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NOTICE ff you have any difficulty in buying Hearst's Sunday American anywhere In the South notify Circulation Manager Hearat'i Sunday Ameri can. Atlanta, Ga. VOL. III. NO. 13. Financier Is Attacked by Former Cornell Teacher, Crazed by European War—Several Weap ons Found on Him After Arrest. Invader Overpowered in Struggle With Servants in Banker’s Country Residence—Blamed Millionaire for Great Conflict. By FRANK D. BENHAM. (Speoial Correspondent International News Service.) GLENCOVE, N. Y., July 3.—J. Plerpont Morgan, head of the great banking- Arm of J. P. Morgran & Co., was shot twice at his summer home to-day by F. Holt, of Ithaca, N. Y., former professor of French at Cor nell University, who is believed to have been driven insane by reading accounts of the European war. One bullet entered the leg and the other the left side, penetrating the groin, but the attending physicians declare that neither is serious. "Mr. Morgan has ben operated on successfully,” was the announcement made by the physicians attending the financier at 4:45 p. m. to-day. The bullet was removed from a point near the spine. On leaving the house one of the physicians, it is said, remark ed that “Mr. Morgan’s condition is very precarious.” Holt had two revolvers fully load ed, and two suit cases, one of which contained a great quantity of dyna mite, togther with fulminating caps. The shooting was done with a .32- caliber revolver. Holt Talks Irrationally. Holt talked in an irrational manner after his arrest, saying: “I have been sent by God to do this. Morgan Is the only one who could end the war, and I was a di vine agent in trying to destroy him.” Holt visited “East Island,” the Mor gan summer home, three days ago to reconnoiter before he tried to kill the financier. One of the weapons Holt carried was a .38-caliber revolver; the other was a .32. It was a .32-caliber pistol that was used against Mr. Morgan. Immediately after the attack on the banker, Holt was brought here and locked up pending his removal to the county jail at Mineola. After his ar rest he raved about the war, declar ing over and over that Mr. Morgan could end the war if he wanted to. Arrives at Morgan Home. Holt arrived upon the 8:30 train on the Long Island Railroad and went to the Morgan home. Passing up the driveway, the visi tor rang the bell, whibh was answer ed at once by a butler. "I wish to see Mr. Morgan,” said the man. As an after thought he added, as though to insure his seeing the banker, “It is very important.” The servant disappeared, but after a moment returned, saying: "Mr. Morgan regret^ to say that he can not see you because he is very busy.” This aroused the stranger’s anger. “Won’t he see me?” he snarled, drawing a .38-calber revolver from his pocket. “He will see me. He is responsible for this war and it has got to stop. He is the man wh<\ can stop it.” The butler upon seeing the weapon, gave a shout of fear, and Mr. Mor gan, who was reading in his library at the time, hurried out to ascertain the cause of the commotion. Butler Grapples With Man. As Mr. Morgan appeared the butler, mastering his fear, grappled with the assailant. In the scuffle the weapon was dropped, but the would-be assassin, breaking the other’s grip, drew an other pistol, a .38-caliber weapon. Before Mr. Morgan could say any thing the man began to fire. One bullet struck Mr. Morgan In the leg, inflicting a flesh wound, and the oth er hit him in the side. The financier retained his presence of mind and stalled forward for his assailant. Wounded Banker Collapsed. The butler had picked up a heavy brass coal hod, which he hurled at the stranger, striking him in the fore head and knocking him down. In the meantime Mr. Morgan, not knowing how badly he was hurt, staggered Into his library and collapsed in a chair. When Dr. Zabriski arrived he made a hasty examination and immediately reassured the family that Mr. Mor gan’s wounds were slight and that no fears need be felt. Constable Frank McCahill arrived snd tpk 4'iro’F mS ■> ★ ★★ RS. NILS FLORMAN, I daughter and heiress j i of Charles Kohler, piano j ] magnate, who can not pay j expenses of her home on $25,000 a year. Can’t Live on $25,000 A Year, Says Heiress Mrs. Nils Florman, 20, Asks Court to Allow Her to Draw Large Sum From Trust Fund. XEW YORK, July 3.