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POLICE FOLLOW NEW NELMS TRAIL
House Takes Up the Child Labor Bill
CAILLAUX CHALLENGES LAWYER
MILL AGT 1
60 TOVOTE
THURSOAY
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Legislators Agree to Limit Debate
on Sheppard Measure—Pas
sage Seems Assured.
The fight to free the child slaves
of Georgia from their toil In the
mills and factories of the State was
begun in the House of Representa
tives Wednesday when the lower
tranch of the Legislature took up the
Sheppard child labor bill.
Debate on the bill will be begun
when the House convenes Thursday
morning at 10 o'clock. The reading
of the bill and its substitutes and
amendments took up the entire time
of 'the Wednesday session after the
bill was reached. - Representative
Robert Blackburn, of Fulton County,
vice chairman of the Rules Commit
tee and one of the recognized lead
ers of the House, will dellver the
opening speech in favor of the meas
ure.
He probably will be followed by the
suthor of the bill, Representative
Sheppard, of Sumter County; Repre
gentative Ollve, of Richmond County,
and other strong members of the
House. Leaders famillar with the
gentiment of the House do not expect
thet there will he many sgpeeches in
opposition to the measure.
Vote Thursday Afternoon.
The vote on the bill will be taken
Thursday at 12:40 o’clock, a motion
by Representative Sheppard that the
debate be limited to that hour having
been carried overwhelmingly. It is
expected that the hall galleries will
be filled with labor leaders, clubwom
en and others interested in the bill
and who are working for its passage.
During the reading of the bill Wed
nesday more than 100 women were in
the galleries, greatly interested in the
proceedings.
Mr. Sheppard’'s bill is & substitute
for the original bill and for the com
mittee substitute. An amendment
offered by Representative Darrough,
of Franklin County, making the pro
visions of the measure apply only to
mills, factories, manufacturing es
tablishment and places of amuse
ment, has been accepted by Mr.
Sheppard and others supporting the
bill.
The bill as amended has the back
ing of The Atlanta Georgian, the
Georgia Federation of Labor, the Na
tional Child Labor Commlission, local
clubs and other organizations.
Certificates on File.
Mr. Darrough’s amendment was the
only attempt made to amend the bill
or change its provisions in any way,
and this amendment is acceptable to
the author of the bill. Representative
Moon, of Troup County, the only
member of the Labor Committee who
voted against favorably reporting the
measure, offered a substitute for the
entire bill that is virtually ideutical
with the substitute the mill owners
offered the House Committee on La
bor when the public hearing was held
on the Sheppard bill.
Mr. Moon's bill omits entirely the
educational qualifications that are the
strong features of the Sheppard bili,
and that have made the Sheppard bill
adequate child labor legislation.
Moon’s substitute provides that chil
dren 12 years old shall be permitted
to work if they are orphans or if they
have a widowed mother dependent
upon them.
It provides further that the employ
ers shall keep on file a sworn affidavit
from the parent or guardian of the
child that the child is an orphan or
has a widowed mother dependent
upon it. The employers also, saye
the substitute, shall keep on file an
affidavit from the parent of a child
that the child is 14 years of age. No
further provision for determining the
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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
YOI Xll NO. 305,
L. W. Rogers Leaves
$40,000 Estate to
Wife and Children
The will of L. W. Rogers, president
of the L. W. Rogers Company, op
erators of a chaln of 40 grocery stores
in Atlanta, was flleq for probate Wed
nesday i{n the office of Ordinary Wil
kinson. The document is perfunc
tory\in form, announcing merely that
the estate is to be divided equally
among the widow and two children,
Miss Martha Lillian Rogers and
Harold Rogers. The son is not yet
21, but the daughter recently has at
tained her majority. Mrs. Rogers is
named as executrix.
No appraisal has been made of the
value of the estate. Mrs. Rogers, her
son and her attorney, George West
moreland, were before Ordinary Wil
kinson Wednesday, and among them
the figure of $40,000 was mentioned as
the probable value, but’ it is likely
that the estate will prove worth sev
eral times that amount, as its bulk
consists of valuable stock in the 1..
W. Rogers incorporation, on which
no figures have been set.
Other items of the estate are the
home at No. 350 West Peachtree
street, the warehouse property on
Garnett street and small country
property. None of these specifica
tions, however, was made in the will.
