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MANY SAILORS DIE AS SHIP FOUNDERS IN STORM
Young Grant Never Regains Con
sciousness After Ten-Round
Battle With Eggers.
Jimmy Grant, the little boxer who
fell unconscious after his ten-round
battle with Johnny Eggers at the Or
pheum Theater Tuesday night, died
at 5 o'clock Friday morning, never
having regained consciousness.
Dr. Louis €. Rouglin, avho attended
the fighter at the Grady Hospital,
said the cause of death was pneumo
nia, with complications. Dr. W. 8
Goldsmith had previously declared
Grant probably had pneumonia when
he entered the ring.
The body was taken to Patterson’s
undertaking rooms, but no further fu
neral preparations were made pending
the arrival of John Reiners, a broth
er-in-law, from whom a telegram was
received 'Thursday night saying he
would reach Atlanta from Florida
Friday.
Johnny Eggers, the New York box
er who engaged with Grant in his last
battle, presented himself at police
headquarters as soon as he learned
that Grant was dead.
Opponent Sobs Grief.
He had been arrested and released
under a $5OO bond.
“If you want to arrest me again, go
ahead,” Eggers told Chief Beavers be
tween sobs. “I don't care what hap
rens to me now.”
But the Chief decided that the
present bond was sufficient, especial
ly in view of the decision of the phy
sicians that it was pneumonia, and
not injuries feceived in the boxing
match, that caused Grant's death.
Eggers remains charged under the
blanket term of “disorderly conduct.”
He will have a preliminary h faring at
2:30 o’clock this afternoen in the Re
corder’s Court, when it will be de
cided if any State charge shall be
placed against him.
Jimmy Grant's real name was Vic
tor Barnett. He lived in Chicago un
til four months ago, when he came
to Atlanta. In that brief period he
reached the top of the heap in the
bantamweight boxing class in the
South, and his battle wigh Eggers was
regarded as the supreme test of
whether he should keep on his way
upward in the boxing game, or bide
his time and take more of the “sea
‘soning” course.
Jimmy—to use his ring name-—was
22 years old. He was popular with
boxing fans in Atlanta, whose favor
he gained immediately by defeating
Spider Britt in two rounds in his first
battle after coming here.
Praised by Doctor.
He was known to be a clean,
sportsmanlike boxer, and his modesty
was so marked that it was nearly
three months after reaching Atlanta
that he went into a newspaper office,
and then only at the insistence of the
sport writers themselves, curious to
talk to the quiet little fellow. |
“Jimmy never had a great deal to‘
say,” said one.of his friends and
backers ¥Friday. “He was a qulet,
m.odest little chap—clear white all
through. His death is a big loss to
the game, hecause his kind is needed
in boxing; the ctass of boxer that
rever will engage in anything but
straight, level boxing, and never will
step in a ring without doing his
best.”
Dr. Rouglin attended the fighter
devotedly all through his illness, re
maining at his bedside until the end.
“1 felt a deep personal interest in
the brave little fellow,” he said, “and
it will always be a regret to me that
we were unable to pull him through.”
W. & A. TRAINS CRASH.
CALHOUN, April 2.—A head-on
collision took place at Resaca (3-day
between two passenger trains on the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, but
a serious wreck was averted. The
trains were the new northbound
Kingston to Chattanooga accommo
dation and the regular southbound
Chattanooga to Atlanta local.
Passengers on both trains were
badly frightened, but the -news
butcher on the southbound train was
the only one who received serious in-
Jury.
BARS HIS WIFE'S BILLS.
LONDON, April 2.—Byron D.
Chandler, known in New York as
“the million-dollar kid,” and who
was much in the news several years
ago on account of his escapades and
matrimonial adventures, placed ad
vertisements in London newspapers
to-day saying he will not be respon
sible for debts contracted by his wife,
who was Grace Larue, the actress,
(‘handler says he has withdrawn
the authority which she enjoyed to
obtain goods on his credit.
OPEN HEADQUARTERS.
MACON, April 2.—Formal head
quarters have been opened by the
Macon Suffrage Association, and the
Jadies of the organization have un
dertaken an active membership cam
paign. So far mere than 300 Macon
women have enlisted in the cause.
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L. B. Williams, of No. 21 Harweli
street, waiting in the offices of Dr.
William T. Asher late Thursday aft
ernoon, suddenly was seized with
heart failure and died before Dr.
Asher could render medical assist
ance,
Several other persons were in the
office at the time, and were startled
to see Williams sink down in nis
chair, gasping convulsively. His body
fell to the floor.
Dr. Asher emerged from his private
office to come upon the body of his
patient. He and the man he had been
treating lifted Williams upon a cot.
Within a few seconds life was gone.
Williams had been to Dr. Asher
for treatment a number of times pre
viously, but not in several meonths.
He was about 35 years old and con
ducted a pool room. He was well
known about town.
CRISP IN LINE.
WASHINGTON, April 2.—By the
death cof Representative Richardson,
of Alabama, who was chairman of
the House (Committee on Pensions,
Representative Charles R. Crisp, of
Georgia, i in line for the chairman
ship, being ranking member. He is
now in Colorado for his health,
During Representative Crisp's ab
sence Representative Key, of Ohio,
will continue as acting chairman.
Judge Richardson had been absent
from meetings for some time.
URGES STERILIZATION.
