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VOL. XI. NO. 46.
MAN FALLING
3 STORIES IS
CAUGHT BY
BROTHER
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 Ankle.
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 the stone sidewalk.
In a moment he would have been killed
or injured badly. But Claude Ranson,
hie 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
waik under the impact, but Victor es
caped with a sprained ankle and Claude
rubbed a bruised shoulder and went
back to work.
A reporter went to seek Claude Ran
son a few minutes 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 anything 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’ - ,
think he had time to holler. I was on
the sidewalk and I looks up. I see Vic
tor < oming down, turning sideways, and
I take about three steps and catch him
"ti my shoulder. Yes, he knocks me
down and bruises me up some. Not
enough to bother about, though.
"Hav- 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.
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
,; utnn him, however, and turned him
°vnr i ) the police.
IS IT THE QUESTION OF
WHERE TO RENT THAT’S
WORRYING YOU MOST?
How many sleepless nights, dollars,
! ‘ i steps, not to mention the worry
:, nd finable time, have you spent in
hlng for desirable rooms, apart
iTl'ris. houses and boarding places to
y " ur liking?
above paragraph is the sentiment
11 'nice of thousands in Atlanta and
i r niling territory, and no doubt
yours.
Georgian fully realizes the prob
! what a task it is to find the place
' ”'i desire, and has never ceased
efforts to solve this hard prob-
Hpecial representatives are em
<l to search the town thoroughly
■v so; all the desirable places
at of al] descriptions for "The
on’s Rent Bulletin,” for the bene
-1 its patrons. This bulletin ap
dally on the Want Ad pages.
not do your renting and search-
' I’ nigh this bulletin that is gotten
tally for you? Certainly you
" from many standpoints that
Kent Bulletin is helpful, worth
and a great convenience.
lit it as you would a business
thus saving time and money;
-!'• this time to your business
■ i affairs that need your at
tention,
oibei. when you have anything
or desire to rent, that "The
'ken's Rent Bulletin" fills the bill.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
STATEASKED
TO EID cm
STRIKE 11
AUGUSTA
Aid of Labor Commissioner
Stanley Sought in Effort to
Settle Controversy.
LAW GIVES HIM POWER
TO ACT IN SUCH CASES
Official Undecided as to Best
Course to Pursue in the
Tangled Situation.
Commissioner of Labor Stanley has
been approached quietly by interested
parties who want him to use his influ
ence In bringing about, if possible, a
settlement of the street railway strike
in Augusta.
Under section 5 of the act of 1911
creating the office of commissioner of
labor, Mr. Stanley is clothed with au
thority to do this, if, in his judgment,
it seems the fit and proper thing.
Because of the delicacy of the mat
ter, the commissioned would be slow to
he were assured in advance that his
move In a matter of this kind, unless
efforts likely would be acceptable. He
would not care to appear as a.partisan
in the dispute from any conceivable
standpoint.
The commissioner has taken the sug
gestion, coming to him as it did, under
serious advisement. He has not made
up his mind what he will do, but if he
does undertake to interfere the impres
sion is that the situation in Augusta
may be adjusted speedily.
Removal of Police
Froni Cars Demanded
AUGUSTA, GA., Sept. 26.—Following
the action of the Augusta Federation
of Trades last night, a committee will
call on Mayor Thomas Barrett today to
demand that policemen be taken off the
street cars, where they have been
placed to protect non-union motormen
and conductors.
The labor men of Augusta have
threatened a sympathetic strike if their
demands are not complied with. They
hold that General Manager Deal, of the
railway company, is entirely responsi
ble for the street railway strike, and
that the strikers should be allowed to
fight their battles with the company
without the latter being assisted by the
police.
The labor men say there has been no
disorder on the cars so far. City offi
cials declare that policemen on the
cars have been the only cause of keep
ing down disorder, and that the cars
could not run five minutes unless under
police protection.
Union labor men paraded on Broad
street last night 800 strong. However,
there was no disorder save shouting.
It is confidently expected that Mayor
Barrett will refuse to take the police
men off the cars, and there may be a
general strike ordered within a day or
two. There will be another.meeting of
the union labor men tonight, when a
report of a committee appointed to see
Mayor Barrett will be heard.
Policemen are on the cars today.
