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THE WEATHER
Forecast: Fair tonight and Satur
day. Temperatures: Ba. m., 78 de
grees; 10 a. m., 80 degrees; 12 noon,
86 degrees; 2 p. m., 88 degrees.
VOL. XL NO. IL
BIG REWARD
FOR MISSING
SLAYERS OF
GAMBLER
District Attorney, Despairing
of Police Aid. Appeals to
Cupidity of Gangsters.
SCHEPPS, THREATENED,
TO BE CLOSELY GUARDED
Indictments Which Were Held
Up Expected to Result From
His Testimony.
NEW YORK. Aug. 16.—Despairing of
any marked success from police “ef
forts” to arrest "Lefty Louie" and Har
ry Horowitz, alias “Gyp the Blood,
District Attorney Whitman will offer
$5,000 reward for their capture. He
hopes thus to appeal to the cupidity of
the East Side gangsters, who may know
the hiding place of the two men ac
cused of firing .the shots that killed
Herman Rosenthal.
The offer of a reward is practically
the last step which Mr. Whitman can
take to effect the capture of the two
gun men whom the police so far have
failed to arrest, and the knowledge that
he intends offering the reward is taken
to indicate that he has little hope of
the police in the future being more suc
cessful than in the past.
His action in going over the heads of
the police department with such an
offer is without precedent in this city.
The district attorney has secured new
clews as to the whereabouts of the two
fugitives, and today detectives were
sent to Methuen. Mass., and Duluth.
Minn.
“Bridgey” Webber
Gets Postcard.
The clew which turned the attention
of the police to Methuen was in the
shape of a postal card, inclosed in two
sealed envelopes, received by “Bridgey”
Webber in the Tombs. It read:
“Dear pal, do the best you can. AVe
are all right.
“Your pals,
(Signed) "L. AND G.'
Webber at once declared the initials
"L. and G.” stood for Louie and Gyp.
With the grand jury in recess until
next Tuesday, no official movement will
be made until the arrival of Sam
Schepps and his appearance before that
body. If he tells all he knows, Mr.
Whitman is confident that the grand
jury will return the indictments that
were held up yesterday.
Schepps, who is on his way to New
York from Hot Springs. Aik., will be
kept in hiding by Mr. Whitman until
he appears before the grand jury next
week. This step is said to be due to
reports that gangsters were plotting to
"put Schepps out of the way” upon his
arrival here. Schepps will be kept at
Tarrytown. N. Y.. until next Monday,
it is said.
Reformers Raid
Disorderly Resort.
The reform organizations are accus
ing the police of neglect of duty in
stamping out vice, and eighteen disor
derly houses in Inspector Lahey’s dis
trict were raided simultaneously last
night by direction of Assistant District
Attorney Smith and Samuel Marcus,
counsel for the Society for the Preven -
tion of Crime. Their keepers were ar
raigned today.
Proof of the existence of a distinct
organization in control of these places
was announced.
District Attorney Whitman expects
Governor Dix to grant his request for
the appointment of a justice to sit in
extraordinary session of the supreme
court, criminal branch, to handle the
trials for the murder of Rosenthal.
Probably Justice John W. Goff will be
chosen. The trials will start in Sep
tember.
Dix Names Special
Judge for Trials
ALBANY, Aug. 16. —Governor Dix
today designated Justice John W. Goff,
of New York, to hold an extraordinary
term of the supreme eourt for the trials
growing out of th“ murder of Herman
Rosenthal In New York city.
District Attorney Whitman asked for
the court to be convened September 1,1
and the request was granted.
In announcing the appointment Gov- |
• rno; Dix gave out a lengthy state- I
ment asserting that the "shocking al- i
legations in regard to an alliance be- |
tween the police and certain classes of I
law-breakers in New York city" should:
!>•■ immediately and fearlessly inquired i
into, and that “everything that has]
made such a condition possible should '
b. trampled upon and destroyed."
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
Baker and Barber to
Mingle With Elite at
Billion-Dollar Fete
H. Clay Frick. Snubbed by Taft
and Society, Goes Into High
ways for Guests.
BOST/ON, Aug. 16.—Henry Clay
Frick, a Pittsburg steel magnate and
Prides Crossing pride, is at odds with
Northshore society over his billion-dol
lar lawn fete planned for tonight. So
ciety is not coming out the way it
ought, Mr. Frick decided when the an
swers to his invitations began to ar
rive. Mr. Frick in this crisis, perhaps,
turned to the Gospel for comfort. At
any rate, his answer was to emulate a
Gospel example and “go out into the
highways and byways" of Prides Cross
ing and the surrounding towns for
guests to fill the vacant places. And
as a result, two Beverly barbers, the
Magnolia baker and several others not
acceptable to the Northshore elite will
] stroll about the beautiful Frick lawn
tonight. Publicity, the failure of the
invited guests to respond properly and
a gentle snub from President Taft are
held responsible for Frick’s change of
plans.
