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About 9,500 Have Registered—6,500 Votes Must Be Cast For Bonds;
Atlanta*s Progress Demands the Ballot of Every Man Who Is Eligible
THE WEATHER.
vw Saturday night and Sunday.
T ,„„,.rature* Saturday (taken at
T K nan-ken Co.’* store): 8 a. m..
degree*. 10 a. m.. (3 degrees; 13
(7 degree*; 2 p. m., 50 de-
*ree.'.
The Atlanta Georgian
"Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN’
AND NEWS
"Nothing Succeeds Like—THE GEORGIAN”
SPOT COTTON.
Atlauta, nominal; toe. Liverpool, steady;
?.»!. Near York, quiet{ 15.10. Augusta,
quiet; 14**. Savannah. steady; 14%. Nor
folk, steady: 14%. Galveston, ateady;
141516. Mobile, steady; 14%
VOL. VJir. NO. 155).
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1010.
PRTrn? In Atlanta, TWO CENTS,
STOn Trains. FIVE CENTS.
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED
IN WRECK ON THE SEABOARD
AN ARDENT ADVOCATE
OF GRANT MEMORIAL
Race Train From St. Augus
tine Crashes Into Fast
Passenger Train.
Papers Are Immediately With- Out of 175 Employed at Work
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE
HAS BEEN REPORTED
Florida Winter Resort Scene of
Disastrous Wreck as
Party Is Speeding
by Siding.
Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 5.
Fift)- persons are reported
killed and many others dan
gerously injured in a head-
on collision south of here to
day between a race train
from St. Augustine on the
Seaboard Air Line and an
other train standing on a
sidetrack.
A number of passengers
are reported to have been in
the stalled train, and the
race train was crowded.
The St. Augustine train
crashed into the other train
at high speed and telescoped
it completely. People were
hurled from both trains at
the impact, and others were
mangled in the wreckage.
Relief trains have been
rushed to the scene of the
wreck from here.
The race train from St.
Augustine telescoped a pas
senger train stunding on a
idetraok.
drawn With Consent
of Judge Ellis.
UNUSl/AL SECRECY IS
MANIFESTED IN CASE
Shepard Bryan, Attorney For
Mrs. Patterson, Declines
to Make Public the
Cause.
OF POTTS WILL
His Son Says Either It Never
Was Made or Else Was
Revoked Before
Death.
■ eourt ■» the will of tbe late
r*pk M. Poft» f* not bis will. and tbit If
1 " paper wan ever Minuted It wax
kM l*y Mr. Pott* before III* death, Fun-
,r, s Pott*, one of Mr. Pott** non*. died
/,*'''•* to the will in the ordinary*■ office
I*turd*)- morning.
, r Pott* wan » prominent and wealthy
n of Atlanta and died *everal month*
*’’• * n *•»**• valued at approx-
pj**ly imoou to bl» wife, Mr*. Irene K.
!** provide* that *hoo!d any of tbe prop*
P* lift at the time of hi* wlfe‘« death.
, r 11 •ball than go to hi* children, Fan-
Paul. Kell and Helen.
' , ' 0 „ t »®llowlnf profltton I* contained In
V* will with reference to Fanning Potta.
f« now queetinnlng the document:
I 'nnlna, having .been advanced $5,30n. Is
to paid anything until Paul, Kell
• Helen receive *urh an amount at to
milte what ha* been advanced Fanning.”
fanning Potta, In the will, was left noth-
.5,, ot * n ^apeetaney, while to the other
‘7 r *2J bfopeny waa bequeathed a a fol-
T° p * nl •*»* II** testator’e per-
f i***lry: ,o llriea. ISJOO.
'.ruling Pott, In represented by Poney.
Unwell * lleyman. and bl«
ur,<1 * of crest are somewhat unusupl.
3* n, OwiUn:
.... .5** 7 *** 0 *• rxlois* ground (id im
5** •rkk* It now tu nor* ,akMrik-
' r * k" Uu« ,u tk, root of tn. d»mn
^-togytwr. May Ik, bright wing, of
("’Otnty mr Coat mr tu ogle,.
„ CHABLEB E. LOONEY.
CanurUJA 0»
With elaborate preparations to with
hold the nature and details from the
public, suit for divorce tvae died Wed
needay afternoon by Mr*. Marjorie
Lockwood Patteroon against her hus
band, Fred W. Patterson.
A* aoon’a* the eult was filed In the
office of the superior court and dock
eted, Shepard Bryan, attorney for Mr*.
