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THE WEATHER.
Forecast: Fair tonight and tomor
row. Temperatures, 8 a. m., 68; 10
a. ffi., 74; 12 noon, 79; 2 p. tn., 79.
VOL. X. NO. 240.
IIIDKEE'S
GEMS SOLVE
Sit TRUNK
THEFT
Glitter of Jewels Betrays Pair
as They Are About to Board
Steamer for Pane ma.
WOMAN WEARING $3,000
WORTH OF THE LOOT
Arrested in Company With Man
With Whom She Planned to
Flee to Central America.
The glitter of stolen diamonds on a
woman's fingers left c sparkling trail
from Atlanta to New Orleans and led
to the arrest of George Roddy and his
wife, formerly Effie Daniels, as
they were about to board a
fruit steamer for Panama. They will
be brought back to Atlanta as pris
oners in the “jewel trunk mystery” as
soon as Detective Doyal can secure
requisition papers dnd go to New Or
leans.
George Kaul, the third man wanted
in connection with the theft of a. trunk
full of jewels from Solomon Gilsey, a
Cincinnati jewelry- salesman, was ar
rested today at Mount Vernon, N. Y..
and will also be brought back to At
lanta. Detectives have recovered sll.-
000 worth of stolen jewelry from Kaul’s
former home in Fair street.
Woman Wearing
$3,000 in Gems.
The recovery of SB,OOO worth of gems
in New Orleans., with the arrest of
Roddy and the woman he is said to
have married secretly last January., ac
counts for practically all of the stolen
jewelry, valued at from $20,000 to $30,-
OdO. Sortie of the gems were found Fri
day at Kaul's home, but this was kept
a secret by the detectives until Kaul
was arrested today. This, with the
diamonds found in trucks at the home
of an aunt, of George Wrenn, more
than a week ago, account for practical
ly all of the missing jewels.
When arrested in New Orleans Mrs.
Roddy had on her fingers nearly $3,-
ntlO worth of diamond linns Hand
some -bracelets adorned her arms and
several gorgeous pins blazed from her
throat. Her jewels would have attract
ed attention anywhere, and the mat
ter of locating the couple was easy
once they were known to be on their
way to New Orleans. They were traced
through Montgomery and Mobile.
They had secured passage on the
Parisina. a steamer of the United
Fruit Company's line, whii h would
have cleared today for Panama. De
tectives believe that from Panama the
couple would have gone to Honduras
or some other place in Central or South
America where there are no extradi
tion treaties with the United States.
Woman Involved
Is a Divorcee.
Chief Lanford located Kaul in New
York city last Wednesday and wired
New York police that he was at 218
Sixteenth street. Kaul's smooth tongue
convinced the New Yorkers that the
Atlanta detectives had made a mistake
and they let him alone. He then went
to Mount Vernon and when the Atlanta
chief located him there the arrest fol
lowed. Detective Pat Campbell has
been sent for him.
Chief Lanford. John Black and
George Bullard, city detectives, and H.
Scott, the Pinkerton man on the ease,
are convinced that they have positive
evidence against the three mep and will
have no trouble in convicting al! of
them. Mrs. Roddy, who is an Atlanta
woman and the divorced wife of W. T.
Dapiels, is not believed to have been
implicated in the actual robbery.
The story of the theft of nearly $30,-
000 worth of diamonds and other jewel,
rv from Solomon Gilsey. a traveling
salesman for S. & I. Gilsey, of Cincin
nati, aroused great interest in Atlanta
when it occurred early in April. Gilsey
had been staying at the Piedmont ho
tel, where Kaul was a former steward
and where Roddy, who was a medical
student, had been assistant cashier.
Kaul and Roddy bad both looked thor
oughly over Gilsey's stock of goods on
pretense of desiring to purchase a dia
mond. Detectives say that for three
nights Kaul watched at the Forsyth
street entrance of the Piedmont, wait
ing for the trunks to be brought out to
be taken to the depot.
When the opportunity arrived Roddy
and Wrenn, another medical student,
succeeded in luring the negro driver
away from his wagon on a pretense of
getting him to carry two suit cases to
the station, detectives say. They then
drove off with the wagon, which they
abandoned after taking out the two
trunks that contained the jewelry sam
ples.
The Atlanta Georgian
11. S, RESCUES
20,000 CUT
oh by
RIVER
*
Hundreds of Thousands Are
Homeless and Badly in
Need of Food.
TROOPS PUT THE IDLE TO
‘WORK ON BROKEN DIKES
Inauguration Festivities Are
Called Off Because of Wide
spread Suffering.
