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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
CONF ESSES
CRIME D.
DEATHbED
Shot Woman So She Could Wed
Husband, Then Takes Mer-
curry, Dying in Hospital.

NEWARK, y. J., Feb. Mrs. Ha-
eel Herdman, OF Pompton Turnpike
N. j.. who took hichloride of mercury
and then confessed that she had slain
Mrs. Harriet Manning because she
was in love with the latter's husban
died at the Mountainside Hospital
this afternoon.
The confession in substance was
as follows:
For some time Mrs Herdman had
been in love with Charles |. Manning
husband of the slain woman. but
they could not marry because Mrs
Manning refused TO get a divorce.
The Mannings were not living to-
sether, having separated In July,
1911. Manning hired detectives and
| tried to get evidence on which TO
bring suit. but failed. Mrs. Manning
obstinately refused to go into the
courts herself
Finally" said Mrs Herdman. Il
went personally to see Mrs. Manning.
i told her that Charles loved me and
that ! loved him, and that we wanted
to marry. She refused to give me
any satisfaction, and | went to see
her several times later. nv final visit
being last night
When I confronted Mrs. Manning
in her home l told her I was giving
her final opportunity to release her
husband from his marriage vows. I
told her that II she insisted In stand
ing in our way she would suffer for
it. She again refused me.
AS ] drew a revolver from my
pocket Mrs. Manning read the de-
termination in my face and move-
ments. She dropped to her knees, but
| shot at her. | fired a second time
then she ran from the house"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Halls Hat in Ring to
Stay, Assert Friends
Talking Mayoralty

The failure OF many Mayoralty
booms to swell into campaigns has not
discouraged other aspirants and their
supporters. Friends Of Councilman
Orville II. Hall, of the Third Ward
declared Saturday that they were go
ing to put him in the race regardless
OF whether Mayor Woodward ran or
not
When II comes TO having loyal
friends, Councilman Hall has some
thing" on most city officials Twice
his primary entrance fees have been
made up and paid by his friends be-
fore he formally announced his can
didacy.
He was returned to Council over
the strenuous opposition of Mayor
Woodward in the last election.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Rules Committee
Makes Only Minor
Changes in Football

NEW YORK, Feb THE intercol-
legiate football rules committee fin
ished UP it's iabors here to-day by
making a number of unimportant
changes in the rules. They are as
follows:
/. Coaches are eliminated from the
side lines
O. After the teams have lined up
the offensive team is not allowed to
make any shift into neutral territory.
3. Any free kick or kick off touch
ing the goal posts and reboundins
into the field shall be counted as a
touch back.
4. A kick off after a touch back is
eliminated
s. The teams arc given the option
Of choosing a fourth official to act as
field judge or assistant umpire.
6. Intentional grounding OF a for
ward pass shall be penalized ten
yards from the line of scrimmage
I. When a player is out OF bounds
his team shall he penalized five yards
for every offense.
Cnder the old rules the first out OF
bounds ofrense was not punished
The following were elected TO the
control board for 1914:
J. A Rabbit. of Haverford, chair
man; Walter Camp, of Yale; f. X.
Hall. OF Dartmouth: Park Davis, of
Princeton; Percy Haughton, Har-
ward; Alonzo Stage, Chicago Univer-
sity; H. G.. Cole. University of the
South. and c. w. Savage, Iowa City
College.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
SAY MlJT|NY
IS NEAR IN
CAMPS
Donaldson Reports to Board Con-
victs Are. on Verge Of Out
break, Owing to Probe.

That Fulton Corntvs changing
convicts. infamed by the investiga-
ton that has been in progress by the
Grand Jury and State and County
Commissions. are ready to turn upon
their guards in an avenging mutiny
was the startling intelligence brought
to members of the Board of County
Commissioners Saturday by ST Don
tendent OF the Department of Public
Works in place of his brother, Cap
tain T. ] Donaldson.
The Public Works Committee WIS
in session when the new Superin-
tendent came to their quarters in the
Thrower Building.
violence Ready to Break"
They listened with considerable
apprehension to his statement that
he had been IN all OF the camps and
that in in every one of them was
given unmistakable evidence OF 4
mutirous spirit that was likely TO
break out in violence at any time.
In my opinion" he said, 1.-The CON
victs are on the verge OF mutiny.
noticed a distinct spirit of discomfort
and unrest among them. They would
not work. They have been reading
the papers and they think that the
guards won't dare fog them.
"The convicts who have been be-
for the Grand Jury have returned
and told their fellows what a good
time they had in town. and how every
thing was going to be like a summers
outing at the camps in the future.
Convicts Refuse to Work.
This has engendered a feeling of
characterization among the prisoners.
and they are ready to do anything
THE convicts who came 10 town
were made much OF by the newspaper
men. Some Of them came back to
camp with their pockets filled with
cigarettes that had been given them.
The guards haven't been able to get
much work out of any OF them since"
Donaldson was asked II any prep
arations had been made to resist an
uprising on the part Of the prisoners.
He replied that he did not anticipate
immediate trouble but that II It came,
the guards would be prepared for 1t.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
r AGING NEW

