Atlanta Georgian. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, September 07, 1912, EXTRA 1, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER Forecast for Atlanta and Georgia: Local rams Saturday and Sunday, VOL. XL NO. 30. I, G. SAYS HE WOULDN’T HUB OF KING Understand. He's Not Knock ing. Only He Doesn't Want To Be Monarch. GREETED BY DIXON'S HOME STATE FOLKS Colonel Is Highly Pleased With the Reception, and Sure of New Party’s Success. BILLINGS, MONT.. Sept. 7.—lnto Senator Dixon’s state came Colonel Roosevelt today for ten hours of brisk • ..iiuaigning. The ex-president ob s r' ed as his train neared here that he r h confident from all he had seen of h< Nmthwcst that the Progressives ir. suing to upset the calculations of La ir adversaries in November. Do you think you can carry Mon- t.’:;;i v as asked. Roosevelt's face broke into a smile « . ' t marked that Montana has a 'o', tty stiff” standpat organization, •hut I think we’ll turn the trick.” he <>n the w‘a< here at one of the .-unions along the Montana plains the ■o'onel adverted to recent criticism of hi:.: by his opponents that he wants to bi king. I'm accused of wanting to be a king and rule the country with an iron nt.” said the colonel with a touch of ana-m. "I always feel inclined to an swer v hen any one says it that the people don’t know the kings or they louldn t put it down as my ambition. They .don’t know J.be kings as I do. < tthei things I might like to be, but not ■ Icing. 'Mind you. I'm not saying anything against the job of king, but I just ■couldn't have it" Others "Fooling About Trusts.” The colonel discussed he anti-trust Attitude of the Progressive party as op pt>-td io that of the Republican and I »’nioci atit partiesand the trust prose. • us ion performances of the Taft admin i. n ation. ■ 'Tfi' two old parties are failing about the trusts,” he charged. Take the tis * of the Standard Oil. The <ountix has come to find out that in stead of thf government’s action being the death of the Standard Oil it was nn’y make-believe death. ‘Now. our purpose is not to unscram ble th • eggs, but to exercise such con trol that ill-prevent any scrambling.* In his day’s swing through Montana. Roosevelt wiil speak at Livingston. Bozeman. Logan and Helena. He will ■l'Uid the night in Helena, leaving ear ly Sunday morning for Spoktuie. Straus ! leads N. Y. Bull Moose Ticket SVKAiTSK N. Y„ Sept. 7.—The I'lmju-siv" Lite convention .-urprisi d • - If 'ati yesterday afternoon when it '-impeded from the regulai pro on the nomination for governor. : nd b stowed that honor on •tscar S. strau-. of Nev York, former secretary f i .inivree and labor undei President Ro ceveit. The name of Mr. Strains ■n i ,i< permanent chairman of the '•onventicn. was proposed by "Suspi n dei .lack' McGee. Th' names of William A Pi ender - | ;:nd William H Hotchkiss, rivals f"i the honor, which had already been •• • .I'fii, were withdrawn. Mr. Straus first refus'd to consider the honor, but tne clamor of the mob became so insistent that he finally gave In Th£ state ticket follows: Governor—tl-var S. Straus. New York. Lieutenant Governor —Eormer State Senator Fr. derick M. Davenport. Onei da. Associate Judge of Court of Appeals ' alios ('. Alden, Buffalo, and George Kireliway. Columbia university. Si'telary of State —Homer S. Call, Sy racu.se State Comptroller- Horatio C. King. Br< >okly n Attorney General John Palmieri. !’• "o'.ly n .■si.i . Treasurer Ernest <'a weroi't. , .IniH'-stown. ORi 'GED TO COOK FOR H'S FAMILY. KILLS SELF- N! 'A YORK. Si )>:. 7. Because hi'- " ife had It ft hint and be was obliged to do the cooking for the family, John ' -lit',, < .tniniitt' '' enlrM* The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit —GEORGIAN WANT ADS —Use For Results. Kid McCoy Saves Life Os Little Girl Bather: Hero Medal Candidate i Modest Ex-Pugilist Swims Out and Brings Drowning Child to Safety. NEW YORK. Sept. 7.