Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

the weather Forecast: Intermittent showers to. riav and probably tomorrow. Temper t„res' Ba. m„ 72 degrees; 10 a. m., 73 degrees; 12 noon, 74 degrees; 2 p. m.. 76 degrees. VOL. XL NO. 33. GOIWILSON 10TAKE OF MT 01 STUMP Democratic Nominee Abandons Plan to Remain at Home During Campaign. TO MAKE “TOURS” INTO DOUBTFUL TERRITORY Will Make a Trip Each Week Until November, Missing Only Pacific Country. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 11.—An ex tensive series of stumping trips Is to be made by Governor Woodrow Wilson. Democratic candidate for the presi dency. This was announced by the governor today while he was traveling from Atlantic City to Jersey City to be the guest of a Democratic club. He stated that he will make a trip similar to the Western trip planned for next week every week hereafter until the campaign 1s over. The trips are now being arranged by the Democratic campaign committee and will embrace practically every doubtful state in the union, exclusive of the Pacific coast states. The governor will not be able to go to the coast. Persuaded By McAdoo To Get Into Fight. It was not the governor’s intention at the outset of the campaign to make many long trips or to deliver many speeches. He had announced that he would make most of his speeches in the state of New Jersey and that he would visit only a few Important points out side of the state. Acting Chairman Mc- Adoo within the last few days has per suaded the candidate, however, that a fairly complete tour of the country Is necessary. The governor likes to call them trips rather than tours, how ever. "A tour takes in a considerable sec tion of the country at one sweep.” he said this morning. "A trip is started from a specific point, going out to an other place or places and returning to the original base. In that respect I am like a baseball player. I make my start, cover the bases and return to the home plate. Then I start out again and make some more runs. That will be the idea o' weekly trips I am to make through out the campaign.” Blind Senator to Succeed McComb CHICAGO, Sept. 11.—Senator Thom o P. Gore is to become chairman of the Democratic national committee, ac cording to reports about national head quarters here today. Chairman Mc- Combs has been forced to retire because of had health, and William F. McAdoo, of New York, acting chairman, has also found it impossible to continue with the work. Under the circumstances, Governor Wilson has expressed a pref er'nee for Senator Gore, who has de voted much time and energy to the campaign. M’ADOO DENIES CHANGE. YORK, Sept. 11. —Acting ■ hairman McAdoo of the national Dem o ratio committee denied in the most positive terms hero today that William I. McCombs was to resign as chair man of the committee. Few Rule U. S„ Says Gov. Wilson JERSEY CITY, Sept. 11.—That a small group of persons dictate ’the gov ernment of the United States was the declaration made here today by Gov ernor Woodrow Wilson. He made a ■ rpaign speech before thousands of ?r,: bus;.,stlc Democrats while the guest ts the Hudson County Democratic ~|h in the course of his speech he predicted the success of the national democratic ticket in this fall’s election. BERTRAM SPENCER MUST DIE IN CHAIR FOR SLAYING GIRL 1 ' 'S TON, Sept. 11.—Bertram G. •” 1 tr. under sentence of death at the ‘ stown state penitentiary for the og Miss Martha B. Blackstone, a t'gti'dd school teacher, must die in , 'a trie chair. Governor Foss re o refer to the executive council ' ,v ~ meeting the petition for the ’ b ation of Spencer's death to that imprisonment. Spencer prob it' electrocuted shortly after The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS~Use For Results. A STATEMENT The members of the Atlanta Web Pressmen’s Union who failed to reach an agreement with the publishers of the three Atlanta daily newspapers on the night of August 31 have re turned to work in the respective newspaper press rooms. The Atlanta Web Pressmen’s Union for several years has been working under a contract with The Atlanta Constitution, The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Georgian. Failing to re new this contract, the web pressmen retired from the press rooms of the three newspapers and other men filled their places. As all three newspapers had previously been union shops, and as the publishers and the web pressmen apparently could not agree upon a new contract, the Atlanta Federation of Trades sought to settle the matter. At a recent meeting of that body, on the motion of Luther Still, president of the Atlanta Typo graphical