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The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal
VOLUME XX.
Candler and Adair Tell of Alleged Blackmail
BRITISH MS
PRIMER FOR ACTION
ON WESTERN FRONT
British Establish Air Superior
ity, Bringing Down 79 Ma
chines and Losing Only 15.
Secure Good Photographs
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND
. BELGIUM. Tuesday. March 12—(By
the Associated Press.* —This has been
another day of ideal fighting weather. ’
but there has been no change in the |
situation. The British and German mil- I
ttary machines—tuned up to the flnest I
pitch and probably as nearly perfect as
it is possible to make them —are still
awaiting the signal which will send I
them crashing against each other. .
Meanwhile the artillery pounds away in
thunderous duels at vatious points and |
myriad airmen are busy bombing, pho- '
. tographing and acting as eyes for the re- I
spective armies.
The British airmen have been doing
marvelous work recently. The first ten
days of March, as a whole have been
among the best yet recorded for the
service. During that period in addition
to a hast amount of reconnoitering and
photographing, the intrepid Britishers
destroyed thirty-nine German airplanes
and brought down forty others out of I
•■ontrol. despite the fact that the first |
wo or three days of the month were so
sto’uny that aerial activity was virtual
ly impossible. Against this great total
fifteen British machines are reported
missing.
Yesterday another fine record was
made but the official figures are not yet '
-ivatjable.
_ There have been many air battles and
virtually all have occurred behind the
tierman lines, which means that the
British airmen have been carrying the
aerial war .vigorously into the enemv
territory. Os the German machines de
stroyed all but two were sent crashing
down back of the German lines. The
amount of photography work that has
been done is amazing and a large num
ber of the pictures were taken at close
quarters.
Bombing raids by British aviators
have been almost continuous One of
the most successful expeditions was
that against three enemy airdromes on
March 9. This raid was carried out by
a large number of machines during the
daytime. A British aerial fleet arrivea ,
at an hour when numbers of German ,
machines about to start were standing ■
*in a field near their hangars. The Brit
ish attacked at a height at-JOO feet and.
because of their low altitude were able
to shoot with disastrous effect. Several
buildings were set on fire and direct hits
were observed among the German ma
chines.
The British returned flying at a height
of a hundred feet, which just enabled t
•hem to clear the tree tops. They used ,
their guns on every military object in
sight. The first attack was made on |
a horse transport. Some of the horses
were killed and the rest stampeded, up
setting the wagons. Another horse
transport was stamreded and then a
detachment of marching infantry came ■
into range. Several of the soldiers ver* ■
•shot before they could reach cover.
Equally effective was the shooting i
'against some cavalry, two officers being
among those toppled trvm their sad
dies. All the British machines returned
safely. As a matter of fact, they were
not attacked by the enemy at all.
Five Are Killed in
Air Raid on England
LONDON. Marcn it. —in last night's
air raid one airship crossed the coast
and dropped four bombs on Hartlepool.
One man. one woman and three chil-.
dren were killed in last night's air raid
over the northeast section of England,
ft was officially announced today. Six
houses were demolished and thirty
others damaged by bombs.
The fol low.ng ottic.al statement was
issued:
"Only one airship crossed the coast
last night. Il dropped four bombs oa
Hartlepool. The raider, which aas oper
ting at a great altitude, only remained
overland a few minutes, and the re- j
mainder of its bombs appear to have I
fallen into the sea.
"Six dwelling houses were demolished |
and about thirty damaged. The latest i
police reports state that the following :
casualt.es occurred;
Killed, one man. one woman, three |
children; injured, three men. one woman,!
five children.’’
Last night's air raid was the second
made in two days over England by <
Zeppelins which previously had not been
employed in these attacks for several i
months. In neither case, however, was
an attempt made to reach the London ,
district where German dirigibles met
with disaster on previous expeditions.
