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Do You Want to Make
Your Face Over?
Mme. Lina Cavalieri tells you
just how to do it in the
Sunday American
FRANK HOTLY SCORES CITY DETECTIVE
el
Court Wants to Avoid Crowds of
Curious—Date Diven to |
Attorneys. |
The date for the resentencing to
death of Leo M. Frank has been fixed
Judge Ben Hill, but Thursday was
nz kept secret. The information
s been given to Hugh Dorsey, So
tor, and Reuben Arnold, chief
ounsel for the defense. But the in- |
rmation was in strict confidence. |
It is known that Judge Hill desires‘
to have IFrank brought to the court
ouse and sentenced with no large
rowd of curious and possibly clam
orous bystanders. /
“l can’'t tell yoti anything about
the hour,” said Mr, Arnold, “and I
can't say that it won't be at night.
even. But it will be when the usual |
courtroom crowd is not there. That's
all 1 can say.”
All Depends on Judge.
There was an impression that the
sentence would be repronounced late
Thursday. Judge Hill declinea pos
sitively to say anything about it,
It all depends on the judge now.
Mr. Dorsey has filed his habeas cor
pus writ, and whenever the judge de
§ires to impose the sentence, he has
Only to send for the prisoner.
“'You can’t fool all the people all
the time,”” quoted Frank, commenting
Thursday on the latest developments
n his case. And he is sure that Wil-
Yam J. Burns, who has announced
that he is in the case to the finish, will
4o his part toward the enlightenment
of the people of Georgla. He was
onfident Burns will get the truth.
Frank also found a source of grati
fication in the statement by John
Black, city detective, who was prom
#ing to black somebody’s eyes un
¢ the accusations of a frame-up
Ceaged to be hurled at him.
When you are in a shooting gal
€ry,” said Frank, “and hit the bull's
€ve. vou know what happens-—the bell
fings. John Black's roar of deflance
this morning sounds to me like the
ringing of a bell,
“Light |s Breaking,” He Says.
ie =ays he's ‘tired of these accu
ations” T have no doubt of it. He's
Mighty tired; but not as tired as he's
- g 1o hl"
“The light is breaking, I can see a
ng glow even in the direction of
Decitur street, over the police station.
2 been my experience of life that
_' Mmin doesn't make a fuss until he is
furt. John Black is making a fuss.
can draw your own conclusions.”
nk declined to comment on the
falement of George W. Epps that his
recent affidavit, retracting his
“'mony of the trial, was false, ;
_T'do ot care to take issue with
tal authority over a young boy,”
“Aften all, .ue boy is only a
But you know th.. the work
“v of conscience are very marked in
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The intelligent and
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is the only wariety
worth your bother.
That kind are readers.
Put your particular
need in a “Want Ad"
in The American and
Georgian and you will
have the right kind
knocking at your door
ready and willing to en
ter your service. Phone
or write.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
Alex Cunningham Withdraws
From Baseball to Devote Time
to Football.
Joe Bean, athletic director at the
Atlanta Athletic Club, former Giant
shortstop and later with many af the
big minor leagues, was selected
Thursday afternoon fo direct the des
tinies of the University of Georgia
baseball for the coming season,
Alex Cunningham, who is in charge
of all athletics at Georgia, has de
cided that on account of the one-year
rule he must devote all his time to the
football candidates. So he recom
mended Bean as baseball coach.
Bean will report for duty next Mon
day and will start work at once. Cun
ningham, with Assistant Coach Pea
cock, will devote all his time to the
spring training of the football men
and will have no further official rela
tions with the baseball team.
Under the direction of Bean, Geor
gia is sure to have a corking team
this year. Joe knows baseball from
soup to nuts. During his regime in
New York and later in the old East
ern League he was considered one of
the best “insidet” ‘ball players that
ever wore a glove.
Bean has some promising material
and is confident that he will turn out
a winner.
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Negro Girl, Angry at
.
Mistress, Says She
Set Fire to Home
Annie May Hayes, 15 years old, a
negro servant in the home of State
Comptroller General William A,
Wright, No. 99 East Fifteenth street.
confessed Thursday to Assistant Pro
bation Officer Glower at the Juvenile
Detention Home that she had fired
the home of her employer Wednes
day. The house was damaged to the
extent of $l,OOO.
