Newspaper Page Text
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia:
Fair today and tomorrow,
VOL. XI. NO. 9
1 '■— —1 1 " "■ ■■ ' n c.
Well, Just Look Who's Coming In! :: :: :: By George McManus
MM ATLANTA [ 1 ~ f r M<o ,w
B® °” E ml Xr\ i' j XmL -
<« ■'> < -...?1 z—-> Ma Sv AA —
; A A -he 15 \i\\\ \ OA! zKT\ jS .. xn./? \
] for* \vL\l C Vt / rf/T I c “~' z ’ \
JJk _ ' i r\n o \ /EQflcHßNus
I . ;. | _ V'Mfik V’
-'■ ■ I - *- -
DOOM HIDDEN
FROMGiUGE
IS MOTHER
WEEPS
Wounded Man Is Too Weak
Today To Be Told His For
lorn Hope Is Crushed.
X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHS
MISLED PHYSICIANS
Surgeon Waits Till Patient
Gains Strength to Tell Him
He's Paralyzed tor Life.
Eugene H. Grace. at the Georgian
hospital, does no; know that his for
lorn hope has failed. He will not know
until he is strong enough to stand the
shock of being told that he is doomed
to fee a helpless invalid for life, and
that his life is to be of short duration.
I >r. Baxter S. Moore found (trace
badly nauseated after his operation, and
decided tiiat it would not be well to
tell him today that the operation had
failed. In the meantime, Mrs, S. 1,.
Hill. Grace’s mother, is with him. She,
under the doctor's orders, has given
no intimation that an early end to his
helplessness is probable. Weeping be
cause qf the operation's failure, she re
mained away from her son's room to
prevent his seeing her emotion.
Doctors Loath to
Tell Him of Fate.
His doctors are more than loath to
tell Grace of his fate. He was so su
premely confident of the success of the
operation that they fear the shock of
news of its failure will imperil the brief
life that is in him.
The doctors, too, shared his hopes.
From tlie time they began the opera
tion at 11 o'clock yesterday morning
until they abandoned hope four hours
and :i half later, they had believed that
the next few minutes would enable
them to tind lite bullet and that its ex
traction would make their . patient
whole.
Their disappointment was keen when
(!"■ patient's condition finally told them
that further moiling was Impossible.
The operation had been conducted
and planned by X-ray landmarks. These
landmarks, tlie physicians say, were
misleading, and the operation was never
really possible of success.
Frit nds of Grace and his family
called by tlie score at tile hospital or
over tlie telephone during the day to
find out Hie progress of the patient,
while tlie entire hospital corps evinced
great interest in Idm.
Will Await His
Thorough Recovery.
When lie will lie moved from tlie
Georgian hospital to his home in New
nan is problematical. Dr. Moore pre
fers that tlie patient thoroughly recov
er from his shock before he attempts
tlie trip
"The paralysis is caused not by the
presence of the bullet in the canal."
said Dr. Moore. "It is from tlie shock
given when Mr. Grace was first shot
that he is now paralyzed. We can do
nothing to cure that, and 1 don't think
h< Ims many months longer to live,
poor fellow. He's the gamest man I
ever operated on."
Dr. .1 S. Clifford, who assisted in tlie
operation, stated that in his experience
tlie patient, when paralyzed like Grace
is, usually lived from three to nine
months aftei tlie Injury, That would
givi Eugene Grace scarcely four more
months to live.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
! Woman Kept Waiting
; Three Hours for Cab
? Now Sues for sß*ooo
Seriously 111, She Says, When
She Sent in Call for Vehicle
From Home.
Miss Annie L. Chambers, of 272
Formwait street, says it is worth SB,OOO
to wait three and a half hours for a
cab. In two suits filed by herself and
Tier husband. O. G. Chambers, she asks
that amount of the Atlanta Baggage
and Cab Company for the company's
delay in sending a call for her on ;
July 16.
Mrs. Chambers says she was serious
ly ill and called for tlie vehicle to carry
her one and a half blocks from No. 100
Crumley street to 272 Formwait street.
She asserts that she called the cab at
5 o'clock in the afternoon, and it did
not arrive until 8:30. The suit was filed
in city court today.
POPULISTS DEMAND
CHINESE REPUBLIC’S
RECOGNITION BY U.S.
