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VOL. XL NO. 24.
MANYHURTIN
WRECK OF
SOUTHERN
FLYER
Fast Jacksonville - Cincinnati
Train No. 13 Hits Freight in
Macon Yards.
R. L. BARNWELL. ATLANTA.
IS AMONG BADLY INJURED
Four Trainmen Caught in the
Crash—Switchman’s Back
Is Broken.
MACON. GA., Aug. 31.—Four train
men and a number of passengers were
hurt when Southern railway train No
13, northbound from Jacksonville to
Cincinnati, struck an open switch and
collided with a freight train in the Ma
con yards early today.
Among the injured passengers is R.
L. Barnwell, of 239 Capitol avenue, At
lanta, special representative of the
Royal Typewriter Company. He was
thrown from an upper berth and ren
dered unconscious. He was internally
injured and was taken to his home in
Atlanta for treatment.
Engineer H. K Burgay suffered a
sprained ankle.
J, B. Martin, express messenger, was
badly bruised.
The most seriously hurt was Thomas
Slatter, a negro switchman, whose back
was broken.
Will Black, a negro fireman, was
badly hurt in the back.
Struck Open Switch
Mile From Station.
The wrecked train, which is the fast
est operated by the Southern between
Jacksonville and Cincinnati, had just
left the Macon depot bound for Atlanta,
when it struck the open switch in the
yards about one mile from the station.
A long freight train was on the siding
to which the switch led. The heavy
passenger train crashed into the freight
ears and demolished a number. The
passenger engine was overturned and
engineer, fireman and switchman were
caught tinder the wreckage.’ The ex
press car was derailed and the messen
ger was thrown against the side of the
car, receiving severe bruises.
Back in the Pullmans the shock of
the collision was sudden and severe.
Sleeping passengers were thrown from
their berths and several were consider
ably bruised and shaken up. Mr. Barn
well’s injuries were more serious, be
cause of his fall from the high berth to
the car aisle.
The injured trainmen were taken to
the Macon hospital, while those pas
sengers who were able to travel were
carried on, several being bound for At
lanta. •
Fast Southern Train
Derailed at Armour
The “Birmingham Special,” the
Southern railway’s fast passenger train
from New York to Birmingham, was
derailed this afternoon at Armour Sta
tion. within five miles of Atlanta.
Only the engine and tender left the
track, and no one was injured, although
the passengers were badly shaken up
and frightened.
Traffic on the road is expected to be
delayed for two hours and the train,
which was due in Atlanta at 2:40
o’clock this afternoon, probably will
not reach the Terminal station until
after 4 o’clock.
Many of the passengers were bound
for Atlanta and they got automobiles
and taxicabs and finished their trip.
Others remained with the wreck, hop
ing that the train would continue its
way behind another engine.
The cause of the engine’s jumping
the track has not been investigated, but
is believed to have been from a defec
tive rail.
LADIES AID BARREL
HELD BIG HIGHBALL;
IN “DRY” TOWN, TOO
WAYNESBORO, PA., Aug. 31—An or
dinary, harmless-appearing barrel of wa
ter, with the words “All welcome”
painted on it, was the magnet that drew
many hundreds of the visitors at the
Waynesboro fair. The barrel had been
placed at a stand alongside the refresh
ment booth of the Ladies' Aid society of
the Methodist church and filled with clear
water for the thirsty.
Bystanders began to notice that the
drinkers seemed to linger a long while
over their cup of water.
Waynesburg being a dry town in a dry
county, those who placed the spring wa
ter on tap did not suspect anything until
one of them decided to experiment. Then
the barrel was rolled out of the crowd's
reach.
One of the Ladies’ Aid members con
j fessed the society ha<i borrowed the bar
rel. It had contained whisky ten years
old. which only had been emptied a few
<lays before. The members of the Ladies'
Aid society are now inconsolable.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
44 Choir Boys Go on
Strike When Leader
And Rector Disagree
Pickets To Be Stationed Around
Church Tomorrow to Enforce
No-Music Plan.
CHICAGO, Aug. 31. —A committee of
five strike leaders tomorrow will pick
et the three entrances to St. Marks
Episcopal church to prevent any of
the choir boys entering, donning their
robes and singing in either the morn
ing or evening service.
