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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
PLEADS F Oh
RESERVE IN
ATTAIN
Senator Tells Committee 1t Is
Their Duty to Locate One
Center Here.

The hearings of the Reserve Bank
Organization Committee closed at
AIS p. m. Saturday at the conclusion
of a strong plea by Senator Hoke
Smith for the institution of two re-
serve banks in the Cotton Bet, one
to be in Atlanta.
81 strongly counsel" said Senator
Smith, that under this bill the South
and Southeast should each receive
separate reserve district and have a
separate reserve bank.
when the bill came to the Sens
1t had provided only for four banks,
and there we increased that number
to from eight to twelve for the ex
press purpose of providing at least
one and perhaps two banks for the
Cotton Belt We want them, and you
gentlemen should see that we sei
them.
Atlanta Is the gateway to the
South and the logical place for the
location of such a bank. Independent
business organizations have investi
gated this Southern territory and
freely chosen Atlanta as their heal
quarters, proving that this is the log
zeal gateway to the South in the nat
ural channels OF trade.
Do Not Need North.
I'VE can make such a bank seq
sustaining In this territory without
In he
There was much applause of Ser
ator Smiths address, following which
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdo1
asked If a representative from
Charleston were present.
AS no one answered. the Secretary
declared the meeting closed. The
committee will. leave Atlanta Sunday
morning for Cincinnati, where the
next hearing will be held.
When the Saturday hearing of the
regional bank claims was adjourned
for luncheon at 1850 O'Clock, Chat
tanooga, Columbia and Savannah had
been heard, and the national commit
tee was we'll under way with its hear
ing Of Birmingham. the last of the
cities to present it's claims.
3. F. Taylor, a Columbia banker,
in sympathy with Atlanta as a re-
glonal banking point and recommend
ed Richmond as second choice after
his own city.
Savannah Not Good Center.
Savannah would be a good point.
so far as Columbia is concerned" he
stated, but it would not be a good
reserve banking point for the entire
region"
There was some disagreement "a
to the proposition that the trend Of
trade was followed by the trend OF
banking paper. Mr.. Taylor held that
the first had no effect on the second.
while r. j. Watson, South Carolina
Commissioner Of Agriculture. was Of
the opinion that banking should fol-
low the trend of commerce.
Secretary Holds Up Hands.
The opening of the Panama Ca
nal, Mr.. Watson began, but Secretary
Houston held up both hands in pro
test.
Please DON'T" he rleaded. That
canal has pursued us all over this
country"
Mr.. Watson took another tack
Joseph r, Gray, of Savannah, rep
resenting the Chamber OF Commerce
and clearing house of that city, was
the chief speaker for his delegation.
Savannah handles the greatest
volume Of basic commerce on the
South Atlantic seaboard," he stated,
and Savannah finances a greater
portion Of that oommrce than any
other city or group OF cities in the
South.
Mr. Gray laid great stress upon Sa-
vnnnah's importance In connection
Continued on Page 3, Column I.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
POLICE HUNT
ASSA|LANT
Of GIRL
Three Negroes Taken Before VIC
tim, but She Fails to Ac-
cuse Them.

Failure marked the effort of the
police Saturday to have a young At
lanta girl, lassoed BY a negro and
attacked, Identify any one Of three
negroes arrested as suspects. The
young woman as she confronted the
three negroes in her home, admitted
that she found it impossible to say
certainly that any one of them was
the criminal who threw q rope over
her head and dragged her into an
alley off East Fair street Friday
night
One OF the negroes, Nathanial Red
en-, 26 years old, of No. 10 Plant
street, was arrested early Friday, and
two others were arrested by Police
man Barfield and Detectives Webb
and Harper several hours later.
Servant Acted Peculiarly.
The last two gave their names as
Tom Weeks, of Ifilliard street. and
Rooney Starnper, OF No Al Granger
street Stamper is a servant In q
house that overlooks the alley, and
was arrested by the detectives be-
cause of his peculiar actions during
the morning
A reward of $50 has been offered by
Webb e. Vary, printers, for the arrest
of the perpetrator of the outrage.
After her terrifying experience, the
young woman, half dead with fright,
made her way to the home of George
Nealy, No. 2ss East Fair street, and
reported the crime.
Nearly Straneled by Rope.
She said she was on her way home
after visiting friends on East Fair
street and that as she passed an alley
a negro threw the loop of rope over
her head and dragged her into the al
ley. The rope. she says, was pulled
so tight about her throat that she was
nearly strangled.
The assault occurred shortly after
o'clock, but there was light enough
in the .neighborhood for the victim to
get good look at her assailant, and
SiS says sue ~ pOSlIlNe size VIII NC
able TO identify him If he is cap
tured. The police were inclined to he-
lieve they had the right man in the
person of Reden, who answers the de-
scription furnished by the young
woman.
Reden, who IL laborer, denies thas
he had any connection with the crime
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
RACING
RESULTS
AT CHARLESTON.

