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THE GEORGIAN’S NEWS BRIEFS 5 DEAN OF. COLLEGE ARRAIGNED AS SLAYER OF WOMAN CRAIG OFFERS PLEA OF "NOT GUILT!” THE DEADLY ‘FLYING SHOT GUN’ General R. K. Evans is'shown exhibiting the newest artil lery missile of modern warfare. Two hundred and fifty balls are discharged by it after it reaches the enemy as a solid shell. NOW AT MEXICO SHHLBYVILLE, IND.. Nov 28.— Dr \V illiam B. Craig, head of the In dianapolis Veterinary College, under indictment charged with the murder of Dr. Helen Knabe. who was found dead in her apartments in the Dela ware Flats. Indianapolis, October 24. 1911. entered a formal plea of not guilty when arraigned in the Shelby County Court at 9:30 o’clock this forenoon. Dr. Craig, who was accompanied by j his 15-year-old daughter, was appar ently cool and unconcerned. During the half hour's delay before court opened he chatted cheerfully with his friends and counsel and posed for the newspaper photographers. A motion by his attorneys to quash the indictment was immediately over ruled, and members of the regular panel of veniremen were called into j court. Spiritualist evidence, spiritualist j arts and their weight with the jurors were the pet questions asked by Hen ry M. Spaan, head counsel for the de fense. Craig and Dr. Knabe were sup posed to have been engaged and were known to have quarreled shortly be fore the time of the doctor's death. Detectives asserted that on the night of the crime Dr. Craig came home after 11 o’clock, changed his clothing ! and went out again. In the apartment of Alonzo M. Ragsdale., an undertaker, who lived in the same apartment house with Dr. Knabe and who attended to her burial and was the administrator of her es tate, was found the doctor’s missing kimono and other wearing apparel. On December 31, 1912, Ragsdale and Craig were arrested. Dr. Craig being charged with the murder of Dr J Knabe, and Ragsdale being held as an accomplice. Dr. Craig is a widower, about 40 | years of age. GEORGIANS ARE NAMED. Delegates from Georgia to the one j hundredth anniversary of peace l among the English-speaking nations, which will be celebrated in Rich mond. Vu. ( December 3 and 4, were announced Saturday by Governor Slaton. The list includes: Dr. J. J. Hall, Atlanta; Wilmer L. Moore, Atlanta; Rev. Dr. John E. White, Atlanta; Rev. Dr. C. B. Wilmer, Atlanta; Rev. 1 Dr. Dunbar H. Ogden, Atlanta; Col- : onel Walter P. Andrews, Atlanta; ; the Rev. Howard T. Cree. Augusta; i Charlton E. Battle, Columbus; Gen- I eral Peter W. Meldrim, Savannah; Judge Walter G. Charlton, Savan nah; Rev. Dr. W. N. Ainsworth, Ma con: J. Lindsay Johnston, Rome; Pro fessor H. C. White, Athens; J. S. Shingler Ashburn, and Dr. George Brown. Atlanta. engine of destruction is fired by a time fuse at any desired distance. TO HANG HER PICTURE. ITHACA. N. Y.. Nov. 26.—A full- iength portrait of Mrs. Russell Sage, for which the Cornell trustees have i appropriated $1,000, will be hung in Prudence Risley Hall, the new dor mitory for women students, built through a fund of $300,000 given by Mrs. Sage. Dr. Andrew D. White, who sug gested this testimonial, is in New York making arrangements for the I picture. TO FLY ACROSS ATLANTIC. PARIS, Nov. 28.—Preparations are being made in New York and London for an aeroplane flight across the At lantic Ocean, to take place next Au- j gust, it was learned here today. Glenn H. Curtiss, John Dale Cooper, an assistant and an Englishman said to be the leading British aviator, are I named as the flyers The plane calls for a flight from Newfoundland to the Irish coast in the largest hydro-aero- plane ever built. c&) Sir L. Smith-Gordon Gets License to Wed WASHINGTON. Nov. 28 Sir Lionel Smith-Gordon, of Dublin, Ireland, has procured a license for his marriage with Miss Ellen A. Fletcher, daughter of Senator Fletcher, of Florida. “This is my first venture of the kind,’’ he informed the clerk, as he stumbled in reply to the first question. OVERCHARGES CHARGED. Washington. Nov. 28.—charges that private manufacturers have over charged the Government “outrageously - * for munitions of war, and that $979,840.90 was saved on a single contract of about $2,000,000 given to the Frankford arsen al. Philadelphia, are made in a state ment Issued to-day by Representative C. H. Tavenner, of Illinois. He advocates the extension of the ar senals and the manufacture by thetp of all Government ammunition. LYNCHINGS ON DECREASE. TUSK EG EE. ALA., Nov 28.—Up to the first of November there had been forty-four lynchings of negroes this year, according to records kept dv Booker T. Washington. These records show a decrease of four lynchings from last year. 1,000 Pardons Aim of Blease by Christmas SPARTANBURG, S. C.. Nov. 28.— Among the list of 100 prisoners grant ed Thanksgiving paroles by Governor Cole L. Blease are four men convicted of murder In Spartanburg courts and given life terms. Since taking the oath of office in 1911 Blease has par doned 56 convicts sentenced from this city, nine of whom were serving life terms. The Governor is said to have boast ed that he would increase his pardon list, which is now 882. to 1.000 by Christmas. GETS BRIDE EACH TRIP. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Nov. 27. Hermann Popp, who came to the United States from Germany when a boy. has since made three trips to the old country, each time returning with a bride. RETURNS LOST WATCH. EAST ORANGE, N. J , Nov. 26 — “Please return this watch to your daughter. My soul has found its own— conscience.” says a note accompanying a timepiece lost three years ago by Mrs. Albert G. Ackerman. DCn-WETTING Jig/S ULU Box of Pen.ne, FREE. Address. MISSOURI Bfr MKDY CO., OSes 16 SL Lovlt, Mo. REALTY FIRM FAILS. NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—The New York Real Estate Security Company which, with the exception of the As tor estate, is the biggest holder of real estate in New York City, has failed. An involuntary petition in bank ruptcy was filed in the United States District Court to-day against the company. The New York Real Es tate Security Company owns $25,000,- 000 worth of property in Manhattan and the Bronx. CORONER TO PROBE. CHICAGO, Nov. 28.