Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, November 20, 1912, EXTRA, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextNUNS SAVE 100 GIRLS FROM FLAMES THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Fair today and tomorrow. VOL. XI. NO. 93. PESTILENCE POTSQOICK FINISH TO WRRFfiRE Battle of Constantinople Not Resumed After Armistice for Burial of Dead. BOTH SIDES APPOINT PLENIPOTENTIARIES • . i a XTINOPI.E. Nov. 20.—Na- a. commander-in-chief of the i <l.l. and Turkish minister of j da.s appointed the Ottoman ] ... discuss the terms of pro- i ,t bii: tic-’ with the Bulgarians. .it .■••rutin that, unless the moposuis tail, Czar Fer- ' r.c". attempt to to: ■ ■ an en- Ts- in'.. Constantinople. VJ. • have appointed plcr.ipo t';. , . >. ua! negotiations, it is bo il. begin immediately. Bul d- 'iiands have been modified. I ; f;l( the pro.-pt'ct of sur ianop'.c, Scutari, Janina ui ■ • Chataijn forts. '■ >ug ■ tin eight-hour truce en •.. ;< ''day at noon, to allow a ..-rd, had expired, there -■me. <>i nrh g on ihe north to ii . to . that even if light ., ■ . on, it .v-v • not from the x l ' I'lente I actor 1 Sj-’ipiiig War. ■ ...<•■, 1..- laid a heavy hand on • ami is still claiming a toll of ■ '.'it the scourgt has proved ■ if. ii ,il I’aezor in ?top! .ng the war. in- - , rati.er than l.ui-a.'ian bullet. , .' : us.if.l out Turkisn defensive ■ ■ . . i.and ..-is •.-it." ant. ;uts detei- .. ... ... in a< id iga Inst throw - r I’ll- r r. Into the disease-ridden capital. v : a long and ch. w.ir«:c■ y ol the' cabinet council last! < iy. .life.- did not break up until ■r.\ sli.y. Young princes of tne old t ui-.i. i. mmilies sent bitter protests to :iL-‘ers ••vain s t yielding’ to the •Iran 1 Zizier Kiami! Pasha. . acted as pacifier and pointed i a long war would inevitably, 1 t L. overwhelming disaster. imtic/stood, also, that foreign .-. notably Erance, have strongly hat it is time for Turkey to i These suggestions were e l-v the fact that the Turk ic vernment owes great sums, and •"•■ ei-tn government- do not want to Ottoman national credit im nny further. The French na ns about $400,000,000 worth of kish securities. Austria Demands Servians Explain ' IEXNA, Xov. 20.—Austria today ’•'trimted demands upon Servia for ■c .nation of Servian intentions :, on the Adriatic and for an apology ’ alleged breach of the interna amenities in attacks upon Aus -1 otisuls in Albania, lies., fall, it is reported that Aus send a summary note as the ' for military operations along I’anube. Austrian army corps are being The Austrian government is sa *'i to be buying artillery and ‘ 1 .ar munitions abroad. ■'< the meeting of the cabinet For ~r ' Minister Vonßerchthold outlined j uation as it now stands, making aort to hide its seriousness and the LT) tles that It holds. Fount Von .l' -’thoki acted as the spokesman for ip.,,., I . Prancis Joseph, who, despite ' -.''eat age, Is dhectlng the policies 'Ustrian government. Fuel has •'rnied to the flames by the seizure by H Montenegrin army and ■ .' - rum there to the Servians in- ! n !r march southward upon Du '-zy. despite Austria's cry of “halt.” conservative forces are work " neac. , there is a big element in i' nr " ar ,or territorial aggrandize- ■' linguists argue that now is the ' realize Austria's national a.m for a port on the Aegean sea. ■ 'bite, of the defiant attitude nf ■ yne Servians and Austrians, it is ryd that there can be no crisis for \ days There must be a further ‘ ag<- of diplomatic notes before the 41 outcome is seen. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results How Christian Rulers Plan to Enter Constantinople, Crescent Capital FOUR ALLIED-KINGS TRIUMPHANT OVER MOSLEMS — - xr- - . ~v'.,v <■ - ■■ . '\x \'-t dfeX; -■ ~ ; y)— x ZTV'XW> ’ \ fflH, MM ... ' -ff' - W V // J i. \ . ' h'l i. , i . n ■ // WS I ; »l s ' lUh - I (1-11 'fL ?1 -4 uiSf jlf'7’ //dM. wtJs# J|r wifif HUir \ immi ii! I--<' as,. ■’ ' ffiife *.. TWvSr fk- A fwV-|N - AWwinlg jl’lfe JBTMK'wMe V * W 7 I ■hanffex_ Win /yt.z / iiyW Tr i» Ms r iiiJiwfflr AVB E W 1 (fwii illw Fw v rlr iWIf ) I W w 11-Jr W T- 1 M r r llM't 1 "W WL~r —t If ~ t W V -.’-Sa.. T This picture, composed after the famous painting- 4 "Conquerors,” by Pierre Fritel, shows how the modern vanquishers of the Turks will appear entering Con stantinople. provided the Porte refuses to agree to the peace terms contained in the ultimatum advanced by the victors. From left to right-from actual photo graphs are King Nicholas of Montenegro, King George of Greece, King Peter of Servia. and Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria. DIMNE’S DIVORCE HMG HALTED Wife Demurs Case Out of Court—Husband Files an Amended Charge. MACON, GA., Nov. 20.