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the weather Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Local showers and cooler today; probably fair tomorrow. VOL. XL NO. 47. MR SERVICE IN AUGUSTA RESUMED; NO RIOTS Four Companies of Militia Still Under Arms and Ready for Duty When Called Upon. BIG LABOR MEETING FOR TONIGHT IS ABANDONED State Labor Commissioner Is on Scene—lnjured Strike breakers in Hospital. AUGUSTA. GA.. Sept. 27.—Street car service on a limited scale was resumed here ihis afternoon, nnder police pro tection. This morning- no attempt was made to run ears, following last night's r otons outbreak of strikers and sym pathizers. Thus far this afternoon there has been no trouble. A heavy rain is falling, which tends to keep crowds off the streets. The four companies of militia order ’d out early this morning, are still un der arms at the armory. ready to an •wer a riot call. However, the military <rfll not Interfere until the police fall In cope with the situation. A big labor meeting scheduled for to night has been abandoned. H. M. Stanley, state conimlsisoner of , eomtneroe and labor, who arrived here this morning from Atlanta, has been making a study of the strike situation today, hnt thus far has-taken no di rect steps toward bringing about a set tlctnan of the trouble between the strik ing conductors and motorman and the Augusta-Aiken Railway and Electric corporation. Strikebreakers Beaten by Rioters. Five strikebreakers today are in the Augusta hospital, having been beaten by strike sympathizers in last night’s riot. They are Jack Ivey, from near Augusta, and J. B. Catton, S. I. Farrow. 0. W. Plebbei and a motorman named Kelley, all brought here from New York by he company. Kelley is probably the most seriously hurt. J. M. Barnett, a strikebreaking conductor, also from New York, escaped injury only by hie ability to sprint when a mob of women In a mill district of Fifteenth street and May avenue attacked his car late vesterday afternoon. The women were wmed with rolling pins, ice picks, stove lifters, flatirons and other household utensils. The rioting last night followed a monster mass meeting of labor men held at the court house under call of the Augusta Federation of Trades. At this meeting resolutions were adopted 'f a general strike of all union labor ■ in Augusta, when the president of the •■ar men's union deemed it opportune to ssue the strike order. The mass meet mg and general strike resolutions fol wed the failure of Mayor Thomas Trett and the chief of police to with draw the police guards from the cars, after that course had been demanded at a meeting of the federation of trades •- night before. Yesterday a com iittee from the federation called on the c-ayor and presented the demand, •hieh was refused. Labor Mass Meeting Precedes Outbreak. A hen the mass meeting dispersed the rioting started. One crowd of strikers a|, d sympathizers started to the power •nt of the company, while another 1 d for the car barns, where, it s understood, about twenty strike •akers were, being quartered. Mayor irrett ordered the fire department to ••■I the power plant, and police re ! rves were rushed to the car barns. e five men in the hospital were in jured when the power house was at acked. Five other strikebreakers were uptured and rushed to the depot in I automobile to be put on the first in out of town. I'he rioting continued until after luight. At. 1 o’clock this morning •layer Barrett reached Governor Jo -51. Brown by long distance tele- ”" f at his home at Marietta and ap d to him to order state troops into ■ r> e. He declared the situation was ' and that unless the mob spirit - duelled serious property damage probable loss of life would result. • governor, through Adjutant Gen- II W. G. Obear, ordered Major Abra- ! l-fvy, commanding the Augusta talion, to assemble his four com "lies at the armpry ready for duty at ' 'all of Mayor Barrett. When the As spread that the militia had n • ailed out. the mob began to dis- Is e and at about 3 o'clock this morn -11 K 'he city became quiet. The Atlanta Georgian ________ Rears For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. Soldier of Fortune Is Killed by Nicaraguan Saluting U- S< Flag Machine Gun Operator Shot by Rebel as He Waved to Stars and Stripes. SAN DIEGO, CAL., Sept. 27.