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NURSE IN BABY TANGLE TALKS
Gas Pressure Too Strong; One Killed, 3 Overcome
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Investigation To Be Made of
Series of Casualties at Selma
Attributed to Escaping Gas.
(By Interational News Service.)
# SELMA, Ala, Jan. 31.—A thorough
investigation is to be made into the
gas plant here, which, it is alleged,
caused the death of one person, Mrs.
Talmadge, late Friday evening by
" asphyxiation and three others were
overcome by gas fumes from instan
taneous heaters. James E. Lister,
train dispatcher for the Southem‘
Railway here, made three attempts
to €nter his bathroom and was over
come by fumes, each time. On the
third attempt he fell to the floor and
had to be carried out, and today is
said to be in a eritical condition.
; The sister of Hon. Samuel. F. Hobbs,
‘prominent attorney, was overcome
by gas fumes in the bathroem.
C. B. Chapman, proprietor of Dixie
Case, was also overcome when he at
.tempted to epter his bathroom.
‘ 1t is thought the gas plant turned
bn an enormous supply of gas, the
pressure becoming too strong for the
flame in the instantaneous heaters te
consume, thereby filling the room
full of poisonous gas fumes, which
seemed to overtake the victims be
fore they realized it. It seems the
fumes had no odor but were deadly
poison.
Mrs. Talmadge
Was Atlanta Girl
Word was received in Atlanta Sat
day morning of the death Friday
night in Selma, Ala., of Mrs. Banks
8. Talmadge. Mrs. Talmadge was
YM iss Pauline Randall, @ popular At
{ lanta girl. She was the daughter of
" Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Randall, for
merly of Atlanta. Mr. Randall was
a coal dealer, and operator of coal
mines in Kentucky. He is now re
siding in Pineville, Ky.
Mrs. Talmadge issupposed to have
come to her death by asphyxiation.
She was found by her baby’s nurse
in the bathroom of her home in an
unconscious condition, and died
within a few inutes,
Mrs. Talmadge's husband was with‘
{’he Southern Bell Telephone Com-]
pany of Atlanta, but about a year
ago was transferred to Selma as:lo
cal manager for the telephone gom
pany of the Seima district.
Besides her husband and parents,
Mrs. Talmadge is survived by an in-‘
fant som; Banks Talmadge Jr., one
lsistor, Mrs, J. E. Starbuck and al
brother, Luther Randall, both of|
Pineville, Ky.; two uncles of At
lanta, W. L. Randall of 56 Westmin-~
ster drive and P. H. Randall of 61
West North Avenue. l
Purse Grabber Now
Sought on North Side
The hunt being made by the po-I
lice for a daring negro purse anatch-I
er, who has robbed five women on‘
the South Side in the past few weeks.l
was extended Saturday to the North
Side, following a similar robbery
Friday night in Houston street near
Fuurtlilnd.
' Mrs C, D. Gann of 70 East Ellis
‘street was the sixth victim. Her
purse was snatched about 7 o'clock
as she was walking along the street
with her husband. Gann chased the
thief for some distance, but the lat-l
ter escaped through an alley. The
police station also was notified and‘
policemen started an immediate hunt, |
but no trace of the negro could be
found. . '
The purse contained several pieces
of jewelry, some small change and a
bank book;
THE WEATHER. i
Forecast—Fair tonight and
Sunday.
Temperatures—6 a. m., 42; 8
3 ;7 m., 46;: 10 a. m, 51; 12 noon, l
W‘ 6; sunset, 5:08,
Whisky Is Not
Flu Medici
u Medicine,
.
Says Dr. Wiley
(By Universal Service.)
ST. LOUIS, Jan., 81.—Whisky
and brandy have Dbeen
eliminated as medicines, it was
declared here by Dr. Harvey W.
Wiley, president of the United
States Pharmacopetal Conven
tion and former chief of the
bureau of chemistry, department
of agriculture. No mention of
alcoholic liquors as medicines
will be made in the next issue
of the American Pharmacopeta,
which is prepared every ten
years, he said. This was deter
mined upon, Doctor Wiley as
serted, several years before na
tional prohibition became effec
tive.
Whisky, instead of an effec
tive remedy or preventive for
influenza, is a positive poison in
such cases, said Doctor Wiley,
adding:
“In only one instance would I
use whisky for an influenza case
and that would be where I
wished to hasten the departure
lto Heaven of the patient.”
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Traffic Stopped Fifteen Minutes
by Struggle on Whitehall
; Viaduct.
