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2 DORSEY DENIES raws MCE Only the Expense of Investiga tion Discussed at Dinner, He Says. Continued From Page One to enter into a debate. Then h* * launched Into the "sensation of the evening." reading carefully from man uscript He said In part "Therefore, the Judge 4 * n*• com manded to -ten the (carter only when ■»at sfled’ that II is within the purview : of the law. Armed with this broad power of determination. the judges ought not to s.gn charters that into porate any group of people who ente-- taln crlmina' purposes In seeking the charter, and if they do so they must make answer 1 to the people and no where else. "The contention of.lawyers that the judge Is obliged tn do so Indicates th* blindness to which learning may lea men. It matter* not what the aigu ment may he, when the conclusion reached Involves an absurdity. tin argument Is oblig d to be wong T* say that the cou ts :i v ■ < ompelfed t< charter criminals for the i-omtnissi ■. of crime |« an absurdity that th-- peoi.l. will resent, no in.i’te; what th* )««■>. say. "The issuing of injunctions to pre vent the city, o' an\ <• •nrt. Into’faring with criminals is contrary to law. Thl* equitable writ ha.- no place in criminal matters. Property Rights Excuse Given. "The excuse t'o.i given for till** re cent innovation is that propertv right are involved. This is another st’ange doctrine borrowed from the urs i'na tions under w hi. It the I ’cd* . i| colit is hate of late y*.t : - invented new preee dents to Justify them in hampering the efforts of the states to ■. out ol the great allroads "The judges have properly instructed ' the grand Jitr. at all *iim ■■ that tile I sale of lti|’.mr bv th* so clubs is unlaw ful. and that tlie.v .an not he made I lawful by the riiipt •.1 ii ii!•'if-ry of th<*' writings they make their customer!’| sign The March grand jury ,ia<l this sub ject up for free discuss!-m, and ear nestly sought to find some remedy, A conference was field in \prll between the three judges, the :*< itur general, t committee from the grand jur.v and a committee from the roiintv ••ohiiniß aiom r- An .•< r<-mlt of the me* ting measiircN wt-re set on foot and invvs- 1 tigatiuiiN entered upon that were turned | over to the next grand jury and In- : diriment.s were found against certain I of the so-called illegitimate clubs. The social clubs which cal J themselves le gitimate, but which sell lh|tior on prac tkally the antne basis as the others were not indicted. The obvious discrimination pro duced some dissatisfaction, and the judges were criticised for having given advice to the grand .fuiy. not in public, which, in effect told them not to indict the social clubs. But Social Clubs Were Not Included. "1 am reliably informed th.it the l judges did not Instruct the grand jurj to make an exception in favor of the social clubs, and 1 accept the assurance that they did not; but the assurance comes coupled with the authoritative statement that they did say in sub stance that the expense of getting evi dence was difficult to meet, the evi dence itself not easy to obtain, and ' that the jury should begin with the most aggravated cases first "That Jury did not find the indict- 1 ments, but turned over the results of ' Its labors to the next jury, that did indict one set and did not indict the ’ other. I take it that the judges did 1 not intend to leave the impression that the discrimination should he made that ' was made, but It Is a most unfortunate ' fact that the conference occurred in tin Capital City club. ' "Being compelled, however much 1 ' shrink from It. by what I regard as a 1 grave condition of lawlessness in this T city, to refei to these matters, and to ' say that it is not, ip my Judgment, a safe or a wholesome thing for the rich * and powerful to go unpunished for an 1 offense that less prominent men are in. t dieted for and being told that these < facts are being commented on unfavor ably to on*- of the Judges now seeking l' re-election. I think it only fair to say : that so fat is he is concerned, it was I the first and only time be was ever In [ I the Capital City club, or any other club, of like sort, and