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VOL. XII. NO. 104.
ATLANTA. GA., MON DAY, DECEMBER 1. 1.913. By c T r&>Tc..
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EDITION
EXPERTS BATTLE OVER CRAWFORD POISON MYSTERY
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Harrison Made President of Southern
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MINISTERS UNITE TO END DIVORCE EVIL
MAYOR PRAISES
WELFARE SHOW
IN OPENING TALK
IN HEATED
DEBATE
I Denominational Differences Laid
Aside While-Preachers Get to
Bottom of Problem.
r ne F/V.m?-9 al Ministers' Associa
tion of Atlanta -tands pledged to seek,
bv the con* iwnre of its members, and
,by suitable 1 gislation, such restric-
• on? of ma/' lage as ultimately will
solve ihe recalled "divorce problem"
in Georgia.
Two resolutions, or. rather, a reso
lution and an amendment, were adopt
ed Mondn> morning at the regular
monthly meeting of the association on
the fourth floor of the Wesley Me
morial Church building. Also, they
i were adopted at the end of the hot-
est debase. and the most varied dis-
•ussion, held in that body for a long
ime.
Again and again there were several
members seeking the floor at the same
time. There was no tinge of per
sonality. hut a tremendously intense
aim to set at the bottom of the prob
lem—to decide whether the "bitter
record" of divorce and blasted lives
ay at the door of the Stale, at the
Ordinarv's office, or in any measure
at the door of the church and the
pastor's study.
Not Marrying Machines.
Denominational differences were
laid aside.
For the first time in my life. I
agree with a Baptist," stated Dr. H.
Fie rjc Saumenig, as he arose to fol-
a fiery speech by the d^ev. W.
R. Ov\en. secretary of the associa
tion.
And then Mr. Saumenig. having got
nto his discussion, found out that he
didn't agree with Mr. Owen at all—
on some other part of the subject.
b all started with a crisp and bril
liant discussion by the Rev. Dunbar
"Rden, wher introduced the topic of
r vorce and marriage after the pres
ident, the Rev. W. C. Shaeffer, Jr..
^iad announced that it would be the
subjAct for the day.
A\ e are not merely 'marrying ma
chines.' stated Dr. Ogden. "In this
marte» we are ambassadors of God.
0 pronounce His blessing upon mar
riage."
'°d then Dr. Ogden launched into
a discussion of his own beliefs and
methods, and this precipitated the
®ain debate.
1 these questions of every
‘iitple that come to me to be mar-
,p d he said. "I ask. ‘Have you
! ,apn married before? Are you dt-
or If so. is your former partner
living?*
j And when either persons answers
| s 1 them that I can not
| rrnrn until I have looked into
f aus»e of that divorce—and when
I find that nine out of ten of
m ,rp no * proper persons to be
i r Pf i b> a Presbyterian minister."
Dr. DuBose's View.
I{ ^ Du Bose took a different
pew.
' fI fflcult y lies not at the door
pastors study," he said, "and
not lie at the door of the
it lies at the place where
]. * nAr riage license was issued.
■ NK * > alwa ys a difficulty in the
d minister probing all the
r, a JI “ SUu< es — and .vet. so far as l
,, * 1 ’ s " 1 * * * * do probe any and all
•^‘circumstances.
i 4 l o ,‘ lustrate the difficulty of which
i ' may take as an example a
Ve , / ^ at * performed here not
•°ng ago. about which there
c °"t'nu.d on Page 2. Column 6.
Col. Andrews Sails
On Liner With White
House Newlyweds
An interesting feature of the Rail
ing Sunday of Colonel and Mrs. Wal
ter P. Andrews from New York for
Europe, where Colonel Andrews goes
as a special envoy of President Wood-
rhw Wilson to encourage displays by
Mediterranean countries at the Pan
ama-Pacific Exposition was the
presence of Mr. and Mrs. Fra or is B.
Sayre on the same boat, the George
Washington, of the Hamburg-Amer
ican line. The daughter and son-in-
law of the President were on their
honeymoon trip.
Colonel Andrews and his commis
sion will be entertained by the Con
suls and Ambassadors at the various
Mediterranean countries and intro
duced to the leading foreign offi
cials.
Vote on Vetoes to
Show City Line-up
Political attention will center on
the action of Council Monday after
noon on two vetoes of Mayor Wood
ward. Since Mayor Woodward is so
soon to appoint Council committees
the action of the members is regard
ed as a sort of test of political sup
port of him.
One veto is on a resolution provid
ing for the employment of expert
electricians to inspect the new Are
alarm system. ;
The other message of the Mayor
disapproves an ordinance to close the
street at the corner of Broad and
Alabama streets to make room for
the erection of a new building.
