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WILSON APPOINTMENT ANGERS SOUTHERNERS
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OFFICIAL
Dixie Lawmakers Roused by Wil
son’s Selection of Oklahoma
Lawyer as Treasury Register.
WASHINGTON, July 26.—The se-
lection of Adam E. Patterson, a ne
gro, of Muskogee, Okla., for Register
of the Treasury by President Wilson
has created a stir here among South
ern Democrats, who declare they will
fight the negro’s confirmation to the
last ditch.
Patterson, a lawyer and author of
several treatises on the Democratic
party, has received the indorsement of
Senator Gore and Representative Car
ter. of Oklahoma, it Is said. With
these two exceptions,, the Oklahoma
delegation is solid against him.
Race Antagonism Seen. *
Southern Democrats, including Rep
resentatives Davenport and Murray,
of Oklahoma, condemn the selection
of Patterson on the grounds that a
negro should not be placed in a po
sition where he will exert authority
over white men and women, thus an
tagonizing the races.
Besides, they poj.nt_out that Okla
homa’s Constitution makes the negro
a negligible factor in politics. The
*.1ob for which Patterscn has been se- I
lected pays $5,000 per year.
During the last three Republican!
administrations a negro has held this
office. The first of the trio was Jud-
son Lyons, of Augusta, Ga. Next
came William T. Vernon, of Missis
sippi. The third and present negro
Register is .J. C. Napier, of Nash
ville. Tenn.
Believes Him Capable.
“While I believe this man to be ca
pable.” said Representative Daven
port, “I do not believe any colored
man should be placed in a position of
authority over white men and white
women. ’I don’t think anything ought
to be done to accentuate the race
question.’’
Representative Murray, commonly
known as “Alfalfa Bill,” said he was
surprised at the President’s action in
selecting Patterson, and believed it
was a political mistake on the lat
ter’s part. The grandfather clause in
the Oklahoma Constitution, he said,
made the negro a negligible factor in
politics.
Confirmation Is Opposed.
Other Southern Democrats, while
not hesitating to express themselves,
h-efused to be quoted in regard to the
matter. That they will put their
shoulders to the wheel and fight hard
against the confirmation when it
comes up in the Senate is certain,
however, it is said.
Patterson w’as selected from a num
ber of negro applicants, including W.
K. Clements, of Charlotte, N. C., who
had received the indorsement of sev
eral members of the State delegation.
Jules Vedrines Hurt
In Aircraft Wreck
Special Cable to The Georgian.
PARIS. July 26.—Jules Vedrines.
one of the leading aviators of France,
was seriously hurt to-day when his
monoplane was destroyed by an ex
plosion near Bordeaux.
BASEL. SWITZERLAND, July 26.
Oscar Bider, a French aviator, to-day
flew from Milan, Italy, across the Alps
to this city, 160 miles, in 3 hours and
45 minutes. He made only one stop
to replenish his fuel tank, and at
tained a height of 10.000 feet.
London Surprised
When Suffragettes
Parade Peacefully
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. July 26.—London was
treated to a great surprise to-day.
Four processions of peaceful suffra
gettes from all over England marched
through the streets and were accord
ed a great demonstration.
The peaceful members of the “votes
for women” cause then gathered at
Hyde Park, where Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Catt, president of the Wom
an Suffrage League, was the
principal speaker. She urged her
hearers to refrain from vio
lence and declared more could be
done for the cause by peaceful meth
ods than by militant tactics.
Twenty platforms had been erect
ed in the park and all the speakers
were greeted with cheers.
The English suffragettes had copied
the example of their American sisters
and had hiked from all parts of the
country. Sortie were on the march
from June 18. •
TRAIL LEADS
UNITED STATES WINS THIRD MATCH
FOR INTERNATIONAL TENNIS CUP
SAYS PIERCE
PACIFIC
Mrs. Lily Lamar Martin, Fulton
County, Locates Little Daugh
ter in Los Angeles, Cal.
Speed Mania Robs
Tetzlaff of His Wife
LOS ANGELES, July 26.—“It is
necessary to get relief for my speed-
racked nerves. My husband lives like
he drives. I was born and bred in
staid old Boston and I can’t stand the
speed.”
This was the statement of Mrs.
Teddy Tetzlaff to-day, when she an
nounced that she was preparing ic
file a suit for divorce against her
husband, the famous automobile race
driver and holder of the world’s speed
record.
The Tetzlaffs have been separated
for about a year, and the wife says
she was forced to leave her husband
to save little Teddy, their 9-year-old
boy, from the ppeed craze.
