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Georgia Veterans, Under Tattered Stars and Bars, Parade the Streets of the Historic Old City MAR I ETTA AGAIN RESOUNDS WI TH TRAMP 0 F THE AG ED BOYS IN GRAY ■MSr '/// w- xsta# J IMHOk WMMI x — SsatF ' l > Efe-X IOBb»t Mm ■HpMMMr ■■M^^K^By'-* Sm bm> ? -Mik Wiff M 1, ilhy. i . Wk ' v mSHBK w // A FlriT / Grandßall Tonight Ends Reunion of Confeder ate Warriors—-Final ! Day Brings Record Crowd-—Miss Regina Rambo Heroine in Accident. MARIETTA. GA., Aug. 29.- Bruns wick won over Columbus today and will entertain the 1913 reunion of Geor gia Confederate veterans. The contest ‘ between the two cities was close, the city by the sea winning only after a hard fight among the delegates for votes. The election of officers followed the selection of the next convention city, after which the business session of the reunion adjourned. The election of officers resulted as 'follows: H. T. Davenport, Americus, division commander; A. J. Mcßride, of Atlanta, commander of the northern brigade; J. A. Thomas, of Dublin, commander of the eastern brigade; Charles T. Han sell, commander of the southern bri gade; L. B. Mobley, of Vienna, com • mander of the western brigade; Colo nel Lyons, Atlanta, commander of the cavalry brigade, _ Miss Rambo Shows Pluck. Hundreds of the veterans crowded around Miss Regina Rambo today when It was learned that she had been knocked down by a dray and after re covering from a fainting spell had re fused to be taken home for a longer time than to change her dress. Miss Rambo is known to nearly every veteran present, as she has attended imany reunions, and last year invited the veterans to Marietta. Her spirit and determination not to let the acci dent mar the day was commented upon by all of them, who termed her a true daughter of the South and with the pluck’ and endurance of the women of the Confederacy. Miss Rambo is ap parently unhurt after the accident, which was caused by unusual traffic conditions in the town. A larger crowd than was here on the opening day gathered for the final ex ercises in the court house. In the ar mory another gathering took place w ith the Sons of Veterans as leaders. To Gather Under the Old Flag. Larger crowds than ever took advan tage of the interurban car service and came up from Atlanta. Among them were several companies of Boy Scouts, ■who are here to take part in the parade this afternoon After the business meeting of early today veterans are looking forward to the parade, which starts at 3 o’clock, and when they again will gather In martial assemblage under the familiar old banner. Bright, new, Confederate flags have been provided for the parade and in it also will be the tattered ban ners that went through four years of battling in Virginia, in the West, and in the battles around Kennesaw moun tain, when the spot where the reunion city now stands was the scene of strug- | gling armies. In the parade, besides the veterans, will be many auxiliary orders The Sons of the Confederacy will take pari in uniform and various maids and sponsors will take part. In addition to them there will be the Marietta Ri fles a number of mounted police, the flre department and numbers of local orders. Boy Scouts from Atlanta will vie with those of Marietta in keeping time to the steps of the old soldiers. Ball To Be Gala Event. Among one of the most attractive features of the parade will be the mounted sponsor of the cavalry and her maids of honor. Other sponsors and maid 1 - will ride in reirriages. Miss EttA Hardeman, of Gainesville, is sponsor for the cavalry and she will sn ' '-'IW Colonel R. F. Crittenden, of Shellman, Ga.. op. left. He was I colonel of the Thirty-third Ala bama regiment. C. S. A. Lieu tenant Colonel W. J. Horsley, of Arlington, Ga.. on right. have as her maids Misses Rosa Wil lingham. Marjorie Wikle, Willie Mac Blair. Eloise Brown. Emma Gardner. Ette Cogburn, Laura Margaret Hoppe, Mabel Hardeman, and Me.sdames Wil! Fleming. Amos Way and Tate Hyde, of Marietta, and Misses Margaret Rushton. Susie Woodward and Wands leigh West, of Atlanta: Misses Vera Warlick and Lilah Roberts, of Macon: Miss Mamie Jones, of Cartersville; Miss Fannie McCormick, of Rome: Miss Hattie Sue Lowe, of McDonough: Miss Helen Estes, of Gainesville, and Miss May Woodward, of Griffin. The crowning feature of the reunion will he a grand ball tonight at the audi torium. given in honor of the maids and sponsors and the veterans. This is to be one of the largest social features of the year in the state. BRIDEGROOM OF 60 WEDS PRETTY GIRL OF SIXTEEN PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29.