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& VOLUME XII. ATLANTA, GA., FEIDAY, JULY 18, 1913. NO. 85. Mr, Garrison Says His Trip to Atlanta Is Purely One of In spection-Refuses to Discuss Matters Generally LOST—One secretary of war, together with a chief of staff and a colonel in the army. And they were, at that, too, lost in the wilderness of Fort McPher son and the surrounding country for an hour or more Thursday morning while other members of the visiting party •ought them vainly with other auto mobiles and finally abandoned the at tempt to follow and returned to post headquarters to await there the return of the secretary and his immediate es cort. They turned up presently, finishing just at 11 o’clock an inspection tour that had consumed nearly three hours and that had taken them to every portion of the army reservation and to other lands adoining it. Secretary Lindley M. Garrrison made in this manner his first inspection of a government army post and began his tour of all the posts in the country. His purpose is to study each of them (or rather som e forty out of the forty- nine now occupied) in order that he may direct a wise reduction of their number and the concentration of their garrisons into larger groups at fewer points. , BRIGADE POST PROBABLE. That Fort McPherson may be one of those points was indicated by the sec retary’s thorough survey of it and its surroundings Thursday morn'ing. Mr. Garrison declined to commit himself, however, to any comment whatever upon McPherson’s chances to become a brigade post. Nor would he talk at all upon the Mexican situation. On that topic he was as dumb of the Sphinx. In conversation upon other subjects, however, he proved himself the affable dignitary that he has been reputed to be. Accompanying: the secretary of war was the chief of staff, Major General Leonard Wood: the chief of the quarter master corps. Major General J. B. Ale- shire: Captain S. J. Bayard Schindel, of the general staff of the army, and Mr. aGrrison’s civilian secretary, W. T Pedigo. The party arrived in Atlanta early Thursday morning, coming directly from Washington. Breakfasting at the new Hotel Ansley. they were met by General R. K. Evans, of Atlanta, com- manding the Second brigade. First divi sion, of the army, and by General Evans’ aids. Lieutenant Albert S. J. - Todr*-'—Th'eT'were ‘takef! immediately out to the fort in automobiles, and spent the remainder of the forenoon until 11 o’clock on their inspection tour,. Colonel J, T. Van Orsdale, commanding the Seventeenth infantry, escorting them Completing their work, they rested upon the piazza of Colonel Van Ors- dale’s quarters, where the officers of the Seventeenth were presented to them. A buffet luncheon was served to the secretary and his party by General Ev er i at his home, 665 Peachtree. Later in the afternoon Mr. Garrison and his party were taken upon a tour of the city and its suburbs by Wilmer L. Moore, president of the chamber of commerce. Mexic Plot to Dynamite Office Of American Envoy Sends Consul Fleeing to U. S. For His Life HOLER COUNTY LOSES IN TOE LOIR ROUSE INSURANCE FIRM FIGHTS • FOR PAINTER'S VISCERA Relatives and Agents of Dead Millionaire in Baltimore for Hearing (Special Dispatch to The Journr.l.) BALTIMORE. Md., July 17.—Judge Stewart formerly of the criminal court, brother-in-law of the late E. O. Painter, Florida fertilizer king; Coroner C. D. Abbott, who rendered the verdict of “ac cidental death”; W. I. Lyman, general manager of the Painter Fertilizer works, and A. G. Hamlin, general counsel for the firm, were interested spectators at the hearing today before Judge Duffy, at which the United States Fidelity and Guaranty company is fighting for pos session of the viscera of the dead mil lionaire. The Floridians arrived in the city yes terday and it is expected that several of their number will be placed on the witness stand in the course of the hearing. Dr. Charles E. Glaser who examined the intestines of the dead man and on the strength of whose report the coro ner ordered his decision went on the stand today and concluded his state ments of the sending of various reports to Florida. Other medical experts will be called to testify this afternoon. Many owe lives to TELEPHONE OPERATORS Prompt Action Saves Heavy Loss of Life When Cloud Bursts (By Associated Press.) WHEELING, W. Va., July 17.