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VOL. XII. NO. 108.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1913. 2 CENTS. UIore 0
TOTES’ MEANS END OF HOME, SAYS HEFLIN
Missive Sent to Aged Capitalist
Denounced as Work of Illit
erate, Jealous Person.
LATEST
NEWS
CITY CLEAN GET II VOTER
An unexpected sensation wai
sprung: in the bitter fight over the
$250,000 will of “Uncle Josh” E. Craw
ford Friday morning when an anony
mous letter, containing wild and
startling charges against Mrs. Belle
I Crawford, battling to uphold the will
her favor, was admitted in evi
dence after a long legal wrangle.
The letter produced by the worn-
r’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
cork of an illiterate, jealous,, igno-
ant wQman full of vile lies and wild
harges.
There was no dispute about the il
literacy. Most of the words were mis
spelled, the waiting was extremely
poor and looked as if it might have
been the work cf a wholly unschooled
person.
Letter Poorly Written.
Here it is, with many of the worJs
corrected:
St. 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
sue 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
cut it out, for she will give you
lots of trouble. You are a too
good a man to be swindled out of
your money in that away. Well,
as I thought that I would take
this on myself as I thought it my
duty, you ask . Lashby. Ho
will tell you, for I told him all
about it to-day. So he is some
surprised to hear about it. This
FROM A FRIEND.
Second Letter Mentioned.
A further sensation was suggested
I in Attorney James’ demand for a sec-
end letter, said to have been written
'o Mrs. Crawford, then Mrs. Savage,
by “Uncle Josh.” Attorney Arnold
denied any knowledge of the exist
ence of this letter, but Attorney
•Tames insisted he had proved it ex-
[ isted. The auditor asked for proof
pf James’ contentions.
The contestants also introduced
TYiday the interrogatories of Dr.
Claude Griffin, a young physician of
Carrollton, Ga., who saw the autopsy
reformed by Dr. Harris. Dr. Grif-
fin sai l that in his opinion Crawford
^<1 not die of pneumonia, but w r as not
' er - v explicit in his testimony as to
j -ether there was evidence of poi-
I zoning.
Doctors Testify for Widow.
Id. c. Thrash and Dr. Bates
Tuck were placed on the stand by
| Mrs. Crawford’s attorneys following
l , ie announcement by Attorney James
‘bat he had nothing further to offer
I 4l the present time, after submit-
he anonymous letter received by
l Mr Crawford.
physicians expressed the opin-
“ 1 a color or qualitative test for
f '" n four years after a body had
Continued on Page 5, Column 4.
I Southern Officials to
Greet Harrison Here
jb ’fficials of the Southern Rail-
^preparing for the visit of
I < . orison, the new president
|la r . 1 when he comes to At-
: '-fT Christmas on a tour
^apectlon. j
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 5.—-A detach
ment of Federal soldiers sent to at
tack the rebels at Las Pilas, State of
Puebla, was completely destroyed. Of
the 90 men in the detachment, 69 were
killed in battle with the rebels and 20
who had been wounded were put to
death on the battlefield by the victors.
Only one man escaped and he was so
badly wounded that he will die. An
other Federal force with two field
gun shas been sent to attack Las Pilas,
where the Zapatistas have entrenched
themselves.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 5.—Two ne
gro teamsters, Jesse Simms, aged 16,
and Walter Hiohbaugh, a^ed 21, were
shot and severely wounded while
driving an ice waqon near Senate
avenue and Sixteenth street shortly
before noon. Simms received a voiley
of bird shot in the head and back, and
Highbaugh was peppered in the eye,
arm and back. Neither is in a dan
gerous condition. Three emergency
police squads were rushed to the
scene in answer to a riot call fol
lowing the shooting. When the police
arrived, the wounded negroes had
been taken from the scene by friends
and rushed to the city dispensary.
