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THE ATLANTA UEOKliiAN.
MOMJA*', DLCKMlihlt Ji, 1/Jt.
AT AJRAIN CREW
Brakeman Sought Shelter in
Iron Gondola and Put
Out, Lantern.
to The (Jt’orflail. , j
! Meridian. Mi#*., !»«•<•. SI.-Another attempt
at murdering a Mobile ami Ohio tnduwtin
ttenr Wuhnlak wan reported last night.
* Brakeman Dryden Walker wan the Intend*
cd vletini of the unknown assassin's bullet*
aud It wan In a moat inlraruloiiM manner
that he escaped death.
Walker left here yesterday afternoon nt
• 4:20 o'i4ork on the <Te\v of t'oiiduetor L
KIDNAPED BI PIRA TE,
GIRL FORCED TO DON
MALE A TTIRE ON SHIP
ell !
! T. Archer, who was In charge of
*74. When the train waa led
nml Macon, jnat almre the place v
trouble in which the Simpsons w
, engaged. It wax discovered that a
l a hot Im»x would have to In- iippll*
; ping between station*. Walker waa seni
\ iNiek to flag at the rear,
f When t'ouducior Archer nnd III* other
.brakenian had brassed the cur the engineer
called ill Ills flag and proceeded some ills
tame np the road before learning of the
trouble on Ids train. I.’ihiii approaching Ills
«wlsNi*e Walker had discovered a negro
walking through It. examining everything
In the Interior.
The brakeiuaii called to the Intruder to
imni upon what authority lie was making
an Inspection of the ear’a contents, and In
a very few seconds be wna made tin* target
far all pistol shot* from the woml*. clime
. by. I narmed, he sought shelter f
' fusillade directed at him in an Iron
four car* »U*ve his « mIkmhm*. He put
l lantern as anon a* hi* assailant beg:
1 In an doing doubtless sareil lib
Without being rcccfulzed.
The matter has I wen repo
• Kemper and Noxubee official*.
.* detective* have been scut for
a systematic plan to assassinate their
Hstm*. a Bit prop, me to pndie to the IsitfoUJ
wt the affair before relax mg their energies.
•COUNCIL WILL
PROBE CIIARG
Continued from Pagt 0n«.
*croy. who have always been considered
•among the most upright and scrupu
lously conscientious members of conn-
,cll»
Both voted la favor of the ordinance,
placing further restrictions on the
whisky traffic and raising Hie license,
gnd both, as far na Is known, have
practically always lined uppn the side
for regulating and controlling the
whisky trulyc In Atlanta,
r It was thf coup d’etat of Alderman
• Key, when He moved to reconsider the
• granting of two saloon licenses at the
’Mat meeting of council, which result-I
«d In the taking off the table
ordinance, vetoed by the mayor, and
fled lo Us adoption. I
Councilman Pomeroy voted for the
ordinance, and. In a statement publish
ed ip> The .Georgian after the mayor
value if It, said he Intended to vote to
override Tfte veto.
Bqtji. of them, therefore, having lined
up against what the whisky crowd, as
a whole, have plead for, the charge
that they had been bought or bribed
by the whisky crowd Is extremely
prising and almost Incredulous.
Osmand Investigation.
Councllmen Kills and Pomeroy and
Alderman Key ate clamoring fur an
Immediate and thorough Investigation,
and It Is generally believed that they
can prove absolutely that the lnfor-|
mat Ion the mayor has Is untrue.
Alderman Key bus this to say In re
gard to the charge by the mayor:
"The charge Is absolutely unfound
ed, as far as it concerns me, and I
other attorneys on the coinmlttee.H
"July a year ago I was employed to]
draw up the constitution for the At
lanta Liquor Dealers’ Association,
which was then organized. 1 did so
and was paid for my services.
"In the last ballllf’s election I was
employed by the association to rce the
Justices of the peace and give them
legal reasons why the election did not
have to be held. This I did and 1 was
paid for the services.
"These are the'only two times I
have been employed by the association.
I have never repressed any whisky
man or set of men on anything re-
..motely connected with any municipal
question, or ever before council or the
special police committee. The way I
voted shows this conclusively.
Mr. Ksy Rtady for Probs.
"I have rend the charges made by
the mayor both in his published inter
view and In his veto message In which,
by reason of the fact that he gives no
names, a reflection Is cast upon every
member of general council who Is u i
member of the gpei la| police commit-I
tee.
