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VOL. X. NO. 248.
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Reidpath Starts Day in Olympic
Games by Adding to Glory
of United States.
AMERICANS QUALIFY
IN HIGH JUMP FINAL
Team From This Side Now
Has First Place in the Meet
Practically Cinched.
STOCKHOLM. July 13.—-The first
final of the day wont Io the United
States and gave the Yankee spectators
a chance to cheer as Old Glory was
hoist above the crowded stadium.
Charlr - l>. Reidpath. of Syracuse uni
versity. non the final in the 400-meter
run. breaking the old Olympic record.
Reidpath’s lime was 48." seconds. The
old record was 49 1-5 seconds, made by
Hillman, of America, at the Olympic
games at St. Louis in 1904.
Braun, of Germany, finished second,
and Edward F. Lindberg, of the Chi
cago t A.. was third.
This event gave the United States
four additional points.
•With the honors of the Olympic
games practically cinched in points, the
Yankee athletes did not relax their ef
forts a hen the eighth session of the
contests of brawn and skill began to
daj. The weather continued cool to
day. with exceptional brand of atmos
phere.
Four Yankees
Qualify for Jump.
The first number on the program
nas the standing high jump. In the
preliminary the following Americans
qualified to compete in the final:
Pb tt Adams. New York A. C.; Ben
I.Lio-. New York A. C.; R. L. Byrd,
Wrian college; Leo Goehring. Mohawk
t <•
In addition to the Americans. Tsicli
:ii r .f Greece. and Taylor, of Eng
iand. qualified. The bar in the quali
ing preliminary was set at 150 centi
meter-. or 1 feet 11 inches.
Tie I’nitcd States was regarded as a
ortain winner in this event, although
Greek jumper. Tsichlitiras, is a
man he reckoned with.
T’.ic Olympic record for the standing
lump is 5 feet 5 inches, made by
Eii-. of \merica, at the Olympic
r m - in Paris in 1900.
BABY, FORGOTTEN IN
FIRE PANIC, DROPPED
INTO OFFICER’S ARMS
NEW YORK.»JuIy 13.—Cut off bx
w hieh blocked his exit to the
“t'i-i l: <?m the second story of the
•ling. Policeman John J. O'Sullivan
tned from a window and diopped a
•<-months-old baby in the waiting
.cm- <>f another officer below. The
Im -no had fled to the street in panic
■' c n til l ' fire was discovered, leaving
' child behind. After saving the
'''Sullivan fled to the roof of the
h; ii ling and made his wax to safety.
SUPT. BRITTAIN TO SPEAK.
I'ALTON. GA.. July 13.—The officers
Whitfield County Sunday School
'■ iation have called the annual con
1' for Saturday. August 3. at
-ant Grove. Among the prominent
ki s win be Prof. M. L. Brittain.
ho<H superintendent.
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: Today’s Olympic •
: Games Program •
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• There were four important track •
• and field events upon the 'Olympic •
• program today in which 42 Amer- •
• leans were entered. All of the •
• events were finals. They were: •
• Standing high jump. •
• Throwing the discus; right and •
• left hands; final. •
• 400-meter run (447 yards); •
• final.
• Team race. 3.000 meters (one •
• mile. 1.420 yards, 10 inches); final. •
• In addition there were a num- •
• ber of gymnastic and w restling •
• events scheduled. •
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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 City, who wrote the mayors
of New York and Boston that she warn
ed a husband.' and that no "corn-fed
Chicagoan need apply," appeared at the
Congress hotel, got about a bushel of
letters and disappeared. She still is in
Chicago, but her exact w hereabouts to
day are as secret tis the contents of
the bushel of love missives she re
ceived. •
Mrs. Brown, accompanied by another
woman, arrived at the Congress late,
registered and went to their room.
Later the manager was asked to "come
up." At the partially opened door,
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
trip®.
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.
3 ATLANTANS GO TO
EXPLORE WILDS OF
SMOKY MOUNTAINS
Three Atlantans start this afternoon
upon a trip of exploration which will
take them far from civilization or hu
man habitation for at least two weeks.
They have undertaken opening to geog
raphy the trackless border region of
ihe Smoky mountains in North Caro
lina and Tennessee.
The three who began the trip by train
to Bryson. N. C„ are E. M. Boland, of
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion. and Henry and Albert Bridewell
243 Glennwood avenue. From Bryson
they will strike off into the heart of the
mountains with nothing but Clingman's
Dome and the Chimney Top peaks for
guides. Much of the way will have to
be literally hewn through trackless vir
gin forests. Finally the trio, after hav
ing explored more than 100 miles of
hitherto unknown country, will emerge
at Knoxville, Tenn.
