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RED SOX WITHIN GAME OF PENNANT
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VOL. XL NO. 39.
GHIEFHALTS
REFORMERS’
PROBEOF
POLICE
Refuses Records Until Commis
sion's Consent Is Gained by
Investigators.
PRISON ASSOCIATION IS IN
SWEEPING INVESTIGATION
Secretary Weltner Says Many I
Changes Are Needed—Probe
Recorder’s Court.
An :; ■ -•titration of Atlanta police
'in 'ci , '■■■ the Prison Reform asso
> :r n ss temporarily blocked today
w . rmined stand tt! i. by Chief
••f Police Beavers. The chief informed )
i’jilip Weltner, secretary of the .rs.-o-'
■cm Hid the young lawyer who spent
in the chaingang to learn how it
■ ' ■ the police commission would
' to consulted befor-> th' de-
ooks and iecords ,v mid be
•s eelion. He insisted that
consent be gained to the
."•tivities around police
licmiiiimrtc rs.
W- ii i spent j sterday in and about
’■ • " ■ <i i'n. beginning what he ex- i
• t- to le ,-• two months study of the*
■’ p'lice system, which in the end
n association hopes to revolt!- j
■’i : Weltner’s investigation will be I
'u< .i to demand access to all police )
' and that is what the chief ot- j
; •<- io without permission on the parti
tin- police commission.
I a- investigation results from reso- !
turions adopted by the prison associa
tion last spring calling for a more sci
intifie administration of the Atlanta
" ice department. These > esoltiUons
■lire subscribed to by a committ°e of)
i he Chamber of Commerce,
Weltner Thinks
He'll Get Records.
I anticipate no trouble in getting a I
P<’ tit lo look over police records,"
s-'.'il Weltner today. "Then 1 expect to)
put in two months at police headquar-i
hrs m an attempt to find out exact!;. I
"hat the police department needs ;o ;
nake it read, the individual offender I
rather than the case.”
His plan contemplates an increase in I
’hi probation system, so that the pro- i
'union officer will have power to look ,
"i ! > the facts before the case goes be
iore the recorder. In this way Weltner i
11 Heves that many cases can be dis
il 3 < d of out of court. At least, he as- i
’•■rts. the recorder will get all the facts
obtainable before the trial, a thing not •
l"—ible under the present system.
Atlanta should have fewer arrests,"
he ontinued.
Some teal reform is needd in this |
■■-tier. When you consider that Judge
biuvlos in a single year dismissed 3,000 ,
• you can sec what I mean. The |
that lie dismissed these cases I
‘'l'm es that many of them should not j
been made. A policeman is a I
-'i' ’Tian of the peace, not merely an j
’ "’leg offices.
Urges City Map
Os Vice Centers.
' more complete system of stalls-i
is needed for many reasons. At I
1 "tit the police department, I un-
•nd. keeps no record of the cases!
■m-seil by the desk sergeant, except)
mies history on lhe ‘blotter.’
' real history of all cases should ;
" l't. so that vice centers of the city j
''l be established. To this end a .
of the city should be kept, in-j
uig the places in which most of
'’■rests are made. Upon the estab
-1111 ni of vice centers, remedies can
' applied.”
FORCED TO LEAVE
CITY FOR IMPROPER
TALK OVER PHONE
"k Stout, a barber in the Equi
building, today saved himself
" a tine in police court by volunta
-1 xillng himself from Atlanta.
H" told Councilman Guess, acting i -
I r, hat lie would immediately leave
it) and stay away. If he would ndt
■ i title. The court agreed. Stout
<rr< sted at an early lioui for using
■’"I" i language over the telephone
drug store.
Mathewson-Hope of Giants in
Series With Boston for Title
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OE : NOTE ED
SISTERCLEW
Girl Leading Hunt Gets Word|
From McVicker —Contents
of Letter Kept Secret.
i I. Herl ert McVickei t e bank ca
ier of Ellenwood, Ga.. who disappeared
mysteriously ten days ago, is known to '
be alive and able to communicate with ;
his friends, though his present location
is still a mystery. His sister. .Miss Ka
tie Lou McVicker, has received a let
ter from him in which he said he left
because he was despondent.
