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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-02-13

President Navin. of the Detroit club.
spiked another canard today. He de-
MED that he ever wrote q letter to Sec
ond Baseman Witt, saying that he
agreed to pay $4,000 salary to Ty
Cobb. Navfn declared that he expect
ed Cobb. Crawford Dubuc and Stan
age to sign contracts within the next
week.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

every stroke. His thighs are developed as web.
with the perpetual criss-crossing Of the profes-
sional Scissors" kick. Schlomberg is stocl1y,
rather below medium height his body bulky
with muscles wherever muscles should be, but
lean and spare of flesh elsewhere-a altogether
an admirable figure of a man.
In preparation for his great swim Schlomberg
is IN strict training He lives in tent 100
yards from the lake, is always outdoors, swim
ming or rowing until he has developed wonder
full powers of endurance. No prize fighter con-
tending for the worlds belt was ever more care
full of diet than is schlomberg. The swimmer
does not touch tobacco, and he spurns alcoholics
as though they were poison.
This is the young man who will go from At
lanta to try for the worlds highest prize in
swimming.
Il think can make the swim" he said yes
terday TT will be the greatest effort of my
life for the task is worthy Of the greatest effort
If make the swim, l shall count my career a
success. And if don't, we'll"
The husky young man laughed and quoted
Browning:
"'Ah, but a mans reach should exceed his
grasp, or what's heaven for It may be too
cold on the day make the attempt, or there
may be other circumstances that can not be
foreseen. Many Of those who have made the at
tempt were thwarted largely by the fearfully
unfavorable circumstances. The cold, espe-
cially, is fearful at times, and you must remem-
Der that the man who swims the Channel must
be in the water for many hours"
Captain Webb, he related, was 21 hours in
crossing the water. The English blacksmith,
Burgess, who swan the Channel two years ago,
made five unsuccessful attempts. In the last
trial he was % hours and 40 seconds IN the wa
ter, landing near Calf, the nearest point to
the English shore. He started at Dover. Cap
tain Webb, in the water q hours, came near
dying after the ordeal
Several American swimmers have covered
more than the 81 miles, but the difficulty in
the Channel swim is the fearful rush of the
tides. Webb swan GO miles, covering the 21
miles across. Once he was swept nearly back
to the British shore, and, discouraged, would
have given up but for encouragement by his
pacemakers.
schlomberg will make a tour Of the coast
resorts before he starts on the trip to the
scene Of contest. At most of the beaches on
the Atlantic coast he is popular, having achieved
considerable reputation as a life-saver. Espe-
cially in the East is he well known, and many
persons about New York are backing him with
their good wishes.
One purpose Of the trip to the Atlantic
beaches will be search for salt water swim
ming. Schlomberg will set out, Immediately
upon his arrival at the coast, upon practice in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

ernoon's parade on Peachtree street.
Here and there are diamonds and jewels In
the dresses of the girls and women of the little
mountain town. Robertstown, which numbers
its age in weeks has attractive citizenship.
The men are no less presentable than the WON
en-, decking themselves in modish urban inery
there in the heart Of the Georgia mountains
where civilization otherwise is the most print
tive.
Travelling men and motorists from Atlanta
have come upon the little town in the course
of their Journeys. At first surprised that it
should be there with no map indicating its ex-
istence, they were astounded, they have said
at the appearances of the citizenry, and manys
the story that has gone the rounds about the
new town.
Most of the inhabitants are westerners who
came to Georgia when the Byrd & Mathews
Lumber Company bought 10000 acres of tim
Der land for the exploitation of its valuable
resources in hickory, oak, poplar, and the other
hardwoods of the mountains. After the way
of corporations, the concern decided that Rob
ertstown will be city. a hotel was thrown
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20
An Overnight Town Springs Up On the Georgia Frontier

