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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER Showers tonight or Wednesday; slightly cooler. Temperatures: 8 a. m., 73 degrees; 10 a. m., 80 degrees; 12 noon, 81 degrees: 2 p. m., 85 degrees. VOL. XI. XO. 20. BETS FAVOR HUES TOBEAT BLEASE f • Carolinans Flock Home From Vacations to Vote in Gov ernor’s Election Today. ATTACK OF TILLMAN HURTFUL TO BLEASE f Senator Wins Support in Own Race by Denunciation of the Present Executive. COLUMBIA, S. C., Aug. 27.—South Carolinans are today voting for a gov , ernor and other state officers. Cole L. Blease, the present governor, and Ira B. Jones, forme: chief justice'sof the state supreme court, are in the race for chief executive. The state will today poll the heaviest vote in its history, it being • stimated that 115,000 to 125,000 ballots will be east. The lines between- the Blease and Jones. factions are closely drawn, but the general opinion is that Jones will be ekcteil by between 10,000 and 20,000 , majority. There is much b iting on the election atid the odds are heavily in hi favor. Jones .money is plentiful and all the Blease money in sight has been covered. The polls close at 4 o’clock. Full re , tuln- ill not be in uiffii tomorrow morning. Tillman’s Attack On Blease Helps Jones. Reports from several counties this afternoon show that there has been no disorder. but that perhaps the largest vote in tin history of the state will be ea.-t. with Judge Jones the probable winner. In . 11 f the larger cities the vote will be ammunced tonight by bulletins; and extra iwl'ce precautions have been taken to prevent rowdiness. Advice.-: from various points in Rich land county show that, despite the fact that Blease carried the county in the la.t 'leelion, it will probably go for . ‘Judge Jones by a comfortable majority Reports from Greenville up to 1 o’clock indicated that Jones would have an overwhelming majority in the pied mont seption and that, if the eastern section does as well, the defeat of Blease will be the mo-t decisive any candidate has ever received in a South Carolina primary. South Carolinans have he n flocking r coions to vote. Senator Ben R. Tillman’s :eeent let ter denouncing Governor Blease was the greatest sensation of the campaign and today it is playing an important part in the election. The senator’s stand is losing him a few Blease votes, but it is the general In lief that it. will cost Blease many thousands and will •si cure for tit" senator more voles- than h- will I'i-i-. Hundreds of Jones people air voting so him notv who would not • hav< done so had h< remained on the fence. Senator Tillman has two opponents, N. B. Dial and W. Jasper Talbert. Five Candidates Without Opposition. -’< i A. Smith, for lieutenant governor. R. M. Met'own, secretary of state; J. E. • Swearingen, state superintendent of ed ucation; A. W. Jones, comptroller gen- • oral, and E. J. Watson, commissioner of agriculture, have no opposition. l-’oi’ attorney general there are four candidates —J. Fraser Lyon, the incum bent; Thomas J. Peeples, J. R. Earle and R. B. Evans. * For .-cate treasurer the candidates are S. T. Cartel and D. W. .McLaurin. Three candidates .seeking tite office of railroad commissioner are John G. Rich ards, Jr., the incumbent; James Cansler and J. A. Wharton. Congressional Fights In Five Districts. In tin First congressional district. Representative Legare is opposed by H. Leon Larisey. In the Second. Harry D. Calhoun is running against Represen tative Byrnes. In the Third, Represen tative Aiken is opposed by F. S. Evans. In the Fifth. Representative Finley has two opponents—G. W. Ragsdale and W. P. Pollock. In the Sixth, Representa tive Ellerbe is opposed by J. W. Rags dale. Representative Lever, in the Sev enth. and Representative Johnson, in the Fourth, have no opposition. POLICEMAN ARRESTS AND IMPRISONS HIS OWN SON NEW YORK. Aug 27.—Vincent Conway, the 17-year-old son of a local policeman, was arrested by his father, who also hail him eommitteed to the state reformatory fur three years The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. Club Refuses to Pay Liquor Bill; Sale Was Illegal Reply to Suit I Georgia Athletic Answering Op penheim Company’s Action Cites Prohibition Law. Because the Georgia prohibition law forbids the" sale of liquors, the Georgia Athletic club, iij Forsyth street, today refused to pay the claim of the I. H. Oppenheim Company for 8523 worth of malt and spirituous liquors, though ad mitting that the goods were purchased. The defense was made in an aftswer to Oppenheim’s suit, filed in the city court this afternoon. The Oppenheim Company entered suit on August 13 for $523 alleged to be due from the club for certain-malt liquors, brandies and other goods. Today the club’s answer was filed by Morris Macks. "Inasmuch as the law of -Georgia prohibits the sale of liquors within the state, the said sale is illegal, against public policy, null and void, and no re covery can be had." says the answer. 