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NOTICE If you have any difficulty In buying Heart’* Sunday American anywhere in the South notify ' Circulation Manager. Hearat’s Sunday American. Atlanta, Ga. E XT R VOL. 1. NO. 35. Copyright, 1518. by The Georgian Company. ★ ★★ 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 -r«+ «!•••!• • -’r Neice of McMiliin is Puzzled [ +•+ *!•••!• +•+ I| U ‘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