a Ii the traditional property Of Western
n frontier town of a generation ago has
gone into the setting for Robertstown,
in White County, near the Union County line,
which was made a city overnight by big lum-
Der company.
For some years there had been small set
Element at RObertstown, claiming one or two
families. Then, several months ago came the
lumber men, and the real life of Robertstown
began.
A great hotel of unfinished planks, store
buildings of the same crude material, tents for
living quarters, streets from which the grass
has not been remoyed-that is RObertstown
Unique, but no more than its Inhabitants.
The lumber company which built the city
brought to Georgia an army of employees Of a
high social order. Women walk the grass
paved streets and live in the tents who are all
that is fat in the matter of women's dress.
THE latest styles are RoberUstOwn's French heel
shoes, clinging slit skirts with dainty laceS
at the slit, as the mode demands silk waists,
hats with the desirable paradise feathers. and
all else that might be viewed in a summer aft
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

where stretches Nacoochee Valley toward the
south and toward civilization-of which the
Robertstownsmen seem to have a plenty, how
ever The town was set down In the heart Of
a woods where a tree had never been felled
before the lumber men came.
A number Of mountain springs, almost enough
to provide one for every household, supply wa
ter for the camp city and trickle through the
town crossing and recrossing the main street,
frightening the primitive appearance of the
place.
Until the lumber men came with their pur-
chase Of an enormous tract there were no rail
roads in White County A road was installed
for the dual purpose Of hauling lumber and Of
opening the Robertstown section to travellers.
The road runs from Gainesville 80 miles north,
with Robertstown as its terminus 1t is tiny
logging road, but persons who have made the
trip declare that for scenic effects few railroads
are its equal. It's train runs without schedule,
ambling along among the foothills, with the
only definite purpose that Of meeting the trunk
line train at Gainesville, and Of getting at some
time to RobertstqYn at the other end
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

roads, to the right and left of which all streams
run into different oceans.
The line of highest elevation in the city, be-
ginning say, at the Aragon Hotel, runs one
way out Peachtree street, the other way down
Peachtree to the junction Of Broad through to
Forsyth street, and continuing through the cen
ter of the block of Walton between Forsyth and
Fairlie streets to Cone and Marietta streets,
thence out across country.
From Walton street line Of highest eleva-
ton runs eastward to Pryor street between De
catur and the railroad, continuing then along
the railroad line.
From almost the same spot runs another
ridge out Broad street to Hunter, thence to
Whitehall, through to Mitchell and Broad.
This chain Of elevations is a watershed. Down
its slope on each side run sewers, and the flood
is destined to pour into widely different oceans,
according as it runs down the east or the west
slope
The extreme sharpness Of the ridge brings
about the unique situation wherein the center
of a city street is the line Of division.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20
H. ShOmberg Flows Through the Water for Miles Every Day.
Hoping Win Fame and Fortune in Desperate Feat Which Has
Baffled All but Two of Worlds Greatest Swimmers.

n H. SCHLOMBERG, a crack Atlanta swim
D. mer, wants to write his name alongside
those Of Leander, he of Hellespont fame;
Captain Webb, who swan the English Channel,
and the other great swimmers of world his
tory. Late this summer he will tackle the very
biggest job, and will try to cross the English
Channel. He thinks he will succeed.
Thousands of swimmers have attempted the
Channel crossing. Lord Byron, it is recorded,
was one who had dreams of the venture. Pro
fessionals and amateurs almost without num-
Der have set out bravely to swim the stretch
between England and the Continent, but have
succumbed after struggles more or less game
all but two. The English blacksmith, Bur
CESS, and Captain Webb, one of the worlds
greatest swimmers, were the only aspirants
whose success is recorded.
Schlomberg thinks he will be the third. He
will make the attempt before fall. He is a
professional life saver, holding long-distance
swimming records at many beaches between
Newport and Palm Beach Always a swimmer,
and always with head full of dreams of a great
career as swimmer, Schlomberg has had his eye
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20
The Wanderings to the Sea Of the Atlanta Raindrop