I nion, a committee on conciliation was appointed. Subsequently this, committee was given plenary powers to set tie ell differences between the publishers and the pressmen. It was a joint committee of the Atlanta Federation of Trades and the Atlanta \\ eb Pressmen’s Union, composed as follows: S. B. Marks, chairman; Jerome Jones. Luther Still. Carl Karston. W. A. Jemigan, R. B. Hackman. J. A. Miller, T. J. Whitley. After negotiations, lasting for two days, a contract satis factory to both the pressmen and the publishers was entered into. A better understanding was reached, and concessions were made by both sides. Yesterday morning the members of the Atlanta Web Press men's Union returned to work, and today the three Atlanta newspapers, as heretofore, are being printed by union pressmen. Both the publishers and the pressmen feel that without the co-operation of the Atlanta Federation of Trades a satisfactory settlement would not have been - effected so promptly. Both sides appreciate the Federation’s efforts and action in the mat ter. ATLANTA TO BEAR BRUNT OF IM INCREASE City Now Pays Unjust Share of County and State Levies, Declares Nutting. Following-tbe declaration of John S. Candler, acting mayor, that the city tax rate should be increased five mills and the action of the county commission in Increasing the county rate one-half of one mill, city and county officials are wrestling with the need of general tax reforms. Alderman James R. Nutting, chair man of the council tax committee, said the city is badly in need of more money, but that an even worse condi tion was the fact that Atlanta was pay ing far too large a share of the taxes of Fulton and DeKalb counties and of the state of Georgia. He said Atlanta’s proportion of the state’s taxes had increased this year from One-seventh to one-sixth of the entire amount. Atlanta pays practical ly all the taxes of Fulton county and a good portion of DeKalb county. The Increase in the county tax rate means that the property owners of At lanta must pay the bill. Other Cities Suffer. Aiderman John S. Candler today ex plained the cause for the discrimination against Atlanta by the state and coun ty tax systems. He said that Atlanta was not alone, but that every city in the state suffered for the same reason. In the cities property' is taxed on as sessments fixed by city officials. In the country the county tax receiver re ceives property at the assessment of the owner. Property in Atlanta is assessed at 60 per cent of its real value. The county tax receiver then takes three-fourths of the city assessment for the state and county taxes, or at 45 per cent of its real value. The returns to the state comptroller show that while Atlanta contains only about one-twentieth of the state’s property value, this year the city will pay approximately one-sixth of the en. tire state taxes. The city rate is 1.25 per cent, the county rate now .65 per cent and the state rate .50 per cent. At the meeting of the county com missioners yesterday afternoon the problem was to get more-money for the Fulton county court house. The build ing will cost more than SBOO,OOO. The commissioners already have provided $450,000 of this amount. County Owes No Money. H. E. W. Palmer, S. B. Turman and Tull C. Waters were much opposed to the increase at first, but finally voted for it. The county owes no money, ex cept a few incidental amounts. It was urged that what was needed more than could be provided from the regular in come should be borrowed It could be secured at four per cent Interest. The Increase provided will mean an increase of 50 cents per SI,OOO of as sessment. It is figured that it will bring an additional income of about SBO,OOO into the county, and increase the county’s income to about $900,000. The commissioners provided that $150,. 000 should be set aside for the new building from next year's income. Commftsioner L. Anderson said that by passing laws that may or may ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 19 12. MIEB’S FfUENDSSEEK HIM HERE Fear Expressed That Herbert McVicker, of Ellenwood, Ga., Has Been Slain. Believing that I. Herbert McVicker, cashier of the Bank of Ellenwood, El lenwood, Ga., who has been strangely missing since Monday night, has met with fodl play, several friends of the young man came to Atlanta today from Ellenwood to aid the police in a sys tematic search for him. So far, however, not the slightest trace of the young cashier has been found, and every effort to unearth a solution of the disappearance has prov ed futile. Police, bank officials and friends of the missing man are baffled by the