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VOL. IX. OB fifTa® •O®®#i i^^ - Asks Heavy Damages of New York Newsjtafer ===== — === —^ = ———s====ss======== == ‘ XSp&w ’ ar i V*** ;< • &•< / » *»* • ■■ i 5* w < v t»s>r -r u . * <> vs ■ . .-■•-' ': ,». / ■ <* 5 ' '■ ■■■..■.• x / \ »• ~ -xr> * * < *• t-b i * / * I MBS. JAMES McVICXAB, , Formerly Mr*. “Jack” Horner, of Atlant*. Mrs. “Jack" Horner, formerly of At lanta. now Mrs. Jamei McVlckar, of New York, has filed libed suit for more than IIOO.OQO against the New- York Evening Mail, charging that too newspaper referred to her as the co respondent" in the divorce petition brought by Mr*. J. F. Hanson against her husband. Maj. J. F. Hanson, pres ident of the Central of Georgia nil way. Th* libel suit was filed in New York and the case will be heard there. Mrs. Horner's attorneys charge that the I HOW OF THANKS FOB POOB WOMAN ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ Fund Still Growing ♦! ♦ Cato fund Wednesday 1153.50 ♦ ♦ Received Thursday 19. «•» ♦ ♦ Total 9183 55 ♦ With mere than 8100 contributed by the charitable residents of Atlanta to the aid of Mrs. Jennie Cato and her sick chil dren at noon on Wednesday, the contri-; buttons arc still coming in to The Jour- i nal office. and at the same hour Thursday the grand total had reached 8183.55. In accordance with the plan as already announced by The Journal, and follow ing the expressed wishes of the kind hearted. generous people who have re sponded so nobly to the cause of sweet charity, a check for this amount was taken to the Tabernacle infirmary Thurs day morning and placed in the trembling hands of the woman for phoee aid. relief ai«d comfort it has been given. The joy of the poor mother when she received the news, and realised that ten der. loving people had contributed such a sum toward the assurance of the com fort of her babies in the future, was in describably touching. • This is indeed Thanksgiving day.” j she said. "1 prey that God may bless al! | who have given me aid in my time of ttouble. If my life is spared to care for my children until that day they are able to look after themselves, every’ day will hear by prayers for the blessings of God upon the people of Atlanta who have done this for me. "Never did wcman have more cause to be thankful than I. My darlings are get ting well, my future is provided for, and the wolf has been driven from the door i of my humble home. And it Is to the peo- • pie of Atlanta that it is all due. May ( God keep them and care for them and; bless them as they deserve. "Nor do I forget The Journal. Had It; not been for The Journal my children j might even now be dead, and none have, known or cared. To the day of my death J I shall pray for blessings upon the news paper that ffret told the charitable people , of my plight. •Today Is Thanksgiving, and I. above* •II others, am thankful.” The condition of the little Cato children Uilmrta Sfawmal word “co-respondent” appeared no where In the divorce petition and that the references made to Mrs. Horner ’n that petition contained nothing whicn could justify the Evening Mail in using It. The newspaper, in its answer, will, as a matter of fact, be compelled to admit that tlie word “co-respondent" does not appear V the divorce petition, but will argue that the statements re garding Mrs. Horner which are made therein more than justify the articles which appeared in the paper. I I TURKEY,‘POSSUM AND PIE FOB TAFT WASHINGTON. Nov. 25.-President Taft and his family will have a genuine ;Thanksgiving dinner today. In addition •to the mammoth turkey, which has been sent to the White House by Horace Vose, of Westerly, R. 1., and the 50-pound mince pie, sent by the bakers of Rew- York city, there will be a M-pound "Billy ■possum.” said to be the largest and plumpest ever trapped in the Georgia woods, on the table in the White House rdinlng room. All the president’s family. except Robert, who Is In school at New Haven, will dine with him. A pan-American Thanksgiving service this morning in St. Patrick's Roman |Catholic church was attended by Presi dent Tgft. Vice President Sherman and several members of the cabinet. I Cardinal Gibbons and Monsignor Fal conio. apostolic delegate to the Unlteo States, were present. After the service there was a luncheon, at which President Taft was the guest of honor. The members of the cabinet will spend the day quietly here. Free "Oeafness Cure A remarkable >ffer by one of the lead ing ear specialists in this country, who will send two months’ medicine free to prove his ability to cure Deafness, Head Noises and Catarrh. Address Dr. G. M. ! twv«twian. 