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. Pcrkinson, the
attending physician. Dr. Perkinson
visited the injured woman this morn
ing and announced that she would sur.
vlve 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.
GEMS VALUED AT
S7BO MISSING FROM
NORTH SIDE HOME
Detectives are striving to solve the
mystery of the disappearance of dia
monds and jewels worth S7BO from the
flat of J. F. Jackson, an Insurance man.
Farltnger Court, East avenue.
The jewels, which belong to -Mrs.
.Jackson, were taken from the house
while she was ill in a hospital. They
had been placed in a chamois bag when
Mrs. Jackson was taken Hl.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1912.
Electricity Is Cure For
Insomnia; Turn Switch
And Sleep All 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
getechmidt. 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 maintained
as long as is desired. It has been
tried with the greatest success, and
without any injurious effects, on dog-'
and rabbits. Dr. Nagelschmidt 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.
WANT BOATS TO RUN ON
THREE GEORGIA RIVERS
DURING ENTIRE YEAR
MACON, GA., Sept. 26.—Sixteen
cities and towns on the Octnulgee.
Oconee and Altamaha livers are repre
sented by delegates to a convention be
ing held here today in the interests of
improving the inland waterways of
southeast Georgia. Congressman Brant
ley is expected this afternoon. He wired
last night that he was coming. The
representatives here pre from Haw
kinsville, Brunswick, Dublin, Lumber
City, Datien, Milledgeville, Abbeville.
Oconee,’ Mount Vernon, Cooktown and
other places.
The convention will draw up a peti
tion memorializing congress to grant
an increased appropriation for the im
provement of these rivers. It is con
tended that if the channels of the
Oconee and Ocmulgee, which unite at
Abbeville and form the Altamaha, are
deepened, all-year navigation can be
maintained.
The convention was called by the
Macon Chamber of Commerce, at the
request of shippers along the routes ot
the rivers.
GEORGIA RAILROAD
EMPLOYEES VOTING
ON STRIKE ISSUE
AUGUSTA, GA., Sept. 26.—Balloting
began this afternoon among the con
ductors, trainmen and yardmen of the
Georgia railroad to determine whether
or not there shall be a strike ordered
The contluctors' committee has been
holding sessions since September 10.
and a number of conferences have been
held with the officials of the road in
regard to the adjustment of certain
differences. AH negotiations have now
come to an end, and a strike ballot has
been ordered. Vice President Gregg,
of the Order of Railway Conductors, is
here
The trainmen and yardmen have also
been negotiating and no agreement has
been reached. The trainmen are com
posed of flagmen and brakemen. If the
strike is ordered there will probably be
500 men out. The balloting will be
completed within a day or two.
NEW YORK G. O. P.
STILL WRANGLING
WITHOUT RESULTS
SARATOGA, N. Y„ Sept. 26.—The
net result of the second day’s session of
the New York state Republican con
vention was the renewal of the plat
form fight, the rejuvenation bf the gu
bernatorial boom of Senator Brackett
and the declaration of Erie county del
egates for William J. Daniels for gov
ernor. In other respects the unbossed
delegates rank practically paralleled
the uncertainty and factional strife of
the past few days.
Job E. Hedges and James ’V. Wads
worth, Jr., were still in the lead and
there was no abatement of the determi
nation of both men to make a strong
fight on the convention floor when the
delegates adjourned this afternoon.
The fight on the platform was taken
to mean that, the business of the con
vention would be long drawn out.
MONTGOMERY’S BALL
FRANCHISE FOR SALE,
SAYS OWNER TILLIS
MONTGOMERY, ALA., Sept. 26.
The Montgomery baseball franchise in
the Southern league is for sale, ac
cording to a statement of Owner Rich
ard Tillis today, following the breaking
off of negotiations for a guarantee fund
by the Montgomery Business Men’s
league.
The league had raised the necessary
guarantee to keep baseball in Mont
gomery for the next three years, but
Mr. Tillis and directors of the league
could not agree on the contract which
was to be signed by both parties.
Mr. Tillis refused, during the past
summer, an offer for the franchise from
Little Rock. He declined to say today
whether he would accept this offer if it
was made again.
"I gu« ss somebody will buy it,” he
declared.
