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TO GO UNDER
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Surgeons to Operate for Re
moval of Bullet From Spine
Today or Tuesday.
Continued From Page One.
11 o’clock, as Mrs. Grace had de
clared. Solicitor General Horsey
resided on the same street and just
across from the Graces In Atlanta.
“I don’t care what Mr. Dorsey
said." Mrs. Grace answered. “So
far as lam concerned.’l wish never
to discuss my trial again It is
something that is In the past. So
long as I think of it I always must
think how Mr. Grace endeavored to
harm me. and that is something 1
wish to forget For the present I
shall devote my life to my baby
Webster."
Her friends were not backward
In asking about all the details of
her trial but to all she gave the
• ante answer:
"I want to forget It."
Just once she showed her temper
when one of her men friends made
an uncomplimentary remark about
Grace.
“You will kindle sto|Wtalklng in
that manner." said Mis Grace
"Please remember that he Is my
husband and he Is a cripple at
present, but I hope to ,«ee him well
before a great while."
Philadelphia Papers
Have Different Story.
On the other hand, statements pub
lished In Philadelphia papers make no
reference to the reconciliation story and
quote Mrs. Grace as follows.
“No: 1 am not going to take im
mediate steps to get a divorce. 1
have not given it a thought What
will happen later I can not say
First, I must consult with my
friends and attornex Hut before
that lam going to take a rest It
has been a trying ordeai for nte,
and 1 am going to take mx boy to
my home and devote my whole life
to his care and upbringing "
Mrs Grace was told that there
•was a report in Atlanta that she
had sent a postcard to her Injured
husband Eugene Grace, congraln
'ating him on his thirtieth birthday,
and saying "I w ill be xvith you on
x our next, if you sax so."
"That is pqsltivelx rid . ulous."
she declared emphatically "I never
sent any such postcard The whole
story Is absolutely false
Her attention was then i-.'iileri to
the dispatches from Atlanta quot
ing Solicitor General Hugh M Dor
se ji.
When Mrs Grace read the dis
patches containing this news she
«at for some time thinking Then
she seemed to hesitate and finallx
she flushed in anger
“I was acquitted bx a jurx which
heard the who e testimony." site de
clared. "I do not know whether it
wa« more unethical for this man to
suppress supposed evidence during
the trtal or to make it public after
ward. Howexer. I was acquitted
and that’s atl there is to it | will
not discuss the matter fort In r "
CANDIDATE IN WHEELER
QUITS MONTGOMERY RACE
VIDALIA. GA., Aug I_’ Th- Mont
gomery county list of candidates will
be lessened in the August < .thm bx
the passage of the bill to crete. the
new county of Wheeler from the west
half of Montgomery. C. D Adams,
who was a candidate for count' . om
missloner. has issued a signed card de. i
dining to run in Montgomery lountx
and giving as his reason that he will be
a citizen of Wheeler presently and does
not believe that a citizen of one county
ahnuid hold office in another All can
didates whc live west of the river will >
probably retire from the races for |
Montgomery county offices.
HOUSE CUTS OFF
jiMomGW
Consumes $576.75 of Precious
Legislative Time Doing It.
SIO,OOO for Deaf School.
The house of representatives, with
three days of the session only remain
ing. began today's sitting by undoing
something it did Saturday, after xvhich
It consumed an hour and a hAlf consid
ering the repeal of the state dug tax.
The fl st thing the house did today
was to reconsider its refusal on Satur
day tn appropriate SIO,OOO to the Geor
gia School for the Dews, asked by the
trustees for the purpose of erecting an
absolutely necessary healing plant.
This bill failed to receive a constitu
tional majority when it came up Sat
urday. but today it came to life again,
and was passed by a vote of 119 to f>.
After the school appropitation had
been disposed of the house took up the
bill to make dogs personal property,
returnable for taxation.
This bill, in effect’, fe|ien!s the present
law. under which dogs a e taxed sei
much pe- head, and undertakes instead
to lax dogs on an ad valorem basis It
property owners think their dogs worth
anything they will return them for
taxation, if not, they will not return
t hem.
The eonsideralion of this bill brought
on a long debate, in -which Georgia’s
dog laws wete kicked around unmerci
fully, and during which much good
time went to waste
So numerous were the proposed
amendments that before tlie bill was
finally disposed of three aye and nay I
roll calls had been taken and the sub
ject of dog- liad been thrashed out
about $576.75 xxorth. reckoning the ex
pense of the legislature at $X per min
ute
Finally the bill was passed by a vote
of 102 tn 4K. and the enactment of the'
laxx cuts off something like $176,000 pet
annum from (lie state’s income.
