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THE weather
Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia:
Ra , n today and tomorrow.
vol.. XI. NO. *'■
POLICESUW
■6LU IS
BE RIFLES
STORE
Officers Are Attacked When
They Discover Robber at
Work Redhanded.
DIES. UNIDENTIFIED, ON
WAY TO GRADY HOSPITAL
Fusillade of Shots Follow When
Patrolmen Are Assaulted
Withjron Bar.
\l. o. Wiley, plainclothes officer, was
just about to try the front door of C.
Smith’s store. 126 Forrest avenue, early
today when it flew open and a negro
burglar emerged with a heavy iron bar
in his hand.
The negro struck viciously at the*of
ficer. tearing his clothes and wounding
him in the abdomen. He turned to run,
but Wiley's revolver sent a bullet
speeding after him. Officer Davis,
atr-'ss the street, joined in the fusil
lade. and the negro ran two blocks
through an alley and fell. He died on
the way to Grady hospital a half hour
later, without revealing his name.
Burglar Ready
For Officers.
Wile}’ and Davis were patroling the
.dreet before dawn and testing the
doors as usual, the negro must have
md their approach, or perhaps hap
peni'il to leave the store just as Wiley
: tielail the door. The burglar had
broken the lock with the three-foot
bar of iron, and he still carried the bar
as a weapon.
Wiley's watch chain was torn in two
b\ the force of the blow, his clothing
was lipped for six (fetches. and a painful
gash was torn in his flesh. But he
kept to his feet, drew his police re
volver and fired at the fleeing burglar.
Davis, who was testing the doors on
the opposite side of the street, fired
just afterward. A bullet had pene
trated the burglar's heart when he was
found, and it is not known which offi
• er’s aim had proved true.
Robber Not
Yet Identified.
Assistant Chief Jett and Captain Ter
ry were notified and went to the scene
in the police automobile. They picked
up the dying man and rushed him to
Grady hospital, but he died before
reaching it. «.
A card bearing the name “Charley
f'ook” Is the only clew to his identity.
Tlie body was taken to Howard’s un
dertaking establishment, where Coroner
Paul Donehoo will hold an inquest lat
er in the day.
J R. SMITH SELLS
$30,000 MORE LAND
IN POPLAR STREET
I’or a consideration of $30,000 the
Georgia Realty Company, by James R.
Ninith, has sold to F. J. Merriam the
-"xBO-foot lot on the northeast side of
I'oplar street, 40 feet south of Fairlie
’et. This property is in the section
'here Mr. Smith has sold several other
Pieces of late.
R ' Turn »an, of the real estate firm
r ’ s I urman, Black & Calhoun, acting as
•'buifnistrator of the estate of the late
■l'’'- 1 atherine L. Benteen, has sold to
W. Benteen, her son, 200 acres at
northeast corner of South Boule
'ard and tp e McDonough road, for
This property will be used for
'Wlivislon an d the erection of houses,
•i ~ 1 *-’ leen company announces
‘‘L" !S '’ Piedmont avenue, just north
Houston street, 50x148, has been sold
, ” n s »nith for $8,500; that V. A.
( ' (t, 'helor has bought from Dr. J. M.
' ■'ford the property at 15 Formwait
y. '■ ' Ol 'ner of Fair, for $7,000; that L.
, , ? er bought from Dr. Craw
■ o. tf - P 7’P ert V at 82 Brotherton
0'x1.5, for $6,500; that a client
"00l to J. h. Whisenant 123 Pled-
I’/, '"‘mie,* between Auburn and
35xi l ' °" <l ave * nues ' fw $5,500. This is
Thf ’
bn r p leefl Realty Company has sold
, ( ; 1 ‘- McCulloch to E. B. Rockmore
S i,] p " n St. Charles avenue, north
t ’ street. 300 feet west ofHlgh
' • nue, fop $1,600 each
JU ILLNESS delays
•RIALS FOR DYNAMITING
(h " l,! IN M’OI.IS. Nov 13.—Owing to
\ 'lllllll Spaulding. Judge
i , '"'boson*adjourned the <ly
"'••s|drai > ti l a | In Fede al court
1 d Ihursduy morning at 9; 30.
