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VOL. XI. NO. 23.
POLIGESDUAD
ISO IN
GAMING
Mil
Reinforcements Called for and
Warrant Obtained—Guns
Finally Drawn.
THREAT TO KILL MADE:
DOOR BATTERED DOWN
‘•Only Bluffing."’ They Explain
When Officers Cover Three
Accused as Gamblers.
It took five police officers, a justice
roused from his bed to draw a warrant,
Bn improvised battering ram and sev
eral revolvers to transfer three alleged
gamblers from their room to the po
lice station early today—but they land
ed behind the bars to think it over. The
police had a lively time before the job
was finished.
It was about 2 o'clock when Plain
Clothes Officers Newport and Wiley saw
a light in a room at 220 1-2 Marietta
street, where no light ought to be at
that hour. They (limbed to the roof
of an adjoining building and took a
peep through the window. There, in
the glare of the ;:ns light, sat Charley
Williams, of 210 Kennedy street, deal
ing cards to two companions.
Threat to Ki l !
First Who Enters.
The officers climbed from their roof,
went to the h or and demanded admis
sion. Th ••• didn’t gi t it.
"B.at it." : -id i voice from inside,
olict ailed for reinforcements.
-i-t.mt Chief r tt, Captain Mayo and
Sergeant Dobbs responded in a motor
Hut even the authority of the as-
• .:t hit f didn't bring results.
"Tie first nan through that door will
be killed,” said Williams, from beyond
the oak. “f’omexu; and try it.”
Then the officers tried a new tack.
Tii sent »o the home of Justice Puck
ett. woke him up. persuaded him to go
to his office and secure a warrant
charging Williams with gaming. When
this document arrived Chief Jett read
it aloud through the-door. The game
st. is IHien'd courteously.
Only Bluffing,
They Explain.
"That cut's no ice." retorted one of
thi m<n when the 'reading was fin
ished. "You gut s beat it or there’ll be
trouble."
“We’ll break the door down," an
swered Jett.
"The first on" in '. ill get killed." re
torted the b-“h“' 1, according to the
police.
\ carpenter's sawhorse was standing
in the corridor, and Jett and Mayo
picked it up, gave it. a swing and sent it
crashing through the oak. Th.? lock
■ rive way and the door swung open.
The officers rushed in with drawn re
volvers, to'find a ver.' meek and sheep
ish trio ready to sut render.
■Why didn't you shoot?" asked Cap
tain Mayo.
“Aw. we were only bluffing." ex
plained Williams.
\ t the police station the throe wore
locked up in default of bond. The oth
er two gave their names as A. H. Wil
li- aged 23, of 71 Lovejoy street, and
],.'Weinberger, aged 25, of 178 Orme
street.
AMERICAN AVIATOR
IS CROWNED WORLD’S
GREATEST BY BRITAIN
LONDON. Aug. 30.—Honors greater
than ever before came U> a conqueror
of the air have been bestowed upon
Captain Samuel F. Cody, the American
aviator, according to an announcement
in The’Pall Mall Gazette.
<’odv not only won the military com
t . tition at Salisbury Plain last week,
which was secretly conducted by the
.. ?r office, but was awarded a place
above any other aviator In the world
bv th" judges.
Cody received $25,000 in prizes, the
' i gest aggregate amount an aviator in
the service of the government is al
lowed to receive. Cody flew a machine
designed and built by himself. His
victor: was won over the leaders of
the world’s constructors of heavler
• han-air machines.
FALLS 4 FLOORS WHILE
WAVING A FLAG: UNHURT
NEV.’ YORK, Aug. 30.—Fortanga
Abravana. fourteen years old, fell four
stories to the sidewalk while waving an
American Hag at friends. She was un
hurt. A crowd collected and kissed the
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEOßGl AN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
This Man's Trying to
Give Away $60,000
I Hero is a description of
Frank Fields, the man who has
a certified check for $60,000 to
give to F. G. Nichols, of Line
ville. Ala., but who can’t be
found:
Age 65 years, weighs about
155 pounds, 5 feet and 7 or 8 ;
inches tall. Is totally blind
from paralysis, but blindness
i can’t be told in his eyes. Is
! also deaf and uses an ear ■
I trumpet in conversation. Is j
l| sightly stooped, and wears ,
I short gray beard. Is always
I neatly dressed. Wears a big >
black slouch bat.