In Tuesday night's raid Hull was bomb
ed. Hartlepool, attacked last night, is
a North sea port of some (5.090 in
habitants in northern England
American Sergeant
Injured in Paris Raid
PARIS, Tuesday. March 12.—A ser
geant in the quartermaster’s department
of the .American army, who was acting
as chauffeur for the department in
Paris, was injured slightly in last
night’s ra>d
In a certain hospital in the Paris dis
trict six persons were killed and seven
injured by bombs dropped by the Ger
man airmen.
British Bring Back
Prisoners Near Epehy
LONDON, March 14.—British raiders
brought back prisoners from the Ger
man post'ion near Epehy. southwest of
I'ambrai, last night The official state
ment from the war office today also re
ports the repulse of a German raid in
the Ypres sector. The statement reads;
“Our raiding parties entered the ene
mies* trenches last night southeast of
Epehy and brought ba/k prisoners. A
raid attempted by the enemy north of
the Tpres-Stadon railway was repulsed
successfully.
* The artillery was active on both
s.des during the night southwest of
• 'ambrai. The hostile artillery increased
ts activity in the Neuve Chapelle and
Eauquissart sectors.”
Full Associated Press Service
MILLION TONS OF HUTCH
SHIPS IRE THEN OIEfl
England and America, Tired
of Waiting on Holland,
Take Action
LONDON. March 14. —Because of the
Long .delays in the negotiations with
Holland over Dutch ships in allied
ports and the slowness of the Dutch
government to act in this respect. Great
Britain and the United States nave
reached an agreement to end the nego
tiations and take over all such ships
next week for the use of the allies.
The amount of tonnage made avail
able to the allies through the Dutch
arrangement is one million tons, of
which TO per cent is in the United
States. 10 per cent in British ports, and
i i» per cent in other allied ports.
Every precaution will be taken to
safeguard the rights of the owners. The
I ships will be insured and armed an t
‘ any ships sunk will be replaced at the
earliest possible time after the war.
A similar arrangement already made
! in the case of Sweden is working satis-
I factoriiy to the Swedish owners and
I shipping interests
The allied decision finds a legal basis
in the Lex Angaria- or the law covering
the forcible seizure of a ship for public
use. under which a belligerent nation,
may use neutral tonnage if adequate
compensation is paid. The Germans ex
ercised this right on British vessels in
the Franco-Prussian war.
As regards Dutch ships in other than
• ports in Great Britain and the United
States it is believed the arrangement in-
• eludes a number of such vessels in far
eastern ports. A telegram from The
Hague yesterday stated that the Dutch
foreign office had learned that clearances
had been refused to several Dutch ves
sels at Singapore.
[ The negotiations with Holland have
been in progress for many months and
it was expected an arrangement would
be reached lasi Christmas. The Ger
mans. however, were continually bring
ing pressure to bear upon Holland and
the delay in reaching an agreement op
erated continuously to the advantage of
Germany and to the disadvantage of the
allies.
Realixing the difficult position of Hol
land the allies decided to force an im
mediate settlement. While Germany has
been obstructing the employment of
Dutch tonnage by the allies she has
been enjoying the use of Dutch barge
tonnage on the German canals to an
amount greater than the ocean-going
tonnage which the allies will obtain
under th# new arrangement.
Appeal for Modified
Order Is Probable
March 14.—The Neth
erlands mi ulster.'Augustus. Phillips, had
an engagement to see President Wilson
today and it was believed he would
present a final appeal for his govern
ment that the intentions of the United
States and Great Britain to take over
the Dutch shipping, at least be modified.
One American Woman
Killed in Paris Raid
PARIS. March 14.—One American
woman was killed and an American man
and woman were wounded in Monday's
enemy air raid over Paris, it was learn
ed today.
Miss Winga. Caroline Martin, thirty
two. of Rockville Center. Long Island,
was one of six persons killed in a hos
pital which was struck by a bomb.
She was a T. M. C. A. canteen worker.
Mrs. W. B. Phillips and Mr. Salzer
were wounded.
