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»•GOST OF DYING JIB TO POVERTY Pastor Tells Charity Workers Undertakers Should Be Reg ulated by Law. C • n.BVFiLAND. OHIO, June 18.—lZ.ve the undertakers of the country organ -11 ized a trust? The Rev. Quincy L. Dowd, of Roscoe. U 11l . speaking before the National'Con " ferenee of Charities and Correction here this morning, charged burial costs among the poor with being one of the isige contributing causes of poverty in this country, and Atased his statements on the. results of a study of such costs in various American cities and foreign countries He urged a number of radi cal reforms to operate “in restraint of trade.” Some of his suggestions are: The appointment of commissions of inquiry into burial and cemetery; af i fairs. The organization of church leagues of compassion, settlement societies of burial protection, women’s club sec tions devoted to common sense in bur ial matters. Thc passage of improved legislation I n ordinances for the regulation of undertaking to reduce competition, limiting the number of undertakers in each ward, putting up the privilege of this trade to public bids under rigid contract requiring public fixed sched ules of funeral supplies and public ■ervicc. The establishment of municipal cem eteries whose charges for lots, care, opining graves and chapel use should be at cost. In cemeteries accessible to all sections of a city, crematories should be built and charges of inciner ation placed at cost. The establishment of bureaus of burial affairs as a part of the local health department. "Don’t Tax Labor Products/’ The removal of all taxes from build ings and other products of labor, and the increase of taxes on land values, was urged by Benjamin C. Marsh, sec retary of the New York congestion committee, as the way to reduce the present congestion and overcrowding of population in cities. "I confess with regret.” said Mr. Marsh, “that I see but little hope that the charities of this country will dare . • to come out In this fight to exterminate a, poverty. Privilege is too entrenched in most of their directorates, and forms \ the basis of the fortunes of too many •of their benevolent contributors. We must 'cease looking for material im provement of living conditions from t- charitable societies, and recognize that Hl w such improvement can be achieved only through governmental action—that is, by the enactment of just laws, and the repeal of unjust laws, such as the tax ation of labor. For this we must hold our elective representatives responsi ble.” For Abolition of Prison Labor, The committee on courts and prisons in its report advocated the abolition of contract labor in all prisons. Thomas R. Slicer, of New Yorfy, chairman of the committee, said that the problems confronting state governments are only alike in every state in the one require ment—that the prisoner should be kept at work —his physical condition, his moral health and his mental sanity de pend upon the conditions under which he works. He urged the adoption of the "State Use” system, under which V the population of prisons are employed V. in the manufacture of those commodl | ties such as shoes, clothing, brooms, furniture and so on, used by the va rious institutions and departments of the state, and in farming, dairying, gardening and road building. MEN'S DRESS SHOWS t STEADY PROGRESS TOWARD NEGLIGEE LONDON, June 18.—The fine weath er has brought with it a new develop ment in the now constant process of relaxation in men's dress. The new "polo collar” is the final step taken in the reaction against the stiff ness of the inid-Victorian age. It is made of soft linen or silk, with two lorg points flapping out from the safety pin that holds them together. Its effect is to lend to the most roughly hewn face an expression of quite childlike ingenuousness. Soft shirts, too. have ousted the old ephod of starched linen. The top hat ■ has become almost a sacramental gar- L jnent. reserved for weddings, funerals I bnd Sunday morning set vice. The frock coat is now mainly remembered as a Victorian mode. K -MUSTN’T MUSS UP SWISS MOUNTAINS WITH “‘ADS" GENE, June 18. —The Swiss are waking up to the necessity of protect ing their scenery from desecration by advertisements and hoardings. The Scenery Preservation society is making its voice heard, and the can ton of Zurich has just passed laws for thc protection of natural objects of in terest. Not only are no new advertise ment's to be allowed, but the old ones are to be got rid of. Especially is war to be waged on electric light adver tisements at night. E. T. MOON LIKELY TO RUN FOR HOUSE FROM TROUP I.A GRANGE, GA.. June 18.