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5280.000 LEGACY
fl DREAM: JflIE
AUTO BUYER
Dapper Stranger Tells Story of
Sudden Wealth to Leading
Atlanta Merchants.
HELD FOR ISSUING BAD
CHECK TO PAY FOR CAR
Buys New Tire on Credit by
Telephone and Straightway
Sells It at a Garage.
M jrh the same eas 4 that John D j
Rockefeller and Andre* I'a’nfgie might I
speak of mi’iJiic" ■ smnota-tongued.
neatly d'.c.-:-' young si'ang"'
Into th 4 utomohi" r«mbii.“hm< nt of
Steinhaue; A Wight. '2« rvaehtrt e I
street. tnd :em.Tkcd that !y.« grand- I
father in D t:oit had just «’i. ■! and left,
hit,' a < no! ••.•go .■<•<!, Hit “Uild jt wealth.)
b* -aid. hail made hint auto'n'ioimo hun
gr-. >»<■ ho purchased :« Ulialm-'i ‘ iar
W iiii tiir nrti n <n' halai>(.i' Dial hr re-|
laud the s;..ry of his wealth b- signed |
I-, nanu Robert B Waium. to a .-liti k I
.p, tn payment f" tnc .uitomo- ■
bib-
He directed F < Steinhauor to pro ;
tin i hr. li at tie Thti'l National I
b .nk 'b- tn ’>t mo; rung. -:t 1 n.'i'ib w ottiii
b ,-n dep"-ft their at that tlm 4 T<> |
«ve M Steinhauf of -.py suspicion |
hr took hint to see Atm'n'-y Linton «'
Hopkins, who. he said, ite had already)
reta>n<*<l to look after his ega.-y.
In th" tm anllnt 4 Watson bad eon-I
suited M Hopkin . introducing him-I
.■•rif by letter, and is repor ed to hate
a«K*d the attorney to go tn Detroit will-. •
hint next Afondav to take charge of his j
u ealth.
Wanted Another Cor For Bride.
After handing Stcinltau 4 the <h "k
for the car. Watson remarked that he
also wished to buy another, a roadster,
for his bride, explaining, in confidence,
that hr was preparing to elope rvith a
girt who lives in Georgia avenue
I don't mind the price, " hr said Ml
I want is a swell car."
Steinh—ue showed nfm a machine
at the same price as the first, and this
proved entirely satisfactory.
incidentally’. Watson asked Stein
hatter if he would like to sell his home
in Piedmont avenue Steinhauer replied
that he would sell for the right price,
and Watson seemed much pleased.
“i'll go out in my new car and take a
look at the place," he said. "I'm very
anxious to buy a nice home right away
tor my bride."
Despite Watson's frankness and the
apparent genuineness of his story of'
wealth, the dealer became suspicious
and sent one of his men to remain with
the car until the check was proved to
be good
Shortly after leaving Stelnhaucr's
place Watson went to a tailoring estab
lishment in the Y. M ('. A. building
and gave an order for a fine suit of
clothes He the telephoned to the
Goodyear Tire Company, represented
himself as B. B Adams, and ordered a
S6O tire sent to the Y. M. C A. building.
The tire was sent C. O. D., but Watson
called up the company’ again and was
so persistent and told such a straight
story that he was allowed to take the
tire, on condition that he would pay for
it in the afternoon
Walking around the corner to the
Purcell garage. Watson sold the tire
£ ? r $25
Story of Wealth Fairy Tale.
At the Third National bank Watson
told of his wealth, remarking that
SIOO,OOO of his legacy was in govern
ment bonds, and explained that he
w ished to sell these bond/ to the hank.
When the SIO,OOO in cash failed to
show up at the bank at the appointed
time an investigation was commenced,
and it was found that the whole story'
was a fairy tale Detroit knew nothing
of the legacy Detectives Uhewning and
Norris then found Watson and placed
him under attest
Recorder Broyte. today hound him
over for forgery and -heating and
swindling in bond of SI,OOO. and also
fined him $50.75. or "0 days, for bring
in the streets with two women of bad
character
When hie counsel. Attorney rt E.
Church, asked that the bond be made
light. Judge Broyles remarked:
"When that SIO,OOO gets here he'll
have no trouble making a bond of
$1,000."
