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Newspaper Page Text2 WILSON nras MOOSE PIRK'S PLATFORM Approves Social Reforms Fea tures. But Raps Protection Stand of Roosevelt. Continued From Page One. slons. but every one of these plan.-' lias .merely hound their working men more tightly to themselves. Their tights un der these various arrangements ate not legal rights They ate merely privi leges which they enjoy so long as they remain in the employment and observe the rules of the great industries which employ them If they refuse to be weaned away from their independence they can not continue to enjoy the benefits extended to them "When you have thought the whole thing out. therefore, you will find that the program of the new party legalizes monopolies and systematically subor dinates working men to tfietn and to plans made by the government, both with regard to employment anti with regard to wages Means Economic Mastery Over Workers. "Take the thing as a whole, and it looks stiangely like economic maatery over the very lives and fortunes of those who do the daily work of the nation, and all this under the over whelming power and sovereignty of the national government What most of us are fighting for is to break up this very partnership between lug business and the government fall upon all in telligent men to bear. w itness* that If this plan were consummated, if this program were carried through the great employers and capitalists of the coun try would be under a more overpower ing temptation than ever to take con trol of the government and keep it sub servient to their purposes. What a prize it would be to rapture, how un assailable would be the majesty and tyranny of monopoly if it could thus get sanction of law and the support of parties: by what means except open revolt, could w e ever break the crust of our life again and heroine free men, breathing an ait of our own. choosing and living lives that we wrought out for ourselves" 'll is like coming out of a close and slitting air into the open, where we ran breathe fully again and see the free spaces of the heavens above us to turn away from such a program, the idrntlocl program suggested to < >m mittees of congress by Mr. Gary and Mr Perkins, to the proposals with w hich the great Democratic thinkers of the country optaiae such platform. "Democratic leaders turn away froit any plan to legalize monopoly anil give a Federal commission leave to say how much of It there should be. because they know exactly what that woulo mean. Regulation of Competition Needed. "What they propose Is the restora tion of freedom. What we need is the regulation of competition and the prosecution of what lias created mo nopoly. When you have regulated it. you have in effect restored it. "r are not opposed to regulation; we are not opposed to commissions even If they be necessary instruments of adminis trative regulation, but we know that unrestrained. unrestricted competi tion is the very thing that has created monopoly. Great industrial and tlnan clal concerns have become so power ful that they were aide to crush com petition and take a free field for them selves in which they could rule ami dominate unhindered " The governor then declared that no man had ever been made free by being taken care of as children by the gov ernment under which they lived, and then continued "In this age of organization of c api tal, advances in wages have been won chiefly by organized label Insisting upon Its rights and its share The other thing that has worked for the laboring man. when there has bee n n chance for it to work, has been tin great economic law of supply and de mand. In a free field of competition wherever new enterprises may spring up. where men fulfill their hopes of in dependence and themselves more and more numerously become employers there is an over increasing market of labor and with the increasing market for labor there is generally a steady advance in wages Tremendous Reception For The Governor Governor Wilson got a troim■n<i«»»i> reception *»n his hri» ’’om inlttee.