—Although she will not be 21 years old until next December, Mrs. Olga V. Florman, wife of Nils Florman, of No. 777 Mad ison avenue, finds it impossible to live on her income of $25,000 a year. She has applied to the Surrogate’s Court for permission to draw .a lump sum of $25,000 this year from the principal of a $300,000 trust fund which her father left for her. He was Charles Kohler, piano manufac turer, with an estate of more than $4,000,000. He provided in his will that Ole-a V. Kohler, now Mrs. Florman, should nave the income from the fund, which Is invested in stock of his piano company, until 25, and then re ceive $100,000 in cash. A similar amount is to be paid to her on her thirtieth and thirty-fifth birthdays. Nils Florman, her husband, once was the fiance of Miss Helen Stallo, wealthy daughter of Edmund K. Stal lo. Later he was reported engaged to Katherine Force, sister of Mrs. John Jacob Astor. This report was denied. In explaining why she needs more money Mrs. Florman says she pays the rent for the Florman apartment at a cost of $5,000 a year. She like wise supplied the credit for the fur nishings. The contract price for the household goods w r as $20,000. One- fourth of this has been paid, she says, and* she still owes a $15,000 balance. Widow Wins Youth Jilted by Daughter SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.—Behind the issuance of a marriage license to Roscoe C. Randolph, 28 years old. Butte County orchardi8t, and Mrs. Nana E. Taylor. 50 years old, widow, Is the story of rivalry for the young man’s hand be tween mother and daughter. According to Chico reports, Randolph was a suitor for the hand of Miss Ruby Taylor, but failed to win Jjer. What part the mother had in this situation is not told. But the girl Jilted him and he turned to the mother, who Is said to have Inherited a large estate from her husband, William Henry Taylor, a flour miller. Taylor and his wife separated several years ago and a large sum is said to have been settled upon her at that time (Copyright, 1918, by The Georgian Company.) Dual Life of Planter Is Hinted as Cause of Tragedy in Florida. CHAUFFEUR STORY INVOLVED Victims Said To Be Girl Alleged Slayer Was Intimate With and Her Mother. CLEARWATER, FLA., July 3.—J. J. Mendenhall, a well known lumber- mari and orange grower, is under ar rest hero to-day on the charge of murdering two women, said to be Mr*. Charles W. Elliott and her daughter, a Miss Anrews, last night on a lonely road between Safety Harbor and Tampa. Identification was almost im possible, because the bodies had beeh drenched with gasoline and set on fire. Guy Stemple, of Tampa, is held there as the sole witness. He has told an involved sort of story, to the effect that he was hired by Mendenhall to drive the car for him and the two women. Chauffeur's Explanation. “We left the main road at Moccasin Bridge,” he said, “and took a little- traveled road toward Safety Harbor. I was driving. I heard a sort of crash and glass breaking. It seems the man had hit one of the women In the head with a bottle. “I checked the car and tried to stop the struggle. Then I got scared and ran away. I heard three shots. I went back to the main road, and was picked up by a passing motor car, and came on to Clearwater. There I told what I had seen, and when the au thorities took me back we found the car burned and with it two bodies, charred.” Mendenhall also was picked up by a relative in his car and taken to Clear water. He kissed his wife good-night, and retired. He was arrested at day break, being awakened from an ap parently sound sleep. Dual Life Alleged. It is said that Mendenhall had been living a dual life, and that the mother of the girl with whom he was living unlawfujly had threatened to have him ai/estod under the Mann white slave act because he would not di vorce his wife and marry the girl. Mendenhall was charged with murdering his first wife some years ago, and was acquitted on the testi mony of his present wife. The family is prominent in society, both his pres ent wife and his daughter being tal ented and well known in the winter social colony at the famous Belleview Hotel. Hammock, the relative with wjiom Mendenhall came to Clearwater last night, also has been arrested. Don Jaime Settles Quarrel With Josef PARIS, July 3 —Don Jaime of Bour bon, has settled his quarrel with the Austrian Emperor and has returned to his castle at Fredorf, from which he writes to the Marquis Carralbo: “I’ve the greatest admiration for Germany. Nothing that can be done against England, who caused the war, would be too much.’’ Don Jaime, at the outbreak of the war, declared himself favorable to France, but changed his attitude when his Spanish supporters threatened to depose him as pretender to the throne. Graduate Will Have Service All Her Own CHICO, CAL., June 3.