Newspaper Page Text
The Atlanta Georgian
Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS— Use for Results
VOL. XI. NO. 304.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 25,1913.
Copyright. 19H.
By Ths Georgian Co.
2 CENTS
PAY NO
MOBIL
FINAL*
TO OUST 3 IN P. 0. SHAKEUP
M'KEE, COLE
IT
LOSE OUT
Inefficiency Charged to Heads of
Departments — Action Ex
pected Next Week.
LATEST
NEWS
By HUGH MILLER.
WASHINGTON, July 25.—'The
ousting of Postmaster McKee, Assist
ant Postmaster Cole and Superin
tendent of Mails I, C. Hart, of the
Atlanta office, will occur early next
week, according to information ob
tained to-day from the Postoffice De
partment in such a way there can be
little doubt of its authority.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Roper, who will be back from Den
ver early in the week, has announced
that he will take up the Atlanta case
the first thing on his return and a
speedy decision is expected.
The principal charge against the
three Atlanta officials, as contained
in a report submitted to the Postmas
ter General by the chief inspector's
office, is inefficiency, resulting in a
chaotic condition of afTairs in the of
fice.
Postmaster Hugh McKee, when
charges of alleged inefficiency in the
Atlanta postoffice were first brought .
to light and dispatches from Wash- j
ington stated that an investigation
would ensue, denied ephatically that
there was any truth in the accusa
tions.
“If there is any inefficiency in the |
Atlanta office, I do not know it,” said j
Mr. McKee. “I defy all charges to
the effect that 1 am not competent to
judiciously conduct the office. At all
times I have every detail under my
full control.
“My superintendent of mails, Mr.
Hart, is one of the best in the coun
try, and my assistant postmaster, Mr.
Cole, is thoroughly competent. My
subordinates all report daily to me,
and every complaint registered in this
office is brought to my personal at
tention. I have instructed all clerks
and officials to bring people to my of
fice w ho have a grievance.
“The reason I have ali men under
me report so regularly is because 1
am held responsible for each man,
and I realize that it is solely up to
me to see that each man does his
duty.”
Citizens Approve
Pryor Street Work
South Pryor street property own
ers met at the McCord Grocery Store,
Georgia avenue and Pryor street,
Thursday night and adopted the plans
of the city engineer for widening,
grading and underpass work. More
than forty property owners were
present.
The plans call for a cut of three
feet at Bass street and a fill of three
feet at Dodd avenue. A cut of fifteen
feet will be made at the end of Pryor
street for the underpass under the
Southern Railway tracks. The street
will be widened two feet. Council
man Knight, who was present, volun
teered to take the underpass prop
osition before the county board for
‘•o-operation with the Southern Rail
way.
H. B. Williams, a mill weaver,
• nd George Harris, a truok driver,
were bound over under $200 bond
by Judge Brovles to a higher
court Friday afternoon upon the
testimony of J. A. Harris, a detec
tive, that they wer© the accom
plices of T. W. Reeves and R. W.
Miller who have been already
bound over under $6,000 bond
charged with a aeries of bur
glaries. Harris secured his evidence
from the four men by posing at
their ‘pal/
CHATTANOOGA, July 25.—
Local officers were notified to-day
of the arrest in Risin, Ark., of Ed
ward Lanaford, of this oity on a
warrant cnarging bigamy, sworn
out here by nis wife, who, with
six children, the youngest of
whom Lanford has never seen
was deserted. Nothing is known
here of the wife in Arkansas.
Langford did not demand requi
sition.
CALUMET MICH., July 26.—
Four hundred striking miners to
day attacked the deputies guard
ing the Baltic mines south of
Houghton, robbed the officers of
their stars and drove them from
the mine proper.
jIv 25,
Elliott, president of the Northern
Paoific Railroad, was this after
noon elected president of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford,
to succeed Charles S. Mellen, re
signed.
