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I I THE WEATHER. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia— Cloudy, with probably local showers lo-day or to-morrow. r j Read for Profit--GEORGIAN WANT ADS--Use for Results VOL. ,\1. NO. 227. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 2(5, 1912. PR ICE TWO CENTS. ' Aiork DETROIT CLUB "Georgia Peach” and President Navin Finally Agree on the Terms for Season. REACH SALARY COMPROMISE Tiger Owner Will Apply to the National Commission for Rein statement of Hero, DETROIT, -MICK., April 25.—Ty 11011 signed a contract for one year it it the Detroit baseball club this ittrnoon. It is said that his salary . compromise between the $15,000 'landed and the $0,000 offered him. j The report here is that Cobb will < paid $12,500, with bonuses for ex tra* good work. Just what these anuses are no one can tell, for both - obb and President Frank Navin re- ’ i:s*“d to say a word other than that wy laid reached an agreement and i iut Ty had affixed his signature to a Detroit contract. President Navin will see to it that j ''obb is reinstated by the National I Commission. He is now under sus- j pension because of his failure to re port for the opening game. It is like ly that a fine of $100 will be imposed on him. Cobb announced that he was in fine condition and that he would go out to the park and practice with his team mates this afternoon. 1 am perfectly satined with my contract/’ said Cobb as he came out of Mr Navin’s office. “But I prom- 3ed Mr. Navin that J would not give out the amount of my salary.” The offer I made Cobb this after- . non proved satisfactory' to him and h p signed the contract offered with er a second's hestitation,” declared the Tiger boss. Mr. Navin announced that he would Pl’ly to the National Commission by • graph asking that Cobb be rein- Helps Woman; Gets $20,000 and a Home Mrs. John Kamb, Washington, Re warded for Help She Gave Poor Stranger. WASHINGTON, April 25.—Mrs Jo n Kamb, wife of an employee of the navy yard, has received $20,000 ;; rash and the deed for a home from T h . Suzanne Frochard, of Toulon, -Mrs. Kamb declares that several years ago, while walking in the neighborhood of her home her at tention was attracted by a woman of mystery, who later sought her ao- 'ina’.ntance. The woman was living a conditions of poverty. -Mrs. Kamb said she won the friendship of the woman by little a ' Cs of kindness. Recently, accord- 111 £ to Mrs. Kamb, Mme. Frochard ■) ole $600,000 in mining, and decided t0 reward all her friends before re turning to France to enter a con vent. Boy Rises in Coffin; Grandmother Expires Double Funeral, Instead of One, Is Held When Physicians Fail to Revive Child. * TTK. CAL., April 25.—A double, ineral was hold at the home of Mrs. ft- Burney to-day. ^ hilc the family was listening to services for Mrs. Burney’s three- .'oar-nid son yesterday, the boy sat bright in his coffin. Mrs L. I*. Smith, 1 grandmother, aged 81, saw him ;in <j dropped to the floor dead. ' ho boy foil back into the oasket Fid efforts of two physicians failed to revive him. *; le grandmother and boy were bu- ned together. I WOMAN AND MAN DEAD IN LOS ANGELES MYSTERY Lr, ‘S ANGELES. CAL., April 25.—A "°man believed to be Mrs. Anson Rid- n f of Columbus, Ohio, was found. ? dead, beside the body of an un- U'ntifled man, apparently 24 years o a iiotel here. ipplrig from a Columbus paper ;n 'Oman’s effects says a Mise EloiF 0 n successfully passed the bar cn- 1 tion in Columbus. This may be ' v '*r .Mrs. Riddle went under the " < ’arrie Rogers here'. Watching the Game By \\ insor M<•( a v. (WELCrtbiTcv MAKDTfUl PU* 0N- i;A3S|sTEO ! , MAKES TR)?t£ f. PLAV ON-, n ■assisted//! I yfvitiXttONCB j 1 MAKES TW Pig* PLAT um- , ASSI 51E O ’ iJEchonce:'- ttlElCKDJKCt] lay on- Jy ASSISTED .j/ v. 'Hi WEtCHOUCE 'MAKESTRIPlfji^n;^ Flat uh^ \{ \) i welchoncl IlflifeM! 