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KAISER DEMANDS REASONS FOR RECALL OF AIDES
PEACE AND PREPAREDNESS BILLS FLOOD NEW CONGRESS
Woman inAutoDrawsGun on Another
Joint Session at Noon Tuesday to
Hear President’s Recom
.mendations.
(By International News Servica.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—Presi
dent Wilson again to-day reject
ed the overtures of the suffragists
to support an amendment to the
Federal Constitution whereby
they should have the right of
franchise. A delegation of 300
women, members of the Congres
sional Union, called on the Presi
dent at the White House.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The at
mosphere of world strife bred in bat
tle-torn Europe settled over the open
ing session of the Sixty-fourth Con
gress of the United States when it
convened to-day. A flood of resolu
tions and bills seeking to establish
world peace; to prepare the United
States for war, and to handle the
problems growing out of the European
struggle deluged Congress five min
utes after the gavels fell in the House
and Senate,
Crowded galleries In both House
and Senate viewed the formal exer
cises which opened (Congress, and in
both houses the attendance on th
floor was extraordinarily large
The galleries set aside for the
diplomat corps, however, vawned
vacantly and only one representa
tive of the executive branch of the
Government Postmaster General
Burlesor was on hand He later
Joined the throng on the floor of the
House, of which he was formerly a
member The House, the floor and
gallerie stood in silent praver as the
Rev. H. D. ("ouden, the blind chan
lain, prayed for guidance ind peace
“Grant, O Lord,” he prayed, “that
the ar in which our sister natioas
are now engaged with its disturbing
effe ma CASC that the highest
and moblest inspirations of human na
ture may prevalil, and that their Qif
ferences may be adjusted by ationa
and peaceful methods.”
The organization of both House and
Senate vas accomplished with the
usual formalities, and Senator Gal
linger and Representatives Kitchis
Fitzgera nd Mann were appointel
o 1 mmittee to netify President
w n tha ongres was ready for
business
Arrar mer were made for a _joint
gession of House and Senate at
12:30 o'cl to-morrow to receive
President Wi n's Message The
threater i l" n the Ser
ate was a ' ALY in the House de
lay by Re an Leader Manry n
presenting ! tee assignmen's
put off the ele n of House commit
tee
Sennt ke E 2 ANSAN, Wi
elected President. pro te f the Sen
ate and Speaker ( was re-electel
in the House
The Benate w vlled to order by
Clerk ‘Bakes t sbeence of Vice
President Marsha \ was detained
in Indianapoli e {liness of Mrs,
Marsha
'
House Gets Bills on
Peace and Armament
(8y International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Two res
olutiona bea ’ ¢ 3 the }
pean war ere ' cea 4 the
MHouse 1 in Hot vere sponsored
by New Yor r
Representati \ 1 8. Bennett
of New Yor ! ’ v resolution
providing f the tment by 1
President of a me f five !
consider existing » ' the
imita T f armame rations
Represent e\ Yor
Continued on Page 11, Column 8,
Recall To Be
.
Filed To-day
Leaders of the recall movement
stated Monday that petitions for an
election on Mayor Woodward and the
six other members of the Police Com
mission who voted with him to reduce
James L. Beavers from Chief of Po
lice would be filed by the time of the
meeting of Council Monday afternoon.
A few more than 2,900 signatures
were on the lists, made out separately
for each official. The greatest number
was against Mayor Woodward.
The attitude of the officials against
whom the petitions were filed is to go
into the election if it develops that the
signatures are bona fide.
The law is that an election must ze
called within 30 days from the time
the petition is filed with Coumcil. It
the petitions prove to be properly
signed, the election likely will be
called on December 31.
.
Capt. English Better
After Fall in Which
He Saved Grandson
Captain James W. English Monday
was reported as imuroving from the
injuries received Sunday afternocon,
when he fell down the stairs at the
home of his son-in-law, J, D. Robin
son. No. 356 West Peachtree street,
where he Is confined to his bed under
care of a physician. Announcement
was made Monday that his condition
is not considered serious, although it
was expected he would be confined to
his bed for several days. He received
a gash on his head, and otherwise was
bruised and jolted.
