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THE WEATHER
Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia:
Fair today and tomorrow.
VOL. XI. NO. 99.
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MW FIFE
CISDN
Alleged Murderer of Countess|
Szabo Likely Not To Be
Prosecuted Further.
COUNTY SPENT SIO,OOO
IN HEARING JUST ENDED
Lawyer Refuses to Plead Guilty
to Another Charge to
Gain Liberty.
GOSHEN, N. Y., Nov. 27. —Because
of protests "fsf the citizens of Orange
county against the expense of a second
trial of Burton W. Gibson for the mur
der of Countess Rosa Merjschik Szabo,
belief was expressed here today that
the accused lawyer will not face the
charge again. The trial, which ended
yesterday with a disagreement of the
jury, cost the county SIO,OOO.
District Attorney Rogers, whose term
expires in January, said he would not
take the responsibility of having the in
dictment dismissed, which means that
Gibson will probably have to remain in
jail until January and possibly until
March. «
When asked what he thought of the
proposal to plead guilty to a charge in
New York county to escape further
prosecution, Gibson replied:
‘‘ln the words of one of the jurors, I’d
see hell frozen over first. I intend to
fight every charge against me, for I am
innocent.”
NO HEAT FOR CARS
ON CITY LINES UNTIL
IT IS MUCH COLDER
Although passengers on car lines in
the city have been shivering with the
cold these frosty mornings, no heat has
been turned on and the street car com
pany announces none will be forthcom
ing until the weather turns considera
bly colder.
S. E. Simmons, superintendent of
transportation, has arranged for fuses
in the “hot boxes” and the heat was
turned on in suburban cars today, but
nothing will be done with the other cars
for the present. That the neat is turned
on first in suburban cars is due to the
longer distances to town and the great
er cold. /
The suburban lines which now have
teat are the Atlanta Northern (Mariet
ta i, River line, East Point, Brookhaven
ißuckhead), Hapeville, Decatur, Fed
eral Prison and College Park.
WAYCROSS SCHOOL HEAD
WANTS PRACTICAL WORK
WAYCROSS, GA„ Nov. 27.— Super
! tendent A. G.* Miller, of the public
hools, has asked the board of educa
n to revise the course of study in
i • schools in Waycross. He says in
s report to the board that at present
the school system here is preparing
students for college mostly, and in his
opinion the students should be pre
pared for life.
Superintendent Miller recommends
’he addition of another year to the
■bool course, making eleven years.
1 'ommecrial. domestic science and
”inual training departments are urged
as necessary for the improvement of
the schools.
TIEDEMAN TO RUN AGAIN
IF OFFICE GOES BEGGING
SAVANNAH, GA.. Nov. 27.— Mayor
George W. Tiedeman has telegraphed
from Baltimore that he will make the
lace again if np one else who is satis
factory to the administration forces can
>e persuaded to run. The message
•me to Chairman J. A. G. Carson, m
he committee which called on him to
o’ge the nomination. The mayor agtees
" the race against his personal
l-hes. It is his desire to retire from
"lilies. The mayor had previously •le
aned the honor by telegram from Bal
timore.
PRIVATE HEARINGS FOR
-MOVIE” SHOW MASHERS
SAVANNAH. GA., Nov. 27.—Women
v> lio are annoyed by mashers in moving
i ■ ture theaters will be shown every
consideration when they appear against
the offenders, declares Recorder John
J- Schwarz. The recorder will
: t.T give a private hearing at an fi"Ut
'■hen court is not in session to take the
b ' timony of the complainants in sm it
Cases. Tills policy will be pursued in
1 case now pending against h I
,v'hl linger, who was arrested in a mov
in’. picture theater Saturday
The Atlanta Georgian HXTR4
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Uss For Results. B
: Thanksgiving Menu •
: Os Pure Food Expert • 1
: A Turkey less One
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• WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. —Act- •
• ing Chief Chemist Doolittle, of •
• the department of agriculture, •
• gave out what he considers as the •
I • ideal pure food Thanksgiving me- •
| • nu. Mr, Doolittle has omitted the •
I • historical turkey from his board, •
I • but, true to his boyhood love, he •
I • left mince pie in. The menu fol- •
■ • lows: •
> • Oysters on half shell. Soup. •
• Fish. .