mystery. McVicker left his home in Ellenwood Moday night to come to Atlanta, but whether he ever arrived has not been ascertained. He was to return to El lenwood Tuesday morning and open the bank. An all-day search Tuesday fol lowed his failure to show up. and then, when this brought no results, an appeal to the Atlanta police was made Tuesday night. Bank's Affairs All Right. A. M. Stewart, of McDonough, pres ident of the Bank of Ellenwood, todfiy opened its doors and took personal charge of its affairs. The bank had re mained closed all of Tuesday as a re sult of the failure of the young cashier to return to Ellenwood. President Stewart told The Georgian today that a hurried examination show ed the books and accounts of the bank to be perfectly straight. He said that a thorough investigation would be made at once. “On the surface, everything appears to be all right, and there is no reason apparent w hy McVicker should volun tarily disappear," he said. McVicker has always been regard' d as a straightforward, exemplary young fellow, and was held in higii esteem by the officials of the bank and the people generally in Ellenwood. Think He Has Been Slain. The prevailing sentiment there today is that has been murdered, or that harm of some kind has befallen him. The w hole town is stirred. McVicker is single and lived with ills sister. Miss Katie Lou McVicker. When he started for Atlanta Monday night he left the bank keys with his sister, hut as she is not acquainted with the I bunk's business, made no attempt to i open the doors yesterday. It was Miss , McVicker who reported the disappear- ! ance to the police. not be wanted by the people of the county, the state legislature puts about ' $25,000 a year increased expenses on the ■ county. The new building will be completed within about one year. The point was made that if the county borrowed the money instead of Increasing the tax rate, it would take the county until 191". to pay off the Indebtedness. Friends of the county commlssldheffs are joking 'hem today because th") boasted that they would build a $1,000,- 000 court house without issuing bonds or raising the tax rate. They blame the weather, the increased cost of maintenance of thb county government and unexpected delays as the causes for the shortage of funds. PHONE finis FOHCETHEIR CHIEF TO OUITCITV G. S. Kennard Leaves Car tersville for Atlanta After Threats Are Made. YOUNG WOMEN TOOK EXCEPTION TO CRITICISM Manager Says Loitering Youths About Office Caused Trouble. Meant No Offense. Because he was said to have criticised the actions of two young women tele phone Operators, daughters of Sheriff <’ N. Smith, of Bartow county, and War ren Donahoo. 'prominent Cartersville citizen, G. S. Kennard, manager "f tin Cartersville Bell Telephone Company. I wns forced to quit the Bartow county I metropolis last night to escape bodily | harm at the hands of a mob of forty enraged men and Is in At! mtn today. Only the quick action of C. E. Wood ruff. district manager of the Bell com pany. who hurried from Rome at Ken nard’s urgent call, saved the young manager from hartn. iruff pre- vailed upon Sheriff Smith and Dona hoo to hear Kennard’s version at an impromptu trial called by Mayor Young, of Cartersville. Although Kennard asserted that his criticism of the young women had been solely because of infractions of the company’s rules and was merely a busi ness criticism. Smith and Donahoo both demanded that Kennard leave town al once. and Kennard lefi for Atlanta Said Young Men Held Up Service. According to the story as re'ose,] by Bell Telephone officials, complaints had been made on the night service in Car tersville. Kennard told Mayor Young at the trial that, he had discovered that young men bad been hanging around the Cartersville exchange in tin evening talking to the operators and in terfering with good service. He took the information to Miss Don ahoo. the chief operator, with the re quest that the comi-rsa.tions be brought to an end. as they were a direct vio lation of the company's rules. A-ciord ing to Kennard, the young women mis took his meaning and complained. Sheriff Smith and Donahoo. enraged over Kennard’s actions. went to the telephone exchange last night and or dered him to leave town. They werr backed up by forty Cartersville citizens When C. E. Woodruff arrived on the scene. Mayor Young was called into conference, and Sheriff Smith and Mr. I Donahoo agreed to hear Kennard’s side I Os the affair. Both left the trial not satisfied with the explanation. Official Criticism Only, Says Kennard. Kennard came to Atkfhta last night, hut. according to officials