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THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 101.T.
Till ESCH MID DECIDES TO
“THE I BEST" HI ISOLD HOME
AYlllKrt HIS MOTHER THAT HE I) IDN'T FEEL WELL AND WOULD
TAKE A REST BEFORE GOING TO THEIIl OLD HOME—WHIT
MAN SAYS IT WILL BE IMFOSSIRLE TO BRING HIM BAOIC
TO MATTEAWAN, FROM WHICH ASYLUM HE MADE A SPEC
TACULAR ESCAPE SUNDAY MORNING GOING TO CONNECTI
CUT -GATE-KEEPER ARRAIGNED, CHARGED WITH HAVING
RECEIVED BRIBE.
Now Y'ork, Aug. 18.—Mrs.
Mar)- Oopeley Thaw received a
letter from her son, Harry
Thaw, about noon today. In
that letter, he said he planned
to ‘take a rest,” before going
, to the Tlinw country place,
“Elmhurst," at Cresson, Pa.
State Can't Apprehend Him, Says
District Attorney Whitman.
New York, Aug. IS.—Harry K
Thaw Made S|>ectacular Escape
| Early Sunday Morning.
| Xlatteawan, N. Y., Aiug. 18.—Har-
' ry K. Thaw, the slayer of Stanford
White, escaped from the hospital
| for criminal Insane here at 7:45
o'clock yesterday morning. A dart
! for liberty through an open gate, a
| leap Into the open door of a power-
| ful automobile, and a flight like a
| rocket for the Connecticut state line
Thaw escaped from the State Hos-' ,Mrty ra,les away accOTn P 1 " ,hed hls
iMtal for the Criminal Insane, a i |e8cape -
Mattewan yesterday morning, and j Once beyond the boundaries
he will probably never be confined' the State, Thaw Is free. Only
again In New York I months, perhaps years of litigation
Lawyer, seem unanimous in their!™ 11 bring him back to Matteawan
opinion today that there Is no hopel and then only In one event-that he
for extradition, even if Thaw U ! be adjudged Insane In the state to
found in some other state. | whlc b be has fled.
District Attorney Chas. S. Whit-1 FiT ® Confederates in Car.
man said Thaw had been acquitted, j Flve ^federate, ma nned the ear
asd there was no Indictment against , n whlch Thaw escaped a 3d a b lg
Mm. Therefore, he cannot be ex- b , Mk MmoU(dne wW<a trailed tt
tradtted ' , past the asylum gate. The police
The New York Bar Association j, a ve the description of Thaw’s con-
has been urging the necessity for »l f8deni t e , and the names under
statuatory verdict, such as "guilty, j t hey registered at a local bo
b' 1 * insane,'' aa Is the case in Eag.[ te , Fr|day „ 1>ht and are seeking
land, where «ueh criminals can b«|ti, em .
r ® oovered * ! The authorities believe that Thaw
Some lawyer* say the only chance | fled , to the 8hore of uiand
of recovering Thaw now is to show
that be bribed state officials.
Thaw’s Mothtr Rejoices, At Hls Es-
■ cape. But Denies Complicity
in the Matter.
New York, Aug. 13.—Mrs. Mary
Copeley Thaw, mother of Harry
Thaw, continued today receiving
callers at her hotel apartments.
, While expressing to all her un
feigned Joy at her son's escape, she
indignantly denied that the Thaw
family knew of the matter until In
formed by newspaper men.
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw lamented the;Thaw, fully dressed, left hls room
fac thnt her husband Is still at yesterday morning. The milk man's
large. She said he is dangerous to [cart was rumbling on the road out-
the community, and further, pro-1 „| dc as he walked through the store-
fessed to believe that her presence j ro o nl and out into the outer court.
In Now York state goaded Thaw to ^ or yard of the asylum grounds. Har-
attempt hls escape. jniim, sole attendant at the road
'gate, was (pacing back and forth
Asylum Attendant Arrested, Cliarg- when Thaw closed the store room
ed With Taking Bribe. I door behind him and apparently did
3ound and hoarded a yacht, waiting
with steam up to rush to Europe.
A reward of $.500 for Thaw’s ap
prehension has been offered by Dr.
