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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 Dorsey
resided on the same street and just
across from the Graces In Atlanta
"1 don’t care what Mr. Dorsey
said.” Mrs. Grace answered "So
far as 1 am concerned, 1 w ish never
t<> discuss my trial again. It Is
something that is in the past. So
long as 1 think of it 1 always must
think how Mr. Grace endeavored to
harm me. and that Is something I
wish to forget For the present I
shall devote tny 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
same answer:
"1 want to forget It
Just once she showed her temper
when one of her men friends made
an uncomplimentary remark about
Grace.
"You will kindly stop talking in
that manner," said Mrs. Grace
"Please remember that he Is rny
husband and he is a cripple at
present, but I hope to see 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
quolf Mrs Grace 3? follow g:
"No; I am not going to take im*
mediate steps to get a divorce. I
have not given it a thought What
will happen later I can not say.
First. I must consult with my
friends and attorney Rut before
that lam going to take a rest It
has been a trying ordeal for me.
and 1 am going to take tny boy to
my home and devote my whole iife
to his care and upbringing."
Mrs Grate was told that there
was a report in Atlanta that shq.
had sent a postcard to her Injured
husband. Flugene Grace, congratu
lating him on his thirtieth birthday,
and saying "1 will be with you on
'our next, if you sav so."
"That is positively ridiculous."
she declared emphatically I never
sent any such postcard The whole
story is absolutely false."
Her attention was then < ailed to
the dispatches from Atlanta quot
ing Solicitor General Hugh M. Dor
sey.
When Mrs Grace read the dis
patches containing this news she
sat for some time thinking Then
she seemed to hesitate and finally
she flushed in anger
“I was acquitted by a jury, which
heard the w hole testimony," she de
clared. 'I do not know whether it
was more unethical for this man to
suppress supposed evidence during
the trial or to make it public after
ward However. I was acquitted
and that's all there is to it 1 will
not discuss the matter further."
CANDIDATE IN WHEELER
QUITS MONTGOMERY RACE
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VIDALIA. GA.. Aug. 12. The Mont- I
gomery county list of • tndldates wi!
be lessened in the August election b\ ;
the passage of the bill to iTeate the;
new count' of Wheeler from t .> west
half of Montgomery. D Adams.'
who was a candidate for 'ounty com
missioner. has issued a signed card de. I
dining tn run in Montgomery county
and giving as his reason that he will he
a citizen of Wheeler presently and does
not believe that a citizen of one count'
should hold office In another Al] can
didate« who live west of tne river wi
probably retire from the races for j
Montgomery county offices.
'HOUSE GUTS BEE
$175,000 DOG TO
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 which
it consumed an hour and a half consid
ering the repeal of the slate dog tax.
The first thing the house did today
was to reconsider its refusal on Satur
day to appropriate *IO,OOO to the Geor
gia 'School for the Deaf, asked by the
trustees for the purpose of'erecting an
absolutely necessary heating plant.
This bill failed to receive a constitu
tional majority when it came up Sat -
urday. tmt todav it came to life again,
and was passed by a vote of 119 to 6.
After the school appropriation had
been disposed of the house took up the
bill to make dogs personal property,
returnable foi .taxation
This bill. In effect, repeals th<‘ present
law. under which dogs are taxed so
much per head, ami undertakes instead
io tax 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 eonsideration of this bill brought
on a long debate, In which Georgia's
dog laws were kicked around unmerci
fully. and during which much good
time went to waste
So numerous were the proposed
amendments that before the hill was
finally disposed of three aye and tiav
toll r ails had been taken and the sub*-
Jert of dogs had been thrashed out
almut $576.75 worth, reckoning the ex
pense of the legislature nt $S per min
ute
i-inally the bill was passed by a vote
of 102 to 4S. and the enactment of the
law cuts off something like $175,000 per
annum from the state’s income.
Having fixer! the dogs of Geoigia just
as it wanted them fixed, the house
then took up a bill to raise the salaries
of the prison commissioners from $2,000
per annum to $3,000.
