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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-28
WOMAN IN TOWER
DIRECTS BURIAL
Of HUSBAND
First Wife Says if Prisoner Is
Guilty of Killing Him Her Act
Was Entirely Justified.
Continued From Page One.

case, but in her present condition her
mind is all but a blank"
Moore & Branch. the vomaus attor-
neys, have been forbidden, on advice OF
Or. Lehman. from questioning their
client until she is in shape to think
'consecutively ana inteiligenUy
Today the grand jury meets N its
final January session. 1t is not believed
that Mrs. Appelbaum faces immediate
indictment, as Solicitor General Dorsey
declares that only routine business viii
occupy the time Of the inquisitorIal
body at the final session.
Seems to Have Money
Mrs. Appeibaum is not In need Of i'm
+ mediate funds, according to jail attend
ants. The Woman seems to he well sup
I piled with money despite the recent re
! port that she was penniless She has
ordered and paid for expensive bed
linens for her Jail cot and other heces-
stiles -.o.sss-,.
However, that the woman wax-1n re
cent need Of cash is provenyby the
statement Of Martin May. a local jew
eler. that he had employed her an
installment jewelry saieswoman and at
that time she told him she needed
money. 1t is also said that last week
she made application at the Kimbal
house for position nt the cigar coun-
ter, saying she Was seeking immediate
employment
1t has developed that Appelbaum car
ried about $4,000 worth Of insurance
Of which Mrs. Callie Catherine Appel
baum was the beneficiary and that a
Charlotte. n G.. bank is holding s. 600
worth OF the woman's jewels as Securi-
~ for which Appelhaum gave his notes
The policies-among them one for $40.
GOO and the other for s6.000-are in the
hands of Solicitor Wilson. Of the Char
lotte judicial circuit who was Appel
baum's attorney last year
One Policy Worthless.
The $4,000 policy was issued by the
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Com
pany Of Greensboro. The other is the
$4,000 accident and indemnity policy
which Appelbaum carried in the United
Commercial Travellers. That the $40
600 policy is void Is the opinion ex-
pressed today by Charlotte agent OF
the company, who declared Appelbaum
took out the policy with a sub-agent
and never paid the first premium. 1t
IS said he offered to pay half the
amount and offered his note for the re-
mainder, but never completed the set
Element
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-28
By o. B. KELLER.
Former Atlanta Newspaper Mani

KANSAS CITY. MO, Feb. 2S.-Mrs.
j. 4. Appelbaum. divorced a week be-
fore revolver shots would have made
her a widow, sat in her room at the
Arnett hotel today and talked of her
former husband. Also she talked of the
woman who was with him at the time
Of his death and is held by the police
in that connection Her sympathies
We're with the woman.
If she killed him. she was justified.
said Mrs. Appelbaum-Miss Blanche
Dean now since a Kansas City court re-
stored her former name.
Poor woman know what she must
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-28
ASK NEW COURSE
/. IN CITY SCHOOLS
CIubwomen of Atlanta Want
Girls To Be Taught How to
Sew and Cook.

The Atlanta Womans club seeks .
change the curriculum now in. force il,
the English Commercial High school u,.
in force at the Girls High school-and n
add to the work of the many puuus .,
the seventh and eighth grades
After placing their stamp of appro,sl
upon the commercial course now H.
force at the English school. the crnh
women, in prefacing a drastic set of roc
Olutions, in no uncertain terms ask tho,
sewing and cooking be added n ,Lo
studies at both institutions at once -rbar
also ask that manual training be adde5
to the work of the pupils in the last tn.-
grammar grades, urging council to ,naks
sufficient appropriation to cover spcb
training.
The club resolutions read.
Believing that the time has arrived
when practical education should be on.
larged and extended; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Atlanta Womar,s
club cordially approves the practical chr.
riculum of the English Commercial Higb
school which enables it's graduates ia Go
expert work in stenography, typewritirg
and bookkeeping, thus becoming self-spn-
porting upon graduation
Resolved, That we earnestly recon-.
mend the addition of cooking and dress.
making to the curriculum of the English.
Commercial High school and to the Girls
High school
Resolved, That we recommend the in.
PRODUCTION of manual training and do
mestc science into the seventh and eighth
grades of the grammar schools
Resolved, That the city council he
money to introduce these departments
into the schools herein named
MRS. JAMES JACKSON,
MRS. BOILING JONES.
MRS. A. p. AVERILI4
MRS. ANNIE MAYS DOW.
COMMITTEE on Resolutions"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-28
KILLING JUSTIFIED,
ASSERTS DIVORCED
WIFE OF APPELBAUM

