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EXCELSIOR WINS SOO-M1LE SAVANNAH CYCLE RACE
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VOL. XII. XO. 127.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1913.
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SALESWOMAN HELPS TRAP MANAGER AS THIEF
Mysterious Man, Whose Card Was
Found in Victim’s Pocket,
Hunted by Police.
Following: the identification of the
young man who was found Saturday
morning beaten and battered Into un-
onsciousnese, in an alley a block
fr in Decatur street, between Bell and
Gilmer, as Jayson A. Rosier, 31 years
Id. of West Tenth and Curran
•Greets, owner of a cigar store at
Pryor street and Auburn avenue, the
police have begun a search for E. B.
••tor>, whose card, with the address,
Ira street,” was found in Hosier’s
p-cketn, in the belief that he may be
to shed some light on the mys
terious slugging.
The search for Layton followed a
story told the police by Stewart Al
len, a fifteen-year-old boy, who tvorks
for Rosier and who identified the un-
onscious victim as h1s employer.
Allen 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 to
epeak. His lips moved. Frank
Rosier, bending closely, heard faintly
words that sounded like “beat! au
tomobile! die!” Then the |ips closed
and the wounded man lapsed into
inronscionsness. His brother tried
f* r half an hour to get an explana-
1 ion from the man who lay on the
cot. but in vain.
Rosier ordered that his brother be
placed 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
oung Allen increased the air of mys
tery that surrounds the assault. In
the heel of one of the shoes was found
$2 in cash.
Hold Robbery Theory.
The wounded man’s brother could
‘ Ter nothing that would aid in solv
ing the mystery. He said his brother
left the store at 7 o’clock Friday
night, without telling anyone where
he was going.
Detectives Bosser and Wylie have
been assigned to the case by Chief
f Detectives Lanford. The police are
working on the theory that it was
^jmething more than robbery that
1 red the young man to the lonely al-
and led to the terrible beating.
It was stated at Grady HospPsl
hat Rosier is still in a precarious
• ondition, and that his recovery is
doubtful.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia: Saturday increasing
cloudiness and wanner at
night. Sunday unsettled and
wanner, probably rain.
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Steal Away, j
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, I.ady Orimar, Bertis, Gag-
r.ant, 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 (McCahec),
20, 10, 2, second: Colonel Ashmeade,
108 (Turner), 2, 1, 2-5, third. Time,
1:48 2-5. Crackerbox, 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.
(SIXTH—Mile: Frank Hudson, 110
(McTaggart), 13-10. 3-5, 1-5, won;
Toddling. 104 (Ward), 10, 3, even,
second; Earl of Savoy, 105 (Deronde),
12-5, 3-5, 1-4, third. Time, 1:43 4-5.
Also ran: Mattie L., Harcourt, Jim
Gaffney, Queen, Tom Holland.
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 (Kirscb-
baum), 5, 8-5, 4-5, third. Time, 1:13.
Rip VanWinkle, Auntie Curl, Ada
Kennedy, Round Up, Tom Knight.
Harwood also ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Ask Ma,
105 (Ford), 8-5, 7-10, 2-5, won; Nifty,
106 (Robbins), 6. 2, even, second;
Dadv Rilley, 105 (Riddle), 8, 3, 3-2,
third. Time, 1:12 4-5. Also ran: Am
ity, Daylight, Zenotek, John Hart.
THIRD—F’ive and half furlongs:
Herpes, 105 (Feeney). 3, even, 1-2,
won; Commendation. 110 (O’Brien), T,
5- 2, even, second; Zulu, 109 (McMar-
tin). 4, 6-6, 3-6, third. Time, 1:06.
Christmas Daisy, Blaze B, Nila, Ed B
and King Elk also ran.
Race Entries on Page 2
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
headquarters.
Young Chandler admitted that he
had taken a fat roil of $125 from the
trousers of “Chandler pater” the night
before, with which to finance the ex
pedition.
