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JAILBEEFTRUST
HEADS--NIARTINE
lersey Senator Says People
Will Not Stand Another Such
Chicago Fiasco.
By JAMES E. MARTINE,
United States Senator from New Jersey
WASHINGTON, June 14.—The power
of the Beef Trust, acquired through
years of contact, corrupt or otherwise,
with public officials is . alone re
sponsible for the recent fiasco in Chi
cago. where a number of its officials
escaped criminal prosecution.
The whole affair was a miscarriage
of justice. The temper of the American
yrc,pie will not swallow another af
fair of this sort.
I believe the Beef Trust Is the most
Iniquitous monopoly this country or
any other country’ has ever seen. It
strikes at the very existence of every
man, woman and child from Maine to
Texas and from Florida to Washing
ton. It has acquired for Itself practi
cally an absolute monopoly of one of
the great food staples of the human
race.
Would Jail Officials.
It works countless and undesirable
hardships upon our people by its ex
tortionate demands. If I could pro
ceed to their prosecution Individually,
1 would hav,e every official and each
criminally associated employee behind
prison bars. In this thought I express
openly the inner thoughts of thou
sands of men in this country, repre
senting all classes of the social order.
The Steel Trust, the Tobacco Trust,
the Standard Oil Company, the Har
vester Trust and the Paper Trust are
all bad enough—worse than those who
molded the destinies of our nation
could ever have anticipated. But none
of them compare with the Beef Trust.
It strikes at man’s existence. Food in
this country should be within reach of
every’ man’s pocketbook.
The Beef Trust has the American
people by the throat, both coming and
going. It pays what it chooses to the
producer of the meat animal products.
We have to take them at that price or
do without. I speak feelingly In these
matters. 1 have had bitter expe
riences at both ends of the trust’s
business enterprise.
"Let Each Move Be Aired."
I am glad to see that Chairman Clay
ton and his house judiciary committee
have undertaken an Investigation. The
capacity of the chairman and the per
sonnel of the opmmittee, in my opin
ion. guarantee that this investigation
will not prove the fruitless, inconse
quential affairs that some other inves
tigations have proved in the past.
Let each guilty act of this trust be
aired that the people may know to the
minutest detail how they have been
robbed. Public sentiment will forever
prohibit a repetition of the offense. Let
rhe conclusions be such that a success
ful dissolution suit and successful crim
inal prosecutions will quickly follow.
If the investigation shows that the
Sherman Anti-Trust law needs amend
ment I shall be among the first to ad
vo. at. enactment of such amendments.
D,*F. Tidwell.
The funeral of D. F. Tidwell, 27 years
■ ■ld. v ho died late yesterday, was held
this afternoon at the residence, 575 Lee
street. Interment was in Westview at
2 o'clock. i-
A HARD LUCK STORY
FROM A HIGH CLASS STORE
T • ■ Before we knew that 180 Norfolk Suits
IJ!IM I <7711 raised $3,000 per 420 Mohair Suits
year,we made the fol- 60 Doz. Fine Straw Hats
KMMHHMMBfIMMMI lowing purchases for
June delivery. The goods came and we had to take them.
We Are Going To Close Them Out at the Following Reductions
$30.00 Silk Lined Norfolk Suits $19.65 Straw Hats
Fine Mohairs we are going to dose at . ALL STYLES ALL PRICES
.OAAAB- INCLUDING
$30.00 Priestley Cravenette Mohairs $19.65
$25.00 Priestley Cravenette Mohairs $15.95 THE NEW ENGLISH HIGH CROWNS.
$22.50 Priestley Cravenette Mohairs , $14.95 $3.50 VALUES AT $2.40
$20.00 Priestley Cravenette Mohairs $13.40 PANAM AS AT $3.95
SIB.OO Priestley Cravenette Mohairs $11.95 SPECIAL
sls 00 Priestley Cra venette Mohairs $ 9.95 Regular 50c and 75c neckwear 19c.
BUEHL-MEADOR COMPANY
52-54 Peachtree Street—Cor. Walton
DELUGE IS CAUSE
OF GREAT DAMAGE
Reports from railroads and telephone
companies, slowly coming in today,
show last night’s rain deluge was by
far the worst In point of damage and
delay in the recent history of this part
of Georgia.
