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COLUMBUS, July 3.—The heavy
rains that caused a flood tide on the
Chattahoochee River and forced the
Coroner of Harris County to delay his
Investigation of the triple tragedy,
which is believed to have taken place
near Blanton’s Ferry, when Epps and
Max Melton and John Leake were
slain and their bodies thrown in the
river, still delaying the probe, it be
ing announced Saturday that the in
vestigation could not proceed until
Monday morning.
Decided interest has been manifest
in the receipt of an anonymous let
ter by Attorney Walter McKinney,
wherein he is warned to desist in his
Investigation of the case. Mr. Mc
Kinney has been employed by friends
and relatives of the dead men to aid
the Coroner in the unraveling of the
murder mystery. He has appealed to
Judge Price Gilbert, of the Superior
Court, Chattahoochee circuit, to pre
pare for protection against an upris
ing If developments should involve
anyone mixed up in the old Melton-
Teal feud, which is alleged to have
caused the death of the three men.
Promlneat citizens of Fortson and
vicinity were in Columbus and report
ed that Sunday afternoon, while rid
ing in an automobile near Fortson.
they had a puncture, and, stopping
for repairs, remained along the road
side for quite a while, when they
heard shots coming from the direc
tion of the river. Later they returned
to Fortson to get repair material, and
three men were seen running out of
the woods.
It is also stated that the Meltons
were seen at the Manhattan Club in
Girard Sunday afternoon.
J. E. Johnson, Mayor of West Point,
claims to have seen witnesses who
will testify that the Hargett brothers
and Lands were seen in Fortson Sun
day afternoon in Lands' car, having
with them the three men who were
later murdered, making the return
trip from Columbus. The fact that
the car passed through the vicinity
where Manse Teal had lived before
he was killed by Epps Melton, for
which Melton was acquitted in Atlan
ta recently, is significant.
Federal Officers Hunt Crank Who
Placed Infernal Machine in
Senate Reception Hall.
Calling Woman ‘Kid’
Costs Masher $10.75
J. L. Dorsey, by his own admission
in iho Recorder’s Court Friday after
noon, got all drunk and made a dis
mal mistake the day previous, when
he addressed Mrs. Benjamin Coggins,
who was walking with her husband
near the Union Station. He addressed
Mrs. Coggins as “kid,” and suggested
that she leave the “bum” she was
with and go with him.
Mr. Coggins very promptly and
properly—the Recorder said—rebuked
the fresh Mr. Dorsey by punching his
face. His mistake being brought
home to him thus forcibly, Mr. Dor
sey apologized heartily, and Mr. Cog
gins, through his attorney, Lamar
Hill, said that his client wished the
court not to be too severe on the of
fender. Dorsey was fined $10.76 and
lectured somewhat.
Health Officers
Of City Re-elected
The City Board of Health held the
annual election of heads of the de
partment Friday afternoon, unani
mously re-electing Dr. J. P. Kennedy,
health officer; Dr. Claude A. Smith,
bacteriologist; John Jentzen, sanitary
chief, and Mose Roberson, superin
tendent of the night sanitary crew.
Dr. J. H. Bradfteld, named a few
days ago to the superintendency of
the Battle Hill Tuberculosis Sanita
rium, resigned as the Second Ward
representative on the Board of Health.
This makes two vacancies, I. N.
Brown, of the Ninth Ward, having
recently resigned.
Judge Offers to Cut
Own Salary; Ousted
TOLEDO, July -3.—Common Pleas
Judge Prentiss at Napoleon was*
ousted from office by the finding of
the Appellate Court in his contested
election. The contestant, H. R. Dltt-
mer, was refused induction. The court
held that Prentiss violated the cor
rupt practices act when he offered in
his campaign to serve for less than
legal salary, but that the candidate
receiving the next highest number of
votes was net entitled to the office.
West End Citizens
To Discuss Liquor
Citizens of West End will consider
the locker club and ne*r-beer ques
tions at a meeting on the rear lawn
of the Lee Street School Sunday at
6:30 p. m.
Attorney R. W. Crenshaw will pre
side and addresses will be made by
Attorney E. V. Carter, Councilman J.
C. White and the Rev. William O.
Foster. Special seating arrangements
will be made.
County to Buy 14
Cycles for Police
The Police Committee of the Board
of County Commissioners Saturday
will award the contract for fourteen
motorcycles for the county force.
These motorcycles will supplant
horses now in service in the depart
ment.
The Police Committee consists of
J. Oscar Mills, chairman: W. Tom
Winn and Dr. W. LJ Gilbert.
HAWKES GOES EAST.