an inch to the east. 1t rolls down the convex
surface of the street to sewer at the side
which emptes into Intrenchment Greek, to the
southeast of the city. Intrenchment Creek is a
tributary Of South River, and South River itself
leads into the more imposing Ocmulgee, which,
over a tortuOus course, runs into the Altamaha
Sound and into the Atlantic Ocean.
The same situation applies not only to the
one portion of Peachtree street, but to a num-
Der of spots about the city. Water fall
ing on the pavement just in front Of the Can
dler Building may some day shatter itself in the
surf at Palm Beach. But across the street, on
the corner of Peachtree and James streets, the
water is surely going to the Gulf of Mexico,
and maybe at last into the Panama Canal. It
is not a fantastic suppostion, but merely the
result of the law of grades and slopes.
Again, at Forsyth and Mitchell streets, at
Broad and Mitchell, at Broad and Alabama, on
Walton street. at several places on Marietta
street, the same phenomenon occurs.
1t is all because Atlanta is situated on the d.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

together, and store buildings, before anything
else. 1t was necessary to fell a bit of the vir-
gin forest to make room for the structures, and
to provide timber for their construction.
That was only few weeks ago. The hotel,
with hundred rooms or more, is up but not
completely furnished. It is a great, bare
structure, implanted and unfinished, with the
fresh, pungent odor of the forest clinging in its
rooms and halls. The drug store, however, is
completely stocked, and has an attractive re
freshment stand, with tables for the girls and
women, tables about which courtships already
are well under way. The dry goods store is
stocked with wares that are far beyond, in
quality and excellence, the offerings of the typ
ical small town store
Houses will be built soon, but now the people
Of Robertstown live In tents. 1t is Georgia, and
in the mountains, and summer time and tent
dwelling is rather desirable
Robertstown has about 200 inhabitants. It
was built far up Nacoochee Valley, at the foot
of Yonah Mountain, one Of the most spectacular
peaks of the Blue Ridge. Everywhere around
the town are mountain peaks except in front,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

7 IFE and the ultimate existence is altogeth-
er a gamble for every little drop Of wa
ter that the clouds consign to Atlanta.
mere inch or two will decide whether that
drop falling on Atlanta's streets, will find its
way to the Gulf of Mexico, or whether It will
turn up at last in the Atlantic Ocean, the inch
or two being the position to one side or the
other of the Chattahoochee watershed which
runs through the heart Of the city.
Standing on Peachtree street, at almost any
,spot between Ellis and Pine streets, you watch
a shower as it patters on the asphalt. 1t may
interest you to know that the water falling on
the west side of the street, even fraction to
the westward of the center line, will roll
through sewers out to Peachtree Creek. Mud
dy Peachtree Creek runs into the Chattahoochee
River, and so the water from the west side of
'Peachtree street will become part of that
stream, pouring with it at last into the Gulf of
Mexico.
Altogether a different fate awaits the water
that falls to the east of the center Uneven
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

minishing ridge line of the mountains that come
down the Atlantic coast, and because the line
of highest elevation in the city, roughly estab-
lished runs along Peachtree, Broad, Forsyth and
Mitchell streets. On both sides of this line the
land slopes away, on one side to the valley of
the Chattahoochee, on the other side more gen.
tly and easily to the Atlantic coast. The city's
sewers follow the slope of the land
The contour map of the United States Geo
logical Survey shows that ridge of LOO feet
above sea level, the highest elevation of this
immediate part of the State, runs through the
heart of the city, following closely the lines
of the Georgia Railroad and the Atlanta and
West Point Railroad. The ridge, which is the
Chattahoochee watershed, is very narrow and
the lands slope on each side is easily deter
mined
The line Of highest elevation in the city does
not follow identically the natural ridge be-
cause the grading of streets sometimes is eff
fected without regard to natural contours. But
approximately the line is that of the two rail-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

