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\ ()L. XL NO. 36.
SMBKEBOJHO
ITimEO;
‘ILOGKING
REEOHM’
Councilman Smith and Others
Declare the Commission Has
Exceeded Its Authority.
DENOUNCE ATTEMPT T€
CRIPPLE REGULATIONS
Investigation of Effort to Make
Mild Rules Less “Stringent”
Will Be Demanded.
Declaring that the city smoke com
mission had exceeded its authority in
amending the smoke ordinance, Coun
cilman Charles W. Smith, father of the
n) . isuir. said today that he would vig
oppose the changes made. He
declared he would immediately begin a
personal investigation into the action
nf the commission.
"We adopted one of the mildest or
dinances in the United States,” contin
ued Mr. Smith. "It is far more liberal
than the laws of any of the larger cities.
Al! of its effectiveness is about to be
destroyed by the action of the smoke
commission.
■Smoke must go In Atlanta. We are
face to face with the issue. We must
not we!<‘h."*
Commission Exceeded
Its Authority, Say All.
\ erman James R. Nutting said that
th* < omni’-sion was wrong in trying to
frame the smotT' regulations for At
rq. He said if the present ordinance
unsatisfactory it was the duty of
the ( omtnission to recommend changes
to council and not try to arbitrarily
change the law.
W D. Ellis, Jr., assistant city attor
ney. said today that the commission
*is obviously beyond its authority in
attempting to change council’s ordi
nance He said the duty of all boards
and commissions was’confined to rec
ommendations to council and to an ad
ministration of the law rather than the
flaming of legislation.
R. M. Harwell, chairman of the
smoke commission, insisted at the
meeting yesterday that the commission
had no right to change the smoke or
dinance. But the others present were
all against him.
By adopting the report of the rules
committee, the commission changed
practically the whole effect of the
smoke ordinance. The changes are
nominally rules for Inspector McMi
chael to work by.
Elsas Warns Them
To Be Conservative.
"ne rules holds that tIP» omitting of
black smoke from stacks between the
hours of 5:30 and 7 o'clock in the morn
ing. the firing-up time, shall not be
an offense, unless it is emitted for more
than ;,u minutes of the hour.
lite ordinance now' provides that
b a k smoke shall not he emitted from
m . stack for more than twelve min
-1,1 the hour. The limit in most
cities is, less than five minutes.
lite new rules of the commission are
1 at during other hours of the day the
|'| -hall be twelve minutes for stacks
' 1 ''-s than three feet in diameter.
'"trt cn minutes for stacks of 'less
an seven feet in diameter and six
teen minutes for stacks of more than
s, 'en feet in diameter.
'immissloner Oscar Elsas, a promi
,! ‘i i manufacturer, said that unless the
ls mnission proceeded in a conserva
ntanner it might arouse the anl
" ’ty of the manufacturers and kill
■e movement to abate the smoke nui
sance.
1 oinmissioner Schoen said that it
not intended that th- ordinance
°uld impose any hardship on the
manufacturers. He advocated giving
b f manufacturers six months notice
stop th, excess of smoke. The oth
s voting for the amendments were
1 ’’"miissionera Corley and Essig. May-
Minn and Commissioner Renfroe
v 1 r< absent.
Could Stop It In 30
Days, Says Expert.
'nspector Flagg. of the I nited States
Uoirnment, who came to Atlanta Io
erm the Chamber of Commerce of
mike conditions here, said that the
ke niusance in Atlanta could b<
’ "dnated in 30 days. He said the
I' nicipal method of stopping the smok<
by a proper construction of fur
' and boilers. It would take set ■
*months to adjust some plants
"mt a serious liarship, he explained.
'"i the I'ei'ornmendatiun of Inspector
Michael, the commission adopted a
-oiution iei'otninemling to council a
-illation of all boilers in the city ami
1 ' er<atjon of boiler Inspector.
The Atlanta Georgian
Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS~Use For Results.
