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otmtal K=3 volume xii. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1913. NO. 104. DEBT IB THE PEOPLE THOUSANDS ATTEND IL In Forty-Minute Speech Geor gian Says Solution of Prob lem Is in Postal Savings Young and Old Gather by Thousands to Take Small Parts in Public Funeral of Bank System Late Mayor of New York BY RALPH SMITH. WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Congress man William Schley Howard today ad dressed the house on the postal savings bank system of the nation as a means of transferring the bonded indebtedness of the government from the national banks to the people. He spoke for fort, minutes by unanimous consent, and was given an attentive hearing. Some of his utterances provoked applause. The Atlanta congressman declarea that the greatest problem confronting *the framers of the administration cur rency bill, which passed the house re- ■ cently, related to the proposed retire-' • rcent of the $742,000,000 of government 12 per cent bonds now held by the banks and used by them as a basis of national bank circulation. He stated that in his opinion the problem is not solved by the currency bill, by the simple and absurd expediency of retir ing the 2 per cent bonds with an is sue of 3. He said that the ques tion would never be settled properly until the bonded debt is distributed with, the people in small amounts. The congressman asserted that the best means of distributing the bond ed debt rK the nation among the peo ple would be to remove the restric tions and limitations that now en cumber the postal savings bank sys tem. Ho saici if the proper facilities were offered by the government, these banks would grow rapidly and serve a very useful purpose, by accumulating billions in savings of the people. "If my ideas are adopted,” sain Howard, *T believe firmly that tne* government will be benefited.” WILSON’S PEN HEADY TO SISN HIP BILL Senator Hoke Smith Assures President It Will Be Passed Up This Week (By Associated Fress.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-—Disputed points between the senate and house In the tariff, bill have narrowed down to such chief features as the income tax, tfte; tax '-tm—cotton 'futures 1 -and the- general administrative provisions. Dem ocratid managers expected to send the conference report to the house by Thurs day. President -Wilson told callers today that his conference with leaders led him to believe all differences will be smoothed out and he would sign the bill this week. "I’ve got ray pen sharpened,” said the president. Chairman Simmons, of the senate fin ance committee, and Senator Ho«ce Smith assured President Wilson today that t£cy expected the bill to be ready for bis signature before the end of the week. The last moments of the passage of a tariff pleasure, however, always offer opportunity for rejection of a con ference report and further deliberations on points upon which either house may insist. Democratic leaders from the* south are said to be agreed on the cotton future tax compromise proposed by Represent ative Lever and indorsed by Postmaster General Burleson and Seantor Hoke Smith. Instead of the high Clarke tax, it proposes a smaller tax on cotton for which the government has fixed stand ards: The cotton exchange men are protest ing against it. Chairman Simmons said he had not discussed the cotton future tax with the juesident but indicated the senate man agers would not yield to the house on their amendment. With consideration of the income tax section today the senate's amendment lowering the minimum exemption from $4,000 to $3,000 allowances for depend ent wives and children and larger taxes on great incomes came up for settle ment. Chairman Alexander, of the house merchant marine committee, with. Rep resentatives Jones, of Virginia; Smith, of North Carolina, and McGillicuddy, of Maine, asked the president to favor an amendment to the tariff bill giving a 5 per cent discount in duties to im ports in vessels wholly built In the United States, no matter where owned. A house provision for a 5 per cent discount for goods in American-owned Bhips was struck out by the senate on the protests of many foreign govern ments that it was a discrimination in violation of their treaties. The presi dent did not commit himself, but indi cated that if the new amendment did not conflict with treaty rights be would favor it. (By Associated Prew.) NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—The body of Mayor Gaynor was taken at 10:30 o’clock this morning from its resting place in the city hall to Trinity church where Bishop Greer read over it the solemn Episcopal service for the burial of the dead. An army of