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VOV X. NO. 262.
TAFT IN RING
TO STAY,
HILLES
SAYS
There’ll Be No Bolt of the Pres-
ident’s Forces if He Loses,
Secretary Declares.
STRICTLY TWO-MAN FIGHT;
NO DARK HORSE THOUGHT
President Will Not Break Prec
edent by Going to Chicago
During Big Convention.
WASHINGTON, June I.—President
Taft will neither consider, listen to
nor accept the suggestion of a compro
mise candidate.
•‘Neither will there be a bolt by the
Taft forces—rumors to the contrary
notwithstanding. If he is defeated,
President Taft will take his future with
good grace and will not attempt to
start another party to secure the nomi
nation for the presidency on any other
pretext.”
This was the comment made by Sec
retary Hilles today when approached
on the question of a possible dark horse
capturing the presidential nomination
when the Republican national conven
tion meets on June 18.
Indignantly repudiating the assertion
that a compromise had been broached
to the president, or that he would con
sider it should it be made. Secretary
Hilles continued:
This is a fight between President
Taft and Colonel Roosevelt. The nom
ination. so far as we can see, lies be
tween one of these men. We are con
sidering no dark horses. The president
will go into the convention with enough
votes to nominate him. If the unex
pected happens and he fails In his pur.
pos, , the man who wins will do so be
cause of his own strength, not from any
votes which will be swung to him bj
the president.
“Strictly Two-Man
Fight,’’ He Says.
'This is strictly a ‘two-man tight,’
with the odds, in our opinion, in favor
of the president. We are making every
effort to hold our own In Ohio, and I
see no reason why we should not do so.
“The president is not considering
visiting Chicago at the time of the
convention. Whether Colonel Roose
velt is on hand at this time or not will
make no difference. The president will
remain here to attend to business and
will leave the attention to the details in
Chicago in the hands of Director Mc-
Kinley and myself.
“On June 17 President Taft will pre
side at the graduation exercises at
Hamilton college. Clinton, N. Y. He
will return here on June 18 and will re
ceive the news of the convention by
telegraph ami long distance telephone.
All precedents would be shattered
should the president of the United
States attend the convention in which
he is personally interested, and Presi
dent Taft is not considering such a
radical move.
“Besides, we see no necessity for it.
We have strength enough already. Our
delegates, we are sure, can take care
of themselves and there is no fear of
an organized bolt to the opposition.
“The chairmanship of the national
committee is a subject which has re-
confirmed on Page Two.
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Saturday Half-Holiday
Season On; Shop Girls
Get 14 of 'Em This Year
People Buy Early and 1 o’Clock
Closing Is Satisfactory to
Atlanta Merchants.
Atlanta girls-behind-the-counter are
in luck this year. June came in on a
Saturday, and there are fourteen Sat
urdays squeezed into the three summer
months. That means fourteen half
holidays.
The shopping district appears desert
ed today, as compared to the busy aft
ernoons to which Atlantans are ac
customed. Cigar stores and soda foun
tains are doing a rushing business, but
the doors of the department stores and
most of the smaller retail houses are
closed. The Saturday half-holiday sea
son began today, and for three months
shop girls and salesmen will have an
opportunity to leave at 1 o’clock and
hike to the parks or the ball game for a
bit of fresh air.
The half-holiday movement has been
spreading for several years, until now
the jobbing houses, the factories and
nearly every business house which pos
sibly can, closes on Saturday after
noons at 1 o’clock. An army of several
thousand employees is givers the after
noon off. The public has learned to do
its buying before noon and so nobody
loses—except the doctors.
PENITENTIARY TERM
FOR SUFFRAGIST WIFE
WHO BEAT HUSBAND
BINGHAMTON. N. Y„ June I.
Mary Dubai is the first woman in the
southern tier to be given a peniten
tiary sentence for husband beating. She
is an advocate of woman’s rights, and
on former occasions complaints have
been made against her for mistreating
her husband.
