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VOL. X. NO. 254.
50CIEHTRI0,
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MILES
Miss Helen Jones, Miss Aurelia
Speer, and Mrs. John S. Hill
in Party.
MEN FAIL TO START ON
LONG ENDURANCE TRIP
Daring Equestriennes to Thread
Hard Mountain Trails on
Route to Toxaway.
Off for a six days horseback journey
over mountain roads, Miss Helen Jones,
Miss Aurelia Speer and Mrs. John S.
Hill, three of the most accomplished
horsewomen in Atlanta society, left the
Piedmont Driving club early today for
Toxaway, N. C., a distance of 280 miles.
They were joined just outsid eof the
city by Miss Margaret Northen and Mr.
and Mrs. Adam Jones, in an automobile.
The auto party wil lact as pacemaker.
It is estimated that about 42 miles
will be covered each day—the test be
ing endurance rather than speed. Tn
order that all emergencies may be cared
for. the three fair riders are heavily
armed—with riding crops, powder puffs
and pocket mirrors.
When the horseback journey was first
proposed it evoked quite a hurrah
among the friends of the party. En
thusiasm was high in the first blush of
planning. A score or more decided that
it could be a “bully good stunt.” Among
this score nr more were several men—
famed equestrians—who felt that it
would not only be a pleasure, but abso
lutely necessary in order that the young
women might not beai’ alone the pos
sible hardships of the journey. But the
s ' ond pay after the original discussion
several of the faint-hearted dropped
out.
Thoughts of Hot Sun
Caused Desertions.
S veral more began to think of steep
climbs in the broiling sun. of night's
lodging in rickety wayside inns, of
highwaymen, swordfish and other ter
rors of the deep sea.
It is not recorded what the young
men thought, but when time came for
r’enarture 'nary a man hove into sight.
The day before they telpehoned and
pleaded “business engagements.”
T'ndi'-in eyed. however, by the evident
reluctance of those who dropped out,
th party of six will ride boldly into
the fastness of the North Carolina
mountains, with never a thought of
highwaymen or hardships.
The first stop will be made at Nor
cross tonight. The half-way point will
b< Clarksville. Ga., only a few miles
from the Carolina border. This point
will be made Monday night. Wednes
day night the party expects to arrive
at its destination.
To Make Return
Trip Same Way.
At 7:30 o'clock the three making the
journey on horseback assembled at the
Piedmont club to take a last
the old place before they went forth
to eonquor or die. The sun was well
up. but the only figures on the land
scape, beside the three rides, was Louis,
th l, polite Garcon, two stray tennis
'■’ayrrs and a couple of newspaper men.
1 b.it- group got together and gave a
r a ng cheer as the party dashed out
of the front gate and single-footed up
the road.
A return trip probably will be made
r the same route, and a larger par
ts expected to go. The three young
v.fmmn hope to convince several mas
c cine member.': of the Toxaway sum
hi* r colony that the trip can be made
tout prejudice to their complexion
500 CHURCH REVELERS
CAUGHT ON SANDBAR
■ARRYTOWN, x Y.. July 20.—After
ng a night stranded on a sand
■ ' in the Hudson liver off here, 500
’ ‘lurch exc ursionists were taken off the
steam. r Isabel! today.
launch's and rowboats brought all
desired to land ashore, but as there
no diinger many preferred to spend
night on the boat rather than risk
ian.-fer to small boats. The vessel
rot injured and is expected to float
a! high tide.
LONGLEY HEADS FARMERS.
’-A GRANGE, GA., July 20—Judge F.
■ ■ L"ngley was elected president ar
Troup county farmers institute. W.
■"'eland was made secretary. The
itute was held under the manage
*' of the extension work depart-
J',, " f the State college of Agricul
; and Professors T. E. Tullington.
