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2 “THE FINAL RALLY” [Wilson ) x (Th -L \ \ Oy/ ZT - / / JEX -x -X T WILSON 'X 2 > > / ) ) (\f t- 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 .0 V 8 • waw scr-in ■ » W- . > -?■_ -. ■-y I 11| wUHPf y J|~ iqijiliu '' X. j -XL ~ ■ • , •. S < . i ; / < / . • - . s- , t LWaftk i ii -mmM AT TS2.W t s-.-hji- 11l ■! . jL*. ...... A f I L I . . ’ | ! | * 1 •. , . 1. ’ ‘. /■ C:.:.. .: ■ ‘ , • • ' > ' ‘ •' ■ - HI ttyt ttt 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 i ' . 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. "X ■ ■ ■ -ZZZZLZZZJ ~~Z~T> . f ■ _■ II niwsimt; J . X -7k* - -v •'* a v v- '‘ > ... iSHRgg ' • i •- -,..>>7 -i... ‘ .• •: oocr- _ ...■ c: ♦ ■. y SX ' ' xu.. , "’»iikw>iiiim>„ *■ . --‘Xi- . ■ •- WT fcx -I- '♦ x.' - ■ <•. .. ‘ v- ■ - - . ~ 1 - ■= MSjg, v —— 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 i 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; i 1 Captain George Steunenberg, < U. S. A., Transferred From ; 17th to Negro Regiment. I t t 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 _ c ONE GIRL KILLED, 2 HURT IN A JOY RIDE SMASH-UP f t 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.