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EXTRA The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results FLORIDA EXTRA VGL XII. NO. 105. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, 3, 1913. By c A p . r n^ f 2 CENTS. . —-*■ RESIDENT WILSON’S MESSAGE II ;ORN SHOW OPENS; YOUNGGEORGIA 'ITH GOLDEN HARVESTINVADESCITY Edward J. Wellborn, of Mor gan County, Georgia’s chainpion corn grower, on left, and II. G. Dasher, of Effingham County, another modern young agricul turist, here for the Corn Show. Poman Contesting jee Will Scores Her I Sisters From Stand ■Sensational attacks on the charac- \ of her sisters, Mrs. Maude Thomp- and Mrs. Claude Stamps, were trie by Mrs. LaRue Mizell on the p«s stand Tuesday in the hear- f of .he Lee will case, which is be- fe tried before Judge George L. ■Mrs. Mizell Is contesting a will irporting to he that of her mother, rs. Emma G. Lee. in which the $50,- 0 estate is divided equally among * three sisters. [Mr?. Mizell, on Wednesday, is ex ited to testify regarding the actual pn. -r f the will, and probably will her charges of fraud and for- |ry Mayor’s Veto Brings ! Fire Alarm Inquiry IMayor Woodward’s veto of the res- r lon Council providing for the P'"Tment M expert electricians to | t ’he new $100,000 Are alarm sys- 1 as resulted in the appointment I a special Council committee to try J a <Fust the controversy over this | n between Mayor Woodward l 1 ' 1 ’be Board of Firemasters. ■ I be new committee is composed of favor Woodward, Aldermen C. H. I hn S. Candler and Cottti* Ilmen W. G. Humphrey and Claude Mason. felf-Defense To Be Plea in Collins Case Counsel Tor Clarence Collins, on barged with killing Calvin Mad- I ne 8To employee on the Healey ndicated Tuesday that he 1 P‘tad self-defense. Collins is a - - W. t’ollins, one of the con* | ' s on the building. The de- I explanation of the manner in | ing occurred w ill not be n intii Colling makes his state- 1 Ins case will conclude this I of Judge Hill's court. tomato Plants in Bloom in New York C' Mr ' K,V8VI LLE, N. T.. Dec. 2.- n . i lant8 are in bull bloom in the *i lwar<3 SiIaf * Te expects ripe I Jor Christmas dinner. Old Dame Fortune tilted her well- known Horn of Plenty over the State Papitol 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 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 all—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. Welbom, 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 Cbunty, and his champion acre is upland, not river bottom That acre produced this year hold your breath!—that acre pro duced 181 bushels of com and ..72 of a bushel more. , That Is the championship yield in Continued on Page 6, Column 3. C*3 Oft CK3 Capitol Rotunda Piled High with Crowd Cheers Knife Wonderful Displays of Maize Dliel to the Death by and Fruits - Glare of Coke Oven 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 Rokoff, the other principal, a few minutes later gave a queet sob and crumpled up. When the spectators picked up Jones life was extinct. Mortally wounded, Bokoff was hurried to a hospital by the police. The cause of the tight 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 Atlanta. 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 Under wood will humiliate Congressman R. J'. 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. Clements, of Georgia, n member of the Interstate Commerce Commiss^n, Woman Heads Pickpocket Band ft* ,YJ >Vr ft'fl Of JVC <*5 M SA5 M 3*4 oi U. S. HUNTS EGG CORNER IN ATLANTA NORTH FIXES PRICE, SHY DEALERS 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*. 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 situatlon*is the admission of Atlanta dealers that the prices in this city are governed largely by the prices in the large c,it- les 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. TBTs 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 Seo All Dealers. Before the probe in Atlanta Is end ed all of the large dealers will be interviewed to find out exactly bow 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 u 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 ©f 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 ha9 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 are from 40 to 45 cents a dozen here. Seeks Requisition for Head of‘Usury Trust’ DURHAM, N. C., Dec. 2.—City At torney Charles S. Scarlett will ask for requisition for Scott B. Appleby, of Norfolk, Va., millionaire head of a loan company, wanted here for usury. When the recent campaign against loan sharks was made, Appleby’s agents were arrested, and now the City Attorney wants to get the al leged head of the "usury trust.’’ Panic on Whitehall Cars as Negro Dies In Double Collision 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 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 w,th the cries of women when the -car, bound for the West End. struck the negro's wagon. The driver was hurled to the pavement. Hil 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 Sourt surrendering the charter of the Atlanta Hardwood Company Tuesday morning, Paul Johnson was appointed as receiver of the company. His bond was fixed at $5,000. The company was incorporated ■ uaui. -Mi** thought, to be in good condition. A slow market and other difficulties are said to have caused tho company to surrender its charter. Politician in Augusta Found Dead in Street AUGUSTA, Dec. 2.