—Friends of I I Kid McCoy, the former prize fighter.] I today acclaimed him as a logical can- I rlidatc for a Carnegie hero medal as ‘ the result of his bravery y esterday a*, i Coney Island in saving 14-year-old Eva [ Neville, of Charlestown. Mass., from i drowning in the surf. ‘ McCoy was standing in front of th? • Parkway baths when he was attracted iby the cries of the girl. who. while ' bathing beyond her depth, was caught by the. undertow and was bring rapidly I swept out to sea. Plunging into the water, the ex-pugilist swam to her and | brought h'T. nearly insensible, to the beach. McCoy refused to give his name at the time, but acquaintances recognized him. He fled in a bathing suit tvljcn questioned b\ reporters BATHER WHO GAVE HIS DIAMOND RING TO SCHLOMBERG SOUGHT 1 he Atlanta man who has spent bis time since last Monday afternoon be moaning the loss of a diamond ring can get it back by proving his owner ship and identifying the ring, accord ing to a letter Captain B. H. Schlom berg, of the United States volunteer life saving corps, writes to The Geor gian. I’his is no press agent story, either, sot the captain has "dosed his season’s work at Piedmont park, and returned to his home at Jonesboro. Ga. Neither is he in the habit of giving away dia mond rings to advertise himself or his corps. While the swimming rates were in progress last Monday a man gave Schlomberg a diamond ring to hold. The man did not claim his ring after the races, and Captain Schlomberg left Thursday morning for his home, tak ing the ring with him. He has been expecting that the owner would write him. Captain Scholmberg will be in Jones boro for some weeks, as on the day of his arrival he was injured in a fall and has had to be under the cate of a phy sician He intends to go to New York city to take part in the fall race meet. NEIGHBOR CITIES GO TO LAW TO SETTLE SEWER AND WATER MAIN ROW ANNISTON. ALA.. Sept. 7.—Judge Coleman, of the city court, has granted a temporary injunction in favor of the city of Anniston against the city of Oxford, forbidding the latter city the tire oi a sanitary aewer belonging to Anniston. oxford, under a contract, tvas granted permission to use the sew er if it pay SI,OOO and permit An niston to use a water main In Annis ton belonging to Oxford. injur- "ion ...row out of the fail, of ixford to pay t.te price, or pet ti- of its w;Cov main by An ttistc:, n i withstanding Oxford has al ready tapped the sewer. Oxford’s con tention is that the tapping of its water main will weaken the water pressure to such extent a- to cripple its own service. The question will bo heard on Sep tember 11, when Judge Coleman will decide w hether or not to grant a per manent injunction. BLACKSHEAR HAS ROW OVER WHO SHALL SIT ON CITY COURT BENCH WAYCROSS. GA., Sept. 7.-Black shear has e double of the Athens city court judgeship fight. Quo warranto proceedings have been filed in Pierce county by R. G. Mitchell, Jr., against W. A. Milton, now acting as city court judge. Mitchell alleges that he was appoint ed by Governor Brown in August, 1912. for a term of four years and that the senate confirmed the appointment. He illeges that Milton was appointed by Governor Hoke Smith in August. 1911, but did not get the confirmation of the senate with the appointment. The two judges have signified their intention of being pree nt to preside over next week's session of city court, and considerable interest is being shown in lite wrangle. CAPITOL VIEW CITIZENS TO VOTE IN CITY ELECTION John Y. Smith, chairman of the city Democratic executive committee, said today that the residents of Capitol View, the south side section recently annexed to the city by a vote of its residents, bad petitioned to vote in the city primal? of October J. He said it had been decided that all who were registered sot the county primary would be allowed to vote. There ate about 125 registered vot ers in the new section who will he I permitted to cast ballots in the city election by the ruling of the commit- I t ee. ROMAN CANDLES FIRED TO END PEST OF BLACKBIRDS Topeka kans. Sept 7.— a ton of Roman candles were fired at the black. «.s ’ - I ,<T .••• tr, t ilt r.fr Die ATLANTA. GA.. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1912. H CHINA IN THROFSOF ANOTHER UPRISING 15.000 Troops Desert Regular Army to Slay. Pillage and Use the Torch. REPETITION OF BOXER OUTRAGES IS FEARED Republic, Unable to Make Loan. Hard Pressed —Anti-Foreign Feeling Grows. PEKIN. Sept. 7.