Georgia Historic Newspapers

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MACEDONIAN ARMY
MARCHES TO FORGE
SULTAN TOABDICATE
Main Body of 7 reops Loyal
to Young Turks Have Con
centrated Outside of Con
stantinople Ready to March.
MINISTRY TOTTERING;
PEOPLE ARE IN PANIC
AND ANARCHY REIGNS
Little Hope That Sultan Can Be
Saved and Early Abdication
pear* all That Can Possibly Af»-
pease Stubborn and Sulking People
(9r Ainxuted Fr»»x.'
CONSTANTINOPLE. April IS.-The
sheik. Ul Islam, the head of the church,
la preparing a written declaration to the
country pronouncing the fall of the sul
tan
It is rumored here this afternoon that
the sultan has fled. b»t the report can
not be* copflrmed.
The troops loyal to the Young Turks
continued their advance on Constantino
ple last night and it is believed here that
they soon will occupy Makrikeny. a town
ten miles from the capital.
Two advance guards precede the main
body of the soldiers. One Is composed of
300 men. half of whom are officers, while
the other numbers 1.00 men. These two
columns are expected to occupy Pera and
Galata. the foreign and official quarters
of Constantinople, as soon as possible in
order to protect foreigners in the* event
of rioting. ‘ .
Many of the troops in Constntinople fa
vor the Young Turks and resistance is
hardly expected.
AMERICAN MISSIONARIES
WERE MURDERED TRYING
TO RAVE TURKISH WOMEN
(By Aassciated Fre»x3
CONSTANTINOPLE. April 19.—The
American vice consul at Merslna. John
Debbas. reports that the disorders at
Adana are quieting down.
The two American missionaries, D M.
Rogers and Mr. Maurier, were killed
Thursday .afternoon, while attempting t*»
extinguish s jire in the house of an aged
Turkish woman. They were shot dead.
The mission at Adana is anxiously await
ing relief. The kilted at Adana are es
timated nt more than 1.00. but no partic
ulars of the massacre yet are available.
Disturbances have occurred also at Mar
ash. a city of about 50.000 people In thn
"vflMyet of'Aleppo. snd mH—
north of Alexandretta. It in reported -that
29 persons were killed or wounded there.
The authorities at Marash behaved well,
and the disorders were soon put down.
MACEDONIAN TROOPS
DEMAND ABDICATION
BY SULTAN OF THRONE
(By Associated Frees.)
LONDON. April 19.—" The Macedonian
troops intend to enter Constantinople to
day and enforce their demand for the
abdication of the sultan. The new min
istry is tottering. It is believed that ad
equate steps have been taken to guaran
tee public order."
The foregoing statement was received
in London today in a code message from
Constantinople. It was sent by the local
agent of a well-known banking flrm.
KEY TO THE SITUATION
IS HELD BY COMMITTEE
OF UNION AND PROGRESS
<Bv Asioeitted Freis.,
LONDON. April 19.-Telegraphing from
Constantinople the correspondent of the
Times says:
“For the moment, the committee of
Union and Progress routed by the Mace
donian regiments near Tchatalja. hold the
key to the situation. If their leaders only
recognise the necessity of abstaining from
arts of political vengeance against the
leaders of the rival parties and agree to
co-operate with Edhern Pasha, the min
ister of war, and Naxim Pasha, com
mander of the troop* in Constantinople, in
restoring discipline to the army, they yet
may regain much of the prestige they
have lost.
“In the Turkish chamber today thirty
fivfe telegrams of sharp protest against
the mutiny were received from the prov
inces and read. These included messages
from the comander of the Arianople
army corps and the Armenian and Kurd
ish committees.
"It is estimated that since the mutiny,
from Bfteen to twenty officers have fallen
victims to private or political hostility."
PRIESTS OF CONSTANTINOPLE
SENT OUT TO PARLEY WITH
REBERS SEVERELY WHIPPED
(Dy Aaacriatad Fracs.)
VIENNA. April 19.—A dispatch receiv
ed here from Constantinople says that
the priests sent out to parley with the
Young Turks at Tchatalja were whipped
and driven away.
The leaders of the Young Turk forces
have issued orders that the Ilves and
property of all foreigners and Christians
in Constantinople be adequately protect
ed.