long -distance swimming on the ocean.
The young American will gain more than an
enviable reputation if he succeeds in the Char
mel swim. He will become relatively wealthy
man from his share of the proceeds of moving
picture films that will be taken. The films Of
course will be exhibited only if he is success
ful-there have been so many unsuccessful at
tempts. 1t is likely that public organizations
will offer bonus to the successful swimmer Of
the Channel, so altogether there is financial
end that is to be considered closely. Talking
Of his plans yesterday, Schlomberg said:
81 shall sail for England in August, and ex-
pect to make the trial before September 1. Al
ready have sold the motion picture rights to
Pathe's Weekly on the condition that am sue
cessfuL Otherwise l get nothing.
But have a good stroke 1t doesn't tire me
a bit If l don't get across, I'll most"
Schlomberg has been swimming since he was
a boy in a Georgia village. For several years
past he has been at most of the Atlantic beach
resorts Last summer he was at Piedmont
Park He spent last winter at Palm Beach.
Swimming cant be beat" he said 1T win
develop you quicker and more completely than
any other exercise. I was never Ill in my iife."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

hcuTty attached to the fresh water.
Living outdoors under the sun at Lakewood
swimming miles and miles every day, schlom
berg is in fine physical trim. He seldom wears
anything more than bathing suit. and in conse-
quence is Drowned to a dark copper. His
bronzed shoulders and arms bulge with knotty
swimming" muscles that play beautifully with
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

set definitely on the English Channel test for
seven years. All that time he has worked pa
tently, developing a stroke that will send him
blowing through the water with the least posi-
BILE exertion. All the time he has kept his vision
on the great goal.
AS he talks of his hopes, very modestly and
with hesitation, it is plain that for him the
venture has assumed the proportions of an ideal
lied life work. To swim the English Channel,
to succeed where thousands before him have
failed to gain a title of greatness as a swimmer
in this task are embodied all his ambitions
for a career.
Schlomberg said yesterday he believed his
stroke perfected. 1t is a long easy stroke which
sends him through the still water of Lakewood
Lake. where he has been training, without a
splash, with no more noise than the soft ripple
Of the water that is pushed aside by his ad-
vancing head and chest. Schlomberg moves in
the water almost as one of the wild creatures
to whom water is its natural element-easily,
softly, surely
The favorite stroke Of the Atlanta swimmer,
the stroke which he thinks he has perfected now
after many years, bears him along the water as
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-20

he lies on one side, his head half buried. The
arm that is out of the water goes up and out,
curving to dip into the water in front of his
head and then sweeping backward. The arm
under the water has a long, downward sweep
ing motion The feet move in the powerful
Scissors" kick.
Every morning before breakfast Schlomberg
drops from the boat platform at Lakewood and
swims around the lake, skirting the edges a
distance Of three and one-half miles. This is
by way of an eye-opener, a mere warming up
for the day of strenuous practice. In the after
noon he practices diving from the high platform
in the center of the lake, delighting the bathers
with series of perfect plunges, backward, for
ward, sideways a-somersault. Occasionally in
the late afternoons he swims two or three times
around the lake. Sometimes he has gone around
four times, and even more, netting nearly 20
miles on all the laps The distance Of the
Channel swim is 81 miles
Lakewood was chosen as a training place be-
cause there Schlomberg can get distance swims
in fresh water. He said yesterday there is all
the difference in the world between salt and
fresh water swimming with the burden Of diff
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-12-26
POSTAL SERVICE PAYS
Has Balance Of 1854, mt
Ownership Of Telegraph Urged.

The postal service is now self-sup-
porting for the first time since 1888,
an actual surplus of $3,S41,9O6.7S ex-
listing, according to the annual report
of Postmaster General Burleson, sub
mitted this week, in which he made a
sweeping declaration in favor of the
principle Of government ownership of
telephone and telegraph lines, because,
as he said, "the successful operation
of the parcel post has demonstrated
the capacity Of the government to con-
duct public utilities which fall pro-
erly within the postal provision Of the
constitution.
"A study of The constitutional pur-
poses Of the postal establishment leads
to the conviction that the postoffice
department should have control over
all means Of the communication of in
telligence," he continues. 1.-THE first
telegraph line in this country was
maintained and operated as a part of
the postal service, and it is to be re-
GREETED that Congress saw fit to relin-
quish this facility to private enter
prise. The monopolistic nature of the
telegraph business makes it of vital
Importance to the people that 1t be
conducted by unselfish interests. and
this can be accomplished only through
government ownership"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-12-26

