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VOL. I. NO. 14.
U.S.SECRETARY
OF LABOR ALL
NIGHT IN JAIL
AS A PLOTTER
Wilson’s Record During Mine
Troubles in Which He Was a
Leader Are Unearthed—Never
Returned to Face Charges.
Appellate Body in Reviewing Case
Afterward Held Cabinet Officer
Was Dangerously Near Being in
Contempt*of High Tribunal.
NEW YORK, July 6 —The New
York American to-day prints the fol
lowing: ,
William B, Wilson, Secretary of
Labor in the Cabinet of President
Wilson, was arrested and placed in I
jail at Cumberland. Allegheny Coun
ty, Maryland, June 13, 1894.
The charge against the Cabinet
member was of unlawful assembly
and conspiracy.
The offenses were alleged to have
been committed in connection with a
miners’ strike which Wilson directed
as a member of the United Mine
Workers of America, of which John
Mcßride was then president.
Held in Jail Overnight.
Wilson was held In Jail all night by
order of Sheriff Clarence King, of
Cumberland, who arrested him at the
mining town of Lonaconing, Md. The
following day, June 14, he was held
in bonds of SSOO to await the action
of the October term of court at Cum
berland by Justice of the Peace Alex
ander King.
The bail was furnished by William
Atkinson, of Allegheny County.
The case appeared on the October
court calendar as No. 83, Criminal
Appeals, and was continued. State’s
Attorney David W. Sloan, now de
ceased, announced to the court that
the warrant was missing.
At the succeeding January (1895)
term of court the case. No. 9, Crimi
nal Appeals, was again continued, the
records not revealing the nature of
the continuance.
When the matter was brought be
fore the April term as No. 4, Crim
inal Appeals, it was dismissed.
Only Criminal Appeared.
As far as can be learned by dili
gent search of the court record, flies
of newspapers of the day and inter
views w’ith the former Sheriff, Wil
son did not appear within the coun
ty at any of the terms of court at
which the ease was docketed. He
was represented by counsel but was
not there to be tried.
But this was the second time that
Wilson had been before the Cum
berland courts. Earlier In the same
year he had been made defendant to
three injunctions and had been serv
ed with an order to show cause why
he should not be adjudged guilty of
contempt.
The case was that of the Consoli
dation Coal Company of Maryland
against William B. Wilson et al.. No.
4804 equity, in the Circuit Court of
Allegheny County.
A remarkable signed opinion de
livered jointly by Judges Hunter
Boyd, now chief judge of the Court
of Appeals of Maryland, and H. W.
Hoffman, deceased, while not holding
Wilson guilty places upon his shoul
ders responsibility for lawlessness
It was entitled "In the Matter of the
Alleged Contempt of William B. Wil
son.”
Held Responsible for Disorder.
Here is the language of the opin
ion:
"It is clearly shown that the re
spondent, William B. Wilson, is
largely responsible for the present
condition of affairs and it is equally
true that whatever may be his ac
complishments, many of our own
miners are his equal in intelligence
and know far better than he does
vhat is for their Interests. He is re
sponsible. in part, at least, for the
loss of wages already sustained and
for such lawlessness as has already
occurred in this country.
"The evidence shows acts done or
incited by him that would have un
questionably made him amenable to
the law. and liable to punishment if
they had occurred subsequently to the
■ervice of the injunction on him.
"It is true that it Is shown by the
evidence and admitted by Wilson
when on the stand that he addressed
a meeting near the Allegheny mines
on the afternoon of May 22, in which
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and vicinity: Local j
showers Sunday; Mon
day fair.
SECRETARY WILLIAM B.
WILSON, of the Depart
ment of Labor, who is declared
by court records to have spent
night in jail in troubled mine
district.
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American Refuses to
Drink Kaiser’s Beer
Armour Tells Emperor He Saves
Thousand a Year by Being
a Total Abstainer.
Special Cable to The American.
BERLIN, July s.—The Kiel corre
spondent of The National Zeltung
says Allison V. Armour took the late
J. Pierpont Morgan's place as the
Kaiser’s chief guest at the annual
Kiel regatta week beer evening at
the little Bordy tavern.
