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BETTY LEE.
Betty Lee, St. Charles Place, At
fanta, Ga.
That's the way Miss Betty Lee, so
clety dancer and singer of Southern
" Jullabies, who charmed the fashion
able folk of New York, will register
in the future.
That ig, if Migs Lee registers any
where. For she has come home to
five—to live in her own little cottage
but among the pines of Druid Hills,
which she purchased this week.
Miss Lee is the Atlanta girl who
fmade a fortune in war brides—Beth
fehem Steel, to be exact. A tip on
she market, a small invesfment of her
r‘filund savings, a frantic market—
-2 rich girl!
' “And when I got out of the market
’ quit,” she told friends who chatted
With her at the Piedmont Hotel Wed
besday. '
“I. have worked hard in my life,
with one alm in view—a home of my
pwn and retirement. Now it has
‘ome. 1 want nothing else—no glory,
o 0 more of the applause that so
A thrills the artist and no more of the
#potlight.”
Now that Miss Lee’'s fortune has
tome it seems that luck is just rain
’ht on her. An offer to go into mov-
Mg pictures was wired to her at her
hotel Wednesday, Henry W. Sav
age wants to star her in a comic op
era, the people of New York are just
clamoring for her to dance at their
exclusive affairs, and things Wke that.
“And just to think,” she says, “three
years ago when I was working with
all my might trying to make a dollar
go as far as It possibly could, there
was no comic opera place for e, no
motion picture contracts-—nothing but
hard work, work, work.”
Misg Lee doesn’t have much to say
about her fortune, for she is a very
modest yolng woman. But she does
admit that at the beginning of the
war she had only SI,OOO to her name-—
having sold all of her earthly prop
erty—and that a friend advised her to
buy Bethlehem Steel. Now she has
a home in Atlantic City, ore in Druid
Hills, and it would take a check with
six figures to buy the bonds and
stocks and securities she has stored
away.
Miss Lee is in Atlanta to have her
home at St. Charles place decorated,
She will move there with her parents,
Dr. and Mrs. John Henry Coyle, and
will open the house during the week
of Grand Opera. With her mother,
she will return to New York Friday
for a shert stay,
“Just one more 'ittle trip back
there,” she says. “New York was
good to me because I was a Southern
girl and New York people love South
erners.”
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Underwood Warns of Food Uprising
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Senator
Underwood, of Alabama, warned the
Senate today that unless something is
done to relieve the food situation the
hungry people of the country will or
ganize and that their cry will re
sound in the Capitol, “demanding jus
tice, right, and lifting of the yoke
of the great interests from theilr
necks."”
He declared special interests in
control of the railroads responsible
for the food shortage, because, he
said, they were so busy shipping food
stuffs to Europe they were unable to
furnish it to our own hungry people.”
Shooting Policeman
Judge Johnson Wednesday commit
ted to the Tower George Johnson, a
negro, on a charge of assault with
intent to murder Policeman C. F.
Preston, who was shot twice, on the
night of February 20, on Markham
street.
The negro himself was shot by
Preston and is in a precarious condi
tion. Two bullets struck the officer
One entering his head above the left
eye and making an ugly wound and
the other going into his body and
striking a rib
Johnson’s bond was assessed by the
Recorder at $5,000
Minister Is Cited
Woman's Charges
CHATTANOOGA Feb 28
(harges preferred by Miss Frances
Donahue, of Coshoeton, Ohio, against
the Rev. C. E. Clark, former pastor
f the Highland Park M. E. Church,
of this city, resulted today in hig in
dietment upon sixteen counts befere a
committee of ministers
Miss Donahue alleged that Clark
borrowed $2,000, which he never re
turned, after promise of marriage,
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Forecast—Probably rain Wed
! nesday night and Thursday; cooler.
Temperatures—6 a. m, 61; 8
| a. m, 66; 10 a. m,, 69; 12 noon, 73;
ipm. 75 2p.m, 70,
Sunrise, 6:08; sunset, 5:33. 2
Then you have a possibility of greater profits. All you need
is to let more people know of your facilities and location
Here's a suggestion:
Just dictate an ad, telling briefly about your facilities, your
ability to properly care for cars, your charges and where
vou are located, and then insert in the Want Ad pages of
The Georglan-American,
There's an automobile department that will direct the at
tention of a host of automobile owners to your establish
ment.
Keep the ad running two or three times a week and note
the results. Leave the ad with or
Telephone It to The
Georgian-American
Main 100 or Atlanta Main 8000
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1917
(By International News Service.)
