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BROTHERHOOD MEN MEET TO PLAN ACTION 3 CENTS EVERYWHERE PAY NO MORE ALLLY PEACE REFLY DUE TODAY 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. ' 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.” C P 1 RI 1 d f 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 ' 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 If You Want to Sell Your Auto I . - Get a Good Price for It ; ! An automobile that has been used, but is In good condi z tion, commands a fair price at any time, 2 Pleuty of men are on the lookout for cars at slightly re- | duced prices. $ But you must locate them. The best, surest and quickest | g way is to scatter the news broadcast that you have a car for sale. ‘, The Georglan-American circulates among a class of people $ { with money to buy. Put an ad in the classified section ' 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 ! When you have the ad ready leave it with or y Telephone It to The ’ Georgian-American ' - Main 100 or Atlanta Main 8000 , [y - THE N e TANTEAL LR O NI 7 e ot A -"!ttte_tgfig‘fi, ‘ AI | NT/ A 21U 7 Y (EADING NEWSPAPER o/ /e Juhs | ¢/ OF THE SOUTHEAST #|[& 47 VOL. XV. NO. 139, \ ——— \ \ 2 . 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. ’ § 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 = o I“‘ You Hopg TT'HAT/ Guy \f& g Y y iinave rocve (IR % N gg.l?}ll;ll!ll!ll!lll!:l:ifl:ji‘-h YEARS ON AN e / 3 \|[ /117 "Wm?r”";"?'f AV /CEFLOE _<{ B ) ' mm/ | \ v el 1| Al \ i" y : . A.-.....1.-.--.----.---.-.I T e gJ‘ llfi AN, il J /;/ 7 4 e | ~ | i | — ie~ i i \ zw\\‘..:“'._;;? 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R P = Nz / L s e i-\" — "',' —_— = | — e 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————— opyright; 1908, « YIIN PAY NO MORE. Ry The Geontan o 3 CENTS ON TRAINS. 5 CENTS, 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, - e — 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, IU UI 5l — (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