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M'ELVEEN GUN
W TO FIGHT
Feud May Result From Attack
of Montgomery Ball Players
on Cracker Infielder,
Continued from’Page One.
have talked with a dozen witnesses.
They all agree that Dobbs and four
other players, with Elberfeld in the
lead, jumped on McElveen. R I. Har
rell, of the Aragon hotel, is willing to
testify both Dobbs and Elberfeld jump
ed on McElveen. Mr. Harrell pulled
Elberfeld away and Elberfald hit him,
so he has reason to know."
Mr. Callaway, who is a law yer known
throughout the South for his legal abil
ity, will appear tn person to help in
the prosecution and will see the case
through to the finish.
McElveen was located in his room
at the Aragon this morning and gave
his version of the affair. Said McEl
veen :
"There is absolutely no reason in the
world why Dobbs should have attacked
mt We never had any trouble while
I was a member of the Montgomery
’earn, nor since then, either."
McElveen Says
Attack Was Unprovoked.
“He is just jealous ’cause you made
good with Atlanta after he let you go.
I'd give 150 if I had been there," in
terposed Shortstop Harbison. McEl
veen's roommate at the Aragon
"Dobbs, Elberfeld, Bills and Aitchl
son came up to where I was sitting In
front of the Aragon,” continued the At
lanta third baseman, "and Dobbs asked
me why I had been saying things about
him. I replied that I hadn't said any
thing about him. 'You have,' and 'I
haven't’ passed between us once or
twice, and then Elberfeld, without any
warning, kicked the chair out from un
der me. As he did so Dobbs landed on
my right eye. You see what that lick
did; it just closed up the eye. I
knocked Dobbs down and as I leaned
over him Elberfeld struck me. Bills
and Altchison were both In the fight
and had as much to do with it as
either of the other two.
"Yes; I'm going to play this after
noon, and wnat well do to that Mont
gomery bunch will bp a shame.
Dobbs Tells Why
He Hit McElveen.
Dobbs' statement, as was to be ex
pected. differed materially from that of
McElveen. "I had no trouble with
Mack while he was with me.” said
Dobbs. “He was after every manager
who came to Montgomery to trade him
in, and finally I decided to let Atlanta
have him. Then he made a big holler
about quitting baseball, but he came to
Atlanta.
"As soon as McElveen left my club,
continued Dobbs, "he began circulating
stories so vile you couldn't publish
them; couldn't even hint at them. Play
ers around the circuit began to throw
the insult at me and told me McElveen
had started It As a man I couldn't
stand it I might have Jumped on Mc-
Elveen at the ball park yesterday, but
that would have hurt baseball. I might
have waited until he came to Mont
gomery, but that would have been cow
ardly. There was just one time to
thrash him and 1 improved it. I will
whip or try to whip any man who says
about me what McElveen did. It is
false than anybody hit McElveen ex
cept myself Elberfeld yanked a man
off his chair but took no other part
in the fight. The players with me
merely stood by to see fair play."
Dobbs ha« previously borne the best
sort of a reputation, and no rough tac
tic® were ever before charged against
him.
KEYSTONERS NOT TO
JOIN DEMOCRATS IN
PENNSYLVANIA FIGHT
PHILADELPHIA. July 5 The Key
stone party state convention convened
this afternoon. Delegates from every
section of the state were in attendance.
The Flinn-VanValkenberg faction will
make an attempt to control the con
vention, but it is not expected that
they will be successful. An entire
state ticket will be named and the
proposition for fusion between the
b Democrats and the Keystoners will be
BOYS AND GIRLS
lilt FOR HONORS
Literary and Athletic Contests
Feature State High School
Meet at Athens.
ATHENS, GA.. July s.—High school
pupils from all over the state are tn
possession of Athens, being here for
the annua! high school contests. In the
spring the high schools of each con
gressional district in the state held dis
trict contests to decide upon contest
ants to represent the various districts
in the state meet. The contests are
in recitation, declamation, spelling, es
says. music and athletics.
In the recitation contest for girls
were the following competitors;
Miss Beulah Peacock, Vidalia; Miss
May Sanders. Arlington; Miss Estelle
Carter, Americus; Miss Jeanie Stone,
Carrollton; Miss Louise Walker, Mon
roe; Miss Marlon Elder, Gordon; Miss
Janie Tuck, Athens; Miss Mabel Ho
meker. Commerce; Miss Alvada Gunn,
Crawfordville; Miss Marie Griffith.
