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THE WEATHER Fc ecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Generally fair today and tomorrow. VOL. XL NO. 115. SERMONS ON CLAYGRIME CONVERT DOZEN Service Stressing the Fate of Young Slayer Results in an Old-Fashioned Revival. MAM HANGED FRIDAY SAW FRIEND DIE ON GALLOWS Roth. Fellow Workers Under Wheeler Mangum. Now High Sheriff. Killed Wives. ’i :.:eu and women are taking v o Income members of the i -wing sermons last night ■p. crime and execution of i C ay. wife slayer. : i tilling iilled the Jones Ave - • hat ch last night to hear ami Rev. Chauncey ■ ■ on the lessons drawn from . m.ance on the scaffold, gnd c , .■ - rrnuns were concluded many a forward with professions of ,on and a declaration that they m .join the church and be saved. ar shown at this service that m<er had not profited in his |> .n example which came i rue to him. it was announced, irst rime, that Clay had been a . lie execution of George ~ii iha. same gallows a year be by the side of Burge . . red him die tor mtlrdering his hi’ a Sent to Death Fmhaei Employer. , 0.-en a fellow switchman of a t n Western and Atlantic ■t both had served under < Wheeler Mangum, who aft- ■ a.':.- sheriff and pulled the I "th victims of the gallows. I < "ay. with Burge's fate so .u... < i on Ids memory, went ■ ..Co' ■■ fa. the same crime a Burge there —the mur , A,. \ er'during ills two a. conversation before ' I "ax spe; k of his having . w- at work, but members .ii i Hr ,1 the iucident yes- \\ a . ami .Mr Foote were i: i . ■ eatii chamber when • -uteil. and they held joint id ii. each - -leaking on i ( y's life. Each ex .! f t at Clay was saved, a o a.mui'dr r In his " s .1.1 Mr. Wallace. .•a i i. ■ if.ssed his sin and ex : nee ■ was no longer a r.' • roul is certainly in ■ ■ 1 ice Btcoires O’. ■ Fa?h io: scl Revive 1. i< turm-d into an old-fa§Ti- ■ i .i\ ■' meeting when the ser- < ncludeJ. Min and women w. dm, all over the house, and at i went forward to shake i'h the ministers, join in th" i .nd profess their desii" ’ ■ e Ved. of Clay al Westview '■ :• -t "’.'day afternoon was at b a eonuomse of more than ■ ■ >n . many of whom had been ■' ■ of i'll services at the mortuary in South Pryor street. '■■ >i the .-ervfees were concluded ' ■ i! igii Wallace announced that the Ihi ould ■>. opened, at the request ' ' ' ."'..lives, and all who liked '■'<'■* :.i "ii th- face of t'm dead ■'■o ariy ever' one of the thou* niany with clil’dren in their arms, - ■■ forward to gaze into the coffin. ” procession past the open casket r’inued foi more than an hour before curiosity seeker was satisfied. bloodhounds on trail of slayer of watchman SPRINGFIELD, ILL, Dee. 16.—Nigh; dehmnn John Shaw was killed in an ' 'apt to quell a riot in a cabin one "iie-half miles west of Virden. A ilw- of Italians wen injured and tiinono alleged slayer of Shaw, '•d from a posse. More trouble is 'd by the authorities. •'■neriff Etter, of Carlinville, had been to tire scene, and Strutnpher's >e trail of Oinonc. SENATOR SMOKES CIGAR WHILE HIS TOE IS CUT OFF WASHINGTON. Dee. 16.—Senator 1 -njanfln F. Shively, of Indiana, had of the toes of his right foot cut off ■ local hospital to prevent blood 'oning. Senator Shively refused to he ether or chloroform. During the nation he smoked a cigar. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. 16-Yr-01d Bandit and Pals Hold Up and Rob 50 Men in Crap Game Three Members of Famous Auto Robber Gang Surprise Pool Hall Crowd. CHICAGO. Dec. 16.—A sixteen-year old bandit, one of the gang of auto rob bers who have terrorized parts of Chi cago, is being eagerly sought by the po lice today and by Jacob Goldman, pro prietor of a restaurant and “pool hall” 'on the west side. The lad and two of ' his companions forced 50 men in Goid i man's place to stand with their backs ! against the wall and hand out their | money and give up their jewelry. The loot amounted to about $1,200. Accord ing to the various reports of the rob bery, the 5o men were engaged in a ''quiet” game of craps, while the patrol man in the district industriously trudg ed up and down the opposite side of the I street. > The auto rolled quietly to a side street i tnd stopped. Tlie bandits tiptoed up a ■ board walk to the side door of the i Goldman place. They gave the "regu lar signal," and Goldman opened the side door. “It’s the captain," whispered a voice. Goldman opened the door a little fur ther. The bandits poked a couple of revolvers at him. Then the robbery followed. MRS. PRINGLE TO SUE ACCUSING NEIGHBORS FOR HEAVY DAMAGES MA<'ON. GA.. Dec. 16.