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VOL. XII. NO. 116.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1913.
Copyright. 1906.
By The Georgian Co.
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FINALS
DIXIE LEAGUE ASKS DATES OF SOUTHERN
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CONTINUOUS
BASEBALL
PLANNED
Proposition Made to Southern
Moguls in Meeting Here Taken
Under Consideration.
ELOPERS SO SURE OF PARENTAL
BLESSING THEY REFUSE TO WORRY
In 1915 there Trill be two baseball
leagues in the South—the Southern
anti the Dixie. Everything; may be
peaceful between—and again It may
not.
The Dixie League has announced
that It will have clubs in Atlanta.
Birmingham, Chattanooga, Nashville
Memphis, New Orleans. Shreveport
and Little Rock. The first six cities
named possess Southern League
franchises. Little Rock and Shreve
port have in the past been Southern
League cities, but their franchise*
were transferred.
The Dixie league is anxious to
join organized baseball. It Is for
continuous baseball In the cities
where the Southern holds franchises
It wants to be classed as an "A”
league, the same as the Southern.
Southern League Meets.
The board of directors of the.
Southern League met to-day at Hotel
Ansley. During the session of the
Kavanaugh magnates. Messrs. Pom
eroy and Hood, local attorneys, ap
peared before them as representa
tives of the Dixie League.
They asked that they be allowed
to join the Southern organization in
continuous baseball; they asked to be
allowed to rent the grounds of the
Southern League In the six cities that
that now hold Southern franchises.
Messrs. Pomeroy and Hood meant
business. They hinted that there
would be a Dixie League In 1915
whether the Southern league cared
or not. They put the magnates of
Judge Kavanaugh In such a position
that it Is not unlikely that their bid
will be heeded.
At any rate, after an hour’s oration
by Messrs. Pomeroy and Hood, the
directors of the Southern League
elected President Ka/anaugh, Char
ley Coleman and A. J. Heinemann as
a committee to consider the plea of
the newcomers and to report what
they consider advisable at the spring
meeting of the league.
Leaguj Is Divided.
For the betterment of the sched
ule the Southern League clubs were
divided Into two sections—the North
ern and Eastern.
Under the northern heading will
be Atlanta, Char -.nooga, Memphis
and Nashville. The southern division
will consist of New Orleans, Mem
phis, Montgomery and Birmingham.
It is hoped that by this re-arrange
ment Atlanta will not be forced tj
cut short many of the Saturday
games, a feature of last season’s
echedule very unpleasant to the Gate
City fans.
An amendment .o the rules of the
league was offered when one of .hi
magnets asked that a vote be taken
to see whether or not managers who
are not players be allowed to go on
the coaching lin.-- It was voted
down.
Cchedule Committee Named.
The present guarantee of {125 per
game stands, although some of the
moguls asked that it be raised to
{250.
The following schedule commi'tr,
the same as last year’s, was elected:
Judge Kavanaugh. O. B. Andrews and
C. Z. Coulson.
All eight of the clubs were repre
sented at the meetings to-day, aa
follows:
Atlanta: E. Callaway, A. J.
Ryan. Charles Nunna-lly and Mana^r
Billy Smith; Chattanooga: O. B. An
drews; New Orleans: A. J. Heine-
man and Charley Frank: Mobile: C.
Z. Coulson and Manager Brls-oa
Lord; Memphis: F P. ’oleman,
Nashville: W. O. Htrziv Montgom
ery; M. P. Wilcox and Manager Boo
by GHlks: Birmingham: R. H. Baugh
a nH \v. XJ. Smith.
Happy pair
members of
prominent
families.
Divorces Wife for
Soft Drink Habit
Because, among other things, his
wife spent his money on soda foun
tain drinks, ice cream and in other
"foolish ways," H. L. McConnell was
granted a total divorce from Mrs.
Bessie McConnell In Judge Ellis’ court
Monday.
McConnell charged that he gave his
wife all of the salary he received as
baggagemaster at the Southern Rail
way Company. Mrs. McConnell de
nied the charges McConnell ex
pressed a willingness to provide for
and educate .lh& children.
