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A j I IIEARST’K SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA. GA„ SUNDAY. DECEMBER 14. 1913. 50,000 a Day Seat Setters' Aim v • v v#v • v [(Jang Driven From New York Said to Come to Atlanta to Trap Girls in Theaters and Lure Them Away. Have Dark Monday Expected to See Record +•* •<•** Mrs. Hugh Willett Explains Work 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 on 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 has decided on im mediate action to frustrate the plans of the gang and drive them out of the cltv before any Atlanta girls fall vic tims to the needle, is baaed on mys terious illnesses of women In crowded places during the past week, and the fact that several noted criminals, both men and women, wb6 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 leader** of the alleged gang, a man who calls himself Harry McMillan, but who is known to the police of a score of cities as “The Prince,” and n woman named Marie LaPere, known in the world of crime as "The Angel.” because of her in nocent apneirance. are said to have been seer in a downtown crowd Sat urday morning. Although Mr. Balov will not admit it, it is generally understood that sev- er-'l specific instances of voung girls becoming puddenlv ill while sitting in local crowds have been reported and are forming the basis for the invest!- ..11inn. And the significant fact about tlifpe cases is that in each case there i -omeone. either a woman or a 1 ’ 11:. sitting near the girl who has 1 tak< her out of the : id .end her home or take • 1 :«• i i ;■ i iar. So far as can be |: »!* . i»-> Atlanta girl has vet fallen the “needle men." and tde by ''•ir. Ba- •M t Iftt ‘-iris are of theaters by strang- Movies Favored Fields. V * cheaper movies are the favorite ! piping ground of the new type of vnite slaver, because of the oppor- ’unity which the darkness affords ■ ;hn to work the needle, and the small ,: !<elihond 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 anpearanee. The “needle men” hunt their prey on the busy streets of a cltv. and fol low a young and pretty girl until she enters a inovie theater, following her into the playhouse. The girl sits down and the “needle man” drops carelessly into a seat alongside of her The gi*i 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 th< arm of the girl, causing practically no pain. Victim Is Ensnared. The girl becomes suddenly 111 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 bushed into the waiting car. The "needle man" -.aps 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’#» 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 said, "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 hero, we arc going to do our best to break them up. Dangerous Class. "Men and women with enough in telligence to a.nply science to their criminal i r re infinitely more dangerous lhan the ordinary sort of white slaver, and a woman should be ■ arefui when she Is in a theater, or even on t’ae street, for the needle men have been known to use their needles when parsing a voung woman in a crow*' In New York, I understand, several scores of women have been rrr.ulc victims of the white slavers hn -k method When a young n es iddenlv 111 in a th -- r ;i:k1 fe*-Is . sharp pain in her irm. s'.it* should report it at once, v.'itii a des rint’on, if possible of tho pc.*< who occupied seats on either of her. Unless there is some- i king definite to work on—-some spe- .dfio - the difficulty of catching the gang is going to be aJl the great er.” The scientific white slaver ig rec ognized by police authorities all over the country as the most dangero 1 s criminal that has developed in the last decade. His methods denote unusual Intelligence, anfavor able opportunities he As in the crowded and darkened theaters 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 Bast and Government agents of that sec tion are hot on their trail. One man, a young South American, who gave his name as Armand M«j- garo, has been arrested in New York Miss Eva Doylo selling Red Cross stamps for the students to Principal W. F. Dykes, of the Boys’ High School. Alabama Presbyterians Secure 500 Acres Near Lookout and Plan Big Improvements. BIRMINGHAM. Deo. 18.- fostered by the Synod of Alabama and influ ential Presbyterians of the lower South, the Lookout Mountain Chau tauqua and Summer Assembly ha« been formed. ,.00 a 'TPS of desirable land on Lookout Mountain, near F'ort Payne, has been purchased, together with the DeKulb Hotel in Port Payne, now known as the Hotel Manltou. Preparations are being made for chautauquas every summer, the first to be held next year. The Rev. Henry M. Kdmonds, pas tor of the South Highlands Presbyte rian Church of Birmingham, is at the head of the organization, with H. C Kegiey, editor cf The Presbyterian, as secretary, and W. F. Thetford, Jr„ of Montgomery one of the leaders in the project. Dr. Janies G. Snedr-cor. of Tusca loosa, and other prominent Presby terians of the State and adjoining States are giving assistant in the movement, which is < xperted to oi- trart 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, -ecreation grounds and other conven iences, including a number of summer cottages, is planned. There are ex cellent railroad connections and a good road leads to the grounds. Near ly is an immense lake which will af ford battling, boating and other facil ities. There is a big cave in close proximity to the grounds. \n Invest ment of nearly $800,000 is assured. The locality Is noted for its altitude, tne statement being made that tlie 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 Elks, To Visit Birmingham BIRMINGHAM. Dec. 13.