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PEACE I?
SOUGHT 1
■ Constantinople Is Menacedby
B Onrushing Bulgars, and I-
I tervention Believed Near
I VICTORS NOW WITHIN 5
I MILES OF IMPERILED CFY
I Sultan's Troops in Wild FLht
L After Crushing Defeat 1
K Adrianople. I
■ ■< i.\ST,\ TIX, .PLE. X >v, l>Ol-
■ lu .ii < I!.n;sli■ -lon of the Bite.
■ Il was ii.ri today thalthe
■ Turkish uov,-)uni' nt h.i- asked tliSdu-
■ <n|«an pduits to intervene In theWal-
■ kan war. ■
■ Bulgarians toda occupied the 'ijk-
■ Ish town of Demotikn cutting onall
■ communication between Adrianople inu
■ Constantinople.
Constantinople Wes today at the i»r
cv of the Balkan allies.
The shattered remnants of Get pal
Nazim Pasha's Turkish army of 15< )uo
men is In retreat less than 50 lies
from the capital. General Savoff's flul
.fcarian army is In pursuit of the T«ks.
Adrianople is in the hands ofjhe
Bulgarians and the 50,000 soldiers 4th
in the citadel, prisoners.
From scattered points cmne refMts
that Turkey is on her knees suingjfor
pea r e.
'"zai Ferdinand, eommander-in-ciief
of the Bulgars, at Bulgarian headqßr
lio's at Stnra Zagora today receded
dispatches 1 nm the front stating hat
the Bulgarian army lost 30.000 hen
killed and wounded in the 72-hour lit
tle around I.uleburgas and Ch<su,
which resulted in decisive defeat for
the < >ttotnan soldiery. i
Turk Genera] Is
Reported Captured.
Ilin Bulgarian army is now split Irin
four parts The central and heaviest
division. commanded by Geneul
Kutchinehotl. is advancing In pursi*ft
of the flying Turks. Another coluiin
lies east of Chovlu parallel with tie
Black soa coast. The third and stntaJ
| < tachment is north of Kosto ,„
I u sea of M irm >ra. while the fourth
body of troops lies in a semi-crake
northwest and west of Adrianople. |
Although thou lias been no offiAtl
announcement of Turkish losses, ItYjs
believed they hav lost 60,000 i n kii e'.
j|" ounded and pt i.stjnt rs. Theii for Be
■ are completely demoralised, actordig
*to al i< counts
Nazim Pascha is reported to I
wounded tnd a prisonet in the Bn),
garian camp.
111 I’hC of forts now lies b|-
» the advancing Bulgats and ti
1 o'l'-is'h . .ipital. There the Ottotnili
lore. s may mak< their lu.-t stand unJi
the forwa ,1 march of the Bulgats L
halted.
Bulgars Found Way
Through With Cannon.
I wo hundred cannon of varying cali
bei were e.ptured by the BtUgars.
I ic Os t ins had
1 ' 11 '." ' ■ and lid' led Useless by I
Till!;; b. f. re they retreated, but I
,i’ n ,' ’ ;l ' ! ' >' «’«•“ of moderii make.
, ' ' roeml idrianople has now I
he. n going ,m f.„- tw ,,| ve dayg and )n I
" n ” ' z -" Ferdinand has crushed'
flower Os th' Ottoman military
I' I’urk- have been outgep-
O'l'cd and outfought at every turn.
Im Bulgar, relied almost wholly upon
'.rii'lc y and tile bayonet.
After being driven southward across
h. I'h m-m riy. r the battle raged over a
■-mil ' battl. lim between Serai and i
ulelmrgas. The Bulgarian artillery
lunrb red night and day against the
z-topped ranks. Stopping neither for
eep, the Bulgarian gunners
ntinued their terrific bombardment,
' ir shells doing fearful havoc.
\ftr r a long bombardment the Bul
rians made a move forward In mass
bodies, til, infantry Hanked by cav
y. The Turks fought br.',vely, but
■y could mu stand the constant ham
ring.
. A lien it was seen that tin- < Etonian
\\»i* wavering; Mohammedan
Isis* \\c’. >tnt among- thf .soldiers
lorting them to stand firm for the I
isccnt and the faith, but the priests I
■
v against the Christian soldi, rs.
