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HUNT FDH RICH
MEMPHIS H
American Detective, in London,
Takes Charge of Search for
Millionaire Martin.
“FIND HIM, DEAD OR ALIVE”
Look for Brazilian Beauty After
ward, Order of the Hero of
Dynamite Cases.
LONDON. April 14.—William J.
Puma, the American detective, to-day
took charge of the search for J. Wil
berforce Martin, the Memphis, Tenn.,
■' - ion a ire, who has been missing
since the night of Thursday, April 3.
and wno, it is feared, has been mur
dered.
The thing to do is to find rhe man,
dead or alive, and look for the wom
an afterward,” was the first order of
.'.I. Burns, after a conference with
.1. Ixtckhart Anderson and Captain
Prior, the two men whom Mr. Mar
tin dined with on the night of his dis
appearance.
Referred to Brazilian Beauty.
The woman in the case is the
young Brazilian beauty whom Mr. ;
Martin had met on the night of his '
isappcarance. The only other person
present at the interview between De- '
tectlve Burns and Messrs. Anderson ■
and Prior was a representative of Tne '
At anta Georgian.
Mr. Anderson, who has been work
ng night and day in the search for
nis friend Martin, collapsed to-day.
H< got his first sleep since last Wed
nesday. Afterward he held a second
inference with Detective Burns.
"I am pinning all my faith on
Burns,” said Mr. Anderson upon leav
ing.
Quiz Man Who Found Hat.
George Barnes, who pit ked up Mar
tin's opera hat and wallet near Hun
gerford Bridge on the Lambeth side
of the Thames on April 4, the day
after the rich American disappear I.
was taken to Scotland Yard to-day
rd questioned again.
Work of dragging the Thames for
Martin's body was continued to-day.
The culverts along the river near
Lambeth were also searched on the
theory that Martin's body may have
been secreted.
Americans Join Search.
A movement was on foot by Amer
ican friends of Martin to have the
American Embassy in London under
take the solution of the mystery, but
just at this time the silk hat and
purse were found
.1. Lockhart Anderson, at whose
home Martin was staying, had au
thorized a reward of $2,500 for in
formation leading to the discovery
of the missing man. The investiga
tion will be continued with no less
energv, but hopes have been aban
doned of finding Martin alive
The young millionaire’s probable
fate ret ails an incident in his career
of a vear ago when a delayed train
saved his life. He had engaged pass
age on the Titanic for his return from
England, but arrived at the wharf
after the boat had sailed.
Martin was senior member of the
cotton firm of Martin. Phillips &
Company, of Memphis, and belonged
to an old Southern family with rela
tives in Baltimore and Richmond, his
friends here say.
He was a graduate of the Univer
sity of Virginia, and after his en
trance into the business world made
frequent trips to England.
Martin Being Held for
Ransom, Family Thinks.
MEMPHIS, TENN., April 14.
Members of the family of J- Wilber
force Martin, the wealthy resident of
Memphis who disappeared in Lon
don, to-day eaid they, did not believe
Martin was murdered, but is being
held for ransom. N. Hill Martin, a
brother, and H. Martin Dunscombe, h
nephew, will reach New York to-mor
row morning and will sail as soon as
possible for London to aid in the
search for the missing man. They
left Memphis late last night.
For years Martin has been promi
nent 1n Memphis business and social
life. He Is a member of the cotton
Ann of Martin. Phillips Ar Co. and the
oldest son of his wealthy widowed
mother. He is a leader in society and
the member of several clubs.
About a year ago .Martin suffered
* nervous breakdown. He had pre
viously spent several years in Europe
his mother, returning here early
last winter. When he left for London
a few weeks ago. he said he intended
to close a deal there for the sale of
a large plantation which the fa mil*
owns,
Henry Martin, a brother, left Chi
cago to-day for his mothers home
h®re. Before leaving he received
word that his mother was prostrated
as the result of her son s disappear
ance.
He also received word from the
New York offices of the Standard Oil
Company that the company was do
ing all it could to locate Martin, with
whim the company had business deal
ings. The message from New «>rk
~ated that the United States Gov
ernment may be asked to join in the
search.
FLOODS AT DAYTON TIED
UP U. S. STAMPING OFFICE
Flood conditions in Dayton affected
the United States Government, and
the stamped letter factory there is
Just recovering from the high water.
According to information received to
a? by Postmaster McKee.
The factory at Dayton $s «h> r- >'l
special return notices are placed
°n stamped envelopes and sir e the
'"’■ood work has been practically a’ >
■’andstill. Operation has been re
s'-nted, but it will be some time befor.
orders and shipments are taught
up with.
