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' J ■-J. S' STRIKERS GAINING DIDN’T SEND COPY GERMANY EVERYWHERE FACES CRITICAL LABOR INREST and minority wings of the socialists —•the Scheldemann following and the Haase-Liebknecht faction— . which may lead ; to their organize', j tion into a powerful united party. . t ' I A “council of 500“ has been cre- ~ . ated in Berlin as a nucleus for such n||i r ^ a reconstructed party. The circum- KUlL stances and the personnel of this | body bear a striking resemblance to ♦»-- , | the germ from which Russian bol- „ _ . . _ , • T ^ shevikism blossomed forth into its Pr«.s Dispatchcx t« Neutral Coun- p resent dominating position. Tlje . tries Tell Of Widespread Unrest— G J erI " an organization is indeed call- x , ed “workmen s council, the only Dwire for I*e4»ce Is Evident-^ thing lacking to make the Russian _ parallel complete being “soldiers’ AVorkman’s Council Is Formed— delegates.” Socialist I/eaders Head Movement J • Aorwaerts, the official Ger- T^~ \ ; man socialist organ, significantly The strikes in Germany apparent- points out’in a general editorial, ‘We Germans proceed slowly but been and apparently still is, sweep- Lng Germany. One of its immediate results was the first step toward a _ . - . conciliation between * the majority i p^IHd ♦fot Telegraph Speech to Wilson surely” and leaders in speeches em- ly are growing in magnitude. In Berlin, alone, according to press dis- . .. 4 ..i-. - ’ ^ h phasi^e that “German patience is patches reaching neutral countries j on g suffering but there is an end from •Germany, 700,000 men and to it.” ^ 1j women have ceased work, while in fragmentary dispatches told Kiel, in towns along the Ithine, in of a f reat conflagration in the grain the Westphalian coal regions and reported, to incendiarism by revo- other districts in tli«> «“mpire. includ- lutionaries. Philip Schridt inann him ing Bavaria, the situation is serious. is a member of the “workmen's Additional Socialist leaders in va- • council.” an “action commission’-’ of rious German towns have been ar-s ten men and women has been nam- r*• ->* • I t)« <ause of their activities in 0< * t fomenting strikes or by reason of i* 1 ® atrike, dispatches are^ their hostile attitude towards the ron ^ . r * n ^' , * ie,n . r ^f rc ” policy of the militaristic elements 8 f nt 1 8 exce ^* n K*>' K*’ ave al1 ^ with regard to peace and franchise ^hat the empirt* s whole war indus- reforWs t trjr^ is tied up. On Monday half a ... .'million workmen were idle lir Mer- IM ‘ u '’ ,,u{ . T Hamburg, one of |j n a | onf . n no t ,| U n,. f i». a r from fBree 'cities of the German empire t j ie va g ue news that the Beylin cen- and Its two Prussian subu.bs Wads- Hor |n whether that was be,k and Altona were placed In a lhe |n fh# . |ab<>r uamt wheth . siege, Th** strike which i- f , r || w -as settled or Is still growing It It* grip faster ant faster k | #|| | arroU nts. all the Import- upon the Whole empire. gtH beyond ant plaf|tfl |n ||( . r|ln ana ‘r* tro1 aglteontlea ta th# ur j M| | lllJ j virtually shut down. The story that Count Czernln told Austrian delegates he had sent a copy of his war aims speech to Pres ident Wilson in advance of delivery was exploded by a cable received at the state department quoting an extract from the Berliner Tageblatt explaining that in refusing to trans mit his address directly to the pres ident, Czernin said he would get it “immediately .by telegraph.” The Berliner Tageblatt said: “It would be wrong to take Czernin’s statement too literally and. to be lieve that the American president received directly or indirectly from Austria a special report *on the speech. The facts are as follows: “A Socialist delegate requested Czernin to transmit his reply to Wilson through the intermediary-of a neutral country. Czernin refused, saying Wilson would get it, * the speech, immediately .by telegraph. Thus the expression ‘at the same hour’ is not. to be taken literally. With the exception of Czechs and«the Socialists who proposed sending the statement to Wilson, others were satisfied with’* Czernin’s reply.. It can be said that there was no direct communication and that the goofl of ficers of neutrals* were not request ed.” wtate of tighten! the ship workers In Hamburg had fourth greatest iwul of maritime ,,a ‘ ! *! ‘ n »"'W Tli«* p<>i>alatk>B ovt. ikr navy yard ro»n and ..