The total casualties were 100 killed
and seventy-nine wounded
Explosion May Be Fatal
VALDOSTA. Ga.. March ’4.—lt is a
question whether Edward Price, a truck
driver, will recover from the cfTects of
burns received when he filled the tank
of his automobile by the light of a lan
tern. Price worked at Jones’ mill, near
ClyattviUe
Read This installment of
“The Truth About Belgium”
In This Issue
By BRAND WHITLOCK
This is the fourth week in which
Brand Whitlock’s story of Belgium
appears. Perhaps you read the ones
before—or perhaps you missed them
Don’t miss another. This great truth
is told by one who KNOWS, who
SAW it. READ it.
Brand Whitlock began his story
before the Germans began their ter- •
rible ravage of Belgium, and he
touches on the great personages of
the Belgium Legation—some of the
German Legation. He describes the
beauty of their homes and cathedrals,
which have since oeen destroyed and
ruined —the owners having been ex
iled. He did not know at this time
what terrible brutality and ignoble
treatment was to be practiced in this
land of now—Peace and Beauty.
But this is just the beginning of
what is to come. He tells how the
Germans enter Belgium; what treat
ment the people received. No man.
woman or child was spared; what
devastation and destruction they
wrought as they went. He tells of
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Crack Hun Fighters, Including
Dismounted Uhlans, Placed 1
Against U. S. Boys in Lune
ville Sector
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, March 13.—The American
troops "are ready to attack anything.”
The officer commanding the American ,
forces in the Luneville region, including
Ohio troops, so stated in a message to
the home folks sent today,
“The spirit of the command is excel- ’
lent.” the commander declared. ‘‘Lt j
couldn’t be better. After their expert- I
ence in the trenches their nervousness
has passed They are now ready to at- j
tack anything Their health is excel- |
lent.”
Crack German fighting divisions are J
opposed to the Americans in this sector, ■
including dismounted Uhlans, it has i
now been established.
One salient bombarded preparatory to ,
Saturday's raid has now been abandon
ed by the enemy. It was so demolished
that it is untenable. The Boches ap
parently intend merely to hold the posi
tions in the rear of this point.
The Igst thirty-six hours in the Toul
sector have bee, the quietest since it ;
was taken over' by the Americans.
Five engineers, repairing wire en- 1
tanglernents in No Man's Land en- j
countered ten Germah patrollers on this
front. They killed two of the Boches {
and the others fled.
WLILTHY FIINTEE DRAWS
I HFffl SENTENCE UNO FINE
J, H, Hardin Charged With Il
licit Stilling and Violating
Food Laws
J. H. Hardin, wealthy plantation
owner of Cherokeer county, indicted on
four charges, was sentenced by Judge
William T. Newman. Thursday morning,
in the United States district court, to J
eigt\(eon months ip the Atlanta federal
penitentiary a-nd fined (200.
In two counts against Hardin, he was
charged with operating an illicit still.
He also was charged with removing
liquor and violating the food conserva
tion regulations of the government. Dur
ing the trial of the case. W. Paul Car
penter, assistant United States attorney,
introduced testimony to -show that 40,-
000 pounds of sugar and 46,000 pounds
of meal were delivered by th-_ rail
roads to Hardin’s plantation between
September Sth and December Ist, last
yea r.
In his charge to th s jury Mr. Car
penter characterized Hardin as the
“King of Moonshiners” in ‘Georgia and
bitterly denounced men who utilize
foodstuffs for the manufacture of
liquor, in violation of the federal food
administration laws.
Bringing German Back
NEW YORK, March 16. —Federal
agents here today were awaiting the
arrival of a ship from Havana expect
ed to bring Dr. Walter Scheele bacK
to this country. Scheele is the German
chemist suspected of having manufac
tured bombs with which to fire allied
merchantmen after they had put to sea
Scheele's identity, it was stated
here, was not made known by Cuban
authorities until after the vessel he is
aboard had left Havana. The prisoner
has been h'ding from American secret
service agents for a year.
the horrible rapine worked on the
young girls and women of Belgium
while their brothers, fathers and
husbands were forced to look on.
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any patriotism at all should get the
benefit of these stories. They arc
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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1918.
