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WES PEOPLE TO ffIISE ROW FOR STREETIM. Councilman. Smith Tires of Delay in Paving Repairs and Advises Drastic Action. Alarmed at the poor progress of a number of important street improve- Councilman Charles W. Smith ha \ advised that the people and their representatives should “raise a rough botlse ” if no legal redress can be ob tained. fourteenth street has been torn up since July 1. It still is impassable. North Boulevard has been in a simi larcondition for almost an equal length of time. ' St Charles avenue has been impassa ble for two years. Money has been pro vided to pave the street for two years. South Boulevard has been mutilated for some weeks by the laying of a Beff er, The contractor failed to repair the street when he finished his sewer work. North Avenue Dissatisfied. The wood blocks on North avenue. ju?t laid, are uneven, and the citizens v.ho paid for the paving are much dis satisfied. The paving on Piedmont avenue was taken up by the Georgia Railway and Pi.v.er Company to repair its tracks about July 1- The paving has never been put back yet. and the street is 1 incti 'ill-' useless, except to the street 'car company.. The thousands of persons who dailv have to pass along Peachtree street 'have given up hope that that street ever will be restored to its normal con dition. It was torn up at the junction of West Peachtree street to lower the grade. T ’ se matters were discussed at the me ting of the streets committee of council yesterday afternoon. Hatcher Still Unperturbed. Councilman Harvey Hatcher, chair man of the streets committee, has taken ■the position all along that thingsfwere pursuing a normal course. He has had more or less influence with the other members of the committee. But Councilman Charles W. Smith declared yesterday that now was the time for some drastic action. The committee called on Chief of Construction Clay ton to demand better work of the parties in charge of these various improvements. All the work tut the lowering of the grade of Peach tree street is supposed to be done by •contractors. In future the committee declared, etreat improvements must be completed by a given date or the contractors made to pay s forfeit. MACON PEOPLE SIGN PETITIONS TO R. R. BOARD FOR DEPOTS MACON, GA., Oct. 5.--In many of the stores < f Macon petitions addressed to the railroad commission in regard to the depot conditions here are on Hie snd are receiving hundreds of sig natures. The Indications are that when the patitlons are collected and sent to the railroad commission next week, the names of more than 10,000 citizens wlli have been enrolled. The petitions cite that passenger sta tion facilities here are inadequate and unsightly, and pray that the Southern *nd the Central of Georgia be compelled to build new depots or unite in a union •ration. The Chamber of Commerce will hold • special meeting Monday afternoon to consider the situation. A delegation of JOO members will be appointed to ap- F lr before the railroad commission in behalf of the complaint, which was filed this week by R. L. Berner and others. MISS SALLIE SESSIONS DIES AT MARIETTA HOME MARIETTA. GA., Oct. s.—Miss Sal le Sessions, daughter of the late Judge W. M. Sessions of Marietta, died et the family residence on Cherokee street. She is survived by three broth «i's, Moultrie M. and George M. Sea sons, of Marietta, and Walter L. Ses enns, of Birmingham, Ala.; also two 6 sters, Miss Caroline Sessions and Mrs. George D. Anderson, of Marietta. The funeral was held this afternoon at the Methodist church. Interment was in the Marietta cemetery. SOLICITOR ROSS NAMES LAWYER FOR ASSISTANT MACON. GA,, Oct. s.—Solicitor John T Ross has appointed J. Cooper Mor tol-k, until recently private secretary to tdge Emory Speer and stenographer the United States court for the outhern district of Georgia, to the of ®ve of assistant solicitor of Bibb supe r o court. This is the first time that a ' '■ has ever been associated with j 1 't° r lb this capacity. Hereto tff i K work has been done by' a bail ' ‘ 0 is paid by the county. M/IFE SHOT WHEN SHE REFUSES TO GET MEAL Mri R t Nn R'PIDS. MICH., Oct. 5.- 1,1 is dying in a local b.