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VOL. XI. NO. 304. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 25,1913. 2 CENTS. »$*»«>
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SEABOARD LINE WRECK j
ATLANTA GIRL HURT IN AUT
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Passenger Train Strikes Locked
Switch on Marietta Street.
Fireman Near Death.
Passenger train No. 17 on the Sea
board Air Line, due In Atlanta from
Abbeville, S, C., at 8:40 a. m., was
wrecked Friday morhlng' when Just
abreast the National Furniture Com
pany plant at 844 Marietta street, by
plunging Into an Interlocking switch
set against It.
The negro fireman, Albert Wallace,
of No. 44 Rock street, Atlanta, was
thrown across the tracks when the
engine toppled, and was carried to
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THREE TO BE OUSTED IN POSTOFFICE SHAKE-UP
Kansas Official in
Company Attacked
Under Blue Sky Law
TOPEKA. KANS, July 25.—D. M.
Mounday was arrested here to-day
charged with conspiracy to use the
United States malls 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’ “blue 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. Charles
Sessions, Secretary of State, and for
mer Senator Charles Curtis are di
rectors.
WITNESSES LIE PASSED
FOR FRANK
GALLED CLASH
Despite Judge's Statement All Is
in Readiness, Move for Post
ponement Is Expected.
Despite the fact that Superior Judge
L. S. Roan stated everything was in
readiness for the trial of Leo M.
Frank 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-
AFTER HUNT IF
BOSTON, July 25.—Chased for
fnore than 3,000 miles, from Atlanta
to Boston. John D. Mattiford, 50 years
of age, w r as arrested here to-day,
charged with being a fugitive from
{justice. Mattiford is charged by the
Atlanta police with Kidnaping John
A. Barwicic, Jr. f 5 years old, and his
Bister, Dorothy T., 9, children of John
A. Berwick, of Atlanta.
Mattiford pleaded not guilty in the
police court to-day and was held in
$1 ,000 for the Atlanta/ jolice.
The police also* are looking for Mrs.
Barwick, mother of the children, and
Mrs. Annie Laurie Jeter, mother of
Mrs. Barwick. 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
been trailed all over New' England,
but escaped. For several weeks Mat
tiford and Mrs. Barwick w'ere • 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 headquarters.
He told Chief McCarr that he did
not know where the women or the
children are, but he supposed they
had gone back to Atlanta.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Local thundershow
ers Friday and Saturday.
Grady Hospital unconscious. He is
not expected to live. Engineer C. A.
Tennant, of Abbeville, S. C-, w'as bad
ly shaken up and bruised, but was not
seriously injured.
The front trucks of the first coach,
a combination passenger and baggage
car, left the tracks, and the occu
pants, all negroes, were given a se
vere jolting. None of the other four
cars was derailed.
Inquiry Begun by Road.
Officials of the Seaboard, In an
effort to fix the responsibility for the
wreck, are investigating the report
that the signal board indicated “all
clear” until the train was almost upon
the switch and that at this instant
the operator in the tower pulled the
signal and derailed the train.
T. L. Brook, of No. 66 Currier
street, long in the employ of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, is the
towerman. He denied the signal hal
been set against the incoming train
just as the interlocking sw'itch w'a*
reached, resulting in the derailment.
He said that a dead Atlanta, Birming
ham and Atlantic train on Its way to
the yards was crossing the Western
and Atlantic track on which Seaboard
train No. 17 was approaching, and
that Tennant must have overlooked
the signal set against him.
Two Employees Shift Blame.
Tennant claims that the signal was
white. Towerman Brook declares
that it was red. The W. & A. officials
will join with the Seaboard in the in
vestigation. Tennant has* been with
the Seaboard since 1902 and has been
regarded as careful and trustworthy.
He has had a passenger run for thre6
years.
The train was running at about fif
teen miles an hour when the derail
ment occurred. The engine careened
along the ties about 30 feet and then
plowed a deep pathway through the
black dirt at the side of the tracks,
finally tor^ling over. A small panic
was created among the whijte passen
gers*. but no one was hurt.
Captain White wrecking boss for
the Atlanta and West Point Railroad,
was on hand with a wrecking crew
within a few minutes and the w’ork of
clearing away the debris began. The
line was expected to be clear by noon.
ant Postmastef*"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 w'ill 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 affairs 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
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
Mr. McKee. “I defy all charges to
the effect that I 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 ts brought to my personal at
tention. I have instructed all clerks
and officials to bring people to my of
fice who have a grievance.
“The reason I have all 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.”
BANDITS RIDE IN AUTO.
