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ATLANTA. GA„ FRIDAY, DECEMBER J, 1913.
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Mrs. Crawford Attached in Letter
600 GIRLS TO WRITE ON
CHILD-WELFARE SHOW
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•LID’ ON TO STAY, SAYS BEAVERS
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Missive Sent to Aged Capitalist
Denounced as Work of Illit
erate, Jealous Person.
An unexpected sensation wa*
sprung in the bitter fight over rhe
$250,000 will of “Uncle Josh’ B. Craw
ford Friday morning when an anony
mous letter, containing wild and
startling charges against Mrs. Belle
Crawford, battling to uphold the will
in her favor, was admitted in ev 4 .*
dence after a long legal wrangle.
The letter produced by the wom
an’s counsel on demand of Attorney
J. S. James, who represents the 48
heirs contesting the document before
Auditor James L. Anderson, was de
nounced by Attorney Reuben Arnold,
for Mrs. Crawford, as the venomous
work of an illiterate. Jealous., igno
rant woman full of vile lies and wild
charges.
There was no dispute about the 11-
< racy. Most of the words were mis
spelled. the writing wjls extremely
poor and looked as if it might have
been the work of a wholly unschooled
person.
Letter Poorly Written.
Here it us, with many of the words
corrected:
Rt. Augustine. Fla.,
February 20, 1909.
Mr Croffard:
Dear Friend—I will write to
you to inform you of the plot that
is laid for you in regard to Mrs.
Savage, the fictitious name that j
she is going unde * in this town.
Her right name is Mrs. Me. Kin
ney. from Pittsburg. Pa. She is a
married woman and has a man
living, and she is bad woman and
a thief, and there is a warrant in
Pittsburg for her arrest for false
pretenses, and as she has told
you her name is S vage, that was
her name by her first husband.
She has been married two times
and she don’t live with her second
man, so if there is any wedlock
between you and her you better |
ut it out, for she will give you
lots of trouble. You are a too
rood a man to be swindled out of
'. our money in that away. NX oh.
I thought that I would take
this on myself as I thought it my
duty, you ask . Lashby. H' !
will tell you. for I told him all
about it to-dav. So he is some
surprised to hear about it. This
all FROM A FRIEND
Second Letter Mentioned.
A further sensation was suggested
n Attorney James’ demand for a sec
ond letter, said to have been written
to Mrs. Crawford, then Mrs. Savage,
by ‘Uncle Josh.” Attorney Arnold
denied any knowledge of the exist-
p n<e of thig letter, but Attorne>
James insisted he had proved it ex-
•ed. The auditor asked for proof
’’ James' ‘Contentions.
The contestants also Introduced
Friday the interrogatories of Dr.
Claude Griftin, a young physician of
''arrollton, Ga., who saw the autopsy
^ Performed by Dr. Harris. Dr. Grif
fin said that in his opinion Crawtord
1; ‘ not die of pneumonia, but was not
Ver Y explicit in his testimony as to
‘ r her there was evidence of poi
soning.
Doctors Testify for Widow.
t)r F*:. c. Thrash and Dr. Bates
k were placed on the stand by
Crawford's attorneys following
* announcement by Attorney James
n <G he had nothing further to offer
a the present time, after submit-
1 the anonymous letter received by
iIr Crawford.
hoth physicians expressed the opin-
Ar! that a color or qualitative test for
| Po.son four years aft^r a body had
^ntinued on Page 5, Column 4.
8 Die in Blizzard in
West: Business in
Denver at Standstill
DENVER. Dec. 5.- The great-snow
storm which to-day is sweeping
Colorado already has cost eight lives.
A report from Central City, in the
mountains, says eight miners who
formed a rescue party to find two
lost men perished in the blizzard. •
The snow in Denver reaches a
depth of from two to five feet. Auto
mobile and wagon traffic is impossi
ble and street car service has been
abandoned for sixteen hours.
Passenger and freight service on
all railroads entering Denver has
been annulled until the storm abates.
All schools in Denver are closed. The
large department stores have taken
entire hotels for housing their help
until the situation improves.
