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\ ol„ IV. NO. 17. ATLANTA. G A .WEHK i:\[)I\(; APRIL 13 1913 Rub’nshed mm* By
’ * MONTH, Ue A YEAR En'ereq „ the Allal;ta , Gx . pogtofflce as - Secon • cia «2 u J er 1 ’• fife
DEMOCRATS TO
RAISE 810 FUND
Plans Made to Maintain National
Headquarters—Hon. Clark
Howell Honored.
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Following the plans and purposes
of lie- National Democratic t'ommit
t'liuirman William F. McCombs
- appointed a committee on finance,
■ lopos.d of leading national Dem
rats, to assemble funds for the
maintenance of national headquarters
trough the entire period of President
Wilson's term, and has notified Hon.
• Ink Howell, of Atlanta, of his as-
- r inn nt thereto.
i'sides Mr. Howell, the other com
,, i . • tn.-n are Homer S. Cummings.
• onnecticut; Frederick B. Lynch.
Minnesota; A Mitchell Palmer. Penn-
Ivania, and Cato Sells. Texas. These
..I.- all enthusiastic party men. ami
will enter immediately upon the task
a a eti them.
Mi McCombs' evident intention is
. . .a the national headquarters open
■ - soon as lie possibly may. and to
inaugurate the work of its publ city
i. uenii without loss of time The
I ii’inoeratic Congress, with the Presi
.l. tn. is making history rapidly now
.ol.iis. and it is Mr. Mid'ombs' idea
that the national headquarters may
do genuine and helpful service not
nli io the party, but to the people in
-■■ins to it that this history is not
:."rvi rted by the Republicans and the
i'.tlll Mikmwv.
The 1 • idquartrr* will malnt4iW“K
t.giilar department of information.
■. • ■ rein all question propounded will
I"' answered promptly and truthful
ly in addition to the sending out
i i_ularly of general information con
. ■ ruing the progress of events.
To Mr. Howell has been assigned
■i< Southeastern territory of the
I tiited States, and he will accept the
a- itiiinenl unhesitatingly He is. in
10 ut of service, the ranking member
■ tlio Democratic National t’ommit
!'•• and knows more about its work
ing- llu.n any other member
Thomas .1. Pence, of North t’aro
lin . who did such tine publicity work
i Mr. Wilson in the late campaign
ill.- Presidency, will have direct
o n of the publicity bureau, under
io direction of the National Comtnit-
BAD YEAR FOR RAILROADS.
• HH'tHO. April Ik. Railroads
tl loimhoiit the United States got in
the lowest relative income in
ears, according to Slason Tliomp- ■
111. head of the Bureau of Railway
«.< . nd Statistics, in his annual re- •
The history of all rail • arriers in •
I'ailed States for 1012. he says,
di-, loses the follow ing facts;
l owest average freight receipts j
since 11*00.
Payment of the highest wages ini
Mu ir history.
M .triplication of costly regulation.!
lb yiest loss and damage claims on I
record.
Highest Luxes yet levied.
Largest gruss revenues received. •
La rarest exjienses <>f <«|»eration.
SHE FAVORS DEATH PENALTY.
NEW YORK. April 13 -Comnundcr
Ev Booth of the Salvation Army.
iceord to-day in favor of cup
u<l punishment. And this at a time
* h‘ n lawmakers all over the land at'**
to"-in.; the death sentence.
I bi'i.ve in capita! punishment
oip.-m ilatiixi of < oining death
• ous. - < ne to a realisation that he
m i look to the welfare of his son:
ti.i Miss Booth, whose life has been
ooted to work among the lowest
"UNCLE JOE” AS PROPHET
WYSHINGTON April !:• "Tl'.ti"
’» not be .sfi much well-being in till-
• untry twelve months from 10-ti •
- there is now," said Uncle Joe t'an-
i "ii. io' tier Speaker of the House, n
■- i-.“ing the political situation.
The Bull Moosera have been nw..-
ng .i lot of noise." he added, but
11 " i following has not been goi* ( "
witli them.”
Mr. Fannon would not promise
■' back to the next Conges*. < »-
'■ -i inns that he could not speak i<*r
i- in-iituenta in this matter an”
■mid have to wait and see wlia< th' '
t he former Speak, r called alien'•• |
Ihe fact that It has been 22 ye i
- m e hie l onstitutents last gave hir.i • • j
■ I'ution and that be is not so full ,
■ t anil gunpowder as he was then |
HOPES TO WIN AIR RACE
NEW YORK. Apo! 15 Amer
i.in.'Rs for a victory in th- in'
ionai water flying race for ’■"'
s hneider trophy ire very g*">'*. <
■•■ l ling to a letter received by
' m< Club of America from <i
• mpbeli-Wood. who will repr'sen.
