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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-15
A STRANGE RULING.

Editorial in Memphis (Tenn.)
Commercial Appeal.
In overruling the motion for
a new trial in the Frank case in
Atlanta. Ga, it is stated that the
judge, Mr.. Roam. made the fol-
lowing announcement from the
bench:
Il have given this question long
consideration. 1t has given me
more concern than any other case
] ever was in. And ] want to
say here that, although I heard
the evidence and the arguments
during those 80 days, I do not
know this morning whether Leo
Frank is innocent or guilty. But
l was not the one to be con-
WINGED. The jury was convinced,
and I must approve their verdict
and override the motion"
Frank had been convicted of
murder, The verdict was re-
turned by a jury of twelve men.
Motion was made for new trial,
and after ARGUMENTS were in the
statement quoted is said to have
been made by the court.
This statement of the judge we
submit to lawyers skilled in mat
tiers Of criminal procedure in the
belief that they, from the legal
point of view, will agree that the
judge should have ordered a new
trial
We think that lawyers hold to
the principle that in a motion for
a new trial the court becomes, as
it were, a juror, and unless he is
convinced beyond a reasonable
doubt of the guilt of the accused,
he must grant a new trial.
If a judge sustains a verdict
rendered by a jury, he then be-
comes equal to the jury as a sup
porter of that verdict. II the
Judge, then, is a supporter Of a
verdict he is in an illogical po-
sition if he does not know wheth-
er the accused is innocent or
guilty, or that the verdict is right
or wrong,
If the evidence is not sufficient
to let his mind rest easily on the
accuracy Of the guilty verdict,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-15
Letters From the Readers of The Georgian
"GIVEs A BAD OPINION"
Editor The Georgian.

Editor The Georgian.
Noticing a letter to The Geor-
gian regarding the inhuman way
the horses and mules are treated
here in Atlanta, would also like
10 add my plea for better treat
ment to the poor dumb beasts.
Locating here two years ago
from q neighboring city where
the Humane Society was doing
so much good work, it appeared
so strange that a city the size of
Atlanta and with so many char
liable people, should be so cruel
ly neglectful of the dumb ami
mails that are being hourly mis-
treated.
Strangers coming here noticing
the inhuman treatment of its ami
mails, so away with a very bad
opinion of the people, NJ b. c..
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-15
-. In=ShOOts

Lift the embargo on canned
beef and Mexicans soon win quit
fighting.
Eggs at Z cents each in New
York. How much of this does the
hen get?
Illinois has an 1l-year-old des-
perado Probably a regular buc-
cancer OF the pantry
President Wilson is being
urged 10 enunciate his policy to-
ward Mexico. Again confronted
with the difficulty Of reducing
the metaphysical 10 concrete
terms.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-15
THE TRAFFIC SQUAD.

Editor The Georgian:
Just word Of commentator
for Chief Beavers and his traffic
squad. l think those officers sta
toned at the congested corners
in the downtown district are do
ing an excellent work in keeping
traffic in smooth working order.
They deserve praise for their eff
forts. r. NJ. c.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-15
AT SUNSET x
BY LILLIAN LAUFERTY.

LOWING the sun in its golden declining
flushed is the world at the twilights sweet voice:
Gentle the murmur Of dusk II fingers,
Soft is the rhythm night winds rejoice
Fadlng the sun in its woDdrous reclining
u Deep IN the arms Of the far Western skies.
Endless the chorus when dark brings it's music---
AitergoW song In the hush when light dies
Low Is the whisper Of night in the grasses
endless new worlds here at evening rejoice
90 'ss, anu ume gro" more kind for the knowing
Darkness stll pules With mugc's sweet yola
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-15
Light by Wireless
Is Possible Now
Students Believe Illumination
by Vibrations Sent Through
the Ether Will Be the Next
Great Advance of Science.
By GARRETT P. SERVISS