JONES REFUSES TO EVICT
HIS TENDERLOIN TENANTS
Baby Athlete in Training to Dethrone Travers
BOY, 2, IS A REAL GOLFER
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.Monroe Ashe, two-year-old son of If. M. Ashe, Atlanta's
coming candidate for the golf championship.
Little Monroe Ashe Also Can
Swim and Swat a Tennis
Ball Like Champ.
If careful training will count for
anything Atlanta some day may pro
duce a golfer who will bring the laurels
of Jerome Travers to the East Lake
club. Monroe Ashe, the two-year-old
son of H. M. Ashe, is this golfer, but
don't for a minute go away with the
idea that he is not a golfer now.
His father is aware of this last fact,
and sometimes to his sorrow, for he
he can't take a turn of the links when
playing a handicap match w ith his ath
letic baby.
Little Mr. Ashe is a familiar sight on
the East Lake course, and he is an ac
complished player of the ancient and
honorable game of a year's experience.
His father's ambition to make him an
athlete is responsible for the boy's abil
ity to welt the gutta percha.
Nor is golfing his only accomplish
ment in the sport line. He can swim
like a duck and bat a tennis ball with
the best of his weight with a miniature
racket designed for him.
"It is getting to be.” said his father,
"that 1 can’t go over the East Lake
course without taking the boy along.
At the sight of golf sticks he is like a
pointer at the sight of a shotgun. He
has got to go and he usually does.”
SUPERIOR COURT
CLEARS RECORDS
OF DE LEON CASES
Judge George Bell today dlsmiwsWd
Ronald Ransome and H. L. Eraser as
receivers for the affairs of Moist? De-
Leon. Atlanta contractor, who disap
peared six weeks ago, leaving his finan
cial affairs J15,00<l short.
The judge's action* was to rid the su
perior court of the DeLeon cases.
Bankruptcy proceedings recently insti
tuted in Federal court will supersede
superior court suits. Ransome and Era.
sr r wer< named by Judge Newman in
Federal court to handle Dei.eon's af
fairs.
U. S. DEBATES WHAT
TO DO WITH MENA,
NICARAGUAN REBEL
WASHINGTON. Sept. 26.—State de
partment officials here are worried eon.
cerning the ultimate disposition of
General Luis M< na. Nicaraguan rebel
leader, who with 700 men surrendered
to Rear Admiral Southerland at mid
night on Tuesday.
Acting Secretary of State Huntington
Wilson is debating whether Mona shall
be held by the American forces, turned
over to the federate or exiled from
the country.
While the United States would not
countenance officially the summary ex
ecution of the rebel loader, it is well
understood that the state department
would make no protest should Presi
dent Diaz follow such a course. Mena,
by his barbarous attacks on women and
children and non-combatants, and his
shelling by his ships of unprotected
households, has placed himself outside
of the pale of civilization, and state
department officials are of the opinion
that his immediate execution would be
the best thing for that country.
In the same dispatch from Minister
Weitzel, who confirmed Mena’s surren
der. the state department learned that
conditions at Granada when the Ameri
can forces arrived there were of the
worst possible. Women and children
were dying in the streets from starva
tion, while rebel soldiers brutally at
tacked any one who made»an outcry.
What little food, there was in the city
had been captured by the rebels, who
had also cut off the supply of water.
DAUGHTER OF CROKER
WINS DIVORCE DECREE
NEW YORK. Sept. 26. -Mrs. Ethel
Breen, daughter of Richard Croker,
today obtained a divorce decree from
John J. Breen, fortperly a riding mas
ter in Central park. The final decree
was obtained in supreme court when
Breen failed to appear and oppose the
motion.
A Miss Maude Diehl, a telephone op
erator, was named by Mis. Breen as
co-respondent.
Readily Admits He Owns Four Places
and Declares Women Can Stay a»
Long as They Please Without Pay
ing Rent---Tells Them to Obey Chief 1
and He Will Provide Their Food.
Flourishes a List of 186 Places He Asserts Are
\ iolating Law, But Will Not Give Evidence’
to Chief---Reformers Warn of Moves Against-
Beavers—-Appeal to Women Individually.;
Charles (’. Jones, proprietor of the Rex and well-known sporting
man. readily admitted this afternoon that he owned four of thel
houses in our midst, asserted that 186 places were being run ill®.'
gaily in the city outside of the district, and then unfolded a plan to)
care for a tew score of the women affected by Chief Beavers’ determi* j
nation to wipe out the tenderloin of Atlanta.
