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THE ATLANTA GEORG IAN AND NEWS.
OFFERS BEAVERS
FIST OF'
Attorney Carl Hutcheson, Felder’s
Aide, Also Accuses Police of
Protecting Vice.
Continued From Page 1.
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and
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jour duty to know,
should be diet barged
from your high pedestals for
dereliction.
i accuse you of allowing sim
ilar houses to operate on certain
parts of Spring Street. AND YOU
KNOW IT. If you do not. you
should bo removed from office for
dereliction of duty.
I accuse you of allowing sim
ilar houses to operate in a cer
tain section of Pryor Street AND
YOU KNOW IT. If you do not,
you should be removed from of
fice for dereliction of duty.
I accuse you of allowing simi
lar houses to operate on a certain
section of Uentral Avenue. AND
YOU KNOW IT If you do not,
you should be removed from of
fice for dereliction of duty.
I accuse you of failing to take
• ngnizance of a certain house In
Ivy Street, to which I called your
attention several weeks ago.
where young men were inveigled
t<< gamble away their money, the
mistress thereof being the banker
and the recipient of these ill-
gotten gains. AND YOU KNOW
IT. and should he removed from
office for dereliction of duty.
1 accuse you and numbers of
your forces with being cognizant
of these facts, and yet you, the
great crusade leaders, stand Idly
by and fold youi lordly bnnde.
1 accuse you with allowing,
even *yet, low class hotels in this
< ity to exist and prac tice their ne
farious games of lowly gain. AND
YOU KNOIV IT. and should be
removed from office for derelic
tion of duty.
you can not "turn up” these
s. there are hunt? eds of peo-
Gio can. I ran use infantile
live work and turn up doz-
t>f them within a few davs.
YOU KNOW THIS CAN
UK DONE. And. if you fail to
-••1 busy and continue to parade
o ur great genius (?) you should
b« remove d from office for dere-
i: Hon of duty. ,
Charges Police Protection.
! i< cuse you with protecting
•-«* Places because of your lax
' • ' ;od* in keeping "the houses
• i bin our midst" closed, AND
VOU KNOW IT. and should be
removed from office for derelic
tion of duty.
I act use you of closing Man
hattan Avenue and converting
our entire municipality Into a
red light' district. AND YOU
KNOW IT, and unless you change
conditions at once you tho'slu be
removed from office for derelic
tion of duty.
1 accuse you of retaining on
your forces men unfit to protect
the "decent** citizens of Atlanta.
AND YOU KNOW IT. and should
be removed from office for dere
liction of duty.
1 accuse you of knowing where
numbers of houses which exist by
Immoral practices are located.
AND YOU KNOW IT, and you
should be removed from office for
dereliction of duty.
Do you think that the public
will be hoodwinked forever? Do
you think that the public Is 90
gullible as to believe all of this
"bush-wah" about the great
work that you are continuing?
Yes, you closed Manhattan Ave
nue, but w'hat did you do for the
remainder of the city?
You and your bunch are very
sore because you were unable to
ferret out the Phagan murder.
AND YOU KNOW IT When the
Solicitor General called in outside
aid. numbers of your hirelings
were very much perturbed and
became insanely Jeilous That is
why all of this patched-up and
hatched-up bunch of lies and
slanders have been Issued against
Thomas B. Felder, whose shoes
you are unworthy t<i untie. AND
YOU KNOW IT. 1
1 accuse you of retaining a
large number of leather-heads for
detectives. Detectives? That is a
joke. isn't It? AND YOU KNOW
IT. and you should be removed
from office for allowing such an
army of incompetents to work
with your departments. You
know, and l know’, that these fel
lows secure their offices through
political pull and not through ef
ficiency They are Sherlock
Holmeses when it comes to ar-
esting blind tigers and negro
• rap-players, but beyond that they
would not know a clew If they
-aw it tagged.
In th Phagan case, the news-
pa pc men are the ones who
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SCHOOL BOYS' AND GIRLS' BALLOT.
