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The daily sentinel., 1913-03-22

fall Of this young mar serves to show
how early one may so astray. He
was struggling artist. and was
called upon to paint picture in which
a twenty dollar note was the central
figure. A two dollar note was the
nearest approach he could afford as a
model. so he raised the two to twenty
and did It so sliillfully that he almost
deceived himself After the picture
was finished he carried the note in his
pocket until one day after he had
been paid a good sum for painting
he went into a shop to make pur-
chase, BY mistake. he declares. he
gave the shopkeeper the raised
twenty dollar note. On receiving the
change he failed to correct the mis-
take fearing arrest for having coun-
terfeit money on his person. For
several days he hourl. expected to be
arrested, but the counterfeit was not
detected. Later he began to raise
notes for his own adjustment, and
finally it became a business and he
lived in luxury on his unlawful gains
IN this way. At last his work was
discovered and he was arrested. Con-
viction soon followed with a sentence
TO the Leavenworth penitentiary.
Whiskey. gambling and the desire for
luxurious living have brought num-
ber of men to the cells of this big
prison.
It must mt be understood from the
above that the prisoners are all
tractable. peaceable men, for such is
not the case. and every movement of
some of them must be watched and
their dispositions studied. There is q
firmly fixed determination in the
minds of some of the men to escape.
and they are ever planning, ever
watching for some opportunity to
bring about their desired end. The
mere killing of guard or fellow
prisoner means nothing to them when
the hope of liberty is in sight. There
was an evidence of this in 1901 when
n serious mutipy occurred and a num-
ber Of prisoners escaped after killing
one guard and wounding several
others, Nearly all the men were re-
captured. and to avoid repetition of
this. a fortlike watch tower has been
built from which guns may be used
IN any direction without the men be-
hind them being in any dahger, The
gates are all carefully guarded and
every wagon passing through them.
either empty or loaded. is thoroughly
examined by the guards to see that
no person is concealed therein. The
examination of these wagons is rather
interesting. especially If the wagon
contains sand or stone. When the
wagon reaches the guardhouse one of
the officers appears with long. sharp
iron rod. He runs this rod through
the contents of the wagon again and
again in such n manner that no
human being could possibly escape
alive and aayyS2e concealed there
would probably come out and beg for
mercy after the first thrust Of the rod.
When It is discovered that two men
are especially friendly they are sepa-
.Iated lest such intimacy may lead to
the hatahin6 Of plot for escape. The
men who show dislike for each other
are also Kept apart. Grey is the regu-
iaticn uniform Of the Federal prisoner
and atripcs ere worn only by refrac-
tory men as . punishment for hnbituai
aiaohedience Of the rules. No women
-rc 1lgt u Leavenworth.
! gh4 warden IS Aaiol f. W. Nc
The daily sentinel., 1913-03-22
many boarding houses. A sample of
the menu is as follows:
3-, BREAKFAST.
Oatmeal
Bread and Butter.
Coffee.
DINNER.
Roast Pork with Gravy.
Potatoes,
Rolls and Water.
SUPPER.
Buns and Coffee.

