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F 2nd extra'The Atlanta Georgian, znd extra VOL. 1. NO. 214. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1907. . I* Atlanta TWO cmm I • on Traiai viva cairn . ICm. GA N<s RFA TS council clears key ’ ,W& U>lJW 1 ° OFMAYOR’SCHARGES; ROUND 6—Gan* win* in tha tiQhth round. *■ . T<»nnpah, N©v., Jan. 1.—Gan*' weight wa* M* pound*. The two lighter* »lvook hand* cordially and ut-h«*d each other a happy* New Your. A large crowd waa present to wltnev* !iu. Hcale balancing ceremony. The ■j.uglltat* will remain In their quarter* until 2:3ft o'clock and will appear Jn the ring at 2:45 p.m. The betting Is r...w 2 to I. with Gan* favorite. Iletn nr«* being made of $100 to $75 that th»* light will not go twenty rounds. The In ttlng on the preliminary between H>h» and Powell la even.- According t*. Gan* and hi* manager, ther©' I* practically no Herman money In,light. Gan* stated today that he. had $10,000 i . bet at two. to one on hi* chance*. IIbet two round*. , Yhi* tighter* In the •wtHmtnury bout made it extremely lively for each other. At the expiration/of the bout the referee decided It^a draw. 4:04 p. m.—The jing wn* cleareil and the fighter* nfepured for action. Time called «K4:05 p. m. HOUND l.—fterman led for body. tnlNMed and /they went to a clinch. The,men *$mred and In a clinch Her- mull mrnyhln right under the kidney*. Gail* then drove a wfcked swing to the law and followed It with the right 10/1 he heud and they went to a clinch. . At . rning th© thermomeb n A cold north wind I* keeping people off the street*. The ground led with several Inches of *now. ulii it ml irn nihil Mir li. >muy nrn’ .Mi the store* and gambling house* are « Pih.mI. All hMH' that James Jeffrie* would he at the ringside wa* dispelled I his afternoon by a message received slating that transportation forwarded him had not arrived In time. e scale wo* set at 133 when H©r- Ktcpped on; the beam did tut bu<!g' Hlngside, Tonopah. Nov.. Jnn. 1.— Atwmg the si*ectntor* were many well dressed women. Moving picture lights east a weird reflection over the pre** section and occupant* of these seat* tanked more like ghost*, than human briny* Tonopah. New. Jan. L—Tex Rlcanl just In*i $3,000 against $1,000 that Gan* Mill win. Jtlcnrd say* he has $10.ooo to wager, hut can find no other takers. 2 3" pm.—Preliminary n«*t yet stall- • «I Manager Riley of the club Just announeed that the Goldfleh) train bearing quit** n number of people who ii.'.ve secured tickets Is late and that n «ne of the tights will be put on until teach the pavilion. The train I* e\pivted momentarily. Th» crowd thus far has been very or- *leil\ About 2.000 people are already In 'he building.. r -well and Ryan entere dthe ring at : p m. Natf Lew is, manager fo» A dan nvan. complained bliterly ab.fut ilw- delay; Hi* say* he think* It Is a - heme m ; order that both Gans and Powell might have tlm# to tsk* -m - wefrht "UV haYa nothing to do with the CJnfdfleld train,** said Lewis. “Our ar- H©*©» eA||ed for weighing In two hours before ths fight time. We have done wjiat . ths arttrics stipulated, but I can not say the same for the Owns pro. pie. However. \V« will win/' Announcer Guidnei* Iplnnliiced tlo* fighters. A telegram was .received from Dick Hyland challenging the winner of the Gans-llermttn tight. Attendance about 2,500.- , TnnTTTmhr“Nev.—Jim:-! PmreHnnd Rvaa fought ten rounds to a draw The tight wan one of the best prelljii- inary fights ever pulled off. Powell throughout landed the cleaner blow* and was by far the cleverer of the two, but Itvan, who was about seven pounds’ heavier than his rival, landed the more powerful punches. Than devoted most of his attacks :<» Powell's klduev*. Roth then were bleed ing freely from nose ami mouth when Ho battle ended. The draw decision met popular fun- lose quarters Herman hooked his right to the head. Herman missed a left for the body and quirk an a flush Gans whipped a right and left *o the nose, bringing a stream