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EXTRA T K ( VOL. XIII. NO. 285. OFTRBT&bUTMtAST RGIAN ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JULY 5, 1915. Copyright 1»06. •n»e O By The Georgian Co. 2 CENTS ""^g" | EXTRA PLANTER HELD AS SLAYER OF TWO WOMEN dfo C& * & dib C&) cSb dib dib cSb dib Insane Professor Attempts to Kill J. Pierpont Morgan Ss 22 3 22 S3 CZAR WINS SEA BATTLE IN BALTIC Great Banker Shot At Home by Crank BEATEN SAVED BY AID By HERBERT TEMPLE. (European Manager of International News Service.) LONDON, July 3.—With more than 3*0 Russian and German warships tak ing part, a great naval battle Is rag ing in the Baltic, according to re ports received here to-day from Co penhagen. The battle began off the Swedish coast on Friday morning with ten cruisers and twenty torpedo boats participating. The Russians opened the attack, and some of the German ships were reported to have been badly damaged and forced to re tire. In the meantime, however, other German cruisers arrived on the scene, and the Russians were forced to re tire northward under the heavier fire of their opponents’ guns. Further details have been received of the attack upon the German mine layer Albatross, which, upcM being chased by four Russian cruisers, was beached upon Gothland Island wich 27 dead upon her decks. A Stock holm dispatch says that the Swedish Ambassador at Petrograd has been ordered to make a protest against the alleged violation of Swedish neutral ity in the attack upon the Albatross. Among the 27 killed upon the Alba tross were Captain L/Owettherd and the ship’s doctor. Thirty-three others were badly wounded. The ^>. r » un wounded seamen were interned by the Swedish Government at Roma. The Albatross uad put to sea under the convoy of four cruisers of tne Augeberg type. She carried 225 men and was under orders to mine Rus sian ports. While lying in a fog, a flotilla of Russians cruise s came up and opened fire, 25 shells raking the mine layer and cutting away her masts. Official Intelligence from the full operations is lacking, but the Ger man Admiralty denied the Russian report that a cruiser of the Magde burg type lad been sunk off Win- dau. From the various dispatches re ceived from Stockholm, 'Copenhagen and Petrograd it is indicated that there is great naval activity in more than one sphere of the Baltic, ind I hat considerable damage was inflict ed by the guns on both sides. The German battleship Wittelsbach and another battleship of the Kaiser class are reported to have put into Kiel with many shell rents under the wa ter line. Stockholm reports that the sound of heavy gun fire was heard oft Goth land for many hours on Friday. Czar’s Fleet Victor, Petrograd Claims By FRANCIS LAVELLE MURRAY. Special Correspondent International News Service.) PETROGRAD, July 3.—Russian and German warships have met in their first big naval battle in the Baltic Sea and the Czar’s fleet has won, accord ing to an official statement issued by the Admiralty to-day. A German cruiser was badly darn ed by the fire of the Russian gun ners and was run ashore to escape linking, The official statement says. The battered warship lowered its flag herore it was beached. The battle took place off the Island nr Gothland. A icussian submarine has sunk Continued on Page 2, Column 5. Another 500,000 Russians Captured By FREDERICK WERNER. (Special Correspondent Interna tional News Service.) BERLIN, July 3.—The German troops have captured 1,630 Russian officers and 520,000 men in the fighting from May 20 to June 17, is the claim made in a semiofficial statement by the Overseas News Agency to-day. It also says that the Germans ; * believed to have captured 300 field guns, 770 machine guns and war material which can not yet be calculated. Police Called by Girls to Slay Bug The body of a slain Microcentrum retinervis lay Saturday morning in the rain at the corner of DeKalb and North Moreland avenues, awaiting a decent burial. It had been ruthlessly dispatched Friday night by policeman J. F. Lowe, at the Instance of two frightened girl operators of the At lanta Telephone and Telegraph Com pany, who had sent an S. O. S. to Lowe and Serbeant G. T. Butler. The policemen hurried there and when ne gazed on the scene It was with a dis tinct feeling of horror. One of the hello girls stood on the switchboard with her skirts gathered close about her ankles, while the other was perched utfon a spring-back chair with her hands pressed tightly over her ears. For there sat the for midable Microcentrum retinervis, and he would not budge an inch. Desperately Policeman Lowe par ried a lick from the invader, then, getting under its guard, he knocked it out prone. Policeman Lowe recorded in the station house log that he had killed a katydid, which is the com mon name for the beast mentioned above, and, explaining the adventure to his fellow officers, declared that he always tried to do a good job when he went to the help of a lady. \s for the hello girls, they asserted that the creature’s rasping noise, made by rubbing his wing-mem branes together, was sufficient to strike dfsmay in the doughtiest, and. as for the creature’s size, its bulging eyes and general demeanor, they were full terrible to behold. Crown Prince’sArmy, Repulsed,Tries Again ’’-♦ARIS, July 3.