Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-07
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-President
Wilson will open the children's hos
PitaI in Los Angeles, CAL, by press
ing a button at o'clock tonight in
the White House.
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. Con
verted into an improvised gunboat,
the British steamer lueston slipped
out Of this port early to-day bound
for Frontera, Mexico. Although the
crew denied it, the boat was manned
by Mexioans closely affiliated with
the Constituencies junta here. The
vessels hull was painted a dull gray.
Asked about the contents of the huge
boxes on, deck, the captain said with
smile that they were wind mill and
gasoline engines"
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 7.-Henry Meyer,
cashier of the Illinois Central Rail
road at Memphis, Tenn, has asked
fie, Is, who left the home of w. E.
Way, at Webster Grove, Mo-, where
she was visiting, Thursday. Meyer
declares his wifes mind undoubtedly
was affected. When she left the
Way residence she left behind her
baby boy, Henry, Jr., 16 months. She
had at the time only so cents.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-United
States Consul Edwards at Juarez,
Mexico, was instructed by the State
Department to-day to investigate the
seizure of number of Americans by
bandits under Maxine Castillo. This
order was sent following the receipt
Of an official communication from
Consul Edwards giving the details of
the train hold-up at Big Curnbre tun =
mel on the Mexico and Northeastern
Railroad, where the Americans were
taken prisoners.
EUREKA SPRINGS, ARK, Feb. 2
A jury In the criminal court to day
sentenced A. c. Smith to twelve YEARS
in the Arkansas State Prison for muir
der of o. D. Handon in Carroll coun-
~, this State, more than three years
ago. The authorities arrested Smith
IN College Spring, Iowa, several weeks
ago following chase across the con-
tjnent.
BIRMINGHAM. ALA, Feb. T.
Il was announced to -day that the w.
c. T, U. of Alabama has secured Mrs,
Mary Harris Armour, of Georgia, to
deliver. a series OF temperance lee
lures throughout the State. Mrs. Ar
mour's tour will begin the latter part
of February and last until perhaps
the middle Of March. Her first APP
pearance will be at the Biiou Theater
in Birmingham.
5EssEMER, ALA. Feb. 7.-Judge
{. D. Lopez, Of the City Court, is un
conscious at Duncan's lnfirmary as
the result of a fractured skull suf-
fered Friday night. 1t was at first
leading to his office, but develop
ments toe day lead the police to be-
lieve that he was murderousIy as
saulted by some one as he was Ieav-
ing his office for the day. A heavy
hickory stick broken as from blow
was found this morning and is the
only cIew to the mystery.
KANSAS CITY, MO-. Feb. Two
deaths were caused here by the cold
wave. L. L. Yount was found frozen
to death in the basement of his home.
An unidentified Iaborer was found
frozen in a cheap roonine house. The
lowest temperature last night was q
belCW zero. zero WeatneT prevails
over the Ozark Mountain country,
while al records we're broken at Har-
rison, Ark. when below was regis
tered.
CHICAGO. Feb. 7.-George c. Van
Tuyl, superintendent of banks for the
State Of New York, o-day brought
suit against John Cudshy, the meat
packer, demanding $4,000, The suit
is based on Cudahy's alleged liability
as a stockhoIder of the Carnegie
Trust Company.
CARDIFF, WALES, Feb. The
second match in the international
Rugby football series was won to-
day by the Welsh fifteen, which de-
fested SotIand "a points to 5. The
first match was won by England
which defeated Wales.
NORRlSTOWN, PA" Feb. IA
duel with stiettoes, in which one man
was slashed, followed the kidnapping