Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, July 02, 1912, FINAL, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text4 DIRIGIBLE BLOWS IIP IN NIID-AIB; FOILED Melvin Vaniman and Crew of Four Plunge to Death From Trans-Atlantic Craft. ATLANTIC CITY. N .1 .July ?. Plunged 1.000 feet to earth when the flirgible balloon the Akron blew up in mid-air. Melvin Vaniman. the fa mous aerial navigator, and the four men of his crew were dashed to death today. The Akron had been striated t l *. for a trip across the Atlantic ocean. | and was the last word In balloon > on | „i Struction. The flight over the meadows began at 7 o’clock, and it was Just a short time later that the accident oc curred Calvin Vaniman's body was headless when found. When the balloon was 600 feet above the gtound a human ■body was seen to shoot from the mas.- of falling wreckage This is believed to have been Vaniman The wreckage of the balloon sank tn eighteen feet of water on the beach. Divers late in the morning believed they had located four bodies in the debris. They at once sot to work to 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. Besides Melvin Vaniman. who was personally In charge, those on the Akron were Calvin Vaniman. brother of the aeronaut; Cred Rimer, George Roultin and Walter Gest. Mrs. Vaniman Sees Disaster and Collapses. Mrs. Melvin Vaniman saw the disas ; ter from the porch of her home. She / collapsed and is In a serious condl / tton. An hour after the accident and after the rescuers had given up all 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 Cook. The body was floating In Absecon hay. Allhough 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 1.900 feet, the aerial pilot began put 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. Vanf 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 Ills third long circle, sailing through the air with lie 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. Elames enveloped tlie 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 witlt sickening speed In her wake was a thick trail of smoke. Elames billowed for many yards behind the blazing plummet Many on the ground were sickened tiy the sight Chief Black, of the fire 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 ter. It was awful. 1 tried to keep my head turned away, but the shrieks of the frantic spectators about me com pelled me against my will to look up ward" This was tlie third flight of the Ak ron. About $75,000 had been spent on the balloon preparing her for flight She was constructed along the lines of Walter Wellman < famous dirgible in which he made an unsuccessful at tempt to cross the Atlantic Vaniman was Wellman's chief engineer He was born in Virden. Hi , 4" years ago ami had spent most of his life experiment ing in aeronautics. One theory of the cause of tlie acci dent was that a leak tn the fuel tank caused an explosion and that the flame from thi= sot the big balloon afire Another theory was that an engine rope had been wound up in the ptopellet. tearing off the rear end of tin bag. tint allowing the gas to t seape into the Igni tion plug of the motoi Another wa that the rays ot the sun caused tlie hag to expand until It burst flam tin pr< s sure. Balloon Built In Akron, Ohio AKR' >N. ' >Hb '. duly T b. ’Akron." which w s destroyed v>. lantic < ’ity im'ai. <- . onsi ■m t< n this city and named forth, , jtv !>• ch ut»e < t th< hot «• t i< > . »»?’.*■.•; u. i i ( »n The flight a.-os- the A. uni. vva- the idea of Erank A Seiberllng. t > -libml <<f tin Goody eat Tile and Rubb. • pany ihe fabric fol the big ga* bag was made at the rubbei plant he,.- and «■ slipped to Atlanta < ■ ( |y in . ■ u- of Vaniman and bis brothei H ic.jut . ■ many month- of . opstant aboi u- . i. struct the bag and when tiiiltmeil w .. propoun- ed io b» the -ti.mgr |, .. WOMAN FLYER DIES IN 1,000-FT. FALL|] <>n I’l'jlit. Mis.- IlttiTiei (Quimby, first woman aviator in Am i btl on slioiihlid-s .