—E. T. \l on. of the Troup county bar. Is he lm: Urged to make the race from Troup i.'inty for the legislature. He states tlint lie will soon announce Ills de- X wi. on. Mr. M(?on if elected would suc- L.A r , . d Hatton Lovejoy, who with this F,' s ilon of the legislature retires. W. fi. j- Hines. »f Hogansville. Is a candi- date to succeed himself, without oppo sition Sick U.of G.Cadet Captainßeqins to Recover WfienHis Company Wins ALUMNI “TAKE” UNIVERSITY AND ATHENS TODAY // : \\ j J ~ \\ Ik jUBBr L. w EBP.". I I a UMIV '4l ■ I A. k | .' O/ Js ' I '■ 7 4 \vaJßßi -OB y . >! ♦ W/ MfMLONS 1 GO TO BJLTMOEI Legislature Probably Will Not Get Down to Actual Business Before July 1. Although the Georgia legislature will meet Wednesday, June 26. it will not" get right down to business until the following Monday. There will be many vacant seats when President of the Senate Slaton and Speaker Holder call their respec tive chambers to order for the last session of the present general assem bly. It 18 likely that a quorum will be present, of course, but it is not likely that two-thirds of both houses will an swer the first morning's roll calls. It is probable that routine matters will be disposed of Wednesday and Thursday, and possibly Friday. Both houses will adjourn either Thursday or Friday until the following Monday, declaring the intervening days to be non-legislative days. and. therefore, not a part of the 50 days limit to which sessions are held down by the consti tution of the state. Many Going to Baltimore. A great many members of the legis lature will go to the national Demo cratic convention in Baltimore. .Not a few of them are delegates, and many more are ardent Underwood men. and want to he lit the Monumental t'itv when the big Democratic pow-wow is on. The indications now are that both specials from Georgia to Baltimore will i be crowded with delegates and other Georgians going to the convention to help whoop things up. Next to Ala bama, Georgia probably will send more 'rooters" Baltimore thany any other Southern state. In these circumstances, a sort of un written "gentleman’s agreement" seems to have been entered into between members of both, thc senate and the < house that nothing byway of Import ance or general legislation shall be un dertaken by the legislature until after the Baltimore convention has been held. This understanding means that the real work of the legislature will hardly begin before Monday. July 1. BOBBIE BURNS FIGURES IN NEW LONDON DRAMA LONDON, June 18« —Captain Lennox Kendall has written a four-act roman tic drama which w ill be produced at a ■> big West End theater in the fall. The period of the play is 1780 and among the characters is Bobbie Burns as a youti> im ii: ATLANTA GEORGTAN AND NEWS. TLESDAY. JUNE 18. 1912. XCsi a J jirim io it 1 MEN MEDS » Wives Expected to Plunge in Safety Razors When Shop I Is Opened. Women barbers for Atlanta. That dream of the tonsorial parlor victim is about to be realized. Kelly A- l.eslie, who have a shop : downtown, are going to establish the t •women barbers in Atlanta in a new 1 shop with ten chairs and a good-look- 1 ing woman barber behind each. Negotiations with barbels of the fair , sex in Chicago and Seattle are now , underway and the ten beauties are soon : expected to be headed for Atlanta. As 1 soon as the promoters of this shop are 1 assured that they will have the women 1 barbers on a certain date they will be- ' gin to fit up their new shop, which they > declare will outclass anything in tin ■ Sout h. "Os course,” said Mi. Leslie, "this innovation is expected to boost the 1 price of safety razors, because every 1 married m in will get a razor as a pt • ■- "Mt from his wife as regularly as his ’ birthday or Christmas comes around, 1 but they won't use 'em—not when > there are women barbers