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VOL. XI. NO. 222
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Wedding Gifts for
Kaiser's Daughter
Worth $2,500,000
All th« Royalties of Europe Will
Gather at the Brilliant
Ceremony.
McClelland Charges Will Be Con
sidered at Once, but Formal Ac
tion Probably Will Be Delayed
Until Council Makes Report.
Investigation Will Be Started To
day by Committee Named by
Mayor Pro Tern Warren—Can
dler Is To Be the Chairman.
Accuser of Councilmen to Ask
Leave of Absence—“I’ve Done
My Share; They Can Go on
Without Me Now,” He Asserts.
Alderman .John E. McClellands
rharges of graft laid to three mem
bers of City Council—Alderman J. W.
Maddox, F. .1. Spratling and I. N.
Ragsdale—will receive quick action.
The Grand jury will take up the
matter immediately.
Council will this afternoon appoint
a committee to begin investigation.
At the same time Alderman Mc
Clelland will ask Council for 60 days"
leave of absence, because of ill health.
"I have presented the charges. I
w ll give the names of the witnesses.
After that it is not my fight," he said.
To Insist on Hio Presence.
Members of Council will insist,
however, that he be present during
the investigation. They threaten
counter charges.
John S. Owens, foreman of the
Grand Jury, to-day said the publics -
tion of Alderman McClelland’s charges
would cause the Grand Jury to take
them under consideration at its next
meeting, which will be Wednesday.
He explained, though, that he did not
xpect any formal action until Coun
cils committee has* made its report.
As soon as Council convenes this
afternoon Mayor Pro Tern. James E.
Warren will announce the probe com
mittee, already created by an act
passed at the last meeting and ap
proved by Mayor Woodward. Aider-
mail John S. Candler will be named
chairman and he will call his com
mittee together at once.
New Fire Probe Evidence.
Having persuaded members of the
file department investigating com
mittee to reopen their investigation
of the charges against Fire Chief
Cummings, Mayor Woodward an
nounced to-day that some startling
new evidence would be presented.
Chairman J. H. Harwell and
(diaries W. Smith, of the committee,
were in his office at the time. Chair
man Harwell said he would call an
early meeting of the committee at
meeting of Council this afternoon.
The report of the committee vin
dicating chief Cummings practically
was agreed upon until the Mayor
renewed his efforts at. the instiga
tion of Thomas Reynolds, the myste
rious detective from Baltimore.
Referring to' Councilman Albert
'Thomson’s criticism of him in The
Sunday American. Mayor Woodward
said he was too busy to pay any at
tention to the "whimperings of a dis
gruntled politician."
"H1s charges are absurd." said
the Mayor. "I did not appoint him
to any Important committee places. 1
considered only men of ability."
No refutation of Alderman MeClel-
and’s charges by the Councilman b®
.ifusses, are expected until the Council
ommittee begins its work.
McClelland t<^ Attend Meet>ng.
Alderman McClelland said he
wanted to inform the Council that
he would be present at the meeting
this afternoon, despite the advice of
his physician and family.
"They have tried to stop me by
bluffing and threats,” he said. "I
won’t be bluffed. I'll prove my
* harges. I am ready lo give the
< ommittee a list of the witnesses to
be Bubpenaed. Then they # can go
ahead with the prosecution.
"T do not intend to appear in the
role of prosecutor."
While Councilmen A. R Colcord
and S. S. Shepard, two of the in
vestigating committee Mayor Pro
Tem. War ten announced he would ap
point object to serving, it is said
t hat Councilman Colcord lias recon
sidered and will accept the av>point-
ment and that Councilman Shepard
also may serve. The committee ex
pected t.«» be announced B John S.
'"andler, chairman: A. R. Colcord. S.
S. Shepard. Jesse M. Wood and
George H. Bo: nton.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, April 21.—The prepara
tions for the wedding of Princess
Victoria Louise, the Kaiser's daugh
ter, to Prince Ernest of Cumber
land, give promise that it will be
one of the most brilliant ceremonies
ever seen in Europe.
