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New York Woman Searches for
Record of Birth Here in '30’s
of One Walter Scott.
Postponement Till July of Trial of
Mrs. Flanders Defeats the
Governor’s Purpose.
When the Emanuel County Superior
ourt to-day postponed the trial of
Mrs. Mattie Flanders it again threw
back on the hands of Governor Brown
ibe life of Dr. W. J. McNaughton.
Dr. McNaughton is under sentence
to-Iiang for the murder by poison of
i,n« husband of Mrs. Flanders.
Governor Brown has repeatedly res
pited Dr. McNaJug'lrton'a 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 is
taken up in July.
Unless he takes action which will
have effect after the expiration of his
Derm, Dr. McNaughton will go to the
gallows in May.
R is possible for the Governor to
commute Dr. McNaughton’s sentence.
It is also possible for him to grant
another respite for such a term that
Mrs. Flanders will 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.
SWAINSBORO, 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 house
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 fathor 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 seen 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 behind
him.
Mrs. Flanders Confident.
Before court convened to-day Mrs.
Flanders said:
"There is no doubt of my acquit
tal. I am innocent and expect to
prove this. I do not want the case
postponed or nolle pressed. I want
the trial to go on, so that 1 may be
vindicated in the eyes of the world.
1 shall go before the jury firm in the
I conviction that after they hear all
I that the State can bring against me
I they will feel that I have committed
I no crime, and will bring; in a verdict
I in my favor.”
The impression is general that sev
I oral days will be consumed in the
I trial of the case. The trial will be
I one of the most expensive Emanuel
I County has ever had. The cost foi
I jury service alone will amount to ap-
I proximately $400. It is anticipated
I that the minimum cost of the trial
I will be $1,000.
! Wilson Not to Back
Up on Tariff Stand
| Threatens to Carry Issue Before
People if Senate Tries to
Raise House Rates.
WASHINGTON, * April 18.—There
j will be no backing: water by President
j Wilson In his attitude on the tariff.
Early in his administration he told
[the old party leaders of Congress
| what he expected in the way of a
I tariff bill as carrying out the party
I pledge?.
Ho has reiterated this position to a
Inumber of callers, and has gone so far
las to threaten, if the Senate under
takes to raise the rates as pruT-’dea in
I the House bill, to carry the mat-
j ter before the people of the country.
This intended course was imparted
|by him to one of his visitors to-day
land communicated informally to cer-
jtaln Senators who are regarded as be
fog in favor of certain increases In
■the Underwood bill.
Recorder Broyles to-day received a
letter from Miss Victoria Scott, of
114 East Eighteenth Street, New
York city, asking if there is any rec
ord here of the birth of Walter H.
Scott between the years 1836 and
1839. As Atlanta then was nothing
more than dense woods and its in
habitants wild animals and Indians,
record of such a birth could be
found.
Court Investigator Ed Arthur in
quired at the Board of Health office
and wa? informed by Secretary Thorn
ton that the first birth records were
dated 1896. The marriage records
started in 1887. The officer was in
formed that if there were any such
records prior to the war they were
burned by Sherman's men.
Three Injured In
Southern Wreck
Engine and Express Car of Train
No. 23 Derailed Near
Eastman.
Three men were slightly hurt when
Passenger Train No. 23 of the South
ern Railway, Jacksonville to Atlanta,
was derailed near Eastman, Ga.,
shortly after 2 o’clock this mornifig.
Fireman W. D. Argo, Fireman E. C.
Chandler and Express Messenger L.
A. McCord, of No. 1 Marietta Road,
Atlanta, were the men injured.
The locomotive, express car and
one truck of the baggage car left the
track, but the damage was slight, and
the passengers suffered only a shak
ing up. A wrecking crew was rush
ed to the scene and had the track
cleared shortly after noon to-day.
Regular traffic was resumed this aft
ernoon.
Engineer Argo and Fireman Chan
dler reside in Macon.
Cause of the derailment has not yet
been ascertained.
No Ice This Spring
Where Titanic Sank
Liners Already Using Northern
Route, Which Is Patrolled by
U. S. and British Cutters.,
NEW YORK, April 18.—Owing to
the fact that Seneca, a United Stakes
revenue cutter, and the Scotia, a
British steamship, both on duty as ice
patrol vessels In tfie region where the
Titanic was lost last year, have been
unable to find any ice in those waters,
the principal tran»-Atlantic steam
ship lines already are operating their
west-bound vessels over a lane 60
miles north of the course which has
been followed all winter.
The absence of ice is accounted Tot
by the mildness of the winter just
ended. The most southerly Iceberg
reported so far this spring was seen
on March 28 by the Russia, of the
Russian-American line, and was en
countered 90 miles north of where the
Titanic sank.