R. F. C. Kelb, superintendent of
the asylum. Howard H. Barnum,
the attendant at the gate past
wbom Thaw flashed in hls break for
freedom, Is under arrest and other
arrests are expected to follow In
the rigid Investigation begun by Dr.
Kelb.
The shadcB wero drawn In the
'dormitories and the Inmates were
I getting their second sleep when
LED. M. FRANK MOD GDI
ON THE STAND UWS PASSED
TOOK PLACE THIS AFTERNOON
AND DENIED THAT HE WAS
THE GUILTY MAN—CASE WILL
END THIS WEEK.
Atlanta, Aug. 18.—Leo. M,
Frank, who is charged with tile
murder of Mary Pliagan, the 14-
year-old factory worker, took
the witness stand In hls own
liehatf this afternoon und Ini.
mediately began a general de
nial of ull the charges against
him.
Atlanta Papers Printing l’hotus of
Wives of Jurors in Trial.
Atlanta, Aug. 18.—Having print
ed and re-printed the photographs
of all the women who are directly
Indirectly connected with the
Phagan murder and the Frank trial,
the Atlanta newspapers have now
taken to ornamenting the Frank
story with photographs of the wives
of the Frank Jurors, all of whom
are estimable Atlanta ladles, and a
number of whom abhor notoriety.
Several of these ladles, who do not
even read the accounts of the
Frank trial, are very much embar
rassed to see their faces and names
dragged Into the -reports, alongside
of various court-room features of
the case.
it la confidently hoped by all
.parties concerned that the Frank
trial will end this week. Judge
Roan has expressed the expectation
that the Jury would be free by
Sunday, and there la a good possi
bility that all evidence will be In
soon after the middle of the week.
Frank's own statement, which was
expected to come Saturday, Is still to
be made.
One Million Words of Testimony
Already Heard.
The Atlanta journal (.ays that
there have been already a million
words of testimony In the Frank
case—and goodness knows all three
of the Atlanta papers have tried to
print, the whole million.
There will be about half a million
more this week end then perhaps
there prl'^ he a rest.
JUDGE KILLED
ADMINISTRATION BILLS HAVE
BEEN ENACTED INTO LAW
WITH EEW EXCEPTIONS —
FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS.
8Y
Poughkeepsie, N. Y„ Aug. 18.— aot -rasp the significance of Thaw's >||MjKX SCENE OF SENSATIONAL
Howard Barnum, a Matteawan at ten-j pa rly rising,
dant, who opened the gate through! Long years of residence at the
which Harry Thaw escaped yester- ] asylum and repeated declarations
day morning, was arraigned this by Thaw thnt he would never at-1
morning on a warrant charging tempt his freedom except by legal
bribery. F means had established Thaw's status
Barnum asked for counsel, . and as a "trusty.” I
hls hearing was delayed. | There was little out of the or.
SHOOTING WHEN AV. 8. GOD.
IIKK AND WIFE AVEIIK SHOT
TO DEATH BY JUDGE'S DI
VORCED WIFE.
Milieu, (la., Aug. IS.—Judge
S. Godbee, and hls wife, were
shot and Instantly killed this morn-
He stoutly asserted that he was dinary In hls appearance, even aseo', nK whlle they were in thp Mille t
Innocent of any wrong-doing. early an hour, In the court yard, and j„, >by M rs. Edna Godhee,
[ the Judge's divorced wife.
Judge Godbee had only recently
married again.
10 cent
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2 Cans for 5c
as long as it lasts.
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Agent* NUNNALLY’S CANDIES.
if Barnum saw hlat—as to this no
one save the hospital authorities
would say. and they refused to talk
—he raised no question.
A black six-cylinder touring car,
sixty horse-power followed by a
limousine also black, loafed lazily
along the rood as the milkman drew
near the gate. Thaw, standing
few feet away, apparently ua'on-
scious, waited mil Barnum unlocked
the gate and swung it wide to let the
milkman enter. At the same mo
ment the two cars drew up on the
farther side of the road opposite the
gate and stopped, their engines
throbbing.
As Barnum stepped aside for the
milkman to drive Inside the grounds
he heard the gravel crunch beneath
Thaw's feet and looking up saw
Thaw flash past him straight for one
of the waiting cars. With a shout
Barnum started in hot pursuit but
a flying leap landed Thaw safe in
the car. The automobile wheels
began turning before tbe keeper
fairly reached the roadway and
they were throwing up a cloud of
dust before they had gone twenty-
five feet.