1 he court of appeals is cited on this ruling. If the club's contention is upheld, li quor sellers will be chary of extending credit in future. BLASTING IS SOURCE OF SOUND THOUGHT TO BE SAFE-BLOWING The mystery of several muffled ex plosions which in the last two nights have alarmed the police today was solved when it was learned that they came from the blasting of a pit at the I plant of the General Pipe and Foundry Company in Highland avenue, near the Southern railway. The muffled noise of the explosions caused the police to think that cracks men were at work, and resulted in an exciting search of the city. In one in stance several officers in an automobile were rushed from the police station to East Atlanta, it being thought that possibly the bank safe there had been blown. Cycle Policemen Gallaher and Wade also made a wild ride over the northeast section of tne city in search of the supposed cracksmen. Policemen Wade and Wood early to day found the cause of the explosions, and relieved the tension in the' police department. MACON HAS CHANCE TO “STEAL” CAPITOL; IT’S DESERTED NOW This would be the best opportunity Ma con ever had to invade Atlanta, put a derrick on the state capitol and yank it bodily to the Central City. For there is nobody left to guard the edifice but the watchman, a couple of porters and a few of the ancient attaches who never know what is going on outside of their sanc tums. Everybody is gone to the Macon convention except Governor Brown, and he is on his Cherokee county farm. Os course all the candidates are gone. Justice Pottle took an early train, for he has a vital interest in the convention. Brown, Blalock and Price will all be on the spot to see which way the cat jumps and perhaps assist a bit in aiding that feline's choice of direction. Hardy I’lm, executive secretary; W. R. Powell, war rant clerk, and the rest of the governor's force closed their desks and departed to day; all but the faithful Jesse Perry, private secretary, who stuck to the job to receive callers. The commissioners and their secretaries are all on their way. Macon will be the "summer capital" for a day at least. WOMAN AWAKES TO FIND A THIEF RIFLING HUSBAND'S TROUSERS When Mrs. AV. H. Wallace awoke early today in her home at 418 Luckie street, she discovered a white burglar in her bedroom. Mrs. Wallace screamed and aroused her husband, but before the latter could get his pistol, the intruder leaped from an open window and escaped. In his flight, the burglar dropped Wallace’s trousers, which he was searching when Mrs. Wallace awoke. The police were notified, but a search failed to reveal any trace of the ma rauder. ASSERTS EX-HUSBAND FORGOT HER ALIMONY WHEN HE REMARRIED Mrs. Mary L. Griffin, four years ago divorced from W. S. Griffin, declares a second wife has Interfered with her monthly alimony. In a bill alleging contempt of court, filed against her for mer husband today, she says Mr. Grif fin has quit paying her as -the court directed, since he has remarried, Mrs. Griffin recites that she got a divorce and the custody of’their three children. The court ordered Mr. Griffin to pay her $35 per month for rfer support, and she asks that he be made to continue the payments. TELLS OF INCIDENTS SHE SAW IN THE WAR OF 1812 WORCESTER. MASS., Aug. 27. —Mrs Louise Waterman, of this city, has just celebrated the 107th anniversary of her birth. She enlivened the occasion by relating incidents of the war of 1812, which she herself witnessed. SHE DEFIES PEACHTREE IAIWHITE KIMONO Mrs. Grundy. Pretending To Be Shocked. Is Shown Her Proper Place. CHIEF BEAVERS BACKS THE PLUCKY WEARER She Can Dress Just as She i Pleases —You Can Even Promenade in Kimono. For tiie inalienable right of her sex— the right to wear what she pleases— one lone woman has defied Mrs. prundy and all Peachtree street. In ,'iis instance it’s a kimono —a ki mono of spotless white and sheerest silk. Tomorrow it might be a dainty skirt or a ravishing hat. If blase, haughty old Peachtree street is going to be allowed to censor an in ■ offensive garment like a snowy kimono, flowing in long, graceful lines in the gentle breezes of these cool August mornings. Heaven only knows where, egged on by prim Mrs. Grundy, she’d stop. She’ll Keep On Wearing Kimono, So the wearer of THIS kimonb is going to keep on wearing it, not so much on the kimono’s account, under stand. as for the principle of the thing. She told Chief of Police Beavers so yesterday, and the chief—but that’s getting ahead of the story. As a matter of fact, there were two kimonos—two simple little kimonos— one a deep pink and the other snow white—and they made their appearance on a fait resident of Peachtree street, between Forrest avenue and Alexander streets. The fact that