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the weather Forecast: Fair tonight: tomorrow unsettled. Temperatures: Ba. m.. 70 degrees; 10 a. m., 74 degrees; 12 n oon, 79 degrees; 2 p. m., 82 degrees. VOL. XL NO. 41. IIW n UMILE RACEWITH SLEUTHS Captured After Three Months ! Pursuit by Pinkertons, They Obtain Freedom. CHARGED WITH $1,500 JEWEL THEFT HERE Trailed to White Plains. N. Y., Magistrate There Unexpect edly Releases Them. Captured after a three months chase trough a half dozen states, marked by a spectacular automobile escape, and frustrated time and again by the cleverness of the quarry, two women, Loraine Belmont and Alice Smith, ac cused of the theft of diamonds worth jt.500 from the Durham Brothers Jew elry Company at 20 Edgewood avenue, succeeded in eluding the Pinkertons again today by convincing the magis trate at White Plains, N. Y„ that there was net sufficient evidence against them. This unexpected turn, coming just as Deputy Sheriff George Broadnax and Detective Sam Webb were starting for the prisoners, astounded the Pinkerton office here, which has been manipulat,- ing the chase, and a telegram Instruct ing rearrest of the women was dis patched immediately. Hew the Swindle Hers Was Worked. Tin? detectives declared that Broadnax • weeks ago secured the-necessary nd, with Governor Brown’s sig nature attached to them, took them to Xew York, whore Governor Dix had the arrest of the two women. They were astonished that the women should hate been freed before the At lanta. man arrived to give evidence. Th- swindling of the Durham com pany took place on June 20, when, ac e.-.r iing to the detectives, the two wom en disappeared with $1,500 worth of jewels which they had secured on the payment of $135 In cash after securing the recommendation of a prominent Atlantan. The women were accompanied by two brothers, Sam and Jack Herman, who posed as their husbands. The Pinkertons got on the trail at once and through baggage checks traced the quartet to Greenville, N. C., thence to Richmond and Norfolk. There the four had evidently taken the boat to New York and the detectives hurried to Manhattan, where the quarry was final ly located in a boarding house run by Frank Herman, a brother of Sam and Tack Herman. They remained in hid ing about New York until dbout two weeks ago, when they were discovered, 1n the Herman rooming house. A squad of detectives surrounded the Herman place the night the cap ture was to be made, but the pursued ■lashed into a waiting automobile just • before the Pinks got to the house and ■ made their escape after a wild ride through the. streets of New York. Through one of the underworld in the lenderloin of New York the detectives . finally learned that the two women and I the mon had gone to White Plains and ast night all four were arrested. The Pin'ertons here were notified to have I the officers call and Broadnax and Webb were all ready to start this morning. Then this surprising telegram ar rived: "Don’t send officers; White Plains " cl Tate released prisoners, declar ing evidence insufficient." T m local Pinkerton office expects the carrest of the women before night. : er the women fled from White Pam immediately after their release t known, as rpo details of the pro ngs there have been Received. It '-nrded as practically certain, how ‘Vfi. that they are still under surveil "■■'•■■ as the Pinkertons are deter ■d to prevent their escape. two women came to Atlanta sev >nths ago. it is said, in company two Herman brothers, reniain ’ -e just long enough to make a up” on the diamond game. They d to be known on the Pacific in Texas cities, New Orleans, I ati and other places. EVELYN THAW SUED: FAILED TO PAY RENT • ' YORK, Sept. 20.-r-Evelyn ’■'ife of Harry K. Thaw, was defendant today in a supreme udginent for $219. Judgment was granted to Ed- 1 ngolies for a claim due for ■utlis rental of a studio. Mrs. ' uilege.d to have failed to pay II of this studio for December, und January, 1912. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. Lays Fatal Accident To Clothing Catching On Nail; Asks $40,000 Alleging that a protruding nail caught in the clothing of his brother. Vi. C. Gordon, a brakeman on the Colorado. Gulf and Santa Fe railroad, and caused him to be thrown under the tiain and killed. E. M. Gordon today filed suit for $40,000 against that rail road in the Federal court. Sybil Gordon, four years old. is named as the only heir of the deceased and the suit is brought in her behalf. The petition shows that W. C. Gor don was killed last April at Heiden heimer, Texas, while employed by the railroad. $25,000 BANK LOOT, READY FOR POLICE “SPLIT,” RECOVERED CHICAGO. Sept. 20.—Tvfenty-five I thousand dollars of the $272,000 stolen] from the branch bank of Montreal ai • New Westminster..B. C.. was recovered by Chicago police today. The story or i the recovery of the loot was kepi se cret. It was found through clews that ! were given the police when they first learned that two of the five robbers were hiding in Chicago. With the recovery of the loot. Chief McWeeny began the investigation of a i sensational report that, certain police I officers were involved in a gigantic [graft plot to exchange the Canadian money for American cash, and were to receive a big slice of the. loot. It is said that the robbers, who had fre quented the saloon of James Sidias in South Waba.