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NEW EYES FDR
BLIND ffl
Remarkable Surgical Opera
tion Contemplated for Poor
Newspaper Seller.
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rushen tn a hospital, where Cashin will
be waiting ready for the operation.
The cornea, the seeing power of the
eye. will be put in place of the useless
cornea of the news seller and sight that
has for years been lacking will be re
stored. If the blind man's optic nerves
still retain their long unuaed power.
The cornea is the anterior horny
transparent part of the outer coating of i
the eve ball, and on It sight :nr<e’y I
depends.
Confident That He
Will Regain Sight.
The possibility of success of the op
eration I* admittedly slight, but Cashin
is supremely confident. He believes
that the days are not many before he
w ill sec again
Clay remains silent in the Tower
waiting for the supreme court to an- .
ewer his prayer for rehearing He has
apoken rarely since condemned His
friends and lawyers say that he Is mad.
If the court finally decides that Clay
must die. his relatives will bt asked for
his eyes Whether they will consent or
not is another tonllngent on which
Cashin's hopes depend
Claj has been In prison since the
spring afternoon when without appar
ent cause he ’vent to the home of a
sister-in-law. In l.ee street, and shot his
■wife down In the hallway of 'he resi
dence. Mrs Clay had not been living
•with her husband for some time on ac
count of his Irregular habits
At bls trial, no defense was made
gave a plea of Insanity. Three hlten-
Ists were appointed by Judge Roan,
who tried the case They examined
Clay a number of times. Their report
to the court was that the man was
feigning madness
The jury sentenced him to die. His
hanging was fixed for July 23. but an
appeal was taken to the supreme court,
and execution of the sentence was stay
ed until the final ruling could be made.
Despite his high hope. Cashin con
tinues to sell papers each day at his
o'-l stand, at the corner of Whitehall
and Alabama streets His regular pa
rr-mv hav. noticed a new hopefulness in
h s face though. There is almost a
ll?h In his eyes. For though others
ma' s< "ff Cashin be lieves that lie will
see
Legislature May
End in Night Session
While members of the rules commi’-
’ « of both houses hope for adjourn-
ment of the 1912 session nt 6 o'clock
this afternoon, every indication points
to 'he night session which invariable
nis/ks the closing hours of the Georgia
legislature.
However, members of both houses
have plain!' indicated that they m.
wear' of the grind and would tolerate'
but few bills of general nature. The
senate yesterday, W D Dickerson
bo ding the floor to prevent action, al
lowed the firemen's qualification bill
end the enti-filler fertilize bill to die
for want of second reading While
Dickerson wa« aiding the railroads in
killing leg’s'ation demanded bv organ
ized labor the house defeated the fol
lowing bills: The West' n and Atlantic
commission, resolution calling for an
Investigation of the state board of
hea'th. and a bill to regu'a e garnish
ment p oceedings before a justice of
the peace
Both hot: ?< lik'd the bill requiring
rai oa l to equip pas.-enger coaches
w itn < indcr idler-to"* and parsed it.
The house also approved a series of
birls regulating militia on riot duty.
On. the whole the 1912 session has
been one of oratory rather than action.
Not mo e than fifteen bills of a genera!
nature have been passed, tine of these,
the Tippins bill, wa- disapproved by
rhe governo . and at least one other
the appropriations bill will walk into
a veto if the senate fails to keep the
Well, Now, Just Look Who’s Coming In! on By George McManus
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Heir to $3,000,000 Will Bear
Name of Dead Father, John
Jacob Astor.
NEW YORK. Aug 14—A $3,000,000
baby was born at the Astor mansion.
84(i Fifth avenue, today at 8:15 a. tn.
It is a boy and will bear the name of
its father, John Jacob Astor, who went
down with the Titanic in the greatest
marine disaster of modern times.
The hl-1h of the child was announced
by Dr Edwin B. Cragin in the follow
ing statement:
"A child was born to Mrs John Ja
ob Astor at 8:15 o'clock this morning.
It is a boy and its name is John Jacob
Astor Tile mother Is In good condi
t ion "
Dr. Cragin later announced that John
Jacob Astor the fifth weighed 7 3-4
pounds.
By the will of the late Colonel John
Jacob Astor this posthumous heir was
left $3,000,000.
There had been rumors circulated
'1 at if the posthumous heir we ea boy
i contest would be instituted by Colo
nel Astor's widow. Mrs. Madeline Force
Astor, to secure greater wealth for her
son. This matter will be determined
later.
Preparations so the arrival of the
millionaire babv were made early yes
'Tdav afternoon when Mr. and Mrs
Force paents of Mr’. Astor. were
summoned to the Fifth avenue man
sion but the accouchement was delayed
for many hours.
