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t he weather. .-ninht and tomorrow. Tern- Fa ' r ‘s 9 3 a - m ’’ 80 de S rees; 10 P era ‘ «4 - degrees; 12 noon, 86 de a‘ 9 p m., 90 degrees. c rees- VOL. X- XO. 256. WEDS IBE PUB FOR WORKON STREETS City Bearing Expense of Less Than Half of Improvements Mow Under Way. MAIN thoroughfares a ? 0 NEED REPAIRING Business Men Complain of Con dition of Whitehall, Peach tree and Other Streets. While it is true that a tour of At lanta with officials of the city con struction department revealed the fact that 943 men were at work on improve ments, it did not show that the city was meeting the demands of traffic hy put ting its streets into condition where tvork is most needed. More than half the work now under n- 8 y is being paid for by property own ers, much of it done by private con tract, and Is not “city work” in its ■eal meaning at all. The reporters who made the tour rfth the < i’> officials found many gangs >f men at work laying private sewer mrme tinns, putting down sidewalks md doing other work which must be laid for by property owners. And to 'each the s enes of activity the auto >artv hurt to bump over holes in the isphalt of main thoroughfares, drive in 'oundabout ways to avoid neglected it.ww and crowd between slowly mov hg vehicles and trolley cars because nr rw way was passable for automo iiles. I .1 IV -st. one of the city's leading v . r flea''-' -. complained bitterly to [ Georgian today that the city was rrrroting its main streets to get . ■ rible condition. doesn’t Require Expenditures. - it Hwpiire big gangs of men - r \ . ndltures to remedy this said Mr. West. "Whitehall street, ’ ■-in fact, every street where ’r- travel Is In avlest—is full of holes r a wheels fall with a bump i h iris rhe axles to the breaking • Ji I. s'.most impossible to make ■ i ■ r m >me quarters. T most needed is the repair ‘ e. ’ ineipal streets. A little r ’ rock mb small gangs of work ed do onders in just one -week ■ acre put on the job. I’d like Tri, ou over about twenty of the tree s • I h business firms must use • -id show you just what, the nnUitions® uro. 1 c m r. M, Clayton, chief of con . ■ .1 ly continued a detailed ‘ln- *' street and sewer work r - ’ -no in the city. At his request ' reporters accompanied 1 list of all street work in ' r< ( ntly published in The ■ the beginning of its cam filer streets. A good part i, was gone over, as well as a pthe contract sewer work. > evidence of more effort and "nr lishments among the city u' ! .. The Georgian’s campaign. ’ l l' authority granted by coun ' of The Georgian’s cam- free laborers will be ent liately for street construe ’ n.-aiiy three-fourths of the on f or stre e t s this year still barter Changes ’laved in Assembly. re council’s street reform v 1 mges are sure to be passed ■ siatc legislature, other charter which there is objection a postponement of consid the street matters by the on municipalities until di'-rnoon at 5 o’clock. • ' nitte,- considered charter for Atlanta for about The propositions debated » i 1 xation of Ormewood and to license and regulate 'f the residents *of Orme opposed to being annexed, 'tivo Hooper Alexander ' ' opposed to revenue being i ‘in locker clubs “or any sale of whisky.” , i; "' r changes affecting the i "'t improvement system, the council as a result of : m's campaign for better not reached before the inurnment. Rut there is no ""’he reforms and the local ’ in the house, Messrs , !1 r ’"n and Westmoreland, " Winn and the other a '-’ the bill certainty u t>._ ✓ The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit —GEORGIAN IF ANT ADS—Use For Results Girl Brides of Rome Beset With Troubles Husband and Father At War Over Quilts. ROME, GA., July 23.—Discussion over the ownership of a few quilts has brought bad blood between J. S. Cadle and his son-in-law, Crawford C. Colley. .Colley says he fears Cadle and has sworn out a peace warrant so- him. Colley married Cadle’s sixteen-year old daughter last June. All.went well w-ith the newly weds until the irate father of the girl learned that the young bride had moved some quilts from his home. He took out a posses sory warrant for the spreads and so angered Mr. and Mrs. Colley that they proceeded to tell all knew about Cadle. Cadle claims he wants the quilts back because his wife, before she died, made them and worked on them in the wee small hours. Mrs. Colley suspected that her father would do bodily harm to her husband and spiked a winchester gun her father had in the house. Cadle made a bond. “Maw Tuk Her Away;’ 1 He Wants Wife Back. ROME, GA., July 23.