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VOL, X. NO. 253.
END DELAY ON
CITY PLANT
OFFICIALS
DEMAND
Mayor, Board of Health and
Councilmen Join in Effort to
Bring About Action.
Mayor Winn, the entire board of
health and a number of members of
council joined today in a demand that
the finance committee of council de
lay no longer but act at once and rec
ommend some system of garbage dis
posal.
They said Atlanta faces one of the
most menacing conditions In her his
tory; that not another day should be
lost in beginning work to put an end
to the increasing filth which threatens
a terrible disease epidemic.
Back of them are thousands of At
lantans daily threatening to enjoin the
city from further increasing the col
lections of waste the city. Time
and again the courts have held that
these collections of refuse are horri
ble nuisances, and the sanitary depart
ment heft- been forced to change its
ft.aces for depositing filth. In the hope
that the council would provide a sys
tem of garbage disposal many citi
zens have withheld suits.
City officials have been warned that
they are tired of waiting and will act
to exterminate the millions of germs,
flies, mosquitoes and rats that are
swarming out in ever.’, direction from
the dump,. piles.
"We’re Afraid to
Real Truth,’’ Says Gil be
“I don’t see how the peopj.- have
stood it a~ long as they have.” said
Dr. W. L Gilbert, president of the
board of health. “We have been afraid
to whisper the real truth of the situa
tion. The board of health has finally
agreed on a solution. But while we
have resorted to every means known,
we have been unable to get the council
to art.'
John Jentzen. sanitary chief, said to
day if the council does not act at once
he feared a much ffiore horrible situa
tion. He lias beyi forced to move his
dump piles from place to place until
he is almost at the end of possible
place - . He meets protests on every side
from citizens. The,' are growing very
impatient. .' few injunction suits
would mean that the department would
have no place left to dump garbage it
would be left in people's yards and on
their back porches. And a pestilence
would result such as Atlanta never
dreamed.
'Atlanta'.' health is one of the most
remarkable things I have ever heard
of when 1 consider this sanitary situa
tion," said Aiderman A, H. Van Dyke.
‘lt I a. wonder that we do not have
the highest death rate of any city in
the country, and if it were not for the
< it’ high elevation and fine air we
would have."
Danger Apparent
Last, Five Years.
I'he conni il Im- be“n aware of this
rapidly increasing danger for five
’ r.o lor the past three years the
problem ba- been acute. But it wa*
not until a few weeks ago that, the
mat'er found its wax through the va
rlou. 1 - ommissions and 1 mimittees to
the < ■ uncjl fm final action. Without
devoting more than a few moments
tone to it coiisideratlop the council lias
t i. i 1 i red tlic matter to the finance
(ommittew. The finance committee has
twice postponed action without, ap
proaching a final decision.
Ini' m the -pring the board of
health asked for bids from all manu
faci nr'-1 e of garbage disposal plants.
I'hec received a number. Then SSOO
va- appropriated to employ Dr. Ru
dolph Hering, the engineer who had
planned Atlanta's waterworks and sew
er system, for expert advice on the
hid He came to Atlanta and made a
n commendation. The board of health
unanimously adopted it. The bond
commission approved it. Mayor Winn
urged it. And in that form it went to
th' council.
The successful bid provides for an
expenditure of Situ,ooo. of this amount
t;,ii,'inn to be paid cash and the re
mainder in annual installments. So
-. council referred it to the finance
eonrn itt.ee.
The plant provides sot more than a
higi' temperature garbage disposal
plant The purchase pip ' includes a
i>ump sufficient to pump all the, city's
rate: from ri\ei ■ the <-it}'-
frj. rwir and sufficient electricity to
-e.wra.ts it.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS~-Use For Results
T. R. WINS IN OHIO
Gets 32 Delegates; Taft 10
VJHO SAID TH£Y\ •
mevet? come
BACK ?
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Pretty Blondes and
Soft-Drink Fondness
Make Atlanta Famous
Atlanta consumes more soft drinks to
the square inch than any other town
in the universe, says Joseph Schmall,
of baredo, Texas, who . represents a
syrup house. Also, in the opinion of
Mr. Schmall, there are more pretty
blondes in Atlanta than, can be found
anywhere else.
"Perhaps the two facts have a con
nection," said Mr. Schmall. "Maybe
the blondes are responsible for the
heavy consumption of soda water. In
any event, a slough of it is drunk here,
which accounts, I suppose, for the fact
that Atlanta is a prohibition town.
“And as for blondes—l never saw so
many in my life. Out in Dallas I be
lieve there are just as many good look
ing brunettes as here, but your blondes
can’t be matched."
