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VOLUME XIII.
ATLANTA, GA.,, Tuesday, December 23, 1913.
NO. 26. 1
BIG MEXICAN BANK
CLOSES ITS
REBELS!!
Carranza's Sisters Forced by
Federals to Ride on Army
Train, So Rebels Cannot
Fire on Troops
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 22.—The Bank
of London and Mexico closed its doors
today.
The bank was unable to secure cur
rency with which to pay depositors and,
therefore, was forced to suspend. Bank
ers here generally agree in the opinion
that the institution is solvent and the
closing may be only temporary.
The bank is believe^ to have excel
lent collateral. Today's suspension was
not due to lack of assets, but to the
scarcity of currency.
Communications by rail and wire
have been partially restored throughout
northwestern Mexico, according to an
announcement made by Ignacio Bonial-
las, secretary of communications in
General Caranza’s provisional cabinet,
at Hermosilla. This is assisting mater
ially the constittuionalist campaign by
putting the insurgent leaders in close
touch with the general headquarters
here.
General Carranza received from his
home at Saltillo, Cohuila, news that his
three sisters, Ursula, Hermelda and
Mariana de Carranza, had been forced
to ride on a federal troop train. This
followed previous reports that federals
had compelled the wives of constitution-
alist officers to ride on patrol trains to
prevent attacks by insurgents in that
vicinity.
Friends of the constitutionalist com-
. nianaer confirmed the report that his
Saltillo residence had been sacked by
ihe federals, who carried away furniture
and carpets and either destroyed or ap
propriated a library of 5,000 volumes.
Chihuahua, Deserted, is
Now Held by Gen, Villa
(By Associated Press.;
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, Dec. 22.—Reb
el control of telegraph and railroad com
munication south and west of Chihua
hua had today reached a point where
General Villa believed he would be im
pervious to an attack by the few fed
eral troops remaining in the north.
As the cities in the rebel territory
are opened to communication General
Villa believes that soon the states of
Sinaloa, Durango and Chihuahua will
be free of -federal control.
Although 4,000 federals at Ojinaga
on the border were reported to be pre
paring for action, General* Villa be
lieved they would be unable to do more
than destroy the railroad.
General Villa said Chihuahua was
too well fortified to fear an attack.
The report that General Mercado had
lied across the border was regarded
here as the beginning of the breaking
up to the federal troops.
CHIHUAHUA DESOLATED.
Chihuahua, next to Monterey the most
important center in the north, is a
scene of desolation, occasioned by its
long siege and its subsequent sacking by
the invading rebels.
The stores now sealed up against fur
ther looting are almost empty. The lit
ter in the streets betrays the haste with
which the federals took what they could
carry before they fled and also the
eagerness with which the rebels entered
the shops to obtain what was left of
food and clothing.
The Spanish cathedral * and the
churches are empty since the priests
and nuns were expelled.
The streets have been plastered with
notices that crimes ordinarily consid
ered trivial will be punished with ex
ecution.
General Villa, who can neither read
nor write, exercises from the state cap
ital all the functions of government.
Women Guard Street
To Prevent Spitting;
Arrest All Offenders
PITTSBURG. Dec. 22.—Two hundred
women, members of the Woman’s Health
league, were today' stationed in the
principal streets of Pittsburg, with the
aim of enforcing the anti-spitting ordi
nance. Mrs. J. B. Stoner and Miss Ma
thilda Orr Hays, leading club women,
caused the arrest of the first offenders.
The anti-spitting ordinance was
passed several y'ears ago and in spite
of signs on every block in the city, has
never been observed.
Harry Latham Freed
By Federal Grand Jury
(Special Disnatch to The Journal.)
NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 22.— Har-
-y E. Latham, former court bailiff of At-
anta, was released Saturday. The fed
eral grand jury refused to indict him
ciere. He was held in the Parish prison
oy the federal authorities pending in
vestigation of a charge of white slav
ery. !! !
THREE ITALIANS ARRESTED
FOR THEFT OF MONA LISA
(By Associated Prees.)
PARIS, Dec. 22.—At the moment the
•Mona Lisa" was officially restored to
France, Magistrate Drioux, who has
had the case under his charge since the
painting disappeared from the Louvre
here, ordered the arrest of Vincente Lan
celots, Michele Lancelotti and Mme.
