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the weather. Forecast: powers tonight or to morro«. Temperatures: 8 a. m.. 73; 10 a m.. 74; 12 noon, 75; 2 p. m., 72. VOL. X NO. 247. tmemo IMIE Fill 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, The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results 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 •BEST WAY TO FIND • Z PLACE YOU SEEK IS : : BY RENT BULLETIN: • I it a home or .■> cool, com- • • sortable furnished room you are • • looking fm '.' Perhaps it i.« a de- • • sirable apartment or a garage that • • ,vou 'ire in search of. Or It might • . • be offiee space or a business In- • • cation that you wish to rent. All • • can be found with little difficulty • • and you will havt a large sclec- • • t ion to pick from by taking a few • • minutes of your time in consulting • • The Georgian's Rent Bulletin on • • the Want Ad pages of this paper • • It is prepared especially for you. • • Wo have special representatives • • s arching the city each day. loeat- * • ing the desirable places for rent of • • every description This saves the • • steps you would take Don't walk. • • Read. The Georgian s Rent Bulle- • • tin doc° all the « ilkinn tor ion. • • * 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 lobbyist for creation of Kent ~ ' -\ count'. an<i I>r Brown \ >1 W- ■ .. . / 'A| BW TO w I 1 wßr rr,-.. - W i « i . B r*' ’WMBpfr O- ■MF it MT w i JTI flHBk ft J. M SMITH 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. /,* <■ fi . J 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. HOME lOITIOK 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE £ a o y re no RECORDFDfI 4DO-MEIER BRDKENBt II.SJEI 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-