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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
SAY GIRL WAS
IN CONTROL
Of HIGGINS
Relatives Of Julia Flake Assert
She Was Hypnotized by
Mothers Slayer.

GALESBURG. ILL, Jan 24.-"I am
innocent. My conscience is absolutely
clear. They forced that confession
from me-" says Robert Higgins to-
day, accused as the murderer of his
wife that he might marry her gifteen-
year-old daughter, Julia Flake.
He tempted me. 1 will go on the
witness stand and send him to the
gallows," is the grim declaration of
the young girl who is suspected of
plotting her own mothers death be-
cause of her infatuation for her
26-year- old stepfather.
My boy couldn't have done that,
1t is not true! All the money I have
in the world will be spent to save
him. if necessary" cries aged Albert
Higgins, the father of the accused
uXoricide.
Higgins must have been insane 20
plan this crime for two months in
advance. No man who was rational
could contemplate seriously such
thing day after day without seeing
the awful folly of it," is the dictum
of Oscar e. Carlstrom, the attorney
for Higgins.
These statements, from the leading
figures in the grewsome crime, and
from those nearest to them, reveal
the present status of the now no.
torious case.
Insanity Defense.
Insanity will undoubtedly be Hig
gins defense. This is foreshadowed
in the opinion Higgins lawyer has
passed upon his client.
AS for Julia Flake, who is charged
with being both the motive for and
the promoter, she hates her step
father to-day as intensely as she had
previously loved him.
Her mothers relatives are now
unanimous in declaring that Higgins
intimidated or hypnotized Julia into
writing the "come- and kill letters, -
and that the little girl, far from hav-
ing schemed to prevail upon her step
father to love her, was the victim OF
brutal and grevious wrong at his
hands.
Higgins, too, has undergone a
change of heart, and, repudiating all
his confession, says:
81 didn't know that there was a
shell in the shotgun when | pulled
the trigger They can't prove who
loaded It,"
Pins Hope on Father.
Higgins pins his hope of escaping
the gallows upon his fathers money
and his family's influence. Although
lawyers, detectives and reporters had
left Higgins cell with frank confess
sions of his guilt, interlarded with
blame for the girl, his aged father,
Albert Higgins, came away after a
two hours conference still convinced
that his son is innocent.
my boy couldn't have done that
It is not true" cried the old man.
"All the money ! have in the world
will be spent TO save him If it is nee
essary.
Since his wife's death he has been
living with us. Don't tell me he was
not heart broken. He could not eat or
sleep He grieved every minute OF
the day. We were so worried about
him that we kept someone constantly
with him to watch him. He has tod
this story to save the girl, or else his
mind has given away after all his
grief. How do l know what the DE-
tectives told him, or what they did to
get this confession? ! won't believe
it,"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
$4,000 in Bills
Burned With Woman

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Miss Mary
Shannon, aged Sc, a recluse, who is
said to have kept $4,000 in bills and
United States bonds sewed in her
dress, was burned to death while she
slept in her room in the residence of
Mrs. Edward Thompson, in New Ro-
chelle.
1t is believed the money and bonds
were burned in her clothing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
Princess Becomes
Actress in Movies

Special Gable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Jan. 24-Princess AS
saka Luxmi, widow of .Rajaputana
prince. is the latest to swell the over
crowded ranks of London moving pic
ture actresses.
When her husband died, the Prin-
cess decided to adopt a profession,
as her religion forbade her to re-
marry.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
Shows Her Knee to
Win $4,000 Verdict

HARTFORD. CONN, Jan. "a
Mrs Jennie L. Doubleday, of Spring
ned, Mass, where she Is leader in
me w. C. T. u, lifted her skirt low
eled a stocking and exhibited her
Knee to a jury in the Superior Court
% prove her claim for $4,000 dam
ages against the Connecticut Com
pany a street car subsidiary of the
New Haven Railroad.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
Modjeska's Son Sues
Wife Who Hates US

PORTLAND, ORE, Jan. 24.-Ralph
ish actress, Madame Modjeska, has
sued his wife, Felicie, for divorce on
the ground of desertion.
He attributes his trouble to her love
for Poland and her dislike for Ameri-
ca. They were married in 1885.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
Bill Would Promote
1885 Mail Carriers

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Repre-
sentative Treadway, of Massachusetts,
introduced an amendment to the
postoffice bill which proposes to
make the 1885 second class letter car
riers of the country eligible for pro-
motion as first class carriers with the
corresponding increase in salary.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
10000 Farmers Ask
Ballot for Women

