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CRACKERS BATTLE WITH LEADERS RUDOLPH WALDORF OPPOSES BILL FOXEN IN OPENING GAME AT BIRMINGHAM PARK The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results VOL. XL NO. 13. VICEPROBERS GHOEMI MBS HEBE Chairman of Board Calls Im modest Dress Here a Fun damental Evil. < ondemnation of the immodest dress of Atlanta women, particularly of the Peachtree street promenadcrs. will be a striking feature of the report of the vice commission, created by the city council, at the request of the Men and Religion Forward Movement, if the rec ommendations of its chairman are car ried out. Joseph A. McCord, the chairman, said today that his idea in recommending rt forms is to ileal with fundamentals, and that immodest dress on the streets is one of the fundamental evils in At lanta. Although the commission has held many public and secret sessions, chairman McCord said he could not speak for it, tor no vote had been taken on any feature of the report. For two months the commission has been making a clo.se study and inves tigation of conditions here. All citi zens were given the opportunity to ap pear before it and present their views. Tn conferences held to assimilate their information, the finger of criticism was raised again the gay array of women and girls on Peachtree and other prin cipal streets of Atlanta. Street Dress Blamed For Mashing. The clinging, short skirts, the low cut waists and extremely short sleeves are to he condemned in the opinion of the commission. While some of the members of the commission are ata loss to know what to do about it, because, they say, con spicuous attire Is so general among I women, others believe that a formal re- I port calling attention to the danger will i start a movement toward more Puri- | tanical modes of attire. The dress of the women is blamed for much of the "freshness” of men. According to press dispatches. aWia tion-wide war against the present tight skirts and peek-a-boo waists has been . begun. And nowhere has a defender I arisen to declare that women's scant • attire was due to excessive heat, Mrs. Leonora M. Lake, of St. Louis,, In a Chautauqua lecture at Columbus Ind., last week, declared that woman is suffering from "fashionitis.” She said that ballet dancers and acrobats are more becomingly dressed and that the present tight skirts give men reason to make vulgar remarks.- Clergy Joins in Campaign for Reform. ‘ The Omaha Woman's club has an nounced tnat in September a campaign will be begun to persuade the mer chants not to buy clothing which is ob jectionable to the club. "The big cry of annoyance on the street and in public places from men w hich girls are now making is largely due to their foolish mode of dress and manner," declared Miss Mary F. Bal comb, president of the Young People's Civic league of Chicago. She said that women should wear longer and wider skins, not too long to touch the ground, but long enough to conceal the ankles, and that the waists should not be cut so low as to expose the bosoms. Bishop Austin Dowing of the Catho lic diocese of Des Moines declared that women's gowns are growing more im modest every year. "It is because they are designed in a country which is frankly immoral," | he said. “The French openly discuss i subjects which are not whispered in America.” Pope Pius started a movement for more modesty in women's dress some months ago by severely condemning the present modes of dress. In St. Martins Catholic church, in Baltimore, Rev. Thomas Broydick declared that some of the present fashions worn in the churches were profane to the temple of God. and Father Jackson in this city barred wearers of hobble skirts from his church. The Seventh Day Adventists, in a convention at Glendale. Cal., declared that one could best be a true Christian by wearing the simplest of frocks, dis- ' carding high-heeled shoi s and large ' hats and the tighi-fitl nig skirts, and b> avoiding th<- (xireme dress decreed by Dame Fashion. • • i • Pope Breaks Law of •, : Vatican; Visits His • : Invalid Sister's Home • • ROME. Aug. 19.