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We Shall Do Nothing but WAIT for Peace, Wilson Says
There can be no prospect of peace in America until General Huerta
has surrendered his usurped authority in Mexico. . . . Mexico has no
government—a mere military despotism has been set up.. It originated
the usurpation of Victoria Huerta, who has at last case aside even
in
the pretense of legal right and declared himself dictator. As a conse-
qunece, a condition of affairs now exists in Mexico which has made it
doubtful whether even the most fundamental rights of her own people
or of the citizens of other countries can long be successfully safe
guarded. Huerta has forfeited all respect and moral support.
Yet—
We shall not, 1 believe, be obliged to alter our policy of watchful
waiting.—From President Wilson’s message to Congress.
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WILSON URGES DO-NOTHING POLICY IN MEXICO
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Woman Leads Band of Pickpockets
Panic on Whitehall
Cars as Negro Dies
In Double Collision
City Detective Among Victims of
Organization Operating at At
lanta Railway Stations.
\ richly dressed woman, about 30
years old, and beautiful, is being
hunted Tuesday by detectives as the
!'robable leader of a band of daring
Kpockets who are charged with a
long list oft hefts on the streets of
Atlanta, following the wholesale rob
ber of passengers on a Seaboard
train as it steamed out of the Union
Depot Monday afternoon.
The woman was first apprehended
by W. F. Pflngstay, supervisor of
teased lines for the Southern Bell
Telephone Company, after she had
robbed him of $110 in cash and two
checks aggregating nearly 0200 on a
Decatur street car line late Monday
afternoon.
Mr. Pflngstay reported his loss to
' *hief of Detectives Lanford Tuesday,
and minutely described the woman,
whom he declared was his nemesis.
Wallet and Checks Gone.
‘She was standing next to me in
the c rowded car,” said Mr. Pflngstay.
and I noticed that her actions were
Grange. However, her refined ap
pearance deceived me.
'Suddenly she left my side and
hurried lrom the car. Immediately 1
became suspicious and felt for my
wallet. It was gone, together with
the checks and cash.”
Another victim of the gang’s activ
ities Monday night was City Detec
tive j. w. Hollingsworth, who was
robbed of $63 while assisting some
relatives on a Birmingham train at
the Union Depot.
Hollingsworth says he had two
small children in his arms and did
not fe*i his money leaving him.
That the amazing series of rob
beries is the work of experts there
is little doubt. It is believed that
two well dressed strangers who were
to jump off the Birmingham
train as it pulled out of the yards,
were the men who worked the pas
sengers of this train.
Passengers Robbed.
A man whose name the police have
n °t given out reported Monday night
that he had been robbed of a large
amount of money while in the depot
A siting for a Western and Atlantic
train to Birmingham.
F ; e first news of the wholesale
robbery on the train came from the
officials of the Seaboard Air Line ex
press to Washington and New York
"hich left Atlanta at 1:40 o’clock
Monday afternoon. A telegram from
Roadmaster J. b. Harrill, who was
hirn self robbed of tickets and $30 in
Passengers on two Whitehall -
Peachtree street cars were thrown
into a panic Tuesday by a collision
at Forsyth and Brotherton streets,
which resulted in the instant death of
a negro driving a wagon loaded with
whisky.
The negTo turned from Brotherton
street into Forsyth street and drove
across the tracks just in time to get
in the way of a car coming from each
direction.
Sounds of crashing glass were
mingled with the cries of women when
the car, bound for the West End.
struck the negro’s wagon. The driver
was hurled to the pavement. His
head was crushed and he was dead
when bystanders picked him up.
The northbound car also struck the
wagon, but its speed had been checked
considerably and little damage was
done by the second accident. Tho
front of the southbound car was bad
ly shattered and all of the glass was
broken out.
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ALL NIGHT DEPCI
Denies He Intended Kidnaping 0. C. Engram and Miss Kay, of
Imitates Briekley
With Artificial Leg
PITTSBURG, Dec. 2. — John
(Young) Boley, who retired from the
prize ring when he lost his right leg,
while playing quarterback on the In
dian A. C. eleven of the North Side,
kicked a field goal from the 40-yard
line with his artificial foot.
DEAF PUPILS FEATURE
AT WELFARE EXHIBIT
Two young visitors testing some of the food so highly recom
mended for them at the Child Welfare exhibit.
