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VOL. XII. NO. 106.
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EDITION
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, 3, 1913. Bj c T °tr&£
1906.
Georgian Co
2 CENTS.
WENTY-SEVEN DIE IN HOTEL FIRE TRAP
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)LA TON BOOSTS GEORGIA IN N. Y. for corn show boys
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:apt. west fights to get out of cell
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I BOND
as Mother-in-Law's Assail-
[ant, He Is Amazed at the
Recorder’s Action,
After a restless and nearly sleep-
ss niffht in the Tower, Captain Er-
ist E. West, bound over to the
ate courts under a bond of $2,500
r an alleged attack on Mrs. John H.
nes. his mother-in-law, sent for his
R-yer. A C. Corbett, Wednesday
>rn:ng and began a fight to reduce
|s bond.
I am amazed that the Recorder
louid have fixed such a big bond in
misdemeanor case,” said Captain
est.
“Beside, I am entirely innocent of
y attack on Mrs. Jones. She be-
,me hysterical; I tried to hold her
nds; she jerked away from me and
11. That's all there was to it.”
Held to State Courts.
Captain West was fined $50.75 by
e Recorder on the city charge and
len bound over to the State courts.
Mrs. West, who fainted at the time
the disturbance, was in bed Wed-
isday morning, still suffering from
irvoue shock. Dr. Willis Westmore-
Jid said that Mrs. Jones was suffer -
ig principally from an injured knee,
hich probably would keep her In
id a month.
Captain West was in Atlanta on
ck leave from the Marine Corpe ser-
ce at Seattle, Wash. His wife is
ring with her parents at No. 485
>urtland street.
“Tower Not Such a Bad Place.”
In the Tower Wednesday morning,
tile waiting for his lawyer. Captain
est said he was taking his unex-
cted detention as philosophically
possible.
“Of course, I know I ought not to
here.’’ he asserted, “and it is going
etty hard with me, for I am not in
d health. Hard work in the serv-
brnke my constitution, and I was
| Vei a furlough to recuperate.
I This isn’t such a bad place, at
Bat,” he added. “I didn’t sleep much
B 81 night, but that was due to my
■ness and generally nervous condi
gn and not particularly to the man-
“ r of my entertainment here.”
/ancer Cure Increase
Is 21 to 50 Per Cent
Pet 3 Dr. J I
^oodgood, of the American So-
for the Control of Cancer, said
F the campaign against the disease:
"Of loo
vases of cancer of the
r*ngue that I have studied 70 were
f r! during the twenty years
■seeding 1S-98. and 30 since that time,
f e hicurable rases have decreased
K t0 10 per cent, while cures
■ a ' e in <reased from 21 to 50 per
Tent."
flyer Who Carried
Churchill Is Killed
■ Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
|- a Tf HrRCH - ENGLAND, Dec. 3.
n'u * n " ^ritnan Lushington, com-
ar ‘Cnr of the naval oranoh of the
^Ui° n corps, with whom Firs’
lw lhe Admiralty Winston
J e two flight!
B>!dA« et ’ , was killed here when his
B r ; ; ’ c< .lapsed.
Injured^" Pawcett * a passenger, was
Giraffe, Hit in Neck
Train, in Hospital
■ ILL . Dec. 3.—A giraffe be-
I ipped to a circus winter quar-
I 5ls head out of a car and
I a sw itch engine.
1 8 in* cared for in n
L « ; ]i d hospital in the Y. M. C.
I VeteTlnar y surgeons
Candidates Tremble
As They Alone Vote
In Regular Election
Wednesday is the annual city elec
tion day, and though there has been
no campaigning there is more than
one candidate nervous over the re
sult. The nominees of the white pri
mary fear that some one may surrep
titiously oppose them and possibly be
elected on account of the extremely
small vote that will be cast.
City Clerk Walter Taylor is holding
the election to-day on all city offices
for which candidates were nominated
at the recent primary and few besides
the candidates will vote.
*1 don’t like this small vote,” said
W. Z. Smith, nominated to succeed to
himself as general manager of the
city waterworks. "Someone is liable
to slip to the polls with a few hun*
dred votes the last hour of the day
and carry the election. I wish my
friends would go to the polls.”
The other candidates join Mr.
Smith in this Tequest.
Typhoid Is No Longer
Menace to U. S. Army
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—Typhoid
fever, the most formidable of all
camp diseases, has apparently practi
cally ceased to be a cause of non-
effectiveness In our army,” declared
Surgeon General George H. Torney in
his annual report issued to-day. This
Is due, he states, to the Immunization
of the army against typhoid.
Only eighteen cases of typhoid were
reported during the year ended June
30, 1913, within the United States
army, and onlv three deaths.
The total number of deaths from
all causes out of an enlistment of
79,613 was 381.
