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*, ' 1 V ! 1 \ k \ Final Game of Season Here Won and Tie for Leadership Is Main tained—All Depends on To day's Clash in the Gulf City. Poison Bracelet Her Talisman in Wreck Fair Cousin of ‘Uncle Joe’ Cannon Never Boards Train With out Charm. Victory for Pelicans Means Pen nant for Smith’s Team, Which Has Made Remarkable Record in Closing Days of Close Race. Atlanta’s baseball season of 1913 passed Into history yesterday after noon with a victory, 5 to 0, over Chattanooga, the pennant race still In a tie, and the stage setting one of a wild and whirling activity and excitement never before approached at Ponce Del eon Park. Down in Mobile to-day the 1913 Southern League pennant will be won or lost. If Mobile beats New Orleans, the Alabama team will win the flag. If New Orleans wins the game, the prized trophy will fly from Ponce DeLeon Park next year. Should, perchance, rain prevent the playing of the game, or should the game end in a tie, Atlanta and Mo bile will still be tied for the cham pionship. In that case, the league will order one game or a series of games to be played to decide the is sue. Therefore, all Atlanta will be watching the outcome at Mobile to day, for history will be in the mak ing. Yesterday’s game was won handily by the Crackers, Carl Thompson's masterful hurling being supported by a savage attack that put the Town Boys out in front in the first Inning. Chattanooga fought hard all the way, but never threatened. 10,000 Fans See Contest. Ten thousand fans banked the playing field, and they were on the thin edge of hysterics. The exalted temper of the crowd was tested in the usual Elberfeld row, which ended with some rough and needless handling of the peppery manager by two big policemen, after he had been ordered off the field by the umpires for arguing about a de cision. Two policemen seized Elberfeld, and one of them slugged him, and only prompt action by President Callaway of the Atlanta club diverted a large amount of pending difficulty, as a thousand fans from the overflow crowd were surging around the row in a jiffy. President Callaway held back the angrv mob and soothed the troubled Elberfeld and got him away from the police, and off the field just in time to prevent the game being called and forfeited to Atlanta by the um pire. Then the crowd exploded again as the last play of the game sent the season Into history. Cushion Battle Begins. There was a tremendous roar and a volley of cushions went sailing sky ward. Some of them landed on the heads of the fans in the field, and were returned with force and ac curacy. And then the battle was on. Thousands of cushions darkened the evening light, while the air was full of sound and fury, and a general attack began on the stands, from which the defenders showered still more cushions, like vast confetti, up on the besiegers. It was all in great sport, of course —but it was a bit rough on the wom en and children. Hundreds were penned in the upper part of the stands and behind posts, trying to protect their hats, which went to smash by the score under the hail of leather squares. Shouts and shrieks featured the combat, but finally, after three offi cers. each with a pair of protesting captives, had made their way from the field, the exuberance simmered down. The season of 1913 was over—in At lanta. Mobile Sees Real Finish. Down in Mobile, however, Charley Frank and his doughty men do bat tle with the Gulls in the game that is to decide the pennant race of 1913. Frank is fighting for Atlanta to day. The Crackers, winning 19 of their last 21 games, have wrought a record that will blaze in history along Its splendid path to a tie for the pennant, up to the last game of the year. It’s up to New Orleans. They fought craftily and grimly yesterday, and At lanta, hundreds of miles from that fateful conflict, was at one moment within one little hit, one little error, of the pennant. But Mobile won and thereby kept their fighting chance. But if the Crackers win the pen nant by the thin margin of half a game, or if they lose it by the same narrow border, one thing remains un tarnished and undimmed— The gamest uphill fight ever made by an Atlanta, ball club, or by ai.y other ball club in the Southern League —or in any league. (For complete details of the pennant race, see sporting sectionj. NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—“This wreck of the New Haven makes me believe more and moer in my charmed brace let. I never go by train, auto or boat without wearing my cyanide of potassium bracelet.” Mrs. Claire McMillan, former wife of Governor Oddie, of Nevada, and cousin of Uncle Joe Cannon, made these remarks. She is still young and very beautiful. A gold bracelet filled with cyanide of potassium! Who ever heard of a bracelet so tragic In Its meaning? Mrs. McMillan has worn it since a train wreck in 1904. “The accident was so terrible,” she says, “and I was so unprepared for a tragedy that then and there on the Western desert, where I lay all day in the hot sun, almost dying for a drop of water, 1 mad* ip my mind that if I ever escaped alive I would wear about me a dose of potassium cya nide that would end my misery. “I still wear my bracelet, and al though I have escaped injury I have been in racing automobiles going at 80 miles an hour and In other dan gerous situations. That gave me con fidence—for, after all, one must die, but why suffer?” Switzerland Again Wins World Shoot France Second and United States Third—Canada, Forced to Use Borrowed Weapons, Last. CAMP PERRY, OHIO. Sept. 6.