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VOL. XL NO. 127.
OYNUMiTEHS
IK IIP FOR
SENTENCE
10 PfliSON
Judge Expected to Deny Bail
Pending an Appeal to the
Higher Courts.
CONVICTED MEN IN GOOD
SPIRITS FOR THE ORDEAL
Counsel and Wives Cheer Them
and Aid of Labor in Their
Fight Is Promised.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 30.—Desper
ate efforts were to be made here today
by counsel for the 38 men convicted of
the dynamiting conspiracy to obtain
their freedom on bond pending an ap
peal, but it is believed this will be de
nied. The men will be sentenced by
Judge Anderson this morning, soon aft
er which it is believed the "dynamite
special” will leave for Leavenworth,
Kans.
Convicted Men in
Best of Spirits.
The men were in the best of spirits
when brought into court here this
morning chained to their guards. Their
attorneys were with them much of
Sunday, bolstering them for the ordeal,
and their wives have been prepared
with the assurance that labor will stand
behind their husbands and are bearing
up well.
It is believed that Chester H. Krum,
of St. Louis, Attorney for the defense,
■vill bundle the case before the United
States circuit court of appeals. But the
’f-tense attorneys will not show their
Hand, other than to point out approxi
mately 90 assignments of error to be
appealed on, and they predict big things
before the case ends. It is the theory
or the defense counsel that if two or
more of the defendants did enter the
conspiracy and performed the unlawful
act, that act ended with the commis
sion of the offense and that they should
not be held liable for any other than
'•u act. Krum contends there can be
no hk li thing as a combining conspira
cy.
Hains throughout the night and ear
fo 'enoon had a tendency to dampen
interest in the case, but many persons
gathered about the court building early
it'ri every promise for a capacity'
re i ■■■,,<n court opened.
GIRL. 14. WHO RAN
AWAY TO BE NURSE,
BACK HOME, HAPPY
I’nswerved in her determination to
'fconie a trained nurse, against iter
mother's wishes, 14-year-old Nioma
I'ilmore, of 56 Newport street, today is
k at home, not to run away again
oon, she said.
Detectives Black and Harper located
.voting would-be nurse at the home
f a friend. Mrs. J. Tucker, at East
I’oint, where she went when she ran
'way Friday afternoon.
She returned home willingly , and re
vived forgiveness from her mother,
' h i had become almost frantic over her
sudden disappearance. She declared
' still possesses a sole ambition —that
” becoming a trained nurse—but that
*>' was glad to be back home, and
ould stay there indefinitely.
auto driver killed,
3 INJURED IN ACCIDENT
AT “DAREDEVIL” RACE
I t'S ANGELES, Dec. 30.—One man
' dead and two men and a woman se
riously injured today as a result of an
31 cident Sunday at the cup-shaped
auto race to Venice known as the “dare
' vil race for lite.” The dead man is
Hal Shain. auto racer, who has ap
peared frequently in coast events. His
machine shot over the side of the cup
"id into the crowd that was gathered
around the track. Three of the specta
'"rs were injured.
Shain was unconscious when taken
l oin the wreckage of his car. He died
” n the operating table half an hour aft
er the accident.
WILLIAM HODGE TO QUIT
■MAN FROM HOME - JAN. 11
According to an announcement re
vived by The Georgian today. William
lodge, W ho has made “The Man From
Home” familiar to every one in the
nited States who is Interested in the
1 "atrr, win sever his connections with
■ ds play and his present management,
Liebier Company, on January 11.
' new play, written by Booth Tark
jngton and Mr. Hodge, will immediately
Placed in rehearsal. In the new
» ay Mr. Hodge will be seen in a dom
•nant American character.
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Deadlock Continues in Peace
Conference Turks Still
Unyielding.
EARLY RESUMPTION OF
WAR IS THREATENED
Islam Delegates Say They Are,
Unauthorized to Act Inde
pendently of Porte.
LONDON. Dec. 30. —With the dead
lock firmer than at any previous time
and with the possibility of a resumption
of hostilities looming up with menacing
distinctness, the negotiations into the
Turko-Balkan peace conference were
resumed today' in St. James palace.