ROM wireless telephony to
wireless light-such is the
program that certain bold
spirits have proposed for the
next great advance of practical
science.
In wireless telephony voice
drops out of circumambient space
the voice af a friend hundreds
of miles away, whose syllables
were transformed at the place
where he spoke them into electric
fluctuations which spread noise
lessly through the ether like cir
cles on pond. At, the point
where you are these passing cleo
trio waves hutter the sensitive
antennae of receiving instru-
ment and are eventually replaced
again by the vibration of sound.
If we had wireless light it also
would consist of fluctuations
caught by the antennae of a re-
ceiving instrument, but they would
be shorter than those employed
by telephony, and when rendered
perceptible it would be the eye
instead Of the ear that would be
impressed by them.
The man who had this kind of
light in his house would push a
button and instantly the room
would be Illuminated by glowing
waves caught out of the ether.
where before their transforma-
ton they had been passing in a
flood of invisible pillows.
1t would be far more mystic
rious than the electric lamps of
to-day for We can see the wires
that supply them with current
and connect them with the dyna-
mo, whereas the waves produc-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-15
"kRAzY KAT"

Editor The Georgian.
Allow a reader of your inter-
esting paper to express his ap-
probation Of the "Krazy Kat
series Of comics printed in The
Georgian ! have derived a keen
or sense of fun from this picture
story than from any other Of the
clever productions shown daily.
READER
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-15

ing wireless light would coma
without any conveying cables or
tangible connections of any kind
from the point where the electra
energy was produced, which might
be hundreds of miles away, with.
out even an ordinary road, much
less a line of telegraph poles
connecting it with the plscs
where the light was revealed
distant river. rolling on its wav.
would have the energy of its
waters transformed into the vi,
brat1ons required to produce
wireless light, those vibrations
would flow away, unseen, fol-
lowing the curves of the globe.
and at this point and that. in this
city, in that village, on yonder
farm, wherever a human mind
willed it so, they would be trans
figured at the touch of tiny an.
tennae into rays and beams Of
glorious light.
The experiments which are con-
tinually being made with new
forms of Vapor lamps, caused to
glow by an electric current, give
another promise for the future in
that they indicate the possibility
that any day, someone may dis
cover substance which, when
electrically excited, concentrates
its energy of vibration entirely
within the limits of the visible
spectrum.
Such a substance would then
furnish us with the nearest ap-
proach to light without heat"
that we could ever attain, an ap-
proach much nearer than that
made by the glowworm with his
Wanted cold light.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-15
All Possible Information Re-
garding the Mexican
Situation"
That Wood Be Good Deal Of Information Here Is SOME
Information
Copyright

The editor of The Georgian has received the following let
young who a student high school one
of the progressive cities of South Georgia:
sir--WTI you dy me al pos
regarding Mexican will be
school week the negative side
Of the question: Shall in
MeSioa JONI
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13
WHY THE MEAL WAS HALTED
Nothing Seriously Wrong, but Old GEN
tIeman Had Some Trouble With
the Elusive Onion.

An aged country couple, on the ur-
gent invitation Of grandson who
lived in the city. we're on for = visit.
The grandson's wife was very anxious
that tho first meal should be one
which the aged couple would enjoy
after their long ride In the train, and
accordingly the table groaned under
its burden of good things to eat.
In the course Of the repast she mo-
ticed several times that the old man
seemed to be making little progress
with the meal.
What is the matter, grandfather
she asked, don't you like my dinnerT
mo, no, granddaughter" mumbled
the old man, 1T isn't that. Only I've
q picked onion in my mouth. and l
hain't got but one tooth left, 20 It's
harder'n Sam Hill to catch It, It's so
lively. Just rest easy spell till git
q holt on 1t and Ill be all right"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13
Terrible Plague Was Known as Early
az the Year 767 B. c.. Declares
London Writer.

London.-The terrible ravages choi-
era is making at the present time In
Turkey remind one OF many previous
occasions when epidemics have car
ried on thousands aAa time. says TIT
Bits. As early as 7s7 B. c. we read
Of a plague. aud again in 45S B. Q.
Rome suffered terribly. Athens was
attacked by pestilence in 4SO B. c.
which was believed to have been caus-
ed by their enemies poisoning the wa
ter supplies.
As many a. 10000 people a day fell
victims to the plague at Rome In A d.
so. So many people were killed our
ing the epidemic which occurred In
Bri IAN during the NTH century that
there were hardly sufficient persons
left to bury the dead. In 772 Chiches-
ter lost $4,000 people. and In ss4 Scot
land lost 10000. London was visited
in the 10th and 18th centuries. and
Ireland suffered severely In 1904
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13
LOG OF DEATH SHIP