Tax Returns of Roads
Decreased: State Will
Ask for Arbitration
Tax returns for 1912 of two of the
largest railroads in Georgia, the Sea
board Air bine and the Atlantic. Coast
Line, will go to arbitration, according
to the statement made by Comptroller
General W. A. Wright today.
Dne corporation ha- made return to
the state something like $1,000,000
less than the returns for 1911 and tlie
other nearly SIOO,OOO less, but have
made no explanation of the decrease
in taxable property.
The returns" made bv the Seaboard
for 1912 are $10,842,349 as against sll,-
834,359 for 1911, a decrease of $992,010.
notwithstanding the fact that the rail
road admits new property of taxable
valuation of $173,253. The Atlantic
Coast lane has made returns for $13.-
562,200 as against $1 4,257,221 last year,
a decrease of approximately $695,000
with new property worth for taxing
purposes $165,000. *
HEIR TO MILLIONS
WORKS AS STOKER
BOSTON, May 22. -One of the coal
passers of the Bucknall bine steamer
Katuna. arrived from Calcutta, is M.
A. Shah, son of a millionaire horse
dealer of Lahore, India
Shah has Just finished a four years
course at Oxford university, paying
for his tuition from his own earnings.
He started to work his way hack home,
and got as far as Port Said, when he
met. the Katuna, on which he expects
eventually to reach Calcutta. His
present pay is $4 a month:
He carries an order for $2,500, which
was sent him by his father, but has
thus far refused to have it cashed, de
pending entirely upon his own re
sources.
OLD CONVICTS' HOME
TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION
The commissioners of roads and rev
enues will sell the old Humphries street
barracks property, owned by Fulton
county for a quarter of a century, at
auction,, Saturday afternoon. For many
years the block facing Humphries
street south of Stephens street was the
home of the county convicts. Several
years ago the building was torn down,
and last year the county commission
ers decided to sell the lot in small sub
divisions. Thompson & Lynes Realty
Co. will have charge of the sale.
IT'S CLOUDY, BUT RAIN
IS NOT ON THE PROGRAM
Another fair day with no particular
change in temperature is the predic
tion for Atlanta, according to Fore
caster VonHerrmann of the United
States weather bureau. The skies have
been overcast during the past 24 hours,
but no rain has fallen, and this ap
pears to h* the state of affairs that will
remain for a time.
STILL NO CHOICE FOR
METHODIST BISHOP
MINNEAPOLIS. May 22 The
twelfth ballot for bishop at the Meth
odist general conference announced
earl? today resulted in no choice. N.
Lucock, Kansas Ci;: : O. .1 Cooke. New
Y*ork, and F. D. Leete, Detroit, were the
high men.
Woodrow Wilson Defeated by
Governor Harmon by Over
40,000 Votes.
THE RESULT.
Roosevelt 32
Taft 10
LaFollette 0
COLUMBUS. OHIO, May 22.—Theo
dore Roosevelt has defeated President
Taft by 25,000 to 35.000 votes and has
captured 31 of the 32 district delegates.
Governoi Harmon has defeated Wood
row Wilson by a majority of at least
411,000.
These facts stood out prominently to
day as the returns from the Republican
and Democratic presidential preference
primaries trickled in. The returns were
complete enough to show that Ohio,
"the mother of presidents." had rejected
her 'fuitive son. William Howard Taft.
,and had decided to support his prede
cessor for the Republican nomination.
Taft people were still fighting today
and State Manager Lewis C. Laylin
claimed that the six delegates at large
to be chosen by the state convention
will be for the president. In reply to
this the Roosevelt manager, Walter F.
Brown, said;
"The tail will go w ith the hide.”
Majority of State
Delegates For T. R.
Brown was apparently confident that
the state convention will abide with the
will of the voters as expressed in the
primaries.
Delegates to the state convention
were elected from only about one-third
of the counties, the remainder to be se
lected at count} conventions. Roose
velt has a large majority of those
elected.
On the Democratic side Governor
Harmon probably will have the solid
vote of the Ohio delegation in the Bal
timore convention. Though several
Wilson delegates were elected, the unit
rule will be follow ed as a result of an
agreement made by the Harmon and
Wilson followers at a state committee
meeting.
Latest returns indicate that Harman
delegates were elected in the. First,
Second, Fifth. Eleventh, Twelfth,
Thirteenth. Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Six
teenth and Eighteenth districts, giving
him twenty delegates, exclusive of the
six delegates-at-large. Wilson ap
peared to be the winner in the Third.
