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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-08
HERE'S A LETTER THAT DID
GOOD TO THE WHOLE JEFF
FAMILY

Dear Sir: We heartily endorse
your stand on every point, and think
your publications the most straight
out to the point Of any we receive.
have friend here who was an Of
fetal in the Piedmont Hotel in At
lanta at the time of the murder and
has watched the Leo Frank case
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-08
ATLANTANS WANT "A PAPER
THAT WON'T SELL OUT.

Dear Sir: We, as citizens of At
lanta, beseech you to come to our
city and establish a daily paper in
the interest of letting the facts be
known instead of false reports being
forced upon the general public, and
assure you subscription of not less
than fifty thousand almost immedi-
ately The recent outrages perpe-
trated by our Governor, Jack Slaton,
against the law-abiding citizens Of
our State, compel us to make this re-
quest
E. L. Baugh, H. B. Moody, H. G..
Mckee, Geo. w. Ryan.
Atlanta, Ca, June %, 1915.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-08
''THE DIFFERENCE 'TWIXT THE
RICH AND THE POOR

Dear Sir: It is fully demonstrated,
especially by the late action of John
Slaton, that, in Georgia, there is one
law for the rich and another for the
poor.
I want to call the attention of the
people to the action of our most
estimable CD Governor, John M.
Slaton. The wide difference in the
bur, of Jones County, and that of
Leo Frank.
When Wilburn's case was carried
before hin. for communication of SEN
tence to life Imprisonment, he comes
forth with the remark that it was
not his business to commute the
sentence of criminals when they had
been tried by twelve jurors who had
heard the sworn evidence in the case.
That he had no right to interfere.
Therefore, Wilburn was hanged.
Now, why this great change in our
admirable CD Governor?
Was it not because Wilburn did
not have the money to hire detec-
press? Can't we all see there is
something dead up the branch?"
What does he think about having
the blood of Nick Wilburn on his
hands?
l agreed with Slaton on that case,
and said Wilburn ought to hang;
but a good many of my neighbors
voted against him because he would
not commute this sentence to life i'm
prisonment, while the woman in the
case was set free. I contended that
did not lessen Wilburn's crime at
all; also contended that Slaton could
not afford to commute Franks SEN
tence, after what he did in this Will
burn case. Nevertheless, we see
what money has done when Franks
case got to Slaton, after having been
handed down by all the courts of
Georgia and the United States courts
as we'll.
In his long drawn out statement,
Slaton says that Jim Conley is the
guilty man. Now, does not he, as
we'll &C every one else know that if
the people of Georgia had the least
suspicion that Conley was guilty Of
that hideous crime, he would not be
able to stay here as long as "Pat
stayed in the army" Further, there
are none who believe that Slaton be-
lieves that.
Again I say, there is something
suspicious looking about this affair.
He comes out in his long state
ment and goes over the same thing
that has been before the best legal
talent, not only of Georgia, but the
United States, also, and why is it
that he sees this thing so differently
from those learned judges, and Par
don Board?
Leo FrankNis the guilty man, and
he should have paid the debt with
his life for the death of little Mary
Phagan, the victim of one Of the
most brutal crimes in the history OF
Georgia.
Mary Phagan was poor working
girl, working for a low-down, no.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-08

from the first. He attended the
trials when admitted and has studied
your paper every week since coming
home He says you are right on that
every time. How strange so many
Northern people should try to med
die with what is none of their bust
ness. Respectfully
VT. F. S. MORGAN.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-08
THE FOOL KILLER

The hottest and funniest paper on earth.
Written with red-hot poker dipped in razor
sa idle and spurs him at every lope. Death to
fools, rascals and hypocrites. Monthly, 25e
names and get it year for your trouble, THB
Fool KILLER. 16 A St., Moravian Falls, N q.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-08

HIGH CLASS MEN for the United States Con-
sular Service. Positions of high social Rresfeige
career. Write for particulars and free offer.
Esoteric Library Bureau, Atlanta, Ga.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-08
THE .JEFFERSONIAN

that she gave up her life for her
virtue.
This committe will be known as
the Committee Raising Funds. After
the funds have been collected and
paid in, it will be turned over to a
committee selected from different
parts Of the State, and will be known
as the Purchasing and Inscription
Committee.
The committee wishes to state,
that there has been several kilograms
and letters received from over the
State of Georgia, all joining and en-
couraging the movement.
Very respectfully,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-08
A TELEGRAM FROM FLORIDA

