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TTTTC ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEW??.
felix w s/iys
HE WILL DULL
Expects to Have Support of Por-
firio. His Uncle, in Race for
.xican Presidency.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, Sept. 5.—“I am sure to be
the next President of Mexico."
This statement was made to-day
by Felix Diaz, nephew of former
President Porftrio Diaz, «»f Mexico,
who ie en route to Japan on a hpe-
cial diplomatic mission.
"I will have the support of all the
followers of General Porftrio Diaz/'
the envoy continued.
Colonel Diaz U Koinjr to Biarritz,
where he will confer with Porftrio
Diax. This conference probably will
result in the former President cabling
orders to all his former lieutenants
urging them to work for the election
of Felix.
Colonel Diaz will go to Paris to
confer with Francisco De La Barra,
Mexican Minister to France, who was
sent out of the Mexican republic by
President Huerta because of his pop
ularity
Wilson Planning to
“Smoke Huerta Out.”
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. Wash
ington has not yet been informed of
ficially of the coming to the United
States of Manuel de Z&macona y in
clan, whom General Huerta is send
ing to this country ostensibly for the
Scotch Lad and Two
Sisters Find Homes
With Georgian's Aid
The Scotch lad and two lassies who
have been in the care of City Warden
Thomas Evans were sent to Marietta
Friday to go into the employ of T. M.
Brumby, of the Marietta (.’hair Fac
tory. Te told Mr. Evans he would
hire the girls to work as house serv
ants and employ the boy in the fac
tory. The young people went happily
to their new homes.
Approximately 50 applications came
to Warden Evans following the pub
lication in The Georgian of the need
at the three young people— Mary,
Margaret and David Logan who
fere stranded in Atlanta. The uncle,
T. M. Turnbull, who brought them
here, was located by The Georgian's
story at Kufaula, Ala. He wrote
Warden Evans a letter of thanks,
stating that he thought the children
were regularly at work.
OF
Fight for the extradition of A. D.,
Oliver, alleged “Wallingford,” now
serving time in the convict camp of
Lee County, and wanted, It is said,
in Mississippi on charges of embez
zlement, will be waged before Gov
ernor Slaton Friday afternoon by
representatives of Governor Earle
Brewer, of Mississippi, including Sen
ator H. F. Broyles, brother of Judge
Nash Broyles, and Judge J. O. Sykes,
purpose of bringing a confidential
message to President Wilson.
It is believed that Zamacona Is
•omlng to negotiate certain loans for
Huerta with the co-operation of the
United States Government, but offi
cials here will not discuss this point.
President Wilson now is aiming to
• ring pressure on Huerta to make a
statement which will elmlnate him
definitely and. finally as a candidate
fur the Presidency at the elections in
Mexico next month. In unmistakable
terms. President Wilson has indicat
ed that Huerta has made such a
pledge to this nation, but he wants
the people of Mexico and the nations
of Europe to understand It as clearly
as he does. •
For that, reason the • negotiations
now are focusing on the effort to
'smoke Huerta out" and cause him to
take the same action openly that he
has done verbally to the American
GoverninepJ-
Mexican Statesman
Says Madero Was Crazy.
TAMPA, Sept. 5.—Congressman
Braniff, of tyexlco, with his wife and
daughter nail a retinue of valets,
maids and dogs, lias gone to Galves
ton from here.
The Mexican Congressman says
that “large American oil interests”
are back of the revolutionary prop
aganda in hoi>es that the United
States will Intervene. He said Ma
dero was crazy and claimed the fact
was well known by his followers and
:>thers In Mexico.
"Huerta arrested Madero because
Madero ordered him to blow up the
arsenal in which Diaz was fighting
with dynamite placed In the sewers,”
said Braniff. “It would have ruined
half the city and killed thousands.
Huerta saw he was crazy and ar
rested him.”
of Aberdeen.
The hearing haa been set for 3
o’clock, but should the attorneys for
Oliver fall to appear, as was Indicated
F'rlday morning, the requisition l«t-
pers probably will bo honored, ac
cording to Information at the Gov-
ernor’s office.
Sentenced to Prison.
