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OORSEY DENIES
SEEKER'S
CHARGE
Only the Expense of Investiga
tion Discussed at Dinner.
He Says.
Answering th* charges nf Hooper
Alexander that th* grand jury's course
of action in the Investigation nf locker
clubs had been outlined at a confer
ence with superior court judges in the
Capital t'itv club. Solicitor General
Hugh M Dorsey today denied abso
lutely that there had been any agree
ment reached
Mr. Alexander In h speech last' night
st a rally In the Lyric thea
ter. addr* ss h «•» by Seaborn
Wright, the prohibition orator, charged
that the judge.-, a committee from tne
county commitsOnets. members of the
g and jur and the solicitor general,
had < onferred on th* locker club prob
>m in the <‘aplia t’lty club- ‘unfor
tunately ’ Up asspi ted that «« h result
of this conference the grand Jury Ir.
dieted locker clubs outside the pale and
left th* so-called respectable clubs
strictly alone
Mr. Dorsey de, a ed today that t!.<
•‘conference” probably referred to was
a dinner given by T K Glenn. forem.;:i
nf th* Jury on which be served, at th*
Capital City chib. It was learned at
that dinner that the solicitor general’s
office had no funds for th* prosecutl- n
of locker club probe*
Glenn Offered to
Pay the Expenses.
Mr. Glenn then offen d to pay the ox.
pentet of an investigation himself and
put up the money out of his own pock
et and as a result Indictments were
brought against a number of (dubs
Mr. Glenn himself confirmed the so
licitor general’s version of the affair.
He declared that the locker club Inves
tigation was merely one of the phases
of the grand Jury's work discussed. He
said that the county commissioners had
promised to pay him back tiie money
he advanced for the probe, but that he
didn't care If he did not rt cover n pen
ny. Hl? bill was held up yesterday 1»>
the county commissioners.
The comjnissloners present at the
dinner were 8. B. Turman, H Fl. \\
Palmer and Shelby Smith.
The three superior court judges are
Kell, Pendleton and Ellis. None of
them would discuss the Alexander
charges, but it is understood they have
. a statement tn reply under eonsidera-
Anderson Denies
Such Meeting Was Held.
General Clifford 1.. .Anderson, mem
ber of the county commission, today
denied that a meeting such as alluded
to by Hooper Alexander last night ever
was held.
"Shortly before the investigation of
the locker clubs several of the commis
sioners met with representalves of the
grand Jury to decide whether they
would allow money for the investiga
tion of the ( lulis. This, however, was,
1 think, held at the commissioners’ of
fii e in the Throw . r building
"I was not present at that meeting,
but know that no distinction of class
was made among the clubs It was de
cided that a careful investigation would
be made, and the commissioners agreed
to provide a reasonable sum to engage
detectives to work on the matter. Tin
detectives w<r. ordered to concern
themselves with 'locker clubs.' not any
especial class or kind.'
Mr. Alexander in his speech held
Slaton up to scorn L" his alleged fail
ure to come out on the so-called issues
of the day He wondered how the
president of the senate found lime lo
give a barbecue if he didn't have time
to enter Into a debab Then h* 1
launched into tiie "sensation of the
evening.” reading carefully from man
uscript. He said in pa t
"Therefore, the judges :I , c com
manded to sign the chattel only when
'satisfied' that it is within the purview
of the law. Armed with this broad
power of determination, judges
ought not to sign chatters th.it incor
porate any group of people w h . ente -
tain criminal purposes In seeking th<
charter, and if they do so they must
make answer to the people and no
where else.
"The contention of lawyeis that tie
Judge is obliged to do so indicates In
blindness to which learning may ’ 1
men. It matte: s not w hat the arg .-
nient may be. when the conclusion
reached involves an absurdity. t •
argument is obliged to be wrong T ■
say that the courts are compelled to
charter criminals for the < ommission
of i rime is an absurdity that the pioj ’.
w ill resent, no matter what the lawyer
sa y.
"The issuing of injunctions to pre
vent the city, oi anj ■ >urt Inte feting
with criminals is contary to law. This
equitable writ has no i i.u c in irimina
nrutti rs.
."The excuse now given for this re
cent innovation is that properly is
are involved. This is another st ange
doctrine borrowed I'.om the uisiirpa-
v
“BE REASONABLE, MUTT, WE ARE ON THE GEORGIAN”
Mutt and Jeff have come to The Georgian to stay permanently.
