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the weather Forecast for Atlanta id Georgia: Clearing today; probably fair tomor- row. VOL. XL NO. 44. MS. SSEIO, 10HE60NE, HILL SEEK WWE Wife of Banker Who Slew Man Who Eloped With Her Changes Residence. FATHER TURNS FROM HER, MOTHER STAYS WITH HER Defense, at Habeas Corpus Hearing. Lays Ground for Unwritten Law Plea. AMARILLO. TEXAS. Sept. 24.—Tak ing " ith her the memories of a love that already has cost the lives of two men md landed a third to whom it -litfully belonged in a prison cell un , charge of murder, Mrs. Lena Sr,-<l. wife of John B. Snead, wealthy S; ;i Antonio banker, has gone into se n at Calvert, Texas, preparatory to filing suit for divorce. Airs Snead went there immediately afti r her husband shot and killed A. G. Bove-. wealthy Amarillo cattleman.be cuise. he alleges, he had found evi dem->- that Boyce and his wife were about to elope for a second time. The first elopement, which shocked anil surprised Southwestern society, where both principals were well Kr tn. occurred last December and culminated in the shooting of Boyce’s father, Colonel A. G. Boyce, Sr., by Stu ad. when the elder Boyce took steps seetPe his son’s release from jail. . he had been placed on charges I f. red by Snead. Snead was ac quitted for the shooting on the ground . ■ if-defense. Father Turns Against Her. .Mrs Snead was accompanied by her m.itlu .. Her father, J. L. Snyder, is r-ported to have turned against her ar to be doing his utmost to secure Stead’s acquittal on the charge of tnur <let he now faces. sinct going ther.e she has exchanged co !• spnndence with the attorneys fo’ t" Boyces as well as the attorneys for lb msband as to what course site should pursue. i i o Boyce pleaded with Snead not shoot him again when Boyce fell on * st;-, .-t here September 14. riddled buckshot, and that Snead, firing . remarked: "I guess you are was brought out by Karl Jack s' 'f Amarillo, a witness, yesterday in hearing of Snead's plea for a of habeas corpus through which h> > ■ks to be released from jail on ' iff W. M. Burwell, another wit- ■>. testified that Snead’s garb and > beard rendered it difficult for n ; i intanees to recognize Snead on 1 _> of the tragedy. The state en " 1. through testimony of the 'iff. to strengthen its contention ’ i the killing was premeditated. A mi I ,uber of witnesses were exam in relation to the intimacy of the mfi Boyce families. Evidence Barred Concerning Elopement. Ari attempt to introduce the Boyce- I elopement of last fail in the ex t ition of witnesses was objected to ’m state, because no predicate had 1 laid,at this hearing to justify i*. defense waived the matter, re • ing the right to get it properly be- I he court. State’s attorneys sav attempt to introduce the elopement • indicated that Snead's defense ' charge of murder would be the ,:r W itten law. I my sections of the Northwest are 1 l rented among the crowds by well ti cattlemen who are each friends I'lives of the Sneads or the Boyces. n "w phase of tbv Snead case is st'-d in the subpena issued by the so; Terry Thompson, brother-in ’ Snead. This process instructs bring with him a "certain breast .1 for the protection of human I’ is said Snead had taken this no measure to prevent injury fin the encount' lie is gen ‘ om eded to have planned with ■’ Burwell and twenty special followed the court's order to fn r arms al) who went into the " urt room. wants guardian for HUSBAND: ALSO DIVORCE *•' "’IS. Sept 24.—Mrs. Ella Ro wentj years old. has filed a di ■mt against Walbridge Romer ■King that her husband is only ’ ' years old. asked the court to 1 guardian to act as Romer's I ‘lend tn answering the petition. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Resists. Deaf Mute, Mistaking Neighbor's Door for Own, Shot as Burglar Unable to Hear Challenge, He Continued Working at Lock. Dies of Wound. CHICAGO, Sept. 24—The body of William Gray, a deaf mute, shot be cause he could not,, hear a challenge when he was mistaken for a burglar, was sent to Lowell. Ind., today. Gray died on a Monon train, on which he was sent to Chicago in a vain effort to save his life. Gray started for his home in Lowell after a day out of town. His home is located between those of Mrs. Breese Webb and Grove Lloyd. By mistake he went to the door of the Webb home, which is much like his own. Mrs. Webb heard some one trying to unlock the door. She screamed. Her screams roused Lloyd, who went to a window in his own house, saw the man tam pering with the lock, thought he was a burglar, and shouted. Gray could not hear,» and continued to work at the lock. Then Lloyd fired to frighten Gray. The bullet struck the sidewalk and glanced, entering into Gray's skull. FATHER AND SISTER PLEAD IN VAIN FOR MORPHINE SELLER Pleadings of father and sister in po lice court failed to save Ray W. Klapper, of 42 Auburn avenue, who was fined $100.75 or 30 days by Recorder Broyles on the charge of selling mor phine. Klapper