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VOL. X. NO. 84.
HOME (4th) EDITION
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1911.
HOM E (4TH) EDITION PRICE:
His Belief That Publicity Is the
Best Cure for Bad Politics
Wins Praise.
PEOPLE TO RALLY CLOSER
Grand Rapids, 'Mich., News
Says Princetonian’s Views
Are Winning theCountry.
The following Is from The Grand
(Mich.) News:
\Voodrow Wilson appears to have the
right Idea. Publicity, lie says. Is the
best cure'for bad politics.
• The treatment -of bad politics," said
the governor in an address the other
dsv "I* the same as that for tubercu
losis-exposure to the open air. Thro*
the school houses open for the free use
„f the public which owns them and
note how quickly the opportunities of
using them for the greatest good to the
greatest number are grasped. Social
llfo will soon express Itself In opinion
and Anally Into action when the masses,
begin to use the schools as community
centers." * - '• - '
He deprecated the tendency to
sscribe bad motives to representatives
of special Interests: he preferred to
rail their motives born of Ignorance and
nf social and community barriers be
tween classes which prevents a com
mon understanding.
\ few more opinions of this sort nnu
the good people will rally still closer
around him when he goes before the
country as a candidate for the presi-
iency.
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Another Victim of the “Pepper
Box of Death” Has Been
Found in Chicago.
Italian Aviators Make First
Successful Use of Airship
as Machine of War.
SAME POISON USED ON ALL UNABLE TO HIT AIR CRAFT
Her “Official Undertaker” De
manded Possession of Bodies
Immediately After Death.
Chicago, Nov. 9.—To the little "pep
per box of death” in the home of Mrs.
Louise Vermllya, now In Jail for the
murder of Policeman Arthur Bisson*
ette and suspected uf knowing much
concerning at least eight other deaths,
the police believe they have traced one
more death. The newest victim Is Jay
son Ruppert, who was employed as a
fireman by the Soo Railroad Company
and who died January 17,1310, 36 hours
after dining at Mrs. Vermllya's home,
at the Rhodes-ave. woman’s hospital.
Arthur Denton, another Soo line fire
man, who told the police of Ruppert’s
death, described many circumstances
very similar to the deaths of Blsson-
ette and Richard T. Smith, th<4 Illi
nois Central conductor. Ruppert died
is Smith was supposed to have died, of
'acute gastritis." Undertaker Charles
C. Boysen was at the hospital demand
ing his body fifteen minutes after his
death. Ruppert was a close friend of
Mrs. Vermllya, and In addition to visit
ing the Vermllya home, accompanied
by Denton, jUBt before nls fatal Illness,
the fireman Is said by his friends to
have made many clandestine calls at
the woman's home.
1M MX ECONOMY
OH CHYJF PEKIH
Imperial Forces Sent to Feng
Tai to Check Advance on
the Capital.
Pekin, Nov. 9.—A battle between the
Manehu troops and the rebel army,
which Is reported to be marching on
Pekin, Is expected at Feng Tai, whore
the defenders were ordered to make a
last stand against the Invaders.
General Chang Shao Tsen, command
er of the rebel army In northern China,
Js one of the roost radical of revolu
tionary leaders. Ho declares that he
win exert all his Influence in the move
ment to establish a republic In China
Instead of a limited monarachy. He
favors a president and the splitting up
of the nation Into states.
nchus In the capital sent out a cry
for help today thru fear of a slaughter.
The city Is held under rigid martial law.
Antl-Manchus are showing their hos
tility to tho government with a hither
to unknown boldness and the revolu
tionary tri-color of red, white and blue
Is s well knowrf sight even within the
ahailow of the palace walls.
Allho the national assembly Is meet
ing dally, its actions for peace are with-
out effect.