citizens, many thousand's strong—greater ifi number that the throng which had gazed on the body as it lay in state yesterday—covered the side-walk from curb to building line as the funeral train crept along the ten blocks pf Lower BroadwAv from the city hall to the chyrch. As the coffin passed between the two walls of spectators, held to the curb by an unbroken line of police, every man bared his head and only the blue capped patrolmen remained covered. Of these there were 5,000- in the line of march or on duty along the way of the funeral train. The twelve honorary pallbearers, headed by William II. Taft, marched six on each side of the coffin. Behind them came - official committees of the city, two companies of city hall police : — men who had come in daily contact with the mayor during his lifetime—and the long train of organizations and indi viduals chosen from many who applied for places in the funeral traiin. More than 50,000 had wanted to bo in line, but in accord with Mrs. Gay nor’s wishes for as simple services and little display as possible, less than half the number were permitted to participate. The city’s industries marked time during the funeral services. The order of the procession, following the police escort was as follows: The catafalque, with the honorary pallbearers, former President William Id. Taft, Robert Adamson, Police Commis sioner Rhinelander Waldo, Jacob H. Schiff, Herman Ridder. James Creelman, Mayor Kline, R. A. C. Smith, dock com missioner; A. R. Watson, Justice Keogh, John D. CrimmJns and Edward M. Grout. Lieutenant William Kennel and the body bearers, the board of estimate and apportionment, the committee from the board of alderman, heads of city departments, United States senators and committees from the legislature, justice of the schools, judges of lesser courts, city magistrates and public service com- sistHeirers, Major .General Thomas H. Barry, United States armq; commanding eastern department and his staff; Rear Admiral McR. Winslow, United States navy, and staff; Captain Albert Gleaves. commandant United States navy yard and *aff commanding officers and staffs of the New York national guard, con sular representatives, representative of the lord mayor of Liverpool, delegation of mayors from cities in New York state citizens* committee headed by Seth Low, delegations of almost a hundred organization clubs and societies, repre sentatives of city departments, borough and county officers. Wreck on Long Island Electric Railroad Monday Morning Fatal to Three, While Thirty or Forty Are Hurt Think Prisoner Believes He Can Escape Jail Term in Philadelphia MR. RODDENBLRY SHOWS LITTLE IMPROVEMENT Physicians in Constant At tendance on Georgia Con gressman (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) THOM AS VILE, Ga. Sept. 22.—Con- gresman S. Anderson Roddenbery, who has been desperately ill at his home here for the past several -weeks from heart trouble and complications, rallied during the night from the sinking spell he suffered yesterday, but at noon his condition was unchanged from that of the early morning. Physcicians are in attendance on him constantly and declare there is little hope for Mr. Roddenbery’s recovery. He may live a day or for several weeks, they say. Just prior to his illness Mr. Rodden bery’s congressional duties subjected him to an unusually severe strain. GOOD COTTON PRICES MAKE ACW0RTH BOOM WALTER M. CLEMENTS OUT FOR CONGRESS Two Hundred Bales Bring 131-2 to 14 Cents, and “Times Are Good” . Prominent Citizen of Eastman, Ga,, to Oppose Dudley M, Hughes EASTMAN, Ga., Sept. 22.—Walter M. Clements, of Eastman, encouraged by letters from friends in every county in the Twelfth congressional district, has fully decided to enter the race for con gress against Dudley M. Hughes and will in a short time publish his plat form. 'It will be interesting to people all over 'Georgia as he proposes radical changes in some laws affecting the people of all the states. He feels con fident of election. ACWORTH, Ga., Sept. 22.—Cotton brought from 13 1-2 to 14 cents on the streets of Acworth yesterday, about 200 bales being sold at this price. There is a good crop in the vicinity of Acworth this year and this city has been recog nized for many years as one of the best markets in north Georgia. Cotton is brought here for a distance of eighteen miles. A great deal more C\—a and food stuffs was raised in this section this year, and the crops are all doing well. Farmers and business men are opti mistic over the fall prices and business. The local merchants have bought much heavier stocks of goods than in many previous years. Every business house and residence in Acworth is occupied. RAINS DELAY COTTON PICKING AROUND DUBLIN GEORGIA FARMERS ASK COTTON-SEEDJVIILLS PROBE DUBLIN, Ga., Sept. 22.