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VOL. XII. NO. 25 ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1913. 2 CENTS. ^ |
FACTIONS CLASH ON BEA VE
FATE
SNAKE GOWN WORN BY
ATLANTA SOCIETY GIRL
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New and Dazzling
Costume Makes
a Big Hit With
Friends of Miss
Macy,
Absolutely the
latest thing In
birthday parties
hag been origi
nated by Miss Ell-
or Macy, of No.
80 East Four
teenth street, who
entertained her
friends last week
with a gnake-skln
party. The friends
of Miss Macy
were taken com
pletely by sur
prise.
Miss Macy, who
is extremely pret
ty, not only suc
ceeded in “stun
ning” her guests
In her dazzling
costume, but she
held them Inter
ested for some lit
tle time by the
story of the cap-
ure and captivity
jf the monster
reptile.
The snake, a
real South Amer
ican boa-constric
tor, was taken
years ago in its
native forests by
a band of nomads
who traffic in rep
tilian products.
'After a dozen
years of circus
wanderings
through South
America the snake
was brought to
the United States,
where it was
dubbed “Teddy,”
in honor of the
strenuous one.
But like the rea’
Teddy, the boa-
constrictor could
not bear confine
ment, and, pining
away irt the nar
row confines of a
•Ircus cage, he
soon succumbed.
All that is mortal
of Teddy arrived
months ago and
was forthwith
given to Mrs.
Grace Sander*
Keefer, mother of
Miss Macy. When
the giant skin is
not in use at
birthday parties
It hangs on the
wall of the Keefer
home, an oh jet’t of
interest to tho
many friends of
Miss Macy and
her mother.
Wealthy Physician Fights Son, Injures Wife
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GIRL TEACHER DRINKS POISON
Miss Naomi Wells, Widely Known
in Georgia Educational Circles,
Takes Acid at West Point.
MISS ELINOR MAC Y IN SNAKE GOWN.
utlantan nearly
JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 1.—George
;x Stafford, of Atlanta, was swept
neath the waves at Pablo Beach
inday afternoon Just as he was re
iving an introduction to L. D.
noot, City Engineer of Jacksonville,
e was unconscious when rescued by
noot and others. He recovered con-
iousness shortly afterward, and Is
ported much improved to-day.
"Allow me to introduce by husband,
r. Stafford," said Mrs. Stafford,
ho had previously met Smoot. As
noot turned with a smile of greet-
g, a giant wave struck Stafford, and
• disappeared.
Both Mrs. Stafford and Smoot be-
m to laugh at the sudden disappear -
ice, expecting Stafford to rise at
ice. When he failed to appear,
noot, who is almost a giant, dived
to the water and caught the drown-
g man Just as the undertow v'as
rrving him out to sea.
After hard work, Stafford was ro
ved and carried on a stretcher to
e life-saving station, and from
ere to the Oceanvlew Hotel, where
edical aid was summoned. Mrs
.afford worked faithfully in reviv- j
g her husband.
Wedding Postponed,
‘Best Man’ and Maid
of Honor to Marry
MEMPHIS, TENN., Sept. 1.—Guests
| who were disappointed at the post
ponement of the wedding which to
day was to have united the Warrens
and the Benedicts, two of the oldest
and foremost families socially in Ten
nessee. were invited to attend an
other equally great social event as a
substitute.
Miss Blanche Evans, who was to be
maid of honor, and Warren Lewis, of
Birmingham, Ala., who was to be
best man at the postponed wedding,
will be married Wednesday.
Miss Evans and Lewis met for the
first time last Friday. They were tak
ing part in the first rehearsal of their
friends’ wedding when the bride
groom, Harry H. Benedict, became
ill suddenly. While Benedict was be
ing operated on for appendicitis,
WEST POINT, GA., Sept. 1.—Miss
Naomi Wells, of Thomson, newly
elected teacher of English and his
tory in the West Point High School,
to-day lies unconscious at the point of
death from the effects of six drams
of carbolic acid, drunk with suicidal
intent.