Fourth. Eighth. Ninth. Tenth. Seven
teenth. Nineteenth. Twentieth and
Twenty-first, giving him a total of
eighteen delegates.
Both sides are claiming the Sixth
and Seventh with returns slightly fa
voring Harmon.
The returns were very slow in com
ing in. owing to the large number of
candidates for local offices in the coun
ties.
\\ ilson's best showing was made in
the cities, while Harmon swept the
rural districts. Harmon managed to
carry Cincinnati by only a small mar
gin Wilson captured Cleveland and
Toledo When the city returns, the
first to be reported, came in the Wilson
people were jubilant, but when the
rural districts came along the victory of
Harmon was soon made clear.
The ballots show ed that William Jen
nings Bryan has numerous adherents in
Ohio, his name being written in by ad
miring voters in all parts of the state.
LaFollette Vote
Very Small.
The vote cast for Senator LaFollette
was a negligible quantity in the state,
though his strength in the Twentieth
and Twenty-first districts, comprising
Cleveland, was one of the surprises of
the primaries. In the former he forced
Taft Into third place, and In the latter
he ran a close third. Roosevelt's vote
in Cleveland mote than doubled that of
Taft.
The victory of the ex-president in the
districts which he carried was over
whelming and his popularity was shown
particularly in the rural districts, in
numerous places the vote recorded in
his favor being .as high as $ to 1 and
1« to 1
Taft was victor in hi.-, home city, Cin
cinnati. winning both the First and Sec
ond districts (Hamilton county).
The vote was close in the Third and
Thirteenth districts, but both went to
Taft.
Tlie Taft leaders this afternoon con
ceded on'- of the Seventh district dele
gates to Roosevelt.
The Taft headquarters here this aft
ernoon conceded Roosevelt an addi
tional delegate from the Seventeenth
district, making his total 32.
The Fifth and Fifteenth districts gave
one each to Taft and Roosevelt. This
was undoubtedly due to confusion
among the Republican voters over the
form of the ballot. The names of the
delegates were printed in alphabetical
order with no indication of whom they
represented.
“Ohio Settles
Contest/’ Says T. R.
OYSTER BAY, N Y.. May 22—" The
victor' in Ohio settles the contest.”
declared Theodore Rooseve?s today. "I
C -afttwread mi Bftaa T« -
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 22, 1912.
SGARED?JUST
WAIT’TILWE
MEET, SAYS
THUS. E,
McDuffie Man Says He’ll Sure
Be Delegate to Both Con
ventions.
Thomas E. Watson,; called bv some
the "red-headed person" from McDuf
fie. talked frankly and interestingly to
The Georgian, over the long distance
telephone today, from his .home in
Thomson, and what he sAid about some
meh and some things was more than
ordinarily entertaining. To certain
specific ' inquiries put by The Georgian
Mr. Watson mane reply as follows:
REPORTER—WiI) you sit in the
state convention, Mr. Watson ?
WATSON—I sure will.
REPORTER —Will you be named
as a delegate-at-large to Balti
more ?
WATSON—There is' no doubt
whatever about it.
REPORTER—WiII you and your
friends control the convention?
WATSON—Er— well. I'd rather
not discuss that over the phone
Come to my big meeting in the
Kimball house ball room the night
before the state convention.
REPORTER —So you are going
to hold that meeting :
WATSON —It is going to be held,
and it Is going to be some meeting,
too.
REPORTER—Do you .think the
Underwood leaders sincere in
their backing of you?
WATSON—A bsolu tel y. How
could thfiy-be-otherwise?
REPORTER—Do you believe any
prominent Underwood leader will
fight you in the convention"
WATSON—No; thf few that
might, do not seem to be down as
delegates.
REPORTER-Do you know any
thing of an uprising of national
leaders, in protest against,your go
ing, to Baltimore";
WATSON—Haw-haw-haw! Also
ho-ho! Nothing to it; it's a Joke.
REPORTER—Do you believe the
Underwood men suspect you may
be any sort of an. embarrassment
to them tn Baltimore"
WATSON-—Certainly not: the
idea is absurd, isn't your Uncle
Thomas a-s "smart" ae most city
politicians, anyway"
REPORTER—Do you *hfnk Bry
an is seeking the Democratic nom
ination?
WATSON —There is not the slight
est doubt about that He is cold
ly. selfishly, adroitly and under
handed!} after it, with might and
main.
REPORTER—Do you think he
can get it,?
WATSON—Never, if Democratic
hearts beat true, and Deirrocratic
minds do not go, bughouse.
REPORTER—What about Pro
fessor WoodfOW Wilson?
WATSON —Thought he passed
In his political checks, on May 1.