Notwithstanding the fact that this
bill was ailvocated 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 hill amending and re
vising the present game law was
passed by tb house at the morning
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 the circuit court, pe
titioners for the recall of Mayor Harry
M. Schriver and Commissioner Archie
M Hart today confessed the insufti
ciency of their petitions, and withdrew
proceedings. This was the first tost of
the recall under commission form of
government in Illinois.
Grace Is Here
For Operation
Kugene H Grace, who Was shot mys- '
furiously last Maivh, is again in At
lanta thia time f<>r the purpose of un
dergoing an operation at the Georgian
sanitarium Dr K S Moore and Dr. .1,
|S < ‘liftord w ill probe Grace's spine for
the bullet
Giace stir is cheerful and optindatic.
I he litter hearing the wounded man
I was brought to the cit\ from Newnan
morning at 10. B<i o’clock b\
S. I. Hill.
Mr. Grates condition is the same as
lit was when he was here before." said
IDr B s Moore "He is strong enough
I to undergo the operation, and 1 believe
{ his i lianc*-.- for recovery will be greater
I once the bullet imbedded in his back
I is removed."
Grace and hi« family are confident '
that once the bullet Is removed life will '
return to his deadened limbs
The latest X-rax photographs of the
| wound show that the bullet is half im
bedded In the spinal canal.
InK TLA XT A GEORGIAN AND NEWS- MONDAY. AVGUST 12. 1012.
ROOM SEWED,
SOES PIEDMONT
Woman Says She Was Humil
iated When Hotel Sleuths
Invaded Her Apartment.
Humiliated by a midnight search 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 loom was invaded by their peering
through the transom of her apartment,
and that sue was compelled to permit
the midnight search while she was in
delicate health
Through her counsel, F. Ft. Alston.
Mrs. Walker declares that her 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 het story, throughout
her stay in the hotel she was shadowed
Iby house detectives. On the night of
July 29 she saw a man peering through
the transom from a stepladder and im
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 causes of the intrusion.
"There’s a man tn your room." she
was told. "You've both got to get out."
She dented the charge, but says she
was forced to submit to a search of
her apartment by the hotel men. No
one was 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 con
cerning the suit:
"When this case comes to trial we’ll
be able to *fchdw 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 fotve an entrance
to the room. He rapped on the door
and was admitted by Mrs. Walker. We
feel perfectly safe in what has been
done, and have no fear whatever of the
outcome of the suit."
AT THETHEATERS
BILL AT THE BIJOU
LOOKS PROMISING
I The management of the Rtjou an
nounces for this week four clever acts
of vaudeville containing splendid nov
elties. The program wi I upen with the
Prosit Duo. comedy ac-obats. Introduc
ing a very clever sketch entitled "In
* lown Alley 1 here yvill be Spencer
and Williams one of the best dancing
acts in vaudeville today; Clinton and
Nolan, in a blai-kfa.-e comedy sketch,
and Dixon and Dixon will furnish th.
music in their musical t amp net. The
motion pictures will have special cart
and the very best will be put on as an
opening and to * ose each performance.
Matinees will be given daily at 3
o'clock, except on Saturday, when the
matinees will be given at 2:30 and 4 ‘
Night sh->wi at 7 and 9 I
Crittsnton Home Meeting.
A regular meeting of the board of the
Xtlanta Florence Crittenton Home will be
held Carnegie library tomorrow, Tues
day morning, at 10:30 o'clock The ex
ecutive board 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.
M INN FIA POLIS. MINN.. Aug. 12.
Rashful swains desiring to meet young
women —. object matrimony should
communicate with Rev. G. L. Merrill, of
Minneapolis. Rev. Mr. Merrill has con.
stituted himself the friend of the bash
ful. In a public statement, he has
agreed to see that me young men who
ate too tiinid to get acquainted with
attractive girls get proper introduc
tion. and if they succeed tn 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 yvomen to hit "mashers” over
the head with their hand bags, throw
red pepper tn their eyes and then run.
