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With the rollapse of the ‘'open town tk-kei for Council, Mayo* James G. Woodward turned his un- divided attention to the defeat of the new charter. on ac ount of Council’s refusal to grant the people an opportunity to get any real charter reform I wa « in hopes that a. full ticket would be brought out against the old crowd and elected," he said Saturday, "it' is the people's fault that the old crowd Is going lo remain In the sad dle. I can stand it If they can "I didn't try to get out any ticket myself. I have my preferences for Council, but 1 am not running any body's campaign What I am inter ested in now is defeating this fake new charter. Its whole object is block genuine charter reforms. I am convinced It will be rejected by an overwhelming vote.” Hall Turns on Mayor. Despite Mayor Woodward's denial that lie tried to get out a ticket the opposition candidates charge that hd exhausted every resource in such an effort. Councilman Orville H. Hall, can didate for re-election from the Thi*<J Ward, was regarded as a supporte* of the Mayor, but after the close 06 the primary entry list FYiday he openly denounced the activities 0 * Mayor Woodward against him. Councilman Hall told his friends that Mayor Woodward had tried to persuade hint to enter the race fos Alderman against Alderman Jam-a R. Warrei*. He refused. The nex* 1 thing he knew R. R. Jackson had an- nounced against him for Council. Count'*! man Hall explained that Jackson had been persuaded to com* out of the race Friday morning, but that Mayor Woodward railed him up and promised to stump the ward fop him (Jackson) if he would stay in. Otis Tells of Ruse. I have done everything I consist ently could to please the Mayor,” h*f said. “Claude Mason, from the Tentn Ward, fought him tooth and nail. Yet he got out opposition to me and left Mason to run unincumbered. A humorous trick was worked 'H one of the schemers for opposition by R R. Otis in the Second Ward. Mr. Otis was approached by a map who said he represented a committee of 25. The man wanted him to op pose C. D. Knight for Council. “Mr. Knight Is one of my bent friends,” said Mr. Otis, "but I told this man I would lake his proposition under serious advisement. He came to me day after day and each time S put him off without a definite answer. Yesterday I told him I had decided i could not possibly run.” The result of the trick is that Mfc Knight has no opposition. Club Owner Is Active. There has been no more active fig ure in politics during the past few weeks than T. M. Webb, owner of the Theatrical Club It was he who spread the report that both Dan S. Walraven and Jesse Armistead would withdraw from the Seventh Ward aldermenid race and that Marcellus Anderson would run unopposed. Mr. Walrav.-a was to be Police Commissioner. Mr. \rm f siead'» absolute refusal to enter in any such plans destroyed the plans Mr Webb is now an active supporter of Mr. Walraven for Alder- man. _ _ V Copyright, 100*, By The Georgian Co 9 rrVTS 11 AY no - 1 MORE CONVICTED SLAYER AND HER'DAUGHTER +•+ *!•••!* *!• • •!* MRS. EDNA PERKINS GODBEE Daughter Collapses When Jury, Deadlocked Overnight, Returns Verdict, Asking Mercy. MIUL.EN, Sept. 14—With the doomed woman sitting stolidly in her rhair in the Jenkins County court house, staring blankly and unbeliev ingly at the twelve Jurors who had just pronounced her guilty, Judge F. A. Saffold, chief of counsel for Mrs. Edna Godbee, sentenced to Imprison ment for life for the killing of Mrs. Florence Godbee, tl bride of her di vorced husband, on August 18, an nounced Immediately after the pass ing of sentence that he will ask for a new trial. Judge Hammond proba bly will name the date for arguments some time later in the day. Colonel F. A. Saffold. Benior coun sel for Mrs. Godbee, announced this afternoon that a skeleton motion for a new trial wqv?d be filed at once, ac cording to statutory regulations. No grounds will be named, but they will be supplied as boon as the law yers for the defense have had the op portunity to review the evidence pre sented at the trial of the convicted woman. They were in conference all the forenoon. Slain Bride’s Mother Glad. “I am glad Mrs. Godbee was given a life sentence.” was the comment of Mrs. M. G. Moyer, mother of the slain girl, after Judge Hammond had set the penalty. “She deserved pun ishment, although I did not want her hanged. A woman of her type is dangerous at large.” Mrs. Godbee would not see report ers, but it was reported by friends who visited her cell that