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NOW
I do my Christmas shop
ping from my office. I
send clean, pure,
healthful
WRIGLEYSi
BY THE BOX
OF MOST
aS DEALERS .
by the box of
twenty packages.
My dealer sells
it for 85 cents
a box!"
‘ 4 A whole box
of it is a real
present and its low
cost lets me “remem
ber” people I could
not send gifts to
otherwise,”
Be sure it*s
WRIBLEY'S
CAUTION!
The great popularity of
tSte clean, pure, healthful
imiGLEVS is causi
semble genuine WHIG LEY'S. The better class of
stores will not try to fool you with these imitations. They will be offered
to you principally by street fakirs, peddlers and the candy departments of
some 5 and 10 cent stores. These rank imitations cost dealers one cent a
package or even less and are sold to careless people for almost any price.
If you want Wrigfey’s look before you buv. Get what you pay for.
Be SURE M’s 1NRIGLEWS.
t0 ! £2* c i our who .re conthnreDy writmj «
that, they have Deea deceived by muui.oaa which they purchased thinking they wen- WRIGLEY*&,
THE ATLANTA tJEORCJAN AND NEWS
DEATH GDIS TD
COLONEL IS.
T
Pioneer Atlantan and One of City's
Best Known Men Victim of
Paralysis.
• ’olonel W. S. Thomson, one of .he
heat known and most highly esteemed
men In Atlanta, died at hie home on
North Boulevard Monday morning at
4; 30 o'clock
Colonel Thomson had been In fa I-
ng health for many months Me had
become almost blind from a cataract
growth over his eyea several weeks
ago, when he was stricken with pa
ralysis. From that time until the end
his death was feared each day. lie
^ as 70 years old.
Few men In the South led a more
Interesting and useful life than Colo
nel Thomson To all who knew him
well the firmness of his character Im
pressed him as a man among men.
This element was illustrated strik
ingly by an incident in his early life.
He was horn at Summit Point. Va.,
April 12, 1843. At the outbreak of
the war between the States he on- j
listed In the Second Virginia Regi
ment, which was a part of what be
came known as the famous Stonewall
Hrlgade because of its valiant conduct
at the first battle of Manassas.
Rites to Captaincy.
Later he joined Ashby’s Cavalry
end rote to captain, and then to adju
tant In Stuart’s Horse Artillery.
At the end of the war his 1 home
wag within the bounds of the new
State of West Virginia. It was de
manded of him that he take the oath
r.f allegiance. He refused, and lo
svoid trouble migrated to Georgia.
Colonel Thomson had studied law.
and on his arrival in Atlanta formed a
partnership with Judge George N
I,aster. Some years later he formed
a new partnership with the late Mil
ton A. < ’andler, and they practiced
together for more than 30 years, until
their firm was the oldest 1n Georgia.
The name of tho firm was changed
-i>me years ago w’hen Colonel Thom
son was made president of the Ti lo
Guarantee and Trust Company, when
it was made Candler, Thomson
Hirsch.
I’olonel Thomson had a most im
pressive career ns a member of th*
* it y Council. There time and again
the firmness of his convictions was
emphasised.
Made Several Fortune*.
He was an active member of Grace
Methodist Church for many years,
was a member of Camp No. 151*,
Cnlted Confederate Veterans, of
which he was past commander, anl
had held many minor positions.
In his business life in Atlanta Colo
nel Thomson made several fortunes;
hut. his friends say of him. he was a
man with a larger vision than the ac
cumulation of money, and w’hlle he
was always well-to-do, his estate ts
not expected to be very large
Fight children survive him They
are l*'rances D., Edith S.. Adelaide C\,
Mildred. William D., Albert D., John
I» and IvogHn D. Thomson.
The funeral services will be held at
Grace Methodist Church Tuesday aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rishop W A
Candler, a lifelong friend, officiating.
The interment will be In Oakland
Cemetery, the cemetery over which
Colonel Thomson watched for many
years and had made beautiful as
chairman of the City Cemetery' Com
mission.
The pallbearers will be Harold
Hirsch, Walter Mayson, James T
Wlkle. C. M. Candler. Asa G. Candler,
J Frank Bailey
Canal Grafter Not
Liable Under Law
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 —John
Burke, now under Investigation by
the War Department on the charge of
accepting graft while In the employ
of the Panama Railroad, can not be
criminally prosecuted, according to a
decision of the Department of Justice
received by Secretary of War Garri
son to-day.