Baby Is in
Excellent Health.
Di (Tagin has been in constant at
tendance upon Mrs. Astor since the
week before last.
In making official announcement of
•he birth Dr. ('ragin said that the
baby, ns well ns Mrs Astor, was In
- xcellent condition
\t the same time Dr. (’ragin said
hat ho did not look for any complica-
Hons. but that he expected rhe young
moth* ■ and her baby to continue dointr
well.
There had been considerable fea v
among the relative* of Mrs. Astor as io
the outcome of the accouchement be
aqse of her physical sufferings and
expenditures timed to meet the de
pleted treasury.
What Law-make’s Have Doh«.
The work of the 1912 session, aside
front the bunch of local bills accom
panying the annual law-making, may
be summed up briefly as follows:
The abolition of the justice court
system in towns of mo e than 20.000, if
demanded locally.
i X general revision of the laws gov
erning insurance companies and the
•ale of insurance.
| An exemption of farm products from
taxation for one year.
A repeal of the dog tax
A request upon the governor to bring
suit to conset ve Tallulah Falls.
A revision of the laws governing the
department of agriculture
T<» require state house officers to keep
mon this reports of fees.
To appropriate monex for the gen
eral expenses of the state and other
pu poses
'Jilt ATLANTA GLOK’jHAN A5 D NEWS W EDSESDAY. AUGi S I 14. 1912.
GRUND WILL
iPRDBE LYNCHING
COLUMBUS, GA, Aug. 14—Law
abiding citizens of Columbus and Mus
cogee county today a e making de
mands for an immediate and thorough
Investigation by (he grand jury of the
lynching here late yesterday afternoon,
when a sixteen-year-old negro youth
was taken from officers in Ihe court
house, hurried to the outskirts of tne
city and there shot to death. The
grand jury meets tomorrow, when the
probe is expected Io begin.
The negro, Tom Cotton, alias T. 7.
McElhenny. had just been convicted
and sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary for killing Cedron Land, a
white boj, six miles north of the city,
on Sunday, June 30.
Yesterday the court room was
crowded with relatives and friends
arraigned for trial in superior court-.
All went well until after the jury had
returned » verdict of guilty. Judge
Price Gilbert had pronounced the three
years sentence, court had been ad
journed and officers had started to re
turn the prisoner to jail.
As Bailiffs. R. L. Willis and J. T.
Darby started out of the court room,
relatives and friends of the Land fam
ily crowded around the officers, with
drawn revolvers, and demanded the
custody of the prisoner. The officers
refused. Then the mob forcibly took
the negro from them.
Reaching the street with the pris
oner, eighteen members of the mob
held up a passing street car. put the
negro aboard and forced the motorman
to speed to the outskirts of the city. At
Wynton switch the negro was taken
from the ear to a nearby field, where
he was riddled with bullets. His bsdy
was left lying in a ditch.
A coroner's jury was impaneled last
night and returned a verdict of ''death
by gunshot wounds at the hands of un
known parties."
mental stress resulting from the disas
!er to the Titanic, on which she was a
passenger with her husband.
Unusual interest from the social,
financial and legal viewpoints attaches
to the status of the new child. There
is a possibility that the birth of the boy
may mean a legal contest for the re
distribution of the $150,000,000 Astor es.
. tate. Under the terms of the Astor
will, the sum of $7,000,000 was set aside
for each child born, other than the
children, Vincent and Muriel, of whom
Mrs. Ava Willing Astor was the moth
er. The legal question involved is
whether or not the language of this
provision of the will is to be construed
as a provision for the new heir—that is
to say. a specific provision. Lawyers
differ as to the answer to the question.
Wardrobe Worth
More Than $2,000.
The new baby had a stock of baby
clothes ready for him that would de
light a w hole congress of mothers. The
little wardrobe represented an outlay
of more than $2,000 for the essentials
alone, and much of the embroidery on
. the dainty little garments was the
handiwork of the young mother.
Much of the flimsy, fluffy raiment
was imported from a Paris dealer, and
the best exports in New York worked
, for months upon some of the dainty
things in which baby Astor will coo his
w inning way Into the world of fashion
‘ and finance.
The baby is the fifth of the name,
i John Jacob Astor, the first, was born
In 1758, the second in 1788, the third
tn 1822 Colonel John Jacob Astor,
father of the present owner of the
r name, was the fourth to bear the name
>f the founder of the family fortune.
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ROBERT L. CLAY AND HIS EYES.
