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Forecast—Fair Friday night and Saturday.
_ Temperatures—6 a. m., 57; 8 a. m., 63; 10 a.
! m„ 70; 12 noon, 74; 1 p. m„ 76; 2 p. m„ 79.
Sun rises, 4:57; sun sets, 6:15.
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VOL. XIII. NO. 224.
ATLANTA, <JA., FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1915.
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Little Miss
Dorothea
Stephens and
her 16-inch
violin.
By L. V. B. RUCKER.
COURTHOUSE, SYRACUSE, X. Y ,
April 23.—Damon and Pythias and
Miss Dorothea
is preparing
now for her
concert debut
in May.
Letter From
Kaiser Signed
With Pencil
Dr. Eric Zoepffel. German consul in
Atlanta. Friday received a personal let
ter from Kaiser William notifying; him
of his promotion to the position of Con
sul General for the Southeast, a highly
lmpo/{ant office in consular circles.
The appointment was signed person
ally by the Kaiser with a lead pencil.
This fact led to the conclusion that the
Emperor was at the front when he at
tached his signature. The name, "Wil
helm II.” easily was legible, but was
remarkable for the height of the letters.
They were just about twice as tall as
ordinary writing
The letter, which expressed the Em
peror’s personal good wishes to Dr.
Zoepffel and appreciation for his ser
vices in the past as consul, also was
signed by Chancellor Herr Yon Beth-
mann-Hollweg, the man next greatest
in the German Empire to the Kaiser.
Accompanying the appointment also
came an official communication, signed j
by President Woodrow Wilson and Sec
retary of State Bryan, formally recog
nizing Dr. Zoepffel as the new Consul
General of this section.
PRISONER STATE LEVY
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You wouldn’t call 4-year-old Dor <-
hea AiJeen Stephens; an infant prodi
gy, exactly, because an infant prodigy
s usually a young person with bulg-
ng brow and spectacles and funereal
Loom. And Dorothea Aiioen is none
of that, but as bright a little girl as
vou would care to see. who likes to
romp and to cat candy like any other
4-year-old.
But ail the same there are few
grown-ups who can handle a violin
like she can. The little girl is ihe
daughter of Mrs. Theodora Morgan
Stephens, of No. 33 West Boulevard
drive, Kirkwood, and she has learned
at 4 years to play a violin delightful
ly. Her violin suits her well, being
sixteen inches long.
The young musician—probably lh"
youngest of such distinction in the
South—will appear as a concert play
er about the middle of May, when she
will play a number of operatic selec-
ions, some of them difficult and tech
nical, at a recital with her mother,
who is an accomplished artist.
Germans Turn Out
"Sunflower” Butter
LONDON, April 23.—The produc-
tion of margarin from sunflowers is
:he latest device attributed to the
German government to meet the ex
pected scarcity of butter, according to
i dispatch to 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
ture of butler.
Motor Messenger
Collides With Girl
Miss Gertrude Allen, a stenographer
in thp employ of H. G. Hastings Ki
Go., Mitchell street, was knocked
down and painfully injured when
struck by a motorcycle as she was
crossing Forsyth street in front of
the postoffice Friday. The motorcy
cle was driven by Robert Clements,
an employee of the City Messenger
Service. He also was badly shaken
up.
Miss Allen was taken to St. Jo
seph’s Infirmary in an automobile by-
Karl \V. Brittain, Assistant City Chief
of Construction, who drove up imme
diately after the accident. Miss Al
len was unable to get up and said she
was afraid she was seriously Injured.
Mr. Brittain placed her in the tonneau
of his car and, at 'her request, took
her to St. Joseph's.
Detectives Aid in
Battle Hill Probe
The investigators of the managv
ment of the Battle Hill Tuberculosis
Sanitarium—Dr. J. P. Kennedy and
Dr. Claude A. Smith—said Friday
there w ere no developments they could
make public. They spent the morning
at the sanitarium delving into the
records.
At the request of Dr. Smith, City
Detectives Cochran and Moon have
been assigned to the case, and they
are assisting the doctors in making
a probe.
David and Jonathan were no more
devoted to each other's interests than
were Theodore Roosevelt and William
Barnes before the Colonel discovered,
he said, that Mr. Barnes was a Da
] Jekyl and a Mr. Hyde.
When Mr. Hyde got the upper hand
of the combination. Mr. Roosevelt and
Mr. Barnes fell out.
The Colonel was interested in
Barnes because, he was trying to re
form him, according to R' . sevelt s
testimony under cross-examination
by William M. Ivins to-day in Barnes’
$30,000 libel suit.
He believed Barnes above, the aver
age politician morally, he said, and
he wanted to make Barnes a useful
citizen.
