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VOL. XII. NO. 124.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1913,
Copyright. 1308,
By The Georgian Col
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SANE CHRISTMAS IS ORDERED FOR ATLANTA
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FIRST ARREST IN EXPRESS FRAUDS
SEAL CAMPAIGN ENDS;
1912 RECORD BROKEN
Nabbed Here, Southern Employee
Reveals Year of Systematic
Robbery.
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He is 26
The first arrest under the Carlin
|nw covering mail train thefts, wheth
er from the Government, persons or
corporations, was made in Atlanta
Thursday morning when James
Thomas Turner, an express messen
ger, was taken in custody at the
Terminal Station by Pinkerton de
tectives and Deputy United States
Marshal Lee Whatley, following a
year's investigation.
At first vehemently denying the
charge, Turner finally confessed. He
was taken ta the United States Mar-
\baT* office, where he spent several
hours writing a list of the articles
intrusted to his care which he had
taken from the express cars of the
Southern Express Company during
the last year.
Turner has been in the express
service two years and now resides at
Washington, D. C. Prior to his con
nection with the company he was in
business at Lavonia, Ga.,
resided for many years,
years old And married.
Detectives Put in Cars.
For nearly a year the Southern
Express Company has endeavored to
get evidence against a number of
messengers and jnembers of train
crews suspected of a systematic rob
bery of the company.
Detectives have been placed as
helpers to express messengers and in
the train crews and a mass of evi
dence which probably will result in
'wholesale arrests has been accumu
lated. According to the Pinkertons,
Turner’s arrest resulted from his
boasts and confidences to his helpers,
some of whom were Pinkerton men.
A dressed chicken stolen from an ex
press shipment was presented by him
to a detective-helper. His first thefts
were of food, he confessed.
Turner next began appropriating
email articles of clothing. Then he
took overcoats and shotguns. He al
ways passed these things out to some
one along the line and never took
anything in at the end of his run.
either at Washington or Atlanta.
Took Only Certain Packages.
His regular run was on train No.
$7, between Washington and Atlanta.
He arrived in Atlanta Tuesday after
noon and was boarding a train at
the ’terminal Station Wednesday
morning for his return trip when ar
rested.
In his thefts Turner did not touch
packages originating in and billed for
points in Southern Express Company
territory. But package? coming into
Adams Express Company territory
along the Southern Express Company
lines and originating in Adams Ex
press Company territory' and billed
for Southern Express Company points
and through shipments, were the ones
taken by him. None of the packages
opened by him could be checked di
rectly against him.
His method was not to take pack
ages containing single articles. If
there were four quarts of whisky in a
package he would take one. The
package would go on to its destina
tion and the protest for shortage
would be made against the shipper,
and the blame be placed on the ship
ping clerk for failure to make a com
plete shipment.
Officials of the Southern Express
Company are elated over Turner’s
arrest. The systematic robbing*which
has been carried on for more than a
year has worried them greatly, and
in Turner’s detection they believe they
have opened the way for the arrest of
othei;
Popping Bullets Put
Firemen to Rout and
Armory Burns Down
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 24.—While
thousands of high-caliber army car
tridges were discharging chunks of
lead in every direction, endangering
the lives and handicapping the work
of the fire fighters, the Indiana Na
tional Guard Armory", Thirteenth
street: and Ashland avenue, burned to
the ground last night. Of the $100,-
000 loss about $60,000 was due to the
destruction of army equipment.
Mystery' surrounds the origin of the
fire, which broke out Just after* Com *
pany H had finished drill practice.
Bullets were already' popping when
the firemen reached the scene, and
soon developed into such a terrific
bombardment that they were forced
to retreat and fight the flames from a
distance.
Chauffeurs All Best
in Employers’ Eyes,
Says Judge Broyles
Each automobile owner is alike, so
far as claiming that his chauffeur is
the best and most careful driver in
town, according to Recorder Broyles.
The remark was made in a friendly
tilt between the Recorder and Pres
ton Arkwright, president of the Geor
gia Railway and Power Company,
during tlfe trial of Clarence White, a
negro chauffeur for Arkwright. The
negro was arrested on complaint of
Steve R. Johnston, former Council
man, who testified that the negro had
speeded out Piedmont avenue. The
chauffeur denied the charge.
“Well, I am inclined to believe Mr.
Johnston,” said the judge, as he
named a fine of $5.75.
Shoots Officer for
Having Arrested Him
. KNOXVILLE, Dec. 24 —R. C. Bark
ley, a prominent citizen of Copper-
hill, is dead and P. C. Hood, a deputy
sheriff, is seriously wounded as the
result of a pistol duel at Copperhill
to-day.
