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Arre§ts Are Expected in Model Mystery
Drummer Who Saw Man Leave
Model's Apartment Makes
far '
Positive Declaration.
(By International News Service.)
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 11.—The
first arrest In the murder- case of
Grace Roberts, dashing model, myste
rlously murdered in her luxurious
apartments December 29, is expected
today. A second and more .important
arrest will follow closely upon 'the
arrest of a material ‘witness, accord
% )
ing to the Coroner’'s office. Detectives
from the Coroner’'s office have worked
independently of the police depart
ment and have gathered much evi
dence but refuse to disclose their the
ories as to the crime because “the
time is not yet ripe.”
Meanwhile, Captain of Detectives
Tate has announced he has more
“vidence to sustaifi his theory ‘ml
Grace Roberts was killed by Bernard
W. Lewis, Pittsburger, who killed
himself when abo tuto beé arrested.
District Attorney Rotan says his the
ory that wounds en Lewis' hands
were caused by Grace Roberts’ teeth
has beeu substantiated by excuses
Mmade by Lewis for wounds to the
Misses Kyle, with whom he spent
much time ‘while in Philadelphia.
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Saw Man Flee; Sure
He Was Not Lewi
(By International News Service.)
CLEVBLAND, Jan. 11.—-That the
man saw leaving a window of the
Wiiton Apartments in Philadelphia
on the night of December 29 was not
Bernard W. Lewis, the Pittsburger,
who committea Culside when about
'0 be arrested In connection with the
murder of Grace Roberts, was the
Fositive statement today of B. a.
Brown, a traveling salesman, of this
city
In a voluntary statement Brown
*aid he and a friend saw a man leav
“A" the Wilton Apartments about
¥ p. m, on thelnight of Decem
ir 30. The dody of the murdered
Model wae found In the Apartments
Yt next morming. After examining
* Photograph and getting his descrip-
Hon from a close friend who came
bere from Pittsburg to investigate his
*ory, rown declared the man he saw
Was not Lewls,
Ra Cruci
msey, Crucible
.
Steel Head, Dies
By International News Service.)
" m!‘fll,'m. Jan. 11, C. Ram
-B%y, president of the Crucible Steel
Comy
,_PADY of America, died in the Al
“rheny general hospital at 4:30
o 70K this morning. He had been il)
‘.\, he last six wWeoks, a victim of
..P" PReumonia. With him at the
"“ Was his wife, who had stayed
o UUY by his bedaide singe he
“Ted the hospital
_‘ Ramsey rose from .a steno
:"‘ her to president of the Crucible
"' “nd its allled companies. He
.'.‘ “HOWh a 8 one of the foremost
h. A nerican "h"fll in .',,‘ e
“t"“ Was born in Allezheny in
Atk He belonged 1o e New York
Wele Club, India Hon the En
e Clud and the Pennaylvania
"7 of New York. His Pittsburg
' Were the DuQueste and the Al
It was not a really and truly snow
storm—just a “cloud on the ground,”
a sort of climatic accident, Mr. Von
Herrmann says, with a bit of moist
air encountering a larger bit of chilly
air, near the surface of the earth.
By 9 o'clock Thursday morning the
flurry was done, and the weather man
'‘Promised it would not be repeated—
soon.
“But we are in for some sha.rP
weather,” he added. “It will be fine
and clear, and cool. Also wind, all
of Thursday and Thuisday night, with
a strong current of cold air from the
northwest. The thermometer stood at
34 degrees at 7 o'clock this morning.
At 9 o'clock itAvas 30 and going down.
It may get as low as 22 degrees by
Friday morning. But the weather
will be clear.”
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LAONDON, Jan. 11.—The German
Crown Prince, Frederick William, has
been relleved of his command, ac
cording to a dispatch to the Dally
News from Paris today. It adds that
the Crown Prince may be made Gov
ernor General of Belgium.
There are three groups of German
armies on the western front. The
northern one is commanded by Grand
Duke Albrecht, of Wurttemburg; the
central group by Crown Prince Rup
precht, of Bavarfa, and the armies
along the southeastern end of the line
by Crown Prince Frederick Willlam
The Crown Prince was in command
of the German forces that undertook
to capture Verdun.