GENERALS BECOME JEALOUS;
SUBORDINATES KILL BOTH
Shsnghai, Nov. 9.—Two rebel lead
ers. Generals Chia and Tseng, were
murdered by their own troops at Chang
Sha today, following a quarrel between
the two. The two rebel chieftains were
Intensely Jealous of each other. Their
subordinates, fearing that the bitter
ness existing between the two leaders
might weaken the discipline of the
army, decided that they should be put
to death.
The generals were led out and shot
to death. Both died with Oriental sto-
lotani, ncceptlng the tragic sequel to
'u?! 1 quarrel as a matter of course.
Rebels today captured the city of Poo
how, a community of 10,000 souls In
Kiang si province. The Imperialists
threw down their arms after a sharp
snRagement. The government build
ings were burned, but the lives and
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ay ■
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classification ‘‘Situations
af >ted free. Other classifications
°NE CENT A WORD*
Speedwell Representative Is on
a Campaign of Education
Among Business Men.
R. Harry Cronlnger, a prominent mo
tor car man, formerly general manager
of the American Locomotive works, and
now the special representative of the
Speedwell Motor Car .Company, is trav
eling over the cntlro South upon an
educational mission, endeavoring to
show to merchant ;nul iimnui'jii-nin-rs
the exceptional advantages of motor
vehicle delivery. He Is in* Atlanta
Thursday and will remain several days.
Mr. Cronlnger IS an expert analyzer
of-business methods, probing into the
very depths of difficulties that confront
a business man and, suggesting reme
dies for overcoming the obstacles. He
talks very interestingly upon the com
mercial motor car, and shows some
startling figures.
"First of all," he says, “leb me im
press the fact that I am not a sales
man nor do I wish to sell anyone a
truck. My work In the South is purely
an educational one. I want to Investi
gate the situation and if possible to
show to the business men the advan
tages to them of adopting the commer
cial motor car for their delivery r^eeds.
It may be our truck, we hope It will be,
but I am trying to show by arguments
and figures the financial saving to be
derlvecf from the use of motor trucks,
“ 'well or
Page.
Natives and Soldiers Scatter as
Deadly Explosives Descend
From Heavens.
Tripoli, via Rome, Nov. 9.—Terrific
execution was done today oy~4he Italian
military aviation corps, which Is fight
ing the Arabs. Bombs dropped from
aeroplanes killed scores of natives and
Turkish soldiers, who were unable to
respond to the fire from the heavens.
The Italian advance continues, the
Invaders now holding half of the hin
terland. The natives are abandoning
their camps In caves and are now
camping In the open desert.
ARAB WOMEN ARe'sLAIN
BY FIRE OF ITALIAN GUNS
Malta, Nov. 9.—Arab wqmen, dressed
In men's clothing, are leading in tho
fighting against the Italians in Tripoli,
The sex of these amazona was not dis
covered until a number of them had
been killed. This Information was re
ceived here today on steamships from
Tripoli. Passengers on the ships ds-
clared that. General Caneva, command-
er-in-chlef of the Italian troops in
Tripoli, Is using thls'fact as an cxcuss
for the Italian slaughter of women and
children. According to Caneva, the
i Continued on Last Pags.
TO RESUME PROBE
Investigation of United States
Steel Corporation To Be
' Pushed With Vigor.
By THEODORE TILLER.
.Washington, Nov. 9.—Entirely Inde-
penrfent'of (ho government’s suit to dis
solve tho United States Steel Corpora
tion, the so-called steel trusL the Stan-
ey Investigating committee of the house
is preparing to , resume its hearings
here to examine, some of the biggest
figures ln.tho steel Industry.
It Is learned today that tho house In
vestlgatlng committee hopes to unearth
sufficient additional evidence against
the steel trust to force the attorney
general to file an amended petition
against this giant Industrial concern.
The Democratic Investigators claim
that the department of justice has al
ready etolen their "thunder" In filing
the original petition and that the Stan
ley committee Is entitled to credit for
the action against the steel trust.