—For the first • • time the unwritten law of the vat- • • lean that the pope shall not leave • • that institution was violated early * • today, according to an article pub- • • llshed tn th- ‘newspaper. Messag- * • gero. • • I'he newspaper’s informant stat-, • • ed that Popo Pius, dressed as an • • ordinary priest, left the Vatican • • shortly after midnight, going to • • the home of his invalid sister, * • where he remained half an hour. • • It has been a rule of the church • • that the wearer of the triple crow n • • exiles himself from the world w hen • • he enters the Vatican. The Mo- • • saggero's story caused a great deal • • of comment here. • • Later an official denial of the • • story was issued from the Vatican. • • In this denial it was said that • • Rosa, the sister whom the pontiff • • was supposed to have visited, is ♦ • not seriously ill, although she, suf- • • sered a slight stroke some time » • ago, which for a time caused anx- • • iety. e THIS IS A TRUE TALE: ICEBERG FORMS IN STREET IN HOT SUN Walter Taylor, city clerk, told a story today of how the residents of Auburn avenue were recently amazed by the forming of an iceberg in their street in the broiling sun. It happened in front of t' Pratt lab oratory at the corner of Auburn avenue and Courtland street. A valve on a carbonic acid gas tank charged with 1,800 pounds pressure accidentally was knocked loose. The tank shot across the street like a .skyrocket as the gas escaped. It struck a tree in front of the Wesley Memorial church and bounded into an iron fence on the other side of the street. Then' it dived head long into the gutter and began to whirl around. It had just mis-ed several au tomobiles and persons standing in the street. When the excitement of the spec tators bad subsided sufficiently for them to determine what had Jiappened, they found a long cylindesical body of Ice in the street. The escaping gas had caused ice to form op the outside of the tank. GOVERNOR BROWN EXPECTED TO VETO MILITARY MEASURE I It is considered certain that Governor Brown will veto the military hill designed to consolidate the offices of quartermas ter general and adjutant general. When former Adjutant General Scott was deposed by Governor Hoke Smith. William G. Obear, then quartermaster | genera), was appointed adjutant. Since that time Obear has carried out the func ■ lions of both offices with the aid of two I clerks. While the chief executive has given n<» direct assurance that he would disap prove the attempt to consolidate the two offices his views on the subject are well known. He does not believe that any such an arrangement should be made by the executive department and later con firmed by the legislature. BILL REPEALING DOG TAX IS SIGNED: STATE LOSES $175,000 YEARLY Weary of being made the goat of the political aspirations of a few members of the legislature. Governor Brow tj has signed-the Oliver bill repealing the dog tax. This measure. It is said, will take *17.5.090 in revenue away from the state. It has been rumored at the capitoi since the legislature adjourned that members of the lower house who voted for a repeal of the tax have begged the governor to veto the bill, it is said that many of them voted for the bill, believing fully that the governor would disapprove it, to save the state the rev. enue. Voting the repeal the dog tax la said to be an efficient vote getter in the country. SLAYEROF MOTHER-IN-LAW GIVEN NEW LEASE OF LIFE SAVANNAH. GA.. Aug 19.—With a further continuance of the arguments on the motion for ant-w trial granted by Judge Walter G. Charlton in the su perior court. Solomon Williams, sched uled to have been hanged Friday for the death of his mother-in-law, Annie Rivers has been given a new lease of life. Arguments on the motion for a new trial, which caused a stay of execution, were scheduled fm today, but matters came up in the meantime making a further continuance desirable, and the date of the healing has now been set for August 24. THE WEATHER [Fair tonight and Tuesday. Tem peratures: 8 a. m., 79 degrees; 10 a. m„ 85 degrees; 12 noon, 88 de grees; 2 p. m., 90 degrees. ATLANTA, GA.. MONDAY, AU GUST 19. 