~'ll I
RAID DENS ONLY ON
I ORDER, WALDO TOLD
HIM, SAYS OFFICIAL
i NEW YORK. Aug. 30.—When Police'
' Captain Cornelius G. Hayes, formerly
lan inspector, was placed on trial today j
at headquarters on charges of allow- I
ing disorderly bouses and gambling vs- j
tabllshments to operate in his district, |‘
the hearing hade fair to develop into a I
question of veracity between Hayes and I
' Police Commissioner Waldo.
, Hayes declared that Waldo had |
charged him not to raid disorderly I<
[ houses except on direct orders from the I
commissioner’s office. Waldo denies I
this.
Two important witnesses in the graft I .
’ cases are said to be mysteriously miss- i
i ing. They are Frank Walsh, who is on
his way to Florida, and Thomas Coupe,
who is en route for Europe.
I DIVORCE SEEKER, 16,
SAYS HUSBAND WON
HER TO SPITE “DAD”
Mrs. Lillie Echols Pitts, sixteen yeaisj'
| old. who says her husband, Roy Pitts, I
i married her just because her father ob- >
i jected to the union, has asked superior |
i court for a divorce. She says she mar- I
I ried Pitts, who is little older than she, |
| because of his “false and foolish in- 1
ducements." and that shortly afterward
he informed her that he wooed her be
cause her father did not want him to j
and because he wanted to show lie I
could win her against the parents' will.
Mrs. Pitts, who says that during their ;
thirteen months of married life they
septirated six times, asks that her maid
en name be restored and that she bt l
allowed to marry again.
J. RANDALL WALKER
I SURE OF NOMINATION
IN 11TH TOMORROW
WAYCROSS. GA. Aug. 30.—When
the Eleventh district congressional eon
. vention meets at Brunswick tomorrow I
IJ. Randall Walker, of Valdosta, will be
j nominated for congress with a vote of
124 to Judge T. A. Parker’s 12. This is
certain, in view of recent developments
in three counties of the district.
A recount in Echols gave Judge
Parker only two more votes and not
enough to change the county. The re
quest for a recount in Chalton was
withdrawn. The Brooks county re
count was denied because the request
was not filed within the time limit '
(specified by the county committee.
TAXICAB COMPANY
CAN’T MAKE MONEY
HERE, TELLS COURT
Finding that It is losing money every
day it operates, the Atlanta Taxicab i
Company, organized more than a year
ago, today asked superior court to re- ,
voke its charter. The petition was filed ■
by F. J. Cooledge, president, who as
serts the action is taken with the ap- j
proval of more than two-thirds of the
stockholders. It Is entirely voluntary ]
on the company's part.
Mr. Cooledge says the assets of the ,
company are worth more than all out
standing claims, but that each day
brings the company deeper in debt. The
request will be heard October 1.
DOESN’T BELIEVE IN
DIVORCES, BUT ASKS
ONE AFTER 33 YEARS
Thirty-three years of living with a I
husband who. sbe says, wouldn't work 1
was enough for Mrs. D. Hardigree,
of 178 Edgewood avenue, according to
her divorce petition filed in superior '
court this afternoon. She asks separa- 1
tion from J. P. Hardigree.
Mrs. Hardigree recites that she has 1
never believed in divorce, looking upon •
it as a disgrace, but she has come to the !
conclusion that it is t,he only way out *
of her troubles.