—Cotton pick ing has been delayed the past week on account of the rains. The receipts con tinue to grow rapidly, but the rains will cause receipts to be a little slow for the next few days. The receipts have been nearly double this season what they were last at this time. i (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Sept. 22.—Complaints from southern farmers, principally in Alabama and Georgia, alleging a com bination among cotton seed mills to, con trol the price of cotton seed, were re ceived by Attorney General McReynolds today. The farmers ask a government investigation to unearth suspected re straints of trade. (By Associated Press.) NEW' YORK, Sept. 22.—Three persons were killed and twenty injured early to day in a head-on crash of two "Dong Island railroad electric trains at Col lege Point, Long Island. Of the injured, one will die. The dead arc: CONDUCTOR GEORGE BORCKEL. MOTORMAN FRED LODER. MOTORMAN CHARLES HOHLIEN. Most of the injured were mill* em ployes on their way to work. The trains, running forty miles an hour, rounded a curve near the station from opposite directions, and the crash was inevir table. The steel cars buckled, but did not telescope. This fact doubtless saved inany< lives. A hotel near the scene and a number of residences nearby were thrown open for use as emergency hospitals. Many ambulance* and a corps of physicians were summoned to the scene. The Pennsylvania railroad issued a statement saying the accident had been caused, so far as could be determined, by the negligence • of the operator at Whitestonc Junction, who allowed the train bound for 'New York to leave the double track before the other train had cleared. The road’s statement placed the total number of injured at forty. OFFICERS DOUBT STORY OF CONFESSED MURDERER (By Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 22.—Phila delphia police officials were not pre pared today to say that Jacob Wolf- sohn, who says he killed Anna Catha rine Schumacher in a cemetery at Roch ester, N. Y„ four years ago, is telling the truth. Captain Cameron, head ot th e detective bureau, said the story the prisoner tola seemed to bear out de tails of the crime as known here, but the doubts thrown around Wolfsohn’s tale* by the Rochester authorities has caused the detectives here to with hold any opinion as to his guilt. Wolfsohn, accused of larceny and forcible entry, faces a prison term' here, if the charges are sustained. The .po lice believe the only motive Wolfsohn could have for confessing he killed the girl, if his story proves untrue, is that he might escape a prison sentence here if taken to New York state and there cleared of a murder charge. Sheriff Hamil and District Attorney Barrett arrived here today from Roch ester to investigate Wolfsohn’s story. Close guard is being kept over the pris oner since his alleged attempt at sui cide last night. SHIS SLAVERY EXISTS Investigation by Governor General Ordered by Secre tary of War Garrison . WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Secretary Garrison will direct an investigation by Governor General Francis Burton Har rison, off charges by Dean Worster ami W. H. Phipps, auditor of the Philippines, that- slavery exists in the islands. The administration will get a formal opinion from the attorney general ot the Philippines on the sufficiency of existing laws for punishment of slav ery. Prosecutions of* offenders are ex pected. Gives Tea Party Aboard Air Ship (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, Septv 22.—The first tea par ty ever given aboard an air ship took place yesterday afternoon while the Zeppelin passenger ship Sachsen was in flight near Berlin. Twelve women and eight men were the guests of Dr. Feist-Wellheim, of this city. Counting the crew, the Sach sen carried thirty persons and the party lasted an hour and three-quarters. Caie of the guests,, after disembarking, described the innovation as an unquali fied success. A cruise of about fifty-five miles was made. No heating apparatus or anything requiring fire is carried on the Sachsen, because of the danger of gas explosion, so the tea, milk, water and toast had to be taken up already warmed. PUTNAM FARMERS HAVE ESTABLISHED MANY SILOS (Special Dispatch to The Journal.) EATONTON, Ga.. Sept. 22.