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TIPPINS BILL VETOED THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Showers today and tomorrow. VOL. X. NO. 263. BROWN GIVES DEATH BLOW TO PLANS OFDRYS Rejection of Tippins Bill Con sidered by Its Friends as End of Measure. “PEOPLE, IN ELECTING ME, EXPRESSED THEIR WILL” ’ Executive Points to Defects in Act and Cites Condition of State’s Finances. Governor Joseph M. Brown vetoed the Tippins bill today. The governor, in a lengthy and re markably frank message tn the house of representatives, sets forth clearly his reasons for withholding his approval of the bill. He holds that the bill, as passed, was contrary to the expressed will of the people, as evidenced in the last guber natorial camjiaign: that the state's finances will not warrant the strain put upon them by the withdrawal of the near-beer taxes without provision for their replacement; that the bill strikes down legitimate and necessary busi ness; that the proposed law would tend rather to bring the present prohibition law into ridicule and contempt than to make it more effective, and that the proposed law undertakes to impose up on the executive powers and duties dearly intended by the framers of the constitution for the judicial department. The governor, in vetoing the Tippins bill, followed a line of action generally predicted. His election was brought about on a platform exactly suggesting the veto of this very bill, in the evnt of its pas sage. Friends of Bill Consider It Killed. According to the friends of the meas ure, the governor’s veto kills the bill, as many of those who voted to pass it will not vote to override the governor. The veto message is in part as fol lows: If the people of Georgia desire and will enforce any prohibition law, the above (the existing stat ute), which remained in full force in the statute book, would surely seem sufficient. This bill which you have just sent to me I am compelled to dis approve for the following reasons: First. In the gubernatorial cam paign which practically ended De cember 7, 1911, there was really but one issue before the people, viz: As to whether the prohibition laws of this state should remain as now written or whether they should be changed. There can be. therefore, no doubt as to the expressed will of the white voters of Georgia upon the subject of legislation affecting the manu facture and sale of intoxicating liquors; hence, if I should sign this bill, it would be upon the assump tion that the minority should rule in the capitol despite the fact that it lost at the polls. There is no propulsive force so marvelous, yet so compelling, as the intuition of the people. There is no greater mandate than their voice as spoken at the ballot box; and I will add that the white voters of this state flnow that this bill was on your calendar when I made the pledge above referred to, and they voted for me with that knowledge. Hence," I dare not trifle with the people. The pledge I made is my compact of honor with them. Bars Many Articles Necessary To Health. But there Is another reason why this bill should not go on the stat ute books, viz: It is so drawn that. In placing under the han that which it Inferentlally declares is delete rious to public order, it also strikes down many articles necessary to public comfort and health. The advocates of this bill may consider that it is heroic to destroy a beverage even though made aware of the fact that wltn it they also destroy the means of alleviating human suffering, and, at times, sav ing lives; but the sober thinker will Continued on Pago Two. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results Kentucky Troops Try To Live Down Odium Os Spanish War Days General Roger Williams Enforces Strict Discipline at Anniston Encampment. ANNISTON, ALA., July 31—Gen eral Roger Williams, commanding the Kentucky militia at Camp Pettus, has fosbidden the appearance of any Ken tucky soldier in the city without his blouse, which must be worn buttoned. Neither are any of the men permitted to carry their side arms into the city. To enforce his orders he has estab lished provost guards in the city. General Williams has established the strictest discipline among the Ken tuckians. His purpose is to blot out the odium engendered by the Kentucky volunteers encamped here during the Spanish-American war, when there were frequent shooting affrays and other disorder. The general drinking Aip has been officially tabooed by General Williams in the camps of the Kentucky regi ments for the purpose of preserving the health of the militiamen. The three Kentucky regiments were divided into battalions yesterday and engaged in a sham battle to the noith west of the city without decisive re sults. This was preliminary to the greater battle to occur Friday and Sat urday on tlie same grounds when the three Kentucky regiments with a small body of the regulars, under command of General Williams, will be pitted against tlie South Carolina and Ala bama troops with a majority of the regulars, in a decisive conflict. U. S. GIRL LOCKED IN CRYPT WITH FAMOUS DEAD FOR HALF HOUR PARIS. July 31.