Ruisseau, Tom King, Silicic, Votes
Benedictina and Roseburg NV also
ran.
SIxTH-Mile and 20 yards; Kin
mundy, Ill (McTaggart), 1-2, 10
out, won; Merry Lad, 116 (Burin-
same), 3, as, out, second; Ford Mai
104 (Meander), 10, 4, 40, third
Time. 1:46 4-5 e. Orc, Master jim
and Kinder Lou also ran.
AT JUAREZ.
FTRST-Three and half turlongs
Blue Racer. 1l5 (Ford), So, 2-5, out
won; Supremacy, 100 (Troxler), go
out, second; Lady Capricious, III
(Taylor), 4, even, out. third. Time
40 Daisy Stevens, DR.. Gatlin and
Serf Savin also ran.
SECOND-Mile and a sixteenth
Uncle Ben, 112 (Vandusen), SIS, AS
rs. won; Hardy, 112 (Troxler), 6, 2
l second; Florence Birch, 105 (Col-
lins), 10, 4, Q, third. Time. 1:47 As
Rose O'Neil, Phyllstina, Rake. Start
Ter, Miletus, Ursula Emma, Great Jul
bilee also ran,
THIRD-Mile F'rieze, l05 Este
vens), IL, 4. rs. won; Tom Murphy
107 (Feeny), S-5, 80, l-3, second
Downland. ITO (O'Zrien), 10, 6, 3
third. Time 1:41. Lenshen's Pride
Mystic Boy, Angie D., Patrick F., Ma
rie Coghill, Regina, Arvi, McAlar
also ran.
Race Entries on Page 8.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Negro Bishops to
End Meeting Sunday

The closing sessions of the council
OF negro bishops. being held this week
at the Bethel A NJ. e. Church. are
scheduled for Sunday morning and
night. Large crowds have attended each
meeting and 1t is expected that the
church will be crowded to it's capacity
at the last service. A special collec-
ton will be taken for Morris Brown
University.
The audiences win be addressed by
Professor Ira 7. Bryant, secretary OF
the Sunday School Union, OF Nashville;
Bishop w. y. Chappel, Bishop j. S.
Flpper, Rev. W. Hendricks. Bishop L.
j. Coppin. Rev. r. p. Ransom, editor
OF The A. NJ. z. Review; w T. Vernon,
x-Re slstrar OF the United States Treas.
ury; DR.. j. G. Caldwell Bishop J. H.
Jones and Professor Sidney Wood.
ward
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Woman Seeks Pardon
For Federal Prisoner

Mrs Isaac Springer, widely known
for her work in behalf OF prison in
mates. Will leave Sunday for Wash
ington, where she will ask Attorney
General McReynolds to take up the
matter OF securing pardon for will
liam Hendrix. VINO is serving life
term in the Atlanta Federal peniten-
tiary under homicide charge
She Will carry recommendations
from Warden Meyer. Hendrix was
convicted OF shooting his father-in-
law in Oklahoma His wife works as
a servant in Atlanta and his four
children are in the Home for the
Friendless.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
80 Saved in Storm
From Grounded Ship

a thick fog the British tramp freight
steamer Queen Louise went ashore
near Manasquan to-day While a
heavy sea pounded the vessel the
members of the Manasquan life saw
ing station worked valiantly in a
storm OF wind and rain taking off the
crew Of thirty in the breaches buoy.
All were saved
The position Of the ship 10 pertlo4s.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Trades Federation to
Celebrate Monday

The Atlanta Federation Of Trades
win celebrated "Organized Day" Mon
day In the Labor Temple. Addresses
will be made by George Berry. presi-
dent OF the International Printing
Freshmen and Assistants Union. and
the Rev. w G. Schaeffer pastor OF the
Church OF the Redeemer. !. r Hewitt,
president Of the Atlanta Federation OF
Trades will be master Of ceremonies.
The speakers will review the work of
the past year and will make plans for
the ensuing year.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Carbolic Acid Thrown
On Wife, Suit Alleges

