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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
Recall. Of
FIRE CHIEF
SOUGHT
Councilman Lee Confers With
Mayor, and Says Petitions VIII
Be Circulated Soon.

The fight to GUST Fire Chief w. B.
Cummings took a more serious turn
Tuesday when Councilman Jesse B.
Lee, close friend of Mayor Woodward.
announced that petitions for the re-
call of Chief Cummings were being
prepared and soon would be circulat-
ed for signature by registered vot-
ers.
81 think he should be fired for in
subordination," said Councilman Lee,
but in seeking legal light l am in
formed that one city official has as
much right to ouss another as the
other has to cuss him. Therefore it
seems useless to try to handle the
matter through Council.
What the people of Atlanta think
of Fire Chief Cummings calling May
or Woodward blackguard and a cur
may demand more drastic action than
the law seems to provide.
Term Runs to July, 1915.
Ten there is that little matter OF
the investigation of Fire Chief Cum
mings last summer, the elimination
of which didn't satisfy everybody.
think the best way to settle it is tc
allow the people to say whether they
want Chief Cummings removed"
Chief Cummings is serving four
year term which does not expire until
July, 1915. His last term was two
years, but Just before the last cleo
ton the law was changed, extending
it to four years.
Thus Chief Cummings term over
laps Mayor Woodward's term at both
ends.
Under the initiative, referendum
and recall amendment to the city
charter adopted by the people last
fall petition signed by 25 per cent OF
the registered voters is required to
order a recall election.
Woodward and Lee Confer.
Mayor Woodward said Tuesday he
had heard many reports about what
| might be done to Chief Cummings
but that he had no comment to make
He held a conference with Council.
| man lee and Alderman c. c. Melon
aid, acting chairman of the Board o.
F1remasters. Alderman Mcdonald
has called a meeting of the board FOL
Wednesday night The members o
the board are all close friends o.
| Mayor Woodward. In fact, Chief Cum
| mings charged that the Mayor pack
| ed" the committee against him
1t is expected that more definit,
plans will be agreed upon at tina
meeting and that charges may b'
| preferred against the Chief and sub
mitted to Council.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
| OCKERC[Ub
HEAODEN|EO
LEN|E n CY
Cashier Of Beavers Given Fine
and Held to Trial Despite
Mercy Plea.

A plea for mercy in the last of the
locker club cases was unavalling
Tuesday afternoon in the Court of
Recorder Broyles. w. H. Lyle, youth
full cashier of the Beavers Club,
against whom the Recorder ordered
a case made at the time the man
ayers of the Beavers and Central
Clubs We're tried, not only was given
a fine Of 500 and costs but was
bound over to the higher court under
$500 bond for selling liquor.
J. f. McClelland, attorney for the
young man, said that there was no
dispute as TO. the facts of the case.
Lyle had procured whiskey for r. M.
Carroway, a private detective, whose
application for membership in the
club was pending, but he did it as
a matter of accommodation and with
out any thought or intention of yio-
lating the law. declared the lawyer
In view of the circumstances. At
torney McClelland thought that Lyle
should be treated leniently by the
Court. He had not profted by the
transaction and therefore could not
be regarded as an ordinary blind
tiger" said McClelland.
The fact also was brought out that
Lyle had given up all his connections
with the locker club and had become
tho raapopar of praasin0 pllIh The
arguments succeeded only In getting
Lyle a slightly reduced penalty from
that of the club MANAGERS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
Man Dies in Delirium
At the Police Station

Thomas Jones. As years old died in
a violent delirium Tuesday afternoon
at the police station. Jones was
brought 70 a private sanitarium for
treatment several days ago from his
home near Birmingham. He became
unmanageable at the sanitarium. and
it was necessary Monday to remove
him to the station to prevent him
from harming himself The attend
ing physician and the turnkey, JEFF
Whitley, were endeavoring to quiet
him Tuesday when he suddenly re-
Taxed in their arms and passed away.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
Russell Ford Ready
To Join Federals;
Preparing to Sign

CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-Russell Ford
the veteran hurler of the New York
American league team, arrived In
Chicago to-day to confer with Fed
contract, He reported to Manager
Joe Tinker, Of the local Federals, to-
day. but 1t is not known to what clua
he will be assigned after he has at
tached his name to a contract should
he sign.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
4 Postmasters in
Georgia Confirmed