— Prompt action by telephone operators Is believed to have prevented heavy loss of life in the region 12 miles east of here today after a cloudburst. Water rolled in a wall out of Whe^i Ing creek and Little Wheeling creek al so was flooded, ruining crops and washing houses from Their foundations. So far as known no one was drown ed, people at Viola and Majorsville fleeing to the nearby hills when warn ed of the coming torrent. Official Records Sent to Texas for Safe. Keeping-Consul Is ' Said to Have Reported Dis covery of Plot to Washington (By Associated Press.) EAGLE PASS. Tex., July 17.—It is said here on good authority that United States Consul Luther Ellsworth, at Piedras Negras, Mexico, opposite Eagle Pass, has reported to Washington the discovery, of a plot to dynamite the American consulate, and that his life is in imminent danger. Consul Ellsworth now takes refuge at the army post in Eagle Pass at nights The official records of the consulate were removed to the American side for safe keeping yesterday. Ellsworth reported to Washington that he has been reliably informed that the alleged conspiracy was hatched among constitutionalist leaders in Piedras Negras. The consulate was removed recently from the main street to the bank of the Rio Grande, where it commands a full view of the American bank. Since dis covery of the alleged conspiracy a guard of United States troops has been sta tioned at night on the American side and a code of lanterns arranged with the consulate. In case of a call for help Gionsulat, the guard, was instructed to notify the commanding officer immediately. Mr. Ellsworth, however, has been spending his nights on the American side. The constitutionalist commandant Calzado, when told of the alleged conspiracy, as sured the consul he need have no fear, ashe was “among honorable people and not among bandits.” General Jesus Carranza has given his personal pledge for the safety of the Americans. No Report Received By State Department (By Aisociated Press.) WASHINGTON, July , 17.—Late to day the state department had received no report of the alleged plot to dyna mite the consulate at Piedras Negras. Germany Has Taken No Hand in Mexic Affairs (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, July 17.—The foreign office denied today that Germany has demand ed that the United States government protect foreign interests in Mexico. Ger many has not taken any diplomatic ac tion whatever at Washington. The foreign office is not aware wheth er Count Von Bernstorff. German am bassador to the United States, has. priv ately discussed the Mexican situation with Secretary of State Bryan, but if he has the discussion was of a whQlly un official character. Failed to Get Constitutional Majority of 123 Votes Candler county met defeat in the house of , representatives Thursday morning when the bill for its creation failed to get the necessary constitu tional majority of 123 votes. The vote on the measure was 83 to 80 in favor of its passage. A call for the previous question, the effect of which was to prevent the op ponents of the county from addressing the house, aroused some opposition to the bill from sources not expected, and caused it to receive a smaller vote than it might otherwise have obtained. A motion to reconsider the action of the house was made and the question will probably come up again at an early date. SMITH HERE TO Speaks in House Chamber on Friday-Receives Friends v at Piedmont Senator Hoke Smith arrived in At lanta Thursday morning- from Washing ton, in response to an invitation from the general assembly to address the lawmakers Friday at noon in the house chamber at the capitol. This will be the first opportunity Senator Smith has had to address a body of his 'constituents since he was elected to the senate, and he will em brace this opportunity to give an ac count of his stewardship. Senator Smith has taken r6oms at the Piedmont hotel, where he will be glad to receive his constituents during his stay in the city. He expects to return to Washington either on Saturday or Sunday. The senator declined to make further rc-ply to the attacks leveled at him by Congressman Thomas M. Bell regarding the Gainesville postmastership. He said his statement of a few days ago con tained all he cared to say upon the sub ject. REPEATS FORMER STATEMENT. In that statement the senator said: “I told Mr. Bell that I would vote for the confirmation V as postmaster at Gainesville of any one whose name was sent to the seriate. It was entirely too much for him to ask that I should aid Mr. Hardy in obtaining the appoint ment, especially since, in the interest of harmony, I had declined to interfere in behalf of my own friends in this very matter. “In this connection I wish to state that it has been my policy whenever I made a recommendation at all in refer ence to appointments in Georgia to secure efficient service from the