NEW ORLEANS. May B—Entirely
surrounded bv the flooded waters of
the Mississippi river, destruction
threatened the village «f Lettsworth, 55
miles north of Paton Rouge, today.
Boats manned by national guardsmen
were sent in an attempt to rescue the
500 residents of the village. A crevasse
in the levee just north of the village
caused it to be surrounded by wat?”
and the torrent was still rising rapidly
at latest accounts.
Twenty thousand persons have been
rescued up to date and are in need of
succor. All are suffering privations as
a result of lack of food and clothing. In
many instances home,' of refugees were
washed away by the torrent.
In addition to the several hundred
thousand fiend sufferers in the Missis
sippi valley 12.n0n persons homeless
in the valley of the Red river. The
state has-been asked to give them as
sistance.
Sf.jtA Tronpr pound
Up Idle Negroes.
State troops are rounding up all the
idle negroes in this and other cities up
the lower Mississippi valley, putting
them to work strenethnninc the" Dvees
at points wher" they are threatened.
The professors of the Bason Rotter
university have formed an employment
bu’-eau tn htr» workmen to work upon
the levees. A committee has been ap
pointed to raise funds to reimburse the
laborers. Practically all the students
of the university are working upon the
dikes. Free rations are being given to
all who go to work. A serious “boil”
developed opposite Bayou Sara, near
New Roads, early today. The levee at
that point was strengthened and later
reports said that the fears had been
quelled.
The navy department has instructed
the battleship Nebraska to give any aid
possible tn the flood refugees. Th-’
commander of the battleship placed the
vessel's launches at the disposal of the
rescue workers and pilots from New
Roads, who know the river's currents,
were nut on the boats as pilots.
117,000 Receiving
Government Relief.
While reports from the north were -
little more encouraging today, the sit
uation will remain critical here for days
to come and the general situation so
far as it embraces the suffering of the
flood refugees is virtually al the climax
of its aebteness. It is- estimated that
117,00 P persons living between the
mouth of the Arkansas river and the
gulf are receiving government relief.
Among the refugees are 4.000 at
Baton Rouge, 2,500 at Port Hudson,
2,000 at Natchez. 2.000 at Vicksburg.
Two hundred mm and women are ma
rooned- on high ground near Opelousas
Word was sent to them that they would
be rescued today. One man, who was
marooned with a party of others upon
elevated ground. swam five miles
through the tuibulent waters to bring
aid.
As a result of the flood and the suf
fering it has caused* thioughnut the
state, Governor-elect Hall today served
notice that all festivities in connection
with his inauguration shall be elimi
nated. Thy historic inauguration ball
which for many- years has been a fea
ture in Louisana. Jias been cancelled.
Report Shows
Thousands Homeless.
Chief Clerk William Macht, of the
state commissary office, transmitted to
Governor-elect Hall today through
Captain. Logan, of the National Guard,
the following report of homeless per
sons in various districts throughout the
flood zone:
In the west bank section, comprising
St.-Martinsville, Beaux Bridge. Arnaud
ville. Cecilia, Port Barre. Loreauville.
Crowley. Rayne. Lafayette, Opelousas
and Alexandria, 5,000.
In the Achafalya section, comprising
Marksville. Naples, Lacour and Mel
ville, 3,000.
In the East bank region, comprising
Baton Rouge. Port Hudson and adja
cent villages. 3,500.
There are a number of places where
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ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 8. 1912.
G. A. R. Invitation Is Turned Down by Reunion Heads
BOYS IN GRAY SPURN VICTORS’ PEACE OFFER
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Committee Unanimously Re
ports Against Meeting An
cient Foes at Gettysburg.
URGES OVERWHELMING
REJECTION BY U. C. V.
Miss Mary Scandrett Crowned
Queen aas Grizzled Veterans
Pay Homage.
By THOMAS B. SHERMAN.
MACON. GA., May B.—The Gray will
not meet the Blue!
At 2 o’clock today, when the after
noon business session of the reunion
convention opened, the committee on
resblutions unanimously reported ad
versely on the invitation of the Grand
Army of the Republic for the veterans
of the South to participate in the semi
centennial celebration of the battle of
Gettysburg in July, 1913.
The committee declared that the in
vitation should be overwhelmingly de
clined, because it would not be proper
for the men in gray to help celebrate
their greatest defeat and a battle that
practically doomed the hopes of the
Confederacy. It was further declared
that the acceptance of the invitation
would be in violation of all the princi
ples of the constitution of the United
Confederate Veterans, The commit
tee's report will undoubtedly be adopt
ed.
