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VOL. XI. NO. 98.
COMRADES
RISK LIS I
TORESCUE !
FIREMAN
Lieutenant Peel. Knocked Un-1
conscious in Burning House,
Is Suffocation.
2 RESIDENCES DAMAGED
AS FLUE STARTS BLAZE'
Neighbors Save the Furniture'
of One Tenant Who Was
Vacating Place.
Lieutenant John Peel, of fire compa
ny No. 11. was knocked unconscious as
.e played a hose inside tlie burning
residence of J. R. Cobble, 150 West Pine
street, at 10:30 o’clock today. Though
the room in which he fell was filled ■
with smoke and the flames were raging i
all about him, comrades rushed to the I
rescue and dragged him from the burn
ing building.
The fire started as Cobble, an engi
neer on the Southern railway, was
moving his furniture from the house to
his new residence in Hunnicutt street.
A defective flue is said to have been the
cause.
All of his goods had been moved, with
the exception of one wagon load of fur
niture. When the flames were seen,
neighbors rushed to his aid and saved
everything.
Adjoining House
Also Is Damaged.
The flames spread to the next house, f
146 West Pine street, occupied by M F. j
Boisclaire, a merchant at Luckie and |
'West Pine streets.
When the firemen arrived Lieutenant
Peel led the attack on the flames in the
Cobble residence. Mounted on a lad
dr, he was playing the hose, when a
streak of flame leaped out and burned
his hand. He attempted to hold the
hose with one hand while he tried to
shove the ladder farther away from the
fire.
The stream was too strong. The noz
zle flew from his grasp and struck him
on the head. He fell to the floor un
conscious.
The room was filled with smoke, and
fellow firemen had difficulty in finding
him. When he was carried to the air
he was suffering from the smoke in his
lungs as well as the blow on his head.
Lieutenant Peel
Not Hurt Badly.
He was taken In an automobile to
his home in Fourth street, where he
soon recovered consciousness. His in
juries are not serious.
Roofs of both houses were destroyed,
hut on account of the work of the
neighbrs the damage eras limited.
R. M. Rose, a railroad conductor,
owns the Boisclaire property, while
Jack and Frank Kramer are the own
ers of the Cobble residence.
Lieutenant Peel is a brother of Mrs.
Jacques Futrelle, widow of the famous
writer who went down with the Titanic.
WILSON, RECOVERED
FROM INDIGESTION,
TO BANQUET TONIGHT
Hamilton, Bermuda, Nov. 26.
President-elect Wilson, who has been
suffering from a slight attack of indi
gestion, had regained his normal
'faith today. Tills evening the presi
ent-elect will be the guest of honor at
1 state dinner given by the governor
general, Lieutenant General Sir George
•fl. Bullock, and he has accepted an in
vitation to play tennis and take tea on
L-~e governor general’s estate this aft
ernoon.
*No special preparations have b< < n
made for Thanksgiving dinner by the
Wilson family, although if they have
turkey it will be cold storage bird in
ne United States, as turkeys are not
'uised here.
The president-elect has planned to go
” Staunton, Va„ his birthplace, on De
cember 28 for the celebration of ms
h’ty-sixth birthday.
alleged libeler of
ROOSEVELT TO GO TO
TRIAL DECEMBER 31
Marquette, mich., Nov. 26. -
Judge S. E. Byrne today formally set
I-’- "ember 31. next, as the date of th"
”>il of George A. Newett. editoi and
I’tiblisher of the Ishpeming Iron < >r<.
Cha ged by Theodore Roosevelt, with
final libel.
action wm taken on i stip ‘-
n by the attorneys and which a
■ 1 when the ease was called. Neitm-i |
was personally represented -n
RACES
results.
at JAMESTOWN.
' Old 1 Com A 4 C ? n ' T 2 ’ first: Jonquil, 8-5 J
, ° coin, 4-5. Also ran: Cordie F Chil- 1
hog s\ n haner r 'p i u Latent/’sand-I
| nog. Schaller, Pikes Mama John- |
i Second—Rosturtium, 92, first- Tarts 2- 1
' loh' 8 n a ’v I >; 2 ’ , Ln: ' WamkJ'piner: ’
|.venor?Ar n Bl ° n ’ Scall^a ß- Gros-|
a r ’ 10^ et ’ 6 ’ 5, flrst l Takahlra, 2;
ern nJnk 4 ;-, AISO M'mf.y Fox. West-
S? !le - Ol ?a?er. Sylvestres, Rose Queen,
j , ) ] a Knial1 ’ Spindle, Chilton Qiueen, Father-
2.in o ro«~ c C a ugh , hlll l 5 ’ 2 - Bebago,
| f 3- Also ran: Spohn. Fly-
j jorie? an te ’ B ac k Bay, Sherwood, Mar
\. F M tl ?r Lad , of Langdon, 2, first; Grania,
'chth' □’*' V ls " ran: Gagnant, Elma,
P, Squ ? w ’ hrank Purcell. The Gard
ner, 4enotle.i st. Reg'.s, Bertis, Billv
I * intierveer, XimbuK.