—1 n two hours after he married, Will Carroll reported to the police that he had lost his wife and that he wanted a warrant to get her back. Carroll and Miss Virginia Williamson were married by Justice of the Peace Broach. A short time later Call Officer Huffman, at the police station, received a call from the husband of two hours with the request that he "issue a warrant for my wife.” “■Why boy, aren't you the youngster who got married just a while ago?” “Yes, sir, and maw has tuk her away from me and I want her back. No war rant was taken out and the young hus band is still longing for his youthful bride. Says Man Stole Her; Girl Gets a Divorce. ROME, GA., July 23.—“ He .stole me away from my home and married me against my wishes,” declared pretty Mrs. Ethel Turman, aged 16, on the stand in her suit for divorce from Will Turman. She was granted a 'separation. In addi tion 21 divorces were granted in the su perior court in three hours. Mrs. Turman alleged that Turman was cruel and Indifferent in his conduct and repeatedly threatened to knock Her down. Turman did not appear, in court to fight the proceedings. YOUTH ACCUSED OF GIVING MAN AND CAT MUSTARD OIL BATH When Mrs. W. R. Ramsay, 85 Foun dry street, was awakened last night by the "meows” of her pet cat, she made an investigation and found that it had been given a fiery bath in oil of mus tard. About the same time E. Merlin, a merchant in the neighborhood, was walking along Foundry street and sud denly experienced a burning sensation on his back. He investigated and found that the back of his coat had been drenched with oil of mustard. He didn't make as much noise about, it as did the frantic eat, but he says he's satisfied he suffered just about as much. Albert Sw.ords, a young man living In the same house with the Ramsay fami ly, was placed under arrest, accused of throwing, the liquid. He denied the charge to Recorder Broyles, but the ev idence was such that he was held for the state courts on the charge of as sault and battery. WOULD DROP HOUSE AMENDMENT TO BILL FOR CHILD WORKERS Efforts will be made in the state sen ate to approve the Alexander child la bor bill in its original form. The house amendment, exempting mercantile es tablishments from the provisions of the measure, will be killed if the bill s ad vocates have their way. The. measure vyill go to the senate with a favorable report for the labor committee, and will encounter little op position on the floor of the upper house. It is practically agreed that the bill will be approved—the adoption or re jection of the house amendment being the only debatable issue. JOHN MITCHELL GETS NINE MONTHS IN JAIL WASHINGTON. July 23.—1 n district court No. 2 today Judge Wright sen tenced John Mitchell, vice president of the American Federation of Labor, to nine months in the district jail for con tempt* of court. Mitchell, with Samuel Gompers and Frank Morrison, president and secre i tary, respectively, of the federation, was found guilty of contempt in violating an injunction against the boycotting of the Bucks Stove and Range Com pany. He was not present to receive sentence. Attorney Siddons noted an appeal to the district court of appeals and en tered bond in $6,000 for Mitchell. Gom pers and Morrison have appealed and are under bond in similar amount. PREACHER AND OFFICIAL ARRESTED FOR SPEEDING MACON, GA., July 23. —Rev J W. Reynolds, pastor of< the Christian church, and R. S. Thorpe, a member of count'd!. must appear before, the record er this afternoon on the'charge of rac ing their autos through the streets. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JLTLY 23. 1912. GRICE MUST BEIT ML SUMMONED BYSTATE Court Rules Wounded Husband Can Not Testify Against Ac cused Wife, However. ATLANTANS PROMINENT SOCIALLY SUBPOENAED Many Relatives of the Princi pals in the Case Called by the Prosecution. Eugene H. Grace today was sum moned to appear against Mrs. Daisey Opie Grace when her trial is called in superior court next. Monday morning. The subpoena, issued by Attorney-Gen eral Hugh M. Dorsey, was given to a deputy sheriff to be served. Grace still is confined to his home at Newnan, where he will be served with the paper tomorrow. The official summons ends specula tion as to whether Grace would be pres ent at the trial of his wife, accused of shooting him at their home on Twelfth street, last March. Several weeks ago Grace announced that he positively would come to Atlanta for the trial, if he had to be brought on a cot. This was followed by a statement from relatives that it might be impos sible on account of his weakened con dition. Now it seems assured that he will be in court. Grace will not be al lowed to testify. That has been settled definitely. Lawyers for the defense and the state have carefully studied the criminal code of Georgia, and even car ried the matter to Judge L. S. Roan, who is to preside at the hearing. He announced most positively