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VOL. XI. NO. 72.
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BEJVERS
Chief Will Aid Chamber of
Commerce Committee to *
Limit Pistol Sale.
PAWNBROKERS’ SHOPS
WILL BE REGULATED
Increase in Homicides Believed
Directly Due to Indiscrimi
nate Revolver Selling.
Th* movement to restrict the sale of
ftarnii In Atlanta, urged by the pub
lic safety committee of the Chamber
of Commerce, was received with wide
favor throughout the city today and
feeelved the emphatic indorsement of
Chief of Police Beavers.
The plan as outlined by the commit
t*e will be passed upon by city council,
it will give to Chief Beavers the power
to issue permits to all who wish to
pnrthaee revolvers, and no person
without such a premtt will be allowed
te purchase. AU dealers will be re
quired to report on the sale of firearms
and «how the permits as issued by the
ahief of pelkA
Hardware Men
Jain Crusade.
Kron the hardware dealers, who will
be most effected by the limitation Im
*M*d upon would-be purchasers, are
snthueisstically In favor of the plan.
Many believe it will matertglly lessen
Indieerlmtnate killings in Atlanta.
Chief Beavers declared his belief that
the move will go a long way toward
reducing the number of homicides. At
lanta ie now fifth in the list of promi
nent American cities in the number of
bomfeldee, and officials generally assert
that something must be done to remedy
the situation and reduce Atlanta's
bloody and unenviable record.
The chief believes the most feasible
plan would be the adoption of an ordi
nance requiring all purchasers of pis
tols to present references from a given
number of good citizens, testifying that
the purchaser Is peaceable, law abiding
and sober. He also urges that the ordi
nance go further and specify as one of
the conditions that the pistol must not
be removed from the premises of the
owner.
The chief believes this law would fit
In admirably with the state law, which
already prohibits absolutely the carry
ing of a concealed pistol, and requires
that a special license be obtained from
the ordinary before a pistol can even
be carried openly in the hand.
Following the disclosure of results of
pistol "toting” in Atlanta and the
South, as shown in statistics recently
published by The Georgian, which
showed that Atlanta was fifth in homi
cide rate in the South, the committee of
Public safety of the Chamber of Com
mittee Is today in open war on the in
discriminate sale of firearms in the
city The city council will be asked to
restrict the sale, as The Georgian sug
gested, and a resolution to thia effect
w a* passed,
Chairman J. W. Lowenstein, of
the committee, read letters from five of
the leading hardware companies in the
Pity, and of these four were In favor of
forbidding the purchase of a pistol un
lws the purchaser has a permit from
the chief of police. Letters of inquiry
vere addressed all of them several days
and the letters were in answer to
the inquiry. One concern favored al
lowing all firearm traffic except pistols.
Final action on the resolution to
fbur.cil was delayed until the next
electing of the committee, when Chief
n f Police Beavers will be asked to ap
pear before them and explain the best
’nethod of restricting the> traffic in
’mail firearms. The resolution aims
•Hrectly at pistols and will not mate
ria >y affect the sale of shotguns and
rifles.
Pawn Shops
Held Responsible.
Ihe committee believes that pawn
shops are largely responsible for the
saic of cheap pistols, placing the dan
gerous weapons within the purchasing
Power of even the poorest negro. The
' ■ I ware firms also believe this to be
true.
Secretary Walter G. Cooper read the
e ' a tlstics, similar to those which ap
,ear *d recently in The Georgian, show
’'■c that Atlanta stood fifth among the
''ties of the South with 29.8 homicides
‘ 100.000 of population during 1911.
e,n Phls is first with 63. Charleston
l!, » <2, Savannah 37 and Nashville 35.
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The Atlanta Georgian
EM YEARS
FOB SLAYER
HSIEH
YODTH
McDonald Is Found Guilty of
Voluntary Manslaughter.
Whisky Blamed.
BOY PLEADS LACK OF ’
EDUCATION TO COURT
Judge Roan Says Juries Must
Stop Appalling Increase in
Atlanta Homicides.
Frank McDonald, former waiter in
a local restaurant, was today sen
tenced to serve eight years in the pen
itentiary for the killing of R. L. Ste
vens, son of former Railroad Commis
sioner O. B. Stevens, after the jury try
ing his case had returned a verdict ot
voluntary manslaughter.
