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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
GIRL IN PLOT: To
STAY MOTHER
To co FREE
Man, Confessing Killing Wife,
Says Stepdaughter, IS, in Love
With Him, Urged Him On.

ALEDO, ILL, Jan. 20.-Iulia Flake,
the 15year-old girl who is alleged to
have written to her uncle asking him
to come and kill mother" and to
have stood by while her stepfather
Robert Higgins. deliberately muir
dered her mother, Mrs. Robert Flake
Higgins, likely will not be prosecuted.
States Attorneys A. j. Boutelle, of
Knox County, and John NJ Wilson,
Of Mercer County, to-day said they
were in favor of freeing the child
The two officials said they would
hold Higgins for trial on his confess
sion. A charge of first degree muir
der has been made against him.
According to Higgins confession,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
ALEXANDER HITS
DISAGREEMENT

THE Emperor OF Germany and the
Car OF Russia have not the power
over their realms that the American
Congress has over the people of the
United States" said United States
District Attorney Hooper Alexander
In an address at the exercises In hon
or of the birthday Of General Robert
r. Lee at the Atlanta Law School
Monday afternoon.
Compared with the President OF
land is an obscure puppet There Is
no nation on the globe where the CEN
trail government has acquired such
power and dominion over It's sub
tects as our Federal Government now
possesses,
Mr.. Alexander's address was based
on the causes OF the secession OF the
Southern States and the principle for
which the war between the States
was fought. He declared that the is
sue OF States rights" the original
cause of the war, was lost sight of in
the agitation over slavery, which
made the North forget the legality of
the States rights contentious of the
South
Hamilton Douglas. dean OF the At
lanta Law School, also spoke, eulogiz-
ing General Lee as a brave soldier
and a Christion gentleman.
He was matchless in strategy,
temperate in victory, and divine in
defeat" said Mr.. Douglas. He stands
unique in history as combining mag
nlficent military ability with utmost
courtesy and tenderness; as blending
military genius with incorruptible in
tegrity"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
BIDS OPENEDFOR
FURNISHING Of
COURTHOUSE
Commissioners Defer Awarding Of
Contracts, Awaiting Report of
Public Works Body,

The County Commissioners Tues
day morning opened and considered
bids for furnishing and lighting the
new courthouse. Awarding of con-
tracts was deferred until the archt-
tect and committee on public works
can confer with the representatives
Of the various bidders and inspect
their samples. The bidders were:
Wooden Furniture--Foot & Davies,
Atlanta, s42,162.62; Newton g. Hoyt
Co, Chicago, 42,37S; Fielder & Allen
Toledo, Ohio, $52,6lS; Robert Mitchell
Furniture Company, S57092; Bayless
Office Supply Company. Atlanta, $751;
765; A. H. Andrews Company, Chica-
go, $40, 775.55: F.. S. Hess & Co, New
York, $50, 1924; Furness Cffice Sup
ply Company, indianapolis. SAT ,103;
Gimble Brothers, Philadelphia, s37,-
5951S
Metal Furniture Art Metal Com
pany, Canton, Ohio, SIS, 459; Art Metal
Construction Company, Atlanta, Sl5,-
500; Berger Manufacturing Company,
Columbus, Ohio. $15,800; Van Dorm
Furniture Company, Cleveland, SlO,-
800: Brown Metal Construction Com
pany, jamestown, N. Y. s17,s73;
General Fire Proofing Company,
Youngstown, Ohio. $17,9SS.26; o. NJ.
Edwards Company, Syracuse, N. Y,
S1S,S25.50.
Lighting Fixtures-St Louis Brass
Manufacturing Company, s17016.75;
Western Electric Company, Atlanta,
S21,85787; George F. Eubanks Metal
Company, $16,711.S4; w. E. Carter
Electric Company, Atlanta, s17.750;
Mitchell Vance Company, New York,
s1s,762.75; Horn & Brown Company,
Philadelphia $1S,590.
Window Shades--M. Rich Brothers,
Atlanta, s1,649.66; A. II. Andrews
Chicago. S1,447.20; Gimble Brothers,
Philadelphia, S1,S646S: e. and AL
Mathews, Atlanta, s1,90S.
Lamps-Green & Russell Electric
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
DIVORCE COURT PACKED
WITH WOMEN COMEDY
AND TRAGEDY IN PLEAS

