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VOL. XII. NO. 28. ATLANTA, GA., THURSpAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1913. 2 CENTS. p ^°|
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Moves to Avoid Water Peril
Miss Viola Johnston Not To Wed
William H. Felton, Jr.—He
Seeks Solace Abroad.
M ISS VIOLA JOHNSTON.
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Crowd Sees Negro
Suspended on Live
Wire 15 Minutes
After being suspended for fifteen
minutes from a live wire on which he
had placed his foot while climbing
a tree at West End avenue and Lee
street, David Jones, a negro boy
twelve years old, of No. 172 Rhodes
street, lost consciousness and fell to
the ground, 20 feet below. His left
leg was broken below the knee and
his right foot and leg were badly
burned by the electricity.
The boy was taken to Grady Hos
pital, where it was stated that no am
putation would be necessarv.
The Jones boy. together with half
a dozen other negro boys, v ere deliv
ering posters for a Mitchell street
firm. At West End avenue and Lee
street the Jones boy climbed a tree,
and placed his foot on the live wire.
He was unable to release himself.
Police Sergeant Luck, hearing
screams, hurried to the scene and
found a crowd of excited men and
women trying vainly to get the bey
WalA er * ean t L ' U(k secured a tope
can lW dor * an<1 as * ie started U P
of a rm the boy became ur.ecn-
and hAf.ji
Colonel Pomeroy
Is Expected to Get
New Judicial Place
That Colonel Edgar E. Pomeroy, of
the Fifth Regiment, will receive the
appointment to the new Superior
Court judgeship, created by the last
Legislature, was the rumor at the
State Capitol Thursday morning.
Should Colonel Pomeroy receive the
appointment he will resign immedi
ately as commander of the Fifth, it
is said.
According to the rumor which
seemed to be authentic, the members
of the Atlanta bar have lined up be
hind Colonel Pomeroy, and are urg
ing his appointment. The petition
presented to the Governor about ten
days ago was a plea for the appoint
ment of the Colonel, it is said. Gov
ernor Slaton, it is believed, will make
the apopintment within the next
week.
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,»r."1CVend« Cheer
equipped \ School Boys
nals whip'
moder ?NGTON, Sept. 4.—A mes-
■pi .,-om President Wilson to 9,009,-
/ school boys in the United States.
■ \fho will soon take up their fall
studies, was given out at the White
Hoduse.
"My warmest greetings to the boys
on their return to school,” wrote the
President. “May the year bring thpp,
every good thing and strengthen them
in all the ideals of their service.”
11th Cavalry Flyer
Dies in 300-ft. Fall
SAX DIEGO. CAL., Sept. 4—Lieu
tenant Ross L. Love, of the army
aviation camp on North island, was
killed to-day when he lost control of
his aeroplane in a glide to earth an I
fell 300 feet.
He had been in the air about 4i
minutes when he started to glide from
a height of 2,000 feet.
Lieutenant Love was . member of
the Eleventh Cavalry, Port Ogle
thorpe, Ga.
General John Tench
Hurt at Gainesville
GAINESVILLE, FLA., Sept. 4.—
While visiting the municipal plant in
course of erection here, General John
Tench, a noted Confederate veteran,
was badly injured when a negro
workman threw a scantling from the
tower. It struck General Tench on
the head, knocking him into a pile of
brick.
Several physicians cared for him at
his residence.
Wreck Brings Many
Suits for Damages
CHESTER, Sept. 4.—A large num
ber of suits for injureis are being filed
here to-day against the Lancaster
and Chester Railway on account of
the Hooper’s Creek wreck, a few miles
from here, July 30, when a mixed pas
senger train fell through a 55-foot
trestle, killing four and injuring 58.
Bock Hurled by a
Blast Kills Man
MACON, Sept. 4.—Miss Viola
Johnston, the 20-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William McEwen
Johnston, millionaire leaders of Ma
con society, reputed to be the wealth
iest family in this city, will not mar
ry William H. Felton, Jr., 23-year-
old son of the millionaire president,
of the Macon Railway and Light
Company and former Superior Court
judge.
Formal announcement that the en
gagement of the young society leaders
had been broken was made to-day by
their families following the departure
for New York yesterday of young
Felton on a twelve months’ tour of
Europe in search of solace for a shat
tered heart.
