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VOL. XI. NO. 35.
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Father Called to Door of Home
in Fannin County Late at
Night and Shot.
ASSASSIN’S GUN CRUSHES
CHILD IN ARMS OF MOTHER
Wife Attacked When She Goes
to Aid of Her Husband-Vic
tim of Moonshiners.
RI.I'ERIDGE. GA., Sept. 12.—Molt
Hughes, a citizen of Rock Creek dis
•r: t. Fannin county, was brutally
murdered In the presence of his wife
\V. dnesday night, and their little child,
which Mrs. Hughes held in her arms, to
Injured that it is not expected to live.
An attempt was made to kill Hughes
from ambush Sunday night a week ago,
but only a part of a load of shot struck
him in the hip. doing no serious injury.
Wednesday night at 11 o’clock he
was aroused, called to his door and
shot, the ball entering his n\ck under
the chin. He fell outside the door and
was attempting to craw! back into the
house when the three men dragged him
back into the yard and shot him twice
more.
M'-s. Hughes was attempting to help
him back into the house after the first
shot when one of the crowd struck at
her with a gun and hit the child on the
head, crushing In its skull in such a
manner that it 1s not expected to live.
Mrs Hughes claims to have recog
nized some of the men, but Is afraid to
talk, as they threatened her with death
If she ever told anything
Revenue officers have recently cut
down several stills and made several
arrests in that section. That Hughes
is supposed to have given them infor
mation is the only motive, assigned for
the killing.
Sheriff Jenkins, of Fannin county,
with a targe posse, is on the scene,
endeavoring to capture the murderers.
E. E. BAWSEL NAMED
TO ROBERTS’ PLACE
AS TELEPHONE CHIEF
E. E. Bawsel, special agent to the
general commercial superintendent of
the Southern Bell Telephone Company,
was today appointed superintendent of
the Georgia division, to succeed W. B.
Roberts, who died a few days ago. Mr.
Bawsel’s appointment was announced
by the company this afternoon.
Mr. Bawsel has been connected with
the company for 34 years, entering as
operator in Washington in 1878. He
"as rapidly promoted, and for a time
was manager of the Savannah ex
change. From 1901 until 1911 he was
superintendent of the Southern division
of the American Telephone Company,
with headquarters in Atlanta. In April
of last year he became special agent to
the general commercial superintendent,
which position he held until his pro
motion today. He has been acting su
perintendent throughout the illness of
Mr. Roberts and is thoroughly familiar
with his duties. Mr. Bawsel has made
his home in Atlanta for many years.
THIEF IN FASHIONABLE
DISTRICT OF AUGUSTA
TAKES ONLY MONEY
AL’GUSTA. GA., Sept. 13.—An epi
demic of robberies prevails in Greene
street, one of the most fashionable res
idence streets in the city. A thief en
ters residences, by windows most often,
and takes only money. He leaves jew
sl’y and silverware.
Among the homes robbed within the
oast few days were those of Dr. Charles
Crane, Mrs. C. W. Hickman. Major
w H. Crane and A. F. Cromee.
In one instance the thief took all the
money from a man’s trousers pockets
and left nis tvatch.
RiSK FIRMS MUST USE
N. Y. STANDARD POLICY
1 omptroller General Wright today
nt out a letter to all fire insurance
in Georgia notifying thptn
hat he has prescribed the form of pol
known as the New York standard
1 all companies doing business in this
elate.
I nder the new law, the comptroller
’ required to bring all fire insurance
1,1 i' i"s in Georgia to a uniform and
■''neurrent form. The companies are
tain 3d days in which to comply with
Ult comptroller s order,
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEOßGl AN WANT ADS~Use For Results.
GED.IOGIH
WIFE HE ID
SUICIDM.
PACT
Famous General. Russo-Japa-i
nese War Hero. Enacts
Dual Tragedy.
FRIEND OF DEAD MIKADO.
HE DIED FOR HIS MEMORY
Shinto Religion Makes It a Vir
tue To Give Up Life
For Friend.