that his adversary Is. or certainly has been, a full member of f the same organization for a long time." I Police Don’t Believe Girls Are Debauched "Mr. Alexanders statement regarding | r the debauchery of young girls in the , clubs of Atlanta is an exaggeration 1! , am satisfied." said Chief .1 I. Beaver--.! of the Atlanta police for,, today, dis ! . cussing Hooper Alexander's p rtform ; announcement. "I have not heard of -me such in- : stance as he cites. If by has < vldence I it is his duty as a citizen to icing it to the department. It is, of cour-e, true! that young women go into clubs am! i drink, and some of them may be under ! , ng* , in the majority of cases, how-I | . ever, they are taken there by their pa- !■ I rP '"'. i' W let e t delta 11ment is aide t . do h if. a * lose examination of clubs is | mail. There tire five clubs in the city, ( howevr. which are protected by in- I junction.’’ J t * ROCKEFELLER, JR„ AIDS j NEW YORK GRAFT PROBE • 131? U W --.; Fl 3 « /JB fc/ I >"* JU Hn\. MMBk W'■ ’ / W y a HI \F » A Vs r ) \y p m r V w \ \\& Wk \ / ///JA I \ \ W / / /////\ I - -• * •John I>’ Rocket'clliT. -It ~ anil his t (iiingost son. Mr. Rocke fi’llei’ is in the limelight in Xett York just now. it havinjr come mil he has been working through the underworld of the metrop olis for many months securing evidence against the police grafts ers. and that he has thus rendered valnalde service to District Attorney Whitman, who is now deep in the ferreting out of the workings ol the "system, following the slaving of Herman Rosenthal, the gamblin’ who “squealed." ROOSEVELT DUE REDE MONTH Atlanta Moose. Home From the Convention. Will Manage the Local Campaign. Th< Bull Moose berd came back to town toda\. All profess to be confident that when the votes an* counted next November it will not be hard to see that Theodore Roosevelt ran for presi dent . Two women tnoosc were prominent in the Georgia crowd at the hurrah convention in Chicago. They were Mrs. W. H b'elton. of Cartersville, and M's. Helen Longstreet, of Gainesville, militant champion of Tallulah Calls. It was announced that Colonel Roose velt would invade the «South the first week in September and the Bull Moose her.’ expect him in Atlanta within a month. Governor Johnson, nomim < for vice president, also will take the stump. R. A Dewar is going to run the fight here. C. \V. McClure, who lhe an nouncement given out todax terms an ex-Democrat, has been chosen national committeeman. H« re are the officers of the organization: W. .1 Tilson, state chairman. R. A. Dewar, vice state chairman; Dean E. Ryman, stab secretary; R. T. Jollie. Jr.. \i < state secretary; I. D. I'uller, searg< ant-at -arms. t WESTERN UNION MUST VACATE L. & N. BY DEC. 1 LOUISVILLE. KY. Aug 4. The Louisville and Nashville railroad has served notice on lhe Western i'nlon Telegraph Company that Its poles and wires must lie removed from the 1.. A- N light of way by December 1 or be confiscated by the railroad. This fol lows tlie expiration of a 25 yeat con- FLEA PHOTO CARD DELAYS WEDDING FOR WHOLE YEAR GARY IXD. Aug :* -Because In wiot* it* ft .iKic. Miss Josephine Kud le\, of Chicago, a love missive on a postal turd, which contained a magni fied picture of u Gary sand flea, more than a year ago. Miss Kudley broke !■i engagenient with John M-ekt*. of. Go > Mecke his Imp: essed upon Mis* Kudl* y finallv t: ::t Gary is a < if - piuc*- to iix. in and tii*\ w.r* married. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1912. GRFINDETRDIT ■GIL: I MELD 7 ; Aidermen in Cells Until They Arrange Bonds Accused of Extortion Attempt. r ——. , DETROIT. Aug 9. Sixteen Detroit aldermen, including seven formerly un der arrest on the charge of attempting • to extort $6,200 from the Wabash rail road, were arrested this morning on the charge of conspiracy in tlie same deal. The aldermen arrested today are i Lynch, Hindle, Tossy. Mason. Walsh. • Gllnnan. Koenig, Ellis, Ostrowski. I O’Brien. Rroz.o and Rosenthal. Watson. , Si zyiki Merritt and Zoeller. Ma son. Toast. Walsh. Gilnnan. Ostrowski, • Brozo and Rosenthal were arrested two weeks ago. It was stated that the eom- • plete list will number 22. i Gllnnan. Brozo. Mason, Ostrowski