Yet McDonald is at liberty today be
cause of the complete faith in him held
by Charles E. Thompson, the broker,
who knew McDonald only as his favor
ite waiter. When Judge Roan recog
nised McDonald's motion for a new
trial today, Thompson came forward
and agreed to sign a bond for the boy's
appearance on November 30, the date
fixed by the jurist for the hearing.
Shortly after the judge had agreed to
hear W. M. Smith’s application for a
new trial, Solicitor Dorsey consented to
a bond of 33,500 for the boy. Thomp
son instantly signed it, and McDonald
wm released.
Judge Ro&n On
Lesson of Case.
"Youth doesn’t need a stimulant,
youth needs cold water poured over its
head every day. I am confident if
there had been no liquor In this affair
you would not stand before me today,'*
said Superior Judge L. S. Roan today
in sentencing McDonald.
"There is altogether too much killing
in this country," continued the jurist.
“If It does not cease, we will stand
before the world a nation of homi
cides. The records of this court in this
.respect are appalling.
Whiskey Blamed
For Tragedy.
"I am confident that a man can go
through life without killing another,
and I am sure that if you young men
had all been sober Stevens would not
be in his grave today and you would
not be standing before me facing a
prison term."
Voluntary manslaughter was the ver
dict returned by the jury at 8:30 o’clock
last night, but not rendered until court
opened today. In paslsng sentence.
Judge Roan said he took into consid
eration McDonald's youth, his good
record and his limited education. J. D.
Kilpatrick, retained by O. B. Stevens
to assist the prosecution, told the court
that the dead boy's father did not seek
vengeance.
Never Had Chance,
Says McDonald.
McDonald took the verdict coolly and
even spoke a few words before sen
tenced was passed.
"I am a poor boy,” he said “I never
had a chance to get an education. I
have had to work hard all my life and
I ask you to be as light with me as you
can.”
Evidence given to the jury showed
that McDonald stabbed young Stevens
fatally on the night of June 25 in a
quarrel. The stabbing occurred at tne
corner of Pryor street and Auburn ave
nue. Stevens died the next day at the
Grady hospital.
MAN HELD FOR THEFT
OF AUTO HE “FOUND”
RETURNS TO FLORIDA
Carl Richardson, thought to be an
actor, arrested here following a long
auto drive through the country from
Jacksonville, today informed Chief
Beavers that he wait willing to return ,
to the Florida city without a requisition
to answer the charge of stealing the
car.
Richardson admits bringing the car to
Atlanta from Jacksonville, but denies
stealing it. He says he found tjje car. j
Officer Ed Arthur, in examining the car
today, found the Jacksonville number
underneath the cushion of one of the
seats. Attached to the car was a Geor
gia number, which is said to belong to
Mrs. A. D. Stewart, of Griffin. How
Richardson came into possession of this
number is not known.
Chief Beavers is anxious to find the
owner of another auto, which was found
deserted In the streets. The car. a
K-R-I-T, bears the number "17.410. Ga.”
No record of this number can be found
on the Georgia list. The car is in good
condition.
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Resets.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1912.
Police in Dilemma How
To Stop Cock-Crowing
At the Break of Day
Mayor Approves Minister’s Com
plaint of Early Morning Sere
nades by Neighbors’ boosters.
SAVANNAH. GA.. Oct. 26.—Mayor
George W. Tiedeman is of the opinion
that the protest of Rev. W. T. Dakin,
rector of Christ Episcopal church,
against the early morning crowing of
I roosters, is a reasonable one. and that
; the minister is entitled to relief under
the provision of the city ordinance for
the suppression of nuisances. But the
mayor declines to commit himself as to
how the nuisance shall be abated.
Rev. Mr. Dakin filed his protest with
the,police. He says that the crowing of
the cocks arouses him of a morning at
an hour before any well regulated min-
I ister has any idea of beginning the
I strenuous labors of the day. He ac
> knowledges that his neighbors, for the
most part, have but one rooster each,
but it is their concerted crowing at
the crack of day that caused the min
ister to complain. The fact that the
roosters are owned individually has
proved a block to the po
lice.
The discomfiture of the minister was
not lessened when, after having filed
his complaint, his neighbors and their
offspring made sounds in imitation of a
rooster’s "cock-a-doodle-doo” as he
passed.
