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4 DIRIGIBLE BLOWS UP IN MID-ND; FIVE KILLED Melvin Vaniman and Crew of Four Plunge to Death From Trans-Atlantic Craft. ATLANTIC i’ITT, N .1 .Tub - Plunged I.OAO feet to earth tx hen the dirgihh' balloon, the Akron blew up in mid-air, Melvin Vaniman the fa mous aerial nav4gnt"i anil the four men of his crew were dashed to death today. The Akron had be, n .stru' tod for a trip acro-s the Atlantic ocean, and was the last word in balloon con- i struction. The flight over the tm adows began at 7 o'clock, and it was just a short time later that the accident oe- ! curred. Calvin Vanlman st body was headless | when found When the baboon was! Sfifi feet above thr ground a jjuman I body was seen to shoot from the ma*- of failing wreckage This Is b. liovcl to have been Vanlntan. The wreckage of the balloon sank in eighteen feet of water on th' beam r>ivers late in the morning believed they had located four bodies in the debris They at once set to work Io dislodge them. Like a blazing meteor, the blazing balloon dashed earthward. emitting clouds of black smoke. It fell upon ■ Brigantine beach, and rescuers who dashed two miles across the Inlet were unable to give any help Resides Melvin Vaniman who was personally in charge, those on the Akron were Calvin Vaniman brother of the aeronaut; Fred Elmer, George I Boultin and Walter Gest • Mrs. Vaniman Sees Disaster and Collapses. Mrs. Melvin Vaniman saw the disas ter from the porch of her hotp. . She collapsed and is In a serious condi tion. An hour after the accident and after the rescuers had given up nil hope of finding any of the bodies, the corpse of Calvin Vaniman was recovered Calvin Vaniman's body was recog nized by a party in a launch belonging to Councilman Harry <'ook. The body was floating in Absecon bay Although bruised. It was not burned. News that "Vaniman has gone up" spread rapidly and, despite the early hour, thousands were soon gathered upon the beaches and the street watch ing the huge cigar-shaped craft out lined against the morning sky After attaining an altitude of about 1.000 feet, the aerial pilot began (Hit ting his craft through fancy motions. There was no wind, the air was cleat and conditions were Ideal for balloon ing. Taking advantage of this, Vani man decided to show the people on the beaches some fancy stunts It was dur ing these evolutions that the explosion occurred. Victims Cling Desperately to Craft. Vaniman had made his third long circle, sailing through the air with the grace of a swallow. Suddenly the spec tators saw a spurt of black smoke is sue from the rear end of the bag A moment later the after end of the craft shot upward as though propelled from a blast underneath. The smoke became denser. Flames enveloped the after sec tion of the framework. The men In the balloon could be seen clinging desper ately to the structure. Suddenly the balloon shot earthward with sickening speed. In her wake was a thick trail of smoke Flames billowed for many yards behind the blazing plummet Many on the ground were sickened by | the sight, Chief Black. of the tire de partment, a man hardened to sights of distress and excitement, was nearly overcome. Black, who was at the han gar. afterward said "We heard the screams of the doom ed men for two miles across the wa . t*r. It was awful. I tried to keep my '•beati turned away but the shrieks of' the frantic spectators about me < om- I pelled me against my will to look tip ward " This was the third flight of the \k ron. About $7.>.000 had been spent on I the balloon preparing her for flight She was constructed along the lines; of Walter V > liman's famous dirgible I in which he made an unsuccessful at-' tempt to cross the Mlanti* Vaniman! was Wellman s chief engineei He w born tn Virden 111 -to ytars ago and had spent most of his ijfe experiment- ' Ing in aeronaut!' >. One theory of the , HU .<> of the a, ci dent was that a leak in th- fuel tauk caused an explosion and that th, tl.iinc. from this set tin lug balloon attic , Another theory tie tn gine had been woutyi ut- in tin ; ••>( .it,-- tearing off th' nar . tri >f th" b.,g thus allo wing the gas to < Ill( o the igni. lion plug of t>" Inoloi Anothef was that the ray sos the sun . ■>> .<1 t !>• | MJ g , to expand tint I' it buisi fi.m th, pr, I sure be :oon Built In Akron, Ohio AKROX. 