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BE SURE THAT YOU GET YOUR COPY OF THE SPECIAL SATURDAY MAGAZINE WITH THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Fair today and tomorrow. 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. WHAT ARE YOU IN SEARCH OF TODAY? Xo matter if it is a position, help, real es tate, farms, rooms, houses, apartments, of fices, garages, boarding places, lost articles, poultry of all kinds, business opportunities, or any other conceiva ble thing, a Georgian Want Ad will go get it for you. Georgian Want Ads cost little, and accom plish mm-h. Read them, answer them, and use them. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results 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. J— •J’**J**i**J**f**i**»**J < *S* > l**l - *i'**i , *l**** > i'' , *i'*%**l , ** < *i* , i*****i <> S**i* ‘l''’ *’”***■!’l**!**«'‘**'“‘*'**4 — 7*’'l**'»*''******i‘**l**i**l**i‘“ OVER THE ROPES By T. E. Powers Copyright, 1912, by International News Service. / it- A t 'iA-j -gJSpx:. A stJA’ L. ,-UL m C.LZ ZZ - A V I H/ Wt><> A— ' NojHgiXitO' 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 imperil; 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