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The Atlanta Georgian
The Paper That Goes Home and Stays There
| VOL. XIII. NO. 212.
ATLANTA, OA.. FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1915.
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CHURCHMEN RALLY TO DEFENSE OF ARSON SUSPECT
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ID TESTIFY JUKI 1*
High School Girls Ready for Their Great
Spring Pageant at the Auditorium-Armory
NOTE
Pupils of the
Girls' High
School in one
of the pretty
dances that is
to feature the
pageant at the
Auditorium on
Saturday
evening
Nearly 1 GO citizens of Fulton and
DeKailb Counties, including a number
of officials and church leaders, were
present in the Criminal Courtroom
Friday morning ready to testify to the
good character borne by £5. D. War
ren. Peters street merchant and for
twelve years Tax Receiver of DeKalb
County, who was placed on trial on
Thursday afternoon before Judge Ben
H. Hill on the charge of arson.
W T arren. his brother, J. E. Warren,
and William Barge, a negro, are ac
cused of burning the furniture store
of S. D. Warren & Co., in Peters
street last November. When the
State elected to sever the cases. S.
D. Warren was placed on trial first.;
Churchmen Aid Warren.
Among the character witnesses are
Murphey Candler, chairman of the
State Railroad Commission; the pas
tor, deacons and members of ihe
church with which Warren is con
nected, and others who have b£en as
sociated with him for years.
With the completion of the jury
Thursday the way was cleared for
one of the most spirited battles wit
nessed in the Criminal Court in a
long while. Congressman William
Schley Howard, who, with John W.
.Mjoore, represents Warren, indicated
that every point in the case will be
hotly contested when he demurred to
the indictments against the two War
rens, on the ground that the evidence
on which they were based was in
sufficient, and sought to haVe them
thrown out of court.
Congressman Howard submitted
numerous authorities to sustain his
contention, but Judge Hill directed
that the trial proceed, after which the
striking of the jury in the case of
S. D. Warren began.
Put Blame on Negro,
Solicitor Dorsey and Assistant So
licitor E. A. Stephens were aided in
the drawing of the jury by State Fire
Marshal W. R. Joyner, who has taken
an active part in the investigation of
the circumstances incident to the fire.
The defense will contend that the
negro. Barge, alone was responsible
for the burning of the furniture store
and that he “framed up” his confes
sion. implicating the Warren brothers
in an effort to save himself from the
penitentiary. The defense will make
a vigorous fight to break down the
negro's story, especially that part re
lating to the alleged conspiracy by the
Wa rrens.
Council Unanimous
For Brick on Pryor
The Aldeymanic ^Bpairl Thursday
afternoon unanimously concurred^ in
the action of C tmn cl 1* providing for a'
brick pavement for South Pryor
street. The action would indicate
victory for ‘ho Second Ward delega
tion over Mayor Woodward, who in
sisted on a concrete pavement, even
to the poinl of being able to override
a veto.
Some claim that the overwhelming ,
majority in Council against him on
the proposition will cause Mayor
Woodward to drop the fight. He has
five days in which to act on the paper.
WASHINGTON. April 9.—Ger
many's note to the United States
agreeing to pay for the William P.
Frye, sunk by the raider Prinz Eitel
Friedrich, but declaring the act justi
fied,, came as a surprise to officials
here to-day.
It is feared that the stand taken by
Germany would serve to upset the
negotiations now progressing between
the United States and Great Britain
over the blockade of Germany by the*
Allies.
Germany takes the position in this
case that the Frye cargo was contra
band because it was consigned “for
order’’ to Queenstown, which is held
to be a fortified port of Great Britain.
In its communications to the Allies
the United States has insisted that
the burden of proof that the goods
were destined for use by the armed
forces of an enemy must rest on the
belligerent sizing a cargo consigned
‘ for orders ”
The German Foreign Office insists
the action of the Prinz Eitel was fully
justified under international law, but
agrees that the Kaiser’s Government
is liable for indemnity under old
Prussian treaties of 1799 and 1828.
These treaties provide that full value
must oe paid for ontraband goods of
one party detained or used by the
other.
