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Mrs. L. E. Pannelle, charged with
the murder of her husband at their
home, No. 47 Chastain street, early
Wednesday, was expected to testify in
her own defense that Pannelle had
s«ent other men to call upon her in an
effort te make a “white slave” of her.
She is known to have told this story
to Chief of Police Mayo last Monday,
when she told him how she feared her
husband, and asked his advice
Mrs. Pannelle, who is 32 yvears old,
told the police her husband, 35 years
old, was beating her with a razor
strop and she had to kill him. She
was taken to the police station and
locked in the matron's room. She and
Attorney John Boykin held a two
hour conference soon afterward.
“It is a long stary and there is a
great deal behind it,” said Mr. Boykin
“We are not ready to make a state
ment to-day.”
Mrs. C. B. Bell, a sister of Mrs. Pan
nelle, who lives near the Pannelle
home, declared that the slain man had
been beating his wife and children
brutally at various times for several
wWeeks,
Mother Defends Son.
Mr Howard Farmer, mother of
Pannelle, where the Pannelles were
sgtaying ad left the house Wednes
day before the tragedy occurred,
going up town to her work. She was
vigorous in her denial that her son
mistreated is wife
‘My son never struck a woman in
his life,” she said They had their
quarrels, of irse, but never any
thing serious They were all right
when I left home this morning, and
apparently happy I wen nto their
loom and Kisse them good-bye be
fore 1 left
The Pannelles had twice been mar
ried to ea other Elva, the eldest
daughter, was born of their first mar
riage. The separated about ten vears
ago, but subsequently were reconciled
and went through a second ceremony
The two vounger children were born
after this
The couple formerly had lived in
Atlanta, but 1 travele wiround a
great deal for several years They
returne to Atl ta short me ago
and made thelr home wit Pannelle’
mother
The police firet heard of the trag
edy, which irred at 7:30 o'clock,
when they receive call sent in by
the daughte Elva
The three ¢ iren were rving
n error vhe the officer armived
Th begeed that the po e not take
the m er to ja and they quieted
them by pretending the would onls
take or around the corner to see a
LW Yel Irs. Pannelle w negly cone
sented the subterfuge :
Called on Chief
Mre, Pannelle ar ‘ ‘ Mrs
Bell alled upon Chlef of Police
Mayo Monday to say t i ! Pan
neile was afrald er sband and
to ask advice
He¢ threatens ‘ evera
times My P ' He |x
in love w s not von Chlef
He made ' Lo me o we
move to AN e where
nobhod o woul ive
with bot 1 refuse f course
and 1 am afr me
{ es Mas . ‘ ireenehor ‘e
former e Pannelles d
earned that Par ‘ ' y eriminal
recor Pannelle g red
that 1 t er Vi t .-
she feare ind W er
if he lea
Shot Six Times
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Germany Ready to
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Fight U.S., Asserts
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Envoy From Berlin
et
(By International News Service.)
EW YORK, March B—“ The
N Germans regard the United
States as more of an enemy
than England, Russia or France
and they do not care how soon war
is declared between the two coun
tries.”
This statement was made by Roy
Samuel Macelwee, secretary to the
American Consul General in Ber
lin, upon his arrival on the Nor
wegian American liner Kristiania
fiord. Mr. Macelwee, who has been
in Berlin for eight years, contin
ued:
“Germany has reached the limit
of her patience with the United
States. Germany believes that the
greatest obstacle to peace is the
obvious friendship of this country
for the Allies and especially Eng
land. The diplomatic element of
the German Government is trying
to preserve peace, but the attituflo
of the military men is: ‘To heil
with America.’ Military Germany
laughs at the armaments of the
United States.
“Germany can not be starved.
You can live cheaper in Berlin
right now than you can in Copen
hagen, Stockholm or New York.
Germany has no starving babies.
There is a shortage of milk and
cream, but other foodstuffs are
plentiful "
sponded. They found Pannelle dead
on the ~oor. with a long razor strop in
his hand.
' “I had to doit,” the wife said sim
ply. “He was beating me with that
strop.”
} In the room when the shooting vc
curred were the three children—Elva,
Helen, 8, and Mildred, 6. They were
‘('rylnc bitterly when the officers ar
rived.
