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give London the barefoot Greek dance, which made
the fashionable “Friday Evening Club" titter. Related
Sunday's American
VOL. XIII. NO. 250.
ATLANTA. GA„ MONDAY, MAY 24, 1915.
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Eleven NationsNow
In Great World War
Judgs A. A. Manning, at one time
a justice of the peace and for many
years a practicing lawyer, early Mon
day was found unconscious in his
room, No. 50 1-2 Piedmont avenue,
presumably the result of poison, and
died shortly afterwards in Grady Hos
pital.
An autopsy will be held later in the
day to determine the cause of death,
for the reason that Judge Manning
was known to have suffered with at
tacks of vertigo. At the hospital, it
was stated that his symptoms indi
cated carbolic acid poisoning.
Judge Manning was 70 years old
and for the last few years had lived
in retirement, giving up the practice
of law. He held the office of Justice
of the Peace six or seven years about
fifteen years ago. He had lived in
Atlanta all of his life and was widely
known. He was well connected.
To See by Telephone
Is Hope of Dr, Bell
NEW YORK, May 24.—The Edison
medal for meritorious achievement in
electrical science has been awarded
to Dr Alexander Graham Bell, in
ventor of the telephone, at the an
nual meeting of the American Insti
tute of Electrical Engineers.
"The question with me is, are you
not some day going to see by tele
phone?" said Dr. Bell, ' The end has
not come."
Bankruptcy Proves
None Buys Umbrella
NEW YORK, May 24.—The gact
has been established in the l/nited
States District Court in Brooklyn that
the umbrella business is woefully
slack. William H. Rich & Son, one of
the largest firms of umbrella manu
facturers in the country, was put in
the hands of a receiver with liabili
ties estimated at $342,466 and assets
of $395,890.
E IGHT nations, ENGLAND,
ITALY, FRANCE, BEL
GIUM, RUSSIA, SERBIA,
S JAPAN, MONTENEGRO, are
fighting—
Against these three: GER
MANY, AUSTRIA, TURKEY.
These ten are neutral: NOR
WAY, DENMARK, SWEDEN,
PORTUGAL, SPAIN, GREECE,
HOLLAND, ROUMANIA, SWIT
ZERLAND, BULGARIA.
And these three may join the
Allies: GREECE, BULGARIA, '/
ROUMANIA.
Carpenter, Held as
Slayer Claimed He
Shot to Save Self
A. R. Keesee, No. 9 McPherson
street, was under arrest Monday and
the police were investigating the
slaying of Nathan A. Jarrell, No. 11
McDonald street, shot and killed ear
ly Sunday by Keesee in a tool shed
on South McDonald avenue.
Keesee told the police, when ar
rested at his home, that he had gone
to the shed early Sunday morning to
relieve Jarrell, night watchman; that
Jarrell, after doing so, “acted queer
and wild” and then made an attack
on him with a wrench, when he
(Keesee) had shot him twice.
An inquest was held Sunday after
noon and Keesee was held on a
charge of murder.
Keesee is a carpenter. 39 years old.
has a wife and four children. Jar
rell was 38 years old and is survived
by a wife and two small children.
Boy Makes Charge;
Ex-Mayor Ends Life
WILMINGTON, N. C„ May 24.—-
John J. Fowler, at different times
Mayor, City Clerk and Treasurer,
magistrate, Chief of Police of Wil
mington and more recently County
Coroner, committed suicide during the
night by drowning in a lake on the
edge of the city. Saturday Fowler
was indicted on a serious charge.
Leonard Stearnes, 18 years old, being
complainant. He was out on bond
pending trial Wednesday. Because of
fear of bodily harm, Leonard had been
kept in charge of an officer.
King Constantine’s
Condition Critical
(By International Nows Service.)
ATHENS, May 24.—King Constan
tine's condition is critical, according to
an official bulletin issued here to-day,
though he passed a better night.
j WAR BULLETINS j
BASLE, SWITZERLAND, May
24.—Germany has declared war
against Italy, according to a Wolff
News Agency dispatch received
here to-day.
WASHINGTON, May 24.—The
State Department to-day an
nounced receipt of official notifi
cation from Italy that a state of
war existed between Italy and
Austria-Hungary, beginning last
midnight. This notice was given
to Ambassador Page in Rome yes
terday by Pit me Minister Sonnino.
Gen. Wood Sees Boys
Turned Into Trained
Soldiers in 2 Weeks
(By International News Service.)
CULVER, IND., May 24.—Major
General Leonard Wood, of the United
States army, arrived here to-day
from New York to see the result of
an exepriment Colonel Lee R. Gignil-
liat, head of the Culver Military
Academy, has been making, which
may have a far-reaching effect on
future history of the United States.
Two weeks ago Colonel Gignilliat
secured several boys, who had no
military knowledge, installed them
near the military academy and began
to make real soldiers out of them
A trained cadet was given charge of
each recruit and from early morning
until sundown the “rookies” were
drilled in trench digging, sham bat
tles, camp duties and everything that
soldiers must know. To-day General
Wood reviewed a well-trained, per
fectly disciplined body of e nthusias-
tic boys wno marched in splendid or
der, handling their rifles like veterans
fectly disciplined body of enthusias-
soned troops.
