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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. $5.0^ |$5.00 $ J, y.za 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 .A.Oil All R2.50, BS j, I A 50 All $35 and $40 j A qyoo COATS' 1 U) COATS 1 \L COATS L ;tf All $30 and $35 SUITS All $50 and $60 SUITS JC All $37.50, $40 SUITS All $45, $47.50 SUITS ir .50 A " *18 and $20 $1A.OO All $22.50, $25 iJJQ Dresses Dresses 14 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. T —-