BIG GERMAN SQUADRON
HAS BEEN DESPATCHED
TO PORT OF CONSTANTINOPLE
BERLIN. April 19.—A German squad
ron. composed of the cruisers Gneisenau.
Luebeck. Stettin and Berlin, has been
ordered to Constantinople. The vessels
sailed this afternoon. They will be joined
in the Mediterranean by the cruiser Ham
burg. which accompanied the imperial
yacht Hchensoilern to Corfu, when Em
peror William went to Corfu for his vaca
tion.
in a dispatch from Constantinople the
correspondent of the Ix>kal Anseiger
.says:
SITUATION VERY GRAVE.
“The situation is extremely serious. A
general massacre can be prevented only
by the speediest success of the Salonikin
troops. The Liberal Unionists at last un
derstand to what purpossrthe Yildix Kiosk
used them, and as a result they are partly
downcast and partly incensed against the
palace. The sentiment of the troops in
the city is turning strongly against the
palace.
"Ths movement of the troops loyal to
the young Turks to Tchatalja appears to
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Mtemi w eH$ Swrtml
NOB IN OKLAHOMA
PUTS FOUR BAD NEN
10 DEATHJY ROPE
Representative Citizens of Ada
Meet at Commercial Club
and Quietly Sterm Jail and
Lynch Four.
BODIES LEFT HANGING
WHEN DAYLIGHT DAWNED
ON SCENE OF VENGENCE
Some of the Men Lynched Were
Prominent Stockmen of the West
Whose Reputations Were Bad—No
Arrests Have Been Made.
(By Aaaociatsd Fracs)
ADA. Okla., April 19.—Four prominent
cattlemen were taken from the city jail
here today and lynched by a mob of one
hundred citisens.
The mob. it is said, was organised in
the Commercial club rooms and marched
to the jail at 3 o'clock Only one
man stood guard at the prison and he
was quickly overpowered and the four
prisoners seised, taken to a nearby barn
and hung from the rafters.
The bodies were cut down about 9
o'clock today.
CHARGED WITH MURDER.
There was little excitement during the
lynching.
Those lynched were J. B? Miller, of
Fort Worth. Texas.; B. B. Burrell, of
Duncan. Okla.; Jesse "West, of Canadian,
Tex., and, Joe Allqn, of Canadian, Tex.
West and Allen were well-to-do Texans
and large cattle owners.
The men were held on a charge of com
rllcity In the murder of former United
States Marshal A. A. Bobbitt, near Ada
last February. Bobbitt was shot from
ambush on his way home. An examining
trial of the four prisoners was held last
Thursday, but no indictment was ever
returned.
WAS A "BAD MAN.”
Miller, one of the victims, leaves a
widow of Fort Worth. He had killed six
men in his time and was a "chum” of the
late Pat Garrett, the famous man-munter,
and was with Garrett when he was killed
at Las Cruces.
The mob was composed of many of the
prominent citisehs of the city and only
a few wore masks. The authorities were
powerless to prevent the lynching, as the
early hour placed them at a disadvantage.
The entire formation of the mob and
lynching which followed was performed
in the most methodical manner.
FEELING VERY INTENSE.
So intense was the feeling during the
preliminary bearing 6t the men that
Judge Brown probfWtwnfie
of evidence. Burrell was a nephew of
Miller and turned state's evidence against
Miller and told of complete plans of West
and Allen to murder Bobbitt, a long-time
enemy of both. No arrests of the lynchers
has been made. .
REPUTATION OF VICTIMS
WAS “TEXAS BAD MEN.”
(By Aaccciatad Fraas •
FORT WORTH, Tex., April 19.—While
he bore the reputation of a "bad man.”
J. B. Miller, of this city, one of the four
men lynched at Ada, Okla., was popular
among the best class of citisens here. His
wife and three children are held in high
esteem. Reports vary as to the number
of men Miller has killed, estimates plac
ing it anywhere from ten to thirty. Miller
shot and killed Alexander Frasier, at
Toyah, in West Texas, several years ago,
following a bitter family feud between
the Millers and Frasiers. Miller was ac
quitted. however, after a trial which last
ed thirty days.- He also shot and killed
James Force, in the Delaware hotel, in
Fort Worth, during a cattlemen's con
vention. He was also acquitted for this
affray.