FARMERS ASK
2 STATE F
Demand Worsham, Entomologist,
and Dr. White Be Cut Off Ex
periment Work Payroll.
Outlaw, Slayer of 6,
Is Shot to Death
Desperado Killed After Two Depu
ties Fall in Flsrce Battle—Elud
ed Capture a Year.
Wife Aids Eloping
Pastor by Divorce
Way Cleared for Jere Knode Cooke
to Wed Ward After Six-
Year Wait.
NEW YORK, April 18.—With the
filing of papers in a divorce suit in
Hartford, Conn., this afternoon, by
Mrs. Jere Knode Cooke, the first step
was taken which ultimately will re
sult In the marriage of Cooke, for
merly pastor of St. George's Episcopal
Church in Hempstead, L. I., to Flo-
retta Whaley, with whom he eloped
six years ago.
Miss Whaley made a plea that the
public let her and Mr. Cooke alon e In
the future to live their lives as they
choose.
“We have been driven from all of
the homes we have made,” said she,
"and 1 hope we may be allowed to
remain in the one we have now. It
has been the greatest wish of our
lives to be married, and now, thanks
to Mrs. Cooke, we can be in a few
months."
Rev. C. E. Lee Chosen
Memorial Speaker
Macon Minister, Cousin of Great
Confederate Leader, to Deliver
Address Here April 26.
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 staff, 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.
B. L. Worsham, State Entomologist,
is on the 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 oi
Professor R. J. H. DeLoach, 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 Respeot His Wishes.
The wishes of the new director,
then, will be respected, according to
the prevailing opinion, in view of the
fact 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 are not
continuously at the station and in
co-operation with the other members
of the force.
SlfELTON, WASH.. April 18.—John
Tornow, the outlaw who killed his
twin nephews and four deputy sher
iffs who attempted to capture him,
was shot to death by Deputy Sheriff
Qulmby, according to a report reach
ing here to-day. Tornow had defied
the authorities for nearly a year.
The message telHng of the death of
Tornow said that he was futally
wounded In a battle In which Chari?*
Lathrop and Louis Blair were killed.
Deputy Sheriff Qulmby fired seven
shots at th< outlaw and a few hours
later found him dying.
Chicago Co-Eds Will
Play Ball in Public
Base Stealing and Sliding Practice
Bring Scratches and Bruises
tc Class Teams.
CHICAGO, April 18.—The co-eds of
the University of Chicago to-day
were given permission by the faculty
to play baseball In publla. Arrange
ments were made for a game between
senior and Junior girls In a few days.
Secret practice began to-day with
Miss Agnes Wayman, athletic direc
tor for women, coaohing both teams.
The girls, who began to learn sliding,
base stealing and batting, displayed
scores of scratches and bruises.
RECEIVER APPOINTED FOR
JACOB QH0MSKY, GROCER
Involuntary proceedings in bank
ruptcy were filed to-day against Ja
cob Chomsky, a wholesale grocer
and produce dealer of 65 East Ala
bama Street. Chomsky In the pe
tition admits In writing his Inability
to pay his debts and asks that he be
adjudged a bankrupt.
According to a statement made by
the attorneys, Chomsky’s affairs are
very much involved, but In the end a
good proportion of all outstanding
accounts will be paid.
Judge Newman appointed H. A.
Ferris receiver.
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Rumor Says Written Confessions
Will Tell of Irregularities in
Buying Fire Apparatus.
Three important witnesses in the
Atlanta City Fire Department probe
were to-day reported to have disap
peared, and a rumor was current that
two confessions of Irregularities In
the sale of Fire Department apparat
us to the city have been made.
T. H. Reynolds, now thought to be
a detective in the employ of the Na
tional Underwriters' Association, in
timated that he had the confessions.
J. J. Rafter. P. O. Hebert and J. I.
Blount were the men reported misc-
Ing K but they may show up In time
for the next meeting of the probers.
Reynold* Keeps Mum.
Reynolds, who refused to discuss
any of the details of the Investiga
tion which he has made here, held a
long conference to-day with Mayor
Woodward. Chief Cummings’ secre
tary was also closeted with the chief
executive of the city government.
Reynolds was in the Mayor’s office
for an hour. After the conference
neither he nor the Mayor would talk
about what had occurred. Prior to
the conference, It had been given out
as extremely probable that a meeting
of the Council Investigating commit
tee would be called for to-morrow
morning, when the confessions said
to have been secured by Reynolds
were to have been given out. Mayor
Woodward, however, stated that no
conference will be held, while Aider-
man J. H. Harwell, chairman of.the
investigating committee, said he had
not decided whether to call a meeting
or not.
