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4 TF1E ATT,ANTA OF.ORrU \X AND NEWS. SATURDAY, MA Y17. 1913. Fair Sponsors Inspire Rooters at Tech-Georgia Diamond Clash v • v *3* • 4•••*• v • -f* +t%« *J« • v *!*••!• +•+ *!• • *1* •«••*!* *1* • v Thousands of Fans Turn Out to Witness Saturday’s Battle “\o One Else Involved---! Am No Embezzler; I Have No Sensational Disclosures to Make---1 Am Back to Pay the Penaltv of Mv Failure.” The Georgian on Friday published a long, detailed story by J. Wylie Smith, who for two years has been front justice, following the failure of the Commercial Discount Company of Atlanta. Smith, lying on what he hospital ward at the Tower, exclusive a fugitive I .Oil 11 and CLASSES CLERGY 4.D00EUESTSAT believes to be his deathbed in reiterated yesterday what he said in The Georgian on Friday; that he returned to Atlanta because he believed»he was going to die, and that he wanted to die in At lanta. He told a Georgian reporter on Friday the story of his ex periences in the Mexican army; of the privations lie suffered, and of some stirring battles in which he participated Smith vigorously denies that he has any exposures to make touching the failure of the Com mercial Loan and Discount Com pany. "I shoulder all he says, disclosure "There body else blame for that," » no son.**» tional the "and I hav s to make, will bo no squealing and no- i Involved. If 1 live long enough, I will tell my whole story on the witness stand, and I have confi dence enough in the Jury thai may he selected to try me to think that mv story will be believed. "Alone ui the Failure." 1 was alone and had no Intentions of incriminating others. I will tell all I know, and that will involve no one but myself After I have rested a while in Jail Id • • I expect to get out of prison, and I .shall tab* the necessary time to k'o over the books and papers of the defunct company to prove that I was no forger or embezzler. My mistake wai an honest one, but f • failure of the company left me penniless. If I had had ten days more, 1 could have pulled through and saved the company Time was against me. and rather than face bankruptcy pro ve dings I went away. Now I am back to imv the price." Born To Be Fighter. When the Commercial Loan ami Discount Company failed, there was a furor. Anxious clients sought J. Wylie Smith, but they hunted him in vain One night he quietly boarded ,\ train and left Atlanta, leaving his v\lfe, his child, his business behind His dream of an old age In comfort whs shattered. 1 was born to be a tighter." he re marked in his cell Friday night. "All my life 1 harbored an inclination to go to war. In my youth 1 had been restrained, and then 1 settled down in quiet commercial pursuits. 1 thought the spark was dead. But when I decided to tlee 1 like wise decided to get the excitement I had been hungry for all my life. I went to Mexico. 1 had a hard time making the goal. There were officers to dodge. The Pinkertons followed. The border was watched. 1 managed to slip over the lines, though, and when I did I was safe." Smith’s first job in Mexico was wi:h the Chihuahua Lumber Company, in Chihuahua, which lies south of Jua rez. He didn't stay there long, how ever. "1 had to lay low then." he ex plained. "I knew the detectives were warm on my trail. I put through a few deals for others,.though. 1 stayed there a month. Then l bought and sold cattle for a Mexican company . "All the time the revolutionists were fighting all over the republic. 1 mad- up my mind to join the first command that came near. One d ( «y they burned a bridge 20 miles north of me. That was enough. 1 got a horse and rode to their camp. 1 found it was a wing of General Orozco’s army, with General Rojas in command 1 couldn’t talk much Spanish then, but 1 made signs. General Rojas came out himself to look me over when he learned a CN makes a Cleall anti may clc rs and a kansing pow n y our walls, nod work, but kill disease CN docs both; it make- everything with which it conies in contact 100 per cent clean It free* the home of conditions fa vorable to germ life. clean from cellar to garret All (irorrin. Druc- rislft and Department 84ore«. The with yellow package the. gnble-trip •'est Disrnfecbnjr Co, 'gringo' wanted to become tionist. Assigned to Ranks. "I was accepted. They gave me a gun and assigned me to a place in toe ranks. Evidently they were proud of their American private, for they gave me a prominent position at the ex treme right o' ihe company. Inci dentally. I was usually first in the line of fire, too. General Rojas said he couldn't give me a uniform then or promise me any pay, be cause the treasury was. as usual, empty. 