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VOL XI. NO. 75.
MB TO OUST
WSOI ON;
BEAVERS IN
BALANCE
Woodward Men. Against the
Present Chairman, Groom
Robt. T. Clarke for Place.
POLICE CHIEF’S FATE
THE IMPORTANT ISSUE
Mayor Pro Tern Race Between
Warren and Nutting Causes
Complications.
A determined, organized plan to oust
Carlos H. Mason as chairman of the
city police commission was made public
today. Robert C. Clarke, commissioner
from the Eighth ward, is the new can
didate for the chairmanship.
The election of Mr. Clarke, in the
of inion of politicians, will mean that
Chief Beavers will be deposed or
st’ipped of his authority over such
matters as the vice crusade.
While it is generally understood in
political circles that Chairman Mason
is not over-enthusiastic in his support
of Chief Beavers' general reform plans,
the fight on him will probably link the
fortunes of the two men.
The fight on Chairman Mason fs a
natural outgrowth of the nomination
of .James G. Woodward for mayor. The
long-time political enmity between Mr.
Woodward and Chairman Mason made
the fight between them in the mayoral
ty primary one of the most interesting
of the minor issues. It was well known
that the election of Mr. Woodward
meant a vigorous fight against the con
trol of Chairman Mason over the police
department.
Advantage Still
Stays With Mason.
The advantage is still with Chairman
Mason. An accurate estimate of the
line-up of the commission is as fol
lows: '
I’o- Mason—William P. Fain. B. Bee
Smith, C. R. Garner and J. N. Mc-
Eachern.
For Clarke —-Mayor Woodward and
hi appointee to the chairmanship ot
th? police committee of council, which
carries with it a membership on the
police commission, and George E. John
son.
Doubtful—W. A. Vernoy. Graham P.
Dozier and the commissioner who is to
be eleected t'rom the Ninth ward and
who will probably be Dr. Linton Smith.
Mason counts on all three of the
members placed in the doubtful column
as supporters of his. But at the pres
ent time, on account of numerous polit
ical complications, they are doubtful,
and the opposition expects their sup
port.
Mayor Pro Tem
Fight Figures.
Commissioner Vernoy is very much
interested in the race of Aiderman
Jabirs E. Warren for mayor pro tem
Aiderman Warren is opposed by the
Chambers faction. I Mason as a mem
ber of the Chambers faction is inclined
to throw his support to Aiderman
James R. Nutting for mayor pro tem
This makes the vote of Commissioner
Vernoy doubtful.
Commissioner Dozier is a member of
the hoard. He is not a flxtifre of either
faction.
The member from the Ninth ward is
yet to be elected. Dr. Smith is expect
ed to be the man. He has not antago
nized either faction in council.
Warren Race
With Nutting Close.
The race for mayor pro tem between
Aidermen Warren and Nutting is In
tense and very close. The line-up from
estimates of both factions stands:
For Nutting—Warren. Maddox, Sis
son. Abernathy, Spratling, Haverty,
White, Mason, Kimbrough, Wood and
Boynton.
For Warren Wardlaw, Harwell,
Knight, McClelland. Hall. Shepard,
Ashley, Everett, Colcord. Van Dyke,
Humphrey, Candler, Ragsdale and Nut
ting.
Doubtful—Baskin. Lynch, Thomson,
Smith and Greer.
They stand for Nutting and for War
ren, each candidate ready to cast a
complimentary vote for hb' opponent.
Five are doubtful.
All the votes as given are not pledg
ed, however, and there may be a num
ber of switches before the election In
January.
KILLING CASES TO BE TRIED.
COLQUITT, GA., Oct. 30.—1 n Miller
countv superior court now in session
here chief interest centers in the cases
of Will Cato and Dan King, charged
with the murder of James Beard in
this city.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
Neighbors Rescue 3
Families From Home
Fired by Hungry Rats
North Siders Flee Flames in
Night Attire—Rodents Nib
bling Matches Start Blaze,
Flames roaring from the roof of the
home of H. A. McCall, 128 East North
avenue, awoke neighbors just in time
for them to rouse and save three fami
lies in the burning home early today.