( Ilamhura and Iho taro •abarba wnrk , r . „ Kiri -mhor- riM-rd. ««••• mlllloa. Tbr iraatMt. fommuai o*man naval ablp- ...mmrr,UI rtly uf .be Kuropean bmM(ll , vlaal u l,^.^ had .oniin. in |. In I be tbroea of Iba , lnlrk aM ia lfcr „ |rk avaveal tol...r Irnuble flpriMf ba. aa 4 Weriph.lta were walklac W** 1 * baa %bdo»#. b , I k e ibuaaaada * Not a wheel |w iwrning The work* er» of Hamnurg ha«e taken the lesd in a«tlng -uV'O the deft flung b> t*r rnt.tti> • labor ln*o the fa< I «if Junker«l«»m. The great iron work*. AGREES ON TERMS TO SEND MILLII r» ■' OUR ARMY TO BE MEASURED BY NECESSITY OF WAR ♦ . ——» - 500,000 IN FRANCE SOON e S<x*. Baker Says V. S. W’ar Plans 1)^ pend Vpon HapiMmings Abroad— (■Ives New . Hevelations Before Committee — Crowder Semite W’orks to Secure New Registra tion for CIaisk One. Other millions of American sol diers if nced<xl, will follow the mil lion and h half men America ex pects to have in France before the (Mid of this year. The fighting fot'be of the United Stated can be strengthened by an other million men without serious delay. Secretary Baker said Tuesday night. hours the secretary talked to a room crowded ( to ita doors. He. said it was the 'longest speech he had ever made in'his life. The senate com mittee abandoned Its own room for a larger one in the senate office building. An hour before the ap pointed time a throng stood in the lobbies, but only about 250 persons heard the secretary. These were composed chiefly of the committee, congressmen, . newspaper,, reporters and women spectators who carried their knitting with them. ^ For the most part the secretary^ Was not interrupted. He came arm ed with a mass of papers but referr ed to them seldom, speaking in his customary clear, incisive language, without effect and in a logical pro gression. His remarkable vocabu lary was used to best advantage in many striking phrases and smiles such as: . “France was a white sheet of pa per so far as we were concerned. On that sheet we had to write not only ah army but the means of maintaining an army.” There was the strangest contrast in the secretary's attitude toward the committee as compared with his pre vious experiences. He did not in dulge in his cigar—in fact smok ing was prohibited in the stuffy, crowded room and while having com- , A . A A . plete command of himself, he was If it U more man-power that thej V( . ry ,. ar ,. fll| leave Jio. ln.prew.lon BOY AND GIRL DIE ♦ TRAGEDY OVERTAKES Y0UT1- FUL MISLED COUPLE MURDER AND SUICIDE IjMIImImuhc •Accept* Statement* \VII*on tv»«l l.l«‘}«l tyeorge of lb»* va»t »fct|»%av«U. Ike rot to* mill* il>e|gg * fr«i*bll»bm»au. bfewerte*. « Ke MI Ira I pUnt* •»«! mil imi ygrtU Mg i«U* vfcil* mb? ifeeti Kveg Krupp* big gun and muni tions plant at KMen was reported to he wevTously affected by the lM*turbanr^« and riots • were tacnelv reporied fr«»ni Berlin. Hun* reflnurm. #tg ianother ht« •hiphnlMlM§ port.i Borhnm. Ihu big mining town. Frankfort on-the Vain, and rologne »an«l» of w«»rkcra ••aBenly an alt the Thu mmwwm , vuu fa*l •pmndlug MWUf from Hrrtlu | ihnsugh the pfwftpeuu udtlrea apMI Thu capital lUelf la runt aM •hah Ftectrlc and airplane plaau hud en by labo* truuMeg |«a rummer- heeu rbaaed up at lArh'erfcld. Her- ulul life and that In nil Ha anhnrha. ingadorf and Johanniathal. !• pavaHred Intu every part uf the' In the far* uf fhta nallua-vtde neua haa npmn4> and a dKhrdlulln nnruat. which threuiena nut unty neua haa apreud. and nil dmpntrhua grave Internal nphenvnl. hnt a Hu indicate that there la but one end nt! mennrea Iflndenhnrg a proud plan the rrtala paaalbte—peace - d It h Hue- fur a anpreme mash In I ha weal, the ala an Unaala a terms With the an-' entire nun • ortaHat proas la fmaiftr netatlunlsta bullying uf the hulahe- In Ita plea* dcanartatloae. threats vikl at Hreat-Utarah the truu»*ic «nd rajuUaas of Germaay'a labor started, first la Auatna-Mnngary. ‘ *>Hheta anrh as Gen. Ourener naad In Germany. Now Teuton before hi* fall In the Inal big impathy with Bolshevikt*m ••Hhe. whea he told a delegnilaa of ed lata n nation-wide strike narkera that these whe struck dnr* campaign. In whfrh typical BoUhe-1 »*« «nr nera “Ian dugs.