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2 Edwin P. Ansley Urges Atlanta to Plan for Population of Million--Attacks ‘System’ of Handling Streets CALLS CITY'S MAKESHIFT IMPROVEMENT METHODS VERY EXPENSIVE —— * ’ * 1 ■ ; REGEM FOR DELEON: HUNT CONTINUES Mystery Deepens as Search for Missing Atlanta Contractor Keeps Up. Continued on Pape Two. of irrexpon K ib> with r»«uitinK Injury to hi* creditor!* A pax roll of >1,300 on the < oiirt hoitso xx ork had th he met t«>dfl ’• thin xxn* j the cause of the hurried action Th* contrail provides sot the work mi Hit j .county building i« b< < ompieu*<l in < Specified time and the mui*: did n<»“ wl.«h to endanger its forfeiture by anx delay nf however abort duration. Mystery of His Disappearance Deepens. The receivers "ere named tn take chargt and control the eontrmtor's af fair* until such time a* Io should np pear In court in person or the court siould bo definite!' Informed that he I* permanent!) lost. In the nr aniline the mystery of DeLeon's dittsppearnm e deepened Though, at the instance of Ids bro'her, F. W DeLeon, president of the Cas ualty Company of America, of Chicago, the detective force of that city In which h. was last seen August 9. a. outed it to find trace of the man and though the police that patrol the Mich igan wilds, where he was suppos' d to j have none on a fishing exclusion, have made i systematic search, no clew to his whereabouts has vet been ascer- Al bls offices In the Walton building, i ♦he employe s hnd received no word of I thelt chief V. hi* home. 741 Piedmont I avenue the door was closed to ill vis pors. ; Thf. contractor left Atlanta Miro*' . Ho had not be.-n in the most robust health ar.d it "a- bls plan Io spend S'veix reeks in u Michigan woods tn restore Ins i Igor. Two dais later i he was beard fin Chicago where hoi visited friend- in Wilmette, n North' Sb. n suburb of :in Illinois city He ■ t,C,t tlwm ti i' I ini. tid'd leaving tic I n ,u. for Sagitta". Mich, u.d v ",ibl tIo a ill , iu: for t lie woods. Brother Alsmied For DeLeon's Safety. || cover appiai'd in Saginaw, ac- •c. Jmg to the authorities then Tjiev | out that he might bate arrived. | ob'.aili'd. the -crvi.es of a guide im mediately and then base struck out i witho.it registering at a hotel or lettv-| ing other trace of bls having been) there Pets.-ns familial w th the woods. In w hich DeLeon int* nded to fish say I that ’ man and guide could stay In them an unlimited period of time with- I out leaving trace of their whereabouts When days passed and lengthened Into weeks without word of his brothel, the Chicago DeLeon grew alarmed. He sought the aid of the Chicago police and n thorough search of the eitv was In stituted without avail At the same time the Michigan authorities became ac tive in the hunt DeLeon Is known as one of the fore most Atlanta contractors. He lias had charge of the work »n many ot tlie city's largest buildings and was re garded as an eminent!) .successful man He is described as 43 years old. 5 feel K inches tall, weighs between 135 and 140 pounds, has dark eyes and com plexion. dark hair (heavy and in clined to curl), is slight in build and walk'- with slightly stooped shoulders affects dark clothe'- and wears no* glasses almost constantly. Had Planned to Recuperate in XVoods DeLeon "as confined to his bed for two weeks in July threatened with an attack of typhoid fevc- From this hi bad never fully recovered, and. accord ing to the word of business associates ami friends his recent trip North wa planned as i .lotrney of recuperation F. C Disbro. Os the Woodward Lum ber Company is authority for the state ment that i’. 1.. 'O had contemplated a trip that would bury him in woods so | three weeks. "I am all run down and I am going away white 1 won't see anybody oi | bother wit'n buimss." Disbro repo'ts the missing contractor as having said on the morning of August 5. the da' before he left Atlanta A list of creditors being complied by Smith A- Ransom, attorn-'» for tin Fulton bank, show DeLeon s indebted ness to local materia' nun to be s. ght. According to the attorneys wi> ■ fi cd suit for the bank to -e.-ue notes ag gregating 317,500. the majority of l»i Leon s dealings with M'.anta mata men have been in th- nature of pet - | ' entage contracts on which the owni | is ri-sponsibb inti not th*- . onti.nv: Friends of the missing bu ■ - deny | today that he left Atlanta with a arge j sum of money They asset: that fie carried ample funds to flnan.* - trip, but no mote. H's interests in At'anta cmi-.-'y In his own name and he r.> one! he’i dowered with his power of attoi ney, clearly indicating that In expected to keep in touch with hi* busin* s- at i fair*. •*--. -~ ~ L The Atlanta Georgian Premium Coupon Th « coupon w ll be accepted at***' »r pram urn Parlor 20 least Alabama at., as partial payment for any of the beautiful pr»m um goods d aplayad there | See Prem’un Parlor A nnounerment on Another Page Points Out Examples of Piece meal Policy Failing in Its Purpose. Edwin P. Anslex. real estate man anc i .