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VOL. XL NO. 41.
IQ ASK JAIL
FOR JOHN 0.
FOR LAW
EVASION
Attorney Calls Oil Magnates in
Contempt for Disobeying the
Dissolution Order.
TO REQUEST RECEIVER FOR
FOUR STANDARD CONCERNS
Independent Dealers Will Be
Assured of a Square Deal
Then, He Says.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—A report
based on apparently authentic infor
mation was current here today that the
department of justice will reopen the
entire Standard Oil case and make a
complete investigation of the charge
that the oil trust has violated the man
date of the United States supreme court
ordering its dissolution.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20.—The arrest
of John D. Rockefeller and his asso
ciates in the old Standard Oil Company
for contempt of court and the appoint
ment of a Federal receiver for each of
the former Standard subsidiaries may
follow the disclosures being brought out
in the hearing 'of the Standard Oil-
Waters-Pierce suit, now going on be
fore Commissioner A. L. Jacobs.
This course of procedure was threat
ened today by one of counsel tor the
Waters-Pierce Company, which is being
sued because it refused to recognize
the election as directors of men whom
it charges represented the old Standard
crowd, seeking by this method to re
gain control of the company.
"It is astonishing that the govern
ment officials could be so easily taken
in a- to believe there ever was such a
tning as a dissolution,” said this at
torney “Every bit of evidence so far
vi"duced has shown that in every one
"f the old subsidiaries of the Standard
Rockefeller and his associates still own
a controlling interest, and that not one
of the subsidiaries has tried in any
"■ay to increase the of Its busi
ness. contenting itself with doing busi
ness in the same territory in which it
I worked before the dissolution order
'ante from the supreme court.
Dissolution Only
Change of Names.
"The only change that the dissolution
order brought about was the resigna
| tion of some of the old directors of
■ the subsidiaries and the immediate
filling of their places by men chosen
by Rockefeller and his associates.
'Not only has the Standard evaded
■ i' < <>urt ruling as regards dissolution,
it began evading just as soon as
the Federal action was begun. The
’fate of Texas began action against the
Security and Corsicana Oil Companies,
operating in that state. When the
courts finally ordered that the concerns
fie dissolved, it was found these com
i Panles no longer existed—that almost
''mediately upon the filing of the suit
name was changed to John C.
> Co. and later to the Magnolia
Petrok urn Company.
Before we have finished examining
'finesses in this case, we intend to
s fiow. through the testimony of wit
■""■•'e. Bnrl the records of the different
’diary companies, that the dissoht
" tkt was never carried out. With
tacts in out possession, we will
'•'sent them to the court and ask. as
facts warrant, for the jailing for
'tuenipt of Rockefeller and his asso
-I,ps and the appointment of a re
-1 so that the independent oil deal
!imy be assured of a square deal."
LAD who slew man in
CHURCH ROW IS GUILTY
' LNLsVille GA., Sept. 20. Emmett
se ll. the iad who shot and killed
•h. .Jones upper Hall county, on
-'day of last week, in a quarrel over
L’onship in Wahoo church, was found
murder by a jury in Hall su*
1 a recommendation for
WaK made, which gives Stargell a
’* in the penitentiary. The jdry
’“lated only about three hours.
p OISON OF RATTLESNAKE
MAY BE EPILEPSY CURE
• fIAMENTO. CAL., Sept 20.
oake poi-oii. as a cure of epilep
fieing investigated at the state
bp'Pital. The poison costs $1
l pt " drop.
Mrs. Melissic Haney.
■ mtral of Mrs. Mclissie Haney,
who died yesterday . was held
•sMence. 61 Powell stre< this
'r.tertr.ent wa in •; • • mwood
•"’ho is survived by two sons.
' ana i b Haney.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Resists.
Nat Goodwin Doomed
To Be a Life Cripple;
May Never Act Again
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Injury Received From Boat on
Beach Leaves Permanent
Mark.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20. -Nat C.
Goodwin, comedian, who hae delighted ;
thousands of audiences, probably will I
never again appear before the foot
i lights. Physicians declare be will be a
I cripple for life as the result of the frac
t ture of his pelvic bone, which happened
[August 15 while Goodwin was boating |
| in the Pacific.
| To carry out a whim of Miss More- .
land, an actress to whom h'e was re - ]
I ported engaged, lie ventured into dan - ■
I geror.s waters in a small craft. A huge
| breaker upset the skiff nnd dashed j
I Goodwin against the rocks.