“Well, I guess we might as well go
back home,” said Chandler, “but, gee.
I will get some licking when dad gets
hold of me.”
700 Power Company
Men Meet at Feast
CHARLOTTE, N. C., Dec. 27.—To
night 706 Southern Power Company em
ployees, including officials, among whom
was H. C. Duke, met here for the an
nual banquet of the company.
Monday night there will be a banquet
at Greenville, S. C., and Tuesday night
in Winston-Salem, for employees of al
lied interests.
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-—Stock brok
ers were given a blow to-day when
Supreme Court Justice Page decided
that they could not hold customer*
for losses sustained in selling out ac
counts at a figure beyond that fixed by
the customers. A broker won the
test case in the city court, but was
overruled in the higher tribunal.
NEW YORK. Dec. 27.—Henry Knell,
secretary for the Philadelphia Steel
Forge Company, shot his wife to death
to-day, smothered their two children
to death with gas and then commit-
tde suicide.
CAPTURED
BYPERRY
Illinois Man Maintains Speed of
Nearly Mile a Minute for
Entire Distance.
SAVANNAH, GA., Dec. 27—Bob
Perry, of Urbana, Ill., Excelsior, rep
resenting the manufacturer, won the
300-mile Grand Prize Race over the
old Vanderbilt course here to-day.
His time was 5:22:8. This was at
the rate of nearly a mile a minute
for the entire 300 miles.
C. H. Sudduth, of Bluffton, 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 ankle
in the fourth lap.
LATEST
NEWS
Y.W.C.A. Buys Lot for
New Home; Plan to
Start Building Jan. 1
The first actual step toward the
establishment of a new local Y. W. C.
A. home was taken Saturday whan
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
brick building. It is possible that this
building ma> 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.
Creditors Attack
Big Compress Firm
CHARLESTON, S. C., Dec. 27.—In
voluntary' bankruptcy proceedings
were filed to-day in United States
District Court by small creditors
against W. Gordon McCabe & Co., a
big cotton compreslsng firm, cf this
city. The petition is returnable Jan
uary 6.
R. G. Rhett and John Maybank, of
Charleston, were appointed temporary
receivers. Liabilities may exceed
$1,000,000. It is reliably stated Now
York, Richmond and Charleston banks
are the chief creditors.
Doctors Nail Broken
Arm Bones Together
EUFAULA, ALA., Dec. 37.—When all
other means failed to hold James Wil
son’s broken arm in place a' the shoul
der, surgeons to-day nailed the fractureo
bones one, of the doctors having wit-
nessed the first operation of this kind
at Chicago.
Wilson, who was one of the seriously
injured in the Central of Georgia Rail
road wreck near Eufaula last month,
now expects his arm to stay set.
FIREMEN FIGHT PEANUT BLAZE.
GADSDEN, ALA., Dec. 27.—A near-
panic was created to-day when a pea
nut roaster caught fire on Broad
Street. Both fire departments were
called and hundreds of people gath
ered to t»ee the blaze. The loss was
$150.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Repre
sentative McDonald, of Michigan, left
for that State t ay 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, a6 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 brought 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 the
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 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 thrifty
i city will be tne one that has the larg-
; est deposit per capita. i
BEIRUT, SYRIA, D.c. 27.—Aviator I
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 Ban-
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 the 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- j
mas Eve. Consul Miller, at Tampi
co, has been instructed to ascertain
whether American lives and property
are in danger.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—Rear
Admiral Fletcher reported to the
Navy Department to-day that 39
American refugees had sailed tor
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.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 27.—All com- j
munication with Tampico was cut off
to-day. This indicates that the reb
els are drawing a cordon around Mex
ico Citv, though communication with
Vera Cruz is still open. Zapatistas
under Felipe Neri attacked the Fed- j
erals at Garcia, on the Inter-Oceanic
Railroad, in Morelos, to-day and
killed 100. Rebels have captured Pe-
rundio ; a town cf 8.000, and looted all |
the principal residences.