Mrs. Pankhurst to
Be Arrested To-day
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 3.—Announcement
was made by a member of the Home
Office staff that Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, militant suffragette, would
be arrested upon her arrival at Plym
outh to-day. Mrs. Pankhurst still
has more than half of a three-year
prison term to serve.
A number of militants went to
Plymouth to act as bodyguard for
Mrs. Pankhurst, who Is returning
from the United States, where she
earned $20,000 lecturing.
Blacks Fleeing Raid
Trample Detective
In an attempt to force him to di
vulge the names of members of the
gang of negroes who assaulted De
tective J. F. McGill while officers
were raiding a craps game in a De
catur street saloon late Tuesday, the
police Wednesday put on the grill the
only negro of the band they captured.
McGill, stationed at the back door,
was badly trampled by the negroes
when they ran over him while trying
to escape the raiders, who entered
the front door. He was taken to
Grady Hospital.
Miss Farrar's Voice
Saved, Says Doctor
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—Friends of
Miss Geraldine Farrar, whose marvel
ous voice has charmed thousands,
were greatly alarmed last week at her
difficulty In singing her usual opera
role*.
“Miss Farrar Is suffering from ner
vous depletion," said Dr. H. Holbrook
Curtis, her physician, to-day'. ' Her
vocal cords are unimpaired, and she
will soon be able to sing as well as
Parents of 29 Only
Wish for Few More
STEVENS POINT, WIS., Dec. 3.—
Mr and Mrs. Joseph Kostruck broke
the record for babies when their
twenty-ninth offspring put in Its ap
pearance Sunday.
Mr and Mrs. Kostruck don t think
that number too large. In fact, they
said they wouldn't mind If there were
a few mors.
Blanquet Outlines Plans for
Campaign to Keep Huerta
in Power,
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 3.-r-General
Huerta is fighting hard to keep his
grip on affairs. He caused General
Blanquet, the War Minister, to issue
an ‘‘official” statement to-day saying
that there was no truth In Informa
tion received here in private dis
patches to the effect that Tuxpam had
been captured by rebels under Gen
eral Agrulllar. At the same time Gen
eral Blanquet outlined plans for a
new campaign against the rebels in
Northern Mexico.
An order was published this morn
ing by the War Department trans
ferring General Porflrio Diaz from the
retired list to the active list. The
order bears date of September 20.
Two thousand soldiers under Col
onel Alberto Batiz are being sent to
Manzanillo, bringing the Federal
forces in Sinaloa up to 6,500.
In addition to reinforcements to
Tuxpam, the Government Is prepar
ing to make a campaign against the
rebels around Ciudad Victoria, cap
ital of Tamaulipas, General Blanquet
said.
Reports that Dr. Urrutla, known as
the “firebrand statesman of Mexico,”
will re-enter the Huerta Cabinet
were renewed to-day when he asked
to be relieved of his duties as head of
jthe Government medical school and
hospital. As this institution is con
trolled by the Federal Government,
the Senate will have to act upon the
application.
Ministers Removed
From Temptations
Of Baseball Games
MACON, Dec, 3.—Their regular at
tendance upon baseball games was
the principal cause controlling the
transfer from Macon of Rev. Guyton
Fisher and Rev. B. E. Whittington,
two qf the best known ministers of
the South Georgia Methodist Confer
ence. The former goes to Montezuma
and the other to Blakely.
It has developed that members of
their congregations made complaints
which reached Bishop Candler and
which, it is believed, prompted him
to expostulate against ministers at
tending ball games.
Odd Defense Frees
Memphis Hypnotist
MEMPHIS, Dec. 3.—Francis Schlat
ter, a hypnotist, who came, from Chi
cago, told the police to-day that when
he was seized with an "unknown
power” he had hypnotized himself
into the belief that he was an officer
and had a right to walk Memphis
streets any hour of the night.
His defense was so unusual, he
was dismissed from a charge of
prowling.
Two young corn
growers dis
playing samples
of their work.
They are Roscoe
Richardson, of
Hart County,
above, and
Leonard Clarke,
of Hall.
ViUa To Protect
Aliens at Chihuahua.
EL PASO, TEXAS, Dec. 3—Gen-
eral Francisco Villa has postponed his
departure for Chihuahua City until
to-morrow morning, in the meantime
sending assurances to the foreign
Consuls in that city that the Consti
tutionalists will respect lives and
property.
It is certain, however, that Villa
will force “rebel currency” Issued by
the Constitutionalists provisional gov
ernment upon merchants there as he
did in Juarez.
Federals Surrender.
The peace commission headed by
Senor Hernandez, which represented
to General Villa in Juarez that seven
Federal generals including Orozco,
Salazar, Caraveo and Landa, who
were defeated in the fight at Tierra
Blanca were willing to surrender,
acted without the sanction of General
Huerta. This information was se
cured here to-day at the Mexican
consulate.