-h avenue, negotiated with a gambler who was intimately ae- ■ quainted with certain of the police. The I lobbers. it is said, offered a coinmis- I sion large enough to split several ways. I ■The negotiations for the exchange of | the cash and the Canadian securities I had progressed so far that it would have been completed in a few days, ac cording to the report. TAFT TO ROOT FOR BOSTON’S RED SOX IN WORLD’S SERIES BEVERLY’. MASS.. Sept. 20. In the coming world’s series games in Boston one of the leading "rooters” for the Boston players, who today were as sured of the American league pennant when Philadelphia lost one game in Chicago, will be President Taft. Da ,t by day the president has watched I the Boston men keep up their strides I toward the pennant and tonight an- 1 nouncement was made at the executive , offices that the president would he i "down among the fans” when the firs! game of the world’s series is played in Boston. The president had hoped when he came to Beverly that the Washington American league team might win the pennant and expected to see at least one game on the Washington grounds In which his favorite figured. KONG LEE. OWNER OF “YEE GUN,” HAS COURT | HANGING ONTO ROPES Judge Andrew Calhoun came down off his chair in criminal court. Solicitor Lowry Arnold showed real distress, and the jurymen gaped as Kong I.ee, who runs a “yee gun” at 158 Decatur street, recited his story on the witness stand today. An interpreter, Haijry Loo. a Yale student, who was called in, said that "yee gun" meant laundry. Not only did he tell the jury the meaning of that expression, but he translated the entire testimony given by his countryman. Kong Lee was prosecutor in a case against a negro girl charged with steal ing $3 from the Chinese several weeks ago. He could speak no word of Eng lish. RAIN POSTPONES VANDERBILT CUP OPENING EVENTS MILWAUKEE, Sept. 20.—The Wis consin cup and P;#>st trophy races, scheduled to open the Vanderbilt cup meet, will be run next Tuesday. After a vain effort to send the thir teen cars away today, the officials of the meet postponed the race half an hour before time to start. A first post ponement had changed starting time from noon to 2 o'clock. Rain falling after 1 o’clock made another postpone ment imperative, and the races were announced for 1 o’clock Tuesday. The Vanderbilt cup race will be run tomorrow. It starts a.t 11 o'clock. LETTER CARRIERS FINED S2OO FOR DRINKING SODA CLEVELAND, OHIO, Sept. 20. —Two Cleveland letter carriers were_fined S2OO each for stopping on their rounds to have an ice cream soda. Eight other carriers have been given equally severe fines for trivial infractions of the pos-" tai rules. Letter carriers here assert they are being persecuted. Backed by the Na tional Letter Carriers association, they wtll employ attorneys and fight the de- I partment at Washington. Political revenge by the Taft adrnins hstration is back of the department’s activities, they charge. Several of I those who have been fined for practi • caliy no reason at all are Bull Mousers. WOULD PUT JOHN D. IN PRISON Attorney Calls Oil Magnates ini Contempt for Disobeying the Dissolution Order. NEW YORK. Sept. 20. —The arrest of John D. Rockefeller and his asso ciates in the old Standard Oil Compiiny . for contempt of court and the appoint-1 ' \\t BW ' W Jmhi x \\’ a, Arab z I >// \\ w • „ xroi 1 Mb FwWM A i ■ 1 / /""al ~ j / ■ vM K I 11 inMfi // ■ I Jf BBPF / / x f f f F* I / / ' ' i ■ . » z He ' i Es t / Rlr - _ A WtJ ' ( ||& y i ’V V W * K' ; “'■ W ' ? Mw JI/ A 4 W\ [A] S3/TH < (1 I . In At dop. Miss Henrietta Massehng telling her little friends an In dian story. The children are. left to right. Isabelle Breitep bucher. Lucille Breitenbueher and Thelma Miller. memos a Federal receiver for each of the former Standard subsidiaries may follow the disclosures being brought out in the hearing of the Standard Oil- Watera-Pierce suit, now going on be fore Commissioner A. L. Jacobs. This course of procedure was threat ened today by one of counsel for the Waters-Pierce Company, which is being sued because it refused to recognize the election as directors of men whom it charges represented the old Standard crowd, seeking by this method to re gain control of the company. "It is astonishing that the govern ment officials could be so easily taken in a* to believe there ever was such a thing as a dissolution." said this at torney. "Every bit of evidence so far produced has shown that in every one of the old subsidiaries of the Standard Rockefeller and his associates still own a controlling interest, and that not one of the subsidiaries has tried in any way to increase the scgpe of its busi ness, contenting itself with doing busi ness in the same territory in which it worked before the dissolution order came from the supreme court. Dissolution Only Change of Names. "The only change that the dissolution order brought about was the resigna tion of some of the old directors of the subsidiaries and the immediate filling of their places by men chosen by Rockefeller and his associates. “Not only