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Sends Obituary to Georgian,]
Then Shoots Himself in
Chattancoga Hetel. |
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Captuin Brawst & Weet, ex-naval:
officer, former instractor at Georgia
Tech and the Aflanta Beys' High
School, amd spectacslar hero of a
career semsational at ewery turn, made
an attempt at suicide im a Chatta
nooga hotel Monday that was as full
of the element of melodrama as his
dife had ever beem.
Pre eding by enly an hout or = ihe
news of his attempted suicide laere
came w 0 The Atissta Georgian a det
ter wsert Trem Washingten D. C,
by TCaptain West, im which ne
hed written his own obitvary. Cakmly
and dispasmonately, as if he were
wriving of apother person, be sel forth
the details of his varted and check
ored career. The accomponying note
=aid:
“foditor Atlanita Georgian: Inclosed
#s certain biographical data for such
wse s may eventwally appear. | re
quest that you retsin it on file. E K
West"
Calls Life “Impossible.”
A nother note, written fro mthe New
Willurd Hotel at the Capital, said:
“l feel that 1 have been greatly
wronged, and my health has been so
wery poor that 1 go mot wish my for
mer Atlawta friends to think I turned
criminal or morally bad. 1 did net.
But, my God, a man CAN be killed
and 1 bave been! . . . The ceurt,
acquitted me; but on some specious
which recently tried me, at first
reasoning which 1 mever =aw, it
changed its decision and Daniels, with
his pew policy, finished me. 1 lost
the imcome on $3OOOO and in my
state of health, life is impossible.
With best wishes,
“E. E WEST.”
Inclosed with this was a slip of
paper from a pad of the Grand Ho
tel, Washington, on which was writ
ten: 1 was divorced from Mrs. West
in the state of Washington, Kitsap
County, on May 8, 1914,
B E W.
Then came the telegram telling that
Captain West had attempted self
destruction in the Hotel Patten, Chat
tenooga, shooting himself in the
forehead. He fired three shots, but
only one was effective. He was found
before life was extinct, lying in a pool
of blood, and was rushed to the Er
langer Hospital where at £ o'cleck he
wae said to be in a desperate and
critical com@ition, out of which Hhis
recovery is denbiful.
Divorce Suit Shocked Society.
The troubles of Captain West have
been aired from time to time in Atl
lanta, each wmore wnusual than the
last, culminating in the sensational
divorce suit of his wife, which
thocked Atlanta society. Mrs. Wes.
is en Adamta woman, the daughter of
Mrs. John H. Jones, of No. 487 Court
land street. Her charges sgainst her
huosband involved even the allegation
that he attempled 1o Kidnas their
®on, Brnest Reid West, besides ac
crediting him with svarious other of
fenses. ‘
Upon his last visit to Atllania (‘an-‘
tain West was arrested omw the charge
of his mother-in-law, who declared
he had entered ner home in search of
his son. and had beaten her severely,
an.l casges of assault with intent to
kill. érunkenness unag disorderly con
duct were docketed against him. He
was placed under a bond of $2,5300 to
attend trisl, and the case still is
pending.
Clark and Marshall
Sign Tolls Repeal
WASHINGTON, June 13 —Speuker
Clark and Vice President Marshall
this afternoon signed the Panama
Canal tolls repealing bill as it passed
the House and Senate, and it will he
laid before President Wilson Mondayv
for his approval that it mayv become
effective as a law,
Only the President's absence pre
vented it from becoming a law to
day. The President has indicated
that he will approve the bill, althouzh
carrying the Senate amendment in
sisting on sovereignty over the Canal
Zone, which the President at first op
peosed. 4
TOLL REPEAL SIGNED. 1
WASHINGTON, June 15 —President
w signed the Panama tollk bill at
*§9 a. m. to-day.