A blow on the head, received in a
football game at Locust Grove acade
my yeai a is believed by his friends
| to b<- the cause of Herbert McVicker’s'
I strange disappearance from his home, i
: H was behoved just alter McVicker re- ■
iceived this injury that his brain would
I seriously bo affected, but he soon re-
■ covered and gave no sign of mental
I trouble. His friends now believe that
• Increased business cares of the past •
i few months brought about pressure on I
the brain from a piece of the fractured ;
skull, and resulted in McVicker’s mor- ■
bid despondency and his sudden deter- i
mination to disappear and abandon his i
I affairs.
Business Affairs
Found in Good Shape.
I The letter received by Miss McVick
! er has not been made public, but a man
. closely in touch with the McVicker as
; fair, who is in Atlanta today, said he
: had learned that the letter bore the
) postmark of a Western railroad, show-
Ing it had been mailed -on a train, and
) I hat McA’ieker did not divulge his pres,
lent address. In the letter he merely
i stated that unusual despondency led to
| his disappearance.
For the past ten days the police of a
| dozen cities, bank officials and friends
I have been trying to find 'he missing
'bank cashier. An examination of Iris
| books showed that he had not tampered
’ with the bank’s cash nor was he in any
financial trouble other than worry over
’ some transactions pending which re
i quired a great deal of attention.
"Herbert had been building a cotton
I gin and some other enterprises.” said
I this friend today, "it was worry over
) increased responsibilities which caused
I him to jive up and drop out of the
I world. I am sure. He had been used to
I working for a salary most of his life
I and the increased worry of the past
• few months was too much for him.
' DeLeon s?tory May
■ Have Been Cause.
"His accounts are correct. He had
• not touched the bank deposit of a firm
I in which he is partner, but had drawn
) only the small amount of cash in his
I own personal deposit.' His business af
i fairs were all right, but they caused
I him a great deal of worry. The case
I seems to be almost identical with that
I of Moise DeLeon, the Atlanta contrac
| tor. it may have been that reading
newspaper’accounts of DeLeon’s dis
lappearance gave McVicker the idea of
quitting everything and leaving.
"Mi \ icker was unmarried. He had
a sweeth art in Fllenwood. but she says
she had done nothing to make Herbert
leave. Their courtship had not been
broken off and seemed progressing as
usual.
"We folk in Ellenwood think Herbert
would willingly give a thousand dollars
to come back and resume his old life
without gossip about the past. We
wish he would return, for we all like
and admire him."
TH E WEAT HE R
Thunder showers tonight or Thurs
day: cooler. Temperatures; 8 a. m.,
72 degrees; 10 a. m., 79 degrees; 12
noon, 81 degrees; 2 p. m., 79 degrees.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1912.
Xi A
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Ibis shows the XtAv York hurler uncorking one of his
puzzling ” fatleav. fiys.” which rhe Boston bailers fear.
Wilson Answers Teddy’s Doctrine
IB EM BE BfiBKEI
MJNNEAPt >IJS. MINN . Sept. 18.—
Governor Woodrow Wilson, Democratic
candidate for the presidency, arrived in
Minneapolis today on his first Western
campaign trip. The New Jersey execu
tive was fresh and rested after last
night’s address at Sioux Falls, ami to
day plunged into a discussion of the
trust problem. He paid most atten
tion to tile attitude of Theodore Roose
velt and the Progressive and trust
problem. In his speech here he said:
“The one proposition upon which this
campaign turns is whether monopoly is
inevitable. That I deny. If monopoly
is inevitable, then the thing to do is
for the government to take hold of mo
nopoly and regulate it. If monopoly is
not inevitable, the law should break it
up and prevent it forming again.