The neighbors of Mr. Armour were
surprised to see that he did not smoke
and that he drank only a glass of lem
onade. In reply to a question he
said: "I am a teetotaler, and I will
tell you why. By not smoking and
by refraining from the use of malt
or spirituous liquors I save a thou
sand dollars every year, sb you see it
is well worth while to be a total ab
stainer.”
American Princess
Said to Seek Divorce
Reported in Rome That U. S. Girl
Threw Lamp at Maid Who
Stabbed Her.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME, July 5. —Princess diSan
Faustino, formerly Miss Campbell, of
New York, is reported to have begun
proceedings for a divorce. The
Prince and Princess have been sep
arated for some time.
There was some family trouble a
few months ago, when it was reported
that the Princess threw a lamp at a
maid who stabbed her.
It was even rumored that the maid
had died of her injuries
Archie Butt's Cousin
Is Being Sued by Wife
Attentions to Another Woman Charg
ed in Complaint of War Depart
ment Auditor's Daughter.
NEW YORK, July s.—Georgiana
Rittman Butt, daughter of F. E. Ritt
man, of Cleveland, former auditor of
the War Department, has begun an
action for separation against Free
man Worthington Butt. Mrs. Butt
alleges her husband has been too fond
of Miss Eleanor Churchill. Butt is a
cousin of Major Archibald Butt, mili
tary .aide of President Taft, who per
ished on the Titanic.
Illinois Women Vote
In Town's Election
First Balloting After Suffrage Act
Became Law is Held in
Suburban Village.
CENTRALIA, ILL.. July s.—The
first election at which women were al
lowed to vote as a result of the bill
recently passed by the State Legisla
ture was held at Wamac, a suburb
of Centralia, to-day when village of
ficials were elected.
Mrs. Fannie Coleman had the honor
of being the first woman Ln the State
to cjuit her vote.
SII NDAYw’AMERICAN
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Copyright. 1911, by
The Georgian Company-
■GES FILED
AGAINST NINTH
POLICE OFFICER
I. E. Jackson to Face Trial Tues
day Night on Complaint of
L. M. Smith.
CLAIMS ABUSIVE CONDUCT
More Serious Allegations Against
Other Eight, Involving Moral
Conduct—All Suspended.
Charges preferred Saturday against
Policeman I. E. Jackson made him
the ninth member of the force whose
case will be tried Tuesday night be
fore the Board of Police Commission
ers. Jackson was accused by L. M.
Smith, of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company, of conduct
unbecoming a police officer.
Smith said he attended the Bijou
Theater several nights ago in com
pany with Mre. Smith, and that while
standing in the aisle Jackson ad
dressed them roughly, telling them to
"move on." He charged that the po
liceman became abusive when objec
tion was made to his language
The other eight policemen will have
to answer to more serious charges.
All are accused either of drinking in
and frequenting the negro resort in
the rear of 127 Auburn Avenue or of
permitting it to continue without
making report of its existence to
headquarters. They have been sus
pended pending Tuesday night’s hear
ing.
Johnson to Push Probe.
”1 will ask for a committee investi
gation of the police and detective de
partment at the meeting of the Board
of Police Commissioners." said Police
Commissioner George E. Johnson Sat
urday.
“I will offer a resolution calling for
the appointment of five members of
the board to go into the matter, and
l am satisfied the investigation will
be thorough, and that all the facts
will be brought to light. The five
members will act as a court of in
quiry, and witnesses will be sum
moned and every effort made to find
just where the trouble is. If it is in
the department it will be unearthed.
"The investigation.” said Commis
sioner Johnson, "will be open to the
public, and any evidence submitted
will be given due consideration. If
policemen have been guilty of giving
protection to any class of lawbreak
ers, they will be summarily dealt
with. If any officer Is found guilty
of conduct unbecoming an officer, he
must take the consequences."
Factional Fight Revived.