they are little, Mrs. Grundy says, is one reason why she was shocked. Then again, they were worn by a French woman—a real Pa risian, born and bred in Gay Paree. The wearer declares they are perfectly ail right. She can’t understand why two kimonos should create such a commo 'tion in Atlanta. Appeals to Chief Beavers—ls Upheld. And today she is indignant, too— highly indignant. She is angry because some of the residents in the vicinity of her Peachtree home have felt them selves so keenly shocked as to call on the police. She was greatly mortified, she says, when a plainclothes officer called at the boarding house yesterday and explained that objection was being made to her public appearance in the hallway and on the porch in her pink and white kimonos. So incensed was she that she ap pealed to Chief Beavers for a decision as to the fitness of her costume. Chief Beavers didn’t personally in spect the kimonos. The chief knows what a kimono looks like without having to see it. He informed the lady that, as the law has nothing to do with the framing of women's styles, she was at perfect lib erty to wear her kimonos— whether pink or white or any other color whenever and wherever she pleases, as long as they were not too—but far be it from the chief to suggest that that was the case in this Instance. "The law does not attempt to decree what women shall wear,” explained the chief. Kimonos 0. K. On Peachtree Street. This was perfectly satisfactory. The caller declared there was no doubt as to the propriety of her kimono attire, and announced that she would continue to wear them at will. The fair wearer, who came to Atlanta with her husband but a few weeks ago, says she thinks the criticism of her at. tire is unfounded and unjust and that she has been needlessly humiliated anj done a great injustice. She indignant ly resents the action taken by her neighbors. When seen today Chief Beavers said that the defender of woman’s rights had been to see him and that he had construed the law for her. "She may parade up and down Peach tree in her kimonos if she chooses, as far as the law is concerned,” said the chief. "AH that is required is that a woman’s dress be proper. A woman's conscience and taste must dictate her mode of dress—the law has nothing to do with it. Women can wear kimonos of any color on the street, or wear tffeir dresses tight or loose—anything they wish. That’s up to them. If their con- I science and taste will permit it, the law does not forbid it.” And s*i Peachtree street and Mrs. Grundy can complain all they please. Woman's right to dress as she pleases is upheld and the kimono, spotless white or lately pink, will still be there to adorn the wearer and delight the beholder. ATLANTA. GA.. TVESDAY, AUGUST 27. 1912. Free Clinic Saves the Lives of Many Children in Atlanta PURE MILK FOR BABIES FREE Scenes at the Jewish Alliance's ■, , free clinic where poor babies are ATOTO •riven pure, wholesome milk free. \TO Scores of little babies probabl.v \ TO owe their lives to the efforts \ 'TO of the nurses ami the pure milk. Zw) sHIT V’\\ l((( . «laatf& ; *■- ‘W ’ \ A\\ w .fr w # - B\ / / Z'' » ”' V Z * 'll // • f 4''> .«• ; / ' .r, ■7'. x/t; A / / 16. V ; I \[ I P w 1 i Pi a I W 4 ■ Kifc* ■/ i ■■ •• A •us i/ W // /S \\l X ' z/ // Increase in Price of Gasoline Costs Auto Owners Here SIBO Day Joy Wagon Fuel Leaps From 14 to 17 Cents—4,ooo Motorists in Fulton Hit. The jump in the price of gasoline this week will cost Atlanta automobile owners SIBO a day, or $1,260 a week. Gasoline, owing to hard times in the Rockefeller family and because of the strenuous competition engendered by a recent supreme court decision, has climbed from 14 cents to 17 cents a gallon in Atlanta, to the dismay of 4,000 owners. Secretary of State Philip Cook, him self an enthusiastic motorist, says there are 4.300 cars registered in the county, which means about 4,000 in actual serv ice. He estimates the average consump tion of gasoline at one and one-half gallons per car. -That makes 6.000 gal lons of “gas” used every day. And 6,000 gallons, at an advance of three cents per gallon—why, any schoolboy can tell you the answer. 150 GUESTS OF HOTEL THROWN IN PANIC BY GUN BATTLE IN LOBBY CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—1 n a duel in the lobby of the New London hotel early today James Murphy was shot five times and probably fatally wounded, while 150 guests in the place were thrown into a panic. The shooting fol lowed the eviction of Murphy, who had been loitering in the lobby. Shortly afterward he returned with a revolver and began firing at Night Clerk Ross O’Dell, and at Frank McKinley an.d Ar thur Mackrell, employees of the hotel. O'Dell seized a revolver and running along the walk got close to Murphy and opened fire. Murphy was wounded in the left leg. in the left arm, in the back and twice in the right leg. In spite of this, he ran for several blocks, then dropped unconscious. LANGSTON WILL NOT MAKE FIGHT TO HOLD SCHOOL BOARD JOB One expected contest for a state of fice has been'eliminated by the an nouncement of J. C. Langston, of Syl vania, that he would not contest in the courts his right to a seat on the state board of education. Mr. 