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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
NOT INSANE
EXPERTS BELIEVE
Wife Slayer Ignores Questions,
But Is Otherwise Normal,
Examiners Find.

Although the committee of alienists
has not made its final verdict as to the
sanity of Robert H. Clay, the Wife
SLAYER, it is understood that the exam
nations 50 far convince the experts
that Clay is sane. The findings of the
alienists will not be made public until
Clay is placed on trial before a spe-
cial lunacy jury in June.
The three experts appointed by Judge
Roam of the criminal court, Drs. ]. B.
Baird, ]. n. Ellis and S. H. Green. Wis
tied the Tower Thursday afternoon and
conducted a lengthy and exhaustive ex-
animation. Further examinations will
be made before the time for the trial.
During the whole time Clay was I'M
der the probe of the alienists he never
spoke maintaining his same demeanor
of silence that has marked his entire
Incarceration With mouth open. he
stared wildly at the walls of his cell.
refusing to pay the slightest attention
to the experts or their questions. His
pulse and temperature were found to be
normal. and he sleeps and eats well.
Jail officials are satisfied Clay is sham
ming insanity.
If the experts report the slayer sane
and he is found sane by the special
jury, he then will be placed on trial
Tor murder. On this trial his counsel
VIII enter the plea that he was insane
at the time of the killing and this viii
form his defense.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
SAMUEL GOMPERS
URGES ELECTION OF
FRIENDS OF LABOR

WASHINGTON, May 31-That or
gained labor will play strong part in
the forthcoming political campaign is
indicated by President Samuel Com
pers of the American Federation of
Labor in the June number of The Fed =
erationist issued today.
President Gompers calls for the cleo
ton of the trade union members of the
house and senate and urges every state
federation. city central body and every
individual trade unionist to work for
the nomination and election of trade
unionists to congress.
Pointing out that fifteen members Of
the house of representatives are trade
unionists in good standing in their re-
spectiye unions, President Gompers
says:
The achievement of this remarkable
result Of three congressional cam
paigns typides the aggressiveness of
the trade unionsts in the congressional
districts from which these members
were elected and emphasizes the po-
tency of well directed trade union eff
fort"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
5 Per Cent Increase
For All Public School
Teachers Is Assured
Alderman Gambler Says Provision
For Raise Will Be Made
in June Budget.

Alderman John S. Gambler. chairman
Of the council finance committee. said
today that the June budget would in
clude 8 per cent raise in salaries for
public school teachers. Alderman Can
dler declared the committee would car
~ out its promise made in January
when per cent increase in salaries
was given and another 8 per cent
promised in September.
This increase will raise the minimum
salary now paid grammar school teach
ers from S5775 to approximately $1,000
and the maximum from $77.54 to $8142
a month There are $50 teachers who
viii benefit by ii. including the prin-
cipals and the high school teachers.
The tentative June budget will be
reported to council Monday and re-
ferred to the finance committee for
consideration. Beginning Wednesday
morning the committee viii hear re-
quests for new appropriations. Al
ready requests for approp riations
amounting to 100000 have been fled
with the committee
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
DECREE To
KEEP MATE NO. Z

Mrs Lucy Bloomer, the woman With
a husband and a near husband who re-
Gently appeared in superior court. will
a second time seek freedom from Jacob
Bloomer. Of Louisville, with the fixed
intention OF remarrying ana abiding
with Matthew Froelich, Of Atlanta.
Mrs. Boomer today filed a new suit
for total divorce from Jacob Bloomer
in Fulton superior court.
Two weeks ago the trio appeared be-
fore Judge Bell and told the jurist a
strange story Boomer who started
the court action to set aside his Wife S
decree granted here held the center of
the stage.
He told the court that he had waited
in Louisville for year for his wife to
return and had received from her many
honeyed letters assuring him OF her
swift and loving return. Then he found
she had obtained divorce. This de-
cree was held Illegal.
Bloomer Expected Her To Return
Your honor" said Boomer, Il ex-
pected her back, and had prepared ar
elaborate home coming. The date OF
her return was the anniversary Of my
birthday"
Then Bloomer told the court of his
great disillusionment His wife, while
| keeping him content with written ca
resses, had gained a divorce decree II
Atlanta and was lavishing her affec-
| tons on Nathan Froelich. whom she
had married here.
Judge Bell annulled the divorce de-
cree, pronounclng Mrs. Bloomer really
the wife OF Boomer
Despite the courts decision. the wom-
an left the court room on the arm OF
t'roelich, while Bloomer sat among his
lawyers and started after her.
L never expect to go back to Mr.
Boomer" she said. Il do not love him
He always mistreated me III live witt
either. it viii be with Mr. Froelich
"Bloomer never married me except by
common law ard he always refused tC
introduce me as his wife. He called me
his housekeeper In public. | married
! him to get home-that was all"
Since the annulment of the divorce
Mrs. Bloomer. SO her attorneys assert
has never communicated with the mar
the court pronounced her husband. She
has chung to Froelich.
Mrs. Bloomer says she was first mar
ried to John Thompson when but sew
enteen years of age. Thompson dice
shortly after the wedding Thrown up
on her own resources, she went tC
Gainesville, Fla, and met Bloomer
whom she welded according TO com
mon law
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
Begin at Once To
Serve Sentences.