1912. MEH GANG PAYMASTER BEARS OUT JME In Conference With Whitman Aboard Train. Sam Schepps Corroborates Confession. NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—‘‘I am satisfied. Sam Schepps has just told me his story. It was enough to clear up several vital points.” This statement was made by District Attorney Whitman today on the train en route for New York from Albany, where Whitman met the party en route from Hot Springs, Ark., where Schepps was captured, after he had held a conference of 30 minutes with Schepps. the alleged "murder paymas ter" in the Rosenthal murder case. After Schepps had talked with Mr. Whitman the prisoner was taken into the dining car for his breakfast. In his absence Mr. Whitman had an au dience wdth the corps of newspaper men who came to meet the Schepps party. Mr. Whitman said: "When Schepps came before me 1 said to him: 'Schepps. tell me your story in plain language—no frills and no jokes.’ This he proceeded to do the best he could. Corroborates Story Os Jack Rose. "I have secured all the corroboration I expected. This is enough to clear up several vital points and strengthen the ease.” Asked if Schepps corroborated "Bald Jack” Rose's confession, Mr. Whitman said: “Yes. Schepps confirmed it, so far as I have gone with him. He corroborated the statement that he had gone to Harry Pollock’s home (where Rose was hidden immediately following the shooting) for Lieutenant Becker. He would not admit that he paid the mur derers for killing Rosenthal. He de clared that he w as not at the scene of the murder. He did say, though, that he had ridden in the ‘murder automo bile’ used by the assassins to escape earlier in the evening. He told me he went to Pollock's home with Rose to see Becker Further than that I did not question him. Schepps is a talker and Idves to tel! stories, so I’ve got to sep arate the wheat from the chaff.” Police Try to Get Possession of Schepps. A clash between Assistant District Attorney Rubin and five detectives of Deputy Commissioner Dougherty's staff occurred today when Samuel Schepps, the Rosenthal "murder paymaster.” ar rived at the Grand Central terminal. The detectives had been given orders from Dougherty to arrest Schepps on sight and bring him to police head quarters. Rubin, however, refused to surrender him. declaring that Schepps was a. state witness and not a prisoner. He was hustled into a taxicab and when the detectives insisted that the man b< turned over to them and tried to follow , they were unceremoniously restrained and the ear whizzed to the West Side court. "The police can't get him,” was Ru bin's parting shot. An earlier clash occurred at One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, where the train was boarded by two central office men who demanded Schepps. Whitman told them he would indict them if they tried to get the prisoner. At the West Side police station Schepps was arraigned before Magis trate House as a vagrant. Attorney Sandler for Schepps, asked that the case be continued 48 hours, but later consented to a week's postponement on request of District Attorney Whitman. Accordingly Magistrate House con tinued the hearing until August 24. and Schepps was taken to a cell. WIFE. SHOT BY HUSBAND, SENDS HIM LOVE NOTE NEW YORK, Aug 19.—Matthew O'Callaghan. the wealthy cotton broke; who shot his wife three times at theii home, probably will be released. Mrs O’Callaghan, who is the broket's second wife. Is recovering. She wrote a very endearing lettei addressed to o’Cal laghan in his cell < >'< 'a llaghan is said to have been intoxicated when he shot at his wif< tin'lc the impression that .-he wi' a burglar For Racing Entries see Page 10. R. H. E. ' Crackers 0 0 0 Barons ■ . 0 0 - - - - iMcGLVRAY FANNED BY RUDY WALDORF THE LINE-UP. ATLANTA— BIRMINGHAM - Agler, 1b Marcan, 2b. I Bailey. If Carroti, rs. Harbison, ss Almeida. 