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EXTRA The Atlanta Georgian. Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Resulti VOL. XII. NO. 25 ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1913. Cnpyrighi iJoe. Rv The Georgian Cs 2 CENTS. ''ALT ----- -- - - - rn — r t n- 1 - - - - _ EXTRA FACTIONS CLASH ON BEAVERS’ FATE SNAKE GOWN WORN BY ATLANTA SOCIETY GIRL New and Dazzling Costume Makes a Big Hit With Friends of Miss Macy. Absolutely the latest thing in birthday parties has been origi nated by Miss Eli nor Maey, of No. 80 East Four teenth street, who entertained her friends last week with a snake-skin 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 ture and captivity of 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 in the nar row confines of a -dreus cage, he soon succumbed. All that is mortal of Teddy arrived months ago and w a s forthwith given to Mrs. Grace Sanders 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 object of interest to the many friends of Miss Macy and her mother. MISS ELINOR MAC Y IN SNAKE GOWN. •A I +•+ +•+ +•+ +••!• +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Wealthy Physician Fights Son, Injures Wife +•+ +•+ v**F +•+ +•+ +**F *!••+ •!*••!« GIRL TEACHER DRINKS POISON tTUNTIIN NEARLY ACKSONVTLLE, Sept. 1.—George Stafford, of Atlanta, was swept eath the waves at Pablo Beach iday afternoon Just as he was re- •ing an introduction to L. D. Dot, City Engineer of Jacksonville, was unconscious when rescued by Dot and others. He recovered con- msness shortly afterward, and is arted much improved to-day. Allow me to introduce by husband, Stafford,” said Mrs. Stafford, > had previously met Smoot. As Dot turned with a smile of greet- a giant wave struck Stafford, and disappeared. oth Mrs. Stafford and Smoot be- to laugh at the sudden disappear- e expecting Stafford to rise at e. When he failed to appear, not, who is almost a giant, dived i the water and caught the drown- man just as the undertow was rying him out to sea. fter hard work, Stafford was re- and carried on a stretcher to life-saving station, and from re to the Oceanview Hotel, where lical aid was summoned. Mrs fford worked faithfully in revlv- her husband. Worth $25,000, He Grinds Street Organ CHICAGO, Sept. 1.—Mike Rocco will appear in coi.rt 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 $0,000 unincumbered property. Miss Naomi Wells, Widely Known in Georgia Educational Circles, Takes Acid at West Point. | Camp Perry Shoot Scorer Fatally Shot CAMP PERRY, OHIO, Sept. 1.— Corporal Fennisy, of Company M, Third United States Infantry. wa? 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. SCRAMBLE "OR OFFICE. GAINESVILLE, FLA., Sept. 1.— There is a scramble for the office of game warden for Alaohu county, and aopllcants are busy circulating petl- j tions for signatures The appoint- ■ ment it is said will be made this | week 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 Atlanta, 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 work on Friday and Saturday. Found Dying on Bod. On Sunday morning she went to church and in the afternoon mingled with 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, w r hen she was 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 cau^e, 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 Mh<s Wells’ position in the faculty. 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. LITTLE INTCRES IN CHARTER. i WAYCROSS.—Little Interest Is be ing taken in the charter election to | be held early in October, if the spe cial registration is any Indication, few hav ng registered. The book, l close September 20. Wedding Postponed, hi i ‘Best Man’ and Maid A j of Honor to Marry »»*-L 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. Mias Blanche Evans, who was to be maid of honor, and Warren Lewis, of Birmingham, v Ala., w'ho 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, Lewis proposed to Miss Evans and was accepted. Wife, Children, Coin And Employee Gone PENSACOLA. Sept. 1.— Claiming that a man named Hice had chloro formed him and stolen his wife, four of his seven children and $329, E. S. Gilmore, a resident of West Pensa cola, telephoned the Sheriff’s office to-day asking the arrest of Rice and recovery of the money and children. Sheriff Ellis and deputies are investi gating. Gilmore said Rice is an English man, and came to Pensacola on a ship sometime ago. He said he employed Rice to work on his farm a few’ weeks ago, but later discharged him. English Doctor to Discuss Pellagra SPARTANBURG, Sep.t 1— Dr. M. B. Sambon, a noted English scientist and pellagra expert, arrived here this afternoon from Columbia to attend the Pellagra conference to be held Wednesday, when he will deliver an address relating his experiences in the study of the diseases. On Thursday evening a smoker w ill be tendered Dr. Sambon and other physicians, invitations having been sent to the Governors of North and i South Carolina and other prominent I men of the South. Slays His Wife and Shoots at Officers 1 Dr. A. B. Hinkle To Be Sued by Wife Following Family Row. Prosecution Dropped. MACON. Sept. 1.—No court proced ure other than a divorce suit will follow th« riter between Dr. A. B. Hin kle, wealthy Macon physician, and his wife and son on Saturday night. Although Mrs. Hinkle had the doctor arrested on the charge of wife-whlp- 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 1n their handsome home on Orange street, and Mrs. HtnfcTe has declared that she Is going to institute a divorce suit. Saturday night Dr. Hinkle reproved h!s 17-year-old 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. In the melee Mrs. Hinkle was struck In the face—Dr. Hinkle says accidentally—and the doctor’* 80-year-old 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 Hie 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 Ko- l.'citor General John P. Ross. 4n interesting phase of the situa tion is that Dr. Hinkle’s properiy, amounting to several hundred thou sand dollars, is wholly in his wife's name. Doomed Man’s Attorneys Declare They Have Proof of Innocence. Go Before Prison Board. MOBILE, Sept 1.—W. D. McKin- non is In Jail at Geneva charged with the murder of his wife. He chased her through their home on Sunday and as she was jumping from a win dow shot her, firing both barrels of a shotgun. When deputies came to ar rest him, McKinnon shot at them without effect. He made no further resistance and was easily Jailed. Both McKinnon and his wife were members of prominent families. Goes by Special Train To Son Killed in Anto MOBILE, Sept. 1.