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Piedmont Lake Bathers Will Contest Today in a Big Carnival of Water Sports for the Season’s Titles
FAIR SWIMMERS TO IN SPIRITED COMPETITION IN FINAL MEET OF 1912
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Jn a carnival, cf water sports which
will be on a larger scale than anything
ever attempted at Piedmont park, the
swimming championships of the 1912
season will be determined this after
noon in a series of events of various
distances, arranged so that there v ill be
entr;< s for the men. wome n and boys
who have spent their’afternoons this
summer enjoying the water sports.
This season will be brought to a close
within two weeks and the lake at
Piedmont, which has been filled each
day with a happy throng of Atlantans
clad in bathing suits of every color and
hue. soon will be as deserted as an
abandoned summer tesort.
The scores of pretty girls who have
found health mid pleasure h .’. ning to
swim in the lake and who have proved
an attraction for hundreds of visitors
to the park .'.ill soon be dropping back
to the bridge tables and theaters.
Women to Race For Prize.
Men and boys v ?.<> aav k found a
healthful tan this summer and lost the
wan look of the city dweller will be.
once more back at the office and shop
in the winter time rush and struggle
for a livelihood, h : !e the bike waits
for the coming of another year.
■lt was first planned to hold the.!
swimming contests on September 15.
the day on which all bathing and swim
ming at the lake will be discontinued
for the season, but the idea was sug
gested that the events be held today as
part of the exercises in honor of La
bor day.
There are many Atlanta women who'
came to the lake this summer as ex- '
pert swimmers and found themselvi-s
able to compete creditably ip diving
and swimming with the men. Other
women have developed, into experts
through constant daily' practice after
they learned the stroke. The winner
in the women’s free-for-all this after
noon, which is to be for a distance of
25 yards, will receive a hand.-om ’ piece
of cut glass ::s a prize.
Various prizes were thought of as the
ni'-st appropriate for the women's event i
and finally Captain B. H. Schlonibi tg, j
i.'nd'. i- whose direction the events are I
held, put the matter, to a vote wTieh a
score of fair bathers were discussing
whether they would enter the women's
contest. Some one made the sugges
tion that any* woman would swim for a
piece of cut glass, and one of Atlanta's
merchants offered to d< nate the prize.
Cup Prize in Men's Contest.
For the man or boy who can make
the greatest number of points in the
six contests for men a seventeen-inch
silver loving cup is offered. The pres
entation of this cup carries with it the
award of the title of supreme champion
of the lake for the entire season, and
there are more titan a score of men and
boys who believe they should hold it.
Nearly every man contesting will
have a chance for an individual prize,
as the distances of the various swim r
ming events are arranged to give a
chance to those who are best on long
swims and to those whose specialty is
the short and speedy dash through tile
water. The men’s races will ktart witii
a half-mile swim and will end with the
shortest route. 25 yards. Included in
these will be a 100-yard swim and a
50-yard swim.
For the younger boys who want to ‘
compete among themselves and feel I
that they have a chance to struggle j
against their equal in muscles and
years a swimming event of 25 yards :
vt ill be held.
Another event which possibly. brings
more laughter than any other contest
and arouses more of the pride and dar- |
ing of the boyish contestants, is the
tilting contest between two boys in
boats. Like knights of old in a joust,
the lads are armed with long lances
and endeavor to unseat each other.
While just as exciting,-and far moi e
ludicrous than the contests held m
medieval tipves when two knights clad
in heavy mail fought for love or honor
before their Tadyes faire,” these mod
ern “jousts'' are far less dangerous.
Ducking For Loser.
The only mishap that can befall a
contestant is a dip into the waters of
the lake, and as the required suit is a
bathing costume, no damage is done
when one contestant falls. Great skid
has been acquired by many of the lads
in the life-saving corps in keeping a
footing on the bow of their boats and
tiieir respective oarsmen have also de
veloped a friendly spirit of rivalry in
maneuvering for the proper angle at
jvhich the boats shall pass each other.
The bathers at the lake have remem
bered the two life-savers under Whose
watchful eyes they have felt safe this
summer and two gold medals have been
purchased for them. They' will be pre
sented this afternoon, at the conclusion
of the events, to C. R. McDermott and
L. A. Carraway in token of the appre
ciation of the thousands of swimmers’
who have been under their care this
summer. The medals will be suitably
engraved with the names of the life
savers and with a suitable testimonial
to their skill and fitness.
