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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
SAYS WOODWARD
USED OB5CENITY
Chambers Declares His Rivals
Charge Of City Ring Is "Ab.
Surd on Its Face"

Some spirit was thrown into ~,
quiet mayoralty contest TODAY vba-
Candidate Aldine Chambers attach:
Candidate James G. Woodward -,
using obscene language in discuSsfre
on the streets the issues of the cam,
paign.
Mr.. Chambers was speaking al roor
to the employees of the Atlanta Stovs
Works. In referring to Mr.. Woodward
he was replying to a speech made YES
terday by Mr.. Woodward to a Iaros
number of railroad men in Inman wards
IF l were mayor l would not allow
any member of council to remain chair.
man of an important committee which
passes upon contracts when his mart
ner in business is the attorney for the
contractor" said Mr. Woodward. ~
make no charge of improper conduc.
but, you will admit, it looks bad"
Mr.. Woodward renewed his chargo
that the city was being run by the sort
of political ring that would inevitably
result in corruption and graft
Mr. Chambers declared TO-DAY ,b,+
any statement that he had at any time
been unduly influenced in his actions
as councilman was absolutely false
He said that Mr. Woodward's chargs
that a political ring was running H.
city government was absurd on its face
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Exodus of Women
To Other Cities On.

The men behind the movement real
ize that even the unfortunate outcasts
OF the underworld have a right to live;
that they can not abandon the life they
lead without some livelihood to take
Its place. The women can not simply
be ordered out on the streets and com
manded to be good and virtuous and
happy. They must be helped to keep
the path.
The closing of the resorts is being
followed by an exodus of the women.
Macon, Columbus, Jacksonville, Bir-
mingham will be the objective points
OF many Of these hunted creatures. vic
Tins of the system. They are used to
moving on" from bad to worse But
there may be some who are ready to
try once more if they can feel that
there is an honest desire upon the part
of good people" to extend them SYM
patty and aid. 1t Is to these that the
organization will offer a helping hand.
Religious men and women of Atlanta
will be urged to consider this phase Of
the problem and join in Offering oppor-
tunity to these outCasts to earn hon
est livings and lead decent lives. The
Associated Charities will have this
work in charge, and already It is re-
ceiving appeals from the women
Whether situations where the unfor.
Inmates may earn a living will be of
fered; whether employers will keep
these women In their places in the face
OF criticism, is yet to be determined
In the presence of G. w, Beavers, the
aged father of Chief James L. Beavers
and an elder in the Druid Park Pres
byterian church the Atlanta presbytery
at the College Park church adopted res
olutions last night commencing the act
Of the chief and urging all ministers
and members of the denomination to
give him support. DR.. Dunbar II, Og-
den, pastor of the Central Presbyterian
church, offered the resolutions.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

district followed:
To our sisters, Gods children
now astray in the houses:
We offer you help.
We wish to to save, not harm
you.
If you desire to leave your pres
ent life, go to:
Miss Bckert, the secretary of the
Young Womens Christian Asso-
citation.
Mrs, Roberts, at Wesley Memo
rial church.
Mrs. f. M. Robinson, 172 For
rest avenue.
The Associated Charities in the
Gould building, or
To any minister of the city of
Atlanta.
Any one or all OF these will put
you in touch with this committee,
who are willing and ready to care
for you and help you to your feet
The executive committee.
The telephone of the executive
committee is Main 1905; its office,
the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation b,{ldipr
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Changing for
Violators---Broyles

ANY person who defies the orders
of Chief Beavers in this fight will be
given the limit of the law. No fine will
be imposed-it will be 80 days in the
stockade straight, and the offender will
also be bound over to the state courts
and headed for the chaingang l in
tend to back Chief Beavers to the full
limit of my powers. We mean business
in this fight. Vice must go-thats all
there is to it."
This strong statement, made today to
The Georgian by Recorder Nash R.
Broyles. leaves no doubt as to the
stand of that official in the war of the
chief to obliterate vice from Atlanta. 1t
means that Chief Beavers has the SYM
pathy and unmistakable backing of the
recorder, and that offenders will be
dealt with severely.
Chief Beavers has displayed grit and
courage that will bring to him the adj
miration of all of Atlanta" says Judge
Broyles. He has done a brave and
manly thing, and the right thing He
is enforcing the law, and will receive
the full and complete corporation of
police court. Any person brought be-
fore me for failing to obey the chiefs
orders need expect no lentency."
Judge Broyles holds that illegal
houses violate both the city and state
laws. The offenders can be given a
term in the stockade and also held for
further trial in the state courts.
Chief Beavers said today that in
every case brought into court. where
the evidence proved violation of law.
he would ask that the limit of the law
be imposed
I'VE intend to stop these violations of
law by illegal houses, even if we have
to put a whole lot of people in the
chaingang," he said.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Literary and Artistic Tempera.
mentS Refuse to BIend-Sti
Love Each Other.

