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FIGHT DIIEB BABY
LED TO TMG
OF TWO LIVES
Woman Had Premonition of
Trouble Years Ago and Pro
vided for Child.
Continued From Page One.
Idlt- threat, but lat?r told Storey’s*
brother of th? con versa! ion
Two children are left orphaned by the i
double tragedy. Baby Lillian will find a
home with Mrs. Emma Green, of (’al
lege Park, her mother’s sister, while
Inez Wheeler, the five-year-old daugh
ter of Mrs. Storey by her first husband.
Robert Wheelet, will probably find a
home with Mrs Amanda Sadler, of
Hampton street Mrs. Sadler had been
a friend of ’he family for years, and
several years ago Mis Storey made a
peculiar reguest.
“If anything *>ver happen? to me I
want \ou to ;<dopt Inez." she said “I
feel that she’ll need a home some day
Will you promts’ me?”
Mrs Sadler, who had lost seven chil
dren by death, had learned to love Baby
Inez, and gladly made the promise. Sh
told a friend of the family today that
she was ready to keep her word if th?
relatives of the slain woman would
She is well to do and could
give the child a good home.
Her Life Long
Series of Trouble.
Since the death of Robert Wheeler,
and her subsequent marriage tn Ben
Storey, two years ago. the life of the
girl w’ho had been Maude Bowler,
daughter of a good Atlanta family,
had been a series of troubles. Not
long after her husband’s death she m?i
Storey, who seemed prosperous and
amiable. But she soon learned that
he was a hard drinker, given to quar
reling in his cups; and one night the
pojic? were summoned to her home to
find her bruised and bleeding from her
husband’s blows. He was arrested
then, hut his wife took pity on him and
consented to his release.
Put In Telephone
For Fear of Husband
■ They separated several I lines, but
always the wife consented to her hus
band’s return, for the sake of their
baby, and In the hope that Storey
might reform. Their last separation
occurred several months ago, after
an unusual exhibition of brutality by
the, husband which resulted in his be
ing placed under SI,OOO bonds to keep
the peace and remain nway from the
Hunter street home. But he came to
the place several times after this and
bls threats caused Mrs. Storey to have
a telephone installed, solely in order
that she might quickly notify the po
lice in case of danger from her hus
band. Its first connection with the po
lice station was made by a boarder to
sound the news of Mrs. Story’s mur
der and beg that officers might be
placed on the track of her slayer
Hung About Scene
Os Another Killing.
Storey had borne a bad reputation
for the past year. Once he was in
volved in a case where stolen type
metal was found melted in his junk
shop, according to police officers, and
several times lie was arrested for
drunkenness. A short time ago he was
placed on probation, and spent two
weeks at the adult detention home He
was at Decatur and Hilliard streets,
the scene of the murder of “Demp" A.
Smith, at 2 o’clock yesterday morning,
and made himself so disagreeable to
the ptdice that they warned him to
leave the vicinity or be attested.
The body of Storey is at Harty G.
Poole’s undertaking establishment,
and his funeral will lie looked after
■ by his brother. Dester Stores, and other
relatives. The same undertaker has
charge of the body of Mrs Storey, hut
it was prepared for burial at the home
and not removed to the embalming
rooms. It is hardly likely that the
slayer and his victim will be buried to
gether.
JUDGE PRICE GILBERT
TO SEEK RE-ELECTION
COLUMBUS. GA . .lune 3. Judge 8.
Price Gilbert, of the Chattahoochee cir
cuit. has announced as a candidate for
re-election. There has been some talk of
Judge Eugene Wynn, of the recorders
court Os Columbus, opposing him, but the
latter has not definitely decided to enter
rhe race
In the race for solicitor general of the
circuit there is a warm tight on between
the incumbent, George C Palmer, and
C. F. McLaughlin. Columbus attorney
McLaughlin is making the tight on the
salary instead of fe>- system now in
vogue
FIRE-FIGHTERS UNABLE TO
CHECK BURNING OIL WELL
TAFT. WYO.. June 3 -in spite of : te
-fforts of an army of workmen, tire in
the 7.000 barret gushet of tm P.mitm
Crude Oil Company, which wis >m
munh aieci from a burning engine > ><>m
late yesterday was burning fl' ■ elx t<-
dav. with indications that it win I>.
