The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, December 31, 1906, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextTHE ATLANTA UEOKliiAN. MOMJA*', DLCKMlihlt Ji, 1/Jt. AT AJRAIN CREW Brakeman Sought Shelter in Iron Gondola and Put Out, Lantern. to The (Jt’orflail. , j ! Meridian. Mi#*., !»«•<•. SI.-Another attempt at murdering a Mobile ami Ohio tnduwtin ttenr Wuhnlak wan reported last night. * Brakeman Dryden Walker wan the Intend* cd vletini of the unknown assassin's bullet* aud It wan In a moat inlraruloiiM manner that he escaped death. Walker left here yesterday afternoon nt • 4:20 o'i4ork on the <Te\v of t'oiiduetor L KIDNAPED BI PIRA TE, GIRL FORCED TO DON MALE A TTIRE ON SHIP ell ! ! T. Archer, who was In charge of *74. When the train waa led nml Macon, jnat almre the place v trouble in which the Simpsons w , engaged. It wax discovered that a l a hot Im»x would have to In- iippll* ; ping between station*. Walker waa seni \ iNiek to flag at the rear, f When t'ouducior Archer nnd III* other .brakenian had brassed the cur the engineer called ill Ills flag and proceeded some ills tame np the road before learning of the trouble on Ids train. I.’ihiii approaching Ills «wlsNi*e Walker had discovered a negro walking through It. examining everything In the Interior. The brakeiuaii called to the Intruder to imni upon what authority lie was making an Inspection of the ear’a contents, and In a very few seconds be wna made tin* target far all pistol shot* from the woml*. clime . by. I narmed, he sought shelter f ' fusillade directed at him in an Iron four car* »U*ve his « mIkmhm*. He put l lantern as anon a* hi* assailant beg: 1 In an doing doubtless sareil lib Without being rcccfulzed. The matter has I wen repo • Kemper and Noxubee official*. .* detective* have been scut for a systematic plan to assassinate their Hstm*. a Bit prop, me to pndie to the IsitfoUJ wt the affair before relax mg their energies. •COUNCIL WILL PROBE CIIARG Continued from Pagt 0n«. *croy. who have always been considered •among the most upright and scrupu lously conscientious members of conn- ,cll» Both voted la favor of the ordinance, placing further restrictions on the whisky traffic and raising Hie license, gnd both, as far na Is known, have practically always lined uppn the side for regulating and controlling the whisky trulyc In Atlanta, r It was thf coup d’etat of Alderman • Key, when He moved to reconsider the • granting of two saloon licenses at the ’Mat meeting of council, which result-I «d In the taking off the table ordinance, vetoed by the mayor, and fled lo Us adoption. I Councilman Pomeroy voted for the ordinance, and. In a statement publish ed ip> The .Georgian after the mayor value if It, said he Intended to vote to override Tfte veto. Bqtji. of them, therefore, having lined up against what the whisky crowd, as a whole, have plead for, the charge that they had been bought or bribed by the whisky crowd Is extremely prising and almost Incredulous. Osmand Investigation. Councllmen Kills and Pomeroy and Alderman Key ate clamoring fur an Immediate and thorough Investigation, and It Is generally believed that they can prove absolutely that the lnfor-| mat Ion the mayor has Is untrue. Alderman Key bus this to say In re gard to the charge by the mayor: "The charge Is absolutely unfound ed, as far as it concerns me, and I other attorneys on the coinmlttee.H "July a year ago I was employed to] draw up the constitution for the At lanta Liquor Dealers’ Association, which was then organized. 1 did so and was paid for my services. "In the last ballllf’s election I was employed by the association to rce the Justices of the peace and give them legal reasons why the election did not have to be held. This I did and 1 was paid for the services. "These are the'only two times I have been employed by the association. I have never repressed any whisky man or set of men on anything re- ..motely connected with any municipal question, or ever before council or the special police committee. The way I voted shows this conclusively. Mr. Ksy Rtady for Probs. "I have rend the charges made by the mayor both in his published inter view and In his veto message In which, by reason