* ‘ Combinations
Not Inevitable.”
"I believe that monopoly can be
broken up. I understand that the lead
ers of the third party. who have a
great many attractive things in their
program, nevertheless start with the
proposition that the combinations are
inevitable and that the best we can do
is to establish an industrial commis
sion which will take charge of them.
“I deny the fundamental proposition
"The proposed method of regulating
the trusts was suggested in the inquiry
by the house of representatives. E. H.
Gary and George W Perkins. Carry
out the plan and you will have given a
control in the market for labor which
will suit these gentlemen perfectly.
“I am not imagining these things. As
a friend of num- said I am not argu
ing with you; 1 am telling you.' These
are the actual facts of our existing in
dustrial system.”
“These are the actual facts of out
existing industrial -ystem," said the
governor "Now here is the parting of
the ways. You say. 'Well, if we are
not going to regulate the trusts and
control them, what are we going to do?'
“Haven't you observed how the trusts
were built up? You say. 'Are you going
to return to the old-fashioned competi
tion I say no. It ta the old-fashioned
competition that enabled these men to
build up combinations.
"Now, the alternative to regulating
monopoly is to regulate competition, to
say that to go into a community and
• RED SOX NEAR PENNANT •
• e
a The Red Sox are within half a •
• game of the league pennant. They •
• did not play today. The Athletics •
• lost the first game of a double- •
« header with the White Sox. The •
• Red Sox have 16 more games to •
• play the Athletics 15. If the Red •
® Sox should lose ail their games •
• and the Athletics win all theirs •
• the season would wind up thuslv: •
• Won. Lest. PC. •
• Red Sox 97 57 .630 •
. • Athletics . . .97 56 .634 •
sell below cost for no other purpose (for
it can’t be the purpose of profit) than
to sou, out a competitor shall be an
offense against the criminal laws of
the United States, and that anybody
who attempts it will have to answer at
the bat of a criminal tribunal.
'We have been having trials and in
vestigations by congress, and we know
the processes of unrestricted competi
tion by which these men have accom
plished the setting tip of their monopo
lies, and if we don’t know how to stop
them, then the lawyers of this country
have lost their ingenuity and their in
telligence. I know scores of lawyers
who have n the intimate counsel of
great corporations and have never ad
vised them to do anything illegal, but
there ate a great many legal things that
you can do now that will put the little
man out of business.
"And that is the thing we want to
change, not the lawyer. You can change
the law and then the whole atmosphere
will clear. The lawyet will be obliged
to say, "Yes. my dear sirs, that is a
very fine scheme, but if you follow it
you will get into the penitentiary. You
have been found out.’ ”
ATLANTA POSTOFFICE
RECEIPTS SHOW BIG
GAIN OVER LAST YEAR
The Atlanta postoffice still continues;
to mark the progress of the city. Post. "
al receipts, in both first and second
class mail, for July and August show
a healthy gain over receipts for the
same months in 1911.
Statistics show that 3.706,200 pieces
of first-class mail passed through the
Atlanta office in July this year against
3,368,273 for last year. In August. 1912,
the receipts were 3,991,540 to 3,837,11)5
for August. 1911. For the first fifteen
days in September, 1912. the receipts
were 2.090.400 against 1,960.675 for the
same period in 1911. The poundage in
second-class mail for August. 1912 was
1,900.262, a big gain over last year.
FOUR PRISONERS SAW OUT.
TOLEDO. OHIO. Sept. 18.—Four
prisoners confined in the Lucas county
Jail awaiting trial on charges of forgery
and burglary made their escape early
today by- twine the bars of their ceils
on tin -i ond tlpor and dropping to the
ground below.
[BASEBALL AND RACING
RACES
RESULTS.
AT HAVRE DE GRACE.
Fust—Faton, 4-5, first; Hedge, 1-2;
Ei Oro, 1. Also ran: El Bart. Reybourn.
Second—Lace, 3-5, first; Cadeau, 1-2;
Coy, out. Three starters.
