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4 'POSSE SURPRISES BANDITS AT WORK I Switch Engine Brings Deputies to Scene of Train Holdup. But Robbers Escape. .si’Ri.N,ll.i.l >. ii.i.. I•• ■ ’-’ > A >,.sse to.liii < -• liik Guin übberf vho c.inibi <1 uv r the t< iide: of ti> ■ last ’hiingo anti Alton "Hummer.” which . uns btive.n I'hkaßo anil St. Loul-, c overed th- engine*- and fivtnan with revolt - rs. forced tl ■ :n t-> uncouple the engine and baggag- < front the- test ■of the train an . ut- it a short distance .ahead, win th* utiMicct sst'iil attempts . to blow the lAi-re-" safe were mad with nitroglycerin and dynfttnite. Th. ,ol>V-\ occurred near Iles Junction. After woiking 45 minutes v itii th< explosives, th- bandits lire when fif teen deputies from Spiingti' -I arrived on n switch • ng'ne widcii was rush-'-l - tn the scon-- aft- I’ igntan Horace ' Smith, of th-- pas-n-'t r t: tin who lia-l | been tired upon, ran to th- operator's: Station at lie.- and had him win to th- -city for offii ers. Headlight Darkened. With headlight darkened, the -witch engine approached. There was a fight between the deputies ami the bandits, hut the latter escaped. A sack of corporation bonds and what are thought to be lottery tickets as xx ell as a number of small packages, were taken from the car by th,- bandits, who later threw away the loot us t!:< posse were in close pursuit. The pas sengers on the train were not molested. It is thought by local railroad otli < als that the two men caught the train while it stopped in this city. The en gim er, Sam M< Highlit), was /orced to throw up his hands at the point of , two revolv-rs. Both McLaughlin and is fireman. W A. Sullivan. Met}- forced o leave th- engine afte the train had , been stopped, uncouple the engine and the express cat from the rest of the tain and run some distance farther on. Flagman Gives Alarm. Wiiile one of tlte bandits held Fred 1 Ayers. th< m< ssenget of tm express! company, and th, engine crew at bay with a revolver, the second robber dy namited the sale. In the mcAntinn th, llagiiiun it.id gone back to give the alajm. H< walked to Iles and info: med th, opera tor, who telegraphed the Chicago un.i Alton agent in Springfield. Within a few minutes of tht news a hastily gathered posse was sent in pursuit ot the bandits on the switch iigine Although the posse was only 300 cards away from the fleeing bandits, the latter were able to evade their pur suers. A fusillade of revolver shots which began when the bandits were sighted by the pos ,• v i( s kept iif, dur* 1 mg the pursuit. Negro Train Robber Killed TL-I.SA. OKLA . Dec. 24 -Tn. m gro i train robbi i who was shot and killed last night while operating on board the Louis and San FrancUto train n.. 412, bound to Kansas city from Okla homa City was not identified today. The robber boarded the train as It was leaving Chandler, Okla., held up md robbed the conductor at the point of a pistol and then drove him into the express far. following after him. The 1 egro covered tin express messenger, ordering hint to open the safe, but just -is he was about to comply a negro train porter entered and opened fire on the robber This was returned, but neither mnn was shot. The porter, bls ammunition exhaust ■-I. rushed back into the train and sounded an alarm. W. E. Gordon, a ■private detective, went forward and in ■m exchange of shots fatally wounded the bandit. WILD BULL RUNS AMUCK IN CLEVELAND STREETS CLEVELAND. OHIO. Dec. 24.- Lives of scores of school children were en dangered and several men and women were knocked down and Injured when a wild bull, escaping from the stock yards at West Sixty-fifth street and Clark ave , nue. ran amuck over the west side. The beast, pursued in an auto, was finally trilled by Charles Greene, a Civt war vet eran • OLDEST TWINS OBSERVE THEIR 94TH BIRTHDAY HA IIYI.i >.N. X v.. Dec. 24 Samuel and William Muncy, regarded as the world's oldest twins, will celebrate their hinety-fourth birthday tomorrow ■; Millions or nousekeeners and xper. ' ii.-cfg -IS- SAUER'S PURE FLAVOR ING EXTRACTS Vanilla. Lemon, »tr Indorse.! bv Pure l-'ood Chemists. tAdvt i “OPERA GLASSES” Tm gift tliat will pieuae any one. Jn,. 1.. Moore Sons iv. tlielii t .-m ss.co to >40.09, 42 North Broad St tAdvt.) FLOWERS and FLORAL DESIGNS, ATLANTA FLORAL CO., Both Phone’" Number 4. 41 Peacht-ee <Advertisement » HOLIDAY RATES VIA- N. C. A ST L. and W. & A. R. R. | COUGHS. I WATERY EYES I CUR DIN A DAY ■ by taking Cheney's Expectorant— ■ ■ also ntres <'r. r ,sumption. Whooping ■ ■ Coiigi Croup. Trickling of the ■ >* ■ Nose. Itropplngs in tie Tlrr..»' ■ ■ liroticl ills, and all Threat an< H ■ l.u>« rrouble? Cheney's Exnec ■ ■ tm ant relieve Thor- ■ H ■ lIHIM.C. Xt Jt( AMI3QC J h SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS BY JAMES B. NEVIN. | Executive Secretary t'hn is more or 1.-.-- tearing ills hair nowadays, because of tile fact that tin returns for tin- late E statf-wid. jtisfim of the peac. . le< - tlonx are entreme 'v slow coming i, Notwithstanding i the fa. i that thes. ' elections —o \ . . 