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JACKSON DENIES
HE ASKED SCALPS
Revenue Collector Says He Did
Not Urge Removal of McKee,
Johnson or Tate.
"I did not mention the matter of the
removal of Postmaster McKee, of Wal
ter Johnson. United States marshal, nor
of District Attorney Tate while I was
in Washington with the president,”
said Henry S. Jackson, collector of in
ternal revenue and Republican nation
al committeeman from Georgia. who
returned from a conference with the
president and his political advisers.
For several days rumors have been
current in the Federal building that Mr.
Jackson's trip to Washington was for
the purpose of removing the postmas
ter. the district attorney and United
States marshal. He also is said to
have been using his influence to pre
vent the nomination of Clark Grier as
postmaster at Dublin. Ga.
The same attaches of the Federal
building who have put these reports be
fore the public have been open in their
declarations that Mr. Jackson was
seeking the office of postmaster for
himself and that C. P. Goree, a promi
nent lawyer and Republican leader,
would be made district attorney. John
Martin, assistant revenue agefit. was
named as the man to succeed to the
office of collector of internal revenue
and custodian of the postoffice and cus
toms house.
I am seeking an office in the United
States consular service in Cuba," said
Martin today, "and have no intention
of trying to be appointed collector of
internal revenue.
The postmaster, the district attorney
and the United States marshal all are
out of town and could not be reached
for their statements.
Personal feeling long has run high
between Mr. Jackson and the postmas
ter the district attorney and the mar
shal. and while the collector Is not
slow in stating his personal opinion of
these officials, he denies that he is using
his influence with the president to ob
tain their removal from office.
Mr. Jackson has little to say regard
ing the condition of affairs in the Re
publican campaign headquarters, ex
cept to state that everything points tn
the success of President Taft at the
November elections.
NEWSBOYS GET CASH
for helping boost
OAKLAND MOTOR CAR
Manager L F. Smith, of the Oakland
Motor Car Company, devised a novel
scheme for the newsboys of Atlanta on
primary day. yesterday A number of
cards were printed to the effect that
the holder, upon the request of any
newsboy "Is vour ear an Oakland,
would hand over this card to' the boy
stopping him on the street.
This card, carrying a picture of the
latest Oakland model, further stated
that anv newsboy securing the card by
this method could cash the same at the
Oakland show rooms for at least $1 in
money. . ..
The Oakland force distributed thest
cards among numbers of Atlantans,
carefully explaining the proposition to
each and every one entered heartily
into'the game With arrival on the
streets of the early editions the fun
began. , ,
Not only did Mr Smiths plan enrich
the pockets of numbers of energetic
newsboys, but as a result the Oakland
offices had the greatest force of hust
ling boosters in the history of this rec
ognized automobile center of the South
FAILS TO GET PHONE CALL.
SO WOMAN TAKES POISON
ST LOUIS. MO.. Aug 22.—When
George Johnson, of 4309 Delmar boule
vard. failed to call her up over the tel
ephone, according to her statement,
Mrs. Gertrude S. Slater, a divorcee,
whose home is.in Detroit, attempted to
kill herself by taking poison. Her fa
ther is D McLean, of 156 Myrtle street.
Detroit The doctors say she will die.
RAIN DAMAGES HATS
AND GOWNS SIOO,OOO
PARIS. Aug. —One hundred thou
sand dollars damage to gowns and hats
by yesterday's shower during the Grand
Prix at the Deauville races is pronounc
ed by Paris modistes and milliners to
day a conservative figure. The rain
lasted but a few minutes, but came
down heavily.
[ AT THE THEATERS"
BIG CROWDS ATTEND
FORSYTH PERFORMANCES
No theatric al venture ever tested in At
lanta has scored such a genuine triumph
al Success as has popular vaudeville at
the busy Forsyth. Confidence in the
promises of the management had a good
ileal to do with the start that was made
on Monday, and the people themselves
have done the rest, in encouraging others
to test for themselves. The vaudeville is
surprisingly good -surprisingly because
there was a fear that the standard might
not measure to the mark But the dec
laration that the quality of acts would he
precisely what Forsyth patrons had been
used to has been made g 11 >d.