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The good old days of the code duello and of flashing rapieres. when brave men fought for beautiful women, arc revived for Atlanta, and the city's society today is agog over the story of a formal combat between two of the most prominent of Us younger set. j Only, in this combat there were no i flashing rapieres. It was just a fight | with fists, in the light of the moon. ! and it took place Tuesday night un- Point and Crawfordville While En Route to Atlanta. Two registered letters sent from the postoffice in Washington, Ga.J on April 13, containing negotiable papers, thir- c ler the shadow ol’ the Piedmont Park Peace monument. The story of the light leaked out to-dpy. and the names of Edward Ter rell. Ben Gatins and Dan Woodward, its principal figures, are on every body's lips. Began at a Dance. It began at a dance at fcsegadio’s, when Mr. Gatins objected to the an cient and honorable custom of “Break ing.” He refused to relinquish his position as the partner of a beautiful girl when Mr. TenwyU iigiti ly ■ tapped him on the shoulder., Mr Terrell did not insist- 1 -then. But after the dance he aproached Mr. j Gatins and informed him that break-! ing was the custom. 'You haven't been up North so long i you’ve forgotten that, have you?” lie asked. Mr. Gatins lias lived in New York for several years. "Well, it doesn’t go with ine,” Mr. Gatins is said 10 have replied Then there were other words. A few minutes later. Mr. Terrell j was formally aprpoached by an emis- j sary of the young New Yorker. A whispered conversation. Then tlie| crowd about the* young men heard j Mr. Terrell speak determinedly. "I'm on,” he said. It was said with j a world of defiance in its tone A mysterious party left Segadlo's J hall after the dance, in two autorno- ■' biles. They made their way to Pied mont Park, in whose open space the moon beat brightly down. The duel was ideally staged. The Peace mon ument towered mournfully above the beligerqat young men. The whole affair was being sched uled according to Marquis of Queens- burv and all the other crlterions of the ringside. By the Light of the Moon. At that moment another automo bile dreyv up. The news that a duel was impending had spread. The Gatins faction, says the story, objected to the audience. This was no show affair. One of them, it is said, objected in violent language, and Ben Woodward entered the affair. The original quarrel was forgotten, and Woodward and Gatins mixed it for a good twenty minutes. Fighting I was lively under tin* Peace monu- j merit. ; - Oliver and Jackson Indicted for Attack i County Policemen Face Trial on Charge of Assaulting W. H. Johnson, Former Officer. U I Am as Innocent as an Angel In Heaven Cries Mrs. Appelbaum to Jury, After Describing Salesman’s Threat to Kill Her. Mrs. Callie Scott Appelbaum was found not guilty of the charge of murder in the criminal division of Superior Court at 5:03 o'clock this afternoon. The jurors which decided she did not kill her husband had been out just 33 minutes and the verdict was reached after a few ballots. As F. C. Wilkerson, foreman of the trialmen, entered the court room, Mrs. Appelbaum was standing with her lawyers with a smile on her lips. As she sought to thank him she fainted. As the foreman puttered the words “not guilty” she started across the court room while the crowd craned their necks to gel a view of the scene. Close to the jury box she fell forward anc» fainted dead away into the arms of a court attache, but was re vived later and left the court room with her lawyers smiling. While the jury delibirated she appeared in the best of spirit, chatted with reporters and even allowed photographers to snap her with her son. The case against Mrs. Callie Appelbaum, charged with the murder of her husband, went to the jury shortly after 4 o'clock to-day. Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey concluded Ins dosing argument 1o tlie jury and Judge Koan made n brief charge. The fate of Mrs. Appelbaum. accused of shooting her husband in the Dakota Hotel on February 25. was then put in the hands of the twelve jurors. Solicitor Dorsey confined himself most to an effort to nullify tiie effect of the testimony of the star witness for the defense, G. Cohen, a traveling salesman. Cohen was in the room next the Ap pellations. It was In- who testified that in the interval between, shots he heard some one hurrying from the room occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Appelbaum nowu I whs not guilty, i did not re- eal my identity because I wanted U hield my aged father and mother an* t ie blai nis Lieut. John Oliver and A. W. Jock- j son, of the county police force were ! indicted by the grand jury this after- ! noon for assault and batery upon W. | H. Johnston, former member of the force. The alleged kssault occured in an anteroom to the criminal court in the I Thrower building a month ago. Lieut. I Oliver pummeled Johnson for the re- ! marks the latter is said to have ut- | tered reflecting on his character. Neither