George Westmoreland, attorney tor
Mr. Rogers, wag a witness to the doc
ument. 4
Senate Kills Bill to
Increase Membership
The Senate consumed the entire
period of Wednesday's session debat
{ng the bill of Mr. Hule to increase
the membership of the Senate from
45 to 60.
The bill finaily was kiiled, the Sen
ate disagreeing to the favorable re
port of the committee by a vote of 25
t0:-17,
President Anderson made a speech
in favor of the bill, as did many oth
ers, and a sharp encounter between
Mr. McNeil and Mr. Kea took place
as the debate proceeded. The blill,
however, evidently was doomed at the
start.
Slaton Wins Votes by
Speech in Gainesville
GAINESVILLE, July 22.—Governor
John M. Slaton addressed an immense
crowd of voters at the courthouse
here to-day. Most of his speech was
on the tax equalization law, which he
clarified and explained more fully.
The address was a vote-winner, ac
cording to the Governor's friends
here.
Ship's Calliope Tango
Stops Factory Work
BURLINGTON, lOWA, July 22—
When the calliopes on the excursion
steamers play tango music, the 200
girls employed at the Mississipp! Pearl
Button Company refuse to work, and
an injunction action has been filed by
Mohr Brothers to restrain calliope mu
sic on steamers during working hours.
Resourceful Autoist
Milks ‘Balky Bossy’
ITHACA, N. Y, July 22.—A cow
sprawled herself across a road here
and refused to allow Carroll Horton's
automobile to pass. After all forms
of coaxing had failed, Horton milked
the animal, after which she trotted
away.
W. Rockefeller Gives
Son Seat on 'Change
NEW YORK, July 22.—Willlam
Rocketeller’'s seat on the New York
Stock Exchange has been posted for
transfer to his son, Percy A. Rocke
feller.
Gotham Policemen
To Trail Gas Leaks
NEW YORK, July 22.—-Policemen
have been ordered to sniff for leaks
in lamp posts.
LIEUT. GOV,
BILL PAGat ]
BY HOISE
Crawford Wheatley Wins Fight
Extending Over Period of
Three Years.
Representative Crawford Wheat
ley's bill creating the office of Lieu
tenant Governor was passed by the
House Wednesday by a vote of 133 to
27, after a fight that has extended
over a period of several years. The
bill wae defeated less than two weeks
ago, chiefly on the ground that it left
the matter of salary to future Legis
latures, but was reccnsidered a few
days later and plaged on the calendar.
The measure was brought up again
Wednesday with amendments de
signed to bring the warring factions
together. Though a determined fight
was led against the bill by Pickett of
Terrell, the House voted to reconsider
its action in adopting that portion of
the bill which left the fixing of the
salary to futtire = Legislatures. An
amendment was then offered by
Greene of Houston providing that the
Lientenant Governor shall receive the
same per diem and mileage while
presiding over the Senate as is now
paild to the President of that body,
and that if he succeeds to the Gov
ernor's chair he shall receive then the
same salary as is paid to the Gov
ernor. The vote on Mr. Greene's
amendment was 84 to 31,
200,000 on Strike in
Russia; Riots Feared
Speclal Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 22.—With
more than 200,000 workers on strike
in protest against the Government
methods used to end the labor trou
bles in Baku and other towns, the ir
dustrial eituation became serious
throughout Russia to-day. Local
street car employees walked out to
day, and traffic was suspended. Work
ers in other industries have been or
dered out. Leaders of the strike pre
dict that within two days there will
be 500,000 persons on strike.
Troops are held in readiness to
check violence. A strong guard has
been posted at the lighting plants in
the belief that the strikers may try
to cripple them to-night.
Perry Adair Beaten
One Up on 19 Holes
CHICAGO, July 22—J. M. Gilber?,
of Racine, Wis., defeated Perry Adair,
of Atlanta, &a.. 1 u pin 19 holes in
the third flight of the championship
golf match at Onwentsia to-day.
?‘ » y
Grasshopper Fight
Fund Is $50,000
!
ALBANY, N. Y., July 22.—Governor
Clynn has placed $50,000 at the disposal
of the State Commissioner of Agricul
ture for a war on grasshoppers.
iD veourselves of
R the accumulation
of those casta
way or outgrown
clothes and things in
the garret. They have
a worth that if brought
to the attention of the
readers of The Geor
gian and American
through a “Want Ad”
can be sold at their real
value.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1914.
