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THE WEATHER. forecast: Fair, warmer tonight and tomorrow. Temperatures: 8 a m., 54 degrees; 10 a. m., 59 de grees: 12 noon, 62 degrees; 2 p. m„ 65 degrees. VOL. X. NO. 249. CHUBCHMEN WMO HERESY nyo Georgia Moderator Quells Hot Discussion of Briggs Case in Presbyterian Assembly. SABBATH-BREAKING IS OUR GREATEST CRIME Waashington Sets Country Ex ample of Irreverence More Than Drink. LOUISVILLE. KY., May 17.- When Rev Dr. Mark Allison Matthews, the new moderator and former Qeorgia pastor, called to order the Presbyterian general assembly today there came up for settlement th° old 'Briggs feud be tween the church governing body and - Union Theological seminary of New York. The special eominftt.ee of the assem ’ bly made public the report of its nego tiations. showing that the university had expressed a willingness to agree to the terms demanded by the assembly before, it would renew the cordial rela tions broken off at the time the church expelled Dr. Charles Briggs, of the Union faculty. The committee submit ted to the assembly a second paper out lining 'ts unanimous decision as to the conditions witli which the university must comply before the church will take it back wholly to the fold. Discussion over the matter became so her tod that, th'’ moderator was forced several times to rap vigorously for or der with the gavel made for him of i wood from the Lincoln cabin and the home of Henry Clay. In response to the second paper. It. U. Ogden, president of the board of di rectors. said the importance of the mat ter made him unwilling to take further action without communicating with the full board and that the interval before the assembly was too brief for this. Briggs Case Put Over for Another year. The assembly committee reported , that it is in accord with this and ex pressed its willingness to carry on ne gotiations under a renewal of trust for another year. The special committee on Sabbath observance, of.which John Wanamaker is a member, made an interesting re port. The committee urged the assem bly to express its disapproval of all secular uses of the Sabbath, all games arjd sports in civil life, as also in the army and navy, all unnecessary travel ing and all excursions, and urges em ployers to recognize the need of the laboring man for his weekly rest day. The committee said that Sunday sports blight character and that nine tenths of those who e.iter prisons start ed that way by Sabbath breaking, largely through Sabbath sports. The committee says 100,000 caddies are kept from Sunday school, by golf and that even church members are some times offenders.' The committee reports negotiations carried on with the head of one of the largest concerns in the country which requires thousands of employees to work seven days a week, twelve hours * or more a day. These negotiations were taken up with the heaviest capitalist interested, "a Christian and a very benevolent gentleman." There has been extended correspondence, but no change and the employees, discouraged, still cry “how iong. oh. Lord, how long?" ■ Washington Seat of Sabbath Breaking. Lack of Sabbath observance in Washington was deplored by the com mittee as having reflex action on the * whole country. There is no Sunday law P there, the committee says: stores are F open and building operations carried on as during the week. Many government offices are open. Social functions on the Sabbath have very much multiplied and their publicity and patronage by prominent officials and Sunday leaders are tending to debauch the public con science on the whole subject. ■ The committee urges the assembly to F recommend to its members that they buy nothing on the Sabbath, and that taev pay employees and servants on Saturday in time to arrange'their Sab bath buying. For this reason general Saturday half holiday is urged. New Moderator Is Former Georgian. Rett. Dr. Mark Allison Matthew s, the new moderator, is a native of Georgia. He was born at Calhoun, Ga„ and served his first'pastorate in that town rears ago. After six years with the Calhmm church, lie spent three years n'ith ,i church at Dalton and six years at Jackson. Tenn,, before going to Seat- C, Wash.. ten years ago. He is pastor * ri f the First Presbyterian church of Seattle, ihe greatest institutional church" in the Northwest, and one of the largest Presbyterian congregations c,e world He Ims a staff of 25 as ministers, pastors, missionaries pt,rl - portal workers, and hi« chut ' b ami ■ one represent inxe'-tment of IW. pen Dr Matthew defeated Dr lames W ttcC'lure of t'lcago D: I raftk II * ..npcrl, of Pittsburg, and Dr J. Frank SmiiiL of Dallas, for moderator. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results Lawyers Force Big Fees from County For R + R- Tax Victory The state supreme court has decreed that Taliferro county must pay Attor neys S. H. Sibley. ,1. A. Beasley and Hawes Cloud $1 4,751.42 in commissions for collecting taxes from the Washing ton branch of the Georgia railroad for the years 1896 to 1909. inclusive. Taliaferro county entered into a con tract with the attorneys in 1905 to pro ceed against the railroad for ad valo rem taxes. The attorneys acted in con junction with the state in suits brought for the same purpose by the comptroller genera). The United States supreme court held that the railroad was ex empt from taxation under its charter, but the Washington branch could be taxed. The county* then contended that th, lawyers were not entitled to commis sions on taxes of 1906. 1907, 1908 and 1909. Tlie lawyers maintained tha’ they 7 were employed to establish tin principle that the Washington branch of the railroad could be taxed. R + R. Men Accused Os Aiding Bandits in Big Train Hold-Up NEW ORLEANS. May 17. Railroad men working on the inside were respon sible for the train hold-up near Hatties burg, Miss, early Tuesday nmrnin< when loot from $ 110,000 tn $250,000 in value v as stolon, according to police of ficials here today. Officials of the Npvv Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company coincide with this view, an-1 are giving the police all the assistance in their power io work nut the theory. They declare that the robbery would have born Impossible without Inside help. Union Pressmen in Boston Refuse To Go On Sympathy Strike BOSTON, May 17. The Boston news paper Web Pressmen’s union voted last night that “there was mo occasion for striking al present because of the Chi cago situation.” The union reaffirmed a recent vote to levy an assessment of one day's pay each week for the benefit of the Chicago strikers. WILD WEST THREATS CITED BY WOMAN IN SUIT FOR A DIVORCE W. H. Gilliland, of Roswell and At lanta. is too much obsessed with the Wild West idea, according to asser tions in a divorce petition filed by his wife, Mrs. Hattie H. Gilliland. Gilliland's principal offense along this line, so it is stated, was a threat to shoot up the wedding party of his brother-in-law, H. P. King. The shoot ing never came off, because his wife, hearing that it would happen If site didn't leave the place, left promptly. Mrs. Gilliland, who obtained a tem porary order from superior court re straining her husband from coming to her mother's home In Roswell and ex hibiting a long knife, destined, so Gil liland told her. to he used on members of her entire family, asks for total di vorce, alimony and the restoration of her maiden name. Hattie King. TWO THOUSAND MEN AND $500,000 NEEDED TO MEND BIG LEVEE NEW ORLEANS. May 17.—An ex penditure of $500,000 and the employ ment of 2,000 men. according to esti mate of United States engineers, will be necessary to mend the crevasse at Hymelia. It is feared the water from Hymelia will flood Gretna and McDon oughville. just opposite s,'ew Orleans. In the last 24 hours 10,000 additional acres in the vicinity of New Roads have been submerged. LOT OF TROUBLE FOR OFFICER WHO SHOT IN AIR, HITTING MULE MACON. GA.. May 17 Last week Po liceman Pierce fired his pistol into the air to attract the attention of a brother of- I fleer to a gang of escaping burglars. One of the bullets killed a mule on an adjoin ing block. The owner of the mule has Hied suit for damages against the city, and Policeman Pierce will be tried this afternoon for reckless shooting LAWYER SWINDLED HER OF $6,700. SAYS CLIENT MACON. GA., May 17.