COO R h ef a o n rm e £heaval S % Md ° n Grots Old Friends
Ralph O. Uochran, Representative- 1
elect from Fulton County and candi- I
date for the United States Senate to
succeed Senator lioke Smith, received !
hearty congratulation* Tuesday on a !
speech delivered Monday night at the !
commencement exercise* of the Li-
thonia Public Schools.
Mr Cochran took "Conservatism”
a* hi* subject. He declared really
great thing* were accomplished b>
cautious individual*. Fie commended
conservatism rather than a course of j
reform.
A large crowd of DeKalb County j
citizen* turned out to hear the candi
date.
Noted Woodmen to
Visit Atlanta Camps
Two Woodmen of national reputa
tion from Omaha, Nebr.. will arrive
here at noon Tuesday. They are Jo-
Meph Cullen Root, sovereign com
mander, and John T. Yates, sovereign
secretary of the Omaha order.
The local camps and Georgia head j
officials of the order will escort the
visitors to the Piedmont Hotel. A re
ception at Cable Ha 1 Tuesday night
be given by J. C. Root Camp No.
80. assisted by other camps In th"
city, and State officio « of the order.
Sunday. June 1, is the annual
Memorial Day of the Woodmen of che
World.
Florida His Present Address
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Forerunner of Georgia Cousin
Smiling
Rastus,
one of
Atlanta's
welcoming
committee,
joyously
greeting
the first
visitor
from
Florida.
The Duty of the Grand Jury—
Investigate All the Charges
of Graft and Bribery !
The Georgian repeats its suggestion that the Grand Jury
MUST TAKE UP AND INVESTIGATE THOROUGHLY the
charges of graft and bribery that have been made in the news
papers during the past few days.
And the patter should not end with the Grand Jury. It
should be taken into a court of law,
Colonel Thomas B. Felder has made some accusations that
merit immediate attention.
If there is graft in the police department or bribery any
where, the public has a right to know about it; and if Colonel
Felder or anyone else can establish that, he will receive the
thanks of the entire community, and there will be a speedy
turning out of the guilty men.
The matter is too serious to begin and end in a newspaper
war.
The good name of the city }s involved. The good name of
public servants is involved.
Trials in newspapers are never effective. They lead no
where. The public is still unconvinced.
Trials by judges and juries are final and conclusive.
THE PUBLIC WANTS FACTS.
There is no reason to believe that the charges against
Beavers are true. Even the bitterest enemies of Beavers admit
his honesty. He has made a good record. He is entitled to have
the charges against him examined by a judge and jury, so
that all the facts may be known.
Whether Beavers’ attitude is right in putting an end to
the segregated district is not an issue. The law does not permit
any choice' in the matter. The law does not sanction a segre
gated district for the barter and sale of human beings and for
the enrichment of a few ringsters.
It is not improbable that a little more liberality in some of
the laws would be a good thing for the city and all concerned.
But the way to get that liberality is to change the present
statutes.
Beavers has no alternative but to enforce the law as he sees
it, and he has no alternative but to compel those who accuse his
department to go into court and try the case there instead of
in the colunyis of the newspapers.
STAND BY BEAVERS AND THE LAW!
turned up the first clews of any
merit. AND YOU KNOW IT. and
should be ashamed of that crowd
down there to allow the members
of the Fourth Estate to put one
over on you; hut vou know news
paper men have brains, and
brains are required to make de
tectives
Now vollev <>rth again your
promulgation of purity and tel!
the people of this great city what
large men you are and how you
protect the eltize. ry of this great
Commonwealth.
If you haven't th** addresses of
the houses to which 1 refer, call
i<t my office within three days
and 1 will give you a bunch of
them.
Friends of mine have advised
me against printing this card.
Some have feared for my life -
hut afraid of you and your
crowd? Never 1 am not afraid
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CORRESPONDING RATES TO MANY OTHER POINTS
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of anything thAt lays down its
firearms and comes at me like a
man in fair play. Now. "lay on.
