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VOL. XII. NO. 106.
ATLANTA, OA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, 3, 1913.
Copyright, 1908.
By Tho Georgian Co.
2 CENTS.
:,000 SUFFRAGISTS TAKE PLEA TO THE WHITE HOUSE
11 PERISH
TO RAISE
Minority Leader Urges Prepara
tion for War, Despite Fact
Strife Is Not Likely Now,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8.—What was
| by Minority Deader Mann
jid others as significant action In
view of the Mexican situation, was
taken bv the House late to-day when
passed on a viva voce vote the
|Hay bill to provide for the raising
teh volunteer forces of the United
IStat'S in time of actual or threaten-
|ed war.
Although Chairman Hay of the
|j; ary Affairs Committee would not
■idmit any special reason for hasty
■lotion, Representative Mann said he
■regarded it as significant that the bill
|was put hrough a this time.
Mann said he feared conditions to
las;. vere much the same as those pre-
|vailing just before the war with
Spain, and that he could “see no end
to the road.’’
"II seems to me that Is conditions
io not improve in Mexico soon, some-
I ■ Ting have to be done. This may
■ mean intervention or war for this
■ country." said Mr. Mann in the dls-
IciiMion of the Mexican situation and
|'he possibility of intervention.
Mr. Mann scored the Wilson policy
I of "watchful waiting."
I Rebels Sweeping
I North Mexico.
VERA CRUZ, Dec. 3.—Rebels under
lEufomio Zapata to-day attacked the
I Interoceanic Railway near Cuautla,
I dynamiting the station and water
■anks and burning a bridge.
Zapatistas have looted Muclo
Martinez, State of Puebla, killing the
Mayor and seventeen citizens. Near
Chietla a band of 25 Federals was
| ambuscaded and a lieutenant and flf-
*en soldiers killed.
j 27 Executed by
Victorious Rebels.
I •pgclai Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 3.—-Twenty -
I seven federal soldiers and civilians
were executed to-day at Jalpam,
! State of Queretaro, after rebels cap
tured ihe place. The garrison of nine-
•ldiers and eight citizens were
ihot.
‘‘General’’ Figueroa, former bandit
and rebel chief, who has been ne
gotiating with the Government, has
’oinei the Constitutionalists.
H *\ Kidder, an American employ
ed by the Waters-Pierce Oil Com-
pany, who was arrested at San Luis
Potosi, charged with being a rebel
8 P>’. was released to-day.
Villa To Protect
Aliens at Chihuahua.
EL PASO, TEXAS, Dec. 3—Gen-
era -l Prancisco Villa has postponed his
departure for Chihuahua City until
to-morrow morning, in the meantime
•ending assurances to the foreign
Consuls in that city that the Consti
tutional sts will respect lives and
property.
* ! ,K ' ertain, however, that Villa
^ ce “r bel currency’’ issued by
' s ’-itutionalists provisional gov-
* rnm ' : • upon merchants there as he
d ’ d in Juarez.
“ e commission headed by
n r Bf-rnandez, which represented
General Villa in Juarez that seven
general# including Orozco,
" Caraveo and Landa, who
PARIS, Deo. 3.—Francisco de la
Barra, Mexican Minister to France
and formerly provisional President of
the Republic of Mexico, left h«re to
day for Japan. His departure was
unexpected by attaches of the Mexi
can legation. It was said that he re
ceived orders to leave for Tokio from
President Huerta.
SYDNEY, NEBR.. Dec. 3.—Four
inches of snow fell nere to-day. Re
ports from Alliance, Nebr., this after
noon said that a heavy snow was
falling there.
DALLAS, TEXAS. Dec. 3.—Heavy
rains in this section for the past two
days have done a vast amount of
property damage. Water was stand
ing ten feet deep in the streets of
Waco. The Brazos River which over
flowed yesterday, had reached a 38-
foot stage to-day, the highest ever
known. The Fort Worth and Den
ver Railroad was forced to abandon
train schedules on account of num
erous washouts on its line. There
was no interurban service to-day
from Dallas to Waoo, Cleburne and
Fort Worth.
TULSA, OKLA., Dec. Mrs. Al
bert T. Patrick, wife of the central
figure in one of the most remarkable
murder casea in American history,
is dying of an incurable malady in
the Tulsa Hospital. Attending phy
sicians say she has but a few days
to live. Mrs. Patrick is unconscious
most of the time.
