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\ OL. XL NO. 115.
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Service Stressing the Fate of
Young Slayer Results in an
Old-Fashioned Revival.
MAN HANGED FRIDAY SAW
FRIEND DIE ON GALLOWS
Both. Fellow Workers Under
Wheeler Mangum, Now High
Sheriff, Killed Wives.
X .iozen men ami women are taking
, t.nlav to become members of the
miiowlng sermons last night
. < 011 the crime ami execution of
1 t 1. (’lay. wife slayer.
\ throng filled tlle , tlar
. . church last night to hear
" ~,h Wallace ami Rev. Chauncey
J. on the lessons drawn from
~n the scaffold, and
esermo ns were concluded many
\, J fol .vard with professions of
.oXion and a declaration that they
a-, , 0 win the church and be sat ed
it w;.s shown at this service that
r ,, v himM.it had not profited lin I h.s
lif.mm- bv an example which came
home to him. It was announced,
.... first time, that Clay had been a
. otnos of the execution of George
■■ .. t „. on that same gallows a year oe
had Stood bv the side of Burge
, watched him .die for murdering his
Both Sent to Death
By Former Employer.
vi d I>een a fellow switchman of
Jil; x,- on the Western and Atlanta:
i .here both had served under
.'raster Wheeler Mangum, who aft
, m-.l became sheriff and pulled the
- . ) for both victims of the gallows.
’. : Robert Clay, with Bulge's fate so
vlvldl j ltl pri ssed on his memory, went
... tiw scaffold for the same crime
i had taken Burge there —the mur
of Ids wife. Never during his two
nils of constant conversation before
i h did Cli y speak of his having
. ii tin- gallows at work, but members
of . I-- family recalled the incident y es-
.11 . Wallace and Mr. Foots were
present in the death chamber when
v .vas executed, and they held joint
.ices last night, each speaking on
h ssons of Clay's life. Each cx
.... ,i the belief that Clay was saved.
' Til.- man who has murder in his
is a murderer," said Mr. Wallace.
"When Clay confessed his sin and ex
’ e.-seil repentance he was no longer a
murderv:. His soul is certainly in
heaven.”
The service turned into an old-fash
i'ii.-d :evlval meeting when the ser
mons ..-me concluded. Men and women
weeping all over the house, and at
least .1 dozen went forward to shake
hands with the ministers, join in the
exhortations and profess their desire
to be saved.
Mangum Holds Revival
Service in the Tower.
While Mr. Wallace and Mr. Foote
stood in the Jones Avenue pulpit, re
citing Clay’s last words and driving
home the stirring truths of that tragic
moment, another remarkable scene was
being enacted in the Tower, where Clay'
met his doom.
Sheriff Mangum, with the fourth
four balcony as a pulpit, just beneath
the dark and silent death chamber,
-■ <u.<’ amid a throng of prisoners and
’.ended and prayed with them to repent
their sins. He, too, held up Robert
Clay as an example, and used the
la * words of the wife slayer as a ser
"i . laying special stress on Clay’s
final admonition as he stood on the
death trap:
■f you have sin or murder in your
’••mt, go to God in prayer.”
42 Criminals Ask
Sheriff’s Prayers.
z 's the big-hearted sheriff exhorted
, crowd of prisoners to take warning
rorn the fate of Clay, many of them
r "ke down and wept, and 42 men. rep
r ‘ nthig all types of criminal, came
•tward and begged the sheriff to pray
for them,
Ihe impressiveness of this strange
service was Increased by the fervent
■-•rrnng of the same hymns Clay sang
1 ” morning of his execution. The
H ngf ' rs , were led b y William Young
'•ward, prisoner and former evangel*
‘Stic singer.
heard great revival ginging by
’ -’‘n ious crowds, but I never heard
u ' T * touching melody as this.” re
iril Ked Howard, as tears welled in his
eyes;
~wre held in the Tow
' unday t the execution of Clay figur
great central lesson in each.
Continued on Page Two,
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16-Yl-Old Bandit and
Pals Hold Up and Rob
50 Men in Crap Game
i 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 Gold
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 50 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
street.
The auto rolled quietly to a side street
j and stopped. The bandits tiptoed up a
I boat’d walk to the side dobr of the
j Goldman place. They gave the "regu
lar signal,” and Goldman 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.
CHILDREN’S BONES
BROKEN WHEN CAR
KNOCKS THEM DOWN
Savannah and Willie Belle Abbott,
sisters, aged twelve and ten years, were
knocked down and injured and narrow
ly escaped being crushed beneath the
wheels of an outgoing Decatur trolley
ear shortly before noon today as they
attempted to cross the tracks at Edge
wood avenue and Yonge street.
Savannah’s wrist was fractured and
Willie Belle sustained a broken collar
bone. Both girls were taken to the At
lanta hospital, where it is announced
: that their injuries are not serious.