—Thirteen Ma con men, several of whom are classed as prominent citizens, will be sued for heavy damages on the ground that they libeled the character of Mrs. Addie May- Pringle by petifloning city council to “make her move from the Mercer college neighborhood. In the trial of Mrs. Pringle in police court Saturday her innocence was com pletely established, and the case against her was dismissed. Il was during the trial that her attorney. State Senator W. D. McNeil, called the thirteen men "craven, cowardly curs.” ami had a tight with one of the witnesses after the trial because he would not retract what he had said. It is announced today that Mr. and Mrs. Pringle are going to sue jointly for damages, naming aii thirteen of the men as defendants, and particularly V. A. Williams. V! D. Lavender and R. A. Thompson, who are alleged to have circulated the petition. The petition charged Mrs. Pringle with "conduct unbecoming a lady." CONFEDERATE FLAG BURIAL SHROUD OF DR. NOAH B. CASH Maintaining even into the grave his al legiance to the Southern Confederacy, i Dr. Noah B. Cash will be buried in Athens tomorrow with the flag of the “Lost Cause” wrapped about his body. His last request was that tins should be done, and Camp Cobb, United Confederate Veterans, of Athens, not only will do this, but also will take full charge of the fu neral. Dr. Cash died at a private sanitarium yesterday morning after an illness of sev eral months. He was 74 years old, and had lived for years at 201 South For syth street. During the Civil war he was a mem ber of Cobb's Legion of cavalry, serving throughout the struggle. At the close of the war he went to Jackson county, where he was one of the leading physi cians for many years. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Estelle Pike, of Atlanta, and Mrs. Julia Boggs, of Cen ter The body will be taken to Athens tomorrow morning. STAIN ON HIS NAME CAUSES CAROLINAN TO COMMIT SUICIDE RALEIGH, N. <?., Dee. 16—W. A. Fries, of Greensboro, employed by the state building commission as Inspector of the new administration building, now nearing completion, committed suicide in a hotel here today by cutting his throat with a small pearl-handled knife. Fries left a note to his wife in which he "said that he had been accused of an ugly charge that he could not dispose of. He told her that he had SB,OOO life insurance and that he hoped she would collect this and support herself and children as best she could. Those with whom Fries was working declared today that they knew of no cause calculated to make him take his lite. His ft lends had noticed that he had not acted naturally for two weeks. He left his family In Greensboro yes terday afternoon and ten hours later was a corpse. He was 45 years old. MOB HOLDS RECORDS AND BATTLES POSSE IN COUNTY SEAT WAR ! GROVE, OKLA.. Dec. 16.—Renewal of I hostilities at Jay, Okla., where a mob is : in control of the court house to prevent | the removal of the records to New Jay, i are feared today. Sheriff Bud Thomason, j heading a posse of fifty men, endeavored yesterday to drive the defenders from the ■court house. The sheriff opened fire on I the building. The fire was returned. For some moments, according to news ! here today, the firing was lively. Then I it stopped and the sheriff and his men ■ fell back. They established a position I about a quarter of a mile from the be ! sieged building So far as could be I learned today, no one was hurt yester- I day. The sheriff has declared his intention of removing the records, and it is ex pected a second attack will be made soon. IB EIIOIS MEET PEACE DELEGATES IE ALLIES Representatives of Five Coun tries Organized With Servian Statesman as Chairman. REAL CRISIS WILL COME WITH BALKAN DEMAND Conquerors of Moslems Stand as Unit and Will Hurry Negotiations. 4 LONDON, Dec. 16.—The Turko-Bal kan peace negotiations, which are fraught with grave peril to the peace of Europe and are the most important in three decades of European history, are on. The conferences, which are ex pected to change materially the map of southeastern Europe, opened at noon to day in the art gallery of historic St. James palace. After a two hours session the confer ence adjourned until tomorrow, when the real business will commence. M. Novakovitch, ex-premier of Ser via, leader of the Servian plenipoten tiaries and the oldest of the envoys, was chosen chairman of the delibera tions. Following the selection of a chair man. the delegates adopted rules of procedure. Formal presentation of the allies' demands on Turkey will be made tomorrow. Thousands of persons gathered out side tin-. palace <H*- gates as they arrived. The biggest demonstration was made when Dr. S. Daneff, president of the Bulgarian So branje and leader of the Bulgar pleni potentiaries, arrived. Sir Edward Grey Welcomes Delegates. Following the gathering of the dele gates today, Sir Edward Grey, the for eign minister, addressed the envoys, de livering a brief address of welcome. In it the foreign minister uttered the ear nest hope that the negotiations will be successful. The leaders of each of the delega tions replied to Sir Edward thanking the British foreign minister in