< leader in the business world of At- I ’ant.t. in a striking statement, today ' *hows the ne»-d of sweeping Improve ; ments in Hr* i-ltx . Mr Ansley show* up the present terrible condition of the >treets . nd attacks the present system i ;i ri akeshift His statement is of • •special interest and timeliness in view ' •»f the city council s meeting to reor- : ganize Hie < h * f of constru<*tion de- 1 partim-nt on .Monday. Here Mr. Ansley’s statement: Atlanta is Hie Gateway of the South, and its location, together with the fact that perfectly graded and paved public roads and Inter mban <ar lines are planned to in tersect a 1 the country within -hu miles of Atlanta and thai within 100 miles there is already a popu 'ation <»f more than 1,000.000, helps to i aix» Xt .inia the Metropolis” and Hn financial and commercial • eniei of the South. No other sim ilar area of the South can snow so great a population, not excepting Nexx Orbans and Louisville •xvith tneir surrounding territory. Plan For City of 1,000,000. We must plan for a city of 1.000.- 000 people or more and build ac eordingl.x. We must plan for the future, arjd not for the present a lone. Reorganize ev» ry department of the citx government. As wo have no commission form of government, xvo should place an expert at the head of each tiepart inent of the city. Not a political export, but .hi expeit who can stop the waste that hast been going on up to the present time. I» will cost the taxpayers millions of dollars to perfect Atlanta's watr and sewer system and perfect the grad * and pave the streets of the city. Employ the best sewer and street • Xpert■< in Amt-t b;• and • ontrto all this work Let the • i;v and county • ombine nnd perfer t the trunk sexx er system, ami th<u lax all lateral sewers ami ivat» r main-' on ttnpnx c«l streets by ontru i at about $! 4o t< XI 50 per lineal foot, or piadlcal lx at cost to the owners of prop erty on the street. This xvlll perfect these s \ sieins at a minimum expense and witb.in a nunimum period of lime Street Work by Contract. <’it\ and minty f rees should do sew et and repair work and not build st ice is In the city. Street \\ork should all be done t»\ con tract by the lowest best bidder. All 1 (intractors should be forced to furnish the material called for bv the ■pet ifi• at lons, 'rite citx should cni plox more laborers and fewer boss es for its work. Employ the best business man ob tainable to be chief of construction, and let all plans and speciflcations sot work to be don* bp drawn by expert engineers, and contract for all work ’urictly under these plans and specifications. In addition *<» aldermen and <<»un cilmen let each ward select by wilt ton private ballot the best busi ness men in their ward to form an ' advisory board that will be non poll deal and hear all requests for public improvements to be made anywhere In the city, and let this board recommend to the city coun cil such xvork as it approves, after all nrcessarx estimates of the cost of same have been obtained. Makeshift System Now. In mx opinion, the fault with the present system, if it may be called is that It Is only a ‘'make shift." and public Improvements, where undertaken at all ate done by piecemeal,' which is not only unsatisfactory, But xciy much more expensive than if these matters were handled on a business basis. Th* citx should adopt a definite progressive policy and work to that end. The streets located in the center <<f the citx should be brought to their proper grade* at the ear liest possible moment. and this could b» done at a comparatively moderate expense Building limits should also be es tablished on streets where it is deemed advisable to widen the pre*» nt s(re< t and an agreement obtained from the property owners to conform to this building limit in the erection of ail future struc t ores. 4s an illustration of the present “pieccmrar' method I will mention the following cases 1 Mitchell street was regraded three time* before it xxas brought to its present level. 2 Edg' wood avenue was regrad ed at a large expense to both the citx and > ountx on two different oc casion* before ii xxas brought to its present grad* 3 Hunter ami Eoisxth street* have been r« graded twice, and the nexv guide now being estabash d on Forsyth street is from three to ttx( fee, (ou low 4 \\ i iic!,, st • ■ was \y Idem d H. : r» gra » d at a x♦ r\ large ex r*en* to the . |(y and «<mntx a few xear* ago a r h\ rea*on <■( im proper- giad»- being pia< < d on the THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATL KDA\. At Gt ST 24. 1912. WA tsKMiJr / • X EgCx > V ’ *0 rK 1 / /fit //ISiL i Ki ■ ■ f / i 1 • ' ‘/ / \ \tvßl ■ 1- & & -S' Edwin B 1 P. Ansley, |||' AfZanta Real Estate Man, Who Advocates Using Better Busi- /k ne.s Methods in Municipal \\\ . Affo,rs fCJ I W j street, the esidents <.f that section of the city ate clamoring to have j tho st reet teg tided. The Peachtree Example. 