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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. OVER 100,000 THE SUNDAY AMERICAN'S NET PAID CIRCULATION The National Southern Sunday Newspaper The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 105. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1913.^^Vo , r,u’S , c fc 2 CENTS. r ^Hh° WILSON URGES DO-NOTHING POLICY IN MEXICO C*3 C*3 C*3 KK3 c*a CSK) CAPT. WEST BLAMES MOTHER-IN-LA W S3 6ij Si s S3 u 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. U. OFFICER ELOPI PI L 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 Continued on Pago 4, Columa V 4 \