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The Atlanta Georgian
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VOL. XII. XO. 127.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1913.
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MOYER COLLAPSES AFTER BEATING
SOCIETY WILL BECOME GREATEST
MORAL AGENT. SAYS MRS. HARRIS
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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 county
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 l.
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.
Shoot Out Quarrel
About Xznas Gifts
WAYCROSS, Dec. 27.—At a turpen
tine still south of Waycross and on
the edge of Okefenookee Swamp, in
{ harlton County, to-day, two negroes
engaged in a pistol duel over a fuss
started by Christmas gifts they had
sent to a woman. Henry Johnson was
killed and George Mason fatally shot.
One negro was probably fatally cut
* n a fight at a still at Fort Mudge, 14
roiles south of this city.
700 Power Company
Men Meet at Feast
' HARLOTTE, N. c., Dec. 27 —To
night 700 Southern Power Company em
ployees, including officials, among whom
vvas 11- C. Duke, met here for the an
nual banquet of the company.
Monday night there will be a banquet
Greenville, S. C., and Tuesday night
Winston-Salem, for employees of al-
‘‘«d interests.
Missing Bank Cashier
Returns to Augusta
At OL’STA, Dec. 27.—Cashier James
Armstrong. of the Irish-American
nl <. for whose arrest a warrant was
•sailed charging forgery, has returned to
and given $10,000 bond before
Sheriff John W. Clark.
is stated that Armstrong has not
een roore than ten miles from Augusta
ar ‘d that at no time did he Intend to try
to escape.
Noted Southern Author Says Pink
Teas Will Give Way to Up
lift Meetings.
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,” win
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 And 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 oft,
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
ing to do but amuse themselves and
others.
“Society women are only beginning
to realize that with the abundance of
leisure time at their disposal they can
be of some use in the world, and the
logical development of this realization
eventually will result in society be
coming the greatest agency in the
world for the advancement of right,
duty and morality, for the instincts
Continued on Pago 3, Column 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 roll 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.”
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,
Doctors Nail Broken
Arm Bones Together
EUFAULA, ALA., Dec. 27.—When all
other means failed to hold James Wil
son’s broken arm in place at the shoul
der, surgeons to-day nailed the fractured
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.
Panic as Prisoner Escapes From Court
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BROTHER IDENTIFIES VICTIM OF SLUGGING
ORDERED TO
Womeh Scream as Police Give
Chase—Fugitive Finally
Retaken.
Recorder Broyles’ Court Saturday
was thrown into great excitement,-
women amon| the spectators scream
ed, and one was carried from the
room hysterical, w hen 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 jonfusion. 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 los>.
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 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 thejn, 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 Anally was overtaken, breathless
and exhausted, but still in a fighting
mood.
Thirty Days Added.
Vinson had been sentenced fo 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 it) a
store at Bellwood avenue and Jeffer
son street. The place was raided by
Detectives Hamby and Vickery and a
considerable quantity of liquor con
fiscated. Vinson 1s said to have con
fessed to soiling 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
1 am no£ going to disappoint you,”
Saleswoman Helps -
Trap Manager Who
Had Accused Her
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
cusation.^ 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 couru
under bond of $200.
Flowers testified that he had 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 to
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 in
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 mdn’s inno
cence.
Son Kills Father to
Save Life of Mother
THOMASV1LLE, Dec. 27.—Attempting
to cut his wife’s throat while crazed by
drink, William Watson, a well-known
citizen of this county, living about 5
miles from Ochlocknee, was shot and
instantly killed by his son, Hershel, in
an endeavor to save his mother’s life.
Watson had been drinking for several
days, and last night grew frenzied, at
tempting first to set fire to his house and
then threatening to kill his family.
Seizing his wife, he started to cut her
throat with a knife, when his 17-year-
old son ran up with a gun and fired four
times, killing his father instantly.
Watson was a quiet, peaceable man
when sober, and highly respected In his
community. He leaves a widow and five
children.
Young Watson has not been arrested.
N ATTACK
Jayson A. Rosier, Found Slugged
in Alley, Located to Family
Through The Georgian.
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 compresisng firm, of 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 i8 reliably stated New
York. Richmond and Charleston bank®
are the chief creditors.
Boy Scouts Guests
Of Secretary Bryan
MIAMI. FLAT, 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
spending the holidays.
Secretary Bryan talked to 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.
