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VOL. XL XO. 29
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HERMOHEY
Austrian Consul Takes Up In
vestigation of Rosa Menschik
Zabo’s Drowning.
ATTORNEY INVOLVED IN
OTHER STRANGE DEATHS
B. W. Gibson. Named as Ad
ministrator, Was With Her
at Time of Tragedy.
NEW YORK. Sept. 5. —Representa-
tives of the Austrian government in
New York declare that Countess Rosa
Menschik Zabo, who was drowned while
boating at Greenwood Lake, near Mon
roe. N. Y., July 16, was murdered. E.
Kirchkuoph, acting general consul for ,
Austro-Hungary. announced that his
government had asked the surrogate to
revoke letters of administration issued
io Burton W. Gibson, a Brooklyn law
v', who was with the woman when
in' v as drowned.
It was also learned from the acting
<o;r-vl general that the woman had
■ bout $13,000. and that Gibson had ob
tained P". session of $3,500 of this
: mount before he went away. The of
ficial did not go into any explanation
.rniiig 1 is murder charge.
nibsoii. lor whom the consul had
been searching, returned to bis home
hi Rutherford. N. J,, early today.
IP said ihat he had no statement ex
cept that he had been absent on an
lotto trip, during which he learned that
• was wanted in connection with the
nvestigation. He then returned, he
said, as soon as- possible.
District Attorney Whitman will be
consulted regarding the death of the
• »untcs«. In the will, which was of
fered for probate. Gibson was made
■ v'--uio.' of the estate of the countess.
Britain Disappeared
In Gibson's Office.
The Austrian consul is investigating
ami the consular service of Great Brit
ain - also interested in Gibson, for.
through Acting Consul General John .1.
Broderick, an effort is being made to
unravel the mystery that surrounds
i ic disappearance of John Rice O'Neill,
who. witii nearly $6,000 in his pockets,
was last sen in iGbson’s office on May
It 1911.
The relatives of O'Neill, in Ireland,
are positive that he met with foul play,
nd since last March the British consul
' as been in correspondence with the po
lice department regarding the matter.
This is the third time within the past
■ix years that the name of Gibson has
been linked with cither the death or
isappearance of a client. In 1910 he
"as held in $25,000 bond by the coroner
■' the murder of Mrs. Alice Kinnan
11 a lonely house in the Bronx. He was
released. As in the other two
uses, Gibson had been the legal ad
i ' r of Mrs. Kinnan and aided in the
"vestment of over $40,000 for her, as
II as SIOO,OOO for her mother, an tn
-■mc woman.
STRANGE ROBBERIES
IN OFFICE SOLVED:
BOY THIEF TRAPPED
M > sierious robberies in the office of
West Side Loan Company, in the
l’' , ets building, were solved today. by
1 am.,t ~f a daring burglar—a bur
-1 just thirteen years old and as black
the proverbial ace of spades.
1 asn jn the loan company's till had
1 vanishing day after day, with
re v- r a clew to the robber, for doors,
ndows and drawers were found in-
Detectives Chewning and Nor
ind in tlie office last night and wait.
'd- They tightened their grips on their
guns at the sound of someone creep
ng over the skylight about 11 o'clock.
Ihr skylight window was cautiously
opened, a figure dropped through, the
detectives shouted “halt or we shoot,"
words to that effect—and as the
•gilts were switched on a young black
1 "ganiuffin no higher than your shoui
tood grinning sheepishly.
He'll be tried before the children's
ourt today. His name is Granlin
Thompson.
JACKSON CITY ATTORNEY j
MARRIED TO HIS NURSE
1 fix SON. MISS., spot. s.—Louis c.
■ Iman, city attorney, was married to |
Hattie Bell Wilkinson, a trained I
who attended him recently when
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Nogales, Ariz.. Officials Are
Warned of Fate if Federals
Cross the Border.
WILL PLUNDER AND KILL
AMERICANS IN MEXICO
Ultimatum Says They Will
Not Permit Aid Being Given
Government Troops.
NOGALES. ARIZ.. Sept. s.—The
Mexican border situation became most
menacing today when officials of this
town received an ultimatum from the
Mexican rebels that if federal Mexi
can troops are transported over Ameri
can soil into Sonora from .Chihuahua
the town of Nogales would be laid in
ashes. The message intimates that
other border towns will share a like
fate.