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.--At an ex-
ecutive session of the Senate Georgia
postmasters were confirmed as follows:
]. NJ Scott, cambridge, vice George
L. Liverman, resigned; Annie Ard,
I.umpkin. succeeding herself, commits
sion expired; j. II. Cotter Manchester
vice Ada Winslow, resigned; Harvey c.
Bum, Waycross, vice Charles E. Muir
ply, resigned
The Postoffice Department has de-
tailed Inspector Robinson to Forsyth
Monroe County, to investigate sites for
a new postoffice, four sites being pro
posed.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
Delegation Pleads
For a. New School

The City Council Finance Commit
tee will be shown that Atlanta's best
public schools are far below the av-
erage modern school of the North and
East when a monster delegation of
men and women will appear before
the committee TuesdSy afternoon at 1
o'clock and plead for an appropriation
of $4,000 for a new Davis Stree {
School, the fight for which has been
waged increasingly for more than a
year.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
Double Funeral Fills
25-Year-0ld Wish

LEAvENwORTH. KANs.. Jan. 10
A dying wish OF Miss Patty Purcell
Caldwell, daughter OF former United
States Senator from Kansas, expressed
twenty-five years ago, that she be not
buried in a cemetery until the death
OF one or the other of her parents, has
been fulfilled.
The coffin containing her body was
buried in a double grave with that OF
her mother, Mrs. Pace Caldwell. whose
funeral took place in the afternoon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
Change in Committee
To Probe Speer Case

WASHINGTON, Jan. ia change
in the personnel of the subcommittee
which will investigate the charge
against Judge Emory Speer, of the
Southern District of Georgia, was an
nounced to-day by Chairman Clayton,
Of the House Judiciary Committee.
Representative Floyd, of Arkansas,
a member of the subcommittee. asked
to be relieved from service on ac-
count of his duties in Washington,
and Chairman Clayton appointed Rep
resentative Fitzhenry, of Illinois, in
his place. The subcommittee now
consists of Representatives Webb,
Fitzhenry and Velsted,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
Kidnapping Of Son, 10,
Is Feared by Father

J. n. Brady, Of Waycross, has ap-
pealed to The Georgian to aid him in
finding his son Stacy, aged 10, whose
mysterious disappearance last Wednes-
day has caused grave concern that he
has been kidnapped or has met physical
harm.
When last seen the boy wore blue
flannel Norfolk suit and gray sweater.
He has dark hair and brown eyes and
has a scar on his right arm.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
PREACHERS
EFFORT TO
DIE FAILS
Rev. R. J. Huff Declares He Tried
to Find zone True Friend"
but Couldn't.

Engulfed by debt and discouraged
by his failure to find zone true friend
in Atlanta, the Rev. R. ]. Huff, Of
College Park. active in mission work,
made a spectacular attempt at sui
eide Tuesday by drinking Iaudanum
In the office of Miss NJ C. Childress,
public stenogra pher, in the Fourth
National Bank Building.
He had just completed debating
pathetic note of farewell to his wife
and children and a formal statement
to the newspapers in which he said
he had been betrayed by false
brethren" and bounded by "ravenous
beasts" Of creditors when he lifted
the bottle to his lips. He had paced
the streets Of Atlanta the night be
fore in an effort to find a true friend.
he said, and had failed.
Although he screened his action by
holding the note to his family in
front of his face, Miss Childress, who
had taken alarm from the respondent
tenor of the messages. saw the shad-
ow of his hand reach into his coat
pocket. draw out the deadly poison
and raise 1t to his mouth.
Girl Dashes Bottle Away.
With terrified scream. she dashed
the bottle from his hand. but not be-
fore he had swallowed a considerable
quantity of the laudunum. c. A.
Wilmington. travelling salesman who
has desk room in Miss Childress' Of
flee, came quickly to her assistance.
They summoned doctors from the
building and notified Grady Hospital.
Let me die: let me die" HUFF
begged piteously Of Dr. John Wal
lace, who was the first physician to
arrive. IT have tried to surnount the
| tide of indebtedness and have failed"
no moaned.
my own friends have betrayed mo.
I walked the streets last night to find
one friend, and there was not one.
I made UP my mind that Jesus was
| the only friend I had and that the
way to go to Him was to commit
suicide"
! The note to his wife and children,
in which he sought their forgiveness
for deserving them, was splashed and
spotted with the laudanum which
Miss Childress struck from his grasp.
Miss ChiIdress had known the hard
working minister for several years.
as he had employed her at various
times to do stenographic work for
| him.
Girl Friend Praises Him.
| He was one of the best men |
ever knew" she said. HE always
was doing kind deeds for other peo-
pie that no one except himself ami
those he helped knew about.
Until to-day he always had been
of an optimistic spirit and had hoped
for better days. ! knew that he had
been worrying about his debts, but he
never had given an intimation that he
thought of suicide.
HE made some money from his
ministerial work and he tried to make
both ends meet by accepting employ
ment of other kinds. He was bust
ness all the way through and was
constantly busy at something.
II knew something was the matter
when he dictated those letters day
After I had taken the one to his wife
and children, I said to him; Now. Mr.
Huff, you just aren't going to send
that?' Then he pvt it up in front "
his face as though he were reading
it over and took the laudanum, but
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
ARD CALLS u s. PRISON PROBE FARO
RACING RESULTS

