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instructions to German Ambassa
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Received Tuesday. |
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(By International News Service.)
BERLIN (via Amsterdam), Feb. 19.
Final instructions for Ambassador
von Bernstorff with reference to the
submarine question were drafted by
officials of the American Bureau of
the German Foreign Office to-day
and submitted to Foreign Secretary
von Jagow for his approval. After
ratification by Herr von Jagow and
Imperial Chancellor von Bethmann-
Hol!lweg, they will be forwarded to
Washington,
It is expected that by Tuesday the
representatives of the German Gov
srnment in the- American capital will
4ave received these instructions, and
on that or the following day he again
will take up the . Lusitania . matter
with Secretary of State Lansing.
The German press is again taking
marked interest in the Lusitania is
sue and the general submarine ques
tion, particularly with reference to
the sinking of armed mervhammen.‘
The Cologne Gazette says to-day:
“Negotiations with America are in
complete, but within a week our sub
marine war against armed merchant
men begins. We will allow nobody to
curtall our rights, nor will we bother
about the safety of reckless, crazy
rieutrals traveling on English ships.
“He who sits on a gunpowder bar
rel with a lighted cigar in his mouth
must not complain if he comes to
grief.”
Reply of Germany
.
Expected Next Week
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN, ‘
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service. |
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Ger
many's reply to the latest American
request for an explanation of wheth
er her new submarine war plans
abridge the promises previously made
to the United States is expected early
next week.
Meanwhile, it is almost certain the
United States will prepare a general
communication in which will be set
forth just what the position of this
Government is on the entire question,
This communication will,set forth the
belief that all merchant vessels have
the right to be stopped and searched
and provision made for the safety of
their crews and passengers, if they
carry any, before being sunk, whether
they carry arms or not and whether
their cargoes consist of contraband or
noncontraband.
It also is expected that this general
communication will set forth the views
of the United States as to just what
sort of guns a merchantman may ie
gally carry for defense and how they
shfill be mounted. This will be pre
pared by the State Department and
submitted to President Wilson, but
whether it will be issued to the bel
ligerents will depend on developments,
Prompt Reply Expected.
Teutonic circles here insisted to
day that Germany will make prompt
reply to the latest suggestions fro.n
Secretary Lansing. It is expected the
Foreign Office will concur in the posi
tiom taken by Count von Bernstorff
that until the Allies agree that their
merchant captains shall be warned
not to resisf stoppage all armed ves
sels must be sunk with warning.
The embassy Insisted that when
the complete mail text of the evidence
submitted to Ambassador Gerard
reaches the State Department within
the next few days it will be conclu
sively demonstrated that, with the ex
ception of a few big passenger linars
plying the Atlantie, every French and
British steamer on the oceans has spa
cific orders to resist submarines “that
pursue” on sight. The fact that a
submarine “pursues” is held in the
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$ 1\ lew YORK, Feb. 19.—Ser- ||
'2 pents and wild beasts are ‘
harmless comparetd to New '
$ York’s. deadly taxis and street cars, '
‘; says E. C. Erdis, a veteran explor- ‘
; or, who has just returned from the '\‘
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¢ BATCH GETS “WIFE'S” BILL. l
¢ ELWOOD, N. J., Feb. 19.—F0l- ‘
¢ lowing receipt of a bill for 40 cents 5
) for “tint” purchased by “Mrs.f;
¢ Hunt,” Robert W. Hunt, a wealthy Oh
\: bachelor, issued a public statement | |
5 in which he declared that ‘“when }’
¢ Mrs. Hunt does arrive he won't |
! mess through three coats of palnt S
5‘ to kiss her.” 4
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2, READS TO KEEP WELL. S
. NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—“ Read the °
3 newspapers tharoughly if you want §
3 to keep well and live long,” ad- '
¢ vises Dr. Stephen Smith, aged 93.