—Another repulse of the German Crown Prince’s army In the Argonne is announced in the com munique issued by the French War Office this afternoon. The battle s still in progress, however. Very heavy losses have been inflict ed upon the Germans, but they have maintained their attacks during the third day of the conflict. The Ger mans have succeeded In holding their positions, though subjected to fierce assaults both by night and day. Wilson Gets in Morning of Golf CORNISH, N. H.. July 3. —For the first time In several days President Wilson was able to play folf this morning, rainstorms having prevented previously. The President also took a short automobile ride. The morn ing dispatches brought news of the explosion at the Capitol d the death of Porflrio Diaz in Paris, but the Pres ident had no comment to make. ‘0 God, I Didn’t Want War,’ Prays Kaiser AMSTERDAM, July 3.—A dispatch from Berlin says that during a recent visit of the Kaiser to the western front. In a neighborhood where many of the German soldiers had been killed, the Emperor alighted from his horse and kneeled on the ground, where he uttered a prayer. Rising, he raid: “Oh, God, I did not want this war.” NEED AT CLEARWATER, FLA., July 3.—J. J. Mendenhall, a well known lumber man and orange grower, is under ar rest here to-day on the charge of murdering two women, said to be Mrs. Charles W. Elliott and her daughter, a Miss Andrews, last night on a lonely road between Safety Har bor and Tampa. Identification was almc»st Impossible, because the bodies had been drenched with gasoline and set on fire. Guy Stemple, of Tampa, Is held there as the sole witness. He - has told an involved sort x>t story, to the effect that he was hired by Menden hall to drive the car for him and the two women. Chauffeur's Explanation. “We left the main road at Mocoaein 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 authorities took me back we found the car burned and with it two bod ies, charred.” Mendenhall also was picked up by a relative in his car and taken to Clearwater. He kissed his wife good night, and retired. He was arrested at daybreak, being awakened from an apparently 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 unlawfully had threatened to have him arrested 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 Belle- view Hotel. Hammock, the relative with whom Mendenhall came to Clearwater last night, also has been arrested. Moral: Dont Get Gay With the Cops Some four or six thousand years ago, or more, or less, a band of sportive youngsters mad© fun of a bald-headed prophet’s dome of thought and advised him to rent the same as a skating rink for flies, or words to that effect, and got Into a mess of trouble with a couple of bears. A similar lack of reverence for onion pates and blue uniforms got Charles Jones, youthful Senegambian, Into trouble Friday In the Recorder’s Court—only it was “bulls” and not bears that pursued Charles, and cap tured him, and dragged him, howling, to the hoosgow. Charles, 11 years old, small, and so black that the ac© of spades would look like a splash of whitewash on him, made a face at W. C. Hardy, representing the majeaty of the lav at Five Points. It was an awful face, the policeman testified. He fancied It would haunt him on dark nights here- .after. He could hardly mention that face without a shudder. After Charles had perpetrated the face, he fled The officer followed and there was a wild chase through the downtown district, but it was another cop, McWilliams, in ordinary cloth ing. that made the capture. Charles drew eleven days and a wad of good advice from the Re corder. Suite-Seekers Find What They Want Listed in the “Apartment-to-Let” Columns of the >o%i GEORGIAN; AN ( AT l. A .OCO»a»A Every Day and Sunday Girl Takes Poison When Pal Deserts A young woman, giving her name as Miss Ovaline Nelson, was taken from her room at No. 111-C Spring street to Grady Hospital Saturday afternoon, suffering from iodine poi soning, having attempted suicide. She was in a semiconscious condi tion and physicians held little hope for her recovery. She told the ambu lance surgeon. Dr. W. A. Newman, that she wanted to die because she had been deserted by a girl compan ion with whom she had come to At lanta two months ago to seek work. Kidnaper of Bride Escapes From Prison LEAVENWORTH, KANS., July 3, Hf mer McCord, the so-called Kansas “bride kidnaper,” and Frank Wil liams, convicts In the State prison at Lansing, escape i from the prison coal mine by a perilous 800-foot climb up the perpendicular ''aft. =J The criticism of Chief Beavers by the Police Commission, in which it was charged that vice was scattered "promiscuously over the city” and that there was a general lack of dis cipline and effort on the part of the police, led Chief Beavers to issue an other of his special orders for the town to be cleaned up Saturday. He started, with the morning watch, with the admonition for special vigi lance In watching locker clubs, ques tionable characters, gamblers and auto drivers who exceed the speed limit. Beavers' deep concern over the com ments that have been made about his department, particularly the declara tion by Commissioner James W. Eng lish that the time had come tor At lanta to secure a “broad-gauged irfd intelligent Chief,” was shown when, with Detective Chief Newport Lan- ford, he called at Captain English’s office Friday