1 'HI' Jim I'li. ... “Akron.” which was I.cst y. a; y Untie City today wa- t '. i, tei n this city and named to; Im ,ity cause of the fact of its <o- im : t,m The flight a, >s- the V anti, w idea of Frank x Seibmltng |.n si, . of the Goody e,j Tite nd I: ibbi - '■■ pany The fabric for the mg ga- bag was ' made at the rubbei | ,r ■ an t w shipped to Atlantl, ' tty in . ra’g< of Vaniman and ids tootlye It tequi ed many months of constant ..bor to . n struct the bag and when ' ; ms|-,..,; w pronounced to be t! -. ,mg. st ga- l>, ■> net , onsi'ie" T' . manuf : it'-. ' H,he fab' ic yy a- (■' sc, .if. -i.g tjme aft' the de tai's weir g >oi i tip pubic th* Vaniman' . > < A WOMAN FLYER DIES IN 1,000-FT, FALL On right. Miss Harriei < v >niinby. first woman aviator in America. carried on shoulders of admiring friends as she finishoil her Hit’lit across th' English Channel. (hi left. Miss ■ tjniinb.' just after landing froth her cross-channel Hight. Miss | \htimljy fell 1.000 loot to iiisiani deaih at Boston last night. //$%& \\ co j IgH / yrtyyjwroits mPW 1|& Air Claims Eight Victims in 2 Days .11'1,Y 1. At Ilainburtr- Koi’ni'j fatally injured. At Huston Miss Harriot ( x (iiinihy. \V. A. I’ Willard .11 I,V Al Atlantic Citx Melvin Vaniinan. ('alvin Vaimnan. Fred Elmer. George I’oiiltin. Walter (test. IHILLYER TRUST CO. PAYS 2 1-2 PER CENT 6 MONTH DIVIDEND The directors of the Hillyer Trust Com pany at their meeting Monday afternoon declared the tegular semi-annual divi dend of two per cent and an extra div ■ • lend of one-half of one per cent, payable ImrnedlHielv io stockholders of record June 29. This makes a two and one-half per cent distribution for the six months Just ended, which is at the rate of rive per cent per annum The dividend paid last year was four per rent. This extra dividend reflects a continued prosperity of the Hillyrr Trust Company, which has a capital and surplus of S3OO. 000. ami has made mom-y from tlm start The officers and <lire< tors at* Henry Hillyei, president; George S. Lowndes, vice president . W illiam Hurd Hillyrr, vice president and treasurer I Scott Todd Jr. secretary. Evins N Spence, counsel. T c Tripp** trust of ficer. The trustees air Dr E I’hinizy C.ti ll'. oun R I. Foreman. lack .1 Spalding, I Henry Hillyrr, George S Lowndes, Her bert L Wiggs James S Floyd. John Mor ris. Dr. J S ’l'o<ld. Frederick I. I‘axon, William Hillyer, Samuel N Evins ami Mitchell (’ l< Ing MUSICIANS IN NEW YORK PLAYHOUSES ON STRIKE NEW Y*»RK. July J Two theaters in I New York had orchestras last night. The j others got along with pianos, automatic ' musical machines and olhet different ; mechanical devices This was the method of the theater managers m meeting the recent demands of ilm Musicians union, which has said there must he a con siderablr increase in the salaries paid musicians in theater orchestras ami has demanded several concessions The old three-year arrangemt at between ih* thea ter manage'* ami the union ended Sunday LEADER OF CUBAN REBEL FORCES NOT CAPTURED S\NTL\G*» luly J G- neral Ivopet, i Joadei of the Dublin insurgents stll is at large Reports that he had bom cap lured lo Gcmral Montcagiied*? - toderais were pt ven false by dispatches from the | inter'”! . i orient’’ province today lv<*nri | is t’c' liig toward Guantanamo valley with I ,i handful <4 b” . t .•> . TAFT TALKS WITH CRANE OF POLITICAL POWWOW W \<l H NGT< ».N. July J I■ .-. a lii Taft > ♦turned to th* white house today’ from ■' • Sa«mg<-rtt i .n I" .<■ a, and pre j pared for conferences with bis. .t binet and i ; ; Ohl . al adv is.rs S'-natot Murray (’tarn ■ il|*<i p. discus* 'plans for <h< Ing polifcal < -nf. ri iice to ■ • -I tie whir 1.,-, • j’ ’; y s JUSTICE COURT TO TRY McDonald as slayer H' f the m t |.»p and • • a w a ’ aiv !■ iur*h*r w til be , t 'o f Hard Mi Donald abused' slavet f Ed • i I. Smwns. and no trial I w H hr h< 1.1 ’ ; . '>■ ■ ..ur • M l ’onaltl will b» a’ * g■» . ■ i •)- ■. , . . »t|f i ;< n<! 1 ~•■.. . i • . • I IHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEU ». TUESDAY. JULY 2. 