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Forecast—Fair and cooler Monday night;
Tuesday fair.
Temperatures—6 a. m., 67; 8 a. m., 74; 10
a. m., 77; 12 noon, 79; 1 p. m., 81; 2 p. m., 82.
Sun rises 4:35; sets 6:33.
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REVIEW
By A. M. JAMIESON.
{Special Correspondent I nternational
News Service.)
NEW YORK, May 17.—The great
est ovation ever given a President of
the United States was accorded Presi
dent Wilson to-day when he camme
ashore to review the naval parade
from the $300,000,CK)0 fleet assembled
In North River, which he will in
spect this afternoon. Half a million
persons who turned out, despite the
wind and rain, frenziedly cheered and
waved their hats, and as the brass
bands from the battleships in the
harbor crashed out martial music the
demonstration passed all bounds.
In Fifth avenue the crush was so
great that ambulances were massed
in the side streets for quick use. That
the reception was highly pleasing to
Mr. Wilson was evident.
Hundreds of silk-hatted business
men caught the infection and joined
In the cheering. Scores of society
women hurled their costly furs into
the air, regardless of what became
of them.
President Deeply Affected.
Afterwards Joseph Tumulty, the
President’s secretary, said:
“The President is more affected by
this reception than by anything he
has experienced lately. It is the
greatest patriotic outburst I have ever
seen.”
President Wilson was accompanied
by Secretary Daniels, Acting Mayor
McAneny and a number of other offi
cials, as he drove to the reviewing
stand. The President looked as
though his sea trip from the capital
aboard the yacht Mayflower had done
him good and he was apparently un
conscious of the widespread precau
tions taken to guard him.
While the presidential procession
was passing through the streets, the
heads of uniformed patrolmmen could
be seen upon roofs of houses where
they had been sent to guard against
possible bomb throwers. Even after
the presidential party had reached the
reviewing stand. Police Inspector
Schmittberger ordered all the wood
work of the President’s box away so
as to give a clear view of the men
entrusted with his safety.
5,000 Sea Troops Pass.
With blaring trumpets and brass
bands that crashed out stirring, mar
tial music, five thousand bluejackets,
marines and members of the naval
militia, paraded before the President.
Rear Admiral DeWitt Coffman, of the
Virginia, was in charge of the four
regiments of sailors and one regiment
of marines, leading the procession on
horseback. When passing the re
viewing stand the bands played “The
Star-Spangled Banner,” and the
cheers of the thousands of spectators
were so vociferous that they rattled
the windows of the buildings. Among
the enormous crowd were tens of
thousands of women whose finery
was spoiled by the rain.
When the parade had passed, Pres
ident Wilson was driven to the Bilt-
more Hotel, the scene of the official
luncheon. The ovation given to
President Wilson all the way from
the reviewing stand to the Biltmore
was enormous, The President stood
bareheaded in his automobile the
most of the way.
Among the first to greet the Presi
dent at the Biltmore was Cornelius
Vanderbilt. The President was also
presented to General Leonard Wood
and his stafT and Admiral F. F.
Fletcher and his staff immediately
after his arrival at the hotel.
Convoyed by Cruiser.
The Mayflower, with the President
on board, dropped anchor off Thirty-
second street, in North River, at 6
o’clock. President Wilson remained
on board until about 9:30 o’clock,
w hen he came ashore.
As soon as the Mayflower arrived in
port, a wireless message was sent to
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, on
board the Dolphin, and greetings to
the chief executive were then flashed
£rom every warship in the line.
GiganticU.S. Dreadnought,
Head of Naval Review, and
World’s Strongest Vessel
The United States dreadnought New York, whose guns are
claimed to have a greater range than those of any foreign ship.
The $300,000,000 fleet in the North River at New York is headed
by the sea giant.
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GERMANS DRIVEN
Here’sdeLuxe
Pursuer of
Poultry
When Frank McBride goes a-hunt-
ing chickens his apparatus is easily
as complete as that of a porch climber
or second-story artist. But Frank
will not go chicken hunting any more
for 30 days. During that space of
time Frank** surplus energy, if any,
will go to making small ones out of
large ones at the city stockade.
Frank McBride’s case in the Re
corder's Court Monday was interest
ing chiefly by reason of the contents
of a suit case which Frank had when
arrested at 3:30 o’clock the same
morning. Frank’s statement of how
he came to be abroad at that hour was
Grice to Capital
In Ducktown Case
Attorney General Warren Grice went
to Washington Monday to appear before
the United States Supreme Court in the
interests of the State in the Ducktown
Copper Company case. According to an
opinion of the court, issued last week,
the State was granted the right of re
lief against the practice of the company
of diffusing deadly fumes from its plant
across in Tennessee across the Georgia
border.