Clagagand, friends and neighbors in
Paris of Vincenzo Perugia, on informa
tion telegraphed from Florence by the
French police official, Vignol.
The Lancelotti brothers were de
nounced several days ago by' another
Italian as having been implicated with
Perugia, and they are now charged with
receiving and concealing the master
piece.
COB'S WIDOW IS HELD
FOR LONDON * DILL ||| CURRENT BOTTLE:
American Embassy Gains Bail
for Mrs, Read, Who Ex
pects Remittance .
LONDON, Dec. 22.—Mrs. Sheridan
Gordon Watson Pit Read, who says
she is the widow of a former American
consul at Tien Tsin, China, was charged
today at Bow street police court with
obtaining credit from a London hotel
on false pretenses. The amount in
volved was $40.
The testimony showed that Mrs.
Read went to the hotel last week with
four Children and brought with her two
valises. When asked to pay her cur
rent bill she left, ostensibly to cash a
draft. Later in the day she sent a man
for the two valises, saying she wished
to have her initials put on them. She
was arrested on Saturday’ and today ap
pealed* to the American embassy for
assistance.
J. Arthur Barratt, an American law
yer practicing in London, appeared on
behalf of the embassy 7 and explained
to the magistrate that Mrs. Read said
she was expecting a remittance from
America. The magistrate thereupon or
dered the defendant remanded for a
week and admitted her to bail on a
surety of $250.
The woman gave her name first as
Mrs. Hannah Gordon Watson, an as
sumed name. It developed that she was
the widow of the late Sheridan Pitt
Read, of New York, who was formerly
American consul at Tien Tsin and who
died of heart disease in London on Oc
tober 31, 1913. It was said that other
similar charges are pending against the
defendant.
Discovers Nematode
Living in Felt Beer
Mats of Germans
(By Associated Press.;
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—A remark
able discovery has just been reported
to the department of agriculture by Dr.
J. G. DeMan, of Ierseke, Holland, cu
rator of the National Museum there.
The scientist has devoted much of his
life to the study of nematodes, the
smallest form of animal life known.
These little animals inhabit practically
everything, being so tiny they are in
visible to the naked eye. Dr. DeMan
reports he has discovered and, classi
fied the peculiar nematodes which in
habit the felt beer mats on which the
Germans set their steins. It has been
suggested here that Dr. DeMan should
name his new variety the “trink nema
tode.”
EIGHTY MILLION GIVEN
IN CHARITY THIS YEAR
NEW YORK Dec. 22.—Charitable
gifts i nthe United States during the
last twelve months amount to $80,136,-
47G, or at the rate of $2.91 for every
tick of the clock, according to a compil
ation published here today.
The bequest of Benjamin Altman, val
ued at $15,430,000, to the Metropolitan
Museum of New York heads the list and
the gift of $10,000,000 by John D. Rock
efeller, Jr., to put an end to “white
slavery” is second. Colonel O. H.
Payne’s gift of $4,350,000 to Cornell
comes next in size and is followed t>y
Ferris S. Thompson’s gift of $3,655,-
000 to Princeton university. Andrev.-
Carnegie’s fifteen donations aggregated
$3,633,000 and the next largest gift is
$3,000,000, the sum given Washington
and Lee university by Robert P. Dore-
mus.
After that the list shows that the do
nations dropped in size to a mere million
or two.
Atlanta Practically Certain to
Have Regional Bank, With
New Orleans Sharing in the
Honors
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The cur
rency bill will be a law tomorrow in all
probability. It will be approved by
both houses today and signed by the
president before midnight, if possible.
It was 2 o’clock before unanimous
consent was secured for the house to
take up the conference report. At that
hour the report had not been presented
and the leaders expected at least two
or three hours’ debate when it did come
in. As the house must first dispose of
it, its appearance in the senate was not
expected before late in the day.
Democratic conferees sitting on the
measure last night were unable to
agree until nearly 4 o’clock this morn
ing. Then the president was called up
and consulted and agreement speedily
followed.
• k The final struggle was over the issue
whether the comptroller of the currency
should be a member of the federal re
serve board ex-officio. The president
was insistent that he should be, and
finally won.
The senate had stood out against the
proposal for two reasons. There was a
general objection to giving the president
such control over the new system
through the appointment of four of the
six appointive members in a single ad
ministration, and the further power to
control through having two treasury ex-
officio members.
