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THE WEATHER
Porecast—Rain Saturday and Sunday;
warmer.
Temperatures—-6a m, 35, 4. m 44; 10
am, 40; 120000, 83;1pm, 05;2p m, 7.
Sunrise, 6:00; sunset, 5:32.
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Britain Rejects U. S. Proposal; May Make Cotton Contraband
CHIEF ORDERS DRY SUNDAY IN GLUBS
Chief Beavers has gone after locker
¢lubs In the effort to break up the
selling or disposing of liguor on Sun
day in any such places keeping open
on that day
Saturday afternoon the Chief Is
sued an order that all members of
the police force should make cases
wrgainst any club or clubs dispensing
Hquor on Sunday in ans manner
whatsoever
By way of pointing his policy. he
also sent a letter o Nespert Lan
tord, chief of detectives, asking him
to detail two men especially to look
after such cases, and Inclosing a copy
of the new order.
Following is the letter and the or
der, as issued by the Chief:
“The following is a copy of an
order issued to the members of
the force, and in this connection |
want you to detail two of your
men to look after these places on
Sundays and make cases against
anyone disposing of intoxicating
liquors on Sundays:
“ The members of the force will
pay special attention to all locker
clubs and other places in the city
keeping ©Open on Sundays, and
meke cases where it is found in
toxicating liquors are being sold
or disposed of in any way, wheth
er for cash or exchanged for tick
ets In any manner,
“‘Any member of the force
knowing or suspecting such places
keeping Open, and unable to get
sufficient evidence to warrant a
case being made, will be required
to report same to his captain, who
will in turn make a written report
of same to the Chief of Police.
The Chief of Detectives, captains
and sergeants will see that this
order is strictly complied with
and break up the disposing of
intoxicants in the city on Sun
day.'”
No warning was given the clubs
or anvone else, so far as I 8 Known,
concerning the radical and far-reach
ing order of the Chief. The order is
sweeping in its purport, and includes
everyvthing in the way of clubs in the
city, from the Capital City and the
Atlanta Athletic Clubs on down to the
humblest locker club in town.
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32 Racing Machines
. .
Start in Grand Prix
SAN TFRANCISCO, Feb. 27.~—~Ta0
the crack of a pistol, accompanied by
a deafening roar of cheers from a
crowd of spectators estimated at}
nearly 40,000, Starter Fred J. Wagner
sent away the first three entrants in
the 400-mile Gramd Prix automobile
race over the exposition track to-day.
Khe stari was made promptly at 10:39
sa. m., Pacific Coast time, and at 15-
second intervals additional trios were
given the word until all 32 entrants,
believed to be the largest number
ever entered in a big automobile race,
were under way.
Although the weather for the past
five days has been warm and clear,
the clouds were somewhat threaten
ing as the early miles of the long
grind were reeled off.
Grover C. Bergdoll, the Philadel -
phia brewer who was injured in an ac
eident in a trial run, and Erwin Berg
doll also withdrew at the last mo
ment. Barl Cooper quit at the end
of the first lap because of a broken
connecting rod.
: Ruckstall, in a Mercer, was leading
“at 25 miles. |
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
Two Battalionsof |
British ‘Furies'to |
Man War Autos t
BERLIN (by wirstess), Peb. 7. §
Two battalions of English suffra- |
gettes have been landed at Mavre |
hnflwc'm“&yflnmm{
operating Britigh milltary automo- |
biles, according to Berlin news- |
papers.
Need Not Pay
I for ‘Tiger’
l Liquor
q ;
l Judge Johnson has & new iden for
the destruction of the blind tiffer traf- ‘
sic in Atlanta |
“l wish all you rum-hounds m!di
drink up all the blind tiger stuff rcu‘
can ind and not pay for it.,” he to:d‘
!Jne Holden, charged by Eugene Lowe
‘with stealing a flask of whisky from
him
| Joe and a lot of witnesses stated
they had “bought” the whisky from
lLowe, whom they characterized as a
“walking blind tiger.,” and, having ab
sorbed the Yiquor, they declined to pay
g for it
| This gave Judge Johnson the idea
iannounced in the foregoing, and he
discharged Joe, with the permission
of the-court to drink all the blind ti- ‘
ger liquor he wouldn’'t pay for ‘
‘Billy’ Smith
v -
as Convict
[ Boss I
l Bill Smith, manager of Atlanta's
baseball team is going to assume a
new role next week—that of conviet
boss.
