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VOL. XL NO. 43.
BELOING’SKIN
TOFIGHTFOH
CONVICTION
OF SLAYER
Son of Policeman Shot by
Brother Officer Has Attor
ney to Aid Prosecution.
PRISONER MUST ANSWER
CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS
Complete Chain of Evidence
Will Be Presented to the
Grand Jury.
Charges of "drunkenness" will be
preferred against Policeman J. W.
Camp, who Saturday shot and killed S.
A. Belding, a brother officer, and Camp
must answer to the police commission
for this offense, as well as to the state
courts on the charge of murder, on
which he is now held in the Tower.
Camp already is under suspension
from the police force, this action hav
ing been taken by Chief* Beavers im
mediately following the tragedy.
The charge of drunkenness will take
the same course as any similar charge
against an officer, and will be handled
by the commission just as though there
was no state charge against Camp.
Under the circumstances, however, the
case can not be tried until the state
courts have disposed of the murder
charge, as the slayer is in custody of
the sheriff and would be unable to an
swer a .summons to appear before the
commission.
Would Be Dropped
From Force if Convicted.
In the event Camp's plea of self-de
fense should bring about an acquit-
I tai, he will be served with a copy of
the charges and cited to answer to
the commission. Should he be convict
ed. this fact would be considered and
te would be dropped from the force.
That the relatives of Officer Belding
will prosecute Camp there seems no
ioubt.
E S. Belding, one of the sons of the
victim, came to Atlanta from Augusta
yesterday with Attorney D. B. Me
’owan, who will look after the prose
'ution of the slayer. They asked Chief
of Police Beavers to keep them posted
I on developments and probably will be
n n hand when the grand jury takes up
the case.
B< ding's body was taken back to
Augusta after the second inquest, at
w o ’i a bullet hole was found in the
'ictim's back near the fifth rib. I.arge
nowder burns were found around this
■' n und and on the dead man’s shirt.
r hies Reavers declared today that a
thorough investigation of the killing
"ould hr made and that three detec-
Ho ingsworth, Hewell and Cam
p-1 ° : 1, han been assigned to get all the
He said the case would be
I exactly as though the two men
-oived were not policemen and that a
mor -ugh and complete chain of evi
wnuld be presented to the grand
Autopsy Shows Bullet
was Fired From Behind.
today is in the Tower, held
"'thout bond.
second inquest was held at the
I oroner Paul Donehoo and its
' "ill be submitted to the grand
I hat the wound revealed by the
mtopsy was inflicted by a bullet
". 111 behind is the opinion of
Physician Green, who also be
il " as the first of the bullets
’ ”Th»>
powder burns around the
II said, "indicated cleatly that
wa- fired at a distance not
•'ii fotn- feet, and probably less.
, ■ nt-n ,| beneath th" right
blade and in the vicinity of
1 'b. it ranged upward and I
! ’"d through the breast. This I
"Xit. upon the fiist examina-|
' .i.'Vi d to ifttve been the spot
nee until the discovery by un-
, today stood by his first story i
"I ’oting was in self-defen-e. |
that Belding had threat-I
"Ot him and had rushed to
' ll 1(1 get his gun.
B ALTIMORE woman is
h OUND DEAD IN HOME
with GASH IN HEAD
v MD., Sept. 23—Mrs. La- I
’ • 'lalighter of the late R. Q.
I "as found today lying dead on
I 1 her luxurious apartment in
I ■ Worth. A gash in the back of
r and splashes of blood around the i
sitting room and on a :
i l!, ated that death had not been '
i ~.’ul one.
>f ' irs Reese died at the result)
. " ta i fall or was murdered will I
"ed by* the coroner. Accord- |
I, r Baker, z Mrs. Reese has bcen-
tnent since last Friday.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
CURESMOKE
EVIL IN 10
OHS,BOM
OBOEBS
1 Board Orders Rigid Enforce
ment of Measure —Railways
Given Till Oct. 15 to Obey.