MacDuff. and damn'd be him who
•first cries. ‘Hold! Knough!’"
UAR1, HUTCHESON
Atlanta, Ga„ May 27, 1913.
Gamblers’ Plot,
Declares Lanford.
Chief of Detectives Newport A.
Lanford gave out a sensational state
ment^ Tuesday morning in which he
charged that the efforts to fix accusa
tione of bribery and malfeasance upon
him were inspired by a "gambling
ring," of which C. C. Jones was ihe
head.
The cause of the fight against Lan
ford had been something of a mys
tery. Beavers readily explained th?
efforts to dispossess him from the of
fice of Chief of Police by his war on
vice in the city of Atlanta. LanfordV
explanation reveals another angle of
the crusade against a wide-open town
"The gambling ring has been after
me ever since I was made head of the
detective department ten years ago,"
said Chief Lanford "No more had 1
declared relentless warfare upon all
forms of gambling in the city than 1
: was notified that the gambling inier-
; ests were out to get' me. Severa*
I times it was reported to me that I
i had been marked for an attack, and
once the gamblers succeeded in carry
ing out their threats.
That was five years ago. 1 was
reduced from sergeant, which was th?
designation of the hea.d of the depart
ment then, to service in the ranks.
The gamble! 8 were responsible for it.
They gloated for nine months Then
II was raised to my former position
(again, with the title of chief. Since
then 1 have continued my campaign
! against them.
"They have been very bitter. They
j have threatened me time and again.
Now tney have brought these charges
| against me."
Col. Felder Still Probing
In the Phagan Case.
In the news columns of The Geor-
I gian yesterday it was said that
|* , olone! Felder had been eliminated
j from the Ffiiagan case. Colonel Fel
der says this is not true, rhat he is
•is deeplj interested in solving the
J mystery as ever, and that he is lend-
|ing every energy in that direction.
Tht further statement in The Geor-
Union Musicians
Have Celebration
One hundred and fifty members of
Atlanta Local No. 148, American Fed
eration of Musicians, celebrated the
twelfth anniversary of the organiza
tion of their local at Turn Verein
Hall last night. Many women are
active members of the organization.
A supper was served and a large
orchestra, composed of the members
present, entertained.
A cornet solo by K. M. Coleman
and vocal selections by Miss Sadie
Percival. who was accompanied at the
piano by Mrs. Mongen F. Smith, were
enjoyed.
Remarks by Carl Karston. of Local
No. 148; S. H. Brady , president of the
Atlanta Federation of Trades; \Y. C.
Puckett, third vice president of the
Georgia State Federation; William
Strauss, State organizer, and H. G.
Wood, vice president of the Atlanta
lgcal. were heard.
The Sunday American goes every
where all over the South. If you have
anything to sell The Sunday Amer
ican is "The Market Place of the
South." The Sunday American is the
best advertising medium.
gian that Colonel Felder was be
lieved at one time to be interested in
♦he defense of Frank was not in
tended to reflect in any way upon
the lawyer. It was simply the gos
sip of the street, given for what it
wiis worth. Colonel Felder’s own
statement that he is working sole
ly for the public good makes his po
sition perfectly clear, and everybody
in the city will hope that he will
continue actively in the case until
the great mystery is disposed of.
White City Park Now Open
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Beverage in London
Special Cable to TtTe Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, May 27.—Champagne
now takes a back seat in London,
and ^claret, moselle and whisky an i
soda are tiie drinks of the moment.
But temperance is a current craze.
Barley water in special "brews" may’
be found at the Carlton and Bach
elors' Clubs.
. few smart men drink plain coi(f
water, among others Sir Arthur
Walsh and Lord Charles Beresford.