Rechid Pasha, speaking for the Turk
ish envoys, told the representatives of
the allies that he had communicated
with Constantinople, but received no
instructions which would allow him and
his colleagues to withdraw from the
stand they had taken. This reply an
gered the plenipotentiaries of the al
lies. who pointed out that the Turks
wet# clothed with all the power neces
sary without wasting time by calling
upon the Porte for fresh instructions
every time an obstacle arose. The
Turks insisted that they were justified
in demanding the retention of Adrian
ople because "it was being bravely de
fended” when .hostilities came to a
close.
Allies Gravely
Face Situation.
Today’s session did not begin until
after noon and during the morning the
delegates representing the allied gov
ernments conferred at the quarters of
the Greek delegates. Premlr Venizelos,
of Greece, presided at the meeting, and,
after it broke up, th gravity of the con
ferees indicated that the Balkan en
voys had resolved on a bold step.
Dr. Daneff, of the Bulgarian envoys,
sounded a note of warning before the’
conference was resumed.
“We desire peace, but we do not de
sire to fight for it unless forced to.” said
Dr. Daneff.
“If we are compelled to resume hos
tilities. Turkey' must be prepared to ac
cept no quarter and some of the repre
sentatives of the allies have been treat
ed unjustly by the Turkish envoys. We
have appealed to the British foreign of
fice for counsel and we are advised to
put up with certain obstructions in
view of the traditions of the Turkish
diplomacy.
Patience Now
Nearly Exhausted.
"However, our forbearance is about
exhausted. We are being chided by our
own countries, and unless we force an
issue we will look ridiculous in the eyes
of the world.
"Our armies have kept the field and
we are able to resume the war upon an
hour's notice.”
The deadlock in the peace conference
is again menacing the tranquility of
Europe, as no definite steps will be
taken to settle issues arising from the
Balkan war until it is seen whether
peace or continuation of war is to re
sult from the London conference.
Reports from Vienna stated that
Russia had again begun troop move
ments to the southwestern frontier and
that Roumanla had resumed mobiliza
tion of her army.
SUPPOSED CORPSE AWAKES:
UNCONSCIOUS FROM COLIC
PALMYRA. TENN.. Dec. 30.—Heav
ing a deen sigh, followed by’ a loud
cough. Richard Brindlay. a supposed
corpse, rose from his casket and in
quired of the watchers why lie occu
pied a bier.
Brindley was stricken with a severe
attack of colic Saturday and in a few
hours was apparently dead, plans being
immediately arranged for his burial.
Apparently he Is none the worse for
his peculiar experience,
WOMAN 88 YEARS OLD
KILLED BY GAS FUMES
CHICAGO. Dec. 30.-Mrs. Caroline
Green, aged 88. a resident of Oak Park
for nearly fifty years, was found dead
in bed tn her home with a gas jet turned
on. Mrs. Elmer Hill, with whom Mrs.
Green boarded, was wakened by the odor
of gas an<l found the body. The house
1s provided with combination electric
light and gas fixtures, and it is thought
Mrs. Green turned on the gas instead
of the electric light and failed to close
the jet.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1912
Harries Wedding to
Nurse Fiance While
Patient in Hospital
Raleigh Girl Now Bride of Dal
las Lawyer, Former Georgia
Student.
RALEIGH, N. C., Dec. 30. —Her Ra
leigh friends have just received news
that MW Bessie Rogers, daughter of
Mrs. Wiley M. Rogers, of this city’, was
recently married in Dallas. Texas, to
Millard Rewis, a prominent young law
yer of that city, who graduated with
high honors from the University of
Georgia before going to Texas to make
his fortune.
Miss Rogers went to Dallas shortly
before Christmas to attend a house par
ty and although engaged to Rewis, the
marriage was not scheduled to take
place until some time in the spring.
About the time of her arrival Rewis
found it necessary to undergo an oper
ation for a severe affection of his eyes,
and when the surgeons announced the
following day that another operation
within a week or two would have to be
performed Miss Rogers and her fiance
decided to get married without further
delay' so that she could be with him
constantly while he was under the care
'of the surgeons.
The knot was tied by Dr. Truitt, a
distinguished Baptist divine of Dallas
and a friend of the bridegroom.
GOV. HADLEY WANTS
PORTRAIT, LIKE T. R.,
TO GIVE TO STATE
ST. LOUIS, MO., Dec. 30. —Governor
Herbert S. Hadley, as a parting gift to
the state, when he retires from office in
January, will present a painting of him
self to be added to the gallery of gov
ernors. Hadley wished to look as much
as possible like Roosevelt.
