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PANIC REIGNS BEHIND LEVEES
THAT GUARD FLOOD'S WATERS
Question of Housing and Feeding Over One Hundred
Thousand Refugees Is Serious Now, While
That of Sanitation Threatens Trouble. *.
New Orleans, May 3.—Panicky con
ditions prevailed to-day throughout
the flood threatened territory along the
Mississippi river from the Red river
and Bayou des Glaizes south to the
Gulf and in the territory already
stricken conditions grow worse. The
river continued to rise rapidly at all
points south of the Red river and
through the day telegraph and tele
phone wires throughout the vast sec
tion west of the Mississippi river from
the Red river and Bayou des Glaizes
to the Gulf of Mexico were loaded with
thousands of messages telling of
threatened breaks in the levees and
giving warning to the people to make
preparations for any emergency.
A flash went out from the town of
Morganza shortly after noon saying
that the big Morganza levee, three
miles east, had broken. This bit of
alarming news, which later proved un
true or perhaps only premature was
In every hamlet and town south of
Morganza within a few minutes. The
people were panic stricken in that
entire territory. The breaking of the
Morganza levee, 45 feet in hight and
one of the largest river protection
dikes In the world, holding back the
greatest volume of flood waters in
the history of the Lower Mississippi,
would spell utter ruin to hundreds
of the finest sugar and rice plantations
in Southern Louisiana, would put hun
dreds of big saw mills out of commis
sion and inundate more than twenty
five towns and small cities in eight or
nine parishes.
Weak Spots in Big Levee.
This enormous levee was still hold
ing to-night and it may continue to
hold, but there are weak spots in it
and at any hour another flash may go
out with the warning rush of the
river's torrents. A telephone message
to-night from Highland, just south of
the big levee, stated there was con
siderable apprehension over the situ
ation and a large force is working
constantly to seal up all evidences of
erosion or caving.
On the east side of the river twenty
miles north of Baton Rouge the pro
tection levee at Bayou Sara went out
and to-night the town is under from
eight to fifteen feet of water. Several
houses were swept away but there
was no loss of life. Back of the town
a line of hills forced the flood waters
to return to the Mississippi without
doing any damage except to the town.
At Baton Rouge a hard fight is be
ing waged to-night to hold the front
levee. The Grand Bay levee above
New Roads is in bad condition and
further down there are dozens of weak
levees which seem to invite the floods
to rend them.
Can’t Save Them All.
Considerable alarm is felt for the
people around Melville, in the Atcha
malaya district, which is threatened
by flood waters from every side. The
last news received from there to-night
stated there was slight prospect of
being able to save all of the peo
ple in the territory south of Melville,
because of a lack of boats and fail
ure of the victims to receive earlier
warning of the critical situation.
The last train on the Texas and Pa
cific Railroad east of Melville was
operated this afternoon and took out
several hundred refugees
The question of housing and feed
ing the refugees from the flooded dis
trict is becoming more serious. The
people of Louisiana and Mississippi
have contributed thousands of dollars
to the relief fund, besides great quan
tities of clothing, food supplies, cat
tle, provisions, etc. The federal gov
ernment is disbursing several hundred
thousands of dollars in weekly rations,
but more funds will be needed than
are in sight.
End Not in Sight.
It is estimated that the flooded ter
ritory in this state and in Mississippi,
where approximately 125,000 people al
ready are homeless, will be covered by
the waters for two months yet. Many
of the men are being given employ -
ment in the remaining levees, but
there are thousands of women and
children who must be provided for
somehow.
As an indication of the seriousness
of the situation, a telegram was re
ceived here to-night from Jena, in La
Sallee parish, stating that the menin
gitis had broken out among refugees
there. This question of medical atten
tion and the still larger one of sani
tation in the refugee camps is being
handled by the state board of health,
army experts and Red Cross nurses.
The sanitary problem will be even
graver after the flood waters begin to
recede.