LETHBR1DGE. ALBERTA, Jan.
24.-The United Farmers OF Alberta,
representing 10000 farmers, havo
unanimously petitioned Parliament
asking for woman suffrage both in
this province and throughout the Do
minion
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24

press and baggage cars were cut
loose and run some distance away
in the neighborhood of Hollywood
Here the messenger r. K. Taft,
was forced to leave his car and En-
gineer j. l.. Armstory with his fire
man was driven from the engine.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
Accepts Bid To Be
Escort at Carnival

Captain G. A. Stokes, commaudant of
the Atlanta Grays Saturday mailed a
letter of acceptance to the invitation of
the Mobile Carnival Association TO act
as escort to King Felix and his Queen
during the Mardi Gras.
The Atlanta Grays are the crack mill
itary company of the Fifth Infantry
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
Ex-senator Cullom
Sinks After Rally

WASHINGTON. Jan. 24.-Former
Senator Shelby M. Cullom, who has
been making a valiant fight against
death for a week. suffered another
sinking spell early to-day. He rail-
lied slightly later and fell asleep, but
he steadily is growing weaker and
doctors say the end Is near
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
'Kindergartens on
Wheels New Plan

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Traveling
kindergartens will be a feature of the
work TO be undertaken by the Bureau
of Education in the near future.
1t is planned to fully equip a school,
either on car or some other way,
and send it from place to place in
charge OF experienced teachers and
demonstrators
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
Come to Study U. s.
Telephone System

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Fcur repre-
sentatives of the Hungarian Govern
ment are here to spend 100000 in
the purchase of telephone supplies.
They intend to spend several
months here and in Philadelphia,
Chicago and San Francisco studying
the American party line system.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-24
Auguste Rodin, Noted
Sculptor, Near Death

PARIS. Jan. "a -Auguste Rodin, the
noted sculptor, Is gravely III of pneumo-
MIA
New Britain herald., 1914-05-02

need of better lighting in the north end of the city. Practically all the debating on the republican side has been done by MT. Christ, MT. Parker, MT. Warwick, MT. Voight, MT. Jester and MT. Lawyer, while MT. Landers, MT. Kerwin, MT. Shine, Mr., Paonessa and MT. Coyle have discusseds ques- tions on the democratic side and they have received assistance from the two new members as above stated. It is very seldom that new. members par ticipate in debate at their first meet ing, but MT. Degnan did it and he was Followed at the second meeting by MT. Callahan. It is comm endable to see new members show such an interest in city affairs. It suggests an aptitude for public life and that is reasonably sure guarantee that they will make active city officials. Mayor Quigley is also showing an in- clination to participate in debate and it is one of his rights as mayor to do so, in fact he has the prefer ence over all other members in this respect. He has called the president pro tenn to the chair several times already so that he might make his own position clear. It looks as if
  the ordinances before the year is over in order to meet conditions which seem likely to arise as result of changes already. made or about to be made. Some of the changes have attracted the attention of the entire city and there is much specu- lation as to how they will work out. It is stated that the report of the committee on ordinances reducing the salary of the president of the board of public works did not have the signature of any of the demo- cratic members and that one of the were enough to sign it without them. The remark was correct and subse- quent events proved 1t to be so, but it would have been better if the matter had been discussed as it should have been and then possibly all. the members would have at- tached their signatures to the report. The council gave an unanimous vote to the republican president pro tenn and the democratic water commis- sioner and 1t would have been nice thing if the same sentiment were manifested in some other matters The council is made up of twenty-one m em bers, all representing the people of the city and in doing this work it does not seem as if it is necessary to divide on political lines. The less politics in the administration of city affairs the better it will be for al, concerned.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-02
Our Annual Humiliation.
Providence Journal.)

With the coming close of another session of the Legislature, Rhode Is- land finds herself once more face to face with her annual shame. COndi tions this year are worse than they have ever been before. The disgrace full exhibitions of the past few days are reaching the normal. climax of a period of disorder, petty graft, vicious legislation, broken pledges and utter lack of any conception of public service.
 Is it not time at last that we begin to realize how our chosen servants, selected to represent our wishes, to reflect our ideas and to make an honorable record for themselves, are holding Rhode Island up to the scorn and detestation of her sister states?
 How much longer do our merchants and manufacturers and the great body or right-thinking masses of our people desire to stand by and tacitly accept this kind of representation?
 How long do they intend to permit two or three men of large wealth, inn pervious to all sense of civic honor to buy their own kind of particular leg islation and to use members of the general assembly like driven cattle? How long will they continue to allow besotted representatives to shout ri- bald songs under the dome of the state house and to follow one debauch with another in the corridors and committee rooms of that building, as they have been doing every day in the present week?
 Shall we still send to Capitol Hill as our chosen delegates for the protec- ton of the state and her physical and moral welfare, men who are lost to all sense of shame and whose very presence there is contamination?
 There are, of course, in both the senate and the house a few represen- tatives of ability and number who, lacking ability, have some character. But these are powerless to stem the tide of disgrace. The condition is not one that fas anything to do with party lines or the kind of the con- stituency from which these men come. In the ranks of the vicious we find both republicans and democrats, and representatives alike from the cities and the rotten boroughs of the coun- try.
 The evil rests simply in the calibre of those whom we allow the polltl- cal crooks and bosses to folst on us at every election, and In the fact that the tens of thousands of decent, right minded voters have remained indif- ferent, except at spasmodic intervals, to their civic duties.
 All the dirty professional politicians of the state put together do not amount to one-twentieth of one per cent. of our populations. But in the face of careless indifference they are sufficiently strong to overwhelm Us with their bitterness of humiliation year after year.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-02
SUFFRAGE PARADE.

