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VOL. XL NO, 39,
«. 11. HEARST
TOEKGLAIID
ONHONOR
OF 11. S.
I
In Statement to the British
Press He Makes Appeal for
I
••Better Understanding.”
UNIVERSAL PEACE AND
ALTRUISTIC AIMS URGED
‘■Our Devotion to Higher Ideals
is as Great as That of Any
Other People.”
Special Cable to The Georgian.
i.nNb'iN. Sept. IS. —William Ran
gi ~'i Hcaist writes a column letter in
■ London Express replying to Eng
ii-ii press criticism on his exposition of
vu ric.i's position in the Panama ques
tion. After answering the newspaper
comments in detail, he continues:
A- i'oi myself, a Home Rule
',ne i< an. please believe that 1 am
i,. : quite as yellow as 1 am painted
-rU mil only immoderate in opposi
tion io injustice and intolerant in
Prest nee of untruth.
I i '.pte.-s quite frankly that 1 em
t |. ..\ sc . powers of publicity as I
have Co: th purpose of accomplish
ing i forms, and that I use them at
all . .i, s as forcefully and effect
ivUy as I pos.ibly can,
Iriiei.... | ardently believe that the
! nobles’ in I most important func
tion oi journalism is fearlessly to
i-u . inn w fiat is bad in the attempt
t.. i. i m and f; eeiy to praise
c -d in the effort to en
i ' IT. gl .1.
Ir :h, pursuance of that policy I
■ <: i many matters in my
■ .•■•ui-try anti some things in
iii g .mi • my with the sincere de-
imuinting the public sense
. ..atom of tiie necessity of
-m 't ins conditions and achieving
p: ogress.
In inter-.aticnal affairs I believe,
as 1 have said, that my countty is
ai.UHo.l by the highest motives
■iii’l is in.-pl e<J by the fundamental
I in.'.:or equal lights and uni
i-a i.mice, and I support this
- il-nr.-: foreign policy with an
f ’■ rnt-ctiess born of sincere convic
’ -'I 'im patriotic devotion.
Hui confidence in my own coun
t's <nd affection for my own people
■ 1 ’ 1 pieven: me o other Amb i
■■ i ::om entertaining a genuine
■-i.' ,<q the people of Great
i .'ii if only the English news
i ’ r .by a little more moderation.
• ’ l' ’ mit us to do so..
This Panama canal quest! >n is of j
c 'at sentimental imno lance to
united States, but of ab-urdi.'
-■ > impo tanee to Great Britain.
To ■, lull it. therefore, to interfile
u aiij way with the cordial rela-
1 "iis cm-ting between the United
< - and Great Britain would be
I 1 ’" unfortunate.
hi a better undei standing be
"l tn the people of tile United
''tails and the people of Great |
11 it;’, in in the harmonious eo-opei
ati'in of such great nations for |
gho'i.i- and unselfish ends les |
one of the most potent possibilities ]
f” t ■' advancement of civiliza
' n. for the establishment of uni- ,
'■ sal peace an i the attainment of
altruistic aims of humanity.
Therefore, I can not but advise a
■t'e more consideration on the ,
rm 1 1 of tiie English press tor the
■ nsibilities of the people of the
United States, a clearer compre
hension of the fact that our sense
of honor and our devotion to high
er ideals is quite as great as that of
anv people upon the face of tiie
2 obe. and, finally, a realization tl’.at
abuse of us does not constitute to
us or to others a convincing a gu
ment.
LODGE ROOM SLAYER
ACQUITTED BY JURY
'• XI>KH SO N, g. < ’., Sop 1.1 s A\e -
■’ of not guilty was returned here
■ yesterday in the trial of Furman
' chaiged with killing Milton
'■>’ Inm last July.
r ‘gweli shot and mortally wounded
1 " when he* former was being
'■’ •i into th** Orth i < f the Wood
"f the Wold H< h< amt
' 11 I a\lor and other m» tnb» is the
I* am began firing pistol* Rush-
■ hi> t ofll, h»‘ mo< un d a evnl\« i
IV ( cd M.-vetal 9 hoi* Tayhn was]
P r om fataH. \ound* < IL |
' * 1 !| Tfc. . • i»'iu< •it d that Hag .
'•’Olllrl not rt* *
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
Crowd at Depot to
Meet Mail Bride-To-Be,
But She Fails to Come
i
Georgian Wins Arkansas Widow
By Letter—Thinks She Yet
Will Keep Promise.
