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THE WEATHER
Georgia: Showers in
south: ih north portion, probably
fair Monday and Tuesday.
vol,. XI. NO. 31.
I. B. DEFENDS
MIIHMUM
KFOB
WOMEN
Governor Wilson's Insistence
That Such Scheme Is Impos
sible Is Folly, He Says.
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-COMMERCE COMMISSION
PROVES ITS FEASIBILITY”
Present System Morally Haz
ardous for Underpaid Work
ing Girl. Says Colonel.
SPOKANE, WASH., Sep! 9. Sharp
reply to Governor Wilson for ills recent
criticism of the Progressive platforms
advocacy of a Federal law for a mini
mum wage scale for women was made
by Colonel Roosevelt today in a speech
hme. The ex-president stoutly defend
ed his argument that the government
could legally take the corporations un
der control in regulating the hours of
employment and fixing the lowest wage.
The colonel declared that Governor
Wilson's insistency that such a revolu
tionary scheme could not he put into
effect is "folly." He pointed out that
the government had brought the cor
porations to bay through the interstate
commerce law. in exercising supervi
sion In various ways that worked a dis
tinct advantage to the public.
"It is nonsense to say that the hours
of employment of women and lowest
wages they are to get can not be regu
lated in same w-< " declared the
colonel
The n. v. is made e,t a
mass meeting during the morning.
Roosevelt made ire point '.hat if Wil
son's argument is to hold, then it must
be conceded that the interstate com
merce commission has been a failure.
"I don't believe any one doubts the
real value of that commission." he
added. "Through the commission the
government lias put Into effect some
substantia! reforms. It can. by exer
ising that same power, bring about
bote working conditions for women.”
Danger Lurks
For Working Girl.
Tin colonel went on to point out the
d; tige- confronting underpaid working
women.
"If we don’t grapple with this prob
lem." ho said, "we will be responsible
for keeping in effect a system that, for
the moral side, is extremely hazardous
to the working girl. Danger lurks for
the underpaid working woman. Wp
"■i it as a social obligation to make
her position in life better for her."
Later the colonel appeared before an
audience of women and explained the
reasons why he is out squarely for
woman suffrage.
Not because wealthy women had in
terest. d themselves in it. but because I
found that the earnest, hard-working
women were gravely interested in
woman suffrage did I take it up." said
the colonel.
"T was surprised as I came to study
It. to find that a strong sentiment ex
isted all over the country for the move.
T am for woman suffrage, heart and
soul."
Roosevelt was heartily acclaimed at
both meetings, in keeping with the
warm welcome extended upon his ar
rival last night. The people of Spo
kane turned out in immense numbers
lo see him as he left his hotel at 10
o clock this morning for an automobile
parade. He was escorted by 500 Bull
Moosers, all wearing bandannas.
Negroes Oppose
“Grandfather” Clause
LITTLE ROCK. ARK.. Sept. 9.—An
extra large vote of negroes is expected
at the state flection here today as a
protest against the proposed enactment
of the ''grandfather" clause by the
Democrats. The Democrats also have
shown unusual activity and expect to
poll a heavy vote, showing a gain in
those sections where the negro vote Is
nut heavy State-wide prohibition Is
a feature of the election, being brought
up under the initiative and referendum
r he liquor element has fought the
measure bitterly. Other laws under the
initiative and referendum are recall of
officials and a 69-day legislative ses
sion.
HE HEARS GIRL'S VOICE
ON RECORD: THEY ELOPE
P"STON Sept. 9.-—Relle Reed's fa
thei p cud of hoi voice, had a phons
*' reco',l ~f ft mad, ami -ent to
Jlis frien I. Anhui E Simin. Erisinan
< oped with th giti in a month.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results.
'Slew Husband When
I He Told Her It Was
Time tor Her to Die
i
i Mrs. Musso, Fifth Chicago Woni-
I ar. Tried This Year on
Charge of Killing Mate.
(’HK’AGO, Sept. 9. Confident that
.she wdl be acquitted on a plea of self-.
| defense, Mrs. Lena Musso today ap
| peared in court to answer the charge of,
j murdering her husband. Peter Musso.;
j Mrs. is the fifth woman placed
jon trial for murder in <’hicago since
• January 1. Three of the others have
I been acquitted and the jury disagreed
, | in the fourth case.
j Mrs. Musso admits she shot her hus
band. She says he was jealous, and
that he threatened her life. One night
she said, he woke her and asked her
what time it was.
It is 2 o'clock," she says she re
plied.
I I hen it is time for you to die." her
, husband saiij, and took a razor from a
dresser drawer, the woman alleges.