STOVES NEED NOT BE
CRATED FOR SHIPMENT
I
The railroad commission passed an |
order today refusing the petition of j
■ the Southern railway asking that stove (
manufacturers in Georgia be required
to crate all stoves in the future shipped :
in less than carload lots. I
Under the commission's order, man- i
ufacturers can ship any quantity of
stoves uncrated. The railway's pcli- i
tion was vigorously opposed bV ih“ i
various stove manufacturers of the <
Ftafp. s
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1912.
HUNTS BLIND
MMHOHIS
MO FOII
HIS SHUO
Alabaman Searches Atlanta for
Rich Unfortunate Won by
Little Girl’s Kindness.
HEARS WANDERER HAS
RICH REWARD FOR TOT
»
Seeker Finds That Benefactor
Is Book Agent, Probably
Buying Supplies Here.
Hunting a blind man and $60,000
which he thinks is coming to him, F.
G. Nichols, of Lineville, Ala., is in A'-
lanta today on an exciting chase, in
which he wants the police to aid. Frank
Fields, the blind man, is carrying about
a certified check for $60,000 which
Nichols has heard he wants to give
him because of the fondness exhibited
for the blind man by Nichols' two
year-old golden-haired girl. Frances.
The blind man is suppo-ed to have
coim to Atlanta from Birmingham, and
the Alabama man is hoc on his trail.
Fields registered at the Jefferson ho
tel. Birmingham, from Atlanta. Hl
name, however, doesn’t appear in the
city dir ctory, and no one has been
found who knows him
Nichols, who is stopping at the Sco
ville hotel, today appeared at the police
station and appealed to Chief Beavers
to aid him in his search. He furnished
the i hies a minute description of tin
rich blind man and this will be read to
the > ntire police force.
Has No One to
Make His Heir.
Fields is about 65 years of age and
alone in the world, witli no relative on
whom to bestow his wealth.
The race for the $60,000 fortune
started yesterday In Birmingham, when
Nichols was notified at the Jefferson
hot 1 that Fi< Ids was searching so: him
with a i crtifiefi cheek for tills sum. Tli
blind man had just left the hotel a
short time before, and was said to be
on his way to Atlanta. Nichols imme
diately took the trail Atlantawa: d.
The aged blind man's geneious feel
ing dates back to last November, when
lie visited the little town of Lineville
and stopped for several days at the
Ifineville hoti-l, which was operated by
Nichols. The afflictii n of the aged
man and his apparent helplessness
touched ill ' hearts of the Nichols fam
ily, consisting of the hotel man. his
wife and little girl, and every possible
attention and kindness was shown him.
The little golden-haired girl was par
ticularly fond of the old man. rnd
romped and played with him almost
constantly. She grew to love him, and,
in her childish way. neve: let an op
portunity pass to amuse and make him
happy.
Blind Mun Won
By Child’s Kindness.
And then when the blind man left the
hotel Nichols crowned his hospitable
treatment of the blind man by refusing
to accept pay for his board, thinking at
that time that he was but a poor old
man, with no money and no friends.
The blind man, however, declined to
accept the hotel man’s generosity and
forced him to take pay.
To people in the little town the blind
man commented on the kindness of
Nichols and of his own fondness for
the little girl, remarking that Nichols
was one of the finest and best men with!
whom he had ever come in contact.
The old man left the little town and
the incident passed. Nichols thought
no more of it and heard no more of ins
blind friend until he was informed in
Birmingham of the $60,000 check and of
Hie search for him by the blind man.
So far no trace of Fields has been
found by the police.
Is Book Agent Who
Buys Supplies Here.
According to Nichols, the blind man
was agent fora blue back speller when'
in Lineville. Nichols learned to- j
day that Fields bought his supply of |
books from the American Book Coin- j
pany in Whitehall street, and verified I
this from the manager. He was in
formed that Fields put in his last order
for books on June 30, but had never
taken the books out. From this it is
supposed he has retired to enjoy his
wealth.
Nichols was informed by the book
manager that he might get trace of
Fields by communicating with T. J.
Sandridge, care of W. L. Harrison, Fort
Payne. Ala Nichols will take up this
clew at once.