—As a re sult of increased interest and good profits from dairying in Putnam county, following the successful operation of a co-operative creamery by Putnam’s farm ers. who are maintaining rural milk routes throughout the county, a number of fine silos are being erected in the county at present. One of the largest, most modern and upt-o-date being that of Dr. J. D. Weaver, at Homeland Dairy and Stock farm. Dr. Weaver has spared no ex pense in his plans and considers his silo one of his best Investments. He has a fine field of alfalfa at present and is preparing fifteen acres to plant in alfalfa this fall. All over the county Putnam’s farmers for two years past have been establishing dairies as a safe guard against crop failures resulting from bad seasons and the anticipation of boll weevil. SEVEN HOMICIDES ONE MAN IN JAIL Birmingham Sets Record for Killings-Six Dead and One Man Cannot Live Through the Day (By Associated Press.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. ’22.—Only one man is in Jail Monday as a result of the six homicides in Jefferson coun ty Sunday. A seventh man ia in a dying condition at an infirmary and will not live through the day . Only one white man was killed, Hen ry Moran. He was assassiifated when he stepped from a trdlley car out In the country by two negroes who escaped after robbing the body. John Bennett, negro, was stabbed to death by a negro woman who literally cut him to pieces. Noah Lowe stabbed "Buster" Ridgeway to death over a crap game. Both were negroes. Mounted Po liceman Sorrell killed Dave Evans, ne gro. The latter had fired at him. Mar^ Gray, a negro, died from the effects of poison and the police believe she was murdered. Macon Colquitt, negro kill ed his wife. He surrendered. Will Smith, another 'negro, was hit over the head with an axe by an unidentified ne gro. He will die. A MODEL SERVANT SLAYER-PRIEST BULL FACE CORONER’S JURY LOW TEMPERATURE RIB NOT HURT COTTON CROP Inquest Over Girl’s Death Starts Tuesday-Alienist Ex amines Schmidt (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—The panel for the coroner’s inquest into the death of Anna Aumuller, slain by "Father” Hans Schmidt and her body cut up and cast into,..the Hudson river, will be drawn tomorrow. Coroner Feinberg and the district attorney consulted today • re garding the composition ot the jury and the evidence it will be asked to con sider. The coroner said he hoped to obtain a jury of bankers, merchants, manufacturers and professional men. The detective bureau today promised further disclosures regarding the career of Schmndt and Ernest Muret, his friend and perhaps a relative. Muret, who prac ticed dentistry without a certificate, is held under a charge of having in hi* possession a dangerous weapon, while the police gather evidence to support their belief that he helped Schmidt make counterfeit money. Much of Muret’s past life is now an open book. The police have evidence that he lived in Hamburg and Berlin as Arthur Heibing and that warrants are outstanding against him in those cities for swind ling. The alienist who examined Schmidt in his cell yesterday said that while he was not prepared to pronounce the prisoner insane, Schmidt was exhausted both mentally and physically. Big Game Hunting In Maine Rather Expensive Sport (By Associated Press.) BANGOR, Me., Sept. 22.—Sportsmen coming to Maine to hunt big game this fall will find that the high cost of living has been succeeded by a high#cost of killing because the state will charge $25 each for licenses to shoot moose and deer, while heretofore the prices have been $15. The moose hunting season has also been curtailed from six weeks to one month. In past years it has extended from October 15 to December 1, but now will be confined to the thirty days of November minus Sundays. It is said by woodsmen that moose have increased in number the past year. THAW CASE RIVALED BY LACY’S IN ALABAMA NOW Can Alleged Embezzler Be Ex tradited If He Is in Hon duras? MONTGOMERY 1 , Ala., Sept. 22.—One day Harry K. Thaw is the subject of discussing in Alabama. Another it is Theo Lacy. It was Thaw Friday and Lacy Saturday. #The name of the form er chief clerk of the state convict de partment who is alleged to have left Alabama hurriedly last March with $117,000 of state funds was brought up yesterday by Governor O'Neal’s an nouncement that he had asked the sec retary of state, William J. Bryan, about America’s extradition treaties with Spanish Honduras. Reports for several days have been that Lacy is in Honduras. Governor O’Neal had regarded the reports as mere Idle discussion but decided to gather in formation for use in the event it were established that Lacy had really reach ed Honduras. Lacy has been flaying hide and seely with Burns detectives for months and to date Lacy has been I doing all the hiding and the detectives the seeking. Harry K. Thaw' was discussed Friday because New York attorneys asked Governor O’Neal for information about the moving of lunatics and persons de clared insane by law. Mercury Reached 46 Degrees Here, but Bureau