gives his vocation as an actor. When his room was raided by detec tives they found nineteen bottles of morphine and a lot of empty "dope” boxes. It was also shown to the court that the officets sent a young man. John Thoma'-, to the room and that he bought "dope” from Klapper. Both father and sister of Klapper made an earnest plea that the young man be given another chance and be allowed to leave the city. Klapper said he had taken treatment for the mor phine habit, and asserted that the “dope" found in his room was on hand before he quit the habit. When he was escorted back to the prisoners' room his sister wept hysterically. SOCIETY DEFENDER OF “HORSE TROT’’ DANCE; NO BAN AT NEWPORT NEWPORT, Sept. 24. Preston Gibson and his wife, who hold an influential position in Washington society, have en tered the ranks of the enethies of mod ern fantastic dances. Mr. Gibson said recently that he would use his influence to ban the ‘turkey trot” and ‘horse trot” in societj hall rooms of the capital city this winter Nevertheless, the Gibsons saw these two dances at Mrs. Richard Wilson s costume party recently, and Newport in general does not seem inclined to oppose the mod ern steps. Uriel I»avis. of Washington, who origi nated the “horse trot” and introduced it In Newport, took vigorous exception to Mr. Gibson’s criticism. “Why,” said he. “the dance is a running walk, that is all.” “We shall continue the ‘horse trot’ and make it a feature of our winter dances, regardless of Mr. Gibson’s views.” said a New York society woman. “As a matter of fact, the censors of most of these latest dances approve the ‘horse trot’ and wel come it as a wholesome change.” CHILLY DRIZZLE TO CONTINUE; WHOLE SOUTH RAIN-SOAKED "No relief is in sight." says the weath er man. "The cold, misty drizzle which has hung over the city for the past few days is still coming and the weather will get colder with tlie falling rain." It is the first cold snap of the autumn season, and while not really cold enough to be noticed during the winter, it is making its presence felt after the hot days of August and early September. All through the South the same con ditions prevail, and more or less heavy rains have fallen from Knoxville to Mo bile. In the Gulf coast cities a wind storm, which became a gale, blew for many hours early today, but it did not serve to drive any moisture away from this section. 43 PRESBYTERIAN PASTORS MEET IN FALL PRESBYTERY The Atlanta presbytery will open its fall session tonight at’ the College Park Presbyterian church, with Rev. Fritz Rauschenburg as host to the visit ors. Twenty-two counties and sixty-four churches, with about 7.000 members, are Included in the presbytery. Forty-three ministers will be in attendance The meeting will open by a sermon by Rev. J. E. Hanah, of Newnan, and wel come addresses by Elder J. C. Woodward. Rev. H <’. Christian and Baynard Wil lingham. mayor pro tern of College Park. On Wednesday the first business session will be held and these will continue through Friday MACON’S POLICE CHIEF TO STICK TO HIS JOB MACON, GA., Sept 24.—Despite the persistent criticism leveled , at him and the police department, the open desire of the city administration for him to resign. Chief W. B. Chapman declares that he will serve out his present term of office, which does not expire until December, 19U. Chief Chapman was appointed by the Moore administration nearly three years ago, and his official career has been stormy throughout. GEORGIA ■ SECOND II USES OF RABIES Only New York Surpasses This State in Number of Infec tions, Says Expert. DECLARES MALADY CAN BE READILY ERADICATED Scientists of the World Discuss Health Problems at Great Hygiene Congress. WASHINGTON. D. C., Sept. 24. That rabies is a disease that can be readily eradicated, and* that Georgia stands second in number of cases of rabies of all the states of the Union, were statements made here today be fore tin- National Congress of Hygiene and Demography by Professor Henry Albert, of the University of lowa, an expert on hydrophobia. He said that it a system of handling dogs were care fully carried out. the last vestige of rabies would be driven from the conti nent. "Tiie Chicago stock yards is a gray neighborhood," declared Dr. Caroline Hedger, of Chicago, in iter address. Speaking of the children of the stock yards district. Dr. Hedger said: "In the region in which they live the smoke comes down in clouds and with it comes the smell of the fertilizer plants. This is not conducive to deep breathing or sound sleep and the chil dren are ound-shouldered, thin and rather pale. They have not the spirit ami the nervous balance to make their grades. "If the child grows inactive, discon tented. becomes idle and a criminal, asked the doctor, "is the child to blame or is the snug citizen who lives on the fat returns of stocks, whose money is made by the sweat and blood and dep rivation of the industiial neighborhoods like this?' T, Kennand Thomson, vice