BIG PLUNDEFI OREST
OF HONS IMBED
BT GEffIVIAN PAPERS
Invasion of Russia, After Sign
ing Peace Treaty, Renders
Promises Idle, Declares leu
ton Press
WASHINGTON, March 14. —Ger-
many’s plunder' quest in the near east
13 doing more to gpur America and the
allies to a rousing war spirit than any
thing she has undertaken, not barring
U-boat warfare, according to the View
of today.
And, her path toward the golden Per
sia. Afghanistan and India is not strewn
with roses, for Germany is encounter
ing the opposition of her own people
while there are uncharted military snags
i.n the path of any ambition she may
have toward India.
Capture of Odessa—golden key to a
rich wheat country and stopping point
on Germany’s new route to the east —
far from causing gloom here only serv
ed to stir the war spirit. Thoughts of
peace have gone glijnmering for a long
lime ahead, and, to’ put it plainly, the
Uar capital is manifestly just getting
mad.
Wr.na.nia Sympathy
Game little Rumania has aroused the
admiration of officials and her fate has
stirred their ire. Austria and her mas
ter partner Germany are condemned on
all hands for their humiliating and
ever-growing demands on the helpless
nation.
And, this condemnation is finding its
way even more into the German press
than into the American. Long extracts
from Teuton papers just reaching here
show that the Germans doubt the wis
dom of militarist tactics toward Ru
mania and Russia.
The Russian peace, say these organs,
will prove a boomerang. Germany, they
declare, cannot maintain the territory
she has grabbed, and she has cast aside
for the future the friendship of a potent
neighbor. The papers see her more and
more an outcast, and feel that the thou
sands of square miles added have been
gathered at too great a cost for the
future.
That Germany has ‘dreams of a new
route to the east in ylace of the Ber
lin-Bagdad scheme is the thought of
military mdn .generally—the Black sea-
Persia-Afghanistan-Indla is the route
she now dreams oi, But military ex
perts say there "are difficulties” before,
her if she attempts. aArealization t
Peace by Conquest
Germany’s talk of peace by negotia
tion compared to her Russian and Ru
manian peace by conquest make her
promises idle, say the German papers.
Every nation shall remember German
terms as a ‘‘terror of terrors,” says Die
Zukunft, and all the Germans as ac
complices in the great deception. The
menace of a new future war is the
fruit of the Russian peace as seen by
the Leipziger Volkszeitung. Germany
has short-sightedly jeopardized her fu
ture and effectively supported England's
“tottering supremacy” by her tactics,
says Vossische Zeitung. Germany
emerges from war in the east without
friends or reliable allies, says Vor
waerts.
The first concrete evidence of the
new war spirit here is the speeded-up
shipment of tropS abroad.
In Chief-of-Staff March's own words,
he is "cutting all the strings” and
shooting them across as fast as it is
humanly possible to do so with avail
able tonnage. Supply questions have
been attuned for th’s faster transport
plan, and the result is that Germany
will have more trained Americans op
posing her this year than either she or
the military men here had anticipated.
Rumanian Oil Fields Will
Be Apportioned to Hungary
AMSTE RDA M, March 1 4.—The
Deutsche Tages-Zeitung, of Berlin,
prints a Vienna dispatch to the effect
that, the Rumanian oil fields will be
ceded territorially to Hungary. They
will be administered under a joint Ger
man. Austro-Hungarian. Rumanian and
Bulgarian control board. The oil pro
duction will be divided in proportions
to be settled later.
Germans Occupy Abo,
Continuing invasion
PETROGRAD, Wednesday, March 13.
A strong German detachment is re
ported to have occupied Abo, on the
coast of Finland, west of Helsingfors.
The Germans immediately began to
march into the interior of Finland.
Commander of National
Guard Is Congratulated
By French Commander
WASHINGTON. March 14.—American
troops that repulsed the German raid
of March 5 were from the Forty-sec
ond rainbow division, which is made up
of national guardsmen. General Persh
ing reported today.
The commander of the American cU
vision was personally congratulated by
; General Gerard, commander of the
j Eighth French army, for the manner
Itn which the Americans conducted
: themselves.
