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MILITANTS ASSAIL KING AND QUEEN
THREE NEW
VICE WAR
ARRESTS
Man Prisoner Declares He Will
Bare the Whole System if
Brought to Trial.
As a result ot statements marie to
< 'hief Beavers Friday morning by
Hattie Smith, the young girl who has
been held for the Grand Jury in con
nection with the vice war. Detective
Rosser at noon arrested three person®
—two men and a woman—who were
named by the Smith girl as contribut
ing to her downfall and being In
volved in her white slavery charges.
The persons under arrest are Paul
Estes, 52 Queen Street; Hoyt Mon
roe. Edgewood, and Mrs. Dola White,
7*B Marietta Street.
The woman is a cousin of Hattie
Smith and lives next door, while both
Estes and Monroe are in the employ
of the Collier Garage at Cone and
. James Streets, where the Smith girt
says she met Dena Barnhardt, who
later took her to the Cumberland
Hotel. . .
Says She Went Joy Riding.
In her new statement made Friday
morning Hattie Smith declared that
she went automobile riding with her
cousin, Mrs. White, and Estes and
Monroe. The two men were released
by Chief Beavers after being giving a
copy of charges, and their case set
for Tuesday afternoon. The White
woman was taken to detective head
quarters and will be questioned by
Chief Danford. It was announced by
the police that she will be held ou
heavy bonds.
Tbe arrests of Estes and Monroe
are considered by Chief Beavers as
the preliminary to the spreading ot
the dragnet and the arrest of seven
teen men. some of them prominent in
business, who, It Is alleged, are in
volved. Estes, when arrested, de
clared that he intends to make a com
plete confession and throw new light
on the situation.
Tin not going to be the goat,”
Estes declared. "I am going to open
my mouth and tell everything I know
about vice, and I'm going to give
names. I'm going to name every girl
and man that I know have taken
rides and gone to hotels
for Immoral purposes.
Promises a Sensation.
"And I know enough names to stir
up an awful racket if they are all ar
rested. and I know a lot about vice in
Atlanta that no one else knows."
Chief Beavers stated that every
man whom Estes names in his pro
posed confession will be arrested and
brought before Judge Broyles for trial.
The Chief declares that the develop
ments of Friday in the vice war have
placed him in a position where he can
put a speedy end to the immoral op
erations of men and women in A.-
lanta, and he stated that he intends
to continue his investigation with in
creased vigor.
Sensational revelations involving
two more downtown hotels and sev
enteen well-known men, one of them
a prominent business man, were
made to Chief Beavers and Plain
clothes Officers Green and McKibben
Friday morning by Corrlnne Wilson,
the 16-year-old girl who was ar
rested, together with 14-year-old
Dora Rothstein, Thursday night.
The confession of the Wilson girl,
which Chief Beavers regards as one
of the most important developments
of the vice crusade, and which is
even more sensational than the story
of Hattie Smith, came at the close of
a long examination of the girl by
the police.
Accuses Business Men.
The Wilson girl was definite in her
accusations. She furnished the chief
the name of a prominent busi
ness man whom she said has con
tributed to her downfall, and told of
three others whose names she does
not remember, but whose places of
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U.S. Tennis Players
Win Right to Play
Davis Trophy Finals
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
NOTTINGHAM. ENGDAND. July
11.—The American tennis team to
day earned ei;e right to meet the wln
ntr of the Canadian-Belgian match
In t/a finals for the right to challenge
the English players for the Davis Cup.
After vanquishing the Germans in
’wo single matches ytesterday, the
Amerlcan doubles team, comprising
Maurice F McDcughlln and Harold
H. Hackett, defeated Frederick W.
Rahe snd Heinrich Klelnschrota, the
German team, three sets to one. The
score was : 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 8-6.
FOLKBTONE, ENGDAND, July 11.
The United States lawn tennis team
in ‘.he contests for the selection of a
challenge;' for the Davis Cup will
meet the Canadian team In the final.
Thia was made possible when R. B.
Powell and D. P. Schwengers, of Can
ada, defeated A. G. Watson and W. H.
Duvivler, of Belgium, in the dou
bles here to-day by the scores of 6-?,
8-2 and 6-2.
’Bloody Breathitt’ in
Kentucky Car Strike
LEXINGTON. July 11.—The street
car strike situation here increased in
seriousness -e-aay. It was reported
this morning that the entire system
of city and Interurban lines would
be tied up 1y a general strike this
afternoon. Strikebreakers have been
summoned havefrwm Breathitt Coun
ty, It is stated. Both sides decline
to give positive statements.