at the South ern Bell Telephone exchange, had not called on the superintendent this morning. Mr. Woodruff hold a short conference with th" superintendent, and a statement was issued in Kennard's behalf It said: "Mr Kennard says that hi« criticism was made concerning the company business entirely. Ho found an infrac tion of tlie rules, ho maintains, and at tempted to correct It, because he had received continual complaints from peo ple in Cartersville about the night serv- I ice. He asys he meant no reflection upon the character of the young ladies.” No action has been taken by official'- of the Southern Bell to replace Ken- , nard at Cartersville, and it Is likely, that no action will be talon until tin i ’ <z,x wwiSß ■ft exciterni-nt subsides. Kennard will re main away from Cartersville temporari ly. at least It is undt rspod tiiat Mayor Young Two Prisoners at Tower in Slide for Liberty DOWN A ROPE 5 STORIES Photodiagram showing how two prisoners tried to escape front fifth floor of Tower by rope M and were recaptured. One is ..." y • 1 , , shown stalk'd on ledge of third U" C era floor window. The prisoners cut L Prisoners through a bar with a meat saw . and one slid safely down the five tn Futile floors to the yard. The other was Attempt ■‘covered" as he reached the to Escape From ’ Fulton Tomer i- •»* -'t fyk** ** * 4 \ 1 Ji V J ■ VI J/ZF ■ S y ßy - d I -tti 17-3l 7 -3 1111!?'■ 5 K i B t Bi ■ 'SB! ■ I ■ </ U i Hi : i » f i . • i - * kn z.v♦>«<{, ...<r. Mt '' ' ' yj' ><>• <> v ' "J* ** x J advised th< manager to leave the town last night to avoid trouble. Kennard, Il Is -aid, is I'Xrtcmplating bringing legal action. One Forced to Sit on Window Ledge for an Hour Before Both Are Recaptured. James Hailey and Oscar Forrest, Federal prisoners in the Atlanta Tower,, are locked Inside their cells today after a daring at tempt to iireak jail Instead of hav ing the freedom of the kitchen. If Night Jailer Gilliland had not hap pened to look out of a window last night the two prisoners would be half way hack to the north Georgia mountains today. They were on. the brink of liberty when discovered. Raiiey and Forrest are both awaiting trial In the United States court here. Bailey is held ns a moonshiner from Fannin < ounty, while Forrest, whose home Is in Gre, S. C., Is accused of defrauding the malls. They have been In the local jail three weeks. Through a window on the fifth floor of the south wing, squeezing out of a narrow opening made by the cutting of one bar, the two men climbed down a slender cord to the court yard below. I hey were ready to scale the wall aur rouhdlng the yard when Gilliland, mak ing hfs rounds, happened to look out of the window. He saw Forrest In the court yard, ran down Ihe stairs and notified Jailer J M. Suttles In the main office. 'A ben Suttles called on the moon shltfl'F to surrender, he i moment, but the sight of the jailer’s revolver made him take a .second thought and sullenly went back to his cell. Sat on Window Ledge for Hour. I’P on the third floor, sitting on the • •dge Os a window. Jailer Suttles spied Bailee, dismayed at the capture of his partner. ' "I've a good mind to take a shot at you," he remarked, pointing his gun up '■ the now trembling prisoner. Oh, Lordy, don't do that,” cried Bai ley. , S', they let'him sit /here for an hour 'nd finally pulled him In and back to his cell. Bailey and Forrest, held in the county fall as hoarders at Uncle Sam's ex pense. were awaiting trial set for Oc tober. Soon after entering the lower they were given the en vied Places Os cooks and had the freedom of the kitchen on the fifth floor at the end of the south wing Cut Th rough Bar With Meat Saw. Last night the two men prevailed on the prisoner-turnkey on their floor to let them go to the kitchen after hours making the plea that they wanted to prepare for breakfast. They locked themselves in. took the meat saw used In the kitchen and sawed through a bar of the small window. Then they took from a place of concealment a big coll of slender rope, a bed cord used In the jail and which they had stolen some time In the past month. Down this slender cord Forrest slid, past the win 'lows on the floors below, and reached Hie ground in safety, with his p ;) | close behind. They had only a wall to scale ano this would have been easy. Within a stone’s throw of the Jal] lay th e railroad •racks and open freight cars, offering quick transportation from the city. But •heir plans were frustrated by" discov ery and they went back to Imprison ment. In the Tower at the time of the at tempt to escape were the five negroes brought from the Marietta Jail last night to avoid a possible attempt at lynching by the same mob which slew a negro at Cumming yesterday after noon. The men.were sent to Marietta for safe-keeping last Saturday, but the ferocity of yesterday’s mob made the authorities fear an attempt to storm the Cobb county jail. The prisoners were brought to Atlanta by automobile last night and loclJf>il In the Tower. TO FINE POWER COMPANY WHEN SERVICE IS POOR MACON. GA . Sept 11.