Representative A. <0. Stanley, chair
man of the Investigating committee, has
Just finished a speech-making cam
paign In Kentucky In the Interest of
the Democratic ticket. He Is expected
to return to Washington Immediately
and coincident with his return will Is
sue a call for the first meeting of the
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FREE FIREWORKS DISPLAY
FOLLOWS BROKEN TROLLEY
snapshot »y M|tl.--™. BR0KEN W|RE THE TRACK
Photo on a dark morning, taken by light of electric flash on work car
at Alabama and Whitehall-ata.
Accompanied by a aeriea of pyro-
tecnlc displays that caused Atlantans
to crane their necks and hasten out
of harm's way. a trolley wire snapped
in two at Alabama and Whltehali-»ta.
about 9 o'clock Thursday morning.
Cara are still being run In Ata-
bama-st. and the breakage caused fur
ther delay and confusion to the sched
ules. All cans going west In Alabama-
st. were tied up and stretched oqt in
a string from Whitehall-at. as far as
South Pryor-eb After some delay the
cars were sent back to take another
route and regular time of running
was resumed.
The wire first broke In Alabama-st..
near Whltehalt-it.. when the trolley
pole of one of the work car* came off.
and ae the charged wire fell along the
ground and came In contact with the
tracks a burst of flame and a sound
like that of Maxim guns trying for a
speed and endurance prise would burst
out. After each "grounding" of the
wire a mass of molten copper would
He op the track where tho end of the
wire had touched It, and the connec
tion being broken for the time, the
fireworks would end.
Dozen, of Atlantans gathered on the
corner*, careful not to step on any
thing that resembled metal or seemed
connected with the dangerous "Juice,"
and watched the expert electricians of
the company snip oft the end* of the
. broken wire with a huge pair of shears
' and string a new strand of copper In
Its place.
Phofo by MathejWpn,
Scene, at Fort McPherson when regiment camo homo. The Seventeenth detrained In the rain Wednesday
afternoon at tho po.t after an ab.enoo since March. At the top it a group of officer.’ wives, maids and retain
ers waiting for the train. Below are a glimpse of tho wagon train, unloading'the big bdss drum and the terrier
mascot of one of the companies.
Engineer R. V. Rhodes of At
lanta Meets Death Near
Dalton, Georgia.
Dalton, Ga. ( Nov. 9.—In a head-on
collision between an extra northbound
Western and Atlantic freight and No.
19, southbound. Engineer R. -V. Rhodes,
of Atlanta, wns killed anil Engineer T.
L. Hamby, of Smyrna, and Fireman
Barney, Bridges, of Rocky Face, were
Injured. The collision occurred at 7:30
o’clock this morning near Elk Cotton
mills.
Both of the freight trains were run
ning according to orders. Extra north
bound No. 174 had orders to, meet the
southbound train at Dalton and the
southbound train was sent. out from
here without receiving notification of
tho extra. The local office shows no
record of receiving'a message to hold
tho southbound train, the opinion hero
being that the fault was in the dis
patcher’s office. Only a few of the cars
were plied up, the two engines barely
leaving the rails and remaining u(-
rlght. All of the men In the cabins of
the engines Jumped when It was seen
that a collision was inevitable.
Engineer R. V. Rhodes, of Atlanta,
as buried beneath a car of cement as
e was scrambling up an embankment.
Tho escape of Fireman H. M. Ward,
of Graysvllle. on the northbound extra,
was little short of marvelous. He was
completely pinned beneath a pile of
cars and escaped with only a few
scratches about the face.
Engineer T. L. Hamby, of Smyrna,
was unable to give a conencted account
of his escape. He remembers only the
fact that h# Jumped and In some way
escaped the wreckage. His back was
wrenched, but not seriously.
Fireman Barney Bridges and Fire
man £. Bowling, of Adslrsvllle, were
both on the southbound engine, the lat
ter escaping without a scratch. Mr.
Bridges was cut about the head, but
his Injuries are not serious.
