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JkJL a. 0K£7? 100,000 THE SUNDAY AMERICAN’S NET PAID CIRCULATION / /ir National Southern Sunday Newspaper The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. lul ATLANTA, <L\.. THE US DAY, DECEMBER 4. 191:;. Cnpyiught. 1006 By The Georgian Co. *) < m;vtg pat no - ' INI o. MORE. EVENING EDITION MADMAN BURNS SANITARIUM AND SELF CSC C*3 C*0 C*3 C& Maddox Urges Reserve Bank for Atlanta ATLANTA BANKER WHO BOOSTS CITY IN EAST <A >v ROBERT F MADDOX. TEXAS FLOODS MAKE 18,000 HOMELESS Railways Paralyzed, Towns Iso lated and Millions in Property Destroyed by Waters, WACO, TEXAS, Dec. 4, 11 a. m.— The flooded area here i» growing rap- dIy and people in increasing numbe r s are being driven from their homes. Mayor Mackey has just issued an ap peal to all carpenters in the city to build rafts as rapidly as possible for rescue work. Practically all business n the city has been suspended since yesterday afternoon. DALLAS, TEXAS. Dec. 4. Twenty Persons are known to be dead and 18.- oo are homeless to-day as the result f disastrous floods which still are a ting in Central Texas. Property .im.igp will exceed $6,000,000. accord ’s :o the most conservative esti mates. Practically atl the railroads in the ■ff.-cted regions are out of commis sion and those operating trains are in - rippled condition. Many towns are i submerged and residents have fled to hp higher ground. Late reports from the flood-sw ept - ion of the State have increased • number of missing. The total Dumber of dead likely will not be known for several clays. All Rivers Out of Banks. Every river in the central pari of Tie Stale is out of Its banks. I he Rtar.os River is 5 miles wide in sev- rai places. The. Leon River, a small stream, has spread to a width of more than a mile and has cut off the 'Rter supply of Temple. Live hundred bales of cotton were 1 ashed away at Waxahatchie. Rig ottoi were ^repeoi • towns in that neighborhood. Boats manned by farmers to-day “ached the marooned Internationa I 1 nr] Great Northern passenger train rear Marlin, on which 15C persons beginning to feel the pangs of hunger. The water had risen t<» the second step of the cars. Railroads Paralyzed. No si hedules were being observed '•-'lay on the International and Great N 'thern. Missouri, Kansas and Tex "= Fort Worth and Denver. Santa Fe, Heck Island and Houston and Texas '“rural railroads. Fi ar was expressed that the Brazos River levee at Bryan might break an flno three counties—Burleson. Br <- 1 ' and Washington. Refugees from about 1.000 homes " South and East Waco, submerged the eaves by the flood waters of h“ Brazos River, to-day are huddl d ■ n 1 luirches, a cotton compress, neig-v- »orinar houses and woolen mill, manv t • m ignorant of the fate of other members of their families. County Alms House Employes’ Pay Raised An increase of salaries to novel •mp’.oyoes of the county almshouse has heeis granted. The salary of S-i • intendent T. A. E. Means was in cased from *200 to *215. Others receiving increases were: I Roberts, from *05 to *75: J. 8. ' 'Slgins, from *55 to *65; D. IV A 13- ll ». from *40 to *45; H. H. Wallace, tom *40 to *45, Miss Eunice Add. tom Ms to *4u, and Mrs. M. F. Scog- 0‘ns. from *30 to *40. Boys Scalded As Tin Can Engine Explodes DALTON. Dec. 4.—Rex and Louis n,n s. two young sons of Mr. and Robert Mining, have made their ,& ani engine " little fellows huih Hn engine 1 Gn can. Ii steamed up t°° H using a boiler explosion, and i-ite boys -were sen© us*]} ecaided. Crawford Will Case Is Postponed a Day On Lawyer's Absence Owing to the attendance of Colonel P. H. Brewster on another court, the C raw ford will case, which was to have been taken up again Thursday morning, has been postponed until 10 o’clock Friday. At this time Colonel J. S. James, counsel for the 48 Crawford heirs fighting for a share in the $250,000 estate of Joshua-B. Crawford, will In- ; troduce medical experts to refute the ! evidence introduced by counsel for ' Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford, widow o f j .Joshua B. Crawford, which tended to j show that the former died from nat- [ ural causes. It is doubtful that Mrs. Crawford will take the stand, al though counsel for the heirs have ex pressed that wish. The criminal prosecution against Mrs Crawford will come before the j Fulton County Grand Jury next week. Attorney John Y. Smith, appointed special solicitor on account of So- I licitor Dorsey’s disqualification, will ! assemble the evidence. Offers McAdoo Part of Pay If Given Office WASHINGTON. Dec. 4.