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The Atlanta Georgian
The Paper That Goes Home and Stays There
| VOL. XIII. NO. 212.
ATLANTA, <JA.. FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1915.
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Nearly 100 citizens of Fulton and
DoKalb Counties, including: a number
of officials and church leaders, were
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present in the Criminal Courtroom
Friday morning ready to testify to the
good .character borne by S. D. War
ren. Peters street merchant and for
twelve \ ears Tax Receiver of DeKalb
County, who was placed on trial on
Thursday afternoon before Judge Ben
H. Hill on the charge of arson.
Warren, his brother. .1. 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.
Among the character witnesses are
Murphey Candler, chairman of the
State Railroad Commission; the pas
tor. deacons and members of the
church with whiclK Warren is con
nected, and others who have be^n as
s' iated with him for years.
Cummings First Witness.
The Introduction, of testimony was
begun Friday forenoon by the State
by putting on the stand Fire Chief
Cummings and some of his men. who
were first to arrive at the store when
it caught fire. They testified that they
found excelsior and oil throughout the
second floor of the building. The State
was expected to call during the day
as its star witness the negro Barge,
who is said to have made a full con
fession which implicated the Warren
brothers.
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.
Moore, 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 v ere based was in-
sufti dent, and sought to have them
thrown out of court.
Put Blame on Negro.
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.
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
in active part in the investigation of
he vircumstances incident to the fire.
The defense will contend that the
• effro, Barge, alone was responsible
f„ r the burning of the furniture store
ind that he ' framed up” his confes
sion. implicating the Warren brothers
in an effort to save himself from the
penitentiary. The defense w r ill make
vigorous fight to break down the
i.eyro’s story, especially that part re
lating to the alleged conspiracy by the
Warrens.
One in Ten Insane,
Says Asylum Head
NKW YORK. April 9.—Ton out of
ovpry 190 persons walking on Eorty-
M ,,. onr l street are insane, according to
Superintendent tv K. .Johnstone, of
tit, Vineland (X .T.1 Insane Asylum,
put ,ie Mated they tv re harmless, he-
,.„i t the •■abnormal" class.
Elks to Have
Hot Time at
Waycross
There is going to be one grand 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:
Down in Waycross. Georgia.
Magic city, grand, and gay.
The Elks are going to gather
In the merry month of May.
There's on Old Bill's island
Will he doings great and grand,
When we all join in the chorus.
Boys, and sing to beat the band.
CHORUS.
I iranl to one-step with my Melinda,
I want, to one-step down there.
Among the pine trees of dear old
Georgia
And the fairest of the fair;
Mid th<- live oaks and sweet magno
lias
There'll be one big jubilee!
1 want to one-step with my Melinda
And the B. I*. O. E.
There is another verses with the
same zest.
CRUSHED
New Mayor Cost
Chicago $1,250,000
CHICAGO, April 9.—The election of
William Hale Thompson as Mayor of
Chicago cost more than $1,250,000.
Thompson’s total campaign ex
penses were estimated to-day at
$300,000. The expenses of Robert M.
j Sweitzer, unsuccessful Democratic
candidate, were $500,000. It cost $210.-
000 to hold the primaries and $215,000
to hold the election. Mayor Harri
son's forces were said to have spent
$100,000 in the primary campaign.
The balance was spent by other can
didates for Mayor in the primaries
and the election.
Johnson Is Refused
American Passport
WASHINGTON, April 9.—Jack I
Johnson, defeated world’s champion
heavyweight pugilist, will not be
given an American passport when he
leaves Cuba.
This announcement to-day Was
made by Secretary of State Bryan.
He said he had instructed William E.
Gonzales, America/! Minister at Ha
vana, to refuse a passport to the pu
gilist. This will not prevent Johnson
from going to Europe, but will handi
cap his movements abroad.
Germans Hold 35,000
Sq. Miles of Russia
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN. April 9.—According to
the Overseas News Agency, the Ger
mans now hold approximately 35,000
square miles of Russian territory,
containing 5$,000,000 inhabitants.
WASHINGTON, April 9 —State De
partment officials to-day waited for
confirmation from Carranza sources
at Vera Cruz that General Obregon
had crushed the army personally led
by General Villa in a battle near Ce-
laya. No information of the battle
thus faV has come from any but Car
ranza sources.
Administration officials, however,
appeared to be more concerned about
the possible political effect of the
visit to the United States of the for
mer dictator Huerta, who Is to arrive
to-morrow at New York, than about
other phases of the Mexican situation.
Little thought was given to the sug
gestion that he might be denied ad-
rvssion to the United States as an
undesirable, the belief prevailing that
he would not be barred.