—Henry Lindsey, son of Martin Lindsey, one of the wealthiest men in the South, was killed late Sunday night near Pace, Fla., when a speeding automobile he was driving turned turtle as one of the tires blew out. Martin Lindsey chartered a special train from Mobile to Pace when he learned of the accident. Young Lindsey was popular in so cial circles in Southern Alabama. Test for Teachers In Florida Tuesday GAINESVILLE, FLA., Sept. 1.—The annual State examination of those w r ho desire certificates to teach in the public schools of Florida will open Gainesville Tuesday in the high schooi building. The law requires a certificate of good character and a fee of $1 from each applicant. ‘Arsonettes’ Active; Defy Mrs. Pankhurst Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Sept. 1.—The ars»»n squad of th*. Women’s Social and Po. litical Union refuses to give up vio lence in deflanc. 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 Earl of Ken- mare at Killarnev, Countv Kerry. Ire land. Killarney House, the earl’s seat, was destroyed. The total damage from the two firer Is about $109,000. 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 throifgh Atlanta’s crowded streets. City Clerk Walter Taylor has decided to give each man a dog. He said he wished he could save ill 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. U. S. Begins Physical Valuation of Roads WASHINGTON .Sept. 1.—The In terstate Commen 3 Commission’s rail road valuation board will begin mak ing a physical valuation of ail tne railroads In the l ed States to* 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 Waycross, 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 vened Colonel Bennett and Judge Saf 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 Flanders 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 were 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 board are the Maugham case of Griffin, in which efforts are being made to obtain a pardon for J. J. Maugham, 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. 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 J- vorce after the killing of Philip Bar ton Key, United States Attorney, were recalled to-day by the news th u Alfred Summers Molyneux, a car oil er on the Lackawanna Railroad in Hoboken, has been christened as Al fred Antonio Sickles, son of the W’-ir 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 himself onlv learned the facts when he was 21 years old. Molyneux now is 55. Stanton Sickles, son of the general b ■ his second marriage, has aided h3 claimant in his efforts to straight. i the tangle surrv>undlng 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 on Alabama street short ly after noon Monday and a crowd be sieged the cafe run hy J. E. Poulas and the adjacent building seeking to solve the mystery. They hunted high an I low' through the building at No. 21 West Alabama scouring the place from basement to roof. A crow’d of three hundred per sons assembled, interfering with trade and Jamming the street. It was finally discovered by some un masked Sherlock Holmes that the screams came from a woman io 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- j day swept the steamship Nessian, of the Leland Line here. Captain W. B. Hannaford, w'hile 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 wife assisting in bringing him to the open air safely. The flames still are beyond con trol, although ten engines and five harbor boats are on the scene. The Nessian is a 5,000-ton steamer It was predicted that the loss would reax'h $100,000. Spontaneous combus tion was believed to have caused the fire. morrow, act jrding to a member the corniiiission here to-day. 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 whn Assaulted Premier Asquith on the golf links at Elgin last Thursday, attacked the Premier in church at Elgin during services yesterday, ac cording to word received here this afternoon. The girls wort 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. Georgia Men Score Well at Camp Perry With a splendid individual record for each member, Georgia s crack rifle icam, which participated in the national r shoot, at Camp Perry. Ohio, will arrive In Atlanta Monday night. All of the men. Including Adjutant General Van- Holt Nash, with the exception of four who remained for the Internationa! shoot, will return According to dispatches from Camp Perry, the Georgia marksmen made some of the best scores. The men are said to be in the best of health and Jn fine trim for any sort of service they may be called upon to perform. 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 his 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 Pro Tem 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 osculatory performance, all the women were single. One married w'oman seeking to do her part compromised by shaking hands at 25 cents a shake. One of the vic tims, her husband, she charged $2. Result of Fifteen Councilmanic Elections Will Determine Police Policy if Reform Wins. 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 of th* fight over the new charter submitted to the people by the General Assem bly and the personal clashes In tht various wards over seats In the Council the contest of the severa’ factions for control of the police de partment stands out as the one issue which has aroused the clans, and wifi arouse them more. Developments Monday revealed the fact that the various leaders are plan ning their campaigns on this Issue. It will be the first opportunity the voters have had to say whom they want to 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 In the mat- ter and the members of the Poller Commission elected for different terms, it has been impossible to ger the Issue directly before the people. But with the new charter elect!' i and the selection of fifteen new Conn- cllmen coming within a week of each ether, Atlanta's police policy—wheth er there shall be a "tight*’ town, as* 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 formal 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 Commis sion a Board of Public Safety is 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. Ftre 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 car: not be removed unless far cause; and the 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 eleot 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, ;f 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 Beavers i*9ue has become far more significant than was at first anticipated, the fa thers of the charter, the Chambert faction, nave been holding conferences to aid its passage. Carlos H. Mason, chairman of ths Continued on Page 2, Cj^mn 7«