Be that as it may, the billion-dollar
fete won’t be nearly so pretentious as
was at first planned. Frick has cut and
■lashed his own nrogram until the
Northshore groans.
DROPIjFTHEJPRiCE
OF BEEF EXPECTED
TO FOLLOW RECORD
CHICAGO. Aug. 16.—Lower prices
for beef. That was the prediction at
the stock yards here folloving the top
notch mark of $10.50 a hundred, touch
ed in the market today. It is believed
the highest price has been reached and
that there will be a quick decline. The
prices are expected to go down hill
rapidly next week.
The great packing houses are pre
paring for an assault all along the line
on the cattle market. Good grass in
the great grazing stretches west of
the Missouri river will cause the de
cline.
Cattle in the market have been very
scarce. A good steer was worth $l5O
to its owner. But cattle have begun to
come in. A train load from Alberta,
the fit st in years, ha.- been received and
others have come in from every part of
the grazing country.
BOY. 5 IS’ KILLED BY
CAR AS WARNING IS
SHOUTED BY SCORES
Fred Smith, a boy of five, who lived
at 162 Central avenue, was killed by
an incoming Piedmont avenue car at
Central avenue and Garnett street this
afternoon. A big crowd saw the ac
cident and there was a rush to drag
the lad from under the car wheels, but
he was dead when pulled out
The youngster was attempting to
cross the street when he saw the ear
almost upon him and was frightened
motionless. He was crushed under the
car wheels as a score of persons who
saw his peril shouted a warning. The
motorman tried to throw on his brakes,
but was too late. -
The boy was carried to a nearby drug
store.
PANAMA CONFERENCE
BILL WINS IN SENATE
BY 48-18 AFTER FIGHT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—The sen
ate. after a long debate, accepted the
report of the Panama canal bill con
ferees by a vote of 48 to 18 this after
noon.
Senator Brandegee had earlier at
tempted to prevent the acceptance of
tlie conference report bill by the sen
ate. He urged that the bill be allowed
to go over until next session, so that
more exhaustive inquiry might be had
concerning that provision of the bill af
fecting railroad owned steamship com
panies.
GRASSHOPPERS PUT
KANSAS BAND OFF
JOB; GET IN HORNS
ATCHISON, KANS., Aug. 16—Mem
bers of the Atchison silver cornet band
are laboring vigorously during their odd
minutes today cleaning their instruments
Grasshoppers that ten years ago devas
tated Kansas of its crops, threaten to de
vastate Atchison of the sweet strains of
the band.
The band was to give a concert last
night. The tuba player raised his instru
ment for a tuning up effort. There Was
a tiny blast. Other instruments shrieked
and squealed, but none of them worked
according to specifications.
Then it was discovered that grasshop
pers had crawled into the instruments.
FIRST 1912 COTTON SOLD
AT 13 CENTS IN ATLANTA
The first bale of 1912 cotton received
In Atlanta has been shipped to the
Maddox-Rucker Company by the By
rom Cotton Company of Byromville
Ga.
It was classed strict middling and
was sold at thirteen cents to the cotton I
department of the Atlanta woolen mills. I
STEEL BILL VETO UPHELD
BY REPUBLICAN SENATORS!
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.—8 y a vote
of 39 io 32 the president? \eio of the
steel bill was upheld In the to- I
da>.
The vote *as along strict parly lippg. I
most of tin insurgent, 1 voting with the
Republicans.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 16. 1912.
SAMP.JONES
TABERNACLE
ROW GETS
HOTTER
Cartersville Is Stirred to Its
Heart by Great Religious
Controversy.
THREE PASTORS OPPOSE
808 JONES’ EVANGELISM
, Clash Between Clergy and
Committee of Laymen Over
Control of Revivals.
CARTERSVILLE, GA.. Aug. 16.
What appeared to have been a healing
of the breach in Cartersville religious
circles, when the Sam P. Jones taber
nacle was "rebaptized” to the cause of
evangelism at the monster meeting last
Sunday, has since developed into a
widening of the chasm. This com
munity today is stirred to its heart by
the religious controversy which has
followed the action of the Sam Jones
tabernacle committee in inciting Rev.
Bob Jones back to hold annual revivals
here year by year.
Revs. W. T. Hunnicut. of the Meth
odist church: J. M. Long, of the Bap
tist church, and L. G. Hames, of the
Presbyterian church, have withdrawn
from tlie committee in charge of the
famous tabernacle’s 1913 campaign.
