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VOL. X. NO. 255.
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.MANIACS
Court Threatens Stockade Sen-
tence for -All to End the
Motor Car Peril.
EIGHT MORE IN POLICE
NET: JUDGE’S SON FINED
Ann -to Terminate the Muffler
Nuisance and Curb Scorch
ers on City Streets.
Recorder Broyles, issuing an ulti-
matum in the automobile war started
by Police Chief Beavers, today de
• dared that the city auto laws must be
t enforced, will be enforced and that
offenders, no matter how wealthy, will
be sent to the stockade, for 30 days
without a fine if such drastic measures
are necessary. Wealth and social posi.
tion will cut no figure, he declared.
The recorder said he would back the
police to the full power of his court.
Chief Beavers has given explicit in
structions to all members of the police
force to watch out for violations of the
auto laws' and hale the offenders to
police court.
City Judge's
Son In Dragnet.
The chief appeared personally before
each of the three watches and made a
eV talk on the importance of the observ
ance of al! auto laws.
As a result of the crusade, eight ad
ditional cases were made today by the
police, one of the offenders being An
drew Calhoun, of 24 Eleventh street,
son of City Court Judge Calhoun. He
was fined $5.75 by the recorder for hav
ing his muffler open.
John Alexander, negro chauffeur for
Stewart Witham, the young clubman
w ho was arrested on the charge of in-
Iterfering with Policeman Welcher, will
>■ appear before the recorder this afthr
( noon.
More Offenders
i Are Fined and Pay.
Alexander is charged with running
with his muffler open. This is the
same case that Officer Welchel started
l to make at the time he had the mix-up
I with young Witham, the negro driving
| away at that time.
I F. L de Marco, of the Majestic hotel.
Who was fined $5.75 yesterday after
noon paid another fine of the same
amount today for running with his
, muffler open..
The others fined todav were Ralph
Bassford, driver for Henry S. Johnson
the merchant; Paul L. Smith, of 34
Hurt street a pool room proprietor;
Adolphus Chappell of 109 South For
syth street Robert Cargile. a negro
chauffeur Marion Patterson, a chauf
feur of 363 Peachtree street, and C. C
Hudson, driver for the Southern Bell
* Telephone Compant. J D. Care*- will
be tried at the afternoon session on
v the charge of exceeding the speed limit.
Fassford w as accused of reckless run
ning The other autoists were charged
with having their muffjers open.
Ultimatum Today.
Here is Judge Broyles' statement.
These automobile laws have been
passed for the safety of the people, pe
» destrians and autoists themselves, and
f it is of the utmost importance that they
I be enforced The police hare done the
I right thing in going out after violators
B I of the auto laws, and they should keep
L the ball rolling The laws are plain.
I every autoist in the city ought to be
P ’ ‘thoroughly acquainted with their nro-
I visions, and there is absolute!' no rea-
I son why they shouldn’t be observed.
• " "We intend that these laws shall be
en f orc ed, even if we have to resort to
drastic measures. Small fines are being
imposed now as a reminder and a warn
\ Ing as some people seem ignorant of
some of the requirements, and if these
fail to have the proper effect, then the
.1 penalty will be made more severe. If
k it becomes necessary, I will send of-
I * fenders to the stockade for thirty days.
I without a fine. And no distinctions
I v ,u be made in the enforcement of
■ th re 'av - They apply to all and
■ eve.' me "ill share alike no matter
I who they may be."
Judge Broyles says the speed limit is
being gene rally observed in the down
town di triets. and that little trouble is
found along this line. He is of the opin
-1 ion however, that there is but little
It ret; .rl Mr the fiftet n-inile limit out
h - side o< 'he fire district
IV ' The ii">.-t flagrant and anno'-ing vio
► . c th- present I’m* he a' -
I ■ are found in the running of autos with
■ the muffler open.
The Atlanta Georgian
Preacher Pours Liquor
Down Sewer After He
Convicts Saloonists
CHATTANOOGA, TENN . May 24
After convicting thirteen saloonists of
violating the state prohibition law, in
criminal court today. Rev. J. W Vesey,
of the Chattanooga Pastors association
walked from the court building to the
street and poured his evidence through
a grating into a sewer, while a crowd
looked on.
The minister purchased whisky in beer
saloons and took his purchases before the
grand jury, which returned indictments
against the proprietors. The whisk'- was
then retained for use as eviderce tn the
trials of the defendants. All entered
pleas of guilts when the cases were call
ed today.
After the hearings the court returned
the whisky to the minister, who lost no
time in destroying it by the sewer route.
Sentence will be passed on the saloon
ists next Tuesday.