president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers of New York, addressed the congress on the subject of the “Causes of Caisson Disease." or the "Bends, a dangerous malady contracted by men who work in compressed air. Mr. Thomson expressed the opinion that quite as many cases of the "Bends ’ we e caused by working in foul air as in compressed. "It would be danger ous.” said lie, "to pump the waters from these l ivers to put out fires, as so much foul mud would thus be scattered over the city to dry and spread as dust.” Spinal Meningitis Infection. In an address before the congress on cerebro spinal meningitis. Dr. Abraham Sophian. of the department of health. New York city, strongly indorsed the use of vaccination as a preventive of that dread disease. "Epidemic meningitis,” said Dr. So phian, "is an acutely infectious con tagious disease that is transmitted principally through the medium of '.tealthy carriers; that is, healthy peo ple wiio harbo: the infecting agent in their noses and throats. These health! carriers are in constant danger, since they may at any time develop menin gitis They are also ti menace to their neighbors.” "There are a few diseases that can be as easily eradicated as rabies,” de clared Professor Henry Albert, of the lowa university, in an address. He presented a system, which, if car ried out, he thought would drive the last vestige of hydrophobia from the North American continent. It has al leady been done, he declared, by Great Britain, Norway. Sweden and Denmark, "and,” said he, "if the example offered by these countries were followed the world over rabies, as a disease, soon would lose all of its terrors for both tile human kind and the animal kind." Prof ssor Albe t would insist that all dogs be licensed, and that all dogs not provided with a collar and license tag should be destroyed. He would further I requite that when rabies is present in a given place, all dogs permitted to tun at large should be muzzled and kept muzzled for six months at least. He said he would also insist that all dogs imported into this country should be held in quarantine for at least six months. Georgia Second For Rabies. He presented statistics showing that in the United States in 1911 there were i 3.385 persons bitten by rabid dogs and I nearly all these eases were confined to ! the states east of the Mississippi river. Last year New York had more cases of | hydrophobia than any other state It headed the list with 699 persons bitten I Continued on Page Two. ATLANTA. GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1912. HOKESMITH DEFENDS CANfiL BILL * ! Senator Declares There Is No Cause for Great Britain to Enter Complaint. LAUDS FRAMER OF ACT, ADAMSON, OF GEORGIA “Opening of the Panama Willi Be Great Step Toward U. S. , Merchant Marine.” i Senator Hoke Smith declared today I that the Panama canal bill, requiring all vessels in foreign trade to pay tolls for passing through the canal, does not conflict with the treaty with Great Brit. ' ain. and lie does not see how any se- | rious complications with other coun- | tries can arise from the recent passage | of the bill. The senator pays high praise to Congressman Adamson, of Georgia, who was one of the writers of the canai bill. Senator Smith gave special attention! to the Panama bill when it was before | the senate, as lie had been requested by Congressman Adamson, chairman of the commerce committee of the house, to take charge of the bill in tile senate and protect the valuable measures which the house had placed in the bill from the effort made by the senate committee to defeat the Democratic bill by senate amendments Senator Smith leaves today for the West, where he will engage in a speak ing tour for Woodrow Wilson. In dis cussing the Panama canal measure. he said: Can’t See Any Chance For Serious Clash. "1 do not see how any serious com plications with Great Britain can grow out of the Panama canal bill as it final ly passed. The original bill as it came from the house was largely the crea tion of Congressman Adamson, of our own state, and lie is entitled to great credit for his admirable work upon this measu re. “Tlie bill requires all vessels engaged in foreign trade, whether American owned or owned by citizens of other countries to pay tolls for passing through the canal. It only permits United States coastwise vessels to pass through the canal free. Conceding that our treaty with Great Britain and with other countries required the same treat ment to citizens of other countries which is accorded to citizens of the United States owning vessels passing through the canal, I consider that the bill meets the requirements of our treaties. "The coastwise trade of the United State- is limited to vessels made in the United States and owned by citizens of the United States. In this respect the policy of the United States does not differ f'om that of nearly all other countries. Coastwise trade is usually regarded as a domestic