—-The story of the dramatic death of an American soldier of fortune named Richard Thompson, who was a soldier in the Nicaraguan federal army and who was shot to death while saluting the United States flag at Leon. Nicara gua, was brought here today by the naval collier Justine. Thompson was operating a machine gun'in the streets of Leon in front of an American planter’s house when a rebel sharp shooter picked him off. The Stars and Stripes bad been run to the peak of a flagstaff over the planter’s home and Thompson had just raised his hand in salute when he fell. ACCUSER BECOMES PRISONER AND MAN HE ACCUSED IS FREE The tables of justice suddenly and unexpectedly 'turned on J. C. Thomas, a West End painter, in police court today when he attempted to place W. P. Green, another painter, in the toils. Thomas himself was yanked in and Green was freed. Thomas had Green arrested on the charge of stealing some paint and sev eral locks, which were found hidden under Green’s house. Attorney Frank Haralson, representing Green, charged that the missing articles had been “planted” under Green's home by Thomas, showed that Thomas and Green had clashed before, and that Thomas had a bad i ecord. Recorder Broyles became convinced that it was a "put up job” and. dismiss ing Green's case, ordered Thomas held for trial in the state courts on charges of forgery, pending against him. The cases had been held up and Thomas let out on probation. CENTRAL CLUB TRIAL, TEST OF LOCKER LAW, IS SET FOR OCTOBER 3 Officers of the Central club, one of the dozen local locker clubs indicted by the Fulton county grand jury several months ago, will be arraigned before Judge E. B. I homas. in criminal division of superior court, next Thursday, charged with vio lation of the prohibition law. The trial of the Central club will he in the nature of a test case and will be watched with interest by persons con nected with locker clubs similarly served. The indictment brought against drink ing clubs resulted from a special inves tigation made by the T. K. Glenn grand jury. Foreman Glenn financed the inves tigation and true bills were returned against twelve clubs. In case the superior court calendar is cleared of Jail cases before Thursday, the Central club case will go to trial before that date. AGED WOMAN FALLS UNCONSCIOUS WHEN CALLED FOR TRIAL Just as Clerk Preston was about to call her name in police court today, Mrs. F. E. Starnes, an aged woman living at 19 Bradley street, fell for ward in her chair, unconscious. Court Officer Cornett and several po licemen hurried to her side and carried her into the matron's ward, where ef forts were made to revive her. It was found necessary to send her to Grady hospital. Recorder Broyles then dismissed a case of disorderly conduct on whiclr she was awaiting trial. The case was made by Call Officer Bailey on com plaint of a woman neighbor that Mrs. Starnes continual,'’ was nagging at her. 2-CENT FARE HELD UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY ILLINOIS COURT SPRINGFIELD. ILL.. Sept. 27 The two-cent fare law in Illinois insofar as It appertains to the Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis railroad, was declared uncon stitutional this morning by three judges of the United States circuit court. A permanent injunction restraining the state from enforcing the provisions of the law against this road was granted by the judges. Attorneys here assert the decision will affect only the Chicago. Peoria and St. Louis railroad. AMERICAN RUNS AMUCK IN LONDON: KILLS TWO LONDON. Sept. 27. —Two persons were shot dead and three others were seriously wounded in the West End of London today when a German-Ameri can named named Charles Titus sud denly went insane, Titus ran amuck through the streets of the city, firing his revolver as he ran. After he had emptied his weapon he was overpow ered. 750 U. S. MARINES SAIL FOR SANTO DOMINGO PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27.—The transport Prairie sailed at noon for Santo Domingo with 750 marines who will guard the customs houses and protect foreign interests in the troubled zone. ITHM STORMSU.S. MINISTER’S RESIDENCE Laborers and Socialists Attack Home of Henry S. Boutelle in Switzerland. PROTEST •‘EXECUTION” OF ACCUSED STRIKE LEADERS Windows Broken and Inmates in Terror Before Outbreak Is Quelled. BERNE. SWITZERLAND, Sept. 27. The ariest and imprisonment in Law rence. Mass., of the two labor leaders, Arturio Giovannltti and Joseph Ettor, on a charge of murder in connection with the textile strike, today caused an outbreak of grave international sig nificance. when 500 Italians—fellow countrymen of the accused men—made a demonstration here and attacked the residence of the United States minis ter. Henry S. Boutelle, of Illinois. The Italian workmen had been led to be lieve that Ettor ami Giovannitti had been summarily put to death. They did not know that the men had not yet been placed on trial. The disorder became so great that the police were unable to handle the disturbance and it was necessary to call out soldiers. After it was ove: the authorities announced that if any fur ther trouble, of a like nature broke out the offending Italians would be ex pelled from the country. Marchers Turn To Wild Mob. Italian labor leaders and ■ adicar;Sa.