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the weather - * Fair: No change in temperature. Temperatures: 8 a. m., 83 degrees: 10 a m.. 89 degrees: 12 m., 92 de grees; 2 p. m., 91 degrees, VOL. XL NO. 26. I, B. IGNORES m SEEKS i ill min WUII Intends to Make Sharp Reply Today to Jersey Governor’s Buffalo Speeech. DECLARES HE HAS TWO OLD PARTIES ON THE RUN Confidence of Bull Moose Chief Grows as He Swings into ; Middle West. Ml Nt'iE. IND.. Sept. 3.—" The two] o' ,:• sa ■ si avf<l: lacy are doing* ?!l t'.i< tan to beat me. I'll give them I I a it Hain. Well '.'in out. too. ’! ■ inter.im* of Colonel Roosevelt - ids train stopped at this city] <' ii, tin confidence tile ex-presi- 1 . io is beginning to have as to his | ’iii.iiao i aati'c of winning the elee-! tioa While Roosevelt considers that I i ' tight of his life on lii.a hands. ] !>• .i.ei-' teal, as the campaign goes I "i . in v. ili lie able to swing the i .»■ nti i:. nt his own way. Ti'i attitude of the crowds in t’oif- i nfelicut yesterday, coining on the! Ii 1 of ;ne whirlwind campaign in] V. i .ait. Hili" lliil the color 1 to say! | .c ITogiissivi party is gaining] I' I, Ho w. ills io get Woodrow | i-in into tiie open in ar aggressive I 1 “ to n that b" can puncture his ar- ! i Wr-nt, To iif tiion Taft. ■ 'an " iiid it. Rio volt will have | > iu o; about Presirleni Tift. do- ( Sill;:', to give tin- Impression Hint he r.r:'r<> tile president as out of the i r.i lit;: allusions to the president I a ■■■ ini' time have bun brief. 11 ■ h lack' I tl’< Republican party's ; ■ . .an. 1 .in performances of the! '•ii ••;-'!.-tilion. but 'i.'. refrained; ■ i indulging in an.' severe assult on; iii nt individual!' . !.•<>■ • • lit read on the train this ’> ' iihiv' of ip? attack made upon him j i ■ i nor Wifi m; in Buffalo. 110 i o l ' "I'. .. that i'.e will take up the cud- I •aaiiist Wilson al nine. In his I ton's • i■ ich I '.te today ft is ex- j I l ' .it. lb" colonel will make sharp] 1 . . |... governor. To Reaffi "t. Louis Lite Toctay. •\< it '-••• • ir»< Ju Ir gels him io Si. j i« ii - • :'t ii'ion. H- ri'inains j U» <»‘<-hn-k when he rushes on i «»h»nr| **.■«: 3 <iisaupoint''H great- 1 u. when he learned that • ■ -I of persons waited at "I .it S\ 3<*uf<' in the rain last ’ in ; vabi effort to him. ■"> •\« li v.;< fast asleep after a ■ i;-.- da\ \ hrei the tr iin pulled I " . • ■ ’•i-i al lh o’clock, and his sec- - d cli u d ;<» awaki n him. The t 1 ' o<i i 'ta rtly in the rain until j ' ’in poJi d out. Senator Cummins Io Vote for Colonel L IA.. Sept. 3. -United’ Senate/ Cummin/ came out' iiv ; President Taft in a state- j ' is> ied here today. The sen- ■ land he would vote for Colonel' ' c’i for president, but at the] " ' m announced his opposition to I 1 ' 11 oning of a third party state tick- j th- convention which Roosevelt | " <1 tiled to address here tomorrow. I Birmingham to Give Bull Moose Dinner ‘"'IMINGHAM. \I.A . Sept. 3. -Colonel dore Roosevelt when he comes . agh Birmingham on September 28 I he accorded a big reception. Several ; sand people will be at the train or Place where he is to deliver his ad- The Colonel will arrive in Bir- I sham a few minutes after 12 o’clock I ' will oe here until 3:30 o’clock in the : 'noon, or about three hours, going, here to Atlanta. He will be given a ' ' !IP ’ - 'luring his sta> in Birmingham i indications are that 200 or more will] iM; application for dinner tickets. SENATOR SMITH UNABLE TO SPEAK AT TEXAS FAIR ' Htur Hoke Smith has boon com | to decline an invitation to speak' /' I exas stale fair at Dallas, on Oc- • '<. as he will be engaged in the . " campaign throughout September ~ ' ‘ tober. ,\ hearty invitation was im bv the fair management and ir oniinent citizens of Dallas Ho* t "-as anxious to accept an invita- 1 s Pcak al the Wilkes and Lincoln! pPiu Tair in Georgia, but was com- 1 1 to decline for the same reason. I The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit-GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. • • Says Fisticuff Ruined • : Appetite; Asks $2,500; • Joe Weinberg, proprietor of a • • meat market at 9 West Mitchell • • street, who is suing Robert E. • o Hogg for $2,500 as a result of a • • personal encounter last Septeni- • • her. told the supcrio court today • • ’ hat a blow from Hogg has ruined • • his appetite. IL says other in- • • juries were received in the fight, • • but that they were not dangerous. • • Council to Urge It Be Eade Boss of Chief of Construction Division Also Will Recommend That the Office Have Assistant to Look After Details. llm city '-ouncil met this afternoon to act finally on the report of the spe cial committee on the reorganization of tiie chief of construction depart ment. nib thi chief <>f construction still is to be elected by the people, the Committee will recommend that he be placed directly under the control of council. * 'ouncil then w ill assume more responsibility for the w rk and it can direct the chief of construction at any time. The chit sos construction no\i is independent of council. The chief is to have an assistant In charge of the details of the office and an t ngineer in charge of streets and an engineer in charge of sewers. Also it is re ommended that the qualifica tion that he ’must be an engineer of ton years experience be eliminated. Councilman Claude Mason an nounced i hat he will urge council tn provide that instead of having a high priced assistant t hies of construction in charge of th< office that that offi«. cial be designated as. chief clerk and that he be a lousiness man rather than an engine. f Councilman Harvey Hatcher said he would insist that some engineering tfiialification bo adopted for the men in (Large of the engineering work of tlv office. G ihem ctinga communication was rcc- i\ d from rhe board of education urging that the four city high schools b< s »ld and that a university high ’’"ol lv built on the stockade prop erty. GRADING BEGUN ON NEW TROLLEY LINE TO STONE MOUNTAIN Wo k of grading the now trolley lin; from Decatur to Stone Mountain was begun todiv b\ a big force of men. ’I hi grading was started nea? Clarks ton. beyond Decatur, and it is expect ' I the road will be completed in about a \ea r. The ‘'.tension will run from the South D ••■a:i.n one. near the railroad station, and not from the main or North Dcalur tracks. It will keep lo the’-on I; side of tiie Georgia railroad to a point mar Clarkston, then dip il ioiigh an underpass to the no th side. The cm ■n.;i(;n win bp about nine mllea long, making (he trip from Atlanta to Sion M'lmiain about sixeec" miles, probably will In on t basis o, about 'Pin bps not been fixed, but it 2 cents a mile. .MOB IN CHATTANOOGA SEARCHES IN VAIN FOR SLAYERS OF OFFICER CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Sept. 3. A mob of Ron men and boys, bent on lym ding two negroes accused of a : killing, held tins city in its sway for -c' t ii hours today while they searched the streets and prisons. ’l'ln tugrocy. Newton Howard and Ern st Selman, who are charged with killing a policeman on Sunday, had be< n spirited away, however, before the mob was formed The men paraded from one end of the city to the other and refused to obey the order of the police to dis- | perse. Angry citizens sent in a num- j ber of riot calls to poHce headquar- . tors, but the authorities were power less to act. ELECTION BLANKS DO NOT SHOW NAME FOR BENCH IN BLUE RIDGE The state election blanks will go out ] to the ordinaries of the .state tips year 1 with a blank line representing the can 1 ilidate for the Blue Ridge judgeship The public printer is hurrying through i with the preparation of the blanks In : order that they may be sent out at the very earliest moment, and in the cir cumstances of the disputed Blue Ridge ] judgeship. It will be necessary for voters to write in tiie name of that candidate 1 on election day after the state committee 1 lias ratified the nomination. The fight between Judge H. L. Patter- I son and Judge Newt Morris for the Blue! Ridge nomination comes before tiie state | Democratic committee tomorrow, and it ; Is expected the hearing will run at least two days, if not longer. 