The fact that George E. Johnson is
a strong supporter of Mayor Wood
ward and the further fact that Mayor
Woodward is in no sense of the word
an admirer of the two chiefs, some
sensational developments may be ex
pected if the investigation is made as
planned by the commissioners.
There Is no denying the fact that
there are two distinct factions in the
Police Board—one headed by the
Mayor and the other by Chairman
Mason. The line-up in the past has
been 8 to 4 in favor of Mason.
Commissioner Johnson says his
resolution is not in the interest of
any faction, but for the good of the
department.
Mrs, Appelbaum in
Accident in Chicago
Woman Acquitted Here of Slaying
Husband Hurt When Electric
Fan Flies Into Diners.
Atlanta friends of Mrs. Callie Scott
Appelbaum, acquitted of the murder
of her husband when tried last spring
in this city, have received a letter
from her telling of an accident she
met while dining in a Chicago hotel.
An electric fan flew from its socket
and hit Mrs. Appelbaum upon the
left hand, injuring the member seri
ously. Mrs. Appelbaum fainted from
loss of blood.
Mrs. Bryan Drives
Husband's Motor Car
Secretary and Wife Adopt Southern
Fashion of Going HaHess
in the Evening.
WASHINGTON. July s.—Secretary
of State Bryan has a new chauffeur.
Mrs. William Jennings Bryan takes
the time from her social duties to
drive the Secretary about in their
shining new automobile.
The Secretary and Mrs. Bryan
have adopted the Southern fashion
here of going without hats as soon as
the sun gets well into the West. Mrs.
Bryan not only adopts this simple
mode, but Is wearing shirtwaists and
light skirts these hot evenings, in
stead of the spring gowns.
ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1913
Hawthorne Assured
Os Prompt Release
From Atlanta Cell
Parole Board’s Report to Favor
Prisoner—Warden Moyer Not
Informed of Development.
WASHINGTON. July s.—Julian
Hawthorne, the author, will be pa
roled from the Federal prison at At
lanta. Ga.. where he is serving a
sentence of a year and a day for using
the malls to sell fraudulent mining
stock, according to information here
to-night.
The report of the parole hoard on
Hawthorne’s application will favor
him. provided he is willing to con
form to certain restrictions. The
board will not report before July 24.
Hawthorne’s friends plead that the
ends of justice already have been
served In the humiliation and pun
ishment suffered by the prisoner.
W. H. Moyer. Warden of the Fed
eral prison of Atlanta, said Saturday
night that he knew of no contem
plated release of Aultan Hawthorne.
“I can not imagine how the report
got out," he said. “I have had no
intimation that he will be released
before the expiration of his time.”
Child's Plaything a
Nitroglycerin Bomb
3-Year-Old Toyed With Deadly Ball
Four Daye—Policeman
Removes It.
What Is now thought to be a bomb
was for three days the plaything of
3-year-old Clarence Sudderth, infant
son of Mrs. Bailie Sudderth. of 512
Capitol Avenue.
The child found an iron ball, about
eight Inches in diameter and weighing
about a pound, on the sidewalk in
front of the Sudderth home Wednes
day morning. He played with it un
til Saturday, when a neighbor noticed
it and declared it was a bomb, loaded
with nitroglycerin. Mrs. Sudderth
became alarmed and called an officer
w-ho gingerly removed it to police
barracks.
The presence of the ball on Capitol
Avenue can not be accounted for un
less it was picked up at Fort Walker
and started rolling down the hill into
Capitol Avenue.
Queen Mary Forbids
All Freak Dresses
Bare Necks and Other Extreme Fash
ions Are Banned at Recep
tion She Attends.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July s.—Queen Mary s
persisting in her campaign against
freak dress or anything approaching
a daring form of attire for women.
Her latest act was to notify the
people of the Bedford College for
Women that Her Majesty would not
attend the opening if any woman
member of the reception commutes
w-ho was to appear on the platform
was allowed to wear a dress cut more
than an inch below the neck, or a
split skirt.
Three members of the reception
committee retired as a result of the
Queen’s warning, but among those
Who appeared in the approved fash
ion was the Duchess of Marlborough.