MONROE, LA. Feb. 28.—P. W,
Vaughan, Mayor of Collinston, La.,
was shot and killed today by two un
identified robbers, who were being
pursued by a posse following a hold
up of the Bank of Collinston. The
killing occurred twenty miles north
of Monroe, and reports say that one
of the robbers was captured.
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AT HAVANA.
FIRST-—Five furlongs: Shadrach 102
(Sobel), 3, 6-5, 3-5, won; Ha'penny 107
(Ambrose), 3 6-5, 8-, second; Bulger 110
(Wnigfleld), 5,2, even, third. Time
1:02 2-5. Stalwart Van, Chitra, Masur
ka, Frontier, Captain Elliott also ran
SECOND—Five furlongs: Deviltry
107 (Kleeger), 2, 4-5, 2-5, won; King
Stalwart 112 (Ball), 5,2, even, second;
Cherry Belle 91 (Gartner), 16, 6 32, thind
Time, 1:01 4-5. Twinkle Toes, Donner,
Ellzabeth Lee, Edmond Adams also ran.
THIRD--Five and one-half furlongs:
Hail Columbia 100 (Kleeger), 5-2, even,
1-2, won; Brobeck, 106 (Ball), 6, 5-2, 6-5,
second: Old Man Crit 102 (Wingfield), 4,
8-5, 4-5, third. Time, 1:09. Myonlighter,
k{\)‘t'k Pesares, Odds and Ends, Pallsade
Fleschke also ran
FOURTH--Five and a half furlongs:
Flecha Negra, 92 (Wingfleld), 6,2, 1,
won; Birdman, 104 (Petz), 6, 5-2, 6-5,
second; Laura, 109 (Ambrose), 6, 5-2,
6-5, third. Time, 1:08 2-§ Plumose,
Eleanor, Goodwood, Two Royals, Parlor
Boy also ran
ENTRIES.
AT HAVANA,
Entries
FIRST—-Three-yeard, up six furlongs:
xDevonshire Doly 99, x Damietta 104,
If Coming 104, Otero 107, Offertory 107
Narnoe J.*V., Jr., 104, Purple and Gold
109, Dalngerfield 114, Eastern Star 114,
SECOND-—Three-years, up, six fur
longs: xMoonstone 99, xTiger Jim 106,
Sherwood 109, Asama 109, Sam Jon 108
Copertown 109, l.ochiel 109, l'r-ucefui
Star 111, Protagoras 112
THlßD—Three-years, up five fur
longs: Encore 99, Bale 102, xMiss Prim
ity 104, xHattie DBurton 107, Margaret
Ellen 108, Bob Blossom 110, Colors 112,
Big Lumax 117
FOURTH —Three-years, up, six fur
longs: xßall Band 97, xßarette 101, xSa
lon 102, xArcene 103, Paulson 103, Jan
quin 108, Ha'penny 108, Dr. aCnn 108,
Altamaha 108, Thomas Hare 108 Lord
Wells 108,
FIFTH —Three-years, u;w six fur
longs: xDelos 92, Radlant Flower %6, Sa
ble 96, Stellata 100, xFreda Johnson
105, xMoncrief 106, xßankbill 107, Royal
Meteor 108, James Oakley 111, Ampere
11. 114, Deviltry 114
SIXTH-—Four-years, up, mile and
twenty yards: xOld Charter 95, Mary
Blackwood 98, xAfter Night 99, Peg 102,
xßescue 103, Luke Vanzandt 104, Ka
zan 108 Tinkle Bell 108, Algardi 109,
Fouctionnaire 112
A & U
Track clear; heavy
American Consuls
Held by Germany
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Three
American consuls and two consular
officers are still detained in Germany
because the German Government de
clines to secure for them safe con
ducts through Austria-Hungary that
they may proceed to new posts in
Turkey, it was learned here this aft
ernoon. The State Department is
conducting negotiations which git
hopes will adjus® them satisfactorily.
It is understood they are detained
because of the failure of this Gov
ernment to secure safe conducts for
German consuls here who were as
signed to South American posts at
That blaze of glory investing the
Southeastern Automobile Show at the
Auditorium has become nothing less
than a conflagration.
Entering upon its fourth day Wed
nesday, the show had justified its ad
vance notices and the enthusiastic
ravings of its friends in announcing
that it was to be the most superia
tive of shows.
There was something of the glamour
of Tuesday night still hovering about
the glistening showroom Wednesday.
Echoes of the tumult and the shout
ing that arcse when the million-dollar
band from Yaarab Temple took
charge of the festal gathering were
still in the air. !
