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VOL. XII. NO. 29.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDA Y, SEPTEMBER 5, 1913.
Copyright 1*0«. o prvTC PAT NO
By Tne Georgian C* “ vT-iiN 1 o. MORE
MAYOR OPENS WAR ON CHARTER
PENNANT HOPES REST ON THOMPSON AND PRICE
STORM SWEEPS CAROLINA COAST
FRAMED BY
Woodward to Amplify Attack on
‘Ring Rule’ at Larger Meeting.
Defends Beavers.
Thaw’s Attorneys
Realize Defeat in
Deportation Fight
COATICOOK. QUEBEC, Sept. 5.—
Immediate deportation from Canada,
with no alternative, faced Harry K.
Thaw when he was again arraigned
to-day before the final session of the
Immigration Board of Inquiry.
Deserted by his leading lawyers,
J. N. Greenshield and N. K. La-
flamme, Thaw fought on in the face
of evident defeat, hoping against
hope that something would turn up
at the last moment upon which to
hinge another battle.
W. L. ShurtlefT, attorney of record
for Thaw r , was despondent and ad
mitted defeat.
Mayor James (3. Woodward's
attack on the nfiw 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 inovement to get up a
bigger meetihg to hear a second
speech and put more ginger in the
election fight.
The fact thit 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 would get up a real meet
ing he would give them some "red-
hot” stuff.
Leaders in the organisation have
taken him at his word, and in an
ticipation of a stirring campaign be
tween now an£ the election on the
new charter on Septer.tberr 14, are
planning to give Mayor Woodward
an .'opportunity to spread himself.
/ Charges "Ring” Runs Beards.
J' Judging by his attacks Thursday
night, which 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 he 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 a
majority of every board In the city,
and that Dr. J. H. Bradfleld is a
member of that ‘ring.’
‘That the object of the new char
ter is to perpetuate this ‘ring’ of
bossism.
“It abolishes the Police Commis
sion and creates a Board of Public
Safety. Under the present charter the
chairman of the Police Commission
is prevented from succeeding himseif
on the commission at the expiration
of his term next March.
Charter Framec by “Gang.”
' The object of the adoption of the
new charter Is to get him elected on
the new board and turn over the fire
department to the same old crowd
that has been running the police de
partment.
"The new charter was framed in a
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 call
him up and explain his attitude to
day He recalled the exact words
Which Dr. Bradfleld interpreted xS
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. ”1
told them thev had had the Mayoi
and a majority of the Council from
their section. :
Denies Mentioning Wmr..
"Later I said if the city govern
ment had coiitinued 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
ffom the Board of Health. He and
a good bunch of his crowd could gst
out, and the city would not suffer."
Friday Mayor Woodward spoke
lucidly of the part Police Chief Beav
ers will play in the campaign. On
this political issue he has been silent
for many months.
"Beavers won’t be an issue,” h#
said. ' You can’t fire a man for en
forcing the law. Former officials have
not considered it proper to enforce
some laws Beavers has enforced. Bui
- because Beavers enforced them is no
grounds to Are him. and I have told
Him so,”
Bible School Annex
Dedication Sunday
The new Bible school annex, of the
English Lutheran Church will be for
mally dedicated Sunday at a conse
cration service for the school and
congregation.
Among the speakers will be the
Rev. W. C. Schaeffer, Jr., and Dr. C.
E. Weltner, who has been assisting
in the work.
Negress, Stabbed to
Heart, Dies in Street
Stabbed almost to the heart, Bes
sie Greene, a negro woman, reeled
across the street and implored Ar
thur Burgen, a negro, to remove the
knife. He did. In half a minute she
was dead.
The stabbing occurred at Butler
street and Forrest avenue Thursday
night. The slayer is unidentified, but
the victim accused a woman.
Calls Dealers in
Feathers ‘Inhuman’
James Henderson Rice. Jr., field sec
retary of the “National Audubon Society,
will deliver a free lecture on “Protec
tion of Birds” at the Woman’s Club
building on East Baker street Friday
night at 8 o’clock.
In a talk to the boys of troop B, Boy
Scouts, Thursday night at the North
Avenue Presbyterian ChurcR, Mr. Rice
characterised the men who deal in the
feathers and plumage as “grafting, in
human brutes.’’
Pope Pius Recovers;
Audiences Resumed
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Sept. 5.—Announcement
was made-at the Vatican to-day that
Pope Pius X has regained his normal
health.
His public and private audiences
will be resumed to-day.
Man, 94, Is Survived
By Twenty Children
NOBLESVILLE, IND., Sept. 5.—
Riley Shepard, 94, father of twenty-
nine children, is dead.
He is survived by twenty children,
126 grandchildren, 68 great-grand
children and four great-great-grand
children.
