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OVER 100,000 THE SUNDAY AMERICAN'S NET PAID CIRCULATION i The National Southern Sunday Newspaper RS. CRAWFORD TELLS HER ROMANCE The Atlanta Georgian Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results VOL. XII. NO. 111. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. DECEMBER D. 1913. Copyright, 1906, By The Georgian Co. 2 CFXTX PAT NO ~ ALA I O. MORE. . _ . - . .. ... . EXTRA HOME EDITION C&J C&) C&3 C&J C& C&) Winecoff Probes $ /25,00( Fire; Man FItinted RUINS OF WINECOFF HOME, BURNED WITH DAMAGE OF $125,000 £3 S & & A ALDERMAN MADDOX FINED IN POLICE COURT Search is bein& made for ; terious man who is reported to have * Iren seen by neighbors fleeing from the home of W. F. Winecoff, in Ans- ley Park, just about the time the fire : broke out Monday night destroying the palatial $100,000 structure. The damage was estimated at about $125,000, including valuable paint ings. Jewels valued at $8,000 were . recovered by Mrs. Winecoff early Tuesday. Mr. Winecoff Tuesday morning en listed the services of an expert fire Girl Battles With Masked Hair Thief, But Loses Tresses ASHEVILLE, N. O., Dec. 9.—After a] I masked white man had attacked her j with a knife, with whidh he cut the long I wavy black tresses from her head and ■ ! had left her lying on the floor of her j home, eleven miles from here, in an un- I j conscious condition, Altha Creasman, a ^ 15-year-oid girl, recovered conscious-' i ness and rode two miles on horseback ; ! to give the alarm, in her struggle to save her hair, the girl grasped the sharp | knife blade and snapped in in twain, j T here are deep cuts on her hands and | face. Tiie man. who is described as j tall and dressed in black, also took $5.12 i from a purse in a dresser drawer in the j girl's toom. Officers and bloodhounds failed track the man and efforts to find strand of the girl’s hair were futile. Corn From Argentine 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 with 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- T"l p.,1 *P-in/>n in Qonfl-i son, of the Trio Laundry, which oc- 1 U \J U l 1 I IDU 111 OUUIII curred at Peachtree and Pryor streets S "n Maddox following his j ’^oa.W wagon in a bugg>, witnessed the ac , imported into this country under the cident, and straightway declared it j new tariff, will arrive in Mobile. The to have been the fault of Thomp- , railroads announce that arrangements son. The latter insisted that the have been made to distribute these ship- blame rested with the wagon driver. ! nients throughout the South. Thompson summoned a policeman to arrest the driver for reckless driv ing. According to the story told by Merchants say that the price of corn will be reduced 20 per cent by these im portations- Each shipload comprises proximate!** 8,000 tons. They will rive, in Mobile twice each month. Known Dead Now Reaches 150. % Serious Conditions Still Exist in Stricken Section. DALLAS, TEXAS. Dt-c. 9.—With several thousand refugees marooned in half-flooded cotton ginhouses and dwellings, flood conditions in Central and Southern Texas still were unre lieved to-day. Civic organizations in the largest cities in the State have organized relief expeditions which will get into action as soon as the waters recede enough to permit the penetra tion of the devastated country. The total known dead was in creased to-day to 150, and reports ( Tub sent out * ireulars estimating tlie total dead at 500. Desperado in Mine Holds Up Pursuer; To Try Gases Again BINGHAM, UTAH. Dec. 9.-—Seven I j Sheriffs and their deputies who have 1 been searching the Utah-Apex mine I for Raphael Lopez, the Mexican des- I perado who killed six men, began | I preparations to-day to fill the mine j again with poison gas in an effort to | suffocate the bad man. The previous i effort failed, although smudges were j 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 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. Will Select Long and Short Term Senator LAIS PLOT CHARGES 10 LOVE MS There's Absolutely No Founda tion for Poison Accusation!” Widow Cries From Stand. i. !• 'j | h * i ¥* : i\ IIS 9 1 1 I i I l i * ~ fWWp Js Ilf 4* wiMyiffiiji i mu my* * , v /?■ ... & gvM ... j , Jr y * i i 1/ •. it£s. *' f ". r*4k ‘ 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. Thieves Get 6 Cents In Raid on a Store Two bold 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, w'ho passed the store on his way to work. 