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NO. 248.
VOL. X.
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(UWES
HONORS
Sweeping Victories Today Put
Meet Safely Away for the.
American Athletes.
reidpath sets record
IN THE 400-METER FINAL
Two Places Won in High Jump
and United States Takes
3.000-Meter Team Race.
STOCKHOLM. July 13.—Sweeping
oxn’vard In their victorious rush, the
American athletes competing in the
international Olympic games cinched
victory beyond all peradventure in to
day's contest, capturing 12 points in
the standing high jump. 400 meters run
and the 3.000 meters <1 mile 1,420 yards
in incl'.i'S) team race. This brought
the sum total of America's points in
the track and field events to 74. It was
a great day for Old Glory and Amer
ican athletes were hoarse and sore at
the end of the afternoon from con
stant cheering. A. R. Taipale, of Fin
land, the great discus thrower, re
peated his victory of yesterday by
winning the right and left hand throws.
American did not show in this compe
tition at all.
The great Saturday crowd of 35.000
was thrilled in the 3.000 meter team ■
race when T. S. Bema. the speedy Cor
nell university sprinter, spurted on
next io the last lap. taking the lead
after having run last up to that point.
Triumphant whoops rent the air as
the American dashed past Ohlsen, the
fast Swedish runner. Men and women
arose in their seats waving flags and
cheering
Reidpath Clips
Second Off Record.
In the final of the 400 meter race,
the first event of the day, Charles D.
Reidpath. of Syracuse university, won
the race, breaking the old Olympic rec
ord. Reidpath’s tint® was 48 1-5 sec
ond, a whole second better than the
record, made by Hillman, of America,
at the Olympic games in St. Louis in
1904 As E. F. Lindberg, of the Chi
cago Athletic Club, finished third, this
event gave 4 additional points to
America, and Old Glory was thus the
first national flag of the day lo be
run up.
In the decathlon. James Thorpe, the
Carlisle Indian school athlete, and E.
I. Mercer, of the University of Penn
sylvania. showed up unusually well.
Platt: Adams worked true to form in
' • final of the standing high jump,
"inning easily. His brother. Ben
•'dams. was second and Tiscitlaris was
third.
Platt Adams' jump was 163 centi
meters or 5.35 feet. Ben Adams' jump
"a ISO centimeters or 5.25 feet. The
Creek'< jump was 5.09 feet. This event
stave the United States five points.
At the conclusion of the discus throw
in the decathlon Thorpe had 2.544
Points; Lemberg. Sweden, 2.299 points,
and Mercer. 2.291.
Summary of
Today's Results.
following were the summaries of to
day's Olympic events:
Standing high jump, qualifying heat
for finals: Following qualified; Platt
Adams, New York A. Ben Adams,
New York A. C.; R. L. Byrd. Adrian
'allege; Leo Goehring. Mohawk A. C.;
Greece: Taylor. England.
400 meters run, final First. Charles
R Reidpath, Syracuse university: sec
ond. Braun. German'; third. Edward
Lindberg. Chicago A. A. Time. 48.2
Seconds. which beats the old Olympic
mcord by one second.
Decathlon 100-meter dash —First, E.
L. Mercer. University of Pennsylvania;
'•'eond. James Thorpe, Carlisle Indian
school; third, Gibson, Sweden; fourth,
Rohr. Germany. Time. 11 seconds.
Decathlon running broad j itmp—First
Mercer. 22.44 feet: second, Thorpe. 22.27
feet.
'earn race. 3.000 meters (mile and L
-1-’h yards), final: United States. 9
Points; second, Sweden. 13 point:-;
d. Great Britain. 13 points.
S. Berna. of Cornell university,
finished first. Time, S minutes 44 2>-5
’’’■conds.
Ohlsen, Sweden, was second. Time,
fi minutes 45 2-5 seconds.
Norman S. Tabor, of Brown univer
was third. Time. 8 minutes 45 3-5
seconds.
" ide. of Sweden, was fourth. George
Bonhag, of .the Irish-American Ath
.. ~' - ' ur ', was fifth. I'otiTll. of Great
Hain was sixth, and Owen, also of
r -ru T Britain, was seventh.
hrowing the discus tights and lefts,
final. First, A. H. Taipale, of Finland.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
Husband Seeker Gets
A Bushel of Answers:
Bars Chicagoans, Too
Kansas City Widow Prefers New
Yorkers and Bostonians to
Cornfed Westerners.
