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Until % Chinese laun- fled along wttt colled np under would not have ►r the world—it his Joy. as well n, for should he his native land e he would have old reception, all is different :he rest of th* up re gone, the plf' great red drag- ghosts and dem and it Is to be a will soon b« tic superstitions. red ■re taken over ; V', with the idea j me civilized to a ere, they would issistants to the j »rk of managing j the new S r prospered it time "in t er,*’ so to spea and j OVER i00,000 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. Copyright, IMG. By The Georgian Ce. 2 CENTS. PRESIDENT WILSON’S MESSAGE FULL CORN SHOW OPEN.;. ; YOUNG GEORGIA WITH GOLDEN HARVESTINVADESCITY Edward J. Wellborn, of Mor gan County, Georgia’s champion corn grower, on left, and II. G. Dasher, of Effiingham County, another modern young agricul turist, here for the Corn Show. KG K<3 Kb Kb Kb Woman Heads Pickpocket Band ‘V U. S. HUNTS EGG CORNER IN ATLANTA Bin FIXES Woman Contesting Lee Will Scares Her, Sisters From Stand Sensational attacks on the charac- ' r t • - r sisters, Mr?. Maude Thomp son and Airs. Claude Stamps, were m;nie by Mrs. LaRue Mizell on the witness stand Tuesday in the hear ing of the Lee will case, which is be- ng tried before Judge George L. Bell. Mrs Mizell is contesting purporting to be that of her mother, Mrs. Emma C Lee. in which the $50,- MO estate is divided equally between the three sisters. Mrs. Alizeli, on Wednesday, is ex pect,-! to testify regarding the actual signing of the will, and probably will repe her charges of fraud and for gery. Mayor's Veto Brings Fire Alarm Inquiry* Mayor Woodward’s veto of the res olution of Council providing for the employment of expert electricians to ’*st the new $100,000 fire alarm sys- ’‘m has resulted in the appointment of a special Council committee to. try 10 adjust the controversy over this 8 v»tem between Mayor Woodward «nd the Board of Firemasters. The new committee is composed of | Mayor Woodward. Aldermen C. H. Kelley, John S. Candler and Coun- 'Imen W. Q. Humphrey and Claude ' Mason. Self-Defense To Be Plea in Collins Case l >n«el for Clarence Collins, on ■‘rged with killing Calvin Mad- 1 negro employee on the Hca'e> ‘' n 8\ indicated Tuesday that he plead self-defense. Collins is a ‘f E. W. Collins, one of the con- ora on the building. The de- xplanation of the manneu in p killing occurred will not be ntil Collins makes his state- *'hie] 'oliins case will conclude Judge Hill's court. Plants in Mccv mlN e w York n v . i... HI " plants are in bull bloom in the hA : . ' Wwan! Kilns. T<• »-.v.*• ‘ i • nr <«* diwteu Capitol Rotunda Piled High With Wonderful Displays of Maize and Fruits. Old Dame Fortune tilted her well- known Horn of Plenty over the State Capitol Tuesday morning, and out of it poured in a golden rain the wealth of the Young South. The Corn Club Show was open. The Golden Rain came down in marvelously orderly fashion, too. In stead of deluging the first floor of the Capitol in a cluttering and unseemly fashion, the shower grouped itself in 2,500 clustered pyramids, one pyramid to the boy, ten ears to the pile, ranged on acres of long red-covered tables, representing 125 Georgia coun ties. Besides the rain of corn, Mrs. For tune showered down a wonderful as sortment of fruits and vegetables, all tastefully canned or daintily pre served in jars—the exhibits of 28 county Girls’ Canning Clubs And that exhibit was given a well-de served place of honor, just outside the ante-room of the Governor's suite. Boy Corn Growers Arriving. And while the early morning crowds of visitors were walking and talking and measuring and praising and wondering. 1,000 exhibitors—1,000 Georgia Corn Club boys—were ad vancing on Atlanta. Some of them arrived Tuesday morning: others— say 200 in ali—came in about noon. But that was only the advance guard. The main body will arrive Wednesday morning And then the fireworks! Acres of orderly corn, marshaled ten ears to the pyramid, and repre senting a stability expected to outlast the Cheops Pyramid of Old Egypt— that was the crowning glory of the Young South. In the advance guard celebrities were not lacking. There was Edward J. Welborn, the champion, for example. Edward is rising 17, and you can see\in his face that he was cut out by nature to be a winner. Edward’s Record Crop. Edward lives and raises corn in good old Morgan County, and his champion acre is upland, not river bottcin. That acre produced this year _hokl your breath!