Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, August 04, 1913, Image 9
0. S. BOARD CUTS NINE ME KILLED
EXPRESS RATES
25 FEB CENT
Interstate Commerce Body Says
Parcel Post Need Not Lessen
Profits of Corporations.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.—Complet-
ing an investigation covering a year
in which the relations existing be
tween express companies and rail
roads were thoroughly inquired into,
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to-day announced its findings. It fig
ures rates on express matter which
California Workers Attack Posse.
Japs Given as Cause—Sol
diers on Guard.
WHEATLAND, CAL., Aug. 4.—Five
companies of State troops w’ere un
der arms here to-day to quell tha
expected rioting of hundreds of hop
pickers who engaged in a battle with
a sheriff’s posse last night, killing
nine and woundiqg 25 others. Lead-
5^ Slayings in 5 Days
Chattanooga’s Toll
In a Wave of Crime
CHATTANOOGA. Aug. 4.—Reports
from Erlanger Hospital to-day are
that Mrs. W. L. Knowling. who was
shot Saturday night by Rufus Knave,
the latter being immediately killed
by her husband, is in a precarious
state and that her recovery is scarce
ly hoped for.
The funeral of Knave took place
this afternoon. During the same hour
services were held over the body of
Squire C. A. Bedell, who was mur
dered at his home in East Chatta
nooga Tuesday night. Tom West, a
negro, killed by Eugene Reid, was
also buried to-day.
Five slayings in five days have re
sulted from a wave of crime which
has swept over the city.
Mutiny On High Sea
Is Charged To Girl
cut express revenues approximately
25 per cent
The report is a reiteration of an
earlier report, but is more complete.
It gives a table of 650,000 rates as a
basis for rate charges to every place
in the United States and its posses
sions. The order becomes effective on
October 15 for a period of two years.
The United States, under the Com
mission’s plan, is divided into a block
system, rates being fixed upon a de
termined basis for mileage and
weight. Rates and charges are classi
fied. Rules governing the delivery
and “pick-up” service nave been re
vised and modified as has been the
requirement that each package shall
have a label.
Parcel Post Rates Higher.
On the report comparison is made
between express rates and parcel post
rates on packages over four pounds
when carried for distances of more
than 200 miles and less than 3,000.
“Express rates,” the report states,
are generally lower than the parcel
post rates.”
The bas'es of classification pre
carried at first class or ordinary mer
chandise of ordinary value are to be
erried at first class or ordinary mer
chandise races. All articles of food
and drink are second class and are to
be carried at 75 per cent of the first
class rate.
All rates are based on carrier’s risk
to the limit of the stated value, all
rates based upon owner’s risk being
eliminated.
The rates on newspapers and pe
riodicals are practically the same as
at present.
Loss in Revenue Disputed.
“It is estimated that nearly
$2,000,000 worth of transportation is
given yearly to holders of franks,
without charge.
In regard to the parcel post and a
claim by the express companies that
the reduction in rates by the Com
mission has caused the express com
panies a serious loss in revenues, the
report says:
“The Commission’s conclusion is
thqt any losses of business for the
future may easily be replaced by new
business if the express companies
are so inclined and that the establish
ment of the parcel post is not a justi
fication for any higher scale of rates
than the one here shown to be rea
sonable.”
Columbus Factions
Settle Differences
COLUMBUS. Aug. 4.—A controver
sy that threatened to defeat both
commission government and the wa
terworks bond issue has been ami
cably settled.
Advocates of commission govern
ment proposed an election the same
week as the election on the water
works bonds, October 18. The water
bond champions warned the commis
sion government advocates that they
would oppose the bill before iht Leg
islature. Advocates of commission
government retaliated by threatening
to kill the bond issue.
Now' it has been agreed to postpone
the election a month, and to with
draw opposition to the measure in
the Legislature.
Wife Wakes to Find
2 Burglars in Boom
Mrs. George Hartley, of No. 88 Kel
ly street, was awakened about 3:30
o'clock Monday to find two burglars
in her bedroom. In escaping they
cleared a bed in which three little
children were sleeping, but without
disturbing their dreams.
Mr. Hartley jumped out of bed to
pursue the buglars, but they were too
fleet of feet. He told the police he
thought they were negroes.
Policeman Hurt in
Fall in Manhole
While patrollng his beat on Peters
street early Monday Policeman E. H
Parham stepped on an unstable sewer
manhole-cover at the corner of Peters
and McDaniel streets which gave way.
He was badly bruised and unable to
climb out until assistance was ren
dered.
Policeman Parham was taken to the
Grady Hospital. His injuries are re
ported not to be serious.
