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TH e weather Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Generally f » ir ‘° da Y and t°™orr O w. VOL. XL NO. 25. MH HOSTS MM FDD oiiciie no FOIL 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. ’ru.. 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! Copyright, 1912, by International News Service. gyx v X. X - - Be 5 XX/Fl/ X \ Gre&ATLY' 11J fBFIxW I Doktl L REDUCED_-,> zf Xxßt (A Footprint) W vxA.'AfiLT' Rft - 8 LIS LOST IN TONFLOOB 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 s ’x. my - h—m ■— 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 uomijni MILE SIHS io unit 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. - < 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-