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ALLIES THREATEN GERMAN BATTLE LINES AT VERDUN
Stockings for Suffragettes
Boston banned barefoot dancing even in the war
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Next Sunday’s American
The Atlanta Georgian
The Paper That Goes Home and Stays There
] VOL. XIII. NO. 212.
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Saturday’s the Day! Do
Your Part in Cleaning Up!
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I\Iiss Mary Elizabeth Schmid, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry S. Schmid, of No. 17 Oak street, West End, one of the
youngest of the clean-up campaigners. She is carrying the old
tin cans away for mamma.
Saturday’s the day!
If you haven’t done your spring
clean-up work yet, better prepare to
do it then, for you’ll have lots of
company. Saturday is the day all At
lanta—spurred on by the Governor, the
city officials and the various women’s
clubs of the city—will tidy up the
back yards and alleys and put the
city in spick and span shape for opera
week.
Of course, th£*fdea of a city beauti
ful for opera week is the proclaimed
purpose of the clean-up campaign,
but another and just as good aim is
to have a sanitary city with the ar
rival of the hot weather, when dis
ease germs thrive in the refuse often
allowed • to accumulate in the back
yards.
Tne city Sanitary Department is
aiding nobly in the clean-up work. All
you have to do to get their help is
to call up and ask that a wagon be
sent around to get the trash you have
raked up. John Jentzen, chief of the
Sanitary Department, said Friday
that he was getting many such calls,
but that he welcomed them and ev
ery one would be attended to properly
if the householders will just give him
time. So if you call and don’t get ac
tion right off the bat, don’t become
peeved or discouraged. The wagon
will get around to you just as soon
«*is possible. ‘You can count on it com
ing. sure.
So let’s all get together Saturday
and give the old town such a scouring
as she never has had. It will mean a
more beautiful city and what is just
as important—even more so—a san
itary city and clean, healthful yards
for the children to play in during the
torrid weather.
MONTEZUMA PIONEER DIES.
MONTEZUMA. April 9.—Judge A.
J. Hamilton, pioneer citizen, died thie
morning, after a short illness, aged 86
years.
RALLY FDR
Nearly 100 citizens of Fulton and
DeKalb Counties, including a number
of officials and church leaders, were
present In the Criminal Courtroom
Friday ready to testify to the
good character borne by S. 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.
Warren, 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.
Among the character witnesses are
Murphey Candler, chairman of the
State Railroad Commission; the pas
tor, deacons and members of the
church with which Warren is con
nected, and others who have been as
sociated 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.
Following the testimony as to the
physical condition of.the building on
the night of the fire, the State began
its efforts to show that the motive for
the fire was the collection of insur
ance by the Warrens. Joseph J.
Wlndel, manager of the Southern In
surance Adjusting Company, was
placed on the stand to prove that the
Warrens had put in claims for $7,300
insurance for damage to their stock.
Barge, who will be the star witness
for the State, will go on the stand
Monday as the climax to the prose
cution to repeat his confession said to
have been made to detectives, impli
cating the Warrens. Chief of Detec
tives Newport Lanford Friday testi
fied to the circumstances attending
the making of the confession in his
office.
To Contest Every Point.
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 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.
Joyner Aids State.
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
Warrens.
Fitz's Bride of Day
Has $10,000 to Bet
On Former Champ
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 Mils. 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.”
Argued Labor
With Gun;
, Is Fined
E. D. Sharkey, of No. 37 Piedmont
place, a contractor in charge of exca
vation for the Connally Building con
struction, was fined $10.75 by Record
er Johnson Friday for discharging
firearms and was bound over to the
Superior Court on the charge of as
sault with intent to kill.
Sharkey’s offense was in blithely
firing a revolver three times at Isom
Holley, a negro butler in the home of
Donfcld Loyless, who, on a Peachtree
street car Thursday, pronounced
loudly and In Sharky’s presence a
number of remarks concerning the in
dignity of manual labor,
Sharkey, with the signs of his toil in
the red clay beneath Whitehall street
evident on his clothing, accepted the
negro’s theory as applying to himself
and drew his revolver.
With a desperate dive, the negro
preceded three bullets through the
window and landed on the street,
shaken and frightened but unhurt.
Policemen Davis and Vaughan, who
heard the shots, arrested Sharkey.
Sunday U ndismay ed
By First Convert's
Water Wagon Fall
PATERSON, N. J., April 9.—Al
though Frank Flood, the first con
vert of Billy Sunday in Paterson, fell
from the "water wagon” and from
grace and got locked up, the evan
gelist and his followers were far from
despairing to-day.
"What though the ‘trail hitter’ does
make a misstep?” said Fred Seibert,
Mr. Sunday’s assistant, “We must
consider the weakness of human na
ture and the strength of such tempta
tions as this place presents.”
Mr. Sunday will deliver his strong
est anti-drink sermon on Sunday aft
ernoon and big preparations are being
made for it.
GAINS RY
GA.SENATQRU.S. FEARS
JOKER IN
United States Senator Hoke Smith,
speaking at the final business session
of the annual State convention of
the Travelers’ Protective Association
Friday, at the Hotel Ansley, paid a
warm tribute to the efficiency of the
Federal Reserve Bank system in es
tablishing a steady condition in the
monetary affairs of the nation in the
recent crisis, and declared that the
currency of the nation is now on a
I sounder basis than ever before In the
, history of the Government.
The Senator reiterated he favored,
as announced in The Georgian last
week, the placing of an embargo on
foodstuffs to Great Britain as a re
taliatory measure against the estab
lishment by that Government of a
contraband on cotton shipped abroad
in foreign bottoms to enemies of the
allied powers.