afternoon and heW an extended conference. What transpired at that conference no one of the participants would dis close. but It was considered signifi cant that the two Chiefs, whose rela tions up to this time have been any thing but pleasant, according to the report of the probe committee of the Police Commission, should make the visit together. Beavers issued another order Sat urday switching nearly half of the patrolmen. The “split” watch also was abolished by order of the Police Com mission and the men assigned in palrg to be stationed at the Are engine houses for emergence- calls. The “vice squad’’ got busy Friday night, docketing the following cases: Mrs. L. S. Miller, No. 1*72 South Forsyth street; Miss Ruth Jones, Jacksonville, Fla.; Miss Elizabeth Lee, No. 172 South Forsyth st eet; Charles Hemphill, who gave his address as the Aragon Hotel, and L. M. Harrison, of Columbus, Ga. Chief Beavers prepared to recom mend ten of the veteran policemen for retirement on pensions, his plan, under suggestions from members of the commission, being to replace them with young men. Several of those slated to go have protested, claiming that they are still able to work. Following charges made by Miss Helen Monroe, an actress, that he had attempted to put his arms around her, Ed Arthur, police movie censor, was removed from that position and as signed to patrol duty in uniform. The removal of Arthur followed a confer ence with Recorder Joh ison and Chief Beavers. Arthur’s place will be taken by James A. McKlbben, a for mer member of Beavers’ vice squad, and lately doing special work in the Chief’s office. No Move Made to Put Chief on Trial Those who are wont to keep a sharp eye upon the developments in local politics talked Saturday of what ap peared to be a strange anomaly in the policy of the Police Commission. Mayor Woodward, who has spoken openly, and many others, who have confined their comments to private conversation, make the bold state ment that, while the full commission, except for a few vociferous protests by W. A. Vernoy, a whole-souled ad mirer of Chief Beavers, has. to all in tents and purposes, branded Chief Beavers’ administration as Inefficient and incompetent, still there are not enough members to make a majority who are Willing to proceed and remedy the situation. These criticisms, charging sinister politics, are due to the fact that, while almost every member of the Police Commission states that the next step, following the adoption of the adverse report on Chief Beavers’ direction of the department of the probe commit tee should be to file charges against Beavers and try him, no move has been made in that direction. J. PIERPONT MORGAN. Assailant’s Own Story (By International News Service.) GIJXCOVE, N. Y., July 3.—Three hours after he had been arrested for shooting J. P. Morgan, the would-be assassin gave his name as F. Holt, stating that he was a resident of Itha ca, N. Y., and a former professor of French at Cornell University. He made a signed statement before Judge William E. Luyster, of Glen- cove, setting forth the reason why he shot the financier. The sworn state ment follows: “I, F. Holt, of Ithaca. N. Y., lAtely a professor of French In Cornell Uni versity, do hereby testify to Judge William E. Luyster, of Glencove, to tell fully the facts of my attempt to assassinate J. Pierpont Morgan July 3, 1915, at 'East Island,’ Glencove, N. Y. “About three days ago I decided to come to Glencove, the country home of Mr. J. P. Morgan. My previous trip to the home of Mr. Morgan was to find out where he lived and study the surrounding country. “This morning, July 3, I decided again to come to Glencove. I caught an early train out of New York to Glencove. The purpose of my coming here was to catch Mr. Morgan before he went away for the day. I ar rived at Glencove at 8:30. I walked up to a gentleman who runs a taxi cab* at the station, and asked him to take me to the home of Mr. J. P. Mor gan The purpose of my visit to Mor gan was to see If I could Influence him to stop sending ammunition to European countries. "After entering the grounds of Mr. Morgan's estate, Mr. Ford, who was driving the taxicab, drove up to the door of Mr. Morgan’s house. The but ler asked me what I wanted to see Mr. Morgan about. I told him that It was very Important—that it con cerned the European war. “The butler told me that Mr. Mor gan was busy; that he was in confer ence w’ith the British Ambassador to the United States, and that he couldn't see me. I insisted upon seeing Mr. Morgan. The butler continued to tell me he was busy and couldn’t see me. “Then I drew a revolver, pointed It at the butler and told him I had to see Mr Morgan. The butler backed into the main hall, and I followed after him. Mr. Morgan, hearing the com motion. came to the door leading into the hall, and I fired two shots at him. One hit him in the leg, and the other hit him in the side. “I am very sorry to cause this In jury to Mr. Morgan, but I wanted to ask him If he would stop this slaugh ter of our European brothers. “I do hereby testify and swear to the above statement to Judge William E. Luyster. “F. HOLT.” ' BY FRANK D. BENH/f ’ (Special Correspondent International News Service.) GLENCOVE, N. Y., July 3.