several days bn'ore Hie tii fight' *
can smother out the flames Two 5,000-
gallon tanks ire within 5o fe-t of tm
burning well and a’< threatened
ACWORTH TEACHERS NAMED
ACWORTH, GA., lune .".-The A
- school board ha« elected th’ fol
lowing teachers for the Smith Lemon
institute and the Acworth public
schools for the ensuing y.-ar William
Koehler, of Marvel • Tenn., superin.
tenden*. Miss Lulu Mitchell principal
of the music department .Mist* • N" la
Barrett, Clara U ilium Kathrin. I.<
gert. assistantt. At K Armstrong. Mat-
He Echols, assistants.
l EXPERT TELLS GEORGIAN READERS |
HOWTO RESCUE DROWNING PERSON
I
L
n Wk
\l lop. Professor \\ m-’ltts shop
mg how to grasp anti tow an tin
conscious person to shore. Below.
Professor Weems illustrating how
a conscious person can be rescued
easily by clinging to the back of
the swimmer.
U.S.ISASKEDTD
HALT RATE GUISE
Commissioners of Southern
States. Meeting Here, See
Plot in Proposed Tariff.
Railroad commissioners and mem
bers of trade bodies representing the
Southern states today formally asked
the Interstate commerce commission to
suspend the new Southern freight tar
iff which all lines In this section have
ordered effective June 17. The suspen
sion was requested until the provisions
of the new schedule known as South
ern classification No, 39, can be thor
oughly examined.
The petition adopted by the commis
sioners, assembled at the state capitol
at the call of Chairman Murphey Can
dler. of the Georgia commission, wits In
substance the one that has been under
consideration by the Georgia members
since the new tales were published.
Advances on Goods Most Used.
The Federal commission is Informed
that the new classification has been
checked hurriedly, and this check shows
that several hundred advances have
been made by the railroads on com
modities most often used, and reduc
tions are few and affect commodities
little used.
The petition was adopted on the rec
ommendation of the following commit
tee For trade bodies, J S. Davant,
W. B Taylor. W S. Creighton. H. T
Moore. C. A Hland. for railroad com
mission. It H. Burr. (’ M. Candler
ami J K Hines
Railroad commissioners and freight
bureau experts present at the meeting
were H T Moore, Atlanta Freight Bu
reau. J. R. Davant. Memphis Freight
Bureau; J T Slatter, Birmingham
Freight Bureau, B Gillham and John
I’. Ross. Macon Chamber of Commerce,
C B. Woodruff, Columbus Board of
Trade. James F. Phillips. Jacksonville
Board of Trade. Charles \ Bland, Sa
vannah; W B. Taylor, of Gainesville.
Fla.. 11. D Shackelford. Georgia Trav
el, is Association. \\ B. Glover, Vir
ginia-Carolina Chemical Company;
Franklin MeN.il, North Carolina com
missioner. T G Strahan, Virginia com
missioner; T Hudson Burr. Florida
commissioner. J P. Darby. South Caro.
Una c ommissioner, and the members of
the Georgia, commission
CORNELL STUDENTS
TO EXPLORE GREAT
OKEFENOKEE SWAMP
V ALDOSTA. GA., June \ dozen
students from Cornell university, with
a number of the faeultj from that in
stitution. passed through Valdosta en
route to Fargo. Ga.. where they will en.
ter the Okefenokee swamp to make a
study of its plant and animal life. They
will spend about two months in the
swam).. They are equipped with every
devic e 1 for carrying on their work, and
also have a very complete camping out
fit. Some of them expect to specialize
in forestry, while others will study in
sect and bird life.
