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VOL. XIII. NO. 255.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 31, 1915.
Copyright. 1908.
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ITALIANS 16 MILES FROM TRIESTE
Here’s Solid Comfort and a Boost
For Atlanta as a Summer Resort
FLEE FROM
(By Internationa! News Service.)
HOME. May 29.—The advance
guard of the Italian army which in
vested Istra (Austria) by way of Gra-
disca, is within sixteen miles of
Trieste.
The Masonic order has placed its
national home, Guistiniani Palace, at
the disposal of the Government for
hospital purposes.
Austrians Fail to
Checklnvader’sArmy
By BRIXTON D. ALLAIRE.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
ROME, May 29.—All efforts of the
Austrians to check the Italian inva
sion of Trent and Istria have failed
and the advance continues success
fully at every point.
It is unofficially reported that the
Austrian authorities have left Trieste
and that the city has been abandoned
to the mercy of turbulent mobs.
The Italian forces which occupied
Gradisa have crossed the Isonzo River
and are pushing southward toward
Monfalcone. A severe duel along the
heights of the Isonzo demonstrated
the superiority of the Italian guns.
(Storo is seven miles inside of the
Austrian frontier and lies northeast
of Lake Idro. Tremalzo Is east of
Storo and lies north of Lake Garda).
Italian artillery which was dragged
to the crests of captured heights on
Austrian soil, have bombarded the
valley of the Fella, wrecking an Aus
trian ammunition train which was on
the way to th e front.
Riva, an important Austrian strong
hold at the extreme northern end
of Lake Garda, has been violently
bombarded.
Are Devastating Country.
Austrian troops have retired in the
Austrian provinces of Trentino and
Friuli, devastating the country be
hind them, burning houses and de
stroying crop3.
A dispatch from Milan says part of
Trieste was destroyed by fire, set by
mobs. The office of the Italian news
paper Hiccolo, in Trieste, was fired as
well as many shops and residences.
The mobs cut off the water supply so
the fires could not be put out.
Italian outposts have been estab
lished on Mount Baldo, 25 miles from
Trent. The Austrian city at Trent is
plainly visible from the crest, but is
far beyond the range of the Italian
guns.
The Austrian forces in the valley
of the Chiese River are falling back.
It was in this region that the Ger
mans were reported to have massbd
soldier sto co-operate with the Aus
trians and Hungarians,
Submarine is Damaged.
Belated reports of Austro-Italian
naval operations in the Adriatic Sea
early in the week state that an Aus
trian submarine was badly damaged,
and probably destroyed, and that the
Italian torpedo boat destroyer Tur
bine was sent to the bottom by her
own crew off Pola to avoid capture
by the Austrians.
Italian Advance
Not Yet Tested
By STEVEN BURNETT.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
VIENNA. May 29.—Austria’s real
efforts to resist the invasion by Ital
ian troops have not yet begun, ac
cording to the fololwing official state
ment given out here by the War Of
fice i
in Tyrol. Italian detachments
which crossed the frontier had to deal
only with gendarmes and patrols. The
bombardment of our frontier works
with heavy artillery has ceased."
Austrians Urged to
Chastise-Foe With
Steel and Flame
By STEVEN BURNETT. '
(Special Correspondent Interna
tional New* Service.)
VIENNA, May 29.—An appeal to
the Austrian soldiers to “chastise
the Italian armies with stef* and
fire" is made in the following spe
cial order of the day issued by
Archduke Frederick, the Austrian
commander- in-chief:
"The recent words of our King
and Emperor characterize the
baseness of our new enemy, who
repays our fidelity with treason.
It isn't a new enemy that is fac
ing us with head held high, but
one who stabs us in the back.
Soldiers, let us cr istise him with
steel and fire as our ancestors dr : d
at Mortara, Novara, Gustoza and
Lissa."
Fortg of Przemysl
Attacked by Teutons
By STEVEN BURNETT.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
VIENNA (via Berlin and Amster
dam), May 29.—Bombardment of the
forts defending Przemysl was begun
by the Austro-German forces under
General von Mackensen on Wednes
day, according to dispatches received
from the front to-day.
The Austro-German circle around
the city is not yet complete, but J s
being drawn closer and closer day by
day.
Traffic is still possible on the rail
way between Przemysl and Lemberg,
but sections of the line are under the
fire of the Teutonic allies’ artillery.