LOUISVILLE, KY„ July 25.—
Thieves who traveled in an auto dy
namited the postoffice safe at Cres-
wood, Ky.. and fled with {400.
MACON, GA., July 26.—Charging
him with obtaining mnoey under
false pretense, a warrant was sworn
out this afternoon for the arrest of
Dr. Bernard C. Goldberg, who gives
his address as 400 Atlanta Trust
Building. The warrant was issued b>
Dr. T. M. Sigman, in Justfce Mc
Gowan’s court.
Several days ago Dr. Goldberg
came to Macon and advertised that
he whs organizing a “herd” of the
Benevolent Order of Buffaloes here. It
is said fhat 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.
Lanford to Settle
Dictograph Check
Following Mayor Woodward’s an
nouncement that he would not sign
the $19 check to pay for the dicto
graph by which he was trapped, the
police department has withdrawn the
voucher from the Comptroller’s office.
It had not yet reached the Mayor.
It seems that Chief of Detectives
Newport Lanford has decided to pay
the money out of his own pocket.
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ben R. Arnold declined flatly to say:
whether they w f ould permit the trial
to proceed without introducing some !
motion Tor a postponement, and the |
report was that witnesses had been j
summoned to be on the safe side in
the event a request to put ofT 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 abused 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 next
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 w’ill 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 I would' imagine
both sides w ere ready and willing for
the trial to go on.”
The w'eather will not play any part
in securing a postponement unless
the mercury registers 99 degrees or
higher. Judge Roan said that he
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-
Continued on Pago 2, Column 4.
Appropriations Bill Passes House
After Bitter Verbal Battle.
Little Danger of Veto.
The lie was passed in the House
Friday, Representative Barry Wrighi,
of Floyd, using the word in resenting
lobbying charges intimated by Rep
resentative Howard Ennis, of Bald
win. Ennis started toward Wright,
but several of the other members of
the House intervened and the matter
was quickly straightened out, Mr. En
nis declaring that his words carried
no innuendo or intimation, but that tie
was simply asking for information.
Representative Wright had moved
for a reconsideration of sections 4 and
5 of the general appropriations bill,
which the House was considering as
a committee of the whole. These two
sections provide for the appropria
tions for schools, colleges anu State
institutions.
Ennis interrupted Wright In a
speech and inquired if “he was not in
spired by members of the ‘third
house’ to ask for a reconsideration.”
Wright s Retort Sharp.
The reply of Wright was that “any
such a statement was a lie, an abso
lute falsehood.” He demanded that
if Ennis had such proof or evidence
that he at once submit it to the
House.
Ennis explained that he had no
such evidence; that he did not mean
to intimate that the Representative
from Floyd had been so insp*ed, but
that he simply wanted to find out if
such could be the case.
Carrying with it an appropriation
of $5,795,667, w'hich is $108,900 under
last year’s bill, and carrying an addi
tional appropriation of $3,679,000 to
refund bonds in 1914-15, the general
appropriations bill was passed by the
House Friday.
By the passage of the bill at this
time all House records were broken,
and everything looks safe for a quick
passage through the Senate and to the
Governor for approval.
Little Change in Bill.
The bill, as amended, showed a dif
ference In but three of the appropria
tions recommended by the committee.
This included $2,550,000 for the pub
lic school fund for each of the years
1913 and 1914. which was an increase
of $50,000 over the committee recom
mendation; $30,000 instead of $25,000
for the maintenance of the Soldiers’
Home, and a slight increase in the ap
propriation for clerical help in one of
the Statehouse departments.
Much debate was indulged in on
several Items, Representative Barry
Wright objecting to many on the
grounds that it was following in the
footsteps of the 1911 Legislature,
“w f hich was the mofct extravagant in
the history of Georgia.”
The Confederate pensions section,
which covered many items, totaling
$1,074,800, was an object of special at
tack, but no change was made in it.
Hindu Preacher Held
For Attack on Girl
MACON, July 25.—A dark-sklnnei
man, who says he is the Rev. Adolpn-
us Sampson, a Hindu, was arrested
here this afternoon on a warrant
charging him with attacking the
daughter of a minister living at
Spread, Ga. The Sheriff of Jefferson
County has already arrived to take
him to Louisville. He says there is
high feeling against the man at
Spread.
The Rev. Adolphus was arranging
with Dr. W. N. Ainsworth to preach
a series of sermons in the latter’s
church when arrested.
Prohibition Blamed
For Revenue Deficit
“Repeal the prohibition law and
you won’t have to worry so much
about the finances of the State,” was
the emphatic statement made in the
House Friday morning by Represen
tative C. M. Clark, of Dougherty
County.
