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2 GRACE IS COMING TO TRIAL, SAYS ATTORNEY Many of Atlanta’s Best Knownl Citizens Among Those Eligi ble for Duty. Continued From Page One. from the rest of the routine, and he will not be drawn Into any expression regarding it or Its Importance. Expect to Get Panel In First 36 Names. The twelve Jurymen probably will be drawn from the first thirty-six men in the list. Court attaches say they ex pect slight trouble In getting a Jury, desoite the wide publicity given the affair. The list follows: B. F. Bennett. Sr.. George G. Burk hardt. M A. Cason. George Reerig, John Cunningham, .1 11. Todd. H A. .Male: W. H Gunt - :' A. A Flurry, G. R. bright, Roni, n Mok - . W P. Grady. V, E. Perryman. Thomas E. Feagin P. J. McCo-mlrk W. A. H Wilkes. H. H* Elite. .1. R. B yam, B ('. Tioutinin, c A. Simpson. M. W. Hubbard, ft W. Boone. I.ml > VunSta vvet'.n. .1. T. Waller, c. E. Thomas, S. J. Elder, J. E McCullough, E E. Etigln, Carl ,1. Wels nelsser. Walker Dunson S. I Wilson. W W Snodgrass, W. C. P >well, John T Dennard, .1. It Mov J. L. Eber hart. W. C. Mansfield. W. X. Smith, H. G. Stubbs, .1. W. Co: ley, St. Elmo Massengale. N. M. Cameron, E. Manley Joseph Billsen, .1. T. Ralmy, T. W. Mitchell, 11. F. Ansley, 1,. T. Louis, H S. Johnson, Sr., O. G. Green, J. E. Love lace. F M. Swanson, 11. J. Guinn, W. A, Carmichael. E. B. Fisher, M. Cults, W. B. Charlton, J. C. Flynn, J. M. Moop. J. A. Fisher. W. 0. Anderson. Hoc y Woolfe, 11. .1 Bruce. R. W. Hoi roinb, Janies H Holland. W K. Steed man, H. E. King. ,1 M Fuller. F. It Patman, X. D. Ford. William A. Laird, J- D. Coney, F. T. Dickson, F. E. Moon, C, F. Hayes. H. T. Yea gan, Waiter Smith. R. B. Cates. E. F. Morris, W. J. Tupper. T. R. Hardwick. R. c. Stan nard. W. M. Warnock, L. .1. Fletcher, F E Lacey, S. R. Hay, L. D. Sharp. I G. "W. Pate, .1. A. Spurlin, George E. Heyser. Thomas E. Fill, W R. Massen gale. Ash G. Candler. Sr., J. W. Mc- Griff. J. R Collier, R. A. Spratlin. C. N. Burgstrom, J. W. Leraux, C. J. Mar tin. J. A. Jordan, C. S. McElroy, G W. Whaley. W. C, Holloman, J. B. Dickey, George W. Robert-. L. p. Wegthei.s, Frank Dale, W. C Satterwhite. CITY HAS POWER TO INVESTIGATE BOOKS OF STREET RAILWAY Graham West, chief clerk of the city comptroller, in preparing a pamphlet showing the authority of his office. has discovered that the city has been granted authority to audit once a year the books of the Georgia Railway and Electric Company, the company itself having granted the authority. The contract made with the company ten years by which the city re ceives a two per cent tux on the gross Income provides that the mayor and council shall appoint a committee to see that the amount paid is correct. The records do not show any city ad ministration has ever done other than to accept the statement of the officers of the company without any investiga tion or audit MADE BULL MOOSE CHIEF AND FINED AS ‘TIGER’ IN SAME DAY J. F. Race, who has been Identified closely with the Atlanta end of national Republican politics for several years is worrying over two conflicting events yesterday. In the morning he was elected sec retary of the Georgia Bull .Moose par ty and a. delegate to the Chicago con vention. In the afternoon he was fined S3OO by Recorder Broyles lor operating a ' blind tiger.” Mr. Race came to Atlanta from Mich igan. where lie was active in politics He was the third man in the race for Atlanta's postmastership with Messrs. Blodgett and McKee. Now he is presi dent of the Southern club, 111 1-2 Ma rietta street, and mi the testimony of Detectives Xorrts and Chewning was judged to bo guilty of violating the prohibition law b\ selling drinks to non - member*. DARROW WILL TESTIFY IN HIS OWN DEFENSE LOS AXGEI.ES. CAI... July 26. Clarence S. Darrow will take tin stand in his trial. That was the plan of his attorney, Earl Rogers, today, who Is in charge of the defense. Darrow will be the last witness for the defense. The fact that he takes the stand will prevent his arguing his own ease, ac cording to Rogers 35.000 INSURGENT ALBANIANS RISING PARIS, July 26.—Dispatches from Constantinople today state that the sit uation in Albania is exceedingly grave. Insurgents. 25,000 strong, are reported to be in possession of Prishtina and are preparing to march on I’skub. Another j force of 10.000 insurgents Is massing, j Telegraphic communication has been ; cut. MRS. T. C. THOMPSON DIES. CHATTANOOGA. TENN, July 26. Mrs. T. Thompson, wife of Mayor 3 ■ 1 Thompson, died here yesterday afternoon. She had been suffering for years from chronic acute Bright's dis- I vase. She wan a sister-in-law of Wad- i ay Thompson, of Atlanta. Lad Hopes Democratic Donkey Will Win ATLANTA BOY WILSON ROOTER q ’ ))) -r *" 4T* ? 