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THE WEATHER t
Forecast: Local thunder showers
today and tomorrow. Temperatures:
8 a. m„ 76 degrees: 10 a. m., 82 de
grees; 12 m., 84 degrees; 2 p. m., 86
degrees.
XI. XO. 29.
POSINGASKIN
OF HIGH MIN
VANISHES IN '
MYSTERY j
Augusta-Atlanta Broker Re-,
ported to Have Died Here, i
No Record of Demise.
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LOCAL CAPITALIST DENIES
KINSHIP TO MISSING MAN:
Land Dealer Asserted He Was
Nephew of J. T. Holleman,
of This City.
Augusta folk—as well as many At-1
lantans —are wondering today what has j
become of one C. E. Holleman, real |
estate dealer, who said he was a [
nephew of J. T. Holleman. Atlanta cap- ]
Italist, but wasn't; who came to Atlan
ta two weeks ago. was supposed to
have died of blood poison from an in
growing toenail and whos" body never
was handled by an undertaker. His
partner. S. G Bluer. - ays he is par
ticularly anxious to know Hoile- j
■nan came to A a n :■ < |o c a big |
'ar.ii deal, am m;..' "reived a|
i te sum of mom .
Th< most inte e-iing of the
m- ’ ous affair to Atlantans is that
otjng Augusta reel state mat
■ was a nephew f .1. 'l'. Holle
. - .lent of the Southern Mort
•_ • utnuanj. and a prominent mem
.,i t hamlxi of Commerce. Mi.
el >. . ..'.nt said today that he had no
. i\ •- of his own name in Georgia:
io ire- had a nephew named Holleman:
h : his only brothei died a bachelor,
■cut .■ never heard of th.e ydung Au
su.ian un'il a local newspaper man
spoke of having closed an advertising
■ untract with rhe new firm. The news
caper man said the man said he was
a nephew of .1. T. Holleman, the At
lanta capitalist.
Augusta Heai'd
Holleman Died
For several weeks the advertisements
of Bruce & Holleman, real estate and
fa 1 m loans, have been appearing in Au
gusta and Atlanta papers. The farm
’oan business is the same the Atlanta
Holleman is engaged in. and he be
lieve,s his name may have been used
to induce belief that he was interested
In the Augusta concern.
A dispatch from Augusta today says:
AUGUSTA, GA., Sept. 6.—Mys
tery surrounds the disappearance
of C. E. Holleman, of Bruce & Hol
leman, real estate dealers, of this
city. Two weeks ago Holleman
went to Atlanta to close a big
land deal in Coffee county. At the
time he was suffering from a>n in
growing nail on his great toe. His
partner, S. G. Bruce, received a let
ter from him from the Imperial
hotel, written on August 30. saying
that he was suffering great pain
with his toe. On Monday morning
» young man friend of Holleman s
here named Davis received the fol
lowing night lettergram:
"Holleman died this p. m. of
blood poison. Notify Bruce and
friends. Funeral at Raymer. Wil
kinson county, Monday p. m
(Signed) HENDERSON.
Neither Bruce nor Davis knows
who Henderson is and since that
time nothing has been heard of
him. Holleman had an uncle, .1.
T. Holleman, in Atlanta, and he
has been asked by wire about his
nephew, but has not been heard
from. Holleman has two married
sisters in Dublin. Ga
No Record of
Death in Atlanta.
Health Officer Kennedy, of At
lanta, wired Bruce that he has no
record of Holleman's death. His
partner is loath to believe that he
closed a trade and fled with the
money, but he can not solve the
•iddle. Both Holleman and Bruce
came here two months ago from
Atlanta.