A. K. Hawkes, whp has been ill
here for several weelcs; left Friday for
the East, where he hopes to regain
his health and strength.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 3.—“We are
working on the case along all lines,
and will continue our investigations
until the facta have been obtained.
The explosion was due, in my opinion,
to a bomb placed in the reception
room, under the old telephone switch
board, by a crank to create a sensa
tion.”
This statement was made tarly to
day by Elliott Woods, superintendent
of the Capitol, after several hours of
examination of tjie damage done to
the reception room of the Senate wing
of the nation’s lawmaking temple by
an explosion shortly before midnight.
The damage was confined to the re
ception room, and will be less than a
thousand dollars, according to an es
timate to-day by Superintendent
Woods. None of the officers of the
building was near at the time of the
blast, and no one was hurt. A thor
ough examination will be made by
Mr. Woods of the foundations and
other portions of the Senate side of
the building for structural injury. Mr.
Woods added:
Bomb Placed Hours Before.
“The damage is superficial, and can,
I believe, be repaired at a cost inside
of a thousand dollars. Just what the
motive of thi« crank w’as or what he
hoped to accomplish by the explo
sion of the bomb in the room at such
an hour is only conjectural.”
Captain Laughton, chief of the Cap
itol police, agrees with Superintend
ent Woods that the explosion was
caused by a bomb placed there by a
crank hours before it went off The
reception room was open to visitors
during the day, but was closed early
in the evening. Officials stated that
it would have been easy for someone
to have entered the room with the
crowds of visitors and placed the in
fernal machine behind the telephone
booth.
Room Put Under Guard.
Soon after the explosion the room
was put under guard, and no one per
mitted to enter and remove any pos
sible clew\ The telephone switchboard,
which has been out of use for some
time, was wrecked completely, as were
three private telephone booths near
by. Walls and wainscoting were de
molished, and crashed mirrors and
splintered wood were spread several
Inches deep over the floor.
The great mahogany doors of the
United States District Committee
room, which opens into the reception
room, were dashed to splinters. Carved
doors leading into the office of the
sergeant-at-arms of the Senate met a
similar fate, and the windows in both
rooms were shattered. Down a cor
ridor at the main entrance to the Sen
ate wing, near the batten' of eleva
tors and a long staircase, the big dou
ble doors were sprung and the large
transom glass dashed to pieces on the
Capitol front.
Cheney, Suspect in
Slaying, to Co Free
Edward T. Cheney, Central of Geor
gia Railway ticket agent at Carroll
ton, who was brought to Atlanta on a
warrant charging him with the mur
der of J. L. Guill, agent of the road at
Carrollton, was expected to be re
leased Saturday, following the failure
of the Coroner's Jury to order him
held.
Sheriff W. A. Garrett, of Carroll
County, will come to Atlanta during
the day to dispose of the case. Che
ney is held on a warrant, independent
of the Coroner’s Jury action, but It
was not thought likely that any at
tempt would be made to press the
charge, as there was no evidence of
any kind before the jury to warrant
suspicion of the ticket agent.
One-Minute Jitney
Service Is Planned
The Jitney Bus Club, now with a
membership of 80, has moved its
headquarters from No. 11 Walton
street to the balcony of the Folsom
Hotel on Marietta street.
J. Coy Pearce, president, announces
that the club Is prospering and add
ing to its membership rapidly, and is
planning to operate a “minute serv
ice” to all parts of the city.
JudgeLambdin
Reminiscent
in Atlanta
Judge William Wallace Lambdin, of
the Southern District, United States
Court, recently appointed by Presi
dent Wilson upon the creation by
Congress of the new judgeship, ar
rived In Atlanta from Rome Friday
afternoon, spending several hours
here.
Judge T.ambdin has Just completed
a term of the Federal Court at Rome,
and he is very much delighted—in
fact. In love with his new work. Es
pecially was he pleased with .he city
of Rome and its hospitable people.
Walking down Peachtree street
Friday evening. Judge Lambdin re
marked: “I was in charge of the mil
itary department of the Means High
School, located where the Carnegie
Library now stands, in 1884. At the
same time I was reading law. 1 was
admitted to the bar in Atlanta, and
practiced several years in this city. I
feel very much at home In your city,
for I spent sixteen years -f my ife
here, and it is certainly a pleasure to
visit Atlanta and note with pride her
great progress.”
Judge Lambdin will step at Barnes-
vllle for a visit to hi? sister, that oe-
ing his old home, before he returns
to Savannah, which has become Us
place of residence since his appoint
ment as judge of the Federal Court.
NIT LIKELY
German Reply to Second Ameri
can Note on Submarine War
fare Due Next Week.