Reinforcements have been sent to
Sleniawa, where the Austrian and
Hungarian troops were driven back
across the San River by superior
Russian forces. East of Radymno
the Austro-German forces are com
pelling the retirement of the Rus
sians with their superior fire from
heavy batteries.
Prominent Citizen
Held as Moonshiner
(By International News Service.)
ASHEVILLE, N. C., May 29.—
Charged with conducting a moon
shine whisky still, which was seized
and destroyed at his country place in
January, J. Alex Porter, a wealthy
retired citizen and father-in-law of
Porter Huyler, son of the late John S.
Huyler, the New York candy maker,
was arrested to-day by a United
States Marshal.
Hearing of the case before a Com
missioner was continued until next
w r eek.
25 Believed Dead
In Carolina Storm
(By International News Service.)
CHARLESTON, S. C., May 29 —Re
ports received here to-day indicate
that perhaps 25 fishermen lost their
lives in the terrific hurricane that
swept up the South Carolina coast
lata last night.
Eight fishing boats were lost, as far
as known. The storm was gradually
subsiding to-day.
Bible Lost Here in
War Reaches Owner
OCONOMOWOC, WIS., May. 29 —A
well-worn Bible issued to trAcps In
the Civil War and lost on the\ >attle
field of Peachtree Creek, Georg\i» on
July 20, 1864, has been returned 1* its
owner, Frederick C. Will, of Oc\*io-
mowoc, then first sergeant of Cont a-
ny B, Twenty-sixth Wisconsin Vol|n
teers, by the finder, George C,
cey. Company D. Sixty-fifth 0|lo
Regiment. Mr. Stacey for 50 ye;
made an effort to find the owner I>f
the Bible. . |
ciaLSource to-day. The President al
ready has written his statement, but
will not make it public until it is ap
proved by the Cabinet. It is between
1,200 and 1,500 words In length, and
deals largely with the threatening sit
uation caused by the confiscation of
food in Mexico.
That conditions in Mexico are much
worse than the Administration is
willing to admit was indicated to-day.
Many thousands of the people are said
to be facing starvation, and relief
measures are imperative.
Although the President and his ad
visers will not admit there is to be
armed intervention, it is believed
force will be used, if necessary, to
relieve existing conditions.
To Aid Starving.
The movement to aid the starving
may have to be undertaken by the
United States naval and military
forces.
The Administration Is apprehensive
of the criticism certain to follow if
anarchy should become general In
Mexico and famine should stalk
through the land. For weeks there
have been reports of crop shortage
this year which would bring about a
real crisis in the republic. The State
Department has been aware of the re
ports, and President Wilson’s appeal
for Red Cross aid and his coming
statement on the Mexican situation is
aimed to forestall criticism.
Foreigners in Mexico also have be
come a source of apprehension, for,
under present conditions, it is almost
impossible to get relief to them. Offi
cials deny that pressure for a more
vigorous stand in behalf of foreign
ers has been brought to bear on this
GovernmepJ. by F.uropean nations, but
it has been indicated strongly that
Duval West's report on conditions in
Mexico showed plainly the necessity
for action by the United States.
The radical alteration of the Ad
ministration’s Mexican policy became
known following the publication of an
appeal by President Wilson to the
American people for funds and dona
tions of food with which to succor tie
Mexicans.
Concurrently with the issuance of
the offices of the Prison Commission
and Governor Slaton.
One of ihe most interesting of the
appeals came from Rabbi David Marx,
who, in a strong letter, explained that
he wished to set at rest rumors cir
culated against Frank because of the
failure of his wife to visit him in
prison the first few days after his ar
rest, and also to brand as false the
Anticipating that he will some day
take a trip to Europe, J. R. Smith, de
partment store and real estate official
and quondam political manager, has
been practicing on a steamer chair,
with such success that he no longer
fears a pitch of the ship, or any nunf-
ber of lurches, will cause serious in
terference with his gastronomy; in
fact, Mr. Smith has some definite
report that Frank and Mrs. Frank I plans in that direction, having an-
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were on the eve of a divorce at the
time of Frank’s arrest.
Dr. Marx, after reciting the fact
that Mrs. Frank did visit the police
station to see her husband the day of
his arrest, declared ihat because "of
rude treatment accorded her there,
Frank became solicitous of her wel
fare and begged him to prevail on
Mrs. Frank to remain away from the
prison."