While a great crowd watched at a
safe distance, and traffic was halted
for about fifteen m!nutes, Call Offi~
cers Fain and Andérson fought with
a negro that is suspected of being de
mented, on the Whitehall viaduct
Saturday afternoon.
The negro was seen in army uni
form, standing balanced on the rail
ings of the viaduct about to leap into
Ithe railroad yards below. He was
intercepted by Officer Fain, but the
negro fought desperately, finally
drawing out a knift with a five-inch
blade, in attempt to carry out his
original plan. The bracelets were
finally put on him and with the com
bined efforts of the two officers and
six spectators, he was forced into
an automobile and taken to head
quarters.
It was necessary to sit on him
while being searched at the station,
and was finally put in a padded cell.
37 Are Indicted as
Sedition Law Violators
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Jan. 31.-—lndictments
for conspiracy to violate the sedition
laws were returned today against
“Big Bill" Haywood and thirty-six
other alleged 1. W. W, members by
the State grand jury. They were held
in bonds of $5,000 each, all being
placed under arrest,
~ With the exception of the Hay-
Lwood indictment, the most important
returned was that of Thomas White
head, L W. W, secretary. He has re
sided in the United States more than
thirty years without taking out citi-
I:enshlp papers. Anoher was Viadmir
Lossieff, recently sentenced to twen
ty years in the penitentiary by Fed
eral Judge Ladis, and who is await
ing an appeal on that sentence.
One in Hospital
I After Shooting Row
. J. C. Maile, 23, of 140 East Baker,
is in Grady Hospital suffering from
bullet wounds in both thighs, the re
sult of an attack by Maile and sev
eral friends on W. E. Thompson, 45,
of 89 Fairlie street.
; Thompson ig in jail on charges of
shooting and Maile will face charges
of drunk and disorderly.
The others in the case got away.
The trouble occurred shortly after
2 o'clock Saturday. Maile had been
a roomer at the hotel or lodging house
Thompson operates in Falrlie street.
Maile demanded his money back for
the room rent, police said, and
Thompson declares he fired in self
delense.
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Warships Sent to Convey Sinn
Fein Captives to Jails in
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England Following Raids.
( By International News Service.)
DUBLIN, Jan. 31.—A new serles
of raids against the Sinn - Fein
throughout Ireland was begun today
by the British military authorities,
Many Sinn Feiners elgcted to mu
nicipal offices in the recent local
Irish elections were arrested.
British warships 'ere due to grrive
in Dublin Bay tonight to ecarry the
prisoners to English jails.
A meetig of fifty members of the
Dublin Corporation (¢council) was
raided at 4 o'clock. Some were ar
rested, but others escaped. k
Sinn Fein- officials from Thurles
‘were arrested while on their way to
I The new repressive measure by the
British government did not come as
[a surprigse. They are regarded as the
government's answer to the Republi.
cans’ defiant action in nominating
Sin Fein sheriffs.
~ For the first time the government
carried out wholesale raids without
assistan¢e from the police. Only sol-I‘
diers were used. |
The peisoners, it was said, would be
sent to Wormwood Scrubbs prison
in England, where many politlcal:
prisoners from Ireland have been con
confined, 1
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Kiddie Needs a Bed; ]
T. B. Sufferer One of
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3 Sleeping Together
By CORINNE CHISHOLM. !
Margaret needs a bed. |
She is pine years old and lives in
a family with two younger children.
At present Margaret is sleeping with
her little sister and brother and this
is not good for any of them because
Margaret has tuberculosis and has
been losing ground lately.
The milk fund of The Georgian is
providing milk for Margaret now, and
it is believed her condition will im
prove. The little bit of insurance
left by her father, who died with
tubercuosis, has gone for other needs
of the family. Margaret’s mother can
not afford to buy a bed.
The very least money for which a
single iron bed, springs, and mattress
can be bdught is $23.50,
Who will subscribe toward this
needed amount? Address the Wel
fare Editor of The Georgian.
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Says Europe Spends
Vast Sum on Armies
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan, 81. Vast ex
penditures for military purposes are
being made by Great Britain, France
and other nations associated with the
United States in the world war,
while they profess to be unable to
even pay the interest on the billions
loaned to them by this country, it
was claimed by Senator Walsh, Dem
ocrat, of Montant, in the Senate this
afternoon.
Walsh said he understood CGreat
Britein was preparing to expend
$300,000,000 on alreraft.
Court Orders Plea for
Higher Street Car Fare
SAVANNAH, Jan. 31-On the pe
tition of the General Electric Com
pany vs. the Savannah Electric Com
pany, bankrupt, Judge Beverly D,
Evans, in the Uhited Stateg District
Court today signed an order directing
the receiver, Howard C. Foss, to ask
the Georgia Railroad Commission for
rates which will be compensatory.
