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VOL. 1. NO. 35.
Copyright, 1518. by
The Georgian Company.
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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1913.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Appeal Made That Speculators
Are Making Fortunes at the Ex
pense of the Consumer—‘Buy
No More Until Cheap/ Is Order.
Letters and Telegrams to Lead
ing Cities of the United States
Start War on Both the Fresh
and Cold Storage Products.
Slayer Spencer Is
To Hang on Dec. 19;
Talks Hour in Court
Prisoner Roughly Addresses Judge
on Rexroat Killing Without Ad
mitting or Denying Guilt.
WHEATON, ILL., Nov. 29.—Judge
Slusser to-day sentenced Henry
Spencer, the confessed murderer of
Mildred Allison-RexToat, to be hanged
December 19.
"Before I pass sentence upon you,
is there anything you wish to say?”
asked the Judge.
The prisoner almost jumped from
his chair. Very slow-ly he walked to
ward the Judge’s bench. When he
stood directly in front of the court he
said:
"You are d right I have. I will
talk for Just one hour. I want to tell
my story for the last time.”
And then for almost an hour the
man talked. He went over the details
of the murder of Mrs. Rexroat. He
neither denied the killing nor admit
ted it.
Before leaving his cell, Spencer
pleaded to be hanged before Christ-
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—The Na-
tional Executive Committee of the
Housewives’ 1,ensue has called upon
Its members throughout the United
States to boycott eggs until prices
come down.
The appeal, which Is being sent by
letter and wire to the chief officers
of local Housewives’ Leagues in all of
the Important cities in the land, says.
The situation in the egg mar
ket is acute and chaotic. The
consumer Is being exploited. Aft
er careful deliberation the Na
tional Executive Committee of the
Housewives’ League calls upon Its
members and consumers In these
United States to protest against
the present manipulation by ceas
ing to buy eggs until conditions
change. Notify all members. Re
port to National Executive Com
mittee. Give wide publicity.
Watch daily press.
JENNIE DEWEY HEATH,
National President.
AGNES E. GRIFFIN,
National Secretary.
Boycott Fresh Eggs, Too.
The boycott applies to all kinds of
eggs, both fresh and storage. It Is
the first thing of the kind ever at
tempted by the Housewives’ League,
and it is the first national anti-egg
crusade in the history of the trade.
■ Cleveland and other cities have had
local egg and butter boycotts, but
there has been no nation-wide move.
The Housewives' League, with its
700,000 members, has large organiza
tions in New York, Chicago, Balti
more, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pitts
burg and Washington, and the boy
cott, it is expected, will center mostly
at the big cities, though the appeal
is made to all members, everywhere
The National Executive Committee
has forwarded to United States At
torney General McReynolds, at Wash
ington, for his action, an alleged let
ter from “Silent Sam" Wetz, a Chi
cago egg buyer, to The New York
Produce News, in which Wetz is rep
resented as saying he is not satisfied
with a profit of $840 a car on storage
eggs and so will hold back from the
market the rest of his stock until the
price advances to a point where he
can clean up $1,200 a car. In the
letter reference is made to Joseph
and Pharaoh and the corn famine in
Egypt.
Armours in the Combine.
It is reported in the trade that Wetz
and his partner had 140 cars of stor
age eggs. 21 of which they sold to the
Armours, and the balance they are
holding for a rise in price. The Ar
mours keep their eggs until they, too,
can get what profit they require. The>
have been accused of controlling the
market for eggs and poultry, as well
as for meat and meat products.
“We have been driven into our boy
cott,” Mrs. Heath said last night, "by
the egg speculators, whom we have
not been able to overcome in any
other way, and our final resolve was
actually brought about by the singu
lar discovery I made yesterday.
"As is known, the Housewives’
League has been trying to force eggs
out of cold storage at a price which
would enable retailers to sell them at
30 cents a dozen. We soon found that
many, retailers were cheating their
customers by selling storage eggs lin
ger the guise of fresh eggs at prices
ranging up to 50 cents a dozen.
Speculators Make Fortunes.
“The speculators make fortunes out
of eggs, and the public has to pay the
consequences in the increase in the
cost of living. There are right now
vast quantities of eggs in storage out
of which several different sets of food
gamblers have made fortunes.
