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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20
WIFE Of SLAYER
To TESTIFY To
CLEAR NAME .
Mrs. Darden Will Deny Serious
Charges Made Against Her
by Husband.

Mrs Elmer T. Darden. of Kirkwood,
whose husband will plead the "unwrit-
ten law" when arraigned for the Staying
Of c. NJ Goddard, of Redan, will go on
the stand in the trial as witness for
the prosecution to clear her name"
She can not. of course, testify for or
against her husband, but her evidence
will be against Darden's defense.
This was announced to-day. follow
ing a conference between Mrs Darden
and detectives, to whom she expressed
desire to be allowed to testify and
publicly denounce the effort Of her
husband to assassinate her character"
Mrs Darden branded as absolutely false
in every detail the story of her husband
that Goddard had alienated her affec-
ton and had wrecked the Darden home.
My husband killed Mr.. Goddar for
no cause whatever" Mrs Darden told
the officers.
And then she added:
Absolutely BlameIess.
Il defy any person in this world to
show that I have been guilty of inn
proper relations with Mr.. Goddard or
any other man. Oh. it's all the most
infamous story ever told on a poor
woman. It's awful to think that my
husband-has so cruelty misrepresented
and stabbed me in this way to save
himself from punishment for his bloody
deed.
81 want to tell the whole world it's all
base falsehood."
Detectives said that while the law
does not permit a wife to testify either
for or against her husband. Mrs. Oar
den could go on the stand and defend
herself against attacks on her charac-
ter.
It was learned today that Policeman
Phillips, a KirSwood officer. viii also
be introduced by the state to show that
on several occasions he had to run
Darden away from the Kirkwood home
when he is alleged to have gone there
in drunken condition and abused his
Wife.
officer Phillips and others, It is said,
win testify that Goddard was never
seen about the Darden home at all
No Date With Woman.
Detectives said it win be shown that
Goddard came to Atlanta with a friend
on the day of the tragedy and that he
had no appointment Of any kind with
Mrs. Darden.
Mrs. Darden told the detectives that
! before the family moved from Redan to
Kirkwood Darden would frequently
come to Atlanta, buy a quantity OF
whisky. and return to his nome on
spree that would last until all Of the
whisky was gone
The Goddard family lived in Redan
at the time. and Chief of Detectives
Lanford said today that it would he
shown that the Goddards had frequent
ly taken Darden into their home and
cared for him when he was drunk and
unable to get to his own home
He said also that Mrs Goddard.
mother of the slain man, on one occa-
sion about a year ago. shortly before
her husband died, gave Darden her last
five-dOllar bill to aid him in time Of
need
The grand jury will probably indict
Darden at the session to- morrow.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20
Suffragette Leader Writes to Her
Mother of Suffering in Jail.

Mr.. McKenna, continuing, told
how one woman in prison sponged
herself all over with hot water and
remained uncovered all night in the
hope of catching her death of cold.
Others pretended to take their food,
but surreptitiousIy starved them
selves so as to become exhausted
and die in prison. Some had VOL
unfairly self-tortured themselves
by thirst, refusing to touch any
food or liquid.
Sir Arthur Markham Liberal mem
Der, remarked that there was a con-
,piracy on foot among the militant
;uffragettes to kidnap Home Secretary
HcKenna. He hoped the forcible feed
ng awaiting the home secretary would
give him the backbone he lacked al
present
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20