The strike was called after choir re
hearsal. when friction arose between
Rev. William White Wilson, rector of
the church, and Assistant Choirmaster
William J. Coxe. Coxe had held his
positiofi f(*r 22 years. The 44 boys in
the choir, following their custom,
waited for him after rehearsal. When
he came out and told them he* would
no longer lead the choir, the boys said
they would stirke. Coxe tried to get
them to go back, but they refused.
Turnpike Sleuth Nabs
Secretary Fisher For
Speeding; Fined $lO
Constable and Jurist Fail to
Recognize Cabinet Member.
Lecture Him Sharply.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 31.—Like
the hunter who went out to shoot rab
bits and met a lion, Constable Walter
Guldner, of Sonoma county, camping in
the country road near Petaluma to
catch speed burners, swooped down
upon the automobile of Secretary of
the Interior Walter L. Fisher and
marched the entire party to the Peta
luma city Ila’.:. He did not know who
his prisoners were until the fine had
been paid and the party had gone.
With his wife, his secretary, H. A.
Meyer; F. C. Wythe, a San Francisco
attorney, and his chauffeur, Harry
Griffin, Secretary Fisher was flying
over the county pike to the home of
Luther Burbank, the plant wizard at
Santa Rosa, when they were halted and
taken in charge by Constable Guldner.
They were taken before Police Judge
Dillon, but Fisher made nq revelation
of his identity while the party was read
a sharp lecture by the count.v jurist,
who declared that punishment for law
breaking should fall equally upon rich
and poor. He fined the chauffeur $lO.
Mr. Fisher and his party made a
visit to the Burbank experimental
grounds and the experimental farm of
the scientist near Sebastopol. Fisher
expressed keen regret at finding Bur
bank absent.
FAT MAN WINSEATING
MATCH BY DEVOURING
91-2 POUNDS OF STEAK
NEW YORK, Aug. 31. —Fat men may
make the best husbands, but when it
comes to eating they need a rich wife
to foot the bills —that is, if the steak
eating contest at Witzels Grove, Col
lege Point. L. 1.. is any criterion.
Aiderman Frank J. Dotzler. tipping
the scales before the contest at 381
pouryls, calmly won the event by mak
ing away with the following trifles:
Nine and one-half pounds of steak,
nineteen rolls, three pounds of pota
toes and eleven cups of coffee. He still
lives.
It was the celebration of the Federal
club of the Sixth Republican assembly
district that the contest took place.
Fifteen contestants entered.
It was by no means an easy victory
for Dotzler. Jack Probs, lighter than
the victor —weighing merely 340
pounds—ate seven and one-half pounds
of meat, eleven rolls, ten cups of coffee,
but nary- a potato.
REJOICING CITIZENS
OF 3 TOWNS TO GIVE
COUNTY ‘DADS’ ’CUE
Citizens of East Point. College Park
and Hapeville are preparing to give a
barbecue to the Fulton county commis
sioners. The ’cue will be in celebration
of the recent work that has been done
on the roads connecting these three sub
urban towns with each other and with
Atlanta. It is expected to be held at the
opening of the convict camp in the south
ern part of Fulton county.
The meeting of the East Point board
of trade last night, at which representa
tives of both College Park and Hapeville
were present, was enthusiastic and a
committee of twenty-one was appointed
to arrange the details of the, barbecue.
BABY ASTOR HEIR IS
SUMMONED TO HEAR
WILL REPROBATED
NEW YORK, Aug. 31.—John Jacob
Astor, the posthumous hoi of Colonel
John Jacob Astor, who went down with
the Titanic, has been formally served
with papers in legal proceedings for
the re-probating of the will of his fa
ther. Dr. Edward B. Cragin, the at
tending physician at the baby’s birth,
repo ted that he had served notice on
the infant to appear in court on Sep
tember 4, either in person or by guard
ian, to attend the re-probating.
Colonel Astor’s will had been pro
bated before the boy was born, and the
reopening of the probate was made
necessary by the birth, as the infant Is
named as a beneficiary.
ATLANTA, GA, SATURDAY. AUGUST 31, 1912.