Here is his remarkable statement:
”Yes, I own four houses down there, and I'm not ashamed t<>|
say so. I ve always been square and above hoard. You have know® 1
me long enough to know that.
When this order went out I told the inmates of my places to stay
light on and they needn't pay any rent. I told them I didn’t need the
money and they could stay there a month, a year, or two years, and if
they needed food they could come to me and get it. I told them to
obey the order of the chief implicitly, to refuse to let a man cross their
door step, but they could stay in the houses and have a roof over their
heads. They can’t put them out if they do not violate the laws. ’’
Jones, telling of the illegal resorts outside the “district,’’ showed
a list of names.
“ I said 186, not 286, as Captain Poole said,’’ he explained. "Here
are the names."
He drew from his pocket a dozen
typewritten sheets hearing the
names of women and addresses.
Tin 1 latter included numbers in
good blocks of some of the best
known streets in town. They
ranged from Peachtree and Spring
streets down to the narrow thor
oughfares of the slums.
Has the Proof That
Houses Are Illegal.
The names of perhaps a hundred
women were on other sheets.
“The.-e are street walkers,” said
Jones.
“Why didn't you give the list to the
police?" he was asked.
“Who is chief of police?” he returned,
aggri ssively. "Beavers, or me’.’ It’s
his business, not mine.”
"Could you prove your statement that
the addresses on that list are illegal
houses?’.’
"I could. The men who made the list
can swear to the facts.”
"Who made the lists?”
“Well, that’s another question. I
don't care to say.”
“Would you testify to these facts if
called before court or grand jury?”
Shows Lists But
Will Not Testify.
“No, I wouldn’t. I'm not a police
man.”
The proprietor of the Rex, a well
known figure in Atlanta for years, was
visibly annoyed at having his name
printed in connection with the tender
loin matter.
Jones refused to discuss the probable
effect of the chief's order. He said he
did not want to be drawn into a dis
cussion, was sorry he had been dragged
into the papers, and had told a police
officer about the 186 places without the
thought that it would he used as official
information. He permitted a reporter
to look over the lists, but declined to
permit any memoranda made of the
names or addresses.
The announcement that there were
186 illegal houses was made when Po
lice Captain Poole, carrying out the or
ders of his chief, served Jones with no
tices that three houses he was reported
to own in the district must be vacated
within the specified five days.
Jones accepted the service calmly.
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.
186 Places Run
Illegally, He Says.
“1 have here,” he said, “ the names
and addresses of 186 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. I will put these places out of busi
ness, or do my best to, just as I will
all other places run in defiance of the
law. They all must go.”
The chief added that he was giving
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2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
Jones’ charges serious consideration
and had not decided yet whether tn
make formal demand for his evidence.
Police authorities are inclined to doube
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 ba
induced to take advantage of the offey
of the Men and Religion Forward
Movement leaders.
Offgr Aid to All
Women Who Will Accept.
Leaders in the Men and Religion Fors
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 offei»
the exiled women opportunities to turrt
to a better life. The workers have a>
cash fund of SIO,OOO available for ear
ing for the women who will accept
I
sbtance and say there are enough sit-:
nations pledged to take care of all tha
women who will accept them.
The report that the financial backers
of the underworld would establish A
new tenderloin outside the city
but within the county lines is not given!
credence today. Sheriff Mangum, whij
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 witty
Chief Beavers in putting out vice.
Recorder Broyles’ statement to Tht>
Georgian yesterday that he would up
hold the chief by giving offenders tha
limit penalty of the law, was borne out
in the first cases to come before hitn-j
He held the lessee and manager of tha
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 of
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 st landed here in two days after
arrival, leaving the girls penniless.
Marion M. Jackson, head of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement, de
clared that if houses In the city are
rented for Immoral purposes in future
the owners, and not merely the proprie
tors, will be put in jai). The state law
is plain on this subject and makes tha
owner equally girtlty 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 mote
than SIOO and imprisonment not ex
ceeding 30 days. Some of these rich
gentlemen wilt find out what the roclf
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 th<
police force today in running down ths
so-called hotels which are hotbeds of
vice, and their information has led to a
number of arrests. The girls, Frances