Sparks; Miss Bernice Edwards, East
man.
Winners in Conteats.
The winners were: First prize, Louise
Walker, of Monroe, Fifth district, re
citing on “The Ruggles Dinner Party;"
second prize, Marion Elder, Barnesville;
third prize, Jean Tuck, Athens.
'fhe music contests, held In the col
lege chapel, were pronounced by crit
ics unusually good. The «inners of
these contests are yet to be made
known tomorrow. Those who took part
were:
Miss Clara Belle Duff, Tifton: Miss
Meadows. Swainsboro; Miss Kalla May
Pinkston, Dawson; Miss Olive Brad
ley, Carrollton; Miss Frances Rogers,
Lithonia; Miss Oliva Dumas. Locust
Grove; Miss Lulu Wilburn, Monticel
lo; Miss Lucile Brown, Toccoa; Miss
Julia Stone, Louisville; Miss Kate Lew
is, Valdosta; Miss Elizabeth Lawrence,
Baxley.
The winners were: First, Willie
Belle Garbutt, Valdosta; second, Clara
Belle Duff Tifton; third, Lucile Brown.
Toccoa.
Winners in the spelling contest were.
First, Lillie Gunn, Warrenton; sec
ond, Currie 'Walters, Toccoa; third.
Pierce Holmes. Valdosta.
Declamation winners were First,
James Ray, who declaimed Robert Em
met's own defense, second. James Cas
sidy. Fitzgerald; third, Robert Perry.
Eighth district.
Athletic Events.
The athletic contests were held yes
terday afternoon on Sandford field be
fore a large crowd. Seven of the con
gressional districts were represented
The Sixth district won with a total of
25 points. The Ninth and Eighth dis
tricts tied for second place, with 16
points each. The Tenth district was
next with 12 points. The Twelfth dis
trict had three points, and the Third and
Fourth one point each. The individual
winenrs of the different events were
as follows.
100-Yard Dash—Simpson, Ninth, first,
time 11 1-5; Avery. Eighth, second;
Cochran, Sixth, third.
Broad Jump—Rummell, Sixth, first.
IS feet 1 inch; Thompson, Eighth, sec
ond; Burdick, Tenth, third.
440-Yard Dash —Simpson, Ninth,
first, time 40 seconds; Hillstnan, Sixth,
second: Kimball. Third, third,
Shot-Put—Johnson, Tenth, first; 31
feet 10 inches; Sessoms. Twelfth sec
ond. Hammond, Sixth, third.
220-Yard Dash—Cochran, Sixth, first,
time 27 seconds: Presley, Ninth, second;
I Rogers, Tenth, third.
120-Yard Hurdles Thompson,
Eighth, first, time 16 seconds; Crump.
Sixth, second. Hallam, Fourth, third.
High Jump—Simpson. Ninth, first, 5
feet 8 inches; Kytle. Eighth, and
Steele. Sixth, tied for second place.
The relay race was run by teams
from the Sixth, Ninth and Tenth dis
tricts. and was won by the Sixth.
i MRS. DECKER, ONCE
WOMAN’S CLUB HEAD,
GOES UNDER KNIFE
SAN FRANCISCO. July s.—The con
dition of Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker, for
mer president of the General Federa
tion of Women s Clubs, took a sudden
turn for the worse today and she was
hurried to the operating room.
At 11:30 a. m. she was on the operat
ing table, with surgeons assisting in
the operation.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ATO NEWS.
Vaniman Airship Snapped in Its 1,000-Foot Plunae\
FIRST VIEWS OF THE DIRIGIBLE DISASTER
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Bryan Gets Big
Reception at Home
LINCOLN, NEBR.. July 5. -Fresh
from his triumphs at the Democratic
national convention at Baltimore, Wil
liam Jennings Bryan arrived home to
day. Mr. Bryan was met nt the depot
by an enthusiastic crowd, who gave
him a rousing welcome After shaking
hands with many of his admirers at the
.-tation. he entered an automobile and
was driven to the Hotel Lincoln, where,
. after holding another impromptu recep
' tlon. he addressed a large crowd from
the hotel balcony.
In his- speech Mr. Bryan expressed
complete satisfaction with the results
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. accomplished at Baltimore, ahd pledged
his hearty support to nominees of the
Democratic ticket, as well as his confl
i denee in its success at the polls this
fall.
