Newspaper Page Text
2
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
L
New York City Executive Seeking
Health as End Comes—Death
Complicates Politics.
Continued from Page 1.
technicalities will hold up the return
of the body.
Intimate friends of Mayor Oaynor
believe his death was undoubtedly
hastened by grippe and throat trou
ble. His private physician advised
the ocean trip.
It is believed also that 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’a death
while he was helping drill BOO 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 flags on the
police stations and firehouses of the
city should be placed at half mast.
When Commissioner Waldo entered
his office later he held a handkerchief
to his eyes. Waldo is a burly, rug
ged, red-faced man who has received
honors for bravery while serving in
the United States Army In the Phil-
Eventful Life of
William J. Gay nor
Born Whitestown, Oneida
County, New York, 1851.
Early education received at
Whitestown Seminary.
Moved to Brooklyn in 1873.
Was a reporter on The
Brooklyn Argus, studying law
at night.
Admitted to bar 1875, and
commenced a campaign for
political purity which gained
him a national reputation as a
foe of corruption.
In 1893 he was elected a
Justice of the Supreme Court
for a term expiring December
21, 1907.
Re e'ected in 1907 to a term
expiring December 31, 1921,
but resigned in 1909 to accept
the Democratic nomination for
Mayor of New York City.
Elected Mayor of New York
in November, 1909.
Shot by James J. Gallagher,
a discharged dock department
watchman, on August 9, 1910.
Spent nearly three months in
St. Mary’s Hospital, Hoboken,
N. J., before he recovered
from the wound.
Renominated for Mayor as
he sailed for Europe in search
of health September 4.
ippines. but he made no effort to hide
his grief to-day.
A complex situation i* brought
about by the death of the Mayor.
Mayor Gay nor was elected upon the
Democratic ticket, but Adolph L.
Kline, who temporarily succeeds
Mayor Oaynor la 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 pon
of New York.
Acclaimed as People’s
Candidate as He Sailed
Nominated mb the candidate of the
Gaynor Nominating and Fusion
J^eague. Mayor Gaynor willed from
New York for Liverpool September 4
for a three-week vacation, issuing on
the eve of his departure a statement
in which he bitterly arraigned Tam
many and Tammany leaders.
Mayor Gaynor was nominated by
Jacob H. SchitT before a great crowd
in City Hall Park, with more than
6,000 persons witnessing the notifica
tion. Mr. Schiff announced to the
crowd that the Mayor was suffering
with a sore throat and his speech of
acceptance was read by his secretary,
Kobert Adamson, while Mayor Gay
nor sat in an armchair on the porch
of the City Hall.
The nucleus of the great crowd
which formed the notification com
mittee was formed by the Oaynor
Marching Club of 1.500 members.
They began gathering slowly about
11 o'clock and the throng was soon
•welled by the noonday throng* of
Broad way and Park Row, with 20ft
coming over the bridge from Brook
lyn. All of the marchers carried
shovels, the emblem of the Oaynor
campaign, w’hich they stacked in fron*
of the City Hall steps, with a big sign
bearing the inscription:
“Way down deep under these shov
els lies the body of C. F. M. He tried
to fire a Governor and grab a city all
1n the same year.”
Jacob H. Schiff. the banker, called
the meeting to order and presided
during the notification ceremonies.
JSdward E. McCall, Tammany cundi-
datfc for Mayor, viewed the ceremo*
spies from hia office on the fourteenth
floor of a neighboring building.
Speeches were delivered by Mr.
Schiff. Mr Bidder, Mr. Clews and
others, in which Mayor Gaynor and
his administration were lauded.
Shortly after receiving the nomina-
>
:
: J
-
HAVE DM HI
L
Nobody Can Tell When You
Darken Gray, Faded Hair
With Sage Tea.
Grandmother kept her hair beau
tifully darkened, glossy and abun
dant with a brew of Sage Tea and
Sulphur. Whenever her hair fell
out or look on that dull, faded or ;
streaked appearance, tills simple ■
mixture was applied with wonder- '
ful effect. By asking at any drug
store for “Wyeth’s Sage and Sul
phur Hair Remedy,” you will get
a large bottle of this old-time rec
ipe, ready to use, for about 50
cents. This simple mixture can be
depended upon lo restore natural
color and beauty to the hair and
is splendid for dandruff, dry', itchy
scalp and falling hair.
A well-known downtown drug
gist says everybody uses Wyeth’s
Sage and Sulphur, because it
darkens so naturally’ and evenly
that nobody can tell it Mas been
applied—It’s so easy to use. too.