Farmers ‘Shoflt Out'
Grudge; Both Hurt
MOULTRIE, July 26.—Rufus Clark
and Bill Cox, two prominent farmers,
engaged In a pistol duel several miles
west of here, and as a result both
are possibly mortally wounded. Clark
was shot four times, while Cox was
wounded by three bullet*.
The trouble was the culmination of
bad feeling that has existed between
the two men for some time. Both
are alleged to have made threats
against each other's life. The meet
ing occurred at Cox’s store, (’lark
was in his buggy in the roadway. As
soon as he approached the store the
shooting began. Friends of each man
claim the other fired first.”
China Rebels Lose
In Arsenal Attack
Special Cable to The Georgian.
SHANGHAI. July 26.—Reinforced
by Cantonese and Hunanese.the south
ern rebels to-day aeain attacked the
Shanghai arsenal. Repeated assaults
were made on the northern army
stronghold, but the rebels were driven I
back each time, suffering tremendousJ
losses.
Commanders of foreign warships !
are still keeping a naval detachment
ready to land at a moment's notice,
but no action will be taken as long
as the northern army is victorious.
The Government is making a supreme
effort to crush the rebellion.
LOS ANGELES, July 26.—After a
two-year search, extending across
seven States, Mrs. Lily Lamar Mar
tin, of Fulton County. Georgia, has
located her little daughter, Sarah
Alice, at 1242 West Thirty-eighth
street, Los Angeles.
Humane Officer McLaughlin, at the
request of the mother, applied for a
writ of habeas corpus ordering the
child’s father, A. R. Martin to pro
duce the child in Judge Wilbur’s j
courtroom Monday.
Martin is charged by McLaughlin
with kidnaping the child from Its
mother after its custody had been
awarded Mrs. Martin. The Martins
were divorced in Georgia April 18.
1911. The mother is now in Dallas.
Tex., but is leaving for Los Angeles
to regain possession of the child.
The litigation with the little girl
as the center dates back to Decem
ber 28, 1908, when A. R. Martin filed
a petition for divorce in the Fulton
County courts. He charged his wife.
Mrs. Lily Martin, with grossly inhu
man and cruel treatment, asserting
that she had pointed a pistol at him.
tried to stab him with a butcher knife
and had threatened to poison him by
putting strychnine in his food. After
this last threat, his petition alleged,
he became afraid for his life and fled.
He asserted also that she had threat
ened to kill their daughter. Sarah
Alice, - who was 6 years old at the
time of the filing of the petition. Mar
tin asked for the custody of the
child.
Mrs. Martin at once filed a cross
bill, denying the charges made by her
husband, and praying the court to
allow' her to keep the little girl. Both
Martin and his wife were granted
a divorce, and she was given a judg
ment for alimony. The court order
ed the child placed in the Baptist
Orphans’ Home, at Hapeville, but be
cause of the crowded condition of the
home the girl was placed temporarily
in charge of her grandfather, F. L.
Pye.
A few' months after the court's de
cision. while Mrs. Marlin was visiting
in Americus, Ga.. Martin took out a
writ of habeas corpus and took the
child away from Pye. He then left
wuth the little girl for San Fran
cisco, and the case began. Mrs. Mar
tin traJled her husband through sev
eral States in the West and across
the entire continent, finally locating
'him at J.g>8 Angeles.
Rail Managers Drop
Demand; Strike Off
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Summer Schoolgirl
Attacked on Campus
BLOOMINGTON, IND., July 26.—
Miss Helen Murphy, a student at the
summer school at Indiana University,
was attacked on the campus last night
while a dance was in progress and
beaten into unconsciousnes before her
screams fr ightened her assailant away.
Thomas Stineburg was arrested to
day on a charge of assault and bat
tery, with attempt at criminal assault,
and held under $5,00 bond.
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Wilson Plays Golf;
Plans Motor Outing
WASHINGTON, July 26.—President
Wilson enjoyed his usual Saturday
morning round of golf to-day, and
'then returned to the Whlje House for
lunch.
He planned to spend the afternoon
motoring, with a possibility of at
tending the Washington-St. Louis
baseball game.
NEW YORK, July 26. The threat
ened strike of trainnven on the East
ern railroads virtually has been
averted.
The railroad managers, after a
meeting w’ith the Board of Mediators,
to-day waived their right to include
their requests that their grievances
g,lso be taken up for arbitration.
The action of the railroads will
mean that the entire matter will be
quickly adjudicated, articles of arbi
tration drawn and signed by both
sides and the matter submitted to
the arbitration board, which will be
selected just as «oon as the media
tors report to the President.