WASHINGTON, July 25.—Sec-
retary of State Bryan will confer
to-morrow with the Senate For
eign Relations Committee on the
Mexican situation and his pro
treaty placing a protectorate over
Nicaragua. It was asserted to-day
that leadara in the Senate still
look with much favor on the sug
gestion that this country mediate
the differences between the war
ring factions in Mexico.
D. July
to-day had failed to find trace of
a thief who stole jewelry valued
at $700 from Mrs. Edward F.
Dunne, wife of the Governor of
Illinois. The theft was commit
ted yesterday aftarnoon in the
rest room of a Chicago depart
ment store.
NASHVILLE, July 25.—Charg
ed with passing worthless checks,
drawn on Atlanta banks, to which
wers forged the name of D. D.
Martin, copying the name from a
check which he got from an At
lanta minister, L. C. Arment,
aged 22 years, a young man of
good appearance, is under arrest
nere to-day.
He claims to be from Chicago.
NEW YORK. July 25.—An ad
ditional indictaent charging him
with using in telephone conver
sations the names of Speaker
Clark of the House of Represen
tatives and Senator Stone of Mis
souri, was to-day returned by the
Federal Gnand Jury against David
Lamar, whose revelations before
the Senate Lobby Investigating
Committee already has c a u*ed
him to be indicted for imperson
ating lawmakers.
Mrs. Pankhurst Near
Death From Hunger
Strike; Under Knife
LONDON July 25.—The condition
of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, who
was released from Holloway Jail yes
terday, is reported to-day to be
grave.
The "hunger strike" which she in
augurated when in Jail has greatly
undermined Mrs. Pankhurst’s consti
tution. So weakened wag her condi
tion to-day that she was subjected to
a transfusion of blood operation. The
physicians decided that an operation
was necessary in order to save the
militant leader's life.
Declaring that they will serve
their imprisonment rather than
pay fines. Mrs. Pethick Law
rence, Lady Sybil Smith and Miss
Evelyn Sharpe, who were arrested
yesterday when they tried to hold a
suffrage meeting at the entrance to
the House of Commons, were taken to
jail to-day. The women were fined
$200 or the option of spending four
teen days In jail.
BANDITS RIDE IN AUTO.
LOUISVILLE, KT, July 25.—
Thieves whb traveled In an auto dy
namited the postofflee safe at Cres-
vtood, Ky.. and fled with J400.
Despite Judge’s Statement All Is
in Readiness, Move for Post
ponement Is Expected.
9
Do You Know the
Fastest Run Made
by a Railroad
Train?
See Page ll
Despite the fact that Superior Judge
L. S Roan stated everything was in
readiness for the trial of Leo M.
F*rank next Monday, that State’s At
torney Hugh M. Dorsey has an
nounced he will fight a delay, and that
the defense actually commenced sum
moning witnesses, the impression still
prevailed Friday that a motion for
continuance would be made by the
defense when the case is opened.
Attorneys Luther Rosser and Reu
ben R. Arnold declined fiatly to say
whether they would permit the trial
to proceed without introducing some
motion for a postponement, and the
report was that witnesses had been
summoned to be on the safe side in
the event a request to put off the trial
is refused.
Frank Is Ready.
The accused man was in the best of
health and spirits, according to an
announcement from the Tower Fri
day, and was anxious that the case go
to trial. His illness would be the best
ground upon which to secure a de
lay, but the inability of any one of
the more material witnesses to come
into court would more than likely be
considered a sufficient legal reason.
Judge Roan considered it highly im
probable that the case would be put
off on account of his indisposition. He
said that he was in the best of health,
and that if any continuance were se
cured it would be at the request of
the State's attorney or the counsel for
the accused man.
“I had a slight attack of indiges
tion Wednesday night,” he said, “but
I was all right Thursday morning and
opened court at Covington. I dis
posed of three murder trials before
noon, and left for Atlanta at 12:30 in
the afternoon.
Judge to Require Good Reason.