This means probably higher rates
for both power and light current and
inereased fares on street car service
supplied by the same company.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1920
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Permits ‘lssued for $1,721,566
Construction Work — Bank
Clearings Greatest for Mooth.
Bvidence that Atlanta is enjoying a
‘great building boom was given Sat
‘urday in statistics furnished to The
Georgian by the building inspectors
lofflce, compiled up to and including
I Friday, January 30, It shows 236 per
'mits had been issued for a total of
$1,721,566, an expenditure unequaled by
‘any previous January and greatly in
excess of any one month's figures
during 1919.
These figures compared with 170
permits issued during January a
year ago for an amount of $269,685.
The gain over a year ago aggregates
$1,451,981, the increase being ex
ceeded only by July’s total in 1919.
The increase over permits in Jani~
‘ary, 1918, reachéd “thé phenofnenal
amount of $1,521,785.
“Atlanta surely is experiencing a
great building wave,” commented A.
C. MeDaniel, assistant building in
spector. « “It looks as though we will
witness the greatest building boom
in history this spring. February will
be another big month. There are sev
eral big projects in view.” |
In January there were seventy
eight frame dwellings erectied at 2
cj}of $541,000 and one tile residence
at a cost of $45,000. Twelve brick;
buildings were being erected at a
cost: of $568,700 and two brick busi
ness houses at a cost of $700,000, Five |
apartments were started at a cost of
$363,000 and one small church at a(
cost of $2,000. I
Chief among the January permitsl
was the one for $400,000 to the!
George Muse Clothing Company and
another for $175,000 for the erection
of a handsome apartment in Peach
tree road and another for $80,075.
Atlanta bank clearings for the
month, according .to figures issued by
the Clearing House Association Sat
urday, broke all records for January.
Clearings for the month amounted to |
$363,868,691.61, as compared with
$269,276,033.33 the same period a year
ago—a gain of $94,592,558.28, The
month’s clearings were the third
largest in history of Atlanta, I
Col. Saffold Will ‘Rur’
For the State Senate
SAVANNAH, Jan'K 31.—“1 shall be
a candidate for the Georgia Senate
this year, and if elected shall offer
for the presidency of timt branch of
the General Assembly,” Col. F. HI
Saffold of Swainsbhoro stated todayl
in Savannah. “Very probably I shall
make my formal announcement upon‘
returning home. This has been de
layed pending the time for an
nouncements in my county.” ‘
Colonel Saffoid *as a member of
the Legislature in the term of 1905-
1906, and once was a presidentlal
elector at large from Georgia. x
ing the successful candidacy of -
ernor Brown he was very active in
his behalf, stumping practically the
entire State. Otherwise he has de
voted his entire time to the practise
of\ law. Colonel Baffold is offering
from the Sixteenth State Senatorial
Distriet, comprising the counties of
Emanuel, Laurens, Johnson and
Treutlin, the last named being new,
Hapsburg Art Treasures
Put Up for Sale
Vast collections, ineluding 41717 famous ‘‘old masters,”’
priceless seulptures and tapestries, with gold and silver
plate by the ton, will be sold to save Austria from starvation.
Read the details.of this, the greatest art sale ever held, in
SUNDAY'’S AMERICAN
Home Brew
.
Boils Over;
)
Maker Gassed
(By International News Service.)
CHXCAGO,, Jan, 31.~Home
brew Dboiled over and
gassed its brewer to death here
today. Stuffing cracks in the
windows of the attic of his home
S 0 as not to attract revenue
agents, John Ditzel proceeded to
brew over a gas burner. The
brew boiled over, extinguishing
the flame, and he was asphyx
iated by the gas fumes.
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Order Is Declared To Be a Bold
‘ .
- Contravention of State’s
‘ Rights Principles.
The court move by the Georgia
Bankers’ Association to prevent the
enforcement by the Federal Reserve
Bank, of the Sixth District, of its
recent “par clearance” order, forbid
ding non~member banks to make
chitges for; remittdnces to other
»b.nk:. devefioped a spirited fight over
the question of jurisdiction of the
Fulton Courts when the injunetion
suit of the country bankers was hail
ed for hearing Saturday béfore Judge
Ellis in Superior Court.
This question was raised by the
Federal Reserve Bank through a mo
tion to transfer the proceedings to
the United States Court on the ground
that only federal quesions are in
volved, and that the State courts have
no jurisdiction to pass on theé powers
and authority of the federal bank.
