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VOL. X NO. 247.
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IMPROVED
STREETS
Conference Decided Upon to
Work Out Plan Looking to
Immediate Betterment.
CHARTER AMENDMENT TO
SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS
More Talk of Retiring Captain
Clayton. Who Is Away and
Can Not Defend Himself.
Aroused by The Georgian'/ publica
tion of the terrible condition of At
lanta- streets, many members of coun
cil declared today that they were ready
to bring about sweeping reforms.
\ number are urging that an infor
mal conference be called at once that
thr-e may be united action. Though
foirie stated privately that the chief
of construction department is far be
hind with its work and needs reorgan
izing. they were not willing to be quot
eri. But others are willing to unite
and make a fight in the op~n.
Several members said today a reso
lution would be introduced at the meet
ing of council Monday asking for a
charter amendment which would sep
grafe the chief of construction de
partment into an engineering depart
ment and a construction department.
This would revert to the system sim
; ar to that which was abolished two
rears ago. /
Think Consolidation
Was a Mistake.
A large number of the members of
council now declare that the consoli
dation of the two departments was a
mistake. It makes one department too
big. they assert, the chief of construc
tion department now being almost as
large as all the other departments com
bined.
Unless a change in plan is made be
fore the meeting of council Monday and
some other plan agreed upon, it now
c ‘ems remain that this amendment will
b» adopted and a vigorous effort made
'o get it passed at this session of the
legislature.
t number of other plans have been
suggested for the reorganization of the
system of street improvements. Offi
’ lais generally admit that there are
faults in council’s system of appor
conments of money and the selection
of points to be improved.
An informal conference is being
orged. Among the propositions ad
vanced is an administrative board of
nubile works. similar to the board of
education and water board and the
, er , sty boards. Others want author-
■ to do more of the work by con
’!acl Now the pavement of sidewalks
'’t'l smooth pavements is practically
’or only work done by contract.
Ma\or Winn today vetoed a resolu
'’P of council authorizing the chief of
instruction to employ more free labor
certain street work. He said he
e.' - not opposed to the plan, but as the
, to be done and the source of the
tore not specified, he was forced
to veto the resolution.
However, there is no doubt that a
.' which is technically correct,
' be presented to council Monday
-rizing more free labor, and it
"'I be passed.
'' 'bo ordinance committee recently
v |lp| amendment was drafted
'hough general on its face, gave
the authority to retire R. M.
r/y,' 011 ' ° r construction, on a
n of non per month. Under the
■ln of Harvey Hatcher, chair
"f the streets committee of coun
g'’oup of officials most directly
r', ~ '.’ l of the cons truction depart-
'nis resolution was tabled by a
'y of one vote. There is talk to.
'' it "ill be revived,
' ’in ( layton is elected by the
r 1 ’ tnd 3o far as the administra-
I. / his department is concerned he
.Vv?, r 'm' enden , t of council. He is at
3 rt ’ *''• now recuperating from
'"ness. and so has had no op
j l , i ' ty to ..'lofend his department.
, Winn has appealed to the
commissioners for a squad of
to aid In repairing damages
J” by the rain. The commission*
, ■>> also handicapped by bad washes
ounty roads and were unable to
' ’nis aid at present.
Chaotic System
blamed for Condition
, ending <»ut today as ihr- great
for complaints about Atlanta
'v the lack of system in im
'!rnt work as taken up by the
i, ' Hon department after tt has
, v,horized by council.
Atlanta is, with its million,?
Cont'nued on Page Two,
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Woman Burned by Oil,
Dying; Aged Man, Who
Tried to Save Hen Hurt
Mrs. Head Tries to Kindle Fire
With Kerosene—Live Coals
in Stove.
Mrs. Joseph Head, who lives near the
Gate City Cotton mills, is dying this after
noon from burns she received while try
ing to kindle a fire with kerosene.
J. H. Steuhens. an old man who was
passing and who tried to save her. is
seriously burned about the hands.
A four-year-old boy who was in the
house ran out in time to escape injury,
but the house was burned to the ground.
Mrs. Head was cooking dinner, and
poured kerosene in the stove to start the
fire. There were live coals in the stove,
and the kerosene exploded, covering her
clothing with flames. She tried to pick
up her little son and run from the house,
which had caught fire, but was forced
to put down the boy lest he catch fire
from her clothing.
