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lutterson, of Vermont. Wins
Broad Jump With New Rec
ord —Finn Takes Discus.
Cofttinued Faae One.
■este was called for today for the pur
pose of revising the regulation:-- for th*
tames In the future This was due io
some extent to the tactics used b\
Ralph Craig of the Detroit, Mwh . Y
' M. C. A., in winning the 1 <*l metre fins
last Sunday, when be made several
false starts in order to wear down his
foreign opponents. According to in-
Olympic rules no penalties are attach
ed' to false starts. Sweden originated
the idea of drawing up a new code of
rules and a majority of the other na
tions fell in line without delay. The
new bodv would probably take the form
of an international legislature and will
supplant the authority of the original
Olympic committee in large measure.
It would be a court of last resort for
the settlement of disputes as well as a
law-making body.
Summary of
Today’s Results
The following were today's summa
ries in the international Olympic
gam ess;
400 Meter Run Trial Heats (437 Yards
16 Inches.!
First Heat-First, James Rosenber
ger. Irish-American Athletic Club, sec
and. Pauenard. France. Time, 50.6 sec
onds.
Second Heat -First. Melvin Shep
pard. Irish-American Athletic Club;
second. Haley, Great Britain. Time.
56.3 seconds.
Third Heat--First. Braun. Germany;
second James E. Meredith, Mercers
berg, Pa., academy Time, 50.6 seconds.
Fourth Heat—-First, Berllng. Sweden;
second. Mlshimf. Japan Time, 55,6
seconds.
Fifth Heat—First. Delong. France,
second. D B. Young, Boston Athletic
Association. Time, 50.2 seconds.
Sixth Heat—First. Stenborg. who
hgd no competition and who ran the
distance in 61.6 seconds.
Seventh Heat—First. Harold B.
Haff, University of Michigan; second,
Longhi. Italy. Time. 50.4 seconds
Eigth Heat—First, Mezel. Hungary;
second W Dahlln, Sweden Time, 50.4
seconds.
Ninth Heat—First. Llnholm. Sweden,
second. Pederson, Norway. Time, 51.4
seconds.
Tenth Heat—First. Lindberg. Swe
den; Second. Routter. Great Brittain.
Time. 50.6 seconds.
Eleventh Heat —First. Clarence S.
Edmundson, Seattle Athletic Associa
tion; second. Henley. Great Britain.
Time. 50.2 seconds
Twelfth Heat First. Nicol. Great
Britain; second, Ira N. Davenport, Un
iversity of Chicago. Time. 50 seconds.
Thirteenth Heat—First, Person.
Great Britain, second. Wells, Great
Britain Time, 56.4 seconds.
Fourteenth Heat —First. Soedhouse.
Great Britain; second, Pederson. Nor
way. Time. 51.5.
Fifteenth Heat -First. Patching.
South Africa, second. Charles 11 Rehl
path. Syracuse university. Time. 51.1
seconds.
Discus Throw, Best Hand, Final.
Winner. Taii>ale. Finland; distance.
148.32 feet; second, R. L. Byrd, Adrian
college; distance. 138.84 feet; third,
James Duncan. New York (unattach
ed!. 138.70 feet.
3.000 Meter (1 Mile 1,420 Yards 10
Inches) Trial Heats.
First Heat —First, America; second,
Finland.
Second Heat -First Great Britain.
Th* Swedish team was eliminated in
this heat Germany finished third.
Running Broad Jump Final.
First —A I, Gutterson University of
Vermont, distance 24.13 feet; second.
Bricker. Panada. 23.65 feet; third.
A berg. Sweden, 23 55 feet
400 Run Semi-Finals (Only the Winner
Qualified.)
First Heat —C D. Reldpath. Syracuse
universit' Time, 48.7 seconds. Breaks
Olympic record
Second Heat -Edward F Lindberg,
Chicago Athletic Xssociatlon Time,
48.90. Breaks Olympic record
Third Heat James E Meredith.
Mercerburg Pr . academy. Time, 48*
Breaks Olympic record.
Fourth Heat —First. Harold Haff.
