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VOL. XII. NO. 111. ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1913. ByTSjr'u 2 CENTS. |
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ALDERMAN MADDOX FINED IN POLICE COURT
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City Official’s Newest Trouble
Result of Collision of Wagon
and Automobile.
Another scene in the police court
career of Alderman J. W. Maddox
was enacted Tuesday morning when
the city official was fined $10.75 by
Recorder Broyles on a charge of in
terfering wit Is a policeman in the
performance of his duty.
This latest charge followed a col
lision between a heavily-loaded
wagon owned by the Alderman and
,an automobile driven by R. C. Thomp
son. of the Trio Laundry, which oc
curred at Peachtree and Pryor streets
Saturday.
Maddox Blames Autoiat.
Alderman Maddox, following his
wagon In a buggy, witnessed the ac
cident, and straightway declared it
to have been the fault of Thomp
son. The latter insisted that the
blame rested with the wagon driver.
Thompson summoned a policeman
to arrest the driver for reckless driv
ing.
According to the story told by
Thomson in court Tuesday, when Po
liceman Bostwiek arrived on the
scene, the Alderman instructed hit
driver to proceed and pay no Tieed to
•ihe officers presence.
Wagon Keeps on Going.
The wagon continued down Peach
tree to Currier street, with the po
liceman wal'i^nr at its side. Finally
the Alderman ordered his driver to
come to a halt, whereupon a copy
of charges was served on the driver.
No charge was made against Mr.
Maddox, however, until the' story was
told in court.
Then Judge Broyles ordered that a
fine be imposed upon the city father.
Alderman Maddox has become a
familiar figure in the Recorder’s
Court recently as a result of repeated
charges of infraction of the city laws
which have ben made against him.
| Desperado in Mine
Holds Up Pursuer;
To Try Gases Again
BINGHAM, UTAH, Dec. 9—Seven
Sheriffs and their deputies who hare
been searching the Utah-Apex mine
for Raphael Lopez, the Mexican des
perado who killed six men, be.gan
preparations to-day to All 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 mi.ne 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 while
searching in the mine Lopez had
caught him. held a revolver to his
side and relieved him of his tobacco
and candles.
Bulkheads were put back In place
to-day and smudges were prepared
for lighting.
Whitney .NotedBasso,
To Sing for Y.W.C.A.
A concert which Is heralded as an
unusual musical treat will be given un
der the auspices of the Young Women’s
Christian Association in the assembly
room of the Hotel Ansley Tuesday
night. Myron E. Whitney, Jr., the
noted basso, assisted by Miss Marguerite
Valentine, a well-known English pian
ist. will give a program of rare merit.
Mr. Whitney is possessed of a deep
bass voice of unusual resonance. He
is the son of the famous concert singer.
Myron W. Whitney, who thrilled Amer
ica for forty-five years by his concert
singing. The. son has been in grau<i
opera and concert work in America and
Europe for a number of years.
Noticed It? You're
22 Cents Richer
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.—Each in
dividual in the United States is the
oretical^ 22 cents richer this year
than last, acoording 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.
Mrs. Eaton Asks State
To Pay Her for Trial
BOSTON. MASS.. Dec. 9.—Mrs. .Jennie
May Eaton, recently acquitted of the
charge of having poisoned her husband,
Hear Admiral Joseph Giles Eaton, has
appealed to Governor Foss to have the
State reimburse her for the expense*
©f her trial.
She says her indictment was unwar
ran ted.
Counts Pay $400,000
To Hush Up Scandal
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BUDAPEST. Dec. 9.—Count Tisza.
Hungarian Premier, and Count Khuen
Heder Vary, formerly Premier, paid
$400,000 to kill a political graft scandal
which had already wrecked one minis-
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.
28 Fowl Killed by
Arsenic on Grave
RIVERHEAD. 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
ler King was held responsible for the
death of 28 fowl owned by a neighbor
and was arrested.
600 Vaccinated in
City Lodging House
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—Six hundred men
who occupied the Municipal Shelter
House last night were vaccinated to
day by the Health Department. In the
crowded “flop” Edward Waller, a la
borer, who came here from Buffalo
three days ago. was found to have
smallpox.
The cold weather continued today,
with small prospect of a rise.
Fairfax Harrison Is
Made G. S. & F. Head
MACON, Dec. 9.—At a meeting of
the board of directors of the Georgia
Southern and Florida Railroad to-day,
Fairfax Harrison was elected president
of the company and was also elected a
director.
Mr. Harrison is the newly elected
president of the Southern Railway,
which controls tfie Georgia Southern and
Florida.
Gladstones Coming
To Visit America
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Mrs. Glad
stone and her daughter, Miss Kathleen
Gladstone, of Kings Langley, Hertford
shire, England, will arrive at Washing
ton late in December to visit the mili
tary attache of the British Embassy,
Colonel Moreton F. Gage and Mrs. Gage.
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 week*.
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 mad© gifts
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
called.
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
Elecric Company.
“I am only seeking 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 trouble.”
