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the weather.
Forecast for Atlanta and Georgias
Generally fair today and tomorrow.
VOL. X. NO. 257.
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New York Underworld Raises
Defense Fund of $250,000
in Rosenthal Case.
MATCHES ITS THOUSANDS
AGAINST MILLIONAIRES
Sam Paul, One of Prisoners,
Donates slo,ooo—Assess
ment Levied on Gamblers.
NEW YORK, July 2«. —Spurred on
by the information that J. P. Morgan
and otiier millionaires of New York
had volunteered unlimited financial
support to District Attorney Whitman
in the interests of law and order to
assist him in running to earth the
slayers of Herman Rosenthal, the gam
bling king, the gambling fraternity,
gunmen and denizens at the underworld
generally have united in raising a fund
for the defense of the gamblers and
gang fighters now under arrest for the
killing or who may yet be arrested. Al
ready 3250,000 has been raised.
Gamblers have been assessed from
31,000 to 35,000 for the fund. The as
sessments vary’ according to the size
of the gambling houses operated by the
men who have been asked to contribute.
While this fund is being collected by
their opponents, the police are sending
broadcast descriptions of men suspect
ed of the actual murder.
Webber Said To Be
Ready to Confess.
The police are also trying to secure a
confession from Louis Webber, owner
of the gambling den where the assas
sins met before killing Rosenthal. It
was rumored today that he was ready
to tell al! he knew.
Webber’s decision to inform on his
acquaintances was hastened, it is said,
by a visit made to him in the Tombs by
his young wife. She urged him to ac
cept District Attorney Whitman's of
fer of immunity’ for his confession. It
is believed, too, that the man’s counsel,
H. T. Marshall, urged him to accept the
offer.
Sam Paul, the gang leader now under
arrest, Is the most defiant prioner ever
taken. To show his contempt for the
detectives who are striving to get at
the bottom of the Rosenthal murder, the
gang leader subscribed $10,006 to the
$250,000 fund for the defense of the
men now under arrest and any others
who may be taken into custody.
VINSON WINS HARD
FIGHT FOR NORMAL;
SCHOOL GETS $12,000
Representative Carl Vinson, of Bald
win, won a hard fight for the State Nor
mal and Industrial School in Milledge
ville, when the appropriations committee
of the house agreed to recommend the
passage of his bill carrying an urgency
deficiency appropriation of $12,000 for
the school this year.
Representative Hall, of Bibb, opposed
the appropriation, upon the ground
that the trustees had exceeded their
authority in spending money at the
State Normal. Representative Vinson
was able to show the committee, how
ever, that the State Normal is one of
the most economically conducted insti
tutions of the state, and that it is doing
a great work for the women of Georgia.
The committee stood by Mr. Vinson
by a vote of 13 to 7.
AMERICAN BEEF TRUST
INVADES AUSTRALIA
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, July
Attorney General Hughes, of Aus
tralia, today announced that the Ameri
can beef trust had purchased land in
•Australia and had negotiated for all
supplies necessary to the estab
lishment of a big packing industry.
the attorney general declared that
owever much the government might
ej'mre this Industrial invasion, it was
love lf. gg to a)?t j n ma tf er under
me present status of the laws.
NATIONAL guard out
TO QUELL STRIKERS
CHARLESTON. W. VA„ July 24.
< ompany C of the West Virginia Na
m«nal Guard today was ordered to
■ltonla in Boone county because of
<.\l nK by striking miners armed
Winchester rifles. In a fight last
n 'Rht a deputy sheriff was fatally shot
am farther outbreaks are expected, as
e miners are in a dangerous mood.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results
‘Rainmakers* Explode
21-4 Tons of Dynamite
And Town Is Deluged
Weather Man, at Last Moment
Predicting Showers, Blamed by
Some of Storm Sufferers.
BATTLE CREEK. MICH., July 24
The worst rain and wind storm Battle
Creek has known for years swept the
city last night, and today the inhab
itants are divided into two factions—
those who blame the rainmakers and
those who blame the weather man.
Yesterday the Battle Creek Industrial
association fired 4,500 pounds of dyna
mite paid for by C. W. Post. The can
nonading. started in an effort to pro
duce rain, continued all day. The rain
came, but before it the weather man
had sent out a forecast of “showers.”
■ DN SEWAGE
PMffING
One at Proctor Creek Nearly
Completes T .vo Others Are
Far Behind Schedule.