SOUTHEAST~BRADSTREET
MEN WILL CONVENE HERE
The superit.iendents of th? Southeast
ern department <>f the Bradstreet Oom
, mercial Company will gather in annual
. convention tomorrow at noon in the com
pany? offices in the empire building
Chief Scudder. <»f this division of the j
big concern, will preside over the three I
, da> s meeting, and more than 100 com I
imrcrdmen will attend
OFFICER SHOOTS NEGRO
WHO TRIED TO STAB HIM
Wallace N< Isen, a negro, is in Grady l
I hospital dangerously wounded as a re-
: I suit of a vicions attempt las’ night to I
stal? I‘oliceman T. T. Lassiter. The offi- I
Lrr shot th? negro just as the latter
made a Im g- a’ him with an open knife,
I severing th? officer s watch ham
The trouble ocirnrred at Peratur and
j Butler streets, when UoUcemen Lassiter i
ami Tuggle approached the negro to ar
rest him for disorderh conduct
ENGINE CAB BABY BORN
AT FIFTY MILES AN HOUR
Dl LUTH. MINN . ItiPf 3. M's Ju.)
j.M Andetson . 'a'-m.'s wife, guv*
birth so a while '•p, eding f >r.
Taivec rt rcQ mil”' JU hour ih a locoifiu
I live last cv -ning
IHE LAN T' (GEORGIAN A XT) XFAVS: MONDAY. JUNE 3. 1912
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Lb--
Successful Way to Attempt Re
suscitation Also To Be Ex
plained by Prof. Weems.
Two drownings in a week at Pied
mont park lake have impressed the
necessity of a public knowledge of res
cues and first aid treatment upon At
lantans. The Georgian has arranged
to publish a series of Illustrated in
structions to teach any reader the sim
plest method of saving a drowning per.
son and of resuscitation.
The first pictures are printed today
and will continue dally until "first aid"
treatment has been described from the
moment the rescue begins until the vic
tim 1s restored to consciousness.
The Instructions are furnished to
Georgian readers by Professor T. R.
Weems, gymnasium superintendent of
the Georgia School of Technology and
former superintendent of Atlanta's
playgrounds.
The photographs today show Profes
sor Weems making rescues. They were
posed for The Georgian at the park
lake.
Professor Weems adds these instruc
tions to accompany the first series of
pic tures:
By PROFESSOR T. R. WEEMS
All the rules for saving persons
from drowning would be almost
needless in locations where only
small bodies of water are found
if people would learn to swim early
in life and take proper precautions
when they go in water. There
would be no accidents.
But the public seems to have an
opinion on this subject itself, and
so long as there are public bathing
places there probably will be some
one who ventures a little too far
out or is willing to take all kinds of
chances in boats.
Cool Head Essentiai.
One of the most necessary
things to save a person struggling
in the water, and what is generally
lacking, is a cool head. I nless the
rescuer Is himself calm he will not
know what to do or how to do it.
Remain cool; do not get excited,
and the work of restoring life to an
unconscious person will not be so
harii.
Generali' a person near shore
can be thrown a plank, oar or even
larger object that will hold him
above the water When this can be
done quickly and before the sink
ing person has lost consciousness
it is the most sure way to prevent
a more serious accident But when
it Is necessary to enter the water to
give assistance never hesitate a
moment. Go in a boat, if possible,
for It saves time, gives a means of
supporting the sinking pet son with
out serious danger to the rescuer
and provides quicker relief.
When a boat can not be had, rush
into the water and approach the
struggling person from behind.
Never in front To do so would
mean that he will throw his arms
about you. which probably would
result in the drowning of both.
When the rescuer comes ftom be
hind he can avoid all possibility of
being grasped by the frantic swim
mer.
When within reach, grasp the
sinking person under the chin with
one arm. pulling him backwards.
I letting his body float face up and
you under him. with feet slightly to
I one side.
How to Break Fatal Hold.
If he should manage to grasp you
in his arms you must by all means
bteak his hold and again approach
from behind.
There is only one successful way
to tear loose from a drowning per
i son. Double your legs up between
your body and his until your feet
are at his stomach, then put you'
i entire strength in a vigorous push.
He will find it impossible to hold
against the force vou can exert
You might bit him in one temple,
rendering him unconscious, but
that is entirely unnecessary and
not to be advised except for ex
treme cases when the drowning
man is of the greater strength If
it be knov.n before hand that the
victim is stronger it is best to wait
until bls strangth is ivarly .v
i nusted, but never do this if the
CHADS HEIGNS IN
OROZCO’S W
Soldiers of Rebel Chief About
to Mutiny, and His Family
Forsakes Chihuahua.