** have heea vtst weapon* are used ^ | rummon In the a p— Oarmgn press la Haaibata iha —fa at Iha - *" *M*Oay. wham lb* aarari ba •Ivtba la Bmii. wrtoaa Ibaa aha. I *** '• aa»a«a >ab.i«iiiu> The .marquis of Laatisdowne. In an address said that he coucuned en tirely with the 'recent speeches of havid Lloyd George, the British prime minhfter. and I'rnsident Wil lson on peace aims. “I believe all of ns are ready to prolong this war. as terrible ns It Is. until we ran get g dean pence.” said the leader of the opposition in the house of lords. I<erd Laasdowae added that the time for’obtaining such n peace should not he too long delayed and that no opportunity should be neg lected la bring It nearer The speaker said he jiccepted whole-heartedly the suggestion ef Mr Lloyd George that territorial U neat Has should he sullied on the hn*'s of national *elf determination The >peerh of f*oaat ton Hrrtltat the Imperial German chancellor, wa* a d I* appoint meal la him. Ijtrd I .an * mmm dMMNh * **t think nobody weald ha more allies need, this country stands ready to supply it. Expansion of the na tion's war machine will be continu ous. The full measure of buttle ef ficiency America is to contribute Is limited only by the needs of the war situation. « /, l ' • If it is found-that munitions and supplies are the vital need. the.Unit ed Star*** will h«* preptred to meet this demand. 'j'he most effective a*«l«tnnre in c«»operation with the that he was in the slighte*Ht degree opposed to criticism or suggestion, that the secretary’s endeavor to Committee members, said afterwards prove that he was not antagonistic to the inquiry was marked, and was appreciated “It’s a healthy spirit.** said a Re- toiblicaft member Vand I think It will help the situation materially on both ►ide».“ Secretary Baker was very prompt Young: Girl 8hot to Death in Room v ’ * v. . r“ v of College Students, Who Permit- ted Her to Stay There With So- Called “Betrothed”—Man ITien general allied piograth Is the la*k i m hi* appearance at the committee to which the people In this country will bend lh**ir energies. «* • Tt»r future c«»u»*c «*f this tpxerw- •»*rul will ht* dt* rfiilie*! by «levrh»|*- NH*nt« In Fuwbpe. said hevretary llaker. The secri'tnry elaborated on r«»om. He entered just at 1« aftd at once began his dental that his de part metit was In no way a* black as h id been painted. While man) thing* disclosed !m .. pies»ed. the (ommlttrv was frankly J hls svnlement before the senate nii| * antsred when told that men of thlr- Mary affalts cximmltte** with regard nalional army divisional |to the general plan for America's! r *i*M *re ready to go today or nt where, heranse, hand-in-hand with the labor strife goes the antagonism against FmsaUn military methods HI ace |tl& Hamburg has been n free slate and city and proud of her frer*fom Before that she had belong ed for some time la France la |S?t she became a member of the new German empire bat ns a free state. Dispatches .from the kaiser's cap* Ital and from polntq along the DntcJi border showed, however, that tha movement ha*- taken on proportions (hat cannot be exaggerated In the seriousness of their bearing upon German Internal unity. Sweeping demands have been made by the new ly-formed council of workmen* In whose executive committee Philip Scheldemann, the majority Socialist leader, has joined hands with such ladicals as Haase and Ijedebour. There is every indication that be hind the whole strike movement is the determination on the part of the Socialist leader to try to force peace before Hindenburg strikes his much- advertised blow in the west. Scheide- mann, in his reply to Count von Hertling's peace aims speech, vir tually announced this with his query: .