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2 I !IK ATLANTA (iKOKKIAN AND NEWS. BOTH PARENTS CHILD LOSE Mother's Plea for Her Custody and Alimony Denied — Court Gives Girl to Grandmother. . An attractive woman and her pret ty daughter of 11 year-, who d»*- • dared she would rather live with her rather than with her mother, were ihe centra! figures in a plea for tem porary alimony and custody of th* \ v hild in Judge Bell’s court Thursday morning. The woman was Mrs. Mary Anderson, who is suing her husband, Harry W. Anderson, Jr., for divorce, and the daughter was their child, Margaret Anderson. The child has been in the custody of her father's mother since last May. .fudge Bell said neither the mother nor the father was entitled to the • •hild, and ruled that she remain with Mrs. Harry \V. Anderson, Sr., who re sides on Peachtree road, and to whom ihe husband was instructed to pay 120 per month for the care of the hild. The plea for alimony was de nied the younger Mrs. Anderson The husband, who runs a garage In Porter place, testified that he wan making not more than $8 or $10 a week out of the business. Mrs. An derson in her petition for divorce al- eged drunkenness and abuse on the part of her husband. Witnesses for the husband said his wife had been guilty of such profani ty that the proprietor of a boarding house asked them to leave. In her petition the mother said she desired to place the child in a school at Harrisburg. Pa., the mother’s horn . where she married Anderson in 189^. She declared that the child's granu- rnother wanted to put the child in a Catholic school in Savannah. The child, when asked If she was a <'athollc, replied: "No; I am next to it.” explaining that she was an Epis copalian. Even Judge Bell indulg'd n a laugh. "The question as to where the child snail be sent to school may be taken up later The child can not be taken out of the jurisdiction of the court without a special order from the - ourt.” said Judge Bell. He ruled that the mother might see the child at stated times, but could not be allowed to take her out. MAYOR GAYNOR OF NEW YORK To Quit the Blues . D|£S SU qq ENLY ABOARD SHIP Lieutenant Georf of the Fulton Hlu Regiment, will resign shortly, a cording to information *n Htate mi tary circles Thursday. Captain Jones, it is saul, will off his resignation as u result of the ii ness of his father and other reason 1 Another resignation reported at Stat* military headquarters is that of 8e» ond Lieutenant A. O. Gates, of tin Fulton Fusileers. Company H. Hot. Lieutenant Gates and Lieutenant Me Catty will also resign for busine- reasons. Two recent photographs of William J. Gaynor, who died on an ocean liner as he sought health in a sea trip. Vice Squad and Dog Cost City Damages Attorney W. C. Monday has filed a petition for damages to Council, charging that he has been more im posed upon by Chief Beavers’ "vice -quad" than any innocent spoonen-. He charges that two members of this famous squad "were spying on some dogs that were playing on th- Capitol grounds." One of the officers shot at a little pup. he says, and hit him in the leg. Mayor Woodward und the claims committee promised him Wednesday that the city would reim burse him for his hospital excuses <nd his loss of time. First Englishman to Own an Anto Dead Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. Sept. 11.—Evelyn Ellis l ie first Englishman who owned an automobile, is dead at the ag- »f 71. Ellis bought a five-horsepower Pan- .ard machine in 1895 and drove it at ten miles an hour in defiance of the law. hoping to be prosecuted and thus draw attention to the car. King Edward had his first motor ride in Ellis’s car. The picture below shows Mr. Gaynor just before he ; sailed, holding the emblem of his party in the mayoralty race—-a shovel. Heart Disease Fatal to Mayor as j He Takes Ocean Trip for His Health. Rival Factions Seek to Pick Up Gaynor Strength Robin Pardon Given By Sulzer Held Void KINGSTON. N. Y.. Sept. 11.—Judge liasbrouck has derided the Joseph G. Robin habeas corpus proceedings ad versely to Robin. Hr holds that Gov ernor Sulzer. who pardoned Robin, was impeached by the Assembly und while awaitin'- trial is divested of the right to exercise executive power, in- luding the pardon power. The court holds the Assembly, in impeaching Sulzer, acted in a judicial capacity and was properly in session. when the appe- “ v OU tite is normal and WflN" you are able to eat without distress; but how quickly you go “down to de feat” when the “Inner man : ' becomes weak Play safe, and at the first sign of trouble you had better take HOSTETTERS STOMACH BITTERS It will help yon mrn- tjjrue to be a “-winner. ” NEW YORK, Sept. 10.