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No. 67 East Seventeenth street, was
fatally stricken with paralysis Thurs
day while alone in the real estate of
fices of Roff €ims & Co., in the Fourth
Natlonal Bank Building.
Mr. Sims was in the office talking
with Owens fifteen minutes before the
stroke came, and at that time there
was no indication that Mr. Owens
was even feeling ill. Mr. Sims went
up to the fifteen floor of the build
ing. and on his return found the aged
galesman seatd in his chalr, but un
conscious,
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were hastily summoned and everv
thing possible was done for the
stricken man He was removed to
Grady Hospital, where he died.
Mr. Owens had been a salesman
for the Sims company for several
years., He is survived by his wife.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
VOIL. XII.. NO. 306
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Curfew Law Planned
To Stop Pool Playing
EUFAULA, ALA. July 23,—A war
is to be waged on poolrooms in this
city hecause of their being frequented
by minors. As an aild in this fight
there is a growing sentiment for the
enactment of a curfew law which
will compel minors to be within doors
by 9 o'clock each night.
Counell is expected to take action
at its next meeting.
Capsizes Lake Boat
CLEVELAND, OHIO, July 23.—Two
men and a boy were drowned off
Gordon Park at noon to-day when a
hoat overturned in a sudden squall.
The same storm capsized a rowhboat
off Bratenahl, a suburb occupied by
millionaires, and several persons were
thrown into the water. They were
rescued by a motor boat. ‘
ROOSEVELT SUED FOR LIBEL
aIITOR ot
EJEOIED
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CISTER
New Romance May Replace One
Shattered by Elopement of
Savannah Girl.
MACON, July 23.-—Members
of the family of Dr. W. L. Pick
ard, President of Mercer Univer
sity, are inclined to the startling
theory that Miss Florence Mar
tha Pickard, his daughter was
drugged and irresponsible when
sne wed Leverett R. Harrison,
her former sweetheart, after her
engagement to Karl Karsten, an!
Oxford University (England) |
graduate, had been announced. I
The eloping bride sent frantic 2p
peals Wednesday to her mother in
Savannah, following a separation
from her husband of only a few days.
“Because of my daughter's great
strength of character,” said Dr. Pick
ard Thursday,, “we feel sure she was
taken advantage of by Harrison. The
affair is 2 profound sorrow to me, but
it {8 something I can not help. I know
my daughter wonld not have acted as
she has unless she was overpowered.’
Suspect Soda Water.
The Pickard fam!ly has not made
the public charge that the girl was
drugged, yet there is a chain of evi
dence to that end concerning which
they are not reticent.
It {s known that Mise Pickard was
ill from fever, and that she and Har
rison on Fridav of last week went to
a drug store in Savannah and pro
cured some soda water. Soon after
ward they hastened to a clergyman’s,
Miss Pickard succumbing to the fer-
Jiant appeals of her former sweet-
Heart, and wers married. The minis
ter, it is declared, has said he thought
the young woman appeared and acted
peculiatly, ‘but that he attributed her
behavior to her recent illness. A few
bours after the marriage ceremony
the eouple left Sa®annah, Harrison
displaying an eagerness to be away
before Karsten, Miss Pickard's flance,
should arrive. And Wednesday, five
days after the elopement, Mrs. Pick
ard had a telegram from her daugh
ter in New York State, begging her
mother to hasten to her.
Macon and Savannah were aghast
at the news. Florence Pickard, was
the natural conclusion, has been
abandoned by the man who forced
her into marriage.
Turns to Younger Sister.
Meanwhile, ag heroes of the story
books have turned from fickle sweet
hearts to newer, kindlier love, Kars
ten is sald to have found a balm for
his heart in the_companionskhip of
Mise Elizabeth @kurd. the younger
and the prettierof the college pres
ident's daughters, Karsten, arriving
in Savannah fresh from England and
full of plans for his marriage, was
faced hy the news that his bride-to
be had gone away with her former
sweetheart, The Pickard family sor
rowed with him, and received him in
to their Savannah home as & we!-
comed visitor.
There was the vounger sister, sym
pathetic and companionable. She was
the antithesis of the girl who had
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ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1914.
New Haven Line Sued
By U. B.as Monopoly;
No Alarm in ‘Street’
NEW YORK, July 28.—The United
States Government to-day began its
active prosecution of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad
when the Department of Justice filed
a bill in equity in the United States
District Court here at noon to-day
against the New Haven road as a
monopoly.
The bill charged that the New Ha
ven has violated the Sherman act "in
varlous ways by restraining trade and
commerce in the New England States,
and has acquired monopolies of rail
roads and water transportation and
trolley transportation in Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Massachusetts and
New York.”