Most of his victims were either cattle
defense. He was one of the last of the
thieves or men whom he shot in self
old-time Texas cattle “kings,” among
whom it was a custom to use the six
shooter In defense of any of thir rights.
Burrelt another of the four lynched,
while his home was at Duncan, Okla., has
many relatives in Texas. He leaves a
brother and mother at Weatherford, and
another brother at Ballinger. He was a
large cattle owner. It Is said.
Joe Allen and Jesse West, of Canadian,
Texas, are reported to be wealthy and to
own large tracts of lands and herds of
cattle. There was an old feud existing
between these two men and former
United States Marshal Bobbitt, and years
ago. it is said, Bobbitt forced Allen and
West to flee to Texas because of alleged
highway robbery and cattle thefts.
Burrell and Miller were both arrested
in Texas following Bobbitt’s death. Bur
sell returned without requisition. A few
days ago the detective department here
was asked to send men to Ada to protect
the prisoners, as it was feared at that
time the public would attempt violence,
so wrought up was the feeling. The Fort
Worth police took an important part in
the trial. The lynching came without
an ywarning whatever and was done so
quickly there was no time to interfere
No arrests have been made.
CHICAGO WILL WEAR
THE WHITE CARNATION
(By Aa-ooiatad F-aaa )
ST. IXJUIS. Apr*; ;j.—o/ threatening
to run the fast Frisco train through Rol
la without stopping unless conditions at
the depot were changed, the railroad
forced the Rolla city council to pass an
ordinance tabooing flirting and making
eyes on the platform.
Mayor Stroback and Superintendent
O’Hara, of the Frico road, joined to pre
vent the students of the state school of
mines from attracting the attention of
girl passengers on the trains. Some of
the means of attracting attention, the
ordinance states, are waving hands, tip
ping hats and giving college yells. The
school authorities have promised assist
ance in enforcing the ordinance.
RETURN WARDEN S JEWEL
STOLEN DURING WAR
FLORENCE. Ala.. April 19.-A warder's
jewel was stolen from room* of Cypress
Lodge. I. O. O. F., during the occupancy
of this city by General Sherman's army
during the march to the see.
W. Shook, of Georgetown. 0., has re
turned the jewel which he recovered
from two negro boys aril which he had
retained in his possessioa until its re
turn.
ATLANTA. TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1000.
ALDRICH DECLARES
HIS CONNITTE BILL
IB BEST FOR TARIFF
If His Estimate, However, Is
in Error, Congress Could
Easily Make Ends Meet by
Reducing Expenses.
DID NOT MENTION
INCOME TAX VIEWS
DEMOCRATS WANT
Payne Bill Proposes Net Increase
Over Present Law of $11,666,748.
Senate Bill Plans to Make Amount
$0,904,426 Increase.
(By Associated Freas.)
WASHINGTON, April 19.—1 n opening
the debate on the pending tariff bill to
day Senator Aldrich, chairman of the
committee on finance, assured the senate
tn moat positive terms that the bill re
ported from his committee would produce
ample revenue from the government.
He suggested that if, by any possibility,
these estimates should prove to be incor
rect the duty of congress would be to
“reduce expenditures and make them
conform to actual revenue conditions and
not to impose new and onerous taxes.”
He did not refer specifically to any
proposition to Impose an income tax, his
statement declaring that ample revenue
may be derived from other sources was
accepted as direct opposition to all such
propositions.
The net increase from customs over the
existing law, according t oa statement
furnished each senator was estimated at
311,666,748 for the Payne bill as passed by
the house, and $9,934,426 under the bill aS
reported from the senate committee.
Senator Aldrich’s Speech
Mr. Aldrich said in part:
“The practical question to which I ask
your attention today is, 'will the bill as
reported from the committee on finance,
produce tuffleient revenue when taken in
connection with the internal revenue
taxes and other existing sources of reve
nue to meet the expenses of the govern
ment without the imposition of additional
taxes?’ I answer unhesitatingly after a
ihorougt and careful investigation of the
facts and the conditions likely to surround
the problem, that It will.”
Mr. Aldrich submitted statements show
ing the receipts, disbursements, surpluses
and deficits, actual and estimated, of the
treasury for the fiscal years 1900 to 1911,
inclusive. His estimates for the fiscal
years 1909 to 1911, inclusive* were as fol
lows:
Fiscal year. Receipts. Disbursements. Surplus.