BURGLAR POLICEMEN
FIND TRYING TO OPEN
CAFE SAFE ESCAPES
As Policemen Gresham and Pearson
passed along Wall street directly across
from the Union passenger station at
an early hour this morning. Gresham
chanced to glance through a glass door
In a restaurant at 37 Wall and saw a
burglar on his knees trying to work the.
combination of the safe.
At the same moment the intruder saw
the officers, and dashed out through the
rear of the restaurant, into the express
company alley. Before the policemen
could get around to the rear of the
place the burglar had cleared the alley
and was sprinting through Pryor street.
Gresham and Pearson gave chase, but
the fugitive had a good lead and soon
outdistanced them.
An examination of the restaurant
showed that the intruder had ransacked
the cash drawer before tackling the
safe. The officers say he was a neatly
dressed young while man.
It was in a saloon in Wall street,
two or three doors from this restaurant,
Policeman Ponder was shot to death
fifteen years ago in a duel with a bur
glar he had discovered tampering with
a. safe.
DRIVER ATTACKS MAN
WHO TRIED TO STOP
CRUELTY TO ANIMAL
W. T. Winn, chief carpenter for the
city public works department and fa
ther of County Commissioner Thomas
Winn, today exhibited to Recorder
Broyles a badly discolored eye and
bruised face, the. result of his efforts
yesterday afternoon to save a mule
from being beaten brutally. When Mr.
Winn remonstrated with J. R. Davis,
driver of a public works wagon, and
advised him to treat the mule more
humanely. Davis struck Mr. Winn in
the face, smashing his glasses and al
most knocking him from the wagon.
The two were in the wagon and were
coming into the city along Bellwood
avenue at the time of the trouble.
Judge Broyles reprimanded Davis for
striking Mr. Winn, who is a much older
man than the assailant, and imposed a
fine of $10.75.
YOUTH IS DEAD FROM
STAB WOUND: NEGRO
ACCUSED OF ATTACK
Dead from a stab wound alleged to
have been inflicted by Oscar Dewberry,
a negro, at Decatur and Prat' streets,
more than a month ago, Horace Dod
son, seventeen years old. of ISti Hut
ton street, will be buried tomorrow.
Young Dodson had been confined to
bed since the stabbing
Dewberry was charged with murder
and taken to the tower. Several eye
witnesses have repeatedly said they
saw the negro stab the young man.
Dodson is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. N. Dodson, and four
brothers and sisters. W. N. Dodson.
J. T. Dodson. Miss Effie Dodson and
Mrs. W. H Jernigan.
CANDLER'S CHAUFFEUR
DISREGARDS LAW: FINED
Eli Hopkins, negro chauffeur for Asa
G. Candler, today was fined $5.75 by Re
corder Broyles on the charge of violating
the road laws. Hopkins was accused of
driving past a standing trolley car. in
stead of stopping until passengers alight
ed or boarded the car P N Aiken was
fined $10.75 for driving his auto tn the left
of a trolley car
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LORIMER, AT
BAY, FIGHTS
TO STAY IN
SENATE
Says Enemies Sneaked Uo Like
Thief in Night to Beat Out
His Brains.
TAFT JOINED CONSPIRACY
TO HURT HIM, HE ASSERTS
Renews Attack on the Presi
dent. Roosevelt, Bryan and
Chicago Newspapers.
WASHINGTON. July 12.—With a
vote of the senate near, which will
probably declare him not entitled to
sit in the United States senate. Wil
liam Lorimer, senator from Illinois, to
day resumed his speech of defense left
off yesterday. Almost from the begin
ning he launched into a renewal of bis
attack on Taft. Roosevelt. Bryan and
the Chicago “newspaper trust." who
he clai-'a have conspired to ruin him.
He charges his enemies had sneaked
up behind him like a thief in the dark
mess of the nighttime to beat our his
brains, giving him no opportunity to
defend himself.
“Mr. President, was any mortal ever
more completely surrounded by con
spirators and intrigues?” he cried. “The
president of the United States. Theo
dore Roosevelt, the ex-president of the
United States; the leader of the Dem
ocratic party, the trust press of this
country—all combined in joining in
conspiracy to misstate the facts, joined
with the trust press of this country, io
poison the minds of its citizens, that
a man might be sacrificed to satisfy the
malice of the most corrupt set of news
.paper owners known In the history of
this or any other country.”
