Newspaper Page Text
Mice in j clash
OIWR
CHING
Officer Taken in Raid and!
Detective Near Fisticuff.
Board to Investigate.
iiv-' a dramatic gambling trial
11 r , oiirt which provoked a live
‘rk md near-fight in the court
!\h, "1,.-t".-<-n Supernumerary I’ohce
,obb\v 1 Yart.r, one of eight men ar
■■un ■ ~,i d by detectives, and De
res Eugene Cokejr, whom he ac-
Sd of' trying to do him "a dirty
ief Beavers today is prepar
against Officer Yarter, to be
in ®' ' , ,bv the police commission.
"Srif itectives Lanford inter
„ , , 0 prevent possible serious trou-
7 betw-n the two officers, and he
Officer Yarter also passed heated
the , hi-t thr-.lly ordering Yarter
’ , ’ the scene. Yarter declares the
detectives "have it in for him,” and that
, ne v went out of their way to make it
for him in the gambling
"ytter and six other young fellows.
f( ,und d 11" I - - Whitehall street, in
of Jack Mashburn, a stage
mechanic in „ne of the local theaters,
wel cx , n < rated of the charge of gam
in e tlwo- being no evidence to prove
th Ti .wtn dly were playing, but Mash
burn „as held bv Recorder Broyles in
of SSOO on the charge of running
a gaming house.
Recorder Scores Mashburn.
The reorder scored Mashburn, de
ci,., ing he must be a mighty popular
man to have so many men to “drop in
M' him for a social call at night.”
Mashburn and all of the accused denied
gambling had been in progress.
When Chief Lanford and Detectives
Cokerand Shaw invaded the room they
' ,und the men sitting about a table and
on th, bed. ami. under a bedspread,
found a deck of cards and a pair of
dice. The table, they said, also was
covered with a bedspread.
The raid resulted from a. letter from
h woman, who complained that Mash
burn had be,m running a gaming room
and that her husband had been losing
his weekly earnings there.
Near-Fight in Court Room.
hi the course of the trial. Detective
Coker accused Officer Yarter of hav
ing been arrested for gambling on a
previous occasion and of giving an as
sumed name to the police. This Yartef
vigorously denied, and it looked for a
moment as if there might be trouble in
the court room.
Immediately after leaving the court
room, Offieer Yarter and Detective Co
ker had some words, and the former
is said to have accused the detective of
"trying to do him a dirty trick.” The
detective, paling with anger, resented
the accusation with some. peppery
words, and the two men appeared on
the verge of a personal difficulty when
Chief Lanford came out of the court
room.
When he told Yarter to move on out
of the lobby, more heated words passed
Angrily declaring he "would take noth
ing off of anybody,” Yarter finally left
tile building, and further trouble was
avoided.
1 hi. 1 Lanford ltd Detective Coker
ill summoned as witnesses before
the police commission, and the whole
.otible, including the gambling charges
and the clash with the detectives, will
be aired thoroughly.
2 KILLED IN WEDDING
BATTLE IN KENTUCKY
■'■"■dl’KlYSWi;.:, i-;v. Qec 3 ._ ln
' " g,,: ;!t 't redding Riley Tyree cut
'" ' 1 I-eon’s throat, inflicting a
0 11 « iich Jackson died. While
’’kht was ip progress a man 'named
“ mith attacked Constable W. E. Kin
" o advancing to make an
, !! Kingen shot and killed
bmith. Tyree escaped.
IGNORES BLACK HAND:
BOMB WRECKS SALOON
I ’■ l 1 -I 'ai. 1 1 1... j >ec. 3. The
bomb" ',',' 'L"' 1 Nigro " as wrecked by a
evprv > win d o ws were broken in nearly
\"'thin a block of the place.
uXL ,'." 1 , '‘ elVe, l two Black Hand let-
K oon ” ,ellin K him where to
and threatening to wreck his
demand was ignored.
1 ■
Don’t Envy
anyone a good appetite—
a Derf ect digestion—a
robust constitution.
HOSTETTER’S
"stomach BITTERS
A 'ii help you to obtain
these very quickly. It
tones strengthens —in
''gorates—the entire di
gestive system and always
stands for better health.
