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What Will Happen In 1914
Noted Prophets of the World
predict dire things for the
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The Atlanta Georgian
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VOL. XII. XO. 127.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1913.
Copyright. 1908.
By Th# Georgian Ca^
2 CENTS. P A!
MOB OF THUGS KIDNAPED ME, SAYS MOYER
SLUGGEDIS
DENTIFIED
Mysterious Man, Whose Card Was
Found in Victim’s Pocket,
Hunted by Police.
SOCIETY WILL BECOME GREATEST
MORAL AGENT, SAYS MRS, HARRIS
Following the identification of the
oung man who was found Saturday
morning beaten and battered into un
consciousness, in an alley a block
from Decatur street, between Bell and
Gilmer, as Jayson A. Rosier, 31 years
old, of West Tenth and Curran
streets, owner of a cigar store at.
Pryor street and Auburn avenue, the
police have begun a search for E. B.
Layton, whose card, with the address,
25 Ira street,” was found in Rosier's
pockets, in the belief that he may be
able to shed some light on the mys
terious slugging.
The search for Layton followed a
• orv told the police by Stewart Al
an, a fifteen-year-old boy, who works
for Rosier and «rho identified the un-
nscious victim as his employer,
lien made the identification of his
employer through a dimple in the lat
ter's chin, and later was corrobo
rated by the wounded man’s brother,
Frank Rosier, who is a partner in
the cigar stand. Reading the story
of the assault in the first edition of
The Georgian, young Allen was
struck by the .similarity of the
wounded man's clothing as described
in the paper with that worn by Ro
sier when last seen.
Didn’t Go Home.
Rosier had failed to appear at his
home last night, after leaving the
store at 7 o’clock, and had also failed
to appear at his store Saturday morn
ing. It was though, however, that he
had spent the night with friends, as
he sometimes does.
Frank Rosier, the wounded man’s
brother, was notified and came to the
hospital, completing the identifica
tion after some of the bandages had
been taken off the man’s face.
The wounded man struggled <o
epeak. His lips moved. Frank
Rosier, bending closely, heard faintly
words that sounded like “beat! au
tomobile! die!” Then the lips closed
and the wounded man lapsed into
unconsciousness. His brother tried
for half an hour to get an explana
tion from the man who lay on the
cot, but in vain.
Rosier ordered that his brother be
"laced in a private ward, with a spe
cial nurse, and given every care.
An examination of the wounded
man’s clothing by his brother and
young Allen increased the air of mys
tery that surrounds the assaul^ In
• he heel of one of the shoes was found
$2 in cash.
Hold Robbery Theory.
The wounded man’s brother could
ffer nothing that would aid in solv
es the mystery. He said his brother
; eft the store at 7 o’clock Friday
oight, without telling anyone where
was going.
Detectives Rosser and Wylie have
been assigned to the case by Chief
f Detectives Lanford. The police are
working on the theory that it was
omething more than robbery that
lured the young man to the lonely al-
e y and led to the terrible beating.
It was stated at Grady Hospital
’hat Rosier is still in ^ precarious
ondition, and that his recovery is
doubtful.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia: Saturday increasing
cloudiness and warmer at
night. Sunday unsettled and
warmer, probably rain.
ORDERED TO MiNERSHEAD
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FLEES
BEATEN
Women Scream as Police Give Alleges Attack “Frameup” to Ex-
Chase—Fugitive Finally j cite Sympathy for Strike,
Retaken. i Sheriff Says.
RACING
RESULTS
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Steal Away,
106 (Sumter), 50, 20, 10, won; Moi-
sant, 111 (Nathan), 9-2, 2, even, sec
ond; Henotic, 111 (Frasch), 5. 5-2,
4-5, third. Time, 1:17 1-5. Judge
Monck, Eaton, Auto Maid, Terra
Blanco, Lady Orfmar, Bertis, Gag-
nant, Theo Cook also ran.
SECOND—Five and one-half fur
longs: Miss Gayle, 108 (Obert), 4,
8-5, 9-10, won; Bulgarian, 106 (Tur
ner), 16, 5, 3, second; Harebell. 103
(McTaggart), 9. 8-5, 3-5, third. Time,
1:10. Laura, Trade Mark, Lady In
nocence Squealer, Ruby Hyams also
ran.