C I 'l'Hatton. P. (>. Vanetter and
■ i James gave talks on farm work.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
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• Roosevelt’s Name •
• Wins Citizenship •
• For a Wise Alien;
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• CHICAGO, Ju'- 20— The name •
• of Theodore Roosevelt won nat- •
• urallzation papers for John Roach. •
• He was being examined by Judge •
• Brentano. •
o “In the event of the death of •
• the president of the United States,* •
• who would take his place?" asked •
• the judge. •
• "Roosevelt,” was the answer. •
• The papers were granted. •
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Court Forbids Hannah
To Propose to Herman
For6Mos.--SafeThen
Beauxless Maid Has Knocking in
Heart for Man Who Caused
Her Arrest.
CHICAGO, July 20.—Hannah-G. Siol,
25 years old, is under bond to keep the
peace for the next six months—mean
ing that she must not propose to Her
man Berg any more. In six months
leap year wil! have run its course and
the court believes Herman will then be
safe.
Hannah, according to Berg's story,
had not only followed him around de
manding his hand in marriage, but she
choked a woman he was escorting. He
had her arrested.
"It's embarrassing,” he told the court.
"Ever had a beau?” asked Judge Boy
er of the woman.
“No," she replied.
"Then why this sudden outburst?”
"Because, judge. there's spirits
knocking at my heart all the time.
They tell me that Herman needs me,
and so I go to him.”
COUNCIL TO GRANT
ATLANTA & MACON
LINE ENTRY TO CITY
The Atlanta and Macon Railroad Com
pany, which is to operate a trolley line
between the two cities bearing its corpo
rate name, will be given the franchise it
asks to build tracks through certain At
lanta streets. The council committee on
electric and other railroads virtually has
agreed to renew the old Atlanta, Griffin
and Macon franchise through the follow
ing city streets:
Hill street to Atlanta avenue from the
city line, thence on Martin to Little, on
Little to Fraser, along Fraser and But
ler to Gilmer and thence on Ivy to Ex
change place, where the Atlanta terminal
station will be erected.
In order to make good this franchise to
the company, the city will condemn the
present trolley company’s right-of-way
upon Fraser between Fair and Hunter
and Gilmer between Butler and Court
land, and the new company will use the
tracks of the old corporation.
Council will take final action upon the
franchise on the first Monday in August.
DIVORCEE STRANGELY
SLAIN; MARRIED MAN,
HER AFFINITY, IS HELD
NEW YORK, July 20.—Mrs. Flor
ence Hopp, a divorcee, 25 years old,
died in the New York hospital today
one hour after she had been shot while
in a room at a hotel at Thirty-sixth
street and Seventh avenue. George P.
Harkness, a real estate man of Sea
Cliff. L. 1., where he lives with his
wife, was arrested in the room with
the unconscious woman and charged
with the shooting.
Since July 1 Mrs. Hopp, whose home
was in Lewisburg, Pa., had been living
at the hotel, calling herself Mrs. Hark
ness, and Harkness has been a fre
quent visitor there.
At the police station Harkness de
clared that the shooting of Mrs. Hopp
was entirely accidental; that they were
good friends and never had quarreled.
LANDLORD, CHARGING
ONLY $2.50 PER WEEK,
RELIEVED OF LICENSE
DALTON, GA.. July 20.—Claiming to
be a public benefactor rather than a
business man. George Hollis, who was
arraigned before city council for. con
ducting a boarding house without pay
ing the customary license, was released
as soon as the facts were submitted.
Hollis lives in the Elk Mill section,
and takes boarders. He stated that he
charged them $2.50 for board and lodg'-
ing per week. Where he proved this,
the members thought of the high Cost
of living and not only refused to press
the charge, but would not hear to his
paying the license fee.
ROGER C. SULLIVAN
IN RECEPTIVE MOOD
FOR LORIMER’S SEAT
CHICAGO, July 20. -Roger C. Sullivan,
retired Democratic national committee
man from Illinois, may seek the toga
doffed by William Lorimer when the sen
ate held Lorimer's election illegal. Sul
livan is not an open and avowed candi
date for the place, but he has considered
it and is in a receptive frame of mind.
"I might be a candidate." was his re
ply to a question about the possibility
of his entering the race.