CHICAGO, July 13.—Mrs. DeForest
Brown, otherwise Mrs. Clara L. Brown,
of Kansas f'ity, who wrote the mayor?
of New York and Boston that she want
j ed a husband, and that no "corn-fed
I Chicaeoan need apply," appeared at the
I Congress hotel, got about a. bushel of
I letters and disappeared. She still is in
I Chicago, but her exact whereabouts to-
I day are as secret as the contents of
| the bushel of love missives she re-
I ceived.
| Mrs. Brown, accompanied by another
I woman, arrived at the Congress late,
i registered and went to their room.
! Later the manager was asked to "come
| up.” At the partially opened door,
j around which peeped the frilled edge of
a boudoir cap, he was told that Mrs.
DeForest Brown was Mrs. Clara L.
Brown, "and would he please send up
her letters?’ He did. It took two
trips.
A little later Mrs. Brown and her
companion checked out. They entered
a taxicab. Bellboys followed, laden
with hand baggage and with letters
tied in neat bundles. The women went
to the North Side and are believed to
be In an apartment.
BOY BANDIT SENT TO
REFORMATORY; GANG
BROKEN UP BY POLICE
Seth Pharr, nineteen years old. 27
Harrell street, said to be a member
of an organized gang of criminal youths
in Atlanta, was sent to the county re
form school by Judge Pendleton. In
juvenile court, today.
The "White caps." as the gang Is
known, is rapidly being scattered by
the police, who made several arrests
today. The youths are said to be re
sponsible for a number of burglaries
and other hold-ups.
Several girls, friends of the boys, will
be brought before the juvenile court
I next Saturday.
I AIRSHIP RUNS AWAY
WITH PUPIL; SOARS
15 MINUTES SAFELY
CHICAGO, July 13. W. C. Robinson,
pupil in flying, learned how to make a
landing without any aid from his in
structor. The lesson was completed aft.
I er fifteen minutes in the air in an uri
i expected flight when the aeroplane he
was driving ran away. Max Lillie. In
structor. asked Robinson to drive the
machine from one end of the field to the
other as one would drive an automobile.
Robinson started the engine at the
speed used when he and Lillie were in
the seat. The machine was caught by
a gust of wind, and with Its load less
ened it shot into the air. After fifteen
minutes Robinson managed to get back
to earth. He was ready today to con
tinue his lessons.
COMMERCE CHAMBER
COMMITTEE TO URGE
NEW TRAFFIC LAWS
Better traffic regulations will be the
object of a committee recently formed
by the Chamber of Commerce and
called the public safety committee.
The committee expects to co-operate
with the city offiicials in a number of
improvements and among other things
will urge that more specific and up
to-date traffic laws be passed by the
council.
The committee is headed by W. J.
Lowenstein. Other members are Por
ter Langston. Ben Lee Crew. Edwin R.
Haas and W. Woods White.
WOMAN. ARRESTED
FOR LIQUOR SELLING.
SMASHES EVIDENCE
I GADSDEN. ALA., July 13.—Mrs.
j Hick Reden. 50 years old, has been ar
rested at Guntersville on a charge of
'selling liquor. Officers confiscated 57
pints of whisky. When arrested the
woman became enraged and with a
club commenced breaking the bottles.
She was restrained before all the evi
dence was destroyed. She was admit
ted to bond. Her husband is now' serv
ing time for violating the prohibition
law.
PLUMBER SAYS HE’S
BANKRUPT; ASSETS
$8 LESS THAN DEBTS
James E. Belcher, heating and plumb
ing contractor, has filed a voluntarj
petition in bankruptcy In the Federal
court. His liabilities are given as $9,-
963.23 and his assets as $9,955.23—ju5t
$8 less. On $1,600 worth of real estate
and personal property he claims a
I homestead exemption under the Fed
eral law. The case was referred by
Judge Newman to Percy H. Adams,
referee in bankruptcy.
ELECTION HEADS NAMED.