— Muyor Gay- j nor’s death came as a shattering blow | to the political structure that had j been built for the November elec- j tlon at which the city ticket was the : center of interest. For the office of . Mayor there had been selected by Tammany Judge Edward E. McCall; the fusion committee of 107 bad j named John Purroy Mitchell, Colloc- | tor of the Port; the Gaynor fusion ! and nominating league had named ■ Mayor Gaynor. With Mayor Gaynor out of the race, the two-sided fight leaves a complex condition. Many of the Gaynor lead ers had Jtssailed Mitchell bitterly. Mitchell had not been soft In handling the Gaynor men. The prospect for harmonizing the remaining Gaynor forces and the Mitchell element, while excellent as to the voter element is difficult as to the leaders. The atti tude of the leaders on both sides in 1 attacking Tammany makes it ex- , tremely* difficult for the Gaynor forces to amalgamate with Tammany. Mitchell Stands to Gain. The chances are that the death of Mayor Gaynor will add appreciably to the Mitchell strength. Conserva- | tive men said to-day that it would assure his election. On the other j hand, if the Gaynor leaders can not * see their way plain to accepting the Mitchell nomination as representing all fusions and insist upon fighting the Mitchell element to the finish, ; McCall will reap some added benefit. J In that even the race would be close. The actual situation is that both the Mitchell and McCall forces are seeking to-day to pick up the Gaynor strength. The announced intention of Comptroller Prendergast and Presi dent McAneny to accept places on the Gaynor ticket, made public just be- j tore the news of Mayor Gay nor’s ( death came, leaves Mr. Mitchell free to accept the nomination of the In- I dependence i^eague, and It is ex- j pected he will so accept. If he does not, then the Independence League would almost of necessity have to j name a candidate of its own. A definA** idea of the situation may be drawn from the vote in the last j Liner Baltic Due at Queenstown Friday LIVERPOOL, Sepi. 11.— The liner Baltio. upon which Mayor Gaynor died, is not due here until late to-morrow night or Saturday morning. She is due at Queenstown Ireland, to-morrow morning. election for Mayor. The consolidated returns showed: Hannurd, Republican. 177, Gaynor, Democrat, 250.3S7. llearst. Civil Alliance, 154,187 Total vote, 581.878. That the G&Vnor vote was a Tam many vote is shown beyond question by the vote for K. R. Moore, the Tam many candidate for Comptroller, who polled 250,092 votes in the face of an unusually hot personal fight. On the face of the actual figures this three-cornered race promised to give Judge McCall an easy plurality of the total vote, assuming, as the record of the past justifies, that the Tammany machine strength was poll ed for its candidate and the oppo sition was divided between Mitchel and Gaynor. It will be seen that the combined anti-Tammany vote exceeds the Tam many vote by 81,104. with the Tam many problem that of finding a way to split its opposition. Bryan Is Shocked By Gaynor’s Death. WASHINGTON. Sept. 11.—"I am shocked to learn of Mayor Gaynor’s death." said Secretary of State Bryan to-day. "The . ews is so sudden that I can not even believe it to be true. He was a strong man in marty re spects and I know that New York will feel his lose.*’ NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—The fol lowing radiogram was received to day at Crookhaven from the steam ship Baltic: To Robert Adamson, Secretary to Mayor Gaynor, City Hall. New York City: Father died Wednes day at 1 o’clock. Death due to heart failure. Notify mother. R. W. GAYNOR. R. W. Gaynor is Rufus Gaynor, son of Mayor Gaynor, who accompanied his father abroad. Mayor Gaynor and his son sailed for Liverpool from this city on board the White Star Liner Baltic on Thursday, September 4. At that time Mayor Gaynor was bo weak that he could hardly walk up the gangplank of the ship. Once on board, he sank down upon a couch and could not speak. He attributed his trouble to a recurrence of a throat ailment induced by the bfillet of an assassin at Hoboken three years ago. | Mayor Gaynor planned to sail for home immediately upon his arrival at Liverpool, thinking that the voyage would restore him sufficiently to take part in the fall campaign. Mayor Gaynor, who immediately previous to his departure was nomi nated for re-election upon an inde pendent ticket, had planned to make a strenuous campaign this fall. His death will have considerable effect upon the political situation in this city. At the White Star Line office it was said that the Baltic should be between 300 and 40«» miles off the coast of Ireland to-day. At 10 o’clock offclals of the line said they had received no report of Mayor Gaynor’s death. Crookhaven