R 't today, fljj Druggists
T~~ ■
UNCLE TRUSTY!
Copyright, 1912, International News Service.
-I' 1 j 1 j|ffllTiiiiii | ; i i' 1 ii7
,i fiirii ( h/' .-I
—x.'M it 11. j ’ 1
I \ \ : 1 I I ' I fl! I 111 ~ -u -■
! In I i 1" |i ; •> ’|
jJ \ I > 11; / / RECEIPT l i H
<w<wc*
o i> h«
“Elihu, that scheme of Carnegie’s for pensioning ex-presidents got him into hot water, as usual, but it
has suggested an idea to me! I’m goingjo pension all the ex-senators and ex-congressmen that I’ve had on
my ]>ay-roll! They’ve worked hard forme, and they deserve it! Johnny Archbold will take your place at
the window when you go to lunch! Johnny is the brightest office boy 1 ever had!”
widner courtsi
TRIAL 15 SUM
Once Wealthy Montgomery
Man, Arrested Here. Blames
Enemies for Trouble.
Waiving extradition proceedings, Henry
F. Vandiver, once wealthy and a member
of one of Alabama’s most prominent fam
ilies, prepared to return to his home in
Montgomery this afternoon to answer to
the charge of murder, for which he was
arrested last night as he dined at the
Piedmont hotel. The Montgomery sher
iff was expected to arrive in time for
the pair to take an afternoon train.
Vandiver is accused of having plotted
the murder of Sloan Rowan, a farmer,
of Benton, Ala., with whom he had bit
ter business troubles. Walter Jones, an
other Benton farmer, did the actual R il
ing. He now' is under sentence of death,
and is said to have made a confession im
plicating Vandiver. The killing occurred
last June.
Glad He Was Arrested.
At the Tower, Vandiver declared that
he was glad he hail been arrested, as he
wanted the opportunity of clearing his
name. Business enemies, lie said, caused
his arrest.
He is the oldest son of the late W. F.
Vandiver, for years one of Alabama's
foremost men and a leader in the Indus
trial progress of the South. On his
father's death. Vandiver succeeded him as
head of the Vandiver Grocery Company,
large wholesalers, and was an officer and
chief owner of the Alabama-Georgia
Syrup Company and other big business
enterprises.
Spent Fortune Quickly.
In a few years he practically spent the
fortune and was put in bankruptcy last
summer. He has been in Atlanta for two
months and declared he was going into
the banking business here January 1.
At the time of the trial of Jones, Van
diver was his chief friend and defender.
Feeling was so bitter at the time of the
trial that a noted Alabama gun man was
hired as a personal bodyguard for Van-'
diver, it was shortly after Jones' con
viction that Vandiver movei.to AtliJ’th.
ARMY AVIATORS SETTLED
IN AUGUSTA WINTER CAMP
AUGUSTA. GA., Dee. .".—The United
States army aviators have at last set
tled down to business, after working
for a week unpacking their aeroplanes
and other paraphernalia and assem
bling their machines at Ute hangars of
the winter camp on the Barnes farm.
Lieutenant T. DeWitt Milling was the
first of the aviators to make a Hight.
Within the next few weeks a half
dozen monoplanes of the Moissant make
will arrive, and a strong effort will be
made by the Moissant people to sell
their machines to the government.
5 1-2 MONTHS OLD. WEIGHT
35 LBS., NEVER HAS CRIED
CHICAGO, Dec. 3.—Marvin Hurley Pi
lot, s’a months old. weighing 35 pounds,
champion heavyweight of babyland for
his age. has a record of never having
cried.
NEGRO SLAYER ESCAPES.
DOI'GLASVILLE. GA., Dee. 3. Ernest
Zellars, a negro was shot and instantly
killed by John Roberson, another negro,
in the western part of Douglas county.
Roberson is still at large, but the sheriff
and Ids deputies are making a sear li lor
him.
THE-ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS.
OVER TWO 131 LU OKS IN
SECURITIES ISSUED IN
LAST ELEVEN MONTHS
By B. C. FORBES.