Canal May Be Open
To Ships in January
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
PANAMA. Dan. 22. Officials of the
< anal Commission believe that. It no
further slides take place, the first ship
will ,ro through the Tsana! In January,
instead of some time next summer,
as had been expected.
Claims Self Defense
For Shooting; Fight I
Victim in Hospital j
.I#.***, <• Russell, of No. 48 .Savan
nah street, is at the Grady Hospital
with b dangerous bullet wound, while
George Cook, of No. 58 .Savannah
^ street, is held in connection with the
shooting
The young men engaged in h fight
i Saturday at Carroll and Shelton
j streets, started. It Is claimed, by Rus
sell throwing a rock at Cook,
j After Russell w’as taken to the hos
pital in an ambulance Cook went to
police headquarters and surrendered.
He Bald he fired In self-defense. A
charge of disorderly conduct was
j made against him. At the Grady
Hospital It was said Monday that
Russell's condition was serious
AttacksGirl; KillsHer
Father: Posse on Trail
AMSTERDAM, N Y. Dec. 22.—A
posse with bloodhounds Is searching
Montgomery- County for a man who
killed John'Barret, a wealthy farmer,
after murderously attacking his
daughter. The murderer set fire to
the house
All hut Miss Rarret had retired
when the man burst In upon her.
Miss Rarret screamed, but before she
could move the man struck her on the
head with an Iron bar. rendering her*
unconscious. The girl's father ran
downstairs, hut when he reached the
bottom he fell dead with a bullet in
his hear;.
Express Offices Are
Beady for Final Rush
The express offlres In Atlanta started
the week with cleared decks, everything
having been put in ship shape by 4
o’clock Sunday afternoon. To accom
plish that a force of 200 extra men, 25
additional wagons and a dozen extra
trucks were added to the force.
With the local office completely up
with tire work Monday morning. Agent
Elder. of the Southern Express Com
pany, stated that he expected to handle
the ihm df iii.- Christmas rush with the
utmost dispatch. The amount of busi
ness handled by he company In the past
ten days breaks all records for the At
lanta office.
Veteran Railroader
Goes Into Business
COLUMBUS, Dec. 22 S. M. Wei’.-
born, who for the last twenty years
has been connected with the traffic
department of the Central of Georgia
Rallw'ay In Columbus, for fifteen years
of that time as commercial agent, has
resigned to become interested in the
wholesale brokerage establishment of
E. L, Stanley & Co.
He is succeeded hs commercial
agent by Thomas P. Wade, formerly
soliciting freight agent.
Peary Wants U. S.
South Pole Station
NEW YORK. Dec. 22. -Admiral I’eary
urges American scientists to continue
bringing glory to the United States
"In the discovery of the North Pole
and with the completion of the Panama
Canal, Americans have accomplished In
five years the things of which men had
dreamed for ages," Jie said. "I would
like to see American scientist* sta
tioned at the South Pole "
Married Forty Years,
.Slays Wife and Self
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Dec. 22.—
Inquest by the Coroner's jury Into the
double crime of John Patton, who mur
dered his wife Saturday night and then
committed suicide, after forty years of
married life, failed to disclose any new
aspect.
All evidence pointed to mature delib
eration upon the part of Patton to car
ry- Into effect his frequent threat "to
end my part of this trouble and some
body else's, too."
FIVE POLICEMEN P0STOFFICE IS
ARE FOUGHT BARELI EVEN
ENTRIES
Noisy Occupants of Cab Arrested, 200 Extra Clerks Work Rapidly to
Female Victim Attacks Her Send Out 50,000 Parcels To-
Woman Companion, j day—Mail Pouring In.
A wild battle with n frenzied wom
an at police headquarters followed
'»ln»c on the arrest of John K. Smith,
Cna Erneit and Estelle Miller early
Monday morning while joy-riding in
a cab in the downtown district.
The party was making much noise
when arrested, and the disturbance
did not cease at headquarters.