The cause of her attempt to end her
life is a mystery thus far, although it
is believed to be contained in sealed
notes found in her room addressed to
her parents at Thomson, to Miss Rosa
Woodberry. principal of the Wood-
berry School in Atianta. to Miss Millie
Rutherford, of Athens, and to other
’riends and relatives. Telegrams have
been sent to each one for whom a
note was found. They will not be
opened until her parents and friends
arrive or give instructions as to their
disposition.
Miss* Wells came to West Point Fri
day morning preparatory to begin
ning her service in the high school,
which opened to-day. Friday after
noon she attended the teachers’ meet
ing, when she met Professor W. P.
Thomas and the other members of the
faculty. She secured board with Mrs.
Samuel Lovelace, where other out-of-
town teachers stay. She appeared in
the best of spirits and was enthusi
astic over her school w'ork on Friday
and Saturday.
Found Dying on Bed.
On Sunday morning she went to
church and in the afternoon mingled
w'ith the other boarders, entering into
the conversation and displaying an
attitude of cheerfulness. Sunday night,
however. Miss Wells remained In her
room. She sat up until past midnight
writing the notes that were found to
day.
She drank the poison some time in
the early morning and lay down upon
her bed. At 7 o’clock this morning,
when Miss Wells did not appear at
the breakfast table with the other
boarders, someone was sent to her
room to call her, when she w r as found
lying unconscious across the bed.
Physicians were summoned, but after
working with her for some time, an
nounced that she virtually had no
chance to recover.
The only intimation that Miss Wells
had given of despondency was late
Sunday afternoon, when she told Miss
Lucy Nunnally, of Monroe, another
new' teacher, that she had “the blues.”
She did not explain the cause, how
ever.
Because of the attempted suicide
Professor Thomas dismissed school
Immediately after It had been con
vened at 9 o’clock, announcing that
Miss Wells was critically ill. The
Board of Education met later in the
day to determine what course to pur
sue as to Mites Wells’ position in the
faculty.
Five Children Near
Death When Car and
Auto Crash; 2 Hurt
An automobile-trolley car crash
which endangered the lives of five
small children, as well as Fireman
Payne, of No. 11 station, occurred
Sunday afternoon at the corner of
Fair and Cherokee streets. Two of
the children, Joe Barocow, aged 3
years, of No. 294 East Hunter street,
and little Clara Payne, daughter of
Mr. Payne, were thrown from the
automobile and badly bruised.
According to Mr. Payne, the auto
mobile and the trolley collided at the
corner of Fair and Cherokee, where
the trolley comes down a slight
grade. He claims the motorman did
not give the proper warning.
The automobile was badly damaged,
and the fender and running board of
the car w'ere smashed.
STIRRED BY LIFE FIGHT
Dr. A, B. Hinkle To Be Sued by Doomed Man’s Attorneys Declare
Wife Following Family Row, They Have Proof of Innocence.
Prosecution Dropped. Go Before Prison Board.
Welcome Ready for
Dr. Lincoln McConnell
When Dr. Lincoln McConnell, the
new pastor of the Baptist Tabernacle,
arrives in Atlanta Monday night at
7:30 o’clock he will be given a rous
ing old-time Baptist greeting by sev
eral hundred members of the con
gregation. Dr. and Mrs. McConnell
will arrive over the N., C. and St. L.
at the old depot.
Dr. McConnell will assume active
charge of the Tabernacle immediately
and will preach his first sermon next
Sunday. Dr. Dibble, his assistant,
arrived several days ago. Dr. Mc
Connell Is one of the best-known
evangelists In the United States. Re
cently he has been engaged in similar
work in the North and West.
Parents Know of No
Reason for Attempt.
THOMSON, Sept. 1.—Mr. and Mrs
J. M. Wells, parents of Miss Naomi
Wells, who attempted to commit sui
cide at West Point to-day, are unable
to explain her desire to end her life.
They received a letter from her on
Saturday, but it contained no intima
tion of trouble. They will leave for
West Point this afternoon.
City to Give Each
Blind Man a Dog
Touched by the whines of the con
demned dogs down at the pound and
the vain groping of blind men through
Atlanta’s crowded streets, City Clerk
Waiter Taylor has decided to give
each man a dog.
He said he wished he could save all
the dogs on such a good excuse, but
that a number of the blind men al
ready have dogs. These he will give
free dog licenses.
Piedmont Likely to
Stay Open 2 Weeks
The charm of September morn was
so great at Piedmont Park Lake Mon
day that Dan Carey, General Man
ager of Parks, postponed the closing
of the lake until after the meeting
of the Park Board Tuesday afternoon.
J. O. Cochran, president of the
board, said the board likely would
keep the lake open until September
15.
MACON. Sept. 1.—No court proced
ure other than a divorce suit will follow
the encounter between Dr. A. B. Hin
kle, a wealthy Macon physician, and
his wife and son on Saturday night.
Although Mrs. Hinkle had the doctor
arrested on the charge of wife-whip
ping and the son sought the protec
tion of the Sheriff and asked for the
issuance of warrants, it has been de
cided that there will be no prosecu
tion.
Dr. Hinkle and his wife have been
separated for more than a week,
though living under the same roof in
ihelr handsome home on Orang*
street, and Mrs. Hinkle has declared
that she is going to institute a divorce
suit.
Saturday nl#ht Dr. Hinkle reproved
his 17-year-otfl son. James, for urging
Mrs. Hinkle to sue for divorce, and a
fight followed between father and son.
In which the latter won. He threw
his father on the floor and would not
let him up until he made certain
promises. Tn the melee Mrs. Hinkle
was struck in the face—Dr. Hinkle
says accidentally—and the doctor's
80-year-old mother was knocked down
and sustained s, broken hip.
The affairs created great excitement
in the fashionable section of the city
and an enormous crowd surrounded
the house. Two policemen dragged
Dr. Hinkle out, but released him at
Mrs. Hinkle’s request, after he had
agreed to appear in court. The crowd
threatened Dr. Hinkle, believing at
the time that he had badly abused his
wife and mother, and was only dis
persed upon the persona! plea of So
licitor General John P. Ross.
An interesting phase of the situa
tion is that Dr. Htnkle’s property,
amounting to several hundred thou
sand dollars, is wholly in his wife’s
name.
Camp Perry Shoot
Scorer Fatally Shot
CAMP PERRY, OHIO, Sept. 1.—
Corporal Fennisy, of Company \I,
Third United States infantry. Was
shot and probably fatally wounded
while serving as scorer In the inter
national rifle matches here to-day.
The bullet passed through his ab
domen and lodged in his side.
Worth $25,000, He
Grinds Street Organ
GHICAGO, Sept. 1.—Mike Kocco
will appear In court to-morrow to ex
plain why he Insists on playing on a
grind organ for p-nnies when he has
a fortune of $25,000.
Rocco was arrested, but obtained
his release in a few minutes on bonds
signed by his sister, who scheduled
$9,000 unincumbered property.
‘Arsonettes’ Active;
Defy Mrs. Pankhurst
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Sept. 1.—The arson
squad of th» Women’s Hocial and Po
litical Union refuses to give up vio
lence in defianci of Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst’s orders. The pavilions >f
the international schools at Hamp
stead were burned to-day.
This fire followed a conflagration
on the estate of 1 Earl of Ken-
mare at Killamev, Countv Kerry. Ire
land. Kiliarney House, the earl’s seat,
was destroyed. The total damage
from the two fires is about 8100,000.
Georgia Men Score
Well at Camp Perry
With a splendid individual record for
each member, Georgia's crack rifle team,
which participated in the national i
shoot, at Camp Perry. Ohio, will arrive
if! Atlanta Monday night. All of the
men, including Adjutant General Van-
Holt Nash, with the exception of four
who remained for the international
shoot, will return
According to d spatches from Camp
Perry, the Georgia marksmen made
some of the best scores. The men are
said to be in the best of health and In
fine trim for any sort of service they
may be called upon to perform.
Declaring that they had the proof
showing Dr. W. J. McNaughton, the
Emanuel County physician under
sentence of death for the killing of
Fred Flanders, to be an innocent
man without the shadow of a doubt,
Judge F. H. Saffold, of Savannah,
and Colonel John W. Bennett, of
Wayeross, attorneys for the defend
ant, Monday afternoon prepared to
wage a hot fight before the Prison
Commission for the life of their client.