—that acre pro duced 181 bushels of corn and .72 of a bushel more. • That is the championship yield in Georgia for 19 J 3— 181.72 bushels to tau acre. And he is the champion— Edward J. Wellborn. Hats off. boys— hes’ a Regular Champion, and a credit to his raising, and an honor to old Georgia and the young South. Edward will tell you a.bout his champion crop, and he will tell you in the stop-watch, decimal details of a born fanner with a scientific train ing. High-grade fertilize!, of course. That's part of the game these days. "But the point is, I used plenty of acid and kainit—16 per cent acid— on the ground ten days before plant ing.” says the champion, and makes ^no bones about the secret, either. Profit Is Enormous. “It cost me 28 cents a bushel to raise, and the price allowed in cal culating profit is $1.” Edward added. "That’s a profit of $130.84 on the acre.” Hum-ho! And the Georgia farmer of not so long ago thought twenty bushels an acre a pretty fair little crop. Edward is not sentimental. Few champions are. But just the same, Edward could tell, if he would, a pretty story of ambition and careful planning and infinite painstaking; of days of anxiety and nights of won dering—but what Edward would not tell is of the keen intuition, and the strong heart, and the ready hands. The Corn Champion is no boaster. Rather, he looks to the American record—228 bushels; he has the fig ures pat. And he hopes to land that, next year. ”lt belongs in Georgia.” he says simply. Girl Canners Also here. And here we have Miss LeJa M. Dickson. Fayette County Canning Club agent—which is a large and im portant title for a very pretty little woman, whose canning club won the main prize at the 1912 show, and is going to make a grand bid for it this time, or Miss Dickson is mis taken. ^ "We have 50 members this year,” Miss Dickson says. ‘Would you care to see some of our records?” he "records” are writeen by the club members, bound tastefully in covers illustrated with a design indi cating the subject. Thus Miss Lela Dixon—almosr the same name, as the leader’s—Miss Le- la Dixon ornamented her little his tory with a most ingratiating tomato, for that was what she raised and canned—the tomatoes grown by her on one-tenth of an acre. "Tiie tormjto is a species of a plant Continued on 2, Column 5. Federal Inspector Starts Probe Here in Conjujnction With Na tion-Wide Investigation. Atlanta Tuesday became one of the points of activity in the nation-wide “egg war” when I,. J. Baley, head of the local branch of the Department of Justice, began a sweeping inves tigation among the principal whole sale houses of the city to ascertain what connection, if any, local dealers have with the alleged egg trust, the headquarters of which are declared to be in Chicago. What is regarded as a most signifi cant feature of the local situation is the admission of Atlanta dealers that the prices in this city are governed largely by the prices in the large cit ies in the North. The Department of Justice is determined to probe the claim that a gigantic "egg octopus” Is seeking to control the price of eggs throughout the country. Mr. Baley began his work by in specting the storage plant of the At lantic Ice and Coal Corporation. This Is the largest cold storage bouse in Atlanta. He did not divulge the re port he will make to Washington as a result of his investigation th/gre. It is understood that the plant is only partly filled with eggs. To See All Dealers. Before the probe in Atlanta is end ed all of the large dealers will be interviewed to find out exactly how close is their connection with the so- called eggt rust and to what extent prices here are governed By the prices set by those who are said to have a corner of the market. • Prices in Atlanta are governed by the prices North,” said one of the leading wholesale and retail grocers of Atlanta. “Sixty-five per cent of the eggs used in Atlanta come from more than 100 miles distant,” said another, indi cating that this city largely was at the mercy of the egg speculators of the North and would have to pay any price demanded. At the Swift & Company plant on East Alabama street, the high price was explained on the ground of scarcity. Officials of the local branch scouted the idea of a corner. 25,632,000 Eggs in Storage. Apparently in refutation of this statement is the fact that James E. Wezt, the so-called "egg magnate" of Chicago, is the admitted owner of 25,632,000 eggs now in cold stor age. He is regarded as the head and front of the egg trust in the LTnited States. Prices already are reported to be wavering in other cities from the widespread boycott that has been in augurated. Word from Detroit. St. Paul, Kansas City, Baltimore, Wash ington. and other sales centers tell of thousands of clubwomen voting to buy no more eggs ami eat no more eggs until the corner is broken and the prices reduced. What has taken place in Chicago's bitter war against exorbitant prices for eggs may be duplicated in At lanta by the clubwomen v ho are in censed at the high prices that are asked by the dealers. Eggs now are from 40 to 45 cents