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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 ■ " ,l 11 I—l ■ ■ 1.1 » . 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. w 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.