Mayor Cassidy will take charge of
the cars in the event of a general
strike, and run them with special po
lice if necessary. Sheriff Scott to
day swore in a large number of spe
cial deputies. William Hill, a Chi
cago strikebreaker, who was Injured
In a riot Wednesday, is still alive to
day, but he can not recover.
Native Golfers Run
Wilson From Links
HANOVER, N. H., July 11—The quiet
and isolation the President so high!)
prized on the Dartmouth College golf
links were rudely broken to-day by the
Intrusion of a score of native golfers, at
tracted by the reports that the Chief
Executive was taking his daily exercises
in Hanover.
Because of what he considers an in
trusion upon his privacv, the President
probably will go elsewhere in search of
vacation to-morrow
Plans to return to Washington Mon
day are unchanged
Clerk Gets 3 Years
For Robbing Mails
Federal Judge W. T. Newman Fri
day sentenced G. R. Jackson, former
railway mall clerk, coirrlcted Thurs
day of robbing the m«il« while on
his run between Atlanta And Augusta
on the Georgia Railroad, March 28
1913, to serve three years in Fed
eral prison and fined him SI,OOO.
Jackson's attorney, Colonel Thomas
Felder, may make a motion for a new
trial.
The No Limit
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Costumes
Lady Duff Gordon, the
famous Lucile of London
and Paris, describes in
next Sunday’s American
some of the delightfully
daring costumes which are
in favor at the European
beaches this season.
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Gunman, Hired by Militants, Fires
Shot From Gallery in the
House of Commons.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LIVERPOOD, July 11.-Many per
sons were hurt here to-day In street
fighting between, men and women
which followed an attempt by mili
tant suffragettes to attack the car
riage In which King George and
Queen Mary were driving through the
city.
The attack followed a wild scene In
Lord Street when Miss Jolly, secre
tary of the Liverpool branch of the
Women's Social and Political Union,
made a lone raid, smashing hundreds
of dollars' worth of plate-glass win
dows.
The local militant leaders had laid
plans for the biggest suffrage demoq T
stratlon Liverpool has ever seen, be
cause of the presence here to-day of
the King and Queen, who are making
a tour of England,
Great Precautions Taken.
Extraordinary police precaution?
had been taken to guard their majes
ties from attaca, as It was feared that
the militants, who have been unusu
ally active here of late, would atterr pt
to Interfere with the nrogress of the
royal party and perhaps commit ac
tual assault.
Soldiers co-operated will, police
and detectives in policing the streets
and In protecting the King and Queen
from the crowds.
Just before the royal party turn-'d
tnto Lord Street Miss Jolly appeared,
dashing Into the crowd of spectators,
r id brandishing a poker above her
. es-.1, she scattered them right and
Issi. Screaming denunciations of the
Government, she sent her weapon
crashing Into the piate-glass win
dows, doing hundreds of dollars’
worth of damage.
Several policemen overpowered her
while she struggled with maniacal
fury. She was locked up. This Inci
dent alarmed the authorities, for it
served as a clew that the women
planned an active day.
Royal Carriage Attacked.
Half an hour l_ter the attack upon
the royal carriage occurred. From u
break In the police lines several wom
en ran in’o the street. They hurled a
quantity of suffrage literature into
ths carriage and one of them seized
the door and tried to wrench it open.
Another ran toward the horses’ heads
to stop them.
An equerry leaped to the street and
g.apn’.ed with one of the women, and
in an Instant the others were seized
by pciicemen. In the meantime, how
ever, suppo'ters of the militants had
swarmed to ’he aid of their sisters
and a fight began.
Women attaded men and men re
taliated. Fists, clubs and hatpins
were the chief wear* ns. Many were
knocked down and trampled. The po
lice made a, number of arrests.
Shot Creates Panic
In House of Commons.
LONDON, July 11. —An evident at
tempt at assassination occurred in
the House of Commons to-day when
a man In the gallery for spectators
drew’ a revolver and fired shortly aft
er the session of the House opened.
A parliamentary policeman who was
nearby grasped the man and wrench
ed the pistol from his hand before he
could fire again.
One sensational report which was
circulated was that the man was a
fanatic on the topic of suffrage and
had attempted to assassinate Pre
mier Asquith because of his opposi
tion to the suffrage propaganda. An
other report was that the man had
been hired by the militants to make
a demonstration, and that the bullet
was not intended for any one in par
i tiuular.