BALTIMORE, Sept. 25.-John Fox,
Jr's., literary temperament and FRITZ
Scheffs artistic disposition do not blend
in harmonious duet, and their friends
were not surprised at rumors that the
novelist and the singer he married a
few years ago have agreed to separate.
Mr.. Fox has moods" When he is
feeling right he is a jolly good fellow.
When one of his moods comes on he is
something else. Miss Scheff was asked
once, when her engagement to Fox was
first announced. what she would do
when John was attacked by one of
those same moods.
"Why, I'll smile once" she replied.
Maybe I'll smile twice. If that doesn't
straighten him out, why" And she
shrugged the shoulders which have
helped make her famous.
Rumors for weeks have been circu-
lating that the fascinating Miss SCheff
and her novelist husband had agreed
to separate There was to be no fuss
no horid discussions of sentimental
differences which had shattered their
love. Both agreed, it is said, upon
quiet dissolving of their matrimonial
partnership.
This was two months ago at the
Plaza hotel in New York. Mr.. Fox
went to his home at Big Stone Gap,
Va. while his young wife-more than
fifteen years his junior-took up re-
hearsals for the season she has just be-
gun in d new opera, The Love Wager"
composed by Charles J. Hambitzer,
whom Miss Scheff discovered playing in
a hotel orchestra in New York.
She Regrets the Publicity,
At her hotel here Miss Scheff ex-
pressed regret that any rumors Of mat
rimonial disc6rd had reached the pub
lie. While having nothing to say about
the separation or the possibility of an
action being instituted by her, the
sprghtly prima donna denied with
some asperity reports that Mr.. Fox in
tends suing for divorce.
why should l discuss my affairs
with the public?' she asked. 1T is the
usual attempt of some irresponsible
person to discredit a reputable woman
of the stage. My husband will not sue
me for divorce and my intimate friends
know this to be true
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

There was the system, and there was
the law. For many months James
Beavers had tried to reconcile the two.
In the midst of his debate with his con-
science there began the campaign of
the Men and Religion Forward Move
ment, the war upon the houses in our
midst" The committee behind this
movement hammered the fearful truths
of licensed vice into the minds of At
lantans day after day And no man
read and listened with more deem
thought than Beavers, chief of police,
For four nights James Beavers had
lain sleepless in his little home In Law
ton street. For four days he had paced
the floor of his office III the station.
Carlos Mason, head of the commission,
was absent from the city, but it is
doubtful whether the chief would have
consulted him in any case. Beavers
wanted Ito know what was right; not
merely what might be expedient. He
considered the question in all its
phases; remembered the half-pledges
of immunity given the women when
they were moved into the Kew district
of Manhattan avenue, thought Of their
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

plight when they were driven from
their lairs. faced the certainty that
many OF them would scatter into the
residence streets and must be searched
out, house by house, and ordered out
again. He saw all the dreaded conse-
quences of the step he contemplated
heard in advance the censure which
would come to him from the powers
that rule in politics. But on the other
side he saw two answers inexorable:
The Law and the Right.
Then Beavers acted. He told his Sec
rotary to write the orders notifying tho
women of the restricted district that
they must abandon their quarters and
give up their careers of vice. He sum
moned his officers and told them to
prepare for a round of the district,
Then he went to the chairman of the
police commission and announced his
act. The commissioners had announced
that Beavers would be chief in fact as
we'll as in title, and Beavers had ac-
cepted the challenge.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Dramatic Suicide
Marks Cleanup

This is the end. They have ordered
me to close my house, and l have no.
where to go | might as well die.
Please don't tell my sister anything
about it."
Thus wrote Nellie Busbee, a woman
Of the restricted district, who early this
morning, after brooding the night over
the sudden closing order of the police,
went to htr room and plunged the
three-inch blade Of an ordinary jack
knife into her heart. She died almost
instantly, without cutlery.
A negro maid, throwing back the
shutters of the drab little dwelling at II
o'clock this morning, discovered the
body Of the woman-a crumpled heap
in pink kimono-lying sprawled across
lounge in a downstairs room. She
had been dead several hours.
BIamcs Closing Order.
A rambling note, which assigned the
police closing order as the motive for
the deed, and the picture Of a middle
aged man were found clasped in one
hand. The knife with which she ended
her life was still in the single wound
that accomplished her death. She had
been dead for hours when the body was
discovered.
Vivian Stewart, the only other in
mate of the place, declares that while
the Busbee girl had appeared despond-
ent over the closing order, she gave no
intimation of her intention to end her
life.
"She told me last night that all her
troubles came at once" said the Stuart
girl. she was mad about man, and I
think that worried her too; but she
told me she didn't know what to do,
now that the houses had been closed"
The Stuart girl said that she went to
bed at o'clock this morning. but Mel
lie Busbee had retired an hour or so
earlier. The Stuart girl said that she
heard no cutlery during the early hours
Of the morning. although she was about
the house at o'clock.
Coroner Paul Donehoo will hold an
inquest at Poole's undertaking estab-
lishment at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon.
Chief Expresses Sorrow.
Chief Beavers, when informed today OF
the suicide of the Busby woman, ex-
pressed sympathy for her
i am sorry to hear of this woman's
tragic death" said the chief II sympa-
thize with the lot of these fallen women.
We are simply striking at an ubiquitous
seeking to stop open and fragrant
violations OF law. This department Is de-
sirous OF aiding the women in any way It
can, We are merly enforcing the law, as
II appears on the statute books"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
4 P. NJ. Sunday Fixed
AS Closing Hour

