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'' ' J VOL. XIV. NO. 31. ATLANTA, U.A., W KDNESUAY, SJSPTEMHI
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DUMBA’S DEFENSE ADDS TO GRAVITY OF S
Accidentally
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President May Put Matter of
War Strike Letter Up to Cab
inet for Decision.
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN.
(Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8— Relations
between Austria and the Uni*ed
States to-day are in grave danger of
becoming severely strained as the re
sult of the attitude assumed by Dr.
Constantin Dumba, the Austro-Hun
garian Ambassador. Instead of “ex
plaining” his now famous letter to
the Austrian Foreign Minister carried
by War Correspondent Archibald, Dr.
Dumba has justified his act’ n. He
took the position in his conference
with Secretary Lansing that he was
well within his rights in everything
he did.
As a result, the Administration is
in a dilemma as to what action to
take. If it accepts the statement of
Dr. Dumba, and believes that by his
action he has violated diplomatic eth.
ics, it must ask Vienna to disavow
those actions.
The matter has been referred by
Secretary Lansing to President Wil
son. So far as this Government is
concerned every move made in the
matter up to the present has been at
Dr. Dumba’s request.
Defends All His Acts.
He asked for the audience with
Secretary Lansing. It was granted
on the assumption that he intended to
make an explanation. Instead, to the
great surprise of the Secretary, he
defended all of his acts and insisted
that this Government has no reason
to concern itself with him.
The letetr taken from Archibald by
the British authorities was a report
that the Ambassador was making on
an investigation ordered by his home
Government, he said. And the steps
he suggested were to benefit the con
ditions of Austrian nationals, not of
citizens of the United States. Dumba
is understood to have told Secretary
Lansing that the Austro-Hungarian
citizens employed in the steel indus
try of the United States were held in
virtual slavery, and that he owed a
duty to them to try and Improve their
condition. He insisted that he per
sonally was indifferent as to whether
this Government asked for his recall
or not, as if he had not done Just what
he did he “might as well not be here.”
Seek Austria's View.
The complete text of the Archibald
letter has been cabled here by Am
bassador Page and will be submit
ted to President Wilson along with
the report of Secretary Lansing.
Meanwhile it is expected that Am
bassador Penfleld at Vienna will
make quiet inquiries to determine in
what light Austria looks on the en
tire matter.
The fact that this letter, admit
ting a general plan to tie up munition
factories in the United States, was
written Ion gafter this Government
went, on record as refusing, at Aus
tria’s request, to stop munition expor
tations adds to the gravity of the
entire matter, and it was said to-day
that the President might make the
question of Just what action shall be
taken the subject of a Cabinet con
ference. For the present, it is under
stood, the question of action will be
held open.
Called Great
Failure
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Sept. 8.—Though official
details had been withheld up to noon,
it was asserted to-day that the Zep-
perlin rain of last night over the east
coast counties of England had been
as great a failure from a military
viewpoint as previous attacks.
Fires were set by bombs dropped
from the German airships and there
were casualties attending the raid,
but as far as can be ascertained none
of the great English plants which the
Germans wished td destroy were dam
aged.
Floods in Kansas
Do Great Damage
(By International News Service.)
KANSAS CITY, MO., Sept. 8.—The
worst floods in the history* of South
eastern Kansas prevailed to-day.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars’
damage was being inflicted. Railroad
bridges and houses have been swept
away by swollen streams. Reports
of loss of life have not been con
firmed.
Seven inches of rainfall at Iola was
the record. More than 1,000 persons
were made homeless there, where Elm
Creek was reported more than a mile
wide.
Body of Once Rich
Floridian Is Found
(By International Newt Service.)
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 8.—The
badly decomposed body of a man
found in an elaborately furnished but
recently unoccupied house in South
Senate avenue has been identified
as that of James G. Griswold, former
ly a wealthy landowner of Miami.
Fla. The man had been dead about
six weeks.
He is said to have been addicted to
the intemperate use of liquor and had
frequently threatend to commit sui
cide.
ARABIC
Liner Changed Course and Tried
to Ram U-Boat, Commander
Says He Thought.
(By International News Service.)
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 8.—The Ger
man submarine that sank the White
Star liner Arabic has made an official
report to the Berlin Admiralty, ac
cording to dispatches received from
Berlin to-day.
The U-boat's commander reports,
the dispatch says, that when the
Arabic changed her course to ap
proach another vessel that had been
torpedoed he thought the liner in
tended to ram the submarine and
therefore he ordered her torpedoed.