“To the best of my knowledge the
trial of Leo M. Frank will begin nexi
Monday. The only possibility of post
ponement would be some very good
and sufficient legal reason for a con
tinuance advanced by the State or the
defense. During the eleven years I
have been on the bench I have never
postponed a trial on account of being
ill, and I will not consider any per
sonal inconvenience next Monday.
“The reason in not drawing the jury
earlier was to guard against several
of the veniremen leaving the city
rather than to serve.
“The date set was In the nature of
an agreement, anu X would imagine
both sides were ready and willing for
the trial to go on.”
The weather will not play any part
in securing a postponement unless
the mercury registers 99 degrees or
higher. Judge Roan said that v, e
laughingly remarked last Saturday
that if the temperature was as high
next Monday as it was then he would
be glad to continue the case. He said
that he had not considered such a
proposition seriously, but if it got so
hot as to be .extremely uncomfortable,
he might consider a postponement.
Special deputies were sworn In Fri
day morning to begin serving the 144
veniremen whose r.ames were drawn
Thursday afternoon by Judge John T.
Pendleton. It will be late Saturday
evening before the last man can e
served, accordin'* to Deputy Sheriff
Plennie Miner, who had charge of the
extra men.
The fact that the Jury aetualh- was
drawn and sever:.! had been served
Friday morning and that the State's
witnesses were already under aub-
pena to be at the courtroom Mon
day morning was the strongest assur
ance that the tri*J would actually
begin.
Judge Roan had been averse to put
ting the State to Lhe expense of serv-
iontinued on Page 2, Column 5.
Photographers of
U. S. Will Meet in
Atlanta Next Year
The Photographers' Association of
America, now’ in convention in Kan
sas City, voted Atlanta for the 1914
meeting place Friday, according to a
dispatch from L. D. Hicks, advertising
manager of The Southern Ruralist.
No. 118 East Hunter street, who
headed a delegation of Atlanta boost
ers which set out to win the next
meet.
Here is Mr. Hicks’ dispatch con
veying the tidings:
“Atlanta won the next convention of
the Photographers’ Association of
America. This will bring 2,000 of the
leading photographers of the world to
Atlanta next July. Harry Goodhar*
made a remarkable speech, which
carried the convention by storm.”
Stricter Slaughter
House Laws Urged
Recommendations for the creation
of a Department of Banking and an
other for the supervision of slaugh
ter houses were made by the Banking
and Hygiene and Sanitation Commit
tees of the House Friday morning. A
favorable passage for both of these
bills through the House Is regarded
as highly probable.
The provision of a department to
supervise slaughter houses is to make
more complete the fight which has re
sulted In the prosecution of a num
ber of prominent packing concerns
under recent Instructions of the Com
missioner of Agriculture.
The banking bill provides for a
closer inspection of banks and more
rigid laws concerning their opera
tions.
Crackers and Billikens Again
Forced to Remain Idle on
Account of Rain.
Brooklyn Buys C.
Brown, of Billikens
MONTGOMERY. ALA.. July 25.—
Pitcher Charles (“Curly”) Brown, one
of the best of the Billikens’ hurlers.
was sold this morning to the Brook
lyn Nationals by the St. Louif* Browns,
to whom Brown belonged. The price
was reported as $7,000. The pitcher
will be allowed to finish the season
with Montgomery.
President Ebbets, of the Brooklyn
club, has been here two days settling
the deal and looking over his* pro
spective purchase. He professes to see
great things in store for the young
slabman.
125 Newsies To See
Motorcycle Races
There Is to be a grand march to
night, beginning at The Georgian’s
office and ending at the Motordrome,
where 125 newsboys are to be enter
tained as guests of The Georgian at
the most spectacular bill the pop-
pop boys have yet presented. By way
of refreshments, a half carload of
watermelons will be taken off the Ice
and served to the guests of honor a?
opportune Junctures in the racing.
The parade is to start promptly at
8 o’clock.
MONTGOMERY. ALA., July 25 —Rain
caused a postponement of to-day’s
double-header between the Crackers and
Billikens. The teams started to play
the opening game, but after each team
had scored two runs in the first inning
a heavy downpour forced the umpire to
call the combat.