NEW YORK, Dec. 3.—For the first
time in histpry American railroad and
industrial corporations have issued in
one year a total of 52,000,000,000 new
bonds, stocks and notes.
Since January 1 the output has been
$2,013,150,000. an increase for the eleven
months of $273,000,000 over the total for
the whole of 1911. The final aggregate
for 1912 probably will be $400,000,000
above the previous high record —$1,740,-
000,000 in 1911.
November's contribution, despite dear
money, reached $234,128,000, or $120.-
972,000 in excess of the same month
last year.
Maturing obligations, it should be
explained, have been very heavy, and
no small part of recent financing has
been applied to meet current and im
pending maturities. The net addition
to the country’s outstanding capital will
be very much less than $2,000,000,000 for
the current year. The short term notes
falling due before the end of 1913 alone
were $300,000,000.
Enormous Borrowing Necessary.
Competition for new capital within
the next twelve months, both here and
in Europe, will be .keener than the
financial world has yet known. The
price of the sinews of industry can not
fail to go up.
After a lull in the spring, due to tariff
cb.anges, general trade In this country,
in all probability, will reach unprece
dented proportions in the second half
of 1913. Enormous borrowing, especial
ly by the railroads, will be necessary.
Many roads have held aloof from the
money market In the hope—latterly for
lorn—that conditions would become
more favorable for raising funds.
Not a few railway managers cher
ished the idea that, were things shown
to be very bad, the Interstate commerce
commission would reconsider applica
tions for higher freight rates. The
prospect of succor from this source has
become dim.
And now. spurred by a constantly
swelling volume of traffic, the railroads
are coming forward with extensive
loans. The need for enlarged facilities
is recognized as imperative, and, al
though the monetary situation is not
favorable, further delay is regarded as
dangerous.
Six Nations Seek Loans.
The first come will be best served. A
reading of the international outlook
leaves no doubt on that point.
The demands for capital abroad will
be abnormally heavy. Loans will have
to be floated by Italy, Turkey, China,
Spain. Bulgaria and Servia.
A terrible war debt has been piled up.
Those "economists” who talk of the
benefits of war should return to school
—to the A B C class. Destruction of
wealth to the extent of five hundred or
a thousand millions is not helpful to the
world at large. Somebody must suffer.
And the truth is that everybody docs.
The competition so;- money thus en
tailed raises the cost of capital to every
merchant, every manufacturer, every
farmer, every importer. To replace
what has been destroyed, an extraordi
nary demand for materials arises and
prices are forced up. Then the burdens
of all taxpayers in the countries visited
by war become more onerous. Tile
iiatmal production of foodstuffs is cue
tailed and scarcity ensues.
Everything, therefore, points to tin-
usual demands for money abroad.
Hence, the exportation of gold to the
United States will be combatted. If we
insist upon extensive shipments, an
adequate price will have to be paid in
some form.
‘‘Does Europe Owe Us Money?”
"Doesn’t Europe owe us money?”
testily asked one of the principal New
York money brokers in criticising a
suggestion made in The New York
American last week that out 1 bankers
should not precipitate heavy imports of
gold at this juncture, when London,
Berlin and other foreign centers have
troubles enough at home. "If Europe
owes us money, why shouldn't we make
her pay up?”
My reply was: "Does Europe owe us
money? If you dig below the surface
you will find that Europe has supplied
us with more capital than we have paid
off in cotton or other merchandise. If
you want to defy Europe and gouge
gold out of her, irrespective of her ne
cessities, then you may find that she
can retaliate in away that Wall Street
w-ould not enjoy.”
The New York banks on Saturday
reported less reserve than the law re
quires, heavy disbursements have to be
made this w'eek, call money rates are
uncomfortably high, and sterling is at
the gold-import level.
But our railroad and other corpora
tions that are confronted with exten
sive financing must not lean upon war
ridden Europe.
They should exert themselves to in
duce thousands of Americans of moder
ate means to invest in good securities.
A vast field awaits intelligent cultiva
tion. Let our corporations appeal to
citizens owning one thousand dollars
rather than to those owning a million
dollars. The latter are already edu
cated investmentwise.