ID aio anu SohSS.
That the men are plentifully sup
Piled with food is shown from the
fact that on one day about a
thousand pounds of pork are used, one
hundred and sixty pounds ofrolled oats
and about one hundred and fifteen
pounds of sugar. The average cost
per man for days food such as the
above menu is a trifle over twelve
cents. Tho average days raticn9 cost
about eleven cents per nen. Many
of the vegetables, used are grown in
the prison garden and one year more
than. eighty tons of cgbbage3 were
RAISED. Some of this crop is made
into Fsauerkraut and tho Same year
seYeuty-f FIVE barrels of the kreut Rerc
used on the prison table. Peaches
from the orchard are gathered ara
"put ups- in tho prison cs.nnery. a-To-
matoes. toe. grown. onsthe prison farm
are canned for table use. Food st;pr
plies s,ich as coffee, tsa, sugar. -four
and meats. etc. arc purehaseH .luarter-
~. This Is done BY sfmples. the name
Of the firm being unknown at tho time
the sAleotion IS nsdn. A compIcts
cold eicragc ard rieo plant is. rnein-
,ained IN ccrnection with the hschfsl,
Cond snspg pipes- Gerry tlSe : varor
away ffhd The usual'ean'ol olis fennd. in
the cull1ery Experimentation. larg5, in
s,ltutions are entirely @bsent. The
floors are scrubbed dailsg. and the
dirty water swept into an outlet which
runs into tho sewer. ~ - =
church and Sunday School iseryice5
ere held on each SUNDAY morning, and
tho sfternoon e generaliy spent by
.bs ,,s.,ss,p IRA In reading There is q
li'rert- OF about ten thousand sooi,s
and ten per cent. of the prisoners are
reading 5cientifc and technical tcoks.
! thug showing .hat they arc preparing
themselves for some pseful ;ana ilusra'-
tive employment after thei: releAse.
Books on electricity seem to 30 tie
most popular. a printing once L.
maintained, and here ell the priaon
printing. including the .reR9rts tppoa
tbs workings 20. the inetitption. iteslf.
Is done.
The prisoners, are white. coloredI
1ndlar. and Iapancss. the nasl7ri4y
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
Mrs. Pankhurst Lands
And Makes Speech.

NEW YORK, Oct. 20-Mrs. Emme-
line Pankhurst, leader Of the English
militants. was set free by the immi-
they received official notification that
Commissioner General Caminetu had
found her not guilty Of moral tur
pitude" and within an hour she made
a public speech before crowd that
thronged the Battery.
Mrs. Pankhurst left Ellis Island on
a Government tug al 1890 o'clock,
and landed twenty minutes later at
the Battery She had been accom-
panied across the bay by % ardent
sufragettes who had gone 10 the is
land earlier in the day to serenade
her. and when she left the boat she
found awaiting her a crowd Of sew
eraI hundred, mostly women. who
cheered wildly for the liberated
woman.
When the ovation at the Battery
had ended, Mrs. Pankhurst thanked
the crowd for the reception it had
given her and then talked at length
with the newspaper men.
What has happened to-day is one
Of the greatest SLAMS in the face that
official Great Britain has ever had in
its fight against the Irresistible wave
Of sentiment for woman suffrage" she
said Great Britain does not want
me to tell the truth Great Britain
did not want me to come to the
United States for that reason. But I
am here to tell the whole truth about
the suffrage workers in Great Brit
ain. I have come here to tell every
thing 7 know about suffrage. 1t is
great battle because II is for a great
cause We are being opposed bitterly
I'm England. ] believe our most bit
ter opponents are Premier Asquith
and Home Secretary MCkenna. Nc
kenna IL a plg-hcaled, narrow mind
ed and ignorant man He and Asqlirk
are doing all In their power TO block
suffragettes7
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
Hamilton Douglas
Coils Cross Country
Mi, in l69 Strokes

Growing enthusiasm in the game OF
golf among Atlantans reached a eli
max Sunday when Hamilton Douglas,
well-known lawyer and dean of the
Atlanta Law School, accepted a wager
of $50 with w. J. Gregory that he
could play a ball cross country from
the first tee at the Capital City Coun-
try Club into the postoffice at Buck
head in 500 strokes.
Cold and windy as it was yester-
day morning. Mr.. Douglas began his
play with great zest. accompanied by
three caddies to make sure of the
count He shot over gullies, around
trees and through back yards, arriv-
ing at Buckhead well under 200
strokes.
When he surveyed the land pre-
paratory to putting into the postoffice
there was no postoff1ce there. But
he putted away into the main drug
store of the village, his total number
of strokes being 169. The distance
was something over two miles
Who wins the bet?
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
Race Entries on Page 7.
Striking Bag Mill
Workers Prevented
From Riot by Police

