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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
SELLING Or GIVING
FATAL. DRINK MADE
MURDER IN KANSAS

CHICAGO, March 7.-(By the As
ISOLATED Press Five mid-western
state legislatures have passed or
are considering bills to punish sale
of intoXicants that cause death.
The penalty imposed is either Il
murder or a manslaughter sentence,
and in some cases applies even to
liquor given away.
The drive against poisonous liquor
in the common denomination of ali
the legislation proposed 10 strength
en- prohibitions laws in more than
dozen midwestern states, which,
this week, are mostly entering i'm
pOrtant active sessions.
In Kansas, a bill is pending to
make it murder to sell or to give
away intoXicants that cause death.
In Oklahoma a similar measure,
with the murder penalty, either for
selling or giving away, already is
a law. In Iowa the senate has
passed bill making the sale Of
such liquor manslaughter. In Ohio
a bill has been passed and signed
making the furnishing of such
liquor second degree murder.
Michigan has pending a bill max
ing sale Of liquor that causes death
manslaughter, while Indiana a bill!
making the penalty murder for sell
ing or giving away fatal liquor
was indefinitely DOStDOOed
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Promised $500 Month
For Life, Woman Says
Suing Rich Lumberman

NEW YORK, March John H.
Kirby, of Houston, head of one of
the largest lumber companies in
Texas and president of the Southern
Tariff association, has been sued in
supreme court here for $4,000 by
Miss Olga Ralph, music student
from Evanston, ILL.,, who charges
he promised her $500 a month for
: life for renouncing the name of
kirby after she had adopted it at
his request.
Miss Ralph, who is 90 years old,
alleges, in papers on file today, that
Kirby, who is 63 and married,
agreed in 1918 that if she would
give up her entire time to him
and travel with him as his secre-
tary and companion he would take
care of her for life.
She AYERS she had her name
changed by court order, in Chicago
in April, 1918. On March of last
year, she says, another agreement
was made whereby he promised her
$4,000 in cash and $500 monthly if
she would release her right to his
. name and return to him all letters,
photographs and other documents
she had received from him.
She returned the papers and OBJ
tanned On order in supreme court
here permitting her to resume her
name of Ralph, she stated.
She then went to Florence, Italy,
at his request, the papers allege,
to complete her musical studies.
She declared she received the $4,000
q and a $500 payment in April, 1922,
but since then has received no pay
n1nnf
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
STORY Of SHOOTING
BY ATLANT|AN TOLD
BY AUGUSTA GIRL

AUGUSTA, Ca, March 7.-Albert
G. Ingram, assistant solicitor of the
Augusta superior court, who called
upon Miss Annie Laura Williams
the girl as saying that r. F. Shell
ton. Atlanta contractor, threatened
to kill her as soon as he entered
her home on Seventh street here
Sunday morning, and that after
shooting her in the arm four times,
he shot her again in the back as
she ran up the stairs.
Miss Williams, according to Mr..
Ingram, told him that she did not
know what Shelton's motive could
have been in coming to her home
and attacking her, that she had
been told that the man was fond
of her, but that she had -repuIsed
him each time.
when I opened the door Sunday
morning." Mr.. Ingram quotes Miss
Williams as saying, "Mr. Shelton
was standing there and I saw at
once that he was drinking heavily.
L was frightened. as he is very
dangerous man when he is drink
ing. He said to me when l opened
the door, I have come here to kill
you and began to plead with him
Fl IL
ed a pistol from his hip pocket
he always carried pistol-and
started to shoot me. I was shot in
the hand and fore part of my arm
four times, and when 1 saw that I
could not get the weapon away
from him I turned and ran and as
I started up the steps he Shot me
in my back"
Il am a bosom friend of Mrs. Shell
ton and have at all times repulsed
Mr.. Shelton's advances, and told him
that if he did not leave me alone
I would tell his wife. I do not
know what his reason was for want
ing to kill me-"
Miss Williams is in q critical con-
dition and may not recover, accord
ing to a statement made this MORN
ing at moment made Tuesday morn
girl was carried Sunday morning.
Shelton admits shooting the girl, &C
cording to the police.
Shelton, held at the county Jail
here without bond, will not discuss
the affair. When seen by reporters,
he was in a nervous condition. Po-
lice here say he was either drugged
or under the influence of whisky
when arrested.
Mrs. Shelton, the accuseds wife,
arrived here from Atlanta Mon
day. She waved her husband a
cheerful good morning" as she went
up the steps leading to his cell in
the county Jail Tuesday. Mrs. Shell
ton told her husband that nurses
at the hospital had informed her
that Miss Williams was we'll on the
way to recovery.
Shelton seemed much concerned
as to the girls condition, and
was considerably cheered by his
wife's message that she was improv-
ing. Reporters, though, who had
just been advised by the physician
operating upon Miss Williams that
the girl was in a critical condition,
so informed Shelton, and he appear
ed greatly downcast because of the
girls turn for the worse
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Louisville Doctor Is
Jailed for Annoying
Miss Anne MORGAN