— Birmingham 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 through 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 IT BASKET BULL i 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 46 to 20. The game was hurt]-fought by both sides and full of thrills. A much larger pcoie should have been the outcome, but both teams wqre away off on field goal shooting, missing many easy shots. The Tigers must be given oTedit 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, and 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. p5d 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. In the second half both teams seemed to ‘'find” themeslves, and played a tar better game. Good tea.ni work, as well as individual playing, was in evidence. The Atlanta boys in the last few moments opened up with excellent shots, Smith and Forbes being the oval'tossers. The line-up: A. A. C. (46). Po*. Chatta. (20). Forbes (20) R. F... Norman UD Smith (10) L. F.. McCollum (8 > Du Bard (4) C Brockhaus Carter (10) R.G..G. Gamble (4) Weaver (2) L». G Ohls Points awarded—2. Time of halves —20 minutes. Fouls committed--A. A. (\. 10; Chattanooga, 6. Goals from fouls—Norman, 2. Referee—Jamison. Tiring of Father’s Coffin Talk, Elopes ROME. Dec., 13. Alias Hansel Gilbretli, the daughter of a, wealthy coffin manufacturer of Cleveland. Term., became tired, she save, of hear, ing her father dis, uss his trade arid j the lugubrious subjects apertaining to it and etoned to Rome with Carl | Hunter, a one-legged ooy, thereby I causing his arrest an a kidnapper and making him liable to an accusa- j tion of white slavery. Hunter and the girl, who is 18 and | a beauty, registered at a local hotel i where they were arrested. Both were j taken back to Cleveland, the boy I under arrest. .Husband Chokes Her, Wife Charges, Suing Mr*. Willette Carnee, In Divorce Plea. Alto Declares Mother-In-Law Was Cruel to Her. Charging her husband choked her insensible and whs otherwise cruel. Mrs. Willette Carnes, formerly Miss Willette Waltop, of College Park, filed suit for divorce .Saturday against W. P. Carnes, of Klnwood, Fayette Coun ty, Georgia. She also charged cruelty on the pari 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 hitn without the presence of his mother, she says, she consented to live there with him, 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 Rhe returned to him and went to Chattanooga, where he wan to obtain a position. The cruel treatment continued here, she charges* Col, O'Leary Quits The First Regiment SAVANNAH, Dec. 13. In the retire ment from the National Guard to-day of Colonel M. J. O'Leary, commander of the First Regiment, the State loses the sendees 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 nnder martial law He not only prevented several riots, but was largely responsible for the amicable adjust ment of the differences between the company and ita men. Colonel O’Leary will be succeeded by Lieutenant Colonel John O. Butler, who has served under him for a number of years. 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 is expected the doctors will adopt resolutions calling upon physicians, ministers and laymen of this district to teach thr* science of eugenics. Dr. J. T. McCall, of Home, 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 hl» head. lie was 65 years old and resided at Mount Meig: for 25 years The belief prevails that 111 health caused Judkins to commit suicide. — Cutter Making Annual Cruise 1o Look for Trouble Off North Carolina Coast. NEW BERN, N. C„ Dec. 13. -Tim United States revenue cutter Pamlico, In command of Captain C. W. Joynes, w ltd came here several dayr ago from Key West, FIs., has left for a cruise of several weeks on Pamlico Sound and around the waters in this section. Always at this season the Pamlico is sent out on these cruises and dur ing the time that the vessel has been stationed here she nas rushed to the aid cf countless mariners, who have been caught in the grasp of storms and 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 ttyl boat was taken to Baltimore and on her was Installed one of the most modern sets of wireless apparatus that could be secured. Frequent trials have been made since th© 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 Th* manufacturer* of Eckman’a Alterative. a raedlrln* for Throat and Lung affections, re- ( grrt that all sufferer# of these serious trou- <’ Tiles do not take the trouble to Investigate for 1 themaebea what this medicine has accomplished (• during the past fifteen years In a number of ; cases. Read this: nrtmth, Lake Co., Ind. "Gentlemen: About September 10. 