The Atlanta Georgian
. Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
Gilbert D + Raine to
Sell News-Scimitar
At Public Auction
Owner of Memphis Paper De
clares Defeat of Roosevelt
“Greatest Calamity.’’
MEMPHIS; TENN., Nov. 13.—Fol
lowing his statement to friends that
the “greatest calamity” of the age hasp.
pened when the American people failed
to elect Roosevelt president of the
United States, Gilbert D. Raine, editor,
publisher and practically sole owner of
The Memphis News Scimitar, makes
announcement that the paper will be
sold "within two months at public auc
tion.”
A downtown street corner is named
as the place where bids will be heard,
Editor Raine announcing that the high
est bidder will be awarded the entire
holdings of The News Scimitar, which
includes an Associated Press franchise.
The News Scimitar has always sup
ported the Democratic party until the
recent campaign, when it made a strong
fight for the Bull Moose faction.
KILLS SELF
HE HEARS EX-WIFE
IS WEDDED AGAIN
CHICAGO. Nov. 13.—When Anton
Straka learned that the wife who di
vorced him some weeks ago had remar
ried yesterday, he put his affairs in or
der for death.
Anton wrote his wife a letter, telling
her he still loved her. would ever love
her and would watch over her from the
spirit world if such a kindness was
peiunltted there. He wished her hap
piness in her new marriage.
Then Anton made his will, leaving
the house in South Ridgeway avenue
and his little clothes pressing shop to
his mother, Mrs. Anna Straka. His
mother had kept house for him after his
wife left.
Last of all, Anton sent to the owners
all the suits he had taken to press.
He told his mother this was because
he was going away. He said she should
not go to the depot with him. So he
kissed her food night and she went to
bed.
About. 1 o'clock this morning Mrs.
Straka heard one shot. She found
Straka sitting in a chair in his room,
dead, with a bifllet hole in his forehead.
PRONOUNCED DEAD,
HE STOPS RUNAWAY
AT OWN FUNERAL
SULLIVAN, WIS., Nov. 13.—Run
away of the horses di awing a hearse in
which he was being carried to a grave
saved Mike Scofield from being buried
alive. Scofield collapsed in front of
the village undertaking establishment.
A coroner’s jury pronounced him dead
of heart failure, and he was prepared
for burial. After three days’ waiting
the hearse started for the cemetery.
Tlie horses became frightened by a
passing train and ran. The coffin was
dumped out into the ditch and the
driver hurt. Scofield was first to re
cover. He caught the horses and
stopped them, then helped the driver
get back to the village. It was a case
of catalepsy, the doctors say.
JEALOUS HUSBAND
KILLS HIS CHILD FOR
REVENGE ON WIFE
Nov. 13.—Police today are
seeking Charles Rose, aged 57, who
smothered his two-year-old daughter,
Beatrice, and left a note saying he mur
dered the child to revenge himself on
her mother, who was, he said, unfaith
ful to him.
The murder of the child Was discov
ered by l*er mother. The little girl whs
found in the bed. pillows covering her
face.
The mother said she was afraid of
her husband, who had threatened to
kill her, and that she remained away
from home all night. She discovered
the body late yesterday afternoon. Rose
had disappeared. Rose is said to have
been insanely jealous of his wife.
LORIMERIMPROVES,
HALTING SURGEONS’
PLANS TO OPERATE
CIHCAGO, Nov. 13.—Physicians met
in consultation today to determine
whether William Lorimer, recently
ousted from the United States senate,
must at once undergo an operation for
appendicitis. Conditions were said to
be slightly more favorable and an op
eration within the next twelve hours
was considered improbable.
