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THE WEATHER
Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia:
today; fair tomorrow.
VOL. XI. NO. 66.
I.
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CHARGE IF
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Banker Accused of False Testi
mony in Suits in Superior
and Federal Courts.
SIX COUNTS IN BILL OF
FULTON GRAND JURY
Representative of Georgia Rail
way and Power Company
Furnishes Information.
Louis B Magid. president of the L. B.
jLe , Company. bankers, 1014 Candler
hr.,-, Ims been indicted on six
, lir ,is charging perjury by the Fulton
nty grand 'jury. The true bills were
■n 1 on information furnished the
, b F. A. McVey, acting for the
~ g : Kailway and Power Company,
w out of Magid’B testimony in a
. . mrt suit, recently brought to
( . r th.- merger of the Georgia Rail
w...v ar , c ; Electric Company and the
Georgia Railway and Power Company,
and i 1- • 'ieral suit under the Sherman
act.
Magid was served this afternoon by
Deputy Sheriff Plennie Minor with a
bench warrant issued by the judge of
superior court. Colonel M. L. Peel,
president of the American National
bank, made his bond.
The indictments charge that Magid
swore before Commissioner T. J. Greer
that he owned 200 shares of common
stoc k in the Georgia. Railway'and Elec-
Company, purchased on October
1911. The testimony was taken on
Apr" 9. 1912. In his suit to enjoin the
merger Magid alleged under oath that
<■ owned 105 shares of the stock. The
war filed in superior court March
25, 1911. McVey asserts that Magid did
not own any stock at the time, and
knew that he didn't when he made the
'> t -vitions before the commissioner.
Says Magid Made
False Statement.
On April 9, the bill maintains, Magid
in a brief statement asserted that he
wa.- not aware that his secretary, M. D.
B'-rrien, had attended the stockholders'
meting of the Georgia Railway and
Electric Company on January 30, 1912,
when the merger was voted. The jury’s
informer avers that Magid was aware
th if Berrien had gone to the meetine
and furthermore that Berrien carried
Mngid's proxy in his pocket.
In his suit Magid maintained that he
us acting for himself as a stockholder
i nd a number of other stockholders and
that the leasing of the Georgia Railway
Electric Company, by the Georgia
linkway and Power Company, had been
i '.roved over his protest and the pro
test of other stockholders.
Testimony given by Magid to the ef
b ' that he paid the L. B. Magid Com
puny $3,000 on account for the purchase
of the Georgia Railway and Electric
1 "it any stock, is denied. Magid as
t teil that this stock had been paid for
by him after the L. B. Magid Company
"I bought $3,000 worth of stock in the
T> iulah Falls Power Plant Company
This McVey, in his bill of information
'' ’ i' jury, denies.
Magid’s Suit.
Was Dismissed.
Ti original injunction suit brought,
b. Magid to set aside the merger, was
dismissed on demurrer tn superior
court.
A kindled suit brought in Federal
court under the Sherman anti-trust
in which Magid. as informer,
' dined fines agregating more than $2,-
11, 11 ,!|| o for violation of the anti-monop
n1 ' statute, never has been heard.
■M.igid has been more or less into -
in the development of the Tailu-
I'al’s section. lie at one time
' ted a silk industry in that region
"out success. In addition to ills in
’ ’'■t in the development of water
1 'ir at Tallulah, he is at present In
' “ted in the Appalachian Apple Or
-1 1 “ Company, an organization oper
u under the unit system.
Magid Asks for
A Speedy Trial.
J i Magid’s attorneys, Watkins &-
mer, gave out a statement this
noon to tile effect that Mr. Magid
ves the indictment a result, of his
uiination to push his suit against
’ power company. Statements made
•m ,by attorneys for the company
construed by Mr. Magid in the
- 1 of threats. He says it Is founded
one-.side<] evidence and lie desires a
' • 'dy t lai. His lawyers brand the
isecution" as a "lawless and out-
- ous attempt to force him to with'
aw his suit.”