TOKIO, Sept. 13.—General Nogi,
hero of the Russian-Japanese war, and
his wife committed suicide here to
night. The dual tragedy was the re
sult of a suicide pact
The suicide of General Nogi and
his wife came as a climax to the fu
neral services conducted for Emperor
Mutsuhito. The general was a devoted
friend of the late mikado and it is be
lieved that grief over the death of the
monarch drove the general to the de
cision to commit suicide In accordance
with the Shinto belief that It is just
and holy to die in memory of a friend.
General Nogi was 64 years old and
his wife was about three years his
junior. As director of the Japanese
operations against Port Arthur he won
undying fame.
Nogi shared with Field Marshal
Oyatua the highest honors for the great
victory over Russia. The only criti
cism which he received was caused
by the failure of one of his flank at
tacks on the Russian forces at Mukden.
Nogi assumed full responsibility for
this and was received with the high
est honors in spite of his mistake when
he returned home from the war.
BROTHER ACCUSED
OF KILLING WRESTLER
SAID TO BE BIGAMIST
WALDEN. N. Y.. Sept. 13.—Detec
tives left here today for Massachusetts
to bring back two women, alleged wives
of William Grace, to testify Monday at
the inquest into the death of “Jack”
Grace, a Boston wrestler, with whose
murder, William, his brother, is
charged. One woman is said to live
in Fall River, Mass., and the other in
Lowell, Mass.
Mrs. Fannie Andrews Grace, whom
William Grace married here Wednes
day, declares that she believes in\Her
husband. She followed her htfsband
here from New York when Grace came
to give himself up.
On ihe other hand, the widow of
"Jack" Grace repeats the charge first
made by her husband, that William
Grace is a bigamist. The police are
investigating today along the lines in
dicated in her charges, namely, that
Jack Grace came here to prevent the
marriage of his brother, whom he knew
to be already married, and that he was
slain and robbed before he could re
veal the former’s alleged marriages.
DIVORCED AND REWED,
HE PLEADS GUILTY TO
BIGAMY; NAME? SIMP!
MONTGOMERY, ALA., Sept. 13.
Simp Pike, a white man convicted and
sentenced in Cleburne county last
spring to serve two years for bigamy,
owes his freedom to his zealous law
yer, who has unearthed the fact that
Pike got a divorce from his first wife in
Texas several years ago.
Pike, it is said, was so ignorant at
His trial that he pleaded guilty to the
charge. It has since been established
beyond doubt that the bonds of matri
mony with the first wife were dis
solved legally in Texas, and that Pike
had a perfect right to marry again.
Governor O'Neal immediately paroled
Pike.
DR. J. E. WHITE RECOVERS
FROM RUNAWAY INJURIES
Dr. John E. White is rapidly recov
ering from his injuries received in the
runaway last Sunday. He will preach
Sunday morning on the "Fascination of
Religion."
His sermon Sunday night will be ad
dressed particularly to the progressive
spirit all over the country his subject
being "Do It.”
CHASE. ALA.. POSTOFFICE
SAFE BLOWN: $l3O TAKEN
HFNTSVILLK. ALA . Sept. 13.--Yegg -
men bleu the nafe in the postoffice at
(’hase. Ala. with nitroglycerin todav and
secured $l3O in cash The Chase com
pany*’ commissure was robbed of S3O and
I ihe depot safe of S3O The robbers es
caped on a train.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1912.
Women, in Men's Garb,
Tar and Feather Girl;
Drive Her From Town
f . .
Victim Is Lured to a Lonely I
Spot, Stripped and Given a
Molten Coat.
NORWALK. OHIO, Sept. 13.—The
authorities at Clarksville are search
ing for eight married women who, dis
guised in men's clothing, tarred and j
i feathered Miss Minnie Lavally, a pret- I
| ty 22-year-old girl, near the town lasi '
night and then warned her to leave or i
I suffer worse consequences. Arrests ;
I were threatened by the police if they ;
! could learn the identity of the eight,
| women.
I An attempt was made to fflld the La. ■
i vally girl that she might appear against
| the women, but the police could not get
any trace of her.