3b. Alperman, 2b Mcßride. If. McElveen, 3b McGitvray, Ib. Reynolds, c Johnston, cf. Callahan, cf Ellam, ss. Lyons, rs Yantz. c Waldorf, p Foxen. p? Umpires. Fitzsimmons and Kellum. I RICKWOOD BALL PARK. Aug. 19. The Crackers and the Barons met here ' this afternoon in the first game of the last series between the lwi> teams The weather was clear and hot and about 2,500 fans were out. THE GAME. FIRST INNING. , Agler out, Ellam to McGilvray. Bailey JONES TAKES WAIT OUT OF WAITER, BUT HE LANDS IN JAIL Henry .Tones, a negro, of Pittsburg, an Atlanta suburb, went into a restaurant on lower Decatur street this morning and ordered a small steak. He waited five —ten —fifteen minutes, and no steak. He then called the waiter and asked him the matter. The waiter made some excuse and turned his back, .lunes called him again, and, while the waiter was approaching, the customer pulled a shin ing revolver from his pocket and placed it in front of him. "1 am going to wait one minute and no longer for that steak’" he said. In just a half minute the steak was in front of him. according to eyewitnesses. He then ordered a cut of pie and a , glass of milk and they were in front of him before he got the words out of his mouth. By the time, he had finished his meal, however, a policeman was at Jones' elbow. "Well,” said Jones. "I got my steak, anyhow—and without making any threats." The charge which he will have to an swer is "disorderly conduct.” FEUD OF FAMILIES GETS INTO COURT; PISTOL IS POINTED The climax to a lively family feud was enacted In police court today when O. P. Veal, living at -Marietta and Pine streets, was bound over to the state courts in bond of SIOO on the charge of pointing a pistol at his neighbor, N. S. Vaughan. The two farhilies have been at outs for some time, it seems, Veal and his wife asserting that Vaughan's wife and another woman relative have been an noying them for some time by hurling slurring remarks at them. To shut out the view of his neighbors, Veal said he had gone to the trouble of putting up a screen on his back porch. He said this had riled his neighbors and caused a fresh outbreak. The trouble came to a head Saturday, it appears, when Veal sent two police men to the Vaughan home to warn -Mrs Vaughan. Later, Vaughan met him and is said to have demanded an apol ogy. It was then that Veal went to his home, obtained his pistol and reap peared on the scene. He denied he pointed the weapon at Vaughan, and said he armed himself because he sup posed Vaughan to be armed. Vaughan denied that his wife had made any re marks concerning the Veal family. 88 COURSES IN DINNER; TONG MEN CELEBRATE NEW YORK, Aug. 19.—Three hun dred members of the Ong Leon Tong society from all part- of the United States met at their headquarters in Mott street to celebrate at a dinenr the five thousandth birthday of their god, Kon Quon. The dinner was in two sections, consisting of 88 courses. A few days ago an attempt was made to blow up the god with dynamite, but the idol was not damaged, although the building was A reward of $1,500 has been offered for information as to the perpetrator of the deed A FEW FACTS Every person in the city of Atlanta and .surrounding vicinities who Is anxious for a business opening, a new position, good help of any de scription or who wants to buy, sell, exchange or rent is looking in The Georgian Want -Yds each day for such. He will read your ad if it is there. That's the reason of the big t< suits The Georgian gives to its ad vert Isers fanned. Harbison fouled to Pilger. N< > RINS. Marcan was presented with a baby car riage as he came to bat. He then went out from Alperman to Agler. Carroll popped to Harbison. Almeida singled ta right. On a wild pitch Almeida went to second. Mcßride walked. McGilvray fanned. NO RI NS. SECOND INNING. \lperman out. Marcan to McGilvray. McElveen filed to Johnston Reynolds fanned. NO RUNS. Johnston filed to Lyons. Ellam w-alked. Dilger out, McElveen to Agler. and Ellam out, Agler to Harbison, trying to go to third. NO RUNS. THIRD INNING. Callahan bunted to third and beat it out Lyons fanned. Waldorf out. Foxen to Mcbil vray. Agler out, Marcan to Me Gilvray. NO RUNS. MEN GO TO CHURCH AND DOFF COATS; PLAN A BIG SUCCESS Rev. Charles A. Ridley, pastor of the Central Baptist church, is well satisfied today with his experiment of allowing the men of his congregation to remove their coats during the Sunday services. For some time the pastor has asked the women worshippers to take off their hats so that all might see him while he is preaching and last Saturday he an nounced that he would allow the men to take off their coats. “We had the largest attendance of men 1 can remember at church, except for some special service,” the pastor said today, "and 1 believe ft was be cause they knew that they could be comfortable while listening to the ser mon. "Do the women object to removing their hats'.’ Not a bit Hardly any of the women in my congregation now wear hats to church and the visitors easily follow the general example and remove their headgear. "1 don’t believe myself, and I have so far heard no member of the congre gation say, that the dignity of the di vine service is marted because the men are allowed to remove their coats. "I. for one. believe in allowing people to be comfortable. Not that I believe in catering to any foolishness on the part of members of the congregation, but 1 see no harm in men removing their coats.” SHOP IS ROBBED OF S7OO BY A BURGLAR; NO CLEW FOR POLICE Detectives sought vainly today to find a clew to the burglar who, last night, robbed the safe in Duffy's department store, at Mitchell and Forsyth streets, of S7OO in cash. The manner in which the burglar en tered the store is a mystery. Detectives say it is possible that he climbed on the roof and entered through a skylight, which was found open, or that he may have opened the door with a skeleton key He is supposed to have worked the com bination on the safe, as the door was found closed. A lot of clothing was scattered on the floor by the marauder Nothing but the money has been missed. The robbery was discovered this morn ing when the store was opened for the day’s business I WOMAN OVERPOWERS INSANE PRIZE FIGHTER WHO FELLED 4 MEN SANTA ROSA, Cal., Aug. 19.—Miss Margaret Lindsay, matron in the Se nora county infirmary, today overpow ered George Moweth. a former prize fighter, from San Francisco, who had struck down four men. while in a fit of insanity. The crazed man split open the head of one of the men attendants. While the others lay unconscious on the floor. Miss Lindsay grabbed Moweth by his hajr and threw him to the floor, hold ing him until he was placed in a straight get AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. Baltimore-Rochester game off; rain. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. At Toronto: R. H.E. JERSEY QITY . 000 002 000—2 6 1 TORONTO 320 011 01*—8 11 2 Docscher McHale, Shaftiey and Ron deau Kent and Hernia I mplres, Byron and Kells Newark Buffalo game off; rain, Toledo Minneapolis game off; ram. LATE SPORTS I | SOUTHERN LEAGUE AT NEW ORLEANS: R. H. E. NEW ORLEANS 10 0 . . , NASHVILLE 0 0 0 . Swindell and Angemeier; Fleharty and Elliott. Umpires, Stockdale and Pfen ninger. AT MONTGOMERY: R H. E. MONTGOMERY 0 0 - . . CHATTANOOGA ........ 0 0 - . . J 1 Altchlson and McAlister; Priest and Hannah. Umpire, Breitenstein. AT MOBILE: ~ R, H . MOBILE 0 0 - . . MEMPHIS 0 0 - . . ,i| Demaree and Dunn: Ferguson and Seabough. Umpires, Hart anti Rudderham. AMERICAN LEAGUE CLUBS- Won. Ixtst. PC. CLUBS— Won. Lost. PC. Boston 78 36 .690 Detroit 55 61 .474 Washington 69 54 .611 Cleveland 51 61 .455 Philadelphia 67 41 .604 New York 39 73 .348 Chicago 55 56 .495 St. Louis 35 75 318 AT BOSTON: R. H. E. DETROIT , 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 9 3 BOSTON 010 11 001 x - 4 8 2 Willetts and Stanage; Bedient and Carrigan. Umpires. Dineen and O'Brien. All other games off; rain. f ' “ | NATIONAL LEAGUE ' AT BT. LOUIS: R. H, E. NEW YORK ,0 31 0 0 0...-. . . ST. LOUIS . 000200...-. . . Crandall and Meyers, Sallee and Wingo. Umpires, Rigler and Finneran. f AT PITTSBURG: «. H. E. ‘ BROOKLYN 0 0 - . . . PITTSBURG 10 - . . . Stack and Miller; Robinson and Gibson Umpires, Owens and Brennan. CALLED ON ACCOUNT OF RAIN. All other games off; rain. > • ' 1,000 DEAD MENACE LIVES OF FOREIGNERS IN NICARAGUAN CITY WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.