The book company officials are well
acquainted with the blind man, but
have no Information as to his present
whereabouts.
Fields, according to his story to the
manager of the Jefferson hotel in Bir
mingham. came into hi- big sum of
( ash through the r-cent salt of exten
sive lands in Texas.
Atlanta Case Employee, Heir to $30,000, Still Works
STEWARD IN ESTATE FIGHT
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Louis Dapin, Atlanta case steward, who is heir to $30,000, but still works in a hot kitchen
7 amendments
TOBEWTEOOI
Four Will Come Up at the State
Election and Three More in
November.
I There will be no less than seven con
stitutional amendments submitted to
the people for ratification or rejection
in the fail elections.
Four amendments will come up for
action in the regular state election in
October. These tire the amendments
providing for the creation of the county
of Bleckley, to increase the borrowing
power of the governor, to permit the
levying of school taxes for purposes
other than a strictly grammar school
education in the various counties, and
to provide for an advance in the date
upon which corporation taxes shall be
paid.
Three amendments will be acted upon
in the presidential and congressional
elections in November. These aye the
amendments providing for the creation
of the county of Wheeler, to permit
judges to issue charters in vacation,
and to exempt certain farm products
from taxation in certain circumstances.
The last three amendments were
passed too late to permit their proper
advertising for the regular state elec
tion in October.
The last legislature, putting up to
the people seven constitutional amend
ments in one session, broke all previous
records of activity along that line.
GOVERNOR ORDERS FALLS
SUIT BE BEGUN AT ONCE
Governor Brown today forwarded a
copy of the legislative resolution, pro
viding for suit to recover the state's
rights in the Tallulah Falls property,
to the attorney general, with instruc
tions to proceed immediately to the
prosecution of the case.
This will throw the entire question of
the State's lights In the falls and river
into the state courts for final adjust
ment.
THE RENTING PROBLEM
IS EASILY SOLVED BY
GEORGIAN’S BULLETIN
Mr. or Mrs. Homeseeker, Apart
mentsearcher or Roomhunter, why
travel about the city looking for
quarters when you can find the place
of your heart's desire through "The
Georgian's Rent Bulletin" on the
Want Ad pages?
Yesterday was a banner day. and
so Is every day when it comes to
complete renting lists with The Geor
gian. There was a column of in -
nished rooms alone to choose from,
not to say anything about the un
furnished rooms, apartments and
houses that were there.
Why not consult the paper that
has the largest list of places to
choose from? This bulletin is for
the convenience of The Georgian
patrons. A corps of men are search
ing this town and its vicinities each
day to find these vacancies for you.
Act wisely and when you want to
locate or desire to rent anything, no
matter in what vicinity, consult "Tin
Georgian's Rent Bulletin." If wili
save you useless walks, time, temper
and money.
Louis Dupin Will Go to France
to Fight for Large Share of
Fortune.
Six weeks ago Louis Dupin, steward
in an Atlanta restaurant, received the
, news that he had been left '150,000
* francs, or $30,000, by an uncle In
France. But Louis Dupin still is wear
ing his white jacket; still is bossing
the cooks and waiters in the hot kitchen
of the restaurant. He is not satisfied
to take the $30,000, believing he right
fully is entitled to ten times that sum.
No matter what he gets he will stick
i to his white apron and keep on bossing
a restaurant—though the next one
may be his own.
"I shall go to France next May."
Dupin said toddy. “There are some
: other heirs in America and we shall go
together. When we have settled al!
our claims and got our money we shall
return ”
"Do you expect to keep on at work
until then?"
Dupin shrugged his shoulders.
"For certain. It is my living," he re
plied.
"Yes 1 shall return to America. Why
not? 1 was raised here. It was as a
small child I came to this country."
Then he turned to give an order to a
chef ami was lost In the mysterious
caverns beyond the big ranges.
ILL ANDDESPONDENT,
TROUP FARMER KILLS
HIMSELF WITH RIFLE
LA GRANGE, GA.. Aug. 30.—De
spondent from 111 health, Newton .1.
