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the weather forecast for Georgia: Local rains rs( Ja/ and Friday. VOL. XL NO. 34 sia>s iffl 2 SLEE 1001 EVILS Rooms and Eight Extra Teachers Are Certain—New Quarters for Tech High. NO BUILDINGS TO BE CLOSED, SAYS SLATON Council Expected to Meet De mand for increased Equip ment Without Protest. EiJ ht additional teachers at an aver u hrv of $65 a month and addi . ... -jrters f< r classes in the Boys i. Edgewood avenue. Geor ,venue and G. W. .Adair schools . authorized by the board of edu today, to eliminate the conges , n Hi. public schools resulting - i , i?'2 record-br alcing attend- board's demands on the* city ■ . ast d equipment will be f: . ertainty. John S. Cand- .- n "i i. las informed the nt i ti. it iin i ■ is yotb but to put on the extra ;:.-il will be forced to .. nt \Y. Al. Slaton stren ■ i s that the board of eduea ■. \| it- iq elos* four schools be- i • -■ O' inadequate facilities, library Turned ICo a Class Room. ... I .. . teachers will be sent to the ■ ix s' hools: Fair street, two; ■ nue, two; Tenth street, avnu, one; G. AV. Adair, ■■■■ .< Tech, one. No schools tn street school the library i i’\. rted into a class room, 'ion i lier ■ eliminated in Elevon second grade pu rovided foi at the Pryor Th" excess at the Edge • is about 40 first and sei wipi's Additional quarters t ! by ti: board to take care At :he Georgia ave li ■. n pupils are still un i<l< nts of the Roys Tech • ■’! ■■■ in | lt . pm ip new quar 1' titl'd. Tin G. AV. Adair < vded, but the establish f tn i ;ra class and the employ - n additional teacher will re* ■ ' ■' on.gestion there. Negro Schools Crowded Badly. situation in the white The crowding will be largely '■ by the measures adopted by •f location at a meeting to ibis afternoon. ■ schools, according to the "f school authorities, are in iilition than they, have been AVith these schools operating iimle session system, as has ■a .'•ais. to take care of in. some 2i»f» pupils will like ■w.iy. Last year the school ■ forced to turn down for entrance to the no bs k of accommodation, i in the colored schools t the Gray. Roach and ■ •■' buildings. The Sum- also is badly crowded. ’ ;, WS EVERYWHERE t HROUGHOUT VIENNA 'A. s ; pt. 12 a pontifical high ! brated in St. Stephens Hiorning while commit being said in all the ' itholic churches n Vhe ■'ibmbs for the 150,000 dele isitors here for the aucha ' Sectional meetings for ion of questions affecting of the church in the vari of the world followed the afternoon. pr ' -P/RES FOR FUNERAL AND THEN DRINKS ACID lls TENN., Sept. 12.—After I'O itions for her funeral tile clothes She wished to Ethel 1 ioyle. aged twenty. •» local hospital, stood bc- ■ i' mime and drank three 1 'i 'di l> luda> . Shv ‘iinutes iMtr. The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. : Bryan to Trail T,R, • • On Stumping Tour • • CHICAGO, Sept. 12.—William • • Jennings Bryan, now resting in • • Colorado Springs, will start Satur- • • day on a great speaking tour • • which will take him throughout • • the country on the trail of Theo- • • dore Roosevelt. This information • • lias gained at Demecratb head- * • quarters today. Bryan will be- • • gin his tour in Colorado and it is • • expected that he wili be kept con- • • stantly on the move until the cam- • • paign closes. » • According to present plans, the • • Commoner will enter every state • ® in which Roosevelt iris been com- ® • paigning. It is planned to have • e him follow the colonel closely the ® • iast f<i\ weeks before election. • •»•«*»«•*• « cti0t,,,,,,,,) ILS® Motors Company In Hands of Receivers; Money Kings Formed It Perkins Ryan and Late Colonel Astor Were Among Stock holders of Concern. NEAA’ YORK. Sept. 12. -Judge Hough in the United States district court to day appointed \V. E. S. Strong and Roberts Walker receivers for the Unit ed States Motors- Company, a concern capitalized at $42,000,000. Stock of the United States Motors Company was listed on the New York curb and had been steadily declining for a long time. The preferred stock sold at SBO a share one year ago; yes terday it closed at $6 a share. The common stock dropped from $42 a share to sl. Die United States Motors Company was a combination. It was effected in 910. George W. Perkins was reported at the time to be interested in the en terprise. But Perkins was not the only man of wealth and power whose name has been linked with affairs of the corporation. Among the stockholders were Anthony N. Brady, James C. Bra dy, Jules S. Bache, Colonel Samuel P. Colt, Thomas A. Rvan, Herbert L. Sat terlee (son-in-law of J. P. Morgan), Harry Payne Whitney, the late John Jacob Astor and Benjamlne Briscoe. SAYS HE HAS PROOF BIBLE WAS DONE IN COAIMON LANGUAGE Leaders of the Bible conference