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HEARST’K SPXIUT A.ut'jKit a.\. a ii-am a. u.\.. si m>aa. niichiliihii 14. 1913.
NEEOLE’ 500
a Day Seal Sellers’ Aim
+•+
eted to See Record
Gang Driven From New York Said to Have
Come to Atlanta to Trap Girls in Dark
Theaters and Lore Them Away.
L. J. Baley, chief of the Southern
division of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation, a branch of the Depart
ment of Justice, has launched an in
vestigation of a persistent rumor that
the “needle men” of New York City,
the scientific white slavers who in
vade the darkness of theaters and
dull the senses of their victims with
an injection of a powerful narcotic-
through a hypodermic needle jabbed
into the arm. have fled from New
York, owing to the activity of Eastern
agents of the bureau, and have made
Atlanta headquarters for their opera
tions.
The rumor, which is so well found
ed that Mr. Baley hag decided on im
mediate action to frustrate the plans
of the gang and drive them out of the
city before any Atlanta girls fall vic
tims to the needle, is based on mys
terious illnesses of women in crowded
places during the past week, and the
fact that several noted criminals,
both men and women, who are known
to have operated with gangs of white
slavers in otner parts of the country,
but who have always evaded arrest
and conviction, have been seen in At
lanta. These criminals include both
men and women, and are among the
most noted crooks of the United
States.
Gang Leaders Seen Here.
Two of the leaders of the alleged
gang, a man who calls himself Harry
McMillan, but v r ho is known to the
police of a score of cities as ‘‘The
Prince,” and a woman named Marie
DaPere, known in the world of crime
ag “The Angel,” because of her in
nocent appearance, are said to have
heen seen in a downtown crowd Sat
urday morning.
Although Mr. Balev will not admit
it, it is generally understood that sev
eral specific instances of young girls
becoming suddenly ill while sitting in
local crowds have been reported -and
are forming the basis for the investi
gation. And the significant fact about
these cases is that in each case there
was someone, either a woman or a
man, sitting near the girl who has
volunteered to take her out of the
'.heater and send her home or take
her to a physician. So far as can be
learned, no Atlanta girl has yet fallen
i victim to the “needle men,” and
every effort is being made by Mr. Ba
ity and his staff to see that girls are
not taken out of theaters by strang
ers.
Movies Favored Fields.
The cheaper movies are the favorite
stamping ground of the new type of
white slaver, because of {he oppor
tunity which the darkness affords
him to work the noodle, and the small
likelihood of discovery.
The plan of the “needle man’’ when
he wishes to ensnare a victim is dev
ilish in its simplicity. Usually the
“slavers” number two. a man and a
woman, though cases have been
known where a single woman or a
man has pulled the trick, usually pos
ing as an elderly person of kind-
hearted anpearance.
The “needle men” hunt their prey
on the busy streets of a city, and fol
low a young and pretty girl until she
enters a movie theater, following her
into the playhouse. The girl sits
down and the “needle man” drops
carelessly into a seat alongside of
her. The gi a becomes interested and
leans forward, her arm resting on the
arm of the seat. The hypodermic
needle, already loaded with a power
ful drug, is drawn quickly from the
pocket and jabbed suddenly Into the
arm of the girl, causing practically no
pain.
Victim Is Ensnared.
The girl becomes suddenly ill and
falls, half-fainting. Then the “needle
man” or woman volunteers to take
her out into the fresh air, posing per
haps as her brother, father or merely
as a sympathetic person whose heart
is touched. An automobile is in wait
ing at the theater entrance and the
victim is pushed into the waiting car.
The “needle man” Naps into the car
beside her—and the machine is gone
and another victim is ensnared
While Mr. Baley refused to disclose
whatever plans he may have for h-s
campaign against the “needle men
in Atlanta, h^ declared Saturday that
every effort would be made to break
up the gang if it is found that one
exists in Atlanta.
“While, of course, I do not know
that there are any needle men op
erating in Atlanta now,” Mr. Baley
3aid, “the fact that they have been
active in New York and other cities
may indicate that there is also a
gang of them in Atlanta. If there
are any here, we are going to do our
best to break them up.
Dangerous Class.
