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Another Effort Will Bp Made to
Establish Fact of a Con
spiracy,
Another effort to PHtabllsh the fart
of a conspiracy between Mr? Mary
Belle Crawford. thief beneficiary of
her husband's $250 000 will arid Fred
Lumb, an itinerant barber, will be
made by Joshua Crawford's heirs-at-
law when the hearing resumed be
fore Auditor James i. Anderson on
Thursday.
Colonel J S James attorney for
the heirs, said Tuesday that recent
investigations had revealed to him
more conclusive evidence of a plot
between Mrs. Crawford and Lumb
than he had possessed before.
II** declared that he would seek to
prov" that l.iimh and Mrs Crawford
Pally were engaged to be married
while in St Augustine, where Mrs.
Crawford. then Mrs. Savage, con
ducted a hotel
Lumb Denies Charges.
That this marriage was postponed
so that the woman might marry
Crawford for his money and later,
having ri<l herself of the old man,
marry Lumb will be the contention
which Colonel James will endeavor
to prove.
I.iimli answering lo a statement of
interrogatories, has categorically de
nied all of the charges made against
himself and Mrs. Crawford
He maintains that he knew Mrs.
Crawford only casually in St. Augus
tine and that the only time he ever
saw Joshua Crawford was one day
when on*- of the persons about the
hotel asked him to go up to one of |
the rooms and assist in dressing an j
old man He said that ( Jra wford ap
pea red very feeble.
The suggestion that Crawford came
to his death through poison adminis
tered by his wife or with her aid is
laughed at by her attorneys
They brought out in I >r J. W.
Hurt’s testimony Monday the physi
cian's opinion that the aged man did
not come to his death through poison
and that the morphine found in ills i
body might very easily have been I
contained in th ' cough medicine that
was given him from time to time.
Dr. Hurt said that he was con
vinced that Crawford died of pneu- j
monia and not from any kind of poi
soning.
Seeks Requisition for
Head of‘Usury Trust'
DURHAM, N. C. Dec 2.—City At
torney Charles S. Scarlett will ask;
for requisition for Scott B. Appleby.!
of Norfolk, Vh . millionaire head of a
loan company, wanted here for usury. {
When the recent campaign against
loan sharks was made, Appleby’s
agents were arrested, and now the
City Attorney wants to get the al
leged head of the ‘‘usury trust.”
Imitates Brickley
With Artificial Leg
PTTTSBITRO, Dec 2 John
(Young) Boley, who retired from the
prize ring whey he lost his right leg.
while playing quarterback on the In
dian A C eleven of the North Side,
kicked a field goal from the 40-yard
line with his artificial foot.
YATES CENTER. KANS.. Dec. 2 —
The Yates Center National Bank was
closed to da/ by Bank Examiner A.
C. Cutler, because of its failure to
realize on securities The liabilities
are placed at $ iOO.COO and the assets
probably will be in excess of that
amount. C. C Ricker, president of
the bank, said he bel eves depositors
will be paid in full.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2.—The
House to-day began consideration of
t e Hensley resolution to approve the
plan of Wmston Churchill, Lord of
the British Admiralty, for an inter
national holiday, with prospects of
favorable action It was decided not
to limit the debate.
LONDON, Dec. 2.—Semi official an
nouncement wai* made to-day at
Buckingham Palace that, owing to the
strong disapproval of Kmk George and
Queen Mary to the tango, this dance
and similar dances will not be toler
ated at Buckingham Palace nor at any
royal functions attended by members
of the royal family.
HOPKINSVILLE, K Y., Dec 2.— F ir
fear of a mob, John Smith and Grant
Waddell, negroes, accused of assault
ing a white woman, were smuggled
out of town early to-day.
CHICAGO. Dec. 2.— An issue of $10,-
000,000 in 35-year bonds was voted to
Hay by the directors of Swift A Co.,
meat packers. The stockholders will
be asked to vote on the bond issue
at the annual meeting on January ?.
LOUISVILLE. KY„ Dec. 2.—A gen
eral clean-up of clairvoyants, fortune
tellers, etc., has been ordered as *ho
result of the arrest of George T. La
mar, charged with securing $837 in
cash and a note for $700 from J. D.