Trust Can’t Set Book
Prices, Court Rules
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The fight
of the so-called Book Trust to main
tain arbitrary sale prices on copy
righted books culminated to-day in a
decision In the Supreme Court. " in
which the court held against the trust.
The main question at issue was as to
whether the trust should have a
"copyright" monopoly in the sale of
such books,
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Atlanta Young Men
Confess to Robbery
DALTON. Dec. 1.—Two young men,
giving their names as Claud Byron
and Prank Phillips, of Atlanta, in jail
here on a.charge of burglary, con
fessed to Deputy Sheriff Thompson
that they robbed the Economy De
partment Store of approximately $100
worth of goods.
Two accomplices escaped. Byron
and Phillips were* arrested at Var-
nells.
City Gets Right to
Tax Alien Bank Stock
WASHINGTON. Dec 1.—The Su
preme Court of the United States to
day decided that the city of New
York has the right to tax bank stock
owned by banksypf other States.
The question was brought befpre
the court by the Amoskeag Savings
Rank, of Manchester. N. H.
High Court Upholds
Child Workers' Law
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1.—A child
labor law of Illinois, which prohibit*
the employment of boys under 16
years of age at dangerous occupa
tions. was declared valid in a decision
of the Supreme Court to-day
West Is Taken When Mother-in-
Law Charges Officer At
tacked Her.
Another sensational chapter was
added Monday afternoon to the do
mestic affairs of Captain Ernest E.
West, U. S. N. a prominent club
man of this city, when his mother-
in-law. Mrs. John J. Jones, issued a
warrant charging that he had beaten
and severely injured her at her home.
No. 485 Courtland street, earlier in
the day.
This latest difficulty is said to be
the outgrowth of a long series of al
tercations which have followed since
Mrs. West's suit for divorce from the
naval officer In which she charged
him with habitual intoxication.
West was declared to have been
intoxicated when lie visited the
Jones home Monday where he de
manded to see his 8-year-old son
Ernest * Re*id West. The boy had been
given into the custody of his mothei
pending the divorce proceedings.
According to Mrs. Jones, witli
whom Mrs. West is making her home.
hen West asked to see the little
boy. she consented, and stepped bac*
into the house to call him. Then, it
is charged. West caught Mrs. Jones
by the arm and wrenching it severe
ly threw ner to tha floor.
Sees Mother Fall.
Mrs. West, who had been attract
ed by the voices, came tip in time to
see her mother fall. Uttering a
scream, she swooned.
Mrs. Jones, it is reporteck scrambled
to her feet and fled through a rear
door to the home of friends. From
here she telephoned for assistance to
the police.
A policeman was dispatched to the
Jones home, but before his arrival
the naval officer had disappeared.
A warrant was immediately taken
out charging West with disorderly
conduct and detectives sent to make
the arrest. He was taken into cus
tody shortly after 1 o’clock at the
Capital City Club, where he had gone
to bed. He had to be forced into a
taxicab. At the police station
refused to make a statement.
Once Taught at Tech.
Captain West was formerly an in
structor at the Georgia School
Technology. Later he occupied
professorship of science at the Roys’
High School. During this time he had
a physical encounter with Superin
tendent of Schools William M. Sla
ton and, following this, West re-en
tered the navy and held a captaincy
in the marine corps for some time.
A month ago hp came to A'tlanta on a
furlough and has since resided at No.
21 East Linden street.
A week ago Mrs. Jones complained
that Captain West had visited her
home during Jhe night and threw a
brick through the panel of the front
door. A search was made for him
at that time by detectives but
could not be located.
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THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Local rains Monday;
probably fair Tuesday.
To Show Our Women
How to Wear Hats
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Dec. I I^ewis. the well-
! known milliner of Paris, is going to
i New York next month to teach Amer-
1 loan women how to wear hats.
He intends to lecture in fashionable
circles with two beautiful mannequins
and to show cinematograph films to
illustrate the exact angle required by
the newest models
Appointee Formerly Vice Presi
dent of Line, and Familiar
With Its Details.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1.— Fairfax
Harrison, president of the Chicago.
Indianapolis and Louisville Railway,
was to-day elected president of the
Southern Railway to succeed the late
President W. W. Finley. He was
chosen at a special meeting of the
Board of Directors in this city.
Mr. Harrison was also elected head
of the Mobile and Ohio, the Ala
bama Great Southern Railway and
the A r irginia and Southwesterjfc Rail-
| w ay companies in place of Mr. Fin-
j ley. »
Harrison's election had been gen-
: erally forecast. He is well acquainted
with the problems confronting the
j toad and an optimistic believer in the
future of the South. Confidential
friends say he has ambitious plans for
expansion of the road. The appoint-
•
, ment to the presidency becomes ef
fective to-morrow.