proposition from which citizens of foreign coun tries owning vessels are excluded. The supreme court of the United States in a case known as the Gal veston pilotage case, held that pilotage titles extending special privileges to coastwise vessels did not conflict with the treaty of the United States with Gteat Britain, which required the same treatment extended to citizens of Great Britain and of the United States own ing vessels and entering American har bors. The reason of the decision is that such a treaty provision would not be applicable to coastwise vessels, as citi zens of Great Britain could not own coastwise vessels, and. therefore, spe cial privileges to coastwise vessels created no discrimination against citi zens of Great Britain. "There are many valuable features in the act which was passed providing for the control of the Panama canal. "one provision excludes any trans continental railroad in the United States from owning a vessel which passes through the canal. This pro vision will help to maintain competi tion between water and rail routes and should be most beneficial tn our Inter state commerce. "Another provision forbids any rail road company in the United States from owning vessels engaged in trans portation on water competing with the line of the railroad company. "Another provision permits an Amer ican citizen to buy anywhere in the world a vessel and operate it under the American flag in foreign commerce. "Another admits free of duty every thing used by United States ship build ers for the manufacture of vessels to be used in coastwise trade, or other wise. "These provisions will be a great step forward toward the establishment of a merchant marine floating the Stars and Stripes.” YOUNG GIRL FOUND IN CHEAP SHOW CHORUS lit IL V PivCs ' / \ ■ Vx I i ' -W, <^ ! *** f * I "—‘Wni ‘ ||||W . / Vessie Bostwick, aged 14. daughter of Rev. J. L. Bostwick, found in a cheap vaudeville theat y chorus on Whitehall street. The manager of the theater was arrested, but discharg ed when it developed he had not emploved her, Imt onlv prom ised her a position. BWS LDCKEH GLUGS FOB FILL To locker clubs and liquor, J. \V Wheeler, city salesman for Emmett, Tonej- & Co., grain merchants, 292 Ma rietta street, brought back 11*111 Grand Rapids, Midi., today, under a change of embezzlement, attributes his downfail. Wheeler, who is 30 years old and married, admitted to police officers litis morning that his collections for th< grain company were S3OO short At lanta locker clubs, he asserted, had a lure too stiong for him to resist. Wheeler was brought back from Grand Rapids by W. F. Morris, secre tary of Chief Beavers, on a warrant sworn out by his employers in Justie, Puckett'- court. He will lie given a pteliminary hearing today His wife and baby remained in Grand Rapids. 645 COUNTS AGAINST TEACHER EX CONVICT FOR DEFALCATIONS PEORIA, ILL.. Sept 24. Newton < Dougherty, former head of the Peoria schools, was expected to arrive here to day to give bond on fifteen indictments containing 645 counts growing out of his defalcations in 1883. The former educator is now under parole after serving six years for charges growing out of the same defalcations. He is living in Chicago. The new indictments are based on script found in the school records in an envelope marked "1883." Recently Dougherty began legal pro ceedings to regain title to property in St. Louis and in Wisconsin which had been given over in trust to the school board agent to cover any shortage dis covered. No action on the part of the board to take this property had been made. Dougherty’s attorney asserts the new indictments were brought to hinder the action to recover this prop erty. CEDARTOWN PAVING FINISHED. CEDARTOWN, GA. Sept. 24. The West Construction Company, of Chat tanooga. has completed the asphalt paving of Main street from the city hall to the Wright house. The Gaines boro Telephone Company is moving its poles front Main street, to give room for the early installation of the whit* way lamps. The city council has let the contract to the Cedartown Foundry and Machine Works for making lite posts. iCJBSBBMNG ONIUraUNE AUGUSTA. GA., Sept. 24.—Not a wheel lias turned on the city lines or the Aiken division of the Augusta- Aiken electric railway system since 11 o'clock yesterday morning, when con ductors and motormen went on strike, but it is expected that an attempt will be made to operate cars today. Strike breakers vill be used and a earload of them ate said to be here this morning. Trouble w ill likely occur when an at tempt is made to operate the ears by outside help. Mayor Barrett has prom ised the company protection. i here is absolutely no chance for any of the Aiken cars to run; for Gov ernor < ole L. Please w ill give no pro tection and the line passes through a South Carolina cotton mill district be tween here and Aiken, where all of the sympathy Is with the men. Sentiment here is divided, but all agree that it will be a duel to the finish