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the weather. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Showers today and probably tomor row ■ VOL. X. NO. 250. tin STREET REFORMS ISE M SEMIN Mayor, and City Attorney Confer and Will Aid Action. PRESENT LAX METHODS GENERALLY CONDEMNED Friends of Improvement Start Campaign for $2,000,000 Road Bond Issue. Following a conference of fourteen niembf’ "f council. Mayor Winn and -Attorney Mayson, it seemed as sured today that sweeping reforms v-■.1.-1 h" made at once in the city's srstem of providing street improve ments. At the conference, held in the office of Count liman Aldine Chambers, The Georgian - campaign disclosing flaws j n t h e -ystem. had conditions and the general demand for betterment of stree's found a. ready response from ■ most of those present. Tli ■ agreed that the resolution in tmd'ji-ec by Councilman Claude C. ?.la-on it the meeting of the council vesterday providing that the chief of construetion’s department should be divided into an engineering department and a construction department, should be passed at this session of the legis lature It will be considered at an ad j.mrn.-d meeting of the council Thurs day. Mans of the members were positive in iltei: mtieisms. They declared that the .errible conditions throughout the (i* ppl;..(i to sewers almost as much - r ' They called attention to the . nount "f street work that has bi-,’, i'.ne this year. They said there .. Ink of system in the chief of ■■■■■ :■ tion'i officer especially that timr- .' as no filing system providing for • rr ■•■ rd of what was being done: • i too many bosses for the f men employed, and that ■ > er- wre failing to carry off rain cater Passage of Resolution Not Assured. No as taken on Mr. Mason's b ■■ ci. bur ill but two present ex approval of it. There ;g!i members committed to this ' n,-- who were not present, to in- I'-sagc at tile meeting of the inn said that he had the - I foi R. M Clayton, chief ti notion, anti that there was not I- rsonal in his desire for H” said h<- simply thought a i it\ 's sewer and street and on work was too much for ■ o . that lite city had been Im.in Harvey Hatcher, chair streets committee, made an 1 ■ | eh against all the agi- hoiit poo, streets and the needs "Hn" i lie chief of construction’s ' c ti' He said it was a shame ii’ dish Captain Clayton's of ■i was out of the city re ng from tin illness. Ht- de w simpers in general and said new members of council want o'th and were not satisfied be ehief of construction could it to them. Hatcher to Repeat His Remarks, He Says. Tbioii m.. Hatcher declared '■mid be a* the meeting of ■ftei amendments committee resolution dividing the chief tion’s department into tyo rtnients is formally consider h' again would deliver his i'ns i here. n George H. Boynton also lined to take Mr. Hatcher's the others, among them i Aldine Chambers, Claude - A. Wardlaw, J. J. Greer, w Andrews, Aidermen James E. ■1 Spratling, James,R. Nut '■ H Van Dyke, declared that r , , le tor the city to progress in street improvements. STERS OF MACON ASK ‘OR A VICE COMMISSION v r; V. July 16.—The Prot ters of Macon have secured r ~ n, s to petitions asking the rd council to create a vice , n similar to the one now at '■■inta. These petitions will "resented to the mayor this '■ "gallon of ministers, and ;r ' ■ decision will be made “ st that time. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results 3 Die* 2 Others Badly Burned in Explosions Os Oil in Last 4 Days Pouring Kerosene On Fire Fatal to Two Atlanta White Women and Negress. Three deaths and two persons se riously burned is the toll in Atlanta in the last four days of inflammable oils, carelessly handled. The accidents have been remarkably similar, and all but one occurred in the homes of the in jured or fatatty burned persons. Late yesterday Mrs. M. E. Jones, of 696 South Pryor street, died at a hos pital. She had poured kerosene oil on a fire at her home and was burned in the explosion which resulted. The list of accidents for the last four days: Friday—Mrs. Joseph Head killed and her home burned; poured kerosene on a fire in the kitchen stove. Saturday—Mrs. Nellie Peters, 620 De- Kalb avenue, dangerously burned; poured kerosene on fire. Saturday—Lizzie Curtis, a negro, fa tally burned at 363 Ira street; poured kerosene on fire Saturday—Julius Buchanan badly burned at the Southern railway shops from benzine and a lighted cigarette. Monday—Mrs. Al. E* Jones fatally burned; poured kerosene on fire. I TAKE MY MEDICINE WHEN I HAVE TO; NO APOLOGIES -MORSE BATH. MAINE, July 16.