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VOLUME XV 111.
15,000 FRENCH CAPTURED IN VERDUN DRIVE
JONES' STORY ABOUT
KILLING OF BROTHER
ACCEPTED OF POLICE
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Loaded Shell in Corbin Jones'
Pocket Supports Carl Jones’ j
Statement of Shooting Him
by Accident
That a loaded shell discovered in the
pocket of Corbin Jones, twenty years
•■ld. whose body was found by county
policemen at Center Hill Monday morn
iv.R at 5 o’clock, strengthens the theory
that he was accidentally shot by his j
rother. Carl Jone*, was stated by Coun- 1
ty Policemen Casey apd Jackson at an I
inquest Monday afternoon.
Carl Jones is under arre<t He sur
rendered at the county Jail Monday |
morning at 1 o’clock. He stated that he ■
had shot his brother accidentally with ■
a shotgun - which he didn't know was i
loaded. He said the shooting occurred ,
about 9 o’clock.
Tne finding of the loaded shell and
other facts brought out by their investi
gation convinced the two county police
■nen that Carl Jones’ story was true.
The policemen think, however, that the
shooting occurred at 10:30 or 11 o oiock,
instead of at 9 o’clock.
The inquest began at 2 o’clock Monday
Afternoon in the undertaking establish- i
meat of A. O. * Roy Donehoo. on Mari-;
etta street.
AWAKEN THE JAILER.
Carl Jones, who is a plumbvr empio.. ed
by the Atlanta Gas Light company,
awakened Jailer Knight at the Tower ’
>hout 1 o'clock Monday morning, de- 1
-landing admittance to the jail and de- i
daring he had accidentally killed his .
brother. earlier in the evening.
To a Journal reporter Monday morn- ’
.ng Carl Jones stated that Corbin lived
with their mother. Mrs. Azaiee Sparks, <
and other Brothers and sisters on the 1
Mayson and Turner’s road, but came to I
-pend the night with him Sunday as he «
has been alone since bis wife quit him, <
taking their two children. February 23. i
BROTHER TELLS STORY.
Corbin, stated th e brother who told i
ais story* haltingly and who was totally 1
unnerved by the tragedy, after supper
made some remark about a duck he had i
seen near his work on the bridge on 1
Mayson and Turner’s road. ' i
“I told him.” said Carl Jones, "that ’
1 would lend him my shotgun *f he 1
wanted to try for the duck. I got the
cun, a single barrel one, down from the 1
rack, and while he examined it. I 1
stepped from the room for a moment.
"Evidently Corbin loaded it while I 1
was out of the room. When I got back <
I took it from his hands and started to t
explain about the trigger being very '
weak. Then It exploded and Corbin fell i
tc the floor, the blood gushing from his I
rttck. i
"From then on I don't know exactly
what I did do. I was horrified. My i
father. C. J. Jones, was killed by a bail-'
er explosion sixteen years ago and about h
five years ago my brother Nat, a boy
-13 years old. was drowned at Beavers’
Slide. This third tragedy in the family
was just more than I could stand.
"I think I got some whisky and drank
it. I am not sure—l remember sitting.
Just looking at my dear brother’s body
•—Xor hours it seemed—l don't know how
long it was. Then I decided I would
i ome here and tell the officers about
>t. I walk into town. I don't remem
ber that I stopped to find out whether
the cars were running.”
Alt of the time that he was talking 1
Jones seemed to be on the verge of a
complete nervous breakdown, and he
told his story brokenly and in reply
to repeated questions.
Early Monday morning it was stated
by the county police that they were
not satisfied by their first investigation i
and wished to sift the case further be- 1
fore making a report.
The police were very much intgres-ted
it* the fact that Carl Jones and his
*• ife are separated and were making an
investigation of that phase of the case.
J> t.es at the tower admitted the sepa-1
rx-tl’n. and asked as to its cause, said
imj ly: "We just had a fuss.”
The police Monday morning question- ,
• d Mrs. Carl Jones at her home, 168
East Georgia avenue, regarding any
knowledge she might have of the shoot
ing. or a possible cause of it. in the
event of its having resulted from any
eause other than acc’dent. She assured
them it was her conviction that her hus
band’s story that the shooting was an
accident is true. She said she was
positive there had been no strained rela
tions between the brothers.
It was suggested that her separation
• rom her husband a week ago might
have had a connection with the shoot
ing. but this she vigorously denied.
