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THE B R e '.;"/gjtv‘"fr, R ORGI N e = ’S"¢QQQ o"',‘,"’/[/ - WEEKLY= &n¢-GEORGIA = B NEW IS N Efg — && 5 Being the Ncws of Each Day of the Week in Condeggé&gfi&gg’glfilepL !_l}re_gusvi_Mqrg_c_mf_iflthewf'grmerj VOL. VI. NO. 25. & 8% A MONTH, 36c A YEAR Man Claiming To Be Sergeant Accused of Forging Checks on Southern State Officials. The country-wide wanderings of an alleged United States Army sergeant were wound up in Atlanta Tuesday, when John Walsh, who, it is said, bas operated as an “army shoe tester” in many Southern and Western cities, was taken into custody by Special Agent Louis Baley, of the Department of Justice, bureau of investigation, on a charge of impersonating an army officer with intent to defraud. Walsh was arrested last Saturday at FKFort Myer, Va., after having truveled from coast to coast as an officer detailed by the War Depart ment to test shoes for use in the army. He collected, it is said, sev eral thousand dollars from prominent State and Government officials in the South. Forged Checks in Atlanta. One of his last transactions of this B R R . i i e NG A - & LA . IO R o oS e “'zw 3R - X Io Do < AR R : e R D O R g oA e T S R g o e R S - S s . B X S SRR S - ¥ ORe R ¥ . be T e e R R R R SR “m . 2 e ” RWO s - # : W R Vs - - ; s AR < P B : W o 3 R o e S e g AR 3 e il A L o g SRS 4“§ e % R e i B A g o S A B gis e E: B g * e B i R Pod ¢ ao T S ST g R S v R f ST P S e h ,/’ gt : 5 S g 5 Eee e T o?= e . Bty s e o Bes 5 g s o ¢ i:e e N - AA b w e B Rl SR b Y B i e B b : i o ’ S O e e 23 . Zig i ; oL R g P :s. e R g : . ; : T : Rt CeEERR i R S N ? s e L A b nature was in Atlanta., He forged a check, it is alleged, on the army re cru‘ting officer at the army head quarters here, for $25, and later went to Macon, Ga., where he again gave a worthless check to the recruiting officer there. According to Government officials, Walsh's scheme for extracting money on the pretense of being an employee ;)t the War Department was carefully aid. He used a book of ledger size in which he procured the signatures of prominent men in each city and town which he visited, bearing the state ment that he had visited these va rious localities. Duped Many Postmasters. The book was taken from him on his arrest at Fort Myer and for warded to Federal agents here. Among the signatures he had obtained was that of Governor W. P. Hunt, of Ari zona. While traveling through Florida he called at the State Capitol in Talla hassee and there met the Secretary of State, from whom, it is said, he obtained indorsement of a worthless check for $5O. So logical was the story told by Walsh of his work for the War De partment he borrowed small sums, it is said, from probably a thousand people, among them several hundred posimasters in small cities through out Georgia, Tennesses, Mississippi Louisiana and Texas. The aggregate total of his scattered collections is about $2.000. ATLANTA, GA., WEEKENDING JUNE 9, 1914. " Tntered at the Atlanta Ga., Postoffice as Second Ciass Mall Matter. 'PARENTS GO TO COURT 'OVER BABY SHOW PRIZE ¢ AT Innocent \_ R R -.‘.\'\‘:?-:-:i-"!‘:{‘;):?\ figures in e S ) g 0 baby show % B SRR SErAnes ) wrangle. § Robert Bruce L e Johnston, o ’ $ above, and ~ ;:“ S * 2 Ernest Taulby A o o e § Ingle. om k! sl e e UM Gl G ¢ GRS 2 o) Gih e e o P UG e e £ : i’wA Bl o ' S . G EE e G : Wmo S Lo B % i %flg“ S _ ': ; e, g W A e S ; o TR Aiviaa eR NS s et -VR frgp mma g Bt v R G Pi? G : : , ~ ASHEVILLE, N. C, June 9.—Al leged discrimination on the part of the judges of the Western (arolina Fair Association baby show contest, conducted here, has caused a suit to be entered against the fair associa _(ion which promises to be fought through all the courts of the State. First prize was won by Robert Bruce Johnston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Johnston, Jr, and in awarding the prize the judges are alleged to have discriminated against Ernest Taulby ]ngl% son of Mr. ,and Mrs. T. P. Ingle. Incensed over the matter, the par ents of the Ingle baby sent the meas urements of their baby to the Better Babies Bureau and the child was given better marks on his card than any of the other babies entered in the show here. This was repeated in the other baby shows of the State. The parents of the Ingle baby then appealed to the fair agssociation for a hearing in the case, but this was refused. A petition ~was thea circulated among the citizens of the city asking that a hearing be granted, and when this was again refused suit was in stituted against the fair association to recover 3550 damages. The case occupied two days in a magistrate’s court, when the decision was given in favor of the plaintiff. ‘ The defendant association imme T Gl ol o S e oa Aab A N PR A T R e L R e RRR e B o A s RO R A g M" . i AT RO. e R \\&l"fi’k =y S K R N S L e “\\ S R ] G R e : S ; e 3 W R s ) sl i ) ’fi;i’:iz' it R LR S S Vg 2o BB S L gl T TR ,"?jfia G Rf G ) - Boi A o, 8 B G . S~ % :.:. 