Awaiting “parental blessings,” Mr
and Mrs. L. G. Barnes, a well-known
young couple of Calhoun, Ga., who
eloped to Atlanta Saturday night and
were married, were confident Monday
they would be forgiven and were so
happy they refused to worry about it.
The blessings haven't arrived as yeL
The happy young pair will reside at
No. 121 Capitol avenue.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. G. P. Stone at his residence.
No. 354 Luclde street, immediately
after the couple arrived In Atlanta.
‘‘Believe me, I was scared,” said the
bridegroom, who is but 19 years old
“I wasn’t,” Interposed the bride, to
aphold the honor of their newly-
established wedlock. Mrs. Barnes
City Council Passey
Bill Fixing New Taxi
Rates For Atlanta
The new ordinance fixing a new
scale for taxicab rates was unani
mously adopted by Council Monday
afternoon. The new rate calls for
$3.50 for the first hour’s service, and
$3.00 per hour thereafter.
Owing to a petition submitted by
Peachtree and Whitehall street mer
chants, Council deferred action on
the automobile parking ordinance
which forbids the parking of ma
chines in downdown districts for
more than 30 minutes was postponed
until after the holidays.
Councilman Thomas I. Lynch, of
the Second Ward, tendered his res
ignation at the meeting, announcing
that he had moved from his district.
It is probable that Tames L. McCord
will secure the position left by Mr.
Lynch.
NEW YORK, Dec. id.—When the
super-dreadnought Wyoming docked
this afternoon at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, her commc.ndcr, Captain F. L.
Chapin, waremoved in a dying con
dition from Bright’s disease and
placed in the naval hospital*
Mrs. L. G.
Barnes, who
was Miss Clara
Mae Littlefield,
of Calhoun, Ga.
Bride 16, groom
19. His parents
thought him
too young to
marry.
Cincinnati Cancels Sale But
Ebbets Maintains Shortstop
Is Brooklyn Player Now.
—
CINCINNATI, Dec. 15.—The direc
tors of the Cincinnati baseball club
j this afternoon canceled the $25,000
deal by which Shortstop Joe Tinker
was sold to the Brooklyn club.
The directors derided that players
and not cash were wanted in ex
change for Tinker, and Immediately
after voting on the cancellation of
the cash deal they wired Charles H.
Ebbets, president of the Brooklyn
club, stating that they would con
sider a new offer for Tinker If it In
volved some Brooklyn players.
The Cincinnati directors wanted
in exchange for Tinker either Pitch
ers Yingllng or Ragon afid either
Outfielder Moran or Stengel They
first stated they wanted either Pitch
er Nap Rucker or Outfielder Zach
Wheat, but Garry Herrmann, presi
dent of the club, told them there was
no chance for such a deal.
The acquisition of Herzog and
Hartley, of the Giants, in exchange
for Bescher was ratified.
Ebbets Says He Will
Fight to Keep Tinker.
new YORK, Dec. 15.—“Under the
baseball laws. Joe Tinker Is the legal
property of the Brooklyn club, and I
Intend to keep him at any cost,” was
the retort made this afternoon by
President Charles H. Ebbets, of the
Brooklyn club to the action of the
Cincinnati club In cancelling the deal
made Friday whereby, for *25,000,
Tinker was sold to Brooklyn.
“President Herrmann, of the Cin
cinnati club, and myself entered Into
the contract in good faith,” continued
Ebbets. "He was the representative
of the Cincinnati club, and a a such,
under baseball laws—and every other
law, too—his acts are binding. He
sold Tinker to me for $25,000, and 1
intend to keep him, If T have to go
to the courts to gain my end."
Tinker Wants to
Play With the Cubs.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—”1 will not
join any club now until Chicago has
been given a chance to hid for my
services.” said Joe Tinker this after
noon on being apprised of the action
of the Cincinnati directors with re
gard to Manager Ebbets' offer for the
shortstop, "I consider the deal open
and also that Chicago has a right to
bid if It desires. I am anxious to
play for Chicago again. Murphy
must be given a square deal in the
matter.”
