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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
LOYAL TROOPS BALK
UPRISING PLOT WHEN
BOMB KILLS GENERAL

TEN TSIN, Aug. 27.-A conspiracy
to seize and loot the town of Ching
ting, $50 miles southwest of Pekin, on
the Pekin railway, by mutinous SOL
diers, has been frustrated, according to
advices received here today.
The plot, which was purely local. was
revealed through the arrest and execu-
ton of five ring leaders of the mutt
neers who had assassinated a Banner
man general, Chang Shikuei.
Vigilance of troops recently sent to
Chingting by President Yuan Shat Kai
prevented the looting of the town. Cen
eral Chang was killed by a bomb while
being carried through the streets in a.
palanquin by coolies. Two OF the COOL
les were killed at the same time. This
was to have been the signal for the IN
rising. However, the loyal troops i'm
mediately took possession Of the streets
and so formidable were their numbers
that the mutineers were awed into sub
mission.
small escort of troops who were
following the palanauin seized the
bomb thrower and his companions.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
JUDGE F|TE RAPS
STATE OFFICIALS
Governor Brown, Governor
Elect SIaton and Judges Rus
sell and Hill Get Roasts.

CALHOUN. GA. Aug. 27.-Referring
to the nomination of John M. Slaton for
governor in his charge to the Gordon
county grand jury, Judge A. w. Fite
declared him to be a mice, clever fell
low. but mot fit to be governor be-
cause he is president of a locker club
which violates the law" He said he be-
lieved every officer. if rot every mem
Der of locker club should be indict-
ed as blind tiger. Judges r. B. Rus
sell and Ben Hill should not serve on
the court of appeals, he declared, be-
cause both are members Of locker clubs.
THE criminal rich and the criminal
poor" he said, ARE endangering the
country. The present deplorable state
of lawlessness in Georgia is due to the
courts and the chief executive"
Governor Brown, he said, had the
power to close every brewery, near beer
saloon and locker club in the state. and
was failing to do his duty because he
considered himself las helpless as a
baby" He scored the governor for We
toing the Tippins bill, and said that he
could see "the Italian hand of the whis-
ky intrests" in the governors expIana-
ton of his veto.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
JEALOUS, SHOOTS
WIFE AND HIMSELF
Columbus Man, Travelling for
Atlanta House, May Recover.
Woman Likely to Die.

COLUMBUS, GA. Aug. 27.-Insanely
jealous of his wife, A. M. Robarts,
travelling representative of the Pitts
burg Plate Glass Company. of Atlanta,
today shot his wife through the right
lung and. while the revolver was still
smoking, turned the weapon upon him
self firing a bullet into his right tenn
pie.
NO one will blame me, when my
side is shown" Robarts said soon after
the shooting. as he was being hurried
in an ambulance to the city hospital.
Relatives of Mrs. Robarts say that
Robarts' mind became unbalanced
through jealousy of his wife. Mrs. Rob
arts sister said that yesterday Robarts
told her he intended to kill his wife
and then himself.
Both Robarts and his wife belong to
prominent families and are held in high
esteem by a large circle of friends.
Physicians think Robarts has a
chance to recover. but Mrs. Robarts is
not expected to live, although every eff
fort is being made to save her life.
Andrew Robarts is one of the finest
men | know" said r. 5. Vessels, man
ager of the Atlanta headquarters OF
the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, TINS
afternoon. He had just received teie-
phone messages from Columbus telling
of the tragedy. and was greatly per-
turbed. The whole office force was
shocked and grieved at the news.
"Robarts was about AZ years old,
splendid business man and entirely sue
cessfuL" continued Mr.. Vessels. But
for several weeks he had been com
planning of horrible pains in his head.
He thought they came from neuralgia
A few days ago he asked for Vaca-
ton. and | told him to take as long a
rest as he needed, and not to go back
to work until he felt well again. There
must have been something wrong with
Robarts brain to bring such a tragedy
about"
Robarts and his wife were both OF
Columbus families. though they had
MANY friends in Atlanta. Robarts had
been with his company about ten years,
making headquarters at Columbus. Be-
fore that he was a conductor on the
Atlanta and West Point road, and had
thousands of friends among Georgia
travellers
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
OWN WORKMEN
GO FREE IN HIS COURT

