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VOL. XII. XO. 128.
ATLANTA, GA., .MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1913.
Copyright. 19M,
By Tb* Georgian C*
2 CENTS. p m M r £°
NIGHT
EDITION
: MYSTERY LEADS TO DIXIE
OPED BODY
JUMPED IN
STREET
IUnknown Man Shown to Have
Been Tortured to Death.
Two Boys in Case.
| Assault Will Cost
Rosier His Left Eye
^ hether Jason Rosier recovers
!rr ’ m ^e assault made upon him by
robbers last Friday or not, he will
A" the sight of his left eye. A care
t' examination Monday revealed
tr '’ the sight in this eye had been
oai.y cestroyed and an operation
declared necessary to remove it.
' illis Westmoreland is perform-
,,y the operation.
onday afternoon a squad* of de-
os were working hard on the
rase They are working on the the-
that Rosier was driven to the
where he was found with the
bf ' intent of robbery.
, Physicians at Grady Hospital still
ut practically no hope for Ro-
:, kr’s recovery.
ATLANTA GATEWAY OF NORTH AND
SOUTH, ASSERTS NOTED SCIENTIST
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—Another
I trunk mystery confronted the New
[York police to-day, when the body
|of a man, the arms and legs bound
jpvith ropes, was found in a trunk
front of No. 47 Pitt street,
presidents of the neighborhood said
[thA trunk had been dumped from a
[pusltcart by two boys.
According to all indications, the
I vict im had been tortured to death.
I There were more than a dozen stab
)unds in the chest, abdomen and
f legs.
The first clew obtained by the po-
| lice was the name of the maker of
coat which was stuffed under the
I corpse. It bore the label of Lebulsky
1 and Brother, Vicksburg, Miss. A
woman’s waist and a shirt were
stuffed beneath the dead man’s head
I as though for a pillow.
The police learned that the two
I boys who had been trundling the
V '-h cart were accompanied by two
[men, one poorly dressed and stocklly
1 built, the other well dressed and of
medium stature. They further leam-
pd that the men had offered to pay
a boy for watching the trunk after
it had been dumped in the cart to
I the sidewalk.
|Mrs. Manley Finally
Quits Jail With Baby
After refusing to leave jail because
she wanted to be near her husband
| during Christmas, Mrs. M. E. Man-
ley, the young woman who Is under
bond to answer the charge of slipping
'aws to her husband while he was
>nfined in the city jail, was persuad-
' by her attorney, J. V. Poole, to
| eave the jail Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Manley was at liberty to leave
l , r jail last. Tuesday, bond having
| n made for her by Clarke Howell,
f the Criminal Court, whose sympa-
Y ; was aroused. Her young husband
ls in The Tower on charges of pass
ing worthless checks. Mrs. Manley
"ill board at No. 164 Central avenue,
upon leaving the jail declared
I *he would remain in Atlanta until
her husband’s troubles were disposed
I She kept her young baby with
er during her stay in the Jail.
Dr. E. C. Pick
ering (right),
retiring presi
dent of the
scientists, and
Edmund B.
Wilson, new
president.
'iJPt MM /
Michigan Governor Tells U. S.
Agent State Can Handle
Mine War.
Evelyn Thaw Coming
To Atlanta in Play
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw, whose diary
in The Sunday American has been
read by thousands with intense in
terest, is coming to Atlanta. She will
appear at the Atlanta Theater Febru
ary 26 and 27.
Miss Thaw is touring the country
in a musical production called "The
Mariette.” Her interpretations of the
latest dances constitute its principal
features. Her tango dancing made a
distinct hit with New York theater
goers.
H -S.Put Next to China
Cheapness of Life
I A GO, Dec. 29.—Human life is
” in 'Industrial America than any-
• Ae in the world except China,
r -k to Episcopal Bishop Charles
, r ’ -ama, of Michigan, who lectured
Superintendent for
Black School Dress
SACRAMENTO, CAE., Dec. 29—A
uniform style of dress for girls in
the California schools is advocated
by State Superintendent Hyatt, who
believes a simple black dress with a
neat white apron would aid in ob
taining better results in school work.
“I hope to see a uniform style
adopted,” said Mr. Hyatt.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia — Rain Monday;
cloudy and colder Tuesday.
Physician Hurt, Car
Wrecked, in Crash
Two automobiles were demolished
and Dr. H. R. Rosenberg, of No. 439
Washington strep;, was seriously in
jured, when his machine and an At
lanta, Journal auto truck collided at
the corner of Georgia avenue And
Washington street early Monday aft
ernoon.
The truck was traveling along
Georgia venue, while Dr. Rosenberg
was driv.ng out Washington street,
and the two cars crashed together
or. the r 'rner. The physician's car
was the lighter of the two and was
sent r feet across the street into
a telephone pole.