Claiming that her husband threatened
her Hfe ard poured carb6lic acid on her,
burning her arms and throat. Mrs. 1yer
Chambliss Saturday Brought suit for
divorce against Joel Chambliss. me
couple were married In 1906 and lived
together until 1918.
Mrs, Chambliss alleges that her fsu-
band Is an habitual drunkard and that
he failed to provide for her when they
were living together She asks for a
total divorce and the custody OF her
six year old daughter. Christine.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Stoe's Plea for New
Trial Is Postponed

A motion for new trial in the case
OF Samuel A. Stoe, sentenced to i've
years in the penitentiary for whiss
slavery. was TO have been heard Sat-
urday IN the District Federal Court
but was set over until March s.
This delay. however, will not repre-
sent that much time saved by Stoe.
as his technical prison sentence does
not begin until the day he ezatsps On
paniteniarH n
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Rotarians to Attend
Sunday Talk in Body

The Rotary club, an association OF
young Atlanta business men, has ac-
cepted the invitation OF Rev Or. John
f. white. pastor Of the Second Bap-
list Church. TO attend his Sunday night
services, and will go in a body.
They will be accompanied by their
wives and sweeth carts. Hubert Ander-
son, the president, has appointed six
Rotary ushers for duty at the services.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07

ST. LOUIS, Feb st. Louis lost
the first match in the inter CITY rao-
quet com petition at the Racquet Club
this morning. Howard Lynn, Of the
Chicago University Club, defeated A.
T. West, Of this oity. is to 4, 10 to 10
and IS 10 q.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
Stay the Hand

I'm THIS day of high
cost of living you
Il cant afford to
consign to the garnet
anything that has a
possible value. There
are those who want it
and will pay you its
worth if you'll insert a
Want Ad" in The
Georgian or American
where they will be sure
to see it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07

Ssntiassd on Page z. Column L
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07

EUREKA SPRINGS. ARK, Feb. 7
A jury In the criminal court to -da,
sentenced A. c. Smith to twelve year.
in the Arkansas State Prison for muir.
der of o. D. Handon in Carroll Coun.
~, this State, more than three years
ago. The authorities arrested Smith
in College Spring Iowa, several weeks
ago following chase across the con.
tinent.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07

Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07

BIRMINGHAM. ALA, Feb. T.
4 was announced to day that the w.
c. T. U. of Alabama has secured Mrs,
Mary Harris Armour, of Georgia, to
deliver a series OF temperance lee
lures throughout the State. Mrs. Ar
mour's tour will begin the latter part
Of February and last until perhaps
in BIRMINGHAM.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-14

n Governor GLyNN had parlonci
ToLMAN. the Imprisoned loan shark. in
consideration OF ToLMAN's rceas sing
2O,UO or any number of debtors from
their obligations. legal ar illegal, logic
would compel him to set free any other
convict who could offer correspond.
ing payment for clemency. The ON
bezzler who wrecked n savings bank
the trustee who robbed his warl. the
cashier who defraudesl his employer
all would properly demand pardons II
they could make restitution. and II
would require hair splitting o. the most
expert kind to find adequate reason
FOR not turning them loose.
Because Of this the refusal Of the
Governor TO iiberate ToLMAN Is to b.
appla uded; the offer made IN ToI.
MANS behalf being taken at It's face
value, a thing that involves u consider.
able credulity. ToIMAN remains where
he belongs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-14

provoke bitter Senatorial controversy
" Mr.. WILLIAMS were named for Comp
troller.
A token of the kind Of contest which
may result from the submission Of his
name Is furnished by the apparent pur-
pose Of his advocates to capitalize the
enmity which is alleged to be felt
toward him by some interests In the
financial community. Assuming his
confirmation, what Is likely to be the
course In Office of man whose claims
are pressed on such grounds. especially
his course In an Office which Il going
to need all the appeal that Its occupant
can make to general banking and busi-
ness confidence II the Federal reserve
act Is to accomplish beneficial results?
Perhaps II President WILSON should
shortly send in to the senate appoint
ments for some or all Of the remaining
places on the Federal Reserve Board
which would carry at once the general
approval Of the public, the taste OF the
Williams nomination might he forgot
ten. At the sane time the appoint
mcnt Of Mr.. WILLIAMS looks like n
mistake. II the Administration re-
cards Mr. WILLIAMS as At for the
Federal Reserve Board II was not
necessary to name him for the Comp
trollcrship. IL he is eligible for the
h.n ri h.. In as,r.
tain qualifications for the Office of
Comptroller or because he wants to he
ar some one else wants him to he
Comptroller. he Is not big enough
man for the board.
II fight Ia prevent his confirma
ton IL now wagcd in the Senate. that
fact alone will work against the de-
yclopment Of sentiment necessary to the
establishment ~ the new banking sys-
TEN under conditions propitkOus Tor Its
success. II may be taken to measure
an attitude by the Administration to-
ward the bankers of the country in
relation to the Federal reserve sys.
TEN which fails adequately to appre-
cate the deslrability Of supplementine
the coercions Of the Federal reserve act
with some conciliatory attractions
The situation might have a differ.
ent aspect n any principle were in
VOWED In the nomination Of Mr..
WILLIAMS. hut so far as We can see
1t Is characterized by total lack Of
principle,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-14
Nr. Ford rs q Prophet.

