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THE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Generally fair today and tomorrow. VOL. XL NO. 8. At Times Jeff Shows Some Intellect at That :: :: :: ;; ;; By “Bud” Fisher /T.ISTe N » WHAtT _ F± E* , ... . (SANGS T ££i DO Y° t FGAR TH%M HOT ,\ f THGY CAN'T "> E I ttm WHAT I X KNOW AU. ABOUT BLUFF NG . r Ul _ \ A BUT YOU'RE FROM (Y6s> ( WHAT DO YOU < ' v^ V ?' D ' TD TH>b graft THE Do iay Dutt as a ) ( ? \ the D«&trk.t V-—-' I want? L/J i zolJ Better keep your. / Pouce Down and tg u. whitman all about ’ AWYOVNOT z S«I/ . ?i 1 /A I distract attorney I police graft ' > L* ) x ' 'THING? 9 J WHITNtAN ALL X Y— —J ; lAvSt 7 \ • r A X. Lx V XKNOVU. / ■ 71 P\r ' N \~ik ' <IW' 7 . J3L -'SI i ■ fl- W7 <J® ><’ w " i ~Ib“V yL- --'ll wF Tfe-w— --_______ ~ “““ I GOKE HAPPY AS HE FACES OPERATION FOR LIFE Goes Under, Knife Confident Removal of Bullet From Spine Will Restore Health. RELATIVES WITH HIM TO CHEER HIM FOR ORDEAL /;'•'*' nil'd Man Never Mentions Name of Wife He Accused of Shooting Him. Eu-rnc H. Grace faced with abso -1 ’. • ■ /erness tod •■;■ the_pperation that nwint life or death—that meant he X.ould one< more be a vigo ous man or a. b- Ipless invalid. I’:< viol..- o going on the table at the thorglan hospital he declared that he ],, ,;., .1 r. i . aiTI to the operation, not oni. with < nii.'enve, but with pleasure. i,i : pi;. ; it .tl eom’i ion tended to justify ; .. oniidcnce His physicians (declared i.i | ,v' :us to the scheduled time of < • ' ition that m could not be in bet ;.. ... ; . to withstand the shock. Hi- mother. Mrs. S. J,. Hill, was with him throughout tile mo tiing. Other lt :l ;.. were present. 'They seemed in :,t< ■t itre to share bis i oniidence, Im: a. ■ ording to phisicians present, ■ ■•. man v. hose life was at stake seemed <., rm'l'z. the danger of the sur ee.m's knife. Mini Did Not Not Rest or. Death. Hi- min i did not rest on the danger nf i. th. His thoughts were only that in was about to undergo an ordeal that M ~ i m an ■ r. -'oration to the health 1- ii.i.l enjoy, I before he was wounded the -ho' whit it he accused his wife <,;■ firing. if that wifi 'vis in his thoughts be s. . th, , tion no indication of it was eiv a in ' h hes*i>i‘al ward, where ;,, H No word was received from h, He; name was not mentioned to t!>.:> in the oom. Io- I’ S Moore and Dr. J. S. Clif f ''ii. his physicians; planned to per form the operation at 1° o'clock. .An hour before that time all was prepared. But the operating room was nor more thoi-oughl;. j epared than the patient. Appeared in liio-h Spirits G. i " slept well last night. He awoke etriy and appeared in high spirits So excellent was his condition that both doctors and members of the family agreed that the proper time for t.c operation had arrived It is the object of the surgeons to re move the bullet now resting against ins . pine It i.- believed that if this is cone h< will recover from the paralysis which has numbed him from waist down since he was wounded last March. ■7 WOMAN (106) DIES: CAUGHT TROUT WHEN 104 BOSTON. Am- 13.—Miss Lydia .'I, who is ■ ad at the age of 106 , . at her hom. in Hyde Park, was w . v. ar- ago an . Xpert tisher wouiati She landed her last large trout on her lu4th birthday while ilsh >m party of friends in Maine. The Atlanta Georgian THIEF FLEES HI SGREM CHASED Rf BOY, 10 Mrs. E. G. McDaniel Quietly Hears Burglar Enter Room, Then Gives Alarm. NEGRO PUSHES HER BACK INTO BED, THEN ESCAPES Suspect Caught by Police Un identified, So Judge Sends Him to Stockade, Lying awake until 3 o'clock this morning with a sick six-weeks-old baby boy. one of twins, Mrs. E. B. McDan iel. of 18 West Georgia avenue, the wife of a Southern railway engineer who was away on a trip, heard a bur glar entering her room window. Help less in her fright, she remained silent until the man, a negro, was irt the room. Then she screamed with all her might. The negro rushed at her and shoved ; her back in the bed, then lied through the window he had entered. t'harles McDaniel, a ten-year-old son, was aroused and he pursued the bur glar with his father's pistol. Policemen David and Camp were standing only a block away. They saw a man running and overtook him. The negro gave his name as Ed Mur- i