WARRANTS FOR THOSE
WHO DISREGARD EDICT
5 Members of Commission Will
Demand Additional Money to
Fight Nuisance.
Forced by public sentiment, the city
smoke commission today ordered In
j spector McMichael to begin to rigidly
i enforce the smoke ordinance, even to
s the extent of making cases against of
t fenders in the recorder’s court.
Inspector McMichael immediately
i will notify the big railroads that they
. must comply with the law by October
. 15. It was the opinion of all present at
the meeting of the commission today
> that the greatest nuisance in Atlanta
> was the smoke from engines which
I pass under the viaducts.
; Inspector McMichael also will notify
. all owners of steam plants who art
. violating the law. Within fifteen days
. he will make new observations and if
• the owners have not complied with his
; instructions he will issue a final notice
. to them. Fifteen days later he wHI
, make a third observation. If the amount
of smoke emitted still is beyond the
law, he will require the to
appear before the recorder.
The ordinance provides that smoke
shall not be emitted from any’ stack for
• more than twelve minutes to the hour.
- Inspector McMichael said that the law
1 was being violated b$- practically every
owner of a steam plant in Atlanta.
Three Causes for
Violation of Law.
, There are .three causes for most of
the trouble, he explained—incompetent
, firemen, bad equipment and the over
t loading of,boiler capacity.
The members of the commission
present agreed that it would be impos-
■ sible for the owners of some of the
I larger steam plants to comply’ with the
, law for several months. Where such
, cases are found the inspector will allow
additional time.
( Only three members of the commis
sion were present at the meeting today,
, Commissioners Harwell, Corley’ and
, Schoen. The number was not a quo
, rum. But the smoke ordinance has
been a city law since July 1. The ac
tion of the smoke commission in
. amending the ordinance at its last
meeting was declared void by City At
torney Mayson. The members present
decided there was nothing for the
chairman to do but to instruct the
chairman to order the inspector to en
force the law.
They said they believed the other
members, Commissioners Elsas, Ren
froe, Essig, Van Harlingen and Mayor
Winn. who. it was explained, were un
avoidably kept away, would agree.
Commission Does
Some Criticising.
"Those who do not believe in en
forcing the law as passed by’ council
ought to resign from the commission."
said Mr. Harwell.
After considering the criticisms that I
have been heaped upon them, the com
missioners proceeded to criticise. They
said they had been unable to get a suf
ficient appropriation from council to
carry on the work of the department, i
which has to deal with gas as well as
smoke.
inspector McMichael said he was'
obliged to do his own stenographic,
work at a great sacrifice of time from
his real duties. He said he was even
using his own typewriter, they not j
having furnished him one.
When the finance committee meets
to make up the October budget mem
bers of the commission will go before
it and urge a sufficient appropriation to
j maintain the department.
Moore Not
i So “Hostile.”
I Wilmer L. Moore, president of the
I Chamber of Commerce and a former
member of the smoke commission, said
| today that he believed the original plah
i of the smoke commission to enlist the
I co-ope; ition of the manufacturers
rather than prosecute them in court I
was the best plan of action, for the first i
few months at least.
He said he thought Mayor Winn act- |
»d wisely in appointing Oscar Elsas,
about whose official action there has
I been some criticism, a member of the
| commission.
| He said he realized that the commis
sion made a mistake in its effort to
I amend the smoke ordinance of council
I but urged that Atlanta suspend all
I judgment of the commission until its
—members have had an opportunity to
reveal their real attitude.
WILL 14TH ST. BE
PAVED LIKE H-L?
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I have read and enjoyed
' your editorial entitled. “If Job
Lived in Fourteenth Street.”
I This morning a city official
said to me. “You know I sym
pathize with you in regard to
the condition of Fourteenth
street.”