I-S‘ A xth Supervisor, 3, first; Bancrella, i
Ui; Accord, 1-2. Also r dn ; Springmass,
; Herbert furner. Gohlen Castle. Hedge
• Rose, Master Jim and ?j_,ord Elam.
Seventh—James Dockery, 7-2; Dyna- i
mite, 8; Aplaster, fj-5. Also ran: Breaker
Bo y, Colonel Cook, Henry Hutchinson
ano Mleweiss.
ENTRIES,
j r-,. AT JAMEJiTOWN.
i f IRS'f—Two year old maidens, S3OO,
i selling, 514, furlongs:' xFairy Godmother
I 104, xSyosset 104. .CKewessa 107. Kelly
1109, Richland 109, Lltidesta 109, Gardenia
I tor, Astute 109, Hands All Around 109,
Turkey in the Straw 112, R. H. Gray 112,
j Frank Hutchinson 112. Also eligible:
I Chicane 109.
SECOND—Three year olds and up,
hurdle handicap, $30(1. short course, about
two miles: Sanetim till, Benora 132, Tom
Kirby 135, Uncle Oliver 135, Renault 137
Nottingham 139, NoT'bftt 140, Orderly Nat
142. Lizzie Flat 14 7.
THIRD—Two ytiar olds, S3OO. selling,
mile: xLaSalner »!la 94, xSyoset 94,
xKinderlou 99, xEllsi Grane 103, Cordie F.
101. Mary Ann K. 104, Province 104,
Nimesis 1.04, Fiel 104, Brush 106, Wilds
107, Fly By Night 14 9, Schaller 109, Sand
hog 109.
FOURTH—Norfoll) consolation handi
cap. purse S4OO, a| i ages, mile: Nash
| Cash SI. Elamina 9| Sir Blaise 97, White
Wool 100. Hoffman 1 02, Volthdrpe 104, Joe
Diebold 104, Prinuai Ahmed 109, Carlton
I G. 114.
FIFTH -Three ya ir olds and up, purse
S3OO, selling. 6 furl ongs: Slim Princess
101, xV. Powers 103, xGold Cap 104, Duke
Daffy 104, Nnrnoc, .1. V.. Jr., 106. Tod
dling 106. xArgonau t 107, Lady Sybil 109,
Kaufman 10!'. Miss Jonah 109, Bad News
11. 109, Haldeman 1.12 Also eligible:
Howler 106.
SIXTH Three ye ar olds and up. S3OO,
selling. 6 furlongs: xFond 99, xChilton
Chief 99, xHallaek 101. xThe Squire 101,
xSidon 102, xMbn .? mi 104. Island Queen
104, Commoner’s Tl such 104, Concurran
10’. Grenida 103, Berkeley 112. Theo.
Cook 112. Also elif ;ible: Bertis 112.
SEVENTH Three year olds and up.
S3OO. selling. ■ mils and one-sixteenth:
xl.ad of Langdon I 04. Ragman 96, Caliph
97. Daingerfield "'IO. Little England 101,
j R ival Meteor 1.0. t Tannie 102. Jacquelina
I 104. xCoppertowt: I 105, Breaker Boy 105.
■ xWorking Lad t0 A Running Account 106,
.Irish Kid 10S. El Oro 109, Lawton Wig-
I gins 111. Mudsill 112.
x Apprentice all owanhe claimed.
I Weather fast.
J :
FATHER AND 2 SONS
SLAIN IN ATTACK ON
SHERIFF AND AIDS
OLIVE BRAN! 'H. MISS.. Nov. 26
In a revolver bat tie, which followed an
attempt of cour t. officers to serve a
judgment execut ion early today, four
men were kille< 1 and three others
wounded. .
The dead:
SHERIFF W. T. HARRIS.
G. W. TREAT »WAY. wealthy farmer.
TREADWAY’ S TWO SONS.
