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M 1 r 0 VER 100,000 ATT AMT A r^PfYPfU A M EXTRA ! THE SUNDAY AMERICAN'S net paid circulation JL jLJLJL# rl 1 11\ \JT Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results CTDCT HOME The A alionalSouthern Sunday Newspaper 1 liVD 1 EDITION VOL. XII. NO. 107. ATLANTA. GA.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1913. 2 CENTS. p more° LYNCH 40 NEGROES PRESIDENT WILSON CONSENTS TO RECEIVE SUFFRAGISTS OF NATION V. COT DOT COT COT COT cOT COT San Antonio Flooded; Thousands Homeless Of' SK .vs MANIAC BURNS SELF TO DEATH SETS FIRE 10 Preacher and Girl Charge a Plot In Arrests at Rome st* ,turn's TV: jourr V ■ ' Charred Body of Patient Found in Ruins of Hospital in At lanta Suburb. Nearly Strip Corpse SHAMOKIN, *PA . Dei 4 —When the body of Frederick Hye, 20, who was hanged at Sunbury Tuesday fur murder, was sent to the home of his mother here to-day for burial it was found that morbid souvenir hunters had nearly stripped the corpse while it lay in the morgue yesterday. Pieces had been cut off the deal youth’s clothing, his cuff links were missing and buttons had been torn from the coat and trousers. Even bits of the silk lining of the coffin had been taken. « mam MISS ESTHER ABELSON. i s- Abelson and Mrs. Laidlaw. t wo active < !- of delegates attending the National < V >nv<- ’ in the convention spends her tiine on the ch an of the national association. MRS. JAMES L. LAIDLAW. ; ni>aigners It; behalf of woman suffrage, are among the hun- ltion at Washington. Miss Abelson. .hen-not taking an active iof streets of the Capital selling The WomanVJournal, the chief Senator Clapp Regrets Failure of Executive to Mention Ballot in Message. XV Hie; camp M Washington, Dec. 4.—president > to-day consented to receive a tion of suffragettes, w'ho will with the nation's Chief Execu- i"-rson for his support In the ign for a constitutional provi- * n Stving women the right to vote. ^ the suffrage convention to-day s Medill McCormick, of Chicago, |“ad the following message from ‘resident Wilson: i receive any visitors, or if i “ ,n sufficiently recovered from my “ness to leave my room for five or >n minutes, 1 will be glad to receive delegates of your convention and ‘ lr what they want to say to me. 1 dlTl 80rr >' that my illness prevents me " ,,rn ,se,-i ng them to-day.’’ Sees Constitution Change. —•-riator Clapp, of Minnesota, stirred women’s convention when he ■'twined the Federal Constitution A ^ oe amended in the near future £t ’ no State shall deprive a per- 11 a vote because of sex. rilf Senator, who is a member of Senate Committee on Woman e - said: n assure you that before this >n of Congress is over the com- ’* will report to the Senate the elution providing for the consti- • ai amendment, and I confidently ‘hat when the resolution gets "e Senate it will be passed, to say without political bias v, -r vmuch regret the failure of >t Wilson to mention woman • ° and the need of suffrage leg islation in'his last message to Con gress." WASHINGTON, Dec 4.—Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the Na tional Woman Suffrage Association, who has served nine terms as head of the organization. was assured of re- election when the returns of prima ries were announced to-day. Dr. Shaw received 326 votes, against four votes for her nearest competitor, Harriet T. Upton, of Ohio. First Vice President—Jane Addams, of Chicago, had no opposition, receiv ing ’>49 votes. Caroline Rutz Rees, of Hartford, Coqn.. received 141 votes against 116 for Mrs. Desha Breckin ridge, of Lexington. Ky., for second vice president. Other results of the primaries follow: Recording Secretary—Susan Fitz gerald, of Boston. 210; Edith W. Hooker, of Baltimore, 66. Corresponding Secretary Mary- Ware Dennett. New York, 208; Ida Porter Boyer, Pennsylvania, 64. Treasurer—Katherine D. McCor mick, New York, 339; Mrs. Medill McCormick, Chicago, 3, First Auditor—Harriet B. Laidlaw. New York, 166; Patty K. Jacobs, Bir- | mingham, Ala., 117. Second Auditor—Louise I). K. Bow en, Chicago, 238. Mrs. Ricketts Dies: End Is Hastened by . Grief for Husband Mrs. Hannah Ricke: 72 years old, died early Thursd • mining at her home. No. 275 S«».ita Humphries street. Grief for h e husband, Y. L. Ricketts, 76 y-ars old. who died Son- Jay, is believed to have hastened toe aged woman’s end. She is survived by seven children; The Rev. F. P., John B . \\ F... J. M. and L. G. Ricketts, and Mrs. W. P. Edmonson and Mrs Joseph Bentley. Mr. Ricketts was a Confederate vet eran. having been a member of the Fifty-second Georgia Regiment. He was a pioneer, of Atlanta. The couple will be buried in a sin gle grave at Westview Cemetery Fri day afternoon following funeral ser vices to be held at the residence at 2 o’clock. Drivers' Strike in Indianapolis Broken INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 4 —That the strike of 3.000 Indianapolis union teamsters had been broken was indi cated by the hundreds of hauling ve hicles that appeared on the streets to-day. Each vehicle serried "spe cial” policemen with authority to shoot in case life or vehicle were mo- ; lesied. The first collections of garbage and ashes since.last Saturday were made to-day. 1 Anti Suffragist Women Oppose Votes. WASHINGTON’ Dec. 4.