The two lads took their sentences
quietly. being evidently prepared for
the verdict Of the Judge, and they were
taken away Immediately to begin serv-
ing their terms
The robbery to which they pleaded
guilty occurred upoP an express dray
in front Of the Grant building, on April
II, and it was $4,000 in gems in a
trunk that they We're accused Of steal
ing The jewels belonged to the Gin
cinnati firm of S. & II. Gilsey, manu-
featuring jewelers.. and they We're being
carried to the Terminal station from
the Piedmont hotel by a negro driver OF
the Atlanta Baggage and Cab Company
Kaul, who had been employed in the
hotel. knew about this transfer. and the
police charged that he and Roddy in
tercepted the baggage wagon in front
of the Grant building. on Forsyth street
lured the negro into the building by a
ruse. and took the gems before he
returned to his charge again
How ROddy was captured in New
Orleans. Kaul in New York and Wrenn
in Birmingham is well remembered
The police found some Of the gems on
Roddy and his wife. moro on Wrenn
and a quantity in Kaul's home They
succeeded in recovering all but $4,000
worth of jewels.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
INF ANTS HURLED
INTO BONF|RES
Men and Women Are Bound to
Stakes With Barbed Wire
and Roasted Alive.

MEXICO CITY. May 81. Stories OF
inconcelvable brutaities practiced by
the Zapatist insurrectos in the state
of Morelos which include the burning
Of men and women at the stake and
the hurting Of babies into blazing bon
fires were brought here today by a sur
vivor of the massacred Of Tres Maras.
This town, situated 40 miles from
here. was sacked and burned by 1000
rebels under Zapata because 200 fed
eral soldiers had resisted the brigand
horde
Emniano Iapata and his brother, Flu
imio zapata. led the attack in person.
one hundred and eighty eight OF the
2o0 government soldiers were killed by
the rebels and their bodies burned.
Prisoners Tied With 5arbed Wire.
After the battle the victorious rebels
marched into Tres Marlas, seized all
tho men and women, binding their
hands with barbed wire
After a counsel Of the bandit chiefs,
some of the younger women were lib
Grated and compelled to follow the
rebel band The others were lined up
and great bonfires were lighted. Bodies
of the dead federal soldiers were piled
up on the faggots and the torch applied.
other soldiers were put to work tear
ing down the frame buildings Of the
town Great bonfires were built and q
detachment of soldiers seized and
bound townsfolks and put their bodies
into the embers Shrieks Of women
mingled with the groans and curses of
the men
Children Thrown Into Flames.
But the most hideous scenes were to
come The hardened rufians seized
little children and threw their bodies
into the blaze The cruel tortures
reached the supremacy OF their bar
barties when they hurled helpless in
rants into the flames before their par
ents' eyes.
But one child, boy of three years
who had hidden himself in the brush
escaped the massacre. He was brought
to this city. whore he is now being
cared for.
All the frame buildings Of the town
were burned and the sole stone struc-
ture was dynamited.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
WREN'S NEST To
RING WITH M|RTH