3 KILLED: 7 HURT IN WRECK. MEMPHIS, TENN.. Sept. 3.—David! Plough, seven .'ears old. of Memphis; Mrs. Mary Seligman. Wheatley. Ark., and an unidentified negro were killed I when a Missouri and North Arkansas I passenger train was wrecked at Shir- | ley. Ark., early today. Five passen gers and two of the train >re w are | repotted fatally injured. The wreck] was caused by spreading rails. I ATLANTA. GA.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 4, 1912 LIFE CONVICT MKS OEITH foe m PISOLEO —, Negro Slayer Fights Off Mad man Who Is Endeavoring to Kill Camp Officer. BIACK HERO MODEL PRISONER 22 YEARS Colored Youth Who Saved White Woman in Runaway Also to Go Free. Because lie risked his life to protect his guard the insanely mur derous assault of a madman, Ben Jones, a negro life convict from Ran i dolpli count.' , will be paroled by the governor, ami released from the state's custody. Jones came to the penitentiary 22 years ago. convicted of murder on cir cumstances that commended him suffi ciently to the court's mercy to save him from tiie gallows. He has been consistently an humble and uncomplaining prisoner. He served in the coal mines of Dade for years, under the old convict lease sys tem. He Is known as a good work man. and he never gave his keepers any trouble. He is quiet and inoffen sive in his manner and seemed to have settled down unprotestingly to the hard-working but humdrum existence of a man without hope of liberty or freedom in this world again. Not long ago a negro convict named Henry Bacon ran amuck in a Chat ham county camp, where both he and Jones were located, and viciously at tacked tiie guard. Captain George Gay. Bacon had an iron crowbar and was plainly crazed and bent upon killing the white man employed to oversee the convicts at their work. Alone. Overpowers Bloodthirsty Maniac. Single-handed. Convict Jones at tacked the madman, overpowered him and saved the life of Gary. Gary says he owes his life to the prompt action of the negro and that no man could have done a braver or more courageous thing than Jones did. Al) of this was placed before Govern or Brown recently, and with it was filed a petition from the grand jury of Chatham county, setting forth the facts in tjio ease. The governor promptly agreed that Jones bad won the undisputed right to executive clemency. So Jones will be paroled and will soon be free. Jones is overjoyed, of cour.se. But he seems to feel that he only per formed a duty. He says he would do it all over again, and without any thought of eventual reward. The governor thinks there may be worse men in the world, and at large, than is Ben Jones, convicted of murder 22 years ago. The governor also determined today to pardon Willie Jones, a negro of seventeen, sent up a few months ago from Baker for simple larceny. This young negro, too, has a record for gallantry, and upon it the governor based much of his determination to clemency. He bravely stopped a run away horse as it dashed through his camp in Baker county recently, and thereby prevented serious injury to, and'maybe saved the life of. a white; woman living in that vicinity. “CONTROVERSY” OR “MISUNDERSTANDING” i PENALTY THE SAME If there is any particular difference between a controversy and a misunder standing. it is not known to court. When Recorder Pro Tern Preston to day was called on to determine this difference, he ruled that one is just as bad as the other in tiie eyes of tiie law. It came about when two tailors, Char lie Brisier and J. H. Rauch, were ar raigned because of a little mixup late yesterday afternoon at Pryor and Ala bama streets. Brisier characterized it as a "mere misunderstanding.” Rauch said it was nothing more than a "little controver sy.” Judge Preston carefully weighed the' two terms, and then fined the tailors! $7.75 each. » $25,000 BANK AT TRION GIVEN STATE CHARTER The secretary of state today signed the charter of the Bank of Trion. This new bank has been capitalized at *25.000. and i will commence business in Trion, Chat-j tooga county, immediately. Thousands See Contests for the 1912 Swimming Titles GIRLS' WATER RACE THRILLS s .