—Declaring that "our aim is to conservr the fam ily and the home." the anti-stiffra- „ jstg before the House Rules Cora- lni tee to-day made vigorous protests against the demand of the suffragists that tiie House create a special com mittee on woman suffrage. Mr- Arthur J. I lodge, of New York president of the National As- j ttiori. opposed lo woman's declared that the suffragist* haw numerous hearings before t'on- ‘ • j,jd that their complaint of un- , :ii>at.ment was unfounded. Briand Refuses To Be French Premier Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Dec. 4.- Aristide Briand, one of the best known statesmen m France, to-day declined President Poincare’s offer of the premiership to succeed M. Barthou. The post was then tendered to M. Caillaux, whose friends predicted that he too would refuse to accept. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta ^ITid Georgia—Fair Thursday; un settled Friday. ROME, Dec. 4.—Rome church cir- j cles have bee’h deeply stirred by the arrest of the Rev. J. A. Thacker, a Congregational preacher, and pretty Miss Emma Hughes, a member of his congregation, on warrants sworn out bj' Harper Wright, a deacon, after he and other members of his church had watched Miss Hughes' home In East Rome for several nights. At the preliminary-trial Judge T. R Broach's courtroom was crowded with ministers and church members Th<? minister was bound over under a $10(1 bond to the City Court. The girl waived preliminary trial. Both stout ly assert their innocence and charge a plot, G. W. Day, 27 y^ars old. of Carters- I — ' ■ ■ La., a patient in the sanitariuin 0 i TfPYl 1Y* T-T11 Y' f"PT*0 of Dr. James N. Brawner, at Smyrna, OULlVUlliI XTllilUGI o Ga., was burned to death Thursday morning at 2:30 o’clock in a fire which destroyed the cottage in which he was confined. Four other patients who were in the cottage were rescued by Dr. Brawner and *the attendants of the sanitarium just In time to save their lives. The building was burn:d to the ground, causing a loss which Dr. Brawner estimates at about $3,500. The origin of the fire which caused the death of Day is shrouded in mys tery. Twenty minutes before It was discovered the night watchman of the \ sanitJ^ium had passed the door of J Day’s room and noticed nothing I amiss. At 2:30 o’clock the fire was } discovered by an attendant who chanced to be awake in the building, j and at about the sarpe time Dr. ( Brawner. aroused by the glare of the flames, looked from his window in 'he main building 200 yards distant and saw the fire. Dr. Brawner immediately turned in an alarm, and the patients, virtual- i ly all of whom were violent, were got out of the building and taken to the main building of the institution. Ef forts were made to get into Day’s room and rescue him, but the smoke was so dense and the room so filled with flames that it was fjund im possible. Unable to Account for Fire. \ One of the attendants penetrated a few feet into the room, but was una ble to locate Day’s body Realizing that Day could not be got out of the cottage in time to save his life, Dr. Brawner and his assistants turned their attention to rescuing the 'Other patients, who were huddled in their rooms screaming with fright. Over the long -distance telephone Thursday morning Dr. Brawner de clared he is unable to account for the fire. The only plausible theory, he declared, is that Day set fire to his ropm with suicidal intent. The man had been an Inmate of the sanitarium for but four days and was one of the most violent of the patients. He was not allowed out of his room with out a guard, which makes the mys tery of the fire all the greater. In his room Day was so violent that no furniture other than the bed and bed clothing and a small washstand could be kept there. These were fastened j to the floor. From the position in which Day's charred body was found Thursday after the destruction of the cottage, -r-, ■*■*■>. T1 * 1 Dr. Brawner thinks the man set fire £ TGIlCil l/OCuOT JL 1I1CIS to his, room and then wrapped him self in the bed clothing. The body was lying about where the bed had been and remains of the bed clothing I could be seen. apparently drawn closely about his body. "I see no other way to aceoiftit for the fire, save the theory that Day must have got hold of a match some where,’’ said Dr. Brawner. “We are very careful about letting the pa tients, particularly the violent ones, have matches, but it is very difficult to prevent it. Main Building Not Touched. "The first we knew of the fire Day's room was in flames. For a while we didn't know whether he had gotten out or not, as no sound came from the roorA. We tried to get Day out. but after we realized we could not we turned our attention to saving the other patients who were in the cot tage.” None of the other .patients was injured, though most erf them were badly frightened and were forced to flee in their night clothing. The main building of the sanitarium, 200 Yards