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TITANIC PROBE'S'
SPOTLIGHT IS ON
HOT GOOOON
Seaman Says on Her Plea He
Rowed Away From Drown
ing Passengers.
LONDON. May IL—The govern-'
ment’s Titanic inquiry was made the
occasion for a society gathering today
tn expectation of a sensational develop
ment relative to the part which Sir
Cosmo Duff Gordon and his wife, Lady
Duff Gordon, played in the .great ocean
tragedy.
The Duff Gordons were «not present l
at the opening, but arrived later. The
throng of society lights who thronged
Scottish Drill hall were rewarded as
the investigation turned to this phase
of the disaster immediately, after the
Sittings were resumed.
Charles Hendrickson, a flrhnian on
Titanic, who was one of the crew
which manned lifeboat No. 1, in which
the Duff Gordons were passengers, and
who had testified that, despite the fact
that the lifeboat was only partially
filled, Lady Duff Gordon prevented him
from returning to the scene of the dis
aster to pick up men and women who
were struggling in the water, was again
called to the stand. Hendrickson had
also testified that he,- as well as the
other seamen manning the boat, had
been rewarded with a five-pound note
($25) by Sir Cosmo. ■
Witness Unshaken
In His Story.
Hendrickson was recalled by Barris
ter Henry E. Duke, of counsel for the
Duff Gordons. He stuck to his previous
story and was unshakable by cross
examination.
The fireman swore that, although his
lifeboat was only a few hundred yards
away from the spot where the Titanic
plunged to the bottom, the seamen were
persuaded to row away from the scene.
Those in the boat could sec men and
women struggling in the water, but
Lady Duff Gordon insisted that the boat
would be swamped if they returned to
the scene, he said, and she was second
ed in this declaration by her husband.
Steeling their hearts to the scenes of
suffering and cries of grief behind
them, the seamen pulled away with
their partially filled lifeboat, leaving the
victims in the water to sink to their
death.
“It we go back we will be swamp-
* ed,” was the declaration made over and
over again by Lady Duff Gordon, ac
cording to the witness.
*’* Premier Asquith's
Wife a Spectator.
Among the early.arrivals in the spec
tators’ gallery was Mrs. Asquith, wife
of Premier Asquith. The spectators
included many brilliantly gowned wom
en. whose names are conspicuous in
society. They listened with keenest in
terest to the testimony, and especially
that relating to the Duff Gordons, and
regarded Fireman Hendrickson cu
riously through gold-mounted lorg
nettes.
Before -testimony taking began, per
mission was asked for the Duff Gor
dons to be represented by counsel. In
granting tile request, Lord Mersey, the
presiding judge, said that he believed
that ft was a reasonable petition, be
cause evidence might be Introduced
casting reflections upon Sir Cosmo and
his wife.
Just before noon a wave of excite
ment swept over the court room when
Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon un
expectedly entered. Every eye was
upon them as they made their way
through the crowded aisle to the coun
sel table, where seats were provided for
them. They were just iri time to hear
Mr. Duke ask Hendrickson:
“Wheat you: received your five pounds
from Sir Cosmo, did you believe every,
body on board the boat had done his
duty?”
•Well, to a certain extent." replied
the witness.
■•You do?" asked Lord .Mersey in
surprise.
"No, I don’t believe they did." amend
ed Hendrickson.
Hendrickson had testified earlier:
* After we were taken on board the
‘ arpathia. 1 met Sir Cosmo on deck,
and he offered me n cigar. Then he
-aid, 'I am going to mat. a present of
five’pounds to cui-h of you PJ.'-n. to
make good your kits which you lost on
the Titanic.’ ”
* Witness ‘ ‘ Interviewed ’'
About His Testimony.
The next witness, an able seaman on
ihe Titanic, named Symonds, caused ai
sensation by declaring that an agent of i
rhe Duff Gordons had called upon him
at his home in Weymouth early this
week relative to the testimony he
(Syjnonds) would give, at the bearing.
Symonds' reluctance to tell what had
passed between him and the agent
caused him to be questioned on this
point. The witness responded in the
following angry and ungrammatical'
manner:
•'What takes place in my private .
home is no business of nobody’s."
Attorney General Sir Rufus Isaac
asked if anything had been said at this
private interview about the money Sir
Cosmo had given the men in the life
boat.
“Yes.” the witness replied: “and I
told him that it came as a great sur
prise to me.”
