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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
COCHRAN AND MARCHMAN
ARE ACQUITTED BY COURT
Two of Principals in Cochran
CIeghom Feud Are Exon
Grated of All Charges
(snecial Dispatch 10 Nc IournalO


ASHBURN, Ca, Dec. 1e.-W. J. Coch-
ran and Lee Marchman, brother-in-law
and brother of Minnie Marchman, whose
death over a month ago is alleged TO
have started the feud between her rela-
tives and Tan Cleghorn and his brothers,
have been exonerated of all charges fol-
lowing the recent shooting escapade on
the streets of Ashburn. Cochran and
Marchman Immediately surrendered aft
er the duel between them and the Cleg-
horn brothers. in which Cochran claimed
that he had fired the shots that wound
ed Tan and Marion Cleghorn.
Cochran and Marchman made bail for
the charge Of assault and battery and
shooting on the streets. When the case
was called I'm police court the two men
were cleared of all charges.
Tan Cleghorn and his brother, Marion,
who were wounded, are both reported to
have recovered from their injuries. Nine
of the Cleghorn boys are now under
peace bonds.
The feud resulted from the mention
ing of Tan Cleghorn in connection with
the mysterious death of Minnie March
man, his sweetheart.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
MAYOR CHAPPEEL URGES
CITY TO BUY WATERW0RKS
(special pispatch to lThe ,Journal.)

F. kSp6C1dl -OASpdNCA " LAC fJOu4AdA@J
COLUMBUS, Ga, Dec 19.-Strong-
" advocating municipal ownership Of
waterworks and stressing the needs for
more equity in city taxation by the ex-
posing of the tax dodgers Mayor L.
H. Chappell sent his annual message to
the city council last night. which was
read with unusual interest. The mayor
recommended the abolition of the office
of assistant city engineer and made
many timely suggestions regarding the
operation of the city's affairs during
the ensuing year. He reviews the prog
ress made by the city during the year
just closing, pointing out the rapid de-
velopments of the past twelve months
and commenting quite freely on the nu-
merous permanent improvements made.
The finances Of the city are discussed
at some length and the mayor deplores
the fact that the expenditures of the
year exceeded the income by over
$4,000, and he warns against appro-
priations in excess Of the citys in
come during the coming year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
WOMAN RE-LOADs GUN AND
FIRES AGAIN into VICTIM
Mrs. A. L. Lynn Sends Seven
Bullets Into Body of Aged
Frank Hightewer
Special Dispatch to The JOurnal)


DUBLIN. Ca. Dec. 1s.-No develop
ments have occurred to throw new light
on the shooting and killing of Mr..
Frank Hightower by Mrs. A j. Lynn
Yesterday at the home OF the Lynns.
eight miles from Dublin Mrs Lynn
claims she was attacked by Mr.. High
tower and killed him 10 protect herself
Mr. Hightower's friends do not credit
this statement as true.
Mr.. HiglItower was seventy-three
years OF age. He was Christian gen.
tleman. Of excellent reputation. Mrs.
Lynn was an adopted daughter of Mr..
Hightower's brother-in-law. He had
known Mrs. Lynn from girlhood and
treated her as though she was one Of
the family.
Yesterday he had gone to the house
Of the Lynns. carrying 10 them some
flour and lard No one was in the house
at the time of the shooting except
a three-year-old child Seven shots
we're fired in the body Of the deceased,
four in the head and three in the body.
The shots seem to have been fired
from the back of the head. The fact
that seven bullets were found in the
body shows that II was necessary to
reload the pistol and fire again into
the body after the pistol had been
emptied.
Mrs. Lynn then called a neighbor
and told him she had killed Mr.. High
tower 20 defend herself. Mr.. Hightow-
er was father OF Mr.. ]. B. Hightower
chief OF police OF Dublin. Mrs. Lynn
is the wife OF a. L Lynn Mr.. Lynn
was a blacksmith in Dublin until he
began farming last spring. No arrests
have been made. Mrs. Lynn is in a
delicate condition.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
FOUR ARE SHOT AS
POLICE SIEGE HOUSE
OF BARRICADED MAN
Adam BoehIerr After Killing.
Wife and Shooting Others,
Is Slain by Memphis Detec-
tives Following 8-Hour Siege
CBv Associated pr.s..,


MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. 19.-Adam j.
Boiler, who held a squad of fifty police
men and detectives at bay for eight
hours this morning, was shot and killed
shortly before noon by city detectives
who forced their way into Boilers
stronghold in downtown rooming house
after the man had been partially over
come by the fumes Of formaldehyde
forced into the room through holes cut
in the wall and flooring.
Boehler and the police, the latter sta
toned at half a dozen points of van
tage in neighboring buildings, exchanged
an intermittent fire throughout the
morning, while others of the attack
ing party succeeded in reaching floor
above that on which the man was en-
trenched. Holes were bored through the
floor and quantities of formaIdehyde
were poured into the room. When all
appeared quiet in the room, where
Boehler was holding forth, detectives
stormed the barricaded door and in an
exchange Of shots Boehler's body was
riddled with bullets.
Throngs of persons crowded the
streets in the immediate vicinity of the
building, and did not dispense until the
final act in the tragedy occurred.
Boehler, who came to Memphis from
Indiana in a houseboat, attacked his
wife. from whom he was separated, in
a boarding house where she had apart
ments with her four-year-old daughter.
Other occupants OF the house heard the
two scufhing but the only witness to
the killing was the child who met Of
hcers who had been summoned with the
announcement that papa has killed
mamma" The woman was found lying
on the floor, her throat slashed. She
died within a few nome :. According
to the child, Boehler, after cutting the
woman's throat, deliberated a moment.
washed his hands and left before the
policemen arrived.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
$40 KILLED IN BATTLE
AT HUEJUGUILLA, MEXICO
Rebels Take Town, According
to Reports and Commit
0utrageS

GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Dec. H.
One hundred rebels and forty rural
guards and towns people were killed in
a fierce battle at Huejuquilla yesterday.
The town was sacked by the rebels who
committed many outrages.
A force Of 500 rebels. commanded by
General Cheche Campos, yesterday
morning attacked Huejuquilla, Jalisco,
near the boundary of Zacatecas.
Fifty rural guards and armed citizens
held them of for thirty hours until the
store Of ammunition was exhausted.
Then the rebels forced their way and
committed every kind outrages, accord
ing to reports.
Some hours Eaters reinforcements of
federal troops arrived and drove the reb-
els out after killing large number OF
them
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
HABERSHAM FARMERS
GUARD AGAINST ATTACKS
Charred Paper and Wood Are
Found Under Home That
Was Target for Shots
Especial Dispatch to The JournaL)


CORNELIA, Ga, Dec. 19.-The dis
covery of charred paper and pine wood
under the house, of william Harper,
near Mt. Airy, which was the target
for bullets Monday night by a band OF
unidentified marauders, has led to the
placing of guards and pickets around
the home. Officials believe that the at
tempted burning was the work of ne
groes, and not the result Of an alleged
feud between mountaineers and farm
ers.
The homes of Harper and j. B. Trot-
ter, neighbor. have been the objects
of several attacks Trotters home has
been visited five times In the last few
nights. Shots have been fired and rocks
hurled at Trotters house.
Shots fired by son of Trotter
frightened away the crowd the last
time, one of the maurauders leaving
blood stained hat behind him.
The crowds afteTward visited Harp
er's home, which they attempted to
shoot up and burn. A member of Harp
er's family again frightened away the
crowd, but when Harper and Trotter
went in the yard they were met
by a volley of shots and stones and
were compelled to run for their lives.
Trotter and Harper have both receiv-
ed many threatening letters, the former
five i'm ALL One letter sent Wednesday
ordered Trotter to leave or suffer the
consequences. This letter is alleged to
have been signed by five negroes as fol-
lows: Ben Cothran. Robert Ingram,
Tom Tannard, T j. Jones and Pink
Jones.
The damp weather alone is believed
to have prevented the firing Of Harp
ers home The entire neighborhood is
in a state of excitement and if the
guilty parties are caught it is believed
they will be in imminent danger.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
WILSON PREPARES FIGHT
ON JERSEY CORPORATIONS
President-EIect DeyoteS At
tention to Revision of His
States Corporation Laws
tBy Associated Press.)

TRENTON, N. J., Dec. 19.-Wood-
row Wilson gave his attention today
to the question of revision of state
corporation law which is expected to
be one of the principal questions that
will be discussed in the state legisla-
ture.
To the charge in the recent cam
paign that he had not fought certain
corporations chartered under New Jer-
sey laws and alleged to be trusts, the
governors answer has been that at no
time during his term had he complete
county cooperation in the legislation.
For the purpose of making the states
powers more extensive an amendment
of the present laws is expected to be
proposed in the next legislator, now
Democratic in both branches.
On national matters the president
elect today had only one engagement
with Senator Overman, of North
Carolina.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
.HOCKIN PICTURED AS
TACO" OF DYNAM|TERs
District Attorney Declares That
Man Was Anxious to Get
Rid of Pals