I am quite sure he did.
REPORTER—Do you think the
Republican primary in Ohio tneaps
that Roosevelt Will be nominated
by the G. O. P.?
WATSON—I do not. I think it
means a dark horse. The Repub
lican party has too much sense to
nominate Roosevelt. It does want
to get rid of Taft, however; and it
used Roosevelt as the instrument
to put that over.
REPORTER—If Roosevelt shbul.d
be nominated, nevertheless, can
the Democrats beat him? >.
WATSON—To an everlasting
frazzle.
REPORTER—What will be the
big issue in the campaign?
WATSON—The tariff will be one
big issue, but not the only One.
The othir issues will develop In
good time.,
REPORTER —Do you think that
Wilson delegates will be seated in
the state convention, from coun
ties that went for Wilson in the
primary?.
WATSON—l,think they should:
but.l do not undertake to say they
will be. I favor seating them be
cause I believe, with all,my heart,
in the theory and the practice of
the county unit plan in state poli
tics. , .
REPORTER—WiII you “head"
the delegation to Baltimore?
WATSON—The chairman of the
delegation will be named by the
delegation, after it is elected. I
may be named lhat chairman. Even
if I am not, however, 1 still might
"head" the delegation. Get the
point? . .
REPORTER—Has anytning said
by anybody of late scared or rat
tled you particularly?
WATSON—lnvite everybody to
n;y Kimball hquse meeting on May
28, .at 8 p m . and let's see if any
body ha, yet scared or rattled
Thomae E. Grood-byel .
WIFE’S MOTHER SUES
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HAPEVILLE WILL
FIGHT CEMETERY
Suburban Board of Trade Ob
jects to City of Atlanta's
Options on Sites.
Hapeville object* to Atlanta establish
ing a city cemetery in or near that sub
urb At a largely attended meeting of
the Hapeville board of trade last night
a committee of fifteen was named to fight
this preposition The city of Atlanta has
options on property near Hapeville for a
cemetdry site. The committee was also
instructed to secure the co-operation of
the adjacent suburbs in opposing the lo
cation of a public cemetery on the south
side of the city.-
The board of trade also decided to pe
tition the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company to improve the car service on
the Hapeville line. Objection Is made to
the transfer of passengers at the East
Point junction and it Is asked that the
same rush hour evening service be given
Hapeville as that to College Park.
A committee was appointed to confer
with those in charge of the Presbyterian
university project, with a view of having
it located in Hapeville.
Baldwin's band was given permission
to erect a band stand In the park near
the depot, subject to the approval of the
town council.
CLAYTON TO HAVE WATER.
CLAYTON,•GA., May 22.—Clayton is
to have a waterworks system. The
water will be brought in pipes from
springs fn the. nearby mountains. It
will be piped to the town by gravity,
no jK mps being necessary.
HOMES FULL
OF LIGHT
If it is a question of moving
at short notice for any of a
dozen good reasons, here is
the answer.
The Georgian is the recog
nized "Rent" medium. No
matter what location you de
sire to rent in. whether it is a
room, apartment, house, hotel,
garage, office or wbat, consult
The Georgian WANT AD
pages and save tyne and
money.
Let The Georgian be your
RENT BULLETIN
WON TEN 8 RID ES
WITH SET SPEECH
At 68 He Is Active in Effort to
Renew His Former Ideally
Happy State.
IMBODEN ARK.. May 22 The mat
rimonial lure is so strong for “Uncle
Samuel" J. Killow that he has taken
his tenth wife. “Uncle Samuel” ac
quired the marrying habit fn 1868
“The truth is,” says he, "I have
known the joys of being married
happily and I purpose to pursue them
till I am as happy again.”
“Uncle Samuel” has loved and
wooed and won ten blushing brides,
from five of whom the courts have
separated him, and over the graves of
four of whom he "has shed rears of
bitter bereavement.” The greater part
of this remarkable record has been
made in Lawrence county since his
arrival here in the fall of 1880, and,
although he is 68 years of age. he re
gards the future as optimistically with
his tenth wife as when he led his first
bride to the altar, 46 years ago.
“Uncle Samuel" has a most taking
way with the women and admits that
he has a “proposal speech" which has
been perfected through practice until
it is practically irresistible. Soon aft
er he was granted legal separation
from his ninth wife, whom he had
married in Mammoth Spring, he fell
in love with a young woman of Law
rence county, and she accepted him,
but at the last moment she backed out
and “Uncle Samuel" swore he was done
with women forever.
Time is a great mender of broken
hearts, and it was not long before
"Uncle Samuel” met another with
whom he fell in love at first, sight His
love was returned. He proposed. She
accepted. So the tenth Mrs. Samuel J.