Wednesday night's events will be
no less salubrious, it is promised. At
lanta Rotarians will be In the sad
dle or at the wheel, as the case may
be, and will perform thelr well-known
function of whooping things up. The
particular nature of their stunts is
still shrouded in impenetrable mys
tery, but the enshrouding veil will be
lifted at 8 p. m. or thereabouts. For
one thing, each lady attending the
show will be given a beautiful bou
quet of flowers. This the Rotarians
announced pos-i-tive-ly Wednesday.
And, whatever the program s,
there is always the crowning pleas
ure of viewing the million-dollar 411:‘—’
play of automoblles, which, after all,
is the big answer to the whole thw.'
After three days of exhibition, the
cars had evolved an intoxicating qual
ity to the atmosphere, so that their
perfections create an exceedingly
dangerousg lure to every visitor. s
pecially is this so in view of Qe {u(!t’
that prices are temptingly low Tar the
little cars, and that the big cars ar«
temptingly beautiful and convenient.
A number of the cars on exhibit
have been gold to visitors who came,
saw and were enraptured. There's a»
sort of spell about the affair that
makes such things possible.
Wedemeyer's Band will give its reg
uvlar concert Wednesday afternoon
and night.
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‘ GERARD AND PARTY EMBARK.
| CORUNNA, SPAIN, Feb., 28.—For- |
lmnr Ambagsador to Germany James
W. Gerard and his American diplo
matic party are on the last leg of
their homeward journey today. A
great public reception was tendered
the Americans when they boarded the
Spanish steamer Infanta Isabel,
which salled yesterday, &
the time the United States broke
diplomatic relations with Germany.
The consuls involved are Harold G.
Waters, vice consul at Berlin, as
signed to Constantinople; H. C. A,
Famm, Aix-la-Chapelle, assigned to
Harport, Turkey; John Q. Wood,
Chemnitz, assigned to Messina, Tur
key, and Clerks C. Innis Brown,
Mannheim and W. B. Wallace, Mag
deburg, assigned to Constantinople.
The State Department, despite the
reluctance to discuss this new affront,
was patently greatly concerned. Of
ficials made it clear, however, that
this Government would not recede
from its refusal to secure safe con
ducts for German consuls wishing to
go anywhere other than to their own
country, saying that it is not our duty
to do so.
Ul SI HUAHU
By DUDLEY GLASS,
Staff Correspondent of The Georgian.
ROME, GA. Feb. 28.-The armor
plate board of the Navy Department
today was belng shown the four tracts
of land which Rome offerg free to the
Government for a site for the pro
posed armor plate plant which will
cost more than $11,000,000.
Four automobiles bearing parties
of Rome citizens left early today es
corting Admiral Frank F. Fletcher,
Commander Frank H. Clark and Lieu
tenant Commander R, E. Backhus to
the sites.
The members of the board first
were driven to Shorter Colllege, from
which a magnificent view was ob
tained of one of the sites under op
tion, the background of which was the
ridge of mountains containing the
iron ores necessary for the manufac
ture of armor-plate steel. The party
then made a trip to the site itself,
going over the ground required for the
plant.
After this the visitors were driven
to a site in East Rome, near the Lin
dale Mlills, and shown an equally good
tract.
The third site visited was a tract of
land close to the city limits, and more
level than the others,
After this the visitors were taken
for a drive through the Berry School,
of which they had heard, and in
which they expressed great Interest,
Interested in Rome.
Admiral Fletcher and his assoclates
showed plainly they were interested
in Rome’'s offerings, in the way they
asked detaifled information and took
careful notes, They seemed particu
larly desirous of being shown level
ground, for the olant will demand a
large amount of trackage and several
big buildings, and they stressed the
importance of having comparatively
little expensive grading.
lieutenant Commander Backhus,
the engineer of the hoard, and a grad
unate of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, was extremely careful in
his questioning as to‘details.
Atlantans Come to Aid.
In the Atlanta party, which arrived
this afternoon to add its influence to
promoting Rome's claims, were Ivan
E. Allen, Walter 3. Cooper, W. B.
Willingham, W, J. Davis, B. M. Hall,
Sam Wilkes and Rawson Collier,
B. A. Tyler, president of the Dal
ton Chamber of Commerce, came
down to speak for Whitfleld and Mur
ray Counties, and Rawson Collier,
representing the Georgia Railway and
Power C‘fompany, at the Rotary lunch
eon assured the board that electric
power would be furnished in ample
quantity and at a rate as low or lower
than any section could furnish,
Admiral Fletcher said he expected
to have the bhoard's report completed
by April 1,
A decision on the location should
goon follow.