1 didn't care, i wanted to fight. ‘ I didn't tell him how i came to be in Mexico, and In* didn't ask. There was a mutual understanding. He knew there was a price on my head and I knew he knew. Words were unnecessary. There was a sort of an unwritten, unspoken contract, that I would not be turned over to the Unit ed States as long as I paid for pro- 1 lection by fighting. "I want to say without any ego that I was a brave soldier. When there was a charge to be made 1 was generally in front. I was never be hind the company. I led the charges. One time 1 captured a cannon, with five other Mexicans, and turned it on the* Federal troops. They fled. After that I was a hero. There was noth ing In the army's scanty commissary that was too good for me. Bio Corporal His Beat Friend. "The best friend I have e.vor had was a Mexican corporal, bigger than any other ‘greaser’ 1 ever saw. He was always at my side with a sooth ing Spanish word when we were In danger. He could pick me up in his arms and carry me. Once when a bullet whizzed through mV hat So close to my head ttint it raised a blis ter on my ear. I would have fallen if his arms had not held me up. "I thought I had that bullet through the head. "That corporal won my first pro motion for me. We were charging the Federal troops near Chihuahua. There was a river between us. There was nothing to do but wade it right under the nose of the enemy’s guns. As we neared the brink of the stream on the double quick that big corpo ral I don’t know any more of his name than Carlos--picked me up as if I had been a pet cat and lifted me to his shoulders. Then he dashed through the water. From his hack 1 fired two defiant shots at the Federal troops. We were among the first to the other side, and led ttie charge up the river’s bank. And we won. Jt was a complete victory. When General Rojas rode by a few minutes later with the satisfaction of victory beaming on his fact? he called me. "‘Gringo,’ lie said. I am going to recommend you for a captaincy to General Orozco.' Given a Captaincy. "Two weeks after that I had a troop. I was the leader of the best company in the regiment. And I got my first uniform then, too. I still have it." he said, as lie weakly lifted one leg up and propped it on the foot of the little iron bed to better exhibit a pair of well-worn cheap khaki trousers. "That's the coat under my pillow." "As a captain I was a success. A few months later they made me a member of the general’s staff and I had a hand in the planning of cam paigns ami battles. "I think I showed the Mexicans something about war. even if I wasn't a professional soldier." Smith com mented with a smile and a tinge of color in his careworn face. 1 want to state this as a fact: l never saw a Pinkerton but once while 1 was iti Mexico. That was in Juarez when I lay in the hospital with a bul let through my thigh. The detective came in and saw me. And he was a good entertainer, let me tell you. When the Mexicans brought in a meal he said: 'Do you have to eut that stuff. Wait! I'll get you some thing good.’ He went over to the restaurant and ordered three meals a day for me. "That detective used l<» call at the hospital three times a day I guess i Id* wanted to get on the good side of j me so 1 would cross the bridge to | K! Paso and return to Atlanta under Great Crowd on Hand to Cheer Rival Baseball Teams to Victory, Brimming over with enthusiasm, the loyal sons and fair adherents of Tech and Georgia again assembled at Grant Field to cheer their little armies to victory when the two teams met Saturday afternoon. With the critical situation involv ing the championship of Tech or the redemption of her lost prestige by Georgia, the thousands of fans who attended Friday’s game went again Saturday and took their friends to add to the bedlam of voices, stamp ing of feet and other madnesses which go to make up a real college game. Not one among the witnesses from the grandstand and surrounding em bankment—nor from the tree-tops in the distance, even—were able to control their actions in tlie enthusi asm which Saturday’s game precipi tated. When Tech and Georgia clash even the urchin of the street will risk hisj life to witness the fray and add his small voice to the uproar for his fa vorite team. As a huh about the uproarious tooting of each side's constituents I appeared the beautiful sponsors who, I as on Friday, occupied the honor J benches on the diamond near the! players’ headquarters. Upholding with their beauty andj vivaciousness the standard of the University team were Miss Mar jorie Brown and Miss Mamie Ansley, j while directly across the diamond’s homeplate point were Miss Kate (’•toper and Miss Bertha Moore for] Tech. To these two central points were directed the eyes of the mob of rooters, and from the sponsors did they receive their inspiration for what easily may be described the most I enthusiastic and earsnlittlng display of lung-power and eccentric gyninas-1 tics which has ever been witnessed at a college baseball game. 2 Women Accusers Confront Educator Misses Marjorie Brown, at .’ight, and Mamie Ansley. spon sors for the University of Geor gia team, are shown at the top; below’ are the Tech sponsors. Misses Kate