The Ernest woman, apparently fran
tic at the arrest and the sight of the
prison, suddenly attacked her woman
friend, scratching her face, pulling her
hair, tearing her clothing. Five po
licemen were soon struggling with the
frantic woman, and the station was in
an uproar.
She continued to fight desperately,
and Gall Officer Arnold was injured In
the skirmish before she could be re
strained and taken to Grady Hospital.
There she was put under the influ
ence of sedative and soon was rest
ing quietly.
Smith, who said he came from Lula,
Ga.. and the McMillan woman, who
gave her address as No. 587 Marietta
street, were held to appear in the
Recorder’s Court Monday afternoon.
The Ernest woman said she lived near
Bellwood, on the River car line.
Smith said the party was enjoying
itself In a mild and inoffensive man
ner, and stated that he was amazed 3t
the arrest. The officers, however, said
the cab was as noisy as a band wagon
in a circus parade, and that the com
motion had been heard in several
parts of the city before it Anally was
decided to que ! it.
Tuesday and Wednesday,
Fancy Atlanta Dressed
TURKEYS
25c Lb.
Fat Tennessee Turkeys being
dressed daily. The Woodall
kind.
Large white
Celery Stalks, 7jc
Come early and get the best.
WE DELIVER
WOODALL’S
815 Peachtree.
Phone Ivy 7629, 7630, 7631.
Poison Kills Keeper
Of Becker Household
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. Refusing to
allow the doctors in Fordham Hos
pital to operate upon her, although
told it was the only chance to save
her life, Lena Schneider, housekeeper
for Mrs. Charles Becker, wife of the
police lieutenant convicted of mur
der. died to-day from bichloride of
mercury which she had swallowed by
accident.
Becker’s mother died last week.
Now $5 Gold Piece
To 14,000 Car Men
NEW YORK, Dec. 22. Each of the
14,000 men employed on the subway
and elevated lines of the Interborough
Rapid Transit Company will receive
a $5 gold piece for a Chrismtas pres
ent this week.
Theodore P. Shouts sent to the
United States Subtreasury for newly
minted coins.
200 Wreck Victims
Taken to Hospital
WINNIPEG, Dec. 22.—Two hundr»d
passengers injured hen flve coaches
of the Canadian Northern (Duluth to
Fort Williams) train were ditched,
overturned and caught fire were car*'d
for here In hospitals to-day. A relief
train brought them to Winnipeg. None
T. L, Sims, Veteran
Of Wheeler’s, Dead
Wheeler’s Cavalry lost a loyal
member in the death of Thomas L.
Sims at his residence, No. 292 North
Jackson street, at 10:30 o’clock Sun
day night. Mr. Sims had been in good
health until n few days ago and his
death was unexpected.
Mr. Sims was 75 years old and was
a native of Cumming, Forsyth Coun
ty, Georgia. He came to Atlanta aft
er the war, having served four years
with Wheeler's Cavalry. He Is sur
vived by his wife, a. brother, flve sons
and flve daughters The brother Is
George E Sims, of Gainesville, and
the flve sons, George Hallman Sims,
a H. Sima, 8 R, Sima .mil M C
Sims, of Atlanta, and F. J. Sims, of
New Orleans. The daughters are Mrs.
R. 1, Logan, of Washington; Mrs. A.
R. Hightower. Mrs. R. (V Cassels and
Miss Ruth and Grace Sims, of At
lanta.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence at 10:30 o’clock Tuesday
morning.
M. R. Stephenson, one of the leading
citizens of Conyers, Ga., died at the
home of his son, T. R. Stephenson,
No. 121 Broyles street, early Mon
day. Mr. Stephenson was eighty-
seven years old. He was visit mg
his son. The body wUl be taken to
Conyers for funeral and interment.
Surviving are seven sons, J. C. Ste
phenson. of Decatur; J. J. Stephen
son, of Rockdale County; T. R. Ste
phenson, of Atlanta; B. F. Stephen
son, of Llthonia; R. and J. E. Ste
phenson. of Atlanta, and three
daughters, Mrs. Ed Robinson, of
Covington; Mrs. Annie Park, of Li-
thonia. and Mrs. Lizzie Evans, of
Llthonia.
John R. Simpson, forty-one years old,
died at a private sanitarium Mon
day. The body was removed to Har
ry G. Poole’s and will be taken to
Newnan for funeral and interment.