—Helen Juanita Curtis, of the graduating class of the Chico High School, was ill and not able to appear with her classmates and re ceive her diploma. But she does not intend to allow her sickness to pre vent her from enjoying all the gradua tion program. She has asked that she be allowed, alone, to mount the rostrum as soon as she Is well, and with the usual pomp and ceremony, be presented formally with her diploma by Principal Mackay. She will wear her graduation dress. Town Wins Fight to Keep ‘Lover’s Lane’ NUTLET. N. J.. July 8.—Modern ef ficiency was defeated by old-fashioned sentiment and romance In Nutley, and “Lover’s Lane” will remain a narrow path winding between straggling shrub bery and over an antiquated wooden bridge. Officials sought to build a macadam road and concrete bridge, but the Nut- ley Arts Club, headed by Earle Stet son Crawford and backed by all the young folks of the village, proteste*! ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JULY 4, 1915. II. S, Iff F1ILS IHSHOOTHT Officers Say Revolution in Target Practice Is Needed by Amer ican Fleet. NOT ON PAR WITH OTHERS. The 16,000-Yar d Range Fire of War Nations Must Be . Equalled, Experts Declare. WASHINGTON, July 3.—There will be a revolution in the ways and means' of target practice In the United States navy at a very early day if it can be brought about by navy officers and officials who have the good of the service at heart. It Is asserted that what the navy needs is more practice In a business like way, especially practice at long range, in which Germany and Great Britain have shown themselves to be unexpectedly expert. The statements of Representative Augustus Gardner, of Massachusetts, giving the confidential communica tions of Admiral Fletcher showing the need of vast improvement, stirred up officers and officials. They admit that the target practice of the navy, has been inefficient, that individual excellences have been trumpeted as general conclustons, and that the United States is a long way behind the guns and gunnery of England and Germany. Submarines Signal. The point-blank statement was made by an expert officer that the United States has not any marks manship which can compare with the certified record of the German navy and of the English navy. He said: “The Germans have been making hits with big-caliber guns at 10,000 yards’ range. They have been able to do this by a clever system of sig naling between their cruisers and submarines. That is unknown in our navy. It Is something we have to learn and quickly. “The target practice for our fleets have been at 5,000 to 7,000 yards, and under the previous administration there was some very good firing and a very big average of hits.” That is all very well as far as it goes,' but it is evident that the 10,- 000-yard range and even 12,000 to 16,000 yard range is the thing we have to deal with. We have to learn to shoot accurately, in other words at an enemy below the horizon. Such feats have been performed by the Germans. Must Be at Long Range. There is no one in the Navy De partment in the absence of Secretary Daniels to answer for him the charges made by Representative Gardner. Navy officers say that target prac tice must be at the longest possible range and in all kinds of weather If the United States navy is expected to catch up with any of the big nations now at war. Even among the small er ships they say that marksmanship is very poor. They instance report from San Diego of the practice of the destroyers showln®- only 22 clean hits out of a total of 189 shots. This fir ing, they note, took place at less th.*n a mile and with rapid-fire guns. Secretary Daniels and his advisory council are expected to take up the charges and revelations of Mr. Gard ner as soon as Secretary Daniels re turns to the city. ‘Wilson-Bryan Split’ Is the Latest Drink KANSAS CITY, July 3—It’s here! The “Wilson and Bryan split” Is being pushed across the polished mahogany like bars of Kansas City’s most recher che drinking emporiums. Mystery sur rounds the ingredients of the new thirst quencher, but It is redolent of New Freedom finger, Chautauqua Lake wa ter, sour grapes and German bitters. It is warranted to start riots In peace meetings and arouse even stone deaf dlrnklng to vodellng. Served with a slice of homegrown Nebraska lemon. It Is declared to be a sure produc of political oblivion. Edison Searchlight Greatest In World NEW YORK. July 8.