The organization committee composed
of the secretary of the treasury secre
tary of agriculture and comptroller of
the currency will get to work within
ninety days on the Retails of the new
plan. They will select the new regional
districts and the cities that are to be
the center of them. It is believed there
will be twelve regional banks. The
following cities are likely to have re
gional banks.
GOVERNOR MAY DECLARE
A “BOLL WEEVIL” DAY
MACON. Gsbj. Dec. 22.—With $3,500
cash in sight PMeld Manager C. B.
Caldwell, of the state chamber of com
merce, tomorrow will begin to carry
out the plans of the organization in the
education of the people of south and
middle Georgia to prepare for the ar
rival of the boll weevil.
Mr. Caldwell announced tonight that
on one day in January in every school
and college in the state, the subject of
diversification of crops will be dis
cussed. Literature was to be furnished
the teachers by the state chamber.
Governor Slaton probably will be
asked to make it an official “boll wee
vil day.”
On one Sunday in the same month, it
is proposed to have every preacher in
the state discuss the subject from the
pulpit.
ONE GOVERNMENT JOB
IS GOING A-BEGGING
Chew 3 Battleships;
Drink up 200 Cruisers,
Each Year, Says Maxim
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—The jaws of
the American nation chew away every
year in gum the price of three dread-
naughts, according to Hudson, Maxim,
in an address delivered yesterday at a
theater here where Dr. Madison C.
Peters conducted his weekly service on
“Peace.”
From the profits of “John Barley-
"ffi'vtentdr said ' two hundred
cruisers a year could be built, while
tobacco would contribute almost as
heavily to the national armament. The
speaker said he was a peace man, but
that he believed in being prepared.
Modern weappns contributed to peace,
he declared.
Thirteen Babies Plead
For Shoplifters, and
Four Secure Freedom
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 22.—When thir
teen children—the eldest one seven
years old—joined in a plea for the
release of their five mothers who were
arrested by the police Saturday night,
charged with being members of an or
ganization of shop lifters, four of the
women were allowed to go. The fifth one
was held. All of the women are from
well-to-do Minneapolis families.
The police claim to have recovered
from 1 the women’s homes more than $800
worth of goods stolen from stores.
The women promised to appear in
court today.
Christmas Rush About
To Swamp Mails; May
Be Delay in Delivery
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The parcel
post system of the first Christmas has
brought such an enormous burden to
the mails that the facilities of the^
postoffice department are being taxed to
the utmost. If the crush should become
so acute next week that deliveries are
affected, Postmaster General Burleson
will have cards of notification sent to
all consignees of delayed packages.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Uncle Sam
has one job that apparently is going a-
begging. The place calls for an expert
needlewoman to mend tattered and his-
toric flags at West Point Military acad
emy. Thus far no one seems to have
cared for the position.
The civil service commission recently
sent broadcast application blanks for
examinations for the vacancy from
which it was hoped a large number of
applicants might be secured. Although
the position carries a salary of $3 a
day, not a single person has applied
for the place. The commission has
about reached the conclusion that there
is either a scarcity of needlewomen or
the pay is not sufficiently attractive.
BARTH0LDT GROWS TIRED
OF BEING CONGRESSMAN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Representa
tive Richard Bartholdt, of St. Louis,
who has represented the Tenth Missouri
district in the house for twenty-two
years, has issued a stateemnt saying tie
will not be a candidate for re-election
when his term expires in 1915. Only two
other members of the house, Represen
tatives Payne, of New York, and Jones,
of Virginia, have longer records of
service. He expects to work for uni
versal peace.
FIND WOMAN A SUICIDE
AND HUSBAND IS RELEASED
KINGSTON. Ga.. Dec. 22.—Mrs. Gor
don Tucker committed suicide Saturday
at her home near here by shooting her
self. Her husband was arrested, on sus
picion of having killed her, but was re
leased following ah inquest.
PASSENGER TRAIN HITS
FREIGHT NEAR BILOXI
BILOXI, Miss., Dec. 22.—Passengers
of northbound Louisville and Nashville
train, No. 2. were given a severe shaking
up when the heavy train drawn by two
locomotives crashed head-on into a
freight train near here early today. The
freight train was going on to a side
track and an except the locomotive was
out of the path of the bassen^er train
when the collision' occurred. Several of
the passenger cars were derailed. Bag-
gagemaster J. A. Watts was the only
person hurt.