Steals Horse to Go
In Search of Santa
LANSING, MICH., Dec. 22.—Five-
year-old Arthur Fisher’s mamma told
him Santa Claus would not come to
their house this year. Arthur was
found several miles from his home
with a stolen horse.
"I was trying to find Santa to get a
present for mamma,” he explained to
the Sheriff. He was released.
Baptists Give $55,000
For Needy Ministers
RALEIGH, N. C.. Dec. 22.—The
North Carolina Baptists have appro
priated $55,000 for home missions, the
moyey going particularly to the sup
port of 155 ministers In the destitute
districts.
The amount contributed to each
missionary worker ranges from $50
to $600 a year.
Of course It is too early In the par
cel post regime to talk about break
ing recoids. There aren’t any par
ticular records, yet. But it looked
like the setting of one Monday morn
ing, when it was announced at the
superintendent's office In the Federal
Building that about 50,000 parcels
w'ould be handled out of Atlanta be
fore the day's work was done.
Bolling Jones, postmaster, started
his day s tvork soon after 5 o’clock
Monday morning.
"I have to get on the job early,”
he said. "We're just managing to
keep up with the game, with a cou
ple of Hundred extra employees, and
1 must say the public is doing its
share nobly. It Is a pleasure to work
and plan for people who co-operate
with us the way the Atlanta public
is doing in this tremendous rush.”
Nobody Minds Jam.
Then Mr. Jones wanted to know if
it didn’t iook like a Jolly, happy bunch
that packed the big iobbv
it did.
There was a terrific Jam. nobody
seemed to mind it a bit. Rows of
weighers and sealers and stampers
and tiers and information men and
general helpers looked after the
crowd, and the crowd formed readily
and pleasantly into lines, and each
took his turn, and refrained from
shoving, with a delightful evidence of
the real old Ohri cmas spirit.
There were eight stamp windows in
full blast. A like number of weigh
ing machines, operated by clerks w’ith
the rate books spread out before
them, supplied the needful informa
tion to men and women and children
with great armfuls of bundles and
packages, piled up like stove wood,
and blazing with Red Cross seals
and gay Christmas stickers.
Mail Pouring Into Atlanta.
At another line of tables the parcel
post Insurance tags were attached to
valuable parcels—and a lot of them
seemed to be valuable, too. Five and
10 cents was the tax. and It covered
the delivery of a parcel very much
like the registry feature of an im
portant or valuable letter.
"Forty to fifty thousand parcels
going out to-day,” Mr. Jones said,
"and nearly that many coming in.
That gives a hint of the volume of
business passing through this office.
"As to the incoming Christmas
mail—well, we got flve solid cars in
last night; cars crammed to the roof
with packages and not a clerk In
side; no room for any. The cars
were sealed and rushed straight
straight through to Atlanta to be
‘worked’ here.”
Rut it was all merry Christmas
work, in spite of the hurry and the
rush, and everybody seemed to be In
the best possible humor. Including
Mr. Jones, not even considering that
he had got up at 5 o’clock in the
morning.
AT JUAREZ
FIRFT Selling, all ages, 6 furlongs.
xSav 90, Ajax 95, Hattie Me 95, xKe-
t ente 103, xTom Franks 107, Pretty
Dale 108. John Hart 108, xJessamy 111.
Bear Abbey 111, Lookout 112. Horicon
115, Dahlgreen 116.
SECOND -Selling, all ages, 6 fur
longs: x Binocular 111, Blaze B. 112,
Rioja 112. The Bailiffs Daughter 112.
Ilex 115, Hlnkand 116, Lee Harrison 11
116, Fire 116, Wicket 116, Itamsy 116.
THIRD—Selling, all ages. 6 furlongs:
xHykl 93, Art lUck 98, xTrojan Belle
103, xGarden of Allah 103. xllazel C.
111, xCulethumpian 111, Wlnnlfred D.
112, Madeline B. 112, Eddie Mott 116,
Galley Slave 116. Balronla 116.
FoCRTH—Purse( 3 year olds and up,
6 furlongs: Royal Dolly 105, Henty
Walbank 105, Reim 105, U See It 105,
Mirnorio8o 105, Paystreak 105, Florence
Roberts 105, Sonada 108.