>!' udmiri.i" friends as she finished her flight the Eniflts!) (’hamif'l. (hi left, Miss \hiintby just after landinsj front her cross-channel flight. Miss fell I.Oiili feet t<> instant death at Boston last night. ' wHh a \ 1 \\ \\ wMBOIL twat! m ViHlMißa/JtM Jw \wl K? 1 x f \ jQi (WtIWWK.;, W'- Jag Air Claims Eight Victims in 2 Days ; -iri,v 1. At I Ininlnirir Kociii'Z. I;il;ill\ injured. Al Boslon Miss Harriet (juiniliy, W. A. I’. Williii’d .II HY 2. At Al hint ie ('if \ Melvin Vaniman. Calvin Vaniman. I Ered Elmer. Genrjji' Boult in, Walter (ii'sl. HILLYER TRUST CO. PAYS 2 1-2 PER CENT 6 MONTH DIVIDEND T he directors of the Hillyer Trust (’mu pany at their meeting Monday afternoon declared lhe regular semi-annual divi dend of two per rent and an extra divi dend of one-half of one per cent, payable imnu’diaiel\ to stockholders of record .June 29 This makes a two and one-half per rent distribution lor the six months Just ended, which is at the rate of five per cent per annum The dividend paid last year was four per cent. This extra dividend reflerls a continued prosperity of the Hillyer ’Crust (’ompanx . which has a capital and surplus of $300.- 000. ami has made money from the start. The officers and <iircct<»rs arc: Henry Hillyer. president. George S. Lowndes, vice president. William Hurd Hillyer, vice president and treasurer I Scott Todd. .Ir . seeretai \ . l-hins A Spenci'. counsel; T <’ T’rippe, trust of fleer. The trustees are I»r !• I‘himzy <’al- Ihoun. IL I. I’oreman. lack .1. Spalding. I Henry Hillyer. (George S Lowndes. Her bert L Wiggs lames S IToyd. John Mor ris. Hr I S. Todd, Frederick J Paxon. William Hillyer. Samuel .X ILvins and Mitchell (’ King MUSICIANS IN NEW YORK PLAYHOUSES ON STRIKE NEW’ YoRK. July 2. Tv\ » theaters in New York had orchestras last night 'Che | others gtu along with pianos, automatic ■ musical machines and other different i I mechanical devices. This was the method I of the theater- managers in meeting the recent demands of the Musicians union, 1 which has said there must he a con ■ siderable Increase in the salaries paid I musicians in theater- orchestras and has demanded several concessions The old three year arrangement between the thea- 1 ter managers and the union ended Sunday. LEADER OF CUBAN REBEL FORCES NOT CAPTURED 1 S \ NTI AtD ‘ Jul\ 2 General Ivonftt, | leader of the Cuban insurgents, still ’si 'at large Deports that he had been »ap ; ‘luff'd b> t’.eneral Monteaguedos federal* I were proven falsi* bx dispatches from the interior <>f criente province to<la> Ivonet is th Ting toward tlmintanumo valle' with i a hamiful of lo\ al follow ers TAFT TALKS WITH CRANE OF POLITICAL POWWOW W VSHINGTcN July 2 Pr« sklent T uft I returned to the whit* house today from > the Saefig* t fest In PhHadflphlH. and pre pare<! for conferenc* * w ith his < abinct and ' poll! teal mlvisvf < S» r.itur Murru’ Crane called t<» dis« us> . plans for t> < big pohtual conference to] In hel’l cr (he white ! otib- July h JUSTICE COURT TO TRY MCDONALD AS SLAYER By ig’crimnt of the pt -i» |on and defense i warrant for murder will be uiken o.t f>.r Prank M< l»ona!d a- *u> ( d • slater of Kob« ■ t L S'rverr and no trial •I w ’ll b» held m p.»lh < < o rs >(. ;i w ill be afiaigned tn • tour? ami pfohabl) 'x Hl wane exami ' | fwau 1. «iott b> th. grm m* $ JHE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEV\ S. 1 LESDAY. J I'Ll 2, 1912. Harriet Quimby and Man Pas senger Hurled Into Ocean When Plane Tips. BOSTON. July 2.—Falling l.ono feet Into Dorr'hcster Bay'. Miss Harriet Quimby. America's first woman aviator, and the first woman to fly the English channel and W A. P. Willard, man ager of the Boston aviation meet, were killed last evening. Miss Quimby and Willard were re turning from a trip over Boston har bor to Boston light, a distance of 20 miles In all The flight was made in 2il minutes Heading back into the eight-mile gusty wind. Miss Quimby started to volplane. The angle was too sharp and one of the gusts caught the tall of the monoplane, throwing the machine up perpendicularly For an instant It poised there. Then, sharply outlined against the setting sun. Wil lard was thrown clear of the chassis, followed almost immediately by Miss Qi t Im by. Bodies Sink Deeply in Mud. Hurtling over and over, the two figures shot downward, striking the water 20 feel from shore. They splash ed out of sight a second before the monoplane plunged down fifteen feet away. It was low tide and the water was only five feet deep. Men from tlie yacht club in motorboats were on the -pot quickly and. leaping overboard, drag ged the bodies out of the mud, into which they had sunk deeply. Both bodies were badly crushed. Flying high overhead at the time ot tlie fall was Miss Blanche Stuart Scott, another aViatfiet From her high al titude. Miss Scott had watched Miss Quimby's splendid flight, and was near by when the gust il|>.