“Men and women with enough in
telligence to anply science to their
criminal practices are infinitely more
dangerous than the ordinary sort of
white slaver, and a woman should b
careful when she is in a theater, or
even on the street, for the needle men
have been known to use their needles
when passing a young woman in a
crowd. In New York, I understand,
several scores of women have been
made victims of the white slavers
through this method. When a young
woman becomes suddenly ill In a the
ater and feels a sharp pain In her
arm. she should report it at once,
with a description, if nossible of ths
people who occupied seats on either
«ide of her. Unless there is some
thing definite to work on-somp spe
cific case—the difficulty of catching
the gang is going to be all the great
er.”
The scientific white slaver is rec
ognized by police authorities all over
the country as the most dangerc s
criminal that has developed in the
last decade. His methods denote
unusual intelligence, and the favor
able opportunities he has in the
crowded and darkened theaterg and
on the crowded streets make him ex
ceedingly hard to capture. Although
Atlanta is the first Southern city to
feel the terrors of the needle men,
they have been working in the East,
and Government agents of that sec
tion are hot on their trail.
One man, a young South American,
who gave his name as Armand Me
ga ro, has been arrested in New York
Miss Eva Doyle
selling Red
Cross stamps
for the students
to Principal
W. F. Dykes, of
the Boys’ High
School.
and is held on heavy bond as a mem
ber, if not the leader, of one of the
“needle gangs.” His canture followed
an attempt to kidnap Mrs. Marjorie
Graff, a young bride of Newark, N. J.,
who became suddenly ill while watch
ing a moving picture show and who
was afterward found to have been
drugged with a hypodermic injection
of a powerful drug. Megaro, it is
said, was arrested when he tried to
escort her from the theater, the girl
screaming that he was not her broth
er, as he is said to have posed.
Prominent women of New York
have joined the authorites in the
campaign against the needle men, an 1
many of them have brought instances
of where young ^‘rls have become Tl
to the attention of the Government
agents. Among them were Mrs.
James Dee Laidlaw and Mrs. Rogers
H. Bacon, who are said to have told
the Government men of several in
stances of young high school glris
having been jabbed with a hypo
dermic needle.
J. Pierpont Morgan
Elected Vestryman
NEW YORK. Dec. 13.—J. Pierpont
Morgan was elected a vestryman ai
St. George’s Church in Stuyvesant
Square at the election of wardens and
vestrymen held in the church. Mr.
Morgan’s father was senior warden,
of St. George’s up to the time of his
death.
No Games, Music or
Chairs in Saloons
ST. DOUIS, Dec. 13.—No more card
games, dice, nickel-in-the-slot piano
music, raffles, not even a chair upon
which a customer may rest his weary
bones in the saloons of St. Louis County.
The ruling was made under a State
law which never has been enforced.
th« house from an ambulance.
XMAS DIAMONDS
Closing out a stock of small stones of superior quality.
\
1-16 ct $ 7.50 1-8 ct $15.00
1_4 ct 32.50 3-8 ct 47.50
SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY
Provident Loan Society, ««c.
W. E. McMILLEN 14 AUBURN AVE.
Giant Thermometer Registers the
Progress of Campaign Which
Is Likely to Set New Mark,
With 150,000 seals sold in the first
four days of the campaign, the work
ers of the Atlanta Anti-Tuberculosis
Association who are selling the Rod
Cross Christmas stamps will go forth
Monday morning determined to break
all former records and average 50,000
jseals^a day during the remainder of
the selling campaign.
The progress of the campaign is
noted each day on the giant ther
mometer that has been erected near
Five Points on Marietta street and
the “mercury” is rapidly climbing up
toward the million mark set for the
1913 sales.
Monday is expected to be the ban
ner day of the campaign. Reports
are expected then from the school
children, to whom seals were dis
tributed Friday, and it is expected
that they will have sold a large num
ber.
Mrs. Leo Grossman will be leader
of the workers Monday and she is
planning to break all previous sales
records. On Tuesday Mrs. A. C. Mc-
Han will hav<j charge of the sales
forces; on Wednesday, Mrs. W. W.
Martin; on Thursday, Mrs. Samuel
Lumpkin, and on Friday the Woman s
Club of the Third Ward Civic Club
will have charge. The work Satur
day will be directed by the Children
of* the Confederacy, of which Miss
Mary Griffith is president.
Friday a Record Day.