a dozen here. Many ‘Main’ Phones Are Changed to ‘Ivy' New telephone books were issued Tuesday containing many changes m numbers from the Main to the Ivy exchange. Among these changes are all the telephones in the Empire Building. Telephone officials state that the changes are necessitated by the tre mendous growth of tffe city and the increase in the number of telephones It is their ultimate plan to have ;»il telephones north of the Whitehall jstroei viaduct ia iha Ivy cjll fringe. Panic on Whitehall Cars as Negro Dies In Double Collision UllLETiN Passengers on two Whitehall- Peach tree 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 negro 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. The front of the southbound car was bad ly shattered and all of the glass was broken out. Receiver Named for Hardwood Company Following the filing of a petition in the Superior Bourt surrendering the charter of the Atlanta Hardwood Company Tuesday morning. Paul Johnson w as appointed as receiver of the company. His bond was fixed at $5,000. The company was incorporaied some time ago. and was thought to be in good condition. A slow market and other difficulties are said to have caused the company to surrender ns charter City Detective Among Victims of Organization Operating at At lanta Railway Stations. Realty Men Called In Collier Will Case With the resumption of the hear ing of the Collier will case before Judge Ellis in the Superior Court Tuesday, a number of Atlanta real estate men were called aa witnesses to testify as to the value of certain parcels of the property in the Wes ley G. Collier estate. Sanford W. Collier is suing his brothers, George W. Collier and John W. Collier, for $45,000. which he claims is a one-tenth interefft in the estate. Signs Indicate ‘Fair/ Weather Man Says Unless the weather man has read the signs wrong, those overcoats that feel so good Tuesday will not be nec essary' Tuesday night and Wednes day. The prediction is for fair weath er. though it may be a trifle cloudy in spots, for to-night and Wednesday, with "a tendency to rising tempera ture to-night.” No rain is in sight for Atlanta, al though unsettled weather prevails over much of the South. 35 Moroccans Slain By Spanish in Battle Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MADRID. Dec. 2.—Thirty-five Moroccan tribesmen were killed in a fight near Rapiles, in Spanish Mo rocco. it was announced to-day, in a War Office dispatch from Tetuan. The Spaniards lost fifteen killed and wounded. Demand Religious Liberty in China Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PEKIN, Dec. 2.—A league to op pose the adoption of a State religion in China was organized here at a meeting held at the Young Men's Christian Association and compost’d of representatives of Mohammedan ism. Taoism. Buddhism. Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. * ATLANTAN’S BROTHER KILLED. PETERSBURG, VA.. Dec. 2. R M Weatherford, killed by a train neat Vic toria. Va., was buried her# 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 nerah - . A richly dressed woman, about 30 years old, and beautiful. Is being hunted Tuesday by detectives as the probable leader of a band of daring pickpockets who are charged with a long list oft hefts on the streets of Atlanta, following the wholesale rob bery 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 leased lines for the Southern Bell Telephone Comoany, after she had robbed him of $170 In cash and two checks aggregating nearly $200 on a Decatur-street car line late Monday afternoon. Mr Pflngstay reported his lofcs to Chief of Detectives Lanford Tuesday, and minutely described the woman, whom he declared was his nemesis. Wallet *nd Cheoks Gone. "She was standing next to me in the crowded car.” said Mr. Pflngstay. ‘‘and T noticed that her actions were strange. However, her refined ap pearance deceived me. "Suddenly she left my side and hurried from the car. Immediately I 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 feel 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 seen 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 not given out reported Monday night that he had been robbed of a large amount of money while in the depot waiting for a Western and Atlantic train to Birmingham. The 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 which left Atlanta, at; 1:40 o'clock Monday afternoon. A telegram from Roadmaster J B. Harrill, who was hlm?self robbed of tickets and $30 in money, announced the depredations on the train. Money, handbags and suitcases were taken from the passing? rs, who complained of their losses a short time after the train left the station The theory is that the men pur chased tickets to the first city out of Atlanta, and then after robbing the passengers left the train. The names of the victims on the Seaboard train have not yet been reported Ivy Residents to Get $7000 Grading Rebate Just as soon as Mayor Woodward approves the action^ of Council tiie property owners on Ivy street will get a rebate of $7,000 from the $30,- 000 fund they paid the city for the improvement of the street. The re bate was left over after tne com pletion of the regrading of the street There is no . doubt that Mayor Woodward will approve the action of Couoc:L 18-Year-Old Girl, Guilty of Murder, Begs To Be Hanged CROWLEY. LA., Dec. 2.