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VICTIMS TO TAKE
FLOOD FIGHT TO
PRESIDENT
Enraged at General Bixby’s
Refusal of SIOO,OOO Fund to
Save Hymelia District.
NEW ORLEANS, May 18.—Imper
illed citizens of the inundated flood
district about Hymelia today appealed
to President Taft for Federal aid in
their fight against General Bixby, chief
of the engineers, who refuses to ap
prove the SIOO,OOO appropriation des
perately needed by the Mississippi Riv
er Commission to repair the gaping
dikes.
Bixby still persists in this refusal to
sanction the appropriation, and has
even stopped the work of fixing the gap
at Hymelia, despite the fact that 200.-
000,000 gallons of water are pouring
through the break hourly and that tic.
country, already half under water, i
threatened with millions of dolla'.
dmrmgp to crops and homes ami gi
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Citizens Enraged at
General s Obstinacy.
The citizens of the section are en
raged at his obstinacy in the face of
the imminent danger, and the commer
cial organizations of the vicinity, which
have made the plea to Taft for help,
have the signed petition of hundreds of
victims, declaring that six parishes are
already inundated by this one collapsed
levee. Efforts are being made to use
the telegraph in order to get the gov
ernment aid in time to save the section
from complete ruin.
At Alsatia the break is now more
than 7,000 feet in extent, and the in
habitants are fleeing in all directions,
abandoning their homes, cattle and
household goods in their frantic ef
forts to save themselves and their chil
dren.
Repair Work Stopped
At Hymelia Dikes.
At Hytnelia the waler whirls over
the land without the slightest effort
being made to check it. The engineers,
out of funds, have ceased all work,
waiting for General Bixby to give them
the word to go ahead and fight the
growing inrush of the river.
Dispatches from Hickman, Ky., today
declare that the Mississippi is about to
change its course by cutting across the
neck at Siough Landing. The river will
thus shorten its route more than 45
miles, and ilm change will make New-
Madrid. Mo., an inland town instead of
a river village.
CAVALRYMEN SHOOT TO
GET RAISE IN SALARIES
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.. May 18.—
Troops G, H, I. K and M, Eleventh cav
alry, with Captain George P. Langhorn
commanding, are holding their annual
target practice at Catoosa. Ga.
The practice will last a month. The
men who win honors as experts get a
raise of $5 per month in their salaries;
sharpshooters, S 3, and marksmen, $3.
DR. WHILDIN TO SPEAK.
Rev. O. .1. Whildin. evangelist to the
deaf for the Episcopal church, will
preach to the deaf of Atlanta at special
services to be conducted by him at St.
Philips cathedral. W ashington and Eas'l.
Hunter streets, at ,'! o’clock tomorrow
afternoon. HI the deaf mutes of At
lanta and thejr friends are invited.
Memorial Tablet in
Capital City Club to
Honor Jack Futrelle
In memory and in honor of Jacques
Futrelle, the distinguished novelist and
former Atlantan who went bravely to
his death in the great Titanic disaster,
the Capital City club will place a mar
ble atid bronze tablet in its beautiful
; new home.
Mr. Futrelle was a member of the
club at the time of his death, and had
been since his newspaper days in this
city. He was extremely popular among
his associates.
This memorial to their former friend
I and fellow clubman will be paid for en
tirely by private subscription in the
Capital City club, and every member
1 w’ill participate in the fund. As a mat
! ter of fact, the fund is now practically
. complete, and the tablet will be placed
in the club house immediately.
James AV. English. Jr.. Alfred Newel!
and John S. Cohen have been appointed
a committee from the club to draft suit
able and appropriate resolutions on Mi.
, Futrelle’s death.
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i Reach Booneville, Ark +
50 Detectives Pursue
ST. LOITS, May IS.—A special train
carrying Pinkerton, railroad and St.
Louis detectives, ’eft East St. Louis
this morning for Bonneville, Ark., where
two men. said to he the bandits who
held up a train on the New Orleans and
Northeastern railroad near Hattiesburg,
Miss., last Wednesday, escaping with
$140,000 taken from the express car
safe, were said to have alighted from .a
Mobile and Ohio train early today. The
sheriff of Booneville was requested by
telegraph to pursue tjie two men.
'fhe Pinkertons learned last night
that two men carrying new suit cases
and answering the description of the
desperadoes were aboard the Mobile and
Ohio train for St. Iwiuis.
The train arrived here at 7:30 o’clock
this morning. Officers waiting for the
men were informed by the conductor
that the two had alighted at Booneville,
fifty detectives are on the train for
Booneville.
$40,000 FIRE AT MACON
DELAYS TRAIN 2 HOURS
MACON, GA , May 18.—Eire de
stroyed the plant of the Macon Cabinet
Works and damaged the Jaques &
Tinsley warehouse and Shaw- Brothers
Lumber Company today. The total loss
is about $40,000. A Southern railway
passenger train to Jacksonville tried to
pass between the burning buildings, but
had to retreat and wait for nearly two
hours.
RED MEN WILL ATTEND
SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICE
The members of Choctaw tribe No. 35.
Improved Order of Red Men. will at
tend a service especially for them at
the East Side Tabernacle, in Willow
street, tomorrow. The pastor, Rev, J.