FIRST-Six furlongs: Austin
Sturtevant, 1t3 Connolly, rs, 10, b,
won: Castara, "a (McTaggarD. 9-5.
as, 2-5, second; Barium. l13 Corey.
s. e-5. 80. third Time. 1:1S 10.
Country Boy. Malik, Our Nugget
Theodore Cook, Edna Liska, The
Hermit, Tom Boy, Rummage. John
Mars. Banjo Jim also ran.
SECOND-Slx furIongs: Amoret,
los (Ward). 3-5, IA. out. won; Camel,
113 (Nicklaus). 80. 10. 3. second; Lord
Wells, 1913 Corey, 80, IS, 4, third.
Time, 1:17 1-5. Also ran: Gsgnant,
Billy Stuart Michael Angelo. Inferno
Queen. Corn Cracker, DR.. Dougherty.
THIRD-Eive and one-half fur
longs Robert Bradley. l06 tMc-
Taggart), 215, SO. So, won; XAmer-
icus. 104 (Corey), 3. 3, even, second;
Loan Shark, 80 (Smyth). s. 3. SIS,
third. Time, 1910. Double Five. Rye
Straw. Duquesne, Parlor Boy also
ran.
FoUR-H-Mne and quarter; Ivan
Gardner, 30 (Smythe) 20, s. 90, wo (;
Counterpart 101 (Nicklaus), Is, 5, az,
second; Rob r, 105 (McCahey), az,
3-5. IA. third. Time 2-12. G. X.
Miller, Kinmundy, Marsbon also ran.
FTFTH--Mile Tom King, JIG
Connolly. 20, So. won; Tay Pay III
(McTaggart), 10. 3, 7-5. second; Font
40 pickett, As rs. out, third.
Time. f:461-5. Monkey Stealway
Mycenae. Willis, Ruisseau also ran.
SIxTH-Mile and 20 yards: jacob
Bun. 100 (Ward), 10, ;. 2, won Feath :
er Buster, 1871 (McCahey). 2, AS, rs,
second; Efiendi. 10 (Teahan), So
As, Us. third. Time, 1ff4s 20. Scrim =
mage. Earl Of Savoy, over the Sands
also ran.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
DIXIE IS
IN GRIP Of
WIN TER
Cold to Stay a Few Days, Says
Weather Man-0ther Points
Suffer More.