liza. Auto Maid, La Aurora, Rod and
Gun. Magic Star.
SMITH - One mile: Jabot. 109
Ward), $40, out, won; Dynamite,
113 Uangfordl, s. even, IL, second;
Jim Caffery, 10S (Nicklaus), Is, 4,
even, third. Time, 1:42 3-5. Also
ran: DR.. Dougherty, Palm Ann, Old
Jordan.
AT JuAREZ.
tHilD, 6, ., even, won; Old Gotch,
81 (Neylon), ., 50, 1-3, second !;
Frieze, 103 Gentry, IL, 5, ,, third.
Time, 1879. Ave, Free VIII, Down
land, Blue Beard, Gold Dust, Ben I'm
cas-. Horizon also ran.
SECOND-Five and one half fur
longs: Hyki, 10S (Neylon) ,3,3-2, 10,
won; Round Up, 10 (Mc1ntyre), 8,
8, 30, second; Dusky Dave, 113 Gar
rolD, So, even, 3-5 third Time, 1:OG
Transact, Kick, George Farmhouse,
Lemon Joe, Baltimore, Uncle Phil,
Tom Knight, Dalston, Dr. Bailey,
Lambs Tail, Meshach, Art Rick alsJ
ran
THIRD - Three furlongs: Lady
Capricious, ia (McIntyre), Us, 1-2,
out. won; Tokay, ia Gross, 2-5
2-5, out, second; Trulane, ia tMur-
phy), so, IL, IA, third. Time,
"a 2-5. Also ran: Marie c., Type,
Cannonade, Commaureta, Milton Bar
Der.
Race Entries on Page 2.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
Currency Topic at
Long Cabinet Meet

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-One OF the
longest cabint meetings of the admins
tration was held to-day. lasting nearly
two and half hours. No announcement
was made at its conclusion, although II
is understood that currency questions
were the main topics before the meeting.
The appointmnt of members Of the
federal reserve board was discussed, as
was also the nomination of a successor
to John SHELTON Williams. as assistant
secretary of the treasury.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
u. S. Buys Shells;
Saves Sl,000,000

WASHINGTON. Jan. 13-Secretary Of
the Navy Daniels has issued a state
nent showing that the Navy Depart
meut this year will save, s1,Oooooo in
the price of armor- piercing and com
mon shells.
Ninety thousand shells Of all classes
were included in the bids. Eight man
'ufacturing concerns competed including
one German and one British firm.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
Radium Now Used
To Cure Madness

PARIS. Jan. 13.-Radium is cure
for certain forms of madness. it Is as
serted by four leading French doctors.
Dominica Marchand, Charon and Petit.
who have been experimenting on in
mates OF the great Clarendon Insane
Institution in Paris.
The doctors used a serum made OF
horses blood, radium salts having first
been injected into the animals veins.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
Unhappy Marriages
Blamed on Spooning

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 13.--"Cut out
the spooning IN courtship and you will
eliminate half of the unhappy mar
riages of to-day," said Professor T.
w. Shannon. of Marietta, Ohio, ad-
dressing the Y, MIC. A, on sex hy-
giene
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
Generous Stork Left
Young Couple 8 Boys

