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Thousands Desert City for Cool
Grant 'Park and Splendid
Festival Program.
' MUSIC. DANCING. SPORTS
TO ENTERTAIN BIG CROWD
Prominent Union Leaders Will
Address Workers Basket
Dinner a Feature.
Factor} fires are banked today. The
) tall stacks are smokeless since Satur
day night. Shop doors are closed and
S cotton mill spindles have ceased their
whirring for a day. The men and wom
en—ant] the child workers, too —are
celebrating the one day in the year
they call their own.
Wisely, the Labor day committee
abandoned the parade this year. On
many September Mondays the workers
have arisen early, donned holiday uni
forms and marched in the hot suit be
hind brass bands, while wives and chil
dren have sweltered on the sidewalks
waiting for the parade to pass.
But this year the unions decided on a
"safe and sane" celebration at Grant
park, where the atmosphere is several
degrees cooler and a great deal fresher
than in Whitehall street. The working
folk are there by today, All
ing the pavilion, dotting the wooded
hillsides with splashes of gay color,
keeping the popcorn men busy. They
crowded the trolley ears before the sun
had a chance to get in its work and the
park was well filled before half Atlanta
. had finished its breakfast.
/ Music of Three Bands
Enlivens the Throngs.
Three bands, all union musicians, of
< ourje, began their program early in
the day. The big concrete pavilion was
given over to dancing. Farther down
the park another band played every
thing from grand opera to ragtime,
with a big audience sitting on the
grassy hillside. The zoo folk held a
regular reception from the start and
before the monkey cages the children
formed such a crush that it required
several cops to keep the smaller ones
from being smothered. Old Maud, the
. elephant. entertained a constantly
I growing circle of wide-eyed youngsters
and the parrots and cockatoos were
taught enough new words to double
their already extensive, vocabulary.
The Labor day exercises began yes
terday with a special sermon at the
Harris Street Presbyterian church, de
livered by Rev. Jere A. Moore. A host
"f union men gathered at the city hall
just before the service and their march
to the church was a Labor day parade
w ithout the floats and bands. The line
was headed by President S. R. Marks,
of the State Federation, and Carl Kar
sten, president of the Atlanta body.
Dr. Moore took for the theme of his
sermon “One Day’s Rest in Seven." and
discussed the principles for w hich union
labor is working. "More than 3.000,000
people in the United States are denied
a day’s rest once a week." he said.
rhey are enslaved by employers
eoiz.ed by a passion for greed and gain
Pleads for One
Day of Rest in Week.
In Atlanta today more than a thou
sand street car conductors and motor
men must work seven days in a week.
About 300 policemen are required to be
' n duty seven days in a week. Hun
'cds of clerks have no Sunday rest,
being required to work in drug stores,
tobacco stores, candy stores, and at
soda fountains, all of which are open
r m Sunday in direct violation of the
s of the state of Georgia, except the
mug stores selling what is necessary
to be sold on the Sabbath.
I he city grants her tiremen one day
> out of six, and that is right; but why
1 give the policeman one day in
I seven?
[' not the Georgia Railway and
| eetric Company prosperous enough.
| i considerate enough, to give itsetn-
I uoyees the privilege of resting one day
| n -even?
1 should not the railroads heed the
' of the state and stop all unneces
moving of freight trains?”
, 1 ’nal plans for the Grant park cele-
1 ation were made at a meeting of
■"'nmittees yesterday afternoon at the
J.abor temple.
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4 Ice speakers are on the program
■ * the day at the park They arc Je-
■'»me Jones, editor of The Journal of
01 • ' arl Karston. president of th*
■mta Federation of Trades, and Shu-
LS Marks, president of rhe Geo. gia
miration of Laho
B r'ooT * an,e -“, races and other nut
s.. " . alr " n ,hf park program
'* I'tornoon. to follow th* grea’
V ,iskel dinner at noon.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WAN7 ADS~Use For Results.
CATCHESGIRL
ELOPER. BUT
LETS HER
MABRY
Angry Brother Trails Runaways
From Their Quiet Country
' Home to Atlanta.