from the cottage, was not touched by the flames, and many of the 25 pa tients housed in the larger house slept through the turmoil. Day's body probably will be shipped to his home in Cartersville for bur ial. | OFRIVERS so- Railways Paralyzed, Towns lated and Millions in Property Destroyed in Texas. ‘Chicken Inspector Badge Halts Traffic CHICAGO. Dec. 4. Joseph Feld. 17 years old, was/arrested for blocking traffic In the business section of the city He was selling badges bearing the inscription. “Chicken lnspector- 23.” The crowd of buyers became mo large the police were forced to clear a path for vehicles. Train Coach Burns: Passengers Injured ROME. Dec. 4 The second class coach of a Central of Georgia local train running from Chattanooga to Ce- dartown was burned last night, 40 miles north of here, at Martindale, when a lamp exploded Several negroes were injury by fly ing glass A paralytic negro was bare ly rescued from the flames New Typhoid Cure Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS, Dec. 4 A successful new method of curing typhoid fever was announced by Dr. Josue Bellar. It is called auto vaccination, the vaccine used being a culture of Eberth bacilli made of the patient’s own blood. Pope Clears Wine Cellars of Vatican Special Cable to The Atlanta Qeoraian. ROME, Dec. 4.—One of the most famous wine cellars in the world — that of the Vatican—has. at the or ders of Pope Pius X, been cleared of its accumulated vintages 15.000 MADE IDLE CARDIFF. WALKS. • Dec 4. — Fifteen thousand eon I miners In Southern Wales were thrown out of work to day bv the strike of engine drivers and stokers on the Great Western Rall- w a >\ GALVESTON, Dec. 4.—A report reached here this morning that the principal streets of San An tonio are covered to a depth of six feet by the water from the San Antonio River. The flood is coming south rap idly and numerous other cities will be affected before nightfall. The country now flooded is about the size of the State of Maine apd the area is being add ed to rapidly. Dallas. TEXAS. Dec 4.—Twenty persons are know n to be dead and 18.- 000 are homeless to-day es the result of disastrous floods which still are raging In Central Texas Property damage will exceed $6,000,000. accord ing to the most conservative esti mates. Practically all the railroads in the affected regions are out of commis sion and those operating trains are In a crippled condition. Many towns are submerged and residents have fled to the higher ground. Rate reports from the flood-swept section of the State have Increased the number of missing. The total number of dead likely will not be known for several days. All Rivers Out of Banks. Every river In the central part of the State is out of 4ts banks. The Brazos River Is 5 miles wide in sev eral places. The Leon RiVer, a small stream, has spread to a width **of more than a mile and has cut off the water supply of Temple. Five hundred bales of cotton were washed away at Waxahatchie. Big losses in cotton were repeorted from other towns in that neighborhood. Boats manned by farmers to-day readied the marooned International and Great Northern passinger train near Marlin, on which 150 persons were beginning to feel the pangs of hunger. The wafer had risen to the second step of the cars. Railroads Paralyzed. No schedules were being observed to-day on the International and Great Northern, Missouri. Kansas and Tex as. Fort Worth and Denver, Rant a Fa, Rock Island and Houston and Texas Central railroads. Fear was expressed that the Brazos River levee at Brvan might break and flood three counties—Burleson.'Bra zos and Washington. Refugees from about 1,000 homes in South and Eavt Waco, submerged to the eaves by the flood waters of the Brazos River, to-day are huddled in churches, a cotton compress, neigh- I boring houses and woolen mill, manv j of them ignorant of the fate of other members of their families Waco Carpenters Hurrying Life Rafts. WACO, TEXAS, Dec. 4 —The flood ed area here is growing rapidly and people in Increasing numbers are be ing driven from their homes. Mayor Mackey has just Issued an appeal ro all carpenters in the city to build rafts as rapidly as possible for rescue work. Practically all business in ihe city has been suspended since yester day afternoon. L. Armado, a city prisoner, was re leased to-day on his own plea that he be allowed to aid in the rescue of hundreds of families marooned in trees and on house tops. Armado is an expert swimmer. His first ac complishment after being released was to risk his life and save five per sons ;vho had been swept into the flood waters from the roof of a shed. The prisoner was cheered and show ers of small coin were hurled to him. He refused to pick up the money, and after all the families who were in danger had been taken to places «»f safety, walked back to jail. Plans have been started to secure his re- lcaee, I Formation of Corn Parade and Route Assemble at Armory at. 2:30 o'clock Parade moves by divisions at 3 o’clock. First Division—Military, com manded by General lY >r v. Evans. Second Division • ppjighty-five Corn Club boys who made the "honor roll,” 1,000 Corn Club boys; 3,000 Atlanta schoolboys. 