Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-21

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after.
One of them. Gerbraeht, who had
been superintendent of the sugar refining
docks at Williamsburg is now under
indictment, and another whose name
he did not care to make public.
wait a few days" said Mr.. Loeb.
3 LOUISVILLE, KY, Dec. 1S.-After q
, hours spent by scores of employees of the
sewer department in exhaustive search
of every underground avenue vault and
| catch basin within ten blocks of the
home of Alma Kellner, who disappeared
December T. the police and the relatives
OF the missing child have almost given
up hope of seeing her dead or alive.
| LOWELL Mass, Dec. 1S.-In accord
ance with the curtailment policy adopted
by the cotton mills of New England, the
fremont and Suffolk mills of this city
closed today. They will reopen on De-
cember q. The shutdown throws $500
operatives out Of employment for the
| PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 1S-Russel B.
Clark a former member of the United
States marine corps filed suit aainst Miss
! Grace Vedder daughter of former Mayor
Vedder, for $685. zoo damages for breach OF
! promise yesterday.
, ST. LOUIS, Dec. 1S.-Bench warrants
charging murder in the first degree were
issued against DR.. Loren B. Doxey, of
Columbus, Neb.. and his wife, Dora E.
| Doxey, by Judge Hugo Grimm. in the
criminal court here today. DIR. Doxey
was arrested last night. His wife has
been in Jail here since December 4.
| NEW YORK. Dec. 1s.-Gov. Judson
Harmon. of Ohio. who returned to his
| Of 9 yiSft in CIV
York city, is alarmed over the increased
cost of living in the United States.
i NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.-Five of the six
| employees of the American Sugar Refining
| company, who have been on trial for the
4 past three weeks charged with criminal
conspiracy to defraud the government
of customs duties on imported raw sug-
ar, were found guilty last night by the
jury.
In the case of James F. Rendernagel, a
former cashier of the .company's VIII
| Transport plant, the jury disagreed. Mer-
cy is recommended for all those found
| guilty.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Dec. 1S.-The north
bound Winnipeg flyer on the Great
Northern railway, went into the ditch
four miles east of Monticello, Mimi. at
/ l.oO o CLOCK tonight, Wnlle running 81
! miles an hour Fireman Robertson was
| crushed beneath an engine and killed.
No passengers are reported hurt. The
| cause of the wreck was a split rail.
| NORFOLK, Va, Dec 18-The United
States battleship Georgia, recently in col
lision with the battleship Nebraska during
fleet maneuvers, was struck by the pro-
peller of the collier Vestal while coaling
/ u,
cording to Geographic report from Old
Point Comfort, considerable leak in the
battleship.
| FRANKFORT, KY. Dec. 1S.-Ihe new S2,OOO,-
! 600 state house barely escaped being wrecked
today by an explosion of dynamite caused BY
! careless worken who excaYating in the
| state house grounds.
Front windows in the state house snat-
! tered by the terrific conclusion and residents
! for many blocks around were frightened by the
rocking of their houses
So far no serious crack break has been
| discovered in the building, bur the examination
has not been completed to the fou ndation.
| GREENSBORO, N. c.. Dec. 1S.-Hirarl
Elliott was today found guilty of man
slaughter and sentenced to five years in
the penitentiary for the killing of Simp
son Cable. whose father. Daniel Coble,
indicted jointly with Elliott and tried at
the same time, was found not guilty.
HUNTERTON, Ind, Dec. 1S..Whie
| robbers were breaking into his Office last
! night, Telegraph Operator Boyd Coates,
! of the Grand Rapids and Indiana rail-
! road, threw the roads money on hand
! into the waste basket.
| The robbers rushed in, bound and
gagged Coates and rifled his pockets but
| failed to find the money in the basket.
| When the robbers left, Coates crawled
to the key and called to Fort Wayne to
send some one to release him.
RIsoN. Ark. Dec. 1S-After three hours
deiberation the jury which had heard the
trial Of John Day, mechanic. returned YER
dict late today declaring him not guilty or
murder in connection with the killing Of Hen
ry Duncan, millionaire lumberman.
The killing Of Duncan occurred in Days room
at local boarding house where the two were
comforting as to the working Of local MILL
Of which Duncan the principal owner and
Days plea self defense, asserting that
Duncan. apparently endeavoring to draw
weapon when he fired.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1s.-A detailed
statement concerning the wreck on the
Southern railway at Chamblee, Ca, last
night was issued at the headquarters of
the company in this city today. There
were no fatal injuries. Train No. 81 de-
rallied the tank of the engine between
the north and south switches at Cham
blee and at the south switch two mail
cars, a club car and a parlor car were
derailed. No other passenger cars left
the track.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Dec. 1s.-Threa
persons are dead and two more may die
as the result OF a collision between a
Lake Shore passenger train and a switch
engine at East 26th street early today.
The passenger train was No. 1, west
| bound from New York. and connects here
with the Big Four railway for ST. Louis
The dead and fatally injured were all
MANNERS Of the Of he