FINDS THEM HERE AND
SENDS CALL FOR POLICE
Sister’s Tears Cause Him to
Relent, and Then He Went
to the Wedding.
Moved by his sister’s tears, a stem
brother, who hurried from North
Carolina to prevent a runaway mar
riage and summoned the police of At
lanta to aid him, is hurrying back home
today with the news that Miss Abbie
Allman, of Franklin. North Carolina,
pretty and eighteen, is the wife of D
G. Jacobs, 23 years old—and that he
is glad of it.
Allman, the brother, came to cir
cumvent Cupid but remained to aid
him.
Miss Allman's father is a prominent
farmer in Franklin, and Jacobs is a
neighbor. The pair had been sweet
hearts since early childhood and had
been secretly engaged for six months.
Three weeks ago Jacobs decided to
come to Atlanta and planned to be
married on his 23d birthday—yester
day.
Cashier Puts
Police on Trail.
Last week he wrote Miss Allman to
join him and the girl, giving a plausi
ble explanation, left home and arrived
in Atlanta Friday with her parents
unaware of the fact that she was on
her way to become a bride.
They did not remain in ignorance
long, however, for by accident the girl
had left the letter from her sweet
heart in her room and it was discover
ed. The police here were notified to
be on the lookout for tile pair and the
brother started in pursuit at once.
Miss Allman was found on Courtland
street by Chief of Detectives Lankford
and the girl’s brother, and as the three
were talking Jacobs came in. Allman
insisted that both be taken into cus
tody as a lesson. The girl wept and
pleaded with her brother, declared she
loved Jacobs and would stand by him.
and finally won her brother over.
Chief Langford
To Cupid's Aid.
Cupid got another lift when Chief
Lanford, who had been a disinterested
sort of spectator, proposed that his
pastor marry the pair at once. Accord
ingly, the party jumped into an auto
mobile and were whisked to the
Woodward Avenue Baptist church,
where the pastor. Dr. H. P. Fitch, mar
ried Htem at the close of the morning
services.
What had threatened to be a mighty
sad birthday was turned into as happy
a wedding day as could be wished for.
and Allman, thoroughly converted, went
back to Franklin to tell the news to
the folks. The young couple will spend
their honeymoon in Atlanta.
FLANNEL DRESSES SAVE
CHICKENS FROM COLD
CHICAGO. Sept. 2.—Mrs. Forrest
Farrell, of Waukegan, has solved the
problem of saving her young chickens
in cold weather by putting flannel
dresses on them.
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 $3 board bill.
DIES INHOVEITIEAVES
$200,000 FOR HIS FRIENDS
NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—Michael Kelly
died in a hovel, but left an estate of
$200,000 to be divided among people
who had been kind to him.
GIRL OF 9 SWIMS THREE
MILES, MAKING RECORD
PHILADELPHIA. Sept 2. —Lillian
Doersen. a nine-year-old girl, has just
made a swimming record of three miles.
SPANISH COURTS NONE TOO
RAPID. EITHER. SO IT SEEMS
MADRID. Sept. 2. A law nil lon
years old, involving an old Moorish
palace neat Granada, has just been set
| tied.
ATLANTA. GA.. MONDA V, SEPTEMBER 2. 1912
POLICE. HOT ON TRAIL!
Expect. Soon to Capture Noted Gunmen! UNCLE SAM OFFERS REWARD!
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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
cloudbutat that flooded southwestern
Pennsylvania and northern West Vir
ginia last night. Eight bodies already
have been recovered from the Ohio
river, which is high In its bed and full
of debris
Close watch is being kept for more
bodies as they are swept down the
stream.
A report reached here early today
that the small mining town ofColliers,
W. Va.. 25 miles north, had been swept
away by a cloudburst.
Railroad communication between
this city and Pittsburg on the Pennsyl
vania railroad has been discontinued as
the result of the flood,. Telephone and
telegraph wires are prostrated and it is
feared that when complete reports are
received the deaths wilbtota! more than
a score.
JEFFERSON VOTES FOR
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
JEFFERSON. GA.. Sept. 2.—At the
regular meeting of the city council to
night a city board of education will be
elected and a corps of teachers chosen
for the present school year.