Cooper, at right, and Bertha Moore. "No higher name can be given to the minister of the gospel than com mon laborer," declared Dr. John A. Henderson, of Sugar Creek, Qhio, in the annual memorial address before the United Presbyterian Assembly. "The ministry is a laborer’s serv ice," Dr. Henderson continued, "and there is no doubt that the preacher is a < \mmon laborer, because he works in tne interest of common humanity. His work has for its object the relief of every man, and of every man alike. "Christ was the first common la borer, but He was a specialist and labored in meeting the common ne cessities of common humanity. Christ made his labor the raising of com mon humanity to rank with Him and sit at His right hand in Heaven.” Labor Is Essential. Dr. Henderson declared that the work of salvation can be done only by God. but that the relation of the minister to work is worthy of em phasizing. "No human soul can be born intc the world without aid." he said, "and no human soul was ever born into the Kingdom of Heaven without the co-operation of others. Labor goes before birth. No one knows the Joy of seeing a soul born into heaven who knows nothing of labor pains. The whole career of a minister is a career of labor. He suffers labor pains, but he forgets them in the joy of seeing new souls born into heaven. Men Always Needed. "The service of the ministry in volves relays of consecrated men. ‘Men may come and men may go, but the work goes on forever,’ ’’ he para phrased. "The work of the churches is to see that the ranks of the pro cession are filled, and that conse crated men are forthcoming to take the places of those who drop out of the procession. In this respect the church is not now doing its duty'. Not more than half as many entered the ministry through our schools and seminaries as died during the past year." Dr. Henderson eulogized the 32 United Presbyterian ministers who died during the past year. "The best monument we can build above their graves,” he declared, "is the persis tent, untiring, unrelenting application of every energy to the task in hand —that of saving men for Christ.” The memorial services were in charge of Dr. J. B. Work, and com prised the only business of the* Friday afternoon session of the assembly. At the close of the services the commis sioners attended the joint communion services at the Baptist Tabernacle in a body. First Entertainment of Its Kind Draws Presbyterian Delegates to Brilliant College Fete. The most brilliant fete in the his tory of this season’s social activities at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, is the reception tendered commissioners to the three great. Presbyterian As semblies Saturday afternoon. Two thousand invitations were ex tended the visitors. The elaborate hospitality shown guests will go down as a memorable event in the annals of the school’s activities. The entertainment is the first of Its kind, as never before have the three 1 Assemblies convened simultaneously in the same city. Decorations have wrought the col lege campus into a gloria of welcome. From the venerable trees have been suspended brilliantly colored bunting. Potted plants, placed around the en trances to the buildings, have en hanced the setting for the entertain ment. Three hundred and fifty pret ty college girls, bedecked in school . colors, added their chatter and laugh ter to the merriment of the occasion. • At its height the affair disclosed mofe than 4,000 persons on the campus. At the main entrance to the aca demic building stood the receiving line. It consisted of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Inman. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Oit- Iey. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Gaines, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Candler, Dr. and Mrs. Marion Hull, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Orr and Miss Nanette Hopkins. An extensive program of music, rendered principally by students of the college, was a feature. Refresh ments were served. Included on the entertainment com- • mittee were J. K. Ottley, chairman; F. M. Inman, Clyde King, P. B. Mc Kinney. Judge E. C.' Kontz. (4. B. Scott, Dr. F. H. Gaines. Marion Jack- son and H. B. Arbuckle. President to Warn Cubans to Bella,ve When > kery he failed in that he ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DIS COURSES TO BE DE LIVERED HERE SUN DAY WILL BE THAT OF A NOTED L-ECTUR ER. 0. L. SULLIVAN, NEW YORK, AT CA BLE HALL AT 3 P. M HE WILL SPEAK ON ‘‘THE RESURREC TION, OR LIFE BE YOND THE GRAVE." PITTSBURG. May 17 Superin* undent of Schools S L lleeter was | confronted with two of his accusers at la secret meeting of the committee ap pointed to investigate his moral fit ness. The two witnesses are believed • > | tv* Margaret Yenrt.v. Hector's form • Domestic, and Mrs. Alice Lang Wes- sels. Heeter's former stenographer, j who yesterday afternoon filed a signed affidavit with the Chairman of the ' committee, in which she accuse' j lleeter with attempting familiarities in his office. AUGUSTA TO AGAIN TRY FOR COMMISSION FORM LOVED WIFE DIED One of the Best Known and Re vered Women of Atlanta Suc cumbs After Brief Illness. Mrs. W. T. B. Wilson, wife of Cap- lain W. T. B. Wilson, and one of Atlanta’s best known and most loved women, died at 2 o’clock Saturday morning tit her residence. 