Rosenthal, 1 ossx and Walslt were re leased from police headquarters on t bonds and arrangements are being made to obtain the release of others i on bail. I The accused aldermen were taken i unawares. A number of them were routed from their beds at 7 o’clock this morning and others were arrested as tin y arose from their breakfast tables. I Emit alderman was taken in custody and brtought to the prosecutor's office b> a different detective and they ar j rived in a bunch about 8 o’clock. De | teetive Brennon, the Burns operative, | who set the trap recently for the alder men. did not participate in the raid. i'rosecutor Shepherd examined the . aldermen as they were brought in. ; Tite\ were arraigned in a semi-circle about his office. Shepherd sitting at ills desk plying them with questions. The aidermen placed under arrest were later taken to police headquarters . and placed in cells until bail was ar ranged. Barnes Hears T. R. Tide Is Receding NEW YORK. Aug. 9.—That tlie tide lof Bull Moose sentiment in New York state reached its crest some time ago and is now re. eding was the gist of ! tlie reports to state ('hairman Barnes. Ji'., at Republican headquarters here today by the various county chairmen who came to attend a meeting of the > executive committee of the state com- • mittee. Chairman Barnes, in a brief speech, declared that he had no interest in the name of the. man who would head the State Republican ticket this fall. I. TAFT AGAIN PUTS QUIETUS UN REVISION President Vetoes Wool Bill , Sent to Him a Second Time by Congress. Continued From Page One. *>f tops and yarns which would result I ! from the rate in the bill now submit ted to me would de-troy lhe effect of the protection to raw wool and at the same time vxould be at the cost of widespread disaster to the wool cornb -1 ing and spinning branches of the indu.s --| try i'nder the rates proposed, such | plants could be continued, if at. all, only j by writing off most of the investments ;at a net loss and by a reduction of | wages. To sum up. then, most of the ; rates in the submitted bill are »o low j in themselves that, if enacted into law, i rhe inevitable result would be the irre ; irievable Injury to the wool growing j industry, the enforced idleness of much | of our wool combing and spinning ma chinery and of thousands of looms, and the consequent throwing out of employ ment of thousands of workmen. "I can not act upon the assumption that the controlling majority in either house will refuse to pass a. bill of this kind. If in fad It accomplishes so sub stantial a reduction, merely because members of the opposing party and the executive unite in Its approval. I there fore urge upon congress that it do not adjourn without taking advantage of the plain opportunity’ thus substantially to reduce unnecessary existing duties. 1 appeal to congress to reconsider the measure which I now return, without my approval, and to adopt a substitute therefor making substantial reductions below the rates of the present act. which the tariff board shows possible, without destroying any established in dustry or throwing any wage earners out of employment, and which 1 will promptly approve.’’ MILLIONAIRES FREED; OVERSEERS TO FACE CHARGES OF PEONAGE HAVANXAH. GA. Aug. 9.—After an examination before Walter H Godwin. I nited States commissioner, which (lasted into last night. Jonas Kilpat 'ick. general manager for E. T. Comer, millionaire planter at Millhaven, and R. Hee ('hew, an overseer on the same place, were bound over under J 1,000 bond each for their appearance before a Federal grand Jury to answer charges of peonage. Similar charges against E. T. Comer, owner of the plantation; his brother, J. W. Comer, and Mimge.tr Price, another overseer, were dis missed. The Comers were both pres ent, seated with their attorney. Judge Samuel B. Adams, of this city. Two negroes, Evans Martin and George Smith, who tan away from the Comer plantation, are alleged to have been a: rested without a warrant at Bat it. S. am] returned, after which, it is charged, they were held and tile-' gaily made to work out the payment of a debt There was evidence that th’e negroes were threatened with a whip ping. higheTeducation is INDORSED BY K. OF C. COUNCIL CONVENTION COLORADO SPRINGS. COLO., Aug. 9.