and died at Cowes. Nils body was
brought home ON board the vessel that
he loved as he did his life. His widow
and son. Robert Wilson Goelet. would
not keep the Mayflower. Mrs. Goe-
let said that 1t would always be a
funeral ship to her, and SO she sold 1t
to the United States government. 1t
was used as a concerted gunboat dur
ing the Spanish war. and is now the
presidents yacht.
II is a noticeable fact that Mrs. Og-
den Goelet and her son have never
been interested in yachts or yachting
since Ogden Goelet's death.
Twenty months after putting the
Nahma In commission Robert Goelet
died on board. in the bay Of Naples.
and his body was brought home to
New York, in the beautiful little
library whose walls were lined with
rare first editions and equally rare
old prints.
Robert Goelet left the MAMMA to his
wife, with the request that she hold
It until her death. From that day un-
I'll her death q few weeks ago the
widow lived almost entirely on board
the vessel on which her husband died.
In January. 1902. after a series OF
brilliant entertainments on the Nah.
ma, Mrs. Goelet decided to return to
New York and bring out her daughter
Beatrice.
Beatrice was then seventeenS years
old, a remarkably pretty young per.
son, and one who seemed destined to
make a great match, for in Europe she
was on friendly terms with the
younger members of the royal families
of Great Britain and Germany. While
speeding across the Atlantic with the
future SO rosy before her Beatrice was
stricken with measles - On reaching
New York she was hurried to the
mansioA 30 wonderfully prepared for
her. but she died on the tenth Of Feb
ruary, the second victim Of the Nah
ma.
Even after this tragedy, from which
she never recovered, Mrs. Goelet
would not sell the yacht
Last winter Mrs. Goelet returned to
New York and was frequently at the
opera in her box, but otherwise she
did not entertain very formally. She
went to Europe last spring and after
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13
GOATS AS MOSQUITO NEMESIS
Army TO Protect the Animals, az They
Eat Pests Breeding Ground
at Fort Washington.

Washington, d. C.-While small
army Of goats 3 deployed from Fort
Washington, one Of the citadels guard.
ing the Potomac river approach to the
national capital. to wage war on tho
shrubbery that is q breeding ground
Of mosquitoes. a flying squad Of ar
tiIlerymen probably win be ordered
out to protect the goats.
The goats will work for the benefit
of the forts garrison by eating up the
rank underbrush. while the soldiers
will return the compliment by Shoe
ing their horned allies away from the
mountain laurel buds. which play
havoc with their digestions.
Fort Washington has the reputation
of being the most malarial fort in the
country and war department officials
conceived the idea Of enlisting the
services OF the goats to destroy the
breeding places Of the mosquitoes.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13
LIST OF CHOLERA SCOURGES.

The Oriental plague occurred be
tween 134S and 1882. It was known
as the BLACK Plague" on account OF
the black spots which appeared on the
skin at death. It started in China In
1888, and the deaths numbered 49,
OOO,O0O, and 100000 succumbed In
the rest Of Asia. It appeared in Nor
way and Sweden In 1Sls and 1882
About 100000 fell victims to the
black plague in England. Of which 81
900 occurred in London alone.
The sweating sickness appeared In
England four times during the 18th
and 18th centuries. the FIRST time in
1885, and lasted one month. in which
10000 people died in London alone
It also visited Holland. Germany, Den
mark, Sweden. Poland and Russia be
tween 1926 and 1880
In the 18th century . pestilence
broke out IN London and carried on
$1,000 people. In Lyons 10000 died
during 1882 through q scourge which
swept over France. Italy Lost 100000
in six months On 1858.
n the l7th cantury Holland vas EiS-
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