This painting is by Carl Waldeck and
is the same that some time ago the gov
ernor's son decided to complete by paint
ing in an ey'e. He nearly ruined the pic
ture, but the artist was able to remove
the daubs.
The governor found great difficulty in
finding an artist who gave him exactly
the expression that he desired. The first
painting by a St. Louis artist was re
jected and led to legal troubles for the
governor. It showed him as wearing a
plain black tie. and this the governor
objected to, as he claimed that he al
ways wore a blue polka dot tie, like
Roosevelt.
DIES NINE DAYS AFTER
HER FATHER IS KILLED
IN RAILWAY ACCIDENT
Katie May Manning, the fourteen
year-old daughter of Mrs. Mattie Man
ning, 190 Greenwich avenue, died at the
family residence today of pneumonia.
Her father, Haden B. Manning, an
engineer on the Western and Atlantic
railroad and chaplain of the local
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
was killed December 21 in an accident
while on his engine in the Chattanooga
yards.
The little girl was ill when the news
of her father’s death reached Atlanta.
She was unable to attend his funeral,
but her illness did not become critical
until yesterday.
Besides her mother, she is survived
b.v two older brothers and three young
er brothers. The funeral arrangements
will be announced later.
1913 OCCUPATION TAX
DODGERS ARE DUE FOR
CALL BY GRAND JURY
Occupation tay dodgers for 1913 will
have a chance to interview the Fulton
county grand jury, according to the
dictum laid down by’ Ordinary J. M.
Wilkinson.
It was announced from the ordinary’s
office that the charitable attitude of
passing over the occupation tax delin
quents will cease with the advent of
the salary act on January 1.
According to the ordinary, the failure
to register in the county office is a
misdemeanor under the law and the of
fender is liable to indictment and, if
convicted, subject to a tine of SI,OOO or
imprisonment for twelve months, or
both,
“STORMY PETREL” OF
EUROPEAN POLITICS
STRICKEN SUDDENLY
STUTTGART, GERMANY, Dec. 550.
Baron Alfred Von Kiderlin Waechter, sec
retary of foreign affairs for Germany and
generally referred to as the “new Bis
marck of the German empire,'' died sud
denly today of heart failure, in his six
tieth year.
Herr Kiderlin Waechter, who was a.
Bavarian by birth, represented a new
school of diplomacy in Germany, and was
the moving spirit in the politics which
was played with France and Spain over
Morocco. At the time of the Agradlr
incident, when Germany sent troops into
Moroccan water for protection of Ger
man interests, Herr Kiderlin Waechter
became known as the stormy petrel of
continental diplomacy.
2.000 WOMEN WRITE
ONE MAN FOR HUSBAND
SEATTLE, Dec. 30.-—ln the last twelve
months Claude F. Gage, marriage license
clerk of Kings county, has receiver] let
ters from 2.000 persons, mostly women
asking him to assist them In finding life
partners Fifteen hundred of those ap
plications came from women living in the
large industrial centers on the Atlantic
scab
'FAMILY REFUSES TO HELP
SAVE MRS. KING’S LIFE
7 his Boy Is Keen Competitor for ‘Perfect ’ Title
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Benjamin Berry, entry in the “perfect younster” class.
Little Benjamin Berry Develops
Himself Physically by Lots
of Outdoor Exercise.
Here is another three-year-old At
lanta boy who is claimed to be some
thing of a model. His name is Benja
min Berry, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. L.
Berry, of 109 Cooper street.
Benjamin is, with one slight excep
tion, a better developed three-year-old
than Bernarr Magee, Professor F. B.
Magee’s model Atlanta boy of that age.
Little Benjamin Berry, who is the ex
act age and weight of Bernarr Magee,
differs from the young boxer-model es
sentially in height and muscle develop
ment.
Master Magee was about all any fond
parent could wish for in the way of
physical development, and his right to
bear the title of “Atlanta’s perfect
three-year-old boy” went unchallenged
for a long time.
But Mrs. B. L. Berry read about him,
then took one long, loving glance at her
own fine son, and since has believed
that Master Benjamin at least deserves
equal distinction with The Georgian
expert’s own son.
Mrs. Berry not only strongly believed
that, but she told her friends about it
as well. As a result, The Georgian
heard about young Benjamin, the ri
valry which sprung up over him. and —
well, here is his picture, his measure
ments and q. comparison of his meas
urements with those of the model.