of blood. Gnns swung a terrific right to the face and walloped Herman with a right to the rib*. Herman. Just as the gong sounded, planted hi* left to the cham pion's face. The round was Guns', but Herman smiled In a confident manner. ROUND—Herman covered up and they worked to close quurter*. Her man landed right und left to the body. They mixed It und a furious rally fol lowed. Ilermun having the better of the exchange of body blows. More In- displayed great cleverness in blocking. Herman swung left hard to the ribs, hut Gans sent two hurd rights to the Jaw that forced the Ghetto Kid to a clinch. In mixing it Gans drove a right to the ribs and sent Herman stuggcrlng hack with a right to the neck. As the gong.rang Gans hit Herman on the face with the right und shook hand* with Herman lit an apologetic manner. Not content with this Gads left his seat, walked to Herman’s comer and again shook hands. The round favor ed Gans slightly. IbH'ND 3—Herman after a clinch swung hard left to the head and they exchanged right swing- to the face. Gan* nearly floored his man with a right to the neck. Herman was In quickly and tried with tight und left for the Is sly. .hut received a left to the ? Jaw which would have sent hint outside the 'ring had not the ropes saved hint. Gans follow ed'* the advantage with a short arm right and left hotly blow. Gan* then sent Herman to the floor with a left hook over the ribs. Her man. however, was off his balance, and the blow left no telling effects. Gans’ round. ROUND 4.—After a clinch Herman swung right to the body and left to stomach. They mixed at close quar 10,000 HANDS SHAKEN BY PRES. ROOSEVELT ON NEW YEAR’S DAY Last Season’s Record Is Smashed. Say Old Timers. Wnahlucfon, Jan. 1.—Nearly 10,001 Ainerl- cuu citizen*. representatives of foreigirpo- tentstea and powers, officers of tin* nrntjr aud nnvy, stnteimien. judges and office holders. shook bunds with President (loose- velt today. It wrah the snnusl New Year's nwpflou. the first of tin* list of Important Hoclnt events of the white house season, und the president was “nt Inane'' to all the world. Last year the executive shook hands with lighting fntlnwed.-in which- both men ««2 V/.SS’E;'.. V'““ watched thu. amiuitf rnsh for the president right for seversl years are suy good judgi or numbers, the present year's pr«*<v**li nt the white house will break all |»n»t re ords. The great line of gntd-laced officers, h spangled diplomats, Idue-conted veterans, mid well-gmouied plnlu people, extended from the front doors of fin- white bouse down the winding walk to Pennsylvania avenue, west on the avenue up past the state, war and nnvy building und south on hieveuteetitk street to the i'oreuran art gal lery. Although 11 o'clock wa* the hour an nounced for the beginning of ths re ception, the line began to form outaldo the White House ground* qs early a* 8:30 a. m., and within half un hour the policemen who were assigned to the Job of maintaining order, had their hands full. Now and then a more than ordinarily enthusiastic free-born citizen would move up u few pace* and dispossess some other equnlly free-born gentleman In the line, and an argument was pre cipitated. As a rule, though, everyone In th-i long, tired, w aiting line was lit the best of humor and Joked with his near neighbors to make the time pass quickly. COL LON LIVINGSTON SEEKS A FRAUD ORDER AGA1NSTN. Y. EXCHANGE An incident not on the program o« - < mied during the progress of the flgltv In IItw-seventh round Referee <#lc«»«.»n Jn hi* eagerness to separate the men eelved u right suing from Ryan <m Ho- nose. HI nod spurted from the In ured member In u stream. Gleason .-Milled and kept on with his work. The incident put the crowd In n very good j humor There are now about 3,500 pe •- pie present. 