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VOL. IX. NO. 230.
HOME (4TH) edition
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 29,1911.
HOME(4th ) EDITION
PRICE:
MURDER
ISMADE'
THIS lira
Mrs. Lynn Is Bound Over Sat
urday to the State
Court.
ONLY 2 WITNESSES HEARD
Recorder’s Court Room Is
Packed to Capacity With
Curiosity Seekers.
dH-M-'I-I-I'I-I-H-S-l-H-I-H-i-H-l-H-i-
I GIRL ATTEMPTED SUICIDE 4
* IN LYNN HOME, SAYS WOMAN +
4. +
4. One witness, a woman, says her +
4. young step-daughter, after going T
4. to the home of Mrs. Lynn about
five years ago to undergo an
* eraiton. attempted suicide In
4- house by swallowing laudanum. 4*
4. The girl was given Immediate at- *
4. tcntlon and her life saved. , This 4-
4- Incident took place at 20 Klng-st., +
4- the home of Mti. Lynn before she +
4. moved to her present residence In v
<• Washington-st. *J*
4. The .ten-mother was In police 4-
4* court Saturday morning ready to +
•j, testify had she been called. +
On sensational testimony as to an
operation performed’ on a young woman
In her home, Mrs. Rachael Lynn, the
aged spiritualist "medium’* living in a
fashionable district at 805 Washington'
»t., was Saturday morning bound over
to superior court without bond by Re
corder Broyles on the charge of mur
der.
Shortly after the trial Mrs. Lynn was
transferred from the police station to
the Tower, whore she will bs held pend
ing action In the higher court.
Mrs. Lynn seemed unaffected through
out the proceedings, and Showed no
emotion at all when Judge Broyles pro
nounced the decision that holds her for
a capital offense.
The Hearing attracted probably , the
greatest 1 crowd ever assembled In the
police court room. The room was
Jammed from wall to wall with mor-
bldly curious men, who were drawn
magnet-like to the scene to devour ev
ery word of the expected sensations.
80 great was the throng that the at'
mosphere was oppressive.
Mrs. Lyrin was held for murder on
the evidence of Mrs, J. S. Bratton, a
nurae who haa been boarding In the
Lynn home for some time. Mrs. Brat
ton told In detail of two operations on
a young woman and the final outcome.
She declared the patient became des
perately 111 following the second op
eration and had to go to a private san
itarium, where another operation was
performed by Dr. E. L. Griffin, who
removed, a babe. It was shown the
child, which was dead at birth, had a
bruise on Its head and another on the
shoulder. The nurso described the In
struments used by Mrs. Lynn In the
operation. •
In telling of a conversation she had
with Mary Jacobs, negro cook In the
Lynn home, Mrs. Bratton said:
"This woman told me live babies had
been burned In every grate in the
house.”
This evidence was ruled out, how
ever. on the ground that it waa purely
hearsay.
Walter Taylor, city clerk, testified
that Mrs. Lynn had no license of any
kind to perform operations.
City Attorney James L. Mayson and
Assistant City Attorney W. D. Ellis. Jr.,
closed after Mr. Taylor testified, they
deairing only to make out a rase eufll
dent to bind the woman over and thus
Continued on Page Twalvs.
First Word Is Received From
Matt J. Schmidt, Wanted
in Los Angeles.
HAS BEEN IN NEW YORK
New Turn Is Taken in Times
Dynamiting Case—Tells
of Start For Europe.
Chicago, April 29.—'William J. Burns,
head of the detective agency which
caused the arrest of John J. McNamara,
his brother James and Ortle McManl
gal, charged with blowing up The Los
Angeles Times building, today received
the first word from Matt J. Schmidt,
one of the men sought In connection
with the crime, in a' threatening letter
dated New York. The letter says:
“You arrested the McNamara broth
ers Illegally and they are Innocent. I
am the guilty one and you think you
and your clique are smart. You have
been looking for me In the West, but
tomorrow I will sail for Europe at 10
o’clock.
Threat to Kill.
“If McNamara Is convicted, I will
return and kill you like a dog—you and
your son Raymond and everybody con
nected with the case.”
The letter, which was dated April 28,
was written to the New York ofllce of
the Burns detective agency, was for
warded here today. Further on in the
letter Schmidt says:
"While you were searching for me, 1
have been right here In New York,
meeting you and your men on the street
dally. I know you are paid enormous
sums by capitalists to convict Innocent
men.”
Burns went from Chicago to Indlan-
ipolis today. The letter likely will
change his plans for returning to Cal
ifornia In a few days to be present at
the beginning of the hearings of the
three prisoners there. Word was sent
to the New York office of the Burns
gency to get a trail on Schmidt.