« nf th** Buffalo Trades and bnr council and the Catholic Y«»udk Men’s union met him at his private » hi Hewas escorted to thv stuvt. wlu • crowd of several thousand him and chevied and applaud'd th* candidate Governs Wllwoti entered at automobile and th« immediately cloned in on it The mounted polit • at tempted to scattej the <rowd. but tto governor waved them back and >h<ad hands with as many as p ( .s>ibl. Th* candidate then wa- taken to th» Ho tel Lafayette, when a i t»n wa* held. At least 1,500 shook hands wttt him 't hen he went to the H«» • I'. • • The Atlanta Georgian—Premium Coupon Thlt coupon will be accepted at our Premium Parlor, 20 East Alabama at., as partial payment for any of the beautiful premium goods <lsp ayed there. See Premiun Parlor Announcement on. Another Page Roosevelt Off on 11,000 Mile Trip BRIDGEPORT CONN. Sept. 2 Brofessing complete confidence in the outcome in November of th« tight which he Is waging. • 'olonel Roosevelt left New York to-I clay on his 11.000-mile tour, w hich will ( take him to the Pacific coast and back j to New York and into about 35 states. Traveling in a special car, to which •va- attached another car loaded with newspaper reporte: s, the colonel got untie way on his I otig continental swing at k. 03 o’clock At that hour he j est for Hartford. t’onn.. his first stop- I ping pime From Hartford the colo- I tiei s itinerary c arries him to Spring pit Id. Mass, whence he departs for the West. <'olonel Roosevelt was accompanied by his nephew, George Roosevelt, the only member of his personal party The colonel served notice on the Pro gressive party candidates that they must live up to their pledges and that he will not tolerate the breaking of a promise by one of them. In a four minute speech at .Stamford, Cpnn . he: said: "If any of our candidates who are selected fails to live up to any promise he makes. I will take the stump against him We stand for applied honesty of principles We are going to keep faith with the people." Don't Wonder at Jeer. When a member of his audience jeered this statement, the colonel re torted : "1 don't wonder you jeer. The old parties had away of making promises .nd not keeping them. It won’t be that way with us." <’olonel Roosevelt, got a tremendous ovation. The colonel motored from Oyster Bay early In the morning. Anticipating a crowd at the Grand Central station, at New York, the candidate took a de vious course to his ear. passing through the baggage room and a side entrance. Only a few of those who had gathered got a glimpse of him as he hurried down the platform. Colonel Roosevelt w ill be away from New York for 30 days, dining which time he will carry the banner of the National Piogreasive party in whirl wind fashion through the Western ‘fates, and up and down the Pacific coast During his absence the coione' will be in close touch with headquar ters of his party in New York and Chi- cago Cscil Lyon in Party. At St Lottis, his first stopping plate after leaving Springfield, Mass, he will be joined by <'olonel Cecil Lyon, of Texas, who fought so valiantly for the colonel at the national Republican con vention in Chicago From, time to time, also, the colonel's entourage will be made up of local Progressive leaders, who will ride with the colonel through their states. At St. Louis when the colonel ar rives there at 3 o'clock tomorrow the I city will b< filled with visitors from all i pints of Missouri This is right in line with lite thl d termer’s policy of ad dt easing his pleas to the working peo ple ami "tillers of the soil." Vnolhet state fair will be on at St. 1 tiul when the colonel reaches there Thursday lifter making stops at Keo kuk, Mount Lion. Ottumwa, Oskaloosa ' Des Moines and possibly n few other lowa points Leaving St Paul, the colonel will head straight for the Pacific coast - zci to meet 200 members of the Cath olic Young Men's union in a brief - speech there he said: ■■Everything is organized In this ■ country except public opinion. The In t tetests are organized, so are the poll , ti. Inns and the political parties. Now . we are beginning to organize public t opinion, and 1 want to say that you . young men can do h great deal to per j feet this if you will H || aav V((ll wil | not allow tout-selves to be bamboozled . anv more;' If you will be determined - not lo judge H candidate by a label, but vote straight for right and justice. 