The bill asks for a dissolution of
the alleged monopoly. It emphasizes
the density of population in the ter
ritory involved, which, it is claimed,
makes the violation of the Sherman
act the more reprehensibie.
Financlal leaders professed to-day
to see no cause for alarm. They be
lieve the terms of dissolution ulti
mately to be decreed will conform
with the agreement tentatively reach
ed in conference between reflreaenta
tives of the New Haven and the Gov
ernment.
New Haven stock opened unchang
ed, but dropped a half-point later
when trading in the stock stopped.
War Rumors Lower
European Stocks
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georglan.
PARIS, July 23.—The bourses of
Berlin, Vienna and Paris were dis
turbed to-day by further rumors of a
possible war between Austria and
Servia, and securities were lower. A 1
was reported from Vienna that Aus
tria is preparing to mobilize 300,000
reservists of their classes, and that
Italy* is about to mobilize half as
many troops in support of Austrie
The Austrian Foreign Office las
sent a sharp note to Belgrade de
manding an explanation of the sud-
Gen activity in the Pan-BSlavic move
ment, to which is attributed the us
sassination of Archduke Francis Fer
dinand,
.
Bathing Gowns of
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All Colors for Paris
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian,
PARIS, July 23.—Quite a commo
tion has arisen over preparing the
bathing dresses for Dieppe, Trouville
and other seaside resorts. Dead bil
liard table green, canary yellow, old
blue, lilac, tango, orange and vermil
lion are shades which will be seen in
the newest bathing dresses.
The old-fashioned skirt is replaced
by a natty little trouserette, laceg up
the side and attached to a close-fit
ting corsage cut decoliete and laced
on the shoulder.
oil Barons Face Jail
.
As Violators of Law
JRRSEY. CITY, N, J. ' Jnly 28—
Directors of the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey to-day found
themselves liable tu imprisonment
for three years if their company is
convicted on a warrant issued yester.
day charging that it has violated one
of the “seven sisters” acts passed
during the Administration of Gov
ernor Woodrow Wiison,
They have directed that the action.
which charges that gasoline has been
sold under cost to crowd out competi
tors, shall be fought at every "step.
GEORGIAN TO GET PLACE.
JACKSONVILLE, July 23.—1 t was
authoritatively stated to-day that
Colonel W. B. Denham, former gen
eral superintendent of the Atlautic
Coast Line, would be named traffic
manager of Jacksonville'’s new mu
nicipal docks and terminals. Colonel
Denham {s 2 Georgian, .
Brother of Missing Girls Is in
Washington to Induce U. S.
to Aid in Search.
Marshall Nelms Thursday laid be
fore Senator Hoke Smith in Wash
ington all the known facts of thfi dis
appearance of his sisters, Beitrice
Nelms and Eloise Nelms Dennis, for
whom a nation-wide but entirely un
succeesful search has been conducted
since July 9
. The voung man was given encour
agement that the Government would
undertake an immediate investigation,
of the charges of misuse of the malls
which have been lodged against Vies
tor E. Innes, Portland lawyer, by the
members of the Neims family, but
Senator Bmith regarded as doubtfula
probe of the allegation that Innes
may have yiolated the Mann act.
Along with these developmentg at
the national capita' came dn entirely
new line of investigation in Atlanta.
This involved a thorough inspection
of all the business papers of Beatrice
Nelms and interviews with all her
business acquaintances with a view
of determining if her affairs were in
such a condition as to furnish a mo
tive for her strange disappearance.
Meets Senator Smith.
1t has been said that she was nol
involved financially i{n any sericus
way, but Attorney Reuben Arnold,
counsel for Mrs. J. \W. Nelms, mother
}o{ the miseing girls, wanted to make
‘sure on this point so that nothing
should ba overlooked in seeking the
’roaeson for their disappearance.
Mrs. Neims Defounces Agent.
} A Bensational incident occurred
i'l‘hursda,\' on an elevator in the Gould
'Building when W. O. Shelinutt, a
salesman for a medicine company.
wasg roundly denounced by Mrs. Nelms |
as having a part in the disappearance
of her daughters. }
Shellnut is the man named in the |
mysterious post('alq and letter x'e-l
ceived by Mrs. Nelme from Asheville
and Canton, N. C. The letter was
signed by “C. Allen.” Mr. Shellnut
readily explamned that he had no con
nection with the Nelms girls' disap
pearance, and said that Allei, once a
private detective. had become en
raged at him because of his testimo
v in.the Myrtle Hawkins case in
South Carolina, and had threatened to
hound him.
Nelms met Senator Smith in Wash
ington at 12.30 o'clock and presented
letters of introduction from District
Attorney Hooper Aiexander, Post
master Bolling H. Jones and Attor
ney Arnold, dispatches to The Geor
glan said. The Senator took Mr.
