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NASHVILLE, April 26.—Charles C.
Trabue, special counsel employed by
the present City Commission, killed
Harry S. Stokes, attorney for the re
form citizens and taxpayers n‘s Nash- ;
ville, who has been prosecuting the |
ousted officials and undertaking ln{
recover through chancery proceedings |
funds alleged to have been illegally |
spent, !
The killing took place in Stokes’ |
office just before 12 o'clock. Stokes!
was shot three times and died an-‘
stantly. Trabue was arrested by Chie f
of Police Alex Barthell The office |
was closed immediately and guarded
by police. ‘
Stokes' body fell about halfway be.
tween his private office and that of J
i. Stephenson, his law partner. Blood
hespattered the floor in the office
where Stokes fell. An officer, who ar.
rived on the scene shortly after the
three shots were fired, found the at
torney dving Medical aid was hur
riedly summoned, but Stokes had ex
pired when physicians reached the
building.
An immense throng gathered around
the entrance of the American National
Bunk Bullding when the shots were
heard, and it was with difficulty that
police kept the surging crowd back
The building was closed to evervone
except officers, undertakers and news
paper men. The office of Stokes was
wked to all outsiders, and only rela
ves of the dead man were allowed
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Great Crowd Assembles.
When officers and newspaper men
rst arrived, the body of Stokes was
Iving in his office, exactly at the spot
where he fell
News of the killing spread quickly
ail over the business section of the
city Policemen were rushed to the
scene when the news reached Lieu
tenant Smith at police headquarters,
while a number of deputy sheriffs
were also dispatched thers Many
spectators, however, forced their way
into the oMo« n spite of the police
men and deputies
Members of Stokes’ immediate fan
iy were notified of the traged vhd
hurried at once to his office
Among the first to reach the ofMice
was Murder Officer Carter, who took
charge of the Investigation He d
rected the work of the deputies !
keeping order among the spectator
wnd assisted the undertakers in re
moving the body
After Trabue had been placed under
& rest and started to the police statior
. rowd followed the patrol in an
fort to get a look at him
Immedintely after the shooting Tra
s walked out of Stokes' office He
wWas met by a 4 man who has offices on
e fifth floor of the bullding and had
cen attracied by the snots
I have ed Harry Stoke said
irabue mj and went on « wn Lthe
all
Frequent Clashes in Court.
Stokes' and Trabue 1 WPProsing
wounsel In the chancery proceedings
“ad been having fmequent Anhe i
e courtroom during the °8 day £ hie
vAring has been in progress and as
& result there had develope A wpit
bitter personal nim oo
*m. This culminated i ot X
wn Trabue we Nioke !
nd, after 4 few w t m dea
The faction reptress o | y Nt
i the ehancery s i i
srtain ousted offi in esiroye
ity booka to cover up alleged
Al transactions and 't f &£
thelir actions the ty had been d¢
frauded out of thousands of dollar
Btokes first became onsp « )
" city political affalrs here Jast Juns
when he undertook to ¢ san ot the
oid Hilary Howse fa n ¢
mtrol at the et M His & \
buteesaful o the « "
Mayor Howse, four : '
™ the City Comptr . ' :
irer and Assistant ity Tre \
bitter municipnl war : -?
Progress over since, culminating
today's tragedy
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| By DUDLEY GLASS.
| After the third act of “Lucia” Tues
ffluq\ afternoon, the box office outside
he Auditorium was stormed by a line
of belated ticket purchasers, who had
rried out from their seats to secure,
efore it was too late, seats for “La
Sonnambula.” Early Wednesday, aft
er the news had spread over Atlanta
| that a second Tetrazzini was in our
midst, a still larger throng hurried for
eats Before noon “l.a Sonnam-
A n Wednesday night promised
t iraw one of the largest audiences
f the season.
