Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-16
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NEW YORK. Jan. t5.-President
David L. Fultz, Of the Baseball Play
ers' Fraternity, announced to day III at
Eddie Collins and Frank Baker, Of the
Athletics, and George Baumesrtner, OF
the ST. Louis Browns, had been ex
PEELED from the organization for non
payment OF dues.
NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-President
Edward Barrow. OF tho international
League, admitted this afternoon that
plans were under way with tho full
can magnates. to transform tho In
ternational League from a minor to
a major league organization.
However, nothing will be done in
1914" Barrow said. "If the plan goes
through. it will become effective ne,t
year"
CHICAGO, Jan. 15-Harry Her
shon, the youth who underwent an
| operation to be cured Of mania for
stealing, was convicted TO day on
charge of aroenoy by jury in
Judge MaeDonaId's court. The YER
dict wa reached despite the asser-
ton of Or. e. H. Pratt, who per-
formed the CRITICAL operation, that
Hershon was cured. He is liable to
term OF from ! to 10 years.
EXTINCTION, KY, Jan. 15.-Elisha
Gs5hard, Who Nth severa! relatives
was ind cted at Bonneville for tine
last August, and who was to 90 on
trial to day, committed suicide in his
cell by cutting his throat with razor
Just before the case was called.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. The
Roads Committee Of tho House to -day
voted to report a compromise bill APP
propriatins $25,oo0,000 for tho i'm
proVement of rural highways. The
money is to be appropriated on
basis of population, area and road
mileage among the several States. A
commissioner OF good roads, at a sal
airy OF $4,000 a year, under control
OF the Department Of Agriculture, is
to supervise operations for the Fed
eral Government.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. t5.-Edaar
Williams, editor OF The Mine Work
ers' journal, was arrested here this
afternoon on a grand Jury indictment
returned at Denver charging him with
conspiracy in restraint of trade. based
on ALLEGED actions prior to September
| 27. 1t is charged that he conspired to
prevent Colorado operators from
shipping coal out Of the State unless
union men were employed. The in
dlctment also charges conspiracy to
do bodily harm.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. t5.-Pneu-
monia o-day caused the death of
Mrs. S. Weir Mitchell, formerly Mary
n IL. Il in
Philadelphia family. She became i'll
| soon after the funeral Of her late
husband, DR.. S. Weir Mitchell, who
died week ago Sunday. Mrs. Mitch
ell was IT years OF age. She had
been active in social affairs OF this
city for more than so years.
WASHINGTON, Jan. t5.-President
Wilson told his callers to day that he
| regarded the Federal Reserve Board
as equal in Importance TO the Gu
Hpreme Court of the United States, and
declared he would take his time in Sc
lectinq members of the board. SO far
| as possible the appointments will be
made geographically. The President
thinks that while the first step toward
obt aiming legislation affecting Presi-
Dental primaries should be taken at
| this session, il is not imperative that
the legislation should be enacted at
| this session.
BROOKLYN, N. v, Jan, t5.-The
signed contracts of folr more play
ers were received by the Brooklyn
Baseball Club to -day. The agree
ments cover periods from one to
three years. Otto Miller signed for
three years; George Cutshaw, two;
| Elmer Brown, two, and Pfeffer, one.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, Jan. to-
| Senator w. S. Kenyon, of Iowa, and
Alice Pomerene, OF Ohio, and Cover
nor Cox, of Ohio, joined day ir
| urging nation wide campaign
against hog cholera to be started with
an appropriation by Congress of at
least 100000. Addresses favorine
tho step were delivered before nearly
| 1000 farmers and others in attend
ance upon the farmers congress.
! WASHINGTON, Jan. t5.-A proola-
nation specifically ordering that no
| Americans shall be injured or their
property damaged has been issued by
| General Carranza, the Mexican rebel
leader, according to a Staate De part
ment dispatch from hermosillo to-
day.
! CINCINNATI. Jan. ia second
group OF men entered the race to put
| a Federal League club in Cincinnati
late to day, when Paul Connolly, of
/ tho law firm Of Burch, Peters and
| Connolly, sent a letter to James Gil
more, of Chicago, the Federal presi-
dent, asking for franchise.
NEW YORK. Jan. Isl was at
| the North Pole when Peary was in
| New York drinking hiahbals, and
| can prooe it," said Or. Frederick A.
| Cook, when he arrived from Europe
to day. He said he would have his
| claims put before Congress and would
| give the naval committee all his data.
Augusta to Ask U. s,