One brass band is parading the
streets to-day announcing the
meeting. A fresh one will be at
the Auditorium tonight to stir the
crowd with martial music.
The stage will be filed with several
hundred of Atlanta's representative
citizens. thus evidencing their support
Of the movement The members of the
Al Mems club will meet in the lobby
Of the New Kimball at o'clock to at
tend the demonstration in a body. Spe-
rial seats have been reserved for them.
Captain James w. English, former
mayor of Atlanta and for years one of
the leading figures in the city's prog
ress. will preside. He will sound the
keynote of the meeting with a brief
summary of the spirit of dissatisfac-
ton felt against Atlantas bewildering
system of government by politicians.
Then he will call on the following
speakers. including Mayor Woodward:
List of Speakers.
H. Y. McCord, forcefuI speaker and
leader in several of the states most
important political campaigns.
John H. Welch. one of the officials Of
the order Of Railway Engineers. and a
forcefu talker.
r. A. Broyles, Auanta's most IA
nous stump speaker, who grips with
his earnestness and delights with his
humOr.
Judge John S. Gambler, whose deep
convictions and forceful ideas on
methods of municipal government are
well known.
Albert Howell, a delightful entertain
err and impressive speaker.
Judge Spencer r. Atkinson. the noted
lawyer who has been one Of the lead
rrs for the reform since the beginning
of the movement.
Walter II. Rich, prominent merchant.
w. s. Wier, well known labor lead
err
John D. Little, a leading lawyer.
j. X. orr, d big business man, who
follows the same tactics as a civic
leader, always scintillating enthusiasm.
James R. Holiday, well known real
estate man.
All the speeches will be brief. spirited
and snappy, is the announcement The
prediction of the leaders is that the
Auditorium win be filed.
VanDyke Going.
Alderman Arthur H. VanDyke, one
of the fifteen members of council who
signed the resolution sending the char
ter TO the Legislature and refusing to
submit it to the people. as requested
by the committee of %, gave out an in
terview to-day forcefully illustrating
the Importance of attending.
u viii not oppose the win of the peo-
Pile he said. Il am going down to the
meeting and if the crowd demonstrates
it wants the new charter submitted 70
the people at once l will favor such ac-
ton in council And I believe that a
majority of council will agree to such a
plan"
Mayor Woodward declared to-day
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20

LONDON, March 20.-The fanaticaI
self-inhicted suffering Of the militant
suffragettes in prison has become a
national problem. 1t was the subject
of a discussion in the house Of com
mons, where it led to an angry attack
on the home secretary. About the same
time the Militant Suffragette union is
sued a copy Of a letter received by Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst from her daughter
Sylvia, now in Holloway prison. The
narrowing letter is as follows:
Dearest Mother; I am fighting,
fighting, lighting! ] have four, five
or six wardresses every day, as
well as two doctors. l. am fed
through a stomach tube twice
day.
They pry open my mouth with a
steel gag, pressing it in where there
is a gap in my teeth ! resist all
the time. My gums are always
bleeding.
am afraid they may be saying
that we do not resist, yet my shout
ders are bruised by the struggling
while they hold the tube in my
throat.
l used to feel that ! would go
mad at first and be pretty near to
it, as they feared. but l have got
over that. SYLVIA
Home Secretary Denounced.
Harold Smith, a Unionist member,
declared in commons: The home sec
rotary ought to have proclaimed as I'M
lawful the meetings Of the militant suf-
tragedies, but his only attempt to rem
edy the situation thus far had been his
futile efforts at forcible feeding which
were barbaric i'm their cruelty"
Mr.. Smith called upon the home
secretary to resign from the cabi-
net as a hopeless failure" as the
present serious state of affairs
could be ended only by strong men.
Lord Robert Cecil another Unionist
member, foresaw the possibility of
lynch law if the fanattcal women We're
allowed to continue their tactics He
the deportation Of the mill
tant sufragettes for an indefinite pc
riod.
Reginald McKenna, the home secre-
tary. said that Of g. women who had
been sentenced to Jail since January
/. eight had been released before the
completion Of their sentences. All of
these women had been let 90 because
they refused to eat food All Of them
We're suffering from complaints which
prevented attempts at forcible feeding
the home secretary said, and ne added
that many of the miIitants were ac-
tuated by determination 20 make
martyrs Of themselves and We're ready
to starve to death for the cause.
Women's Self Martyrdom
Mr. McKenua said he had to face this
fact daily and by bitter experience he
knew these cases could only be dealt
with individually. and by exercising pa
thence. Humanity slowly but surely,
he said would endeavor to break down
the movement.
He added that under the existing law
he either had TO let the women die or
let them out and ne wished he could
deport them. but il was doubtful wheth-
or parliament would grant him tho
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20
TELEPHONE TALKS IN
1912 WERE 8,172,00O,0

NEW YORK March 2O.-The total
number of separate telephone CONVEX
sations i'm the United States in 1912
was SIP 900 according to the an
nual report Of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company. made public
here today, or a daily average of 23.-
2lO.956
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20
GREAT CHARTER RAILYT0
BEHELD TONIGHT:
To VOICE THEIR PROTEST
Mayor Woodward and Many Promi-
nent Speakers Will Address the
Assembly on Need for New System
of City Government for Atlanta.