HAZLEHURST. GA.. Sept. IS.—Eli- j
| sha Turner, a farmer of this county, 38 ,
■ years old. advertised for a wife and I
; "as taken up by a widow living in
I Arkansas, who said she was 33 years
* old and had a son of twelve,
j It did not take th. m long to agree to
I wed. and Turner wired two tickets. He
j met the earlv train yesterday with the ‘
I hope of avoiding publicity. The train
■ did not arrive until 1 p. m. The secret:
I had got out and the station was packed !
I with cheering people.
The woman failed to arrive, and
while Turner showed signs of great dis- •
appointment, he says she will be here;
on another train.
Before returning to his home, nine :
i miles in the country. Turner arranged ,
. to have a friend meet every incoming
train.
WHO MARRIED JERRY’S
SISTER? THAT’S ISSUE
IN MOYNIHAN CASE!
ST. LOUIS Sept. 18. —Who married
Kate Moynihan?
This question will become an issue in
the now famous contest of nearly 600
claimants for the 864.000 estate of .Jere
miah Moynihan.
When the case is called before Judge
Hrltcamp. Jeremiah and Daniel O’Connor,
of Oswego, N. Y.. are expected to pre
sent their claim as Moynihan's nephews, i
based on the assertion that they are the
sons of Mrs Katie Moynihan O'Connor,
Jeremith’s sister, who preceded him to
this country from Ireland and settled
in Oswego.
At a hearing. Welcome Sutliff Rich
ardson. of Hamilton. N. Y.. testified that
he was the son of Jeremiah Moynihan’s
sister. Mrs Kate Moynihan Sutliff. whose
second busband was named Richardson.
He took his stepfather's name, he said.
His testimony contained nothing about
any marriage of Kate Moynihan to an
O'Connor. He introduced a photograph
which he said was that of his’mother and
Moynihan.
SAVANNAH PASTORS
WHO RAPPED JURIES
WILL BE ON VENIRE
SAVANNAH. GA., Sept. 18.—Savan
nah ministers having protested against
the quality of men on the jury lists, it
is understood that when the new list
is compiled there will be a surprise tn
store tor them in that practically all of
them will be on it. Almost every phy
sician in the city also will be on the
list.
It was stated by the ministers that
the class of persons who should serve
on juries wore not put on the lists, and
that this was the reason the judges
found difficulty in securing good jurors
and why it is hard to convict in cer
tain eases, particularly for violations of
the liquor laws.
The jury commissioners gave cre
dence to the statements, and in order
to remedy the matter and satisfy the
ministers, the preachers themselves
were put on the list.
LAWYERS AND JURORS
ILL IN WILCOX FROM
RAIN;COURT DELAYED
i
I CORDELE. GA.. Sept. 18.—An epi
; demic of malaria fever and other kin
dled ailments, said to be prevalent
throughout the greater portion of Wil
cox county, resulted in superior court,
which was convened at Abbeville yes
terday by Judge Walter E. George and
Solicitor Max Land, being adjourned
until the fourth Monday in October.
The malady is said to embrace law
yers. jurors and litigants of the court on
the sick list, and is attributed largely' to
i the excessive rains throughout the year.
| as a result of w hich the Ocmulgee riv-
I er. on which Abbeville is located, has
I several times been overflowed.
WAR ON $100,000,000 TICK
IS WAGED BY GOVERNMENT
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. —Govern-
ment experts arc gradually pressing the
Texas fever ticks into smaller confines
to tiie south. I><>i«rtment of agricul
ture officials believe that with the con
tinued co-ope ation of the Federal and
state authorities, the pest which now
causes an annual loss estimated at
$40,000,000 to $100,000,000. will eventual
ly be eradicated.
The magnitude of the task is appar
ent from the fact that the mother tick’s
brood of one season may be 500 ticks,
each of which is a menace to cattle.
GIRL ASLEEP THREE WEEKS
IS A PUZZLE TO PHYSICIANS
BOSTON. Sept. 18.-What has
caused Miss Agnes Hea, daughter of I
Arthur Hea. of Ab dford, and a student
in the high school there, to remain
asleep three weeks is puzzling the doc
tors In a Brookline hospital, who are
trying to awaken het.
The malady, which is thought to have
originated from a spell of hysteria,
II ante upon the young woman In a ho-
I tel at Hat Harbor, w here she was
| spending th. suomiet s ■ - titles < on.
' imitoii- '. <i>u when pth» aiv »luih ,
I Into her itnde I
ATLANTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER IS. 1912.
PROBE ms
It SMI
11 POLICE
OFN.V.