ROME, Jan. 13.-A generous stork
left three perfectly healthy boys at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. L, Dan
lei last night.
The parents have been married less
than a, year. The father is only rs
years of age.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
Burglars 8 Times
Shun Costly Crucifx

YOAkERS, y. Y, Jan. l3.-Al-
though her home has been robbed
three times in 80 years and niue"
valuable jewelry stolen, burglars al
ways nave summed Mrs James :.
Fitchek valuable necklace with
crucifix attached.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-13
FINALE
LATEST NEWS

h ~.
disastrous fire in the city since mid
night swept the plants Of Frothina
ham and Workman, importers of ex-
plosives, and Mayer g. Son, mustard
manufacturers, this afternoon, doing
about $250, 1000 damage. Firemen wore
endangered by exploding shells in the
store Of rockingham & Workman.
Eighteen smaller fires had taken place
since midnight. The cold is intense.
Chicago, Jan. 13.-The arguments in
the cases against the Chicago Butter
and Egg Board and the EIgn Board
of Trade which were to have been
made before Federal Judge Lands to-
day, were postponed again until to-
morrow. Judge Lands was i'll yester-
day on account of severe cold and
other court business had piled up on
the court docket which he desired to
dispose Of to day.
HALIFAX, N. g., Jan. IA res
cue fleet, composed Of the Government
steamship Lansdowne and several
tugs, this afternoon reached the Royal
Mail steamship Cobeauid, which is
ashore on Briar Island at the mouth
Of the Bay of Fundy, with more than
$50 persons on board. A high wind
and extremely rough water made a
undertaking. Wireless dispatches re-
ported the position Of the Cobrequid
serious, and in response to her re-
peated rs, o. S." calls number OF
liners sent word they were going to
her assistance. Among these is the
kron Prinzessin Cecelie.
WASHINGTON, Jan. t3.-Durins
| a tariff debate in the House this
afternoon Representative Barchfield,
Of Pittsburg, asserted that the United
States Steel Corporation would post
in its mills on february ] notice OF
| general reduction of is per cent
! in wages. At the same time, he said,
the working period would be reducsd
from three days a week to two days.
| Representative Fowler, Of Illinois, de-
clared that the steel combine sent
out "feeler" some months ago to
learn whether it dared bring on de-
preston in the industry.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.--Georse K.
Fortescue, a weil-known actor, died
here to day of Brisht's disease. His
daughter, Viola, is now playing in
"The Poor Little Rich Girl" For
tescue. IS years ago, convulsed thou
sands by his performance Of the Lit
tie Mountain Maid in J. Cheever
Goodwin's burIesque of "Evangel-
ine," having for his compatriots Hem
ry E. Dixey and Nat Goodwin.
DURHAM, NATAL, Jan. 13.-War-
ships will aid the troops of South
Africa in queIIine turbulence In the
railroad strike. The flagship at 81.
monstown was to day ordered held in
readiness to 90 up the coast at mo-
ment's notice.
WILMINGTON, DEL, Jan. Ia
Seven members Of tho orew Of the
bark Manga Reva, who were found
guilty of nutiny, were to-day sen
| fenced to three and one-half years In
tho Atlanta penitentiary and fined
| 500 each.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.--In the cold
wave which sripped New York to-
day a woman, boy and man wee
frozen TO death and there was intense
suffering throughout the city. The
Thermometer this afternoon was de.
grees above zero.
CONCORD, N. H., Ian. 13.-Harr5
| X. Thaw's counsel day put the
question of his release on bail square
| W up to the Federal court itself when
they filed a petition asking for q
hearing on the findings of the Thaw
sanity commission.
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DURHAM, NATAL. Jan. 13.-War-
ships will aid the troops of South
Africa in aueIline turbulenee In the
railroad strike. he flagship at 81
monstown was to-day ordered held in
readiness to 90 up the coast at mo-
ment's notice.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03
GETS MOTHERS $4,000 GEMS
"MiIIion Dollar Baby" Fishes Necklace
Out of Sand After Others
Give Up Hope.