1912. Harriet Quimby and Man Pas senger Hurled Into Ocean When Plane Tips. RUSTON. July 2. Falling 1.000 feet into Di'i’chcster Ray'. Miss Harriet Quimby. America's first woman aviator, and the first woman to fly the English channel. and \\ A. P Willard, man ager of the Boston aviation meet, were killed ,l;/st evening. Mias Quimby and Willard were re turning from a trip over Boston har bor so Boston light, a distance of 20 mib s in <HI. Tim flight w a made in <t minutes. Heading back into the eight-mile wind. Miss Quimby started lo vpfplftrne. The angle was too ‘-harp and one of the gusts caught the mil of the monoplan*, throwing the machine up perpendicularly For an instant it poised then. Then, sharply outlined against tin* setting sun. Wil lard \va> thrown ciear of the i iia-sis, followed almost immediately by MifS Quimby. Bodies Sink Deeply in Mud. Hurtling ovei and over, tile twoi ligures shot downward. striking the waler 20 feet from shore. They splash ed out of sight a second before the monoplane plunged down fifteen feet It was low tide and th* water was only five feel deep. Men from the yacht club in motorboats were on the spot quickly ami. leaping overboard, drag ged the bodies om of the mud. into which they had sunk deepiv. Roth hollies w«*re badly crushed. Flying high overhead at the time of ihe i <ll was Miss Blanche Stuart Scott, another aviatrice. From her high al titude. Miss Scott had watched Miss Quimby’s splendid flight, and was near ha when the gust the mono plane. When Miss Quimby's body was brought ashore all eyes wete directed aloft, and Mis< Scot i was seen making sw » eping circle- over the flvld ala height of about feet Twice she started to descend, hut «*a< h time sin was 3een to falter. In another moment she turned the m>se of her machine downward, and landed safely, collapsing in hei spat before anyone could reach her Fifth Fatality to Woman Flyer. The bodies of Mis- Quimby ami Mi. W ilia rd ai e al llm moi gue "f Ihe Quincy hospital, wlmre an autopsy will Ih* pri formed before th. \ ar*» turned over to relatives. Tie d'ath of Miss Quimby tonsti lilt* - the fifth aviation fa:Hity to < woman since the inception of the new mm - . the previous victims being an unnamed girl at Bmiapest on June 17. I'J II . Mia Dens Mo<» e, at Klamp*'-. July JI. 1911. MU’- Susanne Barnard at I'tampi- Mart h lb. 191 J ami Mrs i .luh a * Tv k at Spiingfi*'id. 111. June I. I'JIJ The lotal numb* r of aviation I Halitm- >im r the death of Lmutemin* S’ (fridge m September, I'jox is m»\x 1 Ss Although deeply depress* d o\ei the I doubh' i I’.tgedy List night thirteen a\ia b’i - !• ft on th > field dm hired today tha' they warn'd » mtinm flying during th* rest of th*' nmet until Saturday Lin • *>in H. at hy dismissed the tragedy as an t very day occurrence.” ..nd was out • ally r*»tlay trying his machine ami d*» ing his h.ii’ laisihg stunts in th* air Miss IHt ivhe Stuart Scott, who wa in tlm air last nuht when the tragedv I fo hei friend ;nd fellow fleet took plat'* | said today Il i- w hill w * have !<*• \p». t. | wp. | lly Jimi the same t*»*iay . FIDDLERS CONVENTION. F’ >RT \ AI.LIU G \ Jay J Fl! G • *‘ntc"tant* have bm n entered for ih“ i ''d* Iler* *n\ ■IP Jon he eop J uly I 4mi I 1 aiiang<ments have been math' I■, ll* <» e I'. n • The ! • Will b ,| p., Ie I j ■ i - m and p* h h-t at h* .• ex SEEKS PENSION FOR SOLDIER WHO LOST MIND SIX MONTHS The -lory of a soldier whose mind was a blank for six months after his wound, whose comrades have all answered the last “taps ” whose pension claim has not hern granted because of that six months hiatus in his record, is told in a resolu tion offered in the house of representa tives by Mr Dorsey of Spalding county, t o< lay. Robert VV Griffin, so the resolution re lates. was a brave soldier »’f the (’on fed* racy He was wounded al the bat tle of W inchester. \ a., and taken to the military hospital at Baltimore, where he lay for six months, emerging without th* slightest memory of be tween the battle and his recovery. Sev eral years ago he applied for a Georgia pension, hut though Ms ret ord was clear up io the battle of Winchester, he could offer n<» proof after that. Mr. Darsey asks i hat he lie placed *>n the state pen sion roll The resolution will go before a committee fur action. COAL WORKERS BATTLE POLICE; TWENTY INJURED MO.XAK 11 TH. ENGLAND. July 2. ’>\er tw< nlj persons were injured to da.