This announcement has set Macon
society aflutter with excitement. Ac
cording to the gossips, young Felton,
just before leaving Macon, confided
to intimate friends that Miss John
ston, who is spending the summer „ t
Toxaway, there met a rich New
Yorker, who won her affections and
caused her to tell Felton she did not
love him enough to marry him.
She Breaks the News.
While Miss Johnston was at Tox
away Felton made two trips there, the
second one last week, when she broke
the news to him that the engagement
must end. He returned to Macon and
told his father. Judge Felton, who
communicated the tidings to mem
bers of the Johnston family. To
day's announcement was the result of
their conferences.
The engagement of Miss Johnston
to Mr. Felton was announced last
April. The wedding date had been,
fixed for October 23. The wedding
plans included a 9ix months’ honey
moon tour of Europe, for which res
ervations had been made. W hen
Judge Felton learned that the en
gagement w r as off. he advised his son
not to abandon his trip to Europe,
but instead to go at once and stay
twice as long as he had planned. Fel
ton immediately went to New York,
sailing yesterday for Europe.
Wealthy and Pretty.
Miss Johnston is a recent debu
tante, and is one of the prettiest and
most attractive members of the
younger society set. She is the only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
McEwen Johnston. Mr. Felton is t
Harvard graduate. He is the on’y
child of Judge W. H. Felton, and,
therefore, the heir to the Felton for
tune, estimated at a million or more
It is generally stated that this was
young Felton’s first love affair.
Mason for Charter,
Though It Kills Office
Carlos H. Mason, chairman of At
lanta’s Police Commission, has re
turned after a trip to New York and
the East. He was reluctant to dis
cuss the coming elections.
Mr. Mason said he enjoyed his va
cation thoroughly, but that, as usual,
he had come home prouder than ever
of Atlanta.
Although the adoption of the new
charter would abolish the Police
Commission and Mr. Mason’s office as
chairman, he and his friends are sup
porting the charter. In its place will
be created a Hoard of Public Safety,
to have control of both the police and
fire departments.
The new board will be elected by
the new Council in January, if the
charter^ is accepted.
CHESTER. Sept. 4.—A two-pound
rock was hurled 150 yards by a charge
of dynamite at Lenoir. N. C., yester
day evening and fell upon the head of
Joe Pj-esell. fracturing his skull and
killing him.
The dynamite had been used in
blasting out a stump.
Get Acquainted
With Kinemacolor
On page 12 there’s a cou
pon which entitles you to an
introduction.
Government Plans
To Set Clocks of
Nation by Wireless
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.—Jewelers,
railroad officers and others who de
sire to have the correct time to a
fraction of a second may have it
flashed to them by wlreltss from Ar
lington, Va., providing the city they
live in has a wireless station of any
kind.
The wireless waves from the Gov
ernment station at Arlington are
powerful enough to reach Chicago and
even farther West. Twice a day from
the Arlington station the correct tim »
is sent broadcast. It may be caught
with even the simplest amateur wire
less outfit If the machine is tuned to
2,500 meter wave lengths.
As the waves travel at the rate of
about 280,000 miles a second, one need
not worry much about the length of
time It takes the waves to get from
Arlington to him.
Pope Pius Again Ill,
Ignores Physicians'
Orders to Take Best
Special Cable.
ROME. Sept. 4.—Pope Pius X is ill
again. His Holiness is suffering from
a cold accompanied by hoarseness.
Although advised by physicians to
take an absolute rest to-day he in
sisted upon carrying out his engage
ments. wJiiQfe included the reception
of a numfffer of pilgrims at the Vati
can.
Clarke Snaps Fingers
In Face of Tillman
WASHINGTON. Sept. 4.—Senato
rial nerves, on the “ragged edge’’ by
reasons of the long tariff debate al
most caused a fight among the Sen
ate Democrats
“Pitchfork” Ben Tillman innocent
ly unfolded a letter and began to read
It as Senator Clarke, of Arizona,
started a tariff address.
Clarke, annoyed at the crackling of
Tillman's letter, walked over to the
South Carolinian and loudly snappei
his fingers beneath his nose.
Tillman and Clarke glared at each
other for a time, and then Tillman
retired to the cloak room to finish
perusing his epistle.