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: jane Addams to
: Stump Country
: For Bull Moose •
• NEVA YORK, Sept. 14. Miss *
• Jane Addams, of Hull House. Chi- •
• cago. will take the stump for the •
• Bull Mo< se party, it was an- •
• nounced today, beginning Septem- •
• her 25, and will begin her work •
• with a big mass meeting in New •
• York. •
• "Much of Miss Addams" speak- •
• ing will be done in the middle •
• TV est and West, where an active *
• suffrage campaign is on.” said •
• Miss Frances Keller at the na- •
• tional headquarters. Miss Keller •
• will direct the tour of Miss Ad- •
• dams, which, from tile number of •
• speeches to be made and the •
• jumps, wil] be almost as strenu- *
• ous as those of Colonel Roose- •
• velt. 9
STORM SWEEPS SEA
OVER BULKHEADS OF
HARBOR AT MOBILE
MOBILE, ALA., Sept. 14. -This city
is threatened w ith a flood as the result i
of a heavy storm w hich is sweeping the
sea over the harbor bulkheads. The
wind attained a velocity of 75 miles an
hour. Rain has been falling in torrents
for hours. Early today a number of
cellars were flooded and merchants be
gan moving their slock to high places.
The storm has extended along the
coast as far east as Elorida. Ship
ping along the eastern rim of the Gulf
of Mexico was driven into harbors, but
fears are felt for vessels which were
overtaken too far away to make port.
At Pensacola, Fla., the wind attained
a velocity of 76 miles an hour. One
steamer and one bark were grounded
and barges and timber driven ashore.
Considerable damage was also caused
to small craft and little damage to
buildings.
ATLANTA DESERTER,IN
MACON. SURRENDERS
BECAUSE HE’S HUNGRY
MACON. GA.. Sept. 14—A ragged,
emaciated young man walked up to a
Macon policeman this afternoon, de
clared he was I. C. Farmington. a de
serter f> dm the United States army at
Fort McPherson. Atlanta, and asked to
be locked up. He said he had lived in
the woods ever since his desertion last
week, and that he was well-nigh
starved.
The officials in Atlanta have been
notified. When Farmington was placed
in the barracks he begged for some
thing to eat and said that hunger alone
impelled him to surrender.
PLAYMATES' FIRST
AID SAVES BOY FROM
BLEEDING TO DEATH
Prompt action by his playmates in
binding his arm with handkerchiefs
probably saved Welborn Cody, thirteen
years of age. of 254 Spring street, from
bleeding to death today when he fell on
a broken bottle and cut an artery in
his right arm while playing football In
a vacant lot in West Peachtree street.
Young Cody is a son of Captain W. B.
Cody, of firn company No. 4.
The handkerchief bandage stayed the
How of blood, which had gushed’ from
the boy's arm in a stream, until he
could he rushed to Grady hospital in an
ambulance. It is announced at the hos
pital that his condition is not serious.
TAFT TO SPEND HIS
55TH BIRTHDAY AT
AUNT DELIA'S HOME
BEVERLY MASS.. Sept 14.—Presi
dent Taft had as his opponent on the
Myopia links today Secretary of the
Navy George Von L. Meyer, who re
sides at Hamilton. After a round of
the course the president began making
arrangements for making the trip to
Milbury. w here he w ill spend the even
ing and tomorrow, his fifty-fifth birth
day as guest of "Aunt" Delia Torrey.
Tlitre will be a family gathering at
Milbury. Mrs Taft. Miss Helen. Rob
ert A. Taft and Major Thomas Rhoades
will go over with the president.
SANITATION PLANKS
FEATURE PLATFORM
OF DR. GEO. BROWN
Di. George Brown, candidate for
mayor, issued his platform today.
Sanitation measures constitute its
principal planks,. Dr. Brown wants a
municipal bureau to solve the servant
problem and eradicate the danger of
disease from filth in the homes of ne
gro servants and urges the erection of
two public bath houses.
The candidate also coitu s out against
tlte suggested raise in the city tax rate
and favors marked increases in pay
for city employees.
ALLEN AND EDWARDS NOW
CAUGHT IN DES MOINES. IA.
Dl’j< MOINES. IOWA, Sept. 14 Two
men, sill'd to be Sidna Allen and Wes
ley Edwards, <>f the Allen gang noto
rious in the Carroll county Virginia.