I ST LOUIS. Aug 14.—Official recog
| nition of the new Chinese republic has
become a live issue in the 1912 national
campaign. It is one of the planks in
the platform of the Populist party,which
ended its fifth nation'll convention here
last night. Other planks provide for a
graduated income and inheritance tax.
commission form of government for
cities, old age pensions, manual train
ing in free schools and granting of
f'anchises to public service utilities
by' vote of the people. No ticket was
nominated and no party was indorsed.
Following officers were elected: S W.
Williams. Vincennes. Ind., chairman;
F. .1 Robinson. <'loverland, Ind., sec
retary; J. A. Parker. Parma, Mo., vice
chairman No treasurer was needed.
WIFE SHOOTS HIM ON DARE;
HUSBAND GETS 6 BULLETS
CINCINNATI, OHIO, Aug. 14.—Frank
Licher, of Aurora, Thd.i was shot six
times in the abdomen by his wife at
the home of Dr. Ralph Tilley, of Pe
tersburg. Ky.. as the result of a dare.
Li, her and his wife’ have been sepa
rated for some time, and, according to
Licher. he went to the home of Dr.
Tilley to beg his wife to return to him.
She told the physician that the man
was annoying her, and he handed her
a revolver. "1 dare you to shoot me,"
said her husband, and she shot.
NONE WILL KILL SLAYER:
WARDEN IN A QUANDARY
RENO, NEV.. Aug. 14. Warden
Georg' W Cowing of the Nevada state
penitentiary faces a startling situa
tion. He must secure five men between
now and August 23 who will agree to
shoot down a man in cold blood. An
drlja Mirkovich murdered a man In
southern Nevada. He was duly con
victed and sentenced to death. Under
the new law, he had his choice of
hanging or shooting. He chose the lat
ter. Warden Cowing has attempted to
secure the men who will fire the fatal
shots and every man he has approached
has refused.
BLOW RESTORES MEMORY:
CHOP AX DOES THE TRICK
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Aug. 14.
Edward Clarke, nineteen years old, who
became a victim of aphasia four
months ago as a result of a fall, has
had his memory restored in a peculiar
manner. He was chopping wood when
his ax struck a clothesline and hit him
on the head near the scar made by his
former accident. When he recovered
consciousness this time his memory had
been restored.
GIRL WEIGHS 400 POUNDS:
SHE GETS FEVER REDUCING
TERRE HAUTE. IND.. Aug. 14.
Miss Hazel Henning, who lived near
Paris. 111., is dead of typhoid fever.
She weighed 400 pounds. The family
sent her to a St. Louis hospital to be
treated ior heart trouble, which in
cluded reduction of flesh. After the
treatment had proceeded some tinie she
was stricken with typhoid and was
brought home.
ATLANTA. GA., WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 14, 1912
GRAND JURY
HL PROBE
LYNCHING
OF BOY
Law-Abiding Citizens of Mus
cogee County Demand Im
mediate Investigation.
MOB TAKES PRISONER FROM
OFFICERS IN COURT HOUSE
Hold Up Columbus Street Car
and Rush Negro to Outskirts,
Where He's Shot to Death.
COLUMBUS, GA.. Aug 14. -Law
abiding citizens of Columbus and Mus
cogee county today are making de
mands for an immediate and thorough
investigation by tlie grand jury of th<
lynching here late yesterday afternoon,
when a sixteen-year-old negro youth
was taken from officers In tlie court
house, hurried to the outskirts of the
city and there shot to death. The
grand jury meets tomorrow, when the
probe is expected to begin.
Tile negro. Tom Cotton, alias T Z
McElhenny. had just been convicted
and sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary for killing Cedron Land, h
white boy. six miles north of the city,
on Sunday, June 30. McElhenny, who
had confessed, had been in jail since
the day following the killing, until lie
was taken to the court house yesterday
for the trial. At the time of his arrest
there was talk of mob violence on the
part of persons residing in the north
end of the county, near the home of
W. L Land, father of Cedron Land. At
that time Sheriff Jesse A. Beard main
tained a special guard over the pris
oner, but the lynching threats died
down and it was thought the law would
be allowed to take Its course.
Court, Crowded With
Friends of Victim.
Yesterday, however, the court room
was crowded with relatives and friends
of the Land family when the negro was
arraigned for trial in superioi court.