Advised Not to Go to Jail.
Frank did this in the firm belief
that he would be free within a few
days, wrote Dr. Marx. Dr. Mar^>aid
it was on the advice of himself and
other friends of Frank that Mrs.
Frank did not visit her husband for
several' days, although, he said, they
communicated every day by tele
phone.
As to rumors that Mrs. Frank
doubted her husband’s innocence, Dr.
Marx said: .
"Her grief was profound. Far from
doubting her husband's innocence,
she was outraged that even a breath
of suspicion should have fallen updTv
him.”
Dr. Marx officiated at the wedding
of Frank and Mrs. Frank, and in de
nying that their married life had been
unhappy and that divorce proceedings
were threatened he wrote: \
"During their engagement and after
their marriage I had ample opportu
nity and occasion for witnessing their
affection. They were devoted to each
other. In my position I hear much
of family trials and troubles, also of
gossip, but never a word reflecting on
this couple."
Dr. Marx further explained that he
had known Frank intimately ever
since the latter came to Atlanta, and
that they had been closely associated
in philanthropic and other such work.
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nounced only last week that he is
ready to shoulder a musket or any
other kind of gun and go trooping to
the front, provided he Is sufficiently
invited by the Democratic adminis
tration.
It matters not that the ill-fated
Lusitania went to an ocean grave off
Klnsale Lighthouse or that the Kais
er’s barnacled submersibies still lurk
in the subterranean caverns: Mr.
Smith will follow where the flag leads
and help tc demonstrate the supe
riority of American determination and
arms.
This steamer chair serves another
purpose, of import less stirring, but
withal very serviceable. It provides
Mr. Smith with such relaxation as he
feels is necessary’ to his physical well
being after a day of hard work. Put-
ing in twelve hours of penmanship or
thought requires a let-up in some
kind of fashion, and when Mr. Smith
steams away to his steamer chair it
is with the knowledge that literally he
has nothing to do until to-morrow,
and dees it.
Born on a Butts County plantation,
Mr. Smith has not forgotten that, like
one of fame’s philosophers, he once
lay on his back in the meadow and
peered up at the'stars. So much for
consoling contemplation, and now
that he is 40-odd years old he is still
mindful of that lesson, the only dif
ference being that he no longer lies
on the greensward.
Mr. Smith is the picture of health
and happiness and good humor. His
step is as firm as when he planted it
on the spring board down on the
creek in Butt? County, his gray eye
as pristinely clear as when he first
saw the morning sun rise over Jack-
son and wandered N what he would
gaze on next. He likes to slap hla
thigh with a resounding whack and
bring his right foot down hard on the
floor at the telling of a good joke. Tell
him one. His hair is a magnificent
shock. He never wears his hat or
whistles in the house.
The illustration shows Mi 4 . Smith
adding to his mental pabulum from a
copy of The Georgian, tickling the
olfactory sense with a fine measure of
"deer’s tongue" (it smokes!), and giv
ing the physical man a much-needed
vacation. This combination makes
Atlanta a splendid summer resort,
according to Mr. Smith; in fact, it is
the ideal, or close akin to it.
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One of the pleasantest farts demonstrated by The
Georgian is the ready way in which it provides competent
help of all kinds for business men, professional men, man
ufacturers and the home.
It seldom fails, and it Is good to know' that those in
search of employment, or those who seek to better them
selves when engaged, look to The Georgian for the assist
ance It renders so effectively and continuously.
The Georgian is the ‘‘Help Wanted” directory of At
lanta.
It has become such through faithful service to em
ployer and employee; which mf'ans if you want help—
skilled or unskilled—you have but to phone your ad to M.
100.
$31,000 Fees Allowed
In State Mutual Suit
Fees of attorneys in the litigation
involving the State Mutual Life In
surance Company, of Rome, Satur
day were fixed at a special hearing be
fore Judge John T. Pendleton, in Su
perior Court. Judge J. M. Neal, of
Cartersville. was allowed $1,000; the
firm of Maddox & Doyal, of Rome, $7,-
500, in addiiton to $5,000 previously
awarded, and Atkinson & Born, of
Atlanta. $7,500. in addition to a pre
vious $5,000. This makes the fees to
tal $31,000.