ANOTHER NEEDLE CASE
—BY WEBSTER
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'RlRE YOU GET THOSE
STOCJO-h'S 'DOME
TWO BIO ENGINES
FROM TRESTLE TO
BURLESON WOULD KEEP
CIVIL SERVICE IN FORCE
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—Postmaster
General Burleson has taken a stand
against the proposal to take assistant
postmasters from the protection of civil
service, which is embodied in the annual
appropriation bill now in the hands of
the house postoffice committee.
Mr. Burleson today in a letter to
Chairman Moon characterized such a
plan as detrimental to the public
service.
MAN OF 70 BRIDEGROOM
AFTER DAY’S COURTSHIP
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
DALTONi Ga., Dec. 22.—Following a
one-day coiirtship, Mr. Joe Harris, an
aged Conf/derate veteran of Murray
county, wfcn as his bride Miss Seney
Ledford, /who resides in the western
part of tMe city. Mr. Harris, who is up
wards om seventy years of hge. is receiv.
ing the/congratulations of his friends.
His new wife is many years his junior.
The ceremony was performed by Judge
H. J/i Wood, ordinary.
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(By Associated Press.)
AUGUSTA, Ga., Dec. 22.—Two South
ern railway passenger engines and four
freight cars are in the middle of the
Savannah river, due to the two en
gines, which were being towed over
from the Hamburg yards, running into
about twenty freight cars which were
standing on the trestle at 4:55 this
morning. An entire span fell and the
engines, freight cars and a portion of
the trestle are in one twisted and brok
en mass of wreckage in the water. One
engine was not completely submerged,
due to falling on a jetty.
Hostler C. C. Forbes, who was on
engine 1109, and was pulling engine
955, was badly bruised as was Jim
mie Bryant, call boy. Fert Corbett, a
negro helper on 955, was also bruised.
According to Forbes, there were no
lights on the cars which had been left
on the trestle and the night was dark.
Forbes and Bryant, by presence of
mind in holding their breath under the
■water, climbed out on to some wreck
age and called for assistance. Corbett
did not get into the 'water. All three
men were rescued by a boat.
No official statement has been made
by the Southern officials as. yet.
Dance Censor Attends
Dance and Outdances
All of Her Charges
(By Associated Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 22.—The
matron whose duties it is to preside
at all dances, made her first appearance
in Indianapolis last night at a dance
given by society folk at a local hotel.
She was just as popular as any other
woman present and danced all the latest
steps without censuring the way any of
the guests danced, criticising the mu
sic or the dress of those present. ^11
of these things are included in her du
ties, according to the law recently pass
ed by the city council making the
presence of a matron at dances in In
dianapolis necessary before the affairs
may be started.
The matron appointed for the society
dan^e was a member of the prominent
society set and in accordance with the
law the dance did not start until she
arrived!. The matron, however, refused
to p.ccept the fee of $2 which she is
allowed by the law.
VOTES FOR WOMEN HID
Youth Ends His Life
In Trying to Escape
Capture as Pickpocket
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Pursued by a
hundred passengers through seven cars
of a subway train in Brooklyn last
night, a youth suspected of being a
pickpocket, leaped from the front plat
form of the last car when he was about
to be seized, and was crushed to death
against a pillar of the tunnel.
The victim was identified through
his finger prints at police headquarters,
according to detectives. as Solomon
Furst, nineteen years old, who recently-
served a brief term in the city re
formatory for a petty crime.
Congressman Dead
CLINTON, la., Dec. 22.—■Congressman
I. S. Pepper, of the Second Iowa dis
trict, died here today. He had been ill
for' several months.
NEW YORK, Dee. 22.—Dr. Anna How
ard Shaw, the suffrage leader, declares
that the year 1913, ip spite of Its un
lucky number, has been the greatest
and luckiest year In the history of the
movement for votes for women. During
the 'year, she says, woman's suffrage
had been taken out of the academic
stage and Is now in the realm of prac
tical politics. Drr. Shaw told the
triumph in Illinois and the increase o.
favorable sentiment, the way that men
are “coming over to a belief that wom
en ought to vote and the marked at
tention that politicians are giving us.”
Besides winning in Illinois and Alas
ka, this year, she cited the appoint
ment of the senate committee on suf
frage as one of the geratest victories
ever won for the cause. She sought to
encourage suffrage workers, because of
the action of President Wilson, in rec
ommending a house committee on suf
frage as one of the greatest victoreis
out campaigns in Nevada North Dako
ta, South Dakota and Montana, where
the legislatures have passed suffrage
amendments to the state constitutions
that will be submitted to the voters
for approval.
