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* J THE WEATHER. Forecast—Fair to-night and Saturday. Temperatures—8 a. m., 60; 10 a. m., 66; 12 m., 78; 2 p. m., 81; sunrise, 5:12; sunset, 6:12. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit GEORGIAN WANT ADS— Use For Results VOL. XI. NO. 220. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 18. 1913. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE r ^° Devotion to Mother Leads Augusta Boy To Brave Jail Term Parole Granted Young Man Who Wandered Five Years Following Escape From Gang. Mrs. A. H. Clark Secures Indict ment of Mother-in-Law on the Charge of Stealing Her Son, Missing the Last Three Weeks. Young Wife Alleges Child Was Taken as Climax of Plot by Hus band’s Family to SepanateThem. Asserts They Alienated Him. Augustus Hamilton Clark. Jr., 2 1-2 years old, to-day is back In the arms of his overjoyed mother, Mrs. A. II. Clark, 1 f>6 Richardson Street, after having been missing for three weeks, while Mrs. G. S. Clark, the boy s grandmother, has been indicted by the Grand Jury on a charge of kidnaping. Affectionately fondling the little chap. Mrs. Clark said: *• "No earthly power can separate us again. I’m going to keep him if 1 have to keep my arms about him all the time.” The boy was forcibly recovered,by Mrs. Clark from the grandmother after the latter is said to have brought him back here from Chicago. The ' elder Mrs. Clark left here with the child about three weeks ago, and since then the mother had been almost dis tracted. Shortly after this, Mrs. Clark’s hus band also disappeared, leaving her a farewell note. Says Husband Loves Her. Clark and Mrs*. Clark were married in January, 1909. at which time Clark was 20 years of age and a student Mrs. Clark declared to-day her hus band loves her, but that his* parents exerted an undue influence over him and finally weaned him from her. After the husband left, the wife had his mother indicted by the Grand Jury for kidnaping. She has not yet been arrested. The young wife’s last message from the missing husband was this fare well note: “When you get this, I’ll be gone. 1 am not deserting you, and may God grant that some day the tangled snarl of our lives may be straightened.” Mrs. Clark said: “Mr. Clark’s mother was just jeal ous of me and she and her husband have brought all of this about. They objected to our marriage because Mr. Clgjk was so young and because he was a student In .school. They were so bitter against the marriage that they went so far as to attempt to have it annulled. This move failed, but they would pot rest satisfied, j Claims Parents Won Him. “They tnen set about to wean my husband from me and to kill his love, and they lost no opportunity to strike. They have succeeded in making it un pleasant all the way through. Tne climax came when my husband’s mother spirited my precious boy away, and when my husband himself left me. I’m sure he would never have thought of doing me this way had it not been for the persistent and nagging influence exerted over him.” The young couple boarded with Clark’s parents last winter, but a short time ago deedide to go to housekeeping. The young wife said that when she ana her husband moved her mother-in-law begged her to leave little Augustus with her, promising to take the little fellow back to her the next day. Mrs. G. S. Clark, when seen to-day by a Georgian reporter, admitted she had taken the child from Atlanta un der a prearranged plan with the child’s father, and said the plan failed because she had been forced to bring the child back here until Clark could make arrangements for its care in Chicago. “My son was anxious to get his boy The story of a boy’s yearning for home and his aged mother, so great that he returned to this State after five years of wandering and submit ted to being sent back to the chain- gang, from which he had escaped, was told to-day in the granting of a parole to W. J. Collier, of Augusta, by, Gov ernor Brown. Collier, who was a young man of 20 years when he was sentenced to two years on the chaingang for breaking into freight cars, was brutally beaten by the whipping boss. After he had borne this treatment and suffering for several month?-’, he made his escape one night and for five years remained undiscovered until he walked In upon the officers in Augusta and gave him self up. “I can not stay away from my mother and sister any longer.’’ was all that he said in explanation. An investigation disclosed that aft- er Collier escaped from the brutality of the whipping bosf\ he went into another State and obtained employ ment, learning the painter’s trade. He sent money regularly to his mother, who is old and feeble, and to his un married sister. Letters from his em ployers said that he was honest and straightforward in every respect. Mercury Reaches 81; Sets Heat Record Sum;ner Here to Stay, Says Weather Man—Higher Temperature All Over South. Waste Paper Substituted for Cur rency in Package Sent From Brunswick to Atlanta. LOSS IS DISCOVERED HERE Express Messenger Reported to Have Admitted That He Re sealed Valuable Envelope. If you have anything to shed pre pare to shed them now. For Atlanta, after having weather that would he a credit to> Labrador, is .to-day enjoying her first taste of real summer weather. At the lo cal weather bureau this morning it was stated positively that the days of cfeld weather are over, and the season of barefooted boys and swim ming parties is here at last. At 6 o’clock the thermometer at the bureau registered 52 above zero. With the coming of dawn the mercury shot upward. It climbed steadily all day, and by 1 o’clock reached 81 degrees, where it will rest in triumph until to morrow, when it plans to go even higher. The mark of 80 is a record for this year. The conditions throughout the South to-day are the same as in Atlanta. The weather is fair from St. Louis to New Orleans, and the mercury is ris ing steadily. D.A.R.Race Narrows; Mrs. C.B. Bryan Quits •Harmony’ Candidate From Memphis Leaves Contest to Mrs. Story and Mrs. Horton. Five thousand dollars in currency has disappeared mysteriously in tran sit between the Brunswick Bank and Trust Company and the Central Bank and Trust Corporation. The theft was' discovered when officials of the At lanta bank opened the sealed package and found, instead of money, news paper clippings of the same.size and thickness. The funds were intended to be put to the credit of the Brunswick bank with the Central, which handles its account here. The shipment was quite in the regular course of daily busi ness. The cashier of the Brunswick in stitution personally delivered the package *to the Southern Express Company. The envelope was sealed with the bank’s seal, and red wax was used. Opened and Resealed. When received here, the envelope ! had been opened at one end, the red seal evidently had been bent back, I then out in place again and held i there by black \va*. From- the fart J that the Southern rixpreSs Company uses black wax, and from other in dications in the case, an express mes senger is suspected. It is reported that one messenger already has admitted to his superiors that he repealed the package, though he says he did not get the money and simply found that the envelope need ed closing. Theft Is Not Denied. At headquarters of the Southern Express Company in Atlanta, officials were reticent. No denial is made of the circumstance?*, but no informa tion is forthcoming as to the result of investigations. The leading officials of the com pany in this territory were gathered nearly all day in the office of the com pany’s counsel. At the Central Bank and Trust Cor poration it was said that the package was received in the regular course of business, was signed for along with several other shipments of currency, and that the theft was not discovered until an official opened the envelope in question. S TATE ENTOMOLOGIST E. LEE WORSHAM, whose “long distance” salary will be attacked by the new Director of the State Experi ment Station. LIFE BESTS Postponement Till July of Trial of Mrs. Flanders Defeats the Governor's Purpose. Six Burned in Oil Explosion in Hotel Fire Near City Hall White Clerk at Fairlie House Injured as He Tries to Save Negro Cook. WIDOW AGAIN DISAPPOINTED Absence of State Witnesses Is Given as Cause of Delay in Noted Poison Case. i I v / <&> FS 2 SUITE FIBS! MEN BE OUSTED Demand Worsham, Entomologist, and Dr. White Be Cut Off Ex periment Work Payroll. WASHINGTON, April 18.—Mrs. Charles B. Bryan, of Memphis, Tenn., the “harmony” candidate for presi dent general of the D. A. R., withdrew her candidacy to-day. . The nominations were closed form il ly this morning and the race now is between Mrs. William C. Story and Mrs. John Miller Horton. The third ballot for the presidency was begun shortly before it o’clock to-day. The voting machines will be, closed at 5 o’clock and the result will be announced an hour later. 