K. E. Vlclntosh, who was driving
the truck, escaped without injury
beyond shaking up. Dr. Rosen
berg was painfully bruised and was
assisted to his home.
1913's Coal Tonnage
40,000,000 Above 1912
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—All pre
vious records for coal f production in
the United States \\er£ broken,,
1913 in spite of floods' in tlyy. .Ohio
Valley, strike in the .Color*ttfi * field
and shortage of help iq varioirt'.dis
tricts, according to a teport ;/*tb -dSkv
e Govemnfent survey. -EfcjmBT
The production is estima*^}fto be
40.ooo.noo tons more than in 13T2, the
previous high ' W >^5K’ /
“City Could Not Be More Ideally
Located Geographically,”
He Says.
BIG RAPIDS, MICH., Dee. *9.—In
scholarly language, Governor Ferris
of Michigan to-day told the United
States Government, as represented
by Special Investigator John B.
Densmore, to mind its own business.
Mr. Densmore stopped here between
trains for a conference with the
Michigan executive before going to
the copper country to Investigate the
strike for Secretary of Labor Wil
son.
“The Federal Government has no
business In the copper country,” said
Governor Ferris. ‘If Michigan were
not doing Its duty, It would be the
Government’s duty to step In. But
I Michigan is doing Its duty. There ls
a grand Jury in Houghton right now
from which Mr. Moyer or anybody
else can get fair play."
Mr. Densmore left immediately
after the conference for the North.
Bullet Removed
From Moyer’s Spine.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29.—The bullet
which was imbedded near the spine
of Charles H. Moyer, president of
the Western Federation of Miner*,
was removed this afternoon by an
operation at St. Duke’s Hospital. The
bullet, according: to Moyer's story,
was fired into his back when h* was
attacked by a mob of citizen* In
Houghton, Mich., where he wa* di
recting: the strike of copper miners.
Dr. George V. Hilton said the oper
ation was successful, and that in a
shore time Moyer would be able to
leave his bed.
“I’ll go back to Calumet soon,” said
the miners’ president to a delegation
of union men who visited the hos
pital soon.
Dr. Collier Cobb, of the University
of North Carolina, w T ho has made a
special study on the effect of geo
graphical situation and transporta
tion facilities in respect of a city’s
growth and progress, said Monday
that Atlanta was the most ideally lo
cated city in the entire South and
that it should make even more start
ling development in the next decade
or two than it has in the past.
Dr. Cobb is in Atlanta attending
the meetings of the American Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Science, and will read a paper Tues
day before the geological section on
“The Physiographic Conditions That
Contribute to the Making of Atlanta.’’
“I have had to take into acount,
too, the human element,” he said.
“An ideal location would not have
amounted to much if the right men
had not been here to boost and de
velop the city.”
Gateway of North and South.
“Atlanta’s opportunities for com
merce and manufacture are incalcu
lable. It Is the center from w’hich
many railroads radiate. It is the
gateway between the North and the
South, between the Northwest and
the Southeast.
“Location near raw material is not
nearly so important to the develop
ment and growth of manufacturing
industries as transportation facili
ties. Take New Bedford, Mass., for
example. It is notj anywhere near
the cotton belt, it isn’t near the coal
fields, and It isn’t near the source of
the greatest food supplies, and yet it
turns out the finest Cotton products
in the WOrffb That is because It has
developed its transportation facili-
••“Atlanta has done the game thing.
There is much still to be done, but
CHICAGO, Deo. 29. — Charles
Weeghman, wealthy owner of a string
of reatauranta in Chicago, to-day an
nounced that he hed been eleoted
E resident of the Chicago Federal
eague club, and that he had pur
chased ground for a now ball park
at Clark and Addison streets. border
ing the expensive North 8lde resi
dential district. The grandstand and
other equipment of the Federal
League baseball plant in Chicago
will coat between $100,000 and $ 125,-
000, exclusive of the aits.
LAREDO, TEXA8, Dee. 29—Three
thousand rebels under General Gon-
xalea marching to attack Nuevo Leon,
had reachod a point 45 milos south
of that town to-day. They are await
ing other forces at San Ignacio be
fore making an attack. The small
Federal garrison will be unable to
put up a long fight.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 29—The
schooner Nellie W. Craig, 468 tons,
from New York City, is in distress off
Kinnakeet Life Saving Station, North
Carolina, aocording to a wireless mes
sage to revenue cutter headquarters
to-day. The cutters Seminole and
Onondaga are steaming to her re
lief.
HARRISBURG?”PA., Doo. 29—
Whatevar plana Governor John K.