1 upunts of the cheaper sent* have • limbed out of their sections and have occupied the choice scats not taken ter* and Herman nettled dans with' a short-arm right to the head. Both men then missed tarrlflc right swings and Herman landed a left on the stom ach. Gans planted his right to the Jaw _with great force and they ex changed lefts to the stomach. Herman swung a hard right to the Jaw and followed with n heavy left to the stoiiiih h tliaut made Gans wince. Even rund. ROUND 5—After a half minute*j sparring Herman swung the left to the brtdyrTnltmvpit with » right swing to the same place and then rushed Gun* Into a corner, landing light and left, high «>n tin* body. Gans then shot out Ids right and lauded on Her man’s JAw. The latter, however, sent the crowd Into paroxylsm* by driving Gan* to tin* ro|>es with u volley of lefts and rights to the taw and face. Herman sent a straight left to the face but Gan* countered with two hard rights to the Jaw and In a mix that IS OLDS Blips OIL Tonopah. New, Jan. 1.—Herman eti- ,#, r»d the ring at 3:40 p.m. A bet of $1,500 to $70 Owns Just made. Zed Kendall, a local lirmver. took the -hort end, and Mark Flei*hmnn took Un- Gans end. Gans dlmhcd over the ropes nt 3:43 The reception given the champion "as a warm one. Hatting 3 to l on Gan* now. Jack Welch, w Glen Introduced, in their corners " Idle the photographers, who will take * he pictures, prepared their Instru to will refeico. was The principals sat New York. Jan. 1— Just as 1906 end ed an old man died In the hallway of a lodging house at 223 Park Row. • From pnpqra-found In the man’* clothing it Is believed he Is William it.iwser uobbe. formerly u professor of Western university, and Washington. Jnn. 1.—Forgetting that It was n half holiday lit tin* department*. Rep resentative Dm Livingston, of Georgia, got up to Postmaster-General Cnrtel,tou's offh-e too late yesterday afternoon to make formal application for a fraud order against, the New York Cotton Exchange lie will Is* there ugulu tomorrow lu ille charges upon which the deiustiU U Iwscd. Officers of the -Now York Cot Uni E: change have Sake* ^ttutt ton Ex of 1* nge have asked that a cony charges be sent to New York as soon «a X. .am .fllwL. .It. U ajaomaa .thatf the ax ing* will be heard before the department takes action. Representative Iturlenon. of Texns. I* nt work on n bill to prevent bucket shopping as far us the federal government may do It. It will forbid telegraph companies to trans mit over their lines Information necessary to gambling In cotton and f«*o«l products. Gambling will In* defined as any transac tions in which no actual delivery la In tended. and evidence that the New York ex- delivery would be accepted. Mr. thinks. AS-proof that-its tranaac- are merely speculative. SOUTHERN AND B. & O. BLOCKS TO BE PROBED BY U. S. COMMISSIONER MAYOR ALSO ESCAPES Key and Mayor Hand “Infamous Liar” to Each Other. PLAIN CLOTHES TO KEEP ORDER Eight Members Wanted to Roast Mayor for Making Charges, Hut Were Voted Down. By. a unanimous rising vote ths gan- tral counoil Tuesday ovsning complsto- ly exonerated Alderman James L. Kay and Counoilman E. A. Pomeroy from any wrong in connootion with Mayor Woodward's charges. Council is discussing a resolution condemning ths conduct of Mayor Woodyvard in bringing the bsseless charges. Councilman Terry offered the reso lution condemning the mayor for in jecting charges against mambars in his veto. Councilman Martin opposed it, say- ng it was right to bring such matters to council's attention. On the vote the resolution was ta bled by a vote of 9 to 8. Aldermen Key did not vote. Though no charges wsra made against Councilman Pomaroy, tha res olution was adopted exonerating him, because his name had baan montlonfd in tha mattar. matter. Hr said, hr had never paid Aldrrmun Key any money. “Didn't Key get $150 from the liquor dealers?” naked Mayor woodward. "He did. was the reply. Rome one asked If that was for his Influence in helping dealers to get li cense*. but he said “no" emphatic ally Quoatloned further he said It was paid to draw up the by-law* and rules. The council resolved Itself Into a committee of the whole to go Into the question. Minhinnttt Ignored. Before Mr. Mlnhlnnett left the stand ho requested to be allowed to ask Al derman Key u question, which was granted. "Did you mean to call me a Bar?" he asked. 