The girl stated she was “angry” at
Mrs Wright because she had been
reprimanded for taking up ashes in
tha various fireplaces of the Wright
home by use cof a wheelbarrow, which,
according to the negress, occurred to
her as the best method of aacom
plishing her work in a short time,
According to the girl's story, as told
in her confession, she threw a lighted
match in an upstairs closet of the
home after seeing Mrs. Wright leave
the h.use. The blaze ignited clothing.
The negress was found on the
Wright premises on the arrival of the
firemen. She stated she remained at
the house hoping to avoid suspicion.
Officer Hazlett, who was called to the
ccene of the fire, became suspicious of
the attitude of the servant and de
tained her at the Juvenile Detention
Home, where che is now being held
for trial before Judge Tindall at 3
o'clock Thursday afternoon. -
Takes Acid in Error
. .
For Medicine; Saved
Swallowingz carbolic acld under the
impression that he was taking a dose
of paregoric, Joseph Fuld, a deputy in
the office of City Clerk Walter Taylor,
narrowly escaped death Thursday.
Prompt work by Dr. 8. A, Visanska
probably saved his life,
Beyond 1 burned throat and consid.
erable internal discomfort, Mr. Fuid
was none the worse for his experi
ence,
THE WEATHER. |
Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia — Rain Thursday;
cloudy and cooler Friday.
YOL. XIL::NO, 18,
CHICAGO, March s.—The éury in
the case of William Cheney Ellis, of
Cincinnati, on trial for the murder of
his wife, returned a verdict late this
afternoon of guilty of murder in the
first degree and fixed his punishment
at fifteen years in the penitentiary.
EL PASO, TEXAS, March s.—lt was
learned this afterncon that Luis Ter
razas, Jr., who for several months has
been a prisoner of the rebels, had un«
til to-morrow night 'to produce $500,-
000 or be put to death, The father of
Terrazas wired Villa to-day that a
messenger was on the way with the
money, but would not be able to reach
Chihauhau until to-morrow night.
CHICAGO, March s.—Rodney H.
Brandon, secretary of Mooseheart and
acting national secretary of the Loyal
Order of Moose, received a telegram
to-day from General Francisco Villa,
of the Mexican rebels, saying that
Villa had complied with the request
of the Chicago Moose and released
V. E. Goodman, of this city, from the
jailat Juarez, Mexico.
CAMDEN, N. J.,, March s—Nine
towns in Burlington County are still
bottled up as the result of the bliz
zard early in the week. The tescuers
werewithin one mile of Wrightstown,
a village of 300 inhabitants, to-day.
The other villages spowbound are all
in the vicinity of that place.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., March 5.—
The Southern Shoe Dealers’ Associa
tion ended a three days' session here
this afternoon, selecting Memphis,
Tenn., as the next me_etin? place. Af
filiation with the National Shee Deal
ers’ Association was the only im
portant action taken by the conven
tion.
NEW YORK, March s—The Pitts
burg Federal League club was sold
to-day to Edward W. Gwinner, Pitts
burg capitalist, The deal was g‘ut
through by Preuii,nt James A. Gil
more, after a conference of several
hours with the men interested. The
price was not named. C. B. Com
stock, a New York architect, who
went in with Gwinner in the deal, was
elected president.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO., March 5.
—The First National Bank was ciosed
by National examiners to-day. Bad
paper to the extent of $70,000 was
given as the cause.
CHICAGO, March 5.—A one-day
flight from Chica?o to New York
without a stop will be attempted by
Curtis Pritchard in a Nieuport 80-
horsepower monoplane as soon as the
weather will permit.
TERRE HAUTE, IND,, March 5—
William A. Huffman, found guilty ef
permitting ballots to leave his posses
sion when he served as election inspec
tor, this afternoon was sentenced to
from three to ten years in State's
prison an ddisfranchised for ten years.
MEMPHIS, March s.—Bernie Stiles,
keeper of a gambling house, was shot
five times this afternoon by John
Mahan, a business man. Mahan, who
surrendered to the police, says Stiles
cheated him in a gambling game.
Stiles can not live.
CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO, March 5.