The injured:
Three deputy phetiffs.
Another son -of Treadway was cap
tured after a hr ni? pursuit. A lynching
is feared. .
When the < ifiici-rs came to the Tread
way house t»' serve the papers they
were invited to step inside. After they
had entered t h< -y were attacked.
SUES WIF E HE SAYS
WAS ASI IAMED TO BE
SEEN OUT WITH HIM
Hershel Ki Ipatrlck told superior court
today that his wife was ashamed of him
and flatly refused to be seen in his
company on tl,e street. He argued her
attitude entil.li -d him to a divorce.
Kilpatrick asserted that he married
Lelah Harlin g In April, 1912, and lived
with her ha) i| lily until June, 1912. in
June, he said', his wife visited her par
ents in South Carolina and failed to
write
On her rett in, lie maintained, sue
called him ove r the telephone and told
him that she v -as tired of him and was
really ashamed to be seen on the street
with’him. H<. jwever. he said, she had
never n-fralno d from taking and spend
ing the mona y he had lavished upon
her.
GI R L I ELLS POLICE
STEPFA THER TREATED
DOG Bf LI TER THAN HER
“M ’ stepfl ether has an old hound dog
that he tr?B ted better than he did me,
and that's ii Ist why I left home and de
termined to go out into the world and
battle for nl yself,” today explained Lula
McCoy, 17 .' ears of age, who has asked
the aid of * be police in finding work.
.Miss M« Coy Is being Cared for by
Matron B’ ihnefeld until a place can be
found for her.
"I’m not looking for charity, but
work," suid the girl. “I’m perfectly
able to work and want to make my own
living.”
TO I3UY COLLEGE PROPERTY.
n« -4» ASVILLE. GA.. Nov. 26.—That
the ■•it-y Os Thomasville will purchase the
building!< and grounds of Youngs college
proper t’ for public schools seems prac
tical!; assured as the result of a mass
meeting of citizens liehi here. A commit
tee w appointed to examine the propel
!tv and tepor at another mass meeting
to be held on Frida.- nigh-
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1912.
11. 5. HOLDS
WOMAN ON
NURSE'S
STOOY
Mrs. Emma Hudson Is Bound
Over When U. S. Officer
Hears Girl’s Story.
WARRANTS AGAINST 4
MEN ARE DISMISSED
■
Young Nurse Repeats Narra
tive of Theatrical Experi
ence in Atlanta.
Mrs. Emma Hudson was bound over
this afternoon accused in a “white
slave" plot in the case of Miss Geneva
Goodwin, a 19-yeai -old trained nurse
who was brought to Atlanta last week,
ostensibly to act as a chorus girl in the
Metropolitan Musical Comedy company.
Warrants against four men in the com
pany were dismissed. Bond for SI,OOO
was assessed against Mrs. Hudson and I
put up by George Zellner, one of the
backers of the company. It is return
able on .he first Monday in Marclj.
1913.
Early in the afternoon it was known j
that warrants against Zellner and Jack
Amason had been dropped, while later
the warrants against Robert Grier and
A. J. Ponder, the backer of the show,
also were dismissed. Mrs. Hudson
alone was held because of her alleged
endeavors to persuade the Goodwin girl
to fall in with the ways of the com
pany. -•—« - —nW 1 * •»
United States Commissioner Colquitt
expected to hear a number of women
witnesses at 3 o’clock, but shortly after
that time he announced that he had
determined to bind over Mrs. Hudson
and no more witnesses were heard.
34 Women Were
Called as Witnesses.
Miss Goodwin took the stand this
morning before United States Commis
sioner Colquitt in the Federal building.
A feature of the session was the ap
pearance of 35 women witnesses sub
penaed by both sides.
Miss Goodwin testified that she was
a nurse in Cincinnati when she was
engaged by a theatrical booking agen
cy and agreed to come to'Atlanta to
join the Metropolitan Musical Comedy
Company. She arrived here at 3 a. in.
and was met by Robert Grier and taken
to 34 Garnett street, where she was in
troduced to Mrs. Emma Hudson. She
found beer bottles and cigarette stumps
in the room, and, becoming frightened,
told the members of the troupe that
she preferred to sleep in a hotel. Mrs.
Hudson, she said, offered to share her
bed with her, but the offer was refused
and Geneva was taken by Arthur Jack
son to the Cumberland hotel, where she
spent the night.
Girl Declares She
Never Flirted.
