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MILEAGE BILL IS PASSED AFTER ' STIFF FIGHT Measure Mow Ready for Gov » ernor’s Signature—Blue Sky Act Goes Through. The house buckled right down to hard work today, the last day of the session, and disposed rapidly of much proposed legislation. ■ The bill to require railroads in Geor gia to ''pull” mileage on their passen ger trains, instead of requiring that it be exchanged for tickets before use, wag passed by a vote of 94 to 12. The enactment of this law closes a long fight made by the traveling men of Georgia to force the railroads to han dle their mileage in a more convenient way. It was bitterly opposed by the railroads, but the traveling men brought tremendous influence to bear upon the legislature. A bill to make it a misdemeanor to draw a check on a bank when the par ty issuing the check has not sufficient funds in the bank to meet the same, was tabled by a vote of 79 to 40. Power Companies Hit. This bill was debated vigorously, and the house was importuned to pass it, but it evidently met with the approval of only a small minority. A bill to put power companies in Georgia under the same rule with re spect to damages that now applies to the railroads was parsed by the over whelming vote of 125 to 14. This meas ure was opposed vehemently by Mr. Wimberly, of Bibb, who spoke at length against it. He said it was offered only for the purpose of enabling "shyster” , lawyers to bring numerous damage suits against power companies, and that it opened the way for a lot of cheap practice. Mr. Defore, of Bibb, in speaking against the bill, attacked his colleague, Mr. Hall. He referred to Mi'. Hall’s supposed representation of certain companies affected by the bill, and said he was not surprised at his attitude, therefore, which favored the bill. Mr. Defore’s remarks brought forth a sharp reply from Mr. Hall, who “called doAn” his colleague for his “unfair S and unwarranted” suggestions. Blue Sky Bill Passed. The bill was then pifssed. and. al though Mr. Wimberly tried to get it re considered, he received no encourage ment. Senator Felker’s modified "blue sky” bill, aimed at fraudulent and question able transactions in mine, oil and other * stocks, " ns passed without a dissenting This bill Ifcj to regulate the trad ing in stocks and bonds in Georgia, and. had the backing of numerous banking and trust • >r.r>anii : throughout the state. Bills to i. rm''. -t hoo! districts to is sue bond - f>r the purpi se of erecting school houses; to increase the*member ship of the state board of health from . eleven to twelve, and to procure a por trait of the late General Clement A. Evans, for use in the capitol, were passed. Lieutenant Governor Act Delayed. Unless the house changes its indiffer ent attitude toward senate bills, the of fice of lieutenant governor, as provided in the McElreath constitutional amend ment. will not pass this session. While the upper house has approved the amendment, its transmission to thelow . cr house lor concurrence was blocked until action was taken on a series of senate bills on the same subject, now before the house. Senator Mann, sponsor for the sen ate measure, explained that the Mc- Elreath amendment was imperfect un less accompanied by his bills provid ing two amendments to the constitution and two changes in the code Changes in the present game law ad vocated by State Game and Fish Com missioner Mercer and the Georgia Game association, were passed by the senate , today. The new change will switch the open ing date of the game season from De cember 1 to November 20—a change urged by hunters over the state so as to include Thanksgiving day in the open season. The closing date of the open season. March 1, was not changed. Migratory ducks were included in the * list of partially protected birds, with a bag limit of 50. Larks and blackbirds, heretofore protected, were placed in the list of unprotected birds. Agree on Appropriations. After lopping off $7,500 from the ap propriation of $12,500 to Milledgeville Normal school the senate today agreed with the house on the main features of the deficiency appropriations bill, ex pending about . .160,000. Special appro priations to the First, Third and Fourth district agricultural schools and the academy for the deaf, totaling $29,500, were approved. Senators agreed to the reduction in ’’’ the Milledgeville appropriation after a conference between the governor and members of the senate committee. An increase of SIO,OOO in the maintenance fund of the University of Georgia, said to be agreeable all around, was in cluded. The SI,OOO appropriated by the house for new weights and measures was defeated in the senate. ' * EIGHTH” SLAYER DIES IN CHAIR IN THREE DAYS AUBURN, N. Y„ Aug. 14.