There were, November 1. over
1.800,000 cases of eggs (54,000,000 doz
en 648,000,000 eggs) in storage in the
public warehouses at New York, Chi
cago, Jersey City and other chief
points This did not Include millions
of dozens held In private coolers by
. the “Beef Trust” and by the big com- I
mission houses here and elsewhere,
many nf which are active speculators I
Skirt-Tight W orkmen
‘Shovel’ Girl on Car
-BE CHIEF
SEEKS SI IS
WHISKY BRIBE'
Candidate for Police Office in
Macon Offers to Quit Race
for Cash.
ALDERMAN TURNS TABLE
“Praying Engineer,” Choice of
Law and Order Forces, Com
pelled to Retire.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 29.—Passengers
on an ea.*tbound Gilmor street car
were astonished to-day when the car
reached Fayette street to see a hanl-
some young woman shoveled aboard
the car by two workmen. The street l
had been, dug up, making the step
high.
Several times she tried to reach the
step, first with one foot, then the
other. Each time she was unsucces-
ful, owing to the tightness of her
skirt. Becoming much embarrassed
by the gaze of many passengers, the
young woman was about to continue
her way down by walking, when the
workmen came to ber rescue.
Forming a platform with their
shovels, on which she stepped, they
lifted the young woman aboard the
car.
Washington's Letter
Brings $900 at Sale
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Nov. 29.—The feature of
the second day of the sale of auto
graph letters and historical docu
ments at Botheby’s was a letter from
George Washington to Samuel Powell,
dated February 5, 1789. The letter
was never published and was w’ritten
by Washington the day after his elec
tion as the first President of the
United States.
It was bought for $900. Among oth
er letters sold were letters by Robert
Burns, letters that passed between
Alexander Pope and his publishers, a
letter from Sir Walter Raleigh to his
half-brother, Sir John Gilbert, and
letters by Mary Shelley, second wife
of the poet, and Addison Leigh Hunt
and hi* wife.
Leiter Will Try to
‘Break Bank’ Again
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Nov. 29.—Joseph loiter, of
Chicago, vows he will try to break
the bank at Mon e Carlo, as he did i
fifteen years ago.
Mr. Leiter and his .ovely wife, after !
a very brief stay here, went to Mar- |
seilles early in the week, where they
embarked on the yacht Niagara, char
tered from Howard Gould for a trip
around the world.
Leiter declares he will have another
whirl at the roulette table, that It is
even more exciting and perhaps more
profitable than speculating in wheat
o* boosting stocks. Every person in
the party appears agreeably Interest
ed In his venture.
Conservatory Will
Give a Performance
The Atlanta Conservatory is pre
paring for a public performance of
the classic ballad of Bamberg "La
Ballade du Desespere/’ with words
by Henri Murger for voice, reader,
violin and cello.
This work has been used with
great success by Madame Nordica on
her recent concert tour. It will be
presented under the direction of Mr.
Bonawitz, who has prepared and
studied the work under the well
known French master, Monsieur
Philip Dalmas.
Statewide Search
For Runaway Boy
GADSDEN ALA., Nov. 29.—A
State-wide search has been started
for William Ponder,' the 14-year-old
son of W. A. Ponder, of this city, wno
after stealing a pistol and razor fro;n
his father's room, told companions lie
was going out to see the w’orld.
The boy’s mother can not be con
soled, and it is feared she will lose
her reason.
MACON, Nov. 29.—A] J. Smith,
who withdrew his candidacy for the
office of Chief of Police a few hours
before his election was scheduled to
take place last Tuesday night, wrote
the letter of withdrawal only because
It was disclosed that he had offered
to “sell out" to the "whisky Inter
ests” of Macon for $10,000. This fact
is made public to-day in a statement
signed by five men who have been
Smith s closest friends and support
ers, three of them being Aldermen.
Smith, an engineer of the Georgia
Southern and Florida Railroad and
a prominent church worker of Macon
and Valdosta, had been indorsed by
the Law Enforcement League for the
office. He was assured of eight of ths 1
twelve Aldermanle votes, and his elec
tion was conceded, although some
men opposed to the law and order
crusade exerted every effort to beat
him.