Son—Tells of Scene With
His Wife's Mother.
money,
announced the depredations
0n the train.
Money, handbags end suitcases
taken from the passengers, who
c °mplalned of their losses a short
t after the train left the station,
j theory is that the men pur-
N©<j to the first city out of
, an ta., ajid then after robbing the
*’ as8 *ngers. left the train. The names
e victims on the Seaboard train
not yet been reported.
COUNCIL CLOSES STREET.
^ 'unci! Monday night overrode the
r , ° ? ° f Woodward disapprov-
,* °rdinance closing the street
-d and Alabama for building
Potions.
18-Year-01d Girl,
Guilty of Murder,
Begs To Be Hanged
t CROWLEY, LA., Dec. 2.—"Hang
me now. but don’t send me back to
that cold •ell,” cried 18-year-old Dora
Murff at dawn this morning as she
heard a jury, after an all-night court
session, pronounce her guilty of slay
ing J. M, Delhaye. She will be sen
tenced December 15.
And in almost the same breath she
heard her stepfather, whom she had
tried to shield by declaring she alone
killed her sweetheart, sentenced to
prison for life. The girl was convict
ed of manslaughter: James S. Du
vall of murder, without capital pun
ishment, and her young half-brother,
Allie Duvall, jointly charged with
killing Delhaye, was freed.
Little Prince Henry
Fails in School Test
LONDON, Dec. 2.—Prince Henry
has made so little progress in his
studies at Eton that there is no
chance of his being able to pass his
examination.
Prince Henry, therefore, will be
specially coached during the holi
days.
He Dies From Eating
Too Much Hardware
MERIDIAN, MISS.. Dec. Z.—Nearly
four pounds of junk, including 375
pieces of metal, pins, buttons, bolts,
taps, rock, glass and other articles were
removed from the stomach of a pa
tient at the East Misslsippi Insane
Hospital by Meridian surgeons.
The man died from over-indulgence in
his strange diet.
Gold Coins Fall From
Woman Begging Aid
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—While sne
was begging food and shelter from
authorities at the Harlem Hospital
several gold coins fell from the dress
of Mrs. Mary Howe. Further exami
nation showed she had $10,000 con
cealed in her clothing.
"I did not have any intention what
soever of kidnaping or trying to kid
nap my son Ernest,” declared Captain
Ernest West, U. S. Marine Corps, in
his cell at police headquarters Tues
day. Captain West was arrested
Monday at the Capital City Club fol
lowing the sensational charges of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. John H. Jones,
of assault with Intent to kill. A city
case of drunk and disorderly conduct
also Is booked against him.
“My wife and her people have been
unduly alarmed since I came to At
lanta,” continued Captain West. "I
did not try to steal my boy and do
not intend trying to steal him. That
is all wrong, all a very bad misunder
standing.
“Yesterday I went out to the Court-
land street residence for the sole pur
pose of seeing Ernest. I did not want
to make a fuss of any kind.
Doesn’t Fear Trial.
“I am ready to go to trial to-day
as I have done no wrong, so I have
no fear of the courts.
“When I got out of my taxicab and
walked up to the front door yester
day my mother-in-law came to the
door. ‘I want to see my son,’ I told
her.
“She told me the boy was in the
back yard playing, and with ijer I
went through the house to the back
yard. The boy was not there. We
went through the house again and as
w r e neared the front door Mrs. Jones
suddenly grew hysterical.
“ 'You shajl not have that child.’
she screamed. ‘You shan’t have him,"
and doubling up her fist she struck
me. I caught her hand to prevent her
striking me again and she jerked
loose, falling to the floor.
Spends Night in Jail.
“Seeing that I was creating a scene,
I left the house hurriedly and getting
into the cab drove to my club.”
The city case against Captain West
will he tried before Recorder Broyles
Tuesday afternoon. Bond was fixed
at $200. No bond has been arranged
on the assault and battery charge
and no date set for the trial. Cap
tain West spent the night in police
headquarters.
Mrs. Jones lives with her husband
and Mrs. West and her son at No. 485
Courtland street.
Child Dies Despite
Aid of Five Doctors
Sir Allon Wants
The American Cup
NEW YORK. Dec. 2.—“If Sir
Thomas Lipton had not challenged
the America cup I would have chal
lenged.” said Sir Charles Allon, who
is here to-day.
“If Sir Thomas is unsuccessful I
shall challenge,” he said.