It was the mag of Maria Bar
iento voice that caused this wave
of enthusiasm to pise Atlanta had
een reading a great deal lately of
s new Spanish coloratura with a
VOice ‘ ilarly adapted to the old
fa ned wdenzas of Donizetti and
Bellir But Atlanta has read also
{ r marveis who turned out.noth-
ESOWw COperagoers, in the
1 were 1 oplimist about the
ad hurried
s tickets for
| y
¢ ng else when icia was
. sal 4 Butterfls S 0 there
ore nur er of en seats
on the Scottish
’ o ’ T the entered
‘ i, the new baritone
‘\ A ia s it )" ing
3 i ¢ 3 na -al w.t
¢ eaut i Ne choru
A ting ant anqg
S et ‘ « fine baritone was
hear ! and the rtain
’ ' ¢ on the ¢ r
- ‘ ! ! P 1 "~ oret
' few ne of re tive
. the “Silenece
Voice Fills Euilding
. ' ' Hes i “-i"
the | gent As
. Dassages &t the
e audience
! ! ‘ t hear
p e wWas mine.
' car
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Honk! Honk! Carburetor All Right?
.
Spark 0.K.? Clutch Working? Sure?
Then, If the car is in good condition and you want it, why
not buy it now? This is the very best time of year to buy a
good used car and accessories at a price,
Many such cars and supplies are advertised in the “Automo
biles and Supplies” columnp over in the classified department
of The Georglan and American, and the ads are read by
many men who are on the watch for bargains In used cars
Hundreds of machines u-' sold that way every year. If you
have a ear to sell, why not try 1t? The cost is tfifling
only a fractional part of what you may be paying for dead
sorage
Put your ad into effective shape today and
Telephone It to The
Georgian-American
Main 100 or Atlanta 8000
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AT PHILADELPHIA— R. M. &
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Bush and Meyer; Gallla and Henry U mpires, Connelly and Owens
DETROIT.ST. LOUIS—Game off; cold weather
U. S. DEFINES RULES OF
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 26.—8 y di
rection of the President, the State
Department today made public a longl
memorandum defining this Govern
ment's position with regard to the
status of armed merchantmen in neu
tral ports and on the hich seas.
The document sets forth that the
determination of the warlike charac
ter of a vessel must rest in no case
upon presumption, but upon conclu
sive evidence. It further says that if
a vessel carried a commission or or
ders isxued by a belligerent Govern
ment to conduct aggressive opera
tions, or {f it is shown that it has con
ducted such operations it must be re
garded as a warship, ;
The memorandum was presented aj |
the President’s explieit direction dur
ing March. It will not be sent Lo any
Government, but is intended solely
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ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1916.
for the benefit of the general publie.
The document states that when a
belligerent warship gets a merchant
man on the high seas known to be
enemy owned aand attempts to capture
it the liner may exercise its right of
self-protection, either by flight or by
resistance,
The right to capture and the right
to prevent capture are regarded as
equally justifiable, the memorandum
asserts,
It is further pointed out in the
statement that a merchantman sure
renders its right to immunity when it
initiates the attack,
Another important point cited in
the memorandum is that & vesss] in.
termittently engaged in commerce
and in the pursuit of enemy vessels
has o “status tainted,” which, it Is
declaiod, It can not throw aside at
will, it is further stated that persgns
riding on such vessels must take the
risk that they wonld in traveling on
belligerent warships,
The memorandum states that if a
merchantman that has rosisted or at
tempted to evrape finally surrenders
the captor muy releass it or take it
into custody as It desires,
“In the ease of an enemy merchant.
man Jt may be sunk, but only If It Is
impossible to take into port, and pro.
vided alwavs that the persons on
board are put in & place of mlv:{‘"
tays the document. “In the case of A
nentral merchantman, the right to
;u;l-:' it In any circumstances is doubt.
ul.
Bg Berli
uted, Says Berlin
(Bv International News Service.)