-et the mono plane. When Miss Quimby's body was brought ashore all eyes were directed aloft, and Mt-s Scott was seen making I sweeping circle- over the field at a I height of about 50fl feet. Twice she started Io descend, but each time she was seen to falter. In another moment she turned the nose of her machine downward, and landed safely, collapsing in lie, seat b< fore any one could reach her. Fifth Fatality to V/oman Flyer. I The bodies of Miss Quimby and Mt. Willard ari' at th< morgue of lhe Quincy hospital, where an autopsy w ill be performed before they are turned I over to relatives. The death of Miss Quimby consti-| lute« the fifth aviation fatality to i [woman since tlie inception of the new s< ienye, the previous victims being an I unnamed girl at Budapest on June 17. [ 1 11 1 I. Mlle Denise Moon ,at Etutnia - [July 21. 1911. Mlle. Susanne Barnard. lal Elampes Mata It tn. l'.G2 and Mr.- [Julia t'lark at Springfield 111 June 17. 1912. The total number of aviation ■ fatalities since the death of l.ieutenan’ [S< Ifri'lg' in S'uUembe'. tfias. j< now I 158. Although ii< eply depressed over the doitlde tiagcdy l ist night thirteen av ia j tor- left on the field declared today tha' I they would r ontinuv flying during the ■ last of the meet until Saturday. I,in- ! <oln Beachy dismissed the tragedy as . .in » verydtty >•ceut retii <• " and was out early today tt y ing his machine mid do [ Ing Ills hail raising stunts in the air Miss Ultitn he Stuart Scott, w Ito wa i in the air last night w hep tile tragedv I t<> Iler friend and fellow flyer took place I aid today "It I- W hat w * have expect. I wl' ■ l i tly Iti-t the same today . FIDDLERS CONVENTION I i illT VMI IV GA Jiliv ’ t’q y i [■onteetanis hav> tw-< n entered lot tl.e i flil.ll. t■ nv< nth-n on July I ati-ij i .i' >ang ■ tm-nt * have !>■ n made f,, t thet j j • iit>-i minim nt Tie t ■ ails l» » t nbb. | j l>.t ■ !>' cue .rial | e i< h-< a' Ing (SEEKS PENSION FOR SOLDIER WHO LOST MIND SIX MONTHS TT'c story of a soldier whose mind was a blank for six months after his wound, wlmse comrades have all answered the last ' taps." whose pension claim has not been granted because of that six months hiatus in his record, is told in a resolu tion ofTored in ti e house of representa tives by Mr. Dorsey, of Spalding county, i oda y. Robert VV. Griffin, so the resolution re lates, was a brave soldier of the <’on federaey. He was wounded at the bat tle of Winchester. \ a . and taken to the military hospital at Baltimore, where he lay for six months, emerging without lhe slightest memory of anything be tween the battle and his recovery. Sev eral years ago he applied for a Georgia pension, but though his record was clear up to the battle of Winchester, he could offer no proof after that. Mr. Darsey asks that he be placed on the state'•pen sion roll The resolution will go before a (-onimrttee for action. I COAL WORKERS BATTLE POLICE; TWENTY INJURED MONMOUTH. ENGLAND, j’uly 2. over twenty persorvs were injured to day in .i tight between police.and strik ers al the* Rose Heyworth collieries in Monmouthshire. The majority of the injured are suffering from wounds in flicted by the policemen's batons. The battle followed an attempt by the mob to burn tlie coal company's property. The men are fi it satisfied with the terms of .-ettlemi nt in the recent national coal strike. LIGHTNING KILLS CHILD WHILE WORKING IN FIELD DAI.TON. GA. uly —Turning to urge hei young daughter, who was working with het in tlie field, to hurry home before the tain came up. Mrs Hooker, of the Deep Springs settlement, this county, found that the child. Lily j Hooker, aged thirteen years, had been killed by lightning. Mrs. Hooker diil not feel the shock from the flash vvhltb took the child's life. The tragedy occurred during an elec trical storm which did considerable damage In th“ northern part of Whit field county The child is survived by het parents four brothers and one sis ter. the sister being neat Iler when she w is killed. RICH NEGRO MISSING: FOUL PLAY SUSPECTED I'HATTAMttIGA. TENN . July 2. ] H B. Fishe . a .vcalthy negro, is miss- ' ing and tin polit « Lar he has been ’ i killed for his money and his body [ thrown into the Tennessee rivet. Fish- . • I s coat was found on the river bridge i today. A bank book found in a pocket of the coal showed a deposit of $1,799. j Several ye.us ago Fishers arms were' cut off in an ,o ‘ tdeut and he recovered damages of s)o,otio. With this as a foundation for hie fortune, lie acquired iiiisideiable property and was rated as one of tlie richest negroes in t'hatta nooga. I LIFE COMPANIES PAID OUT EXACTLY $592,640,000 NEW Y<‘RK, July ?. Life insurance j toinpuni* * <*f t'le United States and I ' aniii .i paid List y- ir policies amount- 1 mg to *.