At the Imperial hotel the register
failed to show the name of C. E. Hol
leman, nor did the oterks remember
any such guest. At. the city hall the
records of burial permits revealed no
such name. At the Southern Mort
gage Company Mr. Holleman was em
phatic tn disclaiming any connection
or acousintance with his supposed
nephsw, The directory does not con
hairt th»'®arn» of either Bruce or Hol-
XVttriUier the Augusta Holleman ]
r-kwed sh» deal he came to close,
whether he received the money. and
"here he went when he was reported
lead is g jnyeterv. There are persons
'■i.i— would lik" tn nice if
The Atlanta Georgian
Housewife, Too, Is Bad
Insurance Risk: Hours
Long, Worry Endless
Habits Are Sedentary and She
Is Exposed to Disease,
Says Expert.
I
| CHICAGO, Sept. 6.—That the house
s wife is one of the worst hazards in the
life insurance business is the opin-
I ion of P. D. Gold. Jr., president of the
I insurance convention here.
j He says their hours are worse than
a policeman's, their habits are seden-
I tary, they are exposed to diseases of
I' all sorts and their worries ate endless.
"I know of only two classes of women
I who arc worse risks," said President
Gold. "They are servants and chorus
girls."
According to E. J. Spratling. of At
> lanta. the official statistician of the
I convention, religion plays an itnpor-]
I tant part in the estimating of the de- |
I grees of risk on insurance policies.
'The Jew is the best risk in this coun- |
I try, " added D. Spratling. "There is I
I less of fervor and excitement in his re- j
I ligion. and it is more conducive to nat- ;
ural living than any other religion, i
This is particularly true of their worn- j
en. They live naturally, have fewer]
worries and less illness."
Dr. Spratling is of the opinon that
the best risk among women are the
i milliners. "They have good hours," he
i said, "pleasant surroundings and live i
I well. There is just enough art in their !
[work tu keep them in the right fra me
| of mind. '
CHAS. G. DAWES'SON
DROWNS SWIMMING
AS RESULT OF HEAT
CHICAGO. Sept. The body of!
Rufus Keating Dawes, son of Charles'
G. Dawes, ex-treasurer of the United
Stales and president of the Central j
Trust Company of Illinois, drowned ir. i
Lake Geneva late yesterday, w ill be I
j taken to Chicago today. Young Dawes
was a senioi at Princeton, an athlete
j smd an expert swimmer. He sank while
swimming in the lake.
I .News of the accident was telegraph-
■ ed to Chicago, and a special train bear- ]
ing the young mans father, physicians
and a,, pulomotor was rushed to Lake
Geneva Efforts to resuscitate Dawes
proved futile. Physicians al Lake Ge
neva were on hand twenty minutes aft
er the body was taken from the water.
.'II heart action had ceased, and the
doctors say they believe he died of
heart fallur . .-superinduced bv the heat. I
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GIRL 19. PRISONER IM
STOCKADE. IS PENITENT
Katie May Burdett, the 19-year-old
Chattanooga girl, who defied several
policemen yesterday and refused to
get in the stockade transfer wagon,
today began serving her term of thirty
days
After spending a time in solitary
confinement in a cell, following her
escapade, the girl changed her view
of things in general, became penitent,
and promised io hr good. \yhen she
again was escorted to the stockade
wagon late in the afternoon, she en
tered the vehicle without a word and
rode peacefully out to the stockade.
ARTIST’S WIFE TO STAY
IN RENO FOR A DECREE
RENO, NEV., Sept. 6.—Following the
refusal of Judge French to grant Mrs.
Henry Hutt the wife of the artist, a
divorce, Mrs. Hutt immediately stocked
up her home with provisions and pre
pared to remain in Reno until she ob
tains her decree, if it takes the rest of
her natural life. She is sending to New
York to get depositions to substantiate
her testimony.
JOHN M.SLATON TO TALK
TO TEACHERS OF BURKE
John M. Slaton Democratic, nominee
for governor of Georgia, has accepted
an invitation to address the* teachers'
institute in Waynesboro, Burke county,
on October 15.
Mr. Slaton will address the gather
ing along educational lines.
