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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, APRIL 19. 1913. Evidence of Plot Found in In vestigation of Wreck of Macon Express. r m MEIERS' mo Hundreds of Girl Transients Pro tected by Matrons at Stations Here, Says Expert. Ivestigation to-day established be- |, a iioubt that a broken rail, not i. i wa s the cause of the wreck fentral of Georgia passenger train I,r Macon to Atlanta, near Love- ,ia Inst night, in -which a dozen | on ^ ,--r. more or, less seriously Ire Ilia track was cleared by 4 o'clock | morning and traffic: was resumed Lut any serious delay. Lpt. A. J. Floyd, conductor, had [back and right leg badly sprained. L Gordon, a news agent, had his I and hip hurt, and Mrs. J. T. [thews, of Butler, a tubercular Da ft on her way to an Atlanta, sajt- [ium. "as badly shaken up. List of Injured. Ithors Injured were: [alia Pope, Albany, Ga„ ankle and t crushed, i fcear! Evans, Afacon, slightly used. Tthel Spence, Thomasvllle, badly Iken up. |ula Brooke, Chattanooga, bruised. L. E. Brdoke, Chattanooga, lised. Baybelle , Hankins, Amerlcus, lised. , ., s Iii? H. J. Fite. Gainesville, Ga., |ised. Red G. Henderson and two |dr*n, Knoxville, ’Tenn, badly ,ken up. " * loseph P. Hamilton, Macon, nose |ken, skull contused. W. Scott, Atlanta, hip and leg Peter Turner, New York., knee lised. fharles Newman, New York, fin- j broken. paptain Floyd, veteran conductor, this morning a graphic story of happening. His home is at 105 vrton Street. He was most seri- ty injured 'Of the passengers, and I expects to be on his run again |hin the nbxtj few? weeks. Captain' Floyd's Story. JWe were running at about 45 s an hour when we struck the The fourth car was the first to re the tracks, the fifth and sixth next, and these three pulled off l third car from the front. A rail I the inside of the curve had coi ned after the engine' passed over it, [The derailed "bars leaned against i side of the embankment withoui ning ov^r. There was more ex- lement thhfl festl fright or injury, psengers literally swarmed from ! windows.” [Their principal concern seemed to whether any one had been injured killed. h I have been in several wrecks,” said. "In many of them several pons were killed and I was not |ured at all. Now it seems that I about the only person anyways lily hurt.” ; ‘ ■* Six thousand persons were given aid at the Terminal and Union'Sta tions during the past year, accord ing to the report of the Travelers' Aid to the Atlanta Missionary Asso ciation, made public to-day. The report includes the work of Mrs. Payne and Miss Amason. matrons at the Terminal Station, and of Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Vance, matrons at the Unioh Station. In marty instances the work con sisted of supplying information rel ative to hotels, lodging houses and how to reach certain portions of the city. In several, hundred cases, how ever, matrons nave taken personal charge of voung girls traveling alone, provided them with lodgings, and, lr, many instances, with,a position. “We are highly pleaded," said Mrs. Samuel Bumpkin, president of the Missionary Association, which has charge of the Travelers’ Aid. “with what tlie matrons have done and are doing. Much good has been done that does not appear on the surface, and .many girls have been helped who •otherwise might have had terrible experiences.” The report of the Martha Home for fallen women, conducted under the auspices of the association, was pre sented by Aliss Edith Appleyard, su perintendent. but little of it was made public. There are eighteen women in the home, being taught trades from which women are not barred. Airs. Samuel Lumpkin was re-elect- etj president at the annual election. Other officers named were: First vice president, Mrs. R. M. Walker: second vice president. Mrs, Wood; treasurer, Mrs. W. E. Mansfield: corresponding secretary. Airs. Carson; secretary, Mrs. Maroellun; auditor, Mrs. L. S. Thompson; chairman advisory board Airs. W. H. Harris. Boston Celebrates Battle of Lexington Pauline Revere, Descendant of Fa mous Hero, Hangs Lantern in ‘Old North Church.' Mother Backs Kidnaping Charge +•+ -:•••;• Mrs. Clark, Angry, Changes Mind •i-b-i- -h*-c -:•••!• Averss She’ll Sue Grandmother BOSTON, April 19.—Miss Pauline Revere hung a lantern in the belfry tow-er of the “Old North Church" last night in observance of the midnight ride of her famous ancestor 138 years ago. Miss Revere, who is only 14 years of age, took part in exercises held at the historic church in celebration of the eve of the battle of Lexington. Longfellow’s poem, "Paul Revere’s Ride,” was recited by Professor Charles T. Cbpeland, of Harvard; Bishop William H. Lawrence spoke on the significance of a peaceful pa triot’s day, and the church bells peal ed out patriotic tunes. Officials ot the State and city joined In the ob servance. WESTERN CANADA WANTS RECIPROCITY PACT REVIVED WASHINGTON, April 19.—Walter Scott, of Regina, premier of Sas- j katchewan, is in Washington, urging a revival of the Taft Canadian reci procity agreement. He declares that the people of Western "Canada want reciprocity and that it was beaten by the Easterners when the Issue was up two years ago. I S 1 I “Here’s the Answer” TO THE GREAT HEALTH PROBLEM When you do not feel as well as you should— hen you lack appetite, energy, strength and ambi- on—when the liver is lazy and bowels clogged, msiug sickness and suffering, you should try a bot- e of . HOSTETTER’S Stomach Bitters . Nature needs assistance to-day and to neglect the patter only invites sickness and trouble. The Bit ters has helped thousands of sickly people and will [help you, too—especially so in cases of POOR APPETITE SICK HEADACHE flatulency CONSTIPATION INDIGESTION BILIOUSNESS COLDS, GRIPPE AND MALARIA LITTLE TlPlIDII STATE REPORTED Chemist for Georgia Health Board Makes Public Tests of Water Supplies. R. C. Werner, chemist in the Stale Board of Health, made public to-day tile general results of a