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NEW YORK, Jure 12 —Miss Ehza.
beth Watson, weli-known imvesUga
tor, who went South to gather the
mosi conclusive inside evidence of the
true conditions of child labor in can
neries for Lhese who are supporting
the Palmer-Owen b'll, and who wWas
selected by the Child Welfare lewgue
to answer ioe oppesition at the re
cent hearing given to the oppenents
of the bill by the Labor Committee of
the House, in an interview said:
“Ae a matter of national pride, this
bill, which is Uesigned 1o make the
Interstate Commerce Commission re
spongible for the prevention of inter
state trade in goods produced by the
laber of children under 14 vears, or
by children between 14 and 16 who
are emploved more than eight hours a
day, should be passed.
l “We hope the Labor Committee of
'the House will see the necessity to
}reporl this bill out as soon as pos
'sible and that every C(ongressmamn
and every Senator will want to sup
\pon it so that these children of thy
Sputhern workshops mayv enjoy some
of the privileges of c¢hildheod.”
. “The conditions are appalling,” con
timued Miss Watson., I spent my
first night 1 a camp at Pass Chris
tian and slept on a wooden bunk bai't
inta the wa!l, with a Ilittle moss
thrown on it for & mattress.
“The children are permitted to work
from fourteen to €ixteen hours daily,
and 1 candidly admit that the work
that these children do year in and
year gut would have Killed me in a
short while.
“These voung gir.s in the factores
of the Seuth, grewn el before their
titße, wear the same listless, hopelass
look as their s'sters in the priscas
*We have ¥ § 110 ¢ far the coa
servation of fomests, for the preven
tea of wog «hew i, 1o The CousSsrva
tion of rivers and natural resources.
for birds, and surely in time we wiil
have a Federal law for the conserva
tion of childhood in the United
States.”
: .
Denies Offer of
Bank Board Place
CHICAGO. June 12.—Themas D.
Jones, retired lawyer and former co
trustee with Woodrow Wilson at
Princeton, to-day denied that he had
been offered the appointment to the
Federal Reserve Beard. His denial
disposed of reports from Washingtoa
that he had been “selected” for the
Federal Reserve Board.
E
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'From Bed to Pay Debt
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| PARIS, Jane 13.—Mrs. Evelyn Nes
|hil Thaw was awakened at § o'clock
‘this merping in her apartment by a
bailiff and five top-hatted assistants,
who prevailed upon her to pay them
$lBO for a gown ordereg from Paul
Poret last year. Mrs. Thaw de
{ clares the gown was never delivered
to her.
After visiting the fashionable res
{ taurants last night,. Mrs, Thaw re
'turned to the hotel rather late, and
%the sudden eruption of the debt col
| Jectars into her apartment vompletely
| unnerved her. She was. ill all day.
| She declared she will establish a home
@here and sue {.. divorce.
U. 8. Senate Votes to
Extend Civil Service
WASHINGTON, June 15.—The Sen
ate to-day, by a vote of 30 to 237,
E;xdopu-d the Smoot amendment to the
llegisla!i\'e. executive and judicial ap
prepriations bl placing all commer
l(‘iul attaches ¢&f the Department of
;(‘.nmmerre under the c¢ivil service
'rules.
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Senator J. Ham Lewis
Doctors His Name
WASHINGTON, June 15.—Senater
James Huamilion l.ewis, of Illinois, has
notified the United States primters that
hereafter he will e known as simply
Hamilton Lewis.
For yvears he has been cartooned,
joked and gibed on account of his dress
and his flambovant tinted whiskers. As
“James Hamilton Lewis” he has boen
known to fame and publicity.
Atlantic City Se
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 15—
The old-fashioned basgque amnd the
bustle skirt are on the beard walk,
WASHINGTON, Jume 12.—The
habitual calm amd even melancholy
©? the United States Senate was stilk
a-tremble to-day ever the rude jost
ling it go: Thursday nign when Sea
ator James K. Vardamwan, of Missis
sippi and Senator Willlam 8. West,
of Georgia, indulged in a renning and
discomnected joint dispuie and mear
fight as to inferred undwe influencing
of Senators in the matter of the pass
age of the canal tolls repeal act.