Fashionable Macon
Folk Attend Trial
Os Taylor's Slayer
MACON. GA.. May 24. A large and
fashionable audience, consisting prin
cipally of the relatives and friends of
the deceased, saw the fate of G. Frank
lin Tindall placed in the hands of a
jury today. He is charged with the
death of Charles Hall Taylor, whom he
shot and killed two months ago when
he found Taylor embracing Mrs. Tin
dall’s sister.
The chief feature of the trial was the
testimony of Miss Lula Carter, the
young woman of humble station to
whom Taylor would have been married
in another day. She was a state’s wit
ness, and her experience on the stand
was a grueling one. 'She declared that
when Tindall returned home late at
night and found her sitting on the steps
in Taylor’s arms he thought she was
his w ife. and .only fired on Taylor after
the latter had advanced toward him
with arm outstretched.
Roosevelt Leader Run
Over by Auto; Parade
Held Up by Accident
ATLANTIC CITY. N 1.. May 24.
While Colonel Roosevelt was on his
way to the million-dallar filer. Major
Robbins, one of the Atlantic City
Roosevelt leaders, fell from the running
board of the ex-president's ear. He
was run over by his own machine that
followed and was badly bruised.
The accident held up the Roosevelt,
parade for ten minutes; Major Rob
bins had greeted the colonel and as.-
sured him that he was going to carry
Atlantic City. As Major Robbins fell
from the ear into the street, Colonel
Roosevelt ext tainted. "Stop the ear!”
The car following was going too fast
to be stopped It ran over Major Rob
bins. who lay in the street, doubled in a
heap Ho scrambled up from under
the wheels and was assisted to his feet.
Roosevelt jumped from his cai and
helped support him. The accident hap
pened In front of Dr. Marvel’s sanita
rium. and ’Major Robbins was taken in.
Colonel Roosevelt going with him
The Colonel waited while the hos
pital physicians made a hasty examina
tion of the major’s injuries.
"He's not seriously hurt, but he's
badly shaken up." was the doctor’s ver
dict.
The major remained at lhe hospital.
Colonel Roosevelt came outside the
hospital ward and. speaking to a crowd
of l.fiOO that clustered around, ex
claimed :
“Now listen here. This man has been
badly hurt by an automobile Some'of
you will be hurt. too. if you don't
watch out. You must not run too close
to the automobiles. You must keep 20
feet away."
Raf Robs Prisoner
In City Jail of Sock
And Eludes Sleuths
A thief was discovered todav in th
police station
This may sound strange but never
theless it’s true.
And. despite heavv locks, steel bars
and numerous police officers, the thief
easily escaped. a
The victim of the robbery is a pris
oner. "Doctor" Gray, an Osage Indian
medicine man. and he is minus one
sock. The "doctor” was reclining on
his bunk when the thief silently stole
into his cell, took his sock and fled.
The thief was a large rat.
Foreign Trade of U-S?
To Break All Records
In Present Fiscal Year
WASHINGTON. May 24 —The for
eign trade of the United States In the
fiscal year w hich will end June 30 will
exceed any previous year's business.
This was the statement made today
by the department of commerce and la
bor officials, following a tabulation of
the import and export trade for the past
ten months. The statistics at lhe end
of April show the imports for the fiscal
yea' will approximate 51.600.000,000.
and the exports will reach $2,200,000,-
000 exceeding by $45,000,000 and $150,-
000.000. respectively, the record years
of 1910 and 1911.
Read For Profit—-GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use For Results
MANICURIST
AND NAT
KAISER
WED
Unknown to His Family, Rich
Jeweler Slips Away to
Take Wife.
MARRIAGE A MYSTERY
EVEN TO HIS SONS
Man Rated at Half Million Wins
Pretty Widow as Bride Af
ter Many Trips.
NEW ORLEANS LA.,. May 24.—The
marriage of Nat Kaiser, wealthy At
lanta jeweler, to Mrs. Ruth Winz, a
manicurist of New Orleans, became
known here today.
Mrs. Winz. who is unusually pretty,
had known the Atlantan than
two years, it is said, but there was no
intimation to her friends that she ex
pected to be married.
She did not appear at her usual place
of business yesterday, and it was
learned that Mr. Kaiser, who had been
in the city several days, had married
the pretty widow suddenly and the two
had left the city for a wedding £our.
The Atlantan had paid frequent visits
to New Orleans and was considered as
siduous in his courtship for Mrs. Winz.
They had apparently been good friends
for a long time, but none of her friends
had expected a wedding
Father s Marriage
News to His Son.