- cialists first called a strike to p'roteM against “the execution” of Giovannitti and Ettor. Then the Italians were marshaled and proceeded to march through the streets to t<he residence o< the United States minister. Some of the marchers bore banners with in scriptions: "Down with the United States." while others shouted. "Down with the American murderers.” In front of the home of the United States minister the mob stopped. There were only a few policemen near and these were unable to disperse the work men. Invading the grounds, the mob began to wreck the house, when a call was sent in for troops. A terrific struggle at once began. Nearly every window in the house was broken and the inmates were In the extremity of terror when rescued. Strikers Riot to Protest Trials LAWRENCE, MASS., Sept. 27.—Ri oting today marked the extension of the strike called as a protest against the arrest and coming trial of Arturio Giovannitti and Joseph Ettor, the labor leaders, on a charge of being acces sories to murder. The strike began late yesterday with the walkout of 2,000 operatives at the Washington mill. Today the number of strikers was increased to 11.000 at the Washington, Wood and Myer mills. Disorder broke out early. Police reserves were dispatched to the mill district in a hurry to quell the outbreak In some cases operatives who had started to work were driven out by strikers; in others they were made idle when the management closed the mills Mill Workers Struck Down. The strikers used weapons to force their fellow employees to join them. One operative was at his machine when a. striker rushed In, pointed a revolver at him and ordered him to quit work. When he refused the worker was knocked unconscious by the strikerand had to be taken to a hospital. In the Wood mill a striker put a pis tol to the head of Benjamin Robinson, a section hand. “Stop the machinery,” he ordered. Robinson refused and soon was the center of an angry mob of strikers. Some one struck Robinton on the head with a spindle and the operatives rushed out, leaving him lying on the floor severely cut. A woman employee in the Wash ington mill who refused to go out was struck on the head and badly hurt: The strikers, pouring across the bridge from the Ayer and Wood mills into North Lawrence, made an attempt to rush the gate-, of the Kunhardt mill. The extra police on duty forced the mill workers back after a spirited tight. The first disorder occurred at the Washington mill, which bad attempted to run Within an hour after work be gan the mil! was closed and subse quently the Wood and Ayer mills were shut down All three mills are owned by the American Woolen Company. ATLANTA. GA., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 27. 1912. BEAVERS PLANS RAID WITH • AXES TO SMASH HOUSES Q DR. JOHN E. WHITE, REFORM EMISSARY / I' x W i I / ydßfaSjgfcy J- y Z® . \\ 1 /7'aßk \ \ ;7Skv\\\ LZS W- • (( II 4 x - % \\ I IA ii / J / r \ \ I A x \\. / ' \ y I \ Jr MW w / JIHwW/ iowm. CHOOSES HEOOES Attorney of Metropolis Named for Governor by Convention on Third Ballot. SARATOGA, N. Y„ Sept. 27.—Job E. Hedges, a New York attorney, was nominated for governor by the Repub lican state convention this afternoon on the third ballot. Upon motion of Cole, of Queens county. Hedges’ nom ination was made unanimous. From the very start of the balloting Hedges was in the lead. The first bal lot gave him 360 votes, against 268 for James W. Wadsworth, Jr. On the sec ond he jumped to 384 and the third roll call gave him the victory. Dele gates who had been voting for "dark horses" then came to his support and he was nominated. The names pre sented to the convention were: Hedges, Janies W. Wadsworth. Jr . of Livingston; William Daniels, of Erie; William S. Bennett, Senator E. T. Brackett and P. W. Callahan, of Os wego. The first ballot resulted as follows: Wadsworth, 268; Hedges, 360; Daniels, 62; Bennett, 156; Cullinan. 27: Brack ett, 45; Whitman, 17; Hinman, 50; Egbert E. Woodbury, 34; Schieren, 7: necessary for a choice. 508 votes. Speaker Merritt, of the assembly of St. Lawrence county, placed in nomi nation for lieutenant governor James W. Wadsworth, Jr. Wadsworth was nominated practically by acclamation on the first roll call. “I’m Entitled to Renomination” —Dix NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—Governor Dix today declared that he is enti tled to lenominatlon by the Democrats at their coming convention and reit erated his intention to stand for a re nomination. "I believe I am entitled to a renomi nation,” he said. "My administration speaks for itself. The secured debt tax law, parsed by the last legislature, which was my own creation, I believe to be the most constructive piece of legislation ever enacted." "Will the objections of Governor Wilson to your renomination have any influence with your future plans'.’" ”1 don’t think Mr. Wilson has yet given out any statement concerning that point." 