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FINAL ARGUMENTS ON IN INNES CASE
BEaIS.
PAY NO MORE
200000 MARCH FOR PREPAREDNESS
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Counsel for Victor E. Innes Sat
urday surprised the court and specta
ors by declining to offer any wit
nesses, failing to put Innes on the
stand in his own defense, and moving
directly into thelr arguménts. With
in a few moments it was shown that
he defense relied entirely upon tech
-lical points to clear their client of the
harge of larceny after trust
“It did not take place in this county
nd this State,” was the burden of
he argument “Therefore, you can
ot touch Victor E. Innes.’
C. L. Pettigrew, one of the three
ttorneys appointed by the court to
lefend the prisoner, who was without
unds, began the argument, the (*nurr!
: llowing two hours to each side
Mr. Pettigrew based his argument
fupon the question of venue, He made
no definite denial that the money naldf
Eby Mrs. Dennis had been diverted, nx-?
Yept to asser that there was no con
iract shown to have existed hmwmn:
' Mrs. Dennis and Innes, and to argue
that infatuation for the man and not a
Sdesire to profits led the woman to
’fwnd him the sums of money set
‘ihrlh
| No Case Made, He Argues.
“The State has not made out its
case,” he declared. “There are three
elements entering into larceny after
trust—th bailment, which is the turn.
ing over the money from one to the
other; the purpose, which is the in
tent with which the money is intrust
ed, and the failure to perform such
'hr. Pettigrew argued that, as the
mbney had not been received by In
nes in this State, the transaction was
not completed here, and the court
was, therefore, without jurisdiction in
the matter. He read decigion after
decision, case after case, from a great
‘stack of law books, citing precedents
in New York and other States. In
concluding, he said:
“Mrs. Dennis simply was desper
ately ilnfatuated with Innes, and
turned over all her property to him
because she loved him. There is no
limit to a woman's love. She will
sacrifice everything to the object of
her devotion.
“Mrs. Dennis, too, was carried
aAway with this Oriental religion.
This was a bad state of affairs, but It
does not constitute larceny after
trust.
Mrs. Nelms' Activities.
"“The anxiety of Mrs. Nelms, the
, WaAs not to save her daugh
ter's money, but to save her amm\
herself from this man. The activi
ties of Beatrice Nelms were not do~'i
Yoted to saving her sister from finan
loss, but to save her from Viector
E Innes’ '
Reuben R. Arncld, asvisting Solici-
Dorsey, opened for the State. He
one decision, that of the Georgia
“ourt of Appeals, in the Carter case,
prove that the State had made out
ense. This case involved an emn
t in which certain certifi
of u bank had been sent out of
¢ State
“The Court of Appeals held.” he
: “that the telegraph company had
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(By Internatianal News Service.)
CHICAGO, June'3.—The voice of
the great Middie West lifted today
and with a detonating roar efuted the
accusation that it harbors a pacifist
and anti-preparedness spirit.
' Promptly at 9 o’'clock the word was
given in Chicago that sent more than
200,000 flag-bedecked men and women
into a parade, stretching miles upon
miles, that will last until almost mid
,night sonight Every marcher car
ried a flag Three hundred bauds
made the streets reverberate with
“The Star-Spangled Banner” and
"Amvrlwn " At the head of the mon
:srer pageant strode three figures
with fife and drum, costumed to rep
lres»m the characters portrayed in the
lfilmmh painting, “The Spirit of "76
Business Is Halted.
Chicago consecrated herself on the
shrine of preparedness today.
Practically every business house in
Chicago was closed. In the Loop dis
trict not a wheel was turned. Street
cars were not allowed to enter the
mile square after 9:30, nor were other
vehicles.
More than a million persons crowd
ed their way into the thronged down
town district to view the procession.
More than 2,000 policemen and dozens
of Red Cross stations were scattered
about prepared to alleviite a crush
unprecedented in the annals of any
city. '
~ The parade itself was so gigantic
that it had to be formed into three
sections, the first starting at 9:30,
the second at 12:30, and the last will
get away at 6:30 this evening. It was
A constant panorama of red, white
and blue humanity.
