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DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN IRVINE HOME the weather Fo r «=as t for Atlanta and Georgia: fa"" today: showers tomorrow. VOL. XI. NO. 45. HOPE IRVINE KILLS SELF, HUEIS DYING Son of Insurance Clerk at State Capitol Enacts Double Trag edy at Marietta Home. CRUSHES MATE’S SKULL. SLASHES OWN THROAT Aftei crushing the skull of his wife with a baseball bat, Hope Irvine, a prominent young man of Marietta and the son of R. C. Irvine, insurance clerk in the office of the slate comptroller, stood before the mirror of the dresser In his bed room this morning at 2:30 o’clock and cut his throat from ear 'to ♦ar with a razor The moon gave the only light by which he worked. The wife is at the point of death at tome of her next door neighbor. W. P. Jones, this afternoon. She regained consciousness only a short while ago. ;’t . children are being cared for h.' i' .s One of the younger ones - m •']< room when the tragedy oc curred. Tic only explanation for the catas r i ! insanity. Irvine and his wife h.i> ■•■11 mariied for ten years. They • '■ - appeared happy. The only it i regularity in their lives was iqtermit* • nt attacks of epilepsy he suffered. M - Irvine awoke last night at 12 o'clock at the cry of her little child. She attended to it and noticed that her hus band was sleeping soundly at her side. Wife Awakened By Blow on Head. At 2:30 o’clock this morning she was awakened by a heavy blow on the head. In the moonlight she could see her husband swinging at her with a club which proved to be a baseball bat belonging to one of the children. She attempted to escape from him. but he continued to club her. finally breaking the bat into pieces: but not until after her head had been crushed. She rushed out into the night clad en’y in her bed clothes, screaming for ’ “Ip W. P. Jones, a next door neigh 'w. heard her appeal and rushed to ■ ’he rescue. He found her in her yard, rood from her wounds mingling with [ ner streaming hair. H' carried her into his home and no fieri the police. Policemen Stumble Over Dead Body. I' ■■•■.■emen Ellison and Drew hastened the Irvine home at 106 Moon street. r ’> M H. Pe’.'kinson was called to the ■’ Mrs. Irvine. " ben the policemen entered the bed rt of Irvine they stumbled over his A bloody razor lay on the ■lresser. Irvine was 36 years old. He was the I Marietta city salesman for the White Company of Atlanta. There is little hope that Mrs. Irvine ’ ill recover. 1 coroner held an inquest this ning and the jury r.iplered a ver fl of suicide. '* STRIKEBOUND STREET RAILWAY ORDERED TO KEEP SERVICE GOOD r 'l l-CTH. MINX.. Sept. 25.—The railway company here is facing tm’que problem today. In spite of i kc of its employees which has ' c ’ rod in rioting and the destruction | ” roperty, it must at once inaugurate maintain a service equal to that ■med September 9 w hen the strike ■ a 1 led. writ of mandamus compelling was issued by Judge Dibell, court held that it could neither the company to reinstate the cfs nor could it compel the men to m to work. Hut the company, it decided, under the terms of its ichise, must maintain a sufficient ice. ' " judge intimated that if disor bioke out again either the city or ompany could reopen proceed- MOROS ARE KILLED IN BRUSH WITH AMERICANS v ''NILA. P. 1.. Sept. .25. Fifteen ' ■’ ■ killed and four uirmlf ot American constabulary were 'tided in a fight in the interior, ac 'tig to word received at military ' 'quarters herr tods'. The Moros ‘ pursued into the hush after kill t Filipino. Among the wounded _ Lieutenant Preuss, who was in “ la with W. Morgan Schuster. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. GIHL mils SffIPEK’S PUHDDN 10 WED Youngblood Asks Governor to Pardon Ex-Chief of Police So He May Claim Bride. PROMISED FATHER NOT TO MARRY UNTIL HE IS FREE Governor Joseph M. Brown again has been petitioned to pardon Thomas Edgar Stripling, convicted, escaped and recaptured murderer in Georgia, some time chief of police of Danville, Ma., and now confined in the state peniten tiary for life in expatiation of his crime. This time the petition comes not in the form of a voluminous roll backed by scores of signatures, legal pleas, and all of that. The last Stripling petition filed with the governor came in today’s mail, and it is signed by one name only, and the only plea that accompanies it is one invoked in the name of the little winged god of Love. E. T. Youngblood, writing from Tal lulah Falls, implores the governor te pardon Stripling, not alone for Strip ling’s sake and the happiness of his family, but in order that he—Young blood —may claim as a bride Stripling’s daughter. Ruth May. who has