'Langston, a Hoke Smith "vacation” appointee, was displaced by A. H. Moon, of Baxley, named by Governor Brown, who ig nored the Smith appointments, which had never been confirmed by the sen ate. Jere M. Pound, the Hoke Smith ap pointee whose place was taken by Dr. G. R. Glenn, of Dahlonega, has made no announcement of his decision as to a contest. It tjiay be that the legislative row over the appointments wilt be al lowed to die out without recourse to the courts. Wk ' W/ Medical Attention and Proper Nourishment Given Needy at Two Clinics Daily. What kills so many babies of the poor before they have passed their first summer? Bad milk. Where can the poor, who have no re frigerators, who must buy from wagons as they pass, obtain milk pure and healthful for the baby? From the free baby clinic of the Jew ish Alliance, in Capitol avenue. The alliance Is trying to do for the poor of Atlanta what Nathan Straus did for the teeming thousands of New York's East Side. It is supplying, free of all charge, pure, sterilized milk for the babies whose mothers call or send. The milk depot has been in operation hardly mbre than a month, but already it has saved a dozen babies’ lives. Every morning, every evening, the mothers and children may be seen at the alliance, the little ones contentedly draining the wide-mouthed bottles of milk rendered chemically pure; the mothers taking home milk in bottles carefully sterilized by the woman in charge of the dispensary. "You should have seen some of these babies when they first came,” said one of the attendants. "Then you could see them now and know what this work has accomplished.” But the alliance is doing something more. It offers free medical inspection and care to all babies brought to the building. The best physicians in Atlan ta. tendering their services for chari ty’s sake, will remove the adenoids, which render children stunted and dull witted; perform minor’operations when necessary, give advice to mothers on the care of children. There is none too poor to have a doctor for her baby now. The clinic is open to all alike. The father and mother may labor bard for a livelihood: their food may be coarse and far from plentiful, but the babies, through the work of the alliance, are being given their chance to grow up into healthy, virile Americans. REAL VALJEAN BACK IN PHILADELPHIA TO EARN HONEST LIVING PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27.—William Burke, who disappeared from this city after resigning his seat in city council and confessing that he was a former convict, returned to his wife and fam ily here last night. He declared that he had come back to "face the music," and would endeavor to earn an honest living at his trade of hardwood finish er. which he said he had learned in the Massachusetts state prison. His election to council, he says, made him ti prey of blackmail by a former cellmate, until, driven to des peration, lie made public his pa t his tory. Three Begin Training For the Big Race To Be Mayor of Atlanta Chambers and Brown Issue Calls For “Get-Together” Meetings. Councilman Aldine Chambers will or ganize his campaign for mayor at a meeting of his supporters tonight at 8 o’clock at 12 1-2 West Alabama street. Aiderman John E. McClelland has opened campaign headquarters on the first floor of the Temple Court building. He will hold an organization meeting later in the week. Dr. George Brown has called a private meeting of some of his closest support ers for tonight. When asked if he would be in the race today. James G. Woodward said it looked "mighty like” he would enter it. Steve R. Johnston is out of the city, but announced before he left that he was in the race to the finish. By the first of next week, the candi dates declared today, the race for mayor will be In full swing. CROWD GREETS TAFT ON REACHING BOSTON FOR STAY OF 31 HOURS BOSTON, Aug. 27. —President Taft arrived in Massachusetts today for a 31-hour stay. He leaves on the 2 o’clock train tomorrow afternoon for Columbus. Ohio, to attend the centen nial celebration. Five hundred people waited at the track gate and welcomed the president. As the long train pulled in the engine exploded a railroad torpedo placed on the track just inside the train shed. Few of those outside the gates heard the explosion, but a score of porters and station officials rushed to the scene. Those in tne president’s car did not even hear the sound. In the automobile which took the president to Beverly were his brother in-law, William Herron, of Cincinnati, and his assistant secretary, Rudolph Foster, with Major Thomas L. Rhoades, his military aid. Secret service men followed in another car. DARROW MUST GO TO TRIAL AGAIN; JUDGE UPHOLDS INDICTMENT LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27.