EL PASO. TEXAS. June 3.—Mrs.
, Pascual Orozco and children, family of
the general-ln-chief of the Chihuahua
rebels, reached Juarez early today from
, the rebel capital at Chihuahua City.
Apparently the rebel commpnder is
■ afraid to even permit his own family to
remain longer at Chihuahua, w here not
I only is the city threatened by the ftd
erals from all sides, but the rebels
themselves are on the-point of mutiny.
■ The condition is more serious than it
ever has been, according to foreigners
arriving from there, and much property
is being looted, although Americans
’ and Britishers have been spared so far.
The rebels are without ammunition
to withstand the attack of the federals
anti it looks like the beginning of the
end of the organized rebal army and
the dissipation of the rebels into small
guerrilla bands
All foreigners who can get away from
Chihuahua are doing so:
Two hundred thousand pesos were
mulcted from Mexican residents nf Chi
huahua by the rebels yesterday, ac
cording t" dispatches received here to
day.
Orozco's action is forced to placate
his men, who are virtually in open
revolt, having received no pay for a
month
—,—, —.
POEM PENNED IN ’93
PROPHETIC OF THE
WRECK OF TITANIC
WASHINGTON. June 3. For twenty
years Si nator William Alden Smith,
chairman of the committee that inves
tigated the loss of the Titanic, lias made
a collection of clippings on subjects of
the widest variety .
For nineteen years Im has kept a
poem, one stanza of which he now looks
upon as prophetic, and he thinks the
coincidence doubly .strange since he was
the man named to lay bare the secret
of the disaster. The poem was written
by A. T. Quiller-Couch in 1593. Its last
stanza runs:
Then she the stricken hull.
The doomed, the beautiful,
Proudly to Fate abased
Her brow titanic.
Praise now her multitude.
Who. nursed in fortitude.
Fell in on deck and faced
Death without panic.
COMMENCEMENT AT MACLAND.
MARIETTA. GA.. June ".—Sixteen
pupils will graduate from the Seventh
District Agricultural school at Macland
tonight. The Bearden sisters, of At
lanta. will furnish music On yester
day Dr. J, R Robins, of Atlanta,
preached the graduation sermon.
INCENDIARY FIRE IN STAMBOUL
UONSTA NTINOPLE, lune 3.—A
large art a of the native quarter of
Stamboul was wiped out by fire today, j
I The autliorities believe it was of in- !
cendiary origin.
water is very deep, for he might
sink and not come up. The few
minutes lost by it might mean his
death If lie goes under anyway,
unless you know it is the first time,
dive after him, try to catch him by
tile hair, and when he comes to the
surface lot him lie on bis back and
swim toward the shore
It is essential that h” have his
•a e up. tor when he is on hi- back
tc'etically all his head, which is
i. h.'avi.’st part of the body f>r Its
size, ts under water and It requires
much less exertion on the part of
the rescuer to hold h's face above
t”, ixate' Then, also when th»
struggling person has hi* hack to
xvar.l yo'.i he . an not with
'■>m efforts t" take him to the
HAYES‘TDD BUSY’
IB MR UPON
PISE PERIL
Says Chief Cummings Is Play
ing Politics—Law Proves
Inspector in Error.
Declaring that he did not have the
time to abolish fire traps which Chief
W. B. Cummings says imperil the lives
of 10.000 girls daily in Atlanta, Ed R.
Hayes, city inspector of buildings, to
day gave The Georgian a statement, dn
which he placed the burden on the
shoulders of Fire Chief W. B Cum
mings.
He declared that the matter was en
tirely up to the fire chief, and accused
Gummings of playing politics in trying
to make the office of the building in
spector prosecute the parties failing to
comply with the ordinance so that he
'(Hayes) would get the "cussing out”
and the fire department would get the
credit.
