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The Atlanta Georgian
The Paper That Goes Home and Stays There
| VOL. XIII. NO. 215.
ATLANTA GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 13,1915.
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HIE 11 10 PITcH OPENING GAME FOR CRACKERS
By TOM MARTIN.
The big - climax of the year from a
sporting standpoint arrives in Mobile
this afternoon at 3 o’clock, when Man
ager Smith sends fc his 1915 pennant
hopes out on the field to take on the
Mobile Gulls in the first game of the
season, marking the fifteenth annual
opening of the Southern Baseball As
sociation
Doing the pitching honors for the
Smithmen in their initial tilt is
“Lindy” Hiett, big right-hander, who
hails from Galveston, of the Texas
League. “Lindy” before pulling out
for Mobile with twelve of his team
mates at 5 o’clock yesterday after
noon said that he had asked for a
chance to pitch the opener because he
was in good condition and knew that
he could mow the Gulls down.
“I’ll show Billy that I am right,” he
said. “My arm is feeling fine and
there isn't a chance in the world for
me to lose that opener.’’
Back of the bat for the Crackers
will be Big Bill Rumler, who came
here with a string tied to him from
the St. Louis Browns. At third will
be “Tully” Tullos, who went like a
house afire in the late exhibition
games and practically cinched a reg
ular berth on the team. At short will
be Captain Rivington Bisland; at sec
ond, Jimmy Potts, erratic but ag
gressive: at first, “Hack” Eibel, swat
ter of some renown; in left field, fleet-
footed D. Timeon Bowden; in center,
Roy Moran, of acknowledged fame,
and in right. Ed Manning, who has
proven on several occasions that he is
some little paster of the pill.
Open Here Wednesday.
That game with Mobile, while being
the opener of the season, does not
arouse in the hearts of Atlanta fans
one iota of the interest that is cen
tered in to-morrow’s opening clash at
the Ponce DeLeon garden ’twixt the
pesky Pelicans of New Orleans and
our 1915 hopes and prides. The most
extensive plans ever made for an
opening game have been put over by
the basenall association, with the as
sistance of the Chamber of Com
merce, city officials and managers and
employees of big stores throughout
the city.
Prior to the game and resuming an
old custom, a huge parade, in charge
of the Atlanta drum corps and partic
ipated in by every fan in the city w:ho
owns an automobile and can be rout
ed into line, will be held. Following
the march through the principal
streets, the procession will wind its
way to the ball park, where a brass
band has been engaged to make the
day merrier as the teams do battle.
One of the features of the opener
here will be the pitching of the first
ball by Mayor Jim Woodward. The
Mayor said to-day that his arm was
in good shape, everything considered,
and that his peg of the first ball would
not be a wild pitch, if he could help it.
Boosters Behind It, Too.
The big arrangements for the day
are in charge of St. Elmo Massengale,
who, in turn, has appointed Julian
Boehm chairman of the entertain
ment committee of the Ad Men, to
look after the minor details.
As a particular favor and to show*
That our Crackers have their moral
and every other kind of support, the
Chamber of Commerce has requested
and instructed its members, by the
postcard route, to be out at the gar
den when the lid blow*» "off at 3
o'clock. Along this same line the City
Hall will close shop for the day to
give everybody a chance to turn out
and several of our biggest stores and
. ommercial bodies have agreed to In
everybody off if they care to attend.
The Georgia Railway and Powi-:
A^ntinued on Page 5. Column 1.
W. R. Nelson, Noted
Kansas City Editor,
Dies ‘Happy inWork’
[By International Nows Service.|
KANSAS CITY. April 13.—Colonel
"William R. Nelson, owner and editor
of The Kansas City Star and Kansas
City Times, nationally prominent as
a journalist, died early to-day at his
home Tiere. He had been ill since last
| December. Uraemic poisoning caused
his death. He was 74 years old.
During the last month Colonel Nel
son was conscious only part of the
time. Up to that time he disobeyed
his physicians by continuing his work.
He dictated editorials, outlined ideas
for cartoons and mapped out numer
ous feature stories. His doctors told
him this activity would hinder his
chances for recovery,
“I have been happiest in my news
paper work,” replied the veteran edi
tor. “I will not be deprived of the
pleasure I get from my work.”
Colonel Nelson started out early In
life to learn the cotton-growing in
dustry in Georgia, but soon gave up
that pursuit.