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 Thea^-r to see Gaby glide. His mother scolded the heir to the British throne, and called in the Bish- 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. BFENOS 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. Rural Mail Delivery For All U, S. Asked WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Representa tive Griest, of Pennsylvania. intr«>duced in the House a hill providing for the extension of free carrier delivery to all villages of 1,000 population and over, where the postoffice fer a community I has gross receipts of $3,000 annually. $1,000,000 Gold for Chicago ‘Stockings’ CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—More than $1,- 000,000 in gold will he given to em ployees of Crane & Co., the Pullman Company the International Harvester Company and the Illinois Steel Com pany for Christmas. I r Above, an employee of the Winecoff home exploring a fireplace in the ruii hidden in the fireplace for safekeeping. Below, ruins of the palatial residence. ruins where $8,000 worth of diamonds and other jewels, property of .Mrs. Windcoff, were recovered. They had been FA ’Iv^tigator, who is conducting an ly all day, going over the ruins from j might dissipate the mystery. laustive m-obe in the hone of as- , , . >Jr. Winecoff declared he would ,ausuve piooe in tne nope as , top to bo[tt>m and ml „utely examln- .C pa re no palns t „ the (>rigln „ f fainins the cause of the tire. The iho ftrK _ Further steps are expected , , . in? every phase and feature in an ' whose name lias been with- i » ., v-u un lie scene practical- arduous search for some r\ tha Continued on Page 2. Co'uwn 6. Thomson in court Tuesday, when Po- liremun Bust wick arrived on the sofene, the Alderman instructed hit driver to proceed and pay no iieed to th** officer’s presence. I Th»- wagon coritin ed down Pcc •;li tre© to Currie Ilceman walk! tin.* Alderman come to a ireet, with the po- 28 DEGREES AT JACKSONVILLE. *t its side. Finally JACKSONVILLE. Dec. 9.—The ilered his driver to temperature here dropped to 28 de- whereupon a copy greei* 4 degrees below freezing, at 5 .‘tv c*d on Hie driver 1 o’clock tlr* morning. 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 hu&band compelled her to wash his automobile and do other heavy work Dramatically proclaiming her innocence of the charge of caus ing the death by poisoning of her husband, Joshua B. Crawford, and asserting that he insisted upon marrying her over her pro test after he had received an anonymous letter denouncing her, Mrs. Mary Belle Crawford took the stand for the first time Tuesday in the famous tight over her deceased husband’s estate. “It’s not' true; I never dreanhed of harming my husband. There’s abso lutely no foundation for anyone to make such a charge against me,” she naid, gazing directly at Charles Wal ton, one of the 48 contesting heirs, who received one settlement and who. Mrs. Crawford states. was friendly with her for two years after her hus band’s death. With the exception of a momentarv breakdown. Mrs. Crawford was col lected on the stand. When Attorney Reuben Arnold made reference to the testimony of Charles Crawford that she had taken a vial from her belt anc shakeit some powder into a paper and given it to her husband in the pres ence of a number of relatives, Mrs Crawford smilingly declared: Lays Prosecution to Envy. “If I was going to administer poison to anyone, I suppose I would have more sense than to give it in the pres ence of other persons.” She directly charged her prosecu tlon as the result of jealousy of other women, who were angered by the fact that ‘‘Uncle Josh*’ Crawford h$d se lected h'-r as a wife instead of them She frankly admitted that she ha 1 married him because of the fact that he would provide a comfortable home for her the rest of her life, but this was mutual, she said, as he wanted someone to make a home for L’m. and he wanted her because she was a good cook and a hard worker. Mrs. Crawford said she considered the matter deeply, however, and it was some time after his proposal before she accepted him. ‘‘There has ben talk of why I went by the name of ‘Mrs. Savage’ in Jacksonville. and the insinuation made that I wefit under that name for fraudulent purposes,” said Mrs. Crawford. “My maiden name was Mary Belle Savage, and I was mar ried twice before I married J. B. Crawford, obtaining divorces from my other husbands. One was named Bishop and the other McKinnon. “After obtaining the last divorce in Pittsburg, which fas my home, I took my maiden name of Savage. I had asked for it in my divorce pe tition, and my lawyer told me after obtaining the divorce that I was en titled to my maiden name. Ran Boarding House. “I operated a boarding house in Pittsburg, My boarders were all high-class people. Mrs. Painter, who was a neighbor of mine, persuaded me to go to St. Augustine and operate a hotel there. She said she had a splendid business proposition. 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