Alderman Traps Smith.
Five hours before Council was due
to meet Smith went to Alderman R
C. 'Hazlehurst, one of the four op
posing him and one of the two “ad
ministration” Aldermen In Council.
He proposed to Captain Hazlehurst to
decline the Chief’s office If the saloon-
men of the city would give him a sum
not less than $10,000. Hazlehurst
agreed to take the proposition under
advisement and to let Smith know at
7 o clock, Instead he sought out Al
dermen Pittman and Riley and com
municated the facts to them. The
three confronted Smith at 7 o’clock,
an hour before Council meeting, and
he finally admitted the facts. He then
signed the letter withdrawing his can
didacy.
Smith’s Friends Investigate.
Because reports contrary to these
facts had been circulated, seven
friends of Smith, Including four Al
dermen, held an Investigation yester
day afternoon. Smith appeared before
them and again acknowledged the
facts.
T don t think It would be wrong to
take money for retiring from the
race,” he declared, "but, of course, I
would not have sold out to anybody
after taking the oath of office.”
Smith at first Insisted that he was
only seeking to entrap Alderman Ha
zlehurst, whom he believed to repre
sent the "liquor Interests.” In the
statement given to the public to-day
by Smith’s friends who conducted the
investigation Alderman Hazlehurst 's
■‘heartily commended for rendering a
distinct public service.”
The affair has caused a genuine
sensation In Macon.
Smith is known as the "praying en
gineer. It has been his custom to
read a chapter from the Bible and
pray after boarding his engine for a
run.
55 Hunters Killed, 35
Injured, in 2 States
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 29.—The deer
season in Wisconsin and Northern
Michigan has one more day to go, but
the death roll has been the greatest-—
among hunters—on record.
There have been about 40,000 hunt
ers in the Nort'iern Wisconsin wil- l
derness and another 15,000 in Upper
Michigan, and the casualty list up to ,
to-night shows a total of 22 Wlscon- ;
»in hunters killed and 23 Injured, and ;
the totals for Michigan are 9 killed i
and 12 injured.
For the bird season prior to »he
opening of the deer-kilf ng season the
fatalities among hunt^- totaled 24,
making a grand total of 55 dead.
Doctors Warn Aged
Not to Dance Tango
CHICAGO, Nov. 29.—The tango, the |
Maxixe and newer and wilder form*
of waltz—all are gravely denounced |
by The Journal of the American Med- j
leal Association.
"The problems created by these !
dances," says The Journal, "differ ac- ;
cording tb age. For the young the
question of morality is paramount;
for the old the possibility of heart or
artery strain is apparent. The physi
cian will do well to caution the stiff-
jointed, iiged patient."
Patterson, Hero of
Dayton Flood, Fights
To Keep Out of Jail
Cash Register Head, Convicted Un
der Sherman Act, Allege*
393 Errors in Trial.
DAYTON, OHIO, Nov. 29.—An ap
peal was filed in the United States
Court to-day by President John H.
Patterson and 28 other officials of the
National Cash Register Company,
who were convicted last year of vio
lations of the criminal sections of the
Sherman anti-trust law. The con
victed men were some of them sen
tenced to terms in the penitentiary,
which were suspended pend’ng ap
peal.
Patterson was given a year in pris
on and a $5,000 fine. Soon afterward
the Dayton flood occurred, and he be
came a national figure by the manner
in which he took charge of the rescue
and relief work. The appeal contains
over a million words. A total of 393
errors are alleged to have been made
in the trial.
N
KILL GIRL. THEN
‘Husbandless’ Dinner
Called ‘Cutest’ Ever
NEW YORK. Nov. 29.—Mrs. Ray
mond Belmont, who was Miss Ethel
Lorraine, of the Broadway chorus,
but was married to the second son of
August Belmont when the multi-mil
lionaire wasn’t looking, the young
husband returning later to papa, and
her "dear, dear friend," Mrs. Kate
Sangree, who also has had marital
troubles, were among the guests at
the "loveliest, cutest, niftiest, dandiest
and newest kind of party ever heard
of." Their hostess was Miss Helen
Woodruff Smith, of’Stamford, whom
"Ruzzielamb" Griswold once sued for
$50,000 for breaking his boy heart by
refusing to marry him.