—Thousands of re- ■ publican soldiers are in mutiny throughout the empire today, and ’President Yuan Shi Kai is hard press- ■ ed for funds to pay the balance of the J army and thus keep the soldiers loyal . to the republican flag Although the government refuses to > give out any information, it is learned that fully 15,000 troops have deserted 1 the ranks of the regular army and are murdering, pillaging and burning. ; As the most violent of the outbreaks have occurred in isolated districts, few details have become known. ( Garrisons of nearly a score of towns . have deserted in the southwestern part of the province of Yu Nan. Like a scourge the mutineers are sweeping f over the country. i Renewal of Boxer Outrages Feared. ; Hundreds of peaceful villagers and • families of farmers have been slain. There is danger of a recurrence of the I Boxer outrages. Chiefs of the high binders. taking advantage of the un- J rest, are loosening their hordes upon ■ the country. Fire and sword hold full sway in many sections that were once oeaceful fat mi ng communities. Republican statesmen who gathered here with Dr. Sun Yat Sen, first pro visional president of China, seeking to find away out of the republic’s diffi ! culties. are leaving in disgust. Dr. Sun is incensed at the attitude of the foreign legations, claiming that, with the co-operation of a few of the leading powers, China could soon set herself up a substantial government. The spirit of anti-foreign hostility is spreading as the result of the inability of tli 1 rnment o secure ■ loan. Some of the newspapers are open in their denunciations of the United States . end the other members of the five pow , cis group, declaring that the govern ments of all .the countries are domi nated by financial interests. SPENCER. TEACHER’S SLAYER. BLITHE AND COOL IN DEATH CELL BOSTON Sept. 7.—Bertram G. Spen ce; who is condemned to die for the murder of. Miss Martha Blackstone, a Springfield school teacher, arose almost blithely today in his cell at Charles town prison. A night in the cell where Clarence V. T. Richeson passed his last days seemed to have no effect upon the pris oner. He got up to begin his day in the death house with the same dis play of indifference which mhrked him on his arrival as one of the coolest condemned men the prison authorities ever watched through his last hours. Spencer still hopes for a commuta tion of his sentence to life imprison ment. MOVEMENT STARTED TO OBTAIN PARDON OF THE M’NAMARAS LOS ANGELES. Sept. 7. —A tnove ' ment for the pardon of John J. and James B. McNamara. now serving terms in San Quentin prison, one for complicity in the dynamiting of the Lewellyn Iron Works here, the other for placing a bomb that destroyed The Times building and killed 21 men. has been begun here. The petition will be ready for circulation wumn a few days. Fremont Older, editor of The San Francisio Bulletin, and Lincoln J. Stef fens. magazine writer, who played a prominent part in the settlement of live McNamara case, arc behind the movement for a pardon. PUGILIST BREAKS ARM TRYING TO HIT‘SKEETER’ F JAMESBURG. N. .1.. Sept. 7.—While . try ing to "swat ' a mosquito here, co. < '.,m|v pufHlGt broke hi- ON THE POLITICAL LINKS—By Tad **s —; ~ nil "J— — (fores) . ~ -- . « Wil IM MW '-vY :).g) ■ |K. ■') 'jW 1 . it. 9( ■',. , ' a. W iIF 7 I A F x \\ \'i i " ' i' i U. S. TROOPS KILL REBELS IN RATTLE Five Mexicans Fall When They Cross the Border to Pillage. Situation Worse. DOUGLAS, ARIZ. Sept. 7—Five Mexican rebels were killed and one wounded in a. battle with American troops on the American side of the international border late yesterday, at - chiding to a report received at Doug las early today. The rebels crossed near the Lang ranch, 50 miles east of here. They evidently planned a raid on the ranch. A party of United States soldiers met them. A sharp skirmish followed and after the loss of five dead and one wounded the rebels were driven back across the border. A number of attempts at raiding ranches in the same territory have been reported. Rebels invaded a ranch on the Mexican side a few miles east of the place where they crossed the bor der and John Morley, an Englishman, was severely wounded. Situation Near Real Warfare EL PASO. TEXAS. Sept. 7. -Tin ar rival here of Senator William Aiden Smith to begin an investigation of the affairs along the international boun dary found the situation acute today. Dispatches from Douglas, Ariz.. say that a band of Mexican taide s from the insurgent bandit army of General Salazar made another foray upon American soil