—. John W. Haygood, of Fitzgerald, a prominent south Georgia lawyer, must show cause in the United States court here on May 23 why he should not be ad judged in contempt ami liable to dis barment because of the alleged fraud he committed against Mrs. Caroline \ Kilgore, of Utah. It is charged by Mr.-. Kilgore, in a petition filed here, that Attorney Ha\- good old land" belonging tn her for about ?9.nnn. and represented tn her ihat tip sale nnH realp-ed >'. The I order ,i f the unurt <alla upon him to produce the cash difference on May 23. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAYS MAY 17, 1912. KAUL'S OWN STORY OF JEWEL THEFT His Cnmnlntf' Cnnffissinn Lays Rare All the Details nf Mys terious Gem Robbery. Kaul, former steward r»f the I r>tAdmont hotel- who was brought ba« k | from Npw Ynrk today bx DptecHx’p; .John N Siarne?. made a full cnnKdnn ■ of bls part In the thef. on April 1 » j $30,000 w«»rth nf diamondstand |pwfN| owned by S. X- IL Gils*y. of <’inHnna! i. ■ Kaul admitted t r » Chief l.anford, of the detective department. Det cel ive Starnes and Pinkerton dete< HV< thm he originated and planned the rnblwy ; He Implicated George W renn ami ( Roddy, the rrvd trail students nlr‘-<d'. t under arrest. declaring they -h.ired < equally with him in tlm spoils. # Kaul was confronted in the deter- | fives’ office today wi’b .Wrenn un i I Roddy, and, in their presence.' reitm*- ’ a ted his confession and the story of the ‘ pan he says they each played in thej robbery . Wrenn, who was released) yesterday from the Tower on bond of i SSOO. was accompanied by bis attorney. Judge George Gober, and declined io make any statement at all. Roddy also deuHned to talk, but In answer to per sistent questions by ih* deteciix-■<, is, said to have partlv corroborated Kaul. $4,000 Worth of Jewels Missing. Chief Lanford says that $26,660 worth of gems have been recovered, 272 pieces from Kau1,"177 from Roddy and IX6 from Wrenn. About $4,600 worth of tlie jewels are still missing. Kaul and Roddy will probably no transferred to the Tower this •afternoon to await trial. Both of these men hav-, already been indicted by the grand jury for larceny. Officials say that as'the offense tyas nothing more than simple iarcenj, the trio can be punished only for a misdemeanor, which means light sentences for all three if convicted. Kaul’s statement follows. I have done my best to get away with this job. but have failed, and have decided that the best thing tor me to.do Is to make a clean breast of everything, and then let the law do the rest. I needed the money, and this bunch of diamonds looked good to me. and that's why I tried to land tltem. I originated the idea of the robbery and did most of the planning. I first planned It witli another fellow, whose name I don't care to disclose, but 1 got leary of , him and dropped hjm. I was afraid he would fall down.on me at the critical moment and bungle the whole thing and get us both in jail. So I split with him. telling him the jig was up. and leading him to believe this man Gilsey had no jewelry with him. Got a Good Look At Gilsey’s Trunks. On the night of the robbery. Wrenn was on watch duty in the hotel. Roddy was a short distance down Forsyth street, and I waited in front of the Grant building. We knew Gilsey was to send the trunks away that night, and we had every thing ready. I had our negro con federate hid near me. As Wrenn had already got a good look at the trunks, he knew them when they were sent down to the baggage room, and kept his eye on them. When they were loaded onto the baggage wagon, and the wagon started off. Wrenn came down the street and gave Roddy a signal. Then Roddy relayed the signal to me. By the time the wagon reach ed the Grant building. Roddy was there and stopped the driver, ask ing him if he could carry some grips to the Terminal station. He then enticed the driver up into the building on the pretence that he was going to his office for the grips, i put my negro on the bag gage wagon and he drove it away, going to the home of Mrs. Morris. 87 East Gain street. 