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Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
Judge Hines to
Represent Rail Board.

c. Murphey Gambler. chairman of The
railroad commission and a strong be-
lever in the rights of the railroad COM
mission to lay down a mileage ruling
under the act Of 1907, said that Judge
J. K. Hines would represent the COM
mission in court. and that the state au-
thorities would not rest until the COM
missions ruling was sustained.
'T am not surprised by the action of
the railroads. said Mr.. Gambler. In
fact, l was sure, from the attitude of
their attorneys before the commission,
that the whole question would be taken
to the courts for final adjudication
While the action of the railroads in
applying to superior court for an in
junction against the railroad commits
sion's order forcing them to pull
mileage on trains was more or less an
ticipated, the suits filed with Judge El-
lis yesterday came practically without
warning.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
Heiress' Skilled Fist
Draws Gore and Routs
Daylight House Thief
Mlllionaire's Daughter, Attacked
at Telephone, More Than
Match for Raffles.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25.-In spite of
the efforts of a score of Burns detect
ives and private watchmen. another at
tempted daylight robbery in million
aire row in Pasadena has created ter
ror here.
The man, well dressed and cultured
in appearance, entered the home of E.
II. Mathis, in South Pasadena, a mil
Ilonaire. Miss Grace Mathis, nineteen,
was at the telephone.
The intruder sprang at her, demand
ing money and jewels.
Miss Mathis is athletic. Although
taken off her guard, she struck straight
and hard and the natty burglar tum-
bled to the floor Recovering from the
surprise of the attack, he rushed at the
girl again. He endeavored to stifie her
cries by placing his hands over her
mouth. The girl bit him so tnat the
blood flowed from the wound.
With curse, the robber fled to the
front door. threw it open and ran down
the street. He was seen by a number
of neighbors.
Miss Mathis recovered from the sur
prise of the attack, turned to the tele-
phone and called up the police.
Detectives found trail of blood or
the path the fugitive had taken. Then
the man hunt was organized.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
Atlanta Scots Celebrate Birth of Bobby Burns
REAL CALIFORNIAN FEAST

Dinna ye hear the bagppes play
ing, dinna ye smell the pudding brew
ing, dinna ye see the clansmen gather
for a right good time? It's Bobby"
burns birthday, and the fiery cross has
gone out over Fulton county summon
ing the sons of Caledonia to forega ather
and do honor to Scotlands greatest
son.
All honor will be done by the Burns
club of Atlanta this evening at $50
o'clock, when the anniversary dinner
pardon, denner-Will be held at the
Burns cottage in East End, and when
Scotchmen of Atlanta will take a cup of
kindness for Bobby's sake and for auld
lang syne
1t will be a denner to delight the
Scots heart and that other organ close
ly kin. Mutton broth, finnan haddle. a
bit lambie, haggis, ait cakes, snaw
broo, bubbly jock bogberry sauce,
plum duff, aipples. nits. weel- -hained
kebbuck, and luntin pipes to end with.
Not to mention a Caledonian LIQUID
that is not on the bill of fare, but that
Bobby Burns knew too well. his cup
of kindness"
And then the sword dance. There
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
Old Dixie at BeuIah, Miss, Goes
0ut-Gap Thousand Feet
in Width.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS
HUNDRED MILES WIDE
10000 Acres Under Water
Above Memphis Disease
in Stricken Towns.

MEMPHIS, TENN. Jan. 25.-A tel
ephone message from Greenville, Miss,
today said the ievee at Beulah, Miss,
broke at o'clock this morning and
the water poured through gap
thousand feet wide Families fed for
their lives before the flood.
Great financial losses and fear of loss
of life were entertained.
The levee at Beulah broke last spring
causing millions of dollars of damage
and drowning a number OF negro fam
lilies.
Ten thousand acres of winter wheat
and oats are covered with water i'm
west Kentucky, southwest Missouri and
northwestern Tennessee, where the
Mississippi river is today 100 miles
wide.
The situation is very dangerous at
St. Francis basin and at Hickman, KY,
where levee breaks occurred a year
ago.
White river is going over It's banks
again at BatesviIe and Newport, Ark,
refugees are coming into Memphis.
The stage of the river at Memphis
today was S7.7 feet. The water is
rising fast.
Spinal meningitis is spreading, and
in one or two smaller towns back of
New Madrid, Mo, smallpox has broken
out. The government viii have charge
of all relief work in the Mississippi
valley.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
BIBB GRAND JURY
REITERATES FRAUD
IN LATE PRIMARY