>'■ Whir rniwi .. - " " w WhHhL T■ w ■ . Hr I r ■■ \ JLcrQL fa \ <X. x Z wlw Vjww— > ~4 Walthour Wins Championship I in Piedmont Meet-Women’s Prize to Miss Murphy. , I i Miss Mabel Murphy Is today ac- I j claimed as the champion girl swimmer . I of Piedmont park, and none is quicker to acknowledge her skill than Miss Frances Smith, who lost the coveted ; honor by a few inches. So close was the race in which these , two expert swimmers competed yes > terday that the judges had to hold a . conference to decide who bad reached - the mark first. There were nearij n dozen pretty swimmers in the con- I tests, all bunched closely behind the . leaders. Miss Orrie Crenshaw coming I in third.. Miss Murphy won a handsome piece of cut glass, making the twenty five yards in thirty seconds. , Tat Walthour. brother of the famous bicycle rider, holds the silver loving . cup and the man’s championship of the lake. Here are the summaries: Events and Winners. 25-Yard Dash for Men—Time, 16 seconds; Trammell. Peeples. Bedell. Prize, shirt, offered by Essig Bros. 50-Yard Dash for Men—Time. 36 seconds. First heat. Walthour, Mon salvatge. Bedell; second heat. Logan, Sams. Lennick; final, Walthour. Logan, Bedell. First prize, bathing suit, of fered by Yancey Hardware Company; second prize, tie, from Eiseman Bros. 100-Yard Dash for Men—Time. 1 minute 25 seconds. Logan. Walthour. Cowles (Crane winning but disquali fied as professional). Prize, bathing suit, offered by J. M. High Company. Half Mile Race for Men—Time, 16 minutes 34 seconds. Walthour. Len nick. Logan (Crane was disqualified for third place). Prize, gold signet ring, offered by Charles Chosewood, fn charge of the boat concessions at the lake. I 25-Yard Dash for Boys—Time. 17.4 j seconds. Louis Sams, Gilbert Frazier, ; Harvey Anderson. Prize, bathing suit, | offered by College Co-Op Company. j 100-Yard Dash for Boys—Time. 1 minute 32 seconds. Louis Sams, Gil bert Frazier, Harvey Anderson. Prize, bathing suit, offered by Cloud-Stanford I Company. Boat tilting contest, two best falls out of three. Monsalvatge and Ryan, Sams brothers. 25-Yard Dasli for Girls—Time, 30 seconds. Miss Mabel Murphy, Miss Frances Smith, Miss Orrie Crenshaw. . Prize, piece of cut glass, offered by King Hardware Company. Winners of points in silver cup con'- test: Walthour. 40 points; Logan, 30 j points; Lennick, 15 points. MISSION WORKER'S PLEA SAVES YOUTH FROM PRISON TERM Mrs Mary Wolfort, a philanthropic and church worker in the Whittier mills settlement at Chattahoochee, to day appeared in police court and made an eloquent plea in behalf of a six teen-year-old youth. K. McKinney, a mill operative, who yesterday after noon attacked Turnkey Brannan when taken to the police station intoxicated. Mrs. Wolfort's pleadings touched the heart of Recorder Pro Tern Preston and saved the youth from punishment. Instead of fini.ig or sending young Mc- I Kinney to the stockade. Judge Preston I gave him another chance, placing him lon probation under Probation Officer I Coogler. The court lectured the boy ! and promised him 90 days if he ap peared in court again. The youth said he drank some beer and then mixed in a drink of blind ti ger whisky, and that this sent him on | the war path. He fought the turnkey 1 for several minutes before lie could be I placed in a cel). Miss Frances Smith, who finished second in the women's race. Ihe winner s time was 30 seconds. Miss Smith was close behind Miss Murphy, the victor. COTTON CROP BETTER PHAN io-YR. AVERAGE W ASHINGTON. Sept. 3.—A report issued today by the crop reporting hoard of the department of agriculture show’s the con dition of the eetton wop on August 25 as 74.8 per cent of nor mal. compared with 76.5 July 25, 1912; 73.2 August 25, 1911, and 73.6 the ten year average for August 25. The condition in various cotton-growing states follows: QTATir I A .. U - g ' J o- ,y A /! K ' AuK _ Aug. | Aug.l Aug. | Aug] Aug. 1 Aug. STATE- 25 25 25 25 25 25 | 25 I 25 25 25 I 1912 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 I 1907 | 1906 1905 1904 Georgia . . J 70 68 81 71 73 77 81 72 77 86~ N. Carolina. .; 75 80 76 76 73 80 78 71 76 88 b Carolina. .i 73 75 76 73 74 76 83 71 75 87 g .T Ia ' ' ' ?