>92.640.000, <<f which $71,000,000] • am. t<» X* w Ynuk slate ind ?7,9.’»4.7.'»0 i j to Brooklyn, The largest of ili |»o’i» ics paid wa« ' -at »»f I rank 'l'. Howard, of X< »• Or. I GEORGE B SWIFT DIES CHICAGO Jah „ Gootgr H Swift, sot aier maym of ('hi< .ig*> «nal pioneer con (i a« 'or di»-■! suddeuD I. «h > at Id?* home, 'd L Washington a\emp Heath ls> be • Heir.! »•» Fave a !u<- t<> heart failure t ‘ a i t il .. ..Id. GJ. LEGISLATORS FIGHT BRISTOW AMENDMENT South Thinks Bill Gives Govern ment Too Much Authority in State Elections. Declaring the noted Bristow amend ment. providing for direct election of United .Stales senate,e, was not adopt- I ed by the necessary two-thirds vote of | congress. Hooper Alexande: today lopened war in the house of represen tatives against Georgia's ratification of the amendment. He offered a resolu tion. which was adopted, calling for an investigation of the manner in which congress passed the amendment pro- I Vigo, and asked that sister states be j given notice of Georgia's fight on the jp oposed 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 takei away the rights of the individual states to manage their own affairs. Governor Brown today transmitted to the house the message from con gress notifying the legislature us the passage of the Bristow amendment and .asking that the legislature vote on its .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 his .first gun. i Test Vote on Falls Suit. Mr. Alexander maintains that the, record shows that there was not a .true two-thirds vote of the national house upon this question, but only two .thirds of those present, the vote there fore being unconstitutional. He be lieves that when this point is raised by opponents of the measure in the congress the amendment will bo 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 Shaw resolution, requesting the governor to bring suit to fully es tablish the Tallulah land titles, was sent to the general Judiciary commit tee by a vote of 21 to 18. 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 plats 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 did not become subject to general debate a hard fight will develop on the political lines in dicated by today's vote. ’l'he senate determination to play a hands-off policy with the Georgia dele gation at the national Democratic con vention has again been manifested. The I 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 who thought that the Georgia delegation acted unrea sonably when it voted against the Bryan resolution in Baltimore, were in the smoking rom discussing Wilson's nomination chances when house res olution was read. Not three senators out of tlie 40 present appeared interest ed in the resolution at all "Let the resolution be referred to I the general judiciary committee." in | strueted President Slaton. This was ■ done. A number of general bills, chief ; among them one to regulate the man- ■ ner in which stock and bond issues are | approved by the state railroad commis ! sion went to the senate. Senator Shep pard. author of the bill, said the meas- i ure 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 which 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 j governor by a constitutional amend i ment, yvhen taken up for passage in the i house today brought on a sharp debate. .Joe HiH Hall, of Bii.o, demanding that i it be sent hack to tlie committee for I the purpose of having it changed. He ! objected principally to the provision | that the lieutenant governor shall a»- | surne the duties of the governor during I the latter s abaen * from the state. He ilso objected to the < laus. making the lieutenant governor president of the house M Me F.lreafh 'rd the fenye of his bi! but agreed that it be recommitted, with innruciiont io tne <otninltie« to ••••••••••••••••••••••••a* * HOW TO PREVENT * : case of lockjaw: • . • • Buy a silver nitrate stick, pur- • • chasable for a few cents at a drug • • store. • • In case of cut or abrasion or • • wound (1) carefully wash wound • • in warm water and (2) cauterize • • wound with silver nitrate stick. • • Then take injured person to • • nearest physician for adminlstra- • • tion of antitoxin. • • • 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 turbed. 