' Ten county convicts will be “loaned
to” Mr. Smith next week, it was an
nounced Saturday at a meeting of the
County Public Works Committee by
Superintendent W, A. Hansell, Jr.
This action followed the announce
ment that work on the Highland ave
nue sewer, which was run through the
Ponce Del.eon Park, had been com
pleted and the park now is ready for a
general clean-up preparatory to
spring practice,
The park has been torn up badly by
this work for several wee&& The ten
convicts, directly under fthe supervi
sion of Billy Smith, will rake the
ground, grade it and get it in shape
for the opening of the baseball sea
son.
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Harris’ Nomination
Is Given Approval
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.~~The
Pomerene subcommittee to-day re
ported favorably to the Senate Com
mittee on Interstate Commerce the
nominations of all members of the
Federal Trade Commission except
that of George Rubles, of New Hamp
shire. ‘His name will be considered |
further on Monday. 1
The men recommended for confir- |
mation to-day are Joseph E. Y)av‘hw.‘
of Wisconsin; E. N. Hurley, of illi
nois; William J. Harris, of Georgia,
and William H. Parry, of Washing
ton.
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Dr.Broughtonin U.S,;
Glad To Be Back Home
Word was received Saturday after
noon in Atlanta that Dr. Len G.
Broughton had jus. arrived in New
York from London.
“Very much improved in health,”
the famous minister wired, “and it
certainly feels good to get home. I
will go to Raleigh, N. C., and there de
cide how I shall spend the next few
weeks. I am looking forward to
Knoxville with great enthusiasm.”
Dr. Broughton has accepted a call
to the First Baptist Church of Knox
ville, succeeding Dr. J. J. Taylor, who
has gone to Savannah.
VOL. XIII. NO. 178,
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WASHINGTON.—A strong anti-
British resolution reciting that
Great. Britain has committed
many acts inimical to the &no
and safety of the United tes
and directing that the President
give Great Britain 80 days’ notice
to discontinue such &nehcu. was
introduced in the House to-day
by Representative Deitrick, Mas
sachusetts Democrat.
MOVEMENTS IN BLOCKADE.
HAVRE —British merchant ship
torpedoed in English Channel by
German submarine. French de
“"6" !oina to her aid.
LOWESTOFT, ENGLAND.—
German military aeroplane has
been lost in North Sea. Two avi
ators picked up by motor trawler
and turned over to naval author
ities.
WASHINGTON-—Way open for
further negotiations between
United States and England on
report that Great Britain is de
termined to declare cotton and
foodstuffs contraband as meas
ure of reprisals against Ger
many.
LONDON-—Blockade of coast of
German East Africa will go into
effect at midnight to-night.
WASHINGTON Feb 2 Great
Britain's € rted!] determination to
declare cotton and foodsiulls contra
band of war as measures of reprisal
against Germany's war zone order
was received to-da n officlal cir
cles without surprise Such a course,
it was stated, doubtless would open
the way for further negotiations be- '
tween the London authorities and the
Washington Government '
Unoffickn] advices announcing that |
Engiland, after consulting her allies, |
practically had decided to reject the‘
American proposals which were almed |
to end the war zone difficulties, hore'
out the belief which prevailed gener
ally among the diplomats here.
The latter gave their attention to
the possible turn the new negotia
tions would take, but the Adminis
tration has given no indication as to
ite next move,
It was stated that there would be
nothing to discuss for publication un
til the attitude of both belligerents
had been presented officially te this
Government
It became known to-day that the
United States proposed to England
and Germany that all floating mines
be removed except those used to pro
tect coast defenses and harbors, and
that pilots be supplied to neutral ships
in such waters
It also was suggested that Germa
ny and Great Britain do not alter in
ternational law as it applies to the
shipment by neutrals of conditional
contraband to the civil population of
an enemy country.