—J. Pierpont Morgan, head of the great banking firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., was shot twice at his summer home to-day by F. Holt, of Ithaca, N. Y., former pro fessor of French at Cornell 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. 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, who was shuoting: “I can not help It; I must see Morgan. This war ha.s got to stop. It has gone too far now. I’ve come here to serve ray , country.” In the scuffle the weapon was dropped, but the would - be assassin, breaking the other’s grip, drew anoth er pistol, a -38-caliber weapon. "Help my country." he* shouted at the financier, who had stopped short at the sight which greeted his eyes. Before Mr. Morgan could say any thing the man began to Are. One bullet struck Mr. Morgan in the leg, Inflicting a flesh wound, and the other hit him in the side. The financier re tained his presence of mind and startl ed forward for his assailant. The noise had aroused the household, and servants were pouring in from all di rections. Even the housemaids took part In overpowering the man. 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 th# meantime Mr. Morgan, not knowing how badly he was hurt, staggered into his library and collapsed in a 'chair. Some of the servants were tele phoning for T>r. william Zabrfski and for the police; others were caring for (he financier, and still others were trussing up the wounded man, who was now confidently believed to be an anarchist. When Dr. Zabrlskl arrived he made a hasty examination and Immediately reassured the family that Mr. Mor gans wounds were slight and that no fears need be felt. Raves When Overpowered. Constable Frank McCahlll arrived and took charge of the prisoner. The stranger, his face and clothes covered with blood from the cut In his fore head. was in the hg.il of the Morgan home shouting at the assembled serv. ants, who glared back at him. All were armed with such nondescript weapons as shovels, canes, gardening articles, and, in short, anything that could be found. "I was sent by God to do this," screamed the man. “Nobody helped me. I am an American citizen. I am willing to pay with my life for what I have done.” It was evident the man thought he had killed Mr. Morgan. Mr. McCahlll hastened the man uv the town hall, where he was ques tioned. “I won’t tell my name, >ut I am an American citizen.” declared the pris oner. “Mr. Morgan ought to stop this war. He Is the only one who can ao it. I want the world to know my po- sltion. My country will thank me for thl© noble deed.” . Insane, Says Physician. When the nrlsoner learned that \fr. 5 Morgan had been w'ounded only slightly, he exclaimed with an oath: “I failed, but God willed it should be done.” The prisoner further showed his pro-German tendencies when he talked about^the position of J. F\ Morgan & Co. as the fiscal agents and ammunition buyers of the Allies in this country. Shortly after his arrest, the man was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Luyster, on a charge of felo- gan, who was reading in his library at nious assault, and held witty* ut bail. Holt had two revolvers fully loaded and two suit cases, one of which contained a great quan tity of dynamite, together with fulminating caps. The shooting was done with a .32-caliber re volver. Holt Talks Irrationally. Holt talked in an Irrational manner after his arrest, saying: “I have been sent by God to do this. Morgan 1s the only one who couki end the war. and I was a 11- vlne agent in trying to destroy him.” In the prisoner’s pocket was found an American Express Company re ceipt showing that Holt had recently shipped a package from Ithaca to F. S. Slnsabauch, No. 101 Marseilles street, Dallas, Texas. Holt said he had recently obtained a pi sltion near Dallas. Holt visited "East Island.” the Mor gan summer home, three days ago *o 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-callber 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 «t Morgan Home. Holt arrived upon the 8:30 train on the Long Island Railroad and ap proached M. F. Ford, who operates a taxicab service in Glencove. “I want to be driven to the resi dence of J. P. Morgan,” said the man. “I want you to take me there quickly, for I am In a big hurry.” The man was well dressed and Ford’s suspicions were In no wise aroused by the request. The fare got Into the taxicab and began to read a newspaper. He showed no symptoms of nervousness and was entirely self-possessed. The distance to “East Island,” the Morgan country place, was quickly covered. When the Morgan place was reached the stranger got out of the cab, and, as he paid his fare, he re marked to the tajcicab driver: “This Is the man who is responsi ble for the European war,” at the same time pointing toward the pala tial mansion nestling among the trees. The chauffeur, believing from the man’s appearance that he was a busi ness acquaintance of the banker, thought nothing of the remark and made some commonplace reply as he drove away. Stranger Denied Admittance. Passing up the driveway, the visi tor rang the bell, which was answered 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 regrets 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-callber revolver from his pocket. “Hd will see me. He is responsible for this war and It has got to stop. He Is the man who can stop It.” The butler, upon seeing the weapon, gave a shout of fear, and Mr. Mor- |