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T. R.’S PLATFORM TO BE ENTIRELY RADICAL following Are the Principal Planks in the “Bull Moose" Plat form, Which Will Be Adopted Wednesday at Chicago: Regulation of working conditions by commissions appointed by the Government or state control of trusts, to make “Big Business” honest. Initiative, referendum and recall. Popular vote on constitutional changes. Equal rights for women and direct election of United States Senators I THE WEATHER Forecast: Cloudy tonight and Wed nesday. Temperatures: 8 a. m., 68; 10 a. m„ 72; 12 m„ 76; 2 p, m„ 78. VOL. XI. NO. 2. JIBSIS IN COURT 11 JEWEL USE Atlanta Law Firm Is Charged With “Receiving and Con cealing Stolen Goods.” SAFE FROM WHICH GEMS WERE TAKEN IS JACKSON’S p inkertons Bare Peculiarities of Strangely Entangled Jewel Mystery. Judgq George F. Gober and Robert R. Jackson, law partners of the firm of Gober & Jackson, are summoned to appear before Justice R. B. Ridley this after noon to answer a charge of re ceiving and concealing stolen property. The case grows out of the noted “diamond trunk rob bery.” Chief N. A. Lanford. of the' Atlanta detective bureau, wont yesterday afternoon to the office of R. R. Jackson, partner of Judge Gober, armed with a pos sessory warrant, and the police say he recovered jewels to the value of $1,005.50, said to be part of the loot awarded George Wren in the division of the spoilsl > The jewels were not taken from Judge Gober’s office. They were in a safe in the office of Mr. Jackson. Statements from the Pinkerton agency indicate that the law firm, or its members, was acting in the defense of one of the trio of diamond thieves and for the prosecution of the other two. A contract on file in the office of the Pink, orton National Detective agency shows that the firm was retained by the Pink ertons to “assist in the prosecution of Kaul and Roddy, to recover and return the jewelry in the possession of George Wren," but was especially permitted to • defend Wren in the criminal trial. Judge Gober's Friends Indignant. The statement published this morn ing and credited to Chief Tanford of ’ the detective department, that two jew eled earrings from the loot taken from the thieves had been presented to Judge Gober’s daughter, is absolutely untrue. Friends of Judge Gober cite his long record on the bench and at the bar in Georgia and attach little Importance to the charges made against him. They are extremely bitter against the At lanta detectives and the Pinkerton men who have brought the charges against his law partner and incidentally ' against him. Geerge F. Gober had for many years been solicitor general and then supe rior court judge of the Blue Ridge cir cuit. A few months ago he opened a law office in Atlanta, and was asso ciated with Robert R. Jackson, a former justice of the peace. When the diamond robbery, the theft of Solomon Gilsey’s trunk filled with about $25,000 worth of gems, occurred, the three thieves fled to various points. George Wren went to Birmingham, Kaul to New York, and Roddy to another point. It was shown at the time that Gober went to Birmingham as the counsel for Wren, and met his client there. Chief Lanford, on the trail of Wren, says he met Gober in Birmingham. Wren was brought back, with Gober acting as his counsel, but the loot was concealed soMMvhere in Birmingham. , ‘jaßaPinkertons. acting for the Jew elei® Protective union, subsequently ra il gaged Robert R. Jackson, the other Continued on Page Two. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results Pius, in Tenth Year, Outlives the Prophecy That He'd Die in Nine Pontiff Breaks the Sequence of Nine-Year Periods Into Which Life Has Been Divided. LONDON, Aug. 6. —Pope Plus has entered his tenth year as pontiff, and the prophecy that he would sit In the chair of St. Peter only nine years from the date of his accession. August 4, 1903, is proved without foundation. Last year, when seriously 111, he said: “It is no use, I want to die now. My nine years are up.” Before he left Venice to take part in the conclave from which he came forth pope, he said to his friends: “It is curious what influence the number nine has on my life. Nine years a school boy at Rlese; nine years a student at Padua; nine years a curate at Tomolo; nine years a priest at Sal zano; nine years a canon; nine years a bishop; nine years a cardinal and pa triarch of Venice." But the charlatans who foretold only nine years as pope are unabashed. They say that as he has risen to the highest position in the church it is only right he should rule