The rebels threaten to cross the line
and wreck Nogales end then fire it.
They declare that they will not permit
the United States to aid the Mexican
federals. and in addition to looting and
killing Americans in Mexico, they in
tend transferring their activities to the
border.
Americans Help
To Fight Rebels
EL PASO. TEXAS., Sept s.—Re
pulsed in their first attack on Nacozari,
Sonora, the rebels made a second as
sault upon the town during the night,
and fighting is still going on there, ac
cording to reports received early to
day.
An insurgent army of 700 men under
Gener.nl Rojas has the town under
siege. The army of defense is made up
of a handful of Mexican federals, a few
rurales and a number of volunteers.
Among the volunteers are many Ameri
cans who are employed by the Naco
zari Copper Company, which has large
interests there. The officials of the
company fearing destruction of their
property if the town- fell, armed their
American employees as guards.
Nacozari lies 50 miles south of the
international line. A report front Doug
las. Ariz., states that a sealed bag
gage car containing 50.000 rounds of
ammunition left there under federal es
cort for Nacozari, consigned to the
Nacozari Copper Company. It was pre
ceded by a work train bearing soldiers
who are repairing the railroad line.
A. R. Dickson, who has just arrived
from Douglas, says that fears are felt
there that the town would fall into the
insurgents hands before the ammuni
tion could arrive.
Repairs are going on upon the rail
way line between Cananea and Naco,
following the evacuation of rebels from
that quarter.
MAX' BURNED TO DEATH
IN MACON SURVIVOR OF
KISHINEFF MASSACRE
MACON. GA.. Sept. 5. Isidore Les
-av. the young Russian electrician who
was burned to death here yesterday
and whose funeral today was attended
by scores other than those of his own
race, lived a life replete with tragedy.
Six years ago. in the massacre at
Kishineff, he saw his mother and fa
ther hacked to pieces, and he himself
was stabbed with a bayonet and left
for dead. A younger brother, Morris,
hid in a haystack and rescued him.
Together they escaped to America, and
were assigned by a relief association
to the Hebrews of Macon for protec
tion. In five years here he had built up
an excellent business and was regarded
as a good citizen.
BARRETT OF GEORGIA
REMAINS PRESIDENT
OF FARMERS’ UNJON
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. Sept. 5.
The Farmers Educational and Co-oper
ative Union of America, in executive
session here, elected officers as follows:
President. Charles S. Barrett. of
Georgia, re-elected; vice president, J.
: D* Brown, of Oregon: secretary. A C
I Davis, of Arkansas; executive hoard,
L. \i Rhodes, of Tennessee; C. C.
Wright, of North Carolina: P. W
11'ox, of Washington; O. F. Domblaser,
of Tcxa-. T. .1 Douglas, of Missouri.
The report of the educational com
| miltee was adopted The Tennessee
ATLANTA. GA.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1912.
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’i ou hear a lot of fine music nowadays, but. believe ns. no band has anything on J. D. Archbold’s Standard Oil Marine Band
playing “Privilege.”
So Warm in Augusta
Eggs Hatch Without
Hens or Incubators
Eight Chickens Come to Life Ten
Days After Nest Is Deserted
Because of Heat.
AUGUSTA. GA.. Sept 5.—A. H.
Jackson, of this city, says that he had
a hen setting on a nest of fifteen eggs
when the heat became so great that ten
days before the eggs were due to hatch
the ben quit the nest. However, at
the expiration of the ten days eight
chickens were hatched from the fifteen
eggs. Even in the early morning hours
when it is supposed to be cooler than
any other time the weather was warm
enough to prevent the eggs from being
chilled. The thermometer hovers
around 98 each afternoon.
GRIZZLY BEAR AND
HER 2 CUBS SIGNED
FOR THE GRESS ZOO
The zoo family at Grant park soon
is to be increased by a female grizzly
bear and two cubs. Dan Carey, man
ager, of parks, has just received a com
munication from Colonel L. M. Brett,
superintendent of the Yellowstone Na
tional park, saying the bears will be
given to Atlanta if the expense of cap
turing and shipping them is paid by
the city.