Saunders, First
Regional Director,
NewOrleans'Choice
Word reached Atlanta Wednesday
from Secretary of the Treasury Mec-
Adoo that P. H. Saunders, of New
Orleans, had been elected a director
of the Federal Reserve Bank at At
lanta. Mr. Saunders was elected by
vote of the member banks of the At
lanta district. 'There are six di
rectors thus to be elected. The votes
have all been cast, and are being
counted as rapidly as possible by the
Washington authorities.
Those Wwhose election is determined
are being announced singly. Mr.
Saunders, being ‘the first anounced
for the Atlanta bank, likely received
sufficient votes to make his election
easily discernible, The election of
Mr. Saunders is a matter of satisfac
tion to Atlanta bankers. He is a di
rector of Class B.
“Mr, Saunders {s a substantial
business man of New Orleans,” ex
plained Robert J. Maddox, vice pres
ident of the American National
Bank, “and is the only candidate for
the directorate “hffered by Louis
iana.”
Police Again Seek
Mysterious ‘Ripper’
Police of Atlanta once more have
resumed their almost hopeless search
for the mysterious negro murderer
Known to criminal cirecles as “Jack
the Ripper.” Indications that this
will-o'-the-wisp criminal is again at
work came with the discovery within
two days of two negro women who
had been murdered and mutilated.
One was found Tuesday in a little
wood at the end of Hill street, a bul
let hole In the head. The day before
Policeman Haslett found the body of
a negro woman in the Murphey
woods, the throat slashed in true
“Jack the Ripper” style.
Amended Trust Bill
Reported to Senate
WASHINGTON, July 22.-—The
Clayton anti-trust bill as amended
by the Senate Judiclary Committee
was reported to the Senate to-day.
The measure differs from the
House bill chiefly in the removal of
certain limitations placed upon price
cutting and {n the extenslon to par
ties injured by the operation of
trusts of the benefits of Federal pros
ceedings against these trusts.
The trade union exemption clause
is less sweeping than in the House
bill.
.
New Haven Suits To
. .
Be Filed in Hurry
| WASHINGTON, July 22.—“ A sait
in cquity against the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad will ai
n:ost certainly be filed in New Yoik
within the next 48 hours. The crim
mna’ proceedings against the directors
cf the New Haven road probably w:ill
act be started for some days yet.”
This statement was authorized at
the Department of Justice to-day,
following ths announcement last
night that the Government intends o
prosecute the New Haven and its di
rectors, both civilly and ecriminally.
T.R. Asks Senate to
.
Hear Him on Treaty
WASHINGTON, July 22.—Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt made a formal
appeal! to be heard on the proposed
Colombian treaty by the Senate For
elgn Relatione Committee in a letter
to Senator Willlam J. Stone, cha’'s
man of the committee, made public
to-day.
While no action so far has been
taken, it is believed that the commit
tee will give Roosevelt a hearing.
GROWERS WANT NEW RATES.
JACKSONVILLE, July 22.—Florf4a
fruit and vegetable growers are ne
gotiating with the rallroads of ihe
South with a view of establishing
new rates on precooled citrus fruits
and vegetables from Florida. It is
expected that concessions will be
made by the railroads. |
NEAR AIOT A 3
GAILLAUK
TESTIFIES
Husband of Slayer on Trial Chal
lenges Prosecutor to Duel.
Court in Uproar,
Special Cable to The Atianta Georglan.
PARIS, July 22.—During an out
burst of the worst disorder which has
vet marked the trial of Mme. Caillaux
for the murder of Editor Gaston Cal
mette of Le Figaro, Joseph Caillaux,
husband of the defendant and former
Premier and Filnance Minister of
France, to-day challenged M. Chenu,
counsel for the children of the slain
journalist, to fight a duel.
The scene was tensely dramatic and
was one of the most thrilling in the
modern annals of the French courts.
It occurred shortly after the third
day’s session of the famous trial had
begun and grew out of circumstances
which had arisen yesterday.
For a time it looked as though
armed republican guards would have
to clear the courtroom in the Palace
of Justice. M. Caillaux and M. Chenu
bellowed . accusations at each other,
while politioal friends of the former
Premier and of the slain -editor
cheered or jeered.
Political issues overshadowed all
else at the dramatic juncture of the
trial to-day, and for the time being
the question of Mme, Caillaux’s gullt
or innocence was forgotten.