Pannelle was a cleaner for the San
itary Dry Cleaning Company. The
family had come to Atlanta froin
Greensboro, N. C., about three weeks
ago.
et iomiisnsiianissss
‘Slivers,’ F
Ivers,” ramous
. .
Clown, a Suicide
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March B.—Frank Oak
ley, known as “Slivers,” the highest
priced clown in the world, was found
dead in his room at No. 308 West Sev
enty-first street, early this morning.
He lay stretched out on the floor,
half dressed, with the gas flowing
from a jet and an small heater,
“Slivers” made a hit all over the
United States with his baseball act
and is reported to have recelvld a sal
ary of 315,000 a year for working
twenty minutes a day.
Enver Pasha Is Dead;
Report From Athens
(By International News Service.)
LLONDON, March B.—An Exchange
Telegraph Company message from
Athens says it is rumored there that
Enver Pasha, the Turkish Minister of
War, recently reported wounded by
an assassin, has died. ‘
“A Garden is a
Lovesome Thing”
A poet sald it when he saw his own garden in bloom-—You
will realize it if you begin now to convert that garden plot in
the yvard into a beauty spot,
Pot thrifty seed, plants and tregs into your soil, tend them
with care, and you will be richly rewarded with beauty and
the added vigor which comes from work in the out-of-doors,
The first step townrd this desirable end is to read the
“Plants, Trees and Seceds” column over in the Want Ad pages
of The Dally Georglan and Sunday American,
This will tell you where to find the best varieties, and after
% that it will be easy to communicate with these dependable
firms and obtain what you desire
I'he Georgian - Ameri
orgian- ican
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Atlanta’s Want Ad Directory
Read for Profit—Use for Results
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VOL. XIV. NO. 186.
VERDUN PERIL GROWS
Congress Interference Curbed,
Negotiations on U-Boat War
Are Taken Up Again.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March B.—
Count von Bernstorff, German
l Ambassador, went into conference
with Secretary of State Lansing
at 11:30 o'cloci to-day. The Am
bassador, who had asked for the
| audience, refused to lll{ what he
intended to take up with the Sec
retary as he went into the State
1 Department building.
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff gor"renpondcnt of International
News Service.
WASHINGTON, March B.—The
State Department resumed operations
to-day. Secure in the knowledge
that Congress will make no further
effort at this time to interfere with
the executive handling of the contro
versy over the submarine warfare,
Secretary Lansing began prepara
tions for his next conferences with
Count von Bernstorff and Baron
Zwiedinek. Translations of that part
of the German appendices held by
Germany as justifying renéwal of the
submarine war against armed ships
were before the Secretary and his
chief assistant, Counsgelor Polk. They
must now determine whether the
charges made by Germany that Great
Britain herself has violated interna
tional law in the orders issued to
merchant commanders are vell
founded
It is expected that Secretary Lan
sing will see the German Ambassa
dor to-morrow Although no official
announcement has been made, it is
known that the position of this Gov
ernment will be that the agreement
sugrested for the settlement of the
Lausgitania and Arabic cases is un
satisfactory, “because partly nullified
by the notification that internationa!
law will be observed in dealing with
enemy armed ships”
To Reopen Negotiations,
It has been understood here that
Count von Bernstorff was In posses
#lon of further Instructions from his
home Government which wouild open
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ATLANTA, GA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1916.
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toTwo Frame
l Dwelli
Two large frame dwellings suffered
considerable damage, estimated at
more than SI,OOO, when flames blazed
through the shingle roof of No. 314
South Pryor street, shortly after 1)
o'clock Tuesday night.
The roof of No. 314 was burned off
and the flames spread to No. 318, dam
aging the roof and interior of that
blulding. The first house is owned by
L. S. Boineberg and was occupied hy
Mrs. I. Welnberg. The fire is sup
posed to have started in a closet on
the second floor of this structure, and
had burst through the roof before it
was discovered and a telephone alarm
sent in.
The alarm brought truck company
No. 2 and fire companies Nos, 5 and
9 to the scene, along with hundreds of
persons who were looked after by a
police detail. It was some time after
the fire started before it spread to No.