— The championship of the world with the free rifle, which goes to the win ner of the International Union’s 300- meter five-men match, was won to day by Switzerland, for the fifteenth time since 1897. The score of the winning team was 4,957. The winners get $1,000 in gold. France was second with 4,771, and get $900. The United States landed third in the field of seven, with 4,577, and received $800. The Swedes, who were fourth with 4,571, get $700. The Aregentine Republic was fifth with 4,080, and received $600, and Peru sixth, with 3,883, and received $500. The Canadian team shot the match with borrowed rifles, being prohibited from using their own weapons. They scored 3,745, and won $300. Joy Riders Held After Street Fight Negro Strikes White Man Who Had Enjoyed Supper and Refresh ments in Cafe. Henry Frazier and Dennis Frazier, of No. 20 Circle street, and Nina Jackson, of Forsyth, after taking a joy ride in a cab Saturday night, were arrested following an encounter with a negro, who knocked Henry Frazier in the head. The party, according to the story, took a cab near the Viaduct, after participating in a hearty supper, with drinks. Beyond the Viaduct Henry Frazier and the woman were accost ed by a negro, who hit Frazier in the face with his fist. The negro es caped. Despite their story, the three were held on a charge of disorderly conduct. Maud Allan Denies Indian Ban on Dance Manager Says She Will Continue Her Performances Despite Agita tion Created. Special Cable to The American. LONDON, Sept. 6.—Maud Allan, who is away resting from a slight breakdown, in answer to a telegram, replied: “I have absolutely no knowledge of any official ban on my dancing in In dia.” Her manager. James MacLeod, said to-day that she intends to proceed w ith the program and is undisturbed by the agitation created here. BRINGS TIFF VOTE MONDAY Committee of the Whole Con cludes Its Work on the Meas ure at 10:45 p. m. NO MORE AMENDMENTS Poindexter’s Plea for Commission Lost—Republicans Join to Rush Bill Through. WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—At 10:45 to-night the tariff bill was conclud ed in committee of the whole and re ported to the Senate. No amend ments not approved by the Finance Committee will be made. The last vote taken to-night was on Mr. Poin dexter’s amendment for a tariff com mission, which, like that of Senator Cummins, was rejected by a vote of 33 to 21. When the bill was reported out of committee by the Vice President, Chairman Simmons asked for a re print and announced that when the Senate met Monday morning at 10 o’clock lie would ask it to remain in continuous session until the tariff hill finally was passed. Senator Gallinger, Republican lead er, replied that he, too, hoped the bill would be disposed of on that day. This announcement, was received with handclapping by the Democrats, who were joined by the Democratic mem bers of the House who were present to watch the last stages of the fight. The Senate then adjourned. At 6 o’clock the dutiable and free list had been finally* acted upon in the committee of the whole. From that time on the discussion was based upon various administrative features. All efforts to amend were futile, and when the Senate finally did adjourn over Sunday, Chairman Simmons and his lieutenants were upheld on every point. Wheat Amendment Lost. Senator Poindexter's amendment to place a countervailing duty on logs and shingles was rejected, and when Senator McCumber moved to in crease the countervailing duties of wheat from 10 to 20 cents a bushel he was defeated by a vote of 41 to 27. The two Louisiana Senators voted with the Republicans, while Senators Cummins, Kenyon, Fall and Poindex ter voted with the Democrats. The Finance Committee agreed to the motion to strike out the counter vailing duty on mechanically-ground wood pulp wood, as provided by the House on the ground that under the Canadian law this proposed duty would be useless. The paragraph placing leather on the free list was strengthened, and what was held by some to be a joker eliminated. This “joker” was found in the punctuation which would have had the effect of shifting certain classes of leather from the free to the dutiable list. Tariff Board Plan Rejected. The duty on matches in bulk was increased from one-fourth of a cent to three-eighths of a cent a thousand. The