Oliver’s case is an old one that has
attracted much attention in Georgia,
as ewll as Mississippi, during the last
few years. He was convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary in Lee
County in connection with alleged
banking frauds in South Georgia.
About the same time the Mississippi
authorities made demand for Oliver
on the alleged grounds that he had
embezzled In Mississippi and had es
caped Jail. Oliver claimed that the man
wanted in Mississippi was ills half-
brother.
Senator Broyles, who claims he
caused the arrest of Oliver in Missis
sippi, when seen at the State
Capitol F'rlday morning, declared ev
ery effort would be made to get Oli
ver.
Senator One of Victims.
The Senator was one of the vic
tims losing about $10,000.
Ex-Sheriff Ollie Jones, who figured
in the arrest of Oliver In Mississippi,
it in said, and Deputy Sheriff Stephen
Crosby, of Aberdeen, accompanied
Senator Broyles and Mr Sykes to At
lanta. They will present testimony,
it Is said, proving the Identity of Oli
ver.
It was rumored at the Capitol Fri
day morning that the matter might be
taken to the courts of South Georgia
to establish the identity of Oliver.
ACCEPTS NORMAL CHAIR.
FORSYTH.—Miss Stella Center
has left for Valdosta, where she goes
to accept the chair of English in the
South Georgia Normal School. Miss
Center recently received a Master’s
degree from Columbia University.
New Derbies—
New Soft Hats for Fall
The development of hat styles is the
first interest in fall wear.
We’ve the supreme things in Derbies and
Koft Hat fashions.
New Derbies have medium and high
crowns and brims of close roll.
New Soft Hats are tall of crown with
brims narrow. Greens are in high favor and
a variety of shades, ltrowns and grays are
good.
Hat quality here is ever good.
$3, $3.50 and $4.
Carlton’s
t 36 Whitehall St.
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F ISLE
IS SAFE. SMS
Damage Along Carolina Coast
Exaggerated, Say Reports to
Government From Lifesavers.
JURY EXPECTS TO GET
CAMINETTI CASE TO-DAY
A misdemeanor charge may be the
most serious on which Jim Conley,
confessed accessory after the fact in
the murder of Mary Phagan, may be
RALEIGH, Kept. The reported
loss of 500 lives by hurricane* on Ocra-
coke Island, on the cast of Pamlico
Sound, off the North Carolina coast,
just south of Cape Hatteras, is not
substantiated, according to telegrams
received here from Washington.
The wireless station at Cape Hat
teras reported to the Washington
wireless station this morning that it
had been in communication with tho
CONLEY TO FIEF
F. Drew
Caminetti
and Marsha
Warrington,
the girl who
testified against
him on white
slave charge.
tried. This developed Friday when
Ocracoke life-saving station and the
life savers declared the reported loss
was unfounded.
They hud assisted a number of dis
abled seamen caught In small boat?
when the storm hit the island, but
beyond this and small property dam
age there was no cause for alarm.
The news to-day was so encourag
ing that Governor Craig did not con
sider it necessary to start relief ex
peditions to Ooracoke or the coast
towns or take other precautionary
measures. He notified the* Amerli 11
Red Cross that relief was unneces
sary at this time.
Tiie local weather bureau to-day
received weather reports from Hat
teras station for the firs* time since
Tuesday.
The storm raged all along the
coast from Wilmington to Hattens,
and first reports were that stamen
feared the 800 inhabitants of Ocra
coke had been drowned by a tidal
wave. Because the island was com
pletely isolated, except for wireless
communication, it was at first diffi
cult to get news. It was only to
day that the Hatteras wireless sta
tion succeeded in communicating
with the life-savers on Ocracoke.
Telegrams received here tc-dav
from Newbern declare that the dam
age to towns* ->n the coast side of tn«
sound was not as great as at first re
ported.
The communication between Ray
leigh and Newbern was by way of
Richmond. It is said that the dam
age there is not more than $150,000
Sawmills are reported as the worst
sufferers
Ocracoke Island contains a popu
lation of 800 persons, all fishernnn
and their families, but only 500 wore
at first thought to have been lost.