—Locked for half .an' hour in the gloomy, chilly crypt of the Pantheon, with the prospect of-having to pass tlie entire night surrounded by some of the illustrious dead of France, was the experience Miss Margaret Gove, of New York, has just been through and which she is not likely to forget. With her sister. Miss Helen Gove, and her uncle. Archie P. Gove, editor of a paper in Rochester, Minn., and other visitors, it is related, the young woman had been over the building, and finally descended into the crypt. There the most noteworthy tombs were inspected. Miss Margaret Gove grew so Interested that she dropped behind the party, and it was only when the visit was con cluded and the door of t he crypt hud been locked that her absence was no ticed. Miss Gove was terrified hew n she realized her predicament. Other mem bers of the party effected her rescue. COMMERCE CHAMBER FOR EXAMINATION OF ELEVATOR OPERATORS Elevator boys in all of the public buildings in Atlanta will be required to stand an examination before a city of ficial and receive licenses before they are allowed to run an elevator, if the recommendations of the public safety committee of the Chamber of Commerce are carried out by the city council. The public safety committee of the Chamber of Commerce was recently or ganized at tlie suggestion of several members who believed that there ought to be some group of men in Atlanta who would be on the lookout for public safety. They will recommend in strong est terms to council tlie passing of an ordinance requiring elevator boys to be and licensed, and thus pre venting tlie hiring of incompetent ones. In making their report to the executive committee of the chamber, the fact that recently several serious accidents in elevators have been caused by impa tience and carelessness on the part of the elevator operators was pointed out. EUROPeTmUCH ALARMED BY TURKISH CRISIS PARIS, July 31. —The chancelleries of Europe are in a ferment today over the Turkish crisis and the growing possi bility of the deposition of Sultan Me hammed V. A constant stream of dis patches is being exchanged between the Austrian and German governments over the attitude they will take toward Tur key in the event of the sultan's over throw, and Russia and England are equally interested. quilliaTmTssTnTfour DAYS. RETURNS; DAZED After having been missing for four days from his home at 47 South Gordon street, J. F. Quillian, 56 years of age. returned last night, dazed and unable to tell a connected story of his wan derings. Mr. Quillian went away Sat urday morning and it was feared harm had come to him. He had been In ill health. MRS. GRACE WINS AGAIN; HER LAWYER ESCAPES GRILLING MRS. GRACE AND HER MOTHER .. . /,O. ■ * " . C k ga* 'W. £ T < ///fIE /S I , W' I will ESSSg ' SH & sgjßr, \ SMB t - > Vh3hK|| - -1 fer ■ • W\\ o<> Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace, on left, and her mother. Mrs. Martha Ulrich, on their way to court. TO BURN EFFIGY OF JUDGE SPEER MACON. GA., July 31.—Colonel W. A. Huff, the 81-year-oJH ex-mayor of Ma son, Is on trial before Judge Emory Speer, in the United States court, to day, on the charge of contempt of court, which resulted from his sensational let ter to the judge, in which the latter was charged with misconduct in office and his Impeachment suggested. An enor mous crowd surrounds the Federal building, as only a limited number is accommodated by the court room. If Colonel Huff is sentenced to im prisonment. his friends plan to hold an indignation meeting tonight in the county court house, and later to burn Judge Speer in effigy. Plans to this ef fect have already been perfected. Col onel Huff's friends are also going to appeal to Congressman C. L. Bartlett to institute Impeachment proceedings in congress. Colonel Huff has refused to retract one line of his charges against Judge Speer, and -ays, on the contrary, that he has still more facts to give to the public at u later date. ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY. JULY 31. 1912. BIRDS NOW SINGING RAGTIME, SCIENTIST SAYS IN A LECTURE CHICAGO, July 31.—Henry Oldys, formerly of the United States biologi cal survey, in a lecture in the Uni versity of Chicago which is causing comment today, said that birds are pos. sewed of an esthetic sense similar to that of the human being. "Birds dance in the air, do 'High land flings’ and the more sedate evolu tions with the most perfect rhythm,” said Oldys. "They sing a 'bird rag time’ and at other times snatches of song which greatly resemble our grand opera. There is a blackbird that has a song almost parallel to a Wagnerian opera; the robin is best In so-called popular songs, while the wood thrush sings a song of four distinct verses.” The speaker closed with the state ment that birds sometimes cony from man. and that man could learn a great deal by copying from the bird. GEE! BUT IT IS FINE TO BE ARRESTED—WHAT? t PITTSBURG. July 31. For spending t nine weeks in jail at Juarez. Edward M. Blatt will receive 525.000 indemnity from th<j Mexican government. TURKS IN REVOLT; SCORES ARE DEAD PHILLIPPOLIS, BULGARIA, July 31. A political revolution has broken out In Constantinople and fighting has been go ing on for nineteen hours between rival factions, according to cipher dispatches received here today. Scores have been killed in rioting In the native section of the Ottoman capital. The rioting factions are led by army of ficers and this outbreak Is believed to he the first step in a general revolution aimed to cause the downfall of the pres ent sultan. , The Turkish government is exercising the strictest censorship over the telegraph lines, and, therefore, all information that comes as to the real situation in Constan tinople lias to be sent In code. A revolution has been plotted for sev ! oral months by the committee of union and press, lice executive body of the , "Young Turks " Leaders have secretly I sent couriers to the provincial branches y ordering preparation. for all to be ready “to abed blood.” Rosser Declines to Answer Questions Leading Up to Mysterious Letters and Is Upheld—Grace Remains at Sanitarium—Wife May Goon Stand.. Mrs Daisy Grace achieved another important victory today when, her chief attorney, Luther Rosser, placed upon the stand by the prose cution, was upheld in declining to answer any questions concerning his knowledge of the typewriter in the Grace home upon which was said to have been written the mysterious and sensational “alibi” letters. Solicitor General Hugh M. Dorsey sought to question Mr. Rosser in an evident effort to prove that there was a typewriter in the Grace home, and that Mrs. Grace might have written upon it the letters signed by Grace which told of their happiness and of Grace’s depar ture and of the “bum - ’ that he took home from the station after seeing her away. The obvious inference was to connect Mrs. Grace with these letters through her use of tlie typewriter. Rosser said: “I decline to answer any ques tion concerning the typewriter because it would be a violation of confidence with my client.” The judge upheld the lawyer, and the prosecution, balked once more, again delayed its promised production of the sensational “alibi” letters, which it says were forged. While the trial went on, Eugene Grace fumed at the Piedmont sanitarium. The superintendent said he was no worse this morning than when he came to Atlanta from Newman two days ago. and was perfectly able to be taken to court. He was kept in the sanitarium await ing word from his counsel to attend the trial again. The prosecution will probably close Its case today. The defense will be very brief. The case wil reach the jury either tonight or early tomorrow, and the verdict should be known before to morrow < vening. Mrs. Grace May Take Stand Today. As large a crowd as usual was in the court room today when the case opened. More women than on former days were present, expecting to hear Mrs. Grace tell her own story on the stand. Whether or not they will be dis appointed remains to be seen, for coun sel for the defense refused to state when the case opened whether they would introduce Mrs. Grace or any wit nesses whatever. They have kept the state’s counsel absolutely in the dark as ’< the line of defense. That the defense has made prepara tions to introduce witnesses in case they deem it necessary is indicated by the fact that Mrs. Martha Ulrich, moth er of