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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Crime Wave Due to
Gangs Of Boys, Say
Lawyers in Court

The crime wave" in Atlanta, in a
large measure, is due to gangs Of
boys organized in crime" according
to statements made in the Recorders
Court by Tom Goodwin and John A.
Boykin. acting as counsel in differ
ent cases
Goodwin asserted that he knew OF
organizations of wild young men of
the streets which acted as fences
to burglar bands and mapped the
campaigns of youthful robbers who
did the active work.
Boykin told Judge Broyles that the
witnesses testifying against his client,
an alleged blind tiger, were part of
another and rival gang who were try
ing to rid themselves of competition
in the blind tiger business
Collie Jones, the defendant, a negro,
was bound over under a bond of ST.
600, charged with selling whisky.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Police Seek Holdups
Who Took Mans Gun

The police were still busy Saturday
investiga ting the bold holdup of Fl. w.
Henderson, a street car motorman,
Friday about 9 p. M. at the Krog
street underpass.
A man giving his name as Jim
Brown, found lettering in that vicini-
ty, has been arrested.
Henderson lives at No. s Fulton
terrace. He was about to go under
the Krog street underpass, he told the
police, when two well dressed young
white men demanded that he throw
masked, but had caps pulled down
over their eyes. They took pistol
and 10 cents and disappeared.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Negro Chaufeurs to
Fight Speed Mania

A resolution against reckless speed
ing is to be introduced at the ami
versary services of the negro chauf-
feurs of Atlanta at the First Congre
gational Church, colored, Sunday
night. officers for the year will be
installed A special sermon, THE
Man at the Wheel" will be delivered
by the Rev. Fl. II. Proctor
Wiley West is to speak as repre-
sentative of the Atlanta Automobile
Association, whose members are in
vited to be present. l.. II. Beck, OF
the Beck & Gregg Hardware Com
pany, is to pay a tribute to William
Kite, his late chauffeur. The address
of welcome will be delivered by F.
j. Wimberly.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31

Chattanooga Mayor
Not to Reproduce
Atlanta Vice War

After an investigation of conditions
in Atlanta since the vice crusade,
Mayor T. C. Thompson, of Chatta-
nooga, declared he is not satisfied
that the closing of the Tenderloin has
benefited the city, and in his report 10
the other members of the Chattanoo-
ga City Commission will not recon-
mend that the Tennessee city follow
Atlanta's example.
Mayor Thompson has been in At
lanta since Thursday morning, con-
ferring with public officials and bust
ness men regarding conditions that
have prevailed since the closing of
the segregated district. He says he
finds opinion greatly divided.
The information l have obtained
regarding conditions in Atlanta is not
such that will enable me to conscien-
tiously advocate that Chattanooga
follow Atlanta's example" said
Thompson
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Missing Witness in
Staying Case Jailed

COLUMBUS, Jan. 31.--J. H. Davis,
the campanion of Luther Hawkins.
the young Atlanta youth who was
shetland killed by Bailiff r. l.. Willis,
while trying to evade arrest on a
charge of beating 50-cent board bill.
and who could not be found when
the case of Willis was called at the
last term OF the Superior Court, has
been arrested and is now in Mus
cogee County Jail. where he will re-
main until the Willis case is called
next week
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Mystery as Man Is
Near Death in Bed;
Mother Finds Him

Guy Gowan, % years old. a print
ers apprentice living at No. SIS Fraser
street, was found unconscious in his
bed Saturday morning and taken to
the Grady Hospital. where II was
said he was In a critical condition.
Gowan retired at 1890 D. m. Fri
day, asking his mother, Mrs. Rosa
Langley, to be sure to call him in
time to go to work the next morning.
When she knocked at the door there
was no response.
The door was locked, and when
Mrs. Langley and others broke the
lock her son was found unconscious,
with no indication of what had caused
his condition.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
SCOT Used as Signal
From Aeroplanes

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Jan. 31.-The War Office
is testing an aeroplane signaling de-
vice invented by an American named
Mearns, in which common SCOT is
employed as the signaling medium.
The SCOT is carried in a box and
thrown out by an arrangement SINH
lar to a soda water syphon, light
cloud of SCOT representing dot in
the Morse telegraph code and a
heavy cloud a dash.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
MOVE
T0Ab(Q|SH
bEAT|NGS
IN CAMP
Men and Religion Movement Asks
Discharge Of Unjust Guards
and Deep Probe.