Third—Housemaid. 3-5, first; Yellow
Eyes, 10; Amoret. 1-3. Also ran: Spohn.
Sherwood. Napier.
Fourth—Dr. Duenner, 6-5, first; Col.
Holloway, 5; Flamma, 1. Also ran: Guy
Fisher, Kormak.
Fifth—Briar Patch. 1. first: Ringling,
4-5; Progressive, 2-5. Also .ran: Rock
Crest, Little Hugh, Dogwood.
Sixth—Lad of Langdon, 3, first; Sir
Denrah, 3-5; O'Em, 4-5. Also ran: Nor
bitt, Beaehsand, Profile. O. I . Buster.
Taboo, Futurity.
AT LOUISVILLE.
First—Silk Day, 11.00, first; Cutie B.
7.10; Ask Ma, 9.20. Also ran: Jean Grey,
Gardenia, Elia Curry. Katrine, Starca-
I’ii. Ftla Ray. Spanish Queen. Loretta
Dwyer.
Second —Terrible Bill, 8.90, first; In
quieta, 5.30; Ballyshe, 2.60, Also ran:
Cedar Brook. Ardelon, Treadlightly.
Transport.
Thl.-ri—Gaqnant. 50.60, first; Working
Lad. 2.90; Tillie's Nightmare, 2.60. Also
lat.-: f'haumere. Prince Chap, Alooha.
Pierre Dumas, Rossini.
Fourth—Sleeth. 6.00. first; Dutch
I Rock, 5 50: Font, out. Also ran’; Flying
Feet.
Fifth—Recinrocitv, 23.00. firs 1 : Miss
Thorpe, 8.00; Ladv Lightning. 2.60. Also
1.,,,. < ynosure, Fiex. Sayville, Steal
Away, Rose of Jeddah.
ENTRIES.
AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE. KL, Sept. 18.—En
tries for Thui-sflay:
FlßST—Selling, maiden 2 year olds,
5 furlongs (TO). Kelly 109, Captain
Heck 109. Louis Widrig 109, Willis 112,
Jacob Bunn 112, John G. Weaver 112,
Alfred V. 112. Fellowman 112, Bakloyle
112, Trovalo 112.
SECOND—Selling, maiden 2 year
olds, 5 furlongs (9): Ancon 109, Ernest
H. 109, Rooster 109. Gold COolr 109,
Ringling 109, Rockbar 112. Union 112,
Blue Jay 112 Ovei the Sands 112.
THIRD -Selling-. 3 year olds and up.
6 furlongs (6): *Merry Lad 104. Royal
Tea 107. Ella Bryson 106. Coppertown
108, Vreeland 109. Merrick 112.
FOURTH—Handicap, mile and 70
yards, 3 year olds and up ()4): Creme
de Menthe 99, Manager Mack 101. Font
106. High Private fl 6.
FIFTH- Three year olds. 6 furlongs
(s>: Impression 100, Sir Blaise 107,
Presumption 112, Casey Jones 112, Sun
Queen 112.
SIXTH —Selling, mile and a sixteenth.
3 year olds (10): Pliant 100, Barn
Dance 107, Supple 110, Console 110.
Marian Casey 110. Tay Pay 110. Idle
weis 110, Husky Lad 110. Dick Baker
113, Hanly 113.
‘Apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather cloudy: track sloppy
AT HAVRE DE GRACE.
HAVRE DE GRACE, Sept. 18.—En
tries for September 19:
FIRST —Selling, 2 year olds, 5 fur
longs: Big Dipper 104. Ragusa 104,
•Latent 102, Brush 104, Insurance Man
101. Joaquin 107, Glint 107, ‘Mama
Johnson 93. ‘Linbvook 93. Chilton Song
107. Uncle Obie 101.
SECOND—Selling, 3 year olds and
up, selling, mile and 70 yards: Dissen
ter 97, Suffragist 114. Flying Yankee
108. Harvey F. 105, Cliftonlan 108. SheL
by 105, Coldnel Cook 105, Pardner 105,
Jacquiiina 108.