European Diplomats
Meet to Talk Peace
PARIS. Nov I. \| p,n,l ‘’ambon,h
i■in a a moa -■■ d.u io England. arrived < •
I 'I ;1 • > l.oioion today to tak»' part in I
he international discussion upon the
JAIL LOOMS
IS SMOKE
LAWS ME
DEFIED
McMichael Declares Arrest ofi
Violators of New Ordinance
Will Follow.
PROMINENT FACTORIES
IGNORE INSTRUCTIONS
Railroads Are All Making an
Honest Effort to Abate the
Nuisance, He
P’eminent manufacturers are to be
immediately' confronted with, police
court fines or sentences to the city
stockade for violating the smoke ordi
nance. according to statements today
by R M. Harwell, chairman of the
smoke commission, and Paul McMich
ael. smoke inspector.
“Many owners of stationary' steam
plants have ignored Inspector McMich
ael’s notices that they must comply
with the smoke ordinance by Novem
ber 1.” declared Chairman Harwell. In
spector McMichael and myself will
check over the list today and probably
docket a number of* cases in the re
corder's court before night."
Jail Sentence
Can Be Imposed.
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It Is In Recorder Broyles’ power to
fine the offenders as much as JIOO or
give them 30-day sentences to the
stockade.
Inspector McMichael said that his
observations of smoke stacks show that
the smoke evil has been considerably
reduced in Atlanta since the agitation
to abate it began He said the rail
roads were practically complying with
the law. with the exception of the
Southern, and that road is making an
effort to comply with the law. The
railroads were notified to comply by
October 15.
Many Manufacturers
Ignore Smoke Law.
Inspector McMichael said that many
owners of stationary plants were mak
ing an hos>est effort to comply with the
smoke law, but that a great many had
ignored his notices.
He already has the evidence against
them.
He and Chairman Harwell will go
through the records today and decide
against whom to make the cases.
Chairman Harwell said it was clear
that vigorous prosecution was neces
sary to abate the smoke nuisance In
Atlanta and that he, as one member of
the commission, was ready' to proceed.
He said the commission had ordered
cases made against all offenders who
did not make an honest effort to comply
with the ordinance by' November 1.
POLICEMAN IS KILLED BY
JOY
NEW YORK, Nov I—Patrolman Pe
ter Fitzsimmons was killed in Centra!
park early today when he was hit by an
automobile containing a party of Hal
loween joy riders. One woman and
(Several men are believed to have been
|in the limousine, which sped away,
j leaving the policeman dying in the
I load. Every bone tn Fitzsimmons’
body was broken.
CITY EMPLOYEES MUST
GET PERMIT TO SWEAR
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. I.—No em
ployees In the department of public
works may use profane language hero
rafter, without a permit, in accordance
with a new rule laid down by Director
< ?(>oke.
i future of southeastern Europe as
affected by the Balkan war.
Conferences of momentous import
ance will begin here at once. Repre
sentatives of the Balkan kingdoms were
invited to meet at the foreign office this
afternoon to discuss the preliminaries.
I he real object of the meeting was
to allow the powers to sound the Bal- !
kan governments upon the proposition
of Immediate suspension of hostilities.
Turkish Cruiser
Sunk by Greeks
ATHENS. Nov. I—A Greek torpedo
boat entered the gulf of Salonika un- I
der cover of darkness last night and I
sunk tile Turkish cruiser Fetherbub ’ |
according to a telegram from
on the west shore of the
>• I ted to . V
she |
Ipon by u Turkish fjjrt
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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY. XOVfMBiER 1, 191?.
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Columbus Mail Carrier Has
Vision of Death and Selects
Pallbearers.
COLUMBUS, GA.. Nov. 1— Two
nights before he died, George F. Barr, a
mail carrier of Columbus, dreamed that
he would pass away on the night that
he died. and. according to the story re
lated by him to members- of his. family
the day following the dream, it was re
vealed to him the names of his pall
bearers, all of whom were his personal
friends.
Barr was 52 years of age and held in
high esteem by all who knew him. The
revelation brought to him by his dream
caused him considerable worry. On the
night he was stricken with paralysis,
which caused his death, he sat up late
and had only retired a few minutes be
fore the stroke came upon him. He
never regained consciousness from the
moment he was stricken. He was
buried today.