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. It is understood that the house resolu tion to Investigate the board will be re ported favorably’ and passed. The senate has voted to investigate the board follow ing the charges preferred against Secre 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 tenced to four years in the penitentiary for killing W. O. Robertson near Black shear, in Pierce county, and D. L. Smith, a white 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 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 peeked out its right eye. The child yvas playing on the floor when the hen xvalked 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 report to the house tomorrow morn ing. Represenative Nix, of Gwinnett, of fered a resolution appropriating $2,500 to pay the per diem and expenses of the penitentiary investigating commit tee of 1911. it was showm 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 schedule of all passenger trains and 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 the 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 in offering a bill tc 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 for pas sage. Mr. Cabaniss, of Oglethorpe, offered a bill to protect landlords and employ ers of farm labor. It provides that it shall be 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 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 steaay 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 by the house. The author explained that it would save a large part of the expense of elections. The bill by M>. Burwell, of Hancock, was passed by the house. It provides that onlv a newspaper published not less than two years and at the county site may be designated the official coun ts organ for the publication of legal notices paid for by the county. Where the couni? stir has no paper another ruble r.< ion ina> be selected. FIGHTS MOVE TD 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 case 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 * 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 vary the law as a personal favor to a man who has disgraced his profession?” Mr. Kent is attending the sessions of the house. His bill to create the new county of Kent is pending before ths house. girlwifeTdivorcing 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, 68 years old. of No. 7 Ten nille street, who dropped dead at hit 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. Paullln. 38 West Fifteenth street, was taken to Marshallville, Ga , today for interment. Mr». Sarah J. McCall. The funeral of Mrs. Sarah J. Mc- Call. 62 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 his studies In Cambrian geology and paleontology. On the shores of Steep Rock lake, near Atikokan. hr intends to collect Algonkian fossils. From there he will travel to Field British Columbia, where an assistant has already established camp on Bur gess Pass. After spending a few weeks collecting fossil specimens from the Burgess shale formation, he will pro ceed to Yellowhead Pass, making t general reconnaissance survey of 'hat 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 > right to operate without time restriction FIFTEEN PERSONS TURN OUT. MACON. GA., July 2. There was n rally last night to boost the candidacy > 1 Joe Hill Hall, although one was sche uled and advertised. The meeting «•- due to begin at 8 o'clock, but after wai' - ing until 9 o'clock the six speaker-. Messrs. Guerry Anderson. McKenna Moore Lane and Nottingham decide that there wa« no desire to hear the laud Mr Hall, and the- dispersed Th'’ were then fifteen people in the big autli'orlum The meeting »«’ as ih« first of a number to he .. tbr Male *n ’ .»* promotion of Mi Hbai < foi r«'trnor.