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Newspaper Page Textthe weather ■ ' I forecast: Fair tonight and tomor row. Temperatures: 8 a. m., 77; 10 a m.. 82: 12 m., 86; 2 p. m., 86. VOL. XL NO. 38. IHI HEBE; URGES CLEOUP of cm Atlanta a Fortunate Town, But Needs a War on Dirt, De clares Expert. ASSERTS PROBE WOULD REVEAL DISEASE PERILS Officials Usually Greatest Hin drance to Needed Reforms, Says Noted Physician. Dr. Oscar Dowling, president of the Louisiana state board of health, and famous as the first man who ever gave >. w Orleans a real bath, arrived in At lanta today with three educational cars, motion picture reels and various equip ment intended to show the evils of and the remedies for dirt. Atlanta is a fortunate city,” said Dr Dowling. “It is high and dry and well drained, with an exhilarating cli mate and lots of sunshine. But At lanta needs cleaning, and needs it bad. To find the real dirt in a city, go Into the bakeries, dairies and the abattoirs, the sources of the food supply. Then go to the restaurants and you will find conditions you did not dream could ex ist. Yes, Atlanta is a fortunate city, hut lik< all others, it needs a good cleaning." Germ Free. Germ Proof, State Is His Aim. Dr. Dowling came to Atlanta to lec ture tonight at the Auditorium, under the direction of the Fulton County Med ical association. "Instead of the cut-and-dried lec ture." said he. "I will give a motion picture demonstration. I have four full reels illustrative of the various phases of public health work.” Dr. Dowling’s work tn Louisiana has made him a national celebrity. Health guthortties the country over watched with more than interest his marvelous campaign in New Orleans. In two short months Dr. Dowling had admin istered a cleaning that the Crescent City will not long forget. Big, blond and enthusiastic, he said today that he expected to make his State germ free and germ proof, and an example for other states In the Union. His own story of the New Orleans cam paign had more than ordinary interest. City Officials Oppose Clean-Up. "The greatest trouble you experience in cities is the opposition of officials.” said the doctor. "That was the trou ble In New Orleans. I had made a sur vey of the city shortly after my ap pointment to the state board, and found conditions horrible. I instructed the city officials to clean up, but absolutely nothing was done. "Then I decided to clean up the city mvseif and J had a warm time for the first two weeks. Gradually the people < >me round to my side. They saw that the thing that was being done was the sensible thing and they helped me. ' >n. restaurant keeper, I remember, that his place was dirty. He m if I thought I could find any " come down and clean ft up rqy- I took him up on that, but I him pay $1.50 a day for the work ! 1 in. We took two wagon loads of ( _in ~u t of that place. Finding the Dirt in Restaurant Stoves. isn't only the dirt you see that ■mgerous. Very often it is smeared i |v paint. Restaurant stoves are s filthy unless unusual cleanli is observed. For detecting these "'"■nt breeding spots for germs, the ■ 1 'mna officials use a steel spatula rap< off the paint." '"Claps Dr. Dowlings most noted ■l' in New Orleans, an accomplish which astonished New Orleans s most, was the cleaning up of " <1 French market, one of the show " s of the ancient city. ■ French market had been run in -aine way for centuries and nu "’i- attempts to clean it had ended ''■"'> iably m failure. the famous old landmark is •lied and scrubbed —a model mu ■l"! market house. owing the New Orleans ram- I*r Dowling equipped the first J 11111 Train" ever operated in the . lour.-d his state, visiting 256 • i.'i cIUm id i-a nt limit v for -latement that 214,000 people vls- 1 train in six months and •d the demonstrations on mod •■'iiltatloii given by its attaches. 'tain that op. rated In Louisiana "I'll. tae of it Is now at the Ter i-tatlon, it lu re It l» open for the 1 ' Hon ..f viiantsns today and to ’’' ' Di Dow ling is taking his ex - W ishlngi .ii to attend a health The Atlanta Georgian Read For Profit—GEORGIAN WANT ADS—Use For Results. Blind of Macon Form Club; Only Sightless Can Join Organization Launched With Membership of Nineteen—Will Campaign Against Street Mendicants. MACON, GA., Sept, 17.—A blind man's club, whose membership is re stricted to men absolutely sightless, was organized here today. There are now nineteen members, but more will be added. The organization is headed by Professor Cheatham and Judge Bur nett. The club will conduct a campaign against blind street mendicants. It is the aim of the organizers also to dis cust-„%t the club's meetings topics of special interest to the sightless and means of mutual assistance. This is the first club of its kind in the South. CLASH IN COURT AT CHARGE OF BRIBERY IN MACON COUNCIL MA( ON, GA., Sept. 17.