of the fact that he gives no names, a reflection Is cast upon every member of general council who Is u i member of the gpei la| police commit-I tee. "Mayor Woodward Is possibly hitting at me In his veto message, when 3e makes reference tb members of general council and the s|*ech»l committee hav ing received fees In a* legal capacity to represent different saloon men before general council and-the s|M*clnl com mittee. "Ho far as the charges made by the mayor concern bribery and the receiv ing of fees for representation of liquor men before council or the snecinl com mittee, I court the most rigid Invest I- i gut ion of my acts. I am ready at anv moment to enter Into that Investiga tion, and, In my opinion, it should h - entered upon ut once. The may >r should call a »|>eclal meeting of coun- II. lay the names of the accused mem ber or members of council before It, together with the names of the In formant or Informants, und all tin* facts In connection therewith. "1 believe all the other member* of the committee will stand with me In demanding an Immediate investigation of the strictures which Mayor Wood ward. by suppressing all names, has laid upon every member of the spe cial committee who Is also a member of general council.” Major Pomeroy Talks. Major K. K. Pomeroy. coljnclJjmin from the VoYirtti ward,"Anil a”member of tli&,do'tyh|lteeq ;c»|lertq«J-nityuj, "If alAyor ;\y«K»award knows*of any violation of law or reprehensible con duct on the part of any member of general council or the special commit tee. It Is his! plain. And sworn duty to comiminfcate tit*‘wet* In'the matter to council and demand that an Investi gation of the matter be bad. This Is his duty t" hlmsolf. the public nnd the members of council. "Instead of this, however. Mayor Woodward has chosen to make public .1 statement that he Is in possession of Information showing that n member of council and tho special committee is 5*»tt!v of wrongful conduct, and with out publishing the name ot me council man In question, he permits every member of the special committee to rest under the.odium of the suspicion of being the guilty party—If any there be. She Smuggles Letter to Father Ashore by Friend. WASHINGTON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY or NEW YORK. JOHN TATLOCK, President. Offers all the best features of life insurance at lowest cost. Most liberal guarantee of any company doing business in the South. ; ~ i Invites comparison of contracts with other companies. Fine territory in Georgia open to agents. Contracts for 1907 especially attractive. T . . * Largest commissions. Correspondence solicited. JUSTIN M. WILLIAMS Manager Southern Department. 901 English-American Building, Atlanta, Ga. E.X PEPJTION NOTORIOUS CA PTAIN Hall Picks Up Dora Bonnis and Carries I lor on Hoard Ilis Vessel. Sau Diego, Cal.. Dec. 31.—Armed with pa pern signed by the glrl’M fath er, <\ K. Van Loan, a reporter, nt the bend of.on expedition, Js Hooking Allan Dora Hennls, daughter of Marco Ben- nl* of th*« city, who wn« kidnaped and carried away by F&ptnln Hall, a modern pirate, on bin sloop The Ho ver. The quent for the young woman I* expected to lead the Meeker*. Into Mexican water*. After being carried off by Hall, Miss Honnls wrote a letter to her father, and It wan mailed by the only woman companion of the girl aboard the pirate craft. Junt how the scheme waa carried out 1u»m not developed. Carried Off By Captain. Captain Hall, with the Rover, had run down from Han FrancIhco anti an chored at Coronado, not dating to go Han Diego harbor. He met Dora. U-to-do family, •en earn- Compound Interest Beginning January 1 we will pay 4 per cent inter est, compounded semi-annually, on all Deposits In Our Savings Department This applies to old as well as new accounts. $1.00 Starts An Account Our Safe Deposit Vaults, just completed, are the fin est and most elegantly equipped in the South. Call and inspect them. We are amply prepared to accommodate banks, manufacturers and individuals N> the full extent justilied by their halauce aud responsibility. Central Bank & Trust Corporation, Candler Building, Capital, $500,000.00. I km concerned. 