\ in a fight between police and strik ers at die Rose Heyworth collieries in Monmouthshire. The majority of the injured ate suffering from wounds in flicted by the policemen’s batons. The battle followed an attempt by the mob to burn the coal company's property. The men arc dissatisfied with the terms of settlement tn the recertt national coal st like. LIGHTNING KILLS CHUD WHILE WORKING IN FIELD DALTON. GA uly 2. —Turning to urge h« r young daughter, who was working with hei in Hie field, to hurry home before the rain came up. Mrs Hooker, of the Deep Springs settlement this county, found that the child. Lilj Hooker, aged thirteen years, had been killed b\ lightning. Mrs. Hooker did not feel the shock front the flash which took the child's life. The tragedy occurred during an elec trical storm which did considerable damage In the northern part of Whit fl' Id eounty The child is survived by he, parent's, four btotbors and one sls tei. the sister being neat her when she w is killed RICH NEGRO MISSING: FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED I 'HA I'TA N< MIGA. TENN., July 2. H H. I'ishei. a wealthy negro, is miss ing and the police fear he has been killed for hi.- monex and his body thrown into the Tennessee river b'ish i s < oat was found on the river bridge toda.r A bank book found in i pocket of the yoat showed a deposit of $1,799. Sextral tears ago Efsher's arms were cut off in 'i in cident and he recovered damages ~f Itn.itOu. With this as a foundation for his fortune, he acquired 'onsidera ble p operty and was rated as mu of the richest negroes in Chatta nooga. LIFE COMPANIES PAID OUT EXACTLY $592,640,000 NEW YORK. July J Life insurance < *»!UpHni’‘> *»f t I’niled States and ‘Ou.ui.< paid lust yorir pitiicics amount ing !*> s.‘>'JJ.'U it<m. <»f w hit h s7l.*H.m.tbm < am* to N* \ Y*»: l< state ami $7,9.\4.7'»u to Brooklyn. The !.* gist of all poli h-s paid whs t ".it • f Frank T Howard, of Ne" Dr- • in* <. _’O.’JS\ GEORGE B SWIFT DIES. • HD \G*» July J George B Swift, ' fo* riier ma.'”! of Gbit ago ard p oncer ron- Inai-t •'. <h«*l su«l*l* ifly to*!*' a’ hi* home. ’ J.’’* *’’mgt”U <\ * bur Tb'iifh br i”'Fn du< tn heart failure i llt waj ) cars uld GJ.LEGISLHTDBS FIGHT BRISTOW AMENDMENT i South Thinks Bill Gives Govern ment Too Much Authority in State Elections. Declaring the noted Bristow amend ment. Providing sot direct election of i i'nited States sfnato,s. was not adopt ed by tlie necessary two-thirds vote of congress. Hooper Alexande- today opened war In tlie home of represen tatives against Georgia's ratification of the amendment. He offered a resolu tion. which yeas adopted, calling for an investigation of the manner in which ' congress passed the amendment pro- I vlso. and asked that sister states be j given notice of Georgia's fight on she I teoposed amendment. There is marked opposition in the 'Georgia legislature to the Bristow amendment, not in that it gives the people the right to choose their sena tors. but In that It gives the Federal government authority over these elec tions;. The Southern states oppose this not only because they fear that ne groes will be peimitted to vote in such elections, but because the amendment takes away the lights of the individual states to manage their ow n affairs. Governor Brown today transmitted to the house the message from con gress notifying the legislature of the! passage of the Bristow amendment and .asking' that the legislature vote on it.s •ratification. It is necessary that three •fourths of the state legislatures ratify •the amendment before it becomes a .law. It was after the reading of this .message that Mr. Alexander fired h;s ifirst gun. Test Vote on Falls Suit. Mr. Alexander maintains that ths record shows that there was not a .true two-thirds vote of the national .house upon this question, but only two .thlrds of those present, the vole there fore being unconstitutional. He be lieves that when this point is raised by opponents of the measure in the congress the amendment will be de feated. What Is taken to be as a test vote on the sentiment of the state senate relative to the reopening of the Tallu lah Falls controversy was polled today, when the Share resolution, requesting the governor to bring suit to fully es tablish the Tallulah land titles, yvas sent to the general judiciary commit tee by a vote of 21 to Dj. This is taken to mean that the sen ate will regard unfavorably any move ment to instruct, on the Tallulah mat ter. The vote on the Shaw resolution took strangely enough the old Smith- Brown alignment. Senator Sheppard, recognized as the leader of