"I hate to speak til of the dead.” she
-aid. "but I had no use for Corbin.
1 just didn’t like, him or his manner, or
anything about him.’’
Mrs. Jones said she preferred not
to say what the cause of her separa
tion from her husband, but assured the,
police that it had nothing whatever to
•io with Corbin Jones or the shooting,
•t was purely between her husband and
herself, she said. Members of hex
family said they were ignorant of the
cause of the separation, and had not
questioned Mrs. Jones regarding it..
They said she is of a moody, high-J
strung, easily excited disposition and
they feared to question her while she,
is so troubled, preferring to wait un
til she had fettled and volunteered such
information as she desired.
Another phase of the case, which tiffc
pciice say is mysterious, is that the
tesidence. where the dead body lay, had .
been tightly locked, and that they were !
f«i: red to batter down the door to get
Jones * was apparently killed in-|
siantly by the load of shot which tore,
away part of his neck. The body was
found lying in a pool of blood in a bed
lo-pm in the Jones house.
Carl Jones is 2$ years of age. The j
»'a*r members of the family are the
rwther. Mrs. Sparks, Moscow Jones,
aged 21 years; Dewey Jones, aged IS,
years, and Miss Lavinia Jones, aged 20
years.
WOMAN NEAR DEATH
AS RESULT OF BURNS
i’AKTERSVILLK Ga.. Feb. 28.—Mrs
Wesley Stansell was seriously burned at
her home near Emerson Sunday night.
Her clothes caught lire from an open
hreplare. Her condition is critical.
SENDS WORD TO HUNT
FOR HIS BODY IN RIVER
W. T. Everett Disappears
After Writing Death Note
to Brother
i County policemen were searching the
I banks of the Chattahoochee river Mon
day morning in an effort to And some
trace of W. Thornton Everett, of 73
Holderness street, who left a note to
i relatives Sunday stating that his body
would be found in the river today.
The hunt for the missing man began
about midnight Sunday when the police
were notified of* the death letter by E.
C. Everett, of the Pickwick apartments,
brother of W. T. Everett. At once Of
ficers Williams and Allen were sent to
Bolton, but up to noon Monday they
had found nothing.
W. T. ‘Everett's father-in-law. S. A.
Williams, of the S. A. Williams Lumber
company, told The Journal that about
[ 10:30 o’clock Sunday night he received
the note by express messenger at his
I home. 92 East Merritts avenue. He
said it had been written that night.
Mr. Williams was noncommittal as to
the contents of the note, although lie ad
mitted that it said the writer’s body
would be found in the Chattahoochee
He refused to discuss it or the affairs
of Mr. Everett.
E. C. Everett was at the river Mon
dav morning helping the police hunt for
the body. He told them, it is said, that
his brother's business affairs were in
good shape and his domestic relations
pleasant. Neither he nor Mr. Williams
could give any reason for an attempt
st suicide. _
WORKED IN CIGAR STORE.
Everett is the son of Clarence Everett,
who owned and operated the old Dixie
garage, now out of business, on Cain
‘treet He and his brother. Clarence,
Jr., were associated with their father
in the automobile repairing business
until recently.
About three weeks ago W. T. Everett,
or Thornton. as he was generally known,
went to work for the United Cigar Stores
as a clerk in the shop at £larietta
and Forsyth streets. He was behind the
counter there until 10 o'clock Sunday
night.
When the shop was opened Monday
morning the following note from young
Everett was found;
"Enclosed you will find key to the
store. I will not be with you any
longer. Also, I am enclosing the button
and you can get the manual from my
wife. You will find everything just as
I found it.”
The "button” and "manual” referred
to are furnished all employes by the
United company.
At the Atlanta headquarters of the
United Cigar Stores in the Chamber of
Commerce building it was stated Monday
that nothing more had been heard, from
Thornton Everett since the note was
received. The key to the store was in
the letter.
Officials of the United Cigar Stores
stated that Everett left affairs at the
ship in good shape am* absolute order.
They knew of no reason for the young
man’s strange disappearance.
■iwiTHELO
CHIHGED WITH MURDER
Child Bride Claims Having
Been Betrayed by Texas
Hotel Manager
FORT WORTH. Tex., Feb. 28.—The
grand jury today began investigation’ of
the confession alleged to have been
made by Mrs. Katherine Harrison, 15-
year-old bride of Charles Harrison, that
she shot and killed W. R. Warren, ho
tel proprietor who. she charged, had
wronged her before her marriage. She
became the bride of Harrison, who is
I-0 years old. two days after Warren’s
body was found in a road near here.