THIRD—Six furlongs: Viley, 106
(Neander), 10, 4, 2, won; Hearthstone,
109 (Deronde), 15, 6, 5-2, second; Pre
mier, 111 (Turner), 4, 8-5, 4-5, third.
Time, 1:16 3-5. Daddy Gip, Sylves-
tris, John Marrs, Pluvious, Bat Mas-
terson also ran.
FOURTH—Mile and 20 yards:
Feather Duster, 107 (Buxton), 2, 7-10,
out, won; Linbrook, 100 (McCah«>),
20. 10, 2, second; Colonel Ashmeade,
108 (Turner), 2, 1, 2-5, third. Time,
1:48 2-5. Orackerbox, Duquesne, Mer
ry Lad also ran.
FIFTH—Six furlongs: Monocacy,
112 (Buxton), 1-2, 1-5, out, won; Cop-
pertown, 110 (Pickett),’7, 2. 7-10, sec
ond; Deduction, 114 (McCahey), 8, 2,
7-10, third. Time, 1:16 2-5. Yenghee,
Robert Bradley, Royal Tea also ran.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Fool of For
tune, 103 (Moore), 15, 6-5, 5-2, won;
General Warren, 93 (Neylon), 4-5, 1-4,
out, second: Stevesta, 110 (Kirsch-
baum), 5, 8-5, 4-5, third. Time, 1:13.
Rip VanWinkle, Auntie Curl, Ada
Kennedy, Round Up, Tom Knight,
Harwood also ran.
Race Entries on Page 2
ARSONETTES BUSY.
LONDON, Dec. 27.—Shrigley Hall,
one ot the most magnificent mansions
of County DovvVi. was destroyed by
the "arson squad” of the suffragettes
to-day. The loss is $175,000.
Society—in the opinion of Mrs.
Corra Harris, noted Southern author
of “The Recording Angel," "In Search
of a Husband” and other successful
books—is destined to experience a
revolution that eventually will result
in it becoming the most potent agen
cy in the world for the advancement
of duty, morality and right, when
pink teas and receptions, which Mrs.
Harris characterizes as “foolish,” will
be superseded by meetings to fur
ther some worthy cause.
This change, however, is not to
come suddenly or spectacularly, but
will be gradual, its arrival contingent
upon the development of woman and
her awakening to a realization of her
powers, capabilities and opportuni
ties, and applying the time occupied
by the “affairs” of society to move
ments that are worth while.
“Woman,” said Mrs. Harris, “is
just beginning to find herself. Her
development of the past few years
certainly indicates she will become a
power in the world when she has
found her rightful place.
Points Out the Trouble.
“The great trouble with the society
woman of to-day is that she does not
know what to do with herself; she is
like a chicken with its head cut off,
always running around and flopping
vigorously, but not getting anywhere
or doing anything to better her con
dition.
“I regard the indications that wom
an is learning that she has brains
and that they might be of some use
to her as the most hopeful sign of
salvation for what we term modern
society—those people who have noth-
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Y.W.C.A, Buys Lot for
New Home; Plan to
Start Building Jan, 1
The first actual step toward the
estlablishrpent of a new local Y. W. C.
A. home was taken Saturday whm
the association purchased the south
east corner of Baker and William*
streets for $37,000 from Jacob Buch-
man. The sale was effected by O. D.
Gorman, Jr., of the Smith & Ewing
Real Estate Agency.
It is understood that the improve
ments will be begun about January 1.
The site has at present a two-story
briek building. It is possible that this
building may be only partially; razed
and that additions will be made to it.
The lot is 123 feet on Williams
street and 100 feet on Baker. The
price of $37,000 is a substantial in
crease over the last selling price,
which was about $32,000.
Mrs. Hearst Is Named
On Exposition Board
ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 27.—Governor
Glynn announced the appointment of
Mrs. Millicent V. Hearst, wife of Wil
liam Randolph Hearst, as a member
of the Panama-Pacific Exposition
Commission from New York State.
Recorder Broyles’ Court Saturday
was thrown Into great excitement,
women among the spectators scream
ed, and one was carried from the
room hysterical, when Walter Vinson,
Just convicted of selling liquor ille
gally, broke away from the officers
and made a spectacular dash for lib
erty.
