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VOL. XII. NO. 87.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1918.
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MAYOR SCORES COLLAPSE OF CREMATORY
Essie Nix,
who mother
fears was
lured from
city.
Councilman Ashley, After Inspec
tion, Criticises Carrier System
at Disposal Plant.
Atlanta’s new crematory is practi
cally out of operation and Monday
the carts were turned to the old
dumping grounds with their loads of
garbage. This was the report made
to Mayor Woodward by Councilman
Claude Ashley Monday, following a
visit by him to the crematory, and
criticism of the plant’s collapse was
widespread.
In his talk with the Mayor, Mr.
Ashley severely criticised the ar
rangements by which the garbage is
transported from the pit to the fur-
ncscz, si:i£ TSSsred the suggestion that
traveling cranes be suoatitvfsd ^sr
the present system.
“The system of handling the gar
bage in use now keeps one spot in the
pit clean. # but fails to properly remove
the garbage along the sides of the
pit.” he said.
Double Strain on Motors.
“A great many cables have been
broken on the bucket? used, while the
heavy strain burns out the motors
rapidly. The system in use is similar
to the trap-stick system, having a
bucket on each end. The buckets are
swung out. and at times are at a
great angle, making a double strain
on the motor? ”
"They are three months behind on
their promises, and the plant is prac
tically at a standstill.” raid the May
or, sarcastically. “Why, they said
they would have one unit of the plant
ready by June 1 and the entire plant
completed by June 15. Here it is
three months after the time promised
for completion and to-day they are
not even working the one unit prom
ised for June 1.
“Someone asked me the other day
why we were raising so much of a
row about the crematory. Well, J
think when a thing costs a city $250,-
000 that we are eniitled to raise a
row if the thing is not what it should
be.
Forfeit a Mere Bagetelle.
If we can save the city $50,000 in
the cost of this plant I think we will
be doing well. And until this plant is
?n perfect working order we are go
ing to continue to raise a row.
“The contract called for the turning
over of the plant to the city August
15 and a forfeit of *23 a day for each
day's delay. A month has passed
since the rinal date and while we
have a forfeit of $23 a day chargen
against the manufacturers the tou-.t
um of it b it a drop In the bucket
.•omnared to what we expert to save
the citv on this plant.”
Mayor Woodward some time age-
appointed Frajik Lederle as the engi
neer to represent the city in a test
run of the plant. The plant has not
yet been turned over to Lederle for
tne 30-dav test.
Taken to Hospital in
Car That Struck Her
Roxie Carmichael, a negress, was
Injured Mohday morning when she
was run down at Peachtree and Cain
streets by an automobile driven by W.
P Wash. No. 335 North Jacks ,n
street, who was on his way to Union
Station to catch a train for Athene
where he is a student at the univer-
lity
Mr. Wash took the woman to Grady
Hospital. Physicians state she is a o
seriously injured.
Mr. Wash reported the accident to
the police. No case was made against
him
Copper Plant Given
3 Years to Harness
Crop-Killing Fumes
Governor Slaton Monday signed an ■
order extending the time in which
the Tennessee Copper Company, of ,
Ducktown. may remedy the damag- I
ing status of its plant, as provided !
in the Legislative act passed in Au- ;
gust.
Under the provisions of this order j
the company has three years in which
to adjust complaints made against it
by North Georgia farmers, and to
arrange for the future disposition
of its sulphurous fumes that they
will cause no damage to surrounding
vegetation.
In the meantime. however, the
company must deposit with the State
$16,500 annually for three years, to
take care of such damages as may
accrue in the meantime.
LOSE ONLY
Crackers' Star Shortstop Drafted
by St. Louis Browns—Sought
by Twelye Clubs.
Blease Wanted as
Witness Against
U. S. by Publisher
Wilmington, sept. 15.—Cole l.
Blease, Governor of South Carolina, is
wanted in Elizabeth City as a witness
for the defendant in the case of the
United States against the publisher of
‘Down Homer,’ a free thought maga
zine. W. O. Saunders, who is to be
tried October 14 on the charge of
publishing. In violation of the Fed
eral statute, matter tending to incite
murder and arson.
Saunders wrote and published an
article in which he stated that “Cole
Blease ought to bF shot,” and he
hopes to prove by the Governor him
self that he has not been murdered or
incinerated as a result of anything he
has written about him.