Patterson, took charge of the papers,
having secured an order for them from
Judge W. D. Ellis of the superior court.
Mr. Bryan was seen Saturday morn
ing by a Georgian reporter, who asked
to see the court papers. Mr. Bryan
refused to let the petition be seen.
He elated that the papers had been
withdrawn for service, and that nec
essarily In the course of the litigation
the suit would become public.
• It fs a fact that It la not necessary
to withdraw a petition In order to serve
the defendants. Sorvlce Is usually by
the sheriff,
Mrs. Patterson waa formerly the
beautiful Mlse Marjorie Lockwood, of
Montgomery. Ala, and her marriage
to Mr. Patterson took place at Mont
gomery nbout six years ago.
The order to Mr. Bryan to receive the
custody of the divorce petition In file
at the clerk's office I* as follows:
M. L. Patterson vs. F. W. Patterson.
Fulton superior court. To Arnold
Broyles, clerk superior court: Tou are
hereby authorised to deliver to Shepard
Bryan the papers filed In the above
elated case. .
"W. D. ELLIS. Judge 8. C. A. C.”
On the order Is the receipt of Mr.
Bryan a* follows: "Received papers In
above case. Shepard Bryan.”
Both the order and receipt are dated
February 4.
Saturday morning Judge Ellis waa
requested to sign an order directing
Mr. Bryan to permit a Georgian repre
sentative to see the petition in his pos-
*”jrh?s. however. Judge Ellis stated
there waa no authority of law for him
to do. He said:
"I have no authority over theee pa
pers except to authorise the attorneys
to have possession of them or to order
them beck In court, and such order can
be taken only at the request of one of
the parties to the suit. The public lias
the right to Inspect all court records,
when such am duly recorded.
Judge Ellis further stated that it was
hie understanding that such suits wdre
put on record before going out of the
' 1 Tho’ni*? < Jeffrie*. deputy clerk of the
court, however, states that the law only
requires that they b« docketed before
being sent out and that they can be
recorded at any time within six month*
Uf Fced aI PaUcr*on, the defendant, said
Saturday he hsd no *tatement to make
except that he bad not b*en served with
ihp papers. . Al ,
Fred Patterson U »>ne of the beat
known youiif men In Atlint*. He Is fi
partner* with Ills father In the Arm of
H. M. Patterson it Son.
BOY LOSES LEFT EYE;
AN AIR GUN ACCIDENT
Wetter Were, the young Woodhsry mao
who ws* brought to Atlanta Frldey after,
being shot Io the eye with an air rifle, |
wee operat-d <*» by !>r. t'rswfo.-J. the well
known eye epeelnlUt In the Grant building. |
After en examination. Dr. Crtwford found j
It would he Impossible to wn the sight, j
end the left eye »e* remcreil. The opera-1
tlon resalt.d In On,ling the abot Imbedded
la the buck of the eyeball. Young Ware
wee playing with eome ecmfwnlope. and one
of theee, ’.Vl.'le Story, nrridtn'elly Orel
the abut wbleb destroyed Want - , eye.
Banker a Suicide.
Washington, Fab. 8.—Charles II. Da-
vldge. a retired banker, ended his life
this morning nt his home by shooting
himself In the right temple. Mr. Pa-
vldge hail been despondent idnee the
death of Ills wife last June, and had
been subject to frequent spell* of met-
anclivila. - •
in Shaft Only 12
Escape.
MINE IS SEALED UP
TO SMOTHER FLAMES
Fourth of Series of Mine Ex
plosions For Week, With
Total Death List
of 375.
Indiana, Pa., Feb. 5,—Entombed in a
flame-seared mine. 163 men are be
lieved to have lost their lives In an
explosion In shaft No. 2 of the Jeffer-
«on and Clearfield Coal and Iron Com
pany at Ernest, Pa., live miles from
(tere. This morning 175 reported for
work.
After the terrific explosion, which
shook the country for mllee around,
twelve tnen reached the surface, some
of them fatally hurt.
This ts the fourth of a serlee of mine
disasters In the United States and
Mexico and la apparently woree than
all-the others.
While hundreds of women and men
fought to gain the Entrance to the pit
it waa sealed to smother the flames.
It Is believed that the disaster was
caused by the explosion of dust.
Rescuing parties that managed to
beat a way thru debris and fire re
ported after many attempts that they
had bean unable to reach the victim*.
An equipment of scientific rescue ap
paratus and men to handle It was sum
moned from the Pittsburg station of
the united State* Geological Survey.