The King has cider laid down In hi?
cellar, and among cider drinkers are
the Duke and Duchess of Teck. th '
Duchess of Leeds, Lord Knollys ana
Lord Mount Stephen. Beer is seldom
seen at dinner or luncheon, but Iced
lager beer Is popular at balls and la.e
parties.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE
TO TOXAWAY ANNOUNCED
Daily sleeping car service between
Atlanta and Lake Toxaway for .the
summer Reason will be established
June 22 by the Southern Railw ay. The
| Macon-Atlanta-Asheville sleeping car
will be handled on a new train from
Spartanburg, arriving at Asheville at
7 o’clock a. .n.
Six Thousand Cars of Luscious
Product to Pass Through
Atlanta on Way North,
Men and women of Atlanta, we
have with us to-night our old friend.
Mr. Watermelon.
Just from Florida, dressed in the
old-time mottled and variegated garb,
flesh pinker than perfection, blood
redder and juicier than ever, hanker
ing to be split. He has arrived from
Florida to tell us there are plenty
more where he came from—enough
to last four weeks.
And by that time the more numer
ous branch of the family, the Geor
gia watermelon, the most luscious of
them all. will arrive in full flush of
glory.
The Central of Georgia Railway has
set apart 6,000 freight cars to trans
port watermelons from the South
northward. Every oar must pass
through Atlanta, and prospects are
that at least 1,500 of them will be
halted on the way. Tnere’s a regular
army of thirsty Georgians here, and
it’s hard to run the gantlet.
Commission merchants and trans
portation officials have a joyful an-
nounc ment tc make. The watermelon
crop this year will be a bumper, one
of the best ever in the State.
Let the small boy rejoice and be
gay of heart, for he shall be satisfied.
And let the old boy come down off
of his high pedestal of dignity and
rejoice also, for the older he gets the
bigger fool he is about the fragrant
fruit of the vine.
Six thousand freight cars will hold
exactly 3.761.942 big watermelons and
two small ones. That'll be enough to
feed the country at large when the
Georgia crop comes in. This year
quality will be good and prices just
right—high enough to suit the farmer
and cheap enough to please the con
sumer The season has already
started.
White City Park Now Open
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10 per cent cash, balance 1. 2,
3, 4, 5 years, 6 per cent. Il
lustrated booklet FREE.
Write to-day. Edwin P. Ans-
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lanta, Ga.
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TWO FAST TRAINS
Lv. 6:45 AM., 5:10 PM.
DECLARES HE IS OPPOSED
C. W. Tobie, chief criminal in
vestigator for the Burns Detective
Agency, formally withdrew from the
Phflgan investigation Tuesday morn
ing. The calling off of the Burns
forces was announced by Dan P.
Lehon, superintendent of the South
ern branch, after Tobie had stated
explicitly that he would not withdraw
from the case.
Colonel Thomas B. Felder, vfho
brought the Burns detectives into the
Phagan case, would make no state
ment relative to their withdrawal, but
announced that it did not mean the
end of his investigation or connec
tion with the case.
Tobie made up his mind last Friday
to drop the Mary Phagan investiga
tion—so he said Tuesday—but de
ferred action until Monday nigiu,
when he announc ed his intention to
withdraw to Solicitor General Dor
sey.
Disgusted With "Fuss.’*
Acute disgust at the "four or five
cornered fuss” raised by the Phagan
investigation was assigned by Tobie
as the cause. This disgust was su
perinduced by the direct charge and
general impression that the Burn*
Agency was pretending to ferret out
the Phagan case, when in reality .ts
purpose in Atlanta was to investigate
the police department. \
Tobie said to-day that while he had
quit and was going to leave AtlanU.
still the withdrawal of the Burns
Arency need not be permanent.
"If certain features of this case ar*
not developed, then ther^ will be one,
and maybe two. Burns men back here.
I will send them here, but they will
work in secret. There will be no
more public investigation."
Tobie explained he believed Leo M.
Frank was guilty of the Phagan mur
der and that the "certain features"
meant additional clinching evidence
not yet published that will make
Frank's conviction certain.
