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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19
STARVING WAGES
PAID To WOMEN
TOILERS HERE
Investigation Committee of La
Dor Federation Preparing
Sensational Report.
Continued From Page One.
Girls testimony Given.

as low as 80 a week for their work viii
be named specifically.
Girls Testimony Given.
The testimony Of girls and women
who have been obliged TO subsist on
these starvation wages viii be tncorpo-
rated in the report and the names OF
the informants viii be given.
The committee will point out the cot
ton mills where women and children
have been MANNED for life by being
caught in the unprotected machinery
A record will be furnished Of some
of the children whose torn fingers. Grip
pied arms and dIshgured bodies have
formed part OF the toll demanded ny
modern heartless industry
Manufacturers who force tho girls
and women in their employ 20 work In
unhealthful and unhygienic surround
inEs and under circumstances that en-
courage vice and immortality will be
named without reserve.
Merchants who are evading the state
Law requiring them 10 furnish chairs In
which their women employees may rest
when not necessarily engaged In work
will not escape the sweeping investiga-
lion.
Department. stores which are not pay
ing a living wage to their sales girls
viii come under the same indictment as
the factory owners.
What Will Be Recommended.
while special cases will have to re-
ceive special treatment. the committee
Will recommend as general remedy for
the conditions existing in Atlanta:
A minimum wage scale for
women and children;
An eight hour day for women and
children;
The most rigid enforcement Of
the child labor laws now on the
books and the enactment Of new
ones where advisable.
Hope for Wide Results.
These recommendations are based
upon the firm belief OF the committee
that the ultimate abolition OF child labor
and the establishment of a minimum
wage scale for women will directly and
Indirectly avert a great number Of the
moral tragedies which have been call
ed TO their attention since their inves =
tigation began. They hope their work
may mark the awakening of the South
on this question. That it will have a
statewide effect they have no doubt,
as the legislation which they propose to
relieve conditions IN Atlanta must nee
assarily apply 10 all OF Georgia.
The report. when received by the
federation Of Trades next Wednesday.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19
PLOT ON LIFE Of
HUERTA Barred;
ARREST MANY
Three Sworn to Kill President,
According to PIans-He and
Diaz Are Guarded.

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, March 10.
A plot to assassnate Provisional
President Victoriano Huerta. in which
three men were sworn to do the kill
ing, has been discovered here, accord
ing to an account published in Ell Par
cial to-day. Many arrests have been
made in connection with the plot, the
prisonerse being held incomunicado in
the prison department of the national
palace.
Both President Huerta and General
Felix Diaz are closely guarded. Diaz
lis depending upon his troops, while
Huerta is employing both soldiers and
secret service agents.
1t has just leaked out that an at
tempt was made to kill the provisional
president a week ago while he was rid
ing in an automobile at night Two
rurales shot at Huerta, but missed.
They were arrested and have since
disappeared. 1t is supposed they were
secretly executed.
General Mondragon, the minister of
war, received word to-day from Cen
eral de Lao, leader of 1000 men in
the states of Morelos and Puebla. say
ing he will continue to fight the gov
eminent until Zapata surrenders.
A military train, carrying machine
guns and 500 infantrymen, has left here
for Jojutla, a town of Morelos, q miles
south of Cuernavaca, the capital. There
are already 400 federals there
General Mondragon said that sat
isfactory progress is being made
against the constitutonalists in the
north; the best Of the troops are being
sent against rebels in Sonora and Goa
hula.
The government finds itself double
crossed" in a number Of cases where
rebel leaders have received a considera-
ton to disband their troops. TurSo
MorelaS, a chieftain in the south, was
given a fine ranch by the government
on the promise that he would swear
allegiance to the government and dis
perse his rebels. Morelas swore fealty
to Huerta, but when he ordered his
rebels to disband they turned upon him
and looted his ranch. They are still in
the field.
Following a meeting of the provi-
siOnal Mexican cabinet in the national
palace. Senior de la Barra said Presi-
dent Victriano Huerta had decided to
sign the general amnesty measure at
once.
This bill eXempts from punishment
all rebels and political prisoners up TO
March T.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19
Authoritative Spring Modes for Easter


The popularity Clothing
ton exceptional satisfying
Our Hat and Furnishings Department has proporoney increased and
offers Cartons both
captivating styles and durability pendd upheld by the large
Why in today and select your Easter needs?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19
Cruiser Is Ordered
Tow eStern Mexico;
Conditions Critical