Look for them in tomorrow’s paper and every day after that.
Jeff will start out by giving his friend Mutt the worst of it.
ROCKEFELLER, JR„ AIDS
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John 1). Rockefeller, Jr„ and his youngest son. Mr. Rocke
feller is in the limelight in \'ew York just now, it having come
out he has been working through the underworld of the metrop
olis for many months securing evidence against the police graft
ers. and that he has thus rendered valuable service to District
Attorney Whitman, who is now deep in the ferreting out of the
workings of the “system.” following the slaying of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler who “squealed.”
tions under wltich the Federal courts
have of late years invented prece
dents to justify them in hampering th"
efforts of the states to control the great
railroads
"The judges have properly ,r ■ ted
the grand jury at .all times t -.at the
sale <>f liquor by these clubs is unlaw- 1
ful. and that they can not be made
lawful by ihe empty mummery of the
writings tiny make titelr customers
sign.
"The March grand jury had this sub
ject up for free discussion, and ear
nestly sought to find som<> remedy . A
conference was held in April between
the three Judges, the solicitor general, a
committee from the grand jury and a
committee from the county commis
sioners. As a result of the meeting,
measures were set on foot and inves
tigations entered upon that were turned
over to the next grand Jury and In
dictments were found against certain
of the so-called illegitimate clubs. The
social clubs which call themselves le
gitimate. but w hich sell liquor on prac
tically the same 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 jury, not in public,
which, in efft •-t told them not to indict
the social clubs.
But Social Clubs
Were Not Included.
"1 am reilably informed that the
judges did not instruct the grand jury
to make an exception In favor of tile
social clubs and I accept, the assurance
that they did not: but tiie assurance
(■otiies coupler, with the authoritative
statement that they did say in sub
stance that t: < xpense of getting evi
dence was difficult to meet, the evi
dence it ■ if not easy to obtain, and
tli.it the jury should begin with the
most aggravated eases first.
Tl: <t jury did not find tiie indict
ment-. but turned over tiie results of
its ab.us to the next jury, that did
indict one set and did not Indict tin
other I take it that the judges did
not ini' to! to |..ivi tile impression that
tie oiscriinination should be made that
was made, but it i« a most unfortunate
fait that the conference occurred in the
HIE ATLANTA GEORGLYN AND NEWS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 9. 1912.
Capital City club.
"Being compelled, however much I
shrink from It. by what 1 regard as a
grave condition of lawlessness in this
city, to refer to these matters, and to
say' that it Is not, In my judgment, a
safe or a wholesome thing for the rich
and powerful to go unpunished for an
offense that less prominent men are in.
dieted for. and being told that these
1 facts are being commented on unfavor
ably to one of the judges now seeking
re-election. I think it only fair to say
that, so far as he is concerned, it was
the first and only time he was ever in
the Capital City club, or any other club
of like sort, and that his adversary is.
or certainly has been, a full member of
the same organization for a long time."
Police Don’t Believe
Girls Are Debauched
"Mt Alexander’s statement regarding
tiie debauchery of young gills in the
clubs of Atlanta is an exaggeration. 1
am satisfied." said Chief J. L. Beavers,
of the Atlanta police force, today, dis
cussing Hooper Alexander’s platform
announcement.
"I have not heard of one such in
stance as he cites, if lie lias evidence,
it Is his duty as a citizen to bling it to
the department. It Is, of course, true
that young women go into clubs and
drink, and some of them may be under
age. In the majority of cases, how
ever. they are taken there by their pa
rents.
"Where the department is able to do
it. a close examination of clubs is
made There are five clubs in the city,
| however, which are protected by in
| junction.'’
WESTERN UNION MUST
VACATE L. & N. BY DEC. 1
LOUISVILLE, KV.. Aug 4. The
Louisville and Nashville railroad has
served notice on the Western Union
Telegraph Company that its poles and
wires must be removed from the L. &
N. right 'O' wa> by December 1 or be
confiscated hx the railroad. This fol
low* the » xpiration of a 2.’»-ycar eon
i ract
m soi puts
QUIETUS ON
REVISION
President Vetoes Wool Bill
Sent to Him a Second Time
by Congress.
