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VOL. XII. NO. 130.
ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1913.
Copyright. 1908,
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By Th« Georgian Ce
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JACKSON IGNORES BUSINESS MEN’S PROTEST
BURG ARS TRACKED BY SAIT; SEVEN CAUGHT
Detectives Follow Trail for Two
Miles — Cache of Stolen
Clothing Found.
The masters of detective Action oft-
*n have dignified the “trail of blood”
in tracking a criminal. But it was a
trail of salt—plain, common, useful
salt, from a large chunk or plain,
common, useful “sidemeat”—that led
wo officers Wednesday morning to
the capture of a gang of negro bur
glars, believed to be the same organ-
/.ation that has* * robbed most of the
grocery stores recently.
When Elmer Hardin opened his lie-
tie grocery store at No. 450 Edge-
wr.od avenue Wednesday morning, he
saw at once that it had been robbed.
Among other things, mainly groceries,
t tub of lard and a section of “side-
meat” were missing. He telephoned
he police.
Gang of Seven Arrested.
Officers Bozeman and Lowe were
/ Hailed. It didn’t take them long to
lek up a trail. Right away from the
>tore led an irregular trickle of coarso
i.t, evidently spilled or shaken from
; le meat that had been stplen.
The trail was followed, with some
difficulty, for nearly a mile. It ended
No. 2 Walkers alley. In the house
were seven negroes—four men and
three women. They were arrested and
taken to headquarters, where they
Rave the following names:
Charley Davenport, Eddie Jones,
Hf-nry Burley, Blair Johnson, Dilzie
Burley, F’annie May Thompson and
Elzadia Binson.
Two Confess.
Davenport and Jones promptly con-
* ed when questioned by Captain
le. They also made other admis-
ns, which led to a more thorough
Arch of No. 2 Walkers alley. In
addition to the stolen groceries, there
as discovered more than $100 worth
new clothing, identified as that
tolen a few' nights ago from the store
of Max Yudelson, No. 303 Edgewood
avenue.
The hearing of the seven negroes
was set for f he Wednesday morning
session of the Recorder’s Court.
Mill Store Safe Is
Blown; $360 Stolen.
'
A shrewd bit of “timing'' and an ex
ert job of safe-blowing was In evi-
ence early Wednesday morning at the
mmissary store of the Exposition Cot
on Mills. No. 1084 Marietta street, a
t;ort distance from the big mill. The
irge iron safe had been skillfully blown
nd $360 taken.
Of the money, $300 belonged to the
ompany and $60 to the night watch-
nan, who was on his rounds through
l.e mill property at the time of the
racking.
One of the watchman's “stations” was
i*ar the store, but the length of his
r tind through the mill was such that,
w h a careful check of his movements,
he cracksmen were able to time the
xplosion when the watchman was
farthest away from the store.
The safe was well muffled with blan-
s and bedding gathered in the store,
no one was found Wednesday morn-
who had heard the explosion.
Province Convention
OfS.A.E.Trat’ Ends
0OLUMBUS, Dec. 31.—The sixth bi-
•nia! convention of Epsilon Province,
'&ma Alphan Ep&ilon Fraternity,
•d with the election of officers and
banquet.
Officers are S. C. Thomas, Colum-
" president: Jelks A. Cabaniss, Bir-
nngham, vice president, and L. B.
; fry. Birmingham, secretary-treas-
Butts Sheriff Locates
Fugitive in Arkansas
MEMPHIS. Dec. 31.—L. M. Crawford,
' rr !ff of Butts County, Georgia, left
erf to-day for Jackson with John
ar dw'Jck, a negro wanted for assault
( I T irder James Hollis, another negro.
’ ’ "iff Crawford said he found Hard-
^ in Rowland, Ark., living with rela-
' When placed in the city jail here
i* ' • r ‘ight, Hardwick had $157 in
...
FATAL DIXIE
$5,000 Reward Offered for Per
sons Who Sawed Switch, Ditch
ing M. and 0. Fast Train.
MOBILE, Dec. 31.—Sawing a
switch lock thirteen miles above Mo
bile, unidentified persons wrecked
train No. 2, fast passenger, on the
Mobile and Ohio Railroad late Tues
day night. One life was lost and
three person* were Injured, and only
through the presence of mind of En
gineer William H. Riggan in putting
on emergency air brakes were the
lives of the passengers saved.