—A resolution entailing a pecuniary forfeiture on the Macon Railway and Light Company every time the city lights do not shine or street cars do not run because of a lack of cur rent has been passed by the city council. The resolution provides the "tine" shall he deluded from the amount due from the city for Its light bill. IM 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE p « y R X c ffIORIN CUMMING; RACERIOT FEARED Negroes Reported To Be Pre paring for Uprising—Blaze Inflames Whites. ANOTHER NEGRO RUSHED IN AN AUTO TO ATLANTA Incendiary Fire Raises Pas sions to the Danger Mark. Many Arm Themselves. CUMMING. GA., Sept. H.-Rumors that the negroes two miles south of Cumming are rising and arming them selves has led almost to a panic among the women of the little town, and even the conservative men fear that the lynching of yesterday and the burn ing of a store today are merely the first movements In a race war which may sweep the county and bring death to many. Citizens are arming for trouble Old -squirrel rifles, shotguns, ancient and modern, and every variety of pis tol possible are being loaded and held in readiness. The report of the rising has not been confirmed, but the terror among the negroes has made them des. perate, and a meeting with armed white men might bring almost anv result It was reported at the court house that troops will be sent to the scene but there are no soldiers nearer than Gainesville and Marietta, and so far no official appeal has been made to th" governor for assistance. The troop, which were here last Saturday were or dered back to their homes next day. Another Negro Rushed to Atlanta. A third negro implicated in the as sault and murder of a girl near the town last Sunday was discovered toda arrested and sent flying toward Atlanta in an automobile, with Sheriff Reid is his escort. He will arrive late this aft ’ einoon and be placed in the Jail for safe keeping. The negro's name Is Ed Collins, and he confessed. Bloodhounts are still on the trail of the men. believed to be negroes who burned the Store of W. J. Dulce at an early hour today. The posse has not been heard from since it began its Chase. The trail led Into a remote part of the county, far from telephones The burning of the store was plainly incendiary, and It is believed to be the work of negroes, In retaliation for the lynching of Rob. Edwards yesterday afternoon. The posse in chase i B com posed of private citizens from the coun tryside, and should they catch their prey there is little likelihood of a trial save that before Judge Lynch Cumming Still Filled With Hillmen. < ummlng is far from quiet today. Ihe men of the mountains are still in town, armed and sullen. They are not satisfied with having dragged Ed Col lins, slayer of a young girl, from the jail and hanged him to a telephone post. The burning of the store has led them to believe that the negroes are In sympathy with the assailants of women. It will take but a little more to fan their fury irjto an attack on the blacks, which will mean a- race war. There is no love lost between the mountaineer and the negro at the best, and their hatred has grown even more violent in the past week. • Rob Edwards, confessed accomplice of the slayer of an 18-year-ola girl last Sunday, was the only victim the mob was able to reach, all other prisoners arrested in the recent troubles having been sent to jail in Atlanta or Mariet ta. Edwards was brought to the Cum ming jail yesterday afternoon and lock ed in a cell. An hour later a mob of 1,000 men. in broad daylight and without effort to ward concealment, marched on the jail, battered down the door with sledge hammers and crowbars, tore the negro out of his cell and hanged him to a telephone post before the courthouse door. His body swung there until it was cut down by the county authorities a few hours later. It is said that the negro was dead from the rain of bul lets poured into his cell before his body was hung from the pole as a lesson to other negroes. All the men accused of erimes against white women are now in the Atlanta Tower, a building too strong ar.d too well guarded by city police for Its Jailer to fear the attack of a country