The explosion was fait for miles.
With the first shock, preparations for
caring for the Injured were made and
by the time a call for old had been
sent from Ernest, an Impromptu am
bulance and hospital corps was ready
to start from Indiana In automobiles.
Other nearby towns alto sent aid.
Rescue Work Slow.
Vapors sent the rescue parties back
as fast as they attempted to force an
entrance. After three hours of work,
however, a courageous band succeeded
In making lt« way down thru the tangle
of smoking and burning wreckage.
They saw nothing to encourage them.
Altho they penetrated for some dis
tance from the entrance, they were re
warded with the discovery of no victim
or body before being compelled to turn
back. Immediately another party took
their places, pushing Into the heart of
the shaft, but with tbe same result.
The emergency guard and the hastily
called force of deputies In the mean
time battled to keep the women or the
shrieking, wailing mob from coating
themselves Into tbe pit after their loved
one*.
This marks the fourth mine disaster
of the week. Monday 7» men perished
In the Primero. Colo., mine explosion,
which Is supposed to have been caused
by a lighted cigarette. Tuesday *4
miners were killed at Drakeaboro, Ky..
and Wednesday (t died In the Paula
mine at Coahulla. Mexico. If the esti
mate at Ernest, Pe.. Is correct It brings
the total death list for the week up to
375.
TO SIGN A PAPER
Repeats He Was “Canned by
Candler and Son” as
Secretary.
ATTEND TO THEIRS
—JUDGE A. W. FITE.
GEORGE F. EUBANKS.
President of the
nle* there le any
board and the council committee us to
which shall have charge of the erection
of a memorial to L. P. Grant, who gave
Grant park to the city.
A LEAPJ€ LIBERTY
Sprains Ankle in Jump From
Police Station Window
and Is Recaptured
in a Jiffy.
i-J-W-
HE DONATES LUMBER
FOR TECH HOSPITAL
• HE STOLE PHONY RINGS
• IN DETECTIVES' OFFICE
• Under the very eyes of the de- $
tectlves Saturday morning, pre- +
vlous to his sensational leap from +
the window. Fred Cain stole about
a doxen "phony" rings from the
table In the detectives' office and +
carried them with him to his cell. +
The rings, which are used In de- +
tectlve work, were lying on the *
■ table while Cain waa being ex
amined, and Cain, seeing his op- +
portunlty, thrust them In his +
pocket. +
d* The detectlvee euapected him of
+ having them, and upon searching .
+ him later, found the rings In his +
+ pocket. +
» , +
Fred H. Cain, ihe young burglar
whose exclusive confession and picture
appeared In The Georgian of Friday,
leaped from a second-story window In
the detectives’ office at the police sta
tion Saturday morning and would prob
ably have made hie escape had he not
Injured himself In the fall.
Striking on the stone ledge of a lower
window and then thrown to the belglan
Continued On Paje Ten.
MEETING WAS HELD
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
Insists That All Is Not Peace.
Director Tells More In
side Facts About the
Local Speedway.
Some Question as to Whether
He’ll Be Re-elected—Smith
and Rapp Named—Ru
mor of a Dark Horse.
MARTIN AMOROU8.
Announcement of his gift ha* been
made by Mr*. Joseph Bros n White-
heed, chairman of the hospital commit
tee of the Ucorgla School of Tech
nology .
Will W. X. Smith, secretary of the
Atlanta waterworks department, or
William M. Rapp, superintendent of the
department, be elected to succeed
I Colonel Tark Woodward aa genentl
manager of the waterworks department
at the meeting of water romml.sinners
to be held next Wednesday?
Or—
Will a "dark horse" he run In for
the place at the last moment?
Or—
Will Colonel Wood a n rd he elected to
succeed himself?
The question* ate arousing discus
sion all over the city, and especially
at tha city hall, following the an
nouncement Friday that Colonel Wood
ward would have opposition for re-
election and that the board of water
commissioners Is badly spilt on the
question.
That the board is divided on the
question of electing a superintendent
for the department le certain, and so
far as could be ascertained Saturday,
the “line-up" aa published exclusively
in The Georgian Friday afternoon re
mains unchanged:
It Is as follows:
For Woodward—Tom Stocks, Georg*
K. Argard and C. A. Barrett.
Against Woodward—W. J. Davis, W.
E. Dunn, Charles W. Bernhardt. F. O.
Lake and F. F. lister.