Clark and E. Brown were on the
mound.
Welchonce secured a home run with
Agler on ahead. Elwert scored the Bil
likens first run with a timely triple to
right. He later scored on a scratch sin
gle.
The rain refused to cease at 4:15 and
the second battle was also called off.
The teams are scheduled to clash in a
dpuble-header to-raorrow.
Agler walked. Bisland sacrificed.
Welchonce hit a line drive to deep right
for a hime run, scoring Agler ahead of
•him. Lohg was hit by a pitched ball.
Alperman out, Elwert to Snedecor, Long
going to second, gmith popped to Sned
ecor. ONE HIT, TWO RUNS.
Manning flied to Welchonce. Wares
walked. Elwert tripled to right, scoring
Wares. Sloan fanned. Jantzen lined to
Clark, too hot to handle which went for
a hit, Elwert scored. Knaupp walked.
Jantzen and Knaupp work a double
steal Snedecor fanned. TWO HITB,
TWO RUNS.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
AT MOBILE—
MOBILE
CHATTANOOGA .
000 100 00
000 100 00
W. Robertson and Schmidt; Kroh a nd Street. Umpires, Wright and Pfen-
nlnger.
AT MEMPHIS—
MEMPHIS 220 000 ... - . . .
BIRMINGHAM 010 001 ... - . . .
Parsons and Seabough; Prough and Mayer. Umpire, Hart.
New Orleans-Nashville , no game; rain.
NATIONAL LEAGUE ]
AT PITTSBURG—
PHILADELPHIA 200 000 000 - 2 8 4
PITTSBURG 320 311 02X - 12 8 1
Seatoo and Kllllfer; Hendrix and Simon. Umpire,. Rigler and Byron.
No other games scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
Score: R. H. E.
Newark 110 001 000—3 9 1
Toronto. . 000 000 001—1 6 1
Lee and Higgins: Brown and Graham.
Umpire Finneran and Hart.
Score: R. H. E.
Baltimore. . . 001 001 001—3 7 2
Montreal 000 020 000—2 4 2
Danforth and Egan; Mason and Mad
den. Umpirts, Nallin and Owens.
Score: R. H. E.
Jersey City. . . 000 201 111— 6 10 6
Rochester 340 201 04x—14 11 7
Davis, Mauser and Blair; Wilhelm and
Jacklltsch. Umpires. Kelly and Mullln. j
Score: R. H. E.
Providence 020 100 103—7 10 1
Buffalo 200 100 100—4 9 2
Sllne. Mitchell and J. Onslow; Frill and
Gowdy. Umpires. Hayes and Carpenter.
Insane Hospital '
Conditions Flayed
In House Speech
“There are wards in the State San
itarium which the public is not al
lowed to see on account of the terri
ble conditions caused by the failure of
the State to appropriate sufficient
money to property care for the in
mates.” said Representative Henry L.
Fullbright of Burke in the House Fri
day morning. “The unfortunates w’ho
are inmates of Georgia’s Tnvane Asy
lum deserve every care possible, and
this appropriation Is not too much.”
The charges were made during an
attack on the Appropriation Commit
tee's recommendations for a half mil
lion dollars for the institution, includ
ed in the general appropriations bill.
Representative Barry Wright and
others brought objection to it on the
grounds that it was an increase of
more than $100,000 of the 1909 appro
priation, and an increase of $10,000
over last year.
The appropriation as recommended
was passed.
A7 NEW YORK—
CLEVELAND 000 011 000 000 - . . .
NEW YORK 100 COO 100 000 - . . .
IMtchell and O’Neil; Fisher and Goaaett. Umpire*, Egan and Dlneen.
AT BOSTON—
CHICAGO 101 012 000 - 5 9 3
BOSTON 010 230 01X - 7 11 3
Clcotte, Russell, Benz and Schalk and Kuhn; Bedlent, Leonard and Carrlgan.