MACON, GA, Aug. 27.-Macon po-
Iicemen lowered themselves in the esti-
nation of Mayor Moore today when
they arrested four white men employed
regularly by him on the charge of va
grancy. The men are skilled workers
at the mayors paper mill at Gordon.
They came to Macon for an outing and
had hardly more than alighted from the
train when the policemen arrested
them. When the mayor sounded the
cases against them in recorders court
he discovered that he was trying his
own workmen. and Immediately dis
missed the cases and made open apollo
giesefor their arrests.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
ATLANTA CHAUFFEUR GETS
FINE FOR MACON SPEEDING

MACON. GA, Aug. 27.-John Da-
venport an Atlanta negro chauffeur,
who passed through Macon at the rate
of so miles an hour while on his way to
Montezuma to deliver an automobile to
Attorney Jules FELTON,, of that town.
was fined s61.5O by the Macon recorder
for breaking the speed limit
The testimony of witnesses showed
that the negro simply regarded Macon
as a flag station and passed through
the city at tremendous speed, fright
ening a half dozen teams and almost
running over dozen people. The fine
was the heaviest ever imposed on an
auto speeder in Macon.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
It's Wise Child That KnotOs Papa With NeU Whiskers
CUTE S|DEBURNS NOW AU FAT
Walter TayIor's Heart Stirred
to Gladstone Lay by Return
of Poetic Adornment.

Side whiskers are coming back! Not
the flowing lambrequins which once
sang aeolian melodies in the breeze: not
the chest protectors Which rendered the
wearing-of a necktie a useless extrava-
gance-merely the sedate sideburns.
burnsides, or mudguards. as YOU pre-
fer; close cropped patches of beard i'm
mediately in front of each ear and
trimmed to the shape of a special de-
livery stamp and about the size Of a
dollar or a dollar thirty five, according
TO the dimensions Of the weaver.
The latest hint from London says
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27

sideWise, crosswise and ad libitum. It
seems but yesterday that we small boys
envious even then of our elders, would
pause in our games of marbles in the
streets to cry 'Ba-a-a and Occa sionally
Bz-Z-z-2' at some particularly fine
specimen as it passed. initiating the
plaintive moan of the William goat or
the soft signing of the wind, as the case
might be. All those were happy days.
mo. | can not attribute the deca
dence of whiskers to any cause but
providence We all know, of course,
that politicians and other men in pub
lie life go beardless of necessity. for
the BARRIERS union Yields no small pow
er at the ballot box and froWns upon
whiskers of any variety, from full
blown japonicas to the small chin whis
ker known to the craft as a doo-dad
and which resembles a fragment of
newly laid asphalt
Exit Whiskers, Enter Fly Paper.
But why the plain and fancy popu
lace should have abandoned their fly
screens ! can not determine, unless it
was due TO the Greek invasion and the
introduction of spaghetti. one can not
gracefully insert this succulent import
ed vegetable into the human system
through the luXuriant growth Of beard
known to the cafe trade as soup strain
ers. And | have also observed that
whiskers went out at about the same
period that fly paper came in.
does not wear whskers And while we
are under that head | wish you'd say in
the papers that the somber mudguards
am wearing in the picture are not
mine own, but donned merely for the
occasion and at your request. There
was a time when | would have enjoyed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
DeLeon Case Another Court House Site Mishap
RECALLS OLD MYSTERIES

Thomas Johnson. who has also passed
into the beyond, decided that he would
stop the martin pest. He went to the
mayor and secured a permit to shoot
them. Then he got together a number of
young men about town" and they gath
cred together a miscellaneous collection
of firearms. on late summer afternoon
they slipped quietly under the mulberry
trees and around the hotel to shoot the
martins.
Scandal over Permit.
Inc martins came in increased num-
bers needless of the danger. When they
mad settled to perches the limbs of the
trees swayed low with their weight.
suddenly terrific explosion startled
the town Every policeman on duty
rushed to Fred Morton's hotel. They
found martins scattered all over the
ground and they rushed to arrest the
armed men. But Mr.. johnson produced
permit from the mayor.
1t Is said that quite a little scandal de-
veloped because the mayor had granted
such permission. But the mayor replied
that he did not know Mr. Johnson in
tended to kill martins with army artil-
lery.
First Contractor Went Broke"
Nhen 1t was decided that court house
was to be erected there Patrick Lynch,
wealthy contractor, secured the con-
tract. He had to dig so deep for a solid
foundation that he went broke" on the
contract. The ground was so soft ard
soggy that he had to excavate far more
than he expected. few years after the
building was completed he died without
having regained even a small part of hi.
fortune
When the contract was recently let for
the new court house, Noise DeLeon bid
on the contract work He bid 1922. 900
The next lowest bid was $4,000. By
bad luck he had lost more than $40, 900 on
the contract
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27

