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l.lll. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1913. . By C T. r, o%*ir'co. 2 CENTS. p mJrb?
MRS. CRAWFORD WEEPS
STAND
Victory for Rebels Will Give Them
a Clean Path to Mexico
City.
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 9—The elec-
tion committee of the chamber of
deputies to-day decided that the
election of Generals Huerta and
Blanket as president and vice presi
dent respectively was illegal, but that
the vote showed the people wanted
them to serve and recommended that
the two men serve out the term end
ing in 1916. This report was sub
mitted unanimously to congress this
afternoon.
General Zapata has been repulsed
by federal troops in his advance on
Mexico City and has been driven
back many miles south of Cuerna-
va i. Fighting is still going on,
however, this being the third day of
the battle, and it is feared that Gen
eral Castro’s soldiers will be out-
flanked^by the rebels.
If Zapata succeeds in getting
around either flank of the federals,
he will have a clear path to the capi
tal.-
One hundred and thirty federals
were ambushed and massacred by
rebels north of Tuxpam on Monday.
Rebels under General Aguilar at
Tuxpam have disabled the federal
gunboat Tuxpam which has been act
ing as a transport, it was reported
in a dispatch received here this after
noon. Rebels slipped on board the
vessel, disabled her machinery and
made off with a supply of dynamite.
RACING
RESULTS
Teacher, Insane,
Believes She Is a
Queen of Nations
TAMPA, FLA.. Dec. 9.—Miss Ma
mie LamaT Hollis, whose mother is
believed to live ^.t 2S4 Woodward or
Woodland avenue. Atlanta, is con
fined in a padded cell at police head
quarters with symptoms of insanity.
Miss Hollis is a school teacher.
She was transferred to Fort Dade
from the Michigan avenue schools
recently because of her unsettled
condition. At the fort she became
violent and was brought to a hos
pital in this city. She imagines she
is queen of many foreign nations,
and is violent when crossed.
A brother, Tom Hollis, is believed
to live at Union Point, Ga. Miss
Hollis is a cultured woman and her
predicament is pitiable No reason
Is known for her condition.
Officers Elected
For Delphi Lodge
Officers for Delphi Dodge No. 68,
Knights of Pythias, were elected last
night.
The new officers are: G. T. Phillips,
chancellor commander; Thomas T
Hunnleutt, vice chancellor; C. T. Jor
dan. prelate; Jol.n B. Bradford, mas
ter of work; W. F. Griffin, keeper of
records and seal; .VI. C. Strickland,
master of finance; Oliver II. Puckett,
master of exchequer; J. H. Davis,
master-at-arms; P. W. Robertson, in
ner guard ; W. R.. Williams, outer
guard, and Claude R. Beacham, trus
tee for three-year term.
Th$ installation will take place m
January.
I Past Chancellor Thomas H. Jeffries
|and others made talks following the
• election, and musical numbers were
rendereo by E. B. Lester and Fred
Wood.
AT JUAREZ.
FTRST—Selling; 2-year-olds; 6tt fur
longs: Summer II111 98, General warren
98. Leford 103 Maid of Norfolk 108. At
tica 103. Mary Plckford 103. Tigella 103,
Transact 102, Blrka 103, Alabama Bam
106, Dr. Bailey 106, Fool o’ Fortune 106.
SECOND—Selling; 3-year-olds and up:
6 furlongs: Garter 98, Lofty Hey wood
103, No Quarter 103, Eve White 10a.
Rose of Jeddah 103, Palatable 106, Dahl-
gren 108. Rio Ta 108, Charles Fox 108.
Annual Interest 108, Balronla 108. Frank
Wooden 106. Wicket 108, The Fad 108.
Compton 111.
THIRD-Purse; 2-year-olds: 5^ fur
longs: Temple Focht 102, Rodondo 105.
Claribel 109, Scarlet Oaks 109, Hinata
109, Florin 109. Princess Janice 109, Bob
Hensley 112, Redpath 112.
