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VOL. X. NO. 249.
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Tiopins Bill Leader Says the
Ex-Mayor “Butted in” and
Must Take Consequences.
CLUBS ARE ALL SIMILAR
UNDER PROHIBITION law
There's Mo Legal Difference
Between Capital City Club
and “Animals," He Says,
Representative Hooper Alexander
has issued a card in reply to the card
of f n ,- mer Mayor Robert E. Maddox in
>hi<.i the ex-mayor warmly scored
th ( proposed Tippins law and inci
dentally took a few side swipes at
demagogues” and "fanatics.
M> Mexander handles Mr. Maddox
without gloves, and proposes a number
o f -att' questions for the former may
or’- i onside ’ration.
■ls: it lawful.” asks Mr. Alexander,
fpr the Capital City club, or the Uni
veisity club, to sell whisky?”
■■ls it is lawful for these clubs, is it
lawful or unlawful for the Bees and
the Beavers and other animals to sell?”
-Is there one law for the swell clubs
and another for the common or garden
variety of clubs?"
In this vein Mr. Alexander seeks to
make the controversy interesting and
engaging for the the former mayor,
claiming that Mr. Maddox has "butted
in" on rhe discussion, and must stand
the gaff.
Mr. Alexander says in part:
Bob says that all the time that
he was mayor there wasn t a sa
loon in Atlanta where you could
buy a drink of whisky, and then
he bethinks himself and adds that
Courtland Winn is just as good as
he ever was. and that you can’t get
one now. 1 wonder if Bob really
believes that. I have observed that
the liquor people boast mightily at
all ordinary times about how they
defy the laws of Georgia, but that
when the representatives of the
people begin to call them to ac
count they sing a very different
tune.
Maybe he hides the bold and no
torious falsity of the statement be
hind some mental reservation in
rhe way of a limited meaning to
rhe word "saloon." What do you
mean by a "saloon." Robert? What
do you call that place in your club
and in the eight or ten other clubs
that call themselves "legitimate.'
where they sell , whisky by the
drink? Is that a saloon" If not,
is there any legal or moral differ
ence in selling liquor in a saloon
to a nigger and selling it in that
place to a judge of the supreme
court or of the court of appeals?
Again, is there any difference
between the selling of liquo in
violation of law in a "legitimate"
club, as you call them, and in what
'nu call an "Illegitimate" club?
Take that barroom down on Ala
bama -treet that, hangs out a sign
"ailing itself a "Bee Hive,” like
the old tavern signs of the "Blue
1 ion” or the "Essex Roar.” the
!■ w: where anybody can go and
buy a drink of liquor that wants
to i- that a "saloon?" If it is not.
' hat difference does it make to a
law-abiding people whethei the
' "itninals who defy the sovereign
auihoiity of the! stale call them-
' es t,y one name or the other?
COURT LETS LAWYER
PUT OFF TRIAL SO HE
CAN RUN FOR OFFICE
MACON. GA.. July 15.—John R
' ■fopcf v candidaev for congress was
held -ufHeient reason in the Bibb su
perior court today to justify a contin-
Uan'-o in the trial of 1., W. Malone,
thn recently shot and killed Emmett
Hodges, a club room proprietor. Mr.
' ' "per pleaded that his political uc
''''tie» had prevented him from prop
preparing Malone's defense, and
"t 1 ourt granted a postponement until
' the primary election. Malone, a
' '"'ng Alabama farmer, came to Macon
his honeymoon, and two days after
marriage shot and, killed Hodges,
"'ng six bullets into the man's body.
■ Hiins that Hodges had robbed him
"'ft.AM pip E BURSTS ON LINER.