A telephone call from the Fulton
Bag and Cotton Mills to the police
station this morning sent Police Cap
tain Mayo and ten mounted police
men galloping to the factory Just be-
fore 9 o'clock, TO take a hand. if nee
esssry in trouble following a strike
Of so or so men in the ewaveroom.
The strikers, it was reported, were
incensed by the dischage Of one a
their number Saturday, and were de-
manding his reinstatement. They
were clustering in groups within this
building ana declined to leave unAi
the police came up.
The trouble was nothing serious. q
said oscar f. Elsas. vice president.
THE man we discharged insulted the
assistant superintendent Of his de-
partment, and We Of course, let him
go at once. The strikers took his part
actively, and We thought best to have
some police force at hand We do not
expect any more trouble
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
M|L|TAN 7 IS
ADMIT TED
To j. 6.
Commissioner of immigration Re-
vokes Order Barring Mrs.
PankhurSt From Country.

WASHINGTON. Oct 2O.-Federal
Commissioner Of Imml grafton Antc-
Mo Caminetti to-day revoked the or
der of the special board Of inquiry de-
porting Mrs Emmeljne Pankhurst.
the famous British suffragette, and
directed that she be allowed to enter
the country.
Commissioner Caminetti decided
that Mrs. Pankhurst should he ad 70
mitted on her own recognizances on
these grounds:
1. Because of doubt on the question
of moral turpitude.
,. Because she can be prosecuted in
the United States courts if she vio-
lates the law.
3. Because she can be deported if
she violates the law.
Caminettrs decision came at the
close Of a conference held between
high officials to-day to determine
whether Mrs. Pankhurst should be
allowed to enter the United States Of
whether she should be deported "as
an undesirable alien"
Wilson Sets New Precedent
A new precedent in conducting ma
tional affairs was set by President
Wilson when he in person tooB
up the question of admitting Mrs
Pankhurst 1t was the first that the
nations Executive ever had set IN
judgment in a matter involving the
admission of foreigner barred by
the immigration authorities.
Hitherto this decision had always
been left to the Federal Commission
er Of immigration and the Secretary
of Commerce and Labor.
Secretary Of Labor Wilson and
Commissioner General of Immigra-
ton Caminetu were invited to the
White House for a conference with
the President on the question OF re-
versing the decision OF the special
board of inquiry which ordered the
deportation Of Mrs Pankhurst.
During the morning a deluge Of
kilograms descended upon the White
House. the general tenor Of the ap-
peals being that Mrs. Pankhurst's po-
liticaI ideals are identical with those
Of Americans.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
SNOW
RECORD IS
SET HERE
Atlanta Shivers in Winters Grip.
Coal Men Busy While Closets
Yield Last Years Wraps,
TEMPERATURES TO-DAY.

Atlanta tipped over its early snow
record this morning just before 7
O'Clock, when a whirllng furry OF
flakes swooped down out of a sud
denly clouded sky which cleared al
most at once, while the snow after
falling quite briskly for a quarter of
an hour, disappeared from the air
and the pavements.
The only other snow that has fall
len in Atlanta as early as October in
the last 81 years was that Of Octo-
Der %, 1910. The snow this morning
breaks that record by nearly week
The two early SHOWS were about the
same in texture and quantity Of
flakes.
Then the sun came out, and by 1880
o'clock the streets were beginning to
dry.
The early snow appeared to be
whirled up from the southeast A
few miles north OF Atlanta there was
no snow, a few gusty sprinkles OF rain
taking its place.
The brisk shift in the weather con-
ditions was favored perceptibly with
an odor Of mothballs Overcoats with
wrinkles up and down the back we're
on parade in the early morning light
with their accustomed complement Of
red noses and foggy spectacles.
Overcoats on Parade.
1t wasn't so cold, at that-just 33
degrees at 1880 o'clock. But on the
heels of a royal Indian summer the
chill struck home, and many an At
lanta breakfast was attuned to the
more or less musical tinkle Of the
furnace shaker or the resounding
blows of an ak making klndling Of
dry goods box in the woodshed.
A rush of orders for coal was re-
ported by the dealers. but so far the
wall for the plumber has not been
heard abroad in the land.
1t wasn't cold enough for that.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20