There is not a street in the colony,
and persons going from one place io
1 another are compelled to climb
fences. The houses are built on piles
and even the graveyards sre erected
on stilts. Between the Atlantic and
Pamlico Sound. Ocracoke Island 's
the most exposed place on the At
lantic Ocean.
felegra; ;i:c communication ha*
been restored to all important coast
towns except Beaufort and Moreheai
pity, to the south of Newbern. and
Washington, near the mouth of Pam
lico River.
Three persons were reported dead
at Washington. Two ral'ro.H bridos
one a mile long, of the Norfolk South
ern lino. were swept awav. Docks,
warehouses, residences and public
buildings were destroyed, and water
waist deep flowed through the streets
The streets of Newbern were cov
ered to a depth of several feet and a
» number of small vessels were sunk.
Defendant’s Mother Breaks Down
While Younger Son Is Making
Closing Plea for Brother.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 5.—The
jury in the case of F. Drew Caminetti
was expected to retire to decide
whether the son of the Commission
er General of Immigration of the
United States is a white slaver at
noon to-day.
While Anthony Caminetti, Jr., the
defendant's brother, was making one
of the closing arguments for the de
fense the defendant's mother broke
down and sobbed aloud until was
assisted from the courtroom.
First Electrocution
In Arkansas Prison
T ITTLE ROCK Sopt. 5.—Lee Sinu*
a negro, convicted of attacking a
wl.iu woman in Prairie County, ex
ecuted at the State prison to-day, was
the first to die under the new' law
substituting electrocution for hang
ing He was also the first executed
at the State prison, as executions for
merly took place at county jails.
The electrocution was witnessed by
Penitentiary Commissioners and 25
visitors, in-eluding reporters, although
under the new law newspapers are
not allowed to print details of execu
tions.
bridges destroyed and lumber mills
badly damaged.
Atlantan T>|ls of Storm.
A vivid description ol the great
storm in North Carolina was given
Friday by an Atlantan, ('harks High
tower. representative of the Empire
Glass Company, who was in the af
fected district when the storm start
ed. Mr. Hightower said a 60-mi!e
gale wrought havoc in Oriental -«n i
Tuesday, raising the tide twelve fee:
and flooding the little city with a
four-foot sheet of water. Death was
dealt to cattle and chickens and de
struction to business houses and res
idences. Scores of lives were im
periled, but Mr. Hightower heard of
no human fatalities.
preparations were being made to ask
for his indictment by the Fulton
County Grand Jury'.
A delicate point in the interpreta
tion of the lawr is involved in Con
ley’s case. It had been expected that
he would be tried on a felony charge,
but several lawyers who have inves
tigated the law on the point say that
it is doubtful if this can be made in
view of the circumstances of the case
as developed in the testimony dur
ing the trial of Leo M. Frank for the
murder.
What Constitutes Felony.
An accessory after the fact may be
found guilty of a felony if. in the
Records of the law. he “harbors or
conceals” the perpetrator of a crime
punishable by death or life imprison
ment and withholds from the officials
the information of the crime.
The misdemeanor charge may be
made when information of this sort
is withheld, no mention being made
of harbori*- or concealing the per
petrator. Conley’s story, as it was
told to the jury" in the Frank trial,
involved at no point the “concealing
of Frank in the accepted meaning of
the term.
Unless It can be given a broader
meaning, it is thought by many law
yers that the misdemeanor charge is
the most serious that can be brought
against the negro.
Woodward Enters the Campaign.
Promised Bigger Meeting at
Which to Define His Stand.
Mayor James G. Woodward’s
attack on the new charter and the
city officials who are supporting it at
the meeting of the South Side Im
provement Association, in the Pryor
Street School Thursday night, has
resulted in a movement to get up a
bigger meeting to hear a second
speech and put more ginger in the
election fight.
The fact that there were less than
100 persons present caused Mayor
Woodward to declare that the crowd
was not big enough for him to go
fully into Atlanta’s political situation,
but if they w'ould get up a real meet
ing he would give them some “red-
hot” stuff.
Leaders in the organization hove
taken him at hie word, and in an
ticipation of a stirring campaign be
tween now and the election on the |
new charter on September 24, are i
planning to give Mayor Woodward
an opportunity to spread himself.
Charges “Ring” Runs Boards.