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
T.B. TO LEHE
FDR HOME
MOmUY
IB BEST
Physicians Finally Consent to
Ex-President Leaving Bed,
Danger Being Past.
ONLY COMPLICATION
OF LUNGS NOW FEARED
Colonel Will Be Kept Quiet Ten
Days. After Which He May
Enter Campaign.
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.--Theodore Roose
velt will leave Chicago Monday morn
ing for New York. This was definitely
announced today by Dr. Alexander
Lambert, the colonel’s medical attend
ant. Doctors Murphy, Bevan and Ter
rell approved of the decision to permit
the trip to be undertaken at that time.
The actual time of the colonel's de
parture has not been definitely fixed
At first it was announced that he would
leave at 10:25 a. m. Later it was found
the colonel favored an earlier train, and
Philip Roosevelt, his cousin, sided with
the colonel. The advisability of leav
ing at 8:15 a. m. was discussed. It will
probably be definitely decided some
time during the day.
The physician's bulletin today gave
the colonel’s condition ns normal.
Color el Impatient
About Going Home.
Colonel Roosevelt asked the nurse
and the physicians about going
home when he woke up this
morning. He talked about it just
before he went, to sle'ep last night.
He has questioned Mrs. Roosevelt about
it almost constantly for a day. Today
he tried to win consent of bis phy
sicians and his wife to permit the
start to be made tomorrow. The doc
tors. still cautious, said that the colonel
must wait at Mercy hospital until
Monday before undertaking the trip.
The doctors are not going to take
any chances. They realize that while
the colonel has made remarkable im
provement, while the wound is healing
rapidly and the danger from sepsis
has passed, there is still the danger of
a relapse from over-exertion. It is fear
of pleurisy or pneumonia that is the
bogey of the physicians. The wound in
the muscular wall of the chest would
be sufficient cause for the dread of the
development of this complication, but
the fact that the colonel has a frac
tured rib which pains him when he
draws a deep breath is still a more po
tent factor.
The doctors desire to keep the colonel
from re-entering the campaign until
the rib is in such condition that there
will be no danger of irritation from
his vigorous way of speaking. The
longer they keep him in the hospital
they believe, the longer they can keep
him from starting out for further
speaking.
The colonel Is improving rapidly. His
condition today was satisfactory to the
doctors. At « a. m. his temperature
was 98.2. pulse 70. and his respiration
18—all normal.
The colonel woke cheerful and eager
for political conferences. He slept less
last night than he did tin night be
fore. He was hungry when ho woke
and asked for his breakfast, which
was brought to him at 7 o'clock. Mrs
Roosevelt join' d her husband at break
fast.
During tlie night the colonel awoke
twice, but in each instance went to
sleep again almost immediately.
Despite bls close confinement, the
patient retained a splendid appetite.
*At 4 a. m. he awoke and asked how
■soon breakfast would be ready. Mr.
I Roosevelt lias not been troubled with
indigestion, though used to an active
life, and suffering to some extent from
his unwonted inactivity.
Rest Excellent
For His Throat.
| Some of the doctors insist that Mr.
I Roosevelt's enforced period of rest is
not a bad thing for him, generally
'speaking. He was suffering from a bad
I throat at the time of Schrank's attempt
ion his life and might even have been
compelled to take a rest in any event.
i Mrs. Roosevelt slept soundlj through
out the night until shortly after 4
'o'clock, when she rang her bell and In
'quired of the night nurse how Mr.
I Roosevelt was.
I The colonel's breaks i-t this morning
| consisted of ham omelet, muffins, fresh
mushrooms in butter. Ueylon tea. but
| tered toast.
I Francis .1. Heney. of California. who
was shot in an attempted assassination
* Continued on Page Two.