Doubtful Mayor Maddox. John .1.
Woodslde. Claude C. Meson and Dan
Walrsren.
The mystery surrounding the meet
ing of tho board of directors of the At
lanta Automobile association, which
was called suddenly, to take place at a
late hour Thursday night In ths office
of Asa G. Candler. Jr., has been cleared
by one of tho directors.
This director In speaking of the
meeting ea|d: "Young Mr. Candler
having formed the habit of repudiating,
called the meeting for the purpose of
contradicting the stories which have
been published exclusively In The
Georgian concerning the trouble be
tween the directors. A card was writ-
ten and signed by all present, which
will be offered to The Constitution and
The Journal, to be published Sunday
mornlng. stating that there Is absolute
ly no friction; that everything la run
ning harmoniously, and that they all
love one another as of old.”
Continuing, this director said: "But,
mind you. at this meeting the 800
shares of stock owned by Asa G. Can
dler and the 100 shares owned by his
son, which make about one-third of all
the stock Issued, was represented.”
Was Notified Late.
Edwin M, Durant, one of the direc
tors and the possessor of 35.000 worth
of stock, which has been paid for, was
not pivsent. In accounting for his ab
sence Mr. Durant raid that he was not
notified of,the meeting until 3:16
Thursday night, after he had started
to retire.
A committee consisting of F. J. Cool-
edge, vice president of the association;
J. J. Woodslde and R. J. Guinn, was
appointed to wait on Mr. Durant Frl-
Cointinued on Page Ten.
Thrilling Scenes Friday Night
When Petition With 74.805
Names Was Filed.
JOYOUS CROWDS MARCH
i SINGING THRU STREETS
He Issues Salty Card Concern
ing Violation of Prohi
bition Law.
Liquor Men Hope to Overthrow
Petition—Great Battle To
Be Waged Against the
Sale of Rum.
Chicago, Feb. S.—Amid the booming
of photographers' flashlights, the shrill
cheers of women and children and the
deep-voiced singing of men marching
eight abreast, the giant petition of the
Antl-8aloon league as to a vote on
whether Chicago shall abolish saloons
was carried In triumph thru downtown
street* and filed with the board ofelec
tion commissioners shortly before mid
night.
8uch a scene never has been enacted
In Chicago. Overcome by an ecstasy of
delight upon discovering they had se
cured 74,805 signatures, nearly 14,000
more than the necessary number to
force their proposition on the ballot,
tho workers broke from Willard hall,
and surging outside, filled the street
with song. They poured from the scene
of their final rally Just In time to at
tract tho theater crowd,, which, thru
curiosity, followed In the wake of tho
frenxled prohibitionist*.
Hops to Overthrow Petition.
Workers, scoffers and the curious
inarched on to the Rand-McNally
building, where the legal ministry of
elections lias Its dwelling place, where
tho petition was filed. Opponents of
the league are examining the petition
today and hope to discover a sufficient
number of duplications and names of
nonvoter* thereon'to reduce the num
ber below the required 61,000.
The bearers of the petition sang
Praise God, Fropt Whom All Bless
ings Flos-," as they marched thru the
street, and supplemented It with an
Cointinued on Page Ten.
Japanese Comes 7,000 Miles
Just to Deliver One Address
“BREWERY IN SIGHT OF
GOVERNOR’S MANSION’'
“Surely,” He Says, “There Is
Some One Able to Close
Breweries in Atlanta
and Savannah.”
"I've don# my duty. Now let the
rest of the Judges In the state or, if
they fall, the governor do theirs.
“A brewer Is making lager beer in
open and notorious defiance of the law,
even In eight of the governor's man
sion In Atlanta.
“Now, what Is going to be done?"
Such Is the substance of the sub
joined salty card from Judge A. W.
Fite, whose recent activities In closing
up the t'ureton distillery In Dade coun
ty, Interspersed with clashes with
Judge Newman and the Federal au
thorities, attracted general attention.
Editor Georgian:
Now that the sntoke of battle has
cleared ntvay and all le quiet along
the line In the Oureton-Btegall-Thomi,-
son cases, 1 desire to say a few word*
for the public good, as I understand It.