The motion was hotly resisted by the
country bankers, the move bringing
from Attorney Alex W. Smith of
counsel for the country bankers, a
caustie arraignment of the Federal
Reserve Bank.
Mr. Smith declared the federal
federal bank was seeing to “do things
that were never contemplated by
Congress when it created the federal
reserve banking system,” and that
“the bank is seeking to drive every
bank in Georgia into its membership,”
He characterized the “par clear
ance” order as a “gold, bald invasion
of State rights,” that was 'equal to
the bloody shirt Force bill in its in
vasion of the political rights of the
States prior to the Civil War.”
A number of men prominen in the
banking world were present at the
hearing, among them beig M. M.
Baldwin of Birmingham and J. C.
Miller of Vernon, Ala., representing
the State banking department of Ala
bama; D, ¥. Green, superintendent of
banks for Alabama; Attorney General
Clifford Walker, T. R. Bennett, super
intendent of banks for (eorgia; L.
P. Paitillo of Buford, president of the
Georgia Ccuntry Bankers’ Associa
tion; J. 8. Peters of Manchester,
chairman of the defense committee
of the association, and L. R, Adams
of Atlanta, secretary of the associa
tion, |
Attorneys Sinith, Hammond and
Smith appeared for the country bank
ers, while Attorneys Brown, Randolph
and Parker represented the Federal
Reserve Banlk, I
Hair Tonic Puts Beggar
To Sleep on Whitehall
Tom Williams, beggar, minUg one
leg, was found in a semi-conseious
condition in the early forenoon Sat
urday on the Whitehall viaduct, By
his side was an empty bottle of hair
tonic of the 78 per cent variety,
Although his condition was not con
sidered serious, the police officer on
guard in that vieinity took no chances
on anties of a one-legged man, and
called the Grady ambulance. He is
now resting as peacefully as the
“hair grower” will permit.
Final Effort to Reach Compro
mise Wrecked in Committee
by Difference on Article X.
By JAMES R. NOURSE,
‘Staff Correspondent Universal Service
WASHINGTON, Jan, 31.—A1l par
leys between Republicans and Demo
crats in the Senate intended to bring
about a compromise on the peace
treaty reservations came to a decisive
and definite end Friday afternoon.
The bipartisan conference, which
has beea sitting in Senator Lodge's
office, broke up in disagreement and
will not be convened agnin.
The disagreement came after Sena
tor Lodge, on behalf of “he Republi
cans, had slated a most positive
refusal to yield to any compromise
on the reservations on Article X and
the Monree Doctrine, .
Senator Walsh of Montana gave
formal notice in the Seénate this aft
ernoon for Senator Hitcheock that
the peace treaty would be called up
on the Senate floor on February 10.
There was no debate.
Hitcheock believes his motion will
be supported by at least forty-three
democrats and by enough Republicans
to make a majority, thereby throw
ing the treaty question again open to
debate.
WALSH TO GIVE NOTICE.
Before leaving last hight on a trip
to Nebraska, Senator Hitcheock said
Senator Walsh of Montana will give
‘notice in the Senate today of the
motion Senator Hitchcock will make
on his return.
Senator Hitchcock was unadvised
as to whether his motion would be
looked upon with favor by the White.
House. He said he had not been able
to communicate with the President
or with Secretary Tumulty regard
ing it
Just before the conference broke
up, the Democrats made their final
stand for a change in the Lodge res
ervation on Article X. Having failed
to get their own proposal accepted,
they threw into the hopper the draft
of a reservation prepared by Former
President Taft, reading as follows:
“The United States declines to as
sume any legal or binding obligation
to preserve the territorial integrity or
political independence of any other
country under the provisions ‘of Arti
cle X, or to employ the military or
naval forces of the United States un
der any article of the treaty for any
purpose; but the Comgress, which,
under the constitutioh, has the sole
power in the premises, will consider
and decide what moral obligation, it
any, under the circumstances of any
particular case when it arises, should
move the United States in the inter
ests of the world peace and justice to
take action therein, and will provide
accordingly.”
ILIMIT REACHED.
' In thrusting this Taft reservation
into the arena of discussion the Dem
ocrats thought they had made a
clever political move, in that it forced.
the Republicans to reject a draft
written by their former leader.
- But Senator Lodge, without the
quiver of a smile, announced the res
ervation could not be accepted, The
Democrats at once announced the
limit of negotiation had been reached
and that further conference was
unnecessary.