U.S. Women to Wear
Trousers of Harem
NEW YORK. Sept. 4—The well-
dressed woman this winter will wear
a skirt that is designed to look pre
cisely like the Turkish trousers of
the women of the harem. Miss
Marian C. Foltz, fashion scout for
one of the city’s biggest department
stores, who arrived to-day from Paris,
says it’s all the fault of the Balkan
war.
“No lingerie will be worn," said
Miss Foltz, “tights being the rule. In
fact, it looks as though the petticoat
and fluffy under-things have been
banished forever."
Travis and Evans
Meet in Golf Play
GARDEN CITY, N. Y.. Sept. 4.—
When Walter J. Travis, of New York,
and Chick Evans, of Chicago, teed
up this morning in the third round of
the amateur national golf champion
ship at the Garden City Club, the
crowd was the largest so far this
week.
The other matches were Thomas
M. Sherman. Utica, vs. J. G. Ander
son, Boston; Archie Reid, St. An
drews, vs. Jerome D. Travers, Upper
Montclair, and Fred Herreshoff, Gar
den City, vs. Parker Whittemore, Bos
ton.
Man, 96, Dies After
Fasting for 55 Days
HARRISBURG, PA., Sept. 4 —Wil
liam Beidleman, aged 96, died to-day
afte’ starving himself for 55 d«vs and
18 hours. A tray of delicacies was
beside his bed when he died.
Beidleman was in excellent health
when he suddenly refused to eat. Phy
sicians could find no reason for his
action.
SAYS HEWASHYDRANTS
FLEEING TO E
HEALTH
Escaped Matteawan Patient Makes Supply Pure, Says Expert, but
Good Impression on Board Defects Must Be Remedied
Testing His Sanity.
COATICOOK, QUEBEC, Sept. 4 —
Raising the point that he is merely a
traveler passing through Canada,
Harry K. Thaw, fugitive from Mattea-
wan, who is fighting deportation, took
the stand before the Immigration De
partment board of inquiry to-day and
promised the Canadian government
that he would go straight to Detroit,
Mich., and take his chances of extra
dition in the United States If turned
loose here.
Thaw testified he was en route for
Pittsburg by a roundabout course
when arrested. He made an excel
lent impression as a witness.
W. L. Shurtleff, attorney of record
4or Thaw, \va« saying he
believed that the Dominion govern
ment at Ottawa had given orders for
Thaw to be railroaded, and he could
not save him. At noon the inquiry
adjourned until 2 o’clock.
Called “Travesty of Justice.”
Attorneys for Thaw branded the
morning proceedings before the board
as a “travesty on Justice.”
Although Thaw had been warned
by Attorney W. K. McKeown that the
decision of the board probably would
be against him. he was more cheerful
than he had been several hours ear
lier.
Thaw- raged In his quarters in the
immigration building, declaring that
representatives of the Immigration
Department and William T. Jerome,
former District Attorney of New
York, were in league to “railroad”
him back to Matteawan.
Shortly before 7 o’clock^ Thaw' re
ceived a message from his mother,
Mrs. William Thaw, which read:
“Keep a brave heart. I am coming to
help you.”
Thaw is only nine miles from the
United States border. An official ap
proved order for his deportation
would probably find him on United
States soil in less than twenty min
utes.
Thaw Fears Kidnaping Plot.
The program of the immigration
authorities is to rush Thaw over the
line as quickly as a touring cur can
carry him. He will be delivered up
to the Sheriff of the county in which
he finds himself. In the meantime,
Former District Attorney Jerome and
Captain John Layton, a private de
tective who carries a warrant for
Thaw’s arrest on a charge of c onspir
acy, together with half a dozen other
private detectives and representstiv s
of New York State, will keep pace
with the automobile in which Thaw
is deported.
Thaw' fears that Jerome’s men will
kidnap him.
Evelyn Now Hopes
Thaw Will Go Free.
NEW YORK. Sept. 4.—”If ever a
man deserved freedom, it is Harry
K. Thaw. I have heartfelt sorrow for
him. After all, he is my husband.”
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw made this
statement to-day.
‘‘It is true I have suffered a change
of heart,” she went no. “Two weeks
ago I was praying that Harry might
be deported and turned over to the
New York authorities. Now I want
him free. Harry w’ould be a free man
to-day. safe in his home in Pittsburg,
or on his way to Europe, if it w r ere
not for his bitterest enemy -alcohol—
and the advice of high-priced lawyers.
