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5 ®"atur Boys
Are Fined f
Hazing Stunt
In some towns, and among some
gangs of “small town” vouth, it is
considered highly entertaining to
make a boy “light a shuck,” as they
delicately term it. “Rock him out of
town,” is another way of putting it.
But Deecatur is not one of those
towns, and the few Decatur boys
who were strong for that excessive
ly yellow brand of sport are much
weaker for it now,
In the parade of Wednesday was a
certain Atlanta Boy Scout, toward
whom certain Decatur Boy Scouts
tock a dislike. They decided it would
be lots of fun to make the visitor
“light a shuck.” After the parade,
about 7 o'clock, they put on the per
formance and it was a fizzle. The
Atlanta boy showed fight. He would
not run. This is not at all what your
true light-a-shucker likes. So five
Boy Scouts went very much contra
riwise to their oath of allegiance and
proceeded to indulge in a real rough
neck pastime—they ' beat the little
fellow up.
He waseable to appear in the city
court Friday night, however, al
though pretty badly damaged. And
Mayor Hopkins irdicated plainly
that Decatur was not that kind of
a town by fining Charlie Hamilton,
Afred Branch, John Carr, Jack Wil
liams and Camp Moore $15.76 each
half of it to be remitted on a prom
ise never to do it again.
They all promisad.
.
Bank Clearings Near
, .
Year's Highest Mark
Clearingg through the Atlanta
banks barely missed the vear's high
record of $21,967,347.50 and surpassed
those of the corresponding week last
yvear by $7,528,208.23, the total being
$21,834,160.39. For the same week
last year clearings only totaled $14,-
305,952.16.
Saturday’'s total aggregated $3,589,-
482.98, agains* $2,246,489.52, an in
crease of $1,342,993.46. f
ITALIANS GAINING.
UDINE, ITALY, Nov. 14.—For 24
hours a terrific battle has been raging
along the Isonzo front. The Italians
are launching frequent attacks
zainst the defenses of Gorirzia and
are steadily gaining ground, accord
-1: to military reports received. here.
King Victor Emmanuel and his
«<t.ff are at headquarters on the Ison-
Churchill Resigns
.
Cabinet to Go to
i .
| Front in France
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Nov. 14—The resigna
tion of Winston Churchill from the
British ‘Government caused no sur
prise. Ever since the cabinet was
reorganized and Mr., Churchill was
given the relatively umimportant post
of the Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster it was expected he would
take this action.
{ Newspapers expressed the senti
ment that no one could imagine that
Mr. Churchill would long remain out
of the political arena-—his natural
sphere.
Mr. Churchill has been held re
gponsible for the loss of Antwerp and
the Dardanelles campaign but Pre
mier Asquith officially stated in Par
liament that time would vindicate the
former First Lord of the Admiralty
and justify his official acts.
It is said Mr. Churchill will join
the army in France.
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Spot Cotton Here
.
Has a Sharp Rise
Atlanta. spot cetton had another
sharp rise Saturday, being quoted
steady, at an advance of 1-8 of a
cent; good middling 11 3-4. This rep
resents a 2 net advance of 1-2 cent a
pound during the week.
The firmness of the local market is
ascribed by leading cotton dealers
to the upward movement in the fu
ture markets and the continued dis
position among holders to hang on
stubbornly to what cotton they have,
anticipating materially higher prices
before Christmas. According to re
ports throughout Georgia, the far
mers are not in a hurry to let their
cottdn go at current prices as long
as they can borrow Federal money
at 61-2 per cent.
.
One Killed, One Hurt
As Auto Turns Turtle
TIFTON, Nov. 14—J. D. Taylor, of
Omega, was killed and Charles Elrod,
of Omega, had one or more ribs
broken when an auto driven by Elrod
turned turtle six miles east of Ocilla
while they, with Willis and Walter
Mangham, of Ocilla, were returninz
from Douglas. The Manghams jumped
from the car and were only slightly
injured:
Taylor was sitting on the back seat
and his head was caught beneath the
back of the front seat and crushed.
Elrod was caught beneath the steer
ing wheel & -
TA 2oy T p= pm iy
LANTA mmLE
e & LEADINS NS PR A s )OF YHE SOUTHEASY SY& 3]
VOL. XIV. NO. 88
Finds Missi
Jitney B
Eretus Rivers, the real estate man,
wag highly indignant Saturday that
his Ford automobile had been os
tensibly bought in the open market
(?) for the measly sum of $5. He
was so mad about it .that he had J.