Court officers ha* difficulty In quiet
ing the hysterical outbreak of the
young woman whose screams added
to the confusion. It was said that
she !s the sweetheart of Vinson, and
that she had been listening to the
testimony with an appearance of
being hardly able to restrain herself.
All semblance of order in the court
room was lost.
Breaks for Liberty.
Vinson had been led away from
the dock. The door of the prisoners’
room was swinging open to permit
him to enter. The morbidly curious
were turning their attention from the
spectacle of the young man to the
next case before the court.
—TttT ~T>y the shout,
“Stop him!” and looked about in time
to seer- the prisoner w r rench himself
free from his guards, and, threaten
ing any who might bar his way, run
swiftly through the crowded court
room to the main exit and disappear.
All appeared too stupefied by the
unexpected turn of events to make
any attempt to stop the fugitive as he
dashed past them, although It would
have been a simple matter to check
his flight and return him to the court
attaches.
Vinson leaped down the stairs,
taking three or four of the steps at
once. The officers were in close pur
suit. He dodged through the crowd
on Decatur street, turned Into Pied
mont avenue and was crossing the
bridge over the railroad tracks when
he finally was overtaken, breathless
and exhausted, but still in a fighting
mood.
Thirty Days Added.
Vinson had been sentenced to a
$200 fine and 30 days in the stockade
and placed under a $1,000 bond to
appear before the State court when
he made his sensational attempt to
escape. When he was brought back
into court Recorder Broyles added 30
days more to the stockade sentence.
The young man is a clerk in a
store at Beilwood avenue and Jeffer
son street. The place was raided by
Detectives Hamby and Vickery and a
considerable quantity of liquor con
fiscated. Vinson is said to have con
fessed to selling the whisky.
•'There is no excuse for anyone vio
lating the liquor laws,” said Recorder
Broyles. “You knew that you wmuld
get the limit if you were caught, and
I am not going to disappoint you.”
PARIS, Dec. 27.—The German Em
bassy to-day officially denied the re
port that Princes*: Eitel Friederick,
wife of the Kaiser's son, has left her
husband. It was stated that she is
now with the Prince at Potsdam.
Three Riders Hurt in
300-Mile Cycle Race
SAVANNAH, GA., Dec. 27.—The
first Grand Prize professional motor
cycle race was held here to-day, with
35 riders competing. The distance waa
300 miles.
C. H. Sudduth, of BlufTton, Ind.,
turned a complete somersault in the
first lap, but stayed in the race.
George Porter, of Savannah, broke a
leg in the third lap. G. C. Adams,
of Savannah, suffered a broken ank e
in the fourth lap.
At the end of the ninth lan T. D.
Dedge, Washington, C. D. (Indian),
was leading, with an average speed
of 66 miles an hour; Frank Hart (In
dian). ..ew York, second; C. F. Pl-
neau, Middletown, Ohio (Merkie),
third.
GREEN BAY, WI8.. Dec. 27.—Chas
H. Moyer, president of the Western
Federation of Miners, who passed
through Green Bay early this morn
ing, claims that he was forcibly placed
aboard the train after he had been
beaten. Mr. Moyer’s head was band
aged.
"Several men attacked me in the
dark,” explained Moyer as he lay in
his berth. "They fired on me from
the dark, beat me terribly, dragged
me more than a mile through the
streets of Houghton, threatened to
hang me, and then put me on board
a train for Chicago.
“I had just been in conference with
a committee of fifteen men who called
with Attorney Pederman, who repre
sented the Calumet and Hecla Min
ing Company. The committee had
not been gone from my hotel more
than four or five minutes and I had
just stepped outside the building
when a mob of men surrounded me.
i was rushed across the bridge into
Houghton.
“After I had been beaten and
threatened with dekth and wounded
by a bullet fired from somewhere in
the dark, my two chief tormentors
dragged me aboard the train and re
mained with me until we reached
Channlng. Mich., about 2 o’clock this
morning."
Moyer declared he would return to
the Calumet district in a few days
and that he would not be intimidated
by the actions of the men who ejected
him from the mine region.
