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THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Local showers today and probably tomorrow. VOL. XI. NO. 46 MM FALLING MIES IS GMT BY BROTHEF Human Buffer Saves Life of Painter Hurtling From Scaf fold to Pavement. HERO SEES PLUNGE AND BRACES SELF FOR IMPACT Victim Strikes the Shoulder of Rescuer and Suffers Only a Sprained Ankie. Victor Ranson’s foot slipped as he was painting from a swinging scaffold at the third floor of Child’s hotel in Broad street early today. He shot downward toward thfe stone sidewalk. In a moment he would have been killed or injured badly. But Claude Ranson, his brother, was standing on the curb. He heard no cry. but something told him to look up. He saw Victor hurtling toward the ground, ran forward five or six feet and caught the falling man on his shoulders. Both went to the side walk under the impact, but Victor es caped with a sprained ankle and Claude rubbed a bruised shoulder and went back to wmk. A repott' went to Seek Claude Ran son a few m'nu’.es afterward. The painter, with a companion, was stand ing on a narrow swinging scaffold just under the eaves of the hotel, painting away with no bother about shaken nerves or any thing else. “I Just Caught Him,” says Hero. Being -interrogated persistently, he admitted that his name was Claude Ranson, he was 23 years old, lived at 15 Weatherby street and intended to stick on the job until it was finished. His brother, he stated, was 25 years old and lived at 16 Oliver street. “It wasn’t nothing," * said Claude. “His rope must have give way or some thing. He wasn’t up so high. Just the third floor. Yes, I reckon he’d have been bruised up considerable if I hadn't caught him. "No, I didn’t hear him holelr. Don't think he had time to holler. I was on the sidewalk and I looks up. I see Vic tor coming down, turning sideways, and I take about three steps and catch him "n my shoulder. Yes, he knocks me down and bruises me up some. Not enough to bother about, though. “Have you heard from Grady hos pital? How’s he getting on? Just a sprained ankle, eh? That’s good. He might have been hurt bad If I hadn't happened to see him." And Claude Ranson dipped his brush in the bucket and went on painting the cornice. STRIKERS FIRE AGAIN IN DARK ON TROOPS IN COAL FIELDS WAR CHARLESTON, W. VA„ Sept. 26. After quiet had prevailed for 48 hours. 1 >■ warfare between state militia and miners in West Virginia was resumed ' irly today. The outposts of Company I, state militia, at Keeferton, in the mountain district, was attacked in the darkness of early morning. The state soldiers ’■‘-[died to the firing and several of the attacking force were wounded. Wh<n news of the attack was re ceived by Major James I. Pratt, who is In command of the district, a trainload of soldiers and bloodhounds were sent to t ail the assailants. The strike situation in the Kanawha Aallej, fields at present as far away from settlement as ever. The miners :i '“ adding to their armed forces and love established camp in the moun ’::mous country. HEIRS WAR FOR $4,000 REMNANT of great DR. PEARSON ESTATE ‘'HK'AGO, Sept. 26.—Litigation over *h>‘ distribution of $4,000. all of the ’1."00.000 estate of the late Dr. I). K. f’’arsons not given to charity, is threat ened among the heirs-. I’he principal claimant is Mrs. Belle Mappin, of Philadelphia, who wants 'ho entire $4,000. She will present let “ts showing an agreement by which s ' was to have received an amount r ß*r than this for living with Pear as his housekeeper until bis death. '' 'i- relatives says he acted as house k' 1 i only thri e weeks. of the he.irs are talking of a Suit to break the win The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. Electricity Is Cure For Insomnia; Turn Switch And Sleep AH You Like German Physician Says He Has Tried It With Success On Animals. BERLIN, Sept. 26. —Electric sleep, which may be turned on and off at will, is the alluring prospect offered to peo ple suffering from insomnia, by Dr. Na gelsehmidt, who describes his inven tion for this purpose, in a medical mag azine. He asserts he has devised a new form of electric current which, when applied to the base of the brain, will produce a narcotic effect, able to be inaintalnel as long as is desired. It has been tried with the greatest success, and without any injurious effects, on dogs and rabbits. Dr. Nagelsehmidt is con vinced that it can be equally applied to human beings. The application of the current als > eliminates pain from any part of the body. MRS. HOPE IRWIN TO LIVE; INSANITY ONLY REASON FOR TRAGEDY MARIETTA, GA., Sept. 26.