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THE WEATHER. Fair tonight and tomorrow. Tem peratures: 8 a. m., 66 degrees: 10 am„ 69 degrees: 12 noon. 73 degrees; 2 p. m., 77 degrees. VOL. X. NO. 246. SUNDAY BATH WAR GROWS IN SPITE OF COUNCIL Special Meeting of the Park Board Called to Settle Mat ter Thursday. J. 0. COCHRAN SCORES CITY FATHERS FOR “BUTTING IN” Old Blue Laws Have Been Out grown. and Rich Should Not Re Favored, He Asserts. Despite council's request that no Sun dae bathing be permitted in Atlanta’s parks. President J. o. Cochran declared today that the park board will vote to allow the Sunday sport. At the request of Mayor Winn, Mr. Cochran today called a special meeting of the board for Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock to determine th® issue. Whether Mayor Winn win veto or ap prove the resolution of council will probably be decided by- the action of the board. . A . count of the votes cast at the United Cigar stores, at Peachtree and Decatur streets, shows 401 for Sunday swimming and 20 against it. The vot ing will continue until the meeting of the board. Carlos Mason, chairman of the police board, and Chief Beavers have prom ised the park board sufficient officers to.compel good order on Sunday at the lake. The board has provided a sep arate inclostire for women and one of >he. rules decided upon is that every bather must wear a two-piece bathing suit. The twelve members of council who constituted the majority that voted against Sunday swimming are deter mined and have intimated that if the park, board does not heed their request, they will prevent, what they term a (Jesecralion of the Sabbath by passing an ordinance against Sunday bathing or by abolishing the park board. Whole City Split Over Sunday Rule. The setnfngly unimportant recoin mendation of Park Manager Dan Carey that-Sunday bathing in Piedmont lake he prohibited this year lias divided the whole city into two factions. A ma jority of the park board present at t.he, meeting a week ago adopted the rec ommendation, and a bitter fight has been waged ever since to have that action rescinded. The Federation of Trades and indi vidual union labor organizations have adopted resolutions Insisting that the board allow Sunday bathing. The Methodist Ministers Association has adopted resolutions condemning the amusement. Epworth Methodist church unanimously cast 150 votes urging that the Sabbath should not be desecrated. Dr. Charles W. Daniel, pastor of the First Baptist church, and Bishop W. A. Candler, of the Methodist church, hotli preached against it Sunday. The Sun day school superintendents will take action at their meeting in Ponce De- T.eon Avenue Baptist church tonight, and other religious organizations are expected to follow their example. Cochran Defends Action of Liberals. J O. Cochran, president of the park board, gave the council a hard rap In an interview today. He said: “It is not the intention of those now advocating Sunday bathing to defy the church and the moral law. The park board does not contemplate operating on Sundae morning when people ought to attend church, but only in the af ternoons. when churchew, as a rule, do not hold any services. “We propose to see that order Is maintained. Tire chief of police assures us that he will have plenty of men on hand for that purpose. “If swimming on Sunday is so bad. then why not close up every cigar and soda stand in the city? Why not stop street, cars on that day? Why not close up the Capital City and ail other clubs" Will’ permit the wealthy classes to plav golf a’l day? “The man who works all the week and who has no opportunity to go swirpming except on Sunday has as much right to be considered as thr gentlemen who has plenty of time and money. "T challenge any of the twelve coun eilmen who went on record against Sunday bathing to run for offi--" on that Issue. "Instead of abolishing the dump piles which reek with disease germs, and performing duties which they have au thority and ought tn perforin, certain council members waste their time med dling with matters which do not con cern them. ’ • “This city ha- outgrown the Puri tanical blue laws? and all the ordi nances and resolutions of the council can not set back the wheels of prog ress." The proposal that council declare it self on Sunday swimming yesterday afternoon precipitated the hottest de bate of the year. In introducing the resolution request- Continued on Page Th-ee The Atlanta Georgian •••••••••••••••••••••••a** : MAYOR