THE SHIP THAT NEVER REACHED PORT. LEST WE FORGET!
One year ago to-day 1,503 lives were lost when the steamship Ti
tanic, bound for New York, struck an iceberg and sank. The Titanic was
then the biggest ship in the world, and was on her maiden voyage. Only
703 persons were saved in the ship’s boats. Major Archibald Butt,
Wfe fCTTyi Qte ■ /: I
MORESYMPRTHY
FOR TftYLOH BOY
Southern Women's Club of Chi
' cago Latest to Show They Mis- ■
understand Law.
■ i
Sympathy, misdirected, continues
daily to flow toward Atlanta and to
Ollie Taylor, the boy on the Fulton
County Industrial Farm, whose case
Is misunderstood from end to end of
the continent. Letters to newspapers,
to lawyers, to court officials and pro
tests by means of press dispatches
have come in torrents since it first
was announced that the 10-year-old
boy was sent to prison for eleven
years for the theft of a 5-cent bottle
of a beverage.
The latest protest is framed to-day
by members of the Southern Wom
an's Club of Chicago, who are indig
nant at what they think is a prison
term for the boy. ,
The whole situation is> the result of
a misinterpretation of the Georgia
law. which .-ends a wayward boy to '
the Reformatory when other means
of saving him fall. He must re
main at the school for an indetermi
nate term until he is reformed, even
if it takes "all the years of his mi
nority.” As a matter of fact, he may
be released within a year if he reveals
evidences Os a desire to lie good, and
of a knowledge of right from wrong.
Ollie Taylor, incorrigible according
to the signed statement by his father,
was sent to the Reformatory three
years ago. He has been released
once already, but fell from grace and
was brought back. He probably will
be paroled again this year.
But this is the view the Southern
women of Chicago take of it:
CHICAGO, April 12. —When Ollie
Taylor, of Georgia, was 10 years old
he was convicted of stealing a bottle
of coca-cola worth 5 cents He was
sentenced to eleven years In prison
for his desperate crime He has served
The members of the Southern
Womans Club of Ciii.ago think that
is long enough. rhey instituted a
I movement m-day for the release of
the hoc and a demand on the Legi -
latino of Georgia fol a repeal of the
law under which children are sent i>
prison .
in in vestigating commute* p
pointed by Mrs. Thomas E. White of
the Women's Club, to look into tne
use Later a delegation will be sen.
. . i-l-oriri-. T'- e members-of the com
' 7re \fr< George P Cady. Mr-
E E w'.-me r. Mrs Sull Hull. Mrs
J? C. Jacobs. Mrs. Addie Farrar An
' dl The flr-t four are from Georgia.
■— — ~
The Sunday American goes every- .
where ad ever the South. If you have
anything to sell The Sunday Amer
“tan is -The Market Place of ‘he
gou‘h" The Sunday American is the
jbeat advertising medium- J
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS
, _ w» "
Baptists Gaining in
Sunday School Race
Threaten to Overtake First Christian
Church, Its Rival, In Unique
Contest.
New interest to the membership
contest between the Sunday schools
of the Second Baptist Church and
the First Christian Church has been
added by the fact that the Second
Baptist school to-day shows a decided
gain on its rival and bids fair to close
up the gap in points made earlier in
the contert. ,
Five points are awarded for every
new scholar and two for every old
scholar who arrives on time. So keen |
Is the rivalry that the members of
one family—that of Stephen G. Hook,
real estate dealer—are reported to (
have hurried to the First Christian
Sunday school yesterday morning
without their breakfasts, and Mr.
Hook, when he arrived at the church. ,
is said to have confessed, .“hiveringly, ,
to forgetting one portion of his ap
parel in his haste to be on time.
The contest, which began February
16. will continue until May 11. The ,
Second Baptist won from the First
Christian Sunday school yesterday by
a margin of 124. although the latter '
Sunday school had the most scholars
actually in attendance. 1.303. regarded .
as the record for Atlanta. The Bap
tist had LIST present, but won on the
number of new scholars.
For the entire contest the record in
points stands: Second Baptist, 25,380.
First Christian. 30.364
RAILROAD FROM ALASKA
TO MEXICO IS PROBABLE
VANCOCVER. B. C., April 14.—1 t is
definitely known that Sir Richard Mc-
Bridt. Premier of the British f’olum- 1
bia Province, after visiting Califor
nia. will go to Washington. D. C., to
confer with the United States author
ities on matters pertaining to the
province, and it is asserted that he
intends to confer with President Wil
son and representatives of some of
the large American roads in regard
to the new Harriman Line in North
4rn Britirti Columbia, and with re
spect to other big development poli
cies.
