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TIPPINS BILL IS PASSED BY THE HOUSE
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| Janitor Finds Crushed Body of
I C. C. Birchmore, Rai! Chief’s
I Aid. on Pavement.
I SLEEPING ROOMMATE
IGNORANT OF ACCIDENT
Believed That V-ictim Went to
Window for Fresh Air and
Lost Balance.
p; Bn feet from the open wln
j-,„ of hi? room on the seventh floor
• ■•,. Pi, kwick apartment house,
?',> ! s I Birchmore. private secre-
to Bino'ton .McWhorter, assistant
j-r.-rni < oimsel of the Southern rail
•, ■ !? Cashed to death upon the
pavement of Fairiie street
■ s morning. He was
the janitor of the Pick
\ up his body after hearing
?• '-.fi ~f the fali. Birehmore's head
i ly'.vl ano a score of bones were
: believe the fall was pure-
i , and that Birchmore lost
j'.j oui.tr. e in the semi-darkness of the
; . ruing when he stepped to the
- indow of liis- apartment.
Fireltrrtnre roomed in the Pickwick
■ ■ w. Y Mb n. a legislator of Thom,
i ■ ■ r night he worked late with
Mr Wiiorter, who is stopping at the
r wil. ind went to his apartment
c big building at No. 77 Fairlie
st -■> with Allen, who occupied an ad
joining bed. Allen was already asleep
r <r> idjoining bed. Birchmore re-
■ ins clothing and went to sleep,
: • police believe that he arose
about 4 o'clO'-k and stepped to the win
dow <o throw it farther open for freer
ventilation of the room.
Janitor Hears
Eodj Hit Flagging.
Hi- negro janitor, William Morgan,
han just arisen and was preparing to
ipr-n tin- Fairlie street entrance of the
t '."■•nt. house for Uhe day, when
he ii. i m the thud upon the pave-
J l L|, n a body- of Birchmore.
!' W. Brewer and G. A. Wright,
i- tin Pickwick. had been
ar',-.,; bj the fatal fall. They hur
r' : m to the street in their pa-
. but they saw Birchmore already
a ad. his skull fractured and his
b.ii k broken.
.'!• mmhili- in the room on the sev
i 11""! Representative Allen slept
a knowledge that his roommate
n t" death, until the coroner’s
1- in' .ii-used him and asked him
man had happened to plunge
window, Allen could tell
bout it, but he said that he
it must hav< been an acci
" he knew Birchmore very
■■'as sure he had no reason to
■ own life.
t 'ld the following story of the
' "ling up to his roommate's
de;r,
been out the night before
her man and ha 1 visited the
ation club. Coming in late,
ted to go to bed about 1
When Charley and 1 reached
' hid a good-natured tus
iossed things about a little
wrestling for a few min
opped and 1 began to undress,
u on the arm of a chair and
■i.v. ir, tie. 1 dropped off to
!| st at once and the last thing
-mdet of Charlie is his strik
bch and applying it to the
1 ehmore Praised
*' K;s Employer.
"as one of the finest boys 1
said .Mr. McWhorter today
’ ming on the death of his sec-
'• been my private secretary
antly with me since his grad
" " the University of Georgia
years ago. I was notified of
about 4 o'clock this morning
■_ . " li: that he felt ill during the
nad gone to th, window for
1 ' suppose that he leaned too
'■ •'pt’Jn this way lost his bal-
1 "more stood high among the
■ id many friends here. He
f ■>' mine- of the Alpha. Tau Omega
i' "lite! death" wa the verdict of
' r Miry which held an in-
! ‘ 1 ""'I - Coroner Donehoo.
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Photo-Diagram of
7-Story Death Fall
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This photo-tliaorani shows how
Charles C. Birchmore fell to his
death at the Piektrif-k apart
ments. Fie plunged from the sev
enth story to the Fairlie street
pavement below.
New Cotton Scheme
Is Turned Down By
Southern Governors
Most of Them Won t Come to
George Dole Wadley’s Congress,
Although Invited by Brown.