Atlanta, Aug. 16.—Governor Sla
ton’s legislative program, with one
or two exceptions, has been enacted
into law. The exceptions failed of
fulfillment only because of lack of
time. They can easily wait until
. next year, when it Is predicted they
will be handled In accordance with
the governor's suggestion. Not in
many years past has a constructive
administration been so completely
In harmony with a constructive leg
islature.
Virtually every general bill passed
by tbe Legislature was advocated or
approved by the Governor. Most of
them were, strictly speaking, admin
istration 'measures. It is the first
time since factional politics on ex
isting lines began that a governor
has been able to get the legislature
to work la such complete accord
with him.
The following specific administra
tion measures were among the most
Important which went through: A
curb on extravagant appropriations,
tax reform, an Inheritance tax, dou
bled corporation tax, permanent
registration law, and a blue sky law.
Perhaps Governor Slaton’s hardest
fight was on appropriations. Know
ing that the state treasury was near
ly a million dollars In the hole, he
refused from the stmt to recommend
a single new or Increase expendi
ture. To all appeals, he stated sim
ply that the money would first have
to be provided, before It could be
sipproprlsted.
Governor Slaton Is no’ a man Who
Is given to threats and bluffs. In
nano of hie communications did er
deal In other than courteous lan
guage, eschewing all that suggested
the big stick or the big "I.” How
ever, he did not hesitate to say on
'proper occasions candidly and firmly
that hls oath of office would not
permit him to approve an appropria
tion sheet carrying more than the
proepectlve revenues.
The result is In brief that the
State’s financial condition bos been
re-established on a healthy basis,
apd that the present legislature will
go down In local history as one of
the most constructive In this gen
eration. The state's whole fiscal
system has been pat for the first
time on a sonn^ Jmslness basis.
iThe splendid results of the recent
session have necessarily added much
Governor Slaton's (popularity.
Governor Slaton Is standing for a
business administration—a business
administration without quotation
marks.
MEAT PRICES
AS A RESULT OK THE WATER
FAMINE IN THE MIDDLE WES-
TERX STATES — AUSTRALIA
MUST FURNISH .MEATS.
Washington, Aug. 16.—Sharp In
creases In the prices of fresh beef
are expected to follow the prolonged
drouth in Kansas, Iowa, Oklahoma
and Nebraska. The Department of
Agriculture officials are apprehen
sive over the outlook, and agents
of the department who are in 3outh
America, report, unfavorable condi
tions In the cattle trade there. They
say disease Is raging among the cat
tle In Argentine, which la the 'princi
pal cattle-growing country.
In the event of a shortage. It Is
expected that Australia will furnish
the meat supply.
SULZER STILL
IS
ALTHOUGH THE MATrER IS FAR
FROM SETTLED — PHVSIOAL
FORCE BROUGHT INTO THE
QUARREL TODAV.
LOVERS MAY LIE
WITHOUT FAULT
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 16.—The
breach between Governor Sulzer and
Lieutenant Governor Glynn la com
plete today, and there will
further conferences between their
counsels, so far as is known, on the
question of submitting their rontro-
ery to the courts.
D. Cady Herrick, chief counsel for
Governor Sulzer, said he didn’t ex
pect to make public any plans of the
lawyers for the Impeached execu
tive. In reply to a question, he said,
I don’t know what will be the next
move.”
Glynn’s refusal to accept the pro-
I posal of the impeached Governor, to
submit their claims to the courts,
was a surprise to Sulzer’s friends.
In reply, Glynn said he held himself
in readiness to perforin all functions
of the Governor’s office, and would
act a» governor exce^K. In so far as
j restrained by Sulzer’s Illegal action
PATCHES 8H CIS PACES
and physical force. This Is the first
time the words “physical force” has
been brought Into the controversy.
Neither claimant to the Governor
JUDGE DECIDES THAT COUHT- » h ll> of New York endeavored to ln-
u]r,n wmiTATinv uawx tcrfcro with the other In any way
SHIP EXHALTATION MAKES, today, and the principals seemed to
THEM TELL THINGS THAT ARE j ^ marking time, waiting for the
NOT SO, | other to take the offensive. The In-
___ j dlcatlons were that the deadlock
New York, Aug. 15-8uprem. exeuntJ. the leg,stature
Court Justice Guy banded down aj
decision yesterday, which Is in effect j
that a man In' love 11 privileged to!
lie.