RABID PUPPY
BITES TEN
SOLDIERS
IT FORT
Mascot of Company L Lacer
ates Hands of Friends Be
fore Danger Is Known.
BESIEGE CAPITOL FOR
SERUM TREATMENT
All Dogs on Reservation Now
Being Watched for Develop
ment of Hydrophobia.
Ten soldiers of the Seventeenth in
fantry- at Fort McPherson are besieg
ing the office of the state board of
health at the capitol today and care
fully- nursing tiny scratches and lacera
tions on their hands. Some of them
have faced Spanish bullets near San
tiago, but they are more frightened to
day than ever in their lives, though
they grin and keep up a bold front.
A two-months-old puppy, mascot of
Company L is responsible for their
fright. They are menaced with a
death more horrible than any which
comes in war—the dread hydrophobia.
When the regiment hiked home from
Waco, Ga., it had a new camp follower
in the person of Wags, a yellow cur
who attached herself to Company- L.
She took up her lodging at the com
pany’s house at the post. And two
months ago Mutt was born —a tiny bail
of puppyhood, who rapidly became the
boon companion of the regiment and
the especial pride of Company L.
A few days ago Private Close stop
ped to pet Mutt on the head. Mutt
snapped at his fingers. Private Close
drew away- his hand with a grin.
“The little devil,” he said. “You’ll
make a scrapper when you grow up."
Teeth Marks Left
On Ten Hands.
Sergeant Bratt, of Company 1. got a
mark on his thumb an hour later.
Then Corporal Block, of A, and Cor
poral Burke, of E, had their fingers torn
by the pup's teeth. Musician Burkert
and Private Fahey tried their hands at
petting the tiny- Mutt, and found him a
nasty customer. Private Blake, of
Company G, and three others—a total
of ten—were scratched and*bitten be
fore anyone thought of rabies. Then
Major Baker, post surgeon, took a look
at the snarling mascot.
"Rabies.” said he, tersely. "Kill
him.”
So Mutt was sacrificed and his head
cut off just behind the fuzzy- ears. The
head went to the state board of health
for examination. A short while after
a telephone message came to the post.
Examination Proves
Dog Was Rabid.
“It’s rabies! Send the bitten men to
the capitol for treatment."
The marks of Mutt’s teeth already
had been cauterized at the post hos
pital. They- were ugly-looking wounds
today when the ten men arrived at the
office of the board to take the serum
treatment. They must report there
every- week or two before they will be
entirely safe. But they’ll be careful
how they play with the next pup.
An order went out from post head
quarters today to kill all stray dogs on
the reservation and tie up all company
mascots. officers’ dogs of high degree
and every other species of canine brute
within the lines. If no more rabies de
velops the dozen mascots of the regi
ment may be permitted to live. But it
will be “shot at sunrise" for any dog
whose actions are suspicious.
NICARAGUAN REBELS
CAUGHT IN AMBUSH;
IS FEDERAL VICTORY
WASHINGTON. Aug. 31.—A decisive
Federal victory in Nicaragua, in which
the government forces captured a rebel
convoy and a large quantity of ammu
nition. including 80.00 ruodns of rapid
fire cartridges, was reported to the
state department today by Minister
Weitzel at Managua.
The engagement took place at El
Guayabal. Government troops being
informed of the approach of the rebel
band, lay in ambush near a turn of
the road leading to El Guayabal, sur
rounded the insurrectos before the lat
ter were aware of their presence and
shot down the few that threatened re
sistanc. The ammunition and some pro
visions were taken to Managua, where
they were distributed throughout the
city.
The cruiser California, carrying 750
marines, left Panama City for Corinto
today. Owing to the paucity of her
accommodations, the majority of the
marines were forced to camp on the
decks of the cruiser. The California is
due at Cor nto on Monday.
WOMSNAND
LMPII
MB WEI
.ESTATE
J. B. Hanson Is Charged With
Trying to Defraud a Feeble-
Minded Man.
WARRANT FOR ARREST
ISSUED: DENIES GUILT
Mrs. M. E. Martin Says Her
Brother Is the Victim in
Plot of Student.
A fight for an estate said to be worth
from SIO,OOO to $20,000 came to a cli
max today with the arrest of J. B.