between the strikers and the company. Ties Up 40 Miles of Road. The strike lias tied up about 40 nfiles of trolley lines. The Aiken-Augusta road, 20 miles long, runs through North Augusta, Bath, Langley and Granite ville, S. ('., to Aiken. These are all cotton mill towns. The Summerville and' Monte Sano loop, Turpin Hill, Lakeview and other city lines have about 20 miles of trackage and cover all the city and suburban territory on the Georgia side of the river. The street railway system employs about 400 men. including car crews, electri cians. linemen and construction men. The conductors and motormen have been organized for some time in a local union, which, they claim, is under the domination of the management of the company. The strike is the result of the refusal of the company to pennit its men to affiliate with the national organization of street railway em ployees. YEGGS BLOW SAFE WITH POLICEMAN 50 FEET AWAY NEW YORK, Sept. 24. With a po- 1 liceman on "fixed post" less than 50 feet away, yeggmen dynamited the safe in the Kaufman hat store. I 2835 Third avenue, and escaped with sl,l'oo. Ml 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p^ R N t ° MLLSGHEIP THEATERS WS' FEEDERS Path Leads to Resort, Says Leader in Men and Religion Movement. MANAGER WHO EMPLOYED YOUNG GIRLS GOES FREE Mother of Two Reed Girls Comes to Aid of Accused Showman. “These cheap theatrical companies are just one of the recognized feeders for the 'system.' The advertisements for chorus girls, like some of the ad vertisements for stenographers and other girl workers, are often designed simply to get the girls. The paths all lead to the same end—the resort.” That is the opinion of Marion M. Jackson, whose work in the present campaign of the Men and Religion For ward Movement is attracting so much attention. Mr. Jackson was discussing the case of Vessie Bostwick, Estelle Reed and "Buster" Reed, three girls found in the employment of the Em pire Comedy Company, a flve-cent show in a Whitehall street motion pic ture theater. While he had made no investigation of these particular cases, Mr. Jackson did not hesitate to declare the theatrical company dodges a part of the "game." Recorder Forced to Dismiss Manager. Recorder Broyles heard the case against W. F. Swaringen, manager of the Empire Comedy Company, and dis missed it, as Swaringen was merely charged with conducting an agency without a license. Tile manager showed that he was operating a. company and not conducting an agency, and upon statements that the two Reed girls were not under sixteen years old the recorder was forced to dismiss the case and set the manager and girls free. The Reed girls were summoned as witnesses to the charge that Swarin gen was employing girls under sixteen. Officer B. B. Posey, of the children’s court, swore that the girls' mother had asked him to look after her daughters, and had shown him records to prove that the girls were but fourteen and fifteen years old. Notwithstanding this, Mrs. Reed stated before the recorder that the girls were aged sixteen and seventeen. respectively, and denied that she had ever talked with Officer Posey. Tlie Bostwick girl, who is only four teen years old, was not given actual employment, although she had been promised a place in the chorus by Swaringen. Had Asked Home to Take Her Girls. Mrs. Reed told a reporter that her daughters received sl2 a week each as chorus girls and were provided an es cort from the theater to their homes every night. But E. H. Peacock, agent, of tlie Harriet Hawkes Industrial Home for Giris, not yet completed, testified that Mrs. Reed had asked him some time ago to take charge of her two daughters and place them in the home. He did not look upon the theater com pany as a desirable substitute for the home and regietted that the institution was not yet open. He said Rev. J. L. Bostwick, father of Vessie, had also asked him to look after his daughter. The Georgian's story yesterday of the cheap theatrical companies and the ends to which many of them lead at tracted wide attention. Several per sons stated that they had seen young girls from these places driving away in cabs and automobiles with young men after the shows. “WALKS IN” ON SUIT TO PROVE HIS DEATH SANDUSKY, OHIO, Sept. 24.—Chas. Bretz, who disappeared from Middle Bass island seventeen years ago, and who had not been heard from in that time, reappeared in Sandusky today while a suit was being heard in court to prove that he was dead. Bretz was divorced from his wife be. fore he left. Two sons brought suit to recover certain valuable property which their father once had held and which their sisters had deeded away. it was argued that Bretz was dead and, therefore, the property should re vert to his heirs. The sons did not know Bretz. He had been in England - „ a. BROKER FIRM SUSPENDED, BOSTON. Sept. 24.—The suspension of S. R. Dow & Co., a brokerage firm, was announced on the stock exchange at the opening of business today.