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VOL. XLI. NO. 119.
ATLANTA, (iA„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1913.
Copyright. 1900. o PFMTPQ PAY NO
By The Georgian Co. ^ ^ 1 o. MORE.
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Urges U. S. to Buy Phone and Telegraph
WOMAN SENATOR FOR
OFFICES FOR WOMEN
Trio That Killed Wife of Wrens
Farmer Rushed From Au
gusta to Atlanta.
Th.’ end of a thrilling automo
bile ride to escape mobs came
Thursday morning, when three
noeroes. confessed murderers of
Mrs. Jefferson Irby, of Wrens,
(la., were brought to Atlanta
from Augusta by two deputy
sheriffs and lodged, in the Fulton
County Tower for safekeeping.
The blacks are William Hart,
George Hart and Robert Pas
chal!.
All three of the negroes were on
the verse of collapse when they were
locked in their cells in the Tower, and
during the ride from Augusta to At-
i.mta they pleaded constantly with
the deputy sheriffs to run the car
fastf Rumors of mobs forming in
towns en route reached the ears of
the sheriffs, and the trip was made by
a i ircuitous route to avoid them. Ac
cording ;o stories the Augusta deputy
sheriffs told the authorities at the
Tower, the negroes reiterated their
confession of the murder during the
ride.
The murder of Mrs. Irby was most
brutal. The woman was found by her
husband lying on the floor in their
home, with her head cut off and
mashed with rocks, and her little chil
dren cowering under the bed. Blood
hounds were put on the trail, and the
dogs led the officers to the cabins of
; he Hart brothers and Paschall. The
blacks were arrested and taken to
Waynesboro, Burke County, to escape
a mob which quickly formed in
Wrens, and the militia was called out
to protect the negroes.
Mobs of greater proportions began
foim in Waynesboro, and in order
o avoid bloodshed Governor Slaton
"rdered the negroes sent to Augusta.
Humors of mobs in Augusta caused
‘Hnernor Slaton to decide to bring
the negroes to Atlanta and place them
m the Tower.
The plans of the officers to transfer
‘ negroes were kept secret. They
eft Augusta with their prisoners at
midnighi Wednesday, and drove to
Greensboro, about 90 miles from Au-
CUs ’ dodging all of the towns and
niaKing tne trip by a circuitous route.
Greensboro the sheriffs and their
■'•"toners caught the early morning
lrain for Atlanta.
! Children Beg Police
To FindTheir Missing
Papa ‘for Christmas’
Chief of Detectives Lanford has
been appealed to by two little chil
dren to And their missing papa be
fore Christmas, so he can tell Santa
Claus to coem.to their home. They
are the 3 and 4 year old daughters of
S. C. Harrison, of No. 4 Kirkwood
avenue, a clerk in a Decatur street
store. The children came to Chief
Hanford’s office with their mother
Thursday morning to report the dis
appearance of the father.
“Please,” said the eldest of the chil
dren. “won’t you And my papa by
Christmas time? Mamma says Santa
Claus won’t come to our house unless
papa is at home. I wrote Santa a
letter, but mamma says he w'on’t get
it unless papa mails It.”
Mrs. Harrison told Chief Lanford
her husband l as been missing since
last Sunday, when he left home say
ing he would return in a few minutes.
"He seemed in good spirits,” said
Mrs. Harrison. “He kissed the chil
dren good-bye. and said he would
bring them some candy. We haven’t
seen or heard of him since.”
Jostled at Five Points,
He Loses $21 and Ring
S. J. Herrington, of No. 83 Nickle-
berg street, reported to the police
Thursday morning that he had been
robbed by a pickpocket the night be
fore while in a crowd near Five
Points.
“I don’t know just how it hap
pened,” Herrington stated. “When I
went to get cn a car my pocketbook
was gone, and then I remembered be
ing jostled about a good deal in the
crowd.”
The pocketbook contained $21 and a
Masonic ring.