'ii' club's water flying contm tie* at
ii- ra.-e The contest 1« to b~ he i *'
Monte 'arlo to-morrow.
News Briefs
’I - HIS is Governor Coelman L. Blease ,of South Carolina, who
* says he loves the power to pardon, because he wants to
give the poor devils another chance. Thus far he has par
doned more than 600 persons. “I hope to make the number an
even 1,000,” he says.
I!L ** 111
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A 111
100 Extra Talesmen
Summoned for Trial
I
Mrs. Mattie Flanders Is to Face
Court at Swainsboro on
Thursday.
SWAlNSliolt<•• «S V ApHI I'•
Judge It .wiins- I. ..an . ‘ •*<' " <•'
Court, bar or.ler.ai •«»’"
men smilin'm .< .|'|eai h'-r. l ,lll ”‘-
<Vi i m’termmtf a: - “' ”*'h **♦* J ll ’-
sei-vice in tia mil ..t Mrs. Mattie
Plunders. .banted >'*J .o-nt.licity in
t h,. death imsb-.u" Fred > taa
fol nitkh 111 w .1 M. Suiis'i-
Jon is untie. death. Tu.
Sheriff of Ei.imm- I c..unl> .»
summoning th* !l
Th.- c;is- o< M '• ‘ i
o.tlilMied ••• ‘ , ’ u * •' ’ •••*> ‘
he Judge I! ivlit.a- ..mi h«»i. '-les
announced the. »..uld »« read, for
trial on Thuisda)
|> r MiXaUKli’on has not : te. n
summoned from '*■- • atha... Connty
... . til ; b uoinaii * t» ia»-
jail t."Hf •
.i ~ • gtwv me «iail> .
Initial in ‘ ’ ’
I I . t |«4 tl4 »• ll•»•' •» .* J
and Hi. n alli.i - • 11 . I
E'tiaHU.'l ‘ OIHItX |
Huiji i‘‘ , I
. Aj ;. |„. he,.. T.mr-dav ano frmai toj
atu ml r«»iirt
I u.s \h Naughton -'■
il m'..ent-..l "• her ...s-l
band - d-ath and i«nor.«t ... bis ha -
ing been S<l" al-rim- |.ol-m>
« .■< , hi"' Im- '• -'i-mm.' 1 ”■
eomded -I h l n | , a .
T ’fTXm.Xdi d AHes.d .1.
difrl-n. - ' I 1 ;7/.'.;e. , 7 I “n , -'..."e'''''
[Poisons Husband
To Get Insurance
,
Woman and Two Companions Want
ed Money to Start Rooming
House. Wife Confesses.
I'IIICKASIIA. <<KLA. April 13
Mrs. It S Wuodwnrd. Mrn. Heni'y
Kivi-fs mid John Tremont, an 'taiian |
. Ik.! in'her. are in jail charged with
tin- muril-r of R. SL WihhlwS'il. a
>oiing iynxYT. who died last week
after what was thought to >*e a i at
ta. k <*f ptomaine poisoning.
In a written <i>nfe.iaion made to the
I'ontdv Attorney. Sheriff and Mayer.
Mrs. Woodward lays her husband
di. I iH-ni eatitiK rat poiaon. which
wt.~ uiven him in a can of tmnlines
..nd in .< •'op of '"a.
Sli‘ says -he and Mrs I l ' t > Riv
ers and the young Italian plat n d the
iuuril< r to ;.i't the 11.000 life insiu -
of the dead man. They wanted
to use itie tuonvy to k<« to Oklahoma
rilx and start a rooming house.
She s.iid they planned ilie murder
three mouths ago. but never had a
. h im i- to put their plans into rwt
ti.in until a f-w days ago.
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MEMPHIS«
«KIDm
Detective Burns’ Sleuths Find
That Millionaire Martin Is
Held for Ransom.
LONDON, April 15. vliws
who :ir«' s»'sir«-hing for J•»*••!>)» Wilb**r
f«»rt ■ Martin, tin* missing Memphis,
Tenn, millionaire, learned definitely
that he i alive and held captive by
a band of kidnapei’s.
Detectives working under William
J. Hurns, the t.unous American sleuth,
were the first to strike the trail and
• amt within m arc of rescuing Mar
tin, hut the kidiripi rs had been tipped
off and lied, taking their captive with
them.