ms QeCtll. lie was ueCelJlul III 4oNt'
deceitful in marriage. deceitful in bust
ness. He would deceive me when
stra ghtforwardness would have served
his turn better.
when We were married | had a little
money Of my own; more than a thou
sand dollars. He showed me papers TO
prove an interest in a business venture
which he said would yield him five or
ten thousand dollars in the fan.
spent my money furnishing our apart
ment in Chicago. and for a horse and
buggy he wanted me to have, as | had
lived as a girl on a farm in Iowa and
loved horses. He said he would settle
it all when he got his money. He never
got it.
A Persuasive Man.
at was always that way. He lost
position after position. But he always
could get others. He was as persuasive
in business as in love-making, it seems.
went with him to Buffalo to start
over again We We're forever starting
over again and never getting anywhere
He borrowed money everywhere-ot my
brother in Chicago and even from my
sisters And l found out after | left
him that he made love to my sisters.
He wired them in my name for money,
and | let them think l used it, because
| was proud, and because l kept cling
ing TO the hope that he would change
and be better.
But at last | left him. / Went to
Detroit and began working as stem
ographer. And he followed me there
with his big stories of prospects and
tried to get me to make up
Mrs Appelbaum, thinking a moment,
she began another vein:
But I don't believe he would have
threatened her" she said, speaking of
the "other woman" He was too big a
coward, and l don't believe he would
have committed suicide, for the same
reason. He was just persuasive. He
had the faculty of making people be
lieve IN him-men and women. Tell
me- do l look like what people call "a
an easy mark?'"
Fooled Others, Too.
Mrs Appelbaum did not. She was
tall, trinity built and essentially self
reliant. to look at. Abundant dark
brown hair parted in the middle fluffed
high above clear, strong, regular feat
ures. Her brown eyes were very
steady
Sometimes l wonder about It," was
her naive confession.
Then | remember all the other wom-
en- that man has fooled-and the men
Good business men, too. Why, once
saw a telegram from a man with whom
Mr. Appelbaum had deal pending, 1t
read:
Il decided not to go through
with this matter, but don't come to
see me, or you'll take me over"
Mrs. Appelbaum flung out her hand
in sort of appeal that showed In the
brown eyes.
What can be done with man like
that?" she asked. And if he just won't
be straight, what ought to be done?
didn't know a thing about this poor
woman in Atlanta. l don't know if she
was his wife or thought she was, or be-
lieved she was going to be. And
don't care. If she killed that man, he
earned it. and l wish l could help
her"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-28
ATTORNEYS MAY BE DISCARDED

ilCAGO, FEB. Establishments pro-
oeedlngs against the attorneys in
vowed IN the original proceedings in
the divorce of Mrs. Grace Herhart CO,
genheim Vail and William Gupean
heim are being considered bv the
states attorney here '''e
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-28
William SuttIes

William Suttles, the infant son ol
Mrs. E. P. Suites, died this morning at
80 Ira street. The funeral will be held
this afternoon, interment to be in Oak
lane cemetery DR.. c. r. Ridley will Of
ftciate.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-28
DISASTER CERTAIN IN
LIVES LIKE THESE,
SAY S MEMMINGER