Taylor in return for shares of stock
in a mining company which does not
seem to exist. Taylor bought the
stock on the advice of the spooks with
whom Lamar communicated. So many
swindles of this sort have occurred
that police orders to rid the city of
such characters have been given.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 2.—Jack
Long, a teamster, was shot in the leq
this afternoon by William Whorton, a
negro transfer driver, with police
powers, who took umbarge when Long
tried to argue with him for alleged
“scabbing.” Scores of heads were
crecked by police dispersing mobs.
One mounted officer’s horse plunged
through a shoe store show window
on Washington street while dispersing
a mob.
SHELBYVILLE. IND.. Dec. 2.—Dr.
Ernest C. Reyer, of Indianapolis, was
the first witness to take the stand
in the Knabe-Craig mystery trial this
afternoon. Dr. Reyer was the first
physician to reach the death chamber
after the body was found. He went
into a detailed account of his actions
after he reached the scene. “My first
observation was that the room was
extremely orderly,” said Reyer.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.—A new
scheme to mulct the farmer was re
ported by the Department of Agri
culture to-day. It comprises the ad
vertising under new names at ex-
horbitant price of two old plants. One
is the “asparagus or yardlong bean,”
which is advertised as the “Shanon
pea,” and the other the “Jack bean,”
touted as the “giant stock pod bean.”
LONDON, Dec. 2.—Dillah McCar-
thv, a well known actress, came into
a fortune of $250,000 to-day as the re
sult of the death of her father, Jonada
B. McCarthy.
DURBAN, NATAL, Dec. 2 —The
second strike within a month of East
Indians employed in South African
sugar refineries began to-day. One
hundred and twenty-three ringleaders
were arested and imprisoned.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 2.—A general
strike of all union men employed in
Indianapolis will be asked of the Cen
tral Labor Union at a special meeting
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to-night by General Organizer Far
rell, of the Teamsters' Union, who de
clares that union men and women are
being “shot and beaten up” without
being given a fair show.
Mounted police dispersed numerous
crowds by driving their horses upon
th© sidewalks in the downtown dis
tricts this afternoon.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2.— Former Federal
Judge Peter S. Grosscup was scored
by Judge Petit, of the Circuit Court,
to-day for writing the court a letter
with reference to litigation pending
over the estate of the late W. T. Ba
ker, once president of the Chicago
Board of Trade “It wouldn't make
any difference if it were ten Judge
Grosscups,” said Judge Petit. ”1 don t
try cases that way. There is no use
in trying to justify Judge Grosscup
In writing a leter to a judge hearing
a pending law suit. It is absolutely
unjustifiable.” Judge Grosscup is net
of record as counsel in the case He
has recently moved to New York.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Sam Lang
ford, the negro pugilist, sailed for Eu
rope to-day with a retinue of tram
era. He said he was going to try to
j force Jack Johnson to fight him in
France. On the same vessel was Dr.
Carl Hirschman, the agent sent here
Austria to study athletic methods.
He praised American training meth
ods highly.
LIMA, PERU. Dec. 2.— Mrs. Theo
dore Roosevelt and Miss I. Margaret
Roosevelt left here to-day for Pana
ma.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2.—Otto Fiala to
day shot and killed his wife at the
home of her mother, south of St.
Louis, and then shot himself.
PARIS. Dec. 2.—The downfall of
the French Ministry is practically as
sured following the Government’s de
feat in the House of Deputies to-day,
when the members by a vote of 290 to
265 failed to give the Government a
vote of confidence on one of its fi
nancial proposals. The proposal was
regarding the immunity of Govern
ment land stocks from taxation. Tu
multuous scenes followed the vote in
the chamber.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, Dec. 2.—
Eleven persons are known to have
been drowned and many more are
missing in the town of Belton as a
result of a terrific cloudburst early
to-day. The greater part of the town
is under water. Nolanville and sev
eral otner nearby towns are flooded
and it is feared that there has been
more loss of life in that vicinity. The
property loss reaches more than a
million.
