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( / T T / / ALWAYS F RST <g> ® The SUNDA Y AMERICAN Orr^rr It NOYLC The Atlanta Georgian. Read for Profit—-GEORGIAN WANT ADS—-Use for Results Both Phones Main 100 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 +••{• +•* +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ 4**+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•-!- +•+ 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 -J-e-J- -ho-h +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ •{.« •Fo*F +•-!- 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 Continued on Paao Z Col mn 2$ .