The first contest will be started
promptly at 3:30 o’clock and members
of the park board have been asked to
act as judges in the events.
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Scones ,as, Piedmont Park Lake. The figures in the water, reading in a crescent form left to right, are Miss Ruby Perkerson, Miss Bobbie Carr, Miss
Maud 'A.ildroii \|iss Lillian Karr. Miss Dorothy Shappy, Miss Ruth Walker. Miss Eveline Gibbs. Miss Gertrude Jaffe, Miss Mabel Murphy, Miss Irene Terral,
Miss Bertha Whitely, and in front. left to right. Miss May Waldron, little Miss Jennie Perkerson, Miss Vera Thomas and Miss Thelma Freeman. The girl
on the left, diving, is Miss Frances Smith and the other Miss Maud Jacks. The central figure is Miss Bessie Powell.
MOISE DE LEON
ASI 00,000 DISK
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Receivers Begin to Wind Up His
Many Interests as No Clew
Is Found. I
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Accepting the theory that Vloise De-
Leon is dead or will not retain soon,
the receivers for his estate today began
plans for closing up his many business
enterprises, ft is reported that all his '
I property, except his hqme place, will be i
convened into cash within a short time. '
Ronald Ransom and H. L. Frazer, the |
receivers, moved today into smaller and |
less expensive offices than those leased
by DeLeon, though in the same build
ing. the Walton. Superintendent Mor
row. of the Baltimore Bonding Compa
ny, which had bonded the court house
'contract, took charge of that work to
day and retained the office force'for
merly in the employ of DeLeon.
it became known today that DeLeon
was insured for SIOO,OOO in companies
I represented in Atlanta. He carried
$50.(F0 in life and $50,000 in accident
insurance. Neither of his policies can
be collected upon mere proof of dis
appearance, however, and no company
yvould consider a claim bas"d on dis
appearance within seven years, it is
said, after the insured disappeared.
FATHER WANTS TO SEE
GIRL’S SLAYER EXECUTED
WASHINGTON, PA„ Sept. 2.—Au
gust Fanka, father of Celia Funka, who
was murdered near here on August 2,
declared that he wished to bo present
when the slayer of his daughter paid
the penalty for his crime. He called
upon Sheriff R. G. Lutton today and
asked permission to attend the execu
tion.
The sheriff could make no promise, as
no one has been tried for the murder.
George Green is in the county jail,
where he was committed by the coro
ner's jury.
ASKS $25,000 FOR DEATH
OF SON IN GAS EXPLOSION
Mrs. Jennie Williams, mother of Ches
ter A. Williams, who was killed in a
gas explosion at the Western and At
lantic railroad yards last January, has
asked $25,000 for her son's death.
LINEMAN FALLS FROM POLE.
ANDERSON. S. Sept. 2.—Line
man Keller, of the Southern B Hl Tele
phone and Telegraph Company, after
receiving a shock from a h'-avily charg
ed wire while working on a pole in the
heart of the city today, dropped to the
ground in view of several hundred peo
ple. 11' may recover.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND Nli’WS. VONDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1912.
jghn m. hill to be
BURIED TOMORROW
IN HIS GRAY UNIFORM
John M. Hill, who was a captain un
der Genera] Wheeler during the Civil
war, and one of Atlanta's pioneer citizens,
will be buried in his Confederate uni
' form tomorrow morning. A number of
friends of the family will be at the funeral
I services, so be held at the residence. 181
: Ivy street, at 10 o’clock. Interment will
be witnessed by relatives only.
Mr. Hill, who was 75 years old, died
■after an illness of several months. His
[condition was serious during the recent
j reunion at Marietta, and his deep regret
| that he was not able to attend caused
him to grow worse. When he learned
that he could not recover he requested
that a new uniform be ordered for him
and that he be buried in it.
His widow, Mrs. Anna Carroll Hill, and
nieces, Mrs. ,|. Carroll Payne and Mrs.
I Mary Taylor, survive him.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS |
Alma Jones.
she funeral of Alma Jones, little
daughter of B. C. Jones, was held al
the residence, 213 West Pine street, this
afternoon. Interment was in Holly
wood cemetery.
Miss Catherine Blount.