5 JEWEL THEFTS REPORTED IN DAY Police Believe Band of Gem Robbers Are Working Atlanta. Numerous Burglaries. Tlie police believe a gang of diamond robbers is at work in Atlanta, from the number of jewel robberies reported. In the past few days there have numerous thefts from private homes, the losses in most cases being confined to jewels. It is believed the total loot wltf reach sev eral thousand dollars. Those reported today were: Captain N. 11. Bankhead, Fort McPherson, three diamond studs and a stickpin; B. W. Fish. 195 Ashby street, jewelry; Charles W. Williams, 186 Hilliard street, six teen gold pins and several articles of jewelry; Mrs. J. Blanchard, 8 West El lis street, rings and other Jewels; J. F. Jackson. East avenue, S7BO worth of diamonds. A negro giving his name as Julius Bell, who says he lives at 9 Alexander street, Atlanta, was taken from a Western and Atlantic train at Dalton today charged with shooting in one of the coaches. In his pockets were found four diamond rings and $56.80 In cash. The rings are being held by the Dalton officer*. LATE GOV. ATKINSON'S SON DIES AT NEWNAN NEWNAN, GA., Sept 27.—Dr. .1. P. Atkinson, son of the late Governor William Y. Atkinson, died here today at the home of his mother. Mrs. Susie M. Atkinson. He is survived by his wife, the daughter of Charles P. Byrd, of Atlanta, and two children. He will be buried here tomorrow beside the body of his father. Dr. Atkinson had resided'ln Mil ledgeville for many years, where he en joyed a lucrative practice. Three months ago he came to Newnan, suffering from an abcesr of the brain. He was taken to Baltimore, where an operation was performed without beneficial results, and he returned to his mother’s home here, where he remained until his death. APOPLEXY IS FATAL TO MILLIONAIRE COAL MAN NEW YORK, Sept. 27. —John Mar ston. the millionaire coal operator, was seized with apoplexy today while in the office of J. J. Berwind at No. 1 Broad way this afternoon and died in an am | bulance summoned from the Hudson Street hospital. He was 64 years old. Houses Will Be Torn Down If Law Is Defied—Judge Broyles Ready to Issue Order If Needed—Tenants Must Quit Places Within Specified Time. - f Jones Charges' Chief With Anarchy and Pleads Earnestly For Women—Messages of Ap proval Pour in on Leader in Crusade—Exodtis From City in Full Swing as Time Limit Nears. The '*• houses in our‘midst” will be demolished by the axes’Aof the police department if tenderloin proprietors persist in runningtfhe -re-, sorts after Chief of Police Beavers’ order goes into effect. Wholesale arrests of the tenants themsehres wiD be made if they continue to live at the places after Monday a week—the time, limit fixed by the chief for the evacuation of the houses. Sunday they must close. Monday a week they must be empty. The chief today accepted the announcement of Charles C. .Ihnes, owner of four of the houses, that his tenants could continue to live free of rent and board, as a defl. He declared that the police station was big enough to accommodate them all if they did not quitflthe di»- trict in the time he considers sufficient. At the same time, Jones denounces the attitude of the: chief ag‘ anarchy and declared that lawyers had advised him thatxhe could get an injunction against him. Chief Beavers declared that he was ready to act on information in the hands of the vice commission showing the existence of scores of cheap hotels and lodging houses run in defiance of law. Broyles Ready to Order Tearing Down. These are the striking features of to day's developments in the crusade that spells the death of the restricted dis trict in Atlanta. The authority to demolish the houses, if necessary. Is conferred on the chief by section 1804 of the city code, on the order of the recorder or mayor. Recorder Broyles, who has announced that he Is heart and soul with the chief, said this morning that he was ready to order the houses demolished whenever that move was necessary. However, he did not believe such drastic steps would have to be taken. "The tenants of these houses must move." said the chief today. "They can not remain in these places after the time limit I fix. If they do they will be arrested. The police station 1s big enough to accommodate them all.” Jones Offers Houses to Reformers. Jones today said he was ready to let the Men and Religion Movement lead ers use one of his houses, now vacant, for religious services in a systematic effort to reform the inmates of the surrounding places. He announced his willingness to help provide food for them. He said the reformers could have the building as long as they chose without any rent. Here is the section of the code which gives the chief power to tear down the houses; “Any person being the owner or oc cupant of a house of 111 fame who shall continue the same or allow the same to be continued for two days after the same has been so adjudged by the re corder’s court on conviction thereof shall be fined in