Watson says he is a Harvard gradu
ate and an expert accountant. He has
been in Atlanta but a few weeks and
has been living in a boarding house at
149 .Marietta street
NEW SYSTEM WILL KEEP
EAVESDROPPER OFF LINE
A new system of ringing party lines,
by which it will he impossible for the
operators to cal! the wrong one, is be
ing installed on ail th" duplex tele
phones of the Southern Bell Company
In Atlanta. When "Party!." is called
"Party L" will answer and all other
parties, including "Party J." will stay
off the line.
Operators' have formerly sometime,
signaled the wrong phone by • ideic.
This will he entirely eliminated when
the new system is in operation To put
It in th» wires of each party line
be- rearranged, and the company w:d
epend about $16,000. Workmen a;e bu y
on the system now ,n both me Main
and Ivy exchanges.
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I lore arc some of the Bagmen of Bagdad, who save a parado today. T R. Lewis, of At
lanta. the master of ceremonies, is al the left. The gentleman who looks like Santa Claus is
Great Rider -I. M. Kcely. of Tampa. The others refused to come out of their false heads and be
identified. *
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Great. Glittering. Gorgeous.
Gay Gathering Parades the
Peachtree Promenade.
It was none other than Old King Zo
roaster himself who headed the parade
of the Ragmen of Bagdad as they
marched, through Atlanta's streets this
afternoon. I'rom a moss-grown tomb
he cjtme. especially for the occasion.
His whiskers were white and moldy,
and the lines about his face were cen
turies old; but the elixir of youth
flowed In his veins and a sunny smile
chased itself continually through the
thicket on his chin. Furthermore. he
wore a brand-new purple slicker, which,
but an hour before, had been the prop
erty and pride of an Atlanta depart
ment store This plainly marked him
as a progressive.
Behind hint marched old Xerxes,
looking not a whit the worse for hav
ing looked on Seaborn Salamis and
seen all his ships smashed to fllnters.
Then there was old Caliban, who was.
such a great help to Willie Shakes
peare. Plato, the chap who knocked the
affinity business in the head; Socrates,
and a few other lesser lights, such as
Alexander the Great. Satrappla. the
original satrap, and Pericles. Prince of
Ty re.
Considerable Line of March.
The procession trailed oft’ into an as- |
scmblage of evening clothes, plug hats. 1
overalls, convict garbs, linen dusters
snickasees and whoolde-doos. A bras .
band furnished the noise.
brom the Kiser building the proces
sion proceeded out Hunter to Broad
street, up Broad to the Piedmont, into
Peachtree, and back to the Kiser struc
ture. An admiring throng composed of
noon lunchers and students of unnat
ural history watched and cheered all
along the route
The Bagmen of Bagdad is the social
branch of the United Commercial Trav
elers. which ic holding Its contention In
Atlanta. "Ragman" in English for
commercial salesman or traveling rep
resentative. vulgarly known as drum
mer." and "Bagdad" is merely thrown
In because it is euphonious, harmonious
and alliterative. Also Bagdad was the
home of the late Caliph Haroun al
Raschid, who traveled considerably and
listened to many yarns, qualifying him
as patron saint of the traveling men
and making his city their shrine.
In Wondrous Attire.
Great Ruler J M. Keely, of Tampa.
Fla., head of the Caspian Guild of the
Bagmen of Bagdad, and T B. Lewis,
of Atlanta, master of ceremonies, head
ed the parade, and nearly 200 members
• in gorgeous, even wondrous, attire fol
lowed them in Peachtree street Impe
rial Ruler R F. Somerville, of Dayton.
■ Ohio, head of the national organization,
was an honored guest.
The Bagmen will hold their real high
• jinks tonight in their quarters in the
Kiser building, when numerous candi-
. j date« w ill be initiated
, Columbus Ga was chosen yesterday
afternoon as th" next meeting place for
’he t'nited Commern’al Travelers and
in election of officers resulted a? fo|-
low;
J. H Timberlake of via-on. pas’
. grand councillor R F. Cole, of Jack
sonville. grand councillor! E. R. W eir.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS-.SATURDAY, MAY 18. 1912
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Minister Says Tots Wail Epic Music
FIT'S CRIES TO PSALMS
LONDON, May 18. -Babies who cry
have found their champion.
An Infant when tn tears, it has just
been found. emits certain musical
sounds which can easiy be harmonized
Into the form of a chant or even a sec
ular song
This singular discovery has been
made by Rev N. Bonavia-Hunt. a cu
rate of St. Matthews church. Willesden,
who has composed a chant founded
upon the wailing cries of infants.