SAN FRANCISCO, March 19.-Under
rush orders from Washington, the
United Staes cruiser California was
made ready to-day to sail this after
noon for Guayamas, Mex, where con-
ditions affecting American interests
have become critical. The cruiser
Maryland, under the same orders, is due
to sail Saturday.
Both the California and Maryland
came here to be overhauled, and their
commanders had expected to remain
here for two or three months.
The collier Glacier with coal and
provisions. is already on her way south.
having sailed yesterday afternoon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19

win be submitted. with all the evidence
gathered, to the state labor commits
sioner, and also TO the convention of the
State Federation Of Labor, which will
meet in Augusta from April 10 to 20,
and which will decide upon the labor
news which II will ask to be enacted
at the coming session of the legisla-
ture.
Mr. Brady's committee, consisting.
besides himself. of James r. New, J. a.
Alleyn and Earle T.. Griggs, has been
greatly assisted I'm its work by mem
bers OF the Ministers association and
has been in active cooperation
throughout with the Men and Religion
Forward Movement
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19

The choicest of the Spring Styles for Men BEN
The styles varied to admit of individual mention m
whatever you may need-IF IT'S NEW-it's here.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19
Spring Footwear for Men and
Women

For Ladies Dress Wear, neat patent is always
correct. The leather may be Iustral colt or kid Inc
patent leather Pump is much favored; and IN tins
particular style we have some of the most attract
i've models that we have ever shown
Patent leather buttoned shoes with dull leather
tops are also very popular. Plain toes. or tips IL
conservative patterns, are preferred.
For street wear, the fancy for Pumps has mol
nterfered with the popularity of buttoned OztordS
or lace styles in either straight or blucher tops
Come in and see our display.
thn Str-lnc fnr heinz
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19
Kentucky InvokeS
Webb Law Against
Adams Express Co.

FRANKLIN. KY, March 19.-Seven-
~ warrants for delivering liquor in
violation of the Webb law, recently
passed by congress over the veto of
President Taft. were issued to-day
against the agent of the Adams Elk
press Company here.
They charge the delivery Of liquor in
dry territory against the provisions Of
the new Federal law
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-19
GLAD I'm ALIVE,
WOMAN POISON
DRINKER SAYS
Mrs. Annie Merrill Wants to
Live Again for Her Two
Children.

oh, I'm so glad I didn't die see
everything in different light now. and
I'm going to live for my two precious
little children" exclaimed Mrs Annie
Merrill. Of ia Crumley street, to-day
as she lay on cot in Grady hospital
recovering from the effects Of a draught
Of carbolic acid. Mrs. Merrill, who is "a
years Of age. said she attempted suicide
yesterday afternoon because she felt
so lonely"
Want to Live, She Says.
y wanted TO die yesterday but to-
day ] want to live" she added And
then she begged that she be allowed to
see her two little children, Alice. aged
five years. and Willie Gertrude, a baby
tot
The young woman talked freely Of
her She was supremely happy she
said. that her life had been saved
I'll certainly never attempt such a
foolish thing again" she said, as she
expressed a wish that she be allowed to
go home this afternoon in order that
| she may be with her children.
Alice and Willie were playing out in
! the yard when | drank that poison, and
| they didn't know what / had done" she
said. Il know they have missed me so
much and are wondering what has be-
come OF their mamma"
Mrs. Merrill's husband is Walter Mer-
| rill, a news butcher on the 4. & w. p
railroad between Atlanta and Mont
gomery He arrived in Atlanta last
night from his run, and fastened to the
| hospital TO see his wife.
Their marriage, she said. followed a
romantic meeting and courtship at
Wrightsville Beach, n. c.. where Merrill
was employed in hotel.
Mrs. Merrill declared she had no
| troubles that caused the attempt on her
| life
Husband Absent.
MY husband is away from home so
much and, as I had not been to my
home in North Carolina to see my ia p
| Their and mother in more than a year, I
| just got blue and lonely 1t was just
| ike everything had suddenly become
| dark, and / just felt like | wanted to
die, and that right away. But the
| clouds are all gone now"
Mrs. Merrill has been married nearly
six years. Her father. r. Z. Armfield.
conducts a general merchandise store in
| Statesville, y, G.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
wilson NONE !
TALK ENDORSED
BY BANKERS
Believe Currency Legislation Is
Safe in Hands of President
and Congress.