the senate faction commonly known as Smith, spoke for immediate action and favored the adoption of the resolution. He said: "Put this matter outside of politics. It is not a political question. The crux of the argument is a legal ques tion. The grants to the Tallulah lands, under discussion, together with the ptats show that all the land was ceded by the state, while the original field notes of the survey indicate that the surveyor did not run his line to the stream, but only to the brink of the gorge. This creates the legal ques : tion: Do the grants and plat tran scend the field notes? I tell you it is a question that only the supreme court of Georgia should decide. Hard Fight Expected. While the resolution Aid not become subject to general debate a hard fight will develop on the political lines in dicated by today's vote. The senate determination to play a hands-off policy with the Georgia dele gation at the national Democratic con | vention li as again been manifested. The ] Alexander resolution which passed the | house after a lively scrap yesterday failed to provoke the slightest excite ment in the senate. In fact the senators w ho thought that the Georgia delegation acted unrea sonably when it voted against the Bryan resolution in Baltimore, were in the smoking torn discussing Wilson's nomination chances when house res olution was read. Not three senators out of the 4'l present appeared interest ed in the resolution at all, "Let the resolution be referred to I the general judiciary committee." in- I strut ted President Slaton. This was ' done. I A number of general bills. chief ;aniong them one to regulate the man -1 ner in which stock and bond issues are j approved by the state railroad commls l sion went to the senate. Senator Shep ' paid, author of the bill, said the meas ' tire was designed to correct promotion abuses. The bill provides that the rail road commission may not approve a stock and bond issue where the stock has ben given to promoters for fran chises It also prohibits the approval of Issues in whieli the stock has not I been subscribed at par. Lieutenant Governor Bill Sent Back. I The bill by Mr. McElreath. of Ful ton. creating the office of lieutenant | governor by a constitutional amend ; ment. w hen taken up for passage in tlie j house today brought on a sharp debate. Joe Hill Hall, of Bibb, demanding that it be sent back to tite committee for the purpose of having it changed. He objected principally to the provi»ion that the lieutenant governo' shall as | sume the duties of the governor during 'the latter's abaen.e from the state. He also objected to the clause making the lieutenant governor president of the house. # M M- Elreath 'cd the defense of his bib but agreed 'hi' i' be recommitted, with Instructions to the < ommlttee to '•••••••••••••••••••••••••» * HOW TO PREVENT * : case of lockjaw: • . • • Buy a silver nitrate stick, put- * • chasable for a few cents at a drug • • store. . • • In case of cut or abrasion or • • wound (II carefully wash wound • | • in warm water and (2i cauterize • • wound with silver nitrate ‘tick. • I • Then take inju ed person to • • nearest physician sot administra- • • tion of antitoxin. • ••••••••••••••••••••••sea* HEALTH BOARD IN SECRET SESSION Met to “Discuss Pellagra,” But Took Up State Probe, It Is Reported. After having given out information to the effect that they would meet to discuss pellagra, mebers of the state board of health held a two-hour star chamber ses sion! today to consider the prospects of the probe of the health department to be . instituted by the state legislature. Neither Dr. Roy Harris, secretary of the board, or any member would leave the session and discuss the real meaning of the meeting The reporters were told by a stenographer left, on guard at the door that the meeting was being held in a locked room and that strict orders had been given that it was not to be dis- Iturbed. r Information was given out to the morn ing papers by the board's press agent to ' the effect that the meeting was called to ascertain the. alleged connection of corn with pellagra, but this matter, it Is un derstood, got scant consideration. Tt is understood that the house resolu , tion to Investigate the board will be re ported favorably and passed. The senate has v;oted to investigate the board follow ing the charges preferred against Secre i tary Harris by Dr. Willis Westmoreland, former president. SLAYERS PETITION COURT TO GIVE THEM NEW TRIALS WAYCROSS, GA., July 2.