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
structo". The lesson was completed aft
er fifteen minutes in the air in an un
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 managed to get back
tn earth. He was ready today to con
tinue his lessons
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY. JULY 13, 1912.
BURNS TELLS
OF GRAFT IN
CAROLINA
CAPITOL
Detective Declares His Records
Trace the Responsibility to
Governor Cole Blease.
EXISTENCE OF ‘SYNDICATE’
CHARGED BY T. B. FELDER
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Legislation. Whisky Orders and;
Pardons Marketed for the
Price, He Alleges.
AUGUSTA. GA.. July 13. —With De
tective William J. Burns continuing his
testimony of alleged grafting on the
part of Governor Cole 1.. Blease and
others in high station at ihe South
Carolina state capital. the hearing of
the special legislative committee prob- |
ing South ('arolina dispensary affairs
was resumed at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Detective Burns was on the stand'
when the session adjourned last night
and created a sensation when he charg
ed that Governor Blease. both as state
senator and as governor, had grafted
and that he had dictagraph evidence
to substantiate the charge. Represen
tative Cary, one of the investigating
committee, asked.
"Will your records (referring to the
dictagraph evidence) show that Cole
L. Blease has grafted as senator and as
governor under the liquor laws of South
Carolina?"
" Yes, they will." replied Burns.
But Detective Burns’ testimony is no
more startling than that of Th,omas B.
Felder, the Atlanta lawyer, who rep
resented the commission that wound
up the old rispensary system, and for
whose especial benefit the hearing tv as
called in Augusta, in order that he
might not have to go to South Carolina
to testify and subject himself to arrest
at the instance of Governor Blease. /.
Felder Makes Bold
Charges Against Blease.
Following his charge yesterday after
noon. that "Hub" Evans, accompanied
by Blease. then his lawyer, had been
paid $4,000 by an Atlanta whisky deal
er as rebates on whisky orders while
Evans was a dispensary commissioner.
Mr. Felder charged that Blease con
trolled a legislative "syndicate” while
state senator; that the "syndicate" de
manded money to block legislation:
that money was collected from rail-
Toads for killing anti-railroad bills, and
that while governor, Blease has grant
ed pardons for which the "syndicate”
has been paid large sums, one from
Charleston having cost $2,000. Bluen
thal & Bickert was the former Atlanta
whisky house named by Felder as hav
ing paid Evans the $4,000 rebates.
40 HURT AS TORNADO
HITS GRAND RAPIDS;
MANY HORSES KILLED
GRAND RAPIDS. MICH.. July 13 -
Forty persons were injured today in a
tornado that did heavy damage in
Grand Rapids and the surrounding
neighborhood. The storm struck about
4 o'clock this morning. it swept' in
from the southwest, tearing the roof
from the grandstand of the Centra!
league baseball park and striking the
city market where farmers with xvagon
lods of produce had gathered for the
dy's trading. A number of horses were
killed.
Trio of Americas Fastest Long-Distance Runners
U.S. IS EXPECTED TO WIN MARATHON
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ANDREW SOCK ALEXIS. LOUIS TEWANIMA. V
DIES TRYING TO
SAVE HER BABY
Victim of Oil Explosion Disre
garded Own Peril in At
tempt to Rescue Son.
Mrs. Joseph Head, who was burned
to death by the explosion of kerosene
at her East Point home yesterday, was
buried today in East Point cemetery.
She died six hours after the accident.
If mother love had not prompted her
to save her four-year old son, perhaps
Mrs. Head might have extinguished the
flames which wrapped her clothing and
thus saved het own life, but iter first
thought was of her baby.
Mrs. Head was pouring coat oil into
her stove to kindle the fire, when it
caught from smouldering coals. Mrs.
Head's clothing, splashed wijJi burning
oil, burst into flame, and the little home
began to burn rapidly. Fearing the
baby would be caught, the mother ran
to him and tried to carry him from the
house, but poon realized that her own
burning clothing was a greater menace
to the child than the fire in the home
She was forced to put him down and
persuade him to run out into the street
J. H. Stepltens. an aged neighbor, was
badly burned about the hands In trying
to save Mrs. Head.