Then, she said, she shot,him.
It is this story that Mrs. Musso's at
torneys win set forth as her defense.
SHERIFF SLAYS MAN
AS HE TRIES TO STAB
ARRESTING DEPUTY
I
> ROMP. GA.. Sept. 9.—Romeo Baker.
, wanted tor stabbing several members of a
beer-drinking party on the banks of the
! Coosa river near here, was shot and killed
by Sheriff Dunehoo when he tried to stab
Trigg Clinton, the sheriff’s deputy.
I’rink-crazed. Baker had run amuck
i with a knife and slashed several of his
• comrades, one, .lack Allen, being wounded
L seriously. Sheriff Dunehoo was called to
. take Baker.
C Baker gave himself up and the sheriff
had started to the city with him when he
‘ broke away and dived into the river.
Reaching a Ibg in the stream he defied
• the sheriff, but finally was persuaded to
> surrender.
r A boat was sent out to him with Clin
ton in it. As soon as Baker climbed into
> the boat he drew his knife and started to
stab Clinton. The sheriff was on the
shore and before Baker's blow fell the of
ficer fired at him. The bullet struck
Baker in the heart.
’ The coroner freed Sheriff Dunehoo of all
t blame and did not hold an inquest.
SOUTH AND NORTH
BOTH REPRESENTED
AT G. A. R, REUNION
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LoS ANG FILES. Sept. 9. Every regi
ment that fought in the Civil war was
, represented in Los Angeles today by of
ficers and privates. No regiment, either
from the South or the North, lacked its
representatives. Five thousand more vet
' erans ewre expected to arrive during the
• day today and take part in the forVy
[ sixth national Daughters of the American
• Revolution encampment here.
The arrival yesterday of A. .1. Peterson,
of New York, formally opened rhe contest
for the position of commander in chief.
Peterson is the representative of Daniel E.
■» Sickles, of New York, who is prominently
< mentioned for the pdace. Many delegates
believe htat Albert B. Beers, of Connecti
cut, will be the next head of the organi
zation.
The spirited contest for the place of
commander in chief may be equaled by
s similar activity for the presidency of the
• Daughters of Veterans. T’nder the ordi
. nary rotaion of office, this would fall to
Nina M. Littlefield, first vice president.
: PINEVIEW PLANTER
SHOT BY ASSASSIN
AS HE SITS IN HOME
i
; CORDELE. GA.. Sept. 9.—Frank M
! Smith, a prominent white farmer and
1 lumberman of Pineview. Ga., was shot
and probably fatally wounded by an
unidentified assassin Friday night as he
was seated by a window in his home,
titter supper, reading a newspaper.
I Only one shot was fired, and that
apparently from close range. The ball,
t that of a .38 caliber pistol, entered
> the body at the base of the abdomen.
■ and was extracted by physicians from
• the small of the back.
s Dogs were hurried to the scene from
I Abbeville and Vienna, but all efforts to
' trail the assassin proved futile.
1 It was in the vicinity of Pineview
the tragedies growing out of the noto
rious McDuffie feuds occurred.
13 NONAGENARIANS A
SANTA FE TRAIL REUNION
KANSAS CITY. MO.. Sept. 9 Thir
teen grizzled veterans of the Mexican
war, each 90 years or more, sat in the
convention at the Westport Santa Fe
Trail reunion while the band played
"La Paloma" and "Green Grow th<
, Rushes. O." to which they marched I
with Doniphan and helped avenge tin-
A la mo.
1
( A mysterious stranger appeared
among them. M. V. Wondell, t!8 years
old. of Wilkesbart Pa., who came to
challenge all the old-time fiddlers to a
contest. A hurry call brought Stub
. bins Watts, aged 80, who was in the
Sixth Missouri. Confederate States
army, in the Civil war. and a contest
was arranged.
Jungle joe's $6,500 auto
SOLD BY U. S. FOR $660
WASHINGTON. Sept. 9 The llmou
| gine <ar used b> I'd-lr i<»p Cannon whik
' I speukrr of ihn h<»u r ;ir-l wL'-h '•••*! ’b»-
' J u<i\<■: nnu ni hjs I n <i<j at »<•.<
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MEIICOCJN
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President of Republic Resents
Talk of Intervention by the I
United States.
AMERICAN INTERESTS
PROTECTED. HE SAYS
Plenty of Money and Troops
Available, and Rebellion Will
Collapse Soon.