The two sisters live just below Ma
con and had come to Atlanta to spend
the Christmas holidays with theit
grandfather, Samuel Knox, whose home
is in Kulm street. At the time of the
accident they had just alighted from an
incoming Inman Park car and passed
around the car to cross the street. As
they were about to step on the outgoing
track they were struck by the side of
. the platform of the Decatur car and
knocked down.
SMOKE, NOT WATER,
CLOUDS HOVER OVER
DOWNTOWN ATI ANTA
• Because no wind was stirring over
Atlanta skyscrapers today the whole
i city was shrouded in gloom, and for a
■ time this morning tiie weather man re
; ceived a number of telephone calls ask
: ing whether or not the clouded skies
meant rain.
The skies were not clouded, lie told
. the inquirers, and the reason the sun
i light was so obscurbed was because At
lanta smoke was hovering close over
, the city, unhindered by brisk breezes.
For a time this morning the city was as
dark as though real rain clouds inter
; posed between the earth and the sun.
It will be fair tonight and a bit
cloudy Tuesday, and probably warmer.
t Rain may come Wednesday.
AGED WIDOW NEAR
DEATH FROM BLOW
DEALT BY BURGLAR
Mrs. Mollie Rauzin, 203 Hunter street,
‘ lies unconscious at Grady hospital today,
‘ her skull fractured and one ear com
pletely severed by a terrific blow dealt her
by 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. Upon 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
1 in her room, and was struck down when
she fried to cry out.
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JOE HILL HALL MAY
BE MACON’S MAYOR;
DASHER ANNOUNCES
i
MACON, GA., Dec. 16. Arthur L. Dash
er. Sr., a well known lawyer of Macon,
today announced his candidacy for may
or. He is the first candidate in the
field, as Mayor John T. Moore is barred
by a charter restriction from succeeding
! himself. Mr. Dasher is at present a
r member of city council.
’ Mayor I’ro Tern J. R. Bowdre and Joe
1 Hill Hall, former representative from Bibb
county, are expected to be candidates
; . also.
•AT THE MOVING •
: PICTURE SHOWS :
ea
, • The programs of the Leading •
• Moving Picture Shows will ap- •
• pear daily in the "Business Guide •
• 6f Atlanta," under the heading of •
• "Moving Pictures, Vaudeville." •
; I • which will be found in the First •
I e Two Columns of Want Ad Pages •
• of The Georgian. Look the after- •
• noon before and pick the shows •
, • you wish to attend. •
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MEET PFIEF
liELEGHTES
EE JIBES
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.
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. Novakovltch, 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 tiie selection of a chair
man. the delegates adopted rules of
procedure. Formal presentation of th •
allies' demands on Turkey will be made
tomorrow.
Thousands of persons gathered out
side the palace and cheered the dele
gates as they arrived. The biggest
demonstration was made when Dr. S.
Daneflf, president of the Bulgarian So
hranje and leader of the Bulgar picul-j
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. It
jt- 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 Britisli 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 in carrying on the nego
tiations. yet the work of wording the
clauses necessarily will be tedious be
cause of the differences arising as to
tiie terminology of words.
The Turkish envoys, who are noted
for their strategy in diplomacy, will at
tempt to bargain with the allies, but
the 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.
At a meeting of the Turkish peace
envoys this evening they agreed not to
oppose the presence of the Greek pleni
potentiaries at the Turko-Balkan con
ference.
Turks Beat Greeks
In Naval Battle
|
ROME, Dec. 16. A Constantinople dis
patch to The Trlbuna says the Greek
fleet has sustained a severe defeat In a
battle with u Turkish fleet off the coast
of Asia Minor, near the island of 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. *
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1912.
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He never had to stand outside a great big lighted store.
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
I'LL bet when Mister Santa Claus was just a kid like me
He wt his reff’lar presents off a reg’lar Chris’nias tree;
I'll bet he had a big. line house to stay in through a storm,
An’ shoes an' overcoats an' clothes that kep’ him good an’ warm,
Because, if he had been like me, 1 know that he’d be sure
To make a visit every year to children that are poor.
TF he could see our baby now that never had no toys.
Perhaps he’d hold some presents out; on other little boys
That get so many every year, an’ leave just one or two
• To give a kid a chance to play like other babies do;
But I don't s’pose he'll do it, ’cause he never knowed the way
Things are with kids whose Chris’nias is like any other day.
'T'HAT drum 1 seen downtown today I do not need so bad,
An’ it’s the same with other things that I ain’t ever had,
But, gee! my little sister! it is tough to hear her cry,
Because she can not have no doll, and I can’t tell her why:
I guess it’s no use worryin’, for that don’t help at all.
Because this feller Santa Claus was rich when he was small.
TTE never had to stand outside a great big lighted store,
A 1 A kind of holdin’ back the tears an’ feelin’ mighty sore
To see them guns an’trains o’cars, an’thinkin' 'bout the fun
That other kids was goin’ to have while he was havin’ none;
I wouldn’t wish a man bad luck, but when I'm blue and cold,
1 wish that he was poor like me when HE was nine years old.