Jitney Ordinance Has
Twenty Amendments
The City Council will devote a spe
cial session Friday afternoon to jitney
bus legislation An ordinance with
some twenty amendments is for
consideration; in fact, almost every
member of Council has a separate
idea as to how jitneys should be reg
ulated, and there will be much argu
ment and discussion at the meeting.
Council decided upon the special
meeting with the idea of passing a
jitney regulation ordinance Friday
afternoon. A number of active mem
bers think jitney regulations should
be passed without any further delay.
New Mayor Cost
Chicago $1,250,000
CHICAGO, April 9.—The election of
William Hale Thompson as Mayor of
Chicago cost more than $11,230,000.
Thompson's total campaign ex
penses were estimated to-day at
$300,000. The expenses of Robert M.
Sweitzer. unsuccessful Democratic
candidate,..were $30*1.000, It
000 to hold the primaries gjid $21yaj)00r
to hold' the election.. Mayor H^fifi-
sori's forces werAsaid to -ftk've spent
$100,000 in the ^.prijnary ^qampalign.
The balance was spent by Other can
didates for Mayor in the primaries
and the election.
The young
ladies, left to
right, are Miss
Lois Jones,
Miss Nellie
Bosworth, Miss
Gertrude Orr.
The pupils of
the two Girls’
High Schools
have been drill
ing diligently
for the big pa
geant which is
expected to be
one of the fin
est ever staged
in Atlanta. The
proceeds go to
the library
fund of the
Girls’ High
Schools.
Everything was in readiness Friday
for the great spring pageant which
nearly 1.000 pupils of the Girls’ High
School of the city will stage Saturday
evening at the Auditorium.
The sale of seats, w'hich has been in
progress at the Cable Piano Com
pany’s store since Wednesday morn-
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ing, has been most encouraging and
all indications point to a large at
tendance. The ticket plat will be
moved to the Auditorium Saturday
evening and seats may be obtained
there right up to the hour of the per
formance. The general admission is
25 cents and there will be good seats
for all. The proceeds of the enter
tainment go to the library fund of the
two Girls' High School?.
The pageant, which will depict the
evolution of the seasons, promises to
bp.* ope of the mo9t elaborate ever
stSiA^Tfin A^anta. Miss Era Betzner,
physical dir^tor of the Y. W. (•'. A.,
who Is in jeharge of tfre pageant, de
clared Friday, that the schoolgirls
h^ve shown remarkable talent and
the dance lumbers, "she said, would
prove most attractive.
U. .S. Not Detaining
Johnson in Havana
WASHINGTON, April 9.—“A very
silly story” was the characterization
given by Sounsellor Lansing, of the |
State Department, to the report that |
American Minister at Havana has de- i
rained Jack Johnson the pugilist, be- j
cause he is* waned in the United |
States.
It was stated at the Department "f i
Jusib’e that no request for the dpten- j
tion of Johnson has been made to Ik J
American Miniscr to Cuba.
NOMINATION
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AMERI
GIAN
I hereby nominate &• a candidate in yoor “HOME AND
AUTOMOBILE CLUB” eirculation campaign:
Name Addreaa ...*
Noaainated by Addreaa ..."
Note—Only one nomination blank will ha aeoopiod for
oaia candidate.
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Elks to Have
Hot Time at
Waycross
There is going to be one gTand time
at the meeting of the Georgia State
Association of Elks at Waycross on
May 12 and 13. President Walter P.
Andrews has just returned from New
York with a song, written by John T.
Doyle, a song writer and a brother
Elk, which typifies the spirit of the
meeting. Its title is “I Want to One-
Step With My Melinda,” and the
words, to be sung to the tune of “Tip
perary,'' follows:
Do ten in Waycross. Georgia.
Magic city, grand and gag.
The Elies are going to gather
In the merry month of Mag.
There's on Old mil's island
Will he doings great .and grand.
When ire all join in the t horns.
Hoys, and sing to heat the hand.
CHORUS. '
7 tvant to .one-step with mg Melinda,
I want to one-step down'. there.
Among the pine trees of dear tdd
Georgia
And the fairest of the fair;
Mid the lire oaks and sweet magno
lias
There'll he one big jubilee!
J want to one-step with mg Melinda
And the R. P. (). E.