IWO .. . m. 027.») M74.609.4M IA >5«»,4®.450
IMO - Wi.000.000 (A) 45.000,000
Mil ..... 695.000.000 665. 000.000 30,000,000
(A)—Deficit.
"In these statements, both the receipts
and disbursements Tor the Panama canal
have been eliminated for obvious rea
sons,” said Mr. Aldrich. "It is the policy
of congress,which I think has universal
approval, that payments for the canal and
its ocnstruction should not be made from
current revenues, but met by the sale of
bonds.
"The figures I submit include all re
ceipts and disbursements except those of
the postoffice department and the Pana
ma canal, but the postal deficiencies are
included in all cases in the disbursements.
"The statement consists of the actual
official figures of receipts and disburse
ments for the years 1900 to 190 S, inclusive,
and shows that in these years the act of
1897 (existing Igw) produced a surplus of
$128,656,221, and average yearly surplus of
$47,628,469. The statement commences with
the year 1900. The Spanish war followed
the enactment of the act of 1897 and the
revenues and expenses of the government
did not reach normal conditions until the
year 1900.”
Data of Treasury Expert
Mr. Aldrich explainde that he arrived
at his estimates from data secured In
consultation with treasury experts.
"Taking the present fiscal year for ex
amination first, we have the actual fig
ures for nine arid one-half months, which
are: Receipts, $468,042,873; disbursements,
$533,986,815, showing a deficit of $65,943,-
942,'' he continued. “I have taken the
disbursements of $533,986,815 for nine and
one-half months and estimated those for
the succeeding two and one-half months
on the same basis, -reaching the result
of $674,509,680.
"The customs recepits for the remain
ing two and one-half months of the year
19(4) will probably be collected under the
terms of existing law.
"In making the estimates of receipts
of the year 1909 the actual receipts and
disbursements for the first nine and one
half months being available, the figures
for the remaining two and one-half
months are based on these ascertained
results and indicat recepits for the year
of $605,047,230. The figures which must
be very nearly accurate, show an esti
mated deficit at the end of the year of
$69,462,450.
"For the year 1910 the appropriations
have already been made and the amount
which will be expended can be foretold
with approximate accuracy.
"In making the estimate for these ex
penditures. I have taken the gross ap
propriations for the year. $1,044,000,000,
and deducted the appropriations for the
postoffice department, $235,000,000; the
sinking fund. $60,000,000; the national bank
fund, $30,000,000, and Panama canal ex
peness, $37,000,000 and have added the of
ficial estimate for the postal deficiency
for the year. $30,000,000, showing a proba
ble total of expenditures of $700,000,000.
Effect of Pending Bill
"If the pending bill should become a
law before the 30th of June, next, the
customs revenues for the entire fiscal
year cf 1910 would be collected under its
provisinos, and the probable results con
stitute the crucial point In our investiga
tions.
"For the ntirpose of ascertaining the
relative revenue producing qualities of the
senate bill and the act of 1897, the com
mittee on finance, has had prepared a
statement, which Is laid before the sen
ate this morning. It applies the rates
of the senate bill to the Importations of
1907, in other words, it shows the reve
nue that would have been derived upon
the importations made in 1907 if the sen
ate bill had been In force during that
year.
"We have selected the year 1907 for the
comparison, as this was the last year on
which the finances and business of the
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IHSAHin IS PLEA
FOR PETER HAINS
SLAYER OF WILLIAM E. ANNIS
ENTERS COURT PALE AND
*
NERVOUS TO ANSWER BEFORE
A M RY OF PEERS FOR LIFE.
(By Associated Press.)
FLUSHING, N. Y„ April 19.-Insanity
both at 4 the time of the killing of Wil
liam E. 'Annis and since then is the chief
point in the defense in the trial beginning
today of Captain Peter C. Hains, Jr.,
charged with the murder of Annis at the
Bayside Yacht club on August 15 last
Counsel for the defense announced they
would attempt to prove that Captain
Hains’ mind was unbalanced by the
stories of the friendship of Mrs. Hains
for Annis.
Whether or not Mrs. Claudia L. Hains,
wife of the defendant, would be called
as a witness for the prosecution was not
certain, and much depended upon the de
cision on that point. Fifty witnesses
were summoned for the defense.
CAPTAIN HAINS VERY PALE.