A golden page viii be torn from the
life of Joel Chandler Harris tomorrow
afternoon ana held up for the world to
see. At Wren's Nest hundreds of chill
dren will gather will dance and shout
and sing just as they did for him when
he was alive. The stories of the tar
baby and the briar patch and the
church fair when Brer Rabbit proved
himself too slick" for Brer Wolf viii
be retold. A hundred memories will be
awakened The place will be alive with
Just such characters as Uncle Remus
himself would have desired.
Beginning at o'clock. the annual
May festival given in commemoration
Of the life Of Joel Chandler Harris and
snap Bean Farm will take place. The
PARTICIPANTS will be the little children
of West End, and they are being
trained by women Of West End who
knew Uncle Remus.
May pole dances, esthetic dances,
dumbbell drills. wand drills and then
in grand pageantry the GROWING Of
the queen will be the order. Follow
ing these exercises the booths Will be
opened. one will be Ne Tar Baby
Booth" and one THE Church Fair
Booth" and so on, all chosen from
some story which Uncle Remus told to
the little curly haired boy.
Mrs. A. Med Wilson is in general
charge of the ceremonies. The music
VIII be furnished by Mrs George 2.
Munger and Miss Nellie Munger.
Three May poles will be unwound by
little girls of three ages. The drills will
follow this, and then little Miss Con-
stance Lefoux viii give solo dances
The imposing feature CT the day will
come when the queen, Miss Frances
stokes, is crowned. A huge company
of bright-eyed children will precede
her TO the throne place and after exc
cutting few movements they will di-
vide in two large bodies Of pink and
white with lane in the center, down
which the queen will pass.
When the program has been COM
pieted the booths will be waiting for
the strolers, and if the strollers should
care to know their future Amid Trail
genuine gypsy fortune teller, with
tent and appropriate decorations, Will
accommodate them.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
j. s. To ACCEPT
WATSON s Def

MACON. GA. May 3l.-A warrant,
charging Thomas e. Watson with i'm
proper use Of the mails. will be issued
upon the arrival tonight of Postoffice
Inspector Simms. who is on his way
here from South Carolina.
District Attorney Akermar said to-
day the only reason the matter has
been delayed thus far is because of the
non arrival Of the necessary officer to
make its issuing legal He declared
positively that the warrant will be is
sued.
Emitted States Marshal George White
will be sent Immediately to Thomson
to serve Watson. 1t Is presumed that
Watson viii have bail arranged in ad-
vance Of Whites coming and that it
will not be necessary to carry him to
Augusta and jail him.
MT Alderman was shown Georgian
OF yesterday afternoon in which Wat
son hurled defiance at the Federal gov
eminent and said the warrant might
never issue MI Alderman laughed,
and said
We'll here is the warrant; it only
awaits the signature Of the proper Of
fetal
Some Of Watson's parusans are say
ing that this is but a move to embar-
rass him in the national convention in
Baltimore. to which he has been named
as delegate But the district attorney
says there is no truth in that charge,
So Tar as he knows. The prosecution,
once undertaken, win be sincerely
pushed. regardless of all politics or per-
e,pofftfaS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
YEAR IN JAIL FOR
BOY GEM THIEVES
Raul and Roddy Plead Guilty to
Larceny and Are Given
Limit Penalty.

A years Imprisonment each was the
penalty Judge Roam imposed upon
George Kaui and o G. Roddy when
those two youths pleaded guilty today
to the 100000 jewel robbery.
The judge imposed the limit SEN
tence for the crime of simple larceny,
to which the ewo boys were permitted
to plead.
Kaul was sent to the changing for a
year and Roddy was given six months
in jail and then six months in the
chaingang
George Wrenn the third of the trio,
indicted directly for the robbery. was
not put on trial as his lawyer is i'll
and could not appear for him, and he
refused to plead guilty to the charge.
He will be tried next Monday.
His mother, Mrs Ida Wrenn and his
aunt. Mrs. Mary Morris. who We're also
indicted In connection with the theft,
will not be tried until the next term
of court. They are out on $500 bond
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
3 SOUTH CAROLINANS,
ACCUSED IN GRATING
CASE, AGAIN ON TRIAL

COLUMBIA, S. c., May 3l-The dis
pensary graft scandal, known as the
label case, is on its second hearing.
Three former dispensary directors are
charged with receiving rebates from the
Nivison Weiskopf company, a Cincinnati
manufacturing concern, from which the
dispensary board purchased 21,000, GOO
labels for liquor bottles, and on which
the state is alleged to have been cheated
out Of about $4,000
The defendants are w. o. Tatum. for
mer commissioner of the state dispen-
sary, and John Bell Towill and L. W.
Boykin, formerly members OF the board
of control of the dispensary.
Sixteen of the states best lawyers are
figuring in the case. Dennis Weiskopf,
the Cincinnati label maker has been tho
chief witness. He said the labels ~
which South Carolina paid $4,000 cos
his house about So, soc.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31