The senator was fresh and vigorous.
His words were flung sharply to the
senate, and he constantly walked up
and down the center aisle. He followed
hfs denunciation of the present lead
ers by a scathing arraignment of the
Helm committee. The present senate,
he said, might turn him out. but it
could not eradicate from the record the
fact that his ease had been tried and
title tn his seat sustained by the sen
ate.
“Report Worded to
Poison Senators’ Minds.”
Referring to the "insinuations and
inuendoes" of the minority report, he
said they were made for no other rea
son than to poison the minds of sen
ators. Taking up the charge of his
opponents that he had not gone upon
the witness stand at the time of the
first investigation. Lorimer said he had
considered It benerth his dignity as a
senator to reply to the insinuations
made against him. particularly w hen
counsel for The Chicago Tribune had
told the committee they would not con
nect Lorimer with the corruption;
Now we come to the Helm com
mittee.’' he cried ‘Were they senators
of the state of Illinois? Oh. no. The?
were creatures of Governor Deneen ano
the newspaper trust of Chicago. Were
they men who acted according to their
consciences? Oh. no.
The Helm committee were Herman
Kohlsaai. of The Record-Herald. The
Helm committee was John Healy. But
you can’t blame the committee for that
because It knew that Healy would be
actuated by his hatred for Lorimer.
“And after the first Investigation by
the senate the conspirators found they
could only destroy Lorimer by re-open
ing the case. They said 'There are 30
new members in the senate and among
them may be enough to think as we
do to oust Lorimer.'
“Then began the shameful hippo
drome and the calling of Edward Hines
before the Helm committee."
Senator Lorimer said the conspira
tors against him had hounded the sen
ate into ordering a second investigation
of his case, not in the hope of find
ing new evidence, but because there
was a new set of members and they
hoped to get a verdict against him for
that reason
Appeals to Foe
To Read Record.
Once while reviewing details of evi
dence concerning the bribery of mem
bers of the legislature, Lorimer stepped >
in front of Senator Martine, of New l
Jersey, who had declared he would vote I
against Lorimer.
Martine had moved a chair into the
aisle in front of Lorimer. Extending his
arms. Lorimer said:
S<nator. this is tiie record. I don’t
ask you to take my word. Read the
record; it tells the truth."
“While I live and am given the
strength. regardless of the action of
the senate in this fight. I Mil go on
and on until all the people come to
know the facts in this.”
ATLANTA. GA.. FRIDAY, JULY 12. 1912.
Boldly Bribes Leaislators—With Kisses
GIRL, 9, THE BUSIEST LOBBYIST
Rachael Tdleson. nine-year-old JShmkS? """""Hfrh
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REBEL SOLDIER
Ex-Atlanta Loan Agent Follows
Orozco’s Army From Chi
huahua Jail.
J. Wylie Smith, formerly of Atlanta,
but now of the world-at-large, Is now
a soldier of fortune with the Mexican
revolutionary army, his exact where
abouts being unknown, according to a
telegram received by Governor Brown
today from Consul Thomas E. Edwards
at El Paso. Texas, just acrOss the Rio
Grande from Juarez. The jefi politico,
the rurales and the alleged police of
Jaurez are said to be looking for Mr.
Smith, but although they have paged
him from the general's quarters to the
cook tent, he has not yet answered to
his name.
It is indicated from the telegram that
when the revolutionists had
er.vthing in Chihuahua and moved on
to fresh sources of tortillas and chile
con carne, they obligingly opened lite
jail doors, informed the prisoners that
they would In future have to hustle
their own grub, and marched away to
ward Jaurez. Mr. Smith and his asso
ciate boarders, knowing that the army
was apt to find forage, joined their
fortunes with the revolutionists and
marched under the banner of Orozco
and the eats. If the Pinkerton men
who leave Atlanta to bring back the
greatly-desired ex-loan agent expect
to meet success they must trail tliei"
prey through the dust of the camps and
take a chance on his being willing to
come peaceably, for it is hardly like
ly the revolutionists will honor a re
quisition issued by the government now
in power.