—Two mo tions for new trial will be heard by Judge T. A. Parker at Waycross July ' 17. Lester Altman, a white man, sen ‘ tended to four years in the penitentiary for killing W. O. Robertson near Black . shear, in Pierce county, and D. L. : Smith, a u hite man. who was sentenced to eighteen months for the death of D. < F. Mcßae in Coffee county, are the pe titioners. RIGHT EYE OF BABY PECKED OUT BY A HEN i MOUNT VERNON. N. Y.. July 2. . The two-montns-old infant of Mr. and ■ Mrs. A. Potts, living near here, was . partly blinded by a hen that I out its right eye. 1 The child was playing on the floor when tlie hen walked into the house. She was attracted by the little one and slowly pecked its face and eye until one eye was destroyed. The child's cries attracted the mother I report to the house tomorrow morn- I ing. Represenative Nix. of Gwinnett, of- L sered a resolution appropriating $2,500 , to pay the per diem and expenses of the penitentiary investigating commit tee of 1911. It was shown that $5,000 had been granted for committee travels, but other committees had used up all the money before the prison probers got to the pay window. Mr. Harrell, of Stewart, offered a bill > requiring all railroads to publish in all newspapers In the counties through which the road passes a complete I schedule of ali passenger trains and i changes in such schedules. It provides that the papers must not charge more than the usual rates, and permits pay , ment In mileage or cash. , Mr. James, of Gilmer, and Mr. Fro , hock, of Camden, offered several bills making minor changes in tlie game law. Mr. James desires to remove all pro tection from fox squirrels and gray squirrels. , Mr. Massengale, of Warren county. ( struck another blow at the fee system tn offering a bill to place all county officers in counties of 10.500 to 15,000 population on salaries instead of fees. Kent County Bill Up July 11. The bill by Mr. Kent, of Montgom ( ery county, to create the new county of Kent, was set for a special order on July 11. when it will come up sot pas sage. Mr. Cabaniss. of Oglethorpe, offered a bill to protect landlords and employ ers of farm labor. It provides that it shall he unlawful for a landlord to dis charge a tenant without reasonable cause and also unlawful for a tenant to quit a landlord's employment with -1 out cause, where there is a written contract or a verbal contract with wit ' nesses. The same law shall apply to ' "croppers" and landlords. It is de signed better to regulate farming by ' providing more stead?’ and better sat ! isfied labor. Governor Brown sent in to the house the veto of Governor Smith of the state auditor bill, as requested by resolution last week. The message was not read, but received and laid on the desk. ■ Mr. Christopher's bill to hold elec tions of justices and constables on the same day as governor and other state officers was passed bx' the house. The ■ author explained that it would save a i large part of the expense of elections. The bill by Mr Burwell, of Hancock. ; was passed l«i tlie house. It provides ■ that onl.v a newspaper published not ■ less than two years and at the county ■ site may be designated the official coun ty organ for the publication of legal > notices paid for hi the county. Where . the ■ ounty site has no paper another ■ pulvi.ation ma' be selected. FIGHTS MOVE TO REINSTATE KENT Counsel in Disbarment Case Against Representative Sends Protest to Legislature. From Eschol Graham, an attorney of Mcßae. Ga.. the state legislature received today a communication protesting against the proposed resolution removing the dis abilities of Representative William B. Kent, of Montgomery county, who was recently disbarred by the courts of his home county and by the state supreme court. Mr. Graham, who was one of the coun sel in the disbarment case, denies that Mr. Kent’s disbarment grew out of a petty justice court proceeding, and re views the pase to show that the charges were many and serious. “There were 21 charges against him and they did not arise from politics nor professional jealousy." writes Mr. Gra ham. "When the case started he was not a candidate for any office nor was he advocating any new county. In answer to the