The English reports that the sub
marine was sunk or captured after it
torpedoed the Arabic are declared un
true Tn Berlin, the dispatch concludes.
Next
Saturday
Is
Official
Fall Hat
and
High Shoe
Day
Atlanta’s leading
stores will make
announcements in
The Georgian Friday.
Hesperian’s Death
List Now Totals 33
(By International New* Service.)
LONDON, Sept. 8.—Two important
developments in connection with the
destruction of the Allan liner Hespe
rian indicate that the Incident will
hold the attention of diplomatic cir
cles in Washington, Berlin and Lon
don for some time. They are:
1. Admission by the Allan Line that
the steamer was armed and that the
gun she carried hod been painted gray
In order to conceal It.
2. Press reports that T. J. Wolff, a
native of New Jersey and an Ameri
can citizen, in the Hesperian’s crew,
perished as the result of the torpedo
ing of the Hesperian.
As was the case in the sinking of
the Arabic, the Hesperian’s death list
is increasing as the Allan Line offi
cials proceed with their investigation
of the disaster. According to latest
available information at the Liverpool
offices of the line, 33 persons—11 pas
sengers and 22 members of the crew—
perished. Only one body, that of Miss
Ellen Carbonnery, of St. Johns, N. F.,
has been recovered.
All of the 32 now listed as missing
have been given up for dead. Of the
passengers listed as missing two were
children, four women and four men.
2 Women Stuck to
Sinking Hesperian
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Sept. 8.—That two wom
en may deliberately have gone to the
bottom with the Hesperian is indi
cated to-day in The Star, in an inter
view with Captain Geggie, a Cana
dian soldier who was aboard the
steamship.
Geggie said that as the ship was
sinking he saw* two women in one of
the cabins, who declared their inten
tion of goirg down with the vessel.
He has not seen them since.
Another Canadian passenger on the
Hesperian was Major Guthrie, in
valided home. Badly crippled, Guth
rie was helped to the deck of the
\ stricken ship by Captain Geggie.
Deserted Girl
Escapes Bill
for Taxi
Miss Maggie Mitchell, between
sniffs, asseverated thta she thought
he was a gentleman, but now she was
almost, If not quits, assured that he
was no such thing. She did not call
any names, because she had forgot
ten it. After a particularly harrow
ing outburst of sniffs she Informed the
Recorder that It lacked as much of
being a ,1oy ride as anything she ever
had experienced, and then some.
And this was the tale of woe.
Miss Mitchell was arrested at the
behest of a taxicab driver. That was
how she came to be in the Recorder's
Court Tuesday afternoon. Miss Mitch
ell had not chartered the cab. She
snifred some more as she recalled her
humiliation.
“I—I met him at the skating rink.
I thought he was a—a gentleman. I
never had seen him before, but he
asked me to go for a drive with him.
On Moreland avenue he got out for a
moment to get a cigar, he said?- t
don’t know if he got it, because he
never came back.”
The taxi driver said he had begged
Miss Mitchell to tell the name of her
escort. She couldn't, because she had
forgotten It. So the driver had Miss
Mitchell arrested because she couldn’t
pay the bill.
Judge Johnson decided that Miss
Mitchell was a guest, and not respon
sible for the fare, and that It was the
taxi company’s tough luck, and Miss
Mitchell cheered up a bit and said she
would point out the mysterious man
to the police if she ever saw him
again. She really was somewhat vin
dictive about it.
100 Autos Burn as
Result of Back-fire
(By International Nows Service.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—One hundred
automobiles were consumed by Are
early to-day, a 1160,000 garage with
a frontage of a block was destroyed,
three firemen and a garage superin
tendent were hurt and 56 horses were
stampeded, all because an auto truck
back fired and the sparks blew up its
gasoline tank.
As the fire reached the automobiles
the noise of exploding gasoline tanks
was like that of an artillery bomba nd-
ment and aroused the neighborhood
for blocks around. Because of the
presence of so much gasoline Chief
Kennon refused to allow his men to
enter the garage.
Italians Push On;
Take 900 Austrians
(By International Nows Service.)
GENEVA, Sept. 8—Telegraphing
from the front, a correspondent of
The Tribuna reports continued Italian
successes, in which 800 Austrian pris
oners were captured.