Statue Kaiser Bought
Called ‘Immoral’
Morgan & Co. Want
Wall St. Put‘On Level’
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,/V YORK, Dec. 48.—J. P. Mor-
4 ' o. want Wall street put “on
ney . ffered to the Board of Esti-
^ Hte to-day to pay all the expenses
f K ( hange of grade at Wall, Broad
° nri Nassau streets, which would
f :m n o . the hill and sloping grades
ha t point.
AUT ° HITS 3-YEAR-OLD girl.
at HE.\s, Dec. 18.—Elizabeth, the
nl (laughter of Mr. and Mrs.
]?,' •'" f, ne. while crossing the street
of her home, was run over
ting car driven by Dr. .1 C.
being slightly bruised.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BERLIN, Dec. 18.—The German
postal authorities recently issued an
order condemning “The Charmer, ’ a
nude statue by Professor Fritz Heine-,
mann, of Berlin, as Immoral, and for
bidding the transmission of reproduc
tions through the mails.
Now It appears that the original
statue was purchased by the Kaiser.
The predicament of the officials,
who were not aware of the Kaiser's
purchase, is amusing the art world.
Reverses Slayer's
Case Second Time
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MOBILE, Dec. 18.—The case of Wil
liam J Brown, who in July, 1912, shot
and killed ‘ tfred Percy here on “un
written law” grounds, for the second
time has been reversed by the Ala
bama Supreme Court.
Brown was convicted of manslaugh
ter in the City Court of Mobile. This
trial followed conviction for first de
gree murder, the Supreme Court re
versing the former case.
Clark, Head of C. E.,
Praised by Bryan
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—Secretary
Bryan introduced the Rev. Dr. Francis
E. Clark, founder of the Christian
Endeavor movement, as one whose
service to the world was "hardly
equaled by that of any other man in
his generation." It was at a meeting
of all the Washington Christian En
deavor societies.
Count Szechenyi's
'Cousin'Held in U. S,
ST. LOUI^, Dev IS.—Baron A on-
Sulyck, who says he is a cousin of
Count Szechenyi, who married Gladys
Vanderbilt, is under arrest here on a
charge of passing a bad $200 check.
He left Austria because bis wife was
not received socially. She plans an
appeal to the Emperor for aid.
LEADERS
Burleson Calls Acquisition by
Nation Only Method of
Solving Monopoly.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18.—Govern-
ment experts estimated to-day that
the cost of taking over the operation
of telegraph and telephonic lines, as
recommended by Postmaster General
Burleson in his annual report, would
be more than $1,000,000,000.
The Postmaster General’s recom
mendation projected into Congress an
issue over which there is already
marked difference of opinion and
which President Wilson himself may
have to determine. A party caucus
may be held for the purpose of get
ting the exact view of the President
and a majority of the party leaders;
Burleson's report follows conferences
ont he subject between li.e Postmaster
General and President Wilson, and
reports that the President was about
to make Federal ownership of the
two utilities an administration pol
icy. Mr. Burleson points to the suc
cessful inauguration and extension
of the parcel post system as a guar
antee that the Postoffice Department
is capable*of handling further coun
try-wide business of great magnitude
and importance.
U. S. Should Control.
The report asserts that there is a
j surplus in his department for the
year ended June 30, 1913, estimated
at $3,841,906.78, and that this is the
first real surplus since 1883.
In regard to taking over the tele
graph and telephone systems, Mr.
Burleson says, in part:
‘‘A study of the constitutional pur
poses of the postal establishment
leads to the conviction that the Post-
office Department should have con
trol over all means of the communi
cation of intelligence. The first tele
graph line in this country was main
tained and operated as part of the
postal service, and it is to be regret
ted that Congress saw fit to relin
quish this, facility to private enter
prise. The monopolistic nature of the
telegraph business makes it of vital
importance to the people fhat it be
conducted by unselfish interests, and
this can be accomplished only
through Government ownership.