phy. They took him before Mrs. Me- I Daniel, but she was unable positively to identify him. Because of the weak ness of the evidence Recorder Broyles did not bind the negro over to the state court, but sentenced him to the stock ade for 30 days. PROFESSOR DOUBTS BIBLE STORY OF THE BIG FLOOD ASBI'RA’ PARK. N. J.. Aug. 13. —Old time literal acceptance of the version in the < >ld Testament of the flood was questioned when Rev. Dr. Robert W. Rogers, professor in Drew Theological seminary, in an address before the Bible institute in the Young People's temple. Ocean Grove, declared that the Hebrew version of the episode was un doubtedly taken from the original Babylonian story, and that the recital was used in the Bible merely as a parable to convey greater truths. "Il's only a story, used as a parable to con vey a great truth." he said. ALABAMA SUPREME COURT JUSTICE DIES IN NEW YORK NEW YORK. Aug. 13.—The body of Justice Robert Tennent Simpson, asso ciate justice of the supreme court of Alabama, who died yesterday in the Presbyterian hospital, will be taken to his late home at Florence, Ala., for burial. DOUBLE KILLING BLAMED ON STORY OF MACBETH CHICAGO, Aug. 13. Homicidal in sanity caused by reading the tragedy "Macbeth" is held by the police to be responsible for a double murder at the hands of J B. Lantzenheiser, a barber. Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results ATLANTA, GA., TUESDA Y. AUGUST 1.3, 1912. Farmer, 70 Years Old, Wins Third Bride, 25, By Letter Courtship North Carolinan Proposes and Is Accepted Before He Sees Alabama Young Lady. STATESVILLE. N. C., Aug. 13. Through the aid of a mutual friend, H. T. Johnson, a prosperous farmer of Chatnbei sbttrg township, near this place, became acquainted by corre spondence several months ago with Miss Sarah Jones, proofreader on a newspaper at Cullman, Ala. The ac quaintance soon ripened into love and as both were inclined toward matri money. proposal and acceptance were quickly made by letter. A few days ago, by agreement, Miss Jones came on to Chambersburg. The couple met at the home of a friend for the first time and after a day's personal acquaintance they called in Magistrate Turner, who readily performed the cer- I oniony. Tais is Johnson's third matrimonial ' ' enture. He-is '7O years old and a Con federate veteran. His bride is 25 and pr< tty. AUGUSTA-COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY PROCURES CHARTER AI’GI STA. GA.. Aug. 13.—Augusta is to have a new railroad to Columbia. Tlie secretary of state of South Caro lina lias been asked for a charter for tlie Carolina and Georgia railway, to be run through Leesville. Batesburg. Hi bernia, V tucluse and either Warren ville or Graniteville. At the head of the list of petitioners for a charter is Janvs I Jackson, a. well known Au gusta railroad promote) «||nd vice pr; s idcnj of the Augusta-Aiken Railway and Electric Corporation. While no announcement will be made in regard to the plans of the new road, it is g merally believed here that tlie Aug iista - Aiken owners, who are at present constructing a $2,000,000 power dam on the Savannah river eight miles above this city, plan to operate the new road by electric power. SETS $75 MONTH TO REAR GIRL 17 TO 20; $l5O AFTER SHE’S 25 CLEVELAND. OHIO. Aug. 13. Here's a mothers estimate of the cost of supporting and educating a daughter from the age of seventeen to thirty five: 1- rom 1 i to 20 j 70 a month From 20 to 2.> 100 a month I rom 25 to 35 150 a moflth After 35 she should have control of her money. Mrs. Clara E. Kroehle, who died .lune 27, left an estate of $35,000. Her will leaves the bulk of it to her daughter Ortrude Virginia, now seven teen, with the foregoing schedule. MONTGOMERY GRAND JURY PROBES RECENT KILLINGS MONTGOMERY. ALA., Aug. 13. The puzzling death nf P. J. Westhoefen, who was shot here a few weeks ago, was one of the chief matters for in vestigation when the Montgomery grand jury reconvened at the request of Governor O’Neal. The jury Is also expected to make a more exhaustive re search into the circumstances sur rounding the killing of Sloan Rowan, a Benton merchant. GEORGIA TRIPLETS NAMED FOR WILSON'S DAUGHTERS VIDALIA, GA.. Aug 13.