Both of the youngsters weigh 38
pounds. Benjamin's neck measure—ll
inches—is one-half inch greater than
Bernarr’a; his chest is 1.8 inches great
er. and his thighs are 1.2 inches farther
around.
The model's calf measurements are
six-tenths of an inch greater than Mas
ter Benjamin's. Their upper and fore
arm measurements are almost the same,
Benjamin’s being greater by less than
one-half inch.
for looks, both youngsters are ar
near perfect as could be found any
where. Master Magee is a boxer and
Iridian club swinger at odd times. Ben-
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• Height 38 inches •
• Weight 38 pounds •
• Neck 11 inches •
• Chest 22 inches •
• Upper right arm, up 7 inches •
• Upper right arm, down.. 8.5 Inches •
• Upper left arm. up 7 inches •
• Upper left arm. down . . .6.5 inches •
• Right thigh 12.5 inches •
• Left thigh 12.5 inches •
• Right calf 8.5 inches •
• Ijeft calf 8.5 Inches •
• Right forearm 6.5 inches •
• Left forearm 6.5 inches •
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jamin Berry takes walks, rolls on the
floor and has an improvised hand bar in
his back yard which he uses for amuse
ment and exercise.
One look at little Benjamin is quite
convincing that he has rarely if ever
been sick a day In his life. His moth
er used to worry about his growth, as
every mother worries. But that was in
his early days.
She doesn’t worry now. and neither
does tlie boy. He loves exercise, plen
ty of fresh ozone, and nothing delights
him more than a rough and tumble,
health-producing frolic each evening
before bedtime.
That is one of Professor Magee’s
rules for mothers, and is one at which
Benjamin is so apt that the value of
the rule Is proved beyond question.
ROUND UP ILLINOIS
GANG OF BURGLARS
BLOOMINGTON, ILL., Dec. 30 -A gang
of burglars which lias been terrorizing this
city for weeks, has been rounded up by
the police after they had broken Into
Armour’s meat packing branch plant and
stolen a considerable quantity of bacon,
meats and other goods The men under
arrest are Curley Shields, a negro, who
lias been in Chester penitentiary; Walter
Hutva, son of a city salesman for Armour
& Co., who is asld to have admitted the
men to the building, and Victor Nelson.
A large quantity of stolen goods was found
al Shields' resort.
Brothersand Sisters of Confessed Death
Plotter Declare She Deserves No
Sympathy and They Are Determined
to Let the Law Take Its Course.
Renounce W oman at Conference Held on Sun
day-—Agree Not to Visit Jones County Pris
oner Who Planned Husband’sDeath---Willing
for Her to Hang, if the Law So Decrees.
By Staff Correspondent.
ROl ND OAK. GA.. Dec. 30.—The brother and sisters of Mrs.
Kathrine King decided, at a conference yesterday afternoon, not to
make any effort to save her from death on the gallows. They feel that,
she has committed a terrible crime for which she deserves no sympa
thy, and they have determined to let the law lake its course with
out hindrance.
The conference was held at the home of Mrs. John King, a half
mile from Round Oak. and she. two other sisters, and her brother,
At. S. Simmons, a shoe store proprietor of Macon, were present. They
further agreed that none of them should ever visit Mrs. Kathrine
King, and. in fact, to east her out of their lives as much as possible.
■‘lf Kathnne were not guilty, we
would spend every dollar we have
in the hope of saving her,” declar
ed Mrs. John King, “but we feel
that she has disgraced us and her
children as well, and she need not
expect any assistance from us. We
would rather that she should die
than for her to spend the remain
der of her natural life in the pen
itentiary. It will be better for her
children to say that she is dead
rather than to say that she is wear
ing convict’s clothes. If hanging
is the penalty for her crime, then
she should hang. We all think
that way, and I don’t believe that
anything could change us. We
never expect to see her again.”
Special Court Term
Not Likely.
There-is little likelihood of a special
term of the Jones county superior court
being called for the trial of Mrs. King
and Jesse Nick Wilburn, the confessed
murderers of the former’s husband,
James King, who was shot with his own
gun on December 12. The next term of
court is scheduled for the first Monday
in April, and it is believed that Judge
James B. Park will wait until then to
dispose of this case.
It is believed that a trial at this time
would intensify public feeling, which at
present is strong and unconcealed in
Jones county.
