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WILSON MASTERS SENATE: HOUSE REBELLIOUS
MILES FREED; MOTHER AND SISTER OF VICTIM FAINT
GERMANS 45 M. FROM VERDUN
New Turn Given to Legal Fight
for Smith Millions—Hear
ing Set March 11,
ATHENS, Feb, 25.—Judge ,C. H.
Brand here to-day issued a second re
straining order in the fight'of the
three sets of cla!~ ants to the-millions
of the late James M.-Smith and saved
J. O. Mitchell, of Smithonia, from g)3-
ing to jail for refusing to obe An or
der-of Judge A. W. Rite t tz over
the property to receivers :;Bomted by
him.,
Mitchell, who was secretary of the
dead planter, is acting as agent of tha
temporary administrators ~vho repre
sent the family which claims Coton#t
Smith to have descended from the
Wilkes County Smiths,
Judge Brand's order enjoins the
temporary administrators from sur
rendering the property to the recely
ers named by Judge Fite at the behest
of the Cobb County Smith family and
sets March 11 at Athens for a Hearlug
of the case. |
Habersham Smiths Yet to Act.
Neither Judge Fite nor Judge Brnndl
has immediate jurisdiction in Ogle
thorpe County, the seat of the (n'at{
Smith plantation. Judge Fite nunodi
Judge David W. Meadow, of the‘
Northern Circuit, which includes |
Oglethorpe County, one of the re
ceivers, and, therefore, ruled that ne
was disqupalified to sit on the cnse.?
The fight has broadened to such an|
extent that jydges of other districts
may be ukedyfor new orders, for the
Habersham County Smith family,|
which claims that its heirs alone have
the rightful title ‘to Colone! Smith's
property, have not made a showing in
the controversy since the case was
taken out of the jurisdiction of Ordi
nary Bacon, of Oglethorpe, by .lud;ei
Fite. |
The refusal of Mitchell, who has
been in charge of the Smith nmp«r—!
ties at Smithsonia since the death of
the owner, to turn gver the esiate to
the receivers named by Judge Fite re
sulted in a telegram by the judge to
the Sherift of Oglethorpe to place
Mitchell in jail for contempt.
But when the Sheriff arrived from
Lexington, twelve miles away, Miteh
ell could not be found. He had hur
ried to Athens and there held a con
ference with members of the Wilkes
County famlly, whom he represented,
Appeal to Judge Brand.
A prayer to Judge Brand was pre
pared, as follows
“That the temporary administra
tors as nimed be enjoined from sur
rendering control of any portion of
the estate of Jaumes M. Emith to sald
pretended receivers, or anyone else,
Save under the order of the Court of
Ordinary of Oglethorpe County.”
Judge Brand granted the first part
of the petition, but refused to restrain
the receivers named by Judge Fite
from interfering with the estate l
If Judge Brand's order holds good
the lssue involving the three families
will be decided by Ordinary Bacon,
fi: as it was plannod before Judge
interfeged.
Society Woman Dies
»
- Of Mercury Poison
(By International News Service.)
LEXINGTON, KY., Feb, 25.--Mrs
Willie E. Sayre Short, aged 34, for
MANY years prominent in Wanhin‘hml
(D. €.) soclety and a member of a
prominent Wentucky family, is dlnd‘
to-day of bichloride of mercury pols- |
oning. Bhe swallowed several poison |
tablets on February 15 m:'-nmi\mli
them for headuche medicine !
Mras. Bhort was separated frony her |
Rushand, Dudiey Short, a wealthy res.
ident of Chicage ant Cincinmmtl
Mayo’s Coat Is
ayo s\
G. K‘ k
. Vo *
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Several days ago, which is a rotten
way to start a story, but that's where
this one started, J. B. Bailey, a deputy
sheriff of Prince George County, Vir
ginia, called upon Chief of Police
Mayo at his office.
When the Virginian had gone Chief
ihyo missed his overcoat, but found
another in its place. He didn't con
nect the deputy with the exchange un
til Friday, when he received a note
from Virginia. s
“When I was in your office some
body swiped my good overcoat and
swapped me a bum one for it,” wrote
Bailey. “Please look into it and send
me my coat.”