Gaynor Aid. Mentioned in
Graft. Threatens to Sue
Waldo for Libel.
|
ALIBI PREPARED FOR
ACCUSED"GUN MEN"
i
Attorney for -Gyp’ and ‘Lefty’
Say They Were Not Near
Slaying.
NEW YORK. Sept. 18.— Before the
aidermanic graft committee assembled
today to continue its investigation into
the police department. A. J.. Johnson,
former public official and assistant
I manager of Mayor Gaynor's campaign
| whose name has been dragged into the
scandal, threatened to sue Police Uom
mi~sioner Waldo for libel, and demand
ed that he be called as a witness before
the committee.
Johnson's was one of the names
mentioned’in an affidavit made by Po
lice Captain John T. Reith, of the Alac-
Dougal Street station, w ho sweats that
he could have bought a captaincy four
years ago for $15,000.''
Johnson also threatens to sue Reith.
It was this affidavit Waldo'
promised to produce before the com- |
mittee today, although at the time the
alleged offer was made to Reith, Theo
dore Bingham was commissioner of po
lice.
Johnson alleged the story Ts simply 7-
"a backfire,” designed to discredit him
as a witness before the committee.
Going After
The Facts.
An important point, in view of the
charges made against him which Em
ory R. Buckner, counsel for the com
mittee. said he would try’ to clear up
today, is where, w hen and why the af
fidavit was made by' Reith. Reith was
promoted from a lieutenancy in May.
1911. .Membeis of the committee ex
pressed a determination to get all the
facts, if possible. Everybody mention
ed in connection with the affair was
subpenaed, it is said. Thus far Cap
tain Reith’s affidavit Is uncorroborated.
Reith states that he did not pay the
sum demanded of hini. and was passed
for promotion, although he stood at the
top of the list of lieutenants passed by
the civil service commission. Accord
ing to Reith, it was Johnson who first
approached him with the offer, al
though the police officer got the impres
sion that Johnson represented others.
Long before the doors of the room
were opened, a crowd had gathered.
Former Magistrate Wahje. counsel
for the accused gunmen, said he would
be able to produce evidence at the
proper time to prove an alibi for his
clients.
An Alibi
For the Gunmen.
"Neither of these boy's was near the
Metropole hotel at the time Rosenthal
was killed." said Mr. Wahle.
A telegram from Hot Springs. Ark.,
where District Attorney tVhitman and
agents for Charles A. Becker, the ac
cused police official, are seeking evi
dence. said that the taking of deposi
tions was being held np awaiting the
arrival of counsel for Becker, who was
expected to arrive today. Lawyers for
Becker, Sam Schepps. the alleged “mur
der paymaster,” and others' who are
under arrest in connection with the
murder seemed satisfied with the trend
of events.
According to the Hot Springs ad
vices, a motive for the killing of Rosen
thal existed outside Becker’s rage
against the informer. Becker's lawyers
will introduce a deposition containing
an alleged statement from Schepps to
the effect that Tenderloin characters
who existed by traffic in white slavery
were in a murderous rage against Ro
senthal because the latter won their
"cadets” away from them and success
fully competed against theln.
Becker's lawyers will try to show
that the man whose murder had
brought about the scandalous exposures
was a white slaver as well as a gam
bler.
ATLANTA MAKES BID FOR
ADVENTIST CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON. Sept. 18 —.More than
100 ministers of the Seventh Day Ad
ventists denomination ate holding a ten
days conference at Tacoma park. The
quadrennial session of the general con
ference of the denomination will he
held next May Washington Adventists
want th« uinfiieiiii' held hen Allan
| tNashs ill Indianapolis and Spring
* field 111 also will make a bid for It.
“Gyp the Blood” and “Lefty Louie” Held as Assassins
LAST OF THE GUNMEN CAUGHT
-I/ jnn
■ jBI j
fra j ■
J
S Il> Louis iiosenwcjo on |plt. an<l “Gyp the Blood. llari\ Horowitz, missing gun mon
wanted loi* the assHssinntion of Herman IL;>rnilihl. \pw York gamblor, who have jusl boon ar
rested in Brooklx 11.
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KRAZY KAT KWESTION
Mt'. Stranpor walked up Io an Atlanta soda fountain today, enjoyed a tive-eent drink anti
tendered the soda jerker a one-dollar bill.
"Sori'y. said the jerker. “I haven’t ninety-five cents in change. Hand me rhe nickel the
next time you come in.”
"I’m not coming in again." said Mr. Stranger. ‘‘l live in New York. And all the money
I have is a one-dollar hill and a tive-dollar hill.”
