Newspaper Page Text
, I
Jmi 4MfiL«4
I
n
Li I
\J V/
A Ky JLJ
Horrors in Headgear
There’s a real millinery
tragedy which will be
revealed to readers of
To-Morrow’s Sunday American
The Atlanta Georgian
Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results
VOL. XIT. NO. 115.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1913.
Copyright, 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
2 CENTS PAT NO
* -l O. MORE.
-■ ....
EXTRA PEWS ADDED FOR SUNDAY CROWDS
FALLS SUIT
IS WON BY
'' 0.
RACING
RESULTS
Decision Believed to Mean Virtual
End to Sensational Lawsuit.
Mrs. Longstreet Beaten.
The State Supreme Court Satur
day brushed aside, almost with seem
ing impatience, the State’s preten
tions to title in and to the Tallulah
Falls property now held by the Geor
gia Railway and Power Company.
The verdict rendered in Judge
Jones’ court, in Rabun County, in fa
vor of the power company, is sweep-
ngly affirmed in the Supreme Court,
and at every point the State is turned
down in language picturesque in its
er.ieness.
The Supreme Court held that the
State long ago vacated in toto all of
ts light and title in the Tallulah
Falls property involved in this suit;
and it disposed of the State’s fur
ther contention that, even if it did va-
ate its rights originally, such va
cated title extended to the banks of
the Tallulah River only.
Case “Fairly Tried.”
The court held that the title now in
the company extends to the middle of
The stream, as is customary in non-
navigable rivers.
The court of review further says
that the case was "fairly tried” in the
T'ourt,below and that “no right error
detrimental to the State’s rights was
committed” in the hearing.
This suit was brought by direction
of the Legislature, after much pres
sure had been brought to bear upon
it, and against the advice of Gov
ernor Brown. •
Mrs. Helen Longstreet, widow of
the famous Civil War general, took
a leading part in the fight to regain
the falls land for the State, and was
in the center of the fight in the lower
courts.
Denounces “Tactics.”
H. H. Dean, of Gainesville, in the
course of hi a argument for the power
company, denounced Mrs. Longstreet
and the Tallulah Falls Conservation
Association, charging hold-up tactics.
The Jury was out only two hours.
Attorney General T. S. Felder im
mediately gave notice of a motion for
a new trial, and lengthy briefs were
submitted to the Supreme Court.
The Tallulah Falls power project
has but recently been completed and
involves an outlay of many millions
of dollars.
Luther Z. Rosser and Charles T.
Hopkins were the leading counsel for
the power company. The high court’s
decision, is believed to end the dispute.
Women Selling Red
Cross Seals Try to
BreakRecordTo-day
Scattered throughout the shopping
and business district of the city Sat
urday were 25 or m re of Atlanta s*
attractive young woman selling Rad
’< ros* Christmas seals, enthusiastic
in the desire to beat all previous rec
ords.
Mrs. D. Roland Bootes, of No. 7
West Tenth stret, is -^ecial chair
man for to-d-y, and besides the as
sistance of the young women a num
ber of well-known Atlanta women,
members of the Woman’s Relief
Corps of the G. A. R., have come for
ward to help. Mrs. Bootes is presi
dent of this organization, and, know
ing of the many good workers among
its membership, called them to her
aid.
The amount turned in f< r T riday s
sales wasifj375.89, making - total for
the three days’ sales of about $1,100,
which means the distribution
throughout the city of something like
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Six furlongs. Pluvius. 109
(Ward), 6, 2, even, won; Gerrard, 108
(Nathan), 12, 5. 5-’2. second; Sherlock
Holmes, 114 (Rightmier), 4. 6-5, 3-5.
third. Time, 1:16. Pike's Peak, Kinder
Lou, Mira Dell. Chilton Queen. Gagnant,
Dr. Jackson Beversteln, Schuri and
Rulsseau also ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Coy, 108
(Goose), 2-5, 1-6. out, won; Premier, 106
(McTaggart), 6. 7-5. 3-5, second; Servi-
cence, 114 (Buxton), 15. 5-2, 4-5. third.
Time, 1:14 3-5. Our Nugget, Accord. Sir
Denrah, Volthorpe, Hearthstone and Ve-
neta Strome also ran.
THIRD—5*4 furlongs: Gold Cap, 110
(Turner), 8-5, 2-5, out, won; Lady
Lightning, 106 (Deronde), 4-5, 1-5, ont,
second: Robert Bradley, 101 (Calla
han). 12, 8-5, 2-5, third. Time, 1:08 2-6.