longer, and therefore he will now rule a number of years; a multiple of nine. ALDERMAN CANDLER CALLS MEMBERS OF COUNCIL “SHIRKERS” Aiderman John S. Candler declared on the floor of council yesterday that the trouble with Atlanta's city govern ment was that councilmen shirked their duties, intrusting them to boards and commissions. The declaration followed some sharp repartee between Aiderman Candler and Aiderman F. J. Spratling. Aider man Spratling, who is chairman of the council committee on hospitals, wanted to take $3,000 and begin the construc tion of a $25,000 nurses dormitory for the city tuberculosis sanitarium. When he was ready to let the contract he found that the $3,000 item in the budget could not be spent until February, 1913, when the entire amount would be pro vided. As Aiderman Candler is chair man of the finance committee, Aider man Spratling wanted to know from him why “such strings were tied to the apportionment.’’ The whole matter was referred to the finance committee. MAYOR WINN TO GET INTO THE RACE FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY Out of the race for re-election. Mayor Courtland S. Winn will seek the office of county attorney. An authentic re port of his intention was given general credence in political circles today. The salary of this office is to be in creased from $1,200 to $3,000 on Jan uary 1, on account of the readjustments in county offices to be brought about by the abolishment of the fee system. It is generally understood that L. Z. Rosser, the present county attorney, will withdraw from the office on account of the increased duties. Councilman Al dine Chambers, slated for the place by the county commissioners, will enter the race for mayor. Mr. Rosser is friendly to Mayor Winn. Mayor Winn has offered his support to Mr. Chambers for mayor. It is said that Mayor Winn expects the support of both of these officials in his new en deavor. MADDOX SAYS ROME INSURANCE CO. SUIT STINKS WITH FRAUD ROME. GA., July 6.—“By your own admission, this affair fairly stinks with fraud,” declared Judge Maddox from the bench today, addressing Attorney Dean, representing the defendants in a receivership suit pending against the Rome Insurance Company. “You claim your company is solvent.” continued Judge Maddox, "but only 25 per cent of your capital stock has been paid in ami no effort has been made to collect the rest. I can not do anything else but appoint a receiver. Attorney Denn demanded a hearing, so he could make a showing before a jury. “You can go on with the case, but you will have to do a lot to convince me.” said the judge. The taking of testimony began this afternoon. John M. Miles, of Baxter. Ga., brought the receivership action to recover $3,000, which he claims to have paid for stock in the company. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. AUGUST 6. 1912. OFFICER OF TENNESSEE GOMES FOR MASSEE Harry Stokes, of Nashville, Is Going to Spartanburg for Extradition Proceedings. SWEARS HE WILL PUT MACON MAN IN PRISON “Will Get Him or Make Him Forfeit SIO,OOO Bond.” He Asserts. Harry Stokes, the "handsomest law yer in the Nashville bar,” i» in At lanta today on his way to Spartanburg, S._ C„ where, he declares, he will land Jordan Massee by extradition and plant him gently but-flrmly In the Tennessee state prison. He leaves for Spartan burg this afternoon to be present at the extradition proceedings before Gov ernor Cole L. Blease tomorrow. Mr. Stokes discussed the case only by pressure of questioning, but his an swers bore all the vehemence of old Tennessee and none of the artful di plomacy which so many lawyers af fect W ill you get Massee?” he was asked. Get him? We’ll get him or make him forfeit a SIO,OOO bond.” “Are you taking any steps in Geor gia?” Not for a minute! We've had enough of Georgia governors. We’ve found a governor in Sou.h Carolina with back bone enough to know law and justice.’ Denies Rival Behind Case. “I see Mr. Massee claims that a big rival power corporation is behind his prosecutor in this suit; that the prose cutor hasn’t any money to pay such expenses.” "There’s nobody behind this but Hor ace Frierson, attorney general of Mau ry county, Tennessee, and Harry Stokes. That's a-plenty.” “How about those detectives Massee says are chasing him?” “I know a half < zen men have been dodging MY heels ever since I left Ten nessee. I don’t know who they are and I don’t care.” “What will you do with Massee when you get him?” “We’ll put him in the pen as sure as God made little apples; that’s what.” Mr. Stokes said he might be called as a witness in the proceedings at Spartanburg tomorrow, so he had wired Attorney General Frierson to hurry over and act as counsel if needed. A Tennessee attorney general corre sponds to a Georgia solicitor general, the county prosecutor. “They tried to ‘fix’ the state attorney in Tennessee.” continued Mr. Stokes. “They sent a Republican politician down to see him. But it didn't do any good.” Case Recalls Felder Row. Tennessee’s efforts to secure the ex tradition of Jordan Massee, the noted promoter and water power magnate of Macon, aroused almost as mut'h inter est in Georgia as South Carolina’s ef forts to land Thomas B. Felder, of At lanta. Both requests for requisitions were turned down by the governor of Georgia. Mr. Massee was taken from a train in South Carolina a few weeks ago upon requisition papers from Ten nessee and placed under a SIO,OOO bond. The case is to be heard tomorrow. Massee claims that the governor of Tennessee is trying to use criminal laws to collect a debt. It has been suggested that Governor Blease has been quick to aid Tennes see in catching Massee in the hope that Tennessee will help Blease catch Tom Felder if that gentleman crosses the line into that state. Mr. Felder is now in Europe, and if he desires to get back to Georgia without passing through Tennessee or South Carolina he must use either the water routeito Savannah or an extremely roundabout course by rail. GRANT PLOT SELLS FOR $8,200 A FOOT Property at Peachtree and Auburn, Worth SSO in 1846. Brings Record Price. ORIGINAL PURCHASER’S GREAT-GRANDSON BUYER Total Cost of Choice Business Site s224.lo6—Many Bid ders at the Auction. Part of the L. P. Grant estate, bought in 1846 for SSO, located at the corner of Peachtree street and Auburn avenue, sold today at public auction for $8,200 a front foot—the highest price ever paid in Atlanta. Bryan M. Grant, a grandson of the late L. P. Grant, bought the lot, which fronts 27.33 feet on Peachtree and runs back Auburn avenue to an alley. 125 feet. The total price paid was $224,106. When Steve R. Johnston knocked down the lot to George M. Felker, of Monroe, who was bidding for Mr. Grant, the property changed hands for the first time since 1866, when it fell to L. P Grant as part of his inheritance. In 1846 M. R. Williams and Reuben Cone bought together an entire land lot, 202 1-2 acres. They paid SSO for the entire plot. Mr. Williams was the father-in-law of L. P. Grant and gave this piece of land to him. It is now occupied by the United Cigar Stores Company and brings $8,820 per year rental. G. M. McKenzie Makes First Bid $5,000. When Steve Johnston prefaced his call for bids today with the statement that the property was the most valu able in the city of Atlanta and was constantly increasing in value, there were gathered about him men who represented most of the capital and property interests here. Many of them made bids, others quietly watched. The first bid was for $5,000, made by G. M. McKenzie. George Adair fol lowed with an added SI,OOO and the price rapidly rose. Mr. Adair is under stood to have been bidding for Ed In man, owner of the adjacent lot. A 220-aere farm on the Georgia rail road beyond Stone Mountain was pur chased a few minutes later by Morris Brandon for S2O an acre. The total price was $4,400. This is regarded as a splendid price for the land. As parcel No. 3 of the estate, 155 shares in the Merchants and Mechanics Banking and Loan Company were sold to various parties. The total price was $15,350. $575 Per Foot for East Mitchell Lot. R. Lee Walker, at a commissioner’s sale, bought the property on East Mitchell street now occupied by Rid del! Brothers. This brought $575 per front foot, the total price being $39,825. The lot fronts 71 feet on the north side of Mitchell and runs back 108 feet. W. P. Walthall, of Forrest & George Adair, said today that the Grant estate sale established a record far above any previous prices paid for Peachtree realty. The highest price on record in At lanta was the sale of the McKenzie property in Whitehall, between Ala bama and Hunter streets, now occu pied by the new Kress store. This soil for $7,000 a front foot, but it extends clear through to Broad street and has a full frontage bn that street. The Peachtree property between Edgewood avenue and Decatur streets, considered the most prominent site in Atlanta, has not been sold for half a century, but its value was approxi mately fixed a few years ago when it was leased on a basis of $6,000 a front foot. Washington Collier paid $l4O for the whole strip about 50 years ago. Pensions for those too old to work or disabled while employed. A scientific tariff commission and an enforcement of a protective policy. Solution of high cost of living by commission to supervise industries. Graduated tax on incomes and inheritances above a stipulated amount. Co-operation with the farmer to make his land more productive* Improvement of the Mississippi river by use of Panama canal labor. Currency reform along lines that reject the Aldrich scheme. 