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THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Generally fair today and tomorrow, ’ VOL. XL NO. 24. MANYHUHTIS WK OF SOUTHERN FLYER Fast Jacksonville - Cincinnati Train No. 13 Hits Freight in Macon Yards. R. L. BARNWELL. ATLANTA, IS AMONG BADLY INJURED Four Trainmen Caught in the Crash—Switchman’s Back Is Broken. MACON, GA., Aug. 31.—Four train men and a number of passengers were hurt when Southern railway train No. I 13, northbound from Jacksonville to j Cincinnati, struck an open switch and ; collided with a freight train in the Ma- I con yards early today. Among- the injured passengers is R. | L. Barnwell, of 239 Capitol avenue. At- i lanta, special representative of the | Royal Typewriter Company. He was, thrown from an upper berth and ren dered unconscious. He was internally injured and was taken to his home in Atlanta for treatment. Engineer H. K. Btirgay suffered a sprained ankle. J. B. Martin, express messenger, was badly bruised. T'-e most seriously hurt was Thomas Sl.i -r. ■' negro switchman, whose back I was broken. Will Black, a negro fireman, was! ba 1:■" in the back. kit’ n-.k Open Switch Mile From Station. The wiecked train, which is the fast est operated by the Southern between Jacksonville and Cincinnati, had just left tl;e Macon depot bound for Atlanta, when it struck the open switch in the yards about one mile from the station A long freight train was on the siding to which the switch lead. The heavy passenger train crashed into the freight cars ami demolished a number. The passenger engine was overturned and engineer, fireman and switchman were caught under the wreckage. The ex pre s* ear was derailed and the messen ger was thrown against the side of the I car. receiving severe bruises. Baek in the Pullmans the shock of I the collision was sudden and severe. Sleeping passengers were thrown from their berths and several were consider ably bruised and shaken up. Mr. Barn well's injuries were more seiious, be cause of his fall from the high berth to the ear aisle. The injured trainmen were taken to the Maeon hospital, while those pas sengers who were able to travel were carried on, seveial being bound for At lanta. VENEZUELA BUYS OLD VESSEL TAKEN FROM SPAIN BY U. S. IN 1898 CHARLESTON. S. C., Aug. 31.—0 n Monday or Tuesday next. at the Charleston navy yard, Senor Don P. Ezequlel Rojas, Venezuelan minister at Washington, will receive from this government the gunboat Isle of Cuba, which, bding repaired to the extent of $15,000, has been sold to the govern ment of Venezuela, and which Captain Alfred W. Pressley. U. S. N„ retired, will take down to South America, The gunboat Isle of Cuba, as she used to be called, was captured from the Spaniards in 1898. and has been in commission in the United States navy until recently sold to Venezuela, which nation is building-up a navy. LAD SLAYS PLAYMATE WITH GUN IN QUARREL OVER PIGEON THEFT CHICAGO, Aug. 31. -Police today are seeking Tony Bruno, aged fifteen, who shot and killed Solomon Golep, aged fourteen, in a quarrel at the McLaren playgrounds. More than 100 children at the grounds at the time saw the crime. Bruno accused Golep of having stolen his pigeons. Golep denied the charge and said he could whip any boy who called him a thief. A fight started and In the midst of it Bruno drew a re volver and shot Golep three times. Th n he fled. NEW PASTOP AT WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON. GA. Aug. 31.—Rev. W. S. Dorsett, of Johnston. S. C., has ' arrived with his family, Mr. Dorsett I having accepted the pastorate of the local Baptist church and will commence his ministry here tomorrow. At the evening service eongregatii.ns of other ’ churches will join the Baptists to’ ex tend a welcome to Mr. Dorsett and his family. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN Vs ANT ADS—Use For Results. V••••••••••••9•••••»• Q•••• • Rival Canal Planned • • Through Nicaragua, • >: Is Rumor in Europe : • LONDON, Aug. 31. —A sensa- • • tional report that an Anglo- ® • French syndicate is being formed • • to construct a canal through Cen- • • tral America to counteract the • • Panama canal difficulty over tolls • • for non-American ships was re- ® • ceived here- today from Berlin. • • The origin of the report was • • unknown, but the telegram said it • • was the principal topic of conver- • • sation upon the German Bourse. » | • It received little credence here, as « I• no confirmation was obtainable. • j • Inquiries in Paris elicited no in- • • formation there. • • According to the Berlin rumors, • • negotiations are already under » • way with Nicaragua with a view • • to building the canal across that • • country. • 44 Choir Boys Go on Strike When Leader And Rector Disagree Pickets To Be Stationed Around Church Tomorrow to Enforce No-Music Plan. CHICAGO, Aug. 31.