112-lb, Newsie Puts Out Tom Sharkey Ex-Pugilist Unable to Make Good Sweeping Defi to “Any Gent in Noo Yak." from the mother in order that he would have better care and asked me to take him to Chicago,” said Mrs. Clark. “My son made all of the ar rangements for the trip and provided the transportation. It was the plan for me to go first with the baby, and he was to Join us a week later, which he did. As my son had made no defi r nlte plans In Chicago for the future, however, I decided to bring the baby back to Atlanta temporarily. When everything was ready, I was to take It back tp its father. You Winner Read the “Want Ads” to-day and see if your name is there. If it is and you have it marked when the “Want Ad” man calls Saturday morning in Ihe Speedy Car- tercar, he will pre sent you with a new dollar bill. NEW YOFfK, April 18.—Tom Shar- ! key, former contender for the heavy- I weight championship, is raising a cry of “foul” to-day and rubbing liniment on his waistline as the result of a knockout punch administered to him by George Davis, a 112-pound news boy. Sharkey walked into the back part of his saloon last night and bellowed something abput being able to “wallop any gent in Noo Yak.” Davis, one of the patrons of the place, remarked he didn’t think Tom was able. As a result, a ring was hastily rigged up on the sidewalk in front of the cafe. Tom made two vicious swings at Davis, but missed, and while he was off his balance Davis, jabbed a blow against Sharkey’s waistline. Sharkey dropped to the pavement. Davis tied. Woman Raffles in D. A, R. Convention Notice Read From Platform Brands Woman Wearing Lace Scarf as Thief. WASHINGTON, April 18—The fol lowing notice was read aloud from the platform at the D A. R Congress to-day: “Lost, at a reception at (name of j hotel given), one lace scarf. Woman ; was seen wearing it out underneath her cofct.” . A fight, begun by farmers of Geor gia. to prevent the re-election of E. L. Worsham, of Atlanta, State Ento mologist, and Dr. H. C. White, of Athens, professor of chemistry at the State University, as members of the Griffin Experiment Station stall', will come at the meeting of the board of directors of the station April 22. Agitation, fostered by communica tions from many Georgia farmers and pushed by agricultural papers, has brought the issue to an acute situa tion. The result will be an attempt to oust the two absentee members of the Griffin faculty when the board meets next week. The Southern Cultivator, of Atlanta, a farm publication, has been vigor ous in protesting against the reten tion on the station staff of men who are not at Griffin and “on the Job.” Both Paid by Station. Dr. White draws a salary of $1,800 from the station, while being em ployed by the University of Georgia-. E. L. Worsham, Slate Entomologist, is on thr salary roll of the experi ment station to the extent of $1,000 a year, while employed as State Ento mologist. This showing has been made by farmers in their communications to the agricultural press of the South, and is the basis for the organization of a faction which will present deter mined views to the board of direc tors next week, denouncing the em ployment of officials whose time is not spent in active attendance on their Jobs. The issue will be sprung when the directors go into the matter of elect ing a new staff. Much of its out come depends upon the attitude of Professor R. J. H. DeLoaeh, recently appointed director of the experiment station. He will be drawn into the fight, although he does not enter upon his duties until July 1, for the reason that the board, at its last meeting, decided to permit him to suggest the persons who should be elected on his staff April 22. Will Respect His Wishes. The wishes of the new director, then, will be respected, according to the prevailing opinion, in view of the fac t that the board has assured him of its purpose to enter into whatever plans would be for the upbuilding of the station—an assurance which was given before he would permit his name to be used. The fight, Its backers nave declared, is not against Dr. White or Mr. Wor sham as individuals, nor against their fitness for their work, but against the principle of paying salaries to mem bers of the station staff who arc* not continuously at the station and in co-operation with the other members of the force. When ihe Emanuel County Superior Court to-day postponed the trial of Mrs. Mattie Flanders it again threw back on