With the arrival of'news from Juarez
that the long-expected shipment of
arms for the Constitutionalist forces
had reached there, it was intimated
at General Villa's headquarters to
day that the attack upon Torreon
would begin to-morrow or Saturday.
Under the rebel leader's direction, the
artillery division of his army spent
nearly all of to-day in trying out the
new field pieces that just arrived
here.
EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS,, March
s.—Mrs. Lois Burnett Rantoul to-day
lost her divorce suit against Edward
L. Rantoul. Judge Hardy dismissed
Mrs. Rantoul's divorce libel. The
court’s decision was a complete vic
tory for the husband. The trial was
the most sensational in the divorce
annals of East Cambridge and lasted
nearly two weeks.
NAPLES, ITALY, March s—Porter
Charlton, the young American who is
awaiting trial for the murder of his
wife at Lake Como, will be examined
as to his sanity by two of Italy's lead
ing experts, Deputy Leonardo Bian
chi, former Minister of Instruction,
and Professor Enrico Morselli, of the
University of Genoa, will make the
examination,
SAN FRANCISCO, March s.—~The
combined police forces of Oakland
and Berkley and more than a score
of deputy sheriffs to-day surrounded
the camp of more than 500 unemploy
ed men near Emeryville to-day.
While a special detail of 100 police
men, mounted and carrying rifles,
stocd guard, the jobless followers of
William Thorne, Industrial Workers
of thee World leader, were put on
special strest cars and sent outside
the limits of the county. The “army”
under Thorne had started on a hike
to Washington, |
Read for Profit— GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use for Results
ATLANTA, 6GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1914.
President in Person Urges Con
gress to Nullify Exemption
Clause of Canal Law.
WASHINGTON, March 5—
Chairman Adamson, of the House
Interstate Commerce Committee,
late this afternoon announced
that his committee would meet
to-morrow and report out a bill
repealing the free tolls clause of
the Panama Canal act.
WASHINGTON, March §.—Declar
ing that the exemption of American
coastwlise shipping from the payment
of Panama Canal tolls was based
upon a “mistaken economic policy”
and was “in contravention of our
treaty with Great Britain,” President
Wilson to-day asked Congress to re
peal the Adamson act containing the
exemption clause. The appeal was
made in person by the President. syho
appeared before the Senatle and
Houge of Representatives in joint
session
The President declared that all the
world powers were unanimous in
judgment that the exemption was in
violation of our treaty obligations.
Debated Only in U. S.
Only in the United States, he said,
was the exemption clause regarded as
debatable or as open to question. He
caid he had not come to Congress to
deliver a personal view, but that con
siderations of fustice and wisdom led
him to believe that the proviso should
be repealed without delay.
The President added that the Unit
ed States “ought not to quibble” in
the matter of a treaty obligation. H(\‘
intimated that the Panama (';nml‘
tolls.question wag involved in all the
other foreign questions now before
the United States because he would
not know how to deal with them un
less the exemption is repealed,
Sixth Time Before Congress,
Presidgent Wilson's appearance be
fore Congress to-day was the sixth
time that he had addressed the joint
session of Congress in the year and a
day that he has held office.
As Is usual on occasions of this
kind, the galleries were filled. Misses
Margaret and Eleanor Wilson occu
pied seats in the executive gallery.
Secretary of State Bryan, following
his usual custom, did not geo upon
the floor, to which he is entitled, but
proceeded to the diplomatic gallery,
where he took a seat beside the Ger
man Ambassador.
Vice President Marshall and the
Senate members, walking two by two,
marched into the House chamber at
12:35 o'clock. The Vice President
took his place upon the rostrum, and
the Senators took front benches.
5 Escorted to Chamber.
Senators Kern, Gallinger and
Swanson and Representatives Under
wood, Mann and Fitzgerald were
named by, Vice President Marshall
and Speaker Clark as a committee to
escort President Wilson into the
chamber, ’
The President arrived in the House
at 12:27 o'clock, and was greeted by
lond applausge from the legislators
and the throngs in the galleries. As
the applause died out Speaker Clark
made the simple announcement:
“(jentlemen of the Senate and
House, I present to yvou the President
of the United States.”