in Atlanta." ' < THREE-CORNERED RACES ! FOR SENATE AND HOUSE t '■ \RTERSVILLE, GA.. June 18. —An- f nniiin emefits have been made by Dr. i T. H Baker John W. L. Br.own anil M. L. Johnson of their intention of ’ making the race for the senate from 1 the Forty-second di/trict, and a most exciting three-coronered contest is ex- ' pected. Dr. Baker has represented this < district and this county in both houses i of the general assembly. Mr. Brown is at present president of the'Georgia Ag- ' rlcultural society. He is a cousin of ' Governor Joseph M. Brown Mr. John- I son at present is representative from Bartow The race for the lower house is also < a three-coronered affair. Ed L. Cole, ‘ of Cartersville; Warren Dodd, of Eu- > harlee, and D. B. Freeman, also of Car- 1 tersvillv. are the candidate: 1 | THEY'RE RAISING PRICE OF DIAMONDS ONCE MORE > ANTWERP. June 18. -The German < diarnomi trusi has joined the Debeers I syndicate to raise the price of diamonds < live pel cent wholesale, which probably ’ means fifteen per cent retail < •Siiwivi li Thief Loots Fraternity House While Juniors and Guests “Hop” Until Dawn. ATHENS. GA.. June 18. When told this morning that his company had won the annual prize drill, ('adet Cap tain Michael of the university bat talion. who has been sick at Itis home on Prince avenue for several weeks, I immediately took a turn for the better. I The physicians attending him said that i he was in better spirits than he had been fop quite a while. All during the afternoon yesterday young Michael inquired constantly for news from Sanford field, where the mil itary exercises were taking idm e. On account of his extremely nervous con dition. alt information was withheld from him until this morning. From the beginning of the year Mi chael had labored with extraordinary zeal with his company—Company A. One of his chief regrets, therefore, upon taking sick was that his men would have to go before their judges without their captain. So carefully had the men been trained, however, that they worked like a well oiled piece of ma chinery under the guidance of Lieuten ant Miller, who was in charge. Today Is Alumni Dayu B rd G. Miller, of Duluth, Ga., won! the individual medal for the best drilled j cadet. Today is alumni day. The class of ■ 1907. with Harrison Jones, of Atlanta, I doing most of tlw talking, is malting i the city sit up and take notice. Among j the many tilings this class did while in | college was to inaugurate the senior parade, which is now an annual fea ture. and also the practice of leaving some memento behind for the use of the college. The members of this class' are walking around in their shirt sleeves with paint brushes on their arms and red caps on their heads. Whenever they get tired talking they paint several signs and stick them up. The announcement of honor awards will be made this afternoon in chapel. Graduation exercise* take place tomor row. The Sphinx banquet, the debate on woman suffrage in which the women were decided against, and the junior hop were events of last night. Thief Loots Frat House. The arrival of a goodly percentage of “old men” made the auditorium look "something like." The dance didn't be gin until late and lasted considerably later —until the stars began to wane, in faet, and the gray light \.f dawn was beginning to shoot across the horizon. While the fiance was going on a "gentleman thief” enterd the Phi Delta Theta chapter bouse and carried off i a wagon full. Nice white trousers I dress suits, fraternity badges, sofa pil lows and athletic toggery were bun- | died in by the wholesale. The Phis are : w alking about today in their garments | of last night and with fear in theii / C in ■ \\ / V \ \« •», ■ -sy / r vL X 1 \\ // ,J \ \ WMF / / *i I Two po|jiilai' girls ,-tl lite I ni-versify of Georgian commence ment tyeek ii!:is<|iii‘,lmll. On left. Miss \nglii|iie Hart, of Baltimore. i On right. Miss Lois Boutsher. oi’Xew Orleans. I hearts lest some vital secrets fall into alien hands. In spite of th, faet that the junior hop was carried into the “wee sma” hours, a number of breakfast parties were given tins morning and .