> He also advocates moderation and ‘
2' young people’'s companionship. nl
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| COLD SHARPENS INVELLECT. |
{ PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19.—A |
{ man’s intellect is best at s temper- $
zature of 30 degrees above zero,
; says Dr. Austin O’'Malley. He said 0
{ no white man can live and succeed ‘
g below the South Carolina border. [
Fire D
War Plant i f
Tennessee |
]
BRISTOL, TENN.,, Feb. 19.— l"ire‘
which threatened the big plant of the
Federal Dyestuffs and Chemical Coin- ‘
pany at Kingsport, Tenn., 25 miles
southwest of Bristol, early to-day “nmt
confined to unit No. 2 of the plant,
and the damage is only slight. ‘
Telephone connection with the plant |
was cut off during the early mnrningi
hours, and wild rumors that the en-;
tire plant had been destroyed were |
prevalent. The belief prevailed mat‘
this plant, which manufactures cer-i
tain ingredients for high explosives as |
well as dyestuffs, had been made the|
victim of German plotters, but this|
idea was dissipated by a statpmem'
by Superintendent F. P. Summers that I
the fire was due to the overturning ufi
a lantern, causing an explosion among |
chemicals. The plant is without fir '
protection, and the flames were pr~>-'
vented from spreading by the heroic
efforts of a bucket brigade. Thez
plant is said to be guarded against
possible plots to destroy it. l
The Federal Dyestuffs and (‘hemi—'
cal Company established its plant here
only recently. A. B. DuPont, a brot!i
er of T. Coleman DuPont, former head
of the E. I. DuPont-NeMours Puwder'
Company, is chairman of the board of
directors of the Federal (‘ompnny.l
which is a Delaware corporation, cap
italized at $15,000.000. |
['he Churches of Atlanta |
That all may know the sincere welcome which the churches of
Atlanta extend to their members and the entire community
many places of worship publish the time and Jsheme of their
services in The Daily Georgian every Saturday.
Under the heading “Go to Church Sunday’ will be found listed
those churches which hold out the welcoming hand through
The Georgian.
So practical is this spirit with them that it finds its way into
print in the light of a personal invitation to ev eryone—an invi
tation to be accepted in the spirit of friendliness and good will
in which it is given.
Consult the announcements in to-day’s Georgian and accept the
hospitality of one of these churches.
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‘Meeting for Nomination of State
Officials Not Likely to Come
|
| Up at This Time.
The State Democrati Executive
Committee, in session Saturday at
the Piedmont Hotel, will decida
Eil’-:-'ilnsl holding a convention fgr the
| purpose of choosing dzlcgates to the
| national convention of the party at
551. Louis.
l Neither will the delegates be chosen
by a primary The choice will be left
t(n the “successful candidate for the
| nomination,”” which presumably is
;\\'mu]ru\\ Wilson.' He, through spokes
| men in Georgia, will select such dele
'g;nm as he likes.
l That was the indication just before
the committee opened its session at
noon. The sentiment of a majority of
the members of the committee was
against the convention plan.
} It was indicated that the matter of
| a convention for the nomination of
Ist:n:-hnu.w officers would not be taken
[u;- at this meeting.
| Judge E. J. Reagan is chairman of
the committee, and St. Elmo Massen
?;’;\‘J- secretary. Almost the full mem
’hf-r.\‘l‘.f;x was in Atlanta for the meat
'ing, in person or by proxy.
E Members of the committee will be
EL‘IJU'I'LHI“‘I! Saturday evening at 7
| o’'clock at the Hotel Ansley at a din
:nvr to be given by St. Elmo Mas
i.\l‘lluill(& The dinner is not connected
iin any way with the meeting of the
| committee and Mr. Massengale de
| clared Saturday that it would be
| thoroughly democratic i. e, * dress
| Suits, etc., will be taboo
“ “It's just to get acquainted and
!lm\’v a good time,” Mr. Massengale
;('xp.,uin'.f.
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Posse Hunts Men
| a {] 3
- Who Wounded Six
; &
| TAYLORSVILLE, MISS., Feb. 13 —
|An armed posse with blodhounds waus
;to-day on the trall of two men be
-115»—,\':«1 to have ambushed and seri
| ously wounded Stephen Blackwell,
| Mrs. Victoria Blackwell, Eddie Black
i\\'»-lk, Mrs. Fannie Meyer and Mr. and
I'“N Wiley Jones.