Chief Beavers today fixed o'clock next
Sunday afternoon as the official hour
when all Illegal houses in the city must
close their doors The chief will detail
a squad of plain clothes officers in the
tonderloin to see that his closing order is
carried out to the letter. The first per
son who attempts. to defy the order will
be arrested and locked up
Just before the hour for closing. the
plain clothes officers viii see that all
houses are cleared of all persons but the
inmates These officers Will continue to
do duty in the district and keep the houses
under close surveillance until the occu-
pants move out
Chief Beavers said today that he would
give all of the occupants reasonable"
time 10 get out. Many women. it is re
ported today, have announced their in
tention of leaving the city at once.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Mayoralty Candidates
Avoid Making Comment.

Candidates for the mayora!ty nomi-
nation SHE'D today when asked for
comments on Police Chief Beavers or
der wiping out the restricted district,
u stand by my announcement plat
form" said James G. Woodward
1T was a bad mistake to tear up
Collins street and scatter those people
over the city in respectable neighbor-
hoods. The social evil question is one
that needs prompt attention, but 1t
should be handled with good, common
sense and not fanaucism."
Aldine Chambers said that he would
have to officially act on the matter
when the vice commission makes its
report to council ON October e. He
said he would do his duty then, bu,
that he did not think it was matter
fo,- him I'm mass vHtr now
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

about the contents of the report until it
was submitted to the mayor.
The act of Chief Beavers was as
great a surprise to Marion NJ. jackson.
head Of the Men and Religion Forward
Movement, as to the man on the street.
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Mr.
jackson told Georgian reporter there
was no indication of early positive re-
suits from the campaign waged by the
movement. At 1 o'clock he was in
formed by The Georgian that Chief
beavers was on his way TO the re-
stricted district to close the houses
The news came to Mr Jackson as a
complete surprise. But he was quick
to act upon the new turn affairs had
taken, and at once began steps to care
for the women driven out of the re-
sorts
But Mr., Jackson is not satisfied to
let matters stop with this one step.
He considers the closing of the houses
but one skirmish in the war against
evil
1T Is but a scratch on the surface"
he declared. I'VE must cut deeper-to
the very center of this cancer. The
crusade against vice will sweep the
city clean. 1t will eradicate the So
called hotels where men and women
are harbored; 1t will wipe out the
houses of rendezvous and the disrepu-
table boarding places
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Intended to Quit
If He Didn' t Succeed.

The night Monday night.
l had weighed all phases Of the situa-
ton with the utmost care. and came
to the conclusion there was nothing
else for me to do but enforce the law.
When l left home yesterday morning
my mind was fully made up as to all Of
the details and I told my wife what
was going to do"
The chief paused a moment and then
said:
Convinced that it was my duty to
close these places, I determined to do
this duty or quit my job"
The chief declared he intends to Wig
orously enforce the law az to all forms
of vice in Atlanta. Not only does he
intend to exterminate the tenderoin
district itself, but he has formally
opened war on the cheap hotels of the
city that may be conducted in the
manner of Illegal houses. Much com
plant has been received by the chief
concerning these places, and he asserts
that they must maintain "a clean bill of
health" In the event evidence is OBJ
tanned against any Of these places, he
said, they will be closed and the pro-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

THE cheap theater, these places
which The Georgian has exposed 50
thoroughly, viii be prevented from re-
cruiting girls for the dens They are
recognized as part of the game. The
theaters and their people will be kept
under strict surveillance by the police
All forms Of amusement for young girls
will be censored. and the girls guarded
from harm.
Every possible breeding place Of
vice in Atlanta will undergo rigid in
vestigation by police and our organiza-
ton. In their places will be inaugu-
rated methods Of uplift for girls who
have wandered from the path and for
those in danger. They will be given an
incentive to lead useful and Christion
lives"
The full -pase advertisement in the
Men and Religion Forward campaign
against the houses In our midst" UNI
dcrwcnt a marked change upon the
news OF chief Beavers raids. Yester-
day afternoon it was an appeal for the
closing of the houses Today It carried
the same forceful drawing OF the beast
and the white slave, but its text was
changed into a paon Of Thanksgiving
for "a police chief like Beavers and an
invitation TO women Of the district t.
accept the aid Of the organization and
lead better lives.
THANK God for man who dares to
do his duty" said the advertisement.
The credit should be given to chief
Beavers"
An offer TO aid the inmates of the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

