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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. MAY 10. 1010.
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“No One Else Involved—I Am No
Embezzler; I Have No Sensational
Disclosures to Make—I Am Back
to Pay the Penalty of My Failure.”
The Georgian on Friday published a long, detailed, exclusive
story by J. Wylie Smith, who for two years has been a fugitive
from justice, following the failure of the Commercial Loan and
Discount Company of Atlanta.
Smith, lying on what he believes to be his deathbed in the
hospital ward at the Tower, 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 he 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 the blame for that,”
he says, “and I have no sensational
disclosures to make.
“There will be no squealing and no
body else 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 that may be
selected to try me to think that my
story will be believed. *
“Alone in the Failure.”
“I 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
here, I expect to get out of prison,
and I shall take the necessary time to
go over the books and papers of the
defunct company to prove that I was
no forger or embezzler.
“My mistake was an honest one, but
the failure of the company left me
penniless. If I had had ten days more,
I could have pulled through and saved
the company. Time was against me,
$nd rather than face bankruptcy pro
ceedings I went away.
“Now’ I am back to pay the price.”
Born To Be Fighter.
When the Commercial Loan and
Discount Company failed, there was
a furor. Anxious clients sought J.
Wylie Smith, but they hunted him in
vain. One night he quietly boarded a
train and left Atlanta, leaving his
wife, his child, his business behind.
His dream of an old age in comfort
w r as shattered.
“I was born to be a fighter.” he re
marked in his cell Friday night. “All
my life I harbored an inclination to
go to war. In my youth I had been
restrained, and then I settled down in
quiet commercial pursuits. I thought
the spark was dead.
"But when I decided to flee I like
wise decided to get the excitement I
had been hungry for all my life. 1
went to Mexico. I had a hard time
making the goal. There were officers
to dodge. The Pinkertons followed.
The border was watched. I managed
to slip over the lines, though, and
when I did I was^-afe.”
Smith’s first job in Mexico was with
the Chihuahua Lumber Company, in
Chihuahua, which lies south of Jua
rez. He didn’t stay there long, how
ever.
“I 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. I stayed
there a month. Then I bought and
sold cattle for a Mexican company.
“All the time the revolutionists were
fighting all over the republic. I made
up my mind to join the first command
that came near. One day they burned
a bridge 20 miles north of me. That
was enough. I got a horse and rode to
their camp. I found it was a wing of
General Orozco's army, with General
Rojas in command. I couldn’t talk
much Spanish then, but I made signs.
General Rojas came out
look me over when he
himself to
learned
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‘gringo’ wanted to become a revolu*
tlonist.
Assigned to Ranks.
“I was accepted. They gave me a
gun and assigned me to a place in the
ranks. Evidently they were proud of
their American private, for they gave
me a prominent position at the ex
treme right of the 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. I didn’t care. I wanted to
fight.
“I didn't tell him how I came to be
in Mexico, and he 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 s®rt of an
unwritten, unspoken contract that I
would not be turned over to the Unit
ed States as long as I paid for pro
tection by fighting.
“I want to say without any ego
that I was a brave soldier. When
there was a charge to be made I was
generally in front. I was never be
hind the company. I led the charges.
One time I 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 Best Friend.
“The best friend 1 have ever had
was a Mexican corporal, bigger than
any other ‘greaser’ I ever saw. II
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 .
bullet whizzed through my hat so
close to my head that it raised a blis
ter on my ear, I would have fallen
if his arms had not held me up.
“1 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 back I
fired two defiant shots at the Federal
troops. We were among the first to
the other side, and led the charge up
the river’s bank. And we won. It
was a complete victory.
When General Rojas rode by a few
minutes later with the satisfaction
of victory beaming on his face he
called me.
“ ‘Gringo,’ he 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 he 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 and 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.
“I want to state this as a fact: I
never saw' a Pinkerton but once w’hile
I was in 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 eat
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 to call at the
hospital three times a day. I guess
he wanted to get on the good side of
me. so I w’ould cross the bridge to
El Paso and return to Atlanta under
arrest. When he failed in that he
tried trickery.
ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT DIS
COURSES TO BE DE
LIVERED HERE SUN
DAY WILL BE THAT
OF A NOTED LECTUR
;ER, O. 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.’'