The dead man Is Fireman John M.
Hodge, of Meridian, scalded to death.
The injured are Engineer Riggan,
of Meridian, let arm cut off; Express
Messenger C. T. Humphries, of Cor
inth, Miss., badly scalded; Handy
Christian, of Mobile, seriously in
jured.
The engine tender and express car
turned over, while the baggage coach
was thrown across the track. The
second class coach was derailed, but
remained upright, the other coaches
holding to the rails.
A reward of $$,000 has been of
fered for the wreckers by the railroad
company.
N., C & St. L. Agent
For 45 Years Is Dead
CARTERSVILLE, Deo 31.—J. C.
Wofford, for 45 years agent of the Nash
ville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Rail
way. Is dead at his home here. He was
73 years old, a Mason, a Confederate
veteran, and Mayor of the city several
times.
Mr. Wofford leaves a widow and three
sons, James, Harry and Bruce Wofford,
and six daughters, Mrs. Paul Gllreath,
Mrs. Robert Dunnahoo and Mrs. W. T.
McLeod, of Atlanta, and Misses Annie,
Lois and Nora W r offord.
China Plans Great
Panama Exhibition
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 31.—Chu
Ting Chai, special commissioner to
the Panama-Pacific Exposition, Is
here to complete plans for China’s
exhibit.
‘‘China is taking a keen interest in
the exposition,” Mr. Chu said, "and it
is probable that the Government’s ap
propriation of $400,000 will be in
creased by private subscriptions.”
Bryan Back on Job
Ahead of Schedule
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Secretary of
State Bryan has returned to Washing
ton 24 hours ahead of his schedule. His
arrival here, together with Wilson’s
sudden summons of John Lind to the
winter White House, were interpreted
in Government circles to-day to indi
cate a crisis in Mexican affairs Sec
retary Bryan denied, however, that his
return had anything to do with the
Mexican situation.
Pardon Asked for
‘Old John’ Die^z
MADISON, WIS., D«c. 31.—The ap
plication for pardon of John Dietz,
"the defender of Cameron dam," who
resisted the State of Wisconsin suc
cessfully from arrest for about two
years, was presented to Governor Mc
Govern.
The Governor will announce his de
cision later.
King George to Make
State Visit to Paris
Special Cable to The Atlanta Qaorolan.
LONDON, Dec. 31.—If present ar
rangements hold good, King George
and Queen Mary will pay a State vis
it to Paris next spring, remaining
there a week.
It is their intention to take Princess
Mary with them.
Municipal Court f IP11T fl i f III
Attaches Warned MhH Mil
Against Misconduct 1 u 11 1 uil.hi
It’s the straight and narrow path for
the attaches of Atlanta’s new Municipal
Court, according to an order signed by
the flee judges decreeing that drink
ing on or off duty or misconduct of
any kind will not be tolerated.
The order reads:
“On and after this date any miscon
duct or conduct unbecoming an officer
of this Court, either on or off duty,
will be considered a ground of dismis
sal. and so treated, and especially w'e
emphasise this rule In regard to all in
toxicating drinks. This does not mean
intoxication only, but the indulgence
to any extent will be considered & vio
lation of this rule.
E. D. THOMAS.
L. Z. ROSSER, JR.,
T O. HATHCOCK,
J. B. RIDLEY.
L F. M’CLELLAND.
Even beer is tabooed.
CINCINNATI, OHIO. Dec. 31.—At
torney C. W. Baker, “Adonis” of the
Ohio State Bar Association, has
asked a lien on 125 love letters, al
leged to have been written to Mrs.
Caroline Feesler by William B. Po
land, a rich real estate man.
Lawyer Baker had been awarded
$750 attorney’s fees and when Mrs.
Feesler couldn't pay, sued for the let
ters, part of which were made public
in court. \
My! Rockefeller’ll
Be Mad About This
OROVILLE, CAL., Dec. 31.—Peeved
by the fact that John D. Rockefeller
has turned a deaf ear to their re
quests that he build them a school-
house, the patrons of the Rockefeller
school district in this county have de
cided to change its name and are pe
titioning to have it rechristened the
“Ida M. Tarbell School District.”