MACON, GA, Jan. 25.-The Bibb
county grand jury in it's general pre-
sentiments, which were made in the su-
perior court yesterday afternoon, reit-
Grated its charges of fraud in the Au-
gust primary. Some of the frauds were
named by the presentments.
1t was shown through the present
ments that in one precinct in the coun-
ty, which has been under the investi-
cation of the grand jury, 458 votes
were polled, but only 443 votes could be
found.
The presentments also pointed out
the fact that fourteen ballots had been
changed after having been deposited in
the ballot boxes. The fourteen people
We're summoned before the jury and
thirteen. testified that their ballots had
been changed.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25

probably Will be no kits in evidence.
but every other bit of property viii
bear the atmosphere of the land of the
thistles.
Judge II. d. Twiggs, of Savannah,
one of the most eloquent orators in
Georgia, and an ardent lover of the
poet, will respond to the toast to The
Immortal Memory of Robert Burns, -
which, it goes without saying, is the
supreme toast of the evening.
A business meeting of the club at
which officers will be elected. will be
held at $50 o'clock this evening fol-
lowing which win come the dinner.
The Burns cottage of Atlanta is a
replaca of the Burns home in Scotland.
1t is situated near the old Soldiers
home, surrounded by nine acres of
farm land. which has been arranged to
resemble the farm of the Burns family,
on which the poet worked with so little
taste.
Even the stall in which the cows and
pigs of the little peasant household
were quartered have been reproduced.
and the structures are utilized as the
club room and lounging room of the
loyal Scots of Atlanta.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
SLOW PROGRESS IN
TRIAL OF BARROW;
STILL PICKING JURY

LOS ANGELES. Jan. 25.-Nine per-
manent Jurors, tenth sworn, but fac
ing a peremptory challenge, and two
venires totaling 200 names exhausted, is
the progress made during the first week
of the second trial OF Clarence S. Dar-
row. charged with jury bribery in the
Mcnamara case. In which he was chief
counsel for the defense No court was
held today.
Asked by Judge Conley when they
thought the case could be concluded,
Darrow and Judge Powers one OF his
attorneys. placed the estimate at a
month. Judge Conley set cases in his
own court at a date that showed he
expected the trial tc end at least by
February %.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
Plans Laid For War on Rail-
ways Injunction SuSpending
Operation of New Law.
SUDDEN COURT MOVE
OF ROADS A SURPRISE
Judge Ellis Sets February 3 as
Date For Hearing For Per-
manent Writ.

Georgia travelling men today are
planning the details of a real fight to
uphold the railroad commissions recent
ruling requiring Georgia carriers to pull
mileage on trains.
The anticipated court contest to the
commissions decision was begun yes
terday afternoon when attorneys for
virtually every railroad in Georgia went
into superior court and on ex parte
showing obtained a temporary order re-
straining the commission from enforc-
ing the new rule. Superior Judge Ell
lis. who issued the order, set the formal
hearing for February 8.
James M. Mayson, attorney for the
Travellers Protective association and
the United Commercial Travellers. and
Walter McElreath, representing the
Georgia Travellers association, said to-
day that. while the legal phase of the
procedure had not been determined, the
travelling men would make a desperate
fight TO sustain the commissions order
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
LENGTH OF SKIRTS
NO INDICATION OF
WOMAN'S REAL AGE

MACON, GA, Jan. 25.-According to
Ordinary c. NJ. Wiley, the time has
passed in this country when officers
issuing marriage licenses can refuse a
female applicant because of the length
Of her skirt.
Warren Harding and Rebecca Davis
came here from Union Springs. Ala,
and applied for a marriage license. The
girl gave her age as eighteen, but the
ordinary was in some doubt when he
saw that her skirt barely reached be-
low her knees. He issued the license,
however, saying You can't tell a
womans age in these days by the
length of her skirts
The couple we're married by Justice
of the Peace Burnett.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
THOUGHT HE COULD
REWED AFTER WIFE
HAD MARRIED AGAIN

ROME, GA, Jan. 25.-'I heard that
my wife in Alabama was married again.
and | thought that gave me the privi-
lege to get me another wife" declared
Lee Lewis in court today in pleading
guilty TO a charge of bigamy
Lewis married Miss Connie Renfroe,
of Alabama City, Ala, four years ago.
They separated, and Lewis moved to
Lindae, Ga. He wooed Miss Florence
Ansley there, and married her here six
weeks ago. Shortly after the marriage
w. w Ansley, father of the girl, found
that Lewis had a wife in Alabama and
had him Jailed. He was given twelve
months on the chaingang.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
INSURANCE COMPANY
SUED FOR $37,314.85