There are many good ways Of finish
ing the neck line, Until the slightly
pointed line in the front goes out of
fashion it is a good one to follow, be-
cause 1t is easy to manage and in
cidentally becoming to most faces.
And it is this neck line that Is most
easily finished with some sort of frill
or ruche.
One especially good way OF finishing
the V neck is with double tuile or
net frill, with ribbon fastened
through the center between the two
frills with ends that tie in front
Double ruching or frilling is expen-
sive. but 1t can be made quite salts
factorily for most uses by Joining two
bands of single frilling. For the sort
Of ruche described the single frilling
should be basted with the plaits In
place, close to the inside edge, and
then ripped from the little band of net
or muslin that holds the plaits In
place. The two frills should then be
basted together and joined under it,
tie strip Of net stitched down in place.
The ribbon Is folded or crushed softly
and fastened along this little strip Of
net that joins the two friIls together.
The long ends form a tie that covers
the front opening.
The home maker of shirt waists
should always avoid tight appear.
ance where the v necked shirt waist
closes. Nothing is more ugly than a
v neck that pulls tightly about the
neck and makes the neck bulge.
There should always be some sort
of ruching or bow to finish the neck
In the front These finishes cover up
any defects at the neck. Illustrated Is
a charming fchu made of white wash
net trimmed with old fashioned quill
ing. The model is very dainty and be-
coming.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-12-26
PHONE TRUST BROKEN
BELL Company Agrees 10 Re-Orgnnize
Under Nnti-Trust Inv.

Announcement OF the plan under
which the American Telephone & Tel
graph company. the Bell concern, will
be dissolved without litigation into
conformity with the Sherman anti
trust law, thereby restoring competi-
ton TO the telephone service of the en-
tire country, was made during the last
week by Attorney General McReynolds,
following a series of negotiations for
such a reorganization agreed 10 by the
company.
In brief, the agreement provides
that:
The American Telegraph & Tele-
phone company will dispose promptly
of its holdings in the Western Union
Telegraph company, so that each con-
Germ shall be under distinct manage
ment and SO that all shall be entirely
Independent.
The company will not acquire con-
troll of other telephone companies and
"hcic NoiitIoi VI IelepuOIle companies
has been acquired, but no actual phys
ical union has been effected, the Amer
lean Telephone & Telegraph company
will submit the course it is to pursue
to the interstate commerce commission
and to the department of justice.
The company promptly will make ar
rangements by which all other tefe-
phone companies in the United States
shall have access to it's toll lines.
The reorganization plan originated
with the company, although it follow
ed many reoprts that suit against it
might be filed. 1t was regarded by de-
partment of justice officials as the
most striking indication offered in a
decade that big business" has come
to the conclusion that it is better to
follow the Sherman law than to
fight it.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-12-26
KILLS man IN BRAWL
Centralian Figures in Sunday Morning
Escapade I'm Tacoma.

S. r. Jackson, Centralia laundry
man, formerly proprietor of various
barber shops in that city. shot and
killed Arthur Amsler, a bartender, in
brawl at the Pierce hotel, 912h
South c street, Tacoma, early Sunday
morning. He was released on bail af.
ter a charge of manslaughter had been
preferred against him and is now at
his home in Centralia.
Jackson maintains he shot Amsler
In self defense. He was preparing to
leave for his home just before the
shooting occurred, after spending the
evening as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd Henton in their rooms at the
hotel, when he says all had been drink
ing considerably. AS the party broke
up Amsler went to another room but,
hearing cry from Mrs. Henton, rush.
ed back to their apartment, forcing
open the door.
A fight ensued. in which Amsler got
the better of Jackson. During the
struggle Jackson drew a revolver and
fired several shots, one bullet taking
effect in Amsler's left lung, just above
the heart.