AND EX-MAYOR : •APPROVE OF SUNDAY; • BATHING, ‘REGULATED’ • • • • Mayor Courtland S. Winn: • • “I favor a well regulated indul- • • gence in Sunda? bathing 1 will • • delay action on council’s resolu- • • tion until after the pa-k board • • meets that 1 may know what rec- • • reation it Intends to permit. I do • • not approve Sunday swimming as • • conducted in Piedmont park lake • • last summer, with the great • • throngs of men and women going • • into the lake together." • • Ex-Mayor Robert F. Maddox. • • "Sunda? swimming should be • • permitted in Atlanta, because it • • is the one day when the working • • people have an opportunity to en- • • joy it. 1 do not know of a single • • city which has facilities for public • • bathing which does not allow the • • recreation on Sunday." • No Richeson Reprieve An Unofficial Poll of Foss 4 Council Shows BOSTON. Maj 14. An unofficial poll of the executive council which will decide the fate of Rev. Clarence V. T, Richeson. condemned to death for the murder of Avis Linnell, taken today, indicated that the plea of th» pastor slayer’s lawyers for a commutation of sentence will be denied by a vote of 7 to 2. Governor Foss today received the last of th® alienists’ reports, and will make his decision known at the coun cil’s meeting tomorrow. Richeson probably will be taken from his cell In the Charles Street jail td the prison in Charlestown tonight. If Watson Promises To Let Bryan Alone, Johnson Favors Him Colonel J. Lindsay Johnson, editor of The Rome Tribune-Herald, and leader of the movement m the Seventh Congres sional district to seat Wilson delegates in the forthcoming state Democratic con vention. Is favorable to Thomas E. Wat son as a delegate-at-large to Baltimore only upon one condition. He thinks that Mr. Watsons threat to attack Bryan on the floor of the national convention is a circumstance that should cause the state convention to hesitate to send “the red-headed person" to Balti more. Colonel Johnson says: "Mr Watson v-ants to go to Baltimore to measure lances with Mr. Bryan—in other words, to raise a row in the Democratic love feast that should be.” The Rome editor is an ardent Bryan enthusiast, and has been for years. If Colonel Johnson and his Wilson "in surgents” are seated in the state con vention a doubtful “if,’’ of course—it is certain that they will object strenuously to Mr. Watson's going tn Baltimore with hostility to Mr. Bryan in his heart. EXTRADITION MIX-UP MAY DELAY RETURN OF DIAMOND ROBBER Pinkerton and city detectives fear that Detective J. N. Starnes has struck a snag in the strict technicalities of the New York law and that he is finding difficulty in getting George Kaul, con fessed diamond thief, away from that state. The detective and his prisoner were ex pected in Atlanta yesterday, but so far no word has been received from the of ficer It Is now believed that he has never left New York. The New York extradition laws are said to be the strict est of any state in the Union, and it may be that Detective Starnes will have to make a detailed showing in court before Kaul will be turned over to him OUTING AT PARK AND A PICNIC DINNER FOR 160 ATLANTA ORPHANS Rev. J. M. Hawkins will lead 160 chil dren of the Decatur Orphans’ home to a picnic at Grain park tomorrow. They will take lunch, to be served at noon, and after that the children will be taken to White City for the afternoon The party is to go to the park on a special ca r. COLUMBUS MAN DRINKS POISON: DIES IN BED COLUMBUS. GA., May- 14, -Leaving a note Indicating ..that he Intended to take his own life. Walter G. Dean. 35 years old. a prominent young business man of Columbus, drank laudanum or oth°r poison and was found dead in his bed by members of his fam ily today. Tn the note he directed that his insurance go to his brothers and si FtpTH. Mr. Dean was a brother of Professor Charles A. Dean, of the Technological High school in Atlanta. He was en gaged to be married on June 5 to a w ell known Columbus girl and had spent yesterday afternoon with iter. There was no indication of any trouble be tween them and his financial affairs were in good condition. Hf was asso ciated with S. H. Monroe, an uncle, In the wholesale produce business here. Coroner Terr? of Muscogee county today held an inquest, the jury return ing a verdict that Dean had eqfne to his death by taking laudanum or other poison. Read For Profit— GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results 2PEfIISHIN ME, 10 MISSING 300 Patients Jump From Win dow in Night Blaze at the Raleigh Springs Shelter. DIGGING IN RUINS FOR BODIES OF THE DEAD Guards Scour the Surrounding Country for Refugees Be lieved To Be in Hiding. MEMPHIS, TENN.. May 14.