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At top, the. Vaniman dirigible', which exploded.in midair and plunged into'the ocean at At
lantic City, carrying to death its inventor, Melvin Vaniman. and his crew of four, photographed ,
.just as it started on the fatal Hight. Below, at left, the dirigible snapped in its 1,000-foot plunge
just after the explosion had wrecked it. Below, at right the wrecked air craft floating in the
water, with the first of the rescue boats searching for bodies of the victims. j
TROOPSGATHER
FDR MANEUVERS
Annual Joint War Practice at
Anniston Camp To Be Be
gun Tomorrow.
Joint military maneuvers for the na
tional guard of the Southern states and
the regular regiments stationed in this
section under the direction of Colo
nel Van Orsdale, of the seventeenth
infantry, will be begun in Anniston to
morrow .
One battalion of the Seventeenth in
fantry from Fort McPherson and two
squadrons of the Eleventh cavalry,
from Fort Oglethorpe, are now in th?
camp. Troops from South Carolina,
’ North Carolina. Alabama and Tennes
see will reach Anniston today.
The schedule for militia aproved by
the war department is: July 6 to 15.
South Carolina, Alabama. North Car
olina and Tennessee: July 16 to 25,
t Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama and
. Florida; July 26 to August 4. South
Carolina, Alabama and Kentucky.
Lieutenant E. R, W McCabe, in
spector-instructor of cavalry, formerly
stationed heie. but now at Richmond,
■ said today the maneuvers would be
. the mo t successful ever attempted in
, the South.
YEGGMEN GET AWAY WITH
$2,000 FROM POSTOFFICE
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BUFFALO. N. Y July s.—Yeggmen
I blew the safe of the postofliee at An
gola. some time between midnight and
■ daylight, this morning and escaped with
1 |2.O'i« in stamps ami money The only
> cluew to the perpetrators of the rob
bery is an automobile rap found in the
- doorway' to the postoffice. It is thought
the robbers used an automobile.
Border Patrol
Ordered Increased
WASHINGTON, July’ s.—Alarmed at
reports that the Mexican rebels under
General Orozco are retreating on Juarez,
the war department today instructed Col.
E. Z. Stoever to increase the patrols along
the Rio Grande. At the same time orders
were issued to all consular agents to pre
vent shipment of arms or ammunition to
the rebels.
It is expected that the rebel army’,
closely’ pursued by the Federals under
General Huerta, will reach Juarez Sun.
day.
4.491.550 FLIES DIE IN
NEW ORLEANS CONTEST
NEW ORLEANS, July s.—The play
ground commission fly-swatting con
test has closed and in the last few
hours of the morning children brought
the pests to headquarters in such
quantities as to almost swamp the of
ficials. Yesterday’s killing surpassed
all previous single day records, grand
total of 242.750 dead Hi ?s being re
corded on the judges’ books. As a
result of the conies’, New Orleans has
been rid of 4,491,550 flies.
The prizes in the contest will be |
awarded Sunday evening at the Cle.ve- .
land playgrounds, Cleveland and Clai
borne avenues, by the judges of the
contest, Wilfred Landry and L. d ( Ben
edetto. Yesterday the winners w>ti?
given credit slips for the total num
ber of dead flies which they have
bi ought in and these will he presented
in exchange for the prizes Sunday.
II.MOORE CANDIDATE
FOR JUSTICE OF PEACE
J. L. Moore, the well-known attor
ney at law, is a candidate for justice
of the peace, 1422 d district, to succeed
R. R. Jackson. Election Saturday, July
6, between the hours of 8 a. m. and 3
p. m„ at 399 1-2 Edgewood avenue. He
stands for a square deal and clean
administration.
