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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER. Foreeast: Fair tonight and to morrow Temperatures: Ba. m., 62 degrees: 10 a. m., 67 degrees; 12 noon, 70 degrees; 2 p. m„ 73 de grees. VOL. X. NO. 250. GUARD KILLS DESERTER ESCAPING ATFOBT Two Army Prisoners Make Dash for Liberty Together. One Escapes. FIRST BULLET PIERCES HEART OF FLEEING MAN Columbus, Ga.. Man. Who Es caped, Prompted by Desire to Remain in Army Prison. Walter H. Frady, a private in Com pany B, Twenty-second infantry, Unit ed States army, was shot through the heart and instantly killed by a guard today when he attempted to escape from the reservation at Fort McPher son. William H. Jones, another mili tary convict, whose home is in Colum bus, Ga., made his escape at the same time and is still at large. Private Rob ert Kellogg, of Company E. Seventeenth Infantry, is the sentry whose shot killed Frady. The two prisoners made a break for liberty simultaneously, evidently hoping by this means to confuse the guard. The two men ran in opposite directions. Private Kellogg yelled loudly to the fleeing men to halt, hut they paid no at tention to his commands. The sentry leveled his title on the fleeing form ’of Fradv and fired. Instantly the fugitive staggered, threw up his handsand pitched forward dead. The bullet entered his back and went directly through the heart. Jones Sprinted Out of Range. y dropped Kellogg turned his rifle mt Jones and fired several shots in P.Hck succession, but he had already gained considerable headway, and, ducking his head and sprtntmg like mud. was soon out of range of the bul 1, 0. and disappeared through the woods. The prisoners had been taken early in the morning into the woods, a short distance from the parade grounds, and v pre at work cleaning away under h,.U3il hi adv and Jones, it is believed, bad planned the escape before they left the ’’uard house, and made the dash at a given 'signal. The fact that they were in the- woods and some distance away from the quarters of the soldiers aided Jones in getting away. Nothing is known at the post of the h„ wt . „r family of Frady. He was de li-, d to Fort McPherson only about t ,* L ,ok-- ago. being brought here from Arden. N. 10 await trial on the charge of desertion. Jones does not belong to any regiment at the present time and is known as a. "general pris oner." He was serving'a term of six months at Fort McPherson for escap ing from Fort Hamilton. N. Y., where he was doing time for another offense. Jones Wanted To Lengthen Sentence. A desire to lengthen his present’sen tence rather than to escape from irn- * prisonment prompted Jones to attempt to evade his guard, according to sev tral soldiers who knew him. Jones vould have finished his present term as a military convict within about six weeks, ami after being dishonorably' <1 .-barged from the army would have heen free as far as punishment from the army is concerned. He is under stood to have a bad record in civil life and as soon as freed by the military I authorities would have been seized by’ civil officers. No one at the fort was familiar with the charges against Jones, but when ho mentioned them he al ways spoke of them as serious. The officials of the Seventeenth in fantrv hold Kellogg justifiable in the slaying’of Frady, and he will not be taken into custody. For allowing Jones to escape. Pri vate Kellogg, the sentry’ on duty, has been placed under arrest and will be pied by court-martial. He killed Fra dy and shot at Jones as the two pris oners made a sudden dash for liberty. Military law requires that he should have shot both escaping prisoners, and the investigation will be held to bring out whether or not he carried out his duty as far as possible. RESCUE SHIPS DISLODGE SUBMARINE FROM SANDS ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. May 18.— The United States submarine C-2, which went ashore in Great Egg har- * b,>r Thursday, was finally floated at n,„m loday. She was pulled from the (.imal by a government oilier and rev , >im • titter, Haw-erg were -piir-od and a incited t” ue vessel last in the -nicksands nearly a half mile awav The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results / RICHESONTO DIE MONDAY; HAUNTED IN DELL “Save Me From Them!” Con demned Pastor Cries Out, Raving in Terror. TWO MINISTERS KEEP GLOOMY DEATH WATCH Prisoner's Collapse Serves to Hasten His Execution- Was Found in Semi-Stupor. . BOSTON. May 18.