Mrs. D. R. Bootes was in charge of
the working force Saturday and
turned in sales amounting to between
$300 and $400. Friday was one of
the best days the campaign has yet
seen. Mrs. John M. Cooper, in charge,
herself turned in $30.45, although she
was busy most the day checking up
and directing the work. Her aids
sold $375.89 worth of seals. Some of
i he fine records Fridav were made
by Mrs. Sam Finlev at the Candler
Building. $40; Mrs. Maude Maddox
and Miss Alma Stanley at the Peters
Building, $23.80 Misses Madge Horne
and Irene Lopez at the Brown & Al
len corner, $16.40; Miss Marie and
Nellie Hood Ridley at tlie Grant
Building. $17.01. Miss Sappho Thrash
at the Winecoff Hotel, $10.60.
Other worker have made splendid
records during the four days of the
campaign, and there is much rivalry
among the Young women to break
tlie mark of $48 set by Miss Caroline
Mime, which so far is the largest
single sales made in a single day by
any one worker.
Mrs. Hugh Willett, chairman of the
general committee, last night issued
a pamphlet arranged in the form of
questions and answers, giving the
j aims and purposes of the campaign
land containing information about the
| v '■% done in Atlanta.-
{ T:y' |>«.mphlot state-- that only ten
per cent of the money realized from
the sales of the seals goes to tlie-Aa-
tional Association.
Unable to Care for Cases.
The remainder goes to the local
organization and is applied to the aid
of local cases. The fact that the city
does very little for the consumptives
of the citv is stressed in the booklet,
and the statement is made that the
Battle Hiii Sanitarium accommodates
only 150 patients, while there are
more than 3,000 cases of tuberculosis
in the city at the present time. Last
year there were 300 deaths from the
disease in Atlanta.
The fact that fresh air, intelligent
care and proper diet will destroy the
tubercular germ if discovered in time,
is noted, and it is also noted that At
lanta’s sanitarium is unable to care
for the increasing army of consump
tives.
The booklet tells of the work of
the Anti-Tuberculosis Association, of
the four trained nurses who investi
gate and care for the cases that are
reported and of the two free dispen.-
saries and three free clinics that are
maintained. The association now ha
under treatment 400 patients, and 906
cases have been examined since the
first of the year.
The booklet states that the associa
tion derives its support almost wholly
* from the sale of the seals.
Saloonkeeper Fined
ForGiving Free Lunch
HARTFORD, CONN., Dec. 13—Be
cause he served soup and food to poor
customers, Frank Francolini, a saloon
keeper, was fined $10 under the anti
free lunch law.
Mrs. Hugh Willett ExplainsWork
Alabama Presbyterians Secure
500 Acres Near Lookout and
Plan Big Improvements.
BIRM 1NGHAM. Dec. 13.—Fostered
by the Synod of Alabama and influ
ential Presbyterians of the lower
.South, the Lookout Mountain Chau
tauqua and Summer Assembly has
been formed, 500 acres of desirable
land on Lookout Mountain, near Fort
Payn$, has been purchased, together
with the DeKalb Hotel in Fort Payne,
now known as the Hotel Manitou.
Preparations are being made for
chautauquas every summer, the first
to be held next year.
The Rev. Henry M. Edmonds, pas
tor of the South Highlands^ Presbyte
rian Church of Birmingham, is at the
head of the organization, with H. C.
Kegley, editor cf The Presbyterian, as
secretary, and W. F. Thetford, Jr„
of Montgomery one of the leaders in
the project.
Dr. James G. Snedecor, of Tusca
loosa, and ofher prominent Presby
terians of the State and adjoining
States are giving assistance in the
movement, which is expected to at
tract attention throughout the South.
The property, which is on Lookout
Mountain, is to be developed at once.
The erection of a big hotel on the
grounds, together with an auditorium,
recreation grounds and other conven
iences. including a number of summer
cottages, is planned. There are ex
cellent railroad connections and a
*ood road leads to the grounds. Near-
<tv is an immense lake which will af
ford bathing, boating and other facil
ities. There is a big cave in close
proximity to the grounds. An invest
ment of nearly C'2u0,000 is assured.
The locality 1$ noted for its altitude,
tnc statement being made that the
place is the highest point between
Cincinnati and New Orleans on the
Queen and Crescent Route, and it Is
expected that health-seekers will also
he attracted.
Leech, Head of Elkg,
To Visit Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 13. Lirminghani
Lodge of Elks have made preparations
to entertain Edward Leech, of New
York, Grand Exalted Ruler of the
order, who will visit this city.