The two negroes were driving north
on Senate avenue when a big gray
automobile whisked around the cor
ner from Sixteenth street. As the
auto passed the wagon a volley of
shots were fired. Residents in the
vicinity say that several shots werj
poured into the wagon. The gray au
tomobile containing the gunmen was
driven awav at terrific speed. All
three police squads started in pursuit,
hoping to find some trace of the gray
car.
ST. JOHNS, MICH., Dec. 5.—“I
think my father’s will is unfair and
unjust. I want my brother and sister
to share in his estate,” was the state
ment made in Probate Court by Al
fred C. Hungerford, of Traverse City,
after he had heard the instrument
read which makes him beneficiary to
the extent of $30,000, the other mem
bers of the family not being men
tioned. Hungerford immediately went
to an attorney and had papers drawn
dividing the property between him
self, his brother, Burdette W. Hun
gerford, of Grand Rap : ds, and his sis
ter, Mrs. Minnie D. Ca \ of Dewitt.
BATTLE CREEK, MICH., Dec 5.—
Since midnight firemen from local en
gine companies have been fighting a
blaze in the Sanitarium’s coal bunk
ers, where hundreds of tons of coal
are being endangered. Any attempt
to throw water on the smoldering
flames would result in an explosion,
blowing up the power house and dam
aging the big main building, so the
firemen's efforts are directed to con
fining the fire in a small space and
shoveling out the coal.
BERLIN, Dec. 5.— Emperor Wil
iam to-day ordered the garrison at
Zabern, Alsace, to go to maneuvers
because of the trouble between the
troops and the townspeople. He fur
ther ordered court-martial proceed
ings against soldiers who affronted
civilians to be hastened.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—W. W.
Finley, president of the Southern
Railway, left an estate cf $185,000, ac
cording to his will, filed for probate
to-day. A life interest is devised to
his widow and at her death it goes in
trust to the five children. Should Mrs.
Finley remarry, the trust created be
comes immediately effective.
BERLIN, Dec. 5.—Official announce
ment was made here this evening that
Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollweg
will retain his post. This indicated
that the Kaiser has refused to accept
the resignation which the Chancellor
tendered him at Bonauschjngen to
day. according to semi-official state
ments.
BURLINGTON, VT., Dec. 5.—The
Tenth Cavalry, composed exclusively
of negroes, which ha s been stationed
at Fort Ethan Allen for the past four
year*, left to-day in special cars for
New York City, where it will embark
to-morrow for Galveston, Texas, to do
border duty along the frontier.
CHIEF HE ADVISES
“The Law and Noble Policemen
My Weapons in Fight,” He
Writes in Magazine.
“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 its December number to a
•history of the 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 vvhosp 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-
v/ard about it than others. ah.d I
think the cause of this is largely due
to the attitude of the citizens in the
community toward these reforma
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 in these re
forms. But where there 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 on this account, ;
we are nothing less than cowards.
“There are two kinds of cowards:
the moral and the 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 coward joins in with and
consents to things that his con
science tells him are wrong when he
sees an opportunity to get money and
position thereby.
“The only trouble with *our cities
is that the criminal class and their
sympathizers are always awake to
their interests. They try to make
politicians believe that they can not
be elected without they get their
support, and with decent people in
different and tdking no interest in
their communitv’s welfare, it is about
Alabaman Joins Antis in Opposing
Suffrage Before House
Committee.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—'“If uni-
versal suffrage comes there will be
more home, sweet home, no lullabys,
the father will not agree with the
mother and there will be pandemon
ium in the home,” declared Repre
sentative Heflin of Alabama this aft
ernoon, in adding his protest to those
already made by the anti-sulTraglsts
to the rules committee against the
creation of a special House commit
tee on woman suffrage.
“Nearly four-fifths of the members
of the House are against woman suf
frage,” said Heflin. “But of course
some of them are handicapped—not
henpecked—by leanings toward suf
frage in their home State.”