No one in the world wishes Harry
better luck than 1 do. I was afraid,
but I am not now. Why should I be?
Those who have followed the proceed
ings sin- Harry got out of Mattea
wan must be convinced he K haim-
less. If I could help him I would not
hesitate a minute- in rushing to his
side.”
Blames Anti-Freeze Pipes.
Dr. Claude A. Smith, City Bacteriol
ogist, announced Thursday he was
taking steps to eliminate Imperfec
tions from Atlanta’s water system
that constitute a serious and growing
menace to the city’s health from im
pure w’ater and consequent disease.
'Complaints registered with the Wa
ter Department from time to time re
veal that large numbers of house
holders are getting impure water.
Though the cause in each case is lo
cal, there are so many cases as to
make it a matter of vital interest to
the whole city.
A sample of water taken from the
faucet of Q, M. Toney, No. 245 Stew
art avenue, Is as dark as mud. Mr.
Toney brought the sample to The
Georgian and asked that the cause be
Investigated. He reported that there
are four cases of typhoid fever In his
neighborhood.
Water Worms Swa rm in Water.
Another sample* taken by Dr. Smith
himself from a faucet in a yard on
Mangum street, which faucet la used
by several negro families, showed
hundreds of water worms. Dr. Smith
took these samples and Is making an
analysis of them in his laborat4'»ry In
the City Hall.
“Atlanta’s w’ater supply | s pure—as
pure as any city I know' of,” he said.
“It is analyzed regularly, and it has
always proved to be absolutely whole
some.
“Such samples as these could not
pass through the filters. Yet there is
no question* that these samples came
through city w'ater faucets. There
have been similar complaints before.
While the cause Is simple, it Is not
so simple to prevent a recurrence ot
polluted water here and there. A few'
polluted hydrants might produce much
disease, and. therefore, the matter
become* very important to the whole
city.
Blames Freezeless Hydrants.
“The cause are these anti-freeze
hydrants. There is an opening at the
bottom of these hydrants so that
when the water is cut ofT ir. coiJ
weather to prevent freezing the pip*
can be drained.
“It seems that in a number of cases
these openings are not entirely closed
when the water is turned back on.
The water that is drained or leaks out
forms a pool under ground. Some
times dirt and sometimes water
worms work into the pine. This pol
luted water is drawn off at the faucet.
In rocky or sandy ground these leaks
often do not manifest themselves.
“When anyone sees bad water com
ing out of their faucet, they immedi
ately assume that the whole city wa
ter is contaminated. This is a mis
take.
City Supply Not Endangered,
“There is not the slightest danger of
Atlanta’s water supply becoming af
fected in anyway.
“It seems to me that if would be too
great an expense to tear out all of
these anti-freeze hydrants. I believe
that all danger can be prevented
without that.
‘I am now preparing a report to th- 1
Board of Health on the condition. I
will put them in possession of all of
the facts. It will be up to that boJy
to decide what must be done.”
GOVERNOR HOME TO-DAY.
Governor John M. Slaton and party
will return to Atlanta Thursday night
at 9 o’clock, according to a telegram
received at the executive offices
Thursday morning.
Jewelers' National
Organization To Be
Sued as a Trust
NEW YORK, Sept. 4.—A suit in
equity charging violation of the Sher.
man anti-trust law against the Na
tional Wholesale Jewelers’ Associa
tion, with head offices in Philadel
phia, and comprising 172 of the lead
ing jobbing firms of the country, and
the National Association of Manu
facturing Jewelers, with main offices
in Providence, R. I., will be filed here
to-day by United States District At
torney Snowden Marshall on orders
of Attorney General MoReynolds at
Washington.
The charges are that the manufac
turers and Jobbers, comprising both
these associations, entered into a se
cret agreement by which the manu
facturers agreed not to sell direct to
the retailer, but to give all business to
the jobbers.
This procedure, it is alleged, has
created a middleman’s profit, which is
‘adfed to the retailing cost of the
product.
USER. HE
Jim Conley's Case
To Be Taken Up by
Grand Jury Friday
One of the first cases to face tha
new Fulton County Grand Jury when
it meets for the second time Friday
will be the charge against Jim Conley
negro sweeper at the National Pencil
Factory, as accessory after the fac
in the murder of Mary Phagan.
While nothing has been given out
in this connection by the Solicitor
General's office, it is understood that
Conley's case will be practically one
of the first to be taken up.