Chief Mayo wrote to Bailey to make
the first shipment.
Indictments to Stand
In Conspiracy Cases
(By Inhnnfl,nfl News Service.)
[ WASHINGTON, Feb. 25—United
States Commissioner Tayler to-day
overruled a motion made on behalf of
Herman Schulteis, H. B. Martin and
H. R. Fowler, officers of Labor's Na-
Itiona! Peace Council, to discharge
(them from the Federal /indictment
'vhnrg'ln‘ conspiracy to restrain .hip-;
ment of war munitions, |
The indictment was veturned at
New York. Attorneys for the three
men announced they would immedi
ately apply for a writ of habeas cor-
Pus to transfer the cas¢s from the
‘New York court to the United States
Court here.
Of Nl)rthern Ci%cuit
Accepting the resignation of Sudge
D. M. Meadows, of the Northern Ju
dicial Circuit, Governor Harris ¥Fri
cay named former Judge W. N. Wor
ley, of Elbert County, to succeed him
Judge Worley was highly recom
mended and haste in the appointment
War necessary, as the Hart County
Superior Court convenes Monday.
Judge Meadows resigned to become
one of the administrators of the es
tate of Colonel James M. Emith
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Billy Smith B
McDermott and Eibel
MEMPHIS, TENN,, Feb. 25.—" Red"
MeDermott, third baseman, and Hack
Eibel, first baseman, of the Memphis,
1915, Southern League team, were to
flay sold to Richmond, Va.
There’s a Wide Mark
ere s a Wide Market
.
For Good Used Furniture
This is especially true in the Spring, when people are try
ing to pick up pleces at a reasonable price to fill some corner
in the new home into which they have moved. .
These people know that for many reasons many beautiful
piesces of furniture Are offered for sale in the “For Sale—Mis.
cellaneous™ column of The Georglan and American—the
best known market of Atlanta for good used house furnish
ings.
Whether you are in the market to buy or seil, it will fay you
to read this column and to ues It to fill your own needs.
The Georgian - American
Atlanta’s Want Ad Directory
20 East Alabama Street
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VOL. XIV. NO. 176.
Wife of Freed Man Rushes to
Thank Jurors as Werdict
Is Reached. .
J. H. Miles, on trial for the murder
of Anderson M. Eady on the night of
January 15 last, was acquitted Friday
afternoon by a jury in Judge W. L.
Thomas' branch of the Supetior
Court. The verdict, rendered after a
deliberation of one hour and forty
minutes, was the result of Miles
statement, supported by several wit
nesses, that he shot Eady in defense
of himseif and his family.
The verdict was followed by one of
the most dramatic scenes the Fulton
County courts have known. Judge
Thomas had warnefi the auditors in
the courtroom against any demon™
stration, no matter what the verdict
might be, and bailiffs were stationed
about the room to preserve order.
The verdict therefore was received
in silences but as the jurymen were
dismissed and left the mpom Mrs.
Miles, wife of the defendant, rushed
after ‘them and shook hands, her
thanks broken by extreme emotion.
Miles, moving moge delib,ratelp" also
lfollmved the jurymen into the c:rrk's‘
iofflce and shook hands with each Ml
‘the twelve |
. In the office of D. O. Smith, just
outside the courtroom, the women ufl
the slain man's family were awaijing
the verdict. When the news reached
them Mrs. W. C. Eady, the mother,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Berkey, the sister
who was with Eady on the night of
the tragedy and who testified smf
strongly a few days ago, screamed
and fainted. Mrs. Anderson M. i-'.nd‘\.;
widow of the slain man, wept hinerl,v,j
but did not faint. Another sister waa
overcome by her emotion
Nurse Aids Women.
Mrs., Carobe! W. Smith, assistant
court stenographer, hurried to assist
the excited women and a trained
nurse who had accompanied J. Wylie
Smith, forger, to the courtroom, lent
her skilled a‘d
Mrs. Fady, the mother, was uncon«
scious for some time and physicians
were called Deputy Sheriffs Plennie
Miner and Drew Liddell and other
court attaches rendered what assist
ance they could
After shaking hands with the Jurors
Mr. and Mrs. Miles effusively thanked
Continued on Page 7, Column 5.