ELBERTON, Dec. 2 Sarah, the
nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jake Silverman, wmle playing at her
home, fell and injured her skull, dying
from the injury after an operation was
performed and the skull trepanned.
Five of Elberton’s best physicians
and surgeons attended the injured child.
Will Forbids Fund's
Investment in Stocks
MONTCLAIR. N. J.. Dec. 2.—
Francis E. Shaw, who created a trust
fund for his widow, directed that
none of the money be invented in
stock a.
Calhoun, Prefer Romantic Way
to Church Affair.
A desire to inject the spice of ro
mance into a love affair that began in
childhood, coupled with a natural
timidity that made a big church, rice
and old shoe wedding an utter im
possibility, caused Oscar C. Engram
and Miss Ethel Kay to slip quietly
from their homes at Calhoun, Ga., at
4:53 o’clock Tuesday morning, board
the Western and Atlantic train and
have the nuptial knot tied at 8:15
o’clock in the waiting room of the old
Union Station.
No one knew anything about the
contemplated wedding but the bride
groom’s brother, H. E Engram, of No
38 Orleans street, Atlanta, and he
didn’t know until Monday night, when
he received a wire from his brother.
The message bade Mr. Engram en
gage a preacher and meet the train,
“for,” said the wire, “I’m coming to
Atlanta and am going to get married
in the railway station.”
Wed in Waiting Room.
The wedding was performed by Dr.
I. S. Hopkins, a well-known Metho
dist minister of Atlanta, directly In
front of the news stand in the main
waiting room. Scores of tourists and
ordinary travelers witnessed the tri
umph of the little blind god, and after
the wedding the travelers gave the
newlyweds an impromptu reception.
“1 never thought I'd get married in
a railway station,” said the smiling
bride, after the ceremony, “but after
all it does not seem so bad. We've
known each other since our child
hood days, and have been intending
to get married for several months.
“Mr. Engram insists that we have
been going to get married since we
were little children. The more we
thought about getting married in a
church, with everybody looking at us,
the less we felt like getting married.
Neither of us. I’m sure, would ever
have the nerve to go through a church
wedding, with its resultant showers
of old shoes and rice and things.
Fooled Their Friends.
“Last night we decided that our
natural timidity would never per
mit us to get married at home, so we
decided to come to Atlanta. We sent
a telegTam to Mr. Engram’s brother,
asking him to meet us with a min
ister, and then this morning we
slipped away from home and caught
the train for Atlanta.
“Nobody in Calhoun, except our
folks, knew anything about it—and
were glad we fooled them. Every
body was expecting us to have a
church wedding.”
Mr. Engram smilingly declared that
If he had had to go through a church
wedding he just knew his knees
would have “caved in.”
"It seems all right to me to be
married in a railway station,” he
said. “I don’t see where it makes any
difference where you get married.
The main thing is—get married.”
The newlyweds spent the morning
with their brother, seeing the city,
ami left at 12:30 o’clock for Macon,
whence they will go to Florida for
their honeymoon.
Children of Ashby School Give
Novel Demonstration of Prog
ress Despite Handicap.
Visitors to the Child Welfare .and
Health Show Tuesday were repaid for
their interest by a novel demonstra
tion given by the deaf school chil
dren of the Ashby Street School. They
arrived at the building, No. 198
Peachtree street, where the exhibits
have been placed, soon after the
show’ opened in the forenoon. They
were accompanied by their teachers.
Under her direction they presented
striking illustrations of the progress
they have made despite their handi
cap.
The Child Welfare Show continued
to attract large crowds on Tuesday,
and the promoters are looking for
great benefits to come from its in
fluence. It especially is desired to
have in attendance all of the mothers
of Atlanta whose meager means and
limited facilities at home have pre
vented them from giving their chil
dren the care that the young people
need.
An important feature of the wel
fare show la the free diagnosis that
will be given all children brought to
the exhibit building by their parents.
A number of the most skilled phy
sicians in Atlanta have volunteered
their services for this purpose. The
plan will enable parents who have
been unable to afford a careful diag
nosis of their little ones’ condition
or w’ho have been made the victim of
imperfect diagnosis to have the ad
vantage of the opinion of the best men
in the profession.
Clinics are conducted almost con
tinuously at the show to demonstrate
the manner in which deformed or
crippled children are treated in the
hospitals of Atlanta. Nurses from
Grady Hospital are in attendance.