A scandal, involving a number of
families, is threatened as a result of
the affair. The women dressed them
! selves in their husbands' clothing, then
lured the girl to a lonely spot about a
mile from the town The victim was
stripped and molten tar was poured
over her body. She was then warned
to leave and “never show her face in
Clarksville again."
JAPANESE JAILS OPEN
AT EMPEROR’S ORDER
IN MIKADO’S MEMORY
i TOKIO, Si ;t. 13. Announcement was
I made lasi nigh' at the imperial palace
that Emperor Yoshihito had granted
amnesty to prisoners hi' all the jails'
and had donated $500,090 to charity in
recognition of the memory of his fa I
ther. Emperor Mutsuhito.
j The greatest military display ever!
i seen in the streets of Tokio marked to
| night the conclusion of today's final
ceremonies for Emperor Mutsuhito.
More than 76,000 infantrymen, cava!
rymen and sailors either took an active
part in the ceremonials or patrolled the
streets to open up traffic and prevent
congestion of the hundreds of thou
sands of persons who thronged all
thoroughfares of the city.
Foreign government representatives,
used to imposing, warlike displays in
the capital cities of empires, were as -
tounded at the spectacle. Not only
were they surprised at the large num
bers of warriors, but at the strict mar
tial bearing and the exemplary disci
pline maintained.
ARMUCHEE YOUTHS
CONFESS LOOTING
MANY FARM BARNS
ROME, GA„ Sept. 13.—Accused of
ransacking a number of farms and get
ting several hundred dollars worth of
harness, farm tools and implements,
Quitman Miller and C. T. Miller, young
men j nt in Armuchee, pleaded
guilt I Judge Reese.
The n ,' S extended over a period
of six months. Nearly every morning
some farmer would awake to find that
his barn had been entered the night
before. Officers ferreted out the case
and arrested the Millers. They were
indicted by the grand jury. Twenty
true bills were brought against each.
They were fined $25 in five counts each,
and fifteen true bills were quashed.
COLUMBUS. O.?CHIEF
REINSTATED; MAYOR
IS RAPPED IN REPORT
COLUMBUS, OHIO. Sept. 13.
Charles E. Carter was today reinstated
by the civil service commission as chief
of police. The commission ruled that
Mayor Karb had not proved his charges
against Carter and that the latter's
suspension was unwarranted.
The decision found that Carter had
used all diligence in attempting to sup
press gambling, but that he had re
ceived little help from official sources,
morally and ethically bound to aid him.
I The commission also severely criticised
Mayor Karb and Solicitor Bolin for
their withdrawal in the prosecution of
the case.
AUTO HITS MAN7AT
CROWDED CORNER
AND SPEEDS AWAY
J. J. Roles, of 150 Summit avenue,
employed by the Stephenson Plumbing
Company, was knocked down today at
Whitehall and Hunter streets by an
automobilist who did not stop his car
after the accident.
Roles had to be carried to the Grady
hospital to have his injuries dressed.
He was picked up by passersby as he
fell in the street. There was no police
man present at this crowded corner to
stop the driver of the automobile,
which was said to be running swiftly
when it struck the man
FATHER OF DOOMED
SLAYER OUT ON BOND
1 MONTGOMERY. ALA Sept. 13.
Sidney Jones, father of Walter Jones,
who is under death sentence for the
murder of Sloan Rowan, a Benton mer
chant, was released from jail today up
on furnishing a bond of SIO,OOO. Sid
ney Jones and J. H. Felder are ac
cused of complicity in the murder. Fel
der has failed so far to make bond.
PAINLESS SHAVES.
ROME, GA.. Sept. 13.—" Shaving
without pain or whiskers refunded/'
is a sign that a local barber shop has
I hung up in the window, and in large
I letters too The proprietor aaya ha
i means business and isn’t joking In the
REBELSW
BYCAVALRY
FLEE FROM
BORDER
Advance on Agua Prieta. Fac
ing Douglas. Arizona, and
Then Retreat.
UNITED STATES’ WARNING
IS RESENTED. BUT HEEDED
Fears Now Felt for Safety of
Americans at El Tigre. At
tacked Today.