A system was proposed to furnish
proof that such supplies would not
reach the fighting forces of the bel
ligerents
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Reports on ‘Evelyn'|
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. -»Lieuten-l
ant Commander Frank Gherardi,
American naval attache at Berlin, {o
day cabled the State Department that
the German Admiralty had announced
that the American cotton steamer
Evelyn sank in latitude 52 degrees 53
minutes north and longitude 6 de
grees 7T minutes east.
Minister Van Dyke at The Hague
to-day cabled the State Department
that eight members of the crew of the
Evelyn were reported missing, but
the report had not been substantiated.
No American Ships
Are Leaving Britai
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georglan.
LLONDON, Feb. 27 —Ne American
steamers are sailing to-day.
ATLANTA, GA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1915
ATHENS, Feb, 27.~A wircless
dispatch states that the Anglo-
French fleet advanced up the Dar.
danelies to-day to Hortai. After
reducing Feort Intepe, the ships
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bombarded the camp of the Turk
ish army. ‘
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. |
PARIS, Feb. 27.—The Anglo-
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danelles to a point opposite the ruins
;%Atlanta Girl Who Bared
- Spy Plot, Her Accused ;
" Husband andGermanAid
Mrs. Richard P. Stegler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James B.
Pope, of No. 214 Bellwood avenue, Atlanta, who is seeking the re
lease of her husband, held in Tombs, New York, on charge of
fraudulently obtaining passport to go to England as a German spy.
Below, at left, Captain Boy-Ed, German naval attache, who ad
mits he asked Stegler to tell of British naval defenses. Below, at
right, Richard Madden, a Hoboken, N. J., danee hall man, held in
same case on conspiracy charge. It was in Madden’s name the
fraudulent passport was issued.
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entrance, according to a dispatch to
The Matin. The forts made a feeble
offort to drive off the _hips, but failed.
' Three traing are being held under
Continued on Page 2, Column 1
BT Besrgias’ On
ROME, Feb. 27.—A remarkable pa
triotic demonstration, indicating that
[taly is rapidly drifting toward war
with Austria, took place last night at
the end of the session of the Italian
Chamber of Deputies.
It began when Senor Turati, a So
cialist, made a speech of protest
ggainst the decree prohibiting anti
war and pro-war demonstrations. The
Deputy declared he felt sure the peo
ple were opposed to war and would
refuse to support the campaign, but
before he could say more his voice
was drowned in the chorus of crias
which greeted his remarks.
Premier Salandra then took the
floor and defended the decree, say
ing:
“While I do not know whether or
not Italy will intervene, yet I am sure
that, when the hour comes, every cit
izen, without party distinction, will
answer the call of his King and coun.
‘Ln.kt these words every Deputy arose
and started to cheer for the King.
The women in the gallerles joined the
demonstration by waving their hand
kKerchiefs. The whole concourse then
joined in singing the national anthem.
The chéering again broke out and
lasted four minutes. There were cries
of “Hurrah for Trent and Triestel”
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It developed Saturday that it was an Atlanta girl who exposed
the international passport intrigue that is now stirring the United
States Department of Justice and the German Embassy in Wash.
ington to a conflict which may result in grave consequences.
Mrs. Richard Stegler, whose husband now is under arrest in
New York, suspected of being involved in the semsational secret
enterprise in the interest of Germany, is well known here as Miss
Annette Pope, a daughter of James B. Pope, county mounted
policeman, who lives at No. 214 Bellwood avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Pope have not been informed yet by their
daughter of the circumstances in which she and her husband, to
whom she was married in New York last fall, are involved, but
the wires are carrying lengthy accounts of a suspected spy-plot,
similar to that which resulted in the death of Carl Hans Lody in
the Tower of London recently, shot by the British authorities as
a spy.
The suspected plot involves Stegler, who admits that he was
ordered by certain German officials in this country to proceed to
Great Britain under the name of Richard Madden, on a bogus pass
port—which was procured—there to report on the location of cer.
tain British defenses. The reports, it was said, were to have gone
to New York, from which port they would be relayed by wireless
to secret German stations.
Plot is Exposed by Mrs. Stegler
A fresh raid by German sub
marines was said to be contin
gent on this information.
‘ But here is the romantic part
lp!a,w.-d by Mrs. Stegler. She persuad
ed her husband not to go and, ac
cording to a letter found In her pos
iue.sl(m and attributed to Captain
Boy-Ed, German naval attache at
Washington, gave information to the
United States authorities which re
sulted in uncovering the scandal.