FIFTH Selling, 3 year olds and up.
6 furlongs: xFVter Grimm 98, xHerpcs
103, Inquieta 103, xSigurd 106, xOrba
Smile 107, xOrlmar l«id 107, Cool 108
Madadero 10S, Beda 108, Annual In
terest 108, Bob Lynch 108, Doc Allen
112, Sir Alvescot 112.
SIXTH Selling, 3 year olds and up,
1 1-16 miles: x.Miami 100, Tom Chap
man 101, Molq^ey 105, Lord Elam 105,
xKelsotta 105, Mary Emily 105, Evelina
110, C. W. Kennon 110, Judge Walton
113.
xApprentice allowance claimed.
Weather clear; track slow.
AT CHARLESTON.
FTRST—Purse, $300; 2-year-olds; sell
ing; furlongs; Deposit 114, Cliff
Maid 111, Dainty Mint 111., aMassanet
102, a Runway 114. Ambition 110. Good
will 105, Bulgarian 114, Dick’s Pet 102,
Hoenir 114, Marty Lou 111.
a—Bedwell entry.
SECOND—Purse. $300; 3-year olds and
up; selling; mile and 20 yards: Earl of
Savoy 106. Spindle 111, Port Arlington
107, Queed 105, Early Light 102, Toy
101, Toddling 108, Volthorpe 110, Golden
Treasure 113, Brave 109. Gerrard 104,
Lady Orimar 102.
THIRD—Purse $450: all ages; selling;
handicap; furlongs: Monncacv 105,
Armor 97, Crackerbox 95, Dick Dead-
wood 97, lYlnce Ahmed 110, Linbrook
97, Verena 100.
FOURTH—Purse, $500; all ages; sell
ing; handicap; 1)^ miles: El Oro 106,
Pardner 110, Brynlimah 98, Bob It 105,
Napier 95, Star Bottle 100.
FIFTH—Purse, $300; 3-year-olds and
up; selling: 6 furlongs: Frank Hudson
97, Robert Bradley 96, Semi-Quaver 105,
Coppertown 107, Amor 105. Right Easy
110, Ancon 110, Ralph Lloyd 101, Lord
Welles 110, Camellia 102. Ann Tilly 110,
Troy Weight 103, Sepulveda 110.
SIXTH— Purse, $350; all ages: selling;
mile: Feather Duster 100. Master Jim
108, Flatbush 88, Kinmundy 105, Plu
vious 116, Ardelon 105, Hedge Rose 108.
Servloence 111, Chartler 116.
Weather cloudy. Track fast.
U. S. Consul's Widow
Held as Fraud Abroad
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Dec. 22.—Mrs. Hannah
Gordon Watson, widow’ of a former
United Sthtes Consul, to-day was heid
in $250 bail on the charge of de
frauding the Waldorf Hotel out of $40.
When arraigned in Bow Street
Court, Mrs. Watson declared she had
no intention of defrauding the hotel,
but had not been able to pay her hill
owing to delay of an American remit
tance which she was expecting. The
United States Embassy provided
counsel for Mrs. Watson.
Sues When She Fails
To Get New Husband
Slayers Get Respite
Until After Holidays
RALEIGH, N. C„ Dec. 22.—Gov
ernor I>ocke Craig, on his return from
Hot Springs, Ark., commuted until
' dates in February the sentence of
three men condemned to electrocu
tion, and murderers’ how will cele
brate Christmas, a season which
would have been denied them had
their sentences stood.
TACOMA, WASH., Dec. 22.—Mrs.
Tydvil Banks, of Philadelphia, has
sued the estate of Evan Llewellyn
for $7,000 for breach of promise. Thir
ty months ago, while living apart
from her husband, she alleges Llew
ellyn invited her to become his house
keeper, agreeing to marry her when
she got rid of her husband.
The husband died June 30, but
Llewellyn did not marry her.
Columbus Factories
Close for Holidays
COLUMBUS, Dec. 22.—The manu
facturing plants of Columbus, em
ploying more than 10.000 persons,
have closed down for the Christmas
hi ’idays.
All of the employees have been paid
off and the Christmas trade Is the
heaviest In recent years.