S HVILLE. SPAIN. July 15 —One
"f was killed and the captain and
' n oih. -s were injured on board ttie
s’camep Caboroca today by ’he
•piosion of a steam ru qw
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS-Use For Results
: Are You in Love? ;
: Here Are 4 Tests •
• •
• CHICAGO. July 15. —Hereafter •
• the young people who attend the •
• Woodlawn Park Methodist church *
• will know when they are in love •
• with each other. Rev. W. B. Nor- •
• ton. pastor, told them about love •
• and how to find out when you've *
• caught it in a sermon and ended •
• by laying down four "tests." Here •
• are the tests: •
• Hirst. You care not for wealth. •
• position, things material. You *
• worship only the person. •
• Second. You are intensely inter- •
e ested even in the tiny things con- •
• r-erning the beloved. •
• Third. You find joy in service. •
• no matter how arduous. •
• Fourth. You feel pain at sep- *
• aration. •
• Incidentally. Rev. Mr. Norton •
• explained, if you are really in love •
• you will not care for "auto rides. •
• amusement parks, social position •
• or candy. You will think only of •
• "him." •
Thief*s Victim Forced
To Lie Quietly in Bed
As Room Is Ransacked
Burglar Threatening Death to
Dweller in Grand Building
Takes S6O and Escapes.
Louis Bettman was forced to lie
quietly in his bed at room 317 Grand
Building early today while a burglar
took S6O from his trousers' packets and
ransacked the bureau drawers. Mr.
Bettman, who is credit man for the
Southern Furniture Company, was
awakened by a noise in his room and
reached for the electric light hanging
above his bed. ft had been removed
from his customary place. Suddenly he
heard a command: “Lie quiet or 11l
blow out your brains."
The robber finished his search and
quietly left the room. Mr. Bettman
jumped up and found that the swinging
light had been pulled out of reach of
his hand. He sent in a call for police.
The burglar is believed to have en
tered the room with a skeleton key and
to have left the building by a fire es
cape.
ILLNESS FATAL TO
JONATHAN MILLER,
102 YEARS OF AGE
MACON. GA.. July 15.—The body of
Jonathan Miller. 102 years of age, one
of Georgia's most distinguished men,
who died here yesterday after a sud
den illness, was taken to Augusta to
day for funeral and interment. He
was the father of Judge A. L. Miller,
of Macon; Dr. G. T. Miller, of Ma
con; Norman P Miller, of Hawkins
ville; Mrs. J. L. Robertson, of Au
gusta; Mrs. J. Pope Brown, of Haw
kinsville. and Mrs. E. M. Habersham,
of. Savannah.
Mr. Miller was born on Beech Island.
S. C„ a few miles from Augusta, on
December 9. 1810. He did not serve
actively in the war between the states,
because he was beyond the age limit,
but he maintained a commissary dur
ing the entire conflict and fed thou
sands of Confederate soldiers. Mr. Mil
ler married Miss Margaret Smith, of
Augusta, in 1842. It' was his pride
that he had reared sons and daughters
who rank with Georgia's most sub
stantial citizens.
Mr. Miller was brought from Au
gusta to Macon by specia' train re
cently to visit his sons in this city. He
made his home with his daughter in
Augusta.
RACING AUTO SKIDS
INTO CROWD AT 60-
MILE SPEED; 2 DEAD
ST PETERSBURG. July 15.—An au
tomobile being driven in the circuit
race for the czar’s prize skidded from
the road near Moscow today while go
ing 60 miles an hour, crashed into a
crowd of spectators and killed two of
them. The chauffeur and his mechani
cian escaped death, although both were
injured
BUSINESS MEN IN 8188
FIGHTING FEE SYSTEM
MACON. GA., July 15.—The death
knell for the fee system for county of
ficers in Bibb county seems to have
been sounded. The county commis
sioners have declared against the sys
tem. the Chamber of Commerce direc
tors meet this afternoon to petition the
legislature for a change and a mass
meeting will be called for one night
this week for an open discussion of the
matter.
The present county officers, some of
whom enjoy annual incomes in excess
of SIO,OOO. are fighting the salary
movement. The county commissioners
have estimated that the abolition of rhe
f,... system will mean an annual saving
of $75,000 a year to Bibb county.
POISON IN MACON WELL.
MACON. GA., July 15.—The timely
discovery that poison had been put in
the well of E. D Flowers, of Chappell
street, undoubtedly saved members of
more than a score of families who pro
cure their wAtar tram this source.
ATLANTA. GA.. MONDAY. JULY 15, 1912.
YANKEE TEAM
TAKES FIRST
IN TRACK
RELAY
Last Big Event of Olympic
Games. 1.000 Meters. Goes
to the United States.
MARATHONER DIES FROM
EFFECTS OF LONG RACE
American Team Adds to Hon
ors by Taking Second in
Swimming Relay.