disaster is the inevitable result of
prohgacy."
In this single sentence DR.. w w.
Memminger, rector of All Saints
church, sums up the moral, the human
lesson to be drawn from the details OF
the Appelbaum tragedy.
Despite the glamour that has been
thrown around its gripping incidents,
despite the infinite pathos of the ten
der love notes written by Grille and
the pitifu hysterical figure of the
woman sobbing in a Tower cell, DE-.
Menminger finds back of it all,
through the maze of dramatic detail.
the old. old story of sin and its conse-
quences.
The moral is too obvious to elabo-
rate" he said. The life story of the
Appellants. man and woman alike. is
one of prohigacy. Both ignored the
moral law and, in pursuing mock
cry of pleasure, laughed at the conse-
quences Of sin. The result was fore
ordained. Disaster came swiftly and in
a .terriblc form
Wdh Te"olty Gl9HtSTs
Now the man is dead. His penalty.
after all, was the lighter, for he went
suddenly, almost without warning, en-
tirely escaping the anguish of the
woman who sits in a little Jail cell. dis
traught and sobbing. He was deaH
with in flash, but the woman in the
Tower must deal with herself She
must be at peace with her soul.
The whole case, no matter what its
outcome may be, presents all the Gle
ments of tragedy. During his life, if
the reports published concerning his
early years are true, the man dealt
falsely with score of women, finally
TO become involved in meshes of his
own weaving, The woman sought only
pleasure and excitement, always one or
the other, according to the statements
published about her life
when tie two met they unWittinglN
began to plan. step by step. scene by
scene, the acts of the tragedy that had
its climax in the hotel chambcl last
Monday morning Both were victims
of their own mad desires They were
pawns in a game they were certain
TO lose"
Tragedy Has It's Lesson.
The rector asserted that he believed
the news papers failed in their Wholt
duty by not pressing home more sure
ly the terrible moral in the Appelbauu
story. He said that its lesson, more
than it's sordid details, arranged in
trappings as for the morbid, should bt
emphasized
81 have thought While reading the ac-
counts of the mysterious shooting. with
all the details of the woman's daily eN-
istence in the Tower the welter of mo-
tives and cross purposes and the I'M
abashed recitals of their early lives. OF
the difference between the methods OF
newspapers and the methods of dra-
matists And | have wondered.
Somehow the theme of the Appel
baum story is like the theme of Pinero's
/ Prohigate' The motive is identical
The result is exactly similar But the
presentation is totally different
while the new spapers give the read
/ ems what they doubtless Want. thev
don't tell 1T an or If is told with 80
much Glamour that it- has a morbid ana
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-28

VXTHAT does fate hold cards Mrs Appebaum?
w Another remarkable photograph secured exclusively by
The Georgian shows the happier days
do the cards say to her" Guilty Innocent"
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-11-09
PROBERS WILL ASK FUNDS
FOR STATE INSANE ASYLUM
Investigators Want Buildings al
the Meridian Institution
Repaired.

Meridian, Miss, Nov. 5.-The
legislative investigating commit
tee to-day made thorough in
spection of all of the buildings
and grounds of the East Missis-
sippi Insane Hospital with the
view of ascertaining how the big
institution is operated and mana
ged, and for the purpose of gath
ering information for use in the
final report to the Legislature.
Some of the buildings are in
need of repairs and it will be ne
cessary for the legislature to
appropriate money to protect the
States property. The State owns
about 600 acre IT land on which
the insane HOSPITAL is located.
About 800 acres d the tract is in
cultivation. ilfge crops being
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-11-09
BOUGHT AND PAID FOh" A
VIRIlE AND INTERESTING PLAY
Broadhurst Production IS Cordi-
ally Received by Local Amuse-
ment Patrons.

George Broadhurst is a prolific
and versatile writer, his contribu
tions to contemporary dramatic
literature having run the gamut
from farce comedy to serious dra-
ma dealing with social, economic
and political problems; and he
never wrote stronger or more
forceful play than Bought and
Paid For," which was the attrac-
ton at the Columbus Theatre
last night.
The play deals with the trials
and vicissitudes of a young wo-
man who marrieS a man for his
money and who soon realizes that
she has made a great mistake, as
there is no love on either side,
and the husband treats her as if
she were a slave rather than his
wife. After an unusually violent
outburst of temper he tells the
rebellious wife that he owns her,
body and soul, hence the title +;
Bought and Paid For"
The company which presented
the play here last night is under
the direction of Vim. A. Brady,
one of the best known theatrical
managers in the country, and is
in every respect FIRST class. The
four leading roles in the drama
were enacted by Forest Zimmer,
Miss Madeline King, Miss Vir-
ginis Elwood and Owen Shearer,
all of whom acquitted themselves
in a most creditable manner.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-11-09
WILLIAM +. MGGOMBS WEDS
MISS DOROTHY WILLIAMS
Democratic National Chairman
and Washington Girl Mar
ried in London.

