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The spring dog show of the At
lanta Kennel Club opened Friday at
the skating link on Peachtree street
* with much eclat and barking. More
than 100 of Atlanta's most aristo
cratic dogs were entered when the
lists closed Thursday night, and indi
cations point to an unusually success
ful affair. The show' will clo*e Sat
urday night and the dogs will be
wearing their blue ribbons in .plenty
of time for grand opera.
A big crowd filed into the rink to
view the fine specimens. Several sur
prises were furnished in the arrival
at a late hour of rare dogs from va
rious parts of the world, hut many
familiar canine faces were seen.
Young dogs entered for the first
time marveled at the display and
barked their satisfaction, .but the old
dogs appeared a bit blase. It is un
necessary to state that the bulldogs
and .the poodles are being kept sep
arate for fear of dire consequences*
Watchdogs promise to be greatly
missed at various chimney corners
where burglars are wont ,to prowl.
Probably ife best, line of coOd-s
ever seen hel^e is.on exhibit. __ O/rie of
these is “Bounder Arkwrighj'." ag^n.o-
ble a dog as ever nursed a bone.
“Bounder" has been entered by Pres
ton S. Arkwright, Jr . and expects to
make his dogdom competitors hustl^
to beat him to a ribbon.
The pug dogs are many and are on
their dignity for the occasion.
Entries were made by the following
owners: Edgar Dunlap. Jr.. Reid
Hobson, Jr.. John W. Grant. Jr.. Miss
Margaret McKee, Miss Alline Scully,
Miss Leslio Grant, Miss Ruth Black
man. Miss Helen McCarty, Miss Kath
erine Ellis, Miss Katherine Murphy.
Miss Jane Crandall. Miss Margaret
Vaughan. Miss Erskine Jarnagin. Miss
Courtney Ross. Miss Dahlgreen, Mrs.
E. E Willis, Mrs. G. P. Dance, Mrs.
F. W. Roesjer, Mrs. Winthrop. Mrs.
Lou Castro of Griffin. Mrs. C. J. Loef-
ler. Mrs. Vernon Stiles. Mrs. B A.
Stigen. Mrs. J. M Bishop. Mrs. F. T
Smith. Mr.-. John Hili. .Mrs. John J.
Woodside. Jr.. \V. T. Gentrv Macon
Martin. John S. Sanders. J. B. Gentle.
G. Wilson, J. P. Turner, Lowry
Porter, Joseph Brown Connally,
Charles Boynton. L. F. Bottenfield, O.
C.-Lsop, J. L. Baldwin, W. B. Zimmer.
C. B. Pritchett, O. L. Holbrook, J. C.
Davis, O. J. Allen, General Evans.
H. T. Hinton, Roy Doreey, M. A.
Knipe, H. S. Courtney, L. S. Sche.-
ber, G. Ai. Harrington. Philip L’Engle,
Preston Arkwright, Jr.. W. M. Ste
phenson. Alf Bert ling. W. E. Quarles,
S. A. Smith. M. E. Benson, J. C. Ison,
Louis Jameson. E. R. Slider, Dr. How
ard Bucknell. W. H. Baldwin, James
L. Dickey, Jr., J. P. Sanderson, George
Rosser, j. S. Furstennburg, F. L.
Markham. Meyer Regenstein. Ira Wil
liams. 1). O. Chesnut, C. W. Henry,
Dr. J. c. Wright and Stewart Mur
ray.
Woman Aviator
Wins War Medal
PETROGRAD, April 23.—Marie
Kurpyeva, the young woman volun
teer .avia.tor. has received the Cross
>f St. George for her flaring work on
of St. George for bet <
the Carpathian front.
NEW YORK. April 23.—Mrs.
Jaeqes Futrelle, .widow of the novel
ist, drowned in the Titanic disaster,
will be allowed to sue in England for
loss of her husband's life by a decision
given in Federal Court.
This modifies a former ruling that
required all Titanic claims to be tiled
in the Federal District Court.
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Urges Walks to Avoid
Influenza Epidemic
NEW YORK. April 23.—Walk a
mile in tl>§open air twice a day. It
sill add ten years to your life and.
besides, it will keep you from catching
influenza.
That is the advice of Deputy Health
Commissioner Emerson In his report
(he influenza epidemic. Last week
here were 3p influenza deaths in the
ity aga.nst 15 a year ago.
Mrs. Futrelle to File
Titanic Claim Abroad
By L. V. B. RUCKER.
