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IK ATLANTA <iK()tf<JJAS AM) Mitt S. i HUftSbAV, MAY z2, 1913.
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Grand Jury to Get Much Finger-
Print Evidence When Slaying
Is Taken Up Friday.
Continued From Page 1.
an referred to in Mr*. A. A. Smith'*
letter to The Georgian. Mrs. Smith
said she heard a young woman on
Whitehall Street say she was with
Mary Phagan at 4 o'clock Memorial
Day nfternoonn.
Many Subpena* Served.
Deputies at the Solicitor’s office b» •
gan Thursday morning serving the
large batch of auhpenas for witnesses
In the Phagan caie to appear before
the Grand Jury Friday morning at 10
o’clock. More than 100 were issued.
The Solicitor would not say wheth
er he would introduce all of them, but
said he would have them in readi
ness. Several person* whose names
have not appeared in connection with
the case have been asked to testify.
It became known also that expert
testimony on handwriting and finger
prints would play an important part
In the hearing by the Grand Jury. No
less than three famous finger-print
and handwriting experts have been
called into the case by Mr. Dorsey,
and the Arrival on the scene Wednes
day of the be.«t finger-print expert
with the Bprns agency established
'beyond any doubt that ' finger prints*'
and "haridwrlting" would be strong
cards to be ployed by the State.
Tobi^ said Wednesday his actions
have been misunderstood, and tint
criticism of his failure to work with
the Atlanta detectives was due to a
misapprehension. He explained his
position in the following statement to
The Georgian:
“When 1 came here. 1 started T .o
work independently, without asking
any information from Atlanta detec
ts • - 1 have been criticised, but 1
think the critcism was unjust. It was
not egotism, but delicacy, that kept
rre from going to them.
“They had been working on the
c ase over three weeks. 1 came.
Now. if i had gone to them and said,
'Gentlemen, please give me all the
information you got In your three
weeks' work,’ don't you think that
would require an unusual amount of
nerve
Denies He Made Criticism.
If 1 were working on a case, and
after three weeks a detective from
another place should come to me and
usk for all m.v information, 1 woulcf
think he had lots of nerve. It was
not egotism on my part it simply
required more nerve than I had
"I also have been criticised for
criticising the other men on the case.
I have been reported ns criticising
them for not looking into the foot
prints and finger prints immediately
after the murder. Hut 1 did not make
that criticism. I said they had ov
erlooked two good clew® If they had
passed up the finger prints and thumb
prints, but 1 did not say they had
pasted them up. 1 still say two good
clew® were overlooked, providing the
thumb prints and finger prints were
not traced, but. ipind you, 1 do not
say they were not taken up. The
fact is, I don’t know to-day whether
they were or not.’’
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SCHOOL BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ BALLOT.
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Will Count 30 Votes
STUM ROLLER’
Moderator Is Attacked by Promi
nent Southern Delegate, Who
Quits the Sessions.
Woman Held Guilty
Of Robbing Her Host
MACON, GA May 22 Mr*. Francis
Tedder, of Atlanta, was found guilty in
the Superior Court today of robbing
YV I). Kersey, whose family she was
visiting several months ago.
The charge Ik larceny from the per
son She will be sentenced this after-
Hatfield Frees 12
Held in Mine War
CHARLESTON, \V. VA. May 22
Twelve militarx prisoners were re
leased by Governor Hatfield to-day
following a conference with them
lasting several hours.
Among those released were John
A Brown, member of the Socialist
Party National Committee. and
Charles W. Boswell and W 11
Thompson. Socialist editors.
Some of the men are charged with
murder.
BARIUM'S "FAT LADY” IS
DEAD; WEIGHED 600 LBS.
DECISil III IFF
CASE IS RESERVED
Aged Defendant Disappointed in
Not Knowing Whether or Not
He Goes to Jail.
MACON, GA.. May 22. Judge VV I.
Grubb has reserved his derision In the
Huff contempt case, and will not an
nounce II unlil he has had more op
portunity to study the evidence and
compare It «lth the letters sent by
Colonel VV. A, Huff to Judge Bmory
Speer las! summer. He left this aft
ernoon for Birmingham, Ala.. his
home.