The park board provided the neces
sary $l5O at its meeting yesterday aft
ernoon and within a short time the
big attraction at Grant park for At
lanta's children will be the mother bear
and her two cubs.
The board decided that the Erskine
memorial fountain'at the corner of
the Peachtrees and Baker streets
should be removed to the Ormewood
entrance of Grant park.
DEAD MAN HAD A ROLL
OF MONEY IN POCKET
CHICAGO. Sept. 5. —A dead man was
picked up in the lake with $1,741 in
currency in his pockets and a bank
book showing a balance of $2.0X9. The
book was issued by the First National
bank of Bradford, Pa., to James Don
nelly. The body had been in the lake
apparently ten days. No marks of vio
lence were visible.
The money appeared as if just is
sued by a bank and bore a wrapper
with the figures $1,741. The man was
50 years old, and besides a silver watch,
there were no means of identification.
“OH. YOU KID!” MAN SAYS;
GIRL KNOCKS HIM DOWN
NEW YORK, Sept. 5. —“Oh, you
kid!" said James Kelly to Mamie Hou
lihan, sixteen years old, fresh from the
sod. Mamie let drive her right. Ja
mie got 60 days in jail.
SCHWAB'S BAND PLAYS TO
CROWD OF 25.000 IN RAIN
NEW YORK, Sept s—Charles
Schwab, -.tee! magnate, brought his
Bethlehem band to New York and en
tertained them on Broadway. Then
the band entertained 25,000 persons in
1 Vi. r>in in f’nnl vn I rl.
SUMMER NIGHT CONCERT
DENTISTS TO SID
SCHOOLWILS
Society Offers to Examine and
Keep in Repair Teeth of the
Children.
1
1 Atlanta will take one more step to
ward physical improvement of school
: children when the fall term opens next
, Monday, in inaugurating a department
. of dentistry in conection with the sys
■ tern of'medical examination. The At
, lanta Society of Dentists has offered to,
provide two complete outfits and th,i\
. services of skilled dentists to examine
the teeth of all pupils and; perform suer
work as may be necessary to insure
healthful conditions.
The offer was made by the society to
the Chamber of Commerce committee
on medical examination in public
I schools, of which Victor H. Kreigsliaber
is chairman, and transmitted by that
committee to the board of education
It undoubtedly will be accepted.
The first examination of the pupils'
teeth will be made late in September
and early in October. Another will be
made in January, when the effects of
' the work already done will be shown.
The three days normal school, which
has been In progress, closed today, and
teachers gathered at the Boys’ High
school building to receive final in
structions from the superintendent. En-
• trance examinations for pupils above
the first grade will be held tomorrow.
• The schools will be opened Monday
morning, to continue nine months. The
> attendance will pass all records.
APPENDIX SURGEONS
RECKON WITH “LOW
NECKS;” CUT LOWER
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. s.—Fearing
the rage for low-cut bodices may de
. scend even further, surgeons here are
! making incisions four inches lower than
formerly in appendicitis operations on
. women. One surprised his fellows- by
making the cut even lower. “My pa
tient is young, beautiful and the daugh
, ter of persons of means," he explained.
“She is apt to take kindly to the low
cut bodices. Had I made the incision
higher she might have had to expose
. the scar.”
CRAZED BY HEAT. HE KILLS
HIMSELF AT MOTHER’S SIDE
LA OROSSE, WIS., Sept. s.—Prob
ably deranged by the heat, George
Herbst shot and killed himself when his
mother was unable to lend him $2. He
asked for his revolver, saying he would
sell it. When his mother turned to
loeff the bureau drawer after handing
him the pistol he sent a bullet into
his breast.
CRAZED BY CIGARETTES.
MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
t BLOOMFIELD, N. J , Sept 5.-
< Made insane from smoking too many
cigarettes and reading dime novels, J<>-
i seph Ganelt. 25 years old. tiled to
i throw himseif out of a train window
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High Society Women
Bad Insurance Risks;
Hurry Toward Grave
I Head of American Life Company
Says They Drink and Eat
II Harmful Things.
CHICAGO. Sept. s.—Women in high
society are bad insurance risks All
other women, especially business wom
en, are considered good risks. That is
the dictum of the American Life In
surance convention in session here.