1P0S. mv mother-in-law was rak»*n sink with Catarrhal Pneumonia, which developed Into Lung Trouble. Iu January, when Her. Win. Ben. of F.t. Michael’s Church, at Schererville. Ind.. pre pared her for death. ho recommended that f ge» Eckman’a Alterative, and *ee if it would not give her some relief. The attending phy sician declared she had Lung Trouble anti was beyond all madjcal aid. So I Immediately had Rer. Wm. Berg to send for a bottle. Bract 1 cally without, hope for rn.w'ry. I instiled that, she- try the Alterative, which she did 1 am glad >o say 'hat. she, soon heftun to Improve. Now she works as hard ss ever, weighs twenty pounds heavier than she ever did beforo she took alck. and Is in good health." (Affidavit) JOS. GRIMMER. (j (Above abbreviated; mori on request.) Erkraan’s Alterative has been proven by many ( years’ test to be most efficacious for severe ) Throat and Lung Affections. Bronchitis. Bro ( chlal Asthma. Stubborn Colds and in upbuild- t' in* the system. Contains no narcotics, poi- 1 sons or habit-forming drugs. Sold by ail ) Jacobs’ Drug Store* and other leading druggists. \ Write the Eekman Laboratory. Philadelphia. Pa., for booklet telling of recoveries and addl- ) tional evidence. and is held on heavy bond as a mem ber, If not the leader, of one of the "needle gangs.” His capture 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 dr”g. 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, and many of them have brought instances of where young °'rls have become ill to tne attention of the Government agents. Among them were Mrs. James Lee Laidlaw and Mrs. Rogers H. Bacon, who are said to have toll 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 a: 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. LOUIS, Dec. IS. No more card games, dire, 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., the house from an ambulance. Giant Thermometer Registers the Progress of Campaign Which Is Likely to Set New Mark. 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. 17.50 SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY Provident Loan Society, i«c. W. E. McMILLEN 14 AUBURN AVE. 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 Red Cross Christmas stamps will go forth Monday morning determined to break all former records and average 50,000 seals a day during the remainder of the selling campaign. The progress of the campaign is noted each clay 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 have charge of the sales forces; on Wednesday, Mrs. VV. W. Martin; on Thursday, Mrs. Samuel Lumpkin, and on Friday the Woman’s Club of the Third Ward Civic Club <\ ill 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. K. Bootes was in charge of the working force Saturday and turned in sales amounting to between $30u and $400. Friday was one of the best days the campaign has yc, seen. Mrs. John M. Cooper, in charge, herself turned in $30.45, although she was busy most the day checking iff) and directing the work. Her aids sold $375.SO worth of seals. Some of the line records Fridav were made by Mrs. Sam Finley 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 6c Al len corner, $16.40; Miss Marie and Nellie Hood Ridley at the Grant Building. $17.01: Miss Sappho Thrash at the Winecoff Hotel, $10.60. Other workers have made splendid records during the four days of the campaign, and there is much rivalry among the young women to break the mark of $48 set by Miss Caroline Muse, 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 aims and pur- <>s of the campaign and containin'-' . ormation about the work done ii. At nta. Tiie pamphlet states that only ten per cent of the money realized from the sales of th seals goes to the Na 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 docs very little for the consumptives of the cltv is stressed in the booklet, and the statement is made that the Battle Hill 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 tlie 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 cart 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 arc reported and of the two free dispen saries and three free clinics that are maintained. The association now has 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 For Giving Free Lunch HARTFORD. CONN.. Dec. 13. Be cause ho served soup and food to poor customers, Frank Francolini, a saloon keeper. was lined $10 under the anti free lunch law. A wonderful assortment of Portable Electric and Gas Lamps from $4 to $25. Brass and Iron Andirons from $3 to $55. Qusen Mantei and Tile Go, 56 W. MITCHELL ST. Clearance Without Reserve! Of Every Suit, Coat and Dress in Stock YY/HEN the Southern Suit 6c Skirt Company says “G:>3:l-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 normal of some 2,200 garments, nece sitates 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 4 OU, when you know this-—Me largest exclusive apparel store in the South---HAS THEM ALL! Wye Said t fiood=bye v to Every (iarnient Here! All $18 and $20 A ()(j All $22.50, $25 ^ All $35 and $40 ()() COATS All <$30 and $35 sms All $50 and $60 SUITS COATS V, $IA 75 AI1 $ 37 ’ 50 ’ '^ 4,) $ COATS All $37.50, $40 i 5Q All $45. $47.50 J SUITS44 SUITS Zv gQ All $18 and $20 QQ All $22.50, $25 75 Dresses Dresses Alteration Force Increased--No Charge for Alterations South ern uit fc v ' Skirt Go "Largest Excsluive w omen s Apf>a rd Store ui the South GEO. W. SEAY* President :: :: :: 43-45 Whitehall St. 4