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KAISER IS READY TO END MINE WARFARE
Dardanelles Entered by Battle Fleet of the Allies
Ex-Atlanta Girl Figures
In International Intrigue
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All Smiles; Yep, Boy!
William R. Secker, manager of the
Hotel Ansley, had a broad smile on
his face Friday and there was a very
good reason, At least Mr, Secker
thought so, for Thursday there ar
rived at the Secker home on East
Tenth street a ten-pound boy.
“The boy really weighs ten pounds,”
said the proud father. “I'll have him
down here to help me at the hotel just
as quick as he learns to walk, and I
don’t think that will be very long.”
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Tieutenant Becker
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Denied New Trial
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Former Pos
lice Lieutenant Charles Becker was
to-day denied a new trial in the Su
preme Court,
Becker is under death sentence for
complicity in the murder by New
York gunmen of Herman Rosenthal,
a gambler, iwo years ago.
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Berlin War Report
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Says ‘Nothing Doing
BERLIN, Feb. 28 (by wireless)—
To-day’'s official war report consisted
. of only eight words, as follows:
: “In both war theaters nothing im
i:portant occurred vesterday.” 5
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
+Linked to the story of a startling
lm-num.n intrigue, the name of A
young woman said to be formerly an
Atlanta gir] aroused intense Jocal in
terest Friday. Hefore her marriage
to Richard P. Stegler, a young Ger
man, who is the central figure in the
unusual affair, she was Miss Annette
Popa
In the story, which came to Atlanta
Friday from New York, the scene of
its enactment, there are allegations
of sinister workings of the German
secret service, and a probable expla
nation of the passport scandals !n
which Germans are said to have gone
to serve as sples in Engiand,” armed
with passports as Americans,
There is also a romance and a ten
der love story, for it was the affec
tion of the young German for hig
Southern wife that caused him to
turn upon an alleged agreement to
g 0 to England as a spy.
Careful search by The Atlanta
Her German
husband tells
New York
police that he
refused agree
ment to go to
England as spy
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Y earnest plead.
\ ings of his
pretty wife.
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Georgian failed Friday to identify a
Miss Annette Pope; however, the de
tailed reports of the affair that come
from New York persist in establish
ing her as a native of this city. Here
is the record of her marriage, pub
lished in a New York newspaper last
December, inserted by friends:
“Stegler-Pope; married Monday,
December 7, 1914, at City Hall. New
York, Miss Annette Pope, of Atlanta,
ih‘a., to Richard Peter Stegl. *, of Han
over, Germany. Miss Pope is a sweet
little Southern rose and her husband
is a true son of the Fatherland. Their
meeting, love and marriage made one
of the romances which sometimes
nower in our all too prosaic city and
will be a surprise to their many
friends and acquaintances.”
The affair began with the arrest of
Stegler by United States authorities
on the charge of obtaining a passport
as an American citizen under a false
name.
A lawyer was appointed to defend
him. and he and his young wife to.d
a story of an attempt by Captain
Boy-Ed, a German naval attache In
New York, to send him to England as
a spy as Carl Lody was sent—the
ill-fated young German who was Je
tected and shot at the Tower of Lon
don. At the pleadings «of his wife,
Stegler said, he had refuted t(he
agreement. It was Boy-Ed who ob
tained the false document, he sald.
According to his story to the law
yer, Captain Boy-Ed . d agreed to
pay Mrs. Stegler $l5O a month while
her hushand was in England and $159
a month for lifc if the British would
discover and execute him.
Yoi. XHI. NO. 171
GRAND JURY SCORES WASTE OF MONEY
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The pentagonal controversy stirred
up by the address of the Rev. John R
Atkinson, dean of St. Philip's, before
the Ad Men's Club was simmering
briskly Friday, but none of the bub
bles were exploding with any notable
reports. Mayor Woodward had a lit
" - something to say. Marion Jackson
had a little something to say. Dr. J
!“‘Hhur Chapman had a lttle some
'vhxvg to say Bishop Candler had a
ixnlo- something to say Dean At
kinson had a little something more
1o say
But everything was deceptively
mild and restrained
It was something Itke sitting
’armmd a barre! of gunpowder, smok
ing peacefully, but with a weather
’r)n on the barrel
Mayor “Tired of Fooling.”