Herbert Kaiser, son of Nat Kaiser,
said that he knew nothing of his fath
er’s marriage, but that he had reason
to suspect that romance was in the
air for the last seven months.
"When he announced several days
ago that he' was going to New Or
leans. I felt that I knew what was
going to happen. People don’t go to
New Orleans this time of the year for
fun." said Kaiser.
"His wife is a New Orleans woman.
My father .met her about two years
ago. and their acquaintance soon
sprang into something more serious.
For the last seven months I have had
reason to believe that marriage was his
intention, although he never informed
any of us about it definitely. When In
left this, time I was almost sure. As
yet I have heard nothing from him.
I am satisfied that they will come back
to Atlanta Immediately and-etart house
keeping.”
Kaiser Rated at
Half Million.
Nat Kaiser is the president of Nat
Kaiser Company, Inc., jewelry dealers,
in Peachtree street, near Decatur, and
is said to be worth a half million. He
has • three children Mrs. Robert
Schwab. Herbert Kaiser, in the real es
tate business, and Grover Kaiser, asso
ciated with his father. They live at
the Georgian Terrace, where Mr. Kai
ser and his bride are expected next
Sunday.
American Runner Is
Winner of Canada's
Big Marathon Grind
HAMILTON. ONTARIO, May 24
Harry Jenson, of New York, finished
first in the niheteen-mile Hamilton
Marathon held here today. The first
four men to cross the line and their
time were Harry Jenson, of New
York, first. 2:1:19: Duffy, of Toronto,
second. 2:01:30; Smith, of New York,
third. 2:1:35; Fabre, of Montreal,
fourth. 9:02:30, ,
The race was run for the purpose of
picking a runner to represent the Do
minion in the Marathon at Stockholm
at the International Olympic games.
The Americans entered In the race to
give themselves a tryout and showed
up as being in fine condition. Twenty
five runners entered the run. but before
the ten-mlle mark was reached twelve
of them had dropped out.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
MORNING GAME.
AT TORONTO:
N’ark... 000 000 002- 2 6 1
T0r’t0...005 400 04'- 13 17 2
Gaskill and Smith and McCarthy: Max
well and Fischer Umpires, Guthrie and
Doyle.
MORNING GAME.
AT MONTREAL:
Prov 201 000 000 3 7 2
Mont’l. 040 001 02>- 7 8 2
Mitchell and Smith, Carden Mattern.
Taylor and Roth Umpires. Byron and
Mullin
ATLANTA. GA.. FRIDAY. MAY 24. 1912.
Pardoned Banker Is Ready for Business
MORSE BACK IN WALL STREET
'
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k til* A
I'liarles W. Morse, the pardoned hanker, and Mrs. Morse, as they looked this week on their
return from Europe, where Mr. Morse has been recuperating his health.
I’M MSN
FIGHft BURSLAR
Choked and Beaten. She Forces
Him to Flee and Saves
Hat for Clew.
Mrs. J. B. Hallman, a widow living
at 9 Gaskill street, was choked almost
insensible early tbday in a heroic battle
with a burglar in her room.
With the assailant s fingers ' losing
tight about her throat, th- plucky wom
an. unable to scream for help, struck
him repeatedly In the face with her fist
and finally forced him to free her. As
Mrs. Hallman sank back on the floor,
exhausted, the intruder leaped through
a window- and dashed away In the
darkness
In his haste, he dropped his hat just
outside of the window. Without tak
ing tlm- to pick It up, he fled on, leav
ing this as the only clew to his identity.
Th- discarded hat wa.- found in lhe
yard just after daybreak and Mrs.
Hallman turned it over to detectives.
Detectives worked hard to follow up
the hat clew, but so far have obtained
no tangible information. The hat is
of the soft black variety ft contains
no initials.
The burglar entered the Hallman
home through the same window by
which he made his -scape. He was
ransacking a dresser drawer w hen Mrs.
Hallman suddenly awoke and discov
ered his dark form a few feet from her
bed.
It was a terrible fight." said Mrs.
Hallman today. "It seemed to me an'
age. I never want to go through an
other such experience again. It makes
me tremble now when I think of it.’’
PRISONER TRIED AND
FREED IN EIGHT MINUTES
MACON, GA . May 24 In eight min
utes in the Bibb superior court today,
when John Tillman, a. negro, was put
on trial for killing a man. a jury was
three witnesses heard, argu
ments made and a verdiet of nd! guilty
returned The jur> did not leaxc its
seats Tillman returned home to his sup
per and found a man with his wife He
immediately killed the man
LINEMAN BADLY BURNED BY
CONTACT WITH LIVE WIRE
COLUMBUS, GA.. May M —Eugene
Burroughs, an electric lineman, who came
here fifteen days ago from Rome, Ga.. to
work for the Columbus Power Company,
today was badly burned about the body
and limbs by coming in contact with a
live wire. He was rushed to the city
hospital in a dying condition.
