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ALL BILLS MING MIILITIfi PASSED State Guardsmen Exception ally Fortunate in Getting What They Asked For. e t Out of the c rowd of dejected lobby ists who saw measures killed or 'dan Rerous' legislation passed during th* i closing hours of the legislature. Adju-1 tant General Obear stands today the: single happy exception. Eleven military bills, advocated by, the head of the National Guard, went to successful passage Not a single i military provision was defeated. Th'-1 57.500 delfly extracted from the mill- 1 tar> fund last summer by Joe Hill Hal was returned this year with $2,500 more : for a contingent riot fund. The bills j passed for the militia are: An amendment to the Hot laws so : to prevent sheriffs, mayors and judges I from calling out troops, placing thi- I authority solely with the governor. ; The office of quartermaster general ' has been consolidated with that of ad-' jutant general, and adjutant genera 1 I made ex-officio head of all staff de- ■ partments. Al) cletks in the military department I are hereafter to hold their positions i under civil service rules. To permit the operation of military I trains- on. Sundav Retirement Ape Is 64. The governor has been authorized 1" | appoint his private secretary as one of his aids (with the rank of lieutenant colonel) without regard to his previous military service. All officers and enlisted men must b ■ retired from the active list upon reach- 1 Ing the ago of 64 years, and placed on ■ the retired list in a manner similar to that required in the United States army. All military records are hereafter to be deposited in the adjutant general’s office for preservation. All brigade staff officers shall hold I office on the same term" as staff officers of regiments and battalions. In time of riot or danger thereof all I military communications shall have 1 right of way over, telephone and tele-I graph lines. Any officer or enlisted man of this ■ state who has served in other states may count such service toward retirt- I ment or service medals in the National j Guard of this state, provided he shall ■ have served five years in the militia o! ! this state. It has been provided that tin? Geor i gia flags used in the Spanish-Ameri I can war shall be displayed in the cor I ridors of the capitol. SIDNEY EDWARDS GETS CHOICE OF 15 YEARS IN PRISON OR JURY TRIAL RICHMOND, V.V. \ug. 16. Sidnej i Edwards, one of the Carrol! county out- i laws, has been given his choice of fifteen i years in the penitentiary or a trial by a : jury from Grayson county. He has until i late today to make known his decision | If he asks a jury trial it will begin next | Monday Eriel Alien, the youngest of the out ! laws, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and was given eighteen years in the penitentiary. CORN ‘‘PLANTED’’ FORTY YEARS AGO IS FOUND CAMERON, MO., Aug. 16.—An oar of 1 corn in a fine state of preservation, known to he at least 4o .tears old. is the latest discovery here J. N. Munsell found two ears of yel- j low corn lying between the wall of u j house on West Fourth street, now un- i tiergoing improvements. The corn wat , covered by fallen plaster, and so was : safe from mice and rats. The house was built h\ John Cross an old German shoemaker, in 1872 Among other things found was a pari of a newspaper printed in Civil war times. This was rolled up in a paper hearing the advertisement of Isaac Havener, groceryman. ALIENATION CHARGED TO WEALTHY WIDOW NEW YORK. Aug. 16.—Representa tives of Mrs. Emily Ladd, a wealthy j Brooklyn widow, now in Europe, char- I acterized as purely a piece of spite work a $25,000 alienation suit filed against h.er by the wife of Frederick Pocher, coachman for Mrs. Ladd. She was served with the papers a? she boarded a liner for England. It was alleged by those speaking for [ her that there has been marital trouble in the Cocher family for a year and a half, and that Mrs. Cocher’s suit was simply a case of revenging herself on her husband. HUNDREDS WOUNDED IN LONDON STRIKE BATTLE LONDON. Aug. 16. -A battle in which nearly 100.000 were engaged was fought between union and non-union laborers at the Tilbury dock today, and when the police restored peace hundreds had been wounded. Twenty arrests were made. Non-unionists were waiting at the docks for work when they were at tacked by strikers. EDUCATOR FALLS TO HIS DEATH ON SWISS GLACIER PARIS. Aug. 16.—Professor H. O. Jones, of Cambridge university. Eng land. and Mrs. Jones fell to their death from Mount Aiguille, on the Swiss frontier today. They were crushed to death upon a glacier in the valley be low. \ Swis? guide and another mem ber of the party escaped. Heartless Reform Bans Mirrors in Lifts WOE FOR ELEVATOR FLIRTS V> ■ w > wj A Ji ’ If W y' A ..