THIRD—AII ages. handi< ap, 6 fur
longs: Sir John Johnson 126, Hilarious
117, Sprite 118, Yankee Notions 95. Ob
session 102, Worth 118. Prince Ahmed
119. Cliff Edge 115, Springboard 100.
FOURTH—Selling. 3 year olds and
up, mile and 70 yards: Henry Hutch
inson 109. My Fellow 109. Supervisor
101. Pretend 104. Sebago 105.
FlFTH—Selling. 2 year olds, 5 fur
longs: Big Dipper 103, Stockton 103.
Doc Tracy 106, Fasces 106, Benzoate
106. ‘Hanscreek 98. Old Stock 106. Jewel
of Asia 103, Repentant 103, Battery 103,
•Chopin 98. Fuchsia 98.
SlXTH—Selling. 3 year olds and up.
mile and 70 yards: Wolferton 111. Mol
lie S. 105, Clem Beachy 105. Wood Dove
I 100. B’ue Thistle 106. Jacquellna 109.
Azo 115.
•Apprentice allowance claimed.
| Weather cloudy: track fast.
HUNGARY DEPUTIES
AGAIN RIOT; ATTACK
AND BEAT MINISTER
BUDAPEST. Sept. 18.—Rioting was
resumed in the Hungarian chamber of
deputies totiav when the second day’s
sitting opened.
Minister of Commerce Boothy was
attacked and knocked down and was
being beaten when rescued.
Fighting was started by the anti
government deputies who attacked the
pro-government representatives as soon
as the latter entered the chamber.
The demonstration grew furious at
tiie entrance of Count Tiza president
of the chamber.
The ill-feeling originally resulted
fioni the government’s opposition to
electoral reform bilie
FINAL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
I
FIRST GAME:
AT CHICAGO: R. H. <
PHILADELPHIA 0 10000000-1 8 1
CHICAGO 00022320 x 9 B 1
Covaleski and Egan; Lange anti Easterly. Umpires. Evans and Egan.
SECOND GAME.
PHILADELPHIA 00 0 0 - . , ,
CHICAGO 00 0 0 - . . .
Brown and Egan; W hite and Mayer. Umpires, Evans and Egan.
FIRST GAME.
AT ST. LOUIS: R. H. E.
WASHINGTON 00 0 1 0 0 0 10-2 6 1
ST. LOUIS 000000 0 00-0 7 2
Groome and Williams; Allison and Ale xander. Umpires. Dineen and O'Brien.
SECOND GAME.
WASHINGTON 110 0- . . .
ST. LOUISOOOO.
Cashion and Williams; Powell and Stephens. Umpires. Dineen and O'Brien
FIRST GAME.
AT DETROIT: R. H. t
NEW YORK 201010000 414 3
DETROIT 20300 0I 1 x 711 2
McConnell and Sweeney. Jensen and Stanage. Umpires, O’Loughlin and Me-
Greevy
SECOND GAME.
NEW YORKO 0 0 - . . .
DETROIT 0 0 2
Ford and Sweeney; Wheatley and Onslow. Umpires, O'Loughlin and McGreevy.
Boston Cleveland game off; rain.
| NATIONAL LEAGUE
■I ■—o .... ■■■■'..— ~
CLUBS Won. Lost. P C. CLUBS— Won. Lost. P.C.
New York 95 42 694 Philadelphia 64 73 .467
Chicago 85 51 625 St. Louis 58 82 414
Pittsburg 84 54 .609 Brooklyn 50 86 .368
Cincinnati 70 68 .507 Boston 44 94 .31?
FIRST GAME.
AT BOSTON: R. H. C.
PITTSBURG 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 9 12 (1
BOSTON (HI IH) (I 0 0 0 1 1 12 2
Camnifz and Gibson. Donnelly and Raridem Umpires, Finneran and Rigler.