A dinner will be given the distin
guished visitor at a local hotel and an
automobile trip 1 - .r ugh the city and
manufacturing section of the district
during the afternoon. Elks from all
parts of Jefferson County will gather
Sunday to give the visitor a hearty re
ception
41 to Jim
HT BASKET BULL
Coach Bean’s Quintet Captures
Hard-Fought Game From
Chattanooga Team,
The Atlanta Athletic Club basket
ball team won over the Chattanooga
Tigers last night by the score of 16
to 20.
The game was,hard-fought by both
sides and lfull of thrills. A much
larger score should have been the
outcome, but both teams were away
off on'field goaK shooting, missing
many easy shots/ The’Tigers must
be given* credit for being a plucky
bunch, and their passing and follow
ing up the ball was excellent. Coach
Joe Bean’s men could not get to going
in the early stages of the game, mid
it was not until the second half was
nearly over before they hit their real
stride.
Forbes, for Atlanta, led in field goal
shooting, garnering ten goals, some of
them being pretty shots. Ed Carter
played a good offensive game, ringing
five field goals. For the Tigers, Nor
man and McCollum were the stars,
the former at breaking up passes and
running the floor, while the latter
starred at shooting field goals.
The score at the end of the first
half was: Atlanta, 24; Chattanooga,
10. Id the second half both teams
seemed to “find”* themeslves, and
played a far better game. Good team
work, as well as individual playing,
was in evidence. The Atlanta boys in
the last few moments opened up with
excellent shots, Sfriith and Forbes
being the oval tasset’s.
The line-up:
A. A. C. (46). Pos. Chatta.
Forbes (20) R. F
. L. F.
• f
R. G..G. Gamble (4)
• Is. G Opts
Points awarded-—2. Time of halves
—20 minutes. Fouls committed—A.
A. C., 10; Chattanooga, 6. Goals from
fouls—Norman, 2. Reftfree-^-Jamison.
Tiring of Father’s
Coffin Talk, Elopes
ROME, Dec., 13. Miss Hansel
Gllbreth, the daughter of « wealthy
j coffin manufacturer of Cleveland.
( Tenn., became tired, she says, of hear
ing her father discuss his trade and
the lugubrious subjects apertaining
to it and eloped to Rome with Carl
Hunter, a one-legged ooy. thereby
| causing his arrest as a kidnapper
and making him liable to an accusa
tion of white slavery.
Hunter and the girl, who is 18 and
a beauty, registered at a local hotel
where thev were arrested. Both were
taken back to Cleveland, the boy
under arrest.
Husband Chokes Her,
Wife Charges, Suing
Mrs. Wdlette Carnes, in Divorce Plea
Also Declares Mother-in-Law
Was Cruel to Her,
Charging her husband choked her
insensible and was otherwise cruel. |
Mrs. Wllletto Carnes, formerly Miss
Willette Walton, of College Park, filed
suit for divorce Saturday against W.
P. Carnes, of Kin wood, Fayette Coun
ty. Georgia.
She also charged cruelty on the part
of her mother-in-law. She returned
to her parents' home. Then her hus
band built a house for them at Kin-
wood. Believing she might get along
better with him without the presence
of hist mother, she gays, ghe consented
to live there with hi;n, but shortly
after her return to him she came in
contact with his mother again.
This caused her to leave him again,
but upon his plea she returned to him
and went to Chattanooga, where he
was to obtain position. The cruel
treatment continued here, she charges.
Col. O'Leary Quits
The First Regiment
SAVANNAH, Dei 18.—In tha retire
ment from the National Guard to-day
of Colonel M. T. O’Leary, commander
of the First Regiment, the State loses
the services of one of its most efficient
military men. Colonel O'Leary went
into the military service in 187 and had
served almost continuously.
When the street railway men struck
at Augusta last year Governor Brown
called upon Colonel O’Leary to take
command of the troops and place the
city under martial law He not only
prevented several riots but was largely
responsible for the amicable adjust
ment of the differences between the
company and its men.
Colonel O’Leary will be succeeded by
Lieutehant Colonel John G. Butler, who
has served under him for a number of
years.
Smith (10)
Du Bard (4)
Carter (10) .
Weaver (2)
Chatta. (20).
Norman (6)
McCollum (8)
Brockhaus
Doctors to Launch
Eugenics Campaign
ROME, Dec. 13.—Eugenics will be
the main topic for discussion among
the physicians of the Seventh Dis
trict when they convene here Decem
ber 19.
It la expected the doctors will adopt
resolutions calling upon physicians,
ministers and laymen of this district
to teach the science of eugenics. Dr.
