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VOL. X. NO. 247.
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Walking Incognito Among Ham
burg Docks. Denmark’s Ruler
Dies of Heart Failure.
WIDOWED QUEEN FINDS
REMAINS IN A HOSPITAL
While Monarch Lay Unidenti
fied Royal Party Believed
Him Lost or Kidnaped.
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HAMBURG. GERMANY, May IS.—
Stricken with heart failure while walk
ing unaccompanied through the harbor
district of this city. King Frederick VIII
of Denmark dropped dead in the street
last night. His body lay unseen for
seme time until another pedestrian
stumbled over it.
Still unrecognized, the remains were
carried to a hospital and placed in a
public, v.ard. where it lav for hours un
til members of the Danish royal suite,
with whom the king had been stopping
at the Hantburgor hotel, identified it
ear’" today. Frantic search, had been
ma<* for hours before the wereabouts
of the king were learned.
Queen Louise Finds
Body at the Hospital
There was a pathetic scene when
Queen Louise ’earned of her royal hus
band’s death. She was one-bf the first
to view the body at the hospital, and
immediately ordered its removal to the
hotel
Attempts of the authorities to identi
fy th;. body at the hospital were made
futile at first by. the fact that the king
wa : raveling under the name of Count
Kronberg, and papers bearing this
name were on his body*.
When the body was found lying in
front of one of the principal docks the
police recognized by the richness of the
apparel that the victim was a man of
note. It was not known at that time
that the stricken man was dead. Even
at the hospital, after physicians had
made positive that life was extinct, it
was decided to hold the body there for
a time instead of sending it to the
morgue.
Countess Thought
Dead King Was Lost.
In the meantime the traveling com
panions of the Danish king, spurred on
by the entreaties of the queen, kept an
incessant series of inquiries pouring
into police headquarters. Finally It
was learned that the body of a distin
guished looking and richly dressed man
had been picked up on the harbor front,
presumably the last, place the king
would choose to walk. However, Queen
Louise determined to overlook notning.
With several members of the royal par
ty she motored to the hospital, where
the body had been carried.
When the party was taken into the
scantily furnished public ward with its
iron beds and bare walls the queen was
one of the first to distinguish tiie fa
miliar features of her husband, where
his majesty lay stretched upon a cot.
Widowed Queen
Embraces Her Dead.
With a cry. she flung herself upon her
knees beside the body and threw her
arms around the lifeless corpse. She
burst into passionate weeping and for a
time it was feared that she would be
overcome. Restoratives were admin
istered to her and she was gradually
quieted. She gave orders that the body
be removed at once to the hotel, and
the police brushed aside all red tape
and official regulations to allow this to
be done.
The remains were conveyed to the
Hamburger hotel secretly just before
dawn. The turmoil and great grief of
the royal party led to reports that the
king had been overcome, but efforts
were made to keep news of his death
secret tor the time being. Finally it
war given out in a brief official state
ment. but, instead of giving the tragic
details, it merely said that King Fred
erick had died suddenly of heart failure
at 6 o'clock this morning. It was not
until later that the facts in the case
were learned.
Nation Plunged From
Holiday to Mourning
COPENHAGEN. May 15.—A1l Den
mark was plunged In deepest grief, to
ds" by the news from Hamburg. Ger
many, of the death of King Frederick
VIII. the dearly beloved.”
The c-topm which followed the sad
A _ « ,ed on Page Two.
The Atlanta Georgian
Blue Sundays if Swimminq Is Forbidden
COUNCIL’S BAN IS VETOED
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ROOSEVELTHINTS
HE'EL BOLT IF
DEFEATED
Colonel and Taft Renew Fight
for Ohio—President Hoarse
From Much Speaking.
President Taft and Colonel
Roosevelt w ent at it again today in
Ohio in the" second day of their
tight to win the primary election,
which takes place in the presi
dent's home state next Tuesday.
Although yesterday was a strenu
ous day for both of them, every/
hour from early until late at night
being occupied with free campaign
ing. the colonel was tit for another
hard day. President Taft, however,
was hoarse from the continued
open-air speaking, and was under
a strain.
Twice today the president was to
cross the trail of the former presi
dent, and both werd speaking in
territory not far separated at all
times.
Roosevelt Goes
Right After Taft.
SANDUSKY’. OHIO. May 15.—Open
ing his second day s tour of the state
today at Bellevue. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt reiterated hi* veiled threat
to bolt the Republican party if cheat
ed” out of the presidential nomina
tion. He «a» jubilant over the result
in California
"Bully!" he exclaimed when told that
he had overwhelmed the Taft forces.
"The people are with us."