A temperature of IS, which felt
much colder by reason OF the raw and
sweeping wind that lent an edge to 1t,
was Atlanta's portion Saturday Of an
icy grip laid by the supposedly slip
ping hand of winter on the entire
South Atlantic ton of the country.
From all along the Atlantic coast
came reports of shipwrecks and Of
vessels being lost in the storm and
heavy SHOWS
Nine lives were lost when four coal
barges were swamped Off New Haven,
Conn, coast, and other loss OF life Is
feared on the many vessels in distress.
| Atlanta really was spared much Of
the cold and unpleasant weather that
visited other important Southern
cities, but II was a fact hard to real
ize, battling against the chilling gusts
Of wind and listening to the crackie
and crash of ice clad trees, or walk
ing cautiously owes the CLASSY pave
| ments.
Temperature to Reach q.
No records for cold will be broken
Saturday night, but the weather man
has issued bulletin advising that
the water be turned Off, pet plants
taken in the house, IL portable, or
we'll blanketed if in the ground. and
preparations made for a temperature
of about % degrees by or before Sun
day morning.
Also, the rain is over and the cold
Saturday night and Sunday will be
clear and dry, with not very much
wind.
Sunday in Atlanta should be a
very fine, bracing day." Mr.. Won
Hermann stated. THE coolest point
should be reached early in the morn
ing. and the late morning and after
noon will not be at all severe. The
cold weather will stay with us num-
Der of days, but /. will not be I'M
pleasant either in duration or sever
ity."
over the lake region, the Central
States and most OF the South the sky
is generally clear. Atmosphere pres
sure is highest in the extreme north
west, where low temperatures still
prevail.
Charlotte Coolest Reported.
From Charlotte, n. c.. came the re-
port Of the lowest tenn pereture OF the
year-21 degrees. Danville, Va. re-
ported three inches Of snow, the frst
Of the winter, and at Columbia, 9. c..
sIeet, snow, high winds and low tenn
perature made the day the most in.
clement Of the winter.
Greensboro, N. c., offered the low
est temperature in the Southeastern
region, registering II degrees at its
lowest point, the mercury rising only
2 degrees during the day. All over
Georgia there was freezing tempera-
lures, with snow and sleet or a hne
rain, freezing as It fell, and FAR down
in Jacksonville the storm signal was
flying. with a promise OF more rain
and colder temperatures.
All the Middle East and Cost coun-
try is blizzard swept to-day, and
snow from six inches TO more than
two feet covers the gorund. In New
York a 77-mile gale is blowing, ac-
companied by snow and sleet, tying
up all surface traffic and shipping in
the harbor
Suffering is severe in many cities.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
Succumbs to Attack
Of Kidney Trouble.

| WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Senator
Augustus o. Bacon, senior Senator
| from Georgia and chairman Of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
/ tons, the oldest member of the United
States Senate, both in point of age
and of service, on the Democratic
! side died this afternoon after an Ill
ness of about three weeks from acute
Inflammation of the kidneys.
The Senator's death came as d dis
tinct shock in official circles, as d
bulletin issued by his physicians this
| morning stated that his condition was
/ not regarded as alarming, and that
4 with careful medical attention and
absolute quiet he should be out in a
short time.
The announcement Of Senator Ba-
cons death was made In the Senate
al 2:45 o'clock during the executive
session. The Senate promptly az"
| burned on receipt of the news.
Daughter at Bedside.
Senator Bacon had been confined
o the hospital about two weeks. Dur
ns that time he had continually
shown a high temperature until yes
erday when it dropped to normal
This was taken as favorable sign
and to-day those about him felt as
sured that his condition had grown
no worse. The immediate cause OF
Senator Bacon's death is believed 10
have been acute pyelitis The ihfian1
nation of the kidneys was first re-
yealed by an X-ray photograph.
Mrs. w. B. Sparks, of Macon, Ga
daughter of Senator Bacon, was at
the bedside when the end came.
John T. Boifeuillet, also of Macon
private secretary to the Senator. was
IN the room with the attending ply
Scan and a nurse.
Senator Bacon was conscious until
Inc last. His physician says that
blood clot struck the heart, causing
Death almost instantly.
Plans Public Funeral.
Senator Overman left the Senate
Immediately after the adjournment to
onsult with Mrs. w. B. Sparks, the
laughter of the late Senator Bacon,
Iegarding funeral arrangements. II
AIs Sparks Goes not interpose an OBJ
lion, a public funeral will be held
u The Senate chamber at IL o'clock
Tuesday,
senator Bacon is the last Of the
school," said Vice President Mar
snail While he was a sturdy ad-
lerant to precedent, he was a most
'aluable member on the floor.
Continued on Page 2, Column l.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
Man Beaten and Put
In Engine Tool Box

SPRINGFIELD, MO, Feb. IA
Tool boxes on all Frisco locomotives
between here and Newburg, Mo-. we're
being opened to-day in an effort to
find Jerry Malone. Several men, all
fathers, caught Malone here and ad J.
ministered a sever beating, following
the circulation OF rumors concerning
his misconduct at a boarding house,
and locked him in a tool box on an
engine.
1t was feared that "a hours inn
prisonment had caused Malone's
oealh.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
Wilson to Lead Maine
Memorial Exercise

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Honor
will be paid tomorrow to the mar
tyred dead OF the battleship Maine by
President Wilson. high army and
navy officers. and representatives of
all departments OF the Government in
Arlington National Cemetery upon
the sixteenth anniversary of the sink
ing of the ship by a mine in Havana
Harbor..
Secretaries Daniels and Garrison
have detailed sailors and troops from
the stations near here to attend the
exercises
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
w. J. Bell, I'll Many
Weeks, Has Relapse