CALUMET, MICH., Dec. 3.—Eigh
teen strikers and sympathizers were
arrested and two dozen rifles and re
volvers were seized to-day by depu
ties who stormed a boarding house
near the Champion mine. The strik
ers had barricaded themselves in the
house and refused to admit deputies
who wished to search the premises.
Several of the men arrested to-day
are believed to have been guilty of
nightly shooting in Rainesdale which
has terrorized the residents of the
town.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 3.—Newspa
pers supporting the Huerta adminis
tration directed resentful criticism to
day toward President Wilson’s mes
sage. El Imparcial declared that it
had private information to the effect
that the message also displeased cer
tain foreign diplomats at Washington.
El Pais said President Wilson’s words
were “injurious.”
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—John P.
Densmore, solicitor of the Department
of Labor, to-day was .appointed .a
mediator in the teamsters and chauf
feurs’ strike in Indianapolis by Acting
Secretary of Labor Post. Mr. Dens-
more has gone to Indianapolis.
FALL RIVER, MASS, Dec. 3.—
Members of the State Board of Ar
bitration to-day unavailingly urged
the textile union efficials to defer
strike action. More than 35,000 tex
tile operatives will vote to-night on
the question of an Increase in wages.
Schoolboys See
Their Playmate Run
Down by Automobile
As scores of his school chums
looked on. Jack Turner. 6 years old,
son of Mrs. Lela Turner, No. 139
Nelson street, was run over by an
automobile in front of his home
shortly after 1 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon and had one leg broken.
The Nelson home Is right In the
back of the Walker Street School,
which /ack attends as a pupil in the
first grade. According to eyewit
nesses, the youngster ran directly in
front of a Ford machine driven by M
M. Mashburn, a collector for the
Southern Bell Telephone Company.
The car Is said to have been going at
about ten miles an hour,
Mashburn picked the little fellow
up, carried him into his home, called
a doctor, and reported the case him
self to the police.
* er ‘ defeated in the fight at Tlerra
‘•u..a were willing to surrender,
H ' w;:tl cut the sanction of Genera!
, 7 d information was se-
1 here to-day at the Mexican
consulate.
Turner Faces Charge
Before Council Board
_ M Electric!am Turner Thursday
, ^ U P the charges of unjust
r ‘’ion made against him by
v. ° n Electric Company,
a ,■ 1 Hoard of Electrical Control
Li’v ’ Fiectrlc Committee of the
uUnc *l meet in joint session.
City Employe Held
For Stockade Attack
Clyde E. Jackson formerly foreman
of the city public works department,
was held under $1,000 bond Wednes
day for assault with intent to kill in
connection with his alleged attaca
on J. M. Leftwich, an aged man, at
the stockade several weeks ago.
Jackson waived bail. Leftwich,
though still in a serious condition,
had improved sufficiently to appear in
court.
the weather.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia Generally cloudy
to-night and Thursday.
Men Cut Off From Outside by
Lack of Fire Escapes—Bos
ton’s Biggest Holocaust.
BOSTON, Dec. 8.—Twenty-five men
were burned to death early to-day in
a fire which destroyed the Arcadia
Lodging House, at No. 1202 Washing
ton street. This was the heaviest
death toll ever recorded in a fire in
Boston.
Two persons were fatally injured,
with more than a score slightly hurt
or overcome by smoke.
There were 179 asleep in the lodg
ing house when the fire 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 15-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 he 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 Are 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 fire 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 fire,
declared:
“I am going at this matter with an
ax. This is one of the greatest crimes
ever committed in this city. An in
quest will be started to-day. Bos
ton has nearly a dozen such fire traps.
This building looked like a slaughter
house. There is no good excuse for
such a condition of affairs.”
GEORGIA FANCIERS WIN
POULTRY SHOW PRIZES
Patterson Quits as
General Head of
Panama Railroad
Dispatches from Washington Wed
nesday brough the information that
John D. Patterson, of this city, has
resigned his position as superinten
dent of the Panama Railroad. He
was appointed to the place In March,
following the inauguration of Presi
dent Wilson.