The great rally for the right Of the people
of charter will be held Auditorium tonight and
James G. Woodward will give record his stewardship
affairs The meeting to begin at o'clock promises one of the
largest political gatherings held in the Many
ested in the civic progress of the city will attend
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20
BRITAIN TO ATTEND INSTITUTE.

FIIlN IN IIN-. MdTUI LW--N. T.
Britain state school superintendent
ras accepted the invitation of County
Superintendent T H. Phinazee to at
tend the next meeting of the Monroe
County Teachers association on March
20
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-20
Horrors Of Hunger Strike Described
SylviaP ankhurst0ft enNearIyMad
%'@
Jaws Pried Open by a Steel Gag

Latest picture of Sylvia Pankurs girl leader Eng
Sh ffagetteS Below. Miss Pankhurs in the garb prison
err in Holloway jail. where she is confined
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-01
PR ATE BOLD

Won't you tell us sailors yarn?" asked the
new boarder of the bos'n,
me bos'n took big drink of water and be-
gan: When was pirut-"
"A pirate!' gasped the new hoarder
1es' used to be prut. 1t isn't generally
KNOWN but was. I sailed the Sorry Sne 90
p1rut." 30 as
How did you come to give it up?"
that's just what I was getting ready tn fol,
you-how 1 come to give up pirutin'. We had
oeen Twin high for seven months on the gold
which we'd taken out of church at Juananatan
When we sacked the town there. We hadn,t
done any pirutin' nor fghtfn' for so long th.+
we was gettin' pretty rusty Some of us had
forgotten how to pirut in the scientific way. W.
was good individual p1ruts, but we didn't have
good team work.
set the boys on edge by giving them a good
ioast1n: You see, was the head pirut, told
mem tney were bunch of underwriters and
tennis Players got them so excited that thew
were greedy to tackle fleet of xarships If neces-
sals, just 70 show me they were game, figured
OUT tnat they would scuttle the next shin in 1000
shape. 'A-p - eoou
we DIDN'T have long to wait for shin r.
scuttie 1t was dark, foggy night. The bovs
were asleep down below I was able to laah on-
ship alongside the other craft that VIA wore -
about it. az yenins
When I got the ships dashed together good
ana tlgnt went below and reused the hnva wa
climbed aboard our prize and opened tha doar
'na' ieo down into the cabin Of the ship.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-01

I had no more'n opened the door than the
doggondest noise ever heard came out of there!
The boys turned pale and shivered tried to
shut the door till their wits came back but
wasn't quick enough. Every one of the BOYS
made break for our own ship and when they
saw that we were dashed tight to that diabolica,
craft so we couldn't get away, they ran and
Jumped into the sea!
1T was a terrible sound that had frightened
them l was something Of society man and 7
mad heard the same noise before and wasn't
as frightened as the others. Still, it made nv
blood run cold all right. But there was nothing
to do AllSmy men had drowned themselves, and
II had had any sense I would have done the
same They found rest in the bosom of the
peaceful ocean, while +"
But what that noise?" asked the new
boarder
Lady" said the bosn ut was womans club
gong on 1t was woman's meeting under full
SAL! There was q million different sounds
mixed up in it,. Ny, 1t was awful"
woman's club meeting out there?"
1T was woman's ship was the onlv man
on 1t. How ever lived through 1t is more than
| know! One Of the women married me and ali
the rest were jealous and there was lot Of
trouble I offered to walk the plank and tried
10 Jump overheard, but all the women started IN
cry every time mentioned such thing
They made me let my hair grow 1onp ana
curled 1t and tied pink ribbons In IT, had 10
walk polite and talk polite. cant tell Won how
suffered 81 -. 80 NV ~,
Tn glad there's something You CAM +a,, !.
said the nav boarder - : 'e''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-01