The defendant did not offer any wit
nesses, though going on the stand
himself. Colonel Huff staled, under
oath, that he wrote the letters *o
Judge Speer because he wanted the
judge to know what lie thought of
him as a mat, '
“I wanted him to know that 1 was
keeping lab on him,” said the aged
defendant. I did not expect my let
ters to influence him in my behulf.
in fact. 1 believed that if ihe commu
nications .would have any effect at all.
the effect would be adverse lo my In
terests.” ,,
Both the prosecuting attorney, u
D Street of Birmingham, and Attor
ney T S Felder, for Ihe defense,
stated in their arguinenta that the
trial of Colonel Huff was not Intended
to vindicate Judge Speer In any man
ner or by Its result to have any effect
on the Judge in that respect.
Judge Grubb held that whether tne
charges In the. letters were true nr
untrue did not matter, and lie would
not allow an Investigation of them.
The defendant's counsel announced
that he Was ready to submit proof.
The failure of Judge Grubb to an
nounce Ids decision to-day was a dis
tinct disappointment to the defendan,
I am not criticising Judge Grubb,’
says Colonel Huff, "but 1 would ready
like to know whether I shall go to Jail
or be a free man."
The Government made out Its rase
yesterday afternoon without any tes
timony from Judge Speer. The Gov
ernment showed that Colonel Half
sent the letters to Judge Speer and
that they were delivered to him at his
house, and also that Colonel Huff gH\e
a copy of one of tlie letters to the
newspapers for publication.
‘PLAY BALL!’ WILL
BE PASTOR'S TEXT
Rev. Caleb Ridley Will Preach
on Lessons Taught by the
National Game,
J. P. Morgan’s Son
Boat Crew Captain
BOS ON, May 22. Junius Spencer
Morgan “Silent'' Morgan as he is
known at Harvard-has been elected
captain of the Junior class crew, it
was announced to-day.
Young Morgan heretofore lias en
gaged little In athletics, not because
he did not care or have anv apti
tude, hut because his dislike for
mathematics gave him a condition
which barred him. He worked off the
condition last fall and Immediate
ly went to wo k for the crews. Jie
......I ....1 nn.l lu n Cl 111 lianitlill
' HK’AGO. May 22. Mr*. Mary Pe
ters, who for twenty year® made her
living by being fat. is dead to-da>
at the county Hospital following an
operation for the removal of a tumor.
The tumor weighed 150 pounds. Mrs.
Peter® weighed ndarlv fiftO pounds.
She wai one of Barnum’s leading at
tractions for many year*.
Ipficu rpn Pf
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luAon bnUibl
J’ Whitehall
SNAP <3
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BEANS
2 C
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Fancy Lemon*, dozen
14'jc
Fre*h Country Eggs, dozen
16' 2 c
Gallon Alaga Syrup .
49c
24 pounds good Flour
64c
Welch’* Grape Juice—
Pint*. 19c
qt*..
33c: half-gallon*
59c
10c Can Georgia Cane
Syrup
. . 6c
15c Can Condensed Milk
9c
20c Columbia River Salmon. ..
9c
15c Alaska Salmon. 1-
b. Can. .
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15c 'Sugar Corn. Can..
.7' ,-c
30c Crisco. Can
19c
50c Queen Olives
. 19c
?0c Oueen Olives
19c
20c Stuffed Olive*
12'
35c Libby’s Asparagus
Tip*
17’ jc
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uAuJi UriUi ul
'• Whitehall
made good and is now captain
Mrs. Lucy G. Kelly
To Be Buried Here
Militant and competent Christiani
ty will bo preached from the pulpit
of the Central Baptist Church Sun
day night, when the pastor, the Rev.
Caleb A. Ridley, will take as the sub
ject of his sermon the game of base
ball.
“Play Ball'’ will be the text, as he
announced to his congregation at the
Wednesday night meeting.
“In the course of my* trip to St.
Louis last week to attend the Na
tional Baptist Convention,’" he ex
plained. “I watt' a game between the
Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis
Browns. ‘Smoky Joe’ Wood was
pitching, and Ti ls Speaker and Yerkes
and Hooper and the other hero?s
wefe there. Ah,*, it struck me that
these were men. and that 'there is in
analogy between tb« gam* t® It
should be played and the life of a
Christian man.
