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VOL. XII. NO. 25
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1913.
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AFTERNOON EDITION
SHOOTS TO AVENGE HIS SISTER
LEADS TO WILSON CABINET
MACON STIRRED
HINKLE SCANDAL
Attorney General Revealed as
Counsel to Standard Oil in
Scheme to Evade Law.
NSW YORK. Sept. 1.—Following
the revelation that United States At
torney General McReynolds had been
counsel to the National Fuel Gas
Company, a Standard Oil concern, In
i scheme to circumvent the "seven
sisters” act of the Sherman anti
trust law, the New York Press to-day
prints the following:
Washington. Aug. 31.—That
James C. McReynolds soon will
resign as Attorney General of the
United States was a positive
statement made to-day to the
correspondent of the Press by a
Senator to whom McReynolds ex
pressed this intention.
Although he feels he has been
subjected to unjust criticism, said
McReynolds to this Senator, ho
also believes his presence in the
Cabinet Is a handicap to Presi-
' dent Wilson’s administration and
he intends to retire from his of
fice.
' It is too much for me,” said
McReynolds to his visitor, “and
i feel that I must retire.”
Says He Has Been "Goat.”
As he further explained his po
sition he lias been worried by
criticism of Ills conduct of the
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific
dissolution case, of the Dlggs-
Caminetti case, of several of his
'recommendations for appoint
ments and for his advocacy of
certain pardons, to say nothing of
* minor affairs.
He maintained he has been
right in every instance and he
resents being made the “goat” of
the administration.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Attorney
General McReynolds stands revealed
as counsel for the Stanuard Oil. He
admits that while employed by the
Government to break the iniquitous
Anthracite Coal Trust, and while
under consideration for the high of
fice he now holds, he advised the Na
tional Fuel Gas Company how to cir
cumvent the ’’Seven Sisters” Anti-
Trust law. This company is a $16.-
000,003 subsidiary of 26 Broadway.
. More amazing still, the very law
Lhat Mr. McReynolds was asked to
circumvent is one formulated by his
L present chief. President Wilson, then
■ Governor of New Jersey. Its express
^purpose is to crui h just such monop
olies as the National Fuel Gas Com
pany.
In the company John D. Rockefeller
is chief stockholder. He owns 11,000
shares. William Rockefeller holds
3,195 shares; John D. Archbold, 1,375
shares.
Rogers Once at Head.
At one time its president was H.
H. Rogers. Walter Jennings, a di
rector in many Standard Oil subsid
iaries, is now president.
President Wilson has publicly stat
ed that he would be glad to see a Fed-
*eral statute similar to the "Seven
Sisters” apt take the place pf the
► Sherman law.
From the beginning of its career,
in 1902, the National Gas Fuel Com
pany went into the business of gob
bling up gas companies in northern
and eastern Pennsylvania and in
northern New York State.
Independent oil men, such as Pierce,
of the Waters-Pierce Company, de
clare it has assumed such formidable
proportions as to completely control
business in its territory.
In fact, it had created such a mo
nopoly that it feared to face the
"Seven Sisters.” Then Mr. McRey
nolds was called into consultation,
i When seen in Washington Mr. Mc-
} Reynolds said;
\ "I do not recall going to the Stand-
\wo Oil Building, at 26 Broadway,
‘Arm Stretching Not
Exercise for Pupils'
NEW YORK. Sept. 1.—George Ade
has returned from Europe with im
pressions of folks in foreign places.
He said he found a beer garden in
Berlin where the waiters distributed
to patrons hymn books—at least, they
looked like hymn books—Ailed with
German songs. When a number was
put up on the stage the patrons found
the corresponding number in the
book, the orchestra played and every
body solemnly sang the piece.
Ade says he dots not know what
the songs were, but they sounded like
hymns to him, and that the spirit be
hind the anthems certainly reminded
him of the good old days out in In
diana when he joined in the singing
in the meeting house near the old
farm.
