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ATLANTA, 0A„ MONDAY. MAVo. 1010.
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Mrs. D. H. Baldwin Describes
Remarkable Scene at Bedside
of Father-in-Law.
NO HALLUCINATION, SHE SAYS
Shadow^. Form About One Foot
High Arose From Lips as He
Breathed His Last.
NEW YORK, May 4. Mrs. David
H. Baldwin declares reverentially that
she saw the soul of her father-in-
law. Nathaniel H. Baldwin, take its
flight from its tenement of clay.
As the aged man exhaled his last
sigh, Mrp. Baldwin says, there issued
from his lips a shadowy, diaphanous
form, shaped like the wings of a
buttertlv and conjoined at their low
est angles. These ethereal wings,
each about a foot in length, supported
nothing as they rose.
_ Mrs. Baldwin made an involuntary
motion as.if to grasp the wings. At
the same moment the conviction
flashed through her mind that her
father-in-law was dead and she
turned to look at him. hen, after
an*instant, she turned from hirri the
wings had vanished.
Likened Him to Saint.
Mr. Baldwin was 96 years old when
he-died on April 10 last in his son's
home, 74 Christopher Street, Mont
clair. Nr J. Bong a building contrac
tor. he had retired from business be
cause of his advanced age. Those
who knew him best regarded him al-
mo*st as a saint.
Mrs. Bafdwin is a woman of strong
mind and temperament, her intimate
friends say. She is no visionary.' She
• is not a religious fanatic She is not
spiritualist, she ridicules the sug
gestion that she has mediumistlc
power. .She is not a Theosophist, has
never studied the occult nor interest
ed herself in psychology. She was not
hysterical, not even alarmed when she
Approached Mr. Baldwin’s bed as he
breathed his last, for she did not
tijink he was in danger of death.
Xhere was no possible reason for
her to conjure the mysterious appari-
tion*which she vows she witnessed.
Mrs. Baldwin was loath to describe
the marvelous deathbed scene to a
reporter.
“I regard it as sacred,” she said,
with feeling. ”1 have spoken of it
only to those near and dear to me.”
It was impressed upon her that an
authentic account of what had oc
curred would prevent the circulation
of garbled reports. Then having de
scribed, Mr. Baldwin’s character, she
began:*
Hurried to His Bedside.
' It was about 8 o’clock in the morn
ing of-.April 10. 1 was in the next
room, when l heard a slight noise in ,
Mr. Baldwin's sick room. 1 .hurried
to his bedside; he seemed to be in
distress, and I asked him if 1 could
do anything for him. He did not
answer. his eyes closed and he gave
a gentle sigh.
“At that very moment thdre come
out from him from between his lips
a distinct form, like a butterfly’s
wings, but much larger—a foot long,
a foot wide, perhaps—but irregular
in shape. As it arose 1 knew he was
dying dead. I was certain 1 saw his
soul leaving him.
"My first thought was to clasp the
form, because I could not understand
how anything like it could be in the
room. But I turned toward Mr. Bald
win. Almost immediately 1 turned
again. The form had disappeared.
"I had no hallucination. It has
been suggested to me that 1 saw my
father-in-law's breath. Impossible;
the room was warm. Or that 1 saw a
puff of smoke or vapor. 1 am as
positive as that you are before me
that wRat I saw was not produced
by any natural cause. It was real,
tangible, impressive, but it was su
pernatural.”
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‘Animal Effects' Are
Next Winter’s Style
Clothing Designers Name Blue Wine
Color and Taupe as ‘Right’
Colors for Wear.
TOLEDO. OHIO, May 4.—When the
style committee of the National Cloak.
Suit and Skirt Association, in session
here, reports late to-day it will tell
the women of the Cnited States that!
they are to be gowned in animal ef-J
ft-Os next winter.
’ Pile” fabrics will be worn. These |
consist of. furs made of silk and w ool. -
which are such clever imitations of 1
real animal fur that only an expert !
an distinguish trie imitati
Xav> blue, wine color
vili be the syiish shades.
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TO II CUP MYSTERIOUSLY: will Parallel Divorce-Heroine
SLAYING FEARED She’ll Assume Role She Wrote
"But No One Is Going To Be
Shocked at What I Do,” Says
New Millionaire.
Coroner Conditionally Accepts the
Earl of CottenhanTs Story That
Wife’s Death Was Accident.
DENIES STORIES OF PLANS RECALLS DIVORCE SCANDAL
Has Four Autos and Now Is Build- Married English Nobleman Fol-
irig “Finest in World,” to lowing Suit in Which He Was
Cost $30,000, Named as Co-respondent.
