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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 Subscribe Notv —We Cannot Furnish Back Numbers It will not be necessary for you to write a letter if you sign your name and address to this coupon xnd send to us with your remittance. Ths Semi-Weekly Journal. Atlanta. Ga.: Enclosed find $ for which send me The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal for months Name P. O K. F. D. No Stats AMERICANS READY! TO BUCK ANYTHING J COMMANDER WRITES 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. Any man. woman or child that has any patriotism at all should get the benefit of these stories. They arc FACTS offered you—not mere fic tion. Get these now—by subscribing for The Journal. No other paper is giving them. If your time has expired or you are not a subscriber now is the time to get your subscription to us so you will not miss a single part of this great story. Our prices are more than reasonable: 75 cents for one year. $1 for 18 months, 81.25 for two years or 81. JO for three years. Tell all you see about this great story and it'duce them to subscribe. If you can raise a club of five or more subscribers and send to us at one time we will make a special club price of only 50 cents for a one year's subscription. Raise a club for us in your community. 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. W.;' . - - ' ’’ / / r t ii ■ 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- (Continued on Page 3, Column 1.)