Harry English Robinson, Captain
English's 2-year-old grandson, was in
the captain's arms at the time of the
accident, but escaped injury through
the latter's presence of mind at the
time of the accident As he slipped
and fell and rolled down the stairs
Captain English retained hold of the
litile fellow, and held him high out of
the way of danger. I'ur.nu]n English's
seventy-eighth birthday was observed
only recently,
.
Bank Clearings Here
.
Continue to Increase
Atlanta bank clearings registered
another large increase Monday over
the mrrr-s;»m-lir\z day last year, the
total being $4,018,346.12, as compared
with $2,703,6562.67—a gain of $1,377.-
793.45
“It looks as if clearings this month
are going to set a new high record.”
said one of the officials of the ('l¢ Ar
ing House to-day “1 also expect
clearings for the year to exceed any
previous year in the history of At
lanta
“To-day's clearings refle« L the large
businesp in the downtown shopping
district Saturday The Eastern ma:!
this morning also brought in a 4 con
siderable amount of che« ks, which
helped to swell clearings above the
$4,000,000 mark
Great Little Finders
Of Lost Articles
~Those brief and extremely Interesting ads In the “Lost and
Found” department of the Want Ad pages of The Daily
Georglan and Sunday American,
Publithed where everybody can see them-—where they're
sure to command the widest reading.
They're part of ‘the news of the day, and people look for
them as eager'y as they look for any other feature in Lue
paper,
When you lose anvthing-—or find anything—The Georglan
Will carry your message into more than 52,000 homes dal ¥,
The Sunday American into over 52,000 homes—and reach
more than a quarter of a milllon neople,
That's surely enough to start the gossip goin: regardiog
your loss—enough to reach the owner of anything you have
found,
Make a mental nota of this. It takes little or no time to
write a “Lost” or a “Found” ad When It is ready, leave
with or
Telephone It to The
Georgian-American
Main 100 or Atlanta 8000
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Mrs. J. Walter Ware, of Ponce
i DeLeon Avenue, Accused of
! Pointing Revolver. |
{ A scene between two promlnentl
;v\wn‘r-n_ both in automobiles, and iv.‘
I\:s. h a revolver figured, Monday at |
{ noon enlivened Broad street, rniear the |
[v ridge, at a time when it was thronged l
| with spectators, and resulted in a war- !
t int being sworn out in the Munici- |
I:‘. Court against Mrs J Walter |
Wiare, of No. 362 Ponce Del.eon A\*'-l
| nue, by Mrs. Mary Bishop, of No. 170 |
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| MclLendon avenue The ‘warrant|
irged “pointing a pistol at another.” |
Later Mrs. Ware declared her ;-\:l‘~|
pose to place Mrs. Bishop under a |
peace bond ‘
, Both Mrs. Ware and Mrs Bishop
ire wide known, and the affair be
tween them created a sensation. Mrs
Bishop formerly lived in New York,
xv\‘nm‘u she was =said to have been a
member of one of the best families
{there ‘
No statement was made by either
'
lof t principals as to the trouble. ‘
R Mrs. Ware and Mrs. Bishop
were ariv g in their autos in Broad
sireet, ward Marietta street, at the
time f the utbreak
According to the story told cour
ofl ils by Mrs. Bishop, the Ware car
vas ahead, but Mr Ware turnad and
saw her The two ¢ars were close to
gethe e s 1 yut just before the
pliste ncident, the were separate
b trolle car As this car passed
out of the way, Mrs. Bishop declared
|Mr Wa rew a revolver from her
neg and ove ng it directly it
M 1 i ), threatened to shoot ,
A Y g lady ho was in the car
wit ecan frightened that
he leaped from the r and fled to|
| safet said Mrs. Bishop {
Instead erself becoming fright- |
ene Irs. Bishoj according to her
tor jumped from her car, and, |
lashing up to the side of Mrs. Ware's |
ar, dared her to shoot. She was said
have made the remar that she |
WAas narmed, but that Mrs. Ware |
i have e nerve to shdot her |
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ATLANTA, GA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1915,
aPHAYBEARY
AFFIOAVIT
1S FOUND
Doctor Did Not Implicate Ozmer
as Slayer, According to
Sworn Statement.