Here is *he telegram from the con
sul:
J. Wylie. Smith was released from
jail in Chihuahua when the revolu
tionary forces evacuated that city
July 6. He went to Juarez with the
revolutionary forces and was last
seen there July 8. Have notified the
police and authorities.
•
Mexican Troops
March on Juarez
El. PASO. TEXAS. July 12 Ton
thousand Mexican Federal troop? nari'
today started moving from t'hihuahu.t
city toward Juarez, following up lite
retreating rebel army of Orozco The
rebel gent al. who I- ip Jua z. •.».
ho " ill have hi m<‘n safely in Sonor’
before the federals arrive.
Buttonholes Even Joe Hill Hall.
Gruff Old Veteran of the
| Georgia Legislature.
A little girl ran down the main aisle
of the house of representatives today,
turned to the left and ran plump Into
the arms of Joe Hill Hall, the gruff old
veteran of the legislature, whose scowl
and growl have made him a terror
even to grown-ups. But the little girl
wasn't afraid.
"I want you to vote for Kent coun
ty," she said calmly.
The gentleman from Bibb stared at
het—and then smiled
"Well, sister," he remarked, "you're
the youngest lobbyist I ever saw. and
I've seen a heap in my time. And right
on the floor of the house, too."
But Radical Idleson doesn't care for
anti-lobby laws, titles of the house, the
doorkeeper or anything else. She
knows she wants the new county of
Kent created by the legislature, be
cause her father owns a store in Mont
gomery, and if Montgomery becomes a
county seat it will help his business a
lot. That's why I. Idleson. her fathet.
came to Atlanta this week and brought
his wife and Rachael along. Mr. Idle
son may be good at putting things over
the legislature, but he isn't a marker
to Rachael. And she is just nine yea s
old. “going on ten," as she told the
reporter. |
A Kiss Is Her Bribe-
Rachael isn't above buying votes,
either. She does it right under the
eyes of the speaker, and literally under
the noses of the members, for a kiss is
her bribe and her capital is unlimit
ed. She ran front the Smokers' club
to the clerk's office today, in and out
•of the hall of the house, up and down
the aisles and anywhere she pleased.
Neither oratory nor argument disturb
ed Rachael, and she didn't disturb the
orato'.s. She just waited until tip' sat
down and then walked up and asked
them to vote for Kent oounty.
She captured I>r George Brown, one
of the Atlanta members, at the very
door of the eapltol and ran up to him
smilingly Dr. Biown thought she
might be one of the chewing gum
saleswomen who till the co.'ridois. hut
site waved aside the coin he offered
and went straight to business.
"Won't 'ou please vole for Kent
county'."' she asked Then the two sat
down on the steps atij she told the
lawmaker all about the new - minty anti
uh; she wanted it.
"All right. Rachael, you've won one
vote, and I'll.help you get some more,"
said Dr. Brown, when the tiny lobby
ist had finished. And hand in hano
they climbed the stone steps to the
house
Perhaps when Rachael i> grown up
Georgia will have women lawye
wofficn law-makers <ivl woman suf
frage - and then keep yout eyr on R ;l .
chael.
She will be the polithal boss of Geor
gia.
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BURNET HIMSELF
PASSESJOO BILLS
He Shapes the State’s Desti
nies, But the Awesome
Work Palls on Him.
Representative Pat Burney, of the
county of Morgan, had the distinction
of passing a hundred new laws today,
single-handed, alone and without as
sistance as Reading Clerk Mcl.'latchdy
remarked. Perhaps never before In the
history of Georgia has one man yielded
so much influence over the destinies
of the state
Ordinarily a member's vote counts
one, and one only. Rut this was tile day
for passing local bills, which includes
acts to create the office of dog catcher
for the county of Epson/ or to put a
now footlog over Panther creek. They
are read by caption and passed at the
rate of three a minute, and the mem
bers spend the morning- smoking in the
lobby. Irving to draw their per diem
from lite treasurer or otherwise killing
tiin" until real business comes up.
But it takes 93 votes to constitute a
fnajority of the house and today the
Hon. Mr. Burney was the only member
w ho couldn't And something else to do.
So lifs was the lone hand raised to
vote "eye.” and the clerk didn't have
much trouble in counting him. Some
times lie was counted as 103, sometimes
as 107. and each time the speaker would
announce that the hill had passed. But
there were so many local bills that aft
er a while Mr. Burney grew tired of
passing them and began to read the
paper from home. Then Speaker Hol
der had to send out in the lobby to
persuade another member to come in
and t ote a w hile.