Having fixed the dogs of Georgia just
as it wanted them fixed, the house
then took up a bill to raise the salaries
of the prison commissioners from SB,OOO
per annum to $3,000.
Notwithstanding the fact that tills
bill was advocated by some of the
strongest members of the house. It was
ruthlessly slaughtered under an aye
and nay roll call by a vote of 66 to 90.
A voluminous bill amending and re-J
[vising tite present game law was
passed bx house at the morning I
session
FIRST TEST OF RECALL IN
ILLINOIS PROVES FAILURE
ROCK ISLAND, ILL Aug, 12.—Aft
er four days of attack by attorneys for
the defendants In tite circuit court, pe
titioners for the recall of Mayor Harry
M. Schriver and Commissioner Archie
M Hart toda.x confessed the insuffi
ciency of their petitions, and withdrew
proceedings This was the first test of
the recall under commission form of
government in Illinois.
Grace Is Here
For Operation
Eugene H. Grace, who was shot tnys- ■
teriouslx last March, is again In At-I
lanta—this time for tite purpose of un- I
I dvrgoing an operation at the Georgian
[sanitarium. Di B s Moore and Dr. J.
S Clifford will probe Grace's spine for
'lie bullet
Grace stil is cheerful and optimistic.
| The litter beating the wounded man
was brought to the city from Newnan
yesterday morning at 10:30 o’clock bx
S. L. Hill.
".Mr Grace s condition is the same as
it was when he was here before." said
Dr B S Moore 'He is strong enough
to undergo the operation, and 1 believe
| his chances for recovery will be greater
I on< e tile bullet imbedded in his back
j Is removed.”
Grace and his family are confident
that once the bullet Is removed life will
I return to his deadened limbs
The 'atest X-rax photographs of the
| wound show that the bullet Is half Im
bedded In rhe spinal canal.
JrtE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS MONDAY. AUGTST 12. 1912.
ROOM SEARCHED;
SUES PIEDMONT
Woman Says She Was Humil
iated When Hotel Sleuths
Invaded Her Apartment.
Humiliated by a midnight nearch of
her room while she was the guest of
the Piedmont hotel. Mrs. G. Laura
Walker today filed a suit for SIO,OOO
In the superior court against the hotel
In her bill of complaint she declares
that she was shadowed around the ho
tel by detectives, that the privacy of
her room was invaded by their peering
through Hie transom of her apartment,
and that she was compelled to permit
the midnight search while she was in
delicate health
Through her counsel. F. R. Alston,
Mrs. Walker deciares that hei feelings
were wounded and her character and
reputation suffered as a result of the
hotel's action.
Says She Saw Man
Peering Over Transom.
She recites that she was a guest of
the hotel July 29 and occupied an
apartment with a woman companion,
whom she had to keep with her on ac
count of her physical infirmities.
According to her story, throughout
her stay in the hotel she was shadowed
by house detectives On the night of
July 29 she saw a man peering through
the transom from a stepladder and im-
I mediately there was a hammering on
her door, accompanied by a Command
that she dress immediately and must
go to the police station.
She refused to open the door and de
manded the i auses of the intrusion
' "There's a man in your room,” she
was told. ''You've both got to get out."
She denied the charge, but says she
was forced to submit to a search of
her apartment by the hotel men. No
one xvas found save her woman com
panion. Her suit resulted.
Taylor Says
There Was Cause.
Assistant Manager Taylor of the
Piedmont this afternoon gave the fol
lowing statement to The Georgian eon-
I earning the suit:
"When this ca»e comes to trial we ll
I be able to show to the satisfaction of
the court and all concerned that this
woman has absolutely no grounds for a
suit for damages. The hotel detective
did enter her room—we make no denial
of that fact—but we'll show that he had
ample and perfectly good grounds for
his action, and we’ll further show that
Mrs. Walker wasn't humiliated, either.
The detective didn't force an entrance
to the room. He rapped on the door
and was admitted by Mrs, Walker. We
feel perfectly safe in wnat has been
done, and have no fear whatever of the
outcome of the suit.'
, AT THE THEATERS"
BILL AT THE BIJOU
LOOKS PROMISING
The management of the Bijou an
nounces for this week four clever acts
of vaudeville containing splendid nox -
I cities. The program will open w ith the
Prosit Duo. cotnedx ac obats. introduc
ing a very clever sketch entitled "In
Clown Alley " There will be Spencer
and Williams, one of the best dancing
acts in vaudeville today; Clinton and
Nolan, in a blackface comedy sketcn,
and Dixon and Dixon will furnish th.-
music in their musical tramp act. The
motion pictures will have special cart
and the very best will be put on as an
opening and to < lose each performance.