Symonds testified tnai he had. helped ,
-.-t lifeboats ready on the Titanic’s
starboard side at the forward end of
tin ship.
Two women ran out of the first sa-
I, >n cabin and asked if they could get
| tl .. the boat." the witness s tid.
Fi st Offlcet Murdqek. who was m
TRAVELERS TO HOLD QUAKER |
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Moves Them at Dinner in the
Piedmont Tonight.
i The Georgia-Florida council of the
I United Commercial Travelers, in ses
i sion now at the Piedmont hotel, will
' have a banquet tonight.
So far as appearances go. it will be
the usual banquet. There will be white
I table linen, silver looking silver, china
plates and ebony colored waiters. Con
somme will bo served first and demi
tasse last. In between will be a good
many more conventionals, such as filet
de mignon, spuds au gratiri and a few
. more well known American creations
> with French entitlements.
But it will not be the usual banquet.
1 say the 1' C. T.'s. because —
Firstly, there will be no speeches—
lhat is. there will be none of this "we
have with us” line of oratory Nobodx
will be asked to say a word or so about
this or that, and when a speaker does
get to his feet be will have nothing
short of the wide, wide world to roam
In. Calculating that there is no true
eloquence unless it comes direct from
I the heart, the f. C. T.'s are going to
hold a Quaker meeting. Whenever the
spirit strikes a brother he can rise and
speak on any topic from the icebergs in
the northern lane to the flies of Kam
chatka.
There will be a large attendance, and
larger doings, it is predicted.
Tomorrow is Bagmen's day. No ad
vance information has been given out
about tliis festival, except that the putj
'lic will be given a chance to see many
didoes and observe many stunts. There
will be a parade, beginning at 10 o'clock,
followed by initiation exercises at the
Pythian hall that night.
The business session opened this
morning at 9 o'clock and matters of in.
terest to the order, but nobody else,
wore discussed. This afternoon a meet
ing place for ext year is to be selected
and officers elected. C. K. Ayer, of
Atlanta, is a candidate for grand secre
tary's place.
LOT OF TROUBLE FOR
OFFICER WHO SHOT
IN AIR. HITTING MULE
MACON, GA.. May 17.—Last week Po
liceman Pierce fired bis pistol into the air
to attract the attention of a brother of
ficer to a gang of escaping burglars. One
of the bullets killed a mule on an adjoin
ing block. The owner of the mule has
I filed suit for damages against the city,
| and Policeman Pierce will be tried this
I afternoon for reckless shooting.
charge of the work, told them they
inighi. Then three men got into the
boat, and it was ordeied away, although
then' was plenty of room for more
passengers.
"The command was'given to lower
! awav. and on shipboard you hav to
I obey orders. That wa 1 about half an
1 hout before the . hip sank
! Unfilled Boat
(Left Women Aboard.
"Was any effort made to find any
more women and children for this
boat?” asked Sir Rufus.
Witness said. "J saw women running
around. Os course. I could not criticise
an officer."
I Symonds was in the partially filled
i boat to help man it. He said that his
| boat could have accommodated at least
eight more passengers.
"When the ship went down. w<- hearu
shrieks of the people in the water, and
could see them kicking mound hut
thought it not s,<r< to back.” h< ■■-aid
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AX!> NEWS: ERIDAY. MAY 17. 1912.
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Miss Louise Lewis, of Atlanta, one of the women helping
entertain the I.C. T. delegates, is pinning a badge on ('. K.
\.ver. also of Atlanta, a leading candidate lor grand secrelar.v.
Below is Tom Hampton, of Tampa, known as the chatnpion
cracker salesman of the civilized world an dalso the greatest
consumer of the wares he has helped make famous.
KAUL BABES ILL
II NSW
Brought Back From New York,
He Names Wrenn and Roddy
Associates in Job.
George Kaul, brought back from New
York under Indictment for the $25,000
jewel robbery of several weeks ago,
made a complete confession to Newport
Lan ford, chief of detectives, today, and
named George Wrenn and Car! Roddy
his associates in the crime. He told
> his story freely and after a long ex
amination by detectives gave a written
statement of the details of the theft.
"We tr.rec worked together." he said.
"We learned that Sol Gilsey had a
trunk full of diamonds and other jewels I
at the Piedmont hotel and laid our
plans to steal the gems. I learned that
the trunk was to be sent to the Termi
nal station that night and saw it placed
on the dray. Roddy was stationed in
front of the Grand building, waiting
for the wagon to pass. George Wrenn i
followed the drayman and gave a signa! >
to Roddy.