The output of American securities
during- the last eight years lias been as
follows:
1912, eleven months $2,013,150,000
1911, full year 1,740,000,000
1910, full year 1,518,000,000
1909 1,682,000,000
1905 1,423,000,000
1907 1,394,000,000
1906 1.637,000,000
1905 1,239,000,000
WOMAN SUES TO MAKE
A TOWN IN IOWA “DRY”
KEOKUK, IOWA. I>ee. 3. A woman is
trying to make Montrose, a few miles
north of here, a dry town. Notice of a
suit to enjoin them from continuing in
business has been served on Fred Bar
l>er, .Janies Utley and It. S. Latta. The
men own the only saloon in the village.
The action is the outcome of a suit last
spring, when the woman sued the men for
selling liquor to her husband. The case
was dismissed. She is now trying to pre
vent them from selling liquor at all in
the town.
MEAT INSPECTOR AT WORK.
COLUMBUS, GA., Dec. 3 —Dr. M. E.
Meadows, the newly elected meat in
spector for the city of Columbus, has
entered upon bls duties, and it is an
nounced that there will be a rigid en
forcement of the slaughter house ordi
nance. over which there lias been much
complaint.
It is the duty of every Atlan
tan to vote in tomorrow's city
election.
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1912.
BOARO IN FIGHT
FORPUREWATER
Wate r Commission Seeks Fund
to Buy Land Around Con
taminated Reservoir.
Members of the city water commis
sion planned today to make a vigorous
fight before the finance committee of
council the first of the year for an ap
propriation to purchase the property
around the city water reservoirs which
is endangering the city's water supply.
At the meeting of council yesterday
the board presented a communication
along with a letter from the city health
doctors, condemning the conditions of
surface closets around the reservoirs.
The board wanted council to set aside
the $14,000 secured in premiums from
the sale of the water bonds for the pur
chase of this property. City Attorney
Mayson ruled that this could not be
done, as the bond ordinance specified
how every cent of the bond money
should be spent. The board, therefore,
will take its fight before the finance
committee on January 1.
George I. Walker resigned as the
Second ward’s representative on th*
water commission. The Second ward
delegation has agreed to elect C. H
Kelley as his successor.
COLUMBUS POULTRYMEN
TO FEAST SHOW VISITORS
COLUMBUS, GA., Dec. 3. The mem
bers of the Columbus Poultry associa
tion will tender the visiting poultrymen
a banquet Wednesday night at Carpen
ter’s case, in this city. Among those
who are on the program for short talks
are the judges, H. B. Lansden, of Man
chester, Tenn., and F. J. Marshall, of
Cellege Park, who are judging the birds
in the show, and Percy Cook, of the
firm of William Cook & Sons, of New
Jersey, the originators of Orpington
chickens. Mayor Chappell will be
toastmaster.
E. T. LAMB DIRECTOR OF
OLD DOMINION TRUST CO.
RICHMOND, VA„ Nov. 3. —E. T.
Lamb, manager for the receivers of the
Atlanta. Birmingham and Atlantic Rail
road Company, is listed as one of the
directors of the Old Dominion Trust
Company, which will soon open its doors
in Richmond.
According to official announcement
of the plans made by President William
M. Habliston, the new company will
have a capital stock of $1,000,000 and a
surplus of $1,000,000.
NICKEL~MAN TRIED TO
REGAIN COSTS HIS LIFE
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 3.' Joshua Gerry, 52
years old. died at the City hospital after
being unconscious for 84 hours from the
injuries suffered when lie fell from a
Hodiamont car as he stooped to pick up a
nickel that fell to the platform.
780-POUND WOMAN DIES;
WAS LARGEST IN WORLD
MOXTRHAL. Dec. 3. .lustiiv Massen,
.said to be the largewt woman in the world,
is dead here. She weighed 780 pounds,
and had been insane several months,
Tin PLEADS FOB!
MOREELASTIG
,WF
In First Message to Congress
President Discusses Only
Foreign Relations.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. —A message
from President Taft on the foreign re
lations of the United States was read
in both houses of congress today. Fol
lowing his established departure from
the usual all-embracing and cumber
some messages of former occuparfts of
the white house, this communication
was compaijLtively short and was lim
ited to the discussion of one subject.