State Insurance Commissioner Wil
liam A. Wright, who now' is handling
I the affairs <»f the company, was repre-
| sented in the hearing by Attorney Gen
eral Warren Grice.
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13 Leap to (Safety as
Jitney Is Wrecked
Thirteen passengers leaped to safe
ty Saturday afternoon w’hen a jitney
bus—a Flivver—In and on which they
were riding collided with another auto
at Piedmont and Edgewood avenues.
A wheel of the jitney was broken
off and the front end bettered badly.
The escape of all the passengers, most
of whom were riding on the hood and
the running boards of the jitney, was
declared by witnesses to have been
"some luck.”
Friends Urged to Put
A.S. Colyar in Asylum
KNOXVILLE, TENN., May 29.—The
Circuit Court of Appeals, remanding A.
S. Colyar to the Hamilton County jail
to-day, suggested that his friends should
have him committed to some institution
for the care of persons of unsound mind,
the court being of the opinion that that
was his condition.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 29.—A pre
liminary report by Lieutenant Tow
ers, the naval attache at the American
Embassy, in London, who investigated
the damage to the American ship Ne
braskan, was given out by the State
Department to-day. Lieutenant Tow
ers reports that the chief engineer
"observed a white streak in the wa
ter perpendicular to the ship on the
starboard side, and a severe shock
was almost immediately felt, followed
by a violent explosion abreast of hold
No. 1."
This testimony is the first intima
tion of the report that Lieutenant
Towers Is convinced that the Ameri
can ship was deliberately torpedoed.
The report transmitted by Ambas
sador Page follows:
"The Nebraskan left Liverpool,
bound for the Delaware Breakwater,
on the afternoon of May 24, and was
in water baTlast.
"The words ’Nebraskan, New York,’
were painted on each side, amidships,
in letters six feet high, and she flew
the American flag continuously up to
approximately 8:10 p. m., May 25, at
which time the ship was about 40
miles southwest of Fastnet. The flag
was then hauled down because the
sun had set and the ship was>consid
ered at. sea. The chief engineer of
the ship at 8:24 p. m. observed a
white streak in the water perpendicu
lar to the ship on the starboard side,
and a severe shock was almost in
stantly felt, followed by a violent ex
plosion abreast of hold No. 1. Hatch
covers No. I were blown off, also car
go booms above same, and the air was
filled with oil and debris, the double
bottom compartments below hold No.
1 having been used as tanks for fuel
oil. Bottom plating and pieces of side
were blown up through the two decks.
The ship settled immediately by the
head, and officers and crew took to the
boats.
"After remaining off ship about one
hour, they returned and headed the
ship for Liverpool. Under orders of
the British Admiralty, a British naval
trawler came up at midnight and re
mained with the Nebraskan until she
reached the mouth of the Mersey. No
one was seriously injured. \
"The Ambassador is sending by mall
detailed report of Lieutenant Towers
and depositions of three of the ship’6
officers taken by the Consul at Liver
pool.”
Asks Ships to Make
Show of Neutrality
(By International News Servioe.) *
WASHINGTON, May 29.—A warn
ing to American vessels plainly to
mark their neutral character and
brilliantly illuminate such markings
at night while in the war zone about
Great Britain has been suggested by
the German Foreign Office to Am
bassador Gerard in Berlin as a re
sult of the torpedoing of the Gulf-
light. .This was announced to-day in
a formal statement by the State De
partment.
The statement read:
"The American Ambassador at
Berlin has been informed by the Ger
man Foreign Office that in view of
the fact that during the past three
weeks it has repeatedly occurred
that neutral ships have been sunk in
the waters designated as an area of
maritime war by the German Admi
ralty on February 4, 1915, and es
pecially in one case where it was es
tablished that the sinking was trace
able to an attack by a German sub
marine which took the neutral ship
for an English vessel in the darkness
on account of inadequate illumina
tion of its neutral distinctive mark
ings, it is recommended that Amer
ican shipping circles again be
warned against traversing the area
of maritime war Incautiously and also
be urged to make the neutral mark
ings as plain as possible, and espe
cially to have them illuminated
promptly and sufficiently at night."
This statement to Ambassador
Gerard is the first official admission
by Germany to the United States
that the Gulflight was torpedoed ny
a German submarine. The admission
was made in Bwlin yesterday. The
commander of the submarine report
ed that he was unable to Identify the
nationality of the vessel he attacked,
owing to darkness.