Attendance has reached the Forsyth
style as to numbers and clientele, and
the permanent reservation list is growing
larger every day The theatergoers en
joy the privilege of witnessing the per
formance at three convenient times.
The daily. matinee is crowded, at night,
when the first performance gets going be
fore R o'clock ii is crowded, and when the
last i- offering just after !» o'clock, stand
ing room is about the best that tan be of
fered
Th. a- IS and the pictures this week
' I ' a Splendid < titer:.timnenl and
t -pular vaudeville is a flxtuit.
WE MEAN TO WRITE
PLATFORM INTO LAWS,
SAYS SENATOR DIXON
By SENATOR J. M. DIXON.
Chairman of the National Progressive
Committee.
NEW YORK. Aug 22.—1 welcome
this opportunity to till the readers of
The Georgian the truth about the Pro
gressive party. This campaign is un
like any campaign in the history of the
republic, for the reason that the Pro
gressive party is unlike any other po
litical party that has taken part in a
presidential campaign.
What we are seeking to do is not only
to elect to office a man and a set of
men. but to solve by the application of
scientific principles the problems that
are behind that unrest find dissatisfac
tion with conditions which, if left alone,
will culminate in socialism, or even
anarchy.
Our platform Is more than a reaffir
mation of the commandment "Thou
Shalt Not Steal.” It is an assertion of
the doctrine that the people are fit to
rule, and ought to rule this country.
And it undertakes to remove from their
path the obstacles raised by law writ
ten by men who lived in a day’ when
our present problems did not exist, and
could not even by Inspired eyes have
been foreseen. •
Would Make Platform Law.
We mean to write that platform into
the statute books of this country, and
to make ft the law. We mean to make
it possible for men to be humane, to
consider their fellow men, and their
fellow' women without violating the
constitution of the United States. We
mean to enable honest business to pros
per by making the’other kind of busi
ness not only dishonest, but illegal. We
mean t» return to the government of
the founders of the country—that is. a
living, practical government of the liv
ing by the living; not a government of
the living by the dead.
It is because our purpose is so plainly
expressed in our platform that we are
meeting with a response that is almost
universal.
It is because we propose to raise la
bor, in its broadest sense, to its due
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ICED
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Hot Postum (made from same tin)- Stir a level teaspoonfnl of Instant
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Instant Postum is sold by grocers in 100-cup tin< at •>(!<•. Smaller tins
making about 50 cups at 30c.
Coffee averages about double that cost
If your grocer does not have Instant I’ostmn, send ns his name and a
2-cent stamp, to cover postage, for a 5-cup free sample.
“There’s a Reason” for POSTUM
Made by Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Pure Food Factories, Battle Creek, Mich.
THE ATLANTA GLOKGiAN AND NEWb. THLKbILvk, Alblbi 22,
dignity and to give it just reward that
the men in the mills, and in the sweat
shops, and on the farm and on the rail
road section are joining with us by
thousands, and w ill vote w ith us by tens
of thousands.
Recognize Female Equality,
It Is because we recognize that, the
women who bear the men of the na
tion are fully as worthy as the sons
they rear that we have wakened the in
terest not only of the women, but of
every broad-minded man who has
thought at all upon human equality.
You can read our platform from one
end to the other. You will find no
empty phrases in it; no dodging of any
issue; no attempt to catch votes from
both sides of a line-up by steering an
evasive middle course.
In favoring the initiative and the ref
erendum we would give the people the
power to legislate directly if it becomes
necessary for them to do so.
Our advocacy of the recall is due to
our conviction that men sometimes
prove false to the people, and to our be
lief that such men should be taken out
of office and replaced by men with a
higher sense of their obligations.
The awful horror of child labor Is a
thing on which there can be only one
opinion. Yet with every opportunity to
stop it neither the Republicans nor the
Democrats have done so. We will stop
it, and at once, if the people intrust
our party with the direction of legisla
tion.
Reduced to its simplest terms, our
platform is but paragraphed common
sense. It Is scientific, but it is not com.
plex. It is easily understood, easily ap
plied. And yet because it will divert il
legal gains from the pockets of a few
crooks who have intrenched themselves
behind archaic statutes it is denounced
by their kind as socialistic.
I want to say just this; Sooner or
later in this present century there must
he progress, as there has been in every
century the first group of men
established the first primitive govern
ment.