"Mayor Woodward Is possibly hitting
at me In his veto message, when 3e
makes reference tb members of general
council and the s|*ech»l committee hav
ing received fees In a* legal capacity to
represent different saloon men before
general council and-the s|M*clnl com
mittee.
"Ho far as the charges made by the
mayor concern bribery and the receiv
ing of fees for representation of liquor
men before council or the snecinl com
mittee, I court the most rigid Invest I- i
gut ion of my acts. I am ready at anv
moment to enter Into that Investiga
tion, and, In my opinion, it should h -
entered upon ut once. The may >r
should call a »|>eclal meeting of coun-
II. lay the names of the accused mem
ber or members of council before It,
together with the names of the In
formant or Informants, und all tin*
facts In connection therewith.
"1 believe all the other member* of
the committee will stand with me In
demanding an Immediate investigation
of the strictures which Mayor Wood
ward. by suppressing all names, has
laid upon every member of the spe
cial committee who Is also a member
of general council.”
Major Pomeroy Talks.
Major K. K. Pomeroy. coljnclJjmin
from the VoYirtti ward,"Anil a”member
of tli&,do'tyh|lteeq ;c»|lertq«J-nityuj,
"If alAyor ;\y«K»award knows*of any
violation of law or reprehensible con
duct on the part of any member of
general council or the special commit
tee. It Is his! plain. And sworn duty to
comiminfcate tit*‘wet* In'the matter
to council and demand that an Investi
gation of the matter be bad. This Is
his duty t" hlmsolf. the public nnd the
members of council.
"Instead of this, however. Mayor
Woodward has chosen to make public .1
statement that he Is in possession of
Information showing that n member of
council and tho special committee is
5*»tt!v of wrongful conduct, and with
out publishing the name ot me council
man In question, he permits every
member of the special committee to
rest under the.odium of the suspicion
of being the guilty party—If any there
be.
She Smuggles Letter
to Father Ashore by
Friend.
WASHINGTON LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
or NEW YORK.
JOHN TATLOCK, President.
Offers all the best features of life insurance at lowest cost.
Most liberal guarantee of any company doing business in
the South. ;
~ i
Invites comparison of contracts with other companies.
Fine territory in Georgia open to agents.
Contracts for 1907 especially attractive.
T . . *
Largest commissions.
Correspondence solicited.
JUSTIN M. WILLIAMS
Manager Southern Department.
901 English-American Building, Atlanta, Ga.
E.X PEPJTION
NOTORIOUS CA PTAIN
Hall Picks Up Dora Bonnis
and Carries I lor on Hoard
Ilis Vessel.
Sau Diego, Cal.. Dec. 31.—Armed
with pa pern signed by the glrl’M fath
er, <\ K. Van Loan, a reporter, nt the
bend of.on expedition, Js Hooking Allan
Dora Hennls, daughter of Marco Ben-
nl* of th*« city, who wn« kidnaped
and carried away by F&ptnln Hall, a
modern pirate, on bin sloop The Ho
ver. The quent for the young woman
I* expected to lead the Meeker*. Into
Mexican water*.
After being carried off by Hall, Miss
Honnls wrote a letter to her father,
and It wan mailed by the only woman
companion of the girl aboard the pirate
craft.
Junt how the scheme waa carried out
1u»m not developed.
Carried Off By Captain.
Captain Hall, with the Rover, had
run down from Han FrancIhco anti an
chored at Coronado, not dating to go
Han Diego harbor. He met Dora.
U-to-do family,
•en earn-
Compound Interest
Beginning January 1 we will pay 4 per cent inter
est, compounded semi-annually, on all
Deposits In Our Savings Department
This applies to old as well as new accounts.
$1.00 Starts An Account
Our Safe Deposit Vaults, just completed, are the fin
est and most elegantly equipped in the South. Call and
inspect them. We are amply prepared to accommodate
banks, manufacturers and individuals N> the full extent
justilied by their halauce aud responsibility.
Central Bank & Trust Corporation,
Candler Building,
Capital, $500,000.00.
I km concerned. 1 am
ready For an investigation of the may
or** charge*, find favor an Immediate
Investigation of these chars**/
Investigate, 8ey» Mr. Elbe.
W. D. Elite. Jr., of the Sixth ward,
member of the committee, nuld:
••Jf the mayor has any of the fact* In
h possession which he m%vm he ha*,
he Mhould call a meeting of council and
communicate them to that body. That
what he Mhould have done In the
fl'xt friMunre, but " 0 " h !lc B Drlnt U. "ho. although of a well-to-d
Ihouhl .'»ir«'m*otlnK Of council In' or- j wax Independent un.i had be
dor that the charged may be tnplred lug her own living. Hall told her he
0 *vn* In need of a MtewnrdeM* nnd the
1 have been talking to member* >f ' girl consented to visit Ills vessel with
. * view to taking tin position.