4 Families Assessed at WOMEN BIG TAXPAYERS Grant Fortune Is Rated First in Atlanta. With the Candler Wealth Second. I .. Partial revelations of the amazing fortunes made by leading men and women of the city in Atlanta real es tate are contained in the record for this year’s assessments, just completed to day. hile a few of the wealthiest busi ness men have but small land holdings, the greater part of the wealth repre sented, mounting up into the millions, is in real estate. The figures given are the more astounding when it is remembered that they represent at most but 60 per cent of real value, often less. Four Families Pay on $6,550,750. F our families figure with striking prominence. Members of the Grant, < andler, Peters and Inman families, or interests in which they are large holders, pay assessments on a total of $6,550,750. Mrs. W. D. Grant, with a total as sessment of $608,000: Mrs. Sarah Grant Slaton, with $468,700: Mrs. J. V. D. In man, $289,000, and Mrs. J. M. High, with $290,000. head the list of wealthy women. Companies and corporations make their returns and pay their taxes as a unit, and it Is, therefcre, impossible to get definite information as to the in dividual interests. But realty and per sonalty assessments are recorded in the individual's name. Within the last two years the as sessments have been increased $30,- 000,000. But even now experts esti mate that the assessments are only about 50 per cent of the real value. First in order of amount is the Grant fortune. Most of the Investments were made years ago. but no property in At lanta has been kept up better by im provements. Included in it are two of the tallest office buildings—the Grant building and the Third National Bank building—and many of the best central structures. John W. Grant Began Life Poor. The foundation of the fortune was laid by the grandfather of John W. Grant.! He was a contractor and be gan life poor. Today John W. Grant pays taxes on $748,300 of real property and $14,600 of personal property. He holds a large interest in the Grant Construction Company, the Third Na tional Bank building, assessed at $500,- 000. Mrs. W . D. Grant, his mother, is as sessed at $572,800 on real property and $35,200 on personal. Mrs. Annie Inman Grant, his wife, pays on $113,000 realty and $17,000 per sonal property. The Kimball House Company, owned by John W. Grant and wife, is assessed at $475,000. Mrs. Sarah Grant Slaton, sister of Mr. Grant, pays on $454,700 personal and $14,000 realty. Candler Fortune Rated Second. The Candler fortune, the principal owner of which is Asa G. Candler, ranks next. It is a fortune made al most magically in the modern business world through the Coca-Cola Company, much of the profits from which having been invested in Atlanta real estate. Asa G. Candler pays taxes on $43,000 real estate and on $78,000 personal property. The Coca-Cola Company pays on $1,507,700 real property and $313,000 personal property. John S. Candler pays taxes on $37,- 900 realty and $3,425 personal. The Healy estate, almost wholly real estate, Is one of the biggest items on the tax books. W. T. Healy, the sole heir, pays on $290,429 realty and $5,200 personal. The Healy Rea! Estate and Investment Company pays on $618,120. A. G. Rhodes is one of the biggest taxpayers. His real property holdings are assessed at $727,750 and his per sonal holdings at $12,500. He owns a big interest in the company of Rhodes. Wimpe.v & Haverty. the property being assessed at SIIO,OOO. His son, J. D. Rhodes, pays on $45,800 realty and $575 personal. Inman Holdings Among the First. The Inman fortune is one of the big gest and individually the members of the family are among the biggest tax payers besides their holdings in cor porations. S. M. Inman is assessed at $734,000 on realty and $19,700 personal. Mrs. J. V. D. Inman pays on $284,500 realty and $5,400 personal. E. H. Inman pays on $302..‘>00 realty and $12,550 personal. Inman, Akers A- Inman is asssesed at $200,000 personal. The Hugh T. Inman estate is as- 1 mi ■uY’ilgF |||| ■* ■ : ''■ **’"’** ■ i WW-' HIIf .Jgf Wra H n m /1 ■ a . 