Original Policy of Nation.
“The act of July 24, 1866, providing
for the Government acquisition of the
telegraph lines upon payment of an
appraised valuation, and the act of
1902 directing the Postmaster Gen
eral ‘to report to Congress the prob
able cost of connecting a telegraph
and telephone system with the postal
service by some feasible plan, are
evidences of the policy of this Gov
ernment ultimately to acquire and
operate these electrical means of
communication as postal facilities, as
is done by all the principal nations,
the United States alone excepted.
“The successful operation of the
parcel post has demonstrated the
capacity of the Government to con
duct the public utilities which fall
properly writhin the postal provision
of the Constitution.
Includes Telephones, Too.
“Every argument in favor of the
Government ownership of telegraph
lines may be advanced with equal
logic and force in favor of the Gov
ernment ownership of telephone lines.
It has been competently decided that
a telephone message and a telegram
are the same within the meaning of
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Driver of Auto Is
Fined for Crash in
Which Girl Is Hurt
G. D. Johnson was fined $10.75 by
^Recorder Broyles Wednesday on the
charge of reckless driving after a col
lision between two Ford automobiles
at Marietta and Hampton streets
Tuesday night, in which Miss Isora
Cash, of No. 156 Bellwood avenue, was
hurt painfully.
Persons in the car with which John
son collided, and which was driven by
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia-—Local rains Thurs
day; clear Friday.
Gomez Followers
Plot New Revolt.
EL PASO, TEXAS, Deo. 18—The
arrest here to-day of a dozen men
revealed the fact that a new Mexican
revolt is being fomented, with the
purpose of landing Emilio Casquez
Gomez in the presidency. Dr. Gomez
was a candidate for President in the
recent Mexican election, opposing
General Huerta on the anti-election
ticket, but was compelled to flee the
country several weeks before the
election took place.
The new uprising has the support
of Gerreral Felix Diaz. Ex-Governor
Gayou. of the state of Coahuila, ar
rived here last night from Havana,
where he was in conference with
General Diaz.
According to documentary evidence
which w r as seized, together with a
large quantity of arms and ammuni
tion. representations have been made
to General Paseual Orozco, General
Ynez Salazar and other Federal com
manders at Ojinaga to join the re
volt against Huerta
Dr. Gomez is believed to be in El
Paso living quietly in son**- obscure
house. Letters seized by the Federal
authorities indicated that the Gomez
insurgents planned to strike the first
blow about Christmas following the
entry of Gomez into Mexico at La
Palomas.
A committee consisting of General
Eijricque Gomez. General Felipe < *a -
ceres and Major Sylvesiro Quevedo
was appointed by the local junta of
Gomez rebels to go to Ojinaga and
lay an alluring proposition before the
Mexican Federal commanders. The
office of commander in chief of the
northern forces was offered Orozco
and bounties were offered the sol
diers.
The junta has a number of circiflars
printed giving the platform of the
Vasquista-Diaz insurgents and an
nouncing that General Emiliano Za
pata has embraced the cause. The
platform calls for seizure of all lands
owned by the rich and equal dis
tribution of wealth among the poor.
Zapata Sends Courier to Blanquet
From Suburbs, but Order
Will Be Ignored.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 18.—GeneraJ-
Emiliano Zapata, leader of the rebel
bands that for several weeks have
been pressing close to the capital, to
day demanded the surrender of Mexi
co City. His message was brought
into the city by a courier under cover
of darkness and taken directly to the
home of General Blanquet, Minister
of War.
Without waiting for a reply the
courier hastened nack to Zapata’s
headquarters near Ajusco Mountain.
Thd"’ demand will be ignored by the
Government.
Officials of the War Department ad
mitted to-day that the supply of am
munition in the possession of the
Government is very small. This may
hasten the downfall of General
Huerta, as the Zapatista rebels are
firmly intrenched at several points in
the Federal district, and by their
guerilla tactics will attempt to wear
down the capital’s garrison.
