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2 MILES OF PMINGI • ORDERED IN WIN OF COMMITTEE i Not aa Stroke of Work. Done on Them. Is the Startling Fact Just Bared. Continued From Page One. sighted policy not to grade both of | these streets at the same time. He said i that many of the necessary fills in Ivy street could be made with the dirt from the Pea< htrees. It would save the county a great amount of money on ac count of the long hauls now necessary to get rid of the dirt. By the new plan he said he could more than double his force and complete the work, opening up these streets for traffic in a much shorter time. Kontz Makes Plea For West Peachtree. • ’aptain Clayton, chief of construc tion. has estimated that the adjust ment of the buildings to the new grade in Ivy street will cost about $75,000. The city has apportioned $5,000 as a starter for the project. The streets committee will consider the matter at a special meeting Tuesday afternoon. But the fate of the project is doubt ful. for the streets committee, should it formally favor it, must make a rec ommendation to council. As property owners expect to be repaid the funds advanced, the matter will probably be referred to the finance committee. As council has already pledged Itself to many appropriations for next year, its attitude Is uncertain. Then, after the finance committee acts, the matter must be approved or disapproved by the whole of council and the mayor. Judge E. C. Kontz told the commit tee that if It was considering new proj ects. he wanted the property owners on West Peachtree street to get consid eration He said it would be the best time In the world to make a new grade on West Peacttree street while the present grading Is in progress. There was talk of suits by property owners. Martin Amorous said he want ed to make this statement to the com mittee: Urges Ignoring Damage Threats. "Never hesitate to make a needed public Improvement through fear of suits. When 1 was In council twenty years ago the railroads offered to build viaducts across the railroad tracks that pass through the center of town, in cluding an overpass at Pryor street, without cost to the city, provided the city would relieve them of all respon sibility for damage suits. "One member of council declared that the damage suits that would result from the building of a viaduct connecting Peachtree and Whitehall streets would cost the city $1,000,000. The proposition of the railroads was turned down. The city was later forced to build the viaducts at its own ex pense. The damages collected amount, ed to practically nothing." The committee heard a statement from Nym Hurt, assistant in charge of streets under the chief of construc tion. He said the rains had greatly handicapped the department, but that he had about 50 more convicts since July 4. The number had been about 90 for several weeks, but now he said he had about 140. ' The committee then agreed to give the construction department the au thority to hire more free labor and to have grading work done by contract. John S. Owens was asked if he would take a contract to do grading work for sidewalk paving. "Yes,” he replied. "I will take it at cost." The committee will ask for this au thority at the meeting of council Mon day. Councilman Orville Hall stated that a charter amendment was now pending before the legislature which, when passed, would give the-city the author ity to build ■curbing, so that it would not wash away so easily. The amend ment provides that property owners be assessed for guttering as well as curb ing. and that the guttering be laid at the same time. Now the curbing is built without any guttering to carry off the water. 700 WOMEN IN BARGAIN RUSH TRAMPLE UPON GIRL DUBUQUH» IOWA, July 13. -One girl was probably fatally injured and three others seriously hurt when 700 bargain hunting women attended a special sale of dishpans at a ten-eent store here to day. Not until the police had charged through the store could order be re stored. Miss Ethel McDermott was picked up unconscious from the floor, taken to a hospital, where surgeons sty she has three ribs broken, a broken leg and arm I and numerous cuts and bruises caused I by being trampled upon by French and i Cuban heels. Her clothing was nearly torn from her body. Other women suf. feted broken arms and ribs, but all were able to be taken to their homes. R. L. DODD. INSURANCE AGENT. IS BANKRUPT It I. Dodd, an insurance man. Is » voluntary bankrupt. In a petition n the Federal court he says his Bl imount to $1,378.7$ and he has ■ : - which ba.- no surtender value." 'Presented by Attorney Join* Y Smith. SEEK NEIGHBOR JO GIRL'S SLATER New York Police Searching for Youth Who Once Assaulted Another Girl. NEW YORK, July 13.—A police drag net was thrown out today for Nathan Schwartz, aged 24. who is wanted in connection with the brutal murder of twelve-year-old Julia Connors, in the Bronx, one week ago tonight. The sus pect already has a police record. On July 14. 