Umpire, O’Loughlln and Sheridan.
AT PHILADELPHIA—
DETROIT 000 000 000 - 0 4 1
PHILADELPHIA 000 000 40X - 4 3 3
Dubuc and 6tanage; Shawkey and Lapp. Umpires, Hildebrand and Evans.
AT WASHINGTON—
ST. LOUIS 300 400 100 00 - . . .
WASHINGTON 303 010 010 00 - . . .
Baumgardner, Wellman and Agnew; Engle and Henry. Umpires, Connolly
and 'Ferguson.
TENNESSEAN
Declares That His
the Result of a
“Frame-Up
Arrest U
Political
EMPIRE LEAGUE
AT WAYCROSS—
WAYCROSS-
000 00 ... - . . .
CORDELE—
000 00 ... - . . •
Clarke and Coveney; Hall and Eu
banks. Umpire, Gentle.
FIRST GAME.
AT BRUNSWICK—
BRUNSWICK-
101 000 0.. - 2 3 3
VALDOSTA—
001 200 1.. - 4 7 0
Hartner and Kite; Vaughn and Pierre.
Umpire, McLaughlin. t
AT AMERICU8—
AMERICUS—
010 000 ... - . . .
THOMASVILLE—
000 000 ... - . . .
Dacey and Manchester; Stiles and
Dudley. Umpire, Derrick.
T
AFTER HUNT OF
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE
FEDERAL LEAGUE.
Score: R. H. E. #
IndlnnapDlls . 020 100 000 000 0—3 7 1
Cleveland 002 100 000 000 1—4 9 2
Blair and Tlppyi Blake and Klelnow.
Score: R. H. E.
Chicago 401 010 22—10 12 0
Kansas City 000 000 00— 0 3 5
Ashenfelder and Dennis; Jones and
Hicks.
Called on account of rain.
CAROLINA LEAGUE.
Charlotte-Asheville, no game, wet
grounds.
Greensboro-Raleigh, wet grounds.
Want
Ads
that cost but a
penny a word
have a voioe that
by thousands is
instantly heard.
k
Use for Results
AT JACKSONVILLE—
JACKSONVILLE -
000 300 00X - 3 9 1
CHARLESTON —
100 000 000 - 1 2 0
Burmeleter and Kreba; Eldrldga and
Smith. Umpire. Pender.
AT SAVANNAH—
SAVANNAH-
011 000 001
ALBANY-
100 010 000
3 9 0
2 6 0
Atlantan, Accused of Kidnaping
Barwick Children, Taken in
Boston—Mother Sought.
Taylor and Geibel; Morrow and Wells.
Umpire, Barr.
AT MACON—
MACON—
010 000 10. - . . .
! COLUMBUS—
000 000 03. - . . .
Smith and Humphries; Ward and
Thompson. Umpire. Moran.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Score: P- H. E.
Minneapolis . 022 102 004—11 12 5
St. Paul. 000 420 000— 6 13 5
Patterson and Owena; Brant. Walker
and James. Umpires, Westorvelt and
O’Brien.
5X
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
FIRST GAME.
Score: R- H. E.
Norfolk 010 000 020 1—4 10 6
Peaereburg. 200 000 100 0—3 6 0
Weeder and Stewart; Richmond and
Brennegan. Umpire, Clark.
BOSTON, July 25.—Chased for
more than 3,000 miles, from Atlanta
to Boston. John D. Mattiford. 50 years
of age, was arrested here to-day.
charged with being a fugitive from
Justice. Mattiford is charged by the
Atlanta police with Kidnaping John
A. Barwick, Jr., 5 years old, and his
elster, Dorothy T., 9, children of John
A. Barwick, of Atlanta.
Mattiford pleaded not guilty in the
police court to-day and was held in
$1,000 for the Atlanta police.
The police also are looking for Mrs.
Barwick, mother of the children, and
Mrs. Annie Laurie Jeter, mother of
Mrs. Barw’ick. Mrs. Jeter is also
charged with kidnaping the children.