The fight to abolish convict
6ogging in Georgia assumed for
midable proportions Saturday
when a number of prominent At
lanta women and the Men and Re-
ligion Forward Movement com
mlttee came out in strong state
ments calling for a sweeping in
vestigation of convict camps
throughout the State and the
changing of the law which sane
tions convict whipping.
Chief among the we'll known Allan
ia women who denounced flogging
and inhumane treatment of convicts
generally was Mrs. Emma Neal Doug
las, long known throughout the South
for her work in behalf Of the poor
and the unfortunate.
Sanitary conditions, the quality OF
prisoners food, the lack OF humane
privileges In the prison camps.
cramped condition of prisoners quar-
tiers. cruelties OF the guards toward
their charges, the unjustihed taking
away from prisoners of their good
time" marks and other deplorable
conditions are recited at length il the
communication of the Men and Re-
ligion Forward Movement commune
cation to the Fulton County Commits
sioners. The report is signed by
Philip Weltner, secretary.
Asks Discharge Of Guard.
The report then recommends the
discharge of all guards found to have
been unjust to prisoners the aboli-
ton of male guards at female camps:
the establishment of an "honor camp"
for colored prisoners; the abolition of
chains and the lash, and the working
out Of system whereby prisoners will
be physically. mentally and morally
improved
The atrocities which have come to
light as the result of the Fulton
County Grand Jury's Investigation Of
the fiogging and general brutal treat
ment of Georgia prisoners who are
strung together with balI-and chain
and driven around like cattle have
| astounded Mrs. Douglas, although she
has been a close student of prison life
and the treatment of prisoners in
Georgia for years.
Nothing that l could say would
express the condemnation | feel FOR
the brutal, barbarous, Anticipated pro-
vision of law tina permits a human
being to be bound hand and foot with
iron and beaten until the blood runs"
she said.
Conditions ineoneeivable.
at is almost inconceivable that
such condition could exist in this
nation that we call civilized; that IL
could exist even under cover, to say
nothing of it's being sanctioned by the
law which Is supposed to represent
the result Of the combined thought IF
the keenest and most just minds in
the Commonwealth.
ENluenlly 1tOiS ld mas not proHleu
by the lesson Victor Hugo gives US
in the story of Jean Vatican, the
man who was nearly crushed back
into barbarism by the brutality of the
thirteen years he spent in prison for
stealing a loaf or bread.
when you put a man in prison
and put stripes upon him, shackle
him with iron and 'steel, browbeat
and abuse him, feed him bad food
then take him out and cut his flesh
with a lash because he breaks down
physically and mentally and grows
sullen, you are accomplishing Both
Ing in the world but the absolute
EQUALIZATION Of that man.
such treatment will make no man
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
AD MAN
FACES j. 6.
CHARGES
Misuse of Mails May Be Laid to
Allison, Who Had Forty
seven Swesthearts.

Officials of the postal service are tC
be consulted by Probation Officer
Coogler Saturday to see if the Gov
eminent can take a hand in the pros
ecution of c. T. Allison for his matri-
monial advertisements and the subse-
quent correspondence with AZ young
women, Allison being married al
ready.
Allison's case is to come up in tbs
Recorders Court Saturday afternoon
with Miss Bessie Ireland, of No. COS
Chestnut street, as the star witness
against him.
Miss Ireland had a conference Sat
urday morning with the probation
officer. 1t was through her that Al
hson was arrested.
Wants Photograph Back.
She answered enc of Allison's mat
rimonial advertisements and sent hin
her photograph. She had written hin
a number of letters before she dis
covered he was married.
What does he look like, anyway
Miss Ireland asked the probation off
Ger. I've never seen him"
Miss Ireland seemed eager to ge
her letters back, and the picture sh'
had sent Allison.
And | want to say that when
am done with this affair, it will b.
never again for me where any mat
rimonial advertisement is concerned,
she said emphatically.
Love Letters Sought.
Assistant Probation Officer Howell
by arrangement with the city au
thorities and on the direction of Mr.
Coogler, is to take Allison to his hom'
at No. 60 East Ellis and there try t
collect the various letters and pic
lures sent to Allison By the forty
seven lock sick maidens,' the mum
Der more than doubling the famou
feminine chorus of adorers in tn
Gilbert and Sullivan opera, Patience.
After getting possession of thes
letters and pictures, | am going t.
have them distributed among tn
writer's" said Mr.. Coogler 81 hav
an idea that reading them over, will
the accounts of Allison's methors, will
do wonders in keepin gthese fooliS;
young women from future entangle
ments with men they do not know.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
DR.. Line to Preach on
Popular Amusement