MACON, GA, Jan. 25.--A suit has
been filed in the superior court by
j. f. Mercer, Jr., administrator for the
estate of J. w. Mercer, against the
Georgia Life Insurance Company for
an alleged breach of contract.
Mr.. Mercer is seeking to recover $SH-
314.S5. which, he claims, the insurance
company owed his father for contract
made with the company when it was
organized three years ago. ]. F. Mer-
Ger. Sr, was one of the promoters and
organizers of the Georgia Life lnsur-
ance Company.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
II RECORD YEAR
IN CHARITY WORK
L. c. Hopkins Renamed Presi-
dent of ASSoCiation-NeW
Directors Chosen.

That the year 1912 was the most sue
cessfuI in the history of the Atlanta
Associated Charities was indicated in
the reports of the officers of that or
yesterday.
The meeting was held within q week
of the death of Captain William G.
Raoui, one of the founders OF the asso-
citation and for many years its presf-
dent. and resolutions OF regret were
adopted.
L. C. Hopkins was reelected presi
dent, and r. L. Quinn and H. L. Crum-
ley we're elected vice presidents The
following were elected to the board of
directors for a term of three years: r.
L. Foreman, w. o. Foote. Albert s.
Adams, w s. Lounsbury, w r. Hen
dirk and Nell r. Wilkinson.
Treas surer Robert F. Maddox submit
ted the financial report. showing that
the income of the association for the
year was 22,675.71. OF this, $S,134
consisted Of special contributions, and
s1O,576 of dues from the Zoo members
in Atlanta.
OF this fund. 1881 was paid to sec
retaries and agents who looked after
the interests of the poor. made inves-
legations and did other work for the
association. To the needy direct was
paid $500, and the remainder OF tho
funds went for furniture, food, rent.
heat and light for the poor. and va
rious other little charitable deeds.
The association handled 2,O26 cases
during the year, / 1,204 Of them being
new cases. while the rest were brought
over from previous years. The cases
involved 5,543 persons, of whom 462
were over 60 years Of age and 2,206
were under fourteen. The association
aided 168 widows with children under
fourteen and 1855 wives who had been
deserted by their husbands. Assis-
tance was given 321 families in need
through sickness, and there were 322
families helped whose need resulted
through drunkenness or immortality.
The bill. framed by the association.
providing that the earnings of men con-
victed of wife desertion shall be paid TO
their families, which failed to pass AT
the last session of the Legislature. again
will be urged for nsSs3zs at the com
| ing session.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
WOMAN DIES FROM
BLOOD POISONING,
NURSING HUSBAND

RUNE, GA, Jan 25.--ln an effort t.
ru'se her husband back to health. Mrs
Oonh II. Hawkins contracted the dis
e'se which is sapping his life and died
~ =! tew hours from an acute form OF
blood poisoning.
WIS Hawkins had Slight abrasion
~ one OF her hands, and a drop of her
.1Soands blood entered the wound. He
- suffering from erysipelas. In a few
u's Mrs. Hawkins was unconscious
and death followed.
~, ,uI' Hawkins is prominently inter-
80 IN the big bauxite mines of this
ol the state and in the develop
"entment OF this mineral
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
MANIAC STAYS HIS
KEEPER AND SELF
ON SPEEDING TRAIN

MILWAUKEE, WIS, Jan. 25.-Alex-
ander j. Schultz. maniac, shot and
killed Joseph Budde, his keeper, then
committed suicide on a Chicago and
Northwestern fast passenger train near
Waukesha today.
The shooting occurred in the smok-
ing car, where the two men were rid
ing. and caused d panic among the pas
sengers.
Budde was on his way from Mankato,
MINI, with his charge Schultz was
to be placed In a Milwaukee sanitarium
How the maniac got possession Of the
pistol is not known. The bodies were
brought to Milwaukee,
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
PROSECUTOR, WHO FAILED
TO SUSTAIN CASE, FINED