One of Atlanta's sewage disposal
plants, that at Proctor creek, is virtu
ally completed, but the other two. the
Peachtree and Intrenchment creek, will
not be finished in anything like the
time originally expected. The inspec
tion party, under the direction of Cap
tain R. M. Clayton, chief of construc
tion, obtained definite information as
to the progress of these plants on an
observation tour of work in the city
and county being done under the di
rection of Captain Clayton.
Chester A. Dady, of New York, has
the contract for the building of the
Peachtree and Intrenchment creek
plants and he has been warned again
and again that the work was not pro
gressing rapidly enough. What is to
be finally done will be decided by coun
cil,
The sewage from all the southwest
ern section of the city will be turned
into the Proctor creek plant within the
next few days, giving far better
tary advantages to all that section.
Though it will be more than a year
before the other plants are completed,
the intercepting sewers are being con
nected up and the city’s waste matter
carried several miles further away be
fore it is turned into open streams.
Several miles of Peachtree creek has
already been purified by this means and
the department will soon be able to
handle Intrenchment creek in the same
way.
Two of the most interesting pieces of
work now under way are two tremend
ous sewers, a fourteen foot sewer which,
extends for about 2,500 feet on the
Proctor line to the Proctor creek plant
and a fifteen foot sewer which extends
from the junction of the Butler street
and Highland avenue sewers to Pied
mont park. These huge sewers are
being built by the county convicts.
MIKADO PASSES BAD
NIGHT; HOPE FOR HIS
RECOVERY LOW AGAIN
TOKIO, July 24.—Emperor Mutushito
passed an unfavorable night and the
hopes of the empress and attending
physicians, which had been raised by
favorable developments yesterday, were
again at a low ebb today. An official
bulletin issued today read:
“Last night the emperor did not have
much sleep. His temperature is 99.5.
His pulse action is 88 and although ir
regular is strong. Steady general fa
tigue is noticeable. He was able to
take some nourishment."
Dr Miura, who has been in almost
constant attendance at the bedside
since the monarch's condition became
critical, said today there would have
to be further signs of improvement in
his condition before his recovery could
be discussed.
“If the emperor can hold what
strength he now has and show other
signs of improvement there will be
some hope for him,” the doctor said.
“The cooler weather that has prevailed
since Sunday has been one point In
his favor.”
MOTHERS’ CONGRESS
IN CRUSADE AGAINST
CLOSE-FITTING SKIRT
ST. LOUIS, July 24.—A campaign
against skirts which are so tight "they
are immodest" has been begun by the
St. Louis circles of the National Moth
ers congress. Mrs. James M. Nugent,
president of the Missouri branch, and
the presidents of the 38 circles have
held a conference to devise plans for
the campaign.
“I favor the moderately short, close
fitting skirt," said Mrs. Nugent. “It is
convenient, does not collect dirt and is
easily cleaned. There is a class of peo
ple, however, that carry all such
things too far. We think it is time to
act in a preventive way against letting
the situation become worse.”
As a part of the crusade the minis
ters may be asked to discuss the sub
ject in their sermon*
ATLANTA, G A., WEDNESDAY, JULY 24,1912.
BLOCKADED
KILL PASTOR
TO SAVE
STILLS
Circuit Rider Is Shot to Death
in His Home in Tennessee
Mountains.
WOMEN WERE CONVERTED;
FEARED THEY WOULD TELL
Many New Followers of Min
ister Had Denounced illicit
Traffic.
MIXIE, TENN., July 24.—Officers in
vestigating today the murder of Rev.
W. C. Freeman, a circuit rider shot to
death in his home he.re, believe that the
minister was killed by moonshiner#
fearful that the women of their fami
lies who had been converted by Free
man would give information against
them to the revenue officers.
Many of the women in the communi
ty have been converted by Freeman’s
preaching recently and most of them
have denounced the illicit whisky man
ufacturers.
LORIMER TO STUMP
ILLINOIS TO “EXPOSE
FACTS” IN HIS CASE
CHICAGO, July 24.—Ex-Senator Lor
imer has announced that he will can
vass the state of Illinois from end to
end and explain to the people the facte
in the case of his election to and ex
pulsion from the senate. The announce
ment was matte' before a gathering of
2,500 of his friends at a meeting at Or
chestra hall.
“I will take the stump and I will tell
the people of Illinois from Cairo to
Galena the truth about the Lorimer
case,” the deposed senator asserted.
“There will be no mincing of facts. I
am going to speak the plain truth about
those who have talked about me. I owe
it to myself, my family’ and my
friends.”
Lorimer said he willingly would meet
any of his enemies in debate. Plans
for the state toui’ were under way to
day.