VERA CRUZ. TEXAS, Dec. 2.—
Special Envoy John Lind arrived here
from Tuxpam this afternoon on the
battleship Nebraska. He said when
he left Tuxpam there were few rebels
in the vicinity and that the report
received at Mexico City that the oil
town had been captured by the rebels
is there believed to be untrue. As
the Nebraska anchored two gunboats
were getting up steam to take Gen
eral Maas and his artillery to Tux
pam.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—A special
subcommittee of the House Commit
tee on Interstate Commerce Commis
sion was appointed to-day to handle
the problem of cold storage reform
legislation. It consists of Represen
tatives Adamson of Georgia, Coving
ton of Maryland, Cullop of Indiana,
Hamilton of Michigan and Lafferty of
Oregon.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2.—Several
bands of Zapata rebels have united
south of here to attack the capital,
according to reports that reached the
Government this afternoon. Minister
of War Blanquet immediately coun
termanded orders which he had is
sued to send Federal troops will be
withdrawn from the Federal district
which surrounds the capital.
MORGANFIELD, KY., Dec. 2.—
After being out 35 minutes, the jury
in the case of the Commonwealth
against the Imperial Tobacco Com
pany of Great Britain and Ireland
and the Imperial Tobacco Company of
Kentucky to-day returned a verdict
| of guilty of violation of the Kentucky
j anti-trust laws and fined each de
fendant $3,500. This forfeits their
charter in Kentucky. A new trial
1 will be asked, and in case of refusal,
an appeal will be taken.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—A bill to
j prohibit gambling in cotton futures
j was reintroduced in the House to-day
by Representative Heflin, of Alabama.
; It forbids the maintenance of any
stock exchange or establishments
wherein future contracts are handled
j without the actual delivery of the
! cotton. The publication of quota
tions on futures also is prohibited.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.—A resolu-
| tion directing the Secretary of the
Navy to apoint a committee of three
j naval officers to investigate the
availability of a site for the proposed
j armor plate plant at or near Rich-
! mond, Va., was introduced to-day by
Representative Montague.
PUEBLO, COLO., Dec. 2.—Twenty-
five warrants were issued to-day out
of the United States Court for the
arrest of head officials of the United
Mine Wo p kers of America and leading
State officials of that organization.
The indictment against these men
were returned late yesterday by a
i United States grand jury after weeks
i of investigation by the southern
Colorado coal strike. The indictment
| charges conspiracy to monopolize la-
| b 0 r anc * conspiracy in restraint of
interstate commerce. Among the of-
I ficials for whom warrants are issued
, are John P. White, president; Frank
j J. Hayes, vice president, in Denver,
and William P. Green, treasurer,
M inneapolis.
PASADENA, CAL., Dec. 2.—Five
thousand dollars ransom demanded by
Mexican bandits for the release of
j W. S. Windham, Pasadena, superin-
| tendent of Quimichis Ranchon. near
Mazatlan, and Assistant Superinten
dent Dunn, has been ordered paid. Dr.
William Livingston, of Oxonard. and
fo r mer Senator R. Bard, of Huenume,
both part owners, late this afternoon
wired their banks at Mazatlan, au
thorizing them to pay the ransom.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.—A report
submitted to Congress to-day by Post
master General Burleson shows that
during the fiscal year which ended
June 30 last, postal savinqs banks
deposits increased from $20,600,000 to
$33,000,000.
PROJECTING NEW RAILROAD.
I COLUMBUS. Pec. 2 — F. M. Carlisle.
| a capitalist <>f Panama City. Fla . has
been spending several days in Colum-
I bus in the interest of a proposed rail
road to connect Columbus with Panama
City.
IE FIS II
New Smudges Lighted in Effort to
Overcome or Drive From
Tunnel Multi-Slayer.
BINGHAM, UTAH. Der 2.—On the
supposition that Ralph Ixipez, Utah's
"bad man” who has killed six men.
was stUj alive in the Utah-Apex mine
to-day, the Sheriffs of seven bounties
and their deputies continued their
vigil at the mine exits while pumps
sent sulphur gas into every section of
the mine.
An automobile carrying 1,000
pounds of sulphur arrived early to
day from Salt I*ake City, to keep the
smudges going at the mine exits, and
other chemicals for creating poisonous
gas were expected on a train later
in the day.