December 22. 1915.
Harrison and his wife, who on Sat
urday night were charged with murder,
are at liberty under 82,500 bonds. Mrs.
Harrison's alleged confession was made,
according to the police, to clear a man
held in connection with the case
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Howard Asserts
People of South
Back Mr. Wilson
BY 3ALM SMITH.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 28.—Congiess-
Williain Schley Howard has returned to
Washington from Atlanta, where he
• spoke last week, and today was given
'an ovation in the house. He held an in
formal reception in trte Democratic cloak
room, and tor some time talked in a
I characteristic vein of the attitude of the
south with respect to President Wilson,
the Democratic administration and the
; impending international crisis.
Mr. Howard told his audience of con
gressmen with the most profound ear
nestness .that the people are with the
president, and will tolerate no con
gressional interference in the present
situation.
"I realized, of course, that the south
ern people, more particularly the citi
zenship of Atlanta and vicinity, were
strongly in favor of Wilson and his pol
' icies,” said Mr. Howard, “but I did not
appreciate the depth of this feeling un
til I spoke in Atlanta and went among
the people. I have never seen sentiment
so nearly unanimous concerning any lo
cal. state or natibnal issue as it is in
the present situation. It is crystallized
solidly, the people stand as a unit in
support of the president. They resent
the suggestion of congressional inter
ference, and criticise severely persons in
public or private position who would
question the w of his course in
dealing with Germany respecting the
I ’«se of submarines. They favor also his
program of national defense, and are in
sistent that congress harmonize its view
with his views."
Mr. Howard declared this view is not
local to Atlanta and vicinity. He ob
served it on the trains between Atlanta
and Washington, among all classes of
persons.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 29. 1916.
G. 5. NOTIFIED ORDER I
TO SUBMARINES WILL
STAND US ■ODNGEO
Germany Unable to See How;
U. S. Can Class Merchant
men Bearing Arms “Defens- ’
ively” as Peacefuj Traders ;
By Aiiocitted P-es».'
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—in a note
presented to Secretary Lansing today by
Count von Bernstorff, German ambas
sador, Germany assures the United I
States that it has no intention of re
voking the pledges given in the Lusi
tania case.
The note says Germany can conceive
of no reason for changing or postponing
the new instructions to her submarine I
commanders to treat as warships enemy
merchant ships armed “defensively” and
that special precautions have been taken
to prevent ships that are not armed
from being attacked.
The note at the outset reiterates the
previous pledges, which were given on
September 1 and October 5, last year, t
for the safety of unresisting liners and
then goes op to say the German govern
ment does not believe those assurances
have been modified by the new memo
randum.
During the negotiations over the Lusi
tania it says no mention was made of j
armed merchantmen, and that the United •
States in one of its notes on the Lusi
tania mentioned "unarmed merchant
men.” Attention then is called to the
assurances previously given in which
it is stated that liners will not be sunk
without warning, provided they do not
offer resistance. Attetion also is called
to the statement of the American gov-:
ernment in its notice to port authori
ties that the presence of armament on ;
board a merchant vessel creates the pre- t
sumption that the vessel is armed for,
offense.
CAN’T EXPECT WARNING.
It is stated that a submarine com
mander cannot be expected to warn
an enemy merchantman which has al
right to fire on the submarine which |
warns it, and the German government >
sets up the contention that equipment j
and intention to resist a warning given
bv a submarine does not come within
tlie definition of defensive armament.
Germany contends that a similar view
point was taken by the United States
and that it secured assurances from the
Italian government that its armed mer* i
chant ships leaving American ports
would not Hro on submarines which
warned them. * . .. h
The note then sets forth that tl.e
German government did not issue its
new instructions to submarine com
manders '.intil after it had come into
possession of confidential instructions-,
by the British government to the com-)
nianJers of British merchantmen. It is
•lenied that armed British merchant
ships of any description are peaceful
traders, and it is declared that the bom
armament on board all of them is to be
used especiallv for purposes of attack.
The charge is made that Austrian sub
marines also have been attacked b”
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armed British iperchantuien, which the!
note declares are not conforming and
have no intentioiii of conforming to the i
assurances given to the United Statec;
by the British government. The Ger
man government says it cannot see how
the American government, in consid
eration of these facts, can regard arm
ed British merchantmen as peacefull
trading ships.