—Mrs. Hope Irwin, who yesterday morning was beaten into insensibility with a baseball bat by her husband just before he committed suicide by cutting his throat with a razor, will recover, in the opinion of Dr. W. H. Perkinson, the attending physician. Dr. Perkinson visited the injured woman this morn ing and announced tha she would sur vive unless unforeseen complications arise. Mrs. Irwin spent a good night and is resting easily today. She is now able to talk to the few relatives and friends who are admitted to see her. She is still unable to offer any explanation of the tragedy save a sudden insanity brought on by epilepsy from which he had suffered at times for years. MENINGITIS IS FATAL TO YOUNG PRINCE OF PARMA VIENNA, Sept. 26. —Prince Charles of Parma, aged 7, the eldest son of Prince Elias of Parma, and a grandson of Archduke Frederick, died today of miningitis. The foremost specialists made an unsuccessful effort to save the boy’s life. BAVARIAN RAILWAYS BARS KISSING IN TRAINS BERLIN, Sept. 26.—The Bavarian state railways have issued an order pro hibiting kissing In their trains. Even husbands and wives are included. MAN LOST TEN YEARS IN HILLS POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Sept. 26. Ragged and covered with hair and barking like a fox, Arthur Britton, who has been missing for ten years was found in the Pawling mountains near here. SEES HUSBAND. MISSING 3 YEARS; CAPTURES HIM NEW YORK, Sept. 26. —Mrs. Samuel Schwartz, out for a walk, met her hus band, whom for three years she had believed dead. In a panic he fled. She outran him, however, and turned him over to the police. TO OPERATE HOTEL. VALDOSTA, GA., Sept. 26.—A local corporation has been formed here to lease the new Valdes hotel as soon as improvements now under way are com pleted. E. D. Ferrell, Jr., T. E. Herri ford, J. R. Dasher and O. D. Dalton are actively interested in the lease. IS IT THE QUESTION OF WHERE TO RENT THAT’S WORRYING YOU MOST? How many sleepless nights, dollars, useless steps, not to mention the worry and valuable time, have you spent in searching for desirable rooms, apart ments. houses and boarding places to your liking? The above paragraph is the sentiment and voice of thousands in Atlanta and surrounding territory, and no doubt yours. The Georgian fully realizes the prob lem of what a task it is to find the place that you desire, and has never ceased in its efforts to solve this hard prob lem. Special representatives are em ployed to search the town thoroughly each day for all the desirable places for rent of all descriptions for “The Georgian’s Rent Bulletin.” for the bene fit of its patrons. This bulletin ap pears daily on the Want Ad page-. Why not do your renting and search ing through this bulletin that is gotten up especially for you? Certainly you can see from many standpoints that this Rent Bulletin is helpful, worth while, and a great convenience. Consult it as you would a business guide, thus saving time and money; then give this time to your business and other affairs that need your at tention. Remember, when you have anything tn rento r desin to rent, that "The Georgian’s K> nt Bulletin" Jills the bill. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1912. UNCLE TRUSTY! Copyright. 1912, by International News Service. | WaPv.ce of I 3EAR IH FtiblD You ar£\ ' '/// HOW I ////' t MANY Times have You\ yrX j" l '■■■■UPl /jßhl V////7 . BEEM CobbacTßP oF TAIVIbH, I A-TM / / // Rebates, Porch CLiMBiM&J I ''l' \ putting up The cost op i y rJ** / UIIKA--7 ont // Living t BR'B'ng y ry'i/ z 'igfl senators, stealing /Ttu- him\ loose chamge anp pW ' W* appl.ep \ Vcarryihg aggnU Vta \ /MEW / ToTHt 1 T 77 ✓ A J a k writ or \ / ■ '/'■ r /1 vT°Nt sorrj Ar. -7 ■ ■ wBPlfK (b H ll' M i ■ aigu ‘‘Theodora, you nan anitiso yourself a few minutes eatinp those Rocky Ford melons that were given to you the other day, and William can tear off a few wigks of sleep while the Peo ple s Investigat nv Committee tries to get some information out of me! ,Say, it's a scream! Elihu is a nifty little lawyer! I've got a contract with him! It begins. ’ln consideration of one dollar b,\ each to the other in hand paid.’ etc. He never paid me'his dollar, though! After the committee gets through examining me I’m going to hold 'em all up and frisk their pockets!” CORROBORATION OF SCHEPPS TESTIMONY