CITADEL BURNING,
BULGARIANS ARE
HARD AFTER TURKS
SOFIA. Oct. 26.—After an all-night
bombardment of Adrianople, Czar Fer
dinand's Bulgarian army moved for
ward today, capturing three forts at
Marasch, with 1,800 prisoners.
The southwestern part of the city is
burning, having been fired by the Bul
garian batteries upon the heights of
the eastern bank of the Marltza river,
three and a half miles from the inner
forts defending that section of Adria
nople. ,
Military aviators who made a recon -
noissance state tha t the mosque of the
Sultan Selim, one of the most historic
structures In European Turkey, had
been damaged by Bulgarian shells.
The line of Bulgars now extends
nearly around the city. There is a
brigade- eg Bntgurlaa eoMiers at-f Inta
00 miles southeast of Adrianople and
only 90 miles from Constantinople.
Adrianople is in imminent danger of
being cut off from Constantinople.
The main body of the Turkish army
defending Adriapppie on the south holds
a position 20 miles from the city prop
er on the railway line to Salonika.
General Abdullah Pasha, commander
in-chief of the Turkish army at Adria
nople, has his headquarters there.
The western wing of the Bulgarian
army is moving slowly southward. It
is believed that Czar Ferdinand’s ob
ject is to hurl his troops upon Abdul
lah Pasha’s position, in an attempt to
cut off Adrianople from Salonika.
The railway line between these two
cities is the main artery of European
Turkey, connecting up the east with
the west.
ATLANTA TOO WICKED
FOR SALVATION, SAYS
VOLIVA, OF ZION CITY
NEW ORLEANS. LA., Oct. 26.—" A
tlanta is too wicked for redemption. It
must resign itself to its fate,” declared
Wilber Glenn Voliva, successor to John
Alexander Dowie, of Zion City, here
today.
"I may go there soon, but I can not
now,” he said. "I'm going to stay over
here for a few days and try to handle
New Orleans. I might go to Atlanta in
a few days, and perhaps not at all.”
Voliva spoke here last night. When
he finished, hundreds of people clam
ored to the stage to shake his hand
and talk with him.
"All men have lied, either by word
or action or silence,” he said. "Bring
me a man who says he hasn't lied, and j
I’ll call him the biggest liar in Ameri
ca. Show me a woman who says she
never Hed. Have you married a woman
and found out afterward that she had
bought her hair? Isn't that a lie? Je
sus Christ is the healer of all dis
eases.”
MORGAN’S PROFIT ON
FORMING TRUST ONLY
A TRIFLING $2,000,000.00
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—The firm ot
J. P. Morgan * Co. received only $3,-
000,000 (not $13)000,000) for its work in
I organizing the International Harvester
| Company, according to the testimony
lof William Hamilton, Jr., of the Mor
gan firm, who appeared at the govern-
I ment suit against the company.
Hamilton testified that Morgan’s firm
| gave $13,500,000 to William C. Lane
i for 165,000 shares of the Harvester
I stock, which at that time was worth
only $16,500,000, a profit of $3,000,000,
and the only profit Morgan got.
SIX BALES ON ONE ACRE.
SPARTANBURG, S. C., Oct. 26.—J.
W. Caldwell, of Moore, today stated
that he had raised five bales of cotton,
each weighing 450 pounds, on one acre.
He says he thinks there is another
500 pounds in this field not yet picked.
This Is one of the most remarkable
yields reported this year.
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MPEDINt
PHOBE.SJYS
IM OYKE
Aiderman Charges That Battle
Hill Head Keeps Witnesses
From Testifying.
PHYSICIANS IN DEFENSE
0 FTUBERCULOSIS HOME
Declare It Is Managed in First-
Class Shape Witnesses
Charge “Roughness.”
Aiderman A. H. Van Dyke, who is
pressing the charges of mismanage
ment against the Battle Hill Tuber
culosis sanitarium, said today that he
had been given a list of names of in
mates of the Institution who want to
testify in the probe, but whom Dr. S.
W. Merritt, superintendent, would not
permit to come to the hearing.
Alderman Van Dyke said Miss Loeb,
of the Anti-Tuberculosis association,
had given him the names and that he
was going to see to it that the persons
testified if the committee had to go out
to them. *
The aiderman continued by saying
that the testimony of the doctors yes
terday that pork and weinerwurst was
proper food for tubercular patients was
absurd. He said Dr. J. P. Kennedy, city
health officer, was protecting the in
stitution when lie testified that such
food was proper.