The party were returning home
lfrnm a neighborhood dance and at a
‘(\H'H in the road were fired on. They
| were found two hours afterward by
if’l‘]u)m.\ searching for then
Two of the women, the officers sa)
]l\.'? not live.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1916.
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CHICAGO, Feb. 19.—1 n his cell in
the Waukegan jail, Will H. Orpet, the
University of Wisconsin student ac- i
cused of the murder of Marian Fran- |
ces Lambert in the woods at IA;;L,“;'
Forest, apparently had resigned him-'
seif to-day to the expectation that
the Coroner’'s jury on Monday wlll
order him hela for the girl’s death |
~ Attorneys for Orpet announced to- |
;rl:q) that the accused youth wil ;wt%
testify at tne inquest. {
|
5 Dr. Ralph Webster, employved by |
| Coroner J. L. Taylor, of Lake (H.vmz_v,{
114, determine the contents of the dead
| girl’s stomach, has reported that she
died of cyanide of potassium poison- |
ing. Dr. Webster said to-day that the |
cyanide crystals were not mixed with
any other poison, but likely were dis- |
solved in water
The physician also reported that the !
| tiny crystals found under the ‘u'.nfl;
| girl’s finger nails were of pure .-‘..xv‘
lm‘l» of potassium. ;
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Sweden Prohibits 1
. (By International News Service.) |
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 19.—Export of
coffee from Sweden is prohibited by
a Government decree issued to-day,
Copyright, 1916, by International News
Service.
. .
High Prices Break
. War Order Plants
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Many
American war order companies are
collapsing under the burden of Kuro
pean contracts because of the in
creased price of war material, accord
ing to reports given the Treasury De
partment by New York business men.
One bonding house reported it has
a list of 400 companies operating in
and around New York City which had
l\x:n: orders from Europe and which
have failed.
| Even the high bids made by these
companies for the orders did not al
ilrnw a sufficient margin for the tre
| mendous increase in wholesale prices
im‘ raw materials, the reports say.
.
Hickey Drops Out
' .
- Cf Police Board Race
} Councilmanic supporters of 1. S.
;Styron’and John H. Welch were lin
| ing up votes for their nominees Sat
‘ urday, the race having been narrowed
11-‘riday by the withdrawal of James
11-l. Hickey, who also sought the for
| mer berth of Captain James W. Eng
lish as Police Commissioner.
Mr. Hickey withdrew because of a
split in the Sixth Ward delegation.
Alderman Barnes and Councilman
Mincey will support Mr. Btyron, while
Councilman Edwin F. Johnson willl
boost Mr. Welch
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The opening performance by Hm‘
Boston Opera Company gave mvr,'v'!
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promise of notable productions «.,’i
“Buttertly” at the matinee and “La |
Boheme’” at night. Zenatello and |
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Villani have been heard for the last|
time, but the “Butterfly’” of the after
noon will be the little Japanese, Ta
maka Miura; the Pinkerton will iu-f
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Riccardo Martin, who has several|
times sung the role here with 1-':.rr::r.l
and Graham Marr will be the Sharp- ,
less. Another former 4\lt~rru;m‘l|'xnl
singer will be heard in the person of
Paclo Ananian, who will sing the role
of the old Japanese priest. i
In “Boheme” the final role of Mimli |
will be sung by Maggie Teyte, t?m!
little English soprano, probably LI’)H(
feremost woman singer in tie com
pary. Giuseppe Gaudenzi, a _\nun;;i
tenor who is said to have a rwnurl\'-,
ably sweet voice, will sing the gre:n%
arias of Rocolpho, and Mardones will |
be heard as Colline Marcello, .\‘n-m—!
ti's familiar role here, will be !mn-!
dled by Thomas Chalmers, a 3'0&17;,.;'
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Banker’s Home
- Demolished
!
