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the weather. Forecast: Fair tonight or tom O rre y Temperatures: Ba. m„ 71; 10 am „ 76: 12 noon. 78: 2 p. m.. 82. VOL. X. NO. 246. IEEHD EITS UPEWDENCE; MIS COL ENGLISH Had Forged H. S. Collier’s Name to a Flattering Recommendation. BATTLES WITH BOTH TILL OFFICER COMES As a Result of His Strange Meal. Recorder Has to Sen tence Him for Fighting. Because the man had eaten up the fvidetr ® r>f his forgery Recorder c - torlp.y w unabl® tn find R»nr p n n negro. guilty of forging a rec ommendation for chauffeur in the name H i, Collier. Jr.. manager of Collier Brm'.t'-rs garage, and he got off with p p n - • 3'.'.75„ for creatine a dis- tll ,-h ar . n the office of Colon®! Jam's v F.ng'tsh, Jr. well known clubman -. • ,•» nreriden* of the Chatta jmn, .-e Brick Company. t Triine I® Mr Collier and Colonel Fnpr-c. F’l'u e had been to- a long time , r , s .,- a job as chauffeur, bit: „ , q v« refused because he did not have nmtgh experience. So yesterday ].p - n r ; a most elaborate and f ■ ing -commendation and signed ! <v i> Mi. Collier's name. This forged ,in, irnr . r he took tn Colonel English's office in :he fourth National bank, and iciiin made application to be the cn'n r . , hauffeu ■. It Praised Him Highly. 1 r-' English was in the act of r-.int th-’ recommendation which ’a ' urn o the skies when Collier t crif sn ered the office. S®-ing that bis game was up. the riu n grabbed the paper from Colonel Eneli-'i's hands and made a bolt for the door, folonel English and Collier ■angle him Rut before they could i his hand the negro had awal lowed tiie forged paper and the evi of his crime. Then he began to fight for escape. Ho fought both the white men for fully ten minutes, and a" th-ee ver® pretty well manhandled nhrn Policeman Roberts, who had t'een summoned by a bystander, hurried upon the scene. Even with this reinforcement the. ne gro continued to fight until the officer's billy aimed him. He was hurried to the pollen station. In court this morn ing Mr. Collier and Colonel English tf'i ll iheir story but of course they O"il.i not produce the forged paper. Th»v tried him therefore upon th® flglt h' had made and the recorder ><'nteni ■ d hint for disorderly conduct. MISS GETZ IS NOT TO RE HEAD OF DRAWING DEPARTMENT AGAIN - F'zabeth Getz, head of the de- P.it'ment of drawing in the public •'hen that department was »h hah'T’ by the board of education, ’" imi re-elected when the depart. rncrl - re-established. This was Earned definitely today. v ■ iz was active In the fight «o ■•n 1-partment. Her person imp one of the issues, for she arg® measure responsible for T. r system of drawing and tnan al" '•<:. Members of the board ! ’ ’n said today they did not. o apply for the place again. ' ' trter, chairman of the teach- Ittee. has called a meeting of "'itec for tomorrow afternoon a more simple system of n " ' ’ :1 manual training to be rec- o the board of education RENTING is made easy B Y THE GEORGIAN’S PLAN ' • io find the place you desire 'mut tramping all over the fltr in • hot sun or unfavorable S', _ ’■ been solved. what you want to rent or ’lit , 'ou desire to rent In. you I ' 'm l the best on the market ~s 'partment®. rooms, office-. G, hotels, garages in The nt Bulletin whic h appeal s "’ant Ad pages of this M: M t . t, vr u . ! Renter: Is your ad about 'n :Ids Rent Bulletin ' . Seeker: You can find apa rt merit o Pome in " Rent Bu!'®tfn R t • for you <on \«n i»' n< r r advantage of it. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results WILY WYLIE SMITH HIS ■SHEI Ml Papers All Ready, But When' Officers Call for Absconder at Cell He's “Out.” AMERICAN CONSUL TRIES VAINLY TO LOCATE HIM He MAY Be in Jail at Chihuahua and Again He May Be Wan dering Blithely Free. . < EL PASO. TEX.. July 12. Wily J. j Wylie Smith, the absconding Atlanta.! Ga.. bank wrecker. Is breathing the | fresh, free air of the Mexican chapar- : rais one® more. Like Mother Hubbard's cupboard, when American Consul T. D Edwards went to look In the cell of the Juarez I jail, after arrangements had been made j to honor extradition ’papers and th® Pinkerton® at Atlanta told to come; ahead, th® cell was bar®. \A Hi o' the Wisp Wylie was not there. j It's just barely possible that Mr. Smith is pondering over old time® in