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POLICE NET NOW
OUT FOR MEN IN
FIGHT ON VICE
Police to Arrest Men in Chief
Beavers’ War on the Illegal
Houses in City.
Continued From Page One.
ea! men and a well dressed and ap
parently respectable woman, who be d
a child in her lap. They said th<
merely wanted to drive through l.i.'
• treet from curiosity, but woe ordered
back across the bridge
Beavers Likened to
Biblical Heroes
<'hief Beaveis today knows Atlanta
is standing solidly behind him in hi
crusade against vice. Not in the his
tory of the city has a police officer
been given the universal commenda
tion tendered the chief in Atlanta
< hutches last night
Mmost without exception. Atlanta
ministers preached upon the eradica
tion of "the houses in our midst" and
t’hief Beavers’ war on the social evil in
all Atlanta. The places of worship
xxere packed and the exhortations of lo
cal divines did not fall upon deaf ears.
"The existence of recognized disor
dtily houses in Atlanta has been an
indictment of the manhood of the city
The sanctioned ex il has been wiped
from our midst, but never will it be
dealt with properly until society shall
change Ils standards.’ said Dr. G. L.
Hanscom, of the Central Congregation
al church.
"Some girls earn only $4 and $5 week
ly in stores and factories, and can’t
feed and house themselves properly.
Not immorality always, but hunger,
drives them to a life of shame. Ac
cording to Mayor Blankenburg, of Phil
adelphia, there are ten fallen men to
one fallen woman "
"Beavers No Jumping Jack."
‘Chief Beavers is no jumping Jack
who dances when the strings are
pulled." said Dr. C. A Ridley. "He is
the most fearless, conscientious and
courageous officer of the law I ever
have known.”
Dr. Dunbar Ogden, of the Central
Presbyterian church, declared that the
hand of God had been seen in the Men
and Religion Movements campaign
against vice and the startling develop
ments that followed.
Atlanta was likened to Sodom by the
M A. M. Hughlett, of Si. Mark
Methodist church, and although lie said
Sodom was ten times worse than At
lanta. even Sodom could have been
saved
“Are you ready to furnish refuge for
these unfortunates’.”’ said he. "They
are the victims of an ignorant trust in
men who are not good citizens and.
once under the ban of society, are help
less and hopeless. Can they get work
in your store, your other, your shop,
your house, at wages that will support
them in decency? What Is the an
swer?"
Father Hears Son Lauded
G. W. Beavers, father of the chief,
and Mrs James L. Beavers attended
the Second Baptist church and heard
the glowing tribute paid the chief by
Dr John E. White.
Evil dreads no foe " said Di White,
"but the man it is compelled to re
spect. The attitude of silence toward
evil is a faltering, cowardly attitude."
Dr. L. O Bricker, of the Hirst Chris
tian church, said:
"Our heroic and courageous police
< hies has submitted us the Puritan
proposition He Is the Olivet Cromwell
of this crusade and we are his Iron
sides."
Dr. Cha les O Jones at Grace church,
pleached on the vice order of Chief
Beavers, and called the chief a police
John tlie Baptist. He said that the
c hief's action was unparalleled in mu
nicipal affairs, that it should receive
the unqualified commendation of every
good man and woman in Atlanta: that
the chief would be tough! bitterly and
would, unless backed up and supported
by the decent people of the city, as c er
tainly lose his official head as John the
Baptist lost his personal head at tj/-
demand of the lascivious Herodias.
Vote To Support Chief.
Di Jones called upon his congrega
tion to shove their approval of the
chief’s ac tion and their promise to help
him in the reform movement and the
resolution was carried unanimously by
a rising vote.
At the morning service at Temple
Baptist chut ch. the pastor, the Rev. F.
.1 Fleming voiced his approx al of Chief
Beavers' action He declared the can
didates for mayor should have gone on
record as to their position regarding the
.social evil in Atlanta He said he de
pleted the fact that none of the candi
dates would be quoted on the* subject.
After the service-, a resolution ap
proving Chief Beaveis' action and
pledging him the support of the con
gregation was offered by J T. Harde
man. one of the deacons It was
adopted.
Negro Wants General Clean-up."
"Chief Beavers does r ■ ■
serve our praise,” said th- Ret G M.
Eaks. of St. Johns Methodist chute h:
"he deserves our support, and in days
to come, when persecution is turned
loose upon him. h< should have our
backing
’J’he Ret. H H. Pioctoi. of tile First
Congregational church, colored, spoke
on the general theme. He said
"1 am jealous for my people. When
any good thing strikes Atlanta. 1 al
ways want to know where thev come
in. Let us insist that the war be car
ried into Africa XX want everv negro
house of evil, every blind tiger, every
suspicious boarding house, swept from
the city.'