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J MRS. CHAMP CLARK *
: DEFENDS husband:
• OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 19. - •
• Mrs. Champ Clark, wife of the •
• speaker, jumped to her feet in the •
• midst of a large audience while H. •
• T. Laughhaum was denouncing •
• Clark, and shouted, “That is un- •
• true. You ate misrepresenting Mr. •
• Clark’s position.” •
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VIEW OF FATAL FREIGHT WRECK IN EAST POINT YARDS
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Photo shows how engine of the second section of Central freight train Xo. 35 plunged from
the track after crashing through the caboose of the first section of Xo. 35 in the East Point vards
early today. Conductor L. B. Holley, of_M;tcon, who was in the, caboose, was killed, and two
negroes were injured. The trucks seen in front of the engine are those of the cahoose. The giant
mogul pushed them ahead of it over the embankment, ploughing up the earth for fifty feet
CAR LINE TIED UP
WHEN AUTO MIRES
IN MARIETTA ST.
Tlie Marietta-Decatur streets trolley
line was put out of commission for
nearly an hour today when an auto
mobile became stuck in the mud in
Marietta street, near Ponders avenue.
Marietta is one of the streets that has
been torn up for several months, and
is almost impassable at certain points.
Following tlie rains of last night, the
mud and slush in the street was so deep
that when the auto became mired the
engine was unable to pull It out. With
much effort and considerable assist
ance and after nearly an hour had
passed, the machine was hauled from
the mud.
In the meantime, eleven trolley cars
were blocked, and the whole line tied
up.
60,000 RIFLES BURNED.
12,000,000 SHELLS LOST,
IN U. S. ARSENAL FIRE
BENECIA, CAL., Oct. 19 The gov
ernment arsenal here was destroyed by
file earl' today and the loss is esti
mated at $4,000,000. Sixty thousand
stands of army rifles, a large quantity
of revolvers ami great stores of am
munition were destroyed. The stores
were housed in brick and stone build
ings of ancient construction. Practi
cally no fire fig>hting apparatus was
provided and the fire swept through the
place rapidly. Sixty men stationed at
the arsenal fought tlie flames, but were
unable to check them. The fire spread
so rapidly that there was no oppor
tunity to save the supplies. Twelve
million rounds of ammunition were
destroyed.
TO CONFER ON MACON DEPOT.
The railroad commission has Invited
a conference of all patties interested
to meet witli the commission, on a date
to bo agreed upon, to discuss th" mat
ter of now depot facilities for Macon,
land especially with a view to a union
station.
ATLANTA. GA.. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 1!). 1912.
DE LEON IN AUSTRALIA;
ROAMED WORLD IN DAZE
Dixie Boy Gives Quart
Os Blood to Save Life
Os His Invalid Mother
Son of Wealthy Memphis Cotton
Broker Hurries Home From
Chicago for Operation.
MEMPHIS, TENN., Oct. 19.—Clif
i ford Wright, of Chicago, traveled 500
• miles to Memphis to save the life of
his mother, Mrs. S. L. Wright, wife of
a wealthy Memphis cotton broker.
I Young Wrigiit and the mother were
i placed on an operating table, where a
quart of the son's blood was transfused
, into the mother. Previous attempts to
I aid Mrs. Wright by transfusion failed.
Both stood the operation well.
In a few days Mrs. Wright is to un
dergo an operation for kidney trouble,
the transfusion having been made'to
give her strength to stand the opera
tion.
DADY NOW TO RUSH
WORK ON SEWAGE
DISPOSAL PLANTS
I
Chester A. Dady, who has the eon*
tract for the building of the Peachtree
creek and Intrenchment creek sewage dis
posal plants, said today that the work
on tht'se plants would he rushed to com
pletion. He sajd that there were no tinan
! cial difficulties to obstruct the work and
• that the SI,OOO mortgage foreclosed against
him had been settled
The tw«> contracts amount to abouf
> SIOO,OOO. \lthough the work is somewhat
I behind. Mr. Dady said it now would he
completed rapidly.