. • Roasted young goose, stuffed •
• with oysters. •
• _ Baked potatoes. Cauliflower. • :
• Fried sweet potatoes. • |
• Celery. Lettuce, with pure •
• olive or cotton seed oil dress- • .
I • ing. a
i • Old-fashioned mince pie, •
; • with plenty of good mine meat.’ •
• Coffee. «
• Dr. Doolittle gave as his ex- •
• cuse for leaving out turkey that •
• at tins season of the year the bird •
• is not. in proper flavor. • :
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Club Women Start :
Making Bread Till
Bakeries Clean Up
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Montgomery Housewives Launch
Campaign for More Hygenic
Food—Boycott Places.
MONTGOMERY, ALA., Nov. 27.
Club women of Montgomery have
joined in a movement to boycott Mont
gomery bakeries. They declare they
will bake their breads at home until the
bakeries clean up.
Agitation against the bakeries was
sprung here last week by Mrs. Caroline
Bartlett, Crane, who declared that there
wasn't a decent bakery in the entire
city. Despite the subsequent protests
of the bakeries. Mrs. Crane was sus
tained by municipal authorities and the
club women took up the campaign for
■ more hygienic food.
The club women maintain that they
do not want the bakeries to install new
machinery, but they demand that they
make their shops more sanitary. Until
they do. the club members have de
termined to “live at home."
“I’M THOUSAND TIMES
OBLIGED TO YOU ALL,”
SAYS MOTHER TO JURY
MACON, GA., Nov. 27.—When L. W.
Malone, a farmer, 21 years old, from
, Randolph county, Alabama, was found
i not guilty here last night at 11 o’clock
’ of the murder of W. Emmett Hodges,
the proprietor of the Seminole club,
■ whom he shot five times and instantly
i killed on last April 22. his old gray
. haired mother, who had wept through
out the trial, rose to her feet and threw
her arms around the foreman of the
, jury, saying:
"I’m a thousand times obliged to you
i a» ”
Malone pleaded self-defense, claiming
that Hodges had robbed him of a purse
of sluo and was trying to shoot him.
At the time of the homicide Malone
was in Macon on his honeymoon. A
’ pathetic feature, disclosed to the jury
by Malone himself, and a fact that
• made an appeal in his favor, is that
' Mrs. Malone will shortly become a
• mother.
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J NEGRO ‘BLIND TIGER’
PAYS SI,OOO FINE IN
GOLD AT WAYCROSS
3 WAYCROSS, GA., Nov. 27.—1 n a po-
• lice raid three alleged operators of blind
tigers were arrested and are under bond
1 pending their trial before the mayor in
1 police court.
f One of'those caught in the raid is
Judge Eelder, a negro who has been
before the courts here repeatedly for
selling whisky. In city court Judge
John (’. McDonald fined Felder SI,OOO.
I and the negro created quite a sensa
tion by paying the fine In gold.
r Felder was given notice then that his
1 next offense would draw a straight gang
’ sentence and if his case gets into a
' higher court that is what he faces.
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INTRUDER ATTACKS INMATE
OF WORKING GIRLS’ HOME
1 MACON, GA.. Nov. 27.—An unknown
1 white man invaded the dormitory of
Heimath hall, a working girls institu-
' tion on Walnut street, after midnight
today and attacked one of the young
women. She awoke to And the man In
n.-r room. She cried for help, when he
| j. rked covers from her bed and tied
I her fast. The appearance of a young
i v. oman from an adjoining room caused
■ tin man to jump from a second-story
■ window. He escaped.
SURGEONS TAKE OUT MAN’S
STOMACH AND REPAIR IT
i NEW YORK, Nov. 27.—Surgeons took
, )U ‘l the stomach of Harry Hair, operated.
‘ scraped it. dose" up one outlet and made
' another, then r. placed It. and 11. lr is now
’ preparing to eat a big Turkey day uin
ier.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1912.