PLEASES WHITMAN NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—District At torney Charles S. Whitman returned from Hot Springs, Ark., today, accom panied by Mrs. Whitman and Assistant District Attorney Robert Rubin. Mr. Whitman was elated at the result of his trip and declared the testimony of Sam Schepps, chief witness against Lieutenant Charles Becker, the police official indicted for the murder of Her man Rosenthal, had been corroborated in every particular by five witnesses. “The people’s case against Lieutenant Becker has been strengthened 100 per cent by mj trip to Hot Springs," said the district attorney. "The testimony of Schepps has been corroborated by more than five witnesses whom I per sonnally questioned. "If application is made for a new commission I shall fight its appoint ment and shall use my every endeavor to defeat such action. The state is ready to go ahead with the trial on Oc tober 7.” District Attorney Whitman will leave nothing undone to protect Captain Howell, of Hot Spring' and other wit nesses for the prosecution from the in timidation of Becker’s friends. EARLY SNOW FALLS OVER MIDDLE WEST; GRAIN IS LAID FLAT CHICAGO. Sept. 26.—A cold wave has gripped the middle West today. The mercury is 25 to 3b degrees lower than it was yesterday morning. In Duluth snow fell, and throughout Minnesota and the Dakotas there were light snows reported. | At Fargo the snow was so heavy that j uncut flax and corn were laid flat. | Three inches of snow fell at Crook ; ston, Minn. Rockford. 111., felt a slight I earthquake shock just before it turned I cold. In Chicago a sharp wind em | pha-ized the drop in temperature. HEARSE HIRED SO PARTY CAN BREAK SPEED LAWS I NEW YORK. Sept. 26.—Ten North Bergenites. after picnicking, had to catch a Hoboken boat in a hurry. Knowing a fast motor car would be held, they rented a hearse automobile. | They won. The police gave it the right of way. JAPAN DEVASTATED BY GREAT TYPHOON; 300 LIVES ARE LOST TOKIO. Sept. 26.—More than 300 lives have been lost in a terrific ty phoon which swept the southern coast of Japan and cut this city off from the world from Sunday until last evening. Wire communication with points east of Tokio was only restored today, and the full extent of the disaster Is un known. The torpedo boat destroyers Fubuki and Tachibana were driven on the rocks on the northern coast of Yokaichi, and two other naval boats were blown ashore. The entire crew of one of the destroyers was lost. Hundreds of naval coasting boats, fishing smacks and other small craft that ply between the numerous islands on the south coast and the mainland were sunk. Thousands of buildings were blown down or washed away by streams which were swollen out of their banks by the cloudburst which accompanied the typhoon. At Nagoya, capital of the prefecture of Aichi, part of the city was destroyed and twenty persons were killed. Thou sands there are homeless. The island of Shikou was swept by the storm and tremendous damage done there. A score of fishing villages were devastated. It is estimated that the damage will aggregate $5,000,000. The government is taking relief meas ures and l« sending supplies to the storm sufferers. PROHIS MEET TO NAME ELECTORS; NEWTON TO TALK The Georgia Prohibitionists met at the Piedmont hotel in convention at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon for the pur pose of organizing, selecting presiden tial electors and attending to such oth er business as might come before them. Organization was perfected by elect ing Hf. \V. \V. Manney, of Brunswick, chairman; <’. E. Davis, of Atlanta, vice chairman; George Gordon, of Atlanta, secretary, and W. S. Witham, of At lanta, treasurer. Mr. Gordon and Mr. Witham were elected national committeemen from Georgia for the next four years. This afternoon presidential electors will be named and an address will be delivered before the convention by Hon. George E. Newlin, national Prohibition leader, of Indiana MARCONI, INJURED IN AUTO CRASH, MENDS; NOT TO LOSE HIS EYE SPEZIA. ITALY. Sept. 26.