—An appli- i cant for internal revenue collector of- ! fered Secretary of the Treasury Me- ■ Adoo one-third of his first year’s sal- 1 ary for an appointment. “Such an offer as this." said the Secretary in his reply, “shows your until ness for public office or public trust of any kind. You do not seem to realize that the era of graft and* corruption in American politics is past. ' The name was not made pub lic. BOY THIEVES AND 'FADIN' T Witch' Cost Him $6,000 in 18 Years MARINETTE, WIS., Dec. 4.—Belief in witchcraft cost Napoleon Morin, of Crandon. Wis., $6,000 in eighteen , years, nccoiding to tiie charges in his I suit against Mrs. Margaret Pileon, also of Crandon, The trial is on now. Morin declared he believed in witch craft and that Mrs. Pileon claimed ’ powers. The woman asserted ower to wish good or ill upon ! mb;* • ts. I Mrs. Carter Harrison Writes Fairy Story CHICAGO, Dec. 4. Mrs. Carter H. |Harrison, wife of the Mayor of Chi cago. has published another book. It is her sixth volume in ten years. \nd. to the delight of her friends and all children whose early years were brightened by an acquaintance with “Prince Silver Wings'* it fairy ra ale "The Enchanted House" la its title. Queen Amelie Tells Secrets of Portugal Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. LONDON. Dec. 4. Queen Amelie. of Portugal, has become an author- ,, s o Her “Recollections” of the rev olution in Portugal, part of which is appearing serially here, are to be published in book form soon. The Queen made notes of the over turn up to and including the final disaster. 2 Would Wed Nurse Heiress to $100,000 PHILADELPHIA, Deo. 4.—There are at Hast two men w ho are anxious to marry Mile. Zallie Faset. the nurse who is set down for *100,000 in the . untested will of John G. Watmough. Of So. 2114 Walnut street, her former employer There may be more, of course, but at least two have formally proposed. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Fair Thursday; un settled Friday. Clews Found After Drug Store Robbery Point to Well-Drilled Gang of Lad?. Atlanta detectives began searching Thursday rriorning for a gang of boy burglars and for the usual “Pagin'' directing thefts like one successfully carried out early Thursday morning ! at Marshall’s Pharmacy, at the June- j tion of Peachtree and Ivy streets. Inside the drug store the traces bore evidence to a very workmanlike •‘job." The cash register had been “jimmied" skillfully and $9# taken. # But outside. Detective Rosser, call ed to investigate, found certain indi cations that boys—small boys, mere children—■-had been the robbers. Small Footprints Found. 'The window through which the robbers entered had not been lifted. ’Part of the glass had been broken out. and through that hole no full- sized man and no large boy could have crawled. Then there was a large nail, or spike, inserted between bricks in the wall, and evidently used as a step while working on the window. But the spike, insecurely fastened, could never have held up the weight of a man. And most easily read of all the traces was the trampled earth be neath the window. The prints were all of small feet, well shod, apparent ly the feet of boys 12 or 13 yeajg of age. Lanford Gives Warning. There was such a confusion of tracks that it was impossible to be sure of the number, but it appeared certain that three, and possibly four, boys had taken part in the robbery. No man s footprints were discernible. Chief Lanford is of the opinion that the same gang has been guilty of a number of robberies lately, all per formed with a good deal of skill and care. “It is getting along to the time of year when all kinds of theft and rob bery increase." he said, “and it will be well for householders to keep their eyes open. “The ’meter thief particularly is active along in the holiday season, and no one should be admitted to read or repair or inspect coin metere without showing the proper author ity." Formation of Corn Parade and Route Assemble at Armory at 2.30 o'clock. ■ Parade m *ve* by d v alone at 3 o’clock. First Division—Military, com manded by General R. K. Evans. Second Division — Eighty-five Corn Club boys who made the “horror roll.” 1,000 Corn <’lub boys; 3,000 Atlanta school boys; 40 mem bers Girls’ Canning Club in Belle Isle auto truck, \Y. M. Slaton, su perintendent of schools, command ing. Third Division—Motor cars, con taining Mayor. General Council, Board of Education. Statehouse of ficers. Chamber of Commerce offi cers and Corn Show committee. Line of March — Washington stret to Mitchell, thence to White hall, up Peachtree to Houston and return by wav of Ivy, Gilmer ahd Washington streets to State Capi tol, disbanding at 4 o’clock. Adjutant General .J. Van Holt Nash, grand marshal. 