White Boxes Worthy
Foe in Griffiths
Children See Steer
Killing; Protest Filed
CHICAGO, Sent. 1.—Laws are be
ing sought to-day by Hugo Krause,
secretary of the Anti-Cruelty Society,
in an effort to pr secute the pro
moters of a nubile butcherin'* in For
est Park, a sut-.b. last night. Six
thousand persons, half of them wom
en and one-third of them children,
last night sat around a big arena and
watched the killing of six steers.
The fete was the annual cattle
slaughtering competition, advertised
as an “educational exhibition of mod
ern methods of dressing beef.’* Phil
Murphy, for twelve years champion
steer dresser, won first prize by kill
ing, skinning and dressing a steer in
four minutes.
Recourse to Forgotten Treaty,
Providing for Arbitration, Prob
ably Will Be Urged on U. S.
WASHINGTON, Sept, 1.—An old
treaty, which has lain in disuse for
66 years, probably will be invoked by
the Mexican Government in the pres
ent controversy between President
Huerta and the United States.
The covenant, known a6 the Gua-
dalupe-Hidaigo treaty of 1848, pro
vides that, in the event of disagree
ment between the contracting parties,
commissioners should be appointed to
arbitrate. Mexico will make such a
demond, it was learned from an au
thoritative source to-day.
This is the first occasion for re
course to the treaty, and through the
obscurity surrounding the instrument
officials in the State Department for
got, if they ever knew, that such a
treaty existed.
AKRON, OHIO, Bept. 1. —Charley
White, the Chicago sensation, rules a
10 to 8 favorite over Johnny Griffiths
in their twelve-round bout here this
afternoon.
Both boys are in the pink of condi
tion for the fray and a rattling bout is
expected. Griffiths has had 50 fights and
has still to suffer his first defeat. He
has beaten such stars as Pal Moore,
Jack Kilbane and haa also fought draws
with Johnny Kilbane and Young Shu-
grue.
White needs no introduction to local
fans as he has done a great deal of
fighting In Cleveland. If he succeeds in
defeating Griffiths, local promoters have
promised to bring Leach Cross or Joe
Mandot here to box him.
Hymns for Cabarets
Idea of George Ade
BUFFALO, Sept. 1.—How much ex
ercise, mental and physical, a grow
ing boy or girl should have was one
of the questions upon which the dele
gates to the International Congress
on school hygiene expressed diver
gent views to-day.
Dr. William Stecher, of Philadel
phia, severely arraigned the physical
training now given to pupils.
“A few minutes of arm stretching
and finger twitching can not be called
physical training,” said Dr. Stecher.
“We must demand at least one hour
daily of muscular work adapted to
the child, according to age and sex.”
Falling Meteor Turns
Water to Steam Cloud
FALL RIVER, MASS., Sept. 1.—A
meteor fell into the Seaconnett River
near Tiverton, R. I., last night. Great
volumes of steam arose, and the ac
companying explosion was heard for
a distance of twenty miles.
In the immediate vicinity windows
were broken and crockery shaken
from shelves, while at Island Park,
nearly two miles away, a merry-go-
round was jarred into motion.
Paris Paper Says U. S.
Is Not Ready For War.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Sept. 1.—Commenting edi
toriaUy on President Wilson’s stand
toward Mexico, the newspaper Rappel
says:
“We hope President Wilson will ab
stain from too direct action. He is
too weak in a military sense to com
mit any grave error which might re
sult in war.”
Governor's Niece to
Be Classic Dancer
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1.—Kath
erine Johnson, 17-year-old niece of
Governor Johnson, has decided to
forsake the shrine of dramatic art
and enter into vaudeville as a classic
dancer.
Miss Johnson was graduated from
a dramatic school in San Francisco
three month* ago and made her pro
fessional debut as a member of an
Oakland stock company.
Worth $25,000, He
Grinds Street Organ
CHICAGO, Sept. 1.—Mike Rocco
will appear in court to-morrow to ex
plain why he insists on playing on a
grind organ for pennies 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.
Colonel Huff Injured.
By Fall Down Stairs
MACON, Sept. 1.—Colonel W. A.