Mayor to Keep Work
On Whitehall Going
History shall not repeat itself wh»n
Whitehall street is regraded from
Mitchell to Brotherton streets, if
Mayor Woodward can prevent.
He announces that delay such as
made the work on Peacntree strset
an annoyance for months will not be
tolerated on the new undertaking.
10 Shot to Death
By Fleeing Maniac
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MULHAUBEN, GERMANY, Sept.
6.—Ten persons were ohot to death
and twelve others were mortally
wounded to-day by a maniac school
teacher named Wagner.
Wagner rushed through the streets
with a pistol in each hand, firing into
the buildings and at every person he
saw.
Ocracoke Island Wrecked by
Wind and Rain—Other Coast
Sections Suffer Heavily.
RALEIGH, Sept. 5.—Ocracoke
Island, in Pimlico Sound, with 500
inhabitants, is reported to have been
sw r ept by wind and tidal wave and
the inhabitants drowned yesterday.
Tides in the sound wee exceptionally
high duing the storm, which lends
strength to the fear that every hu
man being perished.
Beaufort. Newbern, Morehead City
and Washington suffered heavwy
damage, as did dozens of other small
er towns along the coast.
Nothing definitecan be learned as
to the fate of those on the island,
as telephone and telegraph wires
along the coast are down and com
munication is impossible.
Three persons werer e port ad dead
at aWhsington. Two railroad bridges,
one a mile long, of the Norfolk South
ern line, were swept away. 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 fet and a
number of small vessels were sunk,
bridges destroyed and lumber mills
badly damaged.
Heavy overflows of the Neuse and
Tar Rivers were indicated yesterday
by the local weather bureau, and flood
warnings were dispatched to all ^he
local points in the eastern part of the
State.
At Louieburg, at the head of the
Tar River, the rainfall amounted to
4.40 inches, and at Neuse, near Ral
eigh, the fall was 3.5u inches. Other
sections reported unusually heavy
falls. Reports from all sections In
the east tell of great damage by the
storm, and it i3 expected that the
crop loss will amount to thousands
of dollars.
Msny Persons Injured.
DURHAM. Sept. 5.—Durham suf
fered one of the worst rain and wind
storms in the history of the city.
Many roofs were torn from houses,
trees uprooted, lighting power cut out
and the system put entirely out of
commission. Crops In country dam
aged to extent of over $10,000, total
damage will reach $20,000. Sseveral
horses were killed and persons in
jured.
Three Towns Suffer.
WILMINGTON. Sept. 5.—Eastern
North Carolina is to-day recovering
from the severe storm which swept
over it yesterday, doing enormous
damage. Wilson, Goldsboro and New
bern suffered greatly. Trees, poles
and other debris littered the streets
and business was practically at a
standstill. All trains between New
bern and Beaufort were annulled and
the county bridge over the Neuse
River- at Newbern was washed, lifted
and jammed against the Norfolk
Southern’s bridge. Parts of New
bern were under water and wire com
munication was cut off.
Secretary M’Adoo’s
Son Is U.S. Lawyer
WASHINGTON. Sept. 5.—I<Tancis
H. McAdoo. son of the Secretary of
the Treasury, has been appointed an
attorney in the Department of Jus
tice.
He will assist Assistant Attorney
General Denison, who has charge of
customs and commerce court work.
Willard May Be First
Ambassador to Spain
WASHINGTON. J5ept. 5. — Tho
United States Legation at Madrid
will be raised immediately to an em
bassy as the result of the passage by
the House of the Senate bill to au
thorize the President to appoint an
Ambassador to Spain, at $17,500 a
year.
Joseph E. Wiliard, former Lieu
tenant Governor of Virginia, has been
mentioned as the probable first Am
bassador to Spain.
WIDOW, LEADING FIGURE
IN WILL CASE, AND SON
MRS. MARY BELLE CRAWFORD.
Sweden Wants Free
Entry for Wood Pulp
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.—Sweden
| has raised the question whether
I Sweden wood pulp and paper shipped
| to another country and then trans
shipped to the l>-/ed States is en
titled to free entry' into this country.
Count Bonde, the Charge d’Af-
fairee of Sweden, to-day conferred
with Assistant Attorney General Den
ison.
U. C. V. Sponsors to
Give Benefit Dance
One of the most brilliant dances of
the season will be given Tuesday by
the maids of honor and sponsors of
Camp No. 1776, United (’onfederate
Veterans, at the Owls’ roof garden.
The young women have decided to
present a new uniform to every mem
ber of the camp who is unable to buy
one by next Memorial Day. It is to
raise money for this purpose that the
dance will be given.
Silver Jaw Replaces
One Lost ip Operation
JOLIET. ILL.. Sept. 5.—Elizabeth
Nemanich hai a solid silver lower jaw
as a result of a third operation here
for “fossy 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.
