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2 CENTS
EVERYWHERE
PAY NO MORE
U. 5. TO FORCE TEUTON POWERS TO SHOW DOWN
Wilgcm fiurrigz to &\X/as}:ingto?l; Austria Asked for Fal
Judge Hill Refutes ‘Slanders on Atlanta’
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Whole Family Threatened by Man
They Killed Is Claim of
Slayers. ;
he murder of the entire Bishop
family had been threatened by Jehe
B. Spler, according to a declaration
by H. A. Bishop, of No. 230 EBast Hno'
street, whe Monday gave to The
Georglan a statement of the (n.o.!yi
of Sunday afternoon at Angier avenue
and Bedford place, In which Spler
was shot and killed by young Bishop
and the latter's father, Dr. V. B
Bishop, physician, of Burwell, Ga.
Spier, who was being sued for &1
vorce by Mrs Spler—daughter of Dr,
Bishop and sister of H. A. Bishop—
had been giving the Bishop manr]
trouble for six years, young Blchoo|
asserted. He sald Spler had written
numerous letters threatening the lives
of the Bishops, including Mra. Spler,
Dr. Bishop, in custody of Detective
Cochran, Monday was in Burwell col.
Jecting these alleged lottors and other
evidence to be used in the trial in
Atlanta. Officer and prisoner will re
turn to Atlania Monday afternoon
The preliminary examination of the
Bishops will be he!d before Recorder
Johnson at that time, in the event Dr
Bishop and Detective Cochran arrie
before the adjournment of court
H. A. BRishop, who wa ' under guard
of a special officer at the police -:cr!
tion, took Ris arrest calmily, and ap
parently was not disturbed as to the
outcome.
Sure of Vindication
I was on the jury in Judge B
Hill's division of the Criminal Court
Sbout three weeks ago, and sat on
several murder enses, and | know
something of the value of the evi
dence we will be able to produce. |
am pure my father and 1 will be vin
dicated In what we were foroed o
do." sad young Bishep 1
Rishop said the divorce sult brought |
by his sister war pending In the Hu-l
perior Court, but that the first verdict
had not been granted, 1
He deciared the shooting of Npier
*as in weif defense |
"We had gtarted 10 the depot with
my father, who had been visiting at
iy home, and were standing on the
corner waiting for & oar at the time
Fpier came up He first selsed his
Bitie girl and heid her In fremt of
him. My mother, however, Jorked the
2 away Trom him and at this he
palled hies revaiver
Shoots Four Timen
Ina Ny | Bad out sy pistel. e
then turned on me, and | was look
ing down the barrel of his gun whes |
fired. | shot four times. Whes he fel
e mised to Ria Enees and thed
shoot my Mather, who then fired ene
ahot. We had (o st guickly, for
seemed (hatl he had come frepmted o
entry out the (hreats be had made to
Ei the whale Wishop family
Spler was A graduste of the law
Gepariment of the University of
Georgia and was connected for o
while with Atlorney lLawton Naley
# the Temple Court Duilding Me
"as & mative of Cartersville and
moved so Allania several jeafs age
fallowing the death of Mo fether. J
H Npier
Witliam . Spier, of Na 988 Gram
Sireet, & Brother of the dend man
when secn Mondar Seld an sntirels
different view of tha ehasgting than
Al given By young Bisher He i
B would vigoPously prosscgie et
Bishope and pointed o the fart that
M Srviher was st thiee Limes in
the FigM side of Bis Tl ames 15 the
#M temp e and slen one (ithe thicagh
the el side
Heporis sar (hal e was st Bee
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Widow in Spier ,
Slaying Tragedy
~ Who Saw Killing |
Mrs. Jebe B. Spier, who saw
her husband shot to death by her
brother and father.