—The eighth name was added to the toll ex acted this week by the electric chair when John Maruszewski, an Erie coun ty murderer, was executed today. Two high power contacts of 1,850 volts at 9 amperes were necessary to produce ’ death. Maruszewski killed Policeman Charles Schaffer and Frank Kosaek, a countryman. B/9 Atlanta Business Men Masters of Their Craft B MORGAN A CANDY MAKER S mi | > • fl M U-iw. X • HI - Jfl 1 j.. 144 I I ®’ • C ■ I JBaEMwl u'_ r ; I l hnwIBMU 1 • I fl ■; ~ aS >■>,. flfl J II flaMMf fl * t I v . WaIBMW 9 z $ vfcji Hu I WwOIbI I Wi» LzV t mHBv -w & - ft if JK w ►llll fl > Wl is SI V MV A * sfa 15 t • »’> ST* ts Cl HL V'My * 81 t V' Ly -Wk wii bi ■ < ? KU Vißb Ma IM rJViSggp '■. -MS ~ TOT» GLmMk 11 IwgylMi v Brooks -Morgan, vice presidont and manager of rue Frank E. Block Candy Company, who Irnows as much about making candy as his most skillful employees. ALARM NLLOLLSS, SAYS CHAMBERS Candidate for Mayor Admits. However, City’s Problems Need Attention. Following Alderman John S. Can dler’s striking interview on conditions in Atlanta, published in The Georgian, .Councilman Aldine Chambers, candi date for mayor, today gave out the first formal statement of his views. In part, he said: “While I see no occasion to be alarmed at conditions in Atlanta. I ad mit there are problems requiring the utmost energy and most careful consid eration. But we have never seen the day in our wonderful growth when this was not the case. “The extension of our limits added 100 per cent to our territory and almost 1.000 per cent to our mnicipal needs. "The $3,000,000 bond issue has tem porarily increased the strain on the city treasury through the sinking fund commission. “The decision of the county commis sion to spend $1,000,000 worth of work on the city sewers instead of SIOO,OOO worth has delayed street work corre spondingly. Means Big Improvements. "But the legislature has amended the charter, giving the council the right to revolutionize the street department. It will moan wonderful improvements. “Officials have come to realize the need of more improved machinery for the street department. “There should be more co-opc«ation between the city departments. Each should know at all times what the oth ers are doing. “Four years ago the widening of Marietta street was considered a gi gantic undertaking. Today w r e realize it was just a beginning. Similar plans are being taken up in ail sections of the city. “We want no stagnant city. We want our energies taxed to their utmost. By this means Atlanta accomplishes things and keeps in the forefront of develop ment.” HATS MUST COME OFF IN MACON’S PICTURE SHOWS MACON, GA., Aug. 14.—After lying dormant in the city code for twelve years, an ordinance requiring women to remove their hats in theaters will be enforced hereafter by the picture show proprietors. The ordinance was passed by council in 1900 before moving pic ture theaters came into existence, but it says that “ladies in any theater must remove their hats," and this is con strued by the city’authorities to apply to the present playhouses. There has been so much complaint against big hats in the picture shows that the ordi nance was dug up and will now be put into effect. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. Vice President and Manager of Block Company Learned the Business From Ground Up. Brooks Morgan, vice president and manager of Frank E. Block & Co., man ufacturers of candy and crackers, knows just as much about the manual work of his big shop as do the em ployees who daily earn their living there. With all the skill of one of the deft fingered girls in the shop, he can set tiny little blocks of candy to running through a big machine that covers them with chocolate coating, brushes them off and sends the sw-eet morsels on their way to the drying and cooling room. He can take a look at a monster cal dron of boiling syrup and tell just when it should be cooled off, and*that takes skill, the candy makers say. For if you take it off the fire too soon there is going to be sugar instead of candy when you coo] It Candymaking hasn't been Mr. Mor gan’s lifework. He started out as a young clerk with the Southern Rail way Company and worked his way up to the position of assistant general pas senger agent. "That young Morgan Is going right along and he’ll be at the head of the road some day,” was the prophecy of old-timers, who knew by experience when they saw' a railroad man. About that time the young man mar ried. His wife was the daughter of Frank E. Block. Soon afterward Mr. Block’s health failed and he was unable to attend to the business which he had made one of the largest in the South, so he persuaded his son-in-law to