Sullivan opposes the idea of calling a
special session to till the vacancy. He be
lieves that the next legislature will be
Democratic.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1912.
THREATS FOR
PROSECUTOR
PURSUING
SLAYERS
New York District Attorney
Promised Death “Just Like
Rosenthal.”
LETTERS SENT IN MAIL;
U. S. MAY INVESTIGATE
Counsel for Libby and Shapiro
Is Also Cautioned to Go
Armed.
NEW YORK, July 20.—The Federal
government may be drawn into the in
vestigation of the assassination of
Herman Rosenthal, the gambler who
was shot to death in front of the Hotel
Metropole Tuesday morning, as the re
sult of the death threats sent to District
Attorney Charles S. Whitman and As
semblyman Aaron J. Levy, counsel for
two of the prisoners. Six letters, con
taining threats of death, have been re
ceived by Mr. Whitman through the
mails. Most of them were addressed to
the'Whitman home at No. 37 Madison
avenue, although some of them were
sent to the district attorney's office.
While some of the communications
were signed, the names attached to
them are believed to be fictitiaous. The
balance were unsigned. They warned
the official that he must relax his seat
in the Rosenthal case or suffer the pen
alty.
"Same Fate as
Rosenthal” Promised.
Mr. Whitman was not alarmed by
the threats, but he departed from his
usual habits of throwing such letters
away. The present letters were saved
and may be used at a future date.
Three of the letters promise the district
attorney that "he will meet the same
fate as Rosenthal,” if he persists In his
energetic course of action.
The death threats sent to Mr. Levy,
who is counsel for Louis Libby and
William Shapiro, owners of the auto
mobile which the Rosenthal assassins
used, evidently resulted from dis
closures of the two men relative to the
persons In the motor car on the night
of the murder.
In addition to the menacing letters to
Mr. Levy, there was one of warning.
“I am afraid,” said the writer of this
communication, "and I warn you that
you would betetr go armed.”
Four Burns Sleuths
Working on Case.
Since William J. Burns, the famous
private detect!vfie, has been called into
the case. Burns methods are expected.
Libby. Shapiro and Jack Rose, the third
prisoner charged with homicide, are be
ing allowed to converse together in a
corridor of the Tombs and their lawyers
have warned them to be careful, -«s
the r < onversations may be taken with
a dictograph. The dlstograph is a fa
vorite method of Mr. Burns. But the
Burns men are not relying exclusively
on this method At least four Burns
men are Actively working on the out
side for District Attorney Whitman.
Libby and Shapiro
Make Complete Confession.
A complete confession has been made
by one of the men suspected of assas
sinating Herman Rosenthal, the
wealthy gambler. Attaches of the dis
trict attorney’s office predicted today
that within 24 hours the men who rode
in the murder automobile and the men
who did the actual killing would be
arrested. This prediction was con
firmed by Assemblyman Aaron J. Levy,
attorney for William Shapiro and Louis
Libby, ow ners of the machine in which
the assassins escaped. He said:
"The district attorney has been given
al! the names. When the facts come
out it will be the biggest police scandal
that New York or any other city in the
world ever had.”
Levy arranged a conference at which
his two clients agreed to turn state's
evidence. They told all the facts in
their possession, but the admissions
made by Shapiro were the most impor
tant. It was on his confession that the
prediction 04 arrests w ill be made.
MASSEE STARTS WAR ON
MACON ELECTRIC RATES
MACON, GA., July 20.—Competition
with the Macon Railway and Light Com
pany became a positive fact today when
W. J. Massee announced in glaring ad
vertisements that his new electric light
company will be ready to furnish cur
rent, beginning October 1, at just one
half the rate charged by the present cor
poration.
A war on rates is now expected to fol
low between the two companies, and a
reduction of even more than one-half Is
anticipated by users of electricity.
South Carolinas Picturesque Character
COLE L. BLEASE: THE MAN
Governor-Candidate IsCarrying
on Tempestuous Campaign
Among “Wool Hat Boys.”