“The strike is practically won in
the Calumet district,” said Moyer. “I
have been doing my utmost to settle
it. The Governor and Attorney Gen
eral of the State have acknowledged
that I was doing my best to end the
trouble there.”
“Attack Frameup,”
Asserts Sheriff.
CALUMET, MICH., Dec. 27.—Sher-
iff Cruse denied emphatically to-day
that Charles H. Moyer, president of
the Western Federation of Miners,
had been subjected to any rough
treatment in Hancock or Houghton
last night, and supplemented this by
an assertion that the whole alleged
kidnaping affair looked like a “frame
up” by Moyer to excite sympathy and
secure aid for his organization.
Sheriff Cruse said that so far as
he had been able to learn, the men
who accompanied Moyer to the train
in Houghton were agents of the West
ern Federation of Miners and that the
mpb of which Moyer told In Green Bay,
where he stopped to have his wounds
dressed, was composed entirely of
Moyer’s friends.
Everyone who was known to have
visited Moyer in his rooms in the ho
tel was questioned by Sheriff Cruse
to-day. The official said he could
not obtain a detailed description of
the men who were said to have at
tacked and fired upon the miners’
president, but that he found many
persons who related similar accounts
of the alleged attack, and obtained
minute descriptions of Moyer and
John Tanner, a federation agent of
Los Angeles, who accompanied Moyer
on his trip.
It was charged by the miners that
Moyer was “railroaded” by the Citi
zens’ Alliance, who expected to force
a settlement of the strike with Moyer
out of the way, taking advantage of
the feelings of the miners following
the Christmas Eve tragedy in which
72 were killed.
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MOYER TELLS HEARST
PAPERS OF ATTACK
The following telegram by
Charles H. Moyer was sent from
Green Bay, Wis., to the Hearst
j newspapers to-day;
“Charles H. Tanner and myself
were brutally assaulted in my room
in the Scott Hotel at Hanoock
last night. I was shot in the back
and dragged more than one and
one-half miles through the streets
of Hancock by a mob of Wadell-
Mahon thugs and City Alliance
men, put on a Milwaukee train
and threatened with death if I re
turned. Please say for me that
the cause I represent is well worth
the suffering I have undergone.
“The strike has juBt begun. The
cause of the strike is juet, and the
men will win.
"CHARLES H. MOYER.”
FATHER OF B
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Reap
Admiral Fletcher reported to the
Navy Department to-day that 39
American refugees had sailed for
Galveston from Tampico on the army
transport Sumner. Admiral Fletcher
says everything is quiet at the Mexi
can port. Admiral Mayo has arrived
to take command of the second divi
sion of the Atlantic fleet.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Repre
sentative McDonald, of Michigan, left
for that State t day to obtain first
hand information to lay before the
House Rules Committee regarding the
Calumet strike. Representative Hard
wick, of Georgia, a member of the
Rules Committee, to-day said that
the committee was not inclined at
present to order a Congressional in
quiry, as the Federal Government
has no jurisdiction.
BOSTON, Dec. 27.—Champ Clark
dropped into Boston to-day on his re
turn from a speaking trip in Maine.
He discussed national topics freely,
predicting a tremendous business
boom to follow the tariff and cur
rency bills, and declared the 5 per
cent tax on goods brouaht in in for
eign bottoms would rehabilitate our
merchant marine. »
CANTON, OHIO, Dec. 27.—Motor-
man U. N. Spotts rode three blocks
on the pilot of a Pennsylvania pas
senger engine here to-day while his
street car was being strewn along tho
right of way. At the end of the jour
ney Spotts held his grip on the con
troller box and one window sash, but
a dislocated shoulder caused him
much pain.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—The American
Society for Thrift to-day announced
a contest by which it will determine
the most thrifty city in the United
States. Every city of more than 10,-
000 population will be asked to submit
a statement of bank balances to the
credit of its citizens. The most thrift/
city will be tne one that has the larg
est deposit per capita.
