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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
GEN. HUERTA DEFIES U.S.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 1.—"Mexicd
f* nothing to the United States
wifi do**s not propose to be under ob
ligations to that country.”
This declaration was made to-day
to representatives of foreign financial
groups by President Huerta In ex
plaining why Foreign Minister Gam
boa had assumed such a defiant tone
in answering the two notes of Special
Envoy Lind.
Th* places of Americans are being
filled by Europeans. Representatives
of continental mercantile concerns are
showing great activity in getting gov
ernment contracts.
Agents representing European
bunkers are holding daily conferences
with Huerta relative to a pacification
loan. It is believed Huerta will grant
valuable railway concessions In re
turn.
The Mexican President Indicates he
Is preparing an Important statement
of intentions. This may be the dec
laration that Mexico will not recog
nize any American indemnity claims.
Advisers of Huerta declare there Is
no chance of his giving way to the
proposals of President Wilson.
Huerta Expected to
Invoke Old Treaty.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 1.—An old
treaty, which has lain in disuse for
65 years, probably will be Invoked by
the Mexican Government in the pres
ent controversy between President
Huerta and the United States.
The covenant, known as the Gtm-
dalupe-Hldalgo treaty of 1848, pro
vides that, in the event of disagree
ment between the contracting parties,
ommissioners should be appointed to
arbitrate. Mexico will make such a
iemfind, it wn* learned from an au
thoritative source to-day.
This is the first occasion for re-
eourse to the treaty, and through the
obscurity surrounding the instrument
officials in the State Department for-
rot, if they ever knew, that such a
treaty existed.
Text of Main Clauses.
The following clauses are taken
from the treaty:
Article 21. If unhappily any dis
agreement should hereafter arise be
tween the (lo^aoBunenta of the two
republics, • • th® oald Gov
ernments • • • do promise that
they will endeavor • * * to settle
the differences so arising, and to pre
serve the state of peace • • • using
for this end mutual representa
tions and pacific negotiations.
And if, by these means, they should
not be enabled to coine to any agree
ment, a resort shall not on this ac
count be had to reprisals • • •
until the Government of that which
deems itself aggrieved shall have ma
turely considered • • • whether
It would not be better that such dif
ference should be settled by the ar
bitration of commissioners appointed
on each side or that of a friendly na
tion.
And should such course be propos
ed by either party, it shall be acceded
to by the other unless deemed by It
altogether incompatible with the na
ture of the difference or the circum
stances of the case.
Rules in Case of War.
Article 22. If • • • war should
■nhappily break out between the two
republics they do • • • pledge
themselves * * to observe the
following rules • • •
1. The merchants of either repub
lic then residing in the other shall be
allowed to remain twelve months (for
those dwelling in t’- * * ' n» 1( j
months (for those dwelling at the sea
ports) to collect and settle their af
fairs; • • * shall have full liberty
to depart, carrying off all their ef
fects • * •
Upon the entrance of the armies of
either nation into the territory of the
other, women and children, ecclesi-
asts, teachers, cultivators of the
earth, merchants, artisans, manufac
turers and fishermen unarmed and
inhabiting unfortified towns • • •
In general, all p» rsons whose occu
pations are for common subsistence
CASH GRO. CO. JSj*
No. 10
Picnic Hama. . 12* f€
2S lbs. Sugar .. .... .. $1.2*
20 lbs. Sugar $1.00
10c Can Georgia Cana Syrup 5c
No. 10 Cottolen* SI. 14
No. 4 Cottolene 48c
* • • shall be allowed to continue
their respective employment • * *
Nor shall their goods * • * be de
stroyed * * *; but if the necessity
arises to take anything fron\ them for
the use of such armed force, the same
shall be paid for at an equitable price.
All churches, hospitals, schools, col
leges, libraries and other establish
ments for charitable and beneficent
purposes shall he resnocted, and all
persons connected with the same pro
tected * * * ♦
Treatment of Prisoners.