—“Hang me now, but don’t send me back to that cold sell,” 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 ha 1 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. APPROVES Nicaragua Doesn't Want Zelaya Now WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.—Nica ragua to-day withdrew its demand for the extradition of Jose Santos Zelaya, ex-President of that country', on a charge of murder. This action was taken at a conference between Solicitor General Folk, of the State Department, and General Chamorra, the Nicaraguan Minister. Announcement was made that Ze- laya later would be released from the New York Tombs. Brand Whitlock for Minister to Belgium WASHINGTON, Dec. 2— President Wilson sent to-day to the Senate the nomination of former Mayor Brand Whitlock, of Toledo, to he Minister to Belgium. The President renominated Henry M. Pindell, of Illinois, to be Ambas sador to Russia. He also nominated George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts, Min ister to Greece anc^ Montenegro, and renominated Winfred T. Denison, of New York, to be a member of the j Philippines Commission. Polls More Votes Than 2 Opponents CALHOUN, Dec. 2.— In a three- cornered race for Mayor of Calhoun. G. A. Hall was elected, polling nearly twice as many ballots as the com bined vote of his two opponents, W. M. Hughey and T C. Cantrell. In the contests for Aldermen Henry Hall and M. Moss were the successful candidates. J. G. B. Erwin and W. S. Prichett were re-elected to the School Board. Who Wants to Look For Percy and John? Percy Gaxoy and John Daniels, ne groes. early Tuesday said farewell to the "black bottle” and other small pox medicine, and sneaked from the pesthouse at Decatur. They have not been caught. Percy and John were spending - a few nionthg in the DeKalb County Jail when they were taken ill. He Dies From Eating Too Much Hardware MERIDIAN. MISS. Per 2. 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 Hast Missislppi Insane Hospital by Meridian surgeons. Tiie man died from over-indulgence in his strange diet. $1,808,000 in Stamps Ordered by Chicago WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The big gest order for postage stamps ever receivecL by the Postoffice Department was received from Chicago, previous holder of the record. The order calls for 71,630.000 stamps valued at $1,808,000, to ac commodate Christmas business. President, in Message, Says It Should Be Unaltered, but Clar ified as Business Aid, WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—As serting that there can be no peace in America until President Huerta surrenders his usurped authority, President Wilson, in his first annual message to Congress delivered in per son to-da.r, 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 arc crumbling a little day by day, and the collapse is not far away. With the end of the Iluerta re gime, he said, he hoped to sec constitutional order restored in Mexico. Besides pleading for the swift en actment Into law of the Administra tion currency bill, the President told Congress that he believed the Sher man anti-trust law should stand un altered, but that Congress should as rapidly as possible enact legislation which would clarify and make explic it "that great act” facilitate its ad ministration and make it fairer to a:! concerned. First Word on Trust Law. This is the first expression of any kind that ha a 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 to 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 with regard to their enterprises and a clear path indicated which they can travel without anx iety. "It is as important that they should b- 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 won id 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 for vacant seats in the Senate, the Sen ators whose terms have not yet end ed, the national committees and Ci* Presidential candidates themselves, l». order that the platforms might be drawn by those responsible to the people for carrying them into effect. Suffragists Hear Message. The galleries were well filled witli spectators hours before the President arrived, many suffragists, who are in convention here, being present. A son former occasions of this kind. Vice. President Marshall was t Continued on F«go 4, Celu-'RC i» 1