SECOND GAME.
PITTSBURG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . - 0 2 (i
BOSTON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . - 0 5 0
CALLED ON ACCOUNT OF DARKNESS.
O'Toole and Simon; Tyler and Rariden. Umpires. Rigler and Finneran
AT PHILADELPHIA: R. H. E
ST. LOUIS 000050200-710 2
PHILADELPHIA 002001000- 3 9 3
Greiner and Wingo; Finneran and Loan. Umpires, Orih and Klem.
All other games off on account of rajn.
STEERS ON THE HOOF
BRING 11 CTS. POUND,
HIGHEST SINCE WAR
CHICAGO. Sept. 18.—Several thou
sand dollars changed hands today at
the stock yards, where steers for the
first time since the Civil war sold for
sll a hundred pounds. The previous
high mark was made several weeks ago
when the price reached $lO 90.
Not only was a neW record set, bur
the quality of the steers was below
standard. Some of them were branded,
which makes their high price seem even
higher. There were sixteen of the cat
tle and they weie bought by Armour &
Co. A year ago the same steers were
not worth more than SB.
Another feature of the stock yards
today' was a consignment of steers fresh
from the ranges of North Dakota. They
had never tasted anything but grass
They brought $9.75.
The betting fans of the stock yards
are now preparing odds that the price
of first-class steers around Christmas
time will be sls a hundred pounds.
$25,000,000 U. S. MONEY
MAY HELP MOVE CROPS
WASHINGTON, Sept 18.—Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury' Bailey left
Washington today for Dublin, New
Hampshire, to confer with Secretary
MacVeagh concerning the advisability
of extending $25,000,000 to national
banks to prevent the impending- money
stringency incident to the movement
of crops
Recent examinations of the national
banks show a decrease in reserve In
the interior banks, as city banks have
been calling loans.
SHEEP LOCKED IN VACANT
HOUSE DIE OF STARVATION
GADSDEN. ALA.. Sept. 18.—Eighteen
sheep on the Elliott' fruit farm were
found locked in a vacant house yes
terday evening. They had starved to
death. A reward has been offered for
the arrest and conviction of parties
guilty of the crime.
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P M A O Y RE NO
TAKEN AS KIDNAPER
AS HE TRIES TO FLEE
WITH HIS OWN CHILD
SAVANNAH. GA., Sept. 18.—Ira M
Langdale, a printer, living in Winns
boro, S. C„ was arrested at Central
Junction and brought back to Savan
nah on a charge of abducting his two
year-old daughter. When found Lang
dale was clasping the child in his arms.
He was brought to police headquarters
in the automobile used by him in flee
ing the city.
The man wept as the child was taker,
from him. His w ife, f tom whom
he has been separated several
months, looked on. apparently unmov
ed. and shortly walked away with the
child in her arms.
The father came to Savannah to ef
fect a reconciliation with his wife, but
she would not see him. He decared
the abduction was on the spur of the
moment, and that he did not come to
Savannah to get the child.
The couple was married three years
ago at Walterboro, S. C„ after a stren
uous courtship followed by' an elope
ment. Mrs. Langdale was then sixteen
years old.
WOMAN IN COUNTY
JAIL SINCE JULY 28
INDICTED AS SLAYER
Mrs. Francis V. Tedder, charged
with the murder of her husband, Frank
Tedder, at their home. 10 Pittman ave
nue, in July, today was indicted by the
Fulton grand jury for the crime.
Mrs. Tedder has been in the county
jail since July 28. where she was placed
shortly after the shooting. She has
been trying to gain her freedom. The
courts failed to order her release.
CAVALRYMAN. HELD AS
SLAYER, IS DISCHARGED
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. Sept. 18.
—Aubrey E. Mathews, of Washington
city, private in the Eleventh United
States cavalry, arrested recently charg
ed with the murder of Patrolman Clar -
ence Livingston, was released this
morning, there not being sufficient evi
dence to sustain the charge.