Asked what kind of party the
"loveliest, cutest, niftiest, dandiest,
newest kind of party" was, Mrs. Bel
mont disclosed that it was "a divorcee
party, my dear.”
All the guests were women with
fractured, or at least tangled mar
riage bonds, who otherwise would
have sat at gloomy, husbandless
Thanksgiving boards.
Executioner Too Old,
Soldier to Hang Man
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—"Sandy"
McMickle. the gray-haired execution
er of Bermuda, has not hanged a man
In 37 years, but he has drawn the
modest salary that goes with the job
Last week he was notified that he
would have to hang a negro recently
convicted of murder. "Sandy” asked
to be excused, because he was old
and woefully out of practice.
The authorities decided to let "San
dy” off and engaged a British soldier,
a piper in prison for assaulting an
officer, to do the job. The soldier
said he was willing, provided he ob
tained freedom, 20 pounds sterling
and railroad transportation. This was
granted.
400 ‘Drunks' Fed by
‘Army;’ 40 Swear Off
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—"Father”
Duffie, converted 32 years ago; G. A.
Murdoc, once a pugilist, with helpers,
were sent out wdth a w-agon to bring
to Salvation Army headquarters in
Manhattan any intoxicated men they
could find. The wagon came back
again and again until 400 were round
ed up. Then services were held and
coffee ajid rolls distributed. Forty
took the pledge.
Three hundred others slightly ex
hilarated were brought in by t ie pe
destrian workers.
Sleuth’s Raid on Flat a Mystery
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Neice of McMiliin is Puzzled
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‘No Quarrel/ Says Tennessee Girl m
Two Men and Woman Proceed
With Gay Plans Despite Driver
Friend’s Plight.
Mrs. John J. Collins, niece of ex-Governor McMiliin, of Ten-1 I III
nessee, who says she doesn’t know why anyone should pursue her I : ; -
husband.
MOB MENACES CHAUFFEUR
Police Barely Save Owner of the
Machine From Excited Throng
Which Gathers.
NEW YORK, Nov. 29.—Driving
down Third avenue last night in his
auto, Marino Condito, of No. 2156
Bathgate avenue, saw Charles Kearn.
Joseph Murphy and Miss Margaret
Haran, friends of his, all living at No.
621 East One Hundred and Eighty-
first street. They told Condito they
were bound for a dance at Niblo’s
Garden, One Hundred and Seventieth
street and Third avenue. He sug
gested that they ride in his car.
Condito was not driving fast w’hen.
between One Hundred and Seventy-
fourth and One Hundred and Seven
ty-fifth streets a little girl darted
Atlanta Boy Helps
Write Princeton Play
PRINCETON, N. J, Nov. 29.—
Henry P Elliott. Jr , of Atlanta, and
Robert Strain, Jr., both of the class
of 1914 of Princeton University, are
the successful contestants as Joint
authors of the annual Triangle (dra
matic) Club play.. The play is " The
Pursuit of Priscilla," and it will be
presented during the Christmas holi
days in the principal cities.
Mr. Elliott for four years has taken
the leading part in plays written by
Princeton students. He is a gradu
ate of the Boys' High. School of At
lanta in the class of 1909.
Asquith Screens His
Auto, Fearing Attack
8peclal Cable to The American.
LONDON, Nov. 29—Premier As
quith, traveling by automobile from
Leeds to London, had screens with
wire gauze to keep off any militants
w'ho might try to repeat the attack
on the Premier, made recently in
Scotland.
He was escorted by four automo
biles in which were Scotland Yard
men.
Rebels Revert to Savage State as
They Practically Gain Control of
All of Northern Mexico and
Execute All the “Traitors."
Washington, Inactive Diplomatic
ally, Gives El Paso More Sol
diers—Carranza Victories May
Bring Recognition of U. S.
from the east side of the street. She
ran directly in front of his car and
was knocked down, two wheels pass.-
Ing over her. She -was killed Instantly.
Almost Instantly the streets were
filled with a screaming, threatening
crowd. Men climbed upon the wheels
of the machine in an effort to strike
Condito. Policemen came and fought
them back. Then women made a mad
rush at the driver.