-IV. 9* I w/' < JI c AyOwjk. ■ A V - --f .Asfj If- g : w- w » ; ?o .■MBe -»• ,/ysr I l iHr ■ lift i : * ’OaUm', ' 1 BMwMMM \ 1 a - \ ■ Aj•- i\ -V.ARw ' AB *lb IHH Zs vO7 y- ~ i I liiM II ■' JIF (CTw I Jw Miss (iei’lriide Vanderbilt, the stage favorite at the Forsyth this week. n> a special pose for The Georgian photographer. She doesn’t like a hit the ban on elevator mirrors. Poor. Persecuted Woman Loses Another Chance to Dab Powder on Her Nose. j Flirtation germs are declared to gen lerale proHficly in elevator shafts an! I the inhrored sides of elevators are said by authorities on the subject to be the cause. Thosi who believe that flirta tions have a baneful influence on the morals and <»f mind of members of the community are seeking to de ’ stroy the institution by uprooting the tau-v. The elevator minor must go. In Atlanta the lifts in • very building now under construction and in practi cally all the more mode n structures are as sans looking glass as file abode of a Digger Indian in his untutored state. The < all of "going up” will nev er in the future he a signal for the casting down of eyes of the fair con tingent of the passenger list. Philadelphi•• originated the idea. The germ prospered >o in the Quaker City that a crusade was stated. Il was de clared that the mirror gave the male occupants of the car too many advan tages of smirking upon the female pas sengers. ft was said that though the flirtations were necessarily brief, they were frequently of a deadly nature Theiefore. they had to go. The idea spread South, and Atlanta was ope of the first cities 1t en countered There still are mirrored •deva tors here. The capitol is pos sessed of lifts where a person can look upon their own being from as many different angles as in the looking gla»s that the gentlemanly clerk provides when Ire is spiling you a suit marked down to sl4 16 But In the new build ings the mirror has disappeared. Its tough on the women, though. Tht J HE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1912 < ustom established for their conven ience is proving to possess a reverse english. Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, the pretty little actress now appealing' in Atlanta, voices the protest in no un certain terms. "1 think it's horrible." she says. "Who objected to flirtations in the first place? Most women enjoy them and you al ways reached your floor before they became dangerous. But that's not the point. What substitute do they off< r for the convenience that the elevator always afforded of seeing if your hat was on straight or your nose properly powdered? Pulchritude has been sac rificed at the altar of propriety. Wom en should form a protective associa tion and compel eve.y architect to pro vide mirror.- In the specifications of evei v building they construct." VOLCANO IN MESSINA DISTRICT IN ERUPTION MESSINA. ITALY. Aug. 16 The volcano of Stromboli is in violent erup tion and the inhabitant.- of the Island of Stromboli are panic-stricken. Ter rific showers of ashes are pouring from the volcano's four mouths, and the eruption is distinctly visible from hole and other nearby points on th< main land. TWIN BLIND FROM BIRTH HAS BEEN MADE TO SEE PHILADELPHIA 'tg 16 Six vear-old Vera Evray has been blind from birth as the result of congenital cataract. She has i twin h"other whose sight Is normal. James Evray. father of Vera, was operated upon in ISS2 at the Willis Eve hospital foi cataract and his sight was iestored Vera was taken to the same hospital, the cataracts were removed and the child's sight iestored —— YOUNG WOMEN PLEDGE THEIR SUITORS TO VOTE ST. LOI’IS, Aug. 16.—Former Mayor E. F. Dunne, of Chicago, Democratic nominee for governor of Illinois, is not kissing any babies, but he is taking pledges from young women that they « ill induce their sweethearts to vote for him. Dunne is counting from one to four votes on each pledge. When Dunne was in Alton he was introduced to a young woman, who told him she was sorry she could not vote for him Whereupon Dunne asked. "Hut you have a beau, haven’t you?" A young suitor in the party ex claimed: "She's got four." Dunne then advised her to keep al! of them on the anxious seat and to make no decision until after the November election. When she promised, the nominee con fidently counted at least four more votes. HEN HATCHES FOURTEEN CHICKS FROM 12 EGGS RICHMOND, MO.. Aug 16.