U. S. Parole Board
Takes Up 125 Cases
The parole board of the Federal
prison met Monday morning and v Ei
be in session all week. wHh 125 cases
to be passed on. Five are life-term
cases. Warden Moyer said paroles
probably will be recommended to At
torney General McReynolds at Wash
ington for the majority of the men.
All the members of the board are
present. They are Robert V. LaDow.
of Washington, president of the board
and superintendent of prisons and
prisoners; Warden William H. Moy
er, of the Atlata Federal prison; Dr.
J. Calvin Weaver, and Parole Officer
M. L. Covington, advisory member.
Governor Ready for
McNaughtonHearing
Governor Slaton has completed his
investigation and consideration of the
McNaughton record, handed him by
the Prison Commission, and is now
ready to hear arguments for and
against the pardon recommended.
If the attorneys interested can
agree, the hearing wdll be had within
the present week, as the Governor in
anxious to dispose of the matter
finally.
Atlanta Train Near
Plunge Into River
EUFAULA, Sept 15.—Just after the
Atlanta train on the Central of Geor
gia Railroad had crossed the bridge
over the Chattahoochee River to-day
the trucks of the tender jumped the
track.
Had the accident occurred a few
feet farther back the train probably
would have toppled 100 feet into the
river.
Divorce Suit Based
On Photo of Woman
Because, among other things, she
found in her husband's pockets the
picture of a scantily clad woman
drinking a glass of beer. Mrs. Dell
Foret filed petition tor divorce and
alimony against L. C. Foret, a tailor,
ip Judge Bell’s division of the Supe
rior Court Jlonday.
Attorney John Y. Smith will rep
reseat thep laintiff in the suit.
Rivingt~n Bisiand. the Crackers’
sensational shortstop, was drafted by
the St. Louis Americans Monday aft
ernoon at the draft meeting of the
major league clubs in Cincinnati.
Twelve big league club owners put in
drafts for the "best infielder in *ne
Southern League." but the BroVns
outlucked the others when the draw
ing was made.
The following telegram was re
ceived by jhe sporting editor of The
Georgian this afternoon:
Cincinnati, Ohio. Sept. 15. 1913.
W. S. Farnsworth, Sporting Edi
tor. Georgian, Atlanta, Ga.:
We lose Bisiand. Twelve drafts
in for him. St. Louis Americans
'fcete him BILLY SMITH.
Welchonce Comes Back.
Manager Smith is attending the ses
sion in Cincinnati He had expected
that Bisiand would be drafted, as he
knew that he Yankees. Browns. Naps
White Sox. Cubs and Cardinals had
scouts here in Atlanta during the last
six weeks of the Southern Beague
season looking over the young short
stop.
The loss of Bisiand by draft means
that Harry Welchonce will be with
the Crackers next season Only one
man can be drafted from a club.
It looks as though every member of
this year’s team will be back on the
job with the exception of Bisiand and
Agler. Agler was bought by Jersey
City, but the New York Americans
are to get him in the spring.
Dent. Long, Conzelman. HollanJ,
Thompson and Love have “been cov
ered up.’’ There is a chance that
Conzelman will make good with Pitts
burg and that Dent may land a per
manent berth with Washington.
Bisiand Real Star.
Still both are young, and Clark
Grffith likely will send both back for
another year of seasoning here.
Bisiand was obtained by the Crack
ers from the Pirates late last spring.
He was an understudy of the great
Hans Wagner for two seasons, and,
of course, had no chance ot display
his worth as long as the big Dutch
man was in the game.
He hit right around tiie .300 mark
all season for the Crackers and cov
ered more ground than any inflelder
in the Southern league.
Conductor Punched
Him, Says Plaintiff
.The $5,000 damage suit of J. C.
Adamosn, a young contractor, against
the Central of Georgia Railroad, foi
alleged assault by a conductor, was
tried Monday morning in Judge Ellis’
division of the Superior Court.
Defendant claimed he was struck
by a conductor's punch following a
dispute over a ticket book with which
he wished to pay his fare. Judge John
A. Powell, representing the Central/
claimed the defendant was using an
other's book.
Austria Likeiy to
Have Fair Exhibit
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
VIENNA. Sept. 15.—Although the
Austrian Government has not yel re
plied to the United States’ invitation
to participate officially in the Pana
ma Fair, there is a widespread move
ment among the industrialists of Aus
tria-Hungary in favor of sending v-
hibits to San Francisco
Many applications for space have
been received already.