The v. eather bureau to-day issued
a bulletin forecasting still higher riv
er stages than those heretofore pre
dicted. The rains continue, little sun
shine has greeted the people for weeks
and no one can foretell what will be
the final extent of the great disaster.
INJURIES IN AUTO SMASH
END MRS. JONES’ LIFE
Dr. Levy Risked His Life to
Save Her,
Waynesboro. Ga., May 3—Mrs.
Aurelia Jones, who was injured in the
automobile accident yesterday after
noon. died from the injuries she re
ceived, early this morning. Drs. Wood
bury and Levy returned to Augusta.
Mrs. Jones was an aged and most es
timable lady, widow of the late R. T.
Jones of this county. She Is survived
by five children, all grown. Interment
will be in Ml. Zion cemetery.
No blame is attached to Dr. Levy
for the accident as he used every pos
sible means to save Mrs. Jones, risk
ing his life in the attempt
YELLOW TIDE ROLLS
OVER BAYOU SARA
AFTER BIG LEVEE BREAKS
Town Seems but Part of Mis
sissippi River.
Baton Rouge, La., May 3.—Hundreds
of citizens, rich and poor, worked all
day and are working to-night side by
side with 300 convicts and negroes in
a desperate effort to hold the levees
against the torrential floods in the
Mississippi, creeping hourly towards
the crest of the protective earthworks
about this city.
When the situation became so critical
this afternoon every able-bodied man
and boy joined the working force. Five
hundred cadets of the Louisiana State
University responded to the call and
joined with school boys, Boy Scouts
and soldiers, working eagerly to do
their part in saving the levees.
There are five points of feverish ac
tivity. An especial effort is being made
to save the pumping station and water
works plant and about a thousand per
sons of every calling are assisting In
building large mud boxes about this
property.
Idle Negroes Scarce.
Gov. Jared Y. Sanders spent all day
superintending the workers. Simon
mon Le Blanc of the Pontchartrain
levee board arrived here in a special
train with 150 negroes this afternoon.
Hunter C. Leake, president of the
board, came in shortly afterwards with
a hundred or more men.
Large gangs are building protection
levees in different sections of the city.
Mayor Roux has ordered every ne
gro in Baton Rouge, unemployed, ar
rested and put to work on the levee,
but they are few and extremely hard
to find.
With this desperate battle against
the water going on the refugees from
the Torras district are not neglected
and those coming here are receiving
every attention. Two hundred arrived
to-day at Port Hudson, where a con
centration camp has been established.
No Loss of Life.
The waters from the Torras break
are slowly spreading over the open
country, taking in town after town,
becoming deeper every hour. The sit
uation in this district was made more
critical here to-day by the break In
the Moreauville levee on the Bayou des
Glaizes.
The Teche country is being flooded
by the Atchafalaya waters, which to
day had almost reached Breaux bridge
junction on the Southern Pacific.
Bayou Sara to-night is under from
ten to fifteen feet of water and it had
the appearance of the entire Missis
sippi river flowing through the town.
The water has reached the second floor
of many houses and ten large houses
were to-day seen floating away. Only
the town of Bayou Sara and environs
are flooded by this break.
Considerable excitement was caused
to-day by the receipt at the Govern
or's office of a message telling of loss
of life from a break at Morganza.
This, however, proved to be erroneous.
ALLENS WERE READY
TO SHOOT UP COURT
This Is Trend of Wytheville
Trial Evidence.
Wytheville. Va., May 3.—Evidence
intended to show the Allens came to
Hillsville prepared to shoot up the Car
roll county court continued to be in
troduced to-day at the trial of Floyd
Allen, the first of the band to face
the indictments for the assassinations
of March 14.
Witnesses testified of Floyd Allen's
threats toward the court, and Cyrus
Phibbs, a civil engineer, swore that
on the day before the shooting, when
the Allen jury came into court to re
port a disagreement, Sidna and Claude
Allen prepared themselves for a ver
dict by reaching for their revolvers.
Dexter Goad, clerx of the court who
was shot four times during the affray,
refuting the charge that the court
officers had begun the firing testified
he did not see Sheriff Webb draw his
revolver. On cross-examination it
was developed that he had written a
letter to the contrary. Webb was in
stantly killed.
Tillman’s Hat in Ring.
Spartanburg. S. C.. May 3.—South
Carolina newspapers have received
from Senator B. R. Tillman a com
munication addressed to the people of
the state in which he announces that
he is a candidate for re-election.
His term expires March 3, 1913.
“I am asking you to re-elect me.
although my health is broken and I
am no longer the strong and vigiUbis
man I once was.” says his appeal In
part. "I have a strong desire to die
In harness for sentimental reasons
only."
Malaria Makes Pale, Sickly Chlldrea.
The old standard Grove's Tasteless
Chill Tonic, drives out malaria and
builds up the system. For grown peo
ple and children. 50c.—ad.
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THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WfcEK) MONDAY, MAY 6, 1912.
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JACK BINNS BLAMES
WIRELESS OPERATOR
FOR BOTTLING OF NEWS
Titanic Survivor Says Boilers
May Have Burst.
New York. May 3.—The efforts of
Senator William Alden Smith, chair
man of the Senate committee inves
tigating the Titanic disaster, to con
firm the report that a message telling
of the Titanic's fate was received in
New York early on the Monday morn
ing after the wreck, have proved fruit
less thus far. after two days of ex
amination of witnesses here.
“What concerns me most,” said Mr.
Smith to-night, "is the Postal tele
gram given to the operator on the
Carpathia early Monday morning ad
dressed to ‘lsiefrank’ and signed 'Yam
si,' which told of the sinking of the ves
sel and of the serious loss of life.
"1 am most desirous of knowing
where that message was the follow
ing two days and why it was held up.
Mr. Franklin says he did not receive
it till Wednesday. The Californian,
which was in easy reach of the Car
pathia, could have sent it, and the
Carpathia's operator. Cottam, testified
that he had sent it.”
Jack Binns on the Stand.
Jack Binns, wireless operator on the
ill-fated steamer Republic, called to
testify to-day concerning the wireless
equipment of the vessels in the vicin
ity of the Titanic, said that the re
sponsibility for the lack of news rest
ed with Operator Cottam.
While the Carpathia's equipment
could only send a message 200 miles,
he said, she was in touch with the
Californian and the Californian could
have relayed the news to the Olympic,
which could have sent It ashore.
Melville E. Stone, general .manager
of the Associated Press, was called to
testify concerning the efforts of the
Associated Press to obtain news. Mr.
Stone presented documentary records
showing the source of the various news
dispatches concerning the disaster
which the Associated Press sent out,
George A. Harder of Brooklyn, who
with his wife was one of those sav
ed from the Titanic, testified concern
ing the. apparent failure of the
mechanism of one of the ship's
water tight compartments to work.
Couldn’t Close Compartments.
Harder said that when he went flow
to his stateroom to get life belts, he
saw four or five members of the crew
on deck on the starboard side, with
wrenches in their hands, one of whom
was trying to turn a bolt in a plate in
the floor marked “W. T. C." which
Harder said he assumed meant water
tight compartment. The witness said
he heard one of the men say:
"It's no use. this one won't work.
Let's try another."
Daniel Buckley, who was a steerage
passenger on the Titanic, in his testi
mony to-day stated that a fireman
who was on the steamer said tlje
Titanic did not. he believed, hit an
Iceberg, but that, while trying to
make a record, the boilers burst.
Buckley did not know the name of
the fireman.
P. A. S. Franklin, vice president
of the International Mercantile Ma
rine Company, Issued a statement this
afternoon in which he declared he had
no authentic information that the Ti
tanic had sunk until he received a
wireless message at 6:20 o'clock Mon
day evening. April 15. Mr. Franklin
said also he joined with the Senate
Investigating Committee in a desire
to sift reports to the contrary to the
bottom.
UNDERWOOD'S LEAD
TO REACH 15,000
RETURNS SHOW INCREASE
Watson Won’t Go to National
Convention.
Atlanta, May 3.—lt is now confident
ly believed Underwood's plurality in
Georgia over Wilson will go to 15,000
votes or more. Many corrections of
the returns came in to-day and every
one of them increased Underwood's
plurality. This plurality is now ap
proximately 14,800, and it is thought
the committee’s consolidation next
week will put it over the 15,000 mark.
May Name Eight Delegates.
Atlanta, May 3.—lt is now generally
believed that the state convention will
name eight delegates-at-large to the
Baltimore convention, each with half
a vote. This plan has already been
adopted by many of the states. Among
those who have been suggested are
Manager G. R. Hutchens of the Un
derwood campaign. Hon. T. B. Felder
of Atlanta: Hon. Charles R. Pendleton,
editor of the Macon Telegraph, and
Hon. Crawford Wheatley of Americus.
Hon. Clark Howell, national commit
teeman. will not be a delegate. As
national committeeman his time will
be otherwise occupied, and it is not
customary in any of the states for the
national committeeman to be a mem
ber of-the delegation.
Watson Won’t Be Delegate.
Atlanta. May 3.—Thomas E. Watson
will not go as a delegate to the Balti
more convention. He says so himself
in the current Issue of the Jeffersonian.
The statement is made under the
heading: "Watson Will Not Go to the
Baltimore Convention."' and in the ar
ticle he states that he has decided to
remain at home "and continue to im
prove his mind and expand his genial
disposition.”
Had Mr. Watson desired to go it is
probable he would have been chosen,
though It has been suggested that his
name might have provoked some dis
cussion in the convention
MAY RAISE WRITTEN
BAN ON DANCING
Many Northern Methodists Be
lieve Church Law Obsolete.
GAMBLING AND THEATERS
Too, Would Be Left to Indi
vidual Conscience.
Minneapolis. May 3.—Ministers of
the Methodist-Episcopal Church ip
peared to be about equally divided to
night on the question whether one
church law prohibiting dancing, card
playing, gambling and going to the
aters, circuses and horse races should
be abolished, as recommended by the
board of bishops.
On the ground that their investiga
tions showed that two-thirds of the
3,250,000 members of the church either
danced or went to circuses and the
aters without regarding it as being
sinful, the bishops declared the church
law against these diversions, in force
for forty years, had become obsolete.
They asserted that while the church
would continue to protest against
these forms of amusement, still it was
better not to have any specific law on
the subject than to have a law which
was ineffective. John Wesley's in
junction leaving the amusement ques
tion to the conscience of individuals,
the twenty-four active bishops de
clared was the wisest regulation for
“Americans of the twentieth century.
Will Be Lively Debate.
A demonstration which greeted
Bishop Earl Cranston's reading of the
recommendation was taken as indicat
ing a lively debate on the question
when it comes up for a vote. A mo ■
tlon declaring that the rule "always
had been a source of constant irrita
tion an J unrest in the church," and
asking that it be leferred to a com
mittee was promptly voted down, argu
ments being presented that the full
conference was “going to settle that
question and no one else.
Arguments against continuing the
anti-amusement rule as presented
were:
"That the majority of church-goers
never have refrained from dancing and
theaters because of the church, and the
violation of this rule has tended to
bring all church diseipine into con
tempt: that many people regard
Shakcsoeare on the stage as being as
good is Shakespeare In a book; that
many neople refuse to condemn all
plavs because of some of them, just as
much as they would refuse to condemn
all novels because some novels were
not proper; that gambling Is funda
mentally wrong and does not need a
rule to prohibit it."
Arguments for continuing the rule
were:
They Jump on Wilson.
“That its abolishment would give the
Impr.saicm the ckuref-aCis tending to
ward laxity and was Indorsing the
things which it formerly opposed: that
abolishment of the rule would remove
restrictions which held people from
those forms of amusement."
In adopting a resolution offered by
James W. Anderson of Keokuk. lowa,
denouncing Secretary of Agriculture
James Wilson for accepting the hon
orary chairmanship of the brewers’
congress in Chicago last October, the
conference declared President Taft.
Secretary Wilson and Secretary of
State Knox “have forfeited alt claims
on the future franchise of the Chris
tian and sober manhood of the na
tion "because they had Ignored ap
peals that no government official at
tend the congress." Secretary Wilson's
explanation that he attended the con
gress because he was interested In the
growth of hops and barley was de
scribed as 'an Insult and frivolous.”
The conference to-day appointed a
commission of thirty delegates to con
sider the demand of some of the negro
delegates, that they be given a negro
bishop to supervise the affairs of 325,-
000 members of their church in South
ern states.
HUSBAND NEAR DEATH.
WIFE ANDAMAN HELD
Eugene Battea, Atlanta, Stops
a Bullet.
Atlanta. May 3—Eugene Battea. n
tailor, lies to-night in the Grady Hos
pital at the point of death as the re
sult of a bullet wound in his left
breast, and his wife. Theresa Battea,
together with Gilbert Bordaugh, a tail
or, are under arrest pending an In
vestigation of the shooting.
According to Mrs. Battea her hus
band shot himself to-day after she had
asserted that she was going out to
see a law-yer in order to institute di
vorce proceedings.
G. W. Johnson, the first person to
enter the room after the shooting, de
clared that Bordaugh had a pistol in
his hand at that time and that Bat
tea was lying across a bed.
The Batteas were married In Buda
Pest seven years ago. After_ coming
to America they lived in Knoxville
and Chattanooga. Tenn.
It is stated that before their mar
riage Battea shot his wife and attempt
ed suicide because she would not elope
with him.
TWO SHIPLOADS OF
CREOSOTE COMING
Will Be Stored in Mammoth
Tanks Central Is Building.
From the Morning News. May 4.
Two shiploads of crude creosote,
about a million gallons Ip all. will ar
rive in Savannah from Europe about
May 15 and ">l' be e ®P tlrt into the
two mammoth tanks the Central of
Georgia Railway is building on its ter
minals here and which will be com
pleted about that time.
Each of the tanks will have a capac
ity of 500.000 gallons. They are now
over half finished and they should be
readv for use by May 15. The tanks
are being built to store the creosote
which the Central uses in its creosot
ing plants at various points over the
system.
As all of the crude creosote which
the Central uses in its creosoting pro
cesses for the preservation of cross
ties and other timbers is imported
from Europe and comes through this
port it is a great deal more convenient
to have the storage tanks located here.
The Central has several creosoting
plants on its lines.
PANAMA FEARS
HER CAMPAIGN
United States Is Asked to In
tervene There.
VOTE-GETTING STRENUOUS
Passion Is High and May Burst
Into Flame.
Panama, May 3.—The United States
government has been requested to in
tervene in the presidential election in
Panama to the extent of seeing that it
is fairly conducted.
This fact was admitted to-day by
President Arosemena in an interview
with the Associated Press. He said
that the directorate of the Union Pa
triotica, the name of a party composed
of friends of President Arosemena and
Pedro A. Diaz, the official candidate
for the presidency, has asked for
American intervention such as was
accorded in the elections of 1908, when
Secretary of War Taft informed the
Panama government that the election
must be conducted fairly.
Rioting Causes Dread.
President Arosemena added that his
government would welcome such in
tervention. The directors of the Lib
eral and Conservative parties also say
they have requested the United States
to see to it that the election is fair.
These requests are taken here to in
dicate that the political situation in
the republic is a delicate one.
Reports of rioting yesterday at Dole
ga following an address by Dr. Bellz
ario Porras, another candidate for the
presidency, caused a great sensation
throughout the country to-day.
The situation is practically beyond
control of political leaders and passion
runs so high that it la feared some
slight Incident may result In a con
flagration.
AFTERINDERWOOO,
THEN GOV. WILSON
Friends of Defeated Candidate
Plan Minority Coup.
BUT THEY HAVE NO VOICE
Minority Shut Out of Conven
tion by Its Own Committee.
From the Morning News. May 4.
Savannah supporters of Gov. Wood
row Wilson were yesterday discussing
plans for taking a hand in the state
convention May 29. to the extent of
having the delegates Instructed to vote
for Gov Wilson as their second choice
for President.
Conceding that the Underwood forces
had earned the right to name all of
the delegates to the convention some
of the Wilson adherents were contend
ing that after all the state executive
committee would have to approve the
selections, and that it would have the
right to Insist upon the delegates be
ing Instructed to vote for Gov. Wilson
in the event it became apparent that
Congressman Underwood had not
enough strength to pull him through.
Under the state committee's own ac
tion all of the delegates chosen to the
state convention must be political
friends and supporters of the success
ful candidate. Under these rules Gov.
Wilson, although he carried forty-five
counties, will not have a single dele
gate in the state convention, nor will
the sentiment ami vote of a single
county that went for him be repre
sented there.
Rule That I* Operative.
The friends and supporters of Mr.
Underwood protested strongly against
this plan when it was adopted months
ago by the state committee —a com
mittee composed largely of the friends
of Gov. Wilson—but to no avail. The
committee held to the plan, and to its
own cost, completely shut out the
minority.
DOG THOUGHTTO"BrMAD
BITES MASTER IN BED
Brains Animal, Preventing Ex
amination for Rabies.
From the Morning News. May 4
An examination of a pet dog belong
ing to Victor Wortham, who lives on
Fifty-second stnet near Montgomery
street, was made yesterday by the city
bacteriologist to determine if the dog
was mad, following its attack on Its
master while he was in bed sick.
Mr. Wortham in killing the dos; had
battered its head so badly that the ex
amination could not be made with any
degree of success, and the question as
to whether the dog had rabies is net
determined. It is believed, however,
from the symptoms displayed by the
dog that it was mad. and the physician
attending Mr. Wortham will advise
him to take the Pasteur treatment.
The dog had been acting strangely
for a couple of days, but no special at
tention was paid to it. When the ice
man came into the yard where the dog
was. the animal ran into the house and
into Mr Wortham's room, and attack
ing him in bed. bit him on the arm.
Mr. Wortham taught the dog and
choked it. and securing his pistol beat
Its brains out. The physician was then
summoned and he had the head cut
off and sent to the citv laboratory.
Mr Wortham appears none the worse
for his experience, hut will probably
take the Pasteur treatment to ward
off any danger that might be in the
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MAKE DECISION TO
RESTORE MONUMENT
IN THE PARK EXTENSION
Daughters of Confederacy Re
scind Former Action.
From the Morning News, May 4.
At a meeting of the Daughters of
the Confederacy yesterday the action
taken several months ago to tear down
the Confederate monument in the Park
Extension was rescinded, and the mat
ter rests where it was before the ac
tion was taken, except that efforts
will now be bent towards the preser
vation of the monument rather than
the rebuilding of it.
At the meeting determined efforts
were made by Mrs. L. H. Raines. Mrs.
R. Grady and others to have the old
monument preserved rather than re
placed and their efforts were backed
up with authoritative information that
thia was perfectly feasible.
Mrs Raines, who has been very ac
tive in securing this information, pre
sented a report from Col. Dan C. King
man, saying the monument could be
preserved to last 190 years. Confirma
tory of this was the opinion contained
in letters from local architects.
Letters were also read from the New
York firm which preserved Cleopatra's
Needle, and from the Park Commission
of New York commending this firm's
work in this particular and in others.
The information also showed that the
tomb nf Aaron Burr in Trinity Church
vard in New York, and other historic
memorials, bad been preserved.
This conclusive information that the
old monument, which Is greatly ven
erated on account of the association;
connected with it. and the tremendous
sacrifices which were made to build it,
at a time when the memories of the
Lost Cause were fresher in the minds
of most Savannahians than now. de
termined the chapter to change its at
titude and to attempt to preserve it
rather than to replace it with another.
A committee was appointed to devise
a plan for the restoration of the monu
ment. This committee, composed of
Mrs. L. H Raines. Mrs. Robert Grady
and Mrs. I. M. Falk, will go more
thoroughly into the matter and sub
mit tn detail * plan by which the de
sired result can be accomplished.
When this plan is made up another
meeting will be called and the plan
submitted, when it is expected that it
will be adopted and the restoration of
the monument begun.
There has been received from a gen
tleman of the city, whose name is not
made public, an offer to donate bronze
tablets to be placed on the monument
in pla-e of the present inscriptions,
which are disfigured. These tablets
are to contain the same inscriptions.
MRS. MArFaPPLEBEE
IS HORRIBLY BURNED
Is Seized With Fit and Falls
Into Fire.
From the Morning News. May 4.
There was a slight improvement in
the condition of Mrs. Mary Applebee
at St. Joseph's Hospital yesterday, and
it is now believed that she has a
chance to recover. While cooking
breakfast over a fire in an open fire
place at her home in Pooler Tuesday
Mrs. Apolebee was seized with a fit
and fell into the fire, horribly burning
herself.
Mrs. Applebee has two small chil
dren. and efforts will be made by Miss
Helen B Pendleton, genera! secretary
of the Associated Charities to care for
them. The Applebee family was re
cently cared for by the Associated
Charities.
There was only one child in the
house with Mrs. Applebee at the time
of the accident. Mrs Applebee was
bending over the fire. and. when seized
wl*h the fit. fell into the flames. The
child ran out screaming, and neighbors
went to the inlured woman's aid. Sev
eral minutes elapsed between the time
she fell into the fire and when she Was
pulled out. and Mrs. Applebee was
horribly burned about the face, neck,
head and shoulders.
Some time ago Mr. and Mrs. Apple
bee were arrested, charged with dis
posing Os mortgaged property, and
through the aid of Miss Pendleton the
master was adjusted and the couple
freed. They wanted to go to Jackson
vill. but did not have the money. Miss
Pendleton secured Applebee a job in
tbe public works department, but he
worked irregularly, and a short time
ago disappeared. Nothing was heard
from the family until the news of
Mrs. Applebee's burning became
known.
British society is
ALL IN A TREMBLE
Tailors Strike, So Society Can’t
Be Clothed.
London. May 3.—Social London is
affected seriously by the tailors' strike
which began in a small way early in
the week and now involves 15.000 men.
The movement has stopped the busi
ness of all the fashionable men's and
women's tailors in the West End. It
is said that by next Monday 50,000 tail
ors will be out on strike.
The social season is just opening and
hosts of the foreign visitors will be
unable to get their clothes and the
military officers from India their uni
forms and outfits for the court and
other functions that are scheduled.
Dismay therefore prevails in the up
per circles of society.
HAIR BALSAM
Chsiwet asd brnot JUs th« hax
rrvEctw a YsnzmEt growth
Jlewer Pails to fiestore Gray
Bair to its Youthful Color.
Pr«T*Bta falhnx.
FIGHT TO DEATH
IN CLOSED ROOM
$5 CAUSES FATAL DUEL
C. R. Harper Killed by Kell
Potts of Atlanta.
Atlanta, May 3.—ln a battle with
knives at 3 o'clock this morning in a
resort at 28 Manhattan avenue, C.
Richard Harper, member of a prom
inent Jacksonville family, was killed, t
and Kell Potts, son of the late Frank
M. Potts of 21 East Fifth street, was
badly wounded, lying now at Grady
Hospital, where it is said he will re
cover.
The two men had been drinking and
the quarrel arose as the result of
"matching.” Potts says Harper was
matching with a woman named Maris
Dondo for bottles of beer and when
he, Potts, stated that the woman had
won Harper took offense at it and
drew his knife. The woman stated
that the two men were matching to
see who should pay for 35 worth of
beer and fell out over the result.
According to the best evidence Har
per first struck Potts and then drew
his knife. Potts also drew a knife and
the two men went to cutting each oth
er. Finally they desisted and though
both were badly scarred it was thought
the difficulty had ended.