join forces with him. Despite the fact that his early train ing and tastes Were for railroading, Brooks Morgan started in to help out the man whose daughter he had mar ried. He learned the business from the bottom up, w'hile managing it. In over alls, he studied the actual work of mak ing candy and learned It so that his old employees acknowledge that he can tell them many things about the work which they learned in their youth. Mr. Morgan has also taken a great interest in the doings of other whole sale confectioners and know's many of the leading men in this country per sonally. He has attended conventions and made himself felt there as much as he has made the force of his personal ity feit 1n the office at his factory. TWO DIE WHEN $150,000 FIRE BURNS OIL BARGES BATON ROUGE, LA., Aug. 14.—The Standard OU Company’s steamer C. M. Pate and three oil barges were burned at Grammercy, La., today with the loss of two lives and $150,000 damage. THOMAS SHOWS TAX GAIN. THOMASVILLE. GA., Aug. 14.—The tax returns of Thomas county show a gain of $80,061 for 1912. Last year there was a gain of $250,000. The largest Increase this year is from the Boston district, with $50,167. Meigs comes next with an increase of $44,- 889. Thomasville shows a decrease. The returns this year for Thomas coun ty total $7,259,562. CHARGE IS FALSE, MATTHEWS SAYS Candidate for Macon Judgeship Denies Being in League With Saloon Men. MACON, GA., Aug. 14.—The charge’ that Solicitor General H. A. Matthews, of Fort Valley, who is a candidate for judge of the superior courts of the Ma con circuit, promised protection to at least two violators of the prohibition law In exchange for their votes and support has been made and denied. However, there will probably be more interesting developments, depending upon whether Mr. Matthews can ascer. tain who paid for an advertisement in a Macon paper yesterday that contained this charge against him. The-advertisement asserted that Ike Bashfnski. a saloon keeper, who has been convicted several times, and against whom a case is pending now, is managing Mr. Matthews’ campaign for judge. It further asserted that Bashinski and Mr. Matthews went to gether to W. T. Amerson, another sa loon keeper, and Bashlpskl. with the candidate for judge acquiescing, as sured Amerson he would be protected in the future if he voted for Mr. Mat thews and worked against Judge Rob ert Hodges, who is also a candidate. Mr. Matthews immediately declared that the charge was a canard, and that the man who made it was "a contempti ble liar.” Bashlnski said he did not know any thing about it, and declared he had no connection with Mr. Matthews or his campaign. Amerson also denied completely his alleged part in the affair. EXPLOSION IN ALABAMA KILLS 19 NEGRO MINERS ABERNANT, ALA., Aug. 14.—Nine teen negro miners were killed by an explosion in the mine of the Abernant Coal Company yesterday. Rescue par ties, which worked ail night, had re covered seventeen bodies today. The explosion occurred 100 feet from the surface at a time when 83 men were at work. Os these 46 were whites. State Mine Inspector Nesbitt arrived on the scene today and began an in vestigation. He said he believed the explosion was caused by a charge of blasting powder igijiting coal dust. BULL MOOSE CANdTdATE TO SPEAK IN TENNESSEE CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Aug. 14.- Leaders of the Bull Moose party in Chattanooga have received assurances from Theodore Roosevelt that he will speak in Chattanooga in the approach ing presidential campaign. It is un derstood that the Bull Moose nominee will speak in Memphis, Nashville, Chat tanooga and Knoxville, but the exact dates for his appearance in Tennessee have not yet been announced. GRACE NOT TOLD rsoooimiN I Too Weak to Receive Word of Failure of Noted Surgeons. Mother Weeps. Eugene H. Grace, at the Georgian hospital, does not know that his for lorn hope has failed. He will not know until he is strong enough to stand the shock of being told that he is doomed to be a helpless invalid for life, and that his life is to be of short duration. Dr. Baxter S. Moore found Grace badly nauseated after his operation, and I decided that it would not be well to tell him today that the operation had failed. In the meantime. Mrs. S. L Hill, Grace’s mother, is with him. She, under the doctor’s orders, has given no intimation that an early end to his helplessness is probable. Weeping be cause of the operation’s failure, she re mained away from her son’s room to prevent his seeing her emotion. Loath to Tell Him of Fate. His doctors are more than loath to tell Grace of his fate. He was so su premely confident of the success of the operation that they fear the shock of news of its