The selection of a jury began befoi e
Justice Garretson in the supreme court
at the opening of court. Captain Hains
was brpught over from the Queens coun
ty jail at Long Island City. He looked
pale and wore a heavy dark beard.
District Attorney DeWitt said he had
no formal promise from Mrs. Hains, the
defendant's wife,, that she would testify
for the people, but that she had left Bos
ton and prtfbably would be accessible if
wanted.
Mr. DeWitt is assisted In the prosecu
tion by Johp Hetherington, first assist
ant district attorney of Queens county,
and George A. Gregg, former district at
torney.
John F. Mclntyre, of New’ York; Eu
gene N. Young and Daniel O’Reilly, who
was an Issoclate counsel for Harry
Thaw, appeared for the defense.
HARD TO GET JURY.
The first twelve talesmen examined
were excused. They all entertained some
opinion on ths case or were opposed to
capital punishment.
District Attorney DeWitt's examination
of the talesmen was brief.
Lawyer Young, for the defense, exam
ined each man at length. It appeared
from his line of questioning that the de
fense intended to plead Insanity for tht
prisoner.
Several talesmen called were acquaint
ed with members of the Bayside Yacht
club and were challenged by the defense
on that account, (
BAGGING A>D TIES
ffiß FREE LIST?
Judge Bartleti SencW Written Agree
ment to Senator Aldrich Regard
ing Commodities
By Ralph Smith
WASHINGTON, D. C„ April 19.—JtTdge
Bartlett appeared before the senate
finance committee today and presented a
written argument to Senator Aldrich urg
ing that cotton bagging and ties be placed
on the free list.
Senator Aldrich promised to give his
argument careful consideration.
Judge Bartlett was one of the leaders
of the fight in the house to place these
commodities on the free list, but the
Democrats were hampered and hindered
by the gag rule which prevented them
from getting a record vote or offering
their amendment.
In his argument. Judge Bartlett Invited
attention to the discovery he made at the
treasury department earlier in the day
that the bagging used for round bales of
cotton enjoy drawback of 99 per cent. He
insisted that the bagging and the ties for
square bates of cotton exported be given
this same treatment.
If not placed squarely on the free list
60 per cent of the cotton crop is exported
and a 99 per cent drawback on the bag
ging and ties would mean three-quarters
of a million of dollars to the farmers of
the south,
FOUR HURT IN CRASH
OF TAXICAB AND CART
(Special Dispatch io The Journal.)
MACON, Ga.. April 19.—Mr. John Wil
son, aged 70 years. Miss Cook, of Atlan
ta. and Miss Emily and George Leonard,
of Macon, were badly shaken up
in an automobile accident which
happened on the Milledgeville road.
These four people yers in a taxicab and
were being driven to the Outing club,
when their motor car collided with a road
cart. The auto pitched headforemost
down a 15 foot embankment and its nose
embedded Itself in the soft dirt near a
barbed wire fence. All the Inmates climb
ed to the ground and were driven home
in another car.
The road cart was driven by Mr. Harri
son, who sustained a, bruised hip. The
taxicab was being driven by an 18-year
old boy named Burns, but he claims the
accident occurred through no fault of his.
The car was damaged to the extent of
less than a hundred dollars.
WELL "KNOWN DOCTOR
WOUNDS YOUNG MAN
(B- Associated I’rrss.)
NASHVILLE. Tenn., April 19.-A Mur
freesboro, Tenn., dispatch says:
Dr. John E. Washington, a well known
physician of this county, shot and proba
bly fatally wounded a young man named
Bogle at the Washington farm, near this
place, today. The trouble arose over a
horse owned by Washington. Bogle is a
tenant on the farm. Washington has sur
rendered. claiming self-defense.
Dr. Washington is a brother of Gen.
W. H. Washington, of Nashville, who
was counsel for the Cooper's in the re
cent murder trial here.
TWENTY-TWO PERSONS
ARE HURT IN WRECK
(By Associated Press.)
PAN ANTONIO. Texas An-u 19.—A speeisl
to The Express from Torreon. Mexico, says:
A serious wr-ck occurred on the Mexican
Central Sutnrdnv nis-ht nbnnr in o'clock near
Bernejillo. ’0 miles north nf Tr.f» O n. j t vvas
caused bv a broken rail. Th, engine and
baggage and express cars rwaacd over safely,*
but the two second class and one first-class
coach and one of the Pullmans -.v-re derailed
and the two second-class coaches turned ever.