She went back to the Garnett street
house the next day and was told, she
declared, that she must live as the wife
of one of the "odd" men in the com
pany, and Jack Amason and Ja<ckson
were designated as "odd.” She talked
a while and smoked a cigarette, but
refused beer. After the company en
joyed more beer, the girl went back to
the hotel. The next day she applied
for a place as nurse at the Grady and
St. Josephs hospitals, but was turned
down. She could get no money from
the-troupe, she declared, to buy a tick
et back to Cincinnati.
On cross-examination, the girl
named her'father for the first time.
He is W. A. Gobdwin, of Pineville, Ky.,
a construction contractor for a coal
mining company. Geneva said she had
been two months in Cincinnati as an
under nurse and previously a sales girl
at a department store at Pineville and
previous to that time stayed at home.
She said she had gone to a local drug
store with Jack Amason for cigarettes
for Mrs. Hudson. She said she told the
members of the troupe that she didn’t
flirt under any conditions.
Says Mrs. Hudson
Only Made Proposal.
In concluding her, testimony, the
Goodwin girl declared that no member
of the company, with the exception of
Mrs. Hudson, had tried to teach her
anything immoral, although Amason
had told her nobody was Inclined to be
prudish.
Detective Chewning testified that he
; had gone to 34 Garnett street looking
i for the company, but was told by a
■ drayman that the company's effects had
! been taken to the Terminal station. The
' detective said he later found the troupe
; t 270 Whitehall street. Detective J. H.
Lt -a Is testified to the same facts.
I James Hardaway, a stenographer,
FIRST PHOTO Z OF HARVARD-YALE GAME
/ A
i Osar W' ■ K- Il i
‘'' ‘ '■
This remarkable picture, taken Saturday at New Haven shows “Lefty’' Flynn in the act
of getting away one of his fa mens punts. “Lefty’.’had not been given good support and was
forced to hurry his kick, but t he great long leg proved equal to the occasion and the result was
a 65-vard drive which held back the Crimson attack several minutes.
GOVERNOR HO’I
er plea of ||
Brother of
Stella Hearn to Escape
Chaingang Term.
Won by the plea of fourteen-yi av
oid Stella Hearn, \vho yesterday peti
tioned Governor Brown, in person, to
order her 16-year-old brother. Love
Hearn, sent to the state reformatory,
rather than to the Fulton county chain
gang. to which he had been sentenced
in Judge Calhoun’s court, the governor
today granted the gill’s prayer. Young
Hearn will be taken to the reformatory
at Milledgeville for a term of service
corresponding with his chaingang sen
tence.
Stella Hearn w;as very happy this
morning when she called at the capitol
and was informed that the governor
had agreed to gran*, her request.
“I am sure Love will make a well
behaved prisoner,” said Miss Hearn,
“and I am deeply grateful to Governor
Brown. 1 am sure lie has a kind heart.
I felt that he would grant my request.
1 went to him on my own motion, and
because I felt that 1 could reach him
and explain to him about Love.”
The governor said that he did not
feel he would be doing right to “(.-lose
the door of hope” either to young Hearn
or his sister. He believes that a bet
ter purpose can be served by sending
Hearn to the reformatory.
SNEAD, ON STAND,
TELLS OF PLOT TO
KIDNAP CHILDREN
FORT WORTH. TEXAS, Nov. 26.
John B. Snead took the stand today in
his own behalf at his second trial for
the murder of Captain A. G. Boyce in
the Metropole hotel last winter. Snead
swore that when lie found his wife and
Captain Boyce’s son. with whom she
hail eloped to Winnipeg, Canada, she
confessed that the Boyce family was
plotting to kidnap the jSnead children
and send them to their mother in Can
ada.
W. A. Weaver, a Bokchito, Okla.,
lawyer, was arrested today charged
with perjury with the testimony lie
gave yesterday. He had sworn that the
elder Boyce saw Snead in the Metropole
hotel and made a scurrilous remark
about him just a few moments before
the shooting occurred. The state’s at
torney swore out the perjury warrant.
Later Weaver was relta»< ! on SI,OOO
ball.
swore that he took a statement from
Mrs, Hudson at the police station, in
which she asserted that Grier had wired
the girl $lO to Cincinnati, so she could
come on down.
Tlie Federal authorities tills after
noon withdrew tlie warrants against
Jack Amerson and Arthur Jackson in
the “white slave" cases, and indicated
that they would withdraw those against
tlie ottie; men. but continue tlie prose
cution of Mrs. Hudson.