University of Michigan Time, 49 7-pi
seconds
Fifth Heat—First, Braun. Germane
Time 49.2 seconds. I). H Young, of
’he Boston Athletic Association, really
finished first, but was disqualified on a
technicality Ira N Davenport, of Chi
cago, ran third,
110 Mete- Hurdle Race. Final.
First. Fred W Kelly, Seattle Athletic
, Association; -econd. James A Wendell,
Wesleyan university ihird. M W
Hawkins. Multonomah Athletic Club.
Time. 15 1-5 seconds
Modern Pentathlon. Final
(Lower the number of points wins. I
First —Lilliehook. Sweden. 27 points;
second. Asbrlnk. Sweden. 28. third. D
Laval. Sweden. 30; fourth. Lieutenant
George F. Patton, Fifteenth cavalrv I'
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ORANGEMEN IN BATTLE
WITH IRISH CATHOLICS
BELFAST. IRBLANV. July 12.- In a
series of fights between Orapgemen
and Catholics in various parts of this
city today, more than one hundred
persons v ere hurt All the regular and
rererve police In the city were on riot
duty and at one time the situation he
lame- so serious that troops were held
A unde, orders tn the barracks. The
trouble started when catholics at
“ ''' to v rr, i. arches c-erted bv
rhe f'-angemen m connection with tn
‘ ’’lebration of the battle of th-
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i: Standing of Teams
In Olympic Games •
• STOCKHOLM. July 12 —The •
• standing of the teams at the close •
• of today's games. Including scores •
• for contests for all branches, was •
• as follows: • j
• United States. 100. *
• Sweden. 69. •
• Great Britain. 51. •
• Germany. 51. Z •
• Finland, 23. *
• France. 20, •
• Italy, 16. •
• South Africa, 11, •
• Denmark, 11. •
• Norway, 10. •
• Canada. 8 •
• Hungary, 6. •
• Austria. 4 •
• Australia. 4 •
• Greece. 3. •
• Belgium. 3. •
• Russia, 2. •
• Holland. 2. a
• •
GIRL(18) IN LOVE
WITH CTR RELD
I
Daughter of Mobile Business
Man Was to Meet Vaude
ville Performer Here.
An unromantic father, a busy tele
graph Instrument and the law, as rep
resented by an Atlanta detective, this
afternoon put an abrupt ending to the
two weeks old romance of Ruth Bobe,
a pretty sixteen-year-old girl, who ran
away from her home in Mobile to mar
ry a vaudeville performer, M. H. Avery.
Avery' has not yet shown up. The girl
said lie was In Birmingham.
Just two weeks ago Ruth saw Avery’,
and her heart did a flip-flap. It wag
in a Mobile theater. Although stage
folk were, not regarded so highly by
the folks at home, she pulled a few
strings, set her friends to work and me’
the actor man. She was his and he was
hers in the first Inning; so they
straightway decided to get married.
Gulf climates not being partial to ro
mances. he advised her to meet him In
Atlanta. He then went on to Birming
ham.
In accordance with instructions, she
left Mobile. Her father, J. W. Bailey, a
business man of Mobile, learned of it
shortly and placed the police on her
frail.
An unremitting search of several
Southern cities resulted In bringing
Ruth to light in a boarding house at
64 F'rtrmwalt street. She had original
ly been a guest at the Finley hotel. The
management there was responsible for
her capture.
Ruth was highly dismayed when cap
tured. but even the ruthless law
couldn’t put a crimp In the untram
meled love she has for the actor man.
"Father's hurting no one but him
self." she said. "I am going to marry
the man 1 love despite brass buttons
and parental objections."
And then she smiled charmingly at
everybody, including Detectives Hewell
and Hollingsworth, who arrested her.
TESTIMONY BEGUN IN
MRS. MORROW’S TRIAL
EOR KILLING HUSBAND
CHICAGO. July 12. Taking of tes
timony' was commenced today In the
trial of Mrs Rena Bacon Morrow for
the murdei of her husband.