' STRIKE COST GEORGIA
R.R. $136/86 IN REVENUE
The Georgia railroad has rendered a
report to the railroad commission show
’ ing a direct loss in 'evenue to the road
' during the progress of the recent strike
' of $136,180.99, as compar'd with th'
■ same fou’teen days in October. 1911.
> The indirect and unadjusted loss to
1 tlie road will be tai in excess of these
Ugures.
TOM WATSON BOLTS
WILSON AND WON’T
GO TO THE POLLS
In a speech delivered in Thomson,
and in today's Progressive Democrat,
[ Thomas E. Watson has served notice
that he will decline to vote for Wood
row Wilson in the national presidential
election, and that he will ask his Geor
gia following to back him- up and stay
away from the polls.
' Mr. Watson quotes The New York
, Times as saying that Wilson has joined
the Knights of Columbus, and, thgre
‘ fore, Watson says he will quit the
■ Wilson camp.
There Is some apprehension felt
among state politicians that Watson's
attitude may affect tile Georgia situ
ation dangerously, if his following falls
' in behind him and also bolts Wilson.
Watson is supposed to command
about 15.009 votes in Georgia.
There are others who say, however,
that Watson's following never will go
to the extent of. bolting Wilson purely
, because of religious prejudice.
SEEKS $2,000 DAMAGES
FROM MAN HE CLAIMS
CALLED HIM A RASCAL
W. D. Thurmond, who recently ptir-
1 chased a landscape gardening outfit
from J. A. Means, the business being
’ known as the Means Construction Com
> pany. wants 'lie superior court to award
him $2,000 damages against Means for
defamation of character.
Thurmond say.- that in the presence
I of some persons, including E. W.
Martin. .1 T. Toy and Arnold Broyles,
i Metins referred to him as ,i rascal.
. Th'J niond alleges that his credit has
| been Impaired.
• The suit furthet says that Means lias
remarked to a number of persons that
Thintnond "ns merely working the
, landscape gardening game on comtnis-
L . sion aM that his head had been swelled
because he made a little money.
In Cablegram to Wife From Sydney
Says He Is in Hospital, After Siege of
Brain Fever, But Will Start Soon
for San Francisco and Return Home.
Child Asks for Papa on Eve of Word From Him.
His Arrival to Clear Up Various Things to
Creditors, Who Have Planned to Meet Next
Week—His Family Rejoices at the News.
Moise DeLeon has been found.
The wealthy Atlanta contractor, missing since early August,
has been located in Sydney, Australia. A cablegram to his wife,
received today at the DeLeon home in Piedmont avenue, brought
her the tidings that he was safe and indicated that it .would be
but a question of a few weeks before he was again at home
among his family and friends in Atlanta.
The cablegram read :
“Hospital, brain fever; will wire condition and'money from
’Frisco. , s
(Signed) ’ “JIM.”
STATE SORROWS
TO PAY ITS RILLS
Governor Gets Loan of $200,-
000— Hopes to Give Teach
ers Part of It.
Governor Brown has borrowed from
the Park National bank of New’ York
for 90 days, at three per cent, $200,000
with which to meet the state's ex
penses between this time and Decem
ber 20, the date upon which the state
taxes will begin coming in.
The governor has obtained this
money with the understanding that if,
at any time within the 90 days, the
state should be able to retire any of the
loan it shall be permitted to do so and
receive credit for the unearned interest
It is the purpose of the executive to
pay up the accounts of the state san
itarium, the school for the deaf, the
school for the blind and the University
of Georgia. He hopes to be able to pay
the common school teachers a divi
dend of not less than four and possi
bly five per cent of their appropriations
from this borrowed sum.
This is the first time in many years
that the state has managed to go as
late as October without borrowing. The
usual borrowing time has been August
or September.
The governor believes that all ac
counts may be met without embarrass
ment to the state now—certainly until
December 1, anyway. If there should
be fifteen or twenty days yet to ba
looked after, the executive believes he
can arrange with the banks to carry
the state for the few days.
The borrowed funds now are avail
able for the governor's warrants.