RERLIN (via Amsterdam and Lon.
don), April 26 Detafls of a naval ace
tion off the Belgian coast on Monday,
in which the Germans were success
ful are contained in the following of«
ficial report issued by the Admiraity
t :
qflm; morning numerous Pag.
lish monitors, MIH’:M and other
eraft, apparently looking for mines
and E-Mu buoys, appeared off the
Fin const. Three of our torpsde
bhontx repentedly attacked the mono.
tore and destrovers, popaising them
and hindering their operations. In
spite of heavy fire. our torpedo boats
were not damaged and the English
afterward withdrew *
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By SYDNEY B. CAVE,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
LONDON, April 26.—Troops have
been sent to Ireland from England to
put down the uprising which began
with rioting by Sinn Feiners (Separ
atists) in Dublin on Monday, Premier
Asquith announced in the House of
Commons this afternoon. British
forces have also been moved into
Southern Ireland from Belfast. The
I'remier aiso stated that martial law
has been declared in Dublin and
throughout the county.
The Premier's statement says, in
part:
“Troops have arrived at Dublin
from England and Belfast. Martial
law has been proclaimed at Dublin
and throughout the county.”
Mr. Asquith indicated that part of
Dublin is still held by the rebels, say
ing: “Liberty Hall and Stephens
Green bhave been occupidad by soldiers.
Steps are being taken to arrest all
concerned.’
Birrell to Go to Dublin.
It was ofMiclally announced that Au
gustine Birrell, Secretary for Ireland,
would leave this afternoon for Dublin
if the city could be reached by an
avallable route,
Some anxiety was felt here over the
whereabouts of Lord Wimborne, the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, although
no advices had been received up to
the time this dispatch was written to
indicate that he was in any danger.
Private advices which came from
Irish quarters outside of Dublin said
that machine guns were used in the
streets in Dublin and the loss among
the separatists (rebels) were heavy
Fires were started in the Irish capl
tal at the helght of the fighting and
some hulldings were destroved The
stoffice huliding, about which some
of the flercest fighting raged, was rid
fied with bulliets and all the windows
smashed
Government Scored.
The Government was bitterly eriti.
ised by some of the leading London
papers today for not having taken
precautions extonaive enough to pre
ent an uprising It has been known
for some time that the revolutionary
eeling in Ireland has been growing
Thisx has been fostered by the follows
ing agencles
1. The proposal that conscription be
extended to Ireland
The attion of the British Govern
ment in not allowing the home rile
to go into offect
The decree of the Government
tiing off the immigration of Irish to
the I'nited Sintes
4. The activities of anti-British and
Gierman agents who have carried on &
vigorous propaganda for many
months
he temper of the Irish people has
heen shown by flery anti-British tie
Ides A f the smaller Irish
newnspapers and the extreme reluces
tance f the Irishimen 1o enlist
Called “Greatest Blunder”
It in proof of the grossest neg
e & And craziest oblusenesas = hen
four or five sections of & great eolty
(Dhubliny can be asined by a oo mpara
tivel maili number of armed men
with whom the great hulk of the Irish
people have no sympathy.” save The
Im Mal This losan blunder
f awe pon and surpasses all sther
' tore ot e NAr )' - ”m *
e he nation prepared 1t rift
e L mnatine of leadders . 4
feluse ¢ “a wt - ! At and
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TODAY'S LINE-UP.
Atlanta. Bfrmingham.
Thrasher, rs Caton, of
Moran,lf... . . . . . E. McDonald, 3\
Mayer, 1b .2 g Derrick, 1b
Z. MeDonald, ¢f. .- . . . Clark, 2b
TR i NS Lindsay, ss,
EINOIEE B e s - 0 e O'Rourke, rs
Lennox, 3b ¢ os o o Lindsay, ss
Gagnier, 2b ¢ +* 0 s sos - REEAT,
Davis, p Black, p
i Umpires, O'Toole and Williams.
| PONCE DE LEON PARK. April 26
t\\'nh two straight victories over the
Barons in the present series, the At
lanta Crackers and Molesworth's men
from Birmingham crossed bats here
this afternoon in the third contest of
thelr serics, which ends after Thurs
day's fray A crowd of about 6,000
attended today’'s matinee,
Charley Frank, the chubby leader
0f the local boys, was enthusiastic
over his team’'s two wins from the
Birmingham club, and he was out te
capture today's fray or make a great
bid for it.