Donehoo Likely to
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Recover; Rests Well
Paul T. Donehoo, the young rail
road shopman, who was called to the
door of his home and shot Tuesday
night, had a better chance for re.
covery Thursday after a fairly rest
ful night at Wesley Memorial Hos
pital,
Gordon Yeakey, the young plumb
ers’ assistant, who did thw shooting,
ha sengaged the law firm of Adam
son & Miller for his defense, and
will claim the attack was justifiable
Lon account of Donehoo's alleged mis
treatment of the assallant’s sister
Lily Yeakey,
. The Yeakey girl is now In Grady
Hospital, where she was sent the
night before her brother did the
shooting
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I .
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g way is to scatter the news broadcast that you have a car
for sale.
‘, The Georglan-American circulates among a class of people $
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under the heading “Automobiles,” telling in & simple and !
direct manner what your proposition Is. ’
l Mention the name of the car and say what year it was %
made. How many miles it has been run and the condition
it is in are also Important f
Purchasers are quickly attracted through advertising in
The Georglan-American
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y
Telephone It to The ’
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Chairmen to Take Up Possible
Results of Controversy Over
'
/ Eight-Hour Act.
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Jan. 11.—Threat of a
new call for a strike of the members
of the four great railroad brother
hoods was overhanging today as
more than 640 grievance chairmen
and other officials of the brother
hoods gathered for what was ex
pected to be the most important
meeting since the passage of the
Adamson eight-hour law.
The chief points which were 10 Bé
brought up at the meeting, accord
ing to some of the officials who were
here, were:
What action can be taken to
prevent Congress from passing
a law compelling arbitration of
all differences between the rail
roads and their men.
What action shall be taken in
the event the Adamson law is
held invalid by the Supreme
Court.
What action shall be taken in
the event the decision Is long de
layed.
What shall be done if the law
is upheld but the rallroads find
methods of evading its terms,
Official predictions were that the
brotherhoods might decide to strike
quickly uniess some move to actual
ly meet their demands were made
soon
Switchmen, who are not affected
by the Adamson law, were threat
ening a strike as ‘they prepared for
their subconferences today. The
terms of a recent award by an East
ern board of arbitration were the
subject of their griveance., An In
crease of § cents an hour was given
switchmen on thirteen Eastern roads,
but no provision was made to raise
the pay of the men empioved on the
principal Western lines
M'lll)toP Dividend
HAMPTON, Jan 11.—The annual
meeting of Hampton Cotton Mills was
held yesterday and a dividend of 15 per
cent was declared
The capital stock at the beginning of
business was 350,000 The Investment
now shows over $200.000 with a surplus
of 3100000, Since the organization the
stockholders have been paid In divideruds
3168, 500 Following officers elected for
the ensuing year W. M. Harris, pres
ident; W. P. Wilson, viece president, and
R. M. Harris, secretary and treasurer
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1917.
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Eighteen Thousand Dollars Cut
From Salary List Asked by
Chief of Construction.
When the Council Finance Com
mittee met Thursday to continue the
work of preparing a city budget, all
the members seemed convinced that
they should not hesitate any longer
to use the pruning knife on city de
| partments.
With only a few thousand dollars in
the budget for street and sewer im
provements, and all big projects left
ut, the result of three days’ wuyk
r&u a deficit of $107,000,
| A comparison of the administrative
cost of the city and county construec
tion departments revealed one of the
reasons for this deficit,
Oscar Mills, chatrman of the Couns
.ty Commission, told the committee
that the county did approximately
$1,000,000 worth of work last year at
an administrative cost of not more
than $17,500,
$89,000 Is Asked.
With only $50,000 in the budget for
general street improvements and $25,-
000 for street repairs, H. L. Collier,
Chief of Construction, asked the com
mittee for $89.000 for salaries and
maintenance expenses in his depart
ment,
Committeemen groaned over this
proposition. Alderman Edgar Dun
lap moved _that the maintenance ex
pense of the department be cut to a
lump sum of $25,000, leaving it to
Mr. Collier to decide how thia should
be spent. He got a second to his mo
tion, but a majority of the committee
voted it down.