FOURTH—Selling; .3-year-olds and
up; 5V4 furlongs: The Cinder 101. Bar-
sac 102. Dominica 104. Bob Lynch 105.
Seneca 105. Lady Willis 108. Cosgrove
108. Uncle Ben 116.
FTFTH—Selling, 2-year-olds; fur
longs: Ave 98. Vava 101, LaEstrella 103.
Irish Ann 103, George 103. Old Gotch
103, Barbara I^tne 103. Christmas Eve
103, Say 106, Ada Kennedy 110, Du tin
113.
SIXTH—Selling; 3-year olds. miles:
Bluebeard 99, Mary Emily 103, Ocean
Queen 103, Sugar Lump 105, John Louis
105. Superstition 108, Sir John 111. Orbed
La/1 111.
Weather cloudy. Track fast.
Slayer of Merchant
Sentenced to Death
BARNWELL. S. C., Doc. 9.—Scott
Madison, a negro, has been found
guilty h3re of the murder of B. P.
Best, the merchant who was shot to
death on the street In Barnwell a
w'eek ago. Madiyon was sentenced
to be electrocuted, and was imme
diately taken to Columbia for safe
keeping.
Two other negroes indicted with
Madisoi vere acquitted
Water Famine Comes
WhenBigMainBreaks
CINCINNATI, Dec. 9 —Many of the
*c tools, office buildings, factories and
hospitals are without water to-day
as the result of the breaking of the
city’s principal water main. Repair
work was being rushed, but it can not
be completed before Wednesday night.
. Five towns supplied by Cincinnati are
entirely without water.
$1,000,000 Gold for
Chicago 'Stockings'
CHICAGO. Dec. 9.—More than $1,-
000.000 In gold will be given to em-
pioyees of Crane & Co., the Pullman
Company the Internationa) Harvester
Company and the Illinois Steel Com
pany for Christmas.
U. S. Navy's Enlisted
Force Passes 50..000
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9.—For the first
time s'nce the Civil War the enlisted
strength of th#» Navy has passed the
50,000 mark, the total to-day being
50.130
IECOFFTO
FIRST—Six furlongs: Tomboy 103
(J. Callahan), 18-5, 7-5, 3-5, won;
Cliff Maid 98 (J. McTaggart*. 8, 3,
6- 5, second; Helen M. (Deronde), 4,
7- 5. 3-5 third. Time, 1:17 4-5. Also
ran: Sir Caledor, Single Ray. Banjo
Jim, Peacock, Transformation.
SECOND Five furlongs: Laura
103 (McCaheyl 9-2, 9-5, 4-5. won;
Hudas Brother 94 (Deronde), 8, 8,
3- 2, second. Flatbush 99 (J. Calla
han). 9-2, 9-5, 4-5, third. Time,
1:03 1-5. Also ran: Ada, Manson,
Surpassing, Old Jordan. Madges Sis
ter, Chas. Cannell.
THIRD—Five furlongs Trade-
Mark (Buxton), 4-5, 2-5, 1-6, won;
Behest 107 (Wolfe). 26, 10. 5, second;
Young Emblem 107 (Nlcklas), 12, 5,
2, third. Time, 1:03. Also ran: Lost
Fortune, Woodrow, El Mahdi, Bulgar.
Stucco, Pulsation. Grazellee.
FOURTH—Five and a half fur
longs Brigs Brother 94 (J. McTag
gart), 16, 3, 6-6, won; Brave Cunar-
der 100 (Deronde), 11-5, 2-5, out, sec
ond; Charlestonian 4 (J. McCahey),
4- 5, 2-5, out, third. Time, 1:08 2-6.
Also Ran: Miss GaGyle, Yenghee.
Mysterious Man Reported Seen
Fleeing From Burning Home
Sought—Loss $125,000.
AT JUAREZ.