1 then the air of politics will he cleared Young Men 's Business To Lead Public Opinion. It Is especially the business of young I men m lead in this organization of pub He-opinion At the same time I know . the young man labors under a handicap j because he is expected to wear the ; jacket of the last generation He ought to demand that a Jacket that tits him , and not be satisfied with one that fit ■ , liis father 25 years ago. It ought to , be a new jacket suited to his shape. size and sty le " The governor then returned to the ; Hotel Lafayette, where he took lunch eon with the labor union leaders His ! later program called for a visit to the . Wilson ami Marshall headquarters dln net at tin Lafayette with the local ( Democratic leaders and labor officials x | a speech at a mass meeting at th- | Broadway arsenal at S o’clock and de i partlire for Trenton at 10:30 p. ln Loeb, Cortelyou And Hearst Invited g I - W VSHING l’< >N Sept William I>- ■ - 1 ' ■ •m>i George B Gortelyou. each 1 8 former private secretary to Colom '. I; •" 111 " «as president. WII- " i.im Randolph Hearst and John D I Xrehbold have formally been asked to ..ppc.c before the senate committee I ii \ • •** .-x i ing vatiipaign contributions, resumes hearings late this e mont h '■ i -' lr ti-cvou has testified that when ’i.cuet, Mr. llooseveit's campaign b in lku4 no ■ .mtributions were received • from iht Siandard oil Company. John THE A I LAN FA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1912. POLICE HOT ON TRAIL! Expect Soon to Capture Noted Gunmen! UNCLE SAM OFFERS REWARD! Copyright, 1912, by International News Service. • - W _X X - greatly' Tis ’ ~7 ANY C i Uf4tLC SAM - ‘Bfir z ' W-w JyW Jwii y x#> z 4 -=iisx cc.Y -s z 5 7/ Archbold or anybody acting for that corporation. The committee wants to examine him in the light of Mr. Archbold's testimo ny that he gave $100,00(1 with the knowledge and consent of ('olonel Roosevelt. Mr. Loeb was ('olonel Roosevelt's secretary at the time the former president wrote letters and tel egrams to Mr. Cortelyou directing the return of any Standard Oil contribu tions. Hoth men have notified the com. mittee they are ready to appear. Neither has been subpenaed. Similar letters have been sent to Mr. Archbold and Mr. Hea tst. Efforts are being made to find the men who handled campaign funds dur ing the recent presidential primaries Some correspondence along (hat line is said to await the return of Senator Clapp, chairman of the committee. Stanley Comes Back at Roosevelt HENDERSON KV, Sept. 2. "t.'ono nel Roosevelt is spending much of his time denouncing the recommenda tion of a committee which lie charac terizes as 'mere sound and fury " said Congressman A. O. Stanley, chairman of the committee investigating tin t'nlted States Steel Corporation here, in answer to the strictures of Colonel Roosevelt In his recent speech at St. Johnsbury. Vt Congressman ley's statement continues •Ordinarily a candidate for presi dent and a former president could be expected to find some subject of pith and moment' to occupy his valuable time and that of his auditors. But the colonel is unique, as he knows the great value of 'sound and fury.' They have been his principal assets during more than a decade of public service ami sound and fury - —more fury and less sound, and his voice grows hoarser and chances slimmer have character ized his last furious political fiasco, stampede of the stall-f«d bull moose, lately the property of the steel trust, now exhibited by his devoted manager and munificent provider, one George W. Perkins, of New York What a Pity! Says Stanley. "Says t'olonel Roosevelt, 'the anti trust law by itself can never in any shape m way solve the problem of dealing with the trusts "If the Sherman anti-trust law had been a complete and all-sufficient rem edy. the Stanley committee would nev er have proposed to amend it. hat a pity the colonel did not discover there was no value in the Sherman act when he was president and when his attorneys general brought repeated suits under it to dissolve the tt lists, and his allies with much sefitnd and fury proclaimed to the country that by this means they were going to punch all the malefactors of great wealth who were not 'friendly' or sufficiently lib eral. . ■ During his entire incumbency in of fice Roosevelt never advocated