Big Christmas Dinner
For Horses of Poor
CHICAGO, Dec. 22 —Because of the
idleness of thousands of men in Chi
cago and the consequent Inability of
teamsters to buy good feed for their
teams, the Anti-Cruelty Society will
serve a symptuous dinner to all horses
whose owners can not afford to give
their animals a treat.
Court Halts Police
War on ‘Slave’ Film
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—With the
police stopped by injunction from
further raids on the Park Theater
and thousands of men and women
crowding the playhouse to see th2
movie film, "The Inside of the White
Slave Traffic,” the management of 'he
theater to-day threatened to bring
criminal proceedings and a civil ac
tion for $500,000 against police offi
cials.
The criminal action wmuld be based
on a charge of oppression, and the
civil suit would charge the value of
the films has been depreciated by tvto
police raids.
Collector Blalock
Off on Fishing Trip
A. O. Blalock, collector of internal
revenue and custodian thereof in At
lanta, has a Christmas holiday Idea,
In pursuit of W’hich Mr. Blalock and
Mrs. Blalock departed at 11:30 o’clock
Monday morning for Fort Myers, Fla.
The idea is that Mr. Blalock, hav
ing a certain number of accumulated
holidays coming to him, decided to
use them in a lump, as it were, and
incidentally do some Florida fishing.
So the Christmas week of Mr. and
Mrs. Blalock will be spent in Florida.
Foster Birthplace
City’s Xmas Gift
PITTSBURG, Dec. 22.—The city of
Pittsburg will receive as a Christmas
present the birthplace of Stephen Col
lins Foster, famous song author. The
old homestead was offered to the city
to-day by James H. Park. Among
Foster’s compositions are "Old Black
Joe,’ “My Old Kentucky Home” and
"Suwanee River."
British Bankers Said To
Be Ready to Aid Huerta.
LONDON, Dec. 22.—An exchange tele
phone company dispatch from Paris to
day says that it is reported in financial
circles that a group of British bankers
there have signified their willingness to
lend $18,000,000 to the Mexican govern
ment.
The report is not given much credence
owing to the "financial starvation pol
icy" President Wilson had adopted to
ward General Huerta.
U. S. to Flash Birth Chief's Wife Is Fined
Of 1914 by Wireless On Bad Letter Charge
XMAS PENS.
John T*. Moore & Sons have the
■‘Ideal" Waterman pen. gold, silver and
plain. Let their pen salesman help you
make your selection. John L. Moore
Soi»^ ;—AdvL
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22 -The Naval
observatory has arranged to send a
time signal to mark the death of the
old year and the birth of the new
It will be spread broadcast by the
Navy's great radio station at Arlington.
NEWCASTLE, IND.. Dec. 22.—Mrs.
John Wynn, wife of the newly-ap
pointed Chief of Police here, pleaded
guilty in Federal Court at Indianap
olis to sending objectionable letters
through the mail. She was fined $10.
TAKE STUART'S BUCHU
AND JUNIPER IF
- KIDNEYS
BOTHER
AND FOR BACKACHE OR BLADDER
TROUBLE.
Uric acid excites the kidneys, they be
come overworked, get sluggish, ache and
feel like lumps of lead. The urine be
comes cloudy, the bladder is irritated
and you may be obliged to seek relief
twi. or threr times during \lu nigh’
When the kidneys clog you must help
them flush off the body’s urinous waste
or you'll be a real sick person shortly.
At first you feel a du’l misery in the
kidney region, you suffer from backache,
sick headache, dizziness, stomach gets
sour, tongue coated and you fe.'i rheu
matic twinges when the weather is
bad.
To cure above troubles and flush out
the kidneys, get from an> pharmacist a
big $1.00 bottle of Stuart s Ruchu and
Juniper Compound: take as directed on
bottle, and in a few days your kidneys
will then act fine. Stuart’s Buchu and
Juniper Compound has been used for
generations to clean impurities from
clogged kidneys and stimulate them to
normal activity, also to r.eutra! : ze the
acids in urine, so it no longer is a source
of irritation, thus ending bladder and
kidney weakness.
Every one should take now and then
Stuart’s Ruchu and Junipei Compound
to keep the Kidneys clean and active.-
AdvL
Three Men Carried Into Stream
With Wreck Miraculously
Escape Death.