■ Ho they rowed out to the Rover.
) When Dora saw the Ill-looking craft
she declared nlie would not board It.
and demanded that she be put ashore.
Hall, however, continued to row ami
when the Rover was roach* d he picked
•Dora up In his arms and carried her
aboard against all protest*.
Forced to Don Male Attire.
The Rover then put to sea. Per
sons who have noen tho sloop since
| then remember a slight boyish figure
j on the boat, and It Is believed ihni
!v ru BrnnlK has been forced by her
1 captor to den mule nttlr<\ It Is learn
ed that It is Captain Hail’s purpose t
force the girl to marry him. He is In
hat! odor v.ith the government for
many shady transactions.
FORTY WOMEN AND CHILDREN
SLAIN IN TELESCOPE OF TRAINS
sAT'
Continued from Pag* One.
HONOLULU LASHED
BY FIERCE STORM
Honolulu. Dec. 31.—Honolulu and vi
cinity are experiencing the severest
electrical storm in many years.
The schooner Iotvlnla and hundred*
of canoes have !>een wrecked, but so far
as known no lives were lost.
council today about the matter, and I
attempted to reach the mayor’s secre
tary In order, If possible, to secure the
name of the councilman to whom the
mayor ha* reference In Ills Interview
ami In his veto message.
"The mayor’s action in publishing In
sinuations which reflect upon every
member of the committee Is a gross
Injustice to all of us.
"I think the matter should be thor
oughly investigated so that the guilty.
If anv. may be punished and the other
member* absolved from the odium of f
bodies, so begrimed with dirt nnd
blood that they were unrecognizable
All along the track dend nnd Injured
wore found. The latter were placed
In a relief train and hurried,to Wash
ington. Many pathetic scenes occurred
on this train.
Women Cry for Loved Onee.
Strong men lay helpless begging to
be allowed to go back and search for
their loved ones. Women cried out
piteously for their little ones, while
physicians tenderly soothed them, h
one of the cars a physician bent ove
an Injured man. lie felt the mun‘:
pulse, raised an eyelid and then quickly
called for strychnine. The next mo
ment the man was dead.
The awfillness of the disaster can bo
• Cu'.Uc.l when It !« *»*rited that fully
two hours after tho accident occurred
police' and citizens were taking out
bodies. FinJer the empty cars or the
second train were parts of bodies. In
the midst of a pile of wreckage the
rescuers took out the mangled remains
of two bodies, male or female It was
Impossible to tell. The bodies were
ground to a pulp,
the same car a
found.
H* Tell* of Collision.
George Burgess, brother of Mrs.
Barnes, stated that he had Just taken
relatives to the train and placed
them on the rear car.
The train pulled slowly out." he
said, "and l started to cross the track
for home, when, as 1 turned, I saw
the second train approach. I saw an
accident was Inevitable, for the train
was going at a high rate of speed. In
shorter time than It takes to tell, the
crash came. Almost crazed with an
guish, 1 rushed to the'scene. When I
reached there l began a search for injt
sister and her child. The flrst person !▼
saw was my sister nnd child. I car-
rt-dlthcm home, anti, thank Hod, they
ure not deail."
Among the dead Is Mix. Chase, of
South Brookland. With her ten-year-
old bov she waa returning home. The
mother waa killed, but the little one
wna saved. A friend of Mrs. Chase.
Mrs J. F. Day, of 8IG Michigan ave
nue. Brookland. heard of the wreck und
nt onee went In search of her friends.
She found the little boy lying beside
the track. He waa unhurt save a few
slight bruises. Mrs. Day took him to
her home.
Young Woman Dtlirioua.
A young woman not so badly Injured
ns some of the other* was delirious and
constantly called for "Carrie."
"They are taking her away,” she
cried. "She Is dead." And then she
became unconscious.
One of the most pathetic scenes of
all was when Mrs. I'uinam was taken
from the wreck. On the train with
her were two daughters. One of them
was caught by a ear seat and dragged
an eighth of a mile along the trnek.
She was only slightly hurt und quickly
went In seurclw of her mother and sis-
ter. She found her sister, ami these
two girls stood near the tracks and
waited for some trace of their mother.
They saw her body dragged out from a
big pile of wreckage.