Women Scream as Police Give
Chase—Fugitive Finally
Retaken.
ARSONETTES BUSY.
LONDON, Dec. 27.— Hhrigley Hall,
one of the most magnificent mansions
of County Down, was destroyed by
the “arson squad” of the suffragettes
to-day. The loss is $175,000.
STRASSB JRG, ALSACE LOR
RAINE, Dec. 27.—An attempt was
made to assassinate a sentry of the
French regiment in the court yard of
the Castle Barracks early to-day.
Two shots were fired at him by a
civilian. The Governor of Zibern has
offered a reward for the capture of
the aseailant.
LEXINGTON. KY„ Dec. 27.—The
fine residence of Colonel Thomas C-
McDowell, the widely known turfman
of this city, was damaged $5,000 early
to-dav bv fire caused by an over
heated furnace. Colonel McDowell
was awakened by neighbors and es
caped.
WATERLOO. IOWA, Dec. 27.—A
M. Duke was shorn of all his clothing,
but his only injury was a scratch
upon the nose, when the William Gal
loway factory was partially wrecked
at noon to-day by an explosion of
gas. Duke was standing near the ga6
tank when it let go. Hi6 overcoat and ;
heavy winter clothing were stripped j
from him and he was knocked down. }
Six men were slightly hurt by fall
ing timbers and shattered glass. Sev
eral neighboring factories were
shaken and windows were broken in
a dozen homes near by.
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' 1 difficulty in quiet
ing the hysterical outbreak of the
young woman whose screams added
to the confusion. It was said that
she is 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.
They were startled by the shout,
“Stop him!” and looked about in time
to see the prisoner wrench himself
free from his guards, and, threaten
ing any who might bar his way. run
swiftly through the crowded court
room to tlie main exit and disappear.
All appeared too stupefied by the
unexpected turn of events to make
any attempt Ao 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 1n 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 hi.s 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. Bell wood avenue and Jeffer
son street. The place was raided by
Detectives Hamby and Vickery ami a
considerable quantity of liquor con
fiscated. Vi neon 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 would
get the limit if you were caught, and
I am not going to disappoint you.”
Boy Scouts Guests
Of Secretary Bryan
MIAMI. FLA., Dec. 27.—Secretary of
State Bryan entertained the Miami Boy
Scouts to-day at Villa Serena, his win
ter home, where he and Mrs. Bryan are
attending the holidays.
Secretary Bryan talked t* the boys
briefly, telling them to live up to the
teachings of the. boy scout organization
and become great men.
Magic Lantern, Xmas
Gift, Kills Boy, Aged 7
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—Donald Bankert
aged 7, died to-day in great agony fol
lowing the explosion of gasoline which
he had put in a magic lantern instead
of alcohol. The lantern was a Christ
mas present.
Alleges Attack S rameup” to Ex
cite Sympathy for Strike,
Sheriff Says.
CHICAGO, ILL., Dec. 27.—
Charles H. Moyer, the labor lead
er, who arrived here from C«lu-
met, Mich., this afternoon, col
lapsed in his room at a hotel to
day. He was removed to St.
Luke's Hospital, where it is said
his condition was Critical.
Moyer said he was shot and
beaten up in Calumet before he
left that town.
GREEN BAY, WIS.. 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. Moye head was band
aged
“Several men attacked me In the
dark,” explained Moyer aj# he.dayman
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 jurt 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 death 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
Channing, 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 (.’ruse 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 fat 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
mob 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 arid 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.
MOYER TELLS HEARST
PAPERS OF ATTACK
The following telegram by
Charles H. Moyer was sent from
Green Bay, W'*., to the He«rst
newspapers to-day;
“Charles H. Tanner and myself
were brutally assaulted in my room
in the Scott Hotel at Hancock
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 WadeH-
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 just begun. The
cause of the strike is just, and the
men will win,
“CHARLES H. MOYER.”