has the Standard evaded the court ruling as regards dissolution, but it began evading just as soon as the federal action was begun. The state of Texas began action against tlie Security and Corsicana Oil Companies, operating in that state. When the courts finally ordered that the concerns be dissolved, it was found these com panies no longer existed—that almost immediately upon the filing of the. suit the name was changed to John C. Seely & Co. and later to the Magnolia Petroleum Company. "Before we have finished examining witnesses in this case, we intend to show, through the testimony of wit nesses and the records of the different subsidiary companies, that the dissolu tion order was never carried out. With these facts in our possession, we will present them to the court and ask, as the facts warrant, for the jailing for contempt of Rockefeller and his asso ciates and the appointment of a re ceiver, so that the independent oil deal ers may be assured of a square deal,” ATLANTA, GA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1912. Nat Goodwin Doomed To Be a Life Cripple; May Never Act Again LOS ANGELES. ’Sept. 20.—Nat C. Goodw In. comedian, who has delighted j thousands of audiences, probably will never again appear before the foot lights. Physicians declare he will be a I cripple for life as the result of'the frac i ture of his pelvic bona, which happened i August 15 while Goodwin was boating j in the Faeifie. To»earry out a whim of Miss More [ land, an actress to whom lie was re- | I ported engaged, lie ventured’into dun-| , gerous waters in a small craft. A huge j breaker upset -the skiff and dashed , Goodwill against the rocks. J ■ .. . —— - - ■ t it W ’’W’ /j L '4 ~ Li iff” -qnr ” ■' ? ~ SHMrLi. ‘'ll i n jhkßi W H I I "*** " \\ ‘ \W * ' // Deeply interested in a legend of the red men. is little Isabelle Breitenbueher listenin g to a favorite store. YAWN DISLOCATES JAW OF WOMAN TWICE IN DAY BARTLESVILLE, OKLA.. Sept. 20. When Mrs. John Palmer, of Dewey, “yawned" today she dislocated her jaw. A physician was called and reduced the fracture. Mrs. Palmer said she feit better and the physician departed. He had not gone more than 100 yards from till house when Mrs. Palmer yawned a sec ond time. The physician was hailed, and. upon returning, found the woman’s jaw dis located again. It was reset, and, fear ing the woman would yawn again, the physician remained in the house. U. S. to Look Into Standard Dissolution WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. — A report based on apparently authentic Infor mation was current here today that the department of justice will reopen the entire Standard Oil ease and make a complete investigation of the charge that the oil trust has violated the man date of the United States supreme court ordering its dissolution. Wondrous Tales Carry Kiddies to Land of Myth S_T°R y hour is popular z own' Wt *■**•*’ ; BragHBHHB \ ’i <■ ■ 1 2.000 ARE VACCINATED: PITTSBURG FRIGHTENED PITTSBURG. PA. Sept. 20. —More than 2,000 persons have been vacci nated at the public safety building within the last 24 hours. The majority were children. One man died today of smallpox, three new cases were report ed and ten suspected ease- were put under quarantine. The city council has decided that Health IMreetor E. R. Walters must stand trial on the charge of malfeasance. He is in the pest house, a victim of smallpox, and there has been some public sympathy that threatened to vindicate him without trial. BAD HABITS PART OF SUCCESS, SAYS EXPERT CHAMPAIGN, ILL., Sept. 20.—“ Men who are here only to study had better go elsewhere. The lack of bad habits is a negligence. 1 never knew a man in my life tiiat amounted to anything who had no bad habits,” said Presi dent Edmund J. James, of the Uni versity of Illinois at a convocation ad dle s lo 2.000 students this afternoon. He ascribed many failures in eojlegv to the use of liquor and tobacco, and urged students to take as their motto, "Touch not, taste not, handle not." Indian Legends Enthrall Tiny Youngsters While Older Ones Hear of Chaucer. Atlanta children have turned their minds ami thoughts to the land of myth wit!) the return of the enjoyable stcry-telling hour at the Carnegie li brary. < m Wednesday afternoons Miss Henriette Masselling, the story-teller, amuses and instructs young Atlanta at th<‘ Anne Wallace branch of the libra ry on Luckie street; on Friday after noons at tlie main library on Carnegie way. For the little boys ami girls who cluster around her chair to the number if several score and listen, wide-eyed, and with childish terror sometimes, she tells stories of the American Indians. Seme of them are stories of actual fig ures among the red men’ and again of the heroes of their mythology. Older children are told the familial "Canterbury Tales,” but Miss Massell ing says she does not try to pro nounce the words in the way in which Chaucer spelled them. The American Indian stories will re count at first much of the mythology told long ago by medicine men of wan dering tribes to the young warriors. Mcny of the original legends which American poets have made famous in prose and poetry will be told. Then ■ tales of the first American settlers will be recounted and the