BEIRUT. SYRIA, Dec. 27.—Aviator
Jules Vedrines flew over this city to
day, and all business establishments
closed down to give their employees
an opportunity of seeing the first
aerial feat ever performed here. After
the flight Verdrines was congratulated
by the venerable patriarch. Vedrines
arrived at Jaffa this evening on his
way to Cairo.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 27.—It became
known here to-dav that Joseph Brn-
son Foraker, Jr., Central States trac
tion magnate, and son of former
United States Senator Foraker, had
been secretly married last June to
Miss Katherine Pischizah, daughter
of a prominent physician of Chicago.
The exposure caused a sensation in
society circles here. The couple have
been living at Butte, Mont.
WESTVILLE, OKLA., Dec. 27.—A
thousand chickens were burned to
day when fire destroyed all the build
ings in the Cope chicken ranch near
Westville.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Rebel
leaders in the State of Chihuahua,
Mexico, were warned by the State De
partment this afternoon that they
must respect the lives and property of
Japanese subjects or tne United
States will hold them personally re
sponsible. This action was taken by
Acting Secretary of State John B.
Moore after an extended conference
with Viscount Chinda, the Japanese
Ambassador. State Department dis
patches later to-day reported the fall
of Panuco, near Tampico, on Christ
mas Eve. Consul Miller, at Tampi
co, has been instructed to ascertain
whether American lives and property
are in danger.
EMPLOYER
W. C. Watkins, Who Had Accused
Woman Bound Over to
State Court.
Obtaining a bogus confession ct
theft from a. saleswoman to allay
any alarm on the part of the real sus
pect, J. J. Flowers, owner of a de
partment store at No. 234 Edgewood
avenue, quietly watched W. C. Wat
kins, employed as manager of the
store, and Saturday afternoon had
Watkins arrested on a charge of lar
ceny'.
Watkins stoutly denied Flowers’ ac
cusations that he had been engaged
in systematic thievery, and that to
shift suspicion from himself he had
charged one of the saleswomen with
the offense. Recorder Broyles bound
the prisoner over to the State court*
under bond of $200*
Flowers testified that he had missed
sums from the cash register repeat ■ 1-
ly for the last two or three months.
He said that Watkins had accused a
saleswoman and that, appearing Yo
believe Watkins’ story, he (Flower;*
had the woman sign a confession of
thfet and led Watkins to believe that
he had dropped the investigation.
The saleswoman was one of the
witnesses against Watkins. Her tes
timony was strengthened by corrobo
rative evidence of other witnesses.
Morris Macks, attorney for the ac
cused man. said that Watkins was in
port a wife and six children, one of
which is only a month old. He ex-
pitiable circumstances, having to sup
pressed his belief in the man s inno
cence.
County Board Head
Defied by Mayor in
Fight Over a Fence
Mayor Woodward ordered Saturday
that the barrier around the new'
courthouse at Pryor and Hunter
streets be tom down lnstanter, a
proclamation that brought him into
immediate conflict with the county
authorities.
County Commissioner Shelby Smith
protested that a great hardship
would be worked op the county by
the execution of this order, because
thousands of dollars’ worthy of build
ing materials would be exposed and
because of billboard advertising con
tracts which do not expire until Jan
uary 1.
All of this was of no interest to the
Mayor. He issued orders to the City
Marshal, and the latter was instruct
ed to call upon the Chief of Con
struction for enough men to raze the
barrier, if this was thought the best
way of dealing with the problem.
Runaway Lads Taken
By Officers as They
Alight From Train
Broadus Chandler and Grady Mc
Donald, 16-year-old farmer lads, liv
ing 9 miles out of Pelzer, S. C., in
making their plans for running away
from home and “seeing the world” did
not anticipate having their tour cut
short by bumping into two detectives
the instant they alighted from the
train in Atlanta Saturday.
But that is exactly what happened
to them. The fathers, as fathers have
a way of doing, had wired ahead to
the Atlanta police and the would-be
globe trotters were taken directly to
I headquarters.
I Young Chandler admitted that he
: had taken a fat roll of $125 from the
! trousers of “Chandler pater” tho night
j before, wdth which to finance the ex-
| pedition.
“Well, I guess we might as w'ell go
back home,” said Chandler, “but. gee.
‘ I will get some licking when dad gets
hold of me.”
Her One Great Secret
Which Concerned the Happiest
Moment of Her Life Is Revealed in
The Sunday American, By Evelyn Nesbit Thaw