—George H. Howard, aged 58, Councilman-elect from the Third Ward, was found dead at 2:30 o’clock this morning on Greene street. Death was due to apoplexy. Howard was at the meeting of City Council last night in splendid health. He left the Council chamber about 10 o’clock. When his body Was found by a policeman lie had been dead several hours. Howard was a wealthy property owner. 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 meji were called as witnesses to testify as to the value of certain parcels of the property in the Wes ley O. 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. 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 R&pilea, in Spanish Mo rocco, it was announced to-day, iq 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 wan organized here at a meeting held at the Young Men’s Christian Association and composed of representatives of Mohammedan ism. Taoism, Buddhism, Roman Catholicism and Protestantism. City Detective Among Victims of Organization Operating at At lanta Railway Stations. ATLANTAN'S BROTHER KILLED. PETERSBURG, VA., Dec. 2.—R. M Weatherford, killed by a train near Vic toria. Va.. was buried here to-day. H« was a brother of David A. Weatherford, of Atlanta. His wife, ill In a Roanoke hospital, was unable to attend the fu neral. ■ - A. - l A richly dressed woman, about 80 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 $110 in cash ami two checks aggregating nearly $200 on a Decatur street car line late Monday afternoon. Mr. Pflngstay reported his loss to Chief of DetectHre 3 LahfOrfl Tuesday, and minutely described the woman, whortt he declared was his nemesis. Wallet and 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 m«. “Suddenly aho left my aide and hurried troin the car. Immediately I became suspicious and felt for my wallet. It was gone, together with tho 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 sev*n 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 Heaboard Air Line ex press to Washington and New York which left Atlanta at l:4p o'clock Monday afternoon. A telegram from Roadmaster J. B. Harrill, who was hlmsplf robbed of tickets and $30 in money, announced the depredations on the train. Money, handbags end suitcases were taken from the passengers, who complained of their lueses a short time after the train left the station. The theory is that tho 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 $7000GradingRebate Juirt 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 th# improvement of the street. The re bate was left over after the com pletion of the regrading of the street. There is no doubt that Mayor Woodward will approve the action ot Council* 18-Year-01d Girl, Guilty of Murder, Begs To Be Hanged CROWLBT, LA., Dec. 2.—"Han? 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 th© same breath she heard her stepfather, whom she haJ tried to shield by declaring she alone killed her sweetheart, sentenced to prison for life The girl was convict ed of manslaughter; James 8. Du vall of murder, without capital pun ishment, and her young half-brother. AlUe Duvall, Jointly charged with killing Delhaye, was freed. 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, tho 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. H*» also nominated George Fred Williams, of Massachusetts, Min ister to Greece and Montenegro, arid renominated Winfred T. Denison, of New York, to be a member of the 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 th* successful candidates. J. G. B. Erwin and W. 8. Prichett were re-elected to the School Board. Who Wants to Look For Percy and John? Percy Oaxey 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. He Dies From Eating Too Much Hardware MERIDIAN, MIRP . Dec. 2 -Nearly four pounds of Junk, including 875 pieces of metal, pins, buttons, bolts, taps, rock, glass and other articles were removed from the stomach of a pa tient at the East Misslsippl 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 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-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 ihe Administra tion currency bill, the Prebident told Congress that he believed the Shet- man anti-trust law should stand un altered, but that Congress should ns rapidly as possible enact legislation which would clarify and make explic it “that great act” facilitate its ad ministration and make it fairer to nil concerned. First Word on Trust Law. This is the first expression of any kind that has com/ from President Wilson regarding the Sherman law. Business men and financiers have been waiting with a great deal of in- . terest, not to sny 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 th© country should be relieved of all un certainties of law with regard to tha'r enterprises and a clear path indicated which they can travel without anx iety. “It is as important that they should Y relieved of embarrassment and set free to prosper us that private mo nopoly should be destroyed,’’ the Pres ident declared. President Wilson broached a new •lection 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 vaca-t seats in the Senate, the Sen ators whose terms have not vet end ed. the national committees and rh# Presidential candidates themselves, m order that the platforms might b* 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 this kind, Vice President Marshall was Continued on Pago 4, Column 1« J