little children, who go to bed every night confident in the thought that their home is safe guarded against almost any possible harm, will learne of the children of the original settlers who often were snatched from a blazing cabip and rushed into the stockade fort, to pre vent their being scalped. Indian war riors and heroes will be introduced in these stories. Most of tlie Indian war riors told of are those who fought against the New England settlers and tlie Dutch who first settled where New York city now stands. England's first national poet will be appreciated by young Atlanta before they reach the high school age, for the stories for the older children dealing with Chaucer's tales are to be made simple enough for the children to un derstand, and yet will not be told so as to cause a loss of interest. At the second story-telling today at the main library several score of children attended each aec tion, and as the cool days come on and less of summer’s pleasures can be en-' Joyed, the attendance is expected to become larger than ever before. The story hour for tlie little children begins at 3:30 o'clock, and the tales for tho older children at 4 o’clock. HOME. EDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE SMDKEBOARD DECLAHES min on EVIL Chairman Says It Will Proceed Against Violators of City Ordinance. “UP TO COUNCIL IF THE MANUFACTURERS KICK” Chamber of Commerce Urges Action. But Asks Suspension of Judgment. The yity snnoke commission declared nar against sinoite today through ite chairman. R. M. Harwell. The many offenders who have been under proba tion will be required to comply with the city ordinance at once or they will be summoned to appear before the re corder, Forced by public sentiment, tho smoke commission will not only re scind its action in amending tho city* ordinance, but it will change its atti tude from a diplomatic corps to a mili tant body. "We have been sincere in our ef forts," said Chairman Harwell today, "but we did not understand that the council and the public intended that we should begin prosecutions so early We thought we could gain the desired results through co-operation with the owners of smoke producers. Will Enforce City Ordinance. "If the manufacturers kick about our going too strong now, it will be up to council to answer them. We are going to enforce the law. The law permits black smoke to be emitted from a stack only twelve minutes to the hour” Mr. Harwell said the commission had not met yet, but that he had con vened with most of the members. He said they would meet as soon as Smoke Inspector McMichael, who had been called out of town on account of the illness of his mother, returned. Fie said the commission did not in tend to inflict any undue hardship on the manufacturers. Where there is reasonable cause, time will be given all to comply with the law. But experts and city officials assert that 50 per cenc of the smoke nuisance can be elimi nated in 30 days. J. M. VanHarlingen, chairman of the smoke committee of the Chamber of Cdhimerce and a new appointment on. the smoke commission, said that half of the smoke comes from small plants and that it could easily be prevented. He said that President Wickersham, oC the Atlanta and West Point railroad, had prevented smoke in the Terminal station and that it could be prevented from railroad engines all over the city/ One of the principal reasons for smoke is lack of intelligent firing of furnaces, it was pointed out. The smoke committee of the Cham ber of Commerce, at its meeting yes terday afternoon, adopted a resolution calling upon the smoke qommission to enforce the law. If the smoke board will not enforce the law, we will not hesitate to recom mend that it be abolished," said Wilmer L. Moore, president of the Chamber of Commerce. Smith Not To Move For Abolishing Board, Councilman Charles W. Smith said he would refrain from introducing an ordinance to abolish the smoke com mission if the commission showed it intended to carry but the law. He said he intended to urge more stringent laws against smoke as soon as it would not be too great a burden on the man ufacturers. Both Mr. Smith and Mr. Moore said that Oscar Elsas, a wealthy manufac turer and one of the members of the smoke commission, who urged extreme conservatism, had jdaced himself in a delicate position by accepting a place on the commission. Mr. Moore said he believed Mr. Elsas’ membership was one of the causes of the public criticism against the board. "Mr. Elsas io a fine citizen," said Mr. Smith, "but on account of his business connections Mayor Winn should not have appointed him on the commis sion.” Mr. Moore said that Mr. Elsas was complying with the law in his own fac tory and that lie was the best informed man on smoke on the commission. The resolution formally calls on the commission to enforce the smoke law, expresses confidence In the integrity of its members and urges all to sus pend judgment of the commission until it lias had a reasonable time to demon strate its ability to abate the smoke nuisance. The resolution asserts that if the commission falls in its duty, tile Cham, her of Commerce will not hesitate to use its influence to get council strengthen the present ordinance.