The Senator talked in detail of the
Federal war insurance bureau in the
Treasury Department and declared
that since its establishment the in
surance rate on war risks from Amer
ican to European ports had been re
duced from 30 per cent to 3 per cent.
More than $1,000,000 in premiums
have been paid into the bureau, ac
cording to the Senator, since it was
organized, and though we have been
criticised for promoting the bureau,
he continued, it is just its creation
that has caused the movement of cot
ton to Europe within the past three
months.
Sees Relief in South.
For the second time since his ar
rival in Atlanta, the Senator talked
of the great relief that Is apparent in
the South, especially In Georgia, be
cause of the exportation of the
South's main product to the European
belligerents.
“The United States has sent 6,760,-
000 bales of cotton to Europe since
the war began,” he said, “and this is
one of the great obstacles removed
for us in view of the approaching
crop. The surplus of the past year’s
crop Is out of the way, and there is
no doubt that the shipments of this
year’s coming prop may exceed, even
if the war continues, those of the past
season."
The Senator squared off when he
touched on the Federal reserve banxs
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Saloon Keepers in
Chattanooga Quit
CHATTANOOGA, April 9.—Frank
Carden and E. H. Williams, counsel
for 39 saloons closed by Attorney
General Frank M. Thompson under
nuisance petitions before he was en
joined by the late Chancellor McCon
nell, to-day consented to a final de
cree 1n all of the cases except that
against the Chattanooga Brewery and
E. G, Spencer.
These cases have been pending be
fore Judge Bachman, of the Circuit
Court, cince last fall, waiting a dis
position of the injunctions secured by
the other saloon keepers and owners
of saloon property. The final decree
confiscates the fixtures and stock of
the saloons involved.
REPLY
WASHINGTON. April 9—Ger
many’s note to the United States
agreeing to pay for the William P.
Frye, sunk by the raider Prlnz 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 ”
Tne 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.
Chattanoogans Held
For Corrupting Votes
CHATTANOOGA. April 9—J. W.
Thompson, secretary of the Citizens’
League, to-day swore out warrants
against Herman Geismar, W. A.
Campbell and Emit Wassman, three
well-known local politicians, charg
ing them with violation of the cor
rupt practice act In the recent city
primary. He also swore out 50 war
rants against negroes, and will file an
equal number this afternoon. These
all charge the defendan's with fraud
ulent voting.
$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.
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one candidate.
Submarine, Outrun,
Splinters Ship With
Long-RangeCannon
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian !
G ibraltar, April 9.—with
her decka 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 Theseua
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.
50 Years Ago
Friday Great
War Ended
What do you street car debaters
know about war, anyhow? About
the only assemblage in Atlanta en
titled to an opinion on the subject
foregathered in the State Capitol lob
by Friday, meeting by chance under
the statue of Ben Hill.
There was General W. A. Wright,
Comptroller General, who lost his leg
at the Second Manassas; Judge
George Hlllyer, vice chairman of the
State Railroad Commission, a captain
under Lee; Colonel John W. Lindsay,
State Commissioner of Pensions, who
served during the gTeat war in ♦he
Third Georgia and was wounded at
Spottsylvania, and Tom Lumpkin,
former member of the Legislature,
and himself a veteran of the four
years.
Judge John C. Hart, State Tax
Commissioner, was there also, but
being a mere youth of threescore
years, he looked on respectfully while
the others reminded one another that
Friday was the fiftieth anniversary of
the surrender at Appomattox, and
that it was their own comrade. Cap
tain James W. English, who bore
General Grant's peace proposals t<?
General Lee.
They were there nearly an hour,
talking. It takes an hour to get start
ed fairly, when old comrades get to
gether, and among themselves they
decided that there was only one war
and one commander, anyhow. And
when they had reviewed a campaign
or two Colonel Lindsay ran upsta’rs
to his office, two steps at a time, Just
to show that the old campaigners still
can do a thing or two.
Lorimer Must Stand
Trial, Is Court Order
CHICAGO, April 9.—Judge O’Con
nor to-day refused to quash the in
dictments against William Lorimer,
former United States Senator from
Illinois, and ordered that he must
stand trial on the indictments that
grew out of the failure of the LaSalle
Street Trust and Savings Bank, of
which Lorimer was president.
The court censented to the quash
ing of one count in the indictment
which was a repetition of a charge
contained In another count.
Rosin ‘Cornered’ on
Savannah Market
SAVANNA', GA.. April 9.—The Co
lumbia Naval Stores Company bought
25,000 barrels of rosin on the Savan
nah Board of Trade this morning, the
largest single transaction in the his
tory of the industry. It represents
practically every barrel held over since
the war and gives the concern a cor
ner. It will be held for export de
mand.
GENEVA, April 9.—Germany
to-day prohibited the export of
merchandise through Switzerland
to Italy.
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 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 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 Alsn© and
Oise Rivers,
2. To pierce the St. Mihlel-Metz 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 the
only position they hold on the west
bank of the Meuse south of Verdun.
Dead Fill Treichee.
The battle front in the Woevre is
not more than fifteen miles long, but
heavy losses have been Inflicted upon
both sides. German .renches 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's forces along the Wc^vre
front. v
Night assaults by the Germans
against the British army in Northern
France and violent counter attacks
against the French army 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.
Weather. Still Bad.
The w’eather over a considerable
part of the battle front remains bad,
with cold rains and fog.
The text of to-day's communique
follows:
“We left unoccupied the German
trenches which we captured at Epar
ges because they were completely
choked with corpses and we repelled
at the close of the day two counter
attacks made by the enemy.
“In the wood at Ailly we captured
new trenches and repelled two counter
attacks as already reported. 4Ve also
secured six machine guns and two .