'Chicken Inspector' Badge Halts Traffic CHICAGO, Dec. 4.—Joseph Feld, 17 years old. was arrested for blocking traffic In the business section of the city. He was selling badges bearing the inscription. Thicken Inspector — 23 The crowd of buyers became so large the police were forced to cle.tr a path for vehicles Alderifianic Board To Hear Protests On New Traffic Law The consideration of the new traffic ordinance by the Aldermanic Board, acting as a committee of Council. Thursday afternoon will be marked by a long public hearing Both advocates and opponents of the measure will pre sent their arguments. While doctors and business nieri who are accustomed to leaving their ma chines in front of their places of bus! ness and society women who drive their own cars on shopping tours ate opposed to any curbing of their rights to park machines in the streets, the joint com mittee of Council him! the Chamber of Commerce and many public-spiriterl cit izens declare that the promiscuous park ing of automobiles In the streets must be stopped to relieve congest ion. Train Coach Burns; Passengers Injured ROME. Dec 4 The second class coach of a Central of Georgia local train running from Chattanooga to Ce- dartown was burned last night. 40 miles north or here, at Martlndale, when a lamp exploded. Several negroes were injured by fly ing glass. A paralytic negro was bare ly rescued from the flames Wants Policewomen For Old Cambridge Special Cable to The Atlanta Geoi^ian. LONDON, Dec. 4—Lady Darwin, formerly Maud du Pu> of Philadel phia. wife of Sir George Darwin, pro fessor of astronomy at the. University of C ambridge, is advocating the ap pointment of policewomen in the uni versity town Farmer Appears at Polls a Month Late French Doctor Finds New Typhoid Cure Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. PARIS.'Dec. 4 A successful new method of curing typhoid fever was announced by F>r Josue Bellar It is called auto vaccination, the vaccine used beinR a culture of Eberth bacilli made of the patient's own blood. Women Vote for Sunday Barrooms SANTA MONICA. CAL.. Dei 4 A tabulation of the votes cast in the Sunday closing election completed to day showed that the town was over whelmingly in favor of permitting sa- loons to operate on Sunday. Twice as many women as men voted in the election WATERTOWN. N Y., Her 1 -One j month afy=*r election day a farmer ap- ! p**ared a' the polling place in Convenor ! and inquired where he should vote He j was bewildered when informed he was l *0 day a late. Carries Piece of His Skull Into Court CHICAGO, Dec. 4 Policeman Jo seph Devanev appeared in court in two pieces. The smaller piece was in his hand. It was a section of his skull which was dislodged by three thugs, whom he appeared to identify. Mr.Caudle Happy Man Beside This Husband NEW YORK, Dec i Charles Reurei,. slicing for a j epar.iiion. de clared his w ife's nightly “lecture" be gin* at 8 p. in, and last* until 2. JO du ni. j I a y <r t Local Financier, in New York, Tells of Advantages of Geor gia and Capital NEW YORK. Dec 4. The New York American says to-day: Former Mayor Robert F. Maddox, of Atlanta, Ga.. who is vice president of the American National Bank of that city and one of the most promi nent bankers in the State of Geor gia, declared at the Waldorf-Astoria that Atlanta in all likelihood would be designated as one of the regional reserve bank cities under me new currency law. He came to this city from Wash ington, where be had been summon ed to confer with Senator Smith on the currency bill and the choice of Atlanta as a regional bank city. “At present the bill provides for a minimum of eight regional reserve banks, with the power given to the Federal Reserve Board to increase this number not more than twelve. Boosts for Atlanta. “Until the hoard Is appointed and has made its selection of regional reserve cities, the matter will not be definitely settled, but it is believed that Atlanta will be selected for the Southeastern portion of the United States, which is generally conceded to-day to be more prosperous than any other section of the country “Atlanta is in the center of that section. The city is growing rapidly. Bank clearings have increased 400 per cent in the past ten years. The deposits have increased very largely “The deposits of the entire State are large and we think there is a sufficient number of national banks in the Southeast to warrant the es tablishment of a regional reserve hank in Atlanta. “The regional reserve bank's capi tal is to be a minimum of $3,000,000. subscribed. In the„State’s adjoining Georgia—Tennessee. Alabama. North and South Carolina and F*lorida— there Is a capital and surplus In the national banks approximate!.’ of $100,000,000 “The subscription Is to be 6 per cent of the capital and surplus. so that If only half of the national banks in these States come into a regional reserve bank located in Atlanta we will have the minimum amount re quired. That does not include any State banks or trust companies, a large number of which will come in, of course, if a large number of na tional banks subscribe. “By drawing a radius of 300 miles around Atlanta, which is a reasonable distance, figuring on the time required for mail to leave one city after the close of business to arrive in the regional reserve city by the opening of business the following morning, such a circle will include the States of Georgia. Alabama Tennessee. North and South Carolina. Florida and a part pf Mississippi “In that circle is a population r f 10,000,000 people. It takes in a sec tion growing h.500.000 bales of cotton with approximately $400,000,000 de posits. Atlanta, by virtue of having fourteen independent lines of rail ways radiating from it to practically every point of the compass, becomes the logical center for the business of that section in respect to th«- estab lishment of the proposed regional bank. “Atlanta is well known now as ie distributing center of that section, in it are located the headquarters of all of the insurance companies doing business In the South. It was se lected because mail from the agents could reach Atlanta from that section in practically one night. Atlanta i« the headquarters or the Southern in Telephone Companv. which « «»rii r*• 1 - Preacher and Girl Charge a Plot In Arrests at Rome ROME, Dec. 4 -Rome church cir cles have been deeply stirred by the arrest of the Rev. J. A. Thacker, a Congregational preacher, and pretty Miss Emma Hughes, a member of his congregation, on warrants sworn out by Harper Wright, a deacon, after he and other members of his church had watched Miss Hughes' home in East Rome for several nights. At the preliminary trial Judge T. B Broach’s courtroom was crowded with ministers and church members. The minister wnu hound over under a $106 bond to the City Court. The girl waived preliminary trial. Both stou - - ly assert their innocence and charge a plot. Home's Egg Treasure Is Eaten by Burglar BLOOMINGTON, ILL.. Dec 4 — The police of this city were stirred to activity to-day on account of a raid by an egg burglar upon the home of Lester Hulva. The intruder took six strictly fresh eggs from the Hulva ice box, boiled them and left the empty shells a« evidence of his high crime. In addition to the precious eggs, the burglar took two gold watches and a revolver. With a Telegram s Brevity Georgian Want Art*” in variably ‘‘turn the trick.” I- 1 '!: REN 5 ! Thre< neat fui nished apartment rooms, very reasonable; South Side Owner, Main 2599-.) Atlanta, Gh.. Nov. 1. 1P|:i * The Atlanta Georgian: I called up yesterday morning and asked you to discontinue my ad, as I had rented my apartment Tues- day. QUICK WORK MRS. I.I'I.A MENSING. 147 Little Street. Read for Profit Use for Results H! ARM 'S DAILY SUNDAY Gf.ORG I AN AMERICAN Col. John H. Whallen, Youngest 'Vet' of '63, Kentucky ‘Boss/ Dies LOUISVrLLE, KT Dec 4.—Colo nel John H. Whallen. a leading the atrical man and one of the last rep resentatives of the old-time political “boss.” died last night. He was the youngest Confederate veteran In the United States. At the age of 13, in 1863, Whallen ran away from home, joined Morgan's men and became one off the most efficient scouts in the Confederate service. Starting in the theatrical business here soon after the war, he was suc cessful. Entering politics, he was for 30 year* powerful in Louisville and the State. Whallen was one of tha largest stockholders In the Empire circuit of burlesque theaters and was treasurer for years. He owned the Buckingham Theater here and leaves a fortune of a million or more. Dorsey Unopposed For Athens Mayor ATHENS, Dec. 4.