—Tlie Coroner to-day was called upon to investi gate the death of John Bowes, 15, who died during a football game yes terday afternoon. Bowes fell to his knees suddenly, and died before his companions could reach him. That he had been injured in the game was denied. The statement of the father that he found lumps on the dead boy's body has not been sustained. FIGHT OVER CURRENCY. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 .—To-day s fight in the confere-ce of Democratic j Senators on the currency bill cen tered upon the section providing f jr the insurance of deposits in the re gional reserve banka. Senator John Sharp William I served notice that he would try to force this provision through. DRESSED AS BOY TO WORK. MEMPHIS, Nov. 28.—Claiming site became a boy in appearance because it was hard for a girl to make an honest living, a girl giving her name as May Harris and Murfreesboro, Tenn., as her home, is held by the police pending further investigation. The girl admits “Harris” is an as sumed name, but refuses to make pub lic the identity of her parents. nasmiV.iUN, Nov. 28 -The battleships Connecticut. Kansas and Ohio, of the fourth division of the Atlantic fleet, now on a cruise in the Medlterrajcan, to-day were ordered by Secretary of Navy Daniels to the r.ast coast of Mexico ostensibly to relieve the Louisiana, Michigan and New Hampshire, now there The fourth division will sail for Mexi an waters on December 1. Should the Mexican situation pre sent serious complications in the near future. Secretary Daniels slated that he would rescind his -rder for the relief of the battleships Louisiana, Michigan and New Hampshire and keep these three vessels in Mexican waters. At present there are 9,512 sailors and marines aboard American vessels in Mexican waters. When the three battleships arrive this fleet will be augmented by 2,300 sailors and ma rines. Officials received with satisfaction the indorsement of the Monroe Doc trine given by Viscount Haldan *. Lord High Chancellor of Great Brit ain. at the Thanksgiving Day dinner of the American Society in London. This speech is interpreted by the Ad ministration as a full approval of the President's attitude in the Mexican situation. PLEDGE AID TO HUERTA. Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 28. - Mexiin banking interests have Pledged their support to General Huerta and Senor De La Lama, Minister of Finance, and announced to-day that all too government's obligations, falling due December 1. and including the pay ment of interest on bonds of tiie National Railway, will be paid. This announcement, which was made following a long night confer ence at the National Palace between General Huerta and a number of leading bankers, caused great sur prise, as there is much foreign cap ital invested in Mexican banks. Tiie conference is the first one which General Huerta has held di rectly with the Mexican bankers. He has heretofore acted through some member of his Cabinet in dealing with the financiers SAYRES ON JOURNEY, WASHINGTON, Ncv. 28. —Mr. an I Mrs Francis B. Sayre set out upon their real wedding journey to-dav. They accompanied President Wilson to New York and will rail for Europe to-morrow. President Wilson will attend the Army aid Navy football game in • New Y rk. returning to Washington Sunday. In the Wilson party also were Mi** Eleanor Wilson, Joseph Tumulty, ’he President’s secretary, and Dr. C. r. Grayson HEADS GATES' CONCERN. HOUSTON, TEXAS. Nov 2* The Texas Oil Company, the $30,000,000 con cern founded by John \V. Gates, under went a full change In management when the stockholders favoring executive committee control, dominated the an nual meeting and elected 11 C. Lufkin, of New York, president in succession to J. S. Cullman, of Houston. ASKS $10,000 FOR KISS. JACKSON. MISS., Nov. 28.—Dam ages of $10,000 for a kiss bestowed upon his daugnter by a station agent of the railroad is asked by J. J. I,ec t father of 16-year-old Nancy Lee, ir. a suit against the Gulf and Ship land Railroad Company, on trial in Forrest County Circuit Court. “CLOSE” DANCES BARRED. CHICAGO, Nov. 28. — “Close'' or tango dances have been barred from the public schools through a written order issued to the principals by Ella Flagg Young, superintendent. The order is aimed at the social cen ters, and especially at the Saturday night dances. TO MAKE UNIFORMS. WASHINGTON. Nov. 26 —Secretary Daniels is planning to establish at the Charleston navy yard a manufacturing plant for the production of such parts of marine and naval rnilKia uniforms as can be economically made there. , Fortify Your Fertilizer Did you see your fertilizer dealer and arrange to buy fertilizer containing at least as much POTASH as Phosphoric Acid ? That is the real kind that pays you and the dealer. If you did not, you should at once ask your dealer to carry Potash Saits so that you may increase the Potash in the ordinary brands. To increase the Potash I percent, add 40 pounds Muriate or Sulphate of Potash to a ton of goods. A 200-pound bag will increase the Potash of a ton 5 percent. Try it once and see how Potash Pays. If your dealer null not carry Potash Salts. write us for Prices. We -anil sell any <juant*ty from one 200 found bag up GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc., 42 Broadway, New York Chicago. McCormick Block New Orleaa*. Whitney Central Bank Bid* Atlanta. Empire San Francisco, 25 California Street Saranaah. Bank A Treat BMf Motion to Quash Indictment in the Knabe Case Is Over ruled by Judge. C&<3 This terrible Three New Battleships Are Or dered to Southern Waters by Secretary of Navy,