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ATLANTA, GA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1916.
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Jones’ Jobless
Speech Stirs
Tae t3o o
Boiling H. Jones, Atlanta POstemSan
ter, Thursday night was eloquently
addressing a gathering of the unem
rloyed «n “How to Get a Job and
Keep It.” He was speaking of work,
not politics, and his advice was to
keep sober, keep clean, never be dis-:
couraged, and that sort of thing. |
Up rose a man in the audience. |
“T'd like to say a few words here."l
he remarked. |
R. 8. Wessels, the chairman, ex
| plained that no provision for hearing
:other speakers had been made. But‘
' the interrupter spoke anyway. |
| “I just wanted to remark that Tam
Enow out of a job,” he said. *“1 held a
{good place under two poltmauters.‘
gßut lam now out of a job. Just let
| that soak in.” |
| Postmaster Jones continued his-ad
| vice to the joblese. |
| The meeting was held by the Cilear
ing House for the Unemployed. There
was a large attendance and much in
terest shown in the work of the
Clearing House.
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Woodward Asked
To Vote for 01d Foe
While Aldine Chambers and Aldec
man Albert Thomson were talking on
the street at the corner of Marieita
and Forsyth street Friday Mayor
Woodward came by, and Alderman
Thomson, with a smile, handed the
Mayor one of Mr. Chambers’ campaign
cards for Solicitor General.. ,
“I haven't come out yet, but I dou't !
think I'll vote for him.” said M-yorl
Woodward, and passed on. |
“Why, I was just thinking of ac
cepting his general invitation to zol
with him as a delegate te the St. Louis
preparedness convention,” Mr. Cham
bers remarked, with a laugh.
ettt
Wireless Stations
.
Found on Pa.clficl
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.~Becret
foreign wireless stations have been
discevered on the Califorpia coast by
agents of the Department of Justice
and of the Navy Department. Inves
tigatfons of the Government agents
have uncovered evidence indicating
that a string of hidden stations, op
erated for unngutral purposes in the
interests of belligerent nations, ex
tend practically the length of the
California coast The stations are
chiefly receiving stations but a few
sending stations )l.r' understood to
have been discovered as well.
: 1Y Na 'Y
C. C. Willis Still
. .
Missing; Thought 11l
The disappearance of C. C. Willis,
the sales manager, who has been miss-
Ing since Monday morning, when he loft |
his home at No. 44 Colquitt avenue,
continued to be & puzsle Friday, after
A trip by friends to Marietta, where he
was supposed to have been seen, falled
to reveal any clew,
It was th ht possible Pria hat
he had boo?:n.o dollrz# rmn.)zll:' - l
with which hé had ered rmmm
and had boarded & steamer at Bavanne’
or Jacksonville for & water trip. He
had been advised to take a steamer tri
for his heith and had often spoken o¥
,oln. o New York to Improve his con
“ditlon,
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~ City Commission
| Martia ¥ Amorous, who was b
‘mr-mmu in thefMast sey
mayoralty campalgns, Friday was
asked what he thought of the chances
of Mell R. Wilkinson running this
yoar and of the mayoraity situation
in 'r.omk
“1 think the whole proposition will
be changed before the time comes to
elect & new Mayor,” sald Mr. Amor
ous. “We will have » Mm-g\nmu
form of government by then. Every
body in town s for it but the :‘
ticians
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Six More Fortified Positions Be
fore Great Stronghold Is
Taken, Says Berlin.
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, Feb. 25.—8 ix more msi-l
tions fortified by the French for the
defense of Verdun upon the north
nave gheen captured by the Germans,
the War Office announced to-day. |
These places are listed as “fortified
villages and farms” in the officlal re- |
lmr' They follow: Champneuville,
Beaumont, Cotellette, Marmont, Ornes
land Chambrettes,
The German battle front ix now
only four and one-half miles north of
’ Verdun
. The following is the text of the offi
| cial report:
| “Western Theater of War—On the
right bank of the Meuse the successes
‘nlrc-ud‘\ reported have been exploited |
in different directions. Yesterday the
fortified villages and farms of Champ
neuville, Cotellette, Harmont, Beau
mont, Chambrettes and Ornes were
captured
“In addition, all the enemy’'s posi
tions as far as the Louvemont ridge
were captured by storm. Sanguinary
losses were inflicted by the enemy.