Here are some of Heflin’s pro
nouncements:
'“Woman’s duty is to train the vot
er, not seek the vote.
Seek a Voter.
“Every good woman controls a
vote. If she had one herself she
would control two votes. My advice
to you young women is to seek a
voter: don’t bother about hunting the
vote.
“The germ of government is in the
male.
“A woman can run a train, but we
8 Die in Blizzard in
West; Business in
Denver at Standstill
DENVER, Dec. 6.—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 j
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
ATHLETIC CLUB OPENS
BASKET BALL SEASON
This photo
graph shows
Walter
DuBard trying
to shoot a bas
ket, but “Pie”
Weaver is do
ing his utmost
to block the
heave for the
qet.
.
Coach Bean
will start
Saturday
night's game
with the same
line-up as he
presented last
fall, namely:
Forbes and
Smith, for
wards; DuBard,
center; Carter
and Weaver,
guards. This
team is a
mighty fast
one.
Continued on Page 5, Column 1.
SAVANNAH FUGITIVE CAUGHT.
JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 5.—Craw
ford Vassar, a negro, wanted for mur
der in Savannah, was arrested here
by Detective J. Q. Quattlebaum to-
day.
$250,000 a Year for
One Women’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.
don’t want to see her do It
meant for higher things.
“You can’t pass a law to make a
bluebird sing like a Jaybird, and
that's just about what you are try
ing to do in the woman suffrage
question.”
Senator Works Denies.
At the afternoon session suffragists
were given an opportunity to rebut
the testimony of the antis. James
Laldlaw, president of the New York
men’s league for equal suffrage, read
a letter from Senator Works of Cali
fornia, In which the Senator denied
he ever had made the statement that j
woman suffrage had been a failure in
his State.
Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, of I
Dorchester, Mass., produced letters
from several ministerial bodies in |
California in which she refuted the |
arguments advocated by Represent.a- J
tive Heflin that suffrage had “un- I
sexed” and destroyed homes. She
produced statistics to show that there |
had been more marriages in Cali
fornia and other suffrage States since
the woman suffrage law went into ef
fect than before It was in opera
tion.
Coach Joe Bean’s Quintet to Start
Schedule Against Fast
Bessemer Team.
RACING
RESULTS
Woman Arrested in
Raid Is Bound Over
Mrs. l5aisy Crawford, 23 years old,
was bound over under $500 bond Fri
day afternoon by Judge Broyles fol
lowing her arrest In a raid on No. 138
Main street. A man said to be B. P.
Spence, 45 years old. escaped the raid
ers by leaping out of a window.
Mrs. Crawford in court told a dra
matic story In which she claimed that
Spence had forced her to live with him
and had threatened to take her life
if she ever attempted to l®ave him.
A 14-year-old boy, who claimed to
be a son of Spence, was also taken in
the raid. He was released.
4 Corn Show Boys
Win Scholarships
Announcement of the awards of four
scholarships offered at the Corn Show
by Congressman J. R. Walker for com
raised in the Eleventh District were
made Friday afternoon.
The scholarships, which provide a
free course in the Boys’ Corn Club
short session at the State College of
Agriculture, were won by J. O. Lucas,
Brooks County; Ward Cornelius,
Clinch County; Elzle Aldrich, Appling
County, and Dan Clough, Jeff Davis
County.
MACON, Dec. 5.—Dan O’Connell,
proprietor of four saloons, pleaded
guilty in the C'ty Court this after
noon to violating the prohibition law
at each of the places, and was fined
$1,625 by Judge Hodges. The fin© wa$
paid.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, Dec.
5.—Premier W. A. Watt of Victoria
and his Cabinet resigned to-day.
Members of the Labor party will dom
inate the next ministry.