“Your duty Is to your adopted coun
try, America,” she told her husband,
“and to your American wife.” ‘And by
his own confession Stegler was thus
persuaded to give over the idea of the
trip. \
Mrs. Stegler asserts that Captain
Boy-Ed was influencing her husband
to undertake the périlous duty of a
German spy in England.
“My husband could get money from
Captain Boy-Bd whenever he wanted
it,” she told the Federal authorities
who arrested Stegler. “I was told I
should have $l5O a month while he
was away, and If anything should
happen to him I was to have that
much the rest of my life—as |lf 5
would let him go Into such danger
under any terms!”
Letters to Her Parents,
The only intimation of all this re
celved by Mrs. Stegler's parents in |
Atlanta were letters recelved in Jun-;
uary and another received February
25-—the last one from Stegler—in
which it was sald that Stegler was
trylng to get a passport to go abroad,
and that if he did Mrs. Stegler would
go with him, and work as a Red
Cross nurse,
“My daughter has had some ex
perience in nursing,” Mrs. Pope, the
mother, sald Saturday, “having
worked as a nurse in the Red Cross
'Sanitarium here. As soon a 8 Wwe
heard .what they were planning we
wrote and begged them not to go.
Then about the first of February we
heard frem Annette, saying they had
lahnut given up the idea, The last
letter, which came the other day from
Mr. Stegler, sald nothing about plans
for him to sail, either by himself or
with Annette.”
Miss Pope attended the grammar
gchools here and studied to be a
trained nurse. Two years ago she
was married to Harry Dottinghine,
but jived with him only a short time,
obtaining a divorce, her parents said,
last September. ‘
Miss Pope met her present husband
in Atlanta and in August of last year
went to New York, soon after being
married to Stegler.
Plot Situation Grave.
The extreme gravity of the plot in
‘which Stegler is supposed to be in
volved is in its possible effect of
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reaching up to high German officlals
in this country, even past Captain
Boy-Ed, who has admitted corre
spondence with Stegler, but asserts
that it was merely with a view to
getting him employment.
Captain Boy-Ed also admitted ad
vancing Stegler $l7B, but said it was
merely a lcan and was to be repald.
He denled any connection with get
ting the fraudulent passpoxt, which
was made out with Stegler's photo
graph and physical description, but in
the name of Ricard Madden, a dance
hall man of Hoboken, N, J,
Stegler has given out a statement of
the affair from beginning to end, as
serting that he was ordered as a re=
gervist to undertake the duty of go
ing to England, there to report on the
shipping and dispos!tion of naval af
falrs, and afterward go to Holland
and thence to the German border. He
stated that Captain Boy-Ed had made
all the arrangements for him, and that
only his love for his wife and his
dawning patriotism for his adopted
country, America, had prevented him
from obeying the call.
Stegler is being held at the Tomba
in New York by the Federa] authori
ties while the case is being investi
gated. It is causing a tremendous
stir in diplomatic circles, and it is
whispered that the investigation will
eventually show a remarkable array
of secret systems operating In this
country among the various forelgn
representatives.
Mrs. Stegler Asks
Wilson to Aid Her
WASHINGTON, Feb, 27.-—-President
Wilson to-day received a letter from
Mrs. Richard P, Stegler, formerly Miss
Annette Pope, of Atlanta, wife of the
German reservist arrested in New York
on charge of fraudulently obtaining an
American passport, declaring Stegler
had been led Into the project by Captaln
Boy-Ed, German naval attache here.
8. Btegler asked that her husband
b:%‘::: Her letter was referred to
the ment of Justice, which Is in
charge of the Investigation into the
case.
“When the Secret Service men came
to see my husband,” wrote Mrs. Steglen,
“he told them the truth, because he
wanted everywhere to be known. He
could have burned the passports and
saved himself from being accused of for.
gery, but he came right out and told
everything.”
Spends $1,000,000 for
American War Horses
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 27.—Count G
DeFontentlliat, of Paris, who is in this
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&'fii’l@?mb:f r:v‘uhm.mtw o 5 '
seeking artillery horses. i
Since October 1 he‘m pent more -
than $1,000,000 for o Amer ;
horses. o e