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 9.—ln spite of
, the activity of the United States gov-
I eminent in transporting troops to the
' international border. President Madero
. is confident that there will be no in- j
i terVention. He believes that Mexico I
, can handle her own domestit troubles. '
and he would look with intense disfavor '
upon such a kindly office as the fur- |
nishing of Yankee troops for police
I duty south of the Rio Grande.
’ in an interview with a representative
. of Tlie Georgian today. President Ma
> dero declared that conditions, especial
; ly in the Yiorthern states, were fast
improving.
■ "Not only has the government enough
I men to put down disorder of a revolu
tionary character, but it has plenty of
money also." said the Mexican presi
dent.
"The balance sheet of the treasury,
shows a balance of $25,500,000,
"The government has under arms to-
I day and rendering active service
against al) classes of disturbers of pub
lic peace and order 60.000 men. If nec
essary, we can add to this number.
"American interests arc being pro
. tected. As soon as the government
learned that property of United States
: citizens in Sonora and elsewhere was
in danger, protection was furnished as
1 rapidly as it could have been furnished
by any other country facing similar
circumstances.
"When the situation was acute we
. heard nothing of intervention. Now
that the situation is relieved and the
’ protection asked for has been granted,
we hear talk of intervention again and
again. What is the reason for it?
? "In the south disturbances are being
put dow n. Americans are not in dan-
■ ger. We need no outside help, for our
trained troops are equal to any demand
' levied upon them.
“In a very short time the troubles
from insurrecto bands will be a thing of
the past, and peace will reign over all
sections of the republic.”
MRS. J. R. M’LEAN DIES
DESPITE PHYSICIAN’S
RACE TO HER BEDSIDE
BAR HARBOR, MAINE. Sept. 9—Mrs.
John R. McLean, wife of the millionaire
Washington and Cincinnati publisher, died
at 6:15 o’clock today. She had been ill
for some time with pneumonia, and suf
fered a sinking spell yesterday, from
i which she failed to rally.
The great race made to save Mrs. Me
Lean's life by Dr. Llewellyn Barker, of
Johns Hopkins university, who reached
her bedside at 8:30 p. m , after traveling
1.131 miles from the North Carolina woods
in less than forty-one hours, was in vain
At her side when she passed away were
her husband, their son. Edward B. Mc-
Lean. and Mrs. McLean's sister. Mme.
Bakhmetoff. wife of the Russian ambas
sador
Dr Barker’s journey from the South
was undoubtedly the fastest, longest and
most spectacular races against death ever
known
The rail portion of the journey was
made at an average of 72 miles an hour
and shattered all records for train speed
along the Atlantic coast. It was such a
journey as no physician ever hud before
undertaken. <»n the way Dr. Barker rode
on three special trains, a mountain wag
on, an automobile, a taxicab, a motorboat
and a livery carriage.
'EPIDEMIC OF DIPHTHERIA
' ALARMS FT. PAYNE. ALA.
EORT PAYNE. ALA.. Sept. 9. To aid
in the suppression of an epidemic of diph
theria. the comrpissioners of this city
yesterday established an unusual prece
dent of meeting on the Sabbath in order
to pass a. quarantine ordinance. All chil
dren are forbidden to frequent tjie street
for ten days
HELD FOR CURSING WHEN
MAN TRIED TO SHOOT HIM
NEV.’ Y'»i:K Sept ** Brrau-r hr wa« '
: swearing and shaking hi* fists at a man
who had siint him tv o <•, David Ftyan i
| va. arrested here. I
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9. 1912.
THE CHAMPION GOAT GETTER
Swinging Around the Circle.
Copyright, 1912. by International News Service
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FLOGGED WOMAN
SUESFOM,IIOO
Essie Carter Brings Action in
Federal Court for Damages
Following Whipping.
MACON. GA.. Sept. 9—W S Dozier
and his two sons. .1. C. Dozier and
Clyde Dozier. Pope McClung, Jim
Gelsc, Erwin Mcßae and Duke Mar
shall, all of Dawson, Terrell county,
have been sued individually and col
lectively by Essie Carter, a young white
woman, for the sum of $25,000.
Suit has been filed at ('olumbus in
the United States court for the north
ern district of Georgia, it being alleged
that the girl is a resident of South
Carolina. She is the one who was
horsewhipped by XV. S. Dozier and Olli
ers at Dawson on July 20 on account
of Mr. Doziers youngest son. Voight.
The suit repeats the charge that the
Hogging was witnessed by a negro man
and that the girl was naked at the
time
FURTHER TROUBLE
FEARED AT BLACKS'
TRIAL AT CUMMING
CUMMING, GA., Sept. 9. Tile six
negi oes v> hos-e arrest here Sulttriiav
nearly brought on a t lot ate held sat.-ly
la the Cobb county jail it Marietta
where they were taken Saturday night
tn automobiles, under escort of troops
but they will be brought bm-k to t'um
tning for art ilgnment tomorrow. Stat,
troops will guard them, but the people
of t'umming anticipate no trouble.