The county Democratic executive com
mittee met today and decided that the
entry list for the state and country pri
mary of August 21 should elose at noon
on August 5. The old sub-committee to
have charge of the election was reap
pointed, J. O. Cochran being secretary.
ATLANTA. GA., SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1912.
MADDDXOUT
WEIT
TIPPINS
BILL
Heads Movement nf Leading
Men to Prevent Measure
Becoming Law.
WOULD HARM STATE
AND CITY. HE SAYS
Means Big Cut in Revenue and
Too Drastic To Be Enforced.
Says Strong Statement.
An antj-Tippins bill movement was
launched today in Atlanta by men
most prominent in the city's commer
cial and social life. A conference was
held which resulted in a statement be
ing issued by Robert F. Maddox, former
mayor of Atlanta and vice president
of the American National bank
Mr. Maddox characterizes the law
as unjust and unwise. "The present
prohibition law." he said, "is enforced
much better than the Tippins law ever
could be." This is the attitude of Mr.
Maddox’s confreres. Their stand is
that neither the city nor the state is in
a position to stand the results of the
bill—that the effect of it would be lo
' militate against public progress and
! public interests.
Mr. Maddox's statement follows:
Passage of Bill
Was Surprise to Him.
Since my term of office as mayor
I expired I have been devoting my
1 time exclusively to my own pri
vate business affairs, and have
; taken practically no interest in
i politics. The vote this week in the
house on the Tippins bill was a
great surprise to me. The prohi
bition question was injected into
the last gubernatorial race, and
Governor Brown was overwhelm
ingly elected, after stating specific
ally on more than one occasion that
i he believed the question of prohi
bition should be left to a vote of
I the people of the state, and not
decided by the members of the leg
) islature, who were elected without
the question of prohibition enter
ing into their campaign for office
During my administration as
mayor of Atlanta, 1 do not believe
* there was a single saloon where a
drink of whisky could be pur
chased in this city; and I believe
the same statement can truthfully
be made under the administration
of Mayor Winn. Whisky was sold
during my administration, is sold
now. and will always be sold in At
lanta. but our officers and our
courts have been vigilant in arrest
ing and prosecuting the blind tiger
and our police court has co-oper
ated with our city officials in en
forcing the law.
Opposes Bill;
Cuts Revenue.
Ie have never believed that the
legislature would pass such a dras
tic measure as the Tippins bill
first, for the reason that it with
draws from the present revenue of
the state about $300,000 per annum,
while the state and all of its de
partments are suffering seriously
of income to keep pace with the
modern development of our insti
tutions. without providing a sim
ilar revenue from some other
source. The city of Atlanta has
grown so rapidly in the past few
years, and there are so many de
mands upon our treasury that the
loss of approximately $75,000 per
annum from near-beer Menses
would seriously affect this city.
More than two hundred store
houses would be made vacant, and
such important public improve
ments as crematory, garbage dis
posal plants, new high school, and
more appropriations for much need
ed street work throughout the city,
better police and fire protection,
etc., would be very much affected
by the loss of this large revenue.
Speaking for Atlanta alone. I be
lieve it can be truthfully stated that
when whisky was sold here in open
saloons no city in the United States
had this traffic under better control
than Atlanta; and so fat as I know
no gambling house has ever been
permitted to operate In this city in
the past 20 years, which can be aaid
of but few cities throughout the
Union.
Since the present prohibition law
has been in effect, I believe it can
also be truthfully stated that no
city in the United States of any
thing like th? population of At
lanta has ever had its officials to
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CATS GUESTS OF
HONOR ST POT.
Little West End Girls Entertain I
in Celebration of Their
Pets’ Birthday.
Miss Mary Hancock, of the much
younger set of West End. entertained
at a parly yesterday afternoon at her
home, 61 Queen street, assisted by Miss
Rosalind Foster. The guests of honor
were Mary's two kittens, who have just
turned the first year and are rapidly
budding into cathood, and the other
guests wore nineteen of Mary and Ro
salind's set —eighteen cats and one
puppy.
The invitation' were tasteful, unique
and unusually free from that artifici
ality which marks so many social
forms. They were written individually.
In lead pencil, as follows:
You are cordially Invited to at
tend the birthday party of Mary
and Rosalind’s cats at the home of
Mary. 61 Queen street, at 5 o'clock.