I knew hell was paved with
| good intentions, and it would
now seem that Fourteenth
, street will be paved (?) with
“sympathy.”
Yours in disgust,
“JOB, JR."
i
\ Ed weighs only
165 pounds,
but is full of
aggressiveness d?
and his
fighting
spirit has •
no limit JB
IRf
% lb \ %%
• WRMvi
MOV
Last
year he N
played a
guard
position
may be
shifted f
this fall /
to back I
field f
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HL -A
ATLANTA. GA., MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1912
I '
Here Is Ed Means,
’ Tech Gridiron Star,
Kicking Long Spiral
This boy will %
be one of
iCoach Heis
man's hopes ; W
lon the
Football field W ,
j this fall T
Means is
about one of
e est
kickers in
<■ squad at
V although he
'•'£> is new at it
V' He can kick
"'? /with either foot
Hjifa" bit gets more
>j;-, Vjjjk distance
with his left
1
Prospects are
vWw far from
< V ' ferigAf for
the Yellow
Jackets
y ear ant s
only a lot
I||||||!h of good, hard work
will give Tech a
winner--
DIGGER’S PICK PUTS
300 TELEPHONES ON I
‘OUT OF-ORDER’ LIST|
About 300 telephones in the Peach- I
tree street district north of Baker |
street were put out of commission tern- I
porarily today through the damaging
of a 600-pair cable strung under the
Peachtree street excavations.
A workman engaged in lowe.ing the
tracks of the street railway drove a
pick through the casing of the cable
and water seeped in.
Calls sent in from the downtown dis
trict received a busy answer from af
fected phones. • Officials of the tele
phone company said that the sei vice
would be as good as usual late this
■ afternoon.
AUGUSTA CUB
IK TO
BP Bl BIC
STRIKE
Street Railway Company Re
fuses to Recognize Union
and Employees Walk Out.
STRIKEBREAKERS NOW
EN ROUTE TO TAKE JOBS
Trouble Anticipated Tomorrow
When New Men Attempt to
Run Cars.
Al GI’STA, GA.. Sept. 23.—With con
ductors and motormen on strike, street
I car traffic on every line in the city of
Augusta and on the Augusta-Aiken in
terurban road is tied up today. Strike-
I breakers are expected here this after-
I noon and tonight, and trouble is antici
pated tomorrow if the Augusta and Ai
ken Railway ami Electric Corporation
attempts to. operate cars.
The strike is the result of the re
fusal of the company to recognize the
Augusta union of the Amalgamated As-
Heisman is
working hard
Mr to develop
a consistent and ac
curate hoister
and right now Means.is
the most promising
•I'
I soeiation of Street Car Employees of
. America. General Manager Deal, of the
railway company, today conveyed to
President Bagby, of the local union, the
answer of the company to the union’s
demand that,union men be employed
to operate cars. The strike order was
immediately issued. A strike commit
tee was sent to Broad and Eighth
streets, and as the cars came in from
their runs the crews were told of the
strike order. The men ran the cars to
the barns and deserted them.
Strike Starts At
Noon Rush Hour.
The strike went into effect Just before
the noon rush of business people,
homeward bound for lunch, and occa
sioned much inconvenience to thousands
of Augustans. Downtown restaurants
and lunch stands were overcrowded and
hundreds were forced to walk many
blocks to their homes or go hungry.
This afternoon the company is mak
ing no effort to man the deserted cars,
awaiting the arrival of strikebreakers,
who were ordered by telegraph Io re
port by the first trains. The strike
had been anticipated by the manage
men of the system, and preparations
weFe made last week to secure new men
if the old ones walked out.
In the absence of cars, owners of
automobiles, hacks, wagons and other
vehicles are reaping In hauling passen
gers to and from the remote parts of
the city.
S. CAROLINA FUGITIVE
| ARRESTED WHILE AT
j BALTIMORE CHURCH
GREENVILLE. S. C., Sept. 23.—T.