It Is generally understood in city
hall clrcies that Reynolds divulged Im
portant Information to Mayor Wood
ward at their conference this after
noon. When the conference closed at
1:30 o'clock. Reynolds declared that
later developments had sealed his
mouth. Mayor Woodward declared
he ana Reynolds talked about "noth
ing In particular.”
Rev. Charles E. Lee, first cousin of
the great Confederate leader and
rector of the St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church, of Macon, Ga., will delWer
the Memorial Day address here on
April 28.
While in Atlanta Mr. Lee will be
the guest of the Daughters of the
Confederacy at the Piedmont Hotel.
A call for automobiles for the use
of the Confederate Veterans on Me
morial Day was sent out this morn
ing bv the women’s association In
charge of the exercises. Persons will
ing to lend their automobiles for this
ourpose will telephone Colonel Van
Holt Nash or Mrs. Robert Black
burn.
acid explosion fatally
HURTS ILLINOIS PROFESSOR
CHAMPAIGN, ILU, April 18.-
George W. Soil's, professor of chem
istry at the University of Illinois, was
probably fatally injured while redis-
tilling sulphur monochlorldo in the
laboratory of the university this
morning. . * ,
The liquid became overheated and
exploded. Sears’ home is at Kidder,
Mo., where he will be taken.
Crane Declines Post
At Court of Russia
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 has ten
dered the Ambassadorship to Russia,
will not accept the offer.
There had been some doubt at the J
White House as 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 port outside
of the United States. Later he con
ferred with the President. The con
ference did not change his decision,
and he now is on his way to Chicago.
Other selections determined upon
by President Wilson, although the
nominations will not be sent to the
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.
Alien Bill Likely to
Be Less Stringent
SACRAMENTO, CAL., April 18.—
After several conferences between
Legislators and representatives of
banks and mining corporations heavi
ly interested in California properties,
an amendment to the anti-alien bill
was prepared to-day permitting a cor
poration, of which a majority of the
stockholders Intend to become citi
zens of the United States, to own
lands In California.
Japanese residents of the Stat«
were in Sacramento in large numbers
to-day lobbying against the anti-allen
measure.
EFFORTS FAIL TO LOWER
LIMIT ON INCOME TAX
WASHINGTON, April 18.—The de
termination of the Ways and Means
Committee to moke $4,000 a year the
limit of exemption under the 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 reduce the
limit to $2,40,0.
When you buy a whole Ham buy
Swift’s Premium Ham
The parchment wrapper protects the meat
from all contact in handling.
Your dealer will take your order for a
whole Swift’s Premium Ham, wrapped.
Swift ft Company, U. S. A.
“Smoked in Atlanta”
Make Little Savers
of Your ‘Little Shavers*
Payments in the several classes of
the Christmas Savings Cluhs lor 33
weeks, to begin Monday at this bank:
Class 5 Start with five cents, increase five cents
each week, total At Christmas $28.05
" 6A Start with $1.66, decrease five cents each
week, total at Christmas $28.C5
" 2 Start with two cents, increase two cents
each week, total at Christmas $11.22
2A Start with 66 cents, decrease two cents
each week, total at Christmas $11.22
’• - 1 Start with one cent, increase one cent
each week, total at Christmas $ 5.61
“ 60 Fifty cents each week, total at Chriat-
maa $16.30
" 10Q $1.00 each week, total at CHristmaa $33 00
Any person can Join two or more classes.
The Travelers Bank Trust Co.
is The Bank of Personal Service.
This is a special service we are per
forming to make it easy for you to
cultivate the saving hahit.
Travelers Bank & Trust Co.
Peachtree at Walton
co
April Sale Bargains Never Equalled
To-morrow will be one of the biggest bargain days of our great April
Sale. The store is full from top to bottom with good things for thrifty
buyers. Come in and see the many remarkable offerings. You will be sur
prised and delighted—and you’ll surely buy, for such bargains are irre
sistible. Sale will begin at 8 o’clock Saturday morning and continue until
10 o’clock Saturday night.
New Dresses
Values Up
to $12.50;
This Sale
1,000 brand-new Dresses in this
sale—all-wool serges in black, navy
and cream, ratines in all the new
shades, white and Bulgarian-em
broidered voiles, striped satin mes-
salines. Dozens of charming styles
—every one a new model. Values
range up to $12.50, but for $4.95
you may take your choice.