Mr. Hayes declared that he and the
chief were at loggerheads as to what
buildings should be equipped with these
automatic ceiling sprinklers. He as
serted his belief that only manufactur
ing plants were required to put in this
extra equipment on all floors and that
the mercantile establishments were
compelled to have them only in the
basements, while Chief Cummings
wanted the sprinklers installed in all
uptown buildings where he considered
them necessary for proper protection of
the imperilled workers.
Law Proves Chief Right.
This difference between the building
inspet tor and fire chief was apparently
settled when Mr. Hayes was asked for a
copy of the law governing the installa
tion of sprinklers. When he looked the
ordinance up he found, to his surprise,
that Chief Cummings was right in his
opinion.
The law follows:
In such buildings as are used or oc
cupied for mercantile and manufactur
ing purposes there shall be provided in
addition to said standpipe or standpipes
an approved system of automatic sprin
klers placed at the ceiling of each story
below the first or grade floor and ex
tending to the full depth and breadth
of the building.
Buildings of large area, which are
occupied for mercantile or manufactur
ing purposes. WHEN LOCATED
\\ ITHIN A CONGESTED DISTRICT,
FORMING, IN THE OPINION OF
THE INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
OR CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT,
a ' >N FLAGRATKIN BREEDER S,
SHALL BE PROTECTED THROUGH
OUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING WITH
AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS."
When Mr. Hayes was asked today if
he would prosecute parties violating
that ordinance, he declared that he
would not take the lead in such prose
cutions. but added that he would back
Chief Jennings up if the chief started.
Too Busy, He Says.
Mr. Hayes said:
"In the first place, I haven't got the
time to be looking after fire preven
tion -that is up to the chief of the fire
department. I am the building in
spector and while the ordinance jointly
connects my office with that work, it
is directly in the fire chief’s line, and
other duties of my office keep me too
busy to give it much attention.
"1 am afraid that the fire chief has
| exaggerated the conditions somewhat.
He wants those sprinklers installed in
every building, and tlie ordinance
doesn’t give him that power. The ordi
nance applies only tn manufacturing
plants
“Chief Cummings wants my office to
do all of the prosecuting of these par
ties. so that I'll get the ‘cussing out'
and he'll escape with the credit. Os
course, if he goes ahead and prose
cutes those who fail to comply with the
law. my office would naturally co-op
erate with him and back him up. but I
don't want to be put in the attitude of
doing the prosecuting.
"I want to avoid tile sensational no
toriety of compelling thesi property
owners to install this equipment. That
is in line with the. fire chiefs work,
and he should shoulder it.
"I do know of several buildings where
these sprinklers should be installed."
(Here the building inspector gave the
names of several prominent property
owners.) "But I'd rather let the fire
chief make them comply w ith the law-, 1
do not wish to antagonize them."
When the building inspector had look
ed up the ordinance on the subject and
found that he, as well as the fire chief,
was clothed with authority to demand
that these -piinkters be installed In
"eonfisgratlon breeders." and that the
ordinance covered all mercantile as well
as manuf< taring houses that In his or
tlie tire otpef » opinion needed this a; -
par.itiis for thi protection of the lit
mates, he admitted that It was part of
'hr anti of hl« office to look into these
KICKERS’
COLUMN
If you are unhappy,
have a grouch or a
grievance, here’s the
place to tell about it.
Transfer Time Limit
Too Short.
To the Editor: Please allow me
space to make the following complaint
against the Georgia Railway and Elec
tric Company:
I want to call attention to the time
allowed on transfers, which is very
meager. Now, for Instance, we will
board a car at Copenhill at 6:15 a. m.
Fare is paid and transfer given on re
quest as per rules of the company; the
time punched on the transfer will be
found to be 6:20 a. m. or 6:25 a. m.,
and the patron transfers at Mitchell
and Broad streets, car arriving there
at about 6:25 or 6:30 a. m. As is
generally the case, we miss the con
nection and must waft on the next car,
which may be running on a ten or
twenty-minute schedule. Then the
transfer Is no good, as you will be po
litely informed, and It. is a case of dig
down for another nickel.