"The Italians have driven back
their foe at Plezzo toward Savoreck.”
he says, “and advanced at Marnovo
toward Caporetto. taking 700 prison
ers and many rifles. They have also
advanced in the Sugana Valley, tak
ing 200 prisoners, capturing a colonel.
SCHOOL RECORD ATTENDANCE.
T1IOMASTON, Sept. 8.—More than
360 pupils registered at the opening of
R E. Lee Institute, which is the
largest attendance yet recorded, and
there are indications that the number
will reach 400 before the week Is out.
Giri Shot as Doctor
Was Slain in Auto
MISS EMILY BURGER.
Solicitor for The Georgian Struck
Near Heart by Ball From
Own Revolver.
Alf C. Ford, advertising solicitor of
The Atlanta Georgian and one of^the
most widely known advertising men
In Atlanta, accidentally shot himself
with a revolver early Wednesday and
Is in a critical condition at Grady
Hospital. The physicians say he has
a chance for life unless complications
set in.
The bullet narrowly missed the
heart and-entered the left lung, pass
ing through the body. Mr. Ford was
conscious when he was taken to the
hospital and remained conscious most
of the day.
Mr. Ford arose from the sleeping
porch at his home. No. 26 Bonaven-
ture avenue, at 6:50 o’clock Wednes
day morning and started into the
house to dress. In one hand he bore
some articles of clothing and in the
other a revolver, which he kept under
his pillow* at night and which he in
tended placing in a safe place in
doors. He was twirling the revolver,
he told the physicians, when it was
discharged and the bullet entered his
body.
A rusrh call to Grady Hospital
brought an ambulance and Mr. Ford,
still in his pajamas, was hurried to
the operating table for examination.
The surgeons announced that he was
in a serious condition, but unless
complications arose, such as are fre
quent in wounds of the lungs, there
was a change to save his life.
Mr. Ford’s wife and mother went
with him to the hospital and re
mained by his bedside.
Probably no man of his age in At
lanta has a wider circle of friends
than Alf Ford. His unfailing good
humor and his ability to win new ac
quaintances and convert them into
friends has made him liked by thou
sands of Atlantans, and messages of
regret over the accident poured into
The Georgian office Wednesday fore
noon.
THE WEATHER AT THE FAIR.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 8.—The
weather in San Francisco yesterday
was moderate and clear Maximum
temperature, 70; minimum, 56.
461,357 Bales Cotton
Ginned to Sept. 1
WASHINGTON. Sept. 8.—A cotton
report issued to-day by the Census
Bureau shows 461,357 bales, counting
round as half bales, ginned from the
growth of 1015 to September 1, com
pared with 480,317 for 1914 and 799.-
099 for 1913. Round bales included
this year are 8.947, compared with 356
for 1914 and 7,610 for 1913. Sea Island
included 2,099 for 1915, 1,749 for 1914
and 436 for 1918.
Mrs. Eliztbeth Mohr charged that her husband, Dr. C. Franklin Mohr,
had tried to poison her and that he was constantly “using his power to
bend other women to his will. And she tells of sitting at her home, No.
1 Reservoir street, Providence, R. I., and watching the doctor leave his
house in company with Miss Burner, the housekeeper, who was shot when
the physician was slain last week while driving in an automobile.
“He would wave his hand at me and give me the laugh,” said Mrs.
Mohr.
STARS OUTPLAYED
Park Board Refuses
New Lakewood Lease
At the request of representatives
pf the Southeastern Fair Assdciation.
the City Park Commission decided
Tuesday afternoon not to re-lease
Lakewood Park. The park official**
will have sole charge of the property
in the future.
J. Billet, the present lessee, told
the officials he would be ready to va
cate the property soon.
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Sept. 8 -Mrs. Ronald
H. Barlow, of Philadelphia, and Miss
Alexa Stirling, of Atlanta, were
strong contenders to-day for the
women’s national golf championship.
In their matches yesterday at the On-
wentsia Club these two stars out
played all the other entrants, each
winning a hard-fought match.
Mrs. Barlow defeated Miss Marian
Hollins, of Westbrook, N. Y., 1 up,
and Miss Stirling defeated Mrs. H.
G. Hammond, of Indianapolis, 1914
Western champion, but an extra hole
was required to decide the match.
Pairings for to-day were:
Mrs. W. A. Gavin. Shirley Park,
England, vs. Mrs. Caleb Fox, Phila
delphia.
Mies Eleanor Allen, Watertown.