the police officer nor John- I son w as hurt. If you have anything to sell adver- • sc in The Sunday American. Lar- vi^jt circulation of any Sunday news paper in the South*. teen of them sent to an Atlanta bank, approximating $7,000. have been re- | ported as lost or stolen in transit and an investigation is on by the postal authorities to fix the blame. * The more valuable of the two let ters, containing the thirteen notes, was sent to the Fourth Nation al Bank of Atlanta by one of the Washington banking institutios for discount and credit. When ac knowledgment was not received from the Atlanta correspondent in regular course by the Washington bank a tracer was started, which developed the fact that the registered letter had never reached its destination. Postmaster Poche, of Washington, was in his office for the first train leaving Washington on the morning of April 13—Sunday - and was a wlt- j ness to the fact that the registered j letters were dispatched from the. | Washington office by one of the clerks. The registered mail with three Iet- ! ters for Crawfordville, the first sta tion on the Georgia Railroad from the i junction at Barnett, it is claimed, * was done up in a package together, | according to the postal regulation I known as “bracing,” and addressed: 1 “Georgia Train No. 1—local package.” It has developed that one of the let ters addressed to a bank at Craw fordville and containing checks and cash items amounting to more than $250 was also missing from the pack age. This is the first instance in four teen years of the loss of a piece of registered mail handled either in the outgoing or incoming mall of the Washington postoffice. SAFE ROBBER AND THREE COMPANIONS BREAK JAIL SELMA. ALA.. April 25.—Charles Prater, Ed Cook. Ernest Jackson and Will Thomas, all white, escaped from the Dallas County jail to-day. Pi.ner was charged with cracking a safe. The other three were charged with hui - j gini y and forger.v K aid. Hearst Editorial Goes Into Official Record of Congress Representative Willis, of Ohio, Makes It Part of Tariff Discussion. WASHINGTON, April 25.—The edi torial by William Randolph Hearst on the Federalists ideas and the tariff views of President Wilson has been put into The Congressional Record by Representative Willis, of Ohio. Twice Democratic leaders defeated Mr. Willis in his effort to have tin editorial printed in The Congressional Record vo that it might have the broadest possible circulation in con nection with the tariff discussion. Representative Hardwick (Georgia) was the first to object, and later Rep resentative Fitzgerald frustrated Mr. Willis Mr. Willis, however, obtained pci - mission to address the Houre for one minute. He announced he desired to have the editorial printed as a part of his remarks. There was no comment as the stenographer took the printed copy. GENERAL WEST TO MISS MEMORIAL DAY PARADE General Andrew J. West has ac cepted invitations to deliver Memorial Day addresses at Forsyth to-morrow and at Marietta on Monday. General West, who had been se lected a- an aide from the Confed erate veterans on the staff of Grand Marshal Joseph Van Holt Nash for the memorial parade h r - Saturday regrets that the conflict of dates will prevent him idiug wtlh In nib corn ra'L-s ol AILoiLi. Powers Arrange to • Exchange Children Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian. BERLIN, April 25. Exchange of school children by Germany, France, Belgium, England, Switzerland and Norway Is being arranged by an Inter national committee with headquarters in Berlin. The plan, if adopted, will give several hundred pupils a summer vacation in a foreign land at the ex- pem«e only of railroad fare. It has long been the custom of German fam ilies to exchange daughters on the ,theory that the girls learn house keeping better in some other home than their own. The international exchange was founded by teachers for the purpose of stimulating the knowledge of lan guages and breaking down the bar riers of race. NEW COMPANY TO HOLD ALABAMA CONSOLIDATED BIRMINGHAM, ALA., April 25.