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STATE TO PROBE
CITY POWER BITE
Railroad Commission’s Investi
gation Will Be Made Despite
Council's Peace Pact.
Atlanta is to witness a formal in
vestigation of the power rates charged
by the Georgia Railway and Electric
Company, despite the fact that the city
council effected a compromise with that
corpo ration.
Shortly before the city's petition ask
ing the state railroad commission to
make an investigation of light and
power rates was withdrawn, M. L. Ealn
and W. L. Fain made an independent
request for a reduction of power rates.
Now. both of the Fains are sticking
to their guns and have Insisted that
the railroad commission proceed with
an investigation of power rate.s as
asked in their petition. The commis
sion has set the hearing for June 19.
When the city council finally agreed
to the reduction schedules submitted
by the electric company it was under
stood the lower rates would not become
effective until a distribution system,
now under cont ruction, was completed,
or until January 1, 1913.
The electric company was willing, so
it is understood, to make this same
agreement with the Fains, but both in
sisted that the reduction was just, in
asmuch as the company had agreed to
make it, and it should be made at once.
It is probable the commission’s in
vestigation will be made wholly upon
the power rates charged the Fains.
However, if the commission makes use
of data collected by appraisal experts
furnished by the city before the com
promise was effected the entire raise
schedules of the company will be taken
up.
In addition to the Fain petition. R R
Bosche has an appeal, backed by the
city council, before the state body for
an investigation of the charges of the
Atlanta Gas Light Company. The date
of hearing of this has not been set.
FRANCE AGAIN ALARMED
AT DECREASE OF BIRTHS
PARIS, June 1 The report issued by
the national bureau of vital statistics has
created a sensation. It shows that dur
ing 1911 there were 3,869 less births than
deaths in France. This is the most un
favorable showing in the history of
France.
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LITTLE CRIPPLES AIDED
The first dollar in the fund which
Dore the expense of the newly com
pleted boys’ room at the Home for the
Incurables was found by little Mar
shall DeGraffenreid just before he died.
His mother, Mrs. Marshall DeGraffen
reid, Sr., found the dollar in his stock
ing after the little body had been taken
to its grave.
Marshall was nearly live years old.
and was an only son. Often he had
told his mother how sorry he was for
the boy cripples, and he never passed a
blind mar. in the street without drop
ping a penny in his cup.
One day Marshall went into the foyer
of tiie Fourth National bank and found
a bright silver dollar in his path. Im
mediately upon picking It up. he took It
to the cashier. The cashier didn't
know whose dollar it was, so he told
Marshall that if the cash balanced
LOWNDES STARTS
VOTE BMC MR
Grand Jury Calls on Sheriff to
Station Deputies at the Polls
During Future Elections.
VALDOSTA, GA., June I.—Suppres
sion of vote-buying in Lowndes county
is demanded by the grand jury that has
just concluded a ten days session. This
Is the result of allegations that some
of the candidates In the May 1 primary
purchased votes. The grand jury calls
on the sheriff to station deputies at
polling places at future elections and
arrest any persons buying or selling
Votes.
Abolition of the fee system for coun
ty officers and the passage of Senator
Sheppard's salary bill was recommend
ed. An expert audit of the county rec
ords was also favored.
Suppression of blind tiger liquor
sales, closing of drug stores and cold
drink stands on Sunday and the dis
continuance of Sunday freight trains
were demanded.
The grand jury recommended that
two unfinished rooms tn the count house
be equipped as sleeping quarters for
juries that must remain out over night.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: SATURDAY. JUNE 1. 1912.
even at the close of the day the dollar
would be his.
Marshall never spent the dollar. He
seemed to be keeping it for a purpose
which he never disclosed. He died
without ever telling.
Knowing Marshall's deep sympathy
with the afflicted. Mrs. DeGraffenreid
thought it would be most appropriate
to contribute the dollar to charity. On
second thought, however, she broke the
dollar into dimes, and with each dime a
collection was started by little chil
dren. The ten collections grew and
grew, until they aggregated more than
S2OO.
With this S2OO a boys' room at the
Home for the Friendless was endowed,
and upon the completion of its furnish
ing it will be opened with ceremonies.
A tiny bed which will stand in the
center of the room will be dedicated to
the memory of Marshall DeGraffenreid,
Jr.
MUSIC IS FEATURE AT
CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH TOMORROW
An unusually attractive musical pro
gram will be rendered at both services
of the Central Congregational church
Sunday.
