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Fairbanks and Burton Refuse
Trade Offer—Not To Be
Named, Says Crane.
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of International
r News Service.
CHICAGO, June 2.—The outstand
iing developments of the day in the
#ranks of the Republican leaders now
Son the ground completing the prelim
idnaries for next week’s Republican
nvention was 2 sharp denial from%
dne managers of the presidential boom |
O Charles W. Fairbanks, of Indiana,
;«:’,"‘) at he would agree to run for Vice
" President on a ticket headed by Colo-
Em Roosevelt. At the same time the
?,; nagers for former Senator Burton
‘.,v;fi§nied that he would throw his
_ Btrength to Roosevelt, if convinced
~ that he could not win, in return for.a
;fi?‘:ahinet position. "
. Of equal importarnce was the position
?‘taken.by W. Murray Crane, former
“Senator from Massachusetts, who
within ten minutes after his arrivall
in Chicago declared that, while he
was not prepared to make any pre-i
diction as to who the candidate would
be, he was very confident that ltl
would not be Colonel Roosevelt. This !
was accepted as indicating that with
in a very short time the “old guard”
leaders would serve notice on thel
. Progressives that under no ecircum
stances would they consent to the’
nomination of Colonel Roosevelt. ‘
g T. R. Out in Open.
‘ For the first time the rlan of cam
‘paign for the Roosevelt forces was
“in the open. It comprised an elab
‘orate plan of trading and compromise
that was certain to force considera
tion. The suggestion came directly
ifrom men, close to the Progressive
- camp that if the Republicans would
~accept the Colonel as their presiden
~ tia! candidate he would agree to the
nomination of Charles W. Fairbanks
as his running mate and would take
care of Elihu Root and Theodore
Burton in his Cabinet.
" The Fairbanks and Burton people
sharply rejected the suggestion. Man
agers for Mr. Fairbanks, after talk
ing with Indianapolis over the tele
phone, declared with a display of heatl
that under no circumstances would
they agree to any such arrangement.
“Mr. Fairbanks is a candidate for
~ President and for no other office,” de
lg clared the authorized denial. “He al
. ready has been Vice President and
E' there would be no additional honor in
" holding the office once more.
. “The name of Mr. Fairbanks will be
. presented to this convention for the
! nomination of President, and will be
' kept in the race until a choice is
made, and the managers of Mr. Fair
banks feel confident that he will be
the nominee.”
Burton Managers Emphatic.
The Burton managers were equally
. emphatic in their declaration that Mr.,
gßurton was to stay in the race. |
. Injection of the personality of Fair
%banka into the Roosevelt plans was
‘ due to the good understanding exist
§f‘y‘.ing between the Progressives and Re
publicans in the Hoosier State. The
“Indiana Republicans have accepted
- most of the Progressive leaders back
. into their party on the basis that ex
_isted before the split. This influenced
fthe backers of the Colonel to let it
‘become known that Mr. Fairbanks
fwould be acceptable as a running
‘mate. However, the Indiana leaders
Rere let it be known that even though
Mr. Fairbanks were to release his del
(zates from their pledge to him—
(Bomething they said was impossible—
olonel Roosevelt would get only four
g ¥Wotes in the delegation.
The Roosevelt leaders are carrying
he fight directly to the Hughes camp
1 day. Not alone the Progressive
piefs already on the ground, but the
“oosevelt Republicans and the man
‘@gers of the nonpartisan headquar
gders established in behalf of the New
orker were bringing pressure to bear
‘; o line up delega@es and national com.
Sfmitteemen against tendering any
b Con@wd on Page 2, Column 3,
g No Man Acting for
Hughes at Chicago,
Justice Announces
‘ A ZASHINGTON, June 2.—Jus
tice Charles E\, Hughes to
day authorized a state
) ment that there is no man repre
senting him at Chicago or any
where else in connection with the
Hughes boom for the Republican
nomination for President,
Lawrence H. Green, Justice
Hughes' private secratary, said:
“Justice Hughes authorizes the
E following statement:
, “‘lt is perfectly well known that
' Justice Hughes has no representa
tive at all)” $
' Mr. Green declined to make fur-
E ther comment. f
G d Laid
for Orpet
s\
Appeal
(By international News Service.)
WAUKEGAN, ILL, June 2.—At
torneys for Will Orpet, student lever
and alleged poisoner of 18-year-old
Marian Lambert. 17'd the foundation
today for a new trial of their client
in the event that he should be found
guilty in Lake County court here.
Even while they wearily continued
their efforts to complete a jury the
plans were being made.
They base their hopes and plans
upon the ‘action of the prosecution
in dismissing prospective jurors be
cause they were opposed to “hanging
a man on circumstantial evidence.”