■'Baseball is life.
"Nobody but men can play It. It is
no game for mollycoddles. It is a
game for men and for thinkers.
“Everybpdy must play his own part
and keep away from the other man's.
That's team work, and should apply
to life as well as to baseball. I saw
Speaker and Yerkes and Hooper all
run after a fly and miss it.
“When a player gets on base, he ha?
on home plate. There is
definite and desirable goal. And this,
too, is like life.”
Jasper Seeks More
Power Company Tax
JACKSON, GA May 22 The
courts nitty be called on to settle the
question as to whether Butte or Jas
per County is entitled to the larger
Share of the tax returns of th* Cen
tral Georgia Power Company. Since
the dam was erected on th*» Ocmulgee
River several years ago the company
has returned its Butts County prop
erty for 1750.000 and that in Jasper
County for about $100,000. Now Jas
per County claims that five-eighths of
the company's dam is on its vide of
the stream and that Jasper should
have more of the taxes.
Wilson Frees Man
In Shadow of Death
WASHINGTON, May 22 -Compas
sion for a prisoner said to be in the
last stages of tuberculosis and fear
that his presence in the Magoffin
County j:*il in Kentucky might En
danger the health of the other in
mates has caused President Wilson to
commute the six months’ sentence im
posed upon Bryant Combs at Coving
ton. Ky He will be released imme
diate ly.
Combs wa* * mvictod of operating a
“moonshine’’ still.
The body of Mrs. Lucy Grist Kelly,
who died in Memphis Tuesday, will
arrive in Atlanta Thursday afternoon
for interment.
Mrs. Kelly, who was 28 years old.
had been a resident of this city prioV
to her going to Memphis and had
many relatives and friend® Here. Mrs.
J. A. Ray. 140 West Alexander Street,
an aunt of the deceased, will attend
to the funeral arrangement®.
Besides Mrs Ray, Mrs. Kelly is sur
vived by three brothers, Q \Y anti
\V. W Grist, .of Washington. 1) C.,
and C. M. Grift. of ’Cw Orleans.
MILLS AT LAGRANGE
TO RESUME OPERATION
LAGRANGE GA Max 22 -The
| Park Mills, which have not been in
J operation for several years, will be
gin operation as soon ns necessary
arrangements can be made. The ca-
j pa city of the plant will be doubled
and new machincrx installed. This
xx ill bring to LaGrange several hun-
j fired people. The re-h&bt)Uatton of
he plant has already begun
Chicago Suffragist
Refuses to Pay Tax
CHICAGO. May 22.—The board of
assessors of Cook County to-day be
gan preparations to bring Mrs. Belle
Squires into court and force her to
pay tax's.
Mrs. Squires notified the board that
she dared It to try to compel her to
pay any taxes until vhe was permitted
to vote. In order to be permitted to
bring the case into court the board
assessed Mrs. Squires on $1,000 worth
of personal property and added $500
penalty because she presented no
schedule.
Tifton Store Burns,
With $20,000 Loss
Declaring that Moderator Dr. J.
S. Lyons was running the Southern
ITesbyterian Assembly “with a st’eam
roller like a political convention,’’
Dr. W. M. McPheetera, of Columbia.
S. <\, chairman of the Committee
on Education and one of the leading
figures in the Assembly, resigned as
1 head of the committee, placed his re
port in the hands of the clerk, and
j retired from the deliberations of the
| body.
Dr. McPheeter®’ action came at the
( lose of a lengthy dispute over par
liamentary law with the moderator,
touching upon his right to propose a
substitute to the minority report of
the committee on the Federal Coun
cil of Churches.
Twice refused permission to broach
his substitute, and failing to get the
approval of the house when C. II.
Jones, of Oklahoma, appealed from
the parliamentary decision of the
moderator. I)r. McPheeters finally
gained the floor on a question of per
sonal privilege.
Personalities Injected.
It was then that personalities were
injected Into his dispute with the
moderator. Expressing his high per
sonal regard for Dr. J rf yons, Dr. Mc-
Pheeters said:
“But he can not change the role®
of procedure under which the As
sembly works. All that is necesasry
to reduce this gathering to one sim
ilar to a political convention, with its
steam roller methods, are actions such
as the moderator has taken, to Toroid
discussion and rush to a vote a ques
tion upon which the Assembly is di
vided. without an oDportunity for
discussion by those opposing it.”