DINNER STEALS
M IO MW
South Carolina Financier and
Georgia Girl Principals in
Surprise Wedding.
1.. A. Edwards, banker and capital
ist iif Seneca. S. C., and Alias 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 the couple were engaged, had no
knowledge that the trip io 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 yve 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
wards walked into Essig Brothers' store
anil asked for Chris Essig.
Wed at Friend's House.
"Where can I get married?" was the
first word that ho said after shaking
hands with hts friend.
Mr. Essig has long been a friend of
the bridegroom's, and he was greatly
astonished, but he was equal to the
occasion.
“Come right out to my house and
have the ceremony performed there.”
he answered, and. calling up his wife,
he informed her of the wedding which
was soon to take place.
Rev. H. M. Quillian pastor of Walk
er Street Methodist church, performed I
the ceremony .
Mrs. Edwards, who is a charming
young woman, numbering her friends
by the score, is the daughter of Mr. Sim
Farmer, of Toccoa.
Bridegroom Is Financier.
The love affair bf-gan several years
ago when Mr Edwards, who is presi
dent of the Toccoa Banking Company,
first went there to opert the bank. After
that his trips to the little Georgia town
were more frequent than official visits
to one of Ills banks made necessary.
Mr Edwards Is connected with the
bank at Seneca and al.-o is president
of the Banking and Loan Company of
Westminster, S C He Is regarded as
ont us the most Infill-ntbii and capable
men In his proL s.-ion in South Caro
lina.
Among tlie friends who witnessed lhe
quiet wedding at Mi. Essig s home, 478
Spring street, were Mr. and Mrs. Essig,
" C. Edwards, of Toccoa, a brother
lof the bridegroom. Mrs. H. .1. Rusha
land 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, fir the
house parcels post provision.
PASTOR CATCHES
NEGRO BORGLAR
.
Rev. Henry M. Quillian. Un
armed. Overcomes Burly
Negro Thug.
Unarmed and half clad. Rev. Henry
M. Quillian, pastor of the Walker Street
Methodist church, attacked a negro
burglar attempting to enter his bouse
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. i
Perfect coolness on the part of Miss
Anna Quillian. datlghfl>r of the preach
er, made the* capture possible. About 3
o’clock this morning she was aroused
by sounds 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 lie: brother. John
W. Quillian, captain of t,he Fulton Fu
slleers. Preacher and soldier circuited
the house in opposite directions. The
younger Quillian carried a revolver. His
father was unarmed.
The-minister was first to see the bur.
glar. He was 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. Over and
over the pair rolled until Captain Quil
lian came up. He placed his pistol
| against the, negro's head and pulled the
J trigger. There was no shot. The ham
met was on an empty chamber.
Daughter Calls Police to Scene.
In a second the negro had grasped
I the weapon and prevented the young
man from again pulling the trigged.
The struggle for the weapop became
t hfpp- hn ndpfl
rni pe-nanaed.
Finally the negro was subdued, but
both 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 was simply after some
thing to cat. He was 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
governor, gave out for publication to
day a long statement attacking John M
Slaton, his so-called "bureau of infor
mation and publicity department." ana
charging that all the hig interests art
backing the Atlanta tntjn.
Mr. Alrxande- complains that the
press of the state as a practical unit
either is ignoring hint or failing to give
him a square deal, in that only one
newspaper attempts to print approxi
mately al! that he sends out for public
consumption every now and then.
THREE ACCUSED STABBERS
SAY FOURTH MAN IS GUILTY
tIAiWKX. ALA. Aug. 12. -Walter
Brou n. Lester Moore, Henry Carter and
Herman Turner, all white, are under
arrest here charged with assault with
intent io kill and highway robbery.