Cynosure, Fred Levy. Golliwogg. also.
FOURTH—Six furlongs: Tarts, 114
(Burlingame), 15. 5. 2, won; Charles
tonian, 111 (McCahey), 9-5, 4-5, 7-20,
second; Brave Cunarder, 111 (Deronde),
13-5, even. 1 3. third. Time, 1:14 3-6.
Grosvenor, Briar Path also ran.
FIFTH—Mile and seventy yards: Star
Actress 102 (McTaggart), 5, 2, 7-10, won;
L. H Adair 98 (Martin). 5, 7-6. 8-6,
second; John Furlong 110 (Turner). 4-6,
2-6, 1-5, third. Time 1:47 1-5. Also ran:
Star Bottle. Lochiel, Dr. Duenner.
T
CONVENTS SEARCHED
FOR JESSIE M’CANN
IN STRANGE MYSTERY!
MISS JESSIE M’CANN, MISSING SOCIETY GIRL.
AT JHARtZ.
FIRST—Five furlongs: Herpes 107
(Feeney). 10. 4. 2, won; Oiml 112 (Gross),
8-5, 3-5. 1-4, second. Bob Lynch 112
(Gentry). 5-2, even, 1-2, third. Time,
1:06 4-5. A 1*0.ran: Nobby, Eva Padwick,
Tildy Wolf. Marsand, Holberg. San Bre-
nito, Topnote. Island Queen, Ilex.
Race Entries on Page 2.
Crawford Evidence
Being Typed; Rivals
Frank Case in Bulk
Sunday to Mark Religious Epoch.
Whole State Stirred—Pastors
Expect Overflow Crowds.
Stenographers are busy transcrib
ing evidence in the Crawford will
hearing. The volume will rival that
of the Frank case. It will take at
least a week to complete the work.
Auditor James L. Anderson set
January 12 as the day on which he
will hear the arguments. Each side
will be allowed four hours.
Next Friday the Grand Jury will
take up the criminal charge against
Mrs. Belle Crawford, under the di
rection of Attorney John T. Smith,
who was appointed special solicitor
by Judge Hill on account of Solicitor
Dorsey’s disqualification because his
law firm was connected with Mrs
Crawford’s defense in the civil action.
“It will he one of the greatest days
in the religious history of Atlanta!"
If a “composite” could be obtained
of the scores of optimistic predictions
on "Go-to-Church Day” which poured
into The Georgian office Saturday and
all day Friday, that is about the way
It would read.
One minister had sent out 5,000 In
vitations to his Go-to-Church serv
ices on Sunday. Several others had
Issued 1,000 or more, and all were cer
tain that practically every church in
the city would be filled to capacity
both morning and evening.
Three weeks ago December 14 was
set as Atlanta’s "Go-to-Church Day."
Since then all of the ministers and all
of the ministerial organizations ♦* t
have met have given it their Indorse
ment.
“Fighting Strength” To Be Shown.
In consequence a spectacle will be
furnished of the entire ministry of
Atlanta joining in a great movement
to glorify and set forth for the view
of the world the maximum “fighting
strength” of the churcheB here.
“I am expecting Sunday to be a
great day . my church.” said *he
Rev. A. C. Shuler, of the East Side
Tabernacle. “Every preacher In At
lanta should rally his congregation to
Policeman, Attacked When He
Goes to Kill Cur, Is Under
Special Treatment.
, :'v^tv ' . J
UY-StV • * ~ '
• J-
v 1
EL PASO. TEXAS. Dec. 13.—Three
hundred and fifty men, women and
children, all Spaniards, arrived in
Juarez to-day in flight from the city
of Chihuahua. They said that Fran
cisco Villa, the Constitutionalist lead
er, had vowed to execute all Spaniards
who remained in Chihuahua after
Sunday. Spanish residents in El
Paso, after a mass meeting to-day,
sent a protest to their Ambassador at
Washington against the treatment ac
corded Spanish citizens at Chihuahua.
Reports received here from refugees
at noon said that many of the throngs
that fled from that city are wander
ing around in the desert in a dement
ed condition.
LONDON, Dec. 13.—Ex-King Man- j
uel of Portugal and his bride. Prin
cess Victoria of Hohenzollern, arrived
here to-day from Sigmaringen, Ger
many, where the latter has been se-
riously ill.
HOW
THEY
PULL!
A letter from ANOTHER one
of the HUNDREDS of “Want
Ad” users who ALWAYS re
ceive QUICK and SATISFAC-
TORY results.