at St. Pauls Methodist church are well pleased by the success of the under taking. Every service shows an in creased crowd and a deeper enthusi asm. Dr. Cobern. declared to be the great est archeologist of the day. has awak ened an intense interest in his discov eries in the mounds of Palestine. They throw light on the life of Jesus Christ and prove, it is said, that the Bible was originally written in the language of the common people. Dr. Cobern will continue to speak at 11 o'clock in the morning and at S o’clock at night. He will deliver a lec ture at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Dr. AV. N. Ainsworth will continue to speak at 10 o'clock each morning. The afternoons are devoted to a Sun day school institute under Colonel George M. Napier. Tomorrow after noon will be "devoted to a rally of the children. AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOLS PLANNED IN ALL MISS. COUNTIES JACKSON. MISS. Sept. 12—Profes sor J. N. Powers, state superintendent of education, declares that he intends to have an agricultural high school completed, or in course of construction, in every county in Mississippi. "There is no movement -that is of more vital importance to the material welfare of our state at present than the esablishment of these agricultural high schools.” says Professor Powers, "and our campaign has In reality Just com menced. When other counties see what is being accomplished in those counties where the schools are in oper ation they will quickly follow suit.” Advices were teceived at the depart ment of education today that the board of supervisors of Wilkinson county has ordered an additional tax levy of one mill for the agricultural high school to Ibe completed and placed in operation | within the next year. HUSBAND ENGROSSED IN CHECKERS, WIFE SUES CINCINNATI. Sept. 12— Alleging that her husband. James F. McCor mick. had such a mania for checker playing that he neglects her and his family, and is unable to hold a posi tion long, Ella McCormick prays for a divorce, alimony and the custody of their child. She says at one time McCormick earned $l2O a month, but because of his mania for checkers he could not hold a position to earn more than SSO I a month. , SCHOOL TEACHERS PUT LID ON OCEAN STEAMER i BROOKLYN. Sept 12. The I'm ' moninn steamed into po t w ith fi i lusi d |h,n a <ad Steward and 300 triumphant ,-ehool inarms, They instituted a tem ll'eiame »av« on tile way over. ATLANTA, GA.. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 12. 1912. ATTORNEY IS ARRESTED AS COUNTESS' SLAYER Burton W. Gibson Surrenders Voluntarily When He Hears of Existence of Warrant. MOB JEERS ACCUSED THROUGH STREETS —— - —— Unperturbed by Charges. Law yer Appeals to Police for Bodily Protection. NEW YORK, Sept. 12.—Attorney Burton AA’. Gibson came voluntarily to New York-today and submitted to acres: under a warrant charging him with the murder of Cpun#e>s Rosa Szabo. He arrived at his office at 9:20 o'clock this morning. It had been expected that the war rant issued by County Judge Royce at Middletown yesterday would be served upon him immediately, but Deputy Sheriff AA'. C. DeGraw, to whom the warrant had been given, was not at the office when Attorney Gibson arrived. Later, however, DeGraw arrived and took charge of Gibson. The accused attorney was stoically calm as he took up work connected with, his law business.- He showed no traces of fear. He met the officers half way by coming to New York instead of re maining in Rutherford, N. J., where ex tradition papers could have been de manded by him. He said: “My only information concerning this •warrant is from the newspapers. I do not know from any other source that. I ahi wanted in Orange county. I will go right along without making the slight est trouble." Closely Followed By Jeering' Throng. Besides the detectives, with Gibson,, he was accompanied by a full company of reporters and. photographers, the lat ter of whom snapped their shutters with metallic monotony as the proces sion to the station progressed. The townspeople gave videnee of unusual interest in the case. Some of them jeered the lawyer. Others retained a kindly feeling stir him, and some of them gave him assurance of their con fidence' in his ultimate vindication. When the party arrived at the Hud son terminal in New York city there was a large crowd waiting to watch proceedings, and fully 2,000 persons fol lowed Gibson until be reached the building in which his office is located at 55 Liberty street. The crowd jostled and annoyed him until he appealed for protection. "I am an American citizen," lie said, "and I have some rights. 