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i i TELLS HER ROMANCE 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. Poison Evidence to Be Heard on Dec. 19 Special Solicitor John Y. Smith, appointed by Judge' Hill to act for the State in the criminal proceedings against Mrs. Crawford, called the Grand Jury for December 19 to hear the poison evidence against the wid ow*. Compelled to Wash Auto. This Wife Sues JERSEY CITY. X. 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. the matter deeply, however, and it was some time after his proposal before she accepted him. "There has been talk og why I went by the name of Mrs. Savage' in Jacksonville, ami the insinuation made that I went 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 was my home, f. 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 i)eo^le. 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. I was Cont'nued on p aq« 2, Column 3. Above, an employee of the Wineeoff home exploring a fireplace in the ruins where $8,000 worth of diamonds and other jewels, property of Mrs. Wineeoff, were recovered hidden in the fireplace for safekeeping. Below, ruins of the palatial residence. exhaustive probe in the hope of as certaining the cause of the fire. The 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 examln- , ng every phase and feature in an assiduous search for some c!ew 'hat might dissipate the mystery. Mr. 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 tli.H. <i Strang*: whs 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 i Continued on Paqe 2. Column-6. blame rested w ith the wagon driver, driver to proceed and pay no heed to I Thompson summoned a policeman *the officer’s presence, to arrest the driver for reckless driv- j The W agon continued down ivach- j flee to Currier street, with the po- I According to the story fold by! iieeman walk!- its side, finally I Thomson in court Tuesday, when Po- the Alderman ordered his drive, to! licetmi;. 3ostwick arrived on Hie! come to a halt, whereupon a copy seen a. t..** Alderman instructed his <■' , .. • »■« rve ’ ,i the dr < \. I THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia—Fair Tuesday and Wednesday. OVER W0.,000 THE SUNDAY AMERICAN’S NET PAID CIRCULATION The NationalSouthern Sunday Newspaper 1 lhe Atlanta Georgian i ~40Mf - j Read for Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results • E. D IT iC >N VOL. XII. NO. ill. ATLANTA, OA., TUESDAY', DECEMBER !). *y C VS f Xl3S!c 0 . 2 CENTS. c&J c&) c& c§b »?o c& Wineeoff Probes $125,000 Fire; Man Hunted RUINS OF WINECOFF HOME, BURNED WITH DAMAGE OF $125,000 % ALDERMAN MADDOX FINED IN POLICE COURT Search is being made for a mys terious man w'ho is reported to have been seen by neighbors fleeing from the home of W. F Wineeoff, 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. Wineeoff early Tuesday. Mr. Wineeoff Tuesday morning en listed the services of an expert fire investigator, who is conducting an 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 son, of the Trio Laundry. which oc curred* at Peachtree and Pryor streets Saturday. Bear Meat Proves Real Waterloo of City Meat Tester A. Wasser, City Meat Inspector, ; whose recent tes f of some sausage had such a disastrous end, has suffered an other catastrophe to ills professional | pride. He was down in Mississippi on a bear i hunt, from which he has just returned, j After killing a big black bear on .his j first day’s hunt he was advised that he had better be careful in eating it, as bear-meat usually makes persons sick the first time they eat it. But Mr. Wasser took a chance. The first help ing did not satisfy him, so he took a second. "1 was sick when 1 ate that sausage," said Mr. Wasser. "but a rnan doesn’t know what sickness is until he eats too much bear." Rural Mail Delivery For All U. S. Asked I Known Dead Now Reaches 150. Serious Conditions Still Exist in Stricken Section. WASHINGTON, Dec. y rtepreseiita- tive (Jriest, of Pennsylvania, introduced in the House a bill providing for the extension rf free carrier delivery to all villages of 1,000 population and over, where tHe postoffice for a community i has gross receipts of $3,000 annually. Dallas, TEXAS, Dec. 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 tne devastated country. The total known dead was in creased to-day to 150, and reports Club sent out circulars estimating the total dead at 500. Alder*’-.an Maddox, following his ... . , ... wagon In a buggy, witnessed tne ac cident. and straightway declared It to have been the fault of Thomp son. The latter insisted that the Desperado in Mine Holds Up Pursuer; To Try Gases Again BINGHAM, UTAH, Dec. 9.—Seven Sheriffs and their deputies who have been searching the Utah-Apex mine for Raphael 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 while searching in the mine Lopez had caught him, held a revolver to his side and relieved him of hia tobacco and candles. Bulkheads were put back in place to-day and smudye were prepared for lighting. Aged Man Struck by Slowly-Moving Auto Bewildered by the traffic while crossing Marietta street at the City Hall corner, H. Wolfe, an aged man living at No. 161 South Forsyth street, stepped directly in front of an automobile driven by J. W. McKin ney, No. 666 East Fair street, and wan thrown to the pavement. McKinney, an employee of C. D. Taylor, a dealer in supplies, was driv ing slowly and Wolfe's Injuries ap peared to be slight. Policeman T. D. Shaw made an investigation of the circumstances and found that the driver evidently was not at fault. 1115 PLOT 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, who passed the store on his way to work. |Mrs, Armor to March Against Capitol Hill WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—National leaders of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, headed by Mrs. Mary Armor, of Georgia; Mrs. Emma Sanford Shelton, of Washington, and Mrs. Ella A Boole, of Brooklyn, will march up Capitol Hill to-morrow to urge the adoption of a prohibition amendment to the Federal Constitu tion. Argentine Horse Given to Roosevelt “There's Absolutely No Founda tion for Poison Accusation!” Widow Cries From Stand. 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 file stand for tile first time Tuesday in the famous fight over her. deceased husband’s estate. "It’s not true; I never dreamed of harming my husband. There’s abso lutely no foundation for anyone to make such a charge against me,” sh« »ald, 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 momentary breakdown, Mrs. Crawford was col lected on the stand. When Attorney Reuben Arnold made reference to tllo testimony of Charles Crawford that she had taken a vial from her belt and shaken 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 ndtninlster poison to anyone, I suppose I would have more sense than to give it in the pre* ence of other persons/' She directly charged her prosecu tion as the result of Jealousy of other women, who were angered by the fact that "Uncle Josh” Crawford h$d se lected her as a wife Instead of them. She frankly admitted that she ha I married him because of the fact than 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 him, and he wanted her because she was a good cook arid a hard worker. Mrs. Crawford said she considered