Spring Place, Ga., Dec. 10, 1913.
The Georgian and News Pub Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Through one fifty-cent ad in
your “Want Ad” column* I
made a sale of O. I. C. swine to
Mr. C. H. Whittington, of Ok
lahoma City, Okla., of twenty-
one head of young breeding stock
for the sum of five hundred dol
lars. The Georgian is the paper
for results.
T ruly,
WALTER T. KENNER.
OHIO Improved Chester swine:
pigs all ages; farmers’ prices;
all breeding stock registered;
two well-broke Mexican burros,
4 years old; male and fema'e;
perfect pets. Walter T. Ken
ner. Spring Place, Ga.
THE PULLING POWER of
Hearst’s Sunday American and
Daily Georgian “want ads” is un
surpassed.
You get what you want when
you want it.
do its utmost to-morrow and thus
demonstrate that we preachers know
an opportunity when it presents it
self.
"J am going to take as my subject
Sunday night ’The Church Without
a Hobble.’ I believe the greatest ne^J
of the church to-day Is ot cut the
cord that binds the millstones of the
world about its neck, and free, to
ftand forth in e strength of God
My morning sermon will be ’A Vision
of the Future
Thanks The Georgian.
’’I am glad that ’Go-to-Church Day’
has been instituted. I thank The
Georgian for the suggestion."
Every member of Dr. Shuler’s con
gregation has avowed his intention
of bringing at least one non-member
or one infrequent attendant to one of
Continued on Pago 5. Column 4.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—-Fair to-night; warm
er in south and west portions;
Sunday increasing cloudinea*.
.
Girl Melancholy Before Disap
pearance and Hinted Plans
to Become Nun.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Members of
the family of Robert G. McCann, the
wealthy Brooklyn merchant whose
daughter, Jessie. Is mysteriously
missing, to-day began a new Inves
tigation on the theory that the girl
had entered a convent.
She had been melancholy before
her disappearance nine days ago and
dropped hints to her friends that she
was seriously considering the adop-
Uon of a religious life In a nunnery.
Mr. McCann was unable to leave
his home on account of worry and
physical exhaustion, but other mem
bers of the family continued to search.
A $1,000 reward has spurred scores
of amateur detectives In the search,
and South Brooklyn, where the girl
was reported to hAve been seen
swarmed with Investigators.
Capt. West's Bond
Reduced to $1,000
But He Is Still Held
Upon the appeal of the attorneys
for Captain Ernest West, the $5,000
bond in default of which he is being
held in the Tower on a charge of at
tacking his mother-in-law, Mrs. B. G.
Jones, was reduced to $L000 by Judge
Calhoun, of the Criminal Court, Sat
urday.
West’s attorneys expect to ma1<e
the bond soon. West is a captain in
the Marine Corps, and was home on
a furlough at the time of the trou
ble.
6-Day Bike Riders
2 Miles Ahead Mark
NEW YORK. Dec. 13.—At 2 p. m..
end of the 134th hour, the six-day bi
cycle riders had covered 2,588 miles
and 1 lap. They were 2 miles ahead
of the record.
Four persons Saturday were suf
fering from the savage attacks of a
mad dog owned by Mr. and Mrs. L.
A. Parker. No. 121 Simpson street
Three of the victims will be unaware
of the fact that It was a mad dog un
til they read this account.
The fourth, J. A. Arnold, a call of
ficer at the Police Department, re
ceived treatment at Grady Hospital
after a desperate encounter with the
animal which he finally killed with
his pistol. Arnold later In the day
will obtain treatment in the laborato
ries in the State Capitol.
None of the other three persons bit-
! ten are known to the Parker family
' or the authorities, and they are ex-
i tremely anxious that tl\e victims may
| learn of their danger so that treat
ment mav be begun befee it Is too
late.
Pet of Children.
The dog was a shaggy brown mon
grel that had been made a great pel
by the four Parker children. It first
developed symptoms of rabies Friday
Afternoon. A Tech High School stu
dent was passing the house when the
dog suddenly ran out of the yard
snapping and snarling and bit the
young man.
The student kicked the dog away
and walked on. In the evening Glenn
Parker, aged 15 years, and Tom
Rutherford, 12, who is rooming at the
Parker home with his sister. Miss
Ethel Rutherford, went to Sharp’s
Drug Store at Marietta and Walton
streets. The dog followed them and
on the way began to run at pedes
trians, ‘snapping und growling at
them.