Matinees will be given daily at 3
o'clock, except on Saturday, when the
matinees will be given at 2:80 and 4
Night shows st 7 3n and 9
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Crittenton Home Meeting.
A regular meeting of the board of the
Atlanta Florence Crittenton Home will be
held at Carnegie library tomorrow. Tue«-
dax morning, nt 19 39 o clock The ex
ecutive hoard meets at 10 a m.
Pastor Offers to Aid
Bashful Wife-Seekers
| And Marry ’Em Free
Rev. G. L. Merrill Tells Girls to
Throw Pepper Into the Eyes
of Mashers.
MINNEAPOLIS. MINN., Aug. 12.
Bashful swains desiring to meet young
women object matrimony should
communicate w ith Rev. G. L. Merrill, of
Minneapolis. Rev. Mr. Morrill has con.
stituted himself the friend qf the bash
ful. In a public statement, he has
agreed to see that me young men who
are too timid to get acquainted with
attractive girls get proper introduc
tion. and if they stfcceed in winning
the hearts and hands of the said girls,
the pastor will further help the youths
by going with them to obtain marriage
licenses, and then he'll marry them
free.
Incidentally. Mr. Merrill advises
young women to hit "mashers" over
the head with their hand bags, throw
red pepper in their eyes and then run. ;
BANKER STEALS
iw to Br
South Carolina Financier and
Georgia Girl Principals in
Surprise Wedding.
1.. A. Edwards, banker and capital
ist of Seneca. S. C„ and Miss Heppie
Farmer, of Toccoa. Ga., came to Atlan
ta' today with a party of friends. They
left on the afternoon train for New
York as Mr and Mrs. Edwards.
News of the wedding will be a sur
prise to their many friends in Georgia
and South Carolina, who, although they
knew tile couple were engaged, had no
knowledge that the trip to Atlanta was
anything more than a day's outing.
“We didn't want a great big wed
ding." said the bridegroom in explana
tion, "and. as we are related to half the
people around Toccoa, we would have
had to have one had we been married
there."
On reaching Atlanta today Mr. Ed
xvards walked into Essig Brothers' store
and asked for Chris Essig.
Wed at Friend's House.
. "Where can I get married'.’" was the
first won! that he said after shaking
hands with his friend.
Mr. Essig has long been a friend of
the bridegroom's, and ho was greatly
astonished, but he xvas equal to the
occasion.
"Come right out to my house and
have the ceremony performed there,"
he answered, and. calling tip his wife,
he informed her of the wedding which
was soon to take place.
Rev. H. M. Quillian, pastor of Walk- I
er Street Methodist church, performed
the ceremony.
Mrs. Edxvards, who i§ a i harming
young woman, numbering her friends
by tite score, is the daughter of Mr. Sim
Farmer, of Toccoa.
Bridegroom Is Financier.
The love affair began several years
ago when Mr. Edwards, who is presi
dent of the Toccoa Banking Company,
first went there to open the bank. After
that his trips to the little Georgia toxvn
were more frequent than official visits
to one of his banks made necessary.
Mr, Edwards is connected xvith the
bank at Sen ca and also is president
of the Banking and Loan Company of
Westminster. S. C. He is regarded as
one of the most influential and capable
men in his profession in South Caro
lina.
Among the friends who witnessed the
quiet wedding at Mr. Essig's home. 478
Spring street, were Mr. and Mrs. Essig.
W. C. Edxvards. of Toccoa, a brother
of the bridegroom; Mrs. H. J. Busha
and Mrs. .1. E. Tabor, of Toccoa.
BOURNE POST PLAN ACCEPTED.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 12.—The sen
ate today agreed to substitute the
Bourne plan for a parcels post, based
on a system of eight zones. f->r the
house parcels post provision.
PASTOR CATCHES
NEGRO DOW
Rev. Henry M. Quillian. Un
armed, Overcomes Burly
Negro Thug.
I narmed and half clad. Rev. Henry
M. Quillian, pastor of the Walker Street
Methodist church, attacked a negro
burglar attempting to enter his house
early today and,’after a struggle for a
pistol, overpowered him. When the
police reached the scene they found the
victorious minister seated astride his
prisoner's back.
Perfect coolness on the part of Miss
Afina Quillian, daughter of the preach
er, made the capture possible. About 3
o'clock this morning she was aroused
, by Sdunds of some one endeavoring to
enter, her window in the parsonage. 19
Walker street. She didn't scream. In
stead she got out of bed as quietly as
’ possible, tiptoed to her father’s room
and aroused him.