Catherine Scanlan, a friend of the
Morrow family, was first called to the
stand by the prosecution. She testi
fied that she was a visitor at the Mor
row home the night preceding the trag
edy and that a violent quarrel occurred
between the husband and wife.
She further declared that she was
present after Mr. Morrow’s body had
been found and that Mrs. Morrow re
quested her to go out on the porch
and get the revolver and bring it into
the house. This she refused to do.
WINS 1.200-MILE RACE
WITH WILL BY 40 SECONDS
ST. LOUIS. MO, July 12. Harry
Troll, public administrator, was beaten
40 seconds In a race from New York to
St Louis to file a wilt on the estate of
Julius Stein'vender, who died a few
days ago In New York. The estate is
worth $400,000.
When it became known that Stein
wender was dying, a representative of
Troll was sent to grab the will and file
it in St. Izuis. Charles F. Steffegren
was named as administrator of the St.
Louts property. His lawyer also secur
ed a copy of the will and started for
St. Units.
Each of the two lawyers found the
other on the same train As the train
rushed over the elevated albng the river
front automobiles were standing at the
foot of Chestnut street. The copies of
the will were thrown into the machines
and they darted toward the court house.
Steinwender won
COL. MYERS NAMED ON
GEN. HARRISON’S STAFF
Colonel F M Myers, for years deputy
clerk <>f superior court, lias been appoint
ed to the staff of Lieutenant-General
George I'. Harrison of the Army of Ten
nessee. I nlted Confederate veterans. He
will remain a colonel, but Is to become
actively affiliated with the veterans' or
ganisation
General Harrison, who Is In Opelika
Ala . tendered the place to Colonel Mi -
ers several days ago It was accepted to
da 1 Colonel Myers has been deput' clerk
of the superior court for more than 20
'ears, and before that time was actiiet'
engaged tn ntil'tui' ’<Tatr~ He -erred i>>
both i'>» civil and .'paui-h-Ainerf- jti
TEE .ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS, FRIDAY. JULY 12. 1912.
Chaotic System Blamed for Atlanta's Bad Streets
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GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION OF ATLANTA STREET CONDITIONS-LUCKIE, NEAR SPRING.
Council to Move For Immediate
Improvement of Thorough
fares—Conference Called.
Aroused by The Georgian's publica
tion of the terrible condition of At
lanta's streets, many members of coun
cil declared today that they were ready
to bring about sweeping reforms.
A number are urging that an infor
mal conference be called at once that
there may be united action. Though
some stated privately that the chief
of construction department is far be
hind with its work and needs reorgan
izing, they were not willing to be quot
ed. But others are willing to unite
and make a fight in the open
Several members said today a reso
lution would be Introduced at the meet
ing of council Monday asking for a
charter amendment which would sep
arate the chief of construction de
partment into an engineering depart
ment and a construction department.
This would revert to the system sim
ilar to that which war abolished two
years ago.
A large number of the members of
council now declare that the consoli
dation of the two departments was a
mistake. It makes one department too
big. they assert, the chief of construc
tion department now being almost as
large as all the other departments com
bined
Unless a change in plan Is made be
fore the meeting of council Monday and
some other plan agreed upon, it now
seems certain this amendment will
be adopted and a vigorous effort made
to get it passed at this session of the
legislature.
A number of other plans have been
suggested for the reorganization of the
system of street improvements. Offi
cials generally admit that there are
faults in council's system of appor
tionments of money and the selection
of points to he improved.
An informal conference Is being
urged. \mong the propositions ad
vanced is an administrative board of
public works, similar to the board of
education and water board and the
other city boards. Others want author
ity to do more of the work by con
tract Now the pavement of sidewalk
and smooth pavements is practically
the only work done by contract.
Mayor Winn today vetoed a resolu
tion of council authorizing the chief of
construction to employ more free labor
for certain street work. He said he
was not opposed to the plan, hut as the
work to be done and the source of the
funds were not specified, he was forced
to veto the resolution.
However, there Is no doubt that a
resolution, which is technically correct,
will be presented to council Monday
authorizing more free labor, and it
will be passed.
