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i r OVER 100,000 THE SUNDAY AMERICAN'S NET PAID CIRCULATION The National Southern Sunday Newspaper The Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 105. ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 391:5. btW&Tc* 2 CENTS. r P,T HOME EDITION PRESIDENT WILSON’S MESSAGE FULL I? CORN SHOW OPENS: YOUNGGEORGIA WITH GOLDEN HARVEST INVADESCITY DS3 C*3 c*3 C*3 K<3 C*3 1 * Edward J. Wellborn, of Mor gan County, Georgia’s champion corn grower, on left, and H. G. Dasher, of Effingham County, another modern young agricul turist. here for the Corn Show. I ' >- Woman Contesting Lee Will Scores Her Sisters From Stand I ♦ \ i I Sensational attacks on the charac ter of her sisters. Mrs. Maude Thomp son and Mrs. Claude Stamps, were made by Mrs. La-Rue Mizell on the witness stand Tuesday in the hear ing of the Lee will case, which is be ing tried before Judge George L. Bell. Mrs. Mizell is contesting a will purporting to be that of her mother, Mrs. Emma G. Lee, in which the $50,- flOO estate is divided equally among the three slaters. Mrs. Mizell, on Wednesday, is ex pected to testify regarding the actual signing of the will, and probably will repeat 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 test the new $100,000 fire alarm sys tem has resulted in the appointment of a special Council committee to try to adjust the controversy over this system between Mayor Woodward and the Board of Pi remasters. The new committee is composed of Mayor Woodward, Aldermen C. H. Kelley, .John S. Candler and Coun- dlmen W. G. Humphrey and Claude r Mason. Self-Defense To Be Plea in Collins Case r 'ounsel for Clarence Collins, on >nal charged with killing Calvin Mad dox. a negro employee on the Healey Building, indicated Tuesday that he ''ill plead self-defense. Collins is a son of E. W. Collins, one of the con tractors on the building. The de fense’s explanation of the manner in w hi< h the killing occurred will not be known until Collins makes his state ment. £ The Collins case will conclude this term of Judge Hill’s court. Capitol Rotunda Piled High with Crowd Cheers Knife Wonderful Displays of Maize Duel tO the Death by Glare of Coke Oven Tomato Plants in Bloom in New York TOMPKTNRVTLLE. N. Y . Dec 2 — fomato plants are in bull bloom in the ,< ’“ ar of Edward Silas Te expects ripe tomatoes Le& -unas dinner. 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 Soutn. 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 com. 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 w hile 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 all—came In about noon. But that was only the advance guard. The main body will arrive Wednesday morning. And then the fireworks! Aires 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 com in good old Morgan County, and his champion acre is upland, not river bottom. That acre produced this year — hold your breath!—that acre pro duced* 1SJ bushels of com and 72 of a bushel more. . . . . That is the championship yield in Continued on Page 6, Column 3. Woman Heads Pickpocket Band SM NS, U. S. HUNTS EGG CORNER IN ATLANTA PRICE. SAY UNIONTOWN, PA., Dec. 2.—With only the glare from the coke oven men fought a duel with knives at the fires to guide their movements, two plant of the Brownsville Coke Com pany near here early this morning. A crowd of spectators urging them on, the men battled until John Jones went down with a deep thrust through his abdomen and another through the right lung. John Bokoff, the other principal, a few minutes later gave a queer sob and crumpled’Op. When the spectators picked up Jones life was extinct. Mortally wounded, Bokoff was hurried to a hospital by the police. The cause of the fight is not known. Rain Is Promised by Official Forecaster The weather brokers were undecided Tuesday as to the brand of weather to be dealt out to At'anta. Rain Is pre dicted and with the plentiful supply of rain clouds which the official weather guesser had on hand this morning. It seems his prediction might come true. Rain is general all over the South. There has been a big fall in Alabama and some parts of Georgia. Alabama Candidate For Governor Here Charles E. Henderson, president of the Alabama Railroad Commission and the local option candidate for Governor of the "Here We Rest” State, is in Atlanta on a business visit. He expresses himself as confident that he will defeat B. B. Comer, pro hibitionist, and that Oscar t nder- wood will humiliate Congressman R. P. Hobson for the Senate. Clements Approved For Reappointment WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The House Committee on Interstate Com merce adopted a resolution to-day urging President Wilson to reappoint Judson C. Clem« nts, of Georgia, a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission. _ Federal Inspector Starts Probe Here in Conjjunction With No tion-Wide Investigation. Atlanta Tuesday became one of the points of activity in the nation-wide “egg war” when L. ,1 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 house in Atlanta. He did not divulge the re port he will make to Washington as a result of his investigation there. 