Owner Asks $25,000
: For Death in Wreck
Os Aristocratic Pig
Premier Longfellow Rival, a blue
blooded Berkshire hog with an an
cestry tracing back to the Mayflower,
was the subject of a *25,000 litigation
In the court of Judge Bell Friday
morning.
j Rival's owner. J. B. Deßow, late of
i Nashville and now of Atlanta, sough’
; to recover tnls amount for the killing
■ of the aristocrat of pigdom.
; Attorneys for the Vicksburg.
I Shreveport and Pacific Railroad were
j on hand to say that the hog was not
i worth, even the *IO.OOO awarded D.-
| Bow by another court and from which
la.vsrd an appeal was taken.
The story told the court was th- t
Premier Longfellow Rival was on his
private palace car en route from
Montgomery to Vicksburg, where ne
was to be exhibited at a fair in 19'14.
I There was a collision and Rival was
! considerably smashed up. About a
I month laier he calmly laid down an 1 '
| died. |
; Preside T V-’ihon
I Near hirrv as His
AntjUiKile Skids
I CORNISH, X. H.. Jj’v 11,- Presi
i dent Wileon had a narrow es :u,»e
•from a serious accident on the return
trip from Hanover to-day when .
automobile skidded on the ne»v,y oi •
road and came near crashing into h
rail fence. x ...
Robinson, the White House chauf
feur, threw on the emergency brakes
and stopped the heavy machine just
In time to prevent injury’ to the car or •
to the President.
The President’s automobile at- !
tempted to turn aside to allow ,a | (
heavy dray to pass. The skid chains *
failed to catch in the oi] and the car j j
swung around until It came within a
foot of the fence by the side of the ! ,
road. I (
The President was thrown slightly ■ ,
to one side of the car, but managed to ,
retain his seat.
Rome Has Coldest
Mid-July Day in 600 I
Years; Storms Rage j
I
Special Cable to T he Atlanta Georgian. i
ROME, July IL—ltaly to-day expe- 1
rienced the coldest mid-July in 600 i
years. The cold wave has followed '
a great storm.
The temperature fell beiow 60 de
grees here to-day. Such weather has i
not been experienced since the sum
mer of 1313.
MESSINA, July 11.—A termer. I
near the Straits of Messina, a\’om- -
panled by heavy rainfall, has caused <
? enormous damage in this region. ■ <
Crops have been destroyed.
COSENA, July 11. — Hurricanes, a -I I
companied by slight earthquake 11
i shocks and underground » ambling*, i
■ have terrified peasants in this region
for two days. (
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Tifton Slayer to
Die on the Gallows ;
TIFTON, July 11.—1. B. Hall was '
sentenced by Judge W. E. Thomas ;
this morning to hang on Friday. Au- ;
gust 22. The jury returned a verdict ■ ’
of guilty without a recommendation j
of mercy late Thursday afternoon,
after being out more than five hours. .
I. B. Hall killed Dennis W. Hall May 1
I°. '
Charley Farley, a negro, who killed '
Albert J. Rucker, a negro preacher,
on March 21, was given a sentence <»f 1
eight years in the penitentiary. Ap- | 1
peal for bail pending application for.,
a new trial was denied.
Brunswick Business
Man Tries Suicide
I
BRUNSWICK, July 11—W. B. Lee,
cashier of the Mutual Light and Wa
ter Company of this city, who at- ;
tempted suicide to-day, Iles at his
home in a dangerous condition. i
Lee arose at an early and appar- (
ently was In his usual good spirits.
The first intimation that his wife had ,
of anytihng wrong was whne she
heard groans, and. going to the up- '
per floor, found her husband lying
in a pool nf blood with a bullet hole 1
in his right temple. No reason has
been ascertained for th*” deed. <
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POST HERE
CERTAIN
Garrison’s Plan to Centralize Reg
ulars Will Result in Enlarge
ment of Fort McPherson.
That Secretary of War Garrison’s
plan to abandon 100 or more “abso
lutely useless’’ posts in a move to
centralize the army will mean an
enlargement of Fort McPherson, mak
ing it one of the largest in the coun
try, is the consensus of opinion of
army men here. Including Colonel
VanOrsdale, of the Seventh .Regiment.
Nor' is this opinion a haphazard
guess. The officers base their knowl
edge of the matter largely on re
marks made by General
Wood, chief ot staff, on his last visit
to Atlanta.
“If the plan of .entializing the
army, which has been under const:!-
iwins ten wsvwpai iw-pat into
effect,'' said G.neral Wood on this
occasion, “Fort McPherson will be
; come one of the largest posts in the
| country.”