IU. Vaughn, former superintendent of
the Odd Fellows orphanage near this
city, was a/rested in Baltimore while
attending services at a Baptist church
yesterday and will be brought to Green
ville to answer a charge of criminal
conduct.
Vaughn was first arrested on May 31
and placed in the Greenville jail, from
which he escaped on June 26, having
been at large since that time. The re
wards for his arrest approximate 32,-
000, and this sum will go to the young
man from this city who is now in Bal
timore and w ho-recognized Vaughn at
church. k
Monkeys Refuse To Be
‘Goats* for Doctors in
Pellagra Experiments
Simians, After Two Months of
Spoiled Corn Diet, Show No
Signs cf Disease.
SAVANNAH, GA.. Sept. 23.—The ef
fort of the government to find the
cause and a cure for pellagra through
experimentation on monkeys is about
to fail, because the Simians refuse ab
solutely to contract the disease.
Two months ago nineteen monkeys
from the Washingion zoological gar
dens were sent to the Marine hospital
in Savannah as subjects for pellagra
experiments. Two of the ninete.en
monkeys are being fed on spoiled corn,
which is believed to be a cause of the
disease. They not only have shown
none of the symptoms of the disease,
but appear to be as healthy as their
companions, which ate fed a healthier
diet. Another monkey has been inoc
ulated with germs without effect.
KING ALFONSO'S SISTER.
WIFE OF PRINCE. IS DEAD
MADRID, Sept. 23. —Infanta Maria
Teresa, sister of King Alfonso and wife
lof Prince Ferdinand, of Bavaria, died
I today. A daughter was born to her on
September 15 and she never regained
her strength.
$55,000 RAILROAD LOOT
RETURNED;FOUND AT
BACK DOOR OF BANK
PENSACOLA, FLA.. Sept. 23.—The
package of money supposed to have
been stolen from an express car on
the L. and N. last week was found at
the back door of the First National
Bank here today. The package con
: tained $55,000 which the detectives, up
on investigation, found to be the
i amount that disappeared, instead of
I $70,000, as originally reported. The
money was found by Matthew Thomas,
a negro janitor," when he swept out.
The finding, of the money was pre
ceded by a mysterious telephone mes
sage received by the bank cashier, to
the effect that the money would be
found in the back yard if search was
made for it. Officials scouted the tip,
but the negro undertook the investiga
tion on his own hook.
The money is believed to have been
returned by the thieves who took it
when they learned lhat detectives were
dose on their trail. It was turned over
to the express company, from whose
possession it disappeared.
POSSES ON TRAIL OF
NEGRO WHO KILLED
MILLEDGEVILLE MAN
MILEDGEVILLE, GA.. Sept 23.
Posses today are searching Baldwin
county lot Major Wright, a negro hack
driver who shot and instantly killed
Emil Blackwell, a white man, last night.
The killing took place on Jefferson
street, in one of the leading residence
sections of the city. Two bullets en
tered Blackwell's brain and another his
body, either of which would have been
fatal. With Blackwell was his younger
brother, who was not hit. The negro
made his escape, and bloodhounds from
the state prison farm were soon on his
trail, but, owing to the rain, the dogs
lost the trail in a short time. Posses,
however, continued the search, and
everything possible is yet being done to
apprehend him.
DRIVER OF MOTOR
WHICH KILLED OLD
WOMAN ISON TRIAL
The body of Mrs. Emma Clifton, 65'
years old, who was killed by an auto
mobile late Saturday afternoon, lies in
Greenberg & Bond's chapel awaiting
funeral arrangements. A. H. Shatford,
who was driving the car, is under
bond. The accident will be investi
gated this afternoon in police court
when lie is tried on a technical charge
of reckless running.
Mrs. Clifton, who lived at 19 East
Mitchell street, was crossing Whitehall
street near Brotherton when she was
struck by the car. Shatford, who is a
cotton salesman, staying at the Pied
mont hotel, stopped his machine and
assisted in placing the woman in an
other automobile, and then gave him
self up to the police.