OF that day a V g
sufficiently cooled to permit us to admit that the
consplrators were not greatly to be blamed for
cherlshing the desire to restore the authority of
Mexico, for they loved the country Of their birth,
and believed that they had been treacherously
betrayed by General Armijo. That the leaders of
the movement contemplated or approved Of the
ruthless massacre of Americans is improbable.
Their mistake that they unclaimed the mob,
and then found themselves powerless to direct
control it.
In the Taos massacre sixteen seventeen
Americans were slain, including Governor Charles
Bent. AS soon as word of the massacre reached
Santa Fe Colonel Price sent with troops to
quell the disturbance. The Indians had been in
duced to join the rebels and the only important
fight occurred at Pueblo de Taos It was not so
much fight as slaughter. The Indians re-
tired into the great adobe church, on whose solid
walls the balls Of Prices six-pounder howitZers
did as little damage if they had been paper
Wads. Finally a hole made in the walls of
the church, and through this the muzzles of the
hoWltzers were thrust, loaded with scrap IRON
The slaughter was frightful, and soon the wood
en- rafters and timbers of the church caught fire.
That was too much for even Indian fortitude
They burst open the doors and fled to the noun
talns. Before they reached place of safety
they were met by Colonel Ceran st. Vrain, with
his band of mountaineers who administered
further punishment
After the battle more than 200 Indians were
buried among the ruins of the church To this
day beads that adorned the bodies of the slain
redskins may be picked from the numerous ant
hills that are now found within the ancient
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-01
CREMATEDL|vE DOGS
Cuban Youth, Who Protested
Against Inhuman Act, is Shot.
Members Of the Band Of Mercy Upon
Hearing OF the Boys Heroic Act
Reward Him With a Prize
of Fifty Dollars.

Havana, Cuba-Members OF the
Band of Mercy, an organization which
looks after the welfare of animals
and whose splendid work was review
ed in detail by a New York CORE
spondent several weeks ago, are re-
Joicing over the recovery of Nicolas
Russo Lopez, a poor Spanish boy, who
was shot and seriously injured when
he interfered with a man who was
burning dogs alive to rid his place of
f1eas. For a long time his life was
despaired of, but under the treatment
OF skilled physicians he is mending
rapidly and will be discharged from
the hospital in short time
In recognition of his meritorious
deed, the Women's branch of the Soci-
ETY. for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, of Philadelphia, has present
ed him with prize of $50, the money
having been forwarded to the head
quarters OF the Band of Mercy in this
city. A committee from the organiza-
ton, consisting of Mrs. Suarez, Mrs.
Warner, Mrs. Ryder and Mr.. Fran
cisco Martinez, waited on young Lo-
peg at the hospital and gave him the
money. News of his good fortune has
spread through the city and vicinity,
and the organization believes that it
will encourage owners of animals and
teamsters to treat their charges with
more consideration than they have in
the past.
When the kind hearted American
women, here on a visit a few years
ago, advocated better treatment for
animals in this city, young Lopez
already had an established reputa-
ton among his friends for his kind
ness to animals. The organization of
the Band of Mercy was the outcome
OF the humane doctrine preached by
the visitors from the United States,
and since it's formation young Lopez
has been active in the work. The
injury which came very near causing
his death was received last sum-
mer
During the bubonic plague scare
early in the hot season the board Of
health was of the opinion that a men
ace to health lurked in the coats of
pet animals, the idea being that feas
helped to spread disease. Owners of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-01
IN RUSS|A'S CAPTM
Streets Of st. Petersburg Are a
Semi rienta| Sight. -
Houses Like Huge Human Hiwes-
No Crowds Permitted to conareaate
and Newsboys Are Prohibited
From Calling Their Wares.