Aiderman VanDyly is himself a doc
tor and he conflernCed*©!’. Merritt for
being abrupt in his’ manner. He said
the head of such an institution should
emanate good cheer, as the persons
there were naturally downcast.
Aiderman Van Dyke said the testi
mony in the investigation would grow
sensational when he and others took the
stand.
The councilmanic probers of the Bat
tle Hill Tuberculosis sanitarium are to
day confronted with a long and tedious
task, for, after a three-hour session
yesterday afternoon at which much pa.
thetic testimony was heard from in
mates and former inmates of the insti
tution, a large number of persons still
desire to give evidence. The probers will
meet again Tuesday afternoon.
Doctors Testify
For Institution.
With Dr. Claude A. Smith, director
of the city’s laboratory of hygiene, and
Aiderman F. J. Spratllng conducting
the defense of the institution. Dr. E. C.
Thrash, Dr. A. B. Elkin and Dr. L. c"
Roughlin, who have had experience
with tuberculosis sanitariums, were in
troduced as experts to show that the
institution was properly run.
They all praised the Institution. Dr.
Thrash said he was amazed kvhen ha
learned that it cost less than $40,000.
He said it would be a credit for a $75,.
000 Institution. They all testified that
tubercular patients were extremely hard
to manage and that discipline was the
first law of such an Institution.
Dr. Elkin said that he was once con
nected with the city tuberculosis sani
tarium in Louisville and that patients
in a free city institution expected and
demanded more than they did in a pri
vate institution.
The doctors declared that they saw
nothing but what they could praise on
an Inspection of the institution.
Dr. Thrash said frequently he ad
vised patients who were sleeping in cold
air to put their heads under cover for
a few moments to stop their coughing.
He said in treating tubercular patients
it was best to prevent them from
coughing as much as possible.
They declared that pork and wein’er
wurst were good food for patients not
suffering from indigestion.
Tell of City
Hall “Nuisances.”
Dr. J. P. Kennedy, city health officer
and Dr. J. G. Hall, city phvslcian, were
called before the committee to tell of
an alleged nuisance caused by tuber
cular infected persons coming to the
city health office to be examined. They
said they hud objected to the condition
because at times there were from ten
to fifteen tubercular infected persons
waiting in the office to be examined
Dr. Merritt did the examining, and
Dr. Kennedy said that Dr. Merritt had
been tardy in keeping his engagements
several times. But he said that most of
the trouble was caused by patients
being sent over to the citv hall from
the Anti-Tuberculosis association's
clinic at all hours of the day.
Dr. Kennedy said he was a member
of the committee of three, with Dr.
Smith and Mr. Spratling. in charge of
the institution. He said Dr. Merritt
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Obese Maid, All Unafraid, Hits the Step That
Shocked Her; Now She’s Got to Turkey Trot by
ORDERS OF HER DOCTOR
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ATHENS. Oct. 26. -Madame Vlachao,
a member of the Greek aristocracy,
committed suicide today after : ading a
report that her husband, :m officer in
the Greek army, had been killed in the
storming of Elassona. Later it develop
ed that he was only slightly wounded.
Matrons Plump Take a
Jump to Dance Which
Sets Them Panting;
Good Excuse? Yes,
You Goose, It’s Just
the Thing for Banting.
It's in the air, it's everywhere, it
seems to hit the spot; it's got their goat,
this ragtime float, this dev’llsh turkey
trot. Though met with frown, it
wouldn’t down. The matrons all for
bade it, but every dub in every clul
soon caught it. They all had it. The
germ was caught, they say. and brought
to Georgia by a girlie whose lively toes
and silken hose just would go twirly
whirly.
Then every peach within her reach
began that swaying motion. They
couldn’t stop; that little hop exactly
struck their notion. Stern chaperones
in chilly tones said it was vulgar, very,
but unafraid each dancing maid pro
nounced it merry, merry. In spite of
pout, they ruled It out at one place and
another, but every day the trotters gay
kept trotting like sister and brother.
Then older feet began to beat in tune
to ragtime ditty. It drew the pairs
from cozy chairs; it struck,, the flooi
committee. Then married began in
joke, and when the fever caught ’em.
they started in to conquer sin. and
younger sinners taught 'em. And then
there came a sober dame, who said,
"It is no use. I've simply got to try that
trot. Let’s scare up an excuse.”