CAN’T STOP PROSPERITY
NOW, ASSERT STATESMEN
WASHINGTON. Nev. 26 -That the
Jiilext UMbsy- is baskiug in the
glow of the greatest prosperity she
lias ever enjoyed, is the optimistic view
of members of the president's cabinet,
senators, representatives and other
prominent men who are pouring into
the national capital preparatory to the
opening of congress.
With the country's granaries bulging
with the fruits of a bumper harvest and
her wheels of industry grinding, public
men today declared that even the
change in administration would not
change the conduct of business
throughout the nation.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is
among the most optimistic, assuring
tlie nation that the agriculturists' pock
ets are full. .
Nothing Wrong
With Business.
“Nothing is the matter with condi
tions in the business world,” said the
dean of the cabinet today. "Every
thing looks fine and with the magnifi
cent crops we have harvested this fall
I see no reason for apprehension. The
farmers are obtaining good prices, and
that means plenty of money in circula
tion.”
"The prosperity which we are enjoy-
Happiness of Senator Tillman Is at Stake
FIGHTING FOR CHILDREN
COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 26.—Hearing of
an action of law which has as its stake
the happiness of United States Senator
Benjamin it. Tillman began today in the
South Carolina supreme c*urt, Chief Jus
tice Gary presiding.
The petitioner in fact is Benjamin It
Tillman, Jr., but his aged father is the
one who is purshing the pending ease.
The hearing was before tlie full supreme
court. Many women prominent In (he
higher social walks of tlie state and men
of high prestige were present. Senator
Tillman was one of the most conspicuous
figures at the hearing. His son, Benja
min R. Tillman, Jr., the son's divorced
wife and their two little daughters,
Douschka Pickens and Sarah Stark Till
man, were also in the court room.
At noon the hearing was adjourned un
til next Monday in order that the counsel
for young Tillman might present evid
ence in rebuttal to several affidavits sub
mitted by the deponent, Mrs. Lucy Dugas.
Each side was allowed one hour for pe
tition and exhibits of B. It. Tillman, Jr.,
and the return affidavit and exhibits of
the deponent, Mrs. Dugas. The reading
of these documents, both of which were 1
voluminous, consumed practically the j
whole time of the court until near noon, ]
when a recess of ten minutes was taken.
After the recess Henry A. Tillman, of
counsel for the petitioners asked for an
extension of time to put in evidence af
fidavits In rebuttal to those Mrs. Dugas,
alleging that B It. Tillman, Jr., had been
under the influence of intoxicating liquors
in November of this year. This the court
allowed, extending the time until Monday.
The case Is remarkable because of the
fact that the aged senator. In the bill of
particulars tiled with the court, has ad
mitted that ids son has been a drunkard,
though he is now reformed.
The suit is for the custody of the sena
tor's two grandchildren, the offspring of
his son and his daughter-in-law. formerly
Lucy Dugas, a granddaughter of former
Gorver I’ivkens. of this state. At present
the little ones are in the custody of their
I mother, who resides at Edgefield, but who
NIGHT
IDITIQN -
Ing now,” said Secreary of Commerce
and Labor Nagel, "has. in my opinion,
come to stay, and I do not look for
even a disturbance of it for a long
time.”
Other opinions about the prosperity
reign today were:
Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia:
“There is every reason to anticipate
prosperous times in the United States.
The industries of the country have
nothing to fear from Democratic revi
sion of the tariff, and the present pros
perity will go on indefinitely.”
No Depression
Is Coming.
Senator Borah, of Idaho: “I am not
anticipating any business depression
because of the coming administration.”
Senator Smoot, of Utafi: "In my
judgment, the tariff bills the Demo
crats will pass at the extra session will
not be so radical as to affect the reign
of prosperity.”
Speaker Champ Clark: “With the
biggest crop ever raised, with a short
age of labor and with all the factories
in the land working overtime or behind
with orders, the chances are 10 to 1
against any disturbance of the present
prosperous era.”
is said to be contemplating their removal
from the state.
This is the second attempt of the
aged statesman to secure the two chil
dren. On the first occasion the court de
cided that the mother was better prepared
to rear the children because of the father’s
weakness for liquor, which we.s alleged
by his young wife.
The senator, on that occasion, wrote
into a petition, which he submitted to the
court, a pitiful appeal. “We love jjiem,”
he wrote in the midst of the formal legal
paper. "We love them dearly and we will
care for them tenderly.”
Wife Won Decision.
