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FIGHTS J IS.
IHGLISH.JR.
Had Forged H. S. Collier’s
Name to a Flattering
Recommendation.
BATTLES WITH BOTH
TILL OFFICER COMES
a Result of His Strange
Meal. Recorder Has to Sen
tence Him for Fighting.
F< :he man had eaten up the
evi.'pncr of his forgery Recorder
p.... tn,lay was unable to find Renz
p in . a negro, guilty of forging a ree
ommet>i.ari''n for chauffeur in the name
of H S >. I: . and he got off with
a : > ; n , f 515.75, for creating a dis
t.i 'am ■ « the office of Colonel James
v ■_ ,ir well known clubman
and vi< piwident of the Chatta
h . r B irk Company.
A,.. . .ling to Mr. Collier and Colonel
T’rc: .. .. Price had been for a long time
t ying to get a job as chauffeur, but
was always refused because he did not
h, . - .-nough experience. So yesterday
lie wrote out a most elaborate and
flattering recommendation and signed
it >i'h Mr. Collier's name. This forged
('"•imunt he took to Colonel English’s
C!iee< in the fourth National bank,
. in made application to be the
colour's i hauffeu:.
It Praised Him Highly.
’ '■ I ng.oh was in the act of
r< . r.i: ■ recommendation which
n io the skies when Collier
hi’ioeli ■ ntered the office.
.'■■•■■ng "at his game was up, the
hhod the paper from Colonel
'w i s hands ami made a bolt for the
<1 English and collier
c g ,! .hi Rut before they could
hand the negro had swal
■ic forged paper and the evi
rime. Then he began to
' ipe. He fought both the
'■ "i'i for fuly ten minutes, and
• re pretty well manhandled
I’ • man Roberts, who had
he r .■■ med by a bystander, hurried
upon ; ■•• ?-one.
Evert with this reinforcement the ne
f <r :■>■.. .1 to fight until the officer's
I l '".' mil-11 him. He was hurried to
' i' station. In court this morn.
■C. M < . lli. r and Colonel English
■ i stoci but of course they
(l lie pi educe the forged, paper.
• tried him therefore upon the
■c ' 'id made and the recorder
tree,..; him f,, r disorderly conduct.
SLFH ONI Y THREE HOURS:
IS FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED
' 1 . PA., July 11.—William
' 1 i boarder at the home ••(
a Gallagher, was found
: f' : - n.oinine by his room
Hui is Medical exami
'' ■ ■ 1 that death was caused
He was 55 rears old
S! m.. med.
' 'as a great reader and fre
■ip until early in the morn
s i bonk. Mrs. Gallagher in-
‘ li' e that she had a pre-
•it he would be found dead
’ - She said he rarely ever
than three hours only of
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The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results
Atlantan Brought
Back From Mexico
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J. Wylie Smith, former Atlan
tan, who is to be brought back
from Juarez, Mexico, to ansiver
charges of embezzlement.
Belgian Hare, Fleet
And Prolific, Latest
In Political Arena
Western Senator Declares That
He’s Not a Bull Moose, Nor
Is He a Land Crab.
WASHINGTON, July 11. —“Ahe you
a Bull Moose?” asked one senator of
a Western progressive with Roosevelt
lea ning.
"No,” replied the Westerner mourn
fully; "but I will not join Taft’s party’—
the political land crabs. I never could
progress backward.".
"Then what is your zoological-classi
fication?" persisted the questioner.
"Politically speaking,” replied the
Westerner, "I think I'll join Woodrow-
Wilson. The Belgian hare runs like
h —ll and multiplies rapidly.”
JACK LONDON IS~
COMMON SAILOR:
WIFE STEWARDESS
TACOMA, WASH., July 11.—The ship
Aryan, 178 days from Baltimore with
coal for Seattle, has arrived at Seat
tle. Her crew includes Jack London,
novelist, and wife.