W. j. Bell superintendent OF the
Southern Railway, VINO fs III at his
home, No. 10 Peoples street, West
End, was reported Saturday 10 have
taken a turn for the worse, and his
condition is considered grave.
Mr.. Bell has been i'll for two months.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
Bertillon, Finger
Print Expert, Dead

Special Gable TO The Atlanta Georgian.
PARIS. FEB. 14.--Alphonse Bertll-
lon, inventor Of the Bertillon finger
print system OF tracing criminals.
is dead.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
AT JUAREZ.

F1RST-Five and one-half fur
longs: Tyree, 107 (Taylor). 10, 6, 8
won. Round Up. 80 (Claver), So 40
2-5, second: Visible. I09 (Collins), 4
s-5. As. third. Time. 1905 Kali
Inla. Gray's Favorite, Canapa
Charles Goetz, Sam Griggsby, Cordo-
va, Lady Tcndli, First Star, King Elk
also ran.
SECOND-Mile Denmark, 102
Penney, 4, 2. As, won; Uncle Ben
los (Vandusen), 6-5. IL, IA, second
CsIethumpian, 100 (Claver). So, even
2-5, third. Time, 1889 20 Woof
Lady McBridge. Adolante. VanHorn
Butterbal lalso ran.
THIRD Six furlongs. High Street
1903 (Matts), 90. 40, 2-5, won; Little
Jane. los (Ciaver). 40, 2-5, is, Sec
ond. King Radford 100 Dryer. {.
rs, 7-t0. third. Time, 1872 lL5 Do
minica, Jimmie Gin and Napa Nick
also ran.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
7 SWEAR
To CHARGES
He ADMITS
Crane Files Accusations Against
Police, Naming Nearly 200
Lawyers as Witnesses.

Sam G. Crane Saturday renewed his
charges of graft against members of
the Atlanta Police Department in a
long statement of SO typewriter
pages, signed, but unsworn. which he
submitted to the special investigat-
ing committee of the Police Commits
sion, made up of Commissioners John
son, Vernoy and Garner.
Crane specifically admits in his
statement that ne is unable to swear
to the truth of the statements from
his personal knowledge, but he asks
the commission to abrosate sits rule
in respect to sworn charges and per-
nit him TO come before the members
and call prominent attorneys who will
swear that many instances Of graft
and unbecoming practices have taken
place.
Prominent Lawyers Nsmed.
Among the weil-known attorneys
in the list of nearly 200 which he sub
mitted to be called for the purpose of
testifying to alleged graft or other
circumstances are Solicitor Hugh M.
Dorsey, Lowry Arnold, Reuben r. Or
mold. John e. McClelland, Luther u.
fosser, Sr, T. B. Fielder, John w.
Moore and Aldine Chambers.
Crane repeated his accusations of
the practice Of turkeys grating and
splitting" fees with lawyers and bo-
gus lawyers who hung about the sta
ton house.
In several places in his statement,
however, he said that he had no ac
tual personal knowledge in support
of the alleged facts.
Crane named Turkeys Bayne and
Brannen as the officers he was GER
tain, from report, had been guilty of
the practice of getting clients from
among the prisoners and sharing the
fees.
Accuses Two Turkeys.
Here is his specific accusation III
respect to these two men:
Il charge that Bayne and Brannen,
the turkeys at the station house,
they being police officers of the city
OF Atlanta, are guilty Of conduct UNI
becoming such officers of the law;
they being in collision with parties
in Juggling with criminal cases end
violators of the municipal ordinance.
in violation of the rules of the Police
Department and the laws of the State
Of Georgia.
II charge that Mr.. Brannen has a
nephew by the name of Hilton
whose headquarters is at the Station
House: that the said Brannen fur
nishes the said Hilton with the names
of prisoners incarcerated in the city
prison and that the said Hilton holds
himself out in many cases, or leads
the prisoners to believe that he is a
LAWYER, and in this way gets cases,
collects money and from what l have
heard and from my understanding of
their schemes, the said Brannen gets
a part of the money collected from
the prisoners. That this alliance has
been in operation for number Of
years.
Knows Prisoners Cash.
II charge that every case that is
carried TO the police station-that the
prisoners are searched and the said
Brannen is present while he is on
duty; that he knows the amount of
money that is taken Off each prison
er and their names, and that their
names and the amount of money are
furnished to the said Hilton.
II charge that the said Hilton has
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14

IT EFT US save you
tramping. look
IL ing, inspecting
and worrying incident
to your quest for rooms
or house.
A glance at t h e
Want AID" section
under Rooms for
Rent or Houses for
Rent displays a gal
lery of Photographic
descriptions of what
you require.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14
THE WEATHER.

