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TEE WEATHER. Forecast: Showers tonight or to morrow. Temperatures: 8 a. >n„ 73; 10 a- m.. 78: 12 noon, 82; 1:30 p, m., 75. NO. 248. VOL. X. me™ (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 Continued on Page Two. Thirty Miles of Pavements Ordered, But Untouched EXTENSIVE CHANGES ARE OUTLINED <' ~ Tjj a A " L-ro- - TkJ) A ,'"‘ - - \ ** ') i /j VV J' * \A /> ‘ ■/ ?z< ■ C I V A k ----- L - t r viw : \A® ? jgr” </ EF7 ca 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. 1 f Z»: ' ' Sb- A w - <* . I x ’ - I 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.