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VOL. XL NO. 42.
MOBSEPUNS
BEIGE ON
MOOGIN,
GIO FOE
Pardoned Banker. Before U. S.
Probers. Will Tell His Story
of Plot to Ruin Him.
CALLED TO TESTIFY IN
MONEY TRUST HEARING
Expected to Tell Sensational
Story of Workings of Group
of New York Financiers.
XHW YORK. Sept. '2l. -Charles W.
> i( Vill. go before the house com-
• in banking and currency which
u.c'iig the money trust when
Ings are resumed here in the
■ November and tell for the
e the full story of what he is
,e,i v as a carefully laid plot by a
group of financiers to ruin
.11. j. xpected to take revenge on
j !• pent Morgan.
Ir ji\ Sei:geant-at-Arms White, it
. house of representatives, is sup
v,,. i •„ have served Morse ano Mor
gan ith subpenas to appear before the
en nirh:'ee. The house officer is known
to have come to New York with sub
fo Morgan and Morse. William
Ro,-:, fe’’e” James Stillman, Thomas
F IP an. George F. Baker, president
of -.he First National bank: Otto T.
R? .u,i I. president of the New York
T>:.- '••■inpar.y; William A Nash and
\v? K. Frew, respectively chairman
of the hoard ami president of the Corn
Exchange ba.uk.
Expect Sensation
From Morse.
Morse is expected to relate a more
sensational story regarding the opeta
tions of the alleged money trust than
a» yet been told by witnesses already
examined as to the cause of the failure
nf the Oriental and Morse banks in
spite of the absolute solvency of al! of
those institutions. Morse has suffeted
a term in the penitentiary on an in
dictment charging him with criminally
mismanaging his banks.
While undergoing in the Federal
prison at Atlanta a term of fifteen
'ears he stubbornly maintained that
silence which characterized his sky
oeket career as a "high financier.’ But
since his restoration to freedom and to
health it is stated by several of his
friends that he is anxious to be placed
on the witness stand Before the con
gressional probers to tell the story un
der oath and In detail.’
Took Charge
During Panic.
William A. Nash and Walter A. Frew,
who are to be summoned, are subject
to the jurisdiction of the committee by
reason of their service on the clearing
ouse committee. Mr. Nash was a
member of that all-powerful organiza
tion 1907 when the committee took
charge of the financial situation during
the panic and has been charged by
witnesses heretofore examined In the
money trust investigation with partici
pating tn conferences that preceded the
closing the old Oriental National bank,
which so quickly was followed by the
ollapse of what were known as the
Morse banks—the National of North
America, the New Amsterdam and the
'Mechanics and Traders. Mr. Frew is
how a member of the clearing house
committee.
Rockefeller Well
Enough Now.
William Rockefeller could not be
served with a subpena when the com
mittee was holding its session last
swing. At that time it was charged
,a t he ha»l suddenly’ gone to Canada
’ “cade service. His health then was
n "’ good. It is reported that he has
’Uffleiently recovered to be able to
the ordeal of an examination by
■ iuel Untermyer, chief counsel of the
mgressional committee. J. P. Mor
"ent to Europe befoie he could be
1 with a subpena and returned
< few weeks ago.
v 'hijor E. H Farrar, leader of the
'.cleans bar and recently presi
of the American Bar association.
"ociated with Mi. Untermyer as
Major Farrar has been in
' ork for the last two weeks col
•I'-’.ng w>th Mr. Untermyer in the
'-’f preparation for tl resumption
'nve.-tigation afle the election
10 November.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Resists.
SMIJKEBEIAIIO
01GE1SU.
11 OBEY
nw
Wil! Be Given Until October 15
to Eliminate the Nuisance,
According to Plans.
CHAIRMAN HARWELL TO
MOVE FOR STIFF FIGHT
Manufacturers To Be Given
Three Notices. Then Courts
Will Be Appealed To.
The campaign to eliminate rhe smoke
nuisance in Atlanta will be carried right
to the big railroads, according to re
form plans outlined by R. M. Harwell,
chairman of the smoke board, which
has decided to wage a vigorous fight
after being under criticism for ten
days.
M . Harwell declared today that he
had called a meeting of the commission
for Monday and that he would then in
troduce a resolution requiring that the
railroads conform with the city’ regula
tions by October 15.
Many Complaints
Os R. R. Nuisance.