COLUMBIA, S. C„ July 20.—South
Carolina is undergoing now the most
tempestuous political campaign in her
history since Ben Tillman grew old and
quit the fight of oratory and anathema
and guns.
Cole Blease, governor for a year and
ten months, charged now with selling
pardons, accepting bribes from the
liquor interests and sending his con
victed clients scot free from prison, is
out upon the stump to save his political
life and possibly his personal liberty.
The other prominent candidate, former
Chief Justice Ira B, Jones of the South
Carolina supreme court, has taken the
stump against him, sometimes in joint
debate declaring that he is running for
office not because he wants to be gov
ernor, but to rid South Carolina of
Bleaseism and demagogy, to stamp out
the pardon graft and the blind tiger
graft that he charges have found their
.way to Blease’s own pocket. He de
ciares that Blease is prostituting the
powers of a sovereign state's chief ex
ecutive in any way he can devise to fill
his till with campaign funds and to
finance his personal dissipations.
During a debate at Florence the for
mer chief justice advanced upon the
governor with clenched fists and the lie
direct, and was only prevented from
striking him in public by the interfer
ence of friends.
Shooting Occurs at
Blease Meeting.
At Kingston, still later, a shooting
affray followed a hectic meeting, and
one man lies still dangerously wounded
as a result of the things that the gov
ernor said about Justice Jones.
Blease still is upon the stump in a
campaign custom that prevails in South
Carolina and will keep both the chief
candidates in debate until five days be
fore the primary. "He’s a cowardly
liar” is the nightly denunciation Gov
ernor Blease hurls against the more
conservative Judge Jones, and frdm the
same stage Jones nightly shouts back,
"Down with the demagogue and the
pardon grafter.”
Friends of both men declare that a
personal encounter of most serious na
ture is inevitable before the primary
determines whether Blease or Jones is
to win.
Meantime, while they barnstorm
around the state. South Carolinans are
finding out thoroughly for the first time
what Bleaseism and antl-Bleaseism
means.
Blease 1« a combination type of
"small town sport” and court house
politician. He wears the long frock
coat and the wide slouch hat of the
near-statesman. He wears the high
standing collar of the vintage of 1886,
and, habitually giving his bristling
mustache a few extra upward twists, he
easily suggests the composite picture
of the country dude and pirate on pa
rade.
He’ll Take a Drink
With Anybody.
He takes a drink with anybody who
comes along and makes no objection;
anywhere, upon visits to the small
towns of his constituencies, he will
strike an attitude in front of the village
hotel and entertain a semi-circle of
Idlers with loquacious answers to all
the questions that may be asked him,
barring none, replete.with profane and
abusive references to people who have
criticised or opposed him.
His paramount political principle, ac
cording to his own version, is to "stand
by his friends.” He has made that
principle of "sticking by my friends at
any cost” the cry of his political cam
paigns. All men who aren’t his friends
he has frequently declared to be his en
emies for whom he will do nothing.
NO CIRCUS STUNTS BY
MACON WHEN CAPITAL
MOVING BILL GETS UP
MACON. GA., July 20.—Macon is not
going to perform any circus stunts before
the legislature when the bill on the cap
ital removal proposition is called for a
vote next week.
The secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce had arranged for a special train, a
delegation of several hundred citizens, and
a performance by Macon's famous drum
and bugle corps within the very presence
of the solons. These arrangements have
been cancelled, however, by the drectors
of the organization, who felt that such
proceedings would be ill-advised. Thus,
when the' bill is discussed, only the Bibb
representatives will he present to repre
sent Macon’s interest in it.
STEAM PIPE BURSTS;
FIVE OF SHIP’S CREW
ARRIVE IN COFFINS
NEW YORK, July 20.—With five
members of her crew encased in coffins,
the Italian steamer. Princess Di Pie
monte, from Genoa, arrived in port to
day. The dead men were the first as
sistant engineer, the chief fireman and
three stokers who had been killed by
the bursting of a steam pipe on Wed
nesday morning. One other man in the
engine room was badly scalded.
The vessel proceeding at her
usual speed through clear weather at
the time of the accident. Suddenly,
without warning, the branch steam
pipe connecting the port engine with
the boilers burst.