Hirjd Negro to Drive Wagon.
"He crossed 'he street and persuaded
the negro driver to go into the Grant
building and up to tb<'sixth floor to get
a piece us baggage Then a negro we
had hired drove the wagon away The j
trunk was taken off a mi carried into the
boarding house at x7 East <'ain street,
and the wagon was driven into Alexan- '
der street and deserted.
"We three—Wren, Roddy and I—took
the jewels out of th*' trunk and carried
them into the woods near Decatur,
where we divid' d them into three equal
shares. Then we separated.”
Kaul was arrested in Mount Vernon. I
N. Y., and was brought back to Atlanta i
by Detective J. N. Starnes, arriving I
early today. Wrenn, also under indict - I
ment. was sent to the Tower last week,
but released yesterday on SSOO bond I
Roddy, who was caught in New Or- |
leans, j<» still held at the poller station
The jewels hay. p'urlv all been rceov
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PIONEER OF AIRMEN,
WILBUR WRIGHT, ILL
OF TYPHOID FEVER
I>A YT( )N. ()H H>. M \ 17. - Wilbur
WrigM, famous .1 ■ roplar.p builder and
aviator, who has been ill for leu days,
has developed tx phoid fever, according
io a bulletin fr<>m In. D. B. Conklin, his
attending physician. Dr. (’onklin stat
ed. however, that there is no cause for
alarm. Wright's lemporaiuie vx.as 101
when the bulletin xvas issued.
NEW OWNERS TO IMPROVE
VALDOSTA POWER PLANT
VALDOSTA. GA.. Max 17. if. T Hart
man. of Philadelphia, an official of (lie
company which recently purchased the
Consolidated he <V Power Company/ of
this city, xvith E. II Mos< s, <»f Sumpter.
S. C.. who will be temporarilx in charge,
have been in \aldosia (hi: week arrang
ing for extensive improvements. The
former owners spent nearly SIOO,OOO last
year in improvements. The new company
paid $300,000 for the ’property and will
spend probabl.x *150.000 in further addi- ,
lions
MINNESOTA EXTRA SESSION
TO RUSH THE PRIMARY LAW
MINNEAPOLIS MINN. May 14.
An extra .session of the .Minnesota leg
islature will be called June 4 to enact
a stall -yvide primary election law bc
| fore the stale nominations scheduled to
| occur in .July . The < all, « hit h it y'as
! expected w ould be issued today, is a
result of tin indorsement of tin- pri
mary plan by the lb publican state con
vention here The tale's 2 1 delegates
yyere pledged to 800 even,
PIONEER GAS MAN DEAD.
RALKIGII. N. .May 17.—Captain
Sanna 1 E Linton, who erected the fir si
gas plants in Salisbury. Charlotte, Co
lumbia and Jacksonville, rlied in Ra
ileigh today at the age of 7t> years. He
was born in Philadelphia and came to
[Salisbury in ISM>.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
Ths Kind You Have Always Bought I
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' If ERILED BOST
Captain and Four of Crew of
New Submarine Aground.
Face Death All Night.
ATLANTIC CITY. > .1.. .May IL
<: ..it waves d.-tsheil ovei I lie $170,0(1(1
submarine <' 2 as -he lay on a shoal In
th cut l-lgg harbor today, with Captain
I Dai:tr-nhatiei and sou daring members
io, his cre-.v still aboard.
Tin- Longport life-saving crew stood
by throughout the nigh: a‘ t‘-i- taking off
fourteen memis-rs of the crew.
Tile tiny vessel was apparently in im
inim nt danger of breaking up and th-'-e
wa g.':,ii uncertainty as io whether
, she would be able to last until the at
:i..i! of a ii-y i-nue cutter, ami tugs were
.■ailed io drag her from lie:- perilous po
| sition.
During the night light signals, lias ied
[at ini' vals from the submnline, in
fo im,l the yy.ueliets that ' AH's well.
I and when a heavy fog lifted today the
Ivi ss.-i was sighted at the same spot
whei '- she struck yesterday vhile bound
. uiu Newport N- ws. \a., to Bricge
ipmt. i 'linn., to he turned over to the
. go\ ermm-nl.
Four Stay With Captain.