—True love did not run smooth for Levi Quad enfield, a wealthy contractor of .Eighty first street and Mingo avenue, but the obstacles that attempted to bar his hap piness were quietly and effectively re moved by Cupid, and today a proud husband is observing a double celebra tion- —his sixty-first birthday and his second marriage. Just as elated as Quadenfield over the happy culmination of a romantic and exciting courtship is his pretty 16-year oid wife, who was Miss Marla df Gia como. The youthful Mrs. Quadenfield was a worried fiancee yesterday morn ing, but last night she was a smiling bride and the owner of a $5,000 house and lot at Eighty-second street and Holstein avenue, which her husband presented to her as a wedding gift. ‘HELLO’ FOURTEEN BILLION TIMES IN U. S. DURING 1911 BOSTON. MASS., Aug. 29. ~ Accord ing to figures compiled for the Ameri can Telegraph and Telephone Compa ny. there were 22.000.000.000 telephone calls throughout the world in 1911. Os this total the United States had more than 14,000,000,000. or 06 per cent. In the year 191 1 579.0ii0.0ii0 telegrams were sent in the world, but the United States used only 17 per cent of the total. The world’s investment in telephones is more than $1,795,000,000. and the gross yearly earnings are $329,000,000. The average annual earning for each tele phone is more than $32. BALLOON RACE FIZZLE: POOR GAS IS BLAMED COLORADO SPRINGS. COLO.. Aug. 29.—The balloon race from Colorado Springs has proved a fizzle. The Kan sas City 11 landed 40 miles north of here, the Goodyear X traveled only 22 miles in the same direction, and the Untie Sam went 33 miles Aviators say the trouble was in the quality of gas furnished. “Initials Only,’’ by Anna Katharine Green, author of "The Leavenworth Case,’’ “The Fili gree Ball,’’ one of the most en thralling mystery stories ever written, will begin in The Geor gian next Tuesday. Be sure to read it. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29. 1912. -sr WiiAilMji ■***•** a, - ■ -■•*/'/ ■’’ B / / \ WvtllL.. jJ) h T ,■» / / W 1 ~ 'fc f t*—--- / / N\ 4 tv'.- ’. ’ * ( I jffi c./ )lc_rt *-■ '«■*■-■■ — • .. jRWSSqfc ’■ ■ * \ vwwwW ■ v.-, ’VI (iVk KoAShk. jL. \\\ V <?» - I Wir ■lust one of the tables and a group of attractive guests at the luncheon given by Fielding Lewis chapter I). A. R., at the residence of Mrs. John Graham, Forest avenue. From left to right: Miss Beverly Dußose, Columbus, Ga.; Miss Cora Brown. Marietta; Miss Mira Birdsey, Maeon. Ga.: Miss Laura Hoppe. Marietta, and Miss Mildren Brown. Marietta. ENJOIN STfIIKERSI IN FOUNDHV WAR Two Companies Say Moulders Used Violence and Make an Appeal to Court. The Spalding Foundry Company and the Southern Iron & Equipment Com pany. against whom the local union of iron moulders declared a strike re-- cently, secured a temporary injunction against the International Moulders as , sociation of North America today, by which members of the organization are enjoined from doing physical vio lence to strike-breakers now being employed. The order, signed by Judge Bell, of superior court, will be given a final hearing tomorrow. In tlie petitions of the two compa nies they assert that moulders now on a strike have picketed grounds of the two companies with men who are seeking to force the present em ployees away and tie up the concerns. B. L. Brooks, as president of the local moulders union, is made the principal , defendant in the two charges. According to attorneys for the Spalding company, the strike there be gan July 22 when an apprentice was set to work to fill the place of a union man who failed to appear for work. The others immediately walked out and have since refused to fill their former positions. The Southern lion <t- Equipment Company asserts that the moulders ■ have been molesting their employees because ihat company runs an open or non-union shop. Nearly 50 mould ers constitute the regular force at the two places. STEEL ORDERS SHOW BIG SUMMER TRADE NEW YORK. Aug. 29. Since the first of the month orders of the United States Steel corporation exceeded production, and it is likely that unfilled orders in Au gust will show another increase. When the fact is taken into consideration that 1 orders have been scrutinized very closely in order to eliminate speculative business, and that August is an unusually poor > month in matter of incoming business, the showing will be regarded as remarkable • by the steel trade. One producer figures that the United States Steel corporation and independents now have on their books a total of more than 