The Southern Cotton congress, sched
uled for Atlanta on Friday and called
by Governor Brown at the solicitation
of James Dole Wadley, representing
various Georgia cotton factors, has not
provoked enthusiasm.
Governor Brown said today that but
one governor, William H. .Mann, of Vir
ginia. out of the fourteen invited had
signified his intention of attending.
Governor Brown has received answers
from eleven Southern governors, and
out of that number only Governor Mann
will be present. The states of Louisi
ana and South Carolina have not an
swered the invitations.
The governor said today that he hesi
tated for several weeks before calling
the governors together to discuss a
scheme to hold cotton for a better price.
Ho told Wadley, who opport lined him to
act, that he was not sure but that such
a scheme would be in violation to the
Sherman anti-trust law.
Wadley informed the governor that
this matter had been thrashed out by
attorneys and the cotton factors had
been informed that it was legitimate.
DON’T GET CAUGHT IF
YOU TAKE A SHOT AT
GAME OUT OF SEASON
According to the state court of ap
peals, a hunter, under the provision of
tihe game law of 1911, is not necessarily
a person dressed in fashionable hunt
ing garb and spending leisure time
after game.
Any person who tak> s a chance shot
at game is hunting and is a hunter and
if the chance shot be taken out <>f sea
son this hunter is guilty of a violation
of the game law.
James Robinson was hauling cotton
in a field in Worth county last summer
and. having a shotgun with him. let fly
at a covey of quail. Robinson was a
poor shot and missed the birds, but he
was fined for violating the game law
just the same. Now, the court says
that Robinson's fine must stick.
CONG. BELL SAYS HE'LL
RUN FOR RE-ELECTION
WASHINGTON, July 1" -
man Thomas M. Bell, of the Ninth
Georgia district, announced here today
that he is a candidate fur iu-vietliun.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY. JULY 10, 1912.
U.S.H
LOSE TWO
810 TRACK
EVENTS
Englishman Takes the 1,500-
Meter Race and Finn Wins
5.000-Meter Run.
YANKEES TAKE ALL
PLACES IN SHOT-PUT
Stars Touted as Sure Winners
Make Poor Showing—New
Weight-Tossing Record.
By MICHAEL J. MURPHY,
(Trainer of the American Olympic
Team.)
STOCKHOLM, July 10.—-America to
j 'lay lost two of the most important
I running events of the international
i Olympic games—the finals in the 1,500-
l meter race and in the 5,000-meter run.
I However, defeat was tempered by the
I victory in the sixteen-pound shot put,
I when P. J. McDonald, a New York po
i’.iceman, b-oke the. Olympic record by
: ’lulling the iron ball over 50 feet. All
he Yankee athletes,taking part in the
I 100-meter race qualified for the semi
finals.
A. N S. Jackson, of England, won
the final in the 1,500-meter event. His
time was 3 minutes 53 4-5 seconds,
beating the Olympic record by 3 3-5
seconds. Abel Kiyiat, of Q. A. A. C..
who was second, ran a good race, but
'he could not overtake, the speedy
'Jackson. Norman S. Tabor, of Brown
university, was third. The showing of
John Paul Jones, of Cornell university,
was a distinct disappointment. Jones
had been touted as a winner.
H. Kolehmainen, the speedy Finnish
runner, captured the 5,000-meter final.
His time was 14 minutes 36 3-5 sec
onds.
The Americans who cheered so lusti
ly at the conclusion of the shot put
were silent when the winners of the
1,500 and 5,000-meter finals were an
nounced. Jackson is a young Oxford
university student. He ran a steady
race up to the stretch, where within
100 yards of the finish he made a spur'
which carried him to the front.
Sheppard, whose position was next
to the pole, drew ahead at the start,
but could not stand the terrific pace.
At the second turn Von Siegel, a Ger
man. took the lead away from the
American. At this the wise ones in the
stadium expressed the opinion that
Sheppard was saving his strength for
a spurt. On the third lap the German
had to give way to Jones. A great
cheer went up from the Americans as
Jones flashed into first place, his- bared
legs moving with the rapidity of pis
tons.