—Gugliel mo Marconi, inventor of the wireless, who was injured in an automobile col lision yesterday, was reported at the royal naval hospital today to be great ly improved, It was feared at first that Signor Marconi would go blind or at least lose the sight of his right eye, but after an examination by a specialist it is be lieved the sight will not be impaired unless unlooked-for complications de velop. The Inventor's.right cheek was badly cut. and it was feared a splinter had penetrated the eye. At times his tem perature reached 100, and he suffered great pain, but he bore it with forti tude. Signor Marconi, accompanied by his wife, was returning from a trip to the Coltano wireless station when the ma chine collided with a motor car con taining seven women. Both cars were overturned, but the injuries to all but Marconi consisted only of bruises. ALABAMA GOVERNOR UNDER FIRE IN FIGHT AGAINST TAX RAISE MONTGOMERY, ALA., Sept. 26—A partial analysis of the disposition of Gov ernor O'Neal's contingent fund will be presented by a committee of business men at a mass meeting of Montgomery tax payers, to be held in this city tonight to protest against citations Issued by the state tax commissioner, supported by the executive, raising property assessment in this county from 6 mills to 10 mills The statement as to the governor’s contingent fund promises to be a sensa tional feature of the program, and Is likely to develop into a personal attack on the chief executive. Members of the com mittee stated Wednesdaj that the fig ures have not been obtained for an at tack on the governor but to show the tax payers the extravagance of the state, but they are willing to let the chips fall where they may. THIRD GIRL IN FAMILY KILLS HERSELF FOR LOVE SEDALIA, MO., Sept. 26.—The third daughter of Frank Dunton to kill her self because of unrequited love died here from poison. She was Minnie, sixteen years old. When her sister, Daisy, seventeen, ended her life in 1903 the father killed her admirer, for which he is serving a 28-year term in prison. An older sister killed herself in St. Louis several years ago for love. 286 PUCES OUTSIDE HMCr DEFY HI JOSES TELLS POLICE “I Have the Names and Evidence,” He Declares to Captain Poole as He Re ceives Notices to Close, But Refuses to Divulge Information. Chief Beavers Says He Is Ready to Act at Once If Jones Will Give Up His Evidence—Re formers to Visit Tenderloin Today to Offer Aid to Women—Many Hit by Decree Quit ting the City. New and startling developments in Chief of Police Beavers' war ot extermination on the tenderloin of Atlanta came today with the declaration by Charles C. Jones, saloonkeeper and well-known sport ing man. that he had in his possession evidence to prove that there are 286 illegal houses in this city not included in the “restricted district.” This sensational announcement was made when Police Captain Poole, carrying out the orders of his chief, served Jones with notices that three houses he was reported to own in the district must be vacated within the specified five days. Jones accepted the service calm ly. He had announced that he would not attempt to block in any way the police department's work, but as he put the notices into his pocket he pulled out a bundle of papers. 286 Places Run Illegally, He Says. “I have here,” he aaid, ” the names and addresses of 286 places in Atlanta run Illegally. I have the names of the owners and the proprietors. I have the evidence.” Captain Poole informed Chief Beav ers of the charges today. He declared that he had asked Jones for his evi dence, but that he had refused. “Jones, as a citizen of Atlanta,” de clared the chief, "should produce this evidence, and if he does I will act upon it. 1 will put these places out of busi ness, or do my best to, just as 1 will all other places run in defiance of-the law. They all must go." District Residents Begin to Quit City. The chief added that he was giving Jones’ charges serious consideration and had not decided yet whether to make formal demand for his evidence. Police authorities are inclined to doubt whether he had the power to take such action. Residents of the restricted district have already begun to leave the city and a general exodus is expected. Many of them have gone to Birmingham and others have left for cities in the state. There is little hope that many will be induced to take advantage of the offer of the Men and Religion Forward Movement leaders. Offer Aid to All Women Who Will Accept. Leaders In the Men and Religion For ward Movement and a number of min isters and social workers of Atlanta will meet at noon today to begin a can vass of the restricted district and offer the exiled women opportunities to turn to a better life. The workers have a cash fund of SIO,OOO available for car ing for the women who will accept as sistance and say there are enough sit uations pledged to take care of all