“TEACHER WHO DOESN'T
USE SLANG WORTHLESS”
SCRANTON. Sept. 6.—“1 wouldn’t
give two cents for a teacher who does
not use slang." was a statement made
here by Prof. J. C. Stone, principal of
the normal school at Montclair, N. J.
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MARRIED TO HIS NURSE
JACKSON, MISS.. Sept. 6.—Louis C.
Hallman, city attorney, was married to
Miss Hattie Bell Wilkinson, a trained
nurse, who attended him recently when
he underwent an operation.
POLITICsTs BARRED TO
SAVE BIG G. 0. P. CLUB
CHICAGO. Sept. 6. —For the first
time in its history the Hamilton club,
the largest Republican club in the
West, has barred the discussion of pol
itics for fear the club would be dis
rupted.
BIGAMIST WEDS SISTERS:
CAN NOT NAME HIS CHOICE
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WAYNESBORO. MISS. Sept. f. II
L. Clark" aIT -ted I" -■ r ■ I'ha g iel
bigamy. -,.y -ii n't lino - wliiv’i of I
his two wive- he love.- better. Thel
Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDA Y. SI£PTEMBEL’ 6, 1912.
BUTS DEATH
IK MCE Hl
fflE ra
HANGMAN
After Frenzied Efforts. Gov
ernor's Secretary Gets Word ,
Through Just in Time.
-GALLOWS READY AS
SHORT RESPITE CAME
I
i Telephone Failing. Telegraph
Relays Get Notice to Sheriff
to Halt Execution.
Private Secretary tu the Governor
Jesse Pi rry. after a nerve-racking and
' thrilling race againlst time and the
: hangman of Early county, saved the
I life today of Johnson Webb, condemned
[io hang for murder in Blakely, between ,
I the hours of 11 a. m. and 2 p. m.
Webb, a negro, was condemned to j
I death several months ago. and. although i
I his sentence was recommended to the
| governor for life commutation by the
state prison commission, the governor
| declin' d to interfere, and seemingly
, there was nothing to prevent the exe
cution today.
When the governor arrived at his of
fice this morning, however, he found a
mass of telegrams awaiting him from
officials and citizens of Blakely, among
them one of the prosecuting attorneys
in the Webb case, informing him that
new and highly important evidence
had been discovered in Webb's favor,
and that his attorneys desired to pre
sent them to the governoi for atten-.
t lon.
Ninety Minutes to
Save a Life.
I The governor called Secretary Perry
into his room at 10:55 and informed
him that he had decided to respite
Webb for two weeks, and that it was
squarely up to rhe secretary to get the
notice of respite through to, the sheriff
of Early county in time to stop the
execution today.
Perry ha<l five minutes margin be
fore the earliest time limit within which
the execution might be performed. and
three hours anti five minutes margin to
the final time limit.
Figuring that the sheriff would not
hurry the man to the scaffold Imme
diately upon the stroke of eleven, nor
yet wait until the last minute. Perry
thought I hat be had about one hout
and a half within which to save Webb's
life.
He first got busy with the long dis
tance telephone. After considerable ef
fort. he was informed that the wires
were down to Blakely, and that the
telephone company could help him none
in his effort to get at the sheriff.
By this time Perry's limit of one hout
and a half had been clipped down by a
good many minutes.
He then undertook to get at the
sheriff byway of the Western Union
wire. But Blakely is a small and rela
tively unimportant place, and, despite
the urgency of the appeal, the mes
sage of life to Webb could not b<
landed immediately in the sheriff's
hands.
Time still was slipping away, and
Webb's execution a certainty unless
Perry’s message could land.
And Then Coloney
Perry Had Lunch
The secretary, in something of a
frenzy by’ this time, got hold of General
Manager Peebles of the local Western
Union office and explained things to
him.
Peeble responded at once.
He went at Blakely from two differ
ent directions—via Jacksonville, Fla.,
and Montgomery. Ala.
The governor’s message of respite
was relayed both ways, with a rush or
der behind it.