“Green Documents” Not Produced.
The electric thrill of the court
scenes during the Dreyfus trial was
vividly recalled. The incident which
resulted in the dpel challenge, the
first to grow out of this tragic strug
gle, came just after Judge Louis Al
banel had called the court to order.
The courtroom was crowded and the
corrider was filled with fashionably
dressed women.
When court was convened M. Her
baux, the public prosecutor, read a
~ommunication from the Government,
giving notice that the famous “green
documents,” which are alleged to
show that Caillaux had treasonable
corresnondence with Germany during
the Morocco crisis, would not be pro
duced.
These documents had been in the
possess'on of Calmette, but after the
editor's death were turned over to the
Government. They showed, accord
ing to Caillaux’s political enemies,
that the former Premier had sold the
French Congo to Germany.
As soon as M. Herbaux finished
reading the communication, M. Cail
laux. in whose breast the taunts of
vesterday still burned, leaped to his
feet,
In bitter terms, the former Premier
denounced Le Figaro for making use
of documents which it could not pro
dnce.
“That miserable newspaper was re
¢uced to libel and forgery,” shouted
Caillaux.
“Calmstte’s Blood en Your Head.” "
Before the former Cabinet Minister
could get further, M. Chenu jumped
up. Dramatically pointing his finger
at Caillaux, the lanyer screamed:
“Calmette's blood is on your head!
Continue vour atiacks on Le Figaro
it vou dare!”
A rear swept across the spectators’
gailery. Caillaux's face was white
with rage. He shook with anget and
his voice rose to a shriek as he an
swered:
“I will take the responsibility for
these attacks. Beware what you say
to me. 1 will make you answer for
your words.”
Again tumult arose from the spec
tators as friends of Caillaux cheered
and clapped their hards. There were
loud cries of “Bravo!”
Chenu shouted at the top of his
voice and his answer ranged above
the uproar:
“You don't know the kind of man
yvou are dealing with., I accept your
menaces, How dare you attack coun
sel for doing his duty?”
In the meantime Judge Albanel was
making frantic efforts to restore or
der. His commands and the taps of
his gavel were unanswered. |
e VhE e aan Co. S CENTS. - HaZ:ho
INNES' SECOND WIFE |
~__AND KIDNAPED’ SON|
Mrs. Viola Sickles Innes, of New York, second wife of Victor
E. Innes, who has written Mrs. J. W. Nelms, of Atlanta, that she
left Innes several years ago when she discovered he was ‘‘half
negro.”” He left, taking their baby boy with him.
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Chas. May Hit and
Badly Hurt by Car
.
Driven by Woman
Charles May, of No. 444 Washing
ton street, was run down and se
riously hurt at Five Points Wednes
'day by an electric automobile whose
number, Mr. May s=avs, was Ga. 3370.
That number is registered at the
State Capitol as belonging to Mrs.
Asa G. Candler, of Inman Park. A
woman was in the car
Mr, May was in a semi-conscious
condition when removed to his home.
'Physicians found that one rib on the
‘lelt side was broken and that he pos
sibly was i{nternally injured. Another
rib was bent, and he wa® badly
bruised.
Mr. May is in business at No. 19 1-2
Peachtree street, and was crossing
the street from the Flkin drug store
when the accident occurred. He was
struck in the back by the machine
and was knocked to the ground. A
policeman carried him into his place
of business and a physician was
called, who ordered the injured man
taken to his home.
IDLE WORKMEN REINSTATED,
CHATTANOOGA, July 22.—More
than 100 employees dropped from the
payrolls this spring when a general
retrenchment policy was put into ef
fect were put back to work at the lo
cal plant of the United States Cast
Iron Pipe and Foundry Company to
day. ]
Railroads and Beef
Trust Charged with
Trade Conspiracy
NEW YORK, July 23.—Charges that
American meat packers and the rall
roads out of New York are In a con
spiracy to ruin the independent meat
packing Interests of South America are
made in letters that have been sent by
A. H. Benjamin, representative of the
two largest South American meat pack
ers, to the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and the Department of Agricul
ture,
Benjamin asks the Interstate Com
merce Commission to investigate the
actions of the rallroads because of thelr
refusal to provide facilities for handling
the Argentine meat shipped to New
York and requests the Department of
Agriculture to interfere to stop the fight
the American packers are making
against the Independents in London in
an effort to destroy them zand a 0 got
sole control of the South American meat
supply. |
There is a shortage of beef, Mr. Ben
jamin admits, but he asserts that he can
supply sufficient of the South American |
product for the American market to
reduce the retail price 3 to 5 cents a
pound below the present high cost. 1
Trade Board Comes
To Hotel's Support
COLUMBUS, July 22.—The Colum
bus Board of Trade has taken up the
affairs of the new Hotel Ralston, on
which work was stopped a few days
ago when the contractors took steps
to secure the amount due them, and
will make an effort to raise the money
necegsary to insure the completion of
the hotel.