Detectives continued their vigil
on the ground floor of the Grant
Building ready to arrest Fisher
as soon as he made his appear
ance. In the meanwhile the
Frank lawyers kept on investi-
eating his story and seemed de-
termmed to hold their man a
strict prisoner until they were
entirely through with him.
Police Haven't Seen Fisher
u am not acting sponsor for Fisher
or for Fishers story" declared Mr..
Rosser, at his Office Monday. we
want to keep the man for a few hours
longer, and then II the police would
like to have him they are welcome to
him"
"Do you believe Fishers story?"
questioned Georgian reporter
'I have said my say" exclaimed the
attorney.
Can l talk to Fisher" the reporter
asked
You cen-when I get through with
him. said Rosser, and he strode away
In the direction OF his office door.
A police officer stated positively
Monday noon that the Frank attor-
neys prisoner" owuld be arrested
and taken to headquarters as soon as
ne was taken from Rosser's office.
None Of the officers has had look
at Fisher. and It is doubtful whether
or not they will get him If he should
try to walk out of the Grant build
Ing. Since he was taken to the Of
fee OF Rosser yesterday morning he
has been given a shave and an over
coat. A pint OF whisky was also seen
10 have been taken into Fishers
cell"
The arrival Of Chief Of Police
Beavers in RosSer's office Monday
noon created quite a bit OF excite
ment chief Beavers however. went
into the private office OF Rosser.
where the arguments IN the Whitehall
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
PRICES SOAR
81 PO|N TS
ON FROST
October Contracts Jump 81 Points
in New York, Meaning Big
Profit for Georgia.

Reports Of a killing frost over the
belt caused a sensational rise in cot
ton prices Monday.
october contracts jumped 81 points,
and closed at 14.09 cents in New York
The jump means $6.375,OOO to Geor-
gla. which is S237 for every man,
woman and child, white and negro, in
the State
Cotton prices had been depressed
recently on reports which indicated
that earlier tales Of damage in the
West were exaggerated, and because
ot constantly swelling estimates of
the Eastern crop. The decline had
been aided by the fact that the good
weather enabled the farmers to gath
er gin and market the crop. The flood
of actual cotton on the market was
heavier than buyers could digest i'm
mediately.
Everyone looked for a frost of aver
age date which would have permitted
.iit b''t7 ut me LOI u lut COLlOH pIdHl
20 mature and weld staple.
The frost Of Sunday night and Mon
day probably means that this top crop
will be destroyed, cutting the yield
short hundreds Of thousands of bales
from what was expected.
It was this news which gave the
bulls ammunition for their raid, send
.ng quotations skyward.
Conservative experts have said
2,50o0oo bales was a very low esti-
mate of Georgias crop. In this case,
an advance Of 81 points means a gain
# S255 in price from recent levels,
or $6,315.o00 for the State.
The Georgia crop may be shortened
somewhat by the early frost, but it
viii not suffer as heavily as some of
he other States
In fact the Commissioner of Agri-
culture has maintained all along that
Georgia had almost no prospect of a
Top crop"
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20