-a " fl- lOm a bullet wound in the husba * e<l uling the night by hei » ippo' '»" hr n she refused to prepare a the \y him P'lrd is employed at ’ S ;, ’ g,o . n hotel - After shooting house 7 n "ent to a neighbor’s Then as ' 4ed that a doctor be called. , ‘ nl *° ’he hotel, where th<- e found him. NO MORE DENIALS SAYS ROOSEVELT Colonel Declares He Has An swered Charges Completely, and Is Through. NEW YORK. Oct. s.—"My sworn statement at Washington answers all their charges. I have nothing else to say about it, either now or at any fu ture time." In this manner ex-President Theo dore Roosevelt today summed up all that he had to -ay about his testimony before the senatorial committee inves tigating campaign funds today. He was bombarded with questions as soon as he arrived here from Washington, in company with Dr. Lyman F. Abbott, of The Outlook; the latter’s son, Ernest Abbott, and Collector of the Port Wil liam Loeb, Jr. He bad noihing more to say, except that he was in fine fet tle. The colonel had read all the newspa papers recounting his testimony before the committee, and he seemed well pleased at the absence of comment in some of the publications opposed to him politically "1 guess we’ve beaten them at theii own game ” said Collector Loeb to hi« former chief. “Yes: I guess so” replied the colonel, with a grin of satisfaction. “\\ ell. Doctor,” said the colonel, turn ing to Dr. Abbott. I'm going to the Harvard club for some breakfast. I don't know whether you want to eat witli me or not after what some of th //" w jHh o MOW w * - ■ \w mH i 'r . zRMpMjPBOMmg i \\ x, . -gs IMF HkSKt // / J AW HF Little Marguerite Brandon daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. M Brandon, 192 Oak street, and her pickaninny dolly. newspapers haye said about me." “Used to It,” Says Colonel. "Oh, I guess we can stand it if you can.” was the replv. “I’m used to it by this time,” an swered the ex-president. This conversation took place in one of the elevators in the Pennsylvania station. In the same elevator was a worn, tired looking woman with a baby in her arms and four small children at her knee. She had a quantity of battered luggage with her, and was plainly in poor circumstances, The colo nel patted one of the youngsters on the head and asked the porter, who was caring for the mother’s luggage, who she was. He learned that she was Mrs. Ellen Butler, bound back to her native Glasgow. Scotland, from a little towm in Tennessee. When Colonel Roosevelt found she was going to an Anchor line steamship and that she intended to walk, he drew a $lO bill from his pocket and pressed it into the woman's hand, telling her she could take a taxicab. Then he hurried over to his own au tomobile and set out for the Harvard club. MRS. williamTycett’s MOTHER DIES IN LaGRANGE LAGRANGE, GA., Oct. s.—Funeral of the late Mrs. Leona Watson, aged 65 years, who died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. R. P. Abraham, in Green ville street, was conducted by Rev. Sam uel Ledbetter, at the First Methodist church. Interment followed in Hill View’ cemetery. Mrs. Watson leaves three daughters, Mrs Abraham, of this city; Mrs. William Lycett, of Atlanta, and Mrs. .1. B. Harris, of Pensacola. Fla. TOREADOR QUITS MEXICO ON ACCOUNT OF BIDDERS’ NEW YORK, Oct. s.—Senor Francis co Fernandez, Spanish bull fighter, an nounced upon his arrival here that he would never fight bulls in Mexico again because the spectators "kidded” him too much. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, um, PRETTY WEST END TOTS IN CAPTIVATING POSES s / / -wWMKWKat’ \ a- i | I ) 7 /fc7 if ft ■i wte ft w / <zA JI 1 l&t £ Wl ifwrf ’■ . B so iiiucn ax riuii uh* nine i 'ih I : ' —— I I Pt I rTW m 1\ \ 'W W ’•» \ \ i'W * '■ "* iHU ) FAILURE OF PISTOL TO SHOOT SAVES LIFE OF BRUNSWICK OFFICER BRUNSWICK. GA., Oct. s.—Jerre Wilcher, assistant chief of police of this city, had a nar'otv escape from death today when he was attacked by Will Jones, a drunken negro. Officer Wilcher was searching for a negro who had threatened to kill Sam Meyers, a hackman, when he found Jones hiding in the darkness of the Grand opera house. He grabbed him and Jones pulled a revolver, which he stuck against the officer’s stomach, pulling the trigger. The gun failed to explode and the negro ran. with the of ficer after him. Wilcher fired six times at the negro, two of the bullets taking effect. He was taken to the police station with bullet holes in his head and wrist, but it is thought he will recover. SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT ODD FELLOWS CONVENE CEDARTOWN, GA., Oct. s.