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VOL. XII. NO. 111.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9,
Copyright. 1906,
By The Georgian Co.
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South Georgia
MRS. CRAWFORD TO TAKE STAND
WINECOFF FINDS WIFE’S JEWES IN FIRE RUINS
Owner Finds Valuables in Hiding
Place in Ashes of $100,000
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Residence.
A mass of blackened ruins Tuesday
marked the site of the palatial home
of W. F. Winecoff. on Peachtree cir
cle, and aroused residents in the vi
cinity to their perilous lack of fire
protection.
Only the solid marble wall# were
left standing to indicate the former
magnificence of the building, which
was erected five years ago at a cos:
of more than $100,000.
The destruction of the residence
was wrought by a fire of mysterious
origin which sprang up Monday
night a few minutes after Mr. and
Mrs. Winecoff had left the house, Mr.
Winecoff to be present at the press
bftnquet in the new Winecoff Hotel
and Mrs. Winecoff to attend the the
ater.
Mr. Winecoff befbre daylight Tues
day went with Policeman Malcomb to
the ruins and in the room that had
been his wife’s found more than $8,000
worth of diamonds and other Jeweis.
The steps had been entirely burned
away and the two men had to get into
the room by means of a ladder.
Gems in Hiding Place.
Mr. Winecoff poked about the ashes
and charred timbers with a stick and
finally located the fireplace. It was
in here that Mrs. Winecoff had kept
the valuable gems secreted, and they
were found practically undamaged by
the scorching through w’hich they had
pulsed. About $3,000 worth of silver
plate also was recovered Tuesday,
but some of this w r as considerably
damaged. Most of it can be restored.
Alon^ with the burning of the home
1 with its luxurious furnishings the en
tire wardrobe of Mrs. Winecoff, con
sisting of many costly gowns, was
consumed in the Carnes. Not a single
piece of furniture was left by the
fire.
So far as known, no one was In the
house at the time the fire started. The
blaze first was noticed by E. D. Crane,
of No. 102 Peachtree circle. He sound
ed the alarm at about 8:30 o’clock
The nearest fire station is on North
avenue. By the time the lone com
pany had arrived at the Winecoff
home the flames had leaped through
vhe rooms, igniting the costly tapes
tries and other furnishings, and were
beyond all control.
Firemen Powerless.
The flames raged unchecked, the
firemen being powerless to make any
impression on them. The disastrous
conflagration brought to the atten
tion of the residents in that section
of the city more forcibly than any
other circumstance their woeful lacK
of adequate fire protection.
Frank Harrell, manager of the
Winecoff Hotel, where Mr Wineoff
was expected to dine later in the
evening, was telephoned and asked to
Inform Mr. Winecoff of his los$. Tho
latter, however, could n t be found ar
the moment, and Mr. Harrell went to
the Forsyth The: er and took Mrs.
Winecoff in an automobile to her
home, which was still wrapped in
Hames when thev arrived there.
Mr. Winecoff, arriving a few min
utes later, was stunned momentari.y
by the devastation he saw When he
had recovered from the first shock tf
his great loss, he said that not m» re
than half the cost of the residence
was covered by insurance.
He stood in the biting cold for some
Jime watching the firemen futile.y
trying to check the flames, which
were fanned by a gale. Scores of per
sons gathered about the ruins of the
magnificent building Tuesday, drawn
there by curiosity.
Gladstones Coming
To Visit America
Pankhurst Goes to
Paris for Health;
Will Renew Battle
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 9. -Declaring that she
would return to fight for the cause
when her health is regained, Mrs. Em
meline Pankhurst, the militant suffra
gette leader, was removed from London
to-day It was Mrs. Pankhuret’s plan
to go to Paris and Join her daughter,
Chrlstobel.
When Mrs. Pankhurst was carried
from the headquarters of the Women’s
Social and Political Union and placed in
an automobile ambulance she was so
weak she could barely stand, but she
continued to cheer her followers with
words of hope.
“The government will not interfere
with my leaving the country.” she said
"They want me to get out and stay out,
but I am coming back to lead the fight
when I get better.’’
Noticed It? You're
22 Cents Richer
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Each in
dividual in the United States i# the
oretically 22 cents richer this year
than lam, according to the annual re
port of the Comptroller of the Cur
rency, Issued to-day.
The total of actual money now in
the country, including the amount
held in reserve in the United States
Treasury, is $3,720,070,016, and if this
amount were equally divided each
man, woman and child in the United
States would have $34.56. Last year
this per capita average was $34.34.
Prince of Wales Sees
Gaby and Is Scolded
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. Dec. 9.—The campaign in Lon
don against Gaby Deslys was organized
by Queen Mary, it was stated to-day.
The Prince of Wales went to the Pal
ace Theater to see Gaby glide.