"Down With Capital." .
Schmidt’s letter was filled with oaths
and was rambling in places. It de
clared the writer was not a union man,
but was a union sympathiser. “Down
with capital,” it sold In one place.
Schmidt Is the man who, with Kap
lan. Is wanted for the actual dynamiting
of The Times building. He was with
■Brice," who has been Identified
James McNamara, In San Francisco
and In Los Angeles at the time of the
explosion. He and Kaplan never were
apprehended.
TWO PERFORMANCES SATURDAY BRING
SUPERB CLOSE TO THE OPERA SEASON
E
IS NEARLYEQUALED
Tremendous Throng Delighted
by Humperdinck’s
“Koenigskinder.”
"New Stars in Atlanta
PRESENTATION CHARMING
More Than 6,000 at the Sec
ond Night of Atlanta’s
Opera Season.
CRISIS IS EXPECTED
IN DYNAMITE CASE
Los Angeles, Csl., April 29.—The case
against John J. McNamara, his brother.
James, and Ortle McManlg&l. Is expect
ed to reach a crisis some time today
with the arrest of several labor officials
In California, who, the police declare,
were associates of the prisoners In di
recting the plot which resulted In the
destruction by dynamite of The Los
Angeles Times building and the murder
of 21 men.
These arrests have been expected
hourly for two days, and It was not
until today that, the police finally an-
Continued on Page Twenty-three.
By DUDLEY GLASS.
If Signor Enrico Caruso had been a
guest In the Auditorium Friday night
he would have seen almost as many At.
lantans assemble to hear a young
American soprano as gathered to listen
to his golden tones
a year ago—at
that time the Met
ropolitan’s record
breaking audience.
So all the reports
that Atlanta op-
eragoers are mere
ly star worship
pers may be set
down In the book
of false prophe
cies. Geraldine
Farrar Is a star
and a bright one,
hut It takes some,
thing beyond ad
miration for one
girl to draw more
than 6,000 persons
to an opera. There
must be some real
love for the music In the thousands who
sit silently thru the hours and come
out wishing audibly that grand opera
were a weekly bill In Atlanta. The
treasurer counted up after the perform
ance Friday night and found that
"Koenigskinder” had brought Just
J18.400 Into the treasury; that the two'
Atlanta performances had amounted to
more than the three In Cleveland, and
that Atlanta was entitled to a big red
star on the musical' map—for ths very
best of mlislc. No other need apply.
“Koenigskinder” Wonderful.
“Koenigskinder”" Is wonderful In Its
music, In Its dramatlo action, and more
than all, In the charm of Its stage set
tings and’the'delicacy of the touches
which make It more falryllke than real
To the eye Is perhaps-the most beauti
ful series of pictures ever offered for
an opera's setting; Its music Is charm
ing at the beginning, sweetly beautiful
In the love scenes, .and when the chil
dren appear, and almost painfully in
tense In the great finale. But It Is Ger
man music, almost Wagnerian In Its
absence of sustained arias, and there Is
little about It to remember save the
Continued on Page Twelve.
I
Nebraskan May Wreck Party’s
Chance to Elect Presi
dent in 1912.
. LEO 8LEZAK. FRANCES ALDA.
They will sing the roles of Otello and Desdemona tonight, 8lezak is the
giant Bohemian tenor whose Otello it his greatest role, and Mme. Alda, the
wife of Director General Gatti-Casazza, Is a splendid soprano. Neither hat
bean heard In Atlanta. Amato has the great role of lago-
GATTI-CASAZZA IS HAPPY;
MADE A PROFIT THIS YEAR
Atlanta Receipts Will Be Over $60,000 and the Metropolitan
Company Shows Balance on Right Side For the i.
First Time in Many Seasons.
Faces Charge of Murder
WANT ADS
Published by all the Atlanta
papers for the week ending
April 22,1911, six days to
the week:
Georgian 3,083
Journal 2,534
Constitution ... .1,316
On yesterday the Atlan
ta papers carried Want Ads
as follows:
Georgian..
Journal
Constitution
.603
... 391
...213
Jo help those who are out of a post-
Hon or who deslra a better one, THE
GEORGIAN prints want ads under
the classification "Situations Wanted"
»rtt. other classifications
gne cent a word ,
Photo by Matliewson. MRg RACHA£L LY NN.
6he was bound over Saturday to tho state courts, aftar a brief hearing
befora Recorder Broyles.