Son of Legislator Kills
Self at Sycamore, Ga.
SYCAMORE, Ga.. March 14.—J. A.
Warren, son of Lott Warren, former
member of the legislature and promi
nent insurance man. shot himself in the
head with a shotgun yesterday evening
and died immediately. He had been in
, ill health for some time.
Railroad Control Bill
Now Goes to President
WASHINGTON. March II. —Congress
formally disposed of the railroad con
; fro! bill today when the house agreed
,o the conference report adopted by ‘he
senate yesterday. The bill now goes to
I the president.
MRS. HERMAN H. HIRSCH, who went on trial Thurs
day morning before Judge Benjamin H. Hill on the charge of
attempting to blackmail Mayor Asa G. Candler for $500,000.
Her alleged confederate, J. W. Cook, recently convicted and
given the maximum sentence, has been called as a witness for the
defense. —Staff photo by Winn and Mathewson.
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BRITISH DROP IS BOMBS
TO HOUS' ONE IN INEST
Allied Flyers Fell Seventy-Nine
Energy Planes During First
Few Days of March
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, March 14. —Battle planes fill
the air along the west front. Artillery
ing has become more and more pro
nounced, especially in the regions of
Passchendaele and St. Quentin. Sausage
balloons are up everywhere, with ob
servation officers swaying beneath,
minutely watching the opposing lines.
Wherever one goes, the impression is
gained of a full head of steam on the
huge war machine, hissing at every
joint. The entire front is in a state of
feverishness. The wonderful spring
like weather is speeding up the work in
all departments.
Signs are not lacking of intense ac
tivity by the enemy, whose forces are
constantly growing.
The airmen on both sides are busy
day and night—the British bombing
military works along the Germans’
lines, the latter hovering over Paris
and open towns, murdering women and
children.
The British brought down seventy
nine enemy p'anes during the first few
days In March. Airdromes, railway sta
tions and marching troops have been
bombed by the allies.
As as example of the airmen’s daily
job, one dived toward a running enemy
train, derailing three cars with bombs.
The engine was uncoupled and raced
northward. The plane followed close to
the ground, raking the engine crew with
its machine gun.
A careful compilation shows that the
British have dropped ten bombs to the
enemy’s one in the zone of operations.
Secretary Baker Is Busy
In Conferences in Paris
PARIS. Tuesday, March 12.—Secre
tary Baker was kept busy today at
tending conferences. In the forenoon
he conferred with Arthur J. Balfour,
the British foreign secretary, and Gen
era] Foch. Secretary Baker lunched
with Generals Pershing and Bliss, his
brother, Henry Baker, and a few other
guests.
Early in the afternoon the American
war secretary conferred with J. K
Kearny, of the public information serv
ice, and visited the headquarters of the
Red Cross as the guest of Major Robert
IP. Perkins, head of the Red Cross mls-
I sion to Europe. Afterwards the secro
tary called on former Premier Vivian!
lat his home and then saw Foreign Min-
I ister Pinchon at the foreign office. The
’ secretary also conferred with Oscar i*.
Crosby, representative of the American
treasury department.
OR. SOULE INNOUNCES
RULES FOO EOS SUES
I
Commissions and Profits Al
lowed Shipper, Broker and
Merchant Given
Dr. Andrew M. Soule, federal food ad
ministrator for Georgia, announced
Thursday the following rules and regu
lations governing the handling of eggs
by wholesale and retail dealers;
"No licensee shall knowingly purchase cold
storage eggs from a dealer who sells at a great
er advance over cost than the maximum spe
cified In the following rules.