promised to be Youngblood's wife, but who, un der former promise to her father, will not wed so Irfng as he wears Hie stripes of a felon. Remarkable Letter Extols Love's Glooms. Youngblood's letter to the governor reads as follows: Dear Governor: I am a man who comes to you with a heartbroken plea—a man you could make happy and save from becoming a wreck. Governor, this is a case I do be lieve you will bear with me in hear ing. You could not have the heart to say no to what means so much to me, and take the pleasure of life from one that God has set aside to be happy. It is only through you that we can be made happy. God tells me to call on you. I am 39 years of age. and was raised in the good old county of Lee. I hail a chance to cast my ballot for you three times, but I never gave this a thought, me being a man who works for his wages, and has to go around wherever I can get work. During a stay in the city of Co lumbus 1 happened to fall in love with one most dear to me. There isn’t a sweeter or more lovely fam ily anywhere than Stripling’s. Why make them unhappy, and keep Stripling from his dear babies? And would you stop the enjoyment of lije for me? I could be a happy man. Open your heart, governor, so that I can get this damsel w ho is so dear to me. Otherwise, I can not get her. for her father’s request is that she stay single as long as he is in prison, and she is too honest to do otherwise. And I don’t think there is an other one in the whole world to me like Ruth May Stripling! Governor, man is not made to live alone, nor is woman. And to most men comes a love some time in their Ilves that makes or mars them. And what woman lives, who. deep In her heart, does not cherish the thought, of the one who Is dear er than all to her? • Governor, love rules the courts and the camps—and the grave. Love rules the saints above and men below, for love is all! Love is heaven, and heaven is love! I am in earnest about this mut ter. governor. Can 1 not meet you somewhere, face to save, and talk the matter over, in a heart-to-heart way ? I pray God may prompt you to answer yes. Pardon Stripling, governor! Do not thtow this in the waste basket. Respectfully. E. T. YOUNGBLOOD. The governor Is out of the city today and will not be back before Friday. What he will do with the communica tion from Youngblood only the govern or knows. During his first term Governor Brown refused, after an exhaustive hearing, to pardon Stripling. when a petition, widely indorsed, was presented to him r .jr consideration. Hi- written and promulgated opinion then in the Stripling ca-<- has since become a state classic in Georgia, ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 1912. ••••«e»•••e•• a • • « r » » e • • • ® » J “THE WAGES OF SIN”: • 'Th< wag■ ot sin is death.” • • uuot< d Rev. I >t. <'. B. Wilmer to- • • day w hen he was told by The • • Georgian of the suicide of a worn- • • an of the underworld-. • • "The death of the unfortunate • • woman is very stid. Bui the man- • • net of he; death is but another ar- » • guinent ag inst Hie life she had • • led, and not against the reform • • movement. ’’ • Q POLICE CHIEF AND BOARD HEAD WHO ADMIRES HIS PLUCK James L. Reavers, head of Atlan ta’s police, who, by his unexpected move against the restricted district, has virtually wiped it out. 4 11 l ’ l "t |b \ Mr. B dIHHE ' v- This is Carlos Mason, JL&AdL chairman of police AN-, board, who says he is forced to praise the chief’s nerve. DISSOLUTION OF OIL TRUST DIDN'T MAKE THEM SPLIT OFFICES NEW YORK. Sept. 25. —Abner S. Coriell. New York representative of the Standard oil Company of California, wiiieb, before the dissolution, was a leg of lite Standard of New Jersey, tes tified before Commissioner Jacobs in the Waters-Pierce hearing today that since tl>«- segregation lie still maintains quarters at 26 Broadway, the same as formerly. Air. Coriell was on the stand less than a. minute. Richard Tinsely, treasurer of the Standard of New York, that his company had made loans to John D. Archbold and C. H. l-’olger. Jr., of the Standard of New Jersey, b,ut re fused to name the amounts. It was announced that Archbold would be subpenaed the moment lie arrives in this country from England. He is expected to testify next swek. AGED MAN, VICTIM OF DRUG OVERDOSE, BEGS TO BE SAVED (’. \V. Meeks, an aged man living a’ 209*2 Marietta street, is dnad todav as tin result of an overdose of strychnine. Meeks was found in a dazed condition in his room, and was rushed to Grady hospital, where he died shortly afterward. Before losing consciousness Meeks topi 1 hospital physicians that lie had no recol lection of having taken poison, and begged piteously that they save his life. TWO DEATHS ACCIDENTAL. LA GRANGE, G.