According to the Colonel, Mr.
Barnes was a Jekyl and Hyde and
he wanted to preserve Dr. Jekyl, but
Mr. Hyde absorbed him.
When Mr. Hyde got the upper hand
in 1911, the Colonel and Mr. Barnes
came to the parting of the ways. But
letters passed between Barnes and
Roosevelt in 1893-1899 show an ex
tremely friendly tone, and Roosevelt
admitted that he entertained Mr.
Barnes and his wife in the White
House at Washington and the Execu
tive Mansion at Albany.
Mr. Roosevelt was still the hero cf
the courtroom crowd, as he literally-
fought his way out to luncheon when
court recessed.
The morning session of the Colo
nel’s fourth day on the witness stand
was marked by frequent clashes with
Mr. Ivins.
Judge Rebukes Ivins.
Mr. Ivins sought at every turn to
confine the Colonel's answers and won
for himself a stern rebuke from Jus
tice Andrews when he demanded that
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Whitehall Repaving
To Be Done for Opera
The repavement of Whitehall street
over the viaduct is to be completed
before grand opera week, Karl Brit
tain. Assistant City Chief of Con
struction, said Friday. The work is
being rushed as rapidly as possible,
and, if it proves necessary, a force
will be put on the job Sunday.
The street was torn up on the pe
tition of the Georgia Railway and
Power Company for new tracks over
the viaduct. Under the franchise
contract, for which the city was paid
$30,000 when tiie viaduct w'as built,
tiie city is re inired to keep up the
tracks. The city engineers estim.ne
the cost of the present repairs to be
■approximately $8,750. The putting n
| of the new rails was done by :he
| forces of the trolley company, but the
J city will pay the bills.
Urges Walks to Avoid
Influenza Epidemic
NEW YORK. April 23.—Walk a
mile in the open air twice a day. It
ill add ten years to your life and.
besides, it will keep you from catching
in lluonza.
That is the advice of Deputy Health
Commissioner Emerson in his report
• he influenza epidemic. Last week
here were 35 influenza deaths in the
city against 15 a year ago.
By ROBERT C. CRANSTON.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
NEW YORK. April 23.—Harry K.
Thaw has won his long fight for a
sanity trial. Justice Hendrick, of the
Supreme Court, to-day handed dow-n
a decision granting the slayer of
Stanford White h hearing to deter
mine whether h* is sane or insane.
The trial of Thaw's sanity will be
conducted before a jury, Justice Hen
drick deciding that it was within his
power to grant this request.
Thaw took his victory calmly, as he
has taken previous defeats, smiling
when the court banded down the de
cision, which was a long one, going
fully into the merits of the case.
Thaw was heavily guarded while in
court and while on his way there be
cause of reports that efforts would be
made to rescue him from the authori
ties if the decision were against him.
Thaw Chuckles at Sheriff.
Thaw chuckfcpd when he learned of
the Sheriff’s precautions. His attor
ney, John Ft. Stanchfield. character
ized the report that an effort would
be made to rescue Thaw as "silly” and
"bunk."
Three policemen were also on guard
in the courtroom, on the lookout for
any suspicious characters. They re
mained near Thaw- while Justice Hen
drick was reading his decision.
The decision was on a writ of ha
beas corpus sworn out by Attorney
Sianehflekl several weeks ago.
"This derision will be fine news for
my mother,’’ said Thaw. He declined
to discuss whether he could satisfy
the jury that he was sane, smilingly
saying that that was for the jury to
decide.
By agreement of counsel Justice
Hendrick set the date for the trial for
may 17. The jury will be drawn from
the regular panel.
Thousands Cheer Him.
As Thaw left the courtroom to re
turn to his cell in the Tombs he was
compelled to shake hands with more
than 2,000 persons who crowded about
to congratulate him. The turn given
the case by his victory caused his
guards to drop any idea that he might
attempt to escape and they permitted
til" spectators to crowd about him
When! Judge Hendrick asked Attor
ney Stanuhileld how long he thought
the trial would take, the lawyer re
plied :
"There are rnanv witnesses to be
presented from all parts of the coun
try While 1 can’t say definitely, I
think the trial will take no more than
a week."
Thaw's return to the Tombs was in
marked contrast with former jour
neys to that prison. He was cheered
by hundreds who had heard the news
that he was to be given a chance for
freedom. Ev en the newsboys on Cen
ter street shouted their congraJula-
rior.s as Thaw' walked toward the
prison
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BELIEVER
TOO RICH
The Fulton County Grand Jury Fri
day held a lengthy conference witn
county tax ''fficials with the purpose
of bringing about a substantial reduc
tion this fall in the county tax rate,
through a material cut in Fulton’s
enormous tax assessments.