10,000,000 tons of unfilled orders. i L. & N. DIRECTORS FOR $12,000,000 MORE STOCK NEW YORK. Aug. 29. j-Dlrectors of the Louisville and Nashville railroad at a meeting here this afternoon voted to , recommend the stockholders an in crease in capital stock from $60,000,000 to $72 000,000 and io offer the new stock to the shareholders to th extent of twenty per cent of their holdings at par. iflumciM i TALLKHO CRASH Miss Charlotte Middleton Seri ously Injured in Accident in Tennessee Mountains. MONTEAGLE, TENN.. Aug. 29. Miss Charlotte Middleton, of 616 Pied mont avenue, Atlanta, was injured se ' riously and three other young women were hurt, when the tallyho In which they were returning from a mountain excursion was overturned, the mules being frightened at the approach of three automobiles on the narrow road. Several of Miss Middleton’s teeth wore knocked out and she was rendered tin sclous. Miss Katherine Brooks, of Se wanee; Miss Caroline Conger, of Se wanee. and another young woman were cut and bruised. The party mas tn a tallyho, return ing from a visit to the great cave in the valley. The road is winding, narrdw and precipitous, tine side rises a cliff: on the other there is a sheer drop of 60 I feet. There is hardly room for two vehicles to pass. They were coming up the mountain when three automobiles appeared sud denly at a curve. The tallyho driver signaled the cars to stop, but they came on. and the mules. frightened by the strange sight of automobiles, turned and dashed down the mountain side, barely escaping falling over the preci pice. The tallyho was overturned and its passengers thrown out on the rocks The auto ow ners mere asked to take the injured women to Monteagle for medical aid. but they refused, saving they could not turn ttjeir cars in the narrow road. They drove on, the driver being unable to learn their names MAN’S BODY FOUND IN RUINS OF BIG WHARF FIRE NORWICH, CONN.. Aug. 29—Fire early this morning, which started in tiie office of Mie Edward Chappell Com pany, on central w harf, wiped out prac tically all the buildings on the wharf which is situated at the head of Thames river, causing a loss estimated at $200,- 000. The body of a man was found burned to a crisp in the office of trie Chappell company. He is believed to have wandered in there to stay for the night and accidentally to have set the place on fire. ALBANIAN PEASANTS RAID CITY: WHOLESALE LOOTING SALONIKA, EUROPEAN TURKEY. Aug 29. —Albanian peasants have raid ed the city of Ipek, looting the bazar, a number of shops and many private res idences. according to a message just re - ceived here from the scene of the out rage. The Albanian authorities a r powerless to check the depredations of the peasantry, tin message added. Sol diers who tried to stop the looting were fired upon and driven to cover. • I OREGON GOVERNOR’S VICE CRUSADE LAGS AS OFFICIALS FIGHT PORTLAND. OREG., Aug. 29.—Dis trict Attorney Cameron has been oust ed. So says Governor Oswald West, here personally to supervise a war on vice. District Attorney Cameron him self says he has not been ousted, al though he has refused to assjst the governor in the crusade and still re fuses to do so. Cameron plans an appeal to the courts that will Involve many interest ing legal questions, principal of which is the right of the governor to turn a district attorney out of office. In the meantime the. war on vice languishes. All parties are waiting for the legal tangle to he straightened out before any other move is made. Wal ter Evans, who has been appointed by the governor to take Cameron's place, does not know whether he has a Job or not. He intends to be sure before he acts. Governor West savs he lias found an old law that gives him the right to act. He says Sheriff Stevens will lose his official head unless he co-operates in the anti-vice war. Stevens is pon dering the matter and watching the Cameron tight with interest. So far he has refused to aid the governor. SUES HER DIVORCED HUSBAND FOR KEEP OF THEIR LITTLE SON Mrs .lune M Hall, 221 West I'each tree street, says it costs her at least $32 per month to care for her infant son. Jack. So she asked superior court today to order her divorced husband, Thomas Hall, to pay her sufficient alimony to care for the » hlld and herself. Mr Hall Is estimator for the Withers Foundry and Machine Works and also operates a loan associa tion, from which she says he makes over S2OO per month, so she believes he is amply able to fneet the expense of his < hi Id’s welfare, Mrs. Hall’s itemized expense account for her bab\ runs like this: For clothing each month. $10; for a nurse, $lO. for the nurse’s board. sl2. And that is the min imum of expense, she says. In her request for alimony Mrs. Hall asserts that she and Mr Hall were di vorced in 1910, at Chattanooga, and that upon (he promise of her husband that he would provide for them, she did not seek alimony. Now- he has stopped giving her anything, she says WANTS DIVORCE FROM MAN SHE LOVED 1000 YEARS AGO ST. LOUIS, MO., Aug 29.