Mr. Bowling stated that the engineer
who was killed, R. V. Rhodes, of At
lanta, on the southbound train, re-
retd his orders just prior to the col
lision to make sure that he had not
overlooked anything.
ENGINEER RHODES FEARED
“SOMETHING” WOULD HAPPEN
But He Took Out His Train and
Died in Head-On Collision
Next Morning.
Books have been written, stories told
of strange presentiments of death be
fore disasters and accidents, and In the
news of the death at 7:30 o'clock
Thursday morning of. Engineer Robert
Virgil Rhodes, of Atlanta, In a head-
on collision of two Western and At
lantic trains at Elk Cotton mills, near
Dalton, the mysterious specter that
seems to precede the grim reaper again
comes Into evidence, i
, Rhodes, who was engineer of south
bound train No. 19. which figured In the
collision with an extra, ■ northbound
freight, was unmarried, and had board
ed for the last nine years w.lth Mrs.
IM. A. Stoddard, at 60 Venable-st.,
whom he had come to look upon almost
as a mother.
: He left the Stoddard. home at B:30
o'clock Tuesday evening, remarking
he crossed the threshold: "I was going
to lay off this trip. 1 almost feel that I
ought to—I don't know why."
"Why not do It then, Virgil 7” asked
Mrs. Stoddard.
The engineer hesitated a moment,
and then with a toss of his head, said:
“Aw, what’s the use of my being fool
ish! Of course. I'll make the run.”
He then left, and the message of his
sudden death, received Thursday morn
ing by Mrs. Stoddard, was almost ex
pected.
Rhodes, who was 43 years of age, had
Washing:
pestotrices
ml saving
were today designated as pos-
depositories to begin bu»b
neaa December 7.
The following were among them:
Georgia-Blue Ridge, Camming, Dallas
and Lumpkin,
railroad for twenty yeara and was re.
garded as one of their best men.
UNION LABEL WINS
ITS WAYJN WORLD
Department of Federation Dis
cusses Increased Demand
for Union Labor Goods.
FIRST MEETING IS HELD
Plans for Parade and Enter
tainment of Delegates Com
pleted by Local Body.
Sixty-three official delegates of thir
ty-seven national and international un
ion*, levrt'nentluK a membership of
414,000 workers of the world, were pres,
ent at Taft hall when Dennis Lindsay,
chairman of the label committee of the
Atlanta Federation of Trades, called
the fourth annual convention of the
union fabel department of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor to order. After
extending a welcome, Mr. Lindsay In
troduced John H. Lennon, ot Bloom
ington, 111., president of the union label
trades department, who assumed
charge ot the session.
Happy and cheery welcomes to the
delegates front all parts of the country
were extended by Carl Karston and Je
romes Jones, to which President Len
non gracefully responded.
Formal business of the convention
opened with the report of the creden
tials committee, D. F. Manning. John A.
Moffltt and Matthew WoIL This re
port was adopted.
/ John F*. Tobin, of Boston, president of
the boot and shoe workers, was called
to the chair, while President John B.
Lennon read his annual report. His
report of the nggressive label fight
made in every state was applauded.
President Lennon said:
President Lennon’s Report.
‘jThe year closing on September 3A,
19P1, has been one of much Interest In
the Industrial world as well as the
world of politics. And union men and
women have been wonderfully active in
studying matters of Interest to them
selves as wage-workers, producers and
consumers. This activity has been ex
ceedingly marked In agitation for the
sale and purchase of products repre
sented by the union label, stamp or but
ton I have traveled In many states
and have found an ever-increasing de
mand for union labeled goods. That
this situation has been accelerated by
the work of the label trades department
there Ip no doubt In my mind what
ever, and I, therefore, have great pleas
ure at this time in expressing my per
sonal confidence that our department
has before ^lt a career of very great
usefulness to all the trades represented.
The trial we made of tho moving pic
ture shows, demonstrated In most cities
where if appe.in-d that If Is ;m excel- ,
lent educator, familiarizing our people
with the different labels and extending |
tho sale of union labeled goods. I ho- ;
Hove that severa 1 such machines could !
be used by the department with ad-'j
vantage to union labor.