MACON, GA, Jan, 25.-Because she
failed to furnish sufficient evidence in
the city police court to convict
her husband, after preferring charges
Of cruelty against him. Mary Curtis was
fined $11O. This sum is the estimate
placed by Recorder DAILY as the costs
of making the case against Curtis. This
method will be used by the recorder in
the future in cases where negroes pre-
fer charges against people without suf-
ficient evidence to convict.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
NEW CLYDE SHIP MAKES
SUCCESSFUL INITIAL TRIP

the Clyde Steamship Company, who s.
in Charleston, S. c., to be present upon
the arrival Of the new Clyde steamer
Lenape, which left New York Tuesday
on her maiden trip, telephoned the
Atlanta Office that the steamer docked
at Charleston early Yesterday. having
made splendid trip. Her speed was
l6 IA knots per hour, with an average
og lj.4 knots ner hour for the entire
trip
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
JUDGE SORRY SENTENCE
COULD NOT BE HEAVIER

ROME, GA. Jan. 25.-'1 am sorry !
can not give you more" said Judge Mad
dox. in sentencing r. A. Carter white
man Of Lindale, TO the penltentisry lot
three years on charges Of cruel treatment
preferred by his daughter.
carter denied the charges and said that
his wife and daughter were trying to get
rid OF him
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
WANTS $500 BECAUSE
TRAIN DID NOT STOP

ROME, GA, Jan. 25-A bill for $500
has been presented against the Southern
railway by John NJ. Smith, of Pinson
Station, which he claims that the COM
pany owes him because he had to walk
three miles in the mud.
The bill is in the nature Of a damage
suit. Smith says he waved handkerchief
at a southbound train, and the engineer,
after acknowledging the signal, rushed
by him without stopping the train.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
TRUSTY STEALS AND
SELLS WHISKY TAKEN
FROM BLIND TIGERS

GADSDEN. ALA. JAN. 25,-Will
Smith, a negro trusty at the city Jail,
was convicted of violating the prohi-
bltion law when tried in city court.
Smith had stolen and sold 80 pints Of
whisky, which had been confscated
from blind tigers and stored at the Jail.
He would leave the Jail at night and
peddle whisky among employees of the
Southern Steel Company
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
Rail Board and
Travellers Head Defendants.

The members of the railroad COM
mission, Chairman Gambler, ]. F. Gray,
George Hillyer Paul Trammell, and j.
A Perry: y K Hines, special attorney;
Campbell Wallace, secretary, and the
officers of the Commercial Travellers
association were made defendants in the
suit
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
ALLEGED COUNTERFETTER
MAKES BOND AT MACON

MACON. GA, Jan 25.-B. b. Smith,
bound over to the United States district
court on the charge of counterfeiting,
gave bond in the sum of 81 1900. He
was arrested Wednesday afternoon,
after plasters for making silver and
gold coins were found on his farm on
the Houston road. He is represented
by Oliver c. Hancock.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
neAVY MAIL GETS HIM
PRIVATE POSTOFFICE

ro.,la,~- Ago, Jan. 24.-The first private
es,at,,ICe IN the country is soon to be
rr. ES"ea for Samuel Insult, at his coun-
rgl'.'e' near Libertyville. H. The tre-
r.r,. amount of mail he receives war
Koy.,a special postoffice for him the
1IuInent mas decided.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
MARRYING CADET GIVEN
DlSH0N0RABLE DISMISSAL

WASHINGTON. Jan. 25.-Elmer E
Adler of Billings, Mont, the West Point
cadet who recently left the academy
without permission and married Miss
Florence A. Davis. of Buffalo, \. ",
will be dishonorably dismissed from the
army according to Secretary of War
SumSop VIII" reached this decision to-
day
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
CALLSIT WASTE TO TRY
TO EDUCATE SMOKERS

FLORENCE. n. j.. Jan. 25-"rhe state
is only wasting tis money trying to ed
ucate boys who smoke cigarettes" de-
clsred Supervising Principal Matthias. Of
the public schools, here. whose rule bars
from school all boys who smoke ciga
rettes
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
animal Pervades Neighborhood
Of West Hunter and Davis
Streets.
ATTACKS 10 DOGS AND
KILLS MANY CHICKENS
Fired Upon, Invader Escapes
and Specially Armed Men
viii Take Up Hunt.

hattie between a wildcat and BIZ
cvcIe Policemen Cochran and Darby
r,itb,n a rifle shot of the Terminal dis
trict early today, has thrown the dis
,rict into roundabout excitement. De-
tring Atlantas civilization, the bold in
yader from the woods came last night
IN terrorize the neighborhood of West
Hunter and Davis streets, and after ii
had attacked ten dogs, and killed
number of chickens, it was flushed by
the policemen.
4 number of shots were fired at the
animal. but it escaped in the gloom OF
the early morning, and terror reigns
in the neighborhood. That the animal
probably has made it's lair in that sec
tion Of the city is proved by the fact
that it was seen by Policeman Gres-
ham Thursday night, and that num-
her of dogs, several of them formidable
bulls have exhibited bloody signs OF
battle for several days.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
Wildcat Seen
BY Many Residents.