Please bring presents. If you have
none, do not come. Refreshments
will be served..
If it rains, don't come. Be sure
and bring your cat
MARY AND ROSALIND
Refreshments were served on the
lawn and consisted of sweet milk,
candy, cake and a hone, tactfully dis
trfbuted among the varied classes of
guests by the young hostesses. And
(as it is customary to write in re
cording social events) a pleasant tim<
was had.
BARTENDERS KNEW
HANFORD COCKTAIL;
HAD AN ONION IN IT
SEATTLE, WASH., July 13.—At the
investigation of Judge Hanford by the
house judiciary sub committee today a
witness testified in effect that he had
won a wager that In any one of nine
saloons the barte iders, if asked for a
"Judge Hanford ma,’tinl." would substi
tute an onion for the customary olive
This witness also sta’ed he had been
threatened with business ostracism for
so testifying. Other witnesses testified
that while Judge Hanford drank alco
holic liquor, he was "temperate."
Efforts to show undue political ac
tivity on the part of Judge Hanford
were rnaae on .documentary evidence
lending lo support it introduced.
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Pictures showing the condition
of Atlanta streets. The two
young women are shown crossing
Spring street, which was lorn up
for repairs and left that way ; and
the little girl is peeking at herself
in one of the numerous pools of
water at Gordon ami Peters.
Not a Stroke of Work Done on
Them, Is the Startling Fact
Just Bared.
Drastic action to remedy the terri
ble condition of Atlanta streets was
outlined today by advocates of street
improvements, who had been stirred by
The Georgian’s description of neglected
thoroughfares, and city officials will
hold an informal caucus within the
next few days to decide on ways and
means Jor accomplishing the needed
reforms. It’ Is now reported that the
regular meeting of the city council
scheduled for next Monday will be ad
journed until Thursday to give time
for free discussion and early action.
Whatever changes are made in the
civic system to bring about street im
provements must be decided upon at
once, for these changes must be made
through an amendment to the city
charter passed by the state legisla
ture. now in session. Some of the most
important remedies suggested are:
To create the office of advisory city
Continued on Page Two.
WOMAN BURNED
IN OIL ECLOSION
Mrs. Nellie Peters Hurt in Ac
cident Like That Which
Killed Mrs. Head.
If Mrs. Nellie Peters. 620 DeKalb
avenue, had read in the papers yester
day of the burning to death of Mrs.
Joseph Head, perhaps she wouldn't
have tried to do today identically the
thing, which caused Mrs. Head’s death
—kindle the kitchen tire with kerosene
—and she wouldn't be in Grady hospital
suffering from terrible burns.
Mrs. Peters’ story is strangely simi
lar to that of Mrs. Head. Both were
alone in their little homes, except for
two small children; both were trying to
kindle a fire in a wood stove by pouring
kerosene on the wood, and both were ,
burned terribly when the oil exploded. |
Both homes were greatly damaged by i
the flames.
Mrs. Peters is 22 years old, the wife
of a lineman for the railway and light
company. Her accident occurred at
12:30 o'clock today, the same hour at ■
which Mrs. Head was burned yester
day. Her two children Jim, aged
three, and Utries. aged two —were In
the house. When she realized her
clothing was in flames, Mrs. Peters
rushed into the yard, turned on the ,
hydrant and lay down under the
stream until the flames were extin
guished, but not in time to save herself
terrible burns and blisters. Then she
went back, put out the fire which had
spread to the kitchen furniture, and
fainted.
She will recover.
REQUISITION HELD UP;
NEW ONE_REQUESTED
Because the requisition of Governor
Gilchrist of Florida failed to meet all
technical requirements. A. E. Mullen, a
Pensacola youth, charged with the for
gery of a $lO check, will have to remain
in the Fulton county jail until next
week. Mullen, although his lawyers
have sought his release by habeas cor
pus proceedings, has spent a week be
hind the Tower bars.
Judge Pendleton today refused to
hear Mullen's petition until Governor
Brown has considered the new requi
sition now on its way from Tallahas
see. all ship-shape.
MILLIONAIRE FOR A DAY.
WILKESBARRE. PA . July 13. John
P. McDavltt. "millionaire for a day.”
believes there ate heights of fame to
which he still can aspire, so he will be
a "delegate for a day" at- the Roosevelt
convention.