IA Il NUN II
Sherman will. be forgiven and for
gotten, but Frank and Slaton and
money will ever be within the mem
DRY Of Georgia's people.
ROBT. T. KYLE.
Marathon, Fla.
Dear Sir: The citizens of Val
dosta have organized and started a
movement to raise 1000 for mon
ument of Georgia granite or marble
to little" Mary Phagan, and erected
over her grave.
The committee wishes every town
in Georgia to be represented in this
movement. We will thank you to
solicit funds for this movement, and
report same to this committee, not
later than July 10th.
1t is movement that every fair
minded man in Georgia should be in
terested in. Little Mary Phagan was
a sweet, pure, refined girl; and the
greatest thing she had on this earth
was her virtue; and all will agree
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-07-08

Secretary and Treasurer
Committee On Raising Funds For
Mary Phagan Monument.
Dr. j. C. Wilson, j. P. Legg, w.
F. Pendleton, T. B. Converse, DR.. E.
P. Rose, J. E. Roberts, A. L. Davis,
M. R. Ousley, Geo. H. Feagle, T. A
Baker, A. F. Langford, VIM. Ed
ards, G. w. Warn, G. B. Carswell, J.
H. Stump, Fred Bergstrom, A. w.
Varnedoe, ]. J. Newman, G. w.
Barnes.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
ENGLISH POLITICAL UPHEAvAL
Newspapers Make Attacks on the Gov
ernment's Policy.

London.-Christmas passed without
heavy fighting anywhere on the Euro
pean fronts. The united kingdom,
however, witnesses a general abandon
ment of the truce between the polit-
ical parties, which was observed dur
ing the early months of the war, and
which apparently was cemented for
the duration of the war when the coal
ition government was formed.
The last week has seen a steady
growth of the newspaper attacks on
the government, the general burden
of which is slowness, lack of fore
sight and decision, and mismanage
ment of the Dardanelles campaign
While all newspapers disclaim any
partizan motives. all the more promi
knent ones participating in the opposi
ton belong to the conservative party
with the exception of the Manchester
Guardian. "'
The newspapers generally hold Pre-
mier Asquith responsible for the con
duet of affairs.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
NOTED PERSONS DIE

Seattle.-Malcolm McDougall, mil
1ionaire lumberman and farmer.
Albert Lea, Minn.-Curtis B. Jellar,
president of the First National bank.
Omaha, Neb.-Victor B. Caldwell,
president of the United States bank of
Omaha,
Liverpool. Archdeacon t.
J. Madden, archdeacon of Liverpool
since 1906.
Sioux City, Iowa.-George W.. GLOW
er, only son of the late Mary Baker
Eddy. He was not a scientist.
New York.-Mrs. Emma Folsom Per
rine, mother of Mrs. Frances Folsom
Preston, who was Mrs. Grover Cleve-
land.
Chicago.-George Franklin Harding
age IS, one of the promoters of the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy rail
road.
Boston.-Dr. David w. Cheever, fol
more than half a century a leading
physician and surgeon in New Eng
land, aged "a.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Colonel Edward ia,
Allen, age So, friend of President Lin
coin, member of the staff of Genera
Fremont during the civil war, and on
OF the first stttlers of Seattle.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
CHRISTMAS IN THE TRENCHES.
Big Shells Burst over Arras Friday
and Saturday.

Arras, On the French Front.-Hun-
dreds of big shells tore the air over
Arras all Friday afternoon. The echoes
Of those were. the last compliments of
the season, and they had no sooner
died away than the life of Arras began
to show itself through reopened cellar
doors and windows in preparation for
the usual Christmas eve festivities.
After the usual systematic Smelling
died down rifle shots and the rattle of
machine guns was all that broke the
stiffness of death that settled over the
city The cathedral stood out against
the twilight in ragged ruins like a
spectre, with crumbling ruins of de
molished buildings all around giving
the aspect of gigantic cemetery with
decaying headstones.
The rattle of machine guns struck
up again and a few rifle shots rane
through the clear air. Toward
o'clock the soft strains of an organ
were heard from an invisible source.
Santa Claus and the Christmas
spirit, notwithstanding the war, were
in evidence, everywhere along the Ar
tots battle front.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
INDIAN TROOPERS
LEAVING FRANCE
IT. is BELIEVED THEY WILL BE
SENT TO EGYPT FOR
THE PRESENT.
NEW ARMIES IN THEIR PLACES
Recruited From the Different Colonies
of the United kingdom-Conscrip-
ton Raises Crisis in EngIand's
Home Government.