TWO CHARMING
YOUNG VISITORS
Judge Takes Jury
to a Movie Show
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.
Battling Damosel Is
Chilled at Capital
WASHINGTON, May *The little
pink’ damosel of Paul Chaims’ “Sep
tember Morn.” who has been wander
ing forlornly from city to city for
months looking for a shop window-
home in which she may bathe in
peace, has reached Washington an 1
met a welcome at once as chilling as
the waves which lave her feet and
as warm as the glow which suffuses
her,undraped figure.
Debutantes and the youns men v ho
regrel they have hut one life to give
fo their high school fraternities have
received her with whispers of admi
ration.
The Rev. Charles J. Mullaly, presi
dent of the Washington Truth Socie
ty, has appeuled to the police for the
picture’s removal.
Elena of Italy Raises Ban That
Forbade Marriage Between
Ages of 18 and 25.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, May 18.—Through the kind
ly influence of Queen Elena and Dow
ager Queen Margherita, Italy’s
thousands of telephone girls have
been freed of the bondage of spin-
?terhood. Cupid, w f ho was summar
ily “cut off” by Parliament's decree,
has been put back on the wire after
holding the receiver for seven celi
bate years. And those stern states
men who decreed that “love is ex
tremely detrimental to the State tel
ephone service!’ have been probably re-
bukpd.
The law of 1906 providing that tel
ephone girls In the Government’s
service must not marry betw’een the
ages of eighteen and twenty-five has
been repealed, to take effect to-day.
Seventy switchboard brides in Rome
alone will be led to the altar w-ithin
the twenty-five ensuing days.
Recognition of Motherhood.
The new’ act, as drawn up by the
royal ladies and a committee of the
wives of deputies and ministers to
whom the loveless girls appealed
provides that married operators shall
have clerical positions when their
husbands aren’t earning much or
when they are in delicate health.
This recognition of motherhood by
the State, as employer, is a grant of
rights such as was recently refused
to married school teachers in New
York.
The law forbidding marriage to
operators classed as "beginners” was
passed when the Government took
over the telephone service. The rea
sons given were that, in cases of ill
ness, married operators would em
barrass the service and that girfs in
love were not as efficient as mature
spinsters.
Scientific Way Too Slow.
Immediately the hello girls in all
the large cities organized in defense
of their lomantie rights. Two years
ago, on the eve of a threatened strike,
Signor Calissano, Minister for Posts
and Telegraphs, promised to appoint
a scientific commission to settle the
matter. If the commission should re
port favorably to the young women,
he said, he would Introduce a bill for
the repeal of the law that had broken
engagements, hearts and hopes
throughout the land.
The commission was so slow that
the girls recently took up the battle
anew, appealed direct to the Queen
and the Queen Mother, setting forth
that Italy was the only nation in th
world which deprived a portion of its
women population of the right of
complete happiness.
The two Queens showed immediate
sympathy, and conferring with the
wives of statesmen, they formed an
invincible force that carried King and
Parliament before it.
At the right is Miss Caroline Scott, of Van Huron, Kans.: at the
left, Miss Lorna Carr, of St. Louis, who are guests of Mrs. Hates
Block, and who are being extensively entertained while in Atlanta
2 Women Accusers
Confront Educator
PITTSBURG, May 18.—Superin
tendent of Schools S. L. Heeter was
confronted with two of his accusers at
a secret meeting of the committee ap
pointed to investigate his moral fit
ness.
The two witnesses are believed to
be Margaret Yenny, Heeter’s form ,*
domestic, and Mrs. Alice Lang Wea
sels. Heeter’s former stenographer,
who yesterday afternoon filed a signed
affidavit with the chairman of th“
committee, in which she accuser
Heeter with attempting familiarities
in his office.
AUGUSTA TO AGAIN TRY
FOR COMMISSION FORM
AUGUSTA, GA., May 18.Friends
of commis.-ion government here ux<j
planning to have another election
Commission government lost by a
narrow margin in an election held
here last year and its friends believe
it will win this time by a fine ma
jority.
TWO MEN LIKELY TO DIE
FROM LIGHTNING SHOCK
MERIDIAN, MISS., May 18.—Rog
ers Ross, 22 years of age, and Henry
Harlow, aged 35, were seriously In
jured when lightning struck a tree
under which they and several friends
had sought shelter from rain. A hoise
belonging to a negro was killed out
right. A number of others were se
verely shocked, among them several
hoys. The recovery of both Ross and
Harlow is considered doubtful.