! < ourt homo tragedy. w eu- arrest’ d heli
I todu! Date, lives from Roanoke, Va.,
| made tin captlift'
ATLANTA. GA.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 14. 1912.
NEGRO LODGE
NEARRIOT;
POLICE ENO
SESSIONS
Weapons Drawn at Colored
Odd Fellows Meet in an All-
Night Election Row.
FORCED TO ADJOURN
WITHOUT NAMING CHIEF
Fight Is Precipitated by an
Attack on the Character of
Atlanta Candidate.
After a week of peaceful and orderly,
meetings, the national convention of i
negro Odd Fellows, in session at the
Auditorium, was adjourned by orders .
of the police at an early hour today’ as i
the climax of an all-night session at '
which a struggle for the chair was i
marked by drawn weapons. The dis- ,
order arose over the election of officers,
and when the police interfered the con. ;
vention was adjourned* for 60 days
without an election having been 1
reached. The factional dispute threat
ens to bring on a split in the organi
zation which may have serious effect
upon its future.
Yesterday was the last day of the
convention, and the delegates contin
ued their work far into the night. It
was late in the day when the election
of a grand master, head of the
was reached, and the delegates bal
loted and argued until far after mid
night. There had been circulated an
attack on the character of Benjamin
J. Davis, an Atlanta editor, who was
a candidate for grand master, and the
delegates divided into his supporters
and those of E. H. Morris, of Chicago,
present of the order and candi
date fcr re-election.
Morris was presiding, but shortly aft
er midnight left the chair and took the
floor in his own behalf, turning over
the gavel to Henry Lincoln Johnson,
registrar of deeds at Washington, and
a prominent negro politician. Johnson
is deputy grand master of the order and
next in line to Morris.
Police Forced
To Intervene.
It was close to 4 o'clock, and the bat
tle had been waging for hours, when
Morris, finding his contentions over
ridden by Johnson, in the chair, at
tempted to resume the gavel and pre
side over the convention. Johnson re
fused to yield his place and the whole
convention was thrown into disorder.
The yelling and hissing caused such a
scene that Policemen King and Smith,
detailed to duty at the Auditorium, ran
to the rostrum, ordered Johnson to
yield the chair to Morris and forced the
latter to declare the convention ad
journed. One knife was drawn by a
delegate, said to be an assistant sec
retary from North Carolina, hut the
policemen took this away from him and
also took the heavy gavel from John
son. No arrests were made. The ad
journment was taken for 60 days, In
which time a campaign for votes will
be waged by the rival candidates and
another convention called in the At
lanta Auditorium, provided the negroes
can get that building again.
Morris at first attempted to have the
convention adjourned sine die. it is re
ported, which would have left him at
the head of the order, but Johnson, who
was presiding at the time, put over a
motion for a 60-da.y adjournment in
stead.
Johnson declared today that Morris,
while on the floor, endeavored to have I
the votes east in away most favorable
to him. and delegates from Georgia and
Mississippi led a vigorous protest
against this.
RICHMOND BOOSTERS
NOT TO PASS AROUND
JUG IN “DRY”STATES
RICHMOND, VA.. Sept. 14.—N0 liq-|
uor will be distributed by the Richmond I
boosters when they make a tour of the
Carolinas next week in a special car.
I.ast year the boosters left a trail of
wet goods along the route when they
invaded these two states, and they were |
planning to repeat the trick w hen word
reached here that the cold shoulder
would be passed out to them In large
packages In certain parts of North Car
olina, and perhaps in South Carolina,
too, if they attempted to put addition
al temptation in the way of folks along
the route.
It Is *st ima I• d that the Richmond
mail order busnii tn wet goods, from
North Carolina alone brings more than
iu ludlivn a seat into circulation here.
Hillman, Refreshing ‘Africa’ With ‘Dew,’ Flees Sleuths
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TROLLEY GO. TILS
OPPMEEST.
So Says General Anderson,
Replying to Complaints of
Delay in Improvement.
That the Georgia Railway and Power
Company is delaying the completion of
the work on Peachtree street at the
Baker and West Peachtree streets
junction was the assertion made today
by General Clifford 1.. Anderson at a
scheduled meeting of the county com
mission committee on public works.