Handel's Largo will be given as an
organ prelude, and Leslie Hubbard will
sing Marlnder’s "From Olivet to Cal
vary” at the morning service. The
night service will be featured by "Shad
ows of the Evening Hours,” sung by
the choir. The following program has
been prepared:
Morning Service—Organ prelude,
Largo, Handel; bass solo, "From Olivet
to Calvary,” Marinder, Mr. Leslie Hub
bird; offertory, "In the Hour of Trial,”
Davis, Mrs. Key, Miss McWilliams and
choir; organ postlude, Batiste.
Evening Service—Organ prelude.
Melody, West; choir, "Remember Now
Thy (Teator.” Adams; offertory. Inter
mezzo. Bizet; choir, "Shadows of the
Evening Hours,” Parks; organ postlude,
Tombelle.
ROOSEVELT'S SON-IN-LAW
BOOMED FOR GOVERNOR
CINCINNATI, Jane 1. A boom for
Congressman Longworth for the Republi
can nomination for governor has been
started, lie Is figured as a good compro
mise candidate.
Longworth would have had the guber
natorial nomination two years ago had it
nqt been for George B Cox's quick move
in throwing the Hamilton county vote
from Judge Brown, of Dayton, who was
backed by Cox. to Warren G. Harding.
ATLANTA’S MINT
WILDS EXPLORED
W. N. Mitchell, a Roosevelt
Leader, Conducts Success
ful Research Expedition.
William N. Mitchell, the well known
Roosevelt leader in Georgia, conducted
a party of his newspaper friends
through a mint forest yesterday aft
ernoon at his home, 33 Columbia ave
nue.
While the excursion was more con
vivia! than botanical, the explorers dis
covered a good many things they hadn't
known in the way of plant life. The
abundant and varied yield of the mint
vine provoked and was the subject of
much discussion. Its relation to his
tory and its effects upon human ten
dencies was well demonstrated before
the afternoon was over.
While Mr. Mitchell claimed to be no
second Burbank, the size, strength and
tenacity of the mint thicket was such as
to produce wonder in the minds of the
sightseers. The entire growth was of
the big-oaks-from-lit tie-acorns-grow
variety. A mere sprig sent from Vir
glna had been planted in the garden,
in a week the whole place was a mass
of green luxuriance. In two weeks it
was e. fit setting for a babes-in-the
woods sketch. Finally it was neces
sary for Mr. Mitchell to use an ax in
order to keep the vines from entering
his home and throwing all the furni
ture out of the window.
Levee Held on Lawn,
After the party had well and suf
ficiently investigated the mint, its
products and by-products, adjournment
wus made to the lawn, where a levee
was held. Then followed a few care
fully culled sentences from the book of
the prophet, intermixed with such hu
morous asides as would naturally come
at such an occasion—the whole being no
small contribution to the gayety of na
tions.
Toward the end of the party Mr.
Mitchell advised all present of the sure
election of Theodore Roosevelt. It was
Mr. Mitchell’s opinion that the Colonel
would not only win the domination and
the election, but that he would split in
twain several states of the South—
Georgia among them. Such w.is the
sweet influence of the mint that most
of his guests agreed w ith him.
The newspaper men departed with
much reluctance and with a profound
respect for the glory of mint and the
power of words.
No More Postage Stamps to Lick
MAILOMETER ON THE JOB
WASHINGTON, June 1. —A mailometer
that will do away with postage stamps
and consequently the necessity for their
cancellation is being tried out by the post
office department. A committee of the
assistants to the postmaster general, in
cluding L. G. Robinson, assistant post
master of Washington, is experimenting
with the machine.
The mailometer is designed to stamp
each piece of first-class mail and register
it at the same time. The stamp is simi
lar to the postage paid mark now used
on third and fourth-class mail matter
The inventor claims that the use of the
COCA-COLA CO. OPENS
WAR ON DISPENSERS
OF IMITATION DRINKS
Asserting that $6,000,000 has been
spent in advertising in as many years
to firmly establish the superior quali
ties of its product, the Coca-Cola Com
pany today filed suit to enjoin Axson
Minhinnett, a Buckhead druggist said
to be selling a spurious beverage us
Coca-Cola.
Attorneys from the Coca-Cola Com
pany said that legal steps will be taken
shortly to restrain numerous druggists
and soda dealers in Atlanta, who, they
maintain, are disposing of inferior
syrup under the guise of Coca-Cola.