—1 n a hear ing in the superior court today on the question of the right of the Macon Railway and Light Company to lay a track across the park on Mulberry street, Alexander Proudfit, referee in bankruptcy of the United States court for the Southern district of Georgia, charged that some of the members of council had been bribed by the corpora tion to grant that privilege. Aiderman A. L. Dasher verbally re sented this charge, and Mr. Proudfit aggressively started toward him. Law yers and court officials separated them, and Judge Harris threatened to put them in jail if they persisted in that sort of conduct. There appeared to be so much feeling, however, that the judge finally stopped the court proceedings, after deciding that the railway compa ny had the right to cross the park. ITALY AND TURKEY NEAR PEACE; LATTER TO VACATE TRIPOLI VIENNA. Sept. 17.—Official an nouncement will soon be made at Rome and Constantinople of the consumma tion of a treaty of peace between Italy and Turkey, according to advices re ceived today from Paris. This message further said the secret negotiation's which have been in prog ress at Geneva, Switzerland, have re sulted in a treaty draft consisting of eight important articles. One of the most important questions left open was whether Italy should re tain possession of Turkish islands in the archipelago. The matters provided for are said to he as follows: Turkey withdraws her troops from Tripoli, but demands to retain a port near Tunis; Italy pays tribute to the Arab chiefs, and allows the sultan to retain spiritual lordship in Tripoli; Italy is to pay an annuity to Turkey for Libya and give Turkey a Red Sea port. CHEMICALS EXPLODE; FRANK HAGAN HURT IN LABORATORY MISHAP Frank Hagan, of 67 Irwin street, was burned severely on the hands and face today as the result of an explosion of a barrel of “flavoring" at Hagan & Dodd's laboratory, 212 Auburn avenue. The accident occurred shortly before noon today, and so much smoke poured into the office from the laboratory that the fire department was called. Mr. Hagan says he was not smoking at the time and had lighted no matches. He was taken to the Grady hospital, where his injuries were dressed. Then he was taken home. The contents of the barrel were in gredients for soft drinks. MOR F APPOINTMENTS OF OIL AND FERTILIZER INSPECTORS EXPECTED Announcement of an additional number of oil and fertilizer inspector appointments was looked for from the office of the commissioner of agriculture today, and not a few interested parties visited the capitol to inquire concerning the same in the early afternoon It was understood that Commissioner Connor spent the better part of yester day at the home of former Commissioner “Obe" (O. B.) Stevens, in consultation with Mr. Stevens, and others, as to pros pective appointees. It was given out at the office today that Commissioner Connor Is In Augusta, and will remain there possibly until tomor row afternoon. It is not likely that the new' appointments will be announced dur ing his absence. MOOSE LODGE AND BULL MOOSE LOCK HORNS ON EMBLEM CHICAGO. Sept. 17.—The Moose and the Hull Moose have locked horns Members 'if the order of Moose are the aggressors. They have found it eon fusing to greet a man bedecked with a badge displaying the head and antlers of a moose as a lodge brother, only to find there la no response to the hailing sign As a consequent e, the silpl« tile lodge lias pis M-d a resolution iiskluw thiit iminla-rs of tie Hull Moose party use a budgi (llspliiiuig the entire form of th, Moost us Ill' ll I'lnbl'in. more mo RULES IN WAR BN SMOKE i Council to Make Regulations Stricter as Result of Effort to Modify Them. MAYOR FIGHTS MOVE TO ABOLISH HIS BOARD Effort to Wipe Out Commission: Is Held Up by Its Resolve to Rescind Action. Leaders in council planned toddy to draft a more rigid smoke ordinance than is now In force, as a result of the efforts of the smoke commission to weaken the present law. If the smoke commission is not abol ished. its power will be lessened. Coun cil itself w ill dictate what law shall be enforced. There is particular opposi tion to the phrase of the smoke ordi nance which says that no prosecution shall be conducted against a violator of the smoke ordinance without the con sent of the smoke commission. Coun cilmen say the duty of the commissioh is to enforce the law made by council. No action was taken at the meeting of council yesterday afternoon. The whole affair has been left to the ordi nance committee, which will meet on October 1 and allow a public hearing. Winn to Fight Wiping Out Board. Because of the declaration of Chair man Harwell, of the smoke commis sion, that the board would rescind the rules which amended council’s ordi nance. the movement to abolish the board is temporarily held in check. Mayor Winn, who appointed the smoke commission, has informed Coun cilman Charles W. Smith and Claude C. Mason, the two members of the ordi nance committee who have publicly