NEW YORK. May 4.—“1 am going
to drink every drop in the cup of
happiness that life can offer me, but j
no one is going to be shocked by
what I do or how 1 do it,” said Wil- |
liam Ziegler, Jr. The “thirty-million- '
dollar boy” recently attained his ma
jority find came into the net income of
the immense fortune left him by his
footer father, the baking powder mag
nate. .
‘I wish to deny the statement that
1 intend building a $150,000 garage
and a $5,000 chicken brooder on myj
estate at Great Island, near Norotonq
Conn.," he continued. "I never hearo I
of such a plan until 1 read it in the |
papers.
"There has been a garage on the
estate at Great Island for years and
my four cars are now there. I have
planned to build a larger stable for
the horses, but that Is all.”
When pressed for details he referred
his interviewer to his secretary, Mr
Carpenter, who said:
"Mr. Ziegler now owns four cars,
and he is having another built that
will be the finest in the world and
cost $30,000. His yacht, which is be
ing built in BoMtdn, will be finished
in June, but there have been no plans
made as yet for a cruise around the !
world.
"Mi. Ziegler has made no plans to*
build a new home. He has leased
the premises at 11 "East Fifty-first
Street for his town house. Mr. Zieg
ler works harder than we do and
comes to this office, 527 Fifth Avenue,
every day when in the city and di
rects the work for all of 11s. He con
siders himself the happiest man alive,
with the loveliest and best wife on
earth.”
‘Baby Boy Is Mine/
Says Evelyn Thaw
Admits Motherhood When Asked
Point-Blank in Liner Stateroom
When Sailing for Europe.
NEW YORK. May j.—Evelyn Nes-
bit Thaw to-day frankly admitted the
mysterious baby boy she has been
caring for for over two years is her
own. This admission came after Mrs.
Thaw had made repeated denials in
the past year as to her motherhood.
In her stateroom on the liner Olympic,
which sailed to-day for Europe, Mrs.
Thaw, holding the baby in her arms,
answered a point blank question as to
who the baby was by saying:
"He is mine. Isn't he lovely? He
is 2 1-2 years old and his name is
Russell Thaw. He's just the dearest
baby in the world. I think I’ll have
him to be a lawyer. Wouldn’t it be
fine if he would get such big fees as
Harry Thaw paid his lawyers?"
She denied she was going to return
to the stage.
Yuan Spreads Troops
To Keep China Quiet
President Is Determined to Crush In
cipient Revolutions Against
Republican Government.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PEKIN, MAY 4.—Determined to up
hold the republican government of
China at any cos*t now that it has
been formally recognized by the Unit
ed States, President Yuan Shih Kai
to-day has 50,000 troops on the move
throughout China ready to queil any
revolutionary disturbances.
The President caused it to be an
nounced to-day that the revolutionary
tendencies in the southern provinces
will be crushed. The announcement
added that "Politicians in tile south
ern provinces will not be allowed io
dictate the policy of The government.”
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
HlGNLEY. ENGLAND, May 4
Deep mystery surrounds the violent
death of the Countess of Cottenham.
wife of Charies E. P. Kenelme, Ear!
of Cottenham. whose bocPv was found
in a thicket near Goring She had
been shot to death. The case was
supposed to be one of murder, al
though the authorities said that the
countess might have shot herself.
The maiden name of the Countess
of Cottenham was Laxly Rose Neviil,
daughter of the Marquis of Aberga
venny. She was married to tne Ear:
of Cottenham in 1899. They had three
childrep.
Absence Leads to Search.
The protracted absence of the
countess from her home led to a
search, and the body, pierced with a
bullet, was found in a clump of un
derbrush in the thicket.
There was some delay in calling
the authoriteis into the case when the
police began their inquiry. A theory
was advanced that the countess had
either been lured to the lonely spot or
else in a fit of despondency had xe-
pairad to the copse to end her life.
There was no evidence of a struggle
at the scene of death, but the ground
was hard, and it was argued that it
would require extreme exertions to
dig up the turf.
Family Denies Quarrel.
Members of the family denied there
had been any ill-feeling of late be
tween the earl and his wife.
The Earl of Cottenham was the
countess’ second husband. Her first
husband was John Blundell Leigh, a
rich land owner. Mr. Blundell se
cured a divorce in 1899. Within a few
months Mrs. Blundell became the
Countess of Cottenham.