Executive Declared Section Is En
joying Its Greatest Period of
Prosperity Since War,
Candidates Tremble
As They Alone Vote
In Regular Election
Wednesday is the annual city elec
tion day, and though there has be?n
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 De
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 besid'-s
the candidates will vote.
“I 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 request.
Husband Unruly?
It's the Weather
CHICAGO, Dec 8.—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.
Couaattaehes sav gloomy weather
is the ftiuse of domestic troubles.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—The New
York American prints the following
to-day:
“Georgia is probably this year the
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 State of Georgia
for many years, remarked to me to
day that he could assert conserva
tively that Georgia wa9 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.
Tells of Products.
“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 cbm. 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 corn 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 introduced in his State.
“Our agricultural colleges are do
ing great work in that direction,” he
replied
“The results are more than grat
ifying. Should the boll weevil Invade
Georgia as it has Texas, Mississippi,
Louisiana and Alabama, we will
prepared to meet the situation by
early planted cotton, by getting the
most resistive cotton and by diver
sification of the crops.
Atmosphere of Good Cheer.
Reverting to the prosperity of the
farmers, Governor Slaton said that
his only fear was that' they might
become extravagant in the prodigality
of their resources.
“I come from an atmosphere of
optimism and good cheer,” he as
serted.
“The Atlanta Georgian, Mr. Hearst’s
paper in our State, is popular and
prospering,” he said. “It knows the
ideals of the people and their aspi
rations. It has always been prompt
in rendering assistance to the needy
of Atlanta and the State of Georgia,
purely from a patriotic standpoint,
and I am glad to pay this tribute to
it.”
When asked the object of his visit
to Now' York Governor Slaton said it
related to legislation to be passed to
refund $3,679,0000 of the State indebt
edness which falls due in the sum
mer of 1915.
Confidence in State.
“Our Constitution does not permit
the creation of any State debt at an,”
he said, “nor does it permit the in
crease of the bonded indebtedness We
have reduced the bonds from $11,000-
000 to $6,000,000; and we have a rail
road running from Atlanta to Chat
tanooga that is pledged by the Con
stitution for anv debt of the Sta'e.
So you will perceive that we respect
our obligations and have ^ample se- |
curlty.
'But what is equal to It all is the
product in the form of manhood. Last
summer when I wished to borrow half
a million dollars for the State until
the taxes came In, the bankers were
paying 6 per cent In New York. The
bankers in Georgia loaned the money
to me for i per cent, indicating their
patriotism and absolute confidence in
the State.”
VOTE FIGHT
PUT UP TO
Youthful chicken fancier with aristocratic bird. The young
man is Charles Lynch, 295 E. Hunter street, and his companion is
the 16-ounce Luff Cochin Bantam hen owned by John L. Ryan, of
Atlanta.
Workman's Toes Are
Cut Off When Shaft
Of Lift Collapses
In a collapse of a portion of eleva
tor shaft in the building occupied by
the McCori-Stewart wholesale gro
cery company, No. 211 Decatur street,
late Wednesday, B. H. Dunn. 43 years
old, a repairman, was seriously in
jured by falling timber.
One of Dunn's toes was amputated;
his left hand l&soerated, and he
suffered scalp wounds. He was rush
ed to the Grady Hospital.
Dunn was repairing the top of the
elevator cage when the accident oc
curred. It Is believed the hammering
jarred the framework of the shaft and
loosened a portion of it, which fell on
him.
Boy Slayer Given
To Mother's Care
Frank Barton. 13 years old, 1s back
with his mother, Mrs. M. J. Taylor,
of No. 24 Mildred avenue, Wednes
day, after spending five months locked
up in the Juvenile detention home on
Central avenue, where he was taken
after being arrested for the killing of
his young playmate, Johnnie Edgar,
last July.
Attorney Carl N. Guess appeared
before Judge Benjamin Hill, of the
criminal division of the Superior
Court, late Tuesday afternoon and se
cured the release of the boy. He will
be placed in the custody of his mother
until he is tried on the murder
charge.
Bryan Will Speak
On‘The People's Rule’
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 — A long list
of prominent Washington officials is
Included among the sDeakers on the
official program of the first national
conference on popular government, to
be held in this city. December 6.