Nelms into the President’s room to
talk with him.
After looking over the letters, Sen
ator Smith said that the Department
of Justice had already held that the
Government had nq jurisdiction to
investigate the Nelms case on the
charge of violating the Mann while
slave act, but it appeared probable
that the postal lJaws had been vio
lated by Innes writing to Eloise as to
investments which he would make for
her, but which later were said to be
fictitious.
To Mcßeynolds and Burleson,
Senator Smith Thursday afternoon
or Friday morning will Introduce
Nelms to Attorney General Mcßey
nolds and Postmaster General Burle
gon and Chief Postoffice Inspector
sohnson, =0 that he can lay before
wiem letters he has from Attorney
Acnold and District Attorney Alex
ander. 3
The letter which Nelms will submit
to the department is in the form of a
statement of the case in which Attor
ney Arnold holde that the white slave
law has been violated by Innes in in
ducing Mrs. Eloise Dennis to come
West to meet him, and that the postal
lawe have been violated by Innes
representing that he was investing
her $lO,OOO in land and securities In
Mexico, Utah and Montana, which in
vestments are said to be fictitfous,
.’Cmfl"‘h‘:"}:;.m . 2 CENT§ l“l'tg“l;o
Orders Attorneys to Bring Action,
Denying Colonel's Tirade
Against Him.
NEW YORK, July 23.—William
Barnes, Jr., chairman of the Republi
can State committee, often called
“Boss” Barnes, this afternoon stated
that he had authorized his attorneys
to bring suit for libel against Theo
dore Roosevelt. The suit will be based
on the statement issued by the Colo
nel last night, in which Roosevelt
said:
“In New York State the two politi
cal machines are completely domi
nated, the one by Mr. Barnes, the
other by Mr. Murphy. The State gov
‘ernmenl is rotten throughout, in al
most all ite depsrtmaents, and this is
[directly due to the dominance in poil
tics of Mr. Murphy and his sub
'bassPs. acting through such entirely
subservient agénts as Governors Dix
and Glynn, alded and abetted when
necessary by Mr. Barnes and sub
bosces of Mr. Barnes
‘“Barnes and Murphy Alike.,”
Mr. Murphy and Mr. Barnes are
of exactly the same moral and politi
cal type. Not one shadow of good
comes from substituting one for the
other in the control of our Govern
ment
“These bossas do not hold@ public
office themselves. They act through
the holders of public office whom they
control. Yet they really form the all
powerful invisible government which
is responsible for the maladministra
tion and the corruption in the public
offices of the State.”
In making known his determination
to sue Colonel Roosevelt, Barnes is
sued the following statement:
“I have nothing whatever to say in
reply to Mr. Roogevelt's dlatribe, cx
cept that it lacked dignity and self
restraint and is without foundation.
Denies Every Statement.
“When an issue of this kind is rais
ed by a person of such prominence,
one has but one of three courses:
Submit to the aspersions; enter into
an unseemly personal controversy, or
to appeal to the courts in order to
enable the person who utters those
libels to establish the facts as legal
evidence. I deny the truthfulness of
every statement made by Mr. Roose
velt in his publication this morning,
and I have instructed my counsel,
Ivine, Witloff and Hogue, to bring an
action for libel without delay against
him.
“The issue in the primary canvass
of the Republican party is in no way
related to me, and the issue between
Mr. Roosevelt and me will be judi
cially determined.”
Indict Business Man
For Arson Attempt
MOULTRIE, July 23.-—-J. M. Martin,
a prominent business man of Norman
Park, has been indicted on an attempted
arson charge. The specific allegation
against him is that he hired two negroes
to burn a house that he owned in order
that he might collect the Insurance.
The negroes were caught while trying
to burn the house and they implicated
Martin.
Man Drunk for 17
.
Years Sued by Wife
; JERSEY CITY, N. J, July 23—
‘That her husband has been drunk
‘every night of their seventeen years
of married life and that he beat
her with a turkey one Christmas eve,
were the charges made by Mrs. Gus
tav H, Ebert, a plumbing contractor’s
wife, J
Senator Promises
To Expose Fraud in
Indian Land Leases
WASHINGTON, July 283.—De
nouncing the land-leasing situation at
some of the principal Indian reserva
tions in the West as scandalous, Sen
ator Lane, of Oregon, to-day issued a
defl to the three House members of
the joint Congressional commission
which has been investigating the In
dians’ complaints.
He said the inquiry would go for
ward.