Has Husband, Here
On a Visit, Seized
O. V. Byfleld, an expert sign an.d
card writer, formerly of Atlanta, but
now with the Leroy Myers Company,
of Savannah, Saturday was under
bond of $500 to appear July 10 before
Judge John T. Pendleton, in Superior
Court, to answer a petition for ali
mony for his wife, Mrs. Helen C. By
fleld, of Atlanta.
Byfleld was taken Into custody by
Deputy Sheriff .T. W. Chambers at the
Dakota Hotel on a writ of ne exeat
taken out befoie Judge Pendleton by
Attorneys Powers & Leavitt, counsel
for Mrs. Byfleld. Byfleld is said to
have come to Atlanta on a brief visit,
and his .wife, learning of his pres
ence here, immediately proceeded
with the alimony action. The ne ex
eat bond was required to prevent the
husband from leaving the jurisdiction
of the court.
Roswell Road Work
Hits Another Snag
George Donaldson’s general supply
store at Buekhead ha? been moved
back ten feet to permit of widening
the Roswell road at that point, but
the county authorities have struck a
snag in their attempt to move a
butcher shop adjoining. The butcher
wants $100 before he will suffer his
business to be disturbed. Since funds
are rather shy, the projectors are
using diplomatic means.
As soon as these stores are out of
the way the work of widening the
thoroughfare twenty feet to the Pow
ers Ferry road can go on. The Ja
cobs’ Pharmacy two-story brick ve
neer building is now nearly half com
pleted and will be a welcome addition
to Buckhead’s business section.
By THEODORE TILLER.
(Special' Correspondent International
Newt Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 3.—The Ger
man reply to the last American note
on submarine warfare is expected ]
July 8 or 9, and it Is now practically |
aspured that the Armenian incident i
will not bring eleventh-hour compli- '
cations to the pending diplomatic ne
gotiations.
The State Department to-day still
awaited complete official reports on
the sinking of the Armenian by a
German submarine, but preliminary
reports are such that officials here, as
well as President Wilson at Cornish,
are understood to be convinced that
no aggravating questions are likely
to arise from the incident. The now
established fact that the Armenian
did her best to avoid capture and the
admission that she was engaged in
admiralty business of Great Britain,
carrying a cargo of contraband, prac
tically removes, it is believed here,
the possibility of complaint from this
Government.
Ground for Justification.
Although it is not the disposition of
the United States to treat lightly the
loss of American lives under any cir
cumstances, it is admitted privately
In official circles that all of the cir
cumstances surrounding the destruc
tion of the Armenian give Germany
excellent ground for justification in
the event of representations from the
United States Present indications
are that the Armenian incident will
not complicate the bigger is^ue of
submarine warfare between this
country and Germany. If it should
develop later that any American
rights have been violated the Presi
dent and his official advisers ore
ready to take up the matter with the
Kaiser’s Government, it is stated, but
at present the Administration Is in a
decidedly optimistic attitude concern
ing the situation.
Unofficial, but authoritative, reports
from Berlin indicate that the German
reply is to be frank and Conciliatory
and with the Armenian incident rap
idly clearing up, there is less for the
Administration to worry about.
Use of Neutral Flags Are Issue.
The destruction of the Armenian,
however, has caused increased con
cern among officials of this Govern
ment regarding the disposition of
British vessels that run from capture
and make false use of the flag of
neutrals, especially the Stars and
Stripes. One of the difficulties in the
way of the adjustment of the differ
ences between the United States and
Germany Is the strong claim of the
latter country that the false use of
flags by Great Britain puts German
submarine officers at a decided disad
vantage and makes them more liable
to mistakes.
It is pointed out that in the crowd
ed waters about the British Isles, the
submarines must act quickly for the
submarine itself Is in danger of de
struction if it delays attack on an en
emy vessel and loiters on the scene
after the attack. There is no time for
visitation and search, according to
Germany, and the submarine com
mander must decide instantly wheth
er he is to attack or avoid a passing
vessel believed to be belligerent.
Reports to State Department.
The steamship Armenian was not
under British Government requisition
when she sailed from Newport News
June 17 with mules for the British
army, but prior to this voyage she had
been requisitioned by the Lond »n
Government. Although the British
requisitioned terminated before her
Anal trip, the Armenian had not yet
been put back on the regular sailing
list of the Leyland Line, owner of tho
ship.
This statement from the manager of
the Leyland Line at Liverpool was re
ported to the State Department by
Ambassador Page at London.