HufT, former mayor of Macon and
widely known as the chief antagonist of
Judge Emory Speer, who was rendered
unconscious and painfully hurt Sunday
by falling down the stairway of his
home on Hardeman avenue, is confined
to his bed to-day and probably will be
for some time. He was found sev
eral houds after the accident by an ear
ly rising member of the family. Colonel
Huff was delirious for several hours. It
has not been determined yet whether he
was Injured internally.
As he is 82 years of age, Colonel
Huff’s relatives and friends are appre
hensive lest the accident may prove se*
rious.
Atlantic City Bars
1-Piece Bathing Suit
ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. 1.—One-
piece bathing suits for women may
be the real thing at European water
ing places, but they don't "get by"
on Atlantic City’s beach, if Hewling
Craig, official censor, sees them first.
A w'oman came blithely down the
strand to-day clad in a one-piece
suit. A short parade and she was
the sensation of the beach. Then
into the breakers the fair one plunged.
Craig sighted her as she came up.
Right down to the water’s edge he
marched and ordered her to come
out. She obeyed.
Good Parisians Balk
At Silhouette Gown
CHICAGO, Sept. 1.—Paris doe* not
approve of the slit skirt and her
transparent sister, if a dyed-in-the-
wool Parisian is to be believed. Ba
ron de Mortuargue, who has been
in the West studying irrigation prob
lems on which he will write a book,
said to-day.
“I notice in Chicago many young
-and old, too—women wearing the
slit skirt. We in Paris do not ap
prove of ft. There is, of course, a
certain class of w*omen who will wear
It, but very few' of the best French
people countenance it.”
Gould Party Bags
1,140 Birds in 4 Days
6pecl*l Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
EDINBURGH, Sept. 1.—George- Jay
Gould, with his sons, Jay and King-
don, are having good sport at Castle
Menzies, Perthshire, which he took
for the shooting station.
The party has bagged 570 brace of
grouse and 60 hares in four days.
Mr. Gould proved very open-handed
when at Castle Menzies last year.
He employed more men and boys
bag carriers and beaters than any
shooting tenant seen there before.
He also paid them higher wages, but
he stayed only a short time.
‘Arsonettes’ Active;
Defy Mrs. Pankhurst
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
i.uNi>''X, s»-pt. i.—The arson
squad of the Women’s Social and Po
litical Union refuses to give up vio
lence in defiance of Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst’s orders. The pavilions of
the international schools at Hamp
stead were burned to-day.
This fire followed a conflagration
on the estate of t Earl of Ken-
mare at Klllarnev, County Kerry, Ire
land. Killarney House, the earl’*seat,
was destroyed. The total damage
from the two fires is about $100,000.
Manuel's Friends Plan
Crown for His Bride
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Monday and
Tuesday.
Life Convict Seeks
Judgment Reversal
Just before his petition for a par
don came before the State Prison
Commission W. B. Whitfield, a Flo /d
County convict, was brought to At
lanta on hts way to Rockwell County
to work on the roads. Whitfield was
sentenced to life imprisonment in 1911
for the shooting of a guard named
Thomas Parker while he was in the
city stockade at Rome.
I Whitfield claims Parker was shot
s by his own pistol as it fell from his
pocket, and declares a negro prisoner
who saw the shooting will swear he
had no hand in it.
Prosecution of Rich Physician on
Police Charge Following Fam
ily Row Is Dropped.
MACON. Sept. 1.—No court proced
ure other than a divorce auit 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 hie wife have been
separated for more than a week,
though living under the tame roof in
their handsome home on Orange
street, and Mrs. Hinkle has declared
that she is going to institute a divorce
suit.
Saturday night Dr. Hinkle reproved
his 17-year-old non, James, for urging
Mr*.. 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 nu made certain
promises. In the melee Mrs. Hlnkie
was struck In the face—Dr. Hinkle
says accidentally—and the doctor’s
80-year-o!d mother was knocked down
and sustained a 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 personal plea of So
licitor General John P. Ross.