The Mayor's statement was to the
effect that he was tired of fooling with
Marion Jackson. He declared he was
| too busy with city affairs to waste
| time on “such men as Jacksor.” |
“I'm not going to make public lhel
letter I wrote him some time ago in
reply to his ‘open letter’"” sald (he‘
Mayor. “Not just now, anyway. La.
ter on-——well, we shall see.”
Mr. Jackson's position was an open
defiance to the Mayor to make his let.
ter public. Mr. Jackson also was sur
prised and grieved at Dean Atkinson's
championship of Mayor Woodward.
“We do not deny making a fight on
the Mayor and his tactics,” he said.
“He is inimical to the policies of Chief
Beavers, and to the Chief himself. As
to Dr. Atkinson's attack on the bul
letin crusade I welcome it—l relish
it, for it will set people to thinking
again, and that is what we want.”
Denies Trying to “Butt In.”
Adding to his remarks concerning
the police situation, Mr. Jackson said:
“Regarding the charge that we are
trying to “butt in” and run the police
department, I would like to say that
in the whole two years of this move
ment I have not had more than ten
conversations with Chief Beavers, and
they were brief. I asked him that If
anything goes wrong with the Empire
Hotel 1 want him to ‘pull’ it before
anything else. Then I suggested to
him that he is under the authority of
the Police Board, and that all its or
ders not in specific violation of the
law should be carried out. I also have
suggested that he permit himself no
}crinnlsm of his superiors, and that
‘he play no politics. They were mere-l
‘ly casual and friendly suggestions—
‘that is all.” I
| Invites Dean to Revival. :
Dr. Chapman ualso was mildly
grieved at the criticism by Dr. Atkin
son of the revival services.
“] want to invite the Dean to preach
at any of our services he sees fit,”
said the revivalist, “If he will show
me some better methods of winning
souls, 1 will be deeply indebted to
him.”
Dr. Atkinson himself was content to
rest on what he had sald before the
Ad Men. * ‘
“1 certainly did not make these
comments with the idea of engaging
myself to take part in any public¢
wrangling,” he said Friday. “I con
sidered it my duty to speak of the
bulletins as bad advertising, just as I
considered it my duty to say what I
did about the revival services. But I
have done what I thought right, and
I don't feel the need of justifying it
by a public controversy with Dr.
Chapman or Mr. Jackson.”
Dr. Atkinson then explained his po
sition jn regard to the “challenge” of
Dr. Chapman.
“There are two ways to show l)r.]
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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1915
Just One Day
Is Left for
Hunting
It might be well to take out the old
musket and oil it to something like
efficiency; also, to whistle up the dog,
and get the hunting license from un
der the clock. For Saturday is the
last day of the hunting season, and
after its evening falls it will be a
high crime and misdemeanor against
the statutes of Georgia even so much
as to look with crue! desire upon a
flel’ lark.
Hunting licenses expire March 1,
and at the same time the privilege of
taking game in Georgia expires also.
No manner of bird or beast may be
taken next week, except perhaps a
rabbit. And even if you turn to that
humble sport, you must have a hunt- |
ing license for next season. |
The weather man has promised fair
weather for Saturday, and with the
enlivening crispness that is a part of |
the atmosphere in Georgia these days,
it is likely the last day of the hunting
son will ind many a-fleld to seek
:i: thrill of the chase while yet they
may.
But while the activities of legiti
mate huntsmen cease with this week,
the work of the game wardens begins
anew, for they must see that the law
is strictly obeyved, and that gun and
dog are kept at home.
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Navy Desertions
aD()wn to Minimum
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 —l)enr-l
tions among the enlisted men of the
Atlantic battleship fleet during last
December totaled only 74, the com
mander-in-chief of the fleet has just
reported to the Navy Department. De
}psrtment officials are highly gratified
‘over the record.
% A large number of vessels, including
several battleships, had no desertiona.
The active destroyer flotilla and the
reserve torpedo flotilla had but one
desertion in each. The submarine
craft, including those at Panama, had |
none. During the month leave or lihH
erty was granted on 184,336 occasions,
and In but 1,164 Instances was the
liberty or leave overstayed.
Hurt Fireman Sues
urt Fireman sues |
Autoist for SIO,OOO
The second damage suit grnwlngl
out of the fatal collision between Emil
Dittler's automobile and a fire lruv:k|
at Washington street and Gegprgia
avenue was filled Friday in the City
Court.