The great park and boulevard sys
tem of Kansas City is a monument to
his incessant advocacy of civic beau
ty! He was the builder of a large
residence district of this city.
In politics Colonel Nelson described
himself as "independent, but never
neutral." He declined more than a
score of important politcal positions,
both elective and appointive.
THIEVES IN
[OF
TeachersWanttoRide
To Frisco on Special
A score or more of Atlanta school
teachers are planning to take advan
tage of the “Governor's Horse Guard
Special” in making the trip to the San
Francisco fair, and already a number
of the teachers have asked for space
in the special train, which leaves At
lanta July 2.
The route selected will carry the j
tourists through Yellowstone National
Park, the cities of the Northwest and
down the Pacific Coast to the exposi
tion. The tour will take about a
month.
Surgeon Left Glass in
Body; She Wins $2,000
NEW YORK, April 13.—Mrs. Anna
M. Rogers, wife of a civil engineer,
won a verdict of $2,000 against Dr. j
James D. Voorhecs for negligence in
leaving broken glass in her body aft^r
an operation in the Sloan Maternity
Hospital.
She contended the doctor, who had
charge of the operation, should have
ascertained the presence of the glass
and removed it.
Boston Commuters
Will Fly to Work
BOSTON, April 13.—Commuters on
the north and south shores have de
cided to keep their automobiles in the
garages this summer and will fly to
work every day in hydro-aeroplanes.
Business men have leased old
Squantum Field for a landing place
and a hangar will be built to store the
machines.
While Chief Beavers is concerned
solely over the locker clubs, burglars
are having a regular picnic. Tuesday
more than a score of thefts were re
ported to police headquarters Here
are some of them:
The residence of Mrs. J. N. Bate
man. of No. 503 North Boulevard, was
burglarized and a broach studded
with valuable stones, three rings and
a stickpin stolen.
The near-beer saloon of J. W.
Morre. of No. 298 Marietta street,
wag entered during the night. The
intruders smashed a front window
glass, but it is believed they then be
came frightened and deserted the sa
loon without carrying off any loot.
Horse and Buggy Gone.
A buggy and harness were reported
stolen from the stable of Harry War-
showsky. of No. 218 Pulliam street.
The owner Tuesday morning found
the stable door broken down and dis
covered tracks of the vehicle leading
from the stable out into the street.
A cigar stand at No. 37 Decatur
street was robbed of three boxes of
cigars and a small amount of other
merchandise, including a quantity of
cigarettes.
A. Anato, of No. 128 Capitol avenue,
reported to the police be had been
robbed of his watch and chain and a
small amount of money.
Burglars entered the residence of
R. L. Lyons, at No. 235 East Fair
street, and stole a watch.
Broad Street Offioe Robbed.
The general offices of the Under
wood Typewriter Company, at No. 52
North Broad street, were robbed of a
typewriter.
Lee Douglas, whose offices are at
No. 927 Grant Building, reported that
residences at Nos. 17 and 19 Fort
Hood place, which he owns, were loot
ed of all the plumbing fixtures. The
thefts were discovered by Mr. Doug
las Monday.
The offices and feed house of the
Collins Transfer Company, at Irwin
and Jackson streets, were burglarized
and five bushels of oats and mixed
feed stolen. Officers Austin and Wood
went to the scene of the robbery and
trailed the stolen goods up an alley,
where they found several sacks of the
oats which the burglars had aban
doned.
Two Pistols Stolen,
Two automatic pistols were stolen
from the Col*»- Mitchell Apartments,
at No. 85 East Sixth street Monday-
night.
A/quantly of clothes was stolen
fro*' Miss Martha Lentz, of No. 46
East Mitchell street. * ^
A man who gave his name as whlt-
ner, of Linden court, reported to the
city detectives that he had been
robbed of his overcoa 1
John Couch, of No. 175 Mason and
Turner road, renorted the theft of
several suits of clothes. Louis Hard
wick. of No. 15 CTreen street, and J.
A. Sheffield, of No. 73 Logan street,
also told the polio* they had been
robbed of a Quantity of clothing.
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Big Explosion
Kept Secret
by Britain
I By International Nawa Sarvioe.] •
LONDON, April 13.—Dispatches
from Aberdeen telling of an explosion
at Lorwick, capital of the Shetland
Islands, in which many persons were
killed, were followed to-day by ru
mors that a German ship had blown
up the royal navy reserve station at
Lorwick-
As soon as news of the explosion
reached here the Government took
over the telegraph lines into Scotland,
making it difficult to secure any de
tails of the disaster.