“There is just as much work to be
done in New York, New Jersey, Penn
sylvania, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michi
gan,” Dr. Shaw said. “The legislature
of these states have passed suffrage
bills. The Wisconsin bill was vetoed
by Governor McGovern who afterward
offered to reconsider. Wisconsin must
be ready for the next governor and is
a campaign state. The Michigan bill
was defeated by the voters. The New
Jersey bill will have to be introduced
over again because, it was not properly
published. In New York, Pennsylvania
and Iowa, the legislatures will have
to ratify the action of 191. before the
amendments can go to the voters—and
we mean they shall.-
Dr. Shaw admitted that she did wish
1913 could have seen the enfranchise
ment of women discussed in the con
gress and in the president’s message. ’
Chicago Makes Great.
Fuss Over Its First
City Christmas Tree
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—Squadrons of
mounted police and twelve uniformed
buglers of the First Illinois cavalry
today headed a procession in which Chi
cago’s first municipal Christmas tree
was transported on the biggest truck in
the city to Grant park, on the water
front. Six big black horses drew the
tree.
Mayor Harrison will push the button
which w{ll illuminate the tree on Christ
mas eve, while five grand opera stars
sing from the balcony of the Art insti
tute, facing the lake.
TT ilson Presented Cane
Andrew Jackson Once
Gave to Kansas Man
WIRE COMPANIES’ DIVORCE
’T REQUIRE L
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—When the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company and Western Union reach the
parting of ways, as provided for under
the agreement reached with Attorney
General McReynolds, there will not be
the slightest need for the realignment
of the organization of either concern,
according to a statement made oy Pres
ident Theodore N. Vail, of the Ameri
can Telephone and Telegraph company.
“We built up the mutual interests of
the American Telephone and Telegraph
company and the Western Union in
such a way,” Mr. Vail said, “that we
did not encumber ourselves with an
organization that would have to be
broken up in case the companies should
withdraw fyom the arrangement! In
other words the organization of each
concern was rigidly maintained and
preserved, and when they draw apart
each will carry with it as perfect an
organization as when the two entered
into mutual relations.”
The officers of the Western Union
company are Theodore N. Vail, presi
dent; Newcomb Carlton, vice president;
William H. Baker, secretary, and A.
R. Brewer, treasurer. With the excep
tion of Mr. Vail, none of these men is
an officer of the American Telephone
and Telegraph company.
Department of justice officials declare
representatives of business concerns arc
calling daily to learn what they can or
cannot do under the law. While officials
stated prosecutions would not be dis
continued where they were warranted,
co-operation would be used wherever
possible to secure observance of the
law.
The department is at work on plans
submitted by other corporations for
friendly settlements.
7,000 Quarts of Booze
Seized in One Week in
Macon Prohi Campaign
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON, Ga., Dec. 22.—A total, of
thirty-nine barrels of whisky was seized
Friday afternoon in a raid made by the
police on the saloon and clubroom of
George Jackson, a negro. The goods
were all confiscated. Charges of vio
lating the city blind tiger act and state
prohibition law were made aaginst the
negro.
Out of a series of raids made by Po
lice Chief Riley the raid yesterday was
the largest. Not less than 7,CT00 quarts
of whisky and wines is now held a.
police station, all of which have been
seized this week.
CORPODOTIONS GIVEN
PROMISE OF I IN
HE0H9IINJI6 PUNS
President Wilson Says Gov
ernment Will Co-operate
With Those Wishing to Obey
Sherman A|nti -Trust Law
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—President
Wilson let it be known today that othe'r
corporations besides the American Tel
ephone and Telegraph company had
shown disposition to take the initiative
in reorganizations to conform with the
Sherman anti trust law.
Mr. Wilson made it clear that it
would be the policy of his administra
tion to co-operate in every way it legiti
mately could to bring about satisfac
tory understanding of the law by the
business men of the country, and that
the executive departments did not want
to raise barriers against those who
wanted to obey the law. The president
pointed out that the attorney general
would co-operate and heartily desired
and welcomed the impulse on the part
of business to take the initiative.
COURSE IS INDICATED.