His mother scolded the heir to the
British throne, and ca'led in the Bish
ops of London and Kensington and
urged them to start a crusade against
immorality in the music halls.
Argentine Horse
Given to Roosevelt
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BUENOS AYRES. Dec. 9.—Colonel
Roosevelt, who arrived here from Bahia
Blanca, visited the Club Hiplco Argen
tine. which held a grand tournament
and presented one of the finest horses to
the ex-President.
With the animal went a native saddle
and bridle mounted in silver.
Gibbet Built Under
Court as Trial Begins
KANKAKEE, ILL., Dec. 9.—A scaffold
and gallows 30 feet high was built by
unknown parties during the night be
fore the windows of the courtroom where
John Hutchens was placed on trial for
murder.
Schumann-Heink’s
Son Gets Police Job
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Henry Schu-
mann-Heink, son of Madame Bchumann-
Heink, singer, was appointed clerk to
the Paterson, N. J., police court. The
salary is $1,200. Politicians sought to
oust him.
He is living at his mother’s mansion.
You Touch
a Magic
Button
When You Become a Geor
gian "Want Ad” User.
Like thousands of oth
ers, Mr. Meeklin is
amazed.
CUSH GIFTS
Mayor “Doesn’t Know What to
Think” of Testimony Against
City Electrician.
Commenting on the “graft” probe
of City Electrician R. C. Turner,
Mayor Woodward, who heard the tes
timony of several witnesses during
the investigation Monday afternoon,
said Tuesday:
“I don’t know what to think of that
affair, so for the present I’m going
to keep my ears and eyes open and
say nothing.’’
Attorney Aldine Chambers an
nounced that when the probe was
resumed Thursday afternoon he
would continue to present testimony
in an effort to prove that the Elek-
tron Company, an organization of
electrical contractors, had made erifts
to City Electrician Turner. F. V. L.
Smith, the secretary of the organiza
tion and a manufacturers’ agent like
ly will be the most important witness
'•ailed.
Chambers Shows Hand.
Attorney Chambers laid down his
hand at the meeting Monday and
showed Just what he intended trying
to establish by the testimony of J. J.
Peters, manager of the Cotton States
Eyerie Company.
“I am onl yseeking a fair deal,”
said Peters, “and since I withdrew
from this association of contractors
Mr. Turner hasn’t given it to me. I
had to withdraw from the association
because I wasn't getting a square
deal in it.
“I was a member at the time of Mr.
Turner’s last election. Practically all
the contractors were against him, but
when he was re-elected by such a
large majority they decided to get on
the good side of him so he wouldn’t
cause any tTouble.”
Peters then exhibited some type
written sheet# of paper which he said
were financial statements of the
Elektron Company. One item was
“R. C. T., $180.” Another was "R. C
T., luncheon. $14.75.” The date of the
report was November, 1912.
Tells of Paying Debts.
“R. C. T. stand# for R C. Turner,
city electrician,” said Peters. “The
$180 was given to him cash. Many
other time* money was raised to pay
debt# for him. Altogether I know the
Association of Electrical Contractors
raised $70 or $800: in fact, he got the
biggest of the monev raised by
the association.”
Electrician Turner sat perfectly
calm during this testimony His at
torney, CJarl Hutcheson, sought to
discount Peters’ statement# on the
grounds that Peters was a violator of
the law and had a reason to conspire
against Turner.
J. F. Ryan. J. E. Sailing and sev
eral other members of the Elektron
Company were called to the stand.
They were told that they had to an
swer the questions asked or suffer
the legal penalty. They #aid they had
heard of money being given to Tur
ner, but no one would admit personal
knowledge of it. The tendency of the
testimony of each was to designate
the source of the correct information
of the association to be the secre
tary, Mr. Smith.
Desperado in Mine
Holds Up Pursuer;
To Try Gases Again
BINGHAM, UTAH Dec. 9—-Seven
Sheriffs and their deputies who have
been searching the l T tah-Apex mine
for Ralph Lopez, the Mexican des
perado who killed six men, began
preparations to-day to fill the mine
again with poison gas in an effort to
suffocate the bad man. The previous
effort failed, although smudges were
kept burning at all the mine entrances
for three days, and the poison fumes
were pumped into the underground
workings.
The belief that Lopez was still alive
in the mine was confirmed to-day by
Pete Koras, who said that wh'le
searching in the mine Lopez had
caught him, held a revolver to his
i side and relieved him of his tobacco
j and candles.
Bulkheads were put back in place
to-day and smudges were prepared
for lighting.
ACCUSED WIDOW WHO WILL TELL
HOW AGED CAPITALIST WOOED HER
Rockefeller Beats
E. Hubbard at Golf
CLEVELAND, Dec. 9.—With long
swinging stroke and sure eye, John D.