—A committee of five strike leaders tomorrow will pick let the three entrances to St. Marks ! Episcopal church ,to prevent any of [the choir boys entering, donning their robes and singing in either tile morn ing or evening service. The strike was called after choir re j hearsal, when friction arose between j Rev. William White Wilson, rector of the church, and Assistant Choirmaster William J. Coxe. Coxe had held his position for 22 years. The 44 boys in the choir. following their custom, waited for him after rehearsal. When he came out and told them he would no longer lead the choir, the bo; s said they would stirke. Coxe tried to get them to go back, but they refused. i GEORGIA MOOSERS FILE A LIST OF NEW PARTY’S ELECTORS Georgia Bull Moose today filed wth the secretary of state the list of the new party's electors, two for the state at large and one for each congres sional district. This was the first formal declaration that the Progres sives would make an effort to carry Georgia for Colonel Roosevelt. Members of the party met at the Kimball house and chose Dr. Howard E. Felton, of Cartersville. and J. St. Ju lien Yates, of Decatur, as electors rep resenting the state at large. The fol lowing district electors were chosen: First district, James S. Tart, Scre |ven; Second, J. T. Culpepper, Thomas: Third, C. L. Pyron, Taylor; Fourth. J. S. Montgomery, Muscogee; Fifth, Rob ert L. Rodgers. Fulton; Sixth, T. E. Nelson, Pike; Seventh, Alox T. Hamil ton, Floyd; Eighth, O. B. Menees, Franklin; Ninth. Charles G. Reynolds, Hall; Tenth, Dr. J. M. Lee. Richmond; Eleventh. J. H. Denton, Jeff Davis; Twelfth. Dr. Walter A. Wilkinson. Dodge. WISE TO WAIT TWO YEARS FOR SEAT IN NATIONAL CONGRESS MACON, GA., Aug. 31.—Although urged by many to ruo in the general election as an independent, J. W. Wise, of Fayette, is going to abide by the apparent decision of the primary and not contest Representative Charles L. Bartlett's re-election. Mr. Wise feels that his election two years hence is assured, especially since Judge Bart lett is not going to run again, and he has decided not to push the proposed recount and contest. In view of these facts, the Bartlett convention at Barnesville yes.erday afternoon was harmonious throughout, and Judge Bartlett’s election was rati fied without a dissenting note. It cost Representative Bartlett just $2,360 to retain his seat in congress. These are the figures given in his sworn statement of campaign expenses. The largest item was newspaper publicity, I which amounted to nearly SI,OOO. John R. Cooper paid $485 for a losing race, and he sets out that he borrowed the money from his brother, .1. C. Cooper, of Atlanta. STRIKING MINERS AND GUARDS IN OUN FIGHT; MORE TROOPS CALLED CHARLESTOWN. W. VA . Aug. 31. —After it was thought that peace hail been restored in the Cabin Creek coal fields, fighting broke out again last night and continued today between striking miners and armed guards w ho are protecting colliery property. Fir ling was intermittent throughout the I night, when at least 200 shots were fired. In the meantime. Governor Glass cock was informed that the situation was critical, and a company of militia was ordered to the scene. Several men were wounded, two of 1 them fatally, it is reported. ATLANTA, GA.. SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1912. WOMANUND WEB 11 ■ OIER [CUTE ! tulAlt J. B. Hanson Is Charged With Trying to Defraud a Feeble- Minded Man. WARRANT FOR ARREST ISSUED: DENIES GUILT Mrs, M. E. Jones Says Her Brother Is the Victim in Piot of Attorney. I A fight for an estate said to be worth I from SIO,OOO to $20,000 came to a cli- • max today with the arrest of J. B. Hanson, of 93 Lovejoy street, who says j he is a lawyer. I The arrest unfolded a rather unusual I story, in which the three central figures | are J. M. CaP:\v, Mrs. M. E. Martin, his j sister, with whom he lived at 115 West* jt’ain street and who says he is an ; imbecile, and Hai . on. Hanson was arn stod on a warrant I sworn out before .Justice Ridley in Ca ! soy’s name. At the same