AUGUSTA, GA., Dec. 22.—Two
passenger engines and four freight
cars are in the Savannah River and
three men are badly bruised and in
jured otherwise because of an acci
dent on the Southern Railway trestle
here at 5 o’clock Monday morning
when two engines ran into twenty
freight cars.
There Was no light on the freight
cars, according to C. C. Forbes, hos
tler for the Southern Railway, who
was bringing two passenger engines
from the Hamburg yards to the
Union Depot to be started out on
morning trains to Columbia and
Charleston.
The two heavy engines struck the
freight cars on the first span to the
north of the new lift draw, which the
Southern installed several months
ago, and the entire draw was shaken
loose and both of the engines and
four of the freight cars which were
on that draw went down with a crash
to the bottom ot the river.
Forbes and Jimmie Bryant, a call-
boy, were on one of the engines and
Bert Corbett, a negro helper, was on
the other. When the engines struck
the freight cars, the entire -trestle
seemed to reel and then there was a
slight 'apparent hesitation. then
freight cars and engines went down
in a heap to the water.
Forbes and Bryant had the pres
ence of mind to hold their breaths
while under the water and managed
to climb out on top of the cab and
onto some wreckage. Corbett's en
gine w r as not completely submerged
because it fell on a jetty. All three
were badly bruised. Their escape
from death w’as miraculous.
All Southern trains will have to
run to Hamburg instead of coming
into the Union Station until the tres
tle is repaired.
Wisconsin Eugenics
Law Made Invalid
By Old Court Ruling
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 22.- Until the I
next meeting of the Legislature, one
year hence, the Wisconsin eugenics j
law, w hich i» supposed to become ef
fective on January 1, will be invalid.
The discovery was announced to
day in the finding of Attorney George
B. Walmsley of a Supreme Court de
cision recognizing a common law
marriage. All that is required of a
couple under ftie court ruling is an
agreement between themselves that
they will accept each other as mates.
No record or announcement of the
match need be made.
The court decision states specifical
ly that no medical examination is
necessary. The new eugenics law
requires a certificate of health from
both the bride and bridegroom.
Iowa Congressman
Dies After Operation
CLINTON, IOWA, Dec. 22.—Congress
man Pepper, of Iowa, died to-day fol
lowing an operation for peritonitis. He
was recovering from an attack of ty
phoid fever when peritonitis set in.
He represented the Second District of
Iowa in Congress and w’as considered a
likely candidate for United States Sen
ator.
Seidel Stays in Race
To Rule Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 22.—Emil Sei
del, first Socialist Mayor of Milwau
kee, again will lead the Social Demo
cratic forces .in the coming spring
election.
The entire Socialist ticket has been
nominated by referendum.
Robbers Loot Safe
In Theater of $800
ti
e
LOUISVILLE, KY., Dec. 22.—"The
Safeblowers” was staged at B. F.
Keith’s Theater last night without an
audience. The “team” took about
$800 left in the safe over night from
the advance sale.
Only $25,000 Needed, and Capt.
English Says “Leave It to
‘Heavyweights.’"
With just $25,000 left to go before
the quarter-million mark i 8 reached
the Oglethorpe committees rested on
their arms Monday morning
"Now, watch the heavyweights
SmSL ““ lh -
executive committee—Ivan E yil’
and that class of accomplished" and
powerful pleaders for anything thT
will be for the good of Atlanta
The noonday luncheons ov . r
and gone. The recording chalk had
made its last figure on the big black
board. The friendly rivalry* 1 among
the working committees had ended in
a fraternal hand-elaRp and the forma
tlon of an Oglethorpe University So'
ciety, pledged through life to 'work
and pray for Oglethorpe.
It was "up to the heavyweights"
And Captain English and his aide.,
smiled a little Monday morning, much
ns if they knew a good deal more than
they were telling, as they said:
"Just a little time, gentlemen; don •
hurry us. You've had three wet >
and you’ve done wonders. Givi
our little inning now, and let us conn
to bat in our own order. We’ll lm
the ball, and hit it hard—never fear!"
So the younger men laughed ami
went on about their ordinary daily
business, just as if they hadn't pm
over the biggest thing of the kind
that Atlanta or the South ever had
undertaken.
They had confidence in the "heav
weights.” They knew the "heavy,
weights" would "put it over."
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