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URGES STREETS “ROMUSE" Councilman Smith Tires of Delay in Paving Repairs and Advises Drastic Action. f armed at the poor progress of a number of important street improve nl - Councilman Charles W. Smith abvised that the people and their representatives should “raise a rough if no legal redress han be ob tained. fourteenth street has been torn up since July 1. It still is impassable. y, uh Boulevard has been in a simi le-condition 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 sewer. The contractor failed to repair ihe street when he finished his sewer work. North Avenue Dissatisfied. 1 'l'li' wood blocks on North avenue, jict laid, ate uneven, and. the citizens who paid for the paving are much dis satisfied. The paving on Piedmont avenue was taken up by the Georgia Railway and Power Company to ’ repair its tracks about July 1. The paving has never been put back yet. and the street is practically useless, except to the street car company. The thousands ’of persons who daih have to pass along Peachtree street have given up hope that that street I ever will be restored to its normal con- - ditian. It was torn up* at the junction , of West Peachtree street to lower the I grade. These matters were discussed at the I meeting of the streets committee of; council yesterday afternoon. Hatche Still Unperturbed. Councilman Harvey Hatcher, chair man of the streets committee, has taken the pqsition all along that things wet. pursuing a normal <ourse. He has had I more or less influence with the othet I member- of the committee. But Councilman Charles W. Smith i declared yesterday that now w.as the time for some drastic action. The committee called on Chief of ■ Construction Clayton to denta,nd bettei 1 work of the parties in < hargv of these ; various improvements. Al the work i but the lowering of the grade of Peach- I io- sirce'. ;s supposed to 1> done by I contractors. In fututi the committee declared.- str- ' t impt ements must b- completed 1 b' i given date or the contractors made I to pa a forfeit. - | SARAH BERNHARDT IS I TO BE SEEN-IN FILMS AT THE AIONTGOMERY riirnbardt. in "Queen Eliza beth, will appear before Atlanta mo tion picture theatergoers on October It and 1., at the Montgomery theater. Desiring to give to other generations the pleasure of seeing the "Divine Sa-' rah in some of per most famous role-. 1 harles Frohman, the manager and ihr - ight, organized Bernhatdt’s orig inal company, so far as was possible and had several of her historic plays enacted and photographed in their tniginal settings. It v as at a cost of more than a quar ter million dollars that the play "Queen Elizabeth" was taken in the old pal ates of London, and even the furniture used by the real Queen Elizabeth was used in the reproduction. The motion pn tines of Bernhardt portraj her act ing perfectly, and the entire play is magnificent. The death scene at the ■‘■r. the place of beheaWings. is un usually strong. f *■ ' the first time Bernhardt has 'hown in motion pictures in the s ith. bur the “Fainous Mo n Picture Company” has established s in Atlanta and will bring i num ber heir. SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT ODD FELLOWS CONVENE ' lt l'< iwx, GA., Oct. s.—The sev division of Georgia Odd Fellows O'-m.i here this week in annual ses n-s division is composed of the !| f Polk. Floyd, Chattooga. Pauld- ! f ' y-'i-'Cr and Dade. About 200 visit bellows were here. Public ex ( ■ ' "ere held, at which Judge .1. I’. Home, presided. The address " ne was delivered by Dr. L. 8. • representative-elect from Polk. ... ' response was made by Grand ~ -• Fran!-; Harwell, of LaGrange. „ a " n *''lo Fellowship, in Georgia ivered by Grand Master w. 8. "i Cedartown, and a short talk " Deputy Grand Master T. B. '■ "f Lavonia. REFLECTED SUN’S RAYS fire WOMAN’S DRESS . '"UK. Oct. s.—The sun’s rajs, r,' f ' r ' irpss from a glass lamp held in her hands, set fire "thing ~f Mrs. Minnie Bulwlnkle, She was burned badlv. INDIAN SUMMER CONCERT "p™ ... _ ... ______ - ( Wedemeyers Band of 25 Pieces HUE DENIALS SATS ROOSEVELT Colonel Declares He Has An swered Charges Completely, and Is Through. NEW YORK. Oct. 5. —"Mj swon statement at Washington answers all their charges. I have nothing else to sa.v about it, either now or at anj fu ture time." in this manner ex-President Theo dore Roosevelt today summed up all that he had to say about his tcstjmonj before the senatorial committee inves tigating campaign funds today. He was bombarded with questions as soon is 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 had nothing more to say, except that he was in fine fet tle. The colonel had read all the newspa pape'r- 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 the! own game." said Collector Loeb to his former chief. » "Yes; 1 guess so." replied the colonel, with a grin of satisfaction. "Well. Doctor," said the colonel, turn. | 7 OWi S’ a » mk’ ~ ■BKwk WHI • - \\W \\w Vwljfe. ’ r 7 \T , J I WW J \ \ -a \\gLf s. XT jSt ; Little Marguerite Brandon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. '-'K \ / Brandon. 192 Oak street, and her pickaninny dolly. ing to Dr. Abbott, “I'm going to the Harvard club for some breakfast. I don't know whether you want to cat with me or not after what some of the newspapers have 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 pool 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 town in Tennessee. When Colonel Roosevelt found she was going to an Anchor t+ne 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. THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1912. PRETTY WEST END TOTS IN CAPTIVATING POSES Eloise Allen, t'a'ighter of Mr. and Mrs. J. I*. Allen. 65 Lu cile avenue. I 1 IMiik V 7 / \\uMf J® I / AWB -** /WM S WfTf || /I-.. FAILURE OF PISTOL TO SHOOT SAVES LIFE OF BRUNSWICK, OFFICER BRUNSWICK. GA., Get. s.