“My reserve list goes forward by
mail to Cincinnati to-night,” said
(‘harles W. Murphy, owner of the
Chicago Cubs, when informed this
afternoon that the deal with Brook
lyn for Shortstop Joe Tinker had ap
parently fallen through. ”1 will make
a bid for Tinker's service, but am
going to offer Cincinnati some play
ers, as they seem to want them
rather than money.”
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.—The Re-
publican National Committee at its
meeting here to-morrow promises to
declare by a small majority in favor
of calling a special convention ac
cording to Charles P. Warren, of
Michigan, chairman of the law com
mittee of the national body. Chair
man Warren to-day declared that this
action was forecasted by an unoffi
cial canvas of the committee.
CAMBRIDGE, Dec. 15.—Harvard
football authorities said to-day that
they had received a communication
from the University of Michigan au
thorities offering October 15 as the
only open date Michigan has for a
game next season. Frederick W.
Moore, graduate treasurer of Harvard
athletics, said to-day that this date
probably would b£ accepted.
SCORED BY
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State’s Evidence in Frank Case Is
Called Most Flimsy That Ever
Convicted a Man.
WASHINGTON. Deo. 15.—Becau.s
of his serious physical condition, |
President Wilson to-day pardoned J.
j C. Roberts, who pleaded guilty at t
Louisville to counterfeiting Mexican
i bank notes. Roberts was sentenced |
1 September 13, 1909, to six years in the
penitentiary and a fine of $30.
MEXICO.CITY, Dec. 15.—Yaqui In
dians from Sinaloa have gone on the
war path in Lower California, ac-
cording to reports received to-day. inn
Two towns have been captured and Managers Arrested and Put Un-
looted. The first advices received I
w. r e e k c.°: e "“C" V^r^tedTh/, der $300 Bond Each as Climax
p«c.nt b attack^ bae " de, ” t,d m th * ir j of Two Weeks’ Probe.
Replying to the savage atacks that
had been mado by Reuben Arnold
upon his methods of conducting the
investigation into the Mary Phagan
murder mystery, Solicitor General
Hugh M. Dorsey Monday, in the pres
ence of the Supreme Court, defied the
attorneys of Leo M. Frank and an
nounced that he not only had r.o
apology to make for rny of his ac
tions but that he would repeat them
if he had the investigation to conduct
over again.
"They say that I have summoned
witnesses contra to law,” he de
clared, "but I would n ’ hesitate to
do it again if similar circumstances
arose. They are so obsessed with the
idea that something was wrong in the
way we interrogated the witnesses
that they have set down I.i black and
white that I made Minola McKnight
make her second affidavit up there ir.
my office.
“As a mater of fact, it was at the
police departmert. I neither coun
seled for nor a^inst it. If I could
not help the detectives solve the mys
tery, I certainly was not going to
place obstacles In their path.”
Dorsey countered on the charges
made by the defense w'hen he char- |
acterized Arnold’s argument as i
"abounding in misquotation and mis
representation." And he added: "It
does not stop there. Here in this
brief there is the most elaborate
misstatement of facts one '■’ould find
in a long search.
Startling New Theory.
“I am going to ask the privilege to
file a supplemental brief In order to
call the attention of your honors to
some of the most glaring examples.”
The Solicitor voiced a startling am
plification of his theory of the mur
der before he progressed far In his
argument against the Judges of the
Supreme Court granting Frank a new-
trial He had suggested during the
trial that the fact that Frank ap
peared .startled when Mrs. Arthur
White came suddenly upon him as he
stood before the safe In his office
was an indication of his guilt.
To the Supreme Court ho ventured
the opinion that Frank at that mo
ment was taking Mary' Phagan’s pay
envelope out of the box in the safe
with the intention of destroying It,
and that he was thrown into a panic
by the sound of Mrs. White’s voice as
he was doing this.
"When Frank was standing there
at the safe he was planning to get
and destroy the envelope so that no
one in the world ever would find it,”
said the Solicitor.
Asked About Pay Envelope.