2. • * • all such practices as
those of sending them (prisoners of
war) into distant, inclement or un
wholesome < .rlcts or crowding them
into close and noxious places shall be
studiously avoided. They shall not
be confined in dungeons, prison ships
or prisons; nor be put in irons or
bound or otherwise restrained in the
use of their limbs.
The officers shall enjoy liberty on
their paroles • • • and common
soldiers shall be disposed in canton-
mer's • * •
The value of all which supplies
(furnished prisoners) shall ♦ • *
be paid by the other party, on a mu
tual adjustment of accounts for the
subsistence of prisoners • • •
And it is declared that neither the
pretense that war dissolves all trea
ties nor any other whatever shall be
considered as annulling or suspend
ing the solemn covenant conveyed In
this article. * • •
Lind to Take Side
Trip, Awaiting Orders.
VERA CRUZ. MEXICO, Sept. 1 —
Unless he receives orders from Wash
ington which would Interfere with his
plans, Special Envoy John Lind will
leave here to-morrow for Terra Blan
ca to visit 8. M. Emery, of Minneap
olis, who Is manager of a sugar plan
tation owned by the Companla Azu-
coeraray Mercantile de Vista Her-
mosa. He will be accompanied by
Louis Danton, counselor of the Unit
ed States Embassy in Mexico.
It is not believed Mr. Lind will re
ceive any definite orders before Wed
nesday when Dr. William Bayard Hale
is expected to lay important informa
tion before President Wilson and Sec
retary Bryan.
Kolb Opens Fight
For Governorship
BIRMINGHAM. ALA., Sept. 1.—
Captain Reuben F. Kolb, Commission
er of Agriculture of Alabama, to
night, in Capital Park, made his first
speech In his campaign for the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination
The primaries will not be held until
next spring, but other candidate* have
been in the field for some time. Cap
tain Kolg ran for Governor in 1902,
and claimed to have been counted
out.
U. S. Attorney for
S. Carolina Resigns
ANDERSON, S. C.. Sept. 1.—Ernest
F Cochran, of this city, United States
District Attorney for South Carolina,
has placed his resignation in the
hands of President Wilson.
Mr. Cochran Is in the mountains of
New England, and when he left her.*
had not expected to resign. His term
expires next February.
$400,000 Paid for
Site of Steel Plant
MOBILE, Sept. 1.—The Southern
Steel Company to-day purchased the
Dickens tract of land, 10 miles nor.h
of Mobile, comprising 8,000 acres, in
which it will erect a plant, employ
ing 3,000 men to manufacture inter
locking rail and other steel fixtures.
The sum paid for the site is
$400,000. Work has already started
on the plant. The property has an
immense river frontage.
Stabs Wife Whom
He Had Deserted
DURHAM, Sept 1.—Whan John
Hogan met his wife on Main street he
stabbed her several times, one reach
ing the left lung. She is in critical
condition The reason for the assault
could not he learned. A larsre crowd
stood by while the assailant made his
escape.
Hogan has been living at South
Boston, Va„ having deserted hts
wife, but returned here Sunday
morning. Physicians give little hope
for the woman’s recovery Special
officers were detailed to catch Hogan.
2 Tramps Suspected
Of Killing Conductor
j WILMINGTON. N. C., Sept.
CHICHESTER S PILLS
Tllg DIAMOND BUND * i-r
,* ***• l * •’»•! (sold metallic ! b*-*t
sN 1b*3 i talc 4 with t'.ue Kiitooa vO
U *5* »• By ,?,,.. V I waring Mullins t
BuSS!vD A HRlSffe, l nj;T E ?? from l t he
rre stealing a rlc
There is a suspicion that Paul A.
Grantham, conductor on a freight
rain, who was killed Sunday by a fall
ween cars or his train while it was
■aring Jluliins S. C„ was thrown
the train by two trauma who
i " ere st « al|,i « a
sail ir DRUGGISTS EVETOMS 1 and hU
Cabinet Official
Who Aided Trust
G. T. Miller, watchman at the A.
B. & A. Building on Walton street,
who shot and killed Lee Maddox
Saturday night, was discharged in
the recorder’s Court Monday aft
ernoon on his plea of self-defense.