“The enemy’s losses were extraor
dinarily heavy. Our losses were nor
mal.,
“The number of prisoners taken by I
us wds increased by more than 7,000, !
The total now numbers more than |
10,000 No information can be given
In regard to the booty and supplies
captured
“Eastern Theater—No incidents of
importance have occurred
“Balkan Front—There is nothing to
report
Loss of Beaumont
Admitted by French
PARIS, Feb 25 -—French troops
have evacuated Beaumont, 5 1-2 miles
north of Verdun, it was officially re
ported by the War Office to-day,
It was announced that the French
have established their lines behind
Beaumont along the Mflchl- east of
Champneuville and south of Ornes.
There was a comparative lull in (he
fighting last night, the War Office
speaking of the fighting as being “less
violent.” The Germans, for the firat
time in four nights, did not deliver
any attacks during the darkness.
Beaumont is the fourth fortified vil
lage north of Verdun to be evacuated
by the French, the others being Hau
mont, “Brabant-sur-Meuse and Sa.
mogneux,
Champneuville lles above a big bend
on the Meuse River, five miles nor'h
of Verdun. It occuples the western
flank of a chain of hills stretching
north and southeast of the Meuse
River.
The admission of the retirement of
the French behind Beaumont indi
cates that the Germans have gained
approximately a mile more of ground.
The text of the communique fol
lows
“In the Argonne, Lo the sast of Vau
quols, we directed a new bombard
ment upon the enemy’s works. In the
region of the forest of Cheppy there
was intermittent artillery activity.
“Between Malancourt and the left
bank of the Meuse the cannonade has
econtinued with less violence,
I “In the region north of Verdun the
enemy did not launch any attack
against our positions during the night.
We have establishpd ourselves on &
line of defense organized behind
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By e Georglan Ca 2 ("ENTS ON TRAINS. 5 CENTA
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Map Showing Territory of
Great German Offensive
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The heavy black line shows the battle front as it was Wednesday after
days of the great German drive. The heavy dotted line shows the front
after the German galns reported Thursday. Friday's Berlin statement an
nounces still further advance toward Verdun, the capture of villages south
of Beaumont being claimed. £
The capture of Verdun would doubtless force the French to fall back
to the west bank of the Meuse, giving over to the Germans a large territory,
and, most important of all, possession of the railway live now supplying
the French. .
Former Atlanta Financier Was in
Courtroom, Weak From His
Long lliness.
t J. Wylie Smith, wedk and emaciated
from years of tuberculosls, was car
ried Friday into the courtroom of
Judge W. E. Thomas, where his attor
ney, Hugh Howell, and the court
agreed to a consent verdict in two
cases of forgery
‘You'll have to go to jall” said
Judge Thomas You can not be held
under custody of a guard as you were
last night.”
Sentence was deferred until Monday
at 10 o'clock, when Judge Ben Hill
will pronounce It Attorney Howell
Kave notice that he would appeal for
a deferred sentence because of Smith's
extreme physical condition, but was
not prepared to argue this Friday,
Smith's plea of gullly was on two
counts, forging the name of M. A
Smith to a note for $1,500 and that of
Mra. F. 8. Frye to a note for $420
Several other cases in the indictments
were nolle prossed by consent
Emith, who wrecked the Commercial
Loan and Trust ' Company several
years ago, who fled to Mexico, wans en
ticed across the line and brought back |
to Atlanta, has been ot on $5.000
bond. Several times his trial was ntl
and continued because of hip liness
Judge Thomas Wednesday f'-r!o.'ndl
the bond when the case was called
and ordered his arrest. Deputy Shers
Y Plennle Miner went to Sm 'n-l
home in Clayton street Thursday,
found Smith very il and placed #
guard over him instead of forcing Lhe
sufferer to go to Jail
THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Fair and a little colder
Friday night and Saturday.