This chant will be sung tomorrow at
St. Matthews church as a setting to the
words of Psalm 137, beginning: "By the
waters of Babylon we sat down and
wept."
How he came to write such a strange
chant was explained yesterday by Mr.
Hunt, who has been at St. Matthews for
over six years.
"During my stay In this parish I have
naturally had to conduct many bap
tisms," he said. "Being of a. musical
turn of mind, it occurred to me that the
erics of the babies were remarkably
! POSTAL TELEGRAPH
MANAGERS OF SOUTH
COMING NEXT WEEK
The managers of 25 of the larger of
fices of the Postal Telegraph Company
lit the Southern division will meet in
Atlanta on next Thursday. Friday and
Saturday In a general conference for
the purpose of furthering the interests
of the company and the betterment of
the service in every way possible.
Three important subjects will bo dis
cussed. T. D. Jackson, of Birmingham,
will talk of "Office Organizations;" A.
M. Beatty, of Atlanta, on "Traffic Serv
ice;" A P. Martin, of Nashville, on
"Business Getting." These papers will
open up ranges of general discussion,
in which those present will participate
General Superintendent Usher will do
all possible to make the stay of the vis
iting managers pleasant. While the
meeting is primarily one of strict busi
ness. social events of the conference
w ill be a dinner on Friday evening, with
Superintendent Usher as host, and an
automobile ride over the city and old
battlegrounds around Atlanta.
CALHOUN SCHOOLS CLOSE.
CALHOUN, GA, May 18 The com
mencement sermon of the Calhoun pub
lic schools will be preached at the
.Methodist church tomorrow by Rev.
Edward G. Mackay. The graduating
exercises will be he'd Monday night.
of Athens, grand junior councillor: .1.
M. Keely. of Tampa, grand conductor.
M. .1 Heinbeig. of Pensacola, grand
sentinel, and M. L. Stern, of Savannah,
grand page The only contested office,
the grand secretaryship, went to an
Atlanta man. R L Wallace, <• i<
I Ay°r. of Mianta. and H. M Merck, of
Ga nesvi! e. were chosen exet utive com
mitteemen
Toe travr »r enjoyed < ball game
and the dat was capped rb a banquet
where »her< mi" '. tn , at and much
to be ;atd an d mue. to be heard.
similar, and rose and fell in the same
cadences.
"Children's cries always come "down"
like the siren of a steamer. while I
found that the sequence of the notes
were usually seconds or sevenths, and,
in a few cases, sixths. Why not at
tempt to harmonize the cries into a
chant which should he a true reflex of
human sorrow and emotion? So I set
to work and wrote the chant, which
only consists of ten consecutive chords.
The treble is like the baby's cry, the
alto is a more subdued wail, while the.
bass and tenor represent as far as pos
sible the sorrowful '-ries of adults. In
listening to the wailing of babies I
have found very little difference be
tween boys and girls, except that the
former may be a little stronger and
more lusty."
Mr. Hunt played over the chant on
the organ at St. Matthews church. The
treble is remarkably like the walling
cries of a baby, rising and falling in
despairing tones. The minister has
also written a song based on infants'
w ai I s.
GEORGIA CENTRAL’S
TAX RETURN SHOWS
DECREASE IN CASH
The Central of Georgia railroad has
made -ax returns for 1912 to Comp
troller General Wright on property val
ued at $22,454,552. The Central is the
largest single service corporation in
Georgia.
The valuations for 1912 made today
show a decrease of $rt2.902 from the re.
turns for 1911. This decrease is in cash
on hand The railroad has $82,234 less
in cash than it had in May, 1911. The
real estate and other property of the
tai'road showed an increase of $2.5,000
over the figures sent in for 1911.
DR. AINSWORTH FINISHES
HIS WORK AT WESLEYAN
MACON GA. May IS.—The com
mencement of Wesleyan college will be
gin next Friday with the annual meet
ing of the board of trustees, when Dr.
W. N Ainsworth will retire from the
presidency and Dr. U. R. Jenkins, vice
president, will be elected as his suc
cessor. Dr. Ainsworth came to the
college three years ago from Wesley
Monumental church. Savannah, for the
express purpose of raising an endow -
ment for the college. He has com-I
pleteri a campaign for $300,1190. of
wlt li nice than SIOO,OOO has been ex- i
I” tided in cash on buildings and im
provements.
The commencement sermon w ill be
preached to Bishop J H. McCoy, of
Birmingham, and the literal y address
v>:: be delivered by President Henry
Ghurchil! King, of Oberlin college Dr.