The town was placed under mat tin i
law from Saturday night until yester
day. when everything appeared quiet.
All negroes were driven from the street:,
at the point of the bayonet in order to
avoid further trouble.
Mayot <'. F. Harris is incensed at a
published story that hundreds of negro
families art moving to othei commu
nities He says the town is perlr.tly
Iquict today, ami th, sea of tin m
gross have been quieted Thd mayot
I -ay ~ Th” Georgian puhiishod ilu *>nO
| accurate ami fair report- of ti, ilfait.
11 FAKE TELEGRAM LEADS
WOMAN IN AUGUSTA TO
1 BELIEVE HUSBAND DEAD
AI'GUSTA. GA.. Sept. 9. -A fake tel-
I egram caused Mrs. H E. Fitzgerald,
of this city, to mourn as dead her hus
band. a traveling man. Several days
ago Mrs. Fitzgerald received a mes-
I sage, written on a telegraph receiving
blank, purporting to be from a person
in Jackson. Miss., of whom she had
never heard, stating that her husband
had died there suddenly.
Mrs. Fitzgerald was grief-stricken
Site called up Manager John M. Roesel,
of the Elks club, and asked him to com
" municate with the Jackson lodge and
I have her husband's body embalmed and
, shipped to Augusta. Fitzgerald is an
Etk in good standing. A telegram from
Jackson brought a reply that no one
by the name of Fitzgerald had died
there recently.
An investigation was started, which
showed that the telegraph company
1 had not received a telegram from Jack
son for Mrs. Fitzgerald, and the al
-1 leged dead, man has- wired from Mem
-1 phis that he is hearty and well, with
’ no immediate thought of being em
■ balmed.
Just who perpetrated the deception
on Mis Fitzgerald is not known, but
‘ the authorities are investigating.
I—
MILK-FED FISH ARE TO
HAVE WINE AS A CHASER
ST LOl’lS, Sept. 9 Ye gods have
nothing on ye little fishes of the Mis
sissippi tlvei at St. Louis when It
I cotms lo having good thing- to ea'
nn*d diink Nou th»\x ai> lo havp 36
botth < of >p:i'kiiim wine, known to
rvt'i.dio.lx » xt <q»i I nch* Sam an • ham
pagne. \tilh whit li to wash down tin
oih' i t(»oih>oio ' things on which th«\
i. • -oil Iv ha w dined.
The wine wa> made b> .in Ohio
< oiupans Pine food in spec i of.*-- con
ti-' .ited it b'-t ause the label described
il as <-haiiipagiie, although it did no'
• on.** t <Oll the champagne dtsliict of
l 'l a net*.
Within the :;tHI few U eeks COllsigli
mvnts of randy, ketchup, milk, mint • -
m* at and mushrooms have been tnrown
, into lhe river for the little fishes.
MARTHA WASHINGTON’S
BRANDIED FRUIT IMPURE
W ASH IN< ;TON. Sept. 9. Dr. Har\ » \
I\\ . Wil' $ he pure fnod expert, .-ays
■liii.at M.iiiii.i Washington' old terjp.
i for hi <n<ii» d pe;o In < uas contrary t"
. J thr pm c food law .
JiOOEIDINW
REIT IN DM
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Troops Rebel and Seize Bar
racks—Loyals Rout Desert
ers by Merciless Fire.
ST. PETERSBERG, S< nt. 9. Mutiny
brok - out totisy in tin- Russ: tn army
stationed in tin- government of Vilmt,
in Lithuin:. l . ind in a let*tic h-tw<*en
ioy tl troops and the rebel soldiers ifut
mutineers were st'in and 200 wounded.
Th-' troops which mutinied were Sap
pers stationed in th.- barracks at Ora
ny. After the uprising they seized the
barracks and defied the local military
authorities to mist them.
A regiment of Infantry was sent
against the S;< ppers. The foot soldiers
drove the d< s, rt -rs from their quarters
by a galling fire. Although the muti
neer- returned tin fire, reports of the
uprising received by the military au
thorities het,- gave no account of casu
alties among the low, I troops
The outbreak today shows that a
mutinous spirit exists in tile army us
well as in the navy, disaffection hav
ing broken ou' recently at Sebasto
pol. where the ships tired on sliore
fort».
