Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-11

/ are much better, and thzt the United
/ States is beginning an era OF unprece
dented prosperity.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 1o.-Otis A.
Gazebrook, Of Elizabeth, NJ. j.. to day
was nominated Consul at Jerusalem
| by President Wilson.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1o.-FsIse
personation of members of Congress
and false statements Of influence eH
erted on national legislators are made
shable by jail sentences and
heavy fines under the terms OF a bill
passed by the Senate to -day. The
measure is aimed to prevent repo-
tition CT the activities OF David La
mar, fNew York, known as the
wolf of Wall street."
LEXINGTON, KY, Feb. Johannes
r. Mcgowan, OF Mt. Sterling. has sold
to John w. Trimble the trotting stall
lion Mainleaf, 3-year- old, 2:07 IA,
for S13,5o0 Msineaf is the cham
pion 2-year old, half mile track, and
Joint holder Of the worlds record for
3year olds.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Indications
that Vincent Astor is TO spend his
honeymoon cruising upon his private
yacht Mona in West Indian waters
developed TO day from inquiries by
the purser of the zach at steamship
company offices. The yachts officer
asked about supplies and regulations
governing clearance. Mr.. Aston will
marry Miss Helen Huntington.
TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 10.-AIleg
ina thst they received rebates and
concessions from the Pennsylvania
Railroad in the shipment Of coal from
West MoreIand County, Pa, TO War
wick, NJ ~, the Federal Grand Jury
to day indicted the Lehigh and Hud
son Railway and Morris Rutherford,
its vice president and general man
aqer.
NEW YORK, Feb. 10.-Detectives
from the District Attorneys office
were sent out to day to run down
clues that Hans Schmidt, who is to be
sentenced to morrow for the murder
of Anna Aumuller, had at least one
accomplish in the crime. Schmidt has
sent a number of letters from the
! Ton,bs urging the REGENTS to call and
see him. Among those whose con
/ nection with the case is being closely
! probed is Bertha Zech. who was an
| unwilling witness against the DIS
credited priest.
NEW YORK. Feb. 10.-Glenn n
Curtiss, the aeroplane builder, ar
| rived here to day from Europe and
announced that he will begin work
at once upon the special aeropIane in
] - D. al kf-N
to fly across the Atlantic. Mr. Cur
tiss says that the machine will be
equipped to carry two men and ton
of gasoline. He expects the Hight,
which will start from ST. Johns, N. F.,
to take "a hours.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1o.-Fourteen
Mexicans were killed when the bandit
leader Castillo sent passenger train
in the blazing tunnel at Cunbre last
week, according to the official report
from Consul Edwards received at the
State Department to day. The Amor
leans who lost their lives were; n.
J. Gilmartn, Bernard SchofeId, John
Webster, :. j. McCutcheon, J. |. Mo-
ris, Lee Williams, n. r. Msrderis,
Thomas Kelly, Mrs. n. c. carruth
! and tour children and man named
| Burgess Secretary Bryan will de
mand the prompt punishment of the
men responsible, 4 is announced NJ
the State Department.
ST. PETERSBURG Feb. to.-As a
sequel to the Heiliss ritual murder"
trial in kieV, A, savenko. national
! st leader in the Duma, to day sent q
challenge for a duel to G. Zamislov.
! sky, a conservative deputy and bar
| rister for the "blao< hundred" an
anti Semitic organization. Zamislov-
| sky alleges that SaVenko had sup
ported Beiliss in his newspaper 70
get financial support from Russian
Jews for sugar factory he was pro-
noting
WASHINGTON, Feb. to.-The
| House to- day passed the ShackeIfortl
| GOOD roads bill by a vote OF 292 TO
! the chamber Joined in the final de-
| bate urging its adoption. The meas
ure provides that $4,000, 900 shall be
/ expended annually by the Federal
( government in co operation with the
several States in the construction OF
rural post roads. In each instance
the State is to appropriate an equal
amount of money for this work to
that given by the Federal Govern
ment.
! ST. LOUIS. Feb. 1o.-Theodore
/ Roosevelt. Jr., came to St. LOUIS to-
dsV on business for a Wall street firm
with which he is connected. He was
| asked il his father would be candi-
date for the Presidency of the United
States in 1916. ITS nice day" re-
piled Theodore Jr.
| HAMMOND. IND, Feb. to-Dane-
ers who persist in doing the tango.
hesitation or any modern dances will
be arrested to nj Shit at the Hammond
| Knights Templar Commandery ball
and turned over TO the police. The
| Masons refuse to stand for the tango.
LA PORTE,.lN :. Feb. to.--Mrs A.
c. Schwaeer, OF aWterford, was "a
tally burned to day when a loose
| gown that she was wearing caught
fire from the furnace. Her cries for
| help were not heard and when found
| her body was a charred mass,