There were twentv-two ner—<s said to have
been injured in the wreck. so far as con
be learned from nasse.neera who arrived on
ths southbound train there were no fatalities.
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MRS. ROSA F. MONNISH.
Sketched from life by staff artist of The Journal just before she
killed herself. i
TRIAL OF CALHOUN
OPENS UP SECRETS
FERDINAN DH. NICHOLAS TESTI-
FIES OF RECEIPT OF MONEY,
BUT DECLARES THAT IT DID
NOT INFLUENCE HIM.
(By Anodated ?hii.) ,
san Francisco, April ro.—Testifying
today in the bribery trial of Patrick Cal
houn, president of the United Railroads,
Ferdinand H. Nicholas related the Inci
dents which led up to the organised cor
ruption with the Schmitz board, of which
he Ws a member.
"l"ever heard any mention of bribery
or any money matters before the super
visors took office,” said Nicholas. ‘‘We
had our first caucus the night before we
were installed and Rues and Mayor
Schmitz designated the committees. It
was two or three weeks later that we
received the first intimation of money
to be paid for the supervisors. This was
in the matter of the permit for prize
fights. Gallagher told us there would be
something it it, and we were, paid the
money after the ordinance had been pass
-1 ed.”
Nicholas declared he would have voted
for the measure If his action had not
been Influenced in any manner, and he
made the same declaration with respect
to the fixing of gas rates, in which the
supervisors violated a pledge in their
platform whereby they were to favor a
low rate.
PROHI FORCES PLAN
FIGHT IN VIRGINIA CITIES
Campaign Has Already Opened in Pe
tersburg and Tidewater
Cities
Associated Preset
RICHMOND. Va„ April 19.—With nine
ty out of one hundred counties in Vir
ginia already "dry,” the prohibition
forces are preparing to attack Richmond.
Petersburg, Newport News, Norfolk and
Portsmouth, the only remaining license
cities in the state. In fact, the campaign
has already opened in Petersburg and the
tidewater cities.
An effort will be made to close the sa
loons in the cities named by means of
local option elections, failing in which
the temperance crusaders will endeavor
to pass a statewide prohibition law.
MAJOR GENERAL WOOD
LAUDS PORTO RICO
(By Associated Press.l
NEW YORK, April 19.—Glowing re
ports of Porto Rico’s prosperity and
progress are being brought by Major
General Leonard Wood, commander gen- j
eral of the east, who arrived here yes
i terday, after making an inspection of
j the army affairs on the island.
“I do not thimc I have ever seen a
■ more beautiful island than Porto Rico
ils at present,” said General Wood. "It
I is my first visit to the island, and with
j Colonel Robert Lee Howze, the new
I commander of the troops there, I visited
j all sections. The people seemed to be
prospering in all parts of the island.
“The native troops impressed me fa
vorably and they are well drilled, well
disciplined body of men. Colonel Howze,
the new commander of the "regiment, <s
familiar with Porto Rican conditions
and is pleased with his new assign
i ment.
) General Wood said that Porto Rico ex
: pected to profit by a record-breaking
' sugar and tobacco crop.
CHARLES S. BARRETT
BUSY IN bARLINGTON i
WASHINGTON. D. C.. April 19—Charles S.
Barrett, president of the Farmers’ union, is
Jure on business, the nature of which be ;
■ does not < are to discuss for publication. It '
i is understood, however, that be is intereste.l
: in certaii. schedules of the tariff bill on be- (
; half of the farmers.
Mr. Barrett will be here several days.
Renaud Wins Marathon
BOSTON. April 19.—Henry Renaud, of
Nashua, N. H.. won today s Marathon I
from Ashland to Boston. Time (unoffl- I
cial), 2:57:36. |
BAPTISTS REPLY TO
DR. BROUGHTON
, CONFERENCE FOR EDUCATION IN
, SOUTH IS WARMLY DEFENDED
► AT MEETING OF BAPTIST MIN-
ISTERS.
“The Conference for Education In the
’ South held in Atlanta last week did a
good work, and is a great organization
working for the best interest of the Amer
. lean people” was the opinion of the major
‘ ity of the Baptist ministers of the city
who attende the regular weekly meet
ing of the Baptist ministers’ conference
at the First Baptist church Monday morn
, ing.