1910, he was arrested and sen fenced to a term of imprisonment for attacking a twelve-year-old girl. Six months ago he was released on pa role, Y oung Schwartz has been missing from his usual haunts sinc£” the muti lated corpse of Julia Connors was found In a vacant lot near her home. 3872 Third avenue. I'or the past seven months the Si hwartz family lived at 3970 Third avenue, which adjoins the "murder flat." where the Connors girl was be lieved to have been mistreated and killed. Two days ago they moved away I he hunted youth's mother has admit ted to the police that the reason she moved away from the neighborhood of the crime wa« that she knew “her son was under police surveillance. Schwartz was seen on the rfight of the murder by two of his sisters walking about the bath room of a vacant apartment at 3986 Third avenue with a little girl In his arms, Is the assertion credited to another sister of the youth, Lillian Schwartz, who Is a stenographer. "Miss Schwartz told me.” said W A. Blaih, a contractor by whom Lillian Schwartz is employed, "that on the night the little Connors girl was mur dered two of her sisters were in the bath room of their home and saw Schwartz walking around the bath room of a vacant apartment across the airshaft with a little girl In his arms. The girl was fully dressed at that time, but appeared to be unconscious.” Schwartz Is a cutter of women’s garments by trade, but had been an unsteady workman. He spent most of his time hanging around clubs. GEORGIAN,CAPTAIN IN U. S. ARMY, RETURNS WITH CANADIAN BRIDE MACON. GA.. July 13.—When Cap tain Courtney Wimberly, of Jefferson ville, Ga., first cousin of Representative Minter Wimberly, arrived here after an absence of eight years for a visit to relatives, he brought with him his bride, whom he married in London last month, following a brief and romantic courtship. • Captain Wimberly had secured a fur lough and was en route to the United States when he met Miss Mary Louise Barker, of Ontario, Canada, on board the steamer. She was accompanying her parents on a trip around the world. By the time the boat reached Liverpool, Captain Wimberly and the pretty Ca nadian girl were engaged, and their marriage followed ten days later in Ixmdon. The army department then graciously notified Captain Wimberly that at the expiration of his furlough he need not return to the Philippines, but could go to a post in the West. After a stay of several weeks with rel atives In Macon and Jeffersonville, he and his bride will leave for the West < aptain \\ imberly is the son of the late Dr. Wimberly, of Twiggs county, and Is connected with some promi nent Georgia families. He is a grad uate of West Point, and is very popular here. A number of social attentions are already planned tor his bride bv Macon society. ROOSEVELT PROVES BOON FOR SLICK PICKPOCKETS NEW YORK, July 13.—Colonel Roosevelt received an unexpected trib. ute from "Kid” Shaffer, a young pick pocket. who was taken Into custody by detectives as a fugitive from Elmira reformatory. "Teddy is a great one for draw ing the crowds,” said the "Kid.” "Stick with him and you'll always have plenty. All the pickpockets I have ever met read the new spapers and keep track of Colo, nel Roosevelt." i BUTTS COUNTY’S OLDEST PHYSICIAN PASSES AWAY JACKSON, GA., July 13.—At the age of S 3, Dr. J. T. Ellis, the oldest physi cian of this section, died at the home of his daughter. Mrs. R. E. Stanfield, in this city. Dr. Ellis practiced his profession for 53 years, and retired only a few years ago. He served in the Civil war. hav ing been connected with the hospital corps He Is survived by one son, John El lis of New York, a playwright and actor; three daughters. Mrs. Y A. Wright and Mrs. R. E Sunfield, of Jackson, and Mrs. John W. Moore of Atlanta. BACHELOR LEFT LANDLADY A FORTUNE OF $250,000.00 JAMAICA, N. Y . July 13.—When Ed. win A. Dodd, a bachelor, died here on June 5 of last year, bequeathing his es tate to his landlady. It was not known that he left much property. The state appraiser has Just estimated his estate at nearly $250,000. all in gilt-edged real estate and securities. SLAYER HELD TO COURT. GREENSBORO. GA.. July 13.