Tuesday was Ladies' Day at
Judge Pendleton's divorce mill In
the fifty or more cases that were on
the calendar. more than three
fourths of the plaintiffs were women,
The spectators were mostly of the
fair sex, too.
Though the courtroom looked Ike
a department store and the air was
redolent with perfume and powder
there were no bargain rates on di-
vorces Freedom was quoted at the
usual price Of AL you can GET al
though It seemed for u time that
Judge Pendleton had become imbued
with the spirit of faminism and was
endeavoring TO cut rates.
II was in the case Of Mrs Hattie
Conrad, who obtained a divorce from
her husband, II. o. Conrad, alleging.
among other things. that he gave
her s. to live on for i've months
In the verdict her attorney inserted
a proviso that the husband should
pay him $50 attorneys fees. Judge
Pendleton made him put another law
yer on the stand to prove that $50
was not an exorbitant fee, and after
various attorneys had stated that it
was not, and that the fee in uncon-
tested divorce cases ranged from $25
to $3.50, depending entirely on cir
cumstances,' the jury gave It to him.
"Hired Out" by Husband.
The stories of the freedom hunters
ranged from the pathetic tale of the
wife who was hired out" by her hus-
band to work in the fields of a Cobb
County farmer, down through the tale
of the victim of a conspiracy" and
on to the story of the wife whose
H., - toll haT he. a
into "a kettle of boiling grease.
Mrs r. C. White, a frail little
woman, who says her life has been
an endless round of cotton mills and
blowing and hoeing in the fields since
she married r. G. White, told a pa
thetic tale. She married White nine
years ago, she said. and left him seven
times.
And three years ago" she said. 81
left him for good-and haven't sup
ported him since!"
After their marriage. Mrs. White
said, her husband brought her to At
lanta and put her to work in n cot
ton mill Two years later he took her
to Cobb County and hired her out to
a farmer named Thomas. she said.
and forced her to work in the fields
harefooted Then he left her and
later she also came back TO Atlanta.
He took her then and put her into
another cotton mill, she said, and
then they went to Millstead and
worked on another farm. She didn't
make much money there, she told, and
he told her she'd have to come back
to Atlanta; so he drove her out and
made her walk from Millstead to
Scottdale. where there is a mill.
She got her divorce.
"Hellish Conspiracy" Barred.
l.. c. Thurman, who wished free
dom from his wife, Mrs. Nellie Thur
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20

man, stated his case in these words:
My wife and mother-in law en-
tered into a hellish conspiracy to put
me into prison and Danish me from
society on the most atrocious and
diabolical charges ever Matched In the
minds Of mem
After the laughter had subsidized,
Thurman continued:
with me out Of the way. rotting in
prison, they were going to put my
children in an orphan asylum and
then sell my property, taking the pro
ceeds and going West, where my wife
planned TO marry Z. rich ranch owner
She's always said she would like to
be the wife OF a ranch owner"
Thurman declares that before he
found out what his wife was doing
she got there indictments against
him, which have been nolle pressed
by the Solicitor Generals office They
took his children and put them In the
Home for the Friendless while he
langulshed in the bastile, he said, and
then went to Texas. Before that, he
said, his wife, having many friends IN
the United States army. tried to get
three soldiers TO get him"
He also got a divorce.
In her plea for a divorce from Van
Bethea, Mrs. Nellie J Bethea said
her husband beat her and once threw
a book at her because his dinner was
q moment late The book missed her,
she said, and struck her 6week old
baby.
Wasn't Redheaded, Either.
He would strike me every time he
found something on the table he
didn't like" she said, land on one oc-
utn ha = hA 70
my head in hot grease! He had an
awful temper"
WAS he redheaded?" asked Judge
Pendleton.
No" she replied; he was bald
headed"
Hugh Galloway told the jury that
his wife, Mary Galloway, would live
with him in INDIANAPOLIS, but not in
Atlanta, which moved Judge Pendle-
ton to remark:
You were only geogra phicaly mar
ried, them"
Galloway testified also that his wife
constantly fused at him and wouldn't
cook the things he wanted to eat,
with the result that his health was
shattered.
He testified also that she was lazy,
and didn't like to get up in the morn
ing and build the fires
"Laziness and fussing are not
grounds for divorce" said Judge Pen
delton. You can't call either of them
cruel treatment"
Galloway was refused a decree.
Mrs Estelle Harrison, pretty
young woman of is, told Judge Pen
dleton that her husband Edward
Harrison. struck her and knocked her
down, and only bought her one dress
in a year. They were married when
she was only IS, she said She was
given a decree.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20

