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Crowd Struggles to Hear T. R. and Barnes
G. M. A. Cadets Get Real .
Taste of Life of Soldier
CALLS ACT
lLEGA
Mayor Woodward Tuesday branded
the action of the City Council Mon
day afternoon in taking from him the
appointment of the City Purchasing
Agent and making that officer elective
by Council as “outrageously illegal,
and he added that at the proper time
he would formally make the point
that Council had sustained instead of
overriding his veto. He said he was
ready even to take his fight to the
courts.
“The City Attorneys can rule until |
they are blue in the face, and Coun- I
cil can vote itself hoarse, but neither
will alter the fact that the city char- |
ter requires an act of the character of
the one under consideration to be
voted upon separately by Council and
the Aldermanic Board,” said Mayor
Woodward
“The City Attorneys have ruled time
and again that a resolution or ordi
nance looking to the expenditure of
money requires separate action by the
two bodies of Council. If changing
an office from an indefinite term to a
two-year term at $2,000 a year doesn’t
look to the expenditure of money, then
there Is no such thing as logic.
Will F'ght Question Out.
"The records show the vote of the
w hole Council on my veto was 19 to 9.
e two-thirds majority. But seven
members of the lower branch of Coun
cil of twenty members voted to sus
tain me. Thus the office of Purchas
ing Agent is just where it was before
Council interfered. I will make this
legal point and fight it out.”
Mayor Woodward did not give de
tails of his course, of action, but he
gave a good indication when Council,
assuming the amendment to the pur
chasing agent ordinance was finally a
law. attempted to hold an election to
fill the place. Mayor Woodward could
not be found to carry out the legal re
quirement that he must preside dur
ing elections.
The announcement of his position
has given visions of a stormy session
when the matter is taken up a*gain at
an adjourned meteing Thursday aft-
ernono. If he can be found and got
to the Council Chamber he may re
fuse to acknowledge nominations for
• purchasing agent.
Council May Ask Mandamus.
That likely would force Council to
go to the courts for a mandamus,
which would be just what the Mayor
would want. Even if it got past this
stage he could refuse to sign the pay
check of the Purchasing Agent elect
ed by Council. Again it would be up
to Council to try the case in court.
"If Council is going to ignore the
charter in this way. the Aldermanic
Board might as well be abolished,”
Councilman Claude L. Ashley declared
In the debate on the bill Monday aft
ernoon. "The Aldermanic Board was
created to vote separately on just such
papers as this."
The members voting with the May
or were:
Aldermen McDonald and Dunlap
Ind Councilmen Renfroe. George
Freeman, Ashley, Farlinger, William
lohnson, Edwin Johnson and Dallas.
Tenor's Wife
Pummels
Chauffeur
NEW YORK, May 4.— Lydia I^ocke,
wife of Orville Harrold. the opera
tenor, formerly of M uncle, Ind., was i
served at her home to-day with a |
summons to appear in the West Side j
Police Court to-morrow to answer |
complaint of disorderly conduct J
lodged by Moses Small, a husky
chauffeur. The defendant, who is
characterized as a singer of note, ad
mitted that she struck Small with
her fist, and added that had her hus
band been at home (he is now sing
ing in Chicago) something more se
rious would have happened to Small,
The chauffeur declared that the
singer struck him with a piece of
glass or a piece of leather, he could
not determine. The doctor had ‘o
take three stitches.
Mrs. Harrold said the maid went to
the door when the chauffeur came.
"The chauffeur gave me a package
I had ordered and demanded 25 cents.
I told him I had no change and asked
him to wait until the maid returne.
He grabbed me and pulled me out
into the hall. He wa3 abusive and I
hit him with my fist. Oh, if my hus
band had been home!"
Villa Shot Twice by
Disgruntled Officer
(By International News Service.)
SAN ANTONIO, May 4.—A private
dispatch received here, dated May 1,
relates that an attempt on the life of
General Villa was made by Colonel
Olivas, a member of his staff, at Chi
huahua.