“Suppose Paris and Calais are taken will that end the w’ar 9 ” And his own answer: “No, we wMll still have America to fight.” One dispatch today, which indi cated that the labor agitation has borne fruit at last among the garri sons in the large cities, was to the effect that troops calkd out in the Berlin suburbs to quell strike dis turbances refused to fire on the strikers. Other advices told of clashes be tween troops and strikers resulting in many casualties. There w’ere also reports of mutinies at Kiel and on the east front, in which officers were said to have been killed by soldiers. These are, how r ever, unconfirmed. Vorwaerts, the majority Socialist organ, says the attitude of‘‘the strik ers everywhere is becoming more and morp threatening. . The situation in Austria is consid erably obscured by the lack of di rect information. Roundabout dis patches, however, picture conditions as ’.extremely grave. Troops were said to be pourjng into Prague^ the Bohemian capital^ to suppress city- wide disorders. One dispatch said the whole recent Austrian strike movement was instigated by Aus trian soldiers with the tacit consent of thel^ office* f. .Late frontier advices foreshadow ed n move Ayr the German labor leaders to have the relchstag con vened In extraordinary session and then to force n th the issnea of 4he •wrprlaed lhal ton Iferlllen, speaker sold. “If he thohght we were ■wing to hand ever Gibraltar. Hong K one a ad arfVne other little g Barters of the forth ** MAH. SEMIS NAVY w iHipalrhr* Fleet to Help AMra hi F ar*«f«r«o HI at era Pedro Proof I, has boon aha re to tbe\wortf! struggle T>e only po*ethle arhent* till* nation ran follow,, said the *eere tary, la one that will *fp In with lhal of the atltie na a whole Y|r- tory will he wow thmogh n nwl|y of an Ion The policy of the ! ailed Htalee mn*t he safftrlrai' ly fVtlhle to head to meet fe tor* need* and demand* a* Hh*% arise The fall •trensth of all the a I Be* moat he ruord loafed The *aprem«- allied war ro«n« II form* the •leertag gear whi'h •hall d-ter mine fat ore artlvlties oo Ihia tide, Development* here «||| he dl ret ied at all I tinea m romplele ro- nperoitoo With the general atm* of I he allien. A million mea ran hr raised under the aeroad draft rail, lb* ••erelary explained Five hundred thooaand men ran hr ordered into iraining a* the aeroad larremeal of the na tional army Another five bond red oppohrtod the rwmmnndor of. the|thoo*aod con he drafted Into acrVW* tlona Hlndenhorg s word* * atrtkiag I* treachery.** nr* repented again and naoln. nnd the workers^re aolemn- ly Implored not to “desert yoor rom- radea at the front ** All perceive thal I here Ilea Iho greatest dn—or [ tho^warshlps of - that the troops on the bnttle line. Braxll In her MprrUlly tho» la •«(. «•» •*• -bbbI la eve of fhelr anpreme effort, will be come dlarooraged by the unrest nt home, and -he pervaded with (he spirit of “What'a the us^T* Such was the situation In Ger many at last accounts. Settlement or no settlement, news of the for mation of a “workmen's council*’ foreshadows unprecedented concert ed Activity by the socialists and rad icals. The leaders In the newly cre ated body are besides Scheldemann. Dr. Haase and Dr. Ledebour since Liebnecht's arrest and are moving spirits in the radical movement, and Herrs Dittman, Ebert and Braun, all are reichstag deputies. These are the principal causes be hind the labor unrest: ... 1. Food shortage.- 2. Opposition to lengthening the war for purposes of conquest. 3. Delay .in granting the Prus sian franchise reforms. 