Atlant® j behind the bars of a jail in < 'hihuahua. | A host of folks from United States Am bassador \\ ilson. w ho worked extreme ly hard to ge: the Madero government to consent to extradition, on down to the greaser who had to feed Wylie his daily gruel—will be mighty glad If that's so. but—that wouldn't he Wylie's way. ONE THING CERTAIN. HE WAS IN PRISON. tine thing is certain. Smith was In prison when the rebels took chihua hua and was a prisoner during their regime. He was shown no favors and was kept under strict guard, according to American Consul Edwards. Ambassador Wilson took it for granted that he was still there and got the extradition papers all ready. Rut today Mr. Edwards received word that all efforts to locate Smith in the Juarez prison had failed and that I: was more than likely h® had been freed when the E®deral regime was resumed. Mr. Edwards wired ahead to Marion Letcher. American consul at Chihua hua, who is now making an investiga tion. FINANCE COMMITTEE AGAIN TRIES TO CLEAR CITY’S PLANT TANGLE Fearing that the contract with the Destructor Company of New- York for a garbage disposal and electric power plant is hopelessly entangled, the finance committee of council met this afternoon to make another effort at an adjustment. After giving every assurance to the council that the contract would be car ried out, the company now declines to sign it unless a number of amendments are made. The board of health will submit a unanimous recommendation, agreed upon at a meeting yesterday. j that the amendments be granted. Some of the members of the finance commit tPP are skeptical, however. Local financiers have refused to un derwrite the contract for the $100,066 power plant, but if the city officials will grant a year additional for the oomph - I tion of the plant and allow the De- | structor Company to retain the title of j it. it Is proposed to begin work at j once. ELKS BANISH “GOAT” FROM INITIATIONS; SPLIT ON HOME SITE PORTLAND. < )REG.. Jul' IL —Her®-I after all "goat riding" will be eliminat- | ed from Elk initiation. Such was the) action taken by the grand lodge in se-- ; sion here. The ritual committee left the question to the grand lodge fori consideration and after two hours de-| bate the vote to abolish “rough house work" carried. A tight is expected "n the location: of the new national Elks home, which the home commission proposed build-’ ing in Bedford City. Va. The opposi tion prefers a -ite near the center of| Elkdorn's population, Upon this point I the grand lodge is divided. Robert Biown. managing editor of. Th® Louis'ill® Tfmes. has been ap-l pointed to succeed himself a a member "f the grand forum by Gt tnd Exalted j Ruler Sullivan and Edward Righto: wit:.! named to fill th® pl >he grand] fmtim mid® vmant by th® death "fl Judge Donovan. I City Pays a Small Share for Pavina Its Thorouahfares FACTS ABOUT ATLANTA’S BAD STREETS T - ~ _nn >- ■ . ■■-'V - " . s i) . IZ, • -«• -. .. Mil •ft- GIANT AUTO ENGINE STALLED IN STREET HOLE WHILE HOME BURNS. Full Explanation of How the I Money Is Appropriated and Work Apportioned. Complaints againsl the terrible leondition of Atlanta's streets have reached such alarming pro portions that The Georgian, after a car®ftil investigation, today pre sents to its readers informing de tails of the system now in vogue, which help to throw light on the reasons for the present exasperat ing conditions. A majority of the m®mbers of coun cil ar® unanimous in expressing the private opinion that something is vi tally wrong with the system. Public ly. they have been declaring for months that Atlanta's greatest need was better streets, and many are urging a 32.000,- OOn bond issue for the purpose. Daily a long line of callers files into the chief of construction’s office in the city hall to inquire as to numerous street troubles and delays in work. Al most 31.000.000 worth of improvements was outlined at the first of the year. . Each one Is met with the argument that , the continuous rains have practically ; killed the efforts of the department. Many Botches Made. Says Wilmer L. Moore. A general criticism is expressed in , th® words of Wilmer L. Moore, presi- . dent of th® Chamber of Commerce. < "The city is without sufficient money I and equipment." he said. "An increase 1 in tlie tax rate, unpopular