? by Bomb
| (By International News Service.)
i CHICAGO, Feb. 19 With a roar
{that could be heard for miles and
| with a force that rocked houses on
!l:ulr foundations and shattered
| scores of windows, a bomb \;.lé ex
:‘;‘!u-fm in the home of Modestino!
Mastrogliovanni, an [talian banker, in
the heart of a fashionable section of
‘i;,‘;nn-L Boulevard, at 5:45 o’clock this
|morning
| The total damage to the Mastrogio-
I\:nn-l home, which was demolished,
'h!rl the neighboring houses and
apartment buildings was variously
’o»s:imaum from $50,000 to SIOO,OOO.
’.\'nurly every window in a three-story
jd[}.t!!”lf‘ll" structure on the north side
{of the banker’s home wag shattered,
!.’m(l occupants of the rooms facing
! the Mastrogiovanni home were
| thrown from their beds and showered
I-.vnh broken glass.
i No one was injured by the explo
i:iu:. Mastrogiovanni and the mem
i bers of his family were asleep in rear
!I:5.~!:13r~ rooms at the time {
! A blackhand plot was believed by
| the police to have been responsible for
Ithe explosion, as the banker recently
received & threatening letter demand
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—The sup
pressed report of Major General
George Goethals dealing with the
Panama land frauds, whereby the
United States will pay $18,000,000
for land worth $1,000,000, to-day was
placed In the possession of the House
Canals Commission
| In the bald language of a soldier
who resented his Gevernment being
“robbed,” General GoSthals set forth
that “most summary representations’
to the Panama Republic would be jus
tifled by the “robbery” of the United
States
He very flatly charged that *“pal
pable perjury” and ‘“scandal” have
marked the land awards of the joint
land commission,
This report, covering the last fiscil
year, was suppressed “for interna
tional reasons as the result of an
agreement between the State and War
Departments.”
Expunged From Report.
General Goethals told the commit
tee he had outlined all of the land
deals on the isthmus in his report
when he submitted it last summer,
but that after the report reached the
War Department “all of this matter
had been expunged.”
He explained at the previous hear
| ing, when he told of the suppression,
that he was before the committee to
!u'*"”\‘* the land commission, and that
his “consclence was clear” in the mat
|!<\ of making the Information publie.
! He has now submitted the report in
manuscript form, and it clearly shows
the markings of the censor. Each
page is carefully marked out in pen
cil, and on each page a memorandum
shows referring to “five-c-b-21, Sept.
i’_‘k, 1915, evidently the department
giving the reasons for the suppression
of the report
The report attacked the Panama
Joint land commission in no uncer
tain terms. The commission had
charge of the settling of all land
claims against the Covernment in the
Canal Zone and General Goethals a
week ago told the committee its
awards were $16,000,000 or $17,000,000
over the true value of the land. He
| said the commission bitterly opposed
the administrative officlals of the
Government in the Canal Zone.
{ Threats Against Agents.
I “Charges of oppresions, threats and
| frauds,” the suppressed report says,
‘were made against the Government's
agents and the land inspectors, by
:u.‘:m.y ts and their attorneys, and
i\xm«- supported by the testimony of
| the former, who have combined
j against the Government to extort
{ money from it. The atmosphere here
| (in Panama) is quite unfriendly to
| the United States, the evident inten
tion being to get all that is possible by
| any means that can be employed, and
|in many cases ths most palpable per
i;n\, isg committed by the claimants \“\
and their witnesses
“The important issue involved is
something more than money. It af
fects the gecod name of our Govern
ment and its agents.”
The report sets forth a letter writ
ten to the Secretary of Foreign Rela=
tions of Panama last June; charging
that the administrative officials of
the United States on the isthmus un
dervalued land. The American mem-«
bers of the commission objected to
this letter, the report says.
{ “On account of thls action on the
part of the Panama commissioners,”
said the rt:pnr'. “our government
t would be justified in making to the
Panama government the most sum
mary representations with respect to
them.” 7
Insisted on Inspection.
! The Panama commissioners in
lsms-d that the commission itself
should inspect all land for wbich
compensation was claimed, . 3