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"The more I think of the liberty
allowed Harry at Matteawan, liberty
that has given him the opportunity to
r jjie the more convinced I 8m that
is n<> longer capable
It would be possible for Harry to
: into the Victoria Theater," she
he feels would
awaits the issue of his habeas corpi
proceedings Just as coolly now.
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VOL. L NO. 21.
Copyright, 1913, by
The Georgian Company.
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ATLANTA, GA„ SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Senator Smith of South Carolina
Secures Government Expert's
Figures on Total Estimated
Ravages During Last 17 Years.
Shows How $107,539,127 Yearly
Cost of Proposed Remedy Could
Be Counteracted by Diversified
Crops and United States Aid.
(The zone strip to which Senator
Smith refers as a remedy for the
boll weevil, as proposed, would begin
in Tennessee and run down through
Alabama and part of Florida.)
*
' By ELLISON D. SMITH.
(United States Senator From South
Carolina.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 23.—A few
weeks ago I asiked some of the offi
cials In the Department of Agricul
ture to give me an estimate of the
losses the farmers of the South have
suffered as the result of the boll
weevil. The figures furnished me are
startling. From the report I make
the following extract:
"The only adequate way of arriving
at the losses due to the boll weevil Is
by studying the average production
per acre by States, comparing years
of non-infestation with years of infes
tation. It Is quite noticeable that every
State by the third year of-infestation
has shown a decided reduction in
average yield per acre.
"This average production is used in
connection with the acreage planted
to obtain an estimate In money valuo
of the loss from the boll weevil to the
producers. This Is only the primary
lo*>s and is turned over and over again
as it reacts upon ginners, oil mill men,
merchants, bankers, property values,
manufacturers of the textile and the
final consumers.
"The total loss to producers ob
tained by this method from 1895
through 1912 is $841,521,135, or an
average during the 18 years of $46,-
751,174 per annum, with the loss now
reaching over $100,000,000 per annum.
These Only Obvious Losses.
"Only the more obvious losses from
the ravages of this pest can even be
estimated. These are the losses In
productivity suffered by the producers
and the losses In business of the first
processes In manufacture.
"Figures are presented to show the
losses to the planter, the ginner and
the oil mills as follows, for the period
from 1895 to 1912:
Loss to the planters ....$841,521,135
Lons to the ginners 17.446,295
Loss to the oil mills .... 72,270,421
Total $931,237,852
"To these must be added losses In
business suffered by cotton buyers and
brokers, merchants, bankers and cot
ton mills, the los«s in property values
the ultimate effects upon the con
sumer."
In other words officials of the De
partment of Agriculture estimate that
the loss to the South from the boll
weevil between 1895 and 1912 has been
considerably more than $1,000,000,000
This is staggering.
The Government has spent hundreds
of thousands of dollars to stamp out
the boll weevil, but without avail. The
Government experts, entomologists,
farm demonstration agents and others
have done splendid work in teaching
the farmers better methods of culti
vation rotation of crops, etc., but so
far as checkmating the boll Weevil is
concerned they themselves admit that
their work has been a failure.
Moves Eastward Steadily.
The weevil continues its march
eastward at a steady pace each yean,
and in no section where it has made
its appearance has any method been
of minimizing the damage
’Cone by it.
Unless something is done it will
not be very r long until the entire cot
ton area of the South is infested.
Of course, some cotton can be
grown in the area infested by the
boll weevil, but the yield per acre
and per farm Is greatly reduced, while
the cost of production is greatly in
creased. I am told by a member of
Congress who owns a large plantation
In an infested section that it costs just
about twice as much to produce a bale
of cotton now as it cost before the
boll weevil came. Many others have
given me testimony to thq^same ef
fect.
When one undertakes to estimate
the loss to the South during recent
years because of this little Insect, and
then tries to estimate the probable
loss In the future, the result must
be appalling.
I have been deeply Interested In the
boll weevil for a number of years. 1
have watched Its spread from the
time It made its first appearance in
Continued on Page 4, Column 5.
New Cancer Cure
Arouses Germany
Kaiser’s Subjects Have Cornered
Supply of Mesothorium, Found
in U. S. and Brazil.
BOSTON, Aug. 23.—Mesothorium.
the new cure for cancer, Is causing
great exciterftent in Germany, accord
ing to Dr. F. D. Donoughe, of Bos
ton, who has just returned from the
Cancer Congress at Brussels and the
Medical Congress In London. Ger
man towns have subscribed large
sums for the purchase of mesotho
rium, which is found in Colorado, the
Carolinas and Brazil.
A ray less product of therum, it be
comes active through transformation
into radio-therum. The price, for
merly on^-sixth that of radium, re
cently has become higher. Hungary
and Germany have purchased the
supply of mesothorium available until
1915. It Is said to be a dependable
cure for certain forms of cancer.
Sir Herbert Tree’s
Cast Stirs British Ire
Americans In ‘Joseph and His Breth
ren’ Win Noted Playwright’s
Praise.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 23.—Antagonism
has been aroused in London theatri
cal circles because Americans are to
play the principal roles In Sir Her
bert Tree’s production of "Joseph and
His Brethren."