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. Histories
which the government charges Herbert
S. Hockin told while acting as the
'Iago" Of the dynamite conspiracy were
related by District Attorney James W
Noel in continuing his argument to the
jury at the trial of the forty arrused
bomb plotters" today.
I'm bertaying all with whom he had
to deal. Hockin never told the same
story twice." said Mr.. Noel.
still this man, Iago, of the conspir-
acy, whispering a different story in each
new ear, was one of the originators OF
the scheme to blow up non-union jobs
by dynamite. He was ambitious and
wanted to get out Of the way those
who were opposed to him. Ortie e. Nc
Manigal and ]. B. Mcnamara had com
planned that Hockin was withholding
part of the 5000 fee allowed for each
explosion The dynamiters were about
to ditch him. so Hockin decided TO be-
tray them"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
COURTS ADVICE ASKED
ON PACIFIC DISSOLUTION
The Roads Counsel Wants to
Know Unions Jurisdiction
Over Southern'S Stock
CBy Associated Press. }

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Dissolu-
ton Of the Union-Southern Pacific
merger again came before the supreme
court today when attorneys for the
Union Pacific and the government
Joined in a request that the court de-
termine at once what right the Union
Pacific's stockholders should have in
the disposal of the Southern Pacific
stock held by the Union Pacific in vio-
lation of the Sherman antitrust law.
The railroad attorneys explained to
the court that they considered the only
practicable method for the stock to be
distributed without irreparable injury
would be for the Union Pacific company
to offer the shares to its own sharenold-
ers. pro rata, according to the amount
of their holdings; for purchase at fair
price, or to distribute the same as a
dividend to the holders of its stock en-
titled to a dividend. They declared that
the attorney general was opposed to
such a plan.
The Offering for sale upon the open
market of the Union Pacific's holdings
of Southern Pacific's shares aggregating
SI26, $50, 900 would not only infiict great
injustice anu lETepdEduAS udAhdSC APOA
the Union Pacific and its shareholders,
but also would cause a serious financial
disturbance by Oversupplying the mar
ket demand for securities of this char
acter and consequently depressing the
price not merely OF the Southern Pa
cfics shares owned by the Union Pa
cifc but also of the shares of Southern
Pacific held by others, and even of the
securities of other corporations dealt
in on the market, during and for long
period after the offering of these South
ern Pacific shares for SALE" declared the
papers filed.
The railroad attorneys argued that II
the Southern Pacific's stock owned by
the Union Pacific were distributed
among all Union Pacific shareholders.
the "so-called controlling interests
would get only per cent of the total
capitalization of the Southern Pacific
company. or an infinite small portion"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
HALF MILLION DOLLARS /
Observation-Disclosures
Neither Oscar HammerStein
Nor Gus Edwards Ever Gath
cred Such a Collection as
is on Exhibition at Poultry
Show

Half million dollars worth of chick
ems have come TO roost at the audi
toriun. .s.. 3.
Neither oscar Hamnerstein nor Gus
Edwards ever gathered such, a collec-
ton.
Finish your Christmas shopping at
Five Points. go two blocks down Edge
wood avenue, another block up Gilmer.
and sight to remember awaits you.
Forty-seven hundred chickens. of
forty-seven varieties. twenty of which
are new even to fanciers, fill every incn
of the auditorium.
From entrance to the rear wall of the
building are chickens, chickens, chick
ens-4,7OO of thems worth not penny
less than 100000. .
Great, heavy birds, fill one row of
coops; sleek; dainty fowls another; queer
little bantams' with the look of Christ
mas toys occupy a third.
Some are of the green black that
shimmers as with polish; others are
snow white: others are of astonishing
blends of 'coIors.
Every size, every hue. every variety
is housed in the auditorium. Two other
chicken SHOWS have been larger, and
only these two. Put them aside, and
the exhibition at the auditorium is the
most important display Of chickens that
fanciers of the United Stetes have ever
held.
But it is more than a chicken snow.
These birds of half million dollars
value are as beautiful. as the shiny, sat
my blue bloods of the tanbark. They in
vite as much praise for their fine looks
as the blue ribbon winners of the horse
show.
They are of as much interest to the
casual visitor as to the fancier. In
many ways, one who is without expert
knowledge finds the show more pleasur-
able than another who regards the birds
critically.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
BIBB TO IMPROVE LINK
IN NATIONAL HIGHWAY
County Begins Campaign to
Better All Roads Out of
Macon
(speeial Dispatch to Nae Journal.)