—Probably the only compliment of the kind that will be tendered Governor Woodrow Wilson during his presidential cam paign was paid him in this county when Mi. and Mrs. Charles Almand christened their triplets, all girls, for the three daughter- of Governor and Mrs. Wilson, naming them .Margaret. Eleanor and Jessie. f LOT Eff GZAB UNCWEBED; 17PUTT0 OESTH Russia in Turmoil Over Daring Plans to Overthrow Abso lute Monarchy. WARSHIP OFFICERS PLANNED TO MUTINY ♦ Scheme Included Seizing Royal , Family on Imperial Yacht and Reorganizing Country. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 13. Hun dreds of secret police are at work to day throughout the empire investigat ing the scope of the most daring plot ever aimed at the czar and the Russian government. So far as the details have been learned, the conspiracy not only included plans for the seizure of Czar Nicholas, the czarina and the royal family, but a reorganization of the government into a constitutional mon archy. Arrests of naval officers on board the Russian battleship Ivan Zlatoust at Odessa gave the public the first inti mation of the cabal. Further arrests in St. Petersburg, Yalta anad Sebasto pol gave an idea of its widespread ram ifications. Many army and navy offi cers are involved. The whole empire is stirred over the plot. While the government is making rig id efforts to keep the details of the ' conspiracy secret, nevertheless it was learned today that the plotters con spired to seize the czar and imperial family'while they w ere en route front Yalta. Crimea, to Sebastopol on board the yacht Standart. Fleet Planned To Mutiny. At the same time the Baltic fleet was > to have mutinied and made simultane , ous attacks upon Cronstadt and St. Petersburg, the fleet being split up in two squadrons. M. Chtchegiovitoff, th" minister of Justice, and Premier Kokovsoff, who are personally directing the investigation, have learned that the commanders of nearly every important garrison In the j empire were appi oached. The conspira tors seemed to have an unlimited sup ply of money and. in addition to offer ing bribes, promised political prefer ment after the government was "reor ganized.” One petty officer and sixteen seamen on the Ivan Zlatoust have already been , arrested, condemned and put to death for their part in the conspiracy. HE HAS WIFE JAILED ON A BIGAMY CHARGE CHICAGO, Aug 13. Mrs Margat"t • Lawrence was arrested bj detectives from the South Clark street station on ' a warrant taken out by her husband, 1 Frank Lawrence, a clerk, charging her with bigamy. Mrs. Lawrence, it was said by her husband, had completed arrangements to elope with an affinity 1 this afternoon. Mrs. Lawrence, in her ’ cell, said that she had not heard from I her husband for more than a year an 1 believed him dead. She said she had obtained a divorce. (•ARTIST'S WIFE WHO IS |l| SUING FOR DIVORCE 1 ; » X /IP ;W* fl AW* ■ W AY wvZ 1 ; • - WIM Wtf is* 1 Mrs. Henry Hutt, wife of the well known artist, from a draw- 1 in" bv her husband. Mrs. Hutt is suin" for divorce. i DRESSES AS BOY TO SLEEP WITH PETS ON FREIGHT TRAIN LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13. Masquer ading in male attire in order to out- I wit the Santa Fe railroad, and sleep ing each night in a box car with a number of pets which she was bring ing to this city for a friend, was the adventure of Miss May Jensen, who has just started back to her home in Minneapolis, Minn The other occupants of the car were a prize-driving horse, two alligators, seventeen prize cats, a parrot and a distinguished bulldog with a long list of blue ribbons to his credit, They ' were the property of Miss Lillie Wil , Hams, woman fencer, of 211 North Beaudry avenue. Miss Williams and Miss- Jensen were friends in Minneapolis. Health called Miss Williams to this city and she was confronted with the problem of getting her pets to California. Miss Jensen requested to be allowed to accompany the pets. At the mention of the fact that a girl 1 was going to ride in the box car the ' railroad officials were up in arms. Then the idea hit Miss Jensen that she would don male clothes and go anyway. PLANT ROUTS SKEETERS: JERSEYITES ARE HAPPY ! EAST ORANGE, N J., Aug 13. • The Essex county mosquito extermina- • tion commission Is preparing to start ■ the cultivation of a plant called ocimum > vlride, which is said to be shunned by I mosquitoes. According to the eommit ’ teemen, the merest sprig of the plant " will banish all mosquitoes from a room i or porch. I The plant is not believed to be harm- I ful to human beings, although scientists have not yet fully studied its qualities. WOULD JAIL GIRL IN MODISH GOWN; i RAIL FOR MASHER i STERLING, ILL., Aug. 13.