All the occupants of the house were
sleeping when the alarm was given.
The McCall family was the first to be
aroused, and not waiting to dress they
joined the rescuers in saving the fam
ilies of D. H. Camp and A. W. Thomp
son. .AU escaped in their ujght attire.
The fire is thought to have been
caused by rats nibbling matches in a
heap of rubbish on the second floor.
PAIR SUSPECTED OF
SLAYING HEIRESS IN
CHICAGO UNCAUGHT
CHICAGO. Oct. 30.—Charles D. Con
way and Beatrice Ryall, sought by the
police in connection with the death of
Sophia G. Singer, wealthy Baltimore
girl found slain in a rooming house,
were believed to be still hiding in Chi
cago today.
William R. Worthen. Miss Singer’s
fiance, held pending the police investi
gation, has aroused the suspicions of
the officials. Captain Notbar, in charge
of the case, said he had learned that
Worthen had been engaged in the "wire
tapping" game. While the police offi
cial declared he believed Worthen in
nocent of slaying Miss Singer, he said
he believed the prisoner was withhold
ing valuable information.
Miss Singer's jewels, which are miss
ing, are valued at $3,000. She drew
SI,OOO from the bank before leaving
Baltimore to come to Chlcagp.
Jacob H. Fourner, of Chicago, a
cousin of Sophia Singer, asserted today
that the slain girl was heir to part of
the $50,000,000 estate of the Brocius
family in France. The estate long has
been in litigation. The head of the
Brocius family was the girl's great
grandfather. it is asserted. Her uncle
is George Brocius, of Baltimore, Four
ner says.
TEDDY ARRANGES TO
PREVENT FRAUDS IN
NEW YORK ELECTION
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Oct. 30.—Ar
rangements were ordered today by
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to prevent
election frauds in New York county on
election day. Detective William J.
Burns, who was Mr. Roosevelt’s lunch
eon guest, was engaged to take charge
of a squad of a thousand or more de
tectives who will be detailed to all
parts of New York county, watching for
frauds. The ex-presldent also has en
gaged William Travers Jerome, former
district attorney, who in turn has en
listed the services ot a score of attor
neys to prosecute any violators of the
election laws.
The colonel, greatly improved in
health, leaves late this afternoon for
New York. He will make an address
tonight in Madison Square Garden. It
will be the first speech since the at
tempted assassination, more than two
weeks ago, and may be his final speech
in this campaign, unless he bears up
well.
WINN WILL RETURN,
BUT GO TO FLORIDA
AT ONCE, SAYS SON
Samuel Winn, the son of Mayor
Courtland S. Winn, said today that his
father would return to Atlanta next
week but that members of his family
would insist that Mayor Winn go im
mediately to Florida for the winter.
To a representative of The Georgian
Mayor Winn stated, in Plainfield, N. J„
today, that he would return to Atlanta
within a few days to take up his duties
of office. He said his illness had not
been of a serious nature.
Acting Mayor Candler said today that
he had had no further direct message
from Mayor Winn than the letter of
Mrs. Winn stating that Mayor Winn
would not be able to resume his du
ties for several months.
Acting Mayor Candler held a long
conference with James G. Woodward,
mayoralty nominee, today. They dis
cussed city affairs only in a general
way.
WIFE SLAYS HUSBAND
WHO HAD LEFT HER
AND KIDNAPED CHILD
CHATTANOOGA. TENN., Oct. 30.
Ernest Swafford, of Daisy. Tenn., was
shot and killed by his wife late last
night, according to a report received I
here today. He was slain after he had
battered down the door of his home,
shot his wife's sister, and threatened
to “clean out the whole family."
Swafford had been separated from
his wife for some time, but last Sunday
slipped into his former home and car
ried off his child, which had been in
the custody of the mother Yesterday
Mrs. Swafford secured a peace war
rant and legal papers to secure pos
session of the infant. Swafford heard
of this and late at night made his at
tack. only to meet death at the hands
of his wife, who peppered his body with
a load from a shotgun.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1912.