st. ~Petersburg.-As one moves
about the streets, he is struck most
of all by the wasteful use of space.
1t is at once apparent that Petersburg
never slowly evolved from embryonic
beginnings. But it would be unwise
to proceed further in describing Pet
ersburg's streets without noting the
fact that she has two kinds of streets,
namely, the Nevsky Prospect and
others. An ordinary "oolitza" or
street except late in the afternoon
(When Petersburg wakes up!), is q
semi Oriental sight. Save on court
holidays, when each house is required
to hang out the national flag, there
is no color in the streets, the houses
are dun colored and monotonously
alike. There are no hills, no small
homes, no large ones-just huge, hu-
man hives with courts in the rears,
and icons constantly lit by tiny oil
lamps in the front
There is little noise No crowds
gather; the newsboys are not allowed
to call their wares; bands, hand or
gans or street vendors seldom dis
turb this solemn city of the north.
Even the tram cars creep by noise
lessly; they are "curve-squear' and
rattle proof
All, but how different, Kaleidoscope
Nevsky Prospect! It is the Fifth ave-
nue., the Inter den Linden, the Re-
gent street of Russia's capital. Less
than three miles long, it is yet one
of the worlds really unique highways.
There is nothing like it elsewhere
Some visitors come and go; others
stay; but foreigners never seem to
weary of gazing upon this peculiarly
varied, marvelously cosmopolitan
sight. Over the spacious wooden
pavement between the two low banks
Of glittering stores, flows a motley
stream of traffic. Here the ends OF
the earth seem to meet Everybody
from everywhere rushes hither and
thither. Red French automobiles,
their horns singing tuneful, metallic
ditties, swerve and dodge about
ragged peasants bearing burdens with
wooden shoulder yokes or driving
primitive, homemade carts. Royalty
appointed equipages, Haunting purple
plumes and golden braid, prance Sc
dately by, while continually up one
side and down the other pours a
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-01
WILSON SMOKED ONLY ONCE
Admits It Hit Him With Disastrous
Effects and That He Never
Tried It Again.

Trenton, N. 1.-THE arrival of q
sold-mounted, amber-stemmed meer.
schaum pipe at the statehouse from
one of Wilson's Princeton friends
in Vicksburg, Miss, brought from the
president-elect the confession that
once in his life, and only once, did he
smoke.
1T was this way" he said. my IA
Their was a smoker of some attain
ments, and had got to the stage where
he liked fat, black cigar. In hia
leisure hours, my mother took ad'
vantage of his habit and employed him
to blow the pungent smoke over he1
rosebushes to kill insects.
zone day when he was not at home,
she suggested that I try it on one OF
her favorite plants, and obliged,
somewhat proudly. For five minutes
l steamed away like furnace, and
then it hit me with disastrous effects
I never tried 1t after that"
"And you never had any ambition
to learn smoking" was suggested.
NO. he replied '"You see, I never
was forbidden to, so there wouldn't
have been any point to it,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-01

vi the notable characters still living in Taos
the best known is Capt. Smith A. Simpson, a for
mer indian fighter, scout and companion Of Kit
carson Alloys Scheurich, another old friend of
Carson's, died two three years ago. The for
mer home of Scheurch was the Headquarters of
General Sibley during the brief period of Confed
crate occupation. Near by is the adobe house in
which occurred the Taos massacre, when Charles
Bent, the first American governor of New Mex
leo, was assassinated. In the cemetery also NAV
be seen the grave of Padre Antonio Jose Mar
tlnez, and in the outskirts OF the town are the
tered. In many respects he was the most re-
markable man identified with the history of the
southwest BY some, it is asserted that he was
the real rlngleader of the revolutionary outbreak
IN 1S47 that resulted in the Taos massacre.
II this be true he was crafty enough to cover
MS tracks so skilfully that, although sixteen of
MS felloW-conspirators were hanged, he not only
escaped with an unstretched neck, but became
delegate to the first constitutional convention
president OF the first territorial assembly. and
political dictator of his district until the dav of
MS death, July 81, 1867. More remarkable than
his political career was his record as priest
D1sregarding the rules of the church by taking
not merely one but three wives he was excom-
munlcated and deposed but babe defiance to the
pope and the hierarchy, erected an independent
cnurch OF his own, and carried practically his
"noie congregation with him. That Padre Mar
tlnez mad grave faults, none can gainsay: but his
UNIFORM Kindness and benevolence to the Door
caused him to be loved and trusted as few 9TH
ers nave ever BEEN That he was a man of lib-
e.al ano enlightened opinions is proven by the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-02-01
FINGER REPLACES MANS NOSE
Unique Grating Experiment Gives
Satisfaction to New Yorker on
Whom 1t Was Tried.

New York.-Doctors at the Academy
of Medicine have agreed that in a
crowd a finger can pass for nose
without detection. A man on whom
the experiment. was tried of grating
the third finger of his left hand on to-
the place where his real nose had
been declared himself as pretty well
satisfied with the substitute. 49,.
The new member has been constantly
massaged recently until it is assuming
a true nasal shape, but it cannot be
bored through to let breath in.
AS now grown there is no trace of
the nail, and the doctors are speculat-
ing as to whether the possibility of
one growing at the tip of the finger.
made nose has been avoided.