Peters then exhibited some type
written sheets of paper which he said
were financial statements of th©
Elektron Company. One item was
“R. C. T., $180.’’ Another was “R. C.
T. 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 times money was raised to pay
debts for him Altogether T know the
Association of Electrical Contractors
raised $70 or $800; in fact, h© got th©
biggest part of the money raised by
the association
Electrician Turner sat perfectly
calm during this testimony. His at
torney, Carl Hur^heson, sought to
discount Peters' statements 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 said 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 so usee of the correct information
of the association to be the secre
tary, Mr. Smith.
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.
$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 lor Christmas.
2 Alleged Burglars
Caught After Chase;
Officers Set Record
Policeman George Watson is the
proud possessor of a pair of aching
feet, a motorcycle with a punctured
tire, and an enviable reputation for
speed. He chased a supposed negro
b -rglAT. who, it Is said, tried to get
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 catching one
negro. Policeman J. W. West w’as
chasing another up and down the al
leys and side streets of that sec
tion of the city, catching his prey
when th© latter's wind gave out.
The negroes gave their names as
Mob© Green and Will Bozeman. They
will be tried in Police Court Tuesday
afternoon.
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 called in the Bish
ops of London and Kensington and
urged them to start a crusade against
immorality in the music halls
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.
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 Hipico 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 sliver.
Gibbet Built Under
Court as Trial Begins
KANKAKEE. JLL., Dec, 9.—A scaffold
and gallows 30, feet high was built by
unknown parties during the night be
fore the window* of the courtroom where
John Hutchens was placed on trial for
murder.
Schumann-Heink's
Son Gets Police Job
NEW YORK. Deo 9. -Henry Bchu-
mann-Helnk, son of Madame Schumann-
Heink, singer, was appointed clerk to
the Paterson, N. J., police court. The
salary la $1,200 Politicians sought to
oust him.
He is living at hie mother's mansion
Garlic Surpasses 52
Tuberculosis Cures
NEW YORK, Dee. 9.—Garlic as a
cure for tuberculosis has demonstrated
its superiority over 52 other medicines
in tests made on 1.000 patients at the
Metropolitan Hospital here, according
to physicians at the inatitutlon.
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 delivery to all
villages of 1,000 population and over,
where the postoffice fcr a community
has gross receipts of $3,000 annually.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Dr. Westmoreland, as at Frank
Trial, Ridicules Opinions of
Dr, H. F. Harris.
Dr. Willis F. Westmoreland, dis
tinguished Atlanta physician, whose
testimony was arrayed in direct op
position to that of Dr. H. F. Harris in
the recent rial of Leo M. Frank, found
himself in much the seme situation
Tuesday when he was called to the
stand in the famous Crawford will
case, in which the heirs of Joshua
Crawford are seeking to show that nis
wife, Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford, poi
soned him for the $350,000 inheri
tance.
Dr. Westmoreland, like the other
experts that have been called by Mrs.
CTawford’s lawyers, testified that the
traces of poisonous drugs found in the
body of Crawford might very easily
have been due to the cough medicine
administered shortly before his death
and to the morphine hypodermic.
Dr. Harris had testified to the find
ing of the traces of poison and had
said that in his opinion Crawford
came to his death from this cause.
Further Contradicts Harris.
IMJ, W. Hurt. County Physician,
who attended Crawford, told of giv
ing the cough medicine and the hypo
dermic and testified that they might
have left even more pronounced traces
of their presence than Dr. Harris dis
covered.
Dr. Westmoreland further put him
self in opposition to Dr. Harris by de
claring that it was ridiculous to give
a positive opinion as to the cause ©1
a person’s death from the traces of
morphine found in the stomach four
years after death.
Confident of victory, Mrs. Crawford
prepared to go on the stand and ted
her own story as soon as the testi
mony of the experts was concluded.
The story she will tell will bs 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 th© 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.
The fight against Mrs Crawford
will be carried before the Grand Jury!
on the criminal charge of causing the
death of her husband, according to
Attorney J. 8. James, who represent*
the heirs
Attorneys Reuben Arnold, Burton
Smith and Colonel P H Brewster
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You Touch
a Magic
Button
When You Become a Geor
gian "Want Ad’’ User.
Like thousands of oth
ers, Mr. Mecklin is
amazed.
WANTED—To get
with a man who is honest and capa
ble of looking after a *lx-hor*« farm.
h water mill, grinding corn, lathea, cow
feed. etc., who I* a Christian and a
manager of labor, who know* the value
of hog.- how to look after cows, garden
vegetables, a summer boarding house
and who ha* money enough to guaran
tor that he is no fakir. Address A H.
Mecklin, Toccoa. Ga.
Impressive Ceremony Marks Un
furling of Banner Given by
Piedmont Chapter.
An impressive ceremony will take
place Tuesday in th© raising at the
new courthouse of the American flag,
presented to the Board of County
Commissioners by the T*iedmont Con
tinental Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution
The beautiful banner will he tin-
furled at 11 o’clock. Mrs. Richard
P. Brooks, of Forsyth, regent of the
chapter, will make Hie presentation
address.