\ . Sept 25. After ex amining witnesses for two nights, a coro ner’s jury here found that Sim Hard.v and Sam Newman, who were killed on the Atlanta and West Point tracks on Sun day. had come their death b> being hit h\ passenger train No. 3K Ne wman was | buried at Roanoke and llard.x ; bod\ w'a - j interred at Flat Shoals cemetery, this ’ county. BROYLESBACKSBEAVERS IN RESORT WAR; GIRL A SUICIDE •••••••••••••••••••••••••• • Archbold Sails. Sick • • Os ‘Being Bothered’ • • SOUTHAMPTON, ENG., Sept. • 25 -Guarded by three men toward • • off interi iewers. John D Archbold. • • of the Standard Oil Company. • • sailed for New York today on th<‘ • • Majosth'. Mi Archhold said on • • sailing that he r- “sit k of being • • both'*led about political exposures.' • ARCHBOLD FACES CHURCH CENSURE AFTER EXPOSURE AUBURN. N. Y., Sept 25. Action to censure John D. Archbold to be token by the Central New Yolk Methodist conference was predicted today as a result of lite exposures of the Standard Oil president by Hearst's Magazine. Mi. Archbold is president of the board of trustees of Syracuse uni versity, whi.ii is <<mt rolled by the Methodists, ami he is also a deacon in that church. Th<- senate eampaign fund investi gating eommittee probabl.t will have J. I’. Morgan and tjeoige W. Perkins be ll ore it rn xt week when its sessions are I r.-.-umed al Washington. Colonel Roose. I velt has deferred the date of his ap | pearanee owing to a change in his speaking dates MEDICAL SCHOOL OPENS 1912-13 TERM TOMORROW Thr formal opening of the Southern Col lege of Medicine and Surgery and School of Pharmacy for the 1912-13 Mesaion will I take place tomorrow at noon Extensive improvntm rii m ha\f heel) mad< I-n ib< <• iiiui’M o' of Uh Inst it nt ion and literary rcquinnients have been raised to the Carnegie 14-umt system. WORLD’S SERIES TO OPEN IN NEW YORK; FIRST GAME OCT. 8 NEW’ YORK. Sept. 25.—The National baseball commission this afternoon set Tuesday. October 8, as the date for opening the world’s series. The Giants and Boston Red Sox will play their first gamp here on that date. SHOOTS DOCTOR WHO QUARANTINED HIM TO COURT WIFE; IS FREED CHICAGO, Sept. 25. Thomas L Reeve, charged with attempting to kill Dr Paul E. Kelley, was acquitted today. Reeve shot ami wounded Kelley, charging inti ma<s between the doctor and Mrs. Reeve He testified that Dr. Kelley kept him out of his own home through use of quarantine regulations while the physi cian was making love to Mis. Reeve. CHINESE. G. 0. P. NOMINEE FOR LEGISLATURE, FOR T. R. BOSTON Sept. 25. Charles Shue, a Chinaman, the first to seek public oftiro in tin- United States ami who was named as i epresental ive to the state legislature by the Republican organiza tion in Ward Seven, declared today that lie is a, supporter of Colonel Roosevelt. Shue was nominated to oppose John I. Donovan Democi.it Shue is 39 years old, a native of the United States, bo n in Sea tie, married ami has three children. GEORGIAN DIES ABROAD. I DALTON. GA., Sept. 2w.—A cable gram received here by W. H Speck Hom tic consular agent at Neuia Ge rona. announced that Di. Foster See bold, a prominent real estate man of this city, who was <>n a trip to the Isle of Pines, had died -uddenly He was at ■me time secretary of the local board of trade. Mayor and Police Board Head Not Consulted, But Praise Chief’s Closing of Fenderloin—Woman Ends Life, Declaring There Is Nothing Left for Her—Reformers Offer Help to Un derworld Residents. Atlanta today discussed but one topic—th? order of Chief Jlames L. Beavers closing the resorts in the restricted districts. Develop ments have followed thick and fast since The Georgian yesterday aft ernoon announced that the places were being closed by the chief. The suicide today of a woman inmate of the district was the most dramatic incident of the new regime. This unfortunate, ordered out of her house, slashed herself to death with a knife. “I have nothing left to live lor, ' she wrote in a note which was read by th? coroner. Mayor Courtland S. Winn and Chairman Carlos Mason, of tho police commission, say they were surprised at Chief Beavers’ act. Neither was consulted by the chief, but they will give him support in. his evident sincere desire to rid Atlanta of vice. Broyles to Back Chief to Limit Under Chief Beavers’ direction the police today began a war on so-called •’hotels” which are in reality immoral resorts. Two men and two women were arrested in a “hotel” in South Pryor street, and other arrests will follow. Recorder Broyles announced that he would back the chief tr» the limit with stockade sentences. John -I. Eagan and Marion M. Jackson, two leaders in the Men and Religion Forward