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Piedmont Lake Bathers Will Contest Today in a Big Carnival of Water Sports for the Season’s Titles
FAIR SWIMMERS ' . IN SPIRITED COMPETITION IN FINAL MEET OF 1912
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In a carnival cf water sports which
will be on a larger scale than anything
< ver 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 will be
rntrii s for the men. women and boys
who have spent their afternoons this
summer enjoying tiie water sports.
This season will be brought to a close
within two weeks anti 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 resort.
The scores of pretty girls who have
found health ami pleasure learning to
swim in tii<> lake and who have proved
an attraction for hundreds of visitors
tn the park will soon be dropping back
to the bridge tables and theaters.
Women to Race For Prize.
Men and boys who have 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 lime rush and struggle
for a livelihood, while the lake waits
for the coming of another year.
It was first planned to hold the
swimming contests on September 15,
th. day on which all bathing and switn
m'.tg at the lake will be discontinued
forth? season, but the idea was sug
gested that the events be held today a?
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 themselves
able to compete creditably In 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 handsome piece
of cut glass as a prize.
Various prizes were thought of as the
most appropriate for the women's event
end finally Captain B. H. Schlomberg,
under whose direction the events are
held, put the matter to a vote when 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 donate the prize.
Cup Prize in Men's Contest.
For the man or boy who can make
the greatest number of points in the
Fix contests for men a seventeen-inch
l liver 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 arc mote than a score of men and
boys who believe they should hold it.
Nearly every man contesting will
have a chance for an individual prize,
ns the distances of the various swim
ming events arc 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 the
’vater. The men’s races will start with
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
that they have a chance to struggle
against their equal in muscles and
years a swimming event of 25 yards
will be held.
Another event which possibly bring.-
more laughter than any .other contest
and arou.-es 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 more
ludicrous than the contests held in
medieval times when two knights clad
in heavy mail fought for love or honor
before their "ladyes faire,” these mod
ern "jousts” are far less dangerous.
Ducking For Loser.
The only mishap that can b"fall 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 skill
has been acquired by many of the lads
in the life-saving corps in keeping a
footing on the bow of their boats and
'heir respective oarsmen have also de
veloped a friendly spirit of rivalry in
maneuvering for the proper angle at
which the boats shall pass each other.
Th« bathers at the lake have remem
bered the two life-savers under whose
"atchful 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
°f the events, to C. R. McDermott and
A. Carraway in token of the appre
'nation of the thousands of swimmers
"ho have been under their care this
summer. The medals will be suitably
' tigraved with the names of the life-
■ vi r. and with a suitable testimonial
" 1 '• tr skill and fitness.
1 : first contest will be started
Promptly at 3:30 o'clock and members
the pak board have been asked to
act as judges in the even la
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Scenes at 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 Waldron. Miss Lillian Karr. Miss Dorothy Shappy, Miss Ruth W’alker. Miss Eveline Gibbs. Miss Gertrude Jaffe, Miss Mabel Murphy. Miss Irene Terral.
Miss Bertha Whitely, and in front, left to right. Miss Slay 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 OE LEON
Receivers Begin to Wind Up His
Many Interests as No Clew
Is Found.
Accepting the theory that Moise De-
Leon is dead or will not return soon,
the receivers for his estate today began
plans for closing up his many business
enterprises. It is reported that all his
property, except his home place, will be
converted 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
i merly in the employ of DeLeon.
i It jM-eame known today that DeLeon
was msured for SIOO,OOO in companies
represented in Atlanta. He carried
$50,000 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
would consider a claim based 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 Funka, father of Celia Funka, who
was murdered near here on August 2,
declared that he wished to be present
when the slayer of his daughter paid
the penalty for his crime. He called
upon Sheriff R. G. Luttoi) 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 FRO,M POLE.
ANDERSON, S. C., Sept. 2.—Line
man Keller, of the Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Company, after
receiving a shock from a heavily 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. He may recover.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1912
JOHN M. HILL TO BE
BURIED TOMORROW
IN HIS GRAY UNIFORM
John M. Hill, who was a captain un
der General Wheeler during the Civil
war, and one of Atlanta’s pioneer citizens,
1 will be buried in his Confederate uni
form tomorrow morning A number of
friends of the family will be at the funeral
. services, to 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
I 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. J. Carroll Bayne and Mrs.
Mary Taylor, survive him.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Alma Jones.
The funeral of Alma Jones, little
daughter of B. C. Jones, «as held at
1 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 be held at St. Pat
-1 ricks cathedral there, with interment
in the family burying ground. Miss
i Blount died at the residence of her
niece, Mrs. Mary B. Murphy, 281 South
Pryor street. Mrs. D. J. Hayes and
Mrs. Margaret Kimbro are nieces and
Mike Blount, chief clerk of the sheriff's
! office, is a nephew.
Mrs. S. N. Leffews.