The galaxy of royalties to be pres
ent will include the Kaiser and
Kaiserin, the King and Queen of
England, the Czar of Russia, the
King and Queen of Italy, Archduke
Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the
King of Denmark, and probably the
kings of Roumanla and Norway.
The value of the wedding presents
is estimated at $2,500,000. The Kais
er’s gifts to his daughter include
jewelry of his own designing. The
bride also will receive costly gifts
from all the royalties of Europe.
Many German cities Tiave voted
sums up to S50.000 for wedding gifts.
Posse Surrounds
Slayer in Swamp
Lynching Is Likely in Jefferson Coun
ty—Negro Fugitive Killed
Plantation Foreman.
LOUISVILLE. GA.. April 21 —
Sheriff Smith and a posse to-day have
Bob Kitchens, a negro, surrounded
in a swamp near Grange, twelve
miles west of here, in the edge of
Jefferson County. A lynching is
likely if the negro is caught, unless
the Sheriff can elude the pursuing
mob.
Kitchens yesterday killed Fore
man Brantley on J. H. Hook’s planta
tion. near northern Washington
County. Details of the killing have
not been obtainable. The negro fled
into Jefferson County. Last night
Sheriff Smith started in pursuit.
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Figures Leak Out Despite Efforts
of Officials to Keep Them
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Away From Public.
OTHER PROPERTY INCREASED
Councilman Charles W. Smith
Succeeds Alderman McClelland
as Tax Committee Head.
Ex-King Manuel Will
W ed Kaiser's Relative
Dethroned Ruler, Once Slave of Gaby
Deslys, to Marry Princes* Vic
toria of Hohenzollern.
LONDON. April 21.—Confirmation
of reports that ex-King Manuel, of
Portugal, who was reported to be
infatuated with Gaby Deslys, ttie
French dancer, is to marry Princess
Augusta Victoria, of Hohenzollern.
a close kinswoman of Emperor Wil
liam, was secured to-day at Manuel's
London residence.
Manuel is visiting the princess at
her father’s castle in Sigmargen.
Prussia. The former ruler of Portu
gal is 24 years old and his bride-to-
be is one year his junior. She is
the eldest child and only daugnter of
Prince William. of Hohenzollern,
head of the non-reigning Catholic
branch of the family.
City tax assessments on banks
have been increased more than
51,000,000 this year.
This was learned to-day from an
authentic source, despite efforts of of
ficials to keep it secret. The increase
is based on larger capital, surplus and
undivided profits.
This increase is the largest ever
imposed on Atlanta banks in one yea \
Also it is a positive evidence of their
growth and prosperity. At the tax
rate of .0125 per cent It gives an ad
ditional income of $12,500 to the city.
City Gets $200,000.
The total Increase in personalty as
sessments, it is estimated, will exceed
54.000.000. Reports have been made
that realty assessments will be $12 -
1000.000 more than last year, making
a grand total increase of $16,000,000.
This means a net increase in income
of $200,000 from this source.
These favorable reports, though,
form a contrast to the unsettled'con
ditions that have reigned in the tax
office since the first of the year.
Sweeping changes inaugurated by
Alderman John E. McClelland have
been resisted bv the three tax asses
sors, J. L. Harrison, C. D. Meador and
John Malone. \
A new order was seen to-day with
the announcement by Mayor Wood
ward of the appointment of Council
man Charles W. Smith, of Ninth
Ward, to succeed Alderman McClel
land as chairman of the tax commit
tee.
Lightens McClelland's Duties.
Mayor Woodward is relieving Al
derman McClelland of some of his du
ties as a means of persuading him
to withdraw his resignation as Al
derman.
"1 am going into the issue .of 'ax
equalization thoroughly.” said Coun
cilman Smith, "but whatever is d.m«
will be done without any fuss and
feathers." j
G. 0. P. Senators Drop
Fight-on Nominees|
Republicans Will Not Oppose Demo |
cratic Appointments Where
Terms Have Expired.
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WASHINGTON, April 21. -Demo-I
cratic Senators breathed easier to-day
when they learned their Republican
colleagues had modified a plan for
warfare on Democratic^ nominations
by limiting their opposition to nomi
nations of Democrats who are t<* sup
plant Republican officeholders whose
terms have not expired.