an nounced that the smoke commission should be abolished, that he would veto any measure of council's abolishing the commission. Th. plan to abolish the commission, appointed by Mayor Winn to supervise the abatement of the smoke nuisance, grew out of the belief that a majority of the members of the commission were not in sympathy with the move ment. Mayor Winn appointed them after careful consideration. Aldermen John S. Candler, James E. Warren and Councilman Clarence Hav ertv, the other members of the ordi nance committee, all said that the smoke nuisance must be stopped, and that the ordinance of council was very liberal. They added that they wanted to investigate the matter before ex pressing a definite opinion as to what should be done in the conflict between councilmen and the smoke commission. DETECTIVES CLOSE ON TRAIL OF QUA WLES, AN ESCAPED CONVICT Detectives today a:e close on the trail of George Quawles, slayer of John Williams, who escaped about two months ago from a convict camp near Dahlonega and who is reported to have been seen yesterday afternoon at the home of his mother in East Fair street. A squad of detectives was sent out early today to look for the fugitive. Quawles has been seen in Atlanta several times since his escape, and is said to have declared his Intention of going to his home “to see his folks.” He was always gone, however, by the time officers could get to the scene. According to the latest information, ne made goo ( ] on his declaration to go to his home. HEIRESS, FOILED IN LOVE BY PARENTS, DIES BY HANGING SAN .JOSE. CALIF.. Sept. 17.- Miss Zanoni Kaiferd, 27, sister-in-law of R. Tibbetts, a San Francisco millionaire, hanged herself here today The girl, who is heiress to a large es tate, was In love with Jarnos Stanfield, son of a farmer of Los Gatos. Her par ents refused to consent to her marriage. GRAVE OF GOV. GILMER TO HAVE BETTER CARE Following the recent publicity given the neglected condition of the grave of Governor ihoig; H. Gilmer at Lexing ton, tin the plot in the cemetery where the bo<l) of the governor lle.s has been • bar..l of undergrowth mid Is again mat ami well kept The Oglethorpe Echo, of la xlngton, atinoumi'M that the grate will h.ite l ati'lul att< tition In fu luti'. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1912. Morgan Voters to Ask New Primary Because Os Vote-Buying Cases Democratic County Committee Will Be Petitioned, Also, to In vestigate Fraud Charges. MADISON. GA., Sept. 17.- —Many Morgan county citizens are in a move ment growing out of the recent inves tigation by the grand jury of the al leged vote buying and fraud In the May primary election, to bring the charges officially before the county Democratic executive committee with a view to having this body call an other primary for tjle renomination of all county officers. It Is reported on good authority that there is being circulated in each of the sixteen militia districts of the county a petition calling on the county com mittee to make official investigation of the charges of fraud and to call an other primary to be held before the general election October 2. It will re quire the signatures of 300 voters to these petitions. It is said this num ber will be obtained within the next two days. It is thought the committee will de cide with the petitioners and order an other primary. LEGATION SECRETARY, HELD FOR ABDUCTING GIRL, NOT PUNISHED NEW YORK, Sept. 17. —Harry Nolan, of Chicago, newly appointed secretary to the Urfited States legation at Pana ma, who was arrested ten days ago charged with abducting Marian Mc- Vickar, the daughter of a Glasgow. Scotland, innkeeper, was discharged by Magistrate Murphy in .Tombs police court today, because of lack of evi dence. The motion to discharge Nolan was made by Assistant District Attor ney Reynolds. According to Mr. Reynolds, the case hinged on the girl's age. It was first given at 16, but later it was learned that she is between 18 and 19. The charge thus failed. Nolan and the girl were arrested after they had come to this city from Virginia on a boat. The girl was en route home from Virginia, where she had made an unfortunate marriage, when she met Nolan. IVY STREET IS NEXT ON LIST FOR REPAIR, COMMITTEE DECIDES • _ Ivy street is to be regraded and re paved. but not until the work at the junction of the Peachtrees and Baker street is completed. A conference committee decided upon the plan, and it was adopted by coun cil yesterday afternoon. Leading al dermen declared today that the matter would be approved by that body Thurs day afternoon. The signed protest of 53 merchants about the slow progress of the work on Peachtree street waa read and refer red to the streets committee. On ac count of the shortage of funds little progress will be made until the county forces can be obtairfrd, which will be about ten days. Chief of Construction Clayton said today he was doing all he could do to hurry the work. The trouble is in re gard to the removal of dirt taken from under the street car tracks. The trol ley company is lowering its tracks, but claims that it is not its duty to haul the dirt away. HUNGARY DEPUTIES IN FIST FIGHTS AS PARLIAMENT OPENS VIENNA, Sept. 17.