Other messages, dealing with other top
ics, will follow, probably a week apart.
The president stated that the rela
tions of the United States with all for
eign powers were at present maintained
on a basis of "peace, harmony and
friendship.” He pleaded, however, for
an extension of the diplomatic system,
stating "that congress should fully real
ize the conditions which obtain in the
world as we stand on the threshold of
our middle age as a nation.”
Asks Elastic Tariff.
Many Important suggestions were
made to congress in the president’s
message. Chief among these was his
espousal of a more elastic tariff meas
ure for use in dealing with foreign
countries, showing discrimination
against the products of American man
ufacturers.
President Taft stated that the ad
justment of trade relations with for
eign governments under section 2 of
the tariff law of 1909 bad conclusively
shown that their scope should be wid
ened so as to enable the executive to
apply, as the ease may require, to all
commodities, whether or not on the free
list from a country which discriminates
against the United States, a graduated
scale of duties up to the maximum of
25 per cent ad valorem provided by the
present law.
The president stated that "flat tariffs
were out of date,” and “oould not too
strongly recommend" this proposed
amendment to the consideration of
congress.
Still For Dollar Diplomacy.
Most of the president's message was
devoted to th<: existing relations be
tween the United States and her sister
republics of North and South America.
In this connection the president dwelt
upon his pet theme of dollar diplomacy,
reiterating his oft repeated statement
that this means of invading the small
er automonies of the Americas not only
worked great benefit to both the Amer
ican bankers interested and the repub
lics receiving the loan, but strengthened
the position of the United States
through the limination of large for
eign loans, which might cause an in
ternational discussion of the Monroe
doctrine.
As a direct slap at the enemies of the
loan convention in the United States
senate, the president stated that it was
1 his opinion that the terrible loss of life
in Nicaragua could have been prevent
ed had the department of state been
permitted, through the approval of a
loan convention by the senate, to carry
out its policy of encouraging financial
aid to weak Central American states.
For Merit Diplomatic System.
In developing the department of state
abroad, the president said, no more Im
portant step had been made than the
establishment of the merit system. He
closed his recommendation on this sub
ject bv adjuring congress to enact leg
islation making it permanent. The
larger provision for the maintenance of
foreign embassies was also asked for.
Particularly was he in favor of the pro
vision of funds for the establishment o|
permanent quarters for United States
ministers abroad. In commenting on
this subject, he stated that it was “in
deed high time that the dignity and
power of this great nation be fittingly
signalized by proper buildings for the
occupancy of the nation’s representa
tives everywhere abroad.”
The president touched upon the Mex
ican policy followed by the United
States in the recent difficulties which
the continued state of unrest in that
nation engendered. He characterized
the action of the United States in these
ciises as “one of patient non-interven
tion and steadfast recognition of con
stituted authority." ending his refer
ence to Mexico w itli the hope that the
Mexican "nation would soon resume
the path of order, prosperity and prog
ress.”
Agricultural Credits Important.
Among other matters referred to in
the message was the investigation of
agricultuial credits by the state de
partment. This he termed as one of
the most important works undertaken
by the government.
He also referred to the fur seal
treaty and the need for an amendment
to the present statute; the peace treat
ies with England and France which
were lost through the refusal of senate
ratification and the dispatch of Ameri
can war ships of Constantinople. The
English and French peace treaties Pres
ident Taft dismissed with a remark ex
pressing his regret over the action of
the senate, and the Balkan situation he
regarded as one which was well in the
hands of the powers as far as the pro
tection of citizens of other republics
was concerned.
President Taft today sent a special
message to congress recommending an
appropriation to continue the interna
tional waterways committee during
1913. to permit it to make a final re
port on a dam at the outlet of bake
Erie and to complete the work of fix
ing the international boundary between
the United States and Canada.
Up and Down
Peachtree
The Episode of the
Nine-Fingered ‘’Tightwad.” •
The manicure girl who works in Blank's ;
shop, just a block off Peachtree, not far
from Five Points, has discovered the
meanest man in Atlanta.
She explained the matter to an admirer
-—or, rather, a customer— today, and this
is what she said:
"Believe me. there is the meanest man
in Atlanta that ever was. Gracious sakes,
but he is mean—the very limit!