5. The city and county are now engaged in grading and widening one block on Peachtree from Har ris to Baker, and grading Bake: street and West Peat ntree street to eonfo tn to this new grade. While this is a much needed improve ment, it Is a very small part of what snoultl have been done. Pe-aehtree street should be graded from the Grand opera house to Harris street, and the street wid ened. as is being done on the next block. This can be done now at a very much less cost than It ever can be done in the future, because it is only a matter of a short time until permanent structures will be erected on tills part of the street. The only building in the way now is the Aragon hotel, and it will be a comparatively easy matter tn ar cade the front of that for the side walk. Atlanta Is one of the easiest drained cities in the I’nlted States, being located on a high ride with creeks and branches running In all directions away from it. and yet in spite of this fact, its sewer system is now in a deplorable condition. Yea s ago. before Atlanta had reached anything like Its present size, a sewer system was adopted which would probably have been adequate for a village, but which can never be satisfactory with a large city, that is tile single sewer system, where surface water and sanitary sewage all go together The difficulty is that w ith < very house erected and eve y street paved, the volume of surface water which flows into the sowers is I largely increased, and as a conse quence sewers bate to b<‘ con structed of such magnitude that it is vert expensive to extend them Rains Overtax Sewers. Evet t trunk sewer in Atlanta has a btanch •tinning through it. and in eases of heavy rains these sew - ers ate taxed to their utmost ca pacity to carry surface water. Set eral of these large trunk sewers now empty Inside the city limits, and when the bond Issue was passed some three tears ago it wus stated that one of the main pu: poses ~f this bond issue was to relieve that situation and dispose of this sewage In an effort to do tills a plan w is adopted to estab lish sewage disposal plants near the city to take , .ire of all the sew - age, and to . nr-t the sanitary sew age from tile ends of the present large trunk sewers to thes. dis p -sal p ants in reduction pipes In locating these disposal plants they wen located so neat the city that i they will not onlv lute sere with the extension of (lie eliv, but In oi der • > convey the sewage to these plan's a I tin ; ■ cp, r •\ e she ■< ■ duction pipes were pin nd at Ulgl <i el that a large pa*: of the sewage can not flow into tl se re <!itri ion | ip- - \ • t tin . «•v er a.is In n ’.«..| on ' *! 11 I I 4 n' If .i ;< » 11is I nf >i nt mi i i imately $85,000. which, it is stated, is of practically no value to the city, because it has been improp erly laid. , Remedy in Double System. All.of this means that before the city of Atlanta can get a satisfac tory sewer system it will be forced to adopt the modern double sys tem. separating the sanitary sewage from the surface water. \\ ith these great problems before it. the city should employ an expert engineer, capable of handling the situation, to direct the work, and, if a proper selectioYi is made, the city will be saved many times the cost of Ills services. The present officials si - -tn to be unable to cope with the situation, and. In my judgment, it is time some action is taken along the lines suggested. EDWIN P ANSLEY. Amorous Not Ready To Run; I fits Charter Martin I-'. Amorous, mentioned for the mayoralty, announced today that he was not ready to run and at the same time Issued an emphatic arraign ment of Atlanta's charter and the pres ent system. He said: 1 realize fully the work the mayor of the city of Atlanta will have to do in the next two years, as I have been in council three terms amt h ive thus acquired some know ledge of the conduct of the business of the city. I predicted foul years ago the coining of the present crisis, as recently admitted by the mayor and chairman of the finance com mittee and yet I know their ad ministration has b< n absolutely clean and honest and that they and tiie council were helpless to pre vent it. t’nder the charter laws there is no individual power or authority and responsibility re|v>.-ed either in the mayor or any member of the council. It is a limited joint or col lective authority to resolute and legislate and divide out the city's income for administrative offleets selected by the people to expend. The results ire neither satisfactory nor economical To divide the in come. it's the duty of the finance committee io collate It on a sheet and it takes a majority of the coun cil and a majority of the aider men voting separately to approve It. Only Makeshifts Possib e. Every one of tin .io m, mbers has some use for money to be expended in Ills partieula: ward. Heme. In order to have the sheet approved it is m-cessa l y to promise at least a majority in each body certain amounts for th<-ii wards, then the mayo, has a shot at it