as it is. is ’ needed. Then ther eis no scientific plan ' of improvement. We must have this , before we can construct Intelligently. , Now Improvements are carried on here , and there, according to no real plan, and many botches are made. Here is an outline of how and what ' the construction department is doing ' this year. City Has to Pay Only Small Part. ' Anticipating assesments to be col- ' leeted from property owners, the Gcor- I gia Railway and Power Company 's pot- J tion for pavement between its tracks and a large amount of work pledged by , the county' commissioners, council out- , lined almost $1,000,000 yvorth of Im- < provements for this year. With the year more than half gone, far less than ' half of it is completed. The trolley company pays for eleven f feet of the width of the s'reet paving ( where it has single tracks and for six teen fe<: where it has double tracks. Os ( the remaining par: the property J»wn- ’ er.® are as : s'®d two-thirds of the cost, according to the frontage owned. This , leaves but a small amount of the total cod to h® paid from the city treasury, But lh< e "go- of the work tb-pends upon th® -ray it Is :• tndled oy tin > it; 1 < mi®: rm t ion d® par I men* and tin ■ t r®*-’ - I Continued on Paue Two, ATLANTA, GA.. THURSDAY. JULY 11. 1912. SECRET ADDING PLANS GO ■ F. V. L. Smith and Bride "Dis covered” by Friends and Given Rice Shower. F. V. Ij. Smith figured out a secret mar riage last night and a most romantie runaway honeymoon to New York, but down at the Terminal station It took the porters four hours today tn sweep up the rice and the old leather, that a hundre<l Elks and Masons threw at the couple as they ran for the midnight train for New York Mr Smith, who is manager of the Elec trone Company, in the Empire building had engaged for three months to Miss May belle Yarbrough. Ihe nineteen year old daughter of Matthews Yarbrough, plumbing inspector. All their friends knew tha* the\ were to be married, since they had planned that happy event when they went to the music festival in April Yesterday Mr. Smith called up Miss Yarbrough in her office as assistant man ager of the I nderwood typewriter con cern and told her that if she could get away quietly he’d like to be married in the evening and leave f<»r the Northern honeymoon without a single person know ing. Sneaks Out Her Trunk. Miss Yarbrough agreed She hurried home and packed her trunks and put on a traveling‘costume ami had a little col ored boy sneak her trunk out of her home by the hack way. She had been invite*! to dinner- at half past 7 o'clock, and she slipped awa\ perfectly confident she had outwitted all her family and friends. \t his home at 481 <'herokee avenue. Mr Smith got his trunk and suitcase out ami on their way to the train without a single soul suspecting The couple met downtown got an au tomobile. ap«l wen driven to the library of the Wesley Memorial church where the pastor, Rew (»r Hendrick, married them. But somebody, somehow that parr is a ■ mystery yet heard of the secret marriage 1 in the church library about two minutes after it occurred, and telephoned the sac t to Mr. Smith’s friends at the Masonic lodge, and to more friends of Smith in the Elks club Said friends got automo biles, a barrel of rice, bought a great part of the stock of a second hand shoe store, and descended upon the Terminal station, where the bride ami the bridegroom sat chuckling over their clever deception. When the train finally came in ami the newlyweds were permitted to board it. their marriage had been about as con clusively and enthusiastically advertised as though they had had a church wed ding Upon their return to Atlanta, Mr. Smith and his bride will go to live in his p'et ty bungalow' al 734 North Boulevard WIFE’S DRESS DIDN'T FIT: HUSBAND SHOOTS MODISTE) PARIS .Inly 11 FU < au;c -li.- m.o < i "if* a drev th,ii did not fit. c nani nimcd retriet -h»H MHr. F*ii lu Ka- rn, us. ) Belgian Hare. Fleet And Latest ’ In Political Arena Western Senator Declares That He’s Not a Bull Moose, Nor Is He a Land Crab. WASHINGTON, July 11.