—A white man and a negro were burned to death, ten other persons are missing, and 300 patients of the James sanitarium at Raleigh Springs, ten miles from Mem phis. were forced to Jump from a sec ond-story window when the institution burned at 4 o'clock this morning. The patients were forced to flee in their night clothing. It 1? believed tha' the missing may have escaped and be come fugitives, but a search of the ruins is being made for their bodies. The sanitarium was outside the city limits and beyond the aid of the Mem phis flic department. Sanitarium Built By Brodie L. Duke. The sanitarium was built twenty years ago by Brodie L. Duke, million aire tobacco dealer. The loss is esti mated at $125,900 The white man who was burned was E. L. Griffin, the night engineer, who was in the basement when the fire started. Managers of the place say they be lieve all the guest.- escaped, although at noon they had not located all of those missed after the fire Fear Death List May Run Higher. The sanitarium was a large three story structure that had been origi nally built for a summer resort hotel. It was ten miles north of the city. Its inflammable construction caused it to burn like tinder, and being without fire fighting facilities, there was no op portunity to check it. Over 390 persons—patients and at tendants — were in the building Most of these escaped in their night clothes, jumping from upper windows to ve randas and to the ground. For hours after the building had been burned attendants and volunteer work ers searched the ruins for bodies of vic tims. it is feared the death iist may run higher. At the same time guards scoured the surrounding country for refugees. Raleigh Springs is connected with Memphis by interurban trolley line, and during the morning hundreds of persons rode out from ihe city to view the ruins. The old hotel was taken over by the James Sanitarium Company about eight years ago. Patients were treated for whisky and drug habits. BOTTLES MIXED, AGED DOCTOR NEARLY DIES FROM CHLOROFORM Dr. J E. Marfin. 65 years of age, of 955 Marietta street, is slowly recovering at Grady hospital today from the effects of a mistake in bottles last night that al most cost his life. The aged physician swallowed a quan tity of chloroform, thinking it a tonic. In some way Hie two bottles had become exchanged. When the ambulance arrived Dr. Martin was unconscious and in a serious condition. PRINTER FINDS HUMAN SKULL IN HEN'S NEST STATESBORO. May 14 - While look ing for alien's nest. P. C. Collins, a printer working on The Statesboro News, was startled this morning when he found a human skull. He lost no time in abandoning the egg hunt. He brought th-- skull up town and many curious ones have viewed it. Just how long the member of the human body has been there and how it got there is a mystery. SISTER OF HARRY THAW EXPIRES IN PITTSBURG PITTSBURG, PA., May 14.—Mrs. Eliza Thaw Edwards, half-sister of Harry K Thaw and widow of George B Edwards, one of Pittsburg’s best known railroad men. died a» her residence. 48<M Forbes street, at an early hour today Mrs. Edwards had been in ill health for sev era! months and her demise was not unexpe“ted by her friends. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. MAY 14. 1912. FAIR GOLFERS COMPETE IN PRIZE I TOURNEY FOR SOUTHERN WOMEN - - .OHB -UHHfc a jW'im J / R s• i n 'j| nB MM TWw*. u < BBS HB3 /»/ MB MS Mr W /T will I B ■ ■■ i ■ yjA A w \ 'ri \w WF \ Mrs. Rogrr Smith. I /'? I Ueorgi’ I lai rintjhiii. INDICT POTTS Old HOBOED CHARGE Jury Acts on Its Own Initiative Against Accused Slayer of Harper. Kell Potts, who killed <’. Richard Harper in a knife duel on May 3, was today indicted for murder by the Ful ton county grand jury. The jury acted upon us own initia tive. and the returning of the true hill was a surprise. Potts was arrested shortly after the killing and released on SSOO bond, under a warrant charg ing manslaughter. The action of the jury means that his present bond will be cancelled, and he w ill be rearrested and held for the criminal court In returning the bill against Potts, the Jury examined a score of witnesses and consumed at least three hours. DOOMED TO BE HANGED. HE FIRES JAIL TWICE CLARKESVILLE, GA.. May 14. John Hegwood, under death sentence, has just made two unsuccessful