Sir Herbert said:
"The Americans are wonderful In
whatever they attempt to do. I have
the greatest faith in their powers,
and, without wishing to enter on a
comparison between American and
English methods, I must say I think
Maxine Elliott will be a peerless Zeu-
lika, and George Relph a most ro
mantic Joseph.”
Woman Toper Has
Thirst Amputated
Obstruction in Her Throat Was Be
lieved Cause of Her Longing
For Alchohol.
LIMA, OHIO, Aug. 23—Mary Cala-
han, 22, submitted to a surgical opera
tion In the Chief of Police’s office to
day, and It is hoped Mary’s thirst was
cut out, literally and figuratively.
Several years ago she was shot in
the Jaw. A splintered bone lodged
against her palate, creating a contin
uous desire for drink. She insists the
desire was for strictly alcoholic drink
and that she had tried grape Juice in
vain. Since that time Mary and her
tickling bone have given the police a
ticklish time.
Chief Ernest May consulted with City
Physician Steer. Between them they
decided on the operation.
Caruso Sadly Says:
‘My Star Is Dimming’
Tenor Thinks Public Soon Will De
sert Him for Young and
Brilliant Star.
Special Cable to The American.
ROME, Aug. 23.—Caruso, who is
taking the cure with his eldest son
at Monte Catini, is in a philosophical
mood. To a newspaper man he said:
“It is about time the public ceased
to take an interest in me. There are
plenty of young stars rising who soon
will shine with dazzling brilliancy in
the firmament of art. Mine is dim
ming; don't you think so?”
Then he sadly shook his head and
walked slowly away.
5-Cent Fraud in Ice;
5 Days on Rockpile
Portland Dealer Is Sentenced for
Cheating Customer in 25-Cent
T ransaction.
PORTLAND, OREG., Aug. 23.—Five
days at -the rockpile for a 5-cent
fraud in the sale of a piece of ice
was the sentence imposed by Munici
pal Judge Stevenson upon Thomas
Barnes, proprietor or the National Ice
and Coal Com-any.
Barnes delivered a 40-pound piece
of ice worth 20 cents, saying it
weighed 50 pounds and charging 25
cants.
HEARTHSTONE 200 YEARS
OLD FOUND IN MINNESOTA
ST. PAUL, MINN., Aug. 23.—The
hearthstone used by early French
voyagers who made their headquar
ters in the stone house at Taylors
Falls, in Interstate Park, was found
by workmen excavating in the foun
dations for relics. The house is
thought to have been built 200 years
ago. _____
EX-BANDIT GETS RELIGION;
COLE YOUNGER CONVERTED
LEES SUMMIT, MO., Aug. 23.—
Cole Younger, once a bandit, became
a member of the Christian Church at
a revival meeting to-night.
Evelyn Thaw Gets Threatening Telegram Signed ‘H. /C TIT Ml] CCC
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Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit. Thaw in two poses made especially on Tuesday for the Hearst newspapers.
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Alcohol Dip Makes
All-Night Dancers Fit
Newporters Trot Till 5, Get Four-
Hour Nap, Then Play
Tennis.
NEWPORT, Aug. 23.—A dance
given by Francis Roche at the Golf
Club ended at 5 o’clock this morning.
Then the guests adjourned to Berger's
and had breakfast of scrambled eggs,
coffee ar.d rolls.
Maids and valets sent their charges
into retirement before ,6 o’clock with
alcohol baths, awakening them four
hours later for another alcohol bath.
They arrived at the tennis tourna
ment looking as though they had
been in bed all night.
Offers to Serve Out
Hawthorne’s Term
Pastor-Classmate of Author-Convict
Says it Would be ‘Utmost
Pleasure.’
BOSTON, Aug. 23.—The Rev. Wil
liam Davis, of Everett, a member of
the class of 1867 of Harvard and an
evangelistic clergyman, has written
his classmates, Julian Hawthorne
and William James Morton, in the
Federal Prison at Atlanta, offering to
serve the remainder of their sen
tences, and states to do so whuld give
him "the utmost pleasure."
Policewoman Uses
Her Stare as Club
Declares She Has No Trouble With
Mashers After One Stern
Glare.
“He Shall Never Have That Baby,” Deelares the Actress, Aroused and
Angry, but Fearing for Her Life.
CHICAGO, Aug 23.—Squelch the
masher with a look. You don’t need a i
whistle like the Boston women; hatpins)
do not make good weapons, and a
club should be used only In a tight
squeeze.
This is the opinion of two of Chi
cago’s policewomen, both long in the
business of protecting women.
"I haven’t had any trouble with men i
on the beach this year, even those who j
didn’t know I was a policewoman,’’ said i
Officer Mary Boyd, who is in charge of j
the Thirty-ninth street bathing beach.
"All you have to do when a man speaks
to you insultingly is to look at him.
He turns and runs.’’