He was interrupted by the gavel of
Moderator Lyons.
“1 will call the doctor to order,”
said the moderator. “What he is sav
ing is a reflection on the personal In
tegrity of the moderator, and I cannot
listen to it .with equanimity. The
doctor can not continue.”
Dr. McPneeter® turned and faced
Dr. Lyons, at the same time drawing
his conpmittec report from his pocket.
Retires From Assembly.
“The moderator has done me the
honor to make me chairman of hi*
committee on education.” declared Dr.
McPheeters, “but I can not stand this.
T will place mv report in the hands of
the clerk of this Assembly and resign
as head of the committee. I will re
tire from the deliberations of this
body and make my explanations to
my Presbytery.”
Dr. McPheeters handed hi® report to
the clerk and hurried from the room.
"The doctor must understand,” said
Dr Lyons, “that his report is the
property of the Assembly, and that he
must get the consent of the commit
tee before he can retire. I will enter
tain a motion.”
Dr. Thomas S. ('lyre, ex-moderator,
arose and moved that Dr. McPheeters
be permitted to retire and that the
clerk read his report.
Dries of “No! No!” mingled with
the voices of Moderator Lyons’ £^d-
herents shouting in the affirmative
Rtcess Ends Uproar.
Half a dozen men gained their feet
and clamored for recognition, and
Moderator Lyons postponed action
on Dr. Clyce’n motion until the aft
ernoon session.
Dr. McPheeters’ characterization
of the manner in which Dr. Lyons
conducted the Assembly as “steam
roller methods” came immediately
aftdr the minority report of the com
mittee on the Federal Council of
Churches, presented by Dr. T. M.
Lowry, of Memphis, was voted down.
When the vote was announced, Dr.
McPheeters gained the floor and said
he desired to offer a substitute.
Dr. Lyon® ruled that the substi
tute was out of order, and that the
question of the adoption of the ma
jority report should take precedence
over all other business.
Dr. McPheeters insisted that his
amendment was in order, and ap
pealed to Dr. G. B. Strickler, of Vir
ginia. a noted parliamentarian, who
sustained his contention.
Charges Political Method®.
"I do not recognize the doctor." de
clared the moderator. “I explained
the rules under which we are pro
ceeding several days ago, and they
will be enforced."
Dr. McPheeters turned to the
house, and shaking his hand in the
air shouted:
"He is using the steam roller like
a political convention!”
The moderator’s gavel descended
and be refused to recognize any one
of the dozens of men who leaped to
their feet from all part® of the house.
He railed for a vote on the adoption
of the majority report of the commit-
tee on the Federal Council of
Churches. )x hioh recommended that
the Southern Church continue its af
filiation xvith that body. A viva voce
vote \x as taken by the moderator, and
the report declared adopted.
A standing vote was taken and the
majority report declared adopted by a
vote of 138 to 27.
Prior to the dispute and the final
adoption of the report several ad
dresses were delivered in favor of
each report. Dr. T. S. Clyce, retir
ing moderator, and Dr. Thornton
Whaling, of South Carolina, spoke in
favor of the adoption of the majority
report and the continuation of rela
tions xvith the Federal Council. Dr.
T. M. Lowry pleaded for the adoption
of the minority report.
Reference to Dr. Shadier Matthews,
of Chicago, president of the Federal
Council, whose incumbency has form
ed the basis of much of the opposi
tion to the’Southern Church continu
ing in the Council, was made by Dr.
Clyce and Dr. Whaling. Both de
clared that Dr. Matthexvs was but a
mere incident, who easily could be
brushed aside. Dr. Clyce urged ac
tion. protesting the re-election of Dr.
Matthews and against undue political
activity on the part of the Council.
WhiteCity Park Now Open
TIFTON. GA.. May 22 The dr
goods store of S. and H Kulbursch
was entirely destroyed by fire early
to-day. The blaze started in the
basement at the rear of the store.
Stock and fixtures were valued at
$17,500, xvith $7,200 insurance. The
building was owned by J. \V. and E.