—A 3,000,000- candlepower searchlight, small and fed by storage batteries, said to be the most powerful portable searchlight In the world, la the latest Invention of Thomas A. Edison. It was operated for the first time the other night at the inventor's homy In Llewellyn Park, N. J. Many residents, surprised by the bright light, telephoned the police to investigate. It Is especially designed for use In mine rescue work, at fires, on Clark Favors 'Adequate Force’ By CHAMP CLARK ; Speaker of the House of Kepre- * tentatives. HAVE always been In favor, and am now and always will be, ! ' of an adequate military force. [ I think that Congress ought to , ) encourage the betterment of tho \ ' National Guard. In addition to < { that I am in favor of doubling the j number of cadet9 at West Point and making It obligatory on the ; Secretary of War to furnish a ( drill officer or commandant to any school, college or university that j will furnish a minimum of some- ' where from 100 to 200 boys who ; ' voluntarily desire to be drilled. ( What constitutes an adequate ! navy I don't know, but I Intend to and the time when Congress make up my mind between now j meets in December. i ' j Mrs. Sinclair Veils Relations With Raoul Declares Divorce Charges Pack of Lies, but Refuses to Say More Till Advised by Lawyer. GULFPORT, MISS., July 3.—Fur ther than declaring the allegations a i pack of lies,’’ Mrs. Meta Fuller Sin clair, mentioned in the divorce suit filed at Millen, Ga., by Mrs. Winifred Wad lev Raoul, Jr., of Atlanta, against William G. Raoul, Jr., of Atlanta, to day refused to discuss the details of her relations with the young Atlanta Socialist. Mrs Sinclair admitted that she knew of the divorce suit and the charges brought Mrs. Raoul, but de clared that she must confer with hei attorney here before making further statements. Mrs Sinclair obtained a writ of habeas corpus here yesterday for the custody of David Sinclair, aged 13, her son by her former husband. Up ton Sinclair, the author. The Deputy, Sheriff who attempted to serve the paper letumed with information that the child had been spirited out of Gulfport when it was learned that Mrs. Sinclair was on the coast. The officer declared Upton Sinclair had assured him that the boy would be produced in court July 7, the day of the hearing. Sinclair is residing here with his present wife. Hog Boom In Texas Aids Bank Deposits TEMPLE, TEXAS, July 3.—During a recent campaign for diversification of crops in Bell County it developed that, notwithstanding its unusual ad vantages for hog raising, the county last year sent away $613,157 for meat. H. C. Poe, president of the Temple State Bank, communicated with breeders of fine hogs and then an nounced in a newspaper that he would distribute 100 hogs among ♦he boys of the county, taking their per sonal unindorsed notes, payable out of the net profits from the pigs. Before the newspaper was off *.h* press the printer’s devil made an ap plication for a hog. After that the applications piled in on Poe until he was fairly swamped. Poe says that the deposits in his bank have in creased $200,000 within 90 days, or coincident with the hog distribution. Gives Birth to Four Baby Girls at Once WASHINGTON, July 3.—As soon as diplomatic affairs clea,r up sufficiently to give him time, President Wilson will send a letter congratulating Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Keys, of Hollis, Okla., on the birth of four “fine baby girls.” # J- C. Gambrlll, of Hollis, ever anxious to report anything which reflects the ex cellence of that town, telegraphed the President, telling of the births. He said that the mother and children were “doing well.” Morgans to Live In House 14 Feet Wide NEW YORK, Julj' S.—The son of one of the richest men In the world lives In one of the narrowest houses In this city. That Is, he will live there when he re turns from his honeymoon. Junius Spencer Morgan, son of J. P. Morgan, has leased the four-story brownstone residence at No. 123 East Thirty-sixth street, Just east of the big Morgan mansions. The house is fourteen feet wide. Walks 2,000 Milos to Visit Exposition SAN DIEGO, CAL., July 3.