CHIEF PUS
OIIOOKED
FOB IlSil
TOCLBBS
Beavers and Humphrey Make
Hurry Tour of Inspection of
Locker Organizations.
METHODS OF SERVING
DRINKS ARE WATCHED'
,
Police Department Head and
Chairman Probe All Visiting
Lists of Places.
Chief of Police J. L, Reavers and W.
G. Humphreys, chairman of the police
committee of council, paid a visit of
inspection to every locker club in At
lanta this afternoon with a view to
seeing how the clubs are actually op
erated and how intoxicating liquors are
dispensed. The visit was to include
every organization, from the Capital
City to the Bees.
This is said to have been Chief Bea
vers’ first visit to a locker club since
the prohibition law went into effect and
the clubs were organized.
At each club visited the two callers
inspected the lockers where members
kept their stocks of liquors and beer,
examined the records of the clubs to
see how members are elected, how vis
itors are admitted on courtesy cards,
and how members pay for the service
rendered in receiving their drinks from
the lockers.
Visitors Cards
Watched Closely.
Particular stress was laid on the rules
governing the admittance Into the clubs
of Fulton county residents, the two vis
itors being anxious to find just how
hard or how easy it is for a citizen of
Atlanta to enter a club without being a
bona fide member. In the case of the
better class organizations, especially
those which have been in existence
since before the prohibition law, they
found that absolutely none but members
are admitted, except guests from out
side the county, and these only through
courtesy of their friends.
Visit Is
Surprise to Clubs.
The chief and Councilman Humphrey
announced their intention of visiting
every club in Atlanta, from the Capital
City to the smallest among the “zoo”
clubs. No notice of their intention was
sent out, and their arrival at the doors
resulted in a surprise to club members
and managers.
DECATUR WANTS GAS
SERVICE AND A NEW
AVENUE TO ATLANTA
Better road facilities into Atlanta and
better gas service for the citizens of
Decatur are being urged by the De
catur Board of Trade, following a Jin
ner at a meeting Tuesday night, and
resolutions were passed asking that a
committee be appointed to investigate
the best methods of supplying the town
with gas, and requesting the mayor to
take Immediate steps toward allowing
work on the new road system to begin
in Decatur.
R. C. W. Ramspeck, secretary of the
board, stated at the meeting that sev
eral persons were interested in estab
lishing a gas plant In Decatur, but
feared the competition of a municipal
plant. The resolution as passed re
quests the mayor and council of the
city to make an Immediate appropria
tion of sufficient money to fully inves
tigate the subject and make a report
to council.
HUSBAND, BEATING WIFE,
STOPPEDJY LANDLADY
Mrs. W. R. Brandenberg, proprietor
of the Fairlie house, near the postof
fice, appeared as the star witness in
police court today and told Recorder
Broyles how she had interfered Satur
day night and stopped James Farrell,
a boarder, from beating his wife.
She said that when she dashed into
the room Mrs. Farrell was lying on the
floor, having been knocked dow n by her
husband. She forced Farrell to leave
the room, she said, and then picked up
Mrs. Farrell and placed her in bed.
Afterward Farrell was taken into cus
tody.
Mrs. Farrell was present In court and
corroborated the story of Mrs. Bran
denberg. Judge Broyles reserved judg
ment in the matter until Probation Os.
fleer Coogier can make a thorough in
vestigation and report to him.
JUDGE JOHN
HOPKINS,
BAR DEIN,
DEAD
Venerable Jurist Passes Away
After Years of Service to
City and State.
u
FUNERAL TAKES PLACE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON
End Came at Home Early To
day-Distinguished Son
Survives Him.
Judge John L. Hopkins, long known
as dean of the Atlanta bar aid one of
the best known men in Georgia, died
today, after an illness of several
months that had taken a serious turn
only two days ago.
He breathed his last at 9:20 o'clock
this morning in the Hopkins home, at
28 Spruce street. The news was a
shock to thousands. Judge Hopkins
had been a foremost figure in legal cir
cles for more than a generation and
was recognized as an authority on va
rious phases of court procedure.
Judge Hopkins was born near Madi
sonville, Monroe county, Tennessee, on
September 23, 1828. He spent his early
youth on his father’s farm. He was
educated at the common schools and at
Hiawassee college at Sweetwater. On
leaving college he read law in the office
of his uncle in Madisonville, practiced
there and got his early legal experience
In Chattanooga.
He moved to Georgia during the
Civil war and came to Atlanta In 1865,
entered the practice of law here and
soon became one of the city’s foremost
attorneys. Contemporary with a circle
of Georgia's foremost lawyers and
jurists he was at once recognized as
one of the leading figures at the At
lanta bar. He gained recognition as a
lawyer with such able practitioners as
Robert Toombs, Ben Hill, Alex Ste
phens, Hiram Warner, Joseph Lumpkin
and W, J. Hammond.
He was married in 1853 to Miss Eliz
abeth Cooke in Madisonville twelve
years before he became a resident of
Atlanta. Mrs. Hopkins died two years
ago.
Distinguished as
Superior Court Judge.
He was judge of the superior court
from 1872 to 1878, winning a wide repu
tation for ability and impartiality. Aft.
er that term he became senior mem
ber of the law firm of Hopkins &- Glenn,
and later senior member of the firm
of John L. Hopkins & Son. until the
time of his death.
Judge Hopkins was a member of the
famous code commission which whipped
the statutes of Georgia into recogniz
able shape. The other two members
were Judge J. R. Lamar and General
Clifford L. Anderson. In 1910 Judge
Hopkins codified a section of the laws,
his work being approved by the legis
lature of 1911.
Judge Hopkins was the author of
“Hopkins on Personal Injuries.”
He fs survived by two sons. Linton
C. and Charles T. Hopkins, who made
the Hopkins law firm one of the best
known In the state, and two daughters,
Mrs. M. H. Howell and Miss Charlotte
Hopkins.
Courts to Adjourn
For His Funeral.
All the courts in Atlanta will be ad
journed tomorrow flir the funeral and
the Atlanta Bar association, of which
Judge Hopkins was the first president,
met today to draw up resolutions ex
tending sympathy to his family. Judge
Bell adjourned his division of superior
court this morning, and Judge Newman
adjourned Federal court. Both Judge
Bell and Judge Newman were close
personal friends of the deceased.
The funeral will be held from the
residence, 28 Spruce street, tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock. The interment
will be in Oakland cemetery. The fol
lowing men will act as pallbearers:
Judge George Hillyer, Judge George
Bell, Judge Henry Lumpkin, Judge W.
T. Newman, Alex B. King, Logan
Bleckley, Judge John T. Pendleton and
Sam M. Inman.
GUBERNATORIAL CONTEST
WARMS UP IN TENNESSEE
CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Oct. 30.
Traveling on a special train and accom
panied by a group of newspaper men,
Governor Ben W. Hooper left Chatta
nooga today on a whirlwind campaign
through East Tennessee. In the party
was Major E. B. Stahhnan, the aged
publisher of The Nashville Banner.
At the time of Governor Hooper's
departure regular Democrats were busy
planning a celebration for ex-Govern
<>r Benton McMillin, his opponent, who
speaks here tomorrow night.
Former President's Widow Won by Educator
MRS. CLEVELAND TO WED
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Mrs. Grover Cleveland, who is engaged to wed Professor
Thomas J. Preston, of Wells college.
Announcement of Betrothal to
Wells College Professor Is
Made by Princeton Head.
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PRINCETON, N. J., Oct. 30.—Mrs.
Grover Cleveland has authorised the
announcement of her engagement to
Thomas Joseph Preston, professor of
archaeology and history of arts at
Wells college. The date of the mar
riage is not yet determined.
Mrs. Cleveland is a graduate of Wells
college and has been a trustee of that
institution since 1887.
She married President Grover Cleve
land in the executive mansion during
his first administration.