Lightning Destroys
Rockefeller's Pew
Bolt Crashes Through Spire of Euclid
Avenue Church and Wrecks Oil
King’s Seat of Worship.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, July 5 —John
D. Rockefeller will have to bulk! a new
pew before he can enjoy his wonted
comfort. In church on Sundays. A bolt
of lightning struck the spire of the Eu
clid Avenue Baptist Church, ripped its
way through the roof and demolished
John D.’s pew.
Several other pews in the vicinity
were wrecked, but the big ball of fire
did no further damage. The lightning
flash failed to Start a Are No one
was in the church at the time it was
struck.
MULE TEAM RUNS AWAY
WITH WAYCROSS AUTO
WAYCROSS, July s.—Mules hitched
to the automobile of Charles T. Strick
land, of this city, to-day became fright
ened at a passing train near Waycross
and ran away, taking the machine into
the woods with them and finally leaving
it lodged against a large pine. The
supply of gasoline hail given out and
the auto was being brought into the city
at the time of the runaway One mule
was badly hurt. The car was not dam
aged
CONGRESSMAN COMES HOME
JUST TO WITNESS BALL GAME
AMERICUS, July 5 —Congressman
Charles R. Crisp took a few days off
from his duties at Washington and
came to Americus to enjoy the baseball
game here with Cordele the afternoon
of July 4
‘Most Beautiful Child’ Coming
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To Pose Before Famous Artists
Prize picture of prize child beauty, Theresa Marie Blitz.
This picture has been exhibited in nineteen conventions of pho
tographers and awarded fifteen first prizes.
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Little Topeka Girl Will Visit Principal Cities of
Country and Will Be Given Trip to Paris.
TOPEKA. KANS., July s.—Atlanta
will see the nation's moat beautiful
child, so proclaimed by photographers
of the United States at practically
all their exhibits, when 6-year-old
Theresa Marie Blitz reaches the Geor
gia capital on her tour of the Unit
ed States, which will later extend to
Paris. She leaves her Topeka home
to-day and will return In time to
celebrate her seventh birthday.
Little Miss Blitz was declared to
possess the most perfect features and
figure of any child in the country by
the Boston Art League. She won
the distinction in a contest with 2,000
others from all States of the nation.
The elements which decided the
art league in her case were: "Soft,
wavy, dark-brown hair; big, wistful,
wishful blue eyes, with the memory
of dreams lurking in them; delicately
molded lips and white transparent
skin, with a touch of pink showing
through."
She is not yet seven. Her weight
Radio System Links
Germany and U. S.
Dr. Goldschmidt Declares He Can
Transmit Wireless Messages That
Can Not Be Intercepted.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, July 5. —Dr. Goldschmidt, a
German Inventor, announce* that he has
successfully established communication
between Neustadt- Am- Reubenberger.
near Hanover, Germany, and his radio
station at Tuckerton, N. J., on two dif
ferent occasions by using his new sys
tem of radio transmission. The In
ventor of this new radio system be
lieves that he will be able to send
wireless messages in such a manner as
to Insure against their being caught and
read by any station other than the one
they are Intended for.
HISTORIC CHURCH BURNS IN
MONTREAL; LOSS $500,000
MONTREAL. July 5. —The historic
Roman Catholic Church of St. Charles
on Center Street was destroyed by fire
this afternixm. The church was one
of the oldest In the city and con
tained several valuable paintings. The
loss is about $500,000, partly covered
by insurance.
is 55 pounds. Standing in her slip
pers she is 51 inches in height A
tape line drawn around her arm at the
armpit over one thickness of light
summer wear regieters 9 inches.
Wrist, 5 1-2 Inches; thigh. 16 inches;
calf. 10 inches; ankle, 7 inches.
After her tour of the big cities of
this country and a visit to Paris she
will return In time to celebrate her
seventh birthday. November 18. The
resa has great love for flowers and
music and bird life. She knows many
flowers by name.