Dr. Brice Sprayberry, who died
Saturday afternoon on the eve of his
trial for the murder of old William
H. Sprayberry and his wife, never
dild make an affidavit that Jhe and
John H. Ozmer were.connected with
the death of the old couple, said Con
gressman Willlam Schley Howard,
Sprayberry's attorney, before leaving
for Washington Monday.
The case against Dr. Sprayberry
and Ozmer, both relatives of the aged
DeKalb County couple who died of
poisoning filve years ago, was based
on an affidavit alleged to have been
made by Dr. Sprayberry when he was
il and thought himself dying. Mr.
Howard Monday produced this affi
davit, though it had been reported de
stroyed. While it makes no reference
ltn foul play, it does accuse Ozmer of
taking a large sum of money from
old Sprayberry’'s desk after his death
and of failing to divide with Spray
berry according to promise.
. “Dr. Sprayberry made this afidavit
‘before I. H. Simpson and L. F, White,
the latter a justice of the peace, and
signed {t,” said Mr. Howard. “When
he recovered he gave it to his son, Dr.
Cam Sprayberry, and told him to de
stroy it. But the son hid It away, In
stead, ané it is now in the possession
of L. J. Steele, of Decatur, of counsel
for Ozmer, “
Only One Affidavit. |
“Justice White tells me this was
the only affidavit made by Sprayber
ry, to his knowledge, and it is the
only one of which there®s any record
or rumor.” |
The affidavit folows: ‘:
DeKalb County, Georgia.—l, B.
M. Sprayberry, of sald State and
county, swear that John H. Ozmer
did take from the pocket of the
deceased W. H. Sprayberry the
key to said W. H. Sprayberry's
desk and $11.35 and unlock said
desk and take from said desk four
25-vound shot sacks of currency
money and one 25-pound shot sack
three-fourths full of gold money.
Said John H. Ozmer first within
himself, without any hint from
anyone else, proposed to give me
one-fourth of the money taken
from the desk if 1T would testify
that said John H. Ozmer was to
x:e the desk and contents, This
urred on the night of the death
of the deceased W. H. Sprayberry,
November 13, 1810,
John H. Ozmer has failed to
comply with his proposal and con
' tract, except that he gave me SSOO.
I further swear that the deceased
W. H. Bprayberry did not tell the
#ald John H. Ozmer to take the
desk key, and that he could have
It and contents. I, B. M, Spray
berry, further swear that John H.
Ozmer told me that he intended
to kill me if the talk about him
taking the money from the desk
of the deceased W. H. Sprayberry
did not stop, and 1 had better take
my gun with me.
B. M. SPRAYBERRY.
Witnessed by 1. H. Simpson and
I. F. White, notary publle and
ex-officlo justice of the peace.
Death Halts Trial,
. The afMdavit bears no date, but is
‘understood to have been made at B,
EM, Sprayberry’'s home, in the south.
ern part of DeKalb County. It prob
ably was made about last May, ac
cording to L. J. Steele, of l»«,-ntur.i
who, with Judge John 8. Candler, rep. ‘
resents Ozmer. This was before the
indictments were returned, |
The report that Dr. Sprayberry nad
made u “deathbed confession” impli
cating himself and Ozmer in the mur.
der of their aged relatives gained cir.
culation some time ago, and brought
about, last Beptember, an indictment
of Sprayberry and Ozmer by the De-
Kalb Grand Jury. Their trial was set
for this week, but Dr. Sprayberry,
Who was 66 years old and an invalid,
died last Saturday afternoon.
The fase of Oemer still is pending
but with the degth of Sprayberry and
the development that his aMdavit
made no accusation of murder or con
nection with the death of the couple
it wax beileved at Decatur Monday
that it would be dropped.