MACON, Ga, Dec. .19.-The county
commissioners of Bib will likely have
the Lorraine road leading from Macon COW
cred with a bed of gravel from Macon
to Lorraine station on the Central rail-
road, a distance of about twenty miles
The road is a part of the national
highway and the commissioners are de-
sirous of having the leading roadways
throughout the. county put in the best
shape possible They have decided to
make their first expenditure on the ma
tionaI highway from the county line to
Macon.
The cost of graveling the roadbed
will likely be about $4,000. The gravel
in question is after the style of a ma
cadam road and is to be gotten from
near Augusta. The proposition is not yet
fully decided on, but will probably be
definitely settled by the board after the
holidays. ..-t'
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
TEMPERANCE WORKERS
LEAVING WASHINGTON
Return to Homes to Raise
100000 to Support Shep-
pard-Kenyon Bill
CBy Associated PTsss.)

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1s.-Nearly 400
temperance workers from throughout
the United States who have been here
to urge the passage OF legislation pro-
hibiting shipments Of liquor into dry
territory. scattered for their homes to-
day to work toward the raising of a
-=uG OF 100000 in yearly instsllments
Of 100000 for the inauguration OF a
nationwide crusade
The workers had been in session two
days. the conference closing with ban
quet last night at which Senator Ken
yon. OF Iowa. author OF the legislation
sought. was the principal speaker.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
TWELVE MORE PENSIONERS
ARE PLACED ON ROLLS

Especial Dispatch to The JournaL)
JACKSON, Ga, Dec. 1s.-Out of the
fifteen new applicants for a pension or
an increase in pension from Butts coun-
ty, twelve were approved by Pension
Commissioner ]. w. Lindsey. In the
number are six widows, who will receive
$50 per year. Some of the soldiers were
raised from $50 to SEQ per year, while one
was raised from $50 to s1CO per year.
The pension blanks are now in the
hands of Ordinary ]. H. Ham, who will
fill them out within the next few days
Butts county will have about 1S5 or 40
pensioners in 1873
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
NO MONEY TRUST CAN
EXIST. SAYS MORGAN
TOPUJO COMMITTEE
King of FinaHciers Empha-
sizes Statement With a Wig
orOus Rap of His Fist on the
Arm of His Chair

WASHINGTON. Dec. 1s.-"There
could be no money trust All the banks
and all the money in Christendom could
not control money. The question of con-
troll is personal as to money and cred
It's" declared ]. PierpOnt Morgan to-
day to the house money trust investigat-
ing committee.
The fnancier was led up to his an
swer by the questioning Of Samuel IN
termyer, counsel for the committee. who
asked Mr.. Morgan If he did not feel
his vast power"
Mr.. Morgan answered that he did not
admit he had vast power and did not
feel it.
Once when the lawyer and the wit
ness got into a discussion of COM
petition and combination. Mr.. Morgan
said:
I'D rather have combination than
competition 1 like a little competition.
but / like combination better. Control
is the important thing, without it you
can't do a thing. but no one man could
monopolize money. One man might get
control OF railroads or merchandise. but
not money and credit"
RAPS CHAIR WITH FIST.
Mr.. Morgan's declaration that there
could be no money trust" emphasized
by a vigorous bang with his fist on
the arm OF his chair. came toward the
end OF the committees morning ses-
sion. when the financier testified as
to the relations OF the house OF Nor
gan with several great corporations.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
ADVANCE IN LICENSE
TO INCREASE WEDDINGS?

Especial Dispatch to The JournaL)
JACKSON, Ga, Dec. 19-Although this
is leap year and the girls have had an
opportunity of evening up scores. CuDio
seems to be failing to do his duty in the
good county of Butts. Ordinary Ham
reports the sale of marriage licenses is
considerably behind that of former years.
Now that the rice of licenses are to
be raised with the first of the year. IT
is thought there may be some early
shopping along this line. Though good
many of the aers will have to be sold
during the next few days to even the
sales of previous years.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
CHRISTMAS CHECKS
ASSURED TEACHERS
ALL OVER GEORGIA
Railroads and Corporations
Pay Taxes So Rapidly State
Is Enabled to Pay 10 Per
Cent Immediately