street injunction were being heard.
Mr.. Coogler's opinion was cont1n.
gent on the identity OF an l. W. Fish
er Coogler has had before him many
times and that Of the Fisher who has
been virtually a prisoner in the Granu
Building being the same.
Coogler said Monday that Fishes
was tried several years ago for the
murder Of his wife's brother. He was
acquitted but it is known that a sus-
picion that he was guilty still rested
in the mind OF his wife, and that she
frequently had charged him with the
crime. These accusations are believed
by CooEler to have unsettled Fishers
mind, a condition which perhaps has
been augmented by the use Of drugs.
The Fisher" Coogler has had be-
fore him lived at No. 797 Marietta
street. An investigation of his record
mas disclosed that the man was placed
on probation November "a of last
year charged with being drunk and
disorderly and abusing his wife. He
obtained employment and contributed
to the support of his wife and chill
dren through the probation officer.
Fisher was before Coogler again on
Christmas. and this time he was given
employment with the Christian Help
ers' League. He could not stay good,
and February p he was arrested
again, charged with striking and 9TH
crwise mistreating his wife. He was
bound over to the State Court under
bond Of 5000 He obtained his release
only to offend in the same respect
again. A peace warrant was issued,
and he stayed in Jail two days last
May, and soon afterward he disap-
peared from the city
Coogler received a letter from him
last May, posrmarked in Parksville,
Tenn. He asked that his trunk be
sent him. That was the last CoogIer
heard OF him until Fishers senSs-
tional story appeared in the Sunday
papers
Here is Fishers probation record
He was arrested and put or probs,
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
MARIETTA STREET
MERCHANT LAUGHS
At WITNESS STORY

Characezng the accusation of Ira W Fisher author Of the
latest Phagan sensation huge farce j. Shirley high
y respected furniture 800 Marietta street.
by Fisher the little girls slayer declared the fit subject
for an insane asylum.
Identification of the accused made public Monday
afternoon from Birmingham where Fisher first made his
sensational The well known in business circles
of Atlanta He declared that he that he the
referred to until he approached Monday.
He said that he acquainted with his He stated
that he had operated business establishment Marietta
residence declared had had bust
dealings with the witness and had been forced to transfer
negotiations Fisher when husband failed his
obligations.
Shirley could ascrbe any for Fisher having
brought the charge of murder against him unless he demend
Why don't recall having talked with Fisher since he left
his Marietta home said Mr. Shirley THE only time
much of him when he oafed around the don't recall
having discussed the Phagan with him"
Mr. Shirley denied having delivered furniture the home
of W. Coleman stepfather of Mary Phagan with Fisher
Charged by his wife with being raving drunard wanted by
the police who give him long record believed by Probation
officer Cooger demented accusations of mur-
against himself w Fisher the prominent
Atlanta the Phagan confronted Monday gen,
era disposition dcule his story and the threatened collapse
a sensation.
Kept prisoner the Office of Luther Roer while po-
lice waited him. Fisher inaccessible to
newspaper men, various Investigations of his facts
that threw dark cloud on his reliability
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
Two Negroes Shot
In Morning Melee
On JOnesborO Road

County police quelled a near-riot
among negroes Monday morning on the
Jonesboro road at a point near the
South Atlanta postoffice, Two negroes
were shot, one fatally, and two arrests
were made as a result of the melee
According to County officer 4 i.
Jackson. the trouble started when May
Lofts, a negro woman, had d fight with
I'd Curtis The Lofts woman shot Cur
tis in the arm, and few minutes later
Curtis shot Ray Lofts, another negro,
through the stomach. Lofts was rushed
to the Grady Hospital, where it is re-
ported he will die.
Officer jackson placed the Lofts
woman and Curtis under arrest on
charge Of assault with intent to muir
der.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
Sues for Divorce,
Charging Husband
Took Girl to Movie

charging that her husband "fiirted
with a girl and took her to the picture
SHOWS Mrs. Rosa Walker Monday
morning fled suit for divorce and per
naHeht alimony against Adolph l.. Wal
feF, manager Of Robins Hair Dressing
LomPany The Walkers live at 20
Whitehall street.
Ahe petitioner declares also that
'e' husband drank to excess and carried
whisky with him
me day this summer" she says in
..e petition, he firted with a girl who
las employed across the street from
'7 pace of business. He also took this
s.. 10 the moving picture shows"
aLs walker asks for the custody Of
."si enid, in addition to alimony.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
Would Divert War
Tax to Dixie Soldiers