Some of the Republican Senators
wanted to hold up all of the Presi
dent’s nominations in retaliation for
the blocking of President Taft’s ap
pointees last winter.
A committee of the Republican cau
cus. to which the question was re
ferred. eported against wholesale ob
struction.
Banker, Pellagra
Victim, a Suicide
John R. Lockerman, of Unadiila,
Ends Life While Brooding
Over Affliction.
UNADILLA, GA., April 21. Brood
ing over the fact that he was a victim
of pellagra. John R. Lockerman, cash
ier of the Bank of Unadiila. to-dav
committed suicide in the bank. He
shot himself through the mouth with
a revolver kept in the bank for pro
tection. His body fell behind the vault
and was found a few minutes later by
his nephew. Robert A. Collins, an em
ployee of the Institution.
Lockerman had been cashier and a
director of the bank since it was or
ganized in 1898. He is survived by a
wife, one child and several brothers
and sisters.
GOVERNOR BROWN HONORS
REQUISITION OF BLEASE
The continued efforts, of Governor
Cole L. Bicase, of South Carolina, to
obtain the extradition of "Bertie"
Young from Georgia. for alleged
complicity in the slaying of George
McGreev at Greenville, were rewarded
to-day by tin- granting of the requisi
tion .by Governor Brown.
6,000 to See Brilliant Opera Premiere To-nl
3 Famous Stars toTeature Opening Performance
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Noted Singers Rejoice Over Week’s Stay In Atlanta
Underwood Tariff
Bill Reintroduced
Senators Opposed to Free Wool and
Free Sugar to Get
Hearings.
WASHINGTON, April 21.— Repre
sentative Underwood to-day reintro
duced in the House the tariff bill as
amended by the Ways and Means
Committee and the caucus.
Mr. Underwood did not present any
written statement regarding the num
ber of changes agreed upon by the
caucus. Among those were the plac
ing on the free list of shoe machinery.
cream separators, buckwheat and rye
and the extension of the income tax
exemption to savings banks "not con
ducted for profit."
Democrats of the Senate Finance
Committee decided to-day to giant
hearings tq Senators opposed to free
wool and free sugar in three years.
Pastor’s Daughter
Weds Saloonkeeper
Macon Clergyman Objects to Per
forming Ceremony, but Vidirlia
Girl Insists.
MACON. GA.. April 21.—Miss Em
ma O. Sykes, daughter of a Baptist
minister at Vidalia. who has been
visiting friends in Atlanta, met her
sweetheart. H. A. Wilkes, of Bruns
wick, here yesterday afternoon b>
appointment, and they were married
by Rev. E. C. Dargan. The groom is
a saloonkeeper.
The pastor who performed the cere
mony was shocked at the idea of j
clergyman’s daughter marrying a sa
loon man. but when the young wo
man insisted he pronounced the nup
tials.
The Sunday American qoes every
where all over the South. If you have
anything to sell The Sunday Amer
ican is "The Market Place of the
South." The Sunday American is the
best advertising medium.
Tidal Wave Wrecks
Pavilions at Tybee
Savannah Rushes Aid to Save Beach
Buildings Threatened
by Sea.
SAVANNAH, GA., April 21. A ti
dal wave to-day caused several thou
sand dollars’ damage to pavilions and
bath houses at Tybee Beach. Prop
erty owners are w r orking hard to pre
vent a repetition of the disaster by
another tide this afternoon. Car
penters and laborers from the city
I went to the beach this afternoon in
| response to a call for help.
The principal damage was done to |
l the big pavilion of the Tybee Hotel.
I pilings have been washed away and
! wharves are showing signs of weak
ening under the strain.
Temporary pilings will be driven j
and an attempt made to tie the bath
| houses temporarily sp that the high !
water will not float them out to sea.
I, The Sunday American goes every- j
where all over the South. If you have !
anything to sell The Sunday Amer
ican is
South."
"The Market Place of the
The Sunday American is the
I best advertising medium.