—With no opposi tion, W F. Dorsey was elected Mayor of Athens In the election held yester day, following the primary of some weeks ago The new Council will consist of A G Dudley, Vincent Mat thews. H. P. Hinton and H H. Gor don. This will be the third time that Dorsey has served as Mayor. He now succeeds H. J Rowe, who declined to stand for re-election after two rerms. Wilson, With Cold. Keeps to His Room WASHINGTON, Dec 4.—President Wil5»on because of his cold, remained in hi* room to-day and cancelled all his engagements He has not been feeling well since his return from New York last Sun day. and hi* advisers were insistent that he forestall all possibility of *e riou* illness Philadelphia Broker Concern Suspends PHILADELPHIA, Dae 4.—-William L. Bear & Company, member* of tbe Philadelphia Stock Exchange, tem porarily suspended to-day. The sus pension followed the filing of a volun- tar\ petit on to have William L. Bonr. individually and trading as the firm, adjudged a bankrupt. !r i* a member "f the Chicago Hoard of Trade and oiites -exchaases* Charred Body of Patient Found in Ruins of Hospital in At lanta Suburb. G. W. Day, 27 years old, op (Jartersville, Ga., a patient in the sanitarium of Dr. .James \, Brawner, af Smyrna, Ga., was burned to death Thursday morn-, ing at 2:30 o’clock, in a fire which destroyed the cottage in which he was confined. Pond other patients who were in the cottage were rescued by Dr, Brawner and the attendants of the sanitarium just in time to save their lives. The building was j burned to the gronnd, causing a loss which Dr. Brawner esti mates at about. $3,500. The origin of the fire whk*h caused | the death of Day 1* shrouded in mys tery. Twenty minutes before it was discovered the night watchman of the sanitarium had passed the door of Day’s room and noticed nothing amis* At 2:30 o'clock the fire was discovered by an attendant who chanced to be awake in the building, and at about the same time Dr. Brawner. aroused by the glare of th« flame*. looked from his window in ♦ho main building 200 yards distant and saw the fire. Dr. Brawner immediately turned In an alarm, and the patients, virtual ly all of whom were violent, were got out of the building and taken to the main building of the institution. Ef forts were made to get Into Day's room and rescue him. but the smoke was so dense and the room so filled with flames that It was found im possible. Unable to Account for Fire. One of the attendants penetrated <4 few feet into the room, but was una* ble to locate Day’s body. Realizing that Day could not be got out off the cottage In time to save his life, Dr. Brawner and his assistants turned^ their attention to rescuing the othe# patient*, who were huddled in theif rooms screaming with fright. Over the long -distance telephone Thursday morning Dr. Brawner de*< clared he is unable to account for ihg fire. The only plausible theory, 1l4 declared. Is that Day set fire to ni* room with suicidal Intent. The matf had been an inmate of the sanitarian* for but four days, and was one the most violent of the patients. Ha was not allowed out of his room with-* out a guard, which makes the m\ tery of the tire all the greater, la! his room Day was so violent that no furniture other than the bed and bM clothing and a s-mall w&shst&nd could be kept there. These were fastened to the floor. From the position in which Da^'g charred body was found Thursday after the destruction of the coffaguj I>r. Brawner thinks the man set fl-<i to his room and then wrapped him self in the bed clothing The body was lying about where the bed had been and rema4n* of the bed clothing could be seen. apparently drawn closely a.botvt hl« body. “I see no other wav to account for the fire, save rhe fneory that Pav* must have got hold of a martoh some* where.” eaid D« Brawruti. “We aw* very careful about Lotting the pa tients, particularly the vIoMnt nore^ have matches, but ft is \*erv to prevent it Main Boddirvg Not TouoKed The first we knew of the fire Pay‘g rOOBk was in flames For a while w« didn't know' whether he hed gotten out or not. as no sound -ame from the room. We tried lo get Day out- but after we realized we could nofl we turned our attention to ss-vTng rhg other patients who w**re in the rot* tage.” None of the other p*Ai«rus wa« injured, though most of them wer# badly frightened and were forced to flee in their night clothing The main building of the sanitarium. 200 yards from the rottsge. was not touched V*v the flames, and many of the 25 pa tients housed in the larger house slept; through the turmoil. Pn\'«= body probably will b® shipped to his home in CartorsviHe Cos btnj* i&l*