Starting at Vanßuren street, the
marchers, sixteen abreast, passed up
Michigan avenue, m:ut the hotels
where President- ers were busily
engaged in seeking a 191§ standard
brearer. Politiclans momentarily for
got their plans and schemes and
joined in the emotional frenzy which
had all Chicago in its grasp.
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Admiral Edward K. Von
Capelle, Secretary of the Marine
for Germany. His picture, with
that of Vice Admiral Rhinehart,
is displayved in windows all over
Germany today.
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—
Mrs. John F. Davis, No. 84 East
North avenue, was suffering from
shattered nerves and many hruisos'
Saturday after a harrowing expe
rience with a negro burglar just after
midnight. She still was hysterical
and unable to tell the police a clear
story.
Mrs. Davis was spending the night
in the Colonial Apartments, No. 86
East North avenue, with a friend,
Mrs. W. L. Holland. Just after mid
night she heard a noise at the door, |
and thought she would frigh¥en the
intruder away |
- When Mrs. Davis opened the latch
A negro forced the door open and fell
against her. He seized her pear] ear
rings and tugged at her ears in an
effort to pull them off, and she was
considerably bruised by his rough
‘handling
| Her screams brought assistance,
‘-nd the negro ran and made his es
cape He did not obtain any of her
Jewels
Baggage Smashers
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Reveal Liquor Cache
Rough handling of a trunk ship
ped from Jacksonville to Atlanta
caused the arrest of Lum Johnson, a
negro, of No. 64 Moody place, Satur
day, on the charge of having liquor
in his possession illegally.
A bottle of wet goods was crushed,
and the odor was detected by Pollce
man Benson, who made an investiga
tion, revealing the liquor,
Atlanta Delegate to
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G+ 0. P. Meet Stricken
(@y International News Service.)
CHICAGO, June 3.-—Thomas M.
Blodgett, 60, of Atlanta, was reported
recovering today at St Luke's Hos
pital from an attack of heart failure,
He was stricken at the Coliseum late
yesterday.
Mr. Blodgett in a delegute to the
Republican conveantion
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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1916.
(By International News Service,)
BERLIN, June 3.—A1l Germany to
day gave itself over to re€joicing for
the naval victory won from the Brit
ish_after a terrific struggle.south of.
the Skagerrack on Wednesday. !
The city is decked with flags. The
school children were given a holi
day and there was a triumphal pro
cession through unter den Linden.
Verdun and the food question were
temporarily eclipsed l
The newspapers print glowing uv»‘
counts of the terrific smash delivered |
at the British navy and declare that |
the Kalser's navy has now shown I|~l
self equal for any task it may be
called upon to perform
" Church Services Held.
Thanksgiving services were held in
a number of churches and pictures
of Vice Admiral Rhinehart, comman
der of the high seas fleet, and Ad
miral Von Cappelle, the successor of
Admiral Von Tirpitz, were promi
nently displayed everywhere
It Is generally held that the fleet's
activity is due to the Kaiser's ener
getic demands when he made his re
cent visit to Wilhelmshaven
“The arrogant presumption of P?nz-i
land has been rent,” says The Co
logne Gazette in commenting upon
the fight Now the rats have once
more left their safe holes and have
bitten through, not the famous oaken
walls which was Great Britain's
bulwark on the sea in Lord Nelson's
timie, but thiough fron armored tur
rets under the Union Jack lin a naval
battle more formidable than any
fought since the days of Trafalgar
(The allusion to the rats leaving
their holes referred to A statement
‘m“dn by Winston Churchill, when he
was First Lord of the Admiralty in
‘lhr- British Cabinet He declared if
the German fleet did not come out to
fight, the British wowd go after them
iund “dig them out like rats.”)
President Kasmpf, of the Reichs
tag, in a speech before that body,
thanked the German navy on behalf
of the empire. While he lauded the
brilllan achievements of the Germans
in the North Sea, he lamented the
death of so many brave seamén who
died In the confliet.