Don’t
Depend on
Your Friends
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Read the "WANT ^D"
Section of The Geor
gian every day and see
if your name is there.
If it is. mark the pa
per. and have it ready
when the “WANT AD"
Man calls in the
speedy Cartercar and
he will present you
with a new dollar.
Paul Ait house ami Leonora
audience how friendly they are.
BOH TELLS POLICE
HUMPED
Lad, Eight, Declares Negro Man
Brought Him Here From Macon
on a Freight Train,
Bareheaded and barefooted a
bright-fac ed, blue-eyed boy of eight
years to-day wandered into the At
lanta National Bank Building and
told a remarkable story of having
been kidnaped by a strange negro in
Macon this morning at 2 o’clock and
brought to Atlanta on top of a freight
train, lie gave his name as Theodore
Roosevelt Henry and said his mother
is Mrs. Margaret Henry, of 340 Go*
lurobus Avenue, Macon.
G H. Garefool, who is ‘-onnected
with .‘the offline <‘f Dr. J. 1’ Poweil. 215
Atlanta National Bank Building, took
lh» Id He chop, to he police stai-on
and turned him over to Chief Ueuv-
Society Folk of Dozen States Are
Here for Gayeties—Record
Sale of Seats.
THEY BELIEVE
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• OPERA FOR TO-NIGHT.
I Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut.”
• IN ITALIAN.
• Manon Lucrozia Bori
• Lescaut Antonio Scotti
e Des Grieux Enrico Cartiao
• Gercnte Andrea de Segurola
• Edmondo Angelo Bada
• L’Oste Paolo Ananian
• Maestro Di Ballo Albert Reiss
| • Un Musico Maria Duchene
I • Sergente..Vincenzo Reschiglian
• Lampionajo . Pietro Audisio
9 Comandante Giulio Rossi
• Conductor: Giuseppe Sturani.
• The curtain will rise prompt-
• ly at 8 o’clock and the doors
• will be closed.
, e Colonel W. L. Peel announced
I • to-day that no person will be
• admitted after the curtain
• rises until the end of the first
i • act.
1 • The attendance to-night will
e be about 6,000.
With Caruso, the world’s greatest
tenor: Lucrezla Bori, the newest so
prano star, and Scotti, favorite of all
baritones, in the principal roles, At
lanta’' 1 fourth grand opera season will
open to-night.
"Manon Lescaut.’’ a Puccini opera
which gives opportunity for wonder
ful singing, scenery and costuming,
will be the opening woffk of the
week and it promises to eclipse
"Aida" and "Gioconda," the premieres
of past seasons, in splendor.
The success of the season already
j Is* assured. More than $70,000 ha
J poured into the box office and it i3
| estimated that between $90,000 and
$100,000 will be spent by music lovers
before Saturday closes the engage
ment. The guarantee asked by the
Metropolitan management has been
passed by many thousands.
Audience to Set Record.
The audience ior the opening night
promises to be tire most brilliant ever
seen at the Auditorium. Every box
and practically every seat will be
filled. The leading society folk of a
dozen States are in Atlanta for the
week. The most elaborate gowns ever
Former Pulaski Official Enacts j
; Andrea <le Segurola, h1 left, and Paul Allhouse exchanging a light.
Double Tragedy Following
Domestic Troubles. Gilcll(]. R.OVcti P<y
j From Suffragettes
COCHRAN. GA.. April 21. Domes
tic troubles that hod caused a sep
aration several months ago resulted
to-day in A. J. Thompson, one of the
most prominent men of this set tion/
shooting his wife to death and then
committing suicide. T ic double trag
edy leaves a 10-year-oM son an or
phan.
Extra Precautions Taken to Protect
King and Queen on Tour of
Western England.
Special Coble to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. April 21. Elaborately
guarded from suffragettes, King
George and Queen Mary left London
Thompson formerly was Coirunis- 1 to-day for a four-days’ trip through
sinner of Roads' and R»-v< » : \u < of J’■- Western England! The King and
I s j<; ( •,, l <‘ r. t , .t n , | Queen will spend ntost of their time
' ‘ ' ■ ■ . • • ■ 1 jn Cheshire, where they will visit the
the n» v, county « ? r e ; :-. > •: \v«nch extensive railroad and pottery works.