The recent attacks made on the methods
of the educational conference by a well
known Atlanta Baptist divine were re
sented by a large majority of those at
, tending the ministers’ meeting Monday.
The matter was first brought before the
meeting when Rev. J. L. D- Hillyer crit
icised the conference for not opening the
meetings with prayer. He severely criti
cised them, and agreed with Rev. Len
G. Broughton in his attack on the con
ference.
DR. WHITE SPEAKS.
“We should resent this attack on the
Southern Educational conference that has
been made by different divines during the
j ast two days,” said Rev. John E. White,
pastor of the Second Baptist church,
when he took the floor after Dr. Hillyer
I had finished his attack on the confer
ence. “Those who have attacked it simply
do not know. Some of them were elders and
Sunday school teachers in leading
churches in their respective cities, and
the attack on them should be resented by
Jthis gathering.
"Well known Christians attended the
meetings of the conference, and you all
know that they would not be connected
with an educational conference if it were
as it has been pictured. They would not be
connected with an atheistic movement.
"I attended the meetings of the confer
ence and believe that the majority of
those In attendance were good, Christian
men.”
Here Dr. White named the leaders of
the educational conference and pointed
out that they were all religious. During
his discussion of the subject a number of
the ministers In attendance spoke up and
commended the leaders of the conference
in very high terms. Some of them had
been pastors and others Sunday school
I teachers of some of the ministers at the
| meeting.
Dr. Len G. Broughton, who on Sunday
\ criticised the conference, was not in at
; tendance at the minister's meeting Mon
i day morning, as usual.
BAPTIST PRINCIPLES.
j Following the disposition of the edu
' rational conference Rev. E. H. Jennings.
! of Lawrenceville. Ga.. spoke on “Baptist
i Principles.” Dr. Jennings is a nephew of
; Chief of Police Henry Jennings and is
well known in Atlanta.
I A majority of the members announced
; their intention of attending the exercises
t at Lacust Grove institute on Tuesday,
April 27th. They will leave Tuesday
morning at 7:45 o'clock and return the
same evening at 8 o'clock. At the exer
cises several Atlanta divines will speax.
|THIS KENTUCKY GIRL .
WIDOW AT THIRTEEN
(By Associated Press. >
I LOUISVILLE. Ky„ April 19.—T0 match
' the Pembroke. Ga.. man who is a grand
: father at 34, Kentucky hlfis found Mrs.
I Lucile Cornelius Armstrong, aged 20, who
was a widow at 13. On Saturday night
J she eloped with S. V. Armstrong, of
‘ Shelby county to Kentucky's Gretna
J Green at Jeffersonville. Ind. In giving in- I
; formation for the marriage certificate |
' Mrs. Armstrong said that she was mar
j ried in Woodford county when 12 years I
I of age and that her husband died when
| she was 13. i
S3OO
In gold absolutely free to sub
scribers for the Semi-Weekly
Journal.
MHS.MONNISH
KILLS HERSELF
AFTER BEING CONVICTED
OF SENDING OBSCENE
MATTER THROUGH THE
MAILS, SHE CHOOSES
DEATH BY OWN HAND
IN PREFERENCE TO
SPENDING TWO YEARS IN
JAIL.
MRS. MONNISH ALMOST
FAINTED WHEN SHE
HEARD SENTENCE
“I Am Inocent,” She Said Between
Convulsive Sobs—Will Remain at
Home Under Guard Until Attor-- ,
neys Decide About Appeal. . J
About 3 o’clock Monday afternoon,
shortly after arriving at her home. 349
Peachtree street, Mrs. Dr. Sosa V. Mon
nish, who was sentenced to two years
In the penitentiary and fine! 951,000,
drank prussic acid and died in a few
minntes.
Mrs. Moxmish was in her bed room I
when she drank the acid, the matahal,
C. JT. Johnson, being on guard just out
side. Mow the poisonous drug was ob
tained is not known, but it is supposed
that Mrs. Monnlsh had it in her room
when she returned from court after re
ceiving her sentence.
When the judge pronounced sentence
Mrs. Monnlsh showed great agitation
and had to be supported from the room
by the court attendants. Several times
later she almost fainted, the court’s
sentence having shattered her nerve
completely.