The note makes it clear that Germany
believes its new Instructions to sub- 1
marine commanders are in accord with
rhe viewpoint expressed try the United
States in its memorandum proposing a
modus vivendi to the entente allies for,
the disarmament of merchant ships.
Hospital Ship
Reported Sunk by
Austrian Mine
LONDON. Feb. 28. —The sinking of
the hospital ship Marechiaro near San
Giovanni di Medua. Albania, is reported
in a dispatch from Rome to the Ex
change Telegiaph company. The vessel
is said to have struck an Austrian /nine.
It is reported there were numerous vic
| tuns.
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Counsel for Couple Says They
Will Ask Revocation of
Extradition Order
( IBuanor o; qa)BdS|a ißtoadst !
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 28.—R. H.
Ward, counsel for the Inneses, said to
day n® hearing will be held before the
governor until after the arrival of the
mandate of the United States supreme ’
court which is expected daily.
It is probable, he said, that an ef
‘ fort then will be made to have the gov
ernor revoke his warrant of extradi
tion.
Evidence Will be presented, it is un-1
derstood, to show that Victor Innes {
I and Ida May Innes fear they will be:
in serious danger of their lives if sent,
back to Georgia, ami the governor will
be asked to rescind his original order i
of extradition.
If the governor giants the petition
the Georgia authorities cannot take
the Inneses back on the present applica
tion.
Wilson Says He
Hopes to Make
Short Trip South
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—President
Wilson told Congressman and Mrs.
Thomas M. Bell this morning that he
, was very anxious to make a short south-
I ern trip in the interest of his national
defense program and would do so if he
found it advisable to absent himself
from Washington.
Mr. Bell urged that lie take the.trip,
and invited him to make five-minute
speeches at the following places en
route from Washington to Atlanta, via
Gainesville and Athens:
Toccoa, Cornelia. Gainesville, Lula, !
Maysville. Commerce, Athens, Winder;
and Lawrenceville.
The president said he would be glad;
to stop at these places, ii) the event I
he makes the tr,p. and will have them |
considered in connection with his!
itinerary.
i Convicts to Live
In South America
When Set Free
9 y— — ■■ ■
OSSING. N. Y., Feb. 28.—Members I
of the Mutual Welfare league, compose! :
of prisoners in Sing Sing prison, have
taken up a study of conditions in Soutn •
America with a view to going there af
ter their release to make new homes
free from the environment of their crim
inal careers. Those who contemplate
going to South America to live are tak
ing a course in Spanish. Persons inter
ested in prison work have provided the
I teachers. A lecturer has been engaged
i to deliver an address on South America
before the league. He will supplement
his talk with motion pictures.
Punta Arenas. Chile, the most south
erly town in the world, has been sug
gested as one of the most suitable for
the beginning of a new career.
WHEATpRICE CUT DOWN
BY GERMAN SITUATION
. EBv Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 28.—Uneasiness over j
the strained relations between Germany (
and the United States cut down the
price of wheat todaj; 5 cents a bushel. I
Selling out of holdings reached a big
aggregate. .
May wheat, which closed Saturday at'
$1.13 1-2. touched SI.OB 1-2 just before
today’s finish. Last sales were $1.09, a
net decline of 4 1-2 c. •
FIRE DAMAGES COTTON
WAREHOUSE. AT MILNER
—'
ntanatch to The Journal » •
MILNER, Ga.. Feb. 28.—Fire at 2!
o’clock this morning destroyed the main I
«er*ion of the Farmers' Union warehouse [
and consumed cotton aggregating 500
bales. The flames spread to a. two-,
story building occupied by several ten-,
ants and including the Mason and i
Woodmen hall.
NUMBER 43.
CAPTURED FORTRESS
CLOSELY ENCIRCLED
BYJOFFRE'SW
French Claim Check to Ger
; man Advance, but Berlin
' Records New Conquests
Around Verdun Forts
ißy Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—The great
battle of Verdun, now entering its sec
ond week, is continuing with unabated
fury, with the German armies driving
hard at the French defenses along a
lengthening line which now runs far be
jond the salient in which lies the
, fortress.
Paris asserts that with the pouring io
jol heavy reinforcements for General
’ Joffre's armies, the German advance has
been checked, but Berlin claims a con
' tinuatiop of the forward march on ti,e
French stronghold.
The Germans continue to hold Fqat
Douaumont. despite French attacks, ac
cording to Berlin.