It was brought by Attorneys Dor
gsey, Shelton & Dorsey in behalf of
Eugene R. Fluker, driver of the fire
department hose wagon struck by the
auto, who asks SIO,OOO damages of
Dittler. Suit for $50,000 damages was
brought Thursday against Dittler by
Mrs. Berta Lowe, widow of Fireman
Lowe, who lost his life as a result of
the accident.
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Russia Is Dickering
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With U. 8. for Shells
PITTSBURG, PA, Feb. 27.—--ANegn—!
tiations are in ‘progress between the
Russian Government and a large ma.
chine company here for 310,000.0'5')1
worth of war munitions, principally
shrapnel shells.
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If you want the news while it IS news you MUST read The g
Atlanta Georgian. $
The Georgian carried exclusively in its regular edition of
Thursday a complete news account of Dean John R. Atkinson’s
remarkable speech before the Ad Men’s Club, in which he as
sailed the bulletins of the Mcn and Religion Movement as gen
uinely harmful to Atlanta—a news story that has stirred At
lanta from center to cirecumference as it has not been stirred in
months.
This was a bit of newspaper enterprise of a sort that has E
served to establish The Atlanta Georgian as the foremost
NEWSPAPER in this section of the nation. §
All the news, all the time, in The Georgiap—AND FIRST! g
The Fulton County Grand Jury,
January term, returned Friday morn
in( its general presentment, with a
,rr.'o-rwr-.- to 1756 true bills and 20 no
Ibills found by that body, and in ita
general statement raps the police de
partment heads, regrets the “appalling
comt” of the new courthouse, gives an
unequivocal condemnation of the
| Lakewood Falr project and urgently
’l-~r~-mm- nds that the citizens demand
a reduction of the county tax rate
The presentment was signed by
General A. J. West, foremdn, and the
entire roster of nembers. It was read
before Judge Ben Hill in the Criminal
Court
' With reference ta the police depart
fm'-m. the Grand Jury took oceasion
|to praise in high terms the efMciency
'of both the city and county police;
,but regretted the “factional strife
| which seems to pervade the depart
ment of police in the city of Atlanta -
| “Destructive to Morale.”
The presentment continues
We believe also that stubborn ad
herence to a fixed policy by those high
in authority in the department, in the
tace of a determined opposition there
to, is destructive to the morale of the
torce. and will inevitably lead to an
inability on the part of the police to|
cope with the tremendous number “'i
small crimes and misdemeanors which ‘
the industrial paralysis of the present |
hard winter has occasioned.” l
Courthouse Cost Appalling. ‘
The cost of the courthouse seems to
have horrified the Grand Jury .‘|lmnM‘
beyond measure, In that connection
the presentment reads:
“We find, up to February 1, 1915,
that the Commissioners have spent
upward of $1,400,000, and we are re-
Hably informed that it will require
the additional sum of nearly SIOO,OOO
to complete the same
“When we recall the fact that lhg
State (apitol was built within thr-'
$1,000,000 originally appropriated for
its erection, we are appalled at the'
great cost of our new county building.
While the cost of building materials
and labor has increased during the
quarter century since the Capitol was
built, we can not concede that this
inerease accounts for the discrepancy
in the respective costs of the two
buildings
Lakewood “Scheme” Untimely.
“}From the report of the county au
ditors, rendered Jenuary 19, 1915, we
quote the following significant phrase:
“The levy for 1913 did not cover
the total expenditure for that year, as
the n»w courthouse cost the county
an excess over what was estimated
by the architects.’”
The Lakewood Fair project-——
“scheme,” it was called in the pre-
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2SRRI 2CENTS LR
Ritle Not Only
l ‘Moonshine’
Danger
The Trall of the Moonshine Is an
sdventure story linveolving dangers
other than rifle shots from the brush,
and R E Tuttle, a deputy revente
collecter; Tom Curtis, a deputy mar
shal, and W. 8§ Kemp, of the posse
force, are back In Af'anta safe and
sound, and also dry (by this time),
iargely by reason of luck and courage,
and especially a large slice of provi
dential assistance.