318, across an open space. This house
is owned and occupied by O. H. Burch
field. The contents of both homes
were damaged somewhat by watar.
[The occupants escaped without aild
’!rom the firemen,
Speaker Clark, 66
| peac el’ &r y )
‘ . .
s Given Ovation
‘ (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March B.—The bit
ter struggle over the McLemore reso
lution in the House was interrupted
late yesterday while the House paid
tribute to the sixty-sixth birthday of
‘Speaker Champ Clark. Republican
Leader Mann called the attention of
the House to the Speaker's btrlhfla)'
and the crowded floor and galleries
went wild in an ovation that lasted
‘nvo minutes. The tense fight over
the warning resolution was forgotten.
. Speaker Clark referred to Repre
sentative Maun s action as “one of the
flowers that grow over the walls of
party polities,” and said:
| “If this country is ever in danger
'there will be no party division here,
'We are all Americans and all patriots.
and anyone who intimates anything
else simply degrades his own intel
| lect.” |
Salvationist Chie
Sal Chief
.
~ Sees Good in War
; ek
‘ (By International News Service.)
~ LONDON, March §,—General Bram
well Booth, of the Salvation Army, is
celebrating his sixtieth birthday to
day. The War Cry published a char
acter sketch by Harold Begbie, an ar
ticle entitled “The Happy Warrior.”
“It is good to find such a man at
60,” writes Mr. Begbie, “running over
with the most splendid optimism.
General Booth feels as deeply as any
the horrors, agony and waste of the'
great war, but he sees that out of it‘
is emerging a better world and a
world which will have learned that
without God all is chaos.”
Snow Comes Into
Town Unheralded
Unheralded by any of the weather
sharps—Messrs. Von Ihrmunn\ Sni
der, Hallfax, et al--a snowstorm hit
Atlanta Wednesday morning and for
an hour or sp there was a steady and
rather lively fall. It was the first
real one of the winter-~that is, the
first heavy enough to get officlal m-'
ognition at the weather bureau.
The msnow completed the wierd
merry-go-round of weather Atlanta
hus experienced In the last 48 hours,
There was a midsummer electrical
storm Tuesday forencon, a severe
hail, & muggy evening with spring
like breezes, a near-gale during the
night and then a young cold wave
with snow Wadneedny momineg
Unprecedented Determination of
Germans Shown by Generals
Leading Men in Person,
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, March 8-—Capture of Hill
No. 265, south 6f Forges, on the west
ern bank of the Meuse, cost the Ger
mans 20,000 men, including many of
ficers, it was estimated to-day. A
whole division was decimated, and
among the officers of high rank killed
was Lieutenant General von Graf,
who fell while leading a charge of
Bavarians,
The artillery fire of the Teutons is
described as ‘“unprecedented” and
“murderous.”
. The “win or die” gpirit of the Crown
Prince was strikingly shown yester
day by the unusual circumstance
that many officers of the highest rank
held advanced positions at the headl
of their men, setting an example torl
bravery.
Writing in The Petit Journal, Gen
eral Berthaut points out that the
Crown Prince now seeks to sweep
the French guns from the west bank
of the Meuse, where the French po
sitlons now dominate Poivre Hill, the
resting point of the German right
}flsnk.
Powerful Works Behind.
“The Teuton line now rests Just
north of Goose Hill,” says General
tßorthaut‘ “In order to drive us from
our dominating flank positions. the
Crown Prince's army must advance
between three and four miles and
capture our powerful defensive works
In Bourrus wood. One of the f«mn‘
defending Verdun upon the northwest
lles at the edge of this wood, Not
luntil this wood and its fort have been
hakm will the Crown Prince be In a
position to fling his legions against
the fortress without being raked by
our crossfire,
“It is evident that the German ad
vance yesterday is only a prelude to
an immense offensive which is pend
ing.”
| The Germans have an unknown
number of reserves, in addition to
the half-million men in the Crown
Prince’'s army, says The Matin Tht-I
military critic of The Matin says it is
‘better that the battle at Verdun
should be fought to a decisive con
?vlulinn. because the German losses
‘wll: prevent the Kalser from at
tempting an offensive muu-mnml
elsewhere
Expects Extension of Battle. '
The war expert of The Echo de}
Paris says that the battle may now
be expected to extend beyond lh’"
narrow sector of yesterday, which
was between Bethincourt and the
Meuse River. Continuing, he says
“The unprecedented, murderous ac
tivity of the enemy’s artillery, which
is unceasingly hurlink shells of all
calibers into our advanced lines,
shows the great strength of his aceu
muiated war stores. In spite of this
storm of steel, our men have been
able to hold nearly all their positions.