Says Owners Took
Gambler’s Chance
"The people who invested money in
the tenderloin district simply took a
gambler's chance and have no kick com
ing now that they’ have lost,” said Chief
I Beavers "today in commenting on a re
port to the effect that some of the re
cently built houses have not been paid
for and that "somebody's going to lose
some money.”
"When a p.-. son builds a house, no
.matter how much m<<r.*y may be spent
to make it fine and handsome, to be
used for iiiegal purpose and in viola
lion of law. that person simply takes
the law in his own hands. He defies
the law. He merely takes a long chance
. gambles against the law —for he
D oesn't know what minute his house
wiil be closed. He has absolutely no
guarantee that he v-fil be allowed t
conduct an Illegal house—it is merely
the risking of his money againsi the
power of lav. If he loses he should
take hl« medicine just the same ns the
gamble’ who slake* his thousands on
tne turn of a card. The principle is the
same.’
Urges Living Wage
As Cure for Vice
The Journal of Labor in ils editorial
columns this issue says "the houses in
our midst ere bul Hie symptoms of
something radically wrong in the body
politic."
"The houses wifi no longer be in our
midst." it says, "but though this symp
tom of the evil will be cured, the evil
will remain. For the most part,
recruits to these houses come from the
illiterate cla-ses. uneducated. Ignorant
in some measure, overworked, half
starved. and almost wholly destitute of
refinement because of the lack of refin
ing influences in the home life.”
The Journal of Labor suggests that
more sanitary’ workshops, a living wage
for workers and a shorter workday,
with hours for study and recreation,
might be a part of the solution of the
problem.
Broyles Advises
“Eternal Vigilance”
"Eternal vigilance must be the battle
cry in Atlanta’s great war on vice." de
clared Recorder Broyles today, in ex
pressing satisfaction and pleasure as to
Hie present status of the fight, follow
ing the closing of the tenderloin by Chief
Beavers.
"This fight will bring success, but
Chief Beavers and the police force must
never relax the grip of steel with which
vice is now surely being throttled," said
the recorder. "A watchful eve must be
kept on the situation constantly. Chief
Beavers has taken the greatest step for
moral reform ever known in the South,
and no pains must be spared to make it
a success. Vice in Atlanta is on the run,
and we must keep it running: Eternal
vigilance will be required to do this, sTrcl
eternal vigilance must be the watchword."
Macon Chief Acts
Under Council Order
MAi’ON, GA., Sept. 30. Chief of Po
lice IV. B. Chapman has given out for
publication a letter that was addressed
to him several months ago by the po
lice committee of city council in re
gard to the vice district. This letter
instructed him to allow the district to
operate unmolested, but. after Octo
ber 1, to confine It in the territory
bounded by the river, tile Central of
Georgia tracks. Ash street and the city’
reserve.
Answering the charge that lie was
not doing his duty nor enforcing the
law. the chief produced this letter to
show that he is operating under orders
from his superiors in office.
Refuge Offered
Women Fugitives
The newly furnished quarters of the
Christian Helpers’ league. Decatur
street, have been thrown open as a tem
porary home for any of the women of the
closed tenderloin, who have no place to
go and have made no plans
The quarters are new, as they have not
even been formally opened since the re
moval from the old building, at Decatur
street and Central avenue. Probation Of
ficer Coogler. who is superintendent of
the league, had planned the official
opening for tomorrow night, but today
announces that this will be postponed in
definitely because of its conversion into a
refuge
54 LABOR CHIEFS IN
INDIANAPOLIS READY
FOR TRIAL TUESDAY
INDIANAPOLIS. Sept. 30 —Ready
for the opening of the trial of 64 labor
leaders charged with participation in a
nation-wide dynamite plot. United
States District Judge Albert B. Ander
son today held a conference with
Charles W Miller and with counsel for
tile accused. The hearings will begin
in Judge Anderson's court tomorrow
morning. Scores of witnesses from all
pa ts of tiie United States have been
summoned and the chief accuser for
the government, Ortie E. McManigal, is
already here quartered in specially pre
pared rooms in the Federal building.
The trial itself, gigantic in its magni
tude and Importance, will be held in
one of the smallest rooms in the Fed
• :al building Not more than 200 per
sons cun gain access to the loom and
the rows of tables for counsel and
i <wsp. ;,e : representatives have filled
the entire front of the court room and
i age part of the seats usually re
served for speitatois will be reserved
tor w tnesses and veniremen
KANSAS FEELS EARTHQUAKE.