1,800 of them— were held on De cember two good weeks ..co. not rm-r- th,in -1,200 returns have been s. nt in TM.- leaves the st at- shy mine " justices of the peac- —or about two-thirds of the entire number. The law is ex- tremely vague as to how the returns shall 1..- made, or, at least, ns to who ■ shall i.eeiv. them. <me section directs : tin Sr,-retail of state to take charge of I th, in, another names the governor as | t’:, proper person, anti still another says the ordinaries. Ulm thinks there may be three dr four more sections bearing upon the matter, but he has not yet had time to look them up. Anyway, the Idea the executive de partment desires to get abroad Is that the commissions are ready for all the duly elected justices, If only they will have their election returns properly forwarded to—well, say the secretary ot state. There ar, more than 1,800 of these commissions, and it was some job mak ing them out and getting the governor's and tin- executive secretary's signa tures ,-itth'ched. All that has to be don, i now Is to till in the blanks, and forward the- commissions. But that can not. be done, of course, unless the right names are on tile with the executive department for the fill ing in. The joint congressional committee <-n . Federal aid to the construction of good i roads throughout the nation, of which. Representative Gordon Lee is a mem ber, has written Governor Brown in viting his suggestions as to how th, committee sliall proceed to the consid eration ot il.s-business, now that It is about to be calleel together. The committee particularly u-questS that the governor communicate with it with respect to the general plan upon which Federal aid shall be exended, to what extent Federal and local author ities should co-operate and likely would co-operate, what character of roads should be considered as eligible, wheth er Federal funds should apply to con struction and maintenance, or merely to maintenance, what extent, if any, | should Federal su ervision obtain, and ; any individual plan or suggestion for l-’ederal and state co-operation in- may . have in mind. Tlie committee particularly invites i • governor to answer it fully and : fieoly, as tlie serious work of preparing .1 |,:an for congressional consideration 'is to 1,, perfected as ra|>idly as possi ’ ble. Til Savannah News does Hot took with favor upon the proposition to make tlie inauguration of Governor elect Slaton the occasion of a st ito. military display. The News says: It is not expected that Govertioi elect Sinton will agree to have his inauguration made occasion for a big display of the state's military strength. Os course, there is glory W. W. RICHARDSON. FORMER ATLANTAN, DEAD IN MARYLAND News lias been received in Atlanta of tin’ death at Drummond, Md., Sunday night of William Wightman Richard son, a native of Atlanta, formerly en gaged in newspaper work her,-, and lately news editor of The Washington ' Star. M, Richardson attended the \t anta public schools. Hi- early engaged in the banking business, but soon ent. red journalism with Josiah I'artei's Even ing Herald. Afterward he was asso ciated with Benjamin M Blackburn on The Daily Commercial. Twelve yeai's ago he went to Washington to accept -a place on Tlie Star, of wlilch he became managing editor, as well as news editor. Mr, Richardson leaves lilts wife, for merly Miss Lulu Clubaugh, of W ashing ton; a child, and a sist.-r, Mrs R. W. Hood, of Atlanta. He was a brother of tlie late I' auk Henry Richardson, who was at one time Washington corre spondent o( Tli- Atlanta Constitution, ami hit, r editor of Tin- Atlanta Join - mil. GIRL. JAILED FOR ROBBING EMPLOYER. HANGS SELF NEW YORK. De. .t. Rathe: than fa.-e" trial on the charge of robbing her employer. Mrs. Lillian Scott lianged lift ,-if in Hurl, in prison today with a rope mad< from a bed sheet. She was 28 years old. and was charged with hav ing stolen about $2,200 worth of furs and jewelry fiom Mrs. Oliver Searles, for whom she was liousekeeper while I Mrs. Searles was abrouil. BOA LIFE LINE SAVES GIRL SKATER IN WATER ,j -.Mi •NTCI.AIR. N. J.. Dec. 24.—Mias I Flotenc, G. Sheldon, who fell through ill), thin ice covering Inverna ink. I throw ail i nd of her fur boa to rescuers who dared not venture upon the i, ■ [land they need it sot a lifeline and pulled !1• 'tO safety. MAKE SOMEBODY 1 Happy .ut?. U K-.o.ik l , gift that l|p|. ,<s.-s lo.i i young me oic, ,Im. 1.. II 'loot-. ,x S.q , , , lit,, IJ .N'vitl BIoPC S i \dv> > Hlh ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.TCESDA\\ DECEMBER 24. 