"That s easy. returned the soda man. ‘‘Take back your one and give me the five. Here
is your four dollars ant] ninety-five cents change." 1
Now, how could he change the five when he couldn’t change the one? The answer is so
easy it is ridiculous, and that's wlit it is so hard. Even Krazy Kat. could solve it if he put
his mind in it.
Ihe Georgian will publish solutions mailed to the Puzzle Editor. But no questions wil] be
answered.
jSICKLES REFUSES
TO RECEIVE K
NEW YORK, Sept. IS. —There will
be no reconciliation between Major
General Daniel E. Sickles and his wife.
This was learned yesterday when it
became known that the general refused
to see the woman who had pledged her
jewelry to prevent the sale at auction
of her husband's personal property.
.Mrs Sickles, accompanied by her
son, Stanton, called at No. 23 l-’ifth
avenue, the home of General Sickles,
on last Thursday' afternoon She was
smiling as she rang the front door bell.
A few hours before she had affected
the liquidation of her husband's debt
(amounting to $8,200) to the Lincoln
Trust Company.
Her face lighted as the door to her
husband's home opened. She was
stopped by the butler. The smile left
her face as she was told that she must
not enter; that there were orders to the
effect that neither she nor her son
should be admitted
Barred by the Housekeeper.
These orders had been issued by .Mi’s
Eleanor Earle Wilmerding, housekeep
er for General Sickles. The aged wife
asked to see Miss Wilmerding, but tin
latter sent out word that she could not
b< distin bed. With tears in het eyes I
Mrs. Sickles returned to he apart
ments in the Hotel Marlton ITom
there her son Stanton telephoned Io
John Reilly, of No. 170 Broadway, his
attorney.
When Mi Reilly appeared Mis
Sickles told him to inform the genera!
of the liquidation of the $8,200 debt
''lt is my vainest wish." she said, "that
he b<- tnh) not to woiry about the auc
tion tomorrow, beeau:«< the debl has
liven paid "
She explained to the lawyer tli.it she
did not want him to tell M- Hickles
how the momw had been sec u .-d "Ju '
tell him that there Is no med to woiry
—theverything i t" right ’
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LOVE LETTERS TO GIRL
OF NINETEEN CAUSE
MINISTER TO RESIGN
ST LOI’IS, Sept. 18. Love letters
written to a young unmarried woman
and containing such ardent assertions as
“I love you better than Jesus,” have
caused the Rev. \V. T. Dunn, father of
eight children, to resign from the pas
ora te of the Dewey Avenue Methodist
Episcopal church, in Granite City, and to
withdraw from the Southern Illinois con
ference’ of the church.
The letters were written to Miss Ks
telle .Massey, nineteen years old, and were
unsigned. The young woman’s mother,
Mrs. .Joseph Mikschl, of Granite City,
found, the letters and took them to the
Rev. Dr E. H. Knight, of Edwardsville,
superintendent of the district. A meet
ing of the Rev. Dunn. Dr. Knight, Miss
Masses' and Mrs. Mikschl followed, and
the pastor admitted having written the
Liters, Dr Knight said.
FIRST TRAIN RIDE AT 89
FOR WOMAN IN MISSOURI
JOPLIN, M<>., Sept. IS. .Mrs. Aman
da Stotts, Ml years old, had her first
ride aboard a railway train yesterday,
when she made.a trip from her home at
Stotts city, Mo., to Joplin, 60 miles.
Although she had lived within a few
miles of a railroad for several years,
she never before could be induced to
travel by rail.
Her first trip was made with a son
with whom she was en route to Mc
t'une. Kan- . to live on a farm
17 KILLED. 50 INJURED
BY WRECK IN ENGLAND
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 18 The death
list in the wreck of the Liverpool Ex
press mi the London and Northwestern
railway tieai here last night reached
seventeen today, with the prospect that
it would reach twenty within 24 hours
F’ifty were injured.
Th. train had lust pa---ed ovei the
long leldg. q>.,lining till M. 1.11 and
« i- i tinning down an inclined stretch
of tra K when it left the rails
ZAPATA ORDERS
MADERO IN EXILE
MEXI< O CITY, Sept. 18.—General
1 Emiliano Zapata, chief of the southern
insurrectos, is again threatening to at
tack Mexico City. The commander of
the federal garrison at Suernavaca sent
, word to the capital today that insur
gents from Zapata's main band are
■ again raiding the countryside and that
his scouts have brought word that the
rebel leader is preparing for an exten
sive autumn campaign.