she was cheerful and optimistic, and was con fident of an acquittal on a new trial. Miss Sarah Godbee, the beautiful daughter of Mrs. Godbee, collapsed as the foreman of the jury announced the verdict. She has been a constant companion of her mother during the trial, and her own cheerfulness has had much to do with the cheerfulness of her mother. She held her mother's hand in hers as the jury filed slowly into the court room. Eagerly she scanned the faces of each man, hoping for a sign that they would declare Mrs. Godbee not guilty. Each man’s face was grave. Her hand tightened over that of her mother, and tears rolled down har cheeks. As the foreman rose to an nounce the verdict she leaned for- , ward, the most intensely eager person *Wn the room. Mrs. Godbee Not Moved. As the dreaded word "guilty” fell from the lips of Lie juryman Miss Godbee shrieked and collapsed. In a hush broken only by the sobs of iho daughter, Judge Hammond ordered Mrs. Godbee to stand and receive the sentence of the court. Gently disen gaging the clinging hands of he" daughter, Mrs. Godbee rose and stood without a tremor while the court or dered that she be confined In the pen itentiary the remainder of her natu ral life. Without a change of coun tenance, with no trace of the emo tions that were sweeping through h jr heart, she bowed calmly as the judge concluded and resumed her seat. Mrs. Godbee’s daughter, young and beautiful, presented a pitiful specta cle that brought tears to the eyes of every person in the courtroom. She clung to Mrs. Godbee’s neck, while ihe mother gently patted her head and whispered words of encourage ment As the Sheriff stepped forward and placed his hand on Mrs. God- bee’s shoulder to lead her away to prison the young daughter broke down completely. She pillowed her head on her mother's breast, tears streaming down her face, her sobs audible in every part of the court room. As the hand of the Sheriff fell upon her shoulder, opening wide the gates of the prison. Mrs. Godbee disen gaged her daughter's hand, imprint- Continued on Page 2, Column I. CREMATORY FIGHT IS The old crematory fight whs re vived in a new r form Saturday when Councilman Claude L. Ashley, chair man of the Council Sanitary Commit tee, declared that he was convinced that the city was robbed by the con tract with the Destructor Company, of New* York, and that a rebate on the purchase price must be secured. His statement was made following a conference with Mayor Woodward, in w’hich they agreed they would re fuse to approve any more payments on the plant until a satisfactory set tlement was agreed upon. The city has paid $125,000 on the plant and $135,000 still is due. Councilman Ashley's criticism of the plant was inspired by the belief that it will not come up to the speci fications. He is an engineer and as chairman of the Council Sanitary Committee has kept a close watch on the testing of the plant. Thinks Firm Is “Stalling.” “Some two weeks ago I told the Destructor people we were ready for an official test,” he said. “They have postponed it and postponed it until I am convinced they are falling. "There is no trouble about the plant burning the garbage. It is burning all the city is producing, about 227 tons a day. But we don't have to pay $260,000 to get a plant to do that. “During the fight to get CouncH to approve the contract the crematory people insisted that the heavy cost was due to the steam producing ca pacity of such a plant. The specifi cations provided that a pound of garbage should produce a pound of steam. ■ it is not doing it. I have watched it from day to day. With the tons of watermelon rinds to be burned this has been a bad season. It seems that the Destructor Company wants to wait until the leaves are falling, and they will have material capable of producing much heat per pound That would be unfair to the city. Insists on Enforcing Pact. "The steam producing power of that plant must be constant, within certain limits, to make an electric power plant in conjunction with it practical. “That’s what we thought we were getting by the contract, and that’s what we are going to have or know the reason why. "We have agreed to pay $260,000 for the plant. My offhand estimate is that it Is not worth more than $200,000. We are going to have the proper rebate if the Destructor Com pany doesn't demonstrate to us In an official test that the plant will do what the contract says it shall.” Plan Public Tours Of Industrial Atlanta V. H. Kricgshaber and Mell R. Wil kinson are handling the matter of placing bulletins of the Industrial Statistical Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce in the railway stations and hotels to show Atlanta's industrial growth. The bureau is considering the pro jected excursion around industrial At lanta. Similar excursions have been conducted p other cities to broaden the public conception of local indus tries. New Clew in $72,000 Express +•+ +•+ •;•••:- -!