"The only suggestion that he ever
made to the detectives in an apparent
effort to help them in the solution of
the mystery —save his evident at
tempts to throw suspicion on Lee,
Conley and Gantt—was his query to
the officers: Have you found the pay
envelope?*
"We contend that he had gone back
to the metal room and had attacked
the little girl and foully had mur
dered her, and then had gone back to
his office and opened the safe to ab
stract and destroy the pay envelope
which Mary had come to the factory
to get. That’s why he was startled
"We contend that he had had his
lustful eyes on the girl for weeks be
fore. We have the background of
bad character. Twenty of the State’s
witnesses testified to that. This was
the underlying cause of the whole
tragedy and its explanation.
"He said when he went to Identify
the girl that he did not know her
and he had to go to his bouks to look
up whether he had paid her or not.
He thought he had the Saturday be
fore. Yet on Monday he told the de
tectives that Gantt knew Mary Pna-
gan w-ell and was an intimate friend
of hers.
"How did h» know this If ho did
Continued on Page 7, Column 4.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—Prince Hanish,
head of the sun oult, found guilty
of sending obscene matter by express
from one State to another was to-day
sentenced bv Federal Judge Mack to
six month* in the house of correction
and a fine of $2,500.
ROME. GA., Dec*. 15.—Frank B
Wood, aged 45, was knoo. -d from a
stepL.dder by a flying belt and killed
this afternoon at the Rome Furniture
Factory. Wood was repairing the
belt on a moving pulley wnen it oroke
and struck him in the face. He fell,
striking headforemost on a concrete
floor, dying of concusion of the brain
en route to hospital.
COVINGTON, Dec. 13—A promi
nent white woman of StarrsviHe, 5
miles from Covington, was choked
this afternoon and rendered uncon
scious. • Her assailant is unknown.
Sheriff Hay and a nack of dogs have
gone to the scene with a large num
ber of Covington people. Feeling is
high.
EL PASO, TEXAS, Dec. 15.—A
warning to General Villa that he will
the loss of lives and destruction of
property of all foreign residents of
Chinuahua was oontained in a mes
sage from the Secretary of State’s
office which was taken to Chihuahua
to-day by Felix Sommerfeldt, courier
for the United States.
RACING
RESULTS
AT CHARLESTON.
FIRST- Six furlongs: Pluvious, 113
(Ward), 9-2, 8-5. 3-5. won; Flying
Yankee, 115 (Rightmeier), 3-1, 3-5,
out, second: Willis, 114 (Skirvln),
12-1, 4-1, 8-5, third. Time, 1:16 4-5.
Eaton, Schaller, Charles Cannell, Rag
man, Belfast, Beverstein and Mike
Cohen also ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Agnler,
110 (Neander), 3, 9-10, 2-5, won;
Kiva, 110 (MoTaggart), 8-5, 4-5, 7-20,
second; Laura, 100 (Martin), 10, 7-2,
6-5, third. Time, 1:18 3-5. Tomboy,
Tom Holland, Puck, Berkley also ran.
THIRD—Mile and 20 yards: Joe
Dlebold, 108 (Goose). 13-5, 7-5, 3-5,
won; Pardner, .12 (Deronde), 4, 6-5,
2-5, second; Dr. Waldo Briggs. Ilf
(Turner). 7, 5-2. 1, third. Time,
1:43 3-5. Counterpart, StarbottJ
Harry Lauder, L. II. Adair also ran
FOURTH —F*i ve and one-naif fur
longs: Lady Lightning, 105 (Bux
ton), 8, 3, 7, won; Floral Park, 112
v>, 6. 2. 1 second; BhftfWOOd,
107 (Byrne). 7. 11-6, 3-5, third. Time
1:08 3-6 Ella Bryson also ran. Carl
ton G. fell.
FIFTH RACE—Mile and eighth:
Master Jim, 104 (Deronde), 11-5,
9-10, 2-5, won; Outlan, 104 (McTag-
gart), 5-2, 9-10, 2-5, second; Spindle,
109 (Goose), 18-5, 7-5, 7-10, thirl.
Time. 1:67 2-5. Pierre Dumas, Hal-
deman, L. M. Eckert, leachsand.
Kiddy Lee also.
SIXTH—Mile: Chartler, 119
(Goose), 14-5, 11-10, 11-20. won; Tod
dling, 108 (Ward), 4, 8-5. 7-10, sec
ond; Camel. 116 (Skirvin), 25. 8. 4.
third. Time 1:43 4-5. Chemulpo,
Fairy Godmother, Michael Angelo.