The divorce suit of Colonel Leigh,
who was an officer of the guards,
was one of the biggest scandals which
has stirred English society in the
past twenty years. The Earl of Cot
tenham was named as co-responden r .
Highly sensational testimony was in
troduced at the trial.
Older Than Husband.
The countess was much older than
her husband, and at the time of her
marriage, in 1899. satirical society
journals said "she was Almost old
enough to be her husband?- mother.”
After she was divorced and married
to the earl, both she and her new hus
band were ostracised from society for
a few months, but later were rein
stated in their old places in exclusive
circles.
Half a dozen years ago the countess
caused comment by making a pet of
a baboon and taking It to society
functions with her.
Coroner Accepts Earl’s Story.
At the inquest the earl testified
that he found his wife’s body. He
advanced the opinion that his w:*e
had tripped and fallen and that her
firearm had then been accidentally
discharged.
As there was no witness to the
tragedy, the coroner decided to ac
cept this theory with reservation that
the case might be reopened if fresh
evidence were secured.
REVIVAL TO BEGIN AT
WEST END CHRISTIAN
ADAIRSVILLE P0ST0FFICE
SAFE BLOWN AND ROBBED
ADAIRSVILLE, GA„ May 3. -The
safe in the Adairsville postoffice was
demolished with nitroglycerin and
robbed > north after 2 o’clock this
morning. •
H. Dyar, the postmaster. esti
mates the loss at between $1,300 and
$1,400, but ! '■ say- the Government
fund- stolen wore on \ $168.06. the
balance being his pt rsona.1 cash. He
believes one man <id the job. suspect-
Mrs. Kdilh Wharton.
WilsonHas a Dornick!
The Country Is Safe!
Phrenologist Explains How Destiny
of Nation Rests on Existence of
Bump on Prseident’s Head.
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PHILADELPHIA. May 4 Tin- ria- 1
tion-is safe! President Wilson has a
dornick, and so everything will be all
right. But if he did not happen o
have that dornick, heaven only knows I
what would have happened to ninety-
odd millions of people.
Professor Michael Lewis, who dis
covered the existence of the Wilvon
dornick, to-day explained how the
destiny of a nation rests upon the ex
istence of a dornick, which is a cra
nial protuberance, otherwise known
as a bump.
"A man who lacks a dornick," sai !
the professor, ‘‘lacks the qualities that
make for leadership. A dornickless
man will, make many * mistakes, and
perhaps plunge into ruin any enter
prise which he directs.”
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Evangelist John T. Hawkins has
arrived in the city from Birmingham
to begin a revival to-morrow for the
West ”nd Christian Church. Mrs.
Katherine King, of Kansas City, for
merly associated with Evangelist
Yuell. will be the soloist, and Tyre
L. Jennings will be leader of song.
The church has not had a revival
in four years, and the members are
planning for the best meeting in the
history of the church. A census of
2.000 homes has just been completed,
and everything is in readiness for j
the first service. Services will be held !
daily for several weeks, beginning at \
8 p. m.
"MONSTER OF TROPICS”
KILLED IN HONDURAS 1
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BELIZE BRITISH HONDURAS-
May 4 Elentaie Hernandez th
"monster of th r tropic:-.” who has aj
record of having committed 75 mur- !
ricis. was ambushed and killed to-da.'
b\ the po - e Tue Government had!
off red a reward of $]0.n*»n for his
body.
‘Brazilian Trot’ Is
Latest From Paris
Joan Sawyer. Who Brings it, Say6
That it Is the Only Thing in
% the World.
NEW YORK, May 4. John Sawyer,
the swiftest turkey trotter that ev«r
yaw Broadway, has returned from
Paris with the Brazilian trot, a dai * e
that is faster and more bewildering
than a combination of all the dances
so far invented.
“Jt> the only tiling in the world,”
said Miss Sawyer "You can dan. •
the Brazilian trot instead of eating
( r drinking, in fact, if you are starv -
ing it’s a perfectly good suhst ituh
{or food and Irink.”
wilsonThomeTthinks HiS
WORK IN JERSEY FRUITFUL
WASHINGTON. Mat 4. Tired, but
confident that his trip to New Jersey
will be productive of good results in
connection with jury reform. Pres
ident Wilson returned to Washington
early to-da.v arid at on e wert to the
White House, where In «m:n ke«j
large amount of routine v.»>rk \ hick
had accumulated in his ab;- nee.
FRATS CONSTITUTIONAL
OXFORD. MISS.. Ala\ T The gtan
Supreme Four' to-da v rub-d that cni.
lege fraternities are conaiilutlonac
Strange Real Life Romance Will
Repeat Situation Novelist
Made Use of in Story.