4. Failure of the government to tell frankly w'hat it purposes to do with regard to Belgium. (German labor is convinced this failure is one of the chief stumbling blocks on the road to peaceD 5. Demand of guarantees that German labor will have full repre* sentation at the peace conference. The epoch-making action of the British labor party In virtually draft ing Britain’s peace terms for the government, since Lloyd George adopted them almost in full, has made a profound impression upon German labor. They now’ demand equal freedom of action and influ ence in the affairs of the nation. Itratiliaa Gael which will reoperate | a* with the alltea ia DC a re peas water* Fur a long time It had been known tknt the Itrwstllgh fleet a wwtd aa- •ume the reapoBsIbtltty of patrolling the entire roast line from the Gal* ana border to the southern boundary of Itratil hat thts la the first tad! ration that the Braxlllaa Meet woald cooperate la European waters, with the allies, navy has been roa* equal la strength to the com bined power of Chile nnd Argentina The prids~4ji the Brasilian nnvy la her Into modern ^dreadnoughts of 19.281 tons, th* Minas Geraes and Sao Paulo, both of which were built In the United States. These vessels carry 12 12-inch guns and Hubsldlary batteries. In addition Braxll has a number of cruisers and gunboats, torpedo boat destroyers, torpedo boats, submarines and mine layers NMMlM"HhHllMMMk SPAIN IS SUSPECTED WAR COUNCIL MEETS Sessions in Paris Are to ’Decide Plan of Military Campaijni The supreme w'ar council, with delegates representing the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy In attendance, has convened at Versailles. France. The plans of the military campaign of the en tente allies and of the United States forces are expected to be discussed. No F.X|M>rtN Are to Be fAuit to Coun try Friendly to Germany Because of certain conditions in Spain, which the government con siders are to the advantage of Ger many and discriminatory to the United States and the Allies, the war trade board ceased to issue licenses for export of merchandise to that country and held five ships about to sail for Spain. Recently, when General Pershing was authorized to buy 200,000 blan kets in Spain for American troops, and attempted to buy'other merchan dise, some influence suspected of be ing German intervened^ Other in cidents convince the government her of German activity. Measures similar to those recently adopted ' toward other European neutrals are in prep aration. ' . RAID ON PARIS Hubs Sink 3 Frewch Ship* Three French shin of leas than 1 .<00 tows were suw|l during the week ending January 25. •aaaw for tha ItaAawa for the ending January 28 two f••Haw *♦< l a 5#A tx—v W twn nndcf Jht Iona. . than (German Machines Break Over Lines and Kill 20 Persons, Paris, for the first time since taft year, has been subjected to a Ger man air raid. Wednesday night a number of enemy machines flew over the French capital dropping bombs. Considerable material’ damage was done and some 20 persons were kill ed and 50 wounded. WANT BIG WAGE INCREASE * uBBSBBwua^MnsuMaana ItailriMMl Worker* Ask 40 Per Cent From Wage ('emmi**ion • £ Demands for wage increases pend Ing before the railroad wage com alaaioB w* .tor m »wr<■,»!<• aver. ,f( ur , roMBtya* to ro»ty to a» tbo rorralilac battalloas th. rbcalar army, national army and national guard contingents can he maintained to full strength It was made plain that the num ber of men 1o he called out under the second draft had not been deter mined The date of the next call also fta undecided. Th« •re |a no Immediate plan to en large the existing rani|»s and canton ment*. The present rapacity Is I,- 0«»o men in ail branches of (he military se/vlce. la addition there are'martne and other ramps. A num ber of large army posts offer fa cilities for housing and training large numbers of men. The senate committee tentatively approved legislation proposed by the war'department to provide for the registration of youths attaining the age of 21 years since June 5, au thorizing tha fixing of quotas on the hasls of Class 1 of the" new* classi fication and empowering the presi dent to call men needed for special military or other work. Maj. Gen. E. H. Crowder, provost marshal gen eral, appearing to explain tha bills, told the committee it was proposed to hold a new’ drawing to establish the order of liability of the new reg istrants. When the new men have been given their serial numbers, their names w ill be inserted Jn the classes to which they may be assign ed according to a plan being work ed out. ‘ It is assumed, General Crowder- said, that tuost of new registrants will fall into Class 1, giving that class this year a total of some 2,- 000.000 men. From Class 1, it is proposed to take the next and any future drafts. In a formal memorandum pre senting his view’s, (he general also disapproved suggestions that the registration be extended to men be- ,yond the age of 31, saying the effort of classification is great and so expensive and the number of per- spns past 31 years w’ho would fall in Class one so small that the task would not be w’orth while. Although Secretary Baker today reiterated his desire to have exempt ed registered men who reach the age of 31 years without being called In to the military service, the commit tee refused to include such a provis ion in the 'legislation. General Crowder disapproved the suggestion. Firwt definite announcement was made that America would have a half milUoa men in Fraare early thi* >enr. She will have three time* that maa> ready to (•end befote HUB. Barret ary of Wa{ Newton D. Bak er made these * tat emails whea he appeared before the eeaate military u*« d When member* waited to khow why *urh thing* had lot heea *!%*• publicity before. Mr Baker •poke of the felnetaare of military men to reveal their war plaa* aid quoted German remark* about .\m*nra*u adtertHement of her pie- pu ration* E«pha*lxiac thal* he was MM ! there to defend hlmaelf or aayhody eta*, the Hevretary urged the com mittee acala and agala to lay bare •a% *hortromlaga or* fallarw of the department that It might he cor reel ed Frequently he paused to seek •trnnger language to deorrlhe tha dm. v of too of hi* aanortftes in tha de part meat. military aid rtvtllaa. Table* were riled to show tha' over-rrowdlM la the ramp# sad can ton meat* had lot heea general sad thal the ftlrkaeo* had roam asostly la the ramp* where amdlral opia- km had agreed It was least ta he expected The history of tha devel opmeata was given la detail to allow that every p reran Don been taken M Anal) ring tha effort* gf tfca gp§* name bureau, the Her ret ary said that Gen Crotter had urged for tear* a great artillery preparation, 'hat he at least had realised the time given making required Hut even France herwelf. “with the ene my al her throat.'* he added, had not been able lo *ee what vast gun program* the war would lead Into Suicides. One of the most sensational trag edies in the history of Georgia, oc curred Wednesday morning before 4 o’clock, when in the room of student acquaintances in a building on the University of Georgia campus, James Jackson, a young man of Jeffer son, Ca.,.a visitor in Athens for the night, shot and instantly killed Miss Dela Hill, also of Jackson county, a pretty girl of eighteen, with whom he was said to be eloping, and then turning the pistol on himself fired two others shots Into his own heart, and fell across the prostrate body of the girl. The young woman was evidently shot while a*ieep-—and probably never knew when the pistol was fired. Her eye* never opened, and when taken an hoar or more after I he tragedy to the undertaker'! e*- tahlDhmenf. save for th# pallor of her face *he appeared to be still a*leep The young man. however, with garments aonked la kts own blood from iwo gaping holes ta hie hpaaai; was •taring with wild fren- xy and expression of the strnggle of ibe posting Yonag Johnson, accompanied. It In •eld. by the young woman, rame to Athens Tuesday night on the train from Jcffrraon The couple went to the movies and then registered at a hotel, hat before going to their rooms, apparently I thal they might he | derided to go lo tho S. A. L. lo await the 5 o’riork train far At lanta. Htreet car* had quit opera- ti«»a whea they m and not a rah or a tail at the standi near the hotels U. S. TROOPS HOLD LINE Baker Hay* thir Soldier* Have a Cer tain Trench Hector • In the absence of any report from General Pershing the war depart ment wax unable to throw any light upon the German raid Thursday up on the trenches held by American forces. It would not be improper. Secre tary Baker said to deduce frfltn the casualty Hat the fact that American