Popular Amusements" are to be
discussed by the Rev. Fred A. Line
pastor OF the First Universalist
Church, at the Sunday evening SER
vice. The minister will pay special
attention to games. dancing and the
theater.
The sermon is intended as an an
swer to sermon by another Atlanta
minister last Sunday in which dane
ing, gaming and the playhouse were
severely arraigned
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Mercury Down to 40;
Two More Cool Days,
With Monday Warm

The Atlanta thermometer took a
tumble of something more than %
degrees Friday night. and the temper
allure Saturday morning was 40. com
pared with So for the previous morn
ing II wasn't so cold, but the alb
ruptness OF the change caused it to be
felt keenly.
The cool wave is likely to linger
Saturday and Sunday, which also
should become clear as the hours
progress Monday is expected to be
warmer once more. and there is moth
ing to indicate that really cold wealth
er will descend on Atlanta in the near
future.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Girls Home Matron
Bars Out Julia Flake

ELGIN. ILL. Jan. S1-Carrie Ste
phenson, superintendent of the State
Girls School, says she will appeal to
Governor Dunno, if necessary, to pre-
vent the sending of Julia Flake to
the school The girl, who conspired
with her stepfather to kill her mother,
was ordered sent to the school by the
Mercer County Court.
1.-THE girls at Geneva, said she,
"have committed no serious offenses."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
10 Firemen Hurt as
Piano Plant Burns

NEW YORK, Jan. 3l--Fifteen fire.
men were hurt and S250.000 damage
was done in fire which burned the
plant of the Walters Piano Company
and damaged Public School No. "a
in East Sixty-thlrd street early to-
day
Most of the injured were burned
when tank of varnish exploded. So
intense was the heat that 500 famt-
lies in nearby tenements were routed
from their beds.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Letters to Husband
Cause Support Suit

Mrs. Lillian Goodlet has filed pc
tition in the Superior Court asking
that her husband, C. b. Goodlet, a
mail clerk, be ordered to support her
and her three children.
The petition alleges that Goodlet
threatened to shoot his wife when she
refused to deliver to him a packet OF
compromising letters she had found
in his pockets. Judge Ellis will hear
the case February 4.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
What's Your
NJ essage

A telegram has brew
ity and directness, but
only commands an au-
dience of one or two.
A Want AID" in its
very nature is terse.
like a telegram, and if
D u b Ii S h e d in the
Hearst's Daily Geor-
gian a n d Su n d a y
American compels an
audience Of thousands.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
TRAGEDY IS
CHARGED
To LINER
CAP TAIN
Warnings Of Monroe Ignored,
Says Crew = Backing of
Nantucket Raped.

NORFOLK, VA, Jan. 81
While the waters of the Atlantic
near Hog Island were givine up
today some of the bodies of the
Old Dominion liner Monroe,
which was rammed and sunk by
the Merchants and Miners liner,
Nantucket with the loss Of more
than two score of lives, steps
we're taken here by the Depart
ment of Commerce for one OF the
most rigid inquiries undertaken
by the Government to fix the
blame for a sea disaster.
Some of the survivors who were
brought to port by the collision dam
aged Nantucket were still in hospi-
tails and doctors were fighting to
save the reason of Miss Hilda Havi-
land. leading lady of the Mac Aria
Theatrical Company. who was in Sc
rious condition from shock and ex-
posure
The three chief lines of inquiry to
be followed in the Federal lnvestl-
cation:
Whether the master of the two
ships used every possible precaution,
including speed reduction and con-
tinuous use of the risens on account
of the dense fog.
Whether the heavy death toll on
the Monroe was due to any extent 10
absence of discipline among the
crew.
Whether the two vessels were IN
their proper navigation routes when
the disaster occurred.
Warming Signal Ignored.
According to Captain E. E. Johnson
master of the Monroe, warning Sig
nal of the Old Dominion liner was
ignored ny the NduluShSe'
After hearing Captain Johnson
story, f. E. Palen, assistant general
manager of the Old Dominion line
said;
When about halfway between
Cape Charles lightship and the WIN
ter Quarter lightship the Monroe
heard the foghorn OF the Nantucket
off her starboard bow. The Monroe
stopped and blew two whistles. which
we're answered by the Nantucket. The
Monroe again sounded her Whistles
twice, but IL they were heard there
was no response. The crash came
Immediately afterward.
The nantucket was not visible TO
the lookout on the Monroe except dur
ing a moment or two Immediately
preceding the collision, the fog being
unusually heavy.
Captain Johnson, who had been In
the pilot house several hours, at once
gave orders to the stewards to arouse
the passengers, and did all in his
power to save those in his charge.
Question Captains Order.
The charge was also made that
Captain Oscar Berry, of the Nantuck
e. exercised questionable seamanship
IN reversing the engines of the Nam
'ucket after she had crashed into the
Monroe. Seafaring experts said that
II the Nantucket had been held with
her Prov in the side of the Monroe
the latter ship would probably have
emained afioat until all the passen :
gers and crew could have been taken
4 or
The initial steps of the Federal in :
I curry We're taken under tho direction
n u the steamboat inspectors service.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Railroad Extension
Plans Are Maturing