Little Theresa's mother died when
the child was eight months old. She
was a beautiful woman and possessed
all the charms and graces so fully re
flected in the figures und features of
the daughter.
Theresa will spend two weeks each
in Kansas City, St Louis. Chicago,
Boston. New York, riv a-lelphia, At
lanta and Norfolk. The. trip to Paris
will be made in five weeks. In New
York and Philadelphia oil paintings
will be made of her.
Raphael's Madonna
Destroyed by Fire
New Orleans Owners of Work of Mas
ter Valued Picture at Between
$500,000 and $1,500,000.
NEW ORLEANS. July s.—Raphael s
original painting of the Madonna,
valued by Its owner. Ludwig Spring
man, of 1122 GaPnnie Street, between
$500,00 and $1,500,000. waa destroyed
Saturday evening by a fire.
Tlje total loss will probably be be
tween $625,000 to $1,625,000.
Sleeper Fee Makes
Carnegie Miss Trip
Steel Master Foregoes Pleasure of
J Staying in Lucerne Because He
Had Paid for Berth.
Special Cable to The American.
LUCERNE. July s.—An amualng
anecdote Is told of Mr. Carnegie which
Illustrates hts thrlftlness
While nt Lucerne lately he was
pressed to extend hla visit.
"I should like to.” he said. "but we
i have booked our sleeping berths, and if
wa do not occupy them our money will
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HOUSE TO ORDER MOST
RIGID INVESTIGATION OF
ACTIVITIES OF LOBBIES
Petty Differences Between the
Republicans and the Bull
Moose Leaders Prevent Early
Passage of Probe Order.
Striking Feature of the Inquiry
Will Be That Into the Money
Trust; Morgan’s Death Laid to
the Investigation of Combines.
WASHINGTON, July s.—Only petty
differences between the Republican"
and Progressive leaders prevented the
passage to-day of the Henry resolu
tion providing for a blanket investl
batlon of lobby influences in Wash
ington. which would be the most rigid
ever conducted in the national capital.
Republican Leader Mann, angered
at an amendment providing that in
vestigation of accused members of
the House should take precedence,
which was offered by Mr. Bryan, the
Progressive member from Washing
ton State, raised the point of no
quorum, and the matter went over
until next Wednesday. House lead
ers at once sent out notice to absen
tees to be in their seats Wednesday
morning, and there will be no trouble
In getting the resolution through at
that time.
As presented to-day in the final
form in which it will be passed, the
resolution authorizes the committee
of seven, which the Speaker is to ap
point, to inquire into every effort that
la making or has been made to in
fluence Individual action, committee
action or action by the House as a
whole in this or previous sessions of
Congress.
An effort was male by Representa
tive Kahn, of California, to include in
the scope of the resolution an inquiry
Into the Influences behind the recent
attempt to postpone the trial of the
Diggs-Camlnett! white slave cases,
but it Was defeated.
To Investigate Money Trust.
One striking feature of the resolu
tion is its Intent that a special In
quiry shall be made of the methods
in vogue to Influence legislation by
the creation of false sentiment
through hlgh-ppiced accelerators.
Along these lines it is proposed to
take up the charge that an Insidious
attempt has been made by the money
trust to shape currency legislation
through n flood of literature prepared
en banking interests and later dis
tributed through the public printer
at public expense.
A specific fund raised by a certain
group of bankers to carry on this
propaganda will receive close atten
tion. No effort, it is declared, will
be made to reopen by this means the
money trust Investigation, but newly
discovered evidence has been intro
duced to show the lobbying influences
of th* trust along the lines Indi
cated.
Lays Morgan’s Death to Probe.
A sensational feature of the debate
gas the charge made by Representa
tive Levy, of New York, that the in
vestigation of the money trust was
responsible for the death of J. Pier
pont Morgan.
Mr Levy opposed the resolution
providing for the new investigation
on the ground that the House ought
not to dignify the Mulhall charges
by taking any official notice of them.
Mr Bryan's proposition, which pre
cipitated the row. would fix upon the
committee the duty of investigating
and reporting without delay on the
charges against every member of the
House made by Muihall.