’T feel doubly Jubilant this "morning, 1
said Glulto Gatti-Casazza, director gen.
eral of the Metropollton Opera Com
pany, Saturday. "The books of the
company show a net proflt for the sea
son and'this Is the first tlmo In years
that-our opera season has not had a
loss. Secondly, tho receipts for At
lanta will show a good profit. We will
have taken In about 260,000 gross re
ceipts from the four performances. You
Atlantans are great people."
Mr. Gatti didn't soy all this In Eng
lish. He hasn't that many words at
his command, so he talked In liquid
Italian to F. C. Copplcus, a quiet blond
gentleman who Is secretary of the com
pany and the general director’s right
hand man. Then Mr. Copplcus trans
lated.
The total receipts will, It Is now es
timated, be something more than 860,-
000, of which three-fourths, or 245.000,
will' go to the Metropolitan company,
more than the guarantee offered In the
contract. The other 216,000 will be de
voted to paying all the Atlanta ex
penses, which were heavy,' and will
leave a fair sum toward paying for.the
great Auditorium organ.
The corrected receipts for the
figures for the ffrst two performances
follow: <
Thursday night, 214,200.
Friday night, 218,400.
< The receipts FrMny night, with Mies
Farrar In "Koenigskinder." wero slight
ly behind the “big night” of the first
season, when Caruso, In “Alda,” drew
218,868, and sang to 7,000 persons.
The total for the season last year,
with five performances, was 271,030, an
average of 214,206 a performance. The
receipts for the first 'two' operas this
week and the advance sale on the oth
ers indicates that the average will be
at least 216,000, exceeding the average
of last year.
The audience Friday night, while but
slightly behind ths "Alda" audience In
cosh receipts, lacked a larger propor
tion In number, as no cheap standing
room tickets were sold and the averago
price per ticket was higher than on
tho Caruso night. So the Golden Tenor
still holds the Atlanta record In num
ber and cash.
The Metropolitan closes Its season In
Atlanta and within n few days every
artist of note will sail for Europe. Ger
aldine Farrar soils on May 4 for a sea
son In Paris.and Berlin, and most of
the others will be with her on the
steamer.
Secretary. Copplcus will take the big
orchestra and five singers to Richmond
from Atlanta, stopping for a series of
three concerts. The singers will be
Martin, Amato, Alma Gluck, Florence
Wickham and Herbert Witherspoon,
the. American basso.
Average Receipts of Operas
Exceed Those of
Last Year..
2 PRODUCTIONS SATURDAY
BLECKLEY PLAZA BILL
DRAFTEDTORASSEMBLY
First Step Toward Turning the
Viaduct District Into
Central Park.
Haralson Bleckley's dream of a plaza,
extending from Forsyth-st. to Washing-
ton-st., and ths erection of a railroad
terminal station to cost 22.600.006, haa as-
ume<l concrete form In the drafting of a
Illl to be presented at the coming leg-
slature.. The movement will be given
meeting of the Cfiam-
* committee on civic Im
provement, of which Mr. Bleckley 1s
n, next Thursday afternoon.
Ians call for the erection of a pas
senger station and twenty-atory office
bullaln
ding on the site of the union dei
te of the union depot
of a plaza over the
railroad right-of-way from a point 100
' It weat of Forsyth-st. eaat to Waahlng-
_.l-st.. Including a public comfort bulld-
ng waat of Forsyth-at. and an incline
from tbe Forsyth-at. bridge to Kadi-
°The bill asks that the city of Atlanta
nd Its assigns be granted a franchise
.a buUd and maintain the structure and
that the city of Atlanta be empowered
to sublet the rights and franchises
granted to a corporation to be organized
for the express purpose of carrying out
the proposed Improvements, and that tbe
entire structure bo completed by January
'' Tha'blU also provides that there shall be
fifteen directors, six of whom will be from
the city and a tale officials, and that any
three of the ex-officio members shall have
the right to veto any measure proposed
by the directors elected by the stock-
by Mr.
Blackley would transform "Smoke-ave."
from Its present unsightly appearance
Into one of the handsomest civic Im
provements In the United States. The
office building. artistic In daalgn, pro
vides In addition to ths terminal facili
ties, sufficient office apace to make the
proposition a paring Invartment, andtha
plan plana provide walks, flower beds,
statuary, fountains and a row of trees
The kpreferred stock of the building
corporation will be of 21,600 eaeb, pay
ing 5 per cent, and the common stock
wOl be of |W each, paying not more than
NEW PHASE OF FIGHT
May Be Forced to Bring Their
Suits Where Delay Won’t
Be Necessary.
