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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.
Sunrises, 4:57; sun sets, 6:15.
l VOL. XIII. NO. 224.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1915.
NAVAL BA1TLE REPORTED RACING
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BELIEVES
The Fulton County Grand Jury Fri
day held a lengthy conference with
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
mendations will be incorporated in its
general presentments, to be returned
the latter part of next week to Judge
Ben H. Hill, in the Criminal Court.
Tax Collector Andy Stewart, Tax
Receiver T. M. Armistead and Clerk
Henry M. Wood, of the County Com
mission, wer3 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 recommendations.
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
the 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
from only about fifteen counties are
sufficient to 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.
By L. V. B. RUCKER.
COURTHOUSE. SYRACUSE, X.
Y.. April 23.—That J. P. Morgan, E.
H. Harriman, H. C. Frick, Jacob
Schiff and other financiers gave hun
dreds of thousands of dollars to the
Republican campaign fund in 1904
was admitted this afternoon by Theo
dore Roosevelt. He denied that the
money brought about his election, or
brought any favors to the givers from
his administration.
The colonel admitted that J. P.
Morgan. E. H. Harriman and several
others gave $100,000 each to the Re
publican fund. '
‘*But I made it plain that such con
tributions should be made with no ob
ligation made or implied,” declared
Mr. Roosevelt.
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’
$50,000 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 18rS-1899 show an ex
tremely friendly tone, and Roosevelt
admitted that he entertained Mr.
Barnes and his w’ife in the White
House at Washington and the Execu
tive Mansion at Albany.
Mr. Roosevelt was still the hero of
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
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
AT NASHVILLE—
MEMPHIS
NASHVILLE
CHATTANOOGA ...
LITTLE ROCK
AT PITTSBURG— R H E
CINCINNATI 101 000 0.. - .
PITTSBURG 000 000 0.. - . .
Schneider, Dale and Clark; Cooper and Gibson. Umpires. Quigley and Eason.
AT PHILADELPHIA— R H F
BOSTON 000 000 0.. -
PHILADELPHIA 020 000 0.. -
FOR TEST
Rudolph and Whaling; Rixey and Kil
AT ST. LOUIS—
life r. Umpires,
Rlgler and Hart.
R.
H. E.
CHICAGO 20 -
ST. LOUIS 00 - . .
Pierce and Bresnahan; Nlehaus and Snyder. Umpires, Klem and Emslle.
NEW-YORK-BROOKLYN GAME OFF; RAIN.
tice Andrews w’hen he demanded that
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NOMINATION BLANK
1,000 VOTES
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AMERICA
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I hereby nominate a candidate in your "HOME AND
AUTOMOBILE CLUB” circulation campaign:
Name Address
Nominated by ............. -Address
Note—Only one nomination blank win be aaaepted for Mgr
candidate.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
AT CHICAGO-
ST. LOUIS 002
CHICAGO 10.
R. — H. E.
Loudermllk and Leary; Clcotte and Schalk.
. AT CLEVELAND—
DETROIT
000
Umpires, Dlneen and Nallln,
R. H.
E.
21. ... -
CLEVELAND 010 00. . . ]
Coveleskle and BdVer; Coombs and Egan. Umpires, Hildebrand and O-Louahlln
OTHER GAMES OFF; RAIN. v, uougnnn.
FEDERAL LEAGUE
AT BUFFALO—
BALTIMORE 000
BUFFALO 401
Suggs and Owen; Woodman and Blair.
AT ST. LOUIS—
PITTSBURG
ST. LOUIS
R. H. E.
00. ... .
00. ... - . ‘ '
Umpires, Westervelt and McCormick.
R. H. E.
AT KANSAS CITY—
CHICAGO .
KANSAS CITY ’ * .
AT NEWARK—
BROOKLYN 100 3..
NEWARK 320 0 _ ’ ' '
Flnneran and Wilson; Falkenburg and Rarlden. Umpires, Johnstone and Fyfe.
H. E.
H. E.
Atlanta Girl at 4 | Arrests Widow of
Is a Violin Genius,
Plant for Recital
You wouldn’t call 4-year-old Doro
thea Alleen Stephens an infant prodi
gy, exactly, because an infant prodigy
is usually a young person with bulg
ing brow and spectacles and funereal
for himself a stern rebuke from Jiff? ^gloom. And Dorothea Alleen Is none
Pastor as Slayer
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 down
a decision granting the slayer of
Stanford White a hearing to deter
mine whether he is sane or insane.