but on amendment to the Sherman act. the no torious Hepburn bill and this bill was actually written. every word and every lln> of it. by E H. Gary, chairman of the board of directors of the I'nited States Steel t'otporitl on. and by Vietot Motawetz and Erancis Lynde Stetson, its attorneys Will Keep Trust Heads Busy. l ot the fi st time since the Sher man act wa« written tile Stanley com mittee has proposed amendments with tee'h In them and w hich, if enacted into law. will deprive the colonel of such | valuable aids as the chairman of the ; finance committee of the steel corpo tatlon and the heads of the harvester tru«t becausi these laws if enforced, will find these gentlemen so busy keep ing their precious hides out of the jails that they will have no time running th,- politics of the country o: nulling £od dei for the bull moose.' " * 22 LIVES LOST IN EASTERN FLOOD Pennsylvania and West Vir ginia Hit by Cloudburst- Ohio River Gives Up Dead. , WHEELING, W. VA Sept. 2. Heavy loss of life ha> been caused by a clpud burst that flooded southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Vir ginia last night. Eight bodies already have been recovered from the Ohio tiver, which is high in its bed and full of debris. The death list lias already reached 22. and is expected to go high et. Latest reports from the varions dis tricts are as follows: Colliers. W. Va.—At 'east nine drew ned and probably twenty . ( herry Valley. Pa.—Six drowned. Burgettstown. Pa.—One drowned. Avella, Pa.—Three drowned. Canonsburg. Pa.—Three drowned. lite victims at Canonsburg. Pa , were Eli Hancock, aged 30. and two un known foreigners. All had been res cued from their homes, but returned for . valuables and were caught. Colliers, W. Va., Hit Hardest. Colliers. W. Va.. suffered the brunt . of the downpour and here the greatest , loss of life occurred. Down the creek farther at Hollidays Cove the debris gorged ami the waters, rising rapidly. , swept away at least half a dozen I houses At t oilier-, Mrs. Ad Thoriey and her small daughter were drowned and an Italian hostler, his wife and three chil dren were swept away and drowned. Railroad communication between tills city and Pittsburg on the Pennsyl vania railroad has been discontinued as the result of the flood. Telephone and telegraph wites are prostrated and it is feared that when complete reports are received the deaths will total mote than , a score. $1,000,000 Damage, Reports Indicate PITTSBCKtI. PA . Sept 2. -Eragmen i tary reports received today indicate that i more than Si.vtw.OOO damage was done by floods desalting from a cloudburst last night in western Pennsylvania, northern west Virginia and southeastern Ohio. , There are rumors that the number of I dead as the result of the storm will be be , tween thirty and fifty Telephone and telegraphic services were out of commis sion. Wisconsin River On Rampage WAVSAI WIS . Sept. 2 The flood n ti e Wisconsin river has reached the dan ger point and the river is still rising at the tate of 3 inches per hour Railroad train service has been abandoned north of Wausau- The new Northwestern rail road bridge was destroyed by dynamite Sunday afternoon in an effort to relieve , 'he pressure on the cofferdams in the cast channel i _ THREE KILLED IN WRECK. HUSTLER. WIS . Sept 2 Two pas sengers and the engineer were killed ■ and the fi.eman fatally injured when a ' Chicago. St Pau' Minneapolis and . Omaha train ran Into a washout nea ■ he e x numbet of passenger- were in- Juted, some of them seriously. Changes urged IN STREET WORK Special Committee Not to Rec ommend Creation of Office of Consulting Engineer. Council's special committee on the i reorganization of the chief of eonstruc , tion department completed its report at a meeting today. It will recommend a new system for the department at the meeting of council tomorrow afternoon. 