—John Cochran, a farmer living several miles northeast of Richmond, in Crooked Riv er township, repoits a phenomenon that is hard to believe. A short time ago an old hen on his place g ive evidence of a desire to bring forth a brood of chickens and she was "set" by Mrs. Cochran. In due course of time the biddy had a brood of 14 chickens. This created some astonishment, es pecially as Mrs. Cochran Is confident that she only put an even dozen eggs under the hen. She can account for the extra chicks only upon the theory that one of th" egg s produced three birds, 01 two eggs hatched two chicks each. TEMtt DARRDWPLEADS — Touching Appeal for Acquittal Made by Accused Attorney. Case to Jury Today. LOS ANGELES. Aug. 16.—A dramat ic scene was enacted as Clarence S. Darrow closed his plea to the jury In his trial for con upting a jury in the McNamara dyanmite conspiracy trial. Darrow declared absolutely that a spe cific agreement had been entered into whereby the McNamaras were to plead guilty before the alleged jury briber.' took place. "Gentlemen." he continued, after a recitation of the w hole of the McNama ra case, "I believe we are all in the hands of destiny. If it is written that I must go to the penitentiary and the twelve shall send me. I shall go." All of the w.omen in the court room were crying as Darrow rmi'le his final plaintive appeal. "If you convict me. gentlemen." he said, "1 know some will praise you. But, gentlemen, if you acquit me, across this great continent from the factories and the workshops, from the depths of the mines, the poor, the downtrodden thou, sands of women and children will send up a prayer of thanks to you." As Darrow closed a solemn stillness filled the court room. No one spoke, no one stirred. The effect on all iiad been felt. District Attorney Fredericks, who is making the closing argument fen the stale, w ill close this afternoon and Dar. row.’s fate will be placed in the hands of the jury. GRASSHOPPERS PUT KANSAS BAND OFF JOB; GET IN HORNS ATCHISON. KANS., Aug. 16. Mem bers of the Atchison silver cornet band are laboring vigorously during their odd minutes today cleaning their instruments. Grasshoppers that ten years ago devas* taled Kansas of its crops, threaten to de vastate Atchison of the sweet strains of the band. The band was to give a concert last night. The tuba player raised his instru ment for a tuning up effort. There was a tiny blast, other instruments shrieked and squeale<l, but none of them worked according to specifications. Then it was discovered that grasshop tiers had crawled into the instruments. “EVERYBODY'S DOIN’ IT” BY BAND IS PROTESTED OSHKOSH, WIS.. Aug. 16.—Promi nent citizens who patronize band con certs in the city parks today delivered an ultimatum to the park board in the form of a threatened boycott unless the selection, "Everybody's Doin' It” is eliminated from the programs. They say the bands play it continuously. MAN IN GOOD HEALTH SAYS HE’LL DIE: DOES KENOSHA. WIS.. Aug. 16. —Samuel Spinney, in the best of health, told members of his family he was going to "lie down and die.” They thought he was Joking until an hour later his wife found him dead in bed from heart disease. HOW TO KEEP A WIFE: 7 KISSES, 6 HUGS A DAY KEOTA. COLO.. Aug. 16. —In a ser mon on "How to Keep a Wife,” Rev. T. VV. Winkler recommended at least seven kisses a dav with half a dozen hugs. WOMEN’S ’T 5 Summer Shoes I Muse s Shoe Section T.he magnificent quality of Nluse s Shoes is suf ficient to create an interest —the present August prices give added zest, because of tbe economy in the purchase. The two lines now on sale at the one price of $1.85 are made up of all high-class Shoes of good Summer styles. z Ties and Pumps Patent, dulls and tan Russia Calf and Suede— dj | O£l Values $3.50 an d $4.00 ipl.OJ Women who wear small sizes, ran f rom 1 to 31-2. will he ahle to make splendid selections here. Girls Ankle-Strap Slippers with low heel. Patent, tan, white canvas, QI O velvet and Suede. Value $3.00 q>l.ou s Shoe Section—Second Floor Geo. Muse Clothing Co HIS STAND FOR COURTS SHOULD ADD TO TAFT’S SUPPORT-C. D. HILLES I By CHARLES D. HILLES. Chairman of the Republican National Committee. NEW YORK. Aug. 16. President Taft's defense of the courts entitles him to the support of every thinking man, and especially of w* every pom man. in this country Mr. Ta fl's stand In this respect has been peculiarly courageous. be cause it has been made at a time when there was so much popular clamor against the courts, and when men with much political sagacity anil no scruples have been trying to sell the people a gold brick in the form of the recall of judges and ju- dicial decisions. It would have been easy,to be an op portunist, to go with the tide, to out- Herod Herod and attack the courts, because many good men. without stop ping to think, would have thrown up