—" Are you a Bull Moose?" asked one senator of a Western progressive with Roosevelt leaning. "No." replied the Westerner mourn fully; "hut I will not join Taft's party the political land crabs. I never could progress backward.” "Then what is your zoological elassl, ficatlon?" persisted the questioner. [ "Politically speaking." replied th® Westerner, "I think I'll join Woodrow Wilson. The Belgian hare runs like h—II and multiplies rapidly." U. S. WILL NOT WAIT FOR BRITISH PANAMA CANAL BILL PROTEST WASHINGTON. July 11. S-crdary of State Knox today Informed Great Britain, through Xlfroci Mitchell Innes, counsellor of the British embassy, that the United States must decline to de fer action on the canal bill, now pending in the senate, until the receipt of the formal British protest against the passage of the bill Great Britain, in her objection to rhe measure, claimed Ihe pi efei <nt ial treat ment given to American coastwise* ships over foreign ships is a violation of the Hay - Paunreforte treaty insuring the free and equal us« of th*- canal u» the vessels <-f commerce and of war of all the world 'l’he state derailment will decline t<» discus.- th* protest, cithei formally or informally, until the sen ate ads on the bill, THAW WOULD NOT BE UNSAFE IF AT LARGE. NOTED EXPERT SAYS WHITE PLAINS. N Y„ July 11. Dr. Charles K. Milla, considered on® of th® most expert alienists in this country and instructor in several large medical colleg''®. resumed the F t.md in the Tha v, ®anity hearing when court was called here today before Judge Martin J. Keogh. The alienist reaffirmed his belief thal Harry K. Than is sane, suffering from no delusion and that his release from j Matteawan would not prove unsafe to the public weal. AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE NO CONSCIENCE. SHE SAYS < HIUAG<’. luiy 11. Mrs Edmund | Trowbridge Dana. English woman who married the grandson of the p O et Long fellow. - th' American woman has nn cons* ien» r. and Kpi husband ag’re \y ir h her. SENATE TO PROBE STILL-BIRD ROW Police Make Cases Against the Four Principals Haled Before Recorder. The state senate will investigate the fracas between •' P. Bvrd Tom Lyons and Luther Still, which took place yes terday afternoon In the senate cham ber. According to the notion of this body the ''scrap" can not b® judged by the police court. Senatoi J A. Sheppard introduced i resolution this morning providing for an inquiry and it was adopted without comment. John M. Slaton, president, will act as chairman ex-officio of the investigating committee, and the fol lowing senators will serve with him: .1. E. Sheppard, J. W. Mayson, W. D. <'rawford and .1. B Douglass. The committee is empowered to summon witnesses and Itjjg. ® stenographer. Tin inina*'" ® not yet been no tified when/ will take place. Says Three en Attacked Him. "I got the worst of the fight,” said Mr. Still. "But I wish the public to know that I was fighting three per son® and that I was not the aggressor. Byrd catne up to me in the senate ■•hamher and told tn® that if I contin ued to sax he had padded the state'.* printing accounts he would thrash me. H' used a hard word. Just about that time Lyons walked up and- cursed me vilely. Frank <'often was w ith him. I con®id®red tint th® thrashing might as well be done then as any time so I struck at Bvrd. Lyons closed in on me then anil I went for him. < 'often also tried t<> strike me, but I frightened him off. I started to chase Lyons, but he ran and as I stopped to look back at Byrd he struck me in th® right eye. It was a severe blow and dazed me. "If the trio is proud of what it did it can have the credit foe having won the fight. I wish to reiterate, however, that Bt t(l did pad the state's accounts and he knows it." Mr. Byrd could not be located this morning. t.’haiges of disorderly <onduct were preferred against the principals of the Still-Byrd-Lyons-Cohen fight in the senate b> the police department this afternoon Officer Ed Arthur rttade the charges at the direction of Assistant t'hief Jett. Ail foui principals wen served with eopb s and notified to appear before the recorder Saturday morning. DROWNS IN FOOT OF WATER. DUBUQUE, K»\VA. Jui.s IL—While -looping 'oct i cistern box. Mr®. Ilen rCtPt Pfeffer lost imi balance and fell tep feet to the bottont. drowning in twelve inches of wot* r. Sh“ wa? St* years "Id. riott EDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE £ A O Y RE NO DEFEATS PUT NEW SPEED IN YANKEE RUNNERS I • Craig, of Detroit, Wins the 200- Meter Race—Many Qualify for Hurdles. jr •CANADIAN SETS RECORD FOR 10.000-METER WALK Ralph Rose Redeems Himself by Winning First in Shot- Put for Both Hands. By MICHAEL J. MURPHY, (Trainer of the American Olympia Team.) STOCKHOLM. July 11.