London.-The departure of the In
dian army from France for another
field of action" was the most impor-
tant feature of Tuesdays news, so far
as the British public is concerned.
Whether the new field of action is
Egypt or Mesopotamia is not stated.
In both these theaters there are pre-
sumably already considerable bodies
of Indian troops.
1t is assumed that the places of the
Indians in France have been filled by
drafts from the new armies raised on
the soil of the united kingdom. q
British Cabinet Divided.
That the proceedings of the British
cabinet have not been going smoothly
is seen in the fact that after a two
hours sitting Monday the council was
obliged to adjourn, no decision on con
scription having been reached, and the
discussion having revealed great diff
ferences of opinion.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
BIG MILITARY MOVE
ON BALKAN FRONT
OBSERVERS IN GREECE AVER
CENTRAL POWERS ARE TO
STRIKE SOON.
MAKE ATTACK ON SAL0NIKA
Greek Government Has Definitely De-
cded Not to Permit Enemies of
Entente to Enter Their Terri
tory Without Guarantee.

London.-Sunday dispatches from
the continent predict that the holiday
will first be broken on the Balkan
front, where Greek observers believe
the central powers are preparing a
huge army for operations directed
against the entente. Whether this will
take the form of an actual attack on
Saloniki or merely an advance into
Greece for the purpose of Selling the
strategic defensive points is matter
of keen speculation in Athens.
According to one correspondent the
Greek government has definitely de-
cided not to permit the enemies of the
entente to penetrate Greek territory
unless the central powers satisfactor-
lily guarantee that Greek territory will
not be endangered.
Germans In Charge at Nish.
According to dispatches from Serb
ian source the Germans have estab-
lished a provisional government at
Nish, withdrawing all the Bulgarian
and Austrian troops and ending Bull
gar-Austrian interference in the adj
ministration of Serbian affairs. 1t is
added that proclamations have been
issued announcing that the Germans
will respect Serbian nationality"
There has been no news OF i'm
portance from the British correspond
ents at Athens and Saloniki.
Turks Silence Allied Batteries.
Constantinople.-E Effective work by
the Turkish artillery against the al
lied batteries and trenches on the Gal
lipoli peninsula, and in interfering
with the allied communications by wa
ter, is reported in the official state
ment issued by the war office.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31

The Rev Samuel S. Marquis, dean
of st. Paul's cathedral, Detroit, sailed
from Bergen with Mr.. Ford.
Replying to a written question by
r.. A. Molteno, member of the house
of commons, Premier Asquith this
week gave the total British casualties
up to December as 52S,227.
Contracts for 1OO.0O0,OOO hand gren-
AIDES for the French government we're
placed recently with a syndicate of
eastern Pennsylvania iron founders.
The price was not stated.
f. Herman Gade, commissioner gen
seral of Norway to the Panama-Pacific
exposition at San Francisco, has been
appointed Norwegian consul at Chi
cago in succession to G. II. Hangar,
Director Nils Vol has been named
Norwegian consul at San Francisco.
Joy prevailed in the hearts of Pitts
burg's school children Christmas eve
as a result of the announcement by IL.
C. Frick, millionaire coal magnate,
that he will pay In full, as Christ
mas gift, all the accounts of the 41,OOO
children depositors in the Pittsburg
Bank for Savings. which was closed
recently.
At Grass Valley, Cal. Joseph Peona
died Saturday making the fourth death
among eight men trapped in a small
building and overcome by gases OF
burning powder the day before al
Barndy City, in Sierra county. The
men sought refuge during the detona
tion of IL tons of powder used to blast
an earth bank.
The present depression in the Amer
lean lumber industry has greatly in
creased the interest in the export
trade and it's possible development
For this reason the department o.
commerce through the bureau of for
.eign and domestic commerce, has beer
sending out experts to study the pos
ssibilities of the most promising mar
kets
The Cerro de Pasco Investment com
pany of Jersey City filed a certificate
OF dissolution with the secretary o
state recently. The company's author
lied capital was $10,000.000 and its OBJ
ject was to build and operate railroads
Among the stockholders were F. w
Vanderbilt, ]. z. Morgan, the estate o
j. p Morgan, Henry c. Prick, Ogdei
Mills, Phoebe Hearst and Florence A
". Twombley.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
PACIFIC COAST NEWS