Mrs, Crocker Wed in
Secret; on Honeymoon
TACOMA, WASH.. Sept. 5.—Mrs
Mary Porter Crocker and Edward
Clark Blanchatyl, 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 thotr many friends.
Thos. Tumulty Gets ,
$3,500 Customs Job
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—Thomas
Tumulty, brother <V foseph Tumulty,
secretary to President Wilson, has
been appointed special assistant in
the customs service in New York at
a salary of $3,500 per year.
Prisoner Bewildered
At Cause of Arrest
J. S. Dobbs, No. 35 Cameron street,
is in the city prison Friday as in
nocent, he declares, of the cause of
his arrest as a “graveyard.” Dobbs
was taken into custodv Thursday
morning on a misdemeanor warrant
sworn out in Cartersville, Bartow
County.
Dobbs, who Is a cattle buyer, de
clared to the police that he ’ id not
been in Bartow County in 2* years
save for a short visit to his sister last
Christmas. “If I did anything then,”
he said, “I must have done it in my
Sleep. 1 '
Strike Loss Drives
Sick Man to Suicide
PATERSC N, Sept. 5.—Worry over
losses sustained in the siLk mill strike
caused Bernard Biol deel, a silk man
ufacturer. to take tys life to-day.
The suicide formerly wat' wealthy',
but had nearly all his fortune swept
away in the long strike.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Showers Friday and
Saturday.
Heirs Promise Startling Evidence
Which, They Claim, Will
Establish Widow's Guilt.
Disclosures by which, he asserts,
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he will prove Mrs. Mary Belle Craw
ford guilty of the murder of her hus
band, Joshua B. Crawford, in Atlanta
four years ago were promised Fri
day morning by Colonel J. S. James,
attorney for C. Z. Crawford and other
heirs-at-law to the Crawford estate.
Colonel James stated that he will
have the new evidence, which he de
clares is even more startling than any
that has heretofore been ir/foduc?d
in the famous battle for the $200,000
estate, prepared and ready for pres
entation when the hearing of the case
is resumed before Auditor J. L. An
derson. Ti e introduction of the new
testimony will be the result of the
work of Colonel James and his assist
ants sincethe hearing was interrupt
ed by the rial of Leo Frank more
than a month ago.
While refusing to make public th*
nature of the evideVice which he as
serts he has obtained. Colonel James
declared It removed every shadow of
doubt as to the guilt of the accused
woman. The only inkling of his
plans is contained in the statement
that the testimony of Dr. H. F. Har
ris of the State Board of Health, in
refutation of the statements of Dr.
J. W. Hurt, will be corroborated. Dr.
Hurt has testified that he did not
give Mr. Crawford any opium dur
ing the time he attended him,
though the drug was later found in
his stomach by chemists. He swmre
also thflt Mr. Crawford died of pneu
monia.
Doctors' Testimony at Variance.
Dr. Harris, refuting the testimonv*
of Dr. Hurt, swore that he had ex
amined Mr. Crawford's lungs afto?
the body had been exhumed in Car*
roll County and that he found od
trace of pneumonia. He gave it as
his professional opinion that death
was not caused by any disease of the
lungs.
In corroboration of Dr. Harris,
Colonel James declared, half a dozen
medical experts will be placed on the
witness stand. Indications are that
expert testimony will play a larg‘d
part In the futirre hearings of the will
case and in the trial of Mrs. Craw
ford, should she be indicted by the
Grand Jury.
Colonel James would divulge the
name of but one of the experts who
will testify along the same lines as
Dr. Harris. He is Dr. Griffin, a phy
sician of Carroll County, who was
present when Dr. Harris examinsd
the lungs of Mr. Crawford and who
aided in the examination. Colonel
James says Dr. Griffin will testify
that Crawford did not have pneumo
nia or any other disease of the lungs,
and that he found traces of opium
during the analysis of the stomach.
Pledges Startling Evidence.
“In addition to the expert testi
mony refuting Dr. Hurt and sustain
ing Dr. Harris,” Colonel James said,
“we will have other witnesses who
will make statements of equal, or
even greater, importance. We will
introduce testimony that will prove
beyond the least shadow of a doubt
that Mrs. Crawford murdered her
husband. We have been working
hard on the case since it was post
poned, and have unearthed valuable
evidence.
“We hope to have kTed Dumb, the
barber who was associated with Mr*.
Crawford in the plot to poison her
husband, located by the time the
hearing is resumed. We have traced
Lumlb all over the East, and thougn
we have gotten no definite trace
him since he left New York after re
ceiving a warning telegram from At
lanta, we are confident that we are on
his trail and will soon have him in
'custody.”
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FRESH REVOLT IN
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Unrest Over High Cost of Livi
Produced by New Tariff Men
aces Little Republic.