Tenor has to prevent the Federal
Baseball League raiding oluba of the
National League will be kept secret
for the present, at least. He refueed
to comment on the "lifting” of Joe
Tinker and Mordeoai Brown.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29—Senator
Martino, of New Jersey, to-doy ap
pealed to Attorney General MeRov-
nolds to send representatives at once
to Calumet, Mien., to investigate the
deportation of Charles H. Moyer,
president of the Western Federation
of Minora, and inquire into the copper
strike.
LANSING, MICH, Dec. 29—A wife
deserter can ba extradited from an
other State, but not from Canady, ac
cording to an opinion rendered to
day by Attorney General Fellows. He
declares there I* no law covering this
point at present between the United
States and Canada.
« ,
CLEVELAND, Dec. 29—The Stand
ard Oil Company of Ohio, operating
two plants in Cleveland, according to
information from Now York received
in bonking eiroloe here to-day, is
scheduled for a stock dividend ap
proximating 100 par cent on the com
pany’s outstanding capital of $3,500,-
000.
I
Oontinued : on Page 2, Column 6.
Plan Writ to Meet
Move of Mayor on
Courthouse Fence
Any attempt of Mayor Woodward
to remove the fence around the new
courthouse will be met with a re
straining order sworn out by either
the County Commissioners or the
contractors erecting the building, it
was said Monday.
So far, though, no official cogni
zance is being taken by the Board of
County Commissioners of the Mayor’*
threat to tear down the fence be
cause no official notice has been re
ceived by the board from the city’s
chief executive ordering the fence re
moved.
The “fence subject’’ was a live
topic of conversation around the
Commissioners’ office Monday morn
ing, but no one cared to be quoted
“because there was nothing official
about the matter.”
Inside the fence, which runs along
the street eight feet outside the curb,
is stored a great mass of building
material.
Naughty Hubby Gets
Caught by His Wife
CHATTANOOGA, Dec. 29.—W. H.
Alston, a local newspaper man, for
merly of St. Louis, was placed under
a peace bond of 95,000 and fined on
two separate charges in Police Court
to-day as the result of the unexpect
ed return of his wife la*t night, who
found him and Marie Bower, a bur
lesque actress, In the Alston apart
ment in a fashionable residence dis
trict.
AGAINST BULLE
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Six. furlongs. A1 Jones,
95 (McTaggart), 11 to 20. 1 to 4, out,
won; Willis, 106 (Neander), 7 to 2,
4 to 5, 1 to 3, secoftd; Floral Crown,
115 (Pickett), 50 to 1, 25 to 1, 10 to
1, third. Time, 1:16 1-5. Question
Mark, Concurran, Lady Orlmar, Sil
icic also ran.
SECOND—Five furlongs: Chas
Cannell, 106 (Turner), 7 to 6, 1 to 2,
out, won; Belle Terre, 103 (Nlck-
laus), 20 to 1, 8 to 1, 3 to 1, second;
Lady Innocence, 98 (Murphy), 20 to
1, 6 to 1, 2 to 1, third. Time, 1:03 1-5.
El Mahdi, Dally Waters, Belle of
Normandy, Bulgar, Marty Lou also
ran.
THIRD—One mile : Klnmundy,
110 (BuxtonK 5, 2, 4-5, won; Earl of
Savoy, 104 (Turner), 12. 5, 2, second;
Merry Lad, 109 (Goose), 11-5, 1, 9-20,
third. Time, 1:43 2-5. Colonel Cook,
Jabot, Serviclence, Mycenae also ran.
FOURTH—8lx furlongs: Old Ben
98 (Callahan), 6 to 1, 2 to 1, 4 to 5,
won; Celesta, 108 (H. McTaggart),
8 to 1, 8 to 1, 7 to 5, second; Samuel
R, Meyer, 113 (Goose), 8 to 5, 7 to 10,
1 to 3, third Time, 1:15. L. H.
Adair, Tarts, Lochiel, Carlton G also
ran.
FIFTH—Five furlongs: Right
Easy, 1X1 (Deronde), 3, 4-5, 7-20,
won; Ann Tilly, 107 (McTaggart), 8-5,
3-5, out, second; Coropsls, 112 (Dav
enport), 9, 3, 1, third. Time, 1:17.
Lord Wells, St. Cliff, Sherlock Holmes,
Agnlr, Elsewhere also ran.
Slayer Schmidt’s
Case Goes to Jury
NEW YORK, Dec. 29.—The case of
Hans Schmidt, confessed slayer of
Anna Aumuller, went to the Jury at
1:26 p. m.
During the night Schmidt was on
the verge of collapse and the guard
who has been with him in court since
the trial began was instructed to
watch the prisoner carefully during
to-day's session to prevent an out
break.