Black, sooty smoke at the Union sta
tion has caused innumerable complaints
and the board is determined to bring
about a change. If the railroads inter
ested do not act within the specified
time action will be brought against
them in the recorder's court and a host
of Atlantans who suffer from the
nuisance summoned as witnesses.
Mt*. Harwell's resolution Monday’ will
instruct Inspector McMichael to at
once issue notices to those manufac
turers who are physically’ able to com
ply’ with the new law. but are violating
its provisions. Three notices will be
issued at intervals of ten days and if
the ordinance is not then being obeyed
the courts win be appealed to.
Inspector McMichael will be instruct
ed to bring cases in the recorder’s court
and the city will fight for convictions.
The Harwell resolution may arouse
some opposition in the board, but in
view of the widespread clamor for ac
tion it is likely to pass. The board’s
seeming stand against reform aroused
a storm of protest and threats to abol
ish it have been made if it continues to
stand In the way’ of action.
The first criticism was caused by the
board’s move in modifying the ordi
nance adopted by council. On Monday
Chairman Harwell will move that this
action be rescinded.
McMichael Promises
Immediate Action.
Smoke Inspector McMichael said to
day:
"Inasmuch as recent expressions
have indicated that there is a wide
spread belief that the board has done
nothing looking toward the abatement
of the smoke nuisance, it has been de
cided. in order to disprove this, that ac
tion shall at once be started against all
plants which our records show have
been violating the ordinance.
"If the smoke nuisance is to be abat
ed w Ithin a reasonable length of time,
we must have an appropriation to car
ry on the work systematically. The cit
izens of Atlanta arc losing over a mil
lion dollars a year, on account of the
soft coal smoke, and a vast improve
ment in conditions can be. made within
a .year if enough money is appropriated
for the conduct of the department, so
that the work can be pushed."
CHARGES HUSBAND WITH
“PROGRESSIVE” CRUELTY
MACON, GA.. Sept. 21.—Mrs. Mary
Renfroe has brought suit for divorce in
the Bibb superior court, against Ben
Renfroe, charging him with “progres
sive cruelty.” Just what kind of treat
ment this is must be determined by the
court. Mr. and Mrs. Renfroe have been
married 35 years, have six children, and
did not separate until this week. Each
owns considerable property.
ARE YOU INTERESTED
IN RAISING POULTRY?
Then don’t fail to read Judge Mar
shall's articles that appear in The
Georgian each day. They will be
found on the Want
Judge Marshall is "le foremost
expert in the South today. As a
fancier and a judge he has achieved
a reputation which gives the stamp
of authority to whatever he writes.
Begin today, so his articles will be
of great value and intc est from
many standpoints to you.
ATLANTA, GA.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1912.
BANANAS, ORANGES
RIPENING IN GEORGIA
PERRY, GA.. Sept. 21.—Oranges and
bananas that will mature and ripen
are growing in Perry. Mrs. W. H.
Norwood has an orange tree in her
yard which has been frost bitten sev
eral winters, but escaped last winter,
and now has ten large size oranges on
it. Mrs. Maggie Gaddy has a banana
palm in her yard that has a bunch
of bananas on It growing nicely.
SLAYER CAMP, SMILING MAN ON RIGHT, BEING TAKEN TO STATION
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This picture was taken as the prisoner, Policeman J. W. Camp, was being rushed to the
station in the police auto. It bears out the story that Camp was remarkably cool after the
killing, for he is the man on the right, plainly smiling. On the left is Detective Hollingsworth
and in the center is Detective Starnes.
FORM ALLY FOR
TOBACCO TROST
Morgan Group Launches $50,-
000.000 Company and Buys
Independent Concerns. '
NEW YORK. Sept. 21.—The forma
tion of a 550.000.000 tobacco company
was announced today. The leaders in
the organization are Daniel G. Reid
and prominent members of the Morgan
group of financiers.
The company, which will be known
as the Tobacco Coropration, has been
in process of formation for some tim«
and is said to have been conceived as
a result of the supreme court's deci'
sion against the American Tobacco
Company. It will devote Its attention
to the manufacturing end of the busi
ness and will sell to the United Cigar
Stores Company. It is understood that
all the organizers of the new company
are "friendly” to the American Tobacco
Company.
Many Independent factories have
been acquired by the new concern and
there are rumors in Wall Street that it
has beeh formed to stifle the "competi
tion” resulting from the decision of the
supreme court. The capital stock of
the company will be divided thus:
Common, $30,000,000; preferred. $20,-
000.000.
MRS. e7h. HARRIMAN
SUMMONED BEFORE
CLAPP COMMITTEE
w
NEW YORK, Sept. 21. —Colonel Dan
iel M. Ramsdell, sergeant-at-arms of
the United States senate, airived here
from Washington today armed with
subpenaes for Mrs. E. H. Harriman and
Miss Lizzie P. Bliss, to appear before
the senate committee that is investi
gating campaign contributions.
The widow of the late railroad mag
nate, it is expected, will be asked to
present letters of her husband in an ef
fort to cleat up the allegations made
by Mr. Harriman that in the campaign
of 1904 he raised $260,000 at Colonel
Roosevelt’s request. Miss Bliss, who is
a daughter of the late Cornelius Bliss,
treasurer of the Republican national
committee in 1904, will be asked to ap
pear before the committee with any
papers left by her father which may
have a bearing upon both the Harri
man contribution, and also the alleged
contribution whi<**. John D. Archbold
testified he paid to the Roosevelt cam
paign treasurers on behalf of the
Standard Oil Company.
PREACHER AT BURIAL
OF SELF-SLAIN WIFE
PHILADELPHIA. PA.. Sept. 21. i’u
neral services for Mrs. Henry C. Stone,
wife of the vicar of Holy Trinity Me
morial chapel, who committed suicide
because of her anxiety over her hus
band's health, were conducted by the
bereaved clergyman.
POLICEMAN KILLS BROTHER
OFFICER; SAYS, IHAD TO DO IT
High School Girls Not
Allowed to Practice
* *Zoo T Dances at Recess
■ Teachers to See That Ban on
‘Turkey Trot’ and ‘Bunny
Hug’ Is Observed.
The ban has been placed on the
“Turkey Trot," the "Boston Dip,” the
"Bunny Hug” and other freak dances
at the Girls High school and l\ereafter
the students of that institution will
confine themselves to the simplest of
two-steps and waltzes when tripping
the light fantastic.
According to one young woman who
has spent the lasi three years kt the
Girls High school, the girjs there have
used recess as a time for learning all
the fancy figures that they might, or
might not, dance on the ball room floor
and no objection had ever been raised
by the faculty.
Now’ the edict has gone forth that
simple dances only will be allowed and
teachers are required at recess time to
scan the dancers and determine wheth
j er they are keeping within the rules.
FOREMAN OF SNEAD’S
RANCH CONFESSES HE
HELPED PLAN KILLING
AMARILLO, TEXAS. Sept. 21. B. B.
Epping, arrested as the accomplice of
John B. Snead in the killing of Al
Boyce here, has confessed to the dis
trict attorney. Epping in his state
ment admitted that he rented the house
in Amarillo where Snead. lay in wait
for Boyce and that he helped him carry
out his plans for the assassination.
He denies that he saw the shooting.
The grjind jury w.ill be reconvened to
consider his case. Epping has been
identified by two of the men with whom
lie had dealings in Amarillo.
Epping was foreman of Snead’s
ranch at Paducah. Suspicion was di
rected against him when it became
known that he absented himself from
the place some days before the killing
and reappeared shortly after It had oc
curred. He was arrested at the ranch.
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
TO BE SUBMITTED
AT CITY ELECTION
Equal suffrage for men and women
over 21 years old and without regard to
property or educational qualifications Is
a plank in the platform adopted by the
.Socialists of Atlanta for submission to
the voters at the city election Decem
ber 4.
Compulsory education of children, va
rious Improvements in the public
schools and public ownership of all
public utilities from light and heating
plants to ice plants also are demanded.
At a mass meeting in the court house
the Socialists also adopted resolutions
denouncing the arrest of Ettor and
Giovannitti. whom they term the valiant
leaders of the striking textile workers
in Lawrence. Mass.
BROWN WILL LET
CONNOR “GO IT”
Governor Not Trying to Inter
fere in Appointments of the
Soil Commissioner.
The shrewder and more discriminat
ing political observers in Atlanta seem
to view' the allegations of "coolness"
between Governor Joseph M. Brown and
Commissioner of Agriculture Connor as
something mildly interesting, rather
than exciting.
In the department of agriculture, it
is stated that no known "coolness” ex
ists, and that the relations between the
executive and the department are quite
as cordial as ever.
The governor is not in the city today,
but he seemed not particularly upset
before he left, and only smiled when
asked if there was anything out of
gear inside his official family.
The governor has not sought to in
terfere in the appointments of the agri
cultural department. Those he has left
to Commissioner Connor as part of
that official’s duty and consequent re
sponsibility.
If the commissioner makes a mess of
his job, it will he his own fault, and
the blame will fall squarely on him If.
on the contrary, he makes a success of
it. his will be the glory.
Governor Is Ever Mum.
That is the way the governor gener
ally has looked upon matters of the
sort, and that is the way he seems to
bo viewing the Connor administration
of the agricultural department.
The governor realizes that there al
ways are those ready and anxious to
create friction inside the Brown ad
ministration, in so far as it may be
done. He does not seem distressed par
ticularly about that, however. He looks
upon it with philosophical indifference.
Some of the governor’s friends be
lieve Commissioner Connor made a
mistake in distributing as he did the
long time fertilizer inspectors. Il may
be that the governor thinks so. too.
Nobody has heard him say so. however.
CONVICT ESCAPES
ON HORSE STOLEN
• FROM CAMP GUARD
The county police and a number of
prison officers today are engaged in a
search for Will Brooks, a negro convict,
who broke from the Bellwood camp,
stole a guard’s horse and made his es
cape shortly after dark last night.
The negro was serving a term of
twelve months for burglary. When
guards were returning the prisoners to
the quarters for the night he eluded
them, made his way to Guard Homer
Robertson’s horse, hitched near by, and
rod' away. Nearly a mile from the
camp he tied the horse to a fence and
continued his flight afoot.
S. A. Belding Shot Dead by J. W. Camp
in Apartment They Had Occupied
Together For Five Years—Slayer
Calls Up and Surrenders to Chief.
ft
Self-Detense Plea Made by Prisoner, Who Had
Been Drinking Heavily—Victim Dead Be
fore Aid Arrived—Girl Heard Shot and Tells
of Slayer’s Remarkable Coolness After Fight.
•I. W. Caiup. a veteran policeman.*is locked in the police station
this afternoon charged with the murder of Samuel A. Belding, his
brother officer and roommate for more than tive years. Camp aiftnit
ted killing Belding, and himself called up the police station to give
himself up. /
The slayer had been drinking freely for the past eight days of his»
vacation and was still intoxicated when he was arrested, but in an
incoherent statement he declared that he shot Belding in self-defense.
The killing occurred just before
noon today in the hallway on the
second floor of 49 1-2 Central ave
nue, where the two policemen had
roomed together for years. Camp
used a heavy police revolver and
sent one bullet into Belding’s left
side, just at the waist. Belding
lived perhaps five minutes, but
was dead before the ambulance ar
rived.
Victim Lea,ves
A trail of Blood.
No weapon was found on his body,
nor was there any evidence to indicate
a struggle. The victim had run from
his room down the hall toward the
stairway, leaving a trail of blood behind
him. He never uttered a word after he
was shot, unless it was to his slayer
and before any one else arrived.
At the police station an hour after
ward. Camp was questioned by a Geor
gian reporter, but the prisoner would
say but little. He was still plainly un
der the influence of drink.
“I did it in self-defense,” he saJd.
“We were cleaning up the room. I
don’t know what Old Man Belding was
mad about, but after a w>htle he made
aggrab for his gun. Both our pistols
were lying side by side on tile dresser.
“This Old Carcass As
Good As Anybody’s.”
“But I was too quick for him. I got
mine first and shot him." The prison
er struck himself in the breast, dra
matically.
"This old carcass Is as good as any
body’s.” he declared, boastfully. ”1 was
just trying to save it.”
Then he relapsed into disconnected
.declarations that he "had to do it.” He
would not answer further questions.
There was not a sign to indicate to
any one else that trouble was brewing
between the two officers, if there had
been trouble The police are Inclined
to think that it was a fit of temper,
brought on by drinking, which caused
the act of Camp. Belding’s police re
volver, still in its scabbard, was found
on the dresser and it is evident that if
Belding reached for It he failed to
touch the weapon.
Roomed Together
For Five Years.
J. W. Camp is 38 years old, and has
been on the police force continuously
since 1904. He is a brother of C. L.
Camp, a humane officer of the city
force. Camp was a widower, without
children.
Belding was 57 years old, had joined
the force in 1895. was dropped In the
famous “shake-up” of 1907, reinstated
in 1909, and had served since. He was
on duty" at Oakland cemetery. He also
was a widower and is survived by two
sons in Augusta. Ga„ who will arrive
tonight.