Says High Wind Saved Cotton According to the local weather bu reau there was not enough frost any where in Georgia last night to do any damage to the cotton crop. .A minimum temperature of 40 degrees was reached but the high wind which prevailed all day Sunday, dried out the atmosphere # to such an extent that there could have beep very little frost, says the weather bureau. Passengers coming in on the train from Athens Monday morning reported that some frost was seen but that it was very light. At the weather bureau it wate stated that no frost had been reported from any point in the state to that office. The forecast for Monday night is warmer. The temperature will not go below 50 Monday night and there is no chance of frost, says the Atlanta weath er bureau. This announcement will be reassuring as there is much cotton in the state that could be seriously dam aged by a severe frost at this time. Reports of a rather heavy frost along the line of the Southern railway betweei Atlanta and Toccoa were reported Mon day to State Agricultural Commissioner Price by a resident of Gainesville. There may have been frost in other portions of the state, but Mr. Price had not heard of any more at 2 o’clock, he said. “The frost in northeast Georgia will affect the top crop of cotton undoubt edly,’’ said Mr. Price. "The newest bolls will not mature if the frost did strike them.’’ Takes “Practice” Jump Off Brooklyn Bridge (By Associated Press.; NEW YORK, Sept. 22.—"Dare Devil” Murphy, as Joseph P. Murphy is known because of his high-diving feats, took what he called a “practice" jump off the Brooklyn bridge yesterday, was picked up unharmed by three of his friends in a rowboat and afterwards went calmly to sleep in a police station cell, where he was placed on a charge of "attempted suicide." Murphy made his 135-foot jump clad in a bathing suit, which he wore under his street clothes, discarding the latter on the bridge promenade and leaping off the railing in sight of the Sunday britfge crowds before a police man who ran for him could get near him. COST REARING CHILDREN INCREASED IN TEN YEARS Repor t of Orphan Asylum Shows That Cost Has In creased 40 Per Cent (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Sept. 22.—The cost of rear ing children has advanced 40 per cent within the last ten years, according to the annual report today of the Chicago nursery and half-orphan asylum. The statement shows $101 would main tain a child for a year during the period from 1894 to 1903. From 1904 to the present this cost increased to $140. From 1874 to 1883 the institution kept children at an annual cost of $80. THIRD VICTIM OF GANG OF ROBBERS IS DEAD GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Sept. ^2.— Paul Townsend, twenty-four years old, the third victim of the men who held up andl raided the J. J. Thomason jewelry store here last Thursday, died today. J. N. Thomson and Edward Smith, the other employes of the store were shot and killed instantly. So fai the police have failed to arrest the robbers. , T FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM Extradition Hearing Comes Up Before Governor Felker This Week (By Associated Press.) CONCORD, N. H., Sept. 22.—The scene of the litigation over Harry Kendall Thaw shifts this week to the century- old Hampshire capitol just across the street from the hotel where the Mattea- wan fugitive has been sheltered since last Wednesday. Governor Felker ar rived today to make final arrangements for the extradition hearing before him tomorrow. Pending the arrival of William T. Je rome, special attorney general of New York, the petitioner, nothing will be made known concerning the arguments in support of the extradition petition. None of the New York authorities was here this forenoon. The place for holding the hearing was one of the matters to be decided by Governor Felker today. Two rooms have been suggested, one the senate chamber and the other the hall of reprsentativs. The senate chamber seats fifty comfort ably, but this number could be doubled to meet an emergency. Those in author ity believe the attendance should be limited to counsel and newspaper men. Should the hearing be public, it probably would be held in the hall of represent atives, where there is room for 1,000 persons. Foreign Potatoes Put Under Ban in Effort To Keep Out Disease (By Associated Press./ WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—To prevent the introduction into the United States of a dangerous potato disease known as potato wart, potato canker or black scab, the federal horticultural board has decided to continue indefinitely the quar antine against potato importations from the British Isles, Germany, Aus tria-Hungary, New Foundland and the French islands at the mouth of the St. Lawrence river, St. Pierre and Miquelen. The London bureau of agriculture re cently, through the British embassy, asked that this quarantine be raised or modified, but the horticultural board has ruled against a change in the regula tions. The board declares that the present condition of the 1913 potato crop In the United States is more promising, and that indications are no importations of potatoes from abroad will be required this winter. TURKS AND BULGARS MAY COMBINE AGAINST GREEKS Unless Greece Yields to Turk Demands, War Is Likely to Follow COLOGNE, Germany. Sept. 22.