'No, I had reference to the mayor," replied Alderman Key. "As man to man, I ask If-you called mo a liar?" Insisted tha witness. "Why. no; I don't pay any attention to you," was hla answer. Harry Hllverman, president of the Atlanta Liquor Dealern' Association, was culled to the stand, and his state ment was straightforward and to the point Washington, Jan. 1.—Investigation Into the operations of the block signal systems of the Southern and Baltimore and ohla-rallwnys will he made by th» •Interstate commerce commission, ac cording to an announcement made to day. The commission will make a careful and thorough an Investigation Into tin* operation <*f signal systems In connec tion with the wreck In which President Spencer, of the Southern, wa* killed .1 month ago, and also Into tile wreck at Terra Gotta 'Sunday night. The. first sessions of the Invcntlgntloji mIU he held In this city Friday. They nre expected to last several day*. Tin* numbers will move to the scene of both wrecks and such other point* a* may be found necessary In order to make a complete InvoMtlgntlon of tin- system of signaling which has been adopted for .safety to the traveling public. lat dldne In a Western university, and •*r employed In the laboratory,of L. Honolulu, Jnn. 1.—Japanese In com* puttie* of forty nre having infantry t dribs dally with rifle* on tire campus at Announcer Gardner then took th •titer of the ring and shouted th rules* of the contest. He announce, the contest wain n fight to a finish. Manager Riley was presented and ?tven u handsome reception, but It remained for Tex Rickard to draw from the crowd the most spontaneous enthusiasm. Rickard, through the. tiouheer, gave notice that he would *lve a purse of $50,000 for the winner f the Gana-IIennan fight and Buttling Nelson. Riley, bn behulf of the Ua- • v ino Athletic Club. Ntnted he Would vo Rickard $5,000 better and this would -t«nd for any purse offered by any »ther promoter. Much merriment was created by th** announcement that Gans* mother s»»nt « telegram requesting him to “bring home the bacon." Before he had a chance to leud the telegram some one yelled "does It say ‘ bring home the mataxoo?" Manager Riley stated that he would ■ffer a purse of $30,000 for a match oetueen Jimmy Rrltt and the .-■winner ^f this afternoon's contest. Gans replied he would accept If he won today, Herman replied that he vould meet any light In the world any I me. At 4:00 p. m. the fighter* strlpjN-d »nd pnaad for the pictures. ADD FldHT Powell and Ryan began fighting at • 40. p» m. K There 1* no Herman, money In sight. The odds In the preliminary are 2 o l In favor of Powell. Pouali bad much the better of the OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO | the Japanese school. 0 O Two ami three night* a week the O HOPES TO PREVENT 0 men gather In the school grounds, and, O SUICIDE BY ADVICE. O armed with rifles, go through the close 0 0 ! ,,n, l open order drills very quietly and O London. Jnn. l.—A bureau in O | the manual of sighting and aiming the O the headquarters «>f the Salvath n Oj rifle. The men an* not raw recruit*. O Army In London bus been opend 01 hut execute the order* of the drill with o by General William Booth, com- 0 *»»e awing and order of tegular*. O nmmler In chief of the army, with O: During the clay the rifle* are kept O the avowed object of checking the O locked up. A Japanese training ship O spread nf *utrIde General t o 0 j ^ wrr | V ed wtttr It large number of re- _ serves aboard. A steamer has also ar- O | rived manned and officered by Japanese ifflclals, and In her hold ure the guns uletde General Booth 0 O explains that a little sensible and O O symimthetlc advice might O simile suicides generally. DO OOOOOOOOOO O GO O OOOO 0 OOfOOD OOOOOoOOOUOOOUUOOOOOOOOOOC j which u O 0 O BRIDE KISSES 400 O O GUESTS AT WEDDING. O mounted on her deck* hlle she wa* a converted cruiser and army transport during the Russo-Jap anese war. O St. Lou I s^ Jan. 1 —Jacob Olaa- O O nor. who whs married to Miss O O Lida Niemnn. has « line dlsposl- O O lion. Immediately after the wed- O O ding ceremony hi* bride begun O O kissing the guest*. She kissed 400 O O within an hour, and then gamely O O asked If. anyone hml been over- O CT looked Her husband said he did O O not caro how many she kissed. O fe e ra2?l°N°^°?OT 0 ’ 5000 ° ON GEORGIA RAILROAD. ITE KILLED YOUTH WHO BULLIED HIM New York, Jan. 1.