Thinking Cannibals
Had Eaten Fiance,
Girl Weds Another
MIAMI. FLA.. D&c. 5.---Believing
that John Mills, to whom she was
engaged, had been eaten by canni
bals in the South Sea Islands, where
he went last July with a party of sci
entists from Carnegie Institution, a
report to this effect having tj.een pub
lished in American papers. Miss Lyn
wood Watters yesterday married R.
C. Jester, of Woodruff, S. 0„ who
won her affections by sympathizing
with her in the supposed death of the
explorer.
To-day a cablegram was received
from Mills that he escaped from the
cannibals and is on his way home to
claim his bride.
Dixie Man, Famed
In Canal Work, Dies
BALTIMORE. Dec. 5.—Lieutenant
Colonel David R. Gaillard. member of
the Panama Canal Commission, died
at the Phipps clinic of the Johns I
Hopkins Hospital this morning. He
had been ill for a long time.
Colonel Gaillard was one of the
three Southerners who haVe won
fame by their work in building the
canal, the others being Sibert and !
Gorgas. of Alabama Gaillard was i
from Charleston, a member of one of
(he must prominent families in South •
Carolina.
CITY CLEAN
Congressman, on Request of De
partment of Justice. Starts
Compilation of Data.
“The Law and Noble Policemen
My Weapons in Fight,” He
Writes in Magazine.
Arsonettes Avenge
Pankhurst’s Arrest
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, Dec. 5 —
Militant suffragettes to-day began
taking their revenge for the arrest
of Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst. Kelly
House, an untenanted mansion, at
Memyss Bay on the Firth of Clyde,
was fired, with $100,000 loss.
Upon the lawn a number of cards,
bearing suffrage inscriptions, were
scattered. One of them said: "No
peace or truce until Mrs. Pankhurst
is free." •
"All the good people of any city
have to do is to stand together and
the gates of hell will not prevail
against them—the good people of At
lanta would never tolerate a return
to old conditions under any circum
stances.”
This declaration as to the moral
status of Atlanta is made by Police
Chief James L. Beavers in a special
signed article in The Detective, of
Chicago, which has devoted an entire
section of it? December number to a
history of tire Atlanta police depart
ment.
As to the importance of activity on
the part of the good people in crush
ing vice, the chief says
“Our cities of to-day. are. . going
through a cleaning and renovating
that has long - been needed, and the
officers whose duty It* is to do - this
work are going at this in some way
in most every city • in the country
But some of them- are more back
ward about it than others and I.
think the cause of this is largely due
to the attitude of the citizens in rhe
community toward these reforms.
Two Kinds of Cowards.
"There are very few officers but
who will do their duty if they know
that the people and the officers over
them will back them up >n these re
forms. Rut where the.re is doubt in
the officer's mind about this, he nat
urally will hesitate, especially when
he thinks that his Job is at stake. It
is hard for him to do a thing that
would deprive him of his position—
but when we fail to do what we
know to be our duty op this account,
we are nothing less than cowards.
* “There are two kinds of cowards:
the moral jand rhe physical coward.
Everybody would say that a coward
was not fit for a police officer. The
physical coward runs when he sees
that he is in danger of being shot.
The moral cowartf joins in with and
consents to things that his con
science tells him are wrong when he
sees an opportunitv to get money and
position thereby.
"The only trouble with our cities
is that the criminal class and their
sympathizers arc always awake to
their interest?. They try to make
politicians believe that they can nut
be elected without they get their
support, and with decent people in
different and taking no interest in
their community.'* welfare, it is about
Mrs. Howard
Bucknell,
at right, show
ing school girls
through ex
hibit.
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MISS IDA RUSS.
MISS BELLA LEVY.
PET KITTEN! FLEAS! OIL!
MATCH! CHOMSKY! COURT!
Continued on Page 5, Column 1.
$250,000 a Year for
One Woman’s Clothes!
That's the startling total of the wardrobe
cost for an American millionairess, according
to a Parisian editor. The joy or woe of it all—
depending on whether you are man or woman
—will be detailed in
Next Sunday’s American
Order from your dealer or by phone to
Main 100.
A. S. Chomsky, a merchant at Nt.
72 Houston street, was bound over
under $500 bond by Judge Broyles
Friday on a charge of cruelty to ani
mals. preferred by Mrs. J. Stansell,
who resides above the Chomsky
store.