Indications today are that the Joint
meeting OF the board OF education and
the bond commission Monday morning
called to consider the bad condition OF
the new schools. viii be an eSdhemely
lively session Members OF tiie eboard
~ education have declared thatSll the
schools are in terrible condition and
that the city has been robbed in prac-
tically every ono Of them They re-
fuse. however, TO take the responsible
ity, denouncing the bond commission
as cumbersome body placed over
them In authority
IF council had trusted the board
Of education as it should have, each
one Of these schools would have been
built from $4,000 to $4,000 less and
they all would have been built well
said w r Daley, president Of the
board today
Mayor VIM and members or coun-
ell are thoroughly aroused over tho
gravity Of the situation Before the
meeting Monday Mayor VIM viii havr
made a thorough inspection of all the
schools He viii demand that the con
tractors and architects put these
schools In satisfactory condition or thai
council Immediately proceed to sue
ihem for their bonds The architect,
and contractors have been instructed
- he present az the meeting Monday
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
Mother Held To Make
Him Confess. Saws Wrenn.

Wrenn declares that their indictment
and arrest were brought about by the
detectives engaged upon the case solely
in order 10 force him to confession.
He says that the two women. before
their release on bond We're confined
with him in the Jail, and that he was
given to understand that it was purely
his fault that they were in there, and
that they would be released if he cared
enough about their freedom to confess
himself. The detectives deny this state
ment as ridiculous. but Wrenn says he
will make it play d prominent part in
his fight at the trial next week
When Kaul and Roddy entered the
criminal branch of the superior court
this morning. they were without law
yers, and had already agreed to plead
guilty to the charge of larceny. which
carries with it the maximum penalty
Of year,
KauI seemed on the verge of col
lapse His health is completely bro
ken and it is said the prosecuting OIL
cials will arrange to have him made an
assistant cook in the chaingang, in an
effort to prevent his death from too
heavy work before his term shall end.
Roddy, stlll younger than Kaul won
some consideration on account of his
extreme youth. and Judge Roam. in
passing sentence upon him, told him
that he was sending him 10 jail for the
first six months of the year on account
Of his vouth
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
A. & M. r. r. PLANS BIG
STOCK AND BOND SALE
FOR 81 MILES OF LINE

The Atlanta and Macon railroad. a
protected trolley line, recently chartered
by me secretary Of state. has asked the
state railroad commission TO approve a
stock and bond issue totaling $J2o0,Ooo
The new corporation expects 10 absorb
the property and franchises of the At
lsnta. Griffin and Macon railroad. and
the greater part of the bond issue Of So
500 600 viii he used for this purpose
According TO The petition. the road will
be S. miles in length. and pass through
Forrest Ionesboro. Sunnyside Lovejoy,
Hampton. Griffin and Forsyth
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
RAINS GOING TO SPEND
WEEKEND IN ATLANTA

Local showers that resemble the April
variety are headed toward Atlanta sc-
cording 70 Forecaster Won Hermann
ot the government weather bureau. who
SAYS they got started In this direction
while he and his clerks were taking a
day of i'm honor of Federal Decoration
day
Tonight and tomorrow morning
~houtd bc clesr aud warm and the
showers arc due o. appear saturday
afternoon and probably remain over f1r
tine teech -end
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-31
$4,000 FAIR eUILplNe.

AUGUSTA, GA, May 31.-At a cost
of $4,000 new main building is to
be erected by the Georgia Carolina Fair
association for the fall show. The pres
ent main building will be turned into
a live stock exhibit hall.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-06-27