The woman suffrage parade in
 Hartford today suggested the en- [husiasm which the women have in he movement to obtain the right to fote. That this feeling should be Inade manifest was undoubtedly the
 Underlying cause of the demonstration. pf course the marchers did not in- flude the full number of women in- Ierested in the suffrage cause; there kre hundreds more, some of whom ftood on the curb and saw their listers go by and others in the quiet bf their own homes will read this fVill the demonstration help the Iause? Hardly. The men who oppose l. and who have been in the 1egisla- lure and voted against it or who will De in the next legislature and who, loo, will vote against it are not op- osed to giving women the right to Ro those things which they say they 4esire to accomplish through disre- |pect, but because they believe they eo not really want this power and |hey would not make conditions any better if they had it.
 It is stated that Colorado has suf- fered because of the woman in poli- lies, that she has eliminated the
 trong arm in government there, has placed weak people in office and the
 Inability of the authorities to cope
 Fith the present industrial troubles in
 hat state is being cited as proof of
 his indictment. It is also being said Ihat this will be the result wherever komen have hand in the government. There are many intelligent women fngaged in the suffrage cause in Con hecticut but 1t must also be remem- kered that there are a great many |nore intelligent women in this state Fho are opposed to their being
 ranted the right of suffrage. People, If events say that the women will win In the. end, but they. are not inclined, |o think that the victory is to be kained in the near future. No one |eriously believes that the parade will fring 1t along any more quickly. It
 Fill kindle enthusiasm but it is not the
 lind that will last or will work any
 treat reforms.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-02
DETECTIVES FACE SLAPPED.

From the published stories con- serning the prowess of William J. Burns. the detective. one would be klmost justified in concluding that he |Uorld be a dangerous man to inter- lore with and yet the newspaper ac- kounts of happenings in Marietta, |Ea., yesterday, include a very graphic description of his having his face Tapped and instead of shaking a lit- |le salt on his assailant and eating him up he took refuge in flight. shich, under the circumstances ap- tears to have been the safest thing Tor him to have done.
 Leo M Frank, a young manufac- (urer, has been convicted of the mur- der of Mary Phagan at Atlanta; there Is a strong effort being made to ob- tain a new trial for him and Detect i've Burns has been employed to sob-
 tain evidence in his interest. He has
 announced that he has secured enough
 evidence to satisfy him that Frank is
 Innocent and that the finger of guilt
 eoints in the direction of negro. A
New Britain herald., 1914-05-02
Congressman From Pohick.
 Washington Star.)

We sent an able congressman from
 Pohick on the Crick. We told him to get busy with the body
 polite, And make diagnosis and prescribe
 the proper stuff. Before we had to call for post or
 tenn, sure enough. And after he had spoke eternal truths
 in laundering tones, We thought that he'd look round and
 get job for Jabbez Jones And Tim Mckee and Ezra Boggs and
 half a dozen more Who did such talking for him at our
 meetings in the store. His eloquence is splendid. All his
 speeches that we read Are elegantly phrased and very logi-
 cal indeed; But he keeps up his discussions of
 the duty of mankind And various other subjects most per-
 picking to the mind; When we kind O think it's time for { him to mention Tim Mckee x And Boggs and Jones and other folks,
 perhaps including me. Although our congressman is wise, he
 somehow lacks the trick Of really touching human hearts down
 here at old Pohick.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-02
DEATH DEALING AUTO.

Auto owners are not all careless and fhauffeurs are not all reckless but |ome are and those who are not will ct find themselves compelled to take |ome action that will save them from he wrath of the people, and help to bring about the punishment of those |Fho break the law.
 Autoists killed sixteen persons in
 New York last month and of this lumber ten were children. In addi- ion to this there were eighty-three Eccidents more or less serious, though bot fatal. This is a bad record for Ene city, and at a time. too, when the |eason is only beginning.
 It must be admitted that children |hould not be permitted to play in the (treet, and those who do are liable To be killed. It is almost impossible |o keep the little ones off the highway knd for that reason drivers of all
 kinds of vehicles need to be doubly Earefui. Fatalities in public streets have become too frequent, those oc- eurring in New York from the autos |r April exceeding the death list on he American side in the taking of Vera Cruz.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-02
ROOSEVELT COMING BACK.