Mr. Mann Intimated that if the com
mittee were instructed to Investigate
members first, it might grow tired of
the more general and sweeping in
quiry after it had disposed of the
charges against its own people. Mr.
Rucker, of Missouri, pertinently sug
gested that unless the charges against
members were quickly disposed of,
another Congressional election would
roll around before the scandal had
been cleared up, and a number of
perfectly Innocent members would
have to go before their constituents
resting under a cloud.
But Mann refused to recede, and as
Bryan insisted upon his amendment,
the Republican floor leader raised the
point of no quorum and forced en
adjournment.
Th* delay will be only temporary.
And it was ascertained later that
the Bryan amendment will not be ac
cepted by the Rules Committee,
which, under the leadership of Mr.
Henry, of Texas, adopted the resolu
tion unanimously at its meeting this
morning.
House Resolutions.
Following is the text of the House
resolution reported to-day:
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HERE ARE THE FACTS
THAT THE HOUSE IS
TRYING TO UNCOVER
WHETHER during this or any
previous Congress the lob
byists of the said National
Association of Manufactur
ers did, in fact, reach or in
fluence, whether for busi
ness, political or sympathetic
reasons or otherwise, the
said Representatives or any
one of them or any officer
or employee of this or any
former House of Represen
tatives in or about the dis
charge of their official duties,
and if so, when, by whom
and in what manner.
WHETHER money has been
used or improper influence
exerted by said National As
sociation of Manufacturers
or any agents thereof to ac
complish the defeat for nom
ination or election of any
candidate for Congress.
WHETHER members of Con
gress have been employed by
said association for the ac
complishment of any im
proper purpose whatever.
WHETHER improper influ
ence has been exerted by
said association or by any
other association, corpora
tion, or person to secure the
appointment or selection of
the committee of the House
or any of them.
WHETHER the National As
sociation of Manufacturers
or any other organization or
corporation, association or
person does now maintain or
has heretofore maintained a
lobby for the purpose of in
fluencing legislation by Con
gress and ascertaining and
reporting to what extent and
in what manner, if at all,
legislation has been improp
erly effected or prevented by
reason of the existence of
such lobby, if it be found to
exist at all now or hereto
fore. »
recent Issues of various newspa
pers published In the United
States diverse statements and
charges as to the existence and
activity of a lobby organized by
and on behalf of an organization
known as the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers for the
purpose of Improperly Influencing
the legislation by Congress, the
official conduct of certain of Its
members and em"’nvaas. the ap
pointment and selection of com
mittees of the House and for
otner purposes designed to affect
the integrity of the proceedings
of the House of Representatives
and Its members; therefore be it
Resolved, That the Speaker ap
point a select committee of seven
members of the tTouse, and that
such members be instructed to
inquire into and report upon all
the matters so alleged concerning
said Representatives, and more
especially whether during this or
any previous Congress the lobby
ists of the said National Associa
tion of Manufacturers or the said
association, through any officer,
agent or member thereof, did in
fact reach or influence.
Said committee shall inquire
whether money has been used of
improper Influence exerted by
said National Association of Man
ufacturers or any agents thereof
to accomplish.the defeat for nom
ination or election of any candi
date for the House of Represen
tatives of Congress; and said
committee shall likewise Inquire
whether members of Congress
have been employed by said asso
ciation for the accomplishment of
any improper purpose whatever.
Said committee is also directed
to Inquire whether improper in
fluence has been exerted by said
association or by any other asso
ciation, corporation, or person to
secure the appointment or selec
tion of the committee of the
House or any of them.
Said committee shall also in
quire whether the sajd National
Association of Manufacturers or
any other organization or corpo
ration. association or person does
not now maintain or has hereto
fore maintained a lobby for the
purpoee of Influencing legisla
tion by Congress, and ascertain
ing and reporting to what extent
and In what manner, If at all.
legislation has been improperly
effected or prevented by reason
of the existence of such lobby. If
It be found to exist at all «ow or
heretofore.” L