1 A subcommittee composed of C. C. 1 Mason, S. A. Wardlaw and Harvey Hatcher called on Chief of Construc tion R. M. Clayton and asked him if he would accept a position as city consult, ing engineer. Captain Clayton said he would wait to see what sort of consult ing engineer's place council created and what changes were made in the chief of construction department. He said lie would then decide whether to run for chief of construction or accept the place of consulting engineer. ‘ In view of that reply, the committee decided not to recommend that a per manent position of consulting engineer he created. Dr. Rudolph Hering is now consulting engineer to advise as to the bond issue improvements. But mem bers of council have announced that this office will be discontinued on Oc- - tober 1. Urge Hancock's Candidacy. ■ Since the committee decided at its 1 last meeting to recommend the elimi nation of the qualification that a man shall have had ten years' experience as > engineer before being eligible as a can didate before the people for chief of construction, it was reported today a 1 movement had been begun by a number of citizens to get W. A. Hancock, for mer aiderman from the Seventh’ward. 1 to run for chief of construction. Mr. Hancock is manager of the South River Brick Company. The committee decided the chief of construction should have an assistant in charge of the details of the office, an engineer in charge of streets and an engineer in charge of sewers, and that the appointment of these assist ants should be approved by council and . that council should have the authority i | to remove them at any time. The chief of construction now has , four assistants, one in charge of streets, 1 one in charge of sewers, one in charge of sidewalks and one in charge of street f repairs. The chief of construction lias - genera,! supervision over them all and I he has absolute authority as to appoint- • men is and removals. It had already been decided that the chief of construc tion should be under the direction of | council. t Hatcher Stdl Protests. Councilman Wardlaw made a sugges tion that there should be some one in ] the chief of construction's office during 1 all office hours who could give general ■ • information to the public. He said un ’ less Captain Clayton was in the office , he couldn't get any information about . things. The other members of the com mittee agreed with him, saying that the P new assistant to the chief of construc e tion would be the man to meet the pub lic in the construction office. Councilman Hatcher, chairman of the council streets committee and who has - protested that there was no general i complaint against Atlanta's streets in t sisted that no changes were needed tn I the chief of construction department. He said that all the members of the committee knew Captain Clayton would be re-elected. DOG FOILS THIEF IN DUKE’S ROOM Tobacco King Awakes When He Hears Bark and Finds Burglar at Work. NEW YORK. Sept. 2.—A pet dog whose watph duty was outside the bed room of Caleb Duke, the millionaire tobacco magnate frotfi the South, who lives at No. Hast North Broadway. Yonkers, began to bark about 2 a. m Mr. Duke woke up and heard some one moving about in an adjoining apart ment. Mis. Duke was quietly slumberipg. I ite servants slept in another quarter. It must be some intruder, the husband tealized. He started to rise as quietly as possible. As he was about to get out of bed a man, who carried a dark lan tern with its rays directed toward the floor, entered the room. The millionaire remained quiet. The light of tlie lamp was raised until it fell upon his face. Neither he nor the other spdke. Half blinded. Mr, Dukt could not see the face of the intruder. Blinding Rays Awakened Wife. I'hen the electric rays were diverted to the adjoining bed. where they rested upon the face of the sleeping wife. Not a word was spoken: not a move ment made a sound. But in a moment the bright light annoyed the eyes of Alts. Duke, ami she awoke, exclaiming: "Who's there? What do you want?" 1 he right hand of the stranger came forward into the ring of light made by the flash lamp. It .carried an automatic revolve:. "You just be quiet, both of you. o’ I 11 shoot," said a low voice. With the light switching from one to another, the stranger backed off until he reached the door, which he pulled shut after him. Then his footsteps could bo heard moving rapidly across the sun parlor, adjoining the bed loom In a couple of minutes Mr. Duke turned on the incandescents and hur ried to the telephone. He called up Yonkers headquarters and reported his adventure. Dog's Bark Scared Burglar. Several bureau drawers in which weie valuable articles of jewelry had been disturbed, but nothing had been taken. The balking of the dog prob -,b ' interrupted the intruder's werk, No trace of him was found b’evond the edge of the lawn "It was a thrilling exper fence," said Mt. Duke afterward. "Hereafter 1 think I'll keep an automatic gun of my own. It may look as formidable to a burglar as this man's gun looked to me.” DIES IN HOVEL LEAVES $200,000 FOR HIS FRIENDS NEW YORK. Sept. 2. —Michael Kelly died in a hovel, but left an estate of $200.