Politicians Flock
In on President at
Dixie ‘White House'
PASS CHRISTIAN. MISS., Dec. 27.
Though President Wilson has mapped
out a plan for complete rest during
his three weeks’ vacation here, a
stream of Democratic politicians'
promises to flow during the rest of
his stay. The rush began to-day with
the arrival of Colonel Robert Ewing,
^atiojuU Committeeman Horn Louis
iana.
“Bill” Forsyth, for many years se
cret guard to Presidents, met Presi
dent Wilson for the first time to-day.
The President went golfing again
this morning, and then turned his at
tention to business. He spent some
time in looking over an accumulation
of dispatches and letters which de
manded attention.
Record Coal Cargo
Arrives at Mobile
MOBILE, Dec. 27.—After fighting
low water and fog since December 13,
the big steel barge No. 2 of the
Alabama and New Orleans Transpor
tation Company arrived from Tusca
loosa to-day with 800 tons of coal In
transit to New Orleans.
According to the officers there, was
no trouble experienced In navigating
the barge, and the sharpest turns in
the river were negotiated with ease.
The cargo brought down by the barge
is the largest ever reaching this port
from Tuscaloosa by water.
Shoot Out Quarrel
About Xmas Gifts
W. C. Watkins, Who Had Accused:
Woman Bound Over to
State Court.
WAYOROSS, Dec. 27— At a. turpen-
tine still south of Waycross and on
the edge of Okefenookee Swamp, in
Charlton County, to-day, two negroes
engaged in a pistol duel over a fuss
started by Christmas gifts they hail
sent to a woman. Henry Johnson was
killed and George Mason fatally shot.
One negro was probably fatally cut
in a fight flit a still at Fort Mudge, 14
miles south of this city.
Missing Bank Cashier
Returns to Augusta
AUGUSTA, Dec. 27. —Cashier James
P. Armstrong, of the Irish-Amerlcan
Bank, for whose arrest a warrant was
issued charging Forgery, has returned to
the. city, and given $10,000 bond before
Sheriff John W. Clark.
It 1h stated that Armstrong has not
been more than ten miles from Augusta
and that at no time did he Intend to try
to escape.
Mrs. Hearst Is Named
On Exposition Board
ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 27 — Governor
Glynn announced the appointment of
Mrs. Milllcent V. Hearst, wife of Wil
liam Randolph Hearst, as a member
of the Panama-Pacific Exposition
Commission from New York Btate.
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 it
now with the Prince at Potsdam.
Obtaining a bogus confession cf
theft from a saleswoman to allay
any alarm on the part of the real sus
pect. J. J. Flowers, ow’ner 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 bend of $200.
.Figwerfc-Upslifted, that he fcaci missed
sums from the cash register repeated
ly for the last two or three months.
He said that Watkins had accused a
saleswoman and that, appearing r.o
believe Watkins’ story, he (Flower?)
had the woman sign a confession of
theft 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 *n
pitiable circumstances, having to sup
port a wife and six children, one of
which is only a month old. He ex
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 torn down instanter, a
proclamation that brought him into
immediate conflict with the oounty
authorities.
County Commissioner Shelby Smith
protested that a great hardship
would be worked on the county by
the execution of this order, because
thousands of dollars’ worth 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.
French Aviator Up
20,668 Feet: Record
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Dec. 27.—A new' altitude
record in aviation was set to-day by
M. Legagneux. He rose 20,668 feet.
When he descended he was almost
unconscious from the cold he encoun
tered aloft. Physicians said he had
had a narrow escape from being
frozen to death.
Rampolla’s Body to be
Exhumed for Inquest
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 27.—A Central News
dispatch from Rome says the news
paper Message announces that the
exhumation of Cardinal Rampolla’s
body has been ordered so a potF-
mortem may be performed to deter
mine the cause of the i relate^ death.