1 have tried to do all I could to make this matter easy for the officials, and I demand pro tection. Lean not stand this mob, and I must not lie assaulted." At the street crossings on the way to his office Gibson had to be protected by traffic policemen, who held back the mob as best they could. LYCEUM ASSOCIATION TO HOLD CONVENTION HERE NEXT SUMMER Through the efforts of the represen tatives of the Alkahest lyceum bureau at the convention of the International Lyceum association, the 1913 conven tion has been obtained for Atlanta More than 2,000 entertainers and man agers of various bureaus will attend the meeting here next September. Russell Bridges engineered the cam paign which brought the convention to Atlanta over the competition of New York. Chicago, Buffalo and other cities. He has just returned from the 1912 convention at Winona Lake, Ind. Among the notables present at the meeting were AA'illiam Jennings Bryan. John Kendrick Bangs. Joseph Folk. Richmond Pearsan Hobson and many other lecturers and musicians. Ross Crane, the well-known cartoonist, was elected president of the association. ALL OF TOWN’S JEWELERS FATHERS OF TRIPLETS WINFIELD, IOWA Sept. 12.—AVith the wife of R E. Grigsby here giving birth to triplets, the town's three jew eleis today ar.- fathers of triplets, all of which arrived within the last twelve months. The other proud fathers are AA'. A. Mashard and J. N. Perdue. BEANS. RICE AND KRAUT CHEAP LIVING COST MENU CHICAGO. Sept. 12. "Eat beans, oatmeal, flee and sauer kraut,” is the adviee of Jame- A. Patli-n, wheat king. I; -n- It will redm . the <--t of liv ing. Patten doesn't have to. GOVERNOR WILSON, WHO WILL TAKE TO STUMP / m |r V’ Wis ■ I i LA \ Wo® ll ■ Governor Woodrow Wilson, Democratic nominee for pres dent, stiimpino-. This picture was taken al. I nion Square. Xet York. Governor Wilson has decided on ;i series of speakin trips in Avhich hi l will invade every doubtful state except thos of the Pacific coast. He will make a trip each week. 3 WORS DIE IS PLANESFALL Paul Peck Crushed Under His Biplane at Chicago—Greek Plunges Into Sea. CHICAGO. Sept. 12.—The death of Paul Peck, crushed under his Colum bia biplane yesterday, cast gloom over Cicero flying field today, where the first scheduled events on the aviation pro gram which is to last for ten days were to begin at 3 o\ lock this afternoon. The young bird man, flying in spite of a warning from more cautious avia tors. was caught when lie attempted a spiral so steep his machine eould not be righted. Officials of the meet cautioned the men today against taking chances. Ihe aviators had hoped to bring the meet to an end without a fatal accident. Today's program included duration flights, passenger carrying, landing con tests and a twenty kilometer mono plane handicap. Falls Into the Ocean. ATHENS. GREECE, Sept. 12.—While flying off shore near Patras. Aviator Karanen Lakis fell from his machine into the sea and was drowned. Army Aviator Killed. DRESDEN. S'pt. 13. —Lieutenant Siebert, an aerial scout in the "kaiser maneuvers." wliieh are being held here with 130,000 soldiers involved, was fa tally injured by a fall from his aero plane. He died an bout after in a hos pital. WATERWAY HEAD UNDER KNIFE. ST. LOUIS Sept. 12. —W. K. Kava naugh, president "f the Lakes to th'- Gulf Deep Waterway Association, is rallying today from an operation for appendicitis. ST. LOUIS PASTOR CALLS BACHELOR MORAL COWARD ST. I/H’IS, Sept. 12. “The old bach elor obstructs the social pleasures of our church. With the sophistry of a seasoned diplomat he impedes the road of true love, wooing but never wedding. He is a moral coward. “They ought to b» sent to a solitary farm in the Ozarks until they called for the society of marriage of some of the old maids they left on the shelf." This is the statement made by the Bev Ijouis Scott I’eßurgh. <m< of St. Louis lead ng pastors, in u stiim n'un matri mony. WEEyiLSWEO ; Army Worms Stole Their Food Last Year. Which Led to Death of Cotton Pest. JACKSON, .MISS., Sept 12.—The fil ial absence of the Mexican boll weevil in the northern portion of the delta this year ha- furnished a theme for much interesting speculation among agricul tural extierts. An explanation of the disappearance of the pest is offered by Dr. R V. Powers, of this city, a cotton glowin'- expert, who owns large plant ing interests in the delta. X "The weevil has disappeared simply , because he was starved out last yea',” -ays Dr. Powers, "it will be recalled that the ravages of the army wr>rm were • xeeedingly bad last year, espe cially in the upper counties of I lie delta. I he army worm came along just about this time of the \'ear, stripped the cot ton absolutely celan, and as a result the boll weevils actually starved to death, or perished beneath the blister ing lays of |he sun. and none was left for seed this year. It was literally a case of one pest destroying another, and. as the army worm rarely comes two years tn succession, the result is splendid ciops In the delta this sea son." According to reports received here, tiie general crop outlook in the delta i> the best for many years, and some planters declare that the cotton al ready made is more titan they will be able to pick with their available lahar suppli This is especially tine in the northern counties contiguous to Mem phis. HELPS NEIGHBOR. FALLS FOUR FLOORS TO DEATH NE\t YORK Sept. 12.