Another feature In the battle between
the loan agents and their victims will
come up within a few days as a result
of a suit tiled In the superior court Sat.
urday. This petition filed by Attorney
F. Goldstein In behalf of IL E.
Weaks and others will aeek to make the
loan agents sue on civil suits before
Justices of the peace whenever the
■urns In question do not exceed 2100.
A short time ago. It la alleged, these
money lenders began to bring suits for
•mall amounts In tha civil branch of
the city court. Action on these suits
la often deferred for several weeks, and
In the meantime garnishments are
served on the defendants* employers,
thereby holding up payment of what
ever salary la due the defendant la the
suit.
Weaks was made the defendant to a
suit filed a few weeks since by R. D.
Ison'Company for the sum of 240. At
torney Goldstein In his petition recites
the fact that a legislative act of 1824
requires that all civil actions for aunts
leas than 8100 be brought In justice
courts. There the case can generally
be brought to trial In much less time
than is required by the other tribunal.
A decision on this petition win have a
wide influence on the fight against
money lenders.
“II Trovatore” at Matinee and
“Otello” in Evening
Close Stay.
Saturday afternoon and night bring
to a close Atlanta's second grand op
era season! and from all Indications the
flnalclal success will be fully equal to
that of a year ago. Altho five perform
ances were given last season nnd only
four are on tho ]
gross receipts w!
ths first engagement.
Two splendid operas, perhaps the two
which will appeal most of all to the
popular ear, are chosen for the last day
of opera. Verdi’s “11 Trovatore” Is ths
matinee bill and the same composer’s
“Otello” the program for the night per
formance. They will Introduce several
new alngers to Atlanta.
"Trovatore” needs hardly a word of
comment. Old and young are too fa
miliar with the "Anvil Chorus,” “The
Miserere.” the mountain song of Aztl-
cena and the doxen glowing ducts and
trios which have, made the opera by all
odds the best known and most pop
ular In the wprtd. Rlccardo Martin
will be heardiln the tenor role of Man
rlco and Ills voice will be given oppor
tunlty surpassing anything In "Glo
conda.” Mario ltni.pold, one of the
Metropolitan's younger sopranos, will
be the Uleonom, had Mine. Homer, their
greatest contralto, lias tho splendid port
of Azucena. D|nh GUly. ths Algerian
baritone, Is cast for dl Luna, and -tho
minor parts are In capablo hands.
In “Otello." the night bill,-Leo Sle-
salt, tho giant Bohemian tenor who has
been the Jolllest figure In tho Piedmont
corridor this week, will sing to on At
lanta audlsnee for the first time. Sle-
zak Is considered one of the foremost
tenors of tho company, and Is cast for
the big roles In most of the German
operas and many of ths Italian. His
Continued on Pegs Twelve,
Birmingham Commission Cuts
$7,500 More From Pay*
rolls Saturday.
DROPS EIGHT EMPLOYEES
«ui, m accumulated for thirty yean,
when tha company will bs liquidated, ths
stockholders being paid back for their
stock at par and the building reverting to
the auta of Georgia and tbs plaza to
the city of Atlanta.
Deposed Comptroller Declares
Officials Are Acting For the
Best Interests of City.
By J. D. GORTATOWSKY.
Birmingham, Ala., April 22.—Annual
saving In pay rolls effected by the Blrm
Ingham commission In three weeks passed
tbe 2100,000 mark today, when seven po
licemen and an assistant health officer
were dropped. Their salaries aggregated
27.600 yearly. The corpmlaslon charges
that the seven policemen dropped, even
If their positions had been necessary, were
neglectful of duty.
Oeorge Eustls, comptroller, who wac
dropped from the pay roll, makes a state
ment. declaring the commission Is acting
for tha best Interests of tha city, a boo-
lutsly oq. principles, and regardless of per
sonal! ties.
CHATTANOOGA CHARTER
CONTEST CASE ARGUED
Chattanooga, Tann, April 29.—After
argument lasting several hours Chan-,
cellar McConnell thla afternoon took
under advisement the caae In which
fifteen officials of the old city govern
ment are asking for an injunction to
Continued on Page Twelve.
ALL THE WAY FROM TEXAS
TO HEAR ATLANTA OPERA
It U a long distance from Fort Worth,
Tex., to Atlanta, but X. Harding, promi
nent hanker and capitalist of that city,
rht It not too long to keep him from
Jng the grand opera and from looking
Atlanta over.