—Ralph C. Craig, of the Detroit Y. M. C. A., today won the final heat of the 20n-meter flat race in th® international Olympic I games A great cheer went up from the American contingent when the Star Spangled Banner wa« hoisted, showing that the Fnitcd States had gained re- I venge for its defeats of yesterday. By < 'ralg's victory today- America has won th® 200-meter race, three times out of the four it has been in th® Olympic program. Donald F. Lippincott, of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, finished second, but. third went to VA’. R. Applegarth, the English star. Craig got a good start and led all the way. but was close ly pressed by Lippincott. The Michi gan speed king breasted the tan® only a fool ahead of his American rival, who was a Ilk® distance ahead of the Englishman. The time, 21 7-10 seconds, was only one-tenth of a second rmhind the rec ord, < American athletes announced five more points in the shot put for both hands. Ralph Rose was first and Pat rick McDonald, th® New York police man. second. Nicklander, of Finland, was third. The American victory in the first two events of the afternoon gave them tdn additional points In the total score and England and Finland got one each. Rose redeemed his defeat of yester day by winning the shot put with two hands, although McDonald put up a stiff fight. The score was: Rose, right, 15.23; left 12.4,,' total, 27.70 meters. McDonald, right. 15.08: left, 12.45: to tal. 27.53. Nlcklander, right, 14 71' left. 12.43: total. 27.14. Yankee Breaks Pole Vault Record. Harry S. Babcock won the pole vault for the United States and beat the Olym pic record. Babcock's leap was 12 feet 11.6 inches. The old record was 12 feet 2 inches, made by Gilbert, of Amer ica. Frank T. Nelson, of Yale, and M. S. VVright. of Dartmouth, were tied for second place at a height of 12.64 feet each. F. J Foyle, of the University of Chi cago. had a narrow escape. Coyle had failed to make this 12 feet 3-8 inch. Finally, setting his Jaws hard, he made a long run and flung himself upward with all his force. Just as he reach ed midair the pole broke, hurling the Chicagoan to the ground with terrific force. He was only badly shaken up. Hapenny. of Canada, fell a distance of nearly 12 feet, sustaining possible internal injuries. Americans again came to the front with a rush in the semi-finals of the 1 Id-meter hurdle®. Martin W Haw kins. of the .Multonomah Athletic club, of Portland. Oregon, took the second heat of th® semi-final away from Cql pachinl. of Italy, and John G. Nichol son. of the University of Missouri! qualified for the final by winning the third. James VV endell. of New York, won the fourth heat in 151-2 .seconds, and F. AV. Kelly, of Seattle, took the fifth heat. Arouse.d by their defeats yesterday, the American athletes went into the contests today with determination to get back to their earlier form. Having been taught a lesson, the American® vowed to contest every event to th limit of human prowess. They admitted they had been caught off their guard I"' overconfidence In the 1.500-ineter race yesterday and were roundly lectured for it by their trainer-in-chief. Carrying out their program of per sistency, the Americans went into th® 110-meter hurdle trials, the first event to be run off. prepared for a terrific struggle. From a viewpoint based on form, this event was a joke, as the United States athletes apparently had the race cinched. However, they were taking no chances. A large number of the Americans who qualified in the ’rials are school boys. The only real contest in the race over the jumps came in the eleventh heat, with James I. Wendell, of Wesleyan university: Powell, of Great Britain, ami Lukeman, of Canada, fighting it out for places. The Englishman was elim inated. Wendell winning in the fas: V time of 15 3-5 seconds. The Olympic : ecord for this event is 15 seconds flat, made by Smithson, of America, at Lon don in IPOS. George Goulding, of Ontario. Can ada, won the 10.00(1-meter walk, shox - ing himself to b® one of th® greatest pedestrians in the history of iport