Maddox was one of a gang who
attacked and beat Miller. A dozen
witnesses testified to the good
character of Miller and several
eye-witnesses of the shooting
swore that the watchman was
acting entirely in self-defense.
KNOXVILLE, Sept. 1.—Fea
tured by a wireless message from
President Wilson and an address
by Governor Hooper, the National
Conservation Exposition was
opened here to-day to continue
until November 1. Organized la
bor participated in the parade to
the exposition grounds and the
exercises at the auditorium.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 1.—Ad
jutant McCoy to-day recalled the
troops sent to Mineral Springs
race track at Porter, Ind., to sup-
presse gambling there. The order
was issued following a confer
ence between Governor Ralston
and Adjuatnt General McCoy.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—De
claring that 95 per cent of the
sales of cotton in -.»is country for
future deliver” are mere gam
bling, Senator Clarke of Arkansas
to-da in the Senate urged the
passage of that section of the
tariff bill imposing a tax of one-
tenth of one cent per pound on
cotton sold for future delivery
and not deliverer. He argued
that Congress must regulate the
dealings ir cotton futures, as ruin,
he said, often came to legitimate
producers and manufacturers be
cause of the ctivities of the
speculators.
HAVAN ., CUBA. Sept. 1.—Dr.
W. B. Hale, special investigator
of the State Department, arrived
here to-day en route from Vera
Cruz to Washington. He refused
to comment on the Mexican situa
tion. His boat mailed this after
noon for New York.
SPARTANBURG, Sept. 1.—W.
J. Massee. the Macon capitalist
arrested nere in July, 1912, for
Tennessee officers, was to-day
granted a full discharge by Judge
Sease. Massee last month secured
a settlement of th© case against
him in Tennessee, but he was still
under bond in South Carolina.
The discharge relieves his bonds
men of further responsibility.
GREENSBORO, Sept. 1.—E. C.
Maddox, arrested by the police in
Atlanta on a warrant from Greene
County, is charged with cheating
and swindling, it being alleged he
sold stock in a soft drink corpora
tion to several Jtizens of Greene
County. Sheriff E. C. Hixon will
bring him to Greensboro. D. E.
Moorefield and G- W. Bishop are
now held in iail for trial in Greene
County for selling stock in a car
door company, which is alleged to
be bogus.
CAMP PERRY O., Sept. 1.—
The Argentine Republic team took
th© first International match by
winning the Argentine - A merican
match to-day by a total of 1612.
while the United States team haa
1490. On the 1,*.j*yard range,
the Argentine team gained 11
points, which made them th© win
ner by 122 points.
Wind condition were trouble
some, due to the final stage as 't
v/as very unsteady and shifting
from one quarter to another.
HAMMOND. IND., Sept. 1.—
Billy Waters, former training sta
tion welterweight star, earned the
popular verdict over Eddie Clancy
of this city this afternoon in a
ten-round battle. Waters had
seven out of the tsn rounds which
wer© replete with clev«r earnest
milling. The other mar was in
danger of a knookout at any
stage.
Crop Was 14,167,000
Bales, Hester Says
NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 1.—Heater.
In his annual estimate, posted in the
windows of the closed Cotton Ex
change to-day, makes the commer
cial crop for 1912-1913 14,167.000 bales,
against 16.138.000 for the preceding
year and against 14,090.863, the Gov
ernment estimate.
By States, the crop, according to
the secretary of the New Orleans Ex
changes. was:
Alabama 1,390,000
Arkansas 820,000
Florida 62.000
Georgia 1.920,000
Louisiana 390.000
Oklahoma 1,051.000
Mississippi 1,042,000
N C 972.000
S. C. 1,281,000
Texas 4.822,000
Tennessee, etc 375,000
MEW OILWORKERS REST
HIST'S HE. TO CELEBRATE
•JAMESC. McREYNOLI>S
Total
.14.1*7,000
United States Attorney General
Says He Advised Corporation
How to Evade Law.
NEW YORK, Sect. 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
a 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 fhe 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, he
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 Ha* Been “Goat.”