is on the coast of Ire land. There is an important wireless station there. From Crookhaven the death message was relayed to New York. . . Alderman Kline Acting Mayor. The duties of Mayor of New York will be administered from now on until a new Mayor Is elected by Pres ident Kltne. of the Board of Aider- men. who has been acting Mayor in the absence of Mr. Gaynor. News of the sudden death of Mayor Gaynor created a wave of sorrow at the City Hall. The ttag was imme diately placed at half-mast. Many of Mr Gaynor’s friends and admirers were unable to believe the intelli gence and besieged the office of Mr. Adamson, private secretary of the late Mayor. The cablegram telling of Mayor Gaynor’s demise was received at City Hall at 4 a. m.. but lay unopened on Mr. Adamsons desk until the Secre tary made his appearance nearly six hours later. Mrs. Gaynor. who has been spend ing the summer at the Gaynor sum mer estate at St. James. Long Island, was immediately notified of her hus band’s death. She w as overcome with grief. The Gaynor family sent word to the son. Rufus, to have the remains transferred at Liverpool and brought back at once for burial. It is not expected that any legal technicalities will hold up the return of the body. Intimate friends of Mayor Gaynor believe his death was undoubtedly hastened by grippe and throat trou ble. His private physician advised the ocean trip. It is believed also Lj^at the strenu ous days just preceding the Mayor's departure weakened him. He was in a quarrel with the newspapers, beset by political enemies and engrossed in some of the biggest municipal prob lems that ever beset the biggest city of the North American continent. He had just got through with a so lution of the subway problem, a gi gantic project, involving the expen diture of $60,000,000. Waldo Deeply Shocked. Police Commissioner Waldo, the warm personal friend of the late Mayor, heard of Mr. Gaynor’s death w’hile he was helping drill 500 recruit policemen. "That is terrible," cried Waldo. "It is a terrific blow to the city of New York." Commissioner Waldo and Fire Commissioner Johnson immediately issued orders that all the flaga on the police stations and firehouses of the city should be placed at half-ma. c n:. When Commissioner Waldo entered his office later he held a handkerchief to his eyes. Waldo is a burly, rug ged. red-laced man who has received honors for bravery while serving in the United States Army in the Phil ippines. but he made no effort to hide his grief to-day. A complex situation is brought about by the death of the Mayor. Mayor Gaynor was elected upon the Democratic ticket, but Adolph L. Kline. who temporarily succeeds Mayor Gaynor is a Republican. An other feature of the change is the fact that Mr. Kline was not elected president of the Board of Aldermen, but came into that executive position through the resignation of John Pur roy Mitchell, who left the board to accept the post of collector of the port of New York. Gaynor’s Secretary Former Atlanta Man. Robert F. Adamson, secretary to Mayor Gaynor, and the first person to receive news of the passing of New York’s Chief Executive, is a formei Atlanta newspaper man, a nephew of Congressman W. C. Adamson. For a number of years Mr. Adam son was a resident of Atlanta, where he began his newspaper career. He has been in New York for the past fifteen years, where he has made a reputation in the newspaper world. He was selected as secretary by Mayor Gaynor because of his activity in the campaign and his special fit ness for the position. Mr. Adamson was with Mayor Gay nor when the shot was fired that ul timately caused his death. When the Mayor reeled as the bullet struck him, Adamson sprang to his assistance and caught him in his arms. During the entire time of the con finement of the Mayor after the shooting Adamson was by his side, and it was he who bore the burden of the work and responsibility of the Mayor’s office until Mr. Gaynor re covered sufficiently to take up his duties again. James Abner Gill, sixty-seven years old. No. 200 Hardee street, died Thursday. He is survived by three sons. W. M. Gill, the Rev. E. B. Gill and G. E. Gill; two sisters, Mrs. Belle Joyner and Mrs. Maggie Oak ley. of Bridgeport. Ala., and two brothers, J. T. O*” and L. A. Gill, of Bridgeport. The funeral will be conducted Friday afternoon from the Edgewood Baptist Church. i Prison Commission Votes Two to One to Free Doctor Accused of Poisoning His Friend. Continued from Page 1. once l» Governor Slaton, the con demned man has never lost hope of receiving a full pardon or a commu tation. Fred Flanders, alleged victim of the F',manuel County physician, died on June 4, 1910. A few days later ru mors. at first faint and indefinite, as to improper relationship between Dr. McNaughton and Mrs. Flanders, be gan to circulate. Relatives of the dead man had the body exhumed and ordered a post mortem examination, which, it was alleged, revealed that the stomach of Flanders contained a small quantity of arsenic, although not enough to have caused death. Doctor and Woman Indicted. Soon thereafter Dr. McNaughton. who boarded at the Flanders home, was arrested on the charge of ad ministering arsenic to Flanders to produce his death. His motive, it was charged, was a de?