The trouble is due to not allowing
enough time on transfers. It is true
that there are people who form a hab
it of attempting to use overdue trans
fers while shopping, etc., hut this is not
liable to occur to our working men and
women during the early morning hours,
and at least twenty minutes should be
allowed on all transfers during the day.
It is only a fair and just demand. As a
matter of fact, the people of Atlanta
should be enjoying the six tickets for
25 cents. Yours truly,
STRAPHANGER.
SHOP TALK
The Cleveland-Manning Piano Com
pany's new store. 80 North Pryor street,
is finished, and is one of the most com
plete and modern piano stores in the
South. Every facility for the display
and storage of the immense stock is
provided, and the carloads of now
pianos just received, In addition to the
already large stock of the company,
are attracting the attention of visitors.
Speaking of the great success of the
company, Mr. Manning said: “The
business we enjoyed during the past
year has been greater than we had
anticipated, and now that we are in our
new building, with every convenience
and large stock of pianos, we expect to
do even better this year. The outlook
for us is as bright as we could ask.”
The Georgia Home and Farm Com
pany, specialists in home and farm
propositions in Georgia, are now lo
cated In their new quarters, 114 Can
dler building. G. H. Waddell, the man
ager, has connected with him a live
force.
The New Vaudette, with three first
runs every day, is playing to capacity.
"Dora Thorne." the sentimental picture
produced Thursday and Friday, proved
one of the finest pictures ever present
ed in Atlanta, and filled the house
every hour during tlm production. Even
greater pictures are promised in the
future.
matters, but still maintained that he
was too busy to do so and left the mat
ter up to Chief Cummings.
Cummings Stands Pat.
When told of Mr. Hayes’ statement
to the effect that it was up to the fire
chief to prosecute the violators of the
city building code. Chief Cummings re
iterated his statement as published in
Saturday’s Georgian that rich property
owners must protect the lives of the
helpless tollers, or they will be arrested
and vigorously prosecuted.
"Wherever the law clothes me with
authority to compel the owners of these
■conflagration breeders' to install equip
ment for the safety of those working in
them I am going tn do it,” said tlie file
chief today.
"Tomorrow 1 am going to take my
inspector with me and hold a confer
ence with Mr. Hayes, the building in
spector, and outline to him the plans
that I intend to carry out. I believe
that his office will co-operate with me.
He has co-operated with me tn the past
and I think that he will co-operate with
the fire department now after I outline
my plans to him.
“I reiterate what I said Saturday, that
fire conditions in Atlanta are deplor
able __they invite death. Atlanta has
played in luck in not witnessing before
now some shocking fire tragedy, and I
am going to see that these conditions
are remedied wherever the law gives
me that authority.
To Insist Law Be Obeyed.
"1 have no polities to play—l have
no ax to grind, my duty, as well as the
duty of other city officials, is outlined
by the laws plainly. Where my duty
calls on me to demand proper fire pro
tection I am going to insist that the
demand be obeyed regardless of who it
may hit. and if the law is not complied
with you can depend on me to prose
cute where I have that authority.
"We can enforce these laws much
better with the co-operation of the
building inspector and 1 expect that co
operation and believe that I will get. it.
Whether 1 get it or not. these 10.000
working women and girls must have
this protection and they are going to
get it in every case that I have author
ity to demand it for tin tn.
"We have already notified some of
these property owners to provide ade
quate safeguards against fire disasters
-one of these has refused. When the
tint' limit is out. if they have not com
plied with our demands, you can cer
tainly look for prosecutions to follow
As soon as we make other inspections
thi* nek we will notify others to .«al< •
etiM'd their
PIEDMONT PARK
LAKE DEWS
INVESTIGATED
Aiderman John Candler Pro
poses That Bathing Pond Be
Drained and Abandoned.
a
Conditions which permit such trage
dies as the two drownings in one week
in Piedmont park lake were denounced
today by city officials and citizens gen
erally.
An investigation was begun by May
or Winn when he held a conference
with J. O. Cochran, president of the
park board, and Charles L. Chosewood,
who has purchased the concession to
rent boats qn the lake.
He declared that all boating should
be stopped at once if the lake could not
be sufficiently safeguarded to prevent
such tragedies as the drowning of
Charles Campbell, the little boy of
eleven years, Saturday, and of James
Sims, a week ago.
