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VOL. XL NO. 46.
MAN FALLING
3 STORIES IS
CAUGHT BY
BROTHER
Human Buffer Saves Life of (
Painter Hurtling From Scaf
fold to Pavement.
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HERO SEES PLUNGE AND
BRACES SELF FOR IMPACT
Victim Strikes the Shoulder of
Rescuer and Suffers Only a
Sprained Ankle.
Vb tor Ranson’s foot slipped as he
an- p; inting from a swinging scaffold 1
t • third floor of Child’s hotel in I
I • ' -r?et early today. He slrot '
inward lowa d the stone sidewalk. I .
In moment he would have been killed |
n njuied badly. Rut Claude Ranson, j <
his b •other, was standing on the curb, j 1
H< H-. trd no cry. but something told I ’
hi; ',i. look up. He saw Victor hurtling
t, L d th? ground, ran forward five o (
-i t and caught the falling man on j
;,i. -boulders. Bota vent to the side- i
walk under the impact, but Victot es
caped with a sprained ankle and Claude
r ibbed a bruised shoulder and went
back to work.
\ reporte- went to seek Claude Ban-j.
cm, i few minutes afterward. Che j:
■ -r. with a companion, was stand-
In; >n a narrow swinging scaffold just
t he eaves of the hotel, painting
v; h no bother about shaken 1
« „ an. thing else.
I Tvst. Danghi '
Hint.'' savs Hero.
,nu r.os-.t»« persistently, he .
. tb it his name was Claude |
n . . I, - wa= 28 years old. lived at
Weathe-hr street and intended to
on ir..; '.toll until it was finished. ,
H ■ i . ther. he stated, was 25 ''ears old ,
• - lived at 16 Oliver street. i
It v. a.-n t nothing.” said Claude, j .
r. pe mu-t Lave give way or some- ,
H c wi.sn’ up so high. .Inst th?L
flo- Yes. 1 reckon he’d have
i “ uised up considerable if I hatin t |
ii: t hitn. ■’ ■ 1
. I didn’t hear him iiolelr. Don’ I
had lim to liollti I was on ,
' - ir-wali and I inks up 1 see Vic- t
o n ng down, turning sideways, and
about three steps anil catch him
in., shoulder. Yes. he knocks me
i. ‘.nd bruises me up some Not
io to.,it: about, though.
i . you heard from Grady hos
t-low's he getting on" Just a
rnklr. i.i? That’s good. He
have been hurt bad If 1 hadn’t
n. J to s:e him."
’ Claude Ranson dipped his brush i
backet and went on painting the ;
' rice.
SEES HUSBAND. MISSING
3 YEARS: CAPTURES HIM,
W YORK. Sept. 26.—Mrs Samuel
i art;-., out for a walk, met her hus
, whom for three years she had
■ -<d dead. In a panic he tied. She
II <n him. however, and turned him
r to the police.
SIT THE QUESTION OF
WHERE TO RENT THAT’S
WORRYING YOU MOST?
1 ' many sleepless nights, dollars,
s steps, not to mention the worry
valuable time, have you spent in
ing for desirable rooms, apart
' -. houses and boarding places to
■m liking?
above paragraph is the sentiim n. |
voice of thousands in Atlanta and
winding territory, and no doubt
• Georgian fully realizes the prob
f what a task it is to find the place
'"u desire, and has never ceased
- efforts to solve this hard prob-
Special representatives are etn
■ d to search the town thoroughly
day for all the desirable places
■ent of all descriptions for ‘‘The
gian’s Rent Bulletin," for the bene
"f its patrons. This bulletin ap
daily on the Want Ad pages.
by not do your renting and search-
- through this bulletin that is gotten
•specially for you? Certainly you
1 see from many standpoints that
- Rent Bulletin is helpful, worth
. and a great convenience.
' onsult it as you would a business
thus saving time and money:
give this time to your business
other affairs that need your at-
L '"'‘ion.
Remember, when you have anything
A rem or desire to rent, that "The,
F '■-°>’»Wtis Rent Bulletin" Alls the bill.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS -Use For Results.
STITEISKED
TUENOCtiI
SUB 11
IUEUSIA
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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
• i
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
From Cars Demanded
AUGUSTA. GA., Sep: 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 ears, 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
ears have b n en 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. '-’6. -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 o r ’ . W. H. Perklnson. the
attending I -i'ian. Dr. Perkinson
visited the injured woman this morn
ing and announced that she would sur.
vive unless unforeseen complications
arise.
Mrs. Irvin 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 w hich 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 8780 from the
flat of J. F. Jackson, an insurance man.
Farllnger Court, East avenue.
The jewels, which belong to Mis.