GOVERNOR SIGNS FIRST BILL.
Governor Joseph M Brown today signed
the rg-sl bill passed bv the legislature at
the present session The measure was a
house hili which went through the sen
ate several days ago and provided for ihe
presentation of two cannon to Gordon in
stitute ii Barnesville rhe eaimo have
hern in possession of the school fol' sev
era! 'ears, but bad never been ceded by
the state.
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Three Sprinters in Succession
Beat Time in Hard-Fought
Semi-Finals.
VERMONT ATHLETE SETS
NEW BROAD JUMP MARK
Husky Finlander Exceeds the
Olympic and World Record
in Discus Throw.
STOCKHOLM. July 12—This wag a
day of new records in the
Olympic games. They fell like autumn
leaves when the sturdy American ath
letes unlimhered their legs In the semi
finals of the 400 meter event. But the
A meric As did not have a monopoly, for
A. R. Tiapale. of Einland, hurled the
discus 148 feet 1-2 inch, beating the
world's record, as well as the Olympic
record. The. old world’s record was
145 feet 9 1-2 Inches, held by James
Duncan, of New York. Duncan finish
ed third here today, while R. L. Byrd,
of Adrian college, was second.
A. L. Gutterson, of the University of
Vermont, won the running broad jump
for America, breaking the Olympic rec
ord of 24 feet fi 1-2 inches. It was first
announced that he had jumped the dis
tance of 26.41 feet, which would have
smashed every record, but It was later
announced that this was an error, and
that the jump was only 24.93 feet.
Dozen New Points
For Yankee Team.
Righting every inch of the way
against fierce competition, the United
States rolled up a total of a dozen
more points today. The weather was
very warm toward the middle of the
day.
Taipile, who took the discus event,
loomed up as a dark horse, beating
James H. Duncan, who was touted as
a winner.
Three Men Beat
Old 400-Meter Record.
t'harles D. Reidpath. of Syracuse
university; Edward F. Lindburg, of the
Chicago Athletic Association, and
James E. Meredith, the first three men
up In the simi-finals of the 400 meter
event, reeled off new records by beat
ing the old Olympic mark of 49 1-5
seconds for the distance.
Two of America’s fastest runners
were pitted against each other in the
third heat of the 400-meter semi-finals
They were Meredith, the fleet echoo
boy, and Mel Shepard, the old-tirm
Olympic hero. Shepard gave Meredith
a hard run and compelled the plucky
nineteen-year-old school boy to smash
the record, but the youthful Pennsyl
vanian won out with ease. Meredith’!
time was 48.8, almost a second bettei
than the world. Patching, the South
African sprinter, was eliminated.
Lieutenant George Patton, of th<
Fifteenth cavalry, U. S. A., showed uj
unexpectedly strongMn the pentathlon
getting fourth place. Patton collopsed
at the end of the 4,00 n meter cross
country run, the final event of th*
pentathlon.
Americans swept the board In the
final of the 110 meter high hurdle
event. This event was won by Fred
Kelly, of the Seattle Athletic Club. J
1. Wendell, of Wesleyan university,
was second, and M. W. Hawkins, of
the Multnomah Athletic Club, wa
third. John P. Nicholson, of the Uni
versity of Missouri, fell at the last hur
dle and did not finish. It was regarded
as a certainty that this even would go
to America.
U. S. Men Sweep
Opponents Off Feet.
Determined to make it another "Amer
, lean day." the Yankee athletes compet
. Ing in the Olympic games dashed into
the seventh session of the contest with
a vim that nearly took their opponents'
breath away. The program opened
with victory for the United States, for
James Rosenberger, the fast Irish-
American Athletic'dub runner, breezed
home in front In the first heat of the
400-metr tun. Mel Sheppard, anothet
member of the Irish-American club,
took the second heat, while James E.
Meredith, of the Mereensbefg (Pa.)
club, the most talked of school boy ath
lete In the world today, qualified for
the semi-finals by running second in
the third heat. This heat whs won by
a German runner.
An important situation has developed
in connection with the games. $ meel
j Ing of the delegates representing the
various nations competing in the oon-