—Artist Ralph Chpsley Ott is the defendant in a suit for divorce filed by his wife, Mrs. Jane Schaufert Ott, in the circuit court this morning. Mrs. Ott alleges that her husband was insanely jealous and drank to excess. She asked the custo dy of their two baby girls. Mrs Ott declares that when she at tired herself in her fashionable gown her husband accused her of dressing to attract other men. Shortly after their marriage a full page feature story appeared in a news, paper and was syndicated throughout the United States, in which it was set forth that the romance of the couple began thousands of years ago in Egypt. General G. L. Carson, Commerce, Ga.. one of the famous Morgan raiders, recounting exciting experiences of ’6l to J. G. Russell, of Marietta, a Boy Scout leader. EXPLOSION KILLS POWDER IKRS 1 Three Dead and Three Injured From Blast at Rand Mill Near Dossett, Tenn. i KNOXVII.LE, TENN. Aug. 29. The , Rand powder mill near Dossett, 25 miles west of Knoxville, was the scene of a fatal explosion today. Three men were instantly killed while moving a car from the mixing plant. Three oth ers were seriously injured. The dead: , F. R. Barrett, of Petosky, Mich.; John Giles, of Dossett, and George Newbill, of Gammon. The injured are: George Walters, Henry Nelson and Downes, all of Dos sett. The cause of the explosion is un known. BULL CALVES NAMED FOR WILSON AND MARSHALL VIDALIA. GA., Aug. 29—Woodrow and Tom are the names of a pair of | blooded Jersey twin bull calves born this week on the farm of J. W. Sharp. > The calves are named in honjir of the ■ Democratic probabilities this year and will be exhibited at the Telfth District fair to be held in Dublin this fall. > JOHN WANA,MAKER UNDER KNIFE: CONDITION SERIOUS ’ PHILADELPHIA, Aug 29.—John , Wanamaker. former postmaster general and millionaire merchant, is reported to be in a serious conditkfti at his home ■ today, following an operation for blad , der trouble. Ills physicians decline to make any statement as to his condi tion. CONDUCTOR KILLS A MAN WHO IS BEATING TRAIN BLOOMINGTON. ILL, Aug. 29 —Lee Wrighthouse, of Jeffersonville, Ind., was killed by Conductor Phillips, of a Big Four freight train. He was beating his | way on the train. i —— Post Toasties nutritious are simply delicious; They’re flaky and crispy and brown; t Their exquisite flavor has surely won favor, Just try them and banish that frown. I Written h\ D WHEDON, 531 Millard Ave., Chicago, 11l One nf the 50 Jingles for which the Dostum Co., Rattle Creek, Mich., paid SIOOO.OO in June. (REBELS 18 SUIT ILLmiCINS I Campa, a Mexican Insurgent Chief, Fixes Sept. 15 as the Slaughter Day. , EL PASO, TEXAS, Aug 29—After September 15 all Americans in Mexico will be put to death, according to a threat made by General Emilio Campa, who ba? an army of 400 insurgents in the Sonora district. News of this menacing statement was brought here today by Thomas Holland a former Texas ranger who recently has been foreman of the San Geronimo mines in Mexico. It is thought Campa’s threat was re sponsible for the message to General Steever from the war department asking If more troops were needed on the border. MAN WILL LIVE WITH HIS BRAIN PATCHED UP NEW YORK, Aug. 29.— Surgeons of • St. Josephs hospital, Yonkers, prottdly announce that John Martin, whose skull . was badly fractured, is recovering and will live with part of his brain missing. Martin Is 28 years old. He was found unconscious on the New York Central tracks four weeks ago. His skull was badly mashed in at the fore head. Dr. Mendelsohn and Dr. Lopez who operated upon him, found that , several bits of brain tissue had been ' torn away and were lost through the opening in the skull. They did not believe he could live 34 hours, but they set to work delicately mending the torn tissues and patching the broken bones. SAVANNAH COMMISSION ELECTION NOVEMBER 12 SAVANNAH, GA.. Aug. 29. —Instead of Novekrber 5, the date first selected, the commission form of government ' election will be Held November 12. i Separate registration lists will have to be used for the presidential and : commission form elections, hence the change of date for the latter contest. 3