.Jackson, were taken from the- house
while she was 111 in a hospital They
had been placed in a chamois bag when
Mrs. Jackson was taken ill.
ATLANTA. GA., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 27. 1912.
Electricity Is Cure For
Insomnia: Turn Switch
And Sleep All You Like
Grennan Physician Says He Has
Tried It With Success
On Animals.
BERLIN. Sept. 26. —Electric sleep,
which may- be turned on and off at wilt,
is the alluring prospect offered to peo- i
I pie suffering from insomnia, by Dr. Na
geischmidt. who describes his inven
tion for this purpose, in a medical mag
azine.
He asserts he has devised a new form
of electric current tyhich. when applied
, to the base of the brain, will produce
. t narcotic effect, able to be maintaine I
,as long as is desired. It has been
tried with the greatest success, and
without any injurious effects, on dogs
and rabbits Di. Nagelschmidt is con
vinced that it can be equally applied
to human beings.
The application of the current als >
I eliminates pain from any part of the
body.
WANT BOATS TO RUN ON
THREE GEORGIA RIVERS
DURING ENTIRE YEAR
, MACON. GA., Sept. 26.—Sixtec
| cities and towns on the Oemulgee.
I Oconee and Altamaha rivers are repre
■ sented by delegates to a convention bt -
j ing held here today in the interests of
j improving the inland waterway s of
j southeast Georgia. Congressman Brant
ley is expec ted this afternoon. He wired
last night that he was coming The
representatives here are from Haw
kinsville, Brunswick. Dublin, Lumber
City. Darien, 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 Oemulgee. which unite at
Abbeville and form the Altamaha. are
deepened, all-year navigation can be
maintained.
The convention was called by the
Macon Chamber o? 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 conductors’ 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. All 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 of the gu
bernatorial boom of Senator Brackett
|and the declaration of Erie county del
legates for William J. Daniels for gov
! ernor. in other respects the unbossed
| delegates rank practically paralleled
| the uncertainty and factional strife of
j the past few days.
Job E. Hedges and James W. 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.
I The fight on the platform was taken
to mean that the business of the con
vention would be long drawn out.
MONTGOMERY’S BALL
1 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
i 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 "I guess 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 H. 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 bling 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 with 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 I 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 dismissed
Ronald Ransome and H. L. Eraser as
receivers for the affairs of Moise De-
Leon, Atlanta contractor, who disap
peared six weeks ago, leaving hi- finan
cial affaira $15,000 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 Fra.
ser were named by Judge Newman in
Federal court to handle DeLeon • af
fair*
U. S. DEBATES WHAT
TO DO WITH MENA.
NICARAGUAN REBEL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26.—State de
partment officials here are worried con
cerning the ultimate disposition of
General Luis Mena, 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 Mena shall
be held by the American forces, turned
over to the federals or exiled from
the country.
While the United States would not
countenance officially the summary ex
ecution of the rebel leader, 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 b<
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, formerly 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 Mrs. Breen as
cv-respondent.
Readily Admits He Owns Four Places
and Declares Women Can Stay as
Long as They Please Without,Pay
ing Rent--Tells Them to Obey Chief
and He Will Provide Their Food.
Flourishes a List of 186 Places He Asserts Are
Violating Law, But Will Not Give Evidence
to Chief--Reformers Warn of Moves Against
Beavers—Appeal to Women Individually.
Charles C. Jones, proprietor of the Rex and well-known sporting
man, readily admitted this afternoon that he owned four of the
“houses in our midst.'' asserted that 186 places were being run ille
gally in the city outside of the district, and then unfolded a plan to
care for a few score of the women affected by Chief Beavers’ determi
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 to
say so. I've always been square and above board. You have known
me long enough to know that.
When this order went out I told the inmates of my places to stay
right 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 kt 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.
“ J said 186. not 286, as Captain Poole said,” he explained. “Here
are the names."
He drew from his pocket a dozen
typewritten sheets bearing the
names of women and addresses.
The 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.
“These 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,
aggressively. "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 1
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 tigtire in Atlanta for years, was
visibly annoyed at having his natne
printed in connection with the tender
loin matter.
Jones refused to discuse 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 be 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
w’ithin 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.
"I have here,” he said. “ the names
and addresses of 186 places in Atlanta
run illegally 1 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 1 will act upon
it. I will put these places out of busi
ness, or do my best to, just at I will
all other places run in defiancs of the
taw. They all must go.”
The chief added that he was giving
m
2CENTS EVERYWHERE
Jones’ charge* 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 w'orkers 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 within 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
Alblan 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 stranded 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 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 o !
vice, and their Information has letfrcto s
number of arrests. The girla. Franeet