troops were in possession of a trench sector and ^ had been . “In military contact with the enemy.” He em phasized the fact, however, that it would be most improper to draw the conclusion that their presetft^lo- cation in the allied lines Is per manent. Secretary Baker said frankly that General Pershing, from his position with the troops, would be better able to determine v. ,ien this informa tion could do no harm. PLANS OFTEN CHANGED I developments of Fighting in Europe Bring New Programs Constant altering of plans to meet rapid changes in air fighting tactics in Europe, combined with delays in getting material and scarcity of skill ed labor has put America’s great air craft program two months behind schedule though it now is moving forward smoothly. In the senate military committee Colonel Deeds, assistant to Maj. Gen. George Squier. chief signal officer of the army, said that not a single machine of the exact type planned when congress appropriated $640,- 000,000' for an air fleet will see service in France. TAKES 2 600 AUSTRIANS Italian Offewsive I’lekls 6 Guns ami KM) Marhlwe Guns of 4 v •$M ****** later Chat a total iM'a that flat • The fighting ia Northern Italy roatiaaeu ta favor the Italians the Aalago Plateau An intensive artillery deal la now la progress alaag tha satire fraat Two Aaa- tnaa dtvislaae ware aha plstely wiped eat durtag lag fee the height he'had ^lilted "thaaT 1 * ,w * ,l,r *** la vwceat weeks Tbs pair weat*ta the room of cross. To* C • Dedl**aa. tkre families Their room Is a rambling roe* oa the sasaal of ike old “road oa (he east It was a little after the rala was tailing la son requested the students ta allow kt* to reauHu. with tha young wom an. la their roo*. teetlsaoay reveal ed. llll the time for tha rala ta At- • laata. Tha hoys were reluetaat ta secede, hut after deliberation and personal pleading for shelter, say they derided to allow them to ro- amta- giving the couple the end of the room aext to Iba door, while they weat to bed at the tar end of the roogi. tweaty-flva feat away. The students declare that they were startled and awakened by pis tol shots -sprang to* their feet aad saw the young womnn fall from the bed to the floor nnd the young man stagger and fall, across the body of the girl. They taw the clothing of the young womnn was blazing from the flash of the pistol and put out the flames—then called the police and a physician. Dr. A. G. Holliday, an uncle of the students. The clock, it Is said, had been set so that the alarm would go off at 3.30—and the shooting occurred ten or fifteen minutes before that time. The coroner of the county Is In Missouri and Judge Milton Thomas, ustice of the peace, was called and an Inquest held in the room where the tragedy occurred—officials of the University having been advised of the shooting, the police officers, and two or three others being the only ones present—as few, even those living in a few hundred feet of the building knew of the kill- ng. The verdict of thte jury was that Belie Hill oarae to her death from a pistol shot at the hands of Jamie Johnson and that Johnson died by lis own hand. • Relatives at Jefferson and near Jefferson were notified'of the trage dy and the caskets containing the two bodies left this place for Jeffer son on the same train. The young girl—liardly more than eighteen years of age—was a daughter of Mrs. Charles T. Hill, a farmer living two miles from Jef ferson, her mother has been an in valid for years. She was unusually handsome and was neatly'dressed. L. H. Hill, brother came to Ath ens to accompany the body home, stated that his dead sister wax mar ried early last f; II to a man . named Cochran, of Clnttanooga. and that soon after their marriage be went In to the arm;/«.nd Is now with the American expeditionary forces In France. Young Johnson was a son of the late Robert Johnson, prominent la Jackson county and a (Risen of Jef ferson,. His mother Is Mrs. Mamie Johnson; b* irate* a sister aad ‘brother It was staled that toms time ago ha Inherited a heat fifteen daUara. aad Mi 4mqt <«nfw that msaUy he.eofct a tel ef