Mrs. Stansell charged in court that
the merchant had set fire to her pet
kitten after she had soaked it in oil at
his suggestion to eradicate the fleas.
The feline was discovered in the
middle of the street late Thursday
afternoon, a small ball of fire, doing
gyrations in the air and emitting
piercing cries. Mrs. Stansell, who
saw the sight from her bedroom win
dow, recognized the blaze as her pel,
and. rushing downstairs, put it out
of its misery with the aid of a broom.
Then she charged Chomsky with
the deed.
In court Mrs. Stansell declared she
Mrs. Pankhurst on
Hunger-Thirst Strike
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
EXETER. ENGLAND, Dec. 5.
Mrs. Kmmeline Pankhurst, famous
militant suffragette leader, who was
arrested yesterday under the 'cat and
mouse act,” has gone on a hunger
and thirst strike. The jail authori
ties said to-day that Mrs. Pankhurst
has refused to eat or drink any liquid
since she was placed in jail
Blalock Returning
With Sack of‘Plums'
had conferred with the merchant as
to the best method to rid her Ipet of
Insects. Chomsky, she said, had ad
vised saturating the kitten with kero
sene.
Mrs. Stansell purchased a quantity
of kerosene and gave the kitten a
bath. An hour afterward the little
animal strolled into Chomsky’s store,
its fur still wet with the oil. A few
minutes later pedestrians saw the cat
rushing madly out of the store, its
coat a mass of fire.
Chomsky explained the origin of
the blaze in this manner: He said he
was lighting a cigar as the kitten
came strolling in. that as he threw
the flaming match to the floor the
playful cat pounced upon it, and its
oily fur caught the flames.
The merchant denied emphatically
that he set the cat on fire for the
sport of seeing it burn, as was
charged.
Atlanta Mailing Its
Xmas Gifts Early
Christmas packages continue to
pour into the postoffice and Postmas
ter Jones Friday said he believed the
mailing room would be able to handle
all the Christmas work without the
usual "swamp” a day or two before
Christmas.
Next week four more weighing ma
chines will be placed in the lobby to
assist in expediting the mailing of-
packages.
Prizes Offered for Best Essays by Pupils.
Elaborate Program for Exhibit Friday.
Six. hundred Atlanta school girls
are busy Friday arranging their
notes on the Child Welfare exhibit
and Public Health exhibit which they
visited Thursday as guests of the
show, and preparing to write essays
on the features of the exhibit that
made the greatest impression upon
them.
Walter H. Rich, of the firm of M.
Rich & Brothers Company, has of
fered $25 in prizes for the best writ
ten essay, by high school girls and
girls from the seventh and eighth
grades. It is hardly probable that
the essays will be completed and the
awards made before the holidays.
.The interest which the school au
thorities are taking in the exhibit is
gratifying to the committee in charge
of the show, and it is expected that
the visit of the High School j^nd grade
school girls will be of great benefit
to them The girls were in charge
of Miss Jessie Muse, principal of the
High School, and were shewn every
department and feature of the ex
hibit.
The schoolboys * of the city also
will be shdwn through- the show. The
pupils of the four high schools of the
city are to be guests of the show Mon
day, and on a later day the hoys of
the seventh and eighth grades will be
there.
Lectures are given daily by promi
nent physicians and others, and in the
basement are educational moving pic
ture shows that are attracting much
attention. Glasses of little girls and
boys from various Atlanta orphan
ages and schools are shown at their
work in the various departments of
the exhibit.
The regular kindergarten classes,
with a demonstration by the home-
makers’ .class, will occupy the morn
ing hours on Saturday, and in the
afternoon two addresses of unusual
interest will be heard. Dr. Claude
Smith will speak on “How to Select
Your Milk." and Mrs. Spiker. presi
dent of the Drama League, will tell
the story of the "Blue Bird."
Smith Again Wins ! Southern Officials to
Handball Title! Greet Harrison Here
Carlton Smith retained the title of
handball champion of the Atlanta
Athletic Club \i the challenge match,
played Friday afternoon with M. E.
Keeler, who won the recent tourna
ment which decided the challenger
for the title match.
The match was hard and fast in
the extreme, going the full five games.