Th., mon who elected to stay with
, heir < 'pt-iiii when their comrades were
... o, ,1 \y . re Chief Electrician Parks.
,- 1 ■ i. fEn -r: m , E. Eek Jin, Assistant En -
ot), , V. i|soii and Sailoi Jo" Hand
i Tiiov ..'o',, given permission to leave .f
I they V ished io do so. but decided to re
main v blt ''aptain Dannpnhauei.
... Tl-oi ■ wa- danger inside tip- vessel as
j we:l as fiom without. The engines had
to lie kept going io keep the vessel from
i being swep: ashore. The hard pound
ling of lite engines made possible the
I slat ting of some of ihe plates. Salt
l water eoming in contact with the bat
i leiies meant tlm formation of gases fa-
I illl to life.
Captain in the employ
lid h Lake Ship Building Company, of
■ N. w port Nows, in command of the ves
«-l. emleavoted to back it off the shoals
i iluring the night, bnt without avail.
I Heavy seas were running am! the 160-
| foot craft was swung’ around and the
I combers began .pounding her side to
pyard the sands. Captain Dannenhauei
I then sink tlm boat to await tile rise of
I the tide in the hope of getting her off
I then.
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Agnes Scott College
Wilt Give Diplomas
To l2Young Women
CoHHiiem ♦•nitnt < .vn-isv- ai Agnes
; Scott college, in Decatur, will ‘begin
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twelve young women will receive their
i diplomas. Four of the gi.nlua’cs are
from Atlanta. I
Thursday and Fridax. fiom I m t»
o’clock in ihe afternoon, tin an ex
hibit will be held. On Saturday night,
at x; ,”,n o'clock, the x oice recital xvill be
given. The bu< calamcate >vrmon w ill
be delivered bx tie* ftvx Dunba. H.
Ogden Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
The Glee club will gjex its concert
Monday bight at x: o'clock. Tiwsdav
night the Eiierary soceeies will hold
their annual celehration. and Wednes
day night (In giactuating exmeises will
he held.
The graduates are Misses Antoinett
Milner Blackburn, of Adam •: Cornelia
Elizabeth Cooper, of Atlanta; Marie
Randolph- Maclntyre of Atlant »: Fan
nie G< i (rude May>on. ot Atlanta; Marx
Sadler <Toss\vell. <.,f Greenville. S. C.
Nellie I-'a i gason. of Da xx son ; Martha
Hall, of Adel: Maj Joe Lott, of Bruns
wick: Annie Chapin McLane, of Pen
sacola, Fh'.; Janette Ncxxton. of Gab
bc.txilc'. Riuii Slack, of LaGrange, and
Carol Lakin Stearns. <.f W<>rcester.
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Please Read These Two Letters.
The following- letter from Mrs. Orville Rock will prove, howtinwisft
it is for women to submit to the dangers of a surgical operat ion when it
may l»e avoided by taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.
She was four weeks in the hospital and came home suffering
worse than before. Then after all that suffering Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound restored her health.
HEKK IS HER OWN STATEMENT.
Paw Paw, Mich.—“Two years ago I suffered
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and the doctor said nothing but an op-ration would cure me. My
father suggested Lydia. E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound; so to
please him I took it, and I improved wonderfully, so I am able to
travel, ride horseback, take long rides and never feel any ill effects
from it. I can only ask other suffering women to give Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound a trial before submitting to an operation.
—Mrs. Margaret Meredith, It- F. D. No. 3, Rockport, Ind.
We will pay a handsome reward to any person who will prove to us
that these letters are not genuine and truthful —or that either of these
women were paid in any way for their test imonials, or that the orig
inal letter from each did not come to us entirely unsolicited.
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FAT MAN REDUCES MORE
THAN 100 POUNDS
t Without Drugs, Exercise or Starving—Tells How He Did It.
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• "Philadelphia's ('hampion Fai Man," as
he was railed by most of his friends, has
been giving those same friends the job
of their lives. While all were deeply sorry
for the enormously fat semi-invalid whose
fal was such a burden he could hardly
I walk, set they were wont some times to
call him a "patent medicine fiend" on ac
, count <»f his well-known penchant for
spending his monos on various advertised
"fat reducers' and quack nostrums which
. always seemed to increase rather than di
minish his size. I'inall' he lost patience
with ah these ami <h dared that Im was
through with such methods forever and
’ was going to try one he had discovered
himself, largely by a-ddent
. Xot long after, his friends were startled
to behold a most remarkable change in
. his app’earanee. His fa’ began to vanish
at an incredible ratj*. and those who knew
, him could hardly credit the evidence of
5 their own senses when, only a few vveks
from the time be hogan to dwindle away
> at the rate of a pound a day. he an
nounced that he had lost WO pounds, could
I stop reducing any time he wanted to and
proposed to reduce a few more pounds
; just so he could say his weight was ex
actly the right weight for his hdgiu.