Canada Northern Pacific Railway
bonds, it is confidently declared b\
those in touch with the monet mar- |
kets. ar*, being acquired by Ameri
can railway interests, and this give
additional color to the belief that
plans for linking nome of the big
United Stales system** with th** n»:»(L
now under construction in th*- prov
inces are maturing
NO FOUtPLAY IN DEATH
OF ACTRESS ON LINER
SOUTHAMPTON. April 14 Fran
. es Leslie, the New York choru- girl
whose death on board a trans-Atlan
tic liner a month ago ap»u<ed su*i -
l ions of foul play, died from natura.
* ausrs —an epileptic fit -according ’<»
tiie jury’s verdict at the inquiry to
i da \
If you have anvthmg to sell adver
tise »n The Sunday American. Lar- i
gest circulation of any Sunday news- I
|pap«r in the Soutiv
ATLftNTfi PASTORS
FIND WAGES LOW
Rev. A, A. Little Declares Girls
Are Paid $3 a Week Here.
Ministers Investigate.
Stating that there were business en
terprises in Atlanta thriving upon the
toil of girls at S 3 a week. Rev. A. A.
Little, D. D„ of Westminster Pres
byterian Church. declared in his
morning sermon yesterday that the
Ministers’ Union of the city, in co
operation with ihe Federation of
Trades, was making a thorough in
vestigation of conditions here, with
the view of making certain recom
mendations to the Georgia State Leg
islature at its next session.
Dr. Little stated that while Atlanta
was the best city in America and
that he had rather be an humble cit
izen of this good place than to have
been a prince in Judah, there were
conditions here that were grinding out
the lives of the poor. He said that
there were many manufacturing con
cerns that paid their employees but
$3 the week, and only one that paid
its girls as much as $8.50, which, he
said, was barely above the figure set
by the Chicago Vic< Commission as
sufficient for a young woman s sup-
I»4»rt.
To correct some of the existing
evils. Dr. Little stated that lie fa
vored a compulsory* education law. an
anti-child labor law and a law to com
pel worthless fathers to support their
families.
•’I believe.” said Dr. Little, “that
many of the divorce cases that crowd
our courts are traceable to the fact
that young girls rush into marriage
because they can not support them
selves in the right way on the wag* s
paid by some us our manufacturing
< on< erns.”
BUMP INTO WATER WAGON
PUTS TWO IN HOSPITAL
Collision with the water wagon is
just as bad as a fall from it, as
George P Hughes and John Gwinn
can testify. To-day the two are nurs
, ing bruises, while the dispenser of
aqua pura - ’ is still able to do its du
ties withut a scratch.
As he was driving out Whitehall
Street, near McDaniel. Mr. Hughes,
manager of the Newsom Auto Com
pany. ran into a sprinkling < art. Both
he and bis passenger were taken to
the Grade Hospital for repairs A
* harge »»f reckless driving wa. pre
ferred against .Mr Hughes.
Nearly everybody in Atlanta reads
The Sunday Arne ican. YOUR ad
vertisement in th? next issue will sell
£Qods- Tr/ it!
Jacques Futrelle, Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus, Colonel John Jacob Astor
and W. T. Stead were some of the heroes who gave up their lives to save
others.
See article by Rev. Dr. John E. White on the editorial page to-day.
Shaft to Major Butt
To Rise in Arlington
Joint Memorial to Him and F. D.
Millet Is Planned Near the
White House.
WASHINGTON, April 14.—A mon-
* ument to Major Archibald W. Butt,
military Hide to Presidents Roosevelt
and Taft, lost with the Titanic, will
be dedicated May 30 in Arlington Na
tional Cemetery upon a spot Major
Butt, in 1903, selected for his burial
place when he was depot quartermas
ter here and in direct charge of the
cemetery.
The monument will be a twelve
foot, granite, Latin cross, and is to be
erected by Major Butt’s brothers.
A joint memorial to Major Butt
F and Frank D. Millet, a Washington
artist and member of the National
Commission of Fine Arts, who also
perished when the Titanic sank, is
to be erected near the White House.
It is to be a small ornamental foun
tain, containing a shaft with two
( classic figures in bas-reilef, one of
chivalry, representing Major Butt, the
other of art, representing Millet.
t James J. Hill Says
West Is Prospering
t
I R. R. Magnate, in New York City for
Morgan Funeral, Satisfied
With Conditions.
NEW YORK, April 14 James J
Hill, the veteran “empire builder us
’ the Northwest,” v. ho came to the city
to attend the fun* rai us the late J. P.