They charge that the committee of lay
men was illegally elected on a cut and
dried program and that this committee
has exceeded its authority in assuming
to name Jones as the tabernacle re
vivalist in the future or in assuming to
control the operation of the tabernacle
property—the deed of which rests in
the hands of trustees appointed several
years ago by the various churches of
Ca rtersville.
Moreover. Rev. Mr. Hunnicut de
clares that Jones "steam-rollered” him
while he was here at the revivals which
closed Sunday.
Dissension Threatens
To Split Churches.
The dissension threatens to extend
into the churches themselves, but the
three dissenting pastors remain ada
mant in their determination not to
consent to Jones' return here under the
appointment of the present committee.
They have announced that in their pul
pits next Sunday they will air the
whole controversy before their congre
gations. They have resolved among
themselves that the tabernacle com
mittee behind Jones is not an author
ized body and is usurping the func
tions of the churches. All of them are
agreed that Cartersville does not need
revivals such as the one just closed,
though they are willing to countenance
evangelistic meetings in the tabernacle
next year, provided the churches are
allowed to exercise authority in the
choice of a committee and arrange
ments.
Committee Declares
Pastors Are Jealous.
The members of the committee claim
that in taking this stand the pastors
are following the wishes of a very lim
ited few: that the great mass of the
Pecfple are demanding that the meet
ings be continued each year, and that
they demand Bob Japes as their re
vivalist. They declare furthermore
that the three ministers are jealous
because they were not made head and
front of the moverffent when It started
They declare that the ministers are
also opposed to Jones. The committee
declares that it has no intention of
taking the matter out of the hands of
the church-appointed trustees, but has
simply Invited Jones because he was
the choice of the congregations at the
recent Tabernacle meetings. They have
already received 400 signatures to a
subscription list to defray the expenses
of the next year's meeting and the
sum subscribed is -aid to approximate
SI,OOO.
The plans for the next year's revival
call for Jones and probably “Gypsy”
Smith to preach for twelve days.
Where to Live
That's the questtlon that should be
of greatest concern to Atlantans.
The question is easily solved by
The Georgian Rent Bulletin. It con-
I tains every desirable place for rent I
I in the city and suburbs. We have
two men scouring the city every day
in search of places for you. Isn’t
I that the kind of guide you need when
looking fora better apartment, room,
house, etc.?
I. 4 I
| Act wiseyl and consult The Geor
| gian’s Rent Bulleton on ihe Want
Ad pages for that better location vou
have pictured In vour mind
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Heartless Reform Bans Mirrors in Lifts
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Miss (iertriule Vanth'i'bilt. the slago favorite at the Eorsyth this week, n, a special [hw for
Ihe ti’eorgian photoxi'npher. She doesn’t like a hit tin- ban on elevator mirrors.
Poor. Persecuted Woman Loses
Another Chance to Dab
Powder on Her Nose.
Flirtation germs are declared io gen
erate prolific!) in elevator shafts an I
the mirrored sides of elevators are said
by authorities on the subject to be tile
cause. Those who believe that flirta
tions have a baneful influence on the
morals and peace of mind of members
of the community are seeking -to de
stroy the institution by uprooting the
cause. The elevator mirror must go.
In Atlanta the lifts in every building
now under construction and in practi
cally all the more modern structures
are as sans looking glass a.-j the abode
of a Digger Indian in his untutored
state. The call of “going up" will nev
er in the future be a signal for the
easting down of eyes of the fair con
tingent of the passenger list.
Philadelphia originated the idea. Th
germ prospered >o in the Quaker City
that a Crusade was started. It was de
clared that the mirror guv- the male
occupants of the ca: 100 many advan
tages of smirking upon the female pas
sengers. Il was -ai.i <liat though the
flirtations were m . in t. ■ they
were frequently of H m-aclA naluti
The cfoie, l hey had to go
The idea spread South, and Atlanta
was one of the first cities it en
countered. There still are mirrored
elevators here. The c apilol is pos
sessed of lifts w here a person can look
upon theb own being from as many
diff' rent angles as in the- looking gla.-s
Unit the gentlemanly clerk provides
when he is selling you a -nil marked
down to $11.16. But In th' new build
ings the mirror has disappeared.
li's tough on the women, though. Th.
custom ' stablished foi th ir conven
ience is proving to possess a reverse
english. Miss Gertrude V mdesbilt, I'm
pretty little actress now appearing in
Atlanta, voices the protest in no un
certain terms.
“I think it's horrible," she says. “Who
objected to flirtations in the first place?
Most women enjoy them and you al
ways reached your fl >r before they
became dangerous. But that's net the
point. What substitute do they offer
for the convenience that the elevator
always afforded of seeing if your hat
was on straight or your nose properly
powdered? t-’ulehi itude has been sac
rificed at the altar of propriety. Wom
en should form a protective associa
tion and compel every architect to pro
vide mirrors in the specifications ot
every buihiing i hey instruct.”