The peace commission declared that
the Huerta Government was bank
rupt, and was unable to pay its sol
diers.
General Mercado’s proclamation
said:
“Under the circumstances which
have existed 1n Chihuahua It has
been deemed necessary for the Feder
al troops to evacuate. I leave In
charge Frederico Moye, a person who
is not identified with politics and who
is therefore qualified to give full pro
tection to foreigners. It is impossi
ble to remain here longer, as there is
no money with which to pay the
troops.”
Asks Safety for Fugitives.
The peace commission proposed to
General Villa that ail non-combatants
who sought safety by fleeing to the
border be permitted to go without be
ing fired upon, and that all Federal*,
Including 200 soldiers left on police
duty in Chihuahua City, be pardoned.
It also asked clemency for Federal
officials, but it is thought the Feder
al generals will seek safety by cross
ing tW border into the United States.
Woman Is Fatally
Stricken at Party
ROME, Dec. 3.—Mrs. D. D. Plumb,
one of Rome's prominent society
women, died late last night two hours
after she suffered a stroke of apoplexy
at a social gathering at the home of
Mrs. H. D. Hill. She was immediate
ly taken to the home of her daughter,
Mrs. J. H. O’Neill, where she ex
pired.
The unexpected illnesR of Mrs.
Plumb broke up the party.
President Kept in
His Bed by a Cold
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—Owing to
a slight cold in the head, President
Wilson remained in bed to-day on
the orders of his physician.
The President was suffering from
a cold when he made the trip to
the Capitol yesterda^ to deliver his
address, and his physician told him
to take no chances of its making fur
ther progress to-day.
Couple, 98, Plan to
Celebrate in Airship
SYRACUSE. N. Y., Dec. 3.—Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Clemen, of Western.
N. Y„ will, on December 7, celebrate
the seventy-seventh anniversary of
their marriage.
The couple, both 98 years of age,
hope to make an aeroplane flight on
that day.
Form Labor Union
To Oppose Strikes
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 3.—A new la
bor organization bound by its consti
tution to oppose strikes and uphold
arbitration for settling disputes and
also to favor a graduated rather than
a uniform wage scale holds a charter
in the Circuit Court here.
Stupefying Bomb Is
Invented by Woman
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
DRESDEN, GERMANY. Dec. 2.—A
bomb which produces stupefaction
has been invented by a Prussian
woman, Ida Boehm. Gas from a sin
gle bomb has thrown several hundred
men Into an eight-hour sleep, it is
claimed.
Husband Unruly?
It’s the Weather
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—One hundred
and fifteen warrants have been sworn
out by women against men in the
Court of Domestic Relations in the
last ten days—twice the usual num
ber. _
Court attaches say gloomy weather
is the cause of domestic troubles.
Visitors to
the corn
show will
find all the
enthusiastic
young ex
hibitors will
ing, even
eager, to tell
of their
crops, and
the modern
methods
used in get
ting the won
derful re
sults.
most prosperous State In the Union,”
declared Governor John M. Slaton, of
Georgia, yesterday at the Waldorf-
Astoria.
“This is no exaggeration. The vice
president of the National Park Bank
of this city, which has been the cor
respondent for the Staie of Georgia
for many years, remarked to me to
day that he could assert conserva
tively that Georgia was more pros
perous than any other State.
“The cotton crop has been enor
mous—one bale for every man, woman
and child in the State, black or white.
In other States the production of
cotton has been limited. In conse
quence, the price is high, and Geor
gia is getting the benefits of bumper
crops and high prices.
“We have also raised this year more
foodstuff than ever before and do not
have to rely, as heretofore, upon the
Western States. We produced eighty
million bushels of corn. Just be
fore I came to New York I had am
ple opportunity to learn the situation
by personal observation. I made a
tour of the State, visiting the county
fairs.
“Everybody in Georgia has con
tributed to the year’s prosperity.
While the farmer exhibited his cot
ton and com and products of the
smokehouse, his wife exhibited her
preserves, pickles, sauces, jellies, etc.,
and the girls in the canning clubs
showed how they make as high as
$150 out of one-tenth of an acre."
Governor Slaton became enthu
siastic when asked if scientific farm
ing was being introdyced in his State.
“Our agricultural colleges are do-
Continued on Paf, 2, Column 5,
On every train boys are pouring
into Atlanta for the corn show which
is on in earnest Wednesday.
It was declared that by noon
Georgia’s young corn growers who
are showing dad how to do it, would
be in the city.
Capitol corridors and halls were
fairly alive with them in the morn
ing, to say nothing of the girls of the
canning clubs, who were coming in
for a full share of the general atten
tion.