All went well until after the jury had
returned a verdict of guilty, Judge.
Price Gilbert had pronounced the three
years sentence, court had been ad
journed and officers had started to re
turn the prisoner to jail
As Bailiffs R. L. Willis and .1 T.
Darby started out of the court room,
relatives and friends of the Land fam
ily crowded around the officers, with
drawn revolvers, and demanded the
custody of the prisoner. The officers
refused. Then the mob forcibly took
the negro from them, as" r one man
had smashed Bailiff Willis in the face
and another had struck him over the
head. Bailiff Darby was unable to
cope with the crowd single-handed.
Deputy Sheriff Gibson rushed to his as
sistance, but a well-aimed kick in the
stomach disabled him.
Reaching the street with the pris
oner, eighteen members of the mob
held lip a passing street car. put the
negro aboard and forced the motorman
to speed to the outskirts of the city. At
Wynton switch the negro was taken
from the ear to a nearby field, where
he was riddled with bullets. His body
was left lying In a ditch.
TO RUN MODEL DAIRY.
VIDALIA. GA, Aug. It. Professor
J. H. Breedlove, formerly of the Eighth
District Agricultural school at Madi
son. has purchased land near here on
which he will operate a model d.ai v
farm. The land brought S9O per acre.
Char McDaniel Gets Now
BOY, 10, HERO IN THIEF CHASE
______
_
‘ 'AAA' ' '
' B’wr I
11L "JH :
i
< harlie Me|);mie). 10 y<-;ir-*yd burglar catcher, ami his little twin brothers.
LINER THAT HIT BERG
MAY BE BADLY HURT;
RELIEF SHIP NEAR BY
MONTREAL. Aug. It -Ft ar that the
Allan line steamship Corsican, which
rammed an Iceberg off the coast of
Newfoundland Monday, is more seri
ously damaged than was first reported
was caused here today by receipt of a
radio-telegram from Captain Cook of
that vessel, which stated that she was
practically in the same position as when
she struck and that the steamer Lake
Champlain is standing by. The wire
less Stated that the fog is very thick.
The Corsican is in latitu* .-.2.24
north and longitude .’,2.1.', west, or 1211
miles east of Belle Isle. The message
did not sax whether or not the 500 per.
sons on hoard the Corsican had been
transferred.
DIVES AND SAVES—COW:
JOKE ON HEROIC "COP”
NEW CASTLE. PA.. Aug. l|. After
plunging headlong from a bridge into
the Neshannoek river. Policeman
Thomas Thomas discovered that in
stead of saving the life of a woman he
had rescued a cow. While crossing the
bridge the policeman saw a shadowy
form in the water, evidently struggling.
He discarded his helmet and club,
jumped into the cold water ami threw
his arms around the body. Then h<
discovered that h< had his arms around
a cow’s neck. The cow had wantiered
to the stream for a drink.
2 BURNED AT SUMMER RESORT.
HONESDALE. PA, Aug. It Two
persons were burned to death In a ti •
that caused heavy damage at Beach
Lake, a summer l.sort in W ayne coon
ty. early today.
Even His Little Twin Brothers
Gurgle With Joy as Daring
Is Exploited.
Charlie McDaniel captured a real live
burglar. West Georgia avenue, in
which street he abides, today pays
tribute.
It is a real reward for heroism that
ten-year-old .Mr. McDaniel receives.
The boys of the district, his playmates,
acclaim him Caesar -only they just let
him have first hat in the corner lot ball
games. He has been accorded all the
honors that are coming to a hero in his
neighborhood, with the single exception
that he has not been given a house
and lot to give his wife, for the simple
reason that he has no wife nor have bis
companions any houses and lots.
Rut since, with a regular pistol, load
ed for bear or burglars or any other
pestiferous varmint, he drove a real
robber from the home of M Danioi pore
at IS West Georgia avenue into the
arms of the police, he has been lifted
to youthful height'- unattained by any
adult Roman who ever rode behind the
band witli his face painted crimson and
with no clown to share the glories of
the processing.
Sharing in his honors are his twin
brothers-. They don’t know it yet.
They’re too young to know they have
a brother. But the subconscious being
the psychologists talk about is work
ing. They beam when the neighbor
hood boys request him to pitch. They
arc possessed of serene satisfaction
when he is made “police" in “police and
robber." His glory is reflected in them.