Her father. Oscar Folsom, was a law
partner of Mr. Cleveland, who, upon
Mr. Folsom's death in 1875, became
Frances Folsom's guardian.
After his retirement from the presi
dency Mr. Cleveland made his perma
nent home in Princeton and Mrs. Cleve
land has continued to reside here since
the former president died, in 1908. Her
two daughters, Esther and Marlon, and
her son, Richard F.. are living with her
here.
The announcement of the engage
ment was made by President John Grier
Hibben, of Princeton university.
Professor Preston is 50 years old and
possesses a comfortable fortune.
EVANGELIST CALLED
TO BE STAR WITNESS
IN ALIENATION CASE
•
MONTGOMERY, ALA., Oct. 30.
Rev. Bob Jones, the noted evangelist,
who recently conducted a big revival
at Cartersville, Ga., has been summon
ed by the plaintiff as a witness in the
suit of I. E. Boyett against his father
in-law, Richard Tillis, millionaire trac
tion magnate. Boyette demands SIOO,-
000 for the alleged alienations of his
wife’s affections.
Mr. Jones, according to the plaintiff,
will be called to testify as to certain
alleged conversations with Tillis and
Boyette, In which the name of P. J.
Westhofen, recently mysteriously kill
ed while auto riding with Mrs. Boyette,
Is said to figure.
Four letters in German scrip, writ
ten by Westhofen to his father in Ger
many, will be offered in evidence by
Boyette. The ease is due for trial Fri
day.
GEM TRUNK CASE
WILL GO TO JURY
THIS AFTERNOON
The case of the state against George
Wren. last of the trio charged with
complicity in the Piedmont hotel dia
mond robbery, will go to a jury in
criminal division of superior court this
afternoon. Wren is technically charged
with simple larceny, and a conviction
means but a light sentence. Carl Rod
dy and George Kaul, convicted in con
nection with the affair at a yecent ses
sion of court, were sentenced to one
year in the penitentiary.
Solicitor Hugh Dorsey closed the ar
guments for the state at 12:30 o'clock,
and court recessed until 1:30 o'clock.
Judge Gobi" and Eugene Black closed
for the defense. *
SHERMAN SINKS;
DEATH M NEAR
Vice President in Coma and
Physicians Expect End to
Come Within 12 Hours.
UTICA, N. Y., Oct. 80.—Vice Presi
dent Sherman this afternoon lapsed
Into a state of coma and his death may
occur at any moment.
. This was announced this afternoon
about an hour after a forma! bulletin
from the bedside of the stricken man
stating that his condition was "des
perate.” The last hope that the vice
president might improve at least
slightly, was shattered at noon when
the involved condition of his kidneys
failed to respond to remedial measures,
and it was announced uramela had laid
deadly hold on the patient.
Hypodermic medication has been em
ployed throughout the day to ease the
vice president's sufferings and this,
with the ravages of Bright's disease,
has produced a condition of uncon
sciousness. Mr. Sherman may survive
this afternoon or he may die at any
moment.
Dr. Peck issued this formal state
ment at 1 o’clock this afternoon:
"Vice President Sherman gradually is
failing. The end probably will come
tonight or tomorrow, or it may be fully
24 hours hence. Mr. Sherman has been
unconscious practically all of the time
since yesterday afternoon. He went to
sleep at about 3 o'clock yesterday' aft
ernoon and has been In a comatose
state since."
Sherman’s Name
To Stay on Ticket
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—At a confer
ence neld here today it was decided not
to remove the name of James S. Sher
man from the Republican ticket.
President Taft. Andrew Carnegie,
William Nelson Cromwell. John Hays
Hammond, Samuel Koenig, Herbert
Parsons. C. D. Norton and Charles D.
Hilles were among those at the council.
The decision to keep Sherman’s name
on the ticket came after it had been de
clared by Lafayette Gleason, secretary’
of the national committee, that the
names of the presidential and vice pres
idential candidates have no legal sig
nificance on the ballot, but are there
only to guide voters. If either of the
candidates should die, the presidential
electors are empowered to vote for
whom they choose.