a. sum not exceeding SIOO and costs or be imprisoned not exceeding 30 days in the calaboose, or both, In the discretion of the court, and it shall be lawful for the chief of police by order of the recorder or mayor, or in the absence of the mayor, the mayor pro tern, or three members of council, to abate such nuisance by demolishing, tearing down or closing up such house or houses, for which he shall receive such sum as rnay be adjudged reason able by said recorder’s court for his services, to be paid by the owner*." Many Inmates of Resorts Leave City The baggage man Is busy in Manhat tan avenue today, instead of the taxis and motors which have filled the short little street at night, are truckmen and depot cabs. The exodus is well under way. There will be some women left when Chief Beavers’ order goes into effect Sunday afternoon, but there will not be many of these footballs of fate remaining by Monday. They are scat tering to other towns or moving quietly into uptown rooms, where they say they will be perfectly- well behaved un til the “storm blows over” or they go broke. Two workers of the Men and Re ligion Forward Movement paid a visit to the little street yesterday afternoon. They were Dr. John E. White, pastor of the Second Baptist church, and a man known for his broad, practical view of mundane matters, and Mrs. F M. Robinson, head of the Florence Crit tenton Home for Women, a rescue mis sion for girls who have fallen and wlgh to rise again They went into every house in the street, talked to the heads Frott IDITiON 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE of the estabTlshinents and to etsch of the girls who would listen. When they 1 came away they said they thought they had obtained some result*, that at least one girl In each place wa* ready to reform and accept the aid of the or- , gantzation. But the jeers behind the backs of the vieltors indicated small feeling of repentance or reform. "Honest, now, they talked so nice and fair we couldn’t hand 'em any hot come-back,” said one woman. wh<en the visitors had left. "When they asked me if I’d straighten up and take a home, what could I do but promise, but mv trunk's packed for Lynchburg and I blow on the night train.” The proprietress of one of the best known places laughed when the visitors had passed to the next house. “Dr. White asked me if any of my girts would accept homes In private families,” she said. "I put it up to him square. I says; •Will you take one of my girls into your own house like one of the family?’ And he says he would. But I can see him doing It. "Charley Jones is a man all right, all right. He comes to me today with a hand red-dollar bill to pay grocery bills for a week, and says there’s more, where that cornea from. He says we can stick under his roof as long as we have to. A* for me. T don’t, need no charity." When offered aid frorp the organiza tion, several of the women asked for * tickets to other allies. Most of them seem to desire to leave Atlanta, and leave quickly. Commission Wasn’t For Closing Resorts Chief Beaver** order oloiflng th« "houses in our midst” so riddled the tentative report of the vice commisalon that its members spent five hours yes terday afternoon and last night dis cussing their different views. Today nine of the members expect to finally adopt u report at a meeting Wednesday afternoon which will not conflict with Chief Beavers' order and yet express) their original views. Aiderman John S. Candler, the other member. Is out of the city. But Aider man Candler’s views have been all along that the law should be enforced just as the statute prescribes, and be fore Chief Beavers’ order it was ex pected that he would submit a minor ity report to the vice commission’s re port to council. The commission will make its report to Mayor Winn on October 7. While the commission did not intend to advise the wiping out of the restricted dis trict, Chief Beavers will be commend ed for his movement to enforce the law. The meeting of the commission was executive and the members are pledged not to reveal what was said. But. on reliable authority, it was learned todav several members of the commission de clared that they were puzzled to know why Chief Beavers Issued hi« order at the time he did when the municipal primary was only a week away and the vice commission was almost readj to make public its report. The members wanted to know why he did not wait until after the election was decided and the vice commission had made known the result of its long investigation. While Commissioners W. G. Hum phrey, G. H. Boynton and others were inclined not to submit a report, Chair man Joseph A. McCord -ahi he was go ing to give council a record of the com tnist4h»n’s work if he was thg only mem. ber to sign it. He said the fact that the commis sion had been at work for three month: without making a report was unavoid