V. Wallace, of No. 46 Temple street,
locked up to answer a charge of
theft. Furthermore, it was little con
solation to Mr. Rivers that he cap
tured a full-fledged crimson and
white jitney bus sign reading “Ma
rietta to Stock Yards"”
Friday Mr. Rivers missed his car
from the corner of West Alabama
and South Broad streets. so he
called his man Smith, who knows ail
about automobiles, and especially
about the Rivers car.
“You go to jitney bus row on Ma
rietta street and pick out my car,”
ordered Mr. Rivers.
“Yes, sir,” said Smith; “I'll be
back directly.”
Smith looiked the cars over and
laid a heavy hand Qn Wallace's
shoulder as he identified the car.
That was Saturday morning as the
rain was falling.
“Whered you get that car?” de
manded Mr. Smith.
“Bought it for § from Ed Scott
down at a meat market at No, 117
‘Whitehall street,” said Wallace.
“Leggo my arm!” =
“How's business to the stock
yards?” . »
“pretty good. Took in $2 yester
day and a $1 so far to-day.”
“Well, you come along. That's Mr.
Rivers’ car. and don’t you forget it!”
Ed Scott could not be found, but a
policeman could. .
. .
British Steamer Is
o |
Sunk by Submarine
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Nov. 14—The British'
steamer Den, of Crombie, 4,049 tons,
has been sunk by a submarine, pre
sumably in the Mediterranean. The
vessel sailed from Rongoen for Ha
vana on September 29.
The Den of Crombie was built in
1907 and was owned by the Barrie
Shipping Company, Ltd.
The crew was saved, according to
a Lloyds dispatch. =
Sunk in Dardanelles.
CONSTANTINOPLE (via Berlin,
by wireless), Nov, 14.—The War Of -
fice announced to-d Gay that the Brii
jsh submarine E-20 was sunk in the
Darénaelles on November 5.
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ATLANTA, GA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1915
Court Denies Alimon
L . . y
To Girl Who Claims
She Is Wynne's Wife
The hope of the former Mrs, Maude
Sherman Fitzpatrick, at one time
nurse and waitress in Cincinnati, of
obtaining afimony from A. B. Wynne,
young Atlanta busiress man, who
characterized as a “frame up” her
claims 'that she is his wife, Saturday
was crushed by Judge John T. Pen
dleton, in Superior Court, who ruled
in favor of Wynne and refused her
plea,
Judge Pendleton pronounced the
case “one of the most complicated”
he ever had tried. He said there was
no doubt but that Wynne had fig
ured in a romance with the Cincin
nati girl, but ruled that the ques
tion of the alleged marriage was a
matter for a jury to determine, The
girl asserted she and Wynne were
married in her home in Cincinnati,
in March, 1910, but Wynne denier
this, declaring she merely was seek
ing to extort money from him
through the medium of alimony.
The girl appealed to the court for
alimony under the name of “Mrs.
Maude Wynne.” She has been in At
lanta for some time, and at present
is conducting a rooming house, At
torneys Moore & Branch defended
Wynne, while Attorney . V., Hohen
stein appeared for the girl
New Indictment
ew Indictments
In Munitions Plot
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.—New in
dictments against “Lieutenant” Rob
ert Fay and the five other men now
held in New York in connection with
the plots to destroy ships carrying
munitions to the Allies are planned
by the Department of Justice. Dis
trict Attorney Snowden Marshall, of
New York, came to Washington to
day and conferred with Assistant At
torney General Warren regarding
bringing about he indictments.
It was learned from an authorita
tive source that the Government has
unearther new evidence of a highly
startling nature, which is said to in
criminate some of the ‘“higher-ups”
who have so far escaped indictment.
Neither Marshall nor Warren would
discuss the plans. It whs learned,
however, that more arrests, as well
as rew indictments against those al
ready being held, are expected shortly.
Three Belgian Spies
Shot by Germans
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 14.—Three
Bulgarians who were found guilty of
supplying the Allies with German
troops movements, were excuted by
a German firing squad in Belgium. A
fourth was sentenced to twelve years’
imprisonment.
Drg BillUp in Senate 10-day
ITALIANS MAKE GAINS
The Stovall-Hopkins dry bill, ef
fective May 1, which prohibits lock
er clube, near beer saloons and brew.
eries In Georgia, now requies only
the concurrence of the Senate
‘:md the signature of Governor Harrls
to make It a law.
‘ The amendment to the bill making
the dite of its effectiveness May 1
llnsn-a-l of January 1. as originaily
fixed by the Senate, made it neces
’mrv for the bill to be returned to
that body that the change could be
legally made. I* likely wiil be acted
upon in the Senate to-day.
The bill was passed in the House
A vole of 142 to 22 after a debate
of four and _one-half hours, equally
| divided between the Fullbnght, Hop
[km! and Blackhurn factions Before
a vote was taken on Its several
amendments and a substitute bill by
Representative Fullbright were voted
down, the radicals having decided In
caucus to reject everything but the
bill as originally drawn,
Vote on Fullbright Bill,
When the Fullbright substitute was
offered 54 members voted for it in
preference to the Hopkins bill, stat
ing that they considered the Fuli
bright measure more constitutional
and effective. When the Hopkins bill
was offered next the Fullbright fac
tion voted for it as the only prohi
bition measure which they thought
could pass the House. The 22 voting
against it were those members oppos
ed to any measure not to be submit
ted to the people,
Whe' the vote was completed on
the general dry bill there were stiil
other measures fixed as the special
and continuous order for the day, but
unanimous consent was secured for
adjournment until Monday morning
at 10 o'clock. The Senate will meet
at the same time, but still will have no
matters for consideration except the
dry measure, the House radicals hav
ing rejected Friday a proposition to
get the appropriations bill out of the
way and ready for the Senate to e~
cuss it. And the present plan is to
pass the other dry measures, the ad
vertising and anti-shipping 1:ls,
which will probably consume most of
the day Monday before reaching tha
money sheet. The bill then would get
to the Senate Wednesday and would
have to be read there three days,
Vote on the Dry Measure.
ollowing is the result of the yea
cnd-nay vote on the radical .actimm’s
bill in the House:
Yeas—Adams of Walton, Anderson
of Jenkins, Arnold of Clarke, Arnold
of Clay, Arnold of Henry, Arnold of
Oglethorpe, Atkinson of Emanuel,
Aver, Baggett, Ballard, Barber, Bar
field, Beazley, Beck of Carroil, Beck
of Murray, Bell of Milton, Beall of
Richmond, Bowers, Boyett, Bradford,
Brown of Emanuel, Brown of Wheel
er, Bullard, Burtz, Campbell, Car!th
erg, Carroll, Chanceyv. Clements, Cole,
Coleman of Calhoun, Coleman of Lat
rens, Colling, Conger, Cook, Cooper,
Cravey, Culpepper, Davidson, Davis,
Dickerson, Dockery, Dodd, Dorris of
Crisp, Dorris of ' Douglas, Dorsett,
Dorsey, Duffy, Edwards of Haralson,
Edwards of Walton, Elders, Ennlis,
Estes, Evans, Fullbright, Gillis, 3il
liam, Gordy, Greene of Wilkes, Grif
fin of Decatur, Griffin of Lowndes,
Harris of Walker, Harris of Washing
ton, Haynes, Heath, Hines, Hodges,
Hogg, Holden, Hopkins, Hutchesoa,
Johnson of Gwinnett, Jones of Cowe=
ta, Jones of Wilkinson, Keene, Key,
Kidd, King of Greene, King of Jef
ferson, King of White, Kirby, Knight,
Lane, Lanier, Ledbetter, Liles, Lowe,
Lunsford, Martin, Mathews of Elbort,
Moore of Heard, Moore of Jeff Da-
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U. S. Woman on Ancona '
Says Austrians Shelled
Ship as Passengers Fled
(By International News Service)
PARIS, Nov., 14.—Dr. Ceclle L]
Grell, the American woman who was
a passenger on the [talian liner A.-i
cona which was sunk in the ldl-‘i
terranean by an Austrian subma
rine, saved herself by jumping m‘
the deck into a boat, many feet be
low-in the water. !
Details of the escape of Dr. Grell
and further news of the manner in
which the Ancona was destroyed were
recelved to-day in a* Havas News
Agency dispateh from Feryvilie. Dr.
Grell had a hairbreadth escape from
death, Her maid was killed by one
of the shells fired from the subma
rine. While the passengers were
plling into the boats the submarine
continued to bombard the ship.
The American woman undoubtedly
owes her life to her abllity as a gym
nast., She attempted to find room
In, two lifeboats but they were so
crowded she could not enter them,
Then she saved herself by jumping
into a boat which already had been
launched,
Riddled With Shells.
According to Dr, Greil's story the
torpedo. which Mafl# the. Ane
cona was not fired until thé ship had
been riddled with shells,
. “The weather was slightly foggy at
the time of the attack,” sald Dr.
Greil. “I was in the dining room of
the first-class passengers, chatting
with friends, when we heard the re
port of a cannon. Instantly there
was great excitement on deck. Ofi.
cers were shouting orders and men
and women were rushing from one
side to the other,
“l asked the ship's doctor what was
happening, but he did not know,
“Through the fog I could see fron
the deck a submarine lying about
100 yards away. She was firing
heavily from two.cannons, ong on
the fore part of the boat and the
other at the stern,
“l went to my cabin to get some
papers and there found my maid hys
terical from fear. Bhe dropped io her
knees, begging me to save her. 1
started to reassure her, but our con
versation was Interrupted by a shell
which entered through the porthole
killing the maid instantly.
Strapped on Life Belt.
“After putting on my hat and coat
and getting a few papers together in
a valise 1 went on deck and strapped
a life belt about me.
“Boats were belngelowered as rap
idly as posible, all being filled to ca
pacity. 1 tried to enter one of the
boats but was ioldl there was no room.
Then 1 tried to get into a gecond one,
with the same result. Crossing the
deck, I saw a boat afloat. It was al
ready in the water and in'it were the
chief engineer, Carlo Lembertl, two
doctors and some first-class passen
i i e
.
Irish Sea Boats
.
Wrecked in Storm
(By International News Service.)
I.ONDON, Nov. 14-—The most se
vere storm. recorded In twenty years
swept over the Irish Sea yesterday
and last night, and was still raging
to-day, but with lessening violence.
Many fishing boats were wrecked and
it is fearec at least 40 fishermen per
ished.
(Cable lines were Interrupted for
many hours, and many press mes
sages filed yesterday afternoon are
still held up here,
Police Fire on People
In Belgian Food I{)iot
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 13.—Many per.
gons were hurt in fighting between
the German military police and Bel
glans following food riots at Louviere,
gays The Echo de Belge.
During a demonstration against
high prices the police fired into the
crowd. The mob then attacked the
police.
Italy to Enter War
In Balkans Dec. 1
(By International News Service.)
ROME, Nov. 14—Ttalian troops are
expected to enter the Balkan cam
paign about December 1.
The class of 1896 has been ordered
to report to the colors on Novem
ber 22 coB
gers, Including a number of women,
1 shouted to Lemberti: ‘May I get
into that boat™
“He said 1 might, and at the same
time grasped a rope hanging down
the side of the ship to prevent the
boat from moving away.
“] gauged well the height separat
ing the deck from the boat and be
ing well trained in gymnastics and
agile, jumped off into space, I tum
bled Into the boat, which was a big,
staunch seaworthy one, and | was
safe,
“During all this time the subma
rine had kept up a steady bombard
ment against the Ancona, not paying
the slightest attention to the fact
th:lz women and children were in
peril,
Flew Austrian Flag.
“Once the submarine came in very
close to us and as it did so the fog
lifted and we could clearly see the
Austrian flag, which was a new one.
“The Ancona was a staunch ship
and resisted the bombardment well,
Many of the balls struck her above
the water line and merely splintered
the sides.
“Phe canon on the submarine seem
ed to be of small cal'ber, though of
very long range.
“Finding it impossible to sink the
Hner with their shells the Austrians
fired a torpedo into her,
“We rowed away from the lh‘g and
many hours later came upon a heav
ily laden lifeboat which was leaking.
We took nine women and children
into our boat and took the other boat
in tow,
Lemberti took charge of the situa
tion and did his best to allay the
panie, assuring every one around
him there was no danger and that we
would all be saved.
Screamed With Fear.
“Women and children were weep
ing hysterically and screaming in
fear, 1 did what 1 could to quliet
them and finally we got very good
order restored In both boats.
“At sunset panic sprang up again.
A black spot could be seen on the
horizon and the cry went up that
another submarine was aproaching.
These fears were soon allayed, how
ever, for the thing we saw was the
steamer Pluton, which had picked up
the signals of the Ancona and was
coming to our help. We were taken
on board and the Pluton then search
ed the waters for a while in hope
of finding more survivors,
“After the search the Pluton head
ed for Bizerta. The commander and
crew of the Pluton did everything
possible for us and made us as com
fortable as they could.
“SBome of the Ancona’s passengers
had been wounded and being a doc
t;:r I helped the surgeons care for{
them.,”
} . .
Powder Mill, Working
1 ies, Bl U
For Allies, Blown Up
! (By International News Service.)
. WILMINGTON, DEL., Nov. 14.--
| Within twelve hours after it was re
ported that the company Nad obtained
an order for 72,000,000 pounds of
powder for the Allies, an exiflr)mon
blew up a mill of the DuPont Pow
.der Company at Hagley, near here.
The mill contained 300 pounds of
powder., No one was injured in the
explogion which occurred early to
day. The cause |s unknown.
Bulgar King's Money
.
All in London Bank
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Nov, 14—French newspa
pers to-day disclose the fact that
practically all the personal fortune of
Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria is in a
London bank. s
The monarch's mother, Princess
Clementine of France, tied up her
money in trust to prevent Ferdinand
from squandering it.
U. 8. OFFICER SHOT IN HAITI.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 —First
Lieutenant Edward A. Osterman, of
the Marine Corps, was shot through
the hand by Haitien bandits in an
engagement yesterday west of Cape
Haitien, Haiti, near the Bayen Rail
road, the Navy Department was ad
vised to-day.
No mention was made of Haitien
casualties, but the report stated that
the bandits had been driven out q;
that section ;
FIRST
EDITION
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! By GUSTAV SCHWEPPENDICK,
l&ufl Corerspondent of the Interna«
l tional News Service.
BERLIN (via Rotterdam), Nov, 14&
'! am Informed by a prominent Ger
imun millcary expert that the Auss
tro-German forces have captured
many American rallway locomotives
at Krusevac, Serbla. Tnese are coms
ing In very handy for the transporia
tion of German and Austrian troops
and supplles. The Germans also cap
tured a whole train, including a din-
Ing car which was being held in
readiness for the flight of high offi
clals, A quantity of stores of cop
per and brass, as well as 1,000 sutos
mobile tires. Is also included In the
| German booty.
l The GQerman troops In their ad
vance from the north have succeeded
lin closing up the only road to the rear
by which the Serblans could hope to
Irrm-h Novibazar.
The Serblan army is surrounded
ardd the union of the German and
Bulgarian armies is complete, ac
cording to this informant. §
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Italians Capture |
.
Important Points
{By International News Service.)
PARIS, Nov, 13-—lmportant posle
tions in the sector of San Martino
have been captured from the Aus
trians by the Italians, it was officially
‘announced by the Itallan War Offic2,
On the Isonzo River front, in the
sector of Plava, the Italians have ad
vanced to the town of Gargora, where
they captured 263 Austrians, three of
them officers.
Hard fighting is in progress over
the greater part of the Austro-Itallan
front, despite severe storms and fog
gy weather,
. .
Allies Strive to
.
Break Teuton Line
By PERCY THOMAS,
Staff Correspondent of the Interna
tional News Service.
LONDON, Nov. 14.—Anglo-French
troops in Serbia are still 125 miles
from Nish, the nearest point at which
they can strike the main line of the
Orlent Railroad, over which Germany
is reported to be sending ammunition
and guns Into Turkey.
While the Serblans claim to have
checked the Austro-German advance
in Northern Serbia, the advance of
the Allies In the south is tedlous and
painful in the face of strong Bulga
rian resistance, "
Bulgarian troops holding Veles
(Kropulu) are being violently at
tacked by the Anglo-French forces.
A great artillery duel is in progress
southeast of Veles, on the Krivolak-
Strumitza line.
In north central Serbia, where the
Germans are operating, thers is vio
jent flghting in the mountaing west of
Nish and south of Krushevatz.
The little Serbian army at grips
with the Germans is fighting valantly,
but its position is precarious, for it
is surrounded on three sides by Aus
tro-German and Bulgarian t?ops.
High expectations have been
aroused in London and Paris by ad
vices from Rome that Italy is going to
co-operate actively with the Allies in
the Balkans. The inference was that
Ttaly has decided to send troops to
reinforce the Anglo-French forces, but
whether these reinforcements will be
sent to Serbia or to the Dardanelles is
a matter of speculation.
It is officially announced that Denys
LCochln, a member of the Briand Cabi-
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