his 15-year- old stepdaughter loved
him and urged him to kill her mother
Letters written by the girl to her
cousin, Marie Ernst and to her uncle,
C. W. Ernst, Of Galesburg, substan-
tiate the statements of Higgins in
part. Once she wrote to her cousin:
Offers Uncle Rich Reward.
Does your father still have his in
tentions of killing mother that he has
had? If he has. wish he would
come at once"
In another letter she wrote to her
uncle:
IF you will kill mother I will pay
you and pay you well. OF course you
know I couldn't pay you until I am
eighteen"
The girl inherited a $1,000 estate
from her father at his death. She
offered to divide this with her uncle
If he would commit the murder.
In Higgins confession it was as
serted that Mrs. Higgins knew of the
improper relations of Higgins and her
daughter His actions with the girl
were the cause of many family quar-
rels, he admitted.
Aunt Shields Girl
Mrs Charles z. Franklin, the girls
aunt, to-day was caring for Julia.
The aunt stood between interviewers
and the girl.
Julia is a mere child" said Mrs
Franklin. "She was not in love with
Higgins. He is a beast. Julia was
afraid of him. He had threatened
both Julia and her mother. How can
you believe that child would be re-
sponsible for such things?"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20

Company, $944.76; Mitchell, Vance
Company, New York, s1.1s3.O2; West
inghouse Electric Company. Bloom
field, Ohio, $94462; Gate City Electric
Company, Atlanta, s1,o7494; Western
Electric Company, Atlanta, S9S359
w. E. Carter Electric Company, At
lanta, $1,000; Moulton Electric Com
pany, $944.76.
The committee on public works
will report its recommendations at
the next regular meeting of the
board.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
Team Track Ruling
Will Aid Shippers

A ruling of the State Railroad Com
mission, which 1t is believed will solve
the vexed team track problem and
serve as great convenience to shippers
has just been announced The new rule
Will require the roads to transfer loaded
cars to and from any public team track.
when destined for or received from a
connecting carrier.
A charge of 50 per car in addition to
the regular switching charge will be
allowed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
Girl, Is, Visits Movie
Show; Returns Bride

Disregardng parental objection ia
her marriage. Miss Inez Delk, is, stole
A march when she was welded to 7.
r Bowles, aged 90, friends learned Tues
day.
The bride told her mother she was
going to a moving picture show. A
short time later she returned with Mr..
Bowles and informed her parents they
were married. They were forgiven. and
settled down to reside at tho home OF
the bride
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
Bars Stage Kiss to
Reconciled Couple

BAYONNE, N, J., Jan. 2o.-Recor-
der High Mara advised Sherman
Kora and his wife to kiss and go
home. The couple made a pretense
Of kissing.
Those stage kisses DO not go in
this court" said the Recorder. Kiss
as though you meant it
Kora did, and the case was dis
missed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20

Most of the expressions heard q,
the streets here and in Galesburg ara
in line with what Mrs, Franklin saw,
Higgins is believed to have been N.
real offender. In North Henderson,
where Higgins father Is a wealth1
and Influential citizen, popular a.,
pressions favor him and Law H.
blame upon the girl.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
Abandon Hope for
Lord Strathcona

Special Gable TO The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Jan. 20 Hope for the re-
covery of Lord Strathcona. the aged
British High Commissioner for Canada,
was abandoned to-day. The veners bile
patient. who is III Of a catarrhal afflic-
ton, was weakened by restlessness dur
ing the night and on several occasions
restoratives had 10 be administered. The
heart action OF the patient was very
low.
King George and Queen Mary sent
solicitous inquiries TO Lord Strathcona $
residence
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
Graves, Harrison and
PeytOn Dinner Guests

CHATTANOOGA, Jan. 20.-Fairtax
Harrison, president OF the Southern
Railway; John Howe Peyton. president
of the Nashville. Chattanooga and st.
Louis Railway, and John Temple Graves,
editor OF the Hearst newspapers in At
lanta, will be the principal speakers at
the annual banquet of the Chamber of
Commerce here tonight.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
Government Buys
Particle of Radium

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.--A tiny
particle of radium, upon which the
Federal Bureau of Standards Will base
its experiments in an effort to stand
ardize radium in the United States.
has been received from Paris. 1t
weighs just twenty milligrams (.30s6
gr), and cost $500.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
Cold Brings Famine
To France and Spain
Special Cable TO The Atlanta ceoroIan.