WOMAN FLYER ASKS
PERMIT TO COMPETE
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
CHICAGO, July’ 24.—Mme. Helen Du
trieu, considered most expert woman
aviator in France, has applied for per
mission to enter the Gordon Bennett
cup race for the world’s championship
here September 9. This is the first
time a woman has sought to enter this
race.
Mme. Dutrleu can not be entered as
a member of the regular French team,
whose pilots have already been named,
but she may be allowed to enter as an
independent contestant. The matter
has been referred to the Aero Club of
America.
HALF DOZEN OR MORE
CANDIDATES TO SEEK
MACON’S MAYORALTY
MACON, GA., July 24. —The number of
candidates will undoubtedly be the fea
ture of the next mayoralty race. Already
In the contest are Aidermen W. A. Mc-
Kenna, P. L. Hay, H. V. Napier and
probably- Aiderman J. R. Bowdre. Now
R. W. Jemison, a public accountant, has
declared himself a candidate. Later it is
believed that City- Clerk Bridges Smith
will be offered by the administration, as
Mayor Moore has withdrawn. in that
event It is believed that Colonel W. A.
Huff, who was mayor 40 years ago, will
opjxise him. All of the candidates are
announcing without tickets.
RAILROAD CENSURED IN
CORONER’S JURY VERDICT
CHICAGO, July 24.—The coroner's
jury in the inquiry Into the Western
Spring railroad disaster, in which thir
teen lives were lost recently, returned
a verdict censuring both officials and
employees of the Burlington line.
A number of recommendations were
made. Chief among these was that
men Instead of women be employed in
the tower stations, and that distance
signals be aintained at all towers.
COMPLAINS GIRL WOOED
HIM AROUND THE WORLD
NEW YORK, July 24.—Complaining
that Miss Louise Nutter, of this city,
has pursued him all around the world,
wooing him, Herman Hand, a trombone
player in Sousa's band, has had the
young woman bound over to keep the
peace.
MRS. GRACE’S DOG CHUM IS FOUND
Mrs. Daisy Grace is happy again, in spite of the ordeal she
must face when her trial opens next Monday. For Nig, her
_ . big black Newfoundland pet, her most faithful friend, has been
found again. Nig had been lost for nearly a week.
/A •if' ■. Price Moore, who conducts a market at 68 West Pine
/ z *' « ML. street, came to his door a few days ago and found
/r m a l ,un tf r . v customer looking longily at the sides of
[>s l |an £’ n g from the hooks. The customer was
/ A :|, N his collar bore the words “Nig. 4246
' Spruce Streel." Mr. Moore didn't know any
« Spruce street in Atlanta, and he didn't happen
LNTprjjfrX. >*> remember that this was the
Lformer home of Mrs. Daisy Opie,
pw| I \\ * n Philadelphia.
v \\ Vest reday Mr. Moore put an
Hra® Y '\ I '“orgian. It wasn't
\\ long In fore Mrs. called him
X'wMKl N\ \\ up. iFked lor a description of the
\ yawim AN, \\ l,,illi 'l '' " :is -surely Nig.
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RIOTINNEBRASKA
G. 0. P, MEETING
Taft and Roosevelt Forces of
Omaha Battle for Suprem
acy-Police Called.
OMAHA, July 24. —After fighting that
was so strenuous that police were sum.
moned to the convention hall, Roose
velt and Taft factions of the Republi
can party here elected delegates to the
state convention which meets next
Tuesday. Today bitterness between
the factions is becoming more pro
nounced, and a stormy session of the
state convention is predicted. Roose
velt men, according to their leaders
here, will be in control of the state
gathering.
Taft men forced their way into the
county convention where the Roosevelt
men had gathered. The Taft people
attempted to capture the convention.
The Roosevelt men resisted. A fight
broke out and the police were called.
Before they arrived the rioting had
spread to almost every part of the con
vention hall. In spite of this, the Roose
velt chairman went ahead with the
meeting and delegates were elected.
Later the Taft men called a second
convention and named delegates to the
state convention.
Illinois T. R. Men
Oppose Third Ticket
CHICAGO, July 24.—A sharp fight in
the progressive state convention will be
waged against the scheme of putting a
third state ticket in the field in Illi
nois. Roosevelt Republicans, who plan
to attend the convention, will protest
vigorously against putting up a ticket
to contest against Governor Deneen and
his associates.
The Roosevelt Republicans will argue
that the third party , state ticket will
drive from their ranks a number of
voters who would support the progres
sive party nationally.