govern ment, and at the same time to repay as far as possible the political obligations I owe to my friends. Surely no con gressman can complain of this. It is the rule they all adopt and is one that properly suggests itself to every man with a spark of gratitude in him. “I have endeavored at all times to recognize the rights and obligations of my colleagues in both houses. There has been absolutely no disposition or purpose here, so far as I know, on the part of any one to exclude from recog nition those Georgia Democrats who saw fit to oppose the president in the recent primary in an honorable and proper manner, and any statement to the contrary-is -entirely unfounded. “I have, however; insisted, and shall continue to insist. that nowhere in Georgia men be discriminated against because they have been supporters of the president or of myself, and I think it but my simple duty to see that they have a fair and just proportion of the appointments.” Senator Smith expressed the opinion that the tariff bill would become a law within the next six weeks, and that congress would then speedily enact a banking and currency law. hairman Wallace Miller, of the joint committee, which arranged for Senator Smith’s address, states that the public is invited to be present. The house gal lery will be given over to the public. NEW ORLEANS POLICE AFTER “ARSON TRUST”. John G, Heinnick, Said to Be Brains of the Conspiracy, Arrested (By Associated Press.) NEW ORLEANS. July 17.—Efforts of the police to clear up the alleged “arson trust,” which, according to the confession of the cab driver Albert Busha, has ex tended over a period of ten years and resulted in heavy loss, led to the arrest today at Rlgolets of John G. Heinnick. said by Busha to be the "brains” of the conspiracy. Other arrests are expected. After being trapped by detectives, Busha gave out what he said was a de tailed statement of the activities of those implicated with him He said he worked at the direction of Heinnick and that Heinnick- paid him for what he did. The specific crime for which Busha was arrested was setting Are to the home of Mrs. Henrietta Lafent, a sister-in-law of Heinnick. It is said the place was Insured to the limit. Heinnick was brought here imme diately after his arrest and police of ficers questioned him. HEAT KILLS FOUR IN OMAHA, NEB. (By AsiooutteU Press.) OMAHA, Neb., July 17.—While the weather bureau reported the tempera ture somewhat lower today than yes terday, four deaths were reported here. Couple Arrested for Attempt to Carry- Out Suicide Pact NEW YORK, July 17.—Maurice Doher ty, aged thirty, and his wife, aged twen ty-eight, are in a hospital today technic ally under arrest charged with attempt ing to carry out a suicide pact. They had been married only a month. Doherty was formerly an attendant in the immi gration hospital on Ellis Island and his wife, until recently, was supervising nurse in the Washington Heights hos pital. v The two were found last night in a crit ical condition from poisoning in a room in a little East Side hotel. They left a iy>te saying: “No one but ourselves knows the rea son, but it is compelling.” There is still some doubt that they will recover. -» Tl Letter Read Bearing on Form er President Roosevelt’s dorsement of Taft In- (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 17.—Martin M. Mulhall, self-styled lobbyist for the Na tional Association of Manufacturers, continued his testimony before the sen ate lobby committee today- Some of the letters introduced dealtn with for mer President Roosevelt’s Indorsement of the candidacy of Mr. Taft, then sec retary of war. In a letter to Schwedtman, secretary of the manufacturers, In April, 1908, Mulhall quoted the late Vice President Sherman as saying that the fight then raging on Speaker Cannon was a “dirty deal by the White House against the speaker.” “Watson states,” wrote Mulhall, “that the president (Roosevelt) is moving heaven and earth to nominate Taft, and that he is willing to sacrifice the Sher man law and every law to please the trusts and please Wall street so that he can get their support for his candi date.” Mulhall also wrote of attending a meeting at Mr. Foraker’s house, com posed of senators “who will oppose the president and his policies at the Chi cago convention.” He added that he was told to work against Maryland del egates being instructed for Taft. Tl Cannot Reach With Outside World Except Through Ser- via or Rumania USTHROP GEORGE HELD ON FAVORED BY COMMITTEE Man Who Killed McClellan Is Well-Nigh Freed by Cop oner's Jury YEGGS MAKE BIG HAUL IN SHADOW OF STATION Steals Lemons ROME, Ga., July 17.