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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 £'< ' ; I- * . 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. '* ' //Z Z H \ ner rnen ’ s race will I] hihiF /// rece ive a silver loving cup 'TTz ' WBfcW, X km 1I QB, k R \W« -oBsOPk ■ .M'- ■ Jp W / \ j. f ' A i \\ / // s k. J £ MC/' A ! < WRP if Z■- A : y \ ■ /u ak-v i \W Wit: - ■ W L// 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 - Receivers Begin to Wind Up His Many Interests as No Clew Is Found. I i 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. Ml 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. 3