FTRST—Five and a half furlongs:
Zulu 108 (Loftus). 6, 2, even, won;
Rockdale 108 (McIntyre), 6, 2, even,
second; Bright Stone 107.(Ford), 10,
4, 2, third. Time, 1:06 1-5. Also ran:
John Hart, Peter Grimm, Rosa Rablee,
Maggie, Law r sult Frazzle Evran
Christmas Daisy Song of Rocks, Milt
Jones, Frank Wooden.
ENTRIES.
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST—Purse. $300; selling; 3-year-
olds; 6 furlongs: Dr. Jackson 108, Fred
Levy 110. xAncon 100, Willis 113. Guide
Post 112, Jaquin 100, Big Dipper 107,
Skeets 107, Protagoras 100, Pikes Peak
100, Dick Dead wood. 115.
SECOND—Purse, $300; 4-year-okls and
up; selling; 5L* furlongs: Eaton 116,
Toison D’Or 107, Plshtush 112. Union
Jack 107, Lord Clinton 112, Coming Coon
116, Sallie Danford 112, Gagnant 112,
Port Arlington 112. Little Ep 112, Sher
lock Holmes 115.
THIRD—Purse, $300: selling; 4-year-
olds and up; 6^* furlongs: Detour 112.
Auto Maid 112, John Marrs 112. Theo
dore Cook 112, Ben Prior 112. Pluvius
115. Ix>rd Iadas 112, Camel 116, I^ady
Etna 112, Deerfoot 107, Sir Marion 115.
FOURTH—St. John's selling stake,
value $1,200; S-year-olds and up; mile:
Prince Ahmed 108, Elwah 106, Colonel
Ashmeade 101, McDonald 114, Counter
part 106.
FTFTH—All ages; purse: selling; han
dicap; 6^4 furlongs: Sherwood 110,
Pardner 111, Joe Diebold 108, Stentor
96. Star Actress 100, Jabot 103, Colonel
Cook 109. Sepulveda 102.
SIXTH—Selling: 4-yearolds and up;
&Vs furlongs: Chartier 115, Rye Straw
116, Paddy Glp 112, Veneta Strome 112,
Tony W 112. Americus 115, Lord Wells
116, Incision 112, Balfast 107. Silas
Grump 112, Berkeley 107, Dust Pan 105.
Weather clear. Track fast.
Search Is being made for a mys
terious man who is reported to have
been seen by neighbors fleeing from
the home of W. F. Wlnecoff, 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
$126,000, lncU‘ Vng valuable paint
ings. Jew^L valued at f c 000 were
recovered by Mrs Wmecoff early
Tuesday.
Mr. Winec^ fT Tuesday morning en
listed the services of an expert Are
Investigator, w r ho is conducting an
exhaustive probe in the hope of as
certaining the cause of the Are. 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 examin
ing every phase and feature in an
assiduous search for some clew that
might dissipate the mystery.
Mr. Wineooff declared he would
spare no pains to find the origin of
the Are. Further steps are expected
to be taken as soon as the expert in
vestigator completes his probe and
makes his report.
The report that, a stranger was
seen running from the house across
the broad lawn camS 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
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Pennsylvania R, R.
Officials in Atlanta
Railroad Lines West of Pittsburg are
visitors in Atlanta Tuesday. In the
party are Daniel, passenger traffic
manager; W. W. Richardson, general
passenger agent, both of Pittsburg;
George W. Weedon, assistant general
passenger agent, of Cincinnati: C. H.
Haggerty, assistant general passen
ger agent, of Ixmlsville. and C. L.
Lockwood, general passenger agent of
the Grand Rapids and Indiana Rail
road.
The visitors are the guests of C. R.
Carlton, traveling passenger agent for
the lines, whose headquarters are in
Atlanta. They will leave on a gen
eral tour of inspection of the system
Tuesday night.
Veteran Jailbird Has
Chance of Free Xmas
Judge Broyles believes he has solved
the problem of keeping Palmer Peas,
a notorious negro character, out of
prison this Christmas Day.