Two shipments of ammunition
w'hich the Government has been ex
pecting for several weeks have failed
to arrive. It is believed here that
this is due to the embargo establish
ed by President Wilson and the de
sire of foreign governments to do
nothing to help the cause of Huerta
in view of the policy adopted by the
United States.
Vast quantities of ammunition have
been wasted by drunken soldiers sent
out to fight the Zapatistas, but the
rebels have carefully husbanded their
supply. They advance day by day
closer to the capital, and messengers
who slipped secretly into the city
have bro.ught word to the supporters
, of the revolution that traitors among
the garrison soldiers were selling
ammunition to the revolutionists.
L. M. Reary.
that Johnson
rate.
Miss Cash was in th£ Johnson car
with Mr. and Mrs. Bird Rees, of No.
156 Bellwood avenue. The Reary au
tomobile was occupied by Clyde How
ard, of No. 79 Hampton street, and C.
A. and E. E. Tumlin, of No. 10 Ma
rietta street, in addition to Mr. Reary.
Former Atlantan
Quits Job in Brazil
George R. Browder, former assist
ant freight traffic manager of the
Southern Railway, who made Atlanta
his home many* years, has given up
his post as traffic director of the Bra
zil Railway Company and accepted
the position of manager for the Cor
rugated Paper Patents Company, with
headquarters at Chicago.
Mr. Browder was in Atlanta several
days this week visiting at the home
of his brother-in-law, R. L. Butt, Jr.,
en route to Chicago.
He was* stationed in Atlanta from
1904 to 1908 as general freight agent
of the Southern, and in the latter year
was promoted to assistant freight
traffic manager. Since September 1,
1912, Mr. Browder has been at Suo
Paulo, Brazil.
Italy to Apologize to
U.S.Girl Held as Spy
Special Cabie to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, Dec. 18.—The Foreign Of
fice to-day took charge of the espion
age case involving Miss Dorothy Mac-
Vane, an American girl, and an in
vestigation into the activity of the
military authorities at Taranto and
Brindisi was begun.
As a result of the investigation of
events which led to the technical ar
rest of Miss Mac Vane at Taranto It
is expected that a full apology will be
made to Miss MacVane.
Two Acquitted in
Loan Shark Cases
DURHAM, X. C., Dec. 18.—H. B.
Swain and Ed O’Neal were acquitted
here of charges o'* lending money
usurlously. They were arrested on
charges made by City Attorney
Charles Scharlett.
The State proved usury but it could
not prove the mortgage clause. Tills
was the last of “loan shark” cahe.s.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 “In pick
ing persons to hold public offices,
woman, because of her sex, should not
be barred, whether she has the right
to vote or not.”
This was the declaration to-day of
State Senator Helen Ring Robinson,
of Colorado, the first and only wom
an in the country to hold a public- of
fice of this importance.
"The women in the East, although
working hard for the right to cast a
vote,” said Senator Robinson, “seem
to keep the eat in the bag. They say,
1 might state, something like this:
“‘Give us the vote; we do not want
to hold office ’
“Now,” continued the Senator, “1
believe in letting the cat out of the
bag and urging them to state plainly
just what we women do want. Of
course, we want to hold office. Why
shouldn’t we?
“No more reason, the way I look at
it, why a woman shouldn’t be slated
for a public office than a man.
"To the just soul sex does not enter
into the discussion—only justice and
duty, and until that attitude has be
come the aspect of all our laws,* in
stitutions and traditions, the woman
movement will continue.
“But when that has come to pass
the woman movement will cease and
be merged into the great humani
tarian movement."
Mrs. Robinson has taken a promi
nent part in securing the passage of
many important measures, among
them the minimum wage for women
law, which bears her name. She is
now chairman of the only hold-over
committee of the Colorado Senate,
that on State Institutions.