DOUGLAS. ARIZ., Sept. 13. After a
skirmish before daylight and a threat
ened attack on Agua Prieta, General
Antonio Rojas' rebels fell back today,
awed by the American cavalry patrol
ling the border here. The two cannon
wheeled forward with evident intent of
shelling the little Mexican border-town
were hauled back, the rebels struck
camp and trailed away into the foot
j hills to the south. At noon only the dy
l ing embers of their camp fire and a
! cloud of dust to the south indicated
! that they had been near the town.
Danger of an Immediate attack on
■ Agua Prieta is believed to be over, but
fears for Americans in the mining
towns near the border have been in
creased It is known that General Sal
azar. with two hundred rebels, today
attacked El Tigre, a mining camp. This
news was brought by a courier who
escaped the rebel lines and rode to the
border.
General Rojas, according to scouts
who have been trailing him since the
retreat was begun, believe he plans an
attack on Cananea or Nacozarl.
A courier was dispatched late last
night warning the rebels against firing
across the boundary.
Rebel Leader
Insolent in Reply.
It was not until this morning that an
answer was received. Couched in in
solent terms, evidently intended to
sting the Americans Into armed pro
test, Rojas declared that if the Ameri
can government chose to aid the fed
eral troops they must take the conse
quences.
The rebels with a far superior force,
moved up during the night closer to
the little Mexican border town. Their
main army was to the southward of
Agua Prieta, the position having been
shifted slightly so that their fire is
trained directly on Douglas
The garrison of Agua Prieta, having
heeded the warning of the American
troopers guarding the border, shifted
their two machine guns to the east edge
of the village, and made preparations to
defend against an attack from the east.
American troopers were sent out
earlier than usual today for border pa
trol.
U. S. Permitted To Send
Troops After Rebels.
It Is understood that the state de
partment at Washington has requested
and received permission from the Mex
ican government to send small detach
ments across the frontier to punish any
rebels who fire into American territory
and to prevent a repetition of the of
fense.
President Madero has the power to
grant such permission and it is said
here this would be regarded in no sense
as intervention in Mexican internal af
fairs.
SANTO DOMINGO IS IN
REVOLT; 2 GUNBOATS
TO GUARD AMERICANS
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13. —News that
a revolution long smouldering in Santo
Domingo has broken out in full force
caused the state department today to
request Acting Secretary of the Navy
Andrews to send a United States gun
boat to the Dominican coast to protect
American interests there. Admiral An
drews accordingly ordered the gunboat
Wheeling from Guantanamo to pro*
i eed with the Petrel, now stationed
along the northern coast of Cuba tj
Santo Domingo.
Both vessels have orders to patrol
lhe coast and to afford such assistance
as is necessary to foreigners in the
Central American republic. Bluejack
ets and marines are to be landed if the
occasion demands.
JOS. CHAMBERLAIN IS NEAR
DEATH; PARALYSIS SETS IN
LONDON. Kept. 13.—Friends of Joseph
Chamberlain, the English statesman, who
is ill. today professed great alarm over
his condition, when It became known
that almost complete paralysis had set
in No attempt was made to hide the
fact that death would not be unexpected.
Mr. Chamberlain's advanced age Is
against recovery He is 76 years old.
Great Reception Planned For Dr. MacArthur
HOKE SMITH TO PRESIDE
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Leading Citizens of Atlanta to
Welcome Returning Baptist
Tabernacle Pastor.
Senator Hoke Smith will preside at a
big receptitfn tonight to mark the re
turn of Dr. Robert Stuart MacArthur,
pastor of the Baptist Taberpacle.
The famous minister returns today
from a ‘vacation’’ in the North to take
up the permanent pastorate of the Tab
ernacle, settling a row which threat
ened to split the big church some
months ago. One of the biggest dem
onstrations ever given a divine in this
city is planned to mark his home
coming.
Governor Brown. It was said at the
same time, would be among the nota
bles on the platform, but he Is out of
town.