—"1 have no apologies to make. I always take my medicine when I have to,” said Charles W. Morse, who was recently pardoned by President Taft from the Federal prison at Atlanta. The occasion was a dinner tendered him last night by 50 friends and for mer business associates of Bath, his home city. The only reference to his imprison ment made by Mr. Morse was in read ing from a letter which he wrote to Attorney General Wiekersham when petitions were being circulated for his pardon. He said he had written: "I am confined for an act which I would be proud to have any of my sons do.” CORN CLUB WINNERS TO ATTEND NATIONAL SHOW AT COLUMBIA COLUMBIA, S. C., July 16.—One of the most interesting features of the National Corn exposition, to be held in Columbia next January, will be the first exposition school for boys, composed of the prize winners in the boys corn clubs in every county in the Southern states. The attendance upon the school is expected to reach at least I,ooo,’and preparations are being laid on a broad scale. J. B. Hobdy, of Alabama, has been selected as superintendent of the school. He is in charge of the boys club work in Alabama, with headquar ters at the State Agricultural college at Auburn. The boys will be divided into companies and squads, and through the co-operation of President Riggs of Clemson Agricultural college cadets of the first class will be placed in command of the boys, who will be under semi-military discipline during their stay in Columbia. UNCLE JOE SAYS HYMN BEULAH LAND HAS DONE GOOD—AND HE KNOWS CAPE MAT. N. J.. July 16. —Uncle Joe Cannon declares that the famous old hymn "Beulah Land” had done more good than all the muckraking maga zines in the world and that the hymn would continue to do good after tile magazines had gone Into bankruptcy. He is here on a visit to ex-Congress man George D. McCreary and met Ed gar Page, the author of the hymn. Mr. Page is 77 years old and Uncle Joe is 73 years young. The law-maker and the author got to discussing literature and Uncle Joe repeated word for word every stanza of "Beulah Land," much to the surprise of Mr. Page. DAYTIME WHISTLING GOES IN MACON; AT NIGHT IT'S UNLAWFUL MACON, GA., July 16. —Macon has had an anti-noise ordinance on its stat ute books for several months-, but none of the policemen sought to apply it until a hotel guest, vainly trying to sleep, complained of an intolerable w histle under “his w indow. The hour was after midnight, and, it being un lawful to whistle at. that particular time, the offender was arrested. The recorder fined him $3.75. He paid the fine and left the court room, whistling with might and main, it being no crime to whistle in the day time in Macon. FAMOUS AVIATOR, IS KILLED HUNTING IN AFRICA PARIS, July 16. -A dispatch re ceived by the family of R Hubert La tham, the famous French aviator, to day says he has been killed while rhi nocerous hunting near Brazaville in the Congo. Latham was one of the best known aviators in the field and was prpgpnt at the international contests held in America and England. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. JULY 16, 1912. YANKEE TEAM WORSHIPPED AS WORLD HEROES Americans, Winners of Olympic Games, Hold Great Recep tion on Their Ship. THORPE, INDIAN. CALLED PEER OF ALL ATHLETES Trophies Proudly Displayed to Visitors—Part of Company Start Home Tomorrow. STOCKHOLM, July 16.—Thousands of persons visited the liner 'Finland upon which the American athletes are living during their stay in Stockholm and showered congratulations upon the victors of the international Olympic games today. The heroes of the hour were James Thorpe, the Carlisle In dian school athlete; ' Ted" Meredith, of the Mercersburg, Pa., academy: lit tle Goston Strobino. the Paterson, N. J., marathoner; Charles Reidpath, the speedy Syracuse university runner, anti Patrick McDonald, the big New York policeman, who showed up so brilliant ly in the weight putting events. But these athletic conquerors did not mo nopolize the honors. Those who are interested in swimming looked upon Duke Kahanamoku, tl.e Hawaiian man fish. as an athlete as great as an., other. The Americans held a levee and lite liner flying the Star Spangled Bann-t was a center of social activity through out the day. Many of the Arnerit in spectators, who had not had an oppor tunity to greet "our hovs." wj?nt out to the ship to pay their eespeets. Many of the o her visitors were foreigners who looked with deep aoniitation upon the brawny representatives of- Uncle Sam. Some of the athletes put in part of the day seeing the