Wednesday was to witness big
things for the young visitors. The
entire forenoon was spent in viewing
tiie show and in seeing that every b.,y
was assigned to a home. Atlanta is
keeping open house for them and giv
ing them a royal welcome.
Beginning Wednesday afternoon
with the music drill and dress parade
at Fort McPherson by the Seven
teenth Infantry of regulars, it is to
be a busy and joyous time of it for
them. And scores of youngsters are
going to smash established customs
by staying up late Wednesday night
to see everything planned for their
entertainment.
Clyde L. Davis, of the United States
Department of Agriculture, arrived
in the city Wednesday with a special
outlay of moving pictures of boys
and girls’ club work, dairying and
other interesting things. He was sent
here by Dr. S. A. Knapp, head of the
Government farm demonstration
work, especially for this occasion.
This has necessitated a partial re
arrangement of the program at the
Grand Wednesday evening. Mr. r»;$ - ■
vis will be given charge from 7:30
to 8:15, after which Commissioner of
Agriculture J. D. Price will have j
charge, showing the wonderful drama
of progress, “The Dawn of Plenty,”
Physician Accused
By Girl Forfeits His
Appearance Bond
Dr. M. W. Lewis of Carrollton,
failed to appear in the City Criminal
Court Wednesday when his trial on
a misdemeanor charge was called. His
bond of $500, signed by R. L. Lyons,
was ordered forfeited by Judge Cal
houn.
Miss Etflcfc McCalmon, the girl ac
cuser of the physician, together with
her father, who is a prominent farm
er of Carroll County, and her broth
er, were present in court. No rep
resentative of. the doctor was pres
ent.
Miss McCalmon and the physician
were arrested several weeks ago in
a downtown hotel. Dr. Lewis assert
ed at the time that the girl was his
patient.
Billy Sunday Wins
Tabernacle Fight
PITTSBURG, Dec. 3.—Billy Sun
day, the baseball evangelists, won a
victory in the Common Pleas Court
here this morning when Judge Hay
maker refused an application for an
injunction to restrain the erection of
Sunday’s tabernacle in Bellefleld.
A resident of Oakland had asked
for an Injunction on the ground that
the tabernacle was to be built of
wood, which is prohibited by the fire
laws.
Men Cut Off From Outside by
Lack of Fire Escapes—Bos
ton’s Biggest Holocaust.
BOSTON. Doc. 3.—'Twenty-
Beven men wore burned to death
early to-day in a tire which
destroyed the Arcadia lodging
house at No. 1202 Washington
street. This was the heaviest
death toll ever recorded in a fire
in Boston.
Two persons were fatally in
jured with more than a score
slightly hurt or overcome by
smoke.
There were 179 asleep in the lodg
ing 1 house when the Are broke out.
The flames spread swiftly through
the flimsy building and a number
of men caught on the upper floors
leaped from windows.
All of the victims were poverty-
stricken men, the lodging house being
a 16-cent night affair, catering to the
poor. Many of them were homeless
wanderers, and for this reason the
authorities believe that the names of
all the victims will never be known.
Many Jump Into Nets.
The conflagration was attended by
many thrilling escapes. Firemen
spread nets and into these many of
the panic-stricken lodgers leaped.
One man wrapped a mattress around
his body and Jumped from the fifth
floor, the mattress saving his life.
Policemen from the East Dedham
street station lined along the fire es
cape were forced to beat the fugi
tives with their clubs to start them
on their way to the street and clear
the fire escape to make room for oth
ers fleeing from the building.
The meager fire escapes on the
rear of the building offered escape to
only a few. Those occupying rooms
in the front of the building were cut
off by a wall of flame which soared
up the stairways and drove them to
the windows to escape suffocation.
There was no Are escape on the front
or side of the building, and most of
the dead were found near the win
dows.
Night Clerk Disappears.
Night Clerk Walsh had just fin
ished up his books when the fire was
discovered. He escaped and disap
peared.
Medical Examiner Leary, after an
examination at the scene of the Are,
declared:
"J am going at this matter with an
ax. This Is one of the greatest crimes
ever committed in this cRy. An In
quest will be started to-day. Bos
ton has nearly a dozen such Are traps.
This building looked like a slaughter
house. There Is no good excuse for
such a condition of affairs."
Rich Old Negro Is
Killed and Robbed
EUFAULA, ALA., Dec. 3.—Gary
Douglass, a wealthy old negro on the
Allen plantation in Ouitman County.
Georgia, was murdered vesterday aft
ernoon and robbed. Smoke issuing
from his home led neighbors there.
They found him on a burning bed. In
the woods nearby was found a trunk
that had been rifled of several hun
dred dollars.
Bam Ellington, a negro neighbor, Is
held for the crime.
SUN-KISSED CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—For the first
time in fourteen days the sun shone
on Chicago to-day.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia Generally cloudy
to-night and Thursday.
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