NEW YORK, .Hay 4. Friends of
Mrs. Edith Wharton, the novelist, are
busy commenting on the announce
ment from Paris tha't site is to di
vorce her.husband. Edward Wharton,
whom she married in 1885.
Their acquaintances at Lenox,
where they lived until two years ago,
caught the first glimmer yesterday of
the reason for the sudden departure
of the Whartons from Lenox and the
retreat to foreign lands.
Then the .many writings of Mrs.
Wharton were recalled, but none so
strongly as a story concerning di
vorced life, which appeared just be
fore she left her residence in this
country. It was called “Other Times,
Other Manners.”
It is the stoyy of a woman, thirty
years ago -divorced, remarried and
socially exiled. Then she returns to
this country to find that her daughter
has been divorced and remarried, but
society has made a heroine of her.
It is the tale of the difference of the
years.
Mrs. Lldcote, the book mother, is
astounded to find that the persons
who had refused to tolerate her in
years past gladly embraced her
daughter. The moral of the tale
seems to be that one should not err
anead of one's generation- Here is a
passage from Mrs. Wharton’s book:
You say that it Is preposterous
that the women who didn’t object
to accepting Leila's hospitality
should have objected to meeting
me under her roof. And so it is.
but I begin to see why. It is sim
ply that society is much too busy
to revise its own judgments.
Probable no one in the house
with me stopped to consider that
my case and Lelia's were identi
cal.
They only remembered that 1
had done sbYi.c“ which, at the
tirn*- I did it, was condemned by
society. My case has been passed
on and classified; I'm the woman
who has been cut for twenty
years; it’s simply a tradition to
cut no . And traditions that have
lost their meaning are the hard
est of ai 1 to destroy.
When Mr-. Wharton’s friends re-
alled the book they ail pointed out
>t rongiy ,t hat if the re ported divorce
was true it merely meant that Mrs
Wharton considered she had waked
!(.: an auspicious era for divorce.
MANY TOWNS SEEKING NEW
AUGUSTA-COLUMBIA ROAD
Three Former Employees at Pencil
Factory Are Summoned to Testify.
Expected That Frank and Watch
man Will Be Questioned Further.
Il is reported that three young women, former employ, os of
1 he National Pencil Factory, will be important witnesses for the
■ (‘oroner's jury in the Pliagan case on Monday,
l)r. riaude Smith, city bacte
riologist, was asked by t lie po
lice to-dav to make a chemical
analysis of the bloodstains on
the shirt found in the back yard
of the home of Lee.
The garment was given to Dr.
Smith by Detective Rosser. The de
tect ives are hopeful that by scientific
tests and comparisons it will be de-
termined whether the garment was a
■plant' or not Dr Smith • j
1 "iii.i not uiakf hi- - •.anunMiJ
until some time next week.
Solicitor Dorsey and Chief of De
tectives Lanfoi’d were closeted for tw<.
hour® to-day in a discussion of Hie
case At the conclusion neither would
make a public announcement.
*1-000 Fund Is Rumored.
It was said that an effort would
be made to nave the wjfety appro
priate $1,000 for a private investiga
tion.
The inquest will be resumed at 2
o clock. Leo M. Frank hay not yet
given any testimony before the Coro-
jury, and It is planned for him
i Monday. Jt is also
ht watchman,
Gen, Wood Reports
On Mexican Status:
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Sentiment Along Rio Grande Against
Huerta, and Favors Carranza,
He Tells Garrison.
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WASHINGTON, May 4. Senti !
mem on the Rio Grande is favorable
j to the Carranza movement in Mexico I
and bitterly opposed to the Huerta!
Government, according to Major Gen- j
eral Leonard Wood, who returned to
Washington to-day after an inspec
tion trip along the boundary. Hr j
made this report to Secretary of War j
Garrison.
General Wood made inquiry among |
| ranchers and farmers respecting dep-j
redation- committed by Mexicans. He
found little complaint and could find
nowhere evidence of terrorism.
The State Department to-du.v re
ceived a report that a battle was im
der way at Espionaza, a short dis
tance from Monclava. No details are
gtWft. Reporta from Nogales stated
t that two Mexican Federal gunboats
arrived Thursday at Guay a ums and
are reported to have shelled Em pal me
i yesterday, the state troops evacuat-
: ing the place.
Wife Lays Husband's
Misdeeds to Liver
‘It Affects Him That Way,’ Mrs.
J. T. Thomas’ Explanation for
Cattle Stealng Charge.