Special Cable TO The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS, Jan. 20.-More than $4,000
men, women and children are on the
verge of starvation in Southern
France and Spain on account of the
cold weather
The railroads are blockaded, and
many towns and villages are cut off
from supplies. The temperature is
the lowest ever recorded in some sec
tons, and many persons have been
frozen to death.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
Margaret Wilson
Works for Blind

WASHINGTON, Jan. 2o.-Under
the direction Of Miss Margaret VIII
son, who has succeeded her sister,
Mrs. Frances Bowes Sayre, as an Of
f1cer of the National Library for the
Blind, arrangements have been made
for an interstate exchange of litera-
ture printed for the blind.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
Cup Racer Reliance
Sold for $1,000

NEW YORK, Jan. 2o.-The old cup
defender, Reliance. which cost $780,
900 to build, has been sold at auction
for $1,000. Captain Len Miller, own
er OF Hawkins Shipyard. al City
Island. was the purchaser
The Reliance will be transformed
into an amusement resort.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-20
GIVES AID TO BuLeARs.

The Georgian acknowledges the re-
cetpt Of So from Mrs, Sara H. Strahan
for the fund 10 alleviate the suffering
In Bulgaria
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-01
Miscellaneous

Ladies Handkcrshefs Sale price . 1c
Mems Handkerchiefs Sale price Sc
Mems Grey Socks, Sale price !. &c
Mems Fancy Socks, Sale price 7c
a lot OF 'Fowels-Pcr Pair, Sale price 7c
Mems Work Shirts, soc Value Sale price 35c
Mems Dress Shirts 75c Value Sale price . 4sc
Safety Pins, l dozen on Card, Sale price :. &c
Ladies Black Underskirts, Sale price :. .39c
Mems Overalls $lOo Value, Sale price . . 79c
Laces Bureau Scarfs and Pillow Scarfs. pair 1ec
The price of Trunks and Suit Cases cut IN two
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-31

tured by Russian troops, the Ital
ian ministers have virtually decid-
ed to accept his offer.
On October "a the Russian am
bassador at Rome notified the Ital-
ian government that Emperor
Nicholas was ready to send to It
ally all Austrian prisoners of Ital-
ian nationality taken by Russian
troops in Galicia, on condition that
the government did not return
them to Austria Hungary. The
prisoners that the Russian emper-
or has proposed to transfer to It
ally are said to number 5000, and
beong to the districts of Trent.
Triest, Corr, Pola and Dalmatia.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-31
Rossiter Lad Breaks
From Two Prisons

Joseph Compassi, sixteen, is in
the tolls of Jefferson county Off
GERS after a remarkable criminal
career during the past year. He
was sentenced to Morganza by
Judge Telford after he had robbed
stores at Juneau, Waller, Punxsu-
tawney and Rossiter, his home
town. He escaped from the re-
formatory and was later heard
from at Jamestown, n. Y, where
be was found with $12 in his poe
ket near store that had just been
robbed. He was placed in the
jamestown jail, but escaped. He
next robbed two stores at Ridg-
way. Dayton was the next scene
of his operations. The Dinsmore
store in Punxsutawney the next
and he is now in the Punxsutaw-
ney lookup.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-31
Flickinger in An Auto Accident
Near Altoona.

Four persons, including an In
diana resident, were injured when
an eastbound Pennsylvania freight
train struck an auto-bus at the
Burns station crossing on the
Hollidaysburg branch, three
miles south Of Altoona, Tuesday
morning.
The most seriously injured was
Frank A. Flickinger, Of this place.
"a marble cutter in the j. E. Lewis
shop on South Thirteenth street
and a valued member of the lndi-
ana Military band. He sustained
fractured skull, coneussion OF
the brain, decorations on the body
and is now in the Altoona hospi-
tai, where he is not expected to re-
cover.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-31
Josephine Man Fatally Hurt

Michael Barberick of Josephine,
this county, attended dance at
that place last Wednesday night
and at an early hour the follow
ing morning started to walk to
his home, but he lost his bearings
and fell down a 40-foot embank-
ment, where he was found at day
break. He was placed on the morn
ing train and was being brought
to the Indiana Hospital, when
death occurred. Barberick was
about 40 years of age and was one
of the best known foreigners in
this section of the county He is
survived by a family in the old
country.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-31
Knife Artists Stay
In Mines and Escape