To THE EprroR or TIE SuS--Sir: The
Interview with Mr. Henry Ford printed
In this mornings Sun recalls an inter-
esting incident OF six or eight years ago
when there was a great automobile snow
I'm the Madison square Garden. with an
equally large overflow In the arnorN
across the street. 1t was the show where
The car lie luxe presented To MISS Alce
Roosevelt at the time of her marriage was
the centre nf attraction.
In one OF IN. rooms under the roof In
the armory. leading of from tho main
gallery surrounding the drill hall, there
was an exhibit ~ air craft history from
earliest times to date, iacluding the freak
attempt to rival the birds Of the air in
the shane of a model of the Wright Broth
ers LATEST glider"
Fred Wadsworth. the great boat builder
of Detroit. and myself had been looking
through the aerial exhibit and were loung-
ing along the gallery or the motor car
show chatting languidly. when little man
Of nervous manner rushed up to us and
accosted Wadsworth az follows; Hello,
WAdsworth. what do YOU think OF the
show" The reply was; Great
Here the visitor was introduced TO me
in the Detroit style
MIR. Ford shake hands With Horace
Fletcher" The handshske was perfume
tory, for tn. Detroit shaker had more i'm
them In very dramatic manner.
"Hsv. you seen the air craft exhibit
We have" what do you think OF n!''
Funny. isn't IT,
Not SO funny a. you think. You re-
member that at the worlds fair In Chicago
th.r. were but two automobiles shown mine
WAS on. Of them. and there were not ten
men in the United states who could run a
ra.olens engine. Look at the automobiles
now But tell you that inside ten years
the sIrship viii be putting the automobile
In the shade as tho transporter Of passen-
gers. mail and light freight whore speed Is
any object"
don't recall what Wadsworth said
when Ford rushed OF to repeat his proph-
eyy to the next man he met whom he
knew. which was the burden OF his actlv-
lty at the moment. but as Wadsworth Is a
pretty live wire business optimist himself
he probably said: What Ford says seems
absurd, but II Ford says It, II is safe
betting proposition"
HORACE FLETCHER
NEW YORK, January II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-14
WILSON INDORSEN CAMP PIi\ =
Believes students VIII Gain l>"fn'
Military know ledge.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ia Strong nd".
ment of the War Departments plans
summer military camps for coileE" 81
dents has been given by president w
In the following statement.
II believe the students attending
lege camps will derive not only GO
deal of benefit from the healthful o'
air life. but also from the discip
habits OF regularity and the knowicds"
personal and camp sanitation Mh''h "
experience in camp will give them
''rhe camps will also tend I" dis
seminate sound information couc"rr
our military history and the present POI ''
of the Government In military matters, y
addition to giving the young men con"
siderable amount OF practical military ma
struction. which would DO useful to th't
In case their services should ever b.
CURED"
Camps will be held next summer
burlington. Vt; In Virginia or Mort
Carolina /; at the Preside, Monterey, ca
possibly at spokane and somewhere in 4"
middle West. II IL expected that 80
college students viii attend the camp
which viii continue for about four week.
each. Army officers will be In charge
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-14