The body of Miss Catherine Blount,
who died early yesterday morning, was
taken to her former home, Augusta,
Ga., today for funeral and interment.
The services will he held at St. Pat
ricks cathedral there, with interment
in the family burying ground. Miss
Blount died at the residence of her
niece, Mrs. Mary B. Murphy. 281 South
Pryor street. Mrs. D. J. Hayes and I
Mrs. Margaiet Kimbro are nieces and I
Mike Blount, chief clerk of the sheriff’s |
office, is a nephew.
Mrs. S. N. Leffews.
The funeral of Mrs. S. N. Leffews,
i who died yesterday at her residence, 32
I Ripley street, was held, there at 3
I o'clock this afternoon. Interment wa v
'in Westview cemetery. She is survive 1
by her husband ami the following rela
tives: Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Leffews, L. L.
Leffews, Mr. and Mrs. J, W. Frye and
Mrs. H. A. Frye.
Mrs. Ada Viola McCullom.
The body of Mrs. Ada Viola McCul
lom, 32 years old. who died yesterday at
a sanitarium, was taken to Holly Springs,
Ga., today for funeral and interment.
She is survived by her husband, J. Ji.
McCullom.
Miss Lottie Beatrice Buie.
The funeral of Miss Lottie Beatrice
Buie, who died at y sanitarium yesterday,
will be held at Lake City, Fla., tomor
row. The body of the young lady will
be taken there tonight at 8:30 o'clock. I
She is survived by three brothers, G. A. I
Buie, W. C. Buie and D. <>. Buie, and a
sister. Miss Florence Buie, all of Lake
City.
John S. Taylor.
John S. Taylor. 50 years old, of 10<> ;
Irwin street, who bad been ill for several |
days, died of apoplexy today. The body >
was removed to Greenberg & Bond's I
chapel and will be taken to Gainesville.
Ga., at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon for fu
neral. He 's survived by his widow ami
the following brothers and sisters: Mrs.
Annie Scott. Dawson, Ga.: Mrs. Emma
Kimball. Misses Tony and Mattie Taylor
and Kennedy Taylor, of Atlanta: .Mrs.
Minnie Smith, Gainesville; W. H and S.
E. Taylor, of Gainesville.
Mrs. L. C. Pearman.
The body of Mrs. L. C. Pearman, 34
years old. who died at Covington, Ga..
early today, was brought u> Atlanta at
noon. It will be taken to Cnamblee. Ga.,
later for funeral services. She is sur
vived by her husband and two children.
TRAINMEN CLAIM
m ffl VICTORY
Employees of Roads of South
east Confident They Will
Win Increase in Wages.
Railroad men declared today that the
fight for higher pay waged by trainmen
on every important road in the South
east has been won, but that the em
ployees must make a stiff fight before
the general conference in progress at
Washington today.
The conductors and trainmen demand
a fifteen per cent increase.
Reports from railroad employees say
a vote which was taken was in favor of
making immediate demands, with a
general strike on lines south of the
Ohio and oast of the Mississippi rivers
to follow if the rail reads refused.
However, the entire matter is in the
hands of the committee now in confer
ence with general managers of the
companies in Washington, and the em
ployees will follow the decision of this
committee.
The demand of the trainmen is for a
j general increase of wages of approxi
i mutely fifteen per cent, though the scale
■ varies according to local conditions.
Also, on some roads an improvement in
working conditions is sought.
Among the railroads the requests are
made of are the Seaboard Air Litre,
Southern, Central of Georgia. Queen &
C: escent or Alabama Great Southern,
Frisco, Illinois Central, Atlantic ('oast
Line. Mobile & Ohio, Norfolk & South
ern and Georgia Southern Florida.
The men arc-represented in the con
ference by A. B. Garretson, of Cedar
Rapids, lowa, president of the Order of
Railway Conductors, and Vai Fitzpat
rick, of Cleveland, Ohio, vice president
of the Order of Railway Trainmen,
WINS HUSBAND AND VOTE;
ENGLISH GIRL IS LUCKY
TACOMA, WASH.. Sept. 2.—After
five years’ work for woman suffrage in
England, Elsie Hyde Church has ar
rived at Yakima, where women have
I the right to vote. She came from Don
| caster, England, and was married to
Alfred Abrahams After a year's resi
dence here she can vote.
MISSIONARIES TO SPEAK.