—The sev enteenth division of Georgia Odd Fellows convened here this week in annual ses sion. This division is composed of the counties of Polk. Floyd, Chattooga, Pauld ing. Walker and Dade. About 200 visit ing Odd Fellows were here. Public ex ercises were held, at which Judge J. P. Davis, of Rome, presided. The address of welcome was delivered by Dr. L. S. Ledbetter, representative-elect from Polk, and the response was made by Grand Marshal Frank Harwell, of LaGrange. An address on Odd Fellowship in Georgia was delivered by Grand Master W. S. Coleman, of Cedartown, and a short talk by Division Deputy Grand Master T. B. Binner, of Lavonia. NEW YORK gTrL FOUND WANDERING IN SOUTH FREEHOLD, MISS., Oct. s.—Miss Beatrice Ely, 22 years old, daughter of a New York broker, who disappeared from home, was found wandering near the railroad station here clad in rags. She has been suffering from nervour disorder. Eloise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Allen, 65 Lucile ave. SARAH BERNHARDT IS TO BE SEEN IN FILMS AT THE MONTGOMERY Sarah Bernhardt, in “Queen Eliza beth,” will appear before Atlanta mo tion picture theatergoers on October 14 and 15 at the Montgomery theater. Desiring to give to other generations the pleasure of seeing the “Divine Sa rah” in some of her most fatnous roles. Charles Frohman, the manager and playwright, organized Bernhardt's orig inal company, so far as was possible, and had several of her historic plays enacted and photographed in their original settings. It was at a cost of more than a quar ter million dollars that the play “Queen Elizabeth" was taken in the old pal aces of London, and even the furniture used by the real Queen Elizabeth was used in the reproduction. The motion pictures of Bernhardt portray her act ing perfectly, and the entire play is magnificent. The death scene at the Tower, the place of beheadings, is un usually strong. This is the first time Bernhardt has been shown in motion pictures in the South, but the ’’Famotis Players Mo tion Picture Company” has established offices in Atlanta and will bring a num ber here. QUITS HIGH POSITION AND ENTERS CONVENT HARRISON, N. J., Oct. s.—Mary- Stevens, general manager of the sales department of the General Electric’s factory- here, has resigned her position to enter a convent as a sister of charity in Madison, Ind. ALLEGED SLAYER HELD. LAGRANGE, GA., Oct. 6—Justice D. J. Gaffney, after a preliminary hearing of Lehman Rutledge, a negro, charged with killing lim Hood, his father-in-law, bound him over to the February term of superior court. STANDARD WINS SGANDIANOILWAB Fight for Control of Markets Is Victory for Great Ameri can Trust. STOCKHOLM, Oct. s.—The war for the control of the oil market in the Scandinavian countries has resulted in practically' a complete victory for the Standard Oil Company. The only' con cession obtained by the Scandinavian association from the big American company was that the price of oil in Scandipavian territory should not ex ceed the price asked in any other Euro pean country. The Standard Oil Company obtained an entrance into the country by an agreement with existing interests to take over the distribution system for oil in Scandinavia. There was much opposition to the scheme by the Small Dealers associa tion, which passed a resolution in favor of government intervention to prevent the establishment of a Standard OU mnnopoiy in the Swedish market. The Austrian minister made every effort to secure the admission to Swe den of Austrian oil. which has been kept out by the Swedish safety regula tions. as It does not meet the require ments for safe transport, being too light. v YOUNG HARRIMAN ENGAGED TO WED WASHINGTON GIRL WASHINGTON, Oct. s.—Averill Har riman, son of the late E. H. Harriman, is reported to be engaged to Miss Kath erine Britton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Britton, of Washington. Miss Britton was a member of the ’’debu tante big six" at the time of her com ing out in society here several years ago. She is reported to have rejected Prince Koutacheff, of the Russian em bassy, who was her shadow for months. At the time of this report Miss Brit ton announced that she would marry no nobleman, but that her husband must be an American. 