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The Atl-.nn.Womn'- Club scored
a great suce Monday in the street
sale of Red Cross seals for anti
tuberculosis work, and the indications
Were that when the receipts are
counted at nightfall a new record will
have been set. On all the corners and
in the office buildings fair young
Women of the college societies caught
llmaser-by and sold them seals with
out trouble.
Among the girls were Misses Hessia
Kempton, Elizabeth Hines, r-nny‘
Hinton, Mary Lacy. Edith Watts,
Helen Prior, Eloise Walker, Vee
Strickland and Sarah and Frances
Noyes,
The Witches' Club members also
worked, but not in costume, since the
Costumes are reserved for Halloween
only. At 3:30 o'clock the band of the
Georgia Tech boys was due to strike
up some lively airs and cause the
pedestrians so loosen up still further
on their purse strings.
The following women will report
Tuesday Ymorning at 8 o'¢lock for the
second day's work:
Miss Amelia Smith, Mrs. Robert Ba
ker, Jr., Mrs. Mifton Arrowood, Mrs,
Saint Elmo Massengale, Mrs. J. B.
Garwood, Mrs, H. G. Greer, Mrs. John
Brooks, Mrs. Sarah Peel Tin, Mrs.
W. . Shallenberger, Miss Emily
Wolff, Mrs. Nash Broyles, Mrs, W. H.
Adkins, Mu. J. P. Sturgeon, Mrs, J.
N. Bell, Mrs, Wil Spalding, Mrs, Tom
Daniel, Mrs. Troy Bivings, Mrs. Har
vey Anderson, Mrs. Howard Bucknell,
Mrs. Harry Smith, Mrs, 8. M Tobey,
Mre. C. W, Heery, Mrs. Clify Hatcher,
Mrs. E. R. Gunby, Mrs. W. A. Speer,
Mrs. J. 1. Lowry and the “Witches " |
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Col. Boifeuillet Off
~ For English Post
Colonel John T, Boifeuillet, clerk flfi
the House of Representaityes, bwh"
farewell to Atlanta friends Monday
afternoon before leaving for New
York, where he has booked passace
for London on the Bt. Louis, of tne
American Line, which sails Decew
ber 11,
Colonel Bolfeulllet is special secre
tary to the American Ambassador (o
Great Britain.
| THE WEATHER. |
: S \
Forecast—Rain Monday night
and Tuesday.
Temperatures—6 a. m., 41; 8
&, m., 45; 10 a. m., 51; 12 noon, 55;
- 4 p.m,58; 2p m, 681
- Sunrise, 6:30; sunset, 4:29
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&(flc Georglan Co.
Boy Badly Burned
At Nursery Hearth
Joseph H. Boland, the S-year-old
son of Dr. and Mrs. Frank Boland, of
No. 262 Peachtree street, is in a se
rious condition from burns received
Sunday when his nightgown caught
fire whiel he was standing on the
hearth of the nursery fireplace
The accident happened Sunday
morning about 8 o'clock. The burning
of the clothing was stopped when Dr
Boland, at the call of another son,
Frank, Jr., wrapped Joseph in a rug.
Three gquare feet of skin were burned
off of Joseph's back, {t was reported,
J. K. Orr Named On
Thrift Commission
! J. K. Orr, banker and merchant, wis
notified Monday of hix appointment to
ru national commission )y promote
thrift among the people of all classos
within the State of Georgia. The com
!mlnumn has been organized by the
American Bankers' Assoclation, |
' The eampaign will first be launchad
in 82 citles of the United “tates hav
ing populations of over 25,000, but witl |
gradually be extended to the smaller
cltels and towns, |
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oxedSmithWo |
To U. 8. Rail Board
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-A bill to
increase the membership of the In
terstate Comemree Commission from
nine to eleven members will be intro
duced in the Senate by Senator Hoke
Smith,
The measure will provide that
Rroups of the members parcel out the
rapidly increasing volume of work so
that it may be expedited,
| RUSSIAN SHIP ASHORE.