Wants Lake Drained.
Aiderman John S. Candler, mayor pro
tern, proposed that the lake be drained.
"I have always opposed this lake in
Piedmont park, because I do not be
lieve a pond of standing water ran ba
made healthy,” he said. "The drown
ings of last week are an even more ap
pealing argument that th» lake should
not be maintained. These two make
five drownings that have occurred in
that lake in about a year.
"But we have no means of telling
how much typhoid fever was contract
ed in that lake. And in addition to al!
this, it costs the city about $20,000 a
year to keep it filled with water. How
ever. I think it is a matter for the park
board and not council to handle.”
A serious complaint against the su
pervision of the lake is that one-half of
it, the part where the drownlngs oc
curred, Is not properly guarded with
lifesavers. Three lifesavers are kept at
the lake by the park department, but
one of them has only one leg.
There Is no telephone at the park and
when reports of drownlngs are. circu
lated mothers and fathers become fran.
tic In their efforts to find out if their
child was the victim.
Members of the park board will make
a thorough investigation of the causes
of the tragedies and means of prevent
ing them at the meeting of the board
tomorrow afternoon. The members of
the board are alarmed at two drown
ings the first week the lake has been
opened to the public, but some of them
resent some of the criticisms.
One-Legged Lifesaver Former Sailor.
“Our one-legged lifhsaver is a former
Jack Tar and an expert swimmer and
diver,” said J. O. Cochran, president of
the park board today. “We put a third
lifesaver out there immediately after
the first drowning. We expect to ar
range with Mr. Chosewood, who has a
contract for the boating privilege, to
stop all boats from going Into the un
guarded part of the lake. It is already
against the rules for any swimmers to
go there.
“It is true that Judge Candler has
been opposed to the lake at Piedmont
park. It is also true that he has been
opposed to park development.
“He tried to cut down the appropria
tion of Grant park and It was only after
the women of the Third ward tramped
through the snow to file protests that
we were able to get our appropriation
increased. He did not want to give
Piedmont park but $6,000. He is the
only finance committee chairman who
has refused to appropriate money for
music at Grant park.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. L. L. Abrams.
The funeral of Mrs. L. L. Abrams,
who died yesterday afternoon, will be
held at Barclay & Brandon’s chapel
this afternoon at 4:30 o’clock Inter
ment will lie in Westview.
Virginia Smith.
Virginia Smith. six-months-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter R.
Smith, who died late yesterday, was
buried today in Highland cemeterv fol
lowing funeral services at the resi
dence on Howell Mill road.
Eva May Hunt.
The funeral services of Eva May
Hunt, two-months-old child of Mr. and
Mrs. N. A. Hunt, who died yesterday,
were held at the residence, 225 Kirk
wood avenue, early today. Interment
was in Oakland cemetery.
Mrs. Annie E. Watson.
Mrs. Annie E. Watson, 42 years oid,
who died yesterday, was buried tri
Westview today following funeral serv
ices at the Poole & Co. chapel.
Mattie Elizabeth Hook.
The funeral of Mattie Elizabeth Hock,
three-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Hook, who died late yester
day, was held at the residence, 36 Scot*
avenue, was held today. Interment was
in Hollywood.
TEN YEARS IN PRISON FOR
ROBBING OF POSTOFFICE
Bottles of nitroglycerin, steel drills
and files, fuses and all the tools of a
modern professional safe blower were
exhibited today in Judge Newman’s
court when C. F. Shaw, confessed rob
ber of postoffii es at Newnan and Dal
las, Ga.. was brought up for sentence.
Shaw was given five years and a fine
of SSOO in each case, making ten years
that he has to serve in the Federal
prison. He is now a man of over 50.
so that inspectors believe by the time
he serves his sentence he will be too
old for further robberies.
CHAUTAUQUA AT CORDELE
CORDELF. GA., June 3- The Cor
dele chautauqu.i opened today with an
address by Dr. J H. Scruggs, of the
First Methodist church of Valdosta
Thi t x.ni isi s will continue during tb«
entire week.