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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN and news.
BOTH PARENTS
IN BUTTLE OVER
BID LOSE
Jones and McCarty
To Quit the Blues
Captain flarrinon June** and First
Lieutenant George W. McCarty, Jr.,
of the Fulton Blues, Company F, Fifth |
Regiment, will resign shortly, ac
cording to information in State mili
tary circles Thursday'.
Captain Jones, it is .said, will offer
his resignation as a result of th
ness of his father and other rea
NFW YORK MAYORALTY RACE IS
TANGLED BY GAYNOR'S DEATH
Mother's Plea for Her Custody j*’" r, ' l * na,lon r, “ p, "‘" d at s,ilt
and Alimony Denied — Court
Gives Girl to Grandmother,
headquarters is that of Sec
ond Lieutenant A. O. Gates, of th
Fulton Fusileers. Company II. Bot
Lieutenant Gates ,.nd Lieutenant Mc
Carty will also resign for busines
. rea sor
Two recent
photographs
of William J.
Gaynor, who
died on an
ocean liner
as he sought
health in
a sea trip.
An attractive woman and her pret
ty daughter of 11 years, who de
clared she would rather live with her '
father than with her mother, were
the central figures in a plea for tem
porary alimony and custody of tho
hild in Judge Bell’s court Thursday
morning. The woman was Mrs. Mary !
\nderson, who is suing her husband,
Harry W. Anderson, Jr., for divorce, ;
and the daughter was their child, j
Margaret Anderson.
The child has been In the custody of j
uer father’s mother since last May.
Judge Bell said neither the mother ;
nor the father was entitled to the
hild, and ruled that she remain with i
Airs Harry W- Anderson, Sr., who re- .
sides on Peachtree road, and to whom
the husband was instructed to pay
520 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 was
making not more than $8 or $10 a j
week out of the business. Mrs. An
derson in her petition for divorce ai- ;
ieged drunkenness and abuse on the |
part of her husband.
Witnesses for the husband said his
wife had been guilty of such profani
ty that t\ie proprietor of a boarding
house asked them to leave.
In her petition the mother «ald she
desired to place the child in a school
at Harrisburg. Pa., the mother's home,
where she married Anderson In 1908.
She declared that the child's grand
mother wanted to put the child in a
Catholic school In Savannah.
The child, when asked if she was a
Catholic, replied: "No; I am next to
it,” explaining that she was an Kpls-
opallun. Even Judge Bell indulged
in «a laugh.
"The question as to w here the child
.shall be sent to school may be taken
up later. The cihld can not he taken
out of the Jurisdiction of the court
without a special order from the
court," said Judge Bell.
He ruled that the mother might see
the child at stated times, but could
not be allowed to take her out.
Vice Squad and Dog
Cost City Damages
Attorney W. C. Monday ha si filed a
petition for damages to Council,
charging that he has been more im
posed upon by Chief Beavers’ "vice
jquad” than any innocent spooners.
He charges that two members of j
ttils famous squad "were spying on i
some dogs that were playing on the
Capitol grounds.” One of the officers
shot at a little pup. he says, and hit
him in the leg. Mayor Woodward and j
the claims committee promised him j
Wednesday that the city would reim
burse him for his hospital expenses
aid his lose of time.
Prison Commission Votes Two to
One to Free Doctor Accused
of Poisoning His Friend.
Continued from Page 1.
Girl, 15, Sues Cotton
Mill for $10,000 for
Disabled Left Hand
Eventful Life of
William J. Gaynor
Heart Disease Fatal to Mayor as
First Englishman to
Own an Auto Dead
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON. Sept. 11.—Evelyn Kills j
the first Englishman who owned ;
an automobile, 1» dead at the ug•• i
of 71.
Ellis bought a five-horsepower Pan- I
hard machine in 1895 and drove it at
ten miles an hour In defiance of the
'aw, 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
ust before he
j sailed, holding
the emblem of
his party in
the mayoralty
race—a shovel.
He Takes Ocean Trip for
His Health,
Continued from Page 1.
ence and besieged the office of Mr.
of the
Rival Factions Seek to
Pick Up Gaynor Strength
Robin Pardon Given
Bv Sulzer Held Void
KINGSTON, N. Y.. Sept. 11.—Judge
Hasbrouck has decided the Joseph G.