> en wYll —though in spots sleepily - attended. The law Im takes placi tonight ami senior dame comes tomorrow. Atlantans Are Promoted. Tho*s\tiantans who rcceivid pronio tions in the cadet battalion were Cap tains E. F. McCarty, Z. S. Cowan, J. L. Rolfinson. Lieutenant and Adjutant c. E. Caverly, First Lieutenant J. W. Lindsay; Cm poral Clark Howell 111. The following promotions were an nounced by Commandant Atkins: Captains, E. F McCarty, Z. S. Cow | an, B. H. Chappell, R. T. Goodwyn. j Warren Bothwell, J L. Robinson, 11. B. i Dunlap, tirst lieutenant and adjutant. IC. E. Caverlv, first lieutenant and (quartermaster, C.' C. McCrary; cadet | quartermaster sergeant. L Michael; Color sergeants, t’. K. Durden and J. B. I Conyers; first litmtenantS, 11. G. Har l wood, S. T. York Brewton, M. P>. Coup ler, H. G. Kelly. E. I. Ransom, E. Cal loway, Lindsay. J. F. Gray; drum ma jor. G. A. Sanchen first sergeants. 11. H. Patterson. H M M< Gchee, T J Collins. F. Cheney. H. H. Welchcl. J. ) H. Moss; sergeants, F C. Jordan, F Haselton, J. T. Hain-. ’l'. R. Hinn, <'. t'hance, c. L. Gray, E. C. W< stbrook, J. Myers, J’’. M. Moise, Von Sprc< hen, E. A. Bailey. A. Winter, B. J. Fletcher. P. Merry. E. R. Pond, c. M. Brown, J. I. Davis, <'. B. Walker. J. Wade J. Popper. E. Blumenthal, M. W. Redd, C. B. Foley. E. Patman, corporals. L. C Sheffield, Owams. li. K. <'a rmichael, W G. Allen, Dobbs, R I ‘ Griffith, It. P. Bassett, M. Bass tt, l>. Felker, Manet. (Jverstreet. <'. Howell, E. C. Stewart, W. Webb. F. M. Seabrook, T. X Hen dricks, D. R. Jon<s v E. McWhorter, C. W Rawson, N. II Gillis, C. E. Cocke, J. L. Gillis, J. M. Gunn, Hatcher, Na than, David, J. R. Wood, H West. V. D Ray, S. B. Adair, W K McLain, W. P. Price. J. i'. Stewart. E M < 'ohen. H. Akerman, C. B. Davis, E. Hardin, S. Crump. W. B. Sparks. T. A. Maxwell. P Abbott, H. G. Mitchell, \\ . K. Slan ley. I MAJOR ELI H. JANNEY DIES. ALEXANDRIA. VA June 18. Majoi , Eli H Janney, field quattermastei on ith< staff r>f General Robert E Lee. ihlta ling the Civil war, died het' in his Stillr iyi Majoi Janney wa- the Inven*- I tor <>f a car coupler in general use on steam railroads. ■i mwtoh KILLED IN 1 FALL Mrs. Julia Clark Plunges to Her Death When Machine Hits a Tree. SPRIX'GFIELD. ILL.. June 18.—Mrs. Julia Clark, aviator, was killed in a fall here yesterday when a tip of a wing on her biplane struck a tree and the machine crashed to the ground. 'Die young woman was trying out her im. him in the race track inclosure at the fair grounds. But few persons watched as she glided the rpachiue from the ground and started on her spin at a low altitude. Whether she losi . ontrol o whether it was a case of mistaken judgment which caused the machine to go close to the tree has not be, n explained The end of a wing struck the t ee, the machine toppled and crashed to the gl'otglil. The voting woman’s skull was frac tui’ il and she died soon after reaching a hospital to which she was rushed in an automobile. Decisions of Milwaukee authorities was partly responsible for Mrs. Clark not having any recent practice. She hail intended making a number of flights there several weeks ago. but they refused to allow her to go up be cause it was deemed her machine was unsafe. Mrs. Clark is the second woman to be killed in aeroplane accidents. The othei was Miss Susanne Bernard, who lost her life at the Farmin school, at Pau. i'rince. about two months ago. Mi Clark was a Chicago woman, w ho hceaine interested in aviation dur ing the international aviation meet in chi< ago in August, 1911 She became a quaiiiled with the flyers and last fall went to San Diego, Cal., to learn to t operati’ a biplane. In this she was successful and was the third American woman to obtain an inti?inational aviation pilot license. WATSON IGNORES MERCERTHREfIT Editor Fires Return Broadside 1 at Commissioner, But Does Not Mention Cowhiding. Apparently Thomas E. Watson, the "red-headed person” from Thomson, isn't even a little bit worried because of Fish and Game Commissioner Jesse Mercer's threat to come down Thom sonway and “cowhide" Watson if Wat son fails to right an alleged financial wrong inflicted upon his late law part ner, James VV. Green, and since upon his widow. Mr. Mercer says the Thomson man instigated, on behalf of the heirs, a "fake" lawsuit against Mercer, as exec utor of the estate of the