“He’s a pretty swell dresser, too, and
I believe he has money, and if he would
loosen up he never would miss it. But,
holy smoke—he’s mean! Stingy? Say,
stingy ain’t the name for it! He’s down
right parsimonfferous!
“Y'ou know what he does? No? Well,
listen to me—listen carefully, and get
wise to this guy!
"He gets his nails manicured here about
twice a month—and, heavens above, he
always needs it—and, do you know what
that thing does?
“You know, we charge 5 cents a finger
—SO cents for the two hands— which is
cheap enough, with everything so high,
especially ice cream soda and Saturday
candy 29 cents a box—and that person
has one joint of one finger gone!
“And do you know he makes me knock!
off a. nickel every time I manicure him—•
he won’t pay me but 45 cents, for the nln®
whole fingers, you know!
“Ain’t it awful?”
‘‘The Dew Things”
Discuss Xmas Gifts.
“I’ll tell you what,” said she of the
long St. Patricks day plupe, lapped grace
fully halfway around the neat little tur
ban on top of her neat little head, “this
Christmas present giving ought not to be
a problem, if people only would exer
cise common sense.”
“Oh, yes,” said she of the long gray
cloak. with the curious slash diagonally
across the back, “but how many people
have common sense—and what is common
sense, anyway?”
They were standing just outside the
front door of one of Whitehall's biggest
stores, and they had been admiring the
window display of feminine finery exten
sively.
"Oh, well,” said the St. Patricks day
plumed one. “I know what the very
sweetest, dearest, most tasteful and al
together lovely present I ever got was.
And it didn’t cost he fellow who sent it
much, either. It was a box containing;
a half dozen exquisite chiffon handker
chiefs!”
Long gray cloak, with the funny busi
ness running on the bias down the hack,
didn’t say anything to that. Green plume
had made an impression.
"You know, there is nothing that ap
peals to a woman like a dainty hand
kerchief. I know a lot of people think
handkerchiefs are commonplace Christ
mas presents, but 1 am not one of that
sort, f think they are just the very
proper thing. I would rather get a
beautiful chiffon or linen handkerchief
than a box of candy or a useless fcrinket
any day,” wound up St. Patricks day
plume.
And then long gray cloak proposed to
purchase the trapped stuff, and St. Pat
ricks day plume said that would be all
right!
WIFE ACCEPTS SIOO,OOO
DENVER, Dec. 3.—Alonzo Thompson,
millionaire, spiritualist and philanthropist,
has won a victory in the law suit with
his wife. Mrs. Annie Laurie Thompson,
after six months of strenuous litigation,
during which time the octogenarian fled
from state to state to prevent his wifo
from having him incarcerated in an in
sane asylum, his attorney asserts.
The settlement was reached at Omaha,
It was understood that Mrs. Thompson
would accept the sum of SIOO,OOO in cash
and permit her aged husband to return
to Denver and occupy their home
WHO OWNS BOY’S PANTS.
FATHER—OR THE SON?
LONDON, Dec. 3.—Asked to decide
w-hether a boy’s trousers belonged to tha
boy or the father. Judge Bray, of ths
Shoreditch county court, admitted that he
was not sure.
Playing football in the street, a boy
tore his trousers on a tin box standing
outside a store, and the father sued the
storekeeper, on his son’s behalf. He was
allowed $1.25 damages, but the store
keeper contended that the trousers be
longed to the hoy and not his parent.
Chapped Hands
and Faces
Prevented'-
By
vrvL-K
WH)
Cuticura Soap
and Ointment
Hands and faces which redden*
roughen, chap, crack and bum
with winter’s cold, sharp winds,
made soft and white in a single
night by these pure, sweet and
gentle emolbents. No others
cost so little or do so much.
< »iuw» e««> axi m»»M, mm tinwhout
world. I.ibrraUaiaeMereaM m«M fr»e vOk .TC-»
►ok MMrw CWW«." Dw* .'IF. BwMon
**~i wWer-tiMM >m« ateoe * oaofarr with Cetf
••/r* 3m* Hm "tut K» *t Uwm or •own
•
3