at tempts to burn the Habersham edlmty jail, where he is confined. He procured matches and set fire to the mattress in his cell! but the blaze was discovered each time before it had gained head way. Jail officials believe he is insane and is attempting to end his own life to cheat the hangman. Several times recently Hegwood ha- asked for a ra zor. but ills requests have been refused. Hegwood was to have, hanged on April 14 but a stay of execution was obtained, pending an appeal to the slat supreme court, which will hear argu ment." m bl- -as. next Monday. May 29. OTIS FILLS VACANCY ON CEMETERY COMMISSION The vacancy on the cemetery com mission* has been filled by the election of Robert R. Otis. Mr. Otis will fill the place made vacant by the resigna tion of Dr. Joseph Jacobs. The vote in council was close between Mr. Otis and H. M. Patterson, a local under taker. FIRE ROUTS OUT 50 FAMILIES. NE.W YORK. May lx. Fifty families were routed from their homes in panic early today by a $59,909 fir® which wrecked the two-storv hmlning at 5192- .’■ll2 Third avenue, Brooklyn. I \f jf / ■■ ■ 7 Miss Ann Watkins. Play Begins Today Over the Course of the Golf and Country Club. The Woman's Southern Golf ''ham pionship tournament tjegins today in Nashville and continues through the IStli. This is the second tournament of the association, the first having been held last spring in Atlaijta. The officers- of the association are Mis. George Harrington. Atlanta, pres ident; Mrs. K. AV. Daley, Nashville, vice president; Miss Anne Watkins, Chattanooga. secretary and treasurer. Representatives from many cities are present in Nashville, including from At lanta Mrs. George Harrington, Miss Alexa Stirling, Mrs. Nash Broyles, am! others. Birmingham and Memphis are to extend invitations to the associa tion for their next meeting. Mrs. Roger Smith, of Nashville, is the present holder of the champion ship, with Mi George Harrington, of Atlanta, as runner-up. Atlanta is giving a championship ■ up, i handsome loving cup, with three bandits. A gold medal will be award ed th" winner. A silver medal will be given the runner-up, and to the play ers in the semi finals bronze medals will be given. There arc several sub scription prizes. . \ number of social affair- will mark the tournament. Among other events, will be luncheons each day at the Golf ami Country club, and a brilliant din ner dance is sctv-d|jled for Saturday evening. Ma,' 18. KING OF BLIND TIGERS GETS OUT WARRANTS AGAINST POLICEMEN I‘an Shaw, the ’blind tigpr king.” to day swore out warrants before .lustice Ridley, against Pol icemen L L <“arler and B. I- Sells, charging assault and but tery. The warrants are the outgrowth of the arrest of Shaw by the two officers Sat unlay n'glii, and were taken out imme diately following the trial of Shaw before Reorder Broyles »n<lav Shaw alleges that Policeman Carter struck him in the head with his club The officer says Shaw jerked loose and made a move as though to draw a knife and resisted ar rest Shaw wa. charged with bemg drunk and disorderly and was fined $10.75, ISDN MINE GK IN; THIRTEEN DIE Twenty-seven of Crew. Work ing 2.000 Feet Below Sur face. Escape Falling Stone. IRONWOOD. Ml<'H., May 14. Thir teen men were killed here today when a cave-in occurred on lhe 2,(>(W-foot level of lhe Norrille mine, operated by the United States Steel Corporation. The cave-in caught Hi out of a crew of 4<» working where the m -idont occurred. Two bodies hive been recovered. It is believed that most of the others will he taken out by !at< tonight. The dead: Vincent Sanzbrowitz, l-’iank Jaszc zok. John T. Ztkateh. August t'lys, I'.erl Jacisin. Jacob Anderson. Thomas Rusik Oscar Kangas Chinle- Nelinark. George Hornkiss, Karl Majlrski* and Pt-tor Wiljl. TPn of the men are mar ried. Tons of Earth Bury Men. . The accident occurred on the nine teenth level. The roof of the entire level gave way and the men were bur ied under tons of earth and stone. MAN WHO KILLED WIFE INDICTED IN 3 MINUTES Robert L. flay, who shot ami killed his wife at 201 Lee street Sunday night, was indicted for murder today in the shortest hearing in the history of the Pulton county grand jury. Only one witness, Mrs. AV. \V. Smith, was exam ined, and the hearing lasted only three minutes. Mrs. Smith is a sister of ('lay's victim, and saw het shot. ('lay is held In the police station, and a pica of insanity will probably be of fered in his defense. This means that Clay will be held for trial in the criminal branch of the su perior court, th" grand'jury action ob viating the necessity of a preliminary trial. He will be transferred to th- ; Towet during the day. STILL A LITTLE COOL. BUT HOT STREAK’S ON THE WAY I Clear skies ami warmer weather for Atlanta during the next day m two makes up the outlook at the United States weather bureau Th- tempera ture is still below norma! throughout the South, ar. in Atlanta. but no repe titlon of the , hilly w»a.ther of Sunday night is expected. J HOME *t== EDITION PPIPI?