“The organizers of the federation and 1
of all the national and International ;
unions are rapidly becoming high-class i
label agitators. Thoy have given splen
did service, and will In the future be/
still more effective. The labor papers
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CAREY HOLDS MEETING
His Resolution, Asking for Five
Resignations, as Effective
as Its Predecessor.
ROBERT V. RHODES,
eer who was. killed Thursday
' Englm
morning In wreck near Dalton.
"Rhodes," says C. W. McClain
employee of the road, who started in
Its employ at the' same time as did
Rhodes, "was one of the most careful
engineers In the employ of the Western
and Atlantic. He never drank and was
a most competent man.”
He was born in Adalrsvllls, where
live hla father and several slaters. His
remains will be brought to Atlanta
Thursday evening and the funeral, ac
cording to present arrangements will
take place from the Stoddard home.
In the wreck In which Rhodes was
been with the Western and Atlantic .killed, Engineer T. L Hamby, of Smvr-
...a «... — nlli and Fireman Barney Bridges of
Rocky Face, were badly Injured.
PRESIDENT G0MPERS *
ARRIVES SATURDAY
President Samuel»Gompers ot tRe
American Federation of Labor will
leave Washington for Atlanta Friday.
Private advices to friends In this city
state that he will reach here Saturday.
Mr. Gompers will be accompanied by
Mrs. Gompers and a number ot others
of the official famUy of the American
Federation of Labor.
JUDGE JOHN 0. SIMPKINS
DIES AT THE AGE OF 94
son, Benjamin J. Simpkins. on
Tuesday. If he had lived until next Sat
urday, Judge Simpkins would have
been 95 years of age. His descendants
are many and of the most prominent
Georgia families. The funeral was held
Wednesday from the residence and in
terment was at rrospect church yard,
near Chamblee.*
Dan Carey, general manager of parks,
held a meeting In his office In tho city
hall Wednesday afternoon. The roll
was called and Mr. Carey answered
present. Mr. Carey was elected chair
man of the meeting. . He then Intro
duced a resolution requesting the res
ignation of Messrs. Puckett, Cochran.
Wilby, Bond and Pitts as members of
the park commission. The resolution
was unanimously adopted.-.
It is confidently expected that the
resolution will have .practically the
same effect as the resolution adopted
by the five commissioners on Tuesday
afternoon, asking the resignation of
Mr. Carey.
The indications now are that Mr. Ca
rey will have six of the twelve board
m* int»»*rs on his side He already ha^
five who aro supporting him against
the five Just named. There are two
vacancies to be filled and Mr. Carey
will get one supporter, while the oppo
sition also gains a vote.
R. M. Harwell, of tho Sixth ward, and
a member of the opposition, moved out
of the ward and Informed the members
of the board that he would resign. El
gar Dunlap was selected by the coun
cilman from the ward to succeed him.
But when the Carey fight became more
Imminent Mr. Harwell moved back Into
the Sixth ward and declared his In
tention of remaining a member of tho
board. Tho city attorney ruled that he
could not. At Its meeting Tuesday the
board adopted a resolution requesting
council to re-elect Mr. Harwell, but It
seems that Mr. Dunlap will be the man.
and It Is expected that Mr. Dunlap will
refuse to line up with the anti-Carey
faction.
M. B. Young Is slated to succeed John
Davis, resigned, ns the Ninth ward
member. He is expected to be an anti-
Carey man.
The line-up at the next meeting will
probably be:
For Carey—Mayor Winn. Commis
sioners Eubanks. Hurtel. Warren, An
derson and Dunlap.
Against Carey—Commissioners Coch
ran. Wilby, Bond. Puckett, Pitts and
Young. *
An All-Day Singing.
Oxford. Ga., Nov. 9.—There wii
all-da
her 1” In
will be an address •
prominent speaker.