Mrs. Dubai was arrested on a war
rant obtained by her busband, who
complained that in a fit of rage during
a domestic spat she administered to
him a sound beating. City Judge Al
bert Hotchkiss found her guilty and
declared that if women desired man’s
preorgatives they should also have
man’s punishment when found guilty of
violation of law. He always dealt se
verely with wife beaters, he said, and
accordingly he sentenced her to three
months in the Onondaga penitentiary.
GRAVE DIGGERS IN
MACON ROUTED BY
HUNGRY RED BUGS
MACON. GA., June I.—Attacked by
red bugs, the 30 grave diggers and em
ployees of Rose Hill cemetery have
quit work and today the city sexton is
advertising for men to take their
places. The sexton himself is in bed
swathed in clothes soaked with kero
sene. There are four burials scheduled
for this afternoon, but it is believed
that the graves will be prepared de
spite the red bugs which are more’
numerous in the cemetery than ever
before.
ONE HUNDRED MACON
WOMEN TO ORGANIZE
COMMERCE CHAMBER
MACON, GA., June 1. —A Women’s
Chamber of Commerce is in process of
formation in Macon. The success of
the ladies in the reunion preparations
suggested the idea of an auxiliary to
the Chamber of Commerce, and the
plan met with Instant favor. One hun
dred of the leading women of Macon
have been communicated xjvith, and
they, have declared their willingness
and eagerness to form such an organ
ization. It is expected that Mrs. \V. D.
Lamar w'ill head it. The first meeting
will be held shortly.
COLCORD ENTERS RACE FOR
COUNCIL IN SEVENTH WARD
R. R. Colcord, of West End. announc
ed today that he would be a candidate
for council from the Seventh ward. A
party of citizens called upon him last
night and prevailed upon him to run.
Mr. Colcord is president of the Col
cord Lumber Company.
ROOSEVELT’S SON-IN-LAW
BOOMED FOR GOVERNOR
CINCINNATI, June I.—A boom for
Congressman Longworth for the Republi- I
can nomination for governor has been
started. He is figured as a good compro
mise candidate.
Longworth would have had the guber
natorial nomination two years ago had it
not 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.
WALTER MILLER IS SOLD
BY CRACKERS TO ELMIRA
President Calloway, of the Atlanta
baseball club, announced today that he
had sold Pitcher Walter Miller to the
Elmira club, of the New York State
If ague.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1912.
COUNCIL AND
EDUCATION
BOARD AT
WAR
V
Blame for Building Scandal Is
Now Put Up to Men at the
Head of Schools.
CHAMBERS IS OPPOSED
TO ENLARGING POWERS
As a Result of Squabble. With
holds Action on the Special
Tax Proposition.
Councilman Aldine Chambers put the
school scandal squarely up to the board
of education today and declared council
would take no steps until the board had
washed its own linen.
“I have no sympathy with the board
of education.” he said, "and for one
will take no action toward giving them
the authority or the money they say
they must have until President W. R.
Daley, Alderman James E. Warren and
others explain their unfounded state
ments.”
Councilman Chambers was consider
ing offering a resolution in council pro
viding for a special school tax, some
thing for which the board of education
has been fighting for years, and grant
ing them more authority in the admin
istration. He will withhold action now
until the board of education clears up
the charges "that the city council was
to blame for the poor construction of
the schools; that $50,000 had been
wasted on one school, and that the city
had been robbed in all of its schools on
account of requirements for letting
contracts imposed by council.”
Damage Not Over
SI,OOO, Says Chambers.
"I believe that all the damages to the
schools can be repaired for about sl,-
000," said Chambers.
Mr. Chambers said that it seemed to
him that much that has been pub
lished was inspired to create prejudice
against the present form of municipal
government.
All the members of the board of edu
cation have declared that the principal
cause of the trouble with the schools is
the cumbersome system of conducting
them. They said that the board of edu
cation hasn’t sufficient authority and
that council is to blame because it has
handicapped the board.
Take Schools Out of
Politics, Says Paxon.
A number of members of council had
decided to put through legislation giv
ing the board more authority until the
scandal of the bond issue schools de
veloped and several of the members of
the board gave out startling statements
for publication.
A number of prominent citizens urge
that the board should have more au
thority. F. J. Paxon suggests that the
schools be run by a commission of
twelve men, entirely separated from
politics.