DENVER April 2.—The steriliza
tion ¢f the “Beau Brummels of the
boulevards” who are unfit morally
and physically to marry, as well as
the common criminal, was advocated
by Bishop (. P. Anderson, of the
Episcopal Church Diocese of Chica
go, in a sermon here,
“If you are going to sterilize the
unfit,” he said, “let us take in the
criminal in the smart set, ag well as
the crimipal in the jail.”
Rescue Ship Brings in
lip Bring
112 Alive, 77 Dead
ST. JOHNS, N. F, April 4—With
her flag at half-staff and her bows
and rigging covered with ice, the seal
ing steamship Bellaventure arrived in
the harbor at 5:30 o’clock this even
ing, bringing to port the 77 bodies
picked up on the ice, after being cut
off from the sealer Newfoundland,
and 112 survivors. The greater num
ber of the survivors are suffering from
frost bite.
As the Bellaventure came through
the fog into the harbor the quays
were lined with crowds of friends and
relatives of those who had gone out
on the ill-fated ship. Awaiting her
also were the Acting Governor of the
island, the Acting Premier, membars
of the ministry, clergymen, physi
cians, nurses and ambulance parties.
BRYAN HAS A COLD.
WASHINGTON, April 3.—Secre
tary of State Bryan was confined to
his home here to-day on account of
a bad cold, which he has suffered
since Wednesday. His physician or
dered him to remain within doors un
til further orders, for fear pneumonia
might set in.
WILL BE TEN OUNCES.
NEW YORK, April 2.—The United
Liquor Dealers, in convention in Brook
lyn, decreed that in the future a ‘‘pint’’
of beer must not exceed ten ounces,
The dealers are agreed to abolish also
free lunch.
FINDS $1,300 IN PURSE.
YORK, PA., April 2.—Thad S. Storm
picked up a wauet containing $1,300 In
bills. Many persons had kicked it
around, thinking it an April Fool joke.
WILSON GETS RABBIT FOOT.
WASHINGTON, A&rll 2.—Robert P,
Tatum, of Ruskin, . G., has sent
President Wilson the left hind foet of
a graveyard rabbit “for luck.”
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Sealing Vessel Is Lost Off the
Coast of Newfoundland in
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Terrible Blizzard.
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, April 2.-—
That 200 sailors have perished in the
terrific storm sweeping Newfoundland
was the fear expressed in marine cir
cles to-day following the receipt of
the following brief dispatch from St
Johns, N. F.:
“Terrible disaster. Two hundred
lost.”
The message came in reply to one
sent early in the day asking for a
report on conditions in the storm
swept district., Another dispatch re
cefved at noon said:
“One hundred and fifty rhen be
longing to sealer Newfoundiand adrift
in blizzard on ice flees. It is feared
all have perished. Fifty dead and
dying have been recovered.”
Though the two dispatches cam?
from different persons, the number of
nien mentioned in each coincides, and
it is believed that the sealing vessel
has been lost.
ZRYAN TALKS SECRETS.
WASHINGTON, April 2.—Secre
tary Bryan to-day broke a precedent
when he appeared at the Capitol and
asked to see Senator Ashurst, of Ari
zona.
Having no office at the Capitol, th»
Secretary of State converted Sena
tor Hoke Smith's education and la
bor committee room into a reception
room, where he remained behini
closed doors for some time. It is be
lieved he came to the Capitol to aid
in aligning Senators for the canal
tolls repeal.
HIS INCOME $1,320,000.
CHICAGO, April 2.—Jullus Rosen
wald, president of Sears, Roebuck &
Co., will pay the largest income tax
in Chicago. This became known to-day
when the thirty days’ extension period
for filing tax schedules expired.
Rosenwald's tax return shows his in
come for the ten months ending De
cember 31, 1913, was $1,100,000. Fig
ured on this basis, his annual income i 3
listed as $1,320,000.
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70 VICTIMS IN JAVA.
BATAVIA, JAVA, April 2.—Seventy
were kilied and wounded when a rail
way bridge near Tanjong Prich col
lapsed while a traln was passing over
it to-day. There were a number ot
Euro&neans on the train, but all es
caped.
Five coaches plunged 200 feet into the
water. Most of the victims were
drowned in the submerged coaches. The
bridge had been weakened by recent
floods.
CUT $80,000,000 MELON.
NEW YORK, Aprii 2.—The Union
Pacific Railroad will be allowed to
cut its $80,060,000 melon without court
interference. Supreme (ourt Justice
Greenpaum to-day decided against
the IZquitable Life Assurance Society
in its suit to restrain the raiiroad
company from distributing as a divi
dend to holders of $216,000,000 worth
of Union Pacific stock $80,000,000 in
cash and stoeck of the Baltimore and
Ohig" Railroad.
$1,500 TO $3,500 PER YEAR
CAN BE EARNED BY A FIVE-ACRE
FARM IN THE HEART OF
FLORIDA.
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Price Only $175.00
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time of payments extended if sick or
out of employment.
Filorida State Agricultural Depart
ment gives the following census reports
of the actual results secured by grow
ers in our county: Lettuce, $954 per
acre;: celery, $1,925; cucumbers, sil4;
English peas, $437;, beans, $331, and
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grapefruit, $800: strawberries, $800;
peaches, $400; pears, $3OO. We have
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Don’'t delay, but send your name and
address to-day.
MUNGER LAND (COMPANY,
41 New York Life Building,
Kansas (ity, Mo, 2l
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