chef may be obtained.
Tax on Smith
Estate Sought
Judge John C. Hart, state tax com
missioner, in the next few days will file
ian intervention on behalf of the state
to secure the prompt payment of the
inheritance tax on the James M Smith
estate.
The intervention will set out that all
i claimants to a share in the Smith es
-1 tate come under the same classification
1 as collateral heirs, that none will be en
-1 titled to a deduction under the law and
[ that all will be subject to pay the same
I inheritance (tax —i. e. 5 per cent.
! Therefore, it will be claimed that the
! state is entitled to 5 per cent of the es
’ tate regardless of how the estate may be
i divided, and that the state shobld be
naid promptly, without being held out
of its inheritance tax during the ijend
dency of what promises to be a long lit
igation.
Estimating the smith estate. to be
worth $2,000,000. which is thought to
be conservative, the state’s share under
■ the inheritance tax will be SIOO,OOO.
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POSSE HUNTS FOR MAN
WHO KILLED HIS WIFE
Woman’s Right Arm Broken
and Her Body Severely
Slashed. t
ASHEYILLeZ - N. C.. Feb. 24—A
(sheriff’s posse with bloodhounds ir»<
| scourin gthe country around Morganton, i
near here, iu search of Charles A. Mace,
who is charged with the murder of his ,
wife last night at their home near Mor- ‘
ganton. A reward of SSOO has been J
offered for Mace’s capture.
The body erf Mrs. Mace was found in
her home by the sheriff of Burke coun
ty. The woman's right arm had been '
b'olien. her bod severely slashed and'
there was a bullet wound in the temple
This wound had been filled with doug.t I
from a pan in which Mrs. Mace evident-i
Iv had been making bread when attacx- !
ed.
According to the sher-ifi’ an illicit still:
was found in- Mace’s home. Mace’s tw >
children, the officers said, declared their
father drove them from home while (
quarreling with their mother. They took
refuge for the night at a neighbor’s;
house
LONG AUTO ROUTES FOR
R. F. D. MEN IS OPPOSED
.
ROME. Ga.. Feb. 24. —Resolutions on-'
posing the establishment of lengthy au
tcmobile routes for rural mail carriers
were adepted at the convention of rural j
mail carriers of the Seventh congres-,
sicnal district held here this week.
carriers went on record as believing that;
the additional expense entailed by auto-;
mobile routes was greater than the sal-!
aries paid them would justify.
Further resolutions opposing rural'
mail rouies of move than twenty-four!
miles as being a hindrance to effective
•service were adopted, and the conven
ticn went on record as favoring that I
rural route' originating -only at trade;
center.". Piesldent O. L. Floyd, of Plain-1
ville presided at the meeting, and rep-1
resentatives from Floyd. Walker. Gor
den and Bartow counties were present.
The next meeting of the district associa
tion will be held at Marietta on May 30,
anti of the state association at Savannah
on July 23 and 21.
NUMBER 42.
ARMIES CLASHING ON
i25-MILE FRONT NEAR ■
GREAT FRENCH FORT
German Official Statement
Claims Capture of Brabant,
Haumont and Samogneux
From the French
(By AMociatMl Press.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.—The great
I battle on the western front, whefe more
than 250,000 Germans are assaulting the
French lines along a twenty-flve-mile
: front to the north of the fortress of
I Verdun, is the outstanding feature in
the current war news.
Three more villages have been wrest
ed from the French acording to the Ber
lin official statement todaf and the
French statement admits the loss of two
of these.
Brabant, Haumont and Samogneux are
the villages captured, .the latter being
only six miles from the great fortress at
Verdun. \ •
The German statement also claim* |
that the entire wooded district north- 5
west, north and northeast of Beaumont j
and the forest of Herbe are in German
hands now. / .-fl
Kaiser William, says a dispatch re- •
ceived in London,- has established his
headquarters facing Verdun and is dr
rectlng the German drive against the
French lines.
The French war office in todays’
statement announces that the French
lines have not been broken at any point. ' |
It admits the loss of the village el
Brabant, but denies the capture of
Samogneux.
To take the fortress of Verdun is ons
of the chief ambitions with which the l l
German crown prince has been credited.
The present effort under his command
is on a scale that indicates the most
determined effort yet of his armies td
break down the barriers with which the
French hgve protected their stronghold,
and get within striking distance of the’
fortress Itself.
At last accounts the battle was still >
raging with great fury, both sides keep
ing up a continuous fire from all avail
able artillery and throwing masses of
troops into the fray. . Losses on each
side have been extremely heavy. Paris
declares that the German losses are
enormous. ’
i In ghe fighting during the second day*
: of the great battle the Germans pushed
their way at points two miles inside the '
former French lines, penetrating as far
as the village of Haumont, less than
I eight miles from the fprtress. The
: French claim to have held the ap- 1
proaches to the south of that village. 1
i however, checking the German advance
1 there as they did in the wood of Caures.
East of the latter points, however, the~
’ German advance continued, their forces '
penetrating the Wavrille wood after des
perate fighting. Elsewhere the German
■ attack is claimed to have been arrested.
; After the men or’ the German prize’ |
I crew on board the captured British
steamer Westburn had landed their
prisoners on the Canary Islands they n
took the Westburn outside the harbor I
of Santa Cruz, Teneriffe and sank her.
according to a Santa Cruz dispatch. The
prize crew is believed to have been from I
the German sea raider which captured
the British steamer Appam.
An unexpected war development is
reported from Lisbon, where thirty-six
j uerman and Austrian vessels in the |
Tagus river were seized yesterday by
the commander of the Portuguese naval
division. The commander, who appar
ently acted on his own initiative, hoist-i
ed the Portuguese colors and saluted
them with a salvo from the Portuguese
fleet.
Portugal, although not in a state of
war with the central powers, is in close .
treaty relations with Great Britain and
the Portuguese congress t long ago vot
' ed to co-operate with the allies when
ever that step seemed necessary.
A bottle containing last messages
’ from the captain of the German Zeppe
' lin L-la. which was wrecked in the
North sea after "the recent airship raid
lon England, has been picked up. The
, final message said tnat the airship had
’ dropped into the sea and that the crew
' was drowning.
Germany is reported to have secured
a second contract for 100,000 carloads
of Rumanian grain, and to have enter
ed into other commercial engagements
in Rumania.
Emperor Nicholas, after attending the
opening session of the Russian duma,
has returned to the front.
The death of Admiral von Pohl, who
just retired from command of the Ger
man battle fleet, is announced in Berlin.
Cza r Back to Front
PETROGRAD. Feb. 23.--“( Via London.
Feb. 24.) —Emperor Nicholas, who visit
ec the duma at its opening session yes
terday and delivered > brief address to
the members, has left for the front.
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