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THE WEATHER Fair tonjght and Thursday. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES -THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES THE ATHENS DAILY HERALD VOL. 5. NO. 216. ATHENS, 6A, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1917. and Austria Face Internal Crisi May Day Passes With Only ( Minor Disorders Reported. Field Marshal Haig Reports a Gerdian Raiding Party Re pulsed in Neighborhood of Fauquisart—Opposing Armies < Continue Locked Along the Scarpe—Rioting in Russia Monday. Woman Prepared to Wreck Own Life to Save Husband Makes Appearance in Court Beyond officially inspired dis patches from Berlin stating that no disorders occurred on May Day in Germany the ceil of se crecy in the central empires re mains unbroken so far as direct news is concerned. Dispatches from the German frontier apeak of treat strikes. Rumors increase regarding the growing unrest of the Te u - tonic_people. Everything points to a crisis in the internal affairs of Germany and Austria. The demand for internal reforms is voiced in a manner unknown since the war started. No disorders were reported from Austria-Hungary, Sweden and Norway, where the labor holiday was celebrated. Sordid Details of Another Hu man Triangle Bared in Trial of Charles E. Vawter For Slaying of Stockton Heth. Wife Led From Courtroom Before Defendant Began Story That Blackens Her Name—Vawter Tells of His Fight Against Liquor. (By United Press,) INACTION REPORTED. London, May 2.—Another night of inaction insofar a^ large movements were concerned, was reported front the British front today by Field Marshal Haig. "Between St. Quentin and Lens there . was mutual artillerying at Bight," he declared. "In the neigh- borhood of Fauquisart a German raiding party was repulsed." The halt in major operations on the British front has now extended over three days. Meanwhile the .armies on both aides continue locked albur-tHt Stttpe, neither aide being able to gain against: the big forces oppoaing. MAY DAY PEACEABLE. London, May 2.—May Day passed peaceably In Russia, following a day iff small sited rioting in Petrograd in which the bombs were thrown, numbers of citixens were arrested, shots were flred, and Major General Kashtalinski fell victim to an assas sins bullet The rioting occurred Monday. Dis patches from Petrograd today at- (By United Press.) Christiansburg, Va„ May 2.—The woman in the case appeared in court today for the first time since her husband, Charles E. Vawter, went on trial charged with murdering young Stockton Heth. Mrs. Vawter was almost noncha lant during the half hour after her arrival. Then the stares from the spectators packed in the little court room began to burn into her and she figited nervously, changed seats twice, the second time to be botween her children, and at times smiled wanly at her husband who was al most the more unconcerned and poised of the two. • Mrs. Vawter, whose "admissions" according to her husband's counsel are to save her husband's life and wreck her own, looked far younger than her thirty odd years. DETAILS LIFE HISTORY. Cajmly, Vawter detailed his life’s history. Then he told hog, after twenty-one years of drinking, whisky elks > n small quantities now, always makes him drowsy. Next he told of his acquaintance with Heth, whom he had known for ten to twelve years. One night last May, he said, was the first time, he began to suspect the friendship was being betrayed. Heth called on us that night,” said Vawter. "He brought some whisky with him. We drank together. I grew drowsy and want to sleep in the parlor. About midnight 1 awakened, went up stairs and saw my wife (cav ing Heth’s room ioJter night gown. v •• E IS WRECKED BY 'Something snipped in my brain. Infuriated. I demanded that my wife tell me what it meant. She told me she had merely gone in to fix Heth’s bed-covers. I said nothing more to her. but went to path’s room and told him, 'Stockton, you are a damned rob ber of homes and a libertine. 