The weekly Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1913-19??, April 28, 1914, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextBy JAMES B. NEVIN. ’ I'he net results of the past week's political activity in Georgia bear out completely the conclusions stated io The Amerjcan of last Sunday I'ne prospect of opposition to Sen ator Hoke Smith grows less and less €n day, and the field has combined against John M. Slaton for the suc cession to Senator Bacon, 1t is the decided Impression among political observers generally that Sla ton will win handily, despite the com bination against him-—andt he evident combination against him has been ac cepted as proving the suggested fact that Slaton is, far and away, the leading candidate in the race for the junior Senatorship John R, Cooper, of Macon, who is running against the Governor, makes no bones whatever of admitting that Slaton is the man the field must con trive, in gome sort of fashion, to de feat. He eaid in a speech along about the middle of the week that neither the other two opposition candidates were giving him (Cooper) any con cern—and he centered all of his ora torical fire upon the Governor, fran«- ly and exclusively. ; hos 400 B i T o gty g, Bk 5 Hardwick Centers Fire. Congresoman Hardwick, who also is running against the Governor, in his speech opening his campaign in Au gusta Friday night, devoted practi cally all of his time to attacking Sla ton—and both Felder and Cooper were left serenely alone! This has been taken to mean that Mr. Hardwick, like Mr. Cooper, real jzes fully that which he has not as yet been outspoken enough to say, that Slaton is, by all odds, the oppo nent Hardwick has most to fear. Obviously, the hope of the anti-Sla ton line-up is to throw the nomina tion into the convention. The Governorship race is quite as much “up in the air” to-day as it was a week ago—if not more so. The impression is growing that that nomination, too, if the politicians can €0 contrive, will be thrown into the State convention. People’s Chance Poor. Indeed, with both the Senatorial and the Gubernatorial nominations thrown into the convention, the peo ple would have precious little say e in the eventual analysis of things. Randolph Anderson, President of the Senate, and likely to be tempo rarily an occupant of the Governor's office, is, and has been for a long time, Southeast Georgia's avowed candidate for the Governorship. But Southwest (Georgia has balked decidedly and emphatically at Ander son—and Southwest Georgia 18 grooming Judge W. E. Thomas, and 4 mighty good man he is, 100, for Anderson’s undoing. William H. Burwell, the Speaker of the House, who hails from Middle (jeorgia, seems to have developed something of a State-wide boom— und hence may hope to escape the Flight ~of sectional representation. 1f possible, the Senatorial races will be tangled up with the Governorship races—if it is possible for the con vention, ‘“wire-pulling” and ‘ring rule” variety of politicians to tangle them. If the people of Georgia desire to have their own nominations to office this summer, and not to delegate that duty and responsibility to a handful of backroom jugglers, they will do well to get wise to what is going on around and about tiem right now! Parcel Post in Gain 0f 65,405 Packages An unprecedented increase in par cel post business for Atlanta was re corded Saturday by Postmaster Jones ,when a fifteen-day count of parcels dispatched here showed a gain of 65,- 405 packages over the amount of mail matter of the same .iud received during the same lengt: of time last October. Parcels dispatched during the first fifteen days of October numbered 77,- 727. as against 143,132 packages sent out the first half of April, : - SR SIS Victor Herbert Ili; i ) Goes Under Knife LONDON, April 25.—Victor Her bert, the composer, who was operated on this morning for appendicitis, was reported to-night to be in a critical condition. Mr. Herbert's wife and daughter are hero. The composer was stricken in Buckingham Palace on Wednesday and grew so ill that an operation was deemed imperative, by mafl T'nder our system of course instrue tion you will become a proficient real estate dealer, procure ready buyers. close deals quickiy and execute instrumenss without legal ald—all from your home We assist you to a profitable realty business by co-operating with you on your sales and derive our returns from 5 per cent of your first vear's commissions. In addition w our free course iostruction we furnish you with & comjlete AMice outfit of literature, books, forms, stadonery, etc., at the actual cost price of $9.50 (express prepaid). Start your business and in struction at omce. Now i« the semson for buyers. Over three milllon acres sold In four years. Ad dress Dept. M. 42, KEALTY EXTENSION SBCHOOL. 4147 North Hermllage Ave, Chicago. “IHE GEORGIAN'S NEWS BRIEFS Chairman Padgetl Scores Small Navy Friends . WASHINGTON, April 25—In a lvlgorous speech defending the navy, Chairman Padgett, of the House Na val Affairs Committee, to-day bit terly scored the advocates of a “small E navy.” Representative Hensley, of Mis :sourl, charked that the army of re ltlred rear admirals of the navy, about 125, were lecturing throughout the !cnumry in favor of a great naval pro gram. He asserted that the Navy i League was an organized body work ing in the interests of the trusts that ,made armor plate, “] deny as unworthy the imputa Queen Mary Buys . $3,500 Paris Gowns LLONDON, April 25.