—Two ministers are holding the death watch upon Clar ence V. T. Richeson today. The Rev. Herbert S. Johnson and Chaplain Steb bins of the prison divide the time, and one or the other will be at. the cell con stantly’ until the moment when Riche son is led out to be executed on Mon day morning. The watch by the ministers is at Richesdn's plea. When told of the gov ernor's decision, his first request was: "br. Johnson, won't you stay with me till then?” Dr. Johnson agreed, hut the strain upon one man would be too great. The two ministers accordingly planned to share the task. Collapse Hastens His Execution. Richeson’s mental and physical col lapse last night has hastened tile exe cution. It has been decided to elec trocute the murderer of Avis Linneil Monday morning. Executions usually’ have been held before daylight Tuesday. Dr. Joseph I. McLaughlin, physician at th- Charlestown stale prison, paid an early visit to the cell today, as a re sult of the hysterical attack which the murderer suffered last night. Dr. McLaughlin found Richeson in a semi-stupor. The first violence of the attack had passed, however, and Riche son is physically well. It was only his mind and horrors which his imagination has conjured up during the short days in the gloomy death cell that drove him to his outburst. ‘’Save Me From Them,” He Cries. The persistent delusion that two peo ple were watching him was the chief feature of Richeson’s delirium. Who these two people were, if the attend ants were able to understand from Richeson’s cries, they would not say. “Oh, save me! Save me from them!” the prisoner cried, pitifully, when the doctor sought to soothe him. "They're watching me! See them standing there!” he shrieked, and the efforts of two guards and the doctor were necessary’ to hold the fright-mad. dened wretch upon his prison cot. One attendant stated afterward that no name passed Richeson’s lips, and that he did not refer to the creatures of his imagination either as "he" or "she.” But he cried that “they were watching him.” The murderer pitched and tossed upon his bed all night. When the guards were changed at 6 ./clock this morning one reported to the warden's office: "Richeson is resting comfortably this morning. Ho has been comparatively ouict since midnight, sleeping fitfullv. Governor Threatened For Not Interfering. Governor Foss' life has been threat ened because he refused to extend ex ecutive leniency to Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson. These threats have come by mail. The governor Is seriously con sidering asking the state police to in vestigate the letters. The governor is not alarmed for his own safety, but the tone of some of the letters is so violent that he thinks it only’ proper that some measures should be taken to check the writing of such missives. Just before the governor announced his decision, a woman giving her age as 68 wrote to ask if she might take Richeson’s place in the electric chair if the governor should decide not to in tervene. WILBUR WRIGHT NEAR DEATH; HIS BROTHER HURRIES TO BEDSIDE DAYTON. OHIO. May 18.—Wilbur Wright spent a restless night, and his condition today is serious. His broth er Orville, who had gone to Washing ton on business connected with the gov ernment’s use nf the Wrigh4 marhln* *.ia« Leon summoned home, < x p u led to reach hern lonwnny \\ sight’s t< this m en. sftood at 104 and his restoration i*u ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 18. 1912. THEY’VE QUIT KICKIN’ MY DOG AROUN’ By T. E. POWERS. Copyright, 1912, by International News Service. ’’ * *■* / VSY — If/i! V nL .k— £y: uHhw i \ "W 7i if v r ft VW/W 1 ■ WKalHbi /JVW- ( Sow W; St - I W-I I J w\ 1 lITW / H O b I a z £if 7 Ci e r~ Paris Jolts R<R + Time; One-Fifteen Train Now Starts at 15 Past 13 PARIS. May 18.—To obviate the awkward a. m. and p. m. 'designations in the railroad and telegraph services, the clocks <>f both of these utilities have been changed from the familiar] l-to-12 register to numerals running] from 1 to 24. The change was made from end to end of France. In Paris the innovation caused some little confusion. Suburbanites, rush ing to the municipal station to catch the popular "one-fifteen” that carries a large majority of Parisians out of town for the Saturday’ half-holiday, found that train scheduled to start at fifteen minutes after thirteen. This schedule will be followed throughout the afternoon and evenings, till the last train leaves at 50 minutes after 23 at night. It is claimed by officials that the new order of recording time will result in greater accuracy and speed in dis patch ing both trains ami telegrams. These claims are based on experiments made in the telegraph branch of the service. Miners, by Vote of 323 to 64, Decide to Go Back to Work WILKESBARRE. PA.. May 18.—By a vote of 323 to 65, the anthracite min ers in convention assembled here this afternoon voted to ratify the tentative agreement offered by the operators and to return to work at once. RAILROAD FINED $1,000: BROKE LAW TEN TIMES INDIANAPOLIS. IND.. May 18 Federal Judge Anderson this afternoon fined the Michigan Central railroad an aggregate of SI,OOO on plea of guilty of| ten violations of the hours of service lav. THOUSANDS SEE YALE HARVARD TRACK MEET STADH’M. <’ainbridgp. Mass.. Ma> 18 Harvanl ’ y Yale wa.s the magnet that Grew thnti’Hn<is "f followers <>f the rival universities |n ’h* s’adhjni ihis after noon when annual -pring in<et ■ I>c t ween Hir < ’r»'n hi -ihi 'Ln Hl.in began 1 Thep* ‘AH’ ' !’!’'< 1. 'I! 4 Mild What | f« w Aas'jU were iuddt Wert al even' mnrtav. ■MOT HUIET SONDHI Presbyterians Vote to Petition Congress to Force Observ ance of Seventh Day. LOUISVILLE, KY., May 18.