It was a thrilling scene, when the
7,000 veterans assembled in the big au
ditorium at Camp Gordon, received the
invitation from their brothers in the
North. General C. Irvine Walker, com
mander of the Confederate veterans,
announced that he had a message from
the North to the South. He requested
Dr. R Lin Cave, of Nashville, chaplain
general, to read it. As the venerable
minister and soldier read, the great
crowd sat in silence, intent to catch
every word. It was a letter full of fra
ternal feeling from General H M.
Trimble, commander-in-chief of the
G. A. R. to General Walker, command
ing the U. C. V.
Dr Cave had barely finished when
General Julian S. Carr, of Durham,
N C„ took the floor But it was sev
eral minutes before he could speak, be
cause of the outburst of applause. Then
he introduced a reciprocal resolution,
accepting the invitation and expressing
sentiments of brotherly love.
The Gettysburg celebration next year
is to begin on July 1, and continue un
til July 4. when it will close with a
monster patriotic demonstration.
Mark of*Complete Reconciliation.
In his invitation General Trimble
said:
If this event might mark the final
and complete reconciliation be
tween those of the opposing armies
of 50 years ago, and the permanent
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Miss Mary Scandrett, of Macon, was crowned queen of the Confederate reunion at Macon
this afternoon. She was attended by a retinue of more than a dozen maids of honor. This
group shows tlm queen and five of her maids. In the hack row, from left to right are: Miss
Susanne Grantland, of Griffin : Miss Jewel Jacobs, of Macon; Miss Jennie Riley, of Macon, and
' Miss Mattie Chappell, of Macon. In the front row are Miss Luride Turner, of Macon, on the
left, and Miss Scandrett on the right.
IMMN.WS!
PASTOR'S MED
Richeson’s Counsel Denies His
Client Used “Saints’” Cere
mony to Wed Avis Linnell.
BOSTON. May B.—" I shall not remove
Richeson to Charlestown so that he may
be placed in the death house tomorrow,"
said Sheriff Quinn today, but shall wait
until after the meeting of the executive
council a week from today.
"The visit of Miss Richeson to her
brother cheered him very much.”
"Does Richeson know that he is ac
cused of being a Mormon?” Sheriff Quinn
was asked.
"The newspapers were sent to him to
day and he will read about it. but I shall
not ask about it Mr. Morse will discuss
that matter with him."
Attorney William A. Morse later issued
a statement absolutely denying the as
sertion of Mrs Louise E. Brittain, a for
mer Mormon, that his client. Clarence V.
T. Richeson, sentenced to die May 19, is
an elder of that church.
Story False. Lawyer Says.
"It's a lie. a wicked, foolish, ridiculous
lie," he declared.
in her affidavit Mrs Brittain declared
that she saw Richeson on several occa
sions presiding as an elder at Mormon
congregations
Mr. Morse said that he could account
for Richeson’s movements from the vers
day of his birth and had unearthed a
complete life history of his client which
would prove the falsity of the Brittain
story.
Mrs Brittain declares that there are
three kinds of marriages under the Mor
mon religion—that Richeson had the pow
er as an elder of the church to unite any
woman he pleased to himself In marriage
without calling u;fon an outside minister
Mrs Brittain declared that beyond
doubt it was by such a ceremony as this
that Richeson persuaded Avis Linnell to
her ruin.
Put Your Rain Stick
I Away; If s Going To Be
Fair For Few Weeks
City people may doff raincoats and
umbrellas and farmers may resume
work delayed by recent rains. Fore
caster Vbn Herrmann announced today
that the rfecent rainy season, the
greatest since 1883. has broken, and
fair weather will prevail for the next
few weeks. The remainder of this
week will be fair and very little rain
will fall next week. After that the
weather will be normal for at least two
weeks.
The spring of 1912 has brought the
largest rainfall in 29 years. It amount
ed to 27 inches. In 1883 there were 30
inches, and in 1881 34 inches, which are
the highest points reached since the
establishment of the government
weather bureaus.
The seven days of May, ending last
night, registered 1.20 inches, which is
three times the normal amount.
Millions More
Damage Certain
WASHINGTON. May B.—Millions of
dollars of loss already; millions more
in prospect.
This is the view government experts
take of the Mississippi river valley from
the floods, to say nothing of the toll of
human life exacted and the lives that
have been placed in jeopardy. Experts
at the department of agriculture esti
mate that the loss to farm crops and
agricultural property has probably
reached the $50,000,009 mark, and may
finally total the stupendous sum of
$100,000,000. The damage to the cotton
crop alone is expected to mount up to
an alarming figure.