Governor-elect John M. Slaton is also
announced as one of those to be on the
platform and will probably attend if
he can get away in time from the
Credit Men whom he is scheduled to
address.
Dr. MacArthur will be welcomed with
a deluge of oratory from both men and
women. Twenty-four speakers, repre
senting both the church and state,
have been chosen to extend to Dr. Mac-
Arthur genuine heartfelt greetings and
to tell him that the people of the whole
city of Atlanta are glad that he is back
again in their midst to resume his la
bors of love and Christianity.
This lengthy program, however, does
not mean that the welcome exercises
will be unusually long, as the speak
ers will all be limited to two or three
minutes. Following the addresses of
welcome, Dr. MacArthur will respond
United States Senator Hoke Smith
will preside as master of ceremonies.
The other speakers are Governor-elect
John M. Slaton. Judge John S. Candler.
J. R. Smith. John Alexander, W. S.
Witham. Robert A. Broyles, Dr. John
W. Daniel. Dr. John F. Purser, Dr. John
E. White, Dr. C. A. Ridley, Dr. S. R.
Belk, Dr. C. B. Wilmer. Dr. A. T.
Spalding. Rev E. H Peacock, Dr. J. W.
I Millard. Dr. A R. Holderby, C. W.
Hatcher. Dr. William T. Jones, Mrs.
George T. Peacock, Miss J. C. Presley.
Miss Martha Harris and Mrs. Calla
han.
The addresses will be interspersed
with special music by the Tabernacle
choir, under direction of Professor A.
C. Boatman.
The committee in charge of arrange
ments is planning to make the occa
sion one of the greatest of its kind ever
known in the South.
WALDO TAKES STAND
FOR SEVERE GRILLING
NEW YORK, Sept. 13. With the rep
| resentative of the district attorney to rec
j ord every bit of testimony brought out,
Rhinelander Waldo took the stand be
fore the graft Investigating committee
this afternoon
The committee, angry at their inabil
ity to gain any information from May
lor Gaynor at his appearance a few days
lago, expected to give Waldo, who Is Gay
| ror s appointee, a severe grilling
DR. R. S. MacARTHUR.
FINOS OMID;
3 WOMEN BITTEN
Child at Fort Also a Victim and
Post Residents Are Badly
Frightened.
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Three women, a sergeant's little child
and one man living near Fort McPher
son were thrown Into consternation to
day by the report of Major David Ba
ker, post surgeon, that a dog which
recently bit them had a clearly devel
oped case of rabies.
Mrs. Dave Floyd, Miss Daisy San
ders of Macon. Lettie Russ and Dave
Floyd and the little child of Sergeant
Ruff, of the Seventeenth regiment, were
the persons bitten by the dog.
Major Baker, after examining the
dog's head, advised that all of them
apply at once to the state for the Pas
teur treatment.
The dog bit several other dogs before
it was finally killed and as these dogs
are now at large and' not all of them
knowm, the section around the fort is in
terror.
The dog which Major Baker exam
ined Is supposed to have been bitten by
the little mascot of the regiment which
several weeks ago bit ten soldiers at
the fort.
STUDENT IS KILLED
IN A HAZING STUNT
AT NORTH CAROLINA
RALEIGH, N. C., Sept 13.—William
Rand, a freshman at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was
killed today by falling from a barrel on
which he was being made to dance for
the sport of a group of sophomores.
When he fell he struck a broken
pitcher which was on the ground and
cut his throat. He bled to death before
medical assistance could be given him.
The accident occurred about 1 o'clock
this morning.
Rand was from Smithfield, N. C. The
new term at the university had just
begun. The atastrophe was a tragic
jest of fate at the fun a number of
sophomores have been having hazing
the freshmen since school opened
The coroner this morning summoned
a Jury and began an inquest into the
tragedy. ■*.
It was declared at the university that
aßnd’s death would mean the end of
hazing for all time. All Chapel Hill
was shocked and deeply grieved.
DR. STARNES BANKRUPT
Dr. W. A. Starnes, ( >f 303 Grant street,
filed today in the Federal court a peti
tion asking to be declared a bankrupt.