° 85 86 82 73 » 7 7 ’ 71 88 . °L da ' • I ‘ 3 75 85 74 75 80 80 70 77 88 Alabama. . 75 74 80 72 66 77 73 76 70 84 Mississippi .] 70 68 70 71 61 79 72 82 69 87 Louisiana. . 74 76 60 60 48 63 69 76 62 87 Texas. ... 76 84 68 69 59 75 67 78 70 77 Arkansas . 77 74 78 78 60 83 65 84 72 88 Tennessee. 76 71 88 78 75 88 78 88 81 88 Missouri. . . 78 | 75 88 78 80 90 75 94 86 87 Oklahoma 84 ' 80 62 85 66 70 72 88 82 86 California,. . 75 I 99 100 95 Ten S yr. aver. WINN REPLIES TO WOODWARD Mayor Says Candidate’s State ment Gives Misleading In formation on Finances. Replying to James G. Woodward's an nouncement statement as a candidate for mayor. Mayor Courtland S. Winn gave an interview today in which he said Mr. Woodward’s statement gave some mis leading Information about the city’s finan cial condition. Mr. Woodward said that the present administration had pledged $600,000 of the city’s future revenue, while the charter specifically provides that one administra tion can not spend any of the revenue of any future year. Mayor Winn said that Mr. Woodward included In his statement $95,000 of street, school and sewer serial bonds, which ma ture January 1. $25,000 of Auditorium bonds and the entire $375,000 which the new crematory and electric power plant is to cost. Mayor Winn said that the mayor and council had simply given the city’s moral obligation for the following amounts, which is simply a recommendation to next year's council that the appropria tions be made; A $75,000 payment on a $276,000 crema tory; $11,250 as a payment on the Eng lish-Commercial Girls' High school lot; a $4,000 payment on a new site for a stock ade: SB,IOO for the regrading of Forsyth street, and $7,500 as a payment to Carl Witt for damages to his property caused by the widening of Peachtree street. The total is $105,850 The council contemplates giving its moral obligation for $30,000 for the Ivy street improvement and for several other improvements, but final action has not yet been taken, said the mayor. THIRD TRIAL OF DrThYDE TO GO OVER TILL JANUARY KANSAS CITY. MO., Sept. 3. —When the trial of B. Clarke Hyde, charged with the murder of Colonel Thomas H. Swope, comes up late today it will be postponed. Attorneys for the prose cution and defense reached an agree ment and the case will be continued probably until tiie January term of court. FATHER ACCUSER OF TAKING CHILD Mrs. Rudolph Oetter Thinks Husband Has Child Award ed Her by Court. Baby’s eyes are light brown, hte> right eye being slightly defective and closes same frequently; hair very light, and worn Buster Brown fashion. Arrest either man or baby and notify bv wire Chief of Police J. L. Beavers. Atlanta, Ga That’s the striking part of a notice sent out today by the police of Atlan ta in the search for a three-year-old boy. Theodore Oetter, son of Mrs. Odes, sie Oetter, who says his father, Ru dolph Oetter, has kidnaped the child. The youngster was awarded to the mother after a long court fight, but disappeared last night. Today a war rant was sworn out for the "man or the baby" in Justice Johnson's court and the case also will be taken to the superior court, contempt being charged. The police issued a description of the man and child. Mrs. Oetter lives with her mother. Mrs. Emily Smith, 9 Nesbit street, and there has been taking care of the youngster who was awarded to her after a long fight in court. Oetter, the father, has been coming to see the youngster off and on. He visited tile house last night, ac cording to Mrs. Smith, and took the boy out to a corner drug store for some ice cream. At tiie same time he had some summer beverages sent to the house for Mrs. Smith and his wife. The two women awaited his return for an hour and then Mrs. Oetter began a hysterical