London. Nov. 7.-Wm F. Me-
Combs. chairman Of the national
democratic committee and mana
ger of President Wilson'S cam
paign. was married here today to
Miss Dorothy Williams, Of Wash.
ington. ID. c., daughter of Col,
John X. Williams. U. S. A.. retir.
ed. The ceremony took place in
the Catholic church of st. Peter
and st. Edward.
Mr.. McCombs has been i'll for
about six months and up TO the
eve of the wedding it was doubt
tul whether his health would
permit the ceremony.
The only church decorations
were some roses upon the altar.
The bride wore an afternoon
gown of dark velvet.
Cbas. F. Haley, an old class,
mate of Mr.. McCombs. at Prince.
ton, was best man. The we'd
ding was followed by a reception
and wedding breakfast at the
Ritz hotel.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-11-09
WARD OFFICERS FOR THE
UNITED CHARITIES NAMED
Officials who will have Charge Of
Work During Coming Year
are Designated.

Mr.. w. N. Pickett, president
of the United Carities Assoeia.
tion, has named the following
ward officers and transient CON-
mittee to serve during the ensu-
ing year.
First ward: Mrs. w. h. Ham
ilton. assisted by Mrs. ID. 7.
Castor, Mrs. A. l.. Jones and
Rev. w. T., Dakin.
Second ward Mrs. w. s.
Muslin.
Third ward, first section: Mrs.
Willis Banks, assisted by Mrs,
Leopold Loeb; second section.
Mrs. T. +. McBeath, assisted by
Mrs. McDuffy and the Civic Cir
Gle of the Industrial Institute and
College.
Fourth ward: Mrs. G. X. New
man, assisted by Miss Elise
Moore.
Fifth ward: Mrs. J. T. San
ford, assisted by Mrs, c. l..
Game, Mrs. b. A Lincoln and
Mrs. Ida Sykes.
Sixth ward: Mrs. Z. T. Sykes,
assisted by Mrs. D. f. McCul-
lough, Mrs, T. j. Locke. Jr.. and
Rev, r b, Eggleston.
Transient committee: Messrs.
p. w. Maer, 7. w. Harris and
w. f. Kennedy.
The following is the report OF
Treasurer Brooks MCGOWAN foI
the ficial year ending November
g, 1913:
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand, Nov. 3 II. S 7l.4E
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-11-09

theirs Sunday night services and
worship with them. 1t was a de-
light to have them and to know
that their hearts were in unison
with them in the first of all
works, the saving of souls. Their
prayer is that every church in
this city may prosper and that
every pastor may be greatly used
of God in bringing in the King
dom. There is large class to be
baptized to night. Every one is
invited to these services, which
will be conducted by Rev. j. b
Leavell.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-11-09
produced this year.

produced this year.
The asylum management has
just completed a concrete silo
with a capacity of rs tons. The
silo will hold winters supply
Of feedstuff for the herd of Jer-
sey COWS that supply the patient
with milk.
The committee found that the
management had instituted one
reform before the present probe
started. For many years the
employees of the asylum were
permitted to purchase groceries
and clothing from the commits
sary department at cost. The
former board of trustees stop
ped this practice. The committee
has found that where this system
is permitted in State institutions
il has led TO graft and leaks. Toe
legislature will be asked to pas:
law prohibiting employees from
dealing with State institutions.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-11-09

S. M. Martin, A. M, M. S. d.
D. of Seattle, will begin a great
revival meeting at the Christian
church Sunday, Nov. 18th.
DR.. Martin is a man of nation
al reputation, and has held meet
ings all over the United States.
He has hattering press notices
from the leading dailies all over
the country. He is exceptionally
eloquent and has the power to
move his hearers to laughter or
tears just as he pleases.
DIR. Martins meetings create
an interest in religion throughout
the city in which he labors ex-
tending often times to adjoining
places. To hear him once is to
come again and again.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-11-09
City Council Intends to Better
Condition Of Principal
Streets and Avenues.
PLANS AS YET UNCERTAIN
Several Propositions are Before
SoIons, and all will Receive
Due Consideration.