—Rob ert Eaver, a Taliaferro county negro, who killed his father some weeks ago, was bound over to the superior court > in a SI,OOO bond. The charge was dock eted as voluntary manslaughter. xriE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1912. Detective Burns Plays a Part in Felder-Bl ease Dispute DICTAGRAPH IS ON DUTY IN ATLANTA .gfs/zZ • I /feel ' w' \ e ' A.'A Ihso /W • i If / 4s/ 41 A aBMBB \ / /i- ; \ \ 9 vßjf / -1/ ' / Detective William J. Burns, of McNamara fame, and stenograph recording from the dicta graph, from a photo taken during a visit, of the detective to Atlanta some time ago when he was working on the South Carolina graft case. SEHNKHT TO HELP WILSON / Georgia Orator Declares Dem ocratic Candidate Is Man After His Own Heart. Seaborn Wright, the famous orator and statesman from Floyd county, will aggressively and actively support Woodrow Wilson for the presidency of the United States. A month or so ago it was announced that Mr. Wright would give his support to Theodore Roosevelt, and that he pro posed to take the stump for him and help land Georgia under the Rough Rider’s banner. That was before the two big parties had made their nominations, however, and at the time Mr. Wright was under the impression that the Republicans would nominate Roosevelt regularly and that the Democrats would nomi nate Harmon or some other conserva tive. in those circumstances, Mr. Wright had determined to work for Roosevelt. Wilson Suits Wright. When the Democrats got together in Baltimore and nomianted Woodrow Wilson, they did a thing that suited Mr. Wright perfectly. The Georgia orator and prohibition leader has found Wilson to be a man exactly after his heart. Mr. Wright himself is a radical, and believes in the things that Wilson believes in. He shares the Wilson views on both po litical and moral issues. He admires Wilson, indeed, even more than he ad mires Roosevelt. And, then, too, by supporting Wilson, he will preserve his party regularity It is likely that Mr. Wright, in the course of the presidential campaign, will make several speeches in Georgia for the New Jersey governor. MAN LOST IN SWAMP IS CRAZED BY MOSQUITOES EGG HARBOR city, N. J.. July 13. Residents of Cologne, a little village a few miles from here, heard numerous calls of "Help, for God’s sake, help!" from deep in the Mankiller swamp. As the swamp is a thick and dangerous one. no one answered the calls until 3 o’clock in the morning, when several men started a search After several house they camo upon a half-naked man, dressed only in a shirt. He was terribly bitten by mosquitoes and whs demented During spells he seemed to be normal and gave his name as Joseph Holz worth. of Camden. He said that he had escaped from Blackwell's Island, New York, and with a friend was on his way to Atlantic City, when his friend attacked him. beating him sense less and took his money and clothes a« ay. INVALID REFUSES TO LEAVE BURNING HOUSE CAMDEN, N. J., July 13.—-While flames raged in the upper portion of her home. Mrs. Emily Weatherby, an aged Invalid, of this place, never lost her presence of mind. She calmly assured excited neighbors that all was well as the city firemen battled with the blaze. She refused to be taken out of the house. With Mrs. Weatherby lives Miss Mary A. Dunham, and it was when the lat ter was preparing food on a coal stove that the fire started among some boards. Built of frame, the upper part of the house burned rapidly but the tiremen saved it from destruction. WOMEN LEAD RIOT IN SEAMEN’S STRIKE; 100 HURT IN FIERCE FIGHT MARSEILLES, FRANCE, July 13. Mobs of striking led by wom en, fought a fierce battle with the po lice today. The gendarmes were called out. More than 100 persons were in jured. Os this number many were women who were in the vanguard of the fighting. Many of the police were injured by being struck with bottles and stones which the rioters used as missiles. A number of the ringlead ers were arrested. The original intention of the strikers was to make a demonstration, but they became so worked up that they began to destroy property along the harbor front. The sight of the police angered them still further and the fighting be gan. PLUMBER~SAYS~HE’S BANKRUPT; ASSETS $8 LESS THAN DEBTS James E. Belcher, heating and plumb ing contractor, has filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in the Federal court. His liabilities are given as $9,- 963.23 and his assets as $9,955.23 —just $8 less. On $1,609 worth of real estate and personal property he claims a homestead exemption under the Fed eral law. The case was referred by Judge Newman to Percy H. Adams, referee in bankruptcy. “WEARY WILLIES” GAME WONTHEM ALL FREEDOM WILKESBARRE, PA. July 13. Thirty tramps rounded up In the bor ough of Plymouth were trotted out to the baseball field by’ Burgfess W. D. Morris and divided evenly, fifteen play ers to a side, and told by his honor that the w inning aggregation was to be well fed and ordered from town, while the losers were to remain prisoners for two days putting in their time at work on the streets pounding stone. The burgess called one set the “Never Works” and the other aggregation "Toil Fearers.” He officiated as umpire. At the end of the fifth inning, tramps and burgess were tired of the game and Morris declared the "Never Works" victors by a score of 43 to 38. When the crowd got back to the lockup he fed them as he promised and declared that the game had been so hotly con tested that he believed one side was as much entitled to a victory as an other. released every one of the thirty with the understanding that they leave town ten minutes after their meal was finished and not show up again for at least another year. MUSCOGEE COMMITTEE ARRANGES FOR PRIMARY COLUMBUS, GA., July 13.