—With the selection of Boston as the 1913 convention city and the transac tion of important business routine, the thirtieth annual convention of the Su preme Council of Knights of Columbus adjourned. Ihe council adopted a report coin mending the establishment of a nation al home at Washington. It is under stood that ultimately a tuberculosis home may be established. Resolutions were passed favoring higher educa tion as embodied in the provisions governing the endowment fund for the Catholic University or America located at Washington. BOYS SWEPT 80 MILES OUT TO SEA IN ROWBOAT ASBI’RY PARK. N J. Aug 9. Swept to sen when their efforts to com bat a strong outward current failed, two Ocean Grove youngsters who had I launched a rowboat from the beach there yesterday afternoon were carried SO miles down the coast and last night were picked up off Barnegat bay. The boys returned home this morning The youthful voyagers were Willie Bunting, eleven years old. son of As sistant Postmaster Herbert B Bunting, of Ocean Giove, and George Barlow, fifteen years old, son of jjr. and (Mrs. \\ . H. Barlow. Yesterday was the' Hunting boy's birthday and the row- ‘ boat cruise was taken as a part of his I celebration. MAJOR STOCKDELL QUITS FIDELITY-PHENIX INS. CO. RICHMOND. VA . Aug. 9.—Major! Clarence L. Stockdell, native Atlantan, who wus prominent in the social and business circles of that city for many years, has resigned his position of spe cial agent for the Fidelity-Phenix In surance Company, with headquarters here, after being connected with that company for nearly a quarter of a cen tury. He came here from Atlanta three I years ago. and will probably continue to i make his residence in Richmond, if hits ' negotiations with another company. ' now under way, are concluded as lie ; desires. . Cant Reason for War Prices WHY IS LIVING COST HIGH? WHWBF ..*raisiK v c -'C; •' - Wilmer L. Moore, president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, who, after an investigation of retail business, can not find the solution to the problem of the high cost of living. W. L. Moore, Head of Com merce Chamber. Investigates Retail Stores in Atlanta. Wilmer L. Moore, president of the Chamber of Commerce, has been study ing the high cost of living in Atlanta, While Mr. Moore was frank to admit today to a Georgian reporter that the problem which has stumped the states men of the world has thus far stumped him in its local application, he declared that study had convinced him that the plan of department food stores sug gested by the food investigating com mittee In New York would not work here. "In Europe, especially in London, the people have what they call co-operative stores, through which they make most of their purchases at a smaller cost than they would have to pay other dealers, but I do not think the plan would be practicable for Atlanta," he said. "Since wc first watched the cost of living begin its steady climb upward years ago. there have been many plans suggested to bring the prices to their former standard. Recently I have been looking into the question, but am not ready to'suggest a plan. Buying Direct No Advantage, “Retail department stores, buying di rect, receiving direct and selling direct to the people would not, 1 believe, prove a success in this city," High prices have caused grocers, butchers and produce dealers in At lanta to carefully scan the profits, just as those self-same prices have caused anxiety over the kitchen bills in many homes. Krom local merchants the cost and selling prices of table articles has been compiled. showing the percentage cleared by the home dealer. Nearly 20 per cent of this is consumed in the management of their business, the deal ers say. Here is what your grocer in Atlanta makes: Dairy Products. Cost to Selling Per Cent Retailer. Price, of Profit. Rutter, poundSt .35 13 Cheese, poundlß .23 28 Eggs, dozen 20 .22 .10 Vegetables. W. potatoes, 1b,.. .022 .03 30 W. onions, 1b..... .023 .033 .40 Fresh beans, qt.. .02 .05 150 Cabbage, heado4 .00 .50 Green corn. ear.. .01 .015 .50 Carrots, bunch... .035 .05 42 Tomatoes, qt .075 .10 33 Celery. bunch.’