also, so if j he has any platform promises out. these must lie provided. The re sult Is that litth dabs aie given "Ut around that .ire but make shifts nt the most The council is not to blame, ami i tin- mayor ■« not to blame it's the lms|ne»- system If this system wore followed by any private firm • potation it won d lead to tuillkriipb y I here |» no end to this tio.ilm m in sight, as tm GMAW HAW FAIR By E. H. HYMAN. Publicity Director Georgia State Fair. Erotn ill indications the Georgia State fair at Macon October 15-25 will be one of the-biggest events to happen this fall in the South. There is not a spot of space left in the great buil iings on the grounds, and there arc fifteen of them, thus insuring some tine exhib its from the manufacturers in Georgia. Many new features will be intro duced this year, chief among them be ing the great automobile show. The building so this feature contains 250,- I "00 feet of floor .-pace and there is no' enough room at this time to accommo date all .if those who wish to show their machines. This building, along with all the rest, will be handsomely decorated ami as the fai association has offered three silver loving cups for the three best arranged displays, this surely will be a tine exhibit. The directors of the fair, feeling that tic amusement feature this year should be of the best, early in the game got Nar Reiss witii his 4" big shows and riding devices, vv'no wifi have entire eha-go of the Midway. This large eol- • lion of good and moral shows tomes: with the indorsement of all the largest fairs in the West and Northwest, w her they have been having a profitable sea son. Tlteie is not a show on the grounds that wi'l not be strictly moral in every nse of the wmd. Mr. Heiss has his reputation behind each and every show. The <attle and swine show will be of (the finest, for since the fnited States 'department of agriculture through the bureau of animat industry has g.anted a special order whereby cattle can be brought inside of the tpia.aotine lines and returned to their homes, many ex hibits will come that would not hav 'be n here. Loring Brown will be the judgi t lis branch of the fai , VV Gettys, of Athens. Tenn., will judge the dairy cattle. The poultry show will contain over 700 coops of the eh-deest breeds of this part of the country The poultry house ha- been moved into the large, airy building adjoining the agricultural building ami the aisles are much wider mil It will accommodate th:ee times I the number of birds the Id poultry I house won id. Georg- Ewald, of Cincinnati. and I’ A t’.iok. of Scoteit. Plains, are the | I oultry judgi s The agrieu’t iral building will be fuil lof the finest of the products of the - Hi M..1-V counties are preparing e\: lid's and they assure us they vi' be much finer than lasi yen The • premium In tills department !<«n I mi-.-nilv.- to get them to make as flne a I ow possible so-- their county in to i. the whole state fai will be .he be tliat hus e\i been shown m •• t Largo < >" ..< mt expected. M.non was nevei in a in'ie fix to at - omnmdatt the visitors to many new Makeshift Policy of City Unsatisfactory And Very Expensive hi my opinion, the fault with the present system, if it mav be called a system, is that it is only a "makeshift. " and pub lic improvements where under ; taken at all are done by ‘‘piecemeal.” which is not only unsatisfactory, but very much more expensive than if > these matters were handled on a business basis. The city should adopt a definite progres sive policy and work to that end--From Statement of Edwin P. Ansley, on Needs of Atlanta. SettiW TO REM VETS More Than 1.000 Old Soldiers Expected to Attend State Re union—Opens Wednesday. Marietta "111 don Its gala garments next Wednesday and give welcome to I more than 1.000 Confederate veterans who v ill assemble there to celebrate the state reunion. The reunion wiii last two days. For the first time since the war n city no larger than .Marietta "ill re ceive Hie veterans and the fait that the city Is able to receive them Is due mainly to Miss Regina Rambo, who collected souvenir bullets and sold them tn order that the expenses of the re union might be naid. I Wlien the fi st bugle call is sounded Wednesday morning the city will be decorated from top to toe. Lavish dec orations will be used and each citizen of the town will atten pt to outdo the other in this respect.