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—5 1-2 furlongs: Bastante,
112 (Waldron), 21-2, 6-6, 3-6, won;
Pulsation, 116 (Ward), 4, 8-5, 4-5, sec
ond; Stellata, 112 (Miller), 10, 4, 2,
third. Time 1:10 1-5. Dick’s Pet,
Helen M., LanCewood, High Class,
Cliff Maid, Water I^ad, Tomboy also
ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Veneta
Strome, 114 (Doyle), 11-6, 7-10, 1-5,
won; Big Dipper, 104 (Bender), 11-5,
7- 10, 1-5, second; Chilton Queen, 114
(Byrne), 2, 7-10, 1-5, third. Time,
1:16 1-5. Cliff Top, Ella Curry, Metra
E., Gagnant. Snowflake also ran.
THIRD—Six furlongs: Ann Tilly,
104 (J. McTaggart), 1, 1-3, out, won;
The Busy Body, 114 (Baur), 30, 8, 3,
second; Chemulpo, 114 (J. Callahan),
20, 8, 3, thfrd. Time, 1:15 1-5. Syl-
vestiis, Terra Blanca, Loretta Dwyer,
Jacquelia, Miss Primity also ran.
FOURTH—Seven furlongs: Prince
Ahmed, 114 (Deronde), 9-20, 1-5, out,
won; Jabot, 111 (J. Callahan), 20, 4,
8- 5, second; Star Bottle, 111 (Right-
myer), 8, 2, 1, third. Time, 1:30. Dy
namite, Stentor. Sepulvedo also ran.
FIFTH—Mile: Ralph Lloyd, 102 (J.
McTaggart), 2, 4-5, 1-3. won; Matser
Jim, 108 (Deronde), 20, 7, 3, second;
Chartier, 116 (Buxton), 2, 7-10, 7-20,
third. Time, 1:43 1-5. Joe Stein,
Outlan, Sir Denrah, Ford Mai and
Spar Pole also ran.
Race Entries on Page 2.
Basket ball and dancing will be re
sumed at the Atlanta Athletic Chib
down-town building Saturday night.
Joe Bean’s quintet opens the season
in a game against the fast Bessemer
Athletic Club aggregation.
The winter basket ball-dancing par
ies are very popular with the young
.social set of the city, and Saturday
night’s opening feast is sure to at
tract a large crowd.
Coach Bean promises to turn out
the fastest team the Athletic Club has
ever had. All of last season’s quintet
have returned, including Smith and
Forbes, forwards; Dubard, captain
and center, and Carter and Weaver,
guards.
Mayor to Approve
Salary Increases
Mayor Woodward gave assurance
Friday that he would approve the ac.
tion of Council and the Aldermanic
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,
has compiled interesting figures.
There are 32 parks, totaling 840 acres.
Their cost to the city was $186,654
and their present value is approxi
mately $1,200,000.
Congressman, on Request of De«
partment of Justice, Starts
Compilation of Data.
WASHINGTON, D .C., Dee. 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
eral requested Congressman
Howard to present the Depart
ment immediately with all the
evidence in Ms possession regard
ing conditions at the peniten
tiary.
Mr. Howard began a compilation of
this data to-day. He Is willing to
give the Department of Justice an op
portunity to take tho Initiative In an
Investigation, but unless It acts he
will seek a Congressional probe.
United States Want* Facta.
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 Howard to-day that the
department wanted the facta, and
would Institute an Inquiry if it is
w-arranted. He suggested that it is
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 considera
tion.
Under this promise Mr. Howerd
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 A. ..ey General Graham, and
am to supply him with all the data in
my possession. He assures me that
If there Is anything wrong at the At
lanta prison the Department of Jus
tice 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 into the matter, I
should deem it my duty Anally 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 Howard.
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
teTm in the prison, for a definite
statement of his allegations. Judge
Park said he would approach tho
question with an open mind and
would hear both sides before taking
action, If he decides to co-opera.a
t h Mr, Howard.
Congressman Howard is aware
that present officials of the depart
ments seem rather averse to starting
an investigation, but he was more en
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 aftor going ever
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