“Women who live so-called high life
have a hard time getting insurance."
said President Gold. “They eat such
indigestible food and drink- so many
harmful beverages that their systems
sbon_ are wrecked and they go the
> quick route to thb grave.
"Toward other women life insurance
companies feeli differently. Many com.
panies are removing women from ttye
list of undesirable risks."
CAROLINA CAMPAIGN
LEADS TO DEATH OF
GREENVILLE OFFICER
GREENVILLE, S. C„ Sept 5.—J. P.
Goodwin, county supervisor, is dead at
his home in this city today after an
illness of two weeks The death of
the supervisor is attributed to excite-i
nient of the campaign just closed. While
attending a political meeting at Lick
ville two w-eeks ago, he was howled
down as he attempted to speak. He
was a candidate for re-election and he
pleaded earnestly with the crowd to
hear him. but Blease men in the crowd,
knowing the supervisor to have been a
Jones supporter, refused to let him be
heard.
Following his vain attempt to be
heard. Mr Goodwin was stricken with
apoplexy on the stand. He was hur
ried to the city and given every atten
tion. but the shock was to severe for
him to survive. The excitement of the
Lickville meeting, coupled with his
defeat later at the polls, brought on
his death. He was an efficient official,
and had served two terms
HOTEL CLERKS ARE
GUESTS AT BANQUET;
CONVENTION ENDS
The .Southeastern Greeters, composed
of hotel clerks in seven states, went
back to the registers today after a
round of enjoyment which closed with
a banquet at the Piedmont hotel last
night. There were 25 guests present
and nearly everybody made a speech;
so It was late—or early—when the din
ner was over.
The following officers were elected
for the coming year
L. D. Fairchild, (,'hattanooga, presi
dent; state vice presidents, S. J. Law
rence. Asheville, N. C.; W. W. Waters,
Chester, S. C.; P. J. Rogers, Americus.
Ga.; M. H. Murfee. Chattanooga,
Tenn A. H. Chapman. Meridian,
Miss.; C. W. Brown. Jr., Jacksonville,
Fla., and I. H. Roeddell, Montgomerv,
Ala.
FALLS THREE FLOORS TO
DEATH WITH STREET CAR
SEW YORK. Sept s.—John Ger
mane dro\< a street car into an open
elevator shaft in rhe car barn and
dropped with it to iris death, three
SOUTH CAROLINA
NOW IN UPROAR
Decision of Executive Commit*
tee to Postpone Second Pri
mary Stirs State.
r
Columbia, s. c„ Sept. s.—south
. Carolina is in an uproar today as a re
■ suit of the decision of the state execu
; tive committee to postpone the second
primary for state officers while the
; fraud investigation goes on.
In Anderson and other counties where
the lines are bitterly drawn there is
likely to be serious trouble unless the
governor's race is decided soon.
The Anderson county executive com
mittee is examining witnesses today in
the fraud allegations.
The state committee, which met here
yesterday to begin its investigation of
fraud charges, named a sub-committee
of seven to thoroughly probe the re
cent primary.
The sub-committee was clothed with
full power and authority to take testi
mony and make a thorough investiga
tion of all alleged illegal practices at
the primary. It will report at the next
meeting of the committee to be called
by the chairman.
The members of the committee are
W. F. Stevenson. Chesterfield, chair
man; T. B. Butler, Cherokee; J. B.
Parks. Greenwood: W. B. Wilson, Jr.,
York; J. R. Bivens. Dorchester; J. M.
Greer. Union, and R. M. Jeffries, Jas
per.
The protests of W. Jasper Talbert
and ,N. B. Dial, candidates for the
United States senate, against the nom
ination of Senator B. R. Tillman, on
the ground that he failed to silo his ex
pense account as provided by law, were
passed over until the next meeting.
The state committee adjourned to
meet at the call of the state chairman
and the sub-committee will begin the
work of investigation at an early date
It Is certain that the Blease faction
will do all in its power to prevent an
investigation. Eugene Blease. brother
of the governor, laid the fraud at the
door of the Jones faction, but at the
same lime bitterly fought a resolution
which had for its object a searching
investigation into the alleged irregular,
ities at the ballot boxes.
Every county was represented at the
meeting.