Committee Balked
Wilson Unwittingly
WASHINGTON, Julv 26.—Demo
cratic members of the House Bank
ing and Currency Committee, to-dsy
expressed regret that President Wil
son had attempted to straighten out
the committee's troubles by inspiring
a movement to send the currency bill
to a Democratic caucus.
When the committee tabled Repr°-
sentative Wlngo’s motion to send the
currency bill to a caucus, it was de
clared the members did not know
Wingo was the President's spokes-
m*p.
POLICE
Leaderless Convicts
Fire Sing Sing Again
OSSfNNING, N. Y . July 26.- Not
even the removal of the ringleaders of
the Sing Sing prison disturbances has
taken the danger from the convict mu
tiny. This was strongly indicated to
day when Warden Ciancey began an
in vestigation of the third fire that has
marked the rebellion of Hie criminals.
This fire was set ten hours after the
removal of the ringleaders to Auburn.
The warden plans to move on Tues
day 65 more of the mutineers, believed
to constitute the arson squad, to Au
burn.
Help! Slit Trousers,
Long Sox, Coming
PITTSBURG, PA . July 26 Slit trou
ser* for men simi’ar to the slit skirts
worn by women, soon will be here. a<
cording to a well-known tailor.
“This will mean that the men will
have to take to wearing long stocking*.”
said the tailor, “because the slit will
likely go to the knee. '
Maurice E.
McLoughlin
at the
finish
of his
sure.
Snecial Cable to The Georgian.
WIMBLEDON, ENG., July 26.—On
tlie flaming red head of Maurice E
McLoughlin. the “California Uomet.”
will rest the laurel for bringing the
Davis cup back home after a ten
years' stay abroad, providing either
McLoughlin or Norris Williams win*
his match Monday.
McLoughlin, assisted by the veteran
Harold Ifackett, to-day played rings
uround li Roper Barrett and C. P.
Dixon in the duobles and by a sur
prising victory put the American
team in the lead in the international
match. Yesterday McLoughlin was
out of form. To-day he was a whirl
wind and, while Hackett played a
steady and dependable game, it was
McLoughlin’s terrific serve and invin
cible passing that gave the Americans
a decisive victory over England's best
| doubles team. The score of the match
was 5-7. 6-1, 2-6, 7-5 and 6-4.
The matches Monda\ will bring to
gether McLoughlin and Dixon and R.
Norris Williams, of Philadelphia, who
defeated Dixon yesterday, and J. <’.
Pq/rko. Thel after surprised the Amer
ican contingent by defeating Mc
Loughlin yckteQfiay.
NASHVILLE, July 26.—Indignant
over the arrest of ex-Governor M. R. j
Patterson, who was caught in what ;
is alleged to have been a “framed-
up” raid on a house in the restricted !
district, M. H. Meeks, circuit Court!
judge, to-day announced for Mayor
of Nashville, to oppose Mayor Hillary i
Howse for re-election.
Governor Patterson, who parted i
company with Mayor Howse two i
years ago on account of the ex-Gov- i
ernor supporting Sheriff Borum. has j
been trying for some time to get
Judge Meeks to announce* When 1
Patterson was caught, the pressure !
was so grea* »n Judge Meeks that he
announced without further hesita- I
tion. Meeks and Howse are both
Democrats.
Meeks being hacked by Criminal
Judge Neil and House having the po- j
lice under him, th saloonmen are |
trembling and fearful that they will
be ground in the factional fight, or
that Noah W. Cooper, Independent,
will win and close them up.
Meeks has five years to serve as
judge.
Narrow Escape as
Fire Ruins Garage
W. T. Kfl^ar, of No. 164 Love street,
had a narrow escape early Saturday
morning when a "backfire'’ occurred
in an automobile which he was crank
ing. The tank of the machine explod
ed, and the Are which resulted de
stroyed the garage, containing two big
touring cars.
One of the machines belonged to
Dr. Drank Edmondson, and the other
was the property of J. L. Wright. The
loss of the cars and the garage, of
which Mr. Edgar Is the owner, will
amount to several thousand dollars.
Committee Favors
Envoy Nominations
WASHINGTON. July 26.—The Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee to
day decided to report favorably the
nominations of Frederick C. Penfleld.
of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to
Austria; J. W. Gerard, of New York,
to be Ambassador to Germany; Jo
seph E. Willard, of Virginia, to be
Minister to Spain, and (’. S. Hart
man. of Montana, to be Minister to
Ecuador.
Fireman Jones Has Rib Broken.
