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THE WEATHER Forecast: Fair today and tomor. row. Temperatures: 8 a. m„ 78: 10 a. m.. 85; 12 m., 87; 2 p. m.. 89. 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 "FAT COPS" DEFIE_N DED aitr —— — ■- X z ’•v. _r \ BSS'I \’• ? | ' a : 'J Ek v 7 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. HOHL LDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P M * O Y RE ° ngwm 111 RACE 11 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. <