She had not been at homo more than
an hour when she was found in a dying
condition.
Blanched and speechless, Mrs. Dr. Rosa
F. Monnlsh staggered from the United
States court room at 11 o'clock Monday -
morning under a sentence of two years
and two days to the federal penitentiary «
and a fine of $2,000. She had been con- ’
victed some weeks ago for using the '
mails for the transmission of obscene
letters. Her attorneys having appealed
for a new trial and this having beea
denied, she had come into court about j
twenty minutes before 11 accompanied by
her little 13-year-old daughter. Jeanette. ■,
a blue-eyed, fair-haired child, and a wo
man dressed in black. The latter was
Miss Llzxie McColgan, who has besu her ,
tarSlfuL.iramps ninn sines her rec Ant en- ‘
tanglements began.
Mrs. Monnish had come to learn what
her punishment would be.
On her arrival the court was In ths ,
midst of routine matters. When these I
were disposed of, Judge Newman re
quested that the little girl b<9 escorted
from the room. The group of attorneys,
marshals and people who had dropped
in from curiosity leaned forward expec- ■
tantly. Mrs. Monnish steadied herself
where she sat directly under the bench. 3
Then came the sentence.
SENTENCE PRONOUNCED.
The court’s remarks were brief. There
was a concise deliverance on the neces- I
slty of maintaining the integrity of the
United States mails for the high social '
blesssing for which they were intended.
Mrs. Monnish listened intently. Then an
imprisonment of one year and one day
was pronounced for each of the two
counts in the indictment and also fqx--
each of them a fine of SI,OOO. / '
One of the court attendants came for- 1
ward to ierfff her from the court room.
She pressed her hands heavily on tbs
arms of the chair and rose. Instantly j
she tottered and swayed and was on the I
verge of falling, when he caught her and
assisted her out.
A few moments later she was seated ’
in the United States marshal’s office on
the second floor of the custom house,
waiting in a blindness of despair on any j
final turn that her destiny might take.
On one side of her sat Miss McColgan
and on the other her daughter. In the
corridor outside, her attorneys, CoL Al
bert H. Cox, bls son, John Cox. and Reu
ben Arnold, were hurriedly conferring,
There were just two things to be done. S
MAY MAKE APPEAL
Mrs. Monnish would have to go to
prison, to the United States penitentiary
at Lansing, Kans., or, if her case
were appealed to the circuit court, she
might within the court’s discretion give \
bond and be released pending the review
of her case. The attorneys were discuss-. •
ing as to whether or not they would ap
peal. They did not decide Monday morn- |
ing and probably will not until Tuesday, .]
or maybe the latter part of the week. ;
In the meantime Mrs. Monnish will re
main at her home. 349 Peachtree street,
under the continuous guard of Deputy
Marshal J. C. Johnson and an assistant .
he will employ.
While the lawyers were revolving these
matters. Mrs. Monnish sat stating hope- g
lessly into the distance. She was asked ;
if she wished to make any statement for
publication.
"Nothing.” she said with German ac
cent, "except that Im innocent. It’s aB •.
that woman's doing ever since she tried
to take my husband away from me. Now, ‘.i
Ive lost everything. I have no money, no 3
horn*-, no health. Tbe physician told me
yesterday that without a change of
mate I couldn't live three months. And S
there's the child—’ >rj -.
SHAKEN WITH SOBS. ’ J®
At this point she shook with a volcanic ..j
sob, and falling with her head upon the
table by which she sat, gave way to a
storm of tears. They were the first that "
had touched ner eyes since tne tntu b«- 5
gan.
Miss McColgan in her suit of 'Hack
wept silently with her. Little Jeanette
buried her face in tier hands.
"Last fall.” she continued. "1 gave my .
husband money, ano told him to go out '-•?!
west and buy us a place. I thought I'd S’
leave here for good, and take the child
and raise her. God knows wtirtre she’ll •
go.”
"I'll never go with him,” said Jeanette,
referring to her father. "I have friends .
who will take me.”
Half an hour passed and the girl went
into an adjoining room to use the tele- ‘i
phone. When she had got the number J
she wanted she began talking rapidly in
German (she speaks four different lan- . I
guages). At times she would lapse into
Et glish.
"Two years and two thousand
Continued on page Three
JAIL.
NO. 62.