Leave Child Unidentified.
While the excitement was at h'.gh
pitch Kearn, Murphy and Miss Hp.ran
climbed from the car. No effort was
made to stop them by the crowds.
They gave their names and a/jdresses
to the police, boarded a street car and
went on to the dance. They did not
know the Identity of the mangled
child, whose body still lay on the side
walk, where a man had carried It.
The victim was 9-year-old Kath
erine Quinn, of No. 4008 Third ave
nue. While the crowd was still press
ing about the driver, her mother, Mrs.
Katherine Quinn, appeared. She made
a desperate effort to get at Condito,
screaming:
Mother Inflames Crowd.
"You’ve murdered my little girl!”
Her cries excited the crowd to a
still more dangerous pitch, and when
the policemen started with Condito
toward the Tremont station a thou
sand persons followed. Among those
who were admitted to the station was
the grief-crazed Mrs. Quinn.
When Condito wa* being arraigned
she again leaped at him, screaming.
"You murderer! You killed my little
girl!”
So frantic was she that the police
had difficulty in controlling her. Cor
oner Healy arrived.
"Who were those two men and
the woman who left your cor?" he
demanded.
Condito gave the names, and said
they had gone on to the dance.
"Fine Friends.”
"They are friends of mine," he
added.
"Fine friends to desert you at a
time like this to go to a dance!” said
the Coroner.
“But I can get them any time I
want them," Condito said. "They
didn't mean to dese/t me."
One of Broadway’s Best Known Men Routed
From llis Bed at Midnight.
NEW YORK. Nov. 29.—John J. Col
lins, member of a Broadw'ay vaude
ville agency and husband of Dorothy
Regel Winsch, niece of ex-Governor
McMiliin, of Tennessee, has begun an
investigation of a raid by six private
detectives who entered his apartment
at the Dazlan, No. 142 West Forty-
fourth street.
Mr. Collins retired about 9 o’clock.
His wife has been staying at her
Atlantic City home, where she went
week-ends during the summer, he
said. At 12:15 o’clock two detectives
who had been about West Forty-
seventh street for a week walked into
the lower hallway of the hotel and
pinioned the arms of the telephone
operator, flashing badges.
Four other men, including a
nephew of Paul Kelly, the gang lead
er, walked to the elevator, seized the
car and ran It to the eighth floor,
where Mr. Collins sublets an apart
ment.
"Are you John J. Collins?" the in
truders asked when the booking
agent opened the door.
He gasped a reply, but they passed
by him and searched every nook
of the two rooms. Then they depart
ed and Jumped into nn automobile.
Policemen Involved.
Manager Dazian, of the hotel, was
called and an employee sounded a po
lice whistle, but the detectives had
made known their identity to a po
liceman, who allowed to to get
out of sight.
"Th,ls is the most mysterious occur
rence I can imagine,” Collins said to
day
'T was in bed when those big fel
lows entered my rooms. I could not
hope to overpower them, so I let
them go through the place.
"My wife is as surprised as I am.
She can not understand why anyone
should be interested enough In my
affairs to pay for private detectives."
Mrs. Collins was anxious to hear
the details of the raid, bhe said she
thought It was a Joke when she heard
about It.
Have Love Spats.
"Quarrels? Yes, we have had love
spats, but never anything serious. My
husband has had so much traveling
to do that I seldom come to New
York.”
Mrs. Collins was told that after the
raid a woman was seen In the hallway
of the apartment house talking with
one of the detectives.
"That must have been some woman
living in the house. I can not imagine
that any one would try to make things
unpleasant for John,” Mrs. Collins re
plied. "You see, there la much gossip
along Broadway because I have to be
away from my husband so much."
Marriago Record.
Collins said he had been twice mar
ried, but he could not connect any in
cident with his or his wife’s former
marriages which would cause investi
gation. Mrs. Collins, he explained,
was first married to F. H. Regel, of
St. Ix>uls. When she became a widow
she had an allowance of $300 a month
beside her home in Atlantic City.
Then she met Louis J. Winsch, to
whom she was married in November,
1910.