A Slav was badly slashed about
the head during a fight at this
place. The sight of one eye may
have been destroyed by a knife
thrust. The injured man stated
that he did not know who had
stabbed him. Deputy Sheriff Har-
ry c.. Williams and Constable Rob
ert Kerr Nent to Lucerne and ar
rested three fellow countrymen OF
the injured man, who were named
in an information made by the in
iured man. 1t was learned by the
officers that the three men under
arrest had been at work at the
time of the cutting Two men who
are alleged to have done the cut
ting, learning of the arrests, re-
mained in the mines all night and
escaped arrest. Officers are still
searching for them.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-31

Toxic, Oct. 80 (11:15 a. m. y
The Russian embassy here an
nounces that Turkey has opened
war on Russia.
Theodosia, Crimea, (via Petro-
grad), Oct. 29-From $50 O CLOCK
to 10 80 this morning a Turkish
cruiser with three tunnels bonn
barded the station and city, dam
aging the cathedral, the Greek
church, a pier and some sheds.
One soldier was wounded. A
branch of the Russian Bank of
Foreign Commerce caught fire. AT
the conclusion of the lombard
ment the cruiser left in a south
westery direction.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-31
The Injured.

Mrs Sue Mccormick, Of North
Seventh street; compound frac-
ture of the right leg; severely cut
about the face and head and suf-
fering from the shock. Taken to
the Simpson-Neal hospital. Con-
dition serious.
Miss Ella Mccormick, daughter
of the above, fracture of the right
arm and suffering from shock.
Taken to the Simpson-Neal hospi-
pital. Condition favorable.
j. Wise Mccartney, of North
Seventh street, artery on right
side of neck severed; suffering
from extreme loss of blood and
shock. Taken to the Simpson
Neal hospital. Condition favor
able.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-31
mine. The name of the ship is not
reported. The news is confirmed.
Russia Ready for New Foe.

Petrograd, Oct. 29-Russia now
counts Turkey as an enemy. This
became evident following the re-
port here of the bombardment by
q Turkish cruiser of the Russian
seaport Of Theodosia and the de-
mand for the surrender of Novo-
rossyk. By this step, in the opin-
ion Of we'll informed circles here.
she has marked her as an ally of
Germany in the great struggle
now in progress for the suprem-
acy of Europe.
Theodosia formerly Kaffa) is
d Russian seaport on the southeast
coast of Crimea, about 100 miles
northeast of Sebastopol, by which
il is connected by rail.
Novorossyk is on the northeast
coast of the Black Sea and is the
capital Of the territory of the
Black Sea. 1t is almost directly
opposite Theodosia, at a distance
of about 120 miles.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-31
List of Letters

Remaining uncalled for in the In
diana postofice October "a, 1914
Mrs. Akin, Mrs. A. NJ.
Biddle, Miss Helen Carr, A. w.
Dodds, Miss Margaret r. Jacoby.
Amey Johnston, Jones King, John
H. Learn, Roy McClarin, J. L. Ne
Govern, T. S. Meagher, Mrs. FL. K
Parker, Mrs, F. A. Simons, Miss
Marcy Wylars, Muczka Gyargy.
When inquiring for letters II
this list please state that they
were advertised, giving date.
HARRY w. FEE, P. NJ
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-31
ROME RESENTS
GREECE'S ACT
Italy Angry at Hellenic Occupa
tion of Southern Albania

Rome, Italy, Oct. 29-The re-
port that Greece has landed 1900
soldiers at Santi Qauarnta, thus
taking possession gives them en-
tire control of the Corfu Channel,
is causing a profound impression
in Rome. As this step on the part
Ct Greece was strongly opposed by
the London conference, it is gene
rally believed in Italian political
circles that Greece will not be sup
ported by Great Britain and
France.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1914-10-31
PosToFFICE's BUSINESS.
More Than Twelve Thousand
Pieces of Mail Handled

Nearly a thousand pieces of mail
a day passed through the local
postoffice during the 13 working
days from October l to October
Is, during which time strict rec
ord was kept of the amount, class
and weight of mail handled. In
the above period 1868 parcels,
weighing nearly two tons, were
sent out, at a cost for postage of
1923. More than $500 pieces of
parcel post were received for de-
livery. Of this number 1857 pieces
were distributed through the
boxes and general delivery; 5,205
by the regular carriers, $50 by the
extra parcel post carrier and SIX
by special delivery. The number
of pieces handled during the peri
Cd was 12,165, or an average Of
neatly 1000 daily.