—When Henry Bell, aged 17, was confronted with a charge of murder in the Adams street court today, he broke clown and de clared, amid aohs, that he hud been so bullied by Robert Wagner, aged 20, whom he had killed with a knife in the midst of the New Year's reveling last night, that he Imd lost control of htm- elf. 4.000,000 CHINESE REPORTED STARVIN'! i London. Jan. 1.—The latest estimate* show that 4,000,000 (terson* are starving In the north Anhui province. China, owing to the excessive rains and fail ure of the crop, conditions are gradual ly growing worse. Law and Ordsr League. Rpectai to The Georgina Brunswick, Go.. Jan. 1.—A i; " ting was held yesterday In the *tudy of the pastor of the First Baptist church for the purpose of forming an organisation to be known ns ? »*•*- Law am) Order League. A number \ .t prom inent cltliens were In attendance, in cluding the pastors of all the < /lurches In this city. "You are an Infnmotta Itar," yelled Mayor Woodward to Alderman James L. Key, at (he round! meeting Tues day-afternoon.— You are another one." retorted Mr. Kay. "And what la more, you will go nut of office reektng'wtth xttmn and In famy ” Uouncll met at 3:3fl o'clock Tuesday afternoon to probe the charges made by Mayor. Woodward that members of the special committee had received fees to represent certain liquor men. The chamber wa* crowded to Its ca pacity, and several plain clothes men were on hand to preserve order. May or Woodward began the meeting by stating thnt A. C. Mlnhlnnett. a whis ky dealer and former councilman, had Mid that Aldermnn Jnmes L. Key had been paid n fee of $150 to represent the liquor dealers. 8ayt Kay la Ingrata. "Key Is nn Ingrate of the most pro nounced kind. If It had not beep for me he would never have been elected nhlerman. I went out In the rain and worked for him, and now he I* my worst enemy." In reply Alderman Key said thut he and Mayor Woodward had been fiilr!y_ good friends until hr (Mr. Key) had commenced tj* advocate municipal ownership, when the mayor had turned on him. "Mayor la Boaaad." "The trouble Is thnt Mayor Wood ward Is bossed by the Georgia Rail way an«l Klectrlc Company." At this point the mnyor leaped to his feet anti hurled "Infamous liar"-at Mr. Kay, which was promptly returned., several minutes great confusion reign ed, but «»nler wa* finally restored. Aldermnn Key admitted, a* he has aU along, thnt ho received a fee of $150 from the Retail Liquor Dealers' Association for representing them, hut It wn* long before the special commit tee wa* named to look into the liquor quentlon. He characterised Mnyor Woodward'* Informant n* a “dirty and Infamous liar." Councilman Pomeroy rose to a ques tion tif personal privilege ami said Inasmuch a* his name had been coUpled with the fair, he wanted t state that his skirt* were clear. When Mr. Mlnhlnnett went on the stand Mayor Woodward asked him If he had not told the truth about what he h*d to|,| him. *-- M Kvery word you said 1* true," was the reply. He started on matter not pertinent an«l was culled back to the subject Colonal 8ilverman Tastiftas. He said that In July some of tha dealers got together with the view of organisation, realizing that If condi tion* were- not bettered the good peo ple of Atlanta w'ould make it hot for them. Efforts were made to get Decatur street saloons to stop selling 5-cenf. drinks of whisky. In August Mr. Key was employed to dray up the rules und by-laws of the organisation! For