Four Americans
Led Till Finish.
At the third turn it looked as though
the Americans had the race cinched.
Abel Kiviat was running second to
Jones, moving at an even, steady pave
and apparently receiving his reserve
force for the finish. Oscar Hedlund,
mother American, was running well I
the fron*. while Sheppard had dropped
back to fourth place. Jackson and the
'balance were well bunched.
Al the beginning of the first stretch
the voting Englishman began to move
'up inch by inch. It was a splendid
■spectacle and one which thrilled the
■vast crowd. Running with set jaw and
head thrown buck. Jackson maintained
his gruelling pace. The Oxford man
moved up among the leaders on the
final turn. Jones spurted in an at
tempt t<> forge ahead, Put Jackson siiot
-ahead like a projectile and pushed over
the tape
Jackson's victory was clean-cut, but
the fight for second and third places
was so close that there was a squabble
-among the judges. First it was an
nounced that Norman S. Tabor, of
■Brown university, had finished second
and John Paul Jones, of Cornell uni
versity, third. Later this was re
vel sod and Abel Kiviat. of America,
■was given second place and Tabor
■third. Some of the judges protested
against this award, declaring that the
confusion was too great to give a fair
d eeision.
it was then decided to wait until a
photograph of the runners which had
been taken as they flashed under thq
W ire could be developed, fn the photo
graph Tabor. Jones-, Baker of England
Continued on Page Two.
WYLIE SMITH
GIVEN UP AT
LASTBY
MEXICO
Ambassador Wilson Telegraphs
Atlantans to Come and
Take Absconder.
YEAR'S EFFORTS TO GET
HIM PROVE SUCCESSFUL
Pinkertons Start Tomorrow,
and Extradition Papers Will
Be Honored by Madero.
After a year in prison in Mexico,
defying extradition successfully be
cause of the revolution that prevailed
in the southern republic, J. Wylie
Smith, the man who wrecked the Com
mercial Loan and Trust Company of
Atlanta by embezzling over $200,000, is
to be brought back here for trial within
the week.
Ambassador Wilson in Mexico City
notified the authorities today that the
Madero government had given its con
sent to the extradition. Pinkerton de
tectives will leave this city tomorrow
morning to bring Smith back from the
frontier line at Juarez, where he is now
confined.
Trying For Year
To Get Him Back.
Ever since Smith fled the city last
June he has been pursued by United
States authorities and private detec
tives representing the depositors in the
bank he wrecked. When he was first
arrested on the strength of an indict
ment found against him here, the Mex
ican government sent him to the prison
at t. hihuahua, but they refused to rec
ognize the extradition papers that offi
cers took down there to return him for
trial, because just about that time the
Mexican government was very much
broken up by the revolution.
Since August the man was kept there
in spite of every effort to bring about
his extradition. The authorities at
Washington were powerless; the best
that could be done was an agreemejit
with the Mexican government to hold
the man in prison. Lately, since the
Madero government has gotten the re
volt under control, the case was taken
up again by Ambassador Wilson.
Mexico Finally
Agrees to Give Him Up.
Smith was removed from his first
prison to Juarez, just across the line
from El Paso, Texas, and negotiations
for the honoring of the extradition pa
pers were renewed. Ambassador Wil
son announced the final success of his
efforts in a telegram w hich reached At
lanta today. It says that the requistion
will not only be honored, but that the
Mexicans will bring Smith to the bor
der line prepared to turn him over to
the American authorities as soon as the
legal papers are presented.
It is expected that Smith will be in
Atlanta and jailed here awaiting trial
within two weeks.
HOT WEATHER MAKES
POPE NERVOUS; FEAR
FELT FOR HIS HEALTH
ROME, July 10.—The continued hot
wave is having a serious effect on the
health of Po[le Pius X. Both Dr. Pet
tacci and Dr. Marchiafava are admit
tedly anxious over the pontiff's condi
tion.