—T0 be kind. .Mr- Margaret Thompson assisted her neighbor to hang out her wash. Reach ing out iii-i-i tiie fire escape edge on the fourth floor, she fell, dying instantly. SAVES A MAN FROM MOB: CAN’T GET RID OF HIM NEW YORK. Sept. 12.-—Captain Big Bill" Hodgins, of the Bronx Pre cinct. has a Turkish slave he doesn’t want, lie rescued Sheik Nasi from i mob, ami tiie Sh< ik non spends hi> days ctubd up on Hodgin s duur>leps. 2 Peach Pie Thieves Ask Pardon That They May Vote for Wilson Alabamans Who Stole Pastry at Picnic Beg Governor to Restore • Civil Rights. • MONTGOMERY, ALA.. Sept. 12. Two votes for AVoodrow Wilson may be gained in Alabama if Governor OtNeul convinces himself that the theft of a peach pie is not crime sufficient to warrant a man's franchise being taken from him. Two young men in south Alabama were convicted recently and their po litical rights taken away from them because they took a pie from the buggy of a farmer at a picnic. The young men have presented a petition to the governor, signed by hundreds of lead ing citizens, asking the restoration of their civil rights so that they can vote for Wilson. They tell the governor that they only took the pie for fun, and really didn’t mean to steal it. Tne governor is considering the ap plication. If he should grant the peti tion, he will do so in time for the young men to register and vote in the No vember election. COUNTY EMPLOYEES WILL HAVE TROUBLE GETTING PAY IN 1913 Fulton county’s commissioners de clared today they could not figure out how they will be able to pay the em ployees of the county for the first sev eral months of next year after the fee system has been changed to the salary system. The act of the legislature changing the system provides that the salaries of the employees shall come out of county I fees and from no other fund. There i won't be any fee fund for several months after the change of the sys tem. for the fees collected during the first several months will be due officials for services rendered this year. The salaries of the heads of the county departments are fixed at $5,000 each by the act of the legislature. The commission will take up the matter of fixing the salaries of the assistants within the next few weeks. Commissioner C. L. Anderson re marked at a meeting of a commission yesterday afternoon that the county would do well if it came out even en tire change from the fee to the salary system. All agreed that the first few months of next year would be lean months for the county employees. $100,000,000 HEIRESS LOSES $60,000 DOGS ON HONEYMOON NEW YORK, Sept. 12.—When Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm D. AVhitman, the only bridal couple on record who ever carried $60,000 worth of ixt-t dogs with them on a honeymoon journey, arrived yesterday from San Francisco, the dogs were missing. The 50 animals, attended by- three valets in a special car, reached Chicago safely, but somewhere between the city we call "AVlndy" and the city they call "Gotham" the little dears had been lost or sidetracked. Mr. AVhitman, at the Plaza yesterday, did not seem to be in utter despair. It has been reported that when the animal ear was delayed en route to Chicago from the coast he exclaimed: "Hang the confounded beasts,” or words to that effect Nevertheless, he added quick ly: "If my wife wants them, she's got a right to have as many as she likes." Mr. AVhitman married Miss Jennie Crocker.. $100,000,000 heiress, in San Francisco about ten days ago. ATLANTA GIRLWINS NEW PRAISE IN PLAY STAGED BY BELASCO Miss Gladys Hanson, the Atlanta girl whose stage career has been marked by success for several seasons, has won new laurels by her appearance In New York this week in “The Governor’s I®ady,“ a play by Alice Bradley, produced at the Re public theater by David Belasco. Miss Hanson played the role of Katherine Strickland, the senator's daughter, and the New York critics gave her high praise. Miss Hanson made Ijer first success as leading woman with E. H. Sothern and was leading woman with Kyrle Bellew for two seasons. Bellew died suddenly last year and Miss Hanson joined the Belasco forces after a summer's rest at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Snook, in Atlanta, Atlantans also will be interested in the fact that Emmett Corrigan, who led a stock company at the Grand several sea sons ago, is playing a prominent role in the same company with Miss Hanson. ASKS DIVORCE BECAUSE HUSBAND STAYS OUT LATE COLUMBUS, IND., Sept. 12. A ques tion about the proper time for a husband to return home at night Is raised in the divorce suit brought here by Mrs. Nina Muir against Archibald Muir. She says bls employment was during the daylight hours and that he had no legitimate busi ness to transact at night However, she alleges he frequently remained away un til midnight and that he had been known to stay out as late as 1 and 2 o'clock in the morning GAMBLER TO OPEN MARKET TO COMBAT LIVING COST CHI'’AG", Sept. 12.