Vn.cW.orth will flobyrr h’= f losing ba r -
.Gturea'.e and lose the 75th yea; of
ta— "mother of for women." *
CHOOSING JURY
INOAHBOWK
Box Expected Soon To Be
Filled in the Famous Trial.
Story of Alleged Bribery.
LOS ANGELES. May IS.—With sev
en jurors in the box. attorneys for the i
defense and prosecution were hopeful
.of obtaining today the five men needed ,
to complete the psfnel to hear the case I
of Clarence S. Darrow, charged with |
the bribery of a juror in the McNamara
case. The prosecution hopes to begin
the presentt .lon of its case Monday.
Two of the fir e peremptory' challenges >
of the prosecution and three of the ten ,
allowed the defense were xercised late ;
Friday aftrnoon when the box had been
filled for the-first time with men passed
for cause by both sides.
Sequel of Franklin's Arrest.
The trial of Clarence S. Darrow is
the direct outgrowth of the sensational
arrest of ■ Bert Franklin, a detective
employed by those defending the Mc-
Namara brothers, on charges "f jury
bribery. Franklin was arrested a fowl
days prior to December 1. 1911. when
the accused dynamiters astonished the
world by entering an unexpected plea
of guilty. It was claimed at the. time
that it was the discovery of his crook
ed work that led to the speedy termi
nation of the labor men’s fight.
On December 11 the accused detec
tive was given a hearing, and both
George N. Lockwood and Robert Rains,
the McNamara juror and venireman
whom he was charged with attempting
to bribe, testified that he had used the
name of Darrow in making his over
tures. Franklin, however, exonerated
the McNamaras' chief counsel and en
tered a plea of not guilty.
His case was taken up by the grand
Jury, and about the middle of January
rumors that Franklin had confessed
that Darrow was behind the bribe fund
were circulated in Los Angeles. Dar
row, through his lawyers, entered a
strenuous denial of these charges, and
when the rumors were confirmed, he
branded Franklin as a turn coat and a
Burns detective,' hired by the state to
discredit the labor lawyer,
Darrow's Indictment Follows.
On January 29 two indictments were
returned against —Darrow, containing
four counts. Two of these counts
charged the lawyer with the bribery
and attempted corruption of Robert
Bains, the first juror sworn to try James
B. McNamara, the confessed dynamiter
and murderer, now serving a term In
San Quentin prison. The remainitig
two "counts allege the bribery and cor
ruption of Qeorge N. Lockwood, a ve
nireman summoned in the McNamara
case.
Darrow was arraigned on February
1, and his attorneys immediately en
tered motions before the court to set
aside the first indictment and quash the
second, on the ground that the evi
dence was Insufficient and did not set
forth facts proving the charges.
After a consideration of these mo
tions, the Darrow attorneys were called
before the court on February 3 and the
motions were formally denied. Darrow
then entered a plea of not guilty, and
was released under a heavy bail. His
trial was set for May 15.
Franklin Pays S4OOO Fine.
The trial of Bert Franklin on Febru
ary dispelled any lingering doubt as to
the part the detective had played in his
investigation before the grand jury. He
immediately pleaded guilty to one in
dictment. and was released after pay
ing a fine of $4,000. the presiding judge
significantly commenting on the "in
fluence of an older and more expe
rienced man."
Darrow's prominence as a champion
of organized labor makes his arrest
and trial equal in interest to the sen
sational charges against the union iron
workers. It is expected that his hear
ing will bring forth testimony as
startling as that marking the trial of
the McNamaras.
TWO PEACHTREE STREETS
WILL GET $5,000 PAVING
Peachtree street will have a new pav
ing. and West Peachtree will be paved
with asphalt from Harris to Baker
streets. The public works committee
of the county commissioners decided
today to take up the work at an early
date. Tlie city,' has set aside $5,000 to
ward buying the paving.
AT 99. TELLS HOW TO
GROW OLD AND HAPPY
BOSTON. MASS.. May IS - "Get nut
in the open air. leave liquor and to
bacco alone and keep regular habits,"
said Ralph Butler. 99 years old. "and
you will live to a ripe old age.
"Go to bed early, and get up early,
take a long walk every day, no mat
ter what the weather is."