An interesting phase of the situa
tion is that Dr. Hinkle's property,
amounting to several hundred thou
sand dollars, is wholly in his wife's
name.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Sept. 1.—It was learned
to-day that an active monarchical
campaign, looking to the recovery of
Portugal for King Manuel, is being
directed from an office in Oxford
street, London, the idea being, if pos
sible, to present Manuel’s bride with
a crown as a wedding present.
His zealous friends already have
sent over a bag of earth from Portu
gal, so that Manuel may stand on the
land of his fathers when he Is mar
ried next month.
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 320,-
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 osculatory performance,
all the women were single. One
married woman seeking to do her
part compromised by shaking hands
at 25 cents a shake. One of the vie-
tlrnAl hop Vine Kao H ako .iturorAd HI
Girl Bathers Wear
Bells on Garters
EDGARTOWN, MARTHA’S VINE
YARD, Sept. 1.—A girl bather started
the fad here of wearing a garter with
a tiny bell attached. Other women
took up the fad and the beach fairly
tinkled.
"The fad was voted a great success
until a man walked Into the dining
room of ona of the hotels with a
pink garter around each of his
trouser's legs, to which was at
tached a cow bell. The fad blew
up.
Pope Joins Fight on
Dread White Plague
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Sept. 1.—The Vatican is the
latest agency to be enlisted in the
universal war against the white
plague. Pope Pius X to-day ordered
that all persons in Italian convents
afflicted wjth tuberculosis be sent at
once to the new sanitarium.
The Pope is also pending recom
mendations to all the bishops to have
hospitals for the treatment of con
sumption of the lungs built in their
bishoprics.
GEORGIA BEAUTY WON
BY GRIDIRON STAR
Chaloner Denies He
Bid Thaw to Virginia
RICHMOND, VA„ Sept. 1.—John
Armstrong Chaloner in a speech her?
denied that he had ever written to
Harry Kendall Thaw inviting him to
Virginia.
Chaloner, who though crazy in New
Y'ork State is sane in Virginia, added
that he had studied the Insanity laws
of Vermont, and said Thaw would
be deported by the Canadian author
ities to that State, and would be re-
TO YOU
Mrs.. “Tod”
Coy, who was
Miss Sophia
Medrim, of Sa
vannah.
Youth Attacked by Brother of
Victim Declares He Is Ready to
“Act the Man.”
Secret Marriage of Miss Sophie Meldrim to Yale
Star Startles Atlanta Friends.
Atlanta friends of Miss Sophie
Meldrim, one of the South’s best-
known society beauties, were taken
ompletely by surprise Monday by the
announcement of the secret wedding
of Miss Meldrim and Edward Harrirf
(“Ted”) Coy, the Yale football star,
in Asheville, N. C., Sunday.
The romance of t.heir engagement,
which was known only to their rel
atives and intimate friends, unites
one of America’s most attractive
young women and one of the most
brilliant and famous players that
football ever has known.
The sudden marriage Is understood
to have been as gre*at a surprise to
the relatives of the young couple
as It was to tiieir friends.
Father of Bride Absent.
It was known that Coy had been
assiduous in his attentions to Miss
Meldrim and had made several long
trips to visit her at the home of
her parents, General and Mrs. P. VV.
Meldrim, of Savannah, but that they
were contemplating an immediate
wedding was not suspected by any
one. General Meldrim was in New
York at the time.
The young bride is known through
out the South for her beauty and
grace. She has traveled considerably
and wherever she has gone the fame
of her attractiveness has spread. She
has been the guest of friends in At
lanta a number of times and is wide
ly known here. Mrs. John D. Little
freqnently has entertained her and
Miss Meldrim became a conspicuous
figure in local society circles in her
brief visits here.
Coy,Greatest Football Star.
Coy was heralded in 1808 and 1009
as the greatest fullback of all time.
He startled the football critics of the
country by the brilliancy of his pla^r
Miss Meldrim went to Asheville
about ten days ago, ostensibly to at
tend a party given In her honor by
Miss Mildred Cunningham, of Sa
vannah, a lifelong friend. Saturday
she left for Toxaway, where she was
met by Coy. He returned with her
to Asheville, where she has been
one of the belle* for several seasons.