It was said three shots were fired
at Villa and that he was wounded
twice, though neither wound was se
rious. Olivas, the dispatch said, was
killed by fellow officers. The trouble
was supposed to have been started
by the reduction of Olivas to “he
ranks for disobedience.
2 Killed, 11 Hurt in
Arkansas Tornado
(By International News Service.)
DELL. ARK.. May 4.—Two persons
were killed and eleven others were in
jured In a tornado which struck here
last night, according to the complete re
ports of the county authorities to-day.
Eighteen houses at Dell were destroyed
The storm is said to have done other
damage in this part of the State, but
communication has been destroyed with
surrounding- towns.
BANK STATEMENTS CALLED.
WASHINGTON. May 4. -Comptroller
of the Currency Williams to-day issued
a call for the condition of national
banks at the close of business on May 1.
By L. V. B. RUCKER.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
COURTHOUSE. SYRACUSE, N. Y.,
May 4.—Waning interest in the Wil
liam Barnes’.’Theodore Roosevelt $50,-
000 political suit was revived and re
doubled to-day by the expectation
that both principals would appear on
the stand.
The crowd that struggled for ad
mission to the courtroom was like
those of the first week of the action
when the Colonel held the boards.
Mr. Roosevelt was expected to “cor
rect his testimony" to the extent of
revealing his "state of mind" at the
time he caused to be republished his
alleged libel of Barnes. who, he
charged, was in combination with
Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany
Hall.
Under a new ruling by Justice An
drews. the Colonel may have more
latitude to show he was not actuated
by malice.
Mr. Barnes was to be asked about
the Journal Company of Albany and
his dealings with the Argus Compa
ny and the J. B. Lyon Printing Com
pany.
Carter Family Forced
To Flee in NightDress
Fire early Tuesday destroyed the
home of E. A. Carter, of No. L39
Greenwich avenue, West End, causing
,several hundred dollars loss and
forced the family to fleet to the street
in their night clothes.
The Bell Laundry, at No. 1811 South
Forsyth street, was damaged consid
erably Tuesday morning by flames
which started in the engine room, j
Prompt work by the firemen saved
the plant.
Another English
Vessel Torpedoedj
LONDON. May 4 The British
steamer Minterne was torpedoed by a|
•German submarine off the Scilly Is- j
lands Monday. The explosion killed j
two firemen I
GermanSubmarines
Reported Ordered to
Sink All U. S. Ships
(By International News Service.)
I ONDON, May 4.—The Finan-
| ^ cial News to-day prints the
following:
"It 's reported from a Dutch
source that German submarines
have been ordered to sink every
American vessel sighted, especially
passenger liners, without regard to
loss of American life, in order to
demonstrate the absolute impo
tence of the United States."
Pope Likely To Be
Appealed to in Italy
(Exclusive War Dispatches of The
Atlanta Georgian and The Lon
don Dailg Telegraph.)
LONDON, May 4.—A dispatch from
Dr. E. J. Dillon, in Rome, referring to
the arrival in Rome of Herr Erz-
berger, leader of the German Catholic
party, says:
"This influential politician has been
in this city on politfeal missions sev
eral times since the outbreak of war.
He has been cordially received by the
Pope, so it would not be surprising if
at the moment when Austro-German
hopes of coming to an arrangement
with Italy are vanishing, he were sent
to co-operate in a supreme effort to
insure her neutrality.”
Lieutenant
0. (). Ellis, mil
itary instruc
tor, and
G. M. A.
cadets pitching
on of their
tents.
To Keep Wilhelm
At Norfolk Yards
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 4 —The German
Kronprinz Wilhelm will be kept at Nor
folk navy yard until after the war, Sec
retary of thp Navy Daniels to-day an
nounced %
Admiral Beatty, commander of th*
yard, has provided berths at Norfolk
for both the Prir»z Eitel Friedrich and
the Kronprinz Wilhelm.