This motion was made after Mr,
Collier had finished his talk to the
cornmittee and left. While he was
present he was asked a number of
questions,
The organization of the department
as outlined by Mr. Colller was vir
tually what It was last vear. He was
asked If he thought a full depart
ment should be maintained with such
a small appropriation for work. Mr.
Collier replied that he thought it best
to start off with a full force and drop
the men when the work was com
pleted,
He asked for an appropriation of
$2,400 for the salary of a chief clerk
who also would conduct an informe
tion bureau for the public. The man
who Is scheduled to get this place is
ex-Councilmman Sam Freeman.
Salaries Pruned SIB,OOO.
All during the long session of the
committee Wednesday afternoon it
was equally divided on the proposi
tion to ut down expenses In every
department, Finally a majority voted
to cut off 318,000 from the $43.000
sulary account of the Chief of Con.
struction. Aldermen Dunlap, Spratt,
Johnston and Ewing Insisted on cut«
ting every department, one by one
Chairman Kelley, Aldermen Nutting,
Beawright, Richardson and Slsson
wanted to proceed In 4 different way
The committes voted unanimously
to recommend that an auditor be
employed to go through the various
departiments and point out where
money could bhe saved
CONCORD BANK RE-ELECTS.
CONCORD, Jan. 11.-<The Concord
Banking Company at thelr annual
meeting re-elected all officags, . T.
Emith, president G. B Strickland,
vice president, and K. A. King, cash
ler. A 10 per cent dividend was or.
dered pald. The assets of the bank
on January 1 were 3210000, capital
stock 325000 and undivided profits
$23.500
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Permanent Peace Talk
Must Wait Until War
Is Ended, Asserts Hale
BY WILLIAM BAYARD HALE,
Staff ccnewendem of International
ews Service,
BERLIN, Jan. 11.--The attention of
high officials of the German Govern
ment was called to a radiogram from
the International News Service re.
porting that in American opinion
much Importance s attached to the
point whether the probiem of the pre.
vention of future wars s considered
apart from the question of ending
the present struggle,
Germany's answer to President
Wilson states that the task of safe
guarding the world from wars to
come s possible only after the end
of the present struggie/
In bringing this Inquiry to the at.
tention of officials here | invited in.
terpretation of the passage™
“When this moment shall have
come, Germany wil be ready with
pleasure to collaborate with the Unit.
ed States,
Furthermore, | endeavored to as.
certaln what chance Germany sees
for peace unless guarantees against
& future war are lald dwx}n the
peace articles, "
The German Government at this
menent s unwilling to utter.
ance to any further words for publi
cation. 1t feels that it tas lttle
A 8 possibly to say at the present
RSN eto ki e
dent Wison's note »
« 1908, BRI TON are—————
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ee e et et e tmeeoes e s e eS AN TS,
It is not difficult to obtaln pri
vately expressed views from respone
sible heads of the Government. There
Is perfect agreement on the following
sentiment:
The German Government feels that
no firmer statement on the point of
permanent peace is possible than the
following sentence from the note of
December 12:
“The propositions which they bring
forward for such negotintions and
which have for their object a guaran
tee of the existence, honor and liberty
of evolution for their nations, are
according to their firm belief an ap
propriate basis for the establishment
of lasting peace.”
This sentence, futhermore, merely
& a formal expression of a desire,
aim, purpose and Intention which
have been expressed on Innumerable
occasions by the heads of the Ger
man Government, and this s in full
sccord with the united spirit of the
German people. .