Refuses to Help
“Notify” Taft
OMAHA, NEHR., July 24.—-Because
the Republicans of Nebraska have ap
proved his course, he says, in refusing
to vote for Taft and in taking part in
the convention at Orchestra hall, where
Roosevelt was nominated, Nathan Mer
riam has declined to serve on the com
mittee notifying Taft of his nomination
at Chicago. In a letter to LaFayette
B. Gleason, secretary of the convention,
Merriam has made known his inten
tion not to serve.
Keystone Democrats
To Raise $160,000
HARRISBURG. PA., July 24.—Penn
sylvania Democrats have decided to
raise SIO,OOO for state committee ex
penses, $50,000 for the coming cam
paign in Pennsylvania and as nearly
SIOO,OOO aa possible for the national
fund.
‘Atlanta Type* Chorus
Girl Hit on Broadway:
More‘Peaches* Sought
Charles Frohman Adopts New
Standard of Beauty in His
Latest Production.
The "Atlanta type” chorus girl more
than likely will be the rage on Broad
way the coming theatrical season if
the ideas as Charles Frohman are
adopted.
Mr, Frohman said the theatergoers
were tired of the old Broadway style
of stage beauty with her stagey figure,
stagey face and stagey voice. Girls
who have never been on Broadway are
sought, therefore.
The innovation will be tried in "The
Girl From Montmarte.” Girls > from
every state in the Union will be tried
out. Three of them already have ar
rived—one from Michigan, one from
Tennessee and one from Atlanta. The
Atlanta girl made an immediate hit and
there is talk of the whole chorus being
“Georgia peaches.”
BLECKLEY COUNTY IS
ON THE MAP; BARROW
BOOSTERS DEFEATED
This is a happy day for the friends
of Bleckley county-that-is-tb-be, but
it is a melancholy.one for the grand
young county of Barrow that isn't-to
be.
The senate committee, by a vote of
8 to 1, sent Bleckley county on its
primrose path rejoicing. The house
committee, by a vote of 8 to 14, sent
Barrow county into the outer darkness
and gloom of despair.
Bleckley is to come from a large slice
off the north end of Pulaski. Its county
seat will be Cochran, and it will begin
life under the most favorable and prom
ising auspices.
Barrow was to have come from sec
tions of Gwinnett, Walton and Jackson
and it had one of the finest lobbies ever
assembled in Atlanta to plead a cause.
But politics—or something— got In the
way of Barrow, and it has been Indefi
nitely postponed.
There is talk in the hotel lobbies of
carrying the Barrow fight onto the
floor of the house, but it is not thought
likely this will be done.
COURT ADJOURNS ON
PETITION OF FARMERS
GREENSBORO, GA., July 24.—The
July term of the Greene superior court,
which was scheduled to convene here
this week, was adjourned until the first
Monday in October by Judge James B.
Park. His honor was presented with a
petition signed by a majority of the
citizens of the county, requesting that
court be adjourned on account of the
crop conditions, as it is absolutely nec
essary that the farmers remain at home
with their crops.
ANOTHER IS TRYING TO
SWIM ENGLISH CHANNEL
DOVER, ENGLAND, July 24.—Fred
Record, of Rochester, England, 'started
from ('ape Grlsnez on the French coast
early today on his second attempt to
swim the English channel. Record en
tered the water shortly before 4 a. m.
The sea was perfectly calm and all
other conditions were ideal for the long
swim
ISN'THOTIOW
FEELS> W
Atlanta’s Temperature Far Be
low That of Many Cities of
the “Cool” North.
Do you want to feel cool, even today
when the mercury is boiling and siz
zling around 95 degrees on the streets,
the record heat for Atlanta this sum
mer?
All you have to do is to visit the local
weather bureau and look over a table
of temperatures which the weatherman
has “doped” out for about fifteen of the
principal cities of the United States.
The local weather man is an optimist
if nothing .else. When all Atlanta
fumed and fretted yesterday and when
several horses and mules fell prostrate
from the heat, Forecaster VonHerr
mann was preparing a table that
showed that since July 1 Atlanta has
had almost continually a temperature
of from 10 to 15 degrees below that of
other cities. The list Includes Boston,
New York. Washington, Memphis, St.
Louis, Charleston and even Montreal,
Canada.
The record temperature of the local
season was reached yesterday when the
official thermometer registered 91 de
grees about 3 o’clock in the afternoon.
The thermometer is on top of a four
teen-story building. Down on the
streets the mercury sailed up as high
as 94 degrees. Today blds fair to break
that record.
For at least two days longer this
weather will continue, and even the
nights will be just as hot as the last
two, when the maximum temperature
between sunset and sunrise was 74 de
grees.