Finally, Montgomery got Dothan.
Ala., and Dothan got Blakely, and the
sheriff was handed the precious mes
sage at 12:32.
A few minutes later. Perry was in
formed that the execution had been
headed off, and then he went to lunch—
but not with much appetite for it.
The hanging had been planned fol
11:30. but the sheriff had been inform
ed that efforts to reach the governor
were under way . and he had 'determined
to postpone the execution until the last
minute. 2 o'clock, if necessary .
Had the. message from the governor
been delayed a 'minute later than 2
the sheriff, under the law. would hate
been compelled to execute the pris
oner
HOSTLER TO PRESIDENT
POLK. AGED 111. WEDS
HI-11.10 A. \RK . Sept. fi. Sanrlx Alex
ander H’ years old. limb r to President
| Polk, was married here to Susie McGhee.
Girl Calmly Finishes Letter as Flames Destroy Big Plant
HEROINE TOO BUSY TO FLEE
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Ruins <>f lit 1 Binder Frame Maiiiiiacltiriuu (‘oiii|>au\ s plant
at Whitehall slreel and tlf Irolliy iiuclerpass. and Miss ('arric
Lehman. slen(>orapliei r ~ior the company, who proved the coolest
person in the building when the fire was discovered.
ODD COMPLICATION
ARISES IN THE CITY
ELECTRICIAN RACE
With the rave for ■ ity eleetrii inn be
tween R. C. Turned the incumbent, and
Fred Miles, former city el< ett b inn. il
ready a rather exciting control. <i i 'im
plication was dis. 10.. (I todav w hirl) 1
adds Intelest to it.
Dan Bowie, the as-i-tatit to Turin ). :
is to run on the ticlo rof Mih s When
he got ready to re -ign on September 1
Turner ofe:rre>d to a conttir : b tween '
then) and refused to releas. Botvi'.
Bowie says th»- eontiaet reflects un
Turnci and tliat it does not hold him to ■
the job. The- contract is that Turn, r I
will pay Boevie SIOO of his JI soo sal
ary, in addition to the SI,OOO the city 1
pays him It was made just aftei the I
primary of two yeais ago. when Bowii
and Tui'ner. as the candidates recoiv- H
ing the Highest number of vote-, wen I
about to have to run in i ,-eeond pri
mary. Rathei than do tliih. Turne;
agreed to mak” their salaries • i en. but
Turner was to have tin title of city i
electrician. (
MULAI ’HAFID HAS SPENT i
$15,000 IN ONE GAY WEEK
PARIS, Sept. fi. Ex-Sultan Mnlai '
Hafld, of Morocco, continue- spending
his JfiO.OiiO annual allowance from the
French government at tie rate of $15.-
000 a week. Today he bought $2,000
y< orth of papier maehe animals, also six
live animals, to wit. lout Great Danes
so SBOO and two cows for $250. He
then went to the vi age of the Freni
Guiana natir S and gave tin i ;owd <4
dancing gi ; s a handful of gold an,,
un.-uecessfuily attempted to buy two
of the -iroftlest girls.
HARDWICK TO PETITION
GOVERNMENT TO BUILD
AUGUSTA FLOOD LEVEE
'• Ii; IST \. i;.\ Sept 6. I 'ong> ''ss-
i. .it) Thoma - W. Hal'd w ick has made
the announcement tiiat he will endcaror
to secure an appropriation of $1,000.-
oon from tile national government lo
build Augusta’s levee. This city has
ali'aily i issed a $1,000.1)00 bond issue
to bail I :he levee, but if the govern
ment pays for the work the city’s mon
ey will be used so: sorrr- other pu. -
post .
Mi. Hardwick says that congress at
its last session apptopriated $6,000,000
i'"i I, ~ . < al' ng th, Mississippi lit er,
and that lie sees no reason why the
Savannah river should not be treated
in tl. same manner.