In the first place, I don’t know that I
ought to pay uny attention to the
rlaninr of the politicians who are Im
pugning my motive, but will say that I
am not a candidate for congress or an y
other office, and what I am going to
say Is not for political purpose# In any
sense.
am and have been Judge of the
t.'herokee circuit for several years and
have always tried to administer th-
law faithfully, fearlessly and Impartial
ly. ami to the best of my ability, and I
Intend to do so as long ns I stay on
the bench. I have no desire to cis-ii
with the United States courts, but dnn'i
Intend to yield any r(ght that the state
may have In any case la my court. Th-
t'ureton-Stegall-Thompson case.*, in
my Judgment, would never have arisen
had our prohibition laws been respect
ed and enforced In (he large cities t
the state. 1 ant reliably Informed that
In Atlanta Savannah and other rltlc.
In th* state "things are wide open."
and that breweries are being operated
there os openly and notoriously In vio
lation and In defiance of the law as v s-
Cureton's distillery', and nothing—abso
lutely nothing—Is being done to clot-
them. No wonder that Cuieton, fs-
awav In the mountains of Dad* count}.
where court I* held but twice a year,
should decide to continue the manu
facture of corn whisky, knowing that
he had as much right to defy the laiv
and run his distillery as the brewers of
the cities have to manufacture Ingpr
beer, *« they have been and or# doing
In o|ien and notorious violation and de
fiance .if the law. even In sight of the
governor’s mansion, and In the capital
city of the state, where courts are al
ways in nes,Ion.
Sir. Editor, what Is going to be done?
What aro your Judges going to do? If
they don't do something, what Is the
governor going to do? And If he doesn't
do anything, what are the people going
to do?
If I have s right to close, can close
and do close n distillery In the moun
tains of Dade, surely there Is eome one
able to close the breweries In Atlanta.
Savannah and other cities In th* state
. That I am right there can be no
question. Even the morning "mouth
piece" of the whisky Interests In th ■
state, "with smooth dlsslmulati n
■killed to grace." says that I ant right:
that I followed the suggestion of Ju ts*
Newtnan In closing Cureton's distillery,
and that I should hare closed It soon
er. What will the “mouthpiece" ese
about closing the breweries?
What are you going to say and d
about It, Mr. Editor?
Your* truly. A. W. FITE.
Carterevllle, Go.. Feb. 5. 1310.
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(Copyright, 1310. by Underwood A Underwood. New York.)
BARON DAIROKU KIKUCHI.
Never berore. It Is believed, has a
native of another country, mode a Jour-
ney of over 7,000 mile* In order to de
liver a single address In this country.
It Is literally true that Baron Dalroku
Kikiiehl came from Kyoto to New York
solely to accept the Invitation of the
Civic Forum to speak on the evening
of February' I in Carnegie hall. New
York city, on "The New Japan: It* Jn-
lellrclusl and Moral Development." An
Will ConMlidst* Kotol,.
Invitation from the Civic Forum was
■ent to th* minister of foreign affaire.
Count Komurw, about two year, ago,
and was presented In person by one of
the most distinguished Japanese res
idents of the United States, Dr. Tn-
kamlne. of New York. Count Komurti
was asked by the ciylr Forum to nomi
nate a distinguished representative of
hi* country with sufficient knowledge ngire ef tbe Nr» PnllB
Cointinued en Pag* Ten. and the bolIUiu. .'-
CHICAGO OFFICIALS ARE
INDICTED FOR GRAFT
OIUea|0. reb. 6.—rifl«rn indiptr- . n
the two l*ewreD4*e-*re. Inten^ptlnf
E ft wtndalft wer«* returned by tbe <r*rvi
y today. Poor indictment* wrr*. n*»
ne«I «• expected in tbe f*ha!e rock fan-
dll for M. If. MrOnreru, «*ontractor; Jnhi
R. Rrlcaen. city engineer; Ralph BonnHI.
former asafeUnt Hte englueer, and Paul
Redleake, former BMiatnnt romtnlatkmer of
nubile ururka. Tbe charge la eonej.lr.t.■■*
to cheat and defraud tbe city and to ol>-
tafn money by falae pretense*. Tbe eleven
defendants Indicted prerfotudy In the
ond "N” concrete graft ehunrrn were re
indicted. tbe former true bill having ‘
found weak.
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Dublin, Ox., Tab. 6.—Thomas \V. Tic k*
hn« purchased the le««e of tbe New Dublin
hotel from J. H. Ilvlcomb and en M*r h
1 wll take over tbe New Dublin and o;• m t*
lit In connection with tbe Unreal hotel, ,
Jwhlfb lx now nearing completion. A p*-«
ngewav will be built from the second atorr
ot th* two hotel*, connecting th.m and
linaklng tl)»en .one. The. d.’nlng^M
• ill