When arraigned before Judge Cal
houn some days ago; Preas declared
that he had spent the past 27 Christ
mas Days in either a county or city
prison. On this plea. Judge Calhoun
suspended sentence on the negro.
Tuesday, however. Peas was ar
raigned before Judge Broyles on a dis
orderly conduct charge He repeated
his plea. “Well, I will give you 16
dajs.” replied the Recorder, “that will
16t you out on Christmas Eve.”
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 Ausic halls.
28 DEGREES AT JACKSONVILLE.
JACKSONVILLE. Dec. 9.—The
temperature here dropped to 28 de
grees, 4 degrees below freezing, at 6
o’clock this morning.
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, began
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 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.
LATEST NEWS
He Is Arrested on the Order of
Recorder Nash
Broyles.
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 was
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.
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.
.yary Armor, of Georgia Mrs. Emma
Ranford 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
Grren to Roosevelt
Another scene in the police court
career of Alderman J. W. Maddox
was enacted Tuesday morning when |
the city official was flned $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.
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 recIdeas driv
ing.
According to the story told by
Thomson in court Tuesday, when Po-
licefnar. Bostwlck arrived on the
scene, the Alderman instructed his
driver to proceed and pay no heed to
the officer’s presence.
The wagon continued down Peach •
tree to Currier street, with the po
liceman walkin'* at its side. Finally
the Alderman ordered his driver to
come to a halt, whereupon a copy
of charges ^as served on the driver.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Just before
the National League meeting con
vened this afternoon President Lynch
announced that under no circum
stances would be accept the presi
dency of the outlaw Federal League-
During the dav a movement was set
on foot to make Lynch chief of um
pires of the National League.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The in
vestigation of the nomination of Hen
ry M. Pindell ,of Peoria, III., to be
Ambassador to Russia is being held
up pending the production of the cor
respondence between J. Hamilton
Lewis and Pindell. Senator Stone,
chairman of the sub-committee of the
Foreign Relations Committee, said he
could not proceed until the«e letters
which have been demanded are pro-
duoed.
VERA CRUZ, Dec. 9.—Cavalry and
infantry weer taken on board the
Mexican transport Progreso to-day
for service at Tampico and Tuxpam
against the rebels.
NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 9.—Almand
Megaro, who was arrested last week
on the charge of stabbing a young
woman with a “poisoned needle” in
a local theater, was released to-day
in $1,000 bail. His bonds were orig
inally fixed at $20,000, but the police
consented to the reduction.
NEW ALBANY, IND., Dec. 9.—Jou-
•tt Meekin, now a resident of New
Albany, who twenty years ago shared
honors with Amos Rusie on tne New
York Giants’ pitching staff, is being
groomed by friends to run for County
Sheriff.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Attorney
General McReynolds to-day decided
that the Government will not become
a party to the suit filed by Elsie De-
Wolfe, of Chicago, to test the consti
tutionality of the inoome tax regula
tions.
WASHINGTON, Dec. .—That the
Department of Agriculture attempted
to whitewash the cold storage men
and charge nature alone with the re-
sponsibitv of causing the eqg short
age was the declaration of Congress
man McKellar, of Tennessee, to-day.
Mr. McKellar reannounced his inten
tion to resume his attack on cold
storage trusts.
NANTUCKETT, MASS., Dec. .—
The Coskata Life Savers report an
I unknown three-masted schooner fly -
j ing signals for a revenue cutter off
Great Point to-day.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—One hundred
and seventy-five dental students of
the Chicago School of Dentistry
struck to-day. Two hundred and
! twenty freshmen threaten to strike to
morrow and more than one hundred
more may follow suit within a week
unless a list of seven demands they
have submitted have been complied
with. The students make charges
against the sanitary conditions in and
about the school.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—The jury in
the trial of Hans Schmidt, the rene-
grade priest charged with the mur
der of Anna Aumuller, was completed
this afternoon. Taking of evidence
j will begin to-morrow.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Frank M.