The municipal council has de-
cided to further improve the
streets and avenues of the city
by spreading upon them some
astractive preparation to serve as
a binder to hold together the clay
and gravel which form their COM
ponent parts, thus securing a sur
face which will not only be
smooth and even, but which, tO
a degree at least, will be impreg-
nable to water.
Several propositions are under
consideration. MIR, Finley. who
represents an Atlanta concern
which manufactures an aStractive
preparation composed largely of
asphalt, was here last week in
consultation with Mayor Donnel
and members of the street COM
mittee with the view of convinc,
ing them of the merits of the
product of his concern, and {
preparation known as tarvier,
which is composed largely of tar,
h S also be n tighly recommend
ed.
1t is the purpose Of the city
solons to proceed cautiously il
the matter. and to give every
preparation submitted a practica
test before entering into a con
tract.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-11-09
REVIVAL At FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH TO CLOSE TOhIGHT
There Have Been Numerous
Conversions, and Great Good
Has Resulted.

With today's services the ncot-
ing at the First Baptist church
will come to a close. il has
been perhaps the L o. success
ful meeting The chu i ever
| h. = .aaega Lave been s5.ao.
thing over one hundred and fifty
otFersions, over eighty at the
college and seventy-fve at the
church. Some of the direct re-.
suits of the meeting are up to
date fifty additions to the church
on profession of faith; the men,
bership greatly strengthened
spiritual, and the debt of six
thousand dollars on the church
raised. The uncalculable results
are the spiritual impulse and
power received and the nearly
one hundred young women in the
college saved. Eternity can only
tell the full effect of this.
The pastor wishes to thank the
Christians of the other churches
for their cordial and hearty sup
port. Speaking for the church
of which he is pastor, he wishes
to say to you that your presence
and your prayers have in a very
large way helped to make the
meeting the great success that il
has been. 1t has been a delight
to have you worship with then
and to join your praye with
their for the salvation of the
lost. They wish to extend spe.
cial thanks to the pastors who
lwere So kind as to give way il
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-11-09
HUERTA MAY HAND
IN HIS RESIGNATION
Report is to Effect That He
Will Turn Over Affairs
to Moheno.
CONFIRMATION IS LACKING
Cabinet at Washington Holds
Secret Meeting to Discuss
Latest Move.

Mexico City. Nov. From
sources apparently the most re-
liable it was learned tonight that
the cabinet, at a meeting vester-
day, decided Gen. Huerta was to
resign, the way to be paved by
the new Congress declaring the
recent elections void on account
of a lack of sufficient votes.
The minister of foreign rela-
tlons, Mr.. Moheno, refused to
discuss the cabinet meeting be-
yond saying the financial situa-
ton of the country was discuss
ed. 1t appears certain that Man.
uel Cara Aldape is not in accord
with several other cabinet men,
bers and that cabinet changes
may result from this
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-11-09
MISS FLORENCE MILLER AND
Mr.. G. C. FRANKS MARRIED
Wedding Occurred at Home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Colvin on
Thursday Afternoon.

A pretty wedding was solem-
nized at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. C. Culvin. No. 923 South
Third avenue. at four O'Clock
last Thursday afternoon. when
Mr.. G. c. Franks and Miss Flor
ence Miller were united in mar
riage, the ceremony having been
said by Rev. j. H. Newton. who
was formerly pastor of the Sc
cond Baptist church in this city,
but who is now stationed at
Ethelville, Ala.
The bride, who is a charming
and very attractive young lady,
has been living with Mr.. and
Mrs. Colvin for the past three
years, and has endeared her self
not only to members of the fami-
ly but to numerous others, while
Mr.. Franks is a prosperous plant
er of the Mount Vernon neigh
borhood, and is generally esteem
ed and respected.
At the conclusion of the cere-
mony the newly married couple
left for Mr.. Franks plantation in
the Mount Vernon neighborhood.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1913-11-09
WILSON SAYS CURREHCYQUESTION
MUST NOT DRAG ANY LONGER

Washington, Nov. 6. -Presi.
dent Wilson today decided that
the currency situation could be
allowed to drag no longer. In
conference with SenatorSimmons
he gave orders to that effect,
and it is believedthata party eau
Gus will be connected just as soon
as the senate committee on bank.
ing and currency shows that it is
definitely opposed to the main
f AZ lures of theGlass-0wen meas
ure.
There is no reason to expect
that the Democrats on the floor
OF the senate will support a bill
which a majority of the Demo
Gratis on the banking and curren-
cy committee refuses to support.
said Senator Simmons after leay-
ing the White House. pointing
out that the bill now is being re-
modelled radically by a comolna'
tion Of a minority Of Democrat:
ON the committee and the Repub'