The Grand Jury will meet twice a
week until it disposes of the work be.
tore it, which consists to a great ex
tent of misdemeanors and light felony
Hart Asserts People
Approve Taxing Law
That the people of Georgia would
rally around the State officers in the
enforcement of the taxing law passed
by the iast Legislature was the pre
diction of Judge John Hart, State Tax
Commissioner, who returned to At
lanta Thursday morning after a swing
around the State.
Judge Hart stopped in Athens Wed
nesday. following visits to Greensboro.
Millen and other towns, where he
made speeches at court sessions in
the interest of the new taxing law.
The educational campaign, he de
clared, will be pursued from now' un
til about January 1, when the new
law will become effective.
Vice Foes Stage Film
Play in 'Tenderloin'
j NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 4.— * com
pany of twenty “movie” actors said
to be financed by John I>. Rockefeller,
Jr., and the National Vice Commis
sion, arrived here to-day to stage a
big moving picture play in New Or
leans tenderloin. The purpose of the
play will be to show' the life of a
white slave from the time she leave*
high school and enters a department
store until she becomes a part of the
underworld.
The first exhibition of the completed
film will be held at Columbia Uni
versity, New York
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Thursday and
Friday.
Pensacola Hopeful in
Fight for Navy Yard
PENSACOLA, Sept. 4.— Replying
to a telegram from Pensacola in ref
erence to a favorable report of the
naval board of the Pensacola Navy
yard, Secretary Josephus Daniels to
day sent the following:
"Report of shore board is under
consideration by Senate and House
Noyal Committees and by this de
partment. Department has not yet
determined what recommendations it
will offer and no definite plans have
yet matured.’’
This is considered favorable in view
of the attitude of the Secretary on his
visit here and since.
Business Partner of Dead Man
Refutes the Testimony of Two
Thomasville Citizens.
Impeachment of the testimony of
two citizens of Thomasville, Ga., giv
en before the Prison Commission
Tuesday in behalf of Dr. W. J. Mc-
Naughton, the Emanuel County phy
sician, who is battling for a reprieve
of the death sentence imposed upon
him for the poisoning of Fred Fland
ers, was sought by Attorney A. S.
Bradley, of Swainsboro, Ga.. in behalf
of the State Thursday w'hen J. E.
Thompson, a business partner of the
dead man appeared as a witness.
Thompson’s testimony was in di
rect contradiction of that of W. J.
Taylor, a clothier, and A. .7 Stana-
land, county surveyor of Thomas
County, both of Thomasville, who
swore that Flanders while in their
city took great quantities of drugs
and declared while stirring a glass
of liqLiid: “This is going to kill m©
some day.”
Thompson declared that he and
his brother, R. N. Thompson, were in
Thomasville at that time with Fland
ers. and that he took medicine but
twice, once for indigestion and again
for a slight headache.
With Him All the Time.
“My brothei and I w*ere with Fland
ers^ locking over some timber land.”
said Thompson “We were w’ith him
almost hourly during the three days
that he was there.
“At no time did he complain of
serious illness. Once he said he had
a slight headache and took some
capudine, I think. Another time he
had indigestion, and secured some
medicine from a drug store for that,
which he took.
"Flanders was always in a good
humor, and seemed to be further from
death than any of us. If he feared
anything of the kind. I am certain
that he would have mentioned it to
me. This was about a month be
fore his death.”
Corroborating Thompson's state
ment was an affidavit from his broth
er, which was read in court. ^
The affidavit sworn to by R. N.
Thompson, which was read to the
Prison Commission by* Attorney
Bradley, follows In part:
“That Fred Flanders and affiant
and J. E. Thompson formed a co
partnership for purpose of operating
a lumber business near Thomasville.
That they went to Thomasville about
April 10, arriving there Saturday
morning, after leaving Covena to
gether.
Appeared in Good Health.
“That Fred Flanders appeared to b©
in good health and made no com
plaint until o nthe evening of the day
they arrived in ThomasvP.le. That
affiant and Flanders had both lost
some sleep, owing to being up late
about business affairs on the previous
night. On Saturday evening Flanders
stated he was tir^d and on Sunday
morning when they all arose Flanders
stated he was not feeling well, com
plaining of indigestion, and stated n©
would go to a drug store and get soma
medicine. When he did that Flanders
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