The navy department has notified
the commander of the National Guard
of Washington that the gunboat Vicks-
burg, now moored at West Seattle, has
been sold to the Cuban government.
William d. Mann, railroad man and
theatrical promoter, died at Oakland
Saturday of pneumonia at the resi-
dence of his brotherinJaw, former
Judge William r. Dangerfield. He was
55 years of age.
Angel Buda and John ]. Ogle, miners
employed at the camp of the Louisi-
anal California Mining company at
Gotta, Cal, were burned to death Dec
20 in a fire which partially destroyed
the house in which they lived.
Ulxiah, Cal.-Buried packages con-
tanning more than $1,000, which was
stolen Dec. % from stage between
Lakeport and Hopland, were recover
ed Dec 25 when Albert Counts of Hop
land, self-confessed bandit, led Off
GERS to the cache.
At San Diego, Cal, Saturday, Mrs.
Edward M Ritchey was probably ia
tally wounded by Thomas Barnes,
former boarder at the Ritchey home.
The wounded woman's husband, who
witnessed the attack, emptied his ri
file at Barnes, two bullets taking eff
feet. He will live.
Wong Yuen Yung, former editor of
the Asiatic News, a paper published
at Shanghai, as the official organ of
Chinese favoring return to the mo-
narchial form of government, was shot
in the back and killed while attending
a Chinese Christmas banquet at San
Francisco Christmas night The assas-
sin escaped and was unrecognized.
Endeavoring to make their escape
after running down and seriously in
juring a woman, according to reports
in Los Angeles, Charles Heron mo-
ton picture actor, was killed and his
two companions we're injured when
their automobile overturned. Gormby,
the chauffeur, was placed under arrest
at the emergency hospital Miss Flor
ence c. Whitman, 20 years old, a ste
nographer, was the woman struck by
the automobile.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
MAY SHOOT ETHEL DEsERTER.
United States Would Let Germans
Enforce Penalty.

United States Would Let Germans
Enforce Penalty.
shington.-Should the sailor cap
tured after. escaping from the Ger
man raider, Prinz Eitel, be tried by
courtmartial and convicted of deser-
ton. it was stated authoritatively at
the navy department recently, this
government would have no right to OBJ
ject even if the. death penalty be i'm
posed.
The confines. of the Prince Eitel are
to all intents and purposes German
territory, over which German military
law has. full jurisdiction. 1t was
stated that the commander Of the YES
sci could summon drumhead court
martial, try the sailor and order him
shot in full view of the American ma
rines guarding the navy yard.
Regarding the order given the
American marines to prevent the es
cape of members of the crews of the
interned ships it was stated at the de
partment that following the escape Of
the officer and six men of the Prinz
Eitel some weeks ago in a yacht, il
was left entirely to the judgment OF
the marines to determine whether OF
not to shoot any of the German sail
ors who might try to get away.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
Revolution in China.

Peking.-The government troops in
the province of Yunan have Joined the
revolutionists under Tsai 90, who has
declared the province Independent and
guaranteed the safety of foreigners.
The revolutionary forces now number
1000. Conditions in the province of
Kweichow are unsettled, but dissat-
lsfactions have been reported in the
other southern provinces.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
OVER 100000 LOOT IN
MAIL RECOVERED NEXT DAY
Taken From Registered Pouch on the
Way to the Station.


Wilmington, Del-Stock certificates
and checks worth 100000, stolen from
registered mail pouch while 1t was
in transit on q wagon, from the Will
mington postoffice to the Pennsylva-
mia railroad station late Christmas
eve, were recovered late next day from
an old stove at the home of two ne
groes who were driving the vehicle.
The mail pouch contained stock GER
tificates and checks estimated to be
worth $S50,000. When the pouch reach
ed the station it was found open. All
but $350000 of the securities and
checks were missing. The remainder
was found in the wagon. The drivers
of the wagon, Albert and Earl John
son, who are not related, were arrest
ed on suspicion.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
Mrs. Villa In Havana.

Havana.-Mrs. Francisco Villa. wife
of the Mexican rebel leader, and Mrs.
Hipolito villa, wife of General Villas
brother, accompanied by their chill
dren, a number of relatives and many
servants, arrived here Tuesday aboard
the steamer Atenas from New Orleans.
They announced that they intended to
establish a residence in Havana.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
Won BueIow Back to Germany.