; Judge Russell to
Head Appeals Court
By Service Seniority
Judge Richard B. Russell will be
come Chief Judge of the Court of
Appeals by right of senorlty of ser
vice, and not by election, as has
been the prevailing impression.
Judge Russell would have been
Chief Judge in any event, but under
the rules of the court the oldest
Judge in point of service becomes
Chief Judge automatically, and there
fore no election will be necessary in
the case of Judge Russell He is the
senior member of the court, after
Judge Hill, the present Chief Judge,
appointed to the new Atlanta Court
In order to permit Judge Hill to
complete the work he now has in
hand before leaving the Appellate
bench, the Court of Appeals will hear
no arguments between now and Oc
tober 13.
It may be that Judge Hill will not
leave the Appellate bench formally
before that date.
Americau Miner Is
Cruelly Slain by
Baudits in Mexico
Woman Tries Suicide;
Saved by Little Girl
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SAVANNAH. Sept. 15. —Mrs S. E.
I Johnson. No. 105 President street, Is
in a critical condition at the Savan
nah Hospital to-day as a result of
taking carbolic acid in an attempt at
suicide.
A little girl in the house, hearing
Mrs. Johnson crying, went to her
room just as she raised the vial :o
her lips. She knocked it from the
woman’s hand before she had swal
lowed a large quantity and summoned
tne ambulance.
Diary of Honeymoon
Used to Win Decree
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15.— Three weeks
after her marriage Mrs. Charles Huf-
sehmidt began to keep a diary for a
divorce suit which she anticipated
bringing.
She exhibited the record ? > show
cruel treatment.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia.—Rain Monday and
Tuesday.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 15 News
of the murder of Morris I’. Root.
American superintendent of the El
Tigre mines aj. Tepic. Mexico, was
brought here by the steamer Peru,
which had almost 100 refugees
aboard.
The mining engineer was intercept
ed by bandits on his way to join em
ployees of the company preparing to
defend the mine property He was
cut to pieces.
Root was 60 years old and had been
in Mexico sixteen years.
Max Lambert, another American
engineer who arrived on the Peru,
was left for dead by bandits who at
tacked his home in the state of Tepic.
Lambert’s wife and child escaped by
crawling through a rear window and
he remained to greet the bandits,
whose approach was noticed when
they were a mile away. When they
departed Mrs. Lambert returned and
got aid.
Treats 395 Rabies
Patients; All Saved
PARIS, Sept. 16.—Professor Elio
Metchnikoff. of the Pasteur Institute,
considers the reported discovery of
the microbe of hydrophobia by Dr.
Hideyo Noguchi, of the Rockefeller
Institute.of Medical Research, of New
York, to b'r of great medicai impor
tance.
He' remarked to-day that not one
death had occurred among the 395
person* treated at the institute in
1912. This Is the second time thlf
record has been made in 2 7 years.
Frank Case and New Bench Ap
pointments Cause Congestion
in Court—100 Await Trial.
Solicitor General Dorsey is on a still
hunt for a judge to conduct the large
grist of cases which have piled up
since the June term of court. The
Frank trial caused all other court
business to accumulate, and the re
cent bench appointments still further
have delayed the disposal of several
scores of cases.
More than one hundred prisoners
are in the county jail awaiting trial.
Some of them have been there much
longer than is usual to hold them be-
for trial. The Solicitor wishes to have
ihern placed jod uml at the earliest
possible moment and does not wish to
wait until some time in October for
Judge Ben H. Hill to take the new
Atlanta circuit judgeship if he can
avoid this delay.
An effort is being made to have
one of the Superior Court judges pre
side. If this fails, it Is probable that
a judge from an outside circuit will
be brought in.
Conley One To Be Tried.
Jim Conley, self-confessed accessory
after the fact in the murder of Mary
Phagan, will be one of those placed
on trial. Nothing of the spectacular
interest that obtained at the Frank
trial will be shown when the negro
Is brought into cour It will be little
more than a formality. Conley will
plead guilty and will be sentenced.
There will be no wi* nesses.
Judge Roan will hear the argu
ment for a new trial of Frank October
4, but all the subsequent litigation in
behalf of the convicted man will be
heard by' ano’hpr judge.