The New York Tribune published a cartoon of Colonel Roosevelt today showing him as he emerged from the jungle in Brazil, his right arm up- lifted holding his broadbrimmed hat and shouting at the top of his voice: Cheer up! I'll soon be home." What words of encouragement are con- tained in this brief sentence. It isn't the mere fact that he will soon be home but it is what he will do when he arrives that interests the country. He may run for governor of New York state so as to get his hand in, for the bigger fight in 1916 or he may decide to go down to Mexico, stop the war. capture Huertas and bring him back with him. There's no tell ing what he may do. He has un- dergone many hardships; has been bitten by a jungle fly which caused boils to appear on his body, and he will need to be putt in the repair shop before he can be formally in troduced into society It is hardly necessary to state that he killed every fly that bit him and then trampled the insect under foot
 The colonel always had a peculiar way of enjoying himself or recuperat- ing from overwork. Instead of visit ing Atlantic City or Newport he shouldered his trusty rifle, hustled into a forest somewhere and recov- cred from his indisposition by chas- ing bears and wild cats, killing them skinning them and bringing the hides home on his back like true hunter and child of nature. His experience in the Brazilian jungle will enable him to approach the Bull Moose cam paign with real zeal and enthusiasm. There will be no talk of surrender or going over to the republicans when he comes back.
 He surely is a peculiar individual, but he is courageous and does not seem to know what fear is. All the country admires him for that, and there isn't a soul who isn't delighted to hear that he. is coming back safe and sound, except for the boils which are the result of fly bites
New Britain herald., 1914-05-02
Return of the Bull Moosers. (Philadeluhia Rulletin.l

Leaders of the republican party or- ganization throughout the state must find cause for serious thought in the enrolment returns from the rural dis tricts. In thirty-five counties where the statistics have been completed, the shifting of voters from the Washing ten party column to the republican is so remarkable as to need arouse the most interesting speculation concern ing it's purpose. Losses of from fifty tc ninety per cent. in the bull moose ranks, with almost direct gains in the republican figures, are not at all ex- ceptional in the list, and as these are most marked in counties where even under normal conditions, there was fornerlly a strong independent spiriit of reform within the party" the re- suits are most significant
 For example, in Schuylkill county. which gave the Washington party electors 10,477 votes in 1912, and Taft 3.557, the party enrollme has fallen to 1,4S6 and the populations have jumped to 13,265. almost an exact turnover. Montgomery, too. shows a Washington enrolment of only 1867, compared with a party vote in 1912 of 10,179, and the republican total is 15,534, against S,97S for Taft. The Dauphln county progressives could muster only 1,41S, a little more than fourth of the vote of 5,279 in 1912 while the republican strength has increased from .2,S07 to 6,351. The same conditions exist relatively
New Britain herald., 1914-05-02
Tribute to J. J. Watson.
(Hartford Times.)

George A. Quigley, New Britain new mayor, is credited with having stated that no competent official, serving under the past administration, need have fear of removal under hls administration. If this be interpre- ted as a strict pledge, or as rule which will be closely applied, it will not contribute to the peace Of mind of anyone who happens to find him. self succeeded by another. Under the application of that rule, removal would be equivalent to charge UT incompetency, thogh We doubt if the mayor intended this interpretatlon should be given to his pledge, if such it was. It probably was designed to contribute to good government rather than personal animosities. His ap- plication of it in the case of James J. Watson, democrat whom he has reappointed to the board of assessors for d term of four years, appears to have been a close one, especially in view of MT. Watson's acknowledged good service on that board, and in view of the fact that three very strong candidates appeared against him.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-02
A Debt-of Honor.
Waterbury American. )


 A little objection is made to pay- ing the reward offered by the board of aldermen for the identification of our famous firebug by private sub scription, on the ground that the city made the offer and is in honor bound to fulfill it's promise even in viola tion of the law. It is said that it would be a discredit to the city to have it paid in this way.
 We do not think so. Or, if we do, we think the discredit is less than it would be to leave the debt unpaid, to be thrown in our teeth, necticut who feels like being funny or offensive.
 The city cannot pay it without technical violation or the law. The money can be raised in very short debt wiped out and the humiliation forgotten.
 If the city fails to pay it, it is shame. If the city is publicly nagged by press and people to force it to pay it, it is a shame. If private individuals pay it, it is a shame. There are arguments from all these points of view. The shortest period last alternative.
 Let's pay it up quickly, get rid of it and forget it-or at least, get others to forget it. If we don't we shall always be troubled by it.