“Atlanta people are lucky to get as
cool weather as they have had," says
Mr. VonHerrmann, “and they feel the
heat more because they have had such
remarkably cool temperatures this
summer.”
50 FEET ON HOUSTON
SOLD FOR $100,000.00
AS OFFICE BLDG. SITE
A large office building probably will
be built on the property at No. 15
Houston street, which was sold by
Captain F. N. Farley to C. W. McClure
fin- SIOO,OOO. That is at the rate of ap
proximately $2,000 a front foot
The land lies irtong the south side of
Houston street just east of Pryor. It
has a frontage of 50 feet and a depth
of 151 feet. Its new owner is the pro
prietor of a chain of ten-cent stores. He
will tear down the old frame building
now on the site and erect a big office
building probably within the year.
Edward H. Walker was the real es
tate agent who made the sale.
8-FOOT SHARK ATTACKS
FORT MOULTRIE SOLDIERS
CHARLESTON, S. C„ July 24.—An
eight-fook shark attacked several sol
diers in the surf in front of Fort Moul
trie barracks, Sullivans Island. Cor
poral Kirkpatrick, of the Seventh com
pany, coast artillery corps, was badly
bitten on the left foot, losing several
toes and suffering jagged wounds. An
other soldier had a narrow escape from
the huge fish, which followed the swim
mers close in ebecs
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Wealthy Woman Residing in
Peachtree St. Makes Case
Against J. W. Maddox.
ACCUSED PROMISES TO
GIVE ANIMAL A REST
Complainant, Seeing Beast Suf
fering, Orders the Negro
Driver to Unharness It.
Because a woman resident of Peach
tree street saw a mule suffering from
a great sore on its neck and ordered
the driver to relieve the animal’s suf
fering, J. w. Maddox, aiderman from
the Fifth ward and a leading contrac
tor, was haled before the recorder to
day on a charge of cruelty to animals.
The case was dismissed upon Maddox's
promise to relieve the suffering mule
from work until the sore should heal,
but the woman had won her point.
Maddox's men were at work near 518
Peachtree street when the woman, a
wealthy resident of this block, saw the
mule wince under the pressure of the
collar on a sore spot. The woman left
her veranda, aproached the wagon and
told the negro driver to stop.
“Unharness that poor animal and take
his collar off," she said. The negro
obeyed.
Just then Aiderman Maddox, owner
of tile team, approached. He ordered
the driver to harness the mule again
and go on with his work. The woman
called a policeman and asked that he
make a case against the alderman-con
tractor. He did so, charging cruelty to
animals.
Tlie aiderman and his accuser ap
peared at the recorder's court today.
Judge Broyles heard the facts and dis
missed the case on condition that the
mule be given immediate relief.
EXECUTIVE CLEMENCY
NOW ONLY HOPE LEFT
DR. W. J. M’NAUGHTON
SWAINSBORO, QA„ July 24.—With
the prison commission and the gov
ernor will soon rest the fate of Dr. W.
J. McNaughton, the physician now un
der sentence of death for the alleged
poisoning of Fred Flanders, a prom
inent farmer of Emanuel county. F.
H. Stafford, McNaughton’s attorney,
has announced that he will not take
the case to the United States supreme
court, as was reported a few days ago.
Mr. Safford has posted notice at the
court house that he will appeal to the
prison board. Mr. Safford says that
he has exhausted every fheans to get a
rehearing and that he does not care
to carry the case up unless he him- •
self feit that he had sufficient grounds,
all the courts having denied the many J
attempts to have the verdict set aside.;
It is probable that Judge B. T. Raw
lings will resentence Dr. McNaughton
on July 30, though he has not made
the definite announcement.
BEES FILTsCARECROW’S
TROUSER LEG WITH HONEY
KINGSTON, N. Y.. July 24.—Ellis
Osterhaut, a farmer near here, has dis
covered that bees have turned one of
his scarecrows into a hive. The trous
ers legs of the figure were filled With
honey.
MR. QR MRS. ADVERTISER, i
HAVE YOU HAD THIS HAP- |
PEN TO YOU!
A person will read an ad
that appeals to them, and they t
decide to answer it, but for va- !
rious reasons they do not do it ■
at once. When they finally
uet to it the ad they wanted
to answer is not in the paper; |
the paper they saw that ad in
is not to be found, and some !!
on* else gets the benefit of ■
your ad.
• 4
The reduction The Georgian
gives you for running ads for
longer periods and the extra :
deals you will make will pay
for the additional insertions ,
mam times over.
A six-time ad in The Geor
gian is bound to be seen, read
and answered.