SHOOTSHISI
NEIGHBOR |
FORDUCK
THIEF
Mallory BecTdingfield Perhaps
Fatally Wounds Ferd Gut
tenberger at Macon Home,
VICTIM FALLS INTO ARMS
OF HIS WIFE WHEN SHOT
' Mrs. Guttenberger Rushes Her
Husband to Hospital in
Auto, Then Collapses.
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MACQN,. GA., Nov. 27.—Mistaken for
a burglar by his next door neighbor,
Ferd Guttenberger, one of Macon’s most
popular young men and best musi
cians, was shot just below the heart
last night at 11 o’clock by Mallary
Bedlngfield. Guttenberger is now at
the Macon hospital in a very critical
condition. The attending physicians
despair, of his life.
Mr. and Mrs. Guttenberger, wno had
just returned to their home on Napier
Heights from the theater and had
placed their auto in the garage in the
back yard, ' were on the Way to the
house when Mr. Guttenberger was shot.
He fell in his wife’s arms, while three
more bullets whistled past them.
Mr. Bedingfield says that his ducks,
which are kept in a house a few feet
from the Guttenberger garage, had
been acting as if disturbed for an hour
or more, and when he saw the couple
coming from the direction of the fowl
house he thought they were burglars
and fired four times.
The wounded man was taken to the
hospital by his wife in their machine
and then she collapsed.
Mrs. Guttenberger was Miss Felice
Matthews and is one of Macon’s most
popular young matrons.
At an early hour this morning the
bullet was removed from Mr. Gutten
berger’s back, but the operation is not
believed to have helped him any.
The police accept Mr. Bedingtield's
statements as true and have not made
an arrest.
WHITE YOUTH HELD
FOR THEFT OF COATS
AND GRIPS AT DEPOTS
Systematic thefts of suit cases and
overcoats from the Terminal and Union
stations resulted today in Robert Led
ford, a young white man, being bound
over for trial. Recorder Broyles fixed
his bond at SSOO.
The specific charge against Ledford
was the theft of the overcoat of B. W.
Russell, president of the First National
bank of Alexander City, Ala. Six other
cases are booked against him.
It is declared that Ledford’s plan was
to spot the stuff he was to steal as the
passengers gathered In the waiting
rooms. When the caller announced the
departure of a train, the police say, he
would grab the nearest suit case or
overcoat and hustle toward the gates,
but would always turn off at a side en
trance, which afforded direct communi
cation with a pawn shop.
HUNTER CATCHES ESCAPED
FULTON COUNTY CONVICT
MACON, GA., Nov. 27.—A. P. Fowl
er, a Bibb county telegraph operator,
while hunting for squirrels yesterday,
captured R. J. Love, a prisoner who
had escaped from the state farm. Love
was convicted in Fulton county of sell
ing liquor. He was almost famished
and was asleep on a stack of hay In
an open field. His pockets were full of
walnuts and newly dug sweet potatoes.
He escaped last Sunday and still had
on his convict garments. Mr. Fowler
took Love back to the state farm and
received a reward of $25.
TO FACE TRIAL FOR FIGHT.
WAYCROSS, GA., Nov, 27. —Calvin
Brakes, a young white man who cut
Mose Steed ley in a tight here, is under
SSOO bond for appearance at Ware su
perior court to answer to the charge of
assault with intent to murder. In po
lice court Brakes and St’eedley each
received a $lO fine from the mayor.
BLACKSHEAR WANTS CAR LINE.
WAYCROSS, GA., Nov. 27.—Black-
■ shear people are anxious for the Way
cross StTeet and Suburban Railway to
I extend the line to that town as soon
, as possible. The street oar directors
• will consider the proposition just as
soon as the main city lines are com
pleted.
TO FLY AT ANDERSON, S. C.
; ANDEIiOSN, S. C., Nov 27 - Mrs. ('. P.
■ 1 Rogers. widow of the transcontinental
blrdman. is here from Atlanta to glvs
aeroplane flights TTranksgiviifc day.