time Mrs. I Martin obtained a temporary injunc- I tion restraining him from interfering in any way with the property involved. Martin charges that Hanson poisoned Casey’s mind against her and worked on his feeble mental faculties until he obtained the transfer of certain deeds, : giving Casey duplicate deeds which , proved worthless. Hanson Denies Woman’s Charges. Hanson denied at police headquar , | tors, where he is held that he had made , I any attempt to swindle. He charged J that Mrs. Martin was trying to get the t estate. The young lawyer asserted that Ca sey had told him he could have all over . ! $6,000 if he could sell the property for ; him. Ho got an offer for $12,000 and j then declares Casey went back on his | word. He chargi s that Casey was try l i . ... mg to sell -iir prop, rty in an attempt to ■ evade creditors | An entirely different story is told in | the charges on which the warrant ob | tained in Justice Ridley’s court is based, j According to these, Hanson was a | public school teacher some time ago, ' I and got acquainted with Casey when ' ! he was ill, soon winning his confidence. ' Casey happened to mention that he owed $750 on his property and later ' Hanson announced that he had learned ■ steps were being taken to foreclose for the debt. Hanson advised Casey to transfer the deeds to the roper to him, • to be put in a vaplt and Hanson to keep the key. When Casey recovered and went to the bank in which Hanson said he had deposited the papers he was told they had no such deeds. He found, he says, . that Hanson had entered the deeds in ' his own name on the comity records. SSOO WAS PRICE PAID MAN FOR “PLANTING” DYNAMITE IN STRIKE i BOSTON, Aug. 31.—John .1, Breek, the i Lawrence undertaker and school com ; I initteeman who paid a fine of SSOO after I being found guilty of planting dynamite in Lawrence during the textile strike there, received SSOO or SOOO for his work, it was stated today. William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen Company, Bas been ar ' rested on an indictment in connection I with the “plant” and gave $5,000 cash 'bail. Dennis J. Collins, of Cambridge, j is in jail unable to furnish similar bail, * having been named in the same indet ! ment. I District Attorney Pelletier is planning I to push his investigation of the “plant” j still further. When the grand jury meets j on 'Tuesday he will summon before it at least two other witnesses. The district attorney has information bearing on the inception of the plot. Greek's story of the plot is a remark able one. lie he got about SSOO or S6OO, hut the amount included services : he had rendered in other ways for tho i person or persons who employed him. He i told the district attorney that one of the defendants paid him. He claims he pawl Collins *IOO for aiding him to carry the •dynamite from Boston to Lawrence. It ' is believed, however, that Collins receiv | ed only SSO. SLAYER OF FATHER GETS SENTENCE OF 18 MONTHS J CRAWFORDVILLE. GA., Aug 31 In , i Taliaferro superior court, Robert Favors, I a negro youth, charged with killing his I father, Peter Favors, some months ago. I received a sentence of eighteen months ! in the penitentiary for involuntary man slaughter. i Eleven negroes, arrested some months i ago for whipping Morgan Dunn, a white i man, wore each sentenced to four months j in the chaingang, all having entered pleas J of grnln. The grand juo it turned about 50 true 1 bib- | “MY DEAR SENATOR:” | HI -- . ... - . I # • w i F -- - ' 4i- a i-l A * . Very yours t zf '! " non bviimniuc ezmllls nil I ill 1111 Hi! i ifinlL VVlilLlUVsu CLOSE SUM Mo Distribution at General De livery, in Accordance With Mew Postal Law. < Atlanta mon and women who are ac customed to'“call at the postoffice for their mail on Sundays will find the gen eral delivery department closed tip tight tomorrow for the first time in years. Labor day comes on Monday, and , there will be an early closing of the ■ postoffice on that day. Two deliveries will be made in the business district and lone in the residence, and the '‘general .delivery" window will be closed at . noon. Just how large the mail sacks . I will be on Tuesday can only be esti , | mated. j The action taken by Postmaster Hugh I McKee in regard to the Sunday dlstri ' i button of mail is in accordance with the 1 I recent change in the postal laws, and I j unless further instructions are received I by him before Sunday, only those who I rent boxes, or whose