TAFT REPUBLICANS
WIN FIRST FIGHT ON
NEBRASKA ELECTORS
LINCOLNTON. NEBR, Oct. 19
Taft Republicans of Nebraska have
won their preliminary skirmish in the
courts to force off the Republican tick
et six of the eight electoral nominees
who declared they would vote for
Roosevelt.
District Judges Cornish, Stewart and
Cosgrave, of Lancaster county, this
morning handed down a joint decree
that a nomination as elector was a po
litical trust and that a nominee must
accept the party choice for president
or retire as the candidate of that
party.
The Repbullcan state committee,
dominated by Roosevelt supporters,
gave notice of appeal.
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• Lucas, rgSwafford, rg. •
• Malone, rtT. Brown, rt. •
• Parrish or •
• Conklin. reE. Brown, re. •
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• Covington, qCurlin, q. e
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EDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHIRE
“Jim,” Mrs. DeLeon explained,
is the pet name used hy her for
her husband in the family circle.
Wandered World,
Brain in a Daze.
The message, which tn a large ex
tent cleared up the mystery which has
puzzled not only Atlanta, but search
ers the world over, was received short
ly before 9 o’clock today. Its impor
tance was at once realized by the cable
company. No time was wasted tn
sending a messenger to the DeLeon
home.
A clerk rushed to the telephone and
got Mrs. DeLeon on the wire. The mes
sage was read. Apparently she did not
grasp its full import at first. Tt had to
be repeated twice before, with a cry
of joy. she rushed from the phone to
spread the news about the house.
DeLeon’s friends were soon advised
of the news, and it was spread over
Atlanta in record time.
Expected Home <
In Six Weeks.
Though definite advices are awaited,
It Is believed that the contractor was
stricken with brain saver in Chicago,
where he had gone early In August to
start, on a Ashing trip of recuperation
In the Michigan woods.
With his mind disordered by the fe
ver, he is thought to have wandered
West until he reached the Pacific, and
there shipped to the Antipodes. On the
other side of the earth his condition
was at last realized, and he was sent
to a hospital.
Mrs. DeLeon believes that his re
turn to Atlanta may be expected within
six weeks. The sending of the cable
gram indicates to her that her husband
will soon be able to leave the Sydney
hospital, and the mention of San Fran
cisco Is taken to mean that he will take
an early steamer.
Albert DeLeon, a brother, lives tn
Berkeley. Cal., near San Francisco, and
will meet him there and arrange for his
home coming.
Three-Year-Old Child /
Asked For Papa.
"Where Is my papa? When fs he
coming home?” asked little three-year
old Dorothy DeLeon, as she was being
put to bed last night. The query seem
ed to presage the discovery of the long
lost father
Mr. DeLeon's other children. Mar
jorie, ten. and Roger, eight, older than
their little sister, have refrained from
mentioning the disappearance, but the
smallest child has frequently asked
about him.
A pretty scene was presented this
morning as the little tots clung to the
skirts of the mother, overjoyed at the
news that the father would soon be on
the way home. Mrs. DeLeon was like
wise happy, it is needless to say. She
called up many friends and received
the congratulations of neighbors ami
others calling, and sent away a number
of telegrams.
Mis Marion Moise, of Sumter, S. G.,
a sistei ot Ml DeLeon, has been with
Mrs. DeLeon since the disappearance.
Creditors to Meet
With Referee.
Ronald Ransom, co-receiver for the
DeLeon affairs, declared today the lo
cating of the missing contractor would
clear up man) things in connection
with his affairs which have been a
mystery to the receivers.
A meeting of DeLeon's creditors has
been called for next week by Pressly
Adams, referee in the case, and at that
time it is probable that H. L. Fraser
will be appointed trustee for the cred
itors.
According to Mr. Ransom, the receiv
ers and creditors had nothing to do
with the discovery of DeLeon. "If ha
returns." he said, “it will be on his own
volition."
Moise DeLeon's disappearance was
first known in Atlanta August 24. At
that time no word had been received