I'VE will not tolerate vice in the
hotels of the city, said the chief I'VE
will keep a watchful eye on these places
and those we find to be operated as an
illegal house will be given the same
treatment as a regular house in the
tenderloin."
chief Beavers said some Of the
cheaper hotels are a peril to young
girls. and that much complaint has been
made to him in this respect
u intend to do all I can to save the
young girls of the city. We must throw
a protecting arm around them and
shield them from the lure Of vice he
said
That chief Beavers win receive the
backing of police court in his crusade
there is no question Just before start
ing out Yesterday with Captain Poole
and Policemen McWiliams and West
to close the tenderloin, the chief held
a conference with Recorder BroyleS IN
the latter's office in the police station
evnIaining to him what he was doing
The chief emerged from the conference
satisfied as to the attitude OF the court
Mayor VIM made this comment on
Police chief Beavers order today:
"rrhere are state and city laws
against such houses lnasmuch as
Chief Beavers has undertaken to en-
force this law, it is the duty OF the
police commission to back him up.
1T is my duty as a sworn official to
support him in his efforts to enforce
- L.. .
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Head, After
a Week of Agony, De-
Cides Action Is His
Duty and Proceeds
With Sensational
Move, While Official
Atlanta Stands Silent.

A man in blue uniform stumbled from
the private Office of Carlos Mason,
chairman Of the police commission. A
diamond studded badge upon his breast
marked him as the chief of the Atlanta
police department. Atlantans have
known him for years as an officer of
indomitable physical courage. Yet, he
was crying like child; tears streamed
down his cheeks his voice was broken
as he cried out:
I've got to do it. I'm going to do it.
l can't help it, even If it costs me my
place. It's the law; it's the right"
The man was James L. Beavers, chief.
He had just reported to his superior,
head of the commission, that the orders
had gone out for the closing of the ten
derloin. He did not ask permission, did
not desire advice He had obeyed man
dates higher than the authority of a
police commission-the law and his own
conscience. Beavers had proved his
moral courage as great as his physical
bravery. He was ready to take the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
ALABAMA sIIIcInE

COLUMBUS, GA, Sept. %, T.
Roberts, aged 80 years, committed sui
eide at his home at Phenix City, Ala,
at noon today by drinking two small
phials of carbolic acid He leaves a
wife, two children and other relatives.
He formerly lived at Hollins, Ala
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Quiet on Border,

WASHINGTON, Sept 25,--The war
department was notified today that
General Orozco with 1000 troops had
retired from the border and that por-
ton of the line patrolled by United
states cavalry is quiet
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
RabU1S (A
DufcHiSG...2s;3

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

Chief Beavers had been through a
week of agony. He had lain awake
with his conscience. He had seen the
light. He had done his duty. He knew
he would be lauded by many, censured
by many more. He could not know
whether his act was to be worldly wise.
But he knew it was his duty to himself
and to his oath of office.
For James L. Beavers is not only a
policeman, but a man; not only an Of
fetal, but a good citizen, a churchgoer,
man who loves friends and family
and right living. His record in the po-
lice department has been singularly
free from the faint Of partisan politics,
his personal conduct always beyond
reproach.
The system had been there when
Beavers Joined the force. 1t had ex
listed through his apprenticeship, when
he was captain. 1t was there when
he became chief of his department 1t
was recognized, tolerated, even com
mended as a lesser evil. The city had
Wrestled with it under the spur of pop
ular movements; grave bodies of wise
men had debated the problem which is
as old as Babylon and had not agreed
James Beavers superiors, the men who
made him chief and who might unmake
him. were content with conditions as
they existed, They called him chief
but it had been an unwritten law Of the
department that no such step as this
might be undertaken without especial
authority. No chief in Atlanta's his
tory had taken such a burden upon his
shoulders.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
rs MARINES REPORTED
SLAIN IN NICARAGUA

PANAMA., Sept 25.-A report ra-
ceived here today says that % Amert
can marines and 40 rebels have been
killed in a battle in Nicaragua Tina
report is unConfirmed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

Il was cured Of diarrhoea by one
dose Of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and niarrhoea Remedy" writes NJ. T.
Gebhardt. Oriole, Pa. There is moth
ing better. For sale by all dealers
(Advt)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Cheap Theaters To
Be Watched Closely.

table boarding places.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
System Tolerated
For Many Years.

shoulders
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Chief Through a
Week of Agony.

cons sequences