that though Grace may be in the court room he will not be allowed to open his mouth to the jury or offer any evidence whatever. The reason for his being summoned is not clear, except, that he figures, with the state, as a prosecutor. Grace is but one of a number of persons, some of them prominent so cially, summoned by the state. Many relatives have been ordered to come, others are neighbors. Servants, the policemen and detectives who answered the call for aid made by Grace when he crawled from bed and caught up the telephone, are included. The list fol lows; Mrs. S. L. Hill. Grace’s mother; Hamilton Hill, Lewis Hill, Preston Hill, step-brothers; Morris Prioleau, a cous in; Luther Williford, another relative; Jim Dorset and R. A, Wood, policemen; Colquitt Carter, J. W. Goldsmith and John S. Owens, who live near where Grace was shot; Dr. Willis Jones and Dr. W. S. Goldsmith, Grace’s physi cians; Chief of Detectives N. A. Lan ford. Detectives Bullard and Doyal, O. Van Wyck, E. E. Lawrence, Grace’s business partner; Effie Jackson and J. C. Ruffin and his wife, the latter ser-' vants of the Grace family when the shooting occurred. 'Phe witnesses for the defense have not been announced. A. number of per sons prominent in Atlanta and Phila delphia are known to be ready to testify. Mrs. Grace Worries Over Loss of Dog Mrs. Daisy Grace, summoned to court next 'Monday to face a charge of attempt to kill, is more worried over the loss of her pet dog. Nig, than the ordeal before her. she said today. Nig has been missing for several days and she can not find him. Nig. a big black Newfoundland, was adopted by Attorney James A. Branch when Mrs: Grace "as arrested and her husbank taken to the hospital, but when Mrs. Grace gave bond and made a home with Mrs. Louise Wilson in West End. Nig once mote became the companion of the accused woman and proved that a. dog is just as faithful in adversity as in prosperity. But ho I strayed away a I'"" days ago. anil I though former neighbors of the Graces 1 saw him in the yard of the West Ehv- I enth street home where the shooting occurred, he disappeared from the I street and has not been seen since. READING OF A SUICIDE, SHOOTS SELF TO DEATH RIVERDALE, GA.. July 23.—Thomas Simpson, 20 years old. killed himself today by sending a bullet through the roof of his mouth and out the top of his head. The suicide occurred in his i home, a mile from the village. In Simpson's hand was found an Atlanta l newspaper which told of a suicide. It is believed that this gave him the thought of ending his life. He had been •m ill health and was very despondent. Simpson was a sun of W. Simpson, a farmer, and was unmarried. Girl, 11, Swims Mile in Lakein474Nlinutes JENNIE. PERKERSON WINNER I.ittle Jennie Perkerson, eleven .\ years old. received an ovation " hen f- she appeared at the Piedmont lake ' ' today. She was acclaimed, with- I 'VLUMM out doubt, the champion among " l *' l Kk women swimmers at the park. In .-gr Sffii her one-mile race with Virginia IT' J BMgWal /s * a 5 i'pz" Z -lennm Perkerson. ori the loft. W»:. ‘ hands with Viroinia Mer 1 • '' Pr n,tpr ’heir race in the lake. fL " I I \ ■- t STATE EDUCATION BOARD FIGHT ON .., —— Hoke Smith Adherents in Sen ate Oppose Confirmation of Governor’s Appointees. 1 1 I 1 Governor Brown’s appointments to the state board of education, sent to the senate for confirmation today, prob. . ably will cause a stiff political battle. , The name of Dr. Jere M. Pound, pres. ( ident of the Athens Normal school, as ( predicted exclusively in The Georgian, 1 was not sent to the senate by the chief 1 executive. G. R. Glenn, president of 1 the North Georgia Agricultural college ' at Dahlonega, it is understood, has been ' named by Governor Brown in his stead, j The other members of the present < board, two named by Hoke Shnlth—T. F. Woof ter. of Athens, and J. C. Lang- ; ston, of Sylvania—were renominated, and Walter Steed, an appointee of Gov- ( ernor Brown, was renamed. Fight by Smith Men Seen. ] | Deferring consideration of the nom- , inations lends color to the rumors cur- 1 rent that a fight is to be made by Hoke Smith adherents in the senate to keep 1 the former governor's appointees in ’ their places. ' This is to be made on the legal point ] that the Smith appointments were real j vacancies, and not ad interim appoint- ' . ments under the meaning of \he word ■ vacancy as defined by the state su preme court in deciding the West- , Shackleford controversy over the city • judgeship in Athens. It will be held that Governor Brown I is required by law to furnish the sen- 1 ate wish a transcript of the minutes of the executive office, so that the Smith II appointments may be affirmed or dis- ■ approved. This will be met with seri ous opposition from the Brow n forces. 