Police Keep Card
‘Index’ of Drunks
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—"Have
you been carded yet?" is the latest
greeting in Washington. The opera
tion of the Jones-Work liquor law
forbids drunkenness on the streets in
the District of Columbia.
The police now keep a card index
of "drunks.”
Roosevelt Making
Animal Collection
RIO JANEIRO, Dec. 31.—President
Da Fonseca of Brazil received a tele
gram from Colonel Roosevelt, who is
gathering zoological specimens in
Matto Grosso, announcing that the
naturalists of the expedition had se
cured a splendid collection of animals.
Jurors Disagree on
Hans Schmidt's Guilt
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The jurors in
the Hans Schmidt slaying trial failed
to agree and were discharged last night.
Schmidt confessed killing Anna Aumul-
ler. The defense was Insanity.
Woman, 45, Marries
Dead Husband’s Son
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Mrs. Anna H.
HaJl, 45, a widow, married S. Holden
Hall, 46, her stepson.
HISTORICAL OFFICERS NAMED.
CHARLESTON, S. C.. Dec. 31.—An
drew C. McLaughlin, of Chicago, was
elected president of the American His
torical Association; H. M. Stephens, of
Berkeley, Cal., first vice president, and
G. L. Burr, of Ithaca, N. Y.. second vice
resident. Chicago was chosen for the
meeting
tfl4
Three Fatally Burned and Score
of Others Hurt in New York
Tenement Fire.
New Island Is Born
In the New Bebridss
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Deo. 31.—A new island has
appeared off the west coast of Am-
brim Island in the New Hebrides,
where the recent volcanic eruption
took place.
The French commissioner resident
reports that the volcano Is becoming
less active, but on December 24 lava
was still flowing and ashes and cin
ders were falling.
Attorney Asks Love
Notes in Lieu of Fee
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—Eight per
sons were burned to death and three
were probably fatally hurt early to
day in an incendiary fire which swept
through the five-story brick tenement
house at Nos. 96-96 1 -2 Monroe street,
East Side.
A score of others were less serious
ly burned. Of these, eight were taken
to hospitals and the others were taken
to the homes of friends or relatives
after being,given first aid by ambu
lance surgeons on the scene of the
fire.
Scores of men, women and children
were driven into the freezing weather
in their night clothing.
The lives of twenty who were
trapped on blockaded fire escapes
were saved by the firemen.
Fire Chief Kenton declared there
was no doubt that the fire was the
W'ork of an incendiary.
The fire escapes and apartments
were piled high with bundles of va
rious description. A number of the
heads of families were push-cart
merchants who carried their unsold
stock into their homes at night.
Foremen and policemen formed hu
man chains and rescued a number of
panic-stricken women and children
from the fire escape landings.
Most of the bodies were found on
the upper floors. Three of them were
in bed. The body of a girl, burned
beyond recognition, was fouqd on the
fourth floor.
Hackett to Lecture on
0. Henry, His Friend
Members of the Players’ Club of At
lanta, of which Mrs. Thomas B. Felder
is president, were looking forward with
Interest Wednesday to the lecture by
Norman Hackett, of "The Double De
ceiver" Company, will give on O. Henry
Friday at 4 p. m. The club has ar
ranged for him to speak at the Geor
gian Terrace.
The following will be the patrons:
Mrs. John M. Slaton, Mrs. J. K. Ottley,
Mrs. C. J Haden, Mrs Samuel Lump
kin. Mrs. Hugh Willet. Mrs. Keats
Speed, Mrs. A. P. Coles, Mrs. Percival
Sneed, Mrs. Clark Howeli. Mrs. W. S.
Elkin. Mrs. C. A. Wood, Mrs Corra
Harris, Mrs. R. L, Cooney, Mrs. Haral
son Bleckley and the patrons of the
Players' Club.
Mr. Hackett was a personal friend of
the late O. Henry.
Boy, 11, Gives Skin to
Save Life of Sister, 8
PLAINFIELD. N. J.. Dec. 31.—In an
effort to save the life of his 8-year-old
sister, who had been badly burned,
Moses Parella, 11, submitted to a skin
grafting operation in which one hun
dred pieces of skin were cut from his
body.
Paupers on Strike
For Shorter Hours
PATERSON. N. J., Dec 31.—Inmates
of the almshouse here went on strike
for less work, shorter hours and more
food.