The President began the reading of
his brief address, which he finished
at 12:42. The entire assemblage arose,
and his partisans appiauded, Through
the leading of the Presidential view
on the caral matter, however, the sit
uation in the:chamber was tense and
silent. Not a member attempted to
applaud or signify disapproval of any
of the phrases as they were pro-
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Dark Horse May Succeed Masan.
Vernoy Expected to Control
Second Ballot.
Insistent rumors of a “dark horse”
as chairman of the Board of Police
Commissioners were current in politi
cal circles Thursday, owing to the
action of Mayvor Woodward in indors
ing and openly campaigning for Rob
ert T. Pace as head of the board.
The Mayor's activity had dissipated
the belief that Vice Chairman William
P. Fain was assured of the chairman
ship, and has complicated the situa
tion so that any member of the board,
apparently, has a chance,
Neither of the three avowed candi
dates for the place—William P. Fain,
I\\‘. A. Vernoy and Robert T. Pace—
‘wlll have the necessary seven vates
‘when the board meets next Tuesday
ito elect a chairman.
Clarke Joins Mayor.
The line-up indicates that Fain will
not receive more than six votes, owing
to the veering of Robert C, Clarke to
the Mayor's side.
Political wiseacres give Pace flve
votes on the second ballot, with Ver
noy in doubt, although on the fir:t
ballot the latter is expected to get
three. |
On the first ballot it is understood
that Fain will be supported by Com
missioners Baskin, Smith, King,
Dixon and himself; Mr. Pace will
have the votes of Commissioners
Clarke, Colcord, himself and the
Mayor, while Commissioners Vernoy,
Johnson and Garner will vote for
Vernoy.
Vernoy Will Hold Power.
The ‘shifting will begin on the sec
ond ballot, when Johnson and Gar
-Iner are expected to desert the stand
ard of Vernoy and go to Pace and
Fain, respectively. This will give
Fain six votes and Pace five, and will
leave the balance of power in the
hands of Vernoy, who is generally
conceded to have little chance of elec
tion.
Vernoy, by voting for Fain, can
elect hini; and by voting for Pace
can perpetuate the deadlock which
would force the election of a compro
mise candidate or leaye Fain in con
trol as actual chairman, This, it is
understood, is extremely likely, be
cause both Pace and Fain declare
their supporters will stick to them.
It is generally recognized 'that the
Fain men will not go over to the
Mayor and Pace.
Scramble on for Seat
Of Alderman Harwell. :
The stretch of carpet between the
door of Mayor James G. Woodward's
office and his desk was worn almost
smooth Thursday by the tread of a
constant :(tream of Aldermanic nan-‘
didates, both seeking and receptive,
and politicians of high and low dfi-!
gree, who came to sound the Mayor
regarding a successor to Alderman
John H. Harwell, of the First Ward,
who will be elected by the General
Council Monday afternoon,
The representatives of the First
Ward in the Council called upon Mr.
Mason Wednesday afternoon and of
fered to give him the indorsement of
the ward delegation should he consent
to become a candidate, This action ‘s
crlsldered equivalent to an offer by
the Council. Mr. Mason sald Thurs
day afternoon, however, that he will
under no circumstances be a cand!-
date,
With Mr, Mason eliminated, there
are left about eight residents of the
ward actively in the race. Promi
nently mentioned Thursday were J,
R. Seawright, J. N. Renfroe, B. }.
Byfield, W, H. Blackstock, H N, Lan
ders, {
SRR R T SR R e TNG e e
ST o 8 ORNDS #A%N
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST —-Six furlongs: Dick's Pet,
101 (Randolph), 2, 4-5, 2-5, won;
Stucco, 102 (Callahan), 5,2, 4-5, sec
ond; Dally Waters, 99 (McTaggart),
7-2, 6-5, 4-5, third. Time 1:18 2-5.
Melrosé, lrone, Jezail, Mike C(ohen,
Booth also ran.
SECOND-—Six furlongs: Gallant
Boy, 104 (McTaggart), 9-10, 1-3, out,
won; Castara, 102 (Murphy), 2, 1-2,
out, second; Old Jordan, 106 (Tehan),
10, 6-2, 4-5, third. Time, 1:18 3-5.
Stellata, Single Ray, Tom Boy also
ran.