The remark came as an interrup
tion in a speech by Representative
L. R. Akin during the heated discus
sion of the general appropriations bilL
It was Clark’s first statement to the
House this session.
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 sh© in
augurated when in Jail has greatly
undermined Mrs. F*ankhurst’s consti
tution. So weakened was her condi
tion to-day that she was subjected to
a transfusion of blood operation. The
physicians decided that an operation
w'as necessary in order to save th#
militant leader’s Iffe.
Declaring that they will serve
their imprisonment rather than
pay fines. Mrs. Pethick Law
rence, Lady Sybil Smith and Miss
Evelyn Sharpe, w’ho 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.
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 properiy care for the in
mates.” said Representative Henry L.
Fullbright of Burke in the House Fri
day morning. “The unfortunates who
are Inmates of Georgia’s Insane 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.
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, 1-8,
7-5.
R. Norris Williams made up for h1s
partner's disappointing showing by
defeating Dixon, 8-6, 3-6, 6-2, 1-6, 7-5.
The doubles match will be played
to-morrow.
Breezes Put Atlanta
In Sea Resort Class
A number of Atlantans who had
planned to take advantage of special
rates to seaahore resorts have decided
to remain at home, finding Atlanta
as cool and pleasant. Thursday night
was quite cool, the mercury sticking
close to 70 all night.
At 1 o'clock the Government ther
mometer registered 78 degrees, and
cool breezes were making pleasant
what usually are the most heated
parts of the downtown district.
Showers Friday afternoon or Sat
urday are predicted by Government
Forecaster VonHerrmann.
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Miss Theo Prioleau One of Vic
tims in Accident at Monroe,
La.—Sister Escapes.
MONROE, LA., July 25.—One
person was killed outright, two
others were seriously injured
and another bruised when an au
tomobile, occupied by a party of
men and women, turned turtle
while racing another machine
two miles from Monroe just be
fore midnight.
Th© Dead.
Victor C. Smith, son of A. L. Smith,
a wealthy planter, residing at Stear-
lington, La., crushed to death.
The injured.
Miss Theo Prioleau, daughter of
Mrs. E. L. Prioleau. of Atlanta, Ga.,
right leg broken In two places.
R. L. Prophet, Jr., back sprained.
Miss Ruth Williams, of Monroe,
badly bruised.
Others in th© party included Miss
Dolly Prioleau, sl3ter of Miss Theo,
and H. P. Decker, of New burg. N. C.
They were unhurt.
8aid to Have Been Racing.
The Smith car was being driven by
the man who was killed, and with
Morgan George and a party of friends,
was returned from Horseshoe Lake,
a pleasure resort above Monroe.
George says the two cars were rac
ing and were going at least 45 miles
an hour. He said he was about haJf
mile ahead of the Smith car and did
not see the accident. From reliable
reports, it is learned that when about
two miles from town the Smith car,
striking a sharp curve in the road,
turned a double somersault, going
over a ditch.
Victor Smith was crushed to death
glmost instantly. Miss FTioleau's right
leg was broken in two places. Prophet,
Jr., was Injured in' the back.
Autoists Find Victims.
The car was uninjured and was
driven to Monroe this morning by
autoists who found the dead and in
jured on the side of the road and ren
dered all the aid possible.
The George party reached town and
afterwalting some time for the Smith
party decided to go back, they found
them on the roadside. The Prioleau
girls were taken to the residence of
W. L. Smith, in Monroe, and Mies
Williams was taken to the home of
her grandfather. Prophet was taken
to a sanitarium.
The Misses Prioleau have been hon
ored at many special functions.
The Misses Theo and Dolly Prioleau
are well known in society circles here.
They reside with their mother, Mrs.
Eula L. Prioleau, at No. 70 East Mer.
ritts street, and have been promt*
nently connected with social actirt-
ties of Atlanta during the season. Mrs.
Prioleau was prostrated by new* of
the accident, but received telegraphic
assurances that Miss Theo was in no
danger.
Envoy Wilson Is in
New York; Tells of
MexicanConditions
NEW YORK, July 25.—Admitting
he had done all he could to have the
Huerta Government in Mexico recog
nized and charging that Mrs. Fran
cisco I. Madero, wife of the slain
President of that country, is a forge-,
Henry Lane* Wilson, Ambassador to
Mexico, who has been summoned o
Washington by President W’ilson. ar
rived here this afternoon on the liner
Mexico. He will leave to-night for
the Capital.
Mr. Wilson appeared to be in excel
lent health and spirits, but he de
clined to discuss the proposed visit of
Secretary Bryan to Mexico or what
might be the outcome of any inter
vention in that country on the part of
the United States,