Judging by his attacks Thursday
night, w'hich were so hot that Dr.
J. G. Bradfleld,’ chairman of the meet
ing. left during the talk and later
resigned his chairmanship, the next
speech is expected to be a “hum
dinger.” He amplified some of his
statements in an interview Friday
morning, and here are the ideas he
wants impressed:
“That a ‘ring’ is in control of all
the boards of the city.
‘T don’t care anything about Dr.
Bradfield’s -ratuitous insults after I
had left the meeting. If he and all
of his kind should resign all their
official positions, the city probably
would be better off.
“That the object of the new char
ter is to perpetuate his ‘ring’ of
bossism.
“It abolishes the Police Commis
sion and creates a Board of Public
Safety. Under the present charter thd
chairman of the Police Commission
is prevented from succeeding himse f
on the commission ^t the expiration
of his term next March.
Charter Framec by “Gang.”
“The adoption of the new charter
would mean that the fire department
would be turned over to the old crowd
th^t has run the police department
for so long.
“The new charter was framed in \
back room of private offices by a
gang of men who would tell you, the
people, to go to h—, if you’ll pardon
the phrase, if it served their pur
pose.”
Turning to the more personal
phases of the meeting Thursday
night, Mayor Woodward said that ho
had nothing but good will in his
heart for ex-Mayor Courtland S.
Winn, and that he was going to cal!
him up and explain his attitude to
day. He recalled the exact words
which Dr. Bradfleld interpreted as
an attack on his brother-in-law, ex-
Mayor Winn, and left the meeting.
“I asked them why they had not
gotten improvements on the South
Side,” said Mayor Woodward. “J
“told them they had had the Mayor
and a majority of the Council from
their section.
“Later I said if the city govern
ment had continued to be run as it
was the last six months of last year,
the city’s Income would not be suffi
cient to pay the installments on il
legal moral obligations, to say noth
ing of the fixed expenses of running
the city.
“I never mentioned Mayor Winn’s
name.
“If Dr. Bradfleld is so averse to as
sociating with me, he might resign
from the Board of Health. He and
a good bunch of his crow’d could get
out, and the city would not suffer.”
After MAyor Woodward had left
the meeting Thursday night, Dr.
Bradfleld returned and said:
“Gentlemen, I must apologize for
leaving the room during that speech.
But I could not sit here and listen
to the attack on ex-Mayor Winn. I
must resign from the chairmanship
of this organization. I can not asso
ciate with a man whom I would not
take into my own home.”
County Tax Returns
Increase $19,261,314
County tax returns show a gain of
$19,261,314. according to figures com
piled at the Comptroller General’s of
fice and made public Friday. The
report w r as completed following the
receipt of the Paulding County tax
book, w’hich was delayed several days.
The increase is far below that
shown last year.
Federal Court Hears
Alabama Rate Cases
HUNTSVILLE, Sept. 5—The Cen
tral of Georgia and Western of Ala
bama rate cases were argued to-day
before Judges Shelby, Grubb and
Sheppard, of the Federal Court. Both
roads claim that enforcement of the
new rates will amount to confisca
tion of their property.
Steiner & Cunningham are repre
senting the railroads and Attorney
General Brickell and Judge Sam
Weakley are here for the State
Charles Henderson, president of the
Alabama Railroad Commission, also
is here.
Mrs, Crocker Wed in
Secret; on Honeymoon
TACOMA, WASH., Sept. 5—Mrs.
Mary Porter Crocker and Edw'ard
Clark Blanchard, general manager of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, who
were married at the beautiful home of
Mrs. Crocker here, left to-day on their
honeymoon.
The wedding came as a complete
surprise to their many friends.
First Degree Charge
Against Charlton
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
COMO, ITALY, Sept. 5.—Work of
drawing up an indictment against
Porter Charlton, the 24-year-old
American who confessed killing his
40-year-old wife, Mrs. Mary Scott-
Castle Charlton, was begun to-day
by the king’s procurators.
It will charge murder in the first
degree.
Silver Jaw Replaces
One Lost in Operation
JOLIET. ILL., Sept. 5.—Elizabeth
Nemanich ha? a solid silver lower jaw
as a result of a third operation here
for ‘Tossy jaw,” a disease contracted
In match factories.