—Ac cording to the' correspondent of the Cologne Gazette at Constantinople, the foreign ambassadors to Turkey oelieve it quite possible for Turkey and Bul garia to coine to an agreement to oper ate jointl; Against Greece if that na tion refuses the conditions og peace proposed by Turkey. CURRENCY TO COMMITTEE Suggests Amendments, but Says He Is in Favor of Basic Principles of Bill (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—Samuel TJntermyer, counsel for the house mon ey trust investigation of the last con gress, gave his ideas on currency re form today to the senate banking com mittee. Mr. Untermyer indorsed gener ally the principles of the administration currency bill passed by the house last week, but suggested a number of amendments. "I wish it understood," said Mr. Un- termyer, "that I am an unqualified champioh of the principles on which this bill is based—that is, an asset cur rency, issued through the banks as a government obligation and under con trol of the government. But I believe the bill is overgenerous to the bankers in freeing them from complications." Mr. Untermyer criticised adversely the provisions allowing bankers to deal in acceptances given for the exporta tion or importation of goods. ‘This is a discrimination," he said, "against domestic business, and would make money cheaper to men in foreign trade than to domestic merchants." BUNK ROBINSON TO HANG IN PUTNAM OCTOBER 31 For Second Time in Forty Years County Will Have Legal Execution EATONTON, Ga., Sqpt. 22.—After breaking a more than forty-year record with a double hanging last May. Putnam has another legal execution scheduled for October 31, according to the verdict of a jury -in the case of Bunk Robinson, found guilty of killing Lawson Scott, a Hotel Putnam porter for many years, last April. The alleged murder was committed under unusually brutal circumstances, an<j it is not believed that the prison commission, or Governor Slaton will in- terfere with the verdict at the ocurt. Evidence showed that RobinsoA care fully planned the murder, and after isafely locating his victim hurried up town and bought a black cap to further conceal himself in the dark, unfortun ately stating a part of his plans to the merchant who testified against him. He then went clear across town to his home, it is said, secured his gun and poking it into his victim’s collar as he passed him in the dark, shot him to death, it is allleged. RUSHT0N TO RUN IF UNDERWOOD DOESN’T Either One or the Other Will Oppose Henry D, Clayton and Hobson MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 22.—Ray Rushton, of Montgomery, or Congress man Oscar W. Underwood will be a can didate for United States senator in op position to Henry D. Clayton and Con gressman Richmond P. Hobson. Mr. Rushton came to Montgomery yesterday from New York with the statement that he would probably be a candidate if Congressman Underwood did not ask for the office. JUDGE ADAMSON PLAYS ROLE OF PEACEMAKER TWO LITTLE GIRLS ARE DROWNED IN RAIN BARREL (By Associated Press.) MARMARTH, N. D.. Sept. 22.—Laugh ing at their reflections in a barrel of rain water yesterday two small daughr ters of Mrs. Herman Ostrader , lost • heir balance. Heads down and arms entwined the bodies were found in the barrel by the mother. BY EALFH SMITH WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—After two Democrats had obtained unanimous con sent to address the house today Repub licans and Bull Moosers requested similar permission, but objections came from the Democratic side. The Republicans and Bull Moosers were an gered, and Representative Murdock served notice that he would allow nothing to proceed by unanimous con sent. Thereupon Judge Adamson, or Georgia, one of the best-liked men in the house, restored good feeling by making the facetious request that "unanimous consent be granted for one stand-patter and one Bull Mooser to address the house for ten minutes each, and make harmless remarks on unim portant subjects.” When the laughter subsided Con gressman Howard began the delivery of his speech. / t - •mm ■m