NEW YORK, March 7.-Psychia-
trists at Bellevue hospital today are
examining DR.. Robert Wedekind, OF
Louisville, KY, arrested yesterday
on complaint that he annoyed Miss
Anne Morgan, sister of J. P. Nor
gan, by writing to her and attempt.
ing to see her.
DR.. Wedekind is declared to have
visited the vicinity of the Morgan
residence every morning for a week
and to have called several times at
the door for her in addition to send
ing notes soliciting an interview
He was arrested yesterday as he re,
sumeG his observation post near the
residence.
According to the police, Dr. Wedc
Kind said it was imperative that he
see Miss Morgan to determine
whether she is the woman he mar
ried in 1899
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
IF SICK, BILIOUS!
START YOUR LIVER
Don't Take Caome Dodson Liver Tone Acts Better and Doesn't
Gipe Safvate or Make You Sick-Dont Lose a
Days Work-Read Guaranteed

Ugh! Calomel makes you sick. It's
horrible! Take a dose Of the danger
GUS drug tonight and tomorrow you
may lose a days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it, break
ing it up. This is when you feel that
awful nausea and cramping. IF you
are sluggish and "all knocked out, " if
your liver is torpid and bowels con-
>stipated or you have headache, dizzi-
ness. coated tongue, if breath is bad
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Commission HEARS
CLEMENCY PETITION.
Of BAKER BROTHERS.

A petition urging communication OF
sentence from death to life imprison-
ment for Ralph and George Baker,
brothers, of Walker county, who
are sentenced to nang on March IL
Ter the murder of j. w. Martin, 10
year-old deputy sheriff, was heard
by the state prison commission Wed
nesday.
The plea for communication was
based on contention that Ralph
Baker is but IA years old, and on
the claim that George Baker is
mentally unsound.
E. S. Taylor, solicitor general of
the Walker superior court, and
James f. Rosser, who assisted in
prosecuting the case, were on hand
to fight the petition, and contested
both claims.
o. N. Chambers and r. NJ. w.
Glenn, attorneys for the Baker
boys. presented evidence to prove
Ralph Baker to be but IA years
old, and also introduced affidavits
from persons who regarded George
Baker mentally unsound.
A doctors affidavit was intro
duced to the effect that the physi-
clan had known George Baker sew
eral years ago and at the time con-
Sidered him mentally unsound. An
other affidavit declared the grand
father of the boys had been a vic
tim of epilepsy.
Solicitor General Taylor declared
Ralph Baker to be 10 years old, and
George Baker to be mentally
sound. He stressed the fact that
no mention of George Bakers al
legged mental unsoundnesS was made
at the trial or in the appeal which
was carried to the supreme court.
The killing, he declared, was cold
blooded murder"
They were mad with the old
deputy sheriff because they thought
he had destroyed their STILL" said
Mr.. Taylor. They walked up to
him, and asked him if he had war
rant for them. Then, one of the
boys slapped him and the other
shot him.
The solicitor general also present
I'd affidavits from persons who had
known Ralph Baker since childhood,
the, testators asserting that the
youth is 10 instead of IA.
r. D. Baker. father of the boys,
was present at the hearing.
Deputy Sheriff Martin was killed
in March, 1922. An appeal from
the verdict of the lower court was
taken to the state supreme court,
but the sentence Of death was con-
firr1ed
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
$40 Sleeping Sickness
Cases Reported in N. Y.
Since First of Year