Diggs Goes to Trial
On Slavery Charge
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4.-The
trial of Maury Diggs, on a charge of
violating the white slave law, will
begin before Federal Judge Van Fleet
Theodore J. Roche, special Govern
ment prosecutor, to-day announced
that the trial would proceed without
delay, and that the trial of Drew
Caminetti on the same charge would
follow.
FIVE SEEK ONE OFFICE.
BARNESVILLE.—A lively race is
on for Tax Collector of Pike County
to fill the vacancy caqsod by the re
cent death of E. R. Carswell, of
Barnesville. The election will be held
on Monday, August 18. Z. T. Evans
and J. A. Stone, of Barnesville; Rev.
J. C. Baird, of Milner; J. D. Dunn, of
Zebulon, and J. H. Lee, of Concord,
are the cand' dates.
ers of the Industrial Workers of the
World were the guiding spirits of the
rioting strikers.
The dead in last night’s riot:
A. E. Manwell, Marysville, district
attorney; D. Ricordan, Marysville,
deputy sheriff; three strikers; three
other members of the posse, and a
/negro bystander.
Sheriff and Mayor Wounded.
Among the injured, some of whom
may die, were: Sheriff George H.
Voss, of Marysville; Constable L. C.
Anderson, of Wheatland; Marshal
Scoggins, of Wheatland; Postmaster
John Johnson, of Wheatland, and
George Bilby, of Marysville. Many
of the strikers were renorted suffer
ing from fatal injuries to-day.
The striking hop pickers, urged on
by the I. W. W. agitators, attacked
the small sheriff’s posse that fyad en
tered the strike region to preserve
quiet. The strikers had demanded
higher wages, and when this demand
was refused, walked out of the fields.
Jap Workers Are Cause.
The leaders asserted they were ag
grieved because of the low * wages
and the presence of Japanese work
ers in the fields where they were
picking.
In addition to the troops on dutv
here 300 citizens of Wheatland, arm
ed and in charge of Police Chief Mc
Coy, of Marysville, w r ere kept in
readiness to quell trouble that was
expected to start to-day.
There were about 500 hop pickets
on strike, and the I. W. W. leaders j
were trying to add to their forces by
calling out the pickers from all the
surrounding farms.
Rum-Crazed Goat
Butts Policeman
PITTSBURG, Aug. 4.—Mrs. Mary
Wadejewski’s pet goat found his way
to the waste pit of a brewery, and
after munching on tin cans, wire
hoops, broken bottles and the like,
got on the outside of a quantity of
malt-steeped things they use in the
brewing for cleaning vats.
“Billy” then spied Patrolman Mor-
ban bras? buttons, set himseir, closed
his eyes and let go.
When the policeman crawled out of
the gutter he looked around for the
shifting engine that hit him and then
swooned. Friends, supporting him,
made three block In 45 minutes taking
him to the hospital.
Pittsburg Draws Line
At the Slit Trouser
PITTSBURG. Aug. 4.—W. L. Doak,
a member of the North Side Gen
tility, the first man to wear the
prophesied slit trousers, was mobbed
by a gang of boys here and put to
flierht.
The slit in Doak’s trousers extend
from the bottom, outside, to about six
inches from the knee. He wore
bright green hosiery.
KILLING AT CAMP MEETING.
LOUISVILLE.—Hill Curry, a negro
was shot and killed by H. Evans, an
other negro, at Pine Hill, a negro
camp meeting near here yesterday.
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Miss Lillian
Clarkson, a stenographer, 19 years
old and pretty, was held to the United
States grand jury by Commissioner
Foote charged with “mutiny on the
high seas.” The offend is punish
able by death or imprisonment for
twenty years. Miss Clarkson’s pun
ishment may be less Severe.
She shipped as a waitress on a lake
steam, intending to have a vacation
trip that would pay for itself. When
she was asked to perform another
girl’s duties, she refused. The ship’s
officers declared she had mutinied,
locked her in the hold, and when the
boat landed turned her over to the
Federal authorities.
Uncertain Where to
Hold Murray Court
DALTON, Aug. 4.—Relative to the
session of Murray Superior Court
which meets two weeks hence. Judge
A. W. Fite says:
“Not having seen the act which
calls for the removal of the county
6ite from Spring Place to Chats-
worth, I don’t know where the ap
proaching session will be held. How
ever, if the bill authorizes immediate
removal, court will be held in Chats-
worth if a place is provided by the
citizens. If a place is not provided
I can order the court held at Spring
Place. I have been informed the
Chatsworth people plan to convert the
Odd Fellows’ hall inio a temporary
courthouse.”
Other Counties Want
Pair in Stock Frauds
GREENSBORO, Aug. 4.—Authori
ties of Berrien and Oglethorpe Coun
ties have requested Sheriff E. C.