.J T Thomas would be a model of
virtue and good citizenship if it were
not for his liver, said Mrs Thomas
to-day. The wife blames that incor
rigible organ of her husband’s for his
present plight. He is held in the Ful
ton County Tower, bound over by
the Recorder on a charge of stealing
cattle.
Mrs. Thomas, visiting her husband’s
lawyer to-day, said that J. T was not
responsible for his actions whenever
his liver got out of order.
' it seems to affeot him that way,"
she said.
The lawyer went to the jail to see
his client, and confided to Day Jai • r
J. T. Golden the reason for the mi:-
conduct of Thomas.
Whereupon Mr. Golden suggested
that Judge Roan is one of the very
best liver regulators. Thomas is held
in jail in default of a $2,000 bond im
posed by the Recorder.
A 1'i.il’RTA. GA Mil
-Residents
uf Trenton, Johnston. Wards and
Ridge Springs. S. C., have called on
President 1 Jackson, of the
<‘aro!ina and ••• Railway, and
urged him to build the road through
those places. A ucT^atioJi from)
The road. It is stated, will be com - |
looted within eighteen month*. «n,M
jc]*o-;ric train.- wii’ ho running to and
'from Columbia bj November 1, J914. j
Darden's Attorneys
Ask for New Trial
Formal Motion Filed With Superior
Court—Prisoner Still
in Tower.
Attorneys for Elmer T. Darden, re
cently sentenced to three years’’ im
prisonment in tlie penitentiary for
killing C. M. Goddard, filed a forma!
motion for a new trial with the Su
perior Court to-day.
Darden has not been transfer!''!
from the Tower and in the event of
the new trial being granted he will
remain • Where until the second trim
ends. /
Plot to Assassinate
King of Spain Bared
Letter Found on Anarchist Shows
Attempt Would Have Been Made
on Alfonso’s Visit to Paris.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Geornian.
MONTPELIER. FRANCE, May 4 —
A plot to assassinate King Alfonso '
Spain when be come? to France o
visit President Poincare wac discov- j
; efl he * to-day. A Spanish an-!
Mvbist wa? arrested and lettc rs n
volving two other men and a woman,
were found. J
to be heart
likely that Lee, the
will be examined still further.
The police and detectives are still
busily at work oil the case, but so far,
as is known they have secured noth
ing of importance.
Await Coroner’s Verdict.
When the Coroner’s jury verdict is
rendered the case automatically goes
to the Grand Jury. Solicitor Dors, v
and the Grand Jury will not take up
the case officially until the Coroner's
jury has concluded Its investigation.
Many wild reports, absolutely with
out basis in fact, are in circulation.
It is emphatically declared by the po
lice that no confessions have been
made by anybody “In the case. This
put ail end tn * h. jvpoi i J
L»'e h. -* confessed and impiicatiq
Frank. «
It is not likely tf.it the body of tliA
unfortunate girl will be exhumed.
County Physician Hurt says that no
further examination is necessary, as
Hie evidence on this point is very
clear and exact.
Visitors Are Barred.
Visitors are not allowed to see
eittier Frank or Lee, although counsel
ha? full access to the Tower to con
fer freely, with the men.
A score of employees of the factory
are under subpena to testify before
the Coroner’s jury, but their testi
mony is not considered likely to be of
great importance.
The release of Arthur Muliinax and
J. M. Gantt indicates that the detec
tives have abandoned the theory that
the girl left the pencil, factory after
i peek ing her pay on Saturday. The
detectives now are of the opinion that
she was not seen on the streets again
after she entered the factory.
May Be Held for Jury.
W ithout seeming to forecast what
the Coroner’s Jury will do, it is more
than likely that both Frank and Lee
will be held for the Grand Jury, where
the testimony or evidence will De
carefully under t!he .supervi
sion of Solicitor General Hugh Dor-
The only statement that the law
yers for Frank make is that he is arid
vehement in the declaration that he
knows nothing whatever about tee
crime.
Mr. Rosser says that not a word
of evidence had been produced,
his client.
PLANTER SLAYS CROPPER
IN ROW OVER USE OF PLOW
Dl'BLlN, <tA.. Maj 4. Will V*a!
shot and killed a cropper hamed Ev
ans in a public road near hi? planta
tion in Lauren? County to-day. They
^iad a fuss yesterday afternoon over
the use of a plow When they met
in the road t.hie morning it was re
newed. Evans chased Veal with a
knife, when the latter pulled his pis
tol and fired four or five times. Veal
was arrested by Sheriff Hander?.