3 HURT. TRAMP KILLED IN LOUISIANA WRECK COULEY, LA., Oct. 5. —Three pas sengers were injured and a tramp who was beating his way on the rods was killed in a passenger wreck on the Southern Pacific near here early to day. Four of the coaches were overturned. Some of the injured passengers are in serious condition, REFLECTED SUN’S RAYS FIRE WOMAN’S DRESS NEW YORK, Oct. s.—The. sun's rays, reflected to her dress from a Klass lamp reflector she held in her hands, set Are to the clothing of Mrs. Minnie Bulwlnkle, a janltrcss She vs as burned badly. SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS One of the things the next legislature will devote its attention to is the mat ter of disposing of local bills in a man ner more satisfactory than the bungle some and time-killing method now em ployed. a* ■Ft JAMS-S » xrrvtM Under the pres ent arrangement, the passage of lo cal bills takes up just about three fourths of the leg islature’s time each session, and there never Is a dispute over local measures, so long as local represen tatives are agreed upon their pas sage. One member of the last house, who will also be a member of the next, believes that the general as- sembly might easily dispose of all business before it and adjourn within 25 days if the matter of local bills were removed from routine consideration. Moreover, he points out the undoubt ed fact that general measures could be given much more intelligent attention If even so much as half the time now Elizabeth Murphey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murphey, 404 Gor don street, who thinks posing for the camera is the “mostest fun.” devoted necessarily to local bills were tzvailable for their consideration. A prospective legislative session of 25 days will impress many people as being nothing short of a “pipe dream,” of course—no such good luck ever will come to Georgia as a legislature ready and willing to adjourn before the time limit constitutionally imposed upon it! Still, if local hills were removed from legislative consideration merely that more time might be devoted to the important general measures proposed, the change would be well worth while. And at least one member of standing and influence has announced his de termination to undertake In the next house a reform in the method of hand ling local measures and general meai ures with local application. Ed Cole, who will represent Bartow county in the next house of represen tatives, will be one of the younger members of the house sure to take a leading and influencing part In legis lation, from the very first. Cole is one of the most thoroughly and conservatively successful business men in north Georgia. He began his business career some eight or ten years ago, with nothing whatever byway of capital but brains, pluck and plenty of energy. He lived for a time in Rome, where he still is heavily interested, and afterward moved to Cartersville, where he now resides. Cole is not the wealthiest man In north Georgia, by a very great deal, but, having started out with absolutely nothing ten years ago. he has estab lished himself firmly in the business world, and is recognized as a substan tial man of affairs in his vicinity. He will be recognized in the new house instantly as a safe, sane and level-headed legislator The operation of the new military laws passed by the last legislature have been watched with great interest by By JAMES B. NEVIN. various citizens of late, and comment upon them has been generally favor able. The late legislature went thoroughly into the matter of revising the bun glesome laws under which the militia had been handled for many years, and In many ways effectively Improved them. As the laws now stand, the governor is unhampered In his handling of the troops, when, in his judgment, it be comes necessary to call them out, and his militay representatives on the scene of action are vested with authority to preserve the peace, without recourse to red tape or cumbersome methods of procedure. The military authorities are much gratified, even though some regrettable circumstances attended the handling of the riotous situation In Augusta, with the account the militia has given of it self under fire of late. One thing is sure, wherever the state troops are placed in service the ma chinery for regulating things is ample and easy to start in motion. Oscar Straus, the Bull Moose nomi nee for governor of New York, is a former Georgian, remembered with pleasure by many people in this state, particularly in the vicinity of Savan nah. Around the hotel lobbies one hears the name of Straus mentioned very fre quently, and his nomination by the New' York Mooses—or Is it Meese?