40 mem bers Girls’ Canning Club in Belle Isle auto truck, W. M. Slaton, su perintendent of schools, command ing Third Division—Motor cars, con taining Mayor, General Council, Board of Education, Statehouse of ficers, Chamber of Commerce offi cers and Corn Show' committee. Line of March — Washington street to Mitchell, thence to* White hall, up Peachtree to Houston and return by wav of Ivy, Gilmer and Washington streets to State Capi tol, disbanding at 4 o'clock. Adjutant General J. Van Holt Nash, grand marshal. GUARDING Aldermanic Board To Hear Protests On New Traffic Law The considerat ion of the *new| traffic ordinance by the Aldermanic Board, acting as a committee of Council, Thursday afternoon will be marked by a long public hearing Both advocates aixl opponents of the measure will pre sent their arguments. While doctors and business men who are accustomed to leaving their ma chines In front of their places of busi Hess and socleiy women who drive their own cars on shopping tours are opposed to any curbing of their rights to park machines in the streets, the joliH com rnittee of Council and the Chamber of Commerce and many public-spirited cit izens declare that the promiscuous park ing of automobiles In the streets must be stopped to relieve congestion. Wilson, With Cold, Keeps to His Room WASHINGTON, Dec. ,4.—President Wilson, because of his cold, remained in bis room to-day and cancelled all his engagements He has not been feeling well since his return from New York last Sun day. and hie advisers were Insistent that he forestall all possibility of aw* rlous illness. New York Girl to Swim Panama Canal NEW YORK. Dec 4.—Miss Elaine Golding, of Bath Beach, who holds several long-distance swimming rec ords, ha* sailed for the Panama Ca nal. where she will attempt to swim from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean in 50 hours With a Telegram’s Brevity Georgian "Want Ads” in variably “turn the trick.” FOR RENT—Three neatly fur niched apartment rooms, very reasonable; South Side. Owner, Main 3699- J Atlanta. Ga.. Nov. 1, 1913. The Atlanta Georgian : I called up yesterday morning and asked you to discontinue my ad, as I had rented my apartment Tues day. QUICK WORK MRS. LULA MENSING, 147 Little Street. Read for Profit Use for Results HEARSTS DAILY SUNDAY GEORGIAN AMERICAN Governor Blease Orders Militia to Aid Barnwell Sheriff—Mer chant Slain. BARNWELL, S. C., Dec. 4.— With a mob assembling here to lynch 40 negro suspects in jail for 1 he murder of E. Peyton Best, a leading Barnwell mer chant, Governor Cole L. Blease has ordered out militia to guard the jail and save the blacks from the infuriated crowd. The roundup of the negroes began shortly after Best was shot down within 50 feet of the courthouse about 9 o’clock last night. He had gone from his store to a restaurant and was on his way home when several negroes attacked him. In Scott Mattison, Mitchell Storr and Gilbert Miller, arrested at day break, the officers believe they have those responsible for the murder. It Is charged that Mattison shot Best, and the others were the chief acces sories. Jury Blames Mattison. A Coroner’s inquest was held, this morning over the body of Best and the Jury reached a verdict that he came to his death from a gunshot wound at the hands of Mattison and that Story and Miller were accesso ries. According to the evidence brought out to-day, Best was going out of the front door of his store to supper and a soda water bottle was thrown at his head, narrowly missing him. He asked Mattison. who was standing near, who threw the bottle. Mattison said "That negro going down the street," indicating a retreating fig ure. Best walked towards the ne gro whom Mattison said threw the bottle, and as he did so was fired upon by Mattison, the bullet strik ing him in the back and going through the chest. All Night Man'Tunt. Sheriff Morris searched all night before finding t Mattlson and arrested him about daybreak. The negroes fled immediately after Best was shot, but soon a pursuing party with bloodhounds had taken up the man hunt. The dogs could not pick up the scent and were sent back, but a crowd scoured the negro sec tion and the woods near town throughout the night. All suspicious blacks were taken in tow and hur ried to jail, where the Sheriff placed a strong guard on duty. As daylight came the mob began to assemble and it grew throughout the morning until it numbered several hundred by noon. The Sheriff, fearing for the safety of the horde of negro prisoners, asked Governor Blease to send aid, and the Barnwell military company was accordingly called out. Philadelphia Broker Concern Suspends PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 4.—William L. Bear & Company, members of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, tem porarily suspended to-day. The. sus pension followed the filing of a volun tary petition to have William L. Pear individually and trading as the Arm, adjudged a bankrupt Bear is a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and other exchanges.