—The Muscogee county Democratic executive committee met today to adopt rules governing the primary of August 21 and to assess candidates for offices. The people of the county will vote for congressman. Judge of the superior court, solicitor general, three represen tatives to the legislature and state sen ator, in addition to the state officers. Judge Gilbert for superior court judge is unopposed, while Solicitor General Palmer is opposed by C. F. McLaugh lin, a Columbus lawyer. Attorney B. S. Miller, of this city, is the only candi date for state senator. There are three candidates for representatives to fill the three places to which Muscogee county is entitled. Representatives Slade and Wohlwender desire to suc ceed themselves, while Attorney Her man H Swift is a candidate for the other place. LIGHTNING DOES DAMAGE. ADEL. GA.. July’ 13. —During the se vere thunder storm here. Moray Adams was struck by lightning. The home of Peter Rintz was also struck, shock ing two of his small grandchildren. PERRY CAMPAIGN MEETING FIZZLE Eight Persons Go to Hear Hall County Candidate for United States Senator Speak. Colonel H. H. Perry’s widely adver tised meeting in Cable Hall last night, in the course of which he was to dis cuss “Woodrow Wilson and Democra cy,” and incidentally his own candidacy for United States senator against Mr. Macon, didn't draw heavily. As a matter of fact, there were on hand, besides Mr. Perry, .exactly eight persons at the hour appointed for the speaking—and as nobody else showed up after an appropriate and respect ful wait, Mr. Perry smilingly shook hands with the faithful and interested few who did come and called the meet ing off. Colonel Perry is waging an aggressive fight for Senator Bacon’s toga. He has flooded the state from Rabun Gap to Tybee Light with pro-Perry and anti- Bacon literature, and believes he has met with considerable encouragement in some sections. Last night was his first endeavor to interest Atlanta in his candidacy, and the result was not tremendously flat tering. Whether it was lack of inter est in his race or a surfeit of Wilson talk that made the crowd pause in the matter of going to hear the Hall county statesman last evening. Colonel Perry does not know. All he knows is that the crowd didn’t come. It is not likely that Colonel Perry will give Atlanta another chance to hear either his Woodrow Wilson lec ture or his Perry campaign thunder. SICK FOLKS AND SUCCESS I TNDOUBTEDLY the success of ■this office-and it IS a success has been due to the fact that the keynote has been to give honest, A conscientious service. - '■x- ..-J have aimed to think of the v: patients’ needs first of all, aimed to ill give a little more than we promised <L‘Jh to give and have never promised what could not be made good. 'B'These standards backed up by ver y best of laboratory methods make our methods and equipment Sim V superior, I believe, to anything in the South. All ordinary examinations and consultations are free of charge. Those who appreciate this kind DR. WM. M. BAIRD, r • .j, > , .11 Brown. Randolph Budding, OT SCrVICC Will DC WC COIDC tO Call 56 Marietta Street. Atlanta ’ Ga for consultation. WILSON CHOOSES CAMPAIGN CHIEF But Holds Up Name for Com mittee to Announce—Said To Be McCombs. SEAGIRT, N. J., July 13.—Governor Wilson has selected his candidate for chairman of the Democratic national committee. The man chosen is said to be William F. McCombs, whose efforts re sulted in the governor's nomination for the presidency, but Governor Wilson said today that .he would not announce the name of his candidate, leaving it to the national committeemen to ratify or reject his choice. There is expected to be no difficulty over this, however, as ail the committeemen who have been here have expressed their willingness to accept any one whom the candidate favors. Governor Wilson arranged to hold a final conference today with Robert S. Hudspeth, national committeeman from New Jersey, prior to the latter's departure for Chicago, where he will lay before the national committee the governor’s wishes. Colonel Robert Ewing, of Louisiana, a national committeeman and delegate-at large to the Baltimore convention, held a long conference with Governor Wilson today. Other callers expected during the day were Senators Watson and Chilton, of West Virginia, and Representative Broussard, of Louisiana. BARTENDERS KNEW HANFORD COCKTAIL; HAD AN ONION IN IT SEATTLE, WASH., July 13.