CARS ALL READY”tO
I LINE UP FOR GREAT
DOUBLE CUP EVENT
1 MILWAUKEE \VIS„ Sept. 20 At,
] noon today thirteen cars will be sent •
away in the two races that mark the I
i opening of the three-day automobile i
races here. The two races will be run'
; simultaneously over the Wauwa Toas •
| course and will serve as the curtain-'
I raiser for the Vanderbilt cup and the
Grand Prix races that are to be tin to
morrow and Monday.
The races today are the Wisconsin
challenge cup, with five light ears en-
I tered, and the Pabst trophy race with
! eight cars of heavier ealibe’.
1 I The distance in the Wisconsin race
■I is 174.5 miles or 20 laps, and tn the
' j Pabst race 218.12 miles or 25 laps.
Drivers are stiil dubious of making
• fast time over the course, the turns
particularly being in had shape.
Wisconsin Challenge Cup.
"1 The entrants are:
I No. Car. Driver.
J 1. Ford Frank Kulick
l 2. Mason Pete Snyder
;| 3. Mason Geo. Mason
• i 4. E.-M.-F. John Heber
I 5. MasonH. Endicott
Pabst Trophy.
• 11. Casejoe Nilkreat
j 12. BergdollA. Monson
: 14. MercerS. Wishart
15. FalcarH. Hastings
, 16. Masonßoberts
, 17. MercerEd Pullen
' 18. FalcarH. Trussell I
! 19. MercerH. Hughes
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WOMAN HELD AS AN
EMBEZZLER PUTS ALL
• ONUS ON HER SPOUSE
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ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20. —A touching
. story of a husband’s penchant for bor
s rowing money and neglecting to pay it,
and the consequent misfortune that came
to his family, was told in the prisoner's
1 cage of the court of criminal correction
1 by Mrs Mamie O’Malley. 25 years old,
who is charged with embezzlement as an
indirect result, she says, of her hus
band’s carelessness.
Clad in a stylishly tailored tan suit,
Mrs. O’Malley entered a plea of not guil
ty when arraigned
”1 was married five years ago." she
said to a reporter. ‘‘Shortly after my
I marriage I found out I was the wife of a
j man who had an unfortunate habit of
i ' borrowing money whenever be felt he
- needed, and then getting into difficulty
f trying to pay is. He got a position and
lost it when his wages were garnisheed
by his creditors."
1 She said she separated from her hus
band and secured a position with a
I brokerage firm. She did good work and
, was asked to go on the road. She con
; sented and was given $25 as first ex
. pense money. Then she sought her hus
band and asked his advice. He did not
like the idea of her traveling and she
' agreed not to go on the road. Then he
5 borrowed the $25 and failed to pay it
5 back. The brokerage firm hart her ar-
■ rested as a result.
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1 STUD POKER GOES
INTO THE DISCARD;
MEN PLAY CROQUET
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WEST ALTON. MO.. Sept 20.—A
wave of reform has struck this little
town. For several yea’s it has not
. | been know n a* a Puritan community,
j but recently it has reformed , and now
. the residents are playing croquet'in
’ stead of stud poker and drinking soft
drinks Instead of corn Juice.
Emil 17. Hatfield has closed his sa
loon and instead he has put up a place
, I for ice etearn and soft drinks. The vll- ;
j lage has actually gone crazy over cro-'
Iquet. At the side of what was forme iy
Hatfield's saloon has been installed a
m croquet field, which has been equipped
j with coal oil lamps. These burn the
i ; greater part of the night while the reel- ■
I | dents are amusing themselves with I
] | shots at the w icket. 1
NORTH GEORGIA’S NEW
RAILROAD WILL EXTEND
FROM HALL TO GORDON
| GAINESVILLE. GA.. Sept. 20.—j
i Messrs'. Craig Arnold and G. R Glenn,.
.'of Dahlonega: William H. Withers. of
• Atlanta: IL H. Dean. M. <’. Blown, i
John H. Mosch, John E. Redwine.]
' jHa vne p: Imoiir and W. X. Roper, of j
this <dty. are the incorporators of a new |
j railroad to lit known as the Georgia
' North ■ • ste n Railway Company.
Tills new road will begin at Gaines-
! ville as its southern terminus and ex-,
I tend through Hall. Dawson and Pick-
■ 1 ens counties and into Gordorl county.
with <'al ’oun. on rhe Louisville and
, Na’livi ■ I 'i! eao. as i’s no lirumm
terminus Toe road will be It") miles
|in length. |
ATLANTA, GA.. FID DA Y. SEPTEM BER 20. 1912.
THHEATEHIO
JILL OfflEO
OF SLAV Efl
Olio SCIO
Judge Orders Protection for the
State Witnesses in Rosen
i
thal Murder Case.