“This bas been demonstrated, that
our fleet is able to oppose superior
British forces and gain victory,” sald
President Kaempf. “We thank the
wh:k navy for the great victory just
won.”
Members Pay Honeor.
The members rose from their seats
in honor of the occasion’ and then
Vice Admiral Hebbinghaus read a re
port on the battle, giving further de
talls.
It follows:
“On the afternoon of May 31 our
fleet engaged in combat very superior
British forces of at least 34 modern
great battleships. The battle went on
until § o'clock at night. During the
night thers were nctions between
crulsers and torpedo boats. The re
sults of these connected engagements
were very satisfactory, as it showed l‘
success for our fleet against & mueh
stronger adversary. It is ascertained
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HERE ARE THE SHIPS
SUNK AND MISSING IN
GREAT SEA BATTLE
War craft admitted lost by British Admiralty:
BATTLE CRUISERS QUEEN MARY, INVINCI
BLE AND INDEFATIGABLE.
LIGHT CRUISERS DEFENCE, BLACK PRINCE
AND WARRIOR.
DESTROYERS TIPPERARY, TURBULENT,
FORTUNE, SPARROW HAWK, ARDENT.
THREE OTHERS UNNAMED.
The foregoing list does not contain the battleship Warspite,
which the Germans claim to have sent to the bottom.
War craft admitted lost or missing by German Ad
miralty:
PRE-DREADNOUGHT POMMERN.
CRUISERS FRAUENLOB AND WIESBADEN.
| German war craft claimed by the British to have
been sunk: i p——
| BATTLE CRUISER DERFFLINGER, DREAD
NOUGHT of the Kaiser class.
SIX DESTROYERS,
? The Warrior was not sunk in the engagement, but the
British Admiralty admitted that she was abandoned.
Little Tramp Steamer
Cause of Great Battle
Special Cable to the International
News Service.
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, Junol
2-—~When the history of the great
war comes to be written, it will be
set down that a little tramp Mar.‘
plying from port to port on the North
Sea, was the innocent cause of tho‘
first great collision between the Ger
man and the British fleets. |
Merchant ships caught in the zone
of fighting brought here the first eye
witness stories of the terrible clash
off Jutland on Wednesday afternoon
and night.
According to these stories the Ger
man fleet was vastly outnumbered.
The captain of the Danish vessel
Moskov states that he sighted the
British fleet a short time before the
battle and that it numbered from
seventy to eighty ships
Size of German Fleet.
The Politken this afternoon prints
tales brought to port by Danish sall
ors to the effect that the German fleet
consisted of five large modern dread
noughts, eight cruisers and twenty
torpedo boats and destroyers.
~ The crew of the Danish steamer
Naerburg, who saw part of the bat
im. estimate the German, fleet “at
about forty ships, ranging from bat
’n.-ma- to torpedo boats. With the
fleet were Zeppeline,
The story of the battie is really the
story of the Nsfjord--the tramp over
which it all eccurred.
According to the story gleaned by
The Politken from the accounts of
sallors, two British torpedo boats
stopped the Nsfjord Wednesday af
ternoon to examine its papers. While
the formality was taking place a
German fleet appeared on the hori
zon,
Teutons Open Fire.
While the British made ready for
a running fight, the Germans opened
fire. Several hundred shells splashed
around the torpedo boats, but no hits
were made. The British, putting .‘
screen of smoke between thmnhru‘
and the Teutorm, fled toward lho}
west. The German squadron pur
sued the British vessels |
They steamed off beyond the hori
gon. Then firing was heard. The
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Nsfford was held up at about ¢
o'clock. The first heavy firing was
heard about an hour later. The
scene of the first clash is given as
about 120 miles off Henstholm.
Shortly after the German squad
ron dashed by, two Zeppelins were
sighted fiying rapidly to the west
ward. They were going to the ald
of the fleet.