In the ordinance committee recently
a charter amendment was drafted
which, though general on its face, gave
council the authority to retire R. M.
Clayton. chief of construction, on a
pension of SIOO per month. Under the
leadership of Harvey Hatcher, chair
man of tile streets committee of coun
cil, the group of officials most directly
in control of the construction depart
ment. this resolution was tabled by a
majority of one vote. There is talk to.
day that it will be revived.
Captain Clayton is elected by the
people and so far as the administra
tion of his department is concerned he
is independent of council. He is at
Asheville. N. C., now recuperating from
a recent illness, and so has had no op
portunity to defend his department.
Mayor Minn has appealed to the
county commissioners for a squad of
convicts to aid In repairing damages
caused by the rain. The commission
ers are also handicapped by bad washes
it) the county roads and were unable to
give this aid at present.
Chaotic System
| Blamed for Condition
I c .
I Standing out today a’ the great
- 'u ■ for complaint.- <hout AH ant a
street* i.- the lack of system in im
p:ovem»nt wo-k a* »aVn up by the
been authorized by council.
Big as Atlanta, is. with its millions
for expenditure on improvements, the
system of making better streets is about
he same that it was when the city
was the village of Marthasville. There
is not a man in the city, hall who can
tell when an improvement will begin,
though the funds for it are already pro
vided.
Any councilman will explain that the
hardest part of getting an improvement
for his ward is after council has au
thorized It. The construction depart
ment always has so much work out
lined by council that it is impossible to
do it all within anything like the time
expected. To get an improvement start
ed always means days and days of
work with the streets committee of
council and the chief of construction
by the councilmen and citizens inter
ested. The work .that impresses the
officials as the. most _ important is be
gun first. I
Can't Plan Ahead,
This mass of work always ahead of
the. construction department has de
veloped another awkward situation
The city engineers are never able to
plan ahead. They are so constantly
urged to do this or that work that it is
more than the department can do to
live up to the plans of council. With
each councilman pulling for his par
ticular section, every piece’ of work
passed up Is always considered indi
vidually with little regard to the gen
eral development of the city.
The greatest amount of work now
planned is In the new and undevelop
ed sections. Hove also the most com
plaint. A great amount of this work
WARNING! LAST CALL!!
The Great Sale of Tailor Made Pants ends Tomorrow.
After that the price will be $5, $6 & $7, and they
are worth every cent of it. Tomorrow your choice,
any pattern, any style, made to order, made to fit, made to satisfy.
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J ORIGINAL sls TAILORS
T Ope ? <™ d t y 107 Peachtree
Until 10:30 P. M.
has been provided for by council. The
construction department has done the
grading for much of it. The heavy rains
have come along and washed dozens
of such streets into terrible condi
tions. The city convicts have been
kept busy making repairs. But few
streets have been completed so that
they can withstand the rains.
It is estimated that eight miles of
sidewalk curbing has been put down
ori streets this year where the side
walks have not been graded for pave
ment. With curbing in this condition
the rains have washed much of it away.
DRIVER ATTACKS MAN
WHO TRIED TO STOP
CRUELTY TO ANIMAL
W. T. Winn, chief carpenter for the
cits' public works departrhent and fa
ther of County Commissioner Thomas
Winn, today exhibited to Recorder
Broyles a badly discolored eye and
bruised face, the result of his efforts
yesterday afternoon to Save a mule
from being beaten brutally. When Mr.
Winn remonstrated witli J. R. Davis,
driver of a public works wagon, and
advised him to treat the mule more
humanely, Davis struck Mr. Winn in
the face, smashing his glasses and al
most knocking him from the wagon.
The two were in the wagon and were
coming into the city along Bellwood
avenue at the time of the trouble.
Judge Broyles reprimanded Davis for
striking Mr. Winn, who is a much older
man than the assailant, and imposed A
tine of $10.75.
Woman Burned by Oil,
Dying: Aged Man, Who
Tried to Save Her, Hurt
Mrs. Head Tries to Kindle Fire
With Kerosene —Live Coals
in Stove.