-- The officials of the Alabama Com pany have notified Trustee Harry Coffin that they have the money ready for the formal purchase of the property of the Al.tbama Consolidated Company and transfer of the deed. The formal transfer of the deed w ill take place Friday and hereafter the affairs of the former Alabama Consol idated. w hich has been in bankruptcy for nearly a year, will be in the hands and under the control of the new concern. Charges Robbery on Boat. SAVANNAH. -Claiming that a purse containing $100 had been stolen i from the stateroom occupied by them on tin* steamship Merrimack. Jack- ! on vide to Savannah. R. Morris and j E. .Morris, o! New York, have taken | tk • mg,tier up with lhe authoiities of j * he Met “him-: and Miners’ Yianspor- i at ion < ’oinpany. That her mind was a conap at the time her husband death in the Dakota Hotel was the striking feature of a remarkable .state ment made on the stand to-day by Mrs. Callie Scott Apeplbaum, on trial for her life. * Mrs. Appelbaum said she loved her husband better than anything in the world. She wound up an incoherent but dramatic narrative, told between sobs, with the declaration that Appel baum had threatened to shoot her, that she buried herself beneath tile bed covers and remembered nothing until the next morning. In the mean time the tragedy with which she is charged had occurred. The prisoner said that Appelbaum had feared for his life; that they had all sorts of trouble, and that she her self had tried suicide and made her will. Here Is Mrs. Appelbaum’s c ni- plete statement: Tells Al! She Remembers. “I am going to tell all I can possi bly remember abotit Mr. Appelbaum’s death. I have been unjustly Impris oned, and kept there. No one on earth could be more anxious to know* how he met his death than I am. I know you want the truth, and that Is what I am going to tell. ‘ I think if the detectives had treat ed me fairly the morning they had me at the station iiouse they would have Kirkland Elected To Head Arkansas State University Chancello of Vanderbilt, Now in Atlanta Tendered Presidency of Fayetteville Institute. LITTLE ROCK. ARK., April 25.— Chancellor James H. Kirkland, of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, was this afternoon elected president of the University of Arkansas at a meeting of the beard of trustees of the lat ter Institution held here. Dr. J. C. Hardy, formerly president of the Mississippi Agricultural and Me chanical College was elected dean of the Arkansas College of Agriculture. Both Arkansas institutions are lo cated at Fayetteville. The new beads arc expecto charge July 1. Chancellor Kirkland in at school in Mom ell n»e Mr. Appel- hey told me he had was not my son. who \va gomery. “They did not baum was dead, a scratch on his arm. but badly hurt. I insisted that I be taken to him, and they said then that be was shot and had given them a state ment saying that,I shot him. I tolrfc them that that coma not oe true, that I loved him too much to do him the slightest harm.” Sobs Interrupt Her Story. Mrs. Appelbaum broke down here and sobbed for a few* minutes. Turn ing to the jury, she said; "Gentlemen, I knew all his faults, and in spite of them loved him more dearly than everything in the world. You can not be more anxious than l am to find the trylh. I have prayed night and day that when this trial was held we would know how Mr. Ap pelbaum met his death. I know my love was an honorable love. I was a good wife. I made every sacrifice on earth for him. He often admitted I was the only friend he ever had on. earth who had not double-crossed him. : “For several weeks before the first of February he had been morose and dejected. My health had been very bad and f was unhappy. On the 1st of February I tried to take my own life. “f gave him money to go in busi ness in Charlotte. It was never in my heart or mind to mistreat him. On the 1st of February I took laudanum. Before doing it I wrote a note that would exonerate him of all blame, i did not want the people to think he was In any way responsible for it. I wrote a will, dividing my stocks and bonds and small bank account oe- tween him and my son. Tells of His Fear for Life. “About a week before his death we went to a motion picture show to gether. He was very nervous, and said he wanted to go out. 'We went out together and went back to the hotel. He was drinking. I asked him what was the matter. He said: 'Some one is following ine all the time, and our lives ar in danger every minute we are out.’ “He went out the next morning and bought a pistol, had it cleaned, and oiled and loaded. When he got up t the next morning he was awfully ,ake j nervous and cross. He went down ! into the dining room and Cus>ed with . ( t,ta i the waiters, and finally came back to , . Un* room, sayintt he had forgotten bis pistol. 1 "Ho hull to SO out of to,Ml tlmt