the distinction Of representing nifty
seven counties in western Texas and
the Panhandle. including the Staked
Plain. the Sierra Diablo. Twin Buttes.
Buffalo Gap, Goat Mountain. Paint
rock, Wild Horse: alkali Oats. dry
lakes and water holes, all on the map,
and immense stretches Of desert.
Much Of the landscape In the Trust
Killers district consists Of mirages. and
the settlers remote from industrial CEN
tres think In mirages. Their repre-
sentative, who lives in that crowded
mart Of trade Colorado population
1.60O. is not exempt. From this
coign Of advantage Mr.. SMITH. survey
ing the business Of the country. eees
many nebulous diversions and distorted
images. also horrid phanta sma gorias In
which every corporation is an octopus
and Its officers are goblins damned.
What wonder il 1t that he demands
drastic antitrust legislation and will
give business no grace, no respite, no
breathing spell!
Do 1t now, says SMITH. We be-
lieve that his constituents In JEFF Davis.
Palo Pinto. Pecoe. Tom Green and
Winkler. 10 name few Of the outdoor
counties in his district. agree with him
to man; hut that there Is unonlmity
for marking time and awaiting the
new freedom" In the busy manufac-
turing city and railroad centre Of I'll
Paso may be honestly doubted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-14
From 1900 to lOl3.

The law under which ARTHUR 4.
MCLEAN pleaded guilty yesterday to a
misiemeanor. he as treasurer OF the
Democratic State Committee having ac-
ceptal contribution from a corpora.
ton. was enacted after the insurance
invest igation. ut which the extent 10
which party canvasses were financed
by corporations was revealed. How
far She country has travelled toward
new standard IN this matter Is shown
by the fact that In 1896 such cOntrihu-
tons We're openly made and their
donors were applaudei for their pa
trioiism by those of their political
faith In ten years such gifts were
prohibited; in seventeen years the man
who accepts sR.h gift Is before the
court for sentence.
The District Attorney joined In the
request for q suspension of sentence,
which seems reasonable and proper in
the cirumstances. MCLEAN followed
n custom as old as his party; the pro-
hibitory section of the law was a dead
letter for seven years: nobody will
quarrel with the disposition Of the ac-
cused. Rut the law has been made 10
live by this prosecution and II will
hereafter he ignored by political col.
lectOrs at their peril.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-14
Huerta's Financial Difficulties.

The announcement that the Govern.
ment of President HrERrA will s,,spcn,
payment on the Mexican internal and
foreign debts IL worse news rhan n rr
verse in battle. but it was not uneN
Iected. Even a dictator must hav,
money Ia maintain himself, and the di.
version If interest due to foreign and
domestic bOndhOlders is one way Of get
ting tin this case not very sure
way, however.
How desperate IL HuERTA's pligh,
may be seen in his efforts to prevent
the expectation Of gold. He may sue
coed temporarily. hut whenever Their,
Is IA profit to he made gold will leave
the country unless II Is confiscatesi. In
natural resources Mexico Is enormous.
rich. but the dictator cannot make
good his boast to pay his armies anc
carry on the Government by abnormal
taxation. Every shift brings hin
nearer TO bankruptcy and impotence.
President HUERrA may charge hi
financial troubles to the Administration
at Washington. The policy Of non
recognition contemplated the pass Il
which he has come. 1t Is n situation
to he regarded not altogether with
complacency, for 1t brings crisi'
nearer. presumably the collapse Of thu
provisional Government. the cons''
quences Of which might precipitate
the Intervention Mr.. WILSON has beer
trying to avoid. No one can tell VIVA
would he the results of n breakdown q
the system Of law and order whicl
the Huerta regime represents. Wher
l'oRFIRIO DIAz retired an ORGANIZED
Government was turned over to tho al
deren,s Of Francisco MADrRo in accord
ance with the prevailing sentiment %
the country. but conditions are not tn,
same now. After HUERTA. what?
II II should turn out that the treas
ury Of the provisional Government
could not he replenisheh from any
quarter II would he foolishly optimisti
tn assume that the success ~ the vii
son policy WAS assured. More likel!
there would be breakers ahead
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-14

To THE EDITOR OF THr SrN-ST; What IL
the y. Il. T.'s excuse for compelling the
submissive Brooklynite to ride IN trains Tint
threaten to fail apart through every foot OF
the rider
l understand that II II beyond reason "a
expect steel cars on the ~ roads, doubt
" the old structures would hold them--but
there surely can be no excuse for using cars
with plain board floors and not the slightest
semblance Of metal In their construction
barring, of course, the nails gates, &c. Yet
these relics Of the early days Of railroading
are placed In service In Brooklyn, particu-
larry on the Lexington avenue road.
Every time YOU step into one of these cars
you experience creepy feeling, for II there
were to be the slightest collision these finder
box cars would crumple like SO much card
board, WILLIAM SCHOONER.
BRooKLYS. January IL.