—Edith Channel, a Kansas City stenographer, clad in khaki and bearing a 14-pound pack on her back, reached San Diego after hiking 2,000 miles from Kansas City for the puroose of visiting the ex position and regaining her health. She carried a revolver and made the entire trip alone She said she never Statements by Senators and Rep resentatives Indicate New Con gress Will Try to Strengthen the Army and Naval Forces. Poindexter Urges Schools for In struction of National Guard Officers—Can Not Keep Peace Without the Power, He Says. The Hearst paper* hare, re ceived many t cleg ram* and let ters from leading Senators and Representative* in Congress ex pressing their views on the state of military and naval defense of the United States and clearly showing that better preparedness AGAINST war is to be the first, if not the most important, work of the new Congress. Herewith are printed messages indicating that the sentiment of Congress is: First—To provide for the navy the new dreadnoughts, fast cruis ers and roast defense submarine* and torpedo boats needed for a well rounded, adequate bulwark of defense. Second—To legislate to correct the present wasteful methods of military appropriations and dis bursement. Third—To adopt a definite mil itary policy. Fourth—To provide a larger and better equipped National Guard. Fifth—To create an /agonized reserve for each branch of mili tary service. By MILES POINDEXTER. (Senator from Washington and Chairman of the Committee on Ex penditure in the War Department.) Not only is it necessary for the growth of the United States in influ ence and power that her military and naval forces be strengthened, but I am strongly of the opinion that she will relatively decline in Influence among the powers of the world unless this Is done. I am in favor of legislation that would provide for a larger standing army and for an adequate navy, and I understand by this term an army and navy at least double the strength of our present establishments. In this connection I would say that I as firmly of the opinion ke need an entire reorganization of the present system of the expenditures of funds in both the army and the navy in order to get results commensurate with the amount expended. Country Has Been Cheated. We have been mulcted in extortion ate sums for armor plate and muni tions of war of all kinds, os well as for supplies for maintenance of the offi cers and enlisted men In our present army and navy. Munitions of war can be manufac tured In Government shops at one- half the prices now paid to private es tablishments. This applies to armor plate for the navy, as well as to guns and shells and other equipment. I think, however, that more impor tant than a standing army Is the ne cessity of providing reserve material of civilians trained in camp life, in the use of the rifle and in military tactics, who could readily be formed Into an efficient army under trained officers in case of need. For More Military Schools. In the same connection, there should be schools established at various places In the country by the United States Government for the instruction and training of the officers of the Na tional Guard. Of course, it would not be practica ble to give them the training that is given at West Point to officers of the regrular army, but a different training in the very essentials of the duties of an officer in the field could be given to them at comparatively small expense. There are a number of thoroughly equipped, but unoccupied, army posts throughout the country which could be used for this purpose. That at Walla Walla, Washington, i« a conspicuous example. The training of civilians referred to could be conducted in small camps, say, of three months* duration each summer; and without any com pulsory requirements theke would no doubt voluntarily gather there hun dreds of thousands of young men each summer and for successive summers, j 1 o 'C( This Edition ol The American Consists of ths Followlna Sections! ) 1—Lets News. J 2—Society, j 3—Editorial, City Life. ' 4—Sports, Autos, Wants lie Sure You Get Them All 5— Elks’ Special 6— Elks’ s— 1 **I 7— Magazine B—Comics 9—Fiction, Magazine MI S PEAKER CHAMP CLARK, at top, and Senator Miles Poindexter, j two of nation's leaders, who i believe in more adequate mil itary and naval forces. Edward Lyell Fox Takes Trip Ovef} Battle Field and Gives Graphlo Description—Says Kaiser Now Has Over 1,500 Aeroplanes, Taube Type Discarded Soon Aftel) Sensational Work at Begin ning of War—Superior French Craft Drove It From Service, Georgia Magnet May Go to War as Nurse Former Annie Abbott to Seek Hus band, British Officer, Who . Is Missing. NEW YORK, July 3—Theatergoers will remember Annie Abbott, known as “the little Georgia magnet” be cause of unusual stunts she tvnee per formed on the stage. Miss Abbott weighed only 105 pounds, and strong men could not lift her from the stage floor unless she willed it so. She Is no longer “the little Georgia magnet,” but Mrs. McLeglan, wife of Captain S. T. L. McLeglan, of the First Regiment, Royal Cavalry, who waj called to the colors with other re serves