The Administration’s Mexican pol
icy, it was pointed out, has been the
target for numerous attacks and the
suggestion was made in some quar
ters that should Huerta elect to justi
fy hi9 course during his regime by
making public speeches or try to get
his views before the people in other
ways, he might develop into some
thing of a problem. This, it was stat
ed, would result in further embar
rassment to the Administration in
carrying out its Mexican policy.
The Mexican colony here also has
been stirred by the coming of the for
mer dictator. Opinion differs greatly
as to what he will do. His friends
ridicule the idea that he will take a
hand in the Mexican troubles and
predict that after a brief visit in this
country he W’ill^go to Cuba or Central
America.
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 up for
consideration; in fact, almost every
member of Council ^ias 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 s Red a I
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.
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Fitz's Bride of Day
Has $10,000 to Bet
On Former Champ !
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W *SHINGTON. April 9.—Mrs.
Timo Zillen Fitzsimmons,
the fourth bride of “Bob”
Fitzsimmons, to-day declared she
had $10,000 to bet the former cham-
on could whip Jess Willard, the
new heavyweight title holder.
“Bob” and Mile. Zillen were mar
ried here last night and to-day
were sightseeing. The fourth Mrs.
Fitzsimmons, who sparkled with
jewelry, met Fitzsimmons in Paris
ten years ago. Five years later
Mile. Zillen saw the former cham
pion in this country and a friend
ship sprang up culminating in the
wedding. She is 28 years old and
Fitzsimmons is 52.
“I did not marry ‘Bob’ because he
was a prizefighter,” she said. “I
married him because I love h«m.”
Making 2 Surveys
Of Atlanta Schools
Atlanta's public schools are in for
another survey—in fact, two more
surveys. One will be conducted by
the Atlanta Federation of Trades
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
members, which 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.
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, AiSrii 9.—Ex-Premier
Venizelos. foremost statesman in
Greece, the 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 re
cently made concerning M. Venize-
los’ negotiations with the Allies.
NOTE
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1,000 VOTES
AMERIC
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I hereby nominate as a candidate in your “HOME AND
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Nominated by Address
Note—Only one nominstion blank will be accepted for mtj
one candidate.
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U, .S.Not Detaining
Johnson in Havana
WASHINGTON. April 9 A very
silly story” was the characterization
given by Counsellor Lansing, of the
State Department, to the report that
American Minister at Havana has de
tained Jack Johnson, the pugilist, be
cause he is wanted in the United
States
It was stated at the Department of
Justice that no request for the deten
tion of Johnson has been made to the
American Minister to Cuba.
Sultan Has Power to
Call Turks to Arms
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 9.—It is
officially announced in the court Ga
zette th^t the Sultan has been em-
p<»wnred ir*-call to the colors ah Turks
c. pai'le of Leaning arms
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 gbods
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 be paid for contraband goods of
one party detained or used by the
other.
$7,900 Given Georgia
Conductor for Injury
AUGUSTA, April 9.—A verdict for
$7,900 against the Georgia Railroad
has been given to H. L. Paschal, for
mer conductor, who was injured In a
wreck in Rockdale County several
years ago. The verdict is said to
have been the largest ever given by
a jury in that county. Paschal has
not yet recovered from the injuries he
received.
Several months ago a jury in the
same court gave Paschal a $7,500 ver
dict, but the judge granted a new trial
becau.se he made an error In his
charge.
Dublin to Vote on
$50,000 Bond Issue
DUBLIN, April 9.—An election has
been called by the City Council for
June 8 to decide whether the city
shall issue bonds to the amount of
$50,000. to be divided among several
projects for the municipality.
One of the largest items is a mu
nicipal ice p arU and cold storage sec
tion to be erected at a cost of $20,000
and which will use the exhaust steam
of the present light and water plant
for power.
Submarine, Outrun,
Splinters Ship With
Long-RangeCannon
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian
G ibraltar, April 9.—with
her decks splintered by shells
the British steamship The
seus arrived here to-day from
England with a thrilling story of
an attack by a German submarine.
When the Theseus was 40 miles
off Scilly Island, off the southwest
ern coast of England, she was
chased by a German submarine
for 57 miles. When the German
commander of the submarine saw
he could not overtake the Theseus
he opened fire with a long-range
gun and seven shells struck the
Theseus^ Five hit the forecastle
deck and another struck the
mainmast.
The sailors’ quarters were
wrecked and damage was also done
to some parts of the ship.
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Woman, 100, Defends
Home With Table Leg
PHILLIPS BURG, N. J., April 9.
Threatening violence to anyone who
approaches for any other purpose
than to bring her food. Mary Don
nelly, 100, armed with the leg of a
table, is standing guard over her
household effects in an old shack
from which she is being evicted.