The recent benefi appointments also
may cause another delay in the set
tlement of tiie celebrated Crawford
case. Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford has
been accused of poisoning her wealthy
husband. Joshua Crawford. Solicitor
Dorsey found himself disqualified to
act as the prosecutor of Mrs. Craw
ford. Frank A. Hooper and several
others were named later to act in this
capacity, but the same di squall flea -
tion existed in each case. Charles S.
Reid finally was selected to draw up
the blank bill of indictment against
the accused woman and conduct the
prosecution.
Defense Urges Haste.
He was prepared to go ahead with
the case until it became known that
Governor Slaton had appointed him
as tiie judge of the Stone Mountain
Circuit, of which he now is prose
cutor. This will make it necessary'
to select still another attorney' to
conduct the case against Mrs. Craw
ford and may result in a delay of
several weeks more.
Burton Smith, one of her attorneys,
said Monday that It was the desire of
Mrs. Crawford's counsel to bring the
accusations to an issue as soon as
posible. He declared that if the mem
bers of the Grand Jury regarded the
evidence against her sufficient to
warrant an indictment, her lawyers
were anxious that this be done at
once so that Mrs Crawford would
have the opportunity to defend her
self.
Misdemeanor Docket
Being Cleared Rapidly.
Between 20 and 25 misdemeanor
cases, including the case of Ike Jack-
son, negro, who was sentenced for a
year for stabbing a negro woman,
were disposed of in Judge Calhoun's
division of the City Court Monday
morning. More than 200 cases, the
heaviest docket in years, probably
will he completed this week.
Judge Calhoun’s division was called
Monday following adjournment of the
criminal branch of the Superior Court,
presided over by Judg' Roan, who is
holding court in the Slone Mountain
Circuit.
TO 56; DRIZZLE
Chilly Rain and Fall Weather
Bring Out Overcoats and
Start Grate Fires.
With the temperature in ihe fifties
and a chilling, depressing rain spread
ing a mantle of gloom over tlie city.
Atlanta Monday shivered in real fall
weather.
Overcoats made their first appear
ance on the streets and brought envy
to the hearts of those not so well pre
pared or not yet ready to admit that
summer had gone. The Peachtree
parade was a rather drab affair, lack
ing the usual gay coloring. Tiie at
tractive had been momentarily laid
aside for the comfortable.
Coal dealers said that the cool snap
brought a lively awakening in their
line, scores of housewives suddenly
remembering that a cheery blaze at
home would not be amiss.
The temperature at noon was 56,
w ith little prospect of a change for
the better, and the weather bureau
announced that there would be more
rain.to-night and to-morrow.
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Three Feet of Water
In Mobile Streets.
MOBILE, Sept. 15.— A total of 11.01
inches of rain has fallen in Mobile
within the past two days, doing many
thousands of dollars damage.
Streets of the business district were
flooded three feet. In many places
water backed up into several stores.
Asheville Dons Furs;
Coal Dealers Rushed.
ASHEVILLE. Sept. 15.—Overcoats
and furs to-day took tiie place of
straw hats and summer suits, because
of the sudden drop In the tempera
ture followed by a 24-hour wintry
rain Every other person met on the
streets wore an overcoat. The coal
dealers of the city have been called
upon to add extra equipment, so
great was the demand for fuel. No
crops will be damaged by the sudden
drop.
Heartbroken Mother Seeks Pretty
Essie Nix, Sixteen Years Old,
Missing Since Saturday.
Weeping and fearful that her 16-
year-old daughter, Essie, had met
some terrible fate. Mrs. L. M Nix,
of No. 626 Chestnut street, visited
detective headquarters Monday
morning and reported the circum
stances of the girl’s strange disap
pearance from home on Saturday.
The heartbroken mother said the
girl had left home shortly before
noon as though going to her work at
the main exchange of the Southern
Rel| Telephone Company. Since
then she neither had seen her nor
heard anything from her The girl’s
hours at the exchange were from
noon until 9:30 at night.
When midnight came Saturday
Mrs. Nix began to worry. She made
inquiries Sunday at the homes of
relatives and aqualntances, but none
of them had seen the missing girl.
Her anxiety led her Monday to re
port the disappearance to the police
to whom she confided her fears that
her daughter had been lured out of
the city. The girl is a striking bru
nette and is said to have had a num
ber of admirers.