SUPREMACY
The net paid circulation of The Sunday American is now over 82,000 copies, which
shows an increase for the past six months of over a thousand copies a month.
WIPED OUT; ARMY OF
GARPATHIANSINPERIL
By FREDERICK WERNER.
(Special Correspondent International News Service.)
BERLIN, May 4 (via Amsterdam).—Our victory in Western
Galicia is more important than that in the Mazurian Lakes, tele
graphs a correspondent at Austrian headquarters. On the Dunajec
front, the Russians are retreating in disorder, with German and
Austrian trops pursuing and breaking up every attempt to rally.
Entire Russian divisions have been completely destroyed.. The
number of prisoners taken may exceed those captured by Field
Marshal von Hindenburg in East Prussia, but the chief importance
of the victory lies in the fact that the Russian troops concentrated
on the Carpathian front for the invasion of Hungary are now men
aced from both west and east.
“Unless these forces are ex
tricated by abler generalship
than the Russians have thus far
shown, they are threatened with
the greatest disaster ever re
corded in military history. At
any rate, they will be compelled
to reatreat. The Austrians have
avenger Przemyl.”
Berlin military exiperts asserted to
day that onre more German strategy
had led the Russians into a trap,
which was sprung only when neces
sary preparation had been made. This
was complete when the forces of Gen
eral von Maekensen bad been trans
ferred from the Bzurka-Rawka front
to the southeastern theater.
The people of Berlin are celebrating
the victory to-day. Von Maekensen
has become overnight as great a pop
ular hero as Von Hindenburg It was
Von Maekensen who led the Germans
in their victories at Lodz and Lowicz
and brought them almost within sight
of Warsaw.
Popular interest in the German of
fensive from East Prussia into the
Russian Governments of Kovno and
Kourland is not as great as in the Car
pathian struglge. but the military ex
perts here are watching this closely.
By their advance upon Mitau the Ger
mans are now as close to the Rus
sian capital as the Russians at War
saw are to Berlin.
Russians Ridicule German Claims
82,184 COPIES
This circulation demonstrates the superiority of The Sunday American, and its su
premacy over other Atlanta newspapers. It exceeds by 23,000 copies the circulation of
The Sunday Journal, and by 44,000 copies the circulation of The Sunday Constitution.
Sunday American
Sunday Journal
Sunday Constitution
82,184 Copies
58,935 Copies
37,868 Copies
By FRANCES LAVELLE MURRAY.
(Special Correspondent I nternational
News Service.)
PKTROGRAD, May 4. -Austro-Ger
man claims of a great victory In
Western Galicia, were denied by the
Russian War office to-day. It was
stated that the recent offensive un
dertaking by the Teutonic Allies at
the Dunajec River had resulted in
some gains for them, necessitating a
regrouping of the Russian forces, but
that the latter had subsequently re
gained practically nil the lost ground
An official statement issued to-day
ridicules the German announcements
of great gains in the Kovno-Kourland
district of Northwest Russia and tells
of the repuls*e of German attacks at
different points in Poland. The state
ment follows:
"There have been German demon
strations at 'several places On a
front six ■and one-half miles long, the
Germans fired 18,000 projectiles on
our trenches near the Pi lira. River.
Beyond the range of artillery, we ob
served the arrival of several battal
ions of the enemy The Germans in
the advanced trenches, unable to con
tain themselves, shouted: ‘We’ve re
ceived reinforcement s.’
“The Germans made more serious
feits at Serafln and Jedrzejow. They
lost thousands of men in attempts at
a misleading attack on the village of
Sera fin. All four regiments of the
division in that region participated in
the attack, which was repulsed hv our
advance guards. Hurriedly retreat
ing. the Germans abandoned their
dead.
"The true importance of this oper
ation will shortly be established. In
the meantime, it is curious to note
how rich in promises was the German
communique announcing the victo
rious progress of the Germans on a
wide front In the notrhwest sector of
Russia The communique appeared
directly the enemy set foot on our
territory.