(Special Correspondent International
News' Service.)
COURTHOUSE, SYRACUSE, N. Y..
April 23.—Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
was the happiest man in Syracuse to
day. He told his friends that his case
had been clinched and that the props
had been knocked out from under the
complaint of William Barnes, the Al
bany Republican leader, who is suing
the ex - President for $50,000 on a
charge of libel.
The Colonel was particularly jubi
lant over the outcome of the duel of
witness and counsel in which he had
engaged Thursday with William M.
Ivans, chief counsel for the plaintiff.
“Mr. Ivans is the best friend I have
in the world," said the Colonel to one
of his? lawyers. When the remark
was repeated to Mr. Ivans he made no
comment, unless a grunt of scorn
could be taken for comment.
Colonel Roosevelt has grinned like
a happy boy ever since his testimony
of yesterday, and he was ready for all
attacks to-day. Whatever may be
the opinion of the public, the Colonel
is satisfied he has scored heavily
against the man he accused as a cor
rupt bos9—that he has “drawn first
blood."
Grateful to Ivans.
His remark about Ivans being his
friend meant tha(. he thanked the op
posing lawyer for laying the platform
that allowed the ex-President to set
forth his views from the stand.
The throng that flocked to the
Onondaga courthouse to-day hours
before they could get In showed that
the Colonel is the hero of the town.
The .man who could knock the war
from the front page of every news
paper, regardless of its politics, has
won the admiration of the people
here.
Roosevelt adherents to-day de
clared he had "come back” and that
Willia?fi Barnes, the Colonel’s accuser
in this sensational lawsuit, has done
for Mr. Roosevelt what he never
could have done for himself.
On the other hand. Mr. Barnes and
his advisers appear confident the case
is just begun, they say.
“We are not through yet." Mr.
Ivans said, “and it is not to be said
that Mr. Roosevelt has answered on
the tax proposition or for his close
association with Senator Platt. B. B.
Odell and the rest of that crowd.”
Politicians on Hand.
When the trial was resumed it was
hoped by both sides that the Colonel’s
cross-examination would be finished
to-day. if it is. there will be no ses
sion of the court to-morrow and the
lawyers -n the case will be the guests
of Judge W S. Andrews on his farm
for the ^peek-end.
This may not be a political trial, as
Mr. Ivans declared, and there has
been no important politics in the tes
timony, but the up-State politician
who can get to Syracuse is here and
noihing but politics is talked in the
courthouse corridors and the lobbies
of the hotels.
The tremendous Interest of the peo
ple and the near riots for admission
to the courtroom before the session
opened indicated this would be an
other “Rno.wevelt day”—with the gal
lery, if not with the jury.
Jewel thieves came back strong on
Thursday evening and pulled off two
jobs on the North Side which netted
them gems worth several hundred
dollars.
A negro called at the home of Mrs.
H. R. Berry, of No. 23 Kimball street,
and told the maid that he was a de
liveryman top a downtown store. He
was allowed to enter the house and
the maid want about her work, l^ater
it was found that a cluster of dia
monds. a rir.g set with opals, a tur
quoise ring and a brooch of diamonds
and amethysts had been stolen.
Miss Lillian Jocelyn, head nurse at
t’ne Davis-Fischer Sanitarium, report
ed the theft from her apartment of
the following gems: A platinum ring
set with a large pearl, surrounded by
diamonds; a ring of snake design, set
with one diamond; a gold band ring,
set w ith three large sapphires, and a
pearl crescent pin. Pinkerton detec
tives. working on the case, are said to
have found n clew, (.‘ity detectives
claimed .they w ould recover the stolen
jewelry Friday.
The a-utomobile of R. Irving Gresh
am. manager of the C. A. Dahl Com-
j pan. was stolen from in front of the
Dahl store iil Pryor street. The car
was a five-passenger Premier, 1914
model, and the tag was No. 4233. Mr.
Gresham s son yaw a negro jump into
the car and drive away. Before Mr.
Gresham could get out on the street
the negro had escaped with the car.
Germans Turn Out
“Sunflower" Butter
LONDON. April 23.—The produc
tion of margarin from sunflowers is
the latest device attributed to the
German government to meet the ex
pected scarcity of butter, according to
a dispatch te the Exchange Telegraph
Company from Amsterdam.
The message says that the Prussian
Ministry of Railroads has! ordered all
station masters to plant sunflowers in
every bit of available ground around
the depots.