' ‘ochr.iii is’ county I.'. : j Plain clothes detectives accompany
Morgan Thompson,' is: Mayor of Haw - * their majesties and the usual precau-
kinsvifie, lions have been doubled.
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Brother of Poisoned Swainsbor«|
Man Admits, However, There la
a Possibility She Gave Fata?
Drug to Husband Unknowingly,
Declares He Wishes to Correct
Impression That Slain Planter’s
Relatives Believe Widow inno
cent—Alleges Sympathy Plot,
Concedes McNaughton May Have
Concealed Deadly Purpose from
‘Disloyal Wife,’ but Asserts She
Administered Arsenic to Mate*
provided for an Atlanta spring have
been purchased by Atlanta women.
The horseshoe of boxes will rival the
stage in brilliancy of coloring.
Singers Take Morning Stroks.
Most of the members of the Met
ropolitan Company arrived in Atlanta
at 5:30 o’clock this morning, but the
early hour did not prevent many of
the curious gathering at the station
to catch a glimpse of them. Prac
tically all of the troupe are registered
at the Georgian Terrace Hotel and
their presence kept the place in a
subdued state of excitement all morn-
I ins
i While many of the singers retired
I at «»nre i" i heir rooms and indulged
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SWA1NSBORO. April 21.—Jordan
Flanders, one of the brothers of the
late Fred Flanders, for whose death
Dr. W. J. McNaughton has been sen
tenced to death and Mrs. Mattie Flan
ders, his wife, is now under indict
ment for murder, has given out a re
markable statement from the family
of the dead man.
"We do not concede the inno
cence of my brother’* wife," he
says. "We do not for a moment
doubt her guilt.
"But we do recognize a differ
ence between the guilt of Mrs.
Flanders and Dr. McNaughton.
Mre. Flanders actually adminia-
tered the poisons which resulted
in his death, but it does not nec
essarily follow that she knew the
character of the drugs. I am
quite sure now, although unknow
ing at that time, that even I also
have administered poison to my
brother.
"We know that not every dis
loyal wife is willing to join in a
plot to kill her husband, and not
every man who conceives a plot
to murder his affinity’s husband
and secure his property, as well
as his wife, is willing to trust her
with the secret of his intention.”
Jordan Flanders’ Statement.
The statement of Jordan Flandera
follows:
No one regrets the necessity
of this continuance more than
the Flanders family. The con
stant worry and repeated prepa
rations for this case have been a
great strain on us. I would be
thankful, indeed, if It could be
terminated, but there are so many
witnesses scattered over the State
that it seems, even with every
effort, almost impossible to pro-'
cure their attendance when need
ed. We can only do all In our
power, and 1 sincerely pray that
at the July term nothing will pre
vent a final disposition of this*
case.
Until the night before the case
was called we expected fully to
be able to dispose of the case, but J
the presence of our absent wit
nesses was so very material that
even Colonel J. Alex Smith and
Colonel Luther Rosser, represent
ing the defendant, were obliged
to concede the force of our posi
tion. The Flanders family have felt
since they have been engaged in
the prosecution of this, the high
est crime known to law', that they
wished to do everything in their
power to insure this case being
disposed of fairly and impartially.
Alleges Plot to Mislead.
We have rigidly refrained
from rushing into print to poison
the public mind, feeling that such
a course, while possibly approved
by usage when indulged in by the
defendant, is unbecoming when
used in behalf of the State. But
the persistent efforts to mislead
the people of Georgia, unfamiliar
with this crime, by the manipu
lation of an evidently carefully
planned campaign devoted to the
w riting of such articles, have led
us to the conclusion that it Is our
duty to the people of Emanuel
County to set right some of the
erroneous impressions sought,
be made.
Dr. McNaughton has been sen*
tenced to death, and. as we ail
know from our knowledge of hu
man nature, that fact in itself in
sufficient to rally to his support
all of those well-intentioned but
misguided people who, being of n,(
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