HOHL
IBITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE V RE NO
LOMEB IS
BEMEN IN
SENATE
FISHT
Colleagues Deprive the Illinois
Solon of Seat by Vote of
55 to 28.
LONG BATTLE, BITTER AND
FULL OF VINDICTIVENESS
Lines Clearly Drawn—lntense
Personal Feelings Enter
Into Contest,
WASHINGTON. July 13—By
a vote of 55 to 28 Senator Wil
liam Lorimer, of Illinois, was de
prived of his seat in the I'nited
States senate today.
This judgment of the senate closing
the fight upon Senator Lorimer termi
nated one of the stormiest legislative
days that congressional history has
known. If the first fights made for
and against Lorimer were bitter, this
latest one, which began on the legisla
tive day of July 6. has been even more
vindictive. From the moment that Sen
ator Dillingham, chief of the Lorimer
defenders, began speaking last Satur
day until the last vote was cast today
Intense personal feeling has at best
been but thinly veiled. During his
speech Lorimer wore a tiny American
flag in the buttonhole of his coat.
Loyalty to Lorimer or opposition to
him were the lines on which the senate
j split. None of the score of speakers
I minced his words, and spirited speeches
■ of condemnation were made by Senator
W. Alden Smith, of Michigan; Senator
Luke Lea, of Tennessee; Senator Ken.
i yon, of Iowa; Senator Reed, of Mis
souri; Senator Meyers, of Montana.
Under the Lorimer standard gathered
Senator Jones, of Washington, who last
year voted against Izorfmer. and Sena
tors Dillingham. Johnston, McCutnber,
Thornton. Fletcher and Smoot **
All of these were but forerunners of
the dramatic climax furnished by Lori
mer himself. Diverging from the lines
taken in his first defense. Senator Lori
mer launched upon a long denunciation
of his enemies, who, he claimed, had
conspired against him.' and for two
days held the senate by the strength of
his defense.
He completed hts statement but
few minutes prior to the vote.
This Is the Way
The Senators Voted.
In favor of the resolution declaring
Lorimer not entitled to his seat:
Ayes—Ashurt. Bacon, Borah, Bourne,
Briggs. Bristow, Brown. Bryan, Burton,
Chamberlain, Clapp, Clarke of Arkan
sas. Crawford, Cullom, Cummins, Cur--
tis, Dixon. Fall. Gardner, Gore. Gronna.
Hitchcock, Johnson. Kenyon. Kern, La-
Follette, Lea, Lodge. Martine. Martin.
Meyers. Nelson, Newlands. O’Gortnan,
Overman. Page. Poindexter. Pomerene.
Rayner. Reed, Root, Sanders. Shively.
Simmons. Smith of Arizona, Smith of
Georgia. Smith of Michigan. Smith of
South Carolina. Stone, Sutherland.
Swanson. Townsend. Watson, Williams.
Works.
Nays (for Lorimer)—Bailey. Bradley,
Brandegee, Burnham. Catlin, Clark of
Wyoming. Crane. Dillingham, Fletcher.
Foster, Galllnger, Gamble, Guggenheim.
Johnston. Jones, Lippett, McCumber.
Oliver. Paynter, Penrose, Perkins,
Richardson. Smith of Smoot,
Stephenson, Thornton, Tillman, Wet
more.
Present (not voting)—Bankhead, Du.
pent. Lorimer.
Absent—Heyburn. Owen, Percy.
PROCTOR PLANT WILL
BE OPENED WEDNESDAY
The Proctor creek sewage disposal
plant, one of the three big plants provided
by the bond Issue, Is completed and will
be opened Wednesday, W. A. Hansel, act
ing chief of construction, announced to
day.
John H Gregory, one of the city’s con
sulting engineers from New York, made
an Inspection of the plant today. He
said It was all right.
BACHELOR LEFT LANDLADY
A FORTUNE OF $250,000.00
JAMAICA. N. Y„ July 13.—When Ed.
1 win A. Dodd, a bachelor, died here on
June 5 of last year, bequeathing his es
tate to his landlady. It was not known
that he left much property. The state
appraiser has just estimated hts estate
at nearly $250,000. all in gilt-edged real
estate and securities.