Physicians say the girl, who is 17
years old. will retain her beauty and
be able to use her sterling silver jaw
as well as if it were not artificial.
Lawyer for Flanders Family Says
Nothing New Was Shown.
Case Nears Board.
A bitter arraignment of the plea
for the pardon of Dr. W. J. Me-
Naughton, the Emanuel County phy
sician under sentence of death for
poisoning Wed Flanders, was made
by Attorney A. S. Bradley, repre
senting the Flanders family, in his
closing argument before the Prison
Commission Friday. The case prob
ably will be in the hands of the com
mission for decision by Friday night.
Attorney Bradley declared in ftnr-
ishing that justice would be foiled tf
a pardon was granted him.
“McNaughtotfs attorneys havs
made no point to their case,” de
clared Attorney Bradley. “The evi
dence which they have Introduced
has been practcialiy the £um 3
through which he was convicted by aj
jury."
Mr. Bradley attacked the affidavit?*
of the Savannah physicians which
declared Flanders could not have
died from arsenic poisoning. He said
their deductions were drawn from a
hypothetical case which did not ’*»-
late to the case in question.
Before the arguments began Judge
H. F. Saffold, of counsel for Mj-
Naughton, introduced W. J. Taylor
and A. J. Stanaland, Thomasville cit
izens, in substantiation of their affi
davits, impeachment of which was
sought when J. E. Thompson and h i
brother, R. N. Thompson, business
partners of Flanders, testified Thurs
day.
The Thomasville men reiterated
their statements that Flanders, whilo
in their city, had taken quantities of
drugs and had expressed the fear that
“some day this is going to kill me.”
They also declared the Thompson
brothers were not with Flanders at
that time and could not, as th *v
swore Thursday, have known of
Flanders’ movements while in Thom
asville.
Santa Fe President's
Resignation Denied
CHICAGO, Sept. 5—That E. P.
Ripley had resigned as president of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway was the report current in
railroad circles here to-day.
H. W. Willard. cl\ief clerk to Pres
ident Ripley, called the report false.
It was said Mr. Ripley was at his of
fice as usual to-day.
Virginian Is Named
As Envoy to Spain
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—President
Wilson sent to the Senate to-day the
following nominations:
Joseph E. Willard, of Virginian, to
he Ambassador to Spain, and John
Ewing, of Louisiana, to be Minister
to Honduras.
HARVESTING CAROLINA RICE.
CHARLESTON, Sept. 5.—Rice is
now being harvested in Charleston
territory, ex-Governor Heyward be
ginning the first cutting of the sea
son. About September 5 the local
rice mill starts pounding. It serves
the entire rice growing section of
South Carolina and the Savannah
River .valley, being the only mill of
its kind in operation in this section.
METEOR PASSES OVER MOBILE.
MOBILE, Sept. 5.—A meteor passed
over Mobile fast night from east to
west after describing a circle about
1,000 feet from the earth. Many per
sons mistook it for an airship. The
meteor is believed to have fallen in
George County, Mississippi, adjoining
here.
j A Physician’s Faith in
Eckman’s Alterative
) “Have used Eeknian's Alterative In several (
) cases of tul>ereular glands of the neck wi;h ex-
( cellent results every time. In one case It cost /
i me $50, for the girl was put on it only until she \
( could arrange to be operated, and in a abort i
( time an operation was not needed. I suppose \
( yodr records are Just as fine as of old. You i
s know my faith in it." S
/ (Original of this physician’s letter on file.) C
( Eckman’s Alterative Is effective in other forms, f
) Read what Mrs. Garvin says :
5 Idaho Palls, Idaho. ?
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> since last February, and my baby Is in perfect )
/health. I have been waiting since she was borne
) to see how I would get along. 1 am now doing i
(all my work, have been ever since she Was four (
( weeks old, and I am steadily gaining. I do not (
(cough or raise anything at all. so I think 1 am
(completely cured of Lung Trouble.” (
( (Affidavit) MRS. M. II GARVIN. )
) Note--Mrs. Garvin has seven children. ■
) (Above abbreviated; more on request.)
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