BECKER'S PRESS AGENT
ASKED TO LEAVE TOWN
! Precautions Taken to Prevent
; Interference With Men Re
lied on for Testimony.
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NEW YORK. Sept. 20.—As a result I
of tin tats made against witnesses for
the state in the Rosenthal case the dis
trict attorney s office will ask Judge ’
Goff so: a court order to enforce pro- ‘
tection of persons whose testimony is i
deemed necessary for the conviction of |
Lieutenant Charles Becker.
Louis Shapiro, driver of the gray au- |
| tomobile in which the Rosenthal assas-j
sins escaped after the killing, has been 1
threatened with deato.
Max Margolies, a former press agent
foi Becker, is said to have been offered
inducements to leave New York.
PERJURY ADMITTED
IN STRANGE SLAYING
TRIAL AT GADSDEN
I GADSDEN, ALA.. Sept. 20— The de
tense will probably complete its testimony
; In the Wiley Goforth case today.
The most sensational feature of ijie
trial was the testimony of Zelia Cohelia.
sweetheart of Joe Saulsberry. Goforth’s
alleged partner in crime, who was con
victed and sentenced to a life term. She
1 said that on the night of the murder
i the two boys. Goforth and Saulsberry, '
: came to her house and that they sat in I
a room ,and talked about the murder.
She said Saulsberry stated that he struck
‘‘Old Man" Shentzen, the German miner,
over the head with a bolt, and that when
he fell. Goforth rushed upon him and
almost cut off his head with a long dirk.
She said Goforth showed her the dirk and
laid it on the table. It was covered with
blood. Goforth's hands and arms were I
bloody up to the elbows. Saulsberry
had only a little blood on his fingers.
Saulsberry robbed the man and got $95.
When asked why she had not told this
story to the jury in the trial of Sauls
berry. she said that relatives of the de
fendant told her that if she ever told it
she would be killed before she could get
out of the court room.
She also said that Attorney Culli, for
the defense, had told her that if she re
peated the story she would be convicted
of perjury because she had given a dif
ferent version of the affair before the
grand jury.
HANNEMAN BAKERY IS
CALLED INSANITARY;
IS ORDERED CLOSED
Declaring his bakery to be in a dirty
and insanitary condition, Health In
spector Wasser made a case, against
Preston J. Hannernan, 113 Peachtree
street, and ordered the bakery closed
until it was thoroughly cleaned.
In the recorder’s court yesterday
Hannernan was fined $25.75
Inspector Wasser said 1 today he had
warned a number of bakers and butch
ers that they would have to make their
establishments more sanitary, and that
he would make cases against all who
do nor. comply with the law.
YOUNG PLANTERS DIE IN
DUEL OVER LAND DEAL
GUEYDAN. LA., Sept. 20. In a duel
over a realty deal. O’Neil Leßlanc and
William Yassit. two young planters.
! shot each other to death early today
' DIRIGIBLE BALLOON WRECKED.
LONDON, Sept. 20. —The devise diri-t
I gible balloon Gamma was wrecked near]
: here while returning from Hardwir ke, I
the army maneuver camp. Tills was to ;
I have been the last flight in the army '
i maneuvers, which suddenly ended Wed-'
1 nesday night.
22.000 TO STRIKE IN SPAIN.
• MADRID, Sept. 20. Negotiations tel
! avert a strike of 22.001) men employ ed I
ion the railroads in Catalonia, having I
| proved futile, today they were aban-j
I doned and the government began to I
• t >k> military piecautions to meet any
I acts of violence.
Miss Gertrude Martin.
Th* funeral of Mlsr Gertrude Martin.
;35 years eld. who died ? < storda\. was
| held at Poole’s chapel at 2 oTlock
j Mis* Martin died at a Hanitariuin at vl
(o’clock yesterday afternoon.
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Dainty Feet I hat Never Lag at Ball Are Weary Now
"WAITRESSING" TIRES “BUDS”
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‘How It Feels To Be a Waitress’
Eloquently Told by Society
Girl Who Now Knows.
"Hun does it fe d to be it waitress .’" I
The debutante, who had for two hours
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Mmß' A' KncT'
been one of a scurrying throng of so- ;
I ciety buds serving at the tables of the
Case de Debutante in the old Capital
City club building, cast an eloquent
look around her
It was shortly after 2 o'clock, the
hour when the luncheon time i- at an
end for the day. A crash of china
catne from the adjoining room, wherein
by skillful African hands the dish
washing process was being carried on.
