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VOL XL NO. 75.
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GENERAL R. K. EVANS WELCOMED BY THE GALLANT SEVENTEENTH
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Woodward Men. Against the;
Present Qhairman, Groom j
Robt. T. Clarke for Place. I
A determined, organized plan to oust
Carlos H. Mason as chairman of the
city police commission was made public
today. Robert C. Clarke, commissioner I
from the Eighth ward, is the new can- i
didate so the chaiimanship.
The election of Mr. Clarke, in the
opinion of politicians. ■' HI
chief B'ivsrs will be deposed or
stripped es his authority v. ■ -i
matters as the vice crusade.
While it is generally understood 111 I
political, circles that Chairman Mason |
is not over-enthusiastic in his support
of chief Reave s’ general reform plans,
the fight on him will probably link the
fortunes of the two men.
The tight on Chairman Mason is a
natural outgrowth of the nomination
of .Tames G. Woodward for mayor. The I
long-time political enmity between Mr. I
Woodward and Chairman Mason made
the fight between them in the mayoral- I
tv primary one of the most interesting j
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;
For Mason—William P. Fain. B. Lee
Smith, c. R. Garner and J. N. Mc-
Eachern.
For Clarke —Mayor Woodward and
his appointee to the chairmanship ol
the 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 ’o
be eleected from 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. Rut at the pres
ent time, on account of numerous polit
ical complications, they are doubtful,
and the opposition expects their sup
port.
AMERICAN BALLOON
BREAKS RECORD IN
BIG FOREIGN RACE
BERLIN, Oct. 30.— According to ad
vices received here today, the Ameri
can balloon, Uncle Sam, piloted by
H. E. Honeywell and Herman Lang,
of Kansas City, in the Gordon Bennett
cup race, landed at 6:30 o’clock last
night at Zepadnaye on the Dvina river,
Russia, between 400 and 500 miles
northeast of Moscow, thus beating the
record established by the French bal
loon, Picardie.
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GETSEMPIRE
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iAugustans Pledge Themselves
j to Take Stock at Premium
on Par Value.
The Empire Life Insurance Company, !
of Atlanta, owners of the Empire Life ,
building in Peachtree street, will re- :
i move Its home offices from Atlanta to 1
j 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 Os Augusta promise so subscribe
land pay cash for stock to the value of
| 3400,000 at the current price, which
j 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
I the Empire Life building and received
1 formally the proposition submitted by
| H. C. Lorick and M. If. Stafford, of
I 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.
When the offer from Augusta men
was submitted the stockholders present
voted unanimously in favor of accept
ing the proposal, and the subscription
for stuck 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’’
20.000 LIVES LOST IN
BATTLE OF KUMANORO
BELGRADE, Oct. 30.—Twenty thou
sand lives were lost in, the battle of
Kumanovo between Servians and
Turks. The following official list of
casualties was received here today:
Four hundred Servians were killed
and 2,000 wounded.
The Turks, 80,000 strong, last 16,000
killed and thousands more wounded.
The Turks tied, leaving behind all their
artillery.
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Elaborate Ceremony of Mili
tary at Post Marks First
Official Visit.
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With elaborate ceremony, Brigadier
General R. K. Evans, the new com- I
mander of the Department of the Gulf,
was welcomed formally at Fort Mc-
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Pherson yesterday. In honor of the
commanding officer's first official visit
to the post the full Seventeenth infan
try paraded in review and a brigadier’s
salute of eleven guns was fired.
The regimental review was p special
affair arranged in honor of General
Evans’ visit. Arrayed in dress uniform
the 700 men of the regiment strung
out in parade at exactly 3 o'clock. With
the soldiers drawn up at attention, Gen
eral Evans, accompanied by his aids,
passed down the line making inspec
tion.
Following inspection the regiment
paraded for fifteen minutes, during
which time the salute was fired. The
Seventeenth was headed by Major E. N.
Jones, who has been in command at the
post since Colonel Van orsdale left for
a visit to Hot Springs.
Several hundred people were on hand
to witness the review and the majority
remained to enjoy the concert given
by the regiment band after the parade.
Compliments Seventeenth.
General Evans expressed himself as
pleased with the appearance and con
duct of the Seventeenth, pronouncing
it one of the finest regiments in the
service.
MADDOX AND HUTCHENS SPEAK.
DALTON, GA., Oct. 30.—Extensive
preparations are under way for the
Democratic mass meeting at the court
house here next Saturday. Judge John
Maddox and G. R. Hutchens, of Rome,
will be the leading speakers.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1912,
General R. K. Evans on horseback reviewing the Seven
teenth, and soldiers in company front passing reviewing stand.
ONEYEABINGJNGFOfIWBEN
George Wren was this afternoon
convicted of complicity in the notori
ous Piedmont hotel diamond robbery,
In the criminal division of the supe
rior court, anil sentenced to serve one
year on the chaingang by Judge Ed
wards.
Wren is the last of the three men
RACING RESULTS j
AT LAUREL.
First—-Mary Ann K., 9-5, first; Astute,
4-5; Fly By Night, 8-5. Also ran: Frank
Hudson, Arran. Syosset, Mohawk Boy,
Novelist, Lasull, Refugltta and LaSain
rella.
Second —Black Bridge, 4, first; Lizzie
Flat, 3-5; Jesuit, out. Also ran; Belora
and Azure Maki.