Bewitching Anna Case Is
A ‘Made-in-America’ Star
Miss Anna
Case in a new
pose. She is
the youngest
and prettiest of
the Metropoli
tan songbirds.
Asks Council to Give
Children as Well as
Dogs Consideration
AUGUSTA, April 13.— “Let City
Council pause a few moments in its
consideration of the welfare of dogs
and consider the welfare of the poor
children of our city, who are unable
to attend school because they have no
textbooks,” said Frank White chair-
man of the^ educational committee
of the Augusta Federation of Trades,
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, April 13.—A News Agency dispatch from Amster
dam states that Field Marshal von Hindenburg has called for
300,000 reinforcements for a supreme attack upon Warsaw.
By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
(Special Correspondent International News Service.)
PETROORAD, April 13.—Emperor William is personally di
recting operations of the Austro-German armies in the Carpathians,
according to a semi-official statement issued here to-day. This at
tributes the sudden offensive of the Teutonic troops in the Stryj re
gion to the arrival of the Kaiser at the front and an order from
him to cut through the Russians' left wing, in order to force an
abandonment of the attacks being made upon the Austro-German
positions at Uszok Pass.
The Bourse Gazette s correspondent at Lemberg telegraphs
that the Austrians, previously reported on the verge of complete
retreat, have launched fierce attacks upon the Russians along the
Strvj, Opor and Swica Rivers. To oppose these, a re-arrangement
of Russian troops has been found neoessary. Reinforcements are
being rushed to this region, where the Austrians captured Hill
992, a dominant strategical position, by a night attack.
General Alexander Linsingen of the German army, with
280,000 soldiers, is conducting the Stryj region operations, having
superseded the Austrian commander there. He has under his com
mand five armies.
at a special meeting of Council to
consider a dog ordinance.
“The law which forbids children
working iff the mills has caused a
large number of them to be on the
Streets. They can not go to school
because their parents are unable to
buy them books. The Federation of
Trades has purchased a large number
of books, but the task is too large
for us.
“City Council has taken up more
time .since Christmas considering
what to do with worthless dogs of the
city than any other subject, and it
does seem that if the Augusta Hu
mane Society can induce City Coun
cil to pass ordinance at'ier ordinance
In behalf of mangy, flea-bitten dogs
that we might get you to help us with
books for children.”
The matter was referred to the Fi
nance Committee and it is believed
that the committee will recommend
an appropriation.
Chattanooga Votes
For Commissioners
CHATTANOOGA, April 13.—A rec-
! »rd vote was expected in to-day’s mu-
j nicipal election the second under the
j l omrriselon form of government
The chief fight was between James
| Finlay and Jesse M Littleton for
1 Mayor although th* Citizens' League
l had made a bitter fight on the entire
I ticket headed by T f Betterton. Po-
' lice Commissioner, who is running for
re -election.
The youngest and prettiest star of
grand opera is the distinction Miss
Anna Case, of the Metropolitan, en
joys—besides, of course, the honor of
a most successful career.
Miss Case, a prime favorite in At
lanta both on and off the stage, is go
ing to appear in but two operas here
this season. She will be Olympia In
“The Tales of Hoffmann” and Second
Youth in “The Magic Flute.” She has
a beautiful colorature soprano voles
and a bewitching stage presence. This
highly qualifies her for the part of
Olympia. the doll in Offenbach’s
charming opera.
One of the most likebale things
about Miss Case is that she didn't feel
it was necessary to get her opera
training in Europe. She is an Ameri
can girl through and through, and it
was in her native land that she ac
quired the development of her talents
that has put her in the front rank of
Metropolitan favorites.
Miss Case comes from a little in
terior town of New Jersey. She
learned to sing with dozens of other
girls at the village school Her first
experience was singing s<Vlos in the
village church. And that is not so
many years ago, for Miss Case is still
in her early twenties
Incidentally, young bachelors of At
lanta will be pleased to learn that
Miss Case dances as well a* she sings,
and that she is prepared, if the occa
sion presents itself, to teach an>
young man the step* «• f the newest
dances
EN DEFENSE
TO ATTACK NEGRO
Accused Furniture Dealer to
Charge Barge Fired Storey in
Revenge for Reprimand.