The members of the board will
leave tonight for Atlanta, where they
will remain until Thursday at noon,
before leaving for Washington,
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—'‘I have done, am now doing, and
will continue to do everything in my power to keep the United
States at peace.’’
This was the assurance given a group of pacifists by President
Wilson this afternoon. The pacifist committee had presented reso
lutions to the President urging him to keep this country out of
War.
“‘Nothing short of invasion should be allowed to involve this
country in the holocaust,’’ the pacifists told the President.
The group was headed by Jane Addams, of Chicago, and in
cluded Miss Emily Green Balch, professor of economics, Wellesly
college; Joseph Cannon, representing mine workers and labor or
ganizations of the West, and Dr. Frederick Lynch, executive seo
retary of the Church Peace Union.
President Wilson waited today on Congress. He will take no
additional step to bring the general international crisis, caused
by Germany’s announcement of unrestricted submarine operations
being resumed and emphasized by the sinking of the Laconia with
its loss of two American women, to a head until Congress shall ex
press itself.
The President, officials close to him said, believed that when
the country has declared itself, Congress will give him the power
he has asked. ‘
There has been no relaxation of the grim tension precipitated
by the sinking of the Laconia. None is immediately looked for, but
there was a.generally growing belief in official quarters this after
noon that the sinking of the Cunarder would not be characterized
by the Administration as an ‘‘act of war.”’
T "." “Thu onus nf f})f‘ fl("llfll hr‘i‘flk
Armmg or U.o.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28—By a
vote of 17 to 4 the House Foreign
Affairs Committes today voted to re
port favorably the Flood bill author
izing the President to arm American
merchantmen, but denying the Presi
dent the right to employ “other in
strumentalities and methods.”
Instead, the President is authorized
to protect such ships and the citizens
of the United States “against unlawful
attack while in their lawful pursuits
on the high seas.”
The committee also adopted a pro
viso prohibiting the war risk insur
ance board from issuing insurance to
vessels carrying munitions of war,
Those voting against a favorable
report of the bill were Representa
tives Cooper, of Wisconsin, Republi
can; Porter, of Pennsylvania, Repub
lican; Shackleford, of Missouri, Dem
ocrat, and Huddleston, of Alabama,
Democrat.
Minority Reports to Come.
The members who voted against
the bill plan to submit minority re
ports reflecting their views on the
present international situation. Rep
resentative Thompson, of Oklahoma,
a Democrat, also plans to submit a re
port,
The committee was opposed to
adopting in any form an amendment
denying authorization of armament
to ships carrying munitions or limit
ing such armament to ships carrying
noncontraband. Instead, as a con
cesgion to the opposition, the commit
tee voted to except ships carrying war
munitions from the protection of the
war risk Insurance bureau,
There was no onposition to grant
ing the President $100,000,000 to carry
out the provisions of the bill
In his minority report Representa-
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will be placed on Germany,"”
was the word quietly passed out
from official circles. The Presi
dent will arm American ships, no
matter what Congress shall do,
and then he will wait to see
what German submarines will
do.
The addresg of the Imperial Ger
man Chancellor yesterday was ac
cepted in administration circles as a
direct challenge. Because of its tone
it was believed that when the Ameri
can Line resumes sallings next week
its ships will be in as great danger
as those of the Entente. But it was
said that the President Is determined
that these interrupted sallings shall
be resumed, and it is certain that, in
asmuch as these liners are to be
armed, they will be considered sub
ject to attack by German submarines,
Moving Step by Step.
“We are moving step by step and
moment by moment,” explained a
Cabinet member today. “Because of
this speculation is unwise. We must
do as we think best, but can not out
line a policy that might be changed
by some unforeseen development at
a second’'s notice. We are hoping for
‘the best, but are preparing for th
worst.”
The domestic situation, in so far as
it relates to the international develop
ments, continues very much cowll
cated. Senator LaFollette, of e~
consin, as lead of the pacifist ele
ment in the Senate which 18 demand
ing an extra session, has blocked con
sideratian, probably until tomorrow, of
the Senate bill conferring authority
upon the President to Institute
“armed neutrality” and to “take such
means as may be necessary” to pro
tect American rights.
Meanwhile pacifist leaders from all
over the country, with Colonel W, J.
Bryan as their leader, have hurried
here to stimulate Congress to resist
the President. They do not want the
Chief HExecutive allowed to arm lhgfi
or to take any step to increase the
tension existing between tne United
States and Germany without it first is
debated on the floor of Congress, apd
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