STOCKHOLM. July 15.—America
took a first and a second in the first
two events of the last big session of
the international Olympic games to
day, capturing five points, bringing the
total of points for all games up to 125.
The United States captured the 1.600-
meter relay race final and took second
place in the 800-meter swimming relay
race.
The French team ran second to the.
United States in the 1,600-meter land
event and Great Britain finished third.
The Yankees’ time for the 1,600 meters
was 3 minutes. 16 3-5 seconds.
The members of the speedy American
running team were Melvin W. Shep
pard. of the Irish-American Athletic
club; James E. Meredith, of Mercers
burg, Pa., academy; Charles D. Reid
path. of Syracuse university, and Ed
ward Lindberg, of the Chicago A A.
Austrlia won the 800-meter swim
ming relay race in 10 minutes. 11 1-5
seconds; Perry McGillivray, of Amer
ica, finished second and Great Britain
was third.
Portuguese Marathon
Runner Succumbs.
Lazara. a Partuguese entrant In yes
terday's marathon race of the Olympic
games, died today from the effect of his
long run. Lazaro did not finish the
race, but dropped out seven mites from
the finish after having run over seven
teen miles.
Following an official investigation to
day. his death was attributed to heart
failure induced by over exertion and
sunstroke. He had not trained proper
ly for the race. Lazaro, along with
the other runners, was examined by a
physician before the contest began and
was passed.
Adler, of Sweden, took the high div
ing event with 369 points; Zurner. of
Germany, was second with 363. and
Bloogren, of Sweden, third, with 347
points. America failed to show.
In the 400-meter swimming relay race
for women England was first. Germany
second and Austria third.
At the beginning of today's contests
the United States’ total points for track
and field sports were more than those
of all the other nations combined. The
joy of the United .States athletes was
tempered somewhat by losing the clas
sic marathon to South Africa yes
terday. although the Yankees had the
satisfaction of having one of their run
ners come in third.
One of the most interesting among
the athletes today was Gaston Strobino.
the young Paterson. N. J., runner, who
landed third place in the marathon
after a galling run. Strobino ran the
24 miles. 1,722 yards in 2 hours, 38 min
utes. 42 2-5 seconds, which was 16 min
utes better than the time made. by-
Johnny Hayes. In London, in 1908, al
though it did not break the world's
record, which was 2:37:42. set by S.
Johnson, in Sweden, last July
Like the other American heroes. Stro
bine bore his honors lightly.
"Os course I’m sorry I did not get In
first, but I have the satisfaction of do
ing the best I could under the cir
cumstances,” said Strobino. From the
thirteenth mile to the end I left blood
behind, for my running shoes were too
light for the rocky course and were
soon worn out. About half of the dis
tance I ran virtually in my bate set.
I'm not making any complaint because
1 had the same chance as the other fel
lows. My hat is off to McArthur, the
South African runner. He surely ran
a beautiful race.
Gilshaw Would Have
Won Marathon If—
“ But credit also goes lo Gilshaw. the
other- South African, who breezed in
a second ahead of rne. Gilshaw is some
runner himself, and he kept crowding
all the time on McArthur, forcing a
swift pace. I think McArthur's record
of 2 hours. 36 minutes, will stand for
a long time Gilshaw was mighty clos
to the world's record for his time was
2 hours. 37 minutes and 52 seconds, i
have received a lot of cabled congratu
lations from home, and I certainly ap
preciate the attention shown me."
Gilshaw, the marathon runner, was
the butt of many a good natured Joke
today. After the finish of the long
contest Gilshaw said that he could have
won If McArthur had waited for him to
get a drink two miles from the finish.
Gilshaw was apparently in earnest
about it. too When McArthur was
asked about it the lankv South Afrt
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SOUND STEAMERS FOR THE NAVY
The other day the big Sound stAimer Commonwealth rammed a battleship real hard. Why not take the
Sound steamers into the navy? They seem to be much stronger, safer, and more suitable for ramming pur
poses in time of war. and more destructive in time of peace.