A number of residents of the neigh
borhood of West Hunter and Davis
streets have reported to the police that
they have seen the cat. The section of
the street in which it appeared is in
state Of terror, and until the cat is
killed, comings and goings at night will
be few.
The neighborhood in which the cat
was seen is easily more than mile
from the city limits, and more than
tnat from any wooded tract of sufficient
SIZE to form the home of a catamount.
Inc Venturesome beast is supposed to
nave been driven from it's forest home
oY the mildness of the winter and by
lne scarcity of substances to be OBJ
'alned. No information regarding the
escape Of Gagged animal has been
posted, and it is certain that the cat
amount Of the Terminal district is one
OF pristine wildness.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
City Life Fails
To Frighten It.

The animal is not bit awed by the
streets and lights of the city. The po-
ltcenen who gave it chase say that IT
was aggressive at first, snarling and
showing fight Several of the dogs
that it has chewed up have local re-
nown as fighters, and the fact is an
other element in the terror of the res
idents beyond the Terminal station.
Policemen specially armed will be de-
tached to stalk the cat tonight. Its
lair has not been discovered. and no
signs of its presence can be estab-
lished in the daytime, except the
wounds of it's victims, and the chick
ems that it has killed.
The animal is a wildcat, of the kind
known to north Georgia mountains, the
policemen who saw it say. 1t is a
large dark -furred cat, with short legs
and long sinuous body
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-01-25
THE WEATHER.

r.r.oast: Local rains and some-
-. colder Saturday; Sunday fair.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-25
THE DIFFICULTY IN THE CASE

The arrest of chiropractic doctor following the death of child treated by him. reopens puzzng itua tion which the authorities struggled with pc cuiar way especially where death has come to somebody who has called in a Christian Science healer
 In such cases, where the effort prove that the death due to the incompetence of practitioner difficulty has been to show that the death would occurred any event. Unfortunately it enough call the doctor be he the experienced of his kind Patients do die and that most unexpectedly sometimes 1net is always availing to illness Cures appear to flow from nature herself and it is usually problem left untreated.
 Perhaps the best that be done leave the in dv1dua to his choice of doctor, seeking inct state medicine upon him. But there be no deceit practiced against the ayrnan A must not hold himself out for other than he practice so71ethno not regular medicine it ought to be what it is he as sues to do In the pending before the coroner ii the person who held himself Rev Dr was not considered. - W0 W0 " O
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-25
PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER
 THINKS THAT WOMEN
 DO NOT NEED SUFFRAGE

Baltimore, April 25-Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of the President. sounded the keynote in the session of the council of the General Federation of Women's Clubs yesterday Miss Wilson received a very enthusiastic greeting.
 Splendid hospitality has been shown to me-" said she. "I thank you heart ily Let me plead for women to take an active part in politics. Let them work from a social center when public questions are concerned and have their opinions heard. In this way-and mainly in this way-can the real wo- man make her influence be felt
 Strong. approval met the sentiment of the brief address
 Did you mean that women should use the suffrage?" was asked of Miss Wilson.
 sfNo,'' was her smiling reply. Tt IS not necessary, I feel"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-25

for their own protection and the just government of these public franchise enjoying institutions; the Federal courts would substitute the discretion ary rates of the bondho1ders and wa tered stock dividend gatherers. It was such instances, multiplied throughout the different states of the Union, which caused the citizen to regard the Federal courts the enemy of the people and the proper guardian of the privileges of those who op- pressed citizenship. While these in stances to which l allude were the prominent instances which attracted the resentment of the people, and therefore the exception, yet it was such that prevented the due credit be- ing given to the conduct of law-abid- ing and constitutional Federal courts in this country.
 We need more of home ru1e-state regulation of state institutions-and business organizations conducted within the state which profit from the citizens-and less of government at distance and by presidential dis cretion, congressional intrusion and Federal court invasion. This will do much to bring democracy back to Re- publican government and re-esta bIish the Federal courts in the confidence of the citizen and the respect of the Ma tion.''