The ‘rio ralded a huge still, & rec
ord 206-gallon affalr, four miles east
of Waleska, In Cherokee County, the
other night, and, having destroyed the
still and poured out 6,000 gallons of
the “brew” that ultimately would have
gone into & more potent fluid, they
started back to town,
Across the way was a swollen creek
They were In a two-horse rig, and the
driver, a boy, didn’'t ke its looks at
the ford. But the officers told him to
drive on, and he did, with the resuilt
that the horses and conveyance were
swept Away and began to float down
stream. After a hundred yards of this
perilous navigation, Tuttle and Curtis
jumped out and swam and waded to
the bank. The rest of the party went
on for another hundred yards and
stuck on a snag. Tuttle and Curtis
came out to the rescue, and got the
boy and Kemp and one horse. The
other horse, aftér being cut loose,
flosted and swam still farther down
stream, but finally was rescued.
It was worse than an ambuscade,
sald the oMcers—and colder and wet
ter.
Germans Starvin
ermans starving,
Is Secret Message
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Feb. 26—A
letter received by a Birmingham
| woman from relatives In Germany de.
clares the German civillans are starv- ‘
ing. The news was conveyed In a
most extraordinary manner to escape
the censor. At the end of the letlcr,‘
which in itself contained nothing to
excite the suspicions of authorities,
was added a postscript, which sald:
“Please save this stamp.”
Upon removing the stamp from the
envelope three more words were found
—“We are starving."”
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Convict Gets Patent
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On a Cotton Picker
DECATUR, ALA., Feb. 26.—»<Whlle1
in jail here awaiting trial for mur
der, J. W. Patterson, of Cullman
County, invented a cotton-picking
machine, patent papers on which ar
rived to-day. While his patent was
pending Patterson was convicted ani
is now serving a term in the Stace
Penitentiary.
‘ Those who have seen the picker at
work declare it a success.
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Three Sailors Lost
~ When Carib Hit Mine
Speclal Cable to The Atlanta Georglan.
BERLIN (via Amsterdam), Feb. 26,
Three members of the crew of the
American steamer Carib were lost
when the vessel was sunk in the North
Sea, according to advices recelved
here to-day. It is now umifrswodl
the Car'b was lost off Borkum Is
land, near the spot where the Evelyn'
also went down,
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U. 8. Firm Asked to
Supply Greek Tents
BALTIMORE, Feb. 26.—James A.
Nicholson & Son, a Baltimore tent
making firm, nas been asked to make
bids for the supplying of the Greek
army with sheiter tents and tarpau
lins,
They are wanted in lots of from
15,000 to 50,000 and they are wanted
in a hurry.
Drunk for a Year,
Asks Long Sentence
OURANGE, N. J., Feb, 26.—John Ber-'
ry admitted being intoxciated for a
vear and asked the court for a longer
sentence.
The court ruled that the county'
would only afford 30 days.
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PROGRESS AT WAR FRONT.
PARIS —Allled fleet enters Darda
nelles and begins mine sweeping, fol
lowing silencing of four Turk forts
Thursday
LONDON Semi-official reports
from Holland indicate the early en
‘(r_\ of the Dutch into the war against
Germany German troops being
lmmfid on the Dutch frontier and
lbrid(n bullt across rivers for inva
sion purposes
PARIS--The complete blocking of
the German plan for the investment
of the French fortress of Verdun of
ficially announce! Small gains by
both British and Fre ch forces In the
western war front are claimed.
’ BERLIN--Nothing to report from
| either war front, says the official an
’nnunr‘omf-m
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nounced that four forts at the ¢n~‘
i trance to the Dardanelles were de-|
!Mro_\cul in vesterday's humhurdmen!l
by the combined French ard Brnlshl
'floet The Allles' ships have entered
the Straits, and mine-sweeping has
already begun,
The Minister of Marine issued the
following statement this afternoon:
“The bombardment of the forts at
the entrance to the Dardanelles and
at long-distance range was resumed
at § a. m. yesterday. This was fol
lowed by short-range shelling. Four
forts were completely destroyed, One
was garrisoned entirely by Germans.
“Mine-sweening in the Straits has
' begun under the protection of the al
lied battle cruisers.”
Bombarding Ships |
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Hit, Turks Assert
| CONSTANTINOPLE (via Berlin
land Amsterdam), Feb, 26—The Min
}!slry of Marine announced to-day
that the Dardanelles forts were
{bombarded for seven and one-half
| hours yesterday. It issued the follow
!mg statement:
“Ten armored ships bombarded the
entrance to the Dardanelles yester
day from 10 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Ob
servers of the bombardment state that
three of the s ips were damaged by
the return fire from the Anatolian
forts.