WAYCROSS, GA., Sept. 2—The
Woman's Missionary conference of the
Waycross district will convene at
Blackshear September 5 for a three
days' session. Three mis.-ionari.es from
China and Korea will attend the con
ference and make addresses on the
woik in those countries.
BLEASE LEAD GROWS
WITH VOTE RECOUNT
IN ANDERSON COUNTY
ANDERSON. S. C„ Sept. 2.—The of
ficial recount of votes In the governor's
race gives Blease 16 more in Anderson
county. An investigation of fraud be
gins here tomorrows but will not
amount to much.
The Jones men had charge of the
election machinery throughout the
state and the Blease men now contend
if there was fraud the Jones men are
responsible and that Blease will be de
clared nominated Wednesday by' the
state executive committee.
GEORGIA NORTHERN ROAD’S
GENERAL OFFICES BURNED
MOULTRIE, GA., Sept. 2 —The general
office building and freight warehouse of
the Georgia Northern railroad was de
stroyed by fire yesterday. In the freight
warehouse was undelivered freight valued
at about $25,000. The value of the build
ing was about $25,000. Insurance on the
building was only SII,OOO. The freight
in the warehouse was partly covered by
insurance.
Many valuable records of the railroad
company were destroyed. Only the rec
ords of the auditor's office were saved,
these being in the vaults.
The Colquitl Lumber Company, with of
fices In this building, lost many valuable
records, as; well as office furniture. The
total loss caused by this fire will approxi
mate $75,000.
THIEF GIVEN MONEY
TO BEGIN LIFE ANEW
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J., Sept. 2.
Frank Wilson, who was arrested as a
sneak thief while going through guests'
rooms at the Hotel Rudolph three weeks
ago. and later attempted suicide, receiv
ed a hearing and sentence was sus
pended. A purse had been raised for
Wilson and he will go to New York
tomorrow to begin life anew.
After his arrest Wilson broke up his
eyeglasses and swallowed the broken
bits in order to kill himself. He stead
fastly refused to be operated upon at
the hospital. When he became uncon
scious the doctors took matters into
their own hands, operated, removed the
glass and saved his life.
SHE HAS ONLY TEN CATS;
ALL FLEALESS; SO THERE!
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, —Accused
by her neighbors of having 25 flea in
fested cats, Mis. John C. Haley, wife ot
the chief inspector of the health de
partment, says she has only ten cats
and they have no fleas.
:440 CASES ON CRIMINAL
COURT DOCKET THIS TERM
When Judge Andrew Calhoun began
setting eases for hearing before him in
criminal court of Atlanta today he
found the greatest number in the his
tory of the court awaiting him.
There were 440 eases on the docket,
all charging minor offenses.
'FORMER SENATOR
HALTS ELOPERS
Man Said To Be His Son-in-
Law Arrested With Woman
in the West.
GRAND JUNCTION, COLO., Sept. 2.
—A man who says he is M. J. Garrison,
of East Schodack, N. 'Y., son-in-law of
former State Senator Frank Boyce, was
arrested here today on the telegraphic
complaint of Mr. Boyce, who charges that
Garrison fled from East Schodack with
a woman not his wife.
The woman here asserts that she is
the wife of the man under arrest, and
that some mistake has been made
ALBANY, Sept. 2. —M J. Garrison, re
ported under arrest in Colorado, was en
gaged in the cider and vinegar business
here up to about two and a half months
ago, when he disappeared.
About the same time a Mrs. Short
slieves, wife of a Troy manufacturer,
also vanished, and the relatives of Mrs.
Ga-rlson found cause to believe that Gar
rison and Mrs Shortslleves had gone
West together. •
Former Senator Boyce, whose only
daughter is Garrison's wife and at whose
home the Garrisons have been living,
made private inquiries but could get no
trace of his missing son-in-law. He did
not give the case to the police, as he
dreaded the publicity. He received in
formation today that Garrison and a
woman were at Grand Junction, and at
once telegraphed there to have them ar
rested.
Garrison, who is about 35 eyars old,
married Miss Boyce about six years ago.
He is very' well known about Albany and
enjoyed a reputation ot being a "fancy
dresser" and a "sport."
Senator Boyce would not say what
further action he intended to take, and
Mr. Shortslleves could not be seen.