Lorimer was taken from hi» home to
the Presbyterian hospital, where he
could be kept constantly under the
eyes of his physician and where he
would be in the proximity of an op
erating room.
WHOM NEWSIE GAVE
HIS LIFE NEAR DEATH
GARY. IND.. Nov. 13—Little hope is en
tertained for the recovery of Miss Ethel
Smith, burned In a gasoline explosion
several weeks ago, and for whom ’'Billy"
Hugh, newsboy, sacrificed his life by hav
ing his crippled leg amuptated so thai
150 square Inches of skin could be grafted
to the girl's bod) .
Pneumonia which followed the shock j
sustained by the girt when she leerne.l .
ol the crippled newsboy's death after his
operation has pIMSd her al death's door
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY.‘NOVEMBER 13, 1912
17 KILLED IS
PASSENGER
TRAIN HITS
FREIGHT
Flyer Goes Into Open Switch at
Speed, Telescop
ing Head Coach.
ENTIRE KENTUCKY
FAMILY WIPED OUT
Firemen Fight Frantically to
Keep Flames From Pinioned
Victims Still Alive.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Nov. B.—
Traveling at a speed of .forty miles an
hour, Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton passenger train ran Into an
open switch in Irvington, a suburb,
early this morning and'crashed head
on into a freight train, killing at least
seventeen persons and injuring a score.
Most of the dead were in the first
passenger car, which was telescoped
with the baggage car. One engineer is
believed to be in the wreckage, as well
as qne of the conductors. Firemen and
police worked with axes for more than
two hours before the first body in the
wreckage was uncovered.
One of the first acts of the firemen
was to cut a hole In the top of the
wrecked passenger car and pass water
to the injured passengers, who were
crying pitifully for aid.
The dead:
Conductor Willitsm|, of the passen
ger train; Brakeman Bert White, of
the passenger train; •AHjert Allen and
wife, Los Angeles; Chris Itnholt and
wife, Cincinnati; J. L. Palmer, Nash
ville, Tenn.; Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Che
ney and baby, and John Claney, 52, and
Charles Clancy, 18. Jackson, Ky.; Fred
Hutchinson, fireman; •- Jefferson,
colored porter; two Identified men and
an unknown woman.
Switch Left Open
Without Warning.
The westbound frleght ran past the
switch and then backed In, so that the
locomotive faced the engine of the pas
senger train which was going out. The
switch was left open, so tlfht the pas
senger dashed without warning or ob
struction Into the other train on the
siding.
Carl Gross, head brakeman on the
freight, whose duty trainmen say it'
was to see that the switch was closed,
Is being sought for an explanation.
The entire family of Clayton Cheney,
of Jackson, Ky., was wiped out, and
Mr. Cheney’s father Is dying under the
wreckage. The groans of the old man
could be heard, but desperate efforts
failed to locate the victim.
The bodies of the Cheneys were drag
ged one by one. Clifton, the fa
ther; his wife, two children and a
brother were discovered. When the
crash came the aged father was pinned
under the seats. He was terribly crush
ed, but life survived, and the aged
Cheney, conscious and suffering, could
be heal'd calling for help.
Flames Threaten
To Reach Injured.
Soon after the crash the wreck
caught fire. The trainmen fought the
flames with the limited means availa
ble, but were unable to suppress or
cut away the burning sections. The
city was called on for help. The Irving
ton fire department was the first to the
rescue, but the call was made general
to the Indianapolis department. The
water soon played on the steaming
wreckage. Despite the fact or
more victims were in imminent danger
of burning alive, ft was thought the
fire could be subdued.