—The divorce suit of Rev. E. T. Moore, a Baptist min ister, against his wife, Mrs. M. G. Moore, of Clio, Ala., was demurred out of court late yesterday afternoon on j the ground that the plaintiffs allega tions were not sufficiently specific. Mr. Moore immediately filed an amendment to his original petition, miming R. C. Hall, a well known Macon man and formerly a member of Mr. Moore's congregation here, as core spondent. The case thereupon went over to the next term of court. Mrs. Moore returned today to her father’s home in Alabama, and Mr. Moore went back to his church at Met calf, Ga. Until two years ago Mr. and Mrs. Moore were located in Macon, wheie the former occupied the pastorate of a church. > Hr.Jt !) f Mercer university. Mr. Moore, who Ims- already secured the first verdict to which there was no opposition, woked up the evi dence against his wife. He summoned more than 200 witnesses. ATLANTA. GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 19 CARMI THOMPSON IS NEW U. S. TREASURER, SUCCEEDING M’CLUNG WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—Carmi Thompson, secretary to President Taft, was today appointed treasurer of the United States, to succeed Lee Mc- Clung, resigned. It was announced at the white house that Charles D. Hilles will resume his duties as the presi dent’s private secretary tomorrow. Mr. Thompson formerly was assistant sec retary of the interior. He was made secretary to the president last June when Mr. Hilles gave up that position to assume the chairmanship of the na tional committee. The treasurer will assume his duties at once and do the counting of all the money in the treasury. This will con sume about three months and will be completed only’ in time to be gone over by the appointment of a new treasurer by’ Mr. Wilson in March. GEO. M. KING, AGED LAWYER, IS FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM Missing for more than a day, George M. King, an aged lawyer, who lived alone at 53 1-2 Alabama street, was found dead in his room late yesterday afternoon. The coroner’s jury found that death resulted from uremic pois oning. He had been dead several hours. King had been a familiar figure about the court house for years, being known as an abstract lawyer. At one time he lived at 1 Augusta avenue, Grant park. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Anna M. King, and one doughter, Mrs. Rob ertson, of 2 Willingham street, West End. He was a member of Capitol lodge. Odd Fellows, and it will have charge of the funeral. The ari angements will be announced later. Parents Dislike Baby: Try to Give Him Away: Refuse to Buy Clothes Healthy Young Couple of Ample Means, Merely Doesn’t Want To Be “Burdened.” ST. LOUIS, Nov. 20.—Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Richards, of 4059 Lucky street, are trying to give away a baby boy that was born to them Saturday. They’ de clare they are anxious that the child be adopted at once, so they will not be burdened with its care. Richaids is 26 and his wife 23. Both are healthy and have ample means to provide for the baby. Their only stated reason for wanting to dispose of the child is that they do not care for ba bies. The four-days-old child has a cold. When Richards was asked wheth er he would call a doctor to attend it. he said: ‘‘No; that's up to those that adopt it. They can name it and buy clothes for It, too. We did not buy anything for it, 'knowing we were not going to keep it.’’ A few blocks away lives Thomas Mourning and his wife. Their nine teenth baby came Saturday. “The more that come the better we . like them." said Mourning. FOUR MOBILE MEN DIEJiN EPLOXSION MOBILE, ALA., Nov. 20. —Four men were killed by n boiler explosion in a . factory near here early today. Three died instantly and the fourth within an hour after the explosion. MINISTER-AUTOIST IS ACCUSED AGAIN BY CHURCH WOMEN STERLING, ILL., Nov. 20—Rev. Charles Raymond, pastor of the First Lutheran church of Peoria, who was the subject of an investigation, conducted by the North ern Illinois synod in this city last year, is again undergoing an investigation. The charges last year were brought by Mrs. Katherine Howland, a former member of his church, charging him with affairs with the women of the church. The syn od found him not guilty at that time. The new charges are similar in their sensational character and also charge the minister with living beyond his means, maintaining an automobile and the largest collection of diamonds In Peoria on an SBOO salary. The committee named by the president of the synod to conduct the investigation is composed of Revs. Dornblazer. Keller and Brancamp, of Chi cago; T. B. Holtgrieve, of Washington, 111., and Howard Berliman, of Joliet. The accused minister declares he courts investigation and believes the committee will find the charges were trumped up by jealous women of his congregation. PINEAPPLE GROWN IN A NEW JERSEY GARDEN SPRINGFIELD. N. ,1.. Nov. 20.—A home grown pirn apple will adorn Mor ris B. Alien's table Sunday . He planted the seed core in his garden six years ago. It is said to be the first pineapple ever grown so far north, BUFFALO POLICEMAN SLAIN ON HIS BEAT BUFFALO, N. Nov. 20.