According to unofficial advices re
ceived from the front and sent out from
Berlin, attempts of the French to re
-1 take the Fortress of Douaumont have
not only failed, but the German ad
vance on Verdun, continues steadily. .
' Tn rapid succession, say these dis
patches, Louvemont, Champneuville, Cote
de Talou and Hardaumont have been,
j stormed, and the Germans, with 15,00(1
French prisoners in their hands, now
| stand less than five miles from the cen
ter of Verdun. ;-j>
ON THE WOEVRE.
Along the Meuse, to the north of Ver
| dun, the Germans have been unable to
make as rapid progress as at first, al
though the battle has continued witli
intensity. 1
On the Woevre front, where the
French at first feE back, they now ap
pear to be offering effective resistance .
Pressure here is particularly menacing
'to the fortress, as the crushing in of
this eastern line of the Verdun salient
[ for any great distance would spell dis
aster for t£e stronghold.
! The French defensive operations at
places are taking on the nature of a
counter offensive, as in the atacks on
Fort Douaumont four miles northeast
of Verdun.
This development has been forecast
1 in dispatches which told of the expecta
tion in Paris that the French, when they
had fallen back to positions they be-»
lieved they could hold indefinitely would
J drive back over the ground that had
been yelded in the face of the terrible
i German artillery and infantry attacks.
FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS.
According to a statement by Aristide
Briand, the French premier, this hap
j petted after the fourth day of the battle
The French brought up strong rein
forcements at an unexpected moment,
and the infantry, sweeping down upon
the Germans, who already were suffer
ing heavily from the effects of the
French artillery fire, stopped them short
and even drove them back.
The premier declares the French have
now regained the advantage, the begin
! ning of their counter attacks marking
the turning point of the battle, which is
now in its second phase.
The German accounts fail to agree
with this French version of the fighting,
Berlin having announced further ad
vances for the crown prince’s troops, in
cluding the taking of Hardaumont, east
of Fort Douaumoift, and the village of
Champneuville, on the German right
flank, while the French attacks on Fort
Douaumont were repulsed.
The French themselves do not claim
the recapture of this outlying defense
of th< main fortress, but declare that
the Germans who had gained a footfiold
to the east and west of the position were
being hard pressed, maintaining them
selves with difficulty. They say the fort
is "closely encircled.” / • '
IN THE CHAMPAGNE.
j A German attack against the French
positions at Manheulles resulted in com
plete failure, the French war office says.
Certain advanced trenches near the
I ?#avarin farm in the Champagne were
; taken by the Germans by a surprise at-
I tack, the French admit.
* Berlin claims the capture of Navarin
farm and French positions on both sides
about 1,600 meters long, took prisoner 26-
officers and 1,009 men and captured 9.
machine guns.
The total of lives lost in the sinking
of the Peninsular and Oriental steamer
Maloja by striking a mine off Dover
may reach 151, dispatehes today repoK«C
ing that only 260 of the 411 passengers
and crew on board are known to have
i been saved. Os the 119 passengers 5S
have not been definitely accounted for.
A London dispatch indicates a belief
there that the Maloja and the other ves
sels just sunk in or near British waters'
were the victims of German mines
sown recently. The sinking of the Rus
sian steamer Petshanga, of 1.647 tons,
is announced today, fifteen persons on
bpard being saved.
Now that the Italians have evacuated
Durazzo their military efforts so far a-
Albania is concerned will be confined tq
the vicinity of Avlona, eighty miles to
the south, according to Italian newspa
pers. • ’ t
Durazzo is declared to have been held
merely as a base for the rescue of th*
remainder of the Serbian army and was
' relinquished when that purpose was ef
i fected, but near the entrance w
j the Adriatic, is regarded as of the greai-
I est strategic importance.
REPEALOTfREE 7 SUGAR
BILL BELIEVED ASSURED
{By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. —A favoi-able
report on the administration’s bill to re
peal the free sugar clause of the tariff
law. which would become operative Mpy
’l. was authorized today by unanimous
j vote of the house ways and means
(committee The bill will be brought lip
' Thursday. - ’
| The proposed legislation already has
been Approved as a party measure by
. the house Democrats in caucus and its
I passage in both houses virtually is as
! sured before May 1. The measure is ex
pected to open up the whole question of
. revenue legislation.
As the law now stands sugar would
go on the free list May 1 and it is esti
i mated that the government would lose
$40,000,000 in annual revenue thereby.’