The funeral of Mrs. S. N. Leffews,
who died yesterday at her residence, 32
. j Ripley street, was held there at 3
I i o'clock this afternoon. Interment was
lin Westview cemetery. She is survived
by her husband and the follow ing rela
, tives: Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Leffews, L. L.
Leffews, Mr. and Mrs. .1. W. Frye and
■ Mrs. H A. Frye.
Mrs. Ada Viola McCullom.
The body of Mrs. Ada Viola McCul
-1 lorn. 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. D.
McCullom.
Miss Lottie Beatrice Buie.
■ The funeral of Miss Lottie Beatrice
, Buie, who died at a 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.
She Is survived by three brothers, G. A.
Bule, W. C. Bule and D. O. Buie, and a
sister. Miss Florence Bule, all of Lake
City.
John S. Taylor.
John S. Taylor, 50 years old, of 106
■ Irwin street, who had been ill for several
l days, died of apoplexy today. The body
was removed to Greenberg & Bond's
chapel and will be taken to Gainesville,
’ Ga., at 4:30 o’clock this afternoon for fu
neral, He Is survived by his widow and
the following brothers and sisters: Mrs.
Annie Scott, Dawson, Ga.; Mrs. Emma
Kimball, Misses Tony and Mattle 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 to Atlanta at
noon. It will be taken to Chamblee, Ga..
later for funeral services. She is sur
vived by her husband and two children.
TRAINMEN CLAIM
PAY WAR VICTORY
Employees of Roads of South
east Confident They Will
Win Increase in Wages.
Railroad men declared today that the
tight 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 railroads refused.
However, the entire matter is in the
hands of the committee now in confer
ence with genera] 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
general increase of wages of approxi
mately fifteen per cent, though the scale
varies according to local conditions.
Also, on some roads an improvement in
working conditions is sought. s
Among the railroads the requests are
made of are the Seaboard Air Line,
Southern, Central of Georgia, Queen &
Crescent or Alabama Great Southern,
Frisco, Illinois Central, Atlantic Coast
Line. Mobile & Ohio. Norfolk & South
ern and Georgia Southern & Florida.
The men are 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*
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 missionaries from
China and Korea will attend the con
ference and mak addresses on the
work 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 tomorrow, 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 bu’ldlng 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.
1 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, Mts. John C. Haley, wife of
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 cases for hearing before him in
■ criminal court of Atlanta today he
i found the greatest number In the hls-
■ 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.
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GRAND JUNCTION, COLO, Sept. 2.
—A man who says he Is M. J. Garrison,
1 of East Schodack, N. Y., son-fn-law of
I former State Senator Frank Boyce, was
arrested here today on the telegraphic
complaint of Mr. Boyce, who charges that
1 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 tiie same time a Mrs Short
slieves, wife of a Troy manufacturer,
also vanished, and the relatives of Mrs.
Garrison 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 ease 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 of 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.
i 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 he had been
stealing from different employers for
six months.
BRITISH SHIP WRECKED:
ONE LIFEBOAT IS SAFE
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2. -T ■ ■
British ship Criccieth Castle has u, ~
i wrecked near Falkland island, in tile
, southern Pacific, according to mail ad
, vices received today by the marine de
. partment of the local Chamber of Com
merce. These advices stated that one
lifeboat had reached Po: t Stanley on
■ Falkland Island in safety, but the fate
of the second was unknown.
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GIRL fflO TRIED
SUICIDE REPENTS
Young Woman Hides Identity
and Laughingly Denies That
She Took Poison.
Although declining today to givo any
information concerning herself, a
young woman, who says she is Mrs.
Viola Dome and who is recovering from
a poison dose taken early yesterday, is
believed by Grady hospital officials to
be from Grantville, Qa.
The young woman is said to have at
first given her home as Texas, but later
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.
WTien 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 but a short
time, she says, and has been stopping
at the Cumberland hotel, at Broad and
Marietta streets. She swallowed the
poison in her room, and, when tt 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 90,
and only a slight breeze that blew fit
fully offered any hope of comfort.
Thousands visited thejake 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 Dlversey 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 sTnkF BRI TISH
WARSHIP; TWO DROWN
SINGAPORE, FNDdA, Sept, I,—The
little British warehip Water Witch was
sunk, with the loss of two Ilves, In the
harbor here today following a collision
with the governor's launch. The sharp
prow of the powerful ooean-golng
launch caught the warship below the
water line, ripping a hole through her.
NEW WAYCROSS-ATLANTA
TRAIN SERVICE PLANNED
WACROSS, GA , Sept. 2.—Waycross
expects 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—o. 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 pending
before council for a tew weeks, has
given notice that at tomorrow night's
meeting >f council he will withdraw
same. Thus the first agitation on the
subject since the new city charter was
adopted comes to an end.
The Forsyth is doing a
wholesale business, hence
wholesale prices.— You win.
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