> You simply dampen a sponge or
{ soft brush and draw it through
your hair, taking one strand at a
time. By morning the gray hair
disappears: after another appli
cation or two it is restored to its
natural color and looks glossy, soft
and abundant.
tion Mayor Gaynor trailed secretly on
tin* steamer Baltic for Liverpool for a
vacation of three weeks. So secret
were his plans that even the captain
and purser of the steamship did not
know’ he was to he on board until fif
teen minutes before his arrival.
In his statement Gaynor said:
"Murphy and the chaps that sat
down with him at Delmonico’s and
guzzled and abused me until their
faces were red were ready to eat me
up: yet I never did anything to them
except what tended cb make them
look respectable. The people of the
city of New’ York know very well
what the grievance of these men is.
They hate me because I never turned
the city departments over to them tor
spoliation. 1 did not allow them to
loot the city! Every head of a de
partment was my man. and not their
man
“Murphy and his gang want a May
or who will appoint their favorites as
heads of department*. And then they
will get the contracts for everything
and pickings will be fat. All sorts of
swindling specifications wdll be given
out, and unbalanced bids will be
called for, and the favored contractor
will get the tip how to bid and what
will be expected of him.
"They are angry because I spoiled
their game in the police department
At the verv beginning of my adminis
tration I laid down the rule that ap
pointments and promotions in the po
lice department and the fire depart
ment should be only by taking the
highest men in the list every time.
"The old way, under Tammany rule,
was to certify at least three to the
appointing officer, and then these
miserable scamps would get all thr-e
to pay them on the representation
that they would be able to get th.>
appointment. Only one would be ap
pointed. but they kept his money and
restored the money to the other two.
"It was a dirty game they could
not loss* at. The captains were pay
ing as high as $17,000 for appoint
ments. The same thing was going
on In the tire department. I took all
this graft away from these corrupt
so-called political leaders. No won
der they attack me.
“These miserable political grafters
and their associates that sat down **t
Delmonico’s now have all the State
contracts The result is the grossest
frauds known in the State for years.
Just look at the highway contracts
alone.
"1 have entered into no quarrel
with them. I simply went on and did
my work from day to day. and 1 kept
their hands out of the public treasury
and out of the contracts by which they
reached the public treasury."
Bryan Is Shocked
By G-avnor’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 many re
spects and 1 know that New York will
feel his loss."
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 mfton this year is of excellent
quality.
DEFENDANT IN MIELEN
DOUBLE SLAYING TRIAL
TRIAL. LOS
Mrs. Edna
Godbee.
U.S.Navy Pronounces
Sheffield Shells 0. K,
Move for Delay, Made by Defense,
Overruled and Case Opens
Millen Court.
Continued from Page
moned to be examined for jury duty.
Judge Saffold made the motion for
a continuance as soon as court
opened, declaring the defendant had
not had time to prepare her case.
Judge Saffold recited that the killing
occurred on August 18 and that the
defendant for several days could do
nothing toward preparing a defense
because Judge Godbee’s funeral and
the desperate concMtion of the Judge’s
wife kept her sons engaged: that
finally the young Mrs. Godbee also
died and that It was not until after
her funeral and interment that the
defendant could proceed toward pre
paring her case; that she called in
Messrs. Dekle and Dixon, Millen at
torneys, and after several days it was
decided to employ also Judge Saf
fold, of Swainsboro. Judge Saffold
said he was at that time engaged in
the Superior Court of Toombs Coun
ty and could not come to Millen.
The motion recited further that the
defendant had just learned of a ma-
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Sept. 11.—The Hadfleli
Steel Company of Sheffield, which
supplied 500 12-inch shell* for the
United States Government, has Just
received word from Washington that
I the tests with the shells proved most
I satisfactory.
The shells were found capable of
sustaining the highest requirements
of the United States Navy Depart
ment.
$2,500,000 Paintings
Bought by American
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Sept. 11.—F. Kleinberger,
of New’ York, has privately purchas
ed the entire collection of Seven
teenth Century Wutch and Flemish
pictures of the late Herr Von Riddon,
of Ironberg.
It is one of the finest private col
lections in Europe, and the price Is
understood to have exceeded $2,500,-
000.
Escaped Elephant
Puts County in Panic
DURHAM. N. C. f Sept. 11.—A huge
elephant. 75 years old, which escaped
from a circus at Hillsboro, ten miles
from Durham, is wandering over
Durham County.