Dr. F. Turner, the man referred to above,
was seen recently and said that since
he reached normal weight of 150 pounds
(from 254) his fat has shown not the
slightest tendency to return. H« ex
plained in detail the method he used, and
while space will not permit a full de
scription of it here, announcement is
made that all of the stout readers of the
Magazine of Mysteries can obtain the
information free of cost. The method is
highly scientific and require- the use of
no drugs, medicines, exereuscs, starva
tion diets, apparatus, purging, sweating
or anything weakening in any way. I;
could not possibly barm even a < hild or
an invalid. Xot < orient with tjpducing
hir <»wn weight Pt Turnti bad several
PKHEMS
DISCUSS SPORTS
Southern Synod Asks Louisville
Conclave to Probe Influence
of Football on Collegians.
I.'ll IS\ ILLE. KY . .May 17.—With
Rm .Mark Allison Matthews, of Seat
tle. Wash., presiding as moderator and
wielding a gavel made of wood from the
Lincoln cabin and from the home ot
Henry (‘lay. the general assembly of th?
Presbyterian church in the I’nited
States of America today itarted into
tlie real business of its session
Reports of committees that are ex
pected' io contain matter of interest
were on the day’s progiam.
Among the overtures discussed and
io be acted upon today- are:
line from th" synod of West Virginia
asking that college presidents be me
morialized to join in considering the
influence of intercollegiate football upon
students.
One from the Portland presbytery on
the subject of union among Presbyte
rian. <’ongregational .and Methodist
ehu rches.
very severely with a displacement I could not
be on my feet for a long time. My physician
treated me for several months without, much re
lief, and at last sent pie tQ Ann Arbor for an op
eration. I was there four weeks and came home
suffering worse than before. My mother advised
me to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
pound, and 4 did. To-day lam well and strong
and do all my own housework. I owe my health
to Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and
advise every woman who is afflicted with any
female complaint'to try it.” —Mrs. Orville Rock,
R. R. No. 5, Paw Paw, Mich.
’ of ids friends try the method, some ot
’ these friends being in far distant cities
Ktter using the method Mr. .1. \v. Moore
at Monticello. Minn., wrote I have lost
90 pounds. Pams around the heart are
• gone Mr. H. E. Purdell of Gloversville
X. >.. wrote “My weight for 21 days was
, reduced 22 pounds." Mrs. Elizabeth New
kirk. Mt Carmel. 11l . wrote "Lost 15
. pounds in ’» days." Mr. Thomas Lock
I wrote "I nave lost 36 pounds and can lace
j my shoes now. something I have not done
. m ten years."
In all. more than WO persons have al
; ready written Dr Turner of their suc
l cess in losing from 20 to 90 pounds of
» fat by usipg this recently discovered
method of weight reduction. Not a sin
l gle one of them failed to obtain highly
, satisfactory results Dr. Turner feels that
i if he ran say not one hundred wrote him
but five hundred -r even a thousand have
t found his method successful, then ru» one
5 will doubt his word when he says it is
practically infallible and never fails. I'n
ti! such time Dr. Turner, whose present
l address is Suite 603 N ('lark Building, Syr-
I muse. X. Y. announces his intention to
send full particulars absolutely fre? to
any of »>uy stout readers who are suffi
ciently interested to write him at above
, address ami simply enclose 2-cent stamp
• for reply. The more fat you are the more
: welcome your letter will be to Dr. Tur-
■ uer. He is particularly anxious to have a
man or woman weighing from 400 to 500
l pounds reduce to normal by using his
method, such reduction to be effected by
Dr. Turner entirely without expense to
• the stout person in question. Dr. Turner
■ has agreed to hold this offer open to our
; readers only during the next ten days.
' when it will be withdrawn if he secures all
the replies he desires. So if you desire
; the free information offered yqu are purged
io write al once, before it is too late tn
obtain it free of cost. and you can then
t learn how to In gin immediate reduction
I •)[ > our weight. c
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