1 Before I could say* more, Heth grabbed me and choked me. Later, in my room, Rachel, my wife, told tne, ‘Be sensible, Charlie. You're just making a fool of yourself.' Then Heth, who had come into the room said, 'Don’t pay any attention to him. tributed all the trouble to extremist i he is wrong,’ so I -> ; went on to bed. a Tuesday's celebration of May Day,* ALLAYED HIS SUSPICIONS SlIr'AhS Retina Next, Vawtert told how both hi, r«cfo4jdthout untoward incident’ wif «.». nd Heth completely allayed Jfi, nnnrcntto all over Russia. More "usp.don. for the nonce with projes- apj iparcntly than a million people in Petrograd atio joined the celebration in great par- ades, speeches and demonstrations. Moscow, Kleff, Odessa and Vladivo- stock all reported similar peaceable demonstrations. It was the first time in history the people were able to openlv celebrate May Day. Petro- ----- , . grad dispatches all made note of Rus- ■<™F ®Y wUo. r M id n0 Sy ria's aim of not waging a war of The letter here was introduced un- profit In lands or domination of other j dor objection. peoples. President Wilson’s name The rcst of Vawter’a tragic story was frequently mentioned and al-: was little different from other simf ways cheered by the crowd. tations of friendship. Vawter said similar incidents occurred only to be smoothed over, but that* between- times, he kept “thinking-—thinking." “I tried to talk to Stockton, but knowing my weakness for liquor, he would furnish it and then out-talk me. So I wrote him begging him to keep HEAVY ARTILLERY FIGHTING. Paris, May 2.—Heavy artillery fighting in the Mont Haut and Mont Comillet rations and a successful (Continued on Page 6.) WIRE YOUR HOME fi outlets installed, one in each of 6 rooms in sny one-story home on or near our lines $10.80 5 drop cords installed complete with shades and raasda lamps 6.76 Total $17.66 $1.74 per month for 12 months pays for the installa tion. H Phone 208 end have a repre- rcscntatlve call and talk It Athens Railway & Electric Company Hancock and College lar stories that have been told in many courtrooms. Dramatically, with the silence tense, Vawter told of his terrible fight against liquor, how the man he killed had cultivated that taste and a similar one in his wife, which was declared by Vawter to "keep the wife inclined to his evil ways” and how he had later found Heth and his wife together, scantily clothed, in tjie bedroom which Heth, the friend, had been given to occupy whenever he visited the Vawter homo, which had been made a second home for the young student. WORKED MIND TO CLIMAX And then, after detailing thia year long situation when he was torn be tween his mad love for whiskey and his better seif and love for his home, Vawter worked wickedly Axis mind up to the climax to the story of the night when finally despite a brain befogged with whiskey he was goaded into shooting the life from his one-time friend’s body. "I wakened suddenly that night," said Vawter. “Yes,” he acquiesced, somewhat wearily, as his counsel interposed a question, “I had been drinking again. Stockon had brought it over. Wo ell had taken some. Yes, again I grew drowsy and went to bed early. I just heard my wife come to bed. And then suddenly.” he repeated, "I awakened to find her gone—end I knew where she had gone. "It was too awful. My brain, thank God, had cleared. I determined to stand it no longer. I got mf revolver. I went to the hell. 'My wife wae leaving* Stockton’s room—again. SOM ETHIC, SNAPPED INSIDE “My Wife must have known some thing had snapped. Inside me. Ska, begged me to let her kill herself. I. knew, finally, positively then, what had been too cowardly to believe be- (By United Press.) Pittsburg, Pa., May 2.—One of the greatest clean-ups in the history of the city in wild finance wns disclosed hert today as investigators under State Insurance Commissioner J. Denny O’Neil delved into the book* of the Pittsburg Life and Trust com pany. Commissioner O’Neil declared shortly before noon that it was evi dent that the concern has been wrecked. Within two days, he said, a group of New York promoters headed by attorney Clarence Birds eye, got control of the big concern and milked it for $1,900,000 through the operations of a set of dummy di rectors. "Warrants have been issued for Birdseye, his son, Kellogg Birdseyt, George Montgomery, Robert Moore and Alfred Leury, all of New York, and for W. D. McQucstin and a man named Watson. The addresses of the latter are not known. They are charged with conspiracy to defraud. How