$40,000 NAVAL STORES DEAL.
VALDOSTA. GA.. Aus. 16.—-An im
portant naval stores deal was consum
mated hi e when H ,\l My rick, of this
city, sold .lie tuip niine business at
| Diil’oni Ga . t'i It. I-', c'.-irirr of Jasper,
jl' -■ M < i tei paiq $40,000 for the
Mi v.
'JICMFBEEO
OF GEM CHARGE
Court Exonerates Attorney
Whose Office Was Searched
I
in Diamond Mystery.
R. R. Jackson, attorney, member of
the firm of Gober & Jackson, whose
offices were entered by detectives two
weeks ago and the safe searched for the
jewels in the famous diamond trunk
my stery, was entirely exonerated today
by Magistrate J. B. Ridley, before
whom the case, charging the lawyer
with illegal possession of the gems, was
set to be tried.
The case was never brought to trial.
It was settled out of court when the
Jewelers Protective association paid a
fee of SIOO.
I In rendering his judgment. Justice
Ridley said that it appearing that Go
ber & Jackson had performed services
under this agreement and had recov
ered the Jewelry they were entitled to
hold the stones as a lien to secure the
payment of their fee. He assessed the
costs on the jewelers association.
HOMLi
rpiTiON j
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p^ c
KINOFGLIY
REFUSE TO
GIVE UP
OPTICS
Plan to Transplant Eyes to
Blind Newsman Blocked by
Family’s Objection.
BROTHER TO CLAIM AND
BURY THE SLAYER’S BODY
Georgia Law Provides Nearest
Relatives of Hanged Man
Shall Have Corpse.
The eyes of Robert L. Clay, wife
slayer, condemned to die for his crime
will never be used to restore the sight
of John Cashin, the blind paper seller
of Atlanta, who thinks that he could
see again through the transplanting
of the orbs.
Clay's family has objected. John
Clay, brother of the condemned slayer,
says he will never permit mutilation of
the body. Though the sins of the
brother be as scarlet, the love that
brother bears brother lives. As Robert
Clay dies, so shall he be buried. This
is the family's ultimatum. And the
family has absolute control of the dis
position of a body’ of a man the courts
have decreed unfit to live,
Georgia law provides that the nearest
relatives of a man who suffers execu
tion on the gallows shall have the right
to dispose of the body, unless the con
demned man himself makes provision
tor its disposition. Under this statute
John Clay will claim and bury the body
of the wife killer, provided the su
preme court affirms the sentence of the
■ trial judge.
Brother Refuses
To Consider Proposal.
The proposed operation was submit
ted to John Clay. His refusal was
final.
"My brother does not know me," he
said, and earnestness was written in
every line of his face and reflected tn
his eyes. I have called on him re
peatedly at the Tower and begged him
to speak to me. He did not recognize
me. He does not recognize the fate
that may await him. He is not re
sponsible for anything he does now. He
was not responsible when he killed his
wife.
“We like to think of him as the baby
of our family, the best loved of all we
boys. I could not bear to think of his
being buried, mutilated. I would like
to see Cashin's sight restored, but I
think the operation impossible, and I
could not think of its being at the
expense of my brother, who has suf
fered so much already.”
Hopes Yet to See
His Old Church
Out of the world's myriad beauties,
out of the thousands of things of grip
ping interest that human eye can see.
four views alone stand out in the am
bition of John Cashin, blind Atlanta
news seller, who believes his sight will
be restored by having the eyes of a
condemned slayer transplanted to his
sightless sockets.
The first object he would have un
folded to his new-born sight is stately
St. Johns Cathedral in Richmond. Va.,
the city where he worshiped as a boy.
His second wish is to know the hum
ming city in whose heart he has lived
in total darkness for'fourteen years.
The third desire is for the power tc
view nature’s glories, to be given the
ability to distinguish the brilliancy ot
the sun's rising from the amber beauty
of its setting.
And his fourth wish is to gaze on
the countenance of Judge Nash R.
Hroyles, redoubtable Atlanta police
magistrate, with whom he has come in
contact on more than one occasion.
Then He Would Get
Acquainted With His City.
If the operation is successful. Cashin
intends to board the first train for the
Virginia capital, and when he reaches
there he plans to hurry to the cathedral
where he worshiped as a boy. All his
life he has been told of the beauty and
impressiveness of this structure. It has
counted much in his life and in the
life of his friends. He wants to see
how it looks.
Then he wants to know Atlanta. For
fourteen years he has sat each day in
tlie very heart of the city, and he
knows no more of its nature than a
Hottentot. He has heard ot the mon
ster buildings. He wants to see them
He has heard the tramp of thousands
of feet as they pass him or pause that
their owners might purchase paper*-
He knows no Atlanta face. He waiiti