GEORGIANS TO SPEAK
TO FARM WORKERS OF
DIXIE IN CONVENTION
Atlantans and Georgians are to be
prominent in the fourteenth annual
convention of the Association of South
ern Agricultural Workers In Raleigh,
N. C., November 7, S and 9. Dr. E.
M. Nighbert. head of the bureau of .
animal husbandry In the Federal build
ing. is due to speak on "The Co-opera
tion of Southern Agricultural Workers
in Tick Eradication Work;” Congress
man W. G. Brantley, of Brunswk-k, on
"Legislative Action Necessary for tg
rlcultural Progress;” Dr. P. F. Ba'hrsor j
state veterinarian, of Atlanta, "Unison
Health Certificates for Interstate Still
ments of Live Stock;” R. E. Stallings,
of Atlanta, "Fertilizer Filler;” Harv
Jordan, of Atlanta, "Uniform and Be'
ter Bailing of Cotton in the South "
Others to speak are T. H. Kimbrough,
of t'ataula. and Dr. H. H. Rothe and
Professor M. P. Jarnigan, of the State
College of Agriculture, Athens
HORSE SHIPPED ABROACjh
RIDES JN PRIVATE
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.
state in a private car and attended llki
a great mogul. Rocksand, the’ famous
stallion from August Belmont’s Ken
tucky stud at Lexington./arrived in
Jersey City today. Rocksa,nd was taken
on board the liner Minnesota and will
sail for France tomansi. Rocksand s
I stalls in the private qflr And on the
lim were profusely wit en
■omw '< r. .1 u
-GEGRGMN WAWT|WS~-U»e For RetuHa.
Rome Society Woman
Drofj Dead While at
Atition Bridge Party
Screamlrf Stricken Matron Star
tles Players at Card Tables
ir House.
R< M t 1 , Nov. I.—While at a
game > ■ motion bridge at the home of
Mrs. Voitei Cothran, Mrs. B. T.
Hay >f the most prorfiinent so
ciety of Rome, suddenly gave a
sere, i i inii dropped dead.
Tie othran home was tilled with
the I (tighter and merry voices of a
score or more of beautifully gowned
worn- seated around the card tables
when all ■ at once the scream of a
wotra. was heard. Startled, the par
tial ts In the card game rushed over
to tl corner of the room from whence
the earn came and there they beheld
Mrs laynes’ limp form.
M Haynes was the wife of B. T.
H.i't s. president of the Rome Hard
ware Company, and was a leading
meiiber of the social set of Rome. Her
dea h was attributed to heart failure,
K ’ NAILS FOUND
IN THE STOMACH
OF HUMAN OSTRICH
•ITTBFIELD, MASS., Nov. I.— nuke
P./son«. the “human ostrich.“ was oper
a d on in a Pittsfield hospital, and the
s i geon removed 132 nails, two keys, a
b.tton hook and a partly digested three-
Iv'h iron spike from hh* stomach and In
’pstines. A nail punctured the abdo
ien and caused peritonitis
Parsons has had a craving for metal
•|.nce he accidentally swallowed some
I tingle nails ten years ago. Jackknives,
, >ikes and can openers were regarded by
im as a special delicacy. Last week he
ad symptoms of indigestion. He had had
ittarks before, but always found a rem
edy by eating pieces of tin, a button
hook or some keys. When he applied to
the hospital for treatment he said his
digestion was a little out of order.
The surgeons are doubtful of his re
covery,
HUSBAND FIRST WHIPPED
AND THEN IS ARRESTED
ST. LOUIS, Nov. I.—William J. Valen
tine, after hein# beaten for the seventh
time in a year by one or the other of his
brothers-in-law, was arrested about 5
a. m., charged with trespassing on the
premises where his wife, Elisabeth, lives.
The Valjrfitines were separated a year
ago and.'lne wife recently flld a suit for
diyoycar which came up October 4 and
jTas continued to the December term.
STORAGE MEN TO SAVE
BOTH THE_HEN AND EGGS
CHICAGO, Nov I.—“No matter wheth
er the chicken or the egg came first, our
problem is how both may be conserved
and our interests protected,” said Harry
J‘owie, of New York, president <>f the Na
tional Poultry. Butter and Egg associa
tion, at the opening of the sixth annual
convention at tho Hotel Sherman Toe
lunch heralded banquet of cold-stora
■fexxhicts was served.
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RENTZIMF
TO FACE COURT
Officer Brings Alleged Forger
to Georgia From Illinois After
Overcoming Obstacles.