The groans of the injured under*the
wreck were redoubled with the ap
proach of the flames. The rescuers
were appalled by the deadly danger
threatening the aged Cheney, as he lay
entombed under the arch of the crush
ed coach. Before the fire department
had arrived the axes and saws wgre
hacking and biting at the timber wall
which kept them from tMe dying man.
miss belle~holl7day
DIES AT AGE OF 84 YEARS
Miss Belle Holliday, 64 years old,
agnt of W. A. Holliday, of The Geor
gian. died last night at 7:30 o’clock at
her residence. 417 East Georgia ave
nue. She had been a resident' of At
lanta for 22 years, and had made many
friends, •
Sfie is survived by a brother. J. A
Holliday, another nephew, Dr, B. F.
Holliday, and a ntefe, Miss M. M. Hen
ley.
The funeral will be held this after
noon ut 3 o'clock at the residence, Dr.
It F Purser, of Nt. Paul Methodist
< ourch. officiating. Interment will be at
L'niun Point tomorrow.
YOU MAY SAY WHAT YOU LIKE—
Copyright, 1912, by International News Service.
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FARM AT GRIFFIN
LAID TD POLITICS
lyith the opening session of the As
sociation of Agricultural Colleges and
Experiment Stations at the Piedmont
hotel today, Atlanta became the host of
three bodies of men representing farm
ing interests—the farm institute work
ers, the weather men, and the agricul-
experts. Their sessions are
held separately, but their Interests are
closely allied and many individuals are
officers in two of the organizations.
J. L. Hills, of Vermont, secretary
treasurer of the college association,
aroused interest today by declaring
that the Georgia experiment station at
Griffin was placed there for political
reasons. ♦
“There are only two states in the
union where the stations are located at
a different place from the agricultural
college,” he said. “They are Ohio and
Georgia. I believe this Is a mistake.
The stations should be closely con
nected with the colleges for the benefit
of instruction of students and for the
collegiate atmosphere.
"The farm experiment stations con
ducted by the government and the
states are of great value, as they do
experimental work designed to improve
methods now in vogue, while the col
leges find their work in instructing stu.
dents in recognized methods. The ulti
mate object is a reduction in
the cost of living.”
The association opened its first ses
sion at 10 o’clock and will continue
through Friday, with sessions morning
and afternoon. The convention of the
Farmers Institute Workers closed yes
terday afternoon, but many of the dele
gates remained forAhe second conven
tion.
The officers of the college associa
tion are: President, W. E. Sto.ne, In
diana; vice presidents, E. W. Allen,
Washington, D. C.; W. M. Riggs, South
Carolina; T. S. Hunt, California; C. P.
Gillette, Colorado; T. P. Claxton, Wash
ington, D. 8.: secretary-treasurer, J. L.
Hills, Vermont; bibliographer, A. C.
True, Washington, D. C. The executive
committee is composed of W. O.
Thompson, Ohio, chairman; D. E.
Sparks, Pennsylvania; D. H. Hill,
North Carolina; W. H. Jordon, New
York, and H, L. Russell. Wisconsin
Governor Joseph M. Brown has been
invited to address the convention to
night and a reception will be given the
delegates tomorrow afternoon at the
Unlveraity club.’*
AGED JOHNSON COUNTIAN DEAD.
WRIGHTSVILLE. GA., Nov. 13. J.
F. Norris, one of the oldest citizens of
Johnson county, is dead at his home
here. He held the office of tax eolleetof
for more than 30 years. A wife and
four children, Mrs. Wright Fitzgerald,
of Eartman; Mrs. W H Atkins, of
Dublin, ami Wilght and Preston Nor
rig, of Wrightsville, suivive Ulin.
Wilson Disapproves
Simplified Spelling:
It's Too Bull Moose
But, Anyway, He Signs State
Contract With Innovation,
Making It Legal.
PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 13.—Pres
ident-elect Wilson does not approve of
simplified spelling. He expressed him
self •emphatically in opposition to the
new idea when a contract from the wa
terways department of the state of New
Jersey was laid before him for his sig
nature today.
"What kind of spelling is this?” he
asked, after having read the document.
“I see the .word thoroughfare spelled
‘thorofare’ and some other long words
contracted in the same manner.”