—Lives of hundreds of foreigners in Managua are threatened by pestilence rising from 1,000 bodies of rebels which lie outside the city walls, according to reports from Minister Weitzel to the state de partment today. The bodies of the rebels lie where they fell during the attack on the Nica raguan capital and defenders of the city were unable to bury them because of the fire from the rebels hidden in the hills. TOWN LOT DONATED FOR DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN MONTGOMERY, Ala. Aug 19.—A lot in South Birmingham, located in what is known as the Mountain Lake plat, was today donated by the South Birmingham Heights Company to the central executive committee of the Ala bama Association of Wilson and Mar shall clubs. This lot is valued at S9OO, and the proceeds of its sale are to go to the national Wilson-Marshall campaign fund as a gift from the Alabama com mittee. At a meeting of a sub-com mittee and central committee today at the state capitol it was decided to have a full eeting of the committee within the next ten days or two weeks to de cide on the disposition of the property. OLD PLOWSHARE FOUND IN THE HEART OF A TREE COLLINGDALE. PA., Aug. 19 —With the tree grown around and entirely covering It, perhaps many years ago. a steel plowshare nearly twenty inches long was found imbedded in the heart of an old tree which \\ illiam Brunni and Daniel Scanni were cutting down in front of their home, 110 Jackson avenue, < 'oilingdale. The tree, more than nine feet in cir cumference, had outgrown its useful ness and Scanni and Brunni started to cut it down, but after getting about half through their axes struck metal The plowshare was upright and prob ably had-been laid in a crotch of the tree many years ago and forgotten The tree is probably 100 years old. NO MORE FUNDS NEEDED TO FINISH PANAMA CANAL WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. It was an nounced at the treasury department to day that the Panama canal will be completed with funds now available in the treasury and that another Is.-iie nt Panama canal bonds will not be nec essary. 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p * o Ve° SENATE DEFIES TAFT; REFUSES TO RETAIN r COMMERCE COURT ’ WASHINGTON. Aug, 19.—The con- ■ ference report on the legislative ap propriation hill without the previsions providing for the abolition of the com merce court and the seven year tenure for government clerks was presented to the senate today. These two provisions caused the veto of the bill by the presi dent. The senate then amended the report so that the abolition provision affecting the commerce court still stands. This means that the president will be called upon to sign a bill identical tn every> particular with the one which he has already vetoed except the prevision making a seven year tenure for govern ment clerks. RAILROAD COMMISSION NOT A CAB-KICK BUREAU Chairman Murphey Candler, of ths state railroad commission, intimated to day that the commission would like to be relieved of the work resulting from the popular theory that the state had power to regulate the operations of cab and baggage companies. According to Mr. Candler. Atlantans seem obsessed with the Idea that the commission has jurisdiction over such companies, and the office of the board Is being cluttered daily with kicks on At lanta concerns. RACES ■ RESULTS. AT MONTREAL. First—Don't Forget, 2, first: Pass On 4-5; Morning Glory, 2. Also ran: I Se« It. Sun Guide. Mattle. Lady Anna, St A vano. Second—Ynca, 5-2, first; Yankee Lady, 2; Lasaja, 1. Also ran Jennie Wells, Matt O’Connell, Johnny Wise, Cassowary. Third—Gift, 2, first; Master Jim. 2; Viley. 1-2. Also ran. t'alethumpian. Monsieur X, Stellcllffe. Fourth—Donovan, 3-5, first; Little Maid, 2: Jim Ray. 1. Also ran: Lynne, Goray, Etta May. Doris Ward. Helen Gow, Watch. Fifth—Miss Jean, 3-2, first; Chemul po, 2-3; Myrtle Marian, I. Also ran: Grace Me. Roobv. Christmas Daisj, Doll • Baby, Evelyn Doris. Sixth—Tiger Jim, 5-2, first; New Star, out: von Lear, out. Also ran; , Howard Shean ; AT BUTTE. First—Mandadsro, 8, First; Lov* Day 4-5; No Quarter, 1-5. \|»n ran K Tni < irmm.iiui, Fiul- Kje, Hugh Gray