Spring Suits/
$Q.90,
Values Up
to $25.00;
This Sale
Another great sale of new Tai
lored Suits. One hundred in this
lot—all-wool serges, in black, navy,
cream and other shades, light
weight mixtures and novelty suit
ings. Coats lined with all-silk mes- ,
saline; plain tailored and neatly ‘
trimmed effects. Take choice for
$9.90, although real values are up/
to $25.00.
On Sale Saturday Morning, 8 to 12 o’clock
Lingerie Waists alt 44c
1,200 brand new Waists in ailovar embroid
ered effects and of beautiful embroidered
voiles: values up to $1.60; on sale from 8 to
12 o’clock only and not more than A A
2 to a buyer, at, choice ““v
Ladies’ Dresses at $1.50
From 8 to 12 o'clock Saturday morning we
will have on sale a line of Ladies’ Linene
Dresses in natural linen color and other
popular shades; made with sailor collars
and 3-4 sleeves: Cl CA
$3.50 values, at V 1
Smart
Values Up
to $8.50;
This Sale
300 nrw Skirts included in this offering
—and they are the smartest styles of the
season. Serges in black and colors, nov
elty mixtures, stripes, etc., in various
combinations. Values range up to $8.50;
but the sale price will be, tfO Aft
for choice $ViwU
Sale of Hats
ValuesUp
to $5.00;
This Sale
Another big millinery scoop! One thou
sand of the newest and smartest Ready-
to-Wesr Hats of the season to sell at 98e
for choice of the lot. Included are the /
popular white ratines as well as the va- /
rious straws in black and colors.
Other Specials in Ready-Wear Dept
All-silk Satin Messaline Petticoats with
dust ruffles; black and col- £4 Oft
ors; real $4.00 values 9 I *wO
Ladies’ Muslin Gowns, Princess Slips and
Combination Suits; beautifully trimmed;
up to $3.00 Oft ft
Ladies’ Corset Covers and Drawers, laoe
and embroidery trimmed; 50c 4
values; this sale, 6nly I D'*’
Ladies’ Lisle Vests with silk taped neck
and armholes; 19e Q«
value O'*
One lot of new Messaline, Chiffon and
China Silk Waists worth up ^4 QC
to $5; in this sale at.. $ I/bDD
500 Children’s Dresses of fine wash fab
rics in pretty styles; sizes 6 to gQ_
12 years: up to $1.50 values...... Dw^
Ladies’ House Dresses, well made of good
wash materials and worth CO/*
$1.00; in this sale OU'*
One lot of Children’s Middy Blouses
worth up to $1.50;
ehoice
50c
100 Extra Large (12-4) Heavy
Fringed Bed Spreads in Handsome
Patterns; $3.00 Values . . . .
Some Extra Saturday Specials in
Ladies' and Men's Furnishings
leather,
50c
Ladies’ Bags in new
linen and other styles;
$1.00 values
Novelty Bags of various kinds;
samples worth up to Qftr*
$3.50; choice, only
Big table of Ladies’ Novelty
Nedkwear; all the late
styles; 50c values
Ladies’ 16-button length Silk
Gloves In black, Afi#*
white and colors
Ladies’ 16-button length Silk
Lisle Gloves in black. /LQm
white and colors "T&W
Groat bargain sale of Ladies’
Silk Hose In black, white and
colors, at these prices;
50c Silk Hose
at, per pair...
89c Silk Hose
at, per pair...
$1.50 Silk Hose fiQ/%
at, per pair
44a
Children’s Silk Hose In white
and colors; excellent
quality; pair CwG
Men’s Regina-Knit Undershirts
and Drawers; special,
per garment CwC
Men’s plain White Hemstitched
Handkerchiefs; very
special, only O C
Men’s Nightshirts; splendid
quality and worth A -
$1.00; this sale
Bargains in Domestics, Etc.
Best grade Table Oilcloth, in
this sale only at, | C**.
Yard-wide Bleached Cambric,
like Lonsdale; to-
morrow, per yard
Full size Bleached Hemmed
Sheets; In this sale
at, each m w
Good size well made Bleached
Pillow Cases; Or*
special, each Vw
$5.00 Satin Marseilles Bed
Spreads; extra large OQ
and fine vl«wO
Lot of good, heavy Huck Towels
on sale to-morrow* gz
at, each w©
Sale of New Wash Goods and Silks
Yard-wide Brown Dress Linene, worth
19c; this sale, Otf*,
yard v6
50 pieces heavy White Corduroys and
Piques; 50c value; 4 Q —
yard I DC
Genuine Flaxon in fancy all-white pat
terns! this sale, per 4 g
yard. | DC
Popular Pongee Silks in all the stylish
shades; per yard, 4
only | DC
Open Saturday Nights Until 10 o’clock
We Give
Green
Trading
Stamps
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Mitchell,
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