much more than the amount $o far known has realized by the al leged wreckers could not be definite ly learned upon first examination. But it was estimated that a much higher figure would probably be reached, it was stated. In Its April report the company claimed assets of $24,OOOflOQ with in surance in force aggregating $118,- 000,000. It bad strong men at’its bead and *11 excellent financial condition. For several years, however, the company had a “white elephant” on its hands In the shape of several pieces of val uable New York real estate deeded to It by the Old Washington Life and Trust company. It wished 4o dispose of it, either by sale or deal, bringing in return stocks and bonds of recog nized Birdseye and his party, practi cally penniless but with a credit of. $200,000 established through Nepr' York banking connections, came here with the expressed intention of mak ing a deal on the New York realty. They found smooth sailing and appar ently decided that they would prefer to own the company. With a check of $120,000 to bind the operation of the entire stock of the concern they gained a control, elected a board of “dummy directors’* and according to the allegation purchased the company. “Papa” J off re, the Ido1 of the Poilu The poilu—that’s the man in the trenches—know hi***, not as a marshal of France, as Marshal Joffre, but as “Papa” Joffre, the genial, gentle, manly man, who saved a people in its hour of danger. “Papa” Joffre is a smiling man, and the photogra pher in Washington caught him twice *!n the mood which earned for him the titje of “Papa” Joffre. / Nation's Success in Present War, - Demands Full Cooperation Between State and Federal Governments WOMEN WILL TAKE PLACE OF MEN ON EASTERN RAILROADS (By United Press.) New York, May 2.—Many big eastern railroads today started mak ing arrangements to employ women in place of men called to arms by the draft. Among the roads which are taking these steps are the New Haven, Le high Valley, Eric, New York Central the Pennsylvania and the Long Is land. The Central Railroad of New Jer sey has not made*any plans yet, but by experiments already conducted in its system it feels sure that women can do the work of a large number of ore. "I told her that I would try . to the mot. All roads, made It plain that no men would be displaced by women unless actually drafted. The women will be used In departments not ac tually engaged In physical operations of trains. . Officers of the Lehigh Valley stated that women are now being given pre- .ferenee in the hiring of new em ployes, in departments where thay art able to do the work, as Hi* man agement expects many men will be called to the colon within a fow months. The Lehigh Is already employing women as ear cleaners and hta made spoke some experiments with them at train Secret dispatchers. The Now York Central It employing women as ear cleaners. make Stockton leave the house at once. “Then I felt his eras about my neck. He had leaped upon mo from behind, in tho dark. I cried oat to iim to loose hit choking grip. He ntwered he would not nnd threw mo tgsinst the railing. “Then the pillars of the univent II ‘seemed to fall against me, I know not what happened, excepting that I fired I think twice, but do not now know. "A little later I awakened as if from aomo horrible dream. I than, and only then, knew Stockton was dead." (By United Press.) and federal government must work and federal governments mus twork in clooeat-cpopention in tha nation’* vff the nation Is to be success ful in tha greatest of all wars, Secre tary of War Baker told representa tives of all state councils of defense when they opened sessions here to day. Mr. Baker did not mention specifi cally the matter of military coopera tion, but he plainly hinted that this importan matter still is unsettled, and would be subject to change. Especially will this complete co operation be necessary in putting to gether the parts of the great army machine authorized by congress, Mr. Baker said. As far as possible every effort will be made to preserve the identity of the national guard, in the building up of the great urmy-to-bc, Mr. Baker continued, in outlining roughly the plans for enforcement of the selective conscription plan. The sessions today marked the first real Itea of organized cooperation be tween the states and the federal gov ernment in the matter of national de fense, and Mr. Baker urged the first steps to be taken by the stated to make the first nation-wide conscrip tion registration day “a great national demonstration of patriotism and firm ness of purpose.” Make that day a national festival occasion,’ said Mr. Baker. FORM OK COOPERATION The exact form of our cooperation on the other side is difficult to de- termine and is to my mind, subject to change.’ Outlining the machinery for rais ing the net prmy. Secretary Baker said. "As soon as the bill becomes a law the president will probably set'a day by proclamation for registration throughout the nation. The men will go to their usual polling places and register. * * "As far as possible, the election systems of the townships, villages and counties will bp used. “In an enterprise of such a magni tude there is bound to be some confu sion but after the first class is prop erly registered and aasorted we can call successive levies with little diffi culty. "Wl ble, even in industries vital to the military machine. As far as possible, Bslcer said, state quotas "would be kept together aidL: each state will be required to furnish its quota based upon popula tion. The jury wheel process will be used to select from the Urge number of physically At. The men discarded will be con sidered honorably discharged and given some mark to indicate it. WAR LIKELY TO BE LONG. Secretary of interior Lane warned the governors that the war is likely to be long. “And it will be fought on this side of the Atlantic,’’ he continued, "un less wo bent the Germans to it. Our ship yards must speed up, and surely can speed up to supply the tonnage needed to bridge the 3,000 miles be tween us snd Europe.” Moreover, Lane advised that the nation lay its plans, and prepara its resources for greater than a onc- year struggle. Jit this connection he pointed to a report of Herbert C. Hoover of the Belgian Relief Com mission showing that Germany still has two years’ supplies—plenty of coal and iron and 18,000,000 cattle .wherewith to feed her fighting men THE ROCKHJIM IS TORPEDOED AID SUNK BY SUB tth your cooperation ilac* < make the polling place on that day an altar of fra* Institutions." ^ ANi SECRETARY DANIELS SPEAKS. Secretary of Navy. Daniels also spoke to the coflneif representatives. itory of Interior Lane, Secretary of Commerce Redffeld, General Hugh Scott, chief of staff and other offi cials of the general staff were pres ent it the meeting.' The council reprasantatlves will be received by President Wilson this af ternoon after which thay will go into ternoon after which they will go into session with tho Council of National Defense. Secretary of Libor Wilson and Pierson of the Iowa State Agri cultural College will talk to tho body on labor and food problems. Answering a volley of queatlons concerning exemption regulations. Baker explained that no specified classes of Industrial workers will be exempted u an entire class. The local councils will fix the exemptions individually. Baker axplained ithat certain indi vidual* are not considered indispensaj bar quit fighting like one.—Ex. Church Flag Flies Over Old Glory on JSavannah Edifice (By United Press.) Savannah, Ga, May 2.—To betok en recognition all of the mighty pow er above the Stars and Stripe* "and thereby add dignity to the national emblem,” the church flag today was hoisted over Old Glory at a flag rail ing at. St. Paul’s Episcopal church here. So far as Is known, St Paul's church is the first to make this dis tinction in displaying the American flag. NORWAY’S MERCHANT NAVY BEING SLOWLY DESTROYED BY SUBS (By Aiaoeiated Press.) Christiana, Hay 2.—German sub marines sank Mvanty-five Norwegian vessels during April.. More than 100 Norwegian sailors lost thtir lives. If snch a monthly loss is maintained Norway’s merchant navy will be de stroyed in eighteen months. TWO VE88BL8. UNK. lay 2.—Aceoi London, May 2.—According to the Centra! News Norway announces that German submarines have sunk the Norwegian steamers Hectoria angisnd. and Langl saved, Tha crews were BANK R0BBER8 GET $1,600 i (By United Press.) t, May 2.—T1 Johnstown, Pa., 'May 2.