Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-03
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Sona@ one played mean April Foo
ncaH on the police Thursday. At
east, that s what the police and de-
tectlVes thought after they had drag.
9ed the bottom OF small POO at the
end of the Hill street sewer. near Or
Uond street in Grant Park. n the ex
Pectaton OF fineing woman's sun
eide victim whose clothes were found
a. the SIDE Of the pool b. Mounted
Policeman McWiIliams,
Al attack Of pneumonia was given
Thursday afternoon by Or. W. S,
Go.csT n IS the reason for the seri-
Gus condition IN which Jimmy Grant
the boxer, lies ~ Grady Eospital. Or.
CcIdsrn tn, who was called INTO ccr-
. su'tatlon TO attend the gritty little
fighter, declared that the punishment
,rat vas adm nlstered by Knockout
Eggers At the boxing match Wednes-
day 1ht, in the Crpheun1 Theater,
was by no means sufficient to have
caused the coma ard the likelihood
G. death by which Grant now IS men
aoed.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA, April q
Because Of the fire here to day. which
destroyed the power boat club house,
events CT the Southern speed boat
races. scheduled for to day we're
postponed until to- morrow. None Of
the valuable speed boats here for the
/ Southern rsoes we're damaged BY the
flames.
WASHINGTON, April 2-senstor
/ Hoke Smith, Of Georgia, was today
elected chairman Of the comm ssio on
appointed BY President Wilson 20
study vocational education and report
TO Congress next session, date on
which legislation may be based.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 2.-Oavld
Williams, a nessboy on the liner
Ventura which arrived here from
Australia a week ago, confessed to
post7l inspectors to day that on the
I voyage he robbed the mails of checks,
$4,000
YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO. April p
J. G. Butler. Jr., chairman Of the Ma
tionaI Mckinley Birthplace Memorial
Association, made the announcement
to- day that H. c. Frlck, Of Pittsburg,
had contributed $4,000 to the fund
for the erection OF the memorial
structure at the birthplace Of the late
President at Niles.
NEW YORK, April 2.-Three men
we're killed and four others probably
fatally injured this afternoon through
the collapse o. . derrick that was
hosting 4 ten-ton order 10 the top
Of moving picture house in course Of
construction in Brooklyn.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 2-The Chi
cago Cubs exhibition game schedules
for this afternoon with the lndanaoo-
lis American Association was Gales
off because OF wet grounds, which the
sun failed to dry out by noon.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, April q
Two longshoremen. Tom Olsen and
Brit johnson, we're drowned in the
channel here early this morning. he
skiff IN which they we're rowing was
eapszed by floating timber Henry
Nevin, the third man IN the skiff, was
rescued after having chung to the cap
sized skIf for six hours.
SANTIAGO, CHILE, April "A
great popular reception was accorded
to day by Prince and Princess Henry
Of Prussia. who arrived here from
Buenos Ayres. II is reported that the
visit OF the brother and sister IN law
OF the German Emperor was planned
IN the hope that it would Offset any
commercial PRESTIGE America might
have gained through the visit Of Col
onel Theodore Roosevelt. The royal
couple will proceed to Valparaiso on
April 4.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 2.-That In
dianapolis IS dangerously near another
street car strike became known to day
when representatives OF the Amalga
mated Association of Street and Elec-
trio Railway Employees appealed TO
the Labor Commission of Indiana for
arbitration of differences between the
local car men and traction company
that have been hanging fire ever since
the November tie-up. At meeting Of
car men last night resolutions were
adopted favortnq a strike unless sat
sfaotory arbitration can be secured
NEW ORL EANS. April "A man
supposed 70 be A. Baldwin. salesman
for the Plains Candy Company Of St.
Louis, committed suicide by hanging
in the ja. here to day. He had been
arrested for forgery and SAID he
would kin himself rather than dis
grace hls family
WASHINGTON. April 2.-Repre-
sentative Morse. Republican, intro
duoed a resolution in the House to
day declaring IN the passage Of tine
Panama bin il was not the intention
Of CONGRESS to construe the Hay
Pau1cefote treaty as waving or de-
nyiru any ghts possessed by the
United States to grant exemption
from tolls to her vessels Of war and
commerce.
WASHINGTON. April p Fire
caused much excitement at the Pen
SION Bureau to day Workmen put
t,nu on a new root dlsooVered the
aares near the top CT the building.
The fire was extingulshed before the
hundreds OF thousands OF pension rec
ords we're n real Jeopardy
PHILADELPHIA April 2-The
Pennsylvania Railroad has annuIlled