behalf of his home government. Sir Edward was chosen honorary president of the con ference. an honor which he accepted in a brief speech. Although the English press today forecast peace as the outcome of the conference, nevertheless the gravity of the situation was not overlooked There are obstacles in the way of success which may prove insurmountable un less concessions are made. The real, crisis will come when the Bulgarians unfold their arguments in favor,of the surrender of Adrianople and Greece puts forward her demands for the captured Turkish islands in the Aegean sea and the surrender of Janina. To Demand Scutari’s Surrender, Too. Montenegro will be backed up by the other allies in her demand for the sur render of Scutari, which has been un der siege by the Montenegrins ever since Montenegro declared war on Tur key, on October 8. Although the allies have served no tice that the greatest speed possible must be used tn carrying on the nego tiations, yet the work of wording the clauses, necessarily will be tedious be cause of the differences arising as to the terminology of words. The Turkish envoys, who are noted for their strategy in diplomacy, will at tempt to bargain with the allies, but th** latter entered the conference agreed upon a doctrine of directness. Accord ing to the envoys of the allies, they will stand united against Turkey, and all will win or fall together. Turks Beat Greeks In Naval Battle ROME, Dec. 16.—A Constantinople dis patch to The Tribuna says the Greek fleet has sustained a severe defeat in a battle with a Turkish fleet off the coast of Asia Minor, near the Island wf Tenedos. A Greek cruiser and two torpedo boats were sunk, while the Turks lost a cruiser destroyer, the dispatch states. Tenedos Is about 125 miles north of Smyrna. PLANS TO CROSS OCEAN IN A HYDRO-AEROPLANE COLOGNE, Dec. 16.—Richard Beck man is building a hydro-aeroplane of extraordinary size, in which he says he will cross the Atlantic In 48 hours, starting from the Azores and landing at Halifax. ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1912. Flees School to Wed; Eloping Couple Await Blessing as Xmas Gift Monticello Youth and Bride, State Normal Pupil. Tarry Here Until “ Papa ” Forgives. James E. Oxford, of Monticello, and his school girl wife, formerly Miss Wy oleen Kinard, of the same place, today are spending a part of their honeymoon at the Marion hittel, having married In haste Saturday, after a romantic get away from Athens. For years Oxford and .Miss Kinard had been sweethearts. The girl is not yet out of her teens and her father, J. M. Kinard, last fall entered her in thi State Normal school at Athens. Miss Kinard started with other freshmen in the domestic science course, saw one football game on the University of Georgia campus and then decided that she would rather be married. ' The father was watching the girl closely, and members of her family were due to Join her In Athens De cember 18, the day before school closed. Oxford decided to do his Christinas shopping” early. His letters had kept coming to the school, and it was plan ned by the pair to meet in Athens Friday and come to Atlanta the day following. Miss Kinard had to take one of her chums into her confidence and her best cunning was necessary to keep the affair quiet. They left on the 7 a. m. Seaboard, while other Normal school girls slumbered. The ceremony took place at the home of the bridegroom's cousin. Frank Ma lone, at 67 East Georgia avenue, and was witnessed by only a few relatives. Rev. G. Me. Eakes, of St. Johns Metho dist Episcopal church, officiated. Mis. Oxford and hei> husband will stay a few days in Atlanta until par ental wrath is appeased, and then go home for wedding and Christmas pres ents. CHILDREN MOURN AS PETS DI SA PPEA RIN DOG THEFT EPIDEMIC Unless Fldo and Rover and Pinky and Pansy and a few others are found and brought home, this year’s Christ mas will be an unhappy one for a num ber of Atlanta children whose four legged chums are missing mysteriously today. pass by a ' ]) epidemic of dog thefts, or else an un precedented attack of wanderlust in the pet population. Five “Lost Dog” ad vertisements appear in a row in one issue of an Atlanta .paper, and a half dozen other complaints have been made to the police. If dog thieves are at work, they are not particular as to breed, sex or size. Among the list of missing appear a white French poodle named Tiny, a Sotch collie named Rover, a llver-and white-spotted setter pup and a white bulldog which knows and loves every child in the neighborhood, as the ad vertisement sets forth. And the po lice have been asked to keep eyes open for every brand of pet. from a dachs chund to a brindled bull. Fond papas who expect to buy the children a puppy for Christmas might well be careful in purchasing from side walk dog fanciers, and make careful In quiry Into the pedigree of the peddler, as well as of the pup. PONTOON TELLS FATE OF AVIATOR KEARNEY AND HIS PASSENGER LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16.