WAYCROSS, Jan. 31.-According
to reports received here, plans for
the Atlantic. Waycross and
Northern Railroad from Kingsland to
Folkston are maturing rapidly, and
within a short time actual construc-
ton is expected to begin.
Charlton and Camden County peo-
pie have subscribed literally to the
roads stock to get the extension.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Chauffeur Whose Car
Killed BoyBound Over

Eugene Isaac Arnold, a negro
chauffeur, charged with running over
and killing John Upton, a negro boy.
last Sunday, must answer to a charge
of involuntary manslaughter in the
Superior Court.
The negro was bound over by Judge
Rosser of the criminal division of
the Municipal Court, late Friday aft
ernoon. Bond vas fixed AT $1,000.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
HettyGreen' sNephew
Espouses Socialism

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-Hetty Green g
nephew, Rev DIR. Augustine Elmen-
dorf. who baptized her about year
ago announces that he is Socialist.
He is secretary of the social serv-
ice commission of the Episcopal
diocese of Newark. \. j.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Y. M. c. A. OFFICERS NAMED.

COLUMBUS, Jan. 31.--At the an
nual meeting OF the directors of the
Columbus Y. NJ. G. A.. j. A. Kirven
was reelected president; l.. r. Chase,
treasurer, and Ebert Wells, secretary.
The old board OF directors has been
reelected J. q. Key was named a
director to succeed G. j. Peacock. de-
ceased.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Sunday School Head
To Address Meeting

The Atlanta Baptist Sunday School
Association will bold its regular
monthly meeting Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock at the Central Baptist
Church. President John NJ. Green
will preside. The Rev. William Rus
sell owen and L. T. Stallings will de-
liver addresses
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
Flagler's First Wife
Wins S65,203 Dover

NEW YORK, Jan. S1.-Phoenix
Graham. referee, mas reported that
Ida F1agler, first wife of the late
Henry NJ. Flagler, the oil millionaire,
is entitled to ssS,2o3 as dover interest
in his New York real property. His
second wife was wiled his estate.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-31
40 BALES oE COTTON suRN.

BUTLER, Jan. 31.--A wooden
warehouse containing about 40 bales
of cotton was burned here. The cot
ton belonged to w w Douglass and
was covered by insurance. The fire
is supposed to have caught from A
passing train.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-07-27
CROCKERY STORES.

CROCKERY CO., Phone s3a
2123 E. Garden. Ike Hirschman. Mgr.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-07-27
YEE jim TO Be
BURIED IN CHINA
DIED A MCLEAN DEATH BUT
DID NOT DESIRE MEXICAN FLU
NERAL AND HIS REMAINS
WERE SHIPPED EAST.

A TAMPA dispatch says: The body
Of zee Jim. a son of the ItOW"rE
Kingdom. embaIme after the fashion
Of the foreign deN H." was started
this morning from Tampa for Canton.
China via san Francisco. His brother.
Lee Jim. goes as far as frisco with
the body. and there d cousin. YCe
Nang, will take charge. see that the
body gets safely to Canton, that 1t *
entOmbe0 with the body of Nee Jim :
ancestors and that the proper number
of joss sticks are burned in the right
temple and the devils appeased The
10000 mile journey is necessary aC-
cording to Lee Jim. so that the gods
may be satisfied and Yee Jim's soul
linger not here but in the land where
1t entered the shell which was known
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-07-27
. A MENACE. Z
D BY Florida Pine.
D q o Q q o o Q Q q Q o o Q q q 4
A M ENACE.