Mrs. Grace, has been put “under the rule” and excluded from the court room during the proceedings. Mrs. Ul rich and Mrs. Louise Wilson, trained nurse of Mis. Grace, sit in an ante room near the court chamber all day. Grace Better, Says Lawyer. Lamar Hill, Grace’s personal counsel, said today that Eugene was better to day, and was expected to return to court. At the opening of court today, Solici tor Dorsey asked the court to make re newed effort to secure the presence of Clarence Hell, subpenaed by the state us a witness, who is quite ill. It being agreed that Bell was too ill to be pres ent. Mr. Dorsey asked that it appear on the records that he desired Mr. Bell’s presence to add a certain link to the chain of evidence. Louis Wellhouse was the first wit ness called. He is in the paper busi ness, and connected with Paul A. Clem ents, a witness of yesterday. It was at his mother’s suggestion that Wellhouse found out who was Mr. Clements’ attorneys. Mr. Dorsey desired to swear Luther Rosser and put him on the stand. Mr. Rosser objected to being sworn, but was put on the stand, not on oath. Another Victory For Mrs. Grace. Mr. Rosser declined to answer any 1 questions. He was questioned as to 1 whether he had a Smith Premier type writer obtained from Paul Clements, the man who occupied the house at one time occupied by Mr. and Mrs. ’ Grace. Mr. Rosser claimed immunity 1 from testifying, as one of counsel. Mr. * Dorsey said he wanted to bring out the ■ fact that the Graces had such a type s writer, obtained from Clements. i A sharp colloquy between Dorsey and Rosser followed. Mr. Rosser, in tin 'iW 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE 5^ E NO •j JU ’ witness chair, argued points of law with the court. Mr. Rosser escaped questioning upon the ground that his information was confidential as between lawyer and client. Mrs. Grace Wears An Old Costume. Mrs. Grace’s costume, when she put in her appearance at court this morn ing. was the same she wore the after noon she returned to Atlanta from Philadelphia. She wore, on that memorable occa sion, a brown coat suit, brown slippers and stockings, and a new brown hat which she purchased in the Quaker city. When she removed her coat this morning, the women in the audience gave a gasp. A marvel in the shape of a peek-a-boo lace shirtwaist was ex posed. The lace work was intricate in its creation. She wore a simple locket about her neck and diamond- earrings. CHARLESTON MAYOR TO TELL GREENVILLE FOLK ABOUT BLEASE GREENVILLE. S. C„ July 31,—May or John P. Grace, of Charleston, has been invited by a committee of Green ville citizens to make a political ad dress In this city, and It Is understood that he will accept. In view of the recent break between the mayor and Governor Cole L. Blease, following which Mr. Grace has asked to be released from the governor’s con fidence, Greenville people are expecting l to hear something really worth while. Mayor Grace’s statement has called, forth from Governor Blease a counter, statement, in which the latter releases) him from secrecy, and the mayor de-, dares he will tell “a tale that wilj nauseate all the white people of Soutiii Carolina.” ANOTHER NEGRO IS JAILED AT CALHOUN FOR PLAINVILLE RIOT CALHOUN, GA., July 31.—A negro, believed to be one of those escaping from the section house in which ne groes barricaded themselves in the re cent race clash at Plainville, has been, arrested and lodged in the county jail heie with the other ten who were cap tured by the posse which surrounded the house. The negro came to Calhoun, and endeavored to get possession of a shotgun and ammunition. Officers be lieved he was trying to organize a res cue party to storm the jail and release the rioters confined there, so he wa» Imprisoned. The situation remains quiet at Plain ville and in the surrounding country, and it is iikely that there will be no further trouble. HE LEASES BIG HOTEL FOR ONLY TEN MINUTES LAKE GEORGE, N. Y., July St.- John McGlynn, president of the State Hotel Men’s association, in an inter view here told of a lease that was signed by him for the Grand Union hotel at Saratoga for a term of years at the Knickerbocker hotel, New York, on Thursday, July 25, at 12:55 p. n». At 1:05 p. in., following a speech be fore the Democratic state committee, which gave Syracuse the state conven tion in preference to Saratoga, the, ■ lease was torn up. ’ln other words, the great Grand Union hotel of Saratoga was leased for I ten minutes in one of the most unique ■ transactions on record.