■ Lawrence fans., sept 30.—An
J earthquake lasting an hour and a half
was recorded on the univernt; seismo
graph at 3.15 'his morning Professor
I <’ady estimated the distance at 7.000
| mill s
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MON DA Y. SEPTEMBER 30. 1912.
Charged With Slaying Woman Killed by Mob
STRIKE CHIEFS ON TRIAL
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Joseph J. Ettwr. on the left, and Arturo Giovanniti, who were
placed on trial at Lawrence. Mass., today, charged with murder as
the result of the death of a striker during the t extile strike last win
ter, and in protest of the arrest of whom the present strike in Law
rence was called.
, Extraordinary Case Called in
r Massaciiusetts Court—3so
[ Drawn for Jury.
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SALEM. MASS., Sept. 30.—Three
f hundred and fifty veniremen jammed
r the court room of Judge Joseph F.
t ’ Quinn today when be called to the bar
Joseph Caruso for murde 1 and Joseph
I Ettor and Arturo M. Giovannitti as
I accessories to murder in connection
with the death l of Mrs. Anna Lopizzo
in the textile strike at Lawrence eight
months ago. Outside the Essex county
court building many guards were sta
tioned because of tumors that mem
bers of the Industrial Workers of the
World, of which organization Ettor and
Giovannitti were leaders, might attack
. the burlding and attempt to rescue the
I prisoners.
This is one of the most extraordi
nary eases in the annals of Massachu
setts, because of the character of the
( indictment, which charges complicity
in the murder of a woman during a
strike riot to the leaders who preached
, a strike. All the force, of labor are
lined up against an interpretation of
the law which means that a strike
i leader can be punished for all the ex-
■ cesses of his followers or even the ac
-1 tions of the forces of the law during a
1 riot or disturbance.
Never Even Saw Woman.
The prosecution must first prove that
t'aruso was responsible for the deatiT
of Mrs. Lopizzo. Then it must pro
ceed along different lines and prove
that by incendiary speeches, inciting
. violence. Ettor and Giovannitti were
■ accessories before the fact, even though
■ they never san Mrs. Lopizzo or had
! any intention of injuring her.
’ There is a strong array of legal tal
l ent on each side, the ine-up being as
follows:
For the government, District Attor
. ney Hurry C Atwell and Assistant Dis
f trict Attorney Burke.
1 For the defense. Attorney John P. S.
Mahoney, of Lawrence, chief of coun
sel for Ettor; Judge James H. S ! sk. of
1 Lynn, counsel for t'aruso; ex-District
Attorney W Scott Peters, of Haver
hill. counsel for Giovannitti. Attorney
Fred H. Moore, of Los Angeles, and
Attorney George W Roewer of Bos
ton. associate counsel.
r It was predicted todax that the trial
would last at least a month. The ve
: nite called Is the largest ever sum
r tnoned in Essex county and It is prob
, able that most of the talismen will have
I to be examined before a jury is se
. cured
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. Scores Beaten
In Mill Riots
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r LAWRENCE. MASS Sept 30 -The
s 24-hour general strike called by the
" Industrial Workeis of the World in
protest against the Imprisonment and
’ trial of Joseph G Ettor ami Arturo M.
1 Giovannitti on the chaige of being ac
’ cessoties to the murder of Anna Lo-
■ pizzo fesulted in disastrous rioting belt
’ todax Women led In tlie outbreaks.
' Tne trouble begun as soon as the
1 mills opened and it developed that hun
! dreds of the employees ordered to
• strike had refused to obex
J One man was fatali.x injui t-J, s, o > s
xx ere assaulted and beaten and 24
.i. rests were made in the course of dis-
i otdecs that occurred in the mill xlistrict
x i while operatives xxere going to work,
f Os those arrested five were women
Tne fourteen face t harges ranging
r fiom "eieating a disturbance" to "in
) timidation and assault.”
\bout 4,000 striking operatives
( WILSON, HADLEY, AND
STIMSON TO TALK TO
CONSERVATIONISTS
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Sept. 30.
Delegates to the fourth national conser
vation congress pouted into Indianapo-
I lis todax. At the state capitol finish
ing touches were put to the exhibits
. that form an interesting part of the
i congress.
5 Tlie formal program of the associa
i tion opens tomorrow. 'J’he first t/ssion
> will be called to order by President J.