“Why, exercise,” quoth one more wise.
“1 think I can concoct a scheme that
will fool that worn-out rule. I'll go and
ask my doctor.” “Why. sure,” said
he. this wise M.D.. “you’re growing
over-weighty. Your breath is short,
you've every sort of symptom dissipaty.
<fo put it flat, you're growing fat; you're,
taking on a lot. Get busy! Dance! Go
take a chance. Prescription—turkey
trot.”
So matrons wide who used to glide to
soft and easy measure, now hop and
kick like any chick; but not. oh, not,
for pleasure. They swing and sway the
hour.- away to put them in condition.
They only trot because they’ve got the
word from their physician.
ORGANS REMOVED FROM
BODY NORMALLY ACTIVE
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.—A heart, stom
ach and kidneys taken from their flesh
encasement and transferred to glass
jars by Dr. Alexis Carrell, of the Rocke
feller institute, are performing their
normal functions
loif
EDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
WOODWARD’S
KNIFE OUT
FOR GUY
PAYROLL
Next Mayor Looks Over List
and Prepares to Cut Out
Sinecures.
TREMBLING AT THE HALL
AS KEEN AX IMPENDS
Winn’s Successor Promises
Sweeping Financial Reforms
in All Departments.
Closely studying the city's pay roli
in his’ office today, James G. Woodward,
mayoralty nominee, declared thrft the
salary budget could be cut several
thousand dollars, and that he was go
ing to have it cut or let the people
know why.
"I wonder how many city hall em
ployees would quit if their salaries were
cut 25 per cent,” he said, as he laughed.
He said the $3,000,000 bond issue was
practically spent and that the addi
tional help employed to spend this
money could be dropped. F. A. Quillian,
who received $2,000 a year as chairman
of the bond commission, is now working
for nothing. Council has already dis
continued his salary.
Too Many “Debts”
Have Been Paid.
"I haven't gone far enough yet to be
able to point specifically where money
can be saved.” continued Mr. Wood
! ward, "but too many political debts
have been paid with jobs. If council
doesn't remedy the trouble, the people*
will vote commission government or
something equally as radical. Instead
of paying political debts, the money is
needed on streets.
"The pay roll of the city has In
creased tremendously since I was may
or.”.
Jokingly, Mr. Woodward went
through some of the departments and
pointed out instances where political
debts were paid and where relatives of
influential politicians had been given
office. But he asked that his remarks
should not be quoted.
"I may find that some that look like
sinecures are very necessary offices,” he
said. "I favor employing every per
son for a city job who is needed. I
think they ought to get 25 per cent
more for the same work than em
ployees for private concerns, because of
the hazards of public office.
Many Expecting
Political Ax.
“But they ought not to receive 50 pet;
cent more.”
Expecting the political ax. many city
hall employees who openly supported
Councilman Aldine Chambers for may
or are trembling in their shoes. They
are exerting every resource to bring
influence to bear to stay the wrath of
“Uncle Jim." If any attempt is
to disconnect them from the city treas
ury there is sure to be a fight.
"Outside of competency, I will rec
ognize no title to an office, except elec
tion by the people.” Mr. Woodward
warned. “Where officials are elected
by the people I have nothing to say.
But the people don’t elect the subordi
nate employees of departments. They
elect a mayor to see to it that the right
sort of men are given the places. And
I am not going to recognize the vote
getting power of men as a requisite to
holding a city Job.”
When asked what he could do if
council refused to sustain him, he said
that he would mark out the men from
the salary list whom he considered un
necessary. He said if council refused
to back him up he had the alternative
of refuting to sign checks, for the may
or signs all checks.
Bitter Clash
Seems Inevitable.
With the city hall practically solid
against Mr. Woodward at the begin
ning of the campaign, it Is interesting
to watch the change of affiliations.
Some of the councilmen voted for him,
but a lot moTe are Inclined to support
him now. Councilman Chambers and
the other members known as the Cham
bers faction have held out the olive
branch.
But Mr. Woodward has attacked file
crematory contract. He now starts out
to thin the pay roll.
A bitter clash Is inevitable.
Aiderman A. H. VaaDyke said today
that he would support a veto of thf
mayor if Mr. Woodward vetoed next
year's payment on the $276,000 garbage