question, why he was afterward elected a representative, he had worked himself into the secret orders of his coun ty, he had a large relationship and he drew votes from a certain section by promising to organize it into a new county. “I call your attention particularly to a few of the charges, to-wit: Defrauding clients, altering court records, abstract ing and concealing court papers, procur ing and swearing false affidavits and false swearing. There was not a shadow of doubt as to his guilt. The evidence was clear, overwhelming and. convincing. "The general law provides how a dis barred attorney may be reinstated. Is it possible that the general assembly will seriously consider a proposition to varj’ the law as a personal favor to a man who has disgraced hfs profession?” Mr. Kent is attending the sessions of the house. His bill to create the new county of Kent Is pending before tha house. GIRL-WIFE DIVORCING ACCUSED BIGAMIST GIVEN FIRST DECREE Mrs. Sayde Belle Clay. 20 years old. formerly of Ardmore. Okla . was given the first decree of her petition for divorce from Jesse L. Clay, 43. by Judge Ellis, in superior court today, when it was shown that Clay had been married previously and had several children. No divorce from the first wife had ever been obtained according to Mrs. Clay, though Clay passed himself as unmarried when he made love to her in the little Oklahoma town. Shortly after their mar riage Clay left her, going to another town In Oklahoma. Clay Is wanted In his home state on a bigamy charge, while his real wife and her children, in Birmingham, are looking for him to begin legal action to make him support them. DEATHS AND FUNERALS; B. B. McKinney. Funeral arrangements for B B Mc- Kinney, RS years old. of No. 7 Ten nille street, who dropped dead at hi' home late yesterday, have not been completed. Mr. McKinney is survived by his wife and seven children. J. L. Brand. The funeral of J. L. Brand, of Bra den. Ga., who died late yesterday, will be held at Harmony Grove tomorrow , morning. Interment will be in the church yard. Donald B. Frederick. Jr. The body of Donald B. Frederick. Jr., two years old, who died at the home of Dr. J. E. Paullin, 38 West Fifteenth street, was taken to Marshallville. Ga.. today for Interment. Mrs. Sarah J. McCall. The fune’al of Mrs. Sarah J. Mc- Call. 82 years old. of 225 Bellwood avenue, who died yesterday, was held at the residence today. Interment was in Westview. She is survived by her husband, R. C. McCall and three chil dren. Mrs. C. A. Hall. Funeral services for Mrs. C. A. Hall 77 years old. of 486 West Hunter street, who died yesterday. were held at Poole’s chapel early today. The body was taken to Gay. Ga.. for interment. HE WILL MAKE SEARCH FOR ALGONKIAN FOSSILS WASHINGTON, July 2. —Dr. Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithso nian Institution, has gone to Field. British Columbia, where he will con tinue bis studies in Cambrian geology and paleontology. On the shores of Steep Rock lake, near Atikokan. he intends to collect Algonkian fossils. From there he will travel to Field British Columbia, where an assistant has already established camp on But gess Pass. After spending a few weeks collecting fossil specimens from the Burgess shale formation, he will pro ceed to Yellowhead Pass, making a general reconnaissance survey of that region for Cambrian fossils SOUTHERN CLUB IS GIVEN INJUNCTION AGAINST CITY The Southern club was granted by su perior court today a temporary injunction against the city of Atlanta, restraining it from fining the club on a charge of re maining open on Sunday. Judge Ellis is sued the order. It was asked on the ground that the city is being paid a license by the club, by which it is given a right to operate without time restrictions. FIFTEEN PERSONS TURN OUT. MACON, GA., July 2.—There was no rally last night to boost the candidacy of Joe Hill Hall, although one was sched uled and advertised. The meeting was due to begin at 8 o'clock, but after wait ing until 9 o'clock the six speakers. Messrs. Guerry. Anderson. McKenna, Moore. Lane and Nottingham decided that there was no desire to hear them laud Mr. Hall, and thev dispersed There were then fifteen neople in the big city auditorium The meeting was as the first of a number to be held ovet the •tat'’ in the promotion of Mt Hall's candidacy for governor.