R Sumner, of Sycamore, and was
valued at $2,500. xvith $2,000 insurance
The origin of the Are is not known.
MODERATORS TRANK THE GEORGIAN
FOR FAIR AND CORRECT REPORTS
The Atlanta Georgian is deserving of an
expression of thanks from the Presbyterian
Church for the capable and sympathetic re
ports it lias printed of the Assembly’s pro
ceedings. In behalf of the Presbyterian As
sembly. I wish to express my sincere appre
ciation for the fairness and correctness of
these reports.
JOHN TIMOTHY STONE,
Moderator Northern Presbyterian Church.
J. S. LYON,
Moderator Southern Presbyterian Church.
it. M. RUSSELL,
Moderator United Presbyterian Church.
EXPERTS TO WEIGH
NEGRO PROBLEMS N
Morality and Religion Subjects
for Conference-at Atlahta Uni
versity Monday.
“Morality and Religion Among
Negro Americana” will be discussed
at the eighteenth annual session of
the Atlanta Conference for the Study
of Negro Problems at Atlanta Uni
versity Monday, May 26.
The conference will be under the
direction of Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, of
New York. The program will include
four sessions throughout the day and
evening, at which many persons
prominent in this work will make ad
dresses.
Among those to speak will be Miss
Lucy C. Laney, of Augusta, Ga.;
Professor L. II. Williams, of Macon;
Mrs. Samuel F. Harris, of Athens;
Dr. Loring B. Palmer, of Atlanta.
“Health and Service” will be the
subject at the morning meeting. In
the afternoon the annual mothers'
meeting and exhibition of the Gate
City free kindergarten will take place
with a symposium and short talks
abbut social workers.
The main session will take place at
8 p. m., when Miss Laney and Dr.
DuBois will speak.
The university will conclude its
comYnencpinent exercises May 28. Fri
day evening the senior classes will
present Shakespeare’s “Comedy of
Errors.” President Ware Sunday will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon.
Tuesday there will be an inspection
of building and grounds, a game fes
tival by Normal and Oglethorpe stu
dents, an alufhni business meeting and
the alumni banquet. The award o.f
diplomas will be made Wednesday,
May 28, at 10 a. m. The Rev. Dun
bar H. Ogden, of the Central Pres
byterian Church of Atlanta, will de
liver the commencement address.
IORTUEAII CHURCH
Chairman of Building Board, De
claring Fund Illegally Di
verted, Quits.
Griffin Is Aroused
By Fire Truck Deal
GRIFFIN. GA., May 22.—Citizens
and taxpayers of Griffin are to-day
protesting the purchase of an auto
fire truck by the City Council despite
the opposition of Mayor J. H. Smith.
About four months ago the plan to
purchase such a machine was first
proposed. It has been a bone of con
tention since. Now that the ma
chine is to be delivered to-day the
affair has been reopened.
The taxpayers are objecting to the
plan of Council to make a cash pay
ment for the truck, which will de
plete the surplus in the city treas
ury. It is claimed that all city im
provements will be at a standstill and
obligations of the city that fall due in
a month or so will be improvlded for.
Citizens are backing up the Mayor
in his fight.
Battleship Is Best
Peace Dove, He Says
CHICAGO, May 22.—“Battleships
are the best peace doves. Under the
present grape juice policy our navy
will not long hold its position as sec
ond in the world. A phantom navy
with ships named 'Friendship' and
'Love’ is not the kind of navy we
need.”
These things were said by former
Congressman George Edmund Foss,
who was chairman of the committee
on naval affairs, in an address last
night.
United Assembly Adopts
New Financial System.
What was termed the “greatest for
ward step in the history of the
church” xx as taken at the closing ses
sion of the United Presbyterian As-
semblx Thursday morning, in th> or
ganization of the Missionary and
Efficient Committee."
This committee will principally act
as a clearing house for all funds of the
church It absorbs the Wav® and
Means Committee, xs^ich has been in
existence for 50 years, and the “Mil
lion-Dollar Committee."
The Missionary and Efficienscy
Committee xxffll be composed of rep
resentatives of each of the boards of
the church. An "every member can
vass " for funds will be inaugurated
by the new committee.
