Atlanta Georgian., 1914-02-23
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days has kept her identity cloaked in
mystery, after her arrest with three
young men who, she alleged, beat and
bruised her in an automobile joy ride,
Saturday afternoon was fined $15.75
by Recorder Broyles. J. 3. Parmelee,
of No. 35 East Sixth street. and Paul
| Harrison, of No. 571 North Jackson
street two of her companions, were
fined $1o.75 each, and Harry Roberts,
| the other member of the party, was
fined $5.75. Policeman Carter said the
girl went under the name of Pauline
Hurst.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-Judge
Emory Speer, of Macon, Ga, to-day
notified the Judiciary Committee of
House by telegraph that his brief
in answer to charges brought against
him by tho Department of Justice was
mailed on Thursday night. Tho sub
committee will be unable to report to
the judiciary Committee on this case
for two or three days at least said
Representative Webb, of North Caro-
lima, who conducted the hearing.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Feb. 21.-
The A. G. S. hold-up Thursday night
has had one very unexpected effect,
according to government oftcIais.
When examination for railway mail
clerks opened here to-day sixty two
applicants were on hand, the largest
number ever taking the examinations
here.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 21.--A mes
sage from Huntsville, Ark, late this
afternoon says Katheryn Winters, the
girl kidnapped from Newca stle, Ind,
several days ago, had been found near
there. The two, mon who had her IN
custody have confessed, according to
the message.
I WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-The
question of calling on the Department
Of State for complete information re-
gardinq Mexican outrages upon
! American life and property was dis
cussed in executive session OF the
Senate to-day, following the .presen-
tation in open session of teIeerams
from indignant citizens from FL Paso.
Senator Fall, who favors Intervention
| in Mexico, declared that aggressive
| action on the part of the United
States is inevitable.
Ell PAso, TEXAS, Feb. 21.-All
the jails and military prisons in Jua-
rez were searched o-day for John
Lawrence and another Englishman
named Curtis, who disappeared and
who may have suffered the Same fate
as William s. Benton, the millionaire
| ranch owner who was executed by
! Francisco Villa. No trace of the
two men was found and the fears of
their friends were correspondingly
increased.
PALM BEACH, FLA. Feb. 21.-
| Detective w. J. Burns has been sum :
noned to Florida by Mrs. Leonard M.
| Thomas, known as one of the most
beautiful women in America, to trace
| Jewels which were stolen from her
on her way here from the North. Al
| though Mrs. Thomas refuses to give
the value of the stolen gems, It is
said that the amount is $4,000. Mrs.
| Thomas was the victim of a jewel
robbery in Newport last summer.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, Feb. q.
| Five thousand prohibition Democrats
met here to-day to nominate can
| didate for Governor. The only can
| didate mentioned in conenction with
the nomination is r. II. Ball, of Hous-
ton, who led the party's forces in the
recent primary election. He will be
qiven the nomination at the final ses-
sion of the convention tonight.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 21.-It deveI-
oped here to-day that the amended
personal property taxation law
final session this week by which tax
day in Ohio is made April I, instead
of February I, will probably exempt
John D, Rockefeller from paying
taxes on 100000, 900 of stocks and
bonds here as has been anticipated
Rockefeller will escape, it is said, be-
cause the law specifies that a tax
the greater portion of the twelve
months preceding the tax day.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-A seath-
ing attack on the Democratic atti-
tude toward the civil service as in
stanced in the case of Rev. Otis GIs-
zenbrook, of Elizabeth, N. j., appoint
ed to be Consul at Jerusalem, was
made in the House day by Rep
resentative Gillette, of Massachu-
setts. Gillette asserted that President
Wilson by executive order had mado
the clergyman a civil service EN-
ployee without examination and that
this order had been kept away from
public notice for month.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-The
| LANDING OF T1tJ american plueJ JacR-
cts and four officers at Cape Haitien
| Haiti, was reported to the Navy De-
partnent this afternoon by the com
nander of the gunboat Wheeling. II
is feared that riotinq and disorder will
follow the arrival of zamors troops
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2t.-A bill
sppropriating 5000 for the use Of
the United States Public Health Serv-
ice il investidatino and ehcouraoino
the adoption of improved methods OF
rural sanitation, and especially for
demonstrating effective measures
against malaria and typhoid fever
was introduced in the Senate o-day
by Senator Ransdell, of Louisiana.