The mystery Of the disappearance of
Noise DeLeon. wealthy contractor was
as far from solution as ever today. No
word Of the missing man had been re-
ceived by his wife who at her home. 744
Piedmont avenue. has been keeping in
close touch with the searchers and no fur
Their progress was reported from Chicago,
where DeLeon is supposed to have van
ishcd.
DeLeon has a big part of the contra ct
for the new Fulton county court house,
and, according TO one story it was worry
over the low bid he had made and the
certainty of considerable loss that may
have unbalanced his mind and caused his
disappearance. In that connection a
strange story of the tragic web of fate
apparently spun about the court house
was related today
timers declared that some sinister
influence had lowered over the spot where
the new court house is to be erected since
Atlanta was quite a small town.
Old Mystery About Place.
Long before it was decided that the spot
was to be the seat of temple of justice
and the temporary abiding place of
thieves and murderers brought there for
trial, there was an atmosphere of mystery
about the place The lot was a part of a
deep hollow through which ran a creek
on the banks of which stood a number of
large mulberry trees. Frederick Morton,
long dead, built an attractive little hotel
on the rise beyond the creek. A pathway
and little bridge down through the dark
shaded hollow led to the hotel.
Suddenly the hotel, which had attained
considerable popularity. was threatened
with a strange pest. From a few martins
that began to fly about it in the after
noon, the number increased to thousands
then to millions. They came in such ire
mendous 1ocks that they darkened the
sky and with such noise that there was
no peace at the place.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
GUESTS BLINDED BY
HOTEL FIRE SMOKE
HERDED TO SAFETY

CHICAGO, Aug. 27.-Fire sweeping
the first floor of the Fifth Avenue hotel
Fifth avenue and Monroe street, early
today. mperiled the hotel guests and
drove back policemen attempting res
cue Several policemen and one woman
in the hotel were overcome by the
smoke.
The first policeman at the fire found
a score of guests struggling in the sec
ond floor hall blinded by the smoke.
The police got this group down the
stairway without mishap. The officers
then returned to arouse those who
might be sleeping.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
PATRICK, IN PRISON CELL.
TAKES UP A NEW STUDY

ALBANY, \. Y. Aug. 27.-Albert r.
Patrick, who is serving Il sentence of
life Imprisonment at Sing Sing for the
murder of William NJ. Rice has taken
up the study Of optometry.
Colonel Joseph f. Scott, superin-
tendent OF state prisons, said today that
Patrick is assisting the physicians at
the prison who are making an inspec-
ton Of the condition of the eyes Of
more than 1000 inmates. Patrick was
selected by the physicians to make
notes of their observations.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
TWO DAYS IN BATH ROBE:
GIRL RESCUED FROM SURF

ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. 27.-Ar-
raigned before Recorder Keffer in a
bath robe, her sole attire of apparel
since she was hauled, helpless. from the
surf Mabel Boese, waitress at no.
tel, entered a novel defense to a charge
of intoXication.
According to her story. the girl had
been given whisky as a restorative
when she was rescued from the surf bv
Lifeguard Cowden, and the effects of
the intoXicant were such that she had
been unable to change her clothing for
two days, living in her bath robe. She
was sent to the county Jail wearing the
same apparel, for period of five days.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
Walter Taylor Is Happy.