amendment of Senator Works for a Tariff Commission of nine men at $10,000 a year each was rejected by a vote of 37 to 32. A long debate followed Senator Lodge’s amendment to retain the House provision on works of art. In this debate Senators Lodge and Root paid a glowing tribute to the late J. Pierpont Morgan in connection with his art collection, which eventually is to become public property. On the theory that all are works in private collections sooner or later become the property of the people or are trans ferred to public galleries. Mr. Lodge Continued on P a ge 4, Column 1. O NE of tho most interesting moving pie- ture bills ever shown in Atlanta will be at the Grand this week. And these pictures will be shown by the wonderful Kinemacolor moving picture in natural colors. Everybody may see them free—just cut out the coupon oil the first Want Ad Page. Then present it at the box office of the Grand. Go See Kioemacolor . You’lfl Enjoy Advertises to Sell Himself as Slave ‘Wanted, a Master,’ Is Novel Plea of Man Who Can Not Find Work in Rome, Ga. ROME. GA., Sept. 6.—A peculiar want ad appeared in to-day’s issue of a paper here. It read: WANTED—A master. Ablebodied man, good references, willing to work, will sell himeslf into slavery for his keep. I have got to eat. State best price. W. H. The man who put in the ad was neatly dressed and appeared to be about 28 years old. His appearance was that of a foreigner. Twice pre viously the same man had advertised for work without compensation other than food and clothes. Progressives Called Weaklings by Bryan Mooser Is Republican Who Is Asham ed of It, Declares Secretary, on Maine Stump. PORTLAND, MAINE, Sept. U. A Progressive is a Republican who is ashamed of it—and hasn’t the cour age to be a Democrat. This is the definition given at Win- terport by Secretary William J. Bryan in a speech which he made in be half of William R. Pettingall. Dem ocratic candidate for Congress. The Secretary bombarded the Third Dis trict with sueeches. Parcel Post Cuts The Cost of Living Fruit Drops From 12 1-2 to 5 Cents a Pound When Shipment Is Made Through Mails. WASHINGTON. Sept. 6.—How the parcel post did something toward re ducing the cost of living in Gallup, N. M., was related to-day in a re port to Postmaster General Burleson. The report said the price of fruit on the Gallup market dropped from 12 1-2 cents a pound to 5 cents when a parcel post shipment came in from Colorado: - Harry Orchard to Apply for Pardon Church Backs the Slayer of Gov ernor Steunenberg in Fight for Freedom. BOISE, IDAHO, Sept. „ 6.—Harry Orchard, self-confessed assassin of former Governor Frank Steunenberg and at one time sentenced to be hanged, has published the required notice in a Caldwell paper that he will apply to the Board of Pardons it the October meeting for a full and absolute pardon. The Metropolitan Church at Wau kesha, Wis., is at the head of the movement for the pardon. Dewey Declares Navy Ready for War Admiral Says He Knows Nothing of Army, but Sea Force Is All Right. PITTSFIELD, MASS., Sept. 6.— When asked to-day if he regarded the United States prepared for any un expected trouble with a foreign na tion Admiral George Dewey said: “So far as the army is concerned I am not prepared to give an opinion, but I do not hesitate to say that the navy has never been so well prepared fbr war as at the present time." Miss Eleanor Wilson Denies She’s Engaged Name of Youngest Daughter of Pres ident Linked With That of New York Man. NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—Miss Eleanor Wilson, youngest daughter of the President, is not engaged to marry Mervin Nelson, of New York. Ru mor linked their names when they were seen motoring with friends here recently. Mr. Nelson’s sister said to-day that the rumor was so unreasonable as to be absurd. Miss Jessie Wilson To Wed on Nov. 25 Ceremony to Take Place at the White House—Details Are Not Made Public. •IPS FI Names U. S. Girl World Venus ; THUGS Grand Duke Picks Modern Helen EETIil'S HI Czar’s "cousin* Is"Enthusiastic Miss Marie Tailer (on the left), whom the Grand Duke Alex ander Michaelovitch, cousin of the Czar, called “the handsomest girl 1 have met in America.” Chauffeur and Girl in Motor Car Are Assailed by Three Negro Highwaymen. GROCER LOSES DAY’S CASH Victim Pursues With Milk Bottle as Weapon, Falls and Is Cut | by Broken Glass. Two sensational holdups*, one in which three negroes fired a fusillade of shots at occupants of art automo bile and the other in which a West End grocer was knocked down and robbed of $200, occurred Saturday night. The automobile occupied by C. C. Allen, a chauffeur living at No. 378 East Hunter street, and a young wo man telephone operator at the Terminal Station, was proceeding along Garnett street when, at No. 18, the negroes stepped into the middle of the street in front of the ma chine, and, brandishing revolvers, or dered Allen to halt. Calling to his companion to get to the