) “After their bombardment the hos
tile ships retired in the Jdirection of
Tenedos.
“One of the damaged ships was of
the Agamemnon type.”
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Dutch Prepare to
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‘Speclal Cable to The Atlanta Georglan.
LONDON, Feb, 26.—Rates of in
surance against Holland's participa
tion in the war took a sudden jump
to-day. This was due to seml-official
reports here that the Dutch Govern
mert is planning for war with Ger
many and that the Germans are mak
ing preparations for an aggressive
offensive against Holland as soon as'
it joins the Allles,
Dispatches from Amsterdam ro,
ceived here to-day state that German
troop trains passing through Aix-les-
Chappelle are carrying soldiers to re
inforce the forces now guarding the
frontier between Belglum and Hol
land and that the Germans are build
ing bridges over the Scheldt at Ant
werp and Hoboken, across which
heavy artillery can be transported for
action against the Dutch.
Announcement was made m-dayl
that no persons can leave fingland for |
Holland without first securing a per-|
mit at the home office. To Bet such
a permit, all applicants must give sat- |
isfactory proof of their quose andl
furnish references. ¢
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!oevnopMsNTs IN BLOCKADE.
% BERLIN —~German officials furthes
jdiscuss latest note of the United
ifi'ntrn suggesting end of the channel
i-:mmu'nr war on shipping. Unders
| stood Germany will accept the Ameris
lcan suggestion for the abandonment
‘“' the use of floating mines, and othey
illl([vlll-»l.l but will propose changes
in some of the suggestions
LONDON.—~A Copenhagen dispatch
reports the sinking of the third Amers
{fean merchant ship, the Palmer, by &
imine in the North Sea, the crew being
| picked up (The Palmer, however,
j\.m at a United States port this
week.)
I BERLIN.—A dispatch by w2y of
llmh from Lloyd's, England, says &
|British transport carrying 1,500 men
has been sunk by a German submas
rine, with the loss of all on board.
PARIS. —The French destroyer
Dague, reported sunk by an Austrian
mine at Antivari, Montenegro; 38 of
crew lost .
CARDIFF.—A German submarine
is belleved to have been destroyed off
|the coast of North Wales ‘
LONDON.—It is reported orders
have Leen issued for all trans-Atlan=
tic liners to remain in port until sure
ther notice .
WASHINGTON.—President Wilson
and Cabinet discuss measures to be
taken by the United States, should the
|l\”|f'! reject proposais submitted by
the Administration for mediation of
the war zone problem.
BERLIN (via Amsterdam), Feb. 26.
Imperial Chancellor von Bethmanne
Hollweg and Foreign Minister von
Jagoy held a third conference this
I;\f[prnuun to discuss the reply that
Iw‘.n be sent to the American note sug
|un»nna a solution of the difficulty
i;-rrwntmi for neutrals by England's
|food war against Germany and the
latter country's retaliatory submarine
warfare.
As this reply is regarded of even
greater importance than that recently
|.wnl to the other American note, the
utmost care is being taken in its
’ preparation
While the reply has been only ten
‘tatively formulated, it is understood
tha't it will wholly accept some of the
suggestions made by the American
Government and will suggest changes
in others that will serve as the basis
of further negotiations.
One of the suggestions readily ac
cepted was that the belligerents agree
to abandon the use of floating mines.
Third American Shi
Reported Mine Victi£ |
Speclal Cable to The Atlanta Georglan,
LONDON, Feb. 26.—A news agency
dispatch from Copenhagen states that
the report of the sinking of the Amer
jcan steamer Palmer has been cons
firmed by surviving members of her
crew, who were picked up by a Swed
ish ship.
The sailors asserted, the dispatch
said, that the Palmer was sunk in the
North Sea by a mine. b
The steamer Palmer was reported ]
on Tuesday as being at Fall River,
Mass. The news agency report stat- %
ing that she has been lost in th.,_fig
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War Zone Mediation
ows
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26—F rosi
dent Wilson and his Cabinet to-dam
discussed measures to be taken b@s
this Government should the Allies re=
ject the proposals submitted b’ ,
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