1 am ready For an investigation of the may or** charge*, find favor an Immediate Investigation of these chars**/ Investigate, 8ey» Mr. Elbe. W. D. Elite. Jr., of the Sixth ward, member of the committee, nuld: ••Jf the mayor has any of the fact* In h possession which he m%vm he ha*, he Mhould call a meeting of council and communicate them to that body. That what he Mhould have done In the fl'xt friMunre, but " 0 " h !lc B Drlnt U. "ho. although of a well-to-d Ihouhl .'»ir«'m*otlnK Of council In' or- j wax Independent un.i had be dor that the charged may be tnplred lug her own living. Hall told her he 0 *vn* In need of a MtewnrdeM* nnd the 1 have been talking to member* >f ' girl consented to visit Ills vessel with . * view to taking tin position. ■ Ho they rowed out to the Rover. ) When Dora saw the Ill-looking craft she declared nlie would not board It. and demanded that she be put ashore. Hall, however, continued to row ami when the Rover was roach* d he picked •Dora up In his arms and carried her aboard against all protest*. Forced to Don Male Attire. The Rover then put to sea. Per sons who have noen tho sloop since | then remember a slight boyish figure j on the boat, and It Is believed ihni !v ru BrnnlK has been forced by her 1 captor to den mule nttlr<\ It Is learn ed that It is Captain Hail’s purpose t force the girl to marry him. He is In hat! odor v.ith the government for many shady transactions. FORTY WOMEN AND CHILDREN SLAIN IN TELESCOPE OF TRAINS sAT' Continued from Pag* One. HONOLULU LASHED BY FIERCE STORM Honolulu. Dec. 31.—Honolulu and vi cinity are experiencing the severest electrical storm in many years. The schooner Iotvlnla and hundred* of canoes have !>een wrecked, but so far as known no lives were lost. council today about the matter, and I attempted to reach the mayor’s secre tary In order, If possible, to secure the name of the councilman to whom the mayor ha* reference In Ills Interview ami In his veto message. "The mayor’s action in publishing In sinuations which reflect upon every member of the committee Is a gross Injustice to all of us. "I think the matter should be thor oughly investigated so that the guilty. If anv. may be punished and the other member* absolved from the odium of f bodies, so begrimed with dirt nnd blood that they were unrecognizable All along the track dend nnd Injured wore found. The latter were placed In a relief train and hurried,to Wash ington. Many pathetic scenes occurred on this train. Women Cry for Loved Onee. Strong men lay helpless begging to be allowed to go back and search for their loved ones. Women cried out piteously for their little ones, while physicians tenderly soothed them, h one of the cars a physician bent ove an Injured man. lie felt the mun‘: pulse, raised an eyelid and then quickly called for strychnine. The next mo ment the man was dead. The awfillness of the disaster can bo • Cu'.Uc.l when It !« *»*rited that fully two hours after tho accident occurred police' and citizens were taking out bodies. FinJer the empty cars or the second train were parts of bodies. In the midst of a pile of wreckage the rescuers took out the mangled remains of two bodies, male or female It was Impossible to tell. The bodies were ground to a pulp, the same car a found. H* Tell* of Collision. George Burgess, brother of Mrs. Barnes, stated that he had Just taken relatives to the train and placed them on the rear car. The train pulled slowly out." he said, "and l started to cross the track for home, when, as 1 turned, I saw the second train approach. I saw an accident was Inevitable, for the train was going at a high rate of speed. In shorter time than It takes to tell, the crash came. Almost crazed with an guish, 1 rushed to the'scene. When I reached there l began a search for injt sister and her child. The flrst person !