Hanson, of 93 Lovejoy- street, who says
he is a law student.
The arrest unfolded a rather unusual
story, in which the three central figures
are J M. Casey, Mrs. M. E. Martin, his
sister, with whom he lived at 115 West
Cain street and who says he is an
Imbecile, and Hanson.
Hanson was arrested on a warrant
sworn out before Justice Ridley in Ca
sey's name. At the same time Mrs.
Martin obtained a temporary injunc
tion restraining him from interfering
in any way with the property involved.
Mrs. Martin charges Hapson poisoned
Casey's mind against her and worked
on his feeble mental faculties until he
obtained the transfer of certain deeds,
giving Casey- duplicate deeds which
proved worthless
Hanson Denies
Woman’s Charges.
Hanson denied at police headquar
ters. where he Is held that he had made
any attempt to swindle. He charged
that Mrs. Martin was trying to get the
estate.
The young lawyer asserted that Ca
sey had told him lie could have all over
$6,000 if he could sell the property' for
him. He got an offer for $12,000 and
then declares Casey went back on his
word. He charges that Casey was try
ing to sell the property in an attempt to
evade creditors.
An entirely different story is told in
the charges on which the warrant ob
tained in Justice Ridley's court is based.
According to these, Hanson was a
school teacher some time ago,
and got acquainted with Casey when
he was ill, soon winning his confidence.
Casey happened to mention that he
owed $750 on his property- and later
Hanson announced that he had learned
steps were being taken to foreclose for
the debt. Hanson advised Casey- to
transfer the deeds to the property to
him, to be put in a vault and Hanson to
keep the key.
When Casey recovered and went to
the bank in w-hich Hanson said he had
deposited the papers he was told they
had no such deeds. He found, he says,
that Hanson had entered the deeds in
his own name on the county records.
GEORGIA MOOSERS
FILE A LIST OF NEW
PARTY’S ELECTORS
Georgia Bull Moose today- filed wth
the secretary- of state the list of the
new party’s electors, two for the state
at large and one for each congres
sional district. This was the first
formal declaration that the Progres
sives would make an effort to carry
Georgia for Colonel Roosevelt.
Members of the party met at the
Kimball house and chose Dr. Howard
E. Felton, of Cartersville, and J. St. Ju.
lien Yates, of Decatur, as electors rep
resenting tlie state at large. The fol
lowing district electors were chosen:
First district, James S. Tart, Scre
ven; Second, .J, T. Culpepper, Thomas:
Third, C. L. Pyron, Taylor; Fourth. J.
S. Montgomery, Muscogee; Fifth. Rob
ert L. Rodgers, Fulton; Sixth, T. E.
Nelson, Pike; Seventh, Alex T. Hamil
ton. Floyd; Eighth, O. B. Menees,
Franklin; Ninth. Charles G. Reynolds,
Hall; Tenth, Dr. J. M. Lee, Richmond;
Eleventh, J. H. Denton, Jeff Davis;
Twelfth. Dr. Walter A. Wilkinson,
Dodge.
INSANE SWISS SOLDIER
KILLS 4 AND WOUNDS 6
BERNE, SWITZERLAND. Aug. 31.
Seized with homicidal madness, a Swiss
soldier named Schwartz shot and killed
four persons early today and wounded
six others at Romans Horn on Lake
Constance.
Schwartz then barricaded himself in
his house and defied the authorities to
arrest him. By a i us< he managed to
escape and fled into the neighboring
forest
Build Does Not Make the Policeman--Beavers
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No. this is not how Patrolman T. P. Taylor appears. It’s
just a freak of the camera—or the unregenerate camera man—
accentuating certain of the officer’s “lines,” as the fashion
magazines say. But —and this is the point—if Patrolman Tay
lor teas as huxom as this, he’d still be a good policeman, accord
ing to Chief Beavers. who says brains and conscientiousness —
not weight or form—are what count in the making of a guar
dian of the law. Taylor has been on the force 25 years, and
is said to have a record of not missing a day. He knows hun
dreds of the state’s best known men.
The fat policeman’has found an en
thusiastic defender.