They obtained a license at once.
Plan Return to Chattanooga.
Hearing that a baptismal servico
was being conducted in the new Trin
ity Episcopal Church, they went there
and the ceremony wa« performed by
Rev. Wyatt Brown, the rector. Miss
Cunningham and Mr. Smith, the busi
ness partner of Coy, were the only
attendant*.
The young couple left Monday foi
an extended honeymoon through the
East. They will return to Chatta
nooga, where the groom Is engaged
In business.
Admitting the basis of the charges
over which he was shot, but declar
ing that he was “ready to aid the
man, ” Joe Williams, of No. 209 Ken
nedy street, lies at Grady Hospital
a victim of bullets fired by T. Ezra
Harrison, No. 79 Kennedy street, to
avenge his sister. The physicians
believe that unless septic conditions
develop Williams may be dicharged
within a short time.
The Injured man admitted to a re-
I>orter Monday that he had been in
timate with Harrison’s sister, but de
clared that he had been willing to
do the right thing *o fax as he was
able.
Harrison is in a cell at the police
station and said he would have no
thing to say in regard to the shoot
ing until the trial.
Excitement wa* great in the Owl
drug store on Kennedy street when
Harrison walked in and confronted
the young man he claimed had
ruined his sister.
Shot as He Takes Drink.
A half-dozen customers were start
led by Harrison’s violent denuncia
tion of Williams. It was the first
time the two had met since Williams
went to Savannah some time ago.
Williams was standing quietly by
the soda fountain. Harrison saw
Williams as soon as he entered the
store and walked directly toward him.
“You have ruined my sister and
disgraced my family!” he cried.
“What are you going to do about it?”
Williams is said to have replied
that he was willing to do the right
thing, but that trte drug store was
not the place to discuss it. He then
turned to the soda fountain and
asked for a glass of water. As he
was rai«ing the glass to his lips, wit
nesses say that Harriaon drew a
.38-callher revolver from his pocket
and opened fire on the young man.
shouting: “That’s the last drink of
water you’re going to take on this
earth, for I am going to kill you.”
Three Bullets in Body.
Three of the shots took effect. One
penetrated the right shoulder and one
enterde the abdomen. Williams fell
to the flor in agony. He was rushed
to Grady Hospital. Detective Adams
was in the store at the time and
placed Harrison under arrest.
Williams is said to have begun his
attentions to Miss Nora Harrison
about two years ago. According to
members of the family, young Harri
son went to him one day and warned
him that the girl was young and in
nocent and that he would be held re
sponsible for any wrong that hap
pened to her.
Several months later Williams went
to Savannah. While he was gone a
baby was born, whi ch now is 14
months old. The girl confessed to her
parents that William* was the father.
He returned to Atlanta tw*o weeks
ago. Sunday was the first time that
Harrison had seen him since his re
turn.
i
Joyner in Macon on U. S. Begins Physical
Hunt for Incendiary
MACON, Sept. 1.—W. R. Joyner, of
Atlanta, state fire inspector, is probing
the recent burning of tho old Plant
home, a $15,000 residence on Mulberry
Street. He states that it has already
been definitely ascertained that the
house, which was unoccupied at the
time, was fired with kerosene.
The officers have a clew to the iden
tity of the incendiary. Captain Joyner
Ukraine in tii* investiaatioa.
Valuation of Roads
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.—The In
terstate Commerce Commission’s rail
road valuation board will begin mak
ing a physical valuation of ail the
railroads in the United States to
morrow, according to a member of
the commission here to-dav
It is expected that nearly a year
will be required to complete the ap
praisal.
h
Carnegie to Call
On Belgium Ruler
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 1.—Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew’ Carnegie left here to
day for Brussels, where they will call
upon King Albert of Belgium.
The German press has directed con
siderable criticism at Mr. Carnegie
since his Hague speech because of
his familiar characterizations of Em-
ueror William.