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mSEYDENIES
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CHARGE I
Only the Expense of Investiga
tion Discussed at Dinner,
He Says.
Answpring the charges of Hooper
Alexander that the grand jury’s course
of action in the investigation of locket
clubs hud been outlined at a confer
ence with superior court judges in the
Capital City club, Solicitor General
Hugh M Dorsey today denied abso
lutely that there had been any agree
ment reached.
Mt Alexander In a speech last night
st a tally In the Lyric thea
ter, address also b\ Seaborn
Wright, the prohibition o a tor, charged
that the judges, a committee from the
county rommlsalonets, members of the
grand jury and the solicitor genera l ,
had conferred on the locker club prnb
em in tCapital City club "unfor
tunately.’’ He asserted that as a result
of this conference the grand jury in
dicted locker clubs outside the pale and
.est the so-called respectable clubs i
strictly alone
Mr Dorsey de»' l H r ed toda\ that tin
“conference” probabb referred to wus 1
a dinner given by T K Glenn, foreman
of the jury on which he served, at tin I
Capital City club It was learned at •
that dinner that the solidtoi general’s
office had no funds for the prospeu : i* n ■
of locker club probes
Glenn Offered to
Pay the Expenses.
Mr. Glenn then offered to pay the ex.
penses 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 pax him back the money
he advanced for the probe, but that he
didn't rare if he did not recover a pen
ny. His bill was held up yesterday by
the county commissioners.
The commissioners present at the
dinner were S. B. Turman, H. E. W
Palmer and Shelby Smith.
The three superior court judges are
Bell. Pendleton and Ellis None of
them would discuss the Alexander
charges, but it Is understood they have
a statement in reply under considera-
Anderson Denies
Such Meeting Was Heid.
General Clifford I. Anderson, mem
ber of the county commission,
denied that a meeting such as alluded
to by Hooper Alexander last night ever
was held.
"Shortly before the investigation of
the looker clubs several of the commis
sioners met with representaives of the
grand jury to decide whither they
would allow money for the investiga
tion of the clubs. This, how eve:, was.
1 think, held al the commissioners' of
fice In the Thrower building.
"T was not present at that meeting,
but know that no distinction of class
was made among the clubs. It was do.
elded that a careful investigation would
be made, and the commissioners agreed
to provide a reasonable sum to engage
detectives to work on the matter. The
detectives were ordered to concern
themselves with 'locket clubs.' not any
especial class or kind
Mr. Alexandei In his speech heid
Flaton up to scorn foi his alleged fail
ure to come out on the so-called issues,
of the da.' He wondered how the
president of tin - nan found time io
give a barbecue if he didn’t have time
to enter into a debate. Then he
launched into the "sensation of the
evening." reading carefully from man
uscript. He said in part:
"Therefore, the judges are com
manded to >ign the charter only when
‘satisfied’ that it is within the purview
of the law. Armed with this brom]
power of determination, the judges
ought not to sign charters that incor
. porate any group of people who ante -
tain criminal purposes In seeking the
charter, and if they do so they must
make answer to tin people and no
where else
"The contention of lawyers that the
judge is obliged to do so indicates the
blindness to which learning may bad
mm. It matters not what the argu
ment may be. when the conclusion
reached involves an absurdity, t'<
argument is obliged to be wrong To
say that the courts are compelled to
charter criminals for the commission
nf crime is an absurdity that the people
will resent, no matter what the lawyer.-.
sa y.
"The issuing of injunctions to pre
vent the i it> o; any court, Interfering
with criminals is contrary to law. This
equitable w rit has no place in criminal
matters-.
"The excuse now given for this re
invo veil Th ■ is anotiiei sttange
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“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.
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John D. Rockcleller. Jr., and his youngest son. Mr. Rocke
feller is in the limelight in New York just now. it having come
out hi* has been working through the underworld of the metrop
olis for many months securing evidence against the police graft
ers, ami 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," tollowing the slaying of Herman
Rosenthal, the gambler who “squealed."
Hons under which the Eederai courts
have of late years invented new prece
dents to justify them in hampering the
efforts of the states to control the great
railroads.
"The judges have properly in •• ted
the grand jury at all times that the
sale of liquor by these clubs is unlaw
ful. ahd that they cun not be made
lawful by the empty mummery of the
writings they make their customers
sign.
"The March grand jury had this sub.
jeet up for free discussion, and ear
nestly sought to find some 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
O'er 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 which sell liquor on prac
tically the same basis as the others,
were not indicted.
"The obvious discrimination pro
duced some dissatisfaction, and the
judges wa re criticised for having given
advice to the grand jury, not in public,
which, in effect told them not to indict
the social clubs.
But Social Clubs
Were Not Included.
I am te iably informed that the
judges did not instruct the grand jury
to make an exception in favor of the
social clubs, and I accept the assurance
that the) did not; but the assurance
comes coupled with the authoritative
statement that they did say in sub
stanc. that the expense of getting evi
dene, Was difficult to meet, the evi
dence itself not easy to obtain, and
that the jut) should begin with the i
most aggtavuted eases first.
"That Jury did not find the indict
ments. but turned over the results of
its' 'aaois to the next jury, that did
indict one set and did not indict the
Other. I t. k< it that the judges did
not intend to lejiv, the impression that
ti discrimination should be made that
was made, but it is a most unfortunate
fact that the conference occurred in the
THE ATLANTA GEORGLYN AND NEWS. ERIDAY. AUGUST 9, 1912.
Capital city club.
"Being compelled, however much I
shrink from it, by what I regard as a
grave condition of lawlessness in this
city, to refer'to these matters, and to
sac 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
dicted for, and being told that these
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 adyersary is.
or certainly has been, a full member of
the tame organization for a long time."