19iz. ind honor in being governor of Georgia. But there is a democratic spirit throughout the state that would frown upon a military pa geant when the governor takes the oath of office. Tlie governor-elect lias never shown himself to be de sirous of pomp and public display of himself. He has been a hard worker in tiie interest, in a quiet, straiglitfoiward way. Tile i proposed outburst probably will not take place on his inauguration I I h,- idea of those advocating a mil itary display in Atlanta on the day of I Mr. Slaton’s Inauguration does , not I i seetn to be, however, that it should be ■ | held particularly with any eye to gloti- ; lying tlie new governor, but that it j should be held rather as a fit and prop er compliment to the state’s militia it- ! Self. Os course, Mr. Slaton will be quite as much governor after he is sworn in, ! w nether tlie military parades tliat day I o, no. Tht idea is, nevertheless, that i •Mr. Slatop's election was overwhelm ing, and the assembling of the state ' troops in Atlanta tliat day could in no | wis, be taken as an attempt to play I politics or emphasize the fact that a j new executive was about y to be sworn I in. and tliat lie himself desired espe cially to Impress that fact upon the , public mind, Tlie state legislature has shown Un- I usual interest in the military of t,eor- | gia of late, and since it is such ti fine body of men. so well organized and equipped—in short, such a credit to the state—it lias occurred to' some that it would be nothing more than right to giither it tog, tlier when the public might look it over and see what it thinks of it. . And it not a military display when a governor is inaugurated, why a tnili t cry dh-iHnV when a president, is in augurated Everybody favors the lat ter Says Tlie .Macon Telegraph; Th. question now is, What dot« the governor of North Carolina ■ tlilnk of tin.' governor of South Car olina? That may be Hie question, but if it j is, th< i, follow s another question im- ' mediately: is the ailswer fit to print? There is no doubt whatever jlia.t a I serious effort will be made In the next ! legislature to provide the maehinery for ' ia constitutional convention In Georgia.!, Representative Grover ('. Edmond-| son, pf Brooks county, lias announced , his intention to introduce a bill along I this line early in the first session, and ’ to press »t seriously and earnestly. Moreover, he Is encouraged to think after talking with several members of : th, incoming house, that it likely may I be passed Without serious trouble. The Macon Telegraph, conservative,, .land thirtoughly representative' of tiiei i rock-ribbed Democracy of the state, believes the suggestion is a good one. . It says tliat the constitution of the state i might wise ly be revised once in every generation. The present constitution was adopt ed in 1877—more than 37, years ago. Georgia, so, many people think, has outgrown the old constitution. Ev,ry legislature that comes along tinkers with it and largely because, in many ways, it needs tinkering w ith. Tite Jdea ■ of Mr. Edmondson, however, is that .the tinkering should be undertaken as one intelligent job- and in that he will b< backed by many of his fellow citizens. fl /’ll 11 || Individual'’—Jffpaa r~'*|| I TURKISH W sis BL £NO £CVMF Ouaeron 4 Cameron Qi .W xf mn w~. a *xmx» V W n Have you enjoyed this great “quality blend” ? No expense wasted on a fancy package that’s why we give ten additional. 1 * I 20 for 15 cents More money is spent for FATIMAS than for any other cigarette. ——aiWMTTiiffmi in- 'ra»,i uniiinii in i, Men and Religion Bulletin No. 39 I “IN HIS NAME”) Men are noting the signs-of the times. Three leading periodicals in recent numbers are excellent illustrations. In an editorial, Harper’s Weekly says, in part: “Most of us realize that the birth of Christ was a true God-send to earth, but not many of us have due comprehension of what really happened to earth when Christ was born, or of the nature and scope of the impulses and inspirations that His coming let loose among hu manity. i ” ‘The power of a fundamentally new aspect of life’s problems’ is the power whose coming we recognize at Christmas time; a power that penetrates all politics and all social life, and that hammers at the stubborn gates of economics. ‘‘Not so much the Golden Rule as the power that is continually compelling the recogni tion of the Golden Rule is the Christmas-born power that the world has to reckon with. “Christ is the great mind 5 the great radical. I “It was a tremendous,driving, upsetting force that came out of Judea into the affairs of men. ‘‘The spirit and the teaching of Christ are imperishable. The best hope for us and our civilization and for our escape from the disasters of our predecessors is that spirit and that teaching and the growth of human capacity to live and work in accordance, still distant and imperfect, with both.” And the writer points to the rising tide of Christianity forcing the Turk with his barbar ities from Europe—to India, Japan and China astir and throbbing with new life whose in spiration was and is Christ Jesus. Leslie’s Weekly, in speaking of Him who was born in a stable more than nineteen cen turies ago, says: ‘‘This Babe has projected new ideas into the monotony of human thought. God