Burns men have outwitl«*d the
shrewdest of Scotland Yard sleuths
in this case.
Mr. Burns says he is sure that Mar
tin will be rescued alive and turned
over to his ndalives within twelve
hours.
I’ollowitig th*- visit of a mysterious
woman to th< home of .1. Lockhart
I Anderson, M . Martin’s friend, detec-
I lives went to a rootiHng house in
I EaWbdTlr trLTrh ftnnt the woman
JC4fhvd that Martin had been detained
lor some days. In some manner the
kidnapers ha<i Rotten wind of the fart
that the Kcarviiers were drawing near
and fled. On atatoiini of the shortness
of tim<‘ dt their -diMHis**!, it
-iit vwl that tlieyluid takcu relume »« a
hors*' no.v bV. Dotectives wore averse
| to toilintf about the mysterious woman
' 'vho had revealed the hiding jdm-e of
the kidnaping band.
Lambeth is a low quarter of South
London and that section is squalid
and the I ous< - o< curded by people of
low <a-te. There arc a number €»f
lodging houses there which are fre
quented only by < riminals. it was in
the Lainbetli so* th»n that tiie silk hat.
povketb »ok ami watch chain of Mi.
Ma ilin were ton mi.
Immediately aider the detective*
loimd that th* kidnapers had flown,
tiny put th** owm r of lite halging
••ouse through a drastic examination
I’rom lucti* gathered by the Bum?
detevtiws it was evident that th**
Aim rican millionaire had Iwen drug
ged and kidnaped and hud struggled
hard to gain his freedom toward the
♦•Rd of his journey. Ii was said one
of the < aptors was to hold him for
ransom,.
PUT TORCH TO HOME.
HASTINGS ENGLAND. April 15
Suffragettes to-day destroyed w'ith
giin|M*w<ler the former home of Ar
thur Dueros. a member of I’arlia
! mrnt.
Six firemen were injured by explo
sions in the burning house while they
were fighting the flames. The duuvi'TC
is es lima ted at $ 30.0ot».
HANDBAGS FOR MEN.
«’Hh AGO, April 15. Hi ml bags for
• ceu is ihe latest conceit of Chicago
is>ii’e\a: di« r>. The new fad is said to
bi about to eLpi.n«- the wrist watch,
which found gi« t favor here.
'l’oc Innovation had its rise in the
row close-form fitting m 'dels of
men’s attire, it is reported, which <l
- i-o loom for im-ighlly bulges of
j o kotb.Mjks, handkerchiefs ui coin
pursfs
WINS ALIENATION SUIT.
BOSI«»N. Ajril 15. Chester
Boynton Io t in his. ?25.000 suit
against It* v. William B. Ayors, < f the
Par’; and Downing <'ongregatiort ii
t’hurch at W.L asms, fur a’lrg»'d
ML *i:ition of Mis. BoynimTrf
>h»ns.
Afte dclib n;:iu 4.3 minutes thu
jury it ( o: h d a verdict this afternfs* i
in favor of rhe \our.g preacher.
BELIEVE END IS NEAR.
PARIS. April 15. Tin* m A.-puje-
Excriff'or has just publisiied an edi
tion in which if carri<? a bulletin, tel
ephoned from Rome at noon, statfug
• liar, despite .»i| statements to
onir.-r., th»- » aih <»f Pope I' X
be ♦ vvd to hr near.
GETS CUSTODY OF CHILD.
* ?lATTAN'tifGA TENN. April I'..
I i'dwu d L. Met’alHv. a t'aattanoojs«i
I c’ubijzait. v. h« • wife. Ms. Lillian
IGriflith \!<<’alL daught. : <4 Dr
iGiiflith. of <*orm 11 l T nivei> iy. ii’ d
j for divor • at P.<-n<» Salu «!.; ..
i'■ ’ ti’iu afternoon that in the pr.»{ -
i ity transfer to out of com: i?
1 provided tn the s. >u: i b-.ve i •
I cust«Ml> of om of their child, en.
SHOOTS WIFE. RIVAL. SELF.
GROWN POINT. IND.. April 15
| T.-linking » s wife was eloping wi. •
I .«uut»K” man. Hugh Burn>. a faimc
I lo’L.wrd her to S« inei.hr. ImL.
1 ’>» !• and I'rank Parsons, and then
I ruined the upon himself an 1
Jcr- d The larec are in the
j h»re and. it it said, al! <!•! lie.