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the weather. Forecast for Atlanta and Georgias Generally fair today and tomorrow. VOL. X. NO. 257. ■ ON GANG BECOMES I mniEOF OOLURS 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. —I ❖ WES- Li' ■; - J wBSMMWHhiI // 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 TXTRa 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE Y RE NO ALDERMAN II turnon CIIIIELTt TO HIE 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.