Keeler started with a rush, and won j
the first two games. Then Smith J
settled and his experience and condi- >
tion gave him the next three games, j
and the match, after a grand uphill I
battle. A big gallery watched ihej
play.
Local officials of the Southern Rail
way are preparing for the visit of
Fairfax Harrison, the new president
of the road, when he comes to At
lanta soon after Christmas on a tout
of inspection.
With a pocket full of income tax
deputy appointments. A O. Blalock,
Collector of Internal Revenue, is ex
pected to return from Washington
Friday night.
There are nearly 1.000 applications
for the seven position?
Mrs. Pankhurst collapsed late this
afternoon and a physician was called
in to attend her.
President Wilson
Still on Sick List
WASHINGTON Dec. 5. -President
Wilson still was on the sick list to
day. All his engagements and his
regular Cabinet meeting were can
celed.
w it developed to-day that President
Wilson is suffering from a slight
touch of fever due to an attack of the
grip, lodged in his nose and throat.
Mayor to Approve
Salary Increases
Mayor Woodward gave assurance
Friday that he would approve the ac.
tion of Council and the Aldermanio
Board providing for increases next
year in the salaries of school teach
ers, firemen and policemen
Also he will approve the payment of
$7,000 to the Ivy street property own
ers. the amount left over from the
$30,000 fund* subscribed by private
citizens for that improvement.
Atlanta Parks Are
Worth $1,200,000
In preparing his annual report. Dan
Carey, General Manager of Parks,
ha.s compiled interesting figures.
There are 32 parks, totaling 840 acres.
Their cost to the city was $186,854
ami their present value is approxi
mately $1,200,000.
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WASHINGTON', D .C., Dec. 5.
Demanding a prompt investiga
tion of the affairs at the Federal
Penitentiary in Atlanta, Con
gressman William Schley How
ard held a long conference this
afternoon with Assistant Attor
ney General Graham, under
whose department comes the
Federal penal institutions.
The Assistant Attorney Gen
era 1 requested Congressman
Toward* to present the Depart
ment immediately with all the
evidence in liis possession regard
ing conditions at the peniten-
t i a ry.
Mr Howard began a compilation of
this data to-day. He is willing to
give the Department of Justice an op
portunity to take the initiative in an
investigation, but unless it acts he
will seek a Congressional probe.
United States Wants Facts.
Although It Is known that the de
partment has done little toward in
vestigating the prison, and seems dis
inclined to do so, Mr. Graham told
Congressman How-ard to-day that the
department wanted the facts, and
would institute an inquiry if it is
warranted. He suggested that It is
1 unnecessary for the House to act in
the premises, as the Department of
Justice stands ready to consider any
evidence laid before It, and to give
it genuine and impartial considers -
tion
Under this promise Mr. Howard
will withhold for the present his res
olution to have Congress look into
prison affairs as administered under
Warden Moyer Mr. Howard said
to-day:
To Let Department Proceed.
"I have had a long talk with As
sistant At .ney General Graham, and
am to supply him with all the data in
mv possession. He assures me that
if there is anything wrong at the At
lanta prison the Department of Jus-
tire wants to know it and is capable
of handling the situation In view of
such a statement, I regard it as fair
to give the department a chance and
shall soon present the charges for
mally to Mr. Graham.
"In the event the department should
decide not to go Irrto the matter. I
should deem It my duty finally to ask
action from Congress, as there un
doubtedly should be a probe."
Park Also for Probe.
Congressman Park, the new' mem
ber from the Second Georgia District,
told The Georgian correspondent to
day that he is considering the intro
duction of a resolution similar to that
suggested by Congressman Howa/i.
Mr. Park, former judge of the Albany
Circuit, said he had read the Haw
thorne charges and had determined,
to write the author, who served a
term In the prison, for a definite
statement of his allegations. Judg*
Park said he would approach tho
question with an open mind and
would hear both sides before taking
action, if he decides to oo-op«ri a
with Mr. Howard.
Congressman How ard is a war*
that present officials of the depart
ments seem rather averse to starting
an in\estigation, but he was more #n.
couraged after the talk with Assist
ant Attorney General Graham.
Mr. Howard’s further action de
pends upon the attitude of the De
partment of Justice after going over
his papers,