the hands of Governor Brown the life of Dr. W. J. McNaughton. Dr. McNaughton is under sentence to bang for the murder by poison of: the husband of Mrs. Flanders. Governor Brown has repeatedly res pited Dr. McNaxigh ton's sentence, stating that he would not permit him to be hanged until all possible doubt had been cleared by the trial of Mrs. Flanders, also charged with complici ty In the same crime. Term Expires Before July. Governor Brown’s term of office will expire before the Flanders case D taken up In July. Unless he takes action which will have effect after the expiration of his term. Dr. McNaughton will go to the gallows In May. It Is possible for the Governor to complyte Dr. McNaughton's,sentence, i? is also possible for him to grant another respite for such a term that Mrs. Flanders win be tried before the execution. That, however, would put final action on the McNaughton case up to Governor John M. Slaton. Widow’s Trial Delayed. SWA INS BORO, GA., April 18—Mrs Mattie Flanders, charged with com plicity in the death of her husband, Fred Flanders, In the famous Dr. W. J. McNaughton poisoning case, will not be tried until the July term of Emanuel Superior Court. When her case was called at 8:45 o’clock this morning it was continued because of the absence of material witnesses. All the veniremen who had been summoned for jury service were dismissed and the continuance an nounced by Judge J. T. Rawlings. Mrs. Flanders left the court hougg with a disappointed look. Her fa ther, who accompanied her here from her home at Bartow for the trial, openly expressed indignation at the delay. Both Mrs. Flanders and her father desired that the trial proceed at this time without further postpone ment. The continuance wap at the instance of the State, the absent witnesses being for that side. Missing Witnesses Essential. Mrs. Flanders and her father will return to Bartow this afternoon. The absent witnesses causing the continuance are Dr. Houston, of Au gusta, and V. W. Brown, of Quitman. The testimony of each is considered material. The court agreed to the State’s contention in this respect. Dr. Houston was appointed by the court as an expert to make investigation as to the alleged arsenic poison that it is contended caused Flanders’ death. The defense acknowledges that his testimony is material. Brown testi fied at the trial of Dr. McNaughton that on passing through Covena he had 3een McNaughton and Mrs. Flan ders kiss and had also seen Fred Flanders carrying a torch at night to light the way for McNaughton and Mrs. Flanders, who walked behfnd him. Mrs. Flanders Confident. Before court convened to-day Mr* Flanders said: “There is no doubt of my acquit tal I am innocent and expect to prove this. 1 do not want the case postponed or nolle prossed. I want the trial to go on, so that I may b« vindicated In the eyes of the world. I shall go before the jury firm In the conviction that after they hear all that the .State can bring against me they will feel that I have committed no crime, and will bring in a verdict In my favor.” The Impression is general that sev eral days will be consumed In the trial of the case. The trial will be one of the most expensive Emanuel County has ever had. Tho cost for jury service alone will amount to ap proximately $400. It 1b anticipated that the minimum cost of the trial .will be $1,000, * A white man and five negroes were burned, one of them perhaps fatally, in a gasoline explosion In the kitchen of the Fairlie House, near the city hall, this afternoon. The white man was John Duggan, clerk at the hotel, whose clothing caught fire when he attempted to save the life of Grace Wallace, the negro cook. Duggan was severely burned about the legs and body, but it is not thought his Injuries will prove seri- ious The Wallace woman was probably fatally burned. When Duggan ran ino the kitchen she was afire from head to feet and her hair was blaz ing. When the flames were exting uished she had been seriously burned about the head and body. Both Duggan and the negro woman were taken to Grady Hospital. Four of the negro waiters at the hotel were slightly burned on the hands and arms when they tried to extinguish the flames without call ing the fire department. The explosion was the result of a mistake on the part of one of the negro waiters. He saw' a can of gasoline setting on the floor and started to fill the kettle with it. The damage to the building was small. Crackers Score Two Runs in First Inning; Agler and Welchonce Pull Double Steal; Jim Brady Opposes Charley Chase on Slab. Crane Declines Post At Court of Russia NASHVILLE, TENN., April 18. The Crackers and Vols clashed in the first f their four-game series here this aft ernoon. A large crowd turned out to •e the two teams In action. 