The schools are expected to < n on
September 9.
Under an act of the legislature, the city
of Jefferson held an election on Saturday
to decide whether or not to establish a
system of public schools. There were 204
registered voters and 177 voted. The re
sult of the election was 175 for and 2
against public schools.
The endowment fund of the late W D.
Martin will be supplemented by taxation,
and in that way the schools will be
maintained.
KEENEY AGAIN HEADS
GEORGIA HIBERNIANS
MAl.’oN, GA , Sept. 2.—The Ancient
Order of Hibernians of Georgia, in an
nual convention here, yesterday adopt
ed resolutions "congratulating the peo
ple of Ireland oft their struggle for Irish
fieedom and extending to John E. Red
mond our heartfelt approval and sup
port."
P <’. Keeney, of Atlanta, was re
elected president for another year.
PASTOR WOOES CHOIR
GIRL AND THEN QUITS
OSHKOSH, WIS , Sept, 2. —Because
he wrote letters of an affectionate na
ture to a beautiful member of his choir,
the Rev. W. A Peterson, of a 4 local
Methodist church, will leave the state
and seek church duties elscwheie An
appeal foi forgiveness and a complete
confc-sion saved him from being un
frocked. Peterson came from Milwau-
World’s Greatest Long
Distance Runner Held
Prisoner at Ellis Isle
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Officials Trying to Determine
Whether Athlete is a "De
sirable Immigrant."
NEW YORK. Sept. 2.—Hans Koleh
mainen. of Finland, the greatest long
distance runner in the world, who
wrested more than one victory from
Americans in the international Olympic
games, at Stockholm in July, is being
held today at the doorway of the Unit
ed States until the authorities can de
termine to their own satisfaction
whether the great athlete is a "de
sirable immigrant."
Kolehmainen, who arrived here yes
terday from Glasgow upon lhe Anchor
liner California, was detained at Ellis
Island facing possible deportation.
The athlete was accompanied by his
brother. William. They came here not
as athletes, but as workmen bent upon
making the land of the Stars and
Stripes their future home The twain
came as third-class passengers and
were dressed in typical immigrant fash
ion with loose fitting clothing, ungain
ly shoes, tweed caps and red bandanna
handkerchiefs knotted about their
necks. Hans speaks no English and
was the most amazed man on the
North American continent today be
cause his entrance into the land of
promise had been barred His zrother,
William, tried to explain to him that
the authorities must surely b>- making
a mistake, but the wonder in Hans’
big ox-like eyes only deepened. Wil
liam speaks a few words of English.
The two brothers kepi to themselves
on the voyage over and refused to min
gle with the other emigrants.
Prominent athletes, upon hearing of
the Kolehmainens’ plight, immediately
took steps to help them.
WORTH COUNTY SEEKS
TO REGAIN TERRITORY
THAT CRISP ANNEXED
CORDELE, GA., Sept. 2. Attacking
the constitutionality of the act of the
Georgia legislature, approved August
10, 1911, providing for a change of the
boundary lines between t’risp and
Worth counties, by which two militia
districts embracing the towns of War
wick end Oakfield were annexted to
Crisp, a petition for both leiripotarv
and permanent injunction has be, n
tiled by Chairman J. X. Haynes, of the
Worth county eomniissloners. In t’risp
superior court
Judge George gt anted the tenfporat y
restraining order and set Saturday.
September 14. for hearing the petition
for permanent injunction, at the same
time citing J. -M. Tomlinson chairman
of the board of t’risp county commis
sioners. S. <’. Ryrd and M .1 Mikel to
appear and show cause, if any. why
the prayers of the petition should not
be granted.
Crisp county officials will contend
that the change was effected through
due course of la" and that rhe quali
fied electors of th* ti-rrltorx voted
over,* n, I mi ns I, for aim'.xa'lon to
crisp.
PRISONER ESCAPES
TOMBS, USING IRON
BAR AND A LADDER
NEW YORK. Sept. 2—While his
guards were asleep Reynolds Frosbrey,
an alleged murderer, called by the po
lice one of the most dating burglars
and gun men in New York city, made
his escape from the Tombs early today
A "trusty" and a night keeper were
guarding Frosbrey in an isolated cell.