"The original packer or shipper, storing In
a cold storage warehouse shall not sell cold
storage eggs at an advance of more than 6 per
cent over cost. In case cold storage eggs are
stored in the name of a commission merchant,
the original storer shall be deemed to be the
consigner for whom the commission merchant
acts as agent. An additional advance may be
charged by the original packer or shipper in
selling to retailers, not exceeding 5 per cent
of cost if sold at mark (i. e. in original pack
ages), and not exceeding 10 per cent of co«t in
selling candles'! eggs (cost in figuring’ ti. , 10
per cent to be calculated as prescribed In Rule
5). An additional advance not exceeding a
maximum of 12 per cent of cost may be charged
if the original packer performs the functions
of a supplier of hotels and institutions, as here
tofore defined. No additional advance may be
charged In selling to wholesalers, jobbers or
suppliers of hotels and institutions.
"A commission merchant shall not receive
a commission of more than 4 per cent on cold
storage eggs consigned to him by shippers or
packers. If a commission merchant acts as an
agent for dealers other than shippers or pack
ers for the distribution of surplus stocks the
selling price shall not exceed maximum ad
vance over cost to the • consignor permitted to
such consignor by the following rules, which
advance shall include the commission for such
sale. A commissiion merchant who takes to ac
count consigned cold storage eggs shall not
receive any other profit beyond the amount of
the commisison before specified.
"A commission merchant shall require from
consignors a statement of cost of goods and
maximum selling price allowable under these
rules.
"A wholesaler shall not sell cold storage
eggs at an advance of more than 4 per cent
over cost. If a wholesaler also sells as a
jobber, he shall not sell at an advance of more
than 10 per cent over cost as provided for job
bers in rules & and 6. •The al>ove maximum ad
vance may be increased by not to exceed the 6
per cent "of cost specified in rule 2, in cases
where the wholesaler is also the original storer
in a cold storage warehouse.
"A jobber shall not sell cold storage eggs at
m.’yk (i. e. in original packages) at an ad
vance of more than .*> per cent over cost.
In selling candled eggs as provided in
rules 6,7 and 8, the actual net candling
loss may be included in the cost but the
expense of labor and materials in candling
and all repacking expenses shall not be so
Included.
“A jobber shall not sell candled eggs at an
advance of more than 10 per cent over cost.
The maximum advance prescribed in rules 5
And 6 may be increased by not to exceed the 9
per cent of cost specified in rule 2, in cases
where the jobber is also the original storer in
a cold storage warehouse.
“A supplier of hotels and institutions shall
not sell candled and selected eggs at more than
12 per eent over cost. This maximum advance
may be increased by not to exceed the 6 per
cent of cost specified in rule 2, in cases where
the supplier of hotels and institutions is also
the original storer in a cold storage warehouse.
"A retailer who is a licensee shall not sell
candled and selected eggs at an advance of
more than 15 per cent over cost. This maxi
mum advance may be increased by not to ex
ceed the G I>er cent of cost specified in rule 2,
in cases where the retailer is also tbe original
storer in a cold storage warehouse.”
NUMBER 49.
RUSSELL CONDUCTING
CROSS - EXAMINATION
FDR HIRSCH DEFENSE
Trial of Woman for Alleged
Extortion Attempt Expedited
by Judge Hill—Crowds Are
Turned Away
Late Thursday afternoon court re
cessed until 9 o'clock Friday mart,
zag, when the defense will introduce its
evidence.
The trial of Mrs. Margaret Hirsch
on the charge of trying to backmail
j Mayor Asa G. Candler opened at 9
o’clock Thursday morning before Judge
Benjamin H. Hill and at 1 o'clock re
: cessed until 1:30 o’clock, when the aft
ernoon session was to start. .
During the morning session but two
witnesses were heard. Following the
selection of a jury in ah hour and fif
teen minutes. Mayor Candler told his
story of his acquaintance with Mrs.
| Hirsch that led up to the scene in bis
‘ office where she and J. W. Cook are ac
cused of trying to work the ‘badger
game” on the mayor. The next wit
ness, Forrest Adair, described the series
of conferences which he held with Mrs.
Hirsch and with Cook.
Ail this testimony was much the same
as it was at the trial of Cook. It
was evident that the court would strive
to speed up Mrs. Hirsch's trial even
as Cook's case was pressed; but with
Judge R. B. Russell acting as leading
counsel for Mrs. Hirsch, the cross-ex
amination of both witnesses was more
lively than before and some vigorous
tilts took place between Judge Russell
and attorneys for the prosecution.