—Buddie Wright, a negro, who evidently keeps a close eye on the market, was arrested yes terday charged with the theft of lem ons and various other kinds of fruit from O. L. Stamps’ fruit and vegetable warehouse. Cracksmen Get $30,000 in Jewels Under Nose of New York Police (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, July 17.—Cracksmen took jewelry valued at between $20,000 and $30,000 early today after blowing a safe in the jewelry supply house of Rosenberg & Daniel. A large vault, con taining a more valuable collection of jewels withstood attempts to open it The place robbed is on Grand street, only a few blocks from police headquar ters. The thieves gained entrance to the place with a skeleton key. Apparently they worked at their leisure. Three safes in all were shattered, but a big vault containing gold and loose dia monds defied them. They left behind enough burglar tools to fill a small wagon. (By Associated Press.) SOFIA, Bulgaria, July 17.—The Ru manians today took possession of the cable station at Varna, on the Black sea, and thus control communication with Sebastopol. As the railway be tween the coast and Sofia has been cut. Bulgaria cannot communicate with the outside world except through Servia and Rumania. By forced marches the Turkish army is approaching the town §f Kirk-Kil* J lisseh, taken by the Bulgarians after heavy fighting at the beginning of the Balkan war. Many of the population are reported to be fleeing. An official dispatch reports the de feat by the Bulgarians of Servian forces which had penetrated Bulgarian terri tory on the western frontier. The Bul garians attacked yesterday, dispersing the Servians, who are retreating toward Vlasina. across the border. Another dispatch says severe losses have been inflicted on the Greek army operating on the Bulgarian left flank. King Ferdinand today personally tele graphed King Charles of Rumania that Bulgaria was ready to negotiate terms of settlement with Rumania. Efforts of A. Malinoff, democratic j leader and former premier, to form a new cabinet thus fayr have been futile. King Ferdinand Denies Reports of Atrocities (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, July 17.—King Ferdi nand, of Bulgaria, denies emphatically the horrifying atrocities attributed in various quarters to the Bulgarian troops during their retreat before the Greek armies marching through Macedonia. His majesty cabled the following mes sage through the Bulgarian royal private secretariat today: 'Associated Press, New York. “Sofle, July 17.—All the rumors about Bulgarian atrocities are infamous Greek calumnies, destined tq poison uni- I versal public opinion ,and in regard to which the truth will be established one of these days. (Signed) “THE ROYAL SECRETARIAT.” SAVANNAH, aG., July 17.—Lathrop George, the man who killed Hefrry j. McClelan, in the house occupied by George’s wife on Tuesday afternoon George said he had been forced to leave his wife because of the attention McClellan paid her. George changed his story to the coro ner’s jury very decidedly from what he first told. The coroner stated that only one bul-< let took effect and that death was caus? ed by a hemmorrhage of the lungs brought on by the piercing of the breast by this single bullet. The other shots fired went wild, one going out of the window. Mrs. George seems more distressed at the death of McClellan than &t the fate of her husband. Instead of going to the barracks and the jail to see George yesterday she went to the un dertaker’s to bid farewell to her dead friend. She was much affected and wept audibly. George has the advantage In his case of not having any eyewitnesses to the shooting. He is the only man who can tell about it. He was very accommodat ing yesterday. FI TO GET CLOSER TOGETHER Meeting in Waycross Satur day to Bring About Relations Congressmen Ride In Submarine Boat Up ISaragansett Bay (By Associated Press.) NEWPORT, R. I., July 17.—A sub marine trip in Narragansett bay was made today by members of the house committee on naval affairs. The commit tee, headed by Chairman Padgett, of Tennessee, was divided into three squads, each of which was assigned to one of the submarine craft in port. MOULTRIE FREIGHT DEPOT BURNS AGAIN (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) MOULTRIE, Ga., July 17.