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Chief of Police Mayo Monday com
pleted is annual report an the crimes
of the past year it showed that &
total of 1,822 years and & months in
sentenoes Was mpoasd By the Ntale
couris on Jdefendants sent there from
the ¢ - eiartent
The numbe f drunks 'n 1915 was
35014, againe »e n 1914, Murders
were 1. sgaine ®in 1914, The num
ber arrested 8 suspicion™ was 734,
aAgainst 338 the pres s Year
Chief of Detectisee Lanford report
el hat propert sorth 150497 e
fecovered for 1099 awners His A
partment answered 213983 coalls and
made L 8 arrests. Me believes that
crimne as malerially decrensed. de
spite the growt f the city
2 German Submarines
' d Sunk
Are Reported Sun
(By Internations! News Serviee )
AMETERDAM. Jan 3 -«Tws G-
Has o e e afe fepatind (o have
heer: eurk e Hiack Nea off Ihe
Naigar ¢ f Varsa
If You Lose Valuables Phone
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Main 100 or Atlanta 8000
d order ar ad inserted immediately in the * Lost
::d ‘;'cmad" columns of The Daily Georgian and
Sunday American
Supplement this most im move by reading n
lb,o':“ eolumns the daily JM of oflkln.f,md by u'n
poliee, found on trolley cars and in moving pieture
theaters
Finders of lost articles aleo advertise here. Wateh
the columns earefully for what they publish--and
you have taken the mont effective means for the re.
covery of your lost psoperty.
The !h-'r::'n and :::m-f;? far reaching. result.
getting e e Gentgian inte
more than 52000 homes daily, The A.flm :h
over %1000 M’.
The Georglan-American
Atanta’s Want Ad Directory
Kead for Profite=l) s¢ for Results
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VOL. XIV. NO. 130.
Election After Election Likely if
Jacksonites -Should Happen
To Be Victorious.
A group of leading ofMicials at the
City Hall were talking Monday of
what would happen after the recall
clection on Wednesdas Al agreed
that most people did not fully realize
the possibilities of what might follow
the slection
If Mayor Woodward and the Police
Commissioners are sustained, a quiet
year politically is sxpected to follow
Mayor Woodward will retire at the
;rw of the year, and the chances are a
| Sucosssor 1o him will be named next
“nfl withowt opposition
[ If the recaliers win another ele
tlon for Mayor will have to be held
within 20 days. Mayor Woodward wi
rn again, of course Logal author
tUes have heid that If Mayor Wood
ward is recalied the charter provision
that & Mayor can not sucosed him
seif but one time, which section ap
plies 1o Mayor Woodward, would be
Abrogated, and that Mayor Woodward
could run for a new term next fal
Successors to the Police Commission
ors would be slected by oo
A Yoar of Strife.
Victory for the recal sndoubtedly
would mean & whole year of § tieal
sirife
Everything is In readiness for the
election Wednesday The registration
et will be adopted at the organisa
tion mesting of Cogncil Monday night
and Tty etk Ta ! Mmar ager
of the election w Bave the il
open at 7 o'clock Welnania maore
e
According o reporia arow .
City Hal Alderman Jesse Armistea
has the sdae o 9 Aldermman ¢ M Kelle
in the faht for Maror Pro Tem, =) '
will be decided Monday nigh!
Maror Wondeard's asnusl message
and the anhouncemer of his -
mittes appeintimeris at (ids mest ng
Are sageriy anticipated in polities
e los
Poiling Maces Fived
Byt e s sapertiad ¢ take e
that =ll have & bearing o he teors
let o
The poiling places for the slect on
as Anally fSand will e an ¢ -e
Plrst Ward -Na 0 Bouth Pererth
attent
Heocond Ward A ~. 4 Ma
Comtinved on Page 2 Colvmn 7
A PIAT R e ————————— ——————————
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1916.
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‘Here's How to Vote
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§ Against the Recall
| FENHE official ballet for the re
-2 I call election Wednesday pro
é vides for a separate vote on
. Mayor Woodward and Police Com
| missioners James W. English,
! Robert C. Clark, W. P. Fain, Rob
! ert T. Pace and A. R. King. °
| To vote against the recall one
| must scratch with a pencil the
| clause before each name, “For the
recall of ——u-" ¢
Below this line is one, “Against
{ the recall of ——" To vote
against the recall this sentence
© must be left unscratched.
eA A P A PPP P AN PPt
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‘ Stone walls and tron bars bhave not
kept the muse out of the Federa!
Prison near Atlanta. “Good Words”
the monthly publication by the pris
oners, frequently contains bits of ex
cqllent verse, and The Georglan Mon
day received from Logsn P. Martin,
one of the inmates, & poem he calle
"My Swestheart” which compares
favorably with current verse It is:
I Kissnd the swestest gir! to-day
That | have ever known,
Ard | am glad that | can say
She Is my very own
She has no golden halr, this girl;
She has no eyes of biue;
#he has no strings of teeth lke pearl
No rosebud mouth of dew |
Her hair is w* 'te as driven snow,
Her eyes are dim and weak,
Her step is faltering and slow,
And withered ia her cheek
But she's my sweetheart just the
same. |
And | desire no other; |
lAud if you ask me for her name, |
1 proudly answer, “Mother * |
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Tourists Insist on
Illness of Kaiser
(By Internationsl News Service.)
GENEVA, Jan 8- Travelers arriv.
ing from Germany to-day relterated
reports that Emperor Willlam of Ger
many was seriously L. They sald it
Was common report in Berlin that the
specialiste caring for the Kalser had
Slsngreed over the nature of his mal
ady, but had finally agreed that & se
vere aperation was Mo wrcary
Mis silment, they Asseried, is of &
fancerous nature. and affects the
threat and mogth, making it impos
sibde for the Kaiser to take solid food
One report in Beriin, according te the
travelers. is that & cancerous grewin
has attachked the Kaisers lips, mak
Ing necessary an operation that wil
soar i for life
!
Italy's King Almost
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. ROME Jan. 3-King Vietor -
'H.!wol Md & BAFrIw ssrate foomm
'inh R CRretmas Ty while v
ng trenches ot the front. An Aus
AR aviator Aying over the lialian
lines dropped & bombd Ihat expindied
[ SBIY & short dlstanes fromm the Kirg
itm‘u -t ‘wmflt’ s ernl e diere
| Aot et bemmh fa'l 4 feow fomi §louem
e King. bt falled 1o spiade e
}mhft would have Tees Laew ¢
;m— i the bombh had gons off
Is Dead From B
| urns
| CMICAGD, Jen O Wies fosieiie
PeArmand agnd 24 an ww!u EE
o By from burse teosiend »hen 'he
foil asienp Mbile wmoning & rigaretie
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l Tomparaturon-t o =, 4 8
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Jurist Resents Imputation That:
Immorality Reigns Supreme |
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in Georgia's Capital, |
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Tlhe refulnt ! at he terme !
1 sin ers Alln : Aand or
people™ ¢ med a s derahle st :
g* Ben Hlll's a — e new
In ' ira . N la iHe
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se Charges ’ ralit .t A
SENesS W ’e ave bes
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A tler . » . . — 4 ele
o R Juinn. bead of the Board of
‘ . as foreman, Judge Hill ad
' regsed the
n this .a grace 1914 ke
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Bvc%- Georglan Oe.
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. AY NO MORE,
2 CENTS A" A cens.
‘Secretary Who Is |
. Handling U-Boat
____Troubles for ÜB,
ROBERT LANSING.
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’D tur Girl
~ Death
Lovise Morgan, § 1.3 years oM,
daughter of V. 8 Morgan, Assistant
Commissioner of DeKalb County, was
burned to death Monday shortly be
fore noon while playing with s num
ber of children of the nelghborhood
around a heaped-up plle of brush and
Y e
The little girl was beating at the
fire with a pine brush when several
isaves hiew into her clothing, and she
was mmediately coversd with flames.
Little Lotise started ranning to
ward the house, which Is at Neo. 11
Ponce Deleon place, Decatur, and
several little boys caught het, pulled
off their conts and tried 1o save her
by wrapping her In the coats
A negro man and & negro woman
alse came up and finally put out the
flames, but pot until the littis gir! had
been terribly burned. She died about
twe hours later, despite the offorts of
Dwe. Pattitie, Mousion and Pitiman,
of Decatur, and a physician from At
amta
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Mme. Paderewski
Sells Dolls for Poles
By International News Servies |
CHICAGD, Jan 3 Mme tlelnre
Paderewski, wife of the planist, sold
08 art dolle In the lobty of the Can
wress Hote! Banday, taking in several
\lw dollars for the reliaf of Poi
-lok refugess of war in Parie
| .
Bar Association to
.
~ Adopt Resolutions
! father £ Nosser. president of the
lmi.»n. Bar Assccintion calisd & ape
einl seasion of that body fer Tuesday
8t 938 4 W at the courthouse 1s
Aratt appropriaie reenlutions eon Ihe
denih of M* Justion Lamar
The Biale Bar Assriation s ese
pevted so take simiar aetion 8l ome
Inyentor of Slot
Machines Is Dead
By Imernatians Nems Secvine
DETRMY. MICH, Jan 3- A A
hat Caillie wiilloneite Bl Marfise
Anventor, dropped dead ot his home
et Any
i Oe wesk afe My Osllie married
Lile Sehants. of Mount lemens.