1 had already engaged a room there. I walked be hind the wagon, and when 1 got to the house, the negro already had one trunk in the room and was un loading the. other. He then drove the wagon several blocks away and turned it loose with five other t runks on it. Hid His Loot; Didn't Tell Wife. I took my share of the loot to my home and hid It tn the bottom of my trunk, not even hinting to my wife what I had done. Il was my intention to leave it there until I could get to New York, and then , have my wife join me there with ’ the trunk. .When I got to New | York. 1 induced my half-brother, t’ontad Von Ge.stel, to come her. after my wife and trunk, but the game was queered before he arrived here. My wife had gone into the trunk,, it seems, found the dia monds. and z turned them over to the detectives. And then she refused to return to New York with Von Gestel. It was mv purpose to get 'the ! diamonds L. my possession in New York, er,d. then take a steamer for Eui-ipe and go to ni.' old loonie in Germany. Once ther'-. I felt that I would be safe. But, you I never trot there, and. instead I am here behlnrl prison b»i ilchi bark her- I -o|. o I,,■>, , i tt wo "■pin a tbnupli 1 bavo Jo-t brr-n going round in circles. And 1 guecs 111 : taj here for a ’while, too. / Richeson Learns He Must Die For Slayinq HEARS HIS DOOM UNMOVED / 4 b sSi Ax '■L., 3 I wig - PLffl It BOARD FDRWOMENONLY City Officials Refuse to Act on Commission With Fe male Members'. City officials declared today they are perfectly willing for women to investi gate vice and the “social evil" in At lanta, but they decline to work with the women in the Investigation. They con sider the subject too delicate to be studied Jointly by the two sexes. The police committee, which consid ered the petition of the Georgia Wom an’s Christian Temperance union for representation on the vice commission, has decided to report to the council next Monday that It. would be unwise to have women serve on the commission with men, but that a woman's commission may investigate conditions if it likes and submit a written report to the man's commission on reforms to b< made. Mayor Will Refuse to Appoint. Mayor Winn says that if the council creates a woman's vice commission he does not want the job of appointing the members, as was his duty in the crea tion of the.man's vice commission. He says the council itself or some other authority must Appoint the women. He begs to decline the honor. This petition of the women has caused all the officials to sidestep ex cept Aiderman James R. Nutting. When it was considered at the meeting of the police committee yesterday afternoon Mr. Nutting, who is a. member of the vice commission, said he was willing to serve on the commission with the w omen "This is a great public sociological : problem," said Mr. Nutting, "and it | strikes me that women are about as leapable of giving advice on it as men." Chairman W G. Humphrey, also a member of the commission, and- th' other memhets of the committee laugh ed, and said , they could not see Mr. Nutting's viewpoint. They said they thought if women wore placed on the comtni* ion the men would be too mod est to go into a really deep fnvestlga t ion. Ask "Square Deal” For Women. i The woman's petition was addressed [to the mayor and council, and signed I by Mrs. Maty L. McDendon, Mis. D. <). | Dough'-riy, Mi s. K. 1.. Reeves,'Mrs. J. i A. Adkins and .’lts, G. A. Cochran, all j office's of th<- Frances Willard chapter of the Georgia W. ('. T. I' They say they want representation on the vice commission, "to give a square deal to the women -who will be arrested, perse cuted. prosecuted and punished by laws lilt which they had no part in making.' The man's vicecommission, an out growth of tin- M'm am! Religion For ward Movement, liar already begun it? work, with the aid of a poll' e officer 'and the recotils of other cities ('hair- Iman .1 A. 'I-'C'otd .-xpo-ts to call an other meeting next Friday to hear the tlrst ipps i- nt int ora igat ion and study. Whate-cr the • || ma dr- jd.e about 't h t 'x r> 11 ;11 - prl ,t i nr» 1h f ’ l • « ■Otnm '" - ioq -rq-h ,|)1 i<r-.| al l tn br |..r; Itt tftf moling? 