Justice Guy said it was a well
known principle that Is the state of
mental exaltation accompanying
courtship, statements made aa to the
mental, moral and financial qualifi
cations may not be too closely scru
tinized.
This rutin?: ncccmieanied _ the re
fusal of a request for alimony of a
woman who was told, before her
marriage, by her future husband he
made thirty dollars weekly. later,
she found he made only thirteen dol-
ars and a half a we«k
PASSED AAVAY SUNDAY NIGHT
AT HIS HOME ON REMINGTON
AVENUE—FUNERAL WILL OC
CUR TOMORHOAV.
T
III COUNTY SCHOOLS TO
iPEN IT SOME TIME
T
Atlanta, Aug. . 18.—The pretty
fancy of wearing tiny black patches
on pink dimpled cheeks, Just as
they were worn In the French court
under la>u;s XV., and later In colon
ial days in this country, has cofoe
Into style In Atlanta.
It Is a fad, however, which only
really pretty women can Indulge in.
for a girl must have real confidence
In the attractiveness of her face be
fore she dares deliberately attract
the eyes to It by decorating It with
the sturtllng and sometimes
tremely attractive patch.
Diamond shaped patches seem to
be the most popular, with little
round polka-dot looking patches a
close second. The young society
girls and their mammns aro both
adopting the style.
Couuly Hoard of Education So De
cided at Recent .Meeting—Third
of November Opening Day.
The County Board of Education,
at a rerent meeting, passed a reso
lution that the schools of the couii-
ty shall open on the third day of,”*' . "'
November. Heretofore, they have m " fh Bur " rise here,
been opening at different periods, The affair had not
beginning about October first. The
recent ruling will make all the strict
ly county schools open at the same
time.
Another Important hem passed
upon was that the law requiring all
children to attend school In the dis
trict in which they live, would be
enforced. Of course where a child
lives too far, or for any other rea
son that In the mind of the hoard
Is just, a child will be allowed to
attend elsewhere. This is not a rule
of the Board, but a law upon the
Statute books.
Still another item of interest is
that all teachers, who are to be giv
en a special examination, because of
failure to take the regular exami
nation, will be required to pay $1.
This will go to the teachers’ library
fund. An examination for such ap
plicants will be given some time in
September ,or early in October.
FARMERS GIN AT UOOLIIHJE
OPENED FOR BUSINESS
THERE LAST SATURDAY.
FOIt THK WORDS OF HENRY
LANK WILSON—SAID IN KNG" •
LAND THAT IT WAS USELESS*
FOR l\ S. TO TAKE IT UP. j
London. Aug. 15.—The news from!
the United States that Ambassador
Page had been Instructed to npolo-j
glze to the British Government for ! *’ALHol N ©Of VI l SCENE Ol*
the comments made on the British-, Moll WORK KAMA THIS MORN-
Mexican policy, by Ambassador Hen-' ING-*-ONE OF THEM WHO WAS
ry Lane Wilson, to Mexico, caused. ALIIANI AND THEN TAKEN
i TO M.\IN>N WITH BODIFOKD
excited the ( ASSAILANT,
slightest attention. The British, Morgan, Ga., Aug. 15.—A mol) at
•newspapers at first ignored Ambas- the county jail here early today
sodor Wilson’s statement, but they] shot to death Robert Lovett, a ue-
printed it today, as an explanation
of the grounds for the apologies. '
/
The announcement of the death of
Mr. Samuel W. Baker, which occur
red about midnight Sunday, was
one that brought surprise and grief
to his many friends here. Al
though he had been in feeble healtk
for some time, it was not thought
that death was so near until a few
hours before it came.
Mr. Baker was up the greater
part of yesterday and able to con
verse with friends. About fire
lock in the afternoon, he was
taken very sick and his condition
pronounced very serious by the at
tending physician. He continued to
grow worse until the end came about
midnight.
Mr. Baker was born In Liberty
county and passed his sixty-fifth*
birthday on Saturday, just the d*y
before hls death. He was one of a
family of twelve brothers, only two
of whom now survive him, the Ray.