failure will imperil the brief life that is in him. The doctors, too, shared his hopes. From the time they began the opera tion at 11:30 o'clock yesterday morning until they abandoned hope four hours and a half later, they had believed that the next few minutes would enable them to find the bullet and that its ex traction would make their patient whole. Their disappointment was keen when the patient’s condition finally told them that further probing was impossible. The operation had been conducted and planned by X-ray landmarks. These landmarks, the physicians say, were misleading, and the operation was never really possible of success. Friends of Grace and his family called by the score at the hospital or over the telephone during the day to find out the progress of the patient, while the entire hospital corps evinced great Interest in him. Will Await Hit Recovery. When he will be moved from the Georgian hospital to his home in New nan is problematical. Dr. Moore pre fers that the patient thoroughly recov er from his shock before he attempts the trip. "The paralysis is caused not by the presence of the bullet in the canal,” said Dr. Moore. “It is from the shock given when Mr. Grace was first shot that he is now paralyzed. We can do nothing to cure that, and I don’t think he has many months longer to live, . poor fellow. He’s the gamest man I ever operated on." Dr. J. S. Clifford, who assisted in the operation, stated that in his experience the patient, when paralyzed like Grace I is, usually lived from three to nine months after the Injury. That would give Eugene Grace scarcely four more months to live. “I don’t wish to be quoted as saying that Grace will die in a few months," added Dr. Moore. “Too many rash statements have been made in regard to this case. I don't believe, however, that he can live. Os course, there’s a chance —there’s always a chance—but I don’t think it is very strong in this case.” Dr. Moore stated that the X-ray pho tographs made of the wounded man’s back were misleading—that they show ed the bullet to be in his spinal canal, when in reality the bullet was not touching the canal. NEW SULTAN OF MOROCCO. PARIS, Aupg. 14.—Mulai Yusef was today proclaimed sultan of Morocco, succeeding Mulai Halid, who abdicated, according to a cablegram received this afternoon from the French military governor. | DEATHS AND FUNERALS | Mrs. Mary Paschall. The body of Mrs. Mary Paschall, 52 years old, of Waldo. Fla., who died in Atlanta yesterday, was taken to her former home for funeral and interment today. She is survived by her husband, W. V. Paschall, and four sons. Mrs. P. H. Smith. The funeral of Mrs. P. H. Smith, 63 years old, who died late yesterday, will be held at the residence, 348 East Geor gia avenue, at 3:4s‘o’clock today. In terment will be in Oakland cemetery. She had been ill several weeks. Mrs. J. V. Smith. The body of Mrs. J. V. Smith, who died at a sanitarium yesterday after noon, was taken to Washington, Ga., today for funeral and interment. Mrs. Smith recently came to Atlanta for treatment She is survived by her hus band, of Washington. James R. Jennings. A widow, three children and a broth er at Jennings, Fla., await the arrival of the body of James R. Jennings, who died in Atlanta yesterday afternoon. The body was sent from Atlanta early today for funeral and interment. Jen nings came here for treatment several weeks ago. A. A. Moye. The body of A. A. Moye, 57 years old, who died at his home, 81 Carroll street, yesterday afternoon, was returned to his former home, Gainesville, Ga.. to day for interment. He is survived by his wife and four children. J. T. Baldwin. J T Baldwin died this morning at the residence, 40 Robbins street. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from Barclay & Brandon’s chapel and the body will be interred In Hollywood. Baldwin Is survived by his widow, his mother, one son Horace and four daughters J. G. Ramsey. J. G. Ramsey, aged 65, died this morn ing at his residence, 41 Oglethorpe ave nue. He Is survived by three sons and three daughters. No funeral arrange ments have yet been made PRESIDENT IS LOYAL TO CONSERVATION POLICY, SAYS CHAS, D. HILLES By CHARLES D. HILLES. Chairman of Republican National Committee. President Taft’s record as a conser vationist must convince every unprej udiced inquirer of his unswerving loy- nial to his un swerving loyalty to the policy. There are some conservationists who would have the public believe that a majority of the conservationists are op posed to the president. This ts not the fact. A few' conservationists who have been able to make much clamor and to deceive people into believing that they constituted a majority are opposed to the president—not because he is not a