Their leader was put in jail and the
strike ended.
Eatshop Thief Trades
Coats With Governor
JERSEY CITY. N. J., Dec. 31.—While
Governor-elect Fielder was eating in a
local restaurant a thief exchanged the
executive's overcoat for a threadbare
garment.
‘Keep Happy,’ Advice
Of Woman, Aged 103
PORTLAND. MAINE. Dec. 31.—Mrs.
Eliza W. Merrill, who celebrated her
one hundred and third birthday to-day,
says she Is still alive because "L have
always kept myself happy.”
JUSTICE COURTS CEASE TO EXIST
AS MUNICIPAL JUDGES TAKE SEATS
Eugene 1). Thomas left), chief justice; .Jos. B. Ridley and T. (). Flathcock.
Comes to Atlanta to
Visit; Now a Bride!
Much interest centered Wednesday in
the wedding of Miss Hattie Aycock, for
merly of Monroe, Ga.. but more recently
of McKlnnie, Texas, and Clarence
Graves Hester, business manager of The
Walton News, a weekly paper published
at Monroe.
Miss Aycock was visiting relatives
here. Hearing that she was in Atlanta.
Graves came Immediately and persuad
ed her to marry him. The couple were
married at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Haralson. 89 West Harris street.
The ceremony was performed by E. A.
Caldwell, editor of The Walton News
and partner of the groom.
Alleged Slayer Asks
Prayer for Acquittal
DALTON, Dec. 31. W. I. Umphrey,
in jail here charged with the murder of
Joseph Pritchett, has issued a written
statement declaring his innocenec and
calling upon the people to pray for his
acquittal.
In his staement Umphrey says he is
64 years old. had never been drunk and
never engaged in a fight. He will be ar
raigned before the Superior Court here
next week.
Would Sell Hubby to
Open Boarding House
BOSTON, Dec. 31.—"I am willing to
sell my husband for $1,000 cash," wrote
Mrs. Agnes Bedell to Miss Mary E.
Chandler. William Bedell, the husband,
is said to have consented to being sold
so that his wife could open a boarding
house with the cash.
Rockefeller’s Men
Can’t Use Cigarets
L. J’’. McClelland (left) and Luther Z. Rosser, Jr.
DENVER. Dec. 31,—An order signed
by John D. Rockefeller, chief owner of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company,
has been posted in the company's plants
prohibiting the smoking of cigarets by
employees, whether on duty or not.
Punishment of Child
Is Fatal to Mother
SOUTH BEND, IND., Dec. 31.—Mrs.
Martin Maloney punished one of her nix
small children. The point of a lead pen
cil in the child’s hand was'imbedded In
her arm. Blood poison set in and Mrs.
Maloney died.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—F a i r Wednesday;
cloudy Thursday.
Atlanta’s new municipal court is
ready for its formal opening Thurs
day,, and a new era In the handling of
small court business will begin. With
the stroke of 12 Wednesday night the
authority of the justices of the pence
in Atlanta will cease, and in the fu
ture their work will be handled by
salaried judges and court attaches.
Formal opening of the new court
will take place at 10 o’clock Thursday
morning in the first division of the
Superior Court in the old city hall
building at South Pryor and East
Hunter streets. There will be ad
dresses by Governor John M. Slaton,
Judge John T. Pendleton, senior judge
of the Atlanta Superior Court; Judge
Eugene D. Thomas, of the Municipal
Court, and others President Edgar
Watkins, of the Atlanta Bar Associa
tion, lias issued a call for all mem
bers of the organization to attend the
opening.
Work of the court will be handled
by five judges, of whom Judge Thom
as is the chief justice. The other four
are Luther Z. Rosser. Jr.. L. F Mc
Clelland, J. B. Ridley and T. O.
Hathcock. of this quintet, Judge
Ridley is the only man among Fulton
County justices of the peace to land a
berth in the new court.
Many Assistants.
Captain Tom C. Miller Is the clerk
of the new court, while W. T. Buch
anan is marshal. Each has a large
force of assistants and for the next
three months expects to ho extremely
busy getting the work on a systemat
ic basis
The new court will have a greater
scope than the justices courts, and
will also cut in on the work of the
Superior Court, taking all civil suits
involving less than $50D. That this
will greatly relieve the dockets of the
Superior Court is regarded as certain,
and will also serve to give litigants
an earlier hearing.