sights of the city, while others made preparations to de part tomorrow for Dover, England, whence they sail Sunday on the Vader land for New York. The scenes on the Finland today were in marked contrast to those following the Olympic games In London four years ago. At that time considerable ill feeling was allowed to show itself. In the presi nt instance about the only ill feeling that has manifested itself has appeared in the London press. The Americans have voted the Swedes among the best entertainers in the world, and this feeling has been recip rocated as regards the guests. Americans Proud Os Trophies Won. The trophies won by the Americans were placed upon view on the Finland. Thorpe, the dark hued Indian or the real American as he is jokingly called by many, has the best showing among the trophies. Thorpe is particularly proud of the decathlon trophy, offered by the Cza: of Russia, which carries with it the unwritten apjiellation of the "best all-around athlete in the world." All the Americans are jubilant and have already cust eyes toward the 1916 Olympiad, which will be held in Berlin. Trainer Mike Murphy said this afternoon: "I am positive that our present team could beat any other nation in the I world in a dual meet. Nowhere in | the world could be found better sports- I men and all-around fine gentlemen than in Sweden. *We have nothing but I praise for our hosts." j United States Commissioner James I E. Sullivan expressed similar senti ments. “Winning of the fifth renewal of the Olympic games is certainly a magnifi cent. a splendid victory," said he. "Ev i orything has pas ed off smoothly and I pleasantly. The death of Lazaro, the Portuguese marathon runner, was the only touch of sadness. That was un avoidable.” Showing of Old Stars Disappointing. The games just ended have brought forth new champions and have demon strated that "youth will be served." One of the features of an analysis of the result is the unexpectedly poor show - ing of the former Olympic champions. I Ralph Rose, the California shot put ter; Melvin W. Sheppard, the New- York runner; George Horrine, the Cali fornia high jumper; James Duncan. th>- New York discus thrower, and others who did phenomenal work in Olympic or other games in the past showed up poor';' $1,000,000 Needed for Wilson Campaign DEMOCRATS SHY ON FUNDS ■ ... ~T- ■ ■ MS TIPPINS BILL INTO DM Senator Morris. Aided by Other Wits. “Wishes” Measure on Shelf for Two Days. Six senators, members of the tem perance committee of the upper house, have been successful in laughing the Tippins-Alexander hill into a two-days delay. The prohibition measure as a result of the unusual proceeding which took place in a senate committee late yes terday afternoon, will not get even a committee consideration until tomor row. Indications are that a vote on the bill can not be taken before next week. Senator Bush, prohibition leader in the senate, Is around and about today wondering just how the whole thing happened. When the committee con vened he swept agide debate and in sisted on a motion to approve the bill forthwith. Then Morris Laughed. Senator Morris arose and laughed, and remarked that he was an opponent of the bill and several persons had ask ed him to obtain them a hearing be fore me committee took definite ac tion. "This is the first I have heard of it,” asserted Senator Bush. "You Just want to delay the bill." Senator Morris laughed again. "Yes, I just want to delay the bill,” he admitted. Senator Bush then insisted that his motion, that the bill be approved, be submitted to a vote. Morris and Spence oin In. "We have got the votes here to put this thing through and it is going through." said Rush. Then both Senator Morris and Sena tor Spence arose and laughed a third time. "This is running the steam roller over on us, isn't it?” remonstrated Spence, -till laughing. "Put the motion.” Shouted Bush. When the chairman called for the vote there was a division and Senator Graham, not quite sure of his position, refused to vote. So Graham Voted. “Make the senator vote,” laughed Morris. So they forced Graham to vote, and he voted for postponement. s First Job of National Com mittee Will Be to Fill " the War Chest. I CHICAGO. July 16.