The walls of the building are cov
ered with charts, diagrams and pla
cards telling graphic stories of the
terrible waste of life among the chil
dren of the nation and of the best
means of prevention.
Sanitation at every period of the
infant’s life is one of the important
watchw’ords that the exhibit brings
to the attention of the mothers. The
bes and simplest w r ays to bathe, clothe
and feed he baby are shown by charts
and by actual demonstration. The
show will continue until the middle of
December.
ATLANTAN'S BROTHER KILLED.
PETERSBURG, VA„ Dec 2.-R. M.
Weatherford, killed by a train near Vic
toria, Va., was burled here to-day. He
was a brother of David A. Weatherford,
of Atlanta His wife. Ill in a Roanoke
hospital, was unable to attend the fu
neral.
Georgia corn club boys are pouring
into Atlanta. Several who came In
on the early traJn» waited on the
Capitol steps for the doors to open,
for Tuesday witnessed the beginning
of the big event—the third annual
Georgia Corn Show under the aus
pices of the Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce.
The opening Tuesday was infor
mal, the exhibits merely being in
place and ready for the view of spec
tators. The real opening will take
place Thursday at 10 a. m. in Repre
sentative Hall at the Capitol. There
are exhibits of corn from 125 coun
ties, made up by 2,500 Georgia corn
club boys. Five hundred Georgia
canning club girls, from 30 counties,
are represented in that department
of the show.
The bureau of information estab
lished at the Washington street en
trance to the Capitol, In charge of
Henry Robinson, began business at
10 o’clock, and as rapidly as the/
came, In charge of corn club agents
or county school superintendents, the
boys were assigned to the homes they
will occupy during their visit.
Homes have at last been obtained
for practically every corn club boy.
Atlantans have agreed to take 800
of them, and nearly all the rest will
stop with relatives while here.
Only about 200 of the boys are ex
pected to-day, while the large ma
jority of them will reach the city
Wednesday morning and will be at
the homes assigned them in time for
luncheon,
President, in Message, Says It
Should Be Unaltered, but Clar
ified as Business Aid.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—A*
sertingr that there can be no
peace in America until President
Huerta surrenders his usurped
authority, President Wilson, in
an address to Congress delivered
in person to-day, declared that
despite that fact he did not be
lieve the United States would
have to alter its policy of watch
ful waiting. The President said
Huerta’s power and prestige are
crumbling a little day by day,
and the collapse is not far away.
With the end of the Huerta re
gime. he said, he hoped to see
constitutional order restored in
Mexico.
Mesides pleading for the swift en
actment into law of the Administra
tion currency bill, the President told
Congress that he believed the She»-
man anti-trust law should stand un
altered, but that CongTess should
rapidly as possible enact legislation
which would clarify and make explic
it “that great act” facilitate its ad
ministration and make it fairer to ft!!
concerned.
First Word on Trust Law.
This 1s the first expression of any
kind that has come from President
Wilson regarding the Sherman law.
Business men and financiers have
been waiting with a great deal of in
terest. not to say trepidation, to learn
what the policy of the Wilson admin
istration was to be with regard *o
the Sherman law, about which has
arisen so much confusion. The Pres
ident to-day said it is of capital im
portance that the business men of the
country should be relieved of all un
certainties of law wltti regard to their
enterprises and a clear path indicated
which they can travel without anx
iety.
“It is as Important that they should
be relieved of embarrassment and set
free to prosper as that private mo
nopoly should be destroyed,” the Pres
ident declared.
President Wilson broached a new
election reform plan during the
course of his address, which would
provide for the direct nomination of
Presidential candidates.
Instead of the present delegate sys
tem for the Presidential convention«.
the President asserted he would have
the conventions consist of the nomi
nees for Congress, the nominees f or
vacant seats in the Senate, the Sen
ators whose terms have not vet end
ed, the national committees and rhe
Presidential candidates themselves, it.
order that the platforms might be
drawn by those responsible to the
people for carrying them into effect.
The President's Message.
Gentlemen of the Congress
In pursuance of my constitutional
duty to “give to the Congress infor
mation of the state of the Union.” I
take the liberty of addressing you en
several matters which ought, as it
seems to me, particularly to engage
the attention of your honorab 1 **
bodies, as of all who study the welfare
and progress of the nation.
1 shall ask your indulgence If I ven
ture to depart In some degree from
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