Continued From Page One.
of tops and yarns which would result
from the rate in the bill now submit
ted to me would destroy the effect of
the protection to raw wool and at the
same time would be at the cost of
widespread disaster to the wool comb
ing and spinning branches of the indus
try. t’nder the rates proposed, such
plants could be.continued, if at all, only
by writing off most of the investments
sit a net loss and by a reduction of
, wages. To sum up. then, most of the
rates in the submitted bill are so low
in themselves that, if enacted into law,
the inevitable result would be the irre
, trlevable injury to the wool grow Ing
Industry, the enforced idleness of much
’of our wool combing and spinning ma
chinery and of thousands of looms, and
j i he consequent throwing out of employ
ment of thousands of workmen,
"I can not act upon the assumption
I that the controlling majority in either
house will refuse to pass a bill of this
I kind, if in fact 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.
I 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 tiie present act.
which the tariff bo.ard shows possible,
without destroying any established in
dustry or throwing any wage earners
out of employment, and which I will I
promptly approve.”
MILLIONAIRES FREED;
OVERSEERS TO FACE
CHARGES OF PEONAGE
SAVANNAH. GA., Aug. 9.—After an
examination before Walter H. Godwin.
United States commissioner, which
lasted into last night. Jonas Kilpat
rick, general manager for E. T. Comer,
millionaire planter at .Millhaven, and
R. Lee Chew, an overseer on the same
place, were bound over under SI,OOO
bond each for their appearance before
a F'ederal grand jury to answer charges
of peonage. Similar charges against
E. T. Coiner, owner of the plantation;
his brother. J. W. Comer, and Mimgcat
Price, another overseer, were dis
missed. The Corners were both pres
ent, seated witli their attorney. Judge
Samuel B. Adams, of this city.
Two negroes, Evans Martin and
George Smith, who ran away from the
Comer plantation, are alleged to have
been arrested without a warrant at
Bath. S. and returned, after which,
it H charged, they weru held and ille
gally made to work out the payment f
a debt. There was evidence that the
negroes were threatened with a whip
ping.
HIGHER EDUCATION 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 Coum il of Knights of Columbus
adjourned.
The council adopted a report com
mending the establishment of a nation
al home at Washington. It is under
stood that Ultimately a tuberculosis I
home may be established. Resolutions j
were passed favoring higher educa- ;
tion as embodied in the provisions I
governing the endowment fund for the I
Catholic University of America located j
at Washington.
BOYS SWEPT 80 MILES
OUT TO SEA IN ROWBOAT
ASBURY PARK. N J„ Aug. 9.—1
Swept to sea when their efforts to com- i
bat a strong outward current failed, j
two Ocean Grove youngsters who had I
launched a row boat from the beach i
j there yesterday afternoon w ere carried
SO miles down the coast and last night 1
were picked up off Barnegat bay. The!
boys returned home this morning.
The youthful voyagers were Willie
Bunting, eleven years old. eon of As
sistant Postmaster Herbert B. Bunting,
of Ocean Grove, and George Barlow
fifteen years old, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Barlow. Yesterday was the
Bunting boy's birthday and the row
boat cruise was taken as a part of his
celebration.
Cant Find Reason for War Prices
WHY IS LIVING COST HIGH?
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 1,. 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.
”ln 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,” hr
said.
“Since wo 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 T have been
looking into the Question, but am not
ready to suggest a plan.
“Retail department stores, buying di
rect. receiving direct and selling direc<
to the people w ould not. 1 believe, prove
a sue* cs« in this city.’’
Here is what your grocer in Atlanta
makes:
Dairy Products.
Uost to Selling Per Cent
Retailer. Price, of Profit.
Rutter, pound. .. .31 .35 .13
Cheese, poundlS .23 .28
Kggs, dozen2o .22 .10
Vegetables.
W. notatoes. lb.. . .022 .03 .30
W. onions, 1b023 .033 .40
Fresh beans, qt.. .02 .05 LSO
Cabbage, heado4 .08 .30
Green corn, ear.. .01 .015 50
Carrots, bunch...* .035 .05 .42
Tomatoes, qto7s 10 .33
Celery , buncho7 .10 42
Fruits.
Peaches, qtOS jn
Apples, poundo22 .05 .43
Fla. oranges, doz. .251 .352 .40
Bananas, dozen.. .085 .10 22
Lemons, dozen... .175 .20 .14
Meats.