Congregational treasurers will be
required to make monthly remittances
of all mission funds to the financial
agents of their respective presbyte
ries, and the financial agents must
remit, in turn to the Missionary and
Efficiency Committee on the 10th of
each month. The committee will re
mit on the 20th of each month to the
treasurers of the various boards.
Monthly statements will be publisher
of all funds received and disbursed.
A new motto for the coming year
was adopted. It was proposed by Dr.
John A. Wilson, of Pittsburg, and is:
“The World for Christ and a Tithe
of Our Income for Missions."
Last year’s watchword was:
“Twenty-five Thousand Souls for
Christ; a Million Dollars for Mis
sions.”
A telegram was read from Dr. R. J.
Miller, editor for 32 years* of The
Christian Union Herald, offering his
resignation. This periodical was bit
terly attacked a few days ago by the
Board of Publcation. It was not a
personal attack on Dr. Miller, how
ever The resignation was not ac
cepted.
Something of a sensation occurred
in the General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church. U. S. A., this after
noon when announcement was made
that Dr. Duncan J. McMillan, of New
York, Secretary of the Board of
Church. Erection, believed the Assem
bly had acted illegally in diverting
the John S. Kennedy memorial fund,
and for that reason had resigned.
Announcement of the resignation
was made to the general Assembly
by Dr. John F. Patterson, of Orange.
N J., Chairman of the Board of
Church Erection. In his report Dr.
Patterson recommended that Dr. Mc
Millan’s resignation be accepted. The
Assembly voted, however, to refer the
resignation to the whole Board of
Church Erection.
Reference was ordered on the
resignation, according to the concen
sus of opinion, in order to “save Dr.
McMillan's face”« before the Assem
bly. Dr. McMillan’s great work is
recognized generally, but he is con
sidered to be out of harmony with
many of the present leaders* The
reference on his resignation xvas tan
tamount to an acceptance, as the
Board of Church Erection will soon
fill his place.
Yesterday the Assembly voted to
make the John S. Kennedy memorial
fund part of the loan fund, by which
it would be parceled out to needy
churches under promise of repay
ment. Hitherto it had been kept as
an endowment fund, the income only
being expended.
Dr. McMillan took the ground that
the fund, which amounted to $500,000,
should remain as a permanent fund.
He said the Assembly had acted
illegal^ in diverting it, and therefore
he could not continue to serve as sec
retary of the Board of Church Erec
tion.
’Ohio Aided Wilson
Only to Beat Harmon’
'5 PEICEIEUUSU
Only Ridicule for Secretary’s
" No-Shi ps-Ti II-We’re-I n vaded”
Policy.
.CINCINNATI, May 32.—-The Cin-
cinnati Times-Star, owned and edited
by ex-President Taft’s brother,
Charles P. Taft, editorially says, un
der the caption, "Federal Patronage
in Ohio:’ ”
“There is no doubt that the bet
ter elements of the Democratic party
in Ohio supported former Governor
Harmon for the Presidential nomina
tion. Professional lobbyists bad no
use for the man who assisted in driv
ing them from the State house at (
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
WASHINGTON, May 22.—“The
worst enemy of our country’s peace
is he who makes it easy and safe for
here enemies to attack her.”
This is the slashing epigram with
which a commander of the United
States Navy epitomizes the recent at
titude of the American Secretary of
State.
It is perfectly true that the men
who are ready to fight for our coun
try when necessary are not mucli
enamored at this time of the man
who is always ready to talk for it.
Mr. Bryan’s efforts to saddle upon
certain "interests” of the country the
frank apprehension of all our people
over international complications is
immediately followed by an attack
upon those American newspapers
who tell the truth and inform the
people.
Bryan Orator, Not Diplomat.
As a matter of fact, Mr. Bryan’s
diplomatic career, from his prema
ture congratulation of Ambassador
Wilson in Mexico and his unfortu
nate allusions to home rule on St.
Patrick’s Day, and his untactful atti
tude toward China, down to his last
undiplomatic remark about the can
non scandals in the German Govern
ment, have not been so much of the
caliber of a Prime Minister and diplo
mat as of an oratorical enthusiast.