NEW YORK, March 7.-Three
hundred and forty cases Of so-called
sleeping sickness" 81 of which
were fatal, have been reported in
New York city since January 1, &C.
cording to the department of health
today.
Burton Harris, 80, for four years
secretary of the Medical Society of
Kings County, died from the all
ment late yesterday, after contract
ing it from the FLU" Ten new
cases were reported this month. A
ma inritv arn in RrnnlrI1r11
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Child Yeggs Boast ~
They Can Break Out
Of Reform School
BY MARGARET DALE
(Leased Wire Service TO The Journal. J
DOWNRIGHT 1903

lLedSGu w ire service 10 Inc JOURNAL
Copyright, 1929
LESLIE, Ill.-"Tll bet we could get
out of this place easy if we wanted
to-"
So boosted Joseph Skrelev, aged
eight, worlds youngest safe cracker,
as he and his companion-in-c crime
his ten-year-old sister, Adele, were
placed in the institutional school
here
But We'll stay if they don't make
me study spelling too much" he
added.
Several weeks ago Joseph and
Adele broke into the offices of the
Range Coal company oh Chicago
west side, and stole $50. When the
local Shylock Holmes viewed the
Wreckage the next morning he found
the combination of the safe had been
knocked off and the tumblers strewn
about the floor.
1--WE did it with papa's sledge
hammer" said Adele when the chill
dren were questioned some time
later. Joe held the chisel and [
hit it. We knocked the knob off and
then the safe opened
The youthful criminals told the
police they had seen the safe through
the window q number of times and
believed there was money in it.
Their mother died several years ago
and since then they have been~al-
lowd to run wild about the neigh
borhood.
They were placed in the institution
with the approval of their father,
who is a Woodworking laborer and
unable to care for them properly
Since their infancy the pair have
been thieves, according to the police
4 Psychologists who have examined
them say they are somewhat retard-
ed in mental development but are
not subnormal.
RETARDED, are they" said big
Sergeant Jim Morrissey in derision
well, all can say is I hope none
of the bright kids start cutting up
that way or L will have to quit the
nOIipo -
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Officiating Minister
Life Threatened Before
Wedding, Says Witness

FLORENCE, S. c., March T.
How he was called to Columbia on
October II, 1922, the day Miss Mar
garet McGergor, well-known young
Columbia woman, became the bride
of Thomas Boyle, of Sumter, in or
Ger to prevent, if possible, threatened
shooting of Rev. Henry d. Phillips,
widely-known rector of Trinity Epis-
copal church, was told here today by
Arthur J. Knight, of Sumter, a post
office inspector, at the trial of Mrs.
Eugene o. Ingram. Mrs. Ingram is
charged with having written a series
of improper and threatening letters
to principals and attendants in the
McGregor wedding.
The inspector told of a conference
in the Columbia postOff1ce with Mrs.
Ingram and her husband on the
night of the wedding. He also told
how treasury officials in Washing
ton had declared that the person
who wrote a letter Mrs. Ingram ad-
mitted writing to Thomas Boyle
from Hendersonville, n. c., also had
written the anonymous letters.
Other pOstoffice officials testified
as to the means used to trace the
source of the anonymous letters.
Letters received by members of
the wedding party were so objec-
tionable that United States District
Judge Smith ruled here that they be
not read in open court. AS a result.
the letters, more than a score of
which were introduced as evidence
in the trial of Mrs. Ingram, which
opened Tuesday, were turned over
to the jury and read in the privacy
of the jury room.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. McGregor,
parents of Mrs. Boyle, were The first
witnesses called. Mrs. McGregor
identified seven of the letters figur-
ing in the case. She and her hus-
band testified regarding social rela-
tons with the defendant and her
husband, who was a college mate of
Mr.. McGregor
Mrs. McGregor declared that many
incidents referred to in the letters
received by her as having taken
place in her home had actually &C.
CURED. Mrs. Boyle testified that
she had received a letter before her
marriage, while she was visiting Miss
Mary Grier, of Greenwood, after
ward one of her bridesmaids. She
said that she did not read it, but
sent it to her mother.
Rev. Henry D. Phillips, who pre-
sided at the wedding, testified that
he received a letter ending 1.-The gun
is ready on the morning of October
IL, the date of the McGregor- Boyle
wedding. 1t was reported at the
time of the wedding that detectives
and police in plain clothes were
guafding the church and wedding
party. Several other members of
the wedding party testified.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Oklahoma Doctor SAYS
Masked Men Attacked
Him to Obtain ''Dope'