The two men had occupied the room
on the second floor of the Central ave
nue building for about five years. Their
room was on the right at the rear of
the hall, and the bit of hall In front
of their door had been cut off with
curtains by them and was used as a
wash room.
old Belding was busily at work to
day whitewashing the walls behind
these curtains. He had doffed his coat
and collar, and wore an apron to pro
tect his clothing. The whitewash brush
and bucket were in the hall when Beld
ing was shot. Camp was clad in his
undershirt and uniform trousers. He
had been out of town, it is reported,
tor several days. His ten days vaca
tion had two days remaining before he
was to report for work, and his heavy
drinking had taken place while he was
off duty on his annual test.
“Killed Best Friend
I Had in World. ”
The front room on the second floor is
occupied by W. R. Edwards & Co.,
watchmakers, and Miss Lena Valantine
is bookkeeper for the company. She
was in her office just before noon when
Camp appeared at the door. Miss Val-
homT
IPITIOH
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p^ t °
antine says he was absolutely calm and
she suspected nothing wrong.
"Please close your hall door,” said
the officer. She tlid so, and returned to
her work.
A moment later W. R Edwards, who
had been downstairs, returned to his
office. At the head of the stairs he was
confronted by the body of Belding,
whom he knew well. Edwards knew
the old man was not in good health and
feared that Ire had fallen In a fit. He
stopped to examine him, when he heard
a noise, and saw Camp standing be
tween the curtains about 30 feet away.
Camp still held the revolver.
"That’s all right, Mr. Edwards.’
called Camp. "You needn't go any
further. I had to do it. I’ve killed the
best friend I had in the world.”
Grabs Revolver
From the Slayer.
Edwards turned and ran down tly>
stairs. He first telephoned to Miss
Valantine, upstairs, to tell her what
had happened, and then called the po
lice station. In the meantime Camp,
his pistol still in his hand, had run
down out on the street and into Cain’s
livery stable, at 51 Central avenue.
There he met J. T. McCullough, the
manager.
"Call up Main 21. I’ve shot Belding.”
he cried. McCullough says the slayer
was wild with excitement, in contrast
to his reported calmness when he spoke
to Miss Valantine.
McCollough grabbed the revolevr
from Camp’s hand and ran to the relief
of Belding. But the old man was dead
when McCullough arrived.
Calls Up Police
Station Himself.
While McCullough was running to
aid the dying man. Camp took the re
ceiver from the hook and called The
police station, as he had called it thou
sands upon thousands of times in the
past. But this time it was to report
the death of a brother officer and the
fact that the man at the phone was the
slayer. His report was the first to
reach the police station.
Chief Beavers. Captain Poole and a
half dozen other officers sprang into
the chief’s automobile and sped to tile
scene. They found Camp waiting for
them, fairly calm by this time. He re
fused to make a statement then, and
the chief took him back to the room
and permitted him to put on his shirt
and collar. Then he was rushed to the
station and locked inside the barred
corridor leading into the cells, with the
biack charge of murder' opposite his
name on the docket.
Belding’s body was examined by Cor
oner Paul Donehoo. who arrived on the
heels of the police. Then it was re
moved to the undertaking establish
ment of Hany Poole, where an inquest
has been called for 3:30 o’clock this
afternoon.
Room Shows No •
Sign of a Fight.
The room where the quarrel—if there
was a quarrel—took place showed no
sign of a fight. Belding’s revolver still
lay in its accustomed place on the
dresser, the furniture was not overturn
ed, and the place seemed fairly well
kept. Camp says the shooting took
place inside the room, but those who
were at tlie scene believe it occurred
in the hall. The trail of blood began
just inside the curtains which cut oft
the rear of the hall, and ran 30 feet or
more to a point almost at the head of
thes tairs.
It is remarkable that Miss Valentine,
who was at work in her office at the
front of tlie building, did not hear a
pistol shot or any disorder. She says
she knows nothing except that Camp
came to her office and asked her to
close tlie door. The first she knew of
the shooting was through the telephone
message from her employer.
Brother’s Death
Parallel to Welding's.
S. A. Belding’s death was almost a
parallel of the end which his brother.
Neal Belding’m<M -’2 years ago in th
"White Elephant” saloon on Alabama
street and within a stones throw ol
today’s tragedy