—gener ally is regarded as a fine one. Representative J. O. Adams, of Hall, known affectionately to the press con tingent as the world’s heavyweight champion mover-of-the-prevlous-que». tion, has notified his prospective col leagues of the next house of the ar rival in the Adams household of a young Mr. Adams. Congratulations being very much In order, Adams has been overwhelmed with them. He enjoyed a large meas ure of genuine popularity In the last house, and the career of young Mr. Adams will be watched with interest by his father’s former associates no less than by those yet to make his ac quaintance. Mr. Adams, by the way—senior, not Junior —will be a candidate for speaker pro tern of the next house, and already has a large number of votes pledged to his cause. Although several new counties are to be proposed in the next Georgia legis lature. there already is a manifest hos. tility to their creation. Barrow county, with Winder as the county seat, of all the new counties thus far suggested, alone seems likely to win legislative approve,]. Members-elect of the new legislature seem to feel, so far as those who have expressed themselves— around and about political haunts in Atlanta are concerned, that the time to call a halt on the new county industry has arrived -and it seems highly probable now that the halt will be called, AUTOMOBILES TO BE BIG FEATURE OF THE STATE FAIR AT MACON MACON, GA., Oct. s.—The modern motor car, In its latest and most beau tiful array of variety, is going to hold premier place in the homage of the throng at the Georgia State fair that is to be staged at Macon, October 15-25. This, at any rate, is plainly the belief of the management, as shown in the plans that are being made for the big show'. A fine new building, especially de signed for the purpose, will house ar automobile show on the fair grounds, it which representatives of all the promi. nent manufacturers will take part. The show will be carefully arranged and beautifully staged. That the automobile is now a leading Georgia institution is still further proven by the action of the fair man agement in setting aside Wednesday October 23 as “Studebaker day.” The celebration of this event seems certain to bring together the greatest army of automobiles ever mustered in the South. There are more than 3,000 cars of the Studebaker “30” and Stude baker “20” types owned in Georgia. Fully 1,000 6f these cars, carrying at least 4,500 persons, have already been pledged to attend. There will be free admission to all Georgia owners of Studebaker cars and their families. A big space under the beautiful, spreading oaks on the grounds has been set aside for the bar becue which will be served free to the Studebaker army. The Macon Chamber of Commerce is making elaborate plans for the enter tainment of Clement Studebaker, Jr., present business head of the Stude baker Corporation, and a number of his millionaire associates in the $45,000,000 concern who will attend, drawn partly by their personal desire to meet theii Georgia business friends and partly by the excellent opportunity afforded by the fair to become acquainted with the natural wealth of the South. Also present will be "Bullet” Stude baker "30,” the most famous automo bile In the world, which left for At lanta recently from Washington, after a two years tour of the United States. This car was the pioneer Studebaker car in the South and boasts a record of over 120,000 miles, more than half of which was made during 1908, 1909 and 1910 on Georgia roads and race tracks. Two million booklets about this car have been distributed, and it has been made the subject of many newspaper and magazine articles on automobile longevity. ON TRAIL OF ESCAPED CONVICT. LAGRANGE, GA., Oct. 5. Special Bai liffs Gus Reid and E. B. Edmundson are on the trail of Giles Evans, a negro con vict, who escaped from the Troup count" chaingang. He was sentenced to serve three years eleven months ago for •hoot ing another negro 3