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, March
DIR. B. Cheston Goldberg, promi.
nent physician. who was kidnapped
by four unmasked men from his
home last night, staggered into po-
li2e headquarters today, his cloth
ing torn and his body badly bruised.
DR.. Goldberg declared his abduc-
tors had taken him outside of the
city, where they robbed him and
threw him from the automobile.
Dope fiends," seeking narcotics
in his medicine case, We're RESPONSE
bic for the attack, he believed.
The physician was kidnapped as
he and his wife were returning from
a call last night. Mrs. Goldberg
attempted to fight off the abductors,
but was warned to "shut up or We'll
give YOU Morse.n she said.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
La Toilette Defends
War Record in Letter
To Former Secretary

MADISON, Wis, March by
the Associated Press).-The war rec
ord of Senator Robert M LaF'ollette
was vigorously defended in the Wis
cohsin senate today by Senator
Henry A. Huber, former secretary
to the senior Wisconsin senator,
when his resolution condemning
faculty members of the University
of Wisconsin, who five years ago
signed a round robin denouncjng the
attitude of LaFollette, came before
the upper house of the legislature
for action.
Senator Huber first read into the
record a letter from Senator La
Toilette urging him to withdraw his
original resolution, calling for bon
fire to destroy the University docu-
ment now on file with the historical
library.
II deeply appreciate the spirit
which prompted you to introduce this
resolution and the desire on your
part to restify insofar az possible
what has seemed to you to be an
unfair and libelous attack upon me, !"
Senator LaFollette said. thine is
the great sitter and winnower of
truth. The formal destruction of
that document cannot change the
fact of its existence. 80 s'-,'f
81 stated many times from the
public platform in Wisconsin dur
ing the recent campaign that would
not exchange my record on the war
with any man in the United States
senate. History alone can judge i'm
partially. So far as 1 am personally
concerned, L am we'll content that
this document shall remain as
physical evidence on the hysteria
attendant upon the war"
ut seems to me- he continued,
that our energies should be de-
voted toward bringing our institu-
tons back to the principles upon
which they were founded, and which
are the true source of greatness"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Jim Jeffriies to Pay
Creditors All He Owes;
May Enter the Movies

LOS ANGELES, March flames
J. Jeffries, former worlds heavy
weight boxing champion, who last
week filed a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in the United States dis
trict court here, declared today his
creditors would call be satisfied,
paid dollar for dollar"
ct is plain to me thot farming is
a game where you take one step
forward and two backward, finan-
cially," he said. 1.-THE trouble with
me was [ played the other fellows
game and invested in certain. mines
in California"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10

or stomach sour, just try a spoonful
of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone to-
night.
Here's my guarantee-Go to any
drug store and get a bottle of bod
sons Liver Tone for few cents. Take
a spoonful and if it doesn't straighten
you right up and make you feel fine
and vigorous I want you to go back
to the store and get your money.
Dodson's Liver Tone is destroying
the sale of calomel because it is en-
tirely vegetable, therefore it can not
saliKate or make you sick.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Bathing Suit Pastor
Freed of Charges Of
Setting Church Afire

LAWTON. Okla, March THE
Rev. T. J. Irwin, former pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, of
Lawton, whose performance of a
wedding in a bathing pool at Medi-
cine park. near here, a year ago,
gained him nationwide notoriety
was freed of arson charges today.
The charges were filed against
Irwin soon after he was removed
as pastor of the church when a
mysterious attempt to burn the
church building was made. II. c..
Lewis, former member of Irwin s
church board, also was freed of ar
son charges by the inrV.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Secret Distribution
OF Realty Valued at
100000 Is Charged