Hogg, a well-to-do farmer, aged 55
years, living about six miles from this
city in the Pleasant Grove section of
Troup county, committed suicide today
by shooting himself with a rifle. The
ball entered the throat near the jugular
vein and lodged in the back of his skull.
He died within five minutes after he
shot himself.
Finishing his morning bath, Mr.
Hogg asked a daughter, who was as
sisting him, to leave the room and as
she closed the door the shot was heard.
.1. A. Estes, a farmer, living at Big
Springs, who was passing the Hogg
home, heard the shot and ran Into the
house. Mrs. Hogg directed him to the
room, where he found Mr. Hogg breath
ing his last.
JOHN COPELAND,"OF
ROME, NAMED NEW
INSURANCE CHIEF
Comptroller Genetai Wright today
named John Copeland, of Rome, to be
deputy insurance commissioner, under
the new law creating the department of
Insurance in Georgia.
This was a much sought after plum,
and Mr. Copeland was selected only
after careful consideration of the ap
plicants.
Mr. Copeland is now with the Geor
gia Life, with headquarters in Macon.
He Is about 30 years of age, and is re
garded as one of the brightest insurance
men in the South. He is a son of
Hon. Frank W. t'ojx land, of Rome.
The new deputy commissioner as
sumes his duties next Monday.
ISMOKE COMMISSIONER
TO LEAVE CITY; RESIGNS
Charles Bernhardt, chairman of the
city smoke commission, resigned to
day. Mayor Winn said he would rec
ommend J. M. Vanliarllngen to succeed
Mr. Bernhardt. The commission will
select a new chairman.
Mr. Bernhardt resigned because he
has moved to Ormewood. outside the
city. Mr. VanHarllngen is now chair
man of the smoke nuisance committee
of the chamber of Commerce.
CAROLINA FRAUD
PROBE CERTAIN
, The State Executive Committee
Meets at Columbia to Decide
I
I on Course of Action.
' COLUMBIA, S. C„ Aug. 30.—The vote
• of Tuesday’s primary now s hows:
Blease. 71,525; Jones, 66,466, and Dun-
, can. 2,385, giving Blease a majority
, over his two opponents of 2,674.
, The state executive committee is In
I session here now and it is believed is
, prepared to take'drastic action if fraud
is proven.
Many contests will be considered, but
it Js believed the committee today will
adjourn for a week and at a later meet
ing decide on the course to be pursued
in connection with fraud charges.
The Spartanburg county commimttee
has refused to make any returns. Those
who tiled contests are in the city today
to appeal direct to the state committee.
The members of the committee began
arriving here yesterday, and ChaJrman
John Gary Evans reached here at mid
night.
The following telegram was sent to
county chairmen by order of the chair
man of the state committee:
"Preserve all ballots, tally sheets, poll
lists, club rolls, managers’ reports, and
all records until further notice from the
state'executive committee.
(Signed) "JOHN GARY EVANS,
"Chairman."
POLICE SEEKING TWO
ATLANTANS WHO ARE
STRANGELY MISSING
The police are searching for two At
lantans, reported to be strangely miss
ing.
Frank M. Cowart, 33 years of age, 84
North Jackson street, disappeared last
Monday, and his wife is greatly dis
tressed, fearing that some harm may
have befallen him.
Richard Laney, sixteen years of age,
127 Berne street, has been missing
since Wednesday. He left bls home
Wednesday morning, supposedly to go
to his work, and in the afternoon tele
phoned that he would htve to work
late that night. Since then nothing has
been heard from him. He had pre
viously expressed a desire to join the
navy.
2 GIRLS HOLDING DOWN
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Two young women are carrying on
the Chamber of Commerce work in At
lanta today Secretary W. G. Cooper is
al Borden Wheeler Springs. Ala., where
he went for a rest and vacation, and
Henry Robinson, bls private secretary,
is spending the last week of his vaca
tion.