—The Presbyterian assembly today adopted the report of the committee on Sab bath observance as already published, with two additions. One petitions con gress to pass a law making the Sab bath a rest day in Washington city, for bidding any unnecessary work there on that day. The other seeks to make permanent the rule of the postoffice de partment limiting Sunday work. An important overture to the assem bly from 52 presbyteries asks that the board of the church erection fund be directed to cease holding as a legacy $2,250,000 from the estate of John Stewart Kennedy, as a permanent fund, and to set aside $1.000,000 to meet pres ent demands, holding the remaining SL -250.000 subject to future emergencies and the order of the assembly. The advocates of Atlanta, Ga.. as the meeting place of the 1913 general as sembly are confident of victory. The Southern Presbyterians have selected Atlanta for their 1913 assembly. An overture was presented from the presbytery of southern Oregon asking the assembly to take steps toward forming an industrial peace commission to look to the relations between labor and capital, to have representatives from different denominations. I •; | Today’s Georgian Main Sheet (2 Sections) 24 Pages. Saturday Magazine 10 Pages. 34 Pages (Be sure that you get the special Saturday magazine with YOUR copy of today's Georgian.) . ...1..,.. - ■ - .-J, ‘Never Too Old to Kiss Wife/ Asserts Judge; Hubby Thinks It Over CHICAGO, May 18.- A week from today Frank Gore will appear in the court of domestic relations to report whether he still believes he is too old to kiss his wife. The question was given Frank to think about when Mrs. Gore, peeved with her husband, who had ceased to caress her. on the grounds of advanced age, and had him arrested for disorderly conduct. "Frank refused to kiss me any more. He did not seem to love me. I re proached him. and there was a row." Mrs. Gore explained to Judge Good now. The Judge looked inquiringly at Gore. “Well, your honor," said the hus band, "I thought we were getting too old for that sort of thing.” "Never too old." said the judge. Then he gave I hem a week to "make up.” DETECTIVES HUNT FOR $4,000 JEWELS SOLD BY ROBBERS Detectives are trying today to re cover the $4,000 worth of diamonds still missing from the $30,000 loot stolen from S. & H. Gllsey, of Cincinnati, on April 17. for which theft George Kaul, Carl Roddy and George Wrenn have been arrested. These diamonds, detectives believe, were sold to various individuals and every possible effort is being made to get trace of them. George Kaul, who lias made a complete confession, has accounted for all of his share of the loot. Wrenn is out on bond, but Roddy and Kaul are still behind the bars. METHODISTS VOTE DOWN REPORT IN FAVOR OF DANCING MINN HA TM H JS. May 18. By a vote nf 446 m 369, the general Methodist conference this afternoon kilted the committee r« port to eliminate dancing, •aid playing • -t«- from th* <l»s< ipline Similar action wa.' taken in the past ■ •■n genera i • -onff rem ♦ s. Paragraph -tiu aiands. GEDRGIAMENIHSENATE H HOUSE BACK COBB; BASEBALL STRIKE IS ON Detroit Players Decide to Walk Out Because Leader Is Suspended-—Ban Johnson Firm and Jennings Heads Strikebreakers—- Greatest Diamond W ar in History of Game Is in Sight. PHILADELPHIA, May 18.—When Ty Cobb walked ' through the players gate at Shibe park this afternoon with the ; whole Detroit team in his wake, the umpires waved Cobb from i the field, and the eighteen other Detroit players departed with ; him, and the strike was on. Jim Delehanty walked to the Ath ; letic bench and offered to bet $5,000 that not one of the eighteen : players backing up Cobb would take part in the game. WASHINGTON. Muy 18.—Ty Cobb, suspended from the Amer ican league for gelling into a fight with a spectator during a game in New York, received the condolences and'moral support of the entire Georgia delegation in congress today. The following tele gram was sent him: "As Georgians, we commend your ael'on in resenting an un called for insult. We hope for your complete exoneration and speedy restoration to a place in the clean sport of baseball. We are proud of your record as a leader of your profession.” Senators Bacon and Hoke Smith and Representatives Edwards, Roddenbery. Hughes. Adamson. Howard. Bartlett. Lee, Tribble, Bell. Hardwick and Brantley signed the telegram. Detroit Players Decide to Strike. PHILADELPHIA. May IS A final decision to strike and play no more baseball games until Ty Cobb is rein stated was reported by the Detroit team here today. Manager Jennings held a secret conference with the play ers at the Aldine hotel today in an at tempt to make the players reconsider their determination. He failed, and when the meeting ad journed at noon the players announced that they would not play unless Cobb rejoined them. From Cincinnati word was received that Ban Johnson, president of the American league, had refused to rein state Cobb, and that if the Detroit players carried out their strike threat they would be punished by fine or sus pension. Jennings Will Head Strikebreakers. Jennings announced that the line-up of his team would be composed of himself. Ills two veteran scouts, Jim McGuire and Joe Sugden, and six ama teur players of this city. The players served notice on Jen nings that they had decided to take their places in the field when the um pire called the game, but that if Cobb was told he could not play, the whole team would leave the field, pack up their belongings and start across the country on a barnstorming tour, end ing up with a trip to Japan. The greatest baseball fight in many years threatens. Jennings said this afternoon “What am I going to do? The men are right in away, but they should have waited until Johnson has a chance to consider matters. They will not play; I am sure of that. They may all be suspended and it will wreck our chances. I wish Johnson would come to Philadelphia and straighten out. the tangle.” “Bet Your Soul On Strike, - ’ Says Cobb. Ty Cobb, white-faced and deter mined, said: "I play with the most loyal team in the world. These fellows will stick. 