—Searchers put to sea today in the hope of finding fur ther trace of Aviator Horace Kearney and Chester Lawrence, a newspaper man, who sailed Saturday for an over water flight to San Francisco, and are believed to have been lost at sea The finding of one of the pontoons of Kearney's hydro-aeroplane confirms the belief that the machine met with serious accident, and it is believed here that both men were drowned in Santa Monica bay, some where off Point Dume. The pontoon was found floating south west of Redondo beach. It was towed ashore by David Clark in a power boat. The pontoon was Identified by C. H. Day, who fitted the pontoons to Kearney’s machine. The steel support that heli! the pontoon to the wing of the air craft was broken off. From this, aviators here be lieve that for some reason, possibly en gine trouble. Kearney was forced to alight in the water. A 30-mile gale was blow ing, and It is believed that the waves wrecked the machine. Although there is little hone that the two men in the machine reached shore, search is being made in tlie foothills of the Malibu mountains that border the coast at Point Dume. EDITOR PUT IN JAIL; HIS WIFE RUNS PAPER SPRINGFIELD, MO.. Dec. 16— While J. D. Coffman is in Jail on a SIOO fine imposed by Judge Alfred Page, of the criminal court, his wife will busy her self publishing The Fair Grove Times, a newspaper published at Fair Grove, a small town sixteen miles northeast of this city, of which Coffman Is Owner and editor. Coffman attempted to col lect an advertising account with a shotgun. ELOPED WITH GRAVE DIGGER; HYPNOTIZED PHILADELPHIA, Dee. 16—Mis. Anne Oliver, who eloped from her home in Bristol, Pa., with G. \V. Blrchet. a grave digger, who deserted her here, says her action was due to the hypnotic. Influence Birchet had over her. Famous Philanthropist Fall Victim to Cupid HELEN GOULD WILL WED <’"’ ’ ' ' Bl wfr D Xs' Jjl z’ 1 <inJMlfl z jj I; uKv • / \ \ . 7/ X //V Miss Helen Millet' Gould. St. Louis Railroad Man Wins Heart of Millionaire Bach elor Maid. LAKEWOOD. N. .1., Dec. 16.—Miss Helen Miller Gould, daughter of Jay Gould and sister of George J. Gould and noled for her philanthropic work, will be married to Finley J. Shepard, a prominent railroad man, connected with the Gould lines in St. Louis. Announce ment of the engagement, withholding the place and date of the ceremony, was made by Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould at their residence here. Miss Gould is 44 years of age and her fiance is 45. Mr. Gould made known his sister’s engagement in a formal statement, which read: "Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gould an nounce the engagement of their sister. Miss Helen Miller Gould, to Mr. Finley J. Shepard, of St. Louis.” Asked whether he desired to say any thing additional concerning the en gagement. Mr. Gould laughed and re marked that "there will be nothing more except that htsi engagement is most pleasing to Mrs. Gould and my self.” Mr. Shepard has long been promi nently identified with railroad and financial affairs in the West. Ho Is at present assistant to tlie president of the Missouri Pacific railroad. wftli headquarters in St. Louis. Upon tlie death of her father. Jay Gould, In 1892. Helen Gould, then 24 years old. Inherited a fortune of about $10,090,099. It has been estimated that by investment she lias trebled this for tune, and at the same time devoted fully half of her time to benefactions which brought her into world promi nence. Mr. Shenard met Miss Gould so>n after entering the operating department of the Missouri Pacific-Iron Mountain lines in Juno, 1911. He accompanied Miss Gould and her party last March over the Denver and Rio Grande lines when she made a tour of inspection of the railroad Y. M. C. A. buildings. A close friendship sprang up from the trip. STARVING BOY. 8. FOUND SPYING ON SQUIRRELS CHICAGO. Dec. 16.—Bernard Rogers a ragged eight-year-old boy, was found In a Chicago park watching squirrels burying peanuts ami planning to steal their store. He was starving MIMS FAIL IWHT Negro Nabbed in Broad Street Case Robber in Tailor Shop Routed by Owner. One negro burglar and one home made sandbag used by another are be ing held at the police station today as the aftermath of two attempted rob beries early today. Policeman W. D. Turner was trying tlie door of the New York restaurant. 