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RAILRUAO MAN
IN WRECK PROBE
CHICAGO. July 15. — A triple inves
tigation of the wreck that caused thii
teen deaths and injured twenty when
the Omaha mail plowed into the rear of
the Denver limited on the Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy railroad at
Western Springs. Just west of Chi
cago. was begun tOday. The railroad
officials, the Cook county coroner and
the state railway commission each be
gan a probe of the disaster in an effort
to fix responsibility for the accident.
The dead engineer of the mall train,
a woman signal operator and the flag
man of the limited were the points of a
triangular puzzle that the various In
vestigators sought to solve Whethei
any one of the three failed in the duties
of their tasks Is the question about
which the investigation revolves. Ac
cording to the facts set out in the first
reports of the accident, the block sig
nal operated by the woman. Mrs *F. A.
Wilcox, agent for the rallrqad at
Western Springs, was set at danger,
warning the approaching mail train of
the train ahead.
Whether the engineer saw and dis
regarded the signals. whether they
yvere. properly set. or whether the en
gineman met with some accident be
fore the collision occurred is one of
the questions that the investigators are
seeking to answer.
"Women Employed For Faithfulness.”
P. S. Eustice. general passenger traf
fic manager of the Burlington, defend
ed the practice of employing women fo>
station agents and putting them in
charge of signals.
“We employ women for such places
because they are always on the alert."
he said. 'They' attend to their duties
faithfully."
On the testimony of Mrs Wilcox
much will depend. Following the
crash she collaps.ed, but today she
probably will be able to tell her stor'
tn ‘ho r»r»mnar
ROOSEVELT STARTS
CAMPAIGN TRIP TO
WEST THIS WEEK
OYSTER BAY. N. Y.. July 15—Col
onel Roosevelt has decided to make the
campaign trip to Michigan, Kansas and
lowa, which he has had under consid
eration for several days. He said he
had begun work on a number of
speeches which he would deliver be
fore the opening of the national pro
gressive convention in Chicago Some
time next week, according to the pres
ent plan, he will start Westward.
LAD WHO STOLE AND
THREW AWAY CHECKS
WORTH $500,000 HELD
BUFFALO. N. Y., July 16. Joseph
Killen, of Jersey City, sixteen years old.
who stole s.'>oo,ooo in checks and $225
in currency from the United Cigar
Company of New York city and later
tossed the cheeks into the street in Al
bany. was arrested early' this morning
in the Central railroad station while
waiting for a train to take him to Kan
sas City. Killen when arrested gave
the name of Joseph McCarthy and said
the money In hie possession was stolen
from his father, who lived in Jersey
City, letter he acknowledged the theft
from the cigar company.
THIS WOMAN FOR SIMPLE
CLOTHING FOR HER SEX
ST LOUIS. July 15. A waist and
a skirt, which snap together- like the
fastenings of a glove, and a one-piece
union suit," is the proper raiment for
women, accotding to Mrs Lillian Stu
art. of this city.
——
NO OPPOSITION TO TRIBBLE
ELBERTON, GA.. July 15.—Sam J.
Tribble. Incumbent, who has announced
for congress from the Eighth district,
who is serving his first term, win prob
ably have no opposition for re-election.
Thomas J. Brown also announces for
ee-election to the office of -olfcltor gen.
oral of the northern circuit. He ha- no
opposition.
I, KILLED IN
MEXICAN FLOOD
MEXICO CITY. July 15.—A thou
sand persons have been killed and
property loss amounting to millions has
resulted from floods in the state of
Guanajuate, according to advices re
ceived here today Cloudbursts
throughout the region carried rivers
out of their courses, inundated hun
dreds of acres of farming land, wash
ing out crops and carrying away farm
houses and outbuildings, and partially
destroyed the cities of Salamanca and
Celaya. Mote than 10.000 square mile
of country, mostly a farming section,
have been affected by the floods.
The cloudburst was the most severe
of a number that have visited this sec
tion in the past few months. The rain
fell in such torrents that the valley of
the Santiago was covered to a depth of
seven feet.
The cities are located in this valley.
Driftwood and wreckage carried be
fore the flood clogged the natural out
let of the valley and the water backed
up in some parts of the cities, flooding
the streets to such a depth that only
the roofs of the houses were visible.
The electric lighting plant was dis
mantled and the cities were left in
darkness Hundreds of thousands of
persons have been rendered homeless
and urgent messages have been re
ceived here asking for supplies. The
flooded country faces a famine.