letters bear a I "special delivery” stamp will be able to : get them. Expect “Special Delivery" Increase. Postmaster McKee is not sure wheth er the distribution of mail to the boxes . ! will be kept up after this Sunday, but is . waiting for further advice in regard to this. For the present he will have the usual distribution of mail to till boxes. I On account of the fact that letters address to a street and number can ’ only be received on Sunday when the J additional "special delivery" stamp is . attached, the postoffice officials believe i' that there will be an increase in this ■ 1 class of mail and are preparing to put on a larger force than usual for Sun- ' day. In the instructions about closing the [ "general delivery" department on Sun days, the postmaster general said pro i vision probably would be made for . transients. What this will be and how it will be worked out has not been fur ' j nished the local postoffice. DUC DE CASES DIES. <’ PARIS, Aug 31.—The Due de Cases II tiled at the family residence In Chan -1 j till.', today, following an attack of pu- . raly-ds which seized him last night. He I was -IS years old. The Due de Cases > wa married in Paris in txßg, to Isabel ‘Blanche Singer, who died in 18D6. Turnpike Sleuth Nabs Secretary Fisher For Speeding; Fined $lO Constable and Jurist Fail to Recognize Cabinet Member. Lecture Him Sharply. SAX FRANCISCO, Aug. 31.—Like the hunter who went out to shoot rab bits and met a lion, Constable Walter Guldner, of Sonoma county, camping in the country road near Petaluma to catch speed burners, swooped down upon the automobile of Secretary of I the Interior Walter L. Fisher anil marched tiie entire party to the Peta- ' luma city hall. He did not know who ’ his prisoners were until the fine had I been paid and the party had gone. With his wife, his secretary, H. A. Meyer; F. C. Wythe, a San Francisco attorney, and his chauffeur, Harry ' Griffin, Secretary Fisher was flying over the county pike to the home of Luther Burbank, the plant wizard at Santa Rosa, when they were halted and ! taken in charge by Constable Guldner. They were taken before Police Judge Dillon, but Fisher made no revelation of his identity while the party was read a sharp lecture by the county Jurist, who declared that punishment for law breaking should fall equally upon rich and poor. He fined the chauffeur $lO. Mr. Fisher and his party made a visit to the Burbank experimental grounds and the experimental farm of the scientist near Sebastopol. Fisher expressed keen regret at finding Bur bank absent. , FORTY-EIGHT QUARTS OF PERFECTLY GOOD WHISKY CREMATED MACOX, GA . Aug. 31.—The police department today consigned 4R quarts of perfectly good whisky to the flames of the city crematory. The liquor was being delivered to a ' Fourth street beer saloon when a po liceman chanced to read the labels on the boxes. While he was thus engaged the negro deliverymen took fright and departed. The pioprietor of the saloon refused to claim the liquor and it was cast into the raging furnace. MEMORIAL FOR LATE JUDGE. I'EDARTWX'. GA., Aug. 31.—Me mortal exercises in honor of the late C. G. Janes will be held In Polk superior eou't Tuesday. He was judge of the Tallapoosa circuit for many years. CIH TO ON TUBERCULOSIS Health Board Asks Authority to Isolate Sufferers Who Are Menace to the Public. Allan 1 health officers will have au thority to investigate suspected cases of tuberculosis, report them to the board of health and send the patients to the Battle Hill sanitarium when this is deemed necessary, if council follows the recommendation of the board. This step places the "white plague" in the list of recognized transmissible diseases and will do a great deal to ward checking its spread in Atlanta. The Anti-Tuberculosis association and the board of health will work to gether, not only to save patients them selves, but to protect the well from in fection. It Is shown by the board that laundresses, coughing from the white plague, are delivering Infected clothing to thousands of homes; that negro nurses, wasting away under the dis ease, are carrying white babies In their arms, even sleeping beside their infant charges, and spreading the disease among children. There are many homes where a tubercular sufferer Is permit ted to sleep and eat with the rest of the family without the slightest effort at isolation. The enforcement of the new ordinance, if it is passed, undoubtedly will stir up angry opposition, but the board believes it will do a great deal for the great mass of humanity, even at the expense of individual inconven ience. The board reported at Its meeting that typhoid has decreased 50 per cent in Atlanta in the last year, and it Is be lieved that the enforcement of stringent regulations against typhoid breeding conditions has largely been responsible so the improvement. Physicians who failed to report cases of typhoid were censured. KILLS HIMSELF WHEN IN DANGER OF ARREST XEW YORK, Aug. 31.