1 Morgan, said business was good in the
West and there were many evidences
of prosit ity.
Mr. Hill denied a report from St.
' Paul that he was in Now York to
‘ give special attention to important
1 matters in which Mr. Morgan's firm
and he were associated.
That the earnings of the Great
' Northern Railway Company fur th*-
» year will show an increase of $lO,-
ihhi.ooo is no exaggeration, according
to Mr Hill.
He said 4-rops in the Northwest
. would be backward. owing to the sea
son being lat* .
C. A. A, ADOPTS MEASURE TO
PREVENT THE TIPPING EVIL
<’Hh’AG«». April 14. Members of
the Chicago Athletic Association in
the future will pay a service charge
I of five cents a person in addition t*»
. the amount of the check when the*
mak> use of the restaurant depart
ment of the club.
, The action of the hou*e <*»u.m>ttit
in establishing this fee is due to the
recent growth of the tipping evil, in
*plte of stri< t club rules against i“.
in a statement t<» th* membership.
( Cha ■ • ■ ■ ’ ’ i‘ riw ■ '’ ■ -■
| « <»mmitt^<. d*" lares tin .Grp n* •
ijsarx tu secuic the b<st class us wait-
, PLOT TO CORNER
HAIR TRADE BARED
New York Grand Jury to Probe
Disclosures of Philip Musica,
Held as Fraud.
i
NEW YORK. April 14.—Startling
lisclosures made by Philip Musica
to District Attorney Whitman, in
; volving prominent business men here
in an attempt to corner the hair mar
t ket of the world, will be repeated to
the Grand Jury this week.
It Is predicted further indictments
will result.
Mr. Whitman is of the belief that
Musica held back nothing in his con
fession.
Musica said he expected to make
* big profits and cover up. the qu* s
f tionable deals, which would end in
' flight.
In a small way, he began to tend
fraudulently valued shipments. These
were sent sometimes to an accom
plice or to an innocent person abroad,
and the invoices put at many tine s
the real value of the shipment?, w* »
. discounted at the banks.
Last October he organized th-'
United States Hair Company, but ♦hr
real operations did not begin until
the fitst of this year. In- explained.
Since then he had kept shipments of
I barbers’ clippin and <»ther valueless
stuff, marked at big figures. »huttling
’ the Atlantic, and had collected abort
$t»00,00<l.
Explaining where the mono) went,
, he said expenses were heavy.
Schoolboy Vanishes,
Parents Scour City
J
J. R. Moore and Wife Seek Son, 14.
Who Disappeared Wednesday
on Way to Classes.
J. R. Mo<»r« of I Woods-on Street.
t and his diwtr* >s<*d w ife, to-day are
making a p* rsuna> hunt through th*-
eitv for th»ir 14->eur-oid sun. Louie,
who strangely disapp** 1 « d la-. \V«d
ne**day while on his w;«y to the W. F.
Slaton S4'i»<»'» . near Grant Park
The jad left home with hi* books, as
• usu.t!. but ne*er i a< hed :he school
Sine* then nothing has been h*ard of
‘ him.
i Tlie missing boy v. «»re a brown suit
. and shoes. He is s oul, has a rosy
complexion, and light hair
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W & A. R. R.
J Efff. tn.' April 12. all trains of S
? N ‘ and St L Railway and V t
'll and A. RaJlroa 1 hav** been resumed j
? except Hams Nos *»k and D’<** 1
Limited Dixie Mmited has been j
< discontinued. All sleeping •ar <
»<•** interrupted on accoun* *»f )
? floods has b«en resumed
Civil Bill, Vetoed by
Taft, Again in House
Sundry Appropriations Measure Re
introduced—Wilson Would Exempt
Unions From Prosecution.
WASHINGTON, April 14 The
sundry civil bill, carrying total ap
propriations of $11H,000.000, which was
vetoed by President Taft, was rein
troduced in the House to-day b>
Chairman Fitzgerald, of the Appro
priations Committee, exactly as th“
former President had vetoed it. Taft
vetoed it on account of the provision
which prevented the Department of
Justice from using the anti-trust fund
to prosecute < ases against union labor
organizations and associations of
farm producers.
President Wilson to-day made it
clear that he is determined to stand
by the proposition to exempt the la
bor unions and farm associations
from prosecution under the anti-trust
law.
METHODIST PASTORS '•
HELP HOUSE DELEGATES
At the meeting of the M» th<»<list
ministers to-da> further co-operation
of the Methodists in housing the co n
missloners of the Presbyterian As
semblies when they meet her*' in May
was asked for. The ministers prom
ised to do everything in their power
to find homes for as many visitors s
possible.