their hats for what they had been led to bellere was progress. And that is precisely what President Taft's politi cal opponents have done. Seeking only to promote their personal popularity, and unembarrassed by conviction or conscientious scruple, these opponents have been quick to perceive the politi cal advantage to lie gained by espous ing instead of opposing popular clamor. The opposition to the courts, which has culminated in a demand, more or less prevalent, for a system whereby judges may be recalled, grows out of the assumption, too often fostered by men who know better, that in the great majority of Instances the decisions of tile courts are in favor of the rich cor poration and detrimental to the poor, the weak and the oppressed. Nothing could be further from the truth. Most Decisions Help Poor. For every judicial decision affecting and seemingly benefiting a great cor poration. which receives extensive pub licity and attracts wide attention, there are at least a hundred which benefit the poor man, the weak and the oppressed. No one hears much of them, because they do not affect some great corpora tion or interest, and, therefore, they are not of sufficient interest to command the attention of the press. Over and over again judges have rendered decisions in direct opposition to popular clamor and which a large majority of the community regarded as indefensible, but which time has fully justified. It is the independent judiciary which is the chief defense of the poor and the weak against oppression. This must always be. Waves of sentiment sweep through a community, and popular im pressions, too often aided by an irre sponsible press, become convictions. Fanned into passion, such waves of sentiment find expression in lynchings. Against such waves of sentiment an independent judiciary stands impreg nable. Rut subject the judiciary to all the political influence of the recall and no individual will have any re course. It is the Independent judiciary which dares to say alike to the labor union, "So far shalt thou go and no farther,” and to the employer, "Responsibility for this man's death rests upon your shoulders; he was your employee, and you shall support his widow and chil dren." It is the independent judiciary which dares to assert that a given law, al- though possibly beneficial in its partlc. ular application, will establish a prin ciple which would work tyranny in a broader application, and must, there fore, be rejected. Judges are human and have made mistakes, but their mis takes have been comparatively few and, with rare exceptions, they have been mistakes of judgment—not the response to political or other improper Influ ences. Perils of Reoali as He Sees Them. The recall would place the judge at the mercy of every gust of popular passion. Men with no training or no special aptitude for judicial judgment could start a wave of criticism which would sweep the county, or state, or country and the judge who had ren dered a decision in exact accord with the law would be thrown out of office, bereft of employment and disgraced in the eves of his fellow men. Can you imagine that such conditions would make for justice? The spectacle of the local political boss exerting an undue influence over local judges is seen too often, esjMi cially in our great cities Can any mam in his senses regard, as progress a sys tem which would extend these condi tions to all judges tn all sections? Or can any thoughtful man fail to appre ciate that it would be the corrupt boss and the influences behind him who would exert the greatest influence on judge who was subject io recall? Such a boss is an expert in the culti vation of popular sentiment. Therein rests his power. Every facility is at bls disposal—the political machinery, the organization, a considerable part of the press, and funds almost, without limit. What chance would the poor man have to exert an influence comparable' with that ? “Had Courage To Do Right,” President Taft s course In vetoing the Arizona bill was characteristic. He , knew, of course, that Arizona could, and probably would, adopt the jrudicial re call as soon as it became a state, and that a pretext was at hand for refusal to act, but he knew', too, that it was his duty not to approve a provision so subversive of good government, what ever might come after. He ha.d the courage to do right. The people of this country love courage. That is why I maintain that the as sumption that the voters will reject a president of that character and put an other In his place is an unwarranted reflection on the intelligence and pa triotism of the American people. 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