Other speakers on the program will
be General Clifford Anderson, Lucien
Umar Knight, Mrs Shepherd W.
Foster, Mrs. William Lawson Peel,
and Mayor Woodward.
Thieves Get 6 Cents
In Raid on a Store
Two hold burglars, who broke into
the Highland Avenue Pharmacy on
Tuesday morning about 4:30 o’clock,
after spending an hour carefully re
moving a pane of glass from the door,
searched the place thoroughly and
found—6 cents.
They were frightened away by W.
R. Armistead. a street car conductor,
who passed the store on his way to
work
Bib Proves To Be
A Noose for Baby
CALSBORO, N. J.. Deo. ? A nail
caught in the bib of a crawling Infant
a* the child was falling down stair*
The infant wan held suspended arid
choked to death.
Son Gives Up After
Slaying Father to
Protect the Family
ELLIJAY, Dec. 9.—Claiming that
he killed his father, Henry Jones, in
self-defense and to protect his moth
er and bisters, Ben Jones. 20 years
old, to-day surrendered to Sheriff
Milton, and is now held in the Gil
mer County Jail on a charge of mur
der. Superior Court is in session,
and h© will probably be arraigned for
trial this week.
The killing took place last night at
the Jones home six miles north of
Ellljay. The elder Jones is said to
have been drinking heavily, and to
have run members of his family away
from home while on his sprees. The
killing has created considerable ex
citement, a.s th© dead man was promi
nent in his section.
Whitfield Veteran
Is Fatally Stricken
DALTON, Dec. 9.—John W. Broad -
rick, aged 67 year*, 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
Reretver W. A. Broadrick, and is sur
vived by his wife and seven children.
Women After Jobs
Need Not Give Ages
CHICAGO. Dec 9 —Judge Owens has
ruled that women applicants for Jobs as
p.lectfon clerks need not give their ages
They will only he asked tinder oath if
they are old enough to vole.
Owner Finds Valuables in Hiding
Place in Ashes of $100,000
Residence.
Search is being made for a
mysterious man who is reported
to have been seen by neighbors
fleeing from the home of W. fe’.
Wineeoff. in Ansley Park, just
about the time the tire broke ont
Monday night destroying the pa
latial $100,000 structure.
The damage was estimated at
about $125,000, including valu
able paintings. Jewels valued at
$8,000 were recovered by Mrs.
Wineeoff early Tuesday.
Mr. Wineeoff Tuesday morning en
listed the services of an expert fire
investigator, who is conducting an
exhaustive probe in the hope of as
certaining the cause of the fire. Th*
expert, whose name has been with
held. has been on the scene practical
ly all day. going over the ruins from
top to bottom and minutely examin
ing every phase and feature in an
assiduous search for some clew thai
might dissipate the mystery.
Chief Hear* of Stranger.
Ml. Wineeoff declared he would
spare no pains to find the origin of
the fire. Further steps are expected
to be taken as soon as the expert in
vestigator completes his probe and
makes his report.
The report thajg a stranger was
seen running from the house across
the broad lawn came to Fire Chief
Cummings "Tuesday through mem
bers of his department, and the hunt
for this man commenced immediate
ly. Several neighbors are said to
have «e#n the mysterious runner just
as the flames burst through the house
No one was in the house at the
time of the fire, which burst forth
about 8:30 o’clock Friday night. Mrs.
Wineeoff and her daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Frank Wineeoff, were at the
Forsyth and Mr. Wineeoff and his
son, Frank, had gone downtown to
attend the press banquet at the Ho
tel Winooff.
Chief Cummings said Tuesday that:
the fire was remarkable in that it,
was the first residence fire ip the
history of his connection with the
fire department in which it was ab
solutely impossible for the firemen to
enter the house from any point.
House Balked Entrance.
“When we arrived on the scene
flames were bulging from every door
and window, and there was no point
through which we could enter th»
house. I was told that frpm the mo
ment the blase was first discovered
there was not a chance for the house,
as the whole of the interior appeared
a veritable furnace.
“There was absolutely no way of
arriving at the cause of the fire, as
the cause was completely destroyed
before we could get Into the house
Mr. Wineeoff Tuesday was unable
to give a definite estimate of his loss,
but it will be great. The total dam
age is roughly estimated at $125,000
with insurance covering hut 40 t<>
50 per cent of this amount.
Fir# Protection Poor.
A mass of blackened ruins Tuesday
marked the site of the palatial fiom*
and aroused residents in the vicinity
to their perilous lack of fire protec
tion.
Only the solid marble wall# war#
left standing to Indicate the former
magnificence of the building, which
was erected five years ago at a tost
of more than $100,000.
The destruction of the resident*
was wrought by a. fir# of mysterious
origin which sprang up Monday
night a. few minute* after Mr. and
Mrs Wineeoff had left the house. Mr,
Wineeoff to be present at th* pres*
banquet In th© new Wineeoff Hotel
and Mrs. Wineeoff to attend the the
ater
Mr Wineeoff before daylight Toe*,
day went with Policeman Malcomb c©
the ruins and in the room thaf had
been his wife * found more than $8,000
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