—When I William I-'. McCombs, Democratic I national chairman, announces the I membership of the campaign ■ committee of nine members of I the national committee Thurs- B day, the new board of strategy I will find the first job—that of till. B ing the war chest. i This was stated simply and di- There are no hard feel ings on the part of “Old Champ” Clark. He visit -1 ed Governor Wilson, his 1 successful rival, at Sea- girt last week and per sonally • pledged his sup port. Tin* picture shows the speaker (on left) w arm! y congratulating the governor. rectly b>- Roger C. Sullivan, re tiring committeeman from Illi nois, who told the committee men gathered here yesterday that it would take at least $1,900,- 000 to run the Wilson campaign. Various ways for raising this sum were discussed by the committee, and then the w hole problem was passed up to the 'campaign com mittee. The members of the new com mittee will not be named until Chairman McCombs has a con ference with Governor Wilson at Seagirt, N. J‘. As soon as the selection is made the members fc . ..xuUL.be .siuniuoned. to the "little white house" for a conference v Ith the candidate. The whob W campaign will be discussed. It f is expected that the question of financing the campaign will be talked over with Wilson. BARBER I HOW VULGAR! HE IS “A GROOMER OF MANKIND,” THANK YOU CHICAGO. July 16. —The barbers are going to hold their annual convention in August and then —there won't be any more barbers. instead. If you want to step into your barber shop you can't. The barber shop is to become the "parlor of ex ternal refreshment;" the talkative bar ber will be the "communicative groom er of mankind." Want a massage*—nothing doing. All you’ll get is an ascage. It’s a little dis , ferent and a trifile more expensive. > All these things are predicted by ; William E. Burgher, of Duluth, secre tary of the association of dealers in barbers supplies, whose convention is ‘ to set the tonsorial uplift on its offi cial way. L OVERDOSE OF DRUG, ; TAKEN TO KILL PAIN, FATAL TO AGED MAN G. H. Bergerin. 60 years old, 720 South Pryor, died from effects of mor -1 phine poisoning at Grady hospital early today. It is said the drug was taken to relieve pain and that an overdose was swallowed. The drug was taken late last night and when others in the house discovered the man he was in agony. LAWMAKER, STUNG BY BLUE SKY MAKER, URGES BETTER LAW The first of the "blue sky" measures to receive committee sanction is a bill by Representative Wohlwender, of ' Muscogee. Mr Wohlwender appeared before the insurance committee loaded down with data and convinced the com mitteemen that Georgia’s investment laws needed tightening. Mr. Wohl : wender admitted to the committee that he had been "stung" for S3OO by a “blue sky" agent during the past year. HODGES FIRST TO ENTER FOR SUPERIOR JUDGESHIP MACON. GA., July 16. Judge Rob ert Hodges, for eleven years Judge of the city court, is the first candidate to announce for the judgeship of the su perior court, following the retirement of Judge Nat E. Harris from the race. Solicitor H. A. Matthews, of Fort Val- I ley. states that it is probable he will announce. Mr. .Matthews ran several I years ago and was defeated by Judge W. H. Felton. ‘ ■ w: . - ■■ /.-■ - «. • . /'/k r PHOTO JIQJYAV, XETWT J'COW’IGJE, POLITICS OUSTS CSPT. DONNELL District Secretary of Civil Serv ice Commission Transferred to Washington Office. The removal of Captain George S. Donnell from active duty In his office of district secretary of the civil service commission is the subject of much comment at the postoffice. While still nominally in charge as district secre tary, Captain Donnell has been work ing in the civil service commission In Washington for two months. Inquiry at the local office brings onl.v the re sponse that he is away on “official business." Captain Donnell's removal came shoitly after lie started an investiga tion of the “political activity" of sev eral government employees who hold their positions under the civil service rules and who arc foi bidden to take an active part in any political campaign. These men were U. S. Seals, assis tant custodian of the Federal building; John Martin, revenue agent, and Jack son Mi 11, nr\, negro watchman in the building. All of them are supporters of Henry S. Jackson, collector of In ternal revenue and the leader of the Taft forces in Georgia. “Donnell Got in Bad.” "Donnell c< rtainly got himself in had with influential men here and I think he was foolish to start anything like that when things ■were as hot as they were at that time," wa« the frank com ment of Seals when he was asked If there were any basis to the report that political wire-pulling had removed Captain Donnell fiom the local office. At present all investigation has stopped and nothing has been done to probe the charges that Henry Lincoln Johnson, negro registrar of deeds in Washington, attempted to collect cam paign funds