Here and there in the dining room sat I
a belated customer, engaged in talk
ing to his fair waitress rather than in [
finishing the delicious meal for which 1
he supposedly had come to the restau
rant. The other waitresses, numbering
among them some of the prettiest and
most charming of Atlanta's daughters,
sat around the dining room or grouped
in little clusters in the corners, telling
each other whom they had served and
what this customer and that one had
said.
No waitress in a down-town restau
rant who had been on her fee.,t all the
long day could have shown more real
pleasure at the relaxation that came
when the luncheon time was over.
Dainty feet that never tired at the
long hours in the ball room were ready
now for rest, and there was only joy
that the meals had been served for
the day and that Joseph Habersham
chapter of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution would not require their
services until next day.
The debutante who was asked how it
felt to be a waitress seemed to think
that her look around the room and
the sights that it pointed out had been
sufficient to satisfy any queries. But
the questioner waited.
"How does it feel?” she said again.
"Why it feels like- like—why. just like
I this!” And she dropped into the rtear
; e-t chair The evident pleasure at
; being ensconced tn a comfortable chair
toid the story plainer than words could
have expressed, i
Out-of-town visitors aided the wait
oojses today. Mrs. Kelton Jones, of
Cartersville. assisted Mr-. T. J. Ripley
| and Mrs. John Smith in looking after
1 the chaperoning end of the luncheon.
Miss Regina Rambo, of Marietta, serv
ed with the Atlanta waitresses, telling
them that they could not know what
real work was until they had tried to
! pin badges on some eight or nine hun
i dred Confederate veterans, as the Ma
rietta girls had done at the recent re-
! union.
Misses Lucy,Stockard, Helen Dvk<-s
l-'rane* ■ Ah'let Lama and Louis,. Hip
j ley and Tommi* and Marion Perdue
(were among lite waitresses of •the day.
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Miss Lucy Stockni'il. one of the pretty society girl waitresses
ni the old Capital City chib.
Caterer Holds Plate Glass Keeps Out Insects
WHAT IS A SCREEN DOOR?
What is a st-reen?
This question today Is puzzling city
officials. Tht puzzle grows out of ths
city health law requiring screens in
restaurants, fruit stores and other such
places. Peter Brown, Greek proprietor
of the Arcade restaurant. 38 Peachtree
street, raised the question and has set
the wise ones guessing.
Brown holds that plate glass doors
are screens—better even than wire,
screens and hence has been operating
his Peachtree restaurant without the
customary wire screens. The city ordi
nance stipulates that "screens shall be
provided to keep out flies and other
insects.” There's no provision as to
the kind of screens to be used
Brown says the dictionary describes
a screen as a "shield.” and that, there
fore, plate glass serves the purpose
Dr. Van Dyke's View Different.
The (list to take issue witli Brown's
construction of the law was Dr trthur
H. Van Dyke, chairman of the" sanitary
committee of trie city council and
member of the board of health. Dr.
Van Dyke construes the law on screens |
I to mean wire screens pure and simple, j
ami accordingly instructed Health In
spector Wasser to make a case against
Brow n.
And make a case against him every
day his place is w ithout screens, too. I
I He can't defy the law this way.” added
1 Dr. Van Dyke.
When Inspector Wasser informed
Brown he would have to make a case
against him, the restaurant man agri d
to removi the plate glass and substi
tute wire screens rather than to face a
long fight in the court to test the point.
As he was »> persistent for a time,
however, Dr Van Dyke insisted that the
case be made, and this was done. In
tin meantime. Brown substituted wire
screens, and they are now' doing tegu
lar duty.
When Brown was arraigned for trial
yesterday afternoon in police court. In
specto Warner -xplained the whole
simalion to Recorder Pro Tern Pres
ton and said that Brown had removed
■the plate glass within an hour and a
half after being notified.
Brown Is Dismissed.
The inspector also explained that
after making the case he consulted City
Attorney Mayson and asked him for a
ruling on the screen law, as to it#
meaning. The city attorney held that
wire, cloth or anything that would keep
out flies would be construed as a
screen, but said he hardly thought plate
glass doors would come under tha.t
head.
Judge Preston said Brown had done
all that any person could do by remov
ing the plate glass and substituting
w ire screens, and dismissed the case.
Asked by the inspector for his rul
ing on the law, Judge Preston also held
that plate glass doesn’t exactly fit the
meaning of the law, although be ad
mitted that literally plate glass is a
screen and a good one at that.
His Definition of a Screen.
Judge Preston said the law evident
ly contemplated a screen with ventila
tion, but. a close perusal of the ordi
i nance failed to reveal any reference
I whatever to ventilation.