At a meeting of the Atlanta Clear
ing House Association, held in their
Offices on Tuesday morning. the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, we have read with in
terest and approval the Presidents
message to Congress, asking for the
passage Of some kind Of remedial
currency legislation for the relief of
the banking and commercial inter
ests of the country; therefore, be it
Resolved, First that we indorse
heartily the spirit and purpose of said
message
Resolved, further. That it is the be-
lief Of the banks composing the At
lanta Clearing House Association,
representing the agricultural, manu-
featuring and commercial interests of
Atlanta and the prosperous Southeast
that a satisfactory bill for the reform
Of banking and currency laws should
be passed at this session Of Congress.
Resolved, further, That we believe
that the combined wisdom of the
President, the House and the Senate
after hearing from the banking, com
mercial, agricultural and manufactur-
ing interests of the country, can and
will evolve a currency bill that will
be satisfactory to the banks and ben
eficial TO the nation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
RESINOL CURED
AWFUL ERUPTION
ALL over FACE

Brooklyn. n Y. May >. 1919
About eighteen months ago I noticed
q lot of little sores spreading all over
my face and neck. It itched me some
thing awful. and felt like 1 would
want to tear my face apart At night
It would pain me and start swelling
then # would itch all the more-so ]
got very little sleep
Il tried many treatments. such as
-. -. etc, but none OF them
did me any good l suffered for four
, teen months until l sent for samples
Of Resinol Soap and Resinol ONT
meut I applied them TO a little part
suits So ] at once bought a jar OF
mol Soap from my druggist, and kept
on using them for about three
months, when ] was completely cured
II you would see my face now you
would never think anything was ever
the matter with it.
CSigned) Louis Bloch. IS Morrell St
( For eighteen years Resinol has been
} q fayor1te doctors prescription and
I household remedy for skin eruptions
pimples. blackheads, sunburn. insect
: bites. dandFun sores, piles, etc
! Stops itching instantly Every drug
! gist sells Resinol Soap and Resinol
! Ointment but you can try them
without cOst-tuBt write for samples
e Dept "a. Resinol, Baltimore, Mo.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
Another Georgian
Gets Swiss Post

MACON, June 24.-Dr. f. P. Frazier,
Macon capitalist, with a fondness for
Europe. has been appointed vice-con-
sui at Vevey, Switzerland Mrs. Fra
zier and the children are spending the
summer there now.
When DR.. Frazier found the Gov
eminent had no representative at
Vevey he secured Endorsements, and
through the influence of Representa-
tive Bartlett, obtained the place. He
sails Saturday He is the second
Georgian to be named for a Swiss
post, Pleasant A. Stovall, of Savan-
nah, going as Minister to Switzerland,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
Once Insane; Saved
From Gun by Yell

The timely appearance Of Police
Sergeant Luck saved Isom Petree
400 whitehall Street, a paroled in
mate Of an insane asylum, from being
shot by A. j. Leslie, Of 20 South Hum
phries Street, Tuesday morning about
$50 o'clock Leslie saw Petree try
ing to break into the front window OF
his home, and was in the act Of firing
when Sergeant Luck passed the
house on a bicycle. He shouted al
Petree. and the young man ran around
the corner of the house before Les
lie could shoot.
Petree, since his parole from the in
sane asylum, has been living at the
home Of his parents, and man has
been employed to watch him. Early
Tuesday morning the guard went e
sleep. and young Petree slipped out Of
the house without his hat and coat.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
Staying SUSPECT
TRAPPED IN LIES
HeweII Mystery at Dublin Not
Cleared Up-Fourteen Ar
rests Already Made,

DUBLIN. June 24--Jim Lewis, one
Of fourteen negroes arrested on sus-
picion in connection with the mystic
riouS double murder Of T. J. Hewell
and his aged wife. has told several
different tales as TO his Whereabouts
SATURDAY Saturday night and sunday.
All OF his assertions that the officers
have had time to run down have
proven false.
when arrested at Scott. a few small
hloodstains were plainly visible on his
overalls, but on being taken out of
the Calab oOEc TO be brought TO this
city the stains were just barely dis
cernable, az Lewis had evidently been
rubbing them so as to obiiterate them
as much as possible
Investigation is still going on, and
other arrests may follow.
Although officers have refused 10
make known the names OF the other
suspects, II has been learned that
three arrested near Long Branch were
Sam Irwin, Torn Green and one
known as Little joe
Jim KeIlam, one of the negroes ar
rested Sunday, Is still In custody, but
the other two have been released, as
the evidence against them was not
strong enough to warrant their being
held
The bodies Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hewell
have been sent to Griffin Tor inter
ment this afternoon
The Coroner's Jury held another
star chamber session last night eX-
aiming six Witnesses Another SEES
sion will be held tomorrow night
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
Contest for Presidency
Has Prophets Guessing