Dollar Change’ Game
Gets Two for $87.95;
Police Seek Mulatto
Coming to Atlanta Wednesday with
their hearts filled with the spirit of
Christmas and their pocket books tilled
with “yellow backs," J. R. Blair, of
Lilburn, and Jesse.McCrary, of Avalon,
returned to their homes Thursday with
heavy hearts and nothing in their
purses. A big mulatto, by virtue of his
cleverness In working the “please
change a dollar" game, fleeced them.
Blair lost $47.95 on the Washington
street viaduct early Thursday morning.
The negro stopped him and asked for
change fur a dollar. Blair hauled forth
his wallet and the negro snatched It and
ran McCrary offered to change Ihe
same dollar Wednesday night on Deca
tur street, and lost his pocketbook, con
taining- $40.
The police were notified.
Mad Priest Attacks
and Strangles Host
NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—In a fit of
madness the Rev. Father David An-
geli, of Boston, to-day attempted to
strangle his host, the Rev. Father
Demo, in the rectory of the Church
of Our Lady of Pompeii. He was
taken to Bellevue Hospital for obser
vation
Father Angeli came to New York
from Boston to visit friends, and had
been making his home at the rectory-
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Famous Chicago Surgeon Also
Predicts That Operations for
Disease Will Be Rare.
The coming of a virtually
“loveless" age, when the doe-
trine of eugenics will be in gen
eral application and when mar
riage contracts will be based
more on the laws of health than
on sentiment, was predicted
Thursday morning by Dr. A. J.
Oschner, of Chicago, one of
America’s most noted surgeons,
who is in Atlanta attending the
convention of the Southern Sur
gical and Gynecological Associa
tion at the Georgian Terrace.
"Mankind Is unmistakably drifting
toward an era when health will play
a most Important part 1n marriage,”
said Dr. Oschner, “and It Is not Im
provable that there will come a time
when sentiment will be a minor fac
tor In ttje formation of marriage con
tracts. The doctrine of eugenics is
rapidly coming Into greater favor ail
over the world, and the trend of mod.
ern thought is certainly toward its
general application.”
"Is It not possible that there wiQ
come a time when love will be elimi
nated altogether as a reason for mar
riage?” Dr. Oschner was asked.
Tells of Stride of Eugenics.
"That is something I can not an
swer,” he smiled, "because I do not
know. It would seem only logical,
however, that such would be the ul
timate result of the doctrine. In view
of the strides it Is making
"Eugenics,” Dr Oschner continued,
"Is but an outgrowth of the health
awakening which Is general through
out the world. It Is a recognition of
the fundamental principle that an
ounce of prevention is worth a pound
of cure, and an admission of the truth
that the health of a child is deter
mined largely by the health of its
parents.”
Dr. Oschner declared that the
"loveless” age will be accompanied
by the "operation-less” age, the ar
rival of this latter era being wholly
contingent ug>on the progress of man
kind In acquiring Its education, in
becoming thoroughly acquainted with
the fundamental laws of health and
in applying these laws to its daby
life.
"Surgical operations for the cure
of disease will decrease in the ratio
that the knowledge of mankind in
creases,” said Dr. Oschner. “The
more knowledge mankind has of how
to prevent disease the less disease
there will be, and consequently the
less need there will be for the use of
the knife. It Is but logical to suppose'
that man will continue to enlarge his
knowledge of the fundamental laws
of health as he progresses in civiliza
tion, and It Is probable that there
may come an age when a surgical op
eration will be rare, as there will ha
few diseases that will require the
knife.
Operations for Disease Decrease.
"This decline of surgical operations
does not, of course, include those that
are the natural and necessary con
sequences of accidents or wounds.
There are some surgical operations
that will always be necessary as long
as there are accidents, and as long
as men shoot and stab each other.
But the number of surgical opera
tions for disease is certainly decreas
ing. and this decrease certainly must
continue in at least the same ratio
as man progresses."