CLEAR SKIES HERE FOR
INDEFINITE ENGAGEMENT
More of th- fine weather that has
been prevalent for several da>«
promised for tomorrow be th? weather
man. who savs that the weather map
shows no signs of disturbances in anv
section that threaten this locality.
Looks Over Suite of Offices,
Preparing, It Is Said, for
| New Campaign.
NEW YORK, May 24.—Charles W
I Morse, who was freed from the Federal
i prison at Atlanta bj President Taft on
the theory that he was dying, returned
to Wall street today. He looked over
several offices and it is said that he wi l !
return to the ice and shipping busi
nesses.
This visit of the former financier to
the scenes of his old battles is practical
confirmation of the exclusive announce
ment in The Atlanta Georgian several |
days since.:
"Within the month you’ll see Charles
W Morse promoting at least one new
steamship combine to exploit the new
Panama canal trade."
In Condition To \
Resume Battle.
That is the statement made by one of
th- late Atlanta prisoner’. closest
friends in New . York today, and It Is
confirmed in substance by several
others, despite Morse's personal state
ment that he would never return to the
career In finance that doomed him to
the Southern ’ Federal prison.
All these friends have talked with
Morse and his wife since their recent
return from Europe upon the Olympic
The one quoted adds that Morse is in
physical condition now to resume the
battle which won him so many millMns
and so much notoriety before his con
viction.
"Assuredly Mr. Morse would deny
that he would re-enter Wall street," he
added, "He's not so foolish as to be
ignorant of the fact that an admission
of that sort from bis own lips would
raise a storm In mam quarters—and
not the least among the lay public."
Old Troubles
Pursue Him.
Morse is in th- limelight just now
That, is brought home by the fact that
subpena clerks are already on his trail
with summonses in several suits hark
ing back to th? days before Atlanta.
In some of these suits he is wanted
as a witness. In one, Warren McCon
ihe. a lawyer of No. 42 Wall street,
threatens by a writ of'attachment, to
force Morse to submit to examination
in a suit for SIOO,OOO brought by Abel
Culver against Peter McCarthy, for
merly an officer of Morse’s old Hudson
Navigation Company.
Morse, regaining his health, motors
and walks every day, but he takes this
exercise in the deepest seclusion He
has been lying low while the wind of
notoriety blew about him He doesn’t
intend to get much into the open where
the process men can reach him and
rush him into court to tell old tales of
his former ventures that would fix him
in the public eye for months and might
even bring about a recrudesence of the
old scandals—which are by no means
yet forgotten.
Very quietly he is already replenish
ing his fortune by “fliers" which hi.
knows so well when to take. There arc
even reports that he has already taken
a hand in several promotions intimat-ly
Involved with Wall street
No Longer the
Morse of Atlanta
Rut one obvious thing commented
upon by all the friend who have seen
Continued on Page Two.
HOPKINS BARRED
FROM ffl HOMES
I
t Court Orders He Be Barred
From Mansions Pending the
Termination of Suit.
NEW YORK, May 24. —Russell Hop
kins, son of Dr. John Randolph Hop
kins. of Atlanta and father of "The
Million-Doliar Christmas Baby.” can
not be found in New York, though
search for him is being made. When
Mr Hopkins does appear he will find
his two residences at 1045 Fifth avenue
and Irvington-on-the-Hudson securely
locked against him. The supreme
court has given that closure decree
' against Hopkins pending the outcome
of the suit for an accounting of $275,-
000 which his wife’s grandmother says
he obtained from her under false pre
tenses.
Where young Mr. Hopkins is has be
come a matter of acute interest to a
swarm of summons servers and wires
have been sent to his father's home in
Atlanta asking for tidings of the son.
Rep'ies from th- South-rn city declare
that Dr Hopkins has no idea of Rus
sell Hopkins' w hereabouts, and the only
inkling is furnished by Superintendent
Patrick Kelly of Hopkins' Irvington
estate, who declares ’hat "he might be
away in an automobile somewhere."
Legal Summons Posted on Door.”
Meanwhile th? two mansions are
tightly barred. When the young man
does put in an appearance he will be
forced tn jfmmv his way into his own
home. From th- barred doors th-r
--flapped today a notice and a sum
mons from th- supreme court, and
the summons is pasted in such away
that it will be impossible for Hopkins
to enter without tearing the legal pa
per Crowds stood all morning about
the place, drawn by th- unusual sight
of a Fifth avenu- residence placarded
with court documents.
