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Freight Trains in Head-End
Collision Between Conyers
and Covington.
ONE TRAINMAN MISSING;
MAY BE UNDER DEBRIS
Failure to Properly Read Sig
nals Is Declared to Have
Caused the Crash.
COVINGTON, GA., July 8. —Five
men were injured, one probably fatally,
and a sixth is missing and thought to
be buried under the debris of the wreck
of two freight trains on the Georgia
railroad at Alma, between this city
and Conyers early today. The injured
are:
Engineer Beazley, back and neck
sprained, face cut and left leg badly
bruised.
Conductor G. D. Adams, collarbone
and chest mashed and face cut.
Conductor H. S. Paschadl, right arm
broken, right leg badly bruised and
face cut.
Flagman Brake, badly bruised.
A negro brakeman, skull crushed and
body badly bruised. He is unconscious
and Is not expected to live.
George Jackson, a negro brakeman,
Is missing and thought to be under the
wreckage.
The third section of eastbound
freight train No. 34 crashed head-on
Into westbound freight No. 14, just aft
er the latter had pulled out of the Alma
siding onto the main line. It is said
the crew of the second section of No.
34 failed to notify the crew of No. 14
that a third section was following.
Conductor Adams and Engineer Beaz
ley were tn charge of No. 14. Engine
crews of both trains Jumped. All but
Engineer Beazley escaped unhurt. He
was struck by flying timbers as the
trains crashed together.
The Injured trainmen were brought
to Corington, the four white men be
ing under treatment tn a local hotel.
The road is blocked today and passen
ger trains are making transfers. The
two freight engines and, eight cars
were demolished.
South Atlantic
Limited Wrecked
MACON, GA, July B.—-The operating
crew of train No. 32, South Atlantic
Limited, Jacksonville to Chicago, looked
ieath in the face, but escaped even
injury, today when the engine and ex
press coach jumped the track and
turned over at Beech Haven, 33 miles
from Macon. The train was going at
about 30 miles an hour. The first pas
senger coach also left the track, but
crashed Into the tender and stayed up
right.
Passengers received a severe shaking
and were panic-stricken for a time.
When search was made for the engi
neer, fireman and express messenger,
they were found In the debris, stunned,
without even a bruise.
Local Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad officials, who went to the scene
of the wreck on a special relief train,
'ieclare that it is a miracle that a score
of People were not killed. The respon
albillty for the wreck has not been
fixed.
MAYOR favor! more
money for reform
of CITY’S DRUNKARDS
lam deeply in sympathy with the work
, y probat lon officer for inebriates
will l en<i all my Bupport to the efforls
hMt Os Trades to secure
i'\« <i<|U ' p,nent tor * hls department,"
a ‘l Mayor C. S . Winn today. "There
m ° re worth V function of the city
mm r,rn , er ” ,han *he restoring of weak
, 0 J*,. won)en to their norma) relation
nr , , imposing fines and pris
!s •i. eneeß, is very evident that there
Ulan ‘”' ge . c,aßs in Atlanta needing reg-
V other ’han the regular police sys-
I.au'r"T ' ones ‘ editor of The Journal of
urg/i'. ,a . <l ea,led <» n Mayor Winn and
'ieL: Hn ncreased appropriation for this
la: I. which is now handicapped for
read* i As tlle hu dget has Si-
mula n n ? n _” l<ld l e U P 111 detail, the mayor
l"n he,-! P r,, pilse any Immediate relief,
Pledged his support to the plan.
i!JV. WEEPS six BLOCKS
WTONAPAH: LOSS $250,000
T 'e»wh N vlv LES> , CAL ■ J ul.’ *• Fire at
I’ll ’ ki early today wiped out six
,i, a, 'd late reports -ay the
’• 1 1 -, •h 1 , ,o bav e been under con
non „ ro *en out again and that fur
’ JV,! hrea, ened. The loss is
d at 3250.n0n
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
: John D. Is 73 Today; •
•When He's 100 He'll•
: Have $1.440,000,000;
• CLEVELAND. July B.—John D. •
• Rockefeller, the world’s richest •
• man. is celebrating his seventy- •
• third birthday today. Mr. Rockes •
• feller is hale and healthy, and re- •
• ceived many congratulations from •
• various parts of the world. •
• Mr. Rockefeller's wealth is now •
• estimated at $960,000,000. He has •
• been actively engaged in business •
• about 53 years, and has thus ac- •
• quired his wealth at the rate of •
• about $18,000,000 annually. Should •
• this rate continue and his life be •
• prolonged, he would be far richer •
• than a billionaire on reaching 100 •
• years of age, or worth, at a very •
• rough estimate. $1,440,000,000. •
•••••••••••••••••••••••egg
Gallant Life Saver
Rescues Fair Bather's
Teeth—Very Secretly
Touching Predicament at Pied
mont Park Lake Solved With
All Due Diplomacy.