Temperaturas—=B o m., M, 8
o.om, 38 10 & m, 38 12 neen, 40
Ipm 41 2p. m, 43
Sunrise, 6:12; sunset, 5:31
HOME
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Americans Do Not Want Army and
Navy Put Under Foreign Mon
arch, He Wires,
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Willlam
Jennings Bryan to-day injected his
personality into the fight In Congress
agninst President Wilson's policy on
the armed merchantmen question. He
telegraphed Representative Warren
Worth Balley, of Pennsylvania, In
dorsing the stand of Representatives
who would warn Americans off armed
ships. Representative Balley Imme
diately called a conference of leading
Democrats to determine whether to
make Bryan's telegram public on the
floor of the House
“The American people do not want
our army and navy placed at the dis
posal of a foreign monarch.” was one
of the sentences In the telegram
Bryan urged that a resolution
Inurnln. Americans to stay off armed
%\'Ph!fi[a be passed at once
Shortcake Price Is
Down to Dime a Cut
Sirawberry shortcake has dropped
from 15 to 10 cents a portion In At
lanta luncheona
And they're putting five strawber
ries instead of three In esach portion,
despite reports of damaging frosts in
the Florida berry beit
old oil Barrels
Bring 90 Cents Each
' ———
Demand for oil has increased the
demand for old 01l barrels
The? now bring better prives than
any other Kind of used barre's At
iiunll dealsrs are paying % cenis
each for them
PRESIDENT
CALLSON
[FADES
A
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Cabinet Behind
Wilson to a Man
. .
In U-Boat Crisis
(By International News Service.)
ASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—~The
W Cabinet to-day assured
President Wilson that its
members were behind him to a
man in the decision to refuse to
permit congressional interference
in the international situation.
Even the members who have been
inclined to believe that conciliatory!
tactics would be worth trying ins
dorsed the declarations contained
in the President's letter to Sena
tor Stone and his warnings to the
House leaders who conferred with
him earlier in the day.
The entire international situa
tion was thoroughly canvassed. It
is understood that the general sen
timent expressed by both the Pres
ident and Secretary Lansing was
that hope for an amicable settie
ment of the questions at issue with
Germany should not be abandoned.
The indications were that Germany
eventually will agree to stand by
her original promises, Lansing is
understood to have said. |
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of IM
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Follow
ing assurances early to-day that the
United States Senate will yield to his
demand for noninterference in the
German submarine negotiations and
that the upper house would support
him by probably 2 to 1 if the matter
come to a vote, President Wilson
called upon Speaker Champ Clark,
Majority Leader Claude Kitchin and
Representative Henry D. Flood, chair
man of the House Foreign Affairs
Committes, to end all agitation for
interference by Congress in the inters
vention situation e
For nearly an hour the entire M;
ation was canvassed. The Pres i‘
stood squarely on his letter to fi‘:
ator Stone, made public last w :
He insisted that the honor of the
United States was at stake and that
thers could be no backing down :
the position taken that the rules of
International law shall be
by the Central Powers In cond k.
| thetr oudmattng campaign, £
- The House Democratic feaders, de
spite the fact that the eouu-cia
failed utterly to restore amicable
relations between the Whiite N}%
and the congressional chiefs, told
the President they would do what
they could to prevent any interfer
ence by Congress until all diplomatie ¢
measures had been exhausted. They
went ImMpdiately from the White
House to the Capitol to take the mat
with members . .
ter up MMM" *;i
Speaker Clark had an M
to make good his promise shortly
after the House met at noon whenshe
smothered the first effort to discuss
the international submarine lssue on
the fleor of the House. Representas
tive Huibert, of New York, sought to
have put through a motion to -:
5,000 additional coples of the
tion of Representative M -
warning Americans off ! t
ships. For a moment it appeared that
half the House wanted to discuss
motion. L
A dozen members jumped to thele
nize thuse who clamored for the flog
“That s not & matter for |
House” he mid. “The gl
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