Robin habeas corpus proceedings ad
versely to Robin. He holds that Gov
ernor Sulzer. who pardoned Robin,
was impeached by the Assembly and
while awaitin'* trial i» 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.
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Wi I”
when the appe
tite is normal and
you are able to eat
without distress;
but how quickly
you go “down to de
feat” when the "inner
man” becomes weak.
Plav safe, and at the
first sign of trouble you
bad better take
HOSTETTERS
STOMACH
BITTERS
It will help you eou-
trrroe to be a ‘‘winner.”
NEW VORK. Sept. 10 - Mayor (lay-
nor’s death came as a shattering blow
j to the political structure that had
been built for the November elec
tion 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 had
named John Purroy Mitchell, Collec- j
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 assailed 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 alti
tude of the leaders on both sides in
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
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.
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
fore the news of Mayor Oavnor’s
death came, leaves Mr. Mitchell free
to accept the nomination of the In
dependence League, and it is ex
pected he will so accept. If he does
not, then the Independence League
would almost of necessity have to
name a candidate of its own
A definite idea
be drawn from the vote in the last
Liner Baltic Due at
QueenstownFriday
LIVERPOOL, Sept. 11.—
The liner Baltic, upon which
Maj or Gaynor died, is not due
here until late to-jnorrow night
or Saturday morning.
She is due in Queenstown,
Ireland, to-morrow morning.
The consolidated
election for Mayor
returns showed:
B&nnard, Republican, 177,304.
Gaynor, Democrat, 250,387.
Hearst, Civil Alliance, 154,187
Total vote, 581,878.
That the Gaynor vote was a Tam
many vote is shown beyond‘question
by the vote for R. K. Moore, the Tam
many candidate for Comptroller, who
polled 256.092 votes in the face of an
unusually hot personal fight.
On the face of the actual figures
this three-cornered race promised to
plurality
give Judge McCall an easy
of the total vote, assuming, as th
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-T. tnmany 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 Gavnor’s Death.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.
shocked to learn of Mayor (
death.” said Secretary of Stat
to-day. "The , ews is so
1 can not even believe it
He was a strong man in m,
f the situation may j spools and I know thut New V
feel his loss.'
Adamson, private secretary
late Mayor.
The cablegram telling of Mayor
Gaynor’s demise was received at City
Hall at 4 a. rn., but lay unopened on
Mr. Adamson’s 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 was 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
j 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’s death
while 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 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-fa-ed 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. I
Mayor Gaynor was elected upon the I
Democratic ticket, but Adolph L. !
Kline, who temporarily succeeds j
Mayor Gaynor is a Republican. An* j
other feature of the change is the i
fact that Mr. Kline was not elected 1
udden that I president of the Board of Aldermen, i
to be true, i but came into that executive position !
m .nv ! through the resignation of John Pur- j
Mitchell, who left the board to
pt the post of collector of the port
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 1 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-elected 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.
Gaynor’s Secretary
Former Atlanta Man.
once by 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
Emanuel County physician, died on
June 4, 1910. A few days later ru
mors. at first faint and Indefinite, as
! to improper relationship between Dr.
j McNaughton and Mrs. Flanders, be
gan to circulate.
Relatives of the dead’man had the
I 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
1 charged, was a desire 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 fen •
tenced to be hanged.
Then followed the great legal battle
for McNaughton’s life, w'hich had its
echo as far north as Washington.
D. C.. where the case was 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 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 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
six postponement? 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 not
be.
About ten days ago Judge Saffoid
and Colonel John Bennett, of Swains.
boro, attorneys for McNaughton, sub
mitted to the Georgia Prison Com
mission new evidence in the form v of
affidavits of two Thomasville 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 both sides, the case went io
the Prison Commission for final de
cislon.
All sorts of charges, w'hich have
stirred the State, have been hurled
during the course of the McNaugh
ton-Flanders case. Perhaps the most
startling of these w r as 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 confe
about. In anticipation . f a full par
don Dr. McNaughton less than three
weeks ago announced his intention of
resuming his profession.
Girl toilers, none of whom appeared
to be more than 16 years old. ap
peared in City Court this morning to
testify in the ault for JIO.OOO damages
brought by pretty little Maud Ste
phens, IS 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 skin
and tandons torn away. It is claimed
that she never will regain control of
her fingers.
Arrested as He
GRAFT IN NIILK
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Adopts Resolutions Welcoming
All Good Dairies to Atlanta.
The Chamber of Commerce pure
milk committee mot in tho office of
Dr. S. A. Visanska. chairman, Thurs
day and adopted resolutions denying
the charges of a number of dairymen
that the pure milk propaganda was in
the interest of personal gain of the
T OQirPQ members of the committee.
LlOd V CO 1 iioUU They pointed out that there were
good dairies as well as bad ones in
Atlanta, and that their object was t®
make them all good. The resolution®
declare the committee is not Interest
ed In any foreign corporation, but
that any and all good dairymen are
welcomed to Atlanta. They declare
the charges of the dairymen absurd,
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, Louisl-
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 when 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.
Robert F. Adamson, secretary tc
Mayor Gaynor, and the first person
to receive news of the passing of New
York’s Chief Executive, is a forinei
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 bv
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.
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.
Cup Defender To Be
Built by Herreshoff
Macon Sleuths
Shadow Dasher
MACON, Sept. 11.—Arthur L. Dash
er, candidate for Mayor, who charged
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 plalnclothesmen. 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 se«£
them to the Len G. Broughton revival,
and that the officers had strolled Int*
the council chamber, which is In tho
same builfiing, because they would
rather hear politics than sermons.
Mr. Dasher said he was not satis
fied with the explanation.
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
shoff, 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 York 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.
AT HAVRE DE GRACE.
FIRST—Three-year-olds, selling, oV 2
furlongs: xBriar Path lfO. xTurkey in
the Straw 97, Silver Moon 103, Ford Mai
107, xYVanda Pitzer 104, Hobnob 112,
Scallywag 111, xTrifler 98, Coeur
D'Alene 99.
SECOND—Two-year-olds and up, 5
furlongs: xHumiliation 97, Mr. Sniggs
104, Tranid 106, Carl 109, Superintend
ent 109.
THIRD—Three-year-olds and up, sell
ing, 1 mile and 70 yards: Superstition
109, xJ. H. Houghton 111, xYVorking
Lad 109, Hedge Rose 109, Falcada 105.
FOURTH—Three-year-olds and up,
Foxhill handicap, 6 furlongs: Light
o’ M’Life 110, Sebago 110, Shackleton
108, Tartar 105, Hester Prynne 97,
Springboard 111, Cherokee Rose 111,
Prince Ahmed 108, Marjorie A 100,
Azyiade 100.
FIFTH—Two-year-olds, selling, 5*£
furlongs: xCharles Cannell 100, Cen
taur! 105, Red Path 106, xCregg 103,
Ovation 105, Sunamit 108, Small 108,
Irish Boy 105, Thelma J. 105, Mordecal
105.
SIXTH—Three-year-olds and up, sell
ing, 1 mile and 70 yards: Compliment
109, Stentor 110, xMaster Jim 100,
Daingerfleld 705, Reno 105, Superstition
111, Little Jupiter 105, Little Ep 107.
Petulus 109, Ursa Major 107, Swish 109.
xApprentlce allowance claimed.
Weather clear; track fast.
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 » teaspoonful In a glass of cold «*tr*
before retiring Induces restful sleep. Non-Alco
holic. Adr.
THE ATLANTA COL
LEGE OF PHARMACY
completes its summer session at th®
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.
Med lock. Dr. H. Carl Owen and Dr.
W. E. Person.
The following gentlemen will re
ceive the degree of Ph. G.:
Miguel A. Alllegro, Cuba; Owen F.
Baynard, S. C.; George H. Bcaa,
Tenn.; Grover C. Brannen, Ga.;
Homer D. Breazeale, S. C.; Marion
Browning, Cuba; Mrs. Mariott
Browning, Cuba; R. M. Barnett, Ala.;
Carlos Cassanovas, Cuba; Hugh C.
Dover, N. C.; Mrs. Emili Gomex
Cuba; T. D. Guffin. Ga.; Samuel *L
Hirsowitz, Ga.; F. P. Johnson, S. C.;
Edw'in A. Jones, Ga.; E. R. Raise*
Ga.; W. W. Munson, Miss.; Robert
C. McDowell, Texvs; H. II. McDon
ald, Miss.; J. Frederick Poole, 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.)
M. F.ich & Bros. Co.
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