WASHINGTON, oct. pa plan 10
have S6O,0Oo,0O0 derived from the civ
II war cotton tax now in the Treasury
diverted to pensions for Confederate
soldiers and their widows and thus
relieve the Southern States Of their
pension burden. was presented 10
Senator RansdeI, Of Louisiana. by
General Bennett II. Young. Com
mander of the United Confederate
Veterans to-day
Many years ago the Supreme Court
Of the United States decided that this
tax had been collected illegally.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
Deering, Plow King,
Seeks Health in Dixie

CHICAGO. Oct. 2O.-W1lIiam Deer
ing, pioneer in the manufacture Of
farm implements, left his home in
Evanston to-day for Cocoanut Grove,
Fla, in search Of health. Mr. Deer
ing, who IS 81. was ordered to stay
out OF doors most of the time, and his
physicians feared the cold weather
here would prevent this.
In the Deering private car with the
sons, James and Charles Deering, DR..
w. b. Phillips and a nurse
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
North Georgia In
Grip of Blizzard.

CLARKESVILLE. oct. 2O.-At
seven minutes past 2 o'clock this
morning Gainesville was visited by
a snowstorm, the earliest on record
in this region in the last 30 years
The snow melted as fast as It fell
Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock there
was a thunderstorm, followed by
heavy rain. 4 high cold wind blew
all night and to-day.
II is growing colder
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
NEARMUT|NY
IN FEDERAL
PRISON
COnvicts Cheer Hawthorne and
Hiss Meyers Supporters.
Guard Is Doubled,

Officials at the Federal Prison were
disturbed Monday by the menacing
spirit of discomfort among the 200
inmates following an open outburst Of
defiance Sunday when the name Of
Julian Hawthorne was cheered and
Sunday school workers who had up
held Warden Meyer were hissed.
Guards at the penitentiary have
been ordered to keep a stricter watch
than ever as a result of the trouble.
The disaffection amounted to a vir-
tual mutiny. 1t first manifested IT.
self during the chapel services Sun
day morning when the prisoners ap-
peared to pay little attention to the
exhorters. Ordinarily after the chapel
service four or FIVE hundred prisoners
attend Sunday school.
None Attends Sunday School.
Yesterday, much to the surprise Of
the church workers on hand, not a
single convict attended. 1t evidently
had been arranged that a boycott was
to be put on the church workers be-
cause OF their resolutions upholding
Warden Meyer and denouncing as
false the charges made by Julian
Hawthorne.
AS the prisoners filed by the
amazed church workers there were
shouts of "Hurrah for Hawthorne!'
and "Hurrah for Morton" The out
break was so alarming that at mess
the guard was doubled. A number of
the women church workers were in
tears
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
Courts Adjourn Because
Of Chilly Quarters.

The first wintry blast Of the sea
son put an end to all Fulton County
court procedure Monday morning
Judge Reid's division OF the City
Court also adjourned soon after CON
vening at $50 o'clock.
The county police remained "on the
job" simply becau,a Of the character
Of their work, as did the Sherifrs
force. Solicitor General Hugh Dor
sey's assistants in the Thrower build
ing retreated to the Solicitors private
office in the Kiser building.
A report at the Courthouse Monday
afternoon was that the heat would
be turned on soon.
Atlanta Georgian., 1913-10-20
Dry Forces Attack
'W0tteSt' Florida City

S.. AUGUSTINE, oct. 2O.-A fight
make st. Johns County dry was
.a1hehed to-day when hundreds Of
names We're signed to a petition ask
1s loF a wet or dry election. The
- ~ iorces are hard at work. They
'7''e'e they will have sufficient
+.1''l'sr on their list before the enc
VI " me week to insure calling the cleo
lou.
'aiS city has always been regarded
7' one of the wettest in the State.