Victor L. Smith, C- J. Haden and S.
B. Marks, president of the Georgia
Federation of Trades, said they thought
the board of education should have full
authority over the schools, with a spe
cial school tax or a definite amount
set aside each year for the board of
education to apportion. Under the
present system the council finance com
mittee makes up the school budget, the
board of education acting only as an
advisory board.
GEN. WILLIAM BOOTH
HOPELESSLY BLIND
LONDON, June I. —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.
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 11'11 there wer* 3,869 less births than
deaths in Prance. This U the most un
favorable showing In the history of
France.
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OVER THE ROPES By T. E. Powers
Copyright, 1912, by International News Service.
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HOPE WANES FOR
MAMANO
Absent Massachusetts Council
lor Indicates He’ll Cast Vote
Against Commutation.
BOSTON, June I.—Alexander Mc-
Gregor. the councillor upo* whose vote
will probably depend the life of Mrs.
Lena Cusamano, under sentence of
death for the murder of her husband,
when the governor's council meets next
Wednesday, has intimated that he will
vote against commutation, according to
dispatches from Umbagog Lake. Maine,
today.
Mr. McGregor is at Melatlac Lake.
Questioned as to his attitude upon the
death penalty, he said:
“I have always heard and believed
that the laws of Massachusetts were
the best, the people of Massachusetts
the fairest, and justice in Massachu
setts courts the highest. When I took
the oath of office as councillor I swore
to uphold, rather than to obstruct or
nullify, the state’s laws.
"When the people of the state wish
the death penalty put aside they will
change the laws. However, I do not
wish to state how I will vote next
Wednesday. I have not been informed
of the grounds upon which commuta
tion is sought.”
Mr. McGregor planned to start today
for Boston. He was the only councillor
absent last Wednesday* when the coun
cil. voted four to four on the question
of commuting Mrs. Cusamano’s sen
tence The question will be reconsid
ered next Wednesday.
In Mrs. CuHsmano’s cell, to lighten
the gloom of the death house, a nose
gay of flowers is kept constantly.
Enrico Mascioli, sentenced to die
with her as her accomplice In the mur
der of her husband, is in hie cell a few
yard* away, watched night and day, as
he waits for the chair.
VAMMAN DIRIGIBLE,
BUILT TO CROSS SEA,
FLIES HOUR IN TEST
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J . June I.
Dashing through the air at express
train speed. Melvin Vaniman made a
spectacular flight of nearly an hour
here today In the dirigible airship Ak
ron, In which the aeronaut plans to
cross the Atlantic ocean.
The machine worked perfectly, sev
eral improvements having been made
since the great dirigible met with dis
aster and fell into the marshes of
Grassy bay November 4 last.
Vaniman was in the air 55 minutes.
Accompanying him on the test flight
were four members of his crew and a
guest, A. H. Upson, of Akron, Ohio.
Vaniman himself worked as navigator.
Thousands of Atlantic City residents
cheered Vaniman's evolutions over land
and sea.
Zeppelin Craft Goes
400 Miles in 10*4 hrs.
HAMBURG, GERMANY. June I.
After an all-night trip, in which an av
erage speed of 38 miles an hour was
maintained, the new military airship
Zeppelin 111, with Count Zeppelin in
command, arrived here from Fried
richshaven, 400 miles away.
The Zeppelin 111 left Friedrfehsha
ven at 11 o’clock last night on its maid
en voyage, passing over Bare!, Frank
fort-on-Main, Goetting and Bremen.
Count Zeppelin personally was at the
helm of the big dirigible, and was in
charge of the flight all the way
Word of the approach of the Zeppe
lin HI had been flashed ahead, and a
great crowd gathered. When the land
ing was made, a great ovation was
given to Zeppelin and his crew. The
airship arrived at 9:35 o’clock, just Hi
hours and 35 minutes after leaving the
starting point,
The big dirigible was anchored in a
Held on the outskirts of the city, and a
strong guard thrown around it to hold
back the swarms of Sightseers who
threatened to wreck It In their eager
curiosity.