late P. E. Boyd, and that, after grabbing a big fee. he , appropriated most of it to his own use, despite the fact that his then dying partnfer. Green, was entitled to half of 1 it. it is the righting of this wrong that; Mercer says Watson must come to, face a "cowhiding.” Mercer says hut for Watson’s inter-, ference in the settlement of the Boydj estate the heirs would have received! much more than the SIB,OOO they did' receive. Fee Satisfactory to. Clients. Commenting upon this matter, Mr. ; Watson says: James W. Green lived practically within my own family circle, and I never knew a soberer or more in dustrious lawyer. As to the fee we took, it was strictly In accordance with the con tract, and was perfectly satisfac tory to our clients. Had we not intervened in their behalf, Jesse Mercer and his brother would have stripped them of everything. Reckless in his mendacity. Mer cer accuses me of having robbed James W. Green and practically in timates that this wrong, inflicted upon the unfortunate man by me, caused iris death. The truth is, he himself fixed my share of the fee, sending me tTie cheek, and also returning to me the amount which I had voluntari ly paid to keep up his insurance policy, when he was confined to his bed with the dropsy that killed him, and was unable to keep up the insurance himself. This faet can be verified by any one who wilt inquire of the president and cashier of the McDuffie bank, or who will • write to the former cashier, Mr. William S. Lazenby, of Harlem, Ga. Doesn’t Refer to Threat. ' The "red-headed person” doesn’t seem to consider the threatened Mercer "cowhiding" as really worthy of no tice. Anyway, he doesn't refer to it, and hasn't in any communication di rected to The Georgian. Maybe that io because he has not been profoundly impressed with the earnestness of Msrcer’s threat. Or maybe it is because Mercer never has said when the “cowhiding" is to be pulled off. Whatever his idea is, Watson is showing no undue excitement. MILLET’S NAME IS CUT FROM ‘IMMORTALS’ BY HOUSE FOR ANOTHER- WASHINGTON,. June 18. —American "Immortals” to the number of 150 would; be created under the National Institute at Arts and Letters bill which has just, passed the house. The bill, which has yet to pass the senate, would give the ( institute a charter in the District of Columbia. Included in the list of im mortals are artists, authors, musicians and other contributors to American education. Theodore Roosevelt is named, and . Senator Henry Cabot: Lodge is the only member of congress so honoreA George Ade and the gal axy of Indiana authors are in the list. The house, however, struck from the list the name of Francis D. Millet, the celebrated artist who went down with the Titanic, and inserted in his place the name of Albert Jaeger, of New York. LA GRANGTCOLLEGE’LOSES; PROFESSOR TO WESLEYAN i.,A GRANGE, GA., June 18.—Prof. Leon P. Smith, of LaGrange Female’ college, has accepted the chair of phys ics and chemistry in Wesleyan college, at Macon. Ga.. and will assume his new duties with the beginning of the school year at that institution. Prof. Smith, who is the youngest son of Dr. Rufus Smith, president of LaGrange college, is one of the’ foremost teachers in Georgia. He has had 20 years expe rience and has had considerable work in Chicago and other universities of the North. He will shortly take up his residence in Macon, at present being at Chicago in studies there. FLOWERS SO WILD THEY PICKED ’EM WITH A GUN LONDON. June 18.—Coming from parts of southern Nigeria, where scarcely a white man—and certainly no white woman —had gone before, Mr. and Mrs, P. Amaury Talbot have Just arrived in London, bringing over 2,000 varieties of botanical specimens, of which about ten per cent are expected ‘ to prove new discoveries. Many of the flowers grew on treeg at such a height that the only way to secure them was by shooting them down with a gun. Mrs. J. E. Dobbs. Mrs I K. Hobbs. 74 years old. a pioneer citizen of Atlanta, died at a private sani tarium late today. The remains were re moved to the ehai'el of Barclay & Bran don. from here they wilt be carried to Marietta. Ga . for funeral and interment. Mrs Hobbs lived at 84 South Pryor street. She is survived by a number of relatives.