It will require $25000 additional
cash to insure the completion of the
hotel.
.
May Publish Rate
. ’
Decision on Saturday
WASHINGTON, July 22.—The de
ciston In the 5 per cent advance rate
case will not be made to-day, ac
cording to an announcement at the
office of the secretary to the Inter
state Commerce Commission,
No intimation was given as to when
the decision will be handed down,
although a report was current that it
would be made next SBaturday,
EXTRA
rIND IRI
N TEXAS
[OWN, 13
REPORT
Former Wife of Innes Writes
Mrs. Nelms That He Is
Half Negro.
Here are the most important of
Wednesday’s developments in
the great Nelms ‘‘death note’
mystery:
On definite advices received in
San Antonio from former District
Attorney Schleicher that Mrs.
Eloise Nelms Dennis and Miss
Beatrice Nelms are in Cuero,
Texas, Police Sergeant A. D.
Luck hastens there to investigate.
in a letter to Mrs. J. W, Neims,
Victor E. Innes’ former wife, of
New York, denounced Innes as a
“nalf negro,” a “blackguard” and
a “scoundrel.”
Body of murdered woman found
on the beach near Galveston is not
that of Beatrice Nelms, accord
ing to identifications.
Marshall Nelms leaves at noon
for Washington to appeal to the
~ Attorney General and Department
1 of Justice for a vigorous Federal
probe.
A San Antonio traveling sales
man reports that he has seen the
Neims sisters at Texas City,
Texas, in company with a cavairy
officer formerly staticned in
Georgia.
Detective W. F. Harper finds
that the mysterious “Mrs. Mims,”
accompanied by Mrs. Dennis,
bought a hat in Atlanta and said
she expected to make a sea voy
age.
A young woman identifies a
picture® of Innes as a clairvoyant
and mind reader who was at No.
26 Luckie street three years ago.
~ While Marshall Nelms was hurry
ilng to Washington Wednesday to ap
peal to Attorney General Mcßeynolds
for a thorough Federal probe of the
’strange disappearance of his sisters,
‘Mrs. Eloise Nelms Dennis and Miss
‘Beatrice Nelms, Police Sergeant
Luck, who is searching in the West
!tor the girls, hastened from San An
tonio to the little town of Cuero, Tex
as, on a trail which it was believed
might clear the great mystery.
The hunt took this sudden new turn
when advices were received in San
Antonlo by District Attorney Linden
from former District Attorney Schiei
cher that the missing sisters are In
Cuero.
Acting on a communication from
Police Chlef Beavers, the Interna
tional Assoclation of Police Chiefs
Wednesday lent its aid in the nation
wide hunt. The machinery of the as
sociation, touching every section of
the country, was put into motion.
Brother to Washington.
i Marshall Nelms left at noon for
Washington over the Southern Raii
way armed with letters from Attor
ney Reuben R. Arnold and United
States District Attorney Hooper
Alexander. He will make a direct ap
peai to the highest cfficials.
~ Attorney J. A. Watson, Jr., one of
'Mrs. Nelms' legal advisers, Wednes
day was investigating a report made
to him by a young woman, whose
!name is withheld, that she had iden
‘tifled the picture of Victer E. Innes as
that of a clairvoyant and mind reader
who was in Atlanta three years ago
and who stayed for some time at No.
26 Luckie street.
This woman sald the clairvoyant
had a woman with him who fits the
description of the mysterious and
elusive “Mrs. Mims.”
Pair Seen at Army Camp.
A new clew in the search for the
missing Nelms sisters was developed
Wednesday on the story of a travele
ing salesman {n San Antonie. He
ddclared that Eloise and Beatricd'
were in Texas City and had been sesn
in company with a cavalry offices'
from the Georgia post, ¢
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