"That is the simplified method of
spelling that has been adopted in our
department, but thus far it has only
extended to a few w’ords,” he was told.
“Well, I don’t approve of it at all,"
said the governor with a laugh. "It's
too Bull Moose to stilt me.”
But he signed the contract, anyway,
and it is just as legal as if the words
were spelled in the old-fashioned way.
PENNILESS HEIR ~
HEARS OF LEGACY
OF A $37,500 FARM
DANVILLE, ILL., Nov. 13.—When
William Schneider, sick for two years
and penniless, at El Paso, Texas, re
ceives a letter from Harry Freeman,
clerk of the Vermillion county probate
court, he will learn for the first time
that he has been willed a farm in the
sugar com region near Hoopston, this
county, worth $37,500.
Bernhardt Berklea, an eccentric re
cluse who died four weeks ago, sup
posedly in' poor circumstances, remem
bered ills nieces and nephews with
large gifts amounting to about $200,-
000. all in Vermillion and Iroquois
county land, valued at from S2OO to
$230 an acre.
Schneider, as one of the heirs, was
told by letter a week ago at El Paso to
appear in the probate court here, but
reported that he was very ill, had been
in poor health for two years and was
practically penniless and unable to
come. Then Freeman wrote him the
letter that it is believed will bring
Schneider here.
WIDOW~ENDS HER* LIFE
IhrGRIE _ F Ji9 R wsband
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Nov 13 -Mrs
William W. Rathbun, widow of a wealthy
lumberman who dle.l two Weeks ago.
killed herself by taking poison. Mrs
Hathbun was 36 an.l handsome. Giles
ov.r Iler husband's death Is believed to
be the cause.
BULL PUP GUARDS
OLD G«M
With a big- yellow female bulldog
guarding the crematory, Dr. W. L. Gil
bert, president, and the other members
of the board of health said today that
they would now wait patiently until
the meeting of the aldermanic board a
week from Thursday, when the general
council is expected to authorize a de
molition of the plant.
AH the officials Involved in the fight
over the crematory were much puzzled
today over the attitude of that dog.
She has taken up the fight of James G."
Woodward, mayoralty nominee, to pre
serve that plant, with more seriousness
than all the others combined. Dying
in the entrance to the building, she
refuses admittance to all.
Candler Put To Flight.
Acting Mayor John S. Candler told
todaj' of how he was turned away.
"I agree with Mr. Kipling that ‘the
female of the species is more deadly
than the male,’ ” he said. “That dog
charged at me with more spirit than
any political charge I ever noted. I
simply had to stand on the outside and
make my inspection.”
The board of health yeaterday re
fused Aiderman A. H. Van Dyke’s re
quest to resume the use of the crema
tory. It also ordered John Jentzen,
sanitary chief, to proceed with the
grading work for the new plant.
It looks as though garbage will never
be burned again in the , old crematory.
But the Woodward forces have car
ried their point. They have succeeded
in preventing the razing of the crema
tory until their chief returns. Every'
one is now waiting to hear what Mr.
Woodward has to say, and his sup
porters expect that he will show that
entirely too much money Is about to
be spent on the new garbage disposal
plant, ivhlch is to cost $276,000.
Woodward Looked For.
He is expected home tomorrow.
Seemingly reconciled to waiting. Dr.
Gilbert and the members of the board
of health are looking on the humorous
side of the situation today.
They recalled how they took 100 ne
groes dow# to the plant at 12 o’clock
Friday night to puli' down the giant
smokestack. The negroes said they
would have it, down within five min
utes before they saw it. But one by
one each of the negroes refused to
climb to the top and attach the rope
by which to pull it down.
The next day about a dozen con
tracgurs were called upon.
“Certainly, we can pull it down with
in a few minutes.’’ each one said be
for. he arrived at the plant.