Engineer Jennings, of Macon,
Injured—Porter Is Killed,
MACON, July 26.—Southern pas
senger trains Nos. 13 (northbound)
and No. 24 (southbound) had a head-
on collision on a siding at Hilton,
near Macon, this morning at 3:10
o’clock, resulting in the death of Will
Jackson, the negro porter, who open
ed the switch, and injuring Engineer
H. G. Jennings, of Macon, and Fire
man W. E. Jones, of Atlanta, of train
No. 24.
When train No. 24 was within 100
yards of the siding the porter became
excited over the apprehension that
he had not turned the switch prop
erly. He turned it again, opening the
siding to the approaching train. He
was struck by the engine of train No.
24 and instantly killed.
EngineeV Jennings sustained a
bruised shoulder and sprained back,
and Fireman Jones had a rib broken.
None of the passengers was hurt, al
though all were severely Jarred.
A delay of less than an hour was
occasioned by the wreck, train No.
23 taking train No. 13 on to Atlanta,
while the passengers from No. 24
were transferred and brought to Ma
con.
House Sets Record
For Short Session
WASHINGTON, July 26. — The
House was in session to-day exactly
four minutes, the shortest session in
the memory of old-time members of
Congress. As soon as the chaplain
read the prayer, Representative Gar
diner, of Massachusetts, acting mi
nority leader, made a point of no
quorum, and Majority Leader Under
wood immediately moved an adjourn
ment.
Gardiner was following out the pol
icy of filibustering which the Repub
licans .ire using to protest against
being gagged in ihe discussion of the
Gaminetti case.
Transfusion Saves
Starving Militant
Special Cable to The Georgian.
LONDON, July 26. - Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhunrt, the militant suffragette
leader, who wa.s taken seriously ill
after her release from prison Thurs
day evening, was reported to be more
improved to-day. She passed a good
night and slr.pt well.
The physicians believe yiat the
blood transfusion operation i -stet'day
saved her life. "v?
Detective Head Also Asserts Pha-
gan Evidence Private Sleuth
Unearthed Was Plant.
Chief of Detectives Lanford
roundly scored H. B. Pierce,
head of the Pinkerton Detective
Agency in Atlanta, Saturday, for
what he termed questionable pro
cedure in connection with the ’
Phajran murder investigation.
When application was made
by the agency for permission to
operate in Atlanta and the mat
ter was under consideration by
the Police Board, the promise was
made that the Pinkertons would
work in harmony with the city
detective department and would
co-operate in the apprehension of
criminals.
This promise, according to Lanford,
has been kept by all connected with
the agency with the exception of
Pierce. The Chief intimated that the
Bolice Board would be asked to take
action against Pierce personally.
Lanford Hints at “Plant."
"In the Phagan case Mr. Scott has
reported to this department every
day and has turned over ail the evi
dence he has found.” said Chief Lan
ford. “During fiis absence from the
city a bloody stick and an envel
ope, supposed to have been that in
which the money due Mary Phagan
was placed, were turned over to the
attorneys for the defense, and no
mention of the fact made to the de
tective department.
“The place where these articles
were reported to have been found had
been sarched by officers so thoroughly
that it was an absolute impossibility
for them to have been overlooked. In
fact, a search for ten feet around had
been made for blood spots.
“In addition to this, the insurance
company had all the rubbish removed
from this part of the building and the
floor scrubbed afterward and before
the articles were said to have been
found. They were not there at the
time, and if they w r ere found there, a*
Mr. Pierce claims, they were placed
there for a purpose.
Charges Breach of Faith.
“Mr. Pierce has not made good hi*
promise (or the promise of his com
pany) to the Police Board, and if the
matter is taken up by the board, I
will give them the facts.”
The Police Board probably will
take the matter up at its next meet
ing.
Harry Scott, who has conducted
the investigation into the Phagan
murder mystery for the Pinkertons
since the services of the agency were
engaged, was subpenaed Saturday as
a witness in behalf of Leo M. Frank
by counsel for the factory* superin
tendent. The detective previously had
been served with a subpena from So
licitor Dorsey’s office.
Inasmuch as Scott’s attitude almost
from the first has appeared to be dis
tinctly unfavorable to Frank, this
move on the part of the defense was
generally unexpected and was the
cause of considerable surprised com
ment. Scott, however, is known to
be in possession of facts that seem
on their face damaging to the negro
Conley, as well as facts that are being
used to bring about the conviction of
Frank.
"I wish it understood that I am
wholly neutral in this matter." said
Scott Saturday afternoon in remark-
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Local thundershow
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