is our Father; all we are brethren. This Babe came that selfishness might go. He is an omni present, everlasting evangel of good will. If His Name were not Jesus we would call Him Atlas, for the government is upon His shoulders, and He lifts the whole fabric of human so ciety to the highest level and bathes it in the light of life. We live in better homes, we wear better clothes, we eat better food and live better lives and have a good hope of life eternal be cause of Him. ‘‘The Babe of Bethlehem is God’s greatest gift to humanity; therefore, we keep the fes tival in honor of His birth. “Litt up your heads and hail Him King; open wide your hearts and wel come H m to Hi*, Throne.” And now comes Collier’s Weekly with its offering to the Galilean. It says: “He gathers us all, Jew and Genii.e, toil-worn and uisinherited, within the of His love. ‘‘We need His homely ways, who had no scorn for unsuccess. We need His simple speech, whose words could touch the heart of grief. ‘‘Many years ago, with tender ministration, He took away the hurt from troubled hearts, and still the thought of Him brings comfort for what is bruised with striving and comrade ship for what has never been at home in life.” Leslie for many months past has been warring against the White Slave Trade. Collier’s Weekly now enters the fight for the fallen. Its Christmas editorial is headed “Jenny’s Christmas.” “Jenny’s Christmas!” Consider Chris ’s cross and think of her. " » God forgive you and us with our petty bickering and snarling! ■ God help her at this season when memo.ies, like vul ures, tear at her heart! Look at your children, your si ters, then think of her! “What might have beep!” What is! Are we yet no better than brutes? Collier’s says: “And the day seems at hand when Jenny’s case, which has lain so long in the dusty pigeonholes of time, is about to get a hearing. “We know something now of her ill-protected childhood, of what dangers lurk for her on her way home from factory or shop; we know of her humble reaching toward romance, and how bitter a snare was made of her dream of love. We have heard, too, the story of those who deal in her body, white young image of God’s house, for profit, and of the poison distilled from that profanation which shall be visited upon our sons and daughters. “Now at last Jenny is beginning to find defenders. “She has been waiting many centuries from her sisters for that which Christ ' id not ref us The whole world, alive and pulsing with the Spirit and love of Christ, is considering the plight of Jenny, the Magdalen, the white slave. Toronto, Rochester. Boston, Fall River, Seattle, Minneapolis, Omaha, Lincoln, Los An geles, Des Moines, Chicago and London are among those cities which have already adopted the policy of suppressing such houses as those which were in our midst. In Minneapolis and Chicago efforts have been made to get the cities to return to a policy of segregation—to let the houses come back. They failed in both places. Chicago’s great dailies protested against the effort there. Atlanta, therefore, in closing the so-called segregated district is only acting in accord with the best thought of the world leaders of today, and as many other cities have already done. Certain frauds however, have mile Atlanta’s position uniqus. Her Chief of Police is a man and not a puppet. The law places the responsibility upon him. He has not shirked it. Without fear or favor he has enforced the law; and, yet, with a gentleness for the unfor tunate women that will make the name of Atlanta’s Police Force memorable. There has been no suggestion of graft. No woman has been persecuted, all being given more than a chance to cult the old life. Kindness has marked every step of the way, though there has been and will be unyield ing firmness in ending Protected Vice—in preventing men exploiting and living upon the shame of women in Atlanta. No official has blocked, or sought to block, the Chief. Officials and courts have co-operated with him, though some have honestly doubted the wisdom of the law which compels an honest man to act as the Chief has. Even those who differ from him. when they think, recognize that the law gives him no discretion, and that it is folly to combat him for being honest. And so without rancor, and without th- breath of scandal marr ; ng the fame of our ci y and the refutation of her oificia.s, the waite slave market in M nhatt n avenue has been abo Christmas will dawn upon a united city. And so we believe will New Y’ear’s Day. Atlanta and her people have closed the door upen the past with its mistakes and sins, its follies and failures; we are looking and moving only into the future; and in our midst moves the Church of the Living God, whose head is Christ, proclaiming the Gospel the eood tidings of His Kingdom. God grant that we all may go forward together into 1913—t0 the building of a greater, better and happier city. The Executive Committee of the Men and Religion Forward Movement.