THIRD—Six furlongs: Kiva, 97
(Smyth), 4, 8-5, 3-5, won; Rye Straw,
106 (McTaggart), 8-5, 3-5, out, sec
ond; Parlor Boy, 107 (Neander),
13-5, 3-5, 1-3, third. Time, 1:18.
Striker, Flying Yankee, Carmody also
ran,
FOURTH—Five and one-half fur
longs: Susan D, 100 (Martin), 5,
8-6, out, won; Fathom, 100 {McTag
gart), 4, 3-2, 7-10, second,; Sherwood,
117 (Knight), 12-5, 7-10, out, third.
Time, 1:10 1-5. Joe Diebold and Viley
also ran.
FIFTH-—One mile and twenty
yards: Charles F. Granger, 110 (Mc-
Taggart), 6, 5-2, even, won: Gerrard,
104 (Obert), 15, 5,2, second; Fiel, 102
(Neander), 9-5, 3-5, out, third. Time,
1:49 1-5. Malik, Cynosure, Michael
Angelo, Sweet Times also ran.
SIXTH —One mile: Volthorpe, 105
(McTaggart), 3, 6-5, 3-5, won;, Joe
Stein, 103 (Obert), 13-5, 6-5, 3-5, sec
ond; Effendl, 106 (Smyth), 13-5, even,
1-2, third. Time 1:451-5. [Ford Mali,
Ella Graine, Sherlock Holmes, Lin
brook, Orpeth also ran.
| AT JUAREZ.
| FIRST—Rake, 107 (Mott), B§, 4,2,
won; Ursula Emma, 105 (Phillips), 6,
2, even, second; Tom Murphy, 107
‘(Bentom, Ay .3 . third, Time,
'1:40 1-5. Requiram, Fastoso, Garden
of Allah, Adolante, Kali Inla, Argo
nese, Winifred D., Robert, Cloud
Chief, Jack Laxson, Holberg also ran.
SECOND—One Mile: Anna Reed,
100 (Dominiek), 3, 6-5, 3-5, won; First
Star, 112 (Troxler), 4, 3-2, 4-5, sec
ond; Hester, 95 (Taylor), 10, 4, 8-5,
third. Time 1:39. Lady Riley, Clin
ton, Retente, Marie Coghill, Defy,
Crogs Over, Sugar Lump, Macalain,
Wise Mason, Marshal Tilghman,
Sharper Knight also ran.
THIRD—Five and one-half fur
longs: Birka, 110 (Carroll), 10, 3, 8-5,
won; Panchappi, 106 (Mott), 5,2, 9-10,
gecond; Lemon Joe, 112 (Ford), 6,2,
4-5, third. Time, 1:06 2-5. Ortyx, May
L., Anar, Big Lumax, Peerless, Roy,
Superl also ran,
ENTRIES.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST —Purse; 2 years, maidens, 4
furlongs: Don Cortez 103, Limbus
103, Ray R. Miller 103, Call Shot 112,
x-Tower 105, x-Mex 112, xx-Tod Cook
112, xx-White Crown 112,
x-F. D. Welr entry. .
xx-Jefferson Livingston entry.
SECOND--SBelling; 3 years, 6 fur
longs: x-House Party 95, Woof 100,
‘l'hupadero 102, Stella Graine 105, Ad
'miral's Daughter 105, Thaka 105, . K.
‘Davis 107, Leford 107, Real Worth 107,
Parcel Post 110, Meshach 110, Lamb’s
Tail 110, Ada Kenneday 110.
THlRD—Selling; 3 years up, mile:
x-Cloud Chief 100, Phillistina 103,
Ethelday 103, x-Hasson 103, Van
Horn 105, x-Pontefract 105, John
Louis 105, Cool 105, Dave Montgom
ery 110.
FOURTH-—Three yvears, Margarega
Randicap, 6 furlongs: Red Pathf™2,
Alvis 103, Scarlet Oaks 110, ing
Worth 110, Captain Burns 112, Milton
Roblee 112, Bob Hensley 112,
FlFTH—Belling; 3 years, 6 fur
longs x-Carona 95, x-Gylfi 95, Bur
lington Bess 100, Ida ook 100, Angle
D. 100, Ya Hy Yip 100, x-Eddie Foy
102, Baltimore 102, Ajax 102, x-Irish
Ann 105, Dr, Bailey 105, Attica 105,
Patrick F. 105, Say 107,
SIXTH —Selling: 4 years up, mile:
x-Bir Fretful 97, x-Cordle ¥. 98, Hardy
102, Tahoe 102, Connaught 102,
x-Uncle Ben 107, High Street 112
xApprentice allowance,
Weather clear; track fast.
