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[ REBELS A' NN1 MATE MEXICAN FESERA L BAND tfwo Great Bargains for the Price of One await the readers of ^ext Sunday’s American And Its Free Fiction Magazine The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results NIGHT EDITION 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 bis papers, . -