Tnken out of the debris at the same
time.was a beautiful girl, on whose
delicate white hand was a ring. Her
body was mangled terribly and blood
died the shirtwaist. It was the body of
child of 13, with beautiful golden
tresses. Death evidently had bean In
stantaneous. Mrs. Putnam probably
died Instantly.
Paw Railroaders st Work.
Fred A. MTIts'oerger. of Terre Cotta,
WOMEN A ND CHILDREN
ARE KILLED IN WRECK
Washington, Dec. 31.—Here Is a par
tial list of those who met death In the
Baltimore and Ohio wreck at Terra
Cotta last night:
List of the Dead.
PROFESHOR KING, organist of
Wesley Chapel, Kensington, Md.
LKK LOWE. Washington.
RUPERT, Washington (mer*
chant).
HENRY HIGB1E. Brookland (the
latner ot George Higbir).
TWO NEGRO WOMEN, about 30
years old, unidentified.
WHITE WOMAN, 25 year* old, un
identified.
WHITE WOMAN, 20 year* old, un
identified.
WHITE CHILD, unidentified.
MARY’ LJPPOLD, 30 yenrs old, em
ployee bureau of engraving and print
ing, this city.
GEORGE II1GBIE, 8 year* old,
Brookland, D. C.
UNIDENTIFIED NEGRO, 35 years
old.
UNIDENTIFIED WHITE BOY. 12
years old.
ELIZABETH PEAR MAN, Takoma
Park.
T. A. KELLY. Kensington, Md.
DR. K. GARTHER HARRIS, of
Washington.
MISS. KOLL. (A Y. M. C, A. card
was found In her pocket.)
WHITE GIRL, 13 years old, uni
dentified.
NEGRO BABY, unidentified.
WHITE BABY, unidentified.
NORMAN ROGERS, white, Marion,
Ind.
MRS. J. MVAGHLEY and her 14-
year-old son
EDWARD M. REIsT, white, 14 year*
old, address unknown.
COMMODORE P. BROWN, 60 yenr*
old, address unknown.
List of th* Injured,
A partial list of the injured
follows:
D. W. Baker, United States district
attorney for the District of Columbia,
heel cut off.
Mrs. Edith Barnes, Washington,
back sprained, serious.
Estelle Barnes, daughter of Edith
Barnes, leg broken, scalp and fore
head Injured.
Mis* Catherine Hughes, Washington,
right hand broken, slightly Injured
about the face.
scalp wound, cut on the throat.
Quentin M. Moore. Washington, left
leg broken, Injured Internally.
Mrs. Quentin Moore, slightly
bruised.
John DeWItt Moore, 5 years old,
slightly.
Clarence Proctor, a well-known am
ateur ball player, Washington, left leg
crushed.
Mrs. Proctor, his wife, badly shaken
up.
Fred Hiser, Terra Cotta.
Henry Krebs. Terra Cotta.
Miss Peake, Braddock Heights, Va.,
seriously.
Cornelius Eckhardt, Kensington. Md.,
auditor of The Washington Evening
Star, seriously.
Alfred York, Wood bum, Md.
Janette Reed, 12 year* old, Falls
Church, V’a.
Fannie Austin, of Washington.
Lucile* Compton. address unknown.
AI Chambers, Washington, slight.
R. F. Elgin, Washington, slight.
V. H. Legge, Washington, serious.
Mrs. D. M. Carr, Kensington, Md.
E. M. Moore, of Washington, slight.
Raymond J. Cooley, serious.
Louis Baldwin, Washington, Inter
nally. 1
John C. Kaulor, both legs broken, In
ternal injuries, will die.
John Wright, negro, Baltimore, Md..
shoulder and leg broken, will die.
W. C. Johnson, agent United states
Express Company, Washington, arm
broken and slight injuries to head.
Frank BoUlltz. Frederick, Md., a
newspaper man. Injured slightly.
Roy Edler. Poolesvilie, Md., leg
COREY IS TO WED
ACTRESS IN PARIS
Mabel Gilman Meets Multi
millionaire on His Ar
rival.
New York. Dec. 31—w. Kills Corey,
muitt-rnllllonnire president of the I'nll-
ed Staten Steel Corporation, will marry
Mabelle Gilman, the beautiful prinm
dona, before the New, Yeur Is more
a * PW day* old, according to the
cable dispatches today from Pari*.
—- ey . ha * a| Tlved In the French
capital from London where he debarked
from one of the ocean liners on Sat
urday. He sailed from N’ew York
under an assumed name the week
previous. According to the dispatches.