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 he 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 pric es 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 rent of the eggs used in Atlanta come from more than !00 miles distant,” said another, indi cating that this city largely was at the mercy of the *>gg 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. Wetz, 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 United 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 and 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, who are in censed at the high prices that are asked by the dealers. Eggs now' an from 40 to 45 cents a dozen here. Many ‘Main’ Phones Are Changed to 1 Ivy ! New telephone books were issued Tuesday containing many changes in numbers from th* 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 the city and th# increase in the number of telephones. It is their ultimate plan to have all telephones north of the Whitehall atreei viaduct in the Ivy exchange. Panic on Whitehall Cars as Negro Dies In Double Collision Passengers on two Whitehall- Peach; ree street cars were thrown into a panic Tuesday by a collision at Forsyth and Rrotherton streets, w hich resulted in the instant de«th 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. hound 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 wai 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 Sourt surrendering the charter of the Atlanta Hardwood Company Tuesday morning, Paul Johnson was a ppolnted as receiver of the company. His bond was fixed at $5,000. The company was incorporated 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 its charter. Realty Men Called In Collier Will Case With the resumption of the hear ing of the Collier will rase before Judge Ellis in the Superior Court Tuesday, a number of Atlanta real estate men were called as 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 Interest 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 composed j of representatives of Mohammedan- i ism. Taoism. ■ Buddhism. Roman Catholicism .in|T Protestantism. ATLANTAN'S BROTHER KILLED. PETERSBURG, VA . Dec. 2.--R. M Weatherford, ktlled by a train near Vic toria. Va . was buried here to-day. He was a brother of David A. Weatherford, of Atlanta His wife, ill in a Roanoke hospital, waa unable to attend the fu neral. . - - City Detective Among Victims of Organization Operating at At lanta Railway Stations. 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 changed w'ith a long list oft hefts on the streets of Atlanta, following the wholesale rob bery of passengers on n 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 Company, after she had robbed him of $110 In cash and two checks aggregating nearly ^200 on a Decatur street car line late Monday afternoon. Mr. Pflngstay reported his loss to Chief of Detectives Lanford Tuesday, and minutely described the woman, whom he declared was his nemesis. Wallet *nd Checks Gone. “She was standing next to me in the crowded car,” said Mr. Pflngstay. ‘and I noticed that her actions were strange. However, her refined ap pearance deceived me. “Suddenly she left my side and hurried irom 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 sevan to Jump off the Birmingham train as It pulled out of the yards, w'ere the men who w’orked the pas sengers of this train. Passenger* 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 himself robbed of tickets and $30 in money, announced the depredations on the train. Money, handings end suitcases w'ere taken from the passengers, 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 $7000Grading Rebate Just as soon as Mayor Woodward approves the action of Council the 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 w f as left over after the com pletion of the regrading of the street. There is no doubt that Mayor Woodward will approve the action of Council. 18-Year-01d 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 Murflf 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. Nicaragua Doesn't Want Zelaya Now WASHINGTON. Deo. 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. Thjs 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 be 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, and 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 Gaxcy 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 months in the DeKalb County jail when they were taken ill. Ho Dies From Eating Too Much Hardware MERIDIAN, MISS.. Per. 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 MissLsippt insane Hospital by Meridian surgeons. The 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 received by the Postofflce Department was received from Chicago, previous holder of the record. The order calls for 71,630,000 stamps valued at $1,SOS,000, to ac commodate Christmas business. i p j President, in Message, Says It Should Be Unaltered, but Clar ified as Business Aid* WASHINGTON, Dee. 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-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. Besides pleading for the swift en actment Into law of th© Administra tion currency bill, the President told Congress that he believed th© Sher man anti-trust law should stand un altered, but that Congress should *9 rapidly as possible enact legislation which would clarify and make explic it “that great act” facilitate its ministration and make it fairer to all concerned. First Word on Trust Law. This is the first expression of any kind that has come from Presid?nt 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 he with regard '•> 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 t”# country should be relieved of aH 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 would provide, for the direct nomination of Presidential candidates. Instead of the present delegate sys tem for the Presidential conventions 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 vet end ed, the national committees and rh® Presidential candidates themselves, ir. order that the platforms might be drawn by those responsible to th® people for carrying them into effect. Suffragists Hear Message. The galleries were well filled with spectators hours before the President arrived, many suffragists, who are in convention here, being present. As on former occasions of thlg kind. Vice President Marshall was Continued on Page 4, Column 1* f / w \