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THE WEATHER g or »c«»l: F«'r t° n ioht and Sun- T*n'p*r»tur««: 8 a. m., 51 de -10 rn " 60 d *Or«a*; 12 noon, ceeroaa; 2 p. m, 69 dagrooa. VOL. XI. NO. 72. [KIOEOII ■ TDTERS JOINED II 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. / *»»»■. TH 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. 01. M Efl H 111 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 Continued on Page Two. Obese Maid, All Unafraid, Hits the Step That Shocked Her; Now She’s Got to Turkey Trot by ORDERS OF HER DOCTOR /-' |( Ml \ ■ . V . “1 \ . JSBII / \ \ \ \ // 'y \\ T? I JjiiwAS \ \ u / / Top picture shows iu swaying post* a dancer fat and sassy. But since she’s got to turkey trot, she's now both Jean and classy. a / / ' I I A mwII . ■■ ■ . i 1 • .11; 11 • . - TOLD HUSBAND FELL IM BATTLE. SHE KILLS SELF 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