1243 Walnut St., Kansas City. Mo. at the hospital is reported as improving with each day of tender care they re ceive there. Nor is there suffering at > the little house on Hampton street, for kind people have sent food and fuel and : clothing there also, and the infirm grand father, together with the little boy and girl, are comfortable and happy. The names that were added to The i Journal's roll of honor as contributors , to the fund are as follows: t Cash. Broughton Tabernacle. | Cash. Miss Mettle McArthur. j Cash. i Jeanette R. Samuels. L. A. Baldwin, j I. C. Loftin. J. R. Meek. I B. H. Hayes ! Mrs. C. H. Weekly. i Cash. Arthur Montgomery. — • 080 . wmu” J I J^ < x^J^^^****^*^‘^^*~*‘^^^^**‘***^'*‘***^***^****** , k* ~ ■ ' ' ’"' ‘ \ M®S®®B®BB SEVERAL KILLED 111 COLLISION Oil GMIIIOIITIIEmi Passenger Train Crashes Into a j “Helper” Engine at Lind. Wash. J Engineer Misunderstood Tele graphic Orders, It Is Said. ALL CARS DERAILED AND TRAIN CATCHES ON FIRE I ■Many Passengers Unable to Es cape From Burning Train, Says Report—Details of Accident Being Withheld. (Ev Associated Fre«s.) WALLA WALLA, Nov. 25.—Telephone advices to the Vnlon from Lind, Wash., say that a disastrous wreck occurred there this morning at 1:30 when a “help er” engine crashed into the Great North ern pasesnger train No. 4, which was be ing held on a siding. The train is now burning, despite efforts to extinguish the flames. The mail e’erk ana'engineer are missing and it is reported others are also. I Owing to washouts the Great Northern I train was being run over the Northern ‘Pacific tracks into Seattle. | Hts reported th»f-the- , te4eprnpl+ jopera | tor at Lind received orders to hold the ! “helper” on a siding, but, according to ; the meager accounts obtainable, the en- I gineer, who is missing, probably misun- I derstood the orders with the result that 'the passenger and helper crashed to • gether at high speed. ! Every car was derailed and fire started I immediately. It is reported that many i passengers were unable to escape. The 1 railroad operator at Llr.d admits the wreck aud fire but refuses to give any particulars. CRUISER PRAIRIE IS READY FOR NICARAGUA Vessel Is Stored With Provisions and Ammunition for 400 Ma rines—Sails on Saturday PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. M.— Stored with provisions and ammunition. IN GRANDFATHER’S TIME ON THANKSGIVING DAY Ku - ®- " '; TIME- ' £ ' —' -JOHN GpyELLE. In Grandfather's time onlfianksrjiuinq dau His fattier would bustle and hitch the sleigh, . And tucked in their robes they would whisk away < Through the snow to his Grandfathers home. llt must haue been qreat in Grandfathers time, But limes have changed-all is different now. Ihe horse keeping step to the sleigh bells chime, Wedont havetoe snow or the sleighs; somehow The long stretch of roads and the hills to climb It seems I iat grand talhprs have quit the plow, On the way to his Grandfather’s home. And toe f at is now Grand tathers Mi!i b b t »h1 sW* I P - AiR ATLANTA, GEORGIA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1909. THANKSGIVING >. *Wtx f J rawsasj .---4 w »2“- / 'wrmm the United States cruiser Prairie, lies at the Philadelphia navy yard today ready to sail for Panama or Nicaragua with 400 marines. The cruiser prob ably will leave on Saturday. Preparations are being made at the navy yard for a review of sailors and marines by Secretary of the Navy Meyer. The secretary will arrive here tomorrow and the review will be held in the afternoon. The marine band will journey to this city from Wash ington to take part in the review. 1 DE ARMOND FIRE CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE WIRING No Steps to Elect Missouri Con gressman’s Successor Until Af ter Funeral Today 1 I BUTLER, Mo., N/>v. 25.