But let Walter Taylor, city clerk and
veteran observer of the passing throng,
mourn the lost whiskers of his friends
of youth. When the news was broken
TO him today that sideburns were in
again. he was exuberant. even enthu-
siastic. at the prospects.
"Won do l remember" said Mr. lay
lor. when to stroll up Peachtree in
the cleaning was to wander through a
sylvan dell with zephyrs playing sweet
symphonies upon a thousand Tyres
spell that with a y There were whis-
kers in those days which would have
made an artist weep and mosquito de-
spair They were worn lengthwise,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27

Lest any should think the three Alanans shown
have and done something rash it's only fair explain
rreveent artist idea of how these we'll known
would look if they adopted socieys latest ad-sidebums
the upper right Solicitor General Hugh Dorsey hidden under
pair OF inspiring bushes of the kind O. K by
English cousins Below Governor Elect .Saon. similarly
adorned and to the left Walter Taylor city clerk Bard of
Beard and Minnesnge of the Gentle Whsker The Dick
neckwear is added because that has stamp ap-
proval of the Beau Brummels
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
BULLET BOUNCES OFF
SPINE OF JERSEY MAN

TRENTON. Aug. 27.-Michael Gratis
bullet proof backbone" saved his life
when he was shot after d quarrel by
Daniel Cumbill. Chief of Police John
]. Cleary saw two men rush out of a
saloon, one chasing the other The pur-
suer Cumbill shot at the others back
Gratis dropped. Cumbill again took
aim, but the police chief knocked him
down. When Gratis coat was opened
the bullet rolled out, 1t had struck SOL
idly against his backbone and then re-
bounded.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
U. S. TRANSPORT SINKS
LYING IN CHINESE DOCK

SHANGHAI CHINA, Aug. 27.-The
United States transport Liscom sank
in 40 feet of water alongside the wharf
where it was lying today. The vessel
was undergoing repairs. The captain
believes she can be raised easily. The
cause of the accident has not been as
certained.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
BECKER SPRINGS
SURPRISE; PLEA
IS HELDUP
High Court Order Delays Ar
raignment-WaIdo to Expose
Owners of Vice DenS.

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Lieutenant
Charles A. Becker, through his lawyer
John F, Mcintyre, sprang a surprise on
Judge Mulqueen and the district attor
ney in general sessions today when, at
the arrangement of Becker, an order
stopping all proceedings until Septem-
Der 3. was produced.
The order was signed by Supreme
Court Justice Amend. 1t was secretly
procured by Mr.. Mcintyre yesterday
In substance, it stated that Becker
should not be arraigned to plead to
the indictment charging him with the
murder of Gambler Herman Rosenthal
until September 8. At that time Su-
preme Court Justice Golf begins hear
| ing the John Doe" proceedings in con-
nection with the Rosenthal murder and
! charges of grating.
Judge Mulqueen remanded the prls-
oner to await the further order of the
court.
Property Owners TrembIe.
Rich land owners whose prop
critics lie in the tenderloin were
in a panic today over the threat
OF Police Commissioner Waldo to
make a public list Of gambling houses,
together with a list of the owners of
! the buildings. Later in the week he
said he would probably publish list of
/ disorderly houses II tried to have both
lists ready at the same time. but there
! has been a great deal of work verifying
the data. Appeals have been made to
Mayor Gaynor to head off Copnmission-
er Waldo.
According to police headquarters,
Commissioner Waldo has taken pains
to acquire the history of each resort,
showing that after being raided the
places were invariably reopened. Mr..
! Waldo designed by this to show that
! the owners of necessity must have
known the character of business car
ried on within their property
The proposed publication of disor-
derby houses aroused more OF a com
motion than that of gambling details.
Big Names in List.
Many of the disreputable places are
owned by persons whose regulations
and social positions are above reproach.
| Trinity Corporation. company con-
! trolling properties owned by Trinity
church, and William Waldorf Aston are
holders of considerable property which
is included in the district which Dis
trict Attorney Whitman wants to ask a
few questions about.
There is a possibility that owners OF
lawyers representing land-holding cor
porations or estates will be called be-
fore the grand jury next month to eX-
plain why they allowed law violations.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
Missing Gunner
Believed Caught