1 ffU. V7 W/Supd-* jraF S s. /< " x -JT. -■> \\ /W' L /■ 1!1 / wk ? k w - ' r F ‘ I' ' MY () - - wO x*■ «Sw HOUSE VOTES TO HALT DALLYING Custom of Extending the Daily Sessions Blocked—Calendar To Be Followed Closely. The rules committee of the house, anticipating tin- end of the present legislative session, and having in mind the crowded status of the calendar and the press for time, took a firm bold on things in the house today, and blocked the custom of extending for specific purposes, dally sessions of the house for from ten to forty-five minutes. The rules committee is determined to hold the house rigidly to the calen dar from tills time forward, and to fix no more special orders or agree to any thing outside the order framed for daily procedu re. Mr Hardeman, vice chairman of the rules committee. explained to the house that intelligent dispatch of busi ness could bo achieved only through sticking to the calendar, which, lie as sured the house, should be framed in the greatest fairness to all. Vehement protest was made against the "iron band” of the rules committee by various members, but without avail. (>n a vote to sustain the committee's objection to depart from the calendar by extending dally sesions for specific purposes, the committee was sustained by a vote of 81 to 36. 3 LIVES AND 500,000 BOTTLES CHAMPAGNE LOST IN FRENCH FIRE PARIS. July 26. A brigadier of po lice and two other men are buried un der the ruins of buildings on the Mer cier champagne estate at Epernay to day as the result of a fire that raged all night ami wiped out most of the buildings, destroying more than 500.000 bottles of champagne. A policeman and seven firemen were injured in the all-night tight against the flames. The loss is over $1,000,000. SAVANNAH HAS TROUBLE KEEPING MAYOR ON JOB SAVAXN.au, GA . July 25 Tile office of mayor of Savannah lias gone begging So serious has the situation become that a special meeting of council has been called for this afternoon to take up the matter Mayor George W Tledeman and W. F. McCauley, chairman of council, are already away, and H S Meinhard. \ ice chairman, who Is now acting mayor, expects to leave the city shortly. Aider man E. C Hattey. who was elected mayor pro tern at Wednesday's meeting of coun cil. find* that his business will prevent ills serving So it becomes necessary to choose somelfody else NEWNAN GROCERYMAN PLEADS HE IS BANKRUPT H P Woodruff, ii groceryman and merchant of Newnan, today til a e tition in voluntary bankruptcy in the Federal court His debts are listed as $7,529.31 and his assets $B.S2<l. A large part of his assets are in open accounts ■of small amounts. He claims a home stead exemption on $1,600 worth of | personal property HEAT CAL'Sp.S DEATH. AVGUSTA. GA., July 26. One death from heat prostration has occurred here during the present hot wave A white man named Jone?, employed as a carpen ter In th<* construction of the Stevens < teek power dam. eight miles above the I city, was overcome yesterdav and died jat his posi of duty The temperature • real ised ?t> here yesterday afternoon, THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. JULY 26. 1912. Frank Gilreath, Jr., is the youngest Georgia relative of Woodrow Wilson, and, like him, is depending on a donkey to carry him where he wants to go. Frank is 8 years old today. Frank Gilreath, Jr., Is Youngest Relative of Next President in the South. •Little Frank Gilreath. Jr., who lives In Inman Park, came home today with a copy of this photograph in his hand and sat down and wrote a letter to Woodrow Wilson op the back of the picture. This Is what he said. Mr. Woodrow Wilson: Dear Sir I hope the donkey the pictures in the pupers show you riding on will carry you to the white house as easy as mine carries me to school. Hoping you are the same, yours truly, ’• • FRANK GILREATH, JUNIOR. Then Frank went in and put on his other clothes, for it’s his birthday and he's giving a party to celebrate - ills be ing eight years old. Frank had an especial interest in writing to the nominee, for ho is Woodrow Wilson's youngest relative in tile South. Mrs. Frank Gilreath, his mother, is a first Cousin to Mrs. Wil son, and the two were great girlhood friends. It may be that Frank, Jr., lias his eye on a government job after next March, or maybe he thinks perhaps President Wilson will lend him that gold-mounted season baseball pass the president receives every year. Anyway, lie wrote the letter and he will watt for tlie postman's whistle every day until the answer conies. MAYOR WOULD BAR SANITARIUMS FROM RESIDENCE