Tim entire military forces ~f the
Russian empire were to be seized by
the b-aders of the conspiracy who
aimed to rampiete their accomplish
ments by si rzure of tile government and
making the ezar .1 prisoner .
PHILADELPHIA DOESN'T
BAR KISSING ON STREETS
PHIL ADKI.PHIA S.-p 9 .Vlugi.x-
IfHtr S< otl. in ad« • isitiu h. rr t held
that a man has a light to kiss his
u »•»•( ii< all <>n Ila- streets of Philadel
phia.
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LIMB AMPUTATED. FINDS
SON ON NEXT COT LEGLESS
M ILKESRARRE. PA Sept 9 tm
| recovering from th, .ff.-<-i> of ether
•I afl< i hav ng hl- b--g amputated. Peter
| 'A .titer looked to tip ail, joining ,~t and
■ -i"- hi son. wlm had ju.-t lost two
I legs In an ateident.
IXTRA
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2. CENTS EVERYWHERE p^ Rt °
2.5.01111 BOVS
I*o EHLS
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SCHOOLS
Received by 560 Teachers for
New Term—No Real Study
for Pupils Today. /
MANY SCHOOL YARDS
IN BAD CONDITION
Superintendent Slaton Asserts
Outlook Is Bright One—New
Instructors Needed.
Nearly 25,090 children, from toddling
babies to high school belles, gathered
up their books today and began their
nine-months grind of school. There
were 560 teachers waiting to receive
them, the number of pupils and In
structors having been increased con
siderably since last year.
No real study was taken up today,
but the pupils received their certifi
cates and lists of, text-books needed.
This afternoon there will be a jatn in
the book stores, like that in a Christ
mas candy store. No changes have
been made in the books used, but every
promotion meanS a few purchases for
each pupil.
School Yards In
Bad Condition.
Everything was ready for the open
ing, except that several of the school
yards were in bad condition. The yards
of the Tenth street and North avenue
schools will be improved this fall by
the expenditure of $1,200 apifbopriated
by council. The George W. Adair school,
Catherine and Mayland avenues, was
the only new Institutions opened. The
children of Capitol View, the suburb
recently annexed, will attend this
school.
Superintendent William ,VL Slaton
said today that the outlook is bright
for the coming session.
"The entire summer was spent in
making careful preparations for the
term," he said, "and everything is in
splendid shape. I am sure there lias
been nothing overlooked. The attend
ance will, of course, pa.-s all record 5 ,
for the steady growth of Atlanta means
lan equal growth in the number of chil
dren of school age."
I Expects Increase
Os 2,000 Pupils.
There were 22,971 children in the At
lanta schools at the close of the ses
sion last .lune. Superintendent Slaton
expects an increase this year of from
1,500 to 2,000 pupils.
Atlanta has several other educa
tional institutions under way. including
the now Ansley school now being built
ami the English-Commercial High
school building, to he erected at a cost
of $65,000.
Eight new supernumerary teachers
are needed for this term, and Super
intendent Slaton announced that he
would examine applicants for these
places. A teacher foi tin- tfceaf and
dumb school is needed, too. the super
intendent having failed to find an in
structor up to the standard desired.
LATE AT POLLS, WOMAN
OFFICIAL LOSES PLACE:
STOPPED TO-CURL HAIR
SAN RAFAEL, CAL.. Sept. 9. Mrs.
Kate Sparrow frizzed her hair and has
tened to the election booth, where she
was an official. She was seven min
utes late, and her plat e had been filled
by a man.
HALE. WORLD’S CHAMPION.
TO PARTICIPATE IN SHOOT
MACON. GA., Sept. 7.—There are
more than 150 entries for the annual
rille shoot of the Sec<»nd Georgia regi
ment. whicli will lie held at the Holton
rang, . six miles from Macon, this week.
Among them is .Private Hale, of For
syth. wtio broke the worlti's running
long-distance firing record in the
mu tonal tournament at Camy Perry,
Oltio. last tear. Hy order of tile adju
li.int general, all militiamen partiei
| paling in the shoot must tamp on the
grounds. I idly 200 members of the
Second Georgia regiment will be here,
n addition to the local militiamen. ’
CZAR'S CHEF DANGEROUS
CALLING: SALARY SIB,OOO
ST PETERSBURG. Sept. 9. -The
lezar's chef gets SIB,OOO a year. The
< zar prefers simple dishes, but in addi.
I lion to his majesty, the chef has to feed
j lino residents of the palace. His great
I trouble, however is to see that poisons
ar, not introduced into the dishes. In
fended for the czar's table Marty of
1 , .is-tstants are sei ret servwe agents
who spy on him ami on one another.