The company averred that all drinks
the color, consistency and flavor of
Coca-Cola were but imitations manii
fictured merely to take advantage of
the enormous'advertising of the Coca-
Cola Company.
FOUR-CORNERED RACE FOR
JUDGE OF MACON CIRCUIT
MACON, GA., June I.—A four-cor
nered race for the judgeship of the su
perior court of the Macon circuit is
opening. Judge Nat E. Harris, who
was recently appointed by the governor
to fill the vacancy caused by the resig
nation of Judge W. H. Felton, an
nounces that he will be a candidate
for the full term. Judge Robert Hodges
of the city court. Solicitor H. A. Mat
thews and John R. L. Smith, who was
indorsed by the Macon bar for appoint
ment. are regarded as certain candi
dates.
NEW TRAIN TO COLUMBUS.
< 'ULI'MBL’S, GA.. June I.—The peo
ple of Columbus, Americus and Buena
Vista have succeeded in inducing the
Central of Georgia railroad to put on a
new passenger train between Colum
bus and Americus that will prove to be
a great convenience to the traveling
public. The new train will make a trip
a day each way.
machine will result in a great saving in
time and money in handling first-class
letter mail.
The mailometer. if adopted, will be
placed in all the big business houses of
the city and country and these houses
instead of stamping their mail will simply
run it through the mailometer and send it
to the postoffice ready for distribution.
The machine at the end of the week or
month will accurately show just how
mue+i mail was passed through it and a
bill for postage will be presented Jn the
same’manner as is done with fourtn-cluss
matter.
EMM
GUT BEEF PRICES
Georgia Congressman Declares
Present Meat Quotations
Call for Action.
WASHINGTON. June I.—Represen
tative Edwards of Georgia, who has
Introduced a resolution for the investi
gation of the beef trust, declared to
day that the rising price of beef has
brought about a situation which can
not be ignored by the department of
justice. The Edwards resolution calls
upon the department of justice to in
stitute an investigation to determine
whether there exists a beef trust and
to begin steps to dissolve the illegal
combination.
Mr. Edwards said: "The situation is
one which can not be ignored by the
government. I am aware that it may
be. a ticklish proposition for the ad
ministration to tackle at this time, but
there should be no delay, regardless of
polities. I hope that after the Chi
cago convention a searching and hon
est probe will be conducted.
"I believe the present laws are ade
quate to prosecute and dissolve the
beef trust. The fact that one action
has failed in Chicago should not deter
the department of justice. If the pres
ent law can not reach the beef trust
that every one knows has cornered the
market and makes prices at will, then
let us have a law which can.”
DYNAMITE ROCKS
BESOT OF FRISCO
Three Mysterious Explosions in
Resorts of Gambling Frater
nity Terrorize City.
SAN FRANCISCO, June I.—Detec
tives today are investigating three mys
terious explosions that occurred in the
heart of the business district of San
Francisco last night just before the
theaters' evening performances ended
—and that caused near panics in thea
ters. hotels and cases.
The explosions occurred between
10:30 and 11 o’clock in the neighbor
hood of the business section of Market
street.
Animus Against Gambling Seen.
Each place was in the location of
gambling in some form or another.
Two were pool rooms, the third was a
"bucket shop.”
The places dynamited were:
A. L. Broyer's pool room, Stevenson
street. Explosion occurred at 10:30.
The explosive used probably was dyna
mite.
Tom Corbett’s pool room, Stevens
street, near Fourth street, owned and
run by Tom Corbett. Explosion oc
curred at 10:40. The explosive used
apparently was dynamite.
Moss & Co., 332 Bush street. Time
of explosion 11 o'clock. The explosive
used apparently was dynamite.
Panic in Downtown Hotels.
The entire downtown section of the
city was aroused by the explosions.
Guests at the Palace hotel and even
the St. Francis and Fairmont hotels,
which arc some blocks from the scene,
were alarmed.
The audience was in the Portola and
oilier theaters close to the scene of the
two explosions was frightened and only
on assurances of the employees panic
was- prevented.
The explosions are believed by the
police to have been caused by some
disgruntled gambler.
GEN. WILLIAM BOOTH
HOPELESSLY BLIND
LONDON. June 1. Surgeons in attend
ance on General William Booth, venerable
head of the Salvation Army, reluctantly
admit that he is probably hopelessly
blind.
Both eyes are inflammed as the result
of the recent operation for the removal
of a cataract from his left eye and the in
flammation has affected the optic nerve.