Hixon, of Greene County, to hold D.
E. Moorofleld and G. W. Bishop after
their trials here on ten warrants
charging etteating and swindling, in
one case to the amount of $1,500, by
selling bogus stock.
The defendants are being brought
from Arcadia, Fla., where they were
arrested last week.
Diamond Robbers
At Another Resort
SALISBURY BEACH. MASS., Aug.
4.—Diamond thieves operating here
robbed Mrs. Nelson Morris, wife of
the millionaire packer of Chicago,
of a horseshoe pin valued at $1,000
when she motored over from Mag
nolia late Saturday afternoon.
The robbery b3came known to-day
when the police posted an offer of
$50 reward for 'he return of the pir
with “no questions asked.”
Prisoner Says He Is
Mrs. Wilson’s Fiance
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—The police are
holding Cyrus Shank, a nice-appear-
ing young man. who walked into the
Oak Park Y. M. C. A. and announced
that he was the fiance of Mrs. Wood-
row Wilson.
“I want to join, and you can charge
the expense to Mrs. Woodrow Wil
son,” he said to the secretary behind
the desk. “I am soon to marry her.”
The police were called. Shank’s
father said the young man has been
demented for several months.
In your hand you hold a
five-cent piece.
Right at the grocer’s hand
is a moisture-proof pack
age of Uneeda Biscuit. He
hands you the package—
you hand him the coin.
A trifling transaction?
No! A remarkable one—for you
have spent the smallest sum that
will buy a package of good food;
and the grocer has sold you the
most nutritious food made from
flour—as clean and crisp and
delicious as it was when it came
from the oven.
NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
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DEATHWilUDRUG
Lithonia Woman Commits Suicide
When She Finishes Putting
House in Order.
LITHONIA, Aug. 4.—The suicide of
Mrs. Addle Kelley, wife of James
Kelley, here Sunday apparently was
one long meditated. Before swallow
ing the carbolic acid with which she
ended her life, Mrs Kelley put her
house in order, bathed and dressed
her two children and herself, then
drank the poison and fell across the
bed. 4
This was at about 11:30 o'clock, A
half hour later when her husband re
turned to the house he heard groans
and rushed Into her room, to And her
in an unconscious condition. Doctors
were hurrriedly summoned and the
fight to save the woman's life lasted
for eight hours. A few minutes after
8 o'clock she died, having suffered
great agony all the while.
The Kelley family is prominent in
Lithonia and the tragic death of Mrs.
Kelley has cast a gloom over the com
munity. She had been In ill health
for some time and to this reason alone
can be attributed the cause of her
act. She left no message of any kind.
25,000 in Boston at
K. of C. Convention
BOSTON, Aug. 4.—Knights of Co
lumbus and their families, numbering
about. 25,000, arrived in Boston to
day from all sections of the United
States, Canada, Mexico and Cuba, for
the thirty-first annual supreme con
vention which will be formally opened
to-morrow with solemn high mass at
the Cathedral of Holy Cross.
Among the important matters to be
considered will be the question of
transferring headquarters from New
Haven, Conn;, to Washington, D. C.
Should the plan be adopted the con
vention contemplates the erection of
a million-dollar home in the capital.
Adventists Oppose
Sunday ‘Blue’ Laws
FORT VALLEY, Aug. 4.—This is
religious liberty day here at the an
nual encampment of the Georgia con
ference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Resolutions against Sunday “blue-
law” legislation, and also against the
recent attempt to compel the reading
of the Bible in the public schools of
the State were passed at this morn
ing’s session, the discussion of the res
olutions being led by Carlyle Haynes,
of the American Religious Liberty
Association.
RIOTERS ON TRIAL.
VALDOSTA.—Judge W. E. Thom
as is at Statenville to-day to hear the
cases against R. S. Williams, his son
Robert, and a man named Jernigan,
under arrest there charged with
shooting up the town of Howell and
threatening the life of the town mar
shal.
“TIGERS” GO TO CHAINGANG.'
DALTON.—Straight chaingang sen
tences of six to twelve months were
given six “blind tigers,” convicted In
Superior Court last week, not one
convicted being permitted to pay out.
Special Effort Will Be Made to
Get Vote On Measure
This Week.
Friends of the medical practice bill
which has passed the Senate by the
vote of 36 to 4 are making special
efforts to get the measure up for ac
tion in the House this week.
At last year’s session the bill was
not reached in the House until the
clo.«ing day of the session. Then it
failed to pass by nine votes.