General Anderson was the only member
present. v
Complaints over the delay in finishing
the repaving of the street were made
to him and the official put the re
sponsibility of the loss of time on the
street car company.
"The county forces completed the re
grading pact of the work several weeks
ago.” said General Anderson. "All was
ready for repaving the street, except
for the lowering of the street ear
tracks. The company is attending to
that now, and our next question to
consider i.s what the sire, t shall be
paved with. Unless the city makes
some preparation for paving material,
the county forces will have to lay some
temporary substance there.
CANAL TO BE OPENED
OFFICIALLY JAN. 1. 1915
WASHINGTON. Sept 14 A repo t
from the Panama canal commission
sat s that while tile official dat< for the
opening of the canal has been set for
.Januarv 1. 191.', tin- present Indication
are that the canal will be practically
completed in the fall of 19111 and It i
the Inteiitmti of the United Stu - to
allow vessels to pa-s through tin , anal
ait boon as it is completed.
Mountaineer. Fearing Arrest.
Fails to Call at Police Station
for Quaint Rig.
An old rickety, covered wagon—
somewhat resembling the prairie
schooner and a scrawny, long-tailed,
long-maned horse, both typical of the
north Georgia mountains, are held in
the stable yard of the police station
awaiting their owner to call and claim
them.
But the chances are that they'll wait
a long time.
The owner -an unidentified moun
taineer hailing from somewhere in the
illicit still wilds of north Georgia no
doubt wants the horse and wagon more
than do the police, and is anxious, very
anxious, to get It again. Rut. at the
same time, he is figuring that the po
lice want him even more than he wants
his horse and wagon, and hence the
conclusion that it's an easy 100 to 1
shot he’ll never call.
He is faced by two alternatives,
neither of which is calculated to tickle
him. He is privileged to call and get
his horse and wagon, but if he does,
he will be arrested for selling moon
shine liquor to thirsty denizens of De
ratin' street, and will face a term In
lhe chaingang. If he doesn't claim his
>w n, the horse and wagon will be sold
by Police Chief Beavers at public out
■ry at the regular "ole boss sale."
Either way, the mountaineer loses. It’s
simply up to him to pick the easiest
place to fall.
Fleas at Sight of Sleuths.
Weighing the problem carefully, he’ll
no doubt decide that liberty, the fresh,
•lisp mountain air and his customary
billy life amid the rugged wilds of his
little mountain cabin are worth more
to him than his faithful old steed and
i’’iually faithful old wagon and a term
at hard labor in stripes.
The wagon was confiscated by De
tectives George Bullard and John
Black in Rhodes wagon yard in De
■ aiur street. That tiie owner is missing
instead of being eaged behind prison
bars Is dui to the fact that he lied at
-■igbt of the ottl. .1 'll. slipped out ”f
the wagon vard in the> entile.l Willi
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Associated Charities Equips
170 Tots for School- City
Confronted by Problem.
The unusually large number of re
quests for books and clothing for school
children made at the Associated Chari
ties this week may result in an agita
tion for free text-books to be furnished
by the city.
More than 170 children we e fur
nished with books by the charities of
fice and a like number was given
, clothes. This is by far the largest
number of white children who have
been aided in this amnner in Atlanta,
and is an indication to social workers
that the city authorities will eventually
have to cope with the problem officialy.
tin this score Joseph Logan, secre
taty of the Associated Charities, has
this to say:
"While the increase in children de
pendent upon the public for education
has been rapid, it has only kept pace
with the growth of the city. Atlanta
will see more of it in the future.
"Whether it will be practical for the
city to attempt to furnish school books
free to all pupils I can not say. but I
believe that th.- cit\ should undertake
to equip those pupils whose parents aie
unable to pi ovide even suitable clothes
for their children to wear to school "
NEGRO PICKPOCKET HELD
FOR ROBBING LODGE MEN
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B'adh‘\ HiHt'i. todax was bound over
! to th< stat* < <»urts b\ A* ting Recorder
<ir» » j r in bond of on the <*hnit;e of
, iohblllg tA'" "f Hu (I' legaU s to th«* ne
) gro (hid F’elluws convention <’o\ |m
I the second I»h k|»o< het caught o|HUdllng
f -i inong the negro \ islit.r
H« was hientith-d us havinu robbed
, one negto on a trolley cat and anotln •
•'< I’■'in • lh l.« on park )vb( flit) ditei -
noun.