MEAT TRUST AND
OFFICIALS ALLIED
Congressman Nelson Renews’
Charges at Opening of In
spection Investigation.
i
WASHINGTON, May B.—Promising
sensational developments. Representa
tive John M. Nelson, of Wisconsin, ap
peared before the house committee on
expenditures in the agricultural de
partment today at a preliminary hear
ing on the Nelson resolution to Inves
tigate the meat inspection service of
that department. Nelson renewed his
charges that the meat inspection law
of 1906 is not being carried out and
also charged an alliance between the
meat packers and responsible govern
ment officials.
"In beginning this Investigation." he
said, "there are three things for the
committee to examine. First, the ex
penditure of public money; second, the
vital question of whether the public
health has been protected: and third,
and most important of all, to discover
the alliance between the meat packers
and men who have been put in respon
sible places to administer the law.
Public Men Must Be Loyal.
“Free government in our country can
not endure unless public servants are
loyal to their trusts,”
Mrs. Caroline Bartlett Crane, whose
Investigation in various packing plants
are said to form the basis of many of
the Nelson charges, was present today,
awaiting an opportunity to take the
witness stand.
I HOME
‘tS. EDITION
PF? I f ' I? ■ On Trains. FIVE CENT®.
■F 1A .i n Atlanta. TWO CENTS.
STEEL POOL
EVIDENCE
ORDERED
BURNED
Witness Says He Destroyed
Papers to Prevent Seizure
by Government.
VICE PRESIDENT TRIED TO
INFLUENCE TESTIMONY
President Farrell Knew of and
Abetted the Unlawful Agree
ments, Whitney Asserts.
NEAY YORK. May B.—The store of
how damaging book' and papers of the
American Steel and Wire Companv, a
subsidiary of the trust were destroyed
following the indictment of the “wire
pool” heads, was ’old on the witness
stand today by Harry A. 'Whitney, for
merly corresponding secretary of the
wire rope department of the American
company, at the continued hearing be
fore Examiner Brown in the govern
ment’s suit to dissolve the steel cor
poration.
Under the orders of Frank A.
Baackes. vice president of the com
pany. Whitney reluctantly admitted, he
placed all the minutes of the meetings
and correspondence relating to the
horseshoe and wire pools in a trufik
and burned them This was in
or November 1911. he said. fn all,
about l.Ottb papers were destroyed.
President Farrell Knew
Os Unlawful Pools.
He also declared that Baackes tried
to influence his testimony before A
grand jury In the indictment proceed*
Ings,
According to.the government, the de
stroved papers contained information
to the effect that not only did President
Farrell, of the steel corporation, know
of the existence of unlawful pools and
combinations, but that he aided and
abetted in their successful operation.
At the time it was learned the pa
pers bad been destroyed, the govern
ment filed a petition for an injunc
tion restraining the destruction of fur
ther papers.
On cross-examination; Whitney tes
tified that Mr. Baackes had met him
outside of the grand jury room and had
told him that he (Baackes) hoped that
Whitney would not insist that it had
been Baackes nho had irfstructed him
to destroy the American steel wire let
ters and papers. The witness admitted,
however, that Baackes told him that he
could testify as he desired.
Wire Company in Price
Pool for Nine Years.
Whitney proved a good witness for
the government. He admitted that from
1901 until 1909 the American Steel and
Wire Company was in the wire rope
pool which fixed prices.
Whitney was nervous and pale as h#
sat in the witness chair. Baackes sat
near him and as Whitney glanced in
the direction of the vice president of
the American Steel and Wire Company
his uneasiness increased.
Export Prices Below Domestic,
William Derham, head of the wire
specialties division, the export depart
ment of the United States Steel Prod
ucts Company, followed Whitney on the
stand. His most important testimony
was that export prices were lower than
domestic prices Derham testified that
the products company was formed in
1903, with James A. Farrell as presi
dent.
AGED VETERAN RIDES
FROM TEXAS ON COT
TO ATTEND REUNION
MACON, GA., May B.—J. M. Chris
tian, of Fort Worth, Texas. 80 years
old. his hair white and sparse, and in a
feeble physical condition, arrived here
today on a cot, having coming all the
way across the South in this manner so
as to once more reunite with his com
rades of the war. Mr. Christian is un
able to rise from his cot, but that did
not deter him from making the long
trip He has been installed in a hos
pital tent, where hundreds of veterans
are calling upon him.