Forecast for Atlanta and
Georgia-Fair and colder Sat
urday; fair and continued cold
Sunday.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14

Two negro women, convicts at the
county almshouse, about three miles
from Buckhead, escaped Saturday at
ternoon. The county police were no.
titled and were sent in immediate pur-
suit. One of the women was known
by the descriptive title Of big Lulu"
the other.
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-That all
newspaper editors and owners who
publish untrue statements about the
members of the proposed interstate
trade commission should be promptly
hanged was argued before the House
interstate Commerce Committee to-
day by Henry r. Joy, Of Detroit, pres
ident of the Packard Motor Car Corr, =
pany. The suggestion provoked laugh
ter throughout the committee room.
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Los ANGELES, Feb. 14.--Lieuten-
ant T. F. Dodd, of the army aviation
camp here, to- day completed round =
trip flight to San Diego without land
ing, breaking the army record for
continuous flight Of 252 miles in four
hours and forty three minutes.
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MEMPHIS, TENN, Feb. 14.-Chan:
cellor Francis Fentress to-day ruled
that all checks deposited in the de-
funet Mercantile Bank Saturday, Feb
ruary 7, must be paid at once by di-
rectors and that all savings accounts
in the savings department must be
paid in full The chancellor hold that
on Saturday, February 7, all direo-
tors and all officers of the bank must
have known of it's insolvency. c.
Hunter Raine, defauItine president Of
the bank, has made no effort to get
bond.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-14

LONDON, Feb. 14.-ireiand defeat
ed England by to 0 in the Interna-
tional Association football game to-
day,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-20
It's Outcome Will, Have a
a Marked Effect on the
Wars Observation-Disclosures
Claim to Have Cut Off
100000 Austrians, Who, II
Defeated, Must Retire to
the Westward.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS.

London, Nov. 19-Public interest is
now centered in the battle of the Ger
mans and Russians between the Wis
tula and Warta rivers in Poland. 1t
is believed the outcome there will have
a marked effect on the operations
elsewhere and on the wars duration.
Both the Russian and German head
quarters are sparing with information
and all that is definitely known is that
the Russian advance guard, consisting
largely of cavalry, which advanced
onto the German frontier after the
Warsaw battle, met superior forces
and fell back more than half the dis
tance covered in the advance.
Thu Germans are sending strong
forces into the country between the
two rivers where the battle must be
fought, hoping that in this confined
area the Russians will not be able to
deploy their enormous armies advan-
tageously. The Russians, however,
now can choose their own ground for
the battle and it is probable they VIII
fight far as possible from the German
lines OF communication
In GaIicia. before Cracow. and in
East Prussia. the Russians are push
ing their advantage, apparently dis
regarding the fact that their center
has been compelled to fau back. They
are also showing activity in the Car
pathians to prevent the AustTians re-
tiring into Hungary. It IS declared
they already have cut off eight hun.
drhd thousand Austrians, who will be
compelled if defeated, to retreat west
ward.
In Flanders and in France the bat
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-11-20
AUSTRIA IN NEED
AMERICAN COTTON
Ry AssocrArEp PREss.

Washington, Nov. 19.-The Austrian
ambassador DR. Dun1oa conferred with
Acting Secretary Lansing today over
development of trade between the
United States and Austria and the
status of 'embargoes on re-exporta-
ton proclaimed by Italy, with a view
to determining that may be safeiy
trans shipped through Italy to Aus
tria.
DrkDumba. spoke Of the need for
catton in Austria, saying the mills
there were working overtime He de-
cdared that with the opening OF the
cotton exchanges and the arrange
yr1ent of the financing Of the cotton
market, he now expected q hVcly
trade between the United States ana
Austria. He said Austria now haa
enough cotton to last through Decem-
Der.