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Little Miss Renee Reiss, who hardly
knows whether she is a Fraulein or a
Madamoiselle, was one of the inter
esting figures at the barbecue given
the opera visitors Wednesday at the
Druid Hills Golf Club. She lsn't a
member of the Metropolitan, but she
may be some day.
Her father, Albert Relss, is the
dlplnuuve tenor who zings so many
comedy parts. He has been heard
here in “Tales of Ho¥man" and half a
dozen other works, and this year he Is
to ging David in “Die Meistersinger”
and his daughter came along to see
that he sings it well
Mr. Reiss, a year or more ago,
thought he had seen the last of his
family, for he was interned in a
French concentration camp and
thought every moment might bring a
firing squad. For Relss is German by
birth, and though he had married «
Frenchwoman and lived for years in
the suburbs of Paris, he was officially
& German and the French nabbed
Bim. It took the mmblmshmum of
Otto Kahn, New York caplitalist and
ebairman of the Metropolitan direc
tors; the American Ambassador,
Qattl-Casadza and Willlam J. Guard
20 get him out of France and safe
aboard a lugger.
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FILTER PLANT PROPOSED.
. DUBLIN, April 27.-At the next
meeting of City Council the Finance
Committee will recommend that an
ordinance be passed calling an elec
ton for 3300000 of bonds to Install
and equip s flter plant o supply
Dublin with pure water from the Oco-
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Prep?qringzs Gergqans; for gonceésioné: to ?] 5
CARRANZA AGAIN REPORTED FLEEING
WASHINGTON \} 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
lultlfii\ \ 1 the eceipt of reports
that Genera Obregon, Ministe of
War in the de facto Government, was
neaping tige border 0 confer with
‘?v':‘gfra! Scott and General Funston
came word that First Chief .Carranz
was believed to have sought refuge in
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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. If
carefully-laid plans to oust Carranza
now are successful it is expected that
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ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 27,7 1936,
Dashing B
" Being He
Being ‘Held
% é
Dr. David Way, 4 nifty young phy
sician frofn Asheville, N. C., puzzled
ph,\'siciann at _.rady Hospital Thurs
day. They wanted to know as fol
lows: “ .
Why he went into the Kimball
House barbershop Wednesday after
noon and got a shave, shine, massage,
shampoo, ‘hair cut, singe and mani
(:ure 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, purchased a $lO
walking cane and strolled out with a
similar promise. ’
Why he did several such acts that
were displeasing to merchants, while
his ghirt front was sagging with dia
monds and his nobby clothes sug
gested a clothier's spring ad.
~ The physicians belleve he is suf
fering with some kind of illusion, as
the checks have not arrived as per
promise. He | being detained while
hospital autfi:nu and detectives are
‘tryinz 1 learn something of him.
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Morgenthau Quits
.
To Work for Wilson
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 27.-Presi
dent Wilson today accepted the resig
nation of Henry . Morgenthau, Am- .
bassador to Turkey OfMcial an
nouncement to that effect was mnda]
at the White House, |
It was stated that Mr. Morgenthau
immediately will start organizing a
nonpartisan Wilson club to work for
the re-election of the President.
.\‘o announcement was made as to
who will be named in Mr. Morgen
thau's plac.e but it is rßenerally ac
cepted that the post will go to Abram
I. Elkus. ’
Sank Dutch Warship
And Tried to Hide IIt)
(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 Holland were vlu-vdl
by the sinking of a Dutch warflhip’
by British maval forces,
De Tribune, says the agency,
learned from the crew of the steam
«r Breda that the crew of the de
stroyed warship was sent to India to |
conceal the affair, but Holland lrnrnrd“
of it and England promised to pay a
full indemnity in addition to making
an immediate apology i
.
French Offensive
. .
Fails, Says Berlin
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, April 27.-A'\renewal of
the French offensive on the front
northwest of Verdun ha¥# ended ml
[MMure.
Thé German War Office in an offl-
Cial statement today announced that
the French had launched fresh at
tacks on the feft bank of the Meuse
(the west bank), but that all were re
puised i
OMeial dispatches report activity
Al many points on the west front
There is heavy artillery dueling In
many sections
Conferences Begin on
Trainmen's Demands
CHICAGO, Aprl! 27 The first con
ferences hetween representatives of
the rallroads and the employees over
the brotherhoods’ demands for an 8-
hoyr duy and time and a half for
overtime began here today. Today's
megtings were, it was flh'umad‘
merely preliminary to the Isler meet .
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lSubmarm! Sunk and Cruiser
'
, Torpedoed, Says Berlin
|
f ~ Admiralty.
|
‘ (By International News Service.)
i BERLIN, April 27.—The Admiralty
|mmnunm-fhtod'x,\' that in a naval en
gagement between German and Brit
ish forces on Tuesday a British sub
marine, the E-22, was sunk and a
lanish cruiser was Hit by a torpedo.
| The Admiralty’s statement follows:
“German naval force 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 cruis
‘er of the Arethusa class.”
British submarines of the type of
the E-22 displace about 2,000 tons and
Yusually carry 27 men Probably 25
imvn perished when the vessel was
| sunk. )
Cruisers of the Arethusa class dis
place 3,600 tons. There are eight ves
sels of that class, the Arethusa, Au
'u ra, Galatea, Inconstant, Royalist,
"'Q‘IH'IU;'O, Phaeton and Undaunted.
| Britain Has No Report.
{ LONDON, April 27.—The British
i.\vlmlrm\ has received no confirma
i tion of the reported destruction of the
isubmarine E-22. The Admiralty is.
| suel the following statement
i “The German wireless states that
irtw English submarine E-22 has been
| sunk in the North Sea and that two
jof the crew were saved.”
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\Germans Preparing
. For Greater Attack
| By CHARLES F. BERTELLI,
Staff Correspondent of International
| News Service.
i PARIR, April 27--The German
lw mbardment of the Verdun front is
| increasing in violence and it is be
,hfl'ml that the mass attacks which
| usually tdffiow such @ terrific cannon
|
{ade wil be launched tonight or to
ivm(rna_ It is understood in Paris
tlh" as May 6 is the birthday of
| Crown Prince Frederick Willlam, the
il\'.—a.«n & anxious 1o capture Verdun
by that date or secure dominating
:;.«.-muns for the German troops that
| will assure their final victory.
The official communique issued this
afternoon reports only one infantry
!uvl'uk by the Germans This was
made in the Vaux sector by mnulll
| forces and was repulsed |
: Hammer Keys to Defense.
| According to the communique, the
";l‘l'hlfthl centered their bombardment
last night on the French positions
;nnur Avocourt and at Cote du Folvre
!ll'r;~p¢1 Hill). These two points, sit.
!u»fl'd on the west and east banks uf'
{ the Meuse River, respectively. are key
| positions In the defense of (he Frenc h
| fortress
| The fighting during the nine days
i”.uv Are 1o elapse before the ra-unl
Prince celebrates hia birthday is ex.
i;-w ted to surpass in flerceness all the
| sanguinary conflicts that have marked
| previous Erman operstions n.;,uy‘u;
‘\" rdun. Immense Frenclf forces, sup l
ported by Russian ro‘ln,’-.namonuw
i‘,nv been concentrated to meet !hql
jatlacks ]
i The Germans have brought up fresh f
| troops also The Teuton miilltary
jroads have for several days .'.c-t-h‘
bringing large bodies of picked Prus
sian treops to the Meuse front
The Communique.
| The text of the oMcial communi ue |
‘luE,",un §
' North of the Alsne several Ger ]
P man patrois Were repulsed with'
.}uu nades i
i In the reglion of Verdun there was!
& most intense bombardment dire ted |
‘un‘qinui the Avocourt redoubt and our
organizations at Cote du Polvre Al
feeble attack by the enemy ipon A}
[ trench element north of Vaux was
l«;'ankw checked by our curtains of
fire
| in Lofraine we dispersed a Ger
| man reconnoltering party which at
fempted 1o reach our positions east
of Les Mesni l
On the vant of the front there was
ne imporiant sven wilnide of the
e anraonade
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Ambassador Leaves for German
Front—Berlin Believes
Crisis Past. '
l 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
advices received today, Germany
will yield in order to balk the of
forts of the Entente Powers to
gain the complete support of the
United States.
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN (via wireless), April 27.—
James W, Gerard, American Ambas
sador to Germany, will leave tonight
for German army headquarters, it
Was announced today. The Ambassa«
dor will be received by Emperor Wil
liam and it is understood that the
submarine question will be fully dis
cussed by the Kaiser and the Ameri
can envoy. "
With the return of Chancellor von
jl{c-thm-nn-llnllwog from army head
quarters, where he conferred with
Emperor Willlam, it is expected that
the formal reply to the American
note on submarine warfare will be
Immediately prepared and handed to
Ambassador Gerard for tpansmission
to'Washington. Unless unforseen de
lays ocdcur, it was stated at the i-‘o‘-
eign Office today, the reply will be
in \\'a.dnnghm by Monday.
Crisis Believed Past.
All external indications are that the
crisis has passed and that there will
be no break in the relations between
Germany and the United States. An
analysis of the Ameri@@n note causes
It to be viewed by German officlaidom
as less stringent than the first hasty
perusal and advance _bulletins had
indicated
s seriousness is in no way under
rated, but moderation is shown In
most of the editorial comments in the
Berlin, and provinclal Press. A can
vass of the situation made by the In
ternational N‘mu Service in all quar
ters revealed no one with a belles
that the affair was so critical that a
settlement could not be reached.
Demands Not New.
Ambassador Gerard has received
numerous visits from German oM-
Cials and prominent diplomatic and
pariiamentary leaders! It is under-
Stood that these visitors recelved as
surances from the Ambassador that
the United States Government was
making no new demands, but that it
would insist upon Germany maintain.
ing its pledges
The Sussex case is still under In
vestigation by the Admiralty. It was
teported today that the submarine
commander who reperted torpedoing
wWhat he took to be a war vessel In
the neighborhood of the spot where
the Bussex met with disaster had been
summoned to Berlin
. .
Kaiser Hedging, Is
Fear in Washington
By JOHMN EDWIN NEVIN,
Stal éorumuom of tha Interna
tional News Service,
WASHINGTON April 27.Cer
many’'s delay in replying to the Amer.
scan submarine ultimatum was caus
ing uneasiness In ofMcial circleg to
day. It now is feared that the Ger
man Government, while offering to
accept the views of the United States
on submarine warfare as a general
proposition, will try ‘u hedge its ace
eplance with condithns
A demand that freight steamers of
belligerent governments, even though
not under admiralty orders, shall be
exempt from visits and search and
abie 10 be sunk without warning,
may be included in the German reply
If it s, 1t will be peremptorily repect -
ed, oMcials say, and such action lu{
precipitate the diplomatic break whie
the President has decreed shall be
the penalty of nonacceptance of the
demand that the “Imperial Govern
ment should now Immediately de
ciare and effect an abandonment of
s nresent methods of submarine
warfare against passenger and freight
carrving vessels
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German Ridicules !
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Value of Russians
.
' Reaching France
(By International News Service.)
ERLIN, April 27.—Arrival of
B a second Russian contin
gent to aid the Allies in
France aroused as little interest
. here ag did the fint_ expedition
{ landed at Marseilles. Information !
reaching Berlin says that .there |
were only 5,000 men in the second ?
contingent. {
Major Moraht, military expert of g
¢ the Tageblatt, comments on tho>
| arrival of the Russians in France |
¢ as follows:
} “The French people, easily de- |
ceived, are jubilant about the ar
rival of thése Rduhnl. who made |
a three months’ voyage, but the |
¢ German troops learned in Galicia :
innd Poland how to handle these ¢
‘bravest of Russians.’ :
f “As to the Russian offensive |
'éwhich was opened to give rolioff
{ to the French, it may be consider- ¢
fiod nearly finished. Though the |
% Russian offensive in Armenia is |
! slowly advancing and Russian z
§ trenches have been constructed on s
! the Roumanian frontier, there is no !
possibility that the ‘Russian in-s
} valid® will be able to obtain a de- !
! cision between Riga and Czerno- }
witz, which has se many timui
} been attempted by the Russians.”
Big Audi
Verdi Op
———
Atlanta’'s third performance: of the
glowing Verdi opera, “Alda,” drew a
large audience to the Auditoriumb on
Thursday afternoon. It was evident that
frequent repetition had not dulled the
charm of this magnificent work.
A new Afda was heard this season in
,lme. Frances Alda, the soprano who
haw sung s 0 wellLheer on several oc
casions and who also is cast for Mimi in
“Bokeme” on SBaturday night. She w
given an ovation after her first lconor
| Martinelll, the robust tenor, sang
Rhadames for the first time in Atlanta,
and Margarete Ober made her debut as
Amneris, a role formerly in the hands
of Louise Homer. Both made excellent
impressions ’
Pasquale Amato was once more the
Ethloplan king and Basil Ruysdael the
‘ng of Egypt. Bavagnoli conducted.
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Uncle Sam’s Lift Like
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Judge's Car—Stalls
1 When Judge Don A. Pardee, of the
[United States Clircult Court of Appeals,
\rotumod to his office on the third floor
of the Federal Bullding frém New Or
leans, he was forced to walk upgtairs
and down because an elevator had
i-ulha.
- "“That slevator is like my automobile,”
declared Judge Pardee. “When It Is In
£ood shape It runs well ”
A sign which the elevator conductor
hung out sald;
“Elevator broke down. Use Popular
(Poplar) Street Side.”
.
Member of Harrison
Gang Is Bound Over
———
News came Thursday from Gadsden.
Ala, that Ben ¥. McKes, one of the
Harrison gang, was bound over to the
Federal Grand Jury under $25,000 hondJ
for participation in a trafn robbery at
Greenville, Ala., on July §, 1915,
Counsel for McKee protested, but
Commissioner BEdward Pickard would
not reduce the bond. MoKee is the last
member of the gang to be put In the
tolls, with the exception of Henry Orady
Webb, who is still at large and u'
wanted as & suspect
'
‘Home Run' Feature
‘ .
In Jay-walking Lanes
Would-be jay-walkers have learned
that the new safety lanes designed for
the streets by Karl Brittain permiit a
cutting of the bases when making .‘
regulation corner turn
Formerly the traffic cop made walkers
foush sach covner
HOME
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By SYDNEY B. CAVE,
Staff Correspondent of the Interna
tional News Service.
LONDON, April 27.—A1l of Ireland
is now under martial law
Premier Asquith announced today
in the House of Commons that mar
tial law had been extended from
Dublin and Dublin County to include
the entire island
The announcement of the Premier
indicated that the rebellion was
spreading and that the most drastic
measures were hecessary.
i is lnnnpyea WAt more troops will
'ho sent from England to Ireland
forthwith
A contingent of British troops has
been sent from Wales to reinforce the
English soldiers in Ireland
“Situaticn Serious.”
| The general belief that the rebel
lion had grown beyond Dublin County
was borne out By the following state
ment made by Premier Asquith in
(ummum- late in the afternoon
“The situation in Ireland is stiil
serious. The revolutionary mov ement
Is spreading, especially in the west.
The British troops in Ireland n.rc/
being reinforced adequately to deal
with the movement.” .
Public buildings in Dublin are stii
heid by the rebels, Mr Asquith said.
Street fighting is in progress.
It is feared that the casualties will
be 300 or more
In announcing the contlpuance of
fighting in the Irish capital\the Pre
mier said
“The rebels-are still in the posses -
sion of important nublic buildings
Street fighting is ¢ mtinuing
Full Powers to Commander.
There will be a full inquiry as teo
the causes and responsibility of the
movement,”
General Sir John Maxwell, com -
mander of the British forces in Ire.
land, has been given full powers to
Uppres the rebellion, it was an-,
nounced
Sir Edward Carson. the Mister Un.
lonist leader, and John Redmond, the
Irish Nationalist, hoth expressed the
hope in Commons that no politiea!
capital would be made out of the Irish
rebellion.
Measures for the placation of Ire
land are under consideration by the
Government. The first step was taken
at the second seoret session of Par
lHament when Premier Asquith an
nounced that Ireland would be ex
cluded from the new conscription bilL
Conciliate Labor.
Just. what other acts of conciliation
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 dismenson
Among that element of the male pop
ulation
This was the day set for the intro
duction of the new military wervice
bill, embodying the proposals aset
forth by Premier Asquith on Tues
day They provide for an extension
of the voluntar enlistment system
for married men until May 27. ¥
50,000 men have not come forward by
that time onseriptlos will be wid
ensd to Include all men of military
Age In the British Isles cutside of Ire
land
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Dublin Under Guns
Of British Warshi
tish Warships
(By international News Servige.)
LONDON Apr Dublin _ has
beey " ‘."' 9"1"' ' ® Funs "f m"‘i
sh warships that ave anchored In
Dublin Bay It is believed however, Q
that the milltary authorities have the 3
revolutionary situation so well under
mirol in the Irish capital that It wilf j
not be necessary to fire upon the oty
Reporte® that the rebels had - ‘
part of Dublin were given official
nizsance when Premies Asquith
nounced that there was no reason -
belleve that the banks were i ",
The Government and the financinl
stitutions in the Irish Aflt:.t
guarded by troops and mas h y
iave been mounted upon the roofs @
many buildings (o sweep the .
The proclamation stating that ¢ :
1w has heen suapended makes it ol
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