There is no disposition here to post
pone the problem '&mw
guarantees for the s peace,
Mnll“‘emlmmuu
practical problem whether any sub-
Stantial basis for forming a league
of nations in likely to be fouhd be.
fore passionate animosity of the
‘mml confliet In some mensure has
passed away, | find an open mind
AFTERNOON
EDITION
on this subject among all high Ger
man officlals,
From the standpoint of
tral. Powers, the establis ‘“.‘l
conditions Insuring permanent peace
in Kurope Is inevitably bound up
with the termination of the present
war,
Advices from Holland state that the
curlosity there with regard to wheth
er the Netherlands will have a seat
at the peace conference is being con
nected with the attitude of Holland
toward President Wilson's note,
The reply of the Duteh Foreign
Secretary to the query of Deputy Van
Best, why the Netherlands did not
support President Wilson's note as
had Switzerland, Is being Interpreted
ns indicating that Holland through
hasty action, might risk losing the
sclection of The Hague for the peace
gathering,
On the other hand, 'r&“.
were chosen, the Netherlands \m-1
doubtedly would have a volce in the
procecdings, which is desirable In
view of problems such as the control
of the mouth of the Scheldt and Bel
glan situation, -
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Bowdon Mayor Is
Beate i Electi
| aten in Election
~ BOWDON, Jan. 11.—At a spirited
election the following named wers
chosen to serve as mayor and council
men for the ensulng year: L. H. Bur
son won out over former Mayor Dr.
R. M. Lovvorn by a majority of 82
votes: W, . Brown, A. J. Beck W,
A. Stephenson and J. M. Butler are
the new council,
Following the installation of the
officers, J. A. Walker and J. H. Me-
Dow were elected as marshals; ¥ P,
11zn..-u»r‘ eclectrician; Verner Word,
night fireman at the electric light
plant,
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.—Receipi
of the Entente reply to the Wiison
note is expected today. The text of
the note will not be published until
Saturday, at the earliest,
| Disappointment was manifest here
, Over the cabled report that the note
'ls geperal in its statement of terms.
This Ys expected to lead to a pro
longation of the diplomatic exchanges
between the United States and the
Governments of the Entente to se
cure a more definite and concrete out
line of the terms on which a peace
discussion could be based.
! Officials here were still puzzled to
day by the report from Paris quoting
Marcel Hutin, an eminent journalist
of France, as stating that the En
tente reply to President Wilson was
“ultra sensational.” It is not belleved
that this can indicate a flat refusai/
to name terms under which :
could be discussed, as unofficial fore
casts of the note agree that terms a
set forth, though In a general ant
nebulous way.
The prevailing belief in Washing
ton officlaldomn is that the French
Journalist meant that the general
terms in the Entente note are un
precedented demands, setting forth
in effect that the Kntente Allies shali
hold all territory they have captured
and be ceded all they held prior to
the beginning of the war, while the
Central Pgs L give up all ene.
T «ave captured,
wday no word had reached
««ere from Ambassador Sharp regard
ing the note, He Is expected to for
ward It immediately, possibly with
out the formality of notifylng the
State Department that he has re
celved |t The delay necessary 1«
coding, cabling and decoding the note
may possibly prevent It reaching
Washington before night
British Expect No
tish Expect N
Sensation in Note
t Not
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Jan. 11. 'l"h. Entente's
reply to President Wilson's peace inl
tiative, which was handed to the
American Ambassador, Willlam G
Sharp, in Paris yesterdas Al be
made public tombiivw, | I 8 under.
stood here,
The TPnes, in commenting upon the
nature of the document, said today
. “The Allled u-;l\tu President Wi
son is understood to differ consider
ably in tone ahd tenor from the an
swer given to Germany It is be
Heved to be conceived in a spirit o
frankess and cordiality and to define
| broadly the only terms upon whie
,(.'I" Allles would cor temuplate peace,
It appears w addressed,
reality, if not In form, quite as mucl
‘l the American prople as to Pres
{ident Wilson, and to constitute «
| crushing rejoinder to the Germas
| bretension to humanitarian sentimen
It i» said not to be much longer thas
| the recent reply to Germany.”
iMspatches from Paris stating tha
the answer s it sensational™ have
aroused much speculation hers Brit
{inh papers apparent! Ve taken a
i pposite | jlew Al rding to the Eug
lish press In general. the note 10 »
| calm and studied effort, setting fort)
| In principle the alms « All the Al
ed Powers, and ol at the same
"thine making the charge that Germs
gponsible for the war