—The First National bank *t Lilly, near hart, was robbed by fire man early today, $1,000 in coin being token from the flpult, which wae blown open. One man was wptured and $100 recovered. The itnerreseaped. The hear that walka like a man (By United Press.) London, May 2.—Thirteen men of the American steamer Rockingham, torpedoed and sunk by a German sub marine, wen missing today when a patrol vessel brought* in word of the tragedy through testimony of thirty- three slrvlvors. The thirty-three were picked up yesterday. They were in two boat loads. Onqgboat, with the thirteen men still unaccounted fit, is missing. Survivors said a German submarine sunk the Rockingham. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. 15.00 PER YEAB. If Terms Include Giving Up Strongholds in Bulgaria, Ser-, bia and Turkey, Allies May Consider the Proposition—If No Eastern Concessions Are Offered, the Allies Will Brand the New Peace Move as a Fak*—Permanent Peace Not Expected by the Allies. kBy George Martin, United PreM Staff Correspondent) Washington, D. C., May 2.—H Germany’s peace terms tomorrow in clude giving up her strongholds in Bulgaria, Serbia and Turkey.the al lies may look twice at the proposi tion, ft was stated authontively here koday. If Germany offers no concessions [in the eastern theater, the alHes will brand the peace move a* a fake, be cause . Germany’s eastern control would give her a death grip on “a [vital nerve center of the world.” It also became known today that a majority of tha allies do not expect, la permanent peace in the sense of Ithe word that there will never [again bt war. They will be aatisfied with a peace insured for five or six - generations. A peace baaed on concessions on the western front alone—evacuation of Belgium, giving up Alsace-Lor raine and other similar concessions— the allies say would mean only ex ceedingly brief peace, a mere breath- mm ipsllfor the Teutons. 1,300,000 GERMAN ■ - SOLDIERS KILLED Lloyds does not list an Amsrican steamer named Rockingham. * Other shipping records, however, show the vessel ta have been a new steamer of 2,824 tons, last reported as having arrived on March 20, com pleting n trip from Liverpool. Her commander was than given as Captain Edwards. YSGGS ROB POSTOFFICE. (By United Press.) Greenwood, S. ,C„ May 2.—Yeggs early today cracked the safe In the postoffice at Phoenix, this county, and escaped. , (By United Press.) Amsterdam, May 2.—To date Ger S y. has lost 1,300,000 killed in ting, according to statistics com- I by Dr. Friedrich N’aumann snd announced in a recent lecture in Ber- 4in, according to advices here to day. Naumann estimated that with this staggering total of killed and the de crease In the German birth rate the total German population bad been re duced by 3,800,000. The surplus of females over mala* In Germany, he figured, had fcin increased from 800,- 00 to more than 2,000,000; PEACE PROPOSAL (By United I’reas.) London, May 2^—What sort of peace terms German Imperial Chan cellor von Bethmann-Hollweg would offer tomorrow before the German Heichstag ran tho gamut of specula tion todqy. Most London newspapers agreed the chancellor’s second proffer has been forced by growing unrest throughout the central empires for some official government statement o Germany's war aims. ATHENS HERALD The circulation of The Athens Daily Herald for the month of March, 1917, was as follows: April 1 (Sun.) April 16 ..3,483 April 2........4,925 April 17........4,090 April 3 3,851 April 18....... ;3,480 April 4 3,360 April 19... 3,487 April 5 3,450 April 20 3,488 April 6 4,144 April 21........3,515 April 7 3,600 April 22...... (Sun.) April 8...... (Sun.) April 23 .8;535 April 9 3,429 April 24........3,573 April 10 3,664 April 25 ..3,560 April 11 3,438 April 26........3,571 April 12 3,446 April 27 3,558 April 13 3,444 April 28 3,570. April 14...... .8,470 April 29 (Sun.) April 15: (Sun.) April 80 . ..3,743 Tptal circulation for April, 1917. i 90,874 Daily average circulation for April, 1917 3,635 Dally average circulation for March, 1917 3,516 The Athens Daily Herald has a circulation in Athens approximately twice as large as that of any other Athens newspaper. Advertisers and . agencies are invited to test the accuracy of these figures in comparison with the claims of any other Athens newspaper. e'M