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OVER 100,000 THE SUNDAY AMERICAN'S NET PAID CIRCULATION JfoSationalSouthern Sunday Newspaper The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 104. ATLANTA. GA., MON DAY, DECEMBER 1. 1.913. By c T r&>Tc.. o fay Nt i o. mo nr HOME EDITION EXPERTS BATTLE OVER CRAWFORD POISON MYSTERY D?<3 C& C&l C&l c&) Harrison Made President of Southern *y< 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, \ 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. he of the he 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. Go to the Tango Tea To-day Begins at the Piedmont Hotel at 4:30 P. M. Proceeds Go to Empty Stocking Fund