Wood to Advize Secretary.
As General Wood will be one of the
chief advisers of Secretary Garrison,
accompanying him on his tour of the
posts, there Is little doubt, it is point
ed out, that the Georgia post will re- |
ceive favorable consideration. r.
Garrison, General Wood and Quar-'
termaster General Aleshire, who will
make the inspection of the army |
posts, will begin their tour next week.
Atlanta is too strategic a point for
the War Department even to con
sider its abandonment, according tu
Colonel VanOrsdale.
•‘I hardly think it is possible that
Fort McPherson is being Included in
plans for army-post abandonment,’’
said he. “If such a movement is on i
foot, I would be inclined to be.ieve
that it has to do with posts in th?
West and on the frontier, which arc
quite a distance from the rallroao and
which hold but a handful of troops in
many cases.
Atlanta a Strategic Poiut.
“The location of Fort McPherson 1
puts us within twelve hours of the
Atlantic and twelve hums of the Gulf
coasts, the great number of railroads
entering Atlanta making it a central
point. There are other big advan
tages also which make the abandon
ment of this post out ot the question,
it seems to me.
“If troops are to be concentrated,
<’ongies» must first appropriate
money with which to build quarters
at the larger posts sufficient to ac
commodate a much larger number of
men. For instance, there has been
talk of making Fort McPherson a
brigade post, but before this can be
accomplished it will be necessary lo
pul up additional build*..g». 1 believe
a su.ucient appropriation for this will
b»- granted if Secretary Garrison de
cides to continue the post.’’*
When questioned as to the probable
abandonment of Fort Oglethorpe, at
Chickamauga Park, Colonel VanOrs
dale said he did not believe the War
Department would consider its elimi
nation, as it is a splendid strategic
point.
Reynolds Announces
In Race for Council
Frank H. Reynolds, Park Commis
sioner from the Eighth Ward. Friday
positively announced his candidacy
for Councilman from that ward, to
succeed Clarence H. Haverty. Mr.
Reynolds declared his efforts would
be directed toward the development
of Piedmont Park, if elected.
H. M. Patterson, prominent busi
ness man. also has announced for
Councilman from the Eighth Ward.
W. A. Hancock and Charles S. Owens
have announced for Aiderman, Others
have intimated they might enter the
‘contents. (
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WIDOW ACCUSED IN
j CRAWFORD WILL CASE |
My
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MRS. MARY BELLE CRAWFORD.
MINCEY'S STORY
JOLTS POLICE
TO MITT
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Steps Taken Immediately to Dis
credit Affidavit Published Ex
clusively in The Georgian.
The Georgian’s exclusive publlca
i tion of (he sensational details of the
, W. H. Mincey affidavit, in which Jim
[ Conley was alleged to have con
-1 fessed to the killing of a girl the
• afternoon that Mary’ Phagan was
slain, created a big stir Friday in po
lice circles and immediate efforts
were made to* discrrd.t the accusa
tions against the negro.
Detectives set out at once on a
still hunt for Mincey. Lines were
thrown out to produce witnesrses who
would swear that Mincey’s word was
not to depended upon. The de- )
tective force, which virtually had
been resting on its oars in the Pha
gsn case for several weeks, was gal
vanized into action by the startling
charges made In the affidavit of Min
cey, w hich was first made public by
The Georgian.
Police Deny Being Told.
Interviews with the detective heads
brought denials that Mincey ever had
told them the story that was print
ed in The Georgian. Attorneys for
the defense, however, corroborated
the published details of the affida
vit.
“It Is correct In every detail.” said
one of the lawyers. “It was not the
intention to mak° any of our impor
tant evidence public, but now that
Mincey’s story has found its way' into
print, there is nothing to do but ad- ]
mit that we have the affidavit and
that it makes the assertions which
The Georgian printed yesterday.
“It Is only natural that an attempt
will be made to discredit Mincey’s
story. But we are assured of its
truth and are confident that it will
stand the test of ail the investigation
that ran bp made.”
J S. Dukes, manager of the Ameri
can Insurance lompany, by whom
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EXTRA
CHARGE DOCTOR
WITH inn
ON liN
Harris County Community Aroused
by Accusation of Planter’s Wife.
Prisoner Guarded.
COLUMBUS, GA., July 11.—Dr.
James Delemar, a well-known phy
sician of Mountain Hill, Harris Coun
ty, is confined in the Muscogee Coun
ty Jail, charged with attacking the
wife of a prominent Harris County
farmer.