To satisfy his ambition to round the
horn in a square rigged clipper Jack
London and his wife, with a Japanese
servant, signed up for a. voyage in Feb
ruary. They left Baltimore March 1
on the Aryan. Jack London signed the
ship's formula as third mate and his
wife as stewardess. The Jap was one
of the crew. London was to get $35
and Mrs. London sls.
The novelist said that after unloading
at Seattle they would probably get or
ders to go to Honolulu to load sugar for
the Atlantic coast.
FINDS ISLAND IN RIVER.
AND NOW IT’S HIS OWN
HARRISBURG, July 11.—It seems a
trifle odd that at this late day there
could be found an island in the Juanita
river that didn't belong to anybody, es
pecially when the island is about four
acres in extent; but George R. Black, of
Harrisburg, made the discovery, and in
course of time will own the island.
The ground in question is in the river
at Newport, and Mr. Black discovered
that nobody had a legal claim to it.
whereupon he filed an application for it
with tire state board of property.
OFF TO BRING
SMITH BACK;
ABSCONDEB
“BROKE”
Thousands Spent to Bring
Bank Wrecker to Justice
' by Atlantans.
SOME NOT ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER THE HOME-COMING
Must Face Several Charges,
But Many Believe He’ll Es
cape With Light Penalty.
Armed w ith a stack of papers and a
pair of blue steel handcuffs, one of the
"operatives” of the Atlanta Pinkerton
office prepared today to leave for a lit
tle jaunt down to Juarez, .Mex
ico, famous for bull fights, horse
races and revolutions. When he
returns he will bring with him
a man a number of Atlanta investors
have long desired to see, Mr. J. Wylie
Smith, erstwhile secretary-treasurer of
the Commercial Loan and Trust Com
pany.
Through negotiations between Gov
ernor Brown and the American consul
at Juarez arrangements are in progress
for the "home-coming" and the Pinker
ton man only aw aited the word to start.
Mr. Smith left Atlanta a year ago
last June, and forgot to leave his ad
dress with his creditors.' The Pinker
tons had a long search they
found him. and when they did they had
only half, solved the problem. They
landed Smith in a Mexican jail, but
they couldn’t get him out again. It
was only yesterday that the new gov
ernment decided it wasn’t worth w hile
to board the American any longer, and
telegraphed, through United States
Ambassador Wilson, to the secretary
of state at Washington that Atlanta
might have the prisoner if it would
send for him.
It has cost the creditors of J. Wylie
Smith several thousand dollars to bring
him home, and whether they will get
any satisfaction beyond seeing Smith in
court is problematical. For it was
pretty well assured that he was “broke”
when he skipped, and won’t have any
thing to divide among those who were
stung. But still, some of them will be
glad to have him back. Others won’t,
for it is alleged that several Atlantans
were mixed up in his transactions, and
at the time his disappearance came to
light they were by no means enthusi
astic over chasing him.
The story of Mr. Wylie Smith, or
wily Mr. Smith, as the case may be.
gave Atlanta a taste of high finance of
which J. Rufus Wallingford might have
been proud. Mr. Smith was a loan
agent, but the rates he charged were
benevolent and philanthropic compared
to the interest he gave the small capi
talists who furnished him coin. He
promised -and paid—anywhere from 25
to 100 per cent a year for money bor
rowed from his friends, and the $150,000
of principal he was said to owe when
he left so unceremoniously had been
more than half repaid by the interest
already drawn by his creditors. Some
of those who yelled the loudest over
their losses admitted that Smith had
paid then ten per cent a month for six
months, whereby they had received 60
per cent of their money back, and only
had a 40 per cent kick coming.
ATLANTA, GA., THUR SDAY. JULY 11, 1912.
DEFY SHIM
TOPUTVETO
Oil WHS
MEASURE
Alexander Declares It Will
Become Law, No Matter
What Governor Does.
BILL IN SENATE NOW:
QUICK ACTION SOUGHT
•
Attempt at Delay in Committee
Will Be Opposed—Look for
Speedy Decision.