Bathers at Piedmont park lake no
ticed two women standing in one spot
In the pool for nearly an hour. In
cessantly they churned the water up
and down as they moved their feet
around feeling for something on the
wooden flooring. They had gone in to
gether and after paddling around for a
short time an exclamation from one had
caused both to stop swimming and start
the queer search.
At last Captain Ben Schlomberg, of
the United States Volunteer Life Sav
ing corps, noticed their predicament.
For a few moments he swam around
them and then gathering his courage,
asked in a whisper that could be
heard by all nearby: “Is there anything
that I can do?”
• “Er—er—l have lost my false teeth,"
replied one.
“I*ll dive for them: I can get them,
sure,” said the gallant life saver.
The woman clutched his arm. “For
goodness sake, if you get them, don't
bring them to the surface of the water,”
she replied. “Just hold them under
the water and pass them to me.”
The sunburned head and shoulders of
the life saver disappeared. Hardly a
moment later he came up. All was
well for he surreptitiously passed some
thing to one of the fair swimmers who
left the water as rapidly as they could.
DREAMS OF “MAIDS
TO ROCKEFELLERS”
RUDELY SHATTERED
When Ella McElveen and Josie Simp
son, negro servants, accepted jobs a
week ago as “maids to the Rockefeller
family," they felt as if they had found
a gold mine.
When they told Recorder Broyles all
about it today, they felt worse than the
proverbial 30 cents. For their dream
was rudely jarred when they found they
had been slim-slammed and that they
were out $11.50. They declared Joe
Wright, a negro dog peddler, was the
artist who duped them, and Judge
Broyles bound Wright over to the state
courts in bond of SSOO on the charge
of cheating and swindling.
The women said Wright told them
that they would be expected to travel
with the Rockefellers, who then were
in Atlanta, and that the first stop would
be New York. He said they would go
from there to the Flynn-Johnson fight.
The Rockefellers always required their
maids to be insured, however, and this
would cost $4 each. Another $1.50
would be required to purchase a big
suit case for each maid. The women
gave up $5.50 each.
GOOD MEMORY OF
POLICEMAN CAUSES
BUILDER TROUBLE
J. W. Hatnmond, a contractor, is con
vinced George Cornett, special officer for
police court, has a splendid memory.
Cornett’s memory enmeshed Hammond
in a bushel of trouble, this morning. Ham
mond appeared before Recorder Broyles
as a participant in a fight, but his case
was dismissed. As he started out, Cor
nett halted him, and reminded the re
corder of an old case against Hammond
for failing to obey an order of the court.
He had been ordered several weeks ago
to move a pile of dirt from an alleyway.
and is said to have failed to do so.
Hammond explained that he had given
instructions that the worn be done, but
didn't know whether the dirt had been
moved. Judge Broyles required him to
put up $15.75 collateral pending Investi
gation.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
STOCKHOLDERS VOTE
$75,000,000.00 OF BONDS
SAVANNAH, GA., July 8.-Stockhold
ers of the Central of Georgia railway in
quarterly meeting today authorized the
issue of approximately $75,000,000 of re
funding and development bonds, the pro
ceeds to be used to liquidate outstanding
indebtedness and to finance certain im
provements. There will be $25,000,000 of
the money available at once
Following the meeting of the stockhold
ers the directors held a meeting for the
purpose of working out certain detoils in
connection with financial business' and to
elect a successor to John Bell as secre
tary. of the Central. C F. Groves, car
accountant, will be named for this posl- I
tlon.
YANKEES SET
MORE NEW
OLYMPIC
MARKS
Richards Makes Record at
High Jump and Meredith in
800-Meter Run.
I
GREEK BROAD JUMPER
DEFEATS YANKEE STAR
Relay Team From This Side
Makes Best Time, But Is
Disqualified.
By MICHAEL J. MURPHY.
(Trainer of the American Team at
Stockholm.)