last night neat Hachit i, X M„ stealing a number of horses and cattle. In view of the critical condition pre vailing. General Steever. U. 8. A . has dispatched an additional troop of the Third cavalry to that point. A de tachment of the signal corps which was scheduled to arrive during the day will j be sent at once to the scene of the di-- , order. Conditions along the Mexican line in western Texas. Arizona and New Mex ico Are rapidly approaching a situation of real warfare. With the Mexicans growing border in view of the evident intention of the United States not to Intervene, scenes unparalleled since the days of the famous bandit gangs of Apaches are being enacted Hands employed ui>on the big < tic ahd horse ranches arc being a' rm <i ■«nd cowboys ate starting <»p th , day * work with Winchesters slung at then saddles. At isolated places ra’wb hands Rector's Death Ends ■ Strike of Choir Boys; Will Sing at Funeral Rector of Chicago Church Killed By Street Car— ‘ We Love Him,” Say Lads. CH It'AGO. Sept. 7.- Rev Wil iam White. Wilson, rector of St. Marks Episcopal church, is dead today as a result of a street car accident. His death has broken the strike of choir boys at St. Marks. Every one of the 46 lads who have been singing at his church will sing at the funeral of the dead rector, and differences over the management of the choir have been forgotten “We love him " said one of the boys "We will sing." Rev. Mr. Wilson was struck by a street car as he was on his way to at tend a Masonic meeting, of which he was chaplain. SUFFRAGETTE SEEKS LAW PROVIDING FOR KILLING OF INVALIDS CINCINNATI. OHIO, Sept. 7. "Love of humanity may some times demand death as well as life, and that is the | propaganda which 1 intend to try' to I spread." This was the statement made here today by Miss Anna Hail, suffi agist and advocate of euthanasia, that the ory which argues the humanity of kill ing hopeless invalids. She announced she is going to New York, where she will try to have the legislature pass a. law legalizing the killing of persons suffering from chronic diseases. Miss Hull believes that such a law is a demand of humanity, and that the need of it has been made clear by the recent letter of Mrs. Saiali Harris in New York begging that she be put out of the misery of chronic illness. GRAND JURY OF MORGAN PROBES ELECTION FRAUDS MADISON. GA. Sept. 7—The Mor gan county grand jury, now in session, is making a searching investigation into alleged buying and selling of votes in the local primary for county offices which was held on May 1. Every candidate who was In the v ace. wheth . e> defeated or elected, has been sub poenaed to appear before this body and will be called on to give a satisfactory explanation of where every cent spent by him was placed. It is generally b>- lieved that many totes were sold in , this primary, a/d it is expected that, <vi »' ic r/ < i,r l.lfncrf '? 2000 BITING SCHOLILBELLTAP. | Children Are Transferred From Many Buildings Which Will Be Overcrowded. When the first school bell of the term rings at 8:30 o’clock Monday morning, nearly 25,000 pupils, from the little tots in the first grade to the young men and young womer in the high schools, will enter the public schools of the city. Desks have been added in many of the grade rooms and children have transferred from over-crowded schools to others where the population in that section is less crowded, and Superin tendent Slaton believes that all of the children will be cared for on the first day. More transferring may be nec essary after the first day to accom modate some of the classes, however, and he is prepared for that. For the past week from early in the | morning until late in the afternoon a 1 line of parents and pupils lias been before the clerk’s office waiting for transfers and certificates of admission. Moie than 6,000 transfers and certifi cates have been issued, and the force of clerks t<> the superintendent have been overworked every day. Entrans examinations and "back work" examinations were held Friday in all Hie schools, and today the teach ers corrected them and made their final epor ts on the applicants for ad mission. laiter in the day faculty meetings were held at all tire schools, at which time the principals and their teach ing forces discussed the work of the year and planned for the current term. WEST SIDE CHURCfTtO HAVE RALLY DAY SERVICE Rally day services will take up the Sunday school hour- tomorrow at Gor don Street Baptist citurch. A special program has been arranged and all the members of the school are risked to be present at 9:30 o'clock. LEAVES STOVEPIPE AND DISH TO PAY FOR BURIAL ALLENTOWN. PA.. Sept. 7.