The Tippins-Alexander prohibition
bill, which passed the house yesterday
by a vote 'of 129 to 42, will be trans
mitted to the senate today, where it
will be read the first time and referred
to the temperance committee for its
consideration.
The temperance committee of the
senate will not keep the bill, in al!
probability, for any great length of
time. It may get back to the senate
by Monday next, with a favorable re
port. ready for a second reading. If
it does, the bill should come to a vote
in the senate sometime next week, per
haps Friday.
A long fight in the committee may be
undertaken, and delays of one kind and
another interposed, but there is not
much likelihood of that, inasmuch as
the senate is heavily in favor of the
bill, and delays will be fought bitterly,
if attempted.
Sure To Become Law,
Says Alexander.
Representative Hooper Alexander, the
leader of the fight for the bill in the
house, discussed the measure Interest
ingly, after its passage yesterday, and
while yet the galleries were applaud
ing his victory and calling him the
Napoleon of the hour.
"I am proud of the victory we won,”
said Mr. Alexander, “and let me say
that it is a sure augury of final vic
tory to come.
"The bill we have passed will be
come a law of Georgia. 1 hope the
governor will not veto it. I am by
no means sure that he will. But
whether he does or not, it will become
a law. We can pass it over the execu
tive veto, if necessary.
Declares Supporters
Will Stand Firm.
"I am gratified beyond measure at
the way the friends of the bill stood
firm, arid never flinched in the face
of the enemy. There are those who
have saiu that there are make-believe
friends of this bill in the house who
would not vote for it on a show down,
or who would dodge it, or who would
vote for it with a mental reservation
against it. I believe everj' vote cast
for it on the day of its passage will be
found on the record for it when it
comes, if it does come, to a question of
passing it over the governor’s veto.
"Practically all Georgians are oppos
ed to lawlessness, and this bill is aim
ed at lawlessness. It was designed to
correct a state of things of which Geor
gia should be. and is, I think, ashamed.
"The friends of the Tippins bill may
be of good cheer. The bill will be
come a law before the adjournment of
the present legislature.”
The Tippins-Alexander bill is one of
the most drastic ever drawn against
the sale of intoxicating beverages in
Georgia.
ATLANTA
GEORGIAN’S
SOUTHERN
LEAGUE
SCORE CARD
NEW ORLEANS
vs.
ATLANTA
AT PONCEY PARK
TWO GAMES TODAY
FIRST AT 2:30 P. M.
JULY 11.1912
"Just Like the English"—Powers
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A Thing of Gloom, and a Joy Forever.
Famous Cartoonist. When Told
of Invention, Says They
Take Fun Seriously.
NEW YORK, July 11 "So they are
getting out a jolly old English ’Gloom
Doll,’ eh, what?" said Tom Powers,
the famous cartoonist, when he was
told that a woman passenger on a
French liner had brought In a manni
kin pet with the conical cap and lugu
brious black whiskers of his creation.
“ 'Awful amusin’ little thing,’ I sup
pose they’re saying to each other ‘A
bally good spoof, eh, old top?’
"I know the English take their fun
sadly. Probably they'd stare at a Jof
Doll and wonder what the bloomin’
mischief it meant. Now, if I were go
ing to get out a doll, It would be a
Joy.”
“How do ybu think the Gloom 001 l
will go in America?" the artist was
asked. "It is said to be making a hit
all over England and France and tak
ing the place of the Teddy Bear and
the Poodle Dog."
"I think It might have a hard time
here," Poweis said. "Imagine a man
coming home with a joy package under
his belt, and a Gloom Doll in his pocket
for Ms wife. She’d probably hurl both
him and the doll out.
“Or imagine the real original Glooms
out in the suburb where I live, being
asked to buy them! They’d look too
lifelike. We have grand Glooms up
there. I owed one of them 75 cents for
some repairs the other day. He sent
me a bill which read '77 cents —re-
pairs, 75; use of postage stamp, g/
The Suburban Glooms certainly take
care of the city Joys who go up there
to live in the summer.”