AUT0IST IS RUN OVER
BY HIS OWN MACHINE
—
JOLIET. ILL., Aug. 23.—Because |
he cranked his automobile while It
was in gear, Harry Lewis, a Joliet
banker, was run over and badly in
jured. Lewis was in a hurry to take
some friends to the Union station and
neglected to Inspect his gears, the
machine would not spark the
few whirls of the crank, so he
the throttle wdder, one of the
put on* the exhilarator to help
ters, and now’ Lewis has
weeks in the hospital.
Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 18.
I want you to have that name taken
off the theater at once. You realize
your mistake. (Signed),
H. K. T.
Such was the threatening telegram
which was handed to Mrs. Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw. Harry Thaw’s wife, in
New York Monday. Her eyes blazed
as she read It. Of course, "that
name” meant plainly th e electric sign
that blazes nightly on the theater
where Mrs. Thaw is dancing.
Wearied by the heat, agitated. Mrs.
Thaw’s nervousness increased after
reading the message.
"I can not doubt that Harry Thaw
sent this,” she said. "It is exactly
like him. Never have I received a
telegram from him which was not
signed like this, with his initials.
Probably he sent it by the same mes
senger who mailed his letter to his
mother.
She Sees a Veiled W,
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take/
something
body but
gram -to
know
He
‘Why
be
what have the alienists called It?—
yes, ‘egomania,’ ‘megalomania.’
Wife Criticises Letter.
"He writes ‘I might be asked for
interviews and do not wish to refuse.
Yet do not care to make a state
ment.’ I—I—I. the most important
person on earth.”
, “But if Mr. Thaw has any purpose
to attack, how could he get into New
York without being caught?” asked
The American reporter
"Harry is a great make-up artist,"
Mrs. Thaw answered. "I hav*» seen
him in disguises that would baffle his
most Intimate friends unless they got
a look at that stare of his eyes. They
are absolutely expressionless except
when he is making a grimace. H e is
of a height, coloring and bearing that
would make it easy for him to wear
any sort of make-up without arous
ing suspicion.”
Calls Mother His Tool.
mersteln’s roof Just after Mrs. Thaw
had finished her strenuous dancing
act. She appeared tired and nervous.
"I have had no sleep," she contin
ued, “and between the worry over
what may happen to me, the rehears
als and my singing lesson. I am a
wreck. The newspapers are my best
friends in this crisis."
"Do you think Dr. Austin Flint Is
In danger after testifying against Mr.
Thaw at his trials and legal attempts
to free himself?"
"I think Dr. Austin Flint realizes
the danger he is In as much as I do,"
Mrs. Thaw answered. "He knows how
Harry feels toward him. He remained
fixed In his belief that Harry was a.
paranoiac regardless of which way
the Thaw money was flying.
Say® Thaw Fears Dr. Flint.
"It Is because of the unassailable
professional standing of Dr. Flint that
Harry Thaw has such fear of him.
Fugitive From Matteawan. Backed
by Family’s Millions. Will Utilize
Every Legal Technicality to Pre-
vent Deportation From Canada,
I
Even if Dominion Expels Him, Ha
: Will Fight Desperately Against
Return to Empire State, Wher®
He Has Been Declared Insana,
Probability of Long-Continued
Litigation and Ultimate Liberty
Counted on by Millionaire Be
fore Starting Dash fromAsylum,
SHERBROOKE, QUEBEC, Aug. 23,,
With Harry Thaw’s case now in th«|
courts of Canada, the prediction mads
that It would be months—years, per**
haps eternity before the slayer of'
Stanford Wh’fe is again In the'Jur's-
dlctlon of New York State IS
strengthened.
His family, wealthy and powerful
has rushed to his defense. He has
unlimited resources to fight the legs!,
battle against his deportation from
Canadian soil. When the first wrff
of habeas corpus was granted, 1t aw-*
sured him the right to appeal hftl
cause to the highest Canadian court.
It is believed that this litigating
can be made to last over years, IC
will be Impossible to deny him half
In the Dominion, for he is a lunatic*
only In New York State. His status
now Is that he is simply considered
an undesirable by Canadian lmmlgra*
tlon authorities, who. It Is thought,
may override the courts and deport
him.
Should the courts of Canada finally
rule against him, his case might bg
taken up from Washington. Fvett
then If he were finally deported,
should he be sent to any other State#
than New York, he could fight extra*
dltlon there, and there are many emU
nent lawyers who believe that It frf
absolutely impossible to bring hint 1
back Into New York then.
Probably Considered These Facts.
All these things probably had beer|
considered when Thaw made his dar
ing escape from Matteawan Asylum*
when he dashed across the Connects
rut border, then through' the Statg
Into New Hampshire and from News
Hampshire Into the Dominion of Can*
ada.
Thaw knows well the law’s delat\
He remembers his long period in fbg
Tombs before he was first brought ta
trial for the slaying of White. Hs
remembers the long fight for life an<f
liberty then. He remembers the en*»
forced wait after the first mistrial. H*
remembers the weary days of his seca
ond hearing.
He remembers the slow progress of
his cause during his legal efforts
get his release from Matteawan
Knowing these things and recognizing
that there was hardly a bare possi**
bllity that ball would be denied him,
he turned toward Canada rather tha^
seek safety at sea. as his pursuer#
thought he surely would do.
It was probably due to this
tlon that he accepted his arrest
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