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H Tf / head ior Protit m -GEORGIAN WANJ ADS--Use tor Results FtT^ VOL. XI. NO. 234. WEATHER: FAIR. ATLANTA, 0A„ MONDAY. MAVo. 1010. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE PAir T '° MORE. 4 Garden Ira^etky LIKEEUTTERFLy i 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.” OH, ITS i <3PR0UT(i() Y± C z. r\ r 5. ‘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. Up I&. 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. u 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.” . tow n stranger la>t nigh I as ahoi 9 inches limp in arc This mn n an shaven and j lit leg. 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: 'l i Sentiment Along Rio Grande Against Huerta, and Favors Carranza, He Tells Garrison. — 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?.