Killow has taken up her abode beneath
his roof.
WIFE SLAYER, RAVING
IN TOWER CELL, GOES
ON TRIAL NEXT WEEK
Robert L. Clay, the wife-slayer, will
go before the bar of justice next week
to battle for his life, alone and without
legal counsel. Judge Roan, presiding
over the criminal court, will have to
appoint a lawyer to defend Clay and
see that he gets a fair trial.
One of Clay’s relatives is reported
to have said that no lawyer would be
engaged, li the meantime, the slayer
remains silent in his cell, glaring at
the vails, either wildly insane or show
ing splendid ability as an actor,
i k HOME
4= EDITION
PBIfF- 011 Trains. FIVE CENTS,
x XvLV'Tj. ln Anama. TWO CENTS.
SAYS HE PLHED
DNHERLOVEFOH
DAUGHTER
Mrs. Lawrence Declares Ha
Got $275,000 by Working
on Her Affections.
ASKS COURT TO MAKE
HIM CANCEL HER NOTES
Romance of Young Atlantan
and Beautiful Vera Seagrist
Stirred Two Cities. /
Russell Hopkins, formerly of Ata- 1
lanta, but for several years of 1045 FiftH
avenue. New York, faces charges today,
made by Mrs. Josephine Lawrence, ofl
New York, that he took advantage ofll
her love for beautiful Vera Seagrist,
her granddaughter and the wife of Mr.
Hopkins, to obtain $275,000 from her
within twenty months.
Mrs. Lawrence filed an affidavit in
the New York supreme court today, ac
cording to dispatches, In which she as
serts that young Hopkins misused her
trust and confidence to deceive her,
playing upon her love for hex- grand
daughter and great-granddaughter, the
baby girl whose arrival in the Hopkins
home caused such a furore in New Yorl»
last year, and secured large sums of
(money from her. She asks that he be
compelled to cancel promissory notes
for $125,000 drawn by her fn hfs favor.
Declares Hopkins *
Frightened Her.
Mrs. Lawrence’s affidavit of com
plaint declares that soon after her hus
band’s death Hopkins, upon fictitious
allegation of debt, instituted a suit to
recover $150,000 from the executor of
Dr. Lawrence's will. His large es-<
tate was left in trust for the children
of his granddaughter. Vera Lawrenc*.
Hopkins, who receives two-fifths and’
Mrs Lawrence, widow of the testator,
three-fifths of the income during their,
lives, the survivor of those two to re
ceive all of the Income.
After Instituting the suit for $150,000,
Mrs. Lawrence states. Mr. Hopkins, trs,
whom she had implicit trust, frighten
ed her by predicting great expense in
legal fees and costs and embarrassing,
notoriety for herself If the action
should be permitted to go to trial.
He also constantly Importuned her,
Mrs. Lawrence asserts, to make a pri
vate settlement of that suit with him.
Says Wife Helped
Make Settlement. *
This tvas done and $52,000 was paid
by the estate. SIO,OOO by Mrs. Hop
kins, who is only 20 years old and the
ward of her husband under her grand
father’s will, and about $14,000 by Mrs,
Lawrence, according to the record.
That was not the last of this effort
to collect from her millions, the widow
declares, and Mr. Hopkins, on the pre
tense that they were mere matters of
form to verify the previous payments
in settlement of the suit, induced her
to sign a contract and promissory notes
aggregating $74,500 last March. These
she seeks to recover.
Mrs. Lawrence is 71 years of age.
The amount which she accuses her
son-in-law of obtaining by misrepre
sentation or coercion from her hus
band’s estate and herself foot up to
about $275,000
Dr. Hopkins Says
Russell Is All Right.
“Mrs. Lawrence Is getting old and
there are too many lawyers with a
hand in the stew,” said Dr J. R. Hop
kins toda} at his Peachtree street
home. The father of Russell Hopkins
didn't seem to consider Mrs. Law
rence’s suit worth worrying over.
"Russell is a good boy,” he contin
ued. “He’s a high-roller, but he can
afford it. and nobody ever had a wmrd
to say against him. Nobody believes
Russell has done anything crooked. 1
don't know anything about this suit,
but I think it must have arisen over
the Fifth avenue home the Lawrences
gave the couple when they were mar
ried.
“Russell has plenty of money and he
doesn't have to be working on any
body's sympathies or affection to ob
tain more. He's the only son I have
and I give him everything he wants.
His wife has a big fortune in her own
right 1 think Mr.-. Lawrence must be
getting worried over nothing, or