This action was taken by the court
upon th? representation of Hopkins'
wife's grandmother, Mrs. Josephine
Lawrence, that he had deliberately
evaded the summons in her accounting
suit. It was known heretofore that
Mrs Lawrence accused the young man
of having abused the affections of a
grandmother for her granddaughter by
deceiving and despoi!ing z her of $275,-
0(10. but it develops today that Mrs.
Lawrence also seeks from Hopkins
$1,400 a week she say s she paid to him.
beginning two years ago, when he told
her that he would be compelled to ac
cept a lucrative business opportunity
in California pay ing that weekly salary.
Mrs. Lawrence says she "made good"
that sum to him from her ow n pocket
upon his agreement not to take his wife
and children from New York.
At lhe residence of Dr. Hopkins in
this city this afternoon it was said that
al! members of the immediate family
were motoring in the country . The re
port that Russell Hopkins had come
to Atlanta was denied, as was any
knowledge of his whereabouts.
FRIEND OF KING EDWARD DIES
LONDON, May 24—Sir Edward Sas
soon. M P. an intimate friend of the
late King Edward, died today at ills
residence in Park Lane.
Home
EDITION
pl-? IPE- On Trains. FIVE CENTS,
i Atlanta. TWO CENTS
IS. GRACE
HITS FIRST
BLOW AT
EUGENE
In Public Answer to Injunction
Suit, Recalls How She
Supported Him.
——
SAYS SHE KEPT HOME AND
PAID PERSONAL EXPENSES
When He Threatened Despera
tion She Sold Property to
Raise Money for Him.
Domestic affairs reflecting on Eu
gene H. Grace are made public today
for the first time in an answer filed by
Mrs. Grace to the petition of E E
Lawrence, of the Grace-Lawrence
Building Company, to have her enjoined
from Interfering with the affairs of the
company. In her answer Mrs. Grace,
says that she furnished the funds to
finance the building business after
urgent pleas made to het by her hus
band. who was then without work, and
prays the court that she not be en
joined merely because she furnished the
money with which to run the business.
Since Eugene H. Grace accused his
w ife of shootin# him, the wife has held
her tongue, and before today has never
uttered anything against his character
or told of their domestic affairs. Now
that the injunction petition of E. E.
Lawrence has forced her to speak, she
reveals to the Court how he‘r husband
begged her to dispose of certain stocks
she had to obtain money to set him up
in business in Atlanta. h<* claiming
that he could realize 200 per cent on (
the money.
Paid Personal
Expenses of Two.
Reluctantly the accused wife tells the
court how members of her husband S
family urged her to prevail upon him
to enter some business or accept a po
sition. and of how she furnsihed all of
the living expenses for both him and her
self and advanced him sums of money
from time to time, which aggregated a
large amount. Even after she moved
to Atlanta, she says, and had furnished
money for his business, she paid all of
the living and personal expenses of the
two.
Mrs. Grace’s answer was filed today
before Judge Pendleton in the superior
court by her attorneys, Moore & Branch
and Rosser A- Brandon
In her answer Mrs. Grace says
This defendant shows to the
court that she furnished the money
to run the said business under the
circumstances and by reason of the
fact hereinafter shown. Before her
marriage to said Eugene H. Grace,
this defendant was possessed of
. onsiderable money and property'.
After her marriage to said Eugene
11. Grace, for some months, they
made their home in the city of
Philadelphia. The said Eugene H.
Grace being without employment
and without means, this defendant,
In addition to paying the living
expenses of herself and said Eu
s<me H Grace, from time to time
advanced to him considerable sums
of money aggregating a large
amount Along in the summer of
1911, some months after their mar
riage, this defendant was urged by
certain members of her husband’s
family to' prevail upon her hus
band to either engage in some bus
iness or to accept employment, and
• she did finally prevail upon him to
seek employment. He went to the
city of New York, where he said
he could get agreeable employment,
and after staying for a few days
he left New York and came to At
lanta After arriving in Atlanta, he
wrote to this defendant, saying that
he would like to engage in the
building business in Atlanta, if this
defendant would furnish the money
to start him in business. This was
in the latter part of October. 1911.
Says He Threatened
Desperate Means.
He continued to write this de
fendant. who w as then at her moth
er's home in Philadelphia, urging
her to furnish him the money to
go into the building business in At
lanta. saying that he had investi
gated the same, and that ne could
make a bunch of money" in that
busincs- and that he i ouid realise
Some 200 per cent or mor' on th*
Continued on Page Two.