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-Two men sus-
pected of being "Gyp the Blood" and
Lefty Louie" the missing gunner un-
der Indictment for the murder of Gam
bier Herman Rosenthal. are today in
custody at Fonda, Montgomery county,
New York. where they were arrested
last night.
The arrest has brought about a con-
troversy between two detectives en-
ployed by William Burns and the au-
thorities of Fonda, according to dis
patch today. The two Burns opera
tives arrested the men, after trailing
them from Albany. County Sheriff En-
nest Kulbaum said over the phone that
the suspects were not the missing gun
fighters for whom District Attorney
Whitman has offered a reward of $4,000,
but were two street vendors who were
locked up by Deputy Sheriff McLaugh-
lin for violating a village ordinance for
peddling without license.
The two suspects were arrested at a
Fonda hotel. where they had registered
as Il. L. Goldenberg, of Brooklyn" and
III. II. Kueger Of Paterson, y. j." Com
plant had been made against them the
sheriff said for selling clothing from
house to house. When arrested, their
baggage was searched by the private de-
! tectives, but they reported to Burns
that they had found nothing incrimi-
mating.
Burns Thinks He Has Them.
Burns admitted without hesitation
that his operatives had made arrests at
Fonda, and from descriptions of the
men ne said that he felt sure the much
wanted gunner had at last been run to
earth.
The dispatch made play on the sug-
gestiveness in the initials of the two
suspects, pointing out that Goldenberg's
initials stood for Lefty Louie" and
Kueger's for Harry Horowitz," which
is "Gyp's" real name.
Clews fastening suspicion upon the
two men were obtained first in Albany.
From that city the Burns men trailed
the two suspects to Fonda.
In their telephoned report the Burns
detectives said that the two prisoners
were indignant at being arrested. They
claimed to be travelling men.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27

a set of storm curtains, but my hope
turned into despair. They appeared in
patches, few and far between. and |
could not coax the various colonies
into terms of intimacy. And besides.
they'd have been red. anNN-av"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
Georne w. Carclin. LIZ

The body Of George Y. Cardin Jr.,
five months old, was taken to Conyers,
Ga. today for funeral and interment.
The child died at the family home, so
Berean avenue. late yesterday after
noon,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27

these diminutive tenders Will be de ri
geur and au fait this season, and. every
body in who's WhO"-every masculine
somebody's doing it now. They are
especially la mode at weddings, teas
and first nights. though as yet they are
hardly accepted as the correct thing
for afternoon wear. London set the
fashion when Marie Lohr married Mr.
Prinsep last week. The bridegroom
wore an ld-fashioned stock-one Of
those twice around, halfway back and
double lover affairs-a bell tailed coat
such as Mr. Micawber made famous,
and a we'll tailored pair of the splatter-
dashers now cultivated by the best peo-
pie
Atlanta men down on the bills to-
night as principal victim, ring holder or
usher at a wedding in the smart set will
be glad to receive this news before it
is everlastingly too late. If they appre-
bend difficulty in cultivating the adorn-
ments before time to slide into their
OPEN fronts. an artificial pair will solve
their problem.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-27
Here's a Recipe.

Daisy Dotty's manual of etiquette and
household hints says:
WHISPERS. side or cOachman
type: Procure an ordinary black
ing brush with a stiff bristle or
bristles Run this carefully through
the lawn mower, reducing the bris-
ties to three siXteenths of an inch.
Remove from the back, leaving a
thin slice of the wood to retain the
shape Trim to required size with
scissors and afflX just prior to the
ears with joiners' glue. applied hot.
Leave them set over night.
1t has been a long time since At
lanta men ventured forth in the glory of
side curtains and mutton chops. The
national commission on conservation
overlooked the ravages Of the razor.
Lo i'm a. decade the forests which once
swayed in the passing breezes and
made glad the heart Of nature lovers
have fallen before the blade of the de-
stroying barber. Youths are but fool
ish limitations of their fathers, old men
but wrinkled parodies Of their grand =
sons. As the poet sings;
Each morn thousand Beardlets
brings, you say?
Yes. but where Blooms the Beard
of Yesterday?
And this keen BARRIERS Blade that
makes them spring
Shall take each Whsker, newly
born. away"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-19
TRY STRAIGHT JACKET
Cunning. HandcuF King, Accepts the
Asylum Challenge.

Cunning, the handcuff king seen this
this week at the Novelty theater, has
accepted a challenge from the state
hospital for the insane. One of the
guards strolled into the Novelty lobby
this afternoon.
"If I bring one of the straight jack
ets.' observed he, that we use for the
violently insane, I am willing to bet
your handcuff king can't wriggle out
of it,
When the dare was reported to Mr..
GINNING, he accepted it with a smile.
Nevertheless, he confided to Mr..
Crawford, I'D rather work ten shows
than get out of a straight jacket"
The guard and the jacket are sched-
uled to appear Friday evening for the
first performance. Cunning is a sec
ond Houdini, and has been leaping
from climax to climax the entire week.