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EDITIOh
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P *^ R l C
GHEAPSHOWS
MUM 01
15 MENACE
TOEIOIS
Detective Department Stirreo
by Story of 14-Year-Old
Child Hired for Chorus.
MANAGER SUMMONED
TO ANSWER TO COURT
Five-Cent Musical Comedy
Productions Said To Be
Agencies of Slavers. /
Determined warfare on cheap vaude
ville shows, which are reported to ba
mere agencies for the white slave traf
fic. was begun by the Atlanta detec
tive department today. The investiga-i
tions began with the case of W. F.
Swaringen, manager of the ''Empire
Comedy Company." who was summoned
to face the recorder this afternoon, and
was based on the engagement by him
of little Vessie Bostwick, now held in
the matron's ward at the police sta
tion. and who says she is but four
teen years of age.
Swaringen was held under bond ot
S2OO on a technical charge of operating
a theatrical agency without a license,
but the detective department intends to
put him through a rigid examination as
to the methods ot conducting shows of
the type he controls, and to inquire
generally into the life of the girls who
sing and dance in the five-cent theaters
of Atlanta. Swaringen's company be
gan its third week today at the Amer
ican theater, in Whitehall street, a
five-cent house which presents motion
pictures and a singing and dancing cho
rus of girls of varying ages. Swarin
gen claims to conduct an orderly and
well managed company, and says he is
not running an agency.
Father Asks Sleuths
To Find His Child.
Vessie Bostwick, who lives with her
parents at 101 Davis street, was en
gaged by Swaringen last Saturday upon
answering his advertisement in the At
lanta papers. She says he didn’t ask
her whether she could sing or dance,
but just looked at her. offered her three
dollars a week, her board and laundry
bills, and put her at once into a re
hearsal with the other girls of the
company. Her father missed her when
she failed to come home that night,
and asked the detectives to look her up.
They found that she had been engaged
by the Empire Company, arrested
Swaringen, and held the girl in the
matron’s ward as a witness. Vessie
Bostwick was not with the company
long enough to learn much of the “in
side” of theatrical life, gnd she is glad
she was stopped before she left the
city. She expects to forget the stage.
For many months the police of At
lanta have been worried over the white
slave problem and the fivfe-cent vaude
ville houses. Reports from time to
time, with the occasional arrest of a
missing girl located in one of these
companies, has led them to believe the
theaters were agencies of evil. They
have determined to go to the bottom of
tile situation.
Pass down some of the uptown streets
any afternoon. From the gaudily dec
orated front of these theaters you will
hear the blare of a noisy orchestra or
the thump of a piano and hear tha
shrill raucous voices of a dozen girls.
Pay your coin and step inside. There
are the girls, dancing awkwardly,
shrieking out a popular song without
regard to time or melody. They are
dressed in the cheapest of costumes,
the shortest of skirts. They are daub
ed with grease paint, plastered with
powder. The spectacle is more pitiful
than amusing, but the audiences whicli
throng these places are not critical.
Perhaps they believe they are getting a
big value for five cents.
Then Joyrides
With “Johnnies.”
Stop before the door as the shotv Is
over and the girls emerge from the
theater. See the waiting cabs, the ex
pectant "stage door Johnnies" on the
curb. Observe the meetings. See the
chorus girls join the Johnnies for a
joy i ide.
Visit the matron's ward at the police
station. A girl whose grease paint has
been washed away by tears, whose
clothing is tattered and travel stained,
who shudders at the mention of "home."
is likely to occupy one of the rooms.
They are there almost every week,
gathered in from some resort and
brought tq the station.
“I went out with a show.” the girl
will tell you. sobbingly. "They brought
us to Atlanta and the manager disap
peared. I didn't have any money nor
any place to go. None of us girls did