Hood arrested Barkley on a charge
of being drunk last week. When they
met to-day, they began firing at each
otller. It is thought Hood will die.
Both men belong to prominent fami
lies.
Carnegie’s Present to
Wilson Is Peace Plea
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Andrew
Carnegie played Santa Claus to
President Wilson and his Cabinet to
day by sending each of them a
framed picture which previously had
appeared in a humorous weekly. The
picture shows a soldier going to war.
Around his neck clings a little girl
who lisps:
"Daddy, are you going to kill some
other little girl's papa?"
East Point Patrolman Did Not
Know of Robbery, or He Might
Have Been More Careful.
ZELAYA SAILS FROM U. S.
NEW YORK, Dee. 24.—General
Jose Santos Zelaya. former President
of Nicaragua, who was arrested here
last month charged with murder, but
subsequently released. sailed for
France to-day.
T. M. Oliver, night policeman at
East Point, gained a few gray hairs
early Wednesday morning, and lost
three prisoners and a trusty revolver
but he probably saved the two East
Point banks and. the postoffice from
an attack by cracksmen.
The Atlanta and West Point depot
was robbed, as it was, $12 being
taken from the broken cash register.
Oliver didn't know that until later.
Shortly after midnight he saw
three men loitering a block below
the depot. The officers decided they
looked suspicious. He went up to
them, looked them over, asked them
a couple of questions, and informed
they they were under arrest.
Prisoners Behave at First.
The men made no active objection.
Oliver walked with one man, the
largest of the party, and told the oth
er two to go ahead of them, indicat
ing the way to the lockup.
The three prisoners behaved in a
quiet and orderly manner, and Oli
ver was just about reaching the con
clusion that he had been overly vigil
ant when the two men in front
wheeled suddenly.-
They both held revolvers.
“Hands up!” they said.
Oliver put up his hands. There
really didn’t seem to be anything else
to do.
The man walking with Oliver
searched him and took his revolver.
“Move on!” one of the gunmen di
rected.
Officer Told to “Beat It.”
The party moved on. There didn’t
seem to be anything else to do. But
this time Oliver was walking in front,
and there was a sensation as of icicles
tickling his spine. Also, there were
prickles back of his ears.
They reached a dark and secluded
spot.
“Beat it!” said the leader.
Oliver beat it. •
The party lost itself in the dark
ness.
Later Oliver—and others—went
back and searched the spot where he
first saw the three men. On the
ground was a bottle containing half
a pint of nitroglycerin.
It appeared the yeggmen had rob
bed the depot and were preparing to
try the bank vaults when Oliver
broke up their little game.
TO PICK U. S. BUILDING* SITE.
MONROE, Dec. 24. A representative
of the Government will arrive in Mon
roe this week to select a site for a Fed
eral Building, for which Congress has
voted an appropriation of $50,000.
P. O.Sets New Mark
In First Class Mail;
325,000 Pieces Sent
After gazing at the list of records
that have been smashed at the local
postoffice this week, it seemed there
could be no chance of breaking any
more of them.
But—
Another one went by the board in
the 24 hours that ended Wednesday
morning. Postmaster Bolling Jones
said that during that time almost
325,000 pieces of first-class mail w r as
handled by his force, w'hich is an
other new record. The great in
crease in this class of mail is partly
accounted for by the fact that last
night was the accepted time for
mailing Christmas cards, and since
most of them were inclosed in en
velopes they went in as first-class
mail.
Mr. Jones announced Wednesday
that the postoffice will be open Thurs
day until aboht 12 o’clock, when all
departments will be closed for the
day. Tw r o deliveries of mail w’ill be
made, both b^fohe noon.
Mrs. Manley Still
Content to Stay in
Jail, Near Husband
The gray light of the morning after—
Wednesday morning—awakened in Mrs.
M. E. Manley, after her second night in
jail, no desire to take advantage of her
bond and spend Christmas in the open,
with her baby—but without her hus
band.
“I didn’t have an uncomfortable night
at all,” Mrs. Manley said this morning.
“Everybody is good to me here, except
they won’t let me see my husband.
He's in an old cell on another floor. 1
don’t see why they won’t let us talk to
each other a little.”
But Mrs Manley is firmly resolved
to remain in Jail until her husband is
freed. And if he goes to the chaingang
instead—
Well, the present intention of Mrs.
Manley is to go to the chaingang, too.