Perkins, secretary of the Miami Ev
erglades Land Company, Limited,
which had its main offices in Kansas
City, Mo., who is charged with hav
ing been engaged in a b ig Florida
farm swindle, was arraigned to-day
before United States Commissioner
Shields. He waived examination and
furnished $5,000 bail for his appear-
' ance in the Federal Court in Kansas
j City.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—Anti-trust
1 legislation which President Wilson
will propose in a special message to
j Congress next January, legal ques
tions involving the Federal prosecu
tion of the indicted officials of the
United Mine Workers of Colorado and
departmental budgets were discussed
at a two-hour cabinet meeting to-day.
Secretary Bryan declared that neither
the Mexican nor the Domican situ
ations were considered in any way.
CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—Chicago’s big
packing interests were named to-day
as the principal backers of the Chi-
I cago Butter and Egg Board. Several
large produce and commission houses
were placed in the same category and,
! with the packers, were accused by the
| Government of violating the Sherman
anti-trust law In conspiring to fix the
price of butter and eggs.
CONCORD. N. H., Dec. 9.—At the
outset of the hearing on Harry K.
Thaw’s plea to be released on bail
to-day Judge Aldrich intimated it
would be refused.
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Held for Stealing
From Benefactor
RT. AUGURTTNE. FLA.. Deo. 9 —T.
R. Cason and Roy Healey, claiming
Savannah aa their home, were bound
over to Circuit Court here to-day on
larceny chargee as the result of their
capture in Jacksonville with two suils
of clothing stolen from a local press
ing club.
The owner of the pressing club, a
social worker, preached at a convUt
camp where the two were serving
terms on minor charges. When their
time was up. he gave them work.
When he was away, they disappeared
with the clothing. A telephone ca.l
resulted in their being Intercepted as
they slighted from a train in Jack-
son vi lie.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
BUENOS AYRES. Dec 9.—Colonel
Roosevelt, who arrived here from Babla
Blanca, visited the Club HipJco Argen
tlno. 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.
Burns Cause Death
Of Woman, Aged 84
ANNISTON, ALA, Dec. 9.—Mrs.
Susan Jones, nged 84, who was se
verely burned when her clothing
caught at an open grate yesterday
afternoon, died to-dav at the home of
her daughter. Mrs D. B. Lacy, a wld-*
or.
Mrs. Lacy and her son. Wilmer,
were also seriously burned in an ef
fort to save the aged woman.
Compelled to Wash
Auto, This Wife Sues
JERSEY CI T ’Y. N. J.. Dec. 9 • Tn her
petition for alimony, Mrs Annetta Slo
cum alleges f hat her husband compelled
her to waah his automobile and do other
heavy work.
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.
SPARTANBURG, S. C„ Dec. 9.—A
6-month-old Infant was burned to
death near Santuc and a 2-year-old
child seriously injured when Are de
stroyed the home of Kpencer Sartor,
a negro
I
Boy Steals Grandpa's
Pants; Is Jailed by Pa
DALTON, GA., Dec. 9.—Charged
with stealing his grandfather’s pants,
Robert Bed well, a young boy, was
forced to spend the night in jail here
on a warrant sworn out by hia father.
In the morning the father withdrew
the warrant paid the court costs and
had his son released.
Thieves Shoot Police
In Front of Station
DETROIT, Dec. 9.—Patrolman
Thomas F. Madden, of the Bethune
street station, was shot and killed
early this morning as he attempted to
arrest two men in a stolen automo
bile. He wa* shot in front of the sta
tion. where had ridden with the
thieves. They escaped.