The pope, always highly nervous dur
ing warm weather, is particularly irri
table at the present time, and has con
tinually disregarded the physicians'
order to rest. The doctors fear that a
general breakdown will come unless
there Is relief from the hot spell.
CHARLOTTE SOCIETY
GIRL ELOPES AND IS
WED AT MIDNIGHT
M INI HESTER, VA„ July 10.—Miss
Lucile C. Scott, a society girl of Char
lotte, N. C , who has been visiting rela
tives near here the past month, and
Thornton Tayloe Perry, Jr., of Charies
ton, M . Va., cadet at Shenandoah Val
ley Military institute, eloped in an au
tomobile late last night to Hagers
town, Md.. and were married by Rev. J.
S. Simon, after pulling him out of bed
at midnight. They returned here to
day. The pair had Known each other
but a few weeks.
Asfcs Women Police to Guard Girls
PERUVIN DANCE HALLS
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Miss Margaret Laing, assistant probation officer of the juve
nile court, who today gives to The Georgian her ideas on social
needs of the city. She is for women policemen, dance hall super
vision, and the establishment of social centers in school houses.
Miss Margaret Laing, Assist
ant Probation Officer, Pro
poses Radical Reforms.
"The dance halls are perhaps
our greatest trouble. They are
part of the, girl problem.’ Dance
hall inspectors are needed. *
"A woman policeman or two
would be a great thing for At
lanta. They would find their field
principally around some of the
picture shows.
"What to do with the girls Is
the greatest puzzle. We have a
county reformatory for bad boys,
but there is no place for the girls.
We need a reformatory for girls,
and we must have it.
"Converting the school houses
into social centers would help a
great deal. Why shouldn’t the
people whose taxes build them en
joy dances and games and enter
tainments in them at night? Why
should they remain Idle and dark
except for a few hours every day?”
Proposing women police for duty
around picture shows and other places
where young girls go and a super
vision of Atlanta dance halls by city
authorities, urging the use of public
school buildings as social centers for
dances and amusements of the neigh
borhood. and stressing the need of a
reformatory for wayward girls, Miss
Margaret Laing, assistant probation
officer of the juvenile court, told a re
porter for The Georgian today that the
girl problem was the most difficult of
all those faced tiy the new tribunal.
Miss Laing is no new-comer in the
field of sociological work. For several
years she was one of rhe skilled work
ers of the Associated Charities, and she
Joined the juvenile court more than a
year ago. W. W. Tindall, chief proba
tion officer, places great dependence
upon her knowledge of human nature.
Young Girls the
Greatest Problem.
"Yes. I think this work Is fine for a
woman,” said Miss Laing, with a smile.
"That is, if she is the right woman, of
course it wouldn’t suit every woman
But I like it.
“You ask what's the great problem
before us. it is 'girls.' Young girls
around fourteen years old. We can't
tell what to do with them when they’re
wayward. We have no reformatory,
you know, so we must turn them loose
or send them to Milledgeville -the two
extremes.
"These dance halls are causing us a
great deal of worry No. I can't sav
they are conducted in a disorderly
manner. But the city should provide
an inspector for them and see that they
are kept straight.
“I believe a woman policeman could
do a great deal to improve matters
around the picture shows and dance
halls. She could reach girls where a
man couldn’t; could show them their
dangers and persuade them to guard
themselves.
Poorer Girls Need '
More Amusement.
"I don’t say the dance halls should
be closed. The girls of the poorer
classes have little enough to amuse
them now. They need more pleasure
not to be robbed of what they have.
Oh, I wish the city itself could open a
great amusement hall, with dancing
and other pleasures, carefully super
vised and kept under control.
“The city will never do that, per
haps, but it could open a dozen neigh
borhood social centers in the school
houses. Why couldn’t every' one of
those schools in the suburbs and the
poorer districts be brightly lighted at
night and thrown open for dances
among the boys and girls, the grown
men and women of their neighborhood,
with good chaperonage by the older
persons? Don't you think the girls
would rather dance there, wdth their
friend®, than uptown at a public dance
hall, w ith strangers? What chance has
the. working girl to find amusement'’
She must go to the public dances and
the picture shows. There’s nothing
else for her.”