—Queen Mary accomplished a shrewd stroke of business during her recent visit to Paris. She purchased a large num ber of new gowns, and persuaded King George to buy seven new uni forms, which are by far the most ex pensive part of his attire, and the cost of both gowns and uniforms has been included in the special allowance the King and Queen received from the Treasury to cover the cost of the Paris visit. The Queen's dress bill 'was $3,500, and the King's uniforms cost $2,000. A dispute which has long been smoldering between the Dowager Queen, King George and Queen Mary concerning the absclute ownership of some Gobelin tapestries was final ly settled by the Queen Mother sell ing them to the Prince of Wales con ditionally. She is to retain possession of the tapestries during her Jifetime. The precise terms of the purchase are not known, but it is understood that the Prince paid his grandmother $50,000 for the tapestries and some gold and silver plate now at Marlborough House. Baraca-Philathea Meet Draws 2,000 DURHAM, N, C, April 27,—The State Baraca and Philathea conven tions began to-day with sessions in the Fifst Baptist and Trinity Meth odist Churches, respectively. More ‘lhan 2,000 are in attendance. The principal address of the day was de livered before the Baracas by Gen | eral B. S. Royster, of Oxford, his sub ject being “Moral Standard for Bara ' cas.” Th Baracas sent a large bas ket of carnations to the Philatheas. Asheville. and Winston-Salem are contenders for next year's meeting | place. Cup Defender Yacht z ) - ‘Resolute’ Launched BRINTOL, R. 1, April 26—The Yankee cup yacht Resolute, the first of the trio of boats being built by members of the New York Yacht Club for the defense of the America cup, was successfully launched from the vards of her builders, l’ng\}{erre' shoqgs, at Bristol shortly before dusk this evening. The beautiful craft was christened Resolute by Miss Grace Vanderbiit, the pretty 114-year-old daughter of (Yornelius Vanderbilt, and was a sur prise. . Geo. F. Baer, Railroad . Magnate, Is Stricken PHILADELPHIA, April 25— George F. Baer, president of the Cen tral Railroad of New Jersey and Reading Railroad, was suddenly stricken with an acute gastric attack while on the way from his house to his office to-day, and fell unconscious in Walnut street. He was taken to his home at once where his condition is critical, : Four Daughters Share $40,000 Haas Estate The will of the late Mrs. Caroline A. Haas, disposing of an estate valued at about $40.600, was probated in the Or dinary's Court Monday. The property, with the exception .of several pieces of jewelry, is equally di vided among four daughters, Misses Blanche, Clementine, Elsa and Beulah Haas. Three sons, Leopold, Arthur and Herbert Haas, are named as execntors.‘ All seven of the chikiren are bequeathed pieces of jewelry. The will was drawn April 23, 1913. } tion” said Mr. Padgett. “These crit- ! jcs say in innuendo and insinuation | and by use of such words as 'gmrt-l ers’ that the officers of the navy arei forgetful of the high trust imposed | upon them and are recommending the construction of ships that are not needed for the purpose of af fording an opportunity to the trusts and combinations in this country to | sell steel and other articles to the| navy. It is a slander upon as hon- | orable, as noble and as patriotic al band of officers as ever dedicated | their lives to the service of their] country, and who are willing to| write their own epitaphs in their‘ own blood for their coungry's hcmor."i . Smuggling Arms to Ulster Stirs Britain LONDON, April 25.—Premier As quith is back in town, his prospective vacation at his country seat cut short by news of a thrilling feat of runninz 70,000 rifles and 5,000,000 rounds of ammunition through the British blockade by the Ulster loyalists. News of the smuggling enterprise has made it out one of the most sen sational coups ever attempted in England. It is told how the Norwe gian steamer Fanny received the car go of arms on a quiet island in the Danish Sea; how the British authori ties at Belfast were drawn away from the smuggler by a decoy smuggler; how the British soldiers were mobi lized at Belfast to capture the decoy, and how the genuine smuggler landed ite cargo on a quiet spot off the Coun ty Down coast, where Ulster volun teers were waiting to act as steve dores, and where 600 automobiles and motor trucks were waiting. This development, it is expected, will bring matters to a crisis both in London and in Ulster. Bogus Solicitor of V%ar Funds Is Jailed NEW YORK, April 27.—Halted asi ne was going from door to door ﬂs‘(-i ing contributions for “The Unitedi States Volunteers in Mexico,” Char.les‘ Frareis Deimer was asked for his credentials. He produced a long list of alleged ‘“benefatcors.” John D. Rockefeller was down for $10; Wil liam E. Vanderbilt, $l2, and Charles F. Murphy—much more liberal—B§so. Magistrate McAdoo sent him to the workhouse for 30 days. | icus Gets N Americus Gets Next Meeting of Bank COLUMBUS, April 27.