- —In the w ill of Mary New hard, x of Laurys, pr o vision was made for the Vale of a stove pipe and a gravy bowl tor help pay the funeral expenses. DR. J. W. MILLARD HOME. Jackson Hill Baptist church tonior - I row will w elcome its ptstor back’*s ■I ? , -hi- vac itkift Dr,,Junius W. d . j|, . IVlll fill ylpf? tomorrow.. He I'ts " ,4 iveach in '.«t, on "The ov *>. extra 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE APPEALFOR TROOPS IS LWHEBS GATHER Mayor and Sheriff at Cumming Request Governor Joseph M. Brown to Rush Help. y SIX NEGROES IN JAIL AND MOB FILLS TOWN Crowd Whips Black Preacher for Inflammatory Remark. White Woman Assaulted. ’ Governor Brown’s secretary, Jesse Perry, received a message today from Sheriff W. W. Reid, of For syth county, calling on the execu tive to rush troops at once to pre vent the threatened lynching in Cumming.. The sheriff declared that the situation was entirely beyond his control and urged immediate action. He declared a tragedy was inevitable if speedy help was not received. The secretary promised to get in to communication with the execu tive as quickly as possible. CUMMING, GA.. Sept. 7. Mayor C. L. Harris, of Cumming, and Sheriff w. W. Reid, of Forsyth county, this morn ing telephoned to Governor Joseph M. Brown at Atlanta, asking that a com pany of militia be sent here immedi ately to prevent a lynching that is im minent at any hour as a result of an attack on a. white woman Thursday night. The nearesn militia company is the one at Gainesville. The local offi cials declared in their appeal for help that the situation was growing beyond their control. Sheriff Crow, of Ha!) county, arrived this morning from Gainesville, and is assisting Sheriff Reid. The local sher iff has sworn in 25 or more special dep uties to help hirn cope with the situa tion. Dynamite Threat Marie By Negres Already there are nearly 300 men in town from the surrounding country, and more ar. coming in e.very hour By noon it is likely there will be 400 or more outsiders here. A report was circulated on the streets this morning that the negroes of the tow'n threat ened to blow up Cumming with dyna mite If a lynching took place. The sit uation is tense and a genera! outbreak is likely at any moment. The six negroes arrested yesterdav are still in jail. Thus far they have not been given preliminary hearings, it being considered safer to hold them in jail than to take them to court. Strong circumstantial evidence ha's been secured against Tnny Howell, one of the negroes, and if a lynching takes place he will probably be the victim. Negro Preacher Under Strng Guard. Grant Smith, a negro preacher. Is under guard in the court house, follow, ing a severe whipping administered tn him by the mob in the streets this morning He made a remark that the victim of the assault was a “sorry white woman." This enraged the crowd on the streets that he was summarily dealt, with. As two men held him, two others vigorously applied the lash, while a hundred or more looked on ap provingly. Officers took charge of Smith after the whipping and carried him to the office of Colonel L. E. Wis dom in the court house, where a guard was stationed to protect him from fur ther violence. Colonel Wisdom is the recent nominee for representative from Forsyth county. The woman who was attacked Thurs day night is still in a critical condition, being prostrated from the treatment she received. She is one of the most prominent young women of this coun ty. While her husband was away from their home, three miles from town < negro entered the house and attacked the defenseless wife. It was not until her husband returned after midnight that lhe attack became know n and the search for the assailant began. salary’garnishments CAUSE DAMAGE SUIT WAYCROSS. GA.. Sept. 7.—Dan T. Cowart, of Wav 4 ’ Is being sued by R, L '!'•.•■ ’ ■ , :i M ;ol of ,a. ’lf’ K> v W. R Hen ? x. pastm 6T We... \ Memorial church Bishop t’andl r '' " h ii th. morning and .vn.