—Rev. I George Hucky, of Manilius, at the mid week service of the Reformed church caused consternation among younger , members of his congregation by declar > ing that the city ordinances should be < 1 so amended as to make mashing pun- I ishable by riding on a rail. He further ! declared from the pulpit that the wom , en who were "mashed" were often as i guilty as the men because of their Im- , modest attire. Woman's dress, he said, i was being carried to the extreme. An ; Immodest dress on a woman should be , taken as a warrant by any policeman ' I for her arrest, he declared. "If 1 were ( a judge." he said, "I would confine any , woman in jail who made complaint that 1 ’ she was being insulted w hen her attire 1 was such as is worn by the average woman today." i I ATHENS HERALD BEGINS PUBLICATION AUGUST 20 ATHENS, GA.. Aug. 13—The Athens I Herald, a new daily newspaper of this city, will publish its initial issue on August 20, the day preceding the state primary election. The Athens Herald Company is anew corporation. Bowdre Phinizy of Au i gusta and T. J. Sheron, J. C. Latimer i and W. G. Gredig, all of Atlanta, are ■ the principal stockholders In the new . company, and all are well known to the t newspaper fraternity of the state, t The new concern will occupy the building formerly occupied by The Ath ens Tribune. It will be an afternoon s paper and will issue every day except i, Sunday. lM 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE RB NO LUHEDBVAO ELOPESA3D is gnt CESEHTED $40,000.00 Offer, Lightning Courtship Won Heart of Sus ceptible “Country Girl.” FOOLED HER PARENTS AND CAME HERE TO BE WED After Brief Honeymoon, Letter From Husband Opens the Bride’s Eyes. Lured by an advertisement offering to share $-10,000 with the country girl who would become his wife, wooed and won and deserted after eloping, pretty Mary McEachin, nineteen-vear old daughter of J. P. McEachin, a re tired farmer of Denton. Ga., appeared at police station today and asked Chief Beavers to begin a hunt for her dash ing husband of a few days. Mies McEachin told the chief a story that had all the elements of romance in it. Some weeks ago she read In a daily newspaper an advertisement in which the writer announced that he wanted a country girl for a wife and had s4O,Oofr to share with her. She answered and was delighted to get a quick response. A Dashing- Wooer Was Hutcheson. Her correspondent, who gave his name as Conway Hutcheson, of Bat tenberg, Va., proved a lightning wooer. He announced that he’d run down to Denton at once and before Miss Mc- Eachin could draw a long breath he was on his way. He arrived July 31. Although Hutch eson had said he was from Battenberg, he had ail the dash country girls usual ly associate with v the big cities, and Miss McEachin lost her heart in less time than it takes to shuck a corn. When her parents got an inkling of the romance they put In strenuous objec tions and the pair pretended to be re signed to their verdict. The actual wooing, the parental ob jection and the pretended resignation all came in one day. Hutcheson said he’d be on his way home, heartbroken and discouraged. Miss McEachin said she'd see him off, and went to the sta tion with him. while her parents flat tered themselves on her implicit obe dience. They Elope and Are Married Here. But instead of seeing her advertis ing sweetheart off, she got on the train with him and they came to Atlanta. On August 1 they were married by Jus tice of the Peace Orr, and spent the first days of their honeymoon at a ho tel in this city. Then they decided to go back to Denton and brave the pa rental wrath. They got there Sunday morning, and Hutcheson announced that he had a pressing business engagement many many miles away. He left S2O with his bride, and a score of kisses, and de parted. On August S the young bride, dream ing of the far away husband, got « letter—a letter that sent her romanct