The trial of Thaw’s sanity will be
conducted bejpre a Jury, Justice Hen.
driclu 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 handed down the de
cision, which was a long one, going
fully into the merits of the case
Thaw was heavily guarded while m
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 chuckled when he learned of
the Sheriff’s precautions. His attor
ney, John B. 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 fo^
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
Stanchfleld several weeks ago.
"This decision 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 tvith more
than 2,000 persons who crowded about
to congratulate him. The turn given
i the case by his victory caused his
guards to drop any idea that he might
of that, but as bright a little girl as
you would care to see, who likes to
romp and to eat candy like any other
4-year-old.
But all the same there are few
grown-ups who can handle a violin
like she can. The little girl is rhe
daughter of Mrs. Theodora Morgan
Stephens, of No. 35 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 the
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
tions, some of them difficult and tech
nical, at a recital with her Another,
who is an accomplished artist.*
WILLACOOCHEE, April 23.—Fol
lowing the funeral of the Rev. Allen
Haskins, of Lei i a ton, who was shot
T l1 . c j.., , , , . I guards io urup any iu«ti mat iits iiugui
. night while in bed holding j attempt to escape and they permitted
his child in his arms, the Sheriff of ; th* spectators to crowd about him.
COLLEGE GAMES.
AT CHARLOTTESVILLE.
Georgia 004'
Virginia . 000
itterles: Hitchcock and Normally;
Gammon and Ehrmon. Umpire, Warren.
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, And that the de
ceased came to his death by a gun
shot wound by the hands of an un-
known party.”
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 Hallway and
Power Company for new tracks over
the viaduct. Under the franchise
contract, for which the city was paid
$50,000 when the viaduct was built,
the city is required to keep up the
tracks. The city engineers estimate
the cost of the present repairs to be
approximately $0,750. The putting n
of the new rails was done by the
forces of the trolley company, but the
<u>w will LhA la
When Judge Hendrick asked Attor
ney Stanvhileld how long he thought
the trial would take, the lawyer re
plied :
"There are many witnesses to bo
presented from all parts of the coun
try While I 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. Even the newsboys on Cen
ter street shouted their congratula
tions as Thaw walked toward the
prison
Detectives Aid in
Battle Hill Probe
The investigators of the manage
ment of the Battle Hill Tuberculosis
Sanitarium—Dr. J. P. Kennedy and
Dr. Claude A. Smith—said Friday
there were 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 tie doctors in making
a probe.
ATLANTA 10
BIRMINGHAM 41
BATTING ORDER.
ATLANTA. BIRMINGHAM.
Bowden, If Coombs, 1b
Williams, 2b Magee, cf
Moran, cf Clark, 2b
Neiderkom, c Sloan, rf
Bisland, ss McBride, If
Eibel, 1h Hemingway, 3b
Tullos, 3b EUam, ss
Lee, rf Hale, c
Brown'ng, p Robertson, p
BIRMINGHAM, April 23— Bill Smith
sent Frank Browning, a veteran. in
agalnts the Barons this afternoon in an
effort to ta ekthe third game of the
present series. Bill Lee. the new out
fielder secured from the Browns, was
again sent to right field, with Bowden
in left and Rumler working back of the
bat and batting in cleanup position.
The Carckers conclude their series
here to-morrow and leave for Atlanta,
where they open with Mobile on Mon-
daq.
The game was delayed a short time
while lumber out in right field, where a
new scoreboard has been erected, was
removed.
Robertson and Hale was the Baron
battery selection.
FIRST INNING.
Bowden singled to right. Williams
sacrificed. Robertson to Clark, who cov
ered first. Moran singled ot center and
Bowden scored. Moran stol seconde.
Rumler was caleld out on strikes. Bis
land flied to Sloan. ONE HUN. TWO
HITS.
Coombs hit a home run to deep left.
Magee singled to right. Clark singled
past first and Magee went to third.
Sloan forced Clark, Bisland to Williams
Magee could not get away from third.
Sloan stole second. McBride grounded
out. Browning to Eibel. Hemingway
smashed a single to right, and Magee
and Sloan scored, while Hemingway
went to second on the throw-in. Hem
ingway scored on a passed ball by Rum
ler. Ellam flied to Lee. FOUR RUNS.
FOUR HITS.
SECOND INNING.