Two deputy sheriffs, two Durham
ball players and three policemen have
joined the showmen in the hunt for
the animal. Negroes in the country
are wdld with excitement. Many have
barricaded their houses.
George Gould Has
Great Hunting Luck
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Sept. 11.—George J.
Gould, when saying good-bye to his
son, who was crossing on the Kaiser
Wilhelm, said that he considered he
had the best luck of anyone shooting
In Scotland this season.
"We shot 2,200 brace with five guns,
which must be reckoned flrst rate,”
said Mr. Gould,
Straw Hat Riots in
New York East Side
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—Pande
monium broke loose and police re
serves had to be called to-day when,
on practically all thoroughfares of the
lower East Side, there w r ere straw
hat riot3.
Victims who thought straws were
"called in” September 16 were made
to realize that the East Side had
dedicated September 10 as the day
when straws shall be discarded.
Mrs. Godbee
and counsel,
G. C. Dekle, on
the left, and
James A.
Dixon.
BOARD VOTES 10
FREE M1UGHT0N
Continued from Page 1.
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 wan
set for the fall of 1910, was obtained
through Governor Brown, who de
clared repeatedly that the condemned
man would not hang until Mrs. Flan
ders was tried. The la*t 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
six postponement* the case against
her was nol prossed in the Superior
Court of Fulton County in Julv.
It was this turn of affa'irs which
prompted the attorneys for Mc-
Nauehton 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 not
be.
About ten days ago Judge Saffold
and Colonel John Bennett, of Swain«-
boro. attorneys for McNaughton. sub
mitted to the Georgia Prison Com
mission new evidence in the form of
h ffida vttf* <>f two ThoraasviHe citizens
Mho swure that Flauders hah taken
drugs in their presence which he de
dared would kill him some day.
Feeling Seem* Reversed.
Attorney A. S. Bradley, represent
lng the State, appeared on the scene
at this Juncture with affidavits w’hich
he claimed impeached the affidavits
of the defense. Following the argu
ments by both sides, the case went to
the Prison Commission for final de
cision.
All sorts of charges, which have
stirred the State, have been hurled
during the course of the McNaugh
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 hint in order to
maintain its supremacy and power.
Although public sentiment was
strongly against the physician in the
i beginning of the trial, recently, it is
! said, a feeling in his favor has come
j about. In anticipation vf a full par
don Dr. McNaughton less than three
weeks ago announced his intention of
resuming his profession.
Breeds Hybrid Onion
That Leaves No Trail
ST. CLA1RSVILLE, Uhio. Sept. 11 —
W. N. Miller, former County Com
missioner here, declares he has dis
covered an onion that leaves no taint
on the breath.
This triumph of horticultural hy
bridizing was accomplished, he as
serts. by combinining the Bermuda
and the Golden Yellow.
CHATTANOOGA TAX RATE $1.65.
CHATTANOOGA. Sept 11 -iLiau
tanooga’s tax will remain this year at
$1.65 per thousand
terlal witness for the defense, C. L.
Schraff, by whom she expected to
prove that Godbee made threats
against her life, and another witness,
Mr. Dukes, who w’ould swear that it
was purely an accidental circum
stance that the defendant’s daughter
was not with her at the postoffice
on the morning that the homicide oc
curred. were said to be out of Jen
kins County at this time.
The motion for continuance stated
also that the defendant had reason
to believe that Congressman Thomas
W. Hardwick had been employed by
friends and relatives in Washington
County to assist in her defense, ana
that she relied greatly on Mr. Hard
wick, and that it would be impossible
for him to be here at this term of
court. Other witnesses, the motion
claimed, could be procured by defend
ant if she had reasonable time.
A serious miscarriage of justice
might occur, said the motion in con
clusion, if the defendant were forced
♦ o trial, because wdth so many trage
dies occurring in Jenkins County
there were rumors afloat that "if
someone wasn’t convicted there was
no telling what would happen.”
The defendant claimed, the motion
read, that she had done nothing not
Justified under the laws of God and
man, and prayed the court not to al
low a possible miscarriage of justice
by forcing her ta trial.
Judge Sees No Cause for Delay.
The motion was in the form of an
affidavit and was sw'orn to by Mrs.
Godbee and her attorneys. Judge
Saffold, after reading the motion, ex
plained to the court that defendant
was not trying to get an indefinite
delay and postpone the case until an
other session of court, which would
be six months, but a delay until any
reasonable time.
Judge Hammond overruled the mo
tion for a continuance, stating that no
legal grounds had been presented fu!
one. He added that it was entirelv a
matter of discretion of the court, that
he did not think there was any state
of public opinion against the defend
ant which might, prejudice her ca6*\
and tha in so far as the witnesses
mentioned were concerned the de
fendant’s attorneys did not even stats
whether they were in the jurisdiction
of the court.
As to Congressman Hardwick, tin*
court said he had a telegram from Mi
Hardwick merely askinr. when toe
case would be called and not stating
anything with regard to uheihei he
could couit here at this time.
New Cancer Remedy
Aiding Congressman
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.—Professor
Silas T. Beebe, noted cancer special
ist, visited Passaic to-day to inves
tigate the condition of Congressman
Robert C. Bremner and Postmaster
Dennis W. Mahoney, who are being
treated by Alexander Horowitz, the
Hungarian chemist.
Professor Beebe declared he could
see improvements in the patients.
Hurt by Tango, She
Will Try, Try Again
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11.—“I shall
not give up dancing. I shall do the
tango again as soon as I am able.”
This was the statement to-day of
Mrs. Raymond Terry, a society wom
an. the first victim of the tango, who
is suffering from a fractured hip re
ceived in a fall while doing the rag
dance.
EXCESS PUPILS
Jl
Slaton Arranges to Accommodate
1,000 More Than Seating Ca
pacity of City Institutions.
All but 42 of the pupils w’ho ap
plied for admission to the Atlanta
schools Monday have been provided
with seats, and before the close of the
day these will have been arranged for.
Thus the apparently impossible task
of caring for 1,000 pupils above the
seating capacity of the schools has
been accomplished by Superintendent
W. M. Slaton and the principals of
the various schools.
Monday morning the school author
ities found themselves facing an ap
parently hopeless tangle in some of
the schools, having considerably more
applicants than accommodations. In
some instances the excess number
passed well over the 100 mark.
Only 42 Lack Seats.
The tangle was unraveled by trans-
ferlng many pupils and the establish
ment of new grades in some of the
schools. The pregent problem is car
ing 42 additional “kiddies” in the first
grade of the English avenue school.
Race suicide apparently is an unheard
of issue in this neighborhood, and ad
ditional space provided in anticipa
tion of a great attendance there w’as
found Inadequate.
A new first grade will be estab
lished here, either in the basement of
the present building or in another
building In the neighborhood. The
children will not be placed in the
basement If there Is any possible way
to avoid it. By the transferring of
many of the pupils quite a number of
them will have long distances to go,
but every effort has been made to
prevent any hardship.
Confers With Principals.
A conference was held by Superin
tendent Slaton with the school prin
cipals Thursday afternoon, and 850 of
the children cared for. Thursday aft
ernoon he will hold another confer
ence with the principals of the Edge
wood. Inman Park and Highland ave
nue schools, which schools are neat
each other.
Owing to the crowded conditions of
these schools the school board some
time ago began the construction of
the Moreland school, which is expect
ed to be ready for occupancy in a fe.v
weeks. Five grades will be estab
lished, and the overflow' attendance
in the primary trades of these three
schools will be cared for.
SEEKS HABEAS
Hearing Set for Thursday After
noon — Attorney General As
sures Fugitive Square Deal.
School Congestion
Adjusted by Board.
Further adjustment of the crowded
condition of Atlanta schools w*as made
Thursday as a result of action of the
Board of Education at a special meet
ing Wednesday afternoon.
An option on the Neal property, at
No. 44 Moreland avenue, was accept
ed. The city is now using the old
Neal house for overflow pupils, but
If the property is purchased the rent
will be deducted. The price is $9,800.
The Board gave Superintendent W.
M. Slaton authority to rent a cottage
in East Atlanta to take care of the
big increase in enrollment In the fifth
and sixth grades. •
An additional teacher was author
ized for the Boys’ Technological High
School and one for the Girls’ High
School. Superintendent Slaton was
Instructed to appoint teachers for the
new Moreland Avenue School, w’hich
is almost completed. These appoint
ments must be confirmed by the
Board.
COLEBROOK, N. H., Sept. 11.—
Harry K. Thaw’s eight New Hamp
shire lawyers applied to-day to Judge
Robert S. Chamberlain, of the Supe
rior Court, to free Thaw on a writ of
habeas corpus. Judge Chamberlain
announced a hearing for this after
noon on the question of granting the
w rit. It was said that Thaw probably
will be taken to the Jail at Lancaster,
N. H., to-night if the writ is refused.
“Harry Thaw will get a square deal
in New r Hampshire,” declared Attor
ney General James P. Tuttle just be
fore leaving Manchester for Cole-
brook to-day. *T have received no
official notification that Thaw is in
this State. I have not seen Governor
Felker’s statement that the matter is
up to me.”
Dodges Extradition Query.
The Attorney General was asked if
he thought it possible Thaw would
be extradited.
“That deepnds,” he replied, "on
what process of law is followed by
the New’ York authorities.”
Thaw to-day began his fight
on United States soil against extradi
tion back to New York and conse
quent Incarceration in the Matteawan
Asylum for the Criminal Insane.
With pompous alacrity, which had
been somewhat subdued by the un
expected, strenuous and turbulent
events of the past 24 hours. Thaw be
gan his preparations for battle with
the declaration that his lawyers
W’ould not let William T. Jerome
“railroad” him back to the asylum
without a hard fight.
Jerome, former District Attorney of
New York, who is here as a special
attorney general of the State of New
York, said that the extradition pro
ceedings would be rushed with the
utmost dispatch.
Jerome Confident.
'We will try to imitate Canadian
celerity,” said Jerome. “We shall
not allow’ quibbling to interfere with
the transfer of Thaw’ back to the
lunatic asylum where he belongs.”
In fact, Mr. Jerome indicated
strongly that he had assurances from
Governor Samuel Felker, of New’
Hampshire, and Attorney General
James H. Tuttle, of this State, that
there would be no delay in giving the
fugitive a hearing in the extradition
proceedings.
Thaw’ already has four lawyers re
tained and said that within 24 more
hours he hoped to have a dozen able
counselors on the scene fighting ex
tradition.
Thaw w’as still disgruntled over the
action of the Dominion Government
in going over the head of the courts to
deport him.
Thaw Hops* for U. S. Justice.
"I hope to get a better variety of
justice under the Stars and Stripes.”
said he. He also hoped that his law
yers in Montreal, headed by Judge
Greenshields and N. K. LaFlamme,
W’ould be able to secure his legal re
turn to Canada.
Deputy Attorney General Franklin
Kennedy, of New' York State. Jerome
and other lawyers representing the
Empire State and Dutchess County
(in which Matteawan is located), base
their fight for extradition upon the
warrant charging Thaw with conspir
ing to escape from the asylum.
The Thaw’ lawyers, in considering
every angle of defense offered, decid
ed to make one branch of their de
fense upon the contention that Thaw,
being insane in the eyes of New York
authority, could not conspire.
REFRESHING SLEEP
Horaford’s Acid Phosphate
Half a teanpoonful in a glass of cold water
before retiring induces restful sleep. Non-Alco
holic. Adr.
Husband Dying, Wife
Seeks Missing Son
MEMPHIS, Sept. 11.—Mrs. S. E.
Battle, No. 20 Clifford avenue. West
Kirkwood, Atlanta, becoming anxious
for the safety of her son, G. W. Bat
tle, whom she has not heard from
for three wreeks. has written to Mem
phis newspapers.
Mrs. Battle say* the boy left Cin
cinnati for Memphis in August. His
father is said to be dying. The lad’s
disappearance is a mystery'.
MAKES GOOD, HEALTHY FLESH
Jacobs’ Pharmacy Offers to Pay
for Samose if It Fails.
Begin the use of Samose to-day,
and you will soon notice a gain in
good, healthy flesh to all who are
thin, weak and run dow'n. This
remarkable flesh-forming food
promises plump, rosy, perfect
health, vigor and vitality.
Most people eat enough to be
come fat; the trouble Is not lack
of food, but lack of assimilative
power.
Samose mingles with the food
that is eaten, so that It is assimi
lated by the blood and builds up
pleasing plumpness and good,
healthy flesh. Those w’ho use Sa
mose for a week or ten days will
soon notice a gain in weight and
an improvement in general
strength and health.
Samose is in tablet form, pleas
ant to take, and is sold by one of
the most reputable drug stores in
Atlanta. Jacobs’ Pharmac>. under
its personal guarantee to refund
the money if it does not give sat
isfaction.
UtmiViiVt M. Rich & Bros. Co.
A Special Showing of
$5.00 High Shoes
On Sale Friday and Satur
day for
$0.50
See Window Display
Patent, Gun-Metal
and Tan
m:
i
Button and Lace Boots I
Practically all of the late styles represented,
excepting Spanish heels.
A complete range of sizes on hand.
2:
£
: ML Rich & Bros. Co. 2
.^WMMMAMShoe Section-Main Floor