-. Many social affairs will feature the two days. The D. A. R "ill entertain Hie .sponsors and the Daughter? of the Confederacy "ill give a reception on Thursday afte: upon. Wednesday night a big com er.l will be held. Thursday the veterans will be taken on a tour of Kennesaw mountain in automobiles. The .euriion will end with the vet erans' hall, which will be held Thurs day night. Everything in the way of music, decorations and refreshments will be provided for this occasion, whi'-h will be open to the whole of Ma . rietta and all the visitors. STREET PREACHER IS JAILED FOR DRINKING TOO MUCH NEAR BEER Wearing a uniform of the American Salvation At my, R. P. Ausbrooks, a j member of that organization, today be- I . gan the serving of an eleven-day term l in the city stockade. He is there because he lost nut In al 'contest with four bottles of near-beer.' and. after being "throv n" by the foamy i fluid, visited the red light section and solicited alms. His conduct attracted i the attention of a policeman, who took him to the police station. There he re. ; matned in a. cell for some time in his uniform, and then appeared before Re corder Pro Tcm Preston. He told the court he was sorry, very sorry. Judge Preston said he would be .'"light." and imposed a tin" of 35.75 or j elven day*. Ausbrook was unable to ■ pay the fine. The American Salvation Arint is a different organization altogether from the regular Salvation Army and has no headquarters here. , TECH ADDS 2 NOTED EDUCATORS TO ITS FACULTY THIS YEAR Among the new instructors at the , Georgia School of Technology the com , ■ ing year will be Professor B. H. Far quhar, formerly Instructor in mathe matics and physics at Washington and Lee university. Professor Farquhar is a Louisianan and has been identified , with the educational interest of his native state for several years. He comes to Tech strongly indorsed. He has been . elected to the English department. . i Another noted educator added to the ' English faculty of Tech Is Professor i | Benjamin B Strang, wito comes direct i from Columbia university. New York. ; j Professor Strang is from New Jersey . and hold* diplomas from Columbia uni- 1 ' \ersity and also the Teachers college, j Proiessot Strang is of quiet and unas- |l . ' sinning manner and bids fair to make a ii ‘ name for himself at Tech. . IT QUENCHES THIRST Horsford's Acid Phosphate Teaspoonful in glass of water, sweet- I ened to suit, fur more delicious and re I freshing tnan lemonade ••• Mr. \\ s. Gunsalus, a farmer living . inear Fleming, pa., sass he lias us.-il I j Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Dlar- I rhoea Remedv jn his famflv for four | teen vear». and that he ha« found It to ! be an excellent remedy, and take* j .pleasure in re* ommending it. For sale I. R. NOT EAGER TO BE CILLER 115 WITNESS Already Answered Archbold': Statement Before Campaign Probing Committee. OYSTER BAY. N. Y., Aug. 24. Colonel Roosevelt is not disposed to take the stand Lefors the senate com mittee investigating campaign contri butions. The ex-president feels that ae has made ample explanation of his action with respect to the Standaid Oil gift to the 1904 campaign fund. Roosevelt regards the invesligaiio.t nothing less than "fishing excursion" to gather ammunition for the Demo ■ratic campaign this-fad. Asked today if he would consent to go before the senate committee. Roose i velt snapped: “I answered that question three days ago in Wilkesbarre. It is absurd to asi me.” At that time the colonel said sacn a thing would be absurd. The colonel had nothing to add to his dictated statement of yesterday re garding -Penrose and Archbold. H considers that he had made, it clear hat he was bitterly optiosej tn Stand ard Oil money being taken in the 190-t (ampaign. He is willing, he says, t< rest upon the letters and the telegram to George B. Cortelyqu forbidding th' acceptance of any Standard Oil con it abut ion. On the arrival of Senator Luke Lea of .Tennessee, today the Clapp com mission is expected to decide whether to go ahead now in its investigatiot of political campaign funds or to ad journ to October 1. Committee Split On Future Course. The committee is divided as tn it* future course. Mr. Archbold "ill be recalled on hia return from Europe, ami some are in favor of adjourning unti he gets back. Several members favot transferring the hearings- to New Votk at once and calling Colonel Roosevelt. George FL Cortelyou. George W. Per kins and directors of the Standard oi. Company. Senator Penrose says he "ill insist that Roosevelt be called. It is probable that Senator Pomerene. of Ohio, who represented tne absent Democratic members of the committee 5 esterday, will be made a permanent member in place nf Senator Paynter, of Kentucky. Last night Colonel Roosevelt gave out a statement in reply to the testimony of Archbold, branding the whole as false and a "frameup" to injure him. and pointing out that no attempt was made to explain Archbold’s connection wijh Senator Penrose, for which he ostensi bly was called, but that the efforts of the inquiry were directed entirely to ward him. | Jas. H. Dodged j Announces for | Recorder I I am candidate lor I I Recorder, if council will submit vote to I people. They have a I right, and the people have voted to elect a Recorder by the people and this race should Ibe submitted to the people. I will not offer fore council, because I don’t believe in coun cil’s steam roller poli tics. This is practically I a full term and prima= ry near at hand. There is no reason why peo= pie should not elect their Recorder. Jas. H. Dodgen