Prayers were offered for the recov
er* of Dr. Walk* r L« wis. who i» crit
ically ill. e
EXPONENT OF MODERATION
DIES IN HIS 104TH YEAR
< m’EAN GROVE. N. J. April 11.
I'mlo John” Buller, km wn to al
most ever* residrn of Ocean Grove,
is dead in his P»4Hi year. Until two
years igu Mr. Bute I was more agile
than most men xo years old,.
•Moderation in ail things” was the
la • ret <tf his long life and continued
health, he said.
DOG ORDINANCE RESISTED
<’OLCMBt S. GA.. Apri: 14 The
•ity officials <_»! Phen * <’it* Ala . are
. ng considerable trouble enforcing
a newly ena .♦ u • «.u ordinance whkn
r»M|Ulres alt dogs at lh»- town to Le
muzzled. The ordinum * was passed
as a result of <>!•«• dog with rabie?
biting eight children
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QNWHITEPIAGUE
Atlanta Anti-Tuberculosis Associa
tion Starts Campaign to Raise
SIO,OO0 —Work Praised.
To sinews for a continua
tion of the war inaugurated against
tlte white plague in Atlanta four
years ago, members of the Anti-Tu
berculosis Association to-day began
a canvass of the city for a $10,004
fund.
The work has been extended and
systematized remarkably In the short
time it has been established in At
lanta. but the association finds i’s
activities badly crippled by lack of
money. The physicians and nurses
have gone into the homes of the des
titute. furnished treatment to the af
flicted and administered preventive
serum to those who have exhibited
tubercular tendencies or who have
lived in conditions favorable to ths
development of the disease.
Laud Work of Organization.
Prominent persons, familiar with
the work accomplished, say the or
ganization has been a most effective
instrument in checking the disease.
In introducing sanitary conditions in
squalid homes and in making it more
difficult for other diseases to obtain a
foothold.
Visiting nurses are sent into the
homes of the patients. Every mem
ber of the family is examined. What
ever disease or symptom of disease Is
found in those associated with the tu
bercular patient it promptly is taken
in hand and the afflicted persons are
placed in the care of.a reputable phy
sician.
Four hundred and forty-six per
sons unable to employ a doctor were
given office treatments last month.
The four nurses of the association
made 302 visits to homes in which the
plague had gained an entrance.
Teeth Put in Condition.
Eighty-four treatments were given
to tubercular patients with throat
trouble. The teeth of 49 patients
were put in prophylactic condition by
the dentist of the association, and
twelve persons received treatment
from the stomach specialist.
In addition to this record of the
month, many other persons were ex
amined in the dispensary, a large
share of whom were plae*d under ob
servation. The educational work that
Is being conducted by the visiting
nurses is no small part of the cam
paign. although Its result In a d’-
creased mortality will not at once ba
uppa rent.
A free clinic for negroes is in >p
erution at 221 1-2 Auburn Avenue.
There members of the colored race go
Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays.
A white doctor and a white nurse are
in attendance at these times.
Flood Receding at
Cairo; Levees Hold
Mississippi Rising Fast at Natchez
Inundates Buildings Along
River Front.
CAIRO, ILL., April 14.—The Ohio
River to-day marked a stage of 52.9
feet, a drop of four-tenths of a foot
during the night. All the levees about
Cairo wrp inact and city authorities
predict that all Hood danger will
have passed before the end of this
W .-.1,
General Dickson, of the Illinois Na
tional Guard, left Cairo to-day for
points in Ohio above here, where he
will distribute a boatload of provi
sions and clothing.
MODEL GAS PLANT TO
BE BUILT IN CHICAGO
CHICAGO, April 14 A enal gas
plant to cost $30,000,000 will be erect
ed in Chicago soon, ac ording to an
announcement to-day by the Peoples
Gaslight and Coke (,’<»mpany. a Chi
cago corporation. Work will begin
an the first section of the big plant
within a few weeks. The entire pro
ject will not be completed for sev
eral years. When finished, the pro
moters say. Chicago will have ths
best gas plant in the world.
River Rising at Natchez.
NATCHEZ. MISS.. April 14. -The
gauge in the Mississippi to-day reg
isteretl 4s.x feet, h rise of 1.4 feet in
4x hours, and 2.X above the flood
stage. With the river more than five
feet below the maximum stage pre
dicted many buildings on the river
front ai»: partly inundated.
Residents of neighboring parishes
in Louisiana, which are protected by
dykts. continue to prepare for an un
pr« cedented stage.
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