. . 07 .10 .42 Fruits. Peaches, qto6 .10 .66 Apples, pound.. .023 .05 .43 Fla. oranges, doz. .251 .352 .40 Bananas, dozen.. .OSS .10 .23 Lemons, dozen... .175 .20 .14 Meats. TendTn steak, lb. .11 .23 1 01 Round steak, lb.. .11 .20 .99 Shoulder steak, lb. 11 .15 .36 Pork chops, 1b... .16 .20 ,25 Ham. lb 1« .25 ,51; Fish. Halibut, lblo4 .20 ,92 Trout, IbOS .15 ,87 Red snapper, lb.. .10 .125 25 Bluefish, lblo .15 .50 Pompano, lb 20 .25 .25 Perch, lbo9 .125 .33 Whitefish, 1b.165 .20 .24 Staple Groceries. Sugar, lbos .055 .10 Flour, lbo3 .04 .33 Bread, lb. 04 .05 25 Idee, lbos 08 .60 Coffee, 1b25 ,30 .20 Tea, poundlß .35 .90 Dried peas, lbos .08 .60 Rolled oats, 1b033 .1143 33 Lard, lb .11 .145 50 Salt mackerel, lb. .14 .175 .20 Canned Goods. Pork and beans.. .115 .15 .40 Peas, canl33 .20 .47 Corn. can... 077 .10 .35 C nd'sed milk, can .081 10 .25 Tomatoes, can... 08 m 25 String beans. lan 145 .20 .32 Salmon, ranl4 .20 41 1 ALEXANDER ANO HIS ALLY CLASH DeKalb Prohibition Champion Loses Tilt With His Colleague Over a Minor Bill. I The county of Wheeler, originally scheduled to be the county of Kent, was given its final and finishing touch in the house today, when the house ac cepted the senate’s amendment chang ing the name. The amendment was not adopted nor the bill passed without protest. Before the vote was taken. Mr. Cook. ■ of Telfair, had the clerk read a per sonal statement in which he vehemently assailed Mr. Kent, the author of the bill, charging him with misrepresenting ■ facts and figures in obtaining the pas sage of the same, and particularly pro testing against the politics involved. "1 submit." said Mr. Cook, "that the legislature has been deceived in this matter, and that this county should not be created. I further charge that the demon of politics has crept into the creation of | this county; that there was vote trad -1 ing. and for that reason I protest J against the passage of this bill, and I , want my protest spread upon the house journal. I court investigation and dis pute of what I say." Bill Is Passed, Anyway. Notwithstanding Mr. Cook’s attack on Mr. Kent and the bill, it was passed with only one dissenting vota—that of Mr. Cook. Representative Hooper Alexander made an unsuccessful effort on the floor of the house today to defeat a local bill introduced by his colleague from De- Kalb. Mr. Field. This bill provides for the repeal of the town of Lakeview, and carries a provision for a referendum to the peo ple of the town before the repeal shall become operative. There is no love lost between the two representatives from DeKalb, as every. bofly in the house knows, and when Mr. Alexander arose to oppose his col leagues bill, there was a general cran ing of necks and a desire to see what would happen. Mr. Alexander made a vehement pro test against the passage of Mr. Field’s bill, but after the speech of Mr Alex ander a vote was taken, and Mr. Field’s bill was passed by a vote of 94 to ]o. 8188 CANDIDATE URGES PROGRESSIVE REFORMS MACON. GA . Aug. 9.—Arthur L. Dash er. Jr., one of the six local candidates for the legislature from Bibb county, has announced a platform which is one of the most progressive ever promulgated here He not only believes In free schools, but also in free school books: believes in the election of all judges by the people fa vors the abolition of the fee system, and advocates a number of other popular re forms. TO DEBATE AT HAZLEHURST. BRUNSWICK. Aug. 9.—Elaborate preparations have been made for the Walker-Parker congressional debate to be held at Hazlehurst in Appling coun ty tomorrow morning. Colonel Walker will open the debate and after speaking 45 minutes'.will be followed by Judge Parker, who will have the stand an hour. BILL FDR YIADLIGT lONGENIRALAND PRYDR VETO Governor Sees Injury to State's ! Property—Urges Considera tion of Plaza Scheme. The governor today vetoed the bill providing for the construction of the Pryor street and Centra! avenue via ducts in Atlanta, and at the same time pointed out benefits to be gained by the erection, of the proposed overhead plaza, a project involving many mil lions of dollars. The governor objects to the bill be cause