Anderson Center
Os Carolina Storm
ANDERSON, S. Sept. s.—Before
the Anderson county executive com
mittee today a sub-committee submit
ted evidence to the effect that minors,
Republicans, Georgians and reneaters
1 swelled the vote in the recent state
primary. It is alleged that 500 fraud
ulent votes were cast in the primary
in this county alone, which gave
Blease a 2.500 majority out of 8,000
votes.
Specific instances of fraud were re
ported to the committee and action
will be taken this evening
Lines were sharply drawn between
the Blease and Jones factions when
the committee met. and hundreds of
• men from the country an here v.atch
-1 ing the committee's work. \nderson
county is the center of the storm over
the allegations of fraud.
i Governor Rleaso is represented by
I counsel of this cit\. while the Jones
> forces secured lawyers from other
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2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
MORRIS Sffi
BUP.VDTERS
MffIEROWS
INGILIVffI
On Stand in Blue Ridge Judge
ship Contest, He Denies All
Fraud Charges.
DECLARES DEMOCRATS
ARE SOLIDLY FOR HIM
Patterson Was Aided Greatly
by Irregularities in Pickens.,
Witness Asserts. >
Judge Newt Morris took the stand
in his own defense, under oath, before
the state Democratic committee this
morning Immediately after the commit
tee was called to order by Charian Har
ris, to resume the hearing in the Blue
Ridge judgeship contest.
The judge spoke in deliberate and
clear tones, denying in full all the
charges heaped upon him by the pros
ecution.
Judge Morris denied with great ve
hemence that there was any truth in
the famous alleged telephone message
from Morris to Cox. late on the night
of elction, in which Marris is said to
hav told Cox that only a big majority
in Gilmer county could save the nom
ination to Morris, because Patterson
was an evident victor elsewhere
throughout the circuit.
Says Republicans
Cause All the Trouble.
Morris said the trouble In Gilmer
simply is that the Republicans in Gil
mer try to run the politics of the Dem
ocrats, and when they are not allowed
to do it, they get mad and charge
fraud.
The judge claimed that 90 per cent
of the Democrats in Gilmer were for
Morris, and that such was a notorious
fact in advance of the primary.
Judge Morris undertook then to show
by figures that had Patterson received
every uneast vole on the entire regis
tratoin list in Gilmer, regardless of the
fact that many of them would have
gone to Morris. Morris still would have
been a victor over Patterson by not
less than 65 votes.
The judge then departed somewhat
from the main issue and charged that
Pickens county, in which not more than
a few hundred Democrats lived in any
event, went for Patterson by 600, or
more than enough un-Democratlc votes
in Pickens alone to offset all un-Deml
ocratic votes Morris might have re
ceived in Gilmer.
rhe judge said he thought sorely that
it would be unfair to .throw out Gilmer
with respect tp Morris, and not throw
it out with respect to Pottle and Price
in the court of appeals and commis
sioner of agriculture races.
Declares Democrats of
Gilmer Are For Him.
Judge Morris ended his statement by
declaring that the fight on him in Gil
mer was an old one and was fathered
entirely by Republicans. He explained
that the lines between Democrats and
Republicans always were tightly drawn
in Gilmer, and that each side generally
voted solidly, and that the solid Dem
ocratic strength there now is for Mor
ris.
Upon cross-examination. Judge Mor
ris said he did not contest alleged
frauds and irregularities in Pickens be
cause he considered his nomination safe
without the vote of Pickens, and that
it was too late, after the Gilmer county
contest had been begun.
Judge Morris' injection of Pickens
county into the hearing brought forth
considerable discussion as the relevancy
of the Pickens matter in the present
hearing.
The Patterson attorneys rested their
case on evidence introduced to show
that the primary of August 21 was il
legally held in that improper registra
tion lists were used by the election
managers, differing from the certified
lists in that names of voters known to
be for Patterson had been stricken
I therefrom and names of voters known
I io be for Morris were illegally added
I thereto; that non-residents, criminals
I anl lunatics were voted for Morris; that
; all efforts to secure a fair and square
election in Gilmer were thwarted by the
Morris managers, who took entire
charge of the polls, and that Gilmet
county deliberately and illegally was
thrown to Morris, by his partisan Cox,
clerk of the court, upon information
from Morris that.a big majority from
Gilmer was necessary to ensure eiec
t ion.