Gerrard also ran.
AT JUAREZ.
FIRST—Six furlongs: Frazzle, 100
(Taplin). 3. 1, 1-2, won; Robert, 110
(Claver), 5, 8-5, 4-5. second. Garden
of Allah 107 (Cross), 2, 7-10, 2-5,
third. Time 1:17 2-5. Durin, Crex.
Gold Dusk, Brack Bonta, Topnot. also
ran.
SECOND—Six furlongs: Peter
Grimm. 107 (Groth), 1, 1-2. 1-4, won;
Garter, 107 (Estep). 3. 1, 1-2, second.
Amity, 107 (Kitsrhbaumi, 3, 1, 1-2,
third. Time. 1:16 2-5. Attica. Re
lent. Pretty Dale, Strange Girl, San
bernito, New' Capital, Lady Adelaide
also ran.
THIRD—Five and one-half fur
longs: Augustus Heinze, 105 ( Klrsch-
baum). 4. 3-2, 7-10, won; Old Gotch.
105 (Ramsy), 3, 1. 1-2, second; Tran
sact, 104 (Benton), 8, 3. 3-2. third.
Time 1:07 4-5. Society Bird, Mystic
Boy. Dalston, Stevesta. Hinata. Colo
nel McDougall also ran.
Race Entries on Page 2.
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Ag the culmination of a secret ln-
I vestigation carried on for two we*k*
detectives, led by Chief Lanford In
person, raided seven locker clubs
late Monday afternoon and arrested
the managers on charges of selling
liquor to non-members.
The clubs and their managers arei
The Theatrical Club. No. 67 1-2
North Forsyth street, H. R. Smith,
manager; the Metropolitan Club, For
syth and Mitchell streets. A. P. Smith,
manager; the T. M. A.. In Marietta
street. C. A. Morris, manager; the
Central Club, No. 9 1-2 North For
syth street. C. H. Butts, manager;
the Owls Club, in the Thrower build
ing, William Wolpert, manager; th*
Beavers' Club, No. 67 1-2 Hunter
street, H. P. Pitts, manager.
A case was also made against th«
Eagles Club, Viaduct place, Samuel
Green, manager, and the arrest of
Green is expected soon.
Chief I^anford after the raids d«>-
dared that during the previous In-*
vestigation from two to three viola*
tlons had been proven against the
clubs raided.
In some cases It was declred the
1 violations had been flagrant. The
; managers of the clubs were taken to
the police station and held under
bonds of $300 each. In every in-
I stance the bond was forthcoming Im-
| mediately and the men we^e re-
I leased.
The Investigation by the detectives,
it became known Monday, had pen
etrated every club in the city. Every
effort had been made to ascertain
whether the various clubs were in
clined to sell liquor to non-members
and out of the entire number only th*
seven raided were found guilty.
154-Game Schedule
Likely In 1914 For
Southern League
An interesting development to At
lanta fans came at the meeting o4
the moguls of the Southern Base
ball Association Monday afternoon
when the possibility of a 164-game
schedule was seriously discussed.
Sentiment seemed to be pretty well
divided as to whether the longer
schedule or that of 140 game* as at
present, was the better. It w'aa
finally decided to instruct the sched
ule committee to prepare two sched-
ules—one for 154 games and the oth*
er for 140, with a recommendatlo'i
to the league as to which It consid
ered better.
The longer schedule wifi carry the
baseball season into the last week in
September, as there was not talk of
on earlier start than April 15
Judge Kavanaugh, of Little Rock,
Ark., presided and the moguls had
not yet reached the question of
whether Little Rock should get MonU
gomery's berth.
Woman Is Held on
Swindling Charge
Mrs. G. Q. Aiken, residing for th*
past several weeks at No. 118 Capitol
avenue, was arrested Monday after*
noon on a charge of obtaining monejr
under false pretenses made agalnM
her in Cincinnati. She had been em-
ployed by a wholesale firm here.
She said she came to Atlanta wltU
her husband and little daughter but
had been deserted by them. She de
nied knowledge of the Cincinnati
crime with which she is chargwf