“We shall show how a ring of cattle
men have leased the Indian lands by
sharp bidding and have overbid their
competitors because they made a
practice of grazing stock on the In
dians' allotments, in defiance of law,
“If the Indians made a fusas the cat
tle men would not buy their hay, or if
they bought it they would bargain for
it by measurement and then oniy !n
winter, when its volume had shrunk
to a minimum. I am told that one
man has made a million dollars from
the Indians at the Crow reservation in
Montana by these outrageous meth
ods.”
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Man and Three Girls
A . .
- Auto Wreck Victims
i SELMA, ALA., July 33.—City Coun
cilman L. D. Porter, of Selma; Misses
Ruby and Lylle Worley, of Mont-
Igomery, and Miss Edna Whelan, of
Calro, 111, to-day are récovering from
an auto accident near Montgomery.
In turning a sharp curve in the road
Porter’'s big auto skidded and turned
turtle, throwing all four occupants
out, and pinning them under the car,
where they were held till passersby
releaseq them.
The young women had been visit
ing Mrs. Porter, and were returning
to Montgomery.
.
Lost Girls Found
Reliving Film Play!
LOS ANGELES, July 23.—While
the police in scores of coast uities‘
were seeking Marguerite Nears and
Theodosia Stevens, both 11 years old,
and Hazel! Winter, 2, the trio was
found wrapped in a single blanket
under i‘he municipal pler, living over
again a film play which they had
seen ‘
Crops Tax Makers |
.
0f Grain Thrashers'
CHICAGO, July 28.—Local thrash
ing machine companies are working
overtime in an effort to supply the
demand for machines resulting from |
the bumper wheat crops in the (‘en-;
tral West.
Overcoats Feel Fine |
.
Out in Denver, Colo.
DENVER, COLO. July 28.—The
temperature here early to-day was 60
degrees and grate firées were common.
Many persons appeared on the streets
wearing straw hats and overcoats.
Look! Used Car
Bargains For You
DID you see the hun
dreds of bargains in Mo
torcycles and used Au
tomobiles in The Geor
gian's “Want Ad" Sec
tion yesterday? If not,
then somebody else is
already on the track of
the bargain that would
have been yours.
BUT to-day again in
Georgian “"Want Ads”
are many striking new
bargains that did not
appear yesterday. Take
advantage of them
NOW,
EXTRA
oHEPPARD
AGT WILL
Phod, oAI
| EATIERS
Motion for Roll Call Friday Sus
tained—Delay Asked to Con
vince Opponents.
Afier leaders of the House of
Representatives had analyzed
the child labor situation in Geor
gia, and in stirring and convine
ing speeches pointed out that the
remedy lies in the enactment of
laws that will take the little
children from slavery in the
mills and factories and give
them a chance to acquire at least
the rudiments of an eduecation to
equip them for the battles of
life, the Sheppard child labor
bill won the first clash when the
measure eame up for considera
tion Thursday.
’ The test came when Representative
‘J. E. Sheppard, of Sumter County,
'the author of the bill, asked unani
mous consent that the debate be ex
tended from 12:40 o'clock Thursday.
ithe time to which it was originaliv
limited, to the same hour Friday.
‘There was objection to the request.
Motion Tests Strength, ;
‘ It became apparent at once that the
opponents of the Sheppard bill were
trying to force the measure to a vote.
‘relying on the misunderstanding that
exists among certain members as to
the provisions of the bill to carry
them through to victory.
| Mr. Sheppard then put his request
in the form of a motion. It was
plainly a test vote on the Sheppard
bill and the Dorough amendment,
which has been accepted by the au
thor of the bill and others supporting
it.
The line was plainly drawn between
the advocates and opponents of tha
bill—and Mr. Bheppard’s motion car
ried overwhelmingly.
Leaders of the House regard the
vote on Mr. Sheppard's motion as in
dicative of the filnal vote when the
measure rceaches the roll call stage
Friday.
' The Sheppard bill, before the House
|adjourned. had one vote recorded for
it,
f Stone Votes for Bill.
. This is the vote of Representative
‘Stone, of Dawson County, who asked
that he be permitted to cast his vote,
‘as he will be unable to attend Iri
day's session. Mr. SBtone voted for
the Dorough amendment and (he
‘Sheppard substitute, and against the
Moon substitute. Half a dozen other
‘members tried to get the consent of
‘the House to cast their votes the same
-way, but it was refused.
. The debate on the Sheppard bill at
Thursday’'s sesslon developed some
of the strongest speeches members
of the House have heard in recent
years. Those who spoke in favor of
the bill were Representatives Robert
Blackburn, of Fulton County; Samuel
Olive, of Richmond County; Dorough,
of Franklin County, and BSmith, o#
DeKalb County.
Arguments against the bill, exs
pressing the ideas of the mill owners
of Georgia respecting child labow
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