1 Other Appointments In. This law on the subject, is found in • the first section of the educational ; statutes: Should a vacancy occur at any time on the board it shall be filled by the governor, provided that the nomination of the governor for membership of the board shall be 1 subject to confirmation by the sen ate. and provided, further, that an : appointment made when the senate ' is not in session shall be effective 1 until the legislature convenes and 1 acts on the appointment. Several other appointments in which then are no contests went to the sen- 1 ate. but members of the upper house and the governor declined to make the nominations public. Merker, also eleven years old, 29 Langhorn street, West End, Jennie won in 47 1-4 minutes—just one quarter of a minute slower than the record made by J. H. Littlefield when he won the men’s one-mile race on July 4. Virginia was only 1 a little bit behind. She made the distance in 51 1-2 minutes. “These two little girls are the greatest swimmers for their age I ever have seen," says Baptain Ben H. Schlomberg, of the United States Volunteer Life-Saving corps. Captain Schlomberg has been a life-saver for more than ten years and has seen the best that the East produces. Interest in the race for the woman’s championship was shown by the thousands of people who lined the banks and cheered their • favorite. The little girls swam up and down the lake followed by several boats. At the end of their long swim both appeared as fresh as if they had gone a few hun dred yards. They shook hands as they came out of the water, while their friends cheered. Then all of a sudden tears welled up in Vir ginia's blue eyes and she rushed to her mother and buried her head in that friendly lap. PARK ROWDIES TO BE TAMED; YOUTH FINED SIOO FOR DISTURBANCE “Rowdyilm in the parks must cease,” is the mandate issued today by Record er Broyles, Chairman Carlos Mason of the police commission. Police Chief Beavers and President Cochran of the park commission, following the trial in police court of J. H. Leathers, the rail road clerk, who created a scene at Piedmont yesterday morning. Judge Broyles made an example of Leathers by fining him $100.75 or 30 days. The fine was paid. Policeman J. H. Davis, who arrested Leathers and who was forced to club him, was commended by the officials as having done nothing more than his duty. Police Commissioner Smith, who witnessed the disturbance, testified as to the unruly conduct of Leathers and complimented the officer on his cool ness. President Cochran made a statement to the court, urging that disorder in the parks be stamped out and suggesting stockade sentences for all offenders. NEGRO WASHERWOMAN PAWNS $400.00 STOLEN DIAMONDS FOR $4.25 “I don't no nothin bout diamonds,” said Nora Akers, a negro washerwoman today, when asked by Detectives Starnes and Campbell why she had pawned S4OO worth of diamond rings for $4.25, Two rings, valued at $l5O each, were pawned by the woman for SI.SO each, and the third ring, worth SIOO, was put in for $1.25. The negress confessed that she stole the diamonds from Mrs. J. Wyatt in East End. The woman Ilves in the rear of the Wyatt home. The stolen rings have been recovered. ALABAMA BUSINESS MAN,NEAR ARREST AS FORGER,FOUND DEAD Death foiled Atlanta detectives just as they were about to lay hands on a man wanted for a bank swindle in Alabama, according to information re ceived today by the local Pinkerton office. E. A Key, a business man of New Decatur, Ala., with a Pinkerton man hot on his trail, was found dead in the woods a short distance from his home. He is believed to have commit ted suicide, an empty phial being found by his body. Key was accused of having swindled banks in New Decatur and Hartselle, i Ala., through forged checks. HOUSE KILLS HILL TO EXTEND WA. Alexander and Anderson in Ver bal Clash as They Explain Their Votes. The house of representatives today defeated, by a vote of 98 to 55, the bill to provide by constitutional amendment the extension of the Western and At lantic railroad from Atlanta to the sea. This bill has been under considera tion by the house since Friday last and has been debated more at length and more generally than any other bill up this session, not even excepting the Tippins hill. Mr. Alexander, of DeKalb, led the fight for extension, and Mr. Hall, of Bibb, the fight against. The bill did not seek to extend. It merely author ized future extensions, in the wisdom of future legislatures. In explaining his vote against the bill, Mr. Anderson, of Chatham, cre ated; something of a mild sensation by stating that Mr. Alexander, in discuss ing the bill, had Indulged in a "tirade of abuse” and made statement he must have know to be “deliberately untrue.” Mr. Alexander, In