tied by a plague; in Leyden $4,000
died Of It. and the following year 1S.'
l2s7 died in Amsterdam. 1t was brought
to London in bales Of cotton by some
Dutch merchants. This was the plague
of London, and. as everyone knows,
about 100000 persons died in one
year.
Persia lost $4,000 from a pestilence
in 1873, and Egypt 100000 during 1870.
Epidemics of cholera appeared in
France several times during the 18th
century. In which $1,000 people died
in Paris between March and August.
1882. 1t appeared in England in 1913
and 1s49, carrying on 1S.161 paraons.
and 5000 persons we're carried on IN
London in 1866 in fifteen weeks
During recent years India has been
heavily visited by plague-in Bombay.
Northwest presidency. and Punjah.
and less degree In Burma. and other
parts Of India. In January. 1905, there
was q weekly mortality Of 10000.
reaching by steady increase q total Of
57.702. BY April Il had dropped 10
1000 weekly. but again reached 5000
By the end Of June. Two years after
the number OF victims amounted 10 e.
many as I.s1s.0Oa
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13
COFFEE THREsHED HER.
is Long Years.

"For over fifteen years." writes
patient, hopeful little Ills. woman,
"while coffee drinker, Isuffered from
Spinal Irritation and Nervous trouble.
was treated by good physicians, but
did not get much relief.
Il never suspected that coffee might
be aggravating by condition. (Tea Il
Just as injurious, because It contains
caffeine, the same drug found In cof-
fee.) / was down.hearted and dis
couraged, but prayed daily that I
might find something to help me.
Several years ago. while at .
friends house / drank cup OF POST
um and though I had never tasted
anything more delicious.
From that time on ] used Postum
instead of coffee and soon began to
improve in health, SO that now ] can
walk half dozen blocks or more win
ease, and do many other things that ]
never thought / would be- able to do
again in this world.
my appetite is good, sleep well
and find life is worth living. A lady
Of my acquaintance said she did not
like Postum, it was so weak and taste
t. less.
Il explained to her the difference
when 1t Is made right-boiled accord
ing to directions. She was glad to
know this because coffee did not agree
with her. Now her folks say they
expect to use Postum the.rest Of their
lives" Name given upon request
Read the little book "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's q Rear
SON."
Postum now comes In concentrated,
powder form, called Instant Postum
II Is prepared by stirring q level tea
spoonful in q cup Of hot water, adding
sugar to taste. and enough cream to
bring the color 10 golden brown.
Instant Postum Is convsnlena5
there's no waste; and the favour b ~
ways uniform. Sold BY grocsrs-lb q
Bo-cup tin 30 cts. 90 to 10o-cup In
80 cts.
A Soup trial tin mailed for grocsfN
name and Scent stamp for postage.
Postum Cereal CO, La. Battle cEss1
Nlch.-AdE.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13
Suit over Lost Dinner.

MISUNDERSTANDING he was dam.
aged in the sum Of $50 because q
thanksgiving box intended for him
was delivered at a hospital instead of
at his house, and that he was COM
pelled to call OF a dinner party in con-
sequence, George q. Fetter brought
suit against the Adams Express com
uany. In the petition fled in the
county court Fetter declares the box
contained one chicken. one dozen ba-
nanas, one dozen oranges, half q dozen
apples. jellies, cakes and various 9TH
er eatables suitable for a Thanksgiv'
ing dinner.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13
Mamma, a Pleasure Yacht,
Brought Woe to GOelets
Last Addiction Caused Family to Deny
Dying Wishes Of One of Its Prom
lnent Members-vessei Prob
ably Will Be Sold.

New York.-The members Of the
enormously wealthy Goelet family OF
New York, one of the most prominent
families Of America, either die on
board their yachts or are taken from
them to die, says a writer. For this
reason young Mrs. Robert Wilson Goe-
let, the former Miss Elsie Whelen.
will not let her husband own yacht
of any kind, will not let him go cruis-
ing, nor will she go herself. And
more than this, she is bringing up her
small boys to hate yachts and will not
even let them have toy boats OF any
kind.
yachts are evil to the Goelets," she
has said many times. Last summer,
when the news of Mrs. Robert Goe-
let's serious illness reached her,
young Mrs. Bobby said to her great
friend. Mrs. Gordon Douglas:
The Nahma will claim another VIC
tim"
Early in December Mrs. Goelet died.
HUI VI UOdLu lhO AN0hAAAoS 80 SNO
sired. however, but in Paris. where
her only SON, Robert Walton Goelet.
insisted on taking her. Mrs. Goelet's
illness and death is the latest tragedy
Of the magnificent pleasure craft that
cost the late Robert Goelet more than
$1,OO0.O0O.
So strongly do the whole family feel
on the yachting subject In general
SO keen is their dread OF the Nahma
in particular. that they refused to
comply with Mrs. Robert Goelet's last
wishes and have her body brought
back to America on board.
But the MAMMA was not the frst
yacht to bring tragedy to the family,
Fifteen years ago Ogden Goelet, one
OF the best known New York and
Newport muItimillionaires, died on
board his steam yacht Mayfower. He
had been cruising in English waters
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