while in Australia, and now Is at the front In France with the British troops—if he is still alive. Whether her husband Is living or dead Mrs. McLeglan does not know and can not find out. She was at the Hotel Savoy en route to England to obtain definite information. The last information she had, some time ago, came from his mother in London. It said: “Think Sidney has been cap tured. Father is to see Lord Noel and try to stay execution.” “What all this means I do not know,” said Mrs. McLeglan, who was at the San Francisco fair when the infor mation came. “But I am going direct to England to find out. If I can’t learn there I intend to go to the front as a Red Cross nurse and find out for my self.” Standard Oil Truck Blocks Rockefeller HARTSDALE, July 3.—John D. Rockefeller, while riding in his automo bile through the village, was blocked by a standard Oil delivery truck. “That is a pretty good company you are working for,” Mr. Rockefeller said to the driver. “Yes.” the driver replied, “the com pany is all right.” “I wouldn’t mind owning some of Its stock.” continued Mr. Rockefeller. “I gues« you do.” the driver said. By EDWARD LYELL FOX. “Two Taubes flew over X. to-day* and dropped bombs. English flyer# put up after them, but the German# escaped in the clouds.” In one form or another that brtaf dispatch has appeared in the news-* papers of the United States for th# last nine months. I called on a German mother—ax* apple-cheeked, smiling German moth* er—whose boy was with the army of the Crown Prince of Prussia. She read me a letter—one of th* first he had written—the first letter home of a man who had just fough* the war in the sky. She read aloud: “Dear Mother—Thank God! After a veritable Odyssy, to-day at noon I again reached my division. With much Joy I was greeted on all sides, for, after a four days' absence, I was given up for lost. Dear little mother, I shall tell you £he story from the beginning. During the forenoon I went up at D for the purpose of ascertaining the enemy’s position at L and F , and to take note* on their movements. Sketched Position. “Ober-Lieutenant K went along; as observer, and my biplane soon car-* ried us to a height of about 800 mw ters above the enemy's position* which was sketched and photograph* ed time and again. As expected, w# were soon the object of a lively firing^ and several times I felt a well-known trembling in the machine—a sign that a shot had hit one of the wings. AfteS a three-hoar flight, we were able to give our reports to General Herrin* gen at headquarters. He praised u# warmly and ordered that we be served a roast chicken, and he gave us som# fine Havana cigars. “As I was again preparing my aero plane In the afternoon, with the helg of several chauffeurs, who filled ths bezine tank, and as I was patching the four bullet holes with linen, a* Bavarian officer told me that he w ould like to observe the retreat of the Eng-* lish from the large pike toward M I prepared my machine immediately* and around 4 o’clock, with MaJo* G , I went up* By following ths streets it was soon evident that ths English retreat was without plan o# order, out to all appearances th# troops wanted to reach fortified posl-- 1 tions as fast as they could. Perhaps they would flee all the way to Paris. Trip to Paris. “Paris! The Bavarian office* shrieking something to me. Though the motor almost drowned, I under stood what he meant. I glanced all the benzine indicator. I possessed sufficient oil. Paris it wrould be! “Steering toward the south, w# journeyed for half an hour, and then out of the distance, far, far below* the gray stone housetops of ths French capital took shape. Something impelled me to Increase our speed, and w-e raced toward the city at 70 miles an hour. Incredibly fast Pari* becomes clearer and more distinct. The chain of the forts St. Denis! Montmartre stands out through th* mist! The iron pillars of the Elf el Tow r er! ♦ • * We are directl/ above Paris. The major points below* with his finger, then he slowly turn.q to me, raises himself from his seal and shouts, ’Hurrah!' “And 1° From sheer Joy. mother. ] nearly went out of my mind- I began to make the wildest circles in the air* I felt I could do anything. There thi white Sacred Heart Church, here th* Gare du Nord, there Notre Dame, thero the old Boul Mich,’ w’here a* a student I had so often caroused and which now, as conqueror, I soared above. “The heart of the enemy seemed defenseless; the proud, gleaming Seine lay below me. Everything hor rible which I alw-ays thought of Paris as pos«e?ing vanished—only an im- ?