Third —Seneca 11.. 8-5, first; Chemulpo,
8; Veneta Strome, 3. Also ran: Bile This
tle. Elma, Cherry Seed, Unia, Magazine,
Anavri, Lord Web and Thrifty.
Fourth —Sam Jackson, 10, first; Mission,
7-10; Shackleton, 2-5. Also ran. Star
Jasmine, Hedge and John Reardon.
Fisth —Spin. 3. first; Jim Caffery 4; Lit
tle Ep, 2. Also ran: Camellia, Ceremo
nious, Cletn Beachey, Ticktack, yew
River, Fond, Montagnie. Cheer, Virginia
Creeper, Miss Jonah, Shelby ami Beach
Sands.
Sixth—Black Ford, 8-5, first; Rey, 8-5;
Manasseh. 3-5. Algo ran: Ragman,
Bounder and Sticker.
AT LATONIA.
First—Gowell, 5.30, first; Kleburne, 6.20;
Star of Danube, 7.30. Also ran: El Palo
mar, Flying Tom. Rifle Brigade, Palatable,
Cream and Nash Cash.
Second—Wander, 4.20, first; Feather
changed with the robbery to be. sen
tenced. Carl Roddy and George Kaul
were sentenced to one year each at a
recent session of the court.
The men slipped a Jewelry sample
trunk containing many thousands of
dollars worth of gems from the hotel,
according to the evidence. Most of the
Jewels were recovered.
Duster, 3.20; Capitan Bravo, 3.10. Also
ran: M. (’ambon, Mazie Girl, Earl of
Richmond. Oreon anil Lassie.
Third —Semprollus, 4.90, first; Joe Die
bold, 6.90; Sun Queen, 3.40. Also ran:
Bettie Sue, Winter Green, Florence Rob
erts, Cash On Delivery and Volthorpe.
Fourth —Hawthorne, 2.90, first; Founda
tion, 8.30; The Widower, 2.50. Also ran:
Rosturtlum and Solar Star.
Fisth —Joe Morris. 4.00, first; Colston,
2.70; Bellhorse, 3.70. Also ran: Creme
DeMenthe ami White Wool.
Sixth —Console, 5.00, first; Mudsill, 6.50;
Mockler, 4.60. Also ran: Manager Mack,
Effendi and Jennie Geddes.
For Racing Entries see Page 11.
JOHN D? OPERATES OWN
PHONE TO GUARD SECRETS
TARRYTOWN, N. Y„ Oct. 30.—Jijhn
D. Rockefeller has Installed in his Pon.
tfac Hills home a private switch board
with 33 extensions which he can oper
ate himself without fear of any'out
r aider hearing his conversation.
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CHIEF PAYS
UNLOOKED
FOR VISIT
TO CLUBS
Beavers and Humphrey Make
Hurry Tour of Inspection of
Locker Organizations.
Chief of Police J. L. Beavers and W.
G. Humphreys, chairman of the police
committee of council, paid a visit of
inspection to every locker club In At
lanta this aftetnoon with a view to
j seeing how the clubs are actually op
erated and bow 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 dubs 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.
The chief and Councilman Humphrey
announced their intention of visiting
every- club in Atlanta, from the Capital
City to the smallest among the “zoo’’
dubs. No notice of their intention was
sent out, and their arrival at the doors
resulted in a surprise to club members
and managers.
SLAYER OF GANG CHIEF
ZELIG PLEADS GUILTY
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—1 n the same
court room and before the same Judge
who conducted the trial of Charles
Becker, “Red Phil’’ Davidson, slayer of
"Big Jack" Zellg, the East Side gang
leader, was placed on trial for his life
today. The trial was brought to a
sudden halt In the afternoon when Da
vidson consented to enter a plea of
guilty to’ murder In the second degree.
The court accepted this plea and Da
vidson was remanded until nazt Wed
nesday for sentence. The penalty is
from 20 years to life imprisonment.
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SHERMAN IS
SINKINGiEND
EXPECTED
TODAY
Doctors Say Vice President
Can Survive Only a Few
Hours—Now in Coma.
UTICA, N. Y., Oct. 30.—The condition
at 6:35 o'clock of Vice President Sher
man was unchanged. Oxygen was still
being administered. A number of out
of-town relatives of the vice president
reached the Shersnan home at 5 p. m.
UTICA, N. Y., Oct. 30.—Vice Presi
dent Sherman this afternoon lapsed
into a state of coma and his death is
expected at any moment.
This was announced this afternoon
about an hour after a formal 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 urameia 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."
At 3:15 p. m., Dr. Peck said Mr.
Sherman was sinking steadily, but he
might survive from four to six hours.
Mrs. Sherman this afternoon re
ceived the following message from
President Taft:
Mrs. Taft and I have been great
ly shocked and disturbed to hear
of the present illness of the vice
president, and I send you this mes
sage of sympathy with the hop§
that the symptoms may become
more favorable and your husband
be restored to his friends and his
country.
(Signed) WILLIAM. H. TAFT.
Sherman’s Name
To Stay on Ticket
NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—At a confer
ence held here today it was decided not
to remove the name of James S. Sher
man from the Republican ti 'ket.
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 WEATHER
Forecast: Fair tonight and Thur*,
day; cooler. Temperature*: 8 a. m.,
62; 10 a, m„ 68; 12 m., 72; 2 p. m, 74.