"How can any house have har
mony," said Tobie, "whei. the old man
is fighting the old woman, and the
old woman is fighting the children,
and they are all fighting the hirsd
girl? That's the shape this affair has
gotten into, only worse.
"We came here to investigate this
Phagan ca5*p. and for no other pur
pose. But the charge was made that
in reality we were investigating the
police department. The way things
were shaped up the police could not
help believing that charge to be true.
Colonel Felder’s attitude bore that out,
so I decided last Friday to quit."
"Do you mean, then, that you were
dissatisfied at Colonel Felder’s atti
tude'.*" w as astyed.
"We were dissatisfied with that part
of it, yes." was* Tobie s reply.
Tobie Himself Through.
Tobie reiterated he ended the Inves
tigation himself. "I called myself off,"
he said. "Dan S. Lehon. our Southern
superintendent, was close to Atlanta.
It was as near for him to pass
through here on his way back to New
Orleans as it was for him to go any
other way. I was in charge here, but,
as* you know. I do not belong to this
territory. As a pure formality and a
matter of courtesy, and because I
knew he was coming here to visit his
uife’s relatives, I sent him a message
inviting him to confer with me. When
he got here I told him as a courtesy
that I had decided to quit the case. He
approved it. Had I told him I would
continue, he would have approved
that, too.
"This is the worst mlx-up I ever
saw anywhere, at any time. It’s aw
ful. Everybody is fighting everybody
else, and 1 am through with this four
or five cornered fracas, except that if
more Burns men are sent here I shal*
send them here and they will report
to me."
Bribery Charges Denied.
Rumored attempts to bribe w;:-
nesse* were given strong denial it;
many circles, particularly by those
whose names were connected by ru
mor with the alleged bribery attempts
C. C. Sears, superintendent of the
Atlanta branch of the Burn' detect
ive agency communicated to Chief of
Detectives Lanford the announcement
of the withdrawal of the Burn? forces
from the Phagan case.
Chief Lanford authorized the fol
lowing statement on the departure of
Tobie:
“Tobie. I believe, is straight and
honest. He was victimized by Felder.
I am convinced Mr. Tobie was work
ing toward the interest of those seen.
Ing to clear the mystery."
Praises Superintendent.
A girl employee of the pencil fac
tory has w’ritten the following state
ment, which upholds the working
conditions of the factory and cham-'
pions the character of the imprisoned
superintendent:
"Nothing has ever been said of the
girls of the pencil factory until after
the terrible murder, but since then
there has been one continuous talk,
just as if we were to blame. We are
just as anxious to see the guilty pun
ished as the rest of the public, and
we all loved Mary Phagan Just a*
much as we possibly could.
"If the public only would interest
itself to look into other factories and
stores they would find the girls in
the pencil factory are just as good
as any other working girls.
"It looks mighty hard that we have
to work in the place where our little
friend was so horribly murdered. But
we are only poor working girl®, try
ing to make an honest living, and we
try not to think of the tragedy any
more than possible: and we have the
interest of the factory too much at
heart to desert in times of trouble.
"We all hope and pray the guilty
will be punished and the innocent
given freedom, for we all think our
superintendent has a soul himself and
that he would not think of such a
thing, much less commit such a hor
rible crime."
Swallows Poison as
Walker Did; Saved
ORLANDO. FLA.. May 27.—That
bichloride of mercury is not always?
fatal was* demonstrated here when £. '
Walters Howe, cashier of the Statp
National Bank, swallowed a tablet,
mistaking it for a headache dose.
As the tablet passed down his throat
it contracted the muscles so violently
that he discovered his mistake and
hurried to the city physician, who a
once used the stomach pump and gave
antidotes. Howe has experienced no
harm.
‘WITHIN THE LAW’ IN LONDON
LONDON, May 27.—"Within the
Law" is running at the Hayrnarket
Theater and gives promise of estab
lishing a record.
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