The bill provides for a single, com
posite board of medical examiners
upon which each of the three recog
nized schools of medicine will have
representation, instead of a separate
board for each school. It is designed
through the composite hoard to keep
in closer and more intimate touch
wiih the medical practice situation
in the State and to make fraud more
difficult.
The eight members of this boarh
are to be appointed by the Governor,
and to hold two meetings each year
for examining applicants for license
to practice. The fee for each appli
cant is fixed at $20, and from the
money thus collected all the expenses
of the board are to be met.
Applicants for license to practice
medicine are required to have gradu
ated from a legally incorporated
medical college, and to be of good
moral character Successful appli
cants are required to register their
licenses with the clerk of*the Superior
Court in which they wish to practice,
and the clerk is required to make a
regular report to the board of all
registrations.
Medical colleges whose students are
applicants for license to practice in
Georgia are subject to- approval by
the board. Under the present law
there are required of the student only
three terms of seven months each,
whereas the proposed law requires
four terms of eight months each—a
requirement now made by all stan
dard medical colleges. For entrance
to a medical college there Is required
a preliminary literary education
equivalent to fourteen Carnegie units,
which is practically the same as a
standard high school education, such
as is required for entrance into any
college or university.
I. O. O. F. MEETING AT ETON.
DALTON.—W. B. Robinson, deputy
grand master of the Eighteenth Divi
sion. I. O. O. F., has called the an
nual fall convention for September
12-13 with Prosperity Lodge, No. 239.
of Eton. The division is composed
of lodges in Whitfield, Bartow, Gor
don, Catoosa and Murray Counties.
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An experienced man will be sent ont to your home to
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A 25 per cent reduction on all other porch swings. No
extra charge to hang these swings.
$ 5.00 Solid Oak Swing $3.75
$ 7.50 Solid Oak Swing $5.62
$10.00 Solid Oak Swing $7.50
A $10.00 couch hammock, with springs and
cushions, only .*.$7.50
No extra charge to hang this hammock.
Special prices on all hot weather, outdoor and
sporting goods.
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MEN AND RELIGION BULLETIN 69
WOMEN FIRST IN GEORGIA
If money must be saved by
sacrifice,
Let the blow fall upon our
cows and begs,
Or even upon our men and
boys—
But not upon our girls.
Georgia has a reformatory for boys at Milledgeville.
Its Superintendnet says:
“We are frequently embarrassed by requests to have girls received here—
“The experiment was tried more than once with only one girl at a time: and she
proved a veritable firebrand—and of course had little chance for self-improvement.”
THIS DISGRACE—
The unspeakable disgrace of confining girls in a reformatory with boys will not be
repeated in Georgia. Superintendent Lovvorn says truly:
“This is simply unthinkable.”
But what will you do? A local paper says:
“It is estimated that each year from ten to twelve girls in each county in Georgia
are lost through the lack of such an institution.”
Seventy-five girls are in charge of one court. The officials are helpless: they have
no place to put these children.
Georgia will not wait, begging with hat in hand until some charitably disposed per
sons drop in a fund sufficient to take care of her daughters.
If you must economize, you will sacrifice hogs, cattle and chemicals rather than
girls.
The Medical School— T ~
The University of Georgia—
The School of Technology—
These are for men and boys; they should get far more than they are to-day re
ceiving from our State.
And yet even these might wait for funds: men and boys can make shift without
money or a great deal of book-learning. •,
But a girl upon the brink—
A girl sinking beneath the whirling scum of the underworld can not wait. The
frightful quagmire sucks her down. For her the gift of charity or of the State a year
or more from now will be wholly wasted.
To-day they are being lost ~ ’
To-morrow will be too late.
Now is their need desperate.
Men will not shoulder them aside for the sake of hogs and cattle or even for the
schooling of men and boys. They will provide.
If any must be sacrificed it will not again be girls in Georgia.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
In the Paris fire men trampled upon women in their mad desire to save their own
most worthless lives—
And when the Elba and the Bourgoyne went down, men crashed the fingers of
women who tried to cling to the gunwales of the boats in which men were rowing away.
Thank God it was not so when the Titanic sank— j
Men of our race gladly embraced death that women might live. ^ “
To-day when there is no storm or fire or sinking ship, will you save hogs and cows
and leave girls to die a thousand deaths?
Long ago came the Word of God:
“Behold the cry of the daughter of my people—
“The harvest is past and the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
| “For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt—
“Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?
“Why then is not the healing of the daughter of my people perfected?”
Not man but God asks:
r
“WHY?”
Recall those who begged Jesus to leave the land because of the loss of a herd of
hogs.
And you will never reply—
“Lord, we have cows and hogs—
“And these must be saved,
“Even though a few score girls are lost.”
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF MEN AND
RELIGION FORWARD MOVEMENT
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