▼ saw was my sister nnd child. I car- rt-dlthcm home, anti, thank Hod, they ure not deail." Among the dead Is Mix. Chase, of South Brookland. With her ten-year- old bov she waa returning home. The mother waa killed, but the little one wna saved. A friend of Mrs. Chase. Mrs J. F. Day, of 8IG Michigan ave nue. Brookland. heard of the wreck und nt onee went In search of her friends. She found the little boy lying beside the track. He waa unhurt save a few slight bruises. Mrs. Day took him to her home. Young Woman Dtlirioua. A young woman not so badly Injured ns some of the other* was delirious and constantly called for "Carrie." "They are taking her away,” she cried. "She Is dead." And then she became unconscious. One of the most pathetic scenes of all was when Mrs. I'uinam was taken from the wreck. On the train with her were two daughters. One of them was caught by a ear seat and dragged an eighth of a mile along the trnek. She was only slightly hurt und quickly went In seurclw of her mother and sis- ter. She found her sister, ami these two girls stood near the tracks and waited for some trace of their mother. They saw her body dragged out from a big pile of wreckage. Tnken out of the debris at the same time.was a beautiful girl, on whose delicate white hand was a ring. Her body was mangled terribly and blood died the shirtwaist. It was the body of child of 13, with beautiful golden tresses. Death evidently had bean In stantaneous. Mrs. Putnam probably died Instantly. Paw Railroaders st Work. Fred A. MTIts'oerger. of Terre Cotta, WOMEN A ND CHILDREN ARE KILLED IN WRECK Washington, Dec. 31.—Here Is a par tial list of those who met death In the Baltimore and Ohio wreck at Terra Cotta last night: List of the Dead. PROFESHOR KING, organist of Wesley Chapel, Kensington, Md. LKK LOWE. Washington. RUPERT, Washington (mer* chant). HENRY HIGB1E. Brookland (the latner ot George Higbir). TWO NEGRO WOMEN, about 30 years old, unidentified. WHITE WOMAN, 25 year* old, un identified. WHITE WOMAN, 20 year* old, un identified. WHITE CHILD, unidentified. MARY’ LJPPOLD, 30 yenrs old, em ployee bureau of engraving and print ing, this city. GEORGE II1GBIE, 8 year* old, Brookland, D. C. UNIDENTIFIED NEGRO, 35 years old. UNIDENTIFIED WHITE BOY. 12 years old. ELIZABETH PEAR MAN, Takoma Park. T. A. KELLY. Kensington, Md. DR. K. GARTHER HARRIS, of Washington. MISS. KOLL. (A Y. M. C, A. card was found In her pocket.) WHITE GIRL, 13 years old, uni dentified. NEGRO BABY, unidentified. WHITE BABY, unidentified. NORMAN ROGERS, white, Marion, Ind. MRS. J. MVAGHLEY and her 14- year-old son EDWARD M. REIsT, white, 14 year* old, address unknown. COMMODORE P. BROWN, 60 yenr* old, address unknown. List of th* Injured, A partial list of the injured follows: D. W. Baker, United States district attorney for the District of Columbia, heel cut off. Mrs. Edith Barnes, Washington, back sprained, serious. Estelle Barnes, daughter of Edith Barnes, leg broken, scalp and fore head Injured. Mis* Catherine Hughes, Washington, right hand broken, slightly Injured about the face. scalp wound, cut on the throat. Quentin M. Moore. Washington, left leg broken, Injured Internally. Mrs. Quentin Moore, slightly bruised. John DeWItt Moore, 5 years old, slightly. Clarence Proctor, a well-known am ateur ball player, Washington, left leg crushed. Mrs. Proctor, his wife, badly shaken up. Fred Hiser, Terra Cotta. Henry Krebs. Terra Cotta. Miss Peake, Braddock Heights, Va., seriously. Cornelius Eckhardt, Kensington. Md., auditor of The Washington Evening Star, seriously. Alfred York, Wood bum, Md. Janette Reed, 12 year* old, Falls Church, V’a. Fannie Austin, of Washington. Lucile* Compton. address unknown. AI Chambers, Washington, slight. R. F. Elgin, Washington, slight. V. H. Legge, Washington, serious. Mrs. D. M. Carr, Kensington, Md. E. M. Moore, of Washington, slight. Raymond J. Cooley, serious. Louis Baldwin, Washington, Inter nally. 1 John C. Kaulor, both legs broken, In ternal injuries, will die. John Wright, negro, Baltimore, Md.. shoulder and leg broken, will die. W. C. Johnson, agent United states Express Company, Washington, arm broken and slight injuries to head. Frank BoUlltz. Frederick, Md., a newspaper man. Injured slightly. Roy Edler. Poolesvilie, Md., leg COREY IS TO WED ACTRESS IN PARIS Mabel Gilman Meets Multi millionaire on His Ar rival. New York. Dec. 31—w. Kills Corey, muitt-rnllllonnire president of the I'nll- ed Staten Steel Corporation, will marry Mabelle Gilman, the beautiful prinm dona, before the New, Yeur Is more a * PW day* old, according to the cable dispatches today from Pari*. —- ey . ha * a| Tlved In the French capital from London where he debarked from one of the ocean liners on Sat urday. He sailed from N’ew York under an assumed name the week previous. According to the dispatches. Mr. i orey was met at the railroad sta tion In Paris by Miss Gilman, and her mother, who accompanied him to his hotel. ANNUALMEETIHGFRIDAY OFANTI-SALODN LEAGUE •U*i>lciOQ.’