the women who will accept them. The report that the financial backers of the underworld would establish a new tenderloin outside the city limits, but w ithin the county lines is not given credence today. Sheriff Mangum, who was quoted yesterday as saying he would not interfere with such a move unless forced to do so, denied making any such statement and both the sheriff and Chief Zach Rowan, of the county police, say they will co-operate with Chief Beavers in putting out vice. Recorder Broyles' statement to The Georgian yesterday that he would up hold the chief by giving offenders the limit penalty of the law, was borne out in the first cases to come before him. He held the lessee and manager of the Albian hotel in Pryor street under SI,OOO bonds for the higher court. Two Stranded Show Girls Help Police Crusade. Two girls found in the St. Clair hotel in Forsyth street under questionable circumstances have told the police ot numerous other cases where women were using the "hotels” as a blind for vice. The girls' story shows the evil effect of some of the cheap vaudeville theaters, too. They were brought to Atlanta by a ten-cent theatrical troupe which stranded here in two days after arrival, leaving the girls penniless. Marlon M. Jackson, head of the Met. and Religion Forward Movement, de clared that if houses in the city are 1 tented for immoral purposes in future extra: 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P^ R ; 0 the owners, aryl not merely the proprie tors, will be put in jail. The state law is plain on this subject and makes the owner equally guilty with the manager. "We shall not stop with fines,” said Mr. Jackson. "The law says such an owner Is subject to a fine of not more than SIOO and imprisonment not ex ceeding 30 days. Some of these rich gentlemen will find out what the rock pile means if they rent houses for im moral purposes.” Assist Police in Ferreting Out Vice. Two girls, members of a stranded "theatrical” company, are aiding the police force today in running down the so-called hotels which are hotbeds of vice, and their information has led to a number of arrests. The girls. Erances Willard and Margaret Hansell, say they are from Asheville, N. and came <to Atlanta with a cheap theatrical com pany which went broke in two days and left them without funds. The girls were found in a lodging house in For syth Street and arrested. For three days the two girls sought honest employment in Atlanta, they say, and found nothing to do. At last, hungry and penniless, they turned to the "streets.” For three weeks they had lived this life, and they had met dozens of other unfortunates of tha sidewalks. They learned of the nu merous hotels and lodging houses which make up the "system.” Some of these resorts are being conducted In good residence districts, they say. They told the police all they knew, and under the order of Chief Beavers the officers be gan a series of raids. The police realize that the closing of the restricted district will bring about an increase in the ranks of the "women of the streets.” Plainclothes men have been detailed to watch for such offend ers. and this evil will be checked as rapidly as possible. Chief Beavers has pledged himself to go to the bottom of vice in Atlanta, to eradicate the evil as well as his force can do it. He be lieves that this type of vice, though never completely destroyed, will be greatly reduced within a few weeks. GIRL ARRESTS YOUTH FOR CRITICISING TIGHT SKIRT NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—Bessie Kaplan, an athletic elghteen-year-old girl of the Bronx, arrested a young man in a Brook lyn "L” car and personally haled him to the New Jersey avenue court several blocks away. There she charged him with having brought public humiliation to her because he had made comments on the tightness « of her skirt that were heard by the other passengers of the car. He gave the name of Max Chasowitz, and was held under SSOO bail. RENO JUDGE SOUNDLY FLAYS DIVORCE COLONY RENO. NEV., Sept. 26.—1 n a state ment from the bench here. Judge Orr denounced the conduct of the divorce colony, saying that those \4ho "flaunt their wickedness before decent people should be criminally prosecuted.” SPEEDER IS FINED BY PHONE;_REMITS IN MAIL OMAHA, Sept. 26.—" You are fined $5 and costs.” said Police Judge Foster over the telephone to A. D. Northrup, caught speeding la: t night. In the morning mall today Judge Foster received Northrup's remittance of $7.50.