The interview, which was obtained
by a Georgian correspondent who
traveled all of 60 feet to see M ■ Pow
ers in his sanctum, brought out the
fact that the Joy is his favorite char-
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The Gloom Doll brought in by the
woman voyager the other day was
dressed in a khaki suit and carried a
stick. It was very British. Powers
didn’t see It, but he drew it from de
scription.
700 DOCK STRIKERS
FIGHT 600 LONDON
POLICE; MANY HURT
LONDON. July 11. —More than 1,300
persons today took part in a battle be
tween strikers and police at the Surrey
commercial docks when a band of
strikers endeavored to persuade strike
breakers who are working under police
guard to desert their posts. There
were 700 strikers in the mob which
tried to storm the docks and remove
the non-strikers by force. Six hun
dred police surrounded the docks and
attempted to drive the strikers off. For
sevciwl hours a battle raged, in which
scores were hurt on both sides. The
police attacked the strikers with their
riot sticks. Hundreds of extra police
were rushed to the scene to reinforce
the guard already on the scene. The
ring leaders of the strikers threatened
to make another assault later in the
day.
HORSE GUEST AT PICNIC
GIVEN BY “DRY” SOCIETY
CONNERSVILLE. IND.. July 11.—A
family horse was one of the honored
guests at an all-day meeting of officers
and members of the W. C. T. U. The
venerable “nag" belongs to George L.
Huxtable, at whose home the picnic
was held. At some time or another
every Indiana officer of the W. C. T. U.
has ridden behind this horse, and gen
erous recognition, in the form of a huge
feed, roses in the bridle reins and many
caresses, was given it.
LtXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE £ A O Y RE NO
DEFEATS PUT
NEW SPEED
INYfiNKEE
RUNNERS
Fleet U. S. Athletes Easily
Qualify in the 110-Meter
Hurdle Tryouts.
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CANADIAN SETS RECORD
FOR 10,000-METER WALK
Old Mark Lowered Nearly Four
Minutes—Americans Low in
Swimming Stunts.
By MICHALL J. MURPHY.
(Trainer of the American Olympic
Team.)
STOCKHOLM. July 11.—Craig, oi
Detroit, won the final in the 200-mete?
race.
STOCKHOLM, July 11.—Aroused by
their defeats yesterday, the American
athletes competing in the International
Olympic games here went Into the con
tests today with determination to get
back to their earlier form. Having been
taught a lesson, the Americans vowed
to contest every event to the limit of
human prowess. They admitted they
had been caught oft their guard by
overconfidence in the 1,500-meter race
yesterday and were roundly lectured
for It by their trainer-in-chief.
Carrying out their program of per
sistency, the Americans went into the
110-meter hurdle trials, the first event
to he 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
trials are school boys.
The great stadium was well filled
when the games began, the attendance
being helped by the fine, cool weather.
The only real contest in the race over
the jumps came in the eleventh heat,
with James I. Wendell, of Western uni
versity; Powell, of Great Britain, and
Lukeman, of Canada, fighting it out
for places. The Englishman was elim
inated, Wendell winning In the fast
time of 15 3-5 seconds. The Olympic
record for this event is 15 seconds flat,
made by Smithson, of America, at Lon
don in 1908.
Canadian Beats
Walking Record.
George Gouldipg, of Ontario. Can
ada. won the 10,000-meter walk, show
ing himself to be one of the greatest
pedestrians in the history of sport.
Goulding not only won easily, but beat
the Swedish record by 3 minutes 42 3-5
seconds. His time was 46 minutes 28
seconds. J Webb, of England, was sec
ond, 100 yards behind the Canadian.
Altimani, of Italy, finished third. Fred
W. Kaiser, of the New York Athletic
club,Was the only American who qual
ified for the finals in the 10.000-meter
walk. United States Commissioner
Sullivan, who has been a student of.
athletics in all its branches for twenty,
years, said he had never seen such an
exhibition of its kind in that branch of
sport.
The husky Canadian set a fast pace
at the outset and never slackened.
Kaiser, the only American entrant,
made a sorry figure. After trying vain-