Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-19
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] hree were burned to death and tIve
others are missing in a fire that
started shortly after o'clock this
afternoon in the plant Of the Haugh-
ton Detroit Elevator Company and
the Wilson Manufacturing Company,
ad joining the Brush street station of
the Grand Trunk Railroad. One man
escaped from the flames by breaking
out the glass of a window on the
second floor and leaping to the
ground. He was badly injured. Four
of the missing are girls.
NEW YORK, March 1e-Mrs. Ava
Willing stor, first wife of the late
Col. John Jacob Astor, arrived here
to-day on board the stea mship I'M
perator to attend the wedding OF hsr
son, Vincent, and Miss Helen Dens-
more Huntington, in Staatsburg, N.
Y, on April 80. Mrs. Aston says she
will spend part Of the coming sum-
ner in Newport.
NEW YORK, March 1e.-E. Burton
Holmes. lecturer, Of Chicago, took out
a license to wed Margaret Elise Oil
YER, IS years old, of this city. The
marriage ceremony will be performed
here next Saturday.
NEWARK, N. j., March ia pro-
posal to ask President Wilson to
make the Methodist Church the
church of state in this country was
shelved in the Newark Conference of
Methodist Episcopal pastors to-day
without being submitted to a vote.
The proposal was made by the Rev.
T. II. Landon, who called attention to
the fact that the President and his
Cabinet recently attended a Roman
Catholic mass.
SEATTLE, WASH, March 49,
United States submarine IA was
launched here to- day and christened
by Mrs. J. p. Oldring, wife Of the
navy lieutenant who will command
the vessel.
WASHINGTON, March 1s.-With
the Iiteracy test included, the Bur-
nett bill was favorably reported to
the Senate to day. Important amend
ments barring immigrants Of natural
psychopathic inferioritV and all VIC
Tins Of chronic alcoholism have been
added to the bill. In other respects
the bill is practically the same as the
one which was vetoed by President
Taft.
WASHINGTON, March 1e.-Sena-
tor PoindeSter, of Washington, pro-
scented resolutions from his State to
the Senate day opposing the re-
peal Of the exemption clause Of the
Panama Canal act and gave notice
that he would speak to- morrow in
support of his resolution calling on
President Wilson to explain what he
L.. .kzzao, r
even greater delicacy and nearer con-
sequence" in his recent message to
the Congress on the tolls concession.
NEW YORK, March 1e.-Miss Ma
rie Wagner, Of New York, success
fully defended her title as national
woman indoor tennis champion to-
day when she defeated Mrs. c. N.
Beard, Of Chicago, in tho final round
by scores Of 81, 60, GO.
DECATUR, ILL. March 1e.-Ed-
ward Phpps. Wabash engineer, shot
and probably fatally wounded Rich
ard Roderiok, a Wabash conductor,
here to- day, Phipps charges Rod
erick with alternating his wife's at
fections. Roderick was shot twice in
the arm and twice in tho neck.
NEW YORK, March 1e.-Distriet
Attorney Whitman's plans for the
second trial Of former Lieutenant OF
Police Charles Becker received a
sharp setback to-day when the Prose-
cutor was notified that Samuel
Schepps, whose testimony was the
chief instrument in convicting tho
former police official Of the murder OF
Herman Rosenthal, would not testify
again. sehepps' decision was brought
to Whitman by Samuel Greenbaunn,
an importer. Greenbaum saw Schepps
in Buenos Ayres. Without Sehepps to
aid the State, il 10 possible that Beck
err will never be brought TO trial.
CHICAGO, March 19.-There are
10000 cocaine fiends in Chicago and
the number is rapidly increasing, &C.
oordinq to a statement made by El-
ton Lower, a member Of the City
Civil Service Commission, before that
body to. day. He urged that State.
Federal and city authorities take
concerted action to end tho traffic in
the drug.
CHICAGO. March 1e.-The Ameri-
can Railway Engineering Assoeia-
ton to. day elected the following d.
rectors for tho next three years: Earl
Stimson. Baltimore; Curtis Dougher-
~, Cincinnati, and n. J. Ray, Hobo
ken, N. j. c. n. Bramner and E. n.
Friteh. both Of Chicago, were elected
treasurer and secretary, respectively.
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