conservationist, but because he could not and would not approve Illegal meth ods and because when they cams to re gard themselves as larger than the pol icy itself and even as above the law, Mr. Taft promptly dispensed with their services. But if you will look into the subject you will find that they consti tute a very small minority. Results Have Been Obtained. The conservation movement is one of the most important tn this country, and that policy has been one of the most Important and the most strictly adhered to of this administration. A great part of the conservation work of this gov ernment has been donq by the scientific experts of the geological survey. Os course, in the eyes of certain persons who can see no good outside of the for est service, that in Itself is a crime. But the great army of conservation ists want results, concrete results, and these they have obtained under the Taft administration. For Instance, the survey’s classification of coal lands has nearly trebled the valuation of 15,000,- 000 acres of coal lands. These lands have been segregated, and not an acre Is passing to private ownership. Pres ident Taft has declared himself un equivocally for the leasing of coal lands, and sooner or later congress will enact the necessary legislation. And until it does. President Taft will protect these lands, as he will all similar mineral lands, from passing into the hands of private individuals, to pass in turn, as they surely would, into the hands of monopolists. How Important is the president’s stand in thia regard may be judged from the fact that the geological sur vey has found 20,000,000 acres of ex ceptionally rich lignate lands in Mon tana, of which one 40-acre tract con tains more than 2,500,000 tons. The withdrawals made by order of President Taft Include 68,216,489 acres of coal lands, 4,774,182 acres of oil lands, 3,340,561 acres of phosphate lands, 1,818,753 acres of land available for power sites. 97,228 acres set apart for water reservoirs and more than 800,000 acres set apart for public waterworks, experimental station purposes, etc. Can you beat this? Trbute For Potash. Do you realize that this country pays foreign producers of potash $10,000,000 a year and that this sum all comes out of the pockets of the American fanners? President Taft has directed that all the available scientific knowl edge of the government be directed to finding a method of producing this pot- LINER IN PORT WITH PASSENGERS TAKEN FROM SHIP ASHORE BOSTON, Aug. 14.—The Dominion Atlantic line steamer Prince Arthur, with the 172 passengers of the Prince George, which ran ashore in a thick fog off Yarmouth, N. S., on board, docked at Eong wharf this morning. Hundreds of friends and relatives of the passengers were at the pier. The transfer of the passengers from the Prince George to her sister ship, which had been called by wireless, was effected in a thick fog. All the pas sengers were safely transferred. The Prince George is reported still ashore, badly damaged. TOOMBS BATTLEGROUND IN FIGHT FOR SOLICITOR VIDALIA, GA'? Aug. 14. —The battle grounds for the solicitor generalship of the middle circuit, which up to this time has been confined principally to the other counties of the circuit, will now shift to Toombs county, both of the candidates, Alf Herrington, of Swains boro, and Lee Moore, of Statesboro, being scheduled for speeches. Mr. Herrington speaks on Saturday at Cedar Crossing, and on Monday Mr. Moore will address the citizens at Ly ons, the county seat. ’ » BAXLEY TO HAVE LIGHTS. BAXLEY, GA., Aug. 14.—The ma chinery for the new electric light and waterworks plant for Baxley is being placed in the power house near the Southern railway. The poles are up and most of the wires strung. Resi dences and stores are being wired for electric lights. The plant is owned by the city. Lights will be turned on in September. ash right here In the United States. If we succeed, not only will $10,000,000 be kept here in our own market, in stead of going to Germany, but an im mense saving w’ill be effected for the benefit of the farmer. What better kind of conservation is there than that? Besides potash the farmer has t» buy phosphates. President Taft has withdrawn from entry, as I have said, more than 3.000,000 acres of phosphate lands in Wyoming, Idaho and Utah. As soon as congress can be induced to en act the proper legislation these lands will be worked- not for the benefit of a few monopolists, but under such re strictions as will insure competition and a fair price to the farmer for this, one of the essential elements of plant food. Then look at the 4,700,000 acres of oil lands which have been withdrawn from entry. Do you think the Stand ard Oil trust would have been possible