Rockefeller in a drizzling rain played
nine holes on the golf course at his
estate. Forest Hill, and astonished his
opponents by his vigorous playing.
Elbert Hubbard, the Rev. Dr. W. Bus
tard, pastor of the Euclid Avenue Bap
tist Church, and J. B. Roberts were
the other players, all of whom were de
feated.
Eleonora Sears Is
Wooed by a Fiddler
BOSTON, Dec. 9.—Benjamin Gros-
bayn, a violinist and a Harvard grad
uate, of Roxbury, Is the latest candi
date for the hand of Eleonora Sears
society athlete.
He admits he proposed to her, and
she said she would give him an an
swer In two weeks.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Mrs. Glad
stone and her daughter, Miss Kathleen
-Gladstone, of Kings I^angley, Hertford- j
suire. England, will arrive at Washing- ;
i n late in December to visit the mili
tary attache of the British Embassy,
A’olonei Moreton F. Gage and Mrs. Gage.
WANTED—To get in correspondence
with a man who is honest and capa
ble of looking after a six-horse farm,
a water mill, grindinr corn, lathes, cow
feed, etc., who is a Christian and a
manager of labor, who knows the value
«>f hogs, how to look after cows, garden
vegetables, a summer boarding house
and who has money enough to guaran
tee that he is no fakir. Address A. H.
Meeklin, Toccoa, Ga.
Garlic Surpasses 52
Tuberculosis Cures
NEW YORK, Pec. ft —Garlic as a
cure for tuberculosis has demonstrated
its superiority over 52 other medicines
in tests made on 1.000 patients at the
Metropolitan Hosp'tal here, according
to physician# at the institution.
$1,000,000 Gold for
Chicago ‘Stockings'
CHICAGO. Dec. 9 -More than $1,-
000.000 in gold will be given to em
ployees of Crane & Co., the Pullman
Company the International Harvester
Company and the Illinois Steel Com
pany for Christmas.
'Hobo Poet' Guest
At London Dinner
LONDON, Dec. 9.—The American
“hobo poet,” Harry Kemp, who arrived
in England as a stowaway, and sampled
the British prison, was a g lest at the
London Poetry Society dinner at a lit
tle Bohemian restaurant.
Ashton Jonson, a direct descendant
of Ben Jonson, presided.
Rural Mail Delivery
For All U. S. Asked
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Representa
tive Griest, of Pennsylvania. Introduced
in the House a bill providing for the
extension of free carrier deLvery to all
villages of 1,000 population and over,
where the postoffiee fer a community
has gross receipts of $3,000 annually.
28 Fowl Killed by
Arsenic on Grave
RTVERHEAD, N. Y., Dec. 9.—After
putting arsenic in bread crumbs on his
mother’s grave to kill off chickens
which were despoiling the grass, Wal
ter King was held responsible for the
death of 28 fowl owned by a neighbor
and was arrested.
Accused Widow Will Declare That
the Aged Capitalist Wooed
Her Ardently.
Fine Plumber Who
Stole Prince's Shirt
BERLIN. Dec 9.—Karl Engelhardt. a
plumber, was fined $12 50 for stealing
a shirt belonging to Prince Sigsmund.
Hohenzollerin, a second cousin of the
Kaiser. The Prince changed his shirt
after dinner In Berlin and sent it to his
house by a servant. The servant was
robbed.
House Bill to Bar
'U. S.' in Business
WASHINGTON. Dec 9—Representa
tive Steenerson. of Minnesota, intro
duced in the House a bill prohibiting
the use of the words "United States’’
or of the initials “U. 8.” by any com
mercial business.
Will Select Long and
Short Term Senator
MOBILE, Dec. 9.— The State Dem
ocratic executive committee of Ala
bama at its coming meeting will au
thorize the nomination of two Sena
torial candidates, one for the short
and the other for the long term.
Hobson and Underwood are urged
by party leaders not to try for the
short term.
Queen Mary's Cousin
Will Tour America
NEW YORK. Dec. 9.—Miss George
Daphne Fitzgt urge, granddaughter of
the Duke of Cambridge through his
morganatic wife, arrived on board the
White Star Liner Celtic for a tour of
this country. The young lady, who is
24 years old, and very pretty. Is the
second cousin of Queen Mary. This
i# her first visit to this country.
$50,000 Xmas Tree
Is Burned in Store
BOSTON, Dec. 9.—A Christmas tree
loaded with p etty gifts and $50,000
worth of toys and general stock were
.burned to-day In a fire in a local store.
Acquit Man Slaying
Mother as Burglar
CLINTON, MO.. Dec 9—Tilly O.
Puckett, charged with murdering his
mother, Mrs. Susan Puckett Maklnson,
was found not guilty
Puckett said he shot Ms mother, mis
taking her for a burglar.