Although not less than 80 per cent
of the membership of the new Legis-
lature Is in Atlanta, and notwith-
standing the fact that slate making
and caucusing have been much the
order of the day for the past "a hours,
the badly mixed race for the presi-
dency of the Senate remains to-day
as much up in the air as ever.
Burweu of Hancock is conceded to
have his fight fought to a practical
finish. He will be the next Speaker
Of the House.
Sheppard Withdraws.
REPRESENTATIVE j. z. Sheppard OF
Sumter County, to-day withdrew
from the Speakership race, leaving
the contest to go to a finish between
REPRESENTATIVE Burwell, of Hancock
and Representative Hardeman, OF
Jackson.
MI Sheppard withdrew with the
simple statement that he had con-
Guided he had little, if any, chance
to win and that his getting out was
not to be construed as favOrtng OF
disfavoring any of the two remaining
candidates.
-NpNOANh " FNiA IN' w.
The Sheppard vote. however, is ex-
pected to go rather solidly to Bur
well. apparently making that gentle
mans chances of election just thai
much more certain
Representative Hardemau says ht
will remain in the race to the finish
and still believes that ne has a chance
of election but the impression un-
doubtedly is that Burweu has Won The
race and that it is all over but the
voting. His friends claim not les:
than l39 votes on the first ballot
which is well over two-thirds of tht
! House membership.
Whether the next President Of tbs
Senate will be Allen or Anderson
| however. no political prophet of genu.
| inc repute ventures 10 guess just now
All night long and all the morning
| friends Of both men were actively a.
work, undertaking to pledge this Sen
ator or to shake loose that one from
| his real or lima ginary allegiance.
Both Allen and Anderson claim
more than enough to elect on the frs
! ballot Allen says he has % or more
and Anderson says he has IS. That /!
/ 9 more members than there are in tn,
/ Senate. and II is generally agreed tina
! Senators Sweat and Tyson have o
/ 5 votes between them
| Corporation Interest Charged,
/ Aliens friends are claiming that tn,
| big corporations and one or two bi.
manufacturing interests are movins
| strenuously in Anderson's behalf. an.
| that to elect him President of tht
| Senate will be to place the Senate or
! sanitation largely in their hands
AnderSou's friends have not noticed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
AUTO ACCIDENT
VICTIMS BETTER
Drivers Who Ran Down Photog-
rapher and NewSie Are Out
on Bonds.

Two victims Of automobile acci-
dents, C. w. Notes, photographer and
John Nickers. newsboy were report
ed resting comfortably at their homes
Tuesday morning
Major Stevens. driver Of the car
which knocked down Mr.. Notes, and
Z. V. d. Manning operator of the
truck which ran down young Nick
ers Monday afternoon, will be tried
IN police court Tuesday afternoon
Both are out on bond.
Mr.. Notes was knocked down by
Hugh Inman's automobile as he was
crossing whitehall near the interseC-
ton Of Alabama Street. Patrolman
Davis picked up the victim and or
dered the chauffeur TO carry him to
the apartments Of his daughter. 500
Spring Street. He did not regain con-
seriousness for an hour
Young NiCkers was run down near
the Grady Monument by a postoffice
auto truck.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
Foreign Wheat Crops
Show Big Increase

WASHINGTON, June "A cable
gram received here to-day by the Sec
Rotary OF Agriculture from the Interna-
tional Institution Of Agriculture Of
Rome, reports increase in wheat crops
OF several countries over last year. The
estimates of production this year and
It's percentage of last years crop fol-
lows
Wheat, Bulgaria 67977OOO bushels. or
1906 per cent.
Italy. SS,7i9. 900 bushels, or 11O9 per
cent
India S5s,a16,OOO bushels, or 96.7 per
ent.
Japan, 2LO29 600 bushels. or 1862 per
cent
Barley, Japan, lO1 .O73 900 bushels or
lOl.b per cent.
Sugar beets, Belgium SAT per cent
Denmark 1923 per cent
France, 1896 per cent
Hungary. 1913 per cent
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
AND
SERV|ANS IN
BATTLE
Russia Orders Peace When Sixty
Thousand of Ferdinand's SOL
diers Oppose Allies.
Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.