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League To Be Issue
In Missouri Vote
By J. BART CAMPBELL,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N, 8.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.—Before
Senator Hitcheock can attempt to re
vive the peace treaty in the Senate
February 10, as he has announced he
intends to do, the League of Nations
will be made the chief issue of one of
the hottest campaigns ever waged in
the turbulent political history of
Missouri, I
February 14 the voters of the Third
Congressional District of that State
will elect a succesdor to Secretary of
Commeree Alexander, a Democrat,
who represented it continuously from
March 4, 1907, until he resigned from
Congress recently to step into the
President’s cabinet,
The district comprises ten coun
tles. According to the census of 1910,
they had a population of 159419,
which has doubtless increased con
siderably since then. I
FINAL
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Millionaire, Married to
Prince Christopher,
(By International News Service.)
GENEVA, Jan, 81.—A eivil mar
rlage ceremony for Mrs. Willlam B.
Leeds, rich American widow, and
Prince Christopher. of Greece, took
place in the town hall here today.
The services were simple with only
a few witnesses,
The religious ceremony will be con
ducted in the church at Montreux,
a little Swiss town near Vevey, to
morrow
Mrs. Leeds has lived abroad since
the death of her husband Irom whom
she inherited $14,000,000. She is a
native of Cleveland, Ohio.
Prince Christopher is an uncle of
the reigning king of Greece.
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next? '
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‘ That you do not yet own one
is probably a matter of price.
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used phonographs that are as
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Atlanta from their owners,
A little Want Ad in The Daily
Georgian will find ‘em—find
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Just the price you want to pay.
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NO. 168.
Nurse in Baby Tangle Is Located
by The Georgian—Declares
That No Mistake Was Made.
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- “Mrs. Garner has her own child and
not Mrs. Pittman’s. I remember them
both—l remember every child that
was born at Grady Hospital while I
was there, I know 'that right now,
and I will be able to prove it when I
see the children.”
“Ldillie,” the former negro nurse of
the Grady Hospital maternity ward,
said by hospital authorities to be the
only attache who ecan be sure of the
identity of both children in the
“switched baby” tangle, has been
found by The Georgian and has re
lated her story.
She is Lillie Crawford, For two
Iwecka she has been at the home of
‘her mother in a near by city.
“All mothers leave the maternity
ward with their right children,” de
clared Lillie, over the long distance
telephone. “The first thing that is
done when a child is born is to put
its name on its hand. It's always the
first thing. There is no way for a
mistake to be made.”
The nurse left the employ of Grady
Hospital just before Christmas. She
had been an attendant in the ward
for about two years, and was there
the night of May 22 when the babies
were born.
REMEMBERS BOTH BABIES,
“I remember all about it,” she con
tinued. “I remember Mrs. Pittman
and Mrs. Garner. I remember both
babies and know which one belongs
to which mother. They didn't look
anything alike, to speak of. Thers
wasn't any cause for a mistake, And
I know there wasn't any mistake.”
It had been the hope of Mrs, Gar
ner that the nurse when found wounld
admit there had been a mistake. Mrs.
Garner is the wife of John C. Garner
and iives at 26 Oak street in West
End, .
It was her declarat‘on Thursday
that Mrs. D. L. Pittman of 18 Hay
good avenue had her baby and that
she had Mra..Plttma.n'l child, which
caused hospital authorities to begin
an eftort to learn if babies realiy had
been exchanged at the institution.
This inyestigation developed that
“Lillie” must be located before the
truth could be known, An appeal was
published in The Georgian Friday for
information concerning the woman's
whereabouts.
In response came a telephone mes
sage Saturday morning from a moth
er whom “Ldllie” had attended at the
hospital last June, She wished her
name withheld, The mother had
found upon returning home that the
nurse lived in the rear of her home.
Assured that “Lillie,” for whom she
felt affection because of faithful serv
ice, would not be troubled, she re
vealed the nurse’s address, “because
I want to ease the hearts of those
two mothers who don’t Kknow now
whether the little tots really are their
children.” :
FEARED TROUBLE. .
“If 1 come back I won't get in any
trouble, will 17" she wanted to know.
Assured that she had nothing to fear,
the nurse mentioned a more practis
cal difficulty,
“I can't come for a ‘week or two-——
I've got to wait until my husband
sends me car fare.” ‘
It is believed that the former maid’s
word will be final in so far as the
hospital authorities are concerned,
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s’x’::v‘r::s herogi‘ht child and the other
insisting that a mistake was made.
In any event, “Ltll:;;s" testimony
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Saturday. Besides the sick baby-——
the Pittmans’, Mrs. Garner W
Garner, a street car conductor, is il
tJe has fever and a bad cold. All
night he was semi-delirious, M&‘PP'
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