••+ AYOR ATTACKS CHARTER AS Express Officials More Confident Than Ever of Apprehending $72,00u Thief. That they expected to put their hands uf>on the man responsible for the big $72,000 robbery from the Southern and Adams Express Com panies within a few hours was the Heflin Challenges For Suffrage Debate BALTIMORE, Sept. 14.-Declaring woman suffrage, if universally adopt ed, would result in the downfall of the republic. Congressman J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama, in a speech here, challenged any Democratic member of Congress to meet him in a public debate on the subject. "Women have been the inspiring power back of the men—not with the ballot, but with their babies in their arms,'' he said.* “Will the time ever come w hen woman will cease to trust her husband and her brother to vote for her best interests?” U. S. Diplomat, Under Charges, Is Recalled WASHINGTON, Sept. 14—Post Wheeler, secretary of the American Embassy at Rome, to-day'was re called to Washington to answer charges of irregularity filed at the State Department MISS SARAH GODBEE AND DR. M. E. PERKINS confident statement this morning of General Manager J. B. Hockaday and Harry Scott, of Atlanta. The finding of the missing way bill, they said, had given them the clew that they needed to uncover the dar ing thief. The way bill covered the shipment of the $72,000 from the Chase National Bank in New York to Savannah, Valdosta and Bruns wick banks. It had been myste riously missing after the disappear ance of the money w*as discovered, its finding was the last thing to make the evidence complete. Net Tightening. Either the last man whose signa ture is on it or the one whose sig nature immediately preceded it must account for the money, according to Detective Scott and Manager Hocka day. The net is tightening around the guilty man and the detectives arc prepared to make an arrest at any moment. immediately upon the finding of the Continued on Page 2, Column 5. Cavalry Charges Women in Strike CALUMET. MICH., Sept. 14 —Hun dreds of striking copper miners and their wives to-day resumed their demonstrations against imported mine guards. Because of the serious ness of the situation and the temper of the crowds, arrests were not made except when absolutely necessary. On Eighth street cavalry charged the strikers with drawn sabers to clear the streets. Capitalist's Son Denies He Flour ished Weapon During Argu ment With Street Car Man. Walter T. Candler, of No. 80 Hurt street, a teller in the Central Trust and Bank Corporation and a son of Asa G. Candler, will bo given a hear ing in Police Court on September 16. charged with drawing a revolver and threatening to shoot a street car con ductor during an argument at Broad and Marietta streets late Friday aft ernoon. Mr. Candler was arrested and given a copy of charges by Plainclothes Of ficers Green and McKlbben shortly after the occurrence, on complaint of the street car man According to the story the latter ioid the police, he started to cross Marietta street at Broad and narrowly escaped being run down by Mr. Candler's automo bile. The conductor claims lie told Mr Candler to look where he was going, and asserts that Mr. Candler told him to keep off the streets. One word led to another, the street car man says, and the quarrel became violent. Conductor Reports to Police. After a few minutes, the street car man claims that Mr Candler drew a revolver from his pocket and leveled It at him, saying: "Shut your mouth: I haven’t got time to fool with you!” The conductor told the police that he was afraid Mr. Candler would shoot him. so he returned to the side walk and Mr. Candler went on up the street in his car. The atreet car man at once called up police headquarters and entered a case against Mr. Can dler. Mr. Candler Saturday morning de nied having drawn a revolver on the man. "I had a revolver in my autom )- bile," he said. "I h-d between $10,000 and $15,000 in the which I was taking to the express company from the bank for shipment, and when 1 carry that amount of money through the streets I always have a revolver in my car. I would be foolish to car ry a large sum like that without some