Washouts on the lines of the South
ern and the Seaboard Air Line delayed
mails from all directions, particularly
from the North, and the malls from
New York, Washington. Baltimore and
intermediate towns were so badly tied
up that they had not reached the At
lanta postofflee at 10 o’clock. At the
postoffice it was said that the New
York mail is not expected to arrive to
day.
In this city the torrents of rain so
cluttered the tracks with mud and
water that seven loaded trolley cars
were off the track at one time and the
schedules on several lines virtually
were suspended from 8:30 until 11 p. m.
At the company’s offices it was said
today that none of the cars was over
turned nor w'ere any of the 300 or more
passengers injured. All were greatly
delayed and many got soaking wet in
attempts to leave the stranded cars
and reach their destinations afoot.
Freight Train Nearly Wrecked,
The cars derailed went off the tracks
at these points: Corner of Ormond and
Martin. Simpson and Vine, West
Peachtree at Seventeenth street, De
catur near Decatur, Irwin street two
miles out. Juniper and North avenue,
Juniper and Twelfth streets.
Officials of the company declare that
the wrecking crews succeeded in get
ting the last stranded cars back
on the tracks and In operation again
before midnight. They say the damage
done to their rolling stock was slight.
At Floyd, Ga.. fifteen miles from At
lanta, on the route of the Seaboard Air
Line to Birmingham, a trestle was
washed away. A long freight train
was stopped at the brink of the chasm,
narrowly escaping plunging into the
stream below.
Another washout on the Seaboard at
STRIKE RIOTERS TRY
TO FIRE $10,000,000.00
PLANT; ONE KILLED
PERTH AMBOY, N. J., June 14.—One
man was killed and two others wounded
in a battle between strikers and deputy
sheriffs at the plant of the American
Smelting and Refining Company today.
The dead man was a striker and the two
wounded were also strikers. They were
shot by the deputies, who fired to prevent
the men from setting fire to the $10,000,000
plant of the smelting company.
One hundred shots were exchanged
early today In a strike riot at the works
of the Barber Asphalt Company and the
American Smelting and Refining Com
pany, when a mob of 200 strike sympa
thizers attacked the plants.
Local officials are in constant communi
cation with Governor Wilson, and a call
for the militia is momentarily expected.
FIRST EDITION
WILCOX NEGRO LYNCHED
FOR SHOOTING A FARMER
ROCHELLE, GA., June 14.—Because
he had shot and seriously wounded E.
C. Ritchie, a prominent Wilcox county
farmer, near here, a negro tenant was
lynched by enraged neighbors of
Ritchie’s, after having been identified
by the wounded man as his assailant.
He was hanged to a tree and his body
riddled with bullets.
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY, JUNE 14. 1912.
Lilburn 24 miles from Atlanta, held up
trains for hours.
Southern railroad officials said there
had been no washout on their lines in
Georgia, but they admitted that the
route was pretty badly tied up by
freshets that had inundated the tr/cks
in North Carolina. • They held these
floods responsible for the delay of the
Northern mail, and said they could not
tell when the tracks would be cleared
and the schedule of trains resumed.
Out on the Marietta road four miles
from Atlanta the deluge especially was
destructive. Dahl’s floral nursery there
is one of the wors£ sufferers. Water
flowed among the flowers in torrents
and the flood grew so deep that nearly
the whole nursery still waS Inundated
this morning It is said that thousands
of dollars in damage was done there
alone.
Dispatches from Marietta indicate
even a heavier rainfall there. For eight
hours, without a lull, the water came
down as from a cloudburst. Fences
were washed away and great damage
w’as done to the growing crops through
out that district.
Heavy Rainfall at Marietta.
Both the Bell and Atlanta Telephone
Companies report considerable damage.
Many -wires are down, and though at
the Bell office it was said no estimate
had yet been made of the broken
phone connections, it was admitted
that there are many useless phones in
this district today. The Atlanta Com
pany also admitted considerable trou
ble. Both companies have their en
tire force of repair men doing double
duty today.
The high wind which came with the
cloudburst did considerable damage to
store and residence property in At
lanta. Swift gusts of wind wrecked a
S4OO plate glass window in the Guth
man Company’s building on Peachtree
street, near Houston. At about the
same time the Pryor street entrance
window in the Candler building crashed
in, causing a loss of SIOO. Several
other big windows were blown in. and
many signs w’ent down.