Locked in Saloon,
Yells to Get Out
Many a bibulous individual has had
the misfdrtune to be locked out of his
favorite haunt, but Policeman Scott
encountered one early Wednesday
who had been locked in and was wild
ly excited about it.
When Max Deitch locked his sa
loon at No. 18 Decatur street Tues
day night he unwittingly imprisoned
a customer who had fallen asleep.
Scott and the prisoner held a i«ir-
ley through the plate glass window.
The outcome of it was that the pro
prietor was brought to town, where he
let the man out.
Drubbing for Flirt
Who Seeks Book Plot
CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—Julius Dalsey at-,
tempted to flirt with the wife of Po
lice Sergeant Charles E. Dudley. The
policeman administered a drubbing and
arrested Dalsey.
The prisoner told th*' judge he was
writing a book and tried to flirt with
Mrs. Dudley to get material for it.
DON’T MISS THE XMAS FESTIVAL!
ALL INVITED TO JOIN THE GAYETY
This is an invitation to Mr. and Mrs. Atlanta, Miss Atlanta and Master Atlanta:
The Empire City of the South will celebrate Christmas to-night in the good old-fashioned
way at the City Hall Plaza and you’re asked to the festivities.
Wedemeyer’s band, famous throughout this section of the South, will play the kind of music
that drives the clouds away and sends the real Christmas spirit coursing through your veins.
One hundred orphans from the Hapeville Baptist Home, a score from the Decatur Methodist
Home and a bunch of newsboys will sing the old-time carols that would touch the heart of Old
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Scrooge himself.
And the Christmas tree—bedecked with a dazzling and wonderful array of tinsel and
Christmasy things—will radiate the Yuletide cheer.
DON'T MISS IT.
The festivities begin at 5 p. m., to-day and continue for two hours; resuming at 8 p. m.,
and continuing until 10 p. m.
All in God's open air and all the fun as free as the air itself.
The Georgian extends everybody a cordial invitation and you may be sure Everybody and
His Wife will be there.
to bid on subsistence supplies for
Fort McPherson are not to be de
prived of that privilege. Major Gen
eral Aleshire, chief quartermaster
general of the army, to-day wrote
Congressman William Schley How
ard to this effect. Mr, Howard re
cently protested to the War Depart
ment against an order issued by the
Department of the East, which was
construed to mean that the Fort,
McPherson supplies must be pur
chased from New York. General
Aleshire stays the War Department
has no intention of taking steps in
imical to local merchants if the prices
are satisfactory and that Circular 31
has been misunderstood.
The Chief Quartermaster, conclud
ing his letter to Congressman How
ard, said:
"It will be seen, therefore, that At
lanta merchants will have an op
portunity as heretofore of making
bids on subsistence supplies for Fort
McPherson, and if the prices are
lower than the New York prices plus
the freight, the awards will be made
to the Atlanta merchants, provided
the articles upon which they bid are
of satisfactory quality.”
General Aleshire says further that
the commanding general of the De
partment of the East has not issued
orders that will forbid the supplies
of Fort McPherson being purchased
in Atlanta, and that the departmental
circular regarding the supplies for all
ports evidently has been misinter
preted by the quartermaster's office
at Fort McPherson.
Congressman Howard expressed
gratification to-day over this receipt
of General Aleshire’s letter clearing
up the situation.
“Atlanta merchants are to get the
business if they quofe competitive
prices,” said Congressman Howard.
"Upon pressing this matter upon the
War Department I have ascertained
the policy is to give the business to
the local merchants if they can
meet New York prices with freight
included. I believe the Atlanta mer
chants are entitled to the business at
Fort McPherson and are capable of
getting it.”
Miss Maggie Fields, one of the fair young lied Cross stamp sellers.
Workers, However. Fail to Reach
Million Mark—Still Chance
to Buy Stickers.
The Red Cross seals were off the
streets Wednesday morning, the gen
eral canvass having close*! Tuesday
night, though the booth in the postof
fice still was maintained, and stamps
could be had at most of the big stores.
While the results of the 1913 sale
will not be known accurately for some
days, two things are sure. The million
mark was not reached, but the sales are
ahead of those of last year. It Is be
lieved, however, that the per capita
sales will be relatively higher In several
other Georgia cities than in Atlanta.
Eight members of the Boy Scouts
turned ou£ to help th*- sales the last
day, little Henry Moyer, of Troop 7,
making the best reooi .1 with $2.34.
Xmas Gold Pieces
Total $5,000,000
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—More
than $5,000,000 worth of bright new
gold and silver pieces of 1913 mint
age, most of which will find its way
into Christmas stockings to-morrow
morning, has been distributed by the
Treasury this month to bank9
throughout the country.