The president indicated in his manner
of discussion that he hoped the govern
ment haa shown by example in the
American Telephone and Telegraph set
tlement what might be expected as the
future course of his administration.
When the president signs the curren
cy bill he probably will accompany his
signature with some sort of statement
on the trust question.
A note of confidence that the business
men of the country will co-operate with
the government in securing a compli
ance with the Sherman law is expected
to be sounded in the president’s re
marks.
He will indicate the manner in which
the administration will approach the
subject, express his realization of the
delicacy of the task and the necessity
for cautious and careful treatment of it
because of its intimate relation to busi
ness conditions of the country.
Common Marriage Law
Knocks Out Eugenics,
Says Western Lawyer
MILWAUKEE, Wls., Dec. 22. The
Wisconsin eugenic marriage law, which
will go into effect January 1, and which
has created a statewide discussion for
several weeks, was pronounced useless
by Horace B. Walmsley, a leading
member of the bar, in a statement
made public today.
“All that is required in this state is'
that two persons, who are not married
at the time, agree to accept each other
as mates,” Mr. Walmsley said. “No
service is necessary and the physical
examination required by the late law
cannot be enforced.”
The contention of Mr. Walmsley is
based on a decision of the state su
preme court which says that any man
or woman not married at the time may
make a legal and valid contract of mar
riage without any license, medical ex
amination, priest, clergyman or magis
trate, All that is required is that two
persons agree to take each other as
man and wife and begin to live to
gether in that relation.
Stephen Foster's Home
A Gift to Pittsburg;
To Be His Memorial
PITTSBURG, Dec. 22.—The birthplace
of Stephen Collins Foster, author of
many famous songs, will be given to
the city of Pittsburg as a Christmas
gift.
^ Today the formal offer of the old
Foster home in Penn avenue, was made
to Mayor Magee by James II. Park. It
is expected council will accept the gift
at tomorrow’s meeting. Subscriptions
raised by lovers of Foster’s melodies
here and in the south will be used to
fit up the old homestead as a memorial
museum, in which relics of Foster’s
will be kept. The grounds surrounding
the house will be improved and mads
into a small park.
“Old Black Joe," “Suwanee River” and
“My Old Kentucky Home" are among
the best known of Foster’s composi
tions.
Santa Will Come
To New York Town
In an Aeroplane
CORNING, N. Y. t Dec. 22.—Santa
Claus will come to * Corning by aero
plane tomorrow. The Corning Business
Men’s association has hired an aviator
from Bath to fly to Corning dresseri
as Santa and distribute gifts to chil
dren of the city from his aeroplane as
he flies over the trees.
WICHITA, Kan., Dec. 22.—A hickory
walking stick carried by Andrew Jack-
son when he was elected president was
sent by parcel post today to President
Wilson as a Christmas present from
Levi W. Ludlum, of this city. Andrew
•Jackson gave the stick to Barney Fox.
Later. Fox gave it to Ludlum with the
understanding that when Ludlum got
too old to go out much he should give
it to a Democratic president.
Mother vs. Step-father
In Battle Over Baby;
Couple Are Separated
The unique spectacle of a mother
fighting for her own child against its
etep-fatlier was presented in the supe
rior court P'riday by the filing of the
habeas corpus suit of Mrs. Rosa D.
Knight for the possession of her daugh
ter, Thelma McClain, who is now in the
custody of D. W. Knight, a machinist.
The petition filed by Attorney A. W.
White, recites that the child, who is
ten years old. was adopted by Knight
through the conirts, ancl that r^ow that
he has separated from Lis \Vife, he
does not recognize her rights.
The case has been set for a heariife
before Judge John T. Pendleton next
week.
ASKS FOR ALL RECORDS
IN HARRY THAW’S CASE
(By Associated Press.)
CONCORD, N. H., Dec. 22.—Certified
copies of all records relating to Harry
Is. Thaw since his commitment to
Matteawan have been requested in the
legal battle to secure Thaw’s return to
the New York jurisdiction.
The request was made today by the
commission appointed by the federal
court to determine whether Thaw’s
mental condition would make his re
lease on bail a menace to public safety.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.—Although
Postmaster General Burleson in his an
nual report favored the principle of gov
ernment ownership of telephone and tel
egraph lines, President Wilson has not
made up his mind upon the question.
The postmaster general had a long
conference with the president today and
it was understood that the subject was
discussed. It is not believed the ad
ministration will take any definite posi
tion now.