GOVERNOR BLEASE GOES TO
BIG RED MEN'S CONVENTION
CHARLESTON. S. (*.. Sept. Tht
■-Hpital of South Carolina is now at
the Isii* of Palms for ten days. Gov
ernor Cole L. Birase having arrived
last night to take part in the national
convention of the Improved Order of
Red Mm. llp is great representative
from South Carolina. He meets the
frieat Incohonee in e tomorrow’ night.
SUBMARINE DIVES 283
FEET. TO NEW RECORD
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 6. Twenty
four ofYicors and sailors of the submarine
F’-l. 'ommanded by Lieutenant James
It Howrli. in a six-bour dive here, lon
rred all Known records for depth. The
i ' 1 descent ed to a dopt h of 253 ft e(
Th< oixf was made in San Krancisco
I’.4\ Tr,< h.rrnei record was hold by the
Seal made <>ff Nantucket light, when a
depth of “".r» feet wis attained
Stenographer Coolest Person in
Burning Plant- Calls Fire
men and Finishes Work.
That a woman, at least nne woman,
can be as biave as man in times o f
danger and keep just as cool a head
on her shoulders is a ii i't iinty to those
who witnessed the S 15.00(1 fin- last
night in the factory of th" Binder
Frame Manufacturing Company on
Whitehall street at the trolley under
pass.
Miss Uatrie Lehman. 374 Central
avenue, the preiiy young sietnigrapher
pf the firm. wa~ wilting tin final let
ter of the day when someone rushed
into the office and y iiied. 'The place's
afire!"
Nobody noticed Miss Lohman: the
men rushed het o and there trying to
find out where the fi:e was and to
get in a call to fire headquarters.
Tiie stenographer who is hardly
more than a girl, called th" nearest
fire house from over the office tele
phone and then, instead of rushing out
side, calmlv sat down to her type
writer and finished the letter which
iiad been interrupted.
Modest About Hsr Coolness.
Oh, 1 just didn't know how serious
the tiro was.' was her modest reply
today to congratulations on her cool
ness. "You know if 1 had known all
• hat fire was hack there. I'd have beat
every body out of here."
"Hot if that hail la on a mouse com
ting .in here instld of flic you'd a got
away from here in a hurry." piped up
the office boy.
But. howi-ve, mm h Miss Lehman
may depreciate hoi- own ne: ve, the fact
that me flames were roaring in the
factory back of th" office and that
smoke poured into tin place as she
finished the day T work.
Damage to th" factory is estimated
by officials of the company at about
$15,000. the greater part of which is
covered by insurance. What started
tlie flic, which broke out shortly after
6 o'clock, lias not been learned. The
factory, wiii'-h i directly back of the
[office on Whitehall street, is built, ot
corrugated iror. and it is hardly prob
able tliat a spark from a passing en
gine could have started the tire.
Car Lines Are Blocaed.
Firemen battled with th" blaze for
nearly two hours before it was con
quered.
V\ hiie tlie fight raged between men
and flames a of several thou
sand persons lined the streets and
watched with the battle.
Many of them were residents of East
Point, College Park and Hapeville—
commuters who. found it necessary to
wait a long time before they could get
car serivce to their suburban homes.
Many of them spent considerable time
explaining to wifey how it happened
that they were so late.
The underpass is, right next to the
factory building and all cars going to
the three above mentioned suburbs and
I those to West End were blocked.
After some delay the incoming cars
were rerouted am! camo in through the
Ashby street llms by means of the
newly laid tracks connecting this line
with the Whitehall street lines at Park
and Lee streets. Work on the short
length of track was only finished yes
. terday afternoon, and the track which
was built for just such an emergency
ax this proved its value at once.
| ENTIRE STATE MILITIA
ON MINE STRIKE DUTY
CHARLESTON W VA, Sept. 6.
Every militia company in thi> slate
i was ordered on duty today by Gov
-1 ernor Glas-seoek. They w ill begin sei
> vice at once in th" mining fields and
the zone of martia’ law declared last
. week will be extended at once. The
. situation is rapidly becoming more se
rious.