Secretary of State.Bryan will speak
on “The People's Rul*. How to Make
It a Fact.” JJ
Prizes were awarded Wednesday at
the annual show of the Southern In
ternational Poultry Association in the
Aliditorlum. It was the unanimous
statement of the Judges that they
never had viewed a better class of
birds at any show in the South.
The lion's share of the awards went
to Georgia fanciers, w r ho are improv
ing every year in the class of poultry
shown. Other States, however, were
largely represented.
“I don’t think this show ever was
excelled in any city in the South,”
was the declaration of T. M. Poole,
secretary of the association, at the
conclusion of the judging Wednesday.
Here is the list of awards:
Single-comb Buff Orpingtons.
G. V. # Clark, Louisville. Oa., first
cockerel, second cock, third cock;
Mrs. L, L. Upson, Athens, Ga.. fourth
pen, fourth cock, second hen, fifth
cockerel, second pullet; William Cook
& Rons, Scratch Plains, N. J., first
cock, third hen, second cockerel,
fourth pullet, third pert; L. T. Bogus*,
I Oxford, Ga., first hen, fifth hen; W.
| J. McDonald, Monroe, Ga., third cock
erel, first pullet, second pen; A. V.
Clifton. Atlanta, fourth cockerel: M.
G. Turner. Covington, Ga., fourth
hen; Morris & Bags. Atlanta, fourth
pullet; Jordan Poultry Farm. Royston,
Ga., fifth pullet; College Vipw Farm,
College Park, fifth pen, Mrs. J. M.
Hart, College Park, first pen, fifth
cock.
Single Comb White Orpingtons.
E. L. Allison, Columbia, S. C., fourth
cock; Frank Riddle, Birmingham,
Ala., fifth hen, fifth cockerel; William
j Cook & Sons, Scratch Plains, N. J.,
first cock, first cockerel, fifth pullet,
third pen; Mrs. L. P. Eberhart, Ei-
berton, Oa., first hen, second pullet,
third pullet, first pen, second pen;
Aldrich Poultry Farm, Columbus,
Ohio, second cock, fourth hen, third
hen, fourth cockerel, third cockerel,
first pullet; H. A. Black, C’artersvill ?,
Ga., third cock, fifth cock, second
cockerel, second hen, fourth pen, fifth
pen.
Black Minorcas.
M. L, Babb, Dallas, Ga. third cock
erel. Southern States Duck and Poul
try Farm, College Park, (Ja. second*
hen; College View Farm. College j
Park, fourth pullet, fifth pullet; W. P. j
Me Elroy, Newnan, Ga., second cock- i
RACING
RESULTS
Continued on Page 12, Column 5.
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Ann Tilly,
104 (McToggart), 1-3, 1-8, out, won;
Chartler 117 (Obert), 6, 4-6, 1-3. sec
ond; Pikes Peak, 104 (Randolph), 60,
10. 6-2, third. Time, 1:16 1-5. Also
ran: Golden Treaure. Monkey, Eurl
of Savoy.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Lace, 109
(Nathan), 3-2 1-2, out, won, Right
Easy, 109 (Deronde), 8-5, 2-5, out, sec
ond. Dick Deadwood, 112 (Martin),
20, 6, 2 third. Time, 1:15 3-5. Also
ran: Ancon, York Lad, Mama John
son.
THIRD—Six and half furlongs:
Doctor Kendall, 103 (Buxton), 2, 3-5,
out. won, Rulsseau, 129 (J. Hanover)
50, 10, 3, second; Harcourt, 129 (Bur
lingame), 5-2, 7-10, out, third. Time
1:23. Also ran: John Hancock. Ella
Curry. Plain Ann.
FOURTH—Five and half furlongs:
Winning Witch. 115 (Keogh), 6-5, out,
won; Lady Lightning, 110 (Deronde),
3-4, out, second; Marshon, 113 (Mar
tin), 50, 10, even, third. Time, 1:09.
Also ran: Jack Kellogg.
FIFTH Six and half furlongs: Be
hest, 96 (M( Taggart). 7-2, even, 1-2,
won; Camel, 132 (Rklrvin), 10, 3,
even, second; Chas. Cannell, 95
(Ward), 2. 4-5, 2-6, third. Time, 1:24.