U.S. Navy’s Enlisted
Force Passes 50,000
WASHINGTON, Dec. ii.—For the first
time since the Civil War the enlisted
strength of the Navy has passed the
50,000 mark, the total to-day being
50,136.
BOSTON MASS.. Dec. 9.—Mrs. Jennie
Muv Eaton, recently acquitted of the
charge of having poisoned her husband.
Rear Admiral Joseph Gbes Eaton, has
appealed to Governor Foss to have the
State leimburse her for the expense**
of her trial.
She says her indictment was unwar
ranted.
2 Alleged Burglars „ ^ ™
Caught After Chase; j u 2, UI l^ s
Officers Set Record Scandal
Policeman George Watson is the
nroud possessor of a pair of aching
feet, a motorcycle with a punctured
tire, and an enviable reputation for
speed. He chased a supposed negr->
b .rglar, who, it is wild, tried to ge;
into the home of Sydney D. Little at
No. 720 East North avenue late Mon
day afternoon, and when his motor
cycle sprang a leak he abandoned the
machine and pursued the negro on
fool, catching him after a mile run.
While Watson was cac hing one
negro, Policeman J. W. West was
chafing another up and down the al
leys and side streets of that sec
tion of the city, catching Ids prey
when the latter’s wind gave out.
The negroe# gave their names a#
Mose Green and Will Bozeman. They
will be tried in Police Court. Tuesday
afternoon.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BUDAPEST, Dec. 9.—Count Tisza.
Hungarian Premier, and Count Khuen
Heder Vary, formerly Premier. paid'
'499 900 to kill a political graft scandal
which had already wrecked one minis
try.
Whitfield Veteran
Is Fatally Stricken
DALTON, Dec. ft.-^John W. Broad-
rick, aged 67 years, a Confederate vet
eran and prominent farmer of Whit
field County, droped deapd while talk
ing to some friends who had called to
see him.
Mr. Broadrick was the father of Tax
Receiver W. A. Broadrick, and is sur
vived by his wife and seven children.
Compelled to Wash
Auto, This Wife Sues
JERSEY CITY. N. J.. Dec. 9.—In her
petition for alimony, Mrs. Annetta Slo
cum alleges that her husband compelled
her to wash his automobile and do other
heavy work.
Confident of victory, Mrs.
Marv Belle Crawford, beneficiary
of the $200,000 estate of her hus
band, Joshua B. Crawford. Tues
day prepared to go on the stand
and tell her story of the court
ship and marriage, which the 48
Crawford heirs are claiming was
the result of a plot.
The »tory she will tell will be a
complete denial of the allegations that
she forced Crawford into wedding her.
She will declare that, on the con
trary, the aged farmer was an ardent
suitor Who wooed her with all the
fervor of a youth.
Ruling for Widow Expected.
The opinion around the courthouse
seemed to be that the verdict of Au
ditor James L. Anderson will be in
favor of Mrs. Crawford. There will
be an appeal to the Supreme Court in
that event by the heirs.
Tiie light against Mr#. 'Crawford
will be carried before the Grand Jury
on the criminal charge of causing the
death of her husband, according to
Attorney J. S. James, who rei^eserjts
the heir#.
Attorney# Reuben Arnold. Burton
Smilh and Colonel P. H. Brewster
represent Mrs Crawford, and from
the first have been confident of the
charges against Mrs. Crawford falling
flat.
Battle of Expert#.
The present hearing which ha# been
pending in the court for many
months has been featured by many
days of questioning of physicians,
who expressed their expert opinion
as to whether “Uncle Josh” Crawford
died from poison.
The defense, introduced many doc
tors who declared that an opinion ex
press, ed on the death of a man after
the body had been buried for four
years could not be regarded a# other
than worthies#.
The post-mortem examination wa«
held by Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of
the State Board of Health, who re
ported that he had found traces of
opium poisoning.
County Physician Dr. J. W. Hurt,
who attended Mr. Crawford, asserted
that he had given him a cough syrup
which contained opium, and also had
given him a morphine hypodermic.
President Fonseca
Of Brazil to Wed
«
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—President
Marshal Hermes De Fonseca, of Bra
zil and Senorita Nair PeTeffe, a daugh
ter of a prominent Brazilian senator,
married at the National Palace in Rio
De Janeiro Monday.
Bib Proves To Be
A Noose for Baby
CALSBORO, N. J.. Dec 9.—A nail
caught in the bib of a crawling infant
as the child was falling down stairs.
The ijufant was held suspended and
cb-,"' £ to death.
Women After Jobs
Need Not Give Ages
CHICAGO, Pec. 9. Judge Owen# h»s
ruled that women applicants for job# an
election clerks need not give their ages.
They will only be asked under oath if
they are old enough to vote.