A dispatch from Consul Armstrong
at Bristol to the State Department to
day brought definite word that the
Armenian attempted for 45 minutes to
run away from the German submi-
rine. and that she hove to only after
she had been set afire by shells from
the German vessel.
The dispatch was so abbreviated
that the State Department was un
able to determine exactly what Con
sul Armstrong meant to convey re
garding the launching of the boats of
the Armenian and the escape of her
survivors. The message will be re
peated.
Herman Reply To Be
Redrawn, Says Berlin
By FREDERICK WERNER.
(Special Correspondent International
News Service.)
RFvRLIN (via Amsterdam), July 3.
Germany’s reply to the American note
on submarine warfare will be furth jr
delayed as a result of the sinking of
the Armenian, the International News
Service was informed to-day by a
high official.
According to present plans, the re
ply, which had already been presented
to Emperor William for his approval,
is to be rewritten to cover recent
events, particularly the sinking of the
Armenian, which tried to escape aft^r
It had been signaled by a German
submarine.
One proposal made in the German
reply, however. Is expected to remain
unchanged. This is that Germany be
informed on what ehips Americans
are sailing, the date of that vessel'* |
departure and its destination. Thlf
will safeguard American lives. .11
McDuffie goes west.
P. C. McDuffie, who has been em
ployed In connection with several Im
portant Insurance matters pending in
Texas and Mexico, left Friday night
for San Antonio to be gone ten days.
Mr. McDuffie represents several of the
largest Insurance companies In the
United States, and has been unusual
lly successful In handling Insurance
litigation.
IT’S THE BEST.
Our Rescreened round for fur
nace or stove, $4.25.
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“What About Scandal?”
“What About Scandal?”
“Is England Worth It All?”
You must read THE LITERARY DIGEST of July 3d for this unique
viewpoint current in England.
Since tho recapture of Lemberg by the Germans, the Berlin populace, in
their delirious enthusiasm, fee, that Lemberg is only an incident on the tri
umphant march of the German hosts toward Calais, Paris and London. THE
LITERARY DIGEST presents the best and most comprehensive account of the
war in both war zones.
Another feature that will be of interest to every reader is the detailed
opinion of various authorities upon how the Lusitania might have been saved,
in which it is pointed out that the aeroplane has not been utilized to the extent
that it should have been by the allies for spying upon submarines.
While THE LITERARY DIGEST features the war in its various
phases prominently, it is also rich in features of a peaceful aspect which par
ticularly concern the American public.
Among these may be mentioned:
Negro Citizens of
Macon Laud Harris
THE STRAND
THE HOUSE
OF QUALITY
TO-DAY—The Thanhouser Twins.
Marion and Madeline Fairbanks
In a Great Circus Drama,
“The Flying Twins"
Mutual Mastsr Picture.
Negro citizens of Macon, the home
of Governor Harris, are much elated
over the elevation of Macon’s es
teemed citizen to the high office of
Governor and have so paid in a let
ter to Governor Harris.
The letter expressed the consensus
of opinion of a mass meeting of the
leading negroes of Macon, held in
that city June 30.
Fair Committee to
View Lakewood Work
The building committee of the
Southeastern Fair Association will
meet Tuesday afternoon to inspect
the building work which already Is
well under way at Lakewood.
Contracts for $75,000 worth of work
ha\'e already been awarded and more
will be passed on by Council at its
Monday meeting.
FOURTH OF JULY
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Tickets on sale July 3, 4 and 5. Re
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“What About Scandal?”
SILLS’ ASSAILANT HELD.
The police have arrested Jim Ruth
erford, charged with shooting Jack
Sills, in a dispute about the result of
a bail game, and he will be arraigned
July 13 in Recorder s Court.
HOSPITAL IMPROVED.
Announcement 1s made that Dr. J.
Richmond Duvall and Dr. J. L. How
ell have associated with them Dr. J.
Q. Brantley in the management of the
Georgian Hospital on Capitol avenue.
All three of these doctors are well
known in Atlanta. The hospital has
been thoroughly overhauled and Is
equipped with every scientific device
for the care of patients.
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Regulating the Jitney
End of the “Grandfather Clause”
Pursuing Political “Higher-Ups”
in Indiana
The League to Enforce Peace
Full Description of the Widener
Library at Harvard
The Military Officer in German
Letters
German Rejectors of “Hatred”
How Summer Weather Affects the
Wireless
Cigars Under the X Rays
Food as It Concerns Personal Fit
ness
Musical Sounds Translated Into
Colors
D’Annunzio as Italy’s Voice of
War
The Memorial to Mrs. Wilson
Through the Servian Inferno
The Awakening of England
The Czech’s Aspirations
Nervous Tension in Holland
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