FLORIDA MONUMENT TO
BE DEDICATED MAY 28
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., May 18.
The Florida Monument will be dedi
cated at Chickamauga Park May 28,
the second day of the Confederate re
union. This was agreed upon at a
conference between Senator Pasco
and General E. .VI. Lane, of the Flor
ida Monument Commission, and the
local committee.
K»r»a Afonso 27 To-day.
MADRID, May 18.—King Alfonso
was 27 years' old to-day. He cele
brated the day by pardoning six men
condemned to death.
Miss Leishman Can
Never Be a Duchess
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, May 18.—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 semi-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 fils 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 w’edding in June.
(J. B. CHURCHMEN TO
BOYCOTT EXPOSITION
President to Warn
Cubans to Behave
WASHINGTON, May 18—Presi
dent Wilwn 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 boar
a message calculated to keep down
revolutionary tendencies.
Strong feeling against General
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.
DECATUR, ILL., May 18.—Because
the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition will be conducted on a
“wide-open” policy the quadrennial
conference of the United Brethren
Chureh, representing 300,000 church
members in the United States, has
adopted resolutions pledging mem
bers of the chureh not to attend the
exposition unless the policy is
changed.
Recovery Remarkable.
VALDOSTA—PhysicJans regard as
remarkable the 'apparently rapid re
covery of .Charles McCranie. A piece
of sctntling, 16 feet long, was hurled
t mrh hly ImHv ut u tmi'miUo nour
Cr.A.R, Members Meet
With Confederates
Atlanta Camp. No. 159, Confederate
Veterans, will Invite members of the G.
A. It. and visiting Confederates to a
meeting in the Capitol Monday night.
Many of the older men attending the
Presbyterian Assemblies are known to
have fought on one side or the other a nd
an invitation will be extended them by
the officials of Atlanta Camp.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
PLANS PUBLICITY BUREAU
NEW YORK, May 18.—Democrats of
the country will he appealed to for small
contributions to maintain a permanent
publicity bureau In Washington. This
was decided at a meeting of the Execu
tive Committee of the Democratic Na
tional Committee. Representative A.
Mitchell Palmer, of Pennsylvania, was
elected chairman of the committee.
CABLE
NEWS
Important Events From All
Over the Old World Told in a
Few Short Line*.
CANTON, May 18.—General Chang
Wing Ming, commanding the troop?
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 18.—Queen
Wilhelmina’s sympathy with the or
ganlzers 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 18.—The War Min
istry to-day announced that work
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.
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It is a fact that the moment
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skins, the itching stops and heal
ing begins. With the aid of Resi
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away all trace of eczema, ring
worm, pimples, blackheads, or
other tormenting, unsightly erup
tion quickly, leaving the skin clear
and healthy.
And the best of it is you need
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and Resinol Ointment. There i?
nothing in them to injure • the
tenderest surface. Resinol is a
doctor’s prescription which for 18
years has been used by careful
physicians for all kinds of skin
affections. They prescribe Resi
nol freely, confident that its sooth
ing. healing action is brought
about by medication so bland and
gentle as to be suited to the most
delicate or irritated skin—even of
a tiny baby.
Resinol is sold by practically
every druggist in the United States,
but you can prove at our expense
what it will do for you. Write to
day to Dept. 22-S. Resinol. Balti
more, Md., and we will send you
by parcel post a liberal trial of
Resinol Ointment and Resinol
Soap.
CLERGY
IS COMMON
“No higher name can be given tH
the minister of the gospel than com
mon laborer,” declared Dr, John A.
Henderson, of Sugar Creek, Ohio, 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 common laborer, because he work*
In the 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 Hi.s 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 into
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 horn 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 ol 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.
Unionists Gain Member.
NEWMARKET, ENG., May 18.^
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
bis Liberal opponent.
A NOTRE DAME LADY’S APPEAL
To all knowing sufferers of rheuma-
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pains in the kidneys or neuralgia
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all of these tortures. She feels it her
duty to send it to all sufferers FREE.
You cure yourself at home as thou
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discovery banishes uric acid from the
blood, loosens the stiffened joints,
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.
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