372 North Jackson Street, after an illness of six weeks. Mrs, Wilson was born in Gaines ville, Ga., 57 years ago. She was a Miss Masina Adeline Smith. She was a devout Christian woman and a member of Grace Methodist Church since coming to Atlanta shortly after her marriage. Her husband, Cap tain W. T. B. Wilson, for 22 years was Assistant City Engineer. ’and but recently retired. Besides her husband. Mrs. Wilson is survived by five children, William T and Alfred C. Wilson, Mrs. James T. Wikle. Mrs. A H. Parham and Miss Nell Wilson, all of Atlanta, and two sisters. Mrs. Thomas P. Hudson, of Decatur, Ga.. and Mrs. George W. Walker, of Gainesville. The body was taken to Barclay <fc Brandon’s undertaking establishment to be prepared for burial. The fu neral services will be held from the residence at 3 o’clock Sunday after noon. and Interment will be made at West view Cemetery. OLLIETAYLORCftSE S AUGUSTA. GA.. May 17. Friends < s of commission government here are ) planning to hav< r ~ another election, j Commission government lost by a ; narrow margin in an election held < here last year and its friends believe 51 it will win this time by a fine ma- ] j jority. German Conservatives V/«n. BERLIN. May 17.— Returns from > I yesterday's general election for the j Prussian Diet compiled to-da\ show 11 that the Conservatives will have a s J large majority. I White City Park Now Open \ Battling Damosel Is Chilled at Capital WASHINGTON. May W The little pink damosel of Paul Chabas’ "Sep tember Morn." who has been wander ing forlornly from city to city for months looking for a shop winde x home in which she may bathe in peace, has reached Washington an I met a welcome at once as chilling a* the waves which lave her feet and as warm as the glow which suffuses her undraped figure. Debutantes and the young men ho regret they have but one life to give to their high school fraternities have received her w ith whispers of admi ration. The Rev. Charles J. Mullaiy, presi dent of th«‘ Washington Truth Socie ty. has appealed to the police for Cat picture's removal. King Alfonso 27 To-day. MADRID, May 17 King Alfonso was 27 years old to-day. He cele brated the day b\ pardoning six men condemned to c- Letter From G. R. Buford, of Men and Religion Movement, Read in Assembly. A letter from G. R. Buford, of the Men ancf Religion Ways and Means Committee, correcting the impression prevailing among the commissioners that Ollle Taylor has been mistreated, was read by the clerk at the opening of the Saturday morning session of the United Presbyterian Assembly. The boy's case was cited by Judge McKenzie Cleland on Wednesday as an example of the worthlessness of the penal system. Mr. Buford’s letter declared that Oi- lle’s < ase has been thoroughly inves tigated, and that the boy has* not been mistreated in any way. On the con trary. he has been afforded an op portunity to acquire an education and become a useful citizen. "In my opinion,” said Mr. Buford, in his letter, "a stolen bottle of soda water has been the vehicle by which a court of justice has given the boy Ollie Taylor a chance in life.." Miss Leishman Can Never Be a Duchess Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN, May 17.—The proposed marriage of Miss Nancy Leishman and the Duke of Croy was discussed at the annual meeting of the As sociation of Her German Nobility, which regulates affairs connected with the s^mi-royal houses of the nation. The members have unanimously de- sided that Miss Leishman, the daugh ter of the American Ambassador, can never expect to be recognized by a German court either as a Duchess or a "Highness." They declared that no marriage of a Duke of Croy could be recognized as regular unless the bride were a woman "of equal birth." Despite this edict, preparations are making for a wedding in June. (J. B. CHURCHMEN TO BOYCOTT EXPOSITION DEUATUR. ILL.. May 17.