The State has been allowed to do
this without exercising any of its
precious peremptory challenges. This,
the defense contends, is fllegal, and
it also contends that the State now
has used more than its allotted num
ber of peremptory challenges.
Judge Donneily, upon being ap
pealed to for a decision, announced
that he wasn’'t sure of the point
himself. Should Orpet be freed,
nothing will be done about the mat
ter, but if he should be found guilty
of murdering Marian Lambert the
attorneys will at once appeal, charg
ing a mistrial.
Another tiresome day of watching
veniremen sift through the box con
fronted the lawyers and spectators
today. They admittedly were no
nearer getting a jury when court
opened this mMorning than they were
ten days ago..
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Plan ‘Baby’ Bonds
To Pave Streets
Mayer Woodward and Alderman Nel
son Spratt have a new plan to get At
lanta’s streets paved. They would have
“baby”’ bonds, in denominations of SSO
and §IOO, to be sold to property owners
who desire to have their Streets im
proved and the improvements could \be
made promptly with the funds thus se
cured.
The officials are considering present
ing the plan to the City Council.
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To Home Seckers
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furnished, of a house for the summer in some certain
location, and desirous of finding the best that is ob
tainable for the rental asked?
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in the Want Ad pages. Here is a guide to the choie
est homes in Atlanta, printed in the interests of its
readers.
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without loss of time.
If you wish to supplement this effective way of
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VOL. XIV. NO. 259.
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Mexican Told Not to Let His
Men Get Within Range of
Americans.
BY PERCY THOMAS, \
Staff Correspondent of the Interna
tional News Service.
ELL PASO, TEXAS, June 2.—The
conference between General Pershing
and General Gavira has ended, and
Gavira is starting back northward,
according to official’ dispatches re
ceived by Juarez officials today.
The dispatches contained no men
tion of the results of the confernce
which originally was scheduled in
hopes of getting more co-operation
between American and Mexican
troops patrolling the northern part of
Chihuahua, :
General Pershing {s reported to have
served notice upon General Gavira,
the Mexican commander, that Mexi
can’soldiers must not approach with
ing gun range of the American lines
of communication. This précaution
ary measure, it was stated, was de
cided upon even before General Car
ranza, the first chief, sent his, threat
ening note to the United States de
manding the immediate withdrawal of
the American forces from Mexican
soil.
Simultaneous!y with the receipt of
wcrd that the conference had been
concluded, came dispatches telling of
& battle between bandits and Mexi
can troops near Parrel.
A force of 75 bandits under Jose
Chavez -and a larger forca of Car
ranza troops under Colonel X urciel
had an engagement resulting in the
death of four of the bandits and the
capturing of others, according to in
formation reaching here. Some
horses and supplies also were taken.
Reply to Carranza
4 .
To Await Convention
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, June 2.—There is
no likelihood that the Mexican note
will be answered before a week or ten
days. This begame apparent today
both in the State Department and
Capitol circles. The announcement at
the White House yesterday that the
troops will not be withdrawn from
Mexico, despite Carranza's insnlent
and incessant demands, is thought
sufficient to permit both the Ameri
can people and the Mexicans to know
the Administration’s intentions.
Officials admit that Carranza has
played a trump card in raising the
question of American politics in his
voluminous communication. But it is
known that the Administration is de
termined not to have its hand forced,
| Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JUNE 2. .1916.
!thesscs Tell of Seeing Them
~on Trains and Finally in the
‘ Innes Home.
By various witnesses Friday the
State, in the trial of Victer E. Innes,
traced Mrs. Lois Dennis and Beatrice
Nelms from New Orleans to San An
tonio and into the innes bungalow,
No. 120 Wilkins avenue, where the
trail stopped abruptly and where, So
licitor Dorsey contends, they were
murdered and the bodies dissolved by
acids.
Reuben R. Arnold, assisting Mr.
Dorsey, took up the examination of
tne first witness in this line, Thomas
B. Lewis, a Houston lawyer, who
said he was on the Southern Pacific
‘train from New Orleans to Housten
on June 14, 1914,
“My mother met two young wom
en and introduced them to . me. as
Mrs. Dennis and Miss Nelms,” he
said. At Heouston, where my jour
ney ended, they got off the train and
walked around the station, but left
their baggage on board.”
The defense objected to the wit
ness relating any conversation with
the girls and was sustained.
Identifies Girls’ Pictures.
Mrs. Frank D. Dwyer, a druggist,
of Houston, said she was on her way
to El Paso in June. She had evident
ly boarded the train Lewis hal left,
for she sald she met two young womi
'en and an older one. They got off
at San Antonio. Her conversation
with them was ruled out, but when
shown photographs of the sisters she
was positive in her identification. She
‘described the clothes they had worn.
Henry D. Satcher, a dairyman of
San Antonio, was next. He said he
had sold milk to the Willlams family
at No. 120 Wilking avenue before
they moved out early in June.
Mr. Arnold tried to develop the
fact that orders for milk at the bun
galow increased after this, in an ef
fort to prove that more consumers
were in the house, but this was ruled
out. The dairyman had not seen the
girls. 5
O. C. Hayworth, of No. 200 Wil
kins avenue, San Antonio, said he
passed the bungalow twice every day.
One evening in June he saw two
young women sitting on the front
steps. Shown photographs, he said
he had not seen one of them very
well, but positively identified the pic
‘ture of eßatrice Nelms as the other.
An elderly woman had come to the
door as he passed, witness said.
Asked to identify Mrs. Innes as that
Gvoman, he left the stand and asked
Mrs. Innes to remove her veil. He
was not positive, saying the woman
had worn glasses. Mr. Arnold showed
him a photegraph of Mrs. Innes in
a different attire and Hayworth said:
“That's the same woman.”
New Letters Offered.
Mr. Dorsey offered several new let
ters and documents in evidence.
They were admitted.
Marshall Nelms, brother of the}
missing girls in the Innes case, Fri-.
day told on the witness stand how
Mrs. Innes, when she was arrested in |
Oregon, denied knowing the two!
Nelms girls and all knowledge of their;
disappearance. g
Mr. Nelins also testified that the
family home was in Fulton County
and not at Smyrna, the State evident
ly preparing to forestall an attempt to
quash the indictment because the al~-i
leged crime did not occur in Fulton
County. ‘
“The place in Smyrna is merely a
summier home,” said Mr. Nelms. “We |
went there when Lois was in tha;
West, in 1912. Our home is No. 82
Gordon street, West End, Atlanta.”
Mr. Nelms said he had read 50 or}
more letters from Innes to Mrs. Den
nis. The letters had been lost, though
he had traveled 22,000 mlleg in search
of them and of other evidence.
“He referred to marirage frequent
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Friday after a stormy slege of
Shrinedom on the day before.
A repo:..o" trying to hold his job
by seeking meaty morsels of news
about the luxurious lobbies, after two
hours work unearthed the following
facts:
In the Kimball Housée tobby the pol
itician in the second chair was will
ing to bet a campaign hat that Jim
Woodward would run for Governor.
(And be elected.)
At the Winecoff, Mr. Chapman, the
clerk, had bought a new tire for his
racer, and was wearing a blue-white
diamond as big as one of Jim
Brady's.
At the Ansley, Mr. Bishop, the
publicity man, was cultivating a new
English mustache, and was resting
easy, according to the latest reports,
At the Piedmont the turtle in the
grill room was chasing the ’'gator
all around the fountain pool.
Outside of that everything was as
quiet as Sunday on the farm. .
ANN NI AN BTSN S SIS
THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Fair Friday night and
Saturday.
Temperatures—6 a. m., 66; 8 a.
m., 72; 10 a. m,, 76; 12 noon, 79;
1p.m,8; 2 pm, 84,
Sunrise, 4:27. Sunset, 6145,
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The 108th anniversary of the birth
of Jefferson Davis will be celebraied
Saturday at the State Capitol by the
Atlanta Chapter, Daughters of the
Confederacy. The program, arranged
by Mrs. W. H. Yeats, the chairman,
will begin at 2 o’clock in the House of
Representatives.
Dr, T. P. Cleveland will lead in
prayer and Dr. J. Sprole Lyons will
deliver an address. Mrs. T. T. Ste
vens will deliver the crosses of honor
to several veterans. Mras. L. G. Stal
lings will sing.
The Memorial Association, Pioneer
Women, Daughters of the Revolution,
Children of the Confederacy and all
camps of veterans are given an es
pecial invitation.
Hurt by Automobile
Williamm Hunt, a deaf and dumb
machinist, was probably fatally hurt
Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock on
Church street, in Marietta, when
Mrs. Willlam Williams, wife of a
railroad engineer, ran into him with
an automobile and pinicned him be
tween the car and a sycamore tree.
Hunt was rushed to Dr. Elder's o;ce
unconscious and little hope is held
for him. His legs are badly frac
tured and he has internal injuries.
Mrs, Willlams had just bought a
car Thursday and was trylni it out
for the first time. She honked her
horn and tried to doage Hunt, but he
could not hear her and it was too
late to miss him. The accident hap
pened in frout of the home of State
Senator B. P. Dobbs.
HOME
LONDON, June 2.—Ten British warships were sunk
and another abandoned in an engagement with the German
high seas fleet off Jutland on Wednesday. The Brit‘.'.sh Ad
miralty gave cut a statement this afternoon reporting the
sea action.
The battle cruisers Queen Mary, Indefatigable and In
vincible and the cruisers Defence and Black Prince were de
stroyed.
+ The cruiser Warrior was disabled and had to be aban
doned by her crew.
The destroyers Tipperary, Turbulent, Fortune, Sparrow
Hawk and Ardent were sunk.
The battle took place in the North Sea, not far from the
Skagerrak. The Admiralty, in announcing the engage
ment, stated that the German losses were not known, but
certainly must have been heavy.
This was the first great sea battle of the war.
‘ The main force of the British fleet put back to port
after the battle to report the engagement. The British fleet
was composed of battle cruisers, fast battleships and
lcmiscrs.
BERLIN (via Sayville Wireless), June 2.—The destruction
of more than nine British warships by a German fleet in the big
gest naval battle fonght since the war began was announced today
by the German Admiralty.
The fight took place between the Skagerrak and Horn Riff,
Two German men-of-war are known to have been sunk and a
third is missing.
The British ships which were sunk to the bottom were the
battleship Warspite, the battle cruisers Queen Mary and Indefati
gable, two armored cruisers apparently of the Achilles type, a
small cruiser, the Turbanant, Nestor and Alcaster (unclassed), a
number of torpedo-boat destroyers and a submarine.
The battle began on the morning of May 31, and raged for
twenty-four hours.
During the day the German cruiser Wisbaden was sunk by
gunfire and during the night following the battleship Pommeran
was torpedoed. The German warship Frau Enlob is missing, and
is believed to have been sunk. The balance of the fleet, except
some torpedo boats has returned to port.
This is the first time the Ger
man high seas fleet has been en
gaged. It went forth to give
battle as soon as scouts reported
the presence of the British fleet.
Skagerack, near which body of
water the engagement was fought,
lies at the southern extremity of Nor
way and Sweden. The following is
the text of the officlal report of the
admiralty;
“During an enterprise directed
northward our higt seas fleet on May
31 encountered th¢ main part of the
British fighting fleet, which was con
siderably superior to our forces. Dur
ing the afternoon, between Skagerack
and Horn Rlff, a heavy engagement
occurred, which was successful for
us. It continued throughout the whole
night. In this engagement, so far as
known by us at present. we destroyed
the large British warship Warspite,
the battle cruisers Queen Mary and
Indefatigable, two armored cruisers
apparently of the Achilles type, one
small cruiser, the Turbanant, Nestor,
Alcaster, a large number of torpedo
boat destroyers and one submarine.
“By observations which were free‘
and clear, 1t was stated that a large
number of English battleships suf
fered damage from our ships and at
tecks of our torpedo boat flotillas dur-
Ing the day’'s engagement and during
the night.
Many of Crews Rescued.
“Among others was the large bat
tleship Marlhorough. That it was
hit by a torpedo was confirmed by
prisoners.
“Several of our ships rescued many
of the sunken English ships’ crews.{
There were only two survivors of the
Indefatigable. ‘
“On our side, the small cruiser
Wisbaden was sunk by hostile fire
during the day’s engagement and
his majesty’s ship Pommeran during
the night by a torpedo. : |
“The fate of his majesty’s ship
Frau Enlob and some of our torpedo
boats which have not returned is un
known.
| “The high seas fleet today returned
“~ our ports
Fifty or more members of the Bap
tist Tabernacle congregation ang oth
er Atlantans will leave next Tuesday
morning in a special car for Knox
ville to lay before Dr. Len G. Brough
ton the official call to return to the
Tabernacle and to plead with him te
accept it,
The train will leave over the Louis.
ville and Nashville Railway ai 7:05
o'clock. Returning, it will arrive that
night at 10:05 o'clock.
Fred L. Seely, of Asheville, N. C.
who was prominent in bringing about
the call to Dr. Broughton, will arrive
Monday and accompany th eparty te
Knoxville,
Among the Atlantans in the party
will be H. A, Etheridge, A. /M. Smith,
S. C. Callaway, W. C. Stradley, Mr.
and Mrs. B. M. Walker, Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. O. H.
Puckett, R. N. Fickett, O. H, Starnes,
J. C. Turner, J. T. Kirkpatrick, H. T.
Trowbridge, J. W. Boone, William
Woolbright and Dr. Joseph Brough
ton.
Be Tried Next Week
Next Wednesday nightgmay be 10t as
the date for the new Batavgrs m, .i
--cording to a statemen Y 'y
King, s;hairman of the Police Commis
sion, He said that one night next treek
would be named and that it pmhfly
would be Wednesday.
It i= not expected that the new trtal
will require more than one session of the
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