Two thousand workmen have been
dispatched from Mexico City to help
repair the damage The railroad lead
ing into the flooded section has been
washed out and It will be at least two
days before supply trains can be run.
“BATH HOUSE JOHN" LEFT
MILLION BY TWO COUSINS
CHICAGO. July 15. —Aiderman John
J. Coughlin, “Bath House John." is now
a millionaire, having inherited that sum
from tyyo wealthy cousins who were re
cently killed in an automobile accident.
EXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE Y RE NO
BLEASEGALLS
NIGHOLSTO
HURRY-UP
COUNCIL
Accused Governor and Political
Aids Hold Secret Sunday
Conference at Capitol.
S. C. EXECUTIVE CALLS
OFF HIS SPEAKING TRIP
Entire State Is in Feverish
Excitement Over the Newest
Graft Case Disclosures.
COLUMBIA. S. C„ July 15.—Follow
ing the sensational disclosures of De
fective E. S. Reed at Augusta Satur
day afternoon. Samuel J. Nichols, of
Spartanburg, and other friends hurried
to Columbia and spent yesterday in
conference with Governor Cole L.
Rlease. They were dosetd for several
hours and went over the newspaper re
ports and information received through
private sources of the testimony of the
Burns detective before the South Caro
lina legislative committee at Augusta.
Nichols Is the Spartanburg attorney
with whom Detective Reed declared he
bad negotiated for the purchase of a
pardon for a notorious yeggman, Nich
ols acting as a go-between for the gov.
ernor. Thes enegotiations. according
to Detective Reed, had been carried on
within the past 30 days and had
reached the point when the pardon was
expected to be granted on Saturday, the
day his plot to trap Blease and Nich
ols and his dictagraph records of con
versations with Nichols over the par
don deal were given to the investiga
tors.
Nichols and Rlease were together on
Thursday and Friday at Barnwell and
Blackwell, according to information re
ceived here, and were in communica
tion on Saturday. But the disclosures
at Augusta Saturday afternoon and
night brought them together again
post-haste and brought the governor
back to Columbia from his speaking
trip over the state. Governor Blease
remained here today, canceling his en
gagements for the present.
The developments of last week in the
Blease.Felder controversy were so sen
sational and so unexpected that they
have thrown the whole state of South
Carolina into a fever of excitement, es
pecially Columbia, the political hub of
the state. The Nichols pardon deal
particularly has been a general topic of
conversation here yesterdav and today.
Blease xXccused
Os Crime in Atlanta
If Thomas B. Felder keeps his word.
Governor Cole Blease of South Carolina
will be charged with a felony, alleged
to have been committed in Atlanta,
so heinous that conviction would put.
Blease behind state prison bars here
for several years.
E. S. Reed, rhe detective whose tes
timony in the graft charges against
Blease proved the sensation of the Au
gusta investigation, is in Atlanta to
day, the guest of Thomas B. Felder. He
has with him the famous dictagraph, by
means of which much of the evidence
against Blease Is said to have been
obtained.
Mr. Felder says he has other evidence
which he will turn loose upon the
South Carolina offieia) as soon as the
gubernatorial nomination campaign is
over.
"We've proved already that Rlease
is a grafter and a thigf." said Mr. Feld
er. "I can prove, too. that he attempt
ed to have me assassinated in Carolina
through bis hired thugs and cutthroats.
To Indict Him in Georgia.
"But whether I live or whether I die,
Blease must stand punishment for his
crimes, of which thievery is one of the
very least. When we get through with
these .Times of his in Carolina we will
have him indicted in Georgia for a fel
ony involving unusual depravity, whicn
he committed in Atlanta while he was
here at the commercial congress in
1911 First, however, we are going to
punish Blease in his own state. The
people will realize then, if they do not
realize already, what a mistake they
have made in giving Blease any office.
Why. the evidence we have obtained
against that man is sufficient to keep
him in prison for the rest of his natural
life. We do not wish to push the case
until after the people have turned him
out of the gubernatorial race in his own
state. Then we will see to it that this
arch criminal gets his well merited
punishment." . /
Byway of lending color to one of
his charges that Blease was "grafting”
in pardons. Detective Reed showed a
telegram he received yesterday, sent