DYNAMITE ROCKS
HEARTOF ’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 tn,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 Corjiett. Explosion oc
curred at 10:40. The explosive used
apparently was dynamite.
Moss A 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. Franris and Fairmont hotels,
which are some blocks from the scene,
were alarmed.
The audience was in the Portola and
other theaters close to the scene of the
two explosions was frightened and onlj
on assurances of the employees panic
was prevented.
The explosions are believed by the
police to have been caused t>y some
disgruntled gambler.
IXTR4
PRICE TWO CES'Oa
FIRE TRAPS
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lo.ooo;
GIRLS I
—CHIEF CUMMINGR 1
Crusade Starts to Protect S I
Lives of Helpless Attaffl— I
Workers and Property > I
f I
SPRINKLER ORDINANC to
TO BE RIGIDLY ENFOR &]
05 I
Many Downtown Building > I
c/> ■
Equipped AccordinjJtqJ 1
Declares the I
t J
That 10,000 women and girls, | k
in downtown stores, factory lor
other buildings are In daily p.
death by fire, was the startling de. '
tion made to The Georgian todi
Fire Chief W. B. Cqmmfngs In t I
ning a vigorous crusade for -a
rigid enforcement of local fire |
The chief declared taht the
'lie thousands of working
girls demands that every possible I
( aution be taken to prevent an
Ing disaster. ’.
Chief Cummings said he\
• ‘ic rft.
' f u-torv horror in New A”.
n lad' hundreds of helpless girl
their lives. Atlanta has simply p,
in luck, he declared, in escaping su flvH
tragedy.
The nnn-enforcement of one of
most important Are ordinances of
city, the law requiring automatic n
sprinklers in the downtown mercant l
and manufacturing buildings, was
by Chief Cummings as the cat
of this alarming situatics mloid
dillapidated structures, pMofy c'ffijll
structed, buildings, with ri ‘' Tly; ■■d;
properly built stairways, am..., ABH
fire escapes, add their quota .
the general menace. ••<.*! ’•
Fire Prevention
City’s Greatest Need. MiKA
Tim chief asserted that f1),,.
'io,-i fs on,- ~f the greatest ne>
lanta today. . ...
In an effort to lessen the
fire and fire tragedy Chief
and Building Inspector Hayes
op, . serve notice on owners of all
tore lofts, mercantile buildings
other dangerous structures who } de«
failed to comply with the law, that',,
immediately must Install automatic 3
sprinklers. Sixty days is given by the
law in which to complete this work. ce> jM
those falling to obey the mandate £
promptly be haled before Reool r | n
Broyles.
The penalty for violation of this
dinance is a fine not exceeding SSOO a: I
a term of not more than 30 days in the'J
stockade, ejther one or both in the dis- a
cretion of the court. ■
Atlanta’s wealthiest and most promi- J
nent citizens are represented among the ■
owners of these downtown buildings, ■
and they must comply with the law at I
once or face the court. This Is the ulti- H
matum of the two officials. K
‘ I shall insist on cases being made in H
every instance where the law is vio- H
lated after the proper notice is given,” ■
says Chief Cummings. V W
Chief Cummings and Inspector Hayes ■
arc of the opinion that most of the ■
property owners are ignorant of the fl
e.xiso-nce of the automatic sprinkler
■lip nice, and for this reason will giveflj
ample notice before any arrests
made.
Eighty Per Cent of
Buildings Unsafe. M
L> ss than ten per cent of the
t.e.' i! buildings are equipped
f" law. said Chief Cummings.
means that more than 80 per cent ar
unsafe. ’
chief Cummings began a crusad<o 9H
year ago for fire escapes, and says Cl fll
creditable improvement has been/fnaeft c
in this respect. A total of 200 Are es- '
caje-s have been placed on downtown
structures in the last, twelve months.
Mmh work, however, remains to be
d<m. along this line, said the chief. “
The law stipulates that small build
ings shall be provided with automatic
sprinklers in the ba>ements. and
large structures shall be so equipg). ’«
throughout These sprinklers are built
in the ceilings and connect by piping/ '
with water mains or spacial