Brown's contention as to plate glass
doors is based mainly on the idea that
such doors measure up to all require
ments of the law -keeping out flies and
j also oilier Insects, He say s wire screens
keep out files, hut let in other insects
that might be dangerous to health.
"A wire screen." he argues, "might
keep out a fly carrying a deadly germ
and at the same time admit a mosquito
to bite a customer and maybe kill him."
I nder the official ruling, however, the
wire screen will continue to flourish.
1,134 TURKS AND ARABS
BURIED AFTER BATTLE
ROME. Sept 20 -More than 1.100
, Turks and Arabs of General Enver Bey's
force were killed in battle with Italians
a: Derna. in Tripoli, on September 17.
General Be, oil. the Italian commander
in making formal report of the victory
to the war office today stated that (Ims
i far 1,134 of thee ennij had been buried.
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2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p^ Rfe °
WOMEIi Nil
1000-MILE
MCE NITI
SLEUTHS
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Captured After Three Months
Pursuit by Pinkertons, They
Obtain Freedom.
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i CHARGED WITH $1,500
JEWEL THEFT HERE
j Trailed to White Plains. N. Y„
Magistrate There Unexpect
edly Releases Them.
Captured after a three months eha«*
through a half dozen states, marked
.by a spectacular automobile escape.
] and frustrated time and again by the
j cleverness of the quarry, two women,
i Loraine Belmont and Alice Smith, ac
. ruwd of the theft of diamonds worth
$1,600 from the Durham Brothers Jew
elry Company at 20 Edge wood avenue,
succeeded in eluding the Pinkertons
again today by convincing the magis
trate at White Plains. N. Y.. that there
was not sufficient evidence against
them.
This unexpected turn, coming Just as
Deputy Sheriff George Broadnax and
; Detective Sam Webb were starting for
(the prisoners, astounded the Pinkerton
i office here, which has been manipuiat-
I ing the chase, and a telegram instruct
, ing rearrest of the women was dis-
I patched immediately.
How the Swindle
Here Was Worked.
The fletectivea declared that Broadnax
j two weeks ago secured the necessary
j papers and. with Governor Brown’s sig -
nature attached to them, took them tc
New York, where Governor Dix had
agreed to the arrest of the two wonten.
. They were astonished that the women
should have been freed before the. At
lanta man arrived to give evidence
The swindling of the Durham com
pany took place on June 20. when, ac
cording to the detectives, the two wom
en disappeared with $1,500 worth oT
Jewels which they had secured on the
payment of $135 in cash after securing
the recommendation of a prominent
t A tiantan.
The women Were accompanied by
two brothers. Saur and Jack Herman
who posed as their husbands. The
Pinkertons got on the trail at once and
through baggage checks traced the
quartet to Greenville, N. C., thence to
Richmond and Norfolk There the four
| had evidently taken the boat to New
! York and the detectives hurried to
I Manhattan, where the qaarry was final-
I ly located in a boarding house run by
Jack Herman.
Escape in Auto < > /
As Officers Gather.
A squad of detectives surrounded
the Herman place rhe night the cap
ture was to be made, but the pursued
dashed into a waiting automobile Just
before the Pinks got to the house artrt
made their escape after a wild ride
through the streets of New York.
Through one of the underworld in the
tenderloin of New York the detectives
finally learned that the two women and
the men had gone to White Plains and
last night all four were, arrested. The
Pinkertons here were notified to have
the officers call and Broadnax and
Webb were all ready to start this
morning.
Then this surprising telegram ar
rived :
Don’t send officers; White Plains
magistrate released prisoners, declar
ing evidence insufficient."
BRIDE BLAMES MEMORY
FOR HUSBAND’S ABSENCE
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20.—Mrs. Anna
Hille, a bride of a year, reporting to
the police the unexplained absence from
home of her husband, Fbrd Hille, said
that she feared he had suffered a lapse
of memory, and is unable to remember
his name or address. She said in the
last year she had noticed frequent pe
riods of forgetfulness and believes the
trouble has culminated in a temporary
loss of memory.
BOY GIVES SKIN THAT
SISTER MAY BE SAVED
EAST ST. LOUIS. Sept. 20.—Joe
Noska, sixteen years old. is recovering
at his home here from an operation by
means of which two strips of skin,
eighteen Inches long and two inches
wide, were’taken from his legs, that his
eight-year-old >ister. Lillie, might not
be Crippled for life from burns ahe suf
fered six weeks ago. when a kettlg of
hot soup was spilled on hen