He gives bls liabilities as >4,063.48 and
his assets as $3,294. Os the assets $2,000
Is In a life insurance policy and the
remainder Is notes and personal effects,
on the latter of which he claims a
homestead exemption.
EXTRA
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE
ARKWRIGHT
DEFUSES TO
■EIEW
EM
Rate War in Macon Nothing
Less Than Cutthroat Game,
He Declares. •
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CALLS PRESENT RATES
LOW AND REASONABLE
Chambers Favors Accepting
Submitted Offer if There Is
No Sign of Competition. /
Preston Arkwright, president of the
Georgia Railway and Power Company
declared today that the low bid sub-’
mitted in Macon for street lighting was
due to a “cut throat" war between two
electric companies. He said he would
not submit any new bid for Atlanta's
street lighting.
Holding up the bld of the Georgia
RaJlway and Power Company for At
lanta's new contract for street lighting,
which has been approved by the elec!
trie lights committee of council, City
Electrician Turner declared today- that
council should not accept the contract.
He said that Atlanta should have as
low rates as Macon, and that he would
endeavor to get council to ask for new
blds at its next meeting.
He, said he would go to Macon to
morrow and investigate conditions and
rates there.
Chambers Would
Favor Competition.
Councilman Aldine Chambers, one of
the leaders in the old fight for reduced
rates which resulted in important con
cessions by the electric company, said
that an afternoon paper had misquoted
| him in saying that he favored asking
for new blds for the street lights. He
said that If the Central Georgia Power
Company, the company which has
submitted the low bld in Macon, or
any other company signified any desire
to compete with the Georgia Railway
and Power Company, he favored ask
ing for new bld®. Otherwise, he said
he favored accepting the present bid of
the Georgia Railway and Power Com
pany.
City Electrictan Turner said that if
no other company would bid. he was In
favor of continuing under the old ebn
tract, much higher than the new terms,
until an electric power plant could be
built by the city in conjunction with
the new crematory.
Found 1912 Bids
Low and Reasonable.
Here is Mr. Arkwright's statement;
In March. 1912, the city of At
lanta advertised for blds for fur
nishing street lights. Pursuant to
this advertisement Georgia Railway
and Power Company submitted a
sealed bid April 3. 1912, at the fol
lowing prices:
7 1-2 Ampere 480-watt arc lamps,
$55 per annum.
100-watt 80-c. p Tungsten lamps,
$22 per annum.
White Way posts, containing five
100-watt 80-c. p. Tungsten lamps
each, at the rate of S3O per White
Way post per annum.
At the request of the city coun
cil, additional bids were made on
June 10 and June 13 for other forms
of electric lights. The question of
prices for street lighting was thor
oughly investigated by the city
council and its committee, and tn
June the bids were considered by
the committee on electric lights.
This committee asked for some
modifications In the interest of the
city, which were granted by the
company, and the proposition of
the company as modified on re
quest of the committee was unani
mously accented by the committee.
After Investigating the prices
charged In various other cities of
the United States, the city officials
and the members of thd committee
generally conceded that the prices
offered by this company were rea
sonable and low.
In the city of Macon there Is a
cut-throat rate war between two
companies. Each company is try
. ing to run the other out of the
field, or to force the stronger com
pany to buy out the weaker one.
As is always the case in situations
of this kind, the prices for electric
lights during the temporary period
of the fight between the two com
panies are made without regard to
cost.
The prices quoted for Macon are
less than the actual operating cost
of furnishing service. These prices
are made for the avowed purpose
of running the other company out
of business. It is exactly the same
practice as is ascribed to the
Standard Oil Company. For illus
tration, when an independent com
pany entered the field, the Stand
ard would cut their own prices so
low that the independent company
couldn’t meet them until the inde
;>enduit company had been forced
into Dankruptcy, then the price of
oil would go up not only to what it
was before, but sufficiently higher
to cover the expense of. the fight.
So it is in Macon; the prices quot
ed are only temporary, and when
the fight is over they will be high
er than they would have been if
! there hud been no light at all.