bottom of the car, Allen put on speed and shot into the midst of his assailants. The negroes broke away before the automobile* and began fir ing on it as it passed them. More than a dozen shots were fired, two of them hitting the rear tires of the machine. Allen brought his machine to a stop a block away, and ran back to fight the negroes. One of Trio Caught. Orm Waddell, 32 Garnett street, who had been attracted by the shots, joined Allen and followed the negroes to the Southern Railway yards, a short distance away. Here yard de tectives of the Southern Railway also took up the chase, and a few min utes later one of the negroes was cap tured under a freight car. He gave his name to the police as Joe Hunter, 33 years old, of Macon. R. I. Orchard, a West End grocer, was held up and robbed of $200 by two highwaymen in front of hi« home, 235 Lee street, Haturday night. Though they handled him roughly, the thugs did not hurt him, but a minute later, when he pursued them, he fell, broke a milk .bottle he was carrying and cut himself painfully about the eyes Orchard closed his store at Gordon and Lee street at about 11 o'clock and placed all the cash from the day's sales in a canvas sack. This he pock eted, and started home. Tackled a la Football. From the shadows in front of his home, two young men jumped at him. According to his story, one seized him around the neck, cutting off his breath, and the other, diving at his knees after the most approved man ner of football tacklers, knocked his feet from under him and hurled him to the ground. Then the man who had secured the half-Nelson on the grocer changed that hold for one even more effec tive. He sat on Orchard’s head, while his companion went through the gro cer’s pockets, finding the sack of money. Then they ran into the dark ness of an alley. Orchard gave chase, armed with an empty milk bottle. Several feet back in the alley he stumbled over a low wire fence, lost his hold on the bot tle, and fell forward. His face struck the bottle and broke it. and the shat tered glass cut him severely. From his home Orchard notified the police, and Patrolmen Gorman and Evans responded to the call. Their search was without result. Orchard ; describes his assailants as young men, I rather well dressed, and unmasked. Miss Marie Tailer, of New York, Charms Royal Russian Guest With Her Beauty. NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—The Grand Dukes of the royal House of Ro manoff, the reigning family of Rus sia, have always been noted, above all other things, for their ability to pick beauty. Therefore, the edict of the Grand Duke Alexander Mlchaelevltch. who sailed to-day after a brief visit among the smart set of Newport, car ries much weight. During his stay the Grand Duke was feted by the most select society of the East. He met every pretty woman of the New port and New York 400. He admired them all. Rut most of all he admired Mine Marie Taller, ‘he beautiful daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lee Tai ler, of New York. "She is divine,” declared his higli- Deaf and Dumb Get ,* Place in Schools Russian Prince Off 'Mid Salvo of Snipes WINDSOR, VT„ Sept. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson to-day announced the date of the marriage of her daughter, Jessie, to Franc!;' B. Sayre as November 25, and that the cere mony would take place in the White House. Other details in connection with the wedding were not given out, Class of Mutes To Be Given In struction at Ashby Building by Special Teacher. For the first time, the Atlanta pub lic school system this year will In clude a grade for the deaf and dumb children of the city. The new de partment will be installed Monday at the Ashby Street School building, with Miss Alice Gibney, of Flint, Mich., In charge. The position of teacher in this de partment was offered by wire Satur day to Miss Gibney, who promptly sent her acceptance. Officials of the school system say the new department will be perfect ed along the. lines of the best deaf and dumb s<wbols in the country. At first there will be about ten pupils. Engelicheff Declares New Yi^ Has Prettiest Girls and Most Abom inable Climate on Earth. NEW YORK, Sept. 6.—Prince Nich olas Engelicheff. for fourteen years Rusisan Consul at Chicago, sailed for Bremen on the George Washington to-day with the Princess and their small son, Prince Vladimir. The Prince and Princess, who is a na tive Chicagoan, both had severe colds. "You have the most abominable climate and the prettiest girls in the world,” said the Prince. He sneezed. "I believe Mr. Wilson will prove one of the greatest of all Presidents.” Sneeze. “You are on the eve of a great era of prosperity." Sneeze. "Once the tariff bill Is settled, things are going to boom." Sneeze. "But, oh. what a climate!” Sneeze sneeze, sneeze. CITY ENTERS FIGHT OVER ness, aftor lie had been presented to her. “Sto-i is a modern Venus—the most beautiful girl I have ever seen. Your American girls can not be sur passed anywhere in the universe.” Lest his royal relatives think he was only paying idle compliments, us befits a royal guest in a foreign coun try, the Grand Duke took back with him a great collection of photographs of American beauties to prove his words. Tile Duke was an eager col lector of photos and ulso accumu lated a number.of snapshots- of New port society girls in bathing cos tumes. Amone theta.