—Fire de stroyed the Georgia Northern freight depot at an early hour this morning. The loss is estimated at $12,000. The freight depot was a new one and re placed the Terminal building which was destroyed by fire a year ago. It is the third time in recent years that the road has lost its terminal property by fire.' Important records being destroyed each time. < -f*. movement to bring the Georgia di vision of the Farmers’ union into closer sympathy and relationship with the Georgia Federation of Labor will be launched at a meeting to be held in Waycross Saturday. This meeting will be attended by Pres ident S. B. Marks and Secretary Robert Fechner, of the Georgia Federation of Labor, and James Cowart, president of the Ware County Farmers’ union. F. A. Morton, ex-vice president of the Geor gia Federation of Labor, will also par- ! ticipate in the conference. President Marks says ’a joint meeting of the executive board of the Farmers’ union and th e executive board of the State Federation of Labor will be called at an early date to plan for bringing about close co-operation throughout the state and adopting a basis upon which a national agreement may be effected. By Vote of 8 to 3 It Is ommended to the Senate Rec- The house bill creating the county of Barrow was favorably recommended by the senate committee on constitutional amendments Wednesday afternoon, after a hearing in the senate chamber which lasted nearly two hours. The supporters of t£e measure were represented by W. H. Toole, of Winder, while those who spoke for the opposi tion were Judge “Dick” Russell, J. C. ►Turner, John Nunnally and others. The senate chamber was packed from floor to gallery, and at one time during Judge Russell’s speech the applause grew so wild that the chairman threat ened to clear the hall. After each side had argued for forty- five minutes, the committee went into executive session and, by a vote of 8 to 3, decided to favor the new county. Those who voted for the measure were Senators Bush. DuBose, Elkins, Hixon, Kea, Kelley, Searcy and Sweat; those against it, Senators Burtz, Spinks and Tyson. Police Searching For Marie Hart, Weight 327 Lbs. (By Associated Press.) GALESBURG, Ill., July 17.—What has become of Marie Hart, Galesburg’s 327- pound school girl? This question worried Galesburg po lice and relatives of the girl today. Al though difficult to believe, information developed by the police led to the con clusion that she was kidnaped. Marie left home last night, telling her folks she was going to the “movies.” She was not home by midnight, so her rela tives, neighbors and most of the local police force searched all flight fr her. It is believed the girl was spirited away by show people who wanted her fo rexhibition purposes. She is sixteen years old. DESTROYER SPRINGS LEAK WHiLE PLOUGHING SEA i —— ; — NEW YORK, July 17.—The United States torpedo boat destroyer Fanning, arrived in the navy yard basin at Brook- ( lyn early today with her after-crew! compartment filled with water. The de-! stroyer sprang a leak late last nignt while proceeding to sea. She returned under her own steam. She was convoyed, however, by her sis ter boats, the Jenkins and the Jarvis, to guard against disaster in the fifty miles run back to the yard. The extent of the damage sustained or the exact na ture of the accident had not been de termined early today. Tuberculosis Invalids Celebrate Pact to Die By Eating Ice Cream (By Associated Press.) SAN JOSE, Cal., July 17.—After feed ing Mrs. Olive J. Smith, eighty-six years old ,a drug for seventy-two hours, and writing down the story of her lin gering death, Stephen Mastick, a tuber culosis invalid, threw nimself into a shallow lake at Monterey. The body of the woman was found yesterday and searchers later discovered Mastick’s corpse in the lake. Letters signed by the pair said that they had arranged a suicide pact and told of a celebration of their inten tions in Monterey last Friday, when they had ice cream, pie and milk. The woman had been supporting M*as- tick on a $12 monthly pension for sev eral months. Mastick was twenty-nine years old. NO MORE RESCUES IN FLOODED MINES DULUTH, Minn., July 17.—No word of further rescues in the flooded Spruce mine at Eveleth had reached Du luth today'. Five men were still in the mine and efforts were being made to reach them, or at least to find out whether they were dead or alive. James A, Gray, Attorney for New York Barber, Declares His Client Won’t Come to Georgia Without Fight That Frederick Lumb, charged with complicity in the murder of Joshua B. Crawford In a warrant sworn out by one of the claimants to a portion of the Crawford estate, will fight extradi tion to Georgia, was learned Thursday afternoon. James A. Gray, who has been retain ed by Lumb to represent him, wired The Journal Jn response to a telegram from this paper, that from the infor mation he had gained about the case as reported in the Ndw York newspapers he would