(100 to be divided among people who had been kind to him. Finds His Wife Dead. When Patrick Dorrian. a traveling ■salesman, went to awaken his wife who was asleep at their home, 6S Connally street. this morning, he found her dead. Coroner Pau! I'onehoo said that she died from heart failure Always a good show, often a great show, Forsyth. TOILERS SPENO WORKERS SPEND JOIETHBORDM Thousands Enjoy Music. Sports and Addresses at the Grant Park Celebration. Continued From Page One, P. Marquardt, J. F. Bradfield. J. W. Bridwell and Luther Gower foxmed the reception committee and announced that the speakers and other guests of honor would be received formally at the pavilion. It was announced that all the funds . for expenses had been raised within the ranks of organiz -d labor, something unprecedented in At lanta. three speakers are on the program for the day at the park. They are Je rome Jones, editor of The Journal s.l LabolA Carl Karston, president of thv Atlanta Federation of Trades, and Shu ford B. Marks, president of the. Georgia Federation of Labor. Baseball games, races and other out door sports are on the park program for the afternoon, to follow the grea basket dinner at noon. Committees in Charge of Celebration. The committees in charge are: Sub-Committee on Program and Amusement—W. C. Puckett, of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen: Carl Kai. -ton. president of the Atlanta Federation; R. J,. Corley, machinists, and Dennis Lindsey, printing press men. Music Committee—L. P. Marquand, tailor, chairman: Jerome Jones, of the I y pographical union; William Vail Houten, molder; W. c. Puckett. Bi< ih < rhood of Railway Trainmen, and J. W. Bridwell. stone cutter. Reception Committee—N. H. Kirk patrick. printer, chairman: L. H. Mai quard. tailor; J. F. Bradfield, garment worker and now secretary of the At lanta Federation of,Trades; J. W. Brid well stone cutter, and Luther Gower, garment worker. Finance Committee—O. A. Cone, pa per hanger, and for. many y ears finan cial secretary of the Atlanta Federa tion. chairman, with S. B. Marks, presi dent of the Georgia Federation of La bor; William Van Houten, ex-presideni of the Atlanta Federatjon and now its treasurer: Pete LaTerza. tailor, and N. H. Kiikpatriek. ex-president of the At lanta Federation and a member of the Atlanta Typographical union. • Dancing Committee —E. A. .Lyle, chairman: Charles Hirsch, brewer: <>. M< Bry ant, plumber; Pat -Quinn, stone cutter and foreman of stone cutters at the Federal prison, and Luther Gower, garment worker. I. W. W. Barred From New York Parade NKW YORK. Sept. 2. Members nf the Industrial Workers of the World were barred today from participating in the annual Labor day parade of trades unionists. The industrialists had threat ened to disregard the order against them, and scores of police reserves were on hand to prevent trouble when the parade of 35,000 workmen of various trades moved down Fifth avenue. Despite the threatening weather, more than 100,000 persons saw the procession. BABY HELD FOR BOARD BILL AMOUNTING TO $3 CHICAGO. Sept. 2—Timothy Crotty, eleven months old. was restored to his mother's arms by Judge Scully, after he had been held several weeks as "hostage " for a .33 board bill. DOGS ARE BUTCHERED AND SOLD FOR FOOD IN BERLIN BERLIN, Sept. 2. ■ Reports are cur rent here that dogs are being butchered an«l sold to the poor for food. Watch the Forsyth clock —don’t be late. ATLANTA THEATER Seats Now on Sale Season's First Play T H E M U sICAL RAIN BO W The BALKAN PRINCESS Given By The No. 1 and Only Company FORSYTH DAILY AT 2:30. 7:45 AND 9:15 VAUDEVILLE 11 IS THE SOCIETY FAtr R E A,L POPULAR PRICts LYRIC WEEK | Mats. Labor Day. Tues.. Thur*., Sat. GREATER MINSTRELS I 40 People. Sale Now Open