—Jim O'Leary, old-time gambler.' has announced lie will battle the high cost of living by ' opening a public market Mi 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE QUIET REIGNS INGUMMING; PRISONERS IN TOWER Town Quiets Down After All Black Suspects Are Rushed Out of Mob’s Reach. SHERIFF REID’S GRAPHIC STORY OF TERROR REIGN Forsyth Official Describes the Lynching and Exciting Inci dents That Followed. With every negro known to have been implicated In the attacks on whita women locked safely In the Atlanta Tower, the little town of Cumming, in Forsyth county, is quiet today for the first time since the discovery of a hor rible crime last Saturday. The mountaineers w ho have filled the streets for several days past have gone to their homes, the negroes who had been hiding in their homes for several days have recovered from their tenror, and Uie town is resuming Its- every day work. The mob which might have storm, d the Jails at Gainesville or Ma rietta realize that the Fulton Tower, with a city police force to defend it is impregnable. Sheriff Tells of Reign of Terror. “The people of Cumming have beer, sleeping with one eye open. The fall of night has brought fear and dread to the town and surrounding country, for there was no telling what might hap pen—it's the dread of treachery, the torch, and the knife stab in the back. We could easily handle any emergency in the day time. The white people ate armed and would promptly .crush any uprising on the part of the blacks. Ex citement has been high, and an uneasy feeling pervaded the community." In this way W. \V. Reid, the pic turesque sheriff of Forsyth county, summed up the situation in Cmnmlng on his hurried visit hen- from the little Georgia town that has undergone a reign of terror for several days past. The sheriff was seen at the Tower yes terday afternoon just after he had saved three negroes, one of them a woman, from lynching by rushing them to Atlanta In an automobile and placing them in the local Jail. A inob was al ready forming and giving vent to its feelings when the big sheriff, one of his deputies and four deputized citizens spirited away the trio of blacks. The town was in a reign of terror when Reid was talking. Whites Meant Business, He Says. "We are doing our best to cope with the situation and prevent any further trouble.” said the sheriff. “The murder of the young girl and other crimes of the past few days, however, have in flamed the people, and the feeling throughout the community is tense. Any show of resentment by the blacks would no doubt bring serious results. For the white people are armed, and they mean business. "The whites are not afraid of any at tack or uprising that might come in the daytime, it's the thought of treachery in the darkness that causes uneasiness. But if the negroes know what is best for them they will rest easy and be have themselves. The white people will not inob-st them —all they want is to get the guilty murderers and avenge one of the most horrible climes ever known In this state." Sheriff Reid gave a vivid description of the lynching Tuesday afternoon of Rob Edwards by a mob of 1,000 men. "1 was -at my home at the tim." he said. “When the mob began to form and feeling against tile negro burst forth in all its ffiry, I realized it was too lat to attempt to get the prisoner out of the Jail and spirit him away. There was hut one thing to do—l hid the jail keys. 1 did this as 1 .knew that even though I should be overpowered, the mob would still be handicapped by the missing keys. Crowd Demands Keys From Sheriff. “It was but a few minutes afterward that a crowd of fully 100 men called at my home and demanded The keys. I told them they could not get tile keys and begged them not to attempt vio lence. But they were deteimined. I might as well have talked to a rock wall. “Finally, one old fellow said: “'So you won't give us the keys, eh?' "1 informed him I would not. "Then, at a signal, the crowd march ed away from my home. Joined by hun dreds of others. th< mob at once went to the jail. There is no jailer on duty there, us 1 have to look aftti the jail