One Of our church papers. The
Alabama Christian Advocate. recent
ly published a warning as to the white
slave trade. The approa oh of the
Panama canal exposition, has given
an impetus to this business and It
warned the people that thirty thou
sand girls had been promised for this
time as white slaves. Strange dis
appearances of girls are constantly
occurring and warnings should be
published far and wide.
All railroad stations should be
guarded and every possible means ia
ken to protect our girls from this
horde of demons. / read recently Of
a young lady. q college woman of
wealth. who in a journey had to wait
over a while and decided to get a
glass Of lemonade from the stand at
the depot. While waiting for her
glass a man sauntered UP also. The
clerk passed hers, the man extended
his hand to take It, at the same mo-
ment his was also handed out by
the clerk and apologizing to the girl
he drank his and walked away
AS the girl drank hers a small OBJ
ject like lemon seed slipped down
her throat. This alarmed her and
she want to the woman who had
charge Of the waiting room, related
the circumstances to her, and told
her not to lose sight of her, nor allow
anyone to take her away
Sure enough she soon fell into A
sort Of stupor, when a we'll dressed
young man appeared at the door
anxiously inquiring for his wife and
looking around. exlaimed "Ah! there
she is, I get a carriage and call for
her"
No: you wont" replied the woman
II know what you are up to and I'll
have you arrested" Needless to say
he disappeared Immediately.
There are Instances where a girl
in the rush of the street has felt
pin stick in the arm, which proved
to put her into a stupor and only by
accident was she saved from the
wretch who wanted to sell her.
Let every one be interested in this
No ones daughter is safe from them,
no city street nor country road night
or day they are ready TO snatch a
victim
Cold drinks form a fine chance by
which to drug the unsuspecting girl
or woman.
The danger is no imag inary or dis
tant one; 1t is very real and very
near.
Let all warning be given. all pre-
caution taken, and death. swift and
sure melted out to the white SLAYER.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-07-27
A Great French
Trial and Scandal.

The French may not be any worse
than other people, but if not they
turn loose the skeletons from their
closets with more readiness than
other people. They also have peculiar
customs in their courts
The trial Of Nine. Caillaux. wife Of
the former premier Of France. for
killing the editor Of the Figaro, Is in
vested with all the dramatic fervor
and temperamental excitement Of the
French people. Most striking Of 1t ALL
Of course. is the attitude Of NJ. Call
laux, who declared on the witness
stand: IT accuse myself. I committed
a fault. I should myself have acted,
but, absorbed by public affairs, failed
to realize the ravages Calmette's ca
lumnies had made on the soul Of my
WIFE"
The trial seems to be as much a
contest Of political factions as a de-
termination Of the guilt of a person
accused OF murder Witnesses are
permitted to testify concerning the
whole range of French politics. NJ.
Caillaux related his entire political
career preceding the tragedy. The
prisoner herself asks questions Of the
witness and the Judge appears to be
prosecutor as well as presiding
officer.
The attorney for the defense makes
arguments whenever he wishes and
comments upon the testimony as it is
introduced. The entire trial is char
acterized by two features which are
unknown to American jurisprudence.
One Is that the accused Is presumed
to be guilty and must establish her
innocence. The other Is that the tes-
timony Is permitted to range over the
whole field of circumstances, directly
If to reveal any act or motive that
might possibly throw light upon the
defendants state Of mind. 1t would
seem that a French court may take
cognizance Of anything that touches
the life or conduct of the accused or
the victim.
AS to the former, perhaps it differs
only in theory from the American pre-
sumption Of innocence. In spite of
our theory. the average petit jury in
the United States renders a verdict
upon it's belief, albeit the law requires
that cases be judged upon the law and
the evidence. AS to the latter, there
is much to be said in favor of the
wide range Of testimony. Compare
lively few persons in a normal state
Of mind commit murder. Often the
crime has its real origin in some re-
mote circumstances which cannot be
appreciated under the American rules
Of evidence.
Before an American jury CaillauX's
testimony would at least save his wife
from the death penalty; likely it
would acquit her. The act of a de-
voted wife in avenging her husbands
honor would be regarded in this coun-
try as completely Justif1a BILE. Prob
ably the French court will not be
wholly lacking In chivalric sentiment.
At any rate the case Is an interesting
exhibit Of human emotions. The high
political and social position of the
principals invests 1t with world divide
Interest