When the animal bit a man and a
boy who were walking together, young
Parker and Rutherford became
alarmed and took the dog back home
with them and locked him in the back
yard inclosure. Just as Mrs. Parker
was feeding the chickens Saturday
morning the dog leaped the barrier
and made for her.
Barricaded the House.
Terror-stricken, she rushed into r.he
house and, with Miss Rutherford, bar
ricaded the place against the mad-
I dened animal and warned her four
children not to go out of doors. From
i tho windows they could see the dog
! racing among the frightened chick
ens, chasing them about the yard and
; biting them at every opportunity.
Seizing one of the larger hens, the
i dog shook It until It was dead.
The police department was notified
| and Call Officer Arnold hastened to
: the Parker home on his motorcycle.
He found tho house closed end barred,
j As he was knocking on the door the
; dog, noticing the visitor, ceased his
attack on the poultry and rushed for
Arnold.
Policeman Is Bitten.
Before the policeman could protect
j himself, the dog had sunk his fangs
| repeatedly in Arnold's leg. Arnold
finally was able to kick the dog off
so that he could get a shot at him
with his revolver. Not until he had
fired five bullets into the animal’s
body did the dog give up.
Inside the house, the women and
the five children listened panic-
stricken to the fusll&de of shots, and
the neighbors ran to their doors and
windows to see what was happen
ing.
The hospital authorities advise the
three unidentified persons who were
bitten to begin treatment at once in
order to avoid serious consequences.
SHREVEPORT, LA., Dec. 13.—Mrs.
Belle Stroud, who was acquitted of
the murder of her husband, an
nounced to-day that she will open a
millinery store with her husband’s
$5,000 insurance.
LATEST
NEWS
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 13.—Rumors
are being circulated this afternoon
that the Mexioan Government has no
tified the United States that if the
Mexican gunboats are not permitted
to fire on Tampico during tne rebels’
attacks because of the orders issued
by Admiral Fletcher that Mexioo will
take it for granted that United States
intervention has already begun.
CHIHUAHUA, Dec. 13.—Since his
troops took Chihuahua, General Villa
has had more than 50 persons exe
cuted, many of them wealthy Span
ish and Mexioan residents of that
city, according to a statement made
to-day by one of the Catholic priests
who has just arrived here. Among
those executed was Jesus Molinar, a
relative of General Luis Terrazas, the
multi-millionaire land baron.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—Eighty-
two boy and girl farmers, winners of
prizes for proficiency in agriculture
from various 8tatea, to-day were pre
sented with diplomas signed by Sec
retary of Agrioulture Houston and
bearing the great seal of the depart
ment. Walter Lee Dunson, of Alexan
der City, Ala., foremost corn grower,
led the boys and Miss Clyde Sullivan,
of Ousley. Ga. ; champion tomato can-
ner, led the girls.
CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—Frank Madia,
owner cf a garage which was a fa
vorite hang-out for Robert Webb, the
automobile bandit, w*s killed to-day
by an explosion. He entered the rear
room of his garage with a lighted
match in his hand. There was an ex
plosion in a 50-gallon gasoline c«n.
Neighbors attracted to the room by
the noise found Madia unconscious,
with one side of his faoe blown off.
He was rushed to St. Luke's Hospital
in an automobile, and died a few
minutes after he reached there.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.—After a
bitter fight in the House Immigra
tion Committee this afternoon, *n
amendment to teh pending imm'gra.
tion bill designed to exclude Asiatics
from the United States was adopted,
in spite of protests by some of the
party leaders. The amendment does
not name the Japanese, Hindus or
other Asiatics people specifically, but
refers to them under the term “Asi
atics.” Representative Baker, of Cal
ifornia; Representative Hayes, of
California, and Representative John
son, of Washington, led the fight fof
the amendment.
COVINGTON. KY., Dec. 13.—Bur-
glars entered the office of the Stand
ard Oil Company and were greatly
displeased when they found that
there was nothing in the safe. They
left a note sayina: “Gentlemen: Next
time we get in here and find nothing
in the safe we will burn the build
ing.”
CHICAGO, Dec. 13—Three persons
were killed outright and a fourth was
probably fatally injured this after
noon when Fred Harmon ran amuck
with a pistol in a millinery shop in
South Oakley avenue. The tragedy
occurred after Harmon had pursued
his wife, Mrs. Lena Harmon, from her
candy shop to the millinery store next
door.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 13.—United
States Consul Edwards telegraphed
to the American Embassy to-day that
conditions are becoming serious at
Acapulco. He asked that a warship
be sent there at once, saying that
Americans and Spaniards have ap
pealed to him for protection and
without a warship he will be unable
to protect them.