STOCKHOLM, July B.—Two new
world records were hung up today by
the American athletes in the third day
of the International Olympic games.
The running high jump was won by A.
W. Richards, of Brigham Young uni
versity. at 6 feet 3 3-4 inches, beating
the old record by 3-4 inch. In the 800-
rneter race J. E. Meredith, of Mercers
berg A. C., Pennsylvania, finished first
in 1 minute 519-10 seconds. The old
record was 1 minute 52 1-2 seconds.
American athletes are now the over
whelming favorites in the fifth annual
renewal of the Olympic games The
ease with which they swept the boards
in the sprints and 500-meter run was a
revelation to the followers of athletics,
and as a result Americans anxious to
bet on their team are unable to place
wagers of any magnitude.
What few bets were made installed
the Americans as favorites with the
odds at 4 or 5 to 1.
American athletes went down in de
feat in the’first event of the third day’s
contest of the Olympic games. This
was the standing broad jump, which
was won by Tsicletras. a Greek ath
lete. He jumped a distance of 3.37 me
ters.
Despite their defeat in the standing
broad jump, however, the Americans
were cheered when notified that their
swimming team's protest against the
action taken in the 100-meter semi
finals yesterday had been sustained by
the International jury. The race will
be re-swam before the termination of
the games and the Americans are con
fident that In this they will capture at
least, three points.
Through some misunderstanding,
three men who had qualified for the
semi-finals —Kahanamoku, McGillivray
and Hussagh—did not appear for the
semi-finals when they were swam off.
In the trial heat Kahanamoku had
broken the world's record.
U. S. Relay Team
Swiftest in Trial.
America, f'anada, England. Sweden,
Germany and Hungary qualified in the
trial heats for the 400-meter relay race.
The American team, made up of Ira J.
Courtney, Seattle Athletic club; F. E.
Belote. Chicago A. A.: Clement P. Wil
son, Coe college, lowa, and Carl C.
Cook, Cleveland, covered the distance
in 43 3-4 seconds. The record for in
dividual competition at this distance is
49 1-5 seconds.
After a long dispute the American
team was disqualified because of Be
lote’s passing the stick to Wilson out
side of the boundary set by the rules
committee. This occurred in the semi
finals and England, which had been de
cisively beaten, was given the place in
the finals left vacant by the American
team’s disqualification. The other sur
vivors were the teams of Sweden and
Germany.
The United States lost again in the
final of ihe 10.000 meters run this even
ing going to Finland. H. Kohlmeainen,
of Finland, won a smashing victory in
this event, taking the lead at the start
and never losing it. But ‘•America got
a consolation from the fact that Louis
Tewinima, from lhe Carlisle Indian
school, finished second.
Yankees Smash
Two Records.
The finals in the mining high jump
was won by A. W. Richards, of Brig
ham Young university, who beat the old
Olympic record by 3-4 of an inch Rich
ards jump was 6 feet 3 3-4 inches. The
old mark of 6 fei-t and 3 inches was
made by Porter, an American athlete,
at London four years ago. Lisehe, of
Germany, was second, with 6 feet 3 1-4
inches, also exceeded old mark and |
George Horine, of Leland-Stanford uni
versity, was third with 6 feet 2 inches.
Yankees won in one. two, three or
der in the final of the 800-meter event,
this being the second time during the
meeting that they did so. J. R Mere- !
dith, of Mereerberg Athletic club.
Pennsylvania, was the winner Melvin
Sheppard wa- second and Ira N. Dav-
Continued on Page Two.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JULY 8, 1912.
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Mrs. F. -I. Seymour, champion tennis playei*. She is over 60
rears old and prescribes tennis for all girls who would keep
lealthy and happy.
Mrs. Seymour. Famous in Many
Court Contests Still Plays
Great Game.
If .you would add years to your life
and years to your youth, play tennis.”
That is the creed of Mrs. F. J. Sey
mour, the . woman of sixty-odd years
who is the most remarkable amateur
athlete in America, and Just now the
toast of the Southern Tennis associa
tion enthusiasts at East Lake, where, in
spite of her age and the stars pitted
against her. she won seven consecutive
games and with them the champion
ship cup which goes to the victors in
the mixed doubles.