Frosbrey climbed through a ventilator
in his cell and made his way to the
carpenter shop near by, where he got a
step ladder and an iron bar. With the
lever he twisted several .bars out of
place on a window and got into the
jail yard With the ladder he was
able to scale the walls.
Frosbrej is only 27 years old, but
has a long police record.
FRIEND OF MR. TAFT
DIVORCED BY CLOSE
FRIEND OF HIS WIFE
WASHINGTON. Sept 2—Mrs Laura
Lawson Ellis, of Washington and Cincin
nati, a close personal friend of Mrs. Taft,
wife of the president, has been granted
a decree nf absolute divorce from her
husband. Frank Ellis, prominent club
man and friend of the president
The strictest secrecy was observed
about the charges brought against Mr.
Ellis and by order of the court the pa
pers were immediately ordered sealed,
t'nusual precautions have been taken to
prevent publication of the details of this
case. When the petition for the divorce
was filed on July 15 it was locked in a
safe by direction of Justice Anderson
and the same was done with the formal
answer made by Mr Ellis.
BLEASE LEAD GROWS
WITH VOTE RECOUNT
IN ANDERSON COUNTY
ANDERSON. S. <’.. Sept. 2.—The of
ficial recount of votes in the governor's
lace gives Blease 16 more in Anderson
county. An investigation of fraud be
gins here tomorrow, but will not
amount to much.
The Jones men had charge of the
election machinery throughout the
state and the Blease men now contend
if there was fraud the Jones men are
responsible and that Blease will be de
clared nominated Wednesday by th,
state executive committee.
WRIGHT SAYS FLYING IS
SAFER THAN MOTORING
Washington, s#*pi. 2. -orviiie
Wright, the aeroplane inventor and
builder, accompanied by his sister and
niece, slopped «iif at Washington while
<»n their way home from a vacation in
England Mr. Wright spent an afternoon
conferring with war department officials
and observing flights st College Park. In
an interview Mr Wright said that the
aeroplane is being steadily improved and
made more safe “The aeroplane with
Its present perfection is safer than the
automobile operated at equal speed. ' said
Mr Wright.
DEAF 19 YEARS: TAKES
BEAN FROM EAR: HEARS
LOl IS\ ILLK. KV . Sept, 2. -Aft»'r
being deaf for nineteen year*. John G
Ptau 2017 West Jefferson street, ha
had bi- hearing restored b» the removal
of ~ loan h< placed in his ear (went)
years ago as a ooyish prank.
POPULAR ISSUES
INPERIL-BOURNE
Senator Appeals to People to
Prevent Emasculating Initia
tive and Referendum.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.—Senator
Jonathan Bourne. Jr., president of the
National Progressive league, today Is
sued an appeal to popular government
advocates to guard against the emas
culation of the initiative and referen
dum. He said;
"Three general expedients are re
sorted to to defeat the initiative and
referendum—first, by making the re
quired percentage of petitioners so high
as practically to prevent the filing of
petitions for either the initiative or ref
endum: second, by exempting from the
referendum all measures that bear the
mere declaration of the legislature that
an emergency exists: third, by requir
ing that measures submitted to the
vote of the people under the initiative
shall not become effective until ratified
by an affirmative vote of all the votes
cast at the election.
“Experience has demonstrated that
the initiative and referendum powers
are practically nullified If the number
of required signers to petitions be ma
terially greater than ten per cent for
the initiative or five per cent for the
referendum. Experience also shows
that some of the most meritorious
measures that have been adopted under
the initiative would have failed of
adoption If the ( constitution had re
quired an affirmative majority of all the
votes cast at the election Each meas
ure should stand or fall according to
the majority of votes cast thereon.
"I nthe campaign which Is now pro
ceeding in many states for the election
of state legislators, who will be called
upon to vote for the submission of ini
tiative and referendum amendments to
friends of popular government should
not be deceived, but should insist on
the submission of such amendments in
practical form."