Tn his speech,, he said: "If the peo
ple are against me T have nothing to
say, but if the people are for me and
the politicians try to cheat me out of it.
I will have a good deal to say. I in
tend to take nothing that is not mine,
but if anybody else tries to" take what
is mine, there will be a lively time.”
The twelve hundred veterans of the
old soldiers home heard his address at
Bellevue.
“Fighting For People
Against the Bosses."
The public square in which the Colo
nel spoke in Sandusky was jammed
with 5.000 citizens.
"My opponents have spoken of me as
though I were assaulting the constitu
tion," said the Colonel. "I am the real
upholder of the constitution when I
want it used in the interest of the peo
ple who are benefited by the constitu
tion —it’s you. the people, not the po
litical bosses."
Attacking President Taft, he ex
claimed: "A few days ago Mr. Taft
said he would not trust thp impulsive
judgment of the people. Well. I'd
rather have the impulsive judgment of
the people than the deliberate judg
ment of the bosses. The way it i«
now. it boss against the people for the
special interests I '■."ant the people to
do the ruling That's al! I am after."
Continued on Page Two.
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Six Men Buried In
Mine For 24 Hours
Are Taken Out Alive
IRONWOOD, .MICH.. May 15.-Six
miners imprisoned when seven of their
fellow workmen were killed In a eave
in in the 2.000-fool level of the Norrie
mine have been taken out alive. The
rescuers -.' ho worked desperately to cut
their way through the mass of fallen
earth reached them after they had been
entombed more than 24 hours. The
rescuers are seeking the bodies of five
others not yet recovered.
$1,766 PER FRONT FOOT
IS PAID FOR PROPERTY
The most important real estate transac
tion of the week was closed by Ross Sims
today when "Bob'’ Riley sold the Lor
raine apartment house, Carnegie way and
Fairlie street, to Jonas Ewing and Dr
Marion T. Benson, for $106,000.
The Lorraine is a bachelor apartment
and fronts 60 feet on Carnegie way. The
price per front foot was $1,766. It is in
a district of apartment houses and of
rapidly increasing values.
GEORGE ADE MAY ENTER
THE RACE FOR GOVERNOR
LAPORTE. IND May 15 George Ade
may be the Republican candidate for
governor of Indiana A boom for him has
been launched in the Tenth Congress dis
trict.
ATLANTA, GA.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1912.
Council Shouldn’t Interfere Un
til Board Abuses Its Power,
Says City’s Executive.
Mayor Winn today vetoed the reso
lution of the city council requesting
(he park board to prevent Sunday batb-
Ing in the city parks. He said that the
' administration of such affairs had been
placed in the charge of city boards and
until boards abused their authority he
did not think the council ought to in
terfere.
The mayor's action insures a victory'
for the libcralists. The park board
meets tomorrow afternoon to act finally,
and a canvass of the board members
shows a clear majority for Sunday
swimming. It is not believed that tht
equired two-thirds majority .of the
council ran be secured to override
Mayor Winn's veto, ami (lie council's
foimer action therefore becomes void.
But tie twelve members of the coun
cil who iiiaih the request of the park
board are positive in the opinion that
Sunday bathing is a desecration of the
Sabbath and an effort will probably be
made to pass an ordinance to stop it or
invoke til' state law
If that action is taken the libera! ele
ment will insist that the statutes
against all forms of Sunday labor other
than those of “charity and necessity"
be enforced. Il will mean:
No cigar stands open.
No soda fountains operated.
No newspapers or magazines sold.
No automobiles for hire.
Supporters of Sunday bathing believe
they will win their point without con
verting Atlanta Sundays into dreary
wastes, hut they are ready to demand
strict enforcement of the “blue laws” if
it becomes necessary.
At the*regular monthly conference of
the Atlanta Sunday School Superin
tendents today, tiie question was taken
up. and the organization was unani
mous in its disapproval of Sunday bath
ing. A committee was appointed to
present the churchman’s side of the
question to the park beard at the meet
ing tomorrow.
Tiie popular vote on the Sunday batn
ing issues continued today at the ciga’
store at Five Points, with the ballots
10 to 1 in favor of a liberal observance
of the working man's one holiday.
At the Baptist Tabernacle last night
the congregation adopted resolutions
appealing for the liberty of Sunday
bathing and protesting against Sunday
laws and al! other forms of religious
legislation
i Richeson Takes To
Bible as Day of His
’ Execution Approaches
BOSTON, May 15. -Clarence V T.
■ Richeson,. under sentence to die next
week for the murder of Avis Linnell.
- sat With head in hands on his cot in
the whitewashed cell tn <'harlestown
stale pri-on today, reading the Bible,
refusing to eat and scarcely even mov
ing when visited by his spiritual ad
! viser.