HOME
DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL SITUATION:
President Wilson hurrying back to Washington to
assume personal charge of the crisis resulting from death of
American Consul McNeely on steamer Persia.
Officials considering joint note to all Teutonic Powers
demanding,that they agree to respect at all times provisiong
of international law and dictates of humanity in submarine
operations. ¢
Special Cabinet meeting considered for to-morrow as
well as special conferences by President with members of
Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Austrian Charge Baron Erich Zwiedinek hurried to
State Department and personally assured Secretary Lan
sing if Austrian commander was at fault Austria will make
all honorable amends.
Secretary Lansing, unable to determine identity of
submarine which sunk Persia, ordered Ambassador Pen
'field to ask Vienna Foreign Office whether it was of Aus
itrian origin.
| Question of whether Persia had right to carry guns not
\yet considered by Secretary Lansing, who refused point
blank to discuss that point in any way.
! Members of Senate Foreign Relations Committes
expect that entire submarine question will be subject of
ébm«-r debate on floor of Senate.
Wilson Hurrying Back
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~ For Submarine Showdown
| By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
| Staff Correspondent of the International News Service
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3—The United States is preparing to
force a show-down on the entire submarine question in so far as the
Central Teutonic Powers are concerned. President Wilson is hur.
rying back to Washington from his honeymoon. He will arrive
here by to.morrow morning at the latest. He already has arranged
for an immediate conference with Secretary of State Lansing.
, All of the facts dealing with the renewed submarine activity
'both in the Mediterranean and North Ses will be presented to the
President for his consideration. He will then decide whether to
call a special Cabinet meeting and also whether he will confer with
members of the Senate FPoreign Relations Committee
Because Consul Carrels ot
Alexandria reported that no sub
marine was seen in the attack
on the liner Persia, the State De.
partment today deecided to put
the question of responsibility for
the sinking of that vesse! direet.
Iy up to Austris. I
Secretary Lansing cabled Ambas
sador Penfleld ot Vienna to ask the
Asnstrian Foreign Ofiee if one of ite
submarines torpedosd the Pereia. He
also directed him 1o oMala informa
tion regarding any Austriag subma
fines Ihat may be opetating 'n the
Mediterraneas whose commandsre
have not been I 8 touch with the Par
vign O%ce recently
Baron Eurich Zweld nek. Charge of
the Austrian Embasey. called on See.
teiary Lansing shortly before nem
to-day 1o assure Sim that if 1 was
st Austrian submarine that sank the
Persia and that the atinchk was Sot
warranted, his Gevermment will “ar.
w.uommm;
the U'nite? Biates |
Sauatien Seriave |
Secretary Lansing told the Presi.
dent very frankiy over the long -dis
tanes lelephone to-day that be e
}u—umm-‘t -ringe
The President immedintely Jtrested
Hecretary Tumulty to send & special
train e Mot Bprings to hring him
bark fe the Capital Lamsing and
Tomully hetd o long conference, afer
which e presideniing secretary waid
that the guestion of the specinl Cad.
wet mewting weuwid not be Analiy Se-
Cded until the President returned,
But that he belleved it will b 4
o morrw ‘
The big question under .
tion, officiale frankly oald,
whether the promises that have
-uo»mr-uammk
be accepted in good falth. The Ause
rian chares hurried 1o the State Do
partment and personally sasured Ses
[f-hn Lansing that Austria's
fes would be carried sut 1o the
tor He deciared that if an
submarine commander was at t
he feit cortaln that Me ¢
foni‘l&.m Bis aot 'n the £
manner and would ales see (hat
Iqm Punishment wae mefed
Secretary Lansing, it i -
ilofllummmn- " -
*euid mainiain an “open mind”
of the facts are betore 1 |
| Senator Stone, chairman of .
tmmwm -
aimo conforved at lengih with
lary Lansing Sione sald that ve
situnling wes very safious and -
oquire the mos! ~areful handiing e
declined 1o forecnst what aotien,
any, would be takes ]
Silent on Joimt Nate 4
hat he was stll! doing N
Clear wp the Mentity of the
ncmnum:.
than whatever regnrding L
eyl That Rave been reperted o
b‘“
whether he favered taking W the