Mass., vs. Mrs. J. V’. Hurd, Pitts
burg.
Miss Lillian Hyde. New York. vs.
Mrs. R. H. Barlow, Philadelphia.
Miss C. Painter, Chicago, vs. Miss
E. Pearce, Chicago.
Miss M. Edwards. Chicago, vs. Miss
Elaine Rosenthal, Chicago.
Miss Alexa Stirling, Atlanta, vs.
Miss L. Kaiser. Chicago.
Mrs. C. H Vanderbeck, Philadel
phia. vs. Miss Winters Cold ham, Chi
cago.
Mrs. E. L. Beifield, Chicago, vs. Miss
Elizabeth Alien, Rock Island, Ill.
Mrs. Ogden Armour
To Hold Levee for
Suspected Burglar
(By International News 3ervioe.)
CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—With Mrs. J.
Ogden Armour, wife of the richest
man in Chicago, as hostess, a strange
social function was planned to-day, to
be attended by Mrs. Armour, several
police officers and Melville Reeves, al
leged “society burglar.” Reeves was
being held by the police as a suspect
In connection with the robbery of the
Armour home night before last. De
tectives declared he answered in
every particular the description given
by Mrs. Armour of the young man
who struck her on the head with a
“billy” and, with a companion, rob
bed her of more than $1,200 worth of
diamonds and jewelry.
Reeves was to wear a mask like the
burglar wore when he was seen by
Mrs. Armour, and the society leader
was to try to identify his eyes as
those of the man who struck her.
Reeves has been arrested many
times, charged with large thefts, but
he has never been convicted.
NEGRO MINISTER DEAD.
The funeral of the Rev. J. A. Rush,
54. one of the leading negro ministers
of the city, who died Tuesday after
noon at the home. No. 311 Martin
street, will be held Friday afternoon
at 2 o’clock from Big Bethel Church,
on Auburn aveiiua-
(By International News Servioo.)
PETROGRAD, Sept. 8.—Emperor
Nicholas’ announcement that he has
placed himself at the head of his ar
mies has caused great enthusiasm in
Petrograd, where it is asserted. that
the tide of German victory is now
ebbing. The latest official reports in
dicate that the Russian troops are
now holding the enemy at practically
every important point.
Great supplies of ammunition are
now available for the army, and this
is having its effect on the operations.
Over the irregular shortened lines of
communication the armies are receiv
ing abundant supplies
“The retreat of our troops is ended,”
is the confident assertion of The
Bourse Gazette’s military expert. “The
Germans had expected to continue
their drive Into Russia practically
without opposition, but, on the con
trary, they are now opposed by an
army that is stronger than when it
fell back from the Vistula front.
“An army is unbeaten If it manages
to save its artillery. Our army did
this very thing, and, with the abun
dant supply of ammunition now avail
able, it will be able to reverse the sit
uation in a short time. It is not too
much to expect that the German army
will soon be in retreat.
“The cannon taken by the Germans
at Kovno and Novogeorgievsk were
deliberately abandoned. Their removal
would have interfered with the retire
ment of the infantry, and It was nec
essary that no obstacles be placed in
the way of keeping Lie field armies
mobile. There is no lack of cannons.”
German claims that the Russians
have been forced to give battle are
denied at the Petrograd War Office.
The Russian war officials assert that
the Slav armies selected the ground
on which they wished to fight, and
that the conflicts now raging are pro
ceeding to the Russians’ advantage.
Russians Believe
Retreat Is Ended
By FREDERICK RENNET.
(Staff Correspondent of the Interrvs-
tional New* Service.)
PETROGRAD, Sept. 8.—The gen
eral lull confirms the opinion that the
German offensive, for the moment, at
any rate, has spent its force. How
ever, the feeling of the Russian army
has changed. At the beginning of the
long retreat the soldiers were unwill
ing to retire, especially as the greater
number of retirements were caused by
pressure far away, which the soldiers
could neither feel nor understand.
Then the soldiers became accus
tomed to the retirement, and began to
look upon their retreat as the inevita
ble daily business. Now there is a
great change in spirit. Sufficient am
munition has enabled them once more
to fight on equal terms, and the whole
army Is fired by the belief that the re
tirement is coming to an end.
EddieNewton,Author
Of‘Casey Jones,’Dies
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 8.—“Eddie"
Newton, cabaret singer, who sprang
into fame through the authorship of
"Casey Jones," is dead here.
He 'j aes 40 Jaaf* oUL