| DOVER, ENG., Dec. 8.-—The Rus
t-'un steamer Rakel, bound from Nt
John for London, has gone ashore
near Folkestone and is walerlogged,
HOME
Hand Likely to §
an ely to erve
OnW.&A. Commission
Judson Hapd, one of the inen named
by the General Assembly to re-leare
the Western and Atlantlc Railroad,
stated Monday that he would most
probably accept the position and de
vote a good part of hiz time to the
work,
Mr. Hand was in Atlanta for a con
ference with Governor Harris anA
Chalrman Murphey Candler, of the
Rallroad Commission, on the terms
of the Western and Atlantic bill,
T. M. Brumby, of Marietta, has been
mentioned as a successor on the pro
posed commission to Fuller K. Cal-
Inway A large delegation walteq on
Governor Harris Monday to ask that
he be named,
Every business man
knows that it pays to
buy when th.ete'o am
ple time to" be well
served.
The stores are of
fering every fa
cility for your
Christmas shop
ping now. Next
week —the
crowd.
Get Your Gift Sugeestions from
Goorgian American Advertisements
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.—The ree
port was current in official ecircles
here this afternoon that Germany has
replied to the State Department's re
quest for the recall of Captain Boye
Ed, naval attache, and Captain von
Papen, military attache, by request«
ing a reason for such action It is
understood that Germany has taken
the position that she can not recall
the officers unless the United States
can show proof that they have vio
lated the laws of this country
This action is declared by ofMcials
to be withont precedent Heretofore
when a nation has made it known
that the envoys of another are per
sona non grata the envoys have al
i\\ \Vs been withdrawm without further
"i"‘, © Officia would not digscuss
the report r indicate what actior
¢t Government will take
; Confidentia aiy es recelved here
| from Ber ite that the demand
| for the recall of Captains Boy-Ed and
\ Pa pe s created a bitte
thy t Germazy It is i
that t > & (erman v
- Odan i Aas 3 explanation
? the Uinfted &t vas reached aft
er wreful Y TR r had been
& ¢ 1 I ¢ ng Germany is
erst make the irge that
the ¢ le e against Captains
\ Paper r Boy-Ed was manufac-
F ecret service agents
! ! The reason Germany
ts 1t wrges against the ate
‘ made s 1t she may
Ve a rt ty to prove
that Brit wgents ive been active
1 v
It ti { State hould refuse
t &y evidence on which
t ba request for the recall of
t ¢ { was sa that Ger
! ! nd hor the American
tar I ill attaches in Berlin,
‘Hoke Smith Asks
Probe of Blockade
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff respondent of International
- News .on.riu.
WASHINGTON, Deec. 6. —lnterna~
tional affairs were again causing
President Wilson grave concern to
day. Besides the Boy-Ed-Von Papen
affalr, Austria holds a grievance be~
’rnu” of the flat charge by the Attor=
ney General's office that her cone
sular representatives are plotting
Against American munition factories,
And with the opening of Congress to
{day the opponents of the sea policy of
the Alltes initiated a campaign which,
Administration officlals fear, will lead
to serious friction with Great m
and France where a strong sentiment
against this country has recently ap
peared,
In an effort to as much as possible
limit any discussion of international
relations by Congress, President Wile
son will confer soon with the chalp
man and leading minority members fi
the Senate anl House Foreign Affalrs
Committees. They will be asked te
endeavor to hold within bounds any
debate dealing with the war, ;
| This will ba essy In the Senate,
| where a resolution for an executive
session always is in order. But in the
House it is expected thut the debate
will have a wide range that may
prove very embarrassing
The opposition to the allled sea
policy fired its opening gun to-day
when Senator Hoke Smith, of Geore
gia, Introduced his promised resolu«
| tion directing the Senate Committes
of Forelgn Relations to inquire into
the legulity, under international law,
of the blockade of neutral ports by
the waurships of the allied powers and
thelr interference with American
commerce, The resolution, at the
‘Mnuur'p request, will lie on the tabls
until Wednesday or Thursday, when
he will call it up to debate it,