As he further explained his po
sition he has been worried by
criticism of his conduct of the
Union Pacific-Southern Pacific
dissolution case, of the Diggs-
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.
Attorney General McReynolds stands
revealed as counsel for the Standard
OH. 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,-
000,00 subsidiary of 26 Broadway.
More amazing still, the very law
that Mr. McReynolds was asked to
circumvent is one formulated by his
present chief, President Wilson, then
Governor of New Jersey. Its express
purpose is to crush 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
3,196 shares; John D. Archbold, 1,275
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” act take the place of 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.
When seen in Washington Mr. Mc
Reynolds said:
“I do not recall going to the Stand
ard Oil Building, at 26 Broadway,
during the latter part of the winter
to confer with the officers of the com
pany, of which Mr. Walter Jennings
•Is president.
“It probably was the National Fuel
Gas Company. They wanted to know
what they could do and what they
could not do under the ‘Seven Sisters’
law.
Calls it “Muck-Raking.”
“I am not sure whether the seven
bills which constitute this law had
been enacted or whether they were
still before the Legislature. It Is smf-
flclent to say the legislation had. in
the opinion of the officer* of the com
pany, made it necessary to seek legal
advice as to future operation.
“1 was a practicing attorney at the
time ana did not see any wrong in
giving legal advice where it was
asked.
Just about this time I had been
employed by the Government In the
anthracite coal suits, but that had no
possible connection with the ques
tion* presented to nm or the New
Jersey law.
“I consider this only another effort
at muck-raking. For the life of me I
can not see how I can be criticised."
“Will you give any of the detail* of
the advice tendered Mr. Jennings and
his associates?” was asked.
“Further than that it related, as I
recall, to th© transfer of certain stock.
It would be unprofessional for me to
talk about what took place at the con
ference,” replied th© Attorney General.
”Dc you recall who asked you to
confer with the officers of the com
pany?”
“I do not remember.”
The conference did take place in
the Standard Oil Building at No. 26
Broadway?”
“Yea.”
Annual Holiday Observed Quietly
Without Parade—Hundreds
Visit Parks and Picnics.
Labor Day is being celebrated in
Atlanta by a complete surcease from
labor by the men who earn their
bread by the toil of their hands—
as well as a host of others.
It is a holiday, but quite different
from many Labor Days of Atlanta’s
history. No parade has served r o
draw huge crowds to the principal
streets; no demonstrations of any
kind were planned. But labor Is en
joying itself. Scores of picnics are
being held, while ball games, theaters
and amusement parks draw enormous
crowds.
For the first time in fifteen years
Jerome Jones, Southern organizer for
the American Federation of Labor,
editor of The Journal of Labor and
president of the Southern Labor Con
gress, is not scheduled for a Labor
Day address, and Instead of partici
pating in any labor demonstration he
Is resting quietly at home. He has
been ill for some time. Thousands of
other members of unions are also
making a quiet home day of it.
Many Picnics in Parks.
With the approach of fall but a few
weeks away, many of the workers
took advantage of the holiday to give
their last picnic of the season. Be
fore 10 o’clock Grant Park was alive
with a dozen picnic crowds, and each
car was bringing more. Piedmont
Park, Lakewood, White City and the
other amusement places have bee 1
thronged with crowds a 11 day.
The morning game at Ponce De
Leon attracted a great crowd, while
the afternoon game is expected to
prove the record-breaker of the
Southern League. The determination
to show Birmingham up In baseball
attendance has caused thousands *o
plan attending this game.
Suffragists in Parade.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.—Prosperity of
working people caused the Labor Day
parade to number less men and wom
en in its line than last year. Of the
25,000 persons in line nearly 5,000 were
women. As practically all the women
are suffragists, they took advantage
of the occasion to advertise the
“cause.” They carried banners with
such inscriptions as the following:
“Equal work, equal pay, equal say and
votes for women.”
Three thousand members of the
Women’s Trades Union marched in
white dresses and straw hats.
“Holy Day,” Says Gompers.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.—Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, to-day issuad a
Labor Day proclamation, in which
he characterized the national holiday
as “a holy day,’’ consecrated to the
cause of labor.