It is true that the taking of Corbeaux
wood puts Goose Hill In danger, but,
even if it falls, we have stronger po
sitlons to the rear to fall back upon
The battle of Verdun ought to reach
its culminating point on Friday or
Saturday.”
General Castelnau, the French chief
of staff, ix sald to be at Verdun ht-’lh'
ing General Joftre, the commander
merhief direct the areartions . 1
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2 (JENTVS ON FRATNCE® cxnTa,
Firmslndicted
rirmsinaicte
in Riot Probe
in ot rrooe
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(By International News Service.)
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, March 8.-—
Elbtert H. Gary, as chafrman of the
United States Steel Corporation and
the Republic Iron and Steel Compa
ny, the Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Company, the Carnegie Steel Compa
ny, the Brier Hill Steel Company, the
Youngstown Iron and Steel Company
and the United States Steel Corpora
tion, as corporations, were indicted
here to-day by the Grand Jury prob
ing the disastrous riots at East
Youngstown January 2. The strike
outbreak at that time resulted in
property loss of §51,000,000 and &
week’'s stay here for several National
Guard regiments.
Indictments against Gary and the
steel companies were returned for
conspiracy tq fix the wages of labor
and to fix prices of iron and steel
products in the Mahoning Valley.
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Thrown in a Panic
By Escaping Steam
(By International News Service.) ‘
WASHINGTON, March 8.-—Stean
escaping from a broken pipe in the
’Govemmem Bureau of Engraving and
Printing Building threw hundreds of
'work-buund employees into a flurry
"nflexcltement this morning, and a fire
alarm was turned in.
Following so closely on the fire of
several days ago, it revived rumors of
plots against Government buildings.
.
Germany Planning
Financial Worries
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March 8.-+“lt is learnecd
on the highest authority that Ger
many is plotting to foment financial
troubles in neutral countries,” says
The Financial News. “The idea Is to
wreck banks by nominating Germun
agents, who are to incur large liabiN
'mn. then default,
“Holland, Denmark, Brazil and Ar
gentina are sald to be the chief cea
ters of these operations.”
Ansley Park League
To Meet Thursday
' The regular meeting of the Ansley
Park Clvic League will be held at the
residence of W. D. Hoffman, No. 48
the Prado, Thursday evening at §
iu'l'l(i“k.
. The constitution and by-laws will
be adopted and matters of importance
| will be considered,
Zeppelin Propeller
- Is Found in England
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March B.—Portlons of a
Zeppelin propeller were picked up to
day In Kent and turned over to the
military authorities,
The latter belleve the German air
ship was hit by gunfire during a re
cent rald
Maude Allan Better l
Following Operationl
(By International News Service.) !
NEW YORK, March 8 —Miss Maude
Allan, classic dancer, to-day was said
to be recovering rapidly in the Ger
man Hospital from an operation for
appendicitis
“Miss Allan is almost well and in no
danger of death” was the statement
of the hospita! head ‘
- The dancer, who has numhor-dj
among her acquaintances seven K- |
ropean monarchs, was stricken with |
avite snpendicitie on VMandaw
EVENING
EDITION
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(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March B.—Verdun is in greater peril now than at
any time in the sixteen days of fighting which have made the battle
the greatest in all history. New German gains to-day make a total
advance of three miles on the west of the fortress in two days.
Crushing southward on the west bank of the Meuse in the drive
‘which captured Forges and adding more than a mile to the desper
ate advance of yesterday, the Germans swept into the Corbeux
woods on the line from Bethincourt, east to the Meuse, routing the
French from strong positions and forging another link in the chain
which is threatening to strangle the defenders of the great fortress
and take by siege the positions which can not be taken by force of
artillery and men.