Senator Vardaman had made a
short speech, in which he denounced
again those Democrats who were re
pudiating their party platform.
- Senator West followed with a long
speech of the typical old-fashioned
Lustings style. He said that Demo
crats had disagreed on muany issues
since the silver campaign of 1896, but
there had never been any denuncia
‘tion of Democrats or charges of par
1y perfidy because they had net al
wavs agreed.
| West Gets Personal.
Mr. West had worked himsedf imto
a state of intense excitement amd his
recfrence to Mr. Vardaman grew more
personal.
The two men were omnly six fest
apart, with ene intervening desk. Sen.-
ator Ashurst saw what was coming,
and slipped into the seat between
them. Sergeant-at-Arms Higgins
quietly walked around and stood be
hind Semator West. Acting Doer
keeper Keller placed himself in an
advantageouns position Tor any emer
gency.
~ “There has been charged here that
the Carnegte Foundation has spent
$20.000 to pass this bill,” shouted Mr.
West. “Who knows,” he said, lookiag
at Mr. Vardaman and waving his
arms frantically, “but what the ship
order to defeat this bill?”
ping interests have spent $190,6060 in
“Have vou been eoffered any ?” asked
- Mr. Vardaman, in evident anger.
. “Don’t you say that to me,” shout
ed Mr. West, stepping toward the tall
Senator from Mississippi, with a show
of aggressiveness.
“Well,” retorted Mr. Vardaman. ris
ing from %is seat, “you are making
an intimation that somebody else has
been induenced.”
“I did mot say so; 1 said——" re
plied ihe Georgia Scnator.
“You said——" blazed Mr. Vardi
man, as he stepped forward, but in
the confusion that sarcse his words
were ot
Senator Ashurst jumped to his feat,
barring the way., Sergeant-at-Aring
Higgins put his hand on the sleeve of
Senator West, Senator Hoke Smith
intruded his ponderous form into the
small group, and no harm was done
anvbedy.
ATHENS, June 15.—Greece and T ur
key moved one step npearer war to
day when Premier Venizlos went to
the Porte a note msisting that a reply
be returned a! once te his previcus
communication demanding that the
persecution of Greeks in Turkish do
minions cease at once. National sen
timent is strongly in faveor of war.
Tt has been learned that Turkey hus
been making secret preparations for a
conflict, moving troops and war su,-
plies to strategic points.
Fund for Animals 250
~ Years Hence Started
’ VANSVILLE, IND., June 15.—An
nouncement of a tentative gift of
$l,OOO to Elbert Hubbard's commu
nity at Bast Aurora, N. Y., by Adoliph
Melser, a local philanthropist and
friend of dumb animals, was made 10-
day. 2
‘The money is to be deposited for
250 years in a bank and compounded
semi-ammually at 4 per cent interest,
In 250 yvears it will amnount to apprex
imately $20,000,000 and will be used
for the benefit of animals of that day.
Wrigley Values Gum
Name at $7,000,000
CINCINNATI, Juwe 6 —The trade
name- of Wrigley's “Spearmint” chew
ing gum is valued at $7.000000 in a
suit filed in United States District Court
in behalf of the Williain Wrigley, Jr,
Cpmpany of West Virginia against the
Helmet Company of Cwainna .
The suit charges unfair compelition
and alleges that the damage suffered by
the alleged imitation of- the Wrigiey
package wrapper amounts to more than
$5O 060
THREE IN RACE IN BUTTS.
JACKSON, June 151 t is sa:d that
N. H. Greer and Dr. R. W, Mays wilil
both announce for the Lower House
from Butts this week. So far the
enly candidate is C. A. Towles, of
Cork. Al are well-known citizens,