series of trips about the State for the purpose of in specting the water supplies. The ob servations of Mr. Werner are of par ticular Interest because of the ap proach of tne typhoid epidemic period Mr. Werner allayed alarm to-day oy stating that as yet there la compara tively little typhoid In the State, and thin the State Board of Health has no knowledge of any serious epi- de'rnics. The • nanalysls of water supplies about the State is carried on through out the vtar, but the department '.s kept busier .after the beginning of the warm weather because of the greater pievalence of infection. Inspections have just been com pleted at Milledgevllle, Covington and EaUnton, and preliminary tests by Mr Weiner show that the water sup plies of these places are in fair con dition. Further analyses will be made during the week before a formal re port is made. Analyses of public water supplies are made at any time by the State Board of Health when Impurities or infection is suspected. $150,000 Painting of Chicago Fire Is Junk Cyciorama, Viewed by Thousands at World's Fair. Sold for $2 to Dealer. CHICAGO, April 19.—The monster painting of the Chicago fire, which cost $150,000, to-day lay in the shop of a junk dealer, who paid $2 for the masterpiece. The cyciorama of the big fire was viewed by thousands of visitors to the world’s falx- in Chica go. For several years it had lain In a waste box in a vacant lot near the home of H. H. Gross, who paid for the painting. Eight artists spent nearly a year in painting the gigantic picture. The canvas weigned eight tons. It was 47 feet high and 378 feet long. An effort was being made to-day to redeem the picture and preserve it. ‘No Power on Earth Can Silence Woman’ Augustus Hamilton Clark, Jr., 18-montli-old son of M.rs, A. IJ. Clark, who accused her mother-in-law of kiduapin*? him; ‘ 8 Woman Accused of Stealing Baby Declares Father Gave Her Right to Take Child. 8 8 and we will deveLe them free We are M™*™*™* Fl .TflL , w.”': any camera-guaranteed not to stick -lie for catalogue. Quick mail order service. :ONE, Inc., “A Good Drug Stor<T—r[wo Stores)—Atlanta^^ Aroused by the recent actions of her husband’s parents. Mrs. A. H. Clark, mother of Augustus Hamilton Clark, Jr., to-day changed front and declared that, instead of withdraw ing the prosecution against Mrs. G. S. Clark, charged with kidnaping, she will push it to the end. Augustus Hamilton Clark, Jr., the 2-yea.r-old bone of contention, is now at his mother’s home, 156 Richardson Street, and his mother declared he would stay there, in spite of all that the child’s grandparents could do. Willful slander on the part of her husband’s parents and their refusal to divulge the whereabouts of their son so that his wife may have an un derstanding with him are the reasons given by Mrs. Clark for her new de termination. She Plans to Retaliate. "I intend to push the kidnaping charge Just as hard as 1 can," said Mrs. Clark this morning. "I have not been treated right In this matter at all, and I intend to make those peo ple suffer. My child’s grandparents have given out statements to the newspapers attacking my character that are untrue In every respect.” Mrs. Clark, against whom the in dictment has been sworn out, still maintains her belief that she had a perfect right to take the child away, and says, furthermore, that both her son and her daughter-in-law con sented to give her the child outright. In talking of the case she displayed a certificate signed by her son. Au gustus H. Clark, before a notary pub lic, vesting in her all His rights and authority as father of the child, certificate is as follows: “March 28, 1913. "To Whom It May Concern: “This is to certify that my mother, Mrs. G. S. Clark, has my full permis sion to carry my son, Augustus Ham ilton Clark, Jr., away from Atlanta, and that I hereby give to her all the authority vested in me as his father under the law. "AUGUSTUS H. CLARK. “Sworn to and subscribed before me this, the 28th day of March, 1913. “RUSSELL T. HARRALSON, "Notary Public, Fulton County.” Mrs. Clark says that, despite the fact she believes she has a perfect legai right to the child and that the child's mother is not capable of taking care of the little fellow, she will not make any legal fight to regain pos session. She says she believes it will be only a phort time before her daughter-in-law will be ready to turn the boy over to her. 80 Will Be Baptized Into Baptist Church These Were Converted at Two-weeks’ Revival by Rev. Allen Shuler. be baptized the Cooper The oll- Eighty converts will Sunday afternoon at Street Baptist Church. This baptism will mark the max to a remarkable two weeks’ re vival meeting in this church, con ducted by Rev. Allen Shuler, “The Fighting Parson of South Georgia.” The total number to Join the church during the meeting was 110, but some of these went with other churches and some came In by letter. The revival is regarded as one of the most successful held in Atlanta in a long while. Have No Supernatural Powers,’ Says New York Judge, Asked for ‘Gag Order.’ NEW YORK. April 19—No power on earth can stop a woman from talk ing was the opinion expressed by Magistrate Morphy when Morris J. Klein, it resident of the Bronx, asked for some order that would silence a woman who lives in an apartment across from his and “who makes the days and nights hideous by talking and shouting across the areaway.” “It can’t be done,” declared Mur phy. "I am but a magistrate; I have no supernatural powers. There is no power under heaven that will keep quiet a woman who wants to talk.” CLEVELAND FACTORY FIRE ROUTS 600; $150,000 LOSS CLEVELAND, OHIO, April 19.— Six hundred persons were driven in to the street, a half dozen firemen narrowly escaped death and $150,000 damage was done in a fire which broke broke out in Volivar Road early to-day. The fire started on the third floor of the four-story building oc cupied by the Standard Umbrella Company. 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