explaining his vote later, said he would not “undlgnify” himself by replying to "the improper remarks of the gentleman from Chat ham,” and that*the house could judge of their relative truthfulness. “I am responsible for all I say, any where.” shouted Mr. Anderson. Mr. Alexander merely smiled, and the incident passed, SENATE BILL BARS PAY TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS AT ALTO That the state tuberculosis sanita rium at Alto is In grave danger of be coming commerctalized through the tendency to accept pay patients, was the intimation made in the senate to day by Senator J. C. Beauchamp, of the Twenty-second district. Dr. Beauchamp introduced a bill to amend the act establishing the hospital, limiting the institution to receiving in . digent patients. Senator Beauchamp's argument was that "ith state appropriations the Alto ; hospital was, by- receiving pay pa tients, competing "ith private hospi tals in Georgia, and excluding to a eer i tain extent indigent patients—th" very , sufferers for whom the hospital was established. HOML IPITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE & A o v Re NO HEMPHILL TO FIGHT; HE WILL NOT RESIGN “Charley” Recalled to Atlanta* to “Talk Things Over” With the Boss. ALPERMAN IS IN CHARGE ? OF TEAM TEMPORARILY* “Hemp” Had Been Warned to Make Team Play Ball or Give Up Reins. / r Charley Hemphill, who Is to be posed as manager of the Atlantatbase* ball team, sent>a telegram to Ing editor of The Georgian this-afterJ noon declaring that he is coming bacK to Atlanta to put up a battle before,ha is officially ousted. Following is/the. wire: “I will not resign and will notfquit until ordered to; will try my hardest to prove that I am right.” Hemphill verily believes thatthe has done nothing which should cost him his position. And as he Is some “scrap per” on the hall field, he is likely to .put up a hot fight before he allows the board of directors of the Atlanta Base ball association to "tie the can toihim,” which Is the baseball term for/being discharged. Last night Hemphill was ondered to turn over his club to Whitey Alperman and to return at once from Montgom ery. Jfe did so, and will arrive here tomorrow morning. The directors of the club will call him into session at once. It is then that they will officially announce his disposal. That Alperman will be made perma nent manager is not so certain. It is felt that the Cracker club needs a firm hand to guide it. Whether Alperman can hold the trury great team In line and make it play hall is the question that the Atlanta Baseball association must decide in a few days. In the meantime, ’Whitey” will nave absolute, ly free rein with the club, and perhaps can demonstrate his fitness to make the Crackers play ball. Couldn’t Keep ' ! \ Players in Line. The “recall" of Charley Hemphill has come because the former big league star could not keep his players In line. An unquestioned marvel at playing ball, a great tactician, a man who un derstands the game as few living men do, he still was unable to make his club play ball. And that finished him. At the end of the last road trip Man ager Hemphill had a session with the directors, at which ttme the law was laid down. They told him that he would have to keep himself and the Club In line or drop out for somebody who could. His efforts on this trip were as dis astrous as on the previous one. In Montgomery the situation became in tolerable. The team ran entirely wild and something had to be done. This something was the wire to Hemphill to report in Atlanta at once. It is a certainty that Hemphill will not be retained with the club as a play, er. Grand performer though he is, he has not exerted an influence that was for the best, and he will unquestionably be disposed of. Services Will Be Wanted Elsewhere. Getting rid of the local manager will be an easy matter. His wonderful bat ting this year and his known ability will make the demand for him strong, and he can unquestionably be placed in the American association or the East ern league. In this case it will not be necessary to waive him out of the league—a thing that could hardly be done —but he can be sold direct without offering him to any Southern league club. A player of Hemphill’s ability should be worth $2,000 on any baseball market. It,’of course, will be necessary to se cure an outfielder in Hemphill’s place. "Chug” Coombs, who was secured from Spartanburg, has just been turned back to that club and is not available. How ever. there probably will be no trouble in picking up a fair outfielder from the big leagues somewhere. MONTGOMERY, ALA.. July 23. "Kid" Howard, who was with Atlanta early this spring, will rejoin the Crack, ers when they return home. Howard is now at his home in Washington.