CHICAGO, Dec. 13.—Johnny Cou-
lon, bantam champion of the world,
to-day agreed to meet Frank Sinnet,
of Rock Island, III., on January 12 at
Racine, Wis. The fight will go ten
rounds without a decision. It will be
staged in John Wagner’s fight club.
Botn men agreed to weigh 116 at the
ringside.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13.—Star
vation, pestilence and neglect which
they must endure from the hands of
the white men are fast destroying the
Indian race in the Far West, ac
cording to a report compiled by a
commission headed by Dr. Joseph K.
Dixon, of this city, which spent six
months investigating conditions
among 189 tribes. This report will be
submitted to President Wilson, who
will be urged to take action to pro
tect the red men.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 13.—A settle
ment of the teamsters strike in In
dianapolis was effeoted to-day, ac
cording to word received by Secre
tary of Labor Wilson. Twenty-eight
hundred of the 3,100 strikers have re
turned to work.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 13.—Reports
were circulated here this afternoon
that General Huerta's wife had re
turned secretly from Manzanillo and
was trying to induce her husband tc
leave the country with her. It was
said that she told him she would not
go into exile unless he left also.
ARGUMENTS
Prosecutor Calls Grounds Sub
mitted by Defense "Hodge
podge” and "Catch All.”
That Leo Frank's lawyer* arm
engaged in a ‘‘post-mortem” at
tempt to obtain a new trial for
their client is the charge repeat
edly made in the brief and ar
gument completed Saturday by
Solicitor General Hugh M. Dor
sey and served upon the attor
neys for the defense.
Some of the grounds for a new trial
advanced by the defense Dorsey
characterizes as "hodgepodge and
catch all,” and ridicules the asser
tions that Frank was tried by a mob
rather than by a Judge and Jury.
The opposing attorneys will begin
their verbal argument before the Su
preme Court on Monday at 9 o’clock.
The first request to be made of the
court will be for an extension of time.
Two hours customarily ts given to
each side, but owing to the import
ance of the case, It Is likely that two
days or more will be asked for the
arguments.
“Catching st Technicality/’
The Solicitor, In referring to the
defense's claims that demonstrations
on the part of the crowd were suffi
cient to influence and Intimidate tha
Jury', implied that Frank’s lawyer*
throughout the trial were laying the
groundwork for a plea on which to
ask for a new trial, catching at every
technicality that presented ttaelf. The
Solicitor said:
“The request of counsel to clear
the courtroom of spectators before
anything was done In the trial, show
ed. In the connections now being con
sidered, that they were anticipating
laying hold of all such little inconse
quential occurrences and technicali
ties that could be discovered.
“They can not complain, because
they failed to ask any affirmative re
lief. so far as this record shows. They
say In this ground that they called
attention of the court for the pur
pose of ‘obtaining some action.’ In
the next paragraph they show tha*
they got from the court some ac
tion. and the court never had any In
timation that the action he gave wa•
not commensurate with the require
ments of the situation.
Too Late With Complaint.
“This Is simply another ‘post-raor-
tem attempt to get another trial,' to
use an expression of Judge Ruaaan."
Continuing. Solicitor Dorsey ar
gued :
“We submit that there w«u» nothin*
of sufficient importance or oonae
quence requiring the court to take
any radical steps, and that the fail
ure of the defendant’s attorneys at
the time to request, or suggest, or
intimate to the court that something
or other should be done estops them
now from complaining.”
The Solicitor charged that Frank s
lawyers had magnified these occur
rences far beyond their real impor
tance and argued that the fact that
Judge Roan overruled the motion for
a new trial showed conclusively from
a legal standpoint that he did not at
tach any importance to the demon
strations. Stress was laid on the af
fidavits of the Jurors that they did
not hear the demonstrations referred
to by the defense.
Upholds Conley Evidence.
Several pages of the brief are given
over to a contention on the admissi
bility of Jim Conley’s testimony on
the alleged perversion of Frank. The
Solicitor remained firm In hia stand
that no error was committed in al
lowing this testimony in the record.
He insisted that the courts of Amer
ica are permitting much greater lat
itude in evidence of this sort than
ever before, widening and extending
the rule In this respect, appreciating
that it is necessary In order to
at the trutn.
Bernard
ISh
Rushes to the rescue of risque dances and
1 TT T plays of the London music halls, against which
LCt W a crusade is now on. You can read all about it in J
<r-
rhe Sunday American
—i —A,