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EDITION
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DEATH THUS!
EXPOSED;
SCOfIES
SLAIN
Woman, Held in West Ham
mond Vice Crusade, Tells
of Wholesale Killings.
“MAN WITH NEEDLE” AND
DEATH BOTTLE DID WORK
Girls Disposed of to Save Ex
penses “System” Buried
Chicago Thugs' Victims. -/
CHICAGO. Sept. 6.—With detectivraw
guarding her today after threats of
death had been made against her, Vir
ginia Brooks. West Hammond "Joan of
Ari." today assisted the Cook county
authorities in a further investigation ot
.conditions in the hamlet she is endeav
oring to cleanse. That more than twen
ty persons had been murdered in West
Hammond resorts was the startling
allegation in the confession of Fraxikie
Ford, former inmate of the dive kept
by Henry Foss, which furnished the
ground for today’s activities. Accord
ing to the girl, whose story has taken
the form of an elgfity-page written
confession, many of these victims,
buried in the private burying grounds
at West Hammond of the Chicago vice
trust, were girls whoso usefulness tn
the trust was ended, and who wer°
killed, like old horses, because their
keep cost was more than they coul 1
earn.
It was a day of startling develop
m-nts. Through the disclosures of
Frankie Ford the authorities believe
they will disclose the most atrocious
chain of deliberate. money-impelled
murders that has over been discovered.
Men armed with spades and shovels
wi!’ soon he put to woHc in the ground
back of th? Foss dive searching for
bodies. These bodies will, for the most
part, be those of women. There will,
if the girl’s story is true, also be
found the bodies of a number of men.
Vice Triiit Angry
At Disclosures.
Arrests today were expected In the
West Hammond resorts. Warrants
have been prepared for some of the
dive keepers an,] some of th? hangers-,
on. Some of the arrests will be made
by the Fedora! government on cha'-g°B
as yet not disclosed.
During the morning the Ford girl,,
whose real name is Ethel Parker, was!
served with a warrant charging hert
w ith complicity tn the murder of John
Messmaker wealthy West Hammoni*
contractor. whose alleged murdew
brought about the real disclosures in
tlie case. Tito warrant was served at
the Bridewell where the girl is held..,
Site was too weak an<l nervous to ho t
taken to court.
The vice trust Is worried, and ft is'
angry. A threat against Miss Brook«a|
was not unexpected. It came In th»J
form of an anonymous letter, which-;
was turned over to postoffice inspectors.,.
The men who do the bidding of thgj
trust have already endeavored tn kid-,
nap the Ford girl. That Is one reason,
par: of the arrests are to be made by'
the Federal government. Those push-./
ing the crusade want the prisoners
held where the vice ring can have n<w
influence.
Bodies of Vice Trust
Victims Disposed of.
The story told by the Ford girl has
startled the county authorities. Her
confession indicates that the West
Hammond resorts are an adjunct of the
Chicago vice trust. It Is here that
bodies of those killed in Chicago are
sent to be disposed of. Women of the
underworld have been among the vic
tims. When their "earning power" was
gone they were killed and carried
through the tunnel to the vice trust’s
burial ground. Officers who have read
the Ford girl’s confession say these
murders were common.
And among the bodies also are those
of men. victims of drugs, victims of
sluggers. Hold-up men who killed men
in Chicago put them in automobiles, ..,
hurried them to West Hammond, gave
them over to the vice trust represen
tatives who disposed of them for the
payment of a paltry sum.
others who strayed into the resorts
on the quest of pleasure, and who had
money, we: ■ killed without scruple, and
their cash taken from tnem. if the
story of the girl, who says that she
Iciew and talked with the "man with
lite needle." is to be believed.
'! ho death bott ; e-' is also a part o
het story Many of the girls, she said
had seen it. Many of them had taslet
its drugs and never tasted again. Man;