THE RENT’PROBLEM’
IS AT LAST SOLVED
Each one of you fully realize the
trouble, worry and loss of time you
have to contend with in trying to find
the places and people you desire to get
in touch with either to rent or the
places you desire yourself. The Geor
gian has gotten up especially for its
patrons and readers "The Georgian's
Rent Bulletin," which contains eveiy
desirable place that is for rent in At
lanta and suburbs. The Georgian is
the leading For Rent Medium of the
■tty, so when you have anything to
rent or desire to rent USE and CON
SULT "The Georgian's Rent Bulletin. "
which will appear daily on the. Want
Ad pages of this paper. Look for it.
ENGINEER ASKS $25,000
FOR INJURIES TO HIS ARM
W. L. Kirkpatrick, a stationary engi
neer, has filed suit' In superior court for
$25,000 damages from the Cobb County
Chemical Mining Company, charging that
through defective machinery he was se
verely Injured while working for the com
pany. He asserts that he was put at
work oiling a belt, which was not his
duty, and that his arm was severely
crushed.
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tPITIQH
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE Y RE NO
TIPPINS, 81
129TD42.
PASSES
BILL
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Referendum Clause Defeated
by 92 to 81 After Hooper
Alexander Explains. /
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AMENDMENTS KILLED
IN QUICK SUCCESSION
House Refuses to Grant Recess
and the Measure Is Put
Through With a Rush.
The Tippins-Alexander bill to
prohibit the sale of near-beer in
Georgia was passed by the house
of representatives this afternoon
by the vote of 129 to 42. Every
amendment was voted down, even
'he formidable referendum amend
ment, designed to place the pro
posed law before the people,
I and thereby prevent Governor
Brown’s keeping his campaign
promise to veto any change in
the prohibition law not first sub
mitted to public vote.
The bill now goes to the senate,
which will very likely pass it, and
Governor Brown is then expected
to veto it.
Bent on reaching a final yote, the
house voted down a motion to take a
recess, and proceeded to defeat every
change urged in the antl-near-bear
measure.
The amendment to refer the law t«
the people—the famous “referendum’ 1
amendment and the most formidable—
was defeated late in the day by a vote
of 92 to 81.
It was evident that the house wae
resolved to pass the Alexander substi
tute to the bill and would have nc
changes made In it.
Randolph Anderson, of Chatham
county, the principal opponent of the
WU, led the debate in the house today,
speaking vigorously for nearly an hoax
The vote on the main question, the'
bill itself, was begun shortly after f
o’clock.
Amendments Lost
In Quick Succession.
The voting began at 12:40 p. m. First
up was the Pickett amendment, includ
ing locker clubs in the terms of the
bill. It was lost by a viva voce vote.
The Taylor and Ault amendment, ex
cepting medicines containing alcohol
from the prohibitions of the measure,
came next to ballot and this was also
lost.
Then the house began voting on the
Brown amendment providing that the
Tippins bill should not apply to
towns of more than 5,000 inhabitants.
This amendment went down to defeat
with the rest.
Finally the real fight began in the
vote on the Adams amendment pro
viding for a referendum. Hooper Alex
ander, the champion of the original
Tippins bill, explained his vote of "no”
upon the referendum amendment,
Alexander Would
Like to Call a Bluff.
"It’s a great temptation to me to
call this referendum bluff that the op
ponents of the bill are making," he
said, "But the responsibility for this
matter rests with the house. I don't
believe that the house should shirk it
and so I vote against the referendum
clause.”
Wilson, of Gwinnett,
Opens Fight on Bill.
The fight over the Tippins bill opened
promptly after the disposition of a lot
of routine matter in the house of rep
resentatives this morning.
At 10:30 o'clock Mr. Wilson, of
Gwinnett, took up the cudgels in op
position to the Tippins bill.
Mr. Wilson said he hoped the gal
leries would listen to him, as most of
the spee< hes on the Tippins bill seemed
to be addressed to the galleries. The
gentleman from Gwinnett sajd he was