Mrs. Joseph Head, who lives near the
Gate City Cotton mills, is dying this after
noon from burns she received while try
ing to kindle a fire with kerosene.
J. H. Stephens, an old man, who was
parsing and who tried to save her, Is
seriously burned about the hands.
A four-year-old boy who was in the
house ran out in time to escape injury,
but the house was burned to the ground.
Mrs. Head was epoking dinner, and
poured kerosene in the stove to start the
fire. There were live coals in the stove,
and the kerosene exploded, covering her
clothing with flames. She tried to pick
up her little son and run from the house,
which had caught fire, but was forced
to put down the boy lest he catch fire
from her clothing.
CANDLER’S CHAUFFEUR
DISREGARDSJ-AW; FINED
Eli Hopkins, negro chauffeur for Asa
G. Candler, today was fined $5.75 by Re
corder Broyles on the charge of violating
the road laws. Hopkins was accused of
driving past a standing trolley car. in
stead of stopping until passengers alight
ed or boarded the car. I’. N. Aiken was
fined $10.75 for driving his auto to the left
of a trolley car.
WORKEDMEN IB
RORRS,SttSR.S.
Southern Railway Sued on Five
Counts—Second Action of
Kind in This Section,
The second suit within « mon*-
against a railroad in this section fo
vlolation of a Federal statute prohib'
ing working an employee more th,:
sixteen consecutive hours was filed ’
day by the government against t
Southern Railway Company. r;
counts are charged and the govern
ment sues for SSOO in each case.
The other suit was filed earh
June against the Louisville and Nt--
ville and the Atlantic Coast Line H
sees wf the Georgia railroad. Tn th
- nineteen counts were preferred
The specific, charges made in the sub
filed today by F. Carter Tate. UniCD
States district attorney, are that r
January 25 and 26. of tlfis year. t‘>
Southern railway, on its line between
Greenville. S. C.. and Atlanta, caus :
the following employees to work fm
eighteen hours and 55 minutes con.se
utively; J. C. Bearden, conductor; J. i:
Mooney, engineer: J. B. Perkins, brake
man; Stephen Poole, brakeman, and F
H. Westmoreland, fireman.
The law under which the suits ar»
brought was passed by congress, March
4. 1907, and prohibits an employee re
maining on duty for more than sixteen
consecutive hours.
ALBANI NEIGHBORS USE
KNIVES FREELY IN ROW
ALBANY, GA., July 12.—-Two are In
jail, another is on bond and a fourth par
ticipant is a fugitive today, as the result
of a neighborhood row late yesterday aft
ernoon in the northern part of the cite
Knives and other weapons were freely
used. G. W. Price’s throat w’as cut on
both sides of the jugular vein and he wa=s
hit on the head with a two-pound scale
weight. He is the most seriously wound
ed. M. L. McCook’s throat was cut and
he was stabbed in the back, J. W. Me
Cook was cut on one hand. The two
McCooks are in jail. Talmadge McCook,
the other participant, escaped and Is still
at large. Warrants have been Issued
charging all four with assault and bat
tery.
MARIETTA GETS POINTERS
ON PLANNING FOR REUNION
MARIETTA, GA., July 13.—Messrs.
Maddox. Mullins and Harper, of Rome.
Ga., last night met with the local re
union committee, giving many sugges
tions gained by their experience in pre
paring for and successfully managing
last year’s Confederate reunion in
Rome.
They also organized a camp of Sons
of Confederate Veterans. Colonel Fred
Morris was elected commander and
Colonel J. T. Dorsey, adjutant.
BOY’S SICKNESS STOPS
SUFFRAGE CAMPAIGN
OSHKOSH. WIS„ July 12.—A sick
boy has interrupted a woman's suf
frage campaign in Wisconsin. Mrs.
Catherine Waugh McCulloch, of Evan
ston, with Dr. Anna Blount, of Chicago,
were making an automobile campaign
through central Wisconsin. Mrs. Mc-
Culloch’s son. Frank, who was with the
party, became ill. The tour was called
off and Dr. Blount is treating the boy-