Their alleged victim Is J. R. Brown, as
sistant to Chief Clerk Thompson of
the Southern Iron and Steel Company,
who was found Saturday night with
font dirk stabs in his body. Three of
the men have confessed that they saw
Moore strike Brown with a rock and
then stab him with a knife and leave
him fm dead. He has a chance to re
cover.
BATTLESHIP FUN
TO mN IN HOUSE
Democratic Leaders Say Sen
ate Plan for One Dreadnought
Will Be Approved.
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 eon.
cur xvitli the senate in an appropriation
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 lhe trial of Clar
ence Darrow for bribery came today.
Aiguments in the case, which has been
under way since May, were opened with
the convening of court and were ex
pected lo last until Friday.
Deputy District Attorney W. .1. Ford
had the first place on the list of those
who were to address the jury. Ford
probably yvill 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 were 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 lhe 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 form of government committee,
received a letter f:om Mr. Anderson, m
w'hlch be pledges his support of the
measure.
DEBATE AT 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 tvas
packed to hear the congressional can
didates. There were no personalities.
Sentiment was in favor of Parker, Ap
pling being Parker’s old home county.
[ DEATHS AND FUNERALS j
C. Hinkle Thomas.
The funeral of C. Hinkle Thomas, a
native of Wales, for years a resi
dent of Atlanta, who died yesterday
morning, will be held at the residence.
640 Chestnut street, this afternoon. In
tern).nt will be in Caseys cemetery. Mr.
Thomas was 69 years old. He is sur
vived by his widow, five sons and three
daughters.
Dorothy Singleton.
The body of Dorothy Singleton, little
daughter of .1. H. Singleton. 120 Logan
street, who died yesterday, was taken
to Clarkston, (la., today for funeral and
interment.
Wayne Jacobs.
The funeral of Wayne Jacobs, little
son of J. A. Jacobs, who died yes
terday, was 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 Mis. c. W Ruder,
died at the residence of her parents, 704
South Boulevard today. The funeral
will take place from Greenberg &
Ronds chapel at in a. m. tomorrow
Interment at West End.
N.Y.GR«FTPROBE
TO SEEMED
to mm
Citizens Union Behind Investi
gation Webber Names
High Officials.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12.—Drastic ac
tion in the graft hunt which has fol
lower! 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, but of the administration of
Mayor William J Gaynor.
Bridgey” Webber, one of the sus
pects in the Rosenthal mu'der 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 County Detective Robert Stewart,
of District Attorney Whitmans staff
left today for Hot Springs to bring
back to New ork Sam Scnepps, rhe
"murder paymaster" in the Rosenthal
case, who was ar>ested 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
are in Nev. York and see Whitman
with whom satisfactory arrangements "
have been made in your favor "
This reply came from Schepps:
"Telegram received. Will obey in
strOctions from Whitman** man.”
Confessions Not
True, Says Schepps
HOT SPRINGS. ARK.. Aug. 12.
That the confessions made by Jack
Rose. "Bridgey" Webbet and Harry
Mallon 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.
rhe authorities announced today that
Schepps. the man who is alleged to
have served as paymaster of the gang
that killed Rosenthal, would he sur
rendered only to officers representing
District Attorney’ Whitman, of New
Aork city. This decision was reached
as a result of a 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 wa« 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"
Webber and Harry Mallon concerning
tho tMl’rn’oi' rtf 1
, tnc murder of Rosenthal were untrue
| He said he was willing to return to
I New York and tell District Attorney
Whitman everything he knows con
cerning the tragedy.
JERSEY POLICE CHIEF
THINKS ATLANTA IS
“THE WHOLE SOUTH”
■The people of Atlanta certainly
ought to be proud of the citv. It's one
of the greatest towns 1 have ever seen.
Vou 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 chiefs handsome new
touring car. <’hief .McKay | g on his
vacation. He started out to make a
tour of the South, but when hr struck
Atlanta several days ago. decided to
spend the whole time here And he’s
been here ever since. H e returns to
Jersey tonight.
I guess I've seen the whole South
| right here tn Atlanta." he remarked