POLICEMAN SHOT TRYING >1
TO ARREST THREE MEN
CHICAGO. Aug. 14.—Policeman James
McGloom was shot through the neck .'
and probably fatally wounded in a re- ‘
volver battle with three men whom he *
tried to arrest. The men fired at Me- (
Gloom after he had fallen to the side- t
walk. The policeman tried to crawl to t
the station, three blocks away, but (
fainted from loss of blood: Other offl- f
cers heard the shooting and rushed (
from the station. They found Me- ,
Gloom.
SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA. i
August 14, 1912.
Judgments Affirmed.
Milledgeville Cotton Company vs. Ba- 1
con: from Baldwin superior court —Judge 1
James B Park. Hines & Vinson, for
plaintiff in error. M. E. Evans, Allen &
Pottle, contra
Becker et nl. vs Donalson et al.: from
Decatur—Judge Frank Park M. E.
O'Neal, Pope & Bennett, for plaintiffs in
error. Donalson At Donalson, T. S. Hawes
contra.
Lee vs. Pearson et al.; from Crawford
Judge Felton. Robert L. Rodgers, for
plaintiff in error. H. A. Mathews, contra
Hendrix et al. vs. Bauhard Bros.: from
Cherokee Judge Morris. P. D. DuPre.
for plaintiff in error. E. W. Coleman,
contra.
Wilson vs. State from Lee Judge Long
icertitied by court of appeals). Charles
H Beazley. I' .1 Ragan, for plaintiff in
error. Ware G. Martin, solicitor, contra.
Judgments Reversed.
Smith, tax collector, et al. vs. Whidden:
from Tattnall—Judge Sheppard. H. H.
Elders, for plaintiffs in error. Mann &
Milner, contra
Winkles vs. Simpson Grocery Company:
from Polk Judge Edwards Bunn &
Bunn, for plaintiff in eror. T. W. Lips
comb, John K Davis, W W. Mundy, con
tra
DARK MEN STAND LIQUOR
BETTER THAN FAIR ONES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. —After two
years careful and thorough investiga
tion. the medical corps of the United
States army has succeeded in demon
strating that in one respect at least
men of dark complexion enjoy a de
cided advantage over their lighter com
rades, regardless of age or national
ity. This is in their ability to success
fully give battle to John Barleycorn
or resist the ill effect of the alcoholic
stimulant.
Observations on enlisted mon gath
ered from the Philippine scouts, Phil
ippine constabulary and Manila police
force show that the ability to withstand
tropica! climate and other hardships is
about evenly divided and thousands of
observations along other lines show
that in fatality: muscular strength, in
tellect. etc.. It is about six of one and
half a dozen of the other.
RAILWAY MAIL CLERK
ACCUSED OF ROBBERY
Systematic robbery of registered mail
on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis railroad between Atlanta and
Nashville resulted in the arrest today
of W. H. Kelly, a postal clerk, when
his car reached Nashville.
Kelly lives in Atlanta. Postoffice in
spectors had placed a dummy letter in
tlte mail sack and it was through this
that, they say, they traced the crime to
tlie clerk. He will be brought to At
lanta for trial?
Do you want to change jobs'.’ Perhaps
the one you have doesn't suit your taste.
Or surroundings are disagreeable. Or
salary isn't large enough. Or there's no
chance for advancement If so. your
chance to change is offered today in The
Georgian's Classified Pages.
LABOR CONTRACT
Li IS HELD VALID
Supreme Court Draws Distinc
tion Between Georgia’s Bill
and That of Alabama.
Drawing a wide distinction between
the Alabama law recently held uncon
stitutional by the United States su
preme court and the Georgia law, the
state supreme court today declared
constitutional Georgia’s labor contract
statute, sometimes called the peonage
law.
The court’s decision was made in the
ease of Tim Wilson, a Leesburg negro
convicted of misdemeanor for violation
of the contract law. The case was cer
tified to the supreme court by the court
of appeals.
While general phases of the Georgia
statutes have been submitted to court
test before, today's decision is the first
handed down by the high court on the
constitutionality question since the
United States court knocked out the
Alabama statutes in the famous Bailey
peonage cases, as a violation of the
thi teenth amendment to the Federal
constitution.
First Ruling on Entire Law,
The Georgia contract labor law
passed in the interests of planters in
1905 makes it a misdemeanor for a la
borer to refuse to carry out a contract,
to perform work for which money or
goods of value has been advanced. Un
der the Georgia construction, it must
be shown that the laborer deliberately
intended to defraud his employer by
accepting contract wages.
Georgia Law Not Affected.
Justice Atkinson in writing an opin
ion in which all justices concurred
carefully drew a distinction between
the Alabama law and the Georgia law,
intimating that the Federal court de
cision did not affect the soundness of
the Georgia law.