Despite all his personal popularity and
influence, however, the court decided In |
favor of Mrs. Tillman, Jr., holding as
just her allegations to the effect that
young Tillman was a drunkard and was
unable to support their children. The, sen
ator was much downcast by this finding
and for a long time refused to discuss his
son's falling. He was overtaken by a
paralytic stroke which nearly cost him
| his life. During his convalescence he
[ called for the children continually, rnourn
| Ing their loss in his delirium.
| In the summer of 1912 Mrs. Tillman, Jr.,
| got a divorce In Ohio from her husmand,
the senator's young son, and since that
I time she lias lived in Edgefield. It was
I in 1910, two years before the divorce de
cree, that the children were granted to
I her by the South Carolina supreme court,
after a severe fight against Senator and
Mrs. Tillman and B. R. Tillman, Jr.
In the South Carolina court today the
case was begun in which the Tillmans are
making their last effort to get the chil
j dren away from their mother.
WORLD SOCIALIST STRIKE
CALLED TO PROTEST WAR
BASLE. Nov. 26.—The International
Socialist congress, in convention here
today ordered a 24-hour strike on De
icember 16 us a protest against war.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
VICTORY FOR
UNIONS IN
MIKE
VERDICT
By Majority Decision Pas
chai and Morgan Are Or
dered Reinstated.
WICKERSHAM HANDS IN
A DISSENTING OPINION
If 16-Hour Law Was Broken.
Mediators Declare It Was
Done at Official Behest.
Railroad unions won a sweeping vic
tors- today when the board of arbitra
tion of the Georgia railroad strike sus
tained the contentions of the striking
organizations on every point and or
dered the reinstatement of the men,
w-hose discharge precipitated the walk
out. /
The decision was handed down in
the United States court room at noon,
it was the majority opinion of F. W.
Burgess, representing the unions, and
Judge William L. Chambers, of Wash
ington, D. C., the third arbitrator,
named by the United States depart
ment of commerce and labor.
President C. A. Wickersham, of the
Atlanta and West Point, handed in a
dissenting opinion.
Morgan and Paschal
Ordered Reinstated.
The arbitrators ordered that Conduc
tor J. T. Paschal, whose discharge
caused the strike of the Order of Rail -
road Conductors, be reinstated imme
diately with full pay from the time ol
his discharge.
They ordered that A. M. Morgan
the discharged trainman whose cas«
caused the walkout of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, be reinstated
immediately with full pay from ten
days after the time of his discharge.
In the Paschal case; the Georgia rail
road officials maintained that he hftc
violated the sixteen-hour law. The
arbitrators ruled that if he had vio
lated this law he had done it under in
structions of officials of the road ano
could not be censured.
Verdict a Complete '$ t
Victory for Unions.
Morgan was discharged for turnin/1
in an expense account larger than his
legitimate expense. The majority ruled
that his offense was technical; that
when the trainman's attention was
called to the discrepancy he made it
good promptly. The most severe pen
alty they could conceive of was a
ten days’ suspension. It was therefore
ordered that he be reinstated and paid
for all the time he lost except the ten
days immediately following the order
for his discharge.
The members of the board met at 9
o'clock to prepare their decision. At
that time it was said that minor differ
ences between Wickersham and Bur
gess alone prevented a decision. It was
Judge Chamb'ers’ desire to straighten
out these differences before making the
report.
The decision today ends the last
chapter of the strike, which during Sep
tember threatened to tie up the entire
railroad system of Georgia.
Paschal to Blame,
Says Wickersham. •
Mr. Wickersham maintained that
Paschal had violated the railroad bul
letin, as well as the sixteen-hour law,
I when he undertook to carry his train
from Conyers to Lithonia. He de
clares :
“When Paschal left Conyers, knowing
as he must that he could not get to
Lithonia, put his train on a siding and
go off duty, he deliberately created a
‘condition where he must of necessity
violate the law, subjecting the company
for which he worked to penalty, and
the violation is flagrant, for the reason
that at Conyers Conductor Paschal bad
i ample opportunity to obtain orders ir
i regard to what he should dot with his
i train.
| He admitted that the discipline ad
ministered for the initial offense was
i too severe. Mr. Wiekersham says that
a suspension of 30 days would have
been proper, but adds significantly,
“When tlie management first under
took to deal with him," provided Pas
chal had admitted he violated' his in
structions.
Considering Paschal’s attitude, he
declares the sentence imposed was just
He favored reinstatement if Patella
could be induced to admit that he wa:
guilty of a violation of the rules am
instructions.