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST --Three years-olds and up,
&rse $3OO, selling, 6 furlongs: Marty
u 99, The Turkess 104, Chilton Queen
111, xJuaquin 106, xTyro 101 Troy
weight 108 Vellchen 94, La Sainrella
104, Toy 109, Coming Coon 116, First
Ald 113, Ethelberry 104, Bad News 11
;5; Secarlet Plmpernel 116, xßatouch
SECOND-—Three-year-olds and up,
purse $3OO, erllnq‘, 6 furlongs: Inspec
tor Lestrade 113 Austin Sturtevant
112, xLittle Ep 108, Jée Finn 106, Ma
lik 104, xßllly Stuart 96, Belfast 113,
Schaller 114, xFasces 109, Fifall 113,
xCarburetter 108, xJudge Monck 13
THIRD--Two-year-olds, purse $3OO,
conidtions, 4 furlongs: Stalwart 98,
Kewple 107 | May 95, Anaiken 102, Al
ledo 111, Gladwin 98, Yelow Flower 111,
Commonado 106, Jesse Jr. 107, Sento
98, s{mm 95,
FOURTH- Three-yvear-olds and 1,
rurlo $2OO, selling handicap, 5% fur
ongs: Ethelburg 1T 94, Double Five
102, Ryestraw 106 Loan Shark 9%, Dick
Deadwood 101, Fl.\'lng Yankee 103 Par
lor Boy 106, Martirs 108, Copertown 107
FIFTH - Three-year-olds, purse $3OO,
selling, mile: xßuzz Around 96, xHelen
M. 108, xPeacock 92, Jezail 96, xTom
Hancock 100, xPatty Ragan 9%, Banjo
Jim 103
SIXTH--Three-year-olds, purse $3OO,
selling, mile and one-eighth: Knight of
Uncas 107, Pllant 103, x“HlIIIo Baker 106
Milton B 107, xTay Pay 102, xPort Ar
lington 95, Cockspur 105, xMary Ann K
95. xApprentice allowance.
Raining; track slow. |
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An earthquake that rocked the whole State frightened thou
sands of persons in Atlanta and the rest of Georgia Thursday aft
ernoon at 3 o’clock.
Buildings trembled, windows rattled, bric-a-brac was thrown
to the floor and broken, and many rushed out of doors in great;
alarm.
Practically every section of Atlanta was shaken by the tre.
mors. They had barely subsided when calls from every part of the
city began pouring into The Georgian office, telling of the terror
that was spread by the phenomenon and asking for an explanation.
From Social Cirele and other
cities to the north and east came
reports of a similar visitation.
Jackson, Ga., 46 miles southeast,
and towns nearer by telegraphed
and telephoned in the same re
[)ONS.
Dr. J. T. Elder, of No. 112 Forrest
avenue, said the shoék was very dis
tinct in that part of the city. There
was a convulsive trembling of the
earth, pictures on the walls were sha
ken, windows were rattled and the
houses were perceptibly shaken.
Terrified Scores.
The tremors in some parts of At
lanta terrified the occupants of scores‘
of homes. They came at exactly 3
o'clock and were of about seven sec
onds in duration.
’ The Weather Bureau reported that
they had no record of an earthquake
lor unusual eartk vibrations on their
instruments, but said that they had
received dozens of inquiries from per
sons in different parts of the city who
had noticed the tremblings.
The first reports to The Georgian
came from the vicinity of Randolph
and Houston streets., Then came sev
eral calls from the West End, telling
of half-dozen homes that had been
noticeably shaken, the chinaware and
windows rattled and the tables and
chalrs moved slightly,
These reports were followed by
many from the southern part of the
city, Washington street and those
nearby,
A telephone message from Social
Circle said that the supposed earth
quake was felt distinctly there, and
that many of the residents were ter
rorized.
Steam Radiators Sway.