“That la certainly a huge stack," each
one said as he looked at It and walked
away
Then a court injunction slopped their
conjecture*
IXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P M
CHIEF ROUTS
FIRST EIGHT
ON HIS
RULE
Attempt to Name Sergeants
Over His Head Is Turned
Down by Commission.
■
LEE SMITH, A MASON MAN,
LEADS CAUSE OF BEAVERS
Supposed Woodward Strength
Can Muster But Two Votes
When Test Comes. z x
_ r
An unsuccessful effort to break th*
power of Chief of Police James L.
Beavers, by snatching from him th<
right to recommend officers for promo
tion on the force, was made last night
at the meeting of the police commit
eion when Commissioners W. G. Hum
phrey and George E. Johnson, In the
face of the chief's announced choice,
each nominated “their man” for the job
of station sergeant. In the oft-dis
cussed line-up of the commissioners
under the new regime next year, Com
missioners Humphrey and Johnson
have been placed with the Woodward
minority, the faction which is supposed
to oppose Chiaf Beavers’ policies.
The chiefs recommendations last
night were backed up overwhelmingly.
This action is regarded by the majority
to mean that the chief continues to be
the real head of the department. Act
ing Mayor Candler voted with the chief
each time.
The nominees of the chief. Detective
George C. Bullard and Patrolman B. J.
Sells, were elected, as station sergeants.
J. E. Chandler, special Investigator in
the chiefs office, who was nominated
by Mr. Humphrey, received one vote—
that of Mr. Humphrey. Patrolman
Frank Whitley, nominal*! by Mr. John
son, received one vote—that of Mr.
Johnson.
Smith Defends /'
Chief’s Authority.
This clash over the chief’s authority
proved,, to be the only bubble on an
otherwise serene session. It lasted but
a few minutes, but every moment of it
was lively. Commissioner R Lee
Smith, regarded as one of the strongest
supporters of Chairman Mason, led the
fight for the chief, making an appeal
against any move to "cripple” the pow
er of the chief.
"This body has gone on record as
making the chief of police, the real chief
and indorsing his recommendations for
promotion, and there’s no reason why
he should not name the officers for
promotion in this instance,” declared
Smith. “In fact, we have been requir
ing the chief to name his choice for
promotion, feeling that he is better ac
quainted with the qualifications of the
men than we are, and I insist that he
name the two men for station ser
geants."
Mr. Humphrey asserted tliat the for
mer action of the commission In calling
on the chief to make recommendations
for promotion is not binding, and that
It is the privilege of any member ol
the commission to put fortlj a candi
date.
Standing flat-footed on this proposi
tion, Mr. Humphrey said:
“I nominate Mr. J. E.' Chandler for
the position of station sergeant. I have
watched his woYk for a long while and 1
know that he is a capable and deserv
ing officer. I sincerely hope this com
mission will elect him.”
Insists On Beavers
Naming Sergeant.
Mr. Smith was again on his feet
“We have been guided in the past by
the chief’s recommendations, and I in
sist that he name the man,” he said.
When the formal demand was made
Chie.f Beavers nominated Detective
Bullard. r
Mr. Humphrey kept Chandler’s name
in the ring, and an aye and nay V'fe
was taken, resulting In the sustaining
of the chief.
The chief was then asked to name a
man for the other station sergeant's
job.
“I name Mr. B. J. Sells.’’ said the
chief.
Mr. Johnson quickly followed with
his nomination.
”1 want to name Patrolman Frank
Whitley,” he said.
Again the aye and nay vote, and
again the same result.
The trial of Policeman J. W. Camp
for alleged drunkenness at the time ho
shot and killed bls fellow' officer. Po
liceman S. V. Belding, was postponed
until the next regular meeting This
was done because of the illness of Dr.
Longlno, one of the main witnesses for
the prosecution. Camp was present
and announced ready for trial.
Two au|>ernume>'ai'ies, O. M. Wells
and George Spradlin, were discharged.
Wells was charged with being drunk.
Spradlin was charged with conduct un
becoming tut officer.