There is another verse with the
same zest. |
Making 2 Surveys
Of Atlanta Schools
Atlanta’s public school? are in for
another survey—in fact, two more |
surveys. One will be conducted by
the Atlanta Federation of Trades j
through a committee composed of J
M. Shearer, chairman: James New
and S. A. Albright. Their work be
gan Friday. The other is that of the
special committee of Council, of seven
member?, w r hich was commissioned to
study school matters for report to the
Finance Committee as a means of
guidance in making up the June ap
portionment sheet.
The Council committee is deter
mined to accomplish its survey thor
oughly, according to Councilman C. L.
Ashley, one of the members.
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New Orleans Co, Buys
Atlanta Skirt Plant
Announcement was made Friday of
the purchase of the skirt manufactory
of Davison-Paxon-Stokes Company by
! the Scherr Skirt Company, of New Or-
j leans, one of the largest manufacturing
concern? of its kind In the country,
which will establish a branch at No. loti
] Marietta street.
Morris Sherr. president of the eom -
j pany, said that a manager wil lbe sent
I here ai once from New Orleans and
I that thr new plant will be in operation
by next w r eek.
Harry Wilkinson's
Condition Is Serious
Harry Wilkinson. 25, son of Judge
John R. Wilkinson, who died Wednes
day night at his Inman Park home, is
reported to be in a serious’condition
following an operation Thursday
night at St. Joseph’s Infirmary Less
than 24 hours after his father's death
young Wilkinson was seized with an
attack.
While the operation was successful,
the hospital officials Friday could not
predict the outcome.
Ex-Premier Demands
Retraction by King
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ATHENS, April 9 Ex-Premier
Venizelos. foremost statesman in
Greece, th** founder of the Balkan
league and the man who steered
Greece successfully through two Bal
kan wars, has issued a public state
ment threatening to expatriate him
self unless a retraction is made by
King Constantine of a statement
cently made concerning M. \’**i
Ids' negotiations with the Alhcf
Burglars Thursday night smashed
a large plate glass window at the
store of M. Seigel, at No. 328 Decatur
street, and ransacked the shop of a
quantity of groceries. About 3 o’clock
Friday morning the robbery was dis
covered by a policeman who notified
the proprietor of the store.
Dr. L. Hollender, superintendent of
the Battle Hill Sanitarium, reported
I to the police Friday that his automo
bile had been stolen Thursday night.
According to the report. Dr. Holland
er left his ear in front of the Masonic
Temple, on Peachtree stret, about 8
o’clock. An hour later he went into
the street to get' his car and it was
missing
George Chewning, a farmer, who
said he iiv'*d near Lakewood, reported
to the police Thursday that two
white" men held him up with pistols
near Lakewood Park and robbed him
of $2.17.
Germans Hold 35,000
Sq. Miles of Russia
Special Cabl€^ to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN. April 9.—According to
the Overseas News Agency, the Ger
mans now hold approximately 30,000
square miles of Russian territory,
containing 55,000,000 inhabitants.
Supply of Bread Cut,
Breslau Citizens Riot
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
AMSTERDAM. April 9. -Serious
| bread r iots are reported at Breslau.
The authorities have been compelled
to de*Tease the people's allowance.
By FRANKLIN P. MERRICK.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, April 9.—Veterans from the battle seasoned army of
General von Kluck are being sent into the Wuevre district (be
tween the Meuse and Moselle Rivers) to check the furious French
drive against the German left wing, according to reports-made by
aerial observers at Verdun.
Believing that the position of the Germans east of Verdun is
critical, General Joffre gave orders fomn unceasing series of fierce
assaults, and during the last two nights there has been no let up
in the fighting there.
Beneath the glare of ‘‘star bombs” and the flash of powerful
searchlights night fighting for the possession of trenches has gone
forward. The object of the French is fourfold:
1. To press hack the German
left wing in order to eause a re
tirement, of the German armies
on the Aisne and Oise Rivers.
2. To pierce the St. Aphiel-
Metz line of’ German communi
cation.
3. To lessen the German pres
sure at Verdun and establish a
French position nearer to Metz.
4. To dislodge the Germans
from the only position they bold
on the west hank of the Meuse
south of Verdun.