Minister and Son Hunt Burglar.
She then awakened her brother. John
W. Quillian, captain of the Fulton Fti
sileers. Preacher and soldier circuited
the house in opposite directions. The
younger Quillian carried a revolver. Hia
father was unarmed.
The minister was first to gee the bur.
glar. He xvas "crouching behind a box
under the window of his daughter's
chamber. He didn't hesitate, but threw
himself on the negro with all his force,
grasping him about the throat as they
fell.
The burglar showed fight, river and
over the pair rolled until Captain Quil
lian came up. He placed his pistol
against the negro's head and pulled the
trigger. There was no shot. The ham
mer was on an empty chamber.
Daughter Calls Police to Scene.
In a second the negro had grasped
the weapon and prevented the young
man from again pulling the trigged.
The struggle for the weapon became
three-handed.
Finally the negro was subdued, but
i’olh minister and militiaman bore
signs of the struggle.
Miss Quillian, in the meantime, had
telephoned for police. A detail, under
Captain Mayo, responded, and when
they arrived they found the victorious
divine seated on the back of his pris
oner.
The burglar was arraigned in police
court today. He gave the name of
George Wright, of Gastonia. N. C. He
admitted attempting to enter the house,
but declared he xvas simply after some
thing to eai. He xvas bound over on
charges'of attempted burglary and as
sault and battery.
Quillian, father, and Quillian, son,
were in court to prosecute.
ALEXANDER AGAIN
ATTACKS SLATON IN
CARD TO THE PUBLIC
Hooper Alexander. candidate for
gox ernor. gax e out fc publication to
day a long statement attacking John M.
Slaton, his so-called "bureau of infor
mation and publicity department." ami
charging that all the big interests are
backing the Atlanta man.
Mr. Alexander complains that the
press of the‘state as a practical unit
either is ignoring him or failing to give
him a square deal, in that only one
newspaper attempts to print approxi
mately all that he sends out for public
consumption every now and then.
THREE ACCUSED STABBERS
SAY FOURTH MAM IS GUILTY
GADSDEN. ALA.. Aug 12.—Walter
Brown, Lester Moore, Henry Carter and
Herman Turner, all white, are under
arrest here charged with assault xvith
intent to kill md highway robbery.
Their alleged victim is J. R. Brown, as
sistant to Chief Clerk Thompson, of
,he Southern iron and Steel Company,
who was found Saturday night xvith
font dirk stabs in his body Three of
the men have confessed that they saw
Moore strike Brown w ith a and
then stab him with a knife and leave
him for deed. He has a chance to re-
BATTLESHIPPLAN
TO WIN IN HOUSE
Democratic Leaders Say Sen
ate Plan for One Dreadnought
Will Be Approved.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—That the
Democrats have been brought together
on the question of a battleship program
was the announcement of the party
leaders today following the assurance
on all sides that the caucus called for
Wednesday evening will be attended by
the different factions and the commit
tee compromise plan of one battleship
will be adopted.
Majority Leader Underwood, Speaker
Clark and Chairman Padgett of the
naval affairs committee have prepared
the resolution urging the house to con
cur with the senate in an apprepriation
for one war vessel of the super-dread
nought type.
ARGUMENTS BEGUN
IN DARROW’S TRIAL;
END OF CASE NEAR
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12. —The be
ginning of the end of the trial of Clar
ence Darrow for bribery came today.
Atguments in the ease, which has been
under way since May. were opened with
the convening of court and were ex
pected to last until Friday.
Deputy District Attorney W. J. Ford
had the first place on the list of those
who-xx ere to address the jury. Ford
probably" will occupy the entire day in
an argument on evidence.
The question of seating the people
who will throng the court room during
the arguments has been arranged. Mem
bers of the jurors' families had seats
reserved for them, as did members of
the families of attorneys for the prose
cution and the defense. Visiting at
torneys also xvere given preference
within the court room. The seating ca
pacity practically was all covered by
ticket
ANDERSON FOR SAVANNAH
COMMISSION FORM BILL
SAVANNAH, GA., Aug. 12.—Framers
of the Savannah charter bill are en
couraged by the receipt of a telegram
from Representative J. Randolph An
derson announcing that the measure
has passed the lower house of the gen
eral assembly. Major W. W. William
son. chairman of the general commis
sion foim of government committee,
received a letter from Mr. Anderson, n
which he pledges his support of the
measure.
DEBATE A.T BAXLEY,
BAXLEY, GA.. Aug. 12.—Judge T A.