Owing to the late arrival of hla train,
Mr. Harding was unable to attend the
first performance, but he was present Fri
day night and Saturday matinee, and will
AGAINST JUDS0N HARMON
Is Coquetting With Incipient
Booms of Champ Clark and
.'Woodrow Wilson.
Washington, April 29.—Fear that the
personal ambition of William Jennings
Bryan may wreck Democracy*, chanro
to elect a president In 1912 Is being ex
pressed by many of the house Demo
crats. Belief appears to bo gaining
ground that the thrice defeated Nebras
kan Is arrayed against Judson Harmon,
of Ohio, as the next Democratic national
candidate and Is coquetting with the In
cipient booms of Champ Clark nnd
Woodrow Wilson In tho expectation
that the Democratic convention will
find Itself divided and will finally re
turn him In the tntorest of harmony to
bear again the party’s standard.
Bryan has made no announcement as
yet of hts choice for tho presidential
nomination. Recently he stated that he
waa "surveying the field beforo giving
my' support to one candidate or an
other."
House Democrats Divided.
In the house there are Bryan Demo
crats and anti-Bryan Democrats. There
Is also a group of Democrats, headed
by Representative Frank Clark, of
Florida, who resented Bryan’s presence
In Washington whsn tho bouso was or
ganized and who claim that tho Ne
braskan Interfered In that organization.
Brynn wna also severely criticised for
Injecting himself Into the fight over the
Democratic leadership of tho senate.
Those differences are Independent,
however, of the feeling that Is manifest
nt the capital. Even those who havo
supported Bryan In former years de- .
clore that he Is not the mnn for 1912.
May Split Convention.
Conviction Is freely expressed In the
cloak rooms that Bryan’s opposition to
Harmon will bo sufficient to split tho
convention Into so-called progressive
and conservative factions and that tho
Nebraskan trill finally come forward as
the only progressive “upon whom all
progressives can unite."
Tho majority of Democrat* h» the
houso and senate hellove that Democ
racy will win In 1912 with anv orlu-r
presidential nominee thnn Brynn. Even
Republicans among themselves admit
that tho Republican outlook for 1912 Is
cdlngly gloomy.
to part Brynn may play Is viewed
as vital In the situation and some of
the possibilities offered are more feared
by many of tho Democratic leaders thun
any mistake the house may make.
PEACE IN MEXICO
•round Al
Imcrsassd
with ths <
with the energy and enterprise ehown by
Atlantans. He has been In Texas for
many years, altho he, la .a native of Ti
dentof
are, altho he la a native of Ten-
In addition to being vice presl-
the Fort Worth National bank.
teverted in that section of —
la considered en expert In eafe and con
servative Investments.
After a few duya bere be will return to
Fort Worth.
Commissioners For Both Fed-1
eral and Rebel Factions
Are Chosen. .
GOMEZ REACHES EL PASO|
Question Is Whether They Will j
Be Able to Stop Fighting
After Agreeing to Terms.
El Paso, Texas, April 29.—With tha j
arrival boro today of Dr. Vasquoz Go- |
mes, the Confidential representative of j
the Mexican revolutionists In Wash
ington. and the appointment of Judge
Carbajal, of the Mexican eupremo
court, to bo commissioner to represent j
tho Diaz government, actual peace ne
gotiations ora at hand, altho the revo-
utlon In Mexico la still spreading out
side the zone made neutral by the
armistice.
A puzzling question that now con
fronts tbe negotiations Is:
“Will the commissioners be able to
•top fighting even If they arrange sat
isfactory peace terms 7**
News from the states of Sinaloa, Du
rango, Coahutla, Sonora and Puebla
show that the hardest fighting of the
revolution has been In progress there
since the Madero armistice went Into
effect.
The Immediate vicinity of Juarez at
present seems to bo tho least turbulent
spot in Mexico. A battle is Imminent
between the rebels under Jose Lacruz
and Federals near Ojlnaga, where the
regulars, supported by artillery, are
marching to meet the Insurgents.
Genera! Madero expresses tho hope
and belief that a treaty of peace be
tween him and the Mexican govern
ment will put an end to hostilities
throughout the republic. However, he
looks with distrust on the coming of
General Reyes.
”1 am afraid ho will persuade Pres
ident Diaz to action which will mean
trouble,” said Madero, nt his camp.
"If peace is declared, I Iwllevc that we
shall be able to disband the Insurrec-
tos without trouble and that th - men
will be allowed to go to their homes
with their arms unmolested.”
A number of Kudon-’s provisional
governors have arrived her,' and they
will hold an lmportnnt conference to
morrow to fix up a program.
Notices of Sunday Ser
vices ta Atlanta churches
appear on page 20.