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2 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. • I BAGMEN OF BAGDAD PARADE f digs \<’ ■’’tat fR a < ' v ' - SwMr iSh ■•twWSI-A? > : wgMMF 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. * i 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 y - 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 --"■ = READ FOR PROFIT GEORGIAN WANT AD3 USE FOR RESULTS i "■ A ’ ... J 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. ■■ ■ ' - J 1 - When to Wear Glasses Just the very moment your eyes begin to annoy you in the least. When reading and close work make your eyes burn: when the letters blur ami run together and head ache results it is time to rest the eyes with the proper glasses. Our opticians will make a careful and thorough test of your eyes and will fit the correct lenses in the latest styles of frames or eye glass mountings at reason able prices. Ask to see the new Toric lenses and the latest form of no-scam Invisible Bi focals. A. K. HAWKES CO. OPTICIANS 1-/ Whitehall St. “On the Viaduct” 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. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Has surpassed all other medicines in merit, sales and cures. It puri fies the blood and builds up the tvhole system. Be sure to take it this spring. r Get It today in usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. The Proper Thing To Do Whenever You Want A Good Cook A Cozy Room A First-Class Stenographer Bookkeeper Salesman or Clerk I Is To Let A Georgian “Want Ad” Get It For You. They Are Easy to Write and Easy to Pay B or SEE Niagara Falls On a FREE Trip Write the Contest Manager The Georgian.