J. T. McCall, of Rome, will make the
first address on the subject. Other
well-known doctors will speak.
Farmer Kills Self
Because of Illness
MONTGOMERY, Dec. 13.—Law
rence Judkins, a.prominent planter of
Mount Meigs, near Montgomery, was
found dead in bed with a bullet hole
In his head. He was 65 years old and
resided at Mount Meigs for 25 years.
The belief prevails that ill health
caused Judking to commit suicide.
Cutter Making Annual Cruise to
Look for Trouble Off North
Carolina Coast.
NKVYBERN, N. C.. Dec. 13.—Ti.
United States revenue cutter Pamlico
in command of Captain C. W. Joynes
who came here several days ago from
Key West, Fla., has left for a c ruise
of several weeks on Pamlico Sounu
and around the waters in this section.
Always at this season the Pamlico
is sent out on these cruises and dm -
>ng the time that the vessel has been
stationed here she nay rushed to the
aid ( f countless mariners, who have
been caught in the grasp of storms
nnd heavy seas. The vessel was nev
er In better shape for doing patrol
duty up and down the coast than at
the present time.
Up to the present season the vessel
has not been equipped with a wire
less station, but recently the boat was
taken to Baltimore and on her was
installed fine of the most modern sets
of wireless apparatus that could be
secured.
Frequent trials have been made
since the vessel returned to Newbern
and the operator has shown that he
can, with ease, pick up a message at
a distance of 200 miles.
Owes Her Life to
This Lung Medicine
Tho manufacturers of Eckman’* Alterative,
a medicine for Throat and Lung affections, re-
gret that all siffTerere of these serious trou-
> hies do not take the trouble to investigate for
\ themselves what this medicine has accomplished
ij during the past fifteen years in a number of
( cases. Read this: ,
GrlfflHi. hake Co., Ind.
"Gentlemen: About September 10. 19"*, my
mother in law was taken sick with Catarrhal
Pneumonia, which developed into Lung Trouble.
In January, when Rev. Wm. Rerg. of St.
Michael's Church, at Schererville, Inch, pre
pared her for death, h 1 * recommended that 1
get Erkman’s Alterative, and see if it would
not give her some relief The attending phy
sician declared she hail Lung Trouble and wa
beyond all medical aid. So I immediately had
Rev. Wm. Derg to send for a bottle. Practi
cally without hope for recovery, I insisted that
she try the Alterative, which she did. I am
glad to say that she sooia began to improve
Now she works as hard as ever, weighs twenty
pounds heavier than she ever did before she
took sick, and is in good health.”
(Affidavit) JOS. GRIMMER.
(Above abbreviated; more on request.)
Eckman's Alterative lias been proven by many
years’ test to lie most efficacious for severe
Throat and Lung Affections, Bronchitis, Bron
chial Asthma. Stubborn Colds and in upbuild
ing the system. Contains no narcotics, poi
sons nr habit-forming drugs. Hold by all
Jacobs' Drug Stores and other leading druggists.
Write the Eckman Laboratory, Philadelphia.
Pa., for l>ooklet telling of recoveries and addi
tional evidence.
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A wonderful assortment
of Portable Electric and
Gas Lamps from $4 to $25.
Brass and Iron Andirons
from $3 to $55.
Queen Mantel and Tile Co.
56 W. MITCHELL ST.
Clearance Without Reserve!
Of Every Suit, Coat and Dress in Stock
YY7HEN the South ern Suit & Skirt Coxipany says “Gaod-bye’ to stocks, they go
* * out in a hurry! Nothing carried over into another season—the fixed policy
of this store, combined with the fact that the past warm weather has left us with an
excess over pormal of some 2,200 garments, necessitates this sale NOW, instead of a month hence. We
might paint a pen picture here of the styles, the fabrics, the colorings in detail, but what would it profit us
or \ OU, when you know this—the largest exclusive apparel store in the South---HAS THEM ALL!
We’ ve Said “Goodbye” to Every Garment Here!
All $18 and $20
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I A 50 All $35 and $40 j A
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All $30 and $35
SUITS
All $50 and $60
SUITS
JC All $37.50, $40
SUITS
All $45, $47.50
SUITS
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Dresses
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Alteration Force Increased--No Charge for Alterations
Southern Suit fe" Shirt Co.
Largest Excs/uive Vi omen s Apparel Store in the South
GEO. W. SEAY, President :: :: :: :: 43-45 \Vhitehail St.
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