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CARRANZA REPORTED IN FLIGHT
Artillery Presages Great Assault at Verdun
WASHINGTON, April 27.—With
Carranza's Government tottering to
a fall, officials today expressed grave
misgivings as to the future of 'Ameri
can relations with Mexico. Simulta
neously with the receipt of reports
that General Obregon, Minister of
War in the de facto Government, was
nearing the border to confer.with
General Scott and General Funston,
came word that First Chief Carranza
was believed to have sought refuge in
flight from Mexico City, supposedly to
Vera Cruz
Doubt was expressed, therefore, as
to the binding character of any agree
ment Obregon may enter into with the
American Government if he insists
that he is acting for Carranza It
carefully-laid plans to oust Carranza
now are successful i s expected that
Obregon, long slated as the successor
to the present First Chief nmedi
ately ill seize the reins of govern
ment
Fate's Decree Awaited.
It conceded in all circles that
Obregon controls the Mexican army.
If another change is to beé rung if the
numerous succession of heads of the
Mex in Government, the wonder here
& whether Obregon will risk the ire
of the Mexican populace by acqui
escing in the presence of the Ameri
can forces I Mexico Until A
kho fust w at the fates have In
store for Carranza ar his mobile
de facto Government, officials here
are ot willing to hazard a guess as
1o the outcome f the forthcoming
border conference
With Carranza's power believed to
be crumbling nt oblivion, another
prohlem face President Wilson and
Secretary lLansing: What shall be
done with Henry P. Fletcher, Ambas
sador-elect to Mexico? For weeks
Mr. Fletcher has been in Washington
“under instroctior 18 State Denart
ment officials put it It 1s sald he is
studyirg diplomat correspondencs
wit Mexico—admittedly voluminous
and strictlyy secret As 4 matter of
fact, Mr. Fletcher is kept here be
cause Washington Coes not Kpow
where to send him
Carranza on the Move.
When It was decided to send
Fietcher to Mexico, Carranza “
thous! ecognized by the United
Bt vas on the move Later he
announced the establishment of the
capital at Queretar But there were
no indicat % tha ‘ uld remals
ther Ther i ' ews that s
ranza ' facio Govern
ment and all, were again on wheels,
ihix time o route for Mexico City
Overnizht ave come reports of the
First Chief ght to Vera Cruzs, |
all Wa ) w ' there ould not
be found a . ¢ v e
writing
Obregon to Ask
About New Troops
By WALLACE E. SMITH,
sta¥ Correspondent of Internations
News Service
L PARO, TEXA Apr ol wer
. Gabrie Gavirm Mexican con
mander at Juare formed the 1
ternational New Norvice toda '
Minister Wa ibreg + ‘
gived at . . by 4 .
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‘Society Becoming
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- Ridiculous, Says
. Clews' Daughter
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$ HICAGO, April 27.—The ears |
; C of Chicago's “four hundred” 5
5 were red and tingling today. (/
, Mrs. Elsie Clews Parsons, daughter ¢
; of Henry Clews, the New Yorkg
, multimillionaire, who was reared 2
;in “high society,” told them last |
! night what was wrong with so- |
i ciety. ?
| “People with brains no longer |
) have time for society,” said Mrs. |
| Parsons. “Anyone who leads a so- |
! ciety life all his life could qualify |
. as a freak. Persons who really fall |
$ in love in society are given to un- {
' derstand they are ‘undesirables’— |
' outside the pale. A society woman |
. is like a saloon keeper who does |
) not drink. An economic age is fast |
! making society intolerably ridicu- |
) lous.” {
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Dr. David Way, a nifty young phy
sician from Asheville, N. C,; puzzled
phyvsit-lans at Grady Hospital Thurs
flay. They wanted to know as fol
lows:
Why he went into the Kimball
House barbershop Wednesday gfter
noon and got a shave, shine, massage,
shampoo, hair cut, singe and mani
cure and walked out with a promise
to mail a check for the bill
Why he ‘walked into a Whitehall
street haberdashery, selected a fine
hat and walked away with a promise
to mail a check.
Why he walked into another White
hall street place, purchns‘ed a . 50
walking cane and strolled out with a
similar promise.
Why he did several such acts that
were displeasing to merchants, while
his shirt front was sagged with dia
monds and his nobby clothes sug
gested a clothier's sprimg ad.
The physiclans belleve he is suf
fering with some kind of illusion, as
the checks have not arrived as per
promise. He is being detained while
hospital attendants and detectives are
trying to learn something of him.
Fast Train Kills M
(By International News Service.)
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., April 27,
A boit cast from a speedy Pennsy)-
vania express train as 1t passed
through the station here, struck and
killed Walter Moore, 23
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Teutons Believed Determined to
Take Fortress by May 8, Crown
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Prince’s Birthday.
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, April 27.—The Admi
ralty announced today that in a
naval engagement between Ger
man and British forces on Tues- !
day a British submarine, the E-22,
was sunk and a British cruiser
was hit by a torpedo. The Ad
miralty’s statement follows: :
“Gormn‘ naval forces on April
25 sank the British submarine
E-22. The Germans rescued and
made prisoners two men.
“A German submarine on the
same day hit with a torpedo a
British cruiser of the Arehusa
class.”
British submarines of the ty
of the E-22 di.rlact about 2.&
tons, and usually carry 27 men.
Probably 25 men Eoruhod when
the vessel was sunk,
By CHARLES F. BERTELLI,
Stat! Correspondent of International
News Service.
PARIS, April 27.—~The German
bombardment Qf the Verdun front is
increasing in violence and it is be
lieved that the mass attacks which
usually follow such a terrific cannon
ade will be launched tonight or to
morrow It is understood in Paris
that as May 6 is the birthday of
Crown Prince Frederick William, the
Kaiser is anxious to capture Verdun
by that date or secure dominating
positions for the German troops that
will assure their final vietory.
The official communique issued this
afternoon reports only one infantry
attack by the Germans. This was
made in the Vaux sector by small
forces and was repulsed
According to the communique, the
Germans centered their bombardment
last. night en the French positions
near Avocourt and at Cote du Polvre
(Pepper Hill). These two points, sit
uated on the west and east banks of
the Meuse River, respectively, are key
positions in the defense of the French
fortress
The ghting during the nine days
that are to elapse before the Crown
Prince celebrates his birthday is ex
pected to surpass in flerceness all the
sanguinary conflicts that have parked
previous German operations against
Verdun. Immense French forces, sup
ported by Russian reinforcements,
have been concentrated to meet the
attacks
The Germans have brought up fresh
troops also The Teuton military
roads have for several days been
bringing large bodies of pleked Prus
silan trcops to the Meuse front
ATLANTA, GA.. THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1916,
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British Cabinet Starts Plans to
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Placate Rebels by Excluding
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Island From Drafting Bill.
LONDON, April 27.—Premier
Asquith announced today that
martial law had been declared in
all of Ireland,
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By FRANK TEWSON,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
.~ LONDON, April 27.—Measures for
the placation of Ireland are under
consideration by the British Govern
ment. The first step was taken at the
second secret session of Parllament
when Premier Asquith announced
that Ireland would be excluded from
the new conscription bill.
Just whaj other acts of eonciilation
the Cabinet might have in mind have
not been disclosed.
At the same time the Government
has begun to treat with labor leaders
with a view of preventing dissension
among that element of the male pop
ulation. .
This was the day set for the intro
duction of the new military service
bill, embodying the proposals set
forth by Premier Asquith on Tues
day. They provide for an extension
of the voluntary enlistment system
for married men until May 27. If
59,000 men have not come forward by
that time conscription will be wid
ened to include all men of military
age in the British Isles outside of Ire
v
land. /
Dublin Under Guns
Of British Warships
By SYDNEY B. CAVE,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
LONDON, April 27-Dublin has
been brought under the guns of Brit
ish warships that have anchored in
Dubiin Bay It is belleved, however,
that the military authorities have the
revolutionary situation so well under
ontrol in the Irish capital that it will
not be necessary to fire upon the city,
Reports that the rebels had sacked
part of Dublin were given official cog
nizance when Premier Asquith an
nounced that there was no reason to
belleve that the banks were unsafe,
The Government and the financial In
stitutions in the Irish capital are
guarded by troops and machine guns
have been mounted upon the roofs of
many bulldings to sweep the stroets
The proclamation stating that civil
iaw has been suspended makes it evi.
sent that the Sinn Feiners who took
part in the uprising will be tried for
sedition, and some of the leaders may
be tried for treason
OfMcial nformation reaching the
public this morning was optimistie,
although the Govermment's poliey Is
not try'ng to disguise the full serlous.
nesa of the situation. The military
authorities have made progress In
putting down the uprishg The
froops are making many arrests, and
all of the county of Dublin is being
disarmed.
Suspects’ Mouses Searched.
Houres of suspects are being
searched, and a number of newspa
pers have been suppressed by the
Lord Lieutenant
The case of Sir Roger Casement,
the Irish nobleman who was cap
tured while trying to SMUERe arms
inte lreiand . onely interwoven
with the present rebeilion, and the
armed clash in the streets of Dublin
Continusd on Page 2, Column 1.
‘Aida’ to Draw
Big Throng to
Mati
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Operagoers Thursday were prepar
ing with eagerness for the matinee
performance, one of the “big” operas
of the week. Verdi's great “Aida”
filled with martial music, glowing
with Oriental color, presenting such
scenery and costuming as few works
in the repertoire afford, is always a
favorite.
The cast for this season's “Aida”
gave promise of an excellent perform
arice. Mme. Frances Alda was cast
for the title role, Martinelli for the
Rhadames, Amato for the Ethiop
King. Mme., Ober was to appear for
the first time in the fine contralto
role of Amneris and Ross! was to
sing The King of Egypt. The ballet
‘hak a gorgeous scene in this Oriental
work. J
‘ “Alda" still holds the record for
'drawln. the largest audience in At
lanta’s opera history, and the ad
vance sales for today's performance
indicated that it had lost none of its
popularity, S
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Rep. Howard Fights
For Georgia Granite
WASHINGTON, April 27.—Because
Georgia granite may not be used in
the erection of the marine barracks
at Norfolk, on the alleged ground
that it contains teo much mica, Rep
resentative Howard has had the
Chief of the Bureau of Docks to or
der the awards for the use of granite
deferred until Georgia granite can be
given A test. Georgia granite con
cerns submitted the lowest bid on the
ob, but it was not considered, owing
to the clafn of an abundance of mica.
} Mr. Howard asserts that the Geor
gia material has less mica than any
)nthel‘ granite on the market and that
the stone is used in many important
Ibuudlnn by the Government.
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; Morgenthaun Quits
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~ To Work for Wilson
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 27—Presic
dent Wilson today accepted the resig
nation of IHenry Morgenthauy, Am
bassador to Turkey. Oficial an
nouncement to that effect was made
At the White House,
It was stated that Mr. Morgenthau
immediately will start organizing a
nonpartisan Wilson eclub to work for
the re-election of the President.
No announcement was made as to
who will be named in Mr. Morgen
thau's plac.e but it is generally ac
cepted that the post will go to Abram
1. Elkus,
.
Sank Dutch Warshi
And Tried to Hide Ig
st :
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, April 27.-The Overseas
News Agency today gave out an item
quoting the Dutch newspaper De Tri
bune as stating that the recent war
preparations In Ho'land were caused
by the sinking of a Duteh warship
by British naval forces, |
De Tribune, says the agency
learned from the crew of the steam
er Breda that the orew of the de
stroyed warship was sent to India to
conceal the affair, but Holland lauuw-i!
of it and England promised to pay a |
full Indemnity in addition to making
an immediate apology
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Conferences Begin on
Trainmen's Demands
CHICAGO, April 27.—The first con
ferences between representatives of
the rallroads and the employees over
the brotherhoods’' demands for an A
hour day and time and a half for
overtime began here toda) Today's
}m”'lnll were, it "ae 0!14:\."‘6‘
merely preilminary to the later meet
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Spanish Singer’s Beautiful Voice
Splendidly Displayed in Florid
“Sonnambula” Music.
By DUDLEY GLASS,
An audience not so large as that
whicl.u marked the opening per-‘
formance but which cnmtortably‘
filled the Auditorium Wednesday
night sat in breathless attention be
neath the spell of Maria Barrientos’
flawless voice, exhibited in the %0-
iye-r-old Bellini opera called “La Son
lnambula." It had expected marvels
'u(ter the news of her Lucia had
| spread, and it was not disappointed.
| Mme. Barrientos made a splendid
’impnulnu with the two lovely alrs
which come early in the first act. Her
|~mic— rose gracefully, ‘ufly, to the
highest notes and floated down agalin
‘As a bird settles to earth, She ap
peared to be singing absolutely with-|
out exertion and, indeed, to be rather
holding something in reserve. Only
the absolute silence the audience, In
tent on hearing every note, gave the
delicate coloratura made her volce
clearly audible in the further seats
But she never falled to receive this
tribute,
The duet with the tenor was beau
tifully sung by Mme. Barrientos, as
were the alrs allotted her in the
chamber scene in the second act. It
was not, however, until the last act
that she found the opportunity for
vocal display which alone kgeps “La
Sonnambula™ alive—the “Ah, non
ecredea” sung as the sleep-walker re.
calls her happy days and the even
more ornamental aria at the very
close, “Ah, non giunge.”
Voice Fairly Dances.
In these the singer wan the scales
in seeming deflance of difMiculties,
Her voice danced up and down the
pearly way as a Paderewski's finger
tips dance over the keyboard It
glided from lower to upper register
without an indication of the change
The alr gave her a repetition of the
success she made in the Mad Scene
of the previous afternoon and when
the curtain fell she was kept bow
ing and smiling before It until at last
she waved her siender armes n fare
well and vanished,
Edith Mason, the young American
soprano, was well received in her At.
lanta debut. The role of Lisa gives
her a pretty alr In the first act. but
slight opportunity after that Flom
Perini, the contralto who also made
her local debut, revealed a well
rounded n‘\d beautiful veles in the
Teresa role. She should prove a most
pleasing Nanocy in “Martha.”
Adamo IMdur, one of the fl\nr"t'
bassos of the company, did not find
the arias of the Count so well -uuodl
to his volce as some of the dramatic
roles he has sung here, nolably thl!'
of the blind old king in “"L'Amore de!
Tre Re” and Marcel in “Les Hugue
nots” but his alr In the first act was
pleaning
Tenor Is Uncertain,
The first appearance of Glacome |
Dammaco, the new tenor, was by no
means & triumph. He appeared to h.‘
at the mercy of the promptor in the
first act. He had difMculty In keep- |
ng on the key and added little n.‘
the beauty of the performance. He
sang the fine third act air rather well,
but 1 do not belleve the seven bows
he made before the curtaln were jus
tifled, for the audience-—or at least
that section whose comments | eould
hear— were demanding Rarrientos and
not Ihe ey
The opera is Alled with dainty and
delightfu! melodles beautifully sung
by the choerur. The settings ave ox
cellent
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. Nashville Tragedy
Charles C. Trabue, at top, and
Harry Stokes, whom the former
killed Wednesday.
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NASHVILLE, April 27.—Attorney
Charles C. Trabue today made public
the following statement of the kill
ing of Harry 8. Stokes, whom he shot
to death in the latter's law office here
yesterday just before noon:
“I had to shoot Mr. Stokes In my
own self-defense,'and | greatly regret
that it could not be avoided
“l 1 do not think it seemly at this
time to go into all the detalls of the
unfortunate tragedy
“I went to see Mr. Btokes and en
tered his private office to ask that he
sign a statement withdrawing and
apologizing for insulting things he had
sald about me and without purpose
or intent to provoke a difficulty,
“I went armed because of warn
ings 1 had received from friends. be
cause of numerous threats Mr. Stokes
had made, and because, as Is well
known, Mr. Stgkes has been keeping
armed men wHV- him and around him
I had overy reason to belleve Mr.
Stokes was himse!f armed
“After entering Mr. Btokes' private
office and the exchange of a few
word® between us, Mr Stokes, who
was on his feet throughout, made a
violent and murderous assault upon
me, Jumped at me and grabbed me,
Yrying to choke mé, and, as | belleved.
trying to shoot me at the same time
I shot then as quickly as | could to
protect my own life
Prepares for Defense.
“T'ntii Mr. Stokes’' assauit | had
made no threat, and no sort of effort
to draw a weapon
“The clothing | had on at the time
of Mr. Btokes' attack upon me will be
carefully preserved, and the physical
marks upon these clothes will bear
out my statement
“People who know me, | fee! cord
tain, wiil believe that | would not un
necessarily kill or harm anyone, and
I never had a difMiculty before”
Trabus today set about the prep
aration of his defense for his trial on
A charge of murder in Davidson Coun
ty Criminal Corrt. Within four hours
after the killing he had been ar
raigned before Justice of the Peace
Jones, where he walved preliminary
examination and was released on a
$25,000 bond. Under the old Tennes
soe law murder was not a ballable
erime. Mowever, sinee the Supreme
Court was upheld the so-called Bow.
ers bill. abolishing capital punish
ment In this Ntate, murder, under any
tireumstances, ‘s hallable In & sum
nel 1o excend 325 000
AMSTERDAM, April 27.—A
semiofficial statement in The Co
~ logne Gazette prepares the Ger
man people for a partial surren
der to the American demands on
..
submarine warfare. According to
advites received today, Germany
_ Will yield in order to balk the ef
~ forts of the Entente Powers to
. gain the complete support of the
- United States. '
l By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN.
Staff Correspondent of tha Interna
tional News Service,
WASHINGTON, April 27.—Ger
many’s delay in replying to the Amer
fean submarine uitimatum was caus
Ing uneasiness In oMecial circles to
lday. It now is feared that the Ger
man Government, while offering ¢
accept the views of the United State
on submarine warfare as a genera
proposition, will try to hedge its ac
ceptance with conditions
A demand that freight steamers o
belligerent governments. even thoug]
not under admiralty orders, shall b
exempt from visits and search an
liable @ be sunk without warning
may be included in the German reply
If it is, it will be peremptorily repect
ed, officials say, and such action ma
precipitate the diplomatic break whiel
the President has decreed shall b
the penalty of nonacceptance of th
demand that the “Imperial Govern
ment should now immediately de
clare and effect an abandonment o
s present methods of submarin
warfare against passenger and freigh
CArrying vessels.”
U. 8. Concessions Ended.
It is the Intention of the Adminis
tration net to make any additiona
concessions to Germany At the re
vm';t of the President, Senator Ston:
today informed the members of th
Senate Foreign Relations Committes
that the United States rested iU
whole case. It Is willine to give Ger
many plenty of time to consider it
action, but the demand that presen
methods of submarine warfare
against merchant ships shall b
abandoned, and public announce
ment made that this is the intentios
of the German Government, will no
be receded from under any consid
erdtion The slightest evidence o
wWeakening now, the President told
Senator Stone at a very contracted
conference held at the White Houss
last night, will be misconstrued by al
of the warring nations. This countrs
s made up its mind on its courss
and has so Informed “ermany
If that Government does not be.
lleve that it can accept the Americay
viewpoint without quibbling there i
nothing left, the President sald, bu
to complete ¢ program and breal
off diplomatic negotiations
Ambassador Gerard has made this
very plain to the Beriin officials
There is no delusion there as to this
country’s Intentions, the Ambeassado:
has informed the President
Financiers for Yielding,
And he aiso has made it plain tha
the Influence of the big German finan.
cial group s being thrown on the
side of sccepting the American view.
point Public opinion, the Ambassa
dor has reported, unalterably is op
posed to concessions, Sut the mes
who shape the financial affairs of the
empire have told the Emperor and Dr
von Bethmann-Hollweg, the Imperia
‘hancelior, that » break with the
United States at the present tims
would be the gravest mistake of the
"f'-m( ials al the State Departmen
today said that they did not oX pec
the German reply before the first o
next week. AL the German Embass;
it was sald that no additionsl nfor
mation had reached there, but the:
was a distinct possibility that the re
ply might be delayed until the mid
dle :!’rr);u“ of the woek
ke