Judge Russell's conduct of the case
indicated that he intended to fight it
vigorously and. his actions evidently
were so satisfactory to Mrs. Hirsch
that at one stage of the proceedings,
when a question arose as to who w<m
her chief counsel, she Jumped to her
feet and told the court that Judge Rus
sell was her chief counsel and that she
so wished it.
Especially was Judge Russell's cross
examination of Mr. Adair of such a na
ture that the spectators once or twice
were convulsed with laughter and the
judge had to rap smartly for order to
still the arguments among attorneys
for both sides. , .
Courtroom Filled
By 8 o’clock me cdurtroom was
filled with spectators and the corridor
was crowded with people who could not
get inside. Atr least half the specta- i
tors were women. The deputies strict
ly enforced the seating capacity limit,
allowing nobody inside the courtroom
to stand up.
Mrs. Hirsch entered the courtroom al
8:45 o’clock. She wore no veil, as ut
the trial of J. W. Cook, her convicted
accomplice, a few days ago, but came
in bright and smiling.'
Cook came into the courtroom a mo
ment later. He walked over to the
table occupied by Mrs. Hirsch and her
attorneys, and consulted with them «
few minutes, then went into the wit*
ness room. Cook is out on bond of $3,-
000, following his recent , convictios
and sentence to pay a fine of |l,00(
I and serve twelve months on the chan-
■ gang.
j Court was called to order exactly at
9 o’clock by Judge Hill. A moment
! later. Judge Richard B. Russell, for
merly of the court of appeals, entered
| the courtroom and joined the attorneys
' for the defense at their table. He
| stated to the court that he had just
been employed in the case and would
like to have a few minutes to confer
with his associates. The request wax
granted, and they retired.
Personnel of Jury
The attorneys for the defense re
turned in a few minutes, and Judgq
I Russell requested Judge Hill to permit
; the defense to question talesmen re
garding their occupation and home ad
dress. The request was denied. Judge
. Hill stated, however, that he would per
mit the defense, at- he stated In de
nying the change of venuejast Tuesday.
■ to ask the three questions provided by
statute in cases involving capital
crimes. This was an unusual privi-
I lege, it was pointed out, which he was
giving the defense to make certain of
a fair trial, and he thought it was suf
ficient. The selection of the jury then
commenced.
By 10:15 o'clock the complete jury
j had been secured, their names being as
j follows:
R. L. Crawford, 366 South Pryor
I street.
W. H. Blackstock, 242 Sunset ave
nue, proprietor of the Eagle Wooden
j ware company.
L. C. Berry, 114 Grant street, sales
i man for C. D. Kenny company.
J. T. Carroll, Collins district, assist
ant superintendent of Whittier Mills.
W. L. Holcomb. 9 Crew street, clerk
at Atlanta Joint Terminal company.
V. R. Hollis, 77 Park avenue, cashier
at Brown-Perryman-Greene Hat com
pany.
C. A. Meager, Battle Hill, moulder f
at Atlanta Stove Works.
J. R. Lee, Adamsville district, travel
ing salesman.
M. B. Hinton. ’O4 Tift avenue, ma
chinist.
Jacob Heiman, 37 West Mitchell
i street, proprietor of Boston Shoe com
pany.
J. T. Stark. Pickwick apartments,
. stenographer at Southern Cotton O«1
j company.
H. L. Dewell, College Park, plumber.
Defense Uses Strikes
In the selection of the jury the de
fense used all of its seven strikes and
I the state used one. A total of twenty-
I eight men was called. Besides the sev-
I en men stricken by the defense, and. the
one stricken by the state, the others
were stricken for cause on their own
j admission of having formed an opinion
concerning the case.
Immediately after the completion of
the jury the list of witnesses for both
sides were read out to ascertain if all
were present.
While no announcement to this effect
was made by counsel for the defense, it
■ became apparent as soon a3 ' they re
turned from their brief conference that
they had selected Judge Russell to con-
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