311'1 offer advi« e. •skY'- _— — tgxaKgt- The upper cut shows Richeson. on the left, being taken by his spiritual adviser from the .lames street jail. Fhe lower shows him on descending the steps on his way to the death eel), the arrow pointing to rhe condemned slayer. COL. ROOSEVELT Him emu Has Narrow Escape From In stant Death When Machine Is Smashed in Collision., CHILLICOTHE, OHIO May 17 Colon* ! Roosevelt had a narrow escape from injury here today when an auto mobile tunning rapidly around a cor ner crashed head on into the machine in which the ex-president was riding. The auto in which Roosevelt was rid ing was badly damaged, but he es caped witli a severe shaking up. An other *-ar was rushed to the scene, in which he. proceeded to the place where he was to speak. Colonel Roosevelt campaigned in a rainstorm today, but the rain failed to dampen either his enthusiasm or that of the crowds 'vho listened to him. In his speech here he made the flat charge that an attempt was being made to steal the nomination from him. "Mr. Taft's managers In the state of Washington are trying to steal the fourteen delegates from us," he de clared. "They won't get them. If w. are cheated out of our delegates by such high-handed methods, they are going to hear something from me. Let them think it over.” Four thousand persons cheered the speaker. At Ironton the Colonel declared his intention to establish a bureau to in vestigate labor conditions if elected, thus making a direct appeal to the large number of workers In the au dience. Discussing the tariff, he said: "I want the tariff fixed so that the workman will get some of the benefit. Tlie manufacturi-i is not entitled to it all." The i-rowd , heered w bin the Colonel cont hided ■ We are going to win. we've won al rcady. Eleven state-' have held popular primaHe.’. if " r could have bad 3 1 -tater tlie tight e nyld ha* e beep over *-. r. rnontli- ago. The people have de clared for ue Governor Foss Says He Will Not Present Pardon Appli cation to State Board. BOSTON. May 17.—Clarenre V. T. Richeson. former minister and slayer of his sweetheart. Avis Linnpll. was told today ihat he must die In the elec/ric chair by his attorney. W'illiani A. Morse. Mr. Morse and Rev. H. S. Johnson entered the death coll togeth er. Ri’hesmi was sitting on his bed in his shirt sleeves. “Mr. Richeson. ’’ said Mr Morse. ‘T have some bad nov. s for you. The gov ernor will do nothing. \Vn have done all we can for you. Mr. Johnson will look after your interests until the end.” After the first terrible shock, Riche » son was unmoved Hi face, did not blanch. He appeared no more affected than if had tol(1 him it was a • ‘A -■ | ! > A'!iVWW ■■. "yt- W- • S' rfßbHp ’s' 4* *»•-.*" * ' *4 »' }•. ■: ftlx. •. ■ ’ c “ i ■ iff u-. i -.' pleasant day and the sun was shining outside. Richeson Remains Calm Throughout. Mr. Morse and the Rev Mr. Johnson remained with Richeson more than an hour Richeson talked mostly with Mr. Johnson, affirming his belief In immor tality and discussing the life hereafter. He retained his calmness throughout the Interview. Preparations to guard against col lapse of the condemned man were made upon advice of his spiritual adviser, Rev. Dr. Herbert S. Johnson, who fear ed that Richeson would be utterly pros trated by the news that his fate had been finally decided and that liis last hope was gone He Still Loves Violet Edmands. Here are some facts narrated hv the alienists who examined Richeson. made public today as throwing a light on the strange character of the man. Richeson loves Violet Edmands and believes that she still loves him. Her letters to him have been his greatest comfort during the days in jail. Richeson declared to the alienists that Avis Linneii had repeatedly re fused to merry him. first pleading her musical career as an excuse, and after ward declaring that she would wed him if he would leave the ministry. All thought of marriage between them. Richeson declared, was abandoned over a year before he poisoned the girl. Richeson believes Moses Grant Ed mands is his best friend. Says Lawyers Made Him Confess. Richeson wanted his case to come to trial up to tlie very time of his confes sion. lie declares. H* did not want to confess. Finally, moved by the arguments of l>is attorneys, he wrote a confession de claring that he bad given the poison to Avis, but with no intent to kill her. This confession his attorneys tore up, lie said and wrote another, which they persuaded him to sign and then gave to the court Richeson declared that members of the Linnell familt were bitterly op posed to the idea of Avis marrying a Baptisf minister. Richeson, according to tlie alienists, had several accidents when lie was 11 boy. When he was seven, io- was in jured In a horseback accident. An .other time he fell downstairs and a bump was ral. *'l. wbieh is still to be >een upon his head. Again bi-' brother threw a ha.mo*cr and '-trit''k him on tlie b.'