Georgia Historic Newspapers

    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
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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
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CLOSE SUM
Mo Distribution at General De
livery, in Accordance With
Mew Postal Law.
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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
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