311! Smith sent Jim Brady to the slab for Atlanta with Graham catching. Schwartz selected Case and’ Noyes as his battery. The Crackers scored two runs in the first inning THE GAME. President Wants George W. Guthrie to Go to Japan and Frederick C. Penfield to Spain. WASHINGTON, April 18.—It was learned that at the White House to day that Charles R. Crane, of Chi cago. to whom the President I141P ten- j pered the Ambassadorship to Russia. ! will not accept tne offer. There had been some doubt at the White House ns to whether Mr. Crane could give up his business interests to go abroad. Mr. Crane declared on March 6 that he would not accept any poK outside of the United States. Later he con ferred with the President. The con ference did not change his decision, and he now la on his wav to Chicago. Other selections determined upon by President Wilson, although the nominations will not be sent to 4 he Senate for at least a week, are: George W. Guthrie, of Pennsylvania, for Ambassador to Japan. Frederick C. Penfield, of Pennsyl vania. for Minister to Spain. FIRST INNING. Agler walks and steals second. Alper- man sacrificed and Agler went to third. W elchonce walks and on a double steal Agler scored. Bailey singled past Calla han and Welchonce scored. Long filed out to Callahan. Smith was out to lames. TWO RI’NB, ONE HIT. Duly filed out to Long, (jualoy grounded out, Keating to Agbo Calla- han filed out to i^ong NO 111 IS. NO HUNS SECON DINNING. Keating w’ent out. Lindsay to Schwartz. Graham flied out to Calla han Brady grounded out, Perry to Schwartz. NO HITS, NO HUNS. Perry filed out to Smith. Schwartz Hied out to Bailey. James went out. Iperman to Agler. NO RUNS. NO HITS. THIRD INNING. Agler Hied out to Daly. Alperman went out, Lindsey to Schwartz. Wel- '•honce went out over the same route. NO RUNS, NO HITS. Lindsey fouled out to Graham. Noyes grounded to Keating, hut was safe on an error. Noyes went out trying to steal second, Graham to Alperman. Case was retired, Alperman to Agler. KI NS, NO HITS. FOURTH INNING. Bailey hit to Janies for two bases. Long bunted to Case, who fumbled the bull and was safe at first. Bailey going to third. Smith filed out to left field. Bailey was caught at the plate on the throw-In. Long going to second. Keat ing grounded out, Lindsey to Schwartz. NO BUNS. ONE HIT. Motorcyclists Here, Touring Continent Three Tampa Youths Reach Atlanta on Trip Encircling United States and Canada. Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads The Sunday American. YOUR ad vertisement in the next issue will sell goods. Try it! J, Ham Lewis’ Linen Costs Two Days’ Pay Stops to Change Shirt and Loses Chance to be Sworn In as Senator. WASHINGTON. April 18 Fifteen minutes spent in grooming himself Tuesday morning before making an appearance in the Senate chamber j cost Senator James Hamilton Lewis, j of Illinois, two days of his term us | Senator. Instead of leaving his hotel for the capltol promptly after arrival. Col onel Lewis' took time to change his linen and reached the capitoi to he sworn in only to find the eSnate hau adjourned till Thursday. The new Senator does not intend lo remain in the aristocratic hotel where he is now stopping. “I cannot afford It,” he said. “I have no desire to emulate the fools or the rich. 1 shall get a modest apartment.” To encircle the continent with their motorcycles is the ambitious purpose of three well-to-do young men from Tamp la who to-day are speeding to ward Birmingham on their way from Atlanta. They are S \V. DeLong. J. <Tinny and L. W. Whitehurst. Dust-covered and begrimed, they stayed in Atlanta only long enough to remove a few' thicknesses of the dirt before starting for the next stage In their unique journey. After reaching the Pacific (’oast, they will go northward through California. Oregon and Washington, and w ill return eastward along the roads of the Northern States and through part* of Canada. On good roads they expect to aver age 200 miles a day. but they are not out for speed records, and will rest whenever thev feel like It. They ex pert to be back In Tampa in time for the next tourist season. Wilson Not to Back Up on Tariff Stand RESULTS. AT HAVRE DE GRACE. First Three-vear-olds and up. selling: Double Five 10* (Wolf), 7. 