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Stick to Mother, Advises Young Girl in Slavery Case
WARNS OF FOOTLIGHTS' LURE
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Uliss Genevieve Goodwin, whose story led the United States government to hold Mrs. Emma
Hudson, and who now warns girls against the lures of the cheap stage.
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$5,183,888 NOW
Credit Capacity Gives Oppor
tunity to Solve Many Per
plexing Problems.
With the needs for better streets, im
provement of parks, police sub-stations
and an increased capacity of virtually
every one of the city’s institutions
pressing". Comptroller J. H. Goldsmith
has issued a statement showing At
lanta’s borrowing capacity to be $5,-
183,800.
This borrowing capacity gives the
city the ability to solve its many per
plexing problems, and dispels the argu
ment of a lack of funds. City officials,
as well as leading citizens, frankly say
municipal improvements are far behind
the developments from private effort.
A conservative estimate of the value
of the city’s waterworks system is $lO,-
000,000. The city’s total borrowing ca
pacity is $10,780,000, Thus one divi
dend-paying asset of the city offsets
the total possible debt.
Here is the detailed statement of
Comptroller Goldsmith, based on 7 pel
cent of the valuation of real and per
sonal property. November, 1912. which
is $154,000,000:
Present bonded debt $6.740,.J" 1
Present floating debt 4W.200
Total debt
, Less sinking fund 1.189.500
Net. debt $.596,200
■ Total borrowing capacity.... 1n,780.000
i Less net debt 5,596.290
Present borrowing capacitys 5,183,800
I WEST VIRGINIA HISTORIAN DYING
MACON CITY, W. VA„ Nov. 27.--
i Hon. Virgil A. Lewis, state historian
anti archivist, is dying here today.
I
Nurse Declares She Is Cured of
Stage Fever by Atlanta
Experience.
Cured of a severe attack of “foot
light fever” by her recent Atlanta ex
perience, Miss Genevieve Goodwin, the
pretty 17-year-old nurse who turned
reformer and caused a Federal inves
tigation of alleged white slavery, says
she hopes her revelations may serve as
a danger signal to young girlv
“Cling tightly to your mother's apron
strings; stay' closely' at home, and shun
the worldly glitter and glamor, is a
message that I would send, through The
Georgian to all young girls,’ especially
those who are stage-struck,” said Miss
Goodwin.
And then she added:
“A girl amid home surroundings and
safeguards, al work for $lO per week,
is far better off than the girl traveling
about the country with strange com
panions at a salary of SIOO per week.”
Dream of Stage Fame Gone.
The girl declares that this, her first
effort to become a stage favorite, is
her last. The dream of becoming a
vivacious and coquettish soubrette, she
said, once was more alluring to her than
the steady’ daily grind of working as a
nurse in a big city hospital, amid the
natural gloom of wholesale human ills,
but when she was awakened rudely, she
saw things in a different light. One
rehearsal satisfied her ambition, she
said, and she now Is ready to return to
the simple life. ,
To a Georgian reporter today Miss
Goodwin made the first definite disclo
sures concerning her identity. She had
i fraihed from talking of herself, she
said, because of her distaste for noto
riety.
Lives in Little K-ntucky Town.
Miss Goodwin's home is In Pineville,
Ky., where she is 'fwell known and
popular. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Goodwih. Her father is a well
to-do con,tractor and builder. Miss
11 ' in recently her home for Cin
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Continued on Page Two.
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SIB,OBO IIM OF
80 MEN TODAY
Autos Pressed Into Service to
Reach Outlying and Fac
tory Districts.
In order to reach a greater number of
people in their whirlwind campaign for
the Associated Charities the Ad Men
today are sending out five teams of
three men each in automobiles.
They will canvass the outlying dis
tricts of the city, taking in the facto
ries and establishments of various
kinds which can not be reached on
foot.
I p to date the Ad Men have raised a
total of about $7,500. With $25,000 as
their goal, they are determined to get
SIO,OOO today, and they hope to get the
balance in a final canvass Thursday
morning.
The campaign Is not by any means
limited to donations of cash. The Ad
Men art just as glad to ftgt subscrip
tions to be paid it the convenience of
the subscriber, and likewise are dis
tributing blank cards to enroll sus
taining members of the Associated
Charities.