Bric-a-brac was knocked from
shelves Io the floor, the steam radi
ators swayed from side to side and
the china rattled in the closet at the
home of Mrs, R. L. Morris, No. 332
Myrtle street,
The shock in that neighborhood
was quite distinet, At the home of
Mrs. Charles Adler, just across the
street from the Morris home, the fur
niture was slightly ‘changed in posi
tion by the shock.
“It rattled things and shook us up
much more than the heavy wind of
the other day,” said Mrs. Morris, “and
my mother, who is seventy years old
and remembers the earthquake of
1886, says this shock, in this neigh
boorhood at any rate, was as bad as
the one that did bad damage in 1856.”
The telephones at the Fire Depart
ment and the Police Station were kept
busy by anxious inquirers who sought
information as to the cause of the
phenomenon. The fire station re
ported that they had received no re
port of any great explosion anywhere
near the city,
Felt in Ormewood Park.
A distinet tremor of the earth was
felt at the home of Mr, and Mrs. H. E.
Stockbridge, in Oremwood Park., Mr,
Stockbridge is vice-president of the
Southern Ruralist Company.
“1 felt the tremor of the earth dis
tinetly,” said Mrs. Stockbridge, “and
[ recognized it instantly, You see, 1
had four years' experience %h earth-
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lquakes in Japan, where a slight
quake is quit 2 the common thing.
“When, about four minutes after the
quake, T began to feel that slight, pe
culiar headache which always fol
lowed the quakes in Japan, there was
no doubt in my mind that the dis
| turbance had been an earthquake in
Atlanta.”
Shock in Inman Park. ~
The seismic shock was feit in In
man Park about ten minutes to thlr:.
There it was very light and a number
of people were skeptical until they
telephoned and discovered that it had
been experienced in other part sof the
city.,
Residents on Adams street were
greatly excited for a time, fearing that
the shock would be followed by heav'-}
ier ones, Miss Wilhelmina Caruthers,
No. 310 Adams street, said the tremor
was accompanied by a deep rumbling
noise, which was heardd istinetly,
Mrs, Tom Williams, No. 280 Ormond
street, near Grant Park, said that she
thought that a collision had occurred
in front of her home and rushed to
the door. She said that it lasted only
a few seconds, but enough to be felt
distinetly.
Sharper Near East Lake.
Mrs. L. M. Snow, who lives in the
country two miles from East Lake,
was severely jolted by the earthquake.
She was sitting in a chair when the
shock came and was nearly thrown
to the floor.
Mrs. 1. M. Johnson, who lives near
Mrs. Snow, also felt the shock, saying
that her house rocked for several
seconds,
Mrs. A. J. Holcomb, wife of the day
station sergeant at Police Headquar
ters, who lives at No. 90 Bryan street,
felt the quake.
“Mliss Mamie Grant and I were sit
ting in my house when we felt the
earthquake,” said Mrs. F. Gallagher,
of College Park. “The doors and the
windows rattled and the house trem
bled. 1 tell you, we were scared for
a minute,”
Mrs. H. J. Mims, who lives a little
way down the street, was another who
felt the shock.”
M. N, Crutchfield, telephone opera
tor at Fort McPherson, said that the
shock there seemed to last nearly a
minute and a half.
“It was good and hard,” he said,
“and | thought that the whole bulld
ing was coming down.”
Scare at Athens
As Shock Is Felt.
ATHENS, GA. March s—Vibra
tion resembling those of an earth
guake were feit in different portions
of the city this afternoon at 4:06
o'clock. Servants in the homes on
Milledge avenue became frightened,
and so distinct was the shock that
people ran from the houses, while at
the (‘ity Hall all the city officlals
noticed it, iypewriters being rat
tled, doors seemed to squeak and
safes shaken,
Worst Since 1886
At Jackson, Ga.
JACKSON, GA,, March 5 —Trem
ors of an earthquake that lasted for
about 20 seconds was felt here at a
few minutes after 3 o'clock. The shock
was the most violent felt there since
1886, Buildings rocked and the shock
cauged considerable excitement,
Social Circle Ne_goes
Frightened by Tremor
SOCIAL CIRCLE, March s.—~Earth
quake tremors were felt here this
afternoon for seevral seconds. The
ghock was distinet and created con
siderahle excitement, especially among
superstitious negroes, J