The battle front In the Woevre is
not more than fifteen miles long, but
heavy losses have been inflicted upon
both sides. German trenches Ailed
with dead bodie? were taken by the
French.
Although the German? deny that
the French have *mnde any appre
ciable progress, it is authentically
established that gains from two to
four miles have been made by Gen
eral Joffre ? forces along the VVoevre
front.
The weather^.over a considerable
■part of the battle front remains bad,
with cold rains and fog.
Carpathian Battle Near Climax
By FRANCES LAVELLE MUHRA 1.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PETROGRAD, April 9.—The gigan
tic conflict between the Russians and
Austro-Germun armies in the Carpa
thian Mountains, in which more than
one million men and six thousand
guns are engaged, Is drawing into its
decisive stage, according to dispatches
from Warsaw. The Russians are ad
vancing over a 50-mile front from the
Topla River to Uszok Pass, but fight
ing is in progress over a battle line
100 miles long.
Operations in Poland have been
relegated to secondary importance*as
both the Russians and the Germans
have withdrawn all their available
men from the Polish arena of hos
tilities to strengthen the contending
hosts In the Carpathians.
Having taken Smolnik, the Russian
forces of Grand Duke Nicholas are
now in a position to launch a drive
against the rear of the Austrian army
which is struggling desperately
against the reinforced Russian col
umns at the Galician end of the
Uszok Pass.
An extended movement has been
commenced by the Russians to cut off
the eastern wing of the Austrian
army under General Boerovftch by
the Russian troops that have been
poured through Dukla, Lupkow and
Rostock Passe.
Fighting in the Carpathians is be
ing carried on under tremendous dif
ficulties The spell of favorable
WfatheUmentioned in official dis
patches has given, way'fo snow and
cold fogs, which render artillery op
erations extremely difficulty Despite
the natural handicaps, however, the
Russians are continually increasing
their pressure. The Russians have
the advantage of more troops than
the enemy, consequently the Austrian
soldiers are on the verge of complete
exhaustion from the constant fighting
which has been carried on by day and
night.
The success of the Russians in the
Beskid ranges has caused another
Austrian retirement in that region
and Russian aerial scouts reffort much
activity at Gummenoe, indicating that
the Austrians are preparing to move
their base from that place.
Once the western foothills of the
Beskid range is crossed the Russians
will pour their forces Into the plains
of Hungary. / ‘I
On the border of Bess-Arabia and!
Rukowina the Austrians are fighting j
desperately in the forlorn hope, of
compelling the Russians to weaken
their armies in the Carpathians by
sending reinforcements, but all re
ports from that region state that the
Russians are more than Holding their
own.
Straits Impregnable,
Says Von Der Goltz
By STEVEN BURNETT.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VIENNA, April 9.—Field Marshal
von der- Goltz. of the German army,
who is directing operations of the
Turkish army, declares in an Inter
view here that the Anglo-French fleet
will never be able to force the Darda
nelles. In the interview, which was
published in The Neue Freie Presse.
the German officer says:
The Turkish forts' on the Darda
nelles are impregnable. The hostile
warships have not nearly reached the
main Turkish works yet. War found
Turkey admirably prepared for it in
every way.’’
3 Uermgans Held by
England as Spies
By JOHN C. FOSTER.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. April 9.—Three men
nearing German names, one of whom
recently came here from the United
States, were arrested to-day by Brit
ish secret agent? on the charge of be
ing .German spies. They are accused
of 7 Communicating naval and military
‘informatioh to a continental address
by mean's of letters written in invisi
ble ink:
Tile nu?n gave the name? of Kuep-
perle, .Muller and Hahn. Kuepperk?
recently arrived in England from Net ^
York, and since his arrival here
has been under surveilance. He visit
ed Dublin, where he told many per
sons that he contemplated returning
to America at once by way of Liver
pool. Instead of doing ?o, he attempt
ed to go to the continent. Beiqg un
able to get the necessary passports,
Kuepperl* returned to London, where
he was arrested at his hotel.
Muller claims to be a British sub
ject, although his parent? are natur
alized Germans. Hahn is understood
to be a German citizen.
The men are being held incom
municado and will 'probably be ar
raigned on the charge of espionage at
ihe next sit.tin- of the high * onrt.
Charles Dyson, a reporter, was
t t