Rides 6 Days in
Subway After Theft
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—The record
long distance ride in the New York
subway has been established by David
Shapiro, who traveled on the cars six
days and nights. The boy was afraid
to go home because he had stolen his
mother’s gold watch and chain.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia: Cloudy Wednesday
and Thursday, probably fol
lowed by rain.
Poisoner of 4 Gets
4 Life Sentences
MERIDIAN, TEXAS. Dec. 24.—Four
life imprisonment sentences were pro
nounced on Mrs. Ellen Walker Ether
idge, convicted of poisoning her four
ttpchildren.
Damp Christmas Is
Forecast; Rain Also
Due on Wednesday
C. F. Von Herrmann took a pes
simistic view of the weather pros
pects for Wednesday and Christmas
Day when he sized up the map and
took a squint at the lowering clouds
on the morning of the day before
Christmas.
At first Mr. Von Herrmann figured
it would be clear and cool Christ
mas, but later the prediction was al
tered to prospective rain for Wed
nesday and almost certain showers
for Thursday.
Saves Friend From
Another Xmas in Jail
It was the prompt action of a
friend Wednesday*mornlng that saved
Claude Ireland, a young butcher,
from again spending his Christmas in
(he city stockade.
On December 24. last year, Ireland
was sent to the tsockade for 30 d.ays.
Wednesday morning he was being
ushered into the van that transfers
prisoners to the stockade when the
friend arrived and paid Ireland's fine
of $1075 each In two cases, one for
disorderly conduct and the other far
drunkenness.
Hotel Ansley to Have
$200,000 Addition
The immediate construction of a
200-room annex to Hotel Ansley is
provided in contracts Just signed by
(he Ansley management and the
Southern F"ederal Construction Com
pany. The addition will be built on
the vacant lot In the rear of the hotel,
which is 100 by 100 feet, and will cost
about $200,000.
The Georgian announced the prob
ability of such a step some months
ago.
Officials Consolidate Powers to
Put Lid on Boisterous Cele
bration,
“Pistol toters - ’ and other bois-
trous Christmas celebrants will
meet with short shrift from the
Beavers - Broyles combination
Thursday.
Recorder Broyles issued his pro-
nunciamento Wednesday in giving
James Moon, a negro, the limit for
shooting firearms within the city lim
its and then binding him over to the
Grand Jury under $200 bond for car-
, rying a concealed weapon.
The Recorder made it plain that no
mercy w r ould be shown offenders of
this type, whom he branded as the
most dangerous people at large on
Christmas Day. “It will be the
stockade or the chaingang for every
person that Is convicted,” he de
clared.
Chief Joins Broyles.
Judge Broyles’ denunciation of pis
tol toters” was hardly concluded be
fore it became known that Chief of
Police Beavers had joined in the war
against this class of celebrants and
had issued special and stringent in
structions to his men immediately
to arrest any person, regardless of
his prominence, who was found vio
lating any of the city ordinances in
respect to the carrying or discharge
of weapons.
“I am determined to break up the
dangerous practice of discharging
firearms in the city and am going to
give offenders the limit of the law,’’
announced the judge. “It not only
is a violation of the law to shoot a
pistol in the city, but it is exceed
ingly dangerous, and it is going to be
the stockade and chaingang for
those who do it.”
The Chief’s Order.
Here is what the Chief told his
men:
“There must be no boisterous con
duct on the streets during the holi
day.
“Any disorder that the policeman
observes must be dealt with just as
strictly as on any other day. If any
thing, the police must be more watch
ful than usual.
“No ‘pistol toting' Is to be coun
tenanced.
“There must be no discharge of
firearms of any sort within the city
limits.
“If anyone is seen on the streets
with a weapon in his hand you are
ordered to make an immediate case
against the offender.
“If a firearm is discharged on the
street a case must be made.”
Promise Sane Christmas.
Recorder Broyles and the Chief said
Wednesday that Atlanta would have
a “safe and sane” Christmas if it
was in their power to bring such a
condition about.
“Sufficient warning has been given,”
asserted the Recorder. “It Is a per
son’s own fault if he runs afoul the
law. For my part, I am going to
back up the Chief by giving these
sort of persons the limit.”
Vassar Puts Ban
On Chafing Dishes
POUGHKEEPSIE, N, Y„ Dec. 24 -
The scores of young “blades’' who
have been saving their coupons a!'
year intending to convert them into
chafing dishes for girl friends at Vas
sar College will have had’their pains
for nothing, as that dish has been
put on the “forbidden" list.