search of the streets for the child. She found no clew and the police have not been able to locate the man. There was some talk of an automobile having figured in the so-called kidnaping. TO 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P^ MB SIIFFEB IS MFBCW [LIMBS FOR IBECIBO Infant Death Rate Jumps as Temperature Equals High Mark for Period. Z j 297,500 SODA WATER f DRINKS SOLD IN DAY Sleeping Outdoors Has Become Common-—Little Hope for Early Relief Entertained. Atlanta ts «rnlTertng today from mote than a week of torrid temperature; of daye when work means forcing one's, unwilling mind and body, when a cow. was unbearable and a shower bath the most delicious luxury Imaginable. It has been a week of torture forth. elck. of anguish for.teethlng babies and all little folk condemned to indoors; a week of sleepless nights with the dis comfort broken only with the approach of dawn. It will long be remembered as the "great hot spell of 1912 " Yet with all the suffering, the official weather records with the eold. heart- ' lessness of statistics show that past hot weather records have not been reached. Even today, which many are ready to pronounce "the hottest I ever knew,’’ lacked a degree of equaling yesterday's temperature. The official thermometer climbed to 92 at noon, dropped back to 91 when a cloud came between earth and sun at 1:80 o'clock, and crept up to 92 again at 2 o'clock. And there is no relief in sight The figures for the first two days of September are exactly up to the high est temperature on record for the cor responding period, the hot weather mark being set tn 1907, the year hard-- boiled eggs were reported ready-laid. They were September 1, 92 degrees; September 3, 98 degrees; the figures being recorded Sunday and yesterday, though not given out. both days be ing holidays. What Convinced / / / Him It Was Hot, ' r But still the thermometer failed to reach Its own high mercury mark, try hard as It might. For on September 18, in 1896, two weeks later than this, the official figures were 97 degrees fn the greatly overcrowded shade if At lanta thought that day wag billed for a return engagement there wouldn't bs enough outgoing trains to carry the crowd. Mr Von Herrmann, Who looks after the Georgia weather for the gervern ment, but washes hts hands of any re sponsibility beyond reporting and re cording the vagaries of the olouds, sun and winds, admitted today that ft was hot. He didn't depend on bls in struments, either. It was an hour's work piloting a lawn mower over his front yard yesterday which gave him a well defined opinion on the subject "There’s no rain in sight, either," re. marked Mr. Von Herrmann, sadly, peer ing out of his breeze-ewept windows on the top floor of the Empire building. 'But I don't think this heated spell will last much longer. I think It win m(XI . erate tn the next few days." 297,500 Drinks Sold Here In One Day. Soda fountain proprietors checking their sales today discovered that At lantans spent $15,000 for eod a last Saturday and that day broke all rec ords for soft drink sales. That meant 297,500 separate drinks, according to the figures soda water men have fixed by long experience. They estimate that 85 per cent of sales are from flve-cent drinks and 15 per cent from ten and fifteen-cent beverages. There are 350 soda stands In At lanta, and the managers of the sev eral soda concerns which operate va rious stands agree on an estimate of S4O average sales from each stand, big and little. Os course, some of the up town stands run far above this, up to SIOO, while little suburban and corner grocery founts will be far below. But they fix S4O as Saturday’s average. One concern which operates five stands found its business had jumped nearly a thind on Saturday. Sunday was a small day. for there were few people on the streets and most stand" were closed. Labor day was consid erably below Saturday in its sales. The last ten days has done more to vd ucate Atlanta toward outdoor sleepim than all the magazine articles In thi past five years. r