Sunflowers, it is said, yield an oil
that can be used in the manufac-
I ture of butter.
Wilson Not to Attend
Commercial Congress
fBv International News Strvlo*.]
WASHINGTON, April 23.—President
Wilson fcill not attend the annual con
vention of the Southern Commercial
Congress, to be held in Muskogee, Okla..
from April 26 to 29. it became known
to-day definitely.
Secretary of Labor Wilson will be the
only Cabinet member present, but
among other officials from Washington
who will attend are Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Malburn, Assistant Sec
retary of Commerce Sweet and Assis
tant Secretary of Agriculture Vroman.
Tacoma Shaken by
Light Earthquake
(By International New* Servloa.l
TACOMA. WASH. April 23.—No
damage was reported to-day as the
result of yesterday's earthquake,
which was felt in South Tacoma and
for twelve miles In the direction of
Point Defiance. Residents of that
section said the quake was not of
sufficient violence to do any damage
beyond the breaking of a few window
panes.
500-/6. Bomb
Dropped on
Germans
By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
PETROGRAD. April 23.—Russian
airmen bombarded the Germans at
Plock and Mlawa Thursday, causing
serious damage. These two raids were
In retaliation for an attack made upon
Warsaw' by a German aviator the pre
ceding day.
In a flight over Plock a Russian
airship threw fifteen bombs upon the ]
city. Some struck German supply |
boats in the Vistula River, while oth
ers burst In the city square among
the German transports.
Four Russian airships bombarded
the railway station at Mlawa and the
German aerodorne at Saniky, near by.
Each of the airships dropped bombs
weighing more than 500 pounds.
Three struck the station buildings,
two fell in the aeroplane hangars and
two hit unsheltered aeroplanes. Oth
ers dropped in the German trenches
about M'lawa.
Though subjected to a heavy fire
from the German gunners, the air
ships were undamaged and returned
safely to their stations.
The German aviator who attacked
Warsaw Wednesday morning dropped
three bombs, none of which caused
serious damage. During the afternoon
three other German aeroplanes tried
to approach ihe city, but were driven
away before they could pass the
forts.
SHE FOR
15 Dead; Enormous
Loss in Texas Flood
[By International New* Service |
AUSTIN, TEXAS. April 23.—Fif
teen persons are dead and enormous
property damage has been done by
floods that are raging in this section
of Texas to-day. Reports from sur
roundin'- teritory are. expected to in
crease the number of dead. One re
port received here stated that at
least 35 persons have been drow’ned.
This could not be confirmed because
of the interruption of communication
between Austin and outlying points.
The Colorado River is at flood stage
and the worst flood in the history of
a Is stream was in prospect to-day.
Mikado's Coronation
To Cost $2,000,000
TOKIO, April 23.—The cabinet has
fixed November 10 as the date for the
coronation of Emperor Yoshihito. The
ceremony was to have taken place
last November, but a postponement
was made necessary by the death of
the Dowager Empress
The Diet already has appropriated
$2,000,000 for the expenses of the cer
emony, which will last three days.
By HERBERT TEMPLE.
(European Manager International
News Service.)
LONDON. April 23.—England is
awaiting the developments of the next
twenty-four hours with outward calm,
but beneath the surface there is an
element of anxiety that cannot be
concealed. Great operations in the
North Sea are believed by the naval
experts to be under w r av.
i Traffic between England and Hol
land has been stopped by order of the
Government. With only a few ex
ceptions, communication with all the
cast coast ports has been cut ofT.
These two developments, the naval
experts say, are evidence that a great
clash for sea mastery is imminent, if
it has not already begun. While the
announcement in Berlin that British
submarines have invaded Heligoland
Right was unconfirmed by the British
Admiralty this forenoon, it was gen
erally accepted as true.
Early in the war. Winston Spencer
Churchill, head of the Admiralty, said
that England would compel the Ger
man fleet to come out and flght. The
operations at Heligoland may be part
of the plan to smash the bottle that
has held the German battleship squad
ron for many months.
Mr. Churchill returned to-day from
France, where he conferred with the
French Minister of Marine. While no
official statement has been issued as
to the subject under discussion by the
two men who are directing the naval
operations of the western Allies, it
is reported that they took up in detail
the North Sea situation and the Dar
danelles, laying plans for the most
stupendous naval operations the
world has ever witnessed.
These are said to include arrange
ments for protecting the landing of
troops at four different points on the
Turkish coast other than Enos, which
is reported evacuated by the Turks
and occupied by soldiers of the Allies.