Before Mr. Bryan begins to abuse
the newspapers that have kept his
people informed apd have done more
than any other influence to stimulate
the navy and the army, he had bet
ter understand just how public opin
ion holds his own utterances and how
lightly it estimates his effectiveness
as a Secretary of State.
Judging from the bomments of
leading newspapers in foreign couilr
tries, other governments than our
own regard Mr. Bryan’s standing as
a practical statesman with a great
deal of open amusement.
Laughed at Around World.
The bona fide statement of Mr.
Bryan at the naval banquet that he
would never b r willing to indorse a
larger navy until our country was in
vaded has been laughed at around the
world.
His other equally humiliating con
fession as the Prime Minister of our
Government that “nothing will force
him to fight” is generally regarded as
diminishing the fighting prestige and
the individual force of our country
among other nations.
No public voice expresses this de
precatory opinion of-Mr. Bryan’s sen
timental folly more strongly than The
Army and Navy Journal, which voices
a ringing protest and criticism. The
recent Army and Navy Journal said
of Mr. Bryan that his ignorance
equaled his sincerity and that his ut
terances have a tendency to promote
the very wars they seek to avoid.
Atlanta Boy Scouts
To Camp at Dalton
DALTON, GA., May 22.—The Dal
ton Troop of Boy Scouts is planning
for tile entertainment of Atlanta and
Marietta Scouts who will camp in this
city on July 11. The Atlanta troop,
under Scout Master Eugene G. Ever-
itt, and. the Marietta Troop, under
Scout Master Fred Morris, will come
by train. Camp will be pitched on
Fort Dependable, the Dalton Troop
camping with the visitors.
On June 12 the three troops will
start on a hike through the country
to Chattanooga, by way of Chicka-
mauga Park. The scouts will be
guests or officers at Fort Oglethorpe
and will spend several days in Chat
tanooga, returning to Atlanta about
July 21.
Churchwoman Calls
Atlanta Model City
Colu mous. These men supported
Woodrow Wilson, not because of any
love for him. but because he was the
most convenient opponent of Har
mon. They Know of no more grace
ful compensation than the slices of
pie that must soon be handed out.”
Wireless Religious
Service in Mid-Ocean
“Atlanta is, from all outward ap
pearances. a model city,” said Mrs
H. C\ Campbell, foreign secretary of
the woman’s board of the United
Presbyterian Church. Thursday.
“My observations have been close,”
said Mrs. Campbell, and I say au*’
thoritatively that Atlanta has less sa
loons for its size than any city in
the country.
“The people one meets on the streets
of Atlanta are bright and happy, and
this makes my belief doubly firm that
Atlanta is a good place to live.”
WO: TESTER, MASS., May 22.—
When the Rev. Dr. Andrew Burns
Chalmers, of Plymouth Congregational
church sails from Boston on the
Cymric for Liverpool to supply the
pulpit of the Soho Hill congregational
church in Birmingham. England, the
Rev. Dr. James Wylie, pastor of the
Soho Hill church, will sail fronvLivor-
pool on the Arabic to supply the pul
pit of Plymouth church.
The two ministers expect to pass •
each other in mid-ocean and plans
are being made to have a joint service |
by wireless as the steamers pass each \
other.
Neither minister has seen and
neither expects to see the other.
$8.75 Wnek Needed
By Girl in St Louis
ST. LOUIS, May 22.—Eight dol
lars and seventy-five cents a week
i» the minimum pay upon which a
girl can live in St. Louis, according
to women investigators who testi
fied before a Senate committee to
day.
It xvas said that while scrub
women in office buildings got from
$20 to $30 a month, yet many girls
were employed in stores at $2.50
to $3.50 a week.
ACCUSED WOMAN RELIES
ON INSANITY DEFENSE
COLUMBUS. GA.. May 22.—The
trial of the case of Mrs. May Rad-
cliff. charged with killing her hus
band, George M. Radcliff. a Columbus
merchant, which was to have taken
place Wednesday, xvas postponed until
Friday in order to give expert* ar.
opportunity to make a test as to her
sanity.