Special Gable 10 The Atlanta Georgian.
VIENNA, June 24.-Fighting has
begun between the main Servian and
Bulgarian armies. facing each other
along the Vardar River 80 miles
south Of Uskub.
on account Of the hostility between
the Serbs and Bulgars and because of
the strength of the two armies it is
feared any serious clash will precipi-
tate another Balkan war.
Bulgaria has about $4,000 troops in
the field.
ST. PETERSBURG. June 24.-This
was a critical day in the Balkan sit
uation with the four nations Of the
Balkan league on the brink of fresh
war.
The Russian Ambassadors at Sofia
and Belgrade were instructed to de-
mand that the Bulgarian and Servian
Governments accept Russia's offer OF
arbitration without reservation. Rus
STA is acting as the agent of the pow
ers.
The powers have served notice they
will not allow any redivision of terri
tory won from Turkey, even If the
Balkan states do go to war over the
apportionment of the spOils.
BELGRADE, June 24.-King Peter
has declined to accept the resignation
of Premier Pasltch because of the
dangerous political conditions in the
Balkans
The anti government party is call
ing for war but conservatives believe
war against Bulgaria would not be
popular with the people.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
Georgia Farmer to
Try Irrigation Plan

COLUMBUS, June 24.-F. w. Stan
ley, Of the Irrigation Bureau of the
United States Agricultural Depart
ment, has investigated irrigation
plans Of Arthur Bussey. one of the
largest farmers in West Georgia.
Mr. Bussey owns several thousand
acres Of land at Riverside twelve
miles south Of the city, which is pro-
nounced by Mr.. Stanley to be one of
the finest farms he has seen in the
South on $50 acres of this land ir-
rigauon is to be tried. The land has
been surveyed, the grade lines estab-
lished and everything ready for actual
work on the trenches.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
Charters Launch to
Save Prisoners Life

CARABELLE, FLA. June Eth a
chartered launch, J. c. Hagen has
been spirited from here to Apalachi-
cola for safe keeping by Constable $.
J. Long, who feared violence because
Of the Staying Of Joseph c. Saunders
Hagen, engineer at Camps mill. shot
and instantly killed Saunders in front
of the Gulf View Hotel late yester-
day. The cause is unknown.
Saunders was a member of the
Town Council second lieutenant of
the local military company and high
in secret orders.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
1000 Cincinnati
Workers on Strike

CINCINNATI, June 24.-Eleven
thousand garment workers to-day
obeyed the order to strike, and work
in the majority of factories was com
pletely tied up
Workers demand As hours pei week.
Operators offer a 50-hour week. For
mer work was "a hours.
CINCINNATI, June 24.-There was
no Sign of a break day in the dead
lock of the ice manufacturers and
their striking drivers, helpers. engi-
neers and firemen. Hotter weather
caused much suffering.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
Rome Lawyer Sued
For Total Divorce

ROME. June 24-Accused of cruel
treatment by his wife, J Sante
Crawford, we'll known attorney. court
stenographer and politician, to-day
was sued for total divorce by his
wife, who was Miss Mechanic, Mrs.
her petition.
Both parties are well known, and
each is prominently connected
throughout the State. Crawford s
family lived for years in Polk County.
and his wife has relatives In Atlanta
and Chattanooga. Mrs. Crawford is a
very handsome woman
The Crawfords have one child. a
boy 10 years of age.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
Finds Destroyer Of
Mediterranean Fly

SAN FRANCISCO. June 24.-After
years of world -wide investigation. a
parasite has been discovered which
may destroy the Mediterranean fly
according to DR.. Fippo Silvestri
noted Italian entomologist.
Or. Silvestri spent eight months in
Western Africa and Algeria and dis
covered a tiny wasp which feeds upon
the dread pest that has eXterminated
and devastated entire countries OF
fruit trees and vines,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-24
Bandit Sandbags and
Robs Cabinetmaker

w. w Christian, Is Larkin Street,
cabinetmaker, was sandbagged
Monday night at Tattnall and stone
wall Streets. The robber took Sl4
and a pocketlSnife,
According to a morning newspaper
account, Christian was in the act OF
giving the stranger a cigarette when
he was struck Christian, who de-
clared Tuesday morning that he never
smoked one of the paper tubes in his
life. said he had stopped to inform
the man that he did not smoke Gig
arettes.