German Infantry Halts;
/ -
Cannon Duel Continues
PARIS, March B.—To-day's com
munique from the War Office an
nounced the capture of some trench
sections in the Champagne district by
French troops. These trenches had
been taken by the Germans on Mon
day.
In the Verdun region, the com
munique states, there was no change
in the situation during the night. The
Germans continued their bombard
ment on the west bank of the Meuse
without attempting any infantry at
tacks.
The text of the communique fol
lows: .
“In the Champagn region to the
east of Maisons de Champagne we
launched an attack which flaced us in
possession of trench sections captured
by the enemy on March 6. In the
course of this action we took 85 pris
oners, of whom three were officers,
and eaptuerd a machine gun. A coun
ter attack launched by the enemy
shortly afterward against the posi
tions which we held was repulsed.
Germans Keep on Shelling.
“In the Argonne our artillery shelled
roads in the region of Montfaucon, on
which automobile transports were re
ported.
“In the region to the north of Ver
dun no change was reported during
the night. The Germans have con
tinued their bombardment of our
front to the west of the Meuse with
out attempting any infantry attacks,
Our batteries have responded ener
getically to the enemy’'s fire in that
sector, as well as to the east of the
Meuse, where the bombardment has
been intermittent
“In the Woevre r egion there was a
very violent artillery duel., We bom
barded Blanzee, Grimaucourt and the
outskirts of Fresnes. An attack by
the enemy upon our rallways and the
Manheulles road was shattered by our
curtains of fire from the artillery and
our Infantry fire."”
French Sure of Molding,
Despite German gains at Forges
and Fresnes, military experts are con
fident that the eKalser's grand scheme
to encircle Verdun and capture Gen
ernl Joffre's army is doomed ¢o fall
ure.
The Germans are methodically
trying to pound their way to victory
with masses of heavy guns, but as
they advance they find the French
mm stronger and stronger and
artillery has been going to the
front for a week to nT,nforco the
French buatteries,
The fact that Verdun ix nearly two.
'thlrd- surrounded by German troops
is now regarded as significant in
’nglllury circles, for it is believed that
the Teutons have advanced about as
ifar as they will be able to go west
of Verdun, which is the only point
where the Kaiser's forces may move
forward to close the gap in the circle.
It has been shown that the.
‘mans can not advance from Mi
hiel to close the hole in the , mak
;lng it necessary for t to move
‘southward along the wes{ bank of the
'Maune or in the Argonne if they are
Boing to carry to a successful con
clusion their enterprise of surround
ing Verdun.
The southernmost point attained by
the Germans in the Argonne is a po
sition southeast of La Chalade, and
the distance from this place to St
Mihiel is 34 miles. Hill 265, south of
Forges, the farthest south which the
Germans have moved on the west
bank of the Meuse, is 28 miles from
St. Mihiel.
Big Gap to Close.
Thus If the Germans are to close
the gap from La Chalade they must
advance 34 miles, driving the French
from powerful positions. If they try
to forge the ring by moving south
from Hill 265, they not only have to
advance a distance of 28 miles, but
to silence six or eight of the most
powerful forts in eastern France.
The total of the German advance
on the west bank of the Meuse yes
terday was not over 200 yards, ac
cording to dispatches from towns be
hind the front. Military men hoid
that the capture of Forges was with
out any importance, for the place
holds no strategic importance what
soever, y
The military eritic of The Echo de
Paris, who Is regarded as one of the
soundest writers on war matters In
France, says:
' “The Germans can triumphantly
announce that Forges has been cap
tured, but what good will it do them?
Forges is a tiny settiement, which in
time of peace has a population of only
460 souls, It is by no means a mill
tary position of any value. The slight
German advance in that region, if not
followed by a huge offensive, is noths
ing more mm an isolated hammer«
stroke. A terrible task confronts the
Teutons if they want to bring up thele
front west of the Meuse on a line with
their positions on the east bank, for
they must dislodge the French
strong positions dominating ‘
ville, Goose Hill and Dead Man ;
—ar operation comparable with %
taking of Douaumont. g
“It Is poteworthy, however, hat
cmui« on Poce 2. WE e