Tend’l’n steak, lb. .11 .23 1.01
Round steak, lb,. .11 ,20 .99
Shoulder steak, lb. 11 .15 35
Pork chops, 1b... .16 .20 .25
Harn, lbl6 .25 .58
Fish.
Halibut, lblo4 .20 92
Trout, IbOS .15 .87
Red snapper, lb.. .10 .125 .25
Bluefish, lblo .15 ’59
Pompano, lb2o .25 .25
Perch, lbo9 .125 '.33
Whitefish, 1b165 .20 .24
Staple Groceries.
Sugar, lbos .055 .10
Flour, lbo3 .04 33
Bread, lbo4 .05 .25
Lice, lbos 08 'Jo
Coffee, 1b25 .30 .20
Tea. poundlß .35 90
Dried peas, lbos .08 .60
Rolled oats, lb ... .0.23 .042
lb .11 .145 50
Salt mackerel, lb, .14 175 20
Canned Goods
Pork and beans... 115 .15 .40
Peas, canl32 20 47
Corn, cano77 .tn .35
C’nd'sed milk, can 08i 10 05
Tomatoes, can.. .08 .10 25
String beans, can 145 20 .32
Salmon, canU .20 31
ALEXANDER AND
HIS ALW CLASH
DeKalb Prohibition Champion
Loses Tilt With His Colleague
I Over a Minor Bill.
The county of Wheeler, originally
: scheduled to be the county of Kent, was
given its final and finishing touch in
1 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.
1 Before the vote was taken, Mr. (took,
of Telfair, had the clerk read a per
sonal statement in which he vehemently
assailed Mr. Kent, the author of the
I bill, charging him with misrepresenting
; facts and figures in obtaining the pas
• sage of the same, and particularly pro
-1 testing against the polities involved.
"I submit," said Mr. Cook, “that the
legislature lias been deceived in this
matter, and that this county should not
be created.
"I further charge that the demon of
polities has crept into the creation of
this county: that there was vote trad
ing. and for that reason I protest
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 vote—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 nf 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,
body in the house knows, and when
Mr. Alexander arose to oppose his col
league’s 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 10.
TO DEBATE AT HAZLEHURST. j’
BRUNSWICK, Aug. 9. —Elaborate
preparations have been made for the c
Walker-Parker congressional debate to v
be held at Hazlehurst in Appling coun- e
ty tomorrow morning. Colonel Walker
will open the debate and after speaking p
45 minutes will be followed by Judge i t (
Darker, who will have the stand an A
hour. I n
EIIIJODGI
ONCENTRfILAND
PRYDR VETOED
Governor Sees Injury to State’s
Property—Urges Considera
tion of Plaza Scheme.
The governor today vetoed the bill
providing for tiie construction of the
Pryor street and Central 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 hastil'' drawn
and likely would inflict serious an<
irreparable injury to tiie state's prop
erty rights in the Western and Atlantic
railroad.
The governo enters exhaustively into
the latter phase of the matter, and de
clares that the proposed viaducts
should be considered in tlv ir 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.”
Tiie executive veto reads in pari as
follows:
Bill Too Hastily Drawn.
This bill seems to have been too
hastily drawn to allow such con
sideration as would demonstrate
whether Its passage w ould or would
not seriously damage the state's
prop rty known as the Western
and Atlantic railroad. If it become
a law it will practically close
against convenient use two street
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 iter power, tiie fa
cilities whereby the said railroad
receives and handles business, and <
the enactment into a law of bill
number 58 will damage tiie 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, and 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 her ownership of property is
concerned, but Georgia’s greatest
asset is lie: good faith. This she
should neither destrot nor compro
mise.
Urges Plaza Scheme.
I will add that for some time
there lias 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 tiie west? n
side of the Washington street via
duct. including a terminal building
for the railroads on the siie 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 bet 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. t > 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
the 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, undei the present
conditions, would disastrously af
fect it, I am compelled to withhold
tny approval of house bill num
her 58.
Speaking of the veto after it came
m todaj Representative Brown o’
F’ulton. said:
"I do not think it likely that the bli'
can be passed, or that a serious eff.irt
w ill be made to pass It, over tiie g<o -
ernor’s veto.
"He sends in a message of du. , J
proval that deserves serious conside a-' 1
tion and I. for one. do not think llt'c i
Atlanta wants anything to which 11 T.
not entitled."