These sustaining members are really
the backbone of the association’s
finances, as what they give is all it can
count on as a regular income.
The Ad Men find no lack of interest
. nor lack of inclination to give. Their
campaign has been so well advertised
that the people know about it. Their
main difficulty, therefore, is to see the
pt opie.
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SEEK TO BE ALDERMEN.
WAYCROSS, GA., Nov. 27.—Allen 8.
’ Morton and J. A. Lott, who have servde
8 previously on the board of aidermen,
- are candidates again. Mr. Morton
■seeks to become aiderman from the
fifth and Mr. Lott from the First.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE \7o«e°
■■"A
TURNDOWN
BULGARS'
TERMS
Reject Proposals and Make
Counter Offer—Chances of
Peace Remote.
DELAY ADDS GREATLY
TO OTTOMAN STRENGTH
Sultan’s Men Take Heart at
Embroiled Condition of
European Affairs.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Nov. 27.—Tur
key today rejected the peace proposals
of the Bulgarian government when the
negotiations between tjie plenipotentia
ries were resumed in the private rail
way car formerly owned by Abdul
Hamid, near Chatalja.
Nazim Pasha, the Turkish commandi
er-ln-chlef and war minister, offered
counter proposals, which he had been
authorized by the porte to make, and
these were taken under consideration
by General Savoff, the Bulgar com
mander-in-chief, and his two fellow
commanders.
That the Bulgar envoys countenanced
at all the proffer of Turkish peace con
ditions indicated that they had been
clothed with wider powers by the Sofia
government than had been expected.
Many reports were current here
throughout the day. The first was that
the Bulgars, after withdrawing for cur
sory perusal of the Turkish counter
terms, had rejected them and prepared
to return to the Bulgarian camp.
Negotiations
Reported Collapsed.
This was followed by another report
that the Bulgarian envoys were mark
ing time, having telegraphed to Czar
Ferdinand and Premier Guechoff for
further instructions. Another report,
and one that was received with consid
erable credence, was that the negotia
tions had collapsed and that hostilities
would be resumed.
There is no doubt from the attitude of
the Turkish government officials that
Grand Vizier Kiamil Pasha down, that
the Turks are gaining heart from the
growing danger signs in Europe that
might embroil the Balkan league with
one or more European powers, and
that the position of the Ottoman gov
ernment has become markedly stronger
within the past 48 hours.
During tlie lull in the fighting brought
about by the present armistice, the
Turks have worked night and day to
strengthen the defenses of this city.
New trenches have been dug along the
Chatalja lines, and artillery placed In
stronger positions.
Porte Wants to
Join Confederacy.
There was a recurrence here today of
the report that the porte is making
overtures to join the Balkan confeder
acy, In order to retain as much as pos
sible of her territory in Europe.
Developments along other lines have
come to light, showing that Turkey is
drifting rapidly toward the triple al
liance as the most likely means of get
ting help from the European powers.
Germany, ths strongest country in the
triple alliance, has been on the friend
liest terms with Turkey during recent
years.
The government still is moving all
the available Asiatic troops northward
to the Bosphorus, and it now has a
reserve force of about 10,000 within 25
miles of the capital In Asia Minor. The
war office announces that the cholera
situation in the Turkish camp is im
proving.
General War
Clouds Heavier
VIENNA. Nov. 27. —Austria has re
jected Emperor William's proposal to
submit her controversy with Servia to
a council of the powers, adding a new
note of alarm today to a situation al
ready overburdened with perils.
Austria has adopted a "hands off*
policy, Foreign Minister Vonßereht
hold and Emperor Francis Joseph hav
ing arrived at a program by which
they are determined to deal directly
' with Servia without outside interfer
ence.
The dual monarchy has given notice
of its willingness to go into an inter
national conference after her quarrel
with Servia Is settled. Although re
ports of safety of M. Prochaska, the
’ Austrian consul at Prisrend, who was
reported to have been killed by Ser-
J vian troops, removed one obstruction
; to peace, yet the controversy over Ser
vian occupation of Adriatic ports ant
k