Zapata sent an ultimatum to Presi
dent Madero that the president and all
his family" must leave the country as
exiles before he will quit fighting.
"You must sell your lands and leave
the republic for good," wrote Zapata,
"for you have betrayed your country'
I intend to attack Mexico City, but If
it brings intervention from the I'nited
States 1 will kill every American with
in reach, and then join my own forces
with the government soldiers to fight
our common enemy from the north.”
The state of Morelos is a desolate
tract of land. Villages and towns have
been destroyed and the ruins of burned
ranch houses stand like monuments
throughout the farming districts. Za
pata has scoured the district, bringing
to himself the title of "The Atilla of
tlie South." a name in which he seems
I to glory.
i I GUNNER IS KILLED ON
ENGLISH DREADNOUGHT
1— , I
J LONDON. Sept is Ope man was
killed and a number Injured in an ac
cident to a gun mi board the British
die.idnought Edward VII duiing firing
I off Colon, according to an unofficial re.
i port re, on e,l here today Tin adml
t.iiiAoitj., would'not confirm it.
IXIRA
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SISTER
Girl Leading Hunt Gets Word
From McVicker—Contents
of Letter Kept Secret.
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FOOTBALL INJURY OF
YEARS AGO BLAMED
Friend Believes DeLeon Disap
! pearance and Despondency
Played Part in Mystery.
1. Herbert McVicker, the bank cash
ier of Ellenwood. Ga„ who disappeared
mysteriously ten days ago. is known to
be alive and able to communicate with
tils friends, though his present location
is still a mystery. His sister. Miss Ka
tie Lou McVicker, has received a let
ter from him in which he said he left
because he was despondent.
A blow on the head, received in a
football game at Locust Grove acade
my years ago. is believed by his friends
to be the cause of Herbert McVicker's
strange disappearance from his home.
It was believed just after McVicker re_
, ceived this injury that his brain would
| seriously be affected, but he soon re
covered and gave no sign of mental
trouble. His friends now believe that
increased business cares of the past
few months brought about pressure on
the brain from a piece of the fractured
ekull. and resulted in McVicker's mor
bid despondency and his sudden deter
mination to disappear and abandon his
affairs.
Business Affairs
Found in Good Shape.
The letter received by Miss McVick
er has not been made public, but a man
closely in touch with the McVicker af
fair, who is in Atlanta today, said he
had learned that the letter’ bore the
postmark of a Western railroad, show
ing it had been mailed on a train, and
that McVicker did not divulge his pres,
ent address. In the letter he merely
stated that unusual despondency led to
his disappearance.
For the past ten days the police of a
dozen cities, bank officials and friends
have been trying to find Ihe missing
bank cashier. An examination of his
books showed that he had not tampered
with the bank's cash nor was he in any
financial trouble other than worry over
some transactions pending which re
quired a great deal of attention.
"Herbert had been building a cotton
gin and some other enterprises'.” said
this friend today. "It was worry' over
increased responsibilities which caused
him to give up and drop out of the
world, I am sure. He had been used to
working for a salary most of his life
and the increased worry of the past
few months was too much for him.
DeLeon Story May
Have Been Cause.
"His accounts are correct. He had
not touched the bank deposit of a firm
in which he is partner, but had drawn
only the small amourit of cash in his
own personal deposit. His business af
fairs were all right, but they’ caused
him a great deal of worry. The rasa
seems to be almost identical with that
of Moise DeLeon, the Atlanta contrac
tor. It may have been that reading
newspaper accounts of DeLeon's dis
appearance gave McVicker the idea ol
quitting everything and leaving.
"McVicker was unmarried. He had
a sweetheart in Ellenwood, but she says
she had done nothing to make Herbert
leave. Their courtship had not been
broken off and seemed progressing as
usual.
"We folk in Ellenwood think Herbert
would willingly give a thousand dollars
to come back and resume his old life
without gossip about the past. We
wish he would return, for we all like
and admire him.”
MARRIAGE TO A JAPANESE
DELAYED. KILLS HERSELF
HOUSTON. TEXAS. Sept 18.—Be
cause the courts were Isow in granting
he' a divorce so she could marry her
Japanese suitor, Mrs. Ida Shawley, a
magazine writer, committed suicide
here.
TO BE BEAUTIFUL. DON’T
LET YOURSELF DREAM
NEW YORK Sept. IS -Mis Ott«
Weill has returned from Pari* with thi
beaiiti recipe Eat sparingly, drin
• IMilngly, walk eonsldi iably, d e.»i
never, and gossip not at all.