General Grice’s trip was concerned
with a preparation of an injunction
which will be authorized by the court
in Washington.
Tosses Brick Close
To Snoozer; Is Fined
E. E. Earnest, of No. 23 Wiley street,
was fined $25.75 by Recorder Johnson
Monday for breaking in upon the rest
of an engineer on the Southern Rail
road, who had finished his lunch, and
with a bunch of waste for a pillow, was
taking a snooze Sunday. Earnest, It
appears, was a bit drunk and tossed a
brick so close to Engineer Leathers’
head that sleeping had no more charms.
Leathers tried to remonstrate with
Earnest, but failed to quiet him.
Suffragettes Try to
Force Way to Wilson
(By International New* Service.)
NEW YORK, May 17.—Two suffra
gettes, Mrs. Florence Harmon and Miss
Mabel Schofield, caused a commotion in
the Biltmore Hotel to-day by trying to
force their way into the presence of
President Wilson while he was at lunch.
They b<3re a letter from Mrs. O. H. P.
Belmont asking the President to help
the women get the vote.
A gwarm of Secret Service agents and
detectives swooped down upon the wom
en, but they were not arrested.
President Seasick,
Tumulty Is Worse
<j (By International News Service.)
EW YORK, May 17.—Owing to
1 ' bad weather, President Wil
son may return to Washington by
\ rail instead of water. On the trip
J to New York to review the fleet all
{ the members of the presidential
\ party became seasick, especially
Joseph Tumult/, the President’s
secretary, who established the rec
ord of being the “sickest man ever
seen on the Mayflower.”
Cattle Quarantine
Is Lifted by State
Dr. Peter F. Barnsen, State Veteri
narian, has no more fear of an invasion
of Georgia by the foot and mouth dis
ease, the dreaded scourge of cattle
which cost Western stock dealers mil
lions within the last year. An order
was promulgated by Dr. Bahnsen Mon
day removing the quarantine that had
been established by Georgia authorities
against importation of cattle from the
infected districts.
Dr. Bahnsen explained the order by
stating that work of eradicating the
disease has progressed to a point at
which it appears safe to remove the re
strictions. However, all protection is
not eliminated, as the existing regula
tions of the Federal Government and of
the State Department of Agriculture
furnish a safeguard against ordinary in
fection.
The Karlsruhe Not
Off Hampton Roads
(By International New* Service.)
NORFOLK, VA., May 17.—There -a
no truth in the report that the Ger
man cruiser Karlsruhe is coming into
Hampton Roads.
The report was brought to Newport
News by a pilot.
definitely set forth in the conclusions
of the special committee of Council,
engaged in a detailed investigation
of conditions for the last several
weeks, written Monday by Alderman
Edgar Dunlap, chairman of the com
mittee, and Councilman Claude L.
Ashley, to be presented to Council
Monday afternoon.
A number of new' school buildings
are recommended, as well as addi
tions to old ones. The high schools
are not touched upon In the report,
but the members of the committee
will support a resolution by Council
man Ashley, also to be offered to
Council Monday afternoon, providing
for the appointment of a committee
of three members of Council and
three members of the Board of Edu
cation to consider consolidating the
four high schools into one modern in
stitution.
Bond Issue Probable.
This latter plan would involve a
bond issue, but the committee is con
vinced that the recent evidence of
public interest in schools would as
sure the passage of a liberal issue of
bonds for schools, In that event a
magnificent high school building, to
cost something like $500,000, would be
erected.
These new grammar schools and
additions to old ones are rocommend-
ed:
A four-room and auditorium addi
tion to the Tenth Street School.
To convert the eight-grade Bell
Street School into a negro school and
erect a new eight-grade white school
in a different neighborhood.
A four-grade unit at Greenwood
avenue to replace the rented house.
An eight-grade school at Moreland
avenue in the place of the rented
building.
A four-grade school In the vicinity
of Pearl and Gaskill streets to relieve
the Inman Park School.
A new twelve-grade building to re
entertaining, too, but not instructive.
The suit case, however, contained a
full outfit for obtaining entree to the
best chicken houses, together with one
large, plump evidence of what the oth
er miplements were used for—to wit,
one hen, still warm, but deceased.
The rest of the works included:
One hammer.
One pair pliers, for cutting wire
fence or netting.
One large knife.
Two bunches keys, assorted.
One jimmy, for locks not amenable
to keys.
One crocus sack, for chickens.
Two brass hydrant faucets, for
which the police still are trying to
find a use.