For the past three months Inspec
tors Dorsey and O’Neal had been
searching for Mattiford. He has
beer, trailed all over New England,
but escaped. For several weeks Mat
tiford and Mrs. Barwick were regis
tered at the Clarendon Hotel under
the name of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mar
tin.
Shortly before 10 o’clock to-day
they saw Mattiford walking down Co
lumbus avenue alone. Inspector Dor
sey approached him. spoke his name
and Mattiford turned. He was imme
diately placed under arrest and taken
to police headquurters.
He told Chief McCarr that he did
not know where the women or the
children are, but lie supposed they
had gone back to Atlanta.
NASHVILLE, July 2.5.—Ex-
Governor M. R. Patterson was
to-day arrested in a raid on a
house in the restricted district.
The proprietress, eight girl in
mates and two young men were
also arrested. The charges filed
against the ex-Governor was loi
tering about a house of ill-fame.
Patterson’s friends are incensed
over the so-called “frame-up.”
The raid was lad by Sergeant Long-
hurpt, brother of Sheriff Longhurst,
whom Patterson opposed for election.
Friends of Patterson declare that
the real motive behind hiS arrest was
that he was here taking a hand in lo
cal politics and endeavoring to bring
out a municipal ticket against the
organization led by Mayor Hillary
Howse, because Howse several
months ago* opposed Patterson's can
didacy for United States Senator.
Patterson’s home is at Memphis,
but during his four years* residence
here, while Governor, he took at least
a passive interest in local politics.
Previous to his unsuccessful senato
rial race he had the support of the
Howse faction in State contests. Since
the break the feeling of antagonism
between Patterson and Howse haa
been keen.
Atlanta Doctor Is
Accused in Macon
Of Fraternal Fake
MACON, GA., July 26.—Charging
him with obtaining mnoey under
false pretense, a warrant w r as sworn
out this afternoon for the arrest of
Dr. Bernard O. Goldberg, who gives
his address as 400 Atlanta Trust
Building. The warrant was Issued by
Dr. T. M. Sigman, in Justice Mc
Gowan’s court.
Several days ago Dr. Goldberg
came to Macon and advertised that
he was organizing a “herd” of the
Benevolent Order of Buffaloes here. It
is said that he appointed three phy
sicians “sole medical examiners” and
obtained a fee from each of them, ac
cepted several membership applica
tions with fees, gave a large order
for furniture and took a commission
for procuring the contract, and en
gaged “general counsellor the South
ern States” and solicited a fee from
him. He is now missing.
His stationery classifies him as
"national medical director,” with
headquarters in Atlanta, fourth floor
Atlanta Trust Building. The Atlanta
authorities will be asked to arrest
him.
U.S.and British Split
First Davis Cup Play
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
WIMBLEDON. ENG., July 25.—The
American tennis team broke even with
England in the first day’s play for
the Davis cup. To the surprise of
all. M. E. McLoughlin. the “California
flame,” lost his match to the veteran
Parke, who scored 8-0, 7-5, 6-4, 1-6,
7-5.
R. Norris Williams made up for hie
partner’s disappointing showing by
defeating Dixon, 8-6. 8- ‘
The doubles match
to-morrow.
-6. 6-2. 1-6. 7
will te play
Kansas Official in
Company Attacked
Under Bine Sky Law
TOPEKA, KAN'S., July 25.—D. M.
Mounday was arrested here to-day
charged with corfspfracy to use the
United States mails to defraud.
Mounday was the organizer of the
American Sugar Manufacturing and
Refining Company of New Mexico and
recently filed suit here seeking to have
Kansas' “blpe sky” law declared In
valid, Bank Commissioner Sawyer
having declined to authorize Mounday
to sell stocks and land contracts of
his company.
Many prominent Kansans are con
nected with the company. Charle*
Sessions, Secretary of Stats.^and for
mer Senator Charles Curtls^are di
rector* t y