*ire to be rid of an obstacle to his familiarity with Mrs. Flanders. Following the joint indictment of Dr. McNaughton and Mrs. Flanders, the Emanuel physician, was tried in October. 1910, convicted, and sen'-"* tenced to be hanged. Then followed the great legal battle for McNaughton s life, which had its echo as far north as Washington. D. C., where the case wap reviewed at length by the Supreme Court of the United States on appeal from the lower court, where the case was tried three times. Although the highest court in the land affirmed the decision of the lower court, attorneys for Mc Naughton continued the fight. Stay after stay of the execution of the physician, which originally was set for the iall of 1910, was obtained through Governor Brown, who de clared repeatedly that the condemned man would not hang ufitil Mrs. Flan ders was tried. The last respite granted in June, 1913, put the case in the hands of Governor Slaton. Mrs. Flanders Not Tried. In the meantime Mrs. Flanders waited nearly three years in seclusion for the trial, which, it was alleged, the State did not want. Finally, after ^Ix postponements the case against her was nol prossed in the Superior Court of Fulton County in July. It was this turn of affairs which prompted the attorneys for Mc Naughton to renew the fight on the grounds that if Mrs. Flanders was not guilty of her part of the original al legations Dr. McNaughton could nol be. About ten days ago Judge Saffold and Colonel John Bennett, of Swains, boro, attorneys for McNaughton. sub mitted to the Georgia Prison Com mission new evidence in the form of affidavits of two Thornasville citizens who swore that Flanders had taken drugs in their presence which he de clared would kill him some day. Feeling Seems Reversed. Attorney A. S. Bradley, represent ing the State, appeared on the scene at this juncture with affidavits which he claimed impeached the affidavits of the defense. Following the argu ments by bc*th sides, the case went vo the Prison Commission for final de cision. All sorts of charges, which have stirred the State, have been hurled during the course of the McNaugn- ton-Flanders case. Perhaps the most startling of these was the charge of the condemned man that certain "factions" in Emanuel County were plotting to hang him in order to maintain its supremacy and power. Although public sentiment was strongly against the physician in the beginning of the trial, recently, it is said, a feeling in his favor has come about. In anticipation of a full par don Dr. McNaughton less than three weeks ago announced his intention of resuming his profession. Girl, 15, Sues Cotton Mill for $10,000 for Disabled Left Hand Girl toilers, none of whom appeared to be more than 16 years old, ap peared in City (’ourt this morning to testify in the suit for $10,000 damages brought by^pretty^ ni** M* 1 ’ 1 ’!, phens, 15 years-old, against the Gate City Cotton Mills for injuries to her hand sustained at the mills three- years ago. The accident occurred three years ago when the child's left hand became entangled in the cords used in weav ing the mills product and the i-kin and tendons torn away. It is claimed that she never will regain control of her fingers. Arrested as He Leaves Prison Thomas Howard, who has just completed a year’s sentence at the Atlanta Federal Prison, will be re turned to Little Rock to-day, where he will be tried for several post- office robberies in Arkansas. Louisi ana and neighboring States. It was in 1910 that Howard was arrested in southern Louisiana, after a chase of years through many States. A small boy said to have been kid naped by Howard was charged with being his assistant in many of the crimes. The boy’s mother joined in the search for Howard. The finding of the boy led to the capture of Howard. Howard was taken to Little Rock. His arrival at the prison was sensa tional. He became violent w’hen the Jailers refused to allow him to take his suitcase into his cell with him. Investigation showed the grip con tained several bottles of sweet oil and several packages of needles, with which it would have been possible for him to have filed his way to lib erty through the iron bars. The order for his transfer was handed down by Judge Newman Wednesday afternoon. He was re leased from the Federal Prison and immediately rearrested. GRIFT 1 MILK Cup Defender To Be Built by Herreshoff BRISTOL, R. I.. Sept. 8.