* are several of Miss Tailer. The Duke, before sailing to-day. expressed himself as greatly pleased with his visit and declared his inten tion of returning. 2 Held For. Theft of Armory Furnishings Chairs and Carpets Stolen From Au ditorium Found in Homes of Negro Prisoners. When Andrew Young and Elisha Reynolds, negroes, were landed be hind prison bars late Saturday night the mystery of the daring theft of costly chairs and carpets from the Auditorium-Armory was cleared, ac cording to the police. The negroes were arrested by Detectives Osborn and Cowan near 15 Warren place. Chairs and carpets valued at several hundred dollars were recovered by the officers. The arrest was the culmination of a long investigation by members of the detective department of the mys terious disappearance of th<? Audi torium furnishings. Several weeks ago the guardians o6 the Auditorium began to report carpets and chairs missing. Systematic watdhing of the premises finally enabled tljleTu to trace the thefts to Young and Reynolds. George H, Hillyer Answers Charge of Mayor Woodward That Bosses Have Framed New Government for Atlanta and Intend to Rule. Record Battle Over Abolishment of Police and Fire Boards Is Ex pected—Old Factions Lined Up for Fight Like That of Year Ago. Atlanta this week enters upon a political campaign which bids fair to surpass all others of recent his tory in bitterness and political Big niflcance. The new charter for At lanta will be the main Issue ami it is predicted that before it is adopted there will be a tremendous struggle among the faction*. Leaders of the forces that are flgh; - ing for the adoption of the new char ter Saturday afternoon made lore - ful replies to Mayor James G. Wood ward's attack on that document. In interviews for The Sunday American they revealed for the fit's ■ time the argument that are to be used In support of the charter, at the same time endeavoring to re pudiate the bitter charges of Mayor Woodward. Mayor Woodward and AJdine Chambers, ex-councllmanic leader stand as the heads of the opposing forces m the coming campaign jusi as they battled as the leaders In the mayoralty campaign one year ago The issue is not so clear as it was then, but the inside politics is the same. Woodward's Support Mystsrious. Mayor Woodward, boldly aggressive himself, has little organization in hit, support. Its strength, therefore, is hard to estimate. The charter ad vocates have almost the whole Cour. oil for generals with the various boards and city department organiza tions drilled for battle array. Atlanta has seen enough of these fights before to know that this one will be both exciting and bitter. c George H. Hillyer, ex-Superior Court judge and member of the State Railroad Commission, who has been chosen chairman of the charter cam paign committee, outlined the issues: as follows: "First of all, the new charter codi fies Rnd simplifies the organic law* of our cits. That rea<*m*alone should be sufficient to cause its adoption. So much of the present charter is ob solete and superfluous. •It is not aimed at ousting Police Chief J. L. Beavers or Fire Chief W. B Cummings. I. personally, want to see them both retained. Abolishes Two Boards. "Tile charter does abolish both the Police Commission and the Board of Fire Masters. It creates a Board of Public Safety to administer the af fairs of both departments. It Is up to the people to elect Councilman who will elect hoard members who, in turn, will put the right sort of men in charge of the police and fire de partments. “Other boards are abolished and combined so as to make more effect ive official bodies “But the system of electing repre sentatives from every section and class of the city remains unchanged. That fundamental principle of on government Is left undisturbed to give even the humblest ot citizens a voice in the administration of At lanta's affairs. “The reduction of the Recorder's flne limit of $500 to $200 is separate from the main issue. You may vote for the charter and then leave the Recorder’s power as it Is or vote for the charter and the reduction. "The initiative, referendum and re call Is to be voted on in the same way. If you want that In addition to the other reforms, vote for it. If nor, vote against it.” Alderman James R. Nutting said the most pertinent facts in the char ter election are these: Each Ward Has a Say. “The departments that have been under Are are the construction and fire departments. Neither »f them ist administered by boards, mi the public understands these bodies. The fir* i