—Jerre Wilcher, assistant chief of police of this city, had a narrow escape from death today when he was attacked by Will Jones, a drunken negro. Officer Wilcher was seafching 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 g un 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 wjth bullet holes In his head and wrist, but it is thought he will recover. TOREADOR QUITS MEXICO ON ACCOUNT OF‘KIDDERS’ NEW YORK, Oct. 5. —Senor Francis co Fernandez, Spanish bull tighter, an nounced upon his arrival here that he would never fight bulls in Mexico again because the spectators "kidded" him too much. | ARMY ORDERS WASHINGTON. Oct. s.—Army or ders: The following changes in stations of officers of the quartermaster's corps or dered : Major James Canby. Portland. Oreg., to Vancouver Barracks. Washington. Major Frank A. Giant, from San Francisco to Presidio of Monterey. <'al. Major John C. Waterman from San Franc isco to Fort Des Moines. Major J. W. Jones, from New Volk city to the Plattsburg Barrat ks, New York. Major William T. Wilder, from St. Paul, Minn., to Fort D. A. Ruasell. Wyo ming. Major Francis P. Sargent, from San Francisco to Fort Sheridan. Illinois. Major Ellwood W. Evans. from Washington. D. •'.. to Fort Ethan Al len, Vermont. Major Philip It. Ward, from St. Paul to t'amp E. S. Otis, Panajna. Major George A. Cole, from Omaha to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Major Bertram T, Clayton, to United States Military academy, West Point. Major George G. Bailey, to Fort Leavenworth. Kansas. Major Joseph T. Davidson, to Fort Riley, Kansas. Major Robert H. Rolfe, to Fort Sain Houston. Texas. Major George H. Penrose, to Fort STUIDARD WINS SMNDIAOILTO Fight for Control of Markets Is Victory for Great Ameri can Trust. STOCKHOLM. Oct. —The war for the control of the oil market in the Scandinavian countries has resulted in practlcallj' a complete victory foi the Standard Oil Company. The only con cession obtained b.v the Scandinavian association from the big American company was that the price of oil in Scandinavian territorj’ should not ex- I ceed the price asked in any other Euro pean country. The Standard Oil Companj obtained an entrance into the countty by an agreement with existing interests to take over the disttibution system for oil in Scandina\ ia. There was much opposition to the scheme bj the Small Dealers associa tion, which passed a resolution in favor of government intervention to prevent the establishment of a Standard Oil monopoly in the Swedish market. Tite Austrian minister mail.' everj’ ; effort to secure the admission to Swe : den of Austrian oil. which has been I kept out by the Swedish safety regula tions. as it does not meet tin- requlre i ments for safe transport, being too I fight. jto l i hafa&kSg l ■ ■ ■ ♦... i. r r I I I ® g I J ' ' --fi. e’ ‘“V gffiSsL J; j/ ISLW' $ -/ / > i Snelling. Minnesota. Major Kenney J. Hampton, to Pre sidio-pf Saii Francisco Colonel Frank Baker, ordnance de partment, detailed as member joint army and navy board. Lieutenant Colonel Edwin B. Babbitt, ordnance department, assigned to corn i mand Sandy Hook proving ground.- First Lieutenant Edwin T. I’ itcliett. i from First field to Fourth artillery. Resignation of First l ieutenant John <Di Icosta medical reserve, accepted. I NEW YORK GIRL 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 i the railroad station here clad in rags. She has been suffering from nervou disorder. SEARCHING SIDELIGHTS ON GEORGIA POLITICS By JAMES B. NEVIN. 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. L ,-Jj JAMI-3 E> NTvnr 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. tine member of the last house, who will also be a member of the next, believes that the general as- sepiblj might easily dispose of all business before it and adjourn within 25 days if the matter of local hills 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 devoted necessarily to local bills were available for their consideration. A prospective legislative session of 25 Elizabeth Murphy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Murphy, 404 Gor don street, who thinks posing for the camera man is tli<> “mostest fun. ” MRS. WILLIAM LYCETT’S MOTHER DIESIN LaGRANGE L.VG RANGE, GA., Oct. 5. 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. ,L B. Harris, of Pensacola, Fla. 3 HURT. TRAMP KILLED IN LOUISIANA WRECK COULEY, LA., Oct. s.—Three pas sengers were injured and a tramp who was boating his way on the rods wai killed in a passenger wreck on the Southern Pacific near here early to dfiy. Four of the coaches were overturned. Some of flic injured passengers are In serious condition. 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 bills 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 meas 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 hip 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 ds a substan tial man of affairs in his vicinity. He, will be recognized In the new bouse 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 various citizens of late, and comment upon them has been generally favor j 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 milltay 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 Are 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 s former Georgian, remembered with pleasure by many people in this state, particularly in the vicinity of Savan nah. Arpund 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 flne one. Representative J. O. Adams, of Hall known affectionately to the press con tingent as the world’s heavyweight champion mover-of-the-previous-ques tion. has notified his prospective col leagues of the next house of the ar rival In the Adams household of a young Mr. Adams. •’ongratulations 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 approval. Members-ele<?t 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. 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. 3