Feeling between the families and
friends of the accuser and accused is
tense. Dr. Delemar was lodged in
jail her because of threats of violence.
The Delemar family and that of the
woman who says she was attacked
are among the most prominent in
J Harris County and the charge
the doctor has caused a sensation.
Dr. Delemar Is married and prior
to this charge had always borne a
splendid reputation.
His preliminary hearing has been
set for Saturday morning.
The woman says she was attacked
last February, but kept the fact a se
cret until yesterday.
Trouble between friends ot the fam
ilies is feared when the preliminary
hearing is held.
‘Dew Bath’ Beauty
Dance, Society Fad
WASHINGTON, July 11—A num
ber of society women here seek
j health or conserve beauty by tak
ing their morning "dew bath' 1 In their
i own yards or nearby woods.. They
i wear bathing suits and go barefooted.
They dance new Greek dances and
: roll and gambol on the green like
I children.
0. K. LUMBER RATE RAISE.
WASHINGTON, July 11.—The In
| terstate Commerce Commission to
! day held that the proposed advances
1 ' In rates on lumber, staves and head
i Ing on railroads from Memphis to
| New Orleans were justified
CRAWFORD’S
DEATH 15
LAID TO
WIFE
Coroner’s Jury Holds Capitalist
Was Slain by Poisoning.
Recommends Inquiry.
Th» arreat of Mr,. Mary Balin
Crawford on the charge of poisonins
J. B. Crawford waa recommended by
a verdict of the Coroner of Carroll
County, read at the hearing 1 In the
famous will case before J. N. Ander
son. auditor.
The verdict wa»:
We, the jury, find that the de
ceased came to his desth from
poison administered by Mrs. Mary
Belle Crawford, and recommend
that ehe be held for investigation
by the Fulton Grand Jury,
The inquest was held Thursday in
Carrollton. It was an adjourned ses
sion of the first inquest on June 12.
when the body was exhumed. Dr. H.
F. Harris, of the State Board of
Health, and Mias Viola Whitman, a
woman who lived with the Crawfords
after the marriage, were the wit
nesses.
Dr. Harris testified to finding mor
phine In the stomach, and that In his
opinion Crawford did not die of pneu
monia or any disease of the lungs,
jj Saw Med'cjne Given.
Miss Whitman t’eslTfted to seeing
Mrs. Crawford give her husband med
icine from a small vial.
Attorneys for Mrs. Crawford al
lowed the verdict to be aubmitted as
evidence, but stated to the auditor
that they would later file an objec
tion on the grounds of the Inquest
not having been legal. They stoutly
maintained tnat before the hearing
ends they will Introduce positive evi
dence that Crawford died of pneumo
nia, and that the morphine found In
hie stomach was administered by his
family physician.
J. S. James, attorney for the heirs
at-law stated he. In all probability,
would start action along the line out
lined in the recommendation of the
Coroner's jury, but that he had not
yet determined how soon he would
do so.
That the testimony of Dr. H. F.
Harris would be torn to shrede
by the Introduction of Dr. J. W. Hurt,
Crawford’s physician, was the decla
ration of Attorney Reuben Arnold.
Doctor Gave Drugs.
Dr. Hurt will testify, according to
Attorney Arnold, that for several days
before the death of Mr. Crawford
he gave him small quantities ot mor
phine to allay his suffering, and that
It was unquestionably traces of the
drug he administered found In the
stomach when the body was exhumed
last month More than ten of the
most prominent medical experts will
be placed on the Btlnd to substan
tiate the testimony of Dr. Hurt.
Colonel James announced that
he would Introduce no more
witnesses on the poisoning the
ory, except statements from citizens
In Florida, who, according to Colonel
James, say that before she married
Crawford Mrs. Crawford was heard
to make damaging statements to a
friend.
Colonel James said he would intro
duce testimony with a view to hav
ing the marriage annulled, and thus
automatically have the property re
vert to the heirs-at-law. He said he
would show that Mrs. Crawford was
Illegally divorced twice before she
married Crawford.
The case before an Auditor will not
be concluded for more than two weeks
and it then will go to the Superior
Court again.
; Attorney Found Dead
In Woods Near Ensley
BIRMINGHAM, July 11.—The body
I of James Alexander, an attorney of
> Ensley, was found in the woods be
tween Ensley and Wylam to-day.
Alexander, who was 55 years old. went
to Fairfield to attend court on Wed
nesday. On his return he started to
walk to his home, two miles away. It
1 is believed he was stricken with apo
plexy and dropped dead In the woods.
’ Searching parties spent a day and
night looking for him. fy