“DR. COOK,” AT HOTEL,
EXPLORES DOWNTOWN
Considerable excitement was caused
at the Aragon today when a man sign
ing himself “Dr. Cook” applied for a
room. The clerk looked puzzled, and
several guests who scanned the register
wondered If the newcomer was the Dr.
Cook of North Pole history. It was
not, for the signer was from Atlanta.
He went out to explore the downtown
section and could not bt seen.
HOHL
EDITION
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P^ R N E °
$400,000 BID
GETSEMPIRE
LIFETOQUII
MU
Augustans Pledge Themselves
to Take Stock at Premium
on Par Value. >
COMPANY WILL SELL
ITS SKYSCRAPER HERE
t
Details of Transfer of Offices
Will Not Be Completed for
One Year.
The Empire t,ife Insurance Company,'
of Atlanta, owners of the Empire Life
building in Peachtree street, will re
move its home offices fyom Atlanta to
Augusta within the next twelve months,
erect a handsome office building there
for Its headquarters and sell the struc
ture it now occupies in Atlanta.
In return, leading citizens and capi
talists of Augusta promise to subscribe
and pay cash for stock to the value of
$400,000 at the current price, which
means a premium on the par value,
Augusta Is anxious to have the home
offices of a large insurance company,
and the subscription of the stock has
virtually been assured.
Stockholders of the Empire company
met last night at the home offices in
the Empire Life building and received
formally the proposition submitted by
H. C. Lortck and M. H. Stafford, of
Augusta, both directors in the com
pany. Mr. Lorick Is the Augusta agent
of the Empire and one of the live
wires of the organization. Mr. Staf
ford is third vice president.
Unanimous For
Augusta Offer.
When the offer from Augusta men
was submitted the stockholders present
voted unanimously in favor of accept
ing the proposal, and the subscription
for stock will be opened in Augusta at
once.
“The proposal Is such a favorable
one that every stockholder present, and
all were notified, was enthusiastically
in favor of the step,” said President
William W. Reid today. “Os course,
it will be a year or more before de
tails are completed, a new home found
and the company’s offices removed. We
feel that it will be a move of advan
tage to stockholders and policy hold
ers alike. The purchase of this large
amount of stock by some of the best
financiers of the state is a compliment
to the standing and Integrity of the
company that has never been paid be
fore to any other financial institution
in the South, and one that will of it
self enhance the value of every share of
stock outstanding in addition to the
increased value caused by the Increased
surplus obtained from the premium on
the sale of this large block of stock.
For these reasons the directors heartily
recommend the adoption of the neces
sary' resolutions.”
Company Must
Sell Buildings.
The sale of the company’s building
In Atlanta will be rendered necessary
by the state Insurance laws, which for
bid a company to own any real estate
other than that actually occupied as
its main offices. A sufficient time is
granted, however, to permit ot selling
such property to advantage. The com
pany proposes to erect a building equal
ly as Imposing in its new home city.
The Empire company purchased the
English-American building, at the in
tersection of Peachtree and Broad
streets, about three years ago. It pur
chased the stock in the building, held
by scattered owners, for about $400,000,
and changed the name of the structure
to the Empire Life building. The con
fusion in names which has since arisen
between the Empire and the Empire
Life buildings will be relieved when
the property is sold, as It probably will
be given another name by its pur
chasers.
The capital stock of the Empire Life
company is '51,000,000, it having been
increased some time since. The Au
gusta proposition will not require any
additional stock issue. No other busi
ness came before the meeting last night
and the officers of the company are un
changed. They are William W. Reid,
president; F. A. Hooper, R. M. Calla
way and H. H. Stafford, vice presidents,
and S. H. Rogers, secretary.
JOHN D. OPERATES OWN
PHONE TO GUARD SECRETS
TARRYTOWN, N. Y„ Oct. 30.—John
D. Rockefeller has installed in his Pon.
tlac Hills home a private switch board
with 33 extensions which he can oper
ate himself without fear of any out
sider hearing his conversation.