means of protection. Denies Drawing Gun. "1 did not draw the revolver on the man, and I did not threaten to shoot him. 1 do not remember that I cursed him. either. He probably saw the weapon lying in the automobile, ani got the impression that I had drawn it from my pocket during th ; quarrel. From where he was standing when the argument began he could not see the gun, but later he moved up closer to the automobile, and then the weap on was in plain view. “I had some words with the fellow, but he was never in any danger of be ing run down by my car. I was com ing up Marietta street from the bank and was not running at a high rate of speed. This man got in front of tha machine, and 1 stopped to let him ge v out of the way. He yelled something about looking where 1 was going, and I probably said something along the same line to him. We argued only a few' moments and then I drove on ;o the express company.” Government Gives Farmers Magazine; Credit More Needed “The Government will publish ■ monthly magazine for farmers.” — Department of Agriculture. Excellent. But when is the Government going to give our farmers a credit system enabling them to get money at somewhat les than double the rate paid by Wall street specula tors? This would be a real step to ward lowering the cost of life’s necessaries. Flagler’s Dream of Through Car Service To Havana Realized ST. AUGUSTINE, Sept. 14.—Con tracts will bo let within a few days by the Florida East Coast Railway, it was learned here to-day. for gi gantic ferryboats to carry train3 bodily from J\ey West to Havana, thus bringing to a culmination the dteam of Henry M. Flagler of fast serv ice from New York to Havana. The ferryboats will be of steel and the largest in the world, each large enough to carry 36 large pas senger cars. Passengers from New York will be enabled to go direct to Havana without alighting from their cars Perkins Says Bryan's Retirement Is Due NEW YORK. Sept. 14—George W. Perkins, who returned with hi« fam ily on the liner Olympic, said Eng land is amazed at Secretary Bryan’s absences from duty. “I tnink Mr. Bryan's performance.'* will resuit in his retirement, and if so a great service will have been done the country.” amid Mr. Perkins. "There must be a unified movement to overthrow Tammany this fall.” Doctor, Engaged to Two, Kills Himself TERRE HAUTE. 1ND„ Sept. 14 — Dr. Van Cleve. who committed sui cide here in the house where lie wa*. to have been married to Lillian Bros- na, of Marshall, Ill., also was en gaged to marry Miss Steinbaugh, em ployed in a publishing house in In dianapolis. She is said to have furnished $100 to aid in his medical education. Black Frost Ruins President's Garden CORNISH, N. H., Sept. 14.—There was consternation in the culinary de partment of President Wilson’s sum mer home when it was discovered blatk frost had ruined the truck gar den at Harlakenden House. Late corn and other vegetables in this vicinity were badly damaged. The temperature went below freez ing Eat 150 Chickens Fried by Lightning PITTSBURG. PA., Sept. 14.—When lightning struck a barn owned by Ja;iies Gill, near Sharpsrville, 150 chickens were shocked and fried to death. The barn was destroyed. The victim of the fire took his loss philosophically and issued invitations to his neighbors to attend a chicken dinner TO MANUFACTURE BENZOL. BIRMINGHAM. Sept. 14. —Benzol will be manufactured in the Birming ham District by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, subsid iary organization of the United States Sieel Corporation, according to a statement made here to-day. Slaton Rules Negro Slayer Must Hang Will Varner, a negro convicted of murder in the Newton County Su perior Court and sentenced to be hanged, was denied a commutation to life imprisonment by Governor Sla ton Saturday. Varner shot and killed the 6-year- old child of his wife while endeavor ing to snoot her when yhe refused to return t him. Trust Braves T. R.; Invades Oyster Bay OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. Sept. 14.— At last a trust has invaded the home town of Colonel Roosevelt. A big oyster company, which controls moui of the beds along the sound shores, has secured control of the local bed? formerly regarded as the legitima:* property of 200 oystertnen and clam diggers of Oyster Bay. The validity of the company’s hold ings is to be tested in the courts'. Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit---GEORGIAN WANT ADS--- Use for Results FRAUD EOF Mayor Gives Issue Undivided At tention Following Collapse of "Open Town” Ticket. .J