Miss Sadie Wokman, chief clerk, and
Miss Latham are looking after the
chamber's interests.
ANNISTON PAPERS CONSOLIDATE
ANNISTON, ALA., Aug. 30.—A com
pany headed by H. M. Ayers has
bought both The Star and Hot Blast,
evening and morning papers here, and
will publish them in future. J. B.
Lloyd, former owner of The Star, has
returned to North Carolina, his former
home.
EXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
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imsEirn
SPIHEOOH
MAGNATE
“Why Was Archbold Allowed to
Leave Country After Giving
Untruthful Testimony?”
- |x A
$25,000 CHECK WAS FOR
PENROSE PERSONALLY
“It Was Not for Use in Roose
velt’s Campaign, and I Can
Prove It.”
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Aug. 30.—The people of
the United States should ask their rep
resentatives in the United States sen
ate a few direct and pertinent ques
tions.
Why was no attempt made by the
United States senate to probe actual
and established Standard Oil bribery
and corruption?
Why was Mr. Archbold allowed to
Ignore the instance of proven Standard
Oil bribery and to make unsupported
allegations that had little or nothing to
do with actual corruption?
Why was not Mr. Archbold properly
cross-examined on his testimony and
why was not the evidence inculpating
government officials and incriminating
both political parties fearlessly brought
out?
Why Were No
Documenta Demanded?
Why was not Mr. Archbold asked to
produce documents to establish the
truth of his testimony where the senate
knows perfectly well that documents
are not lacking to establish whatever is
true In this Standard Oil conspiracy?
Why was Mr. Archbold allowed to
leave the country when he had given
only Immaterial, inconsequential and
largely untruthful testimony and when
he should have been held not only as
the main witness, but as the chief cor
ruptionist?
Why were not Senator Penrose and
other culpable United States senators
Investigated as to their actual guilt in
this so-called Standard Oil investiga
tion by the senate?
Why Were Penrose’s
i
Assertions Accepted?
Why was Senator Penrose not asked
to produce some proof in his defense
when the accusations against him were
based upon documentary evidence and
absolute legal proof?
Why were the empty assertions of
Senator Penrose, confessed corruption
ist, accepted without question and no
opportunity given the victims of Sena
tor Penrose's attack to reply to his
assertions?
I am not a partisan of Mr. Roosevelt.
As a matter of fact, I have neither con
fidence in nor admiration for Mr,
Roosevelt
When I was battling in 1906 for ex
actly the same principles which Mr.
Roosevelt has at last appropriated as
his party program, Mr. Roosevelt sent
Mr. Root, Tweed’s agent and his, Inta
the New York state fight to attack me
and to compass the defeat of the prin
ciples for which I stood.
Why Roosevelt
Is Progressive.
Mr. Roosevelt has since denounced
Mr. Root as a corruptionist, which he
Is, and was then. Mr. Roosevelt has
since pronounced my program right
which it is and was then. But Mr.’
Roosevelt did not feel that Mr. Root
was a corruptionist until Mr. Root had
opposed him, and Mr. Roosevelt did not
realize that the progressive program
was right until he saw where he could
benefit by the popular sentiment which
had been aroused in its support.
When I say my publications were
sustaining the assaults of privileged
for Interfering with their control of the
people’s government, we had to sus
tain also the assaults of Mr. Root and
Mr. Roosevelt.
Roosevelt’s Voice
Once Joined Chorus.
When I and my publications were
denounced as yellow by a chorus of
corrupt politicians and criminal corpo
rations, that chorus was swelled by the
mellow voices of Mr. Root and Mr.
Roosevelt attuned to harmonious ac
cord.
But now that the principles we ad
vocated and the reforms that we urged
have become generally approved and
accepted, Mr. Roosevelt, who was their
main opponent, poses PHARISAICAL
LY as their chief and the champion.
I am not, therefore, unduly preju
diced in Mr. Roosevelt's favor, but the
truth in this Standard Oil conspiracy is