Also ran; No manager, Ben Prior,
Lady Innocence, Yankee Pooh.
Rrce Entries on Page 10.
Clarence Collins
Found Not Guilty
Clarence Collins was found not
guilty of thre urder of Calvin Maddox,
a negor, after the Jury was out an
hour Wednesday afternoon. The case
went to the Jury at 1 o’clock, aPer
a two-hour address by Solicitor Gen
•ral Dorsey in the final argument be
fore Judge Hill.
The case was the outgrowth of an
alleged quarrel between Collins and
the negro during the construction of
th«* Healy Building, on which the two
men were employed.
Ask County Police
To Protect Game
A plea for the assistance of the
county police in the enforcement of
game laws, and asking permission to
appoint the members of the county
force as deputy game wardens, was
made before the Board of County
Commissioners Wednesday by fi&m-
missloner Charles L. Davis. »
f
Hardwick, of Goergia, Quoted bj
Jane Addams in Speech Before
House Committee.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—The mft.
frngist convention late to-day unani
mously decided to carry its fight tot
an amendment to the Constitution,
enfranchising women, direct to th*
White House and demand of Presi
dent Wilson that he make the ques
tion a party measure and give is
precedence over other legislation.
A resolution presented by Mrs.
Med ill McCormick, of Chicago, asks
the President to send a special mes
sage to Congress at this session urg
ing Congress to get immediate action
on the proposed amendment.
Mrs. Medill McCormick and Mrs.
Desha Breckinridge, of , Lexington
Ky., were designated a committee to
Immediately present the resolution to
President Wilson. As the two women
left the auditorium with the resolu
tion the cry was raised:
“4,000,000 Make Plea”
“The President must heed the de
mand of 4,000,000 women voters.”
Nearly 2,000 suffragists and anti-*
suffragists crowded into the great
caucus room in the House office
building to-day and massed in the
corridors primed for their fight bsfore
the House Rules Committee for and
against a House Committee on Wom
an Suffrage. Two hours were allot
ted the suffragists to present theif
claims, and two hours to the “antis’*
to answer the arguments of their op
ponents.
As soon as Chairman Henry had
| called the meeting to order Represen-
j tatlve Clyde Kelly, a PenneyIvanis
j Progressive, offered a resolution that
| all meetings of the committee on the
j question of woman suffrage be pub-
i lie and that all records be published.
Cites Suffrage Parade,
Representative Lenroot, of Wiscon
sin, offered an amendment, which was
accepted, giving the committee right
to hold executive sessions when it
saw r fit, but making the record votes
of the committee public at all times.
Representative Kelly’s original mo
tion was lost by a vote of 6 to 1.
When Mr. Kelly voted a number of
women tried to vote with him, and
this called forth a reprimand from
Chairman Henry.
“If there is any disorder, I will or
der the room cleared,’’ he said.
Chairman Henry then turnsd ths
session over to Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw, who introduced the various
speakers, and cautioning her women
friends to restrain their enthusiasm
Indians Treated Better.
Dr. Shaw told how' unsuccessful the
suffragettes have been in procuring
recognition at the hands of Congres
sional committees, and then intro
duced Mrs. Helen Gardiner, of Wash
ington, as the first speaker.
Mrs. Gardiner argued that Congress
bad treated the Indians better than
the women of the country.
“At one time,” she said, “there was
no Indian Committee in this House.
One was created and since then the
Indians have been geting school*
and other things they deserved. Are
these Indians any more important to
you legislators than your wives, sis
ters and mothers? We want a com
mittee of our own to which we can
go at any time with absolute free
dom.” She concluded by saying:
“Patrick Henry once said: ‘Give me
liberty or give me death,’ and he
meant what he said. The women of
this country mean the same thing
to-day.”
For Closed Sessions.
Mr*. Ida Husted Harper, of New
York, pleaded earnestly with the
committee for a favorable report on
the suffrage committee resolution.
“You have not forgotten the woman
suffrage parade in Washington last
spring,” she said, “when troops from
Fort Myer had to be summoned to
protect the women from the mob
whch closed In on them. If you could
have been in that procession and
could have looked into the faoea of
that jeering, insulting, half drunken
line of men, you would have reaped
what the mothers, daughters ^And
wives of this country are subjt*P|e<i