this, and thin alone, he was paid a fee of $160. Later when the trouble arose her© anti the saloons were closed, some of the members wanted to get Alderman Key to represent them, but when up- proached, he promptly . declined. Mr. Silverman said: “I told them that Mr. Key could not represent u*. and every man In the or ganization knows down In hi* heart that he was paid that fee for no other service than to draw up by-laws." At this time Mayor Woodward left the council chamber. Mr. Silverman stated that the reanon the fee wn* paid to Alderman Key so late was «lmply because dues of the association ware not paid jfor weeks after the service* had been performed. SAY ENGINEER Hildebrand Asserts That Flag Hid Signal. OPERATOR PHILLIPS TO BE EXONERATED Death List Likely to Reach 60—Several Injured — Persons Dying. Washington.* Jan. l.~flo badly Injured nre mauy of those who were taken alive from th«* wreckage of Baltimore and Ohio train No. 66, which was wrecked Sunday, at Terra Cotta, that It Is believed the death list will grow to slaty. Half a dozen of the Injured passeogHra, now In boapltala In this cltr. are In such coudltloa that It la practically certain they enn not survive. — ram * “* * * ‘ The Investli fIVE TOB FLY WHEEL FILLS 01 cm, A flywh.*l weighing live toiuTbrolte litow from the derrick with which the hlg Iilrcit nf Iron wait bring unloaded nt the 1*11111 Laboratory nhortly after noon Turndny. falling upon J. E. Ore- nadr, one of !h« employee*, badly cru.hlng one of hi* leg*. ■ He unn hurried to the Pre*bylertan honpltal and after an examination nf the wound*, It In thought that the l<-g will be amputated. Orennde wn* nuf- ferlng grrntly when moved, hut ihowed wonderful nerve. He win ilmont un roimcloun When the' hospital wn: reached. MBS. MEMMLER SAFE IN NEPHEW’S HOME HAD NOT BEEN LOST K|Mvlid lo The lo'orcl.m Augusta, Cla, Jan. I —Superintend ent llrand, of th«‘ tieorgln railroad, an nounced today that beginning next Hund.iv. n net. train would be operated between Autftittn and nuckhe.nl The train will leave Auguntu nt 4 «S p. m.. entrul lime, reaching Uuckhead at 20. It w ill he n paenengrr train with four conche. and will nut carry ntatl. On the return trip the train will leave nuekhriul lit 1 a nt. and will reach Au gusta at 10.I. a. ra. Jones Bought Sixteen Eggs Of Grocer Jenks For 24 Cents That Is th© answer to th© Jonhs problem, which ho* Interested a great many of The Georgian's readers during th© past few days. 80m© of them It kept guessing to the end, with the re sult that they either gave It up or g)t the wrong answer. * A great many, however, were suc cessful. demonstrating th© fact that there Is a large number of excellent mathematicians In Atlanta and Georglx. The problem attracted verv general Interest, some of'the solutions offered coming from distant till**** outside of Georgia. There was n«t trick In the problem, as Is shown In the solution Jones or dered 24 cents' worth of eggs at a price skilfully concealed by Jenks. the jRttcar, but when the term* are com piled with the number of eggs pur chased In found to be 16 at the rate %>f 18 cents per dozen. A number of reader* offered the cor rect solution. A list of these will he printed In The Oeorslan later, along Dudley Praised by Peruviana. New York. Jan. I.—-A farewell re ception was given to the retiring Amer ican mlntater P» Feru at Lima, Peru, Irv|n D. Dudley, who Is to be succeed ed by Leslie Combs. It was arranged personally by President Pardo. The president said In a toast thnt the whole of the Peru regretted Mr. Dudley's de parture. Mrs. Fannie C. Memmter, 65 years of nge, ho WHS reported to the | hi I ire Moiqluy night nn having mysteriously Ulnaiqienred her home, 6>i Mills street, Christmas n well 11 ml all right at the home of her nephew. Fdwnrd James, 11 clerk the Dotih* Wey Company, wild reshln Highland n%cnu*. During the week that Mrs. Memmlcr Is ■upponed to Imre been missing, she has merely Isfti spending the holidays visit ing h**r son, Robert