GIBSON PENS FICTION
IN HIS PRISON CELL
GOSHEN, N. Y., Dec. 16. —Burton W.
Gibson, the lawyer accused of strang
ling Mrs. Szabo, is writing fiction in ills
cell in jail h-re. He has written one
story of several thousand words thu:
bus been purehu.“ 1 by u New York
publisher. He is al work revising the
proof sheets. Tie lawyer expects to
realize a good sized uni from his first
attempt in the literary field.
IF SANTA CLAUS WERE POOR
KILLED BY TRIPPING |
ON SKIRT ON STAIRS
CHICAGO. Dec. 16.—Mrs. Maggie
Burgdorff. who-lived at 945 Fullerton '
avenue, a widow, was killed Instantly 1
when on leaving Consistory hall. Dear- I
born avenue and Walton place, where 1
an entertainment* had been held, she
tripped on her skirt and fell down the i
stepi. Her skull was fractured.
MOLTEN WASTE BURIES
MAN ASLEEP ON SLAGPILE
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. Dec. 16.
Ten 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 penniless, slept on
the warm slag at ths foot of tiie dump
last night.
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HOHL
IDITION
2 CENJS EVERYWHERE
NEIT MOTH
OPENS FIGHT
FGHBGEI
HEFGBS
Woodward Will Oppose Chair
man and Comptroller Out
lining City's Needs.
AGAINST SECRECY IN
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Streets Improvement the Great
Need Attacks Giving of
Moral Pledges.
Mayor-elect James G. Woodward to
day announced a revolutionary plan of
apportioning the city’s money, which he
will inaugurate at the beginning of his
administration as mayor.
He said he would not announce tho
chairman of the finance committee
until after he has taken his oath of
office, and that In- would object to tho
chairman of the committee and the city
comptroller making up a tentative
I budget to submit to the committee.
Heretofore the chairman of the
finance committee has been at work by
the middle of December on the budget,
The fact that Mr. Woodward objects to
the chairman of the committee and tho
comptroller framing a tentative budget,
shears the cliairman of much of his au
thority. Mr. Woodward wants each
member of the committee to decide on
each item that goes into it.
Woodward Fights
Anticipated Revenue.
H“ said he would oppose the appor
tioning of any anticipated revenue, and
would demand that the apportionments
be based <>n the income for 1912.
Last" year more than $200,000 in reve
nue was anticipated. An equal amount
was expected to be included in the
budget this year, if this amount is not
allowed, the city will be able to make
but few special appropriations.
Asked if he did not realize that such
a policy would take away all hope of an
jiipropriation for a Lakewood park fair,
Mr. Woodward said he had never said
any $125,000 appropriation would bo
made for such a purpose next year. Ho
ii<t it was up to the merchants to first
subscribe for stock to the fair.
He said the increased revenue should
j be spent only after it was received later
in the year. Anticipations were not
cash, he declared. Mr. Woodward said
he was opposed to continuing the ex
clusion of the reporters from the ses
sions of the finance committee.
People Entitled to
Know Their Business.
"It Ls the people’s business and the
people have a right to know what is
going on,” he said.
"My first aim next year will be to put
all the principal streets in passable con
dition,” li>‘ continued. "The streets that
every one uses should be made good be
fore we go into the outlying sections.
"The asphalt streets in the center of
the city are so full of holes that they
look like they have had the smallpox.
"The principal trouble with the street
work Is that the officials have tried ro
please too many people and attempted
too many jobs. As a result the wholo
city Is torn up. We should decide
which is the most needed work and do
this before taking up other work.”
Will Oppose
Moral Pledges.
Mr. Woodward said he would oppose
giving any more moral pledges that ap
propriations would l>e made.
ills view is that the city has been
spending more than its income and
that it is time to quit anil proceed only
on the safest of financial programs.
W. G. Humphrey, councilman from
the Eighth ward and who is said to be
slated for the finance committee chair
manship, said he had had no indication
from Mr. Woodward as to the appoint
ment.
All the aspirants to this place would
like to know who is to be the man be
cause of the immense amount of work
usually connected with it. But Mr.
Woodward’s statement that there must
not be a tentative budget changes the
whole plan.
The likelihood that a majority of
council will organize against Mr.
Woodward’s budget strengthens the in
dications that the next apportionment
sheet will be made up by the whole
council instead of a few men. Os
course, the whole council has always
passed on the sheet, but a few men al
ways did the actual financing.
A merry scramble Is likely and manv
citizens and officials who have been
planning for weeks and months how
they would spend the money they ex
pected to get will be disappointed"
it is quite possible for council to
stand by the precedent ami anticipate
revenue, despite Mr. Woodward’s ob
jections. Strong pressure for this ac
tion will be brought to bear.