5-2. 1. won: Moncrlef 109 (Maderiat. 30, 10, 4; Black Chief 110 (Musgrave), 2. 4-5, 7-2 Time. 1:02. Also ran: Magazine. Cowl. Pro gressive, Big Dipper and Ralph Lloyd. Second--Purse $400. two-year-old maiden fillies, 4 furlongs: Trumps 108 (Troxler), 1-4. out, won: Matter 108 (Butwell), 4. 9-20, out; Galea 108 (Wil son). 49, 4. out. Time, :50 3-5. Also ran: Madge’s Sister. Thin: $400. 3-year-olds and up. sell ing, 0 furlongs: Royal Meteor 117 (Mus grave). 9 to 5, 1 to 2. out, won: Font. 1LJ (Graham). 9 to 10. out, second; Cherry Sred, 112 (Wolf). 9, 8 to 5, 2 to 5, third. Time, 1:16. Mad River, Auto Maid aleo ran. Fourth Harford handicap. $1,500 add ed, 3-year-okLs and up, 5d 2 furlongs: Springboard. 95 (Wolf), 10, 3, 8 to 5, won; Sid Blaise. 102 (Robbins), 3, even. 1 to 2. second; Caugh Hill, 119 (Pickett), 5, 2. 4 to 5, third. Time, 1:07 4-5. Ad orns Express, Spohn, Marjorie A and Grover Hughes also ran. Threatens to Carry Issue Before People if Senate Tries to Raise House Rates. Mrs. Wilson Piques Capital Modistes Has Spring Dresses Made in Balti more to Keep Within $1,000 Allowance. WASHINGTON. April 18.—There will be no backing water by President Wilson in his attitude on the tariff. Early In his administration he told j the old party leaders of Congress what he expected Jn the way of a J tariff bill as carrying out the party I pledges. He has reiterated this position to a number of callers, and has gone so far I ns to threaten, If the Senate under- | takes to raise the rates as pr..' r, ded in the House bill, to carry the ind - j ter before the people of the country. This intended course was Imparted bv blm to one of hie visitors to-day .1 > WASHINGTON. April 18—Mrs. Woodrow Wilson is having her spring clothes made in Baltimore in order to keep within her allowance of $1,000 for dresses. This has proved a great j shock to the modistes and dressmak ers of the National Capital, who had counted on the publicity of such serv ice. The simplicity of dress Mrs Wilson is making fashionable prevails among the women of the Cabinet. If you have anything to sell adver- in The Sunda tiae In The Sunday American. Lar geat oiroulation of any Sunday news ipaper in the South. and communicated informally to cer tain Senators who are regarded as be ing in favor of certain increases in the Underwood bill. EFFORTS FAIL TO LOWER LIMIT ON INCOME TAX WASHINGTON, April 18 —The de termination of the Ways and Means Committee to make $4,000 a year the limit of exemption under tlie income tax law was upheld by the Democratic caucus to-day. Amendments to lower the limit to $2,400 a year; $2,500 and $3,000 were voted down. Representative Hobson, of Alabama offered the amendment to redult the limit to $2,4QQ, V HAVRE DE GRACE. MO., ENTRIES. FIRST—Three-year-olds ^nd up. 5 furlongs—xChilton Dance 9d, Thrifty 107, xAmericus 107, Rock [test 97, Has son 100, Serviecence 112, xTiger Jim 10L Lad of Langdon 104, Irene Gum- mel 107. SECOND—Three-year-olds and up, handicap. 5 furlongs—Rolling Stone 107. Caugh Hill 122, Grover Hughes 119, Al- debaran 114, Fred Levy 102, Light O’ My Life 114, Anavrl 106. THIRD—Three-year-olds and up, 5 furlongs Reybourn 109, Flying Yankee ILL Double Five 105, Arcene 100, Flying Fairy 100, Progressive 103. FOURTH Wilmington stake, 3-year- fun ngi Paris Queen 103, Chuckles 10S, Frederick L 120. Mon- tressor 108, Palanquin 111, Flying Fairy 106, Grosvenor 108. FIFTH—Three year-olds and up, mile nml 70 yards— Hans Orek 92. xStairs 103, xMary Ann K 91. Fred Mulholland 121, Pliant 106, xSet Back 11.0. SIXTH Two-year-olds, conditions. 4 furlongs Armament 103. Uncle Jimmie 100, Gainer 107. Robert Oliver 104, En ver Bey 100, Humiliation 103. xApprentice allowance 5 pounds. Jap Jingoes Clamor For War Against U.S. At Mass Meeting Radicals Make Angry Speeches Pro testing California Alien Bill and Sing Battle Songs. TOKIO, April 18.—A mass meeting, attended for the moat part by radicals; and jingoes, was held to-day to pro* test against the alien land bill no^ pending in the California Legislature n wdahlch is aimed at the Japanese. Angry speeches were made against the United States and wa rsongs wer® sung. A boycott of goods made in tha United States was postponed. Fear si are growing that irresponsible mob* 1 1 wldodamage to American property) here. On the other hand, the Japanese government is ehowlngr ft JZjZ-