In some quarters the opinion was
expressed to-day that a decisive stage
of the war had ben reached. A dis
patch from Rotterdam states that the
German Government Las forbidden
any one to leave Germany at present.
It is believed that such a step would
have been taken only owing to the
fact that Germany is making plans
that must be guarded with the utmost
secrecy.
Pope’s Chamberlain
Is Asked to Resign
ROME, April 23.—The Pope's pri
vate chamberlain, Mgr. Gerlach, who
is an Austrian and acted as inter
preter at the Pope's audience with
Karl H. von Wiegand, has been asked
to resign his post at the Pontifical
court.
He will probably be sent to a §e-
cluded parish in Austria.
Wife Says Loveday
Loved Her but a Day
CHICAGO, April 23.—Fate, appar
ently, had a hand in the naming of
John Loveday. a traveling salesman.
His wife. Mrs. Alice Loveday. in a bill
for divorce, charges that he loved her
about a day after their marriage, then
deserted her.
She also names other women
‘Germany to Keep
Channel Territory’
By FREDERICK WERNER.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
BERLIN ( via Amsterdam), April
23.—Berlin newspapers to-day pub
lish, without comment, a speech made
by Dr. Paasche. vice president of the
Reichstag, yesterday at Kreuznach.
It is understood to represent an ele
ment of German officialdom as to the
terms of peace that Germany should
insist upon.
Dr. Paasche is quoted as saying:.
“The land we conquered with much
German blood we shall never return.
We must get to the English Channel,
even if it Is necessary for us to con
quer all English strongholds before
attaining that end.
‘ We also need insurance against
new invasions by the Russian hordes.
“The diplomat's pen must not spoil
what the sword has so well achieved.”
By HERBERT TEMPLE.
(European Manager International
News Service.)
LONDON. April 23.—Despite vio
lent German attacks In an attempt to
recapture Hill 60, the British troops
have held their ground. All the as
saults have failed. The British hold
the entire crest of the hill, which is
of great strategic importance.
A bi-weekly report sent yesterday
from the headquarters of Field Mar
shal Sir John French and issued by
the Government press 'bureau to-day
states that the attacks have ceased
for the time being.
The report also states that the
British have been successful in min
ing operations about Armentieres,
while a British aviator successfully
attacked the German airship shed at
Ghent.
The report follows:
“German attacks on Hill No. 60,
west of Zwartelen, which had stopped
at the time of my communication on
Monday last, have since been renewed
several times.
"These attacks have all failed and
have now ceased for the time being.
We hold the entire crest of the hill
and deny its use to the enemy, who
attach great Importance to it. There
was never any truth In the state
ments published in a German official
communique that the enemy had re
captured the position.
“During the course of operations
the enemy fired shells of 17-inch di
ameter Into Ypres on April 21. In
the neighborhood of La Bassee the
enemy exploded two mines opposite
our right. They failed to do any
damage.
“Our aviators having discovered
German mines in the neighborhood of
Le Touquet, near Armentieres, we
forestalled all their efforts.
“We exploded there on the morning
of April 22 a mine which had been
prepared.
"One of our airmen carried out a
very bold and successful single-hand
ed attack on the airship shed near
Ghent. He had to run the gantlet of
a Are directed from a captive balloon,
as well as from the ground in order
to attack his objective.
“Ir. spite of this, he descended with
in 200 feel and effected his object,
causing a large explosion at the shed.’*
Frencb Steadily Cut
Into German Wedge
By FRANKLIN P. MERRICK.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
PARIS, April 23.—Bit by bit th©
French attacks are cutting into the
German wedge at St. Mjhiel. The
capture of two lines of frenches in
the forest of Apremont. which jies
south of the German salient, is re
garded here as most important. If
these French can recapture the
northern part of the forest, which was
taken by the Germans early in the
war. they will render untenable the
positions of the Kaiser’s troops and
straighten out their line.
While the official communique is
sued here to-day says there is noth
ing to add to last night’s report, un
official reports from the front say
violent fighting is proceeding in the
forest of Apremont, the Germans
launching repeated attacks in efforts
to regain the lost trenches.
The battle of the cliffs in Alsace is
proceeding without cessation. This
campaign on the crests and in th©
valleys of the Vosges is waged under
difficult conditions. It may drag
along for several weeks before a de
cisive result is attained, but th©
French claim gains on both banks of
the Fecht River.