Parker, of Waycross, and J. Randall
Walker, of Valdosta, had a joint debate
here today. The court house was
packed to hear the congressional can
didates. There xvere no personalities.
Sentiment was in favor of Parker. Ap
pling being Parker s old home county.
| DEATHS AND FUNERA tTj
C. Hinkle Thomas.
The funeral of C. Hinkle Thomas, a
native of Wales, for years a resi
dent of Atlanta, xx ho died yesterday
morning, will be held at the residence.
640 Chestnut street, tills afternoon. In
terment wilt be in Caseys cemetery. Mr.
Thomas was 69 years old. He is sur
vived by his widoxv, live sons and three
daughters.
Dorothy Singleton.
The body of Dorothy Singleton, little
daughter of J. H. Singleton. 120 Logan
street, who died yesterday, was taken
to Clarkston. Ga., today for funeral and
interment.
Wayne Jacobs.
The funeral of Wayne Jacobs, little
son of J. A. Jacobs, xvho died yes
terday, xvas held at the residence. 19
Welborn street, at 10 o'clock today. In
terment was at Red Oak cemetery.
Margaret Lucile Butler.
Margaret Lucile Butler, the Infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Butler,
died at the residence of her parents. 704
South Boulevard, today Tire funeral
will 'ake place from Greenberg <ty
Bond's chapel at ’,O a. m. tomorrow.
Interment at West End.
N.T.GMFT PROBE
TUBEEXTENDED
TO GAVNDR
Citizens Union Behind Investi-
gation Webber Names
High Officials.
NEW YORK. Aug. 12.—Drastic ac
tion in the graft hunt which has fol
lowed the murder of Herman Rosenthal
is being planned by the citizens union.
Secretary O. A. Hammil announced
today' that the union will make a thor
ough investigation not only of graft
charges, the administration of
Mayor William ,1. Gaynor.
"Bridgey” Webber, one of the sus
pects in the Rosenthal murder case has
made a complete confession according
to reports around the criminal courts
building this afternoon. In it Webber
is said to have named a high police
official as having accepted graft from
gamblers and other law-breakers.
Star For Schepps,
Assistant District Attorney Rubin
and ('ounty Detective Robert Stewart,
of District Attorney Whitman's staff,
left today for Hot Springs to bring
back to New York Sam Scnepps. the
“murder paymaster" in the Rosenthal
cate, who was arrested there Saturday.
Attorney Bernhard N. Sanders, rep
resenting Schepps. sent the following
telegram to the prisoner today:
Do not talk to any person until you
ate in New York and see Whitman
with whom satisfactory arrangements
have been made in your favor."
This reply came from Schepps:
"Telegram received. Will obey in
structions from Whitman’s man."
Confessions Not
True, .Says Schepps
HOT SPRINGS. ARK. Aug 12.
That the confessions made by Jack
Rose. "Bridgey” Webber and Harry
Vallon in the Rosenthal-gambling graft
case in New York are untrue, and that
he will tell the straight of things was
the assertion made by Sam Schepps,
who is under arrest here for alleged
complicity in the slaying of Rosen
thal.
The authorities announced today that
Schepps. the man xvho is alleged to
have served as paymaster of the gang
that killed Rosenthal, would be sur
rendered only to officers representing
District Attorney Whitman, of New
York city. This decision was reached
as a result of » request which came
directly from Mr. Whitman and of a
declaration by Schepps that he fears to
go back to New York in the custody of
any member of the police department.
Schepps was overjoyed when he
heard that only Whitman's men could
take him. He immediately recovered
his nerve and declared that the confes
sions made by Jack Rose. "Bridgey”
VA ebber and Harry \allon concerning
the murder of Rosenthal were untrue.
He said he was willing to return to
New York and tell District Attorney
Whitman everything he knows con
cerning the tragedy.
JERSEY POLICE CHIEF
THINKS ATLANTA IS
“THE WHOLE SOUTH”
Ihe people of Atlanta certainlv
ought to be proud of the city. It's one
of the greatest towns I have ever seen.
You feel like you are in New York as
you pass through these streets here."
Chief of Police R. J. McKay, of Edge
water. N J —only a few minutes from
Broadway—thus expressed his opinion
of Atlanta today as he was being
whizzed through the streets by Chief
Beavers in the chief's handsome new
touring <ar. chief McKay is on his
vacation. He started out to make a
lour of the South, but when he struck
Atlanta several days ago. decided to
spend the whole time here. And he’s
been here ever since. He returns to
Jersey tonight.
“1 guess I’ve seen the whole South
right here tn Atlanta," he remarked.