London, Dec. 25.-Prince Won Bue-
low, former German imperial chancel-
Tor, who has been in Switzerland since
last October, but who has denied that
ne was in that country on a peace mis-
sion, as has been widely reported, has
left Switzerland for Germany.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
Nevadans Have Rabies.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-An urgent APP
peal for assistance to check rabies
caused by mad coyotes among human
beings and live stock in eastern Ne
vada was received by Governor Spry
Tuesday from Dr. w. B. Mack, quar-
antine inspector of Nevada. DR.. Mack
says in his message that 33 persons
have already been infected
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
Germans Better satisfied.

Berlin.-The Berlin papers publish
prominently the full text of the Amer
lean note on the Ancona. Only the
Tageblatt and Boersen Zeitung com
ment at any length. The Tageblatt
says the note differs from the first to
it's advantage by the objective tone
which preserves the forms customary
in communications between nations.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
Think Germany Can LAST.

Berlin.-"The Bavarian Industrial
association. at general meeting Sun
day, has adopted a resolution that it
is absolutely sure that Germany's eco
nomic life. will be able to stand the
test of the war until the end"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
Russia to Borrow $4,000, 900.

Observation-Disclosures has been
received here that Russia is to nego-
tate a loan in the United States for
$50 900 900 for the purpose Of paying
for supplies ordered in that country.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
LIVES LOST;
/. FRENCH BOAT SUNK
BIG SHIP SENT TO BOTTOM IN
THE MEDITERRANEAN BY
HOSTILE SUBMARINE.
MOST PASSENGERS SAVED
No Warning Given to Jap Ship, Amer
lean Consul Cables Secretary Lam
sing-May complicate Matters
With Austria.

Paris.-The French steamer Vile de
la Ciotat, with passengers on board,
was torpedoed without warning and
sunk in the Mediterranean by a sub
marine on December "a, the ministry
of marine announced Tuesday. Most of
the passengers and members of the
crew have been rescued No Ameri-
cans were aboard
The statement follows
"The steamer Vile de la Ciotat was
torpedoed and sunk on the 24th in
the Mediterranean by an enemy sub
marine without warning. A majority of
the passengers and crew were picked
up by an English steamer. Details
have not been received"
The Vile de la Ciotat was one of the
largest steamships sunk recently in
the Mediterranean. Her gross tonnage
was 637S She was 4S7 feet long and so
feet beam. She was built at La Ciotat,
France, in 1892, and was owned by the
Messageries maritimes of Marseilles
She was last reported on her arrival
at Saigon, Indo- China, on December l.
on voyage from Yokohama to Mar
settles.
Jap Ship Not Warned.
Washington.--Am Consul Bris
tow, at Port Said, cables that no warn
ing was given the Japanese liner va
saka Maru before she was torpedoeC
and sunk in the Mediterranean Dec
20 by submarine of an unestablishe,
inc hA Cd Il.
no attempt to escape.
The consups dispatch, which came il
: response to Secretary Lansing's cal
for reports on the disaster, was tn
first official information on the Incl
dent, which probably will be the sui
ject of further diplomatic correspond
ence with the Teutonic powers.
Tuesdays report said the submarin
; was not seen until after the liner ha
been torpedoed and that then only he
periscope was visible. The genera
assumption is that the submarine mus
have been German or Austrian.
The Yasaka Maru case is general
regarded by officials and diplomat
: here as surrounding with wide poss
: bilities. 1t has been suggested tina
Japan might answer the challenge [
+. her shipping by a wide participate
, in the war, even to the extent of tai
2 ing part in the operations in Europe
Complexities Ancona Case.
AS Germany has already given a.
surances that her submarine command
+ ers were under instructions not to a
}, tack liners without warning there wa
5 a disposition to believe the attackin
= boat was an Austrian. n-
If that assumption proves true it
a feared the situation over the sinkin
! of the Italian liner Ancona will /
d further complicated, and the dipl
matte correspondence with Austr
will be broadened to take in the ge
l. eral subject of attack without war
= ing as it did in the last stages of Il
s negotiations with Germany Uhc
q ficial reports of favorable reply I
2 the Vienna foreign office to the la
n Aneona note have not served to alt
q the attitude of the state departnle
n in the Ancona case. e..
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-31
Villa Troops pisband.

Eel Paso. Texas.--Mustering out of
former Villa troops began today at
Juarez. the recently Villa-controlled
port of entry, opposite here.