MONTEZUMA PIONEER DIES.
MONTEZUMA. April 9 -JudRe A |
A. Hamilton, pioneer citizen, died this
morning, after a short illness, aged SO -
years j
Theft of Auto From Downtown
Street and Hold-up Make Up
Crime Record.
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
to the police Friday that his automo
bile had been stolen Thursday night.
According to the report, Dr. Holland
er left his car 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 lived 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.
Great Factory Given
To 2,400 Employees
BOSTON, April 9.—The $6,000,000
corporation of the Dennison Manufac
turing Company, with a huge factory
in South Framingham and offices in
Boston, has been turned over to the
control of its 2,400 employees, It was
announced to-day in the details of the
most radical profit-sharing plan ever
undertaken by a big corporation.
The full control of the concern is
tqrned over to the employees. Only
the preferred stock with a more or
less fixed Income is retained by the
original owners of the company. Not
even the colossal distribution of prof
its by the Ford Automobile Company
equals the Dennison move in the com
plete surrender of business control
and profits to employees.
Wanted To Be ‘Movie'
Hero; Boy Starts Fire
NEW YORK, April 9.—“I wanted to
be a hero and get a medal like the boy
in the movies,” said Samuel Balk, 12,
charged with starting a fire in his
home.
Supply of Bread Cut,
Breslau Citizens Riot
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
AMSTERDAM, April 9.—Serious
bread riots are reported at Breslau
The authorities have been compelled
to decrease the people's allowance.
Gets Pockets Picked
Prosecuting Thief
NEW YORK. April 9.—While tes
tifying against a pickpocket. Detec
tive Frank Cassasa wap ;he victim of
one of the light-fingered gentry.
BERLIN, April 9.—Germans again drove Belgians out of Die
Gratchen, capturing 100 officers and men and two machine guns.
By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PETROGRAD, April 9.—The gigantic cenflict between the
Russians and Austro German armies in the Carpathian 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 advancing over a 50-mile front
from the Topia River to Uszok Pass, but fighting is in progress
over a battle line 100 miles long.
Operations in Poland have been relegated to. secondary im
portance as both the Russians and the Germans have withdrawn all
their available men from the Polish arena of hostilities to
strengthen the contending hosts in the Carpathians.
Having taken Xmoillik, the Russians arc continually Increasing
Russian forces of Grand Duke
Nicholas are now in a position to
launch a drive against the rear
of the Austrian array which is
struggling desperately against
the reinforced Russian columns
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 Boerovitch 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
weather mentioned in official dis
patches haa given way to snow and
oold fogs, w'hicb render artillery op
erations extremely difficult. Despite
the natural handicaps, however, the
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
Bcskid ranges has caused another
Austrian retirement in that region
and Russian aerial scouts report 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.
On the border of Bess-Arabia and
Bukowina the Austrians are fighting
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.
Veterans Sent to Stop French
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 Woevre
district (between the Meuse and Mo
selle 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 for an un
ceasing series of fierce assaults, and
during the last two nights there nas
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 ob
ject of the French is fourfold;
1. To press back the German left
wing in order to cause a retirement of
the German armies on the Alsne and
Oise Rivers.
2. To pierce the St. Mihiel-.Vletz line
of German communication.
3. To lessen the German pressure
at Verdun and establish a French po
sition nearer to Metz.
4 To dislodge the Germans from Hie
only position they hold on the west
bank of the Meuse south of Verdun.
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The battle front in the Woevre is
not more than fifteen miles long, but
heavy losses have been inflicted upon
both sides. German trenches filled
with dead bodies were taken by the
French.
Although the Germans deny that
the French have made 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 Woevre
front.
'Night assaults by the Germans
against the British army In Northern
France and violent counter attacks
against the French arm' in the Woe
vre district have both been successful
ly repulsed, says the official commu
nique, given out_at the War Of
fice this afternoon. The attacks
against the British forces were de
livered on Wednesday night and on
Thursday morning.
The trenches prepared by the
French at Eparges, in the Woevre dis
trict, were so choked with German
dead that the French did not ocupy
them. Two counter attacks by the
Germans in that sector were repulsed.
When they took the German positions
in the Ailly Forest the French cap
tured six machine guns and two
trench mortars.
The weather over a considerable
j part of the battle front remains bad,
with cold rains and fog.
Straits Impregnable,
Says Von Der Goltz
By STEVEN BURNETT.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VIEXNIA, 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 Xeue Freie Pres***,
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. Waf found
Turkey admirably prepared for It in
every way.”
3 Germans Held by
England as Spies
By JOHN C. FOSTER.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgia".
LONDON. April 9. Three men
bearing Jarman names. on° «f whom
recently Fame here from the United