Tin y reason "it's tine to he a brother of
i hole, |i - better to be twin-"—or at
h ast they look as if they do.
MACON TO AWARD ITS
NEW LIGHT CONTRACT
BY VOTE OF PEOPLE
MACON. GA.. Aug. 14.—The citizens
of Macon will determine by their vote
early In November whether the city
shall enter into a five-year contract for
lights with either the present company
or W'. .1. Massee's new company.
The city now pays s«<l per year for
each arc light. Mr. Massee has guar
anteed a bid as low as S4O. The bids
from the two companies will be opened
next Tuesday night, and the lowest bld
will be submitted to the people for
ratification. No matter w hich company
gets the bid. the city will save at least
SIO,OOO per year
Council last night decided to break
Its present contract with the Macon
Railway add Light Company, which
was made last December for a period
of five years. Council took the posi
tion that ft had no authority to make a
contract for more than one year. Its
decision was a victory for Mr. Massee.
FOUR GUARDS KILLED
AND THREE WOUNDED
BY MEXICAN CONVICT
' ANANEA. MEXICO, Aug. 14.-—Foul
guards at the Cananea penitentiary are
dead and three others are dying today
as the result of a furious encounter
with Francisco Galeana. a convict who
was trying to escape. Galeana was
armed with only a knife. During the
fray all the other prisoners escaped, but
were later rounded up by soldiers.
Galeana cut the telephone wires lead
ing into the prison and attacked the
guards lust as the prisoners were be
ing locked in their cells last night. The
murderer w ill be executed.
EXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p *^ e °
S 3 000.00 I)
HEIIISH
TO ISIOB
WIDOW
It's a Boy, and Will Bear the
Name of His Dead Father,
John Jacob Astor.
——-
MAY BRING CONTEST
OF $150,000,000 WILL
New Arrival and Mother Are in
Excellent Health —Parent
Died on Titanic.
NEW YORK, Aug 14.—A $3,000,000
baby was born at the Astor mansion.
840 Fifth avenue, today at 8:15 a. m.
It is a boy and wit] bear the name of
its fathet. John Jacob Astor, who went
down with the Titanic in the greatest
marine disaster of modern times.
The birth of the child was announced
by Dr. Edwin B Cragin in the follow
ing statement:
"A. child was born to Mrs. John Ja
coby Astor at 8 15 o’clock this morning.
It is a boy and its name is John Jacob
Astor. The mother is in good condi
tion "
Dr Cragin later announced that John
Jacob Astor the fifth weighed 7 3-4
pounds
By the will of the late Colonel John
Jacob Astor this posthumous heir was
left $3,000,000.
There had been rumors circulated
that If the posthumous heir were a boy
a contest would he instituted by Colo
nel Astor’s widow, Mrs. Madeline Force
Astor, to secure greater wealth for her
son. This matter will be determined
la ter
Preparations, for the arrival of the
millionaire baby were made early yes
terday afternoon when Mr. and Mrs
Force, parents of Mrs. Actor, were
summoned to the Fifth avenue man
sion. but the accouchement was delayed
for many hours.
Millionaire Baby
In Excellent Health.
Dr Cragin has been in constant at
tendance upon Mrs. Astor since the
week before last.
In making official announcement of
the birth Dr. Cragin said that ths
baby, as well as Mrs. Astor, was in
excellent condition.
At the same time Dr. Cragin said
that he did not look for any complica
tions. but that he expected the young
mothe; and her baby to continue doing
well.
There had been considerable fear
among the relatives of Mrs. Astor as to
the outcome of the accouchement be
cause of her physical sufferings and
mental stress resulting from the disas
ter to the Titanic, on which she was a
nassenger with her husband
May Mean Contest
Os Colonel’s Will.
Unusual interest from the social,
financial and legal viewpoints attaches
to the status of the new child. There
is a possibility that the birtltof the boy
may mean a legal contest for the re
distribution of the $150,000,000 Astor es
tate. Under the terms of the Astpr
will, the sum of $3,000,000 was set asid,
for each child born, other than th<
children, Vincent and Muriel, of whon
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor was the moth
er. The legal question involved it
whether or not the language of thl
provision of the will is to be construct
as a provision for the new heir—that i
to say. a specific provision. Lawyer,
differ as tn the answer to the question