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Cole Blease, in the face of charges of accepting bribes and
selling pardons, is making a whirlwind campaign for re-election.
GOING IIP! SHOES
AND SUITS HIGHER
Price of Women’s Dress Goods
Also Due for Big Advance,
Say Buyers.
Those Atlantans who are addicted to
the rather prevalent habit of wearing
clothes and shoes will be interested, ad
versely, to learn that the prices of both
these well-known luxuries are to be
materially advanced this fail. Agents
of Atlanta houses who have been out
prospecting for the winter stock of
clothes say that the leading producers
have lifted the price for the spring of
1913 season some 7 1-2 to 20 cents a
yard.
Merchant tailors hereabouts haven't
fixed definitely upon the raise in price
they will have to make on suits and
dresses, principally because they hear
recurrent rumors to the effect that the
cost of cloth may be boosted still high
er and they might come out losers by
fixing a premature schedule.
“Them Blamed Autos” Again.
The agents say that half the in
creased cost of cloth can be traced to
the fact that, the domestic wool clip
thi§ year will be about 30,000,000
pounds shy. Wool has gone up abroad
also, and wages have been boosted. The
combination is bound to make itself
poignantly felt in the region of father’s
salary receptacle.
Also, the agents say, we must put to
the credit of the festive automobile a
big advance that is corning in the price
<>f shoes. This fall you’ll pay $6 for a
$5 pair of shoes, and the advance in
all lines will average 20 per cent, it is
said. There is so much, more leather
used in making automobiles and chauf
feurs leggings and caps and hampers
and things that the demand for leather
is enormous.
Retail dealers declare that the price
of raw leather will go up so high, it is
possible a still further advance may
come during the winter.
ACTOR IS SOUGHT FOR
SLAYING PRETTY GIRL
AND SHOOTING SUITOR
ALLENTOWN, PA., July 20.—Lo
venda Caynes, a pretty 23-year-old girl,
was shot to death, and her suitor, Wil
liam Fret, of South Bethlehem, was
fatally wounded in th? woman's apait
ments here early today. Three shots
were fired.
Miss Uaynes had also been receiving
attentions from I. G. Schaefer, a theat
rical man, with the “Get Rich Quick
Wallingford" company, who, according,
to the police, was seen leaving the
apartments shortly after the shooting.
He is being sought to thiow some
light on the tragedy. The girl came
here from Scranton three years ago.
J. MIE SMITH
OFFERS BRIBES
Rebel Officers at Juarez Say
Atlanta Loan Agent Attempts
to Buy Release.
EL PASO, TEXAS, July 20.—Rebel
officers in Juarez .today made the state
ment that J. Wylie Smith, the Atlanta
loan agent, held a prisoner In the rebel
town, had made an effort to bribe them
to release him. They say he declared
that he could get plenty of money as
soon as he got out, although up to the
present lime he has pretended to be
without funds, particularly for the past
few days.
Smith denies that he made any bribe
Offer and still insists that he is “dead
broke” and that he did not get the
money he is accused of stealing.
The Pinkerton officers are trying to
get the rebels to deliver Smith in El
Paso at once.
ITALIAN ADMIRAL
DENIES TURKS SANK
TWO WAR VESSELS
ROME, July 20.—Flat contra du sfion
of the Turkish report that two kalian
torpedo boats had been sunk while
trying to run the Dardanelles was made
here today in a message from Admiral
Viale of the Italian fleet in the Aegean
sea.
A wireless message from Admiral
Viale, printed in the newspaper Messa
gero, states that all the Italian war
ships in the Aegean fleet are safe.
‘SPRING SONG’~ON~PROGRAM
FOR FREE ORGAN RECITAL
Mendelssohn’s "Spring Song” will
figure prominently on the program for
the free organ concert at the Audi
torium Sunday afternoon.
The concert will begin at 4 o’clock.