—Because the Panama-Pacific International Exposition will be conducted on a wide-open" policy the quadrennial conference of the United Brethren Church, representing 30Q,000 church members in the United States, has adopted resolutions pledging mem bers of the church not to attend the exposition unless the policy is changed. ^ Additional Subscriptions for Em ployment of Great Detective in Phagan Mystery Expected. The fund to employ William J. Burns to personally conduct an in vestigation into the Phagan murder mystery Saturday morning had reached more than $1,500. and there were several subscriptions that it was known would be made during the day. according to Colonel Thomas B. Felder, who secured Mr. Burns' ser vices. The Georgian will receive and ac knowledge subscriptions, and renew r s its offer of $500 for exclusive informa tion leading to the conviction of the slayer. The Georgian. The Journal and The Constitution each contributed $100. Mr. Felder contributed the fee that was raised by Marietta kinspeople of the murdered girl. It is said to be several hundred dollars. Joseph Hirsch gave $100. Horner George. W. J. Lowenstein and Charles Jones each contributed $10. Several substantial contributions were made by citizens who asked that their names be with held. The committee of women who suggested to Colonel Felder that the public subscribe a fund to employ the great detective has not been heard from, but it is understood it has been very successful. Charles I. Ryan, cashier of the Fourth National Bank, is receiving th'e contributions. Colonel Felder announced Saturday that he was confident a sufficient sum would be subscribed in the next few days, as was evidenced in the fact he already had a Burns man on the scene investigating the crime. Judge Takes Jury to a Movie Show CABLE NEWS Important Events From All Over the Old World Told in a Few Short Lines. WASHINGTON, May IT.— Pre.O-' dent Wilson is preparing to give Cuba a broad hint that he expects it to behave. It was reported that Dudley Field Malone. Third Assistant Secretary of State, delegated to at tend the inauguration of Marco Men- ocal as President Tuesday, will bear a message calculated to keep down revolutionary tendencies. Strong feeling against (^neral Menocal exists and Liberals made ef forts to have his election declared il legal. Since the election last year the country has* been on the verge of several revolutionary outbreaks. CANTON, May 16.—General Chang Wing Ming, commanding the troops in Canton, declares that he will shoot persons defaming the Government or instigating trouble. The Hongkong and Macao Chinese recommend Yuan Shih Kai for the presidency. Queen Helps Women’s Fair. AMSTERDAM, May 17.—Queen Wilhelmina’s sympathy with the or ganizers of the Woman’s 1813-1913 Exposition was shown plainly to-day when she spent three hours at the exposition. She has sent to the fair a number of dresses worn by the Princess of Orange. German Air To Be Guarded. BERLIN. May 17.—The War Min istry to-day announced that w^ork of preparing a bill to protect German atmosphere will be commenced at once, and that it will be introduced in the Reichstag next autumn. It will provide a penalty for any foreign aviator flying over German territory without a permit from the Govern ment. Unionists Gain Member. NEWMARKET. ENG.. May 17. The Unionists political party gained another member in the House of Commons to-day, Sir John Denison- Denison Pender, a Unionist, being elected here in the Parliamentary bye election. His majority was 851 over his Liberal opponent. Jap to Attend Church Meet. TOKIO. May 17.—Dr. Kodo Osaki, former president of Doschiha Univer sity in Kyoto, Congregational pastor in Tokio. left to-day via Siberia to attend the World's Sunday School Convention in Zurich, Switzerland. He will return home by way of Amer ica. A NOTRE DAME LADY’S APPEAL To all knowing sufferers of rheuma tism, whether muscular or of the joints, sciatica, lumbago, backache, pains in the kidneys or neuralgia pains, to write to her for a home treatment which has repeatedly cured all of these tortures. She feels it her duty to send it-to all sufferers FREE. You cure yourself at home as thou sands will testify—no change of cli mate being necessary. This simple 'discovery banishes uric acid from the 1 blood, loosens the stiffened joipts, purifies the blood and brightens the eyes, giving elasticity and tone to the whole system. If the above interests you. for proof address Mrs. M. Sum mers, Box R, Notre Dame, Ind. Recovery Remarkable. VALDOSTA—Physicians regard as remarkable the apparently rapid re covery of Charles MeCranie. A piece of sctntling. 16 feet long, was hurled through his body at a sawmille near Adel a v\ eek ago. DENVER. May V Judge Rothger- ber gave a jury and his bailiff, clerk and stenographer a rare treat to-day shortly after opening court. He gave a recess and ordered the jury to ac company him in a body to a moving picture show. They remained through an entire act of the show. They did not discuss the merits of it, but on their return discussed the stairway which leads to the balcony of the theater, which figured in a suit they were hearing. TWO MEN LIKELY TO DIE FROM LIGHTNING SHOCK MERIDIAN. MISS., May 17—Rog ers Ross, 22 years of age, and Henry Harlow, aged 35, were seriously in jured when lightning struck a tree under w hich they and several friends had sought shelter from rain. A hoise belonging to a negro was killed out- j right. A number, of others were se- [ verely shocked, among them several | bovp. 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