She met Collins, and a suit for $10,-
000, charging alienation of affection,
was brought against him. The suit
was withdrawn. After divorcing Mr.
Winsch in Illinois and taking a trip
•to Europe, Mrs. Winsch was married
to Collins in Stamford, Conn., and
they lived at Atlantic City.
Denies Causing Divorce.
Collins denied that he was instru
mental in winning Mrs. Winsch from
her husband. He said he was intro
duced to her while she was connected
with a vaudeville sketch, and that
after she was separated from her for
mer husband, he proposed marriage.
Mr Collins, who was once president
of the F. C. Whitney Producing Com
pany, Is one of the best known agents
along Broadway.
The detectives who went to his
rooms refused to tell who had em
ployed them, but they admitted that
their client is rated as wealthy.
MEXICO CITY, Nov. 29.—A per
sistent rumor is in circulation this
afternoon that President Huerta in
tends to yield to the United States
within 48 hour*. The rumor spread
from a long conference between the
American Charge 0'Sh a ughnes*y and
the Japanese Minister to Mexico. It
is believed the latter acted for Huerta.
EL PASO, Nov. 29.—Juarez, the
Mexican city that lies just across a
narrow yellow river from United
States soil, Is to-day witnessing
scenes typical of an unbridled, bar
barous war. The hospitals are filled
with wounded soldiers of the rebel
army. The dungeons beneath the mu
nicipal Jail and military forts are
crowded with trembling, fearful sol
diers of the Mexican Government who
are expecting death at any moment
from the rifles of their captors.
In the valleys and mountains about
Juarez, there is comparative calm and
quiet to-day. But the suggestion of
cruelties, of summary executions of
prisoners lurks In the country about
the battlefields of two days ago.
Rebels Control the North.
As a result of that battle the rebel
forces are in control practically of
all the northern states of the republic.
But It seems that with the success
of the rebels there is no change of
conditions for the better. There Is
the same story of murder and of
high-handed treatment of the prison
ers and fugitives. Pancho Villa, lead
er of the rebel troops at Juarez, ad
mits having murdered scores of Fed-
erals whom his army captured. He
said he captured 600 Federals In the
battle just outside Juarez Wednesday.
He brought only 200 of them to the
city. The others. It Is plain, faced the
firing squad, their hands tied behind
their backs, and were shot down for
their allegiance to the central gov
ernment.
The field on which the battle was
fought bore few evidences of a deadly
conflict when it was visited by sight
seers afterward. In the immediate
vicinity of the fight only two graves
could be found, and the dead soldiers
therein had their arms tied behind
their backs. They, like hundreds of
others probably, were victims of the
murderous vengeance of the rebel*
The soldiers of Villa lo«t few of
their number as a result of the bat
tle with the Federals. A great many
rebels were wounded, but the actual
fatality waa small The Federals.
too, probably lost few men in battle,
their losses being the result of the
arbitrary execution of prisoners by-
order of Villa.
Victors Act Like Savages.
The rebels, having routed the at
tacking Federals, conducted them
selves with all the abandon of sav
ages. They tore uniforms and finer
ies from the bodies of their dead ene
mies, and returned to Juarez in a
Joyful, loudly-yelling procession,
decked In Federal garb.
There are 6,000 rebel soldiers urjder
General Villa In Juarez. Villa says
there are other soldiers of his armv
farther south, and that he Is in con
trol of Northern Mexico. It Is very-
likely there will bo no more attacks
on Juarez, after the Federals were
repulsed so decisively Wednesday.
However, the citizen.** and soldiers
of the United States, Just across the
river from Juarez, are taking no
chances. Orders have come from the
War Department, demanding ample
protection for El Paso and it* citi
zens, and as a result the Twentieth
United States Infantry' is coming
from Fort Douglas. Utah, to guard the
environs of the city.
By this arrangement, the two regi
ments of cavalry now at El Paso.
Fort Bliss and the suburbs of the city
may guard every approach to El
Paso In addition, the Fifteenth, Ju*t
arrived from the Northern posts, and
the Second are here, and a a battery
of the Fifth Artillery, while Briga
dier General Hugh L. Scott, with a
squadron of the Twelfth Cavalry, wll!
come to El Faso as soon as he has
composed the threatened outbreak