He is Police Chief Beavers, who has
on his payroll the names of numerous
corpulent club swingers—men who
would make good anywhere in the
world except in a dime museum as the
"living skeleton.”
The chief unhesitatingly declares
that avoirdupois doesn’t discredit a po
liceman in the least.
On this sume theory, he says that a
pair of speedy legs are not the only
qualification for a good policeman by
any means.
In other words. Chief Beavers asserts
that a fat man is competent as a po
liceman apd that he can make good.
The fact of whether he is a heavy
weight, or whether he be a typical Slim
James, cuts no figure.
“Neither fat npr lack of fat ever
made a good policeman." says the po
lice head.
Then, Fat Persons Are Jolly.
A good, steady nerve, level-headed
ne-ss, intelligence, good judgment and
discretion, and politeness are some of
the things that figure far stronger in
the make-up of a good policeman than
the mere quantity of flesh that he may
carry about, is the opinion of the chief.
A lean policeman with a pair of legs
that could easiy win In a race against
an automobile or a railroad train, but
who lacks these other qualifications, he
says, wouldn’t make good as an officer.
Another strong point in favor of the
fat policeman is also advanced by the
chief. As fat people are always consid
ered jolly and good natured, the chief
says the fat policeman Is likely to pos
sess more of the milk of human kind
ness than will be found in a slim officer.
"We all know that fat people are
jovial and kind, and this holds good
with the fat policeman.” he said.
This' attitude of the chief will come
as a soothing tonic to Atlanta’s many
hefty wearers of the brass buttons and
will calm any possible fears they may
have that possibly their extraordinarily
OFFICIAL, OUSTED BY
GOVERNOR, FIGHTS TO
RECOVER HIS OFFICE
PORTLAND, ORE., Aug. 31 District
Attorney Cameron, ousted by Governor
Oswald West, today started quo warranto
proceedings against H. M. Easterly, whom
| the governor had named to fill the office.
■ Easterly undertook the job after Walter
Evans. West's first choice, flatly refused
to serve, saying that the governor had no
legal right to oust Cameron.
The new tangle which has developed
will probably require months to unsnarl.
The governor's action is part of an anti
vice crusade begun here. Reports to
West said that resorts were allowed to
operate and he came here declaring he
would close up the town He has met
with strenuous opposition
BIG LINER ASHORE.
LIVERPOOL, Aug. 31. The Allen
line steamship Mongolian went ashore
today in the Mersey river. Tugs were
sent to the assistance of the liner, but
• were unable to dislodge her.
large circumference may be a disad
vantage.
This is for the special benefit of any
of the fleshy ones who perchance may
be indulging in anti-fat.
Denver Takes Clubs From “Cops.”
The defense by Chief Beavers of the
fat policeman Is of particular Interest
just .at this time, from the fact that out
in Denver sjueli officers have been put
under the ban. It has been decreed
that the official ax shall descend on
their double chin and sever the head.
They’ve “got it in” for the fat police
man out in the Colorado metropolis and
his reign is at an end.
A movement, labeled reform, has
been started in the police department
there, and has resulted in a request for
the resignations of all fat men on the
force. And not only this, but the re
formers have decreed that Denver po
licemen shall never more carry clubs,
arguing that clubs are a great source of
brutality.
Chief Beavers also takes issue with
the club reform, characterizing it as
"absurd."
“The idea of putting an officer on the
streets to combat criminals and thugs
with only his bare hands to defend him
self is nothing short of silly and ab
surd,” says the chief. “Such a move
will have a tendency to make criminals
and the tough element worse and more
daring. They know they will not be
clubbed and will lose no opportunity to
assault and beat any policeman who
may attempt to arrest them. A club is
solely for the defense and protection of
an officer. He is expected to use it only
in an emergency, and I think it Is
wrong to deprive him of it.
“We will not stand for any brutality
on the part of a policeman here in At
lanta, and the members of the force
know this. Asa result, they are care
ful as to the use of the club. But to
take an officer's club from him is plac
ing him in serious jeopardy. They are
in enough danger as it is. without in
creasing their chances of getting hurt.”