—The trial of Clarence S. Darrow for alleged jury bribing on the remaining indictment was to he set today for October 31 fol lowing the refusal of Judge Willis of the superior court yesterday to dismiss the second Indictment against the Chicago attorney. Counsel for Darrow argued that no new evidence could be introduced in the second trial, the story having been fully told during the first trial. District At torney Fredericks asserted he had new and important evidence and Judge Wil lis held the Indictment could not be dismissed. A judge from some other count} will lie selected to hear the case when it is put on the calendar today. I HOHL i IDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p m a Ze° T. R. ANXIOUS TOMAKEALI LETTERS PUBLIC Ready to Give Out Documenta He Has Relative to Source of Campaign Funds. WRITING HIS REPLY TO ARCHBOLD'S CHARGES Repeats Denial of Knowledge. of Standard Oil Contribution and Corrects Reports. , OYSTER BAY, L. 1., Aug. 27.—Colo nel Roosevelt again today declared not only his w-fllingness, but his eagerness to make public every scrap of evi-«< dence in his possession in regard to any action concerning the campaign fund raised for his election to the presidency In 1904 and the Standard Oil interests. “If Mr. Hearst will let me know with in a year or a year and a half of tha ( time I wrote any letter pertaining to the Standard Oil Company, such as he refers to in his cabled message from London, I will be glad to go through my files and produce the copy of it, if it is there,” the third term candidate de clared at Sagamore Hill today. Roosevelt w-anted to make plain that he is sincere in his purpose to produce any possible Standard Oil correspond ence, if it is indicated what letters are desired. The ex-president is working on the letter he Is to send to Senator Clapp, defining his acts relating to the Stand ard Oil contribution in 1904. He says today that he will finish the letter in time to give it out for publication be fore leaving tomorrow night for Ver mont. He can not complete it. he said, probably before tomorrow afternoon. Parker Letter To Be Reproduced Again. "In the letter,” he said, "I am going to reproduce the letter I wrote to Judge Parker in the last days of the campaign of 1904, regarding Oil contributions, it will be recalled that Mr. Parker charg ed that the Standard Oil had given SIOO,OOO to my campaign. After having satisfied myself, through the statements of Cortelyou. that no such contribution had been made, I replied to Judge Par ker. "Another letter I shall embody in my letter to Mr. Clapp is one I wrote ’Jim’ Sherman, the vice president, about;} the Harriman episode. That letter gave< my version of Mr. Harriman’s visit to the white house. "I am looking further into my fi!ea> for other letters that will show conclu-M sively what my stand was in the Stand— ard Oil matter.” Colonel Roosevelt corrected a state* ment attributed to Collector Loeb, irw which the collector was made to say that he called up Mr. Cortelyou a6- Roosevelt’s request after the publica-J tion of Harriman’s letter to Sidney! Webster. Loeb, according to a publish-’ ed report, stated that Colonel Roosevelt desired to know from Cortelyou If ha recalled what transpired at the Harri-.’ man visit. The report made it appear that Loeb had spoken of Harriman calling in ref erence to the Standard OU contribution. What Cortelyou Said About Oil Money. “That's all wrong,” remarked Colonel Roosevelt. “Mr. Harriman’s call was not in connection with Standard Oil, but referred to aid he wanted from the na tional committee for the New York state campaign. Mr. Loeb did not ask Mr. Cortelyou about Mr. Harriman. When he called Cortelyou on the phone it was to ask him about the reports that the Standard Oil had made a con tribution to my campaign. Mr. Cortel you’s reply, as conveyed to me by Mr. Loeb, and in this he bears me out, was that none had been received from the Standard Oil Company.” Colonel Roosevelt also wanted a false impression which he said had crept into print concerning the visit of John D. Archbold and Henry H. Rogers straightened out. Loeb was quoted as saying the colonel explained that Arch bold and Rogers had made a midnight call the night after election. Denies Night Visit From Archbold and Rogers. “They made po such visit to me,” said Colonel Roosevelt. "They did call at the white house one afternoon a year after the election. They wanted me to stop the department of justice from going on with the Standard Oil In vestigation. I declined to interfere.” The ex-president went back at Phil ander C. Knox today for the secretary of state's declaration that he heard Continued on Page Two.