These boys are now a part of the
nation's “reserve corps,” ready for
duty should the time come that their
services are needed. Colonel Gignil
liat declared that in one summer he
could train 1,000,000 men and boys
by this method.
13 Millionaires Are
Knox's Pallbearers
BUFFALO, N. Y„ May 24.—Thir
teen millionaires acted as pallbearers
at the funeral of S. H. Knox, who
died worth $30,000,000.
Knox was credited with being the
creator of the five and ten cent store.
One of the floral tributes was from
the newsboys of Buffalo.
TWO DIE IN RESORT HOTEL.
(By International News Service.)
PEEKSKILL, N. Y., May 24.—Two
persons were killed and six injured
when fire swept the $80,000 Hotel Ra
leigh here early to-day. Several per
sons were compelled to jump from
the second-story windows.
m DECLARES ■
By BRIXTON D. ALLAIRE.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
ROME, May 24—Hostilities have
begun between the Italian and the
Teutonic allies. Austrian troops were
the first to attack, but the clash re
sulted in a success for the Italian
Alpine Chasseurs, who drove the Aus
trian invaders back upon their own
soil through a mountain pass between
Bont di Legno and Bejo.
Lieutenant General Count Luigi
Cadorna, chief of staff of the Italian
army, has left for the front. He was
accompanied by the Duke d’Aosta,
cousin of King Victor Emmanuel.
Great headquarters will be estab
lished at Bologna. The court will
be moved to Florence.
A dispatch from Basel quotes the
Wolff Bureau, the official news agency
of Germany, as saying that the Ger
man Government has declared war
against Italy. Germany has been and
still is moving seasoned veterans, w’ho
have campaigned in France and Bel
gium. to the Austro-ltalian front.
All German and Austrian merchant
ships in Italian ports, valued at $2.-
000,000. have been seized by the Ital
ian Government.
250,000 Men on Frontier.
Italy has a quarter of a mr.lion men
massed along the Austrian frontier.
The peaks of the Alps bristle with
mortars and howitzers. The great
railway center of Udine, fourteen
miles from the Italian border, has been
turned into a hospital base. Italian
patrols along the Venetian border re
port seeing many troops of Prussian
Uhlans w'ho are doing the chief scout
duty for the Austrians. These LThlans
were detached from the legions that
preceded Von Kluek’s troops .on the
great drive through France last fall.
It is reported that the Italian high
seas fleet has put to sea under the
Duek of the Abruzzi to bombard the
Austrian defenses on the Adriatic.
Heavy troop movements are under
way. All the railways in the king
dom have been given over to the use
of the military authorities. A steady
stream of soldiers, passing north
ward. flowed through Rome to-day.
The sight of the uniforms and the
constant crash of martial music in
spired the people to great patriotic
demonstrations. The streets rang
with cheers and the Italian flag flies
from nearly all the buildings in the
city. Hostile demonstrations were
made before the Austrian and Ger
man embassies.
“May Be Long War.”
Baron Sonnino, the Foreign Min
ister, upon receiving word from the
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King Victor Emmanuel and
Typ es of Italian Artillery
The King of
Italy, an ex
pert horseman,
is shown in
the uniform of
a colonel of
cavalry. Most
of the guns be
low are of Ger
man manufac
ture.
KAISER NOW
THR0T1LED,
BELLOC
ARGUES
By HILAIRE BELLOC.
(Foremost Military Writer in Europe.)
There have been three neutrals who
were expected to actively intervene in
the war—the Bulgaro-Roumanian
group, th Greeks and the Italians. Of
these by far the most important is.
of course, the Italian neutral.
In a certain fashion Bulgaria and
Roumania balance each other, but
Roumania was always more ready to
engage upon the side of the Allies
than was Bulgaria upon the side of
the Austro-Germans.
Roumania had for her object (and
still has) the occupation of territory
governed by Hungary, though inhab
ited by Roumanians. She further
lives in a lively fear that if she does
not intervene this capital popular ob
ject will be lost. The court of. Rou
mania is Prussian, and that is the
main force against the intervention
of Roumania.
Aims of Greeks.
Bulgaria also wants territory na
tionally Bulgarian and which Aus
trian policy deflected into the hands
of Serbia. But this territory is close
to the Grecian boundary and close to
the Aegean, and a quarrel with the
Allies would further cut off Bulga
rian territory from all access to the
outer sea. She had a great deal to
lose, if she made a mistake, and very
little to gain unless she moved AFT
ER it w r as perfectly safe to move.
The Greeks, had they intervened
early, would have had a claim to all
that doubtful land, Greek in soul and
language, but politically a prey to any
intervener, which rings the Aegean.
With every week that passes the re
ward they can hope for grows less.
Now, in the.matter of Italy, the
question is altogether different. Italy
is a great power. Italy has had
months to prepare, and has been pre
paring with great industry.
Italy Prepared.
She is in a position which no other
pow’er connected with this war can
boast; a position of preparation un-
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