GEORGIA GRAND LODGE
OF ODD FELLOWS WILL
PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR
The grand lodge of Odd Fellows for
the state of Georgia will meet tomorrow
morning at the Piedmont hotel to map
out plans ton the coming year. W. S.
Coleman, of Atlanta, grand master, will
preside over the meeting
It Is probable that the question of re
districting Georgia will be taken up, along
with other questions of importance to the
lodge. The Odd Fellows has the largest
numerical strength of any secret order in
Georgia.
The members of the grand lodge who
will attend the meeting are W. S. Cole
man, grand master, Atlanta; T. M.
Haynes, deputy grand master. Savan
nah; T. H. Robertson, grand secretary,
Gainesville; C. A. Von Der Leith, grand
treasurer, Athens; R. T. Daniel, grand
representative, Griffin: Orrine Roberts,
grand representative, Monroe; J. A.
Sharp, grand chaplain. Young Harris; W.
D. Sloan, grand warden, Gainesville;
Frank Howell, grand marshal, LaGrange;
H. R. McClatchey, grand conductor, Ma
rietta; J. E. Bodenhamer, grand guard
ian, Decatur: W. A. Slaton, grand her
ald, Washington; John A. Hynds, Atlanta;
John W. Bennett, Waycross; J. H. Dozier.
Athens, past grand representatives; L. B.
Clarke, Atlanta, past grand master.
In addition to these, twenty-one division
grand masters will be in attendance.
SCHOOL REPAIRS
TO GOST $5,000
Inspector Hayes Finishes In
vestigation and Will Report
on His Findings Monday.
Building Inspector Hayes told a Geor
gian reporter today that, as a result of
his inspection, he would report that
the twelve city bond issue schools were
constructed as cheaply as possible, and
that in addition to the repairs which
could be required of the contractors,
the city would be obliged to spend at
least $5,000 to make them fit for use.
He will report to the board of educa
tion and the bond commission Monday.
These bodies will call upon the con
tractors to make repairs.
The principal faults Mr. Hayes w'ill
report are:
The water seeps through and under
the walls, making the mus
ty and unhealthy.
Walls Are Leaky ;
The walls of most of the schools were
built without furring, and the water
leaks through the plastering, discolor
ing it.
Janitors have been using hose in
washing floors, and the water has
poured through into the rooms below.
There are no marquees over the
doors, and water beats in during hard,
rains and then leaks through into the
basement. Most of the plastering Is
cracking on account of the shrinkage
of the timbers, as well as on account
of leaks.
The plastering in the Walker Street
school was improperly mixed
FOUR ATLANTA DENTISTS
ELECTED STATE OFFICERS
AMERICUS. GA.. June 14.—Dr. De-
Los Hill, of Atlanta, was elected presi
dent by the Georgia State Dental so
ciety In annual convention here. Other
officers elected are: Dr. Edward Tig
ner, of Milledgeville, first vice presi
dent; Dr. Thomas P. Hinman, of At
lanta. second vice president; Dr. M. M.
Forbes, of Atlanta, secretary; Dr. Wil
liam Zirkle. of Atlanta, treasurer, and
Dr. H. H. Johnson, of Macon, journal
editor. Executive committeemen are
Dr. L. H. Darby, of Vidalia, chairman;
Dr George M. Woodberry and Dr. M.
N. Barnwell, both of Augusta. Colum
bus was selected as the next meeting
place.
CHEHAW MEMORIAL IS
DEDICATED BY D. A. R.
AMERICUS, GA., June 14.—The unveil
ing of Chehaw memorial, at Chehaw. near
Leesburg, took place today under the
auspices of the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution.
The exercises began at 11 o'clock and
included addresses by some of the state’s
most prominent members, among them
Mrs. William Lawson Peel, of Atlanta,
and Mrs. J. E. D. Shipp, of this place
Prayer by the Daughters of the
American Revolution chaulaln, and mu
sic by a band, with the unveiling
by Misses Mary Dudley and Lucy Sim
mons and Frank Harrold, Jr., were fea
tures, after which a bounteous dinner
was spread.
A number of representatives were pres
ent from Americus, Dawson, Leesbuxg,
Montezuma and other places.
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I Extra June Sale Specials j
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< Thousands of dollars’ worth of new Summer g
goods will go on sale Saturday at most remarkable
$ bargain prices-—special purchases made by our Mr.
m L. B. Joel on a recent buying trip and all surpluses >
c/7 from our regular stocks.
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“ New Dresses New Skirts &
c/5 One lot of new Summer Dresses, in- New white Washable Skirts of ex-
eluding madras, fancy lawns and cellent rep and pique; all splendid ®
CQ other wash fabrics; 0 1 Qc styles and worth up fiO« co
up to $6.50 values. vl'wv to $3.00: choice
co 500 new Street and Evening Dress- Skirts of lightweight wool Pana- co
es—voiles, lingeries, satin messa-. mas, serges and fancy mixtures;
lines, etc.; samples worth 04 QE values up to $10.00; OQ Qt c/i
$ up to sls; in this sale at ... WtiJu choice kJOiJU
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lOOO New Lingerie and Linen
< Waists—Samples Worth up to g
s2.so—All at Choice of the Lot - $
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| Extra 2d Floor Specials g
CQ Lot of Children's Dresses, worth up to 75c; 300 Ladies' Muslin Gowns, samples worth
on sale tomor- OKf* U P Qft*
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<< Children's and Misses’ Dresses, including Corset Covers and Drawers, worth up to 75c;
CQ “middy blouse.’’ ' n
" styles; only VVV sale at Cvv
C/5 One lot of Ladies' Rain-proof Automobile Children's Parasols, worth up to 50c; on CO
Coats; $5.00 "7E sale tomorrow 1 Q a
“ value, >£. (0 «< ISC %
K Boy,’ Wash Suits that would he cheap al j Ladies’ Parasols in many neiy styles; values |~|
< $1.00; this up to $4.00; Qft* >
CQ sale 4vV choice WWW
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Another great purchase of Hats includes Ready-
< to-Wear Untrimmed Shapes—Milans, Peanut >
Straws, Javas, and Hemps worth up to
< $3.00; all at choice, onlyw V «
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The new White Ratine Ready-to-Wear Flats,
all white or with colored lining WOw t
| Ladies' and Men's Furnishings %
Jq Ladies’ 16-button length All-Silk Gloves; I Men’s SI.OO and $1.50 Negligee Shirts, in I®
51.25 grade; CQ* new summer CQfk
per pair DOT patterns WVM (/)
< 16-button length Lisle Gloves, the usual SI.OO Men’s summer Cndershirt g, balbriggan and
0Q quality; this >lQ* porous-knit; OK* >
~ sale special fcVV
IXS New Embroidered and Crocheted Bags; real Men's Silk Socks, the regular 50c. quality; —.
sl-50 CQ* in this sale » IQ*
(/j Ladies’ Embroidered Silk Hose, in best col- R. &G. make Corsets in new summer styles; </>
< ors; 69c tomorrow, “
Children’s and Babies' White and Fancy New Wide Lace Bands— macrame and cluny,
< Sacks; 25c « i per . IQa
£ kind l wC | yard IWV ijo
% Great Saturday Hour Sales %
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« From Bto 10 o'clock From 10 to 12 o'clock 1 $
«£ Two cases of yard-wide Bleached Cam- v SO pieces of 36-inch White Curtain
CQ brie; 12 1-2 c value; Swiss; worth 15c, at, W
“7- per yard OG ’per yard UU >
100 All-Silk Messaline Petticoats. $3.00 200 bolts of fine English Longcloth.
< and $4.00 values, <4 4 E worth $1.25; at, KK* ~
CQ at, each .40 per boll QOV £5
C/T Two cases yard-wide French Percales, Ladies’House Dresses of splendid wash >
the 12 l-2c kind, C76* fabrics; extra AQf*
g at, per yard O/OC well made •fUG
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I Saturday Specials in Our |
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C/5 Best No. 1 Floor Oilcloth, in Saturday sale of Solid Oak Gamine Fibre Rush- Porch >
new patterns; this IQ A Refrigerators at about half Rockers; real $6 QO
gj sale, per yardl vG regular prices, as follows: value; only ...
9by 12 Matting Art Squares 30-pound ice eEQfi «”l'd Oak Mission Pnrch W
in best summer de4*O Qp capacity. 33.3 U Swing, complete with chains >
CQ signs; tomorrow 50-pound ice Ort hooks $1.98
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c/) Good size Feather Pillows on ‘ Polished Brass Curtain Rods, ?
sale tomorrow at QQ* 75-pound ice 4 Qrt extension style;
02 the special price of wvG capacity . I I ,vU Saturday vG C/5
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