The hearing of the case began at 2
o’clock.
Shortly after the commission con-
j vened Colonel Bennett and Judgrt Saf-
1 fold presented a lengthy brief, which
was explained in detail, containing a
series of hypothetical question an
swered by a board of Savannah’s most
prominent physicians, which, it is
claimed, establish the fact that Flan
ders could not have met his death
by arsenic poisoning.
Colonel Bennett presented further
evidence In which he claimed that
the examination of the stomach of
Handers for traces of arsenic was
made by parties who were not ex
perts In any sense of the word.
Before the hearing both attorneys
declared they w'ere confident that
Dr. McNaughton would be pardoned
by the prison board.
Following the hearing of the evi
dence, which may extend throughout
Tuesday, the Prison Commission will
reach a decision, which will be re
ported direct to the Governor before
it is given out for publication.
Among other cases which are being
considered by the hoard are the
Mangham case of Griffin, In which
efforts are being made to obtain a
pardon for J. J. Mangham, cotton mill
man, who is serving a four-year term
in the penitentiary
The board also considered Monday
the case of Lige Lane, negro, con
victed in Clinch County of an attack
on a woman and sentenced to be
hanged.
Militants Repeat
Attack on Premier
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND, Sept. 1
Miss Winnie Wallace and Miss Flora
Smith, young militant suffragettes
who assaulted Premier Asquith on
the golf llnkg at Elgin last Thursday,
attacked the Premier in church at
Elgin during services yesterday, ac
cording to word received here this
afternoon.
The girls were out on ball. Dur
ing services the girls entered the
church as though they were belated
worshippers and then, with shouts
of rage, hurled themselves upon the
Premier.
U. S. Begins Physical
Valuation of Roads
WASHINGTO Sept 1.—The In
terstate Commert 3 Commission’s rail
road valuation board will begin mak
ing a physical valuation of all trie
railroads in the United States to
morrow, according to a member of
the commission here to-d*--
Sickles' Romance
Recalled; Alleged
Son Takes His Name
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—The romance
of the first marriage of General Dan
iel E. Sickles and his subsequent il-
vorce after the killing of Philip Bar
ton Key, United States Attorney,
were recalled to-day by the news th it
Alfred Summers Molyneux, a car oil
er on the Lackawanna Railroad In
Hoboken, has been christened as Al
fred Antonio Sickles, son of the wtr
veteran and Teresa Sickles.
Molyneaux often has maintained
that General Sickles Is his father, de
claring that his mother hid the fa :t
of his birth, which occurred after the
divorce, and that he Uimself only
learned the facts when he was 21
years old. Molyneux now Is 55.
Stanton Sickles, son of the general
by his second marriage, has aided h}
claimant in his efforts to straight 1
the Lajagle surrounding his'birth.
Scent Phagan Case
In Woman's Cries;
Building Ransacked
A woman’s screams reawakened mem
ories of the Phagan case in the minds
of pedestrians cm short
ly after noon Monday and a crowd be
sieged the cafe run by J. K. Poulas
and the adjacent building seeking to
solve the mystery.
They hunted high and low through the
building at No, 21 West Alabama
scouring the place from basement to
roof. A crowd of three hundred per
sons assembled. Interfering with trade
and Jamming the street.
It was finally discovered by some un
masked Rherlock Holmes that the
screams came from a woman i.i a ne
gro dentist’s office across the street. No
policeman was in evidence all during
the Jam and the search.
Fire Sweeps Ship at
New Orleans Docks
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 1.—Fire to
day swept the steamship Nessian, of
the Leland Line here. Captain W. H.
Hannaford, while leading the ship’s
crew in fighting the flames, was nearly
asphyxiated and his condition is crit
ical. He was rescued from the hold
of the steamer with great difficulty,
his wdfe assisting in bringing him to
the open air safely.
The flames still are beyond con
trol, although ten engines and five
harbor boats are fin the scene.
The Nessian Is a 5,000-ton steamer
It was predicted that the loss would
reach $100,000. Spontaneous combus
tion was believed to have caused the
fire.
