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-
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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
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