Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-01
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NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Charu.d
with arson on the high seas and
liable to life imprisonment, Can
tain John A. Fish, or Fysh. as he
sometimes spells il, formerly Of
the British light horse troop. was
arrested here day. II is charo-
ed that Fish burned his private
yacht in Eserton Harbor, near
boston, three years ago, to secure
15,oO0 insurance. Fish denied the
charge.
NEW YORK, Oct. a1.-Bart.
hoidt Hussen, a window cleaner,
was arrested this afternoon
charged with stealing $4,000
worth of jewelry from tho home
OF G. Trowbridse Hollister, on
Park avenue, last Tuesday. Ac-
eording to the police, Hussen con-
fessed, duplicating another win
dow cleaner, who Is being hunted.
Fart of the loot, a necklace, and
a pendant valued at $1,000 were
recovered in pawn shop.
PATERSON, NJ. j., Oct. 81
One workman was killed and an
other mortaIly hurt when a Du-
pont powder factory, at Haskell,
7 miles away, blew up.
BERLIN, Oct. 31.-Janes r.
Gerard, the United States Am
bassador, was received in audi
ence to-day by the German En-
press.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Be-
fore the National Association of
Railway Commissioners to-day,
William Fitzpatrick, Of Illinois,
urged the general adoption of the
block system of signals by rail-
roads of the country and rigid
discipline for disregard Of sig.
nal indications.
BRISTOL, TENN, Oct. 3f.-In
connection with the purchase by
Samuel insult, of Chicago of all
the stock of the Electric Trans
mission Company, which is to
operate a great electric plant at
St. Charles, Lee County, Va, the
United Golfers Company, with
S5,000,oo0 capital, was organized
here to-day for tho purpose of
more extensive developments in
the Black Mountain coal district.
Charles w. Bondurant is presi-
dent and manager of the now
company.
PORTSMOUTH, OHIO, Oct. 81.
Tide Davenport, we'll known as a
motorcycle racer throughout
southern Ohio, died in local hos
pital to-day from injuries receiv-
machine yesterday while travel
ing at 6o-nle speed on a local
turnpike.
CHICAGO, Oct. 3t.-Vice Pres
ident Marshall and Mrs. Marshall
arrived in Chicago this afternoon
on their way to California. They
expect to rest here until tonight,
when they will resume their jour
ney.
CLEVELAND, OHIO, Oct. 31.--
The headless body of a boy about
10 years old was pulled from a
gravel pit here late this afternoon.
Police are seaching their records
of missing boys and calling upon
parents in an effort to Identify
the body through shreds of cloth
ing that still cling to it. A steam
shovel at work in gravel pit to-
da,' unearthed the boys body. Po-
lice declared the head had been
severed before the body was hid
den.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.-Rep-
resentative Mann introduced a
resolution in the House to-day
ealIino on the Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo for information
regarding the enforcement Of the
5 per cent clause in the tariff law.
DANVILLE, ILL, Oct. 31.-J.
S. Freeman, secretary of the Y.
M. C. A. here. who came from
Moline in May and raised $127,000
for the new association building
here, died this afternoon of heart
troupe after a days illness.
SELMA, ALA, Oct. 31.-Judee
J. w. Mabry, Of the Selma City
Court, this afternoon issued at