SECTIONS Although a large sign announces the opening of a sanitarium to treat in ebilates'and drug victims within halt' a block of the residences of Mayor Winn and Alderman John E. McClelland, tu Washington street, that sanitarium will never care for any patients. The city officials declared today they would pre vent its opening Mayor Winn said that a residential section was no place for such institu tions and that lie always would use his influence to prevent them. He said promoters of such enterprises in At lanta should realize that they must go to other than home centers to estab lish their hospitals. As permits from the mayor and council are requiiyd for such hospitals, his wishes in the matter probably wi)l tie carried out. EXCESSIVE HEAT CAUSES MAN’S DEATH IN SAVANNAH SAVANNAH. GA.. July 26 As a re sult of illness brought on by the excess ive heat, James Clyde O'Neal died last night at the Savannah hospital. He was overcome in the early part of the week He was a native of Bamberg. S, C., and was 35 years of age. He had been living in Savannah for a number of years. He is survived by liis parents, Mr. and Mrs. J T O'Neal, of Bamberg, and one broth er. J. J. .O'Neal. The body will be taken to Bamberg for burial. FOUR GEORGIA PATENTS. WASHINGTON, July 26 Davis & Da vis. Washington patent attorneys, report the grant th’s week to citizens of Geor gia of the following patents S. D Ad kins. Vienna, fertilizer I’istrtbtuor. H. O Brinson Columbus, game apparatus: W. B Pattlllo. Dublin, tjpe case cabinet; L. it Smith, Rome, collai'sll>lu cup FIFTH IS FRIISED i BT ITS OFFICERS Colonel Pomeroy Outlines Three Aims of Atlanta’s State Mili tia Organization. Home from a week's encampment at Anniston, Ala., members of the Fifth regiment of Georgia militia are today enjoying the heat rest of their lives, for they have beeti through strenuous ma neuvers. Colonel E. E. Pomeroy said today that the boys did tine. He outlined to The Georgian these aims of the Fifth regi ment. which, lie said, were being rapid ly attained: To be prepared to do riot duty in the state on the shortest possible notice. To be able to answer the first call to arms in case of war. To maintain a high standing in the community so that the best young men will enlist and tile public will always give hearty support. Colonel Pomeroy said the tendency in i America was to train as many men in I the military as possible. In Germany and other European countries every i male citizen is required to serve «t cer- I ' tain period. The American system is i different, but Colonel Pomeroy said that ! thousands of men were being capably trained through the state militia. He said tile most notable fact about j the camp was its absolute cleanliness, j Not even cigar stumps or match stubs I were thrown upon the ground. Should ! this country have another war. the I colonel said there would be no such ! condition as during lite Spanish-Amer- , ican war. when more men died from ■ disease than bullets. GASH GROCERY GO. @ SNOWDRIFT No. 10 Pail 97c 10 Pou.id Pail Compcund Lak; sold by some $1.05 at $1.25 ... • Silver Leal lard, the Real $1.29 Hog Lard, No. 10 Pail • First Quality Hams, 1 Q3n the 20c kind, lb. . ' U4u GASH GROCERY GO. 118-120 Whitehall Street I MASSEE APPEALS IN PERSON TO BLEASE S. C. Governor Refuses to Withdraw Extradition Unless Asked to by Hooper. AIKEX. S. C.. July 26.—Governor Cole L. Blease said today that unless Governor Ben W. Hooper, of Tennessee, requested it, he would not withdraw the extradition issued against W. J. Mas see, the Macon. Ga.. citizen arrested in Spartanburg yesterday afternoon on the charge of defamation of character, preferred by R. M. Williams, of Colum bia, Tenn., and against whom extradi tion papers had been issued by Blease. Massee is in Aiken today accompa nied by an array of counsel. Attorneys Roland Elis. W. D. McXeil and M. Fel ton Hatcher, of Macon, and C. C. AViche and H. E. .Depass, of Spartanburg. They appealed to Governor Blease to withdraw the extradition papers. Mas see and his attorneys are to consult further with Governor Blease this aft ernoon. The governor has promised to hear them. So far, the governor remains firm in his refusal to withdraw the papei's, unless requested to by Tennessee's gov ernor. He has received nothing from Hooper. 18 Stenographers Fight Time for Massee Eighteen young women stenogra phers working at top speed for two hours made it possible for M. F. Hatch er, attorney for W. J. Massee, to se cure the release of the Macon capitalist from the Spartanburg Jail and make a showing before Governor Cole L. Blease in Aiken today. Shortly after word reached Macon For a Few Days Only, Dent Miss It EXTRA _ jgTM PANTS EIBCKT BI IS OPEN SAT Wf Ri With every suit order and everything made-te- URDAY measure. All the story is in the headlines. We UNTIL BS can only add what every old customer knows— -10.