THIEF CACHED $5,000
GEMS IN MUSTARD CAN
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 2.—Theft of
$20,000 worth of jewelry was admitted
to the police by Frank Masse, a butler,
who was arrested as he was attempting
to steal a bicycle.
Masse took the officers to his cache
and produced a mustard can containing
gems worth $5,000. He confessed, ac
cording to the police, that lie had been
stealing from different employers for
six months. .
BRITISH SHIP WRECKED;
ONE LIFEBOAT IS SAFE
SAN FRAN< 'IS( ’(). Sept. 2. T'„
British ship Crlccieth Castle has o<
wrecked near Falkland island, in the
southern Pacific, according to mail ad
vices received today by the marine de
partment of the local Chamber of Com
merce. These advic.s stated that one
lifeboat hud reached °oit Stanley on
Falkland island in safety, but this fate
of the sei-ond was unkniwn.
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GIRL WHO TRIER
SUICIDE REPENTS
Young Woman Hides Identity
and Laughingly Denies That
She Took Poison.
Although declining today to give any
information concerning herself, a
young woman, who says she is Mrs.
I lola Dome and who Is recovering from
a poison dose taken early yesterday, is
believed by Grady hospital to
be from Grantville, Ga.
The young woman is said to have at
first given her home as Texas, but latee
she requested one of the hospital at
taches to send a telegram to her "un
cle in Grantville. She also explained
•that her husband “is out of the city,”
but said she is expecting him back al
most any time.
When seen today, she smiled and
said:
"I just don't feel much like talking
today,”
On the way to the hospital in an am
bulance. Mrs. Dome said she took the
poison because of ill health.
She has been in Atlanta hut a short
time, she says, and has been shopping
at the Cumberland hotel, at Broad and
Marietta streets. She swallowed the
poison in her room, and, when it began
to take effect, she became frightened,
repented and summoned a bellboy, re
questing him to call an ambulance.
Today she laughingly insisted that
she hadn't taken poison of any kind.
"It’s just a little pain that's bothering
me,” she said.
CHICAGOANS FIGHT
TO GET IN LAKE TO
ESCAPE THE HEAT
CHICAGO, Sept. 2.—With two dead
from the heat and four drowned while
seeking momentary relief In Lake
Michigan as a result of Chicago's hot
test September 1, Labor day broke to
day hot and clear.
The temperature mounted above 9n,
and only a slight breeze that blew fit
fully offered any hope of comfort.
Thousands visited the lake Sunday to
find relief from the scorching day, 'and
as a result came one of the strangest
near-rlots Chicago has ever seen. Bath
ers at the beaches who entered the
water refused to leave, although thou
sands of others were waiting for a
chance to go in. At Diversey Beach
policemen entered the water and drove
out the swimmers. Some of the bath
ers refused to get out and the’police
men used their clubs. There was an
angry demonstration, but the militant
bathers soon were quieted.
LAUNCH SINKS BRITISH
WARSHIP; TWO DROWN
SINGAPORE, INDIA. Sept. 3.—The
little British warship Water Witch was
sunk, with the lose of two lives, tn the
harbor here today following a collision
with the governor’s launch. The sharp
prow of the powerful ocean-going
launch caught the warship below the
water line, ripping a hole through her.
NEW WAYCROSS-ATLANTA
TRAIN SERVICE PLANNED
WACROSS, GA., Sept. 2.—-Waycross
expetjis to get a decided improvement in
passenger train service from the Atlantic
Coast Line when the winter trains are
announced next month. The improve
ment most sought is a morning train from
Jacksonville. It has been reported un
officially that this service will go on, ex
tending from Waycross to Atlanta and
probably on to some Western city.
MARRIAGE OF AMERICANS
AND JAP WOMEN URGED
PITTSBURG, Sept. 2.—0, Takaya
ma. a Tokio capitalist, in an interview
here, said that “the American man and
the Japanese woman would make an
ideal marriage."
TO WITHDRAW BEER ORDINANCE.
WAYCROSS, GA., Sept. 2.—Aider
man C. E. Dunn, father .of the near
beer resolution that has been pendin;?
before council for a few weeks, has
given notice that at tomorrow night's
I meeting of council he will withdraw
-ante. Thus the first the
subject since the new city charter was
adopted comes lo an end.
The Forsyth is doing a
wholesale business, hence
'wholesale prices.—You win.
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