The Grand Jury’s plans and recom-
nxendations will be incorporated In Its
general presentments, to be returned
the latter part of next week to Judge
Ben H. Hill, in the C riminal Court.
Tax Collector Andy Stewart, Tax
Receiver T. M. Armistead and Clerk
Henry M. Wood, of the County Com
mission. wen In conference with the
grand Jurors, and gave their views at
length on the present tax situation
and the reforms, which the Grand
Jury is understood to have in con
templation for its recomm^iTdations.
May Lower Assessments.
From questions asked the officials
by the grand jurors, it was generally
believed Fulton’s annual tax digest of
$135,000,000 is considered entirely too
great and that the jurors will seek to
devise some plan whereby the assess
ments may be decreased. This would
bring about a material reduction in
Ihe county tax rate, it was said.
The taking up by the Grand Jury of
the question of tax reforms aroused
great interest in courthouse circles
and there was much speculation as to
the details of the plan of relief to be
proposed in the presentments.
It was demonstrated to the Grand
Jury by Collector Stewart that Fulton
County, on its digest of $135,000,000,
now pays one-seventh of the entire
taxes of the State. Fulton, he said,
pays more taxes that Chatham and
Bibb Counties combined. These coun
ties include the cities of Savannah
and Macon.
Fulton's Auto Tax $20,000.
He also explained that the taxes
/lorn only about fifteen counties are
sufficient lo pay the running expenses
of these respective counties. He was
questioned as to the amount of Fulton
County’s automobile tax returned to
the county by the State. He esti
mated this return at about $800, while
the amount paid into the State Treas
ury by this county aggregates $20,000.
The questions by the jurors as to
the automobile tax led to the belief
that there may be some interesting
recommendations along this line.
Nagging Is Cruelty,
Georgia Judge Rules
MACON, April 23.—The flat rule
was laid down by Judge Parks in the
Jones Superior Court at Grays that
cruel treatment, sufficient to author
ize a divorce, as provided by the
Georgia law. may consist of mental
nagging and distress, as well as of
physical abuse.
The judge charged a jury that by
simply neglecting his w ife a man may
treat her as cruelly as if he had beat
en her with a stick.
Tacoma Shaken by
Light Earthquake
(By International News Servtw.J
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
500-lb. 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 bo-mbard^d
the railway Ration at Mlawa and the
German aerodome at Sanlky. near by.
Each of the airships dropped bombs
weighing more than 500 pounds.
Three struck the station buildings,
two fell in the aeroplane hangafs and
tw'o hit unsheltered aeroplanes. Oth
ers dropped in the German trenches
about Mlawa.
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 the city, but were driven
away before they could pass the
forts.
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BUTTLE IS
Arrests Widow of
Pastor as Slayer
WILLACOOCHBE. April 23.—Fol
lowing the funeral of the Rev. Allen
Haskins, of Leliaton, who was shot
Tuesday night while in bed holding
his child in his arms, the Sheriff of
Coffee County to-day arrested the
widow of the decaesed on a warrant
charging murder. The evidence seems
to be wholly circumstantial, but there
is a strong sentiment here against
her. The Coroner's jury returned a
verdict as follows:
"We, the jury, find that the de
ceased came to his death by a gun
shot wound by the hands of an un
known party."
Tag Day Proceeds
May Reach $4,000
With a number of committees yet
to be heard from, Tag Day already
hact brought in to the Sheltering
Arms up to Friday noon more than
$3,500.
Until the rest of the committees
turn in their collections it will be im
possible to estimate the exact amount
Thursday’s campaign raised, but it is
expected to go over the $4,000 mark.
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 se-
luded parish in Austria.
Mrs. Futrelle to File
Titanic Claim Abroad
NEW YORli A Drll 23.—Mri.
Jaoqes 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 filed
in the Federal District Court.
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.
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By HERBERT TEMPLE.
(European Manager International
News Service.)
LONDON, April 23.—A daylight
raid of English coast towns by
Zeppelin airships is reported in a
dispatch from Blyth. This states
that two Zeppelins are flying
over the Northumberland coast.
I By International Newt Service.]
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, April
23.—An evening paper to-day
prints a dispatch saying that a
Montreal bank has received a
cable stating that a big naval bat
tle is raging in the North Sea.
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 way.
Traffic between England and Hol
land has been stopped by order of the
Government. With only a few ex
ceptions, communication with all the
east coast ports has been cut off.
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
Bight 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 fight. 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 has 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.
Fierce Attacks Fail
To Dislodge Britons
By HERBERT TEMPLE.
(European Manager International
News Serviced
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
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