The mother said that Essie had
been acting peculiarly of late. Thurs
day night she discovered the girl got
off work at 6 o’clock in the evening,
but did not get home until very lata
She did not work at all Friday, al
though her mother did not know this
until she began the search Sunday.
Mrs. Nix said that her daughter
had a craze for the stage and many
times had expressed a desire to take
up this mode of earning a living. She
thinks this desire may have led her i
to turn away from home. The girl
ran away seven months ago. 'but was j
found a week later at the home of |
her uncle.
Rich Mail Is Victim
Of Woman Assassin
LEXINGTON, Sept. 13.—J. H.
Birchfleld. aged 30. a prominent lum
berman. was fatally shot by an un
identified assassin, said to be a wom
an, concealed in a house on Quick
sand Creek. Breathhitt County.
Rirrhfleld was brought to the hos
pital here.
RECITAL
Priest Tells How He Slew Girl,
Dismembered Body and Threw
Pieces Into Hudson River, j
NEW fORK, Sept. 15.—Hiwi,
Schmidt. Hjared 32, who officia-ted sm
a priest at St. Joseph's Catholiai
Church, this city, is in Jail here tp-*
day, the self-confessed slayer of
beautiful Anna Aumuller, aged 22*
Whose torso was found in the Hudson
River, and whose murder wa* on*
of the most shocking in the criminal
history of New York City.
Willie Schmidt sits calmly in hi4|
cell, announcing in a matter of factj
way that he is ready to pay the pen-'
altv for his crime, the distinguished
members of the Catholic clergy here*!
piecing together Schmidt's rather dis
connected story of his past, art mak
ing efforts to lift the hidden paged|
of Schmidt s early history In an effort
to prove that not only is the man in
sane. but that he was thrown into
jail in Europe a* an Imposter and
that he never was ordained as
priest.
Through as clever a bit of detective
work as the police depaitment her®
has ever experienced, suspicion final*
I.v directed itself upon Schmidt. Tha
officers could hardly credit their con
clusions and were placed In a delicar#
position as to how to approach the
priest. Finely, howeverl. they went
to the rectory after midnight Sunday,
summoned the priest from his room
where he was preparing to retire and
got him down to the reception room.
Photo Breaks Him Down.
Hardly had the priest stepped inr«
the room when Inspector Faurot, wav*
ing the picture of the murdered girl
before tiie priest's eyes, demanded;
' Where is that girl?”
Schmidt gave one quick glace at
the picture, staggered and almost fell.!
Then he said: “I killed her; I killed
her because I loved her. Then C
drank her blood.”
Schmidt wa» ordered to dress and
accompany the officers to the station.
He wanted to g<> alone to his roonV
but the detectives insisted upon ae*
rompanyltig !rim. Schmidt asked per*
mission then to go to the bathroom*
but he was searched first and a razor
was found on his person.
“What w'ere you going to do with
that kill yourself'”’ Schmidt was
asked.
“Yes.” he answered calmly; “I mark®
up my mind to kill myself If T ever
was arrested. But I never thought 1
would be.”
Schmidt after being taken to tha
police station, made a confession that
covered about 40 pages. He said that
he met Anna Aumuller about tw#
years before, when he was connected
w ith the St. Boniface Church w her#
Miss Auminler was employed as #
servant girl.
”1 became infatuated with her,” de
clared Schmidt. ”and decided to rent
a fiat for her.”
He iented a tiny place at No. 6§
Broadhurst avenue, paid a month 9
rent in advance, bought a few dollars*
worth of furniture and established th#
girl there.
His Story of Slaying.
Schmidt’s confession, in concrete
form, follows:
“1 met Anna Aumuller two year*
ago at the parish house of St. Bonis
face Church. She was employed as
Nervaut there. I was attracted to he#
by her beauty. I became infatuated
\vi‘h her. I loved her.
“I killed her because I loved her s<»
much. She was so beautiful. 1 could
not let her live without me.
I made tip my mir.d that she and ff
could not live together. I was a priesc
and mur; remain with my church. S<»
! opened the ooor of the fiat. She was
asleep in the room. I awakened her*
and told her I had come to fulfill my
tbr«*cr. Then l slew her with a knife.
'St. Elizabeth, of Hungary, my
patron saint, had come to me on#