President Plays Golf.
WINDSOR, YT„ Sept. 1.—President
Wilson is observing Labor Day by
golfing on the links at Hanover, N. K.,
and by touring around the country
side.
Coat-tail Caught in
Cog; Skull Fractured
EUFATTLA, Sept. 1.—The skull of
James Wilson, operating a Ferris
wheel here, was fractured to-day
when his coat-tail caught in a cog
and he was drawn into the rapidly
revolving machinery.
Only the presence of his helper at
the engine, who stor~ed the machine,
saved Wilson from being whirled t^
death.
Joyner in Macon on
Hunt for Incendiary
MACON. Sept. 1.—W. R. Joyner, of
Atlanta, State Fir© Inspector, is probing
the recent burning of the 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
Is leading in the investigation.
Gets Napoleon Set
That Cost $20,000
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 1—The
most desired collection of works on
Napoleon, “The History of Napoleon,”
has been brought here bv Charles
Lessler from Europe, where It was
compiled forty years ago at a cost
of $20,000.
USE OF CALOMEL
PRACTICALLY STOPPED i
Dangerous Drug Giving Way for
Safer, More Reliable Remedy. 1
Hundreds of people In this vi- (
cinity alone have stopped the use
of dangerous calomel when their
liver is acting slowly, and take
Dodson’s Liver Tone instead.
Dodson's Liver Tone is always
safe and has none of the bad aft
er-effects which so often follow the
use of calomel. It is a pleasant-
tasting vegetable liquid that start*
the liver gently and surely, and
relieves constipation and bilious
ness and causes no restriction of
habit or diet.
Many preparations have sprung
up that imitate the claims made
for Dodson's Liver Tone, but re-
| member Dodson’s Liver Tone is
the tried and tested remedy that
has proven such a good medicine
and is so satisfactory to every
user—is the reason these imita- >
tions are on the market.
Dodson's Liver Tone can not /
hurt anyone, and if it fails to do j
all that is claimed of it, all drug- j
gists who sell it will give your s
money back with a smile.
'Mercer’s Trip Taken
As Dismissal Omen
The mysterious departure . for
Washington Monday morning of Fish
and Game Commissioner Mercer was
said to be a further indication that
Mr. Mercer eventually will be dis
placed by a new appointee by Gov
ernor Slaton.
Mr. Mercer Is a warm personal
friend of Hoke Smith and those who
are keeping In close touch with the
affair say he may have gone to Wash
ington to get a plum at the hands of
the Georgia Senator.
Should Mr. Mercer be relieved from
the duties of Fi?»h and Game Commis
sioner he will retain office, probably,
until October 1, when t’,;e new Com
missioner will be sworn n.
Colonel Huff Injured
By Fall Down Stairs
MACON, Sept. 1.—Colonel W. A.
Huff, 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 hours 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.
Big Firms Pay State
$100,000 in Taxes
An additional $100,000 in corpora
tion taxes was received Monday
morning by State Treasurer Speer.
The total amount now paid In ie
something like $400,000.
Mr. Speer said Monday he expected
to receive the remainder of the tax
this week. The corporations pay in
about $700,000 this year.
Owl Warns Girl at
Ball as Father Dies
SUMTER, S. Sept. 1.—While
Sallie Rembert was dancing at a sum
mer resort, a screech owl lit in a tree
near her and commenced its mourn
ful cry. Turning to her companion,
she remarked: "Somebody's dying.”
Ten minutes later Miss Rembert was
summoned home, where her father, R.
C. Rembert, died suddenly.
Albert C. Moore, who had for sev
eral years been in business with Rem
bert, died about the same hour at
Silver City, N. Mex.
Florida Knights of
Columbus Take in 48
TAMPA, Sept. 1.—Men from sev
eral cities In South Florida made up
the 48 candidates Initiated into the
Knights of Columbus In a gathering of
Knights here yesterday.
Grand Chancellor Larmoyeux, of St.