Lopez last was seen yesterday aft
ernoon when he appeared at one of
the bulkheads and called for his
friend, Julio Oorrello. Before Uor-
rello arrived Ivopez had retired into
the darkness
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Grand Jury Probes
Wreck Fatal to 9
EUFAULA, AL*A., Dec. 2 The Grand
Jury of Barbour County, which spent a
day Investigating the recent wreck on
the Central of Georgia Railroad, near
Eufaula, in which nine persons were
killed and more than 200 injured, found
no evidence of criminal negligence for
the wreck.
The Jury’s report, just filed with the
court, contained no reference to the
probe, in which it called nearly a hun-
drew witnesses
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Girl Commits Suicide
By Drinking Chloral
TALBOTTON, Dec. 2—Miss Annie
I^ou Hale, 23 years old, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Hale, of Pleasant
Hill district. Talbot County, commit
ted suicide by taking chloral that had
been left by a physician for h«r mo
ther. with instructions to be very
careful with it.
Miss Hale arose before others of
the family were up and took a big
dose of the poison. She died in twen
ty minutes after the doctors arrived.
Her body was interred this afternoon
at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
Dealer Fails to Get
Condemned Cruiser
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.—A Goldberg,
of Vancouver, British Columbia, de
scribed as an American dealer in sec
ond hand warships, lost In the Supreme
Court to-day his suit to compel Seore
tary of War Daniels to deliver to him
the condemned cruiser Boston, which
Goldberg claimed to have purchased for
$20,000.
Shows New Method
Of Reflex Anesthesia
HARTFORD, CONN.. Dec. 2.—Dr.
W. H. Fitzgerald, of New York, at a
clinic for twenty-four physicians to
day demonstrated his new method of
reflex anesthesia.
By mere pressure upon nerves in
the neck, throat or nose, he makes
parts of the body insensible to pain.
Child Dies Despite
Aid of Five Doctors
ELBERTON, I>ec 2 Sarah, the
nine-year-old daughter of Mr. and .Mrs.
Jake Silverman, wmle playing at her
home fell and injured her skull, dying
from the injury after an operation was
performed and the skull trepanned.
Five of Elberton’s best physicians
and surgeons attended the injured child.
Girl Drops 5 Stories
In Safety Device
NEW YORK, Dec. 2 Miss Elsie
Sprague, 17, was twice lowered from I
the top of the Jamaica. L. I.. post-
office building, a five-story structure,
to demonstrate the efficiency of a
new safety device.
- 1,197 VOTERS QUALIFIED.
COLUMBUS, Dec. 2. Registration for !
the commission government election to
be held December 10 shows 1,197 voters
qualified.
Members of the commitee who
framed the new traffic ordinance are
planning to make a fight for its adop
tion. Councilman W. G. Humphrey
said if the City Council expected to
hee6 every objection Atlanta never
wouki be relieved from the congested
conditions in the center of the city.
Because of the fight being made
against the ordinance by society
women who drive machines and oth
ers whose personal interests are con
cerned, there were some amusing ef
forts by members of Council to avoid
being on the committee that is to
conduct the public hearing.
On the motion of Alderman John S
Candler the ordinance was referred
to the Street Committee. Alderman
Candler had to leave the meeting be
fore adjournment. As soon as he was
gone Councilman Orville H. Hall got
a motion through to reconsider the
action on the ordinance, and he then
made a m >tion, which carried, re
ferring the ordinance to a committee
Including all the members of the Al-
dermanic Board.
This Is the first time Council ever
took such action. After the 'Alder-
manic Board has finished its duties
as Aldermanic Board Thursday it
will adjourn and convene as a spe
cial committee on traffic legislation.
Persons interested in the new traf
fic laws will be given a chance to be
heard.
Birmingham Police
' Hold Atlanta Couple
BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 2.—Eunice
Edmondson, aged 19, of No. 18 Fulton
circle, and Paul Preston Moore, No.
221 Baronne street, Atlanta, were
taken\in by the police to-day at a
South Side boarding house. The wel
fare department will send the young
woman back to Atlanta, and Moore
i9 to be turned over to Federal au
thorities.
Moore is said to have married Miss
Carrie L. Brown. The Edmondso.i
girl said she was under the belief
she was to be married. She and
Moore have been here about six
weeks.