B. V\ hite, of Kansas City, and the
mprning program will conclude with
the address of Henry L. Stimson, sec
retary of war and representative of
■ President Taft. Addresses of xVelcome
will be delivered by former Vice Presi-
; dent Charles W. Fairbanks and other
local men. Secretary Stimson xvili ar
rive tonight.
t’hief interest in the meeting centers
in the coming of Governor Woodroxx -
■ Wilson, of New Jersey, who xvili ad
dress tlie congress at a big meeting at
the state fair grounds on Thursday aft
ernoon. Governor Herbert S. Hadley,
■ of Missouri, will speak at the same
meeting, immediately preceding the
New Jersey executive on the program.
The entire program for the congress
includes 45 addresses, which will be de
livered in a series of sectional divi
sions in a number of assembly halls,
"he congress xvili cover conservation
in all its branches, an important sea
-1 ture being that devoted to the conser
vation of human life through the dis- I
cussion of means for fighting prevent- j
’ able diseases. Thomas R. Shipp, exec
utive secretary of the congress, was in
. charge of the tinal arrangements today
Every indication, he said, pointed to the
most successful meeting the congress
has knoxvn.
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“AUNT DELIA” TORREY
88 YEARS OLD TODAY
MILBI’RY. MASS., Sept. 30. —Miss
. Delia C. Torrey, famed the country ovei
. as President Taft’s “Aunt Delia,” cele
brated her birthday today. She is 88
. years old.' Friends called at the old
, Torrey mansion on Elm street and Miss
Torrey received mart.- remembrances,
not forgetting one from “Will."
, Only a little while ago "Aunt Delia"
ente tained the president on his birth
day.
' thronged the mill street district near
• the Washington mill when the gates
[opened. One hundred and fifty police
ami forty state officers unde- Deputy
Neal were on hand, patrolling the
streets to check trouble. Their pres
ence failed to awe the strikers. The
man fatally injured was pulled from
the running board of a car and fell,
, fiacturing his skull on the asphalt
pavement. He was an operative on his
j xx ay to work.
While William Hoffarth. a fireman,
was on his way to one of the mills early ‘
today with his daughter, who works In
a mill, ha.f a dozen men attacked him
For several minutes. guarding his
daughtei Horn their blows xvlth his oxvn
? body, he fought them off until help I
came. One man escorting a woman to
( work carried a revolver in his- hand.
He xx;ys given a clear path, but un
lartned workers were not so fortunate.
Txvo women, one armed with a tile
and the other with a hammer, attacked
’ Agent Milliken, of the Everett mill. The
agent drew a revolver and drove them)
away Many of those beaten were at
, tacked a- soon as they left their homes.
In this wax the strikers and their sym
pathizers axoided interference by the
■ oolite on guard at the mills
BAB ASSOCIATION!
WOULD ABOLISH
13 JUSTICES
W. A. Fuller Declares Many of
the Minor Courts Are Hot
beds of Graft.
Thirteen judges of peace courts in
Fulton county will be without jobs in
1913 if the proposed plans of the At
lanta bar prove successful. There are
I now eighteen justices of the peace in.
Eulton county, and under the tnunicipa.
I court plan festered bv the Atlanta law
yers but five of these eighteen will be
I needed.
W. A. Fuller, chairman of the munic
i ipal court committee appointed by the
1 attorneys of Atlanta, this afternoon
! outlined just what the new court will
do. Incidentally, he paid his respect--
to some of the justices now doing busi
ness in the county, declaring that some
of them were crooks who “fixed” eases
in o'tier to obtain the court costs with
out difficulty.
"There are justices in Eulton county
who will not only aid certain parties in
suits, but who will also award cases <o
the parties where the court costs will
go in order that they may be sure to
receive their shares of the costs at
once,” he said. -'I do not mean by this
that all are ciooked. but you will find
that the honest judges are in favor of
abolishing justice courts because the
dishonest ones are getting all the busi
ness, as well as for other reasons.
Poor Ones the Honest Ones.
"Where you find a poor judge you
will find one who is honest. If he was
a crook his court would be filled with
cases, for they are all known; in fact,
some of them would not hesitate at ad
vertising their crookedness if it were
not fol- fear of public scandal.”
The proposed plan of the Atlanta bar
has the following features:
A municipal court held by five
judges.
Placing remuneration of judges
on a salary instead of fee basis.
A central office where all suits
should be filed and where records
of every levy would be kept.
Letting no judge know until im
mediately beforehand what cases
he will try.