Since her confinement in Muscogee
County jail, Mrs. Radcliff has had
convulsions constantly, and her
attorneys maintain that her mind is
unbalanced. They desire to have aj
thorough test of her sanity made be
fore entering upon trial. ^ ]
CRACKERS BUY EDWARD
ALPERMAN FOR UTILITY
Edward Alperman. brother of Whitey
Alperman. has been bought by the At
lanta club from the Muscatine club
of the Central Association. He will be
given a try-out and if he shows any
thing he will be kept as utility man.
If not. he will be passed on to some
smaller league.
IMMIGRATION HEAD NAMED.
WASHINGTON. May 22.—President
Wilson to-day sent to the Senate the
nomination of Anthony Caminetti, of
California, to be Commissioner General
of Immigration.
Li
Negro Assailant of Woman
Saved by Deputies in Bullet-
Riddled Jail.
HIAWATHA. KANS., May 22.—To
avenge the attack on a white woman
of Fails City. Nebr.. five motor car
loads of men, armed with shotguns,
revolvers 1 , sledge hammers and bat
tering rams, drove here from the Ne
braska tow’n at 2 o'clock this morn
ing. They surrounded the Jail and
demanded the surrender of Walter
Ballew, a negro. pouring bullets
through the windows.
There is a steel door between the
jailer’s residence and the entrance to
the Jail. In this corridor, behind this
steel door, the deputies were on,guard
with guns and plenty of ammunition
When the mob saw it would be
dangerous to gain entrance that way
they attempted to batter down an
other outside door.
Cooler residents of Hiawatha per
suaded the Nebraskans to give up
their attempt without further vio
lence.
This morning the county Jail pre
sents the appearance of a block house
following a siege. It was the second
attempt to storm the Jail. There were
40 or 60 men here Tuesday morning,
but they were persuaded to go home
It is reported that petftions were
being circulated in Falls City, in
which the signers bound themselves
to drive every negro from the city.
Provides Suspension
Of Prison Sentences
A bill will be introduced in the
Georgia Assembly by Senator M. C.
Tarver, of Whitefield, to legalize sus
pension of sentence and provide pro
bation officers.
“I am convinced that the measure,
if passed, will cause a reformation
of our penal statutes, second only in
value to our convict lease system,”
says Senator Tarver.
“On June 1, 1911, there were 2,-
688 convicts in the penitentiary, 1,-
304 were between the ages of 20 and
29 years—practically 50 per cent. It
is hard to "believe that out of that
number of young men, nearly all h
first offenders, the judges could not V
have found hundreds that might have
been reclaimed by being given, under
the guardianship of the law, another
chance.”
Dynamiter Bares
Plot of Mill Men
BOSTON. May 22.—John J. Breen,
the undertaker who has confessed
that he distributed dynamite at Law
rence during the textile strike of
1912. again took the stand when the
trial of President William Wood, of
the American Woolen Company. Fred
E. Atteaux and Dennis J. Collins,
charged with conspiracy to “plant”
the explosive, was resumed to-day.
Breen had charged that Atteaux
paid him $700 for his part in the
dynamite “plant” and that he was
offered $7,000 *by Attorney Coakley
to settle suits brought against him
by persons in whose houses the dy
namite was planted.
Son Near Death From
KissingDyingMother
FORT SCOTT. KANS., May 22.—
Carl Heckenliable, a young farmer of
this county, is near death in a hos
pital a^t Wichita, as a result of kiss
ing his dying mother good-bye. The
mother died'of blood poisoning. When
her physicians announced death was
approaching, her son embraced and
kissed her.
The next day the young man was
taken ill, eruptions appearing on his
body. Physicians pronounced the case
blood poisoning contracted by the
farewell kiss, and Heckenliable was
hurried to Wichita for treatment.
500 Traveling Men
Meet at Columbus
COLUMBUS, GA.. May 22.—About
500 visitors have arrived for the
Grand Council of the Georgia and
Florida Division of the United Com
mercial Travelers, which meets here
this afternoon.
Interesting features have been ar
ranged for this afternoon and to
night. The Racine Hotel is the head
quarters of the traveling men.
Police SHakcup Threatened.
VALDOSTA.—The suspension of
Policeman S. L. Jolly on charges
brought by a negro prisoner whom
he had arrested, promises to bring
about a shakeup in the police de
partment here. The negro says Jol
ly took from him a small sum of.
money, which he failed to return.
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