NEGRO WOMAN SAYS
WHITE MAN TOOK HER
SON, 12, TO HIS CAMP
Oscar L. Swinney, a grading con
tractor who lives near the corner of
Georgia avenue and Terry street, is be
ing sought today by officers charged
with kidnaping a twelve-year-old ne
gro boy. The warrant for his arrest
was sworn out by the boy’s mother,
Annie Stallings, before Justice Charles
Girardeau, and it was placed in the
hands of an officer to be taken to Tal
lulah Falls, where Mr. Swinney is said
to be working.
The mother of the boy. who says she
lives in the same neighborhood as Mr
Swinney, asserts that the contractor
lured the boy away from home and took
him from Atlanta to work at a grading
camp.
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mi 'RING
POLITICS'
Alderman McClelland Quits the
Contest to Give Necessary
Attention to Sick Son.
| I’M RUNNING ON MY RECORD
IN OFFICE. SAYS EX-MAYOR
Graft and Corruption Is Bound
to Result From the Present
System, He Asserts.
With the simultaneous announce
ment of the withdrawal of Alderman
John E. McClelland, of the Second
ward, and the declaration of James G.
Woodward that he was in the fight to'
war on “ring politics,” the battle fori
the mayoralty nomination took on new
Interest today.
Mr. McClelland said he was quitting
the fight on account of the serious ill
ness of his son, John Spence McClel
land, who last night suffered a relapse
from a long attack of typhoid menin
gitis. Mr. McClelland said he entered
the race over the protest of his physi
cian on account of his own physical
condition, and that his duty as a father
now demands that he devote more of
his attention to his son.
This announcement came almost
simultaneously with the declaration of
James G. Woodw-ard that he was for
mally kt the race. Mr. Woodward said
that he was now engaged in writing his
platform, which would be given to the
public later.
“I am running on my record as may-
S>r for two terms as compared with the
present condition of city affairs,” he
said.
“Graft and Corruption
Threaten,” Says Woodward.
“Atlanta is today seriously threat
ened with 'ring' politics.” he contin
ued. "Graft and corruption are inevi
table results of such a system.”
Today’s developments assure four
candidates in the contest for mayor—
Councilman Aldine Chambers, Steve R.
Johnston, Dr. George Brown and Mr.
Woodward. The opinion in political
circles is that there will be no other
entrants. Political leaders also de
clared that Mr. McClelland’s support
would be divided between Mr. Wood
ward and Dr. George Brown.
Formal campaigning for the nomina
tion at the city primary of October 2
will begin next week. Mr. Chambers
has organized campaign committees in
the different wards of the city. Dr.
George Brown has also got his cam
paign under way. Steve R. Johnston is
now out of the city, but he and Mr.
Woodward are both prepared to begin
active work.
NORTH CAROLINAN
ROBBED OF $5,000.00
ON ATLANTA TRAIN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.—Loca
banks were notified today that F. M
Laxton, of Charlotte, N. C., had been
robbed of $5,090 in cash and checks
early this morning while asleep in a
Pullman car between Atlanta and
Charlotte
Mr. Laxton is vice president of a
erfmpany which is putting in a new
electric plant here and the money was
in part payment by the city of Wash
ington for that work. Four thousand
dollars of the money was in the shaps
of a cashier’s check and the rest in cur
rency.
ATLANTA MAN DIES IN
NEW YORK: KIN SOUGHT
At the request of James F. Fallon, cor
oner of New York city, Atlanta police
today are trying to find relatives of Rob
ert M. Pattillo, an Atlanta man who died
in the metropolis on July 15. A letter
received today by Chief Beavers from
the New York coroner told of the death,
but gave no details.
According to Coroner Fallon. Pattillo
was born In Atlanta in 1876. He was
fair complected. 5 feet 6 inches tall and
had gray eyes and dark hair.
DROPS DEAD WATCHING
NEIGHBOR'S HOME BURN
AMERICUS. GA.. Aug. 31.—While
watching the handsome residence of
Allen Fort being destroyed by fire. G.
Morgan Eldridge dropped dead in the
street here last night. He was vice
president of the Bank of Southwest
Georgia, and president of the Eldridge
Drug Company. A wife and two chil
dren survive him. He was 49 years old
and ont of the leading business upsn
of this section. <