—Officers en tering the home of David M. Schurr to arrest him for violating the pure drug laws were led to his dead form by his daughter. He had just committed sui cide. IXTRA 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P^ R N E ° mu puppy BITES TEN SOLOS IT f OUT Mascot of Company L Lacer ates Hands of Friends Be fore Danger Is Known. BESIEGE CAPITOL FOR SERUM TREATMENT All Dogs on Reservation Now Being Watched for Develop ment of Hydrophobia. Ten soldiers of the Seventeenth In fantry at Fort McPherson are besieg ing the office of the state board of health at the capltol today and care fully nursing tiny scratches and lacera tions on their hands. Some of them have faced Spanish bullets near San tiago, but they are more frightened to day than ever in their lives, though they grin and keep up a bold front. A two-months-old puppy, mascot of Company L, is responsible for their fright. They are menaced with a death more horrible than any which comes in war—the dread hydrophobia. When the regiment hiked home from Waco, Ga., it had a new camp follower in the person of Wags, a yellow cur who attached herself to Company L. She took up her lodging at the com pany’s house at the post. And two months ago Mutt was bom—a tiny ball of puppyhood, who rapidly became the boon companion of the regiment and the especial pride of Company L. A few days ago Private Close stop ped to pet Mutt on the head. Mutt snapped at his fingers. Private Close drew away his hand with a grin. "The little devil,” he said. "You'T make a scrapper when you grow up.” Teeth Marks Left On Ten Hands. Sergeant Bratt, of Company I, got a mark on his thumb an hour later Then Corporal Block, of A, and Cor poral Burke, of E, had their fingers torn by the pup's teeth. Musician Burkert and Private Fahey tried their hands at petting the tiny Mutt, and found him a nasty customer. Private Blake, of Company G, and three others—a total of ten —were scratched and bitten be fore anyone thought of rabies. Then Major Baker, post surgeon, took a look at the snarling mascot. "Rabies,” said he, tersely. "Kill him.” So Mutt was sacrificed and his head cut off just behind the fuzzy ears. The. head went to the state board of health for examination. A short while after a telephone message came to the post. Examination Proves Dog Was Rabid. "It's rabies! Send the bitten men to the capitol for treatment." The marks of Mutt’s teeth already had been cauterized at the post hos pital. They were ugly-looking wounds today when the ten men arrived at the office of the board to take the serum treatment. They must report there every week or two before they will be entirely safe. But they’ll be careful how they play with the next pup. An order went out from post head quarters today to kill all stray dogs on the reservation and tie up all company mascots, officers’ dogs of high degree and fwery other species of canine brute within the lines. If no more rabies de velops the dozen mascots of the regi ment may be permitted to live. But it will be "shot at sunrise" for any dog whose actions are suspicious. MRS.OLIVIA DE FUNIAK KILLED IN WRECK OF AUTO CAR IN TYROL LOUISVILLE, KT., Aug. 31.—Mrs. Olivia DeFuniak, who was killed in an automobile accident near Zirl, in Tyrol, was the widow of Colonel Fred DeFuniak, of Louisville, who was a colonel in the Confederate army and for years one of the chief engineers of the Louisville and Nashville rail road . She is survived by four sons—Ernest DeFuniak, general freight agent of the L. and N. at Montgomery. Ala.; Cap tain Fred DeFuniak. of the United States army, and Albert and Herbert DeFuniak, of Birmingham. Ala. AUTO RUNS DOWN MOTORCYCLE. LEXINGTON. GA„ Aug. 31.—Turning a sharp curve on the <'omer-Lexington road. Johnny Howard, riding a motor cycle, was run down by an automobile driven by John W. Moody, of near Max eys. The cyclist received serious bruises and cuts about the face and hands. The motorcycle was wrecketk v