ROME. GA . Nov. I.—After he had
argued with Governor Deneen at Spring
field, 111., and finally induced that chief
executive to grant requisition papers,
and then, after, a fight, had defeated
habeas corpus proceedings In Chicago,
and then, in Tennessee, was forced to
Jump from a moving train to catch his
fleeing prisoner. Deputy Sheriff W. L.
< 'oilier has finally reached Rome with
Edward Rentz, wanted here on a charge
of forging a check.
Rentz Is wanted in several cities on
forgery charges. He has served a term
in the Illinois penitentiary, and more
recently,' 1t is alleged, operated one of
the most complete counterfeiting plants
ever turned up in Atlanta.
Rentz is out on a parole from an
insane asylum in Illinois, and bis uncle,
who is said to be rich, offered to pay
the Rome officer's expenses to Chica
go and return and the amount of the
check he is alleged to have forged here,
but this proffer was declined. Ife e-Xrt
Rentz feigned insanity. On the train
Officer Collier said he was as intelli
gent a< any man he had ever encoun
tered.
At Wartrace, Tenn., while the train
be and Mr. Collier were riding was
going at a rapid rate, Rentz jumped
out of a car window. The officer fol
lowed and captured him. In Rentz's
possession were found a large number
of checks from various banks of the
country' and a complete outfit for mark
ing the checks "cashier's certified," for
perforating and marking the limit for
which they are good.
In Rome Rentz is alleged to have
forged a cheek on the Southern railway
ticket agent for $35 on the Fifth-Third
National Bank of Cincinnati.
LIFE IN BALANCE AFTER
FIGHT OVER NEW SHOES
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1 A dlNpute about
half the price of a pair of shoes caused a
fight in which Thomas Hawi shot and
probably fatally wounded his former
churn. George Hasan, according to Has
san's ante-mortem statement at Alton
Hassan Im in St Josephs hospital in
Alton with a bullet hole through his ab
domen and Is sinking rapidly.
BEHAVE BETTER THAN
MEN AFTER MANAGE
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Adopted Daughter andK
Widow Quarrel Ovefl
Body of CongressmaW
Brewer Funeral Not Held Fro®
Episcopal Church Because of ■
Dignitaries' Attitude. ■
MONTGOMERY. ALA.. Nov. 1 —oJ
account "of the attitude of
£>t. Johns Episcopal church the
of forme Congressman Willis jßieweri
who died Wednesday, was no/ held
day from that church jg
A dispute arose late yesterdav/be
tween the deceased’s widow and Adopt
ed daughter for possession oijjtc body.
Solicitor Seibels was called but said
he had no vojee In family /flair*.
Upon an agreement the body was
brought to Montgomery and laid In
state an hour this morning at a local
undertaking and then was es
corted back to plantation,
where it was deposited: in the SIO,QUO
mausoleum bailt by the ijjeari man.
- 6 CHILDREN IN
14 MONTHS; MOTHER
OF 15 PAST 12 YEARS
FRANKLIN. PA.. Nov. 1. -Rix chil
dren born in a little less than fourteen
months is the remarkable recora of
Mrs. Stephen Nageotts. of Frenchtow n,
Ciaw ford county. She has borne fifteen
childier In twelve years and thirteen
of them are living.
On September 10, 1911. she gave birth
to triplets, two girls and a boy, and
yesterday three Sturdy boys arrived.
Just thirteen months and twenty days
after the other trio.
The mother, an American, was the
belle of an old settlement of French
Catholics before her marriage to Na
geotte, a farmer of French descent,
twelve years ago.
Mrs. Nageotte Is a small woman and
does all her own work.
FLEE IN AN AUTO TO
ESCAPE FINE WEDDING
CHICAGO. Nov. I—To escape an elab
orate wedding ceremony Charles 8. Rob
erts. of Evanston, and Mrs. Genevieve
Byford Jerrems, daughter of Dr. and Mrs
Henry T Byford. 1411 Hyde Park boule
vard. stepped into a touring car, went to
Kenosha, were married, and moved on
North to their new residence at Beaver
Dani, Wis.
The ceremony was something of a shock
to the Byfords and the Robertses, but only
by reason of its suddenness.
BURIES BABY IN OWN j
YARD; 3 ARE ARRESTED!
ST LOUIS, Nov.
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