Movement, which has heen waging a spectac ular campaign against the social evil, began today a canvass of the city to secure homes and positions for those of the outcasts who are willing to make the attempt toward leading decent lives. They will visit the district and ascertain how many women will promise to leave their careers of vice, and learn what work will be most suitable and acceptable to them. Atlanta politicians were dazed. I'he order by Chief Reavers ex ploded like a bombshell in the political camps in the very height.of the municipal campaign, and supporters of the rival candidates are won dering which way to turn, and how the new conditions will affect the respective candidates. Nobody is willing to discuss the situation. The reticence of public officials is indicative that they realize-that the order will affect the political situation in an important way, and they do not know whether it is wiser to praise the chief or denounce him. The one thing most evident today is that the act of Chief Reavers was absolutely free from the influence of politics and entirely inde pendent of Mayor Winn and every other official of the city. Not half a dozen persons in Atlanta knew of his order until The Georgian reached the streets. He had consulted nobody, had asked no official advice. He was chief, there was the law. and he obeyed it. And it is a strange commentary on things political that Ihe enforcement of tho law by an official sworn to enforce it could bring about such a storm. V ice Commission Sidesteps Issue Candidates for mayor say today that the matter is something which will be settled before the new administration takes office, and decline to give any opinion on it. The vice commissioners, whose re port on the evils in Atlanta has been formulated after months of argu ment. refuse to discuss it, and their report sidesteps all reference to the Manhattan avenue district and merely urges a general reform. On the street the topic is all-absorbing. There are many who sav the move of Chief Beavers was a mistake; that the women who are driven from a “regulated” and supervised restricted district will drift into residence districts and good citizens will he living next door to disreputable resorts and in the same apartment houses with objec tionable characters without knowing it until the disorder becomes flagrant. But the chief says the women will be watched and the home districts protected. The order closing the resorts in the restricted district, is but a step in the cleaning up of Atlanta. Baids on cheap “hotels.” which are really places of rendezvous, began today and the campaign will be continued. 'l'he police have de termined to close a number of dis reputable places in various parts of the city, and women driven out of the segregated section will find it difficult to settle in new houses without being arrested and penal ized. The announced determination to drive disreputable ' hotels" out of busi ness was followed early today by a raid on the Albian hotel in South Pryor st; eel by <Jtfleers Sturdivant and Al len. plain clothes men. under the direc tion of Chief Beavers. Jack Goldberg the proprietor, and Harry Hoodley, a clerk, were attested and held under S2OO bond for "disorderly conduct." Two women, one from Raleiglt and the other from Asheville, N c . were arrested in th< house. Goldberg has faced the re cordei several limes before "Chief Beavers has made the great- HOMT EDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p^ c est display of nerve, backbone and courage ever shown here by a city of ficial.” today is the opinion of Chair man Carlos Mason of the police com mission. in speaking of the action of the chief yesterday in suddenly swoop ing down on the tenderloin district and virtually wiping it off the city map. "The chief worked this whole thing out in his own mind, and then did what he thought to be his duty, without con sulting any other official or organiza tion of any kind. His action is strik ingly remarkable in this respect. He never informed any member of the po lice commission of his plans, and re ceived no instructions from the com missioners, either individually or as an official body. What he did was done at the dictation of his own conscience. He has shown himself a man of un questioned bravery and courage.” • And then Chairman Mason added: Chief’s Move Was Surprise to All. “Some time ago the police commis sion voted that the chief of police should be chief in fact as well as name. That Chief Reavers-is making good as a real cnief there is no question. His single-handed extermination of the ten. derloin demonstrates it thoroughly." Other members of the police com mission express themselves along ths