had the government pursued the wise policy of conservation when that insti tution was in Its formative period? Os course, the policy was not known then, but it 1s now. and it has no more val iant champion than President Taft. Fear Democratic Rule, .1 hate to think what would become of these valuable lands which have been so carefully withdrawn from en try were there to be a Democratfc ad ministration; but I know, and every man who wants to exploit these landa for his own private gain knows, that, as long as William H. Taft is fa the white house the monopolists will ret non chance. And while I am dlscaestng the sub ject of conservation, I want to pofat out to you what economies have been effected in the administration of the general land office under President Taft and through the agencies of Secretary Fisher and Commissioner Dennett- I will not bore you with more figures, but take just one item. A saving of $194 - 000 a year in salaries alone has been effected, and the land office Is more ef ficient today than it ever was fa its history, I have frequently had put to me a delicate question as to why. If Presi dent Taft is a loyal conservationist he appointed R. A. Ballinger as secretary of the Interior. President Taft ap pointed Judge Ballinger secretary of the interior because he had had useful experience as commissioner of the general land office, having been ap pointed by President Roosewelt on the recommendation of Secretary Garfield, who had known him from their college days at Williams. Garfield congratu lated the country upon the accession to public life of a man of Judge Ballin ger’s preparation, probity and patriot ism. Why Taft Backed Ballinger. Certain enemies of Judge Ballinger, s notably the head of the forest service, 1 attacked Judge Ballinger—not on the 1 ground that he was not progressive or a loyal conservationist, but with the charge that he was dishonest. Presi dent Taft was convinced that Mr. Bal linger was an absolutely honest man and he could not then have asked for Judge Ballinger’s resignation without seeming to confirm the charge against his integrity, even if persuaded that ho was not heartily in sympathy with the president’s conservation program. There are those who think 1t would have been good politics for President Taft to have demanded Judge Ballin ger’s resignation at once, but Mr. Taft is too manly and too just a man to cast such a reflection on any man’s reputa tion without warrant. But conclusive proof of Mr. Taft’s loyalty to the conservation policy is afforded by his selection of Walter L. Fisher, a former president of the "Na tional Conservation association, as Judge Ballinger’s successor. And, mark you, when Secretary Fisher assumed the office he found that not one back ward step had been taken, not one acre of land had been lost, not one perwer site had passed into private ownership since Secretary Garfield had retired from the office. PONCE DE LEON AND DRUID HILLS CITIZENS FIGHT AUTO MANIACS Residents of the fashionable Ponce DeLeon and Druid Hills section are up in arms. They have declared war on auto maniacs who use beautiful Ponce DeLeon avenue, between the park and Druid Hills, as a speedway, and have appealed to the police to aid them. "The nights are simply made hideous by the whizzing of speeding cars, the nerve-racking noise of muffler cut outs, and the honk-honk of horns.” say the disturbed citizens. This auto-bed lam, they say, continues until the small hours of the morning, and that they are unable to sleep or rest. In order to give the sleepless citizens relief, Chief Beavers today detailed a special officer on this road in the after noons and at night to tag the speeders. NO BAD BOYS AND GIRLS IN MACON, MACON, GA., Aug. 14.—Postmaster Harry Stillwell Edwards declares that there is no need for enforcing in Ma con the recent postoffice order against the abuse of the general delivery win dow system. "There are no bad boys and girls in Macon, and few. if any, crooks in Ma con who patronize the general deliv ery,” he says, "and thus the order will not result In any changes here." TOM WATSON TO SPEAK. VIDALIA, GA., Aug. 14. —Immediate- ly after the election is over the friends of Tom Watson will be given an oppor tunity to hear him deliver an address. An engagement has been made for him to speak at Tiger Springs, six miles north of here on the Georgia and Flor ida road. alty to that great policy. He has p 1 a c ed measures above men, but never in the slightest degree has he yielded one iota from that pol icy, and the fact that millions of acres of oil, gas, phosphate and mineral lands are lying idle because congress has not seen fit thus far to enact proper leas ing law's consti tute the most striking testimo- 3