Robert Baker, of Florid*, end Mr.
D. K. Baker, of Alabama.
For several yea?-, air. Baker's
health was too feeble for him to en
gage In any active business, but be
fore that he was a well-knoWn rail
road contractor. Although too
young to serve through tbe whole of
the Civil war, he entered the army
the lest year and remained until
the surrender. After the war he
moved with hls father’s family to
ThojnasviUe, and has since sr%de hls
home here.
Mr. Baker was a devoted member
of the Presbyterian church, and
never omitted attending * service
until too feeble to welk there. He
•was a member of the Thomasrille
Lodge of Masons, and the funeral
service will be in charge of thnt
body.
Besides hls devoted wife, Mt. Ba
ker Is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Alvin Rowe, of Ssvnnnnh,* end
Mies Lula Baker, of- 4hls city, and
three sons. Messrs. Sam Baker, of
Brunswick, Fred Baker, of Ozark,
and Cecil Baker Of Boca Grande,
Fla.
The funeral services will take
place Tuesday afternoon at five
o’clock, at the Presbyterian Church.
gro who was held charged with mur-
lering two white men.
The mob overjiowered a special
guard of fifteen deputies and bat
tered down the doors.
Immediately after the killing the
negro was taken first to Albany and
then to Macon for safe-keeping. He
Drought here yesterday for hls
trial, which was to have taken place-
today.
ovett was arrested several months
ago for the murder of Ben Shields
and M. R. Wilson, two prominent
men who lived near Morgan.
REBELS LOSE
BIG BUTTLE
At number of progressive Coolidse
citizens have Just competed erect
ing a new cotton gin that will give
their territory valuable service this
season in caring for the bumper
crop of cotton raised this year.
A four 70-saw Continental System
Gin outfit of the latest model with
all appliances for ginning cotton
rapidly and preserving the staple,
has been Installed and the plant Ufwedge northward almost
now ready to take care of all colt0 i | center of Carranza’s stronghold.
Dowd the roadway the cars sped offered for ginning promptly, and. He hao been far toward the Inter-
JjEYEN THOUSAND ENGAGED IN
THE CONFLICT IN NORTHERN
MEXICO—ONE OF THE LEAD
ERS KILLED.
Eagle Pass., Tex., Aug. IS.—The
Constitutionalists were defeated in
a three-days’ buttle last week near i
Ahnsolo, one hundred miles south j
of here, in the State of Coahuila
They retreated Saturday and yes
terday, declaring they had Insuffi
cient ammunition.
Seven thousand men were engag
ed in this battle, but no estimate of
the killed and wounded has been
compiled.
Jesus Ca~ranza, a brother of the
Constitutionalist leader has gone to
the front today with re-lnforcements.
The result of the Federals’ suc
cess seems to be the driving of the
the
will care for fifty hales per day eaal-! ior for the lpa , t sever&1 wee | ; ,
ly and let the wagons go home be
fore dark.
The gin was opened for business
last Saturday and three bales were
In a whirling cloud of dust that
qukkly blotted them from sight. For
moment Barnum ihaded hls eyes
with Us bands and watched them;
then with the first great blot on Us (
career of twenty years as keeper. • ginned, and the farmers went home
he dashed madly back Into the (well pteased with the results,
grounds and locked the gate. j Mr. W. F. Carter, an experienced
"Thaw’s gone—escaped!" he gin manager la In charge and hls
shouted bursting Into Dr. Kelb’i efforts will be supported by an ac-
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fharmevtic.il association
MEETING IN NASHVILLE.
Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 18.—The
American Pharmeutlcal Association
began Its alxty-firit annual session i
here today, and It Is expected the |
meeting will last throughout the*
entire week. It is expected that five |
|presence. And In a moment thejtlre board of manager* of tbe best,hundred delegates will be In sttea-
hunt was on. citizen, of Coolidge. , dance.
Fall Notice!
We can now show you
a full line of:-
Woolen Dress Goods
All Fashionable Shades, ranging in prices from
65c to $3.50 per yard. In Brocaded Materials
there are Velvets Crepes and Woolen goods.
We can at the same time show you tome ele
gant new Tailored suits for ladies.
Other lines in Ready-to-Wear,
will arrive shortly.
Louis Steyerman,
The Shop of Quality
On the Corner.