79 South Broad street, when lie saw a negro sink down behind a soda foun tain near the from window. Turner sounded ills whistle, pulled his pistol and waited for reinforcements. Ser geant Brown and Policeman Rivers came up and the trio went in and got the burglar. He gave his name as John Carr, and his loot consisted of thirteen packages of cigarettes stuffed into his pockets and an overcoat and several other articles piled up on the floor ready to be made into a. bundle. Will Truitt, a negro tailor at 5.7 East Hunter street, woke up at 2 o’clock and heard a burglar trying to get in. Will went to sleep again and about day light the burglar r turned. This- time Truitt awoke Just In Him to see his visitor advancing with a sandbag. Truitt reached for a revolve- and flrec twice. The burglar vanished. but ilrojiped his weapon. it was turned over to the police and provi d to be a canvas bag. tightly packed with sand, doubled over in the middle, ami Its ends converted into mat handles. It will be added to the police museum of curios. DOCTOR BANDAGES OWN LEG; ORDERS AMPUTATION ST. Lot IS, Di e 16.—After an auto mobile drived by Dr. John B. Ptister, of Fern Ridge, had crashed into a heavy farm wagon on the Olive street road and the tongue of the wagon had torn off the physician's right leg, he re tifined consciousness and directed a crowd in the work of removing the wreckage. He bandaged the wound himself as best he could and tln n ordered that the mangled limb be amputated. in® 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE STREETS AND SMOKEAGTS GIVEN TO COUNCIL Final Action on Construction Department Reforms Is Ex pected Today. CHOICE OF M'MICHAEL’S SUCCESSOR IS NOT MADE Failure to Agree on Man for Office May Delay Vote on Abolishing Board. Three important reform measures’ will reach council for final action this afternoon. The special committee of ten will make its recommendations for eforms in the construction department, urging that council assume the authority to approve all appointments of Chief of Construction Clayton in that office. He now appoints all his subordinates with out any limitations. Councilman Charles W. Smith, the chairman of the committee; says he thinks < laptain Clayton should be re tired on a pension. Councilman Smith will introduce an ordinance abolishing the smoke board. Action on this ordinance may be post poned, however, because no smoke in-- spector has been elected to succeed In spector Paul McMichael, who resigned. The job pays $2,400 a year. Woodward Asks Delay Until January. It is said that Mayor-elect James G. oodward Is exerting his influence to have the election of an inspector post poned until he takes his seat on Janu ary 1 The members of the commission have not been able to agree on a man. Councilman Smith says he is w illing to delay urging the adoption of his ordi nance until an adjourned meeting of council Thursday, but no longer. Councilman Orville Hall will introfl duce \a new dirt ordinance similar to the one which was repealed at the in stigation of Aiderman Jalnes W. Mad dox, an excavation contractor. The ordinance will prohibit the spill ing of dirt on the streets. After he had been fined several times in tire record ci a court because his wagons spilled dirt ( Aiderman Maddox got busy and had the original ordinance repealed. Since then so much diit has been spilled on the streets around excava tion work that tlie sanitaiy .Icpariment is unable to keep the streets clean. Hurt Probably Will Get Permit. Joel Hurt's application so . permit to laj electric wire conduits under E'lgewood avenue ami Ex. liauge place also will be presented with the favor able iecommendation of tin- streets committee. No further objections io this permit ar • xpected from the Georgia Railway and Power Company. When Mr. Hurt firs; made his application, officials of til power company protested that the cits could not legally grant such a per mit. Ml. Hun then declared he would get a franchise and build a competitive power plant. At the second meeting of tlie com mittee tlie eompanj mad* no further objections. If the pm mil is granted I,urt ' vii l confine his distribution of electric power to his own buildings tn the Edgewood avenue section he is developing. AGED WIDOW NEAR DEATH FROM BLOW DEALT BY BURGLAR Mrs Mollie Rauzin. 203 Hunter street, lies unronsrhius at Grady hospital today, her skull fractured and one car com pletely severed by a terrific blow dealt her bj a burglar. Physicians express slight hope for her recovery. Mrs Rauzin, a 55-year-old widow, was found in her bed room early yesterday morning, lying unconscious across her bed in a pool of blood. I’pon her dresser close by lay a heavy stick, a paling torn from the fence outside, and it bore evi dences that it had been the weapon used by the intruder. Her son, George Rauzin, and his family, believe she awoke, discovered a burglar in her room, an I was struck down when she tried to cry out. MOLTEN WASTE BURIES MAN ASLEEP ON SLAGPILE SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH, Dec. 16. Tin tons of molten waste poured on the slag dump of the American Smelter here engulfed William Bruce, a laborer, burning him to death. Bruce, who was penhiiess, slept on the warm slag at tlie foot of the dump last night.