So fast and in such large amounts
did the taxes of the railroads and 9TH
er corporations roll into the state treas
ury Thursday that Treasurer w. J..
speer announced that any doubt which
has hitherto existed concerning the
states ability to pay it's teachers a 10
per cent installment on their 1912 sal
aries before Christmas had been re-
moved.
Warrants for the 10 per cent portion
OF the teachers salaries. aggregating
$25O.0OO, will be drawn Friday and i'm
mediately mailed to the various coun-
ty officials. 1t will thus be possible
for the county school authorities to
make their distributions within two or
three days.
BACK SALARIES SOON.
At present the state is behind about
$2.100.OOO on the teachers salaries. less
than 20 per cent of the 1912 appropri7
alton having been paid. 1t is ex-
pected that by the first of February the
entire obligation will have been set
tied
Checks for hundreds of thousands OF
dollars, representing the 1912 taxes of
railroads and other corporations, and
several Georgia counties, came into the
state treasury.
BIG CHECKS RECEIVED.
The largest check-$119, 9S5.90-was
paid in by the Central of Georgia rail-
road. This check not only represented
the taxes on the assessed valuation of
that roads main line and branches in
Georgia, but included those on the
Southwestern railroad. and the Angus
ia and Savannah railroad. both of
which are leased and operated by the
Central. Last year the Centrars taxes
amounted to $115,214.
Other railroads which paid Thursday
we're Southern railway. $S9,55021 as
against S6,550.20 in 1911; Seaboard,
S63.270.32 as against $59.171.70 in 1911;
Wrightsville and Tennille, $4,465.4S;
Georgia, Florida and Alabama, $4,11S.-
90; Louisville and Wadley. $24072, and
Wadley Southern, $1,944.34. The
Dream Steamship company paid $12,-
26o.35
FRIDAY LAST DAY.
Taxes from a number of counties
were also received Thursday. The
last day for paying state taxes into
the treasury is Friday 1t is be-
lieved by Treasurer Speer that several
hundred thousand dollars will be re-
lived on that day. and that the tax
money viii come in very rapidly for
the next few days.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
LITERACY IMMIGRATION
BILL PASSES THE HOUSE
(By Associated Press. }

WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Tne house
toGay passed the Burnett literacy test
immigra tiOn bill, us to So. The meas
ure, a substitute for the senate Dilling-
ham bill, would bar from the United
States immigrations over sixteen years
old, unable to read, except those prov
ing to have immigrated on account OF
religious persecution at home.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
TOWNSVILLE VOTERS
NAME CITY OFFICERS
lsneciaI pispatch 10 The Journal)

Especial Dispatch TO The Journal)
TOWNSVILLE. Ca. Dec 1s--The
official count in the municipal primary
held here yesterday shows the follow
ing result:
Ardis MscDougaId. L. H. Jergsr. p: d.
Phillips. B. r. Herring. NJ. r. Elder,
w b Hambleton. A. Bennett, W. Z.
Beverly; for city treasurer. ]. II. Fl.
Mitchell; city clerk, a. a. Riley; mar
shall. A. b. Milton; sexton. 7. j..
Franklin Three members for board OF
education. ]. T. Culpepper, B. H.
Wright, W. B. Cochran These off,
Gals VIII all serve for two years.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
w, H, ViCkerS Dead

Especial Dispatch to The JournaL)
JACKSON, Ca, Dec. 19.-At the age
of eighty-two years, w. H. Vickers, said
to be the oldest white man in Butts
county, died at his home in Iron Springs
district Monday night He is survived
by two children, Mrs. T. w. Edwards,
of jackson, and Miss Ollie Vickers and
one sister, Mrs. Prudie Kinard.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-12-20
THREE ARE KILLED
WHEN BOILER BURSTS

EDGEFIELD. S. c., Dec. ls.-Three
men were killed and several badly scald-
ed when a boiler in the Burton sawmill.
near this place. exploded late today.
william Burton, owner of the plant, is
said TO have been fatally scaded-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-12-12

structions conformed to such evil
dence and consequently that the stat.
US of the proof was such as to show
that defendant was guilty of one OF
the degrees of murder or OF man
slaughter. or not guilty; and it was
not error, therefore, to omit to in
struct as to the lesser offenses includ,
ed with such greater offenses.
S. The record discloses no request
for instruction on the lesser offenses.
While many authorities hold that fail.
ure to instruct on given point when
not requested SO to do is not reversi.
BILE error, that question Is not passed
upon.
Syllabus by the court.
Appeal from q Judgment of the Dis.
trict Court of Adams County, Nichols,
j.
Affirmed.
Andrew Miller, Attorney General,
C. l.. Young, Assistant Attorney Cen
eral, Bismarck, N. D.. and E. p. Tot.
ten, States Attorney of Bowman Coun.
ty,, Bowman, N. D., for respondent.
T. r. Mockler, Bismarck, N. D., for
appellant.
Opinion by spalding, Z. ].