-ad Richeson bad. be told the alienist: Continued on Page Two. i HOME ‘tß EDITION On Trains. FIVE CENTS. In Atlanta. TWO CENTS. PRICE: ALLEHBM CHIEF 10 DIE 111 CHAIR - r-.- Leader of Court House Slayers Found Guilty of First Degree Murder by Virginia Jury. JURORS WRANGLE ALL NIGHT OVER A VERDICT Soqig Stand Out for Lesser Penalty, But Finally Give In. Story of the Case. , WYTHEVILLE, VA„ May H.—Hovd Allen. leader of the Carroll county rang which shot up the court boose at Hills ville on March 14, causing the death of five persons, was today found guilty of murder in the first degree. The verdict of the jury carried with It a penalty of death and *he will be electrocuted The jury retired at 12:45 o’clock yes terday’ afternoon and the verdict of first degree murder was reached only after hours of deliberation, in which some of the jurors stood out for a lesser pen alty. Floyd Allen was placed on trial on April 36 for the tragic court house fight In which Judge Massie, Prosecutor Fos ter and Sheriff Webb were killed. Two other persons died subsequently of their wounds. Allen Turns White I As Verdict Is Given. The court room wa.s crowded with spectators at the opening of court to day. and In anticipation of a verdict ex tra precautions had been taken by the court attendants to prevent any out break Allen, the prisoner at the bar, watched with a sort of grim curiosity the members of the jury ajs they filed into their seats. The specific charge on which Allen had been tried was that of the murder of Prosecutor William L. Foster. "Gentlemen, have you arrived at a verdict?" asked the judge. "We have,” solemnly answered ths foreman, arising in his seat. Allen leaped forward to hear every word. As the foreman read the pro nouncement of the jury Allen leaned forward still farther in his chair and a wave of white parsed quickly over the tan of his rugged and weather-beaten features. The verdict returned today made the state's lawyers confident that they would also secure convictions In the trial of Victor and Claude Swanson Al len, selected as the next to be tried. Both are sons of Floyd Allen and were captured in the mountains after they fled from the Carroll county court house. Sentence will not be pronounced on Floyd Allen for the present. Thia action was taken at the instance of the prosecution, who will use Floyd Allen in the case of his sone, Claude and Vic tor Allen, whose trial will start on Monday, Prank of Boys Started Trouble. The causes that led to the shooting date back to the arrest of the Edwards boys, Floyd Allen's nephews, for caus ing a disturbance in a school house at which Sunday services were to be held. The Edwards boys were summoned to court and appealed to Floyd Allen to go their bond. Allen started to Hillsville in compli ance with the request and met an offi cer of the law with the boys in tow. He requested to see the papers per mitting the arrest of the young moun taineers in North Carolina, a neighbor. Ing state, and upon the officer’s refusal, took his gun away and was later ar rested on a technical charge of resist ing an officer. Before the trial of Floyd Allen on these charges, those connected with the prosecution —Judge Thornton L. Mas sie. the commonwealth’s attorney and the sheriff—-received many letters threatening violence, if the mountaineer was convicted. "He will never serve a jail sentence," said the ominous notes. Sentence Signal For Opening Fire. On the day that sentence was to b c pronounced. March 13, the Allens and their henchmen filed solemnly intc town, tied their horses in front of thf little court room and thronged Into the building. Judge Masai*- arose, looker steadily at Floyd Allen standing in tht dock and pronounced a sentence em bodying a prison tern; nf ope year. According to eyewitnesses, the sen ten,,- war the * tgrtai for the shooting Fl-'yd Allen, reaching for his gun as Continued on Page Twe,