-30 »|||l| No prices are changed, no goods reserved, for “Free” here means nothing but FREE. Pay our regular price, choose from our conqilete B-W ’S® range—staple blacks and blues, as well as nov cities—and with your suit we make you an extra pair of $7.00 trousers absolutely FREE. Furthermore, you get exactly the same good workmanship and the same matchless service now—as always. Suit Extra Made M $7.00 To Pants Your Order Bis! ®^ na! Beware of Imitators •(TtU» Advert s.-iuent l« C..|>.vr:glitcd. I:iT.'. I.e<>n Sigirnn.) that Massee had been taken from a Southern train at Spartanburg, Hatch er secured Jesse Perry, Governor Brown’s secretary, over long-distance phone. “1 want a copy of the Massee hear ings before Governors Smith and Brown,” he yelled, "and I want you to meet me at the train with them at 7 o'clock.” Securing every stenographer in the capitol, to the number of eighteen, the work was begun at 5 o'clock and when the train rolled into the Te.minal sta tion at 7 o’clock Mr. Perry handed Hatcher 107 typewritten pages, which constitute the complete record' of the ease. BILL GIVING NORMAL AT ATHENS $50,000 DEBATED When the house of representatives ad journed today, it had under consideration a bill by Mr. Dubose, of Clarke, provid ing a $50,000 appropriation for the state normal school at Athens, for the purpose of erecting a new academic building for the use of that institution. For two hours before adjournment, the house, in committee of the whole, had talked, debated and argued, and to little definite purpose. The debate was participated in by twen ty or more members, among them Ander son of Chatham. J< nes of Meriwether. Cabaniss of Oglethorpe, and McElreath of Fulton, in favor of the bill, and Alexander of DeKalb, Hall of Bibb and Johnson of Bartow, against it. STREETSREFORM PLAN CONSIDERED IN HOUSE Atlanta’s charter amendments, reform ing the street improvement system, as a result of ’The Georgian’s campaign, will be considered this afternoon by the committee on municipal legislation of the house of representatives. City Attor ney Maysen and a committee of council will be present, although no opposition is expected. The committee was to have acted on these matters yesterday, but a quorum could not be obtained. FORMER HEAD OF GEORGIA T. P. A. OUT FOR CONGRESS AI’GVST.A, GA.. July 26. —Harry D. Calhoun, the Barnwell. S. C., ex-bank president and candidate against Con gressman Byrne in the Fifth South Caro lina district, was in the city yesterday and says that he is confident of being elected. Mr. Calhoun was a , traveling man out of Augusta for many years and was at ope time president of the Travel ers’ Protective association of Georgia. ITSON M ASK FLEMING TO RUFI Former Congressman to Decide Before August I—Expected to Oppose Hardwick. AUGUSTA, GA., July 26.—A dt „ . tion, representing a half dozen com/ and headed by Major E. McGr< of Warrenton, Thomas E. Wat.-oi: s close personal and political fr. called on ex-Congreesman William / Fleming this afternoon and form d'v tendered him their support if he w ; consent to offer for congress in p Tenth district, opposing Congressm.i u Thomas W. Hardwick. Mr. Fleming .: . formed the delegation that he consider the matter very carefully ~u lj give his answer between now and aa gust 1. It is believed here that Mr Fleming will unquestionably mala- : race. Mr. Watson did not come air the delegation, as was expected. The visit of the delegation folio ■ .j the Warren County Farmers link, i meeting at Beall Springs yesten n when resolutions asking Mr. FlLiaiis to run for congress were adopted, p was Mr. Watson who proposed his '. an. didacy and the suggestion met witli the approval of the large crowd presen:. Mr. Fleming’s prospective Candida: y comes on the heels of the announce ment made here Wednesday night b Oswald Eve that he would not be ; t candidate. Mr. Eve had been exia .-ti .i to oppose Mr Hardwick, and it was ex. pected he would have Mr. Watson's support. Ten years ago Mr. Fleming was de feated for congress by Mr. Hardwick. SLAYER GETS LIFE SENTENCE. BUCHAXAN. G.A.. July 26,—Afa a three days session, Judge Price re wards has adjourned Haralson supe rior court until the third week in Ait gust, on account of the condition of crops in the county. Wordlaw Baik-:. a negro, charged with killing Jim Wil liams, another negro, at Bremen a fw, weeks ago, was found guilty and sen tenced to life imprisonment in the pent, tentiary.