BOY AGED 11 HAS BEEN
DRUNKARD TWO YEARS
NEW Y(.)RK, July 13. William Finn,
aged eleven, h is been detained by the
Children's society on complaint of It is,
mother, who says he has been an hab
itual drunkard for two years.
CITS GUESTS OF
HDhORATPARTY
Little West End Girls Entertain
in Celebration of Their
Pets’ Birthday.
Miss Mary Hancock, of the much
younger set of Wist find, entertained
at a party yesterday afternoon at hi''
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 Ihe other
guests were nineteen of Mary and Ro
salind's set—eighteen cats and one
puppy
The invitations 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 patty 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 Re sure
and bring your cat
MARY AND ROSALIND.
Refreshments were served on the
lawn and consisted of sweet milk,
candy, cake and a bone, tactfully dis
tributed among the varied classes of
guests by the young hostesses And
(as It is customary to w'ite in re
cording social events) a pleasant tim«
was had.
i F
MIKE RYAIv
OS MER Os
GIRLARRESTED
Ruth Bnbe. Taken to Face
Suitor. Declares That She
Will Wecl Him.
Ruth Bol>e. the sixteen-year-olr] Mo
bile girl who carne to Atlanta to wed
M. H. Avery, an actor, and didn't find
him. was taken io Birmi ng ha tn today
by her stepfather. J. W. Bailey, to face
the recreant vaudeville player, who was
arrested there last night. Atlanta po
ll, p received a telegram from Mobile
today announcing the arrest of Avery
in Birmingham and directing that the
gir! be taken there to face him. Mar
riage or - imprisonment may face the
actor when the girl arrives.
The git I met the vaudeville perform
er ala Mobile theater and fell in love
with him. She says he told her to come
to Atlanta, where he would meet her.
hut her stepfather pul the police on
her trail and they found her in a board,
ing house, still waiting for her suitor.
She was taken to ihe police station and
her stepparent arrived last night to
take her home
The girl insisted she was going to
marry the actor in spite of objections
from anybody, and it max be that a
wedding will result.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
30 MILES OF
PAVEMENT
ORDERED
IN VAIN
Not a Stroke of Work Done on
Them, Is the Startling Fact
Just Bared.
CONFERENCE SHOWS
UP LACK OF SYSTEM
Street Committee Plans Grad
ing of Ivy Street and Other
Big Improvements.
That not one foot of the 30 miles
of sidewalk pavement authorized by!
council this year has been laid was the
startling condition bared today. The
reason is that the construction depart-'
ment has not done the necessary grad
ing for the paving contractors to be
gin work.
The situation Is made even worse by
the fact that eight miles of curbing has
been laid on the streets designated for
paving. But without the sidewalk
paving every rain washes a great part
of the paving down.
The construction department has laid
21.2 miles of curbing and sidewalks.
But all of the sidewalk paving was
work passed up by council last year.
Owens Declares
System Not Followed.
Commenting on the condition before
the streets committee, John S. Owens,
Atlanta capitalist, who has a part of
the street paving jontract, said:
“There is no system by which this
work is taken up. The city code spec
ifies that it shall be done in the order
authorized by council. This is not
done. Neither contractors nor proper
ty owners know when a street provided
for pavement will be paved.
"I offer this suggestion: When a
street is started, lay the curb, grade it
and pave it before taking up another
niece of xvork. The grading crews pump
from one point to another now whether
the wm|< is finished or not."
Councilman J. H. Andrews, a mem
ber of the streets committee, declared
that it xx.i.-i not. 'equitable to follow the
code and do the work in the order in
which it xxas passed up because there
was no system by which council pass
ed up work He said the plan of the
committee was to try and distribute the
work among the wards.
Plan Grading
Os Ivy Street. s
"I don't think we ought to try to do
all • f ihis sidewalk work." said Coun
cilman C. J. Vaughan. "We have had
no street work done this year and there .
is certainly a need for sonte."
A more progressive spirit than usual
was displayed by members of the com
mittee, however, when they practically
committed themselves to a plan for
grading Ivy street from Decatur to
Peachtree streets in conjunction with
the lowering of the grade at the junc
tion of the Peachtrees and Baker street.
Led by Joel Hurt. Martin Amorous and
George M. Hope, the property owners
on this street agreed to advance the
city the necessary money to adjust the
buildings on this street to the new
grade, and the county commissioners
are ready to have their convict# do the
xvork.
Captain Tom Donaldson, superintend
ent of construction for the county, told
the committee that it was a short-