Either this progress will come stead-
BANK DEFAULTER
TRAPPED BE ‘AO’
Kansas Cashier Caught in New
York After Eluding Capture
Two Years.
NEW YORK. Aug. 22.—Trapped by
an advertisement after he had eluded
capture for two years. John A. Flack,
former cashier of the Abilene State
bank, of Abilene. Kans., is a prisoner
today in the Mulberry street police sta
tion, pending the arrival of officers from
Kansas, who will take him back to face
the charge of stealing 350.000. y
Flack declared he would not compel
extradition. Detective J. J. Allen, of
the National Surety Company, and A.
M. Birdsall, manager of the claim
branch of that company, trapped Flack
at Third avenue and Twelfth street by
a carefully worded advertisement. Flack
made no attempt to deny his identity.
When he was taken to police headquar
ters but three cents were found in his
pockets.
Flack said he had been wandering
over the country for two years, work
ing at whatever he could find, and
changing his name frequently. He spent
the money which he is charged with
embezzling in real estate speculation
He does not drink or smoke.
ly with the planks of our platform, and
bring it about, or it will come vio
lently. Dammed up public opinion, like
dammed up water, is dangerous. There
comes a time when the dam will break.
Later 1 hope to deal more particular
ly with the planks of our platfor, and
more intimately with the course of the
campaign. Today I will content my
self by prophesying that within a very
few weeks leaders of the two old par
ties will be astonished and dismayed by
deflections from their ranks to ours. For
1 know that the voters of this nation
are long suffering; but I kn.ow that they
are tired and disgusted by promises that
are never kept, and when on election
day they find the recall in their hands
they will use it to good purpose.
MEN AND RELIGION BULLETIN NO. 14
“The Houses in our Midst”
The Policeman and the Procurer
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“She was dressed in a red calico. 7
“She had comely features and looked the picture of health.
“She was willing to cook, clean up house, and wash and iron.’’
A well-dressed woman with jewelled hands met her on the train
coming to Atlanta. j
She told her new-found friend her object.
It was to get work in the city.
“The woman pictured to her the only way she could ever make
money.’’ |
Her reply was, “I would rather starve.” , i
And she came to Police Headquarters, Wednesday morning
with her story, leading to the suspicion there, so The Journal states,
that agents of the White Slave trade are at work in Atlanta.
Probably she would have hesitated to come, had she known the
truth, that our police force night and day knowingly protect more
than forty houses dependent for their stock in trade upon the betray
al of women and girls.
This working woman is only another illustration of the mir
acle of the age.
That is the purity inherent in girls and women of her class.
Despite their inadequate wages, their lack of recreation and le
gitimate amusement, and their hard, grinding toil, it requires all of
the ingenuity of devils equipped with modern business methods to
keep the houses supplied.
Stanley W. Finch in not a fanatic.
He is Special Commissioner of the Department of Justice of
the United States Government for the suppression of the White
Slave Traders.
In an authorized statement, he says:
“Their business methods have been so developed and perfected
that they seem able to ensnare almost any woman or girl whom they
select for the purpose.
“The idea which prevails among many persons is that the vic
tims are simply girls who are naturally vicious.
“This is very far from the real truth.
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“The great majority consists of young women and girls who
have either been led to such lives by deception and trickery, or
who have been driven to them by force and fraud.”
Think this through!
And you will revolt at the idea of Atlanta’s police force giving
protection to the sale of women.
The Chief of Police knows the houses.
He has the names of the owners.
He has the necessary evidence.
The ordinances are simple.
If for two days after notice given by the chief of police, the own
er fails to abate the nuisance, he is subject to both fine AND impris
onment in the Recorder’s Court.
No tedious delay for indictment by the grand jury.
No chance for a mistrial by a jury.
And no need for sensational raids on the women.
All necessary is a simple little proceeding before our Recorder
who knows the law and does not fear to enforce it.
And again we offer help and protection to the woman willing to
leave their bondage.
None would harm them.
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And properly the law gives to the landlord an opportunity to
clear himself.
His failure to accept it justifies both the fine and imprisonment
imposed by the ordinances.
Atlanta should and will close the Houses in Our Midst!
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Os the Men and Religion Forward Movement