Francis Burton Harrison. New
York Congressman, recently appoint
ed to be Governor of the Philippines,
is his brother. Finley’s successor is
a Virginian by birth. His father was
secretary to Jefferson Davis during
the days of the Confederacy.
44 Years Old and Yale Man. -
Mr. Harrison was born in 1869 and
was graduated from Yale with the
A. B. degree in 1890. and from Co
lumbia with the A. M. degree in 1891.
He was admitted to the bar in New
York in 1892 and continued the prac
tice of law in this city until 1896.
j when he entered the sendees of the
! Southern Railway in the legal depart -
i ment as solicitor. In 1902 he was
made assistant to the president, and
j 1906 became vice president, which
! position he held until 1910, when he
resigned on being elected president
of the Chicago. Indianapolis^ and
Louisville. However, he continued as
a director of the Southern Railw ay, so
that his service with the parent com
pany has been uninterrupted. 7
Finley’s Trusted Adviser.
Mr. Harrison was one of Mr. Fin
ley's closest and most trusted advi
sers. and is thoroughly in sympath\
with the policies which made Mr.
Finley’s administration so success
ful. both for the Southern Railway
and the territory served by its lines.
Though Mr. Harrison entered the
service of the Southern in the legal
department, his experience has not
been confined to that branch of the
service He has given much study
to financial, traffic and operating
problems and is intimately acquaint
ed with conditions on the Southern
Railway and throughout the section
which it traverses.
Driver Lost His Load
Chasing Money Thief
DURHAM, N. C.. Dec 1. Leaning
back in his wagon for a package of
bread, a bakery driver was startled
by the jingling of money and. turn
ing. saw a negro leaving with his
money box containing more than
$100. The driver gave chase and
while hunting the robber his supply
of bread was stolen
Neither of the robbers has been
captured.
Atlanta Egg Prices
Being Investigated
On Order From U. S,
Acting under orders from the At
torney General. L. E. Baley, local
head of the Department of Justice,
is making an investigation into the
price of eggs in Atlanta. He will in
vestigate cold storage holdings. This
is the outcome of the protest. Wash
ington complaining that a corner on
eggs -was holding the price up.
Baley is making his investigation
in co-operation with others being
made all over the country.
Mrs. J. 0. Par-
mele, Showing
Adamson Has Bill
To Let Advertising-
Pay Railroad Fare
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—Congress
man Adamson of Georgia, chairman of
the House Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commerce. to-day intro
duced two bills of importance to the
railroads of the country.
The first gives the Interstate Com
merce Commission authority to regu
late stock and bond issues of all in
terstate commerce carriers and to pro
hibit over capitalization. Roads now-
over capitalized must retire excessive
bonded indebtedness certificates.
A second bill authorizes railroads j
to exchange transportation for news- j
paper advertising, but in no case shall i
the road give a certificate for more i
transportation than the actual cost of
advertising at the pew spa pets' current
rates.
Railroads subject to interstate com
merce laws are required to aoveftise
in at least one paper in each county
through wlhch the roads run
Hunt Aged Woman
Straying Prom Home
Police Monday are scouring the
city for Mrs. \V. A. Nelson, an aged
woman, who strayed from the home
of her daughter. Mrs. G. N. Carroll,
No. T39 East North avenue. Sunday
j afternoon
Mrs. Nelson has suffered a slight
mental derangement, which is as
cribed as the cause of her action. She
was dressed in black, and wore a
shawl over her shoulders. She also
j carried a handbag.
I
Wilson Is Forced to
Abandon Canal Trip
WASHINGTON, Dec 1—President
Wilson to-day had to abandon -all
idea of visiting the Panama. Canal
Zone during the holidays. He will
take no vacation unless the Senate
passes the currency bill before
Christmas.
Mayor James G. Woodward, with
a few words expressive of his ap
preciation of the purposes of the ex
hibit, formally opened Atlanta’s Child
Welfare and Health Show Monday
noon in the building at No. 198
Peachtree street
Women prominent in society, in
women's club circles and In the im
portant reform movements of the
city were present in large numbers
on the opening day.
The object of the show in the
words of one of the enthusiastic wo
men. is to teach all of the women of
Atlanta:
How to make projn*r preparation
for the visit of Old Doctor Stork
How to'care for the precious bur
den that the Old Doc brings, through
the early da.vs of its career.
How to feed and clothe the little
person.
How *o bathe it for they say there
is more to bathing the child than
simply dousing him in the water.
How to Fight Disease.
How to protect the child from dis
eases.