Senate to Take Up
Hoke Smith's Farm
Extension Measure
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9—The agri
cultural extension bill Introduced by
Senator Hoke Smith in the Senate
and by Congressman I>?ver In the
House <s to-day on the calendar of
both houses of Congress with pros
pects of early action. The Senate
Committee on Agriculture took favor
able and unanimous action to-day
Senator Smith's bill provides for
Federal aid to State agricultural col
leges and co-operative agricultural
work between Federal and State
governments. The measure pro
vides an initial appropriation of
$10,000 to each State increasing ulti
mately to $3,000,00.0 per year to be
divided pro rata among the States ac
cording to rural population
125 Aboard Vessels
Grounded in Hudson
NEW YORK. Dec 9.—The steamers
Adirondack ano Trojan of th« Peoples
Line, are aground up the Hudson River,
according to dispatches received by
their owners to-day The dispatches
stated neither boat was in «.ang**r
There are about 125 passengers on board
both vessels.
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.
New Mark Is Set
By Six-Day Riders
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.— Fresco Verri,
a member of the Italian team in the
six-day bicycle race, set a new record
In the thirty-eighth hour to-day, lead
ing the field. The score of the twelve
leading teams at 2 o’oiock was 797
miles and 6 laps, 6 miles and 6 laps
ahead of the record
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Bear Meat Proves
Real Waterloo of
City Meat Tester
A Wa»n«r. City Meat Inspector,
whose recent test of some sausage had
such a disastrous end, haa suffered an
other catastrophe to his professional
pride.
He was down In Mississippi on a bear
hunt, from which he has Just returned.
After killing a big black bear on his
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. wo he took a
•econd
“T was sick when I ate that sausage.’’
said Mr. Wareer, "but a man doesn't
know w'hat sickness is until he eats
too much bear."
Rural Mail Delivery
For All U. S. Asked
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. -Representa
tive Driest, 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 fer a community
has gross receipts of $3,000 annually.
Has Spent $20,000 in
Liquor War; Up Again
MOBILE, Dec. 9.—Jacob J. Hauser,
who has spent $20,000 fighting the pro
hibition law, and who is known In Mo
bile as the "king of blind tigers," was
to-day convicted for the fourth time in
the City Court here and given a sen
tence of three months at hard labor.
He appealed to the Alabama Supreme
Court where he has one case pending
i nd where I six months’ sentence in an
other was affirmed
Hauser is a wealthy storekeeper.
ALABAMA BANK FAILS.
MOBILE, Dec. 9 —The Bank of
FaIco„ Ala. has suspended operations
.and State Banking Superintendent A.
E. Walker is in charge. The failure
of a Pensacola bank last week
brought about this failure The bank
was c-apitakzed at $15,000.
Mystery Shrouds
Theft of Dynamite
FRANKLIN, IND.. Dec. 9.—Mystery
surrounds the motive for the theft of
60 pounds of dynamite from th<?
Smith A Tilson dynamite storage
rooms here. The robbers flled off two
padlocks to get at the explosive. There
is no clew
“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 nsserting 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 fight over
her deceased husband’s estate.
"It’s not true; I never dreamed rt
harming my husband. There’s abso
lutely no foundation for anyone to
make such a charge against me,” she
mid, 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 the
testimony of Charles Crawford that
she had laken a vial from her belt and
shaken some powder into a paper ani
given it to her husband in the pres
ence of a number of relatives, Mrs.
Crawford smilingly declared:
Lays Prosecution to Envy.
"If T 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
tion as the result of jealousy of other
women, who were angered by the fact
that "Uncle Tosh” Crawford hg.d se
lected her as a wife instead of them.
She frankly admitted that she hx1
married him because of the fact that
he would provide a comfortable home
for her the rrst of her life, but this
was mutual, she said, as he wanted
someone to maAe a home for him,
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 haa been talk og why I went
by the name of ‘Mrs. Savage’ in
Jacksonville, and 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.
CrawTord, 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, l
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 ajid operate
a hotel there. She said she had %
splendid business proposition. I wm
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COUNTY’S “FIRST GIRL” DEAD.
ANNISTON, ALA,, Dec. 9.—Miss
Nancy Harris, who died Sunday at
Piedmont and was hurled Monday at
Jacksonville, was the first girl born in
Calhoun County, according to a state
ment made to-day by an old resident.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia—Fair Tuesday and
Wednesday.