Chief’s Retort to
Adair's Charges
“I challenge Mr. Adair, or any- ;
one else, to produce proof of his
statement that the vice crusade
has scattered vice throughout the
city and that there are immoral
houses on the downtown streets
or in the residence sections. If
he knows of such places he should
tell me, for when I closed the
houses’ district, Mr. Adair was one !>
of several real estate men who
promised me their co-operation by
refusing to rent property to the
banned women.”—From Chief
Bea vers reply to the statement of
Forrest Adair that the vice cru
sade has only spread vice in At
lanta.
Chief of Police Beavers, replying Monday to Forrest Adair’s al
lusions to himself and to the statements that the vice crusade had
only spread the social evil throughout the city, challenged Mr. Adair
to produce the proof of the existence of immoral houses on thel
downtown streets and in the residence section. He declared that he
is surprised at Mr. Adair’s attitude, and that when he entered the
general order closing the houses, he served Mr. Adair, in common
with other real estate dealers, with a notice to cease renting prop
erty for immoral purposes, and that Mr. Adair promised to co
operate with him.
The chief also declared that if he is mined, as Mr. Adair stated,
he has been mined because he tried to enforce the law, “regard
less of Mr. Adair or Mr. Anyone else, who tried to keep him from
doing his duty.”
With developments of Monday indicating that the attack by
Colonel Frederic J. Paxon on the propaganda of the Men and Re
ligion Forward Movement, backed by the sensational statement of
Forrest Adair that the vice crusade and the closing of the restricted
district had merely scattered the evil it sought to exterminate, will
be followed by a meeting to protest against the issuance of the ob
jectionable bulletins, John J. Eagan, Chairman of the Executive
Committee of the Movement, definitely outlined the attitude of the
Men and Religion Forward Movement when he declared that the
criticisms are “useless and will be absolutely without effect.”
“The work of the Executive
Committee of the Movement will
continue as it has done in the
past,” declared Mr. Eagan Mon
day. L‘We will take no official
notice of the' criticism of Colonel
Paxon, nor of the editorial which
he printed in the official paper of
his Bible School class, which has
but a limited circulation and
therefore little influence.
Bulletins to Continue.
“The bulletins will continue, clothed
in the language that we deem neces
sary. Tuesday is our regular day to
Issue a bulletin, and one can be ex
pected to-morrow, probably along the
same lines that the recent ones have
been The bulletin will not mention
the criticisms, although there may be
some Indirect reference to them.
“Criticism of the movement and of
the bulletins which the executive
committee are Issuing is useless, and
will have no effect whatever on our
future work. We are satisfied with
what we are doing and will continue
doing it.”
The executive committee of the
movement will hold a meeting at the
Baptist Tabernacle Monday after
noon, which Is eagerly awaited by
those who have engaged in the con
troversy. Although Mr. Eagan has
stated that the criticisms will not be
noticed, Marion Jackson, a prominent
member of the committee and author
of the bulletins, declared Monday
morning that Colonel Faxon’s and
Mr. Adair’s attacks “probably would
be mentioned.”
Newspaper Men Barred.
Mr. Jackson stated; also Monday
that newspaper men would not be ad
mitted to the meeting, but that it
would be strictly executive. It is
problematical whether a statement
will be issued at its close.
Intimation that a meeting to pro
test against the .bulletins and the
propaganda cf the Men and Religion
Movement would be called was made
by a number of business men Mon
day. many of them declaring that
Wilson Puts Lid on
Politics; He Doesn’t
Like Bad Weather
PASS CHRISTIAN, MISS.. Dec. 29.
"No admittance to politicians:” is the
word that went out of the winter
White House to-day when President
Wilson learned that a number of
Southern leaders of his party were
planning to come here to interview
him on patronage and other subjects
during his vacation.
The President is deeply disappoint
ed by the continued cold weather. He
had to golf -nder leadep skies to-day.
He has eliminated all work possi
ble, and to-day sent to Washington
some of the business which he had
originally planned to care for. The
White House staff will have to attend
to it.
The President has for breakfast
daily the freshest of fresh eggs. They
come by parcel post from the Missis
sippi Experimental Farm, and thus
far none has been broken in transit.
Couch’s ‘Heart Wife’
Strangely Vanishes
MONTICELDO, N. Y.. Dec. 29.—
Adelaide Brance, who for fourteen
years was the “heart mate’’ of Melvin
M. Couch, had disappeared completely
to-day, following her flight undercov
er of* darkness from the local Jail.
Conflicting reports were circulated as
to her whereabouts.
It ls expected that she will eventu
ally be given shelter by a brother liv
ing at Uaimer, Iowa,
such meeting would be t/h^lbgical re
sult of the critloiwn ana agitation,
rorrw* Adair declared that such. 4