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THE WEATHER Showers tonight and Sunday. Tem peratures: 8 a. m., 68 degrees: 10 a. m.. 74 degrees: 12 noon, 78 de grees: 2 p. m., 78 degrees. 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 L~ l -■ - " —u——» IL * * 1 v / ..... s a ; . „ ■ w 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