Then, according to the story’ of the
Dondo woman, all walked into the next
room where Potts looked into a mirror
and realized that he would be dis
figured for life. This angered him and
he went at Harper again. The two
fought in the dance hall, the woman
stated, with the door closed, and when
thev went in Harper was lying dead
on the floor while Potts was seriously
wounded. Potts went out of the house
and started to get into a cab when he
was arrested and taken to the hospi
tal where he is still under police guard.
Harper's wife, at a hotel, was in
formed of the tragedy shortly after !1
occurred. She had been expecting him
ba. k from a trip on Friday, but it
seems he came in Thursday and did
not notify her. ,
Harper formerly was In business in
Denver, where he was prominently
known. He has been here for a year
In the insurance field. There was na
inquest.
WITNESSES TERRiEIjc
BATTLE IN MIND’S EYE
Crazy Man Entertains Jurors
With Flight of Fancy.
From the Morning News. May 4
Laboring under the delusion that h'
had witnessed a terrific battle between
a policeman armed with a pistol wh|rt
had twenty-five chambers, and a ne
gro who had a dirk. Lucius Danforth
was tried at the jail and adjudged in
sane yesterday.
Danforth drove a street hack until
he fell a victim of alcoholic dementia
recently. His condition now appear!
to be hopeless The story he told the
lunacy commission shows that the de
lusion which has been created in hi:
mind by over and prolonged indulg
ence of alcohol is one which is Habit
to get him into trouble.
The man told the commissioners he
had been on a long drunk, a 'Teal good
one.” as he described it. It left him
in a weakened condition, with no ap
petite. After describing his symptoms
the hian started to unburden himself
of his mental troubles. He said his
brother-in-law, Frank Hooker, had >
been in a street fight. A policeman, /j
whose name the insane man couldn’t / J
recall, intervened and Hooker resent- ' fl
ed It. - fl
Hooker and the officer then engaged I fl
in mortal combat, according to the I I
crazy man's delusion. As Hooker drew I I
an ugly dirk back to stab the officer I ■
the latter started shooting. The bul- I I
lets flew so fast the insane man \ 1
couldn't count them, but he was abso- \ I
lutely certain there were twenty-five \1
of them. Hooker was perforated all ”
over and died from his wounds.
When he had finished his story Dan
forth was given a shock. Hooker was
brought before him alive and with no
holes in his body. Danforth was un
able to understand it and seemed
greatly agitated because his brother
in-law- hadn't remained dead.
BEATelFiF"court room
B. L. Hall of Valdosta Con
fined to His Bed.
Valdosta. Ga., May 3.—8. L. Hall, a
citizen of Valdosta, reached the city
from Dupont yesterday on a stretcher
suffering fro a numerous wounds and
bruises which were inflicted upon htm
at that place. He says that he was
assaulted by several men.
Mr. Hall is associated with John H.
Simms of this city in the naval stores
business and they have land interests
at Dunont which were in dispute. The
case went into court and it is said
that there was a hearing yesterday
before a justice of the peace. Col.
Dickers-m. a lawyer in the case, is
said to have beer, rather severe in his
criticism of Hall's testimony before the
jury and Hall resented It. It is said
that Hall and the lawyer came neai*
having a fight and while they were
talking to each other scu*'body’ struck
Hall from the rear, knocking him
down, kicking him in the back and in
juring him in numerous ways. He does
not blame Col. Dickerson for the as
sault upon him. but says that it was
done by s'me persons in the court
room. He is still <■ alined to his bed
here.
Negro to Hang June 7.
Atlanta. May 3—Be® Green, the ne
gro convicted yesterday of the nturd-ar
of Aaron Moms several vears ago.
was sentenced to-day Jby Judge: Roan
to be hanged Friday June 7. Morris
had remonstrated with the negro for
insulting a white woman, and waa
stabbed to death.
Atlantians raised a ftmd of over »V
su>> for Morris s widow and enddrea.
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