After looking over his pitchers
while they were warming up before
the game started, the local manager
pinned his faith in big Wilbur Davis
to try for the contest 'Cy” Perkins,
the scrappy little catcher agaln
donned the gnask and windpad for
the Georgians
Manager Carlton Moles vorth, the
big leader of the visiting tean ag
pointed Karl Black to take the mound
for his aggregation, while Hauser
took up the catching duties
Becaus« f the Memorial Day pa
rade, the game started at 3:45 o'clock
The officials were O'Toole and Wil
llams.
{ Roy Moran was in left fleld for the
Crackers, and Mayer was on first base
| instead of Mun The reason for the
change was because Black 15 a south
paw hurler
FIRST INNING
Caton grounded out, Gagnier to Maver
|Ed MceDonald was called ont « strickes
.ld'h-\ and Mayer disposed of Derrick
NO RUNS, NO HITS
| Fhrasher groundeg to Derrick who
lrn' over and touched the base for a
ecasy out Moran went out + the }
f McDonald to Derrick routs Mayer
'!.U ned NO RUNSE, NO HITS
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NIGHT
HOW IT WILL BE TONIGHT.
Southern Leagupe,
_.CLUBS.-- v W. L lg'el. Win. Lose
Nashville.... .., 10 8 £33 846 769
New Orleans.. , . 9 3 818 833 .750
Mem?hlu.. se v @ b 545 583 .500
Birmingham . , . ¢ § 500 538 .462
AN . L6T 364 417 .333
Little Rock. . ~ . 4 7 364 417 .333
MEOBES .. (o 0 8 R e 385 308
Chattanooga . , . 8 9 200 308 231
5 American l..ngue.
CLUBS - W. L. Pet. Win, Lose
Bolen .. . ... 8 4 667 692 .615
New York . . o B 4 .808 .600 600
atrolt ... 68 38 083 500
S loull . ... .. .8 8 o 045 155
Washington ... . 6 5 .500 .b 45 455
Wviang .. . .. % & HOO 545 455
Chl{;:fo s o«si0 0 8 T 483 500 .429
Philadelphia . . ~ . 2 7 222 300 200
National League.
CLUBS W. L. Pet. Win. Lose
Philadelphia . . , ¢ 1 857 876 .750
BOSLOR ,"yvy-sty 54 8 571 .628 .500
Lo .y 4 008 600 500
SlHolnnat . . . .6 8 500 538 462
Pittsburg . . . , . 6 5 .500 545 ABL
St RONN -, s .1 8. ¢ A 56 500 417
Hr&oklyn ¥ uisiein 8 B 400 000 598
N TOPR . i:e.s . 3.6 300 900 158
ll TODAY'S RACING
| RESULTS ‘
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i AT HAVRE DE GRACE.
FIRST 5% iurlon&:: Greetings, 106
(J. MeTaggart), 5.00, 330, 30, won;
Galeswinthe, 100 (Anderson), 38.70, 14.60,
Recond: Eddie T., 108 (Keogh), 12.00,
third,: Time, 1.101-5. Shrapnel, Hand.
full, Maifou, Ruth Strickland, Garnet
also ran,
SECOND--Six furlongs: Gallop, 114
(Metealf), 2.80, 2,40, out, won; Jesse, Jr,,
103 (Gartner), 3.80, out, second; Pontes
fract, 110 (Keisey), out, third. Time,
1:16 2-5. Aristocrat also ran,
JTHIRD- Four and one-half lurlong:
Wau “f; 108 (Haynes), 9.10 3.30, 3.00,
won: Ophelia W, 113 (Troxier}, 3.46, 2.70,
seeond; King Fisher, 106 (Metealf), 3.50,
| third. Time, 37 3-5. Grand .lum Bur.
bank, Bright Star and Gratit also
ran.
AT HAVRE FOR APRIL 27.