Police Don’t Believe
Girls Are Debauched
"Mr Alexander’s statement regarding
the debauchery of young girls in the
clubs of Atlanta is an exaggeration. 1
am satisfied," said Chief .1.1.. 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 he has evidence,
it is his duty as a citizen to bting 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
I.( H’ISVII.LE. KY„ Aug 4.—The
Louisville and Nashville railroad has
served notice on the Western Union
Telegraph Company that its poles and
wires must he removed from the L. &
N. right of way by lOeeember 1 or be
confiscated by the railroad. This fol
lows the expiration of a 25-year con
tract
TAG SGI 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. Under the rates proposed, such
plants could be continued, if at all, only
■ 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 so low
In themselves that, if enacted into law,
the inevitable result would be the Irre-
I trievable injury to the wool growing
i Industry, the enforced idleness of much
of our wool combing and spinning ma
; chinery and of thousands of looms, and
i the consequent throw ing out of ernploy
-1 ment of thousands of workmen.
“I can not act upon the assumption
l that the controlling majority in either
house will refuse to pass a bill of this
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. 1 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 1 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 I will
promptly approve."
MILLIONAIRES FREED;
OVERSEERS TO FACE
CHARGES OF PEONAGE
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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 Federal grand jury to answer charges
of peonage. Similar charges against
L. I. t omer, owner of the plantation;
his brother, J. W. Comer, and Mimgear
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 ran away from the
Cotner plantation, are alleged to have
been at rested without a warrant at
Hath, S. c . and returned, after which,
it I- charged, they were held and ille
gall.' made to work out the payment -f i
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 Council of Knights of Columbus
adjourned.
1 he council adopted a report com
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 of America located i
at Washington. ’
BOYS SWEPT 80 MILES
OUT TO SEA IN ROWBOAT
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ASBURY PARK. N. J , Aug 9. - I
Swept to sea when their efforts to com
bat a strong outward current failed,
two Ocean Grove youngsters who had
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 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
celebratiork i
Cant Find Reason for War Prices
WHY IS LIVING COST HIGH?
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Wilmer 1,. 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.
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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 die
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 smallci* cost
than they would have to pay other
dealers, but I do not think the plan
would be practicable for Atlanta,” he
said.
"Since we first watched the cost of
I living begin its steady climb upward
years ago. there have been manj’ plans
suggested to bring the prices to theit;
former standard. Recently I have been
looking into the question, but am not
ready to suggest a plan.
"Retail department store- buying di
rect., receiving direct and selling direct
to the people would not. I believe, prove
a success in this city."
Here is what your grocer in Atlanta
makes:
Dairy Products.
Cost to Selling Per Cent
Retailer. Price, of Profit.
Butter, pound3l .35 .13
Cheese, poundlß 23 .28
Eggs, dozen2o .22 .10
Vegetables.
W. potatoes, 1b... .022 03 30
W. onions, 1b023 033 40
Fresh beans, qt. .02 05 LSO
Cabbage, head.... .04 .06 .50
Green corn. ear. .01 .015 50
Carrots, bunch.. 035 .05 '42
Tomatoes, qto7s 10 33
Celery, buncho7 .10 '42
Fruits.
Peaches, qto6 .10 .66
Apples, poundo23 05 .43
Fla. oranges, doz. .251 .352 .40
Bananas, dozen . .085 .10 .23
■ Lemons, dozen. 175 20 14
Meats.
TendTn steak, lb. .11 .23 1.01
! Round steak, lb .11 20 <49
Shoulder steak. Ib. .11 .15 .36
Pork chops, 1b... ,16 .20 .25
Ham. lbl6 25 .56
Fish.
Halibut, lb 104 20 .92
Trout, lboß 15 87
Red snapper, lb.. .10 125 25
Bluefish, lblo .15 50
Pompano, lb 20 25 35
Perch, IbOS 125 33
Whitefish, 1b135 20 24
Staple Groceries.
Sugar, lb. . 05 .055 .10
Flour, lbo3 04 33
Bread, lbo4 05 .25
Lice. Ibos 08 .60
Coffee, 1b25 20 .20
Tea. poundlß 15 90
Pried peas, lbos 08 .60
Rolled oats, lb. .. .033 043 j;3
I-ard. lbll 145 'SO
Salt mackerel, Ib. .14 175 20
Canned Goods.
Pork and beans.. 115 15 40
Teas, canl33 20 .47
Corn, cano77 .10 .35
Cnd sed milk, can .081 10 25
.Tomatoes, can. os >0 25
string beans, can 115 2"
Salmon, canl 1 20 41
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HIS ALLY CLASH
DeKalb Prohibition Champion
Loses Tilt With His Colleague
Over a Minor Bill.
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.
I'he 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, ant! particularly pro
testing against the politics involved.
"I submit," said Akr. 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 his 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 hls 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,
body 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 10.
TO DEBATE AT HAZLEHURST
BRUNSWICK. Aug. 9.—Elaborate
pieparations 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
t.> minutes will be followed by .Judge
Parker, who will have the stand an
hour.
’BILL FOB VIADUCT
ONGENTRALAND
PRVDRVETOED
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 Central 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 dollats.
The governor objects to the bill be
cause he thinks it was hastily drawn
and likely would inflict serious am'
irreparable injury td the 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 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
sideration as would demonstrate
whether its passage would or would
not seriously 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 hill
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
I 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 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 west? n
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 diaw great busi
ness for het 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 t-he 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. Rut. 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, under the present
, conditions, would disastrously af
' feet it. I am compelled to withhold
my approval of house bill num
ber 58.
Speaking of the veto after it came
in today. Representative Brown «.»
Fulton, said:
"I do not think it likely that the 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
proval that deserves serious considc a
tion and I. for one. do not think that
Atlanta wants anything to which it is
not entitled.”