"It should be noted that the Ger
mans formerly characterized any ac
tion they had begun as insignificant,
but now' noisy advertising follow's the
rneginning of an offensive.” *
The cadets of the Georgia Militar\
Academy Tuesday were comfort.ahiv
encamped at Lakewood for their an
nual maneuvers and field experience
Military regulations will govern th*'
camp and the boys will have a week
of real soldier life.
The cadets "hiked" from t’ollcge
Park Monday and put in th»» after
noon hoisting their tents and getting
uyttled Beginning Tuesday morning,
the serious work of "war" was taken
up There will be plenty of play,
however, for the bo> * for a long sc
ries of social events have been ar
ranged and there will be visits to the
camp by delegations of the girls’ col
leges in and around Atlanta.
The camp is under the supervision
of Lieutenant O O. Ellis, of the
Eighteenth Infantry of the United
States Army, who recently was de
tailed as military instructor at the
G. M. A., and William W. Dick, the
commandant of the school.
15 SEEK CORONER'S JOB
MACON. May 1. Fully fifteen candi
dates will spek the Coroners office,
made vacant last week by the death of
T. E. Young who had held the place
twelve year*- A u»'ial electum will be
held this month. ,
Allies Keep Advancing on Straits
U.S. GOODS URGED
I K.rclusivc W ar Dispatches of The
Atlanta (itorgian amt The I.on
don Dailg Teh graph.)
AMSTERDAM. May 4 -The Ger
man campaign against America is
growing daily in intensity. Newspa
pers openly urge a boycott of Ameri
can products. Americans in Germany
are frequently; subjected to offensive
treatment because America is selling
arms to the Allies.
The Berlon Post attacks Ambassa
dor Gerard in a firebrand article en
titled "Tactlessness." Gerard, in an
interview, attacked the treatment of
British soldiers and prisoners in Ger
many.
j The new paper declares English of
ficers and men must content them
selves with their treatment, as noth
ing can change it as long as the war
lasts, and says: “We Germans have
not the slightest intention of attach
ing any importance to the utterances
of Americans, even the American
Ambassador."
(L.rrlusire War Dispatches of The
Atlanta Georgian and The Lon
don IJailg Xeirs.)
* By HUGH MARTIN.
MOURDROS. ISLAND OF LEM
NOS. May 4.—By day and night fierce
fighting continues in the Dardanelles.
The ships are working in shifts and
the bombardment is ceaseless.
A British naval officer said:
"We are battering our way through
the Narrows and it is bound to be a
tough job."
In spite of desperate resistance, the
Allies have made steady progress,
both by land and by sea. The most
vital points of the defenses are now
strongly invested.
Torpedo craft with the utmost dar
ing, often amounting to heroism, have
been engaged in protecting landing
parties and consequently have been
subjected to a heavy shrapnel fire.
The Australian and New Zealand
troops have fought magnificently
against a determined and well
equipped army.
Among the prisoners are many
Greeks, who were forced to serve and
deserted at the first opportunity.
From Tenedos to-day I saw a pall
of smoke, estimated at twenty miles
long, hanging over the straits.
Lighthouse Is Fired
By German Warship
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, May 4.—A Ger
man warship has shelled and set on
fire the Lagskaer Lighthouse, on one
of the. Aland Islands at the entrance
to the Gulf of Rothnia, according to a
dispatch received to-day from Stock
holm.
A general German attack is expect
ed on the coast of Finland, in the
northern part of the*Gulf of Bothnia,
it add;-. •
Austria Ready to
Punish Serbians
COPENHAGEN. May 4.—According
to a message from Berlin, the Aus
trian army to act against Serbia is
now ready.
Troops have been trained in the
neighborhood of the Serbian frontier,
which the Austrians have fortified
strongly against invasion. It is un
derstood the Austrians will soon be
gin the Advance.