IT QUENCHES THIRST
Horsford's Acid Phosphate
Teaspoonful in glass nf water, sweet
ened to suit, far more delicious and re
freshing than lemonade
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Atlanta Man Wins
High Office in ILCL
C. K. Ayer, of Atlanta, was
chosen as one of the members of
the executive committee by the
I iiitcd Commercial Travelers at
their convention here.
SEEKING fl MOSES
TO FIGHT WATSON
That there is considerable serious op
position in rhe ranks of the Underwood
adherents in Georgia to Thomas E.
Watson's election as one of the dele
gates to the national convention in
Baltimore is undoubtedly true. .
That there will be vehement and vo
ciferous opposition to his taking
charge of the entire convention pro
ceedings is iirobabla. if there can be
located somewhere somebody to lead
the opposition forces into battle.
The thing that is distressing and
disturbing the thoughts of the anti-
Watson men right now is the finding
of a competent general to take the op
position tight in hand and see it to a
finish, whatever that may he.
Opposition of Passive Kind.
Just now the leaders of the Under
wood forces who enjoy anything like
state-wide reputation either are frank
ly’ favorable to Mr. Watson's election
as a delcgate-at-large, or they are
passive in their objection.
G. R. Hutchens, who managed Mr.
Underwood's campaign is for Mr. Wat
-3011 as a delegate-at-large; so are C'.ark
Howell, Tom Felder, Governor Brow n 1
and others prominent in the Under
wood fight ip Georgia. These men
have spoken out aggressively for Mr.
Watson. Any one of them present in
the state convention likely would wil
lingly lead a fight to put "the red
headed person" on the delegation as
one of the "big four."
Just how these gentlemen stand with
respect to Mr. Watson's proclaimed in
tention to take over the matter of
naming both the temporary and perma
nent chairmen of tlie convention, as
agreed upon In his personally proposed
meeting on the night before the con
vention, is not known. Not one of
them lias expressed himself concerning
that.
Watson’s Demands Are Many.
Mr. Watsons program includes not
only his own election, but the instruct-'
ing of the delegation specifically
against both Bryan and Wilson, the
abrogation of the rule under which the
delegate's were all selected in Mr. Un
derwood's favor, and the seating of
Wilson delegates from counties that
went for Wilson in the primary, tlie
naming of botli the temporary and per
manent chairmen of the convention,
and the putting of Mr. Watson at the
head of the delegation to Baltimore.
What tlie anti-Watsonites are ask
ing today is, who is going to lead the
tight to head Mr. Watson off in any
or all of his demands?
The identity of that man lias not yet
been established, and it looks pretty
much as- if tlie Watson program is to
be carried out without protest or
hitch.
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Our opticians will make
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GIFTS OF DOLLAR
GEDRGIATRIBUTE
Mrs. Henry S. Jackson Appeals
to Women to Help Build Me
morial to Titanic Martyrs.
Mrs. Henry S. Jackson, who has been
i appointed by Mrs. John Hays Ham
mond, secretary of the Woman's Ti
tanic Memorial Association, to repre
sent the movement in Georgia, will
send out letters to a number of prom
inent women early next week. Mrs.
Jackson, according to the suggestion
she made to Mrs. Hammond. Will seek
to arouse interest among the women of
tlie state in this way:
Dollar subscriptions are asked, and
the funds are to be used for the erec
tion of a memorial arch in Washington,
D. which will be dedicated to the
memory of the men who went down
with tlie Titanic that the women and
children might have a chance for life.
Mrs. Jackson thinks that Georgia
women will be prompt and eager to
respond to this appeal.
"That two famous Georgians were
included in the Titanic martyr list
makes the appeal more personal," says
Mrs. Jackson. "The many who knew
Major Archie Butt and Mr. Jacques Fu
trellc personally, will the more readily
recognize the bravery of the men on
the ill fated ship. And, too. the
Strauses were known and loved in
Georgia, and hundreds of people Have a
tender memory of the brave old couple
who went down together. There has
been no organlaztion formed to do the
work of raising funds in the state as
yet. We think that the matter, once
brought to the attention of women, is
ail that will be necessary. We de
pend largely on tlie press, which al
ready has done so much for Titanic
sufferers, to help us In getting up tins
memorial arch by giving publicity to
the undertaking."
Mrs. Taft made the first contribution
to this fund, and the contributions are
now coming in from all parts of the
United States and abroad. The dollar
donations are to be sent direct to Mrs.
Hammond, in Washington. D. C. Mrs.
Jackson's only duty in th, work is to
arouse interest in the matter among the
women of the state.
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this spring. r
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chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
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