Augustine, conducted the ceremonies
and the degree team was composed
of Knights from Jacksonville and St.
Augustine.
Jailyard Insanitary;
All Prisoners Moved
Continued from Page 1.
Police Commission and the controlling
spirit in the body, is for it, though it
hazards a continuation of his undis
puted sway.
Mayor James G. Woodward has
been bitterly opposed to it, but the
fact that its passage would give him
and his .supporters an opportunity to i
get control of the police department,
a department in which they have been,
an insignificant minority, is said to be
working a reversal of attitude.
Aids Chance for Passage.
These two conditions, the fact that
Council wants the charter to pass 'o
stave off radical charter reforms and
the fact that the Woodward element
may support It in an effort to get con
trol of the police department, greatly
strengthen the chances of the char
ter to pass. A vigorous opposition to
it by the Men and Religion Forward
Movement is expected*
The present Board of Health, the
Park Board, the Smoke Board and
the Cemetery Commission are abol
ished by the charter and their author
ity transferred to new commissions.
But little significance is attached to
these changes.
In the councilmanic races the old
crowd will endeavor to get men fa
vorable to them elected. If the new
charter passes, practically all of the
present membership of the Police
Commission will ask for re-election.
It’s a fight, more or less, of the “outs”
against the “ins.”
Real Test in Elections.
After all, the real test will come in
the election of the five aldermen and
ten councilmen, for should the char
ter pass the new Council will decide
who shall compose the Board of Pub
lic Safety. The require merits for
election to this board will be the at
titude of the Chief of Police.
The list of candidates so far is:
C. B. Alverton, for First Ward
councilman; C. D. Knight, Second
Ward councilman; C. H. Kelley, Sec
ond Ward alderman; James E. War
ren and J. C. Harrison, Third Ward
alderman; Orville Hall, Third Ward
councilman; R. E. George and A. W.
Farlinger, Fourth Ward councilman,
Albert Thomson, Fourth Ward aider-
man; Jesse B. Lee and Dr. W. M.
Ethridge, Fifth Ward councilman;
Jesse M. Wood, Sixth Ward council
man; Dan Walraven and Jesse Armi-
stead. Sever.th Ward alderman; Frank
Reynolds, Eighth Ward councilman;
John S. Owens and W. A. Hancock,
Eighth Ward alderman; Charles W.
Smith, Ninth Ward councilman, and
Claude C. Mason, Tenth Ward coun
cilman
Doomed Man’s Attorneys Declare
They Have Proof of Innocence.
Go Before Prison Board.
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,
Waycross, attorneys for the defends
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 3
o’clock.
Shortly after the commission con
vened Colonel Bennett and Judge Saf
fold presented a lengthy brief, which
was explained in detail, containing tti
series of hypothetical question Aft*
swered by a board of Savannah’s BK)£
prominent physicians, which, it li
claimed, establish the fact that Fl®^»
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 wan
made by parties who were not ex
perts in any sense of the word.
Before the hearing both attorney*
declared they were confident that
Dr. McNaughton would be pardoned
by the prison board.
Following the hearing of the evi
dence, which mav 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
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.
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.
There Are atLeast 1006 Men
in Atlanta Earning Perhaps
$1500 Per Year
Who can easily make $fi,000 or more soliciting life insurance.
If you are un intelligent, high grade man and not satisfied
with your present position, It ts your duty to Inquire in regard to
our propositions by letter or in person.
Anyone reading this ad who can suggest to me the name of a
man whom he believes will make a good solicitor will do a serv
ice, and I will be glad to investigate.
GADSDEN, Sept. 1.—To-day 22 j
prisoners were removed from the Eto- |
wah CoCuCnty jail to the Calhoun |
County jail at Anniston. State Prison !
Inspector W. H. Oates ordered their j
removal because of insanitary condi- j
tions of the jail grounds.
A new jail cosing $30,000 had just '
been erected because the old jail was I
unsanitary. |
R. F. SHEDDEN, Mgr.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Assets {her $600,000,000.00
Grant Building Atlanta, Georgia
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KN OX Styles
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Carlton Special $3 to $4
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