MIAMI, Fla, March 7.-Charles
Brickell, one of the heirs of the $4,-
100000 Mary Brickell estate. in an
amended petition today asking the
removal of Congressman Frank
Clark, Maud E. Brickell and William
Il. Brickell as executors, charged
that they concealed from the court
information about distribution of
100000 worth of real estate.
He also asked the removal of Con-
gresham Clark on the ground that
he cannot legally serve as executor,
under the constitution and laws of
Florida, because of his membership
in congress. Mr.. Brickell originally
filed seventeen charges against the
executors in his first complaint ask.
ing their removal
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
line Around Neck
And Restless Mule
Fatal to CaroEiniian

GREENVILLE, S. c., March T.
A restless mule and pillow line ha-
bitually carried around his neck yes
terday caused the death of Hampton
Poole, "a, of near Mauldin, in the
opinion of DR.. E. B. Hendrix, who ex-
amined Poole's body after he was
found dead in a field near his home.
The mans neck was broken.
Poole, it is said, habitually plowed
with the lines around his neck. DIR.
Hendrix said that the only theory
he could advance was that the mule
-hitched to the pillow jumped, jerking
Poole in such a way as to break his
neck.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
DENLY Ship Staggers
Through Heavy Seas
Swept by Sou 'wester

ABOARD U. S. S. HENDERSON,
en- route to Panama, March 7.-(By
radio to the Associated Press).-The
navy transport Henderson, bearing
Secretary DENLY and a party of
senators and representative to
Panama, today encountered heavy
going off Hatteras.
Throughout most of the day the
Henderson battled through a smoky
Southwestern and rolling seas which
kept all land lubbers close to their
staterooms.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Chesnee Hospital
DESTROYED by Fire

SPARTANBURG, S. c., March T.
Fire, believed to have originated
from defective wiring nthe attic,
destroyed the Mountain View hos
pital at Chesnee, near here, at noon
Wednesday. Three patients, one
about to be operated upon, were res
cued from the building. DR.. j. B.
Cash operated the hospital, which
was built about two years ago at d
cost of 100000. The loss is aprtially
covered by insurance.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Deposed Sultan Finds
A Refuge in Mecca;
Through With World

JEDDA, Kingdom of the Hedjaz,
March 7.-(By the Associated Press
Former Sutton Mohammed VI has
seen enough of the worlds turmoil,
and desires to spend the rest of his
days in quiet reflection in Mecca,
where he now is the guest of King
Hussein, sovereign of the Hedjaz
The deposed head of the Turkish
state recently told Charles r. Crane
that he would never resume Gnfs posi-.
ton as head of the Mohammedan
world unless there was a united call
for him from the faithful. His most
cherished hope, he said, was to find
a final resting place in the sacred
city of his fathers, where he has
found refuge.
The conversation was carried on
over the telephone between Jedda
and Mecca, for no Christian is per.
mitted to enter the forbidden city.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Bride Of Vanderbilt
Had Played in Movies,
N. Y. Friends Reveal

NEW YORK, March IA motion
picture actress has become a Van
Gerbilt bride.
Friends of Gloria Morgan, 18-yeaf-
old daughter Of Harry Hays Nor.
gan, consul general at Brussels, who
was married yesterday to Reginald
&C. Vanderbilt, revealed today that
she had had small parts in pictures
made abroad and that she had made
her debut here in THE Young Di-
ana" under the name Of Gloria Ro
Chelle.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Aged Man Awarded
AGmony From Wife
By California Judge

LOS ANGELES, March Fired
erick Moon, seventy years old, sued
for divorce by Lou Ethel Moon,
forty, was awarded alimony of SIS
month by the superior court.
Mrs. Moon is strong and able
to work" the court ruled, while it
is evident her husbands too feeble
to support himself. She married him
for better or for worse, and she
must stick to her bargain"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Millions Use It-Fine for Halr!
Mot Sticky, Greasy or Smelly

A few cents buys jar of Hair
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10
Ten Women Saw Bars
And Escape From Cells
In Tail in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, March T.
Ten women escaped from the NUM-
cipal .reformatory here during the
night. The women escaped through
a second story window, after saw
ing through d set of iron bars.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-10

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