ATLANTA'S CRITIC
SENT TO SEATTLE;
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Captain George Steunenberg, <
U. S. A., Transferred From ;
17th to Negro Regiment. I
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Captain George Stuenenberg. the United j
States army officer who took a fling at c
Atlanta and things in general in Georgia <•
when he came here from San Antonio with J
the Seventeenth infantry, has been trans- , '
ferred to the Twenty-fifth infantry, ai v
negro regiment, stationed at Fort Lawton, I (i
Seattle. (
Orders effecting Captain Steunenberg's r
transfer came just before the third bat- t
talion of the Seventeenth left for Annis
ton for the summer maneuvers. The gal-- r
lant captain, still retaining his own and c
none ' o complimentary opinion of At- c
ianta. left immediately for the Far West. I;
It will be remembered that Captain
Steunenberg. a brother of the slain gov- 0
ernor of Idaho, bailed from Boise. He *
| said in a letter published tn a Boise news- T
| paper that Atlanta was an over-grown 1
country town, The people here, he de- r
dared, always Were asleep. The banks “
and the, banking system he pronounced r
atrocious. The streets were cow paths,
lanes or something or other not named t
nor numbered, and the pedestrian didn’t r
walk, but shambled. c
Captain Steunenberg is famous In the o
army as a poet. His verses about the t
cats at the Fort Leavenworth are army c
traditions. He Is sometimes accredited t
with being the “funny" man of the army. 11
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ONE GIRL KILLED, 2 HURT
IN A JOY RIDE SMASH-UP f
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READING. PA., July ,j.—Miss Kath- [
crine Shatter was killed and two- com- p
pinions, Catherine Snyder, aged 16, e
and Catherine Young, aged 17. were h
fatally hurt today in a Joy title ftmash- *•
up. Clarence Siegfried is charged wit:: t
taking the automobile without the j
owner’s pt i mi-sion. c
BY T, E. POWERS
HURLEDISFUF
EXPLOSION OF GAS
Worker Near Death in Accident
in Acetylene Plant of W,
and A. Railway.
Hurled fifteen feet Into the air by J
the explosion of acetylene gas in a |
pit over which he was working. D. '
S. Hodges narrowly escaped death at
the gas plant of the Western and At- I
lantic railroad today. ■
Hodges, who lives at 73 .Nelson
street, and is employed by the rail- i
road to generate its ear-lighting gas
in the plant on Manhattan avenue, had
gone to the pits outside the plant to
turn a supply of the gas into the cars
of a train. Wheether a match caused
the flash is not known, but workmen
saw that Hodges was stooping aown I
over the closed pit when there came an '
explosion which tore up the ground for
yards around. Hodges rose in the air
with the blast of flaming gas and land
ed by the car tracks unconscious.
He was picked up badly burned and
bruised and rushed to the Grady hos
pital, where it was said that he prob
ably would recover.
No one else was injured and the oth- ’
er gas pits held intact.
uniteFdocto¥
GET BIG WELCOME
NEW ATLANTA OFFICES
WERE CROWDED WITH
CALLERS ALL DAY LONG
YESTERDAY. j
SPHWUSTS ARE KEPT BUSY
Many Business Men Call to Wish
the Doctors Success in New
Field—lnterest Shown.
A most royal reception was extended
the United Doctors by the people of
Atlanta and surrounding towns yes
terday upon the occasion of the open
ing of their new medical offices at 2 1-2
Auburn avenue, corner Auburn and
Peachtree.
All day the waiting rooms were
crowded with patient's who were anx
iously waiting their turn for a free
examination with this great medical
expert. So great was the crush of
patients that Dr. Hammers, the spe
cialist in charge of this office, was kept
busy all day and far past the regular
closing time, and even then was not
able to examine all the callers. Many
patients from out of town were in the
crowded waiting room. Many patients
came from nearby towns, and some
came from a distance to see these doc
tors.
Besides the many patients, there
were also a number of business men
and prominent citizens who had called
to see the new offices and pay then'
respects to the United Doctors and .visit
them well.
The grand free offer of free exami
nation and treatment at cost of medi
cine is extended to the first 100 "h n
call. After that the regular fees wi'
be charged.
Any one suffering from any nervous
or blood disease can no do better than
to call upon these specialists. You " u
find them perfectly honest and uprigh'
in all their dealings. If they can n t
relieve you they will frankly tell yo l
so, for it is their invariable rule to re
fuse to treat any case that is beyond
relief
While the United Doctors will no
treat any case that they deem beycn"
relief, yet no case should despair be
cause other doctors have failed to cure
or relieve them. It must be rememberer
that the vast experience of these medi
cal experts and the scientific use
their wonderful new system of trea
ment enables them to relieve man
cases that have been pronounced hope
less by old methods.
The United Doctors solicit difficti.
and deep-seated oases. They want t
failures of other doctors to come
them at once. This will enable th’-
to show the people what this new s>-
tem of medicine will do In curing d
eases and relieving suffering. This '■ 1
enable them soon to gain a reputation
here, as they have in other cities whe -
their old offices ate now establis
Examinations and consultations a:
confidential and free to all. Treatme.
is free, except for the cost of the me •
cine, to the first 100 who call.