When the State rests Tuesday in
the trial of S. D. Warren, furniture
merchant, accused of complicity in a
plot to burn the store of S. D. Warren
& Co., in Peters street, last Novem
ber, the defense will Introduce a
string of witnesses with the view of
battering down the stor yof William
Barge, the negro employee, as told
from the witness stand Monday after
noon and in which he implicated
Warren.
The defense will seek to show that
Barge alone was responsible for the
fire, and that he applied the torch
through revenge, because Warren had
accused him of stealing from the
store and severely had reprimanded
him everal tim«s for drunkenness.
In addition to this, the defense also
will pul up nearly 10U citizens and
officials of Fulton and DeKalb Coun
ties to testify to the gt«od character
of Warren.
Simultaneously with the offen
sive in the Stryj region of Gal
icia, the Germans in Northern
Poland have re-opened their at
tacks along the Narew-Bobr
front, again shelling Ossowiec
and trying to pierce the Rus
sian lines at .Jedwabno.
The following statement on opera
tions in that district was issued here
to-day:
“The Germans bombarded the fort
ress of Ossowiec from 8 a. m. to 6 p. m.
w ith eight-in<fh mortars Sunday. The
fortress replied effectively.
“The Germans sent four fireships in
the form of rafts against the Ossowiec
forts. Some were blow r n up by the
fire of the forts. Others failed to
reach their destination.
“In the region of Jedwabno violent
trench fighting occurred yesterday.
Bomb throwers were used to some ex
tent.
“Small engagements occurred near
the village of Bromierz, on the right
bank of the Vistula. We captured
near Dembs, on the Narew% a German
aeroplane and two aviators.
“Near Suwalki w’e captured four
German machine guns and a number
of prisoners.”
Analyzing the situation in the Car
pathians, the military expeTt of The
Bourse Gazette says to-day:
“The Russians are continuing their
march to the Hungarian plains, cre
ating vast alarm at Budapest and
Viennt. The danger of the dual mon
archy has reached an acute stage. The
events of the next few days possibly
will have an enormous effect upon
the whole future Austrian campaign.
“The Austrian attempt to drive a
wedge between the Russian troops ad
vancing in Hungary has failed, judg
ing from the large number of prison
ers in Russian hands.
“The desperate situation is recog
nized by the enemy, who is gathering
troops from the Vistula, Narew\ Nida,
South Germany and the Italian fron
tier.”
Airmen Wreck Lines,
Hindering Germans
By FRANKLIN P. MERRICK
Special Correspondent International
New* Service.
have bombarded Bruges. Antwerp and
a number of the railway lines that
run through West Flanders. A num
ber of missiles were dropped upon he
German concentration camp at Bruges
on Monday, and much damage was
done to th^. railway lines, thus ham
pering the movement of German
troops and supplies.
It has Just come to light that a dar
ing British aviator, using a Taube
aeroplane, which was captured from
the Germans, flew over Antwerp and
dropped a number of projectiles. As
a result of this ruse, the German avi
ators now signal to each other with
colored Are arrow's to prevent further
operations of the British in captured
Taubes.
Artillery duels are reported from
West Flanders, the district south of
the Lys River, the Aisne Valley, the
Champagne region and the Woevre
district.
Although the Germans delivered
half a dozen hard attacks in the sec
tor of Albert, the War Office states
that the French lost no ground there.
Their night attacks w’ere repulsed
with heavy losses of life.
Small damage was done to Nancy
by the German aerial bombardment.
BernstoriFs Attack
Taken Up by Cabinet
FBy International Newt Service.!
WASHINGTON, April 13.—The ex
traordinary memorandum attacking
the neutrality of the United States
filed with the State Department by
Count von Bernstorff, the German
Ambassador, w r as taken up by Presi
dent Wilson and his Cabinet to-day.
Administration officials continued to
handle the situation guardedly. Noth
ing official w r as forthcoming, excep
the statement by Secretary of State
Bryan that the matter was “under
consideration.”
It was understood, that the Admin
istration would suspend action pend
ing receipt of official information as
to w'hether the unusual language used
by the Ambassador in the note to the
State Department was sanctioned by
the Berlin Foreign Office.
The hope was general, however, in
official circles that the Kaiser s Gov
ernment would disclaim responsibility
for th^ .discourteous wording of ’he
PARIS. April 13.—British airmen Ambassadors communication.