According to the Bailey decision, the
.Alabama law made the refusal to work
out a labor contract prima facie evi
dence of criminal intent and allowed
the employer making a contract with a
laborer to receive one-half of the flne
imposed in the event of a conviction for
misdemeanor as provided by the law.
In discussing the working of the
Georgia law Justice Atkinson says:
"in order to constitute a criminal in
tent, which is tiie basis of the law. sat
isfactory proof of the contract must be
I shown, the procuring of money thereon,
or other things of value, the failure tn
perform the services contracted for, or
failure to return the money advanced
* * * without good and sufficient
cause.”
NICARAGUAN REVOLT.
FAILURE. NEARLY ENDED
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—Alarmed
by the possibility of American inter
vention. the Nicaraguan rebels have
ceased their bombardment of Managua,
the capital, according to a cablegram
received by the navy department today
from Commander Terhune of the scout
cruiser Annapolis, which is in Nicara
guan waters. The revolution is falling
flat and federal troops are winning
steadily in northern Nicaragua. Five
persons were killed in the bombard
ment of Managua.
PLDM PROMISED
BY I. B. FOB HID .
DE HARRIMAN
Willing to Send Depew to Paris
to Gain Magnate’s Money
for Campaign. v
WASHINGTON. Aug. 14.—0 f the
Roosevelt-Harriman incident in 1904
and the contribution by the railroad
magnate of more than $200,000 to the
New York Republican state campaign,
still another conflicting version was re
corded today when B. B. Odell, former •
governor of New York, testified before
the senate committee investigating
campaign expenditures.
Odell, who was chairman of the state
committee in 1904 and governor from
1901 to 1905, testified that the contrl- i
butions, totaling approximately $250,-
000, w’ere collected by the state com
mittee outside of a $500,000 contribution
which had been promised by the Re
publican national committee. Records
were kept of these contributions, but
were destroyed at the close of the cam
paign. he said.
“Was your attention ever called to
a letter purporting to have been writ
ten by E. H. Harriman to Sidney Web
ster in 1906. in which Mr. Harriman is
said to have stated that in 1904 Presi- Z
dent Roosevelt sent a request asking
him to come to Washington?" asked
Senator Clapp.
"T have seen the letter?"
"Do you know anything about that
request outside of the letter?”
“I do.”
"State what you know.”
Harriman Called on T. R.
"Along early in October of 1904 1
was requested by Mr. Harriman to
lunch with him. 1 went to his office
and during luncheon he showed me a
letter from President Roosevelt asking
him to come to Washington. We had
some conversation as to what the pres
ident desired to see Mr. Harriman
about, and I said it was my opinion
that he wanted to ask about the situa
tion in New York and consult about
the financial conditions.
"Mr. Harriman said he did not care to
go, but. after talking the matter over,
he said he would go. I requested Mr.
Harriman to visit Mr. Roosevelt, and
I requested him to bring to the at
tention of Mr. Roosevelt the situation
in New York regarding the senatorial
campaign. I told him the organization
was in favor of the election of Gov
ernor Black to succeed Senator Depew. /
but at the same time they felt kindly ,
toward Senator Depew and would like
' to see him taken care of.
"I suggested that Mr. Harriman ask
Mr. Roosevelt if he could not send Mr.
Depew as ambassador to France. Mr.
Harriman went to Washington and a
few days after I again lunched with
him and ascertained what had occurred
at the conference with the president.
I He said I was right.
1 Promised to Appoint Depew.
. "The president was anxious about the
financial conditions in New York and
f he would like to have Mr. Harriman's
help. Mr. Harriman said the president
’ told him that if necessary he would do
: as requested about Depew. Harriman
• said he was ready to help the national (
1 committee. I suggested that he wait
' until the committee had exhausted alt
s other sources.
“Subsequently Mr. Cortelyou came to
my office and told me they were unable
‘ to raise the money due the state com
mittee. I told him it was a very em
barrassing position for me and he asked
> if I could not help out. Lcalled up Mr.
, Harriman on the telephone, told him
’ the situation and told him that if he
! desired to help the national committee
I the time had come. He told me to send
Cortelyou and Bliss to his office. Then '
Mr. Harriman telephoned me that he
j had made arrangements and had raised
| $240,000, which he had turned over to
Bliss. Bliss later gave me a check for
$200,000 and I gave him a receipt for
1 this.”
Odell admitted that representation
had been made to Harriman that the
finances of the campaign were in a se
rious condition, whereas they were not.
t “' ’
FOUND—If you lose anything, and will
t advertise it here, you will surely recover
; it it found by an honest person. A three
time ad seldom fails. Remarkable recov- *
eries are brought about every day
through this column.