MOBILE, Sept. 6.—Unrest in Span-
Ish Honduras is expected to burs,
into revolution soon, »u\ Ja captains
and travelers returning from Central
America.
The followers of General Policaypo
Bonilla, taking advantage of the in
dignation manifested in Honduras
over the increased cost of living be
cause of the now tariff which sudden
ly went into effect, are said to belay
ing their plans.
General Lee Christmas, famous sol
dier of fortune, who held a high Gov
ernment position as commandante at
Puerto Cortez, has resigned. Christ
mas has purchased the property for
merly occupied by the old Louisiana
settler and turned it into a hotel,
which is a paying proposition.
Many other Government officials
and employees whose salaries have
been cut about 50 per cent have re
signed, and it is said the Government
under President Dertrand is hasten
ing to tighten its lines of defense.
WILLIAM BISHOP
SLATON RETURNS
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.
Double Bill To-day Will Deter
mine Whether the 1913 Bunting
Floats at Poncy Park.
THE LINE-UP TO-DAY
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Bluer, 2 b
O’Dell, 3b
Pculet, lb
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Schmidt, c
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Atlanta.
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Long, If.
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Smith. 2b.
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. Nhxon, rf.
Attended Governor’s Conference
and Visited Wyoming Ranch in
Three-Week Trip.
Buoyant in spirit and in health as
a result of a few days of outdoor life
on the ranch of Governor Carey of
Wyoming, Governor John M. Slaton
Friday morning faced a three weeks'
'accumulation of work. Hhe Gov
ernor, Mrs. Slaton and Colonel anJ
Mrs. Paxon returned to - Atlanta
Thursday night at 10:15 o’clock.
The Governors’ Conference, tho
Governor declared, was a huge suc
cess and a royal welcome was ex
tended to the evarious executives of
the States. However, as royal as the
reception was. the Governor added, it
was not up to the standard set by the
old-time Southerners.
The most enjoyable part of the trip,
according to the Governor, was the
three days’ stay at Governor Carey*;
ranch near Cheyenne. Here the Gov
ernor and members of the party cast
aside completely the care® of State,
Miller, rf Chapman, Dunn, c.
Cavet, Berger, p
Price, Thompson, p.
Umpires—Rudderham and Pfen-
ninger.
By 0. B. KEELEB.
And now for the final tug.
Two games, the first one called at
1:30 o’clock, will be played by the At
lanta and Mobile clubs this afternoon
at Ponce DeLeon.
On those two games—on either of
them—depends the fate of the pen
nant race of 1913.
As the two clubs take the field for
the first battle Atlanta will be one
game back of Mobile. Winning tha;
first game, the season’s count will be
all square, and it will be up to the
second game.
Losing i the first encounter—al!
chance fof the pennant virtually van
ishes.
One Wild Hope Would Rsmain.
Only one wild hope would remain
that the Crackers might win the sec
ond game and beat Chattanooga, to
morrow. while Charley Frank’s Peli
cans trounced the Gulls in their two
meetings to-morrow and Sunday.
And that is. indeed, a wild hope.
Also, it looks like rain.
Mr. VonHerrnjann was as non
committal as possible at 9 o’clock this
morning, but he hoped it would be dry
thL«r afternoon.
That makes it unanimous, so far a*-,
the hope goes—unless Mique Finn has
a fancy to balk the issue and let the
games go by default.
But it must be said for the genial
Mique that he never has showed him
self to be that kind of a sport. He s a
good kind. Miquo is. and we’re for
him. in everything except this Itn
pennant business.
Record Crowd Certain.
Needless to *&y, the games to-day
will be for blood. Ths Crackers art
fighting mad at the chance that
slipped yesterday. The Gulls, encou’
aged by their lucky turn in the ninth,
are full of pep and vim.
There will be a whale of a crowd.
Many of the business houses are clos
ing for the afternoon, allowing bot”
chiefs and employees to go to the
game. A brass band is in prospect—
and there will be a chance to con
tribute to the “Cracker Fund,” which
it now appears is to go to the pluck\
Atlanta ball players, win. lose or
draw.
Last call for the pennant of 1913!
Gridiron Hero Coy
Explains Elopement
NEW YORK, Sept. 5.—Mr. and Mr*
Edward H. Coy. whose < lopement at
Asheville. N. C., surprised Southern
society and college friends of tha
bridegroom, one of the greatest full
backs Yale ever had, dropped into
town yesterday and registered at the
Plaza
“It wasn’t exactly an elopement,'*
said the gridiron hero, “although my
wife's parents didn't*, know she was .
to be married at this time. 1 nice
her when T was nu / ing a Glee Club
trip through the South, so it isn't one
of those football romances the papers
nave tried to make iW f __j