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 alpft. 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 New®
dispatch from Rome says the news
paper Message announces that the
exhumation of Cardinal Rampolla’s
body has been ordered so a post
mortem may be performed to deter
mine the cause of the prelate’s death.
Following the identification of the
young 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
story told the police by Stewart Al
len, a fifteen-year-old boy, who works
for Rosier and W'ho id*nttfl*d"“the ■un
conscious victim as his 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 Homo.
Rosier bad 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
speak. 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.
j Rosier ordered that his brother be
I placed In a private ward, with a spe
cial nurse, and given every care,
j An examination of the wounded
! man's clothing by his brother and
j voung Allen increased the air of mys-
I 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
offer 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 Rosser and Wylie have
been assigned to the case by CJilet
of Detectives Lanford. The police are
working on the theory that it was
something more than robbery that
lured the young man to the lonely al
ley and led to the terrible beating.
It was stated at Grady Hospital
that Rosier is still in a precarious
condition, and that his recovery is
doubtful.
Politicians Flock
In on President at
Dixie ‘White House’
ARSONETTES BUSY.
LONDON, Dec. 27.—Shrigley 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,
Former Congressman
Seeks Carolina Seat
NEWBERN, N. C., Dec 27—Charles
R. Thomas, of this city, who for twelve
years represented this district in Con
gress, this afternoon announced that he
would again be in the race for the nom
ination. There are three other candi
dates, ex-Judge Ott Guion, of this city;
George E. Hood, of Goldsboro, and John
M. Faison, of Faison, who now repfe-
sents the district.
The campaign will begin the first
week in January.
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,
National Committeeman from Louis
iana.
“Bill” Fonsyth, 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.
Cave-Dweller Nation
Found by American
In Southern Tunisia
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS, Dec. 27.—“I have discovered
a nation of cave dwellers In Southern
Tunisia.”
This remarkable announcement was
made to the Mearst newspapers to-day
by Frank Edward Johnson, editor of
The National Geographical Magazine,
Washington. D. C.. who sailed to-day
for the United States on La France.
Stx years ago Johnson was nearly
skinned alive In Tripoli. He has Just
returned from his sixth trip to the
Hinterland of Tunisia and Tripoli.
"There are possibly 100.000 of these
cave dwellers,” he said, “In a section
hitherto supposed to be almost unin
habited. They are pursuing the mode
of life of prehistoric men Some of their
numerous caves are situated near the
summits of rrags 3.000 feet high. The
dwellings often extend 150 feet into the
hardest porphyry formation I have ever
seen and are capable of sheltering 4,000
men.”
Mr. Johnson also discovered Roman
ruins in Tunisia and long stretches of
Roman highway.
Wilson 57 To-day;
Sail on Gulf Only
Celebration Plan
PASS CHRISTIAN, MISS.. Dec 27-
President Wilson will be 67 years old
to-morrow. He will celebrate It quiet
ly. The President says he will go to
church in the morning and take his
first sail on the Gulf of Mexico on the
revenue cutter Winona in the afternoon,
but this is dependent on the weather,
The President went through a large
batch of mail to-day and a number of
reports from his Cabinet officers. Sec
retary of the Treasury McAdoo, is
keeping him informed of every move
made by the committee which has In
charge the organization of the region
al reserve banks under the new cur
rency act.
Scores of indorsements for member
ship on the Federal reserve board are
reaching the President. He has not yet
commenced work on his anti-trust mes
sage, which he expects to send to Con
gress directly after it reconvenes.
The President likely will pay a visit
to New Orleans.
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 wh?n
the association purchased the south
east comer of Baker and William^
streets for $37,000 frotn 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 ha® at present a two-story
brick building. It is possible that this
building may be only partially razed
and that addition® 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.
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 see the blaze. The loss was
$150.
Alleges Attack “Frameup” to Ex
cite Sympathy for Strike,
Sheriff Says.
CHICAGO, ILL.. Dec. 27.—
Charles H. Moyer, the labor lead
er, who arrived here from Calu
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 w’asr 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 a a he lay in
his berth. “They fired on me from
the dark, beat mo 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 Judt 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
Ju6t 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
ar d that he would not he 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., iJeo. 27.-Sh»r-
iff Cruse denied emphatically to-dsv
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
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 CruM
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 an4
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 ChriHtmas Eve tragedy in which
72 were killed.