—Patrol man N. Claus wie, shot to death today when attacked by three men while on his lx at Steve Gerr, zzeaak and Stan islaus Kmiieczaka, both aged 22, were arrested. MING CASES M EMBUS Four Farmers on Trial for the Death of Negro Youth Who Killed White Lad. COLUMBUS, GA., Nov. 20—R E. L. -Land, A. B. Land, W. L. Land and Lee Lynn, all well known and prominent farm ers residing four to five miles north of Co lumbus, were put on trial today in th* superior court of Muscogee county on a charge of murder, in connection with th* lynching of T Z McElhany, a sixteen year-old negro boy, on the afternoon of August 13. The indictments of the men had its origin on June 22, when Cedron Land, the twelve-year-old son of W. L. Land, was killed on a Sunday afternoon and his body hidden in a ditch on his father's farm At the investigation the next day, suspicion pointed to the McElhany negro, ami he was arrested and confessed that lie killed the Land boy with a single barreled shotgun, but claim*-! that It was accidental. -• McElhaney was indicted for murder. On August 1.3, when he was tried, the Jury brought in a verdict of guilty of an unlawful homicide, and Judge Price Gilbert gave him the full penalty of the law, which was three years in the peni tentiary. The light verdict so enraged th* friends of the Land family that, as the officers were taking th*- negro from the court room to the sheriff's office, they were overpowered in the corridor and the prisoner taken away from them, rushed to a street car. placed upon it. and hurried Io the outskirts of the city, where his body was riddled with bullets. lx®) 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE T. A O Y RE N<> CONVENT IS DESTROYED; BY FIRE AT' NIGHT St. Josephs Dormitory and Au ditorium at Washington, Ga., 1 Burned —Loss $35,000. k . SMOKE AROUSES SISTERS, WHO GIVE TIMELY ALARM WASHINGTON, GA., Nov. 20.---Rar4 heroism displayed by nuns saved, nears ly 100 girls from death by fine early this morning in a disastrous blaze that destroyed beautiful St. Josephs acade my in Washington, the largest Cath olic institution In the state. The fire started in the furnace room of the dormitory. Overhead five score* girls, from all par «tate and the South, lay asleep noke crept upward from the blaze It seeped through the doors of the nuns’ room* A veiled sister awoke, gasping for* breath. Nuns' Thought Only of Girls. The sister’s first thought was for hel charges. She awoke her sister nuns and, heroically ignoring the menacing roar that could now be distinctly heard, the work of saving the hundred young lives was begun. Quietly and calmly the nuns went among the school girls, aroused them from their sleep and led them in a long, frightened, huddling line out into the open and to safety. Out on the school grounds, with the last star still faintly shining in a leaden sky, they gave up thanks so? their deliverance. No- prayers were ever more fervent. Neighbors Take In the Refugees. Neighbors who had seen the flames sent in the alarm and helped fight the fire. They took care of the benumbed girls and helped the heroic nuns. Their fire-fighting efforts, however, were fu tile. The attractive school dormitory and auditorium were burned to the ground. The flames, starting in the furnace room, crept steadily on through the basement and ate their way irresistibly toward the roof, leaving only a pile of ruins in their wake. The loss was more than $85,000. Atlanta Girls At Burned School. St. Josephs academy is popular with Atlanta Catholics and about a score of girls from this city are in attendance there at the present time. Father Guinan, of Sacred Heart church, re ceived early news of the blaze, getting the first information by long distance telephone while the fire was still rag ing. Among the girls from Atlanta study ing at St. Josephs are Miss Elizabeth Miller, of Central avenue; Miss Helen Sharp, Miss Dorothy Bailey, Miss Leta Brlcken, Miss Mildred Sault and Miss Thompson. FOREIGNERS VOW TO LYNCH MAN HELD FOR KILLING SYRIAN BOY BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 20 —Feeling in Lackawanna over the muraer or seven year-old Joseph Josephs is so intense that when J. Frank Hickey, the sus pected murderer, arrives here tomorrow he will be lodged in the Erie county jail and will not be taken to Lackawanna. Foreign residents of Lackawanna have threatened to lynch the murderer of the little Syrian boy. An Indictment charging murder in the first degree was rendered by the supreme grand jury here today against J. Frank Inc Key. accused of the murder of seven year-old .Joseph Josephs, of Lackawanna. SPENDS $3,000 IN FUTILE EFFORT TO SAVE SICK DOG CINCINNATI, OHIO, Nov. 20.—When "Monkey,” the twenty-year-old pug dog pet of Mrs. Harry Jackson, took sick her owner spent SB,OOO for doctor's services in a vain effort to bring about a cure. The dog was given an elabo rate funeral. slays vvTfe7baby','”and SELF WITH CHLOROFORM WORCESTER, MASS., Nov. 2V.— John Woo, a grocer, today slew his wife and baby boy with chloroform by sat urating their clothes, and then ‘ended his own life with the same drug.