Mrs. Seymour is a grandmother, and
proud of it: I't,’ she seems far nearer
25 than 60. Her eyes sparkle; she
hasn’t trace of ,< wrinkle; her cheeks
are tinted as rosily as those of a
girl eighteen, and to see Ijer' flash
here and there in the mazes of a set
upon the courts one stares in astonish
ment at the little streams of silver in
iwr hair, which seems in-ematurely
gray.
“All tennis, said Mrs. Seymour by
way 6f explanation. 'lt’s kept me
young; it s kept me happy; it’s won me
many honors and brimming health and
many friends. That’s why 1 say girls
should play tennis. And if they have
any constitution they should play it
with all their souls and bodies and
learn to love it. and they’ll never re
gret it.
Partner of Champion Renshaw.
"Why, I've been playing tennis so
long that I don’t care to tell you how
long. But you can get some idea when
you remember that I used to play in
the doubles with Will Renshaw when
he was champion in England, and he
and I culled some cups together in
those old days.
Mrs. Seymour has not only been play,
ing ever since, but she’s the fairy god
mother of this particular sport In this
country. It was she who taught May
Sutton her wonderful science of rac
quet and ball, and it was she who ac
companied Miss Sutton all over this
country, playing with her in doubles,
coaching her in singles, until she capped
the climax by seeing her pupil win that
famous triumph over all Europe.
Though she won’t admit it. Mrs. Sey
mour has financed a dozen tennis clubs
at great tournaments throughout the
country. Her present particular pride
is the Nashville tennis team, of which
In i son-in-law. A. B. Newell, head of
the Tennessee t'ential railroad, is the
president.
TIPPINS BIILMIILE OH:
LlOUOfl MEN AITACKED;
REFEHENDUMOPPOSED
Flood of Amendments as Fight Opens
With Alexander and Anderson Lead
ing Opposing Forces—Measure Be
lieved Certain to Pass, Probably
Without Reference to Voters—Gov
ernor Brown Is Exected to Veto It.
Buried beneath a mass of amendments and substitutes, some de
signed to help, others to destroy, the Tippins bill lies on the clerk's
desk in the house of representatives awaiting final disposition un
der a call of the previous <piestion tomorrow morning at 10:30. as the
conclusion of a vigorous fight which began today.
When the house met at 11 o'clock this morning, the Tippins
bill known technically as House Bill No. 2. immediately was read for
the third time and presented to the house for passage.
Following its reading, amendments and substitutes from many
quarters poured in.
It was evident that a big fight
was on, and that many members
proposed Io take a hand in it. The
attendance upon the house was
large—there were few if any va
cant seats. The galleries carried
the banner crowd of the session
thus far.
Many Amendments
Offered in House.
The Tippins bill, stripped of Its legal
dressing, simply provides for strength
ening' the prohibition law of the state
by outlawing all substitutes, imita
tions and makeshifts manufactured
and sold for the purpose of evading
the prohibition law, generally summed
up in the term “near-beer.”
The bill provides that no beverage
sold in the state shall contain more
than one-half of one per cent of alco
hol, either in imitation of beer or medi
cine, and that no imitation of or sub
stitute for beer shall be sold containing
any quantity of alcohol.
The first amendment proposed came
byway of a substitute introduced by
Mr. Hall, of Bibb. He handed in a long
bill providing for “package houses,”
under local option restrictions, limited
to towns of 5.000.
Following Mr. Hall's substitute came
an amendment from Mr. Adams, of
Hall, providing for a referendum to
the people of the act, after its passage;
another from Dr. Brown, of Fulton,
proposing that the act should be in
operative in cities of more than 5,000;
a substitute from Randolph Anderson,
of Chatham, providing for a straight
away "local option" act, making towns
of 5,000 and upward the unit of local
option, and carrying a provision where
by licensees should be bonded heavily
not to sell for delivery outside of the
municipalities wherein they might be
permitted to do business; an amend
ment from Mr. Ault specifically ex
cepting patent medicines and physi
cians’ prescriptions; another from Mr.
Taylor, of Laurens, substituting in the
bill one and one-half per cent of alco
hol instead of one-half of one per
cent; another by Mr. Lee, of Lee, pro
viding an amendment to the Anderson
substitute restricting the operations of
proposed substitute to beer, ale, stout
and malt liquors of that kind; another,
and final amendment, from Mr. Pickett,
of Pickens, specifically including in
persons prohibited in the Tippins bill
all persons operating, either directly
or indirectly, so-called "locker clubs.”