—The candi date for the America’s cup defense hon ors against Sir Thomas Lipton’s chal lenger. to be built by “Nat’’ Herre ehoff, for a New York syndicate, will be 75 feet on the water line, Mr. Herre shoff announced to-day. The syndicate will be headed by for mer Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, o£ the New Y’ork Yacht Club; J. P. Mor gan and Frederick G. Bourne. Mr. Herreshoff announced that he had been given a free hand in the matter of expenses and design. He added that he would not accept a commission for another candidate for next year’s in ternational honors. Chamber of Commerce Committee Adopts Resolutions Welcoming All Good Dairies to Atlanta, The Chamber of Commerce pui» milk committee met in the office ot Dr. S. A. Visanska. chairman, Thurs day and adopted resolutions denying the charges of a numbfi of dairymen that the pure milk propaganda was in the interest of personal gain of the members of the committee. They pointed out that there were good dairies* as well as bad ones in Atlanta, and that their object was to make them all good. The resolutions declare the committee is not interest ed in any foreign corporation, buL that any and all good dairymen are welcomed to Atlanta. They declare the charges of the dairymen absurd. Macon Sleuths Shadow Dasher MACON, Sept. 11.—Arthur L. Dash er. candidate for Mayor, who charge, recently in a circular that the lead ers of the administration had plotted to kill him, to-day accused Chief of Police Chapman of having him shad owed by plainclothesmen. The Chief denied it. “Why, then, were three of them sitting directly behind me at Council meeting?” asked Mr. Dasher. The Chief replied that he had sen. them to the Len G. Broughton revival, and that the officers had strolled into the council chamber, which is in the same building, because they would rather hear politics than sermons. Mr. Dasher said he was not satit tied with the explanation. Photographs of the newest hats for fall and winter are given in The Sunday American. Just from Paris. Called “flapper” hats and “flopper” hats. Every woman will want to see them. 2 Killed, 3 Injured, by Boiler Explosion on Torpedo Boat Craven SAVANNAH, Sept. 11.—Chief Wa ter Tenders McCaffray and Milton were killed and Machinists Swina, Daughton and Gabbitt badly scalded when tTie Craven torpedo destroyer was badly damaged by a boiler ex plosion off Tybee coast last night. The injured are being cared for 'it Fort Screven Hospital, one of them, Daughton, being reported to be in a critical condition. The Craven was towed to port by the destroyer Yamacraw. Rat Cripples 500 Telegraph Offices MEMPHIS, TENN., Sept. 11.—The electrocution of a rat in the switch board of the Memphis Electric Com pany put out of commission 500 of fices of the Postal Telegraph between Cairo, New Orleans and Nashville. The car power was off in this city and hundreds of Memphians walked. Skyscraper elevators also were use less. GET SEA ISLAND COTTON. GAINESVILLE, FLA., Sept. 11.- Three cars of sea island cotton have reached Savannah. There were 60 bales of over a hundred pounds each. The cotton this year is of excellent quality. REFRESHING SLEEP Horsford's Acid Phosphate Half a teaspoonful In a glass of cold water before retiring induces restful sleep. Non-Alco holic. AdT - THE ATLANTA COL LEGE OF PHARMACY completes its summer session at the Atlanta Theater to-night, the exer cises beginning at 8:30 o’clock. There will be delightful music, and the public is cordially invited to at tend—seats free. The faculty is com posed of Dr. George F. Payne, presi dent; Dr. Hal M. Davison, Dr. W. A. Medlock. Dr. H. Carl Owen and Dr. W. E. Person. The following gentlemen will re ceive the degree of Ph. G.: Miguel A. Alliegro, Cuba; Owen F. Baynard, S. C.; George H. Bean. Tenn.; Grover C. Brannen. Ga.; Homer D. Breazeale, S. C.; Marion Browning, Cuba; Mrs. Marion Browning, Cuba; R. M. Barnett, Ala.; Carlos Cassanovas, Cuba; Hugh C Dover, N. C.: Mrs. Emili Gomez, Cuba; T. D. Guffin, Ga.; Samuel H. Hirsowitz, Ga.; F. P. Johnson, S. C.; Edwin A. Jones, Ga.; E. R. Kaisei Ga.; W. W. Munson, Miss.; Robert C. McDowell, Texas; H. H. McDon ald, Miss.; J. Frederick Pt^ole, Ga.: Marshall R. Riviere. Ga.; "John B Smith, S. C.; Claude E. Sherrer S. C.; J. Louis Stephens, Ga.; C. W Thrasher, Miss. Marshall R. Riviere will also re ceive the degree of Ph. C. (Advt.) The great Comie Section of The Sunday American will keep you in good humor all week. All your favorites, all doing funn\ stunts. Order your paper now. 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