The removal of these cases from
the Superior to the Municipal Court
will materially reduce the revenue of
the Clerk of the Superior Court and a
cut in the force in this office may fol
low. The places of Captain Miller
and others who went to the Municipal
! Court have not yet been filled, how
ever, and Clerk Arnold Broyles con
siders It quite possible that a cut In
his force may not be necessary.
Eight justice? of the peace will
lose their authority through the open-
| ing of the new court, and but two of
them have been cared for in the new
organization
Officials Not Cared For.
These eight are Judge Edgar H.
Orr, one of the hardest workers for
the bill, the veteran Justice of Geor
gia. who has held his place since
1892: Judge C. H. Girardeau, Judge
I F. M Powers, Judge Don K. John-
I son, Judge O. H. Puckett, Judge J. B
j Ridley, Judge A. A. Owen and Judge
t W. T. Jordan. Judge Puckett goes
info the office of the new court as a
deputy marshal.
The new court Is expected to prove
j a, money-maker for the county, the
] highest estimate of the operating cost
• ompared with the lowest estimate of
receipts, based on the receipts of the
various justice courts, showing a wide
margin for the latter, despite the fact
that all of the judges and officers of
the new court are to be paid fairly
good salaries. The chief justice gets
$3,600 a year, and the other four
Judges $3,000. The clerk will draw
$2,400 and the marshal $2,000 Their
assistants will be paid an average
salary of $100 a month.
More Leading Atlantans Join
Adair, Paxon and Daniel—Cru
saders Adopt ‘Silent’ Policy.
A conference between half a
dozen prominent business men
who have taken issue with the
Men and Religion Forward
Movement and come out into the
open in their fight against the •
propaganda and bulletins of that
organization is planned for Wed
nesday afternoon. It is gener
ally expected that the confer
ence will result in the adoption
of the plan urged by L. J. Dan
iel, president of the Daniel Bros
Co., to call a mass meeting of the
citizenship to discuss the situa
tion and to devise means to com
bat the bulletins and the work of
the Movement that will meet
with the approval and co-opera
tion of the entire city.
Adair Leads Meeting Move.
Forrest Adair, whose criticism of
Police Chief Beavers created a sen
sation. Is one of the moving spirits in
the calling of the conference. Mr.
Adair said early Wednesday morning
that he expects to get Colonel Fred
eric J. Paxon, Mr. Daniel and half a
dozen more of the men who have en
listed against the bulletins to attend
the conference, and that some defi
nite plan of campaign probably will
be decided upon.
Both Mr. Adair and Mr. Daniel
favor the idea of the mass meeting,
although it is understood that Colonel
Paxon has some opposition to the
plan. If the meeting Is called, as ap
pears likely at this juncture in the
controversy, It will be held In the
Grand Opera House, and every citi
zen of Atlanta, no matter on which
side of the question he stands, will be
invited to attend and take part in
the discussion. The men who are
promoting the movement to hold a
meeting stated Wednesday that those
who favor the methods of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement will
be given as much opportunity to be
heard as those who are against them.
Time Ripe for Meeting, He Says.
“The situation now’ has reached a
stage where a meeting would do
everybody good,” said Mr. Adair
Wednesday. “By a calm, dispasison-
ate discussion of the matter we can
arrive at some conclusion as to the
sentiment of the great body of At
lanta citizens who have not yet taken
any part in the controversy, although
I do not think there Is any doubt
that most of the people of Atlanta
agree with us that the bulletins are
harmful and that they ought to be
suppressed and the activities of the
movement curbed. Those who do not
agree with us could, at this meeting,
have every opportunity to show us
the error of our ways, and an ex
change of views can hurt nobody."
Marion Jackson, member of the ex
ecutive committee of the Men and
Religion Forward Movement and the
author of the bulletins, declined Wed
nesday to comment on the agitation
for a mass meeting of protest. He
indicated that the movement would
continue to pursue Its policy of ig
noring the protests and criticism*
and declared that this policy of si
lence would extend even to the Men
and Religion mass meeting to be held
in the Grand Opera House the sec
ond Sunday in January.
Mr. Jackson declared that the
movement would "pursue the even
•f