M. Skelton, who it? a member of the
tribe, will preach. The tribe will march
in a body from the hall at Decatur and
Moore streets, leaving the wigwam at
2:3(i o’clock.
NEW WATER SUPERINTENDENT.
JACKSON. GA May 18. W E.
M'-ri k. of Easley S < ba:-- been elect-
ed superintendent .of the waterworks
and electric light plant of the city of
Jackson, to succeed W D Nicholson,
w ho has resigned, to take effect June 1.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN*AND NEWS: SATURDAY. MAY 18. 1912.
RED CROSS GIRLS TO GO
ON HIKE WITH SCOUTS
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ver Lake tomorrow. Above is MLs Sadye Weinberg, of 148
Capitol avenue. Below, at the left, is Miss Rose Lichtenstein, i
of 192 East Eair street, and at the right Miss Ida Lichtenstein.
I of 285 North Jackson street.
NOMINEE IN LOWNDES
DROWNS ON A FISHING
TRIP NEAR VALDOSTA
VALDOSTA, GA., May 18. -Clinton
Griffin. nominee for ordinary of
Lowndes county at the primary on May
I. fell from a boat while fishing at
Thomas pond, seven miles from Val
dosta. and was drowned. Mr. Griffin
was accompanied by R. T. Thomas, of
this city, and was rowing the boat while
Mr. Thomas fished. Suddenly he fell t
from his seat into the water.
Mr. Thomas jumped in and caught his
friend, who seemed to be unconscious,
supporting the limp body and swim
ming for tile shore, until he became
exhausted and was forced to release
him to save himself. Friends went to
the scene in automobiles and recovered
Mr. Griffin's body, bringing it to his
home in this city.
FIREMEN QUIT WORK TO
ATTEND DOG’S FUNERAL
MACON, GA., May 18. Nearly all of
the members of the Macon fire depart
ment. as many as could safely leave the
stations, attended the funeral yesterday
afternoon of a spaniel dog named Beu
lah. which had been the per of the fire
men for thirteen years The dog was
buried back of the city hall, a tomb
stone with an appropriate inscription
being raised above the grave.
BURNING MATCH CAUSES
MACON WOMAN'S DEATH
MACON. GA.. May 18. Mrs. Sarah J.
• ’ochrnn. agwl 82. mother <»f Thomas J.
t’nrhrav. a vron imir Mac»n lawyer, is
(]• Ad as a r«3uU of burns .sustained last
night .when her clothing ignited from a
match.
Three Young Women in Khaki
Join Troop 2 as Nurses, and
Will March Six Miles.
Nearly s'l Bin Scouts of Atlanta, !
Troop No. 2. and Misses Sadye Wein- |
berg and Rose and Ida Lichtenstein,
who are honest-to-goodness members,'
are preparing for their "hike” to Silver
I Lake tomorrow. They are going in
regulation Uniform, with knapsacks ami
good spirits, and will spend the da
at the lake.
The young women have originated
the Florence Nightingale work among
the Boy Scouts, and will go as real,
regulation nurses’. They s.av tlmy can’
care for anything from a broken arm
to a wounded conscience.
The scouts, led by Seoul Master)
Frank Margolin, will take a Deeatut
street ar to the end of the line and!
walk the remaining six miles. Dinner i
will be prepared by the boys and the
Red Cross attaches after arriving.
TITANIC DISASTER HURTS
WHITE STAR’S TRAFFIC
LONDON. May 18. -When the White
Star line steamShiQ Olympic left
Southampton for New York there were
only 82 saloon passengers on board.
PEEVISH PRISONERS IN
A GAS SUICIDE PACT'
OMAHA. NKBR.. Mas IX. Lieven
prisoners in tin county i.:i| en •
ti red into a siji. ide pm t this morning 1
and tried to kill themselves by turning
on the gas in their room. j
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j CONDENSED REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
THIRD NATIONAL BANK
OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA
hi Response to Comptroller's Call, April 18, 1912
RESOURCES LIABILITIES
Loans and Discounts $4,192,024.18 Capital $1,000,000.00
Overdrafts, secured and Surplus 700.000.00
unsecured 2,852.30 Net Profits 40,913.86
I'. S. Bonds at par., 325,000.00 Circulation 299,997.50
Stocks and Bonds.. 196,345.00 Tlividends unpaid ... 115.00
Banking House. Eurni- Deposits 4,546,393.28
lure and fixtures. . 321,288.94
Redemption Fund . . 15.000.00
Cash on Hand and in . .
Banks 1,534,909.22
$6,587,419.64 $6,587,419.64
Deposits April 18, 1912 . . . $4,546,595.28
Deposits April 18, 1911 . . . 5,590,167.22
INCREASE FOR ONE YEAR . . $ 956,226.06
OFFICERS
FRANK HAWKINS President R. W. BYERS Assistant Cashier
JOS. A. IVIcCORD Vice President A. M. BERGSTROM Asst. Cashier
JOHN W. GRANT . Vice President W. B. SYMMERS .Assistant Cashier
. THOMAS C. ERWlNCashier A. J. HANSELL. .Assistant Cashier
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