FIRST »!-nur—oldu and rp 815 fur
iongs: The Masquerader 128, kln. Tus
can’ 108, xHumiliation 110, xßenden 107,
Xin and Out %4, xlost Fortune 108,
XScottish Knight 99, Guaelle 116, Fred
Levy 113, xJim Josep Basey 145,
SECOND -Steeplechase d-year-olds
tand up, maidens, übout 3 miles: Avia
tor 145, Jack Winston 137, Pled Piper
137, Lady Butterfly 135, Royal 145.
THIRD —3-year-olds and up, mile and
70 yures: Ahara 106 Harbard 102, Am.-
brose 119, Pandean 108, Star Gaze 112,
Redland 108, Hrave Cunarder 108,
FOURTH —&elling, 2 VYears-olds, 4%
furlongs: Manokin 106, Rhymer 104,
Chemung 109, xNonesuch 108,
FIFTH--3-year-olds and .up, mile and
70 yarcs: xValas 110, xMenlo Park 106,
xKneelet 106, xTask 106, Tnuanmv
3, x.\'a{fler 110, xShepherdess 105, y
o'Ldght 115, xMr. Mack 110, Peacer 109,
SIXTH -~ Three-year-olds and up, §
furlongs: Lady London 107, Rig Lu
max 103, Star Bird 97, Bu"ll’ 112
XMeelicka 102, xProtagoras 91, xLord
Wells 107, Deduction 112, Castara 107,
xDakota 107, Mamie K 7, Sir Denrah
102, Lucky George 112, xMargaret Melse
%7, Ada Anne 107, Balfron 112, xMary
Warren 102, xPeg 97, xJim Basey 107,
SEVENTH -2.vear-clds and up, mile
and 70 yards: xMiss Waters 106 xChev
ro !.x, xßudweiser 110, Hlfi}‘n Flye
ll!'. Semper Staiwart 33, Stellarin 92,
{ RRose Juliette 88, xAprisa 106, xCqunter.
| part 110
Note~The fifth arce having received
18 entrines was divided and will be run
us the NAfth and seventh races
XApprentice allowance claimed
Weather, clear; track, héavy.
AT LEXINGTON FOR APRIL 27.
FIRST -3. year-olds and up, '::lr--
“The Raceland Purse™ .."g furlongs
Nanward %1, Fd Howard 1 Bars and
Ntars 198, Chalmers 111, M frurt Thur
man %, Amazon 104, Water Blossom 110,
Marse Cassidy 108
BECOND 3-yoar-old fillles, purse, §
furlongs: Southern League 106, Deliver
107, lady Always 197, Mary H. 107,
Beauty Shop 108, caßm Biair .W-‘ Puwy
Jos 107, Copntess Wilmot 107, "Om
167
THIRD--3-years-okds, purse, 4 fur.
longs: Herlin 112, James 112, My First
113, Bd Morrow 112, Jehnny Me 113, Bert
Willinms 112, Judge Young 112, ’l‘aarr
112, Guy Fortune 113, Jack Wigeine 112
| FOURTH-Phosnix Motel Handioap,
|: yoar-olds and up, mile and 76 yards
Hank O'Day 104, Indolence 106, Hayber
ry Candle 106, The Grader 108, Grumpy
14, Biryn Limah 108, Grover Hughes
14, Star Jasmine 113
FIFTH - 3-year-old fNllies, the Ip‘fld;
thrift purse, § furlongs. Broomeorn ;0-.
Moinen Ktar 197, Lucky R 107, Bellita
||M Tulla 1. 112, Bilue v:? 107, Rapides
{IOO, Mandy Hamilton 107, Delina 107,
Litle Mister 112
HIXTH 2.year-olds, purse, § furiongs:
Aunt Liz 106, Sedan 104, l.'uo 162, (ireen
Jomen 108, Weaty Hogan 108, George ¢
Love 198
SEVENTH - 3-year-olds, umng' mila
[and 70 yarde. Loulse Stone 8, Thorn
fwond %7 Khyness 108, sConflagration
f"b? Gulde Past 110, Bell Bay 114, Irish
Gentieman 118, sivisturber 983, sOlgn
Siar 108 .Mq. 198, Jessie loviise 118
sMeAdon 11, U Steppa 116
SApprentics allowance claimed the
'ntgn raining, track mudd)y
South Atlantic Lesgue
At Columbus (First) n 11. ®
;c‘mumhu 10 600 8013 7 9§
| Cotmbugn M 2 o 0 10N 1)
Patierien: Ware and Connolly . Meth.
| ¥inu and Krebs
COLLEGE GAMES
At Laow figtan, Va
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By L. V. B. RUCKER,
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.
SAN ANTONIO, April 6.—Gen
eral Pershing this &fternoon sent
in his report to Major General
Funston giving the names of the
following Americans killed and
wounded in Colonel Dodd's en
counter with the Villistas near
Tomachic:
Killed: Saddler Ralph A. Raw,
troop L, Seventh cavalry; Private
Oliver Barbee, troop H,
Wounded: Private Thomas
Henry, troop A: Quartermaster
Sergeant Lovis Drink, troop H:
Private Tillman T. Mathis,
troop L.
General Pershing's report says
six Villistas were killed and nine
teen wounded, many of them seri
ously, Twenty-five horses were
captured by the Americans.
FIELD HEADQUARTERS, PUNl
!Tl\'l'l EXPEDITION, NAMIQUIPA,
t MEXICO (via wireless to Columbus,
N. Mex.), April 26.—Four Villa chiefs
at the head of 260 men were dispersed
by a flying eavalry column under
“VOlnnal George A. Dodd near Te
| machic, Western Chihyahua, on April
| 22, Generals Boca, Cervantes, Domin
quez and Rios were with the Villa
band. During the flight of the Mexi~
jcans two American soldiers wers
killed, three others were wounded and
several horses were shot. Six Villis
’!ar were found dead on the fleld and
nineteen others were wounded.
| Colonel Dodd’s command came upon
‘lhfl Mexicans encamped upon a west
| ward siope of the Middle Sierras. A
bugle call sounded the alarm and the
Mexicans rallied. A hot skirmish fol.
lowed, In which the Mexicans re
celved reinforcemetns, but in which
they were prevented from taking an
intrenched position back of their
camp. Colonel Dodd pursued the band
from 4:30 o'clock in the morning une
til after dark. The band scattered,
however, through the canyons and
hills and escaped Twenty-flve Mexi
can horses and some arms were cap
| tured
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!Obregon to Insist on
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Troops’ Withdrawal
By WALLACE sMmiTH,
‘Mu" Correspondent of International
News Service,
EL PASO TEXAS, April 28 - Gen
eral Alvaro Obregon, Mexican Minis
"m» of War and military dictator of
{the southern republic, is traveling te
{ the border today determined to insist
";yu-n the principal demands in his
onference with Major General Hulbh
{l+ Scott—that the United States
troops now In Mexico be withdrawn,
Mexican authorities in Juarez mads
it plain today that General Obregon
would permit of no compromise In the
negotiations with the representatives
of the American Government. They
sald .that the ' War Minister swould
point out that there can be no pacifi
ation of Northern Mexleo until the
American troops are withdrawn, thelr
continued presence there being »
menace W law and order
The same Mexican officials .y
pressed the belles that Obregon would
receive assurances from General Seott
'mu the United States troops would
be taken out of Mexican territory
without delas They declined to state
thelr reasons for this belles, but thelr
attitude indicated that some of the
| inest Intricacies of Mexican diplo«
?n.,0 y are involved in the conference '
| U. 8 Treops Far Outnumbered.
With the statement on which Gens
eral Obregon will stand fiem O
Mexican officia’s, apparently inspived
! y directions from a higher soutel
permitied It to become known M=~
!\.-w.«uv Mexico there are :
146.000 troops Joyal to the & w
‘n‘,ri\r?!'- ent pointing out .‘ “
:u & American army numbers m mt
) wmen These American
they sald, are already nudlum
to get adequate supplies, & task :
they politely hinted, would prove -
JiMeult as time passed |
They made no threat that
would be made to hbamper the