—Group four ‘of the Georgia Bankers, in session | here to-day, selected Americus as the next / meeting place. Crawford Wheatley, of Americus, was elected chairman, and Thomas Dixon, of Montezuma, secretary, and Judge A. W. Cozart, of Columbus, orator. A. W. Haile, of this city, presided at to-dav's meeting. Practically all banks of the group were represented One Dead, 3 Hurt In Wreck of Auto MACON, April 27.—Henry Jacobs, an automobile salesman of Cordele, is dead, and three other South Georgia citizens are injured as the result of an automo bile turning turtle with them at Dun bar, fourteen miles from Macon. They were on their way to Aiianta, zoing 50 miles an hour, when a back tlre ex ploded. A. L. Little, E. E. Purcell and J. A. Smith received painful injuries. but Charles Greer, another passenger, es caped unhurt. Man and Woman Are Ordered Held When W. J. Archebell, aged 55, of 115 Courtland street, appeared in po lice court Monday afternoon to pros ecute a young woman, giving her name as Miss Violet Golden and her address as 36 East Elllis street, on the charge of making awa ywith a diamond ring, watch and bracelet, Recorder Broyles ordered both Arche bell and the woman held for investi gation by the United States authori ties under the Mann white slave act. i Says Fee Was Raised . AsHeLayUnderKnife _SAN FRANCISCO, April 27.—T. H. Brown, of the Cook museum staff, was given a preliminary hearing on chafges of extortion. Brown is ac cused by a patient of making him sign two checks, one for $ll5 and one for $27.50, while he was under the knife, after he had been told he would be cured for $l2. Both checks were, cashed, said the patient, before his clothes were restored to him, 1 s A sensation more impressive than that created by the affidavits of the 'lu-v, (. B. Ragsdale and the negro jwaman, Annie Maude Carter, in which they asserted they had heard from Jim Conley's lips a confession 'of the Phagan murder, was an 'nounced by Detective W. J. Burns | Saturday night in making public a | series of letters written by Conley to ' the Carter woman. The detective, in an interview, de | clared that a careful study of the letters more firmly than ever estab lished him in the conviction that Conley was the murderer of the Pha gan girl, as the Carter woman swore | Conley confessed to her. He said it also made plain: . That Conley was lying in his state ' ment Friday when he said he did not know the Carter woman except as he had seen her pass his cell. | Spells “Negro” Correctly. | That Conley is a degenerate of the foulest type. . | That Conley, contrary to the argu | ment of the Solicitor, was accus | tomed to spell the word ‘“‘negro” cor | rectly. | That Conley was in the habit of us ing ‘'dia” interchangeably with ' “done” and did not confine himself flu the ungrammatical use of “done,” 'as the Solicitor contended. ! Frank, from his cell in the Tower, ' gave out a statement appealing to “the sense of justice and fair play of ithe people of Atlanta soon after | Burns made public the Conley letters, “ Reporters were allowed to see the iletlors in the offices of the Burns |ngen(‘y. Detective Burns said that Ithe same privilege would be accorded | tc anyone who cared to inspect them, I«,‘onley is said by Detective Burns to !l’ave written more than 100 letters to | the Carter woman since he has been lin jail, { He had a mass of them in his of | fice. One was brought in by an oper | ative while the reporters were there. IThey indicated that Jim was a dusky Don Juan. Many of them were un -Iprimable. They revealed the author | as unspeakably vile and degenerate. { Sclicitor's Argument Hit. ; Solicitor Dorsey, arguing that the :murder notes found near the body of | Mary Phagan palpably were dictated | by a white man said that a negro ir:e\ er would have spelled the word | “negro” correctly as it appeared in it.»ne of the notes. 1 . Yet several of the notes accredited to Conley and addressed to the Car ter woman have this word, and have it spelled as it was in the death note at Mary Phagan's side, Solicitor Dorsey also said tnat Conley would have said ““done” in stead of “did” in the murder note had it not been dictated to him. His notes to the Carter woman have the | word repeatedly. Wants $1,000,000 for . U. S. Drainage Work WASHINGTON, April 25.—Repre sentative Whaley, of South Carolina, to-day presented in the House a bill appropriating $1,000,000 for a drainage fund for the maintenance of drain age work to reclaim wet, overflowed and swampy lands in South Carolina. Mr. Whaley insists this public work is necessary to promote the general welfare and to prevent the spread of malaria and other disease. The Secretary of Agriculture is givea charge of distribution. Wed in Chattanooga CHATTANOOGA, April 27.—Joseph Brown and Miss Ethyl Houser, both of Atlanta, were married to-day in the office of the County Tax Assessor at the court house here. The couple refused to divulge any information and disap peared after the ceremony. It is une derstood, however, that they eloped. Sheriff To Be Tried On ‘Slavery’ Charge GADSDEN. ALA., April 27.—Federal Court convened here to-day for the trial of nineteen cases. Sheriff James Sparks, of Marshall County, is to be tried for white slavery. It is alleged he took Decie King from Attalla to Chattanooga for an immoral purpose. Most of the other cases are for moonshining.