A .reporter for The Georgian, who
visited Grays. Bradleys, Wayside, Janies
and Round Oak, saw groups of men on
nearly every corner, and all of them
were discussing the murder of Jim
King. The consensus of opinion is that
the crime was the worst in the history
of Jones county, and that the confessed
murderers should pay the extreme pen
alty. Just now there is little sympathy
for Mrs. King and none for Wilburn,
her accomplice.
Community Still
Shocked by Crime.
The indignation at the startling rev
elations concerning the murder of the
planter is not any greater than the
shock under which the community still
appears to labor. The confession of
Mrs King literally dumfounded the
county. On every hand expressions of
surprise are heard that she should have
committed such a crime.
The Kings are rated, in the rural
vernacular, as "fine people" and "first
class folks." Mrs. King's people also
stand high in the esteem of the com
munity. and they appear to be much
above the general strata of country
folk
What hurts Mrs. King’s relatives
most of all is that she confesses to an
affection for Wilburn. This is pa -
tleularly the view taken by Mrs. John
King, a sister.
Sheriff Charles Roberts ays he will
keep Wilburn in the Bibb county jail
until the day of the trial. Wilhurh was
saved from a mob Thursday night only
by a ruse and hurried work on the putt
of the sheriff. He advocates deferring
the trials until the regular term of
court.
If either Wilburn or Mrs. King,hang,
they will be the first to die on the gal
lows In Jones county since 1885. and
she will be the Hist woman to hang In
Georgia since 1X74
GANG OF THIEVES POISONED.
NEW ORLEANS. LA.. Dec. 30.- In a
dingy, secluded house, discovered to be
the den of a band of thieves, police ear
ly today found Eddie Barnes, a notori
ous sneak thief, dead from cocaine and
five other crooks unconscious. Bur
glars' paraphernalia was confiscated.
Barnes was the son of prominent peo
ple.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
80,000 GARMENT
WORKERS.STRIKE
New York Union Men Quit
Work—l2s,ooo Expected
To Be Out Soon.
NEW YORK. Dec 30.—The great
strike of garment workers that is ex
pected to involve 125,000 men and worn- •
en In this city was inaugurated here to
day in a driving rainstorm.
More than 1,000 drenched pickets
took their stations at as many facto
ries at 7 a. m., and notified all tho
workers arriving that the tight for high
er wages and improved working condi
tions had begun. Reports to union head
quarters stated the strike order wjp
generally obeyed, and President Ricket,
of the United Garment. Workers, pre
dicted that by night 80,000 would bo
out.
New York's $205,532,727 annual out
put of men’s ready-made clothing has
been completely tied up, according to
strikers, and if the struggle Is success
ful here it will be extended to other
large cities of the country. Forty
thousand women, under the leadership
of Rose Schneiderman, probably will
join the strtkers.
A spokesman for the four thousand
employees involved said that the em
ployees would refuse to deal with the.
United Garment Workers of America,
under whose auspices the strike will l>»>
called.
The demand for the strikers is foi an
increase from 15 to 20 per cent in wages,
an eight-hour day and the abolition of
tenement house work.
■ Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont and Mrs. Rose
Astor Stokes are said to be planning to
co-operate with the women workers.
According to this report, they will en
deavor to get the Ladies’ Waist an<J
Dressmakers union to join in the de
mand for in increase of pay. The waist
makers are expected to strike within
ten days, affecting 70,000 workers.
Insurance May Not
Be Paid to Anyone
Tin $2,000 life insurance policy fes
which Mrs. King plotted the murder of
her husband probably will never be>
paiil to any one. Certainly it will not
be paid to her. even though she escape
the scaffold.
A leading Atlanta insurance official
today quoted a famous ease on this
point.
"The McEwen ease, in Virginia, was
exactly tike this," he said. "McEwen,
then mayor of a small city, murdered
a person whose life was insured in
McEwen's favor. McEwen was hanged.
When the point of payment of the In
surance to McEwen’s heirs was raised
the courts ruled that the company could
not pay the policy, even If it desired to
do jo, as such a payment would bn
against public policy.
"In case this company should desire
to pay the King policy to the children,
of thd dead man, instead of his wife,
sho was named as the beneficiary, the
other policyholders might Interfere on
tin- plea that the claim had matured
through fraud and that their interests
would suffer through its payment.
"It a de'icate question and one few
lawyers would care to answer off hand.
The McEwen case brought an entirely
new point before the courts and th*
ruling upon it might not be followed in
this state.”