The general public Is invited. There
are seats to accommodate 6,000 per
sons. No admission is charged. Out
of-town visitors will be welcome. The
concerts are given under the direction
of the Atlanta Music Festival associa
tion, W. L. Peel, president.
MINSTREY TO PERFORM.
LAGRANGE. GA., July 20.—Thurs
day night the Young Men’s club, of this
< ity. will give a minstrel show at Ho
gansville, for the benefit of the Wom
an’s club, of that city. This will be
the first engagement which the dub
lias filled outside this city, although
others ure now pending.
SCHOOLS OPEN MONDAY.
DALTON. GA.. July 20.—After a most
successful institute, the Whitfield
county teachers returned to their homes
today. The county schools open the
regular summer term Monday morn
ing. ,
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2 CENTS EVERYWHERE & v r« no
CMCILMEIf
STURT FISHT
FDHSTREET
REFORMS
Recommendations for Charter
Amendments Taken Up at
Adjourned Meeting Today.
MUST GET REQUEST TO
LEGISLATURE BY MONDAY
Committee to Consider Dividing
the Construction Department.
Clayton To Be Heard.
The Georgian's campaign for better
streets and sewers saw real action to-,
day when an open fight for reforms in
the city's street improvement system
was begun at the meeting of the coun
cil committee on charter amendments.
In order that there may be reorgan
ization as soon as possible an adjourn
ed meeting of the council will be held
this afternoon, so that the council's
recommendation can be considered by
the committee of the legislature on mir
nlcipalities Monday afternoon. If the
legislation Is not considered then, it
will be too late to get a bill passed at
this session of the general assembly.
The committee will take up the res
olution of Councilman Claude C. Mason
authorizing a division of the chief of
construction’s department into an en
gineering department and a. construc
tion department. A majority of the
council practically has committed it
self to this plan as the beginning of re
forms. There is some opposition to it
and Councilman Aldine Chambers said
the committee might ask for the simple
authority to reorganize the chief of
construction’s department, and that thi
details would be fought out later on
the floor of council.
Clayton’s Opinions
To Be Heard by Council.
Captain R. M. Clayton, chief of con
struction, has returned, and he will be
given a voice in the discussions of what
is needed to give Atlanta better streets.
The Georgian’s exposure of the miles
of sewers laid without assessment be
ing levied against property owners has
created a sensation in city hall circles.
Many explanations are given as to how
It happened, but the fact that the con
dition is rank discrimination between
Atlanta property owners is the fact.
Officers of the construction department
and members of council are making a
thorough investigation with a vleK.
legally, to levy and collect assessments
for al) of these sewers.
Since the complaints from citizens all
over the city about the bad streets and
the poor progress of work was voiced
in The Georgian, the city construction
department has done more work than
in any week of the year, though it has
rained almost every day. With the ex
ception of Councilman Harvey Hatcher,
chairman of the council committee on
streets, and a small minority of coun
cil, all officials connected with street
work have been aroused to a realiza
tion that something must be done, and
done at once.
Edgewood Avenue
In Bad Condition.
The long list of specific complaints
can not be exhausted. Citizens of the
Fourth ward are exasperated at the
condition of Edgewood avenue, a street
paved with wood blocks only a few
years ago. The paving looks as though
It had been laid at least fifteen years.
Many blocks are crumbling, there are
holes and ridges in the streets and be
tween the trolley car tracks the street
is almost impassable for automobiles
or any light vehicles.
The citizens have been complaining
for months about this street without
getting it repaired. They declare they
paid a big price for the pavement, but
that it was put down in the wrong
way.
Citizens of West End point to about
two blocks of Peters street, which is
In exceedingly bad conditio:, as an evi
dence of general neglect. Peters street,
between Park and Gordon streets, is a
series of Impassable holes, and all the
traffic to and from West End and Oak
land City must pass through the nar
row throat at the junction of Lee and
Park streets. There are two trolley
tracks there and also repairs are now
being made In the street. There is al
most impassable congestion. The peo
ple are exasperated They declare that
if only the small section of Peters
street were in passible condition there
would be little inconvenience to the
thousands of residents of the south
west section of the