—An outbreak which nearly developed into real rioting marked the opening of the Hungarian parliament today. Members of the chamber of deputies threw books at one another and in several instances fought with their fists. It looked for a time as though soldiers would be need ed to clear the halls. When Count Tisza, president of the chamber, arose to read the imperia) decree opening parliament, the tumult broke out. Members hurled abusive epi thets at the president, and the shout ing and clamor was so loud that not one word of the decree was heard. ■ Count Andrelssy and half a dozen other deputies kept their heads and were mainly responsible for preventing a clash. After semi-order had been re stored. another outbreak occurred. 60 REFUGEES REACH U. S. FROM EL TIGRE; MEXICANS STARVING DOUGLAS, ARIZ.. Sept. 17.—Sixty women and children from El Tigre and Nacoz iri arrived in Douglas today. The refugees had crossed the international border in automobiles. They report that Generals Rojas and Salazar are marching in the direction of Nacozarl. and, they asserted, from the position of the troops it was evident they intended to join forces and attack the town to day. Messengers arriving today from va rious points in Sonora say that thou sands of Mexicans are threatened with starvation in that state as a result of rebel and bandit raids. Crops have been destroyed and much live stock confis cated by th<‘ Insurgents and their ban dit allies. J A. Haymore, Lynn Haymore and Marion Niiegle, all Americans, have ar rived here, after living fired upon by Mexican rebels tine member of the partv Michael Matveson. a cripple, fell behind and was captured. 13 Months Old, But She Has the Wanderlust LULLED BY CHOO-CHOOS JT *W OKIi z K ■ 60 ■F/ X wl S ri// 1 IF a p igL r Wilo // ' j < / JI kw ■KAM. .J Martha Jim Arnold Is Never Happy Except When Travel ing—Off to Oklahoma. Martha Jim Arnold is just thirteen ; months old, but she has what the Ger- i mans call wanderlust, which is the an- I tithesis of homesickness, and she's got ■ it bad. That's why Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Arnold, the parents, are giving an imi tation of a Cook's tour. They never expect to have a real home again, for Martha Jim just won’t be happy in one place. Martha Jim and her parents are on their way to Ardmore, Okla., today, hoping that the broad expanse of the plains will give Martha Jim enough breathing space to satisfy her. They came in on a trolley line, and the baby was happy enough as long as the car was running. When, it stopped, she yelled; when it started, she laughed. While waiting at the station she was made happy only by placing her astride her father's suit case in plain sight of the trains. “Martha Jim wants to travel all the time," said a friend of the family. “She tries to climb into every moving van that stops in her street. She loves the choo-ehoo trains better than her plaj house. She even kicks In her sleep, and every time she is out of sight two min utes she starts an exploration of the neighborhood. 1 reckon her folks will have to keep on traveling if they want to keep Martha Jim happy. She’ll be all over the globe before she’s grown up." BOY WHITTLER’S EYE PUT OUT BY FLYING SPLINTER AUGUSTA, GA., Sept. 17 Guy Lansdell. 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs Eulie Lansdell, of Harlem. Ga.. was brought to Augusta yesterday to a local eye specialist. Young Lansdell, while whittling a stick, had one of his eyes blinded by a splinter which struck the ball pointedly and pierced the pupil. Physicians fear tile other eye will be affected. RICH DENVER MINING MAN FREEZES TO DEATH GEORGETOWN, COLO, Sept 17 -The first death by freezing in the mountahis of Colorado this season occurred Sunday night when Franklin M Elser, a wealthy Denver resident, perished In a blizzard on Argentine Pass Eiser and John Matson a prospector, loft Georgetown together to Inspect a mining claim In which rich ore had been uncovered .Matson whs found today with feet and hands frozen MARTHA JIM ARNOLD. CHILD POISONED; MAN FINED Gus Castle Appears Against Dairyman in Court—Girl Is Critically 111. Charging that his only child had been made critically ill by poisoned milk. Gus Castle, president of the Cas tle Bicycle Company, with a residence at 99 West Peachtree street, appeared in court today In a dramatic arraign ment of C. H. Beuchler, who runs a dairy at Piedmont park. Beuchler was fined SSO and costs after Mr. Castle had declared that if his little girl, Lillian Augustus, died the dairyman would be responsible. He charged that Bouchier's driver had bought the milk "on the street” with out