1 know that they will not let me play today, and this means that eighteen men will walk away from the grounds. You can bet your soul on that.” Jennings frantically begged his team I to play this game and wait until Mon day before striking, but they refused and declared that either Cobb would play or they would not. The Athletic team finally decided not to take any part in the matter. They were cautioned by Manager Mack that the difficulty was solely between the Tigers and the president of the Ameri can league. President Navin of Detroit wired to Manager Jennings that he was on his way to Philadelphia and for Jennings to put a team in the field If he had to spend SIO,OOO. Jim McGuire and Jen nings sent out a call at noon for ama teurs and professionals to come to the ball park. College Boys Asked to Take Places. Ban Johnson wired both Empires Dineen and Perrine to permit Cobb to enter the grandstand, but not to allow him on the. field of play, with or with out uniform. Jim McGuire arranged to hand out uniforms to the makeshift Detroit team at the dressing room door, and several I’niverstfy of Pennsylvania player’ were asked to don them and hell- out. The students refused, by order of Roy Thomas, himself an old Pennsyl vania coach and formerly a player with the Phillies. Boston ami Pittsburg of the National league. Jennings was on £ 'i 4 home EDITION tirjlfim. On Trains. FIVE CENTS. i n Atlanta, TWO CENTS. the verge of a nervous breakdown. The Detroit players were determined not to play, but announced that they would go tn the field. "Unionized baseball’’ may’ re sult from the strike of the players on the Detroit American league team, who have thrown down the gauntlet of battle, to the powers that be because of the sus pension of Ty’ Cobh for trouncing an insolent fan in New York on Wednesday. After sending an ulti matum to President Ban Johnson, of the American league, the Tigers sent out appeals to every club in the American league to stand by them. Some are urging a sympa thetic strike. A meeting of the Detroit players and members of the Athletics has been called for to morrow to form a protective asso ciation. Organized baseball today faced the most serious situation since its inception and the magnates of the American league were using every means in their power to prevent the disaffection from spreading farther. It was believed that the Tigers would take the field this afternoon against the Athletics, but only long enough to allow the first Philadel phia player to bat. This would save the club’s franchise, but would -mean a fine of SI,OOO. The strike has hit hard at the financial side of the sport and comparatively few tickets had been sold for today’s game up to the time when the seat sale rush is usually at its heaviest. Ban Johnson Adopts Mailed Fist Attitude. Ban Johnson adopted the ‘‘mailed fist” attitude, according to dis patches from Cincinnati, declaring that the prestige of power must be maintained. On the other hand, the players have adopted the most stubborn attitude ever witnessed tn baseball and assurances from mem bers of other teams that they are right is strengthening them In their determination to fight to a finish. The Tigers maintain that they are contending for one of the most vital principles in baseball—protection of players from insults. Cobb Defended by Pittsburg- Manager. PITTSBURG, .May IS.—Fred Clarke. the manager of the Pirates, defends Ty Cobb for his action in resenting in sults by a. New York fan and de clares that the Detroit star should never have been suspended without an investigation into the merits of the case. Said Clarke: “A ball player has home, loved ones and feelings that are sacred just as well as any other man. Cobb did only what any’ self-re specting man will do. Would Ban Johnson allow such insults to go unnoticed? Nobody on the outside realizes the terrible things that Hans Wag ner has endured in his time. They always pick on the stars. Wagner would resent an insult from Jim Jeffries, but on the ball field he has displayed great patience and al ways seemed to consider the source. "The whole thing is a bad mess, 1 admit. It is a three-cornered af fair with the American league and its discipline on one side, the public bn the other and the bail player and the things he holds sacred on the other. I don’t know anything about this strike the Detroit team, but I do know-that Ban Johnson or no on- else l-as the right to punish or suspend Cobb without first u*vaaii gating the matter.”