4’, ; diately filed notice of appeal to the Superior Court, and stated that in case the decision is rendered in favor of the plaintiff there the case will be carried to the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Both babies are handsome little chaps and almost perfect specimens of babyhood. The Johnston baby is a flaxen-haired child, with blue eyes, while the Ingle baby is of the oppo site type. Both are very bright and cheerful and make friends readily. . Heirs to $42,000 Are NEW HAVEN, June 9 -—The Probate Court is seeking the American heirs of Wilhelmina Von Klahn, who died a year ago at the Norwich Hospital for the In sane. She left $42,000 to a brother, who is dead. The brother went to California in 1849 with gold seekers. He later lo cated in Louisville, Ky., where he mar ried and had children. . Auto Mired, Governor . Rides Handcar Home CROOKSTON, MINN, June 9 — CGovernor Eberhart and three com panions pumped a hand car fourteen miies in order to return here after the BExecutive's automobile had stranded in the mud near Granl Forks. Foraker's Son Elopes; ) Bride Disliked Fuss WASHINGTON, June 9.—Just be cause ‘“she could not bear the thought of a big fuss and wedding,” Miss Minnie Stone, a popular young society girl, eloped to Baltimore with Arthur Foraker, son of former Sena tor Foraker. Parental blessings followed BOND ELECTION CALLED. JESUP, June 9.—The Mayor of the town of Jesup has issued a notice for an election for $6,000 of bonds for an addition to the Righ School building, the election te be held July 11. | Published Weekly Sz THE GEORGIAN COMPANY 20 E. Alabama-stk, Atianta, Ga. 6 ' ' y Sets Himself Against Country’s Opinion in Canal Tolls Fight,” Declares Sydney Brooks. LONDON, June s.—Svdney Brooks, the well-known writer, contributes +o the English Review a character sketch of President Wilson, in which, while its general tone is eulogistiy, recent phases of the Wilson policy are criticised. He writes: “What especially has altered Pres iden* Wilson's position and clouded his prospects is the stand taken by him on the question of Panama tolls. Despite all the support and applause his action elicited in quarters thal make up in respectability what they lack in political influence, there can be little question that in flghting for the repeal of the diseriminating clause in the Panama Canal act the Presi der. has set himself against average orinicn, both in Congress and in tha country. “Honeymoon Is Over.” “A storm of unmeasured violenceq hias broken upon his head, and, what ever its issue, President Wilson's hold apcr his party has been shaken. The legend of his invulnerability has been shattered, the spell is broken, the ,h% ¢ mg%fl_sover. B oo 8 : s W nlgo Mexican policy hecomes” comprehensible only when a guess is hazarded that his conscience rather than his intellect dictated it “It was a case where the s ruples of an idealist revolted against a compromise to whicii 2 statesmai more robust or of less sensitive dis position would have accommodated himself withont difficulty. “A Somber President.” “A good sliff conscience will sheathe a man in an ethical casing against which all arguments wil helplassly biunt themselves and wiil transform the clearest of thinkers into an obstinate, intractable doetri naire. “Personally, except on the ground of conscience, T have found it impos sible to reconcile President \Wilson's diplomacy in Mexico either with his’ trained comprehensive intelligence or with the decisiveness that has mark ed nis treatment of domestic jssues.” Struck by Lightni ruck by Lightning, Woman Will Recover SALISBURY, N. C., June 9.—While Mrs. W. J. McCorkle, wife of a farm er, was in a field near her home to day a bolt of lightning struck her on the head, ran down her body, tore one shoe off, left a black streak down her back and splintered a hoe handle which she held in her hands. The doctor says Mrs. McCorkle will recover, . . Editorial by Graves WASHINGTON, June 9.--Represen tative Roberts, of Nevada, in discuss ing political conditions generally, de clared that the pronouncements of ths present Administration should have a new name, and as conveying his views on nresent issues read an edi torial from the pen of John Temg'e Graves on “Tolls and Mexico Work Party Ruin.” Dynamiter Pardons ’ WASHINGTON, June 9. Attorney (GGeneral Mcßeynolds presented to Pres ident Wilson his report on the appeal for pardon for Frank M. Ryan and other former officials of the International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Union, who were convicted in the In dianapolis dynamite conspiracy cases. It is understood that his recommenda tions are adverse to the convicted men, Burglars Get 500-Ib. Safe, but Only $lO NEW YORK, June 9 —Burglars carried off a 500-pound safe from a restaurant on lower Broadway. It contained $lO,