’ Governor Foss was still undecided
today as t > what action to take tn
the pastor-slayer’- case, but as the ex
ecutive council gathered at (he state
house. the general belief grew tliat
Richeson could not' escape the death
ehair though the governor issued a
statement as follows;
"Richeson was sent to • ’harlestown
because the alleni’-ts did not require
ant further investigation. My mind Is
open on the matter. I spent most of
the night going over t'.e report that I
have received. The law win not allow
an insane man to e<. to the electric
chair. If the reports shoo that Riche
son is not now sam 1 shall refer the
case to the ec insek”
Ret. Herbe't P, Johnson, of the War
ren Avenue Baptist church, who visit
ed Richeson today. said:
”1 found him reading the New Tes
tament. He was calm and collected,
and shotted no signs of emotion. His
nerve was wonderful."
♦
At the top is a merry group of
boys and girls in the like at Pied
mont park.
At the bottom a young mother
teaching her baby boy how to
swim in the lake at Piedmont
park.
Revenue Cutters Go
to Rescue of Flood
Victims as 5 Drown
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NEW ORLEANS’. May 15.—A neW
1 flood crevasse has opend at Hymeha.
. 30 miles below New Orleans. It is 500
1 feet wide and state and national forces
are concentrating to stop the break.
■ Unless the rush of waters is checked
■ the parishes of St, John, St. Parte La
’ fourche. Terre Bonne. Assumption and
Jefferson will be flooded, and 600 square
; miles will be added to the submerged
I area.
Residents have fled to Hahnville. Kil
lona and Edgard, while the revenue
cutters Winona and Windom were to
. day ordered to the scene to assist in
3 rescue work.
Four children of Mrs. Benjamin Jo
seph were drowned in the flood near
Irwinsville. H. Marchard, who oper
ated a rescue motorboat and who is
credited with saving over 100 lives,
drowned when his boat upset.
1 , _
TRAVELING MEN GATHER
FOR ATLANTA MEETING
p Traveling men are gathering for the
opening tomorrow of the three-day ses
, sion of the Georgia-Florida grand coun
cil of the United Commercial Travel
ers.
> Wives, mothers and daughters of the
> traveling men will come with them to the
convention and special features have been
provided for their entertainment The
parade of the Bagmen of Bagdad, the so
cial branch of the association, will at
tract attention.
’ The first day will he taken up with
business sessions at 10 and 2 o'clock. and
at night a theater party will be given at.
th» Forsyth. This will he preceded by an
; automobile rid* late in the afternoon’
On Frida; the members will visit the
Fedetal prison, and from there go to the
Atlanta-Montgomery baseball game. The
' contention banquet wdll be held Frida 1 ’
night at the Piedmont.
BLOODHOUNDS PURSUE
BANDITS AFTER WOW
HOLDUP OFENPRESS
Masked Men, Dynamiting Treasure
Vault, Escape Eastward With Three
Posses Three Hours Behind—-Train
Nearly Wrecked, but the Passengers
Are Not Molested.
HATTIESBI RG. MISS., May 1.5.—Tw0 mask-1 bandits
boarded the New-Orleans limited on the New Orleans and
Northeastern railroad early today, eight miles south of this
town, dynamited the safe in the express car and escaped with
loot valued as high as slso.ooo’in currency consigned to North
ern banks and jewels carried by the Southern Express Company.
Three posses with bloodhounds have traced the robbers to
the junction of the New Orleans and Northeastern and the
Bonhomie Southwestern railroads, where the scent was lost be
cause the bandits boarded a freight tram east hound. The po
lice of Atlanta and other Georgia towns have been asked to
join in the search, for Sheriff Bennett believes they have tied
into that state.
The robbers did not molest the pas
sengers but one trainman received se
rious injuries as he lay bound near the
safe when the dynamite blew it to
pieces.
The two men boarded the flyer as,
crowded with passengers, it was about
to halt at Okolona to take on water.
Train's Crew Easily
Overpowered by Bandits.
The bandits wore masks,;but a fairly
good description of them was obtained
by the trainmen In the cab of the loco
motive and in the express car.
As the train pulled up at the water
tank, two men leaped out from the
shadow of a clump of trees and scram
bled aboard the engine cab.
One held a pistol at the head of En
gineer Maher.
“Throw your hands up!" he ordered.
Maher complied. “I'll stop right
now,” he said.
"No. you won’t,” said the robber.
"Keep going till you get around the
next curve."
Robber, Single-Handed.
Covers Express Crew.