Eibel walked. Tullos sacrificed. Rob
ertson to Coombs. Lee grounded out,
Ellam to Coombs. Manning batted for
Browning and hit in front of the plate
and was out. Hale to Coombs. NO
RUNS. NO HITS.
Thompson replaced Browning on the
burling mound. Hale flied to Lee. Rob
ertson rolled a single to center Coombs
singled to right and Robertson took
third. Lee is playing a fast fielding
game. Magee flied to center and Rob
ertson scored after the catch. Clark
popped to Bisland. ONE RUN. TWO
HITS.
TO-DAY'S RACING
RESULTS.
AT HAVRE DE GRACE.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Ada Anne. 105
(Metcalf), 30, 12. 6. won; Sherwood, 107
(Butwell), 2, 7-10. 1-4. second; Gordon
Russell. 105 (Rice), 7, 5-2, 7-5, third.
Time, 1:14 1-5. Gitana. Roger Gordon,
Tiger Jim. Sir Dyke, Patience, Claribel,
Sonny Boy, Sepulveda, Ynca and Col.
Cook also ran.
SECOND—Four furlongs: xBroom-
vale, 108 (Groth), 1-2, out, won; Casco,
108 (McAtee). 4. 11-10, 9-20, second;
xVermont. 108 (Buxton), 1-3, out, third.
Time, :48 2-5. Leteeti. Feminist. Jerry
Jr.. Filly Delphi also ran. xCoupled.
THIRD—Five and one-half furlongs:
xCelte. 102 (Turner), 2, 7-10, 1-3, won;
Norse King. 118 (Shuttinger), 18-5, 6-5,
1-2. second; Lady Teresa, 103 (Ambrose)
1-2, 9-10, 2-8, third. Time, 1:06 2-5.
xHerbert Temple. San Slick, Singsong,
Sarsenet. F’olarius also ran. xCoupled
In betting.
FOURTH Four furlongs: Pesky. 94
(Ixmder), 11-5, 7-10. out. won; Golden
List. 99 (Dreyer), 5, 6-5, out, second;
lolite, 100 (Butwell), 2. 7-10, out. third.
Time, :48 2-5. Gentlewoman also ran.
AE LEXINGTON.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Billy Joe, 110
(O’Brien), 9.40. 4.30. 3.50, won; Droll,
110 (Vandusen), 4.80, 3 70. second; Sa
lon. 112 (Warrington), 20.80. third. Time.
1:15. Mallard, Alice Dunn, Langhorne,
Bob H., Chitra, Doctor Kendall, Charley
McFerran, Armor. Margaret Lowry also
ran.
SECOND—Four furlongs: Cosmic,
109 (Meahan). 5.00, 2.90 . 2.90, won; Dis
turber, 112 (Kederis). 3.00, 2.M second;
John Celia. 110 (McTaggart), 3.90, third.
Time, :48 4-5* Cantara, Little Cove,
Uncle Will, Infldel II. Old Charter also
ran
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 wife a man may
treat her as cruelly as if he had beat
en her with a stick.
Tag Day Proceeds
May Reach $4,000
With a number of committees yet
to be heard from, Tag Day already
had 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.
EPIDEMICS KILL FARM STOCK.
CHESTER, S. C., April 23.—Chicken
cholera within the past fortnight has
kiUed more than 500 fowls in the Black-
stock section. Nearly twenty-five cows
have died of some unknown disease.
Race Entries on Page 3.
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 bombarded
the railway station at Mlawa and the
German aerodome at Saniky, near by.
Each of the alrshij&s dropped bombs
woighing 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 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 w r ho 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.
ZEPPELINS
Motor Messenger
Collides With Girl
Miss Gertrude Allen, a stenographer
in the employ of H. G. Hastings &
Co., Mitchell street, was knocked
down and painfully Injured when
struck by a motorcycle as she was
crossing Forsyth street in front of
the postofflee 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 W. Brittain, Assistant City Chief
of Construction, who drove up imme
diately after the accident. Miss Al
len w r as unable to get up and said she
was airaid she was seriously Injured.
Mr. Brittain placed her in the tonneau
of his car and, at her request, took
her to St. Joseph’s.
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
cluded parish in Austria.
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.
IBy International News 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 i»
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
i
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 w’ar 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
Newt Service.)
LONDON. April 23—Despite vio
lent German attacks in an attempt t®
recapture Hill 60, the British troopa
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 Fiald Mar
shal Sir John E'rench and iwued by
the Government press bureau to-: