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Lingland Loses Seventeen Ships; Germany Three
Ip.
The defense in the Innes trial will
begin its case with the opening of
court Saturday morning, the State
having rested just before adjourn
ment Friday evening at 5:15 o’clock.
In the last hour or so of the pre
sentation of its case, the State de
livered what were considered its most
telling blows in the introduction of
numerous letters from Mrs. Innes to
her son, Paul Harbaugh, in Port
land, Oreg., and from Innes to Mrs,
Eloise Nelms Dennis, just before her‘
mysterious disappearance. |
These letters, the State contended,
showed that the Inneses, just before
the disappearance of the Nelms sis
ters, were expecting to get hold of
considerable money. :
Letter to Mrs. Dennis. |
One letter, found by Mrs. John V\";
Nelms among the persml effects of
Mrs. Dennis, was written to her by
Innes just before she left for Texas
never to return. It cautioned her not
to bring her money in drafts that[
would have to be cashed in “other'
cities,” bhut to bring it in bills. Also
she was warnel not to tell any onel
that he had written this, “not even
B." whieh was taken to mean Beat-
IR TR TETEter
Othéet "letters, the ones from Mrs,
Innes to her son, repeatedly told him
that she—Mrs. Innes—and “Dad,”
supposedly Innes, were soon to have
some money and that they would help
him pay his debts.
One of them, written from Water
ville, Oreg., where the Inneses were
located and arrested, was dated Au
gust 12, 1914, after the disappear
ance of the Nelms girls, and cau
tioned him_ not to tell where they
were. Another, from the same place,
August 7, had told him to go to a
certain newsstand in Portland and
get copies of the Atlanta newspa
pers and send them by parcel post
to the farm. This was at the time
the Atlanta newspapers were Carry
ing accouits of the search for the
missing Nelma girls.
Still another letter, written to Miss
Mary Cavanauglr in Portland by Mrs.
Innes, warned her not to tell where
she and Innes were—on the farm at
Waterville.
“Don’t Tell Where We Are.”
On August 8, Mrs. Innes wrote to
Paul, saying:
“Don’t tell a soul our address. Ad
dress us in_ Pearl's”"—the daughter's
» —‘“‘name. Say we're just caming
out.”
In letters from Atlanta or Birming
ham in March, 1014, Mrs. Innes told
her son that they expected to get
some money soon. .
In a letter from San Antonio, Mrs.
Innes said:
“This is not a pipe dream. I'm go
ing to have things right when [ get
the money. Write me, fool, and tell
me the balance of your indebtedness
and 1 will help you out”
Still later she wrote:
Said “Dad” Had U. 8. Job.
“We send some money just as soon
as Dad gets paid. He is In the Gov
ernment service and doesn’'t get pald
but once every three months. Don't
tell any one he's in the Government
service, as the newspapers are al
ways trying to get something on the
Mexican situation.”
Just before the adjournment of
ecourt Friday, after the State had
rested, Judge Candler, for the de
fenee, attempted to have the State
yPinned down to a upecific count In
the indictment on which it is trying
Innes. |
He explained that the reason for
this was that the penaity on three
of the counts in the indictment was
from one to five years' imprisonment
while on the fourth it was from two
10 seven years. His motion was over.
ruled by Judge Hill and the State
Was not forced to specify the count
on which it is seeking conviction |
In case the State concludes, It was
thought llkely that Innes himself
might take the stand. It was under.
#IOO4 the defense would rest with
only the statement of the defendant.
At the start of the afternoon ses.
*lon Friday, Joel Hunter, Atlanta ac
fountant, who had been on the nmnd;
testifying as to handwriting tests,
resumed. He was cross-sxamined
rather closely by Judge Hines, who
brought out that he had been em
'Wwioyed by the solicitor's office at a
Cost of S2OO to identify handwriting
?" hotel registers in the West and
ittery to Mre. Dennis as that of In
nes,
Reuben Arnold, for the State, In
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(By International News Service.)
WABSHINGTON, June 2.—The na
val appropriations bill, carrying
$270,000,000 for sea preparedness, was
passed by the House this afternoon
by a vote of 358 to 4. A wild out
burst of enthusiasm from both sides
of the House greeted the announce
ment of the final vote.
As the bill passed it was increased
by nearly $30,000,000 over the original
measure submitted to the House by
nearly $30,000,000 over the original
addition to this increase in immedi
ate appropriations the House added
many millions more in authorizations
for future naval expenditures.
Both Democrats and Republicans
voted for first passage of the meas
ure, after the Democrats by the nar
row margin of six votes had defeat
ed a strenuous Republican fight to
increase the measure all along the
line.
Those who voted agalnst the bill
on its final passage were Representa
tives Browning, Republican, New
Jersey; Graham, Republican, Penn
sylvania; Randall, Democrat, Cali
fornia, and London, Socialist, New
York.
‘lgnes to h?r son rul:n\;l in Oregon to
show that in Apri § the Inneses
‘wers expecting to 36{ Efld of a large
sum of money. The letter was dated
Salt Lake City and told of Mrs. Innes
having looked at a tract of land—
about five acres—near Salt Lake,
which she said she expected to buy
for about $4,000.
The State then introduced a tele
gram from Mrs. Innes to her daugh
ter, Mrs. Pearl Harbaugh, Eugene,
Oreg., which was dater Atlanta,
April 17, 1914, and %hich read:
“Telegraphed Paul S4O today. Will
send more. Don't mention where 1
It was signed “Mother.”
Also an order to the postmaster at
San Antonio to sena all mail ad
dressed to Victor E. and 1. M. Innes
to Atlanta was shown. This order and
the telegram were to prove that the
Inneses were in Atlanta at the time
the State contends they were here to
obtain funds from Mrs. Dennis.
Girls Traced to Texas.
By various witnesses Friday the
State traced Mrs. 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
llettor Dorsey contends, they were
murdered and the bodies dissolved by
acids.
Reuben R. Arnold, assisting - Mr.
Dorsey, took up the examination of
tno first witness in tais line, Thomas
B. Lewis, a Hou-ttgl lawyer, who
sald he was on the Southern Pacific
train from New Orleans to Houston
on June 14, 1914
“My mother met two young wom
en anl introduced them to me as
Mrs. Dennis and Miss Nelms,” he
eaid. “At Houston, where my jour
ney ended, they got off the train and
walked around the station, but left
their baggage on board.”
The defense objected 1o the wit
ness relating any conversation with
the girls and was sustained,
Mrs. Frank D. Dwyer, a druggist,
of Houston, sald she was on her way
to El Paso in June. She had evident-
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MEMBERS OF THE ORPET JURY. :
The tedious work of selecting a jury to try Will H. Orpet for
the murder of Marian Lambert is progressing slowly. This photo
graph shows selected members of the jury amusing themselves and
waiting for the additional jurors to be named., ‘
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No Man Acting for
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Hughes at Chicago,
.
Justice Announces
ASHINGTON, June 2.—Jus-
W 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 secretary, said:
“Justice Hughes authorizes the
following statement:
“‘lt is perfectly well known that
Justice Hughes has no representa
tive at all’”
Mr. Green declined to make fur
ther comment.
Glynn To Preside
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(By International News Service.)
ST, LOUIS, June 2.—Martin H. Glynn,
former Governor of New York, will be
made temporary chairman of the Na
tional Democratic Convention, and will
deliver the keynote speech of the con
vention, according to statements of
members of the subcommitte on ar
nnf;man(n of the National Committee
at_Hotel Jefferson this afternoon.
President Wilson has requested that
Glynn be given the place.an Interna
tional News Service reporter was ine
formed by several national committee
men, The subcommittee will decide on
" tcfl’agomy chalrman when they meet
at 8 o'clock tonight. The man they
decide on will be recommended to the
National Committee when it meets June
12. It is customary for the National
Committee to approve the recommend
ations of the subcommittee,
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1916.
| By GASTON RICHARD,
Correspondent of the Petit Parisian
of Paris.
SALONIKI, June 2.—1 have just
returned from a visit to Demir Hissar
and Seres where 1 witnessed scenes
of desolation equaling in horror the
exodus from Belgium and Northern
France,
The roads of Eastern Macedonia
are choked with panic-stricken
Greeks, fleing from the on-coming
Bulgarian hordes. The refugees are
driving their sheep and cattle before
them, pushing hand-carts containing
their belongings and carrying weep
ing children,
Beneath the torrid sun the wretsh
ed, homeless people struggled along
concealed In a choking cloud of dust
Demir Hissar when I arrived was
dense with refugees. They had been
Swarming into the little town since
Sunday clamoring for protection and
begging bread. But there were only
forty sacks of flour for 30,000 persons
and the majority of the refugees are
starving to death.
The same scenes occurred at Seres,
where the authorities vainly endeav
ored to collect food.
Every one of those wretched peo
ple tells harrowing stories of Bul
garian abominations. Led by pro-
Bulgarian Greeks, the invading troops
swarmed Into the frontier villages
and seized ail the avallable food,
killing all the beasts and striking
down with thelir rifie butts the civil
lans who attempted to interfere.
I saw a girl with a deep cut eight
inches jong around her neck caused
by a Buigarian soldier who had bru
tally snatched a tawdry neckisce
from her. Another girl, who had
been wearing earrings, had the lobes
of both ears torn away.
A great majority of the young giria
were carried off by the troops under
the eyes of officers, who also allowed
wanton plliage
When the population begged for
mercy and asked to be allowed to
leave their homes, the officers cried
“Where will you go? We shall take
Seres, Drama, Kavalla and Salonikl
ll.nd hurl the Allles into the sea”
Men who returned to the villages to
’try to find thelr missing women folk
never rejoined the regugee columns
Shreveport Mayor
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SFHREVEPORT, LA June 2 Dr
B A Dickson, Mayvor of Shre eport,
cled today st 8. Louils of acute indi
gention. He was on route 10 New
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Nominations Made
For Lawyers’ Officers
SAVANNAH, GA., June 2.—The
nominating committee of the Georgia
Bar Assoclation today nominated the
following: President, W. H. Bartlett,
Augusta; first vice president, R. J.
Hofmayer, Albany; second vice pres
ident, W. H. Burwell, Sparta; third
vice president, Judge A. W. Cozart,
Columbus; fourth vice president, Mil
lard Reese, Brunswick fifth vice pres
ident, John R. L. Smith, Macon; sec
retary, O. A. Park, Macon; assistant
secretary, H. B, Strozier, Macon,
treasurer, Z. D. Harrison, Atlanta.
Executive committee, Messrs, Shep
pard Bryan, Atlanta, chairman; H.
F. Lawson, Hawkinsville;, W, W,
Douglass, SBavannah; H. J. Fullbright,
Wayneshoro. The president, secre
tary and treasurer are ex officio
members of this committee.
Safety of Americans
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, June 2. - The Sen.
ate today unanimously adopted Sen
ator Kern's resolution directing the
Secretary of State to make inquiry
through Consular ofMcials as to the
safety of Americans in the revolution’
zone in Ireland and to ascertain what
stepe, If any, are necessary to safe
guard their lives
Be Tried Next Week
Next Wednesday night may be set as
the date for the naw Beavers trial, ar
cording to a 4 falement hy Andy N
King, chairman of the Police Commis
lnn.w I:; sald :‘r‘nl ono';i:thl“nu! &k
wo named and pro y
would be Weanssday. ‘
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lTraln Drops in Creek;
(By International News Service.)
WATERLOO, lIOWA, June 2.-—Two
women are known to have been
killed, five others and several chil
dren are belleved to have been
drowned and about 20 passengers in-
Jured early today when north-bound
Rock Island train No. 19, plunged
into a mwollen crek 35 miles north
of here. A bridge over what is known
as Dry Run Creek gave way. Its un
derstructure had been weakened by
rains,
All the dead are belleved to have
been in the day coach which is com
pletely submerged. Bodles of two
women have been recovered and a
wrecking crew Is dragging the creek
for others
The wreck is attributed to a cloud
burst which swept this section last
night. The water in Dry Creek, nor
mally oniy a few inches deep, had
risen to a depth of fifteen feet and
| undermined the steel girder bridge.
The wrecked train was the first to
cross the bridge after the storm.
Among the seriously injured is
Willlam Alford, of Loulsville, Ky.
Atlanta Baby Killed
anta Baby Killed,
According to a dispateh from Tox
away, N. €, received in Atlanta Fri.
day evening, Nancy Goddard;, 3,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. John New
on Goddard, of Atlanta. was killed
at that place Friday morning by be
‘“l thrown from a buggy. The body
will be brought to Atlanta for burial
Saturday
| _Mr. Goddard is vice president of
the Third National Pank and he and
hisg family reside with the parents
of Mrs. Goddard, Mr, and Mrs. George
A. Nicholson, No. 1088 Peachtres
siroel,
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, June 2.—An official report came
from London to the Navy Department this afternoon stat
ing that the British losses in the sea battle with the German
fleet were eleven destroyers, three battle cruisers and three
armored cruisers—-total, seventeen. The official report,
the source of which was not given, stated that the British
war fleet was surprised by the Germans, who were guided
to the enemy ships by Zeppelins.
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 British Ad
miralty gave out 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 pert
after the battle to report the engagement. The British fleet
was composed of battle cruisers. fast battleships and
cruisers, :
The German fleet was badly damaged by the heavy
gun fire of the English men-of-war and fled to avoid a pro
longed engagement. :
Two German warships, one a battle cruiser and the
other a battleship, were sunk, and two German light cruis
ers were disabled and are believed to have been sunk.
The battleships in the British fleet all returned to port,
the losses falling among the battle cruisers, the cruisers and
; destroyers.
German Admiralty
BERLIN (via Sayville ereluu).]
June 2.—The destruction of more
than nine British warships by a Ger- |
man fleet in the biggest naval httlo|
fought since the war pegan was an
nounced today by the German Ad
‘miralty,
The fight took place between the
Skagerrak and Horn Rlff. Two Ger
man men-of-war are known to have
been sunk and a third {s missing.
The British ships which were sunk
to the bottom were the battleship
Warspite, the battle cruisers Queen
Mary and Sndmhtlnblq. 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 twenty-four
hours.
| German Cru Sunk,
__During the day the German cruiser
Wisbaden was sunk b{ .u‘mn and
duflmo night following the battle.
ship meran was torpedoed. The
German warship Frau Enlob is miss
ing, and Is bo?hvod to have been
‘l\mk. The balance of the fleet, ex
cept some torpedo boats, has returned
to 1ror!.
his is the first time the German
high seas fleet has been engaged. It
went forth to give battle as soon as
scouts reported the presence of the
British fleet,
Admiralty Makes Report.
Skagerack, near which body of
water the engagement was fought,
Hes at the southern extremity of Nor. |
way and Sweden. The following is
the text of the official report of tha!
admiralty: |
“During an enterprise directed |
northward our high seas fleet on May
31 encountered the malin 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 an’empm‘
occurred, which was successful for
us. It continuasd throughout the whole
night. In this engagement, so far as
known by us at :rnnm. we destroyed |
the large Hritish warship Warspite,
the batlle crulsers Queen Mary and
Indefatigable, two armored crulsers
.pmnnll{ of tha Achilles tyw. one
small crulser, the Turbanant, Nestor,
Alcaster, o large number of torpedo.
boat destroyers and one submarine
“By observations which were free
ißt iiet,B 'ares
num ps o
sored damage from our ships Ji
FIRST
EDITION
tacks of our torpedo bhoat flotillas dur-
Inge the day's engagement and during
the night, .
Many of Crews Rescued.
“Among others was the large bat
tleship Marlborough. 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. v ;
“On our side, the small crulser
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
to our ports.”
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Republicans Make
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Fight for Big Money
WASHINGTON, June 2.—A final
fight to Increase the naval construe
tion program In the naval appropria
tion bill was made by the House Re
publicans just before the final vote
was taken on the measure this after
noon. Representative Browning, of
New Jersey, offered a motion to re
commit the bill to the committes with
instructions to amend the bill to fl.‘
vide for two dreadnoughts, six t
tle crulsers, six scout cruisers, twen
ty-eight destroyers, five submarines,
numerous fuel ships, transports, up
ly ships and tenders.
. A record vole was ordered to the
motion
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Catching's Slayer
GEORGETOWN, June 2.—~A spe
clal session of the Quitman W
Superior Court has been ordered
June 12 to try the case of the Ifi
Rich Henderson, charged with
murder of Miss Julla Catchings on
May 6.
A few hours after the negro's ar
rest he wr ruot'wd'by ‘wm to
Cuthbert for safe keep! and from
there he was taken lo“’bo Albany
Jail. A
I very precaution against med ¥iee