How to place about this young
member of the community the prop
er sanitary safeguards.
How to Insure its moral and physi
cal development.
Mayor Woodward looked at the
various Interesting exhibits and then
said to the women
“I appreciate the object of this show,
pose.
"The only chance you have far any
legree of failure is that you may not
get the people here who most need
this sort of instruction. You must
Put Anti-Trust Law
Violators in Jail, Is
Henry's Plea in Bill
WASHINGTON, Dec. L- rmprfs-
' onment for personal guilt in violating
; the Sherman anti-trust law. and the
I adoption of some drastic amendments
| to the measure, were urged to-day in
i a. bill introduced in the House by
Congressman Henry, of Texas.
Henry’s bill declares illegal every
, contract, combination or agreement
I between two or more persons, be-
| tween firms, corporations, officers of
corporations intended to restrain
| trade, to juggle the prices of com
modities and to prevent competition
I either in manufacture, transportation
or sale.
make a strong appeal to the poor of
the city, to those who know little of
the fundamentals of caring for the
child's welfare.
"I believe that the city should take
a greater interest in its children and
should make provision for those who
are crippled or defective, and whose
parents are not able to care for them.
"There’s another problem before us.
It is the negro problem, and we must
face It. W e can not ignore them, for
in great measure upon their health
depends our own. They are packed
together six or eight in a room, and
these are the same negroes that care
for our children and prepare our food."
One of the most interesting features
of the show* is an actual children’s
clinic, w here deformed and ailing chil
dren atec ared for. Prominent phy
sicians of Atlanta have volunteered to
; be at the show continuously, and
j parents may have the privilege with-
i out cost of having the ailments of
their children diagnosed there.
Widow Scores First as Legal Bat
tle, Long Delayed by Frank
Case. Is Renewed.
An attack on the test made
I'.v Dr. H. F. Harris, State Chem
ist, upon the body of Joshua B.
Crawford was made by Dr. J. M.
MeCandless, an analytical chem
ist, in a statement of interroga
tories submitted in the hearing
of the famous Crawford will con
troversy, Monday morning when
the ease was resumed before
Auditor James L. Anderson, aft
er a Ion if delay on account of
the Frank trial.
Dr. MeCandless charged that
the test was incomplete because
a color test instead of a quanti
tative analysis was made.
Following Immediately after the
testimony of ('minty Physician Dr
J. W. Eturt that he had given Joshm
B. Crawford morphine during his last
illnesa and denying: that there ner,
any symptoms of opium poisoning
the testimony of Dr. MeCandless ns-
regarded as strengthening materially
the defense which is being built up
by the attorneys of Mrs. Mary Belt,
Crawford, who is accused of causing
the death of her husband.
Dr. MeCandless said that the brown
| color revealed in the test made by
Dr. Harris after the body of Craw
ford had rested in the grave for four
years, might have resulted from pois
ons developing out of decomposition
of the body.
Not Unusual Amount.
Even if the color was caused by the
presence of meconfc acid, a product of
opium, the amount stated to hav«
been found by Dr. Harris—one-
ftftieth of a grain—was in accordance
with the amount contained in the
cough syrup and hypodermic adminis
tered under the direction of Dr. Hurt
to the wealthy farmer, according to
I)r, MeCandless. The only reliable test
was the quantitative one, the inter*
rogatories declared.
Joshua B. Crawford left art estat*
i valued at. more than $250,000. About
a year before his death he married
j Mrs. Belle Savage, of Si. Augustine,
j Fla., and formerly of Pittsburg, F*a,
His will favored his widow with prat-*
tlcally all of his estate. A host of
relatives have combated the will .an<t
have attempted to show his death wan
caused by the administering of opium,
by Mrs. Crawford. This litigation ta
on the civil part of the case. The
criminal charge is pending before th©
present Fulton County Grand Jtjry
Attorneys Reuben Arnold and Bur*
ton Smith are representing Mrs.
Crawford In the will hearing, whila
Colonel J. S. James and Albert Kem
per are counsel for the heirs. The
hearing is being conducted in the
office of William C. Massey, commts*
si oner of the Fulton Superior Courts*
on the fourth floor of the old Cham
ber of Commerce Building Thera
I were less than- half a dozen persona
outside of the attorneys present M
the hearing Monday morning. Short
ly before 1 o’clock a recess ra* taken
until Thursday morning. Mr Ar
nold announced that the defense
would close, reserving the right to
place a number of doctors on the
stand later.
But two Witnesses were placed on
the stand Monday morning. These
were Dr. Hurt, County Physician, and.
Miss Emily Townsend, a trained
nurse, both of whom attended Mr.
Crawford in his last illness and who
Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
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