When the train halted, one of the
bandits covered both engineer and fire
man. while the other went back to the
express car. The express messenger,
the guard and a third trainman were
taken completely by surprise when the
masked man suddenly entered with
drawn gun and none of them made
any resistance. Two of them were
taken forward to be covered by the
bandit who watched over the engine
crew.
The trainman was flung down be
side the express safe.
Then the second bandit deliberately
walked through the Pullman cars and
coaches.
"This train is being held here for a
certain purpose," the bandit said. "You
will be safe by staying just where you
are.”
Blowing of Safe
Shakes Up Train.
The bandit then hastened hack to the
express car. Five heavy charges of
dynamite were placed beneath the safe
and exploded. The concusison shook
the entire train, nearly throwing the
passengers who had retired from their
berths. The express car was nearly
demolished.
The safe was shattered and the ban
dits had an easy.time collecting their
loot, most of which was government
funds consigned from New Orleans for
the East. After collecting his loot and
placing it in a leather bag. tile bandit
who had done the dynamiting joined
his companion. Then, warning the
train crew not to folloV or to give any
alarm, they made off In the darkness.
Well? Fargo People
Admit Loss of $35,000.
Estimates as to the amount of the
booty differ, ranging as high as $150,-
000. Officials of the Wells-Fargo Ex
press Company admitted this afternoon
that the train robbers secured at least
$35,000.
The men are believed to be the same
who held up a Mobile and Ohio train
near Corinth, Miss., in February.
It is said the robbers secured a pack
age of money representing the pay
roll of the Alabama and Vicksburg
railroad at Meridian and about 25
smaller money*,packages, remittances to
agents of the express company at points
along the Vicksburg. Shreveport and
Pacific railroad. Also there were two
other packages, containing SI,OOO each,
packages containing currency in small
er amounts and several packages of
jewelry and stock certificates.
When the train reached Hattiesburg
this morning, three hours late, Express
Agent Rosseau and Night Clerk Parker
t,
j HOME
EDITION
PRTr’TT- On Trains. FIVE CENTS.
Atlanta, TWO CENTS.
• made an Inspection of the express car.
They picked up from the floor of the
, ear about three hundred silver dollars.
Thev also found in the safe about S7OO
> ,
In currency. s
The Mississippi authorities believe
• the men started for the Alabama state
I line, as they started in a northeasterly
direction. As soon as the first possa
left in pursuit, another was made up
and started in automobiles. Telephone
messages and telegrams were sent
f ahead to warn the authorities of other
counties to keep a keen lookout.
- Pinkerton Men Here
To Join in Chase.
o The Atlanta branch of the Pinkerton
Detective Agency received telegrams
early today announcing the train rob
bery and asking that a man be sent to
the scene at once. One of the local op
eratives left on the next train to join
in the chase of the bandits.
MISS NWS
PARTNER TARRED
Vigilantes Make Him Kiss the
I
Flag, Brand Him and Then
Threaten Woman.
SAN DIEGO, CAL.. May 15.—Dr. Ben
Reitman, known as "king of the
tramps.” who has traveled for some
years with Emma Goldman, the an
archist. was kidnaped from the U. S.
Grant hotel here today, taken to the.
LaPesquimitas ranch twenty miles
north, forced to kiss the American flag
and then tarred and feathered.
After he had been tarred and feath
ered. Reitman was driven northward.
Miss Goldman had come to San Die
go from Los Angeles to assist in the
crusade of the Industrial Workers of
the World for “free speech." Reitmaa
has been traveling with Miss Goldman.
Vigilantes Masked.
The couple were staying at the Grant
hotel. When it became known here, a
committee of vigilantes, masked, and
many of them armed, appeared at the
hotel shortly after midnight. They de
manded that the management surren
der Emma and Reitman.
Manager Holmes induced the vigi
lantes' committee to promise to leave
Miss Goldman unmolested, provided she
would agree to stay in her room until
train time ami leave quietly To this
she agreed.
The vigilantes demanded that Reit
man be given to them. He finally ap
peared in the lobby and was taken to
the ranch.
The tarring and feathering today
was a climax of the fight the citizens
here have been waging against the In -
dustrials. Reitman sprang into promi
nence some years ago. w hen he organ
ized the "hoboes” of Chicago and. with
himself as king, marched first to the
mayor's office and later to the board of
trade.
Reitman Begs for Help.
At 2 o’clock in the morning, while a
mob still surrounded the Grant hotel.
Emma Goldman was spirited from the
hotel, taken througli the basement en
trance into an alley, and rushed to the
railway station. Tnere she boarded a
train for Los Angeles.
Late today a long distance telephone
message was received from Reitman.
He b> gged piteously for help, saying he
could not make his way out of the
country. The vigilantes, he said, had
branded his back with the letters "I.
W. W.”