—1 t is now be- 1 lieved that the fire which caused the death of Congressman David A. DeAi mond and his 6-year-old grandson last tn i - - J •’ r ■•■^’'■'v- : " : ®'m Mai Tuesday started in the attic of the De- Armond home, and was caused by de fective electrical wiring. At first It seemed probable that the fire originated in the room in which the congresman and boy were sleeping. Governor Hadley announced last night that he would take no steps to fill the vacancy In the Sixth Missouri congres sional district until after the funeral of Congressman DeArmond. which will be held at Butler tomorrow. « B iwi I AUIOCRUSHES INTO STEEL BRIDGE, BOY > IMA! OIEAS RESULT Rapidly Moving Car Smashes t** a Wreck Against Girder on Ma rietta Road Bridge Over In man Yard Tracks, CLOSE CALL TO DEATH . ENDS BOY’S JOY RID® Adgie Whitaker Badly Hurt-Four Other Boys Injured—Fal-Car of Jackson-Cerf Motor Co. Is Wrecked. One young boy may die, and four others are more or less seriously injured, as the result of an automobile accident on the Marietta road, near Atlant*. Wetlnep- | day evening. By the narrow margin of some :hree feet all of the party in the car missed death. Within that close did the acCi- * dent come of being a repetition of th* re cent Cuthbert horror. But the margin sufficed, and till noon Thursday the wreck of a handsome new Fal-Car, belonging to the Jackson-Cerf Motor company, Atlanta, remained piled against one of the steel girders on the T, , & N. public bridge upon which the Mari etta road crosses the L. & N. railway I tracks, five miles north of Atlanta. Adgie Whitaker, 15-year-old son of J. W. Whitaker, assistant yardmaster of the Southern railway In the Inman yards, a was still conscious and still alive upon a - at his home on the Marietta road,’ with no change In his condition expected 1 before evening, suffering with a left | arm broken in two places near the shout- , der, and with internal injuries that held the serious possibility of a turn for th* i worse. Coley Whitaker, 17 years old, brother r of Adgie Whitaker, was suffering with a painfully bruised hip. Bennie May I Whitaker, 12 years old, youngest of th* three brothers, showed numerous brulag* and minor abrasions. THE CHAUFFEUR INJURED. | Harry Llndborg, driver of the car, wa* ■ not accounted for. He had boarded * street car at the end of Marietta street- Inman yard line a few minutes after th* accident, Wednesday evening, and had, then disappeared, abandoning the car where it stood. He was complaining of | increasing Internal pain when he wa* last seen then, and has possibly developed,: serious injuries by Thursday. Th* fore* of the impact of the car with the steel girder drove young Llndborg, who is IT years old, against the steering wheel with such force as to bend the whole pear almost upright. Llndborg is a soa of A. J. Llndborg. 42 Strong street, * tailor connected with Alfred Caresen A Co. He was employed as a chauffeur by the Jackson-Cerf company. Carl Rentz, 18 years old, the fifth mem ber of *the youthful party in the wreak. I is a friend of Lindberg's. He was not hurt beyond a few bruises and a bad scare HAD A BORROWED CAR. Apparently young Llndborg had rhe car of his employers out for a joy ride. Renta was with him when they stopped at th* |home of the Whitaker boys on the Mari etta road to warm themselves at th* J family's fire. They said they had been to the river, and were on their way back to town, but they urged the Whitaker boys to come for a ride with them, and the invitation prevailed. It was while th* car was on its way back from the river, where the party had taken it on a rapid spin, that the accident happened, at about 9 o’clock. The road from Nfiarietta toward Atlanta Is cherted and smooth for some distance before the bridge is reached. At th* bridge the road rises and turns quickly to the right to enter the steel strjetur*, .1 Laving a sharp drop of a few feet on the outer side of the eurve to a narrow shelf in the 30-foot cut. The bridge spans a wide stretch of tracks. GOING AT EXPRESS SPEED. L. W. Brantley, of the state chemist’* office at the capitol. who lives on th* . Marietta road not far from the scene of the accident, says that he was walking along the road ‘just beyond the brldg* a toward the river when the car whizzed g by at express speed. He expected trou- • ble at the sharp turn tow’ard which the car was plunging, he saya and he turned;/ to listen, hearing the collision almost immediately. \ r The car made enough of the turn to collide with one of the slanting girders of the bridge. Three feet short of that ’ girder it would have jumped through the span and crashed through the wood guard rail to the tracks below. THE CAR BADLY WRECKED. The car was wrecked. Both tires on th* inside of the curve exploded, and both wheels on the outside were stripped clean | from the hubs, every spoke being broken. The lamps and guard rod were smashed, and the motor was badly shaken, though . the bonnet remained intact. The frost seat was carried away bodily and Jtmmed into the tonneau. It was here that Adgie Whitaker was mashed. The attending Continued on Page Thr'M NO. 21. d