determining whether it was pure or not, and that the driver had said he was acting on his employer's orders. The girl was taken 111 two weeks ago and was at the point of death on Sun day. but has rallied slightly since. She is under the care of Dr. W. A. Visanska, who, Mr. Castle testified, diagnosed her illness as ptomaine poisoning caused by impure milk. When the fine was imposed Beuchler announced that he would appeal and Judge Preston retaliated with a threat to increase the penalty at once to S2OO. Dr. Claude Smith, city bacteriologist, who was in court, announced that the health board was determined to vigor ously prosecute infractions of the milk laws to guard the lives of Atlanta chil dren. Dr. Smith said Beuchler has one of th. cleanliest and most sanitary dairies in the city, and that the whole trouble came from the buying of milk from other persons to supply customers after his supply was exhausted. Beuchler’s failure to report such purchases to the board of health constituted the viola tion of which he was convicted. FLYER FALLS 300 FEET. PARIS. Sept. 17. Lieutenant Breu cher, of the aviation corps of the French arms was seriously injured, and his ner..plane was smashed during a flight nt ('hat. lleralut, 18 miles from Poitiers today. The machine fell about 3uu feet. TtdHr IDITION 2 CENTS EVERYWHERE P^ R N E ° raoioois ill EM OF DIXIE IM Three Bandits Hold Up Clerks on “Memphis Special” at Stevenson, Ala. OFFICIALS SAY LOSS MAY REACH $300,000' i Registered Pouches, Most liable, Carried Away—Pur sued by Posse and Dogs. f CHATTANOOGA, TENN., Septal?.— Three bandits held up and robbed the New York and Memphis eastbound fast mail and express, known as the-“ Me mphis Special,” on the Southern railway, at Stevenson. Ala., 30 miles southwest of here, at 1:30 o’clock thia morning; bound the four mail clerks and got away with all the registered letters and valuable registered mail. Postofflce au. thorlties say this sort of mail is very heavy, and the loss will reach $300,000. The express and passengers w’ere not molested, nor was a single shot fired. When the train stopped at Ste venson for coal one bandit rapped on the mail car door, saying: “Open it; this Is McMahon, the conductor.” In stantly the door slid back and the mail clerk looked into the barrel of a re volver. One bandit Jumped into the car and ordered all hands up. James Flynn, one of the mall clerks, attempted to pick up a Winchester rifle near him and the bandit told him quiet ly, to “forget It and fall in line.” Flynn, with his co-workers, Frank Hamll, John Bruce and L. E. Powell, was lined up against the side of the car. One bandit tied their hands and feet and .gagged their mouths so they could not call for help. Took Three Bags of Registered Mail. Two bandits stood guard. Before the registered mail was found the train started. It ran about fifteen miles, when one of the men pulled the train cord applying the airbrakes and bring ing the train to a stop. Taking three sacks of registered mail, the robbers jumped off and escaped. When Conductor McMahon came for ward he saw the mail car door open. Looking inside he found the mail clerks bound. They were released and the tram proceeded to Huntsville, Ala., where a posse was organized and sent back to the scene. The posse has a pack of bloodhounds. Conductor McMahon said the men' were undoubtedly professionals. They went about their business coolly and deliberately without firing a shot or disturbing the passengers in the sleep ers. Mqll ( lerk Powell, who is a negro, was closeted here for several hours this morning with Chief Postoffice Inspec tor A. J. Welch, of the Southern divi sion. Acting under instructions from the inspector’s office, Powell refused to give any details of the robbery. LEADERrACCUSEu OF FOOLING GOVERNOR, BALTIMORE SUICIDE BALTIMORE, Sept. 17.—George C. Morrison, a leader in Democratic poHti. cal circles and one of the most promi nent figures in the financial field of Baltimore. committed suicide this morning by inhaling gas at the Bal timore Athletic club hers, The suicide of Mr, Morrison comes within a few days of accusations made by Governor Goldsborough that Mr. Morrison and other leaders of the busi ness and social life of Harford county, where he had a handsome home, had made misrepresentations concerning the Harford county racing bill. In a public statement Governor Goldsborough had said that had he not been deceived by the statements of Mr. Morrison and other representative men he would never have signed the bill which allows racing in Harford county, merchants' accuse MACON POLICE CHIEF MACON, GA., Sept. 17.—Three mer chants of Macon today filed a request with the police committee of city coun cil to investigate the official conduct oi Chief of Police W. B. Chapman, charg ing him with refusing to apprehend two men who swindled the merchants <>t Macon out of hundreds otf 4k>liar» b) the use of forged checks.