IDITIOH
2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P^ R 1 C
■'s GLORY
HSHIDE
OUTSHINES
RECORD
All Japan to Pay Tribute to the
Aged General, War Hero,
and His Wife.
YOUNG EMPEROR WEEPS
FOR OLD SOLDIER FRIEND
Other Tragedies Are Expected
Among the Commander’s
Intimate Friends.
TOKIO. Sept. 14.—Full national hon.
ors will be paid to the late General
Nogi and his wife, who committed sui
cide last night because of grief over
the death of Emperor Mutsuhito.
Plans for the funeral were held In
abeyance today while the final rites
were being performed over the bodv of
the late mikado, but it is understood
that the funeral of Count Nogi and
Hie loyal wife who committed hara-kiri
with him will be a double ceremony, in
which the countess will receive prac
tically the same honors as her hus
band. This is a most unusual proceed
ing In Japan, but both the genera! and
his wife have endeared themselves to
the great Japanese masses by obeying
the precepts of Samuri, and undoubt
edly will be honored together In death.
The bodies of the two/suicides lay in
lhe magnificent family home at Akasa
ka. About the house was stationed a
detachment of the new emperor’s fa
vorite regiment, which he had sent ns
a Signal mark of respect as soon as
he learned of the tragedy.
Emperor Yoshlhlto wept upon learn-
Ing of the double death, for he was a
warm admirer of the old soldier.
Fear Other /
Suicides Will Follow.
So widespread was the esteem in
which General Nogi was held hv the
populace and the army that it was
feared a number of other suicides
would result from his act.
By his own hand the warrior wiped
out the most commanding military ge
nius in the empire, and in any even
tuality his loss would be felt keenly bv
his country. Should the thread of
grief extend still further In official
ranks In the army and navy, Japan
would seriously feel the-result.
This vieyv of the situation was pre
sented SO Strongly today that many men
of prominence and influence in public
life openly expressed the belief that the
time had come for Japan to break away
from the tradition which glorifies sut
cide.
There was a prevalent opinion that
an Imperial edict against-suicide as ar
"honorable death" will result from the
double tragedy. When it was recalled
that the late Emperor Mutsuhlto was
opposed to hara-kiri and the present
mikado. Yoshlhlto, has voiced his in
tention of following in his father's
footsteps, it’was regarded as certain
that an imperial ban would be placed
upon, suicide and every attempt be
made to obliterate the tradition which
encouraged it. The edict, however, will
not be issued for several months.
Russian War Soldiers
Stricken With Grief.
General Nogi was so generally be
loved that his death and that of his
wife have intensified the grief which
was felt for the late emperor. The
most pathetic exhibition was given by
soldi’ is who had fought under Nogi in
the war with Russia. It was reported
today that several soldiers who were
with Nogi in the campaign around Port
Arthur had committed suicide in honor
of the memory of their chief.
Despite knowledge of the Japanese
customs, the sudden and unexpected
death of Nogi was a distinct shock to
the representatives of European and
American governments. Representa
tives of countries where suicide is re
garded with horror were amazed at the
manner in which news of the Nogis'
self-wrought death was received.
As a result of the suicide, a change
had to be made in the plans qf some of
the foreign representatives. General
Nogi was to have accouipanied Prince
Athuor of Connaught, especial envoy of
Great Britain, to Kamakura today.
Note to Emperor
Wish Long Reign.
The note left by Nogi for Emperor
Yoshlhlto was read by the mikado to
day. Although written on the eve of
death, the tone of the letter was calm,
.md then, was nothing of fear Indicated
In any way. Nogi expressed hope that
Yoshlhlto would have a long prosper
ous reign, that his country would enjoy
’peace and that there would be no un
wonted mourning either for himself or
his wife,
I I'iiUand’i C, Knox, special envoy
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