the Nahma had been redecorated took
a cruise to the northward. Her son
did not go with her. In July Mrs. Goe'
let developed a dangerous illness
Specialists hurried to the yacht from
London and Paris, said that II waa
cancer and that there was no hope
LET me die on board my boat,
said Mrs. Goelet.
Her son FASTENED to Europe, but re
fused to grant his mothers request
She went to Paris, where she had
an apartment, and after several
months of suffering died there on De
cember 5.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

With a bulldog under one arm and
q crate of eggs under the other. the
industrious postman is not required to
lift his cap in salutation as the fair
mistress Of the house comes to get
her morning letters.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13
To Pop Corn.

Very often corn will not pop quick
~ even over q very hot fire. II you
will put the corn to be popped In q
sieve and pour cold water over 1t, not
allowing the water to stand on the
corn, 1t will not only pop quickly, but
the open kernels will be larger and
lighter and more flaky than they 9TH
erwise would have been. - !
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

One French woman playwright who
KILLED a woman friend is to dramatize
the little incident II the habit
spreads friends of other dramatists
will begin to worry.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

A Philadelphia man has succeeded
in Matching eggs Of the diamond-back-
ed terrapin In an incubator. Next
thing they'll have them in cold stor'
age, too.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13
Medical Humor.

Patient-I'm troubled with boils on
and on, doctor. What would you adj
wise?
Doctor-Wen, I shouldn't let those
that are on trouble me.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

An investigator asserts that New
York has no haunted houses. The IN.
evitable inference Is that translated
New Workers don't want to come back
from the next world even n It 10
pretty hot.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

The prince Of Wales has been or.
dered by his father to resign from an
Oxford club because he participated
in a frolIc known as rag" Evil
IDENTIFY the king is opposed to ragtime.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

A contemporary remarks naively on
the death. Of the composer Of the
".sweet Bye and Bye and other war
ballads" BY the way. what consti-
tutes a war ballad?
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

It is rather hard to understand why
even a wealthy Chicago woman should
pay $4,000 for a dog. unless. per-
chance, It was a solid, tenderloin dog.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

A Vienna physician says two per-
sons can be grown together by skin
grating. Watch the Siamese twins
increase now in the sideshows.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

What has become Of the fussy Old
gentleman who laments the inability
of the present generation to make
buckwheat cakes?
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

A Harvard professor says there will
soon be permanent cure for the govt
Still. the market price lists seem to
answer the purpose very well now.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

It is too bad that the suspendur
company that failed the other day
could not have held up little longer.
Suffragettes advocate wearing them
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

The roof Of a Philadelphia hotel Is
being equipped with a landing for
aeroplanes, II win keep the manage
rnent busy when hy-by-uighf theatri.
cal troupes adopt this scans Of
.trabsp0rtntion.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

A minister in the east has his SER
mons printed and sent to each sick
member Of his flock That, at least.
should insure against any feigned
illness.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

The fishermen OF British Columbia
find the whale very useful in herdhg
shoals OF herring toward the shore.
Since the days Of Jonah the whale has
had a knack Of figuring in tan tales.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

Somebody has invented a waist for
feminine wear that fastens together
in the back with only two hooks. What
a pity II has no chance!
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

We have small sympathy for the
gentleman or lady who acquires chill
Hains through excessive devotion to
silk hose.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

Some OF the educators have deter
mined that examinations are no good
The schoolboys could have told them
that long ago.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-02-13

II the ruin Of the lemon crop has no
I'll effect on the lemon pie OF com
merce one will be justified In harbor'
Ing suspicious.