he thinks it was hastily drawn and likely would inflict serious and irreparable injury to the state’s prop erty rights in the Western and Atlantic railroad. The governor enters exhaustively into the latter phase of the matter, and de clares that the proposed viaducts should be considered in their connec tion with other property to be affected by them, and adds significantly that Atlanta "should grow with the state, and not at the expense of the state." The executive veto reads in part as follows; Bill Too Hastily Drawn. This bill seems to have been too hastily drawn to allow such con sldeiation as would demonstrate whether its passage would or would not seyiously damage the state's property known as the Western and Atlantic railroad. If it become a law it will practically* close against convenient use two streets above named in so far as concerns the access to and egress from the Union passenger station, which is the terminal station for passengers riding over said road. It is of utmost importance that the state preserve, to as great an extent as lies in her power, the fa cilities whereby the said railroad receives and handles business, and the enactment into a law of bill number 58 will damage the said road many* thousands of dollars each month and will seriously im pair the rental value of said road when the present lease expires, and it Is advertised for a new lease. It is also proper to state that if this become a law will seriously af fect the income of the present les sees of said railroad, abd the state should be careful that she- does no injustice to those to whom she leases any of her property. The Western and Atlantic railroad is the state’s greatest asset, so far as iter ownership of property is concerned, but Georgia’s greatest asset is her good faith. This she should neither destroy nor compro mise. Urges Plaza Scheme. I will add that for some time there has been in contemplation the erection of what is commonly called an overhead plaza, reaching from the eastern side of the For syth street bridge to the western side of the Washington street via duct. including a terminal building for the railroads on the site of the present Union station. If this be done it will very greatly enhance the values of all properties contig uous to said plaza and will secure for the state a permanent build ing, which will draw great busi ness for her railroad, practically in perpetuity. Instead, therefore, of authorizing the building of these bridges, which would be but in the nature of piece-meal improvements, it would be far better that the improvement in the center of the city, which so vitally affects the earning value of the state’s property, should be con sidered and acted upon in its en tirety. it is. of course, to the interest of Atlanta, as it is of other com munities. that grade crossings should be eliminated to as great an extent as comports with the gen eral interest of the people of the state. But, like all other communi ties. Atlanta should grow with the state, not at the expense of the state. Not Much Chance For Passage. It is of supreme importance that Hie state protect for all the tax payers the proper earning power of the Western and Atlantic railroad; hence, as the building of the pro posed bridges at each end of the Union station, under the present conditions, would disastrously as- I feet it. lam compelled to withhold my approval of house bill num ber 58. Speaking of the veto after it camr in todav. Representative Brown, o! Fulton, said: "I do not think it likely that tile bill can be passed, or that a serious effort will be made to pass it, over the gov ernor's veto. "He sends in a message of disap ptoval that deserves serious conside’a tion and I. for one. do not think that Atlanta wants anything to which it is not entitled." KILLS SELF TO SEE CHILD: HAD BROODED OVER LOSS SAN FRANCISCO. CAL., Aug. 9. After two years of communion with what she believed to be the spirit of het dead daughter. Dr. olive F. (.’ar son. a physician of considerable means was overpowered late yesterday be longing for closer companionship and committed suicide by inhaling ga.- She had made two previous attempts within tlie last two months.