For four hours after the first heavy
firing began the battle raged. Final
ly the sea was qulet again about "
o'clock at night. |
Half Hidden by Smoke. ‘
The Danish ship Narosburg was in
the thick of the battie. It arrived
here today. The crew told of how on
Wednesday afternooi, when off
Henstholm, the Narosburg met a
German fleet steaming at ful speed,
half hidden in its smoke, In a south
‘erly direction.
At about 3:30 o'clock the German
warships began firing toward the
south. Shells from unseen warships
began falling amongst them The
bombardment from beyond the hori
zon steadlly increased. Projectiles
lashed the water until the sea boiled.
The Narosburg fled to safety. The
last it saw of the German fleet prac
tically every ship was firing by the
broadside. An héur later a Zeppelin
was sighted, flying low.
The cannonade lasted until late in
Jhe evening.
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The Georgian
Again Scores a
News Triumph
HE Georgian scored a news
triumph Friday in the story
of the greatest naval battle in
the history of the werld. The
Georgian's extra telling of the de
struction of more than nine British
warships was on sale in Atlanta’s
stroets nine minutes ahead of its
competitor,
This is in keeping with The
Georgian's record since the out.
break of the war, during which the
International News BService has,
most of the time, been first with
the big news,
EVENHN@;
EDITION
LONDON, June 3.—Between 125 and 150 warships
of various classes, as well as Zeppelins, are believed to have
taken part in the mighty sea battle between the British and
German fleets in the North Sea on Wednesday in which 25
ships at least were sunk.
The British Empire today awaited further details of the
gigantic engagement, the greatest in modern history, with
feverish anxiety, hoping that late reports of the Admiralty
would increase the number of German victims destroyed by
English men-of-war.
' Although no official information was forthcoming as
to the probable loss of life, belief was expressed that it
would be above 5,000 and might rise to 7,500.
Battle Fought in Fog
Details furnished by eyewitnesses of the fight state
that it took place in foggy weather and amidst dense clouds
of smoke from the funnels and guns of the warships.
The aggregate tonnage of the ships lost on both sides
is placed at approximately 155,000 and the money value of
the ships sunk is estimated at $155,000,000.
The Queen Mary, Indefatigable and Invincible were
the first battle cruisers the British Admiralty has admitted
losing since the war began.
It is believed the British ships were in the majority
although fighting conditions were more favorable for the
Germans, as it is pointed out in the official announcement
of the Admiralty that they were aided by “low visibility."”
This evidently referred to fog.
Captain William Hill, of the intelligence division of
the Admiralty, announced today that the battleship War
spite, which the Germans claim to have sunk, and the bat
tleship Marlborough, which the Germans claim to have
torpedoed, are safe in port. His statement follows:
Both Dreadnoughts in Harbor
"“The Germans' report of the loss of the Marlborough
and Warspite is absolutely untrue. Both of these dread
noughts are safe in harbor. The German report that the
entire British battle fleet was engaged is equally untrue. A
portion of the British fleet, much inferior to the total battle
fleet of the Germans, engaged that fleet and drove it back
into its harbor. The British control the North Sea."
Considerable anxiety was felt here over the fate of
Admiral Hon Horace Hood, whose flag was flown on the
Invincible, one of the British warships sunk by the Ger
mans. The admiral was well known in the United States,
being naval attache to the British Embassy in Washington
from 1910 to 1913. He was married in 1910 to Mrs.
George Wickerson, of Dedham, Mass.
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\Hundreds of Bodies Sighted
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen
says that fishermen arriving at Esbjerg report seeing outside
'!he Blaavands Huk hundreds of bodies of British and Ger
\man sailors. The fishermen also observed large quantities
‘of oil on the surface, apparently from submarines. The
| water was full of battle wreckage, showing parts of ships,
life belts and pieces of uniforms.
’ The newspapers, while admitting that the navy suf
fered serious losses in the fight off the Danish coast, de
|clare the engagement has no wise affected the naval posi
atmn of the country. In some quarters the belief was ex
pressed that the German navy might be emboldened by the
British losses to try more raids on a bigger scale, but if this
result follows it would unquestionably prove a disastrous
policy.
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