1 ■ / SO; ■fc/J IRIK h « K/ /I MEr/jf gg -Mrs. Sarah Grant Slaton, wife of Jack Slaton, president of the state senate and candidate for i governor. Mrs. Slaton is one of the heaviest taxpayers in Atlanta. bdihitmtO; ; WOMAN DRIVING 1 Terry Cates, 16 years old, was hurt by ' an automobile driven by Mrs. E. C. ■ Thrash, wife of a well known physt ' clan, thhs afternoon at Peachtree and Walton streets. A big crowd saw the ' accident. 1 The lad, who is a son of J. Frank Cates, 16 Queen street, was riding a ’ bicycle at the time, and Mrs. Thrash. who lives on North Boulevard, says the boy actually ran into her machine, a five-passenger touring car. t Young Cates was rushed to the Grady ! hospital, where it was said he was in ternally injured. ; I sessed at $4,400 on realty and $124,200 personal. The Peters fortune is one of the ’ city’s largest. The Peters Land Com pany is assessed at $629,750 on real property and SB,OOO on personal. i E. C. Peters is assessed at $40,000 on . realty and $1,680 personal. , Mrs. M. J. Peters’ estate is assessed at $70,000 real property. Several Women With Fortunes. 1 The L. DeGive estate is assessed at $521,400 on realty and SIO,OOO personal. Joel Hurt, one of the city’s greatest real estate developers, pays taxes as , sessed in his own name on $464,000 real r property and on $4,600 personal prop- • erty. Mrs. Joel Hurt is assessed at ■ $89,000 on real property. Besides the two women of the Grant i family, who are the largest women tax payers. are a number of others with large assessments. * Mrs. .1. M. High is assessed at $280,- 100 on realty and $10,400 personal. She ,• is the largest stockholder in the J. M. High Company, assessed at SI,BOO on , realty ami $175,000 personal. 1 Mrs. Lillie P. Whitehead is assessed at $233,200 on realty and $36,450 per- ■ sonal. HOME tMTION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE S** RB NO RECEPTION FOB 1. 11. BREAKS RECORR Moose Convention In Pandemo nium for Fifty-five Minutes When Chief Arrives. COLONEL SOUNDS HIS “KEYNOTE” IN DETAIL Tells Just What New Party Stands for and What It Hopes 4o Do. CHICAGO, CONVENTION HALL, Aug. 6.—A1l business was halted at the National Progressive convention this afternoon while 10,000 delegates and spectators cheered Theodore Roosevelt. The demonstration was the longest and most remarkable ever seen at a convention in the United States. It was remarkable not only for the enthusiasm displayed but for the prominent part taken by women. It was a demonstration for wom an’s suffrage as well as for the Progressive leader. Mrs. Ferdinand White, of Chteago. was carried by the speakers stand be fore the ex-president crying "We want Teddy,” and various women’s suffrage leaders, Including Miss Jane Addams. of Chflcago, and Mrs. Beatrice Saun-’ derland. of Los Angeles, were lifted ta the platform and there welcomed by the colonel. Other women delegates fol lowed these and received the same hearty greeting. The demonstration for Colonel Rooea velt broke all records for duration, last ing 55 minutes, or ten minutes longer than that for W. J. Bryan at Denver When the demonstration ended, the former president at once delivered his speech, christening the new organiza tion the “National Progressive party.- It was the first time the name of the organization was spoken, and it was greeted with cheers. Beveridge Gets a Big Ovation. Thirty-nine minutes after the Na tional Progressive convention was scheduled to meet today ex-Senator Beveridge called the gathering to or der. A demonstration greeted the Hoosier chairman as he took the gavel. For several minutes he stood bowing and smiling, while the cheering continued. Rev. Mr. Spetz, of St. Stanislaus church, Chicago, was introduced by the chairman to deliver the invocation. Im ploring divine guidance for the con vention very briefly, Mr. Spetz led the convention in the Lord’s prayer In clos ing the invocation. Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter Ethel were interested observers of the convention proceedings. In spite of the enthusiasm that marked the convention’s opening, it was evident that the delegates were waiting for another attraction. It was Roosevelt day. The vast audience, 10,000 people, joined in singing "America,” The song rolled out in a. vast volume of sound that seemed to give vent to the pent up enthusiasm of the people in the hall. After the singing, a shrill shout, “Hurrah for Teddy!” went up. While the convention still waited for Roose velt the crowd sang "Dixie” and as tho great volume of sound went up Colo nel Roosevelt arrived at the door of the hall. "Gentlemen of the convention,'’ said 0; NG