100 Autos Likely
In Georgia Tour
The final committee meeting of 150
Atlanta and North Georgia citizens in
charge of the “Seeing Georgia” tour
will be held Monday night at 8 o’clock
in the assembly hall of the Chamber
of Commerce.
W. J. Dabney, general chairman,
said virtually aLI details connected
with the trip had been completed, and
that there is every indication that
there will be more than 100 automo
biles entered when the delegation
moves from Atlanta next Saturday
morning.
Reports from Quitman Monday to
the State Chamber were that more
than 20,000 persons will visit that city
May 25 and 26 during the animal In
dustry convention. The “Seeing
Georgia” tour will have Quitman as
its southern terminus, and delegates
will be extensively entertained there.
Continued on Page 2, Column 4. nent.
FATALLY STABBED AT CHURCH.
SHREVEPORT, May 17.—Clyde
Nicholson, 19, was fatally stabbed by
Barr Corry, 15, at a church rehearsal
at Arizona, ^a. Both were prorai-
By FREDERICK WERNER.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
BERLIN (via Amsterdam). May 22.
President Wilson’s note Is being care
fully studied by the German Govern
ment. It is regarded as a friendly
message and will be answered in a
friendly spirit.
The general impression, however, is
that Germany will refuse to abandon
her submarine warfare unless Great
Britain abandons the policy which
aims at starving Germany’s civilian
population. This may open the way
to further negotiations with the
United States as intermediary be
tween Germany and England.
It is expected that the reply to the
American note will be sent Wednes
day or Thursday of this week. A
preliminary draft probably will be
submitted to a council on Thursday.
Wilson Expected to
Oppose Arbitration
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 17.—Official
Washington to-day believes the Ger
man Government will offer to submit
the questions at issue between the
two countries to arbitration, but the
question is growing stronger that such
a proposition would not meet with'the
approval of President Wilson and his
advisers.
The belief is general among officials
and diplomats that Germany will not
agree to cease her submarine warfare
against noncombtants and will urge
hat a country “too proud to fight”
should find a way to prevent the fur
nishing of arms and ammunition to
her enemies by means of passenger
ships. The practice, Germany is ex
pected to declare, is unmoral, and
should be stopped at once.
The belief that a suggestion of ar
bitration will be opposed by this Gov
ernment is based on the attitude taken
by President Wilson in the discussion
of the sinking by the German raider
Prinz Eitel* Friedrich of the American
sailing ship William P. Frye.
• Then it was stated that this ques
tion was not one for prize courts, as
suggested by Germany, but for diplo
matic consideration. It is pointed out
that if the American Government
could not consider arbitration in prize
court in the Frye case, It could not
adopt this method of settlement in the
Lusitania case, in which the subma
rine, whose methods of attack the
President has so vigorously de
nounced, caused the destruction.
According to the view of many of
ficials, the suggestion of arbitration
has been put forward with a view to
diverting the attention of the United
States while Germany is developing
the chief features of her reply.
Accordingly, officials here looked
with much interest for word from
Ambassador Gerard at Berlin as to
the probable attitude of the German
Govrnment.
Official notification reached the
State Department to-day that the
President’s note had been formally de
livered to the German Foreign Office
Saturday morning at 10:30 o’clock.
Ambassador Gerard cabled that he
had presented the note in person.
The cablegram to the State Depart
ment from thp Ambassador was mere
ly formal announcement of the re
ceipt and presentation of the Ameri
can communication. It gave no inti
mation of how the note was received,
and, of course, contained no forecast
of Germany’s attitude toward it.
Up to Us to Assure
Future With Mailed
Fist, Says Kaiser
(By International New* Service.)
B ERLIN, May 17.—“It i* not now
our business to look back
ward and think gratefully of the
past, but to meet the blows of the
enemy with a resolute will and
assure the future of the father-
land with the mailed fist,” said
Emperor William, in reply to a
message of loyalty from the city
of Aachen (Aix la Chapelle). The
reply further says:
“With envy and jealousy, our
enemies strive to destroy Ger
many, the German people and the
triumphal progress of German civ
ilization. The heroism and self-
sacrifice of our people, which have
already gained such wonderful
success in a war forced on us, are
our guarantees, next to God’s
grace, for the overcoming of the
heaviest affliction that ever beset
Germany.”
Alas! Alack!
Alma’s Airs
Too Loud
ALMA. May 17.—Almas City
Council thought Alma was quite largo
enough to take on city airs. But the
“air” Alma took on smelled too much
of beer. So the Alma Council hastily
rescinded its action licensing near-
beer saloons.