Result of Fifteen Councilmanic
Elections Will Determine Police
Policy if Reform Wins.
Lewis proposed to Miss Evans and
was accepted.
For Baseball Box Scores See Sporting Pages
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Monday and
Tuesday.
Box Scores of to-day’s games in the Southern, National and American Leagues Yppear on the Sport
ing pages of this edition of The Gecrgian.
Wooden Leg Halts
Deserting Husband
When Isaac Wesley, a negro, form
ulated a plan to leave his wife he
did not take Into consideration the
fact that he had a wooden leg. He
went to his home in Decatur street
Sunday night and Informed hts
spouse, Maggie Wesley, that as soon
as he had taken a nap he was going
to leave her.
While Isaac was asleep Maggie un
strapped his artificial leg and was
Just hiding it under the bed when he
awoke. Isaac seized the prop and
beat his wife with It. He was fined
$7.75 by Recorder Fro Tern Preston
Monday morning.
6 Girls Sell 20,000
Kisses to Aid Charity
SALEM, OHIO, Sept. 1.—Twenty
thousand masculine lips pressed those
of six fair members of prominent
families in a scheme whereby $20,-
000 was raised for a fund to endow
Salem Hospital through the dispens
ing of women's kisses at $1 each.
When young and old stood in line
to enjoy the osculatorv performance,
all the women were single. One
married woman seeking to do her
part compromised by shaking hands
at 26 cents a shake. One of the vic
tims, her husband, she charged $2.
The wiping out of Atlanta’s Police
Commission and a threatened war to
oust Police Chief James L. Beavers
have become the paramount issues
In the elections to be held on a new
charter and on fifteen members of the
General Council.
Amid all the complexities o* ;he
fight over the new charter submitted
to the people by the General Assem
Wy and th* ■ atom*— 90
various wards over seats In lit*
Council t < contest of the severs;
factions fm control of the police de
partment . .inds out as the one Issue
which has aroused the clans, and wi'l
arouse them more.
De\ elopments Monday revealed the
fact that the various leaders are plan
Bing their campaigns on this Issue. It
will be the first opportunity the vocerp
have had to say whom they want t*>
frame Atlanta’s police policy.
Issue Never Before People.
With the Council changing half of
its personnel every year, the Mayor
with but little authority tn the mat
ter and the members of the Police
Commission elected for different
terms, it has been impossible to get
the Issue directly before the people.
But with the new charter elects 1
and the selection of fifteen new Coun-
cilmen coming within a week of each
ether, Atlanta’s police policy—wheth
er there shall be a “tight’’ town, a«
now. or more liberal rule—becomes
the vital question.
The new charter, if adopted, pro
vides that the Police Commission
shall be abolished on January 1. The
format wording of this document, sub
mitted to a vote of the people on Sep
tember 24, obscures Its meaning on
this point. It Is none the less true,
according to no less an authority than
City Attorney James L. Mayson.
Powers United in One Board.
In the place of the Police Commie
sion a Hoard of Public Safety 1s cre
ated. it Is to have charge of both
the police and fire departments, and
Its members are to be elected by the
new Council the first of the year.
The charter further provides that
all officials, whether elected by
Council or a board, shall serve out
their terms.
Fire Chief W. B. Cummings, there
fore, will serve out his term. But
Chief Beavers is not elected for any
term. He serves at the will of the
Police Commission, except that he can
not be removed unless far cause; and
tho same civil service rules hold in the
new charter with a board of public
safety over him.
Should the charter be adopted the
fight would be only one-third over, for
the councilmanic election the next
week, September 30, would be just as
important. And the final test would
come still later when the new Council
went to elect, a board of public safety.
All Want New Charter.
It Is an odd situation that practi
cally all of the present Council and
Police Commission, who are in per
sonal harmony, if not In agreement, on
the city’s police policy, are for the
new charter. It is their child, adopted
by Council and sent to the Legislature
to offset the movement for more dras
tic reforms.
Despite the fact that the BeAvere
issue has become far more significant
than was at first anticipated, the fa
thers of the charter, the Chamber?
faction, nave been holding conferences
to aid its passage.
Carlos H. Mason, chairman of the
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