‘ I had jtul bidden guod-byc to bl* elater* in-law, >lr*. Kdtth Burn**, and Utile nlere, Estelle Rarne*. who had taken the train at the Terra Cotta station. When he learned of the wreck Mr. Wlltberger ruahed at once to the acene. He went to work taking body after body out of the wreck. At la,t he found the body of a little girl. He thought he recognized It na hix niece. Tenderly he placed It on the bank at the aide of the track and then went back to work. Later, when he went to hfx home he found that hi* xlxter-ln-law and niece had been tnken there by Mr. Wllt- bergeFB brother, who had found them lying near the track. Both were In jured. but probably will recover. Commissioner Henry L. West ar rived at the wreck within an hour after it occurred. He war horror-stricken at the Sight, but In a general way direct ed the work of the rescuer*. He re marked there was few- railroaders around. John DlcUtna, Terra Cotta, D. C, broken. Edward Williams, negro. Washing ton. E, W. Washington, face lacerated. John A. Kundo, Washington, leg broken. C. E. Fagan, Frederick, Md. II. Jf. Maywood, Alexandria county, Virginia. Miss C. Cross, address unknown. Mrs. A. Moose, Washington. Mrs. D. Reake, Braddock Heights, Va. Catherine Hughes, Washington. Miss Furman, school teacher, of Washington, D. C„ slightly Injured. (Her mother killed.) Mrs. R. J. Cooley, Washington, arm broken. Frank Legg, brakeman. will probably die. Howell Chamber.', Washington. H. F. Leigh, brakeman of passenger train, Washington. .Miss Rosie Cross. Beneca, Md. John C. Messllng, Washington, slightly Injured. Miss Anna Moore. Sheridan, Md. Miss M. Cooley, Washington. Camden Ransberg, Frederick, Md., scalp wound. Richard T. Elgin. Washington, rail road man, both legs broken, head badly- injured. Brakeman II. Franklin, leg, body and head badly cut and crushed, condition serious. John Wilkins, who got aboard th» train at Terra Cotta, had his back and ankle broken and head cut. Lyale Jones, address unknown. Harry Thontax, wife and baby, of Waxhlngton. Mr*. Elisabeth Telran, Takoma Park. Lucille Camp, aged « year*, wax se verely Injured and may not live. Her father escaped with a shaking up, but the mother ha* not yet been located. Thomax C. Hamilton, of Seneca. Md.. ■everely Injured about the bead ami The next meeting of the Atlanta Anti-Saloon League, which will also be the first annual meeting of the or- ganlxntion, will be held on next Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock In the Young Men's Christian Association building. Ax this Is to be the annual meeting, some very Interesting reports will ne made, and there will be some splendid talks. The public Is cordially Invited 'o attend. HEADS WERE BATTERED IN A SALOON FIGOT (’liarli'g William*, an employe «*f th'* Anierli'nn C’*n Couipaiijr, ami T. II. KnglM*. iKirtciuliT In the wiloon of Gnnn Sc Gamuiz In Marietta otreet, engaged In a l>l«»*Mly flglit Monday morning In the saloon, a* » result of which Loth men were badly hat* tered. When the rases were railed In poH<i» court they were postponed until Jl*wW afternoon, n* It was stated English wai aide to appear. lie had been given a ropy of charges by policeman Maddox. Williams admits he wits drunk, but Lugllsh started the trouble. English, how* ever, protests Williams brought on the tight* E. C. Kontz, Jr^ Arrive*. Pleasant smile* of the kind that won’t wear off are being worn by Judge E. <’• Kontz. *The occasion Is the arrival • j E. C. Kontz, Ilr., on Monday morning « the Kontz home. booy. . Roy Adler, of Poolesvilie, Md- Had his right arm broken. John P. Martin, of Harper* wns due to arrive hern on the lll-fM* 1 train, but ha* not been found. B. M. Maywood, Alexandria county. Virginia.

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The Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, GA.) 1906-1907, December 31, 1906, Image 4