The plan is modeled after that adopt
ed in Chicago, Denver, Montgomery and
several other cities. These municipal
courts have proved immensely success
ful and popular, eliminating as they do
all suspicion or fear of graft or-unfair
’siei.r)
The Atlanta bar hopes to haVe a bill
embodying these features passed at the
next session of the legislature, at the
same time abolishing the justice court
under the constitutional amendment
passed by the last session of the legis
lature. The bill will affect Fulton
county only.
Violent Cathartics
Injure Health
Side step purgatives —their harsh action h
liable to injure the bowels. Whv not use
CARTER’S LITTLE LIVER PILLS
a purely vegetable remedy
that has been successfully
used by millions for
half a century. Acts eeyt
gently but surely tt
and not only FJfgn
quickly relieves agig&it’jjjUiS r ft
but forever ends \\ gL_—ag
the misery
constipation. Use them for dizziness, indiges- i
tion, sick headache and all liver troubles.
Small PiK, Small Dose, Small Price,
The GENUINE must bear signature
ATLANTA THEATER
TONIGHT 8:15
Tues., Wed.—Mat. Wed. Night.
Werber & Luescher Present
THE ROSE MAID
Nights. 50c to $2; Matinee, 25c to $1.50
Seats on Sale Today 9 a. m.
ALMA "vS'iYis'l? ?
WITH GRACE DREW.
Nights. 25c to $1.50; Mat. 25c to $1
GDAND Mat,nee Today 2:33 I
TONIGHT AT 8:30 I
Jos. Hart Presents Gj V. Hobart's Play I
“An Opening Night’’
25 People in Cast—3 Complete Scenes !
?? PLAY “ZIM ZAM” ?? S 11
Maurice Freeman & Co.. Sadie JanseT !l
Phil Staats. Golden & Huahes ' li
ALVIN & KENNEY
FORSYTH quanta’s Busiest
I ‘ theater
Mon.-Tues.-Wed. i All Next Week.
NAT C. LITTLE EMMA
GOODWIN BUNTING
*n the 4-Act Plav 1
Motion Pictures. MORALS of
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IVDIP a. TH,S WEE *
L I Till* Mllt,neei ‘- Tuer., Thur.,.
and Saturday
THE LITTLE
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A Heart-Gripping Story of the West
A Magnificent Scenic Production '
A Splendid Cast of Players
DON’T B£MISLED
BY
“THE RING"
Spending money like water, and pub
lishing lists of unauthorized and bended
knee solicited names doesn’t mean victory
by any means. Don’t be misled.
NOWABOUTTHE'fIING”
In The Constitution this morning Mr.
Chambers publishes a list containing a
large number of the names of some of the
best known gentlemen in Atlanta, and at
tempts to confuse the voters by this artful
method of mixing the ring with gentlemen
whom I have never accused of being con
nected with the nefarious organization.
But the “Ring” Exists
Just the Same
and every intelligent person in Atlanta who
is the least familiar with the situation can
easily go through the list and separate the
goats from the sheep, and in addition sup
ply the names which have been purposely
left out, for the very best of reasons.
ALL THE PEOPLE NAMED IN CHAM
BERS’ LIST OF THIS MORNING
ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR
HIM.
Every candidate in the race for Mayor
has supporters in this list, and any one who
so desires can prove it for himself by ten
minutes’ investigation.
SUCH METHODS AS THESE ARE OUT
RAGEOUS AND BENEATH THE
DIGNITY OF A CANDIDATE FOR
MAYOR.
There is no excuse for using voters’
names without authority, and the desire to
keep out of a mud-slinging public contro
versy is the only reason several of these
gentlemen have not called Mr. Chambers
and HIS RING to time.
CHAMBERS AND HIS “RING” REAL
IZE THEY ARE FACING DEFEAT
And I put my friends and the general pub
lic on notice that all this mud slinging, per
sonal vilification, and trumped-up affida
vits are but the insane and hatred-inspired,
dying efforts of a defeated crowd of PET
TY OFFICE HOLDING RINGSTERS,
who see the control of the people’s money
slipping from their grasp.
ATLANTA NEEDS AND SHALL HAVE
A BETTER GOVERNMENT.
The present condition of the City’s
streets and sewers, and the public works
generally, is a good example of what you
may expect in the future, if “THE RING”
continues to rule Atlanta.
WHILE I AND MY FRIENDS ARE SAT
ISFIED THAT I WILL CARRY
EVERY WARD IN THE CITY,
I take this opportunity of impressing upon
my friends the necessity of casting their
ballots, in order to avoid a second primary.
Respectfully,
James G. Woodward
CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR