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anything to sell? The SUSDA Y AMERICAN Can Do It for You CIRCULATION OVER 100,000 The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 110. ATLANTA. GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1913. Copyright, 1906, o PU'XT'T'CJ PAY NO By The Georgian Co. ^ Vv-CUN I O. MORE. EVENING EDITION PESTILENCE STRIKES FLOOD VICTIMS DX<3 C5S3 CSS3 C*3 CSX] Rebels Ready to Strife Mexico City HUNDREDS OF BABIES EXAMINED BY EXPERTS to COLD WEATHER TO STAY m i Atlanta Experiences Real Touch of Winter When the Mercury Goes to 24 Degrees. Official figures on wind and temperature for Sunday night are as follows: Highest wind velocity, 42 mile* an hour at 1 o’clock Monday morning. Wind velocity at 9 o’clock Mon day morning, 28 miles an hour. Lowest temperature, 24 degrees above zero, at 7 o’clock Monday morning. Temperature at 10 o’clook, 27 degrees. Forecast—Clear and cold Tues day. A large red sun crept slowly up in a steel bine sky Monday morning. Ob' Sol got up at the usual time, but he didn’t cbeecr up very much. He looked shivery, and his rays failed to hit the earth with much of a wal lop. for the thermometer at 9:30 o’clock registered four degrees below freezing. The late attack* of Indian summer was over all at once, and winter had touched Atlanta with an icy hand. The temperature in the early morn ing was five or six degrees under the freezing mark, and the sharp wind lent point to the chill and poked it around through the crevices of over coats and tugged at hats and caused exposed ears and noses to blush vig orously. Wind 40 Miles an Hour. The switch in the weather ar rangements was presaged Sunday night when a 40-mile-an-hour wind began to sweep bare the streets of Atlanta and whoop joyously around the skyscrapers. Pedestrians’ hats came to grief, and there was even a smash of plate glass along Peachtree artd Whitehall streets. The wind came up as the sun went down, and whooped about under the star^, which looked a good deal less like forget-me-nots of the angels” *hen set in a sky that looked like the roof of a frozen lake. And all night long the snugly I boused citizens of Atlanta burrowed J deeper and deeper under the cover- fets, and heard at waking intervals the dull thunder of the wind, and regretted, dozily, the approaching ; ime for getting up. Winter Fires Started, in the morning there were furnace Hres to build, which is a peculiarly unhappy task to be performed in slippers and pajamas, even with art unfeeling overcoat to boot. The blaze eddied and swirled in open grates, and the stoves roared again, with a doleful sound of good beat flying up the chimney. Then breakfast—and It was a prop- er juncture for the good old warming *ausage-and-buckwheat type of food, while? the vegetarians and the anti- 4 warriors must have suffered a Qualm or two at the prospect, downtown in the early morning | -on could tell it was chilly, even if Qu didn’t feel it. The town looked Chilly. M ake Atlanta “Get a Move On.” 1 unks of ice that a few days ago ,;d d spread water abroad on the side walks while waiting to be shaved •P for the soda fountains now stood he solemn majesty of conserva- . v ’ hout the faintest suspicion of a wasteful trickle. corr erP Was no louring on the street Sc J lers - Everybody seemed to have , ‘ &w here to go and not very much : ai y e to get there. 1 u * not a dreary scene. Rather. t! ;:!-kled with a brisk life and ac- liTr V ^ ^ Atlantans, far from de- [V- 8 t&ke the proffered hand of * ‘ iad grasped the chill glove *a***mw in( ^ vv ®re squeezing some r - a nd life into the old boy who 1 Tor a visit when the last IT,.. - unes are over and Christ- 1 -wing near. Crawford Defense To Close Tuesday With Widow's Story Mrs. Mary Bell Crawford will not take the stand Monday as expected, but Attorney Reuben Arnold stated that she will probably testify Tues day, and with the conclusion of her statement the defense will close its case in the famous fight over the estate of Joshua B. Crawford. Dr. W. A. Jarnigan was called Mon day morning by the defense to cor roborate Dr. J. W. Hurt and other physicians, to the effect that Mr. Crawford did not die of poisoning Following his testimony, Mrs. M. J. Johnson, of Tucker, Ga„ a close friend o%, Mrs. Crawford, will take the stand to refute the charges that Mrs. Crawford ensnared the aged farmer into marrying her. It is un derstood that her testimony will show that Mr. Crawford was anxious to marry and insisted upon it. A number fo other physicians will be called during the day, among them Dr. Marion Hull. Convict in Federal Prison Here Falls Heir to Rich Estate James E. Porter, w<ho is serving a term in the P'ederal Penitentiary here for selling liquor in violation of the Government laws, has, through the death of a relative at Batesville, Ark., where Porter was convicted, fallen heir to $20,000. The news of Porter’s good fortune was received by The Georgian Mon day morning. At the penitentiary of ficials said that Porter had not as yet been notified of the legacy. The county judge at Batesville has ruled that Porter’s wife shall have the income from the fortune until the man is released. Montgomery Ward Is Dead of Pneumonia CHICAGO, Deo. 8,—A. Montgomery Ward, founder of an enormous mall or der house, is dead to-day of pneumonia, which followed an accident in which his hip was fractured. He spent a large fortune in the courts to prevent the erection of build ings along Chicago's lake front and lost only one battle, which resulted in the erection of the Art Institute. U. S.to Prosecute Nine Labor Leaders WASHINGTON, Dec. 8—The Unit ed States Government will prosecute labor leaders connected with the Western Federation of Miners accused of violating the Sherman anti-trust act in their activities! President Wilson to-day took the stand that there is nothing in tho sundry civil bill which prohibits su- h prosecutions. Ugly Hands Spoil U.S. Girls, Says Sculptor CINCINNATI, Dec. 8.—If it were not for her hands and feet, there would be no more beautiful wttman than the American matron or maid. So says Professor F. F. Triebel. a sculptor, of Rome, now a visitor here. Hands are too angular, he declares. The Moral Is-Look Before You Peep! CORTON, N. Y„ Dec. 8.—Peeping into what he thought was his sweet heart’s home, Andrew Lawson was struck on the head and fell, breaking his wrist and ankle. Wrong house! Wife to Lose Finley Estate if She Reweds WASHINGTON, Dee. 8.—By the terms of the will of the late W. W. Finley president of the Southern Rail wav, the $185,000 left to Mrs. Fin ley during her life goes to the chil dren whenever she should rewed. Race Between Zapata and Car ranza for the First Blow, With Former Leading, MEXICO CITY, Dec. 8.—Three thousand fully equipped rebels, under the command of Emiliano Zapata, are almost within sight of this city to day. The revolution waged by Gen eral Carranza and Zapata has devel oped into a race between the latter’s bandit forces and the Constitution alists for the honor of taking the Mexican capital, and probabilities are decidedly in favor of Zapata at the present time. There is a growing fear in the city that a ftew hours will see looting and killings in the streets. Every avail able Federal soldier was dispatched to Cuernavaca to-day by Minister of War Blanquet to swell the forces of General (.’astro. who is opposing Zapata’s advance. The Government claims to have been victorious in the first skirmishes with Zapata’s horde, but foreigners accept this claim based on the same foundation that reports of Fed eral victories in the north have had. Assurances have been given the Mexican Government that it will be able to secure a loan in France, ac cording to reports circulated here to day by officials close to President Huerta. It was intimated by them that before Senor de la Barra, Minister of Finance, left here he had been told that he would have no trouble in ar ranging a loan in Paris. V* One of Atlanta’s leading doctors examining a youngster at the Child Welfare Show. Border Fight at Ojinaga Begins. PRESIDIO, TEXAS (By United States Army Telephone to Marfa), Dec. 8.—Mysterious troop movements just over the International line, indi cating that another light on the border is imminent, caused much ac tivity in United States military cir cles to-day. The United States Army outpost just north of Presidio reported the presence of more than 100 Mexican cavalrymen, believed to be Federais, who were moving upon Ojinaga. Shortly afterward firing could be heard. The housetops in Presidio were soon filled with people. From these vantage points it could be seen that a great commotion existed in Ojinaga. Troops could be seen rushing through the streets toward the outskirts. Boy Burglars Rob AlversonBros, Store Another depredation by boy bur glars was diecovered Monday morn ing when clerks opened the store ol Alverson Brothers, at No. 88 South Forsyth street. The burglars got in through the transom over the back door. They took $3 from the cash reg ister. Citizens Clean City When Officials Lag CHICAGO, Dec. 8 —Men and women of Pennock, a suburb. tired of wait ing for the city street cleaning depart ment to get busy, dragged out their garden tools and cleared the thorough fares of mud and fallen leaves THE WEATHER, Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Fair and much cold er Monday; fair Tuesday. Pankhurst, Freed Jiu Jitsu Conquers By Hunger Strike, Negro Who Wrecked Taken to Hospital 3 West Side Houses Special Cable to Tne Atlanta Georgian. LONDON, Dec. 8.—Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst. leader of the militant suf fragettes, who was released from jail in Exeter because of illness, brought on by a hunger and thirst strike, was brought to Ixmdon to-day. She was taken In an ambulance to the headquarters of the Woman's So cial and Political Union in Kingsway. These quarters have been tempo rarily fixed up as a hospital. The famous militant was haggard and so weak she could not stand. She had suffered a general breakdown. Find Bodies of 15 Americans in Cuba Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. HAVANA, Dec. 8.—The long-lost remains of fifteen of Colonel Wil liam Crittenden’s Kentuckians whom e Snanlards shot in 1851 have been found in a hillside near A tares Fort. Colonel Crittenden and hn> men went to Cuba on a filibustering expedition. Colonel Crittenden was told to kneei before the firing squad. Mis answer w r as: "An American kneels only to his God." ’ 9 i Sight Gone, Sub-Dean Refuses Promotion Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. ROME, Dec 8.—Cardinal Zerafinfl Vanutelli, sub-dean of the Sacred College, who is entitled to succeed Cardinal Oreglia as dean, will re nounce that honor on account of IP health and partial blindness. Cardinal Rampolla in that case would become dean, since Cardinal Gibbons, who is the senior Cardinal, is excluded because he does not re- aide in Rome. A sudden application by policemen of the jiu jitsu principles of wrestling served to tame a cocaine-crazed black who wrecked three houses on Foundry street Sunday morning and attracted a mob of several thousand negroes. . The negro was Jim Davis, of No. 265 Foundry street, who suddenly became violently insane from the use of the drug. He ran his wife out of the house and then wrecked his home. He sent a washstand crashing through a window, broke doors and smashed beds. His wife ran next door to No. 267 Foundry street. He followed and wrecked that bouse also. She fled again to No 269 and he pursued. Call Officers George Watson and John West, both of whom are students of jiu jitsu, answered the call, and it took them less than half a minute to quell Davis with jiu jitsu methods. ‘Morphine Is Making Monkeydom of U. S.' PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8.—“If mor phine using is not checked, the na tion will degenerate to something worse than monkeydom,” declared Dr. B. C. Keister, a specialist, of Roanoke, Va. According to Dr Keister, the Uni ted States is second to China and ahead of every other country in the world in the use of opium and nar cotics derived from it,. Long Distance Phone Speech From Wilson ROCHESTER. N. Y., Dec. 8.— President Wilson on Wednesday r.ight will speak by long distance tel ephone from Washington to a ban quet of 502 officers and directors of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, who are in convention here. Each will have an extension telephone at his elbow while the President telephones his greetings. Atlanta Mothers Eager to Take Advantage of Free Offer of Welfare Show. For the first time perhaps In the history of the city, Atlanta mothers are being given an opportunity to have their babies examined free of charge by competent physicians, in the Health Conference of the Child Welfare and Public Health Exhibit, in the old Leyden house on Peachtree street. The work is being done by mem bers of the Fulton County Medical Society, which numbers among its members the most prominent doctors of Atlanta. They have donated their services to the management of the show, and are working in relays, half a dozen of the physicians being on hand each day to examine the chil dren. The health conference is attracting more attention than any other de partment of the show. More than a hundred children have been exam ined since the show opened, and the number Is increasing every day. Do Not Give Treatment. The physicians do not give or sug gest any treatment—they merely tell the mother what is the matter with the child, and then it Is up to the parent to remedy the condition or not, as she sees fit. ., Each child is exam ined carefully and thoroughly, and a report, covering 32 points, is given to the mother. This report embodies the result of a careful examination of the pulse, bones, muscle, skin, head, glands, mouth, teeth, tonsils, adenoids, eyes, ears, nose, chest. abdomen, liver, spleen, heart, lungs, spine and other portions of the child’s body. It is expected that greater and more permanent good will come from this health conference than from any of the other departments of the show. • With the aid of the report of the physician who examined her child, the mother knows exactly what ails her baby, and then the curing of these ills is comparatively simple, if done in time. Should Be Examined Often. •‘The greatest trouble with the average mother," said one of the doc tors Monday, “is that she never learns what is the matter with her child until it 18 too late Babies should be examined often, because there are many diseases that get a foothold in a child’s body and are not apparent to any but the trained eye and mind until it is too late to cure them “Many of the ilia that ruin the lives of men and women could be prevented by proper treatment of the child, at an age when the cure is easy and simple." The conference will continue each day until the close of the show, and the general committee in charge of the show invites every mother in At lanta to bring her child and have It examined Special Program For “City Officials’ Day.” Monday being “City Officials' Day” at the Child Welfare Show, No. 198 Peachtree street, a special program has been arranged, to Y>egin at 6:30 o’clock in the evening. There will be college girls and boys from the various institutions of the city, and members of the Tech Glee Club will give a concert of varied numbers. The Rev. L. O. Brlcker, of the First Christian Church, in to speak at 7:80 o'clock on “The Larger Education and the Smaller Details of Life.” Another feature of the entertain ment is the work of night school girls of Atlanta—the foreigners striving to learn our language after working hours and to make of themselves good citizens in a new country. Thousands Marooned in Tops ot Trees — Hunger and Cold Increase Suffering. DALLAS, TEXAS, Dec-. 8.— Horrible conditions were report ed to-day from the flood-swept area of Otneral Texas. In sev eral of these places smallpox and typhoid have been found in refu gee eamps. At Kippes Bridge 80 persons are crowded in an old ginhouse. Several babes hava been born there. Pigs and calves ] being swept past by the flood wa ters were seized and eaten raw by the hungry refugees. The total known dead to-day wag 100. The Commercial Club of Bryan Issued a statement estimating the to« | tal dead at 500. Women and Children Suffer. ic many stricken towns women and children to-day were without shelter and hundreds are almost without clothing. Appeals for aid for these places went unheeded to-day i because neither trains nor boats could 1 reach them. In the glnhouses near Wellborn more than 1,000 persons are marooned In the upper stories. In Wellborn alone more than 2,000 persons are be ing cared for in the public buildings and homes located on high ground. Two white men and four negroes were rescued from a treetop there to day, after 32 hours’ exposure. 500 Negroes Drown. The latest reports received here told of the drowning of 50 persons, most of them negroes, at Sunnyside on the Brazos River. No news was to be had to-day of 600 families who were last seen marooned in tree tops and on the roofs of houses. There are 20,000 persons being cared for by the municipal authori ties of Bryan, Hearne, Temple, Aus tin, Waco and a dozen other cities in the path of the flood. All are suffer ing on account of the lack of food and the cold wave that followed the flood* Insure Railroad for $100,000,000 MONTREAL, Dec. 8.—An insur* ance policy for $100,000,000, the larg est in history, has just been put through by the Canadian Pacific Rail* way Company. The property being insured is va!w ued at between $112,000,000 and $115,- 000,000. Justice Marshall's Portrait Nets $1,005 PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 8.—A por- trait of John Marshall, Chief Justice, brought $1,005 at a sale of effects of the late J. R. Burton Willing, brother I of Mrs. John Jacob Astor. The por- j trait is a copy of a portrait by Henry I Inman. Loses Finger in Door Grabbing for His Hat CHICAGO. Dec 8—Alfred R. Bates made a grab for his hat as It bTew off. The heavy church door which he had opened blew shut. Bates' hand was caught and one finger was crushed off. Dr. Montessori Is Guest of Miss Wilson WASHINGTON, Dec 8.—Dr. Ma ria Montessori, the famous educator, was guest of Miss Margaret Wilson, eldest daughter of the President, and Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell. No Protectorate by U. S. for Nicaragua WASHINGTON. Dec. i— President Wilson took particular painB to-day to contradict reports that the United States is planning to establish a protectorate over Nicaragua. He said tnat the treaty being nego tiated between the two countries wag planned by Nicaragua.