Mr. i orey was met at the railroad sta
tion In Paris by Miss Gilman, and her
mother, who accompanied him to his
hotel.
ANNUALMEETIHGFRIDAY
OFANTI-SALODN LEAGUE
•U*i>lciOQ.’‘
I had jtul bidden guod-byc to bl* elater*
in-law, >lr*. Kdtth Burn**, and Utile
nlere, Estelle Rarne*. who had taken
the train at the Terra Cotta station.
When he learned of the wreck Mr.
Wlltberger ruahed at once to the acene.
He went to work taking body after
body out of the wreck. At la,t he
found the body of a little girl. He
thought he recognized It na hix niece.
Tenderly he placed It on the bank at
the aide of the track and then went
back to work.
Later, when he went to hfx home he
found that hi* xlxter-ln-law and niece
had been tnken there by Mr. Wllt-
bergeFB brother, who had found them
lying near the track. Both were In
jured. but probably will recover.
Commissioner Henry L. West ar
rived at the wreck within an hour after
it occurred. He war horror-stricken at
the Sight, but In a general way direct
ed the work of the rescuer*. He re
marked there was few- railroaders
around.
John DlcUtna, Terra Cotta, D. C,
broken.
Edward Williams, negro. Washing
ton.
E, W. Washington, face lacerated.
John A. Kundo, Washington, leg
broken.
C. E. Fagan, Frederick, Md.
II. Jf. Maywood, Alexandria county,
Virginia.
Miss C. Cross, address unknown.
Mrs. A. Moose, Washington.
Mrs. D. Reake, Braddock Heights,
Va.
Catherine Hughes, Washington.
Miss Furman, school teacher, of
Washington, D. C„ slightly Injured.
(Her mother killed.)
Mrs. R. J. Cooley, Washington, arm
broken.
Frank Legg, brakeman. will probably
die.
Howell Chamber.', Washington.
H. F. Leigh, brakeman of passenger
train, Washington.
.Miss Rosie Cross. Beneca, Md.
John C. Messllng, Washington,
slightly Injured.
Miss Anna Moore. Sheridan, Md.
Miss M. Cooley, Washington.
Camden Ransberg, Frederick, Md.,
scalp wound.
Richard T. Elgin. Washington, rail
road man, both legs broken, head badly-
injured.
Brakeman II. Franklin, leg, body and
head badly cut and crushed, condition
serious.
John Wilkins, who got aboard th»
train at Terra Cotta, had his back and
ankle broken and head cut.
Lyale Jones, address unknown.
Harry Thontax, wife and baby, of
Waxhlngton.
Mr*. Elisabeth Telran, Takoma Park.
Lucille Camp, aged « year*, wax se
verely Injured and may not live. Her
father escaped with a shaking up, but
the mother ha* not yet been located.
Thomax C. Hamilton, of Seneca. Md..
■everely Injured about the bead ami
The next meeting of the Atlanta
Anti-Saloon League, which will also
be the first annual meeting of the or-
ganlxntion, will be held on next Friday
evening at 7:30 o’clock In the Young
Men's Christian Association building.
Ax this Is to be the annual meeting,
some very Interesting reports will ne
made, and there will be some splendid
talks. The public Is cordially Invited 'o
attend.
HEADS WERE BATTERED
IN A SALOON FIGOT
(’liarli'g William*, an employe «*f th'*
Anierli'nn C’*n Couipaiijr, ami T. II. KnglM*.
iKirtciuliT In the wiloon of Gnnn Sc Gamuiz
In Marietta otreet, engaged In a l>l«»*Mly
flglit Monday morning In the saloon, a* »
result of which Loth men were badly hat*
tered.
When the rases were railed In poH<i»
court they were postponed until Jl*wW
afternoon, n* It was stated English wai
aide to appear. lie had been given a ropy
of charges by policeman Maddox.
Williams admits he wits drunk, but
Lugllsh started the trouble. English, how*
ever, protests Williams brought on the tight*
E. C. Kontz, Jr^ Arrive*.
Pleasant smile* of the kind that won’t
wear off are being worn by Judge E. <’•
Kontz. *The occasion Is the arrival • j
E. C. Kontz, Ilr., on Monday morning «
the Kontz home.
booy. .
Roy Adler, of Poolesvilie, Md- Had
his right arm broken.
John P. Martin, of Harper*
wns due to arrive hern on the lll-fM* 1
train, but ha* not been found.
B. M. Maywood, Alexandria county.
Virginia.