Amendments Have Little
Chance of Passage.
The real fight is centered around the
Tippins bill, pure and simple.
No one of the amendments, save the
one providing for a referendum to the
people, and perhaps the one specifically
including "locker clubs” In the list of
prohibited persons, stands any chance
of being adopted.
One by one they will be voter) down,
until the question of the Tippins bill,
with or without the referendum clause
added, will come to the house for set
tlement.
The tight for the bill is being elo
quently and effectively led by Repre
sentative Hooper Alexander, of De-
Kalb. The opposition is being led by
Representative Randolph Anderson, of
Chatham, upon the plea of his "local
option” substitute. The issue is being
made clean-cut.
Alexander Attacks
Violators of Law.
Mr. Alexander opened debate in an
hour’s speech, in which he vehemently
assailed the violators of the prohibi
tion law. and undertook to show how
the passage of the Tippins bill will
make it much more difficult for viola
tions to take place.
The general opinion is that the hill
will pass, with a whoop and by a tre
mendous majority, notwithstanding the
oratorical and proposed legislative im
pediments put In its way by its ene-
HOHL
IPITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE &> y re no
mies. It has been conceded for a long
time that the bill is to become'a law ,
and the delay in passing it has been
occasioned more by a willingness of its
friends to let its enemies go on record
than otherwise.
Acute interest attaches to the pro
posed referendum clause. If it is add
ed. the governor is expected to sign the
law. If it is not added, he Is expected
to veto ft.
The impression exists that the clause
will not be added. If it is, ft likely
will be by a close vote. If it is not
added and the governor vetoes the act,
that will precipitate an even harder
fight than the present one, for the. ene
mies of the bill believe confidently that
it will be impossible to pass it over the
governor’s veto. Its more ardent chant,
pions maintain, however, that the bill
will become a law eventually, even over
the veto of Governor Brown, if it is
interposed.
Under an agreement already ratified
by the house, the Tippins bill must
come up for final disposition tomorrow,
on a call on the previous question, at
10:30 o’clock.
At that time the hopes of the more
ardent prohibitionists of Georgia will
be given a big boost by the house, for it
will pass the Tippins hill vociferously.
After being disposed of by the house,
the bill will go immediately to the sen
ate, where another effort will be made
to block it. but with little promise of
success. 'lts friends say it will have at
least 31 votes in the senate and prob
ably 40. The former would be insuffi
cient to pass it over the governor's veto
the latter would be more than suffi
cient.
County Unit Plan
To Elect Senators.
Representative .1. O. Adams, of Hail,
introduced a bill in the house today
providing; for the county unit system in
all primary elections held in Georgia
for the nomination of United States
sena tors.
Mr. Adams' bill provides that the
legislature, in seeking to determine
who shall be voted for for senator,
shall consider the names of such can
didates only as have been voted for in
such county unit primary. The bill
also provides that in the event of a
vacancy in the senate following a sen
atorial primary and pending a session
of legislature, the governor shall
appoint to the vacancy the nominee of
said primary, provided not more than
one party primary shall have been held,
litis bill undoubtedly was an out
come of the state Democratic execu
tive committee’s action of Saturday,
calling a popular plurality senatori.il
primary for .August.
W. & A. Commission Bill Again
rhe Western and Atlantic commis
sion measure, sponsored by Senator W
J. Harris and passed by the legislature
the last session, but vetoed upon con
stitutional grounds by former Governor
Hoke Smith, will be given another
chance by the general assembly.
A resolution, providing for a stand
ing commission of three from the sen
ate and five from the house, to hold *
office until all the leases of the Western
and Atlantic railroad, which expire in
1919, are consummated, went to the
senate today.
Indicating by the unanimity of the
vote that the Bristow amendment to
the Federal constitution providing for
the popular election of United States
senators would undergo some hard
sledding before it passed, if passage
were accomplished at all. the senate
agreed to the Alexander resolution pro
viding a joint committee to investigate
the amendment.
As a result of charges and counter
charges made this fall to the state
printing commission, a bill creating the
office of state printer went to the sen
ate today and. according to the senti
ment in favor of such an office, doubt
less will pass without serious opposi
tion.
Senator Kight has let the legisla
ture know that he is violently opposed
to the nw county mania which seems
to have obsessed the state. He has in
troduced a bill that puts a real crimp
in .i lot of rhe new county boosters who
are thronging the state capitol.