ANDERSON. S. CREDITOR
REFUSES TO LEAVE CITY
ANDERSON. S. Sept, li -While
several in< n went to his office Saturday
afternoon, the expected storm following
a demand that Colonel William Banks,
a local newspaper editor, leave town,
did not break. The editor was at the
baseball game and has not left the city.
His vv’hereabouts. however, were nut
given to the callers at the uewspape'
office, It is believ’d that lie matte!
will quiet down.
GIRL BABIES ARE MORE
PERFECT THAN BOYS
DES MOINES. Sept 2 That the
girl babies of lowa arc physically mote
pei feet than boy babies was the state
ment made by the official scorers at
the baby health contest which is in
progress at tin state fair, of the 23H
entries, nearly 10(» have been examined
by the medico' experts, who say that in
marly every Instance the gi Is have
outweighed and outmeasuied the boys.
EXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
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FBRVOTES
Off to Carry Bull Moose Fight
Into Middle West and the
Pacific Country.
FULL OF CONFIDENCE OF
OUTCOME IN NOVEMBER
Will Visit in Thirty-five States,
Appealing to the Working
People Everywhere.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 2.—Professing
complete confidence In the outcome in
November of the fight, which he is
waging. Colonel Roosevelt left here to
day on his 11,000-mile tour, which will
take him to the Pacific coa.pt and back
to New York, and into about 35 states.
Traveling in a special car, to which
was attached another car loaded with
newspaper reporters, the colonel got
under way on his 1 ong continental '
swing at 8:03 o’clock. At that hour he
.left for Hartford, Conn., his first stop
ping place. From Hartford the. colo
nel's itinerary carries him to Spring
field, Mass., whence he departs<for the
West.
Colonel Roosevelt was accompanied
by his nephew, George Roosevelt, the
only member of his personal party.
The colonel motored in from Oyster
Bay early in the morning. Anticipating
a erod'd at the Grand Central station,
thd third term candidate took a deviou’
coijrse to his car, passing through the
bag'gage 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 will be away from
New York for 30 days, during which
time he will carry the banner of the
National Progressive party in whirl
wind fashion through the Western
states, and up and, down the Pacific
coast. During his absence the colonel
will be In close touch with headquar
ters of his party in New York and Chi
cago
Cecil Lyon to ' !
Accompany Colonel.
At St. Louis, his first stopping place
after leaving Spring-field, Mass , he will
be joined by Colonel 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
city will be filled with visitors from all
parts of Missouri. This is right In line
with the third termer’s policy of ad
dressing his pleas to the working peo
ple and “tillers of the soil."
Another state fair will be on at St.
Paul when the colonel reaches there
Thursday after making stops at Keo
kuk. Mount Lion, Ottumwa, Oskaloosa,
Des Moines and possibly a few other
lowa points.
Leaving St. Paul, the colonel will
head straight for the Pacific eoast.
GIRL WILLING TO WED
IN WILD BEAST’S CAGE
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2.—After
four months’ vain effort to obtain em
ployment, Miss Mae Clark, 25 yea,’ ,
old, has reached the point where she
is willing to marry an unknown man in
a cage of wild beasts to earn SSO. She
has taken up the offer of the manage
ment of a park for a public wedding in
a cage of wild animals. It only re
mains now for her to find a man who
is willing to be her husband.
1 here ought to be some loneiy men
in this community on the lookout for a
good wife," explained Miss Clark. "I
can cook, sew and keep house. The
only requirements that 1 make are that
the man be an American, honest and
industrious. 1 should prefer that he be
a brunette, as 1 am a blonde."
ROMANCE IN CAR CRASH:
WOOED FOR TEN YEARS
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 2.—Miss Rose
Bernstein was last night married to
Bernard Rubin, of Trenton. The cere
mony was performed by Rabbi Corn
field at the bride's residence. Ten
years ago, while visiting her sister in
Trenton. Miss Bernstein was in a trol
ley accident and was severely injured
Rubin helped to extricate her and took
her to her sister's home in a carriage.
During her convales. en< e he. was at
tentive to her and after she returned
home hi cm responded with her. The
wedding ot last evening was the re-