"how did you come to change your
mind?"
The Italian smoked half a cigarette
before he vouchsafed reply.
This is the first time" said Mr..
Kelly, that l ever double-crossed any
body. II give my word, that settles
1t. A mutt that ~double-crosses people
that trust him won't get far in this
world, and I've played straight. Be-
sides, this seemed easy money for q
Job where / couldn't fall-wouldn't
even have to hire a lawyer to look out
for the finish. 1t looked all o. X. to-
me, especially when the Jap paid me
In advance, and / carried 1t through.
Then. when We got you bagged and
slowed, something seemed to hit me-
In the thought tank. You two didn't
look like the kind of people the Jap
had any right to bother, see? l don't
often make mistakes when l size up
men-not even when It's in a hurry
and with a bag going over their heads.
Something wrong here thought I
to myself. Then | thought some more.
Just now, there's a lot of trouble be-
tween this government and Japan,
isn't there? And Jap spies are work.
Ing overtime all through the country.
aren't they? This yellow man, thinks
Kelly. is pulling something that is full
Of nerve, but hadn't ought to come
through. Mind you, boys, l have to.
dope this out fast, and while the lit
tie man Is right with me.
II walked through the cafe up,
stairs, with Mr.. Yazimoto alongsidei
me, giving me new bunk about how
necessary 1t was to get some cipher
or other off you, me pretending to
give him close attention, but begin
ming to figure out that there would
have to be n fiipflop and a new turn
OF the cards. Suddenly the door
opened-just a few inches-and in
sailed q little white envelope. l picked
1t up. opened the door again, and
looked out into Doyers street. Who,
ever threw the envelope had made a.
getaway In the crowd. The envelopel
was addressed to me, all right, and as
l opened 1t Mr.. Yazimoto edged up
close to rubber.
"'You will excuse me, Mr.. Yazimo-
to- said I, but this note Is very per-
sonal-from a young lady And Il
sheered of a yard or SO, while the
little man smiled and ~apologized. II
TOOK u a little square card, and all
that was on the card was these words:
LET THEM co.
"'Ah, the poor GIRL said I. quick,
just like tbat-'ain't It a pity they get
so stuck on a guy they Just can't let
him alone?' And Mr.. Yazimoto was
passing me some stall about 1t being
no wonder the ladies loved me, but
I'm not hearing him-I'm thinking.
Then we went downstairs, and before
we got to the cellar | had framed up
the whole works, from start to finish.
just as 1t came Off"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-06-27

Yazimoto's pockets, and the packet OF
money, the little scraps of paper, and
a small, black, automatic pistol, We're
laid upon the table.
Better be on your way, Mr.. Yazzy,"
said Kelly, pressing sharply on the
wall. An opening, perhaps two feet
wide and six feet high, seemed TO ap-
pear from utter Darkness, and Mr..
Kelly politely waved his hand toward
the exit.
Mr.. Yazimoto was no longer the
courteous little brown man, purring
and soft-mannered. He sputtered his
rage in almost in~articulate cries, and
then grabbed at the money on the
table. Mr.. Kelly threw his wrist
across the brown throat and flung him
back again.
"You can leave the ten thousand.
Mr.. Yazzy," said Kelly, while the Jew
ish young man retired, with the sheaf
Of money, to the farther corner Of the
room. its coming to us, I think.
Just charge it up to profit and loss,
Mr.. Yazzy. You'll never dare open
your face about what came of, and
you ought to be thankful that we let
you go with your life. Hurry along
now, Mr.. Yazzy-and here's a nickel
for carfare."
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-06-27

Cenpany's Certificate Of Authority.
Whereas. The Interstate Business
Mems Accident Association, q eorpor-
alton organized under the laws CT iowa
has fled In this ofios q sworn state.
nent exhibiting It's condition and bus
ness for the yea ending December
81. 1911. oonformabIs to the require.
nsnts Of the laws Of this state resu.
lating the business Of Insurance., and.
Whereas. The said company has AlAA
In this ohice a duly certified COPY Of
Its charter. with certificate OF organ.
l~sation. In compliance with the 70.
quirsments Of the insurance law afors.
said:
Now. Therefore. !. o. q BasforA,
Commissioner OF Insurance Of the
state OF South Dakota. pursuant TO We
provisions OF said laws, do hereby Ger.
tfy that the above named company 70
fully empowered. through its author.
lssd agents. TO transact its a~ppropri.
ate business OF Assessment, Accident
and Health insurance IN this state. |,
sording to the laws thereof. until the
last DAY Of February. A. D, 1919.
In Testimony whereof. I have here.
into set my hand ana ofasial seal q
Pierre. this frst day Of March. A. "a
1917.
o. q BAsToRD,
(Ssal.) Commissioners Of Insurance.
~ ,. c. Mueller. Chief Clerk