Everything was going nicely until
one of the town's wits named the beer
stands “Jung stands.” “Jung,” to hear
the Alma folks tell it, is no common
place name. “Jung” got to be such a
favorite, both as a new-fangled slang
word and as a commodity, that the
Council suddenly awoke to the fact
that a grave error of some sort had
been commltteed.
Agitation followed and “Jung” was
taboo.
U.S. Press Subsidized
Says GermanTeacher
(By International Newt Service.)
BERLIN, May 17.—Professor Hetl-
bron. writing In Der Tag. says of
the American attitude on the sink
ing of the Lusitania:
"The English and American press
have been bought up with English
gold, and have already begun to ex
ploit the Lusitania incident to stir up
America against us. The sober-
minded American Government, how
ever, hardly will be able to draw se
rious conclusions from the loss of the
Lusitania and the loss of American
passengers.
"Americans Intrusted themselves
and their goods to an auxiliary
cruiser of a belligerent power. The
passengers on the Lusitania know
ingly entered a war zone, and there
Is no reason to treat a war zone at
sea different from a war zone on
land.”
Woman Chased Mile
And Slain by ‘Ripper’
County Policemen Butler and Wal
ters and Coroner Donehoo Monday
were trying to solve the mystery of
the identity of a negro woman, ap
parently 40 years of age, who was
found murdered early Sunday In ihe
woods on the Boulevard near the
Plaster's Bridge road—another victim
of the elusive "Jack-the-Rtpper.”
An investigation at the scene of the
crime showed that the woman had
lost her life only after a frantic race
with the slayer a distance of fully a
mile through the lonely woods. She
had been shot and her throat was cut.
This is the first “Jack-the-RIpper”
slaying In several months, and runs
the total up to twenty or more
King of Greece Ill;
Suffers a Relapse
(By International News Service.)
ATHENS, May 17.—King Constan
tine, who is suffering from pleurisy,
suffered a relapse to-day. His fe
ver increased during th€«» night and
his pulse was 112.
AUSTRIANS
ROUTED IN
GALICIA
By FREDERICK WERNER.
(Special Correspondent I nternational
News Service.)
BERLIN, May 17 (by wireless).—
To-day's official report from the Ger
man general staff admits that the
German troops have withdrawn to
the east bank of the Ypres Canal,
near Steenstraate, where the forces
which recently forced their way
across to the west bank have been
under constant attack for many days.
Tne report states that the English
troops still hold the advanced Ger
man trenches south of Neuve Cha
pelle, where the Kaiser’s troops have
| made repeated assaults.
I French attacks north of Arras have
j been repulsed with heavy losses north
of Arras.
Austrians Routed on
100-Mile War Front
By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY.
(Special Correspondent I nternational
News Service.)
PETROGRAD, May 17.—Complete
victory for the Russians in South
eastern Galicia and Bukowina is an
nounced by the War Office in an offi
cial statement Issued here to-day.
The Austrians have been routed
dlong the entire Dniester front of 100
miles, it states. The Russians have
taken 20,000 prisoners.
For ten days there has been severe
fighting along the Kniester front,
where the Russians have been assail
ing the Austrians’ right wing after
checking their attempts to advance
upon the Russians and strike at the
line of communication on which they
depend for sending supplies and rein
forcements to the troops which have
been withdrawing before the Austro-
German assaults In the Carpathians
and in Western Galicia.
The Austrians have been driven
from their positions along the south
bank of the Dniester River, and have
been compelled to cross the Pruth.
Nadworna, 22 miles south of Stanis-
lau, has been recaptured by the Rus
sians. This is the fifth time Nad
worna has changed hands.
Held Compact Line.
The official statement issued at the
War Office was prepared at head
quarters and forms a review of re
cent operations.
“From the middle of April,” it says,
“news reached us of the transport of
a great number of Germans from the
western front and their concentration
in Western Galicia. This forced us
to stop the development of our ad
vance In the direction of Mezolaborcz
and Uszok; in order not to extend
our movements too far and to insure
ourselves facilities fot sending avail
able reserves to the threatened sec
tors.
•‘The force which the enemy threw
on our front was so considerable that
our third army did not succeed in
checking the pressure on the sectors
of Ciezowiece and Gorlice. The re
sult was desperate, uninterrupted
fighting and impetuous counter at
tacks which prevented the enemy
from carrying out his intention of
breaking our front.
“The enemy’s action was reduced
to frontal attacks on positions of the
third army, which he occupied in
succession. The great enthusiasm of
our troops enabled them to maintain
perfect order and cope with the dif
ferent problems forced upon them by
the battle and inflict enormous losses
on the enemy. *
“On May 14 the whole third army
deployed on the San. Vonfonn4t$ ^