Philadelphia, June Vincent Beal
Walsh McLean-the hundred million
dollar baby''-son of Nh and Mrs. Ed
ward B. Mclean of Washington, dem
onstrated that he was better sleuth
than a dozen or more society folk,
when he recovered for his mother a
$4,000 necklace which she lost at the
Devon horse show. Mrs. Mclean had
left her box for stroll. At the end
of the board walk she continued walk
ing on the sand covered portion of the
track. The necklace fell from her
throat. Unable herself to find it, she
sent for the bodyguard who accompa-
MES her little son on all occasions.
The boy came with him. With a num-
Der of her friends the search was con-
tinued. When hope of recovering the
treasure had almost been given up
Vincent uttered childish cry, Here
It's and fished from the sand the
string of gems. Mrs. Mclean was over
joyed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03

the seamen came along and pulled it
down.
Conversation with several officers
and members of the crew of the Stor-
stad all bear out the story that the
Storstad's engines were going full
speed astern when she struck. One of
the most important statements made
was that of the third engineer of the
Storstad, who was not averse to talk
ing, but refused to give his name. He
was on duty in the engine room when
the collision took place.
Engines Were Reversed.
How long before you struck was
the signal given to go astern?''
At is impossible to say definite
ly, but it was somethink like a min
ute. | should say a little longer than
a minute"
Q-"There is no doubt about you
having got the signal to go full speed
astern?'
Al am certain the engines were
going full speed astern when the col
lision took place
Another officer stated that he was
awakened in his bunk by the changing
of the bells in the engine room and
hastily going on deck noticed the ship
was going astern. Almost immedi-
ately came the collision. Quickly he
helped lower one of the boats, he
said and started to pick up passen-
gers. 1t was no trouble to get a boat
full o1tOopthar Coma civty hoino covod
on the first trip. So heavily was the
boat loaded she all but sank on her
return to the Storstad AS far as this
officer could tell four other lifeboats
were lowered from the Storstad and
most of those saved in the first trip
belonged to the crew of the Empress
He could not account for this beyond
supposing they were better able to
endure the shock and exposure.
Asked if he noticed the siren of the
Empress sounding he replied he heard
nothing. but would not say the En-
press did not sound her siren. The
third engineers statement was borne
out by that of the second, who. how
er, was not on duty at the time of the
accident. He claimed that at no time
for several hours previous to the col
lision had the Storstad gone at a
greater speed than ten miles an hour.
Thick fog had been encountered at in
terValS
The shock of the impact was not
very noticeable he said. Il did notice,
however, that the engines had been
reversed and we were going full speed
astern. That was about one minute be-
fore the shock came
When asked regarding the evidence
given at the inquest that, had the
Storstad not backed away, the En-
press might have been kept afioat
long enough at least to have allowed
the lowering of most of the lifeboats,
the second engineer stated that he
did not think that would have proved
to have been the case.
He explained this by stating that
the blow struck was a glancing one
and that, even had the Storstad been
going ahead instead of astern, she
would have glanced off and both
steamers would have separated equal
ly as quickly as they did.
The Storstad proceeded to unload
her cargo until all had been dis
charged. A curious crowd hung
around, covered with coal dust, until
heavy thunderstorms drove them all
away.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03
JUDGE LINDSEY AT DENVER
Jurist Denounces John o. Rockefeller
on Return From Strike
Mission.

Denver, Colo, June 1.-More than
thousand persons damned the train
shed at the Union depot to welcome
Judge Ben B. Lindsey and his wife
back FROM Washington, where the ju-
venile court judge went with the Lud-
low women to lay before President
Wilson facts of the conditions in the
coal fields. A demonstration which
lasted five minutes greeted the judge,
who in brief speech denounced John
D. Rockefeller and other coal "barons."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03
CHICAGO AUTOrSTS IN CRASH
r. J. cIampitt and Friends Fall Into
Deep Ditch at Lafayette, but
Escape Death.

Lafayette, Ind, June IF j. Clam
pitt and party of three from Chicago
narrowly escaped death in an auto
accident here when their car swerved
from bridge and fell Is feet into e
drainage ditch. They were only slight
" hurt The party was on the way
from Indianapolis. Clampitt lives at
the Eastwood hotel, Sheridan road.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-03
Think IL Over.

Our colleague at the adjacent desk
has just cogitated this: II man has
nothing, he must do something to
have anything. But if a man has
something, he needn't do anything to
have nothing in a very short time
Boston Transcript.