—At the investigation of Judge Hanford by the house judiciary sub committee today a witness testified in effect that he had won a wager that in any one of nine saloons the bartenders, if asked for a "Judge Hanford martini,” would substi tute an onion for the customary olive This witness also stated he had been threatened with business ostracism for eo testifying. Other witnesses testified that while Judge Hanford drAnk alco holic liquor, he was "temperate.” Efforts to show undue political ac tivity on the part of Judge Hanford were made on documentary evidence tending to support it introduced. THEFT OF BUT ONE KISS BRANDED PETIT LARCENY ST. LOUIS, July 13. —Tony Kavar, 30 years old, of Birkner Station, six miles northwest of Belleville, pleaded guilty to stealing one kiss from Mrs. Rudolph Hummell, aged 20. also of Birkner, and told Justice Obat at Belleville he was ready to pay his tine like a gentleman, as the kiss was worth any sum in reason. Obat remarked he guessed it was no offense than petit larceny, and fined Tony $2 and cost, amounting to sls GIRL OF NINE OVERRULES ORDER OF MAGISTRATE CHICAGO, July 13. —The affection of a pine-year-old girl for her father caused her to defy an order of Munic ipal Judge Gemmill in the court of do mestic relations restoring her to the custody of her mother. Mrs. Fatima Brooks had asked the judge to make her husband, George, return their daughter Ferna to her. The court de cided that Mrs. Brooks was entitled io the -custody of the girl, but the latter clung to her father, who took her away. ANTI-CROWING LAW DRAWN FOR ROOSTERS IN DENVER DENVER. COLO., July 13.—An ordi nance to make it unlawful for roosters to crow between the hours of 11 p. m. and 6 a. m. has been introduced in the council by Supervisor Kindel. He makes no suggestions for enforcement of the law. COTTON EXPERT RAPS GOVERNOR Brown Fails to Attend Confer ence He Called—Growers Discuss Holding Plan. N. T. Blackwell, of Dallas, edit' nf The Cotton and Cotton Oil News, vig orously censured Governor Brown to a gathering of advocates of the ern States Cotton Corporation yest er L day for the chief executive’s failure to be present. The meeting was to have been a conference of Southern «•■■ ors or their representatives. "The least the governor of Georgia could have done was to be pres- nt u this meeting and extend a Welcome t 0 these delegates from other states " -aid Blackwell. "Especially after lie had called the meeting himself.” BlacKw- n also criticised Attorney General Wick ersham and Congressman Bell, of t, x . as. Representatives of the governors of Texas and South Carolina and the , .jt U . missioners of agriculture of South Carolina and Alabama, together with cotton factors and cotton growers were present at the meeting to hear George Dole Wadley, originator of the South, ern States Cotton Corporation, explain the purpose and workings of the j lan which, it is said, will give the South ern farmers a uniform price of . !1!s a pound for cotton. To Have $7,000,000 Capital. The corporation, the organization nf which is now under way, is to be capi talized at $7,000,000. There will hr- :,(i directors, apportioned among the cot ton states—one director for every :Mn.- 000 bales. The cotton states will be organized by county organization, six citizens to form the county board. These county boards are to certificate cotton in their territory. The South ern States Cotton Corporation is then to pay the farmers handling cotton through the organization 11 cents each, issuing to them interest bearing script for 4 cents payable when the corpora tion markets the cotton held over the distress period. Considerable enthusiasm for the scheme was manifested, but the public officials present played safe. R E Kolb, commissioner of agriculture of Alabama, declined to serve on the res olutions committee. J. D. Price, candidate for commis sioner of agriculture in Georgia, topk up a greater part of the time of the meeting asking questions relative to the scheme which he said had been submitted to him by Georgia farmers. Tom Hudson, former commissioner o' agriculture, and E. Lee Worsham, state entomologist, were present, but took no part in the meeting. There Is more Cntarrh In this section of the country than nil other diseases put to gether, and until the Inst few years wa« supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitu tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney Co.. Toledo, Ohio. Is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood anil mucous sur faces of the system. They offer one Into dred dollars for any case it falls to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio. Sold by druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. READ THIS. The Texas Wonder cures kidney »nd bladder troubles, removing gravel, cures diabetes, weak and lame backs, rheuma tism, and all irregularities of the kidneys and bladder in both men and women. Regulates bladder troubles in children. If not sold by your druggist, will be sent by mall on receipt of SI.OO. One small bottle is two months' treatment and sel dom fails to perfect a cure. Send for tss timonials from this and other states. Dr. E. W. Hall. 2926 Olive-St.. St. Louis, Ho. Sold bv lirugglsta