TO HEAD NEW BANK.
COLUMBUS. Dec. 2.-John M. Murrah
has been elected president of the new
Muscogee Bank, which will open for
business about January 1. The new in
stitution will have a paid-in capital
stock of $50,000.
SCHOOLS IF CITY
TO CET 5111.81!
The State Superintendent of
Schools Tuesday announced the ap
portionment of the Estate school fund
as it will be distributed through the
various cities and counties.
The total amount to be distributed
is $2,550,000. This goes to the coun
ties and to the oity schools, accord
ing to The school population of each.
Several counties will get back from
the State a great deal more by way
of the school fund than they pay into
the State Treasury in taxes, but this
condition is not unusual and this
year’s distribution differs only slight
ly from last year’s.
T{ie per capita expense of the
schools to the State is $3.17, which
is a decrease per capita from last
year of 27 cents.
No Delay in Distribution.
The total Amount to be paid, for
instance, to Fulton County, Is $19,-
474.14.
The city of Atlanta gets from the
State, exclusive of the Fulton appor
tionment, $101,912.33.
DRUNKEN CABBIES MUST GO.
War against Intoxicated hack driv
ers was declared by Recorder Broyles
in Police Court Wednesday morning
when he fined Hugh Hector, a negro
cabby, $10.75 and ordered his hack
driving permit revoked. "Every cab
driver who gets drunk is going to get
the same dose,” said the Recorder.
Mr. Clarence Angier
long known, very much loved, and
greatly respected in the Life Insur
ance business, h&s been appointed
Special Representative of this
company. He will have his
office at 403-410 Empire Building.
It is not necessary for me to say
that any business with which Mr.
Angier is connected will be handled
in the same way as has everything
he has done up to this time. This
company cordially recommends Mr.
Angier to all classes of insurance, but
most especially to those whose busi
ness is large enough to make busi
ness protection desirable. Mr. An
gier will make a specialty of this fea
ture of our business.
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
R. L. COONEY,
Inspector of Agencies at Large.
( Advt)
THE GEORGIAN TERRACE HOTEL
U new conducted eu both the American and European Piana. Rooms
from $1.50 up,
Restaurant (American plan), $40.00 monthly, $10.50 weekly, er
without lunch (except Sundays), $35.00 monthly, $0.00 weekly.
Also a la Carte Service.
Orchestra.
Here is an EXCEPTIONAL CHANCE to
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We are holding a
PUBLIC AUCTION
of thousands of dollars worth of Diamonds,
Watches and all kinds of Jewelry that must be
turned into cash immediately.
You Get the Benefit
Sales at 10:30 to 12:30 A.M., 2:30 to 5:30 P.M.
7:30 lo 10:30 P. M.
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“The Spirit of Christmas” is filliny our store-
showcases, shelves and wardrobes are packed with hand
some, durable gifts. It is none too early to make your
selections. You can have them delivered now or later.
The prices range from 50c to SI2.50.
No Ckarge for Xmas Boxes
Neckwear (Silk and Velvet), remarkable assortment,
at 50c to $1.501
Silk Sox, all colors (boxed) per pair 50c to $1.50
Handsome Belts, with initial buckles, at $1,50
Men’s Initial Linen Handkerchiefs (6 in box), per box $1.50 j
Men’s Initial Cambric Handkerchiefs (6 in box)
per box 75c |
Men’s fine Linen Handkerchiefs (6 in box),
per box $2 and $31
Leather Collar Boxes, at $1, $1.50, $2, $2.50 and S3
Knitted Silk Scarflers (in boxes), at $1.25 to $3.50 ]
Men's Handsome Umbrellas at $3.50 to $12.50 |
Men’s Lounging Robes at $3.50 to
Men’s Silk Lisle Sox (4 pairs in box), per box. . . $100
Men’s Shirts at $1.00 to $5
Men’s White Silk Handkerchiefs at 75c to $1-50 |
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Lounging Robe and Slippers $5 to $10
Silk Sox, Tie and Handkerchief (in bo$J ... $1.50 and $2
Sox and Tie (in box) 75c, $1.00 and $1 50
Silk Sox, Tie and Reefer (Full Dress, in box) $3.50 and S5
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