from Postmaster McKee on the occasion of the negro official’s visit to Atlanta. That Captain Donnell will be held in Washington until after the election this fall is believed in the customs house. Henry S. Jackson refused to make any comment on the various rumors going about the building and merely said he understood the secretary was in Washington. Captain Donnell is a Democrat, who has been connected with the civil sere- 1 ice department for a number of years, having served in Washington before he was given charge of the local territory. iixffil L . - 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE Y RE NO BIG GAMBLER IS SUMY. POLIGEARE INVOLVED Herman Rosenthal Called to Door of Uptown Hotel and Shot From Autmobile. VICTIM HAD “REVEALED” SECRETS TO PROSECUTION Charges Involved Police Lieu tenant Becker—He Had Ex pected To Be Killed, NEW YORK. July 16.—Herman Ros enthal, a wealthy gambler who main tained a palatial home at 14 West For ty-ninth street, was assassinated in front of the Hotel Metropole in West Forty-third street at 2 o'clock this morning. Four men who escaped from the scene in a slate colored auto fired the shots which killed the well-known gambler in New York’s white light dis trict. A ( chauffeur named Libbey was later arrested. The police declared Libbey was not only the man at the steering wheel of the motor in which the mur derers fled, but also one of the men who fired the shots. Übbey was locked up at the West Forty-seventh street police station charged with homicide. The assassination of Rosenthal fol lowed revelations which he had made to District Attorney Whitman of a full scale of prices charged by the police for the operation of all kinds of gam bling in New York. Rosenthal had fur ther charged that Charles Becker, a police lieutenant in charge of what is generally known as the “strong arm" squad, was a partner with Rosenthal in the conduct of his gambling house. District Attorney Whitman had sum moned ten policemen and two lawyers, the latter charged with being brokers counsel, to appear before the grand jury today and testify concerning the charges. One of Assassins Wore Police Uniform. According to witnesses, one of the men who was in the auto when Ros enthal was shot wore a policeman’s uniform. This is believed to have oeen a ruse to attach suspicion to the po lice. The actual murderers are believed to have been gamblers disgruntled be cause revelations which Rosenthal made have stirred up trouble for other members of the gambling fraternity ir, New York city. Following Rosenthal's allegations. Police Commissioner Waldo had declared that gambling must be stamped out in this city. The shooting accurred about 2 o'clock this morning after Rosenthal had been lured from the Metropole hotel by a message that a man wanted to see him outside. Rosenthal reached the hotel about midnight*where he had evidently had an appointment. He had some drinks with companions and talked earnestly to them for over an hour. Upon being told that some one want ed to see him at the front door of th« hotel, Rosenthal follow'ed the messen ger. No sooner had he reached the pavement than a shot "rang out, quickly followed by four others. Just as Ros enthal reached the sidewalk a low gray bodied touring car. which had been standing on the other side of the street, crossed over. The man w'ho fired the first shot and who later es caped with his companions in the mo tor ear is believed to be an Italian, Car Traced By Number; Chauffeur Soon Found. The piompt finding of the automobile which was used for the murder was dur to the fact that several persons read the number, "41,133 New York," on the plate as it stood in the full glare ol the electric light in front of the hotel. The police, after finding Libbey’s name in the records as the owner, learned that the car was kept in a Madison Square garage. Tins garage was the same used to house the taxicab which figured in the $25,000 bank messenger robbery several months ago. Libbey was soon found. He admitted having the ear out early in the even ing, but denied having any part in the murder. Despite his protestations the polite locked him up and declared that his identification as the chauffeur in the ease had been made clear. District Attorney Whitman, who had hurried to the scene of the assassina tion within two hours of the shootinc. was making a personal investigation at the Hotel Metropole. He questioned persons who had seen the automobile and the actual shooting. The story of the shooting was given to Mr. Whit man as follows: “The entire shooting took place in