certainly advise his client to fight extradition. Although Lumb has retained counsel and could probably be located, no effort seems to have been made to arrest'him, and no request has been made of the governor for requisition papers. With Lumb refusing to come back to Georgia it will be impossible to bring him hero unless a requisition is secured and hon ored by the governor of New York. Lumb is a barber to whom Mrs. Crawford is alleged to have at one tiras been engaged. In fact, it is charged by those behind the warrants swore out against her and Lumb that they were in a plot to kill Crawford and then to get married, thus securing Crawford’s money. Mrs. Crawford declares that ' Lumb was only a casual acquaintance, that she was not engaged to him and that this talk about a plot to murder her late husband is ridiculous. Personalities were skirted by lawyrfs on the. stand before Auditor James L. Anderson Thursday morning, in the Crawford will case, when P. H. Brew ster, Luther Z. Rosser, Burton Smith, and Reuben Arnold, members of counsel for Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford, widow of Joshua B. Crawford whose estate is in litigation, challenged a charge by J. S. James, of opposing counsel, that the settlement of previous suits in the case had resulted from "a nefarious scheme to defraud certain rightful heirs.” Order was restored by Auditor Ander son, but not before the statement had been read from the records by the court reporter and had been stricken from those records.- , Colonel Brewster, who had testified, lh behalf of Mrs. Crawford, was leaving the stand when he stopped to recall the alleged statement by Mr. James. "I demand that an apology be made to this court,” said he. Mr. James said that If he had made the statament, he did not mean It. The court reporter read the passage to which) objection had been raised. Luther Z. Rosser succeeded Mr. Brew ster on the stand. Before beginning his testimony, he leaned across the table toward Mr. James and said: “If any further reference is madj to ‘nefarious schemes’ In this caBe, I will consider it a personal affront.” Mr. James was authority afterward for the statement that there probably will be other warrants issued in the criminal phase of the case. Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford is held now on a justice court warrant charging that she murd ered Mr. Crawford; and Fred Lump, of New York, is being sought on another warrant that oharges him with being an accessory before the alleged murder. SEATTLE’S GOLDEN POTLATCH IS BEGUN SEATTLE, Wash., July 17—The celebration of Seattle's summer festival, the Golden Potlatch, was begun last night. The Tyee of the Potlatch di vided honors with the secretary of the navy, Josephus Daniels, who arrived from Washington at 8:30 o’clock and was escorted to a reviewing stand, past which filed the electric parade, the fea ture of the night. The Tyee arrived from the sea about dusk. In the elec trical parade several thousand men. dressed as Indians, were in line, and between the various groups came sym bolical floats. During the day many thousand per sons visited the eight ships of the Pa cific reserve fleet, under command of Admiral Reynolds, which Jay at anchor in the ^harbor. AVIATOR WHO FELL 1,600 FEET HAS RECOVERED ROME, Ga., July 17.—Lieutenant John H. Towers, chief of the aviation corps of the United States navy, is hers for a ninety days' furlough and is a guest of his mother, Mrs. W. M. Tow ers, on Eighth avenue. Lieutenant Tow ers apparently has recovered from his recent fall of 1,600 feet from a hydro plane into the waters of Chesapeake bay. Some of Lieutenant Towers’ local friends have urged him to quit the avi ation corps, fearing that he might in future suffer a fatal accident, but he has announced his purpose of remaining in that branch of the service and con tinuing his flights unless transferred against his will to some other branch. HEAVY GUARD PROTECTS NEGR0PR0M ANGRY MOB CHARLESTON,* W. Ca„ July 17.— While a heavy armed party of men wer searching the outer portion of the city for Campbell Clark, a negro charged with attempting to assult a young white woman, the negro was arrested in the heart of the city last' night. He was locked in the county jail. A crowd that later surrounded the jail was quickly dispersed and the prisoner put under heavy guard. Special Notice The Semi-Weekly Journal has inaugurated a Pattern Department, beginning with this issue. See illustrations and description, elsewhere. The Journal Patterns are stylish and up-to-date in. ev ery respect and will please the most fastidious. THE SEMI-WEEKLY JORNAL.