- On Trains. FIVE CENTS I. nHjL. ln Atlanta. TWO CENTS ROOSEVELT AND IAFT DRAPPLE IN OHIO Attack Each Other in the Presi dent’s Home State While Crowds Cheer. CALIFORNIA WOMEN GIVE CHAMP CLARK BIG VOTE Missourian Sure Winner Over Wilson, and the Colonel Also Looks Like Victor. W’itti L»hi'> for battleground. Wil liam H. Taft and Theodore Roose velt |orkf»d horns today in their .-trugglo to - apture the Republican delegation from the president's home state to the national conven tion at t’hicagn. All day long the t'vn n'»-n barnstormed Ohio towns from Ikill rostrums and train ends, in what is to the president in par ticular a fight that may determine the action of the convention at Chi cago. F’rosident Taft told his audi- • 'i"Ts that ho was not fawning on Iho beoplo for their voles. Ami the < olonol talking tn other audiences on hi« whblwind tour declared that ho w ill make trouble if he does not r»M-eive the nomination at Chicago. Roosevelt is following the presi dent closely in the latter’s trip through the state and eexeral times the trail of the two rivals will cross be Giro the primaries are held. Bosses in Control Says Colonel Again. 111T.1.A IRK. DHIfl, May 14. In his invasion "f Ohio today Colonel Roose v.'tf scored President Taft for hiJ re eent at.laeks on him. The ex-pretrident rebuked th, president for haying been misled by the influences around him. 1t0,..-, volt told a wildly cheering crowd here that the president has shown that, he can riot be trusted to handle the affairs of the people. "it’s tite bosses that are In control," he shouted. Roosevelt was in fine fighting con dition. He found as his train entered Ohio this morning that his Ohio com mittee. of which Walter F. Browm, chairman of the Republican state cen tra! committee, is the head, had carved a vigorous campaign out for him. Dur ing the seven days he is in the state the colonel will deliver 73 speeches. Roose velt will appear in 35 big towns and cities, besides more than a score of smaller towns. In his trip he will cover 1,749 miles. Tells Youngsters About His Boy. The colonel will devote most of his time to the southeastern and central northern portions of the state. The ex presldent’s principal speech will be at <'anton, where ho talks tonight. The colonel’s train reached here at 7:39 o'clock this morning and was left on a siding until 8:30 while the ex-president breakfasted. A group of Bellaire young people surrounded the car and gave a rousing yell. The coionci went to the tear platform of his car and, beaming upon the youngsters, asked: "I sup pose you all play football?’ "Sure.” "Well, one of my boys was center rush last year on his team," said the colonel. “Hooray!” came a chorus. Roosevelt wrote his name on a card for the boys and they gave him another cheer. Roosevelt was escorted to the public square and there talked to 2,500 peo ple. The crowd was as enthusiastic and as la gc as that which greeted President Taft on his appearance at Bellaire last night Roosevelt told the crowd that “this : the greatest fight since the days of Lincoln." "Mt Taft has expressed his disap proval of 'he people’s ability to rule I liemselves." be went on. "I believe they can do it. I trust them and the president does not. We fought the bosses in other states and we are fight ing ihem all along. We want your ap proval. rhe other -ide opposed prefer ential [,l'imaries legislation. We urged it." Roosevelt named the Roosevelt dele gates and said it was important to re tnembet who they were so the voters could vote for his side. "That's the way to express your pres idential pYefetenee and to vote against boss tyranny," he cried and the crowd cheered. After enthusiastic greetings by mill town workers and residents at Bell Air and Bridgeport, today Colonel Roose velt declared at Steubenville that he vertainlv would he nominated to suc ceed Pt side nt Taft. 1 1 p, .'Pwi ."I’l !>■- uri.fi" •I',"'!- se.l the tariff lefoie 2 500 pe’son.-. saying he wanted a duty reduction .that would