Pritchett, of 4-*» Hark aicituc. and her. nephew, Mr. James. Mrs. Memmlcr Use resided In the MHIs street cottage alone for the past Ten venrs. nod the fart of her prolonged absence can him I nelghlsirs to liccouie apprehensive. The report of the disappearance was mainly title to the fuel that Mrs. Memnt- ler. when she left home, shut up several kittens III the house, providing them with what sit** considers! sufficient food. After devouring these provisions, the kittens l*e- nt»t»e hungry nml unturnlly l»cgnn to cry. They kept up such a noise thnt neighbors finally notified Dr. Fames, humane officer, I tie iiiiulc .in Investigation The poll. then asked to find the “mlsslug" HE SAYS CASTRO IS GETTING WELL La Gunyra, via Port of Spain, Jan. 1. That President Castro will be fully re stored to heulth within fifteen days and that within a month or less he will he earning on the Rdmnllatratlon of the Venezuelan government ns before July last. Is the prediction of Kir Rafael Ravenga. secretary general and per sonal physician of tha president ter. > railroad officials are prosecuting an fixation to Uz the Idnme for the dlsns- That Milton V. Phillips, the operator at the Takoma block station, will be exon- Train Craw ArraiUd. Takoma Is (tie tut .tfuil station i bj the equipment train, which, while co- Inc at * hlfh rat* or npanl. rnubod Into the rear of the pa.sencvr train, eumpl.t*- home at . croon alcnal burning. The general .uperlnt.nit.nt rharce'ajfatniit anj- one. hot hlsItaSancnl. JlJ. mn.t rest upon the enxtnoor and arrested, aud ora held peudln* tb« InrraU... f.tluu. “I Didn’t 8** Signal." They nre Ilarry II. nitdebrand, engineer! Irn C. McClemuil. tmim«n: Frank f. llott- jl in.ver. conductor: Ralph Hatter, brakemnn. nnd Wllllitn A Norrte, bacgacenu.ter. -j Hildebrand rem.ee to ffiiko n etatemeat, J saying ill the fact! will romo out at th. In- reattgatlnn. He 1. quoted... Mylny. tenme* j tlntely after the rollltlon. that If the dan- ] iter .Lcual wa. displayed at Takoma, he lulled In pee It In the fo*. operator Phillip, was also armtod. Ho my* that when the equipment train pern- i.l hie tower. It wee coin* at a speed at N or (0 mile, an hoar. He Notified Oparator. "but not enough the signal." _ . - „ The operator at T’nlrenlty itatl llp.1 notified the man etatloned at Uniter., ally 'that tha enul|«q*nt train hod Uk.nl the block again.! orders. COMMITTED SUICIDE WHILE DESPONDENT OVER LOSS OF HIS JOB Special la The Georgian. Wilmington, N. C., Jan. I.—Becauaa he hod loot hla Job In tha AtlanUo Coast Lino freight yard*, William J.' Merrill, a youmc white man, became despondent and today kllltd hlmiclf. At 9 o’clock this morning Merritt want hla room, threw himself across Ihs beit nml tired h bullet Into hi* brato. The deed man leavea a wlf* and four .mull children. BLENDERS PROTEST AGAINST NEW LAW Washington. Jan. I.—Commenting "n th* pure fatal Inw, which went Into effect to day, Hccretnry of Agriculture Wilson Mid: "Thousand, of Indneirlra In thle country will have lo comply with the prorlthm. of the law or go out of business. The low fill rug. Itrlng pu earing proper lane:*.- The whisky Intereeti will probably be af- U-arlllg prop The wiliil*M*HP*HBmi